Rhythm of Faith

Imagine your wallet as a very fragile pet. Every time you buy something you want instead of something you need, it falls over dramatically and whispers, “Why would you do this to me.” It is the kind of pet that faints at the slightest sign of financial irresponsibility. Needs are like rice and beans. They might not sparkle or pose for the camera, but they keep you alive and functioning. Wants are like that twelfth pair of sneakers that look exactly like the other eleven in your closet. Your bank account does not need twins, triplets, and cousins of the same shoe pretending to be a family reunion. Setting boundaries in spending means telling yourself, “I do not need everything that winks at me from the store shelf.” Because if you do not create boundaries, your money will quietly pack its bags and retire early without informing you. Then you will be left wondering why the month still has days but your account has nothing left to say.😄

Want light? Pay the prayer bill. 💡🙌 Because even NEPA knows nothing stays on for free Romans 12:11–13 (MSG) Paul is basically shouting, “Don’t burn out! Stay fueled up! Stay on fire! Serve God with joy!” And honestly, Paul understood something many of us pretend not to know:  You cannot move forward on an  empty spiritual tank . It’s impossible. Even Toyota will disown you if you try it. Think about it: You can’t drive your car on  E,  and then blame the manufacturer. You knew the tank was empty. You saw the fuel light blinking like a Christmas decoration.  But you still kept going because “God will do it.” God will do it, yes… but  you will buy fuel. Same with prayer. You can’t coast on yesterday’s prayer like it’s leftover jollof.  Prayer is not “once and keep.” It’s daily fuel.  If you don’t intentionally refill, your spirit will start coughing like a generator with bad plug. And let’s talk about electricity. You can shout “Li...

Life on earth is basically a one hundred year hotel stay. If you are fortunate, you might land the penthouse suite with fresh towels, working air conditioning, and room service that actually arrives before you give up. But no matter how fancy your room is, checkout time is guaranteed. Everyone eventually gets that polite knock on the door. Eternity is something entirely different. There is no checkout. There is no expiration date. There is no reminder card under the door saying you must be out by eleven in the morning. Compared to eternity, even a full century of good living is a single grain of rice in a very large sack. Temporary life can be pleasant, yes, but it is not the main event. Eternal life with God is the real treasure, the investment that never depreciates, the experience that does not end. So do not exchange eternity for temporary treats that vanish faster than a plate of roadside snacks. Choose the feast that lasts forever.

If God ever revealed how important you truly are, the weight of that truth would overwhelm you. Many of us live far below the identity heaven has spoken over us. We see our flaws, our fears, and our failures. God sees purpose, strength, and calling. The truth is that most people do not believe they matter as much as they actually do. If God sat you down and unfolded the full picture of who you are in His eyes, the revelation would come as a shock. It would be greater than anything you have ever imagined because His perspective is not limited by what you see in the mirror. Consider Gideon in Judges 6. He was hiding from his enemies, convinced he was the weakest in his family and the least among his people. Yet God approached him with a completely different identity and called him a mighty man of valor. Gideon could not reconcile what God said with what he believed about himself, because divine identity always reaches beyond human insecurity. This is what happens when God speaks. H...

Let’s be honest, life is  wild.  There are literally a thousand ways to die.  and most of them you’ll never see coming. You could choke on a peanut, trip over your own shoelace, get hit by a runaway wheelbarrow, or, heaven forbid,get knocked out by a falling coconut. And yet, we walk around pretending we’re the ones in control. We cross-check expiration dates, drink detox smoothies, avoid carbs like they’re demons, and still  bam!  life reminds us that control is just a nice illusion. You can’t plan everything. You can’t predict everything. You can’t even sneeze in public without people looking at you like you triggered the apocalypse.   But here’s the funny part: God  can He’s the One who knows exactly how long you’ll live , not coconuts, not peanuts, not gravity, and certainly not your shoelaces. When the Bible says, “He has numbered your days,” it means that no accident, allergy, or clumsy moment can end your life before ...