Patience Ekechukwu (aka Pat Eke) is a Mentor to Women, Lay Pastor, and Conversational, Interactive Speaker sharing Biblical, Life-lessons and Encouragement. You'll be inspired and empowered to trust more and to live out your God-given purpose. Come discover what on earth you're here for.
Patience Chinyere Ekechukwu is a devoted woman of faith, passionately pursuing God's purpose for her life. Rooted in the truth of 1 Timothy 4:12, she seeks to be an example in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity. As a daughter of the King (Jesus), she strives to shine His marvelous light in all she does, mentoring and encouraging other young women to grow in Christ. With a heart for service and a deep love for God's Word, she embraces her calling as God's Handmaid, walking in grace, wisdom, and strength. Whether through ministry, mentorship, or daily living, she is committed to glorifying God and inspiring others to do the same. She is the founder of God's Handmaids - A mentorship program for young women focused on purity, purpose and faith in Christ.
She holds a PhD in Psychology and Chrisitan Counseling; Master's Degree in Development Studies and has over 15 years' experience working as a Development Professional in Multilateral Development Systems.
Welcome to 12-Minute Converse with Jesus Believers.
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God chose first to have a conversation with us, his creation.
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Our prayer is that this listening space brings growth and transforms your life forever.
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Praise God for you, creations.
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What part of the world are you in today?
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Today, I'm in Nigeria.
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Nigeria is located in West Africa.
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Please explain what it means to be God's handmaid.
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God's handmaid actually came to my mind when I remember the greetings that the angel gave to Mary.
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When the angel came to tell her about a virgin, or conceive and have Jesus, and the angel said, you are God's handmaid.
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Oh no, Mary said to the angel, you are God's handmaid.
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When I started life in high school, I came to know Jesus.
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In my secondary school level, I noticed that things began to turn around.
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Things that were supposed to be very difficult for me were just becoming easy.
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And every phase of my life was just coming in stages.
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From one step to the other, you know, opening up.
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At some point I saw myself, secondary school is gone, the university education is gone.
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You know, what comes at the time I need them.
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And then I had to look back and say, yes, this is what it means to be God's handmaid.
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When you know him, that was a purpose he has created you to fulfill.
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And those purposes from one step to the other, they just come like a knot.
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They begin to join together.
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And then I said to myself, I am God's handmaid.
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And then I've also founded a mentorship program to nurture young people to also understand that they are also God's handmaids.
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And what it means to be God's handmaid is to be completely, you know, giving over to God, to Jesus Christ, to say, Lord, I am here to fulfill a purpose.
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And I depend on you to lead me through that journey.
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I think that's just my concept about calling myself God's handmaid.
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And then also calling the young ones that are in my mentorship group, God's handmaid.
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Because sometimes I call them by name, I say, you are God's handmaid.
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And they are so happy to, you know, to connect to that name.
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It feels as though there's a tremendous awareness within yourself of not just God's voice, but your voice.
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Where did that come from?
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I would say it came from two different perspectives.
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One, a person that is born of God, that is owned by Jesus Christ, that is a Jesus follower.
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Then the other part of me is as a mentor who is a professional in the development sphere.
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Where I look, you know, those are the two things.
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And at some point I had to, you know, make my faith in Christ connected to the community work, community development sector where I work.
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Now, the voice does not only echo the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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It also echoes that every young person or every young woman is created to fulfill a purpose.
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And the purpose starts with having an identity, understanding who they are as an identity, you know, understanding that they are created in this world to fulfill a purpose.
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And in the development sector, I have also been able to interact with young women who are not also of the Christian faith.
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And then being able to connect with them shows that I've interacted with a lot of young people in the communities that some of them who are supposed to be in high school, they are already with babies.
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And some are into something that look like marriages, you know, at that level.
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And then they've lost hope.
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So at that point, the religion also plays a lot on the faith, my faith.
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Because Jesus said, Jesus demonstrated love on the cross of Calvary.
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So that love is what propels me to move forward.
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And by the time I display that love in the communities, it's very easy to connect to all the young women within the community.
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And then mentorship begins to come in.
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And then purpose is the next thing.
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And then dignity, purity, you know, those are the things that follow suit once we are connected.
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So I would say that my faith in Christ has really given me that part of love to care for the often forgotten in our society, the poor, the neglected.
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And then my relationship also as a pastor, early pastor in the Anglican community, also gave me that edge.
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So imagine you're listening to this conversation five years from today.
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What's a message you'd leave for future you listening to this?
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We are not here by accident.
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Our life was created for a purpose.
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And that purpose is rooted in God.
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And no matter where we find ourselves, no matter what we do, we should try to spread love.
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Love.
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Christ represented love for mankind.
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And his death on the cross of Calvary showed that, depicted that clearly, love is important.
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And no matter where we are right now, whether we feel clear or confused, whether we are struggling, God has not finished with us yet.
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God has not finished with us yet.
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Sometimes we feel pressure.
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Sometimes it can be confusing.
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Let's not be discouraged.
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Let's stay connected.
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Let's stay faithful to the little things.
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Little things that we can do to help ourselves and to help humanity.
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Stay faithful.
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Trust God that he is leading us step by step.
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And most importantly, let us ensure that our path, our calling, our life, they are all making a difference in our world.
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Patience.
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I thank you so much for passing by, having a conversation, sharing a snippet of the work that you're doing.
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I appreciate you tremendously.
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This is a pleasure, a treasure.
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Thank you for being on What is Inspired by Twelve and the Convos.
