LUKEWARMNESS

Revelation 3:16 KJV
[16] So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

I was in church about a week ago and the preacher spoke on lukewarmness!!
This hit me big!! I started thinking about my life. Like seriously!!
I don't want to be neither here nor there! I want to burn for God!! I don't want to be bothered by anything else but how God feels about me and my actions!!!

Just like every other Christian, I want to please God
I want to make Him happy so desperately;
In all i do, think and say....
However; as willing as my spirit is;
My flesh is weak!!!! *sigh*
Notwithstanding, i will strive on
I will keep at it
Until I become a complete 'God pleaser'
Until my focus is on God and God alone
Not what He can give me...
Until I'm all of God and there's none of me...

Here's a lovely song by Anthony Evans that I'm feeling so much at the moment because it expresses
my desperation for God to take over all of me!!!
Find the lyrics and song below and feel free to sing along.
CHEERS!!!!

"CONSUMED" - ANTHONY EVANS
What's my hearts condition
Haunted by my decisions
What's happened to me, I'm not who I wanted to be
No sense of direction
Where are my convictions
More than anything I want freedom from these chains

chorus:
Consume me with your fire
Reveal and uncover
Impurity in me
Until your glory is seen
Destroy the disguises
Until my heart beats only for You
I want to be consumed

Move me like only You can
Break me until I'm your man
More than ever before I want to be radically Yours
Use my imperfections
Fix my double vision
Make me new I'm running and won't stop til you

chorus

Covered by grace
Held captive by mercy
I want them to look at me and only see you
I want to be Consumed

Chorus.

MY FATHER IS THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH!!

                                            "If you find my trouble you will fail woefully"

Today, I'm not exactly in my element. I was going to post something entirely different. But changed my mind. Maybe because this jam right here lifted my spirit when I heard it. So much so, I had to share!! *smiles*

It's just a feel good, happy song. Reminding you of your authority in Christ!!! 

Building your confidence in your identity!! We are more than conquerors!!

It's also a warning to your haters, enemies of your destiny!!

Enemies!! Watch it! More like, "YAGO"! "Clear away"! "Comot for road"! "Get out of my way"!

Yes!! He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world! (1John 4:4, Keep declaring it this week! )

When all those depressing thoughts, satan laden thoughts are trying to suck the life out of you, bring you down and make you feel less than you are; please feel free to scream "YAGO"!!

Unfortunately, it's a pretty new song, so I couldn't get the lyrics. However, everything written above pretty much sums it up. That's what the song is expressing. If you don't understand Yoruba, please find a Yoruba speaking somebody. Hehe. Or better still, my Yoruba speaking readers can do us the honors and translate the lines they understand. How about that? *nwshiningteeth*

This tune right here is the tune fam!!! The Afro beat style is just beautiful! The lyrics powerful!! A big shoutout to Ayoola!! 

Its a new week, call your haters' attention to your identity with Christ!!!! Whoop! Whoop!

God bless us all.

Here's the song........"YAGO" 

HE WANTS IT ALL

I live, breathe, dwell and bask in the illusion
That I'm an above average writer
I pen my thoughts........
Sometimes you can relate, other times, maybe not?
I'm an awesome writer in my mind still..
Albeit a different kind of awesome and writer
So I stumbled across a picture today
Which read "It's never hard to love, we just choose not to.....
Love never gives up"
These words got me thinking
What is Love; do we really have control over it?
It's a possibility that you sometimes think you love someone you don't know
While in truth, you love the someone you think the person is or can be
And in reality, you are just obsessed with the person's physical vitals
And have gone further to merge them with your idea of what you want
Does that even make sense?
Well; you eventually grow into the age of renaissance
And you move on; when the object of love isn't forthcoming
Or you get to know this object and come to a sad realization
Of being wrong in love because the pedestal on which you have placed this object
Is a far cry from where it indeed stands  (boo hoo hoo)
This kind of love, you can choose to love or not.
However, I think it is safe to say at this juncture,
That true love just happens
You can't choose to not feel it or feel it
You just simply feel it!!! Irrespective of whatever!!!
In my very lengthy time I have spent on earth. (-_-)
I must add that I have lived life "vicariously"
And I have seen that love...true love is a battle field
You sometimes walk, run and as sad as it sounds fall
Yes, fall in this battle field.
All you can do is hope and pray you fall in the right battle field
Where the other party picks you up
Otherwise, you are trampled upon by much more than you bargained for
And in the end  amidst struggles, you pick yourself up......
And glide through life as a shadow of your true self.
I think it is safe to say at this juncture again,
You can walk, run, sit and many more in the battle field of Love
But never, never fall!!!!  Because you can never truly be sure of the other party
#I'm just saying#
It's a 50/50 chance;
The bitter truth is, you can't help being in love
But ladies and gentlemen, cheer up!! Because
You sure can help falling in love.....I think!
It's your decision.......I believe!

That said how about you take a chance on the only one able to write the best love story ever!!! He is the true definition of love. With Him there's no dilly-dallying. He's always got you and is always there waiting for you regardless of whatever!! His name is JESUS!!!! Accept Him, you might be saying to yourself "I have accepted Him"; so I ask, "have you surrendered all that concerns you to Him?" Give Him the wheel and you don't have to worry about all the jargon I thought to share above. Hehe

Enjoy this song by Forever Jones....He wants it all. One love people!!

