The Oversight

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A fool says in his heart "there's no God".
But I'm a witness and a testifier of
His existence.
He neither needs to prove nor force
himself on man.
But whether the world likes it or not,
He is sitting on his throne, watching
over His flock as a Good Shepherd
that he is.
I remember a few years ago when my
daughter was on her way home from work.
On our street, these armed robbers came
on a bike and somehow one of them shot
at my daughter.
Lo and behold, the bullet missed her but
rather unfortunately went into a man
coming behind her.
Very very unfortunate.
My point is, if you are one of those who
doubt God's existence, it is time to believe
Please stop being a Thomas and come
to Him today when you still have the
opportunity.
He is LOVE.
No matter what you have on your plate,
he is willing to welcome you.
Hallelujah

- Ronke Arowoshere

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1Corin 10:23-24 (TPT)

"You say, “Under grace there are
no rules and we’re free to do anything
we please.”
Not exactly.
Because not everything promotes
growth in others.
Your slogan, “We’re allowed to do anything
we choose,” may be true—but not
everything causes the spiritual
advancement of others.
So don’t always seek what is best for
you at the expense of another"
You see that scripture above?
That is the major reason why as saints of
God and ministers of the gospel we must
not be found living riotously as though we
are of this world.
No, we are in this world but not of it.
We came from above to establish the
counsel of God in the lives of men,
we didn't come to worsen situations here
but to give life to a dead world.
We are God's light...
We are called to let this light shine before
men so that they can behold Life and
partake of it.
Of a truth, no sin(work of the flesh) can
cost our heavenly citizenship or revoke
our salvation, never, but it can affect the
way our gospel message is received by
men.
The Lord illuminated our hearts so that
we can shine the light to others, and
we can't afford to put this light under
the bed but on top of the lampstand.
Let's not hide our identity in Christ just
to feel comfortable engaging the flesh
and send wrong signals to people whom
the Lord sends to be enlightened by us.
Let's not by our attitude and constant
fleshly manifestation give the world
reasons to ridicule the Grace Gospel
we preach.
God sees your faith while men see
your work, this is why we must to our
faith add virtue.

To your faith add virtue...
To your faith add virtue...
Yo your faith add virtue...

Wisdom is a powerful virtue!

Be mindful of the growth of others,
don't let your excessive fleshly
manifestation quench their passion
for growth and spiritual understanding.

This is one way to put Christ first!

#Jesusfocus

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The Tussle

When I was working with a big church,
I know for a fact that we had 78 registered
widows and four widowers.
It is no longer news that wives outlive
their husbands in this clime (NIgeria).
The pastor was transferred and another
pastor was brought in.
The new Pastor was a widower.
The widows in the church started nursing
the ambition of getting married to him.
I remember one widow, a rich widow
coming to my office in confidence and
telling me about a vision she had.
She was certain the pastor was transferred
to that church as an answer to her prayers.
She begged and pleaded that I should
agree with her in prayer that what God
showed to her will come to pass.
But she was not the only one looking to
marry the widow.
The four other widowers in the church have
refused to remarry.
This does not in any way imply that they
were not in relationships and enjoying
companionship with other women but
they do not want to officially get
entangled for their own reason.
Everybody knew this pastor must
remarry.
It is required by the work of ministry
and for the work of ministry.
There was a lot of jostling and praying!
The rich widow kept coming to the office
bearing gifts for staff members and
befriending those close to the pastor
who could put in a word for her or get
her a foot in the door.
She really tried.
In fact she paid my Bible College tuition
anonymously.
She gave bags of rice and vegetable oil
to those very close to the pastor especially
his protocol team.
She had prayed and "wetted" the ground.
Eight months went by.
Pastor came to church one day to
announce he would be getting married again!
The church rejoiced.
The ceremony would be holding abroad!
Wow!
Who would he be getting married to?
A sister from another church entirely!
A widower from another denomination.
What!!!!!!!!
Within a week after his announcement,
34 widows stopped coming to church.
They would have been happy if he picked
one of them but the fact that he went
outside of the mission felt like a slap
in their faces.
The rich widow left the area two weeks
later, she moved to her house in Ajah.
She said the fear of God was not in
the church!
She said the Holy Spirit had either been
shunned or ignored by the pastor.
She called me several times to lament.
I understood her plight.
This is a gross oversight by the church
and it needed to be addressed.
In Israel the provision for the widow
was total.
She gets to marry the sibling of the
deceased!
This provided for her within the context
of society and kept her respectable!
Ruth married Boaz as a result of this
provision!
The church had no provision for the
widows apart from food and some cash
(Once in a while)
We also have a glut of single mothers,
divorcees and mature adults praying
and struggling to get a home or
anything close to it.
Please pray earnestly for all those in
these categories that God will settle
these ones by his Mercy.