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Standing Firm In Christ! -Babatunde Olugboji In this day and age when things seem to be falling apart at the seams, have you thought about what to do, who to turn to, where to go? There is only one sure way of standing firm and not being stuck in a rut: living our life for Christ. Afterall, it was God the father who brought us out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set our feet upon a solid rock and established our goings (Psalm 40:2). Daily we are inundated with some form of horrible news or…

EDITORIAL: Why Praying Holy Ghost Fire is Wrong Holy Ghost Fire is a common word among most Christians. They use it indiscriminately as power of word during spiritual warfare and when they are endangered. The indiscriminate use and ignorant positioning of these two entity as onefold for inurdinate operations and warfare is fast becoming a norm and style of invoking prayer among majority of Christians and church leaders. Many have been misled, wrongfully taught and made to believe that, when they invoked or shout the “Holy Ghost Fire”, sometimes at as many times during prayers, it will come down like…

Why You Should Check-in With God -Babatunde Olugboji When David’s headquarters was raided in Ziklag, he took some important steps which eventually led him to the point where he recovered all that was stolen by the Amalekites. First, he encouraged himself in the Lord (1 Sam. 30:6), then, he checked in with God: “Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them? (1 Sam. 30:8). When everyone is blaming you for their situation, you’ve got to check-in with God like David did. He must have told himself; I am thinking of going after the thieves, but before I do…

10 Pieces of Advice -Gracious Akintayo 1. When respect is no longer there, find your way out. Though, hard to start all over. But do not wait until you lose yourself in the process. There is hope for you! 2. Do not chase love. Chase your dreams and life goals instead. Be purposeful! 3. No one has the right to make you feel unimportant and worthless. You are more than enough. Brace up! 4. If someone really loves you, they will pursue you, close to you, dream with you and be real with you. Look for a life partner, not…

5 Ways To Business Success To be successful in any business, you need to work hard. But many kept themselves lockdown and think of being successful without opening up. To be successful in business is not a magic or luck. It requires certain procedure; 1. Determine: You need to determine how to work with the business, what to do to make your businesse attractive? Who do you want to patronize your business? What are your expectations? Be determined, be positive in your mind, have the right attitude, be goal oriented, have the right mindset of an achiever and nothing can…

2021 IDDS: Christians in Lagos Gather To Pray for Nigeria Christians in Lagos under the umbrella of Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN) have set Saturday, 20th of February to pray for the peace of Nigeria. The prayer programme known as the Inter-Denominational Divine Service, IDDS 2021 with the theme: A NEW BEGINNING, A NEW DAWN AND A NEW GLORY (Genesis 1: 1-3), is an annual ecumenical prayer programme that has been a key part of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), Lagos Branch calendar that draws thousands of Christians from every part of the State under one roof to pray…

Not Yet Time For A Pity Party! -Babatunde Olugboji When David and his men suffered the indignity of their abode in Ziklag being invaded, the manner of David’s reaction to the destruction was instructive. After the weeping, and the disappointment of David’s men even thinking of attacking him, the Bible in 1 Sam. 30 tells us that David took some steps which eventually led him to the point where he recovered all the raiding Amalekites had stolen from him. The first thing David did was to encourage himself in the Lord (1 Sam. 30:6). The Bible didn’t go into a…

The Church Is Becoming A Laughing Stock -Pastor I. S James The Senior Pastor of Glory Christian Ministries Int’l., with the headquarters based in Lagos, Pastor Iruofagha James has described the church as a spiritual organisation that has its own set up and standard, even as one body, we can’t do without each other. Speaking at a church workers and leaders conference, Pastor James lamented that, the church has become a laughing stock with ministry and calling degenerating into public nuisance. “There are too many nuisance going on in the name of the church and ministry’s calling where all manners…

Don’t Allow The Molehill Becomes a Mountain -Babatunde Olugboji The Bible describes in 1Samuel 30 that Amalekites raided the Negev and Ziklag, attacked and burned Ziklag, where David and his men were residing at the time. “When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. So, David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.” (1Sam. 30: 3-4). The sad thing about this situation was that the Ziklag event shouldn’t have happened in the first place. Remember that God had asked King…

Time To Draw Strength From God – By Babatunde Olugboji In Samuel 30, the Bible discusses how the Amalekites raided the Negev and Ziklag, attacking and burning Ziklag, David’s headquarters at the time. The enemies also took captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them but carried them off as they went on their way. “When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. So, David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to…