Believers have been admonished to be resolute in their conviction about God’s faithfulness to bring to pass His promises to them and remain unbroken in the midst of challenges. This admonition was from Pastor Nomthi Odukoya at the May 9 Thursday showers service.
According to her, people would always try to find reasons for any challenge a child of God is going through and conclude that such challenges are the consequences of their sins just like the people of Malta thought when the viper clung unto Paul’s hand in Acts 28:1-8.
She also stated that the devil would employ some situations as weapons to destroy believers, but admonished them to shake off such weapons with God’s word and their unflinching faith in God. “There are some situations the devil trust so much as weapons to destroy believers, but you would shake them off and they won’t harm you when you keep holding unto God’s word no matter what happens,” she said.
She then urged them not to give in to distractions from anyone or thing. “Don’t focus on the people blaming you but on the God who will help you. Shake it off,” she said.
