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 ...
Introduction: The core of this entire coaching experience is the need to be more deliberate about your life. Too many people live their lives by default. The attitude of “Whatever will be will be.” Or like some people will say, “Anywhere belle face.” Just going with the motions and waiting or hoping for things to happen. The right way to live is to live by design: set a goal, have a plan, and work out the plan to achieve the goal. There may be a need for adjustments along the way. This is part of working out the plan. Jesus said, “Suppose one of you wants to *build a tower.* What is the first thing you will do? Won't you *sit down and figure out how much it will cost* and if you have enough money to pay for it?” *Luke 14:28 (CEV)* Wanting to build a tower here is a symbol of desiring to achieve something big and exceptional. Sitting down to figure out the cost is planning to know what it will take to achieve that big and exceptional...
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 ...
Comments
Post a Comment