yielded

I love the Lord. I remember growing up in a big family and most of my intimate moments with Holy Spirit were on the bathroom floor. I’d kneel there and confess my love for my Abba. I can’t imagine my life without God. I’d die , literally. Spiritual and physical death. He is my everything. He is my heart , my heartbeat , my all in all. This is the same Lord whose robes were torn for me. Imagine that! Public shame! If someone was to come to me and tear my dress in public, eh 🤣🤣. The Holy Spirit would have to push me out of that place by all means Incase the old man tries to come alive. But the bible records that HE DID NOT FIGHT BACK. How is it possible that a man is humiliated like that and keeps quiet? John answers this question;

”Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.“
‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The urge to want to type in venec😂. The apostle says “Listen you need to behold this! There’s a type of love that we have been given that has moved us from not being a people, not having identity, from being orphans to being sons! Not sons of the President or a celebrity, no! Far better! SONS OF GOD!!!” He says but what manner of love is this? This suggests that even he had never seen or heard of such a thing! Behold it! It’s a different kind of love! How did God show us this love?

”For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.“
‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The first line has me in my feelings! For GOD , this love did not come from neighbours, or a boyfriend, the source has always been GOD! He loved! He loves! And this is the manner in which He loved, He gave His only Son, The best of heaven, He gave the One that He loves to save the ones that He loves. He GAVE! He didn’t withhold , He didn’t shorten His saving arm ! He loved us at our darkest. My darkest was my past. I have not always been like this but even in that 😭 even in that mess, even in that drunkenness, even THERE! He loved. Today I don’t have to really say much, you know how much He has loved you! Is He then not worthy of our praises? Is this how we say thank you? By folding hands, showing up with attitude in His presence? With weak opinions derived from the doctrines of the world? Is this how we say thank you? We need to really catch this, worship is not a programme , it is your decision to ascribe to the Lord, the glory due to His name.

Here are today’s songs;

PRAISE :

WORSHIP :

”Let me emphasize this: As you yield to the dynamic life and power of the Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self-life.“
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬ ‭TPT‬‬

The Holy Bible

I greet you all in the Name of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. My apologies for the late post.Last week we looked at the topic of lust – materially, this week I want us to focus on the one that you’ve been waiting for 😂 – sexual lust.
Take a look at what I found as I was studying for this week. This is from Psychologists ;

Anti-porn women and the sex addiction industry are mistaken. Self-sexing is normal, natural, healthy, stress-relieving, and great fun. It’s the foundation of satisfying partner lovemaking. Sex therapists recommend it as part of treatment programs for premature ejaculation, arousal difficulties, trouble working up to orgasm, and recovery from childhood sexual abuse. If you have trouble enjoying sex with yourself, it’s very difficult to enjoy it with anyone else.

I bet the last line made you go “eh” if you’re a serious Christian. That whole statement is a lie from the pit of hell! I mean this is what the world is all about, gratifying SELF, feeding the flesh! If you’re expecting to live a spiritually balanced life while feeding on such information from the world, you are mistaken. All these things they’re addressing above are driven by the spirit of lust. On Friday I said, the mind feeds on information, that information can come in visual images or words. Thoughts on the other hand, wait for the mind to capture a moment. You usually think about what your mind has conceived. This simply means, to have dominion over the thoughts you must first have dominion over your mind.

Apostle Paul in his many letters addresses the subject of lust. I encourage you to further study this topic. Solomon teaches us to be careful how we think, because the quality of our thoughts will always determine the quality of our life. Whatever our minds focus on is what will play out in our lives and eventually shape who we are. Our thoughts turn into feelings that have the power to control our lives, gradually steering us and possibly our faith, in a direction we do not want to go. King Solomon knew this to be true, and counsels us to be careful about what we think and feel. He knew it’s often our thoughts, not our circumstances, which cause us to sink.

Our thoughts have power and can easily begin to run our lives, controlling our words and actions, feelings and emotions — even our peace and happiness. You masturbate first in your mind and then your body follows. The first point of lust is the thoughts and it then slows devours you, just when you think you’re breaking free, there you are , thinking about it again. There you are, falling again. Scripture says Yield! Yield to the power of the Spirit and will abandon the thoughts! The thoughts are there because you yield to pornography not the Word. You yield to silly pictures of people on Instagram .. your thoughts are your own enemy. It’s you against you!

