Category: article

Prophet Suddenly 3 poster

PROPHET SUDDENLY 3 – The Music Minister – A REVIEW

Leave a comment

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ohis Ojeikere, Anwuli Ojeikere
DIRECTOR: Ohis Ojeikere
MAJOR CAST: Ohis Ojeikere, Laurel Olu-Egbor, Lawrence Oyor, Apostle Arome Osayi, Bishop John C.W., Pastor Gideon Mba, Anwuli Ojeikere, Nwankwo Paul Chukwudi

LOCATION: Nigeria, Kenya, USA
YEAR: 2025

REVIEWER: IFIOKABASI OKOP

NB: This review contains spoilers.

This third installment in the Prophet Suddenly – The Music Minister series follows the rise and tragic spiral of a gospel music minister whose greed, lust, carelessness, and disobedience to God eventually lead to his downfall.

The film arrives amid recent conversations around gospel music ministers charging large sums to minister in churches. While some condemn the practice outright, others argue that these ministers serve in the temple and deserve their wages. Yet others believe that only God should determine whether a minister charges or not. 

Although Prophet Suddenly 3 was shot before these debates became widespread (especially with gospel artists now suing their record labels), it is a timely contribution to the conversation. Importantly, the movie does not answer the question: Should a gospel minister charge to minister at churches? Instead, it explores the deeper issue – the intent behind such decisions.

Minister James, played by Muyiwa Ohis Ojeikere, is undoubtedly anointed, but his fame feeds his greed. In his very first scene, he refuses to minister at a church simply because they hadn’t completed payment of his honorarium.

What an introduction!

He ditches that church with cold indifference and heads to a bigger church where the pastor gives him a huge honorarium. If gospel ministers act like this in real life (which I sincerely pray they don’t), the body of Christ has a serious crisis.

On the surface, Minister James’ story is a cautionary tale of what happens when a man of God drifts into carnality. But on a deeper level, it depicts the spiritual warfare that rages behind the scenes for the soul of every servant of God. You may be doing great exploits for the kingdom, but the devil is always strategising, and if you live in sin, you are already within his grasp.

There are many lessons to take from this film, but the most important one for me is this: BE ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR SPIRITUAL MENTOR.

If Minister James had walked in obedience, humility, and transparency with his pastor, he would not have met his Waterloo. Yet, I appreciated that his path back to God was done the right way. Many live in sin and think that simply confessing to God is enough. NO! James 5: 13–15 explains the power of confessing your faults to a righteous man whose prayer is powerful and effective. Minister James did just that. Apostle Arome Osayi’s character prayed for him, and the bondage was broken. If he had not humbled himself, confessed, and sought prayer, he would still be in chains.

MUSINGS

What I Loved

The Soundtrack & Sound Design
For a film centered on a gospel music minister, Prophet Suddenly 3 did well. The original soundtrack and sound effects were immersive, pulling the viewer into the emotion of every scene.

The Locations
Normally, I roll my eyes when Nollywood movies span 3 to 4 countries because it feels unnecessary especially if it adds nothing to the story. But here, it worked. Minister James’s global trips reinforced his obsession with fame and money. He had to fly to Kenya to show the depth of his greed, and his collaboration with a U.S. label made his global ambition believable.

Lawrence Oyor’s Performance
He can act—no debate. I enjoyed watching him in the last season of Abattoir, and in Prophet Suddenly 3, he delivered again. His portrayal of an earnest fanboy was both hilarious and oddly heartbreaking.

The Acting
The cast size grew significantly in this installment, and everyone came prepared. Even the extras were performing like their rent was due. Comic timing, especially from Minister James’ manager (Nwankwo Paul Chukwudi), was impeccable. By the way, I indeed caught Damilola Mike-Bamiloye in a tiny cameo.

The Cameos
Apostle Arome Osayi’s presence is a given. I loved that his character continued to serve as a moral compass for Minister James. The other pastors, despite limited screen time, delivered convincingly. Rev. Dinna Osayi’s cameo was also a pleasant surprise. 

