It's not fear that transforms, it's love. The fear of hell could never transform anyone. It will only make them more rebellious. Moses threatened, punished, even killed many of the people all his life and it made little difference. He himself failed spectacularly. Threats don't foster intimacy, they destroy it. It's not morality plus Christ, we mix nothing with the God-Life. It is CHRIST IN YOU. If HE says it's enough, then it is. That's how to walk in the faith of God.
When your needs are the reasons you turn up for a service, your needs will soon also be the reasons you stop turning up for it. The worship of needs is the worship of self. God is not a babalawo, cos idolatry sets itself up as spiritual service.
"Little children, keep yourselves from idols" is written to children because it's often spiritual infants who are trapped in these religious loops that keep recycling themselves in the African Church. The demon of religion exploits poverty trauma the most.
Let's get familiar with Christ so that we can know THE THINGS WHICH ARE FREELY GIVEN to us IN HIM. Learn Christ so that religion will not try to sell to you what you already have in Him.
Adam fell for exactly this same thing. He thought he had to WORK for his sonship. That's where religion started from. Religion discredits the relationship and complicates the inheritance of ONENESS we have with God in Christ Jesus.
Be well.
One of my greatest regrets in life was letting the teachers in my secondary school convince us that Art class was for dullards and science class for the smartest students. I was excellent at debates, loved words and really wanted to be lawyer but they wouldn’t let me.
They made that choice for me before I understood what it meant. I’m pretty sure this was a moment that altered the trajectory of the lives of so many Nigerian kids.
You say I shouldn't be needy, shall I ignore my needs? Here is the point - if you still think that you NEED something, you're yet to understand what it means to be IN CHRIST JESUS. If you pursue your needs, it will be an endless pursuit. You'll struggle with the same need constantly, and you'll have no room to settle down for the revelation of Christ. The cycle of neediness doesn't change, and its train never stops.
The order of proceedings for our dearest Pastor Taiwo Odukoya is as follows:
Service of Songs: September 8th, 5pm
Funeral service: September 9th, 11am
Thanksgiving service: September 10th
Venue: The Fountain of Life Church, 12 Industrial Avenue, Ilupeju, Lagos.
4 fantabulous events has been happening on Netflix:
*Breadedlife
*A Simple Lie
*Strangers
*The Wildflower
You need to stream this films!!!! Thought to inform you. You're welcome.
Christ controls the entire value chain and lifetimes of all materiality - ALL things are FROM Him, BY Him and FOR Him.
Catch a glimpse and never look away again from Him in order to understand, enjoy, enlarge, repair, defeat or receive anything.
“for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him:”
Colossians 1:16 KJV
Shout out to the director, cast and crew for this amazing movie
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#ASimpleLie is currently the number 1 movie today on @NetflixNaija. If you were looking for a sign to watch this movie, then this is it.
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Available only on @NetflixNaija
@FemiJACOBS It is indeed! Call it anyhow(as long as you're calling it in full)! With whatever accent or pronunciation you want to give it 😂, with time you will learn! Ọmọ́táyọ̀ is ỌMỌ́TÁYỌ̀!!
Your good behaviour will flow from the gift of being close to Me, not from your human goodness in order TO GET close to Me. Grace is unearned favour, trying to earn it is what frustrates it.
Why are we so scared to be weak in the presence of infinite Strength?
Why are we training for self sufficiency when we serve a Christ of ALL sufficiency?
Why are we not excited over our emptiness when we serve a Christ of infinite capacity?
Why don’t we fall into His hands?
Why?
Anyone who is this grateful for food (notice he interchanges eating with enjoying) will never lack peeps who just want to feed him. By the way, anyone else catch themselves humming while eating? 🙈
I enjoy eating with a good friend who literally dances with plate and cutlery.
If you are laying in bed broken, confused, lost, and wondering if your situation is ever going to change. Here's your sign. God is in control and He's making a way for
you right now.
A man in love gives a ring to the woman he loves, because it’s always the nature of true love to assure its object.
Abba, to guarantee His loving ownership and blessed intent, gave us His Holy Spirit as a seal of His commitment.
Bask in this Assurance, find rest for your soul.
The part of childhood you must never lose is the freedom to dream..to imagine—that sense of wonder that believes in “fairy tales” (which I call possibilities). The day you lose this is the day you die into a life of cold..weak&timid average. Remain a Child&Dream. It cost nothing.