DO YOU MAKE GOD LOOK GOOD?

Today was one of those days I am grateful that I am spiritually employed (church worker). From last night I didn't feel like doing anything. Felt empty, upset, uncertain about a matter. The devil wanted me to blow my issue out of proportion but I am grateful to God for self control. I could barely pray, I just prayed in tongues for a bit and lay down thinking a lot of things over, the devil wanted me to question God on why 1+1= -100. 

I really wanted to stay home by myself and indulge in something that would make me feel better physically (but worse on the long run) like food!!! Somehow I managed to sleep and I had a nasty dream, which for me was insult upon injury. 

I didn't want to go for fellowship today, this has NEVER EVER happened, Tuesday used to be my best day of the week till Thursday joined in, then Friday. Of course I can't afford not to go for fellowship because I didn't feel like, then it became, 'just throw anything on your body and go", knowing that's not possible with pastor O, I decided 'I won't put make up on my face'. Somehow I ended up wearing a pretty yellow dress, had my face done, I deliberately dressed up looking nice but I felt really messed up.

Pastor B said to me, God must be glorified in your life, in every aspect, give it to Him, don't help Him, leave it to Him. 

Then Racquel said she listened to something Fela Durotoye said, and what struck me out of all she said was that I should make God look good.

I thought about it all day, and it makes sense.

God is good, regardless of what the news says, regardless of what your account says, what the doctors report says,whether the children are out of school because of school fees, whether the landlord is knocking on your door,whether your spouse is promiscuous, whether the fridge is empty,He is good. If we also dwell on these things as BELIEVERS, who will unbelievers draw strength from?

As a Christian, make God look good so unbelievers can be drawn to salvation, let your life show forth His praise, let unbelievers not ask you "if God is good why do you look like this? Let them not reject Christ because of "your type of Christianity". Our ultimate goal is to win souls to the kingdom, so with everything that's not right at the moment with my beautiful life, I will make God look good so people can want to serve the God that I serve.

I am grateful for WWP, the devil wanted to box me into isolation then deal with me mentally but I had to be at my duty post, and by the reason of that,the words I needed to help me snap out of my temporary madness came. 

Like Kenneth Hagin and wigglesworth said 

I am not moved by what I see

I am not moved by what I feel

But I am moved by what I believe. 

And I believe that God is goooooooooooooooooooood, and He loves me, so as I am asking for fish, I will get a basket full. Ehn! He is good like that.

Let's be deliberate. 

Isaiah 43:21

BACK ON BABAY!

Another General in our time has gone to meet His maker. I don't ever question God or want to,His ways are not our ways. I have listened to him preach, seasoned man of God. God will comfort the family left behind, My Father is still in control?

Alakoso Aiye.

So this last weekend, Glo dealt with me. I heard that I could use 1000 to get 3GB, use on my bb and iPad through hotspot. Na Im the very chic called Tega embarked on the journey , I finished my data on my previous subscription on an another network and then glo said I should wait 24 hours. So I finally rested. 

A few hours into the day, a friend called me asking if I was chatting with her on Facebook, I could not have been because I had no data on any device, that's how I started looking for how to log in to Facebook. Eventually when I got on, the person had asked nearly 100 people for 3000 MTN card. A few people insulted the loser, some thought it was me, were a bit polite but taken aback, someone even asked if 20k credit was enough. God bless Estella Yahaya for putting it up on her Facebook status. The person even asked my husband. (How dull).

Scary matter is the person knew me to a large extent, because when my friend who called me asked the person what our last transaction was, the person said we spoke about make up, and was also using the fact that I was in a church program. So the person knows I am a make up artist and a church girl,

E no fear say na church e dey take lie. Now if It were the times of Ananais and sapphira, that person will drop dead like a fly for doing that. But then we are in the dispensation of grace but make I tell that person because I bet you will read this, because you chose to impersonate me to perpetuate this crap,because you tried to further rubbish the church, you have come to the end of your evil ways, you will have no rest until you repent and give your soul to Christ and commission yourself to catching people like you, since you sabi hack!  Imagine if you die now, will this scam take you to heaven? 

#makeyourlifecount

In other news, I am back online. 

Revelations 2:5

BUT FOR YOUR GRACE..

My MTN came back this morning but is still giving issues. As I tried to go out today for my protocol meeting, it started to cough, I just respected my self and drove back to park it and went for my meeting.

