Chilled Thursday

Happy chilled Thursday my loves! I woke up feeling like l really need a retreat. My ideal life honestly involves a LOT of writing ,serving God, counselling people, toiling is not even a part of it ! I feel like I’ve been toiling hey but it is good to work while it’s day.
How have you been? How’s your heart? I hope you’re kinder to yourself. Sometimes we’re not physically tired – we are emotionally tired from being unkind to ourselves. How so? By harbouring all sorts of evil in our hearts – we self harm. Let it go – chill.

If in this season you’re not locking in on the word , you will fall. If you’re not intentional about your prayer life – you will fall. I know we talk about these things as if they’re just nothing but many people were once great men and women of God but now they can’t even tell right from wrong. It’s not about how long you’ve been a Christian – the devil is still our enemy. It doesn’t get better – it gets worse – it intensifies. We need to keep reminding ourselves – the journey ahead requires that we have enough in our lunch tins. You must always have spiritual hunger. A healthy believer must always be hungry. It’s the opposite of the natural. Spiritual hunger is a sign of believer who will keep growing. You cannot have the “I have arrived mentality”.

That said : From today till Sunday even , lock in on a book of the bible and finish it. Don’t single out one verse after another. Read the whole book (eg Acts, Matthew, Genesis) If you’re currently reading a book by someone, even if it’s a Christian book, put it aside a bit and lock in on the Bible. Some of us know more of Vanessa’s quotes than the bible. More of an author than of the Author and Finisher of our faith. Don’t get me wrong please. I write but don’t exalt yielded more than you read the Bible. Yielded is secondary to the Bible. If you show up here more than you show up in the study of the Word you’re missing the point! Yielded takes from the Bible but it is not the Bible. Same as any other author. Read books but the Bible should be your number one.

Let me know what book you’re reading and what God has taught you on the comments. I’m on the book of Matthew and l found this ;

“Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15‬:‭32‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Study His Word. You will not be sent away hungry. Nobody spends time with God and leaves hungry. There may be no sign of food but the good Shepherd has seen your needs and He will meet them. Here’s a movie to watch ;