Message from Pastor Yaba Lucie Anongba
Shalom all,
May this summer be peaceful to you and everyone around you. Be a source of joy for someone as Christ
called us to. Amen.
In my last article, I mentioned that it will be good to read the devotion from the church members. But it seems to be too complicated for us to ever write or write something about us or about the Bible. Sometimes things seem impossible for us because we do not know where to start or we do not have a clear path of our spiritual life or we seem quiet and do not want to say it. When things seem complicated for me here is what I do.
I read a devotion from Joel Oesteen. In that devotion, the scripture was from Philippians (4:13) which is at the beginning of this article. I can do everything through Christ who gives me strength. For those who were at my graduation, you got a pen with this same Bible verse on. This Bible verse is my source of motivation in every step that I take. It might seem hard for me to drive weekly to Evanston and come back to work during the night, take care of a child during the day and do school work. I sometimes sleep 2 to 3 hours. But in all that, I always say “I can do everything through Christ”. Through Christ I was able to make it through the Master’s Program. I
become the only child who has a Master’s among my 12 siblings. Not because I am smarter than they are or I am more worthy than them but maybe the source of motivation was not the same for all of us. God has power to make our impossible be possible, our fear be courage, our down be up. What is keeping us from trying something new in our spiritual life? What is keeping us from sharing our thoughts about a Bible verse? We can do everything through Christ which gives us strength. ( Philippians 4:3). Then we will say this: maybe our devotion will help someone else as Joel’s devotion helped me.
Think of it! God is actually waiting to hear from us.
Let us use this Psalm as prayer: Psalms 66:20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Prayer: Hear me, O God. Though I may have nothing of much importance to say to You, I need to know that You will listen to me and respond. I love You, Lord.
Amen.
Pastor Yaba Lucie.