I have published a lot of editions of Effectual Magazine in the past, like the very first one, this holds a special place in my heart. I must confess that I knew something was missing during the break we took. I always felt like this was one area of my life where I was letting God down massively. It became my heart cry that one day again, God will release the grace to get back …
There was a time in my life that I wouldn’t dare to say to anyone that I am genius. However, as I have grown and experienced life, I realised that while I am not the Genius of Mother Theresa or Nelson Mandela or Jesus Christ, I am genius regardless. I am genius because God lives in me and moves me to will and to do of His good pleasure. I am genius not because the …
The Central Bank devalues the Naira; ISIS beheads 21 Coptic Christians; Boko Haram suicide bomber detonates a bomb in the market killing… Man kills his wife over…Woman hangs herself over… Bad news sells. Bad news travels fast. People live for news headlines such as these. Fear and terror has seized the land. People think about all the bad stuff before they determine if they will eat on a given day or plan for the next …
As we come to the close of this edition, I cannot help but say that I have learnt so much more than before we started how to live a full life in adventure. I have learnt to let God, I have learnt not to see things from face value, I have learnt that even in destiny there is a need for a plan, I have learnt that maturity is required to inherit. I learnt that …
One of the words that I had used to describe the experience of 2014 is STABLE. I choose that word not because I have arrived as we say, but because the decision at the start of the year to make a commitment to rest helped me. While I was able to slip in moments of physical rest, most of the rest I learnt this year happened in my mind. I had to intentionally learn that …
