The Father's Heart

For some time now I've had doubts about my love for God. I have come to realize that the way I want to love God is not the right way to love him. Even though God keeps correcting me, I seem to always forget. I always pray and cry out to God that I want to love him more, but rather I feel unworthy, I can’t seem to feel it, I can’t feel my love! Most times this makes me sad and moody. I am going to dwell on the revelation I had tonight but that wasn't the first time God shared this with me. Love is Active not Passive. Love is not emotional though emotions can stimulate love. For example when you love someone you feel like having sex with them, sex is the highest form of expressing romantic love, but it becomes bad when it is done outside God’s standard.

Love is an expression and then you act what you feel not in the exact same way of the feeling but in a way that helps to release the hormones attached to that feeling. Our feelings or emotions are actually storage of hormones epinephrine, progesterone and testosterone e.t.c. So then what did I learn again tonight that I had been taught before and I forgot? God taught me in a strange way how to express love for him and feel satisfied. And I realized it was something I knew that I hadn't really practiced and thought of consciously. I had been influenced by secular culture unknowingly and I felt that was all there is, but there was also the other side of love. You cannot love by feeling it, you love through expression.  Love is an action not a feeling. This is the challenge with many people’s love they claim to love because they feel it. But then they are handicapped because they do not know how to show it. That’s not love that’s infatuation.  Any love that ends with feelings alone is not love. If you feel something and you can’t express it then you feel nothing. We are not awarded marks for having ideas; we are awarded marks for expressing our ideas. No matter how much our brain lights up we can’t be taken serious until we reveal what is in there.

Now I want to propose a theory that all the aspects of love have a piece of unconditionally in them. For example: agape, philia, storge and eros. Philia is family or friendship love, what real man or woman would not eventually forgive his sons or friends of wrong they had done. What true romantic love is not embedded in forgiveness and compromises? So we all have the ability to love unconditionally.

The other side of love is the agape, the selfless self serving. Agape is love in action, Love in service. We might have lost a bit of the glory of love because of modernization and enlightenment. Now this is what happened to me, I had just finished listening to a message and it exposed the weakness of my heart, I want to love God more I know I do love him but yet I wasn't satisfied because deep in my heart I didn't feel the love enough. As I was praying I started to cry. It was as if I was faced with the love of Christ literally but my love was not found, it was like Christ was saying this is my love where is yours?

Read this part carefully! As he did this I began to think about someone I was in love with and how my thoughts towards her were always to express my hearts love. As I thought about the ways I wished to express my love to her, I found out he didn't scold me or conscience prick me for my thoughts. The more I thought of expressing my love the happier I got and excited then all of a sudden a name flashed through my mind, a lady I was ministering to. I had slight doubts about God touching her the more I thought of her the more I wanted clarity about her healing and then it struck me that while I believed I needed more time to pray with her I was scared if the best option for her was not to visit the hospital, as I thought much on this God clearly spoke to my heart that I was supposed to stand for her and not waiver in faith, I do not need to hear from him if she would be healed or not, I was supposed to proceed praying based on my confidence in his ability and he wouldn't fail me. I was much at peace hearing this and then I realized that my feeling of inadequacy had vanished and disappeared it was as if I had a new found love for God, then he spoke he said I wouldn't compare my own love, with Christ’s love I wanted to separate my love and Christ’s but God made me understand that Christ’s love is my love. So all I needed do was to believe. He said the reason why I prayed for her or paid attention to her was because of my love, by even praying for her I was expressing my love; I noticed when I begin to express my love for others the feeling of inadequacy disappears. And when Christ made me understand also that those moments I feel my love for him was inadequate it was because I didn't want to utilize his love, like I felt his love should be more than it was. Christ love is simple so it beats our imagination. But all we need is to express we need not feel it the Holy Ghost does that for us he sheds the love abroad.

Having faith in the love of Christ is where many seem to fail, because they are not ready to experience the totality of Christ’s love, as long as we don’t believe in Christ’s love there will always be a feeling of inadequacy. Responding to Christ’s love is simple, it’s by faith. The love of Christ is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. If we are born again the love of Christ is in our hearts. It is the Holy Ghost that administers Christ’s Love according to our faith. Someone who Christ’s love drives crazy will never experience this feeling of inadequacy. I have also come to realize that this feeling of inadequacy we feel towards God does not originate from our sinfulness but from our relationship with our earthly parents especially our fathers. Go and mark it, if you see anyone who has a good relationship with his father such a person will naturally carry this kind of mentality into his relationship with God. Many of us have being deprived of a father’s love when we needed it most so in a way when we heard God can also become our father we naturally switched this mentality into our relationship with God. So each time we go into his presence we go with the feeling of inadequacy and also expecting to be rebuked for all the wrongs but we've forgotten that no one condemns us again. We have a perfect conscience before God through Christ Jesus.

The most profound thing I learnt is that our love for Christ is expressed as we love others first and also as we worship him.

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Father Hood

I have being wondering why many claim to have fathers they don't trust.

As I discussed and poured out my mind recently I discovered many use men they don't and can't trust as their spiritual Father.

