Knitting of Souls- The love story of J&P

When Akpene walked as a flower girl in front of a to-be couple over twenty years ago, she had no idea the little page boy beside him would one day become her husband. After many years of living their separate lives, and blindly dating others, Akpene and Yaw are finally getting married on 24.09.2016.

It will be a wonderful moment in the presence of God. I call it ‘”September to remember!” As Akpene’s sister and friend, I feel obligated to blog about this beautiful handiwork of God; although it’s been a while I did blogged. So how did it all happen? They became friends, sharing their moments of sadness and joy together. Family members and friends started speculating but they will hastily and assuredly declare their ‘just-friends’ status. And oh YES! They were just friends. Akpene had been serving in a non-profit organization that minister to children in deprived communities for many years and also serves in her local church as a Sunday school teacher. Akpene's dedicated service to deprived children must have attracted Yaw to be part of the fore mentioned group. Little did they know that it was God’s divine way of drawing them closer. Let me secretly ask Yaw how he popped the question. They probably will be surprised seeing this blog but hey guys! When you walk with writers, this is how we say CONGRATULATIONS!

I KNOW YOU AND AKPENE WERE JUST FRIENDS, TELL ME WHAT MADE YOU FINALLY DECIDE TO DATE

The truth is that we did not decide to date. We were very close friends and everyone around us (friends and family) thought we were dating although we were not. We were so close that we always had the notion that we cannot date each other with the fear that it will ruin our friendship if something should go wrong. One day, after I personally encountered another speculative statements by some friends, I later said to her “Why don’t we try dating?” Like always, she thought it will not work. Later, she also got that same comments from different people. What awoken her was when a friend in the non-profit group we both serve kept having conversations with her about the prospect of us dating; looking at the wonderful friendship we have. She came to tell me about the encounter and so I brought the question back again and amazingly, we both decided to give it a try and made certain rules. That was how it all started.

The early months was just platonic till the feeling changed into something else. When I realized it was leading to something more serious, I took her out. We had a matured conversation on our young romantic relationship and we both became convinced and agreed this should be more than what we were having. I proposed to her that night! As I think through this, it has taught me a great lesson in life. “Do not think something is not possible until you actually do it or give it a try”

And yes, Yaw is right! If you have spent years pushing some good friends away or seeing them as a brother or sister who is impossible to date, I hope you find this lesson helpful. After all, many relationship/marriage expects have noted that marrying your friend is the best decision one can ever make since you know them inside out and may not have many surprises during marriage.

MY MESSAGE TO AKPENE AND YAW

God makes all things beautiful in His time. I've watched you two 'transitioned' from best of friends to best lovers.  From the moment I started hearing Akpene say “My Significant other”, I knew this was meant to be and I must admit, I'm so proud of you both and your journey. Truly, God is Faithful! As you tie the knot on 24-09-16, it is my prayer that the Almighty God continue to bless and lead you. Always make God the centre of your marriage. There will be seasons of prosperity and seasons of challenges. Overcoming them is what makes love beautiful, Akpene, my sister, please submit to your husband as to the Lord so you can become a good example for me and  ladies in our group to emulate. Feed him always, be his peace and don't "deprive him of sex" You will soon have the license to do it anytime and any day. Lol. To Yaw, my able Project Director, love your wife, just as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5: 25-29). I will want to see you continue to cherish her and make her your priority as you always do now and please lead her to Jesus and heaven eventually. I thank God for how far He has brought you. I can’t wait for your wedding!

MESSAGE TO READERS

Finally to all my readers, I leave you here till I come back with Part II of this article where you will hear from Akpene’s side of the story, who will by the time be the newest bride in town. When that day comes, be careful not to call her by the father’s surname again because Yaw will give her a new name.

Lovely day to you all!

