JESUS IS COMING

 

             JESUS IS COMING

Mat 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.

Mat 24:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

 Mat 24:9 "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

Mat 24:10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,

 Mat 24:11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.

 Mat 24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,

Mat 24:13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

         These are the words of Christ corroborating that his coming is nearer than  never before. Believers don't loose faith, there is no other time to put on the whole armour rather than now. Be strong in the power of God, Purge yourselves from every besetting sin and engage in soul winning. The key to the coming of Christ with us, if we want Christ to come, the church need to engage more in evangelism at all times. The gospel of Christ must be preached at all places so that no one can have an excuse that he did not hear. Our duty as believers is to tell people about Christ,lead them to Christ and Holy Spirit will do the conversion. Our kingdom is not of this world, let us arise whatever the price and launch out to tell others that Christ is coming.

Abolanle Oladipupo

©️  February 2022

MAY "NIGERIA" NEVER HAPPEN TO YOU

        May  "Nigeria"  never happen to you

           May Nigeria never happen to you. This is a deep prayer. Nigeria as at today is one of the counties that have the highest number of prayer mountains, prayer houses and churches. Nigeria is a religious country no doubt about that but it is gradually becoming an  headquarter for any kind of evil you can think of. Poverty, money rituals, insurgencies have ravaged the nation. Karl Marx defined religion as the opium of the Masses. We have more churches, mosques than industries. Religion is the answer to everything and there lies the problem and battle confronting Nigeria. The problem of Nigeria is simply bad leadership and corruption. God will not come down from heaven and put right leaders there. It is our decision to come together as a country and fix this nation together or else Nigeria may be a history. The ruling political class are expert at dividing the nation along religion and ethnic lines which makes it difficult to reason together and challenge our common enemy. 

            Our common enemy is not the devil but bad leaders and corruption. If Nigeria economy revives and the country becomes great, so many churches and prayer houses will close down because there is nothing to pray about again.An average religious leader is a prayer merchant, prayers that are not theologically sound but rooted in philosophically and psychologically siphoning people's pockets.Unfortunately majority of these victims are struggling low income earners who want a better living. I am sure so many of these prayers are already disturbing God. Why should you pray intensively before embarking on a trip in Nigeria? Why should you pray so much for your daily bread and clothes to wear? Why should you pray for electric distribution company to bring power? Why should you pray and pray before you can build a house or ride a car?  Why should you pray and fast before you get a job? Why should you pray and pray over untimely death? Why praying for protection and security before you sleep? Why must you pray and pray for divine healing? The religious leaders have made people believed that Battles of their father's house , curses, evil covenants, satanic yokes were responsible for all these? And the question comes what is the essence of the blood of Jesus, his death and his resurrection? Is the blood of Jesus and power not enough to wipe off curses, covenants and protect us? Do they pray such prayers in Europe, America and other developed countries of the world? Certainly No. Why? They have a working government and are committed to make the economy work for all and sundry. The religious leader have made people believed that African is cursed. Some are even of the theory that their fore father's and ancestors did not serve God which makes life to be difficult for the present generation. All these theories and claims are not biblically true. Probably they didn't know that the whites also have gods and idols that they worshipped. Whites are also involve in voodoo , witchcraft, and rituals. Even at that, these set of religious people will claim even if they have witchcraft, it is white witchcraft which they used in invention of aircrafts, automobiles, phones etc. If there is any part of the world that should be backward and redundant economically, it should be Europe and America. Necessity is the mother of invention. The part of the world where they found themselves is inhabitable yet they think constructively and come up with inventions and research that can make their world habitable and comfortable.

       Nigeria itself is a battle...it have made us prey to prayer merchants and prophets. We have been made to believe that Devil, demons, witches and wizard are responsible for our problems. The truth is we have no problem but our problem is being a Nigerian. Till today people visit prayer mountains before they can get visa to travel out of the country. Such prayers are unnecessary if  Nigeria is working. If you are a citizen of Australia, you can travel to about one hundred countries without visa. Nigerian international passport can also becomes strong if we decide to make Nigeria work. Who is our enemy? Our common enemy is bad leaders and corruption. We have the resources to make us one of the G.7 countries in the world. It is high time we came together as one and fight our common enemy by flushing out the bad leaders and political system that is behind it. Let's come up with a system that will be difficult for corruption to thrives, a system that the right people with the interest of the Masses will always govern. Corruption can be a thing of the past if we see it as a virus that is threatening our existence as a country. If we don't end corruption, corruption will end the country. And the story will be " There was a country" The enemy will rejoice and the surrounding nations will say " May Nigeria never happen to you.

