GRACE WORDS

Grace Words by King Julius Kwedhi As I was coming from visiting my pastor-friend, pastor Prince, yesterday evening, June 27 th 2013, the reporter on the radio news channel that was playing in the car was reading news headlines of the day and mentioned one in particular that caught my attention and really disturbed me. He gave brief news on President Barak Obama’s speech in Senegal, during his current African tour visit. The president of the United States of America was telling the African nations to recognize the “gay rights.” Then the reporter went on to mention that the government of United States of America and of the European Countries (notice I say the governments) threatened African nations that if they are not going to “recognize gay rights” then they are going to cut monetary aid to Africa. What a cunning trap? It is a cunning coercion. A reverse psychology to make us think Africa depends on them and they don’t depend on Africa at all, forgetting that the

by King Julius Kwedhi “Be happy in your confidence, be patient in trouble, and pray continually.” Romans 12:12 (GW) The idea of patience is likened to that of an elastic band. You can take an elastic band and stretch it so hard till it reaches the point where it stretches no longer. That point is called “the elastic limit.” The elasticity of the band allows it to stretch and to return again to its original form and shape when released from the stretch. However, when it is stretched till it reaches its elastic limit it does not continue stretching any further. If the force applied equals to or is less than the force that the band can put up with (although the band might not return to its original form and shape again), the band will not break. But if after reaching this point the stretching still continues, and the force applied in stretching is far greater than the force that the band can put up with, when it reaches its limit, the band “ snaps ” and then breaks a