Detox with Abi

Often times, some of my learners use negative remarks and derogatory phrases when they find it challenging to regulate their emotions. So, for instance, when a learner says “f…king hell!”, my response will be - Language! it’s glorious heaven”. Sometimes explaining to the learners the implications of their words. By the way, if you’re wondering why my learner(s) swears. I teach learners with SEMH n...

The Power of Thank You Early this week, I needed my four year old son to help me with an item. I asked him “Would you please get your sister’s pair of tight for me? I said ‘thank you’ immediately after the request. Guess what he responded with - “Mom! I did not even say I will go and you said ‘thank you’! That response was a huge surprise to me and I said “come on” with a soft tone. I heard him as...

So I went into this beautiful toilet and discovered that there was no provision for handwash…… What?! That was my reaction. “How can a luxurious building with fanciful rest rooms like these not provide hand wash.” I said to myself, rolling my eyes after looking around the toilet with no sign of handwash facility, except for tap water. And to top it all up- there was no one there to observe or ask....

Growing Green in God’s Presence The psalmist said in Psalms 52 vs 8- he is like an olive tree planted in God’s house. “And I’m an olive tree, growing green in God’s house. I trusted in the generous mercy of God then and now.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭52:8‬ ‭MSG‬‬ David composed the psalms when Doeg betrayed him to king Saul saying that “David has come to the house of Ahimelech”. Saul at this time had attempted t...

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Happy new year to you dear listeners! Happy 2022 to you! I am Abimbola Arawande, the host of Detox with Abi podcast published to encourage change within by God’s way of thinking, with the Word of God. In Christ, I am looking forward to a more beautiful and satisfying one. Yes! This year, the word PRESENCE is continuously resonating with me: "Do not leave my presence." (Do not depart from God's pre...

A huge “Shout Outs” to you all - all my dear and precious listeners from United Kingdom, United States, Norway, Nigeria, Germany, Philippines, Switzerland, Jamaica, Brazil, Estonia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Netherlands, India, Vietnam, New Zealand and Ethiopia. Yes! Detox with Abi reached listeners from 18 countries this year! I just want to say a huge ‘thank you’ for joining me this...

Thank you so far, dear listeners - ‘having a break until 2nd week Dec.

(II King 5) Sometimes, your God-sent helpers do not look like one. They do not look like someone or people who can or will help you so there is need to keep reminding ourselves not to despise anyone. In the case of Namaan, it was his wife’s maid who was captured during one of raiding expeditions against Israel. “Naaman was general of the army under the king of Aram. He was important to his master,...

(Psalms 55:22) Surrender your pain to the Lord Surrender the hurts Surrender the the anxieties Surrender everything to the Lord I am just prompted today to tell someone this morning, to surrender all to the Lord This morning, as I drove past somewhere, a memory gushed in and I thank God for how He took over the situations for my good and my family. My mind went back to couple of events where God h...

(Romans 8) Do you ever wonder how to have the mind of God? Is it really possible to have the mind of God? I’ve got good news for you. Yes! It is possible! It is doable! You can have the mind of God! You wonder ‘how’? As a child of God, you have the Spirit of God in dwelling you the moment you accepted Christ as your Lord and Saviour. As you study the Word of God, and you live your life by the Word...

Joshua 5-6 I was part of the kids team on Sunday and what we focused on was the story of Joshua and the wall of Jericho. It was so much fun. We watched the story of how God spoke to Joshua telling him that He has given the the city of Jericho to him and the people of Isreal. God then instructed Joshua to gather all his soldiers and march around the city. They were to circle the city once, for six...

(1 Kings 19) It’s been a pleasure and privilege to work with you. Your kindness and care for the people around you are a joy to behold. The very best of good fortune to you for your future. God bless, love. I was tidying up clothes in the wardrobe when I discovered one a ‘thank you’ note given to me by one of my previous colleagues on the 26th of Aug, 2016. I smiled😊 I actually giggled when I rea...

Psalms 37:39-40 God is mindful of your love for Him God is mindful of your faith in Him and His Word and Way He is your Saviour even in your time of trouble He lives in you as strength Because of your faith in the Lord, He had made available for your feast of His help and protection from all evil. “But the Lord will be the Savior of all who love him. Even in their time of trouble, God will live in...

Rom 12:1-2 When you allow the Word of God to inform how you think, you will be empowered to discern God’s will to live beautiful, satisfying and perfect life in His eyes. This is our true calling anyway - to daily surrender ourselves as living sacrifices, living holy as He has called us to live. “Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselve...

Kingdom’s way of success is totally different from the world’s method of success. Jesus mentioned in John 14:24 “Let me make this clear: A single grain of wheat will never be more than a single grain of wheat unless it drops into the ground and dies. Because then it sprouts and produces a great harvest of wheat—all because one grain died. “ Jesus used the analogy I read from John 14:24 to describe...

Ecclesiastes 3:1 Work at it! Keep working at it!! The phase you are right now will not be for ever Just do the needful Do the right thing at the right time Time is ticking Time is not on the hold for you “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3:1‬ ‭KJV‬‬ “There is a right time for everything. Everything on earth has its special season.” ‭...

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the thron...

Matthew 20:28 “just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [paying the price to set them free from the penalty of sin].”” ‭ We are called to DIE to self We are called to be truly ALIVE in Christ We are called to BECOME like Jesus We are called to LINK others directly to JESUS There is no better time than this to start, rekindle or deepe...

Matthew 11:28-30 I thought I should again share my secret with you The secret of being refreshed Having peace of mind in the midst of overwhelming circumstances Do not get me wrong 😑 I get tired, worn out and also burnt out when I focus on my strength But when I remember the royal Invitation by the Prince of peace Himself, the life-Giver , the strength-Giver; the Wisdom of God- I get away with Hi...

2 Chronicles 13:10-12 No one, nothing ever fights against God and wins the battle. No one, nothing ever fights against God’s people - who truly know God as their Father and Head, and wins the battle. So was the case of king Jeroboam who set out with his 800,000 Israelites men in a battle with God’s people in Judah. There is one exciting thing about knowing who and whose you are! That was the story...

2 Tim 3:16; Gen 2:15- Gen 3:16 There is something about my local church that I can not resist- Making Jesus known- in word and deed. Our mission to make Jesus known to our local communities and to the nations of the world. So, we have been on series called Re-dig the Well. Jon, one of the leaders focused on “Re-dig the well of the Word” His two focal scriptural verses were 2 Tim 3:16 Gen 2:15- Gen...

Christ be magnified in me is a song by Cody Carnes. We sang the song today in our local church. This is to remind us that God wants to be magnified in and through us this week. Oh! Christ be magnified Let His praise arise Christ be magnified in me Oh! Christ be magnified From the altar of my life Christ be magnified in me I won't bow to idols, I'll stand strong and worship You And if it puts me in...

(Romans 15:1-2) Strength is for service, not status. I fell in love with the phrase when I read it from the MESSAGE translation of Romans 15:1-2 Are you matured in faith? “Then your goal must be to empower others to do what is right and good for them, and to bring them into spiritual maturity.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭15:2‬ TPT Are you strong and able in the faith? “Then your goal is to lend a hand to those wh...

(2 Chronicles 10) Who you move with, matters Who your children grow up with matters There is an adage in my language that says “Àgùtàn tó bá bá ajá rìn á jẹ ìgbẹ́, ajá tó bá bá ewúrẹ́ rìn á jẹ èpo iṣu” a sheep that moves with dogs will eat feace and a dog that moves with flock of sheep will eat yam peels. Meaning- We will reflect the company we keep. When king Solomon slept on, Jeroboam, Solomon’s...