This is my testimony of how my God, my faithful Father, has blessed and kept me in school.

I have now entered my 4th year in University and believe me, the road getting here was anything but easy! After my first year in University, I lost all financial support and I had no idea how I was going to continue for the next 3 years. At the time my mother was not working and my family was just not able to support me financially in school. I remember so clearly crying when I found out, but as I cried I heard the Lord clearly say to me “when your mother and father leave you, I will never leave nor forsake you”. And as cliche as that sounds, that was my reality. I had never even read that scripture before then, but it brought with it so much peace, so I knew it was God.

I stand today, almost in my final year of school, declaring that my God stayed true to that promise! For the years following this encounter, I saw the Lord work miracles for me to get me through school. My mother never had it and I never kept a job, but my fees were paid each semester. There were times I would leave home without a dime going to school in faith and I would get to school, get back home and even have lunch too! I even witnessed His faithfulness in my classes where I would rely on Him to help me study and there were many times when it was just the favour of God why I passed a course!

I was constantly left in awe by just how much of a loving Father He was to me. This all made such an impression on me, as I saw firsthand how much God is not slack concerning His promises and that He can be trusted to do what He said He would do. It was these little things that taught me how to trust God and because I saw Him be so faithful in the natural things, it was easy for me to trust the scriptures and the truths that He ministered.

I write this to encourage someone today. You may be in school, or about to start school or maybe you are working. Whatever your situation is, I want you to know that you can trust God with your life. Trust that He will provide whatever it is that you need (school fee, food, bills etc) according to His will. Trust that those promises that He has whispered to your heart will be made manifest in His timing. I want you to relax in God and let go of your life and cares. We serve a God who loves His children and who has come to dwell inside of us, therefore He will take care of every need that comes up to Him in this life.

I write to tell you about my Faithful Father because I know that if He did it for me, He will certainly do it for you.

Be encouraged.
Love,
Mo.

Recently I went through what felt like a dry season. There was so much happening, so many changes and it was as if God went silent through it all. During this time I made one of the biggest mistakes- I agreed with my lust and acted on it. It ate at me. And it seemed like no matter how much I prayed and cried, God remained silent. I didn't know if I was even feeling Him anymore. Did I go too far this time? I thought. Maybe it was too much and just cannot be forgiven. These were the lies that no one but the devil and my own guilty conscience was feeding my mind and heart and I was almost inclined to believe it.

You see, what I failed to remember was that these seemingly dry seasons were my wilderness, where God allows me to be tested and tried just like Jesus in St. Matthew 4:1-11. The truth is, God was there all along. He never left me. He just sat there, like any good teacher when they are giving a test because He wanted me to draw on and use the influence that He had made in my heart. He wanted to prove to principalities and powers and quite frankly me, the power that lies within His Sons. It is during these silent seasons that He wants us to be even the more confident in who we are and choose to obey Him in all things and in every trial and test.

Deep in my heart, I knew God didn’t put me in this situation to fail, even though I did. I was sent here to be light and to prove the power of my God within me, but fear and wantonness caused me to lose sight of that.

I thank God for being such a merciful God. He gave me another chance and I got to do what He sent me here to do. I want to encourage someone out there who may be in a similar situation. You feel like God has gone silent on you, you feel your prayers are going unheard and you may even feel like God has left you. But believe me that this is far from the truth. If you are really a Son of God, then He promised in His word that He will never leave nor forsake you (Heb. 13:5). Consider then that this may be your wilderness. Your time of trying so that God can make you and you can prove to principalities and powers His manifold wisdom by way of your obedience to Him.

I write to you so that you won’t make the same mistake I did. Don’t sink in self-pity or depression, instead, trust God, love and obey Him and pray without ceasing. And know that this too shall pass and it will be alright.

I love you,

Mo.

1 Kings 18: 21

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

This verse stood out so much to me while reading this chapter of 1^st Kings. A little background story- chapter 18 of Kings tells of Elijah confronting the King and people of Israel about their complete betrayal and rejection of God, so much so that he professed to be the only prophet of God left, while the people worshipped Baalim and his prophets were four hundred and fifty. You can just feel the heart of the Father as He confronted the people whom He loved so much. They left Him to go follow another god after all that He had done for them. God was heartbroken, to say the least.

But as I read it the Lord began to minister to me and I saw how we the church still do this to Him today. Our idol may not be proclaiming another God, oh no, it is far subtler than that. Our gods have become our emotions, our wants, our desires, our ideas, our families, relationships and the list goes on. So, I guess I stand here as Elijah saying thus saith the Lord, “How long halt ye between two opinions?” How long are we going to move back and forth between God and what we want? How long are we going to try to serve two masters, when the truth is, God has given us so much.

