Third Week of Lent

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Living Water for Soul Wey Thirst Dey Catch

The Third Sunday of Lent (Year A)
(Note: For Years B & C too, dem fit choose this Gospel when dem dey celebrate the Scrutinies.)

Jesus come reach one town for Samaria wey dem dey call Sychar, near the piece of land wey Jacob give im son Joseph. Jacob well dey there. As the journey don tire Jesus, He sit down there beside the well. Na around noon. One woman from Samaria come fetch water. Jesus tell am, “Give Me water drink.” John 4:5–7

Today, for the whole world, Catholic liturgies go celebrate the first of three Scrutinies for those adults wey dey prepare to receive the Sacraments of Initiation for Easter Vigil. The word “scrutiny” come from the Latin word scrutari wey mean to ask questions, examine something well well, or search am. For the beginning, e mean to search through rubbish so that person go find something wey get value. For one sense, na wetin God dey do with all of us be this. When we first turn to Him, He dey sort through the disorder wey dey our fallen human nature and our sins, so that He go show the goodness and beauty of the child wey He create. As for the liturgical rite wey dem go celebrate for churches all over the world today, the Right of Christian Initiation of Adults describe am like this: “The purpose of the scrutinies na to uncover, and then heal everything wey weak, get fault, or get sin for the hearts of those wey dem don choose; to bring out, then strengthen everything wey upright, strong, and good” (#141). The Gospel story wey we read today show this work in one beautiful way. Na the long story of the woman for the well, wey dey inspire us. This story full of things wey stand for deeper meanings, and person wey just read am anyhow fit easily miss plenty of them.

To begin, e important to picture wetin happen for your mind as you dey pray. Jesus sit down alone beside Jacob Well around noon. Because of the heat, na only few women go come the well for that time of day. But this woman come for this time because she know say other people no go dey there. She na sinner, and plenty of the other women for the town know am. So, as she dey try to avoid them and avoid shame, she come for time wey she fit avoid the other women. So the first thing to think about na the suffering wey this woman dey bear because of the shame and embarrassment wey her sinful life dey cause am.

As she come near the well, e surprise am to hear Jesus ask am for water to drink. She na Samaritan. Jews generally dey see Samaritans as people wey no clean according to their religious rites. Because of this, Jews no dey drink from their containers. But Jesus break this custom wey no holy, and as He begin talk with her, He see her as daughter of God wey get dignity and value as part of who she be.

For the heat of that day, Jesus talk to this woman with love and say, “Give Me water drink.” Saint Augustine talk say, for the deeper meaning of this action, Jesus thirst for her soul, for her salvation. He really want give her the grace wey He go soon win through His Cross. If she willingly receive this gift, e go also satisfy the Heart of our Lord. Jesus no dwell on her past; He know everything about am. He fit read her soul. All He want do na to search through the sin and rubbish wey dey fill her soul, so that He go uncover the dignity wey dey inside. If she allow Jesus to offer her this mercy, no be only true Living Water she go receive to quench the thirst of her spirit; she go also satisfy the spiritual thirst for the soul of our Lord, wey only the giving of His mercy fit satisfy.

As we dey celebrate the Scrutinies this Sunday, reflect on this woman for the well. First, she be sign of every person wey dey come to get faith in Christ and wey dey prepare for the Living Water of Baptism this Easter. But she also be sign of your own soul, as far as the rubbish of sin and disorder don fill am. No let shame, fear or the feeling say you no worthy stop you from having this same conversation with our Lord. Hear as He dey tell you say He dey thirst for you, and He dey long make His thirst quench through the holy act of continually giving you His Divine Mercy, wey dey pour out through the Living Water wey He give you in great abundance for your baptism.

My Lord wey dey thirst, You see me, You look deep inside my soul, You see all the dirt of sin and disorder, and still You love me. As You talk to this woman for the well, na so You still dey talk to me, dey ask me to quench Your thirst by opening myself to Your mercy. I truly open myself to You, dear Lord, and I pray make Your Living Water become a spring of water wey dey well up to eternal life. Jesus, na You I trust.

To Make Clean for Two Ways

The Third Sunday of Lent (Year B)
(Note: When dem use the Scrutinies for Mass, dem fit use the reflection for Year A instead of this one.)

