Was Studying about the prophet Eli this morning and I had a few "What if" kind of scenerio on my mind. (My usual practice when studying. I try to paint a scenero, asking myself what I would have done if I was the one)

When Eli and his son's did what God considered evil, He (God)

#It's appearing 2023 is the most "pressing need" now amongst politicans.

While we demand for better & best from Government, let us not forget 2023 is just "FEW WEEKS AWAY.."

PDP&APC, daily in the news... PLOTTING & PLANNING. Now, I ask, where are the other political parties

that "SUDDENLY" showed up in 2019?

What are their strategies?
Where are the youths in all these?
Where are those clamouring for a better Nigeria or are we going to pour New Wine in Old Wine Skins?

Are these silent political parties going to suddenly emerge again in November of 2022 to get grants from Government and then go back into oblivion?

It's beginning to look like we are walking the same ropes of 2019 elections, making the same errors or believing the unbelievable

about these politicans being foolish...

Time,. ofcourse, will tell who is wise and who is not.

"Siddon look" is no longer fashionable, if we want a REAL CHANGE.

We must start now and indeed start now for real of we are to make any meaningful impact, come 2023.

We must not

allow these current crop of politicans make us look unwise again in 2023.

The #EndSARS protest, was indeed an eye opener that when we stand together as a formidable team, we will reach out goal.

The Children of Ephraim got dressed for battle.
They got dressed, probably to appear impressive to unlookers.
They had all they needed to fight & take territories, but, they bailed out at d last minute...at d critical time.

Psalms 78:9 MSG says;
d Ephraimites, armed to d teeth,

ran off when d battle began.
Hmmmmm, what a sad note.

Many 2day, appear dressed up for battles.
Some of us appear dressed up to take territories.
We look as good as warriors.
We speak in tongues, pray d loudest at prayer meetings, attend church d most, yet, lack d real substance

There is a job God has given each of us to do, but, ironically, we focus on the fringe benefits of the kingdom.

There are souls to win, territories to conquer, thrones to dethrone, altars to pull down etc.

Jeremiah 1:10 MSG (spells out our job in clear terms.)👇🏼
See what I've done? I've given you a JOB to do among nations & governments-a red-letter day! Your job is to pull up and tear down, take apart & demolish, & then start over, building and planting." Stand Up & Say Your Piece

What have you done with the job or task God gave you?

It's not just about kingdom benefits.
There is a good fight of faith out there.

We need to get off the milk diet and eat meat like warriors... we cannot do stuffs if we are passive about the things of God..

🔰 WORD4TODAY🔰

Esther 2:2 MSG
the king's young attendants stepped in and got the ball rolling:"Let's begin a search for beautiful young virgins for d king.

Here, there was an occasion.
An open vacancy.👇🏼

👉🏼A void, only God could fill.
👉🏼A void, only God wld handpick & fill in

👉🏼The king's young attendants stepped in and got d ball rolling:

Unknown to anyone, God was already working behind d scenes.

👉🏼When the young attendant stepped in & got d ball rolling, no one knew where d "ball" was going to stop.

👇🏼Alas, the "ball" *stopped* at Esther's feet

*This New Year;*
👉🏼You will not lack a voice in the "palace"

👉🏼You will not lack men and women who will do the work for you...All you will do, is step in and sit on the throne.
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Today, things will be set in motion that will eventually advance you to greatness.
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🔰WORD4TODAY🔰

Gen 16:13 MSG
She answered God by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, "You're the God who sees me!" "Yes! He saw me; and then I saw Him!"
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Circumstances chased her (Hagar)out of her home, chased her out of the place she once felt safe & comfortable.😭
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She was now at a place she felt rejected, dejected, abandoned, neglected, humiliated and depressed. No one saw her at this particular time of her life, no one saw her there, yet, God saw her.

📌In her rejection, God saw her.
📌In her dejection, God saw her.

📌In her abandoned state, God saw her.
📌In her neglected state, God saw her.
📌In her humiliated state, God still saw her.
📌In her depressed state too, God saw her.
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Hagar was invincible to everyone, but, not God. God saw her.

📍She said, "I have seen the One who sees me"

*Genesis 16:13b MSG*
"You're the God who sees me!" "Yes! He saw me; and then I saw him!"
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Many do not " *see* " God at times like these, and if truth be told, these are not easy times to focus. They can be overwhelming if one isn't sensitive.
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*Good news today;*

A SHORT EXHORTATION

The Holy Spirit Helps in many ways and in every way

This is just a very brief testimony.of how I lost something valuable yesterday and later found it this morning.

Woke up to the news that my wallet was missing... missing ke? How, where? My biggest concerns

were all my ATM cards therein etc.

My son and I began turning the entire house up side down with no comforting result.

Afterall, I only stepped up briefly yesterday to get some fruits and it was a distance of about 200mtrs.

I said to myself, this cannot happen. I have never

lost anything and not recover it, not even when one of my staff defrauded the branch of a bank I was managing some years ago.

I said a short prayer. Holy Spirit, thank you for covering my wallet wherever it's been since yesterday. Thank you for leading me to wherever it is. As I

step out in search of it, let me come back home with it.

I stepped out in faith and viola, as I got to the fruit seller's shop, everyone was gazing at me in a funny and unusual way. Suddenly and in one accord, they all asked me "what are you looking for?

