Lessons.

 

Hey family, As a means of recap, here are a few lessons from the passing year that I asked for on my Instagram page and members of the MWJ family shared and I’d like to share them with you not to discourage but to strengthen you;

• For many of us 2022 wasn’t the best but it taught me to hold onto God, I learnt that my spiritual life won’t just skyrocket on its own and I have to be intentional about it, I learnt about my power as a Christian, I learnt that God is actually ALWAYS with me. 2022 showed me that I’m a product of grace, my life was a living testimony of ‘It’s not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that showeth mercy.’
• What I'm about to say is really deep for me but I Learnt it anyways🤷‍♀️. It goes thus: I have learnt that showing kindness to someone doesn't mean i should expect the person's kindness back to me because I realized that I will reap WHAT I'd sowed(whether good or bad) but must not be WHERE I'd sowed.
• When i saw this, it made me think for a while and the verse that summarized it all was Proverbs 3:5-6 because each time I feel all hope is gone like all hope and I go to pray to him with the little faith I have, He always comes through for me in the way I could never think of. Indeed I can say I learnt that I should always trust in God because he can do far beyond what I think or imagine.
• In this past year, I got tougher and a lot more mature. I learnt from mistakes, and i don't mean only my mistakes. It's a lot better to learn from others' mistakes, so that you'll prevent yourself from making the same.

I found out a lot about humans and how our relationships are very much important in our making or marring of ourselves. 

I also found how to not be discouraged in certain times, how to be the one with the upper hand in certain situations (a very tricky thing when all the odds are against you, really) and...how important God is in every aspect of your life. He, my darlings, is the main character in every story, all the while being the writer. The moment you claim to be the head, a lot of things start clashing. 

Pride, my dears, is one of the easiest ways to become an almost formidable enemy of God. Breaking it down in 2022 eased a lot of parts in my life i never knew existed. Embracing others, defining boundaries...all these were lessons taught to me, and I'm grateful for them all. 

One verse that helped me lots of times is John 14:27, where Jesus says "Peace i leave with you, my peace i give unto you. Not as the world gives, give i unto thee". 

Lots of times, it helped in calming my worried heart. 

Final advice for you, in this new year? Stick to God.

• For me, 2022 unveiled to me the beauty of thanksgiving and how much it is taken for granted. I realised that the life of anyone who really knows how to thank God is never ordinary. Although the concept of trusting the Lord was not entirely new to me but in 2022 I came to understand that it’s a work in progress and it is deliberate.

• I learnt a lot concerning process and progress. 2022 was a whole lot for me. I have a lot of wins and losses academically, financially, materially, physically and more importantly spiritually. He's been so good to me. I appreciate God for growth.

He has been RAPHA, JIREH and NISSI.

I've been extremely busy with a whole lot, and I thank God for sanity.

The verse that inspires me till date:

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:6‭-‬7 KJV

• Actually, I learnt a lot 2022. I learnt that the only person that can not leave you is Christ. I learnt that God answers our thoughts. I learnt that God is not ready to give up on anyone. I also learnt that God's love is excess✨
• The year 2022 was the year where I actually lived through what atheistic and agnostic people go through. Yes!!! I didn't believe in God. I questioned his existence. This was because I was going through unimaginable pain, and there was this time a celebrity died. Now I wasn't a fan of this person at all, but seeing how the entire social media space cried and wept after his passing away; I was like "ah God why?"

But then I listened to a sermon by AJS he said

”It's possible not to believe what you see, it's even more possible not to believe what you hear but you can never ever deny what you feel"

So I began praying for an encounter and I realized that God really is there! And he does whatever he does for a reason! 

So yeah! What I've learnt simply is that whilst we are preaching and spreading the gospel we should ask God to give them encounters that'll leave them stunned by the presence of God.

Brethren, God is real and I really hope we all get encounters with Him this year.

Love,

MWJ.🤍