THE PATIENCE OF LOVE   Love is very patient. SCRIPTURE: Love is patient… 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV) I knew a young man who said he had associated with bad friends and became an armed robber. According to him, every time he came home after a robbery operation, his mother would tell him, “My son, you are not a robber; you are a pastor! You can’t be a thief; you are a pastor! I didn’t give birth to you for you to end as a robber”. And she continued talking to him like that. One day, the young man said that about seven of them went to rob somewhere in the Northern part of Nigeria and a team of policemen suddenly arrived at the scene. All the armed robbers, including himself took to their heels. As he ran for his life, he said in front of him was a high fence, and behind him, the policemen. He asked himself, “What should I do?” And before he knew what was happening, he found himself on the other side of the fence. The rest of his gang members were wasted but he survived. After thi

Fear is a magnet for evil just as faith is a magnet for good. SCRIPTURE: For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. Job 3:25 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Fear is a magnet for evil just as faith is a magnet for good. The spirit of fear has been confirmed to be one of the deadly enemies of destiny. This includes the fear of failure, the fear of the future, the fear of the unknown, etc. Now, how is fear such a deadly enemy of destiny? What are the tragedies of living in fear? i) Fear invites disaster  Fear is a magnet for evil just as faith is a magnet for good (Job 3:25). ii) Fear frustrates mentality A frightened person is a mentally incapacitated person; and you need your mind to fulfil your destiny and arrive at the desired future (Philippians 4:8). iii) Fear paralyzes action and initiative (1 Kings 19:1-5).  Fear paralyzes action and initiative. For instance, if someone is told that he is HIV positive and he allows fear t