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My Little Story: The Walking Challenge

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After my hospital visit in July, the doctor advised me to engage in minimal exercise and avoid straining myself. He told me to take it slowly and lift a top weight of 5 kg. As a result, I decided to use the Samsung Health app to gradually enhance my physical health. Initially, I set the daily step target at 9000, hoping to finish with ease. But after a few days and some excuses here and there, I brought it down to 6000 steps. This new target came with the possibility of having some feel-good moments.

The third and fourth weeks were encouraging, and I felt like a superhuman when I did 15000+. “That is amazing,” I thought. The energy continued to the end of the month, and I made progress with my mobility. Finally, I decided to suggest to my parents that they use their app to improve their physical health. This would be fun for me, as I normally tease them to do something worthwhile. But my mom spoiled the fun. She opened her app to prove that she had been making up to 19000 steps that week.

“OMG! What! 19k, at her age?” I said within. I resolved that if she could do that, then I needed to improve. I felt challenged (I guess my dad did too), so we began to ask questions, and she shared her story.

Lesson:

In this life, at whatever level you will reach, know that someone will be better than you. If care is not taken, you will not be content with what you have and the progress you have made. Instead of being jealous, be challenged. When you are challenged by other people’s progress, you ask questions, you learn, and you humble yourself to be taught.

Humility opens the door to wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. When you humble yourself to learn, you will know and understand the person’s experiences in less time than you would have spent trying and failing.

I felt led in my spirit to encourage you that when you see your friend’s cars, houses, family, job, promotion, etc., let them challenge you. Ask, and be ready to be taught. Instead of being jealous, feel challenged. No one is an island on earth. And no one has a monopoly on knowledge. We depend on each other. God bless you

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My Little Story: Gold In The Bread

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I heard this story as a kid about one beggar who sat daily on a busy street asking for money. One rich man saw the struggle this beggar had to go through from morning to evening and decided to help change his life for the better.

As a result, he went to his bakery and requested that a gold be put in a bread which he would give to the beggar the following morning. He got the bread and gave it to the beggar hoping that the beggar would eat the bread, find the gold, sell it, and use the proceeds to start a new life. However, the beggar thought he had no need for bread but money so he sold the bread for cash.

The buyer, realizing the worth of the bread rushed to the beggar the following morning, gave some money to the beggar and told him that he would gladly buy the next bread for more money.

Weeks later, the rich man saw the beggar at the same spot and felt sorry for him but thought maybe he should repeat the same process. He went to the bakery, got bigger gold in the bread, and made it attractive so that it would appeal to the beggar for him to at least open it. After that he went to the beggar and asked what he did with the previous bread. The beggar told him that he needed money badly so he sold it for cash. The rich man told him to please eat this new bread with his family because it was specially made for them.

Sadly after he left, the beggar thought this bread would fetch more cash so he went to the previous buyer and sold it for more cash. Time passed and the rich man saw the beggar at the same spot, going through the same struggle but he wouldn’t help again because he thought another person needed the same opportunity.

Lesson:

Like the beggar, many of God’s children in dire situations where they have to depend on others for survival. Others are wealthy but they aren’t independent and thus seek to play it safe to win people’s favor. God sees our daily struggles and has given us the Bread of Life.

This Bread of Life is Jesus Christ. However, we often trade Jesus Christ for short term benefits. We feel urgent need for little bit of freedom, fame, money, power, influence, peace, etc so we trade this Bread for them. But the Gold is in Jesus Christ. If only we would take time to break this Bread, then we would find the Gold that will transform our lives.

In Jesus Christ, there is Freedom. There is Peace. There is Power which gives greater Influence. There is riches and glory. There is Healing. There is EVERYTHING.

As I thought deeply about this, I am guilty and feel sorry for myself because I haven’t fully appreciate this Bread I have in my life. I don’t know about you. I don’t know how you have traded yours in the past but we can make amend today and own this Bread, break this Bread, and eat this Bread, and we will be fulfilled to the point that we would have no need in this life and the one to come.

I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty.

(John 6:35, CEV)

Whatever it is that you are hungry and thirty for can be found Jesus Christ. There is Gold in the Bread.

Prayer: Most High God, my Father, thank you for giving me this Precious Bread of Life. Please help me to appreciate that everything I need to be successful in this life and to make it to Heaven is in Jesus Christ. From today, I wouldn’t trade Him for anything the enemy would offer. Help me Lord in Jesus’ Name. Amen

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My Little Story: Where Is Your Addition?

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Story:

My neighbor has two children; a three-year-old girl (Grace) and a two-year-old boy (Koby). These kids are lovely and their parents are nurturing them in the way of the Lord.

One day, as I passed by to check up on them, Grace noticed something on me and quickly turned to her brother and said “Uncle is wearing Addition“. Their mum scoffed…but I chipped in that “hey, you’ve not taught them that…huh?…stop laughing“. Well, I looked at them, held the addition, and asked “Do you want one?“. They responded “Yes“

The next day, I was in a rush so I kinda forgot to wear my crucifix, and guess who I met? Grace and Koby with their mum. They looked happy as always but Koby observed that something was missing from Uncle so he asked: “Uncle where is your addition?”. I paused for a while, stooped, and whispered…”It’s in the house“. He responded “Okay“. Immediately I knew God had a message for me because it kept playing back throughout the day that “where is your addition?“

Lesson:

The Addition represents Jesus Christ in the life of a believer. When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, He became the Addition to your life. People saw you when you accepted to wear the Addition on your life and People observe you every day to see if you still wear your addition.

However, some believers forget to or choose not to wear their addition because of busy schedules, or some lifestyle or habit they find it difficult to let go of. Like Koby, some of your friends, family members, neighbors, colleagues at work, etc would see you and wonder…Where is your Addition?
When people don’t see you living as a follower of Jesus Christ, they wonder like little Koby because they expect to see Jesus in you.

This is a CALL because so many things are happening around us. The level of polarisation is probable at the highest, with accompanying hate and discrimination. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, there is unrest and I believe it’s time to demonstrate to the World that it needs Jesus Christ.

This is not the time to cower to some beliefs or prejudices or intimidation or persecution. It’s time to show what we’ve got; Jesus Christ.
Please don’t forget your Addition on any day because He is the Pillar that holds your life.

Jesus said that …

No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

(Matthew 5:15-16, NLT)

If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.

(Luke 9:23, NLT)

Finally, when people see you wearing your Addition daily, they will thank God for your life and give Him praise. Wouldn’t you rather let your life be a source of Praise to God?