why YOU didn’t want to HEAR iT!

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Yes it’s good we all have heard it, but no we really didn’t want to, verse 15, and chapter two, God prepared for man all he would need to make do, at 8 He kept him in a place after he was formed, hold on! So man was not created in this Eden he was kept there to tend it, if you haven’t figured it out yet, check Genesis.
That was a little hard to take right? Just don’t fight, cos just as the tendency to look back is when I say “don’t look back”, the almost certainty that man would do that which was just pointed out he shouldn’t, shouldn’t be surprising. We should take full responsibility till infinity before heaven cos it all began when we ate of the forbidden fruit in Eden. But that is not even what we do not want to hear; this is not the time to lose concentration, please lend me not only your ears but also every part of you that would allow you drift, let me say it like this: we always want the most candid of opinions but truly do we want to take it? Well, just like you, I also find it hard to take the truth but I try not to fight, cos unlike lies and all its falsehood, the truth is actually easier to…
Wait!!! I’m drifting… I’m shifting from the purpose slowly not even knowing, well I did find out quick enough and before I go off again, I’d hit the nail on the head.
If the hardest thing to take is the truth, then the best truth should be the greatest hardest thing to hear, right? Maybe now you get why the full story about Christ coming to die and His love actually makes people tend to close up and act all repulsive when they hear it
I mean, someone came, died, resurrected, gave authority, ascended and sent another for our comfort. Though He said His work was finished, for now we are all free from sin, sickness, poverty but really we have to wait on Him in trials, and what have you! Now you tell me, how does this make any sense to the logics you have been taught in school but you see, that’s the point I’m trying to make! He’s the creator I am His creation, He’s the porter, I’m the clay; you try explaining to car how the taste of sweet potatoes is and the use of vegetables yet he’d prefer to run miles in his own single mind, shifting gears, using wipers, then feeding on crude oil and most of the craps well arranged from elements in the periodic tables.
So we’ve got to take His word for it, reminds me of the bible; mehn! If only those cars could read they might behave better than we do! You still asking what you didn’t want to hear is or maybe this doesn’t apply to you?
Here’s where I’d like to draw a line between Christians and unbelievers or maybe we should all go into this next phase together; let’s start from things we all believe to where we have a problem.
There is a God; that is a fact, now hold on Mr. Non-Christian I’m not getting into the bible, YET!!!
The greatest need of man is the desire to be wanted, appreciated, welcomed; in essence LOVED. Now if there is a good God who created man with this desire, don’t you think He would have what it takes to meet it? Stop looking for the rhymes we don’t have the time and things are getting serious, I have seen and heard of many religions but non has satisfied my curiosity on how these shambles and fragments of love we profess here can meet the standards for a God who loves, and surprisingly wants to be lived in return, so He gave us all His love in the place of Jesus His son, so we can get the light and He can free us.
I am sorry we agreed to stay off the bible and all the religions to solve this but am bringing you Christianity. Not the one you heard is a religion but a way to live in, because it gave me the answers and they are quite simple, … ”are you tired?, well I am tired too”, but of what use would it be to have all this bottled up inside of me?
You know what, I would let you ask direct questions if you need to, just get my whole drift; God made man, man fell, He tried the prophets, tried various ways to heal man but man still could not get well, so provided a life line, He dialed JESUS. Now if you come to Him you have no sin, no sickness; a restored love relationship and life everlasting amongst others. That was one deal I could not pass by.
Now I am engaged, I do not care what you might say but God did not save me for me to do anything to get saved; I just believed Jesus in my heart, Confessed Him with my mouth and that settled it. I am FREE, how easy is this? Believers! Hope you know it was easier than you have heard it preached? And UNBELIEVERS, you are missing. Now if your religion honestly satisfies your needs, wants and desire to be loved remain there.
If you sincerely believe it does not, or you as a Christian has never experienced a relationship of total love, then allow me to introduce to you; my lover, my brother, my Lord, Jesus. Please accept Him. Please allow Him come in.

by
Njoku Uchechi

CHANCES

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I cried out to Him…
“Have mercy master, give me a second chance”
but
He said to me “I have no need for you anymore, you are broken! Any content in you spills out even for the dogs to lick”

I was made a vessel, a vessel of gold, a vessel unto honour! The finest amongst all, I was used by the master molded with the finest gold, made with loving hands of the potter, solid, strong, perfect, beautiful and useful.
Along the line something changed in me, I became proud!
Wasn’t I the best?
I mean a vessel of gold, unto honour, used to make exploits, of course! I was the best amongst bests. In fact the best the potter had ever made! I allowed pride to eat me up starting with a little crack in my “supposed” solid nature and it deepened, finally breaking me and rendering me useless
The master saw no need for me, so he decided to throw me out. Seeing my mistakes I cried out!

Shhh….

My master said to me…
“I’ll send you back to the potter to break you, crush you, melt you and remould you”

What a wonder! “Thank you Father” I cried out!

“Thank you Master, but even as I am remoulded, help me to bear the pain”

“My grace is made sufficient for you. For I am strong in your weakness”

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Odimbu Promise

what is yOuR NAME?

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“What is your name?”
“You mean… my name?”
I could close my eyes in a quick drift in to my spirit to give you an answer….

My name is who I am!
It is not merely a form of identification;
No! It is an embodiment of my whole being
It does not only describe my features
It gives you a description of my origin.
It does not just qualify me as a creature
It introduces you to my creator.
It does not just say I am human
It gives you my meaning.

