Let Us Pray

Lately I have gotten to more seriously praying for Nigeria. You know how much we talk about things and really don't do anything? Well I had gotten into this rut for a long while but I finally got the resolve to eat the frog(isn't that the proper expression?). After the experiences I have had in the area I live in (called the HQ of Area boys-to which I disagree, of course talkong from another perspective), I have concluded that intellect alone is weak in tackling the problems we have in this nation.When it comes to the issues that relate to this nation and our role as the agency of change, we need to access a dimension of power and wisdom that is way beyond this realm. It seems we don't want to agree that our ideologies, concepts and knowledge ALONE can't deal with the issues that we face in...

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STILL ON THE SPEAKING CHURCH

A look at the country and you can become so frustrated and most definitely voice your disgust at the system and also tear it down. I got into that position recently when I looked at the country particularly after some incidents took place in my area. Some boys just put the entire area in darkness just because they wanted to make a few bucks. I was really put off. What angered me most was that this problem is not of social infrastructure but one of wrong attitudes and mentalities.So how do we reconcile what we see in the nation with what our position should be when it comes to speaking?I read Ezekiel 37 recently ,and though we've usually seen it from a very selfish view, God showed me another perspective. Ezekiel said"God grabbed me. God's Spirit took me up and set me down in the middle of...

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WEALTH TRANSFER

"I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness—secret riches." Isaiah 45:3I've heard so much about the wealth transfer coming to the body of Christ and many times it seems like we should just sit down there, living our righteous lives, praying our nice little prayers while unbelievers just come to us to hand over all the cash they've used so many years to amass. That, to me, sounds like a load of rubbish. I don't think the devil would even allow it, knowing his nature and desire to rule mankind. So how is this wealth transfer going to happen?Lately, I got thinking after reading certain articles and it just came to me that the only way that this wealth transfer will happen is if we begin to get involved in the market place.His word tells us that He gives us POWER to get wealth. He gives...

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A SPEAKING CHURCH

In the past few days Nigerians have been really hurting and we all know why. I got involved in a discussion with my collegues recently and I could see the depth of pain and hurt Nigerians are going through. Its amazing that this feeling cuts across the entire strata of society.In the midst of all this we are tempted to show our anger and frustration at the government and any other person that gets in our way. A kind of transfer of agression right? And of course we can justify our actions, cant we? I feel differently though. As believers our perspective to all this should be different. And if you see differently, you should speak differently shouldn't you? So what's my point?This is the time for the church to arise and begin to speak! There's this song Israel Houghton wrote sometime in '99...

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RESTED!

Something happened to me recently that made me do a lot of thinking and less worrying. Friday last week ended with not a dime in my pocket and for a nursing father(abi?), that wasn't too good. I had racked my brain to think of possible sources of money but I came up blank. At that point I turned to the only person whom I knew was more concerned about my welfare than even me, my heavenly Father(its funnny we always remember Him last uhn?)Well I prayed and just left it there, knowing that somehow we'd get thru the weekend and I'd have money to get to the office on Monday, when my salary would be paid. I knew He was going to provide. It was how He would do it that I didn't know. Sunday morning came and I had to lend some money from someone to get to church. Interestingly, after service someone...

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