There and then, I knew

my wallet was in safe hand. Infact, the elderly woman said, someone found it on the floor and since the fellow knew I was a regular customer here, dropped it at her shop. Infact, she said, she was about sending her daughter to bring it to my house. Long and short of it, I came

1.
A very, very short message on "when God shows up"

The 3 Hebrew boys knew something others did not know. Infact, What they knew influenced their stance. It was, "if we perish, we perish..." Crazy I'd say.

They were resolute in their decision not to bow down to man made gods.

2.
They were indeed defiant and unconsciously playing to the gallery of their enemies, who without a doubt, wanted them dead.

Note, Defiance had consequences at this times.

The consequences of their defiance was death, horrible death, the slow kind of painful death, yet,

3.
they defied the most powerful king on earth.

This brazen act of bravado though, extraordinary, was nonetheless, unacceptable. No one defies the kings decree, least of all, Jews.

The king was duly updated by some "Tatafos" & under Persian law, decrees, once pronounced by the

4.
king and sealed with the royal seal, could not be reversed.

They were subsequently arraigned before the king and with what I call the guts of a meniac, they looked the king in the eye, and told him point blank, that on this issue of bowing to your man made god, we are not

5.
going to bow down. This was no longer a joke.

Daniel 3:16 KJV
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.

[17] If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning

Suddenly, Jesus appeared on the scene.

Luke 7v11-17 MSG
Talks about a widow, whose life was filled with losses & misery. She lived in Nain.

She had no name.
Her misery was used to describe her.

Misery had indeed wrapped itself round her like a fitted garment

She had lost her

2.
hubby, probably a few months or years earlier, now, her only son was gone.

Soon, this widow of Nain was going to bury her only son.

There were people there pretending to be mourning, meanwhile, they were gossiping amongst themselves...

3.
When did she lose her husband that we are once again burying her only son?

Are we sure she is not a witch?

Is she the only one in town.

From one tragedy to another.

God must be punishing her for her sins.

By this time too, the grave diggers were waiting.

4.
They had completed the task of digging the sons grave, & only waiting to be paid their balance

The mourners at the graveyard were waiting too, but, suddenly, the Lord saw her...felt her pain & showered her with compassion.

5.
When the Lord was done, they were completely left aghast, with mouth wide open

Luke 7:16 MSG described it perfectly.

They all realized they were in a place of holy mystery, that God was at work among them. They were quietly worshipful - and then noisily grateful,

Psalms 102v13b TPT
—the appointed time has come for your prophetic promises to be fulfilled!

Get ready, make room, let your expectations hit the rooftop. Those prophetic promises you entered the New Year with, is about to unfold.

It's your time and your turn for that

O.B.B (One Big Break) you've been longing for.

All you need is a platform.
All you need is just that single connection, that phonecall, that email.

David got just one platform to showcase the hand of God upon his life & boom, he became the talk of the town.

Let the scripture

below sink in;👇🏼👇🏼

1 Samuel 18:30 MSG
Whenever the Philistine warlords came out to battle, David was there to meet them - and beat them, upstaging Saul's men. David's name was on everyone's lips.

Yes, He gave David that O.B.B.

Then, his name was on everyone's lips.

You are

getting your O.B.B this weekend

Your OBB will be visible to all

It's your time and my turn for that O.B.B.

Just us tomorrow, live on Facebook, at 8pm.

Don't forget to set your alarm, put on your notification, tag a friend. Do what you have to do, but, don't come alone.

My ABEOKUTA-Lagos Train trip dairy, 17th February, 2022

This is without Prejudice

A mixture of the Good, The Bad & The Ugly

It's supposed to be my first train ride & this is my personal experience.

The Good.
@AdedotunTaiwo
@llawal_latifah

First and foremost, the idea of initiating and completing this laudable and long awaited infrastructure, is awesome. Kudos to the Buhari administration for it's completion.

I was inbound, Lagos. (My bitter sweet experience)
D journey from my home to d station began at 6.15am,

all in an attempt to avoid the rush for tickets. The station which is about 8km from my home started on a good note. I had planned to take a cab to the station, a break from the accompanying stress of driving to Lagos. (We all know Lagos is not an easy place to drive to)

At exactly 6.20am, a flagged down an incoming car, thinking it was a cab, as the atmosphere was still a bit foggy, and difficult to make out which car was approaching. The driver stopped and to my disappointment, it wasn't a cab, but, a privately own car. The driver bent over and

asked me to come in, I asked how much to the nearest destination to the terminal, and he said, "don't worry, just hop in, I just want to help you"

The first yeye thought that came to my head was, "look well before you enter o, we don't want stories that touch in these days of

It's happening in a few hours time.
(PRAYERS FOR BUSINESSES, BUSINESS OWNERS, ENTREPRENEURS)

You will experience something dramatic from this week.

Psalms 107:24 MSG
Out at sea you saw God in action, saw his breathtaking ways with the ocean:

You have seen the breathtaking ways

God turned around the businesses of others 

You have heard the testimonies of others 

This December, it's your time and your turn.

In your business, you will see God' breathtaking ways.

You will see Him in action in mind-blowing ways, in your business

Surely, you will see God in action again...
Psalms 68:3 MSG
When the righteous see God in action they'll laugh, they'll sing, they'll laugh and sing for joy.

Join us tomorrow, live on Facebook, at 8pm as we pray for BUSINESSES, BUSINESS OWNERS & ENTREPRENEURS