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Principles, not rules. | Thoughts of an Ex-Introvert. Engage at your own risk. 🧠

[Call Me Van. @IAmVanTheMan]

A man does not demand from anyone a standard he has not first demanded of himself.

[Elvis Okhifo @ElvisOkhifo]

I really pray you find a good church; a faithful shepherd who will labor over you, and a loving Christian family you can be accountable to,

So you won’t have to depend on x for doctrine or be swayed by plenty opinions here.

I really hope you do.

[kvng Astalavi 🤴 @KvngAstalavi]

If you opened IG and saw a reel from your Pastor and the reel song was say Asake or Mavo, you'd be shocked abi? No wam

But you make reels using the same set of songs and you're fine.

You expect some level of consecration from your Pastors but you think you're exempted from displaying same level consecration.

If you expect that level of consecration from your Pastors, it also applies to you.

[The Vine @Thevine_ntwk]

If you look at Christians with a secular mind, what they do is a sign of mental illness.

Imagine someone standing by the road side, under the sun and shouting "Jesus died for you"

Imagine someone standing up randomly in a bus/train/plane just to discuss about an event that happened 2,000 years ago.

As a lukewarm Christian, i questioned so many things, i thought it wasn't necessary.

Seeing Christians do that made me feel uncomfortable.

Until i encountered Jesus Christ.

I was in deep struggle, walking down a path that was leading to death, until i experienced his saving power.

I was saved, redeemed and he gave me a new name.

This made me understand why those Christians had to "disturb" everybody with their message.

They found something money could not buy

But the world never stopped mocking them for their testimony.

Jesus saved me, and now i have become what i once criticized!

[Chukwuedozie Nwa Charlie @TheCharlesIsidi]

You can just focus on the versions you prefer.

I think this thing we do when we take digs at some version is at best pretentious and wicked when we can just read the ones that we think are sound.

We’ve become such a whiny bunch. Read the one you have and let us rest please.

[Big Amara @lx_amara]

“…..right in front of unbelievers!”
1 Corinthians 6:6 NLT

Some of these conversations happen because we haven’t discerned the Lord’s body.

You don’t see Christians as your brothers and sisters. You don’t really believe you’re one with fellow believers.

You confess that you’re one with Christ, but have you ever professed that you’re one with the body of Christ, his church?

You will never attack your biological father on social media because of his political opinion or because he believes a doctrine you don’t subscribe to. But you’re so comfortable insulting older ministers of the gospel, you even think you’re doing the right thing.

All this “right in front of unbelievers!”

[Call Me Van. @IAmVanTheMan]

@TheChristophany @RasineIrem Your heart's in the right place, but the premise is off: if he was to thank anyone for that privilege, it's wouldn't be his members, but the One Who trusts him with the role.

To his members he owes trustworthiness and consistency, not thanks.

[Rasine Irem @RasineIrem]

We teach our kids to thank us after we’ve served them food.

I have a 4 year old and when I serve him food he is taught to eat and say “thank you dad for the food”.

He didn’t have to say “thank you” at 4 months and even at 4 years he won’t de denied food because he didn’t say “thank you” the last time.

At my age my dad still gives me stuff and I thank him profusely, I was the same one who he fed at 4 months, 4 years and now that I’m slowly approaching 40.

When we say “thank you” it tells more about the person that we are than about the responsibility of the person we’re thanking.

I’m a pastor myself and honestly understand that it’s the right of those I pastor to have access to me. However, I’ve noticed that people who are grateful for that access are often people who don’t abuse it.

Gratitude speaks more about who you are than what the responsibility of the object of gratitude is.

Read the gospels, Jesus commends gratitude as a virtue even though it wasn’t a condition for his benevolence.

[Dr. Goodness Adeosun😃 @GoodnessAdeosun]

I’ve it with me, Infact I carry it along when I go for evangelism.

Met a Christian that doesn’t believe in the holy ghost baptism, I brought out my Bible and raised it up and asked her if she believes the word, then I showed her where it’s written.

She had no option than to believe.

[Da’ Jamal.23⚽️🏀 @Dajamal_23]

You are not doing the world a favor for hosting the World Cup.

You bid to host it because of the advantage that comes with hosting it.

You should not deny millions of fans the right to see their countries play the beautiful football.

If you think your national security is at risk, transfer the right to another country to do so.

Football is bigger than you, it’s everyone’s sport.

[Chukwuedozie Nwa Charlie @TheCharlesIsidi]

In old Roman cultures, it was law that if you were a young widow whose husband just died, you had to be married within two years. There’s no reason for women to live except you were married to a man, it was required, whether you wanted to or not, Caesar said.

But the Christian community supported widows so they didn’t have to get married if they didn’t want to.

Women flocked to Christianity. The reason was simple: they saw a dignity to their lives, a new humanity, that it utterly began to change the social order.

[Scott Roberts @ScottRoberts]

Men, at some point, you have to grow up.

Put down the endless video games. Stop obsessing over toys, collectibles, and entertainment. The world doesn't need more 27-year-old boys. It needs men of character, conviction, and responsibility.

Open your Bible. Pursue Christ. Lead your family. Serve your church. Build something that outlives you.

The time for childish things is running out.

[BSAT Properties @BSAT_Properties]

I was on a train in Tokyo. We stopped between stations. Announcement in Japanese, then in English: "We apologize for the delay. We will resume shortly."

The delay was maybe 3 minutes. Not a big deal.

