KILL SELF-PITY

Self-pity not only slows one down. It is destructive too! The devil uses it many times. The devil is a loser. A big one. He knows he can do nothing about it so he tries to make you ignorant of the winner you are and the loser he is. Self-pity is one of those fiery darts of the devil. Refuse to be trapped in self-pity. Self-pity is not simple. It’s complicated to the core!! Highly complicated! It can twist your life and get you entangled to the point you give up. He uses this mostly on leaders. You may find yourself in a very depressing situation; or you may make a silly mistake. Okay, imagine, if Pastor Benny Hinn’s daughter was deaf and dumb or if Pastor Chris’ son was blind.  You know what that looks like. These men have been used to liberate millions of oppressed folks. They could choose to die in self-pity saying stuff like “God, you called me and this is what I get for obeying you, I can’t do this anymore!” Or, they could choose to stick to the word. And trust me, if you stick to the word you will come back with a testimony.

Self-pity makes you think God has not forgiven you and can never forgive you. Snap out of it! He died for your sins, right? When He died, were you born? Think about it, He died for the sins you were to commit. Your future sins were nailed to the cross. Glory to God. We are the light of the world; we can’t illuminate the world when we still find comfort in the boulevards of self-defeatism.

You may be going through an ugly situation now. You can easily go about lamenting about the better life you are supposed to have and feeling sorry for yourself. Or, you can stick to The Word. See, self-pity will only leave you depressed and hopeless while The Word will not only make you happy but will ultimately bring a solution to your problem.

KILL SELF-PITY!

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THE TRUTH ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY

PORNOGRAPHY is something we all know about and no matter who we are now, we all have had a running with it once or more in our past. For me, I was stuck in pornography for three years. You see I use the word ‘stuck’ here cos that is how I felt, trapped. Most people who watch porn now think they are getting pleasure but all they are really getting is deeper and deeper into bondage. Pornography is like a jail cell which is so comfy that we forget what it is. We stay in this cell and think we are having fun or gaining happiness when actually, we are just getting deeper and deeper into captivity. See the funny thing about this jail cell is that the door is always open but because it is so seemingly comfortable we do not want to come out. Until one day the door slams shut and we realize we have wasted our lives in pursuit of fools’ pleasure and can now do nothing about it.
I watched porn for three years. In my case, I saw pornography as a way of getting away from all the hassles I was facing in my life. It got so bad that I had to dig deep into pornography to get any pleasure from it. In those three years of immorality, I was able to establish myself as a sex-craving fool in school, I lusted after every girl that passed by me, I almost even turned gay. I started seeing women including my sisters as tools for pleasure and if not for God, I would have done something I would have regretted for the entirety of my life. Because you see that is what porn does, it makes you see things that would be otherwise be extremely disgusting as deeds done for the purpose of pleasure. I suffered in search of happiness from porn for three years but all I got was guilt and extreme lust.
Lecrae, the rapper conveyed the effect of sins like pornography when he said “I know it’s going to kill me but I just can’t let it go and the taste of the feeling has got a grip upon my soul, these honey-dipped lies mesmerized me, pride has got its crooked fingers twisting all inside me.” This is a perfect description of pornography it starts out as a source for happiness until one day, you see the degradation it has brought to your soul, you start fighting for your freedom but you see that the devil has finally closed the cell door and only a miracle can get you out of there, you become an addict. Watching pornography; not because you love it but because you just have to.  But this is where you see God’s love at work most that even while you are there wallowing in pornography, He is not looking at the man you are(in pornography) but He is looking at the man His love is going to make you, the happy, successful, changed man. He isn’t looking at your sin to condemn you but He is looking at His son to save you.  All He needs is for you to sincerely seek Him, reach out your hand to Him and He will take it and pull you out of that fiery furnace. Some people are still in pornography because they are too proud or scared of the shame of their condition, but here is another offer from God; there is no condemnation for they that are in the Lord. When the Lord Almighty justifies you, no one can condemn you.
Pornography used to be my ugly story but now, that story is building the faith of people everywhere. This can be the same for you too. If you are into an addiction of any sort and you are seeking a way out, God is giving you an offer of an awesome life on earth and a much more awesome life afterwards. Just pray with your whole heart to your heavenly Father and He will come and save you. Pray!
For my fellow brothers who are already saved from pornography, do not think the battle is over. Flee from all appearances of evil. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Run away from anything that looks like or talks about fornication like it is the right thing to do. any movie that makes sex look too important, no matter how interesting it may seem, is just a tool the devil uses to plunge freed slaves like us back into captivity. Stay away from them and pray earnestly for the Grace of God to help you win this war. God help us all.

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UNDERSTANDING TRUE LOVE

At a point in my walk with God, I was totally confused on what this subject was all about. Totally confused! I just knew that my heart was not programmed for hate! Ha-ha. I hated hate but when a true test of love showed up many times I failed. I did not want to condemn people, but I found myself condemning people, I just found out that Paul in the bible experienced something similar. He said that he found himself doing things he did not want to do. Trust me, I wanted to love everybody {because it is the nature of the new creature to love} but I could not do what I did not understand. When I say love I mean loving with all sincerity. Not some sincerity, all sincerity! I mean wanting the best for someone no matter what the person does. I want to love even when people hate me.

 I wanted to love sincerely. Though I did not retaliate; I did not love, I endured. One day I decided to research on this four letter word. God lead me to his word John16:12. He did not just lead me, He opened my heart to understand. As I read it, I was like “What!?” Love men how Christ loved us? The first question of course is, how did Christ love us? When we didn’t deserve it, when we were out rightly mess, when we hated, persecuted and rejected him, He loved us and gave His life for us. It sounded crazy to me until I was reminded by the spirit that God is love. So if you don’t know love, don’t claim to know God.

After this, I decide to stick to love completely, no matter what! I didn’t sign up for a struggle; I just realised it is now my nature to love and I will stick to it. It is your nature too, that is why you are not comfortable with hate. We shouldn’t bother ourselves with whether people would like us if we act in certain ways, Don’t let your amazing self be downcast due to someone’s attitude towards you. Our only duty should be to keep loving. That’s what makes us supernatural beings. Love is a supernatural ability! Humans can’t love. It’s not their nature! It’s the nature of the born again to love. I remember talking to a friend and I asked, “Hey, do you believe in love?” She said ‘love? Hah, I asked God to kill that part of me a long time ago and woo! He did!’ what!? You asked God? God? That’s not God. God never heard that prayer. He can’t answer what he didn’t hear. The devil was quick to show you the way and give you abundance of hate. The enemy can’t stand love, it paralyses him. God is love and if you have his life in you, you must walk and live in love. So you might ask for a thorough definition of love. This is it, LOVE IS A SUPERNATURAL ABILITY, A MIRACLE OF ITS OWN, A SUPERNATURAL ABILITY THAT INFLUENCES YOUR ENTIRE PERSONALITY IN SUCH AN OVERWHELMING WAT THAT A PERSON DOES NOT FOCUS ON THE WRONGS AND FLAWS OF ANOTHER PERSON, but RATHER HE SEES THE BETTER PERSON IN THAT INDIVIDUAL.

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