© February  2022, Oladipupo Abolanle

GOD IS NOT YOUR CLASSMATE.

 GOD IS NOT YOUR CLASSMATE

              Our understanding of God is based on what he revealed to us and our understanding of him will determine how far we will go with him in the journey of life.The ultimate purpose of a Christian is to know him. Knowing God will save us from asking God unnecessary questions when face with troubles. Paul's aim was to know God and the resurrection power. He left all for the sole purpose of knowing God. Knowledge is power. Power is not in ability to perform miracles,signs, wonders or healing. The real power is in how much of God you know and put into practical use. All will fail but the word of God endures forever.

           Twelve years ago, a young boy of about eleven years came to the church with his family. Her mom was sick and scheduled for an operation. My duty in the church then was to receive, welcome, pray and visit new members. Immediately after meeting with his family who joined the church together with other new comers, the young boy called me aside and asked me a question. He said " why do bad things happen to good people especially Christians?" I was dumbfounded for few seconds. I knew the boy was talking from his personal experience. He was at the verge of losing his mom who had served God all her days on earth and he kept wondering why should such happened to her. I opened the scripture to John 16: 33

 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

            Jesus did not promise a trouble free life, he never said we will not have sickness,debt and all the bad things of life. He only assure us of victory in the midst of it. The victory lies in Christ overcoming  the world. Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, even in pains Jesus is Lord. Faith in God does not mean you always get what you want. It is simply trusting God in whatever situation you find yourself. The three Hebrews said  "But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up." That is the practical definition of faith. John the Baptist was in prison for righteousness sake while in prison he sent his disciples to Jesus if actually he was the messiah.why? He was expecting Jesus to miraculously delivered him but he did not.  John was eventually beheaded by Herod and Jesus was told. He responded by going about his ministry. 

                John was doubtful just like any other  believer will do today when passing through difficult times. John had questions for Jesus Christ but Jesus did not answer his question. We have  many atheists today because from their human experiences God at one time or the other failed them and he could not answer their questions. Hence they conclude that there is no God. At times if God wills, he healed believers from sickness and at times he did not. Sometimes he saved believers from auto crash or aircrash and at times he did not. At times believers also died young and at times he delivered from premature death. He is sovereign God.  God is not our classmate, we cannot question him. All we have to do is to simply trust and obey him. Knowing fully well that his thoughts for us are of peace, plans to prosper us and not to harm us, plans to give us hope and a future.

AbolanleOladipupo(BSc(OOU),Bth(NBTS) 

3rd February,2022

THE PERILS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PRAYERS

 THE PERILS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL PRAYERS

Prayer is worship and one of the ways we communicate with God. Prayer is a very important element in worship. At a time Jesus disciples asked him to teach them how to pray. What prompted this? They had observed the disciples of John praying and they had also seen the Pharisees praying in the temple. Probably they had seen Jesus praying too. It was as if praying was associated to the religious leaders and prophets. The disciples did not imitate Jesus or John disciples but approached Jesus to teach them how to pray. Prayer is a spiritual exercise and it is dynamic. There is no one way to it. It takes the Spirit of God to pray effectively and get results. Prayer is not only limited to Christianity religion. They pray in Hindu, Islam, and other religions. Jesus did not give them a recitation or a set of words to cram. Instead Jesus gave them a model of prayer. This model prayer is a balance prayer pointing to God alone. It is not manipulative and there is no form of desperation or coercion there. It's simply a worship, honouring God and clamouring for his will, protection and provision. The pattern of Jesus's prayers shows that praise takes a high priority, there is no unnecessary repetitions but action words. A critical examination of Jesus's prayers reveal that his prayers were usually specific with the place of honor to God who have the sovereignty to do and undo.

