Why Am I Here?

Throughout my teenage years I pondered that question. What is the purpose of anything?

We are born, we go to school, get jobs, work hard, take care of ourselves and others, then die after a while.

At one point, I felt like I was losing my mind. I would work, spend money on consumables, become broke, work again, and repeat the whole process. Is that what life is all about? Working and consuming? Surely there has to be more to it.

Unfortunately, like many young adults new at the university, I had a brief stint with alcohol and weed. My friends and I would get high and have 'intellectual discussions' at night under the stars, or we would listen to American Pop music. We were young, dumb and free after all.

Then I dropped out of school. I couldn't focus on bookwork and 'school na scam sef', so who gives a damn? Mark Zukerberg and Bill Gates dropped out of school anyway, yet they are billionaires today.

Foolish girl.

I moved to a new state and tried to rebuild my life. I entered a new school, and even went to church once. But I still smoked and drank.

And that one time, I had gone to church to socialize with new people, but I lost interest when the pastor asked for donations for an upcoming program; why do all these men of God always ask for money sef?

Plus how can someone be so focused and passionate about Heaven and an afterlife, when there are big problems to worry about in this life anyway? Problems like making enough money, eating a balanced diet, and exercising?

You won't believe how obsessed I was with eating enough nutrients and drinking enough water to have beautiful skin; boiling carrots to make the beta-carotene more effective in making my skin evenly toned, eating oranges for the antioxidants therein to slow down my aging process, and consuming more proteins than carbohydrates. Not to mention doing squats and lunges to make my bum look sexier.

Gosh! So many important things to think about, and yet here's a 23-year-old student evangelist telling me that Jesus loves me and I should come to his church. I don't get it. Do you have a crush on me? Is this your own method of picking up chicks?

Foolish girl!

Don't you know you're just fattening yourself up for the worms? Don't you know that you've lived in sin for too long and God, in his infinite mercy, has once again sent another one of his disciples to tell you the Truth?

But no! Once again, you try to be logical. You try to rationalize everything. The sick man you heard about wasn't really healed; it was just the placebo effect that took place. The poor woman who received financial assistance after praying just got lucky. Why won't someone give her money when she acts like someone who is always suffering?!

You're so stubborn and have a stony heart.
Matthew 13:15 KJV
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

You're so blind to the truth.
Isaiah 44:18 KJV
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

You're standing in your own grave, but you don't even realize it.
Psalm 107:18 KJV
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

You're battling with addiction, masturbation, sex, frustration, eating disorders, body dysmorphia, suicidal ideation, and yet you won't ask Him for help!!

He keeps sending his disciples to you, but you're either too blind to notice or too foolish to admit that he's the only reason you haven't died yet. You think you will somehow develop discipline on your own and figure out a way to succeed.
Isaiah 59:1 KJV
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

He says :"come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light ( Matthew 11:28-30 KJV).

He's just waiting and wondering why you would rather die and suffer in your next life, instead of enjoying paradise with Him. Or do you really think death is the end? That you have no soul? That your consciousness will cease to exist when your body stops working?

Your consciousness is energy, and according to the first law of thermodynamics, energy cannot be created nor destroyed. It only changes form.
John 1:3 KJV
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

He is the Source and you are a representation of Him for goodness sake! How dare you ruin the flesh suit that he has lent you? The vessel that he created to house his Holy Spirit?

1 Corinthians 6:18-20 KJV
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Your soul/consciousness/energy will go somewhere when your body stops working. What do you think will happen when He sees the stains you're gathering presently?
Matthew 7:23 KJV
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

You need Jesus my dear, otherwise you won't amount to anything in this life, and you'll be damned in the next.
Proverbs 28:13 KJV
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

My dear, He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:29-31 KJV). All you have to do is call upon him and He will answer you.

But wait. Why are we here though?
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 KJV
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Story was interesting until you tried to convert me 😡.


To each his own!

What did I just read?

I wish this topic can reach frontpage.

Examine your life. Whether you like it or not, the day of reckoning is coming. You will reap the rewards of your deeds in this life and in the next.

Op just kys you fckn piece of shit

I know you think that you can't do it, but I promise that with Christ, life is incredible. The truth is everywhere. If you wait untill karma hits you, you'll hate yourself.

There are forces in this world beyond your ken.

Brandiebird:
Story was interesting until you tried to convert me 😡.


To each his own!

Pele, e shock you abi?
Reason am!

MrsTwrite:
What did I just read?

Read it again

Op you bad
Madass Evangelist.
Continue your good work and don't be discouraged. When Jesus started, he was hated and misunderstood by many but he had a vision and a goal and over 2000 years he's still relevant and significant.

