The average Christian thinks he's shining for Jesus by earning more money and accumulating more fame.
Even if his business empire overworks staff and underpays employees.
We need to learn what being a light of the world and salt of the earth really means.
The obsession with "success" has twisted our perspective in a way that we have become useless to God aside from helping to build our church cathedrals.
The real shining is to display the nature of God in a wicked world.
Not by having more wealth or glamour but by demonstrating more virtue.
A Cry From the Persecuted Church in Nigeria: Please Do Not Forget Us 🇳🇬
To Christians around the world,
I write today with a heavy heart on behalf of countless families in Nigeria whose suffering is often overlooked. This is not about politics or attention. it is about children who have lost their parents, widows who have lost their husbands, and communities shattered by violence.
Recently, reports emerged of an attack involving a Christian school in Oyo State. What should have been a place of learning became a place of fear. While many children around the world celebrated Children’s Day with joy, some Nigerian children spent that same period in fear, grief, and uncertainty.
In our camp, we see the pain that headlines cannot fully capture. I remember a young boy who sat near the entrance every evening, waiting for his mother. He believed she would come for him, not knowing she had been killed. I remember a little girl who asked every night, “Did anyone find my daddy today?” Eventually, she stopped asking. not because she understood, but because hope was fading.
These stories are not rare. Many children have become orphans overnight. Many carry wounds that cannot be seen. They struggle with fear, trauma, and loss while the world moves on to the next headline.
Scripture tells us, “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it” (1 Corinthians 12:26). Yet many of these families feel forgotten. This is not just Nigeria’s burden. These are human lives created in the image of God.
Despite their suffering, I have met believers whose faith remains unshaken. Widows still worship. Orphans still sing hymns. Families who have lost everything still proclaim that Christ is Lord. Their faith is a testimony to God’s sustaining grace.
Today, I ask for three things: pray, remember, and stand with the persecuted Church. Pray for grieving families, vulnerable children, pastors serving in dangerous areas, and all those living with the scars of violence. Pray that God will comfort the brokenhearted and strengthen those who suffer for His name.
Please do not forget these children. Do not forget these families. Behind every statistic is a face, a name, and a story. May the Church of Jesus Christ continue to remember and support its suffering brothers and sisters wherever they may be.
May God comfort the brokenhearted, defend the innocent, and strengthen His people. Amen.
Desire Doué 🗣️🎙️: And I thank my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ tonight because that was my prayer , that was my prayer to win the champions league again and we did it! I’m soo happy
The goal is simple, Jesus must be seen and heard everywhere!💫
Holy, holy, holy!
Lord God Almighty
Early in the morning
Our song shall rise to Thee
Holy, holy, holy!
Merciful and mighty
God in three persons
Blessed Trinity!
The kidnapped children are actual children. Actual parents have woken up every day without their children.
We must not become desensitised to the pain of others. Nigeria must become uncomfortable for everyone who has a sworn responsibility to protect the lives of Nigerians.
The trauma that Nigerians continue to endure is profound. Currently, 46 children and their teachers remain in the hands of their kidnappers, with one teacher already dead. The unimaginable plight of these individuals is a source of extreme distress for their families.
This could be you. Holding your murdered child. Nigerian voices have to be heard. This mothers cries have to echo around the world. From the mountain top, to the Oval Office, to the mediteranean, where innocent people have no voice, we must be their voice. Especially as Christians, we have no greater duty than to protect the most vulnerable of society, and to establish justice where there is none. Jesus said both what you do for the least of these, you have done for me, and what you have not done for the least of these, you did not do for me. #savenigeria