      Prayers in twenty first century show lot of deviations from the biblical way of praying. There are a lot of prayers that we pray which are not necessary especially in the African countries. It is as if we are disturbing God with our prayers. There are things God will not do for you, you have to do it for yourself. There are amenities and facilities government should provide but here you are disturbing God to provide it instead of you to clamour for a better and working government. Understanding the will of God and what he require from us will save us from unnecessary prayers. Prayer is simply knowing the will of God and praying his will of God. The will of God is the mind of God. How can you know the mind of God without acquainting yourself with the scriptures. Any prayer that is not intimated or guided by the scriptures is simply psychological prayer. Psychological prayers are prayers that arise as a result of understanding the plight, nature, situation and environment of the people. Psychological prayers have filled the churches and gradually the church is turning from a place of worship to a merchandise. Prayers like if you want to buy a car before the year ends....is intimated from you knowing that there are people that want to drive cars but are limited by the economy of the country. Instead of you teaching them on biblical principles of success and bringing christian professionals to come and share innovation and ideas with them, you result into making prayers out of their situations. Prayers like shout like someone bitten by snake or shout like a wounded lion or someone in pains are unnecessary. Does it mean our God is deaf? You are in a place and you have quickly study that there are alot of young people there, you know deep inside of you that some may have issues maritally...then you see it as an opportunity to cajole them with psychological prayers...then you hear prayer point like there is someone here God is telling me that there are some people here you should have married but some power are at work when inside of you God have not said anything but just a way to arrest their attention. Instead of teaching them principles of choosing a godly life partner or invite married christians to lecture them on necessity of Christian homes.

       Psychological prayers come with a lot of dangers, the members will see their pastor like a herbalist who can cast away their problems.

      Psychological prayers shift attention from God to men. People begin to see their pastor like almighty who have power and begin to attach more honour to his name and called him all kind of names. 

          Psychological prayers is a way of extorting money from people in such a way that they will have no choice than to drop it. There are churches that will say come and drop offering of grace or come and drop offering of I will witness the celebration next year. Everyone will desire to witness the celebration next year invariably all will be out to give the offering. 

        Psychological prayers makes the pastor to be busy for nothing. They will be busy doing one prayer program or the other and all these prayers programs will end in giving out money.  

            Psychological prayers usually turn pastor to story tellers. You will begin to hear stories like when" I was in Abuja last week , 5 people were greatly blessed, God told me that they have spirit of delay working against them. One of them is now in Germany...I want you to pray that Spirit of Delay hindering me from moving forward..... " When people hear stories with results they will pray. 

           Psychological prayers produce lazy Christians. There used to be a woman who will always shut her shop to attend one prayer or the other at prayer mountain or prayer centers. At the end of the month she will be complaining of there is no money when she is not at a place where God will bless the work of her hands.

Psychological prayers usually produce people that are comfortable in their sins. No messages on salvation and consecration. Attention is on prayers on how to make it in life. 

Psychological prayers makes prayer to be a ritual which they can always pay for to get. 

Psychological prayer will make people to see an enemy behind everything that happen to them. A woman lost everything she had to inferno. She went to mountain and instead of praying for restoration all she was praying is that God who is that person behind the mysterious fire that burn my house. Why that thinking? She has been program to believe that anything that happen to her is from household enemies

Psychological prayers makes prayer mechanical. How? Anytime there is problem the next thing is to pray for 3 hours against enemies of your household. You begin to see prayer as the solution to everything even when you need to use your brain, you will still pray.

Psychological prayers lead to syncretism.In the bid of making it real, knowing fully well that people believe what they see, you will see them saying go to the room naked and pray into water, use the water to bath... Some will even say pray into sand , use that sand to bath...all these are elements of traditional worship that has been forcefully infuse to christainity.

Psychological prayers produce shallow christians. I once met a member of one of these churches that are specialist in Psychological prayers, he does not have a time of personal devotion to study the word of God. All the verses in his head are verses related to warfare prayers.

