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Growth sometimes is subtle Like today, I had this thing I do on stage every service for this program we have going on. The program comes with quotes, confessions, and poems, all written for each day of the program. It is my duty to read the poems during each service. It is not tasking at all, but my heart would not stop pounding each time I went up, and afterwards I would be shaking for like two minutes outside before getting myself back. But this day was different. My phone, which I usually read from, suddenly seized on stage. Confusion flooded me because I did not know the poem by heart. I tapped and tapped, still nothing. I pressed the off button and turned it back on, and boom it was working, so I continued reading the rest of the poem. Only after getting off stage did I realize how, in that split second of trying to get my phone to work again, instead of wishing the ground would open up and swallow me, I did not even think about how embarrassing it was. Me? Favour Okwanyionu? Lord...
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WHAT ARE YOU BELIEVING?

"What you believe you will see, because whatever you believe gains mastery over your life" ~ X Ever noticed how, the moment you get acquainted with a person, suddenly it feels like they are everywhere? You begin to see their face on social media, hear their name in conversations, and even notice people who look like them on the street. It is almost as though your mind has been tuned to pick them out. This is the same way fear works. You begin to experience that which you fear greatly because fear is also a form of belief. The moment you hold it firmly in your heart, it gains power over your life and shapes what you attract. Dearest reader, what are you believing? Because whether you like it or not, what you see as possible is what you attract.  I was having a conversation with a friend today, and we argued that we do not just attract people by chance, we attract the kind of people who mirror our belief system. We attract the energy we give off, the possibilities we see, and t...
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Hey there!

Story Time! A friend I had blocked a couple of months back reached out to me today, apologising for taking me for granted. My first reaction was excitement, that genuine joy that comes with getting a message from a long-time friend you have been disconnected from. Funny thing is, I couldn’t even remember why I was mad at him or what caused our issues in the first place. So while he apologised, I found myself ransacking my brain to recall what had happened. Later in the day, I told my sister about it and she teased me about being too nice. Madam even remembered exactly what the said friend did that offended me. But the highlight of the whole thing for me was not the apology. I didn’t need it, because I had already forgiven and forgotten. What struck me was the act of coming back, the realisation of “I messed up” and then owning up to it by admitting it. I am not saying I am perfect. The point is, it is always grand when people take responsibility for their actions. It speaks of growth, ...
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GO THE EXTRA MILE...

My boss would say, "If someone goes a mile for you especially in distress, go double for them", and that has always guided my heart. It has become a habit that when someone helps me out, I immediately start thinking of what to do in return, how to reciprocate the goodness. When someone shows up for you in distress ehn, it feels like cold water to a very dehydrated throat, it is just right. I think it is grand to understand that it is not easy, it is not simple for someone to step out of their reality and extend a helping hand. Hence, by all means, beyond appreciation, ask yourself what can I do to better express my gratitude? How can I go an extra mile for this person? By an extra mile, it is not necessarily outdoing yourself or doing more than your capacity. It is instead, going certain lengths for them within your ability. And trust me, it means a lot to them. Dearest reader, let gratitude move from your lips to your actions. Do not only say thank you, live thank you. When ...
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THE LIFESTYLE OF CHRIST

. "It's not enough to have the life of Christ, you must have the lifestyle of Christ." Pst Phil You know how being born again automatically makes you have the life of Christ inside of you? Now, beyond just having Christ within, there is the need to live out that reality outwardly. When Pst Phil was explaining this concept today in church, I paid close attention, because the idea of living out a reality has always made sense to me. Everything has a lifestyle. It is first an identity, then a lifestyle, which in turn influences both doing and being. The point is, beyond claiming an identity, there is the part where you ought to live this identity daily, in your activities, in your essence, in your behaviour. So it is not enough to have Christ in you. Does your lifestyle express Christ daily? Are you a mirror of what you claim to carry within you? Dearest reader, it is not about merely doing. It is about being and expressing. My way of living should point to what I claim to b...
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THE LIFESTYLE OF CHRIST

. "It's not enough to have the life of Christ, you must have the lifestyle of Christ." Pst Phil You know how being born again automatically makes you have the life of Christ inside of you? Now, beyond just having Christ within, there is the need to live out that reality outwardly. When Pst Phil was explaining this concept today in church, I paid close attention, because the idea of living out a reality has always made sense to me. Everything has a lifestyle. It is first an identity, then a lifestyle, which in turn influences both doing and being. The point is, beyond claiming an identity, there is the part where you ought to live this identity daily, in your activities, in your essence, in your behaviour. So it is not enough to have Christ in you. Does your lifestyle express Christ daily? Are you a mirror of what you claim to carry within you? Dearest reader, it is not about merely doing. It is about being and expressing. My way of living should point to what I claim to b...
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Rock Bottom Basement (RBB)

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"He that is down need fear no fall." ~ John Bunyan Do i agree? Not exactly! Like Kingaths would fondly say, "sometimes rock bottom has a basement." You think you cannot fall below the ground, but life has a way of proving otherwise.. Recently, I’ve been rereading Chimamanda’s books. It’s a kind of therapy for me. Notes on Grief is one I had read before, but this time it hit differently.  There was this chapter Chimamanda talked about something she calls the worst day of one’s life — that moment when you hit the height of rock bottom. She said, "I wish nothing else tops it." That made me think. What are the possibilities of something else topping worst day? I have this theory that both the best and the worst of life are still ahead of us. It may sound strange, but even when things feel unbearably bad, it can always get worse right? Yes, sometimes rock bottom has a basement. You reach the bottom thinking it can’t go any lower, but then you find o...
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