I got home later and got a text from someone asking me to pray with him to re dedicate his life to God and all I could think about was how grace has found me Tega. It may not be a big deal to people but I refuse to take it for granted. Someone saw me at WWP awards / dinner night and fell down saying "so this one can be born again".

God indeed uses the foolish things to confound the wise, He qualifies the unqualified, He exalts who He chooses.

I was a party girl, addicted to all sorts, resisted God, tried all the bad things. There was a time the type of things on my list were 

"have sex with a total stranger before I get married" (at least I knew adultery was out of it)

"When I have my first car, how I'd smoke while driving"

"have a child outside wedlock cos the man I desperately wanted to marry didn't want me"

Everyday was a weekend, I was the life of a party, I loved to have a good time. I was the girl parents warned their kids about in school,I was nasty, a gossip, had a rotten mouth (and took pride in it), had no integrity. I was the type of girl to tell you Sunday morning is for sleeping the hangover away after eating hot indomie with loads of pepper and coke, making it sound like fun to commit all the sin possible in a stylish way, I was the girl who didn't do "THIS GOD THING". On the fab lane to hell fire.Does anybody remember me?

Now my car troubles have faded into oblivion, they just don't matter anymore, there's a parteeeey in heaven.

Faithful God. I stand amazed in Your presence, there's nothing You cannot do. Thank You for the opportunity. 

Grace found me..

Ephesians 2:8-9

TIME TO SETTLE ..

So because this month was declared the month of favour and I was beginning to see the dividend, mr to and fro decided to rear his ugly head abi?

 After wwp yesterday, my MTN decided to vex, i was on my way to run a quick errand for my pastor O so I could go and eat, so I was on top speed and then my clutch cable cut, God didn't let me get hurt, I am grateful. The car was parked in the middle of a very busy road so I needed help fast before FRSC bring themselves. I called the mechanic and he was out of town, trying to call another, the only phone that had airtime decided to malfunction, when u press 3 na 9 dey show, I had only 1500 cash with me.Thank God for BBM, I reached my friend ann, some other wwp lady stopped and gave me credit. Na so I reach mechanic and I comot there o. I felt so deflated, wondering when I will hammer, I was gonna start crying when I was talking to my husband then I remembered pastor O's teaching a few hours ago about spiritual maturity, I sucked the tears back with speed. I am no longer a baby christian mehn. I dey crack cow leg bone sef.

Anyway to complete my pastor O's errand, I got a cab and we started talking and somehow I told him how my day had gone, he in turn told me what had happened to him a short while back and how he overcame it. His dad married 4 wives, has 30 children and household wickedness start, finish for their house. His mum was ill, his car had an accident, he had a court case, had just come out of Kiri Kiri, had no money. He said one day he slept all day, then wrote down all his issues and took them one by one in prayers, ate whatever meal was left at home and slept back.

Next day, God started to show mercy and give him direction on how to deal with each problem. He taught me something valuable. I was feeling bad that the hustle wasn't adding up and God just told me to bring my matters to His table one by one lets talk about them.

I am grateful for that conversation. Based on how I was feeling, it isn't in my character to engage in any conversation with anyone, I'd rather be left alone. But God needed me to hear a lot of things. He said many things but that na another post. Then I got home and realised that I left my house keys with the mechanic. Thank God for Sheila, the bestest landlord in the world. God bless you.

Of course I wrote them all down and took them up on tongues with the master last night, have the answers come? No (even though in faith they have) do I feel lighter? Definitely. 

In all things I will give thanks, at least I have a car, it may not be the best, not the latest but I have one, so I am grateful, if He gives life, is it new car He can't give me? The gold and the silver are His, The cattle on a 1000 hills are His, He can give me one to sell to buy new car na.

He is God, He does ALL things. 

Isaiah 43

RELATIONSHIPS BY THE BIBLE..

Truly the bible embodies Everything in life. My friend omone sent this to me, I thought to share, enjoy....

RELATIONSHIPS

Genesis 2:18.

We should walk with people that need us but not with those that we need. Psalm 1:1.

There are 3 types of people in your life.

1.

The Concessionists: Those whose mission in life is to enjoy your rewards without seeing the necessity to embrace your beliefs. They could be family members, acquaintances. They just want to enjoy the fruit of your labor without ever working for their own.

 

2.

The Confidants: Those that seem to be neutral. People who you begin to confide in. it is nearly impossible to tell their effects. They are “friends and fun people”, but they take you nowhere.

