Olutunmise Ayanda

[Olutunmise Ayanda @ThePurple_Lady]

I guess God took it literally 😂.
Thank you for this crown. I lay it down, take it, take all the glory Jesus.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

You know what shook me when I was Muslim?

The story of Hosea. God tells a prophet to marry a woman He knows will betray him.

She does. She runs to other men. She ends up enslaved, sold, used up, worthless to the world.

And God tells Hosea to go BUY HER BACK.

To pay money for his own wife who cheated on him, and love her again. Hosea 3.

I thought it was the most humiliating command in the Bible. Why would any man do that?

Then I realized I was the wife.

I gave my heart to everything but God. I chased other masters. I sold myself cheap. I made myself worthless.

And God looked at me, the betrayer, and didn’t say “you’re not worth it.”

He said, “Name the price. I’m buying her back.”

That’s the Gospel. God doesn’t wait for the unfaithful to come crawling back clean.

He pays to redeem them while they’re still dirty.

Islam told me to make myself worthy of God.

Hosea showed me a God who pays to redeem the unworthy.

The cross was Him naming the price.

Praise the Lord.

[Paula White-Cain @Paula_White]

When you start seeing how valuable God created you to be, you'll start finding it harder to hang around people who don't!

[JASON @MrAndres___]

The way I’ve been thinking over the past few months isn’t healthy😔

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[𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐚 @ThePChris]

🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: The return of Jesus is closer than ever!
Retweet to remind someone on your timeline

[𝖢𝖧𝖱𝖨𝖲𝖫𝖨𝖫🇬🇭 @chrislil_gh]

BREAKING NEWS: Jesus Christ is coming soon kindly Rt to remind someone on your timeline.

[Olutunmise Ayanda @ThePurple_Lady]

@DunsinOyekan Isaiah 63:16 “Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting”
………
This verse extends God’s fatherhood to the Gentiles. His love is wider than lineage.

[Rinu Oduala 🔥🔫 @SavvyRinu]

There is a Christian genocide in Nigeria.
There is a Christian genocide in Nigeria.

There is a Christian genocide in Nigeria.
There is a Christian genocide in Nigeria.

There is a Christian genocide in Nigeria.
There is a Christian genocide in Nigeria.

Please RT. 🙏🏾💔

[Olutunmise Ayanda @ThePurple_Lady]

Before you clap back, remember👇🏽
❌ Do unto others what they do unto you
✅ Do unto others what you want them to do unto you. Matt 7:12 ❤️

[Somto Okonkwo @General_Somto]

“I Have Already Told My Family And Members, If They (The Fulani Militia) Kidnap Me, Nobody Should Contribute a Dime. My Life Is In Grave Danger Over Viral Video On The Killing Of Christians.” – Plateau Cleric, Evangelist Ezekiel Dachomo Speaks With Pain.

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

Joseph of Arimathea took down a corpse.

Hands still sticky with blood.

Skin already cold.

Touched death. Held it. Wrapped it.

Became ceremonially unclean for Passover.

For a dead man.

Here's what most Christians miss about the burial of Jesus:

Joseph was a wealthy man. A member of the Sanhedrin. A respected Jew.

And Passover was 3 hours away.

The holiest day of the year.

But he climbed Golgotha anyway.

Jewish law was clear:

Touch a dead body = unclean for 7 days.

Can't worship. Can't celebrate. Can't enter the temple.

Joseph knew this.

He'd spent his entire life following these laws.

But Jesus was still hanging on that cross.

Picture it:

The crowds are gone. The soldiers drunk. The women weeping.

Joseph approaches Pilate—the man who just murdered his Lord—and asks permission.

"Can I have the body?"

Pilate grants it.

Now Joseph has to actually DO it.

He walks to Golgotha.

Blood-soaked dirt. The smell of death. Three crosses against the sky.

Jesus in the middle.

Still.

Finally still.

Joseph climbs the ladder.

Grabs the first nail.

Pulls.

Feel the weight of that moment.

God's body in your arms.

The blood isn't dry yet.

It stains his expensive robes.

His hands.

Under his fingernails.

He can taste the iron in the air.

This is what obedience looks like.

Messy. Expensive. Permanent.

Nicodemus shows up.

