Ehiyeh-Sh’Ehiyeh

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TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN

ARE YOU MISSING SOMETHING?

“What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, let me see again”….Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has saved you.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him, glorifying God; and all the people, when they saw it, praised God’ Luke 18:41-44 (NRSV)

Jesus asked this man a simple question; “What do you want me to do for you?” He did not say; do you want to receive your sight or whatever? His question was direct and straight!

This is the same with us. When we come to God in praying though our Lord Jesus Christ, He expected us to be direct and not wander around in our request. In fact, it does not make sense when we ramble on with useless words when we are praying to God.

It pays to be precise in your request to God. Look at the blind man’s response; “Lord, let me see again” Believe me; I respect this man’s answer. He was direct and straight just the same way Jesus was with him. He understood he was standing before his deliverer and he knew that he must not waste any time with his words. He just went ahead and replied. If I interpret the blind man’s answer, it will be; “I want my sight”

And look at what Jesus said to him; “Receive your sight; your faith has saved you” Jesus revealed to us in his declaration that the blind man is a man of faith. It was written nowhere before that the blind man is a man of faith BUT Jesus saw in the man, the God-given kind of faith.

As Jesus was direct in His initial question, so also was the blind man in his response and that showed to us the kind of man he is when Jesus spoke about his faith.

Are you just asking God for something without you having faith in receiving that which you want? Then you need to read these verses above to understand that without faith, you just cannot receive what you want.

When your faith is up and high enough, you won’t need to be afraid because you will know within you that no matter what you want from God, you will have it.

This is a new month. Make it your duty to increase your faith in God. He cares for you more than your own imagination. He just wants your faith and nothing more. He wants you to believe that whenever you come to Him in whatever request, He will forever answer you unless it does not conform to His words.

Can your faith save you?

Peace!

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN

REACHING OUT FOR GOD’S UNCOMMON FAVOUR

“Do not put trust in Princes, in mortal in whom there is no help. When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.” Psalm 146: 3-4

There is a usual verse in the Bible that says; with God, all is possible. It is the same as the above verse of the Psalmist. Human being will always be human being.

And this means whatever you are, there are other person having nearly the same attitude towards life as you. Whatever you have been, another person has been that too.

Life goes round and round as a circle. And there is absolutely nothing on this earth that you want to be that another person has not been. Do you want to be a musician, a writer, a songwriter, a painter, a sculptor, an artist, a stylist, etc? I would like to inform you that there are people who have gone through the same line of profession before.

So why then should you completely put all your trust on your fellow being when you knew that both of you are human, which makes you two to be of the same level?

Don’t you think it is a total waste of time when you believe that another man or woman is able to get you out of your trouble, or solve all your problems of life?

Why should you trust on the drug of a Doctor more than your life-giver?

You must understand that with man or woman, there are promises that they will make to you. They may tell you that they will forever be there for you, but do you absolutely believe that?

I mean giving your life-trust entirely to a fellow mortal. When someone promises or make an oath to be there for you forever, then you need to check out and be careful. That person is mortal and there is no doubt that death can come knocking his or her way anytime.

So what will you do if the person you put all your life on is no more there for you? How will you survive without this person? Or the person may be your spouse or friends, or whoever, are you going to die along with that person?

“Happy are those, whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God…….”Psalm 146:5

Take a look at the second verse; it just explains to you the strong need for you to trust God and God only for everything you want in your life. Put all your struggles unto God, He is immortality. He never dies. He is forever and forever because unto Him is all that was, and is and will be!

Are you not happy that God is your help? Rejoice today that you do not have to bother about trusting in mere mortal but unto God, the great I AM THAT I AM

Peace!

Princess Ayelotan

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TASTE OF HUNGER

www.tastofhunger.com

SHADOW OF THE SUN

THANK GOD THE BIBLE IS FOREVER ALIVE!

“Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander.” 1 Peter 2:1

What a glorious advantage we have as Christians, having just the positive rules and regulations to live on! The Bible is so rich in wisdom and understanding of God that we need not look elsewhere whenever we need solutions to our worries and problems.

