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One day, your gratitude will hit different when you look back and realize how far you've come. That “before” will make the “after” even sweeter. #AsYouRiseToday
Enjoy your life and invest in:
Exposure.
Experiences.
Elevated mindset.
Education.
Environment upgrades.
Empowered relationships.
Expert guidance.
Earnings reinvested.
All deliberate investments.
Not all financial, but all fruitful.
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This is not fair!
There’s a troubling idea making its rounds—loud in pulpits, popular in prayers, and viral in deliverance circles. It’s the belief that our forebears—four or five generations back—were nothing more than covenant-makers with darkness, idol worshippers who traded our destinies on evil altars, and spiritual saboteurs whose actions are the reason we struggle today.
But let's pause and ask: is that the full story?
Is it fair—or even truthful—to label every ancestor as a curse carrier? To reduce entire generations of our bloodline to a tale of oaths, rituals, and demonic transactions, without acknowledging the sacrifices, the faith, the dignity, and the light many of them carried—especially in times when the light was hard to find?
It's not just lazy theology. It's unjust,it's not fair!
Many of our ancestors were survivors. Seekers. Silent warriors who raised families with godly values even before there were megachurches, conferences, or social media prayers.
Some were Christians who didn’t speak in tongues but lived with deep conviction. Some didn’t know Jesus by name yet, but like Cornelius, they prayed, gave, feared God—and heaven noticed. Some, like those in ancient Athens, built altars to the unknown God and worshipped in ignorance but with sincerity.
This isn’t a denial of curses. They exist. But this is a necessary challenge to the sweeping generalisation that nothing good, godly, or redemptive existed in our lineage. Because the truth is—you are here today, thriving and born again, not just because of warfare, but because someone in your line carried faith, even if it was imperfect.
So maybe, before we go on another ancestral cleansing spree, we should pause to honour those who lit candles in the dark—those who prayed, sacrificed, gave, and raised godly children in times of great difficulty.
Maybe it’s time to give them their flowers. And reclaim the redemptive story in our lineage.
1. God has already denounced the proverb of inherited blame
The idea that “what our fathers did is the reason we suffer today” was specifically refuted by God Himself.
In Jeremiah 31:29–30 (KJV), God said:
“In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity...”
Again, in Ezekiel 18:2–3, He thundered:
“What mean ye, that ye use this proverb... The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.”
That’s God Himself putting an end to the theology of inherited doom.
2. The myth of a dark Africa is theologically flawed
Let’s talk facts, not fear.
The idea that Africa was entirely dark and idolatrous until missionaries showed up is not only historically inaccurate, it is theologically shallow.
In Acts 8:27–39, the Ethiopian eunuch, a top government official from Africa, was already a student of Scripture. He went to Jerusalem to worship and was reading Isaiah on his way home.
In Acts 2:10, during Pentecost, Egyptians, Libyans, and Africans from Cyrene were present in Jerusalem. They were part of the initial outpouring of the Holy Ghost. They were not pagans; they were devout.
In Acts 10:1–4, Cornelius, a Gentile military officer, prayed regularly and gave alms. He didn’t even know Jesus yet, but his prayers and alms came up for a memorial before God.
So, before the Gospel even reached them, Africans and Gentiles were already seekers of God—God-fearers in pursuit of light.
If Cornelius could get divine attention without knowing Christ yet, and the eunuch could read Isaiah and make pilgrimages, why do we think all our ancestors were exclusively dancing around idols and pouring libations?
It’s a dangerous generalisation. And it’s false.
3. Our ancestors had light—maybe not in tongues, but in truth
Let me bring this home with my own story.
It is spiritually fraudulent to preach about the Proverbs 31 woman without mentioning the caliber of man she was married to and the fact that she had servant girls. Her husband was not intimidated by her career and managerial skills. An honorable and influential man who didn't just honor her privately but publicly affirmed her. His words built her up, not tore her down. This high value woman also had servant girls she delegated responsibilities to. The Proverbs 31 woman was successful because she had systems and structure. A woman cannot build a house a man is determined to destroy. Men and women must be held accountable.
Life is always an energy exchange. You attract what you align with.
If you’re always pushing, pause. You can’t drag people uphill. Surround yourself with climbers; people already moving in the direction you’re headed. Reworking your circle isn’t betrayal, it’s wisdom. Your future deserves the right energy. #AsYouRiseToday
Beloved!
