We had the most fun in our neighbours' house- they had bicycles we could ride. They also had the television games and then the handheld Nintendo game. It was every child’s dream to own one. But there was a challenge: Their Dad had rules! We had such rules as you [...]
Read MoreI watched a bit of wrestling matches as a teenager. When two wrestlers are in the ring, the goal is always to weaken and then defeat the opponent. Without weakening the opponent, you cannot defeat him. You would see the wrestlers pin the opponent down while the official counts to [...]
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Something interesting happened while I was still an undergraduate that left an unforgettable impression: We were receiving lectures one afternoon. A colleague of mine left the lecture hall while the lecturer was still teaching. She went to buy Gala and La Casera (snack and drink) The lecturer spotted her as she was coming back into the hall. He paused his […]
I finished speaking in a meeting some years ago, the chief host in the meeting happened to be a father-in-the-faith who had spent many years in ministry with an impact globally. He asked me to sit by his side and said, “Pastor Temi, how is the ministry in Eruwa?” The next statement he made got my ears standing at attention. […]
After some sessions of teaching a while back, a lady requested to see me. She said, “I have no more emotions. I have been involved in all sorts- my case is so bad that I have an abortion because I got pregnant for a member of my family”. She recounted all sorts of stories. After she shared all, I emphasized […]
A beloved one came to visit me some years ago. He had just landed his second job. We were both super excited about the possibilities of his life. But I had a prompt to ask him about his tithes and he admitted he was not paying tithes as he used to. I encouraged him to always pay his tithe. (Tithing […]
Some few months after my mum lost the ability to see physically, she was working in the ministry office (She had resigned from her job as a lecturer). She had the course to step out of her office. Upon returning, she wanted to sit. She forgot to exercise the usual caution of feeling for both arms of the chair to […]
My mum shared a funny story with us some years ago. They had gone on vacation with her grandmother. Grandma would always prepare very rich “egusi” soup for them. It was always thick and full of fish. Once it was time for lunch while grandma was away, they would dish their meal and savour the delicacy. But something strange began […]
Some few years into ministry, I would regularly attend a monthly ministers’ mentoring session with my father in the faith. It was a commitment I made to him. But life happened, I got caught up in the routine and activities of ministry and I thought I had a legitimate excuse because the road trip was becoming more tedious. Our roads […]
A dear son brought a young lady that he wanted to marry. It was a single visit where I was to interact with the young lady. We had a great time talking. I asked questions and she also asked hers. The only strange thing was that she seems to lose interest in the young man after the visit. We were […]
A dear one walked up to me after one service and said, “Pastor, I brought a seed for you”. I would have collected it with joy and said a blessing but I had a prompt to ask him (I am sure it was the Holy Spirit), “When last did you give to your parents?” He said it had been a […]
We needed a keyboardist in the ministry. At that point, a young man came into town to serve the nation. He could play the keyboard but we had two standing principles: First, you cannot be an instrumentalist, no matter how skilled you are, if you have not been through our training school at a certain level in the ministry. Second, […]
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