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Worship Wednesday

“On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭MSG‬‬

One of the reasons why we engage in worship is to build intimacy and fellowship with God. In worship we are given an opportunity to see God, to be in His very presence, like Moses, to commune with Him. Many believers know how to pray, we are prayer warriors but in worship we stand like statues, clueless as to what to do. We need some more koinonia. We need some more encounters. We need more and more is available if we are willing to avail ourselves to engage and receive. You don’t need a dance coach or a worship coach, all you need to do is to yield .. and you know what?

Become childlike . Maybe you’re too grown in the presence of God that you can’t kneel anymore. Too shy to lift up your hands or too lazy to clap.

“Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn’t make him. We’re his people, his well-tended sheep. Enter with the password: “Thank you!” Make yourselves at home, talking praise. Thank him. Worship him.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭100‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭MSG‬‬

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Chilled Thursday

Hey Yielded Family. How’s your week so far? I have had quite a rough week but I’m still and holding on to the promises of God. I realised this week, that in battle what sustains you is not the press ups you just did 5 mins ago nah. What keeps you standing is the training you’ve done over months and years. You have to build capacity so that when the day adversity comes you are able to not only stand but keep proclaiming the Name of the Lord.

It’s in the books we read. It’s in the sermons we listen to. Our day to day. Our moment to moment. Even in our resting – in our chilled Thursday. On this chilled Thursday I want to say to you, do not go back to Egypt. Whatever that means to you. Refuse to allow the small needs on the journey make you think slavery and abuse is a place to consider going back to. Don’t go back to the place of garlic and onion and spices yet also a place of heartache and pain. Don’t go back to the addiction. Don’t go back to darkness. Don’t go back to Pharaoh. Why? Because the new has already begun.

Think about it. What really will you be going back to? Shame? The mess? Slavery? What’s there to desire? I’m reminded of the children of Israel today. They always had alternatives. They always came up with other plans. How to create a god for ourselves, how to go back to Egypt , how to demand for this and that and if we don’t get it we become rude. I don’t think that’s a way to live. Any back up we create to substitute the plan of God is a pathway to failure and defeat. Why are we always thinking that God will let us down?

Today as you chill and go about your day, l want you to consider these things. Is it Egypt that feels like home or is Egypt all you’ve ever known? And if you need a prayer:

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Worship Wednesday

Hey family. I know today is worship Wednesday but l want you to find your own playlist and time to spend with God. By all means please build intimacy with God. It’s so important. It’s more important than waiting on tables. Martha was not wrong for making dinner , the problem was not discerning the time to do so. There’s a time to Labour in the vineyard and a time to prioritise intimacy. Imagine a marriage where the woman is always busy in the kitchen, busy with children , busy with cleaning and doesn’t have a few minutes to spend with her husband, you know what will happen to that marriage right? Anytime the relationship is hanging on the peg , check the amount of time spent in intimacy and the intentionality!

“The Lord answered her, “Martha, my beloved Martha. Why are you upset and troubled, pulled away by all these many distractions?”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭41‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Im swamped with some notes to read but I had to show up to remind you that today is today 😂. I love you. 💓

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Chilled Thursday

“Consistency in anything is hard.”

The topic of consistency cannot be separated from discipline. Consistency is a principle of priority. It is a fundamental concept of growth. Anything you’re consistently doing builds a strong system with almost an unbreakable foundation. I learned consistency through leading the Prayer Band back in 2019-2020. I learned that in building a structure, you may get sick, you may feel tired, you may not feel as motivated as you did when you started, you may want to give up and you may even feel like you can be like everyone else , “inconsistent and unreliable” but consistency demands that you show up anyways. Consistency “demands” it is like a law. You MUST.

A sister of mine just got back to the gym. She has been showing up consistently to work out not stopping until she sees the results she wants. What does that tell us? She is committed. Likewise, consistency and commitment are sisters. You commit to be consistent. An inconsistent person is an uncommitted person. If you’re not committed to your spouse you’ll be inconsistent in showing up in the relationship. This goes for all things including our relationship with God. {Side note; I didn’t plan this blog today I’m just flowing , let’s see where that gets us lol}

When l started writing on Yielded l committed to posting Monday-Friday except when l have conference at church or I’m really unwell. Believe it or not, I’ve showed up to write even when l myself needed the encouragement. I got to understand that our commitment to our dreams benefits others too. People can drink from your well and be quenched simply because you committed to a consistent prayer life, business, to education. How consistent are you in anything at all? Are you unreliable? Can we trust you to show up at 15:00hrs to do what you promised to do or you’ll call at 15:30 saying you forgot? How do we miss opportunities? By being unprepared. We are unprepared because we never committed to training while we wait.

How committed are you to God? Since the beginning of the year till now someone has to motivate you to pray? You’re unserious. You’re not committed and it’s not entirely the devil’s fault, we are just not committed because we don’t want to. Read the line at the top. It is very difficult to be consistent but shall we dodge it to stay with what’s easy? What’s easy rarely lasts. It has no impact or lasting results. Sooner or later that building will crumble. Well sooner rather than later. How committed are you to ensuring that you’re in good health? (As for me , Lord help me on this one) To your mental advancement? Do you read? Good mind transforming materials not books that teach you 100% that all your mind can grasp is novels. How about commitment to church? Or the weather determines whether you show up or not? How consistent are we in business? (I need to be serious)

On this chilled Thursday, l need us to think. To really sit and ponder. To Selah. What am l doing inconsistently that could be great if I just committed to it? In what ways can l better myself and am l willing to pay the price to get the results l want? Do l need to be babied through life or am l ready to grow up and break ground. Remember as you chill today, that you are sometimes the weapon fashioned against yourself or the mountain threatening your destiny. Nobody is coming to save you again, you’re already saved. Stop being reluctant, hesitant and cowardly.

Find a book. Pray. Study. Enrol in free courses if need be. Commit to eating healthy food and drinking water. Commit to listening to sermons. Push your business. Anything you need to do , build consistency through commitment.

There is day and night daily yes? See consistency? Exactly. ❤️

All the best and hey …

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Worship Wednesday

Hey family! I’ve got a couple of plugs for you today for your private praise pareeeeee!!! I listen to a lot of Nigerian gospel and if I’m gonna be dancing, I’m definitely playing those. How about writing all the things God did for you this month? Small and Big! Just note them and say LORD IM GRATEFUL. Be the leper that comes back to say Thank You. 1/10 came back. This shows that not so many people come back to say thank you. Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except this foreigner?”
‭‭Luke‬ ‭17‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I don’t know about you but worship feels like a place of rest for me. A refreshing place. A drink of cold water on a hot day. When l pour out my heart to God, how much l love and adore Him, somehow He also pours back to me. Sometimes the secret place is a place of few words but correct posture. A place where we experience deeper dimensions of God. It is a place to spend time in and by saying so, l mean take as much time as possible in worship. Don’t rush it. Don’t allow distractions. “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭28‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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