He use ropes make whip, and He drive all of them comot from the temple area, together with the sheep and oxen. He scatter the coins of the people wey dey change money and turn their tables upside down. He tell the people wey dey sell doves, “Carry these things comot from here, and stop to dey turn my Father house to market.” John 2:15–16

All the four Gospels talk about how Jesus cleanse the Temple. But difference dey between how the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) present this event and how the Gospel of John present am. The Gospel of John put this event for the very beginning of Jesus’ public ministry, during the first of the three journeys wey He make to Jerusalem for Passover, one each year. This na His first attempt to cleanse the Temple. Jesus no also speak as strongly for the account wey John give; He only talk say the people wey dey change money don turn His Father’s House to a “marketplace.” For the three Synoptic Gospels, this event happen for the very end of Jesus’ public ministry, less than one week before Jesus’ death, when He return to Jerusalem for the last time. For those accounts, Jesus speak more strongly, as He talk say the people wey dey change money don turn His Father’s House to a “hideout for thieves” and no be just a “marketplace.” As Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas comment on the differences between John’s account and the Synoptic accounts, dem believe say na two different occasions wey this kind act of cleansing the Temple happen.

For the time of Jesus’ public ministry, the Jewish Temple na the place wey people dey travel go every year for Passover to offer a male lamb wey no get blemish as sacrifice. Dem dey do this to remember the first Passover for Egypt, when God free the Jews from slavery. During this celebration wey dem dey do every year, Jewish families wey travel go Jerusalem go buy lamb for sacrifice. When the appointed time reach, dem go slaughter the animal for the Temple courtyard, then carry am give the priest. The priest go collect some of the blood and sprinkle am for the altar, then remove the skin, the organs and the fat to burn as sacrifice. Dem go return the meat to the family and roast am for a pomegranate branch, so that dem fit feast on am as dem dey remember how God save their ancestors for Egypt.

Today, we see the Jewish Temple as a sign wey point ahead to Christ, the New Temple, wey also be the priest and the Lamb of Sacrifice. Remember, too, say when Jesus die, the curtain of the Temple tear into two, opening the Temple to the whole world so that everybody fit share for the Sacrifice of the Lamb of God. Now, dem don invite us enter this Holy of Holies to share for the new life of grace wey His Sacrifice bring about. Since the grace of this Sacrifice of our Lord dey enter each and every heart wey believe, to cleanse am and make am pure, then every person wey receive this grace become a new place where God dey dwell, a member of His new Temple, the Body of Christ.

When Jesus come for the Passover feast and see as dem dey buy and sell these animals for the Temple, He drive dem comot with great zeal. E clear say this holy celebration of Passover don become less of a celebration of faith and more of a marketplace to make profit. Wetin Jesus do also be sign of the zeal wey He get now as He dey seek to cleanse the temple of your soul. At first, when sin and disorder fill our souls, our Lord fit gently rebuke us, as He do the first time wey He cleanse the Temple for the Gospel of John. If we continue for our sins, then our Lord go show greater zeal as He dey cleanse us, just as He do for His final attempt to cleanse the Temple the week before He die.

Today, think deeply about how our Lord cleanse the Temple for Jerusalem two times, and apply these holy actions of Jesus to your own soul. You don fall into any new sins recently wey need gentle correction from our Lord? Any sins dey wey Jesus don dey show you for years now, but you still dey stubbornly continue inside them? Allow Am to correct you with love and cleanse you, so that His Sacrifice wey dey save, as the Lamb of God, go truly purify you, and make His judgment and wrath “pass over” you this Lent.

My Lord wey dey cleanse me, You cleanse the Temple for Jerusalem no be once, but two times. Your zeal to make the worship inside am pure dey clear. Abeg, come make my soul Your dwelling place today, and cleanse me from all sin. Abeg, help me especially to see any way wey I still dey stubbornly hold on to my sin, and abeg, cleanse those sins with great power. Jesus, na You I trust.

Gardener Wey Be God

Third Sunday for Lent (Year C)
(Note: When dem use the Scrutinies for Mass, dem fit use the reflection for Year A instead of this one.)