It is not just about a phase of my life
It is the whole book of my life, as it is written of me.
It is not just about my past, present of future
It is about them three
It is not just, what I can become
It is what I am.
My name is I and I am my name!
You can see it in my eyes…

Just like scientists and their laws
My name and my creator are connected.
I am his product and bear his trademark.
My name is the declaration for the delectation of my creator.
My name is the bedrock of the loss of me…
Remember that I am still thinking of the right answer to your question.
So next time, ask me of my birth name instead of MY NAME.
My birth name could just be a word, but my NAME is something more.

“I am the child of the only living God who created heaven and earth, and who lives forever more.”

Now, that is my name.

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Ebisike Amarachi

fRoM the FALL…

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Why must I continue like this?
When He’s actually saved me like He promised
Cos I won’t just say no to my sinful needs
So the victory He won me
Makes no real difference
Cos with every passing day I abuse his presence
Loose His essence and continually descend
Cos I won’t condescend to say no to my flesh

Of course if I pray He would forgive me
But will I forever continue like this?
Will my story be falling and rising in brief
And will His mercy forever speak for me?
So here’s what I’m gonna do
I’m not gonna just confess my sins like I do
But I’m gonna rededicate my life too
And I’m gonna ask for help, YES, help from you Lord
To say no; No to my sinful needs

Although I can’t seem to stop myself
Truth is, I love you Lord. I really do
True to my human nature I love with reasons though too numerous to mention
But you, you just keep on loving me
Without any worthy reason or condition
And yet I am very confident of the fact that no matter the ups and downs
You’ll never let me down

Without you I am an empty vessel a sounding cymbal
Without you I am sure to lose my way again
Without you I am proven guilty, a perpetual slave to my flesh’s demand
Without you I cant say no to my sinful needs
But no matter how resolute I claim to be
I am sure to fail condemned to my final end, death
So here’s what I’m gonna do, I will trust and obey
And together with you Lord
Make this decision to say no
Cos without you I am nothing

By
Ezeonyeka Godswill

THE WOMAN QUESTION

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BOOK REVIEW by Njoku Uchechi

TITLE: THE WOMAN QUESTION
AUTHOR: KENNETH E. HAGIN
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1983
NUMBER OF PAGES: 66
CHAPTERS: 7

In the church and even in the world at large, we have been faced with so many questions about certain seemingly unclear principles in the scriptures that have adversely affected our churches and our perspectives in judging some issues. Questions like….
Is the man the head of the woman?
Must wives always obey their husbands?
Must women keep silent in churches?
Must women have their heads covered? Etc
In whole Christian denominations, women have been forbidden to teach, preach, or even to testify or offer audible prayer in church, based on these Scriptures. Many conservative denominations allow the women to take only a small role.

In this book, Kenneth E. Hagin deals with the questions bothering women and their faith. it will surely answer most of your questions about head coverings, women in ministry, marital relationships and female dressing. Also, he outlined that a man can only be the head of one woman- his wife, not all women.

I would advice that you get this book because it would get your heart right, help your ministry and get you more focused with God. One other advice is for you to leave it if you do not have the sweet Holy Spirit dwelling right inside of you, because it would actually do you more harm than good. In other words, get Jesus, and then get this book, God bless you.

In the blink of an eye….

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How sad it is to think
That all we ever wanted in this life
Could be taken away in the blink of an eye
That all we worked so hard for pound by pound
Could in a moment, be nowhere found
That everything, everyone who made living worth it
Could in an instant, be lost and gone forever
In our grief we all but wonder

What a misery it is to live
In pure joy soon to cease
In love doomed for tears from a broken heart bleed
In peace never existing
In life lived towards a horrid decent
Down death’s dreadful fork-end
In time spent with no forever after assurance

If in this fallacy we call existence
We all but choose to dance the rhythm, enjoying the present
Though in the depths of our hearts the knowledge remains
Clear as crystal and we agree it’s real and evident
Yet we lead our lives neglecting its essence
Then is it all worth it, does it all make sense
That any minute from now could be the end

This fact we all have to accept
But the knowledge of its truth we may all but reject
Neglecting the choice before us set
Loosing mastery of this mystery we remain in misery
The irony!
But every day is laid before us a chance at it
The truth behind true life forever lived
The only hope we might in this world have still
In Jesus Christ in His blood, His voice and will

To give up and give in
To sit and cry overwhelmed by the reality
Of the vainness of this world we live in
May sound and appear the only option remaining
But a new message I’m preaching
One that echoes through time behind beyond within
Jesus paid the price to give us a chance with him

For the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof
Yet for an apple’s bite we have all sold dominion of this world
With our God given rights lost, untamed evil runs along
But for this cause Jesus left His throne
To give us something better than the vainness life on earth has to offer
A promise a hope a future
A sure eternity worth living for
In the twinkling of an eye
It will all be gone by and by
No matter its worth or by what style
It will forever be lost in time
Beyond the fires this earth provides
Only this one message will stand true if actualized
In your life in your mind its truth realized

In just an instant
You could make that one decision for life
And enjoy a life of righteousness peace and joy what a ride!
In the blinking of an eye
We would be translated to heaven’s aisle
To be forever joined with our Lord the Christ
And with the vainness of time behind
We would see cause to smile
Forever safe in our Savior’s arm
Now that’s the Life!
By
Ezeonyeka Godswill