Loving the Word
Although I learnt a little bit about reading my Bible in the earlier times of my being born again, it had not sunk deeply into me and I had not come to understand the value of doing so. I have God’s Lighthouse to thank for that and my pastor. I first tuned into God’s Lighthouse meetings on a Wednesday and the last thing Pastor said during the meeting was, “Read your Bible, read it in huge chunks.”
I felt it was a direct instruction to me and from then on, every morning, I would get up at 6am to read my Bible. I did not know how to do a Bible study yet but I read the Bible. I remember one particular event. I had just finished reading my Bible and I laid down to take a nap when the Holy Spirit prompted a question in my head. I decided I would check it later but, it was almost as if I was not in control of my body anymore.
It seemed I was still on the bed but my body got up and sat where I normally read the Bible and went to investigate what He had just asked me. It was until several minutes later that I realised that I was no longer on the bed. It was like He blanked me out and propped me up to read and allowed me to catch up later.
Soon after, Pastor brought about a Bible challenge and I hopped on it earnestly. I read twenty (20) chapters daily and any day I faltered, I would read forty (40) chapters. The Lord spoke to me from scriptures frequently too and began to reveal many things to me. At a point, it felt like I was having an information overload such that whenever I opened my Bible and read a line, I would hear the Holy Spirit explain some things and it was hard to keep up with what He was saying.
My Prayer Life
My prayer life was affected as well. Coming from a place where I did not pray for a good while, I found myself able to pray more and actually enjoy prayer. Whenever I tuned in, I could feel the presence of God in my room and I would jump in with my two feet whenever worship was on. When prayer points were raised, I would pray along and pray hard. I also found that the Holy Spirit would put words in my mouth to pray right; and, as I did, they would be confirmed as pastor would raise the prayer points almost immediately.
I was also able to develop the habit of fasting. I would fast every Wednesday and Friday, during which I would spend long hours in the presence of God in anticipation of our weekly meetings. As I heard Pastor talk about praying for other people more than we pray for ourselves, I devoted time to praying for my family members, most especially my younger brother and his friends.
Thanks be to God that those prayers yielded fruit as he got born again that same year and as I write this testimony, one of his friends has also given his life to Christ and they both tune into our meetings and are hungry for God.
Prior to this time, I thought that God would speak to a select few or only a special group of people about nations, but I learnt that if we will only come and present ourselves without any other agenda than to please Him, He will speak to us and even lay what is on His heart on our hearts, even about nations too. I thank God for the different seasons we have gone through as a house as they have been very pivotal to my growth in the area of intercession.
To Be Continued…
Miraculous Monday: 16th June 2025
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