Before you go out to protest, kill someone or destroy property- ask yourself why you are doing what you intend to do. What is your end game? Is your intention to escalate the current crisis or offer a solution? What crime has someone of a different tribe, gender or nationality done to you? Does destroying someone's property make you satisfied? Does killing someone earn you accolades? This is our country. The politicians you are fighting for or those inciting you are doing their job-politicking. You have a responsibility first to yourself, to your family and the society. Are you, by your actions serving any of these? Fight the fight but do it in the right way. If you don't like someone or something, simply avoid it or them. Mind your own business. Condemn the wrong, and the injustice, speak about it. Write a blog, call a rally and express yourself. Do something but don't infringe on other people’s rights as stipulated in the Bill of Rights. Refuse to be provoked, be fi
As a believer, it is incumbent upon you to build your relationship with God. A relationship is built on effective communication. In Christ, we have the gate pass to reach our father in heaven. Jesus Himself set us an example in word and deed. His life was a life of prayer. He embodied God yet, He, in his human nature understood the essence of being in sync with His Father. Jesus Christ taught his disciples to pray, healed people with prayers, denounced the corruption of the temple worship (which, he said, should be a “house of prayer”), and insisted that some demons could be cast out only through prayer. He prayed often and regularly with fervent cries and tears (Heb. 5:7), and sometimes all night. The Holy Spirit came upon him and anointed him as he was praying (Luke 3:21–22), and he was transfigured with the divine glory as he prayed (Luke 9:29). When he faced his greatest crisis, he did so with prayer. We hear him praying for his disciples and the church on the night before he d