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Thank You, Mothers (1) By Babatunde Olugboji Where would we all be without mothers? May 14 was Mother’s Day in many parts of the world, including the United States. And as we celebrate mothers across the globe, this week we are starting a mini-series on women in the Bible.  First we will examine the role of some notable women in the Old Testament. There are relatively few women mentioned in the Bible when compared with the number of men. However, the Bible records more about women than would be expected of the inspired collection written at the time when a…

Visit and View our PROFILE: PROVIDENCE News Beloved of God, Greetings in the most precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ and trust you with all yours are doing great. I am your humble friend and brother, Amb. GRACIOUS K. Akintayo. A journalist, writer and media practitioner with vast experience in news reporting, editing, research and media development. I was the President, Christian Press Association of Nigeria (CPAN) and current President, Nigeria Christian Media Forum (NCMF). Member: Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Journalists For Christ (JFC), Magazine Training Institute (MTI), USA. Presently, Editor/Publisher of PROVIDENCE, a nondenominational general interest Christian…

Osaren Emokpae, Becomes President, Foursquare Church Trinidad and Tobago Foursquare church will formally establish their first Church in Princess town, Trinidad and Tobago with Dr. Osaren Emokpae as the President and National Leader of the Foursquare Church, Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. Emokpae, the National Leader and President of Foursquare Churches, Trinidad & Tobago, was elected after the successful International Mission Conference in Trinidad as the first National Leader and President of Foursquare Movement in the country.  In his first address after his installation, Emokpae indicated that the covering cast over Trinidad and some other Caribbean countries are about to be…

The Reward of Pausing Before Acting By Babatunde Olugboji  For many of us, a moment of crisis is often a moment to do more, but sometimes it may actually make more spiritual sense to do less. It could be a time to give a good thought to potential intended and unintended consequences of our action before making a move. That window to think things through can have massive spiritual significance. Psalm 46:10-11 says: “Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth”. The attitude of Joseph when…

Holy Spirit in the Old Testament (2) By Babatunde Olugboji Following up on last week on the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, we will examine some of the Holy Spirit’s specific work in the OT, as follows: Regeneration: Or  rebirth, from which we get the concept of being “born again,” as espoused in John 3:3. You may be wondering what the conversation of Jesus and Nicodemus in John 3:3 has to do with the work of the Holy Spirit in the OT. Jesus later told Nicodemus: “You are Israel’s teacher…and do you do not understand these things?”(John 3:10) Jesus’…

Lagos CAN Chairman, Adegbite Urges Caution, berate false prophets The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria ,(CAN), Lagos State chapter, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has called on Nigerians to pray towards the May 29 handing over date, for peace to reign in Nigeria and people can go about their normal business peacefully. “Without peace, no one is safe. We should continue to pray together for the peace of Nigeria”, he said. Adegbite made the call during the Providence News, 21 years Thanksgiving/Appreciation service and inaugural PROKIHA Lecture, held recently in Lagos. He called on the president-elect and the incoming administration to be…

The Lord is our Refuge and Fortress By Leke Alder When I was a kid, an uncle took me to Glover Hall to see Duro Ladipo’s theater production, Sango, god of thunder. I had benevolent uncles who took me to stage plays. I remember Hubert Ogunde’s Aiye (the wicked underworld). These were beautiful theaters with powerful characters. I can’t but imagine David’s uncles might have taken him to the theater, like me. I mean David Jesse (DJ), the guy in the Bible. The kind of characters he introduced to us in Psalm 91 suggests he might have seen a Duro…

The Best That Happens To My Life is Giving My Life to Christ – Archbishop John Osa-Oni Archbishop JOHN Adebayo Alagbala OSA-ONI is the Prelate of Vineyard Christian Churches Inc., with other network Churches around the world. He is presently the Vice President, South West Zone, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). His ministry, Vineyard Christian Church recently celebrated her 35 years and he took some time off to speak with Gracious Akintayo about his life, the ministry and other sundry issues. Excerpt; How was your conversion experience and Christian journey? These are big questions! I got saved on February 13,…

Holy Spirit in the Old Testament By Tunde Olugboji  Jesus told his disciples, the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. (John 14:26). And in Acts 1:8, He assured them that they “shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” The promise started unfolding in Acts 2:4, when “they were all filled with the…

He is Risen! By Babatunde Olugboji  The dictionary defines Easter as “an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar. Also called Easter Sunday. the day on which this festival is celebrated.” The Bible Encyclopedia provides biblical references of Easter: “The word does not properly occur in Scripture, although the King James Version has it in Acts 12:4 where it stands for…