Psychological prayers ritualized the psalms. The psalms have been bastardized and has become a tool to pray dangerous and unnecessary prayers. Psalms are good for worship but should not become a tool of praying against witchcraft

Psychological prayers lead to eisegesis. The evangelist will make the scripture says his thoughts. How? One Evangelist while ministering said it was because Uriah was poor that was why David slept with his wife. He said if he really had money he could have covered the bathroom in such a way that it will be difficult for someone to peep through. He said pray against spirit of poverty. One may even say in the year King uzziah died, Isaiah saw the LORD, Pray that whoever needs to die for my glory to manifest die..... 

Psychological prayers are manipulative and full of schemes in such a way that you will have a kind of belief that your prayers have been answered.

So many churches and prayer mountains in Nigeria will shut down if there is a divine turn around in the economy situation of Nigeria. Why? Some of the prayers we pray are unnecessary and are as a result of what our government has failed to do. God hear all prayers but does not listen or respond to all prayers. If we have a repentant heart and pray according to the Spirit of God there would be a great change in the church and our country. psychological prayers in the church is gradually becoming a norm and pastors who are not subscribing to it are seen as ignorants The standard of God has not change, people may change but God will not lower his standards for anyone. If there will be a revival or reformation in the church, people of God need to repent from their ways and call upon God with a humble and contrite heart. Prayers rendered in Gods way accomplish great results.

Abolanle Oladipupo

11th November 2021

IF HE DID NOT SPARE JESUS...

 IF HE DID NOT SPARE JESUS.....

         Life is in phases and the phases have its own peculiar challenges. There is no problem free life. As our faces differs so is our challenges. Some people are of the school of thoughts that religion is a way to escape out of life problems but they are wrong. If you are thinking religion will give you a relief from life troubles you will be shocked when it fail you the moment you need it most. Many a times, we blame people for committing suicide but have we ever put ourselves in their shoes and see if we can do better. Suicide to them is a way to escape a temporal situations that they could have overcome if they had managed it well. 

           Religion is not the answer to human problems. Some are atheists today because at a time in their journey of life, religion failed them and they see no reason why they should believe in God. Christianity is a religion, it can also fail you but Jesus cannot fail you. Religion is good but do you know that religion cannot make you right with God. If religion can make us right, there is no need for God taken human flesh to deliver us and showed us a better way to live and please him. 

        Religion says if you believe in God you will be spared from the troubles of life.Religion says if you fast, pray, give alms, tithe God's blessings will be on you. Religion says you have to do something before God can favour or blesses you.  In reality today, we have so many religious people in churches who do not have a relationship with Jesus Christ. These are people that will say I will stop serving God because I lost my job. I will stop going to church because he could not stop the devil from killing my father and it goes on like that. These are religious Christians without encounter with God with his spirit dwelling in them fully. If they had known Jesus and walked with him, they could not have lost their faith in the midst of trials. Jesus was not spared from sickness, failure, persecution, poverty, lies and if Jesus was not spared from this then we should expect more. In the World we shall see tribulations but our joy is that Jesus have overcome the world. Dear brother still insist on not compromising your faith when you are faced with persecution. Hear this, that a Christian die in a air crash, due of terminal diseases, or in a fatal accident does not mean that they are terrible sinners. Even Jesus was not spared from a gruesome death. At a time he cried "God why have you forsaken me?" There are times you will not feel God's presence but still praise him. The just shall live by faith and not by sight. Whatever you are passing through now that seems hard in your sight is something that you can overcome. It is your size, God will not allow you to be in a situation that will end your life without providing a way of escape. He have said it in his word

 1st Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

            God is not wicked, he understands everything. Stop asking him " God! Why me?" Who should it be if not you. God is not your classmate that you will be asking questions. The best thing to do is to still thank him and see his hand working in your situation. Jesus felt the pains on the cross, hours before the crucifixion, he saw what he was about to go through, he prayed to the extent that his sweat was as thick as blood. At times is not because you do not pray that is making bad things to happen. No, you can pray and still bad things will still happen. Have seen people praying fervently before embarking on a trip and they still died on their way. We are not praying to avert evil, we are not praying to get things from God. That is simply transactional Christianity. You simply pray to worship God and reverence him. God is still God. You are not blessed because of your prayers. Jesus prayed too yet he was not spared from that gruesome death. At a time he felt like saying no to that gruesome death but eventually he said " let your will be done". The question should be why will God not spare me from that trouble or pain. God will not spare you because there is a glory ahead. Without cross there is no crown. No pain, no gain. If you are ready for glory, you must be ready to pass through pains.  Remember  this :

Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Jesus was not spared because God's intention is to save the whole world through him. Salvation of Christ is a total package that include all good things. Whatever unpleasant situation that befall you remember that God have something bigger ahead of you which is beyond your comprehension. At times God will not take you out of that troubles but make you pass through it into glory. 