“‘For three years now, I don dey come look for fruit for this fig tree, but I never see any. So cut am down. Why e go dey use up the goodness of the soil?’ The man answer am, ‘Oga, leave am for this year too, and I go dig the ground around am and put fertilizer; e fit bear fruit later. If e no bear fruit, you fit cut am down.’” Luke 13:7–9

Imagine for one moment say na you get the garden of fruit trees where dem plant this fig tree. After the gardener ask you to wait one more year and promise to put fertilizer for the fig tree wey no dey bear fruit and dig the ground around am, you agree. Then imagine say you come check that same fig tree the next year. Imagine three different situations. First, wetin you go do if, once again, no fig fruit dey? Second, what if na only small fig fruit dey? Third, what if the tree suddenly bear plenty good fruit?

E dey clear say for the first situation, if the tree no bear even one fig fruit for the fourth year straight, time don reach to cut am down. This one show the justice of God wey dey come upon people wey stubbornly resist His grace. For the second situation, to decide fit hard pass. If na only small fig fruit the tree bear for the first time, maybe that one go give enough hope for the future of that tree to make the owner ask the gardener to continue to care for am. This one show people wey dey for state of grace but still dey lazy to do the will of God. But for the third situation, how the owner of the garden go react dey clear. E go get plenty joy and gratitude because the good work of the gardener don produce result.

Jesus na the Gardener, and we na the fig tree. This parable suppose make us look at our lives and examine whether we dey bear good fruit for the Kingdom of Heaven or not. Jesus dey come meet you to work the soil of your heart, put His holy Word like fertilizer, water am with His Sacraments, and do everything wey E fit do to give you the chance to produce the fruit of love for God and your neighbour for your life. How much result these actions of our Lord dey produce for your life?

Too many times, when we see say our lives dey bear only small good fruit, we dey satisfied. And even though any good fruit na good thing, we dey waste our lives if we no do everything wey we fit do to bear as much fruit as possible. Imagine the joy for the Hearts of our Lord and the Father for Heaven if Dem look at you and see say you dey bear good fruit pass wetin Dem expect. Why this one no go be your goal for life? Our Lord dey patient, but E also dey just. No test His patience, and no let His justice come upon you.

Today, think deeply about this picture of yourself as the fig tree and our Lord as the Gardener wey be God. Give yourself fully to the work wey E dey do to dig your soil and put fertilizer. You dey do this when you strengthen your commitment to read and understand the Word of God, take part more fully for the Sacraments, put more attention for your daily prayer, examine your conscience more thoroughly, and confess your sins with sincere heart. Do everything wey you fit do to cooperate with the work of our Gardener wey be God, and the good fruit wey go begin come out plenty from your life go amaze you.

My Gardener wey be God, You don give Yourself to the humble work of tilling the ground of my heart and making am fertile with Your plenty mercy. Today, I choose to respond to Your grace, and I pray make the way I dey cooperate with You produce plenty good fruit for my life, for Your glory and to build up Your Kingdom. Jesus, na You I trust.

Wetin God Dey Allow Make E Happen

Monday of the Third Week of Lent

When the people for the synagogue hear this, all of them vex well-well. Dem stand up, drive am comot from the town, and carry am go the edge of the hill wey dem build their town on top, so dem fit throw am down head first. But e pass through their middle and go im way. Luke 4:28–30

One of the first places wey Jesus go to begin Im public ministry na Im own hometown. After E enter the Synagogue and read from Prophet Isaiah, Jesus announce say the prophecy of Isaiah don now come true for Im own person. This one make the people of Im town vex for Am well-well, because dem think say E dey blaspheme. So, to everybody shock, dem try to kill Jesus that same time: dem drive Am comot from their town go the edge of one hill, where dem plan to throw Am down. But then, something wey really catch attention happen. Jesus “pass through their middle and go Im way.”

Later, the Father allow the terrible evil of Im Son death to happen, but na only for the time wey E choose. This passage no make am clear how Jesus take escape death that time, for the beginning of Im ministry. But wetin dey important to know na say E fit escape because Im time never reach. The Father still get more work for Jesus to do before E go allow Am to freely offer Im life for the salvation of the world.

Na so e still be for our own lives. Sometimes, God dey allow evil to happen because of the gift of free will wey E give us and wey E no go take back. When people choose evil, God dey allow dem to go ahead—but one condition always dey. The condition na say God dey allow people to do evil to others only when that evil fit, for the end, serve God glory and bring some kind of good. And E dey allow am only for Im own time. If we ourselves do evil, as we choose sin instead of wetin God want, the evil wey we do go end with us losing grace. But when we dey faithful to God and another person make us suffer evil, God dey allow this only when E fit redeem that evil and use am for Im glory.

