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April 5, 2022

IT WILL BE HARD TO LOVE OR SUBMIT WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT

Irewamiri was teaching one day and shared a story that brought back memories: there was a night that I did not know what was wrong. She went cold for hours. I kept asking what the matter was. At the height of it, she laid on the bed while I knelt by her side asking questions about what the issue was. […]

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April 4, 2022

ARE YOU SURE YOU STILL KNOW HIM?

A man was to fill up a sensitive role in an organization. He had been a part of the organization in previous years. But he left and moved to another city. The head of the organization was excited when he heard that this person wanted to come back and was willing to work in the organization. When he discussed the […]

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April 2, 2022

ENVIRONMENTS YOU MUST AVOID

The atmosphere in the service that day was already tense. It has been weeks of addressing matters and speaking to those concerned in love. I had to take a bold pastoral step- one of the toughest I have taken in my pastoral journey. I called the dear one who was in the middle of the crisis and said, “Do you […]

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April 1, 2022

COMPLIMENTS ARE SCARCE. REFUSE TO BE AN AMBASSADOR OF ANGER

Years ago, we were celebrating the birthday of a dear aunt of mine. She happens to be in the top-level management of a multinational. We were having dinner in a Chinese restaurant for just a few friends, colleagues and family. In between the great talks, banters and meal, I noticed a middle-aged man who must be in his early 40s. […]

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March 31, 2022

GIFTS MUST NEVER BE TREATED ANYHOW

We were heading out that morning when I saw two small plastic-like objects in the car. I wondered what it was. Irewamiri explained that it was from Danielle’s wristwatch. She got a toy-like wristwatch as a birthday gift. It was already falling apart. Some days later, I spotted the wristwatch under the dining table. Its strap was somewhere else. The […]

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March 30, 2022

LIVE IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE BLESSING

In the early years of ministry, I went to visit a dear family that I love dearly. Normally, when I visit as an undergraduate, it was certain that I would leave with some good money in my pocket. Do you know the way a broke student announces to his uncle or aunt the day he will be leaving? If he […]

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March 29, 2022

MATURITY NEVER LEAVES YOUR SPEECH BEHIND

Anytime Olive wants to tell us she is ready to sleep, she will say “I want to skip”. We would keep repeating to her that it is “I want to sleep” and not “I want to skip”. Skipping is different from sleeping. Whenever she repeats it after us, she would always still say skip and not sleep. One evening, she […]

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March 21, 2022

NO ONE CHARGES YOU FOR SPEAKING IN FAITH

A dear one who used to be in church in the early days of ministry and is still close to me saw the flyer for our 10th Anniversary as a ministry and he sent me a message that: “Pastor, you said this to three offices casually in the office in 2013 (you were holding a book titled Axiom and I […]

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March 18, 2022

PRAY; BUT LET GOD DECIDE HOW HE WILL ANSWER

As a pastor of a new church, I really prayed and trusted God for increase. As part of the effort to see an increase, I began to step out on visitation. One day, we had five new people visit the church from the same house. I visited them the following week and they all promised they would be in church […]

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