Book on ‘Choosing Your Career Path’ launched

   

March 10, 2016 today 0 Comment

Miss Baaba Mirekuah, (Middle) is an Administrator in charge of Records and Information at Qualtek Ghana Limited, Mr. Patrick Anumel, (L) is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GN Bank and Mr. Richmond Lamptey, {R} is General Manager of Digicut Production and Advertising Company Limited

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GN Bank, Mr. Patrick Anumel, on Monday, March 6, 2016 launched a comprehensive book entitled; “Choosing Your Career Path.”
The 203-page book, which was written by the Administrator in charge of Records and Information at Qualtek Ghana Limited, Miss Baaba Mirekuah, a native of Agona Nyakrom, in the Central region, was sub-headed: “Discover Your Path, Start the Journey.”
It defines the roles of parents in career planning process with a roadmap to help them clearly define the career path for what their wards want to take.
The book further discloses vital information to helping young people know who they are, explore careers they can pursue, make proper plans, network with focus, build personal development skills and values that will prepare them for career success in the real world.
Launching the book in Accra, Mr. Anumel commended Miss Mirekuah who was a product of the Department of Information Studies in University of Ghana, Legon, for putting ideas together to write a book which would guide young people to achieve their career.
Flanked by the Senior Vice President (Legal), Groupe Nduom, Mr. Papa Wassa Chiefy Nduom, and; General Manager of Software Development Department at Qualtek, Mr. Martin Owusu, and; Banking and Financial Consultant, Masihur Rhaman, Mr. Anumel suggested that planning should be the first stage in every human endeavour towards successful implementation.
According to him, a lot of projects and other human activities have failed because of a lack of proper planning or an ineffective planning.
He noted that pursuing a career was no exception to this fundamental principle.
He added that it was from this perspective that the author decided to put together ideas, principles, theories and practical experiences to make up general guidelines for the purpose of assisting the youth in their plans to pursue a successful career for their future.
Mr. Anumel noted that readers will find the book extremely useful while developing “our youth for the future.”
For his part, Mr. Chiefy Nduom called on Ghanaians to choose a successful career to enable them reach their full potential in order to promote socio-economic growth and development of the country.
“Maintaining a successful career requires hard work, determination and focus,” Mr. Chiefy Nduom, who is lawyer by profession, stressed.

Speaking in an interview with Today, Miss Mirekuah stated that the book answers burning questions on “choosing your career path.”
Miss Mirekuah, a 28-year-old woman, told Today that she decided to write the book because she realises that most of the youth were not fully aware of what they want to become in Ghana and most parts of Africa.
To this end, she encouraged all Ghanaians, particularly parents, to get the copy of the book because of their defined role in the career planning process since a lot of people faced challenges in their career choices.
She explained to Today that from age ten (10), career dreams of most people continues to swing back and forth until they give in to pressures from parents or friends to follow a career path out of their areas of interest
According to her, the students finally have a hands-on guide to know exactly what to study in senior secondary school and courses it would lead them in the various tertiary institutions.
“Professionals from various fields shared their own stories and challenges they confronted in their line of careers to motivate the readers on how to choose their career path and also included questions and answers on what grade you should attain to be able to pursue the career you want,” she averred.
She added that there is a portion in the book known as “Your Career Plan” where people can fill in whatever they want after knowing who they are, and how to pursue it.”
“So here, they are actually writing a career path for the future. Most people turn to give up when they have bad grades without realising there are other choices they can choose from which I have listed in my book diverse choices they can make to help them know all hope is not yet lost,” she disclosed.
Miss Mirekuah pointed out that the motivation behind her book was a lead from her first book which was entitled: “The Winning Sperm,” which was written and published in 2013.
She disclosed that copies of the book can be found in the University of Ghana Bookshop

Choosing Focus in Place of Competition

Many people want to win in life, for this reason, they work so hard and compete unnecessarily with others to achieve their heart desires, what these people do not know is that winning in life does not have to be that hard; because they won the race against millions of sperms in their mother’s womb even before they came unto the earth. That race was won by no effort of theirs but by special grace and intended purpose of the Creator who predestined every human being with special gifts and abilities to fulfil a specific task on this earth. Depending on the task you are on earth to perform, God gives you the required environment and network to grow in. Some may start worse and end best, others with relevance to their purpose may have to go through serious challenges before breaking out to understand the pain of others and offer a helping hand. Others start best and end best. Every single person making a great level of impact has unique experiences and thus it becomes unnecessary to compete with them. Knowing this truth will help you desist from competing with others you think are going ahead of you.