Then it hit me! If the one person you see as your father can't command respect in you, won't this also reflect on your relationship with your Heavenly Father. The closer I thought the more I realized it to be true. How can you claim to have a father whom you cannot trust, whom you are suspicious of. How can you make such your father who can't command respect in you? He has not thoroughly been formed. Our development as Christians is greatly influenced by our Fathers. Paul said though you have many instructors but you have just one father.

Fatherhood is a place of passion and harmony. I remember my search for a father....

When I was in school I wasn't one of the elite spiritual brothers, so all of a sudden when people saw me ministering in God's power, opposition arose everywhere. I was questioned who is your Father? Who mentored you? Because I didn't really have a physical father or mentor doors where closed against me. I was so sad, the persecution was so much, everywhere I went I was accused of having pride. This made me to become sad and moody. All I wanted was to be accepted, because my heart was always filled with love, I love carrying people along. Well I might have also instigated the persecution because I knew all those who claimed I am fatherless wanted to father me. But I didn't want them.

My search for a father led me to harvest house, but it wasn't for long, then winners’ chapel, after some months I realized I didn't flow with the style of worship. By this time I had become weary, the persecution of not having a father had gotten too much so that I found a post graduate student invited him to minister in one of our meetings and because he was an alumni of my fellowship, it looked acceptable to man. Although the relationship was imbalanced because we only discussed what I felt he was comfortable with. We rarely discussed about the supernatural. He was a good big brother but I wouldn't really call him a father. My search for fatherhood also didn't stop. Even though at first it was meant to weigh me down I had sincerely sensed that I really needed a Father, so when I had to leave school and spend an extra year to get my degree, I moved into town. Because of the pain and hollow of my heart, my heart cried for Fathering.

I became involved with a church I had eyed. And then after so many months; by then I was confused, ministry was a distant call, I just needed clarity. I sought the Pastor of this Local Assembly Just to pour out my heart and ask for direction, this became a great decision because for the first time I expressed myself to man without fear of hurting his ego. I told him who I was, where I had come from and what brought me here. He listened with rapt attention; he spoke a little and then encouraged me. I was so blessed! This was the beginning of a spiritual Fathering. As I was leaving his office that day he asked me if I would love to come every week to see him, so we made it a date every Wednesdays, between the hours of 1-4pm I was in my pastor’s office.

I can't really say all that transpired but I can say this I got almost all my wisdom from him. He gave me an insatiable thirst for the scriptures, he encouraged me, and he even gave me money and bought things for me. Though I was going to his office on wed. Some people in church started calling me Revs Son. This is a Father and that is Fatherhood.

To be sincere he took care of all my needs, spiritual, emotional and financial. He was the reason I went to church. Though I met other believers Rev was my major motivation and excitement for being in church. His teachings, ooooooh his teachings, the depth! He was such a Father as none! He was more real to me. Some people said Rev is tough ooo, I never saw it. I just wanted his leading, his direction, for I was once lost. I really needed him, my life depended on him. Because of the troubles I had faced. So each day when I went to see him I went with the mind of having my problems solved. That is a Father.

He was not just a spiritual father; He was also a physical father. He understood everything, even my emotions, he treated everything. I didn't think about his words I took them as final, because I could trust him. I trusted his leading and guidance because of the time we had spent together; I knew his labors over me. As at when I was at the church I never did anything without him. Everything, I told him. There was no point hiding things from someone who's got your whole life figured out.

Who is your Father or rather may I ask are you a Father?

I have another father; Rev Isaac Adewale like Rev Tunde Amosun. People say Daddy is hard actually I've witnessed it, he is. But still I can refer to him as my Father, because I understand the place of a Father. It is to guide and to direct. I have come to learn how to utilize Fathers. Daddy gave me the needed push and motivation I needed for ministry, he played a vital role in my decision to embrace ministry full time, his love and counsel and fatherly admonition, his covering and his making me to share out of his life and family. I love his ministries and his anointing, if God has lead him to where he is, then I trust God, daddy can lead me too. I love my Fathers. They are a blessing to me. I do whatever they say I never disobey them; I have learnt how to submit totally to fathering. My Fathers have helped me a lot they have prevented me from sorrow. Even when it seems they have asked me to make a decision based on their own personal view it ends up working for me. Do you know why the relationships with my fathers work, it's because I trust them and I know they won't lead me astray.

I ask this question and I pose it to you. How can you have a Father that you can't trust? Are u sure he is really your Father or Just an Instructor.

Who is an Instructor? An instructor his one who guides but you are not under any obligation to follow is guidance. You only have to sit and listen to him.

It puzzles me how you can sit under the ministry of someone you can't trust your life with, then why are you there? Also know that your development as a Christian is determined by your father’s growth. A servant cannot grow beyond the master. As long as you don't trust your so called father then you can't also be trusted because you are a reflection of who he is.

Be careful who you make your father. Fatherhood is very significant in a person's development. Also know that your relationship with your father also mirrors your relationship with God. If you don't trust your father, it won't surprise me if you don't trust God. Check your lives have you made instructors your fathers? Instructors, no matter how deep they are can never become a father; because they lack something essential and that's fathering. A father sows in you and invests in you, a father is patient for the harvest, a father is ready to take blame for you, a father loves to associate with you, a father gives and does not take.