When the train started moving again, another announcement: "We sincerely apologize for the delay. We were stopped for 3 minutes and 20 seconds. This is unacceptable. Thank you for your patience."

Three minutes and twenty seconds. They measured it exactly. And called it unacceptable.

When I got off at my stop, there were station staff on the platform bowing and handing out delay certificates.

I took one out of curiosity. It was an official document stating that the train had been delayed by 3 minutes and 20 seconds, signed and stamped.

The staff member said in English "for your employer. So they know the delay was not your fault."

I said I'm a tourist, I don't need it. He looked confused. "But the delay affected you. You deserve an apology."

Three minutes. They were treating a three-minute delay like a major incident.

Later I mentioned this to a Japanese friend. They said "oh yes, delay certificates are normal. Trains are supposed to be exactly on time. If they are late, they must apologize."

I said three minutes isn't late, it's nothing. My friend said "in Japan, three minutes is late. On time means on time. Not approximately on time."

They said the train company probably investigated why there was a 3-minute delay. "They will find the cause and fix it so it doesn't happen again."

I kept the certificate. It's framed in my apartment now. A reminder that somewhere in the world, people care about three minutes.

© 6IX.

[Naz🥵 @_naznotes]

You better be loud about Jesus because the people on here are loud about their beliefs.

Don’t let anybody gaslight you.

Carry Jesus on your head.

[Judah Olorunmaiye @JudahMaiye]

Spiritual leadership over average Christians today is so weird because too many only see Jesus as a nice guy who showed a pattern of good morals that leads to famed greatness.

So when they meet a Christian leader who speaks emphatically about the real Jesus and His real virtues like self-denial, sacrifice and doing the will of God even if it hurts, they consider him an overzealous sadist who can't lead them to the path of greatness that they crave.

They will still speak highly of preachers that emphasise sanctification and consecration, but they only see them as a "balance" tool to keep them sane from the overdose of conversations in the direction of 'Takeover' and strategic positioning for Dominion" aka ...'I pass my neighbour.'

Why do so many people who have little interest in being and living like Jesus want to be mentored by messengers of Christ?

Because for many of them, the idea is to find a way to succeed according to worldly parameters while hopefully escaping the horrors of hell and the perversion of demons.

So, Jesus is the one who can help them attain the glories of this world while also enjoying the riches of Heaven.

It's just a simple case of using Jesus for premium pleasure and selfish ambition.

The real god they serve is the fame, greatness, and glory of this world, and Jesus is just the insurance that guarantees the same on the other side of eternity.

[Rian✍️ @Rian_dperfumer]

My life changed the moment I met Christ.
Stammering gone.
Bed wetting gone.
Became great in Academics.
Delay gone.
I am not where I used to be. My life is in a far better place with Christ.
It's been 16years with Christ. 💪🏻

[Sophia ❣️ @KeruboSk]

I missed the last train in Seoul once.

Phone at 3%. Didn’t speak Korean. It was raining, freezing, and I had no idea where I was supposed to go.

I tried calling an Uber but my card kept failing because of my bank fraud protection. Perfect timing.

I was standing outside the station looking completely defeated when this older woman walked up to me and started speaking Korean. I told her I didn’t understand.

She pulled out her phone translator and typed:“You are lost?”

I nodded.

She asked where I was staying, looked at the address, then motioned for me to follow her.

This woman walked me almost 15 minutes through side streets, holding her umbrella over both of us while I apologized every thirty seconds.

When we got to my hotel, I tried offering her cash for helping me.

She looked genuinely offended.

Typed into the translator again:“If my son was lost somewhere, I hope someone helps him too.”

Then she bowed and walked away in the rain before I could even process what happened.

Some places still treat strangers like human beings first.

[Deborah Ocheido @d_ocheido]

Marry someone who knows Jesus genuinely

Not a church goer

I’m not saying he or she plays Elevation worship on Saturdays when doing chores

I’m saying someone who has been to the cross and has met Jesus for real

It is the fear of God that keeps your spouse faithful

[Deborah Ocheido @d_ocheido]

One of the most anointed man in scripture who could pick the frequency from heaven and interpret any dream was in government for more than 4 dispensation of kings

I don’t know who told believers that politics is not for us

We left it for wicked men now we are crying

[Wilberforce Theophilus @Eze_Wilberforce]

Apostle Joshua Selman donated relief materials and cash worth ₦200,000,000 to victims in Plateau State.

Pastor Jerry Eze, through his foundation, has disbursed over ₦1,000,000,000 to entrepreneurs across various fields.

You won't see this in the media because their agenda is against Jesus and His Kingdom.

[k @alfkkifine]

The internet constantly tells women that men are terrible listeners because the second a woman starts venting about her day, the man immediately interrupts to offer a logical solution. We are taught to view this as him being dismissive, emotionally unintelligent, or invalidating our feelings.

​The strict, unpopular truth is that to a man, fixing the problem is his absolute highest, most desperate form of empathy.
​Women vent to connect; we want our partner to just sit in the dark with us and validate the emotion. But men are hardwired to view the woman they love being in distress as an active threat. When he immediately offers a spreadsheet, a strategy, or a solution to your problem, he isn't trying to silence you. His brain has recognized that something in the world is hurting his partner, and his immediate, visceral instinct is to assassinate the thing causing you pain.

We constantly shame men for "not just listening," completely ignoring the fact that his attempt to fix your life is his most profound declaration of love.