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INSPIRATION: #FactsOfLife  #Nuggets  #TakeAways By Femi Adepoju ✓Obedience is the center of man’s problem and God’s solution. ✓Failure does not produce failure. Failure birthed and gave birth to success. ✓Success produces failure. Be Careful when things begin to work, that is when reality of failure begins. ✓The temptation of the great and anointed is to be careless and fall. ✓Righteousness in the heart produces beauty in the character. Do enjoy the rest of your weekend! Rev. ‘Femi Adepoju, is the General Overseer of Arena Of Thanks. Miracle International Church Of God (MiCOG), Lagos. …..thanking Yeshua is our worship 20 TRACES…

All About Prayer (4) By Babatunde Olugboji As we continue our series on prayers, this week, we will examine the basis of prayers of imprecation in the Bible. As a reminder, to imprecate means “to invoke evil upon or curse” one’s enemies. David, the psalmist most associated with imprecatory verses often used expressions like, “may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them,” (Psalm 35:6) and “O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, o Lord!” (Psalm 58:6). Psalms 7, 35, 55, 58, 59, 69 79,…

All About Prayer (3) By Babatunde Olugboji As we continue our series on prayers, we will focus on prayers of imprecation. To imprecate means “to invoke evil upon or curse” one’s enemies. David, the psalmist most associated with imprecatory verses often used expressions like, “may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them” (Psalm 35:6) and “O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, o Lord!” (Psalm 58:6)  David wrote Psalms 7, 35, 55, 5, 59, 69, 109 and 139 to ask God to bring judgment…

15 Good Reasons Many Marriage Do Not Last By Gracious Akintayo It is sad and disappointing that today many marriages that seemingly started well and looked happy are irretrievably off heading to break apart, packed up or came to an end. The traditional engagements, legal oaths and church vows are no longer relevant and meaningful to marriage these days. The Divine instruction, “Forsake to Cleave”, is fast becoming human injunction, “Turn to Leave”. Marriage that was supposed to be a journey of adventure and institution of godliness, growth and fulfillment is now made to be an exploit of societal fun…

Is it the Biblical? -By Rev. Fr. Joe Oluoma Practically, check children from polygamous homes and those from monogamous homes.  It’s more difficult to practice polygamy in this fast paced and materialistic age than it was in the more agrarian periods. How much time would a man have to satisfy the emotional and intimacy needs of his wives and children? These are one question and two expressions that can easily be misconstrued and erroneously parroted by ignorant Christians. It is not everything in the Bible that we do. In Genesis 12:14ff, Abraham lied about his wife to save his head,…

All About Prayer (2) By Babatunde Olugboji All About Prayer (2) By Babatunde Olugboji Prayer is conversation with God, and we should do it without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). As we grow in our love for Christ, we should have a desire to reach out to Him more. We can pray in the Spirit (1 Corinthians 14:14-15) and pray even when words fail us (Romans 8:26-27). At such times, the Holy Spirit intercedes for us.  This week, we’ll examine various forms of prayers, and zoom in on the subject of imprecatory prayers in the coming weeks. Prayer of Faith: This…

The Power and Purpose of Prayer By Babatunde Olugboji  In the next couple of weeks, we will be focusing on the topic of prayer. There are diverse kinds of prayers, including, but not limited to, the prayer of faith, of agreement, of intercession, of request, of thanksgiving, of worship, and of imprecation. We will be spotlighting the  prayer of imprecation, a particularly controversial type of prayer. To imprecate means “to invoke evil upon or curse” one’s enemies. David, the psalmist most associated with imprecatory verses such as Psalms 55:15, 69:28, and 109:8, often used expressions like, “may their path be…

NCMF Supports CAN Demand for Sterling Bank MD Removal … call for more sanction A faith based media organisation, Nigerian Christian Media Foundation (NCMF) has added its voice to the much criticized and condemned Easter celebration felicitation advert of Sterling Bank Nigeria PLC., where the resurrection of Jesus Christ was likened to Agege Bread. According to a statement by NCMF, signed by its President, Gracious Akintayo, who double as president of Christian Press Association of Nigeria (CPAN), NCMF frowned at the bank Easter advert, describing it as an affront on generality of Christian’s fundamental right of worship, and argued that…

What Does It Mean That Christ Died For Our Sins? By Babatunde Olugboji  Having a clear understanding of the answer to this question is absolutely important in this Easter season and this is our focus this week.  The quick answer is that Christ died on the cross to provide the way for us to receive forgiveness from our sins. Scripture provides considerable details in respect of the sacrifice of Jesus for us. He put Himself through excruciating pain, insult, humiliation and ridicule, for our salvation and the forgiveness of our sins. When we refer to Jesus dying for our sins,…

OSINACHI: Is Every Marriage Joined By God? By David K. Aboderin “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” Matthew 19:5-6 Take note of this term by Jesus: “What God has joined together…” The question now is, “Is every marriage joined together by God?” Let’s look at some marriages: A woman gets married to a man with undisclosed ailment such as leprosy or HIV…