Bishop Baazu
Played by Bishop John C.W., this character was deeply unsettling. He played the two-faced bishop so well that his evil stares were chilling.

WHAT COULD’VE BEEN BETTER

Character backstory
How did a young man raised under a godly pastor fall so far into greed and lust? Was it only the manipulation of Miokukusheshe (Laurel Olu-Egbor) that caused this? A clearer depiction of negative influences (perhaps another minister) would have made the descent more believable.

More Music, Please
For a movie about a gospel singer, we got a few ministrations. That short scene where he ministered “Holy, Holy, Holy” was beautiful. More songs like that would have enriched the film.

The Ending Was Too Abrupt
I needed closure. What happened to his band? Did he confess, repent, and reconcile with them? What about his fiancée (Anwuli Ojeikere)? Did she stay, or move on? The epilogue was thought-provoking, but I still wish these side stories had been resolved more clearly.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Prophet Suddenly 3 – The Music Minister taught me a lot and reminded me of lessons I had forgotten. It took on a heavy theme, exposed uncomfortable truths, and pointed us toward restoration through humility and accountability. It’s spiritually intense and socially relevant. If you haven’t watched it yet, what exactly are you waiting for?

Watch it here.

WEDDING WEEKEND 2 – A REVIEW

Leave a comment


PRODUCERS: Wole Adeyi & Mike Bamiloye
DIRECTORS: Damilola Mike-Bamiloye & Wole Adeyi
MAJOR CAST: Rosemary Adio, Imuetinyan Omere, Damilola Mike-Bamiloye, Tumise Falana

LOCATION: Texas, USA
YEAR: 2024

REVIEWER: IFIOKABASI OKOP

If you saw “Wedding Weekend” in 2023, a sequel was released on the 6th of October, 2023 on Damilola Mike-Bamiloye’s YouTube channel.

So, go and watch it.

Alright, let’s get this review started.

“Wedding Weekend 2” follows the redemption journey of Valerie who has a bad name, a bad reputation, and a terrible past. Edmond is the person God uses to change her life but will she let go of her past and accept God’s promises for her life? Would the people who know her past accept or reject her, even though God has shown her mercy?

It is a story of redemption, restoration, forgiveness, and new beginnings.

Let’s break it down.

THE PERFORMANCES

Rosemary Adio’s portrayal of Valerie is a standout in the film. She goes through many emotions, and she effortlessly takes me on those journeys with her. One particularly moving scene is when she cries and prays after her sister passes away—it is heart-wrenching because her acting makes me feel her grief.

Imuetinyan Omere plays Edmund, and I think he is a fine actor. He has a lot of heavy lifting in this film compared to the first one, and he gives a good, believable performance. He nails the comedic, dramatic, and romantic scenes well, and I look forward to seeing him portray other characters in future films. A standout for me is his bromance with his elder brother, Marvin.


Damilola Mike-Bamiloye, once again as Marvin is superb! DBaba delivers, forget it! Not only does he know how to write good scripts, but he also knows how to interpret them. He adds subtle acting choices that I noticed—in the scene where he hung up after Valerie prayed for him, I could see the confusion on his face as if he was hinting that he recognized the voice but just couldn’t place it.

Tumise Falana as Gabby has fewer scenes than her co-stars, but she does justice to her character. While I don’t like that she delivers her lines slowly, I appreciate that she shows a range of emotions in the film. Her best scene is the confrontation with Valerie when she shows up at their home—I love the switch in her character, and I was like, “Let’s go, sis, let her know what she did was absolutely wrong.“


Temitope Falana plays Emily, Marvin’s evil boss who wants to date Edmond by all means. She delivers her character with range and believability. Her transformation from a “nice” person to a villain takes a complete turn, and I was shocked by how unexpectedly her character becomes so evil and vengeful.

WHAT I LOVED

The story: This is a story that many Christians can relate to because God still works miracles in the most mysterious situations, and this film is a reminder to never to underestimate His omnipotence.