At salvation we literally died (Romans 6). That means that all our desires, wants, lusts, everything ceased to exist from that point (Gal 5:24) i.e. The old you is no more! Christ then cleansed our souls and placed it in Himself then cleansed the very bodies we were in and got in it. Now it is Christ who is living through us LITERALLY! (Gal 2:20)

You may ask what does that have to do with anything? Well you see, a great part of why we as Sons still struggle in our walk is because we either do not understand what really took place at salvation, or we walk in unbelief. I pray whichever state you may find yourself that the Lord extend His grace to you even now and cause you to see. See that Jesus Christ is now living in you. Now all that God requires of you is that you rest and allow Christ to live. Don’t take up the things of this world or be deceived by it. Count it all dung and set your focus solely on the Father. He loves you so much and He is just crying out to us His children to separate ourselves from this world and submerge ourselves in Him. And just as He was faithful to confront Israel and show Himself to them once more and gave them a chance to repent, He is doing the same thing now with us.

I thank the Lord for confronting me about my own lust and wantonness recently. It would have destroyed me if I didn’t let it go. Which is why I knew I had to allow Christ to write this post to save someone out there too.

You may find yourself halting between two opinions and are wondering how can you let it go and go on in the Spirit. Well I dare say that it is quite simple. Just AGREE WITH GOD. There. I said it. All it takes is a true heart of repentance that turns back to God and agrees to let Him live from now on. Remember, the power to live holy lies in Him, not you and He is faithful and just to forgive and restore.

I love you,

I’m holding on.

Can I say I’m going through now? This has been one of my hardest seasons yet. Coming from cloud nine with just me and my Jesus to moving into a new home with a father I don’t understand, who is so distant; to being talked about and looked down on for no reason. I sit and look at all that is around me and I can’t help but think “can I do this”. The enemy has been plaguing my mind. Telling me I’m not good enough and I’m a failure. He shows me “me”, reminding me of what I can’t do.

Soul, why are you so cast down? Remember the truth that you know. These trials come to build you, to make you perfect in the Lord, not to take you out! The Lord loves you! Just rest and see the salvation of the Lord. He said in your weakness, He is made strong. See the strength of the Lord. Allow God to work in you and through you those things that the enemy says you can’t do because the truth is you can’t! But God can!

This is the test. Do you believe the report? You know the truth, you jump at it, but do you truly believe it? To believe is to rest and obey. Will you do that? Will you allow me to show principalities and powers MY manifold wisdom?

It’s not easy God. It hurts sometimes. But… I know there is nothing outside of you that makes me happy! I would die in this world. And I love you. I love you so much. So yes, I will wait. I will trust you. I will believe you. Have your way.

This is a conversation I had with myself and God. Sometimes it’s hard to open up when we are going through. It’s not alright when everything isn’t going right. But silence makes way for the enemy. Sometimes we have to minister to ourselves and remind ourselves of the truth! Talk to God, talk to a friend, truth is you may not be the only one going through! But I know that there is nothing like when God encourages you though.

This is for my sister out there who is about to give up and my brother who doesn’t see the point of going on. I encourage you to keep holding on! Praise God through these trials! The Lord promises that your end will be greater if you endure! They say purpose is more powerful than pain; remember the promises God has spoken to you, remember the love you have for God and let that soothe your soul.

Jeremiah 29:11King James Version (KJV)

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

I love you

Mo.

I don’t think we realize how truly powerful our minds are. I know I didn’t. I mean I had an idea, but it wasn’t until 2 days ago, while sitting in a seminar at school, that it dawned on me. It was a Professional Development Seminar that was geared towards motivating and encouraging us as individuals and to help steer us where our confidence in our chosen career path was concerned.

The speaker had us do an exercise where she told us to close our eyes and imagine an event that happened some time ago that had made us feel extremely proud of ourselves. She told us to picture what we were wearing, where we were at the time, who was around and how we felt. After we opened our eyes she asked different ones how they felt now. Various persons said they felt proud or happy or hopeful etc. just by remembering and focusing on that one moment. She used this exercise to set the stage for the point she wanted to bring across. The point was that we don’t realize how powerful the human mind is. We don’t realize that we have the ability to change the way we think or feel at any given time and how by just thinking a positive thought could change our whole mood and outlook on a situation.

I was amazed.

More amazed because as she spoke, I remembered the scripture that said “as a man thinketh in His heart; so is he” – Proverbs 23:7. I was like, God you said that first! A scientist didn’t come up with this; this was something you already told us!

