•Jedidiah •Father of many sons and daughters born and unborn, known and yet unknown •Discovering myself •Don't know all I'm capable of. My tweets have no niche.
This honestly might be the most beautiful description of marriage I've ever heard.
THIS is what it means to love your spouse as Christ loves us. CHILLS.
This is one of the most honest questions anyone can ask…
The Bible actually addresses this tension repeatedly.
1. What looks like an “easy life” is not always what it seems.
In Psalm 73, Asaph wrestled with this exact issue. He said he envied the wicked because:
“They are not in trouble as other men… their eyes stand out with fatness…”
But later he realized something: he was only seeing the present, not the end.
“I understood their end.” - Psalm 73:17
Temporary ease is not the same as divine approval.
2. God’s blessings are not distributed strictly by church attendance frequency.
“…for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” - Matthew 5:45
There is something called common grace such as in Health, Opportunities, Talent, Favor in systems
These are not always tied to daily prayer.
3. Prayer is not a vending machine.
In James 4:3, Scripture says:
“You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss…”
Sometimes Motives are wrong, Timing is not right, God is developing character before releasing results, or the “result” we expect is not the will of God.
4. Comparison distorts perception.
“There is a vanity which occurs on earth: that there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked…” - Ecclesiastes 8:14
In other words, life is not always instantly fair.
Christianity does not promise an easier life. It promises
- Eternal life
- Transformation
- Peace that surpasses understanding
- Purpose beyond circumstances
5. Visible success is not ultimate success.
Jesus asked in Mark 8:36:
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
The person who appears to be “winning” materially may be bankrupt spiritually.
And lastly, sometimes God allows delay to deepen us.
Joseph prayed, yet he went to prison.
Job prayed, yet he suffered.
Paul prayed, yet the thorn remained (2 Corinthians 12:7–9).
So, Delay is not denial, Silence is not absence, & Hardship is not abandonment.
So we must understand however that
- Some people prosper because of discipline and natural principles.
- Some struggle because of poor decisions, not lack of prayer.
- Some suffer because of divine refinement.
- Some thrive temporarily before eventual collapse.
The full story is never visible in one season.
@FirstBankngr What rubbish is this? @FirstBankngr I should follow you on all platforms to be able to open my own bank app? Did I follow you online when I was making deposits?
You people are seriously misbehaving.
What happened there is a perfect example of how criticism gets spiritualised immediately in Nigeria.
Someone says, “This style of prayer feels like noise to me.” Instead of engaging the point, it instantly becomes “arrow from hell.” Once you frame disagreement as demonic, you have shut down thinking. Nobody wants to be seen as fighting God, so people retreat into silence.
That is what many mean by mental religious slavery. Not chains. Not force. But a mindset where questioning a pastor feels like questioning God Himself. Where preference becomes rebellion. Where observation becomes spiritual attack.
In our environment, especially with ministries like that of Jerry Eze and the online firepower around platforms like NSPPD, testimonies are powerful currency. People are struggling economically. They are desperate for intervention. So when something seems to “work,” even emotionally, they attach to it strongly. If you challenge the method, it feels like you are threatening their hope.
Then influential voices step in and reinforce the narrative. When a respected worship leader like Nathaniel Bassey labels criticism as spiritual attack, many followers will not analyse it. They will align instantly. That is social pressure mixed with spiritual fear. It creates an “us versus them” mentality very fast.
The red pill angle here is simple: power protects itself. Any structure built on authority and mass loyalty will resist scrutiny. The moment leaders or their defenders make themselves beyond questioning, you should pause. Truth does not fear examination. Only fragile control does.
Freeing your mind does not mean abandoning faith. It means separating God from personality cults. It means being able to say, “I do not like this style,” without feeling cursed. It means understanding that loud prayer is not automatically more spiritual than quiet prayer. It means asking for evidence when miracles are claimed, instead of surrendering your reasoning.
In Nigeria, religion fills gaps government has failed to fill. So people cling tightly. But if faith removes your ability to think, evaluate, and disagree calmly, then it is no longer empowering you. It is managing you.
At some point, every adult has to decide whether they are following truth or following a brand.
We let a lot of anyhow behavior slide from big brands in this country and that's because most people don't even know the right body to report to.
There's this thing MTN does whenever you're trying to renew your data subscription through Ussd.
They'd ask to lend you money to subscribe for a bigger package. Now there's nothing wrong with that, it's how they'd ask that's the problem.
They'd show the options in a tricky way that If you're not careful you'd end up taking a loan from them even when you don't need it.
Oh, they can ask you like 3 times sometimes before you get to the final option.
That shouldn't be legal. People know what to dial if they want to borrow money from you, so what's the aggressive tricky marketing for?
The first time the word worship appears in Scripture, there is no music, no choir, no instrument.
It is Abraham.
“And Abraham said… Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship”
and the worship was a journey to Moriah, carrying Isaac.
This establishes the biblical frame for worship.
Worship, before it ever became sound, was posture.
Abraham worshipped by:
Obedience – he went where God pointed
Alignment – he agreed with God’s word even when it cost him
Surrender – he laid down what was most precious
Faith – he believed God beyond understanding
No song.
No atmosphere.
No encouragement.
Just posture.
Worship was not what Abraham sang; it was how he stood before God.
From that moment onward, Scripture teaches us that worship is first a stance, then a sound.
People stood in reverence.
They knelt in surrender.
They lifted hands in dependence.
They fell on their faces in awe.
Each posture preached before any melody followed.
This tells us something crucial:
God responds to alignment before expression.
You can sing loudly and still miss worship.
You can be silent and yet fully worshipping.
True worship is when the heart bows, the will yields, and the body agrees.
Before the song rises, let posture speak.
That is worship.