…spreading the fragrance of His knowledge…
Ask any Christian – and they’ll reel off the drill needed for spiritual victory: Pray. Read the Word. Meditate. Fast. Pray in the Spirit…and so on.
However, you can do all this – and still be a spiritual weakling.
Kenneth Copeland shared how his wife, Gloria, had been asking God to teach her how to fully and more powerfully operate in the spirit.
A few days ago, it suddenly struck me, “Deborah, it’s been a loooong time you’ve been depressed!”
Momentarily sad, unhappy or upset due to circumstantial happenings? Oh, sure.
But depressed? It’s been ages. Literally years.
This was a miracle because, many years ago, I used to be depressed. Really depressed..
A young lad was brought to stay with us. His English was really bad. He could barely hear or speak the language.
When I spoke to him, I tried to speak slowly and in broken (Nigerian pidgin English) so he could understand me.
I started, “Wetin be your…?”
Immediately, my mum interrupted me sharply. “No.”
One of my favourite games, for years, was Candy Crush. I liked it because it didn’t require intense brain-work – so I could concentrate on the messages I listened to while I played.
Like most games, it has boosters which make it easy for you to scale through a difficult level and move on quicker to the next one. Read More…
I once watched an episode where Chef Gordon Ramsay was invited by a restaurant owner to save his dying business.
This particular restaurant was not used to freshly-made foods. Most of their meals and ingredients were prepackaged, canned, microwavable, and processed…
It is an anomaly to claim to be a child of God – and not hear God.
In the Kingdom, it is abnormal. An aberration.
When Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice…”, He wasn’t being ‘spiritual’, figurative, or futuristic.
He was being factual. Read more…
So, on this particular day, I decided to spend some time in worship. I plugged my ear-piece into my phone, and began to play worship songs – some in audio format, others in video.
As I began to sing along, my mind drifted to a certain issue that had been bothering me for some time..
At certain times in our lives, we get to crossroads where we have to make life-changing decisions.
Usually, at these points, we hesitate: Left or Right?
Yes or No?
Leave or Stay?
Keep or Cut off?…
Debby Osa 