Of course, the best example of this na the suffering and death of Jesus. The good wey come from that event far greater than the evil itself. But God allow am only when the right time reach, according to Im will.

Today, think deeply about this glorious truth: any evil or suffering wey person unjustly cause you fit end with glory for God and greater salvation for souls. No matter wetin you fit suffer for life, if God allow am, then e always dey possible for that suffering to share in the power of the Cross wey dey redeem us. Think about any suffering wey you don endure and freely accept am, as you know say if God allow am, E surely get one greater purpose for mind. Hand that suffering over to God with full confidence and trust, and allow God to do glorious things through am.

God of all wisdom, I know say You know everything and say You fit use everything for Your glory and for the salvation of my soul. Help me to trust You, especially when I dey endure suffering for life. Make I no ever lose hope when people treat me unjustly, and make my hope always dey in You and in Your power to redeem all things. Jesus, na You I trust.

Forgiveness Wey Come from the Heart

Tuesday for the Third Week of Lent

Peter come meet Jesus and ask Him, “Lord, if my brother sin against me, how many times I must forgive am? Up to seven times?” Jesus answer, “I tell you, no be seven times, but seventy-seven times.” Matthew 18:21–22

To forgive another person no easy. To continue to vex dey much easier. This line wey dem quote above na the introduction to the Parable of the Servant Wey No Gree Forgive. For that parable, Jesus make am clear say if we want make God forgive us, then we must forgive others. If we refuse to forgive, we fit dey sure say God too go refuse to forgive us.

Peter fit don think say the question wey e ask Jesus show say e really ready to forgive plenty. E clear say Peter don dey think about wetin Jesus teach concerning forgiveness, and e don ready to take the next step to forgive freely. But Jesus answer to Peter make am clear say the forgiveness wey Peter get for mind no reach at all compared with the forgiveness wey our Lord require.

The parable wey Jesus then tell show us one man wey im master forgive one very big debt. Later, when that man meet one person wey owe am small debt, e no forgive the person the same way wey im master forgive am. Because of this, the master of that man wey dem forgive the very big debt vex well-well and demand again say make e pay the whole debt. Then Jesus end the parable with one statement wey shock people. E talk say, “Then im master vex and hand am over to the people wey go torture am until e pay back the whole debt. Na so My Father for heaven go do to una, unless each of una forgive im brother from im heart.”

Make you note say di forgiveness wey God expect us to give other people na di one wey come from di heart. And make you note say if we no forgive, dem go “hand us over to people wey go torture us.” These words serious well-well. By “people wey go torture us,” make we understand say di sin of refusing to forgive another person dey bring plenty pain inside our heart. When we hold on to anger, this thing dey “torture” us for one kind way. Sin always dey affect us like this, and na for our own good. Na one way wey God dey always challenge us to change. So, di only way to get freedom from this kind torture wey our sin dey cause inside us na to overcome that sin. For this case, na to overcome di sin of refusing to forgive.

Today, think deeply about how God don call you to forgive completely. If you still feel anger for your heart against another person, continue to work on am. Forgive again and again. Pray for that person. No judge or condemn am. Forgive, forgive, forgive, and God go give you His plenty mercy too.

My Lord wey dey forgive, I thank You for Your mercy wey deep pass wetin anybody fit understand. I thank You because You dey willing to forgive me again and again. Abeg, give me heart wey worthy of that forgiveness by helping me to forgive everybody to the same extent wey You don forgive me. My dear Lord, I forgive everybody wey don sin against me. Help me to continue to do so from deep inside my heart. Jesus, na You I trust.

Di Highest Level of di New Law

Wednesday for Third Week of Lent

“I no come to abolish, but to fulfil. Amen, I dey tell una, until heaven and earth pass away, even di smallest letter or di smallest part of any letter no go pass from di law, until everything don happen.” Matthew 5:17–18

Di Old Law, wey be di law from di Old Testament, give different rules about how people suppose live, and rules for worship ceremonies too. Jesus make am clear say He no dey abolish everything wey God teach through Moses and di Prophets. Na because di New Testament bring di Old Testament reach im fullness and make am complete. So, dem no abolish anything from di old; dem fulfil am and make am complete.

