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First of all, Happy Valentines !! Single, Married, Divorced, all of those categories, I hope you know you’re loved so very much! To my single people, don’t worry oo. It’ll happen soon!! Next year it’s you with the teddies 🧸and Lindt master 🍫 While it’s just a normal day to others, some literally feel the pressure, please o, it is well weet you. Nobody will take the day off the calendar so even next year you have another shot. If you’re single next year then l will have to interview you LOL! (As if I’m valentining) Anyhooo the business of the day!

I can’t get over Minister GUC’s songs! I couldn’t wait to plug you guys. Can we do it a bit differently today? Take your prayer requests and put them before you as you praise and worship. Even if it’s to be in your valentines mood next year, tell God. Worship Him in the face of all your problems and needs, just keep praising and thanking Him for your testimony in advance. It’s important that we focus on Him when we praise and worship, a wandering mind cheats us of encounters! We need encounters today!!! If others could see Jesus Himself, then even you as you worship can too.  There’s no limits to what happens when we truly plug into an atmosphere!

I love you! Thank you for your love and support thus far. Here’s some song suggestions, click play now when you ready to rock and roll! 

Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.“
‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭18‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

THE HOLY BIBLE

We live in a perverse society that seeks to find closure in wrong places. We are always looking for ways to help ourselves out of situations and we end up on the wrong side of the street . Since God is Alpha and Omega don’t we think He has all the closure we need? He is the Beginning and the End , the All-knowing God , does He not know how to give us the closure we seek? So why then do we leave God who knows it all to seek answers from the world? Let us continue from yesterday’s list;

4. Do not seek spiritist or ancestral readings – many people seek for “closure” by seeking for readings from spiritists and mediums. For example ; someone loses their mother and goes to a sangoma/ancestral reader to find out why the mother died or even try to raise the spirit of the deceased. The bible says people who do such things are detestable to the Lord. The word of God is clear on this issue. The living and the dead have nothing to do with each. That is not the way to deal with grief. Christians don’t deal with grief by using ungodly means. If it’s not Christ-like , it’s AntiChrist. Once you open that door, closing it will be a whole mission. Stay away from things that will not only fail to give you closure but destroy you completely.

5. Allow people to comfort you – some people say they deal with issues better when they are alone but when you’re only hearing your voice you’re bound to hear the wrong things. Shutting people out shuts their advice, wisdom, love, out as well. It is okay to have a trusted person who can be there for you. Loneliness often breeds depression .

6. Don’t fight God – how many of us got upset at God when we lost our loved ones? I was too. God why ? I’m not happy! You’re so unfair! Listen, God understands our pain . He knows we are hurting. Careful of speaking when you’re angry. Martha said to Jesus, “if you’d been here you’d have healed Lazarus, he’d still be alive!” That’s what many of us say . Lord you went MIA . Lord you are not trustworthy. Lord we could be talking a different story if you just showed up to save my sister, my brother, my wife, my child. And we allow those thoughts and words to make us forget, He is there. Right there with us. Death cannot be cheated, the living know they will die. Cutting Jesus off is not wise, you expose your vulnerable self to things that may hurt you further. Stay with Jesus!

7. Yield your mind – using the word of God, keep yourself fed. The emptiness we feel can only be filled by the Word of God. Reject all other opinions and keep feeding on the Word of God. It’s important that we always read the word because hard times reveal the amount of the word we have eaten. Don’t wait for hard times. Feast on the word of God.

8. Believe in the resurrection.

”Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”“
‭‭John‬ ‭11‬:‭24‬ ‭NIV‬‬

”The message we preach is Christ, who has been raised from the dead. So how could any of you possibly say there is no resurrection of the dead?“
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭12‬ ‭TPT‬‬

MAY GOD GIVE YOU A HUG AD TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS HARD TIME, HOLDING YOU SO YOU DON’T SLIP AND FALL .. JOY IS COMING !! ❤️

”Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”“
‭‭John‬ ‭11‬:‭24‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Good morning my beloved family. I hope we are all doing okay today? I hope your weekend was wonderful. We are continuing with our topic ; dealing with depression, subtopic- dealing with grief. I know many people who have been depressed since they lost their loved ones, you may be too. By “losing loved ones” I mean from relatives to having miscarriages, to friends, colleagues etcetera. Death is one of the things that I still fail to understand.

If you are dealing with depression because of bereavement here are some ways to help you ;

1. Tell someone – in places like Africa where the community is close knit , when/where there’s a funeral , the community is notified. I believe Mary and Martha told some people as well because the bible states that mourners gathered to mourn with them. Understand that you need a community to support you during this time. This is why it’s also important to be a part of the community. You need people. You’ll never not need people in this world. The community will mourn with you and mourn for you.
2. Cry – many people suppress their feelings. The bible says Jesus wept. You need to allow yourself to cry. When there’s pain in your heart it’s okay to cry. That’s how the body/heart has been tailored to deal with heavy emotions. Being a robot will only cause more damage. Not crying doesn’t mean you’re strong, this narrative of telling mourners to stop crying so that they can be strong is wrong. Allow them to cry so that they can be strong. Tears sometimes build strength. You feel better after crying.
3. Take time off – it’s not right to just jump back on the fast lane after losing a loved one. Of course you can’t take leave for a long time but give yourself time to rest. Mary and Martha were found at home four days after Lazarus was buried. Not in a club. Not at a wild party trying to cope in ungodly ways. Careful to not entertain the comfort zone for too long , that pats you in the back until you rest yourself to joblessness or riotous living . It’s easy to fall into bad habits during such times. Be very careful. Rest but also get up and get back to your life.
   
   I hope that these help you. We will have some more practical ways tomorrow. Remember, you can read 500 books if you like but if you don’t practise what you read, you have wasted your time.

”Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.“
‭‭John‬ ‭11‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬


HE STILL LOVES YOU! 

”He heals the wounds of every shattered heart.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭147‬:‭3‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Hey my lovelies today is reflection Friday . I want us to reflect on the memories we have of the loved ones we lost. Last night I was talking to my Mom and I started thinking about my Dad , I thought of how I actually learnt a lot from him , Particularly, loving God and expressing my love to people. I can tell you I love you 50 times a day LOL! See, instead of trying to scratch a healed wound [that’s what most of us do] I decided to focus on what lessons the person came to teach me. I remembered my cousin who died in a fire in school and I thought oh wow he was so good at cards and school, competitive spirit, I can learn that! What lessons have you learnt from your departed loved one that can impact you positively? Can we focus on that? Here’s why l want us to look at it like that… Look at the photo below