Abolanle Oladipupo

11th November,2021

A PANACEA TO THE PROBLEM OF PASTORS WITHOUT PLACE OF SERVICE IN THE NIGERIAN BAPTIST CONVENTION

  A  PANACEA TO THE PROBLEM OF PASTORS WITHOUT PLACE OF SERVICE IN THE NIGERIAN BAPTIST CONVENTION .

             God has been in the business of calling people for ages and he will keep calling people till the end of the world. It is not God's desire for his people who he have called and have submitted themselves for training to be not engaged after completion of their training. Our Baptist polity does not permit posting of pastors unlike other denominations who ensure that all their trained pastors are engaged after their training. It was not so in the beginning,in the 60,s 70,s 80,s and Early 90,s. Churches are waiting for the Baptist pastors to pastor but the problem crept in around late 90,s gradually till it become a problem. The theological Schools produce less than 5,000 graduates in a year and less than 10 percent get a placement after graduation. This call for serious thinking and there should be an urgent step taken to arrest this menace. The convention need to have a round table discussion and find a lasting solution to this before we start training pastors for other churches and denominations. This paperwork critically examine practical ways graduates of our theological institution can be engaged after graduation.

            GET A WORKING CHURCH PLANTING PLAN 

           God is working greatly among the Baptist denominations, There have been great development in our worship, discipleship, evangelism and membership. The Church is growing and she is spreading her tentacles beyond the nation to Africa and other continents. The growth and development of Baptist churches from 1914 to 2021 is commendable but the denomination did not prepare to maximize and contain this growth. How? As the Church membership is increasing and finances is increasing,we have more theological institution,more Baptist owned schools,hospitals,  and other investments yielding gain but little has been done in the area of missions and Church planting.  In 2020 a pentecostal church established in 1984 decided to plant 10,000 churches in that Year and it was a success. 10,000 pastors were engaged to pastor those churches immediately. The Church have a Plan to contain his growing membership. Majority of our local churches in the denomination are more concerned in building cathedrals and empires around them when they could have expanded and build more churches within the locality of their members. Few churches in Lagos and some major cities in the country are doing that and are expanding beyond their coast, they have plan and vision. These churches do not only plant churches but engage pastors there. Some of these churches also engage pastors in some churches that are not financially viable to call a pastor. We can still do better,many churches in the cities don't have outreach Churches otherwise known as daughter churches again. They hide under the umbrella that there is no money and economy is bad yet they are building schools, rented hall, cemetery and renovating their cathedral. Every viable Church should take it as a responsibility to plant at least one church in a year. A Church that is not engaging in missions and Church planting is dead. Church planting should be a burden of every church pastor. We have about 20,000 viable Baptist churches in Nigeria. If all these churches plant at least one church in a year, all of our graduates from theological institution will have a Church to pastor. In fact we will have more churches than the students graduating in our theological Schools. It is not good for the public image of our convention that graduated pastors are on the streets looking for jobs after leaving all to accept call, some have become commercial cyclist in order to feed their families. Church planting done in God's own way does not lack financial support. Let every church pastor have a working Church planting plan.

OVERHAULING THE THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS CURRICULUM 

