HENRIQUETTA

Honestly, I’m beginning to understand why Apostle Paul kept reiterating that we need the Holy Spirit’s help to become better humans. Its been proven again and again that without His counsel and discernment, our flesh will constantly lead us in foolishness. Since the Holy Spirit isn't as physical as a bouncer, or a compass, it is very easy to slip, and overly religious people would still think they are on track. This post is for me first, then you. I was raised in Assemblies of God, call them the unrefined penticostals. Here, messages were more about your neighbour than it should be for you. Growing up, when people backslide or rebel against God and the church community, the rest of us in would scorn, judge, and conclude that they weren't strong believers in the first place. When it was time to change because we had seen all that there is, we moved to a more refined church. The word is preached as it is here, but we all often wonder why the seats are empty. Christianity is more ...

I started the ' walking in purpose' series in March, talking about how our identity and where we are now is an integral part of our purpose , and how your focus and energy shouldn't be on the ninety-nine, but the one . Building on that line of thought, this hit me. I'm beginning to think that ' to what end' isn't a question we ask ourselves, and when we do, most times, we settle for the most mundane or shallow resolve. On Sunday, I spent almost an hour getting wisdom from a conversation with a dear friend. As girls-in-their-prime that we were, we flooded some crucial areas with light, and of course, marriage was one of the few. It is already an obvious truth that relatives and others who are married, would gradually increase the accelerator on the ' when are you getting married ' phrase as you grow older. While she was asked, she answered with  ' to what end', until the oppressor couldn't pass the ' raise children' answer. I...

I don’t like writing a “how to” post because it comes like I know the exact answer to that question. Given that the answer that seemed  to be the best gets updated due to behavioral change or someone else’ opinion. So this is not a "how to" post, but it's pretty much the only truth that opinions and behaviour doesn't change. First of, not all sound doctrine are the truth, and just because someone had a microphone and an audience doesn't make what they say true. Also, do not carve your lifestyle principles out of other peoples experience. Recently, I asked why it seemed like “ being single ” is the new cool? Even people who are in a relationship would still fancy the “ single ” title. Now this spills on to other life principles. I guess this is the best time to chip in that testing all spirits, does not involve judging based on your own understanding, this is why the spirit of discernment who knows all truth, and was given to you needs to be used. This finally brin...