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#SV – A Face Like a Flint

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Loving God includes living rightly, insisting on the truth, on justice, on love, on kindness, on forgiveness, and so on. Sometimes these bring pain and persecution but we are not to reject goodness because of persecution. Even when we falter, we should get back up and doing living rightly by the help of God’s grace that is always there for us. This is not a matter of self-justification or self-congratulation. No! Without God by our side we can do nothing. Our duty is to cooperate with God in this labour of love that involves swimming against the currents of injustice, … Continue reading #SV – A Face Like a Flint

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#SV – The Labour of Love

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

“We unceasingly call to mind your work of faith and labour of love” (1 Thess.1:2-3). Paul associates ‘faith’ with ‘work’ & ‘love’ with ‘labour’ while addressing this community of believers, who understood the Gospel not merely as words but are deeply convinced that it is the power of the Holy Spirit to bring about transformation. Watching the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria, one sees the ‘work of faith’ & the ‘labour of love’; a deep conviction that our society can be transformed into a space where there is zero impunity, where life is indeed sacred, where human dignity can be respected, … Continue reading #SV – The Labour of Love