My Lord Jesus, the Shepherd of my soul I will follow You wherever You lead me I will not fret nor cringe in fear Even if You lead into the pit I know it will be for the best at last I’ll trust You always For I know the pit can’t ever be the destination But an only-to-be-routed-through junction Just as hell wasn’t Your destination But a place to pass through to the glory beyond Thus my eyes are fixed on the joy ahead For I know it will all be worth it in the end So I rest NOW as I follow You My mind is not seized with any frenzy But simply resting in Your love and care Right through every step of the way
– Funmi P. Adebayo (c) 2022
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.
God is simple, very loving, and understanding. The generations of humans might have made God look hard, inconsiderate, and unloving, yet they can’t change who God is. He is a good God, Who cares for everything He created. He is a loving, caring, and very responsible heavenly Father Who planned the best right from the foundation of the world for His children, whom He made in His own image and after His own likeness. He is ever faithful and good. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. He gives good things always to His beloved children. Get to meet with this God for yourself.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
I have never seen Everson but my brother he is And he’ll never sin on my scene, never bother with it Young Charles and the step-fam would be arguing things But they tried to eat and clean mouth so forked in our things UC typing with no network Cast your words and let’s work Electrifying verses versus, we wrote culture shock That reminds of Godswill on the LinkedIn thought When I write nowadays I’m Kendrick in my brain When I’m emotional, I’m Drake I give UC catarrh like Wayne I should learn to edit Ed, Edd and Edit Today I was writing slower, with no beat when I read it And yet I found no timing like I used to back ’13 I feel the neck of Nonso pendulum-ing in reprimand I read my counterparts and there’s no doubting, I understand. No buts about this, discipline, I need to robot; Oh God, the speed is messing with the taste of the yogurt. Uh I’ve known the height and yet the might was not the way I reached it No poltergeist, I’m hunting light and all the ways to reach it Beyond delight, in day or night, I sought to not be rigid To please the wise and, like a kite, be gliding high in reason Back To Work One week of intermittent prayer Constant in the fact that you will see me there No foul play, I am not a Layer The season is for harvest so I’m switching gear Trousers and Head gears These were the past cares And don’t get me started on a vaccines being scares Plans of the antichrist, I’m laughing past tears I thought of saying it earlier on my family group But they’ll call me disrespectful and I’m getting in soup As long as souls are told the gospel, I am cool with the loop Light is always gonna win, when it’s dark imma stoop Make dem no go use me shine, “Sorry” no be control-z I’ll be studying all that time, Me and Mine be on the beat. We’ll be praying and researching, from the back to front row seats Then I’m studio-ing it all, yeah it’s QuChi and the Wheat!!!
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Happiness is feeling the strain leave your face letting go and watch your grip fade joy makes it way like a river welling from your insides to your heart and registers a smile By the grace of God… you are here you can rest The battle is won the work is done
If you are a person who nitpicks your way through movies only going for those that you are sure would prove to be eternally and critically relevant, then we have something for you. This movie series is a Loaves and Fish production, co-produced and distributed by Angel Productions. In a time such as ours, when old movies and screenplays are being rewritten and reenacted using more contemporary equipment, time-honed skills and modern techniques, the great stories of the Bible are not left behind.
Meet The Chosen. The Chosen is a story of a man on a mission to tell his people about God in the face of Roman colonization. It is set in 20-30 AD Israel. The characters are familiar to those who may have read the Autoptic gospel of John or the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. The slow storytelling and great acting make for a compelling story by Dallas Jenkins. The plot of The Chosen is non-fiction and based on the life of Jesus Christ. The series aims to showcase Christ “through the eyes of those who met him”.
For anyone who has seen any movie about the life of Christ while he was physically on Earth, the plot will prove enchanting and fully immersing.
The Chosen is a Vidangel adaptation of The Shepherd, a short film also created by Dallas Jenkins. The Chosen is a massively crowdfunded project. Infact, The Chosen is now the top crowdfunded filmed project, having raised over $16.2 million from 316,000 investors.
Yes, there are long moments and the progression is quite slow, but it all adds to the reverence with which Christ is portrayed in this record breaking screenplay. Dallas Jenkins has said that he wishes for the movie series to reach the eyes of a billion people, so it is safe to say that everyone is the target audience.
In a time of a full spectrum of intellectual and cultural perspectives, The Chosen appears to be the chosen Jesus’ story of our time.
Unlike other depictions of the life of Jesus, such as A.D., Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus, The Passion, Jesus: His Life; The Chosen comes away from the usual technique of following Jesus around as he delivers analogies, dissertations and life-changing miracles. The Chosen series also takes the dynamic perspective of portraying Jesus as a shared character in the lives and stories of characters like Matthew, Mary Magdalene, Simon Peter, Andrew, John, James and others.
From wide shots of the choice locations, mid shots of threatening Roman soldiers and close shots of thoughtful Jews; the cinematography is quite engaging, coupled with a rural ambience and sounds that leave you “waking up” from each episode.
The Cast features Jonathan Roumie as Jesus, Paras Patel as Matthew, Shahar Isaac as Simon Peter, Elizabeth Tabish as Mary Magdalene, and Erick Avari as Nicodemus. The Cast is succinctly chosen and proves their mettle from episode to episode; and you can watch the other movies mentioned in this article for a sort of template for the characters. From December 24th 2017 till now, the Chosen has been distributed by Angel Studios.
All in all, The Chosen is a serious project and its impact is just beginning to be felt beyond the circles of cinema enthusiasts, internet explorers and critics.
With Season 2 airing its last episode in July, we are starting a new series of reviews on The Chosen’s season 1 episodes. We hope our perspective on the series’ storytelling will enjoin you to watch it and more importantly, read up The Synoptic Gospels for more understanding on the life of Jesus.
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…seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
…do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
But you already knew that I might need a coolant I have to go editing even when my freestyling is witty My Lady friends like to act like they don’t wanna kiss me Claiming that they miss me But they hardly aim time at me I just miss them back, very simply.
Back to the basics, Still here trying to make it They say the boy is harsh but he just tryna sow seeds Early morning edits Working while in parties And all the while I only wasn’t broke when I was saving And one day I’ll be having enough To not care for a single account But right now I’ll be praying the Lord My options are to whine or to shout I just want to be part of the cast An actor or the cameraman, Let my script be the gospel alight A wordman from the back of the mic
Fried Rice is boiled French fries Nigerian So when I got saved I didn’t change my name Just add “in Christ” and read the Bible like the rules to a game Step out the boat And if I fail to float I’ll be taking notes For the future blokes And their future clothes Is the future close? I don’t even know But I walk and go One step to go
Thank You UC I see what you see The truth is investments help you tolerate and flushit I always dare to ask myself “Niel, what’s important?” And then I don’t do that, it’s kinda like zoom out Where I take stock of the stock fishes that I didn’t throw the hook at But I can’t help fretting till I eat the Word And trouble just makes me wanna pray to God I used to yab those who would ask for more But now the price of onions got me insecure My favorite boss said my work was disappointing I just fell asleep, woke up and rewrote it I get tired when it’s time to work, and even rough play feels like a job And I just wanna set up a shop Profits and knocks, service and love But the walk is on One more step to go
Christ a poet 