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AVOIDING SPIRITUAL DILAPIDATION

09 Oct

AVOIDING SPIRITUAL DILAPIDATION

There is a building I pass by almost every day that has been vacant for over three years due to a court order. Recently, I felt compelled to reflect on something revolutionary regarding the impact of human presence in a building. The house resembles a mansion, but it has become dilapidated in the absence of its occupants.

Human presence is the sustaining energy of a building; our actions and activities such as switching on lights and disposing of waste directly affect its energy. Here’s the revolutionary idea: without God’s manifest presence in a believer’s life, the essence of that life begins to disintegrate. The rate at which a believer’s spiritual life deteriorates is proportional to the degree of God’s presence that is lacking. When you lack the manifest presence of God, your spiritual life tends to decline.

One way to maintain the measure of God’s presence (as stated in Hebrews 13:5) is through a constant awareness of His presence with us, especially during times of solitude. This awareness can be cultivated through consistent and unwavering intimacy with God, which is achieved through daily meditation on His Word and sincere prayer.

In Exodus 33:12-34:9, we find the story of Moses seeking God’s manifest presence. “I beseech You, show me Your glory,” Moses pleaded (Exodus 33:18). God graciously granted his request, hiding Moses in a crevice of the rock and allowing him to glimpse His glory as He passed by.

We are spiritual beings residing in physical bodies, created for fellowship with God. Therefore, we naturally long for His supernatural evidence to manifest in our world. Encountering God through His supernatural presence keeps us alive to Him. This communion with His presence sustains us to live godly lives and empowers us to perform the “greater works” of God.

Thippy Oluwanifemi

Thippy-Oluwanifemi Balogun, serves the Will of God in his generation as author, teacher, worshipper, mentor and confidant to many younger generations. He has been a practical young minister, preaching the gospel and ministering right from his undergraduate days, from rural crusade to cities, campuses to conferences and seminars. He has proven to be a similitude of Daniel and Joseph in his generation,with the life commitment of touching, impacting and influencing lives by helping people to manifest their God-given gifts faithfully on the earth. THIPPY, as popularly known ( meaning, a builder and glorious leader) is passionate about the reality of the Supernatural & Extra ordinary in our days just as it was in the Bible days, by striving for the transforming power of God that build character without compromise and sustain lasting consecration. He has stayed determined to his life commitment with a non-negotiable drastic, dimensional and dramatic driven passion to make JESUS known by all means. This mandate is what has driven him to writing books and released intimacy compelling songs (about 10tracks available on all digital streaming platforms.) He is a divinely called and ordained Set-Man/ Global Director of: THE KINGDOM GIFTS GLOBAL MINISTRIES (an Interdenominational and non-denominational ministries, since 2016) and the Head Pastor of: THE MANIFEST PALACE (Church, since 2020) with the mandate of reflecting God's invisible Kingdom on earth by manifesting Jesus in all spheres of influence on the Earth. Also he is the global coordinator of NEW CREATION FATHERS' SUMMIT, (NCFS, since 2017), an annual young Men and Old Men gathering, envision to raise a new bread of Fathers that will father the next generations corrcetly,with the mission of preparing young men for Fatherhood. Furthermore, Thippy is a certified mediator with (ICMC) Institute of Chartered mediator and Conciliator. Certified Human Resources Personnel for Health (HRM), John Hopkins Blomberg school of public health affiliated. Certified expertise in Effective Communication for Administrative Efficiency and Operational Excellence. Administrative & Management Principle, Process and Practices. Human Resources Management. Conflicts Resolution and Emotional Intelligence. He is a dedicated Aviator with the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, (NAMA) since 2017, having served in Electro Comms department, Air Traffic Control Unit and currently serving in Aeronautical Information Management department. Thippy is happily married to Becky and Blessed with two children ( Prince Rosh and Princess Rhesa)

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