Who is a Father? A Father is a Leader; your leader, your personal guide in life, your eyes, your direction.

Love Always Wins

This weekend,

I can’t help but write the events of this weekend. So surprising that I can finally lay hold of and grasp the truth. When I saw how magnanimous God had being in my life for he had being speaking to me in detail concerning the things I pondered over, the truth truly sets free. At a stage of my life my confidence in God had diminished because I had tampered with my fellowship and my consecration. But now I am fully in love with God and I know the truth that he cares. Edumare! Opemipo lodore (Almighty God I have so many things to thank you for). Not just that he cares but also that he loves me and has lavished His love on me.

What I really want to talk about is the fallibility of man and the role love plays in this fall. I have heard it being said many times that God doesn't hate us but he hates our sin. So if God loves us what then is the problem? This weekend I got to love more! though I was lied to and I was despised, made jest of, I was scorned, but I kept my heart intact and learnt how to perfect love, despite all what was done against me I learnt to love more, why would I not love when I knew I had no other option but to do so. Can you hate yourself? I had being following Jesus Christ, why would his life not reflect in me? Man! Man never wants to own up. We always defend ourselves. 

What if I tell you I’m the perfect man! I have full course to do so. If I make such a claim I’ll be right but no matter how right I am, I will never forget that man in the flesh is fallible!!!

I have expressed severally my philosophy of love but I never knew how strong it was until it started breaking walls. I don’t know how many more of hurt I can take before the heart refuses to love again but I will love unconditional. I will love not for what to gain but I will love for what to give. I once told someone I love you, but I will be happier if another man takes your heart. My love for you is intact regardless of the choice or choices you make. Can we love genuinely and selflessly, love not to take but to give and if there is a possibility of taking then you do; love is best served when it is selfless.

I want to go over the events of this weekend again. Mixing spirituality with carnality always has a negative effect and I saw first hand how the laws of divinity where broken and the cross of Christ made of none effect. We are the ones who diminish the message of Christ when we mix Christianity with carnality, whatever structures that the spirit of God builds can be torn down by carnality.

It is so sad to see the effects of our misapplication of Christ. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 3; I could not speak unto you as unto mature sons but as unto babes because you are yet carnal. What did he mean? He says you fight, you compete, and you instigate quarrels. Are you not carnal! I have learnt a lot this week and then still I was the teacher. I also learnt, because a teacher never stops learning. I learnt love knows no bounds and it can’t be restricted, I learnt love breaks every barriers and opens every door. Because love is pure it outlasts everything. When you love nothing can stop your love, scandals can’t stop it, love is unlimited, it can never be diminished. You can keep hiding but one day love will expose all your thoughts.

 Love always wins! The enlightenment continues...

 I am one raised solely for the purpose of the body. Inspired to feed the body of Christ 

ENCOUNTER

Encounter is a labor room, Encounter is the birthplace of sons, the vision of encounter is to recruit kingdom workers, it’s like a launch pad, where power is generated and ministries birthed. Encounter is an event that seeks to increase awareness on the need of more gospel workers.

Encounter started Feb 17 2010! It began with a heavenly visitation and an anointing of the head. All I remember was that before I had the encounter I was a normal boy but after the encounter I became a different man with vision and clarity. I became hungrier for God. As the vial of oil was poured upon my head by Jesus Christ I felt cold sensations and heat sensations at the same time. It was as if my flesh was alive and boiling in my body I could feel heat, but around my surroundings I felt cold. I saw Jesus I can't forget those eyes they were transparent and translucent you could see inside them and they were also glowing, His silver like whitish hair that was shining, did I also tell you that gazing at those eyes felt like gazing straight into a flame. And that I could see myself in him, I was so conscious of my weakness but he assured me of his presence that he would be with him if I stayed with him. The appearance of Jesus was like that of a refiner’s fire, as I stood in his presence I was being purified and energized. 

Since the time I had this encounter, ministry started, it was automatic! Although before then I was a Sunday school and bible study teacher and was also involved in the teens and children evangelism ministry through school visitors, but it was after then I began to minister with powers with visible manifestations and signs.

Enormous amount of energy is required for a rocket to be launched out into orbit so likewise encounter is a program soaked with the energy of God and the power of God for launching out, with diverse manifestations of the spirit, you are sure to locate your own place in the assemblage of the righteous. There is a quickening spirit that facilitates the life of God into a soul, it’s an awakening!!!

Men will awaken to their call and gifts, an in-gathering of souls for the purpose of ministry. It’s a birth place of revival, where people cry out with one voice, one soul, one thought and one purpose to God. We want to see your kingdom come Spirit Break Out!! There will be heavy manifestations of God’s presence and a quickening of God’s mind, purpose and plans into believers, it would be a taking up of arms, it would be a raising up of an army unto God to plunder the kingdom of darkness. It would be an earnest seeking of believers, a downpour of God’s glory (power), an activation of the spirit life, an embracing of spiritual principles, a building up, a major shakeup of the sinful life (carnal). It’s a Revival, a birthing of sons, an upholding of righteousness, an adoption of the spirit life and an embracing of life eternal. That mortality might be swallowed up by life, a growing unto maturity, an earnestness.

