FIRING THE PUPPETEER!!!🤖

Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present  your bodies a living  sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Do you know what a puppet is?

Those wooden toys that are often attached to ropes and controlled behind the scenes to take certain actions that could be entertaining.

Well, you may not like what I am about to tell you, but I have to say it.

You and I, we are like those puppet. (I know we have free will and all, so hear me out)

WHO IS A PUPPETEER?

(According to dictionary)

Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or events to develop in the way they want, respectively, in a puppet-like manner.

Look at those puppet as having free will when they are still on the market, the moment their priced is paid, they are packaged and shipped to the new owner.

At no point in our lives have we own ourselves. If you have not presented yourself as a living sacrifice to God, then how can God wrought works through you? And if you are not of God, then.......Who do you thinks you belong to?

One way or the other, man must serve a master.

As Christians, Before you presented your body as a living sacrifice, the devil has used your tongue to lie, your hands to commit evil, your mind to sin, but when you present your body as a living sacrifice to God, he claims ownership and washes out the effects of the devil's use.

The devil is a puppeteer, but Jesus is a care taker. He takes care of you, listens to you, and guides you. He asks for permission before he lets himself use you.

If you can choose now between a puppeteer and a Care Giver, who will you choose?

Choose Wisely!

Love,

MaryA.

THE ART OF PROPER ATTACK! 👮

What do they call someone who is being framed for something they didn't do, and the person remains mute despite having evidences that speaks for him/her?

Yoruba calls them Mumu. English calls them Idiots, I can't speak for other languages, but how often have you behaved like one?

Hear me out okay?

As christians, we have the same father, and one of his name is 'the Lord, mighty in battle' 

Psalms 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

Often times, life throws situations at us, and we begin to cower or slowly defend ourselves, but it hardly ever yields a satisfactory result, and the reason is because you let your guards down enough to be attacked.

The other side does not rest. They work on shifts, some for morning, afternoon or night. So that way, your whole life is covered for potential attackers.

And it is with all this that a Foolish Christian would say 'i know what I a doing'.

Let me tell you what God wants you to do. 

Ephesians 6:16 Above all,  taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

He wants you to go to war with your enemies. We have read earlier, that God is a man of WAR. He wants you to attack, not defend!

That means you do not have time to twiddle your thumbs. You are always praying without ceasing, You are constantly walking in the will of your father, and you are constantly Watching.

The root of sin is going deeper with each passing day, Labourers are few, and those who are available don't have the right tools. We are outnumbered, but we are more than enough.

For we were born to do exploits. Things the world cannot comprehend.

Remember, The Just shall live by Faith. 

Attack! Don't Defend.

From a Fellow Comrade,

MaryA.

I CANNOT KILL MYSELF!👻

I CANNOT KILL MYSELF!

FUN FACT! Did you know that there are so many people in the bible who lived the "I cannot kill myself life?"

Amidst the numerous people were, Nebuchadnezzar, Herod, Saul,Judas and Solomon.

If you examine all this people closely, you'll realize that one thing they have in common is a life of little or no discipline. 

Proverbs 10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instructions: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Why did Solomon fall into this category? After all, he was anointed, he was wise! He was blessed. 

But he also had time, He had time to examine fine looking women and keep them all for himself. The bible recorded that they turned his heart from God in his last days on earth. 

In this life, enjoy yourself, life is short. 

That is the principle that has led many christians in this age to the pathway of Solomon. It is not a secret that Yahoo business is thriving, That our women now consider premarital sex a norm, and that revival has gone out of churches.

What pushed Judas towards that life?

He had enough time to think too much about the fact that they were homeless, they lived like a street beggar, moving from town to town, and he despised Jesus for it. He thought 30 pieces of silver would set him on the highbrow life. 

You cannot kill yourself. I know. I'm not asking you to do that.

But my dear, come. Let us borrow each other wisdom. The kind of enjoyment that Solomon enjoyed has earned him a VVIP spot in Hell. 

Are you ending up, killing yourself because you cannot deny yourself now?

Think about it. VVIP ticket is plenty, and the devil is looking for whom to give.

Solomon in all his wisdom, was not wiser than God. If you act wiser than God, you get a ticket.

If you have a ticket already, it's not too late to give it back to the rightful owner.

Join the "I want to die !" gang. Be crucified and Live.

Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son  of God, who loved  me, and gave himself for me.

Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

With Love,

MaryA

LETTING GO OF THE PAST!🙋

Hebrews 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that  country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity  to have returned.

Remember how we sometimes look forward to the holidays, because it gives us time to indulge in activities we used to engage in our free times?

Or have you ever been to a place, an event, and you wish it didn't have to end?

Well, that is what happens when as christians, we give our lives to Christ but we miss our old habits. We are unwilling to walk away from the lives we used to live, or we still examine those old behaviors and try to see which one we can still indulge in even as christians

Our Bible verse made us to know that if you are still mindful of where you came from, you will probably soon find your way back there.

Hebrews 11: 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be Called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

How proud do you think God is to be called your father when you try to sneak in a little sin here and there into his house, his temple, his presence?

As christians, we have similar goals, and it is to make it to the city of Light. When your gaze is fixed on that, it's just like when you want to pass your WAEC, or UTME. You study till the exam is over and you have passed. If you don't pass, you retake.

There is little to no option for a retake in Life's journey, and that is why the only thing you have to b mindful of, is your heavenly Journey, Looking into Jesus only.

Say this prayer with me.

Dear Father, I admit that my gaze often wander, and my feet often stray far from you, and I am sorry, forgive me for my sins. Kindly give unto me grace to stand and walk before you all the days of my life. To do what is pleasing to you and glorify your name. Amen.

Love,

MaryA.