I got so excited! And as I talked with the Lord, more scriptures came to me about the mind and how we should think. A few of which are:

Philippians 4:8 (KJV)

⁸Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Romans 8:6-8 (KJV)

⁶For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

Romans 12 (KJV)

²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Philippians 2(KJV)

⁵Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

And the list goes on! It really got me thinking though. Why would God put so much emphasis on our minds and mindsets? Could there really be something to it? Could it be that, by me just choosing to change the way I think that I could actually feel differently?

The answer was yes.

If we can be honest saints, some of the biggest battles we face are in our minds! We hold on to hurt and different bad memories and play them over and over in our minds. Some of us, our minds are like an incubator for iniquity! We hold them dear and nurse them there, and then we wonder why we are always getting frustrated and can’t seem to move in God! We focus so much on the negative that we can’t even see the goodness of God and what He is doing in our lives!

The moment I saw this, my spirit lit up! I felt a weight fall off because I was going through a period where my thoughts were a constant plague for me. But now God is saying that all I need to do is change the way I think! Focus on those things that are good. Serve Him from my MIND and I will be amazed at how I will just walk in the spirit. Hallelujah!

Apostle Kareem shared his testimony about how he had been depressed for a long while and the Lord spoke to him and said that if he didn’t think about himself, he wouldn’t feel anything. He tried it and it worked!

I pray that this is coming off as powerfully as it did to me. I want us to see the reality and simplicity of God! Saints, we have the mind of Christ! All we have to do is choose to agree with that mind and we will start seeing things from the eyes of God. There would be nothing that could come and faze us because we are walking in the spirit. Even suffering would become something we greatly anticipate, because our mindsets have changed and we now have the mind to suffer (which is simply the mind of Christ).

"There is a power within us that we don’t even fully comprehend."

Let us embrace this truth and submit to the mind of Christ in us! I pray you were blessed and encouraged.

I love you

Mo.

This is what the Lord spoke to me on the second night of the 3 days fast my church just did. We were all crying out to God to have mercy on us and forgive us of our unbelief; and as I cried out to God for my own soul, these were the words I heard “There is no delay in Obedience”. I quickly understood what He meant and found myself praying even harder because I knew I had sinned in that area. I could immediately see flashes of different times when the Lord would tell me to do something and I would hesitate, if even for a second. I would always go to the place where my first thought after being told what to do would be that of considering how the person may see me or how what I would say would affect the person or how they would take it or even how it would sound! But as I laid before God asking Him to change me, He really showed me His heart toward His Sons where their obedience to Him is concerned.

Obedience is immediate. This is where the Father wants to take the church. To the point where their obedience to Him comes naturally; where there is no consideration of flesh or self. Obedience is not about quickly going to correct a wrong or do what it is you were told to do either. It is far more than that. The Lord is saying that there are many who seem to be in obedience because they immediately do what they are told, but in reality they are not in obedience to Him. Obedience is a disposition of the heart. Obedience means that the moment God says it, we agree. It means that it could be a week before we do the physical action of what is asked, but in our hearts we would have already obeyed God the moment He made the request of us.

That is when obedience is pure. Because now it is obedience unto God and not unto man and this is what God is looking for.

Man, I hope you guys are seeing this how I saw it. This revelation from God hit me like a wrecking ball because I knew I wasn’t there. I thank God for His mercy though, that I am now able to make it right and truly obey Him as I ought. I believe many of us find ourselves here. The Lord will speak to us and we allow our minds and our emotions even, to wonder before agreeing and obeying God. But God is saying NO. This is ugly before me because that second of a thought was a manifestation of your unbelief and unbelief is sin. The Father is only pleased with a heart that is ready to obey Him at all times. I see it necessary to insert here though, that this obedience is not situational. Meaning, it is not about choosing to obey each time something comes up, no. Let us get to where God is. God is saying that His obedience is a onetime agreement. His sons need to resolve in their hearts to stay in obedience to Him in all things at all times. This is what pleases Him.

If you are like me and you found yourself right here I just encourage you to embrace God’s grace right now. God was faithful to reveal His heart to us re obedience, don’t take it for granted. Repent before Him now and I pray that we will all just resolve in our hearts to remain in obedience to God always. Amen.

I love you.

Mo.

And so it begins. My writing journey.

I want every thing I write to be straight from Your (God) heart to these pages. Bless, inspire and save your people through this medium Daddy. Let this be Your mouthpiece to the nations. Let your healing and saving grace flow straight to the hearts of your people. Let it be fun, exciting, edifying and a powerful ministry! Let it attract the audience you designed it to attract and let it all be to Your glory.

In Jesus' name,

Amen.

Romans 8:6-8 (KJV)

Romans 12 (KJV)

Philippians 2(KJV)

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