INTRODUCTION: Fire in His Bones is a compelling book by Ruthanne Garlock on the life and times of Benson Idahosa. A careful study of the book will provide a good picture of the following: His Birth and growing up years, His new birth experience and passion for the gospel, His phenomenal vision and start off of his ministry, His relationship, marriage and family His mentors and training, The oppositions he faced and His great ministry testimonies. HIS BIRTH AND GROWING UP YEARS: As a little child, his father ordered his mother to throw him away because of his sickly health. He often fainted and was lifeless for a while. On the night his mother painfully and reluctantly dropped him on the rubbish heap lifeless, she stayed close by and wept bitterly as it rained heavily. All of a sudden there was a thunderous lightening that struck and to her greatest joy, little Benson began to cry: he was alive again! Despite her husband’s threat to disown her if ...
I was a year one student in school and by God’s grace, together with some wonderful people, I had just started a campus fellowship. The inaugural program was very successful and about 30 people came out to receive Christ into their lives. But very strangely, immediately after the program a very strong negative feeling came on me. I began to feel like I had bitten more than I could chew and that I was going to disgrace myself and let God down. It was like I was hearing a voice say to me “what have you gotten yourself into”? With all these negative feelings weighing down on me a terrible fear just filled my heart and I could not do anything any longer.Then one day I decided to end it all. I was wearing a white shirt and a black trouser and I had all the money I had at the time in my pocket. I took a bus and travelled down to Sapele town and after highlighting from the car I decided to linger around for a while so that it could get dark before I walk towards the bridge and ...
Introduction: Depression does not just come suddenly. It is actually the climax stage of a series of negative thoughts and feelings that has been building up for a period of time. I will be sharing on 4 things that can help us prevent the kind of negative thoughts and feelings that can lead to depression and stop such negative thoughts from building up in us. These things can also help someone who has depression and suicidal thoughts to overcome such feelings and thoughts. The 4 Things I will be sharing with you are: 1. Moderating your perfectionism & your desire to please people. 2. Preserving your testimonies & focusing more on the positives. 3. Strategic self-awareness & self-management 4. Talking to someone when you are down MODERATING YOUR PERFECTIONISM & YOUR DESIRE TO PLEASE PEOPLE - It is good to desire to be perfect, but we must not take this desire to the extreme. We must also be patient and ready to grow throu...
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