LOVE OF CHRIST by Sis. Nefisat Momoh Rebecca

When I think of the cross, I think of agony, the shame, the beating of his flesh, the bruising of his face, the plucking of his beard, the  nailing of his soft youthful skin to a rugged tree. When I think of the cross, it is the most grotesque picture of murder ever painted on the face of time. It was so awful that the sun was ashamed, the ground became so uncomfortable that it began to tremble. The cross, the place of agony, the place where love was placed on trial the sentenced to death. It was the place where the greatest lover had to prove how much he so loved the world.

For if he can look at his own pain and refer to it as passion, then I must recognize that GOD loves us in a way so far beyond anything we can refer to as love.

For who else but GOD can decide to write us a love letter with HIS own flesh, use HIS hand for paper, release HIS blood for ink, and declare HIS passion in the most vibrant shade of red? Oh yes, what a lover HE is!

Sex is worth waiting for by Bro. Bayo Osinowo

Sex is good for the right people. When a man is not licensed, whatever he does is illegal, that’s the same with SEX. When you are not married, it becomes a sin. Sex is never without consequence. Sex is always tied to some other responsibility. Sex has a great consequence it is never free someone always pay in one way or the other.

Sex has a great reward for its participants but the greatest of all is HIV/AIDS. The AIDS virus is many times smaller than sperm. You can get AIDS much more quickly than you can get pregnant. Many times, sex and love are very different. Sex is a desire (appetite) while love is a decision (and commitment). Sex never causes people to love each other. If Sex caused love, the world would be a very lovely populated place. Love can only be expressed sexually at the right time and in the place which is in marriage. The more you know about the purpose of sex, the less likely you are to abuse it.

The best option for sex is abstinence. Sex is worth, waiting for. Abstinence is giving your body the respect it deserves, that you serve to say No to premarital sex. Remember, your body is God’s sanctuary. No touching from the neck to the knees and keep all your clothes on, zippers closed and buttons buttoned. Remember, most men who are sexually active still prefer a virgin when they want to get married.

BE OPTIMISTIC by Prince Bobby (Ghana)

“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.”― Noam Chomsky.

Romans 8:28 says And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

An optimist is a person who usually expects a favorable outcome from life and out of every situation.

To be Optimistic is know that all things whether good or bad are working together for your good, it is to believe and expect a favorable outcome from your pursuit and endeavors.

The story of Thomas Edison comes to mind here, Thomas Edison conducted 10,000 separate experiments before he invented the incandescent light bulb. When he was asked how he felt about failing 10,000 before succeeding. Thomas Edison said “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. In my opinion I believe among other things, Thomas Edison was optimistic about the experiment he was conducting which made him to keep trying, pressing on and believing for a favorable outcome from his experiment.

Friends, keep trying, pressing and believing for a favorable outcome from life and all you do.

“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.”

You just need to be optimistic about life, believing that all things are going to work together for your good in that process you are becoming the person God wants you to be.

An extract from my book title “Becoming the person God wants me to be”.

YEAR OF TRUIMPH by Bro. Oluwasegun Oloruntegbe

For whosoever has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world – our faith. Who is this that overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the son of God. – 1 John 5:4-5.

‘Whosoever’ at the beginning of this verse shows that God is no respecter of anyone, that whosoever is willing to associate with God, that only person, not on behalf of anyone,  be it family or friends is considered. He believes that Jesus is the Messiah and the son of God by nature and office. He has the love of God – John 4:19 would be free from Satan – John 5:18 and sin – John 3:9 and would possess the power to overcome the world – John 5:14.

He perceives that the Lord Jesus conquered the world, not for himself only, but for His followers and they must be partakers of His victory. ‘Be of good cheer, I have overcome the World’. He sees a Saviour ‘who gave himself for sins, that he might deliver us from this present world’ – Gal 1:4

He is possessed with a spirit and deposition that cannot be satisfied with this world, that looked beyond it and still tending, striving and pressing towards the world in Heaven.

He knows that the Saviour was not this world and His kingdom was not and is not, must be separated from the world and gathered out of it for Heaven and for God.

The person involved would be described by his faith and the dignity of his descent.

This condition of sonship – John 3:1-3 and association is the authority over Satan and the world.