            The present curriculum in our theological institution is not in reality with what is happening in the ministry. Many efforts have been put in by the leadership of theological institutions to ensure that the gospel training align with what is happening on the field. One of them is introduction of entrepreneural studies where student are thought practically on how to engage in poultry, painting, soap making and so on with the aim that they can be engaged doing that till call comes. Another welcome development is the introduction of multistaff into the curriculum. All these are good but it is not enough. An average Baptist church pastor does not want an associate Minister but want to be in charge of everything including things he does not have knowledge of. Definitely multistaff cannot be the solution to pastors not getting engagement. If it had been,we would not have many pastors roaming the streets without calls. The saddest thing is that since introduction of multi staff into curriculum many pastors have been more "churchless" than never before. The curriculum should be restructure in such a way that people do not have to resign from their secular jobs before they become students. Ministry is dynamic, you can't be doing ministry the way they are doing it in 18th century and expect results. It is obvious that so many churches in our denomination cannot afford to bankroll full time gospel Minister. Why encouraging full gospel ministries when there is no place for them to serve? Our polity does not support transfer of pastors hence we need to work on the curriculum of our theological Schools in such a way that it can accommodate full time student while they are still doing their daily job. There is provision for professionals in the curriculum through sandwich program but it would be better if the whole curriculum can be overhauled to permit all students to have means of income before becoming a student. The theological institution should not offer admission to a student without any profession or means of income. Jesus did not call lazy people. All his disciples had a job or means of income before calling them.This does not negate that God does not call people into full gospel ministry. Amos was a  farmer and yet he was into God's work fully. Paul was a tent maker and he was also into God's work fully.Luke was a medical Doctor and he was into God's work fully. If this is done, churches will be willing to engage as many pastors as possible because they are not taking full financial responsibilities on them. 

          KNOW YOUR MINISTRY 

             The theological training is in such a way that looks like everyone's will be a Church pastor. Not all are pastors even though our polity recognizes pastor and deacon as the only two offices in the Church. Know what God has called you to do and stick to it. If God has not called you to pastor a Church, you have no business in becoming Church pastor. Find out what God want you to do for him.

  CONCLUSION 

           The denomination belong to us and if it must work we all have a role to play as pastors,members and leaders at convention. The Church pastor have a key role to play if our churchless pastors must have a Church to pastor. Thanks to the association, conference, convention who have taken it upon themselves to plant churches and engaging pastors there but we can still do more by encouraging ourselves and members to take Church planting as a burden and prioritize it on their Church Budget.knowing fully well that it is only what is done for Christ that last and outlive us.

Abolanle Oladipupo( BSc OOU, BTh NBTS)

14th July,2021

       

ARE PASTORS CALLED TO BE RICH?

 ARE PASTORS CALLED TO BE RICH? 

                    Wealth is of GOD and the power to have it is from God. We are in an era that people honour wealthy people and attach success and prosperity to material wealth and riches. You are not successful until you have fleet of exotic cars in your garage and many mansions.success itself is beyond this. It is being doing what gives you joy and excelling in it. You can be successful and yet not have fleet of cars or multiple mansions. In the Christian ministry, some are of the idea that until you have mega church, fleet of cars and multiple houses  you are not a successful servant of God. We are in an era where pastor flaunt cars,aircraft and mansions as an evidence of successful ministry.

                 Prosperity is good but is God really happy about that? Acquiring riches and wealth when you have church members that find it difficult to eat a meal in a day. Have you catered for the poor, widows, and needy people around you? If you have not done that then God may be angry with you. The call into ministry is not a call to make money but a call to a life of discipline and life of simplicity. We never read of a disciple that lived a flamboyant life displaying wealth and riches. A rich man wanted to follow Christ, he told him to sell all, give it to the poor and follow him. Do you think Christ did not have opportunities to amass wealth and lived extravagantly? He knew his purpose on earth and stuck to it till the end of his life. Wealth and riches are good if they are used to spread the gospel and build lives. Amassing wealth when you have church members and the poor around you suffering attract God's rage.

              As a minister of God if wealth increases, your plans should not be building 100000 church capacity or buying personal Jet or helicopter. Your plans should be how can I help the poor and needy in your environment and how to fund missionaries on the field. Success in ministry is not having cars, houses, big auditorium but being faithful to God in the assignment that he has committed to your hands. God reward faithfulness and not titles. Your focus in ministry should not be on building auditorium. Good auditoriums are good but it ends here on earth but rather build lives and invest in anything that will bring souls to the kingdom of God. Let the kingdom of God matters to you and he will bless you with all you need. Seek the giver of gifts and not gifts. God knows all that you need to be a better work tool in his hands and he will definitely supply it in his own time.

Abolanle Oladipupo

27th February, 2021