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28/02/2026

: SELF-JUSTICE MEANS PUTTING GOD IN SECOND PLACE.

This person has hurt you, scorned you, slandered you, or criticized you. They are hurting you, they have said hurtful things to you; it has ruined your reputation or affected you publicly. They have hurt you so much, and you feel so offended that you resent them deeply. So, you already have your own idea of ​​how you are going to make them pay for this affront; and for you, it would only be just to get revenge and treat this person according to what their bad attitude deserves.

Suddenly, the Holy Spirit speaks to your heart, reminding you of the Scriptures and asking you to forgive. Even more, He asks you to love this person, to smile at them, to continue talking to them, and to continue behaving toward them as if they had never hurt you before. You feel that this is beyond your strength; you find it so unfair. Because, for you, justice would mean that this person suffers as much as they made you suffer.

So, some questions deserve to be asked: - Do you love God more than anything? - Does your relationship with the Lord come before all other relationships? - Is the joy of your Creator's heart more important than anything else?

If God is paramount in our lives, if we love Him more than anything, if we want to gladden His heart, if our relationship with Him comes before all others, then no matter what we have suffered or what we feel, our attitude or reaction must always aim to please God. If forgiving pleases God, then I forgive. If revenge or holding a grudge grieves the Lord, no matter what I feel, it is what God feels that matters and comes first.

Indeed, when we react because of what we feel without considering how God would feel about our reaction, we are putting God second. Taking justice into our own hands means depriving ourselves of the privilege of seeing God give us justice.

Moreover, when you seem to react to restore justice, it becomes "your own justice," and God says, "...all our righteous acts are like filthy rags..." (Isaiah 64:6).

Let us pray together:

Lord Jesus, grant me from this day forward the grace to consider your interests before taking any action. Forgive me my impulsiveness and my vengeful spirit of the past. Help me to embrace your mindset. Help me to accept being wrong in order to gain reason. Yes, I know that beyond the offense committed against me lies the salvation of a soul. Yes, for me, pleasing you has become my obsession.
Amen!

God bless you!

By Eudes Léonel OTIRA
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06/02/2026

: FIVE THINGS TO DO WHEN THE PRESSURE IS INCREASING

Because of the free will God gave to humankind, even the Devil cannot force us to do what we don't want to do. He can influence, deceive, or lead us astray. He can try to seduce or intimidate us. All of this often puts us under intense pressure. What should we do in this situation?

The first thing to do is remember that God never pushes us; He leads us peacefully. When you feel pressure, it's very possible that the enemy is hiding there. For God speaks to your heart with peace and gentleness, and sometimes subtly: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters” (Psalm 23:1-2).

The second thing to do is not to let events overwhelm you. Remember that the final decision is yours, because in all cases, it is you who must choose. Therefore, pray for the strength not to give in to temptation: “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matthew 26:41).

When the pressure was intense in Gethsemane, pushing Jesus to consider the possibility of not drinking the cup that was prepared for him, Jesus prayed until he won the victory, for an angel came and strengthened him (Luke 22:42-43).

The third thing to do: pray to get out of the agitation that could cause you to lose your clarity and to seek peace from the Lord: “For thus says the Lord, the Eternal, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest shall be your salvation, In quietness and trust shall be your strength. But you were unwilling!” (Isaiah 30:15).

The fourth thing to do: seek advice or help from an elder in the faith: “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves” (Romans 15:1).

The fifth thing to do: do not isolate yourself or distance yourself from the assembly of the saints: “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them” (Matthew 18:20).

Indeed, a hunting lion more easily attacks an animal that has strayed from the rest of the flock: “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).

God bless you!

Eudes Léonel OTIRA
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05/02/2026

: WHAT IS THE pH OF YOUR HEART?

In medicine, some methods, like that of Dr. Brewer Shettles, claim to influence the s*x of your future baby by modifying the pH of the woman's womb (pH measures the acidity or alkalinity of an environment).

Indeed, s***m carrying the Y chromosome for males would not survive in an acidic pH environment. Conversely, X chromosomes for females would die in an alkaline environment. The text of 2 Corinthians 9:10a states: “He who supplies seed to the sower.” Here, the word seed comes from the Greek s***ma, whose root gave rise to the word s***matozoon.

Now, in Luke 8:11, Jesus compares the Word of God to a seed, therefore to a s***ma. Just as a man's seed, when sown, must find the pH appropriate for its development, so too the Word of God, when sown with the aim of producing fruit, must also find a heart that is not hostile to it.

The Bible says, “God is not a man, that he should lie” (Numbers 23:19). What his mouth has spoken, his hand accomplishes. But the real question is this: Do your own reasoning and experiences, your thought patterns, your education or professional background, your culture, and your paradigms either hinder or encourage the acceptance and growth of the seed of God's Word within you?