Comparison with the sperm race

When you were a sperm, you were competing with others and won the race but the moment you entered this earth, you found yourself in the midst of many others who also won the sperm race. Knowing then that everyone is a winner, there is no need for you to compete with anyone; you just have to focus on achieving your God-given purpose on this earth. Moreover, the fact that you are a firstborn or have younger siblings does not make you more important than them. They equally raced with a different group of sperms and won the race.

A group of sperms have only one vision – “to get to the egg”. In life however, every person is unique and has a unique vision. Some want to be famous actors or singers; others want to be the best lawyers or contractors in the world. Some other person is trying hard to write the best poems whilst others want to write the best movies. If your vision is to be a contractor, why will you want to compete with someone whose vision is to be an actor/actress? Even if you have the same gift, there are still different ways in which the gifts are used.

If you pick two gifted singers, you might be surprised to know that one may want to be the best foreign gospel artiste while the other may want to be the best local artiste. In the same way, if you sit in an exam room to write an exam like the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) with others, you will notice that there are some who have written the paper before and got grade E, and all they want this time around is a grade B to shoot up their grades to make it possible for them to enter an institution of higher learning. For you, it might be your first time writing the paper and getting grade A is thus a must.

These are different visions within the same circles. It is therefore a waste of time to compete with others in life. One thing about competition is that it shifts your attention to the strength of your opponent making you lose focus on your own abilities.

When you lose focus on your abilities, you begin to lose your confidence and you cannot afford to do that! Confidence is a master ingredient for becoming a winner in life.

In a nutshell, we have all been designated a specific task to perform on this earth. We cannot fulfill God’s entire purpose for man alone; the reason why He made the sky very big is to make it impossible for any two birds to crush. Focus on your purpose, teach others below you how to fly and rejoice with those who fly adjacent to you or even better than you. Together, we make the world a better place to live.

How to Overcome Lesbianism

Overcoming Lesbianism

Lesbianism is an act which is on the increase in our community and among our young ladies. Most people think it is only America that has embraced this act but believe you me, there are people all over the world even in developing countries who are secretly practicing this act. Everyone has their own theory of judgment on the issue but no one actually pay attention to practical solutions that can help girls, ladies and women come out from this addiction. Although some who practice this act may feel confident about it, Per my own interview with a number of them, almost every woman or lady who practice lesbianism; either with a partner or with themselves feel ashamed and loses some form of self-worth in their own eyes after the act. Most Lesbians trace the beginning of it all to either; low self esteem, past rejection by love ones or peer influence. The most difficult thing for those going through Lesbianism  is to talk to someone about it because the first reaction from you will be to judge them, however, this epidemic is spreading quite fast and the body of Christ cannot sit down for the devil to steal many women to hell through this act. If you are reading this article and have been battling with Lesbianism or masturbation, I want you to know that it is not normal for you to go through weekly or monthly addiction of such act; and because it is not normal you need to seek the Lord for forgiveness and deliverance. #You are very special in God’s eyes and He is just waiting for you to come to Him.

I decided to write on this topic after I received a message from a young lady two months ago that said; ‘Baaba, I need your help please. I like sleeping with girls and I have been doing this since I was 17years. After receiving this message, I was very proud of her bold step to talk to someone about her situation. However after a week of discussing the details of her over six years’ experience in Lesbianism; I was quite shocked. Notwithstanding, over the past weeks, we went through different activities that  has helped her to slowly but steadily experienced significant changes in her life. I have therefore decided to share with you some of the ways you can overcome this act if you are a, girl, lady or woman going through these addictions in secret to overcome your sexual weaknesses and trust God for forgiveness and deliverance. 