We only need to study the Bible and receive helps in abundant. Isn’t that wonderful that we have such privileges?

In the above verse, it tries to picture to us the images of what happened or used to happen or may happen in our day-to-day life. Because we are Christians do not mean that we will not be offended by people in our world, in our work, in our homes in our neighbourhood or wherever. In fact, people will deliberately look for our troubles. They will insult us as they like and without any remorse.

The same goes for how we operate with people in our lives. Are we honest? Do we speak the truth when we should or do we just tend to be diplomatic as we try to save our necks?

What about us seeing next door neighbour’s new car and we refuse to greet him or her, when we meet because we become filled up with envies toward that person for having new car?

And in our place of work, are we obeying the Word of God by avoiding what’s wrong or do we engage in slandering our colleague?

For us to live the true life of God’s choose people, we must rid ourselves of whatever will bring sin to us. There is no need for malice, nor for guile, nor for insincerity, nor for envy and not even for slander.

Be true to yourself and be deeply rooted in the Word of God. Flee from keeping malice with whosoever. It does no good. Be straightforward and run away from insincerity. Let your ‘yes’ be your ‘yes’.

Embrace true love and happiness so that you can rejoice with those you have new things. This will help you to deal with envy.

Finally, do not join any group that enjoy slandering others at your office, neighbourhood, club or wherever. God’s child does not have time for wasteful adventures. When you are in Christ, your life will be different and those around you will see it clearly that you are not part of them.

Obey the Word of God, open your heart to know God with all your best and you will be leading, and living the beautiful destiny that God created for you.

Peace!

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN

God or Religion; who comes first?

“Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,” 1 Peter 1:3

Many folks believe that we mean we are referring to religion when we wrote on the strong need to put God first.

The art of religion involve rules and regulations, which some of them are so complicated, and can dissuade people from understanding what true worship means.

Parts of our obligations as Christians in our fellowship are praying, reading the bible, and singing hymns to God. We become closer in intimate relationship with God when we observe daily the above.

It helps us to know God better in our knowledge, understand and spiritual aspect of our lives. How can we know God when we don’t pray? How else can we obey Him if we don’t read His word to know what he wants from us and what He has in store for us as His children?

How can one gets into profound relationship with God with daily exercising of the above in our lives?

In view of the never-ending issues surrounding us such as economic recession, job losses, divorces, untimely death, health problems, infertility and many more, these are strongest prove that we must get closer to God.

We need Him to help us to face life-challenges. We cannot be stable at all if God is not our first priority. No matter who you are, no matter your level of riches or education, do not conclude that you don’t need God in your life because this is not true.

Be reasonable with yourself and come to the term that there is absolutely nothing you are and all you will be that you can achieve all alone. That’s a big lair!

God must be your first in whatever you do. In your office, in your family, in your choice of friendship with people, in your education, in your dealing with your kids, in whatsoever you are doing under the planet earth, put God first and your life will be a blessing.

Why not start right away and put God first in your life!

Peace!

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN

ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?

“Wisdom is as good as inheritance, an advantage to those who see the sun.” Ecclesiastes 7:11

You are blessed in abundant for being alive.

Everybody knew there is no more hope for the dead. The Bible verse above refers to those alive ‘an advantage to those who see the sun’. This means to those who are alive, who have the capacity to see, to feel the power of the sun.

Aren’t you lucky to be counted among the living? Tell me, what hope is there for someone who’s dead?

This is why in all that you have, let wisdom be your greatest priority. In your speech, allow wisdom to dominate and you will be successful.

As you go out today, embrace wisdom in whatever you do.

Peace!

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN

WHY YOU MUST NOT FORGET YOUR LIFE-GIVER

“Praise the lord……Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Full of honour and majesty is His wok, and His righteousness endures forever.” Psalm 111: 1-3

Describing God’s awesomeness is not a child’s play! Believe me that it is just not possible for anyone to fully know the great wonders of God because they are too many!

Isn’t it wonderful that we have our lives in Him? Are you not grateful to have Him as your life-giver?

Every day of my life, each second that I breathe, I just can’t afford to be grateful for being alive.