Another secret disciple. Another Sanhedrin member.

He brings 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes.

That's about $150,000 worth of burial spices in today's money.

Two wealthy men. Two cowards until now.

Finally brave when it's already too late.

They work fast.

Sabbath is coming. They have maybe 3 hours.

Wrap the body. Pour the spices. Seal the tomb.

The sun is setting.

Joseph is now officially unclean.

Can't celebrate Passover tomorrow.

Can't enter the temple for a week.

Think about what he just gave up:

His ceremonial purity.

His Passover celebration.

His reputation (everyone saw him bury a "blasphemer").

His position (the Sanhedrin won't forget this).

His safety (Romans might come for disciples next).

All for a dead man.

But here's what most Christians miss:

Joseph didn't do this expecting resurrection.

He did it expecting NOTHING.

Jesus was dead. Gone. Finished.

This wasn't faith in resurrection.

This was love for a corpse.

That's the part that wrecks me.

Joseph touched death—literally—knowing it meant giving up everything.

Not because Jesus promised him anything.

But because Jesus deserved honor even in death.

Modern Christianity wants clean obedience.

Safe obedience.

Obedience that doesn't cost you Passover.

But Joseph shows us something different:

True discipleship gets your hands dirty.

You want to follow Jesus?

Then stop avoiding the messy parts.

Stop waiting for clean opportunities.

Stop demanding that obedience be convenient.

Joseph climbed Golgotha when everyone else went home.

He wrapped a corpse when he could've stayed clean.

He missed the holiest day of his life to honor a dead "criminal."

He risked everything when there was no visible reward.

That's not religion.

That's worship.

The twist?

Three days later, that tomb was empty.

Joseph gave his grave to Jesus.

Jesus left it empty.

Forever.

Joseph thought he was burying God.

He was actually setting the stage for resurrection.

Your messy obedience?

God's using it too.

Even when you can't see it.

So here's the question:

What are you avoiding because it's too messy?

What obedience are you postponing because it's inconvenient?

What grave are you unwilling to give?

Joseph of Arimathea held death in his arms.

Got blood on his hands.

Missed Passover.

Lost his reputation.

And earned his name in all four Gospels.

Religion says "stay clean."

Discipleship says "get dirty."

Joseph chose discipleship.

What are you choosing?

—TBM

[Reformed1563 @Heidel_bro1563]

“We need to hear the Gospel everyday, because we forget it everyday.”

-Martin Luther

[Paula White-Cain @Paula_White]

If you have not received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, pray this prayer with me: "Father God I come to You in the name of Jesus, forgive me for all of my sin. I receive Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior!" Welcome to the family of God.
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[Olutunmise Ayanda @ThePurple_Lady]

@theglobalmarvie LinkedIn. Thank you

[DON “Tobechukwu” Ade 👑 @Row_Haastrup]

😭 This little girl has a Spinal deformation which has made it literally impossible to for her to walk, but a simple prayer in the name JESUS healed her & she can walk again…

The name JESUS is not a normal one

[Olutunmise Ayanda @ThePurple_Lady]

Today, I got baptized into the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The gift of salvation is simply the best !

[Olutunmise Ayanda @ThePurple_Lady]

@ObaniyiLOJ Another angle, feels more like humanity began with us 📌.

[Olutunmise Ayanda @ThePurple_Lady]

Being brown skinned in a Caucasian community makes me feel like the drop of chocolate in the stillness of milk, so sweet🤭 . I feel like we are God’s experiment in color theory, his joyful splash of melanin in a monochrome world !!! #HappySunday

[Paula White-Cain @Paula_White]

None of us are guaranteed our next breath, and we must give our life over to God. He made a way and He loves you with an everlasting love... Would you right now pray this prayer and make sure that you have a relationship with God?

Say, "Father God, I come to you in the name of Jesus. Forgive me for all of my sin. Forgive me for missing the mark. I yield every part of my life and my being over to you, and I receive Jesus Christ as my Lord and my Savior, in Jesus' name!"

https://t.co/PFIJYFZyyE

[Olutunmise Ayanda @ThePurple_Lady]

My toxic trait? Hyping my mutuals on LinkedIn before I even read the post. Like, girllll I’m still on paragraph one but yesss queen, such powerful insights !!!