                       THE WAY OUT

1.    Talk to someone about it

While it is difficult these days to trust friends, family and even some pastors with such a secret, there are still people who will be willing to listen to all that you’ve been going through without judging you. Look for someone you can trust; most importantly, a prayerful person who loves to live by the word of God through the example of his/her own life; preferably a man. I know of a lady, who visited a prophetess with this issue, it was a prayer camp so the prophetess asked the lady to stay overnight to receive counsel and directions. By the time the lady left the next day, the prophetess had slept with her. Lesbianism is a spirit so if you do not look for a prayerful and someone who lives by the word, they may end up been influenced by the spirit of lust which lives and manifest around you.

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    .Go through deliverance

As I earlier pointed out, Lesbianism is influenced by a spirit. We pick this spirit from various sources. Some when they were in boarding school, others through a movie or pornographic movies and images on the internet, some were also introduced by friends and peers. Whichever way you got it, you can still be delivered through the power in the blood of Jesus. After listening to the experiences of the lady almost every day for a week, amidst preaching to her and encouraging her about how much God still loves her, I realized that she always had something new I hadn’t heard and she was still carrying the load of what she has done in the past. I then took her to my church where my pastor took her through deliverance by confessing that she has accepted Jesus and denounced any association with the spirit of lesbianism. After the deliverance, she became free and was no longer talking extensively about all that she had done in the past. She was now declaring her assurance in the fact that Jesus had saved her.

3.    Stay away from your Lesbian friends and make new friends

Staying away from your lesbian friends is one of the most important and difficult decisions you will have to make towards your quest to overcome this act. There are some who are beaten, laughed at or even offered huge sum of money to lure them into returning back to their old ways. I will encourage you to take bold and radical steps if the need be. Such steps could be changing your location, phone number, and opting out from any social gathering you use to go together. I know of someone who had to wake up at dawn, pack few things and move away from the house she was sharing with her lesbian partner. In the case of my friend, she stopped picking the calls of all her lesbian friends and rather spent much time seeking information from the word of God and spending time with her family. She was sometimes humiliated in town by the older women in her lesbian circle who use to take care of her financially. Worst of it is when two of the girls secretly broke into her house once when no one was around and abused her sexually with their fingers and sticks. It will be good if you find a body of Christ and become active in all their services, join a department, make new friends and steadily grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

4.  Share your testimony

Revelation 12:11a says ‘and they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony. Deep down the heart, everyone living in sin craves for deliverance. Those who are now learning the act and those who are already in it will receive the seed of change through your testimony even though they might not tell you. You need to let your lesbian friends know why you are no longer interested in living that life. If you just run away from them without sharing your testimony, they will only assume you have found a new partner. So tell them of your deliverance and willingness to now live a life that pleases God. If you can, share with the body of Christ what you’ve been through and how God is restoring you. You never know whom your testimony will save.

I am trusting that this article has been beneficial in helping you with relevant solutions based on the word of God to awaken you from every enslavement by the enemy through lesbianism. Remember that God  loves you and have wonderful plans for your life; and once you give your life to Him, he will clean, restore and sanctify you for every good work. His word says in 2 Chro 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU

HELPFUL SCRIPTURES

Mark 2:17

When Jesus heard it, He said unto them, “They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Mathew 11:28-30 

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

Leviticus 18:22

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Romans 1:26-28

 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 

1 Corinthians 6-9

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Revelation 21:8

POWER OF THE TONGUE

POWER OF THE TONGUE

Once there is life, man must communicate; meanwhile the impact our words make in our own lives and that of our hearers is very significant and thus calls for extra vigilance in what comes out of our mouth. Maybe you have not recognized the power your tongue holds; but interestingly the very earth you are standing on right now was created by the power of ‘WORDS’. If your tongue have such power, then what are you waiting for? Let us take time to study about the power this significant part of the human anatomy carries and how we can utilize it positively to experience true peace and happiness in our relationship with our friends, spouse, colleagues and families.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. Genesis 1:-3

                                                                                     

Does it hurt to speak?