I AM NOTHING WITHOUT YOU

"But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying." (‭Psalms‬ ‭70‬:‭5‬ KJV)

On those days I am weary to my bone!!! I feel like or no; I really have tried all I can.
All that is in my power to do. And one way or the other, nothing seems to have worked! I'm trying to explain to the voices in my head how hard I've tried and how I'm not just sitting around waiting on God for a miracle. After all, faith without works is dead right?!!! (James 2:20)
Aaaaaarghh! I just want to scream and have some peace and quiet. An awesome time away from the battle in my head. I'm at my wits' end yet again!  I just honestly don't know....what to do, what to plan, what to pray about! It's on days like this I remember and hang on to an inscription I saw somewhere once.
     "You don't always need a plan. Sometimes
       You just need to breathe, trust, let go
        And see what happens"
I'm sick and tired of planning and almost attaining but then somehow eventually not attain my goal. All my life I've been made to believe you can't live a life without a plan!!! But I give up!! It's time to let go and totally, wholesomely, completely, unashamedly depend on God. I'm left with no other choice at this point!! Maybe it's okay for me not to have a plan. Maybe, just maybe in this era of total dependence, I will finally find purpose. True purpose! Divine purpose!! And this time, all will work out just fine!!! There'll be no more "almosts".......Almosts that don't count.

This brings me to our song for the week!! Hmmmm.....words fail me to describe how much I feel this song. A heartfelt, desperate cry to God!! The best song for my mood. For any mood actually!! As always I encourage you to sing along. Find the lyrics below and enjoy "What can I do by Tye Tribbett  ft. KJ scriven!!

Cheers to a new week people. It's going to be a beautiful one!!!

"What Can I Do"

[Chorus:]
Tell me what can I do
Cause I can't live without
I can't live without you
[Repeat 3x]

[Verse 1:]
So here's my heart.
Here's my mind
I give you my soul
Need you to take control

Cause I've tried it
Tried it on my own but
what i found is
I can't make it

[Bridge:]
on my own
on my own

I can't make it
I can't make it

on my own
on my own

I can't make it
I can't make it

[Chorus:]
Tell me what can I do
Cause I can't live without
I can't live without you

on my own
on my own

I can't make it
I can't make it

on my own
on my own

I can't make it
I can't make it

[Chorus:]
Tell me what can I do
Cause I can't live without
I can't live without you

[Vamp:]
Oooh. Ooooh. Ooooh. Ooooh.
Oooh. Ooooh. Ooooh. Ooooh.
Oooh. Ooooh. Ooooh. Ooooh.
Oooh. Ooooh. Ooooh. Ooooh.

I can't walk without you
I can't talk without you
I can't sing without you
I'm nothing without you

I can't live without you
I can't breath without you
I can't be without you
There's no me without you

I can't walk without you
I can't talk without you
I can't sing without you
I'm nothing without you

I can't live without you
I can't breath without you
I can't be without you
There's no me without you

Tell me what can I do
Cause I can't live without
I can't live without you

IN THE LIGHT

For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God...Rom.3v23

Honestly, as hard as it is to admit, sin is sin, there's no greater sin than the other.
So no one has the right to feel holier or better than any other person because they commit different sins. "I'm not a fornicator, I don't steal, oh yeah, I just back bite and lie a little sometimes". RIGHT!!!! You know you can sin either in thoughts, words or deed right?! Hmmmmm!!!! Those sinful thoughts don't make you any less a sinner cos it's in your head! Sad but true!!!

I'm sure you'll agree with me that there's this one struggle we all have as Christians. Trying to stand right with Christ all through our journey on this earth!! The struggle is real yo!! Your struggle might be different from mine. You might even find it as trivial in comparison to yours. But it all boils down to one single fact!!! We are all humans, born sinners, saved by the blood on the cross of cavalry; in need of continuous saving from the little foxes in this earthly entity!!!

So cheer up folks!! There's no need to berate yourself or compare yourself to other earthly beings!! Trust me, you are not alone!! Except of course, you are somewhere out there sitting on your high horse believing you are 100% a saint because your sins are less obvious than others. Then my friend; you need even more saving than I thought!!!! The good news though is this, for this struggle; JESUS is always the answer!! Ask for help!!

This brings me to our song for the week. It's titled "in the light" by DC Talk. Awesome lyrics, awesome tune, "FABTASTIC" song. I can carry on hyping the song, but I'll let the lyrics speak for itself and speak to you. So find the lyrics below and the song as well. Feel free to sing along!! ( the lyrics can be turned into prayers #justsaying#)

Cheers!!!

"In The Light"

(originally by Charlie Peacock)

(1, 2, 3) 

I keep trying to find a life

On my own, apart from You

I am the king of excuses

I've got one for every selfish thing I do 

What's going on inside of me?

I despise my own behavior

This only serves to confirm my suspicions

That I'm still a man in need of a Savior 

[chorus]

I wanna be in the Light

As You are in the Light

I wanna shine like the stars in the heavens

Oh, Lord be my Light and be my salvation

Cause all I want is to be in the Light

All I want is to be in the Light 

The disease of self runs through my blood

It's a cancer fatal to my soul

Every attempt on my behalf has failed

To bring this sickness under control 

Tell me, what's going on inside of me?

I despise my own behavior

This only serves to confirm my suspicions

That I'm still a man in need of a Savior 

[repeat chorus]

Honesty becomes me

(There's nothing left to lose)

The secrets that did run me

(In Your presence are defused)

Pride has no position

(And riches have no worth)

The fame that once did cover me

(Has been sentenced to this Earth)

Has been sentenced to this Earth 

Tell me, what's going on inside of me?

I despise my own behavior

This only serves to confirm my suspicions

That I'm still a man in need of a Savior 

[repeat chorus 2x]

(There's no other place that I want to be)

(No other place that I can see)

(A place to be that's just right)

(Someday I'm gonna be in the Light)

(You are in the Light)

(That's where I need to be)

(That's right where I need to be)