The 2023 election has come and gone. The APC’s presidential candidate has become the president-elect. However, considering that the Church in Nigeria rose against the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC, the party has won one way or the other. How would an average Christian react to this? That the Church in Nigeria is powerless or...
INTRODUCTION: Here are six reasons to pray for your pastors! Recently, God has impressed upon me the importance of praying regularly for pastors. In this sense, I am talking of people occupying the five-fold ministry of our Lord: Apostles, Teachers, Prophets, Evangelists and Pastors. 1. PASTORS FACE A HIGHER JUDGMENT Being called into any of...
I often think of the importance of prayer, especially intercessory prayer, because there’s something profound about it. Praying for others is not just busy work. The Christian should be a prayer warrior, often found interceding on behalf of others. We are admonished in James 5:16 to “pray for one another”. It sounds like a simple...
Considering the intricate relationship between politicians and the Church, so many preachers have subdued their calling under the whims and caprices of the politicians because of what they could get from them. Not all preachers are guilty of this. Many still maintain the dignity of their calling. From these preachers, those who have turned themselves...
In this interview with a security consultant and pastor, Ladi Thompson, he takes a look at the 2023 elections and the aftermath. His thoughts are that … things would have been terrible and much worse were it not for the prayers … Church has done very well in evangelization but failed to disciple the nation...
POLITICIANS AND THE CHURCH: These are 20 practical ways pastors can maintain respect and prevent the altar from desecration. MAINTAIN A STRATEGIC ALOOFNESS FROM POLITICIANS Stay connected to God and remain scarce from politicians. Only appear before them or interact with them when either God sends you to them or they send for you for...
Let’s us do a brief exercise: Please take a deep breathe in… Now, breathe out. In … Out … Thank you. Now, for what you have done freely, do you know how much that costs some people in Intensive Care Unit? They are human beings like you and I. We are not better than them....
Three days in Ilesha… sorry… Ulesha was all I needed to get back my rhythm. I dropped the book l was reading, powered down the computers, put my ATM card in my pocket and left for Ulesha. I saw God in the forest of Ulesha. For three days I breathed in the fresh air and...
These days, when we talk about the good old days, I feel a kind of pity, a deep sense of sympathy for the generations of my children because I wonder if they can ever see a great Nigeria again. This is a story of what I, Bola Adewara did at age 18 when Nigeria was...
Scream it! TWO PASTORS EMERGE AS GOVERNORS-ELECT. In what should be a piece of cheering news to the Church of God, two pastors have emerged as governors-elect of two states in Nigeria. They are Pastor Umo Eno in Akwa Ibo State and Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia in Benue State. PROFILES: Pastor Umo Bassey Eno, born...