The Presence of God
We were blessed on the last Saturday and Sunday of this year with two of the most touching sermons. The first sermon was by our Junior Pastor Nnamdi Kalu. His message was about the presence of God and how we should be clean upon entering into his presence. Clean meaning our minds and hearts must be free from all sin and guilt. Our Junior Pastor said a lot but I will only mention a few. One thing he said was that God’s presence is everywhere, but some people do not know this. Another thing would be: some of the ways to get closer to God is that we need to spend time in his presence and listen to him after we pray. We also need to worship him, give him more than just a hi and bye. We need to talk to him so that we can get on a personal level with him. I had to find out about talking with God on my own. My moment happened when I was dealing with overwhelming events and I could not take it anymore. So I just sat in my room and just started venting. Yes I know you are probably wondering, “Were you alone in the room?” Yes, yes I was. And that is the thing about experiencing a personal level with God. You have to talk to him like you would talk to your closest friend, alone adn in private. And after I finished venting my eyes were puffy from all the crying, but I also felt a calming feeling of relief. I am not saying to cry in private, you can shout, scream, yell, dance, or even sing to God. You do what you have to do when you are in his presence. God will only understand you the way you understand yourself.
How We Act Towards Others
The Second sermon done on Sunday was preached by Bro. Ifeanyi Mba. He started his message by saying that testimonies are not us bragging, but they are us telling people what God has done for us. This being said that means if you are scared to tell others what the Lord has done for you, you do not have to be because he did the act so that you can preach his word onto others. Bro Ifeanyi said a lot of juicy things but I will only share one thing with you, which is that your tongue can be used as a double edged sword. So when you hurt or lie to someone it will come back to you, either in form of guilt or punishment. He goes on saying that what you sow is what you reap, so if you sow evil you will reap it. Now when it comes to the tongue on one side there is life being spoken, while on the other you can speak of death. On one side you can burn the person with your hurtful words; however on the other you can wash away the burn with your positive and encouraging words. I myself would rather the second one with the washing because the Bible says that we should treat others the way we should be treated. So, as Bro. Ifeanyi says, do not hurt anyone on purpose or purposeful because you would not want to be treated the same way.
–The passages used by Our Junior Pastor Nnamdi Kalu were: John 4:24, Romans 12:1-2 and Matthew 9:9-13.
–The passages used by Bro. Ifeanyi Mba were: Proverbs 6:16-19, Psalms 101:4-5, Proverbs 18:21, Matthews 12:36-37, James 3:3-10, Exodus 20:13 and Luke 11:34.