We needed a hotel to use for our guests during one of our major meetings. We decided to check out one that we had never used before. We went there some days before the conference to do a random check. We concluded that it may not be the best, but we could at least manage it. However, just before we […]
I was meeting with a couple of proteges, and I focused on those who had left Nigeria for other nations. As we interacted over their spiritual growth, one common trend to all of them was, “Pastor, our prayer life is not as strong as before.” I knew something was not right. It took some weeks, but a statement some people […]
I have lost phones twice. They both happen back-to-back in 2005 and 2006: I boarded a cab heading to Ife from Ibadan. I slept off. I woke up just as the car got to the campus gate. I alighted from the cab and made my way to the campus. As I entered campus, my consciousness was restored. My phone was […]
As we began to pray, I said to my team in the ministry: “This feels so good”. Ithen added that it had been a while since we prayed together. As I mentioned that, I began to ask myself why. It struck me that the challenge was that the hours of congregational prayers had increased as instructed by the Lord for […]
I was having a meeting with a couple of proteges, and I focused on those who had left Nigeria for other nations. As we interacted over their spiritual growth, one common trend to all of them was “Pastor, our prayer life is not as strong as before”. I knew something was not right. It took some weeks but a statement […]
In the early days of GSM phones, the network was quite terrible and not yet widespread in Eruwa, but it was the season that ‘youthful Temi’ had just fallen in love. The network issues would never deter me from communication. I would place my phone on one of the high louvre blades and connect an earpiece to it. I could […]
One of my brothers gave his car to someone else to drive. The car overheated. The person did not see the warning signs. He kept driving the car until the engine stopped running. Obviously, that led to greater problems. One of the things that coming to the altar does is to reveal tendencies that you have that must be addressed. […]
When we were kids, we had quite some poultry farmers around us. One of the things I noticed that they did was that they protected their cages. How they did it was simple but effective. They would never place the base of the cage on the bare floor. They would place it in a tin filled with oil or water. […]
A dear teacher was sharing about how she became really sad during one of her birthdays. Her friends came around, and they had just one common statement to make- “Tone down your spirituality.” They accused her that there were times they would be together, and she would ask for time to withdraw and pray. They felt she was being excessive […]
One of the things I wouldn’t say I liked while growing up was the annual twenty-one days fast. As a pastor’s child, it was our annual convention month. We were encouraged to fast. Well! It is not as though there would be cooked food anyway. It was always tough, so I came up with a “strategic fasting plan.” As a […]
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