Day 5d:
A car depreciates roughly 20% every year. N8,000,000 today becomes approximately N2,621,440 in 5 years. That’s N5,378,560 gone, permanently, plus everything spent on fuel, service, and insurance along the way.
The same N8,000,000 invested at 18% per annum becomes approximately N18,302,062 in 5 years.
The gap between these two paths is over N15,680,000. Same starting amount. Opposite direction of cash flow. That is the entire asset versus liability conversation in one comparison.
In this world that we are currently in with social media causing a lot of harm especially to the young ones, you cannot afford not to be intentional about raising your child.
You cannot afford to raise them casually without instilling in them morals and faith based values. Things don spoil far far...
Science says we need at least 4 basic elements to survive: Water, Air, Food and Light
Look what the Bible tells us about Jesus:
I am the living water.
I am the breath of life. I am the bread of life.
I am the light of the world.
Science was right, we need Jesus to live.
Unpopular but true:
- The Bible has zero contradictions
- The Christian God is the only God
- Being a “good person” won’t get you to heaven
- Jesus alone saves
Judas had...
...the best Pastor
...the best Leader
...the wisest Mentor
...the smartest Teacher
...yet he failed.
The problem may not necessarily be the leadership or the church you go to. If your attitude or character doesn't change or your heart doesn't transform, you'll always be the same.
God will judge us here in the Southern Church.
When Haman plotted the genocide of the Jews, Esther did not make a silent move in secret.
She went to the Jews and asked them to fast for three days. She and her maids fasted as well. Then she risked her life to approach the king.
That is the issue.
That kind of risk is what is missing today. Our leaders are afraid of what they might lose if they engage the government for the sake of the Church.
Esther said, “If I perish, I perish.”
She could have died, but she didn’t care. At the very least, she knew God would see that she tried.
And God would not have abandoned her, knowing she was standing for His covenant people.
Our leaders are not fighting for us.
They are repeating the initial mistake Esther made.
Esther first sent clothes to Mordecai, and he rejected them.
This is similar to sending food, clothes, and money to those who are being persecuted.
But this is not an issue of clothing. It is a matter of securing their freedom.
How can you send clothes to people whose lives have been marked for annihilation by Haman? How is that a solution?
Again, the Nigerian Church is not doing enough, and God will judge us here in the South.
While Ruth was busy becoming the woman that God called her to be, Boaz was busy becoming the man who would cover her.
God’s timing connects prepared hearts.