 

3.

The Committed: Those who are dedicated and loyal to sow back into you in the same manner that you have laid your life for them. These are those we usually take for granted. They are rare. They carry your future in their heart.

 

P.S.

Our problem is we spend more time with people we love not people who love and honor us.

 

RELATIONSHIPS THAT DETERMINE YOUR SUCCESS.

 

1.

Those who motivate your obedience to God. Job 36:11, Joshua 24:15, Proverbs 13:20

“Compromise is the pen that writes the story of your future regret”.

2.

Those who self-correct, that is, they see evil and automatically correct it. Genesis 39:9,

Acts 23:1-5. 

“Self-correction is a mark of proven character”

3.

Those who inspire your faith.  Mark 2:1-5

“Faith is not the absence of fear, it is denying fear the right to speak”.

4.

Those who exemplify honor. 1Peter 2:17, 2Peter 2:9-10, Hebrews 13:17, 1Samuel 24:1-7

“We must stop thinking about the price of honor and consider the story it reveals”.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES BY OMONE ONOFE.

CREDIT TO DR ROBB THOMPSON.

MERCIFUL YET JUST...

My older sister has a garden in abuja, and I got a stand there to sell chicken and chips. I was meant to have started sales there July of 2013, but being miss procrastination that I was, I didn't start immediately and my sister needed to fill the space so she got one Indian woman to take it. Somehow she left, she probably got another place and then I got my chance to go back. ( God of many chances).

Anyway my husband saw the opportunities in it and bought a shawarma machine and we started it. The sales were not excellent but it was decent, I had one girl doing chicken and chips, then a guy doing shawarma. The chicken and chips girl was effective until mr shawarma came. Then the rains started, fear of boko haram and sales declined. One day the Holy Spirit asked me my 5year plan for this business. Don't know why, In His time He will let me know why He asked me. I know it is a viable business and potential money spinner, but is that something He wants me to do?

Somehow I got quite involved in a lot of things and won't go to the garden as often as I used to. I got a bit discouraged at the decline as well. Then I realised that everyone else was still selling even though there was a decline. Infact one of the other vendors employed two more people so I knew something wasn't right. Eventually found out they were coming to work for 4 hours everyday, when I was in Lagos, they both went AWOL. I realised that I needed to take back what was mine.

I let the boy go, he was the bigger evil, he wasn't very unaffected by the business, he knew he would get paid whether or not he sold shawarma, so he never made any effort to increase productivity. He was getting rude to me and I asked security to see him out. After he left, my conscience kept reminding me of how I was also not as passionate at my last job. How I would not go out of my way to do anything extra for my bosses, how I would be upset when they made me work 5 mins more than my normal working hours. How sometimes I won't go to work if they are not in town. I wasn't the best employee. So why did I think I had the right to harass someone for doing what I had done month in month out for years? I understand their frustration with me now. I had the same attitude. I wish I could go back and re do my job now that I am a Christian and I understand that I should be diligent in all things. I have sent them a mail apologizing for my behaviour. I hope they forgive me.

Lord have mercy!

Galatians 6:7

In other news, a madman nearly chased me today *phew*

COMMAND NOVEMBER!

Tee's 2cents is two months old today. I am grateful to the Holy Spirit who has somehow given me words to write. I have heard people say they look forward to posts, or that there were going through something, read something I wrote and they got inspired. I return Glory to God. A few criticism have come as well, and I honestly appreciate them so I don't get carried away but continue to rely on the One who sent me. This is my little corner of evangelism. And I am grateful for the platform to witness for my father.

I want to share a few prayers with y'all. Pastor O declared November the month of favour. Tap into it if you wanna.

Now let's pray!

Pattern of failure break this month in the name of Jesus.

Every agreement of darkness to lock me out of favour this month, scatter in Jesus name.

God of the 11th hour, appear in my life with favour.

My God and my Father catapult me from captivity into fruitful activity .

Rain of unmerited favour fall on my health,my marriage, my finances, my career, my business, my family ( fill as desired)

Everything I have lost from January till now, let November deliver it into my hands in Jesus name. 

Gates of November be lifted up to admit me into uncommon favour.

This power of unmerited favour restore to me all I've lost in the last months.

Pray for every day, hour, minute and second of November, cover it with the blood of Jesus.

Plug every loophole the enemy can try to pass.

This month of November May the mercies of God be with you, may men favour you. 

Matthew 20 : 1-16