It would be said of us after encounter that the zeal of God’s house has eating us up. The reality of the life of God will open to us. We will walk in his consciousness and live in this consciousness. We will be helped; our souls will be refreshed because of this Light. We would no longer wander in darkness because the life of God will be revealed unto us and we would embrace it. Encounter is a fire conference, a lighting of torches, a setting off of flames, a setting ablaze, an ignition and spread of holy flames from the altar down to the pews. An empowerment, a victorious living, a triumphant life, a journey into Holiness, a growing deeper, a burrowing of roots, a sp read of tentacles, an assimilation, a bearing of fruits, a reward of diligence and years of earnest seeking. The power of God would be so mighty to release gifts, ministries, mantles and to deliver men. It would be a reward of faithfulness. A journey into God, a life of pursuit, a reward of excellence, an habitation of Heaven’s Host, a breaking forth, a harbinger of success, a distribution of wealth, a entering into prosperity.

Encounter would be all that God wants it to be. There will be an increase in finance, wealth and prosperity for the work of the ministry there would be a spread of millionaires after this meeting because God would entrust his resources to those he knows would make good use of it, television ministries would be birthed radio stations, would be launched. The life of God would be celebrated. O! Holiness would be our watchword. A life of purity will be exalted, nations will be birthed, prophecies would be released, the deaf will hear, the dumb will speak, the lame would walk and the dead would be raised up back to life, there would be a perfecting of the saints an everlasting reward, a revealing of secrets, destinies would be launched. Mothers will be born, there would be a holy hunger and a reverence for God and for sacred things, instruments of worship will be consecrated, boldness and confidence would increase. Encounter would be a koinonia, a place of intimacy.

 Make sure you are at Encounter 2015, that’s all I can say! Let the countdown begin! As at when this write up was published 73 more days to encounter Feb 5 – 8 2015.

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FORGIVENESS...

I've witnessed so many things to put me off and discourage me.

I have always wondered what makes up a broken heart, but really my heart has not really been broken except for once... I remembered asking a girl out but then she was 16 and I was 21 so I told her how I loved her and would love us to be together... But since I was a perfect gentle man I told her I was willing to wait till she was 18. I don't think I have ever falling such in love before, even now.

I was surprised to receive a shock on the eve of her 18th  year in the world that she was in a relationship, and it had been ongoing... I was ripped apart, it tore my heart into shreds, I never was my self, I cried, I was depressed... Because we had shared a lot together... But then that was a long time about seven years. Hmm...

Yea! I have broken someone's heart also... And I'm yet to recover from hurting such a precious soul because I can still feel the heart in my hands... Maybe more than one. But I've learnt my lesson and stopped awakening love.

This year I had an opportunity to toil with several hearts but then I bared the burden of self control so that my emotions could be productively channelled.

I have watched a friend suffer as her heart was severely battered by so called Honourable men. I have

had so many ladies close their heart because they don't trust certain men. Sometimes I'm scared to express my heart because I believe I fall in the category of those certain men. But then this ladies are not to blame for my sufferings...

It is THEM... The men who entered innocently into this hearts and left seeds of bitterness brewing... The extent of the damage can not be quantified. Maybe I invite a friend to share with you what has been done to her. Someone once cursed me and wished me Dead. I never understood, but it was the hurt the pain, Of having your hopes raised and then being dashed the Hope of Having your Perfect Dream and it being taking away.

I never blame them. I do not complain if it takes two years for your heart to heal. But then you need to allow it heal so it might grow seeds of love again.

But I'm here to tell you to let go, let go of the PAST, let go of cruelty (not as if you are cruel but let go of the hurt that cruelty inflicted). Now I knew I was mean and selfish... How can I just move on with life when I see you suffering this much... I feel I'm responsible so I stay stagnant as long as you are stagnant... Cos I've vowed to only move forward when you've found Happiness once again. Can I understand how hurt works. Or the effect the pain has. I do not know how real your pain is. But I knew of one who almost committed suicide for what I did. I feel terrible sometimes cos I'm to blame. In order to become Happy I sacrificed your own Happiness.

But then... now I kinda have an opportunity to make amends. You see I'm willing to wait for as long as it takes for your heart to heal and grow to love again. For then... And only then will I be able to move on. I've long ago giving up on my agenda! Now all effort is geared towards making you recover and discover love once again. The purity of love. I take the blame for your hurt. If a man inflicted this pain then I take responsibility, For it is a man also that will take you away from the pain.

The pain might not disappear but the pain can become powerless i.e have no effect on you again. Jesus specialises in taking men away from their pain if they will allow him, that's why he said come unto me. When you come unto him you are taking away from the pain.

Please Men stop playing with a ladies heart, and Ladies stop playing with a guys heart, enough flirting. Flirting has aroused and crushed many a heart. Be a gentle man go straight to the point. If u realise you don't keep to ur words. Don't make promises. Do not awaken love when u r not ready.

