PIKELELA GUTYUNGWA MEMOIRS

  TO BIND OR TO RESIST THE DEVIL? “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!” cried Jesus in one of His famous Self-Quote. I am a Bible Apologist and truly believe in quoting the Scriptures in their rightful and original context. I have said it for the umpteenth times in all of my Social Media Pages that it's impossible to interpret and apply the same verse in one thousands different ways without falling off the tangent of the context it was originally framed: or meant to be understood. I know I’m using big words here for some of you but, it is what it is and the truth must be told that Jesus really hated to be misconstrued or misquoted hence He owned all of His words. The religious leaders on the other hand were not used to listening to a man or rabbi, who simply uttered words that they could not reconcile with the Law of Moses. And so, what did they do or say after Jesus claimed to be the Light of the world? They freaked out and condemned Him for being too ...

  LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY! "Church, let's all rise up and pray" the pastor exhorted his congregants somewhere in a million church addresses around the planet earth. Armed with a live microphone in his hands with the volume almost turned to max decibels and drowning every other voices participating in this prayer marathon: it went on like this... <<<<<<((((((( Father we come to you in the name of Jesus. We thank you for the Blood and the authority you've given us to trample the Devil and his demons under our feet! And yes Lord, as we stand in your presence, we bind the Devil and his cohorts and render them useless as we take over this, our city and bring every knee to bow at the name of Jesus your Son. We destroy every foul spirit and take dominion over every principality and spiritual wickedness in the heavenly sphere. We claim every soul in our city for Jesus. Healings, signs and wonders and thank you for pouring your Holy Spirit upon our city.) ))))...

  I SEE ME IN YOU: GOD SAID TO ME! Sometimes I sit around alone and these thoughts come to me. I wonder and wonder, over and over again: at least a million times more. Just how God looks like. Our thoughts as humans never ever leave us, even in our dreams when we’re asleep. I want to put it to you that: our thoughts consume some 80% of all the time we spend on earth breathing. We carry ourselves in our thoughts. And there I was this afternoon, just thinking out loud when suddenly, I grabbed my phone and took a selfie in six quick successive shots. I stared at myself. I looked again and again wondering: why I never ever feel like the way I actually look most of the time? These thoughts kept bouncing at me like empty bubbles breaking off against my face without even leaving a splat of water on my skin. Then, all of a sudden like a bolt from the blue, I heard God whispering to my heart’s ear and sounded like He was saying: Did you ever wonder just how I look or even see myself a...

  Poetry is one of my greatest passion and all time fascination and only second to my endless love for music: I just love it with all my heart. The thrill of twisting regular words into a feeding frenzy which appeals to all imaginations and leaves the readers gasping for more while the author gallops away into the horizon of mysticism. Poetry leaves the reader wrestling with the mystical and magical rhymes strewn around the endless maze of hidden nuggets of wisdom out there for finder's keepers. You decide. Amanda Gorman was discovered by then President Elect Joe Biden in 2019 after winning the race to the White House while attending some Poets' Club. Joe Biden saw the potential and thought that it'd be a great idea to use Amanda for his Inauguration Celebration and damn: how right Joe Biden was. What a discovery and revelation to the world! I sat on edge as I listened to Amanda reciting her poem: she was dazzling in every word of maturity. At just 22 years of age, Amanda i...

  Image: Phillip Medhurst Collection AND I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH! I dedicate this Exposition to my friend in the US, Lou Wachsmuth who inspired this whole thrill by a minute adventure into the mind of God. Lou messaged me on Facebook the very first four verses of Revelation 21 and simply prefixed: For this I do wait. These verses pressed all the right buttons in my spirit and immediately felt like Lou was daring me to dream along with him. Well my friend in the US had no idea that Revelation 21 shares the best part in my heart and I was moved to tears as I read the whole chapter again, like I’ve never read it before. It rekindled the hope in me. Lou in the middle with his sister and friend. I believe it will make more sense if we dial back to the Garden of Eden, where it all started and I hope we’d do well. The Garden of Eden was immaculately beautiful and designed by God to be man’s Paradise on Earth surrounded by nothing less than peace. Let me just sound ridiculous fo...