In other words, is the pH of your heart favorable or hostile to the divine seed? Sometimes, the problem isn't God's delay in fulfilling his promises to us. It's simply that our hearts are hostile to what he wants to do in our lives. Let's think about this!

God bless you!

By Eudes Léonel OTIRA (Gabon) -----------------------------------------

30/12/2025

16/10/2025

: PRIDE IS AN ENEMY TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

One day, the prophet Rick Joyner saw the Lord Jesus Christ in a vision telling him: "pride is the most difficult enemy to discern, and it is always from behind that he sneaks" (from his book "Ultimate Assault"). The Lord, through this declaration, gives a clear look at pride and what it truly represents: an enemy. We must therefore treat it as such.

Now, to defeat an enemy, it is necessary to know him. That is why our ability to triumph over pride depends on our ability to determine its true nature, to determine how formidable and devious it is.

The Larousse dictionary defines pride as an exaggerated feeling of our own value.

The word is released: Feeling. Pride touches the universe of our feelings. You will agree with me that feelings are realities that do not only make our life pleasant, they also cause us a lot of damage and difficulties because they can be difficult to manage and control. This enemy, pride, has chosen as a battlefield the universe of our feelings. This makes it more difficult and harder to control.

Pride, even when nothing has been asked of it, likes to display its successes and achievements. He likes to display them to condition the gaze of others on his place. He likes to be acclaimed, celebrated, or revered. He likes to minimize others to feel great. He finds that the success of others screens him. So, he belittles and despises the achievements and successes of others to feel better, to be seen and noticed better.

Pride is a formidable enemy that must be taken very seriously because no one is spared. We are all concerned. Remember that through him, Lucifer, the angel of light who sealed the seal to perfection, fell (Ezekiel 28v12).

There is an observable fact when you put crabs in the same basket. None of them will manage to get out of this basket. Because, as soon as one of the crabs tries to move, the others will hold it and bring it back with their claws. This is what is called the crab mentality. The devil is endowed with this mentality. He failed out of pride and now he uses the same means to make us fail.

Pride is difficult to overcome as an enemy, because the way out of it is humility. But humility rings in us like humiliation. Now, no one likes the idea of being humiliated.

On one side, there is pride that gives us the feeling of being superhuman and makes us hover. On the other hand, the path of humility that seems so defiled, so demeaning, so unglorious that no one wants to take it. This gives pride more strength and control.

We must be determined to take the path of humility if we want to triumph over pride.

God bless you!

By Eudes Léonel OTIRA

17/06/2025

: WHAT VALIDATES OUR ACTIONS FOR GOD.

Did you know that anything not done for God, with God, in God, or by God (through us) is absolutely no value in the scale of eternity? The Apostle Paul said, “...the fire will test each one's work of what quality” (1 Corinthians 3:13). The accomplishments and achievements perceived by man as performances are not always seen as such by God.

Some people, like Saint Augustine, a brilliant Christian thinker and philosopher, considered like one of the fathers of the Church and one of the greatest thinkers of his time, with a monumental body of work and prolific writings, heard the Lord tell him in a vision that everything he had accomplished had no value in the scale of eternity. Perhaps it was because Saint Augustine was determined to defend the Church more with human weapons and philosophical arguments than with tools inspired by the Spirit.

Do you know that your heart is not, by itself, capable of loving God or pleasing Him? Your heart cannot, by itself, be attracted to divine realities. Indeed, it is written on this subject: "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him" (John 6:44a).

Sometimes we enter into prayer and feel how, without even wanting to, our whole being wants to interrupt this moment to go and be with others, watch TV, or make a sandwich. It is therefore with good reason that Scripture says this: "For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).

But when we persist and persist in prayer, suddenly something happens: we feel the presence of the Father, we begin to cry, confessing our sins, we no longer want to leave his presence, we no longer want it to end. What happened then? It happened that the anointing of the Spirit brought you into the presence of the Lord. This anointing of the Spirit enabled you to be convicted of sin and to repent.

The anointing has given you a love for God and His company in this moment of prayer, and it has allowed your heart to perceive and be aware of what God wanted you to do. Only works inspired by the Holy Spirit and carried out by the power of His anointing have value in God's eyes.

God bless you!

By Eudes Léonel OTIRA (Gabon)
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08/04/2025

: LEARN TO LET GO!

Being the eldest of 5 children, I was very early responsible for looking after and taking care of others. This has developed in me a tendency to always want to control everything, that is to say, to like having a point of view and the monopoly on all situations from far or near, a directional character and very enterprising.

