Author: Vanessa Moonkie

”Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under its wings. Day and night they never stop saying:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty,’ who was, and is, and is to come.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬

The Holy Bible

It’s Worship Wednesday family!!! We know that on this day we dedicate ourselves to intentional praise and worship. However, it should be so everyday. The bible says in heaven they engage in worship day and night! Meaning worship is an every moment thing. It is not a Sunday service thing where we fall down and cry moved by songs but not necessarily worshiping Him. This is beyond “play my favourite song then I will worship” So today, take some time to really focus on Him! Saints, during worship we don’t bind and do warfare , WE FOCUS ON GOD! Many of us divert from worship to many other things during worship. “Lord remember the car I asked for” my brother, you’re not even one minute into worship. We rush through worship to get to the part where we either do warfare or start petitions for stuff we want. Am I saying God won’t answer? No. But teach yourself to love God beyond Him being a giver of blessings. Below are some song suggestions for this week, do share yours in the comment section!! Side note : I hope you’ve been joining the Hallelujah Challenge!!

PRAISE : https://youtu.be/YG-G-D8bPoE?si=mhuRxq5y7TPq1hOJ

WORSHIP : https://youtu.be/gqIwEbCyxBo?si=ha7DGEYJRQ-cnDGX

Have a great day!!! May you receive your testimony as you worship and praise our Lord Jesus Christ!! I love you! ❤️‍🔥

The world has given us many ways to kill our pain for just a moment or maybe let’s call it, a temporary coping strategy. You sit in-front of the tv laugh for a few mins, the next minute you’re back in grief. You take some sleeping medicine to avoid the pain but you’ll still wake up and the pain is still there. You can even do food therapy, eat all you want, ice-cream , donuts for comfort but you’ll soon be full and that sting comes back. Our desire to be free from pain was put by God Himself . When Jesus was about to die He handed over His favourite disciple to His mom and vice versa why? Because He knew that kind of pain does not go unless there is a comforter to stand the gap.

I recently lost two friends about two weeks apart. I was at a conference in church, had just gotten off the stage when I got the news. I sat there trying to listen to the word and shut down all the pain because I couldn’t just break down. I was so heart broken. Then again, I lost another friend in the most brutal way , see, the pain of losing people is unbearable. Who helped me go through all that? The Holy Spirit. Who is He?

”But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.“
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭26‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The Holy Bible

There must be someone to stand in the gap to comfort you. There is none better than the Holy Spirit. He is called the Comforter sent to help us with all our burdens. There are people who think they’ll never heal from losing someone, it is not true. The Holy Spirit does not comfort like ice-cream or donuts, no. He brings total and complete healing , something the world desperately needs but can’t get because it rejects Him. Holy Spirit has a way of wiping tears that when people see you they don’t believe you ever cried. No trace of grief.

As we conclude on this topic today, I want to say to you, there is a balm in Gilead who stitches the hearts of men. He will do the same for you if you desire it. Yes, it is painful , it still keeps you awake at night, it takes away your appetite but it has an expiration date! I pray that by this time next month you have a testimony of overcoming the depression that comes from grief. I do hope all l shared with you helped in one way or another. If not, please do see a Christian counsellor and get more help . Your joy is coming back in the healing and restoring Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ. You are loved!

”Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them.“
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭3‬:‭10‬a AMPC‬‬

”His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”“
‭‭John‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

You are more than just a worm. More than just a boy. More than just a girl. More than just someone’s mother or father. In each of us is greatness , deeply embedded, not defined by anyone but God. Your perception of yourself may be the reason for your limitations. Your performance does not equate to your value. Your failures do not decrease your value to God. I bet the woman caught in adultery felt she was less important, less worthy than everyone else around her . People who gathered around her came to mock her , came to kill her, because of her actions , she must’ve felt like she was the worst person alive. People’s Condemnation does not lower Gods love for you. Infact nothing can separate you from His love. Your self reflection or introspection today can remind you of how you were caught in the act but may you see deeper, you were also saved by Jesus. The one who was meant to stone you, the one who had every right to, did not.

Today let’s learn from our past mistakes. The mistakes we made this week including the intentional sins. Shall we go on sinning because grace abounds? Shall we go on living like worms when we are butterflies? Shall we go on living like pigs when we have a beautiful home we could go to if we stopped being prodigal? The gifts entrusted to you, the talents, what did you do with them this week? Oh how about reading the Bible? Did you pray? You see, that’s living like a pig why? Because you have been consuming the dirt from the world and social media all week, nothing clean and pure has entered your system. Reflect on the teachings of your pastor, what have you done since Sunday to show that you learnt something?

Lastly, HOW ARE YOU? How was your week? May God cause you to laugh today. Just hug you and give you strength . I love you. See you on Monday . ❤️

The movie with the best reviews is The Pilgrims Progress.. guess you guys didn’t mind watching the cartoons LOL!

welcome to our chilled Thursday; we get to sit and watch some good Christian movies. I’ve realised that whenever I watch one, I am watching intentionally to learn what God is saying in every scene. Those movies are created to preach the gospel. While other movies might be okay, depending on what rules and instructions of consecration God has given you, many of them tend to be an hour~plus of junk, just feeding ourselves with content that triggers demonic activity. The story line may be good but what do we learn from the movie?