Gospel

Sceva, the father of these seven sons of Acts 19, was a member of the Jewish council in Ephesus and chief of the priests.

Life is full of uncertainties. Life is full of contingencies. This realisation is one thing that unsettles us as we mature, leaving the seeming certainty of childhood into the uncertain…

Every year, I start the new year series of articles with an inspiring speech to set the tone for my readers. The speech is meant to serve as a compass…

One of the mistakes I've seen some people make is to assume that since they know a little bit more about a subject than others, they've become custodians of the entire truth.

There are three types of spiritual sights, viz: Hindsight, which helps us to understand history. By history I mean learning from what God has done

How is it that we have the complete books of the Bible, everyone with copies to carry around on electronic devices, yet we find it difficult to live by the tenets of God's Word?

The words of your mouth are prophecies released upon your life. But as powerful as these outer words can be, your inner words are even more.

As they sailed on the sea, "a great storm of wind" arose with waves that beat into the boat to the point that the boat was filling. Afraid to sink, they decided to wake Jesus from his nap.

The text below is culled from a broadcast by a famous American radio broadcaster, Paul Harvey Aurandt. Although this was aired over 55 years ago (in 1965), it’s striking how…

Many of your successes will come from your desires, your passion, the things that you feast your mind on. But many of your downfalls will also come from your desires, your lusts and the things that feed your thoughts.

I've come to realise that so often we are comfortable threshing wheat at the winepress. We've mastered the art of threshing our cereals in a place where grapes are turned into wine. We've given up on ourselves and are just

The book of Second Timothy chapter 3 begins with an important admonition from Apostle Paul to his spiritual son Timothy. Apostle Paul knew that a time would come when Timothy…

When caught in the web of the oppressor, when under the affliction of the enemy, when under the stocks of the wicked, the tendency is that our ears become obstructed from perceiving the voice of God.

But more importantly, is the fact that many non-agricultural activities were performed on the threshing floor.

This is a continuation of the previous article: Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do? I urge you to read that before this concluding part. Let’s read…

Imagine this scenario: the Trinity sat and agreed on a thing to do in heaven. No man was privy to that information. Just some angels that will execute the assignment were brought to the knowledge of the decision taken.

The will expresses its maximum potency when it aligns to the demands of God; when it subjects itself under Divine Will, authority, and rulership. That’s when the potential energy inherent in it is transformed into irresistible kinetic energy that even the body can’t stand. Even a sick body can’t stand a powerful will; the body may slowly whittle on the outside, but the Will sustains it from the inside.   

Detours in life can be quite weakening whenever they occur, especially when you didn’t have prior knowledge that God often does that for several good reasons. So, you may find yourself very disappointed and have many questions running through your mind as to why God would allow such things to happen in the first place.

So, satan can reduce man’s willpower to a mere fleshpower, blunting out the sharpness and force of this precious gift. When this happens, the will becomes a servant to the flesh, a colony of the body kingdom.

Dear Lord, I'm growing thick and unresponsive to your promptings. Is it not time that you break and remould me?

Everyone has a course he is championing. Everyone has a direction he is going. Everyone has an objective he’s chasing. But what happens when God alters your path and takes you on a detour? 

Man’s will is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man at creation, and when rightly deployed has numerous benefits. God made man as a free moral agent, with the ability to choose what he wants. He lays the options before man, shows him the consequences of each, then asks him to make the right choice.

Man (male and female) is composed of three distinct but interwoven components. Components that can't be dissected anatomically but are spiritually distinct and identifiable nonetheless. You are a tripartite being composed of the body, the soul and the Spirit. This is in likeness to the Blessed Trinity, made up of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost.

Imagine there was a battle raging between you and the enemy’s camp. You had spent months getting ready for this battle – you trained your men, bought ammunition,  spent sleepless…

To end this week, and indeed the October session of my posts, I wish to remember all the men and women whose sacrifices gave rise to millions of souls being…

There she was – broken, dejected, confused and in shame. She had visited many doctors, spent all her money, yet her brokenness wasn’t mended; the bleeding rather intensified with every…

If God, with all the things He had to create and overseer their perfect function and harmony, still took a whole day to rest, who are you and what troubles do you have that should take away sleep from your eyes.

Let's do a little exercise - don't be scared, it's nothing harmful in any way. I want you to touch your heart. Yes, use your hand to touch the exact location of your heart. Did you feel your heartbeat?

Whichever it is for you, the evil days will come. But the comfort is this: if you remembered and served the Lord in the days of your youth, you won't have regrets when they come. And if you're still alive and well, then you have to hurry because here they come.

Today, we take a look at Proverbs 1 verse 12 ‘‘Like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit’’ (ESV). Ruminating over this verse gradually unearths the salient truths which may never be seen at first glance. In a world of extroverts and busy men, wisdom lies in the bosom of the introvert and ‘lazy’; this is not to encourage laziness, rather it is a call for some interiority. Some people rarely have time to calm down, close the door and prayerfully think, and even when they do, it is either a time for anxiety or plotting evil.