The music: I love Joshua Mike-Bamiloye’s music, and the soundtrack and songs in this film were just Chef’s Kiss. He also released a new song for this film titled, “Brand New Day”.


The location and set designs: I loved the houses used in this film. I wish I were as wealthy as the characters to own such large, beautiful homes. But maybe one day…

The ending. It made me cry. I didn’t expect it to, because it was spoiled in the comments section (I’d advise you not to read them until you finish the film) but I still cried. A combo of the acting and the soundtrack got me because nobody was cutting onions near me.

Comic Relief. Dami adds little pockets of humour throughout the film which I appreciate because they help ease the tension from the serious themes. My favourite comedic line – “I know Chatgpt helped you out with your proposal”.


WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE

1. Marvin’s appointment, coming a day after being fired by Emily, was too rushed in my opinion. If it had been discovered that she was involved in fraudulent activities, I would have preferred it to be shown, rather than told. I wanted Emily to be exposed for her wickedness and see the sorry look she’d have on her face especially after she had put the brothers through so much because of something so flimsy.

2. The forgiveness in the scene when Valerie is introduced to Gabby and Marvin feels too quick. Realistically, the couple would likely need time for prayers, self-reflection, or even a revelation before they could truly forgive Valerie and welcome her back into their lives, especially in such a close familial role.

3. Valerie moved on too quickly from her sister’s death. The film should have at least shown a burial scene where she could say a final goodbye to her sister and then move on.

“Wedding Weekend Part 2” made me laugh, cry, gasp, and hope for a happy ending for the characters and it didn’t disappoint. It is indeed a story of God’s mercy and how He can transform anyone regardless of their past.

What are you waiting for? Go watch it if you haven’t.

What are you seeking?

Leave a comment

When I was much younger, my mom shared a brilliant analogy with me and my siblings. She said God is like an ocean; if you came to Him with a cup, you would get a cup full. If you came to him with a massive drum, you would get a drum full. If you came with a water truck, as huge as it is, you would still get it filled. The point is, that you get what you ask for. In essence, when we are dissatisfied with our results, an excellent place to review would be what we are asking for. Many times, our expectations are truck-sized, but we approach God with cups and wonder why we never feel satisfied. The ocean is clearly sufficient to fill any vessel, yet every person gets the amount of water they make space for, regardless of their intention.

Many times, our expectations are truck-sized, but we approach God with cups and wonder why we never feel satisfied.

An iconic part of Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount reads thus:

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be opened.
Matthew 7:7-8 (NKJV)

In reading this, it is easy to focus on the instruction rather than the implication of the promise. Especially in the 8th verse, Jesus makes a definitive statement that when we do our part, we are guaranteed an answer: The one who asks will receive, the one who seeks will find, and the one who knocks will be opened unto. In a sense, Jesus is saying that in cases where your results don’t satisfy, God is not the person to look at. You should review what you are asking for.

In the following verses, Jesus challenged his audience, asking if they were better fathers than God. His argument was, “If you would not give your children what they did not request, why do you think God will operate like that?” This is also the main proposition of this article: with God, when we ask, seek, and knock, we will receive, find, and be opened to, but we can remain unsatisfied with the result if the request is not right.

Among the three actions Jesus listed – ask, seek, and knock – I find seeking to be the easiest way to make this point, so for this article, I will place a specific emphasis on seeking even though it applies to all three. Jesus promises us that whatever we seek, we will find. Therefore, more often than not, our dissatisfaction comes from what we find. The flipside of Jesus’ promise is that you won’t find what you are not seeking. Essentially, our only hope of finding the right thing is to make sure that we are seeking the right thing. We must critique our seeking to ensure we find the things that are truly valuable to us.

Seeking in Nigerian colloquial English is “looking for something”. This establishes that the act comes loaded with two presumptions: there is an absence of something, and that thing has a value that necessitates the search. Therefore, to truly ascertain that we are seeking the right thing, we should define what we lack and the value that is inherent in the thing sought. For example, if I am seeking food, the presumptions that validate my endeavour are that I am hungry and, secondly, that the food I am after can satisfy my hunger. If I were seeking diamonds when dealing with a hunger problem, I would be setting myself up for gross disappointment.