Do not use your beauty to manipulate or get cheap attention.

We are in this together baby... I know you might have lost faith in gentlemen. But I have come to restore faith in the race of men. Especially Sons of Issachar. I love you... I do, I love you with all my heart and I hate to see you suffer it hurts. I know what you are going through.

I've known since... I'm willing to empathise with you but then it is advisable to move on. Can't wait to see you full of life again.

In as much as I wanna carry your burden away there's a brother who does that perfectly well: His name is Jesus.

N.B how can you feel happy with yourself knowing your happiness was built on taking someone else's Happiness. How can you feel Joy when so many hearts have been battered by you. Let's exchange our selfishness for selflessness and our immaturity for maturity. How can you bear to be in the same room with someone who's heart you have broken and act as if nothing's wrong.

My greatest desire is to be someone who God can trust to mend broken hearts. I have seized advocating my agenda(though it's not easy) to pursue other people's agenda. As long as I know what you want, I'll help you get it. I have seen the powerful effect of JOY to a soul, and I'll always like to have that. For me JOY is d greatest gift I can give a man.

ManHooD!

Hello sir, I love your piece on manhood! It's so radical and inspiring, full of energy and hope. Very vital! But sir sincerely I'm scared that there where revolutionary undertone! The type that broke up china and the type that destroyed the tsarism of Russia! The type that annihilated the French royal family.

My Fear is that it is easier said than done. Actually I'm reluctant to share this with you, cos I love your write ups and respect you a lot. I've been following and our Facebook friendship dates back a while now. The thing is I must voice out my concerns from the voice of the spirit.
It's not everything you said I have problem with! I agree we need to fight and not keep quiet we need to voice our opinion! But of late God had being making me to understand the power and importance of spiritual warfare 2 Corinthians 10:3; "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal!..." You may complete it and continue till verse 4, But what I wanna point out is that the weapons are not carnal yes! Carnal.

When a man shouts, screams, carries arms, placard, engages in civil disobedience and still does not see the change he wants then he becomes tired and frustrated and asks questions what is really happening, are things not bigger than  anticipated!
The right of every believer to fight is recognised! Just that we do not fight carnally (and by carnally I mean we do not fight expending our strength!) Elijah fought! Moses did, Jesus did too. But not physically Samuel did too.

Elijah did not fight with any carnal weapons he fought with Prayer! James 5:17-18; "And Elijah prayed and it did not rain, and Elijah prayed again and it rained look at this great influence!"  Moses went to Pharaoh to protest when Pharaoh refused he went to God! And prayed, he prayed down the plagues that forced down the hand of Pharaoh and Even killed Egyptian first sons! Jesus didn't go about protesting it was as he was preaching and teaching that he spoke against the leaders the Pharisees! Jesus did not go out with his own agenda! His mandate led him to speak against evil, he was speaking against evil to make people feel better or realise they had a defender. Whenever he was persecuted or challenged he spoke against those that challenged him.  Jesus understood spiritual warfare that was why he said those that live by the sword shall die by the sword.

You see there is a better way to fight the system sir! And it's called intercession! Now that God has awakened you to the oppression of his people you need to engage the Lord and find out how to go about this.
Remember... 2 Chronicles 7:13-14.
"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
This scripture brought me to reality, that the reason why chaos persists is that the body of Christ has not taking their rightful positions. If only we realise the earth is ours for the taking.. If we are passionate enough to take up the cause of this nation as ours, then we would get solutions...

Humility is key to the change we need, actually we can talk all we want, but we might never get the results we want because we feel to big to beseech God and intercede.

If God has put in your heart a burden for this nation, seek his face to know how he wants you to fight, and remember we do not war after the flesh, for our weapons of warfare are not carnal.

 God Bless Nigeria!!!

ONLY THE BRAVE!

Am about to make many people laugh!

I was reading through The Revivalist and the story of John Wesley so captured me, but there was a part of the story my heart delighted more in than the others. Sophie, Grace and Molly!

This where the three women involved in Wesley's life. I will briefly relate the love triangle and share the love story with everyone.

John Wesley, by Far the greatest influence on modern day Christianity missed a spot and it wasn't because he couldn't discern well but it was because he hesitated and let opportunity pass him by!

Maybe Sophie wouldn't have being the best Bride but Grace certainly would have, and one wonders what delayed him from tieing the knot. One funny story is that of Charles Finney who married his bride and continued with ministry he married her while on the road on evangelistic tours and sent her home.

One wonders why John Wesley couldn't take the same route with Grace. When she married John Bennett, I was so distraught. it was as if I was reading Francine or Karen. But then it wouldn't have happened if not for the treachery of Charles. So painful and unbelievable Charles and John almost severed ties, if not for the quick intervention of George Whitefield. Still one would rue the delay of John as being similar to that of Sophie! While Sophie was stuck to John like glue! Grace was torn between the two Johns. But John Wesley had the upper hand because she confessed it, but then indecision. While I certainly considered the marriage to Molly a tragedy, considering the impact of John Wesley.

