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 […]
We had two dogs in our neighbourhood as young lads. One was Jack. The other was called Jill. They were our beloved pets. Jack had a unique habit. A few minutes to 4 pm, Jack would be at the door of our house. We noticed the pattern much later. Jack knew that my mum would exit the home about that […]
About seven years ago, we had just finished our Sunday service. Those who were in charge of church finance had a normal place they would keep the tithes and offerings. As they placed it there on that day, I had a prompt within me to change where it was kept before I left the office. I took the cash and […]
When my second daughter was a little younger, she would, at times, wake up at night and request to take a meal or just water. Oftentimes than not, she would retire into our bed. If you ask her to go to their room, she would disagree. What we get to do most of the time is to carry her right […]
As a teenager, I had issues with laziness and procrastination. I would watch plates piled up in the kitchen and it would look like a mountain. I would run away wishing someone else would have done it before I got back. It was always still there. I would pile up clothes for days. There were times that I would pick […]
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