                             

I’m not sure of your answer to the above question but one thing I know for sure is that most people don’t struggle to speak; as a matter of fact, many people are attending seminars and reading books on how to tame their tongue. Well if you’ve been trying so hard to stop over-talking to no avail, then I’m here to advise you not to be so hard on yourself; just start saying the right things. Turn your tongue into a machine that prepares delicious meals for yourself and others to eat.

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Have you carefully considered some of the things you say? The things we sometimes utter destroy a lot of things in our lives. We just say anything, murmur and complain about almost everything. Some of us are used to singing songs and keeping company of people who are full of negative words, these people I speak about joke about everything; while things continue to break down in their lives. Are you familiar with these words?

·         I’m not good enough

·         This is never going to work out

·         I know it is going to get worse

·         I’m asthmatic, I have a bile, I have perpetual headache,

·         My sickness has come

·         I’m going to die

·         I’m dead

·         I think I was made to suffer

·         If I die young (song)

·         etc.

These are all words that we can decide to blot out of our vocabulary and start speaking the opposite in hope. Positive words are not to be spoken only when you see the right things happening but most importantly when the worst is happening. Ever since I began to exercise the power of the tongue, I have realized that it doesn’t hurt to speak positively at all, yours is to be obedient and wait for the results which can be very overwhelming.

A friend once told me I speak as if God loves and care about me more than anyone else by my words. It felt good to hear that because I was just making use of Proverbs 18:21. If those who love it are going to it the fruit of it, then I choose to eat the fruit of life and not death. Thus when I’m feeling sick, I just command the sickness to vanish in the name of Jesus, when things get difficult, I dance and sing praises to God and I never cease to say; I am favored, I am blessed, I am making it, I’m making impact in this generation, my family is blessed, I’m marrying the right man, my marriage will be glorious, I will not see suffering, my children will serve the Lord, Do you know my life will be a testimony’. It really doesn’t hurt to say these things and according to the Bible, God always honors our words.  ^‘Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Numbers 14:28

Notwithstanding, do not hesitate to bless friends and families with your words. As I was growing up, my grandmother kept telling me ‘wo ye owawan’ which is been interpreted ‘You are a wonder’ any time I did something unusual. Ten years down the line and I think I’m actually really a wonder (smiling). You may not see the manifestation of your words right now; but I bet you, the very moment you uttered those words, it formed a seed in the spirit and very soon you are going to pluck and eat the fruit of those words.

YOUR TONGUE IS POWERFUL, START USING IT RIGHT!

 

RELATED SCRIPTURES

 

ü  I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Psalms 81:10

ü  Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4: 29

ü  Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad Prov. 12:25.

ü  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Prov. 15:1

ü  But I say unto you, That every ide word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Mathew 12:36

ü  Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: James 1:19

For a better World: Controlling your sexual desires before marriage

For a better World: Controlling your sexual desires before marriage: Controlling your  sexual desires  before marriage As long as we reside in this temporal, mortal body made of dust, sexual de...

Controlling your sexual desires before marriage

Controlling your

 sexual desires 

before marriage

As long as we reside in this temporal, mortal body made of dust, sexual desires are meant to sneak in and out. Sexuality was God’s own idea in the first place and He intended it for marriage; however, these desires are not limited to only married individuals but every growing human. This give rise to the question ‘what do I do with my sexual desires before I get into marriage? While we were all growing up, we heard several sermons on abstinence from fornication, masturbation, and the like; yet we ended up failing God sometimes. That notwithstanding, because the topic is not broadly discussed, those who fall for the first time to their sexual emotions starts to think there is no means of control thus continue to live in slavery of these desires through various means. That is why we have increased sexual sins within our campuses and even homes. There are growing boys and girls as well as men and women who are battling with sexual desires with no one to talk to about it. What if I tell you I have had my own experiences to deal with and have heard the experiences of a thousand dozen more from friends, family, close allies and confidant and how they positively or negatively handled it? Let’s take a tour through some of the stumbling blocks to controlling your sexual desires and how you can control this inevitable feeling.