Essentially, our only hope of finding the right thing is to make sure that we are seeking the right thing. We must critique our seeking to ensure we find the things that are truly valuable to us.

These two presumptions further establish how we can establish what we are seeking. This is necessary because oftentimes we claim to be seeking things that we are clearly not going after, and then we are genuinely shocked at what we find. To avoid this happening to you, make sure to use these presumptions to judge yourself. The first thing to ask is, “What do I lack?” The answer might seem too obvious and overwhelming, as human wants are insatiable; therefore, human lack is constant.

Our limited nature places us in a perpetual state of lack, but we do not seek after everything we lack. The second factor of seeking – value that necessitates the search – helps reveal where we invest our limited efforts. Anything that is valuable enough to make you move defines what you are seeking. Simply put, your lack may be evident and varied, but the things that you value are what eventually lead you into the adventure of seeking.

Many Christians can testify that their search for Jesus started because there was a significant lack in their lives. Many have come to the foot of the cross because of a lack of good health, peace of mind, prosperity, answers, and identity, among other needs. Fortunately, like the woman with an issue of blood in Luke 8:43–48, after trying everything else, we end up trying Jesus.

So, we identify our lack and cast our eyes on the capacity of Jesus, so we go seeking. Just like that woman, many have testified that what they could not get anywhere else, they found in Jesus. These types of stories usually bring tears of joy to our eyes and put big smiles on our faces. The problem with this is that oftentimes, the lack remains in some other part of their lives, or in some cases, some people actually don’t get what they want, and that can be hard to make sense of. Ideally, this should raise an important query:

Is Jesus incapable of meeting our needs, or are we seeking Jesus for something less than what He promises?

When we look at our anchor scripture from the gospel of Luke, it reads thus:

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
Luke 11:9–13 (NKJV)

In Luke’s account, we see that when Jesus was talking about how we can get anything from God the Father, He directly stated that the good thing we should seek from God is the Holy Spirit. This implies that while God would give us many things, His greatest desire is for us to have the Holy Spirit. The emphasis placed on the Holy Spirit can be understood by looking at the following scriptures:

“But he who is joined to the Lord is one Spirit with Him.”
1 Corinthians 6:17 (NKJV)

“For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.”
1 Corinthians 2:11–12 (NKJV)

These verses make a very important claim: to have the Spirit of God is to share a level of intimacy with God that is unattainable by any other means. It is to know God intimately and, consequently, to be known by God. Hence, in Luke, Jesus was essentially saying the best thing you can ask from God is to share His Spirit, to be intimate with Him, to know Him, and to be known by Him.

Everyone who comes into the Christian Faith should essentially be seeking this relationship of spiritual oneness with God, galvanised through the person and sacrifice of Jesus.

You see, at the very core of what Christianity is, we find a relationship between the Creator and His creation. This relationship (and all its sides) is essentially the focus of the Bible. By the standards we have previously set, we can make the claim that Christianity is focused on this relationship because man’s greatest lack is a relationship with His Creator, and the only possible way of getting that back is through Jesus. During His time on earth, Jesus repeatedly uttered the command, “Follow Me”. We can see that He does this because He knows man’s greatest need is not for the things we are focused on; rather, it is Him, a physical representative of the Godhead, that should be sought after. He presents Himself as what is lacking in this world (John 8:12) and as valuable enough to lose everything else in a bid to seek (Luke 9:23).


Therefore, everyone who comes into the Christian Faith should essentially be seeking this relationship of spiritual oneness with God, galvanised through the person and sacrifice of Jesus. This implies that a Christian is a person who recognises the lack of God in their life and seeks Jesus as a worthy answer to satisfy that lack. The seeker considers a relationship with God to be of infinite value but also recognises that that relationship is only possible through the sacrifice of Jesus and expressed through living like Jesus. So, the seeker maintains an intentional desire to know Jesus and live like Him. This does not mean the one who seeks Jesus does not have normal human needs; it just means his priority places the knowledge of Jesus as foremost and of utmost worth.

