In the second year of ministry, we were preparing for a meeting called Bold and Beautiful Conference. All hands were on deck the evening before the meeting. When we were done in church, a beloved member who had a car decided to drop off those who lived some distance from the church. After they left, there were three of us […]
One of the persons that I was really scared to inform that the Lord had called me into ministry caught me red-handed on the way. He was our very cerebral neighbour and a dear father to me. He was a visionary with long-standing records and achievements. I did not know how I would tell him that I would not be […]
A month after the church was planted, we were preparing for our first major meeting. I had one other person who worked in the office as a volunteer. We worked late into the night sorting materials. The next morning, I got to the office at the usual time, but the beloved volunteer was not yet in. I waited for about […]
Some months into the work of ministry in the land of Eruwa, I woke up with a high spirit. I strolled to the office, singing songs. One of them was: “I’ve got the joy of God in me. I’ve got the spirit of the Son of God. I’ve got the joy of God in me”. It was an interesting time […]
In my very first year of ministry, I got an invitation to preach at a youth convention. I went for the meeting and began to sound like a foreign preacher. I wanted to do all that was possible to impress my host. I do not remember what I preached about to date, but I can never forget how childish that […]
I returned to my office that afternoon and met a note with a phone number attached. It was from one of my teenage mates in our local assembly. I reached out, and he paid another visit. He said, “I was praying on my birthday. God told me you were in Eruwa and I should come and see you”. While I […]
I sat across my mentor’s desk in that small office in a serene area in the city of Ibadan. He had been in full-time ministry for years. He was the first person that struck me when the Lord began to nudge my heart towards the ministry. It was like the moment Mary visited Elizabeth. After I narrated my call to […]
There was a time in ministry when our annual event was always the same time as that of my spiritual parents. For many years, I would host our event and then return to watch some part of the convention they were hosting. I would send a text message saying, “I was blessed.” That was my yearly pattern. One year, it […]
I had known my spiritual father for sixteen years. I just did not have any understanding of our relationship. I even invited him to Eruwa in 2007. I still remember the love and humility that he related with. I hung around that relationship for years without plugging in fully. It was just about “Hello sir. I just said I should […]
When I got into the land of Eruwa, someone reached out to my brother and said, “Your brother is in Eruwa. He will soon leave. He cannot survive in that place”. After some years, the same person said, “Your brother is still there. That’s amazing”. I know God kept me on the assignment, but another thing did- the guidance of […]
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