Our Faith – This principle of faith and the new nature that it springs from are ingenerated by the spirit of God.  It seems but natural that he who loves the father should also love the children and love Jesus and the only begotten son of God. The aspect of faith is act of salvation – Acts 4:12, which is the ability to do what we are told and believe, it is an attitude of ‘Nothing impossible’ with God, The believe in God gives you the power that overcomes the world.

SEX SEX SEX... LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX

SEX is a spiritual covenant, sex is a soul tie, sex is a spiritual bonding. SEX is more than a physical Union, it is an avenue of transferring curses or blessing. It can bring favor & blessing if you do it with the right partner (a person that you are married to). It brings curses, regrets, barrier & possible death if you do it with the wrong person.

Sex is more than a few rounds of having an intercourse with a man or woman. It is a very deep thing. The people of the world take SEX as an experiment, they take it as a way of expressing themselves, expressing their feelings. They take it as an entertainment but as far as heaven is concerned & as far as Heaven is concerned, SEX is a much more serious matter.

In Proverb 22 verse 14 “The mouth of strange
women is a deep pit, he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein. What a strange scripture! Sex is more than just bringing out your penis & start putting it inside a lady's Vagina. NO it is more than having fun, it is a spiritual thing & transfers take place. Hence the bible said "once you join yourself sexually, you become one flesh & if you start doing it with different people, you have fragmented your life all over the place. More than at any other time many Ministers, Pastors, gifted men & women are dying at a very young age (31/32), girls are developing terrible Fibroid, terrible gynecological problems because of the trap of sexual sins. A lot of anointing has been demoted because of SEX. When the devil wants to catch you, if they try food & find out that food cannot catch you because you fast & does not eat anyhow, when they try other methods & fail, they will try SEX.

A lot of pastors are just Carcass talking on the Pulpit because they have been caged by SEX. Once the call of God is upon your life as a brother, as a sister, you are a marked person by the kingdom of darkness. Every man or woman with a very colorful destiny is always mapped out for attacks.

That is they will make it very clear to their fellow satanic agents that “this fellow is a dangerous person to our kingdom Oooh! give him/her a very close tight marking.The more reasons why you must avoid any friendship or avenue that will lead you to sexual sins.

SEX IS A DESTROYER.

May his mercy never depart from us. AMEN

Decision Making By Samuel A. Osinowo

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track.


The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?


Let's take a moment to think, what will be our decision in this case................


Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?


Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was. This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.


The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.


While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.


'Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right.'

TELL SOMEONE ABOUT JESUS TODAY by MSA Kayode Afolayan

Perhaps someone could have told you before ‘alas the crowd came because of the miracle of Jesus’. That’s right, but the crowd also left as fast as they came because of the preaching of Jesus. But regardless, they came because someone told them about Jesus. Who have you told about Jesus this week? Who have we invited to come to church with us this week or this month? Simeon Peter and Andrew were still young when they met Jesus. What would have happened if Andrew would have never invited Simeon Peter to come meet Jesus? John 1:40-42. Let me tell you what would have happen. The apostle Peter never would have stood up on the day of Pentecost and preached the message of salvation.

Every person you invite to the house of God is a potential key person to the revival and spiritual growth that God would send to this nation. Of course, you never know who it is that you are inviting. It might look to you to be just an old fisherman out tending his nets, but it just might be the greatest evangelist the world has ever known. Have you considered this fact that, there are many preachers of the gospel who at one time were drug addicts? There are many pastors of churches in Pentecost who used to be drunkards sitting on bar stools. There are literally thousands of people who many people had given up on who are now crucial and vital members of growing churches.

As youth, while remembering God now that you are vibrant and energetic, and also a great partaker in the great commission assignment, do not think twice when the thought comes to invite someone to church. Don’t think twice when the opportunity comes to introduce someone to Jesus, anywhere, anytime. Don’t think twice when you see someone who needs what you have. You do not need to procrastinate; say may be till tomorrow before you do this. Tomorrow may be too late.

Just as everyone is yielding for progress in the nation, growth in the church/ministry of God, there must be a new breed of great fishermen like Andrew who did not waste anytime by inviting Simeon to Jesus. Simeon peter later became a pillar in the propagating of the gospel of Christ. Don’t be afraid to invite some one to Jesus today. It could be someone next to you, may be your father, mother, wife, husband, fiancé, fiancée, siblings and friends.