Faith

     
Daniel was a good enough chap, he was smart, handsome with a biting sense of humor. He was an inch or two taller than short, but didn't quite make it to being tall. He was a nice chocolate complexion, with straight white teeth, that produces the perfect smile. He was with an organisation, earning a reasonable salary, he was quite comfortable.
   Then, Daniel found Faith. He was invited to a church by a lady he was interested in, and suddenly, he was touched, and went forward for the altar call. Since then, his life has never been the same. He prayed 5 hours each day, wore nothing more than material trousers and dress shirts, and never looked at 'sisters' to avoid temptation.
     He had joined the club of those who quote their pastors but never the scriptures. Before talking for 5 mins, he was sure to have said "my pastor said" 3 times. He would fight you for saying his pastor's name without the preceding honorific, as it was disrespect to his man of God. He would pray with his pastor's name rather than the name of Christ.
      At a point, "pastor Daniel" as he demanded they call him, lost his job. He would sit at home and say with Faith, "i call forth my job" because according to him, his pastor said, "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen".
    Once, he was diagnosed with MRSA infection, and was prescribed some antibiotics but he refused to get them because he had Faith. Daniel says he can walk into a Bank, after pronouncing that he had a million Naira in his account, - when his last account balance check showed he had only #1,420:53, - and tell the customer care representative he wants his account balance and it would come out to be #1,001,420:53 because he had Faith. Anyone who doubted this was no christian and not fit to be his friend. And anyone belonging to another denomination other than his own was no Christian.
     Yes, Daniel has found Faith, but seemed to have lost rationality and logic.

Tell us about any Daniel you may know who doesn't know that "Faith without works is dead".

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