I certainly know that God will not help you make a decision you are meant to make. God won't help you tie your shoe or choose a life partner he could lead, direct or guide you to her but you still ve to accept and make the decision he won't help you say yes. You have to say it yourself.

While sometimes things are clear, sometimes God tests your preferences!

I am gifted I certainly do know that, I used to pride myself as having the perfect ear cause I could hear God speak audibly and clearly with rapid frequency, but then there was a time it all suddenly stopped there was blackout nothing not even a whistle.

I suffered because I was used to hearing voices and I based my life on it, many nights I cried because I stood still, I became stagnant devil rejoiced and took advantage.

But then I got tired of being defeated. I started first to read books and I started to apply simple wisdom. I stopped living mystically. I continued like this and then moved to my Bible, I got so conversant with my Bible that I used the bible as my only source of guidance, if I wanted direction and guidance I went to the verse talking bout it and I meditated.

This continued and then my confidence began to grow back. I no longer wished to hear voices, but then I realised that sometimes when I'm faced with a decision and I'm about to do manual search God drops the exact scripture in my heart and I get my answer easily. This way God helped me and freed me of every laziness toward his word.

Because I could hear God I neglected my Bible, God taught me a very profound lesson on how to hear him through his word. Now I base every decision on his word not even on how I feel or what I hear but by his words. The verses he gives does the magic.

I felt John should have clearly wrapped up Graces case like Charles Finney did to his wife, when he realised he couldn't do a proper marriage he married her on the road and continued with his ministry.

Just so sad! He had a tragic marriage. But then he could have prevented it.

Let's stop using the past to determine the future. Yesterday and today are two different things. That it happened this way does not mean it would happen that way.

As I close I wanna leave us with a scripture. That I got when I made the first move to enter a relationship in a Godly way. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit of God; that we might know those things that are freely giving unto us. 1 Corinthians  2:12

Now you see that we might know those things that are freely giving to us was what struck me the most, And that guided every relationship I embarked upon. I might have interpreted it in an absurd way, but it worked. Because I can be a clown sometimes, I only went after people I knew I had a chance with, when someone seemed to be beyond my powers, the feelings scram without being told to do so.

That way my heart was safe, that was my own foolish interpretation but then I knew it was beyond that, God was telling me there are things I've placed within your ability exercise your authority.

I feel so sorry for John Wesley but then he's dead and that was about 300 Years ago. You might be in the same shoes John Wesley was borrow wisdom.

I don't wanna make mistake, I don't wanna make mistake and eventually we end up doing so. I believe we fear making mistake than we trust God to step out in Faith. If you are someone that is used to stepping out in faith you can never make mistake, If you are not you will probably still do so despite your caution. The word is in your hand. You cannot prevent mistakes by being cautious you can only prevent mistakes by being precise

You must know those things freely giving to you. Such things must be founded on Godly principles. that is truly what it means to walk in God's Will.

What am I saying in essence some decisions Just need common sense.

"DISCERNMENT?" Huh!

 I think the toughest thing for us youths is to discern the will of God. I think the most confusing challenge a youth has to face is "Discerning".

How did we get here?

I searched my heart for answers but I keep stumbling upon puzzles! So I briefly would like to share my latest study and really hope sincere contributions will be made.

Galatians 5:22 but the fruits of the spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Long suffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance: against such there is no law.

Impatience!
Why are there more Joke of a Christian out there?

Indecisiveness.

Sensuality

Entanglement

Lust

Strive

Covetousness

Greediness

Ignorance

And the list is endless. How did we become like this!

How come two brothers are fighting over a Sister and they both said they heard GOD. How come a Pastor sees a vision and shares it and prophesies and the prophecy never comes to pass. How come our decision making is wrong.

How come our leaders encourage us to support the wrong politician.

How come a man is told that he should give his life to Christ and that after he does is Biz will boom! Instead when he does things are for the worst.

How come God said, seems more dangerous than suicide bomb(#BH)

I began to search scripture and analyse my own failings and I came to a series of conclusion.

The Grace of God that brings salvation as appeared to all men teaching them that denying ungodliness and worldly Lust we should live soberly, righteously and Godly in this present world,


No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.


It pleased God to send Jesus to us and show us a pattern for Living and the apostles as firstfruits of that life, and we've being giving the same scripts.

But over time the majority have settled for less and the minority have settled for more.

How did we get here, How did entanglement become our greater lot, How did lust master our body?


How did we lose the inner witness, or the leading of the spirit.I forgot to add to my list: Pride

Someone said pride is not only when you are puffy, but it is pride also to wallow in pity when God as forgiven you. It is pride to prefer condemnation over Liberty, to prefer sin over righteousness.




Hrgh!!! So how did we get here!
I don't know where to start but it has something to do with Fear, carelessness, care-freeness, nonchalance, laziness, carnality, strive, lust.

All this the apostles warned us against but we seemed to be cool with them and accommodate them, it's almost a myth to have totally clean thoughts throughout the day! Without fear, doubt and lust creeping in.

