I feel some type of way about “marrying an intentional man” or “marry who loves you” being used to describe a man who goes above and beyond financially and in gift giving. Not disputing the fact that we should indeed marry who loves you, but-
To My Lover, Foluke.
Great has been the journey of walking side by side with you. And so today, on your 78th birthday, is a gift to me, to have the world join me in doing what I have spent 58 years doing: celebrating you.
With you, the weight of the assignment has always been a lighter cross to carry. Our two have agreed, and so our walking together has been of divine stride, a race continuously illuminated, step after step, decade after decade. My path shines brighter because I walk it with you.
Many people know you as Mummy G.O. I have the privilege of knowing you simply as my wife, my friend, and the person who has stood with me through every challenge, every victory, and every assignment God has given us. I have watched you give strength to others even when you were tired yourself. I have seen your quiet sacrifices, your compassion, your wisdom, and your unwavering trust in God. Those are the things that make me thank God for you every day.
Our children have been blessed because of your love. The family of God has been blessed because of your devotion. Countless homes have been strengthened because you answered God’s call with all your heart.
Seventy-eight years of your life, fifty-eight years of them beside me, and still I find new reasons to thank God for you. You have been wife, counsel, and companion in every sense the word was ever meant to hold.
As you celebrate today, my prayer is simple. May the God whom you have served so faithfully continue to uphold you. May He surround you with His peace, fill your days with fresh joy, strengthen your body, renew your strength, and continue to satisfy you with His goodness. May the years ahead be even more fruitful than those behind, and may you continue to see the mighty hand of God at work in your life.
Thank you for walking hand in hand with me. Happy 78th birthday, my love.
Your loving husband,
Pastor E. A. Adeboye
@PastorFAAdeboye
Until you separate the quality of a man or woman from the amount of money they currently have and instead look at depth of character, you'll almost always make choices in love and romance.
It almost never ends well.
Follow who know road o. Hmmm.
We have mistaken Christian vocabulary for Christian transformation. A man quotes Scripture… And we assume he knows GOD.
He speaks in “Christianese”…
And we conclude he is spiritual. He shares sermons…
Posts Bible verses… Says “Praise the LORD” after every sentence… And we never stop to ask the harder question: Who has discipled his mind?
Do not be too quick to measure a man’s spirituality by what he says when the subject is GOD. Almost everyone knows how to sound holy in Church.
The real examination begins when the subject is no longer spiritual. Listen to him discuss politics. Listen to him speak about money. Listen to him respond to injustice. Listen to him describe success. Listen to him talk about women. Listen to him address suffering. Listen to him speak when someone offends him. Listen to him discuss power, influence, ambition, and enemies.
That is where the true disciple is separated from the religious man. Because what governs a man is not discovered by how he quotes Scripture…
It is discovered by how he interprets life. The Pharisees quoted Moses… Yet crucified CHRIST.
Satan quoted Scripture… Yet remained the devil.
Knowing Bible verses has never been the evidence of possessing the Mind of CHRIST.
Brethren…
The Gospel did not come merely to change our language. It came to overthrow an entire way of thinking.
Until CHRIST becomes LORD over a man’s reasoning…
HE is not yet LORD over his life. Because the Lordship of CHRIST is not first revealed in what leaves your mouth during worship…
It is revealed in the Mind by which you interpret reality.
Many believers have biblical information… But worldly assumptions.
Biblical expressions… But carnal conclusions. Biblical terminology… But secular philosophies.
They speak like Zion… But they think like Babylon.
We have taught men how to sound like Christians…Without teaching them how to think like CHRIST.
So they enter the sanctuary speaking the language of Heaven… Then leave the building making decisions with the wisdom of the age.
The HOLY SPIRIT does not merely teach men what to say. HE teaches them how to see.
When CHRIST truly governs a heart… His Word becomes more than memory. It becomes instinct.
More than quotation. It becomes perception.
It becomes the very architecture of the man’s mind.
You no longer need to ask him for a Bible verse. His conclusions will already smell like Scripture.
His values will expose the Kingdom he belongs to.
His worldview will betray the Throne that governs him.
For the greatest evidence that JESUS is LORD over a man… Is not that he can speak about the Bible…
It is that he cannot think outside it.
It is the LORD who gives strength to The Man that HE has chosen for Himself.. When you find this secret, You will Approach Him needy daily
LORD, give me strength for today.
It is the LORD who gives strength to The Man that HE has chosen for Himself.. When you find this secret, You will Approach Him needy daily
LORD, give me strength for today.
The danger of popularity is that it can quietly corrupt your boldness.
A man constantly celebrated by people may begin adjusting his message subconsciously just to protect the affection he receives publicly.
Dont be that Man!