DO NOT COME OUT EMPTY HANDED

A couple of years ago while we were still kids, there was a very tough season in the country- people used saw-dust to cook. It was a season of dire needs. Families went through huge hardship. In our home, things were not too different. There were no pieces of meat on our meal. Mum came up with a plan- she […]

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LOVE AMBASSADORS

Danielle came back from school saying that there was another girl in her class who was regularly making “curse” signs at her by spreading out her five fingers. She tried to demonstrate it. I asked my daughter whether she would love me to teach her how to respond. She answered in the affirmative. I told her that even though she […]

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LEARNING BRINGS YOU REST

After two years in ministry, I noticed a pattern. Because of the setting where I pastored as a young man, I had a different congregation almost every year- virtually everyone is looking forward to greener pastures in cities. Friends, it troubled my heart. Folks come in raw and just right after they begin to catch spiritual sparks and you begin […]

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NO EMBARRASSMENT

I was driving for a conference about two years ago when Road Safety officials stopped me for routine checks. They told me that I had a worn tyre. I acknowledged it as true but explained that I would change it as soon as I had the means. The officer I explained to still penalised me. Another officer then came saying, […]

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LESSONS FROM A SPOILT GENERATOR

I drove into my parents home that night and it was strange that there was darkness. Even when there is no power supply, the generator should be running. I enquired about what went wrong. The person who was to put on the generator made a grave error- after checking the oil in the engine, he forgot to return the oil […]

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HER WORD CAME AT THE END OF SERVICE

I was already done preaching in church. I only returned to say the blessing over the church when I said, “That accommodation challenge is solved this week”. The team receiving first-timers brought feedback that there was one of the persons coming to church for the first time who had a pressing accommodation challenge. She had been sleeping in her office. […]

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THEY GAVE OVER HALF A MILLION

That morning, I got a message from a dear teacher. They were in the middle of their building project. He mentioned that another church had given them over half a million naira to support their building project. The interesting thing is that the church that gave does not have a permanent building yet. I was overjoyed. I was super excited. […]

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