Di rules about how people suppose live for di Old Testament na laws wey mainly come from wetin human reason fit understand. E make sense say person no suppose kill, steal, commit adultery, lie, and so on. E still make sense say people suppose honour and respect God. Di Ten Commandments and di other laws about how people suppose live still stand today. But Jesus carry us go much further. He no only call us to keep these commandments for deeper way; He still promise di gift of grace so that we fit fulfil dem. So, “You no go kill” get deeper meaning: we must forgive people wey dey persecute us fully and completely.

E good to note say di deeper meaning wey Jesus give di law about how people suppose live actually pass wetin human reason alone fit understand. “You no go kill” make sense to almost everybody, but “love your enemies and pray for people wey dey persecute you” na new law about how to live wey person fit understand only with di help of grace. But without grace, di natural human mind alone no fit reach this new commandment.

To understand this one dey help well-well, because plenty times, na only our human reason we dey depend on as we dey live our life and decide wetin good or bad to do. And even though our human reason go always direct us away from di wrong things wey clear pass, e alone no go fit guide us reach di highest level of perfection for how we dey live. We need grace to understand this high calling. Na only through grace we fit understand and fulfil di call to carry our crosses and follow Christ.

Today, think deeply about your own calling to perfection. If you no understand how God fit expect you to dey perfect, then pause and think about di fact say you dey right—human reason alone no fit understand am! Pray make di light of grace fill your human reason, so that you no go only understand your high calling to perfection, but you go also receive di grace wey you need to reach am.

My Jesus wey high pass all, You don call us to reach new height of holiness. You don call us to be perfect. Give my mind light, my dear Lord, so that I fit understand this high calling, and pour out Your grace so that I fit fully accept and carry out my duty to do wetin right. Jesus, na You I trust.

Di Kingdom of God Don Reach Us

Thursday for Third Week of Lent

“But if na with the finger of God I dey drive demons comot, then the Kingdom of God don come upon una.” Luke 11:20

Di Kingdom of God fit come upon us for different ways. Di words from today Gospel wey dey above come for di middle of one story about Jesus as He dey drive demon comot from one man wey no fit talk. As soon as dem drive di demon comot, di man wey no fit talk begin talk, and everybody wonder. And even though some people wonder and their faith grow because of wetin happen, other people turn their wonder into thinking wey no get sense.

Di thinking wey no get sense for some of dem be say dem see wetin Jesus do, but dem no want accept say His power na divine power. So, some of dem talk say, “Na by di power of Beelzebul, di prince of demons, he dey drive demons comot.” Dem no fit deny say Jesus drive demon comot, because dem see am happen with their own eyes. But dem no want accept say Jesus na God, so dem rush conclude, without sense, say na by di power of “di prince of demons” Jesus do wetin He do.

This stand wey some people dey take, wey no follow sense, na one of the most dangerous stands wey person fit take. Na the stand of heart wey hard. Dem see powerful evidence of the power of God at work, but dem refuse to respond with faith to wetin dem see. For people wey their heart hard, when the Kingdom of God come upon dem, as Jesus talk above, the result na say dem react with violence, anger and without sense. This kind reaction dey very common today for the secular world. For example, plenty people for secular media dey always react with violence and without sense to everything wey be part of the Kingdom of God. Because of this, the evil one dey easily lead plenty people astray, dey cause confusion and disorder.

For people wey get eye to see clearly, this violent rejection of the Kingdom of God wey no get sense dey very clear. And for people wey get faith and open heart, the pure message of the Gospel be like water for soul wey don dry and dey thirsty well-well. Dem receive am fully, and e refresh dem well-well. For dem, when the Kingdom of God come reach dem, e dey give dem strength, inspire dem, and move dem with holy zeal to spread God Kingdom. Wetin no get sense dey disappear, and God pure Truth dey prevail.

Today, reflect on your heart. Any way dey wey you dey harden your heart? Any teaching from Christ and His Church dey wey temptation dey push you to reject? Any truth dey wey you need to hear for your personal life, but you dey find am hard to open your heart to am? Pray make the Kingdom of God come upon you today and every day, and as e dey come, make you be powerful instrument wey God go use establish His Kingdom for this world.

