Many years ago, I wished a Pastor somewhere could just tell me exactly what decisions to make or what I was called to do with my life. Something like, ‘Thus saith the Lord, ife-grace, you are going to become an entrepreneur’ or ‘you will go into full time ministry reaching young adults for Christ’ or …
Read the first part here This second part of the story is told by the brother himself. ***** After that encounter with Cecilia, she never called me again and I was so happy that finally, I could stand my ground and overcome this thing called sexual sin. I became zealous for God. I was active …
‘I am a christian. Can I listen to secular Music’ is an article by Akande Olatunji. One morning like that, my little brother was singing. I didn’t hear what he was saying clearly, but the tone was quite intoxicating. I was shaking my head as he sang. Suddenly, the lyrics became clearer and I moved …
You are a brother. When you got to your place of primary assignment somewhere in Port Harcourt, you vowed to serve God and obey all his commands but barely two months into your youth service, Cecilia moved into your apartment. You had met her few weeks after you arrived, at the supermarket just down your …
Waiting is hard, people. What makes it seem so difficult is the connection it has with our desires. What do I mean? If you do not desire something, there will not be any anticipation in your heart for it. We lose patience and allow worry to settle in our minds only on issues that matter …
In my last post on the lessons from Galatians, I announced that Galatians 1:8,9 would be the center for discussion this week but I changed my mind. I want to jump quickly to a verse in chapter 2 and later return to chapter 1. What lesson am I sharing today? It’s from a verse I …
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 …