Don't enter the New year without knowing this!

In Joshua 7:1-13

• The Lord was angry- a hedge was broken in Israel 
• Joshua, the leader, wasn't aware
• The Lord permitted the people of AI defeat Israel
• Joshua did not accept defeat
• He knew something was wrong
• He tore his clothes
• Refused to eat
• He layed face own before the ark of the Lord
• He sought God's face, asked questions and  got answers
• He carried out instructions.....problems solved!

Some Christians today

• A hedge is broken 
• Trouble comes into he man's house
• He starts running helter skelter, from church to church, person to person 
• He gets tired tired and trouble bears root
• He cries from time to time, excuses the trouble at other times
• Confesses it is well and does nothing
• The devil feasts on his ignorance 
• He lives wondering if God is angry with him
• He starts believing that the sickness or trouble is there to teach him a lesson
• All the while never seeking God's face and never addressing the issue   

When we have Jesus?

Joshua and all the prophets of the old testament did not have the covenant we have now. They were not called sons, yet they operated in the kind of divinity that most of us shy away from today.

In Jesus, we have the FULLNESS of life. We have everythibg under our feet. He who created the whole world is our Father and He said we are joint heirs with Jesus.

Make up your mind to operate at the level of Christ's authority in 2016. Decide to seek God's face, decide to walk with God, know him more and you will be amazed at how your life will pan out.

Enter 2016 in style. Happy New Year!!

Little victories; joy of big victories

As a young girl I struggled with crushes.  There were a whole lot of them. I had my first kiss at 13....yeah...I know...too early. Six months later I was wondering what I was thinking. Like seriously...was I blind? I had moved to a new crush. However, this time I wasn't excited I was scared. I was agitated because I knew my age and I knew it wasn't going to be anything less than 11 years for me to be ready for marriage.  I had hoped that my first crush would be my everlasting love...oh how wrong I was.

I reasoned that if I continued at that rate I would have dated 24 men before I clocked 25 if my average crush rate is 6months. That was horrifying. I didn't want that to be part of my biography.
I knew I had to do something quickly and I called myself to order.

It took me a while for the butterflies to stop flying in my tommy with the first crush but it did stop, I would have to find a way to deal with subsequent ones. Yeah I would have a crush, I would pretend I didn't have one,  and I was going to watch the feelings leave me. I would definitely sit the next ones out!

I may not have sat out up to 24 crushes but I'm sure there must have been a number. I didnt just give them enough thoughts anymore. I learnt that lesson well!!

Fast forward 12 years later and one year into my marriage as I was still trying to figure out a lot of things about myself, I met someone. It was nothing, I needed a helping hand and he offered. That was what i could do for anyone but it opened up an unnecessary door for communication. Trust me, I didn't see it coming, I was that naive, I didn't believe it was possible for someone to cheat on their spouse. He was married with kids anyways. I was wrong!

After a while I knew it was no longer a joke. He persisted. But it was kind of easy...yet a bit difficult but I deployed my well learnt strategy of not giving things that have no futuristic value in my life a second thought. I quickly also realised one thing; the 'demons' you fought at a stage in your life are not the same demons you deal with at a later stage.....you matured, so did they! But one thing is sure, if you learnt to win them, you would win them anytime, as long as you keep improving and adapting your strategies.

What am I saying? Master the discipline of dealing with issues in your life and being accountable when no one is watching and when you do not have much to loose. That may be your saving grace when you encounter issues when the stakes are higher and you have much to loose.

Conquer those little demons now...They may not always be little.

#keepstrong

Protect your own

If the other person knows that your spouse will hear everything that happened in his/her day including your "niceness",  they will be more careful in their approach of you.

#protectyourhome #communicationiskey #bevulnerable

Overwhelmed?

Are you overwhelmed and you have gone from one person to another telling your problems but.......it's not yet solved!

Are you at the stage where you want to go back to those same people that you have been talking to....or since the situation wasn't alleviated you are thinking of a new set of people to run to.

STOP!! Stop right there!!! Turn around and go to God. Pray!! Any time you don't know what to do or you want to talk to someone, pick your bible and start reading. That's God taking to you there!! Keep studying until you find your answers.....even after you have found your answers.

God knows your pain and He's willing to help you....He loves you that much.

You don't have to struggle....just know this truth!

In the old covenant, Achan and all his household were burned to death for his disobedience ....Joshua 7.

But now, though we do not deserve less than Achan, Jesus has paid our price on the cross. He has received the punishment for all the sins I will ever commit that is why I'm free to live a righteous life. A life free of sin. I dont have to struggle with sin because he that is born of God does not continue to sin....However,  in the case where the righteous falls, there is an advocate.

I am righteous, not because of my works or good behaviour but because of Jesus' death on the cross. So ONLY in HIM can I be counted righteous.