When I intentionally changed my thoughts, my life changed as well. And so can yours.
Now that we have laid the foundation, let’s get practical tomorrow. ❤️

””Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.“
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭4‬:‭26‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Hey family. It’s time to reflect on our week. The Word of God says give careful thought to the paths for your feet meaning we cannot be careless about anything that pertains to our lives. Be as intentional about Monday as you are about Saturday. Be serious about your Tuesday as you are about your Sunday. The truth is we cannot go back to last Wednesday we can only go back by thoughts. Let’s look at the picture above; (I love trying to interpret pictures btw!)

The old lady is seeing a reflection of herself as a little girl. The little girl looks quite simple, probably thinking fairytales , “I will be a Cinderella or A Barbie, have all the toys l want and stuff them in a pink room!” At that age in a normal household you know nothing about life really, all you know as hardship is your mom saying you can’t eat sweets after 6pm. It’s quite different in underprivileged households. By the time you’re 8, you know how to hustle for a meal, you are on the streets making a living ..

We have no idea the quality of life the lady in the picture lived but the image gives us the impression that there’s something that happened in her childhood that even as old as she is, in the mirror all she sees is the little girl in her .. the little girl has been standing there in the mirror all these years, waiting for the old lady to confront her. I’ve realised that the passing of days or years does not necessarily mean we move from certain happenings. Right now someone is still stuck on what happened on Sunday at 7am. We never truly know where we stopped living until we reflect. There’s many people stuck on things that happened ten years ago and they wonder why there’s no results in the now, it is because you have not confronted the 2014 issue. The past will always wait for confrontation. Confront it and move on.

The reason why l really want us to intentionally reflect week by week is because the once a year reflection is not enough. Life carries so many memories and they can’t be dealt with by the few days of a December retreat. Is there a little kid in the reflection of your mirror saying I’m still here , I didn’t grow up? Is there a teenager in your mirror saying please forgive me for not having the wisdom to make better choices? Is there an older you saying I know I messed up on Tuesday, those words were rude , I will do better? Who is in your mirror? Is it you? Do you even recognise yourself?

Okay… how are you? How’s your heart? Clean up the mirror, let’s face the clear facts. How do we make sure next week is better? Reflect on the wins too!! Did you celebrate the testimony? Are you improving your work ethic? What about your prayer life? What instructions did God give you? Please don’t just read and move forward without taking any measures , you don’t want to stand in the mirror one day and all you’re seeing is what could’ve been .. a man who could’ve been great. A woman who could’ve made better choices.

Don’t be afraid.. it takes bravery to confront self.
See you on Monday ❤️

Guyssss! I need a retreat. I don’t know if you’re also feeling tired already in 2024. I’m like no but I’m too young to be feeling this much fatigue. I can’t say I’m ineffective when I’m tired, maybe when I’m hungry but chewdren of God, I can’t redbull it anymore (I’ve tried 80% of the flavours). I used to love the original flavour until it started reminding me of some Smirnoff that I used to drink when l was still in a relationship with the world so I dropped it. So yeah, I need to lay before God and just be in my baby era.

Anyhoo, hey everyone 🤣. Today’s blog is all over the place. It’s not giving a woman of order because on Thursdays I am a chilled girl. I will wear my big girl jacket tomorrow please. I just want to recommend some books today , try by all means to get them. Reading is how we get information that many times, pushes us into new dimensions. An ignorant person will always be limited. You can’t depend on Instagram for information, they wear almost nothing there, shaking their behind and just whatever. Read books!

We are in a time where you can download books online -FOR FREE! We have no excuse honestly. Get you a book, get some nice coffee and feed your mind. The mind feeds on anything it is exposed to. Expose it to education- it will be educated. Expose it to the Word of God – it will be renewed. Expose it to science – the person becomes a scientist. You become what your brain carries. (SIDE NOTE: thinkers are attractive. I personally don’t want to marry someone whose mind retires after every 5mins. I’m giving you free advice. Brains are top tier!)” Short prayer: “Oh Lord May my husband be a man of sharp brains 🧠 abeg! May l also be a wife of wisdom! Glory! Labrosssa! AMEN!” Because I will cry eh😂😂, Here’s some books to read ; I’ve read them before and they have changed my life forever. You can dm me on Instagram @vanessa_moonkie I will help you place your order directly with the authors.

Popcorn? Yes!! Here’s a short clip to watch ! I love you

Watch now : https://youtu.be/BXWH0PNccbk?si=uLDROYM5f_VJS-4X