This ability to fight and lead is not a bad thing in itself. Yet, the Holy Spirit reproached me one day in my walk with him.

The Lord led me to consider the story of Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus; drawing my attention to Martha in particular. The Lord answered him: "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried for many things" (Luke 10:41).

Indeed, Martha was in the oven and at the mill working to make everything perfect because the Lord of glory was within their walls (V40). Rest assured, she was not doing anything wrong. Or rather, what she was doing was in no way a sin.

However, the Lord drew my attention to the fact that sometimes we are so deep in what we believe is right and just without even taking into account his advice. Our enterprising side then takes over while the Lord only wants us to pose because he has the situation under control.

Jesus says to Martha: "Mary has chosen the right part (...)." What does the right part represent? It is a symbol of rest, of letting go. From time to time we must sit at the feet of the Lord, for he is in charge of everything. He is the Lord of the universe; nothing escapes him.

Did not he reassure us by saying: "(...) It is in the quiet and rest that your salvation will be, it is in the calm and confidence that your strength will be (...)? (Isaiah 30:15)

So, let’s learn to let go.

God bless you!

By Laure Michelle OTIRA
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12/01/2025

: TAKE CARE OF YOUR TESTIMONY!

I've always wondered why Christians don't have a significant impact on society. And I believe the Holy Spirit has begin to enlighten my mind with clues about it.

The Bible tells us in Romans 8v19: "Therefore the creation waits with earnest desire for the revealing of the sons of God". But who are these sons of God? They are all those who have received the Lord Jesus Christ into their hearts, those who confess and manifest him daily.

Unfortunately, it is sad to see that many of us have not yet understood that what is at stake in our faith is greater than simply saying "I am a Christian". Often we don't seem to realize what our status entails. We are carefree like school children playing in a playground.

It is not uncommon to observe that Christians are the ones who arrive late for work, school and even church. They are the ones found involved in gossip and gossip, unable to handle pressures and oppressions wisely etc.

And yet, the apostle Paul made this address to Timothy and by extension to all of us: "But strive to be an example" (1Timothy 4v12b).

Thus, we must take care of our testimony in the eyes of all so that no one treats us with contempt because people will weigh us down with the weight that we will have given ourselves.

God bless you !

By Laure Michelle OTIRA
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05/01/2025

: FALSE HUMILITY AND PRESUMPTION

These are two subtle forms of pride. False humility concerns appearances. It may be a matter of displaying an appearance of pity or godliness without really being so deep inside just to get God's attention. Sometimes we awkwardly believe that it's through all miserable attitudes that we can get God's attention to. Unfortunately, we are wrong because it is written: "They have, indeed, an appearance of wisdom, in that they indicate voluntary worship, humility, and contempt for the body, but they are without any merit. and contribute to the satisfaction of the flesh "(Colossians 2:23).

False humility is also the attitude of celebrating our flaws and limitations in an exaggerated way. It may seem modest and humble to see a person who readily admits his faults, who exposes his limits etc. The problem is that this attitude causes us to focus a little too much on ourselves instead of focusing on God who makes us capable of everything (Philippians 4v13).

This was Moses’s mistake. Even though he was on the holy mountain, in the presence of God, speaking to the Lord under the appearance of a burning bush, despite all this, at no point in this conversation did Moses trust God. He spent time mentionning his disabilities and fears as if God was not aware of them (Exodus 4v1-13) thus provoking the wrath of the Lord (Exodus 4v14).

Besides, presumption is also one of the subtle forms of pride. It consists in thinking that we can do anything without God's help for a given situation. We assume then that we can handle this on our own without requiring divine intervention.

Pastor Mamadou Philippe Karambiri recounts, moreover, on this subject, an anecdote in the testimony of his conversion. As he was taking his end-of-year university exam for the bachelor's degree, seeing the tests that seemed so easy to him, he exclaimed: "oh these tests are so easy and I will pass this exam even if God does not want ”.

In the end, he failed brilliantly, because during the exam he had a blackout. He no longer remembered all the courses he had learned and studied. I would note be able to say whether this blackout was the work of God or not. But either way, it was a presumption here, and it cost him dearly.

We need to be humble no matter what. No matter what we have, it's a grace from God. We should never feel better than others or more worthy than them. Rather, we must thank God who gives us grace out of love for us. Also, never make the mistake of believing that we have succeeded by our own abilities, talents or aptitudes. We must constantly seek the face of God and depend on Him no matter what.

God bless you !

By Eudes Léonel OTIRA (Gabon)
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05/01/2025

Shalom khoulam !
We would like to wish, to all our followers, great things for this year.
May the hand of the Lord be upon you like never before and may you be blessed in all your ways.
Amen 🙇🏽‍♀️