I ask again how did we get here?
When has it being this hard to hear from God. Or to walk by faith. While some Liberate us not to fear, to be bold and take giant strides without really spelling the whole to us nor teaching us how to land safely, Others seem to paint a picture of fear feasting on stories of those who didn't finish strong, such stories are sweet, because they flow in rhetorics.


The divorce, the suicides, the embezzlement, the homosexuality, the reprobation.

How In the name of Jesus did we get here? Is there still hope?

The only thing I can say is check the Gospel you heard and who preached it!

And see what Jesus, Apostles, and early church fathers really said what where the guidelines and then follow.

The Gospel is very simple and we've had so many fights disputing each other, but we all share this in common: Jesus Christ, Son Of God, Heaven, God, Disciples, Sin, Rapture, Crucifixion, The Passion, Deliverance, Liberty, Love, Faith,

So fix it and determine where you've erred.

The Gospel is so simple Hate sin, Love God, Flee temptations, Torment the demons

I know many would disagree with this last statement, but what is grace? Is it really what we claim it is or beyond what we can ever imagine! There is a debate, Costly or Cheap grace choose one. But I say the two salvation is both costly and cheap.

If I must state further in this growing world I found the Gospel to be very explainatory. Reckon, Denial, Flee. These three have become the greatest test and failure of many, this is where many a soul have ended their Journey. But without practising the three there seems to be no going forward! Heaven is real so Is hell.

Be wise Discern well.


But still many will fail and many will progress.
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WHEN THE SPARKS STOPS FLYING!

For quite some time now I've been silent not blogged been more into micro blogging. But it's not that I don't have what to say, it's Just that I didn't have the right frame to put it, I've being reading a lot of books of late just to improve myself and I've garnered many a wisdom from such, Hopefully my piece would bring light into someone's tunnel.

What do you do?

What is your response when the sparks stops flying?

Whether it's in marriage or a casual friendship at some point the sparks stop flying and the relationship seems to wane at that point you claim that the sparks have ended. And then you to try to move on, or u never even realised u moved on, all of a sudden reality downs on you that there has being distance and you are faced with the reality of your preoccupation. It takes extra work to re-establish such a relationship.

In Marriage this stage is normal, the romance wears off and the husband begins to wonder how can I cope without the spark. I say to you, Reinvent the spark. Now I have a crazy cure and it's based on my own personal experience.At a point in time during my undergraduate years I used to have many female admirers, at first I would be put of, Later maybe after a year or two I start to like this people, by then they've out gone their crush, Nothing happens, but then I always wondered why this always happens? I can remember about six clear instances.

Naturally we would miss anyone we communicate with when such a communication stops, the only way we can reconnect is to revive communication. Being the kinda person I am, I never reconnect I Just move on. But on one or two occasions I did reconnect and I almost succeeded in making things mutual.

So what do we do when the sparks stop Flying? Ans we reinvent the spark, Now that I've had so many similar experiences I had learnt how to rekindle a once dying Fire. It takes time, Effort and Sacrifice. For a married couple it is worth it. The amount of time you put to make a relationship works suggest how much you care about that relationship and the person you are in it with.

We have so many Levels of communication. Do not think doing the same thing you did initially will reignite the spark, It might not be so! It always isn't. Most times re-igniting the spark occurs when u start taking what u took for granted seriously.

Re-igniting the spark could both be Romantic and Non- romantic. A proper mix of these, produces the best result.

All I've said is invest in every relationship you find yourself and don't take anyone for granted. Be sincere how far u can go so the other person doesn't expect too much.

Recently I reinvented the sparks in many friendship, I love to have my friends satisfied about the role they play in my Life. I love to socialise that's why I have so many close friends, 80% of my active friends are close friends, even distant friends. I've cried, through loss of some relationship, I've tried to give up on so many relationships, But I haven't succeeded, cos I'm always thinking about re-igniting the sparks. It's nau embedded within.

View every man as very important unaware you entertain angels

LIFE BECAME MY LIGHT AND MY DELIGHT

In Him(Jesus) was Life and the Life is the light of men, this was the discussion of our Bible study. John 1:4

I had prepared this verse with Matthew 5:16 in mind, Just referred to Light as the personality of change, but while teaching this verse God gave me a different Revelation of the life of light. Please follow me through the scripture with full cooperation with the Holy Spirit, Let the Holy Spirit Illuminate the word so that you can Partake of life of Light and become a delight to the world.

In him Jesus was Life and the Life was the light of men, the phenomenon or thing or personality referred to as light in man is called life in Jesus why is that so? Because Life when it entered into man brought about a change and the change was that darkness was expelled.

 The Workings of Life in man is what makes It to be referred to as LIGHT. The source of Life is Jesus, since there is no darkness in God, Life has nothing to contend with in Jesus. Life found in Jesus it's natural habitat. But when Life enters man it has changed environment and likewise it's function changes. Life (Eternal Life) when it enters man Changes Function.

Since Man was in Darkness, a chaotic mass of Mess, the Introduction of Life brought about a shakeup. Because of the magnitude of Life, Darkness couldn't stand Life, so it ran away, disappeared. Darkness can't have the slightest idea about the makeup of Life. After Life had overpowered Darkness and expelled it, The function that Life performed in expelling Darkness is called Illumination. Hence Life in man is referred to as Light. Because the Number one characteristics of Light is to expel Darkness.

