𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶-𝗬𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗣���𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁:
Many people have wondered how five-month-old Lamine Yamal, born into an ordinary, working-class family with no influential football connections, ended up in a photoshoot with Lionel Messi.
The answer is beautifully simple: PURE CHANCE
In late 2007, the Spanish newspaper Sport and UNICEF were producing a charity calendar featuring Barcelona players with babies. Yamal’s parents entered him into a public raffle, and he was among the children randomly selected. Messi, then a shy 20-year-old rising star, happened to be the Barcelona player assigned to their session.
The shoot took place at Camp Nou, where photographer Joan Monfort captured Messi holding and gently bathing baby Lamine as his mother watched nearby. Nobody involved knew that the child would later join Barcelona, wear the iconic No. 10 and become one of football’s biggest stars.
The photos remained largely forgotten until Yamal’s rise brought them back into the spotlight. Now, nearly two decades later, that anonymous baby and the young footballer holding him will lead Spain and Argentina against each other in the 2026 World Cup Final.
No influence. No special connections. Just a raffle, a charity photoshoot and a coincidence that now feels like destiny.
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In December 2007, a Barcelona newspaper ran a charity raffle to pick a local baby for a UNICEF calendar shoot.
The winning family brought their 5-month-old son.
The 20-year-old Barca player assigned to bathe him was Lionel Messi.
The baby was Lamine Yamal.
Nobody thought about the photo for 15 years.
Then the baby debuted for Barcelona at 15. Won the Euros at 16 while still doing homework. Took over Messi's number 10 shirt.
On Sunday they meet in the World Cup Final.
Messi is 39. It's likely his last one.
Yamal turned 19 two days ago. It's his first.
The baby Messi held in his hands is now trying to take the trophy out of them.
"Jesus was not born on December 25!"
Oshey!
Ogbeni, we are not doing baiday for the Ancient of Days.
We are celebrating His coming to this world to save sinners.
Diabetes was not born on World Diabetes Day. It's just the day we focus on...
Wo, never mind.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
The purpose of our lives on earth is to allow God to finish His work of salvation in us. This is the reason for living. God has given us a gift. Outward additions do not count if nothing is happening on the inside—if we are not changing to become like the Son of God.
#RevKayToday
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
Matthew 7:7-8
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True prosperity in the sight of God is for Jesus' nature to be embodied in the days of our flesh. This is how to advance God's cause on earth. It has nothing to do with having wealth in the natural.
#RevKayToday#RevKayodeOyegoke
The teaching of prosperity may aid one’s natural need but cannot change the soul. True poverty is to be void of Christ. The preaching of Christ tampers with the poverty of God in the soul.
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Using the Word is beyond using it to profit in the natural. Many believers, because of needs, think that the Word is for natural profit. These things are good but they are not the new covenant. The new covenant is the putting of God’s law in our hearts & writing it in our minds.
The true well-being of a person is not natural prosperity. The definition of good success is to be delivered from the power of darkness and to overcome the captivity of the wicked one; this is what God regards as true prosperity.
#RevKayToday#RevKayodeOyegoke
The Lord is not an author of confusion, so when He speaks, and we do not understand, then it means there is a deficiency in us. Lord, we come to You this evening. Please search our hearts. Whatsoever is hindering us from seeing, understanding, and perceiving what are You saying in this season, please remove it.
#prayers #EGFMPM #EGFM
God desires believers everywhere to be content with the instruction "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness and all "these" things shall be added unto you". Agreeing with this verse is a gain to believers and a sure sign of faith in God's nature as a good Father.
As we celebrate our nation, let’s keep in mind the freedom of our souls from the shackles of sin and the dependence on grace to live a life powered by righteousness.
Happy Independence Day!
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