There's something fascinating about the above statement. The disciples of John had come to complain that Jesus, who John baptised the other day was now conducting water baptism Himself and all men came to Him. Obviously this was the operation of God who channeled all men towards Christ.

Early last year, I was searching for something online when I came across this sentence in Italian language, “Qui si entra per amare Dio; di qui si esce per amare…

My loving Jesus, I’ve dwelt long on this Mountain! It’s time to appreciate. I no longer wish to know You only as a Spirit, or the Man who was written…

In Acts 27 verses 10 -13 the Bible says, 10 “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo,…

Good morning beloved and welcome to another moment of excavation in the Book of Proverbs. Let’s continue with a close look at verse 11 of Proverbs 1 – If they…

The pursuit of success, the desire to make it, and the hunger for the peak can sometimes make us forget the reason why we want what we want. I’m not…

When an enemy defeats you, he invites his friends to feast on you. After the deliverance from the hands of Sisera, Israel enjoyed rest for forty years. That was quite…

To end this splendid week, I thought it’ll be nice to remind you to have a little chat with Jesus this weekend. You’ve been chatting with friends, family and colleagues…

Mgbe onye na-eche ya is an Igbo proverb that can loosely translate as “Your moment will come.” Literally, it’d translate as “everyone’s time waits for him.” It’s a proverb that…

Good day, and welcome to another moment of mining the treasures buried in the book of Proverbs. So far, we’ve analysed and drawn lessons from Proverbs chapter 1 verse 6,…

The book of James 5:16 says, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offences], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored.…

*”Some persons there were who desired to know our history, and so exhorted me to go on with it; and, above all the rest, Epaphroditus, a man who is a…

This is the second and concluding part of the topic: Take only what is necessary for your journey. You may wish to read Part 1 of this discourse before reading…

This is the second and concluding part of the two-part series on the counsel of Ahithophel. I heartily urge you to read Part 1 before reading this, as that’ll help…

Solomon was very right when he said that, “… wisdom is a protection even as money is a protection, But the [excellent] advantage of knowledge is that wisdom shields and…

Imagine that God shows up in your room after your morning prayers and tells you, “my daughter/son, today, all the things you’ll think about and everything you’ll say, I will…

Let’s make it clear from the beginning that it is only God that exalts – 1 Samuel 2:7; for God is our glory and the lifter of our head –…

At the beginning of the year, we all made a long list of things we planned to accomplish. We had goals we wanted to reach in our family life, spiritual…

Let us read again verse 8 and then, verse 9 of Proverbs 1. My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:  For…

Made in the courts of heaven – You are unique. Usually, when you set out to create something, you often start with imagination. Before you leave the house for the…

When you don’t know your history, Satan will feed your mind with fabricated stories that seem true but are blunt lies. The result is that you’ll become a captive of…

“My son, I cannot pray to the God of my father but you can. Whenever you’re in any trouble, you can ask the God of your father to help you.…

Several times in the last 16 years I noticed that as I read the Bible, I’ll hear a Voice telling me to mark some verses. I’ll often question why I…

And to end this splendid week, I wish to remember (in prayers) all the people who are going through tough times: Those whose family conditions only bring tears and depression,…

Today we’ll attempt to unearth the treasures buried in Proverbs chapter 1 verse 8. This verse speaks to parents, to children and indeed to everyone seeing that we are all…

There are nights when it’s difficult to fall asleep no matter how hard you try. There are mornings when you don’t want to get out of bed. There are cold…

I’ve always been intrigued by God’s response to Job in the Bible. One thing that has particularly caught my attention is the feature of the leviathan described in Job 41:16.…

While reading the verse we’re about to consider, I thought to myself “O how God is angry with all those who despise Him and claim to have known it all.…

In Part 1 of this discourse, we saw the first four characteristics of living things such as Movement, Respiration, Nutrition and Irritability. Then we made our applications as to how…

TOPIC: The Characteristics of living things: Am I dead or alive? Just as the youth stage of life is a moment of doing great and resounding exploits, it’s also, unfortunately,…

As I read the book of Proverbs, I decided to share the lessons I got from it with you, my esteemed readers. This is however not going to be a…

It’s now three years since an idiopathic wind of famine has continued to blow across Israel. Poor David, he doesn’t have any clue as to its origin and, unlike him,…

King David was experiencing one of the worst moments in his life as a father and as a king; something that would have been impossible to imagine prior to the…

Life is a journey, one that begins at conception with our struggle to understand the intrauterine environment. Then, it proceeds through birth as we try to adapt to a new…

One major distinguishing factor between God and man is this: while man lives in time God is eternal, ageless, with neither beginning nor end. God neither lives in time nor…

Aka Chukwu di ya is an expression in Igbo language that translates as “God is involved or God has a hand in it”. It usually denotes something miraculous, divinely ordained…