My glorious King of all, You get all power and full authority over everything. Abeg, come use Your authority for my life. Come establish Your Kingdom. I pray make my heart always dey open to You and to the direction wey You dey give. Jesus, na You I trust.

No Hold Anything Back

Friday of di Third Week of Lent

“Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God na the only Lord! Make you love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Mark 12:29–30

Why you go choose anything wey less than to love the Lord your God with ALL your heart, with ALL your soul, with ALL your mind, and with ALL your strength? Why you go choose anything wey less than this? True-true, we dey choose plenty other things to love for life, even though Jesus make this commandment clear.

The truth be say the only way to love other people, and even to love ourselves, na to choose to love God with ALL wey we be. Na God alone our love must centre on. But wetin dey amazing be say, the more we dey do this, the more we dey realise say the love wey dey our lives na love wey dey overflow again and again, beyond measure. And na this love for God wey dey overflow come dey pour reach other people.

But if we try to divide our love by our own effort, dey give God only part of our heart, soul, mind and strength, then our love for God no fit grow and overflow the way God want. We dey limit how much we fit love, and we dey fall into selfishness. Love for God na truly wonderful gift when e complete and e take over our whole being.

Each of these parts of our lives deserve make we reflect on am and examine am. Think about your heart and how God dey call you to love Am with your heart. And how this one take different from to love God with your soul? E fit be say your heart dey focus more on your feelings, emotions and compassion. E fit be say your soul concern spiritual things more. The more your mind dey search deep into His Truth, the more e dey love God; and your strength na your zeal and wetin dey drive you for life. No matter how you understand the different parts of your being, the main thing be say every part must love God fully.

Today, reflect on this beautiful commandment of our Lord. Na commandment of love, and God no give us this commandment so much for His own sake as for our own. God want fill us with love until e dey overflow. Why we go ever choose anything wey less than this?

My loving Lord, Your love for me no get end, and e perfect for every way. I pray make I learn to love You with every part of my being, without holding anything back, and make my love for You dey grow deeper every day. As I dey grow for that love, I thank You because that love dey overflow, and I pray make this love wey I get for You flow enter the hearts of people around me. Jesus, na You I trust.

God Dey Make Person Righteous Through Mercy

Saturday for the Third Week of Lent

Jesus tell this parable to people wey dey sure say dem righteous and wey dey look down on everybody else. “Two people go up to the Temple area to pray; one na Pharisee and the other na tax collector.” Luke 18:9–10

This passage from Scripture introduce the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. Both of dem go the Temple to pray, but their prayers different well-well. The Pharisee prayer no honest at all, but the tax collector prayer sincere and honest well-well. Jesus end by saying na the tax collector go home as person wey God don make righteous, no be the Pharisee. He talk say, “…because anybody wey exalt imself, dem go humble am, and anybody wey humble imself, dem go exalt am.”

True humility simply mean to dey honest. Too many times for life, we no dey honest with ourselves, and because of that, we no dey honest with God. So, for our prayer to be true prayer, e must come with honesty and humility. And na the prayer of the tax collector express this humble truth about all our lives best, as e pray say, “O God, show me mercy, sinner wey I be.”

How easy e be for you to admit your sin? When we understand God mercy, this humility dey much easier. God no be God wey dey harsh, but na God wey His mercy no get equal. When we understand say wetin God desire pass na to forgive us and reconcile us to Himself, then we go deeply desire to dey honest and humble before Am.

Lent na important time for us to check our conscience well well and make new decisions about how we go live from now on. If we do so, e go bring new freedom and grace enter our lives. So no fear to check your conscience with honest heart, so that you go see your sin clearly as God dey see am. If you do so, you go fit pray this prayer of the tax collector: “O God, have mercy on me, sinner.”

Today, think deeply about your sin. Which one you dey struggle with pass now? Any sins dey from your past wey you never confess? Any sins dey wey you still dey commit, wey you dey find excuse for, ignore, and fear to face? Get courage and know say true humility na the road to freedom, and na the only way to experience how God dey make person righteous before Him.

My merciful Lord, I thank You because You dey love me with perfect love. I thank You for Your mercy wey deep beyond wetin person fit imagine. Help me to see all my sins and turn to You with honest and humble heart, so that I fit dey free from these burdens and become righteous before You. Jesus, na You I trust.