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My Little Story: HOME IS BEST

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I want to share a personal story with you today. When I was 7 years, I was very stubborn. Everyone knew me to be one boy who had no future. One day I insulted mummy and left home as I was scared she would beat me. At 21:00 GMT, I realized that I had no other place to go but home. I was very weak and my friends had gone to their various houses. There was no one to help me so I finally decided to go home. I entered the house, went straight to mummy, knelt down, and said “Mummy I am very sorry for causing you much pains. Please forgive me. I won’t insult you again.” Mummy wept and said “I want the best for you son”. She got me food to eat, water to bath, and I told her all I went through when I left home. The funny part was she gave me some whips the following morning. To whom the father loves, he disciplines.

Lesson:

Someone once said “East or West, Home is Best.” Sometimes we may fall/sin. That is we may go against what God wants us to do. But I have learnt from my years of walking with Him that the best place to be when a christian falls/sin is in his court. For instance When David sinned against God, he went straight to Him for forgiveness. David knew the best place to be when Nathan convicted him of his sin was in God’s presence. In Psalm 51:11, he said “Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.”

Friend, Satan will tell you that you don’t qualify to talk to God when you go wrong. He will tell you God is mad at you. All these are lies he uses to keep us away from our Father in Heaven. I am not encouraging people to sin. However, if anyone falls into any temptation or sin, home is the best place to be. Don’t stay outside. God is waiting for you.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9, NIV)

I came to encourage you that there is no sin on earth that the Blood of Jesus cannot wash away. Please come home, come to the Father. David slept with a woman, killed her husband when the woman got pregnant, and married her.  When he prayed to God with a broken and repentant heart, God forgave him.

Don’t let Satan deceive you into thinking that God is mad at you.

Let us encourage one another. Let us reach out to people who have left home because of their mistakes or sins in the past (and thinking God will never forgive them) Jesus is coming soon.

Say this prayer:

Father I thank you that you are ready to forgive me my sins. I made a mistake but there is no better place than home. Nobody can save me but You. Do not banish me from your presence and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. Please forgive me and purify me from all unrighteousness. Your Word says that even if we feel guilty, You are greater than our feelings, and You know everything. Father you are greater and bigger than the sins I have ever committed. Strengthen me today in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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Intercessory Prayer works

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The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. (John 10:10, NLT).

(See also 1 Peter 5:8)

Satan isn’t omnipresent so he works with his demons. These guys are responsible for all the evils we see in our cities, countries, and other parts of the world. 1 John 5:19 says the world around us is under the control of the evil one. The good news for us is Jesus holds us securely and Satan cannot touch us. (1 John 5:18). He will try but he will fail.

One truth you should take note of is when the enemy can’t touch you, he attacks people around you. Remember 1 John 5:19 says the world around us is under the control of the evil one. In other words, people who aren’t in Jesus Christ are under the control of Satan. Some of these people are dearer to our hearts. We love them, we care for them, and we want the best for them. Some of the people around us may also not be strong in the Lord. These are the people Satan will attack because he knows when he attacks them the result will affect us in some way.

Haven’t you realised that he is using our political leaders to make laws that affect Christians all over the world?

Friend, we have power to function in the Name of Jesus. James 5:16 says the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Our prayer in the Name of Jesus is powerful and effective so when we pray for these people, we will get the result(s) we need.

Praying for other people works. In the Bible, Abraham prayed for Lot and his family, Moses prayed for the Children of Israel, Jesus prayed for His disciples, and for those who will believe in His Name, and the church prayed for Peter when he was arrested by Herod.

I want to encourage you not to give up on praying for; that child who has gone astray, that person you want to win for Jesus Christ, your family, friends, political leaders, Christians all over the world who are suffering from various attacks every day, your country, your business, etc.

Satan’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. It is true that he wants some to devour BUT our prayer can stop him from attacking vulnerable people.

Keep praying.

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Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4 KJV)

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