If you once served God passionately on campus—led prayer meetings, fasted, evangelised, or simply sat at His feet in fellowship—and today, you no longer go to church, you mock pastors, you throw jabs at 'organised religion', and wear your 'anti-church' stance like a badge of honour…
You are not more enlightened.
You are not deeper.
You are not freer.
You are wounded.
You are deceived.
You are in a spiritual gap that you haven’t dared to acknowledge.
Because that younger version of you—the one who trembled at the Word, stood for Christ even when it cost you friends, gave sacrificially to see the gospel thrive—that version was the kingdom of God on display.
This older, sceptical version—afraid to hope, too proud to worship, quick to critique but slow to repent—is a detour. A dangerous detour masked as maturity.
I know.
Maybe it was the betrayal of a leader you trusted.
Maybe it was church politics that drained your zeal.
Maybe unanswered prayers shook your faith.
Or maybe it was life… just life—disappointments, delays, transitions—that slowly eroded your fire until cynicism felt safer than faith.
But please hear me:
The Church didn’t fail you. Christ didn’t hurt you.
People did. And you made their weakness your new theology.
Don’t let offence become your doctrine.
Don’t let wounds rewrite your worship.
Don’t let pain push you out of God’s presence.
That distance you're calling freedom is actually a famine.
That detachment you're branding as healing is actually hunger.
You are hungry for God again—but pride is stopping you from admitting it.
Come back.
Not just to a building. But to His body.
Not just to people. But to His presence.
Not just to routine. But to relationship.
And here's what you may have forgotten: the seeds you sowed back then—the vigils, the fastings, the prayers, the selfless service—did not die.
God never forgets seeds. And this season, the Lord says, your seed is ripe for harvest.
“For what you sowed in weakness, God is now raising in power.”
That little you did in hidden places, He has given a body that pleases Him—just as He does with every resurrection.
And this is where Easter meets you—right here.
The message of Easter is not just about an empty tomb—it’s about an open invitation.
The same Jesus who rose from the grave is still calling your name like He did Mary’s.
Still walking through locked doors like He did for Thomas.
Still restoring deniers like Peter.
Still reaching for the distant like the Emmaus travellers.
He rose for you—not just to prove a point, but to make a way back.
This resurrection is your reset.
So come home—not because church is perfect, but because Jesus is risen.
Not because you’re whole, but because He is healer.
Not because you’re ready, but because grace is waiting.
There’s still a seat at the table.
And Heaven has not moved on without you.
Come back. The tomb is empty—and the door is open.
Your seed is not forgotten. The harvest is here.
Easter means
Rise Again!
Make the tomb empty...
Yes you can!
Happy Easter!
Stop trying to re-create the past.
You don't enter your future by trying to recreate the past. You enter into it by birthing something new. You learn lessons from the past but never go back into the past. If the past seems better than the present, it is only because the individual has chosen to live in the memory of the past and has not courageously entered into the new.
You hear some people speak, and its almost like the best days have gone past, and there is no future before them.
If you don't come to terms with the fact that yesterday is dead and those set of circumstances will never come back, you will continually sit down in the shadow of death.
God told Joshua, Moses, my servant is dead. Did Joshua not know that? Of course, he knew it mentally, but he had not come to the conscious realisation of what that meant. It was a wake-up call to Joshua, Moses is not coming back. There will not be the parting of the red sea again or manna falling from heaven. Wake Joshua and live in the new.
Joshua 1:2
"Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel."
David was skilled at making this transition. He knew he had to disconnect from a past he could not control no matter how painful to enter into the new.
2 Samuel 12:19
"But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead"
2 Samuel 12:21
"Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread."
2 Samuel 12:23
"But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me"
When Jesus turned water to wine at the wedding in Cana, the people at the wedding testified that the new wine was better than what they had before.
When Jesus steps into a scene, He gives an entirely new experience.
May all your silent prayers turn to new wine, in Jesus name.
Stagnation is subtle, invisible, but incredibly costly. Comfort can be a trap if you’re not intentional about growth. Don’t give it a chance! Learn something new daily—even if it’s just one word. Small steps compound into massive progress. Stay curious. Stay hungry. Keep evolving. #AsYouRiseToday
I'm not settling for a life I don't want. I will start over as many times as necessary. I will try new things. I will reinvent. I will look fear and failure in the face and try again. My life on earth must count.
I am not settling.