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I started reading Experiencing "God Day By Day" Written by HENRY T. and RICHARD BLACKABY and my Heart is pleased. So let me share ️❤ And today's devotional talks about; PREPARED FOR WORSHIP The quality of our worship is not based on our activities but on our character. Churches can mistakenly assume that the better the music, the more impressive the building, the more eloquent the preaching, the more worshipful the experience will be. Genuine worship, however, originates from within our hearts. If our relationship with God is not healthy, all these things are nothing more than religious pageantry. The Levite's were the worship leaders of their days. Their task was to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people. God declared that before they could worship Him in righteousness, He will first refine them with His refiner's fire, purging them of any impurities. Malachi 3:3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of Silver; he will purify the Son's of Levi, and...

Trust me The Market is a Beautiful Place. Foods, Cloths, Home Items etc are sold there but one irony about this Place is that most people who sell Food items don't even have enough to eat. Going to the Market makes me Happy, I have been called Market Woman most times and I try not to say I'm not. So on Wednesday I went to a well known Market in Port Harcourt (Oil Mill) be sure to see 80% of Women that day. I most times get angry when I don't have enough money because you will see a lot to buy. "Madam buy this" "Aunty buy that" "Sister this one go fit you", Most times I'm like why don't they call Oga, Uncle or Brother. Anyways, the Market is a part of a Woman World, I just concluded. So I got inside The Market. At a corner all i  heard was, "Buy your Bra for 50 naira" Ha! Bra 50 naira? I paused to look at what kind of Bra's are sold for 50 naira. And I'm sure some people will still price two for 50 naira. I s...

So last week I took this picture amongst many like 60 more you can imagine. Smiles..... Some where not fine, some partial fin and some where fineeeeee! After all its a fine Girl that is taking the selfie. But! You see those pimples on my fore head? They are too stubborn. They never wanted my picture to slay perfectly even when I tried editing them. I tried another App but they still didn't go away rather my face became so smooth that I began to look totally different from the Original me. Then Immediately I got a quick reminder in my spirit as a question. "Girl! Why do you want to do this"? Me: "Because i want my face to be spotless". Trust the Human mind, they have every answer to any question. Well, this is most of us and this was me. It wasn't as if they weren't other App that could erase those spots completely or perhaps i would have used the studio but I understood I needed to learn something that day. Most times we tend to be so perfect be...

So I met Lydia of Thyatira🙈 Okay! I actually stumbled on her character in the book of Acts, not that i met her anyways but i still feel i did which fall in love with her. So I Googled about her immediately and I'm blessed I did. Lydia has so many Virtues that I love and I really want to share Five of them because it is important for those who don't know about her to get informed and to also read about her. Been so familiar with characters as Queen Esther, Deborah, Ruth, Naomi and other popular women in the bible. Many can tell their stories even without going through there bibles or Google, but trust me we still have many Beautiful and Amazing Women who have sweet stories about them. I found another great personality in Lydia that is to be emulated as Christian Ladies and to me they are good Virtues. I'm sharing Five Virtues based on how i understood and would love us(Ladies) to apply it in our life's. 1. Lydia desired God. Desire is a strong feeling o...

Emerald has shot her doors for about three weeks now and have totally paid deaf ears to everyone who tried reaching her. She have delibrately put her phones on a flight mood. "I am better alone" "I feel so good been without anyone" "Even if no one care; Not even God does". She consciously said this words repeatedly to her self. Drowning in her own pains, her heart began to fail gradually by the day. She couldn't pull through any longer. Her words were still hurtful for her spirit. Not even her closes friend could tell. Her eyes became extremely blur that she couldn't even see herself and could see her shadows leaving her even in the dark. Her bell ranged for about three times but she didn't respond. Then He left. He  came back for the second time at  the second week, knocked so hard on her door but she didn't open. Then He  left. Still hoping she will come around, still hoping she will call and still hoping she still believed In H...

Prov 25:11(Msg) "The right word at the right time is like a custom- made piece of Jewelry". I was at the park waiting for a car which was supposed to pick me up but it delayed though for a reason which I later knew it was orchestrated by God. Waiting at the Garage I noticed this Girl, so young. Immediately, her swollen stomach (Bumps) attracted me and how Pained she looked. Quickly in my mind I was like, "Is this Pregnancy"? On the other hand I said to myself Rachael this isn't your business. Just as I spoke to myself the Holy spirit immediately reminded me how it was the whole of my business in one minute. Chei! I understood where this was leading to but how will I start knowing fully well it was a norms at that place to see young girls with bumps. Still trying to gather all the courage I have in me the devil slipped into my thoughts to remind me of how imperfect I was, how I wasn't good enough to approach her and this took about five minutes. In fac...

A Note To Encourage Someone. So after Nysc I travelled back to where I served to help out with a longed planned project (Rural Rugged) knowing how helpful I could be and knowing how joyfully stressful it could be too for them. The very first day during our evening cooking, we are to make rice on this process the basin we placed our big filter on got broken due to the weight. So we all left it to look for another basin. Meanwhile we already thought of throwing it away but on a second thought I felt it was still useful. I made a statement unconsciously, "Broken Vessels Are Still Useful" One of the Sisters Coordinator i.e Mamo's who came to help out too from another zone smiled at me perhapsshe understood what I meant or perhaps she was like "What usefulness?" True! There was no usefulness in it because it was almost completely Broken. So we just kept it one side to continue with another one. So on  sunday morning when it was time to serve our regular Tea an...

On Tuesday last week I went out for a job interview and something happened. Trust me I believe the Holy spirit wanted me to learn something that day because it has never occurred before, though I do watch it in the movies or I hear about it. So this Boss asked me to follow his driver to a Hotel to get Screened and I was like I thought screening takes place in offices so why Hotel. So he asked me to wait that he is busy to attend to me. While waiting the driver told me, Driver: Madam! No ask for the Job again ask for Money (specifically House Rent 150,000 thousand. My boss go give you, him like small small girls even as him done marry) Me: Hmmmmmmm! Driver: Anything him ask you just do am. Meanwhile I had dropped my number already for later calls after the interview. Still chatting with the driver the boss called me to ask if am still going to the Hotel to get screened but first his driver will screen me to know if I'm clean before he comes for his finally screening. Sincerely...

Weeks off my comfort zone. I have come to learn more on characters and values. Perhaps, I should say that my Nysc Orientation Camping steered this up or I should say my strength and faith is been tested. Sincerely speaking, I may not be the perfect person to say this but I really need to share this now. At least, for those who in one way or the other, that will find there selves in a place far away home that is not watched and those who is thinking right now in giving up on that good Characters and values they have sustained holding on to God. Dear Ladies! I am writing this to you because most of us has lost our characters and values. The definitions of Character and value we all know but I have come to understand that even for a short period of time many of us can actually put up some displeasing characters and place our values on the wrong things. From my heart! No matter where you find your self as a young lady, it is so needful for you to display a good character(not in pretence...

Trust me Girls! We've been asked in one way or the other questions as what we really want to change in our bodies or what we really wished God made us to look like physically. I too have been asked in different occasions and to be truthful I have always wished i had this plenty and moulded HIPS like that, that kind of Mercy Johnson's own so I can fit into any straight how and look like Barbie (please dont go back to the picture lol)... Seriously these things burdens us a lot even when we pretend they don't, even me too but until I came to the understanding of Psalms 139:14-16. I began to have a different perspectives of my Creation. KJV verse 14; " I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well". I carefully picked up two powerful words here, "FEARFULLY" and "WONDERFULLY" and since then I have had this so much confident of how I was made by God and I still thank him ...