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UNFORGIVENESS AS A SELF AFFLICTED CURSE -Gracious Akintayo Glory be to God for bringing us this far to the end of first half of the year 2021, even as we eagerly and joyfully look forward to glorious testimonios and turning around the second and final half of the year.  As laid in my heart, I felt compelled to share this personal understanding I got  during my fellowship in His presence and I am convinced, as the word of the Lord is two edged sword, it will minister to you as it also ministers to me.  Meditate on it and the…

Report on Genocide in Nigeria Published The International Committee on Nigeria (ICON) in collaboration with the International Organization for Peace Building and Social Justice (PSJ) has published a report on genocide, religious persecution, among other crimes in Nigeria. The report titled “Nigeria’s Silent Slaughter: Genocide in Nigeria and the Implications for the International Community reveals how the Boko Haram terrorist group killed more 40, 000 Nigerians.  It also exposed the ongoing attack by militants, who according to the report, killed many Nigerians, primarily Christian farmers.  Based on the data collected between January 2000 and January 2020, deaths resulting from  Militant…

How Boy Born Blind Received A Miracle  -E. A Adeboye In one of his ministries, the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor E. A. Adeboye narrated a story that happened in 1980 to encourage some people. God gave me a vision about a boy born blind. Not Knowing that the boy was in another town where I was to minister next. We were having programmes of this nature in several places at the same time in Nigeria. And I was going from town to town supervising to make sure everything is in order. And I was…

Is ‘Generational Curses’ Real? By Babatunde Olugboji This phrase or the idea of  ‘generational curse’ is used in several places in the Bible, including Exodus 20:5: ‘You shall not bow down to [idols] or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me.” Similar texts can be found in Exodus 34:7 Number 14:18; and Deuteronomy 5:9.  God warns that He is “a jealous God, but keeping Exodus 20:5 in context, did you notice that the Bible is…

EVANGELISM: Proliferation or Profiteering of Churches? By Gracious Akintayo The Bible encouraged proliferation of churches, but does not support profiteering. “Go ye into the world and preach the gospel in every nook and cranny of the nation.” With innumerable number of churches in Nigeria, they are high and too many than the numbers of schools and employable organization. It is noted that Nigerian churches buy off available business places or distraught company facilities and convert them to places of worship. While the numbers of unemployed swelled up, the former employment facilities turned into worship centers increased with people praying, lamenting…

KILLING TIME CAN KILL YOUR DESTINY -Pastor E. A Adeboye If you find yourself spending more time and hours at a stretch watching videos and pictures that do not add any meaningful value to your life on social media, be careful and caution yourself. Your free time could become tools in the devil’s hands; fill your time with something meaningful to your life development. Take a good book around with you to read in your free time or go somewhere and pray.  I remember one conference I attended abroad. Pastor W.F Kumuyi of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) was…

Aftermath 80th Birthday: Pastor Kumuyi Breaks Silence, ….extol youths that obstructs the service Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) has finally broken his silence about some youths obstructing church service on his 80th birthday. Pastor Kumuyi lifted the punishment meted out to some youths of the church who obstructed the Sunday worship service to celebrate his 80th birthday. Recall at the worship service marking his 80th birthday, which was also attended by Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Emmanuel Udom, some youths of the church strategically positioned themselves at the first gallery of the church building…

Ondo CAN Chairman elected National Deputy Board Chairman of International Rights Organisation The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ondo State Chapter, Rev’d. Dr. John Ayo Oladapo, has been elected as the Deputy National Chairman of the Board of Nigeria Network of Religious Leaders Living With or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS, NINERELA+. NINERELA+ is an affiliate of the International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS with headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa. Specifically, it is a faith based network organization that seeks to equip communities through a right based approach, to promote issues that…

SINS OF THE FATHERS By Babatunde Olugboji This week, seizing the opportunity of Fathers’ Day 2021 on June 20, we’ll start a series on the sins of the fathers, starting with the question: will God visit on a child the transgression of his or her father? Ezekiel 18 (2-4)  makes it clear that God holds each individual responsible for his or her own sin: “The word of the Lord came to me: As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as…

OKOTIE: A TROUBADOUR AND MYRMIDON OF CHRIST @ 62 By Ladi AYODEJI “Age is a cleansing apparatus. It provides a catharsis for the dregs of youth and infantile immaturity. As the days accumulate and the years take on a vertical tandem, the soul is released from mundane desires and propensities that are rooted in carnal thoughts, and imaginations. It is written, “Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. “Simply put, a numerical accountability of time, fosters wisdom in the innermost recesses of our being. Consequently, I have come to redefine my philosophical centre…