November 8, 2023

BUILDING SPIRITUAL RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES

When asked about my vision as a minister of the gospel and a called one to the land of Eruwa, I was quick to respond that I desire to control the city’s spiritual and financial climate. I still remember how Grandpa Bishop laughed. It rings in my head to date.  He looked at me and said, “Son, choose one”. He […]

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November 7, 2023

THE COST OF RUNNING WITHOUT TRAINING

For many years as a pastor, I was doing all I could. But one day, a dear father in the faith counselled me: “Pastor Temi, we pastor in similar terrains. One of the factors in both terrains is that people transition very fast. Let me tell you the mistake I made for the first sixteen years of ministry”.  At another […]

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November 6, 2023

WE KNOW YOU ARE GIFTED, BUT ARE YOU TRAINED?

We were in a meeting discussing when some of the pastors shared a story with me about what happened in church. It gladdened my heart. They had cause to take some pictures after service.  One of the teenagers was handling the camera. Some young man approached him and said, “Can I have the camera. Let me help out”. The teenager […]

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November 5, 2023

NEVER BE ASHAMED OF THE ASSIGNMENT!

When I first got into the land of Eruwa for the work of ministry, I had a lot of hesitation telling people about where I was. Whenever people call and ask, I would say, “I am in Oyo State”. I did not want to start explaining or answering questions about Eruwa and what I was doing there after being called […]

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November 4, 2023

GET DRUNK…

An incidence happened in our first year in the University- a young man who seemed to be in love with another girl but could not face her to express his affection did something very strange. He walked into the fresher’s female hostel one evening and began to say, “I love ______” quite loudly. What a strategy. Eventually when they had […]

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November 3, 2023

BREAK FREE FROM THE CHAINS OF COMPARISON!

I was on my way out of the city of Ibadan some years back. I ran into a colleague of mine somewhere in the city. We parked and greeted one another. I was still about two years in ministry in Eruwa.  As I drove away from him, the devil decided to hit me with strange thoughts of discouragement, “Look at […]

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November 2, 2023

THE VITAL ROLE OF MENTORING AND DISCIPLESHIP IN LIFE’S JOURNEY

We were walking towards the sports complex, and my friend and sister said, “Temi, we normally attend a mentoring vigil with Pastor.” I wondered what mentoring vigil was and why I needed it. I told her, “The most important thing is that you study the Word of God and know God for yourself”  Deep within, I was wondering why I […]

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November 1, 2023

THE UNSEEN IMPACT OF FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP

On the day he responded to the call to give His life to Christ, he was the only one who came to the altar. A fellowship had invested so much to assemble a meeting, but only one soul responded.  I imagine them telling themselves they could have done better in an appraisal meeting. Maybe they even expected more! But it […]

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October 31, 2023

YOU CANNOT DO LIFE ALONE!

I was surprised when I saw that Olive was carried instead of her walking. Looking closely, she had slept off in class. When we got home, she was still sleepy. She attempted to walk but did not find her steps. The most interesting of things then happened: Danielle turned her back towards her and asked her sister to climb on […]

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October 30, 2023

GROW UP BUT REMAIN GOD’S CHILD

Danielle came into our room crying. We wondered what was wrong. She reported that Olive had kicked her in the back. While we were placating her, I asked what she wanted me to do to Olive. She said, “Beat her”. I smiled.  It was not up to five minutes when Olive also appeared at our door. As she tried to […]

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