According to the mother: This happened today at around 4:00am. My son woke up saying his chest was hurting and that he needed to see a doctor. Normally I try to avoid rushing to the hospital because I know how he can be, but this time I decided to take him anyway.
On the way there he actually fell asleep, and for a moment I even thought of turning back. But something told me to keep going, so I drove straight to casualty at Groote Schuur Hospital.
Nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to witness in the next two hours.
About two hours later, a woman came rushing into casualty screaming in a way that cuts straight through your heart. She was carrying her little daughter, who looked about 7 or 8 years old. The pain in that mother’s cry was something I will never forget.
Doctors rushed to help, and after a few minutes they came back and told the mother that her daughter was gone.
The mother let out the most heartbreaking scream. Everyone in that casualty fell silent.
But then something incredible happened.
Instead of collapsing, the mother suddenly started praying loudly.
“Lord remember me! Lord remember me! It’s me your servant. I have served you faithfully. You are not a man that you should lie!”
At that moment I found myself sitting there crying, and I didn’t even realise when I started praying with her. She began praying in tongues, and I joined in.
About an hour and a half later, the doctors came back again. The mother saw them and immediately asked, “Is she alive?”
And the doctor said something I will never forget:
“Yes… we’re preparing a bed for her in ICU.”
The entire room froze.
The mother screamed again, but this time it was different. She started thanking God, shouting “Jesus, you are faithful!”
What amazed me even more is that she didn’t run to go see her daughter immediately. She stayed there for another hour, still praying and thanking God.
All I can say is this: I recommend Jesus. I truly do.
Because today, with my own eyes, I witnessed something that felt like a miracle — the power of prayer.
There’s probably only a 1% chance that woman will ever read this, but if she does, I want her to know that she changed my life today.
I will never forget this day.
SOURCE: Missing
“If I light up tonight and miss tomorrow, we will be in darkness for months. Let us be uncomfortable for a few hours.”
Silence.
We complain when WiFi is slow.
He calculated darkness as an investment.
I gave him some fuel.
Not because he asked.
But because sometimes strength deserves support.
At 6:45am, I heard the gate again.
He did not turn the generator back on.
He was already gone, dressed in his only suit, shoes polished like opportunity was watching.
Some people are not poor.
They are just in between chapters.
If you are choosing long term light over short term comfort,
I pray your morning comes quickly.
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Wao! So sorry about this...
Let me share a story with you..
A farmer once discovered that the goat he had been feeding was quietly eating from a hidden granary behind his house.
In fury, he picked up a machete, not just for the goat, but for the entire farm.
An old woman passing by laughed and said,
“If you cut down the farm because of one goat, tomorrow you will have neither goat nor harvest.”
The farmer dropped the machete.
He repaired the fence.
He counted his yams.
He called the village elders.
Because when trust is broken, wisdom does not shout, it gathers evidence.
Another proverb says:
“When you discover the river has been diverted, you don’t poison the water. You trace the channel.”
Anger is fire.
Justice is light.
One burns everything.
The other shows you where to step.
@Dammi_Esq@oku_yungx I don't understand, so the government expect people to earn about 70k in this economy and still survive? For many of us, only transportation exceeds 100k monthly. May God save us from such leadership.
SPEAKING SOLEMNLY
Anyone living in sexual sins (fornication, adultery, pornography, etc), has no place in Christian ministry. Immorality is a very big deal, scripturally. The believer's BODY is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Yes, the BODY. Therefore, what you do with God's dwelling place must be of colossal significance. Don't you see it?
And, because of the sacredness of Christian ministry, while you can legitimately be a struggling Believer for a season, you cannot be a struggling minister, if the struggle is that you have not overcome sexual immorality. In this regard, the category of a struggling minister does not exist, biblically considered.
This is not about being a "wounded soldier." But in any case, if a soldier takes a bullet during combat, we don't hand him over to the enemies, yes. And we also don't leave him in the frontline to continue fighting – with his wound. We take him out and away for treatment. Whether he can even return to active duty later on depends on the severity/impact of the 'wound' sustained and the assessment of the team managing his case. Taking him out of combat is a responsible act of love and not a case of "condemning our own."
Back from the digression. It is alien to the spirit of Christ, to say someone is a minister of the gospel, even though he commits immorality. The practice of immorality cannot coexist with legitimate practice of ministry. A fornicator or an adulterer is not a Minister. Cannot be.
A minister of the gospel MUST be above reproach. People MUST be safe under his care. Money, too, MUST be safe under his care. The bible insists that he sustains a high level of integrity – morally, ethically, socially.
This is why the Charismata, the gifts of the Spirit are never mentioned as qualification or eligibility for ministry. Check the texts.