So therefore when men saw Darkness defeated and expelled they exclaimed Light! by recognising Life in man as Light, man invariably fulfils Matthew 5:16 which when men recognised the fruits of Light they gave glory to God. The Life of Jesus which is eternal life when it enters man becomes Light, and this Light is not meant to only illuminate but also to spread, to become contagious, to increase grow and abound, Because in the natural habitat of Life it was successful, content, it had nothing to contend with, but when it came to man it started a journey of conquest. The reason why Light spreads is because it can't stand Darkness, anywhere it gets to, it must dominate.

Since Life is actively at work on earth it is given the task of Liberating man from darkness such a work is Known as Illumination. It's working on Earth is now referred to as Light. So has "Light" we must shine, we must manifest our Existence. It's only natural for Light to reign where there is darkness, hence the darker the world the easier it is for Light to shine. So when the world is full of sin and chaos and all sorts of Evil, you shouldn't be bothered. The world by becoming chaotic is only screaming for help, It's shouting I need Light where is Light? Where is Light? Darkness does not oppose Light.

As the underlying scripture says

And the Light Shines in Darkness and the Darkness could not comprehend (Understand, Decipher, Decode) it. John 1:5

It's only Natural For Light to shine in Darkness. Light Can't be Afraid of Darkness but Darkness must be afraid of Light. The Presence Of Light refers to the Extinction(Annihilation) of Darkness.

  

Shalom!

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#OurGirlsAreComingHome

This morning I woke up to tweet Bring back our girls The Hash tag that is changing the world, I was just so lost for words, I actually searched my medulla oblongata for hints of the composition, the popular one is #bringbackourgirls there is also bringourgirlshome, #bringourgirlsback but I seem not to find the right composure to tweet my thoughts and to crown it, this morning unlike every other mornings when I tweeted I couldn't find the right suggestions I became so confused and asked God what was happening he just gave me this song God is fighting for us pushing back the darkness lighting up the kingdom that cannot be shaken in the name of Jesus enemies defeated and we will shout it out, shout it out,(copyright darlene zscech)  it seemed he was passing the message #OurGirlsAreComingHome.

The power of harsh tags; that's the message, our girls are coming home definitely. BokoHaram have Te. They have swallowed more than they can chew, they love attention so they'll get it. As Pharoah, Osama Bin laden, Sadam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi were created for destruction to bring the glory and praise of God, So also Boko Haram. Rejoice fellow Nigerians our victory has come. It became expedient for me to address this issue and revive weary hearts and also share my optimism. From now on I will no longer tag #BringBackOurGirls My Tags are #OurGirlsAreComing and #HurrayOurGirlsAreHome. This is my own little contribution to these cause! The destruction of #BokoHaram.

Unconditional

Many times I've wondered why I give so much and gotten little in return, in order to proof my Point I went off shouting REDAMANCY, as if I was the only one who's been hurt and who's not being served right. All I wanted was fairness, to get what I have given. is that too much to ask? I don't think so. What kinda mean people do we have nowadays I reasoned! they say something and mean the other thing. My heart had become my greatest asset so I had become careful and conscious who I gave it to, after suffering a considerable number of heartbreaks I reasoned I ought to be careful those that I trust my heart with.

N.B Mind you I suffer heart breaks more from friends than relationships.

My heart became so precious and heavily guarded. But still the pain was there cos I wanted to be understood and loved which is not bad...

But seriously of recent I've been whining about how unfair this whole business with the heart is until with heaviness of heart I stood before the altar of the most high and he let me.

After all my tantrums I seem to hear him ask are u faithful? Rationalising my thought as if he knew I had the right answer, he looked straight @ me are u always faithful, then I paused... Well if it's that I've being unfaithful a couple of times.

As I dwelt more in his presence I seem to see a picture of Jesus also shouting REDAMANCY.

Then I thought if anyone should ask for REDAMANCY it is Jesus. But he doesn't keep a record of wrong, He can't even remember you've hurt him when you've hurt him.

If you claim Agape can't be compared to eros, go and ask a woman who came back from work 6pm and cooks for her husband who would arrive 8pm. And he rejects her food and still yet she cooks again, even though it's not convenient.

How many times have you sinned? You claim life is unfair have you being fare to God. You think God understands, and u continue unfaithfulness.

It might shock you to know even those who chose hell God loves them and he still does. They where the ones who rejected him, not him rejecting the.m remember! For God so loved the world, even those who reject him he still loves.

I wonder how he manages heartache I could learn a thing or two from that. It's precisely my point, God would do anything to save man even when man rejects salvation God still loves a one.

Just recently I was praying and the name of a lady who hurt me came to mind and anger welled up in me and there was this prompting to pray for her so I did, and I found out that I loved her so dearly cos I spent so much time praying for her.  Then I realised in every true believer if we allow God to lead the terms of Unconditionalty is very strong.

UNCONDITIONAL!