It is important to note that the depth of need and/or the value of what is sought after can be discerned by paying close attention to how the seeker goes about seeking. The intensity, care, and support required to find something can tell a lot about what is being sought after and the value that it holds. For Christians, this is so true because the way we seek shows whether we understand the value of what we are seeking or if we are even seeking the right things. The seeker who prioritises their relationship with God understands two things: it requires the help of the Holy Spirit, and it is not a quick fix. This should help you understand that your seeking as a Christian may be flawed if you think it can be entirely achieved in your strength and/or if your fulfilment can be achieved with one quick fix.

This truth can be derived from Jesus’ iconic command, “Follow me”. The first word implies that this is not quick. In fact, it suggests a walk without an end because the one who follows just keeps on moving until the other stops. The second word in the command is “me.” This squarely places the responsibility for how things go on Jesus’ shoulders. Simply put, Jesus tells us that seeking Him is a long process that He alone can sponsor. The one who seeks Jesus settles in for the long ride and has no trust in human effort. This is where the Holy Spirit mentioned in Luke comes in. Jesus admonishes us to desire the Holy Spirit, as He holds the power to sponsor our seeking.

The seeker who prioritises their relationship with God understands two things: it requires the help of the Holy Spirit, and it is not a quick fix.

“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”
John 14:25–26 (NKJV)

Therefore, seeking Jesus looks a lot like depending on the Holy Spirit. In practical terms, it is an incessant desire to know Jesus and a complete dependence on the Holy Spirit to have that desire fulfilled. So, the seeker engages in Bible Study but does so with a desire to know Jesus and prays earnestly for the Holy Spirit to facilitate that process. The seeker prays as a means of building and enjoying a relationship with God, but completely trusts the Holy Spirit to empower that process.

With this established, our seeking enterprise is only fully maximised when we set our sights on Jesus and completely depend on the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately, this is not a given among Christians. Just like in the days when Jesus was on earth, many seek after what He can do for them rather than who He is and the power He desires to give us. These Christians have a hard time making sense of their lives because they are standing in front of an ocean and have only cups of experience to show for it.

Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not labour for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”
John 6:26–27 (NKJV)

To seek Jesus for anything less than Him through the Holy Spirit, which is the seal of our salvation, is to cut yourself short of an infinite blessing. In Philippians 3, Paul declared with ultimate certainty that there is nothing we need more and nothing more worthy of our time than knowing Jesus. You might temporarily meet your immediate needs by asking God for one thing or another, but if you are seeking just that, you will eventually be frustrated. It has to be Jesus we seek. Gratefully, Jesus has already promised us that He is not far from us, and if we can set our minds to seek Him, He will surely be found. So if you feel like you have not sought him truly, there is still hope for you. Like the prodigal son in Luke 15:11–24, you can turn around now and seek the right thing, or, better put, the right one.

Therefore, when we orient ourselves to seek Him not for what He can do but for Himself, we open the door of our hearts to divine intimacy.

To conclude, I want to show you an endearing picture from the last book of the Bible:

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”
Revelations 3:20 (NKJV)

Throughout this article, the rhetoric has been that we are seeking after God. In certain applications, this works, but I think it is beautiful that the Bible clearly establishes that we are not seeking a passive God who grants us access to do a good job. Rather, our Father seeks us as intensely as He admonishes us to seek Him. He comes into our lives not seeking what we can do for Him but for the fullness of who we are. Therefore, when we orient ourselves to seek Him not for what He can do but for Himself, we open the door of our hearts to divine intimacy. There are not enough words in the world to describe the beauty of that intimacy. It is so rapturous that men died for it, and God gave His Son, Jesus, for it. If you seek it, if you seek after Him, you will not be disappointed.

