Memoirs of a Church Girl

It's so easy to fall into the trap of complacency. I did at a stage in my life. I would go for weeks without touching my bible , would go most mornings without praying and sometimes wouldn't even bother to take notes in church. You know that feeling of 'I'm on top of the game here'... its just sinful pride. I felt I'd come to a stage in my life where I could do just fine with stuff I already knew and believe me when I say I knew alot. But that's a fallacy of epic proportions but I didnt realize it. I was feeling just fine doing stuff for the Lord you know. So at at the beginning of the next year when this madness was at it's peak I decided to go on a fast and seek the Lord's face. The new year was staring me in the face and I had big plans to suceeed personally and do bigger things for the Lord. But when I look back I realize my motives where messed up. Like our Warri brethren would say, 'I no wan carry last' and I knew God was the only forc...

Personal interest and not imagination rules the world. Personal interest can launch a thousand battleships, drive mankind to the extremes,blind us to the needs of others, and blur the distinct lines between good and evil. Only those who exist for something, a divine course outside and beyond themselves will seek truth, know the truth and accept it at all costs and then live for it. These are the few true heroes who walk among us. We all pay homage to God's word and declare it as the divine standard. But when it conflicts with our personal interests we begin to prove that we are masters in the art of manipulation and subversion. When truth is hidden behind the mask of interpretation our personal interests always wins. You discover personal interest behind the veil of moral, spiritual compromise and the plethora of false doctrines flooding the church, I am of the opinion that no doctrine contrary to God's word will be propounded, peddled or accepted if it does not profit som...