An Herald's Cry!

  𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬  Did you know that there is a "do not fear" Verse for each day of the year? Yes, the subject of fear and anxiety was mentioned 365 times in the bible. And then I wonder why God consistently tells us not to fear when it feels so much like an uncontrollable emotion.  Truly, we all have our own fears. I get nervously scared of change and new things. I had this bland fear late last year of how 2023 might look like for me. Sometimes I fear that God's will may not be what people expect of me. The list is endless.  But you know the best part? Our God is so much aware of our emotions and so much interested. Don't forget that Jesus also wept. Well, here's the point; You, I, can't manage our emotions without first accepting that emotion. God wants us to admit our emotions that's why he consistently shows us that He cares. I began with fear, that's because it's the most common and the most likely hidden emotion. I heard a g...

  𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨? Is reading romance novels, watching romance or listening to romantic songs good for us as Christian teenagers and youths? Hm. I had the opportunity to ask some people this question yesterday and their answers blew my mind. Hence the need to address it here. We might end up shaking some tables but I beg you to read til the end. We all know what these things are; romance novels, romance movies and all. So I won't be giving definitions. Let's go straight to the truth of the matter. Read this slowly The eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is CLEAR [spiritually perceptive, focused on God], your whole body also is full of LIGHT [benefiting from God’s precepts]. But when it is bad [spiritually blind], your body also is full of darkness [devoid of God’s word]. BE CAREFUL, therefore, that the light that is in you is not darkness. So if your whole body is illuminated, with no dark part, it will be entirely bright [with light], as when the lamp gives y...

  Gratitude can change the direction of this week for good. Still, hesitating? Here are five amazing benefits of giving thanks to God G ratitude helps us to see God. The more you thank Him, the more reasons you'd find to thank Him. The more you thank Him, the more you see God working in and around you. Gratitude qualifies you for more of God's blessings. Remember the ten lepers in luke 17:11-19 Gratitude brings Contentment and makes what you have enough. This means gratitude brings happiness because contentment brings happiness in itself. Emotional security? Yes, you will be happy with what you have and who you are and will not compare or refer to anyone else's. A truly grateful heart has no room left for hate or self-comparison. And lastly, Gratitude fully positions us in the centre of God's will. It is God's will that we are grateful for at all times. (1 Thessalonian 5:18) Okay, with these few points of mine, I hope I have been able to confuse you Convince Yo...

  Enoch walked with God and never saw death. Maybe he really deserved not to see death having endured dying to the world around him, for 300 years. (Genesis 5:24) Noah was just a man. Yes, a man who also had his youthful years, was flesh, had emotions, has fears, had wants, had feelings... But He chose to walk with God. He lived in the midst of a world that totally displeased God so we can imagine the pressure, the daily heart and soul pain he had to carry and daily death he had to die. So much that God looked upon the corrupt earth and found only HIM worthy. (Genesis 6:12) Hm....What kind of seperation is this? That a man, flesh and blood would choose to follow a minority kind of God in a violent and corrupt world. These two great men, we know not much about them. Yet we know so much about one thing in their life that counts; they stood out for Christ. My dear friends, What do you want to be known for? Do you just wanna be like a wind that breezed though mother earth and left the ...

  I should end this lengthy series on insecurities here. I remember when I still little, I'd wake my mum up in the middle of of the night, after a bad dream, shivering in fear. And my mum would just recite this verse to me; For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 She did that everytime I woke her up for months if not years until I got to understand it myself. As breeds of Christ, "fear" is something we should only allow under our feets. Our insecurities are results of our fears. And If you belong to God, you don’t need to fear what others think of you! Instead, you can step forward boldly into His purpose for you. Of Power, He gave. That Power, is our confidence. Sound mind is what happen when you let your fears evaporate, When you accept your identity in Christ. This is one of my favorite scriptures and I hope it encourages and helps you overcome insecurity if this is a feeling you struggle with person...

  𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝑰 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 2025. I write to you because 2024 wasn't an easy ride, but through the dark nights, you have survived the morning. I write to you because you are strong, and you can overcome, even better this year. Dear Young one, I am writing to you because you have endured enough tribulations and the year is come for your celebration. It's so glaring true now that 2025 can work in your favor, if you let go of your darkness, into the realness of light which is in Christ Jesus. “𝑇𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 …” 𝐻𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑. (Isaiah 45:22) This new Journey you are starting today isn't promising sweetness 'all-the-way'. There'll be days when your heart would feel out of your chest and your senses out of tune with your reality. 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝒉𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐𝒉 𝑖...

  𝐇𝐦 ... 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬? 𝐎𝐫 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡? I've seen so many people, even myself, quit on prayers, 'cause of "nothing has changed". The same God who had left us mighty words of "𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕." Faith is a choice. Your faith is what you believe in, the peace that you see in the midst of the raging storm of reality. Maybe our prayers looks so unanswered because we have chosen not to see and believe the personality of our God. We hear almost everyday that "His silence means a thousand words", that "His plans are good" and "Our future is Secure", yet do we really believe? Without Faith, frustration comes in , in the place of prayer. Then weariness, which in turn wounds the soul. I believe that God answers every prayer i make. it's either, "Oka...

  " I don't know the Future. I don't even know how this change would work. I'm not trying to understand but I know my change is possible because I now know who holds the future." The reason why most people give up on change is solely because they spend more time trying to comprehend how long their period of being a changed person would last. Life has always been this ironical. We always end up having what we fear the most. Hm... So how can we change that? Stop being afraid. Stop trying to understand every situation. Stop trying to comprehend... Stop dwelling on your fears of inconsistency. Just live. Everyday fixing your gaze on the one who understands. Then, we'll be able to say; "I don't understand. I don't even know what I'm doing. But I know who knows and I trust Him." I believe one way of getting away with our pasts and moving on with Jesus is actually replacing all those ugly scene, past addictions with Christ, with His promises, H...