You know what? When you have sound health and functioning brain, then you can do whatever you like. You can think big and create wealth. You can move the sky and change the world.

But what happened if the sound health is not there? How will you function? Do you think you can do anything worthwhile when seriously sick?

This is why you should have a deep thinking. You must understand that God is always with you. There are so many invisible dangers aim directly at you but God stopped them from reaching you.

Every day you walk, you eat, you talk, you sleep and wake up, you bath, you dance, you telephone, you drink, you laugh, you shout, you do whatever, is a BLESSING for you.

God is full of honour, of majesty that you and I cannot fully describe. God is the life-giver. He sent His son, Jesus Christ, not just for sending sake BUT to restore life back to you.

Make use of your day, your hours, your minutes, and your seconds, to worship and praise Him for your LIFE.

He is and will forever be your LIFE-GIVER.

Peace!

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN

WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO WITHOUT HIM?

“Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah” Psalm 62:8 (NRSV)

I bet you must have seen the USA motto; in God we trust. This is continuous invaluable acceptance of God’s presence in their lives.

Today, we have lots and lots of Christians, holding on to God in unison of Faith. In fact, in these worldwide events going on around us, with the floods, the air-crashes, the economic crises and so forth, could you please point out where else can we go for survival?

What else can you do without God? How can you live your life without His presence being the utmost in your life? How can you survive outside of God’s protective shield?

Remember, God is forever here for you. You only have to look closer in your life to understand that indeed, God has never gone far from you.

Spread out His presence to your world. Thank Him for His faithfulness. At least despite your unfaithfulness, despite you forgotten to pray or to worship Him, He has truly being Faithful to you in every area of your life.

So what else can you do without God? Just keep all your trust on Him, that’s all.

Peace!

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN

LET GOD BE SEEN IN YOU

“Beloved, since God loved us SO MUCH, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:11

As you go about your daily affair, I implore you to show love to those you encounter. Let them know they are loved. Smile, greet, laugh if need be BUT make sure whatever you do today comes out of pure love.

May the love of God continues to abide in us, amen

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

www.tastofhunger.com

SHADOW OF THE SUN

ALWAYS

Where ever you are, no matter what you have in your mind, do not forget the promises of God for your life.

In your home, in your offices, at your duty post, on the street, while with loves ones and when you are alone. Remember God will forever be there for you.

Do not be dismay when in trouble, just call on him. Do not give up when stressed out. He will make a way. Be rest assured that He will never leave you.

Are you glad that God is always there for you?

You need to rejoice and give praises to Him. He alone deserves all honours.

Peace!

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN

HIS ULTIMATE PROMISE

“Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a NEW THING, now it spring forth, do you not perceive it?” Isaiah 13:18-19 (NRSV)

How many times have you dwelt so much on your past? Sometimes, you may not willingly want to remain where you are, with your thoughts stagnant and never seem to see life from another aspect.

It may be you have fixed your life in one sole direction, which is your past. But I have good news for you!

God does not want you to remain where you are. He wants you to move forward, to progress, to be successful, and to live the proper life He created for you.

God cares about you and your welfare. Do not be so shut up in your anguish that you will not be able to notice God and His gift of blessing coming in your direction.

It does not matter where you are now, or what you are going through, or how you feel. What is important is for you to open your heart, your soul and be ready to receive without any restrain.

For God is about to do a NEW THING in your life!

Peace.

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN

NEVER DONE BEFORE

To live in faithfulness to God entails so much from us. The need to understand we must worship Him in everything we do; in our lives, our jobs, our families, in our sleeps, our waking and whatsoever we find ourselves doing.

Worshipping God teaches us to understand the complete person in Him. It builds in us the knowledge, the divine wisdom, and the fear of His existence and of course shows in us the true image of God.

Let us get into the habit of worship to God. Let us build our lives round magnifying His sovereignty and His incomparable person;

And as we do that, God will improve our lives and mold us into that wonderful person that the entire world will come to know Him through us.

May God teach us, amen.

Princess Ayelotan

Author

TASTE OF HUNGER

SHADOW OF THE SUN