DEBORAH'S EPISTLE

 Have you ever taken advice from anyone be it your friends, teacher, family, or sibling? If the answer is yes, then this is a must-read for you. Counselors are people who have expertise in giving advice about various life issues or challenges. I remembered when I was in secondary school we had a guidance and counseling tutor which we all reach out to as regards our academics but no matter how she must have tried, she never did up to the Wonderful counselor which is Christ Jesus. As much as we have counselors in the world, we also have the true counselor which is Christ Jesus no wonder what we have in the book of (Isaiah chp 9:6). Christ was named as the wonderful counselor which denotes that we have counselors in the secular world, we also have spiritual counselor(s) who gives advice on important matters in our lives. Examples of those who had to receive one or two counsels from people around them in the scriptures and the outcome will be quickly talked about. Eve, the mother of al...

 Bread comes in different shapes and sizes, growing up I must say I have had to see and eat different types of bread be it agege bread ( the one that goes sweetly with Ewa Agonyin), slice bread, twin bread, cake bread, coconut bread, sardine bread and there was even a particular bread called "ice cream" bread in my Uni days. All of these breads listed above have their own ingredients and flavor which makes it unique to people who buy them. Biblically, the true bread of God represents Jesus Christ which is the word of God no wonder what we have in the scriptures according to John chapter 1. In the books of John chapter 6, we were made to see how the Lord fed over 5000 people with 12 baskets of remnant loaves, and due to this, the crowd was looking for him as they wanted more of the food and not the word of God.  The bible recorded that he was aware of their intentions and encouraged them to seek Him who was the bread of life so they could no longer hunger and thirst again. The...

                                      The Bible records in the books of Genesis the account of the creation. In the very first verse of the first chapter, it says "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". This is an automatic revelation that God is the Creator of all creations. We can simply say he is the brain behind every creation and invention in the entire universe. This is also supported by the Book of John chapter 1 which revealed God created everything in the world by His word and this same word was God Himself. What a marvel! Also, the book reveals that it was this same word that gave life to everything that was created, and this life was the light of men which means before His predominance there was darkness all over.  One thing that baffles me is that God made man the head of His creation, why do men after knowing this truth decide to worship the creations mo...

A cistern biblically is more like a pit dug to access or to hold water. In the book of Jeremiah chapter 2:13, it was recorded that the so-called children of God were caught up in the act of making a broken cistern for themselves which cannot hold water. I want to believe when a thing cannot fulfill its aim of being set up, it can then be agreed upon that such a thing is useless and does not require much of our time.  Imagine exercising a lot of energy to dig a well and then water gets dried up in it almost every day and so what is the essence, when one can easily get a drilling machine to tap into the source of water. Abba spoke to prophet Jeremiah to speak to the people and inquire why are they exercising such futile energy when they can easily turn to the fountain of living water. Their sins had blinded them and they had forgotten their creator. This scenario tells about the impact of water even in our day-to-day activities. I doubt if any human can survive without water. Spiritu...

  To say something is defiled simply means such a thing is polluted. Imagine a mother giving out fruits to her children and one of the children gets one that has been bitten seriously by insects while others get a good one, I am very sure the child will go back to have a change of his fruit. If I was in the child's shoes I will feel dejected. Speaking of a defiled sacrifice scripturally it means offering a polluted sacrifice to the Ancient of days. This is something that is not to be taken with levity hands. In the scriptures, John chapter 1, says in the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God himself was the Word..... we were made to see that Abba created the entire universe so why offer Him the least of all he puts in our care? Are we not aware He owns both the offeror and the offered so why the incessant struggle in giving Him what befits Him. In the book of Genesis chapter 4, Cain due to his stinginess and negligence attracted an eternal curse on himself as ...

I was going through the books of 1 Peter 2:11 and coming across temporary residents and foreigners got me fascinated. In my head, I was like so there is also a word which backs "Japa" in the bible. Later as I progressed, I had the understanding that brother Paul was admonishing the so-called foreigners who are God's chosen people living in the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. A sojourner is someone who stays in a place temporarily or Japa as we would say. Brother Paul was making the foreigners then aware in his epistle to them of the challenges in which they will face as a result of being in a foreign land however, what the bible says in John 16:33 is an assurance of our faith in Christ Jesus. Thinking ahead, we all are sojourners on this planet and there is no iota of doubt about that because no matter how long a person lives on earth he/she is expected to exit at some point especially when the person grows old. As a result of this, bearing i...

  Rebellion is simply not following authority or laws, going contrary to the laid rules and regulations. Speaking of rebellion to God, it simply means not regarding God's authority over humanity, not following his commandments and most particularly committing several atrocities.  Rebellion to the Father largely comes in form of sins, going through the book of Ezekiel (chapter 2:3), the children of Israel were described as a rebellious nation, an impudent nation and stiff-hearted people.  Abba sent Ezekiel to warn the Israelites of their rebellious act as the Lord of Hosts made it known that they and their Fathers are full of transgressions which God could not bear as His face cannot behold iniquity. Going further, He instructed the prophet to take his warnings to them as against His day of visitation so they can turn away from their evil ways and call unto the Kings of kings. The Israelites were most rebellious in the sense that they worshipped lesser gods thereby underes...