October 9, 2020
Friday for Wik 27 for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saint John Henry Newman (Memorial for England and Wales)
Saint Denis, Bishop, and Im Companions, Martyrs—Memorial wey no be Obligatory
Saint John Leonardi, Fada—Memorial wey no be Obligatory
Listen for English
“When spirit wey no clean comot from person, e dey waka through dry-dry places dey find where e go rest. But when e no find anywhere, e go talk say, ‘I go return to my house wey I comot from.’ But when e return, e go see say dem don sweep di house clean and arrange am well. Then e go bring seven other spirits wey wicked pass am. Dem go enter and live there, and di condition wey di man dey for di end go bad pass how e be before.” Luke 11:24-26
This passage show di danger of sin wey person don make habit. Maybe you don notice say you dey struggle with one particular sin for your life. You don commit this sin again and again. At last, you make firm decision to confess am and overcome am. After you confess am, you happy well-well, but before one day pass, you find say you don return to di same sin.
This struggle wey people dey commonly face fit make dem tire and vex well-well. Di Scripture wey dey above talk about this struggle from di spiritual side, as temptation wey come from evil spirits. When we decide to overcome one sin and turn away from di temptation of di evil one, di evil spirits go attack us with even more power. Dem no dey give up di battle for our souls easily like that. Because of this, some people later give in to sin and choose say dem no go try to overcome am again. That one go be mistake.
One important spiritual lesson wey we need understand from this passage be say, di more we hold on to one particular sin, di stronger our decision to overcome am must be. And to overcome sin fit pain and hard well-well. To overcome sin, we need deep spiritual cleansing, and we must submit our mind and our power to choose completely to God. If we no get this firm decision and no surrender ourselves in di way wey go make us pure, e go hard well-well to overcome di temptations wey di evil one bring come meet us.
Today, think deeply about how strong your decision to overcome sin be. When temptations come your way, you don commit yourself with all your heart to overcome dem? Try make your decision stronger, so that di temptations of di evil one no go get hold of you.
Lord, I surrender my whole life into Your hands; I no hold anything back. I beg You, give me strength when temptation come, and keep me free from sin. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Saints for Today – Saint John Henry Newman Also Saint Denis, Bishop, and Im Companions, Martyrs Also Saint John Leonardi, Fada
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