Even with the AC in church, he would sweat like someone who was running a marathon.
He had an easy smile but at the edge of that smile was a man with a fierce temper.
Everyone in church knew him. He was a difficult man and would make boast of this.
“Even Pastor sef know say I stubborn”. He once boasted.
“Sir, you can’t reason with my husband! Many have tried including Pastor and he hasn’t changed”. His wife said.
Even with the AC in church, he would sweat like someone who was running a marathon.
He had an easy smile but at the edge of that smile was a man with a fierce temper.
Several times have the Pastor, a wonderful and kind hearted man, done to entreat him speaking love to him.
One-day, the church had a new Men’s fellowship leader, one who had the heart for men whom have missed or failed to understand their sonship in Christ.
He paid him a visit one evening and they got talking about the Holy Spirit.
He paid attention.
He revealed things to him that even his wife didn’t know. He watched as this brother shared his life’s experience going through life without the Holy Spirit.
He went ahead to explain why he was always angry.
“I had finished law in the university of Benin...”
All was well. I was the first son and in the history of my family, I was the only one to have attended a university.
My father was proud of me but something happened”
‘Hello?’ I called out three times but no one answered and all I could hear was someone breathing.
Bros, it was as if a blanket of fear came over me. I became afraid and started crying.
Bros, would you know I was once a choir member in one of the big Pentecostal churches in Nigeria?!
Look at me. A drunk and a woman beater. I’m ashamed of myself”.
There are tears a man sheds you begin to understand the pain they carried but could never share.
The Men’s leader laid hands on him...
He prayed for the wife that she be healed of every pain. He rebuked the spirit of bitterness.
He made sure the man and his family promised to come to church the next day which was a Sunday.
For the first time since he became a member of that church...
He sat beside the Men’s fellowship leader and as the service came to an end, he turned, hugged him and placed his personal Bible in his hands and said: “The word of God is sharper than any sword... read it”.
His wife kept saying how much he had changed. His sons became closer to him though it took the eldest a while to come around, but he did.
God loves men and sometimes we try to use out logic...
The Holy Spirit is the difference. He is everything. He’s the wind that sets ships a sail.
He’s the only one...
If you’re a man out there and you desire the Holy Spirit in a new dimension, I can show you.
Remember, as many that are led, they are the sons of God.
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