“Father I will call you later, I don’t want my husband to know I am praying” was the response from a lady I was praying with over the phone and then she ends the call. Alot went through my mind as I pondered on her situation: why would a woman under spiritual attacks and undergoing […]
Author Archives: Fr. Simon Onyekachi Madu, OSJ
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Oct
Oct
Making excuses is a natural way we avoid uncomfortable conversations, feelings, and responsibility. People give lots of excuses why they don’t take their spiritual lives seriously. Some are legitimate reasons why some are simply excuses: I am just too tired to pray or read the bible, I am too occupied with care for the kids, I […]
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Oct
Oct
Sometimes it is difficult to explain why those we love and trust decide to cast us aside when they are needed most. A lady once asked me: “Father, why will my husband abandon me with pregnancy and two children?” A man once said to me: “my wife walked out of our marriage of 5 years […]
10
Oct
Oct
There is this desire we normally have for God when we are young but as time goes on, as we grow into maturity we slow down and lose that childlike enthusiasm for the things of God. We may see this desire as a result of naivety or immaturity but without it nothing great happens. And […]
02
Oct
Oct
“But father, how can I communicate with God? I don’t even know if God exists”, was the question a young boy asked me during a house blessing. The irony here is that the mother of this boy is very devoted and prayerful. She said he was baptised as infant and have all received the other […]
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Sep
Sep
Are you desiring to be wealthy? Are you comfortable but desiring to have more? Are you having the fear of poverty? If you respond positively to any of these questions, then this message is for you. Living a comfortable life is the biggest driver why people pursue wealth. Experience have shown that while the poor […]
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Sep
Sep
The Bible talks about wealth in three ways; one is bad and two are good: hoarding of wealth, sharing of wealth and creation of wealth. The first is condemned not just because it is a selfish act that ends up destroying the individual but because it affects the other two also. Are you among those thinking that the […]
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Sep
Sep
“Father, please pray for my son: he is stubborn and doesn’t respect anyone! He has stopped going to church, he doesn’t pray! I think he now smokes and drinks!” “Father, my daughter’s character is unbecoming: she now talks back at me. Since she got into the university, she changed completely!” are the kind of complaints […]
04
Sep
Sep
Everything in life has cost: some are direct and easy to identify like pump price at the filling station, but some are more difficult to see like the sleepless nights as a new parent or period of studies as a student. The cost of following Jesus is like the latter: how do we calculate the […]
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Aug
Aug
Do you know that ‘fear of suffering’ have led many to early graves and regrettable end? “Because of the suffering and difficulty I was facing, I sold my new born baby just to survive. Right now, Father, my heart is heavy, I feel God is punishing me for what I did years back. I am […]