I have no qualms about spirituality or being religious. The only problem is that if one is logical, one will see many flaws in the 'holy book' so many flaws that if you don't have 'faith' you'll discard all of them.

Like wetin concern me with next Life, for me, I have this life to live and I'll live it to the fullest knowing that I'll die any moment including today, I have no hope or anxiety for the afterlife, if it exists fine. If it doesn't, still fine. I'll act and take absolute consequence of my actions.

Ebonygeek:
Examine your life. Whether you like it or not, the day of reckoning is coming. You will reap the rewards of your deeds in this life and in the next.

Tell me more.
Why are you here?

dontrulee:


Tell me more.
Why are you here?

I'm here to spread God's love

Imagine how Nigeria would be if we all embrace God's Truth. It would be incredible

Ebonygeek:

I'm here to spread God's love

Imagine how Nigeria would be if we all embrace God's Truth. It would be incredible

Spread God's love, that's good. Can you teach me the word of God on a more personal level?

Yes Nigeria will be better but unfortunately they'll not embrace it for it's the nature of humans to first self destruct before searching and embracing the truth

dontrulee:
Op you bad
Madass Evangelist.
Continue your good work and don't be discouraged. When Jesus started, he was hated and misunderstood by many but he had a vision and a goal and over 2000 years he's still relevant and significant.

I have no qualms about spirituality or being religious. The only problem is that if one is logical, one will see many flaws in the 'holy book' so many flaws that if you don't have 'faith' you'll discard all of them.

Like wetin concern me with next Life, for me, I have this life to live and I'll live it to the fullest knowing that I'll die any moment including today, I have no hope or anxiety for the afterlife, if it exists fine. If it doesn't, still fine. I'll act and take absolute consequence of my actions.

Thank you.

Please reconsider your stance though. The afterlife is real. And the consequence for bad deeds is too terrible to imagine, not to mention experience. Christians can live happy, purposeful lives without sin.

Ebonygeek:

Thank you.

Please reconsider your stance though. The afterlife is real. And the consequence for bad deeds is too terrible to imagine, not to mention experience. Christians can live happy, purposeful lives without sin.

Smiles.... If you say so. Pray for me

dontrulee:


Smiles.... If you say so. Pray for me

I will. In order for change to happen though, you have to do your part so that God can do his. If I pray for you, yet you go on sinning, nothing good will happen.

If you're ready to experience the goodness of our Lord, you need to acknowledge that you're a sinner, ask God for forgiveness, and ask Jesus to come into your heart.

ROMANS 3:23 KJV "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God "

There's light and darkness in this world. That's the reason evil exists. The devil brought it with him when he got cast down from heaven.

ohn 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

Many people think prayers don't work and miracles aren't real because they aren't living according to what the Scriptures prescribe. You will only gain comprehension of the mysteries of life when you come to the light

Ebonygeek:

I will. In other for change to happen though, you have to do your part so that God can do his. If I pray for you, yet you go on sinning, nothing good will happen.

If you're ready to experience the goodness of our Lord, you need to acknowledge that you're a sinner, ask God for forgiveness, and ask Jesus to come into your heart.

ROMANS 3:23 KJV "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God "

There's light and darkness in this world. That's the reason evil exists. The devil brought it with him when he got cast down from heaven.

ohn 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

Many people think prayers don't work and miracles aren't real because they aren't living according to what the Scriptures prescribe. You will only gain comprehension of the mysteries of life when you come to the light

Hmmm, tell me more.
I'm finding you interesting

dontrulee:


Hmmm, tell me more.
I'm finding you interesting

There is power in this world my friend.

John 16:7
But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you

Acts 5:32
And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him

Luke 10:19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you

2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Ebonygeek:

There is power in this world my friend.

John 16:7
But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you

Acts 5:32
And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him

Luke 10:19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you

2 Timothy 1:7
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Are you a lover of God?
And do you think God is real?

dontrulee:


Are you a lover of God?
And do you think God is real?

Of course I love God
And yes, I know he's real

There's no such thing as something out of nothing. For humans to exist, there has to be a creator. We didn't magically appear out of nowhere. Plus the theory of spontaneous generation (something out of nothing) got disproved in 1858.

God has always been and always will be.
Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
‘I am the first and I am the last,
And there is no God besides Me.

Psalm 90: 2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God

Life's a lot better with Him on your side

Dear person reading this, what are you struggling with? What's that habit you just wish you can stop?

Psalm 145:18-20 KJV
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. [19] He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. [20] The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

He's just waiting for you to ask Him for help.