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I MISINTERPRETED HER KNOCKS

I needed to catch some rest and I wanted to stay away from the children for a while. I got into the room and closed the door. After a while, I heard Olive calling “Daddy, open the door”. I thought it was one of her tantrums or an attempt to get Dad’s attention. I did not realise that she was […]

NEVER SAY WITH PASSION WHAT YOU ARE MEANT TO SAY WITH WISDOM

We were having a friendly talk over dinner when we remembered an incident that happened. We had a bad generator and Irewamiri was not happy about it. I told her that night, “Do not let it get at you. Let’s rejoice in the middle of it all”. We had a good laugh when we remembered how quickly matters degenerated into […]

EVERY TIME YOU ARE ANGRY, DO THIS!

We were in the middle of a conversation. Irewamiri said something that got me angry and I decided to hold my breath. She did not realise it though. I walked away from the place where we were having the conversation. I paused and spoke these words to the Lord: “Lord, help me to choose the right response in the middle […]

COUNSEL FOR THE NEWLY MARRIED

We have a monthly couples hangout in our Local Assembly. One day, we asked ourselves what the first quarrel in our marriages were. Almost everyone had a challenge with communication in marriage in one form or the other. There was simply disagreements over what the spouse said or what the spouse meant. The importance of communication in marriage cannot be […]

PRAYER IS NOT TOO MUCH

As we began to pray, I said to my team in the ministry that “This feels so good”. I then added that it had been a while we did pray together. As I mentioned that, I began to ask myself why. It struck me that the challenge was that the hours of congregational prayers had increased as instructed by the […]

HOW TO GET ACCESS 5 (THE POWER OF THANKSGIVING)

I wore a pair of shoes and remembered that someone gave me as a gift some years back. I sent the person a message of gratitude. His response was “It is time to get you another pair”. Thanksgiving can always bring another one. Many times, we are in a hurry to rush into making requests with God while we skip […]