That when it seems like God is taking His precious time and you're tempted to give up.
Maybe you're praying for a job or new environment and it feels like God is not even lending you an ear.
What you don't see is Him moving nations, shaking and placing people, empting the seat
Your faith is tested when what you heard from God isn't matching what you're currently seeing in your life.
Hold on to what He told you, keep confessing it, keep thanking Him for it.
I had this lip balm I bought
It was quite pricey when I got it
When I got home and broke the seal, as I applied it, I found the scent so nauseating.
It smelled like crushed insects
I just felt so bad that I bought it but because of how much it was, I couldn’t bring myself to throw it away
I just kept complaining bitterly to my younger sister about this horribly smelling lip balm
I was complaining but I kept using it and closing my nose
Fast forward to like 4 months later, I walked majestically inside that same store and bought that same exact lip balm
Infact I was praying they still had it in stock
I got so used to this lip balm and even the smell.
To me it was just NORMAL!
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As I was marching inside the store the Holyspirit reminded me
“Deborah, is this not your “crushed insects lip balm”???
That’s when it clicked
Over the space of a few months, my sense of smell had somehow adjusted
And what I used to hate suddenly became NORMAL
What mystery was at work here????
I kept using it. Again and Again
Again and Again
Dear child of God,
The human spirit has the ability to adapt in a way that you can’t even imagine
When you keep doing that thing again and again
Before you know it, you can’t understand why the Bible should call that thing a sin anymore
You keep giving yourself to movies where all sorts of profanity is said and practiced again and again
Before you blink, you start feeling like that thing is not even too bad
You start using foul language and curse words too
Do you remember that Lot did not enter Sodom at first????
No oooo
He just built his house near there
And before you know it, he was living in the middle of Sodom
Because Sodom has the ability to swallow you up if you stay too close to it
Evil communication will ALWAYS corrupt good manners
You’re not stronger than Samson
Wise up
The Bible says “FLEE”
PS:Please read with understanding!
#womanengraced
We are in a time where if you don’t guard your faith as a “child of God”, you’d start to doubt so many things you’ve always known. A lot is happening these days and it’s important you focus on having personal encounter with God so you don’t fall for fake teachings and prophesies.
If you believe that God is POWERFUL ENOUGH to change any circumstance and you prayed for your circumstances to change yet He hasn't changed them.
Then you must know that your circumstance is serving a purpose.
Shift your prayer to "Lord, Open my eyes to see what you're doing"
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No matter how hard we worked to get it, it was still God who let us have it.
No amount of work can supersede sovereignty.
It wasn't the grind, it was GRACE.
John 3:27
“A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
See what the Lord has Done
See what the Lord has Done
What we Waited for
Has come to Pass
See what the Lord has Done
You'll quote this tweet before this month ends. God will give you a testimony, also.
A reminder!
Don't leave your children's spiritual growth to pastors or Sunday school teachers.
If they're under your roof, you're responsible for them, even spiritually.
When a blessing becomes regular, we tend to not see it as a blessing anymore.
✓ If you can eat and swallow your food at will, you're blessed.
✓ If you can urinate or defecate without help, you're blessed.
✓ If can breathe without assistance, you're blessed
✓ If you can open your mouth and make the sounds you intend, you're blessed
✓ If you have loved ones in your life, you're blessed
✓ If you can read this, you're blessed.
✓ If you have access to clean water, you're blessed
✓ Everyday you sleep and wake up, you're blessed
✓ If you have a place you'll sleep tonight, you're blessed.
✓ If you have a skill or knowledge with which you can make money, you're blessed
The list is endless, practice gratitude. You may not have all you want. Scratch that! You CANNOT have all you want. But then, YOU HAVE A LOT!
Tainkyu ✌🏾
DISTRACTION, A SILENT KILLER OF INTIMACY
I did terribly as a young husband. One evening, I returned from work, and as my habit was, I picked up my phone and began to press it. I did not know Irewamiri had called me three times in an attempt to tell me something. I was so distracted that I did not know when she left our bedroom to another room. When I went to meet her, she was already angry about the whole thing. I had to start apologizing.
You can only sustain intimacy if you are focused. Distraction is a deadly weapon that has killed the flames of many relationships. There are distracted believers. They are children of God, but they have no focus on him. It is hard to sustain a time of prayer and study. Whatever distracts you have already conquered or defeated you.
In marriages, some men are so distracted that they do not notice the changes in their spouses. They do not notice when they make new hairstyles. They do not notice when they need their attention. Attention stolen is affection lost. You can not sleep beside a sobbing spouse unawares. Wake up!
Some are distracted by work. In a bid to make ends meet, you lose the touch you have with your home. Be careful. Calm down. You need to find that string balance. Create time to rest and get refreshed. Do not get lost in the chase for survival that you lose what you already have.
A distracted husband can wreck an entire household. The distraction of David began a downward slope that caused great issues at home. He had sons that he did not correct. One ended up raping his sister. The second killed the rapist and planned a rebellion. The third that was never corrected almost staged a second rebellion. His home was a huge mess.
A distracted spouse is a ticking time bomb. It slows down the growth of the marital union. Focus on the Lord and draw strength to focus on one another.
I repented that evening. I went to her and began to apologize. She did not accept my apology and kept pushing my hand away. I did not get angry.
Listen! It is manipulative to be wrong and still be angry at the same time. It is terrible. Why would you be the offender and still be angry? You have turned your anger into a tool of manipulation. Stop it. Change that pattern.
What is affecting the intimacy you have with God?
What is affecting your intimacy with your spouse?
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Matthew 19:6 KJV
Beloved, it is a man who can put asunder. If you are that man, repent!
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If you accommodate sexual immorality in your thoughts, conversations, movies, and in the lives of your friend’s, you will soon accommodate it in your life.
No one just falls o.
At some point you started liking what you saw and heard until lust was fully conceived.
Take heed!