Thomas is the youth president of my fellowship. I once had a crush on him but somehow it disappeared and we became very close friends. When he proposed to a sister in the ushering department, I knew. When she agreed to his proposal, I was the first person he told. There was rarely any step …
Recently, one of my teens reached out to me on WhatsApp. ‘Can we go back to the days we read the scriptures together?’ I smiled, knowing how he looked forward to the evenings when we talked about the chapter we had read for the day. But the cares of this life just sucked that away. …
People take a break from their daily schedules for different reasons. Some do it to reflect on how far they’ve gone with their goals, others see it as an opportunity to rebound and strategize, while some consider it a time to generate new ideas. For whatever reason people carve out time to stay away from …
Life. Sometimes, the ride is smooth and at other times we find ourselves at the bottom rung of the ladder and we wonder if we will ever see any visible progress. Each day is saddled with its own challenges. There are unexpected circumstances, dreams hoped for, longings unreached and pains tugging at our hearts. Constantly …
Many times when I sit under a preacher and he says, ‘And God told me…’ or, ‘I heard God clearly when He said…’ I wonder how this communication happens. Does God speak in a loud and forceful manner? Why was He not speaking to me? Was something wrong with me? Are these people special in …
If you have not worked in Lagos before, you may not understand how difficult it is for Christians to maintain a spiritual walk with God in that busy city. I still remember when I first got a job there. I had waited for close to a year searching for a job and one day, I …
Oga Gbenga hit me on my right cheek, then on the left, and right, and left again. I staggered and fell to my knees in the small, slightly-lit room where we were, my eye fixed on the heavily built policeman in a stinking over-sized black uniform. His breath reeked of alcohol. I longed to strangle …
Recently, I read an article by Jerry Jenkins( author of Left Behind) where he wrote in details his encounters with Billy Graham. The part that struck me was the interview Jerry Jenkins had with this great man of God. He asked the Evangelist how he maintained his spiritual discipline. Billy Graham answered by reminding him …
We fall so quickly into temptation because we forget who we are in Christ. We fail to realise that merely listening to a sermon one time or reading a scripture that borders on our identity only on a Sunday morning will not create the change we desperately seek. Many believers get frustrated and wonder if …
Some months back, I read one of Kenneth Hagin’s books. I can’t remember the title now. But in that book, I was challenged when he wrote about how for many years, he prayed over one particular verse in the book of Ephesians. It was a scripture where Paul asked God to grant unto the Ephesians …