THINGS THAT INFLUENCES YOUR SEXUAL DRIVE

Pornography and Sexual Images

Most often than not, we attribute ‘garbage in garbage out to computers but the assessment of my own weak body and that of all human race, has made me realize that this important term relating to computers is without doubt also parallel with humans. Like a seed sown to the ground, pornography movies and pictures you watch take seed within your mind and begin to form your attitude. Pornography, sexual images appearing on your computer and Facebook pages, sexual lyrics in music as well as sexual scenes from movies are stumbling blocks to your purity and sanctification before God.

But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. ⁴ Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. ⁵ For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. ⁶ Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. ⁷ Therefore do not become partners with them; ⁸ for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord Ephesians 5: 3 – 7

There are some who believe that there is nothing wrong in watching these images since it gives you an idea of what sex is all about and trains you for your marriage. But contrary to this the Bible stress in the text above that ‘everyone who is sexually immoral has no place in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let therefore no man deceive you that it doesn’t matter to watch these images. The truth we ignore is that, anytime your watch pornographic images or pictures, your libido is awakened which brings suggestions to your mind either at that moment or later days on the need to gratify your own desires.

 Sexual petting and pre-marital romance

Some are of the view that playing around a little does not hurt as long as there is no penetration. WELL… sexual desires are not something you can play around with. That is why Paul mentioned that we flee from fornication. It is not that easy to start deep kissing and sexual petting at dangerous parts of the body without desiring to have more on subsequent occasions. Let no man deceive you with vain words! And my precious ladies, you are even more vulnerable and your honor as a woman is at stake.

It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life 1 Thessalonians 4: 3- 7

What I like most about the above scripture is “…not in passionate lust like the pagans”. There is no way your sexual senses will not react to your boyfriend massaging your buts, fondling your breast, giving you deep kisses or sleeping on top of you or you on top of him. We are emotional beings! If you desire to please the Lord and to obtain His favor, he is calling you to be sanctified and to practice self-control. In Hebrews 13:4, God is clear about the fact that, He loves sex once the two are married; but he is ready to judge whoever practices these things before marriage. Some of the consequences of pre-marital sex can be found in:

Proverbs 6: 32-33 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

Proverbs 2: 19, None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Proverbs 6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Important occasions and peer influence

Your desire for sexual gratification may also arise during important occasions such as Valentine’s Day, Birthday, parties, funerals etc. It is important to ensure that closeness in terms of touches with the opposite sex is restrained during important event that brings extreme joy or sadness since they can influence the occurrence of sexual affair or petting which is a sin against your own body and against God. During this season of Christmas and the upcoming new year, I urge all vessels of The Living God to be cautious of where they go for merry making and the people they make merry with. When you are in the midst of friends who usually talk about pornographic topics, excuse them before you become intoxicated with their ideas about sex. The truth is that most people now do not see anything wrong with pre-marital sex, they refer to  it as ‘love making’ DON’T BELIEVE THEM! God’s word is above all things and even if you don’t believe in it, it will still catch up with you at the long run.

 

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality. 1 Corinthians 6:9(ESV)

OVERCOMING SEXUAL SINS

Maybe you have fallen victim to pre-marital sex. If you have, it is not all over yet, God through His son Jesus provides the opportunity for you to be reconciled to Him. The problem is not how easy it is for you to fall but your ability to trust God to bring you out so that it does not become a habit. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says “ if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land”. So surrender your weak body to the Lord and let Him give you strength to overcome any circumstances that may seek to pressure you to sin. Explain to your partner about your commitment to please the Lord in abstaining from pre-marital sex and other activities that leads to this. Sanctify your thoughts by avoiding songs full of sexual lyrics as well as pornographic materials.

PRAYER OF REPENTANCE

Dear Lord Jesus, I am weak, please do not lead me to the temptations of the evil one so that I fail. Protect me from the devices of satan and from circumstances that would pressure me to sin – images that come up on my computer, social network walls, text messages and people who will entice me to give in to temptations. Thank you Lord for making me a vessel of honor.

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. Exodus 1:21