…spreading the fragrance of His knowledge…
As I grow older, I realise it’s ridiculous, foolish even, to criticize certain denominations or doctrines because we don’t need them yet, or we have outgrown them, or we feel – at the level we currently are – they are extreme.
Let me explain.
I grew up attending a well-known church whose major doctrine was holiness: righteousness, sanctification, abstinence from sin, living a holy life – down to our physical appearance…
Many years ago, God taught me to stand in His truth about me – no matter what I saw or felt. Prior to that teaching, I would speak and believe the lies of the enemy based on my feelings, circumstances or performance:
If I had failed God in any area or didn’t perform up to par, it was over. No matter what the enemy threw at me, he was justified.
Then, I began to learn…and to experience the favour of God in unusual dimensions…
It happened again recently. I got up to have my devotion as usual. I already had a pattern in mind, so I knew what I wanted to do. Prior to this time, certain “inconsequential” things had been bothering me on the surface. I’d prayed about them lightly, but they still lingered around the borders ofContinue reading “Led By The Spirit…”
I recently listened to a message by Minister Lawrence Oyor.
He told how the late Apostle Ayo Babalola once shared about a certain minister who was mightily used by God and extremely spiritually powerful. He was so powerful that, anytime villages or communities heard he was coming around/to the area, they would bring out people who had been dead for days and even weeks – and he would raise them up from the dead in their various stages of decay…
The first half of the 2023 was – for me – a major eye-opener about myself in many ways. I found myself (or do I say God put me) in certain situations where I was shocked at my thoughts, actions and reactions.
I didn’t realise I could be vengeful, calculating and extremely possessive…
I was talking to a group of young people recently about their Christian walk and service. Some of them gave reasons/excuses why they couldn’t execute or attend to certain exercises – and I found myself saying, “Don’t Think. Just Do.”
I told them severally to repeat after me, “Don’t Think. Just Do.” (I know some of them rolled their eyes, but I didn’t “send”.😏)…
Believers say it all the time: “Wisdom is profitable to direct.” However,
*Wisdom that makes you lie – for any reason – is not godly.
*Wisdom that makes you inflate figures is not godly.
*Wisdom that makes you falsify age, dates or achievements is not godly.
*Wisdom that causes envy and strife among the people you interact with is not godly.
*“Divide-and-rule” leadership is not godly wisdom…
Some years ago, I woke up one day hungry. Literally starving. I was so ravenous, I felt I could eat paint off the wall. That’s how hungry I was.
The only problem was that I was supposed to be fasting.
I was so hungry I didn’t think I could concentrate. However, I forced myself to open my Bible, then began to read hungrily…
Debby Osa 