As He died on the cross, I too died. So in Him, the full recompense of my disobedience is paid for. I now sit in glory,  with Jesus in the heavenly places, far above all principalities and power.

Praise God and thank God for the obedience of Jesus!

When your spouse points out something you’ve done wrong, don’t try to downplay your faults by pointing out your spouse's faults. Be humble enough to admit your mistakes, apologize and take responsibility for your actions. - Isaac Kubvoruno


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Who are you. ...really

You are a pastor or a christian leader, people say you are caring, kind, loving, responsible and your wife is wondering who they are talking about. ....you need to repent!

From a "good" girl to a "good" christian

I guess I was born a good girl, lol. As far as I became aware of my environment I could say I had a pretty good heart and thought only good for my fellow kids. The wrongs that was done to me I condoned because I didn’t want anyone to get hurt. I would think about every other person first before me.

I would go for all the religious activitues in church, joined different religious groups, tried to live a moral life but there was always a gaping hole in my heart searching to be filled.

I longed for what I couldn’t explain…how could I search for it?Where do I look for it….but somehow I knew I’d recognise it when I find it.

So I grew up, most times being taken advantage of. I would leave my food, my pencil, my time, my allowance all for other people’s advantage….but I kept searching.

I was nice, so my mother always scared for her little girl and not wanting hurt her to get hurt would always want to ‘’teach’’ me sex education by saying, ‘’If any man touches you, you would get pregnant’’(old generation Naija mums…lol) or would go hysterical when she sees me talking to a boy. I was 13 at the time and I actually started nursing the idea of maybe dating a guy so she’d see the difference between being an innocent girl and a girl that really does the stuffs. However, I had always felt an unseen hand guiding me not to do wrong. ……but my heart still was empty and I kept searching.

At 16 I dambled into things I shouldn’t play with. I read books and lots of magazines not meant for my age; Hints, Ikebe super, Better lovers…destructive to a young girls mind. I thought I would be lost from there but my heart didn’t give up, I was still hungry for what I didn’t understand….i was still searching.

I became tired at 18, I didn’t know what I was searching for, couldn’t understand it, couldn’t seem to find it, I decided to let loose and ‘live’ life. Started experimenting with the kind of dressing I wasn’t comfortable at first wearing. Now it wasn’t about the dressing but my heart. I started loosening up and waiting for every opportunity to launch out my new self but then something happened, I asked a friend for a bible as a Christmas gift. I suddenly had this undaunting urge to own a bible. I had never owned one before then. We didn’t need one in church, the passages to be read were printed out.

I started reading..or rather started consuming. From Sirach to proverbs to Ecclesiastis. From Romans to Ephesians to 1 John, every book I opened seem to sink deep in my heart and answer the questions I had asked for long, raising questions I never thought to ask, making me question the level I was and giving me hope for a future I hadnt seen.I got to a point and I asked sincerely,’’I want to know You more Lord, I need you. You are all I ever wanted, all I could ever ask for, would You lead me?’’

My friend was going to her fellowship after school resumed and I decided to follow her. That night I surrendered when the alter call was made. (Now before allthese a young man had been preaching to me and had gotten me to give my life to Christ but I didn’t understand him cause to me I was trying to be close to God..afterall I was regular to church. His name is Don Azubike-Onyegbu)

I found it finally!!! My heart found Him! Its been Him all along. Its been God I have been searching for. I felt so loved that all my low esteem from being battered and molested as a child left me completely (how much training would have been enough for this). All that mattered now is that Jehova is my Father and He loves me no matter what. He hears me when I call on Him, He listens to my every heart cry. He never condemns me but corrects me lovingly. I could feel the dept of His love. I could feel His gentleness and humility. I knew He may not like it when I fall but there was no iota of condemnation. His every desire is to see me become strong. For the first time since I could remember, I felt truly loved. He became my best friend. Now it doesn’t matter if I was a good girl, all that mattered was that I found the one who loves me enough to be willing to take me through this journey of being like Christ…no matter how many times I fell on the way.

Its been Its been 12 years since then and I have never looked back. I havent been perfect but that’s what all these is all about. He keeps teaching me, grooming me and loving me. Every day I have become better loving God. I have everything because I have only Him.

I still search but I'm no longer confused about what I search for, I only long to know more of Him.

#mytestimony #mybestFriend #salvation #Godslove

Get set......to freedom!

Welcome to my blog where we talk about God's amazing love. We hope to simplify God's love as much as He enables us.

Our hearts are all searching for something. I stopped searching when I found Him...or He found me. I now only search for just more of Him. No more emptiness!

I cant wait to meet you all that He had ordained to reach through this medium.

Lets go tell the world about our King!!!