EZEONYEKA GODSWILL

Regeneration on Women’s Day

Leave a comment

Hello, My name is Niel and these are the ChristaPoet Freestyle Sessions. This year, ChristaPoet wants to give you a special perspective to our freestyles. At first, some of these poems were published as stand-alone pieces. But in actuality, each poem is an untitled part of a freestyle session. Each freestyle session is given a topic for the poems to address.

I had told you in the first part of this piece, that these poets wrote 18 poems on this day, 25th February 2022. I want to do a sort of back and forth with the period that I draw pieces from. This time, I am continuing my account of a more recent time.

The topic is Regeneration.

And I bring you Zoe Ziva, writing at 10:33am, on the 25th of February:


That same Spirit that raised up Christ from the dead, heal your mum and heal my pastors wife too.

Vitalizing, regenerating, nothing broken, nothing missing.

Cardiac arrested, arrested the evil one, our prayers will not cease, this peace will not rest in this, for she will see the light of day on earth, stand on her two feet, her memory will reboot, amnesia would not be a name.

Your mum’s eyes will regenerate, God’s healing balm still has Gilead on it, now it resides in our heart.

Our faith will rise, our hands lifted, we do not forsake our own mercies, we choose to trust in The King rather than observe Lying vanities.


Since I’ve been younger till now that I’m grown, I’ve always seen that faith always wins.
Even in our time, this testimony would be so.

Rejoice.


And at 11:05 AM, the Elegant and Elusive Imani Dokubo:


I join you in prayers
I agree with you in faith
Her sight is restored
Her healing permanent

She sees clearly
The goodness and mercy of our God never runs out on her

We rejoice not in the future but now, for the end we have seen clearly.


Again, let me paint the context. So, one of us, Ade, had just written a freestyle spurt in which he indicated that his mother had just undergone surgery. We all subsequently dove into praying for her through our poetry…very touching stuff.

At 11:08 AM, Aebube with the kiss kiss emojis, wrote:


Just a turned ignition and boom
Men set off in tripedation

It’s not a holy feeling, the jitters are killing slowly
It made me sorrow only

Tell me I’m going to heal really quick from this fear and trepidation, this isn’t some perdition
right?

Of course it isn’t
For Christ paid the ultimate price so I’m forever freed from its shackles

My life is not on hold I’ve been unshackled from the chains of fear, the word alone regenerates me

For he has not given me the spirit of fear but of sound mind and power

Who I’m to agitate about tomorrow’s out come when Yahweh is there

He is the way, the truth and the life, for him alone I mount with wings like an eagle yet do not faint

My strength renewed, no cent used.


She posted that, and after a few minutes, at 11:50 AM, she continued:


They tried to bury me
Not ones
Not twice
For the third time I’m being covered with earth

Fascinating right?
So much they didn’t know
Ohhhh men carefully calculate

With vigour they plan our undoing yet
Ignorance deprive them of their sight

They can’t see right
Though all calculations seemed just perfect

They buried themselves and thought they’re done for, here we’re spouting a leave

With our lips pouted in mockery
They’re left in awe
Our God’s way smarter

We’re his seed buried to regenerate
Just like him we rise
Again and again we’re crowned with Victory to stay above and not beneath.


And then, my darling MeerahZoe, wrote this at 11:53 AM:


What’s more beautiful than a birth?
A rebirth.
The beautiful promise of a second chance
A do over when you’re done over

Twice I’ve lain in the fetal position
The first time oblivious to my existence
The second time wanting to end it

See pain is selfish, you only feel it when you’re self focused.
The man who invented diversional therapy would be out of business otherwise.

Twice I’ve lain in the fetal position
The first time oblivious to my Father’s company
The second time too self-seeing to see Him

It’s easier to ask for a break and a do over,
Blaming the God who supposedly didn’t give it
Than it is to see that the new life He gave you is all the practice you need to be reborn

But pain is selfish, and I would rather reject His comfort than put in the work.
Our faith walk however is sometimes like school, you don’t get past any stage without doing the work.

