THE CHRISTIAN AND LONG SUFFERING

The fruit of the spirit as spelt out clearly in Galatians 5:22-23 are Love, Joy,Peace, Temperance,Meekness, Faith, Goodness, Gentleness and Longsuffering.
Longsuffering in other words mean patience or bearing something or a condition usually negetive for a long time. To me, it has been one of the fruits we always find difficut to bear, eat or make manifest in our lives.
We all have needs and I agree some are very pressing but we should have patience. Sometimes, we get angry at God when we present our needs to Him through prayer and does not receive answers immediately. We must learn to be patient, endure and wait upon God. Sometimes we must just wait a little longer. The word the Bible used was not shortsuffering for us to say the time should be short but the Bible said longsuffering. We may need any of the following; money for school or to pay rent, marriage, children or even a neighbour may be hating you for no cause and everything may seem to go wrong but we must learn to endure and when the positives are not coming despite our fervent prayer through fasting, we must still wait. The fact that the Bible says God will supply our needs according to His riches and that silver and gold are His does not mean when you are a christian, you will never face difficulties. At what age did Abraham and Sarah have a son? One thing we should know as christians is that, God has a time table for averyone. Unlike the time tables we have for our college lessons, God's time table may be slow but He is sure to cover everything in it concerning our lives. Even God has patience for us whenever we go wrong (Psalm 145:8-9).All we must learn to do is to have patience for after the suffering like the picture of Christ on the left which is a perfect example is abundant joy.
stay blessed.

SEEING THE POSITIVE PART OF NEGATIVES

This week went into my diary on a different note because I was struck down with some bad cold and headache but thanks be to God who still found me useful and kept me alive to write this post. Am fine now by the grace of God and hope you are also doing well. That is how life is. Sometimes when things seem to go bad, in the mist of sickness and troubles, that is when the grace finds you. There is a good side in every bad situation so don't loose hope. Just look at Jesus Christ, He was born in a manger which was bad for someone who was to save the world from sins and I think you agree with me saving the world was a very good side of Jesus Christ. The Roman soldires also killed Jesus Christ thinking they are ending His reign but unknown to them, they were actually helping Him achieve His aim on earth. Another example is when we miss flights. We get angry at ourselves only to hear that the flight crashed into the sea after take off. It happens everyday in different situations. Were you once angry and cursed your stars simply because you were either sacked from work, your wife not preparing that delicious meal you asked her to, your church pastor asking you to fast the whole day, the food you bought by the road side accidentally pouring away, your car or van developing a fault just when you needed it most? I really needed my week badly because I have an impending exams to write and yet I only ended up sick. That is life but in all the war, you are sure to find peace somewhere, in the dark, you will find light, in troubles, there is a way somewhere and in the dust you have been asked to sweep as punishment lies the piece of gold that can change your life forever. All is not lost when things don't go as you disire. Keep the faith, trust in God and keep praying for a better tomorrow.

TIME IN HIS PRESENCE

This is the continuation of my blog titled " HELP ME DECIDE PLEASE" but I feel I should call this " TIME IN HIS PRESENCE" instead. For your records, I said yes to the proposal so am now seriously in a relationship. The name of my love is Jesus Christ and we had a nice time yesterday the 14th of February popularly known as valentines day.
I would have missed millions if I had stayed at home and not gone to church. The preacher woman blessed me with the teachings for the day which was taken from the book of Exodus chapter 34 verses 29-30 which talks about the experience Moses had after an encounter with God on Mount Sinai. The Bible makes us understand that the skin of his face shone and the verse 30 continues to tell us even Aaron and all the children of Isreal were afraid to come near him.
A quick look at Luke chapter 9 verses 32-35 also throws more light on the glory of God experienced by Peter, James and John after they woke up from their sleep on the mountain. These two passages clearly teaches us how quality time in Gods presence is like. Am begining to think that as Moses experienced in Exodus, excuse me to say there will be no need for a facial make-up if he was a lady because I don't think the glory of God will make your face shine with spots even if there should, I think it is for the glorification of God as in John the chapter 11 verses 4 but on a more serious note I think it is an experience we must all desire, spending quality time in His presence.
My valentine day celebration was something worth to remember with my new love. After church in the morning, I went home for some rest and went to church again. How lovely. Hope your valentine day was blessed too because mine was and I advise we should not be sleeping like Peter and co because they nearly missed something good. Don't you think so?