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1 of 2: PUBLIC SPEAKING – [NEW BOOK] Defeating The Devil Inside (Subtitle: Travails of a Young Believer, and His Misguided Female Convert)
On the surface, my new book’s title – Defeating the Devil Inside – and its story line, suggest it’s primarily about religion i.e. the devil, angels and Christians battling evil (It’s actually based on the script for a play I wrote in 1987 at the age of 17 – which was dramatized during the Youth Week of Christ Baptist Church, Gbagada, Lagos-Nigeria).
The truth is however that the story teaches adults – regardless of religious preferences – who wish to LIVE right before the Creator, that they WILL be continually tested in various ways, in their efforts to achieve their goals and dreams.
So, the message in this book is NOT really a religious message as such. Instead it is one for ALL who wish to connect with the Creator and let Him direct their affairs daily.
You can be an adherent of any faith.
What matters is that you BELIEVE in the almighty God, and in His ability to reward you for living a life worthy of His approval. Adversity will be visited on you from far and near. Friends, even loved ones, may let you down or even plot to bring you down. But if you have unflinching faith in God, NOTHING they do will make you fail or fall.
“Defeating The Devil Inside” illustrates the foregoing, based on the narrative of the travails of a young believer and his young female convert.
In spite of a series of painful setbacks in his personal and work life, the young man remains courageously faithful to God, and supports the young lady with unconditional Christian love even when she strays off the path, into bad company.
Lessons to be learnt from this young man’s example include:
> The importance of staying strong in times of adversity, keeping faith that God is in control
> The value of loving others unconditionally, and supporting them no matter how badly they fall or fail, or how hard things get for YOU, or them.
> The need to take diligent personal action, with prayerful faith for God’s guidance, to turn bad circumstances around for the better.
> The understanding that sometimes hardships befall us because God wants us to learn something important i.e. not all setbacks are negative.
> The insight to know that when we’re going through adversity, some tempting offers of help we get may NOT be from God. Sometimes accepting such “help” may lead us to bigger problems.
> The foresight to develop competencies that boost one’s ability to achieve financial security, without needing a job (Mention is made in the story, of the real world Vocational Skills Training programmes provided by Omowale Ola’s Foundation for Skills Development in Lagos-Nigeria).
It goes without saying that when I wrote the original script almost 3 decades ago as a teenager, I was NOT thinking like I AM now!
[Above: A photo of the original handwritten script from back in 1987, which I stumbled upon while doing some packing in the house in Lagos. As you can see, the pages are really worn out. It took some effort to type out the first 2 pages, as the writing had almost faded out completely.]
Years of exposure to the realities of the real world as an adult have influenced me to use that same story in this manner.
For instance the original story ends with the young believer and his convert finding better jobs than those they lost. This book’s version ends with the young man attending vocational skills training after a futile job search, and then starting a small business – after which he then gets a job. But he continues running his business part time.
That’s more consistent with the realities of today’s world compared to 1987!
Now, despite making slight modifications to the story line to reflect current realities (e.g. use of phone SMS) as well as deliberate emphasis on the wisdom, in today’s world, of developing competencies and nurturing talents/abilities to gain financial security (via references to Vocational Skills Training programmes run by the Foundation for Skills Development – FSD), I have retained most aspects of the narrative regarding the DEVIL in their original form.
Above: Photo is of page 8 that I cut and kept, from Sunday Punch of 11th July 2010 – it’s a special report on Omowale Ola’s Foundation for Skills Development (http:// www.fieldofskillsanddreams. com/). In the book, I deliberately used FSD as a reference in the revised story line, for the main character (John)’s self-transformation – he attended a 7 month “carpentary” program at FSD and launched his own venture.
As a green-eyed first year undergraduate in Nigeria’s University of Ibadan, I wrote the original story with a VERY different conception of the “Devil” (a key character in the story), to what I have now – 28 years on.
In this book therefore, the “devil” is NO longer really the devil in the sense of the “biblical fallen angel” – lurking around trying to lure believers to sin.
The message I want to pass about the “DEVIL” is a bit deeper now.
Today – for me – the “devil” as presented in this story is not the one commonly talked about.
Instead THIS devil is the kind that gets to us in real life, in form of a “naughty inner voice”, as well as via “naughty people” we encounter daily (e.g. friends, clients, even relatives) in society, who may try to make us do wrong in thought, words and actions!
The story’s characters are made to engage in serious internal dialogues when faced with adversity.
This illustrates the battles we often fight INSIDE ourselves (hence the title “Defeating The Devil Inside”) when going through hard times or dealing with temptations.
This book’s narrative therefore gives YOU an opportunity to consider how you behave under difficult situations, from the perspective of an observer.
Hopefully it will help you realize the need to maintain absolute and unquestioning faith in the Creator’s ability to SAVE you, no matter how much trouble or tribulations you face, so you never resort to doing things you’ll be ashamed of.
Final Words: I recommend you order a copy of this book for yourself, and a loved one…
I intend to use the money from sales made to organize dramatization of the story by young children, by liaising with socio-cultural organizations everywhere I travel – even here in Benin Republic (a French language version will be written).
Like I mentioned earlier, I actually acted the role of Devil when this script of mine was dramatized in Christ Baptist Church back in 1987.
It was great fun for all the kids involved, and I personally came away BELIEVING that the happy ending of that story was destined to be the case for ALL who acted in line with God’s will.
It’s why today, I live my life that way (i.e. acting in line with the Creator’s will). That’s why I want my kids to do the same thing.
Drama is a powerful medium for communication and instruction.
The process of reading their lines, and acting out their roles, will help them internalize the message, and hopefully imbibe the morals/values being advocated for adoption.
The purpose is also to build their confidence and skills in reading, comprehension, critical thinking as well as public speaking, among other benefits.
In case you wonder, I happen to be blessed with six (6) kids. Except for the youngest who is a year old, the others are of ripe enough age to play the different characters.
The three eldest of the 5, are boys aged 16, 14 and 12 respectively, while the girls are 9 and 6 years old.
It’s also why I share this script with YOU…so that you and your kids can do the same thing.
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