TESTIMONY – MY WIFE’S CHANGED LIFE BROUGHT ME TO HOLINESS MOVEMENT – Part 2

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TOPIC: TESTIMONY – MY WIFE’S CHANGED LIFE BROUGHT ME TO HOLINESS MOVEMENT – Part 2 July Monday 27th

TEXT: Ephesians 4:22-24

KEY VERSE: 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 

(Continued from yesterday)

I boarded a commercial vehicle to Gwagwalada town motor park and after alighting, I had to wait for another one that would take me to Kwali where the campground is located. As I waited, I saw a cigarette seller and was tempted to smoke. As I made to go and buy, my mind told me if you smoke you will be smelling cigarettes. Another voice said if you drink soda water nobody will know, so I looked for soda water but could not get one. Meanwhile, I was still waiting for a commercial vehicle to Kwali, so I walked a bit forward and asked for soda water. As I was about paying for it, I heard a shout of “Kwali, Kwali,” which signaled the arrival of a Kwali-bound vehicle. I abandoned the soda water and ran to the vehicle. I got to camp before the programme started in the evening and I started feeling like smoking. I said in my mind, let me go round to see if this place they call holy ground will sell cigarettes or not. I looked everywhere but no cigarettes. I said to myself, “How will I stay without smoking?” Then I resolved within myself, “If I don’t smoke in this place today, I will never smoke in my life again.” 

The programme finished that night and I went to sleep. The next morning, I went to take my bath but people were many and there were not enough buckets to fetch water, so I decided to go outside the camp. I found a place where you pay money to bath and noticed some cigarette sellers and smokers in the vicinity. I took my bath and came out but to my greatest surprise, I was irritated by the smell of cigarette smoke coming out from there. I returned to the camp as Pastor Rika finished his message and I joined others for the altar call.  There and then, I covenanted with God that I will never smoke again in my life. After returning back home from conference, anytime the urge to smoke came I would remind myself of the promise I made to God.  My friends were surprised by my change. I want to thank God for delivering me from the spirit of smoking which I thought I could never overcome. Jesus did it for me and since then, I have not gone back to it. Praise God for His mercy!

Thought for the day: With God all things are possible. 

Song for the day: He has done for me, he has done for me

Bible reading for the day: Psalm 50-52; Acts 27:1-25

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