Standing on my feet again, I hope the sight of the ground from this angle is enough to remind me the next time
That a righteous man can fall seventy times
And rise up seventy times.


Today’s article has consisted strictly of women. I did not really plan that it should be so, but so it has come to pass. Today also happens to International Women’s Day. It makes me wonder, is there a local women’s day?

We hail the woman; for her tenacity, patience, kindness, beauty and industry.

Happy International Women’s Day


Authors:
Zoe Ziva
Imani Dokubo
Ebube
MeerahZoe

Whose Honour Do You Seek?

Leave a comment

In a generation where everyone wants their voice to be heard and their face to be known, you need to determine right at the inception whose honour you are going to be after. Know that in the journey to stardom, so many people and things do vie for the travellers’ attention on the way. Many will also make themselves vulnerable just to be identified with the most famous in the land. They will do everything possible to be seen with them, just to show to the public that they are important too. They will do all possible for acceptance. This is sure selling well in this generation. Highly rampant!

But whose honour do you seek, God’s or man’s? Who are you out to please? Note, trying to gain the approval of a man will only make you compromise in some ways, just that you may be accepted. It will cause you to modify some Christly convictions you’ve held so preciously. The Lord Jesus is asking you to dare to stand out today! In your expedition to stardom, don’t follow the conventional but the primordially set God’s standard. Don’t (for whatever reason) wane in the right things you’ve known of the Lord, even if you look odd. Stay believing rightly by seeking the honour that comes only from God.

“How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?”

John 5:44
Funmi P. Adebayo is a preacher of the gospel of Christ and believes that His gospel covers everything, as God is God of all things without an exemption at all. God has helped him found a ministry by the name, THE SIMPLE LIFE OF CHRIST MINISTRY (AKA THE RESTING PLACE), the platform through which God’s Spirit is helping him to reach out to the world with the simple message of Jesus Christ and by the demonstration of the Spirit and of power, which is solely for the defense and the confirmation of the same gospel of Christ.
Download Funmi’s maiden e-book

Kindness Versus Love

Leave a comment

Kindness is a display of charitable behavior towards someone, while love means a profound and caring affection towards someone. Clearly, kindness and love don’t mean the same thing. Kindness is what one shows to the outsider, while love is for the insiders. It’s not rightly acceptable to say you are kind to your own children. You simply love them. You are to be kind to someone out there but loving to your own family. Thus, love is certainly of a higher value than kindness.

The prodigal son’s elder brother only knew and lived on their father’s kindness. He never knew nor understood their father’s love. He kept doing many things to please the father who was already pleased with him. On the day his brother returned home, the Scripture apprises to us that he was in the field till quite a later time of the day, whereas the main servants were already at home. One would wonder what he was doing out there all alone. By living only on his dad’s kindness, he only could SOMEDAY expect to receive a kid goat from his dad, when everything, including the fatted calf which was later killed for his brother, was for him to enjoy had he understood his dad’s love.

Hmm, it’s sad to know that many children of God are living exactly like this prodigal son’s older brother. They only know of God’s kindness, never His love all their life. They relate with Papa God as His hired servants when they are actually His beloved children. And mere kindness never gets anybody the best, only love does, always. God is kind toward everybody but especially loves His own children. You may have started on God’s kindness, as we all somehow do, but you don’t remain there. You need to move on to knowing and receiving God’s love that you may experience and enjoy God’s best in life henceforth.


The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Jeremiah 31:3
Funmi P. Adebayo is a preacher of the gospel of Christ and believes that His gospel covers everything, as God is God of all things without an exemption at all. God has helped him found a ministry by the name, THE SIMPLE LIFE OF CHRIST MINISTRY (AKA THE RESTING PLACE), the platform through which God’s Spirit is helping him to reach out to the world with the simple message of Jesus Christ and by the demonstration of the Spirit and of power, which is solely for the defense and the confirmation of the same gospel of Christ.
Download Funmi’s maiden e-book