So, the practice of equating giftedness with eligibility for ministry is unbiblical and should be discouraged. Being a gifted speaker, for instance, does not qualify anyone for Christian ministry. If you know all the Rhema in the book, and all the historic fine points of orthodoxy, but you're an intermittent fornicator/adulterer, you are ineligible for Christian Ministry. You need to be discipled, you should not be discipling anyone, at all.
Read the passage below carefully, to the very last verse, please: It says a Pastor:
"...must be a good man whose life cannot be spoken against. He must have only one wife, and he must be hard working and thoughtful, orderly, and full of good deeds. He must enjoy having guests in his home and must be a good Bible teacher. He must not be a drinker or quarrelsome, but he must be gentle and kind and not be one who loves money. He must have a well-behaved family, with children who obey quickly and quietly. For if a man can’t make his own little family behave, how can he help the whole church? The pastor must not be a new Christian because he might be proud of being chosen so soon, and pride comes before a fall. (Satan’s downfall is an example.) Also, he must be well spoken of by people outside the church—those who aren’t Christians—so that Satan can’t trap him with many accusations and leave him without freedom to lead his flock"
On the last point above, many people who work in Hotels don't take the church seriously because the see the behind-the-scenes lifestyle of Pastors. A minister must have one life, must be not be two-faced. And he must be an example to both insiders and outsiders.
If the church is weak, Satan is only a remote cause. If the church is weak anywhere, the church is the reason why.
And now, may the glorious Lord of the church step into this seeming perpetual desolation, and pour us the blessing that is Revival.
#CryForRevival
The Power has been given to you don't surrender it to others.
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead bestowed upon us untold power if we learn how to utilise it. Never again will you lose one single battle.
We must understand we cannot in warfare stop people from developing opinions and acting towards you in the way they choose. The power you have is in your response.
Act according to the instructions of God towards that person.
What we do in the spirit appears different from the way we act in the flesh.
1. Forgive the person and don't ever engage in an exchange of words.
2. This doesn't mean accusations should be left unanswered. Enter into prayer and condemn every word spoken. The scripture says "..every tongue that rises against you in judgement ye shall condemn..." Don't let it hang. It is the accusation of the enemy and must be addressed.
3. Forgive meaning relinquish every desire to avenge the wrong done to you but also ask God to judge the matter. You must ask for a judicial act of God. Jesus never engaged in counter accusation but depended on the judicial act of a God of justice in raising him up from the dead. God judged the matter of Joseph in making him the "prime minister" of Egypt making all his brothers have to come to him and even Portiphars wife must have been subservient. Understand that forgiving a person doesn't mean justice will not be served on the issue.
4. On your part bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for those who despitefully use you. Let love reign and watch God move.
5. Finally do this. Thank God for the voice or voices raised against you. Like I heard a gentleman say his mentor taught him to enjoy it and not just endure it. God is using for your good what the enemy thought was a master stroke. Just like it is written hath the princes of this world knew they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
@GbengaWemimo When a man chooses to voice his ignorance rather than to understand, He remains in that limitation for good. Allow them to spew their ignorance. it only reveals the frustration in their lives.
🚨 Abraham Aguilar was a senior at Palmdale High School when God radically changed the trajectory of his life. 🚨
He didn’t grow up in a perfect environment. Rebellion, substance abuse, and a hardened heart marked much of his story. The only reason he stepped into church was because his mother made it clear: if he was going to live under her roof, he was going to sit in a pew. So he showed up — not hungry for God, not searching — just there out of obligation.
He would sit in the back row — what he now calls “backslider lane.” Arms crossed. Guard up. Resistant.
But week after week, the Word kept going forth. And slowly, the preaching began to pierce through what years of pain and rebellion had built.
Then came a men’s discipleship seminar.
In that moment, he felt the Holy Spirit confront him with something undeniable: “It’s either now or never.”
No more playing games. No more halfway. No more hiding in the back row.
Abraham surrendered his life fully to Jesus — and everything changed.
What began as repentance quickly became boldness. What began as surrender became fire. A passion for evangelism ignited inside of him that he couldn’t contain.
During his senior year, he didn’t keep quiet. He shared the Gospel with classmates, teachers, janitors — anyone who would listen. He started a small Bible study on campus, not knowing what God would do with a simple “yes.”
By the end of the school year, 895 students had given their lives to Christ.
Eight hundred and ninety-five.
One obedient heart. One surrendered life. One student who decided he would no longer sit in “backslider lane.”
Abraham’s story is a reminder that God’s grace is stronger than rebellion, stronger than addiction, stronger than a broken past. When someone truly says yes to Jesus, Heaven moves — and entire schools can be transformed.
@Admiral_Cyborg When individuals speak loudly from a place of ignorance, I just shake my head! You will always be smaller than what you don't understand. Why not focus on what you can do for your country, rather than speak of another man's imagination which he is bringing to a reality. Do Ur own
...have you ever wondered why men who became gods because of money only think of death after losing it....
My thought is that they have crossed the domain being men again!!!