Skip to main content

Testimony Of God’s Call By Pastor Paul Rika (Part 1)

God's blessings will continually accompany you for dedicating time to your studies

Testimony Of God’s Call By Pastor Paul Rika (Part 1)

Friday 1st May

Text: Jeremiah 1:4-8
Key Verse: Psalms 25:9 “The meek will He guide in judgement, and the meek will He teach His way.”
When I got born again, the zeal was heavy upon my life. I had finished my primary school at that time. I told God, “Lord, if You help me to be able to read and write, that is, if You help me pass through education, I am going to preach Your word.” In 1984, I was praying at night in an open field, a football field. I was in the College of Preliminary Studies at that time. As I was praying, I saw myself entering into a Divine presence, and I went into a covenant and said, “Lord, I am going to preach Your word all over the world after my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) assignment.” 
I was asked a question, “In which way? Part-time or full-time?” (Part-time means that you will be doing secular work while preaching. That is how many do it, and it is still ministerial work, whereas full-time means preaching without doing secular work.) I looked into my heart to assess the tension and desire there, and I answered, “Lord, I will preach Your word as a full-time minister after my NYSC.” When I finished that sentence, it was as if I came to my senses. “Ah! How will I be saying that? Am I not going to work to help my family, my parents and siblings? No, I didn’t talk correctly. I have to cancel what I have said.” 
I began to ask some brethren, “If you made a promise to God and later discovered that it was not correct, if you cancel it, is it anything?” Whatever answer anybody gave me, it never removed the thought from my heart. Having known I would be preaching God’s word full-time, I spent time in personal development. I got books. My books were like a big bookshop. If I saw a book, I would say, “This book will help me in the ministry”, and I would buy it. I bought many books; some of the books are still there up till now. 

Thought For The Day: It pays to serve Jesus

Song For The Day: Jesus is the sweetest name I know

Bible Reading For The Day: 1 Chronicles 7-9 
#Horemow.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

For taking your time to study remain blessed. UNDERSTANDING ETERNITY WEDNESDAY MAY 10 TEXT: Psalm 90: 1 - 2 Key Verse: “The Lord is King forever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land Psalm 10:16 People that understand eternity are always careful. Eternity means forever and ever, it means ever-lasting, ever-living, never dying. Trillion upon trillion years, eternity is still on, in fact it is life without end. There are two extreme ends of eternity: The kingdom of God called third heaven where God the Father, God the son, God the Holy Ghost, twenty-four elders, saints of God that make heaven, holy angels of God, and entire host of heaven dwell now presently; Hell-fire, where Satan, demons, and sinners that have died in their sins are presently kept. God is the One that introduced eternity. He lives forever. It is not a choice, the One who created us is forever, hence you will live forever, but what matters is where you will live eternally. Remove God from the way, then t...
Post a Comment
Read more
PRACTICE OF PRAYER AND FASTING.  WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 1 TEXT: ISAIAH 58:1-8                                                                                                        Key verse: “And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day”  Luke 2:37. The local church should teach and train her members on scriptural fasting. Believers need to know that the Lord expects...
Post a Comment
Read more
Every Word Of God For Daily Living For taking your time to study remain blessed July Tuesday 9th TOPIC: WE ARE IN THE TWILIGHT HOUR OF RAPTURE TEXT: Ephesians 5:26-27 KEY VERSE: Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Seeing the traces of the features of the next dispensation in this present dispensation, you should know that you are in the twilight hour. What is a twilight hour? A twilight hour is that hour of the day that you begin to see the traces of the night while it is still daylight (probably 7:00pm to 7:30pm). It is not completely dark, yet it is not complete bright either. While it is still day, you are seeing the traces of the night. A twilight hour is the hour when you are still in this dispensation but you are already seeing traces of the next. The twilight hour is the time that our Lord Jesus Christ was born and even though He came with the New Test...
Post a Comment
Read more