I have an habit that started when I was in final year. My parents have complained severally about it, but I couldn't stop it because I found so much pleasure in it. I do it whenever I'm alone because I really don't want anyone to see me when I am in it. Although, I often get caught.
At times, my mum would call me aside and ask me why I am always do it, but I would just smile. She believes that it is not a good thing to do as a Yoruba person. Recently, I heard that some pastors also do this thing.
Did I hear you say are we still brethren? Relax! Tap your heart and say all iz well 3 times. We are still brethren. Oya, let me confess.
Anytime I pick up a bubbling word in my heart or when I get an invitation to preach in a place, I do rehearsals. After family night devotion, I would pick up my bible and start doing drama. I would firstly play the role of the host of a church and invite me and my humble self (....lol) to collect the microphone from the host.
Then I would start preaching. Tell the crowd of empty chairs to open their bibles to the book of so and so. I would preach, at times for the next two hours. I would even get people baptized in the Holy Spirit and do miracles. It has never been a dull meeting...lol
Whenever I hear footsteps, I switch to prayer till the person goes back into the room, then I tell the 'brethren', 'as I was saying...'. I sometimes do this on the road and in the toilet...lol. In fact, I have preached more messages to empty chairs than I have to humans.
As hilarious and awkward it may sound to be preaching to empty chairs in the sitting room, the words that I speak during this 'pseudo-sermons' are very powerful and fresh from heaven. Many verses of the bible open to me while doing this thing so much that when I get humans to talk to, I use this same words that come from the 'pseudo-sermons' and testimonies abound.
It's called meditation! My parents couldn't understand why I would be talking to myself almost anytime I am alone. It's my way of digging the scriptures. Attimes, when I am about to start, I may not know what I would say, but I would say things that surprise me for two hours. Record the message and you will be shocked when listening.
I encourage you to preach to the empty chairs of your sitting room too. Share the word of the Lord with them. Lay hands of them. Give them word of knowledge. You're stirring the gifts within you!
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