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  • Girls, a prayer warrior has the world at her feet! (II)

    DEAR Madam Temilolu, I pray ladies of this generation can just take their time and learn from your fountain of knowledge. More power to your elbow!

     Mr. Ogundele

    Temi,

    I am one of your readers/fans; please keep up your good work as your column is fascinating and very educative. No fear or favour, always free and fair. Stay blessed.

    Mr. Thompson

    Dear Aunty Temilolu,

    My boyfriend broke up with me on the grounds that he’s born again. Thank God for that because it opened my eyes to the fact that I needed God too. I used to run away from surrendering totally to God because I thought I was young and needed to enjoy life. However, now I have a new friend in Jesus and in the form of a reformed ex-boyfriend. I hope you publish this in your next column; I’d like to see it there. I realise that even though I didn’t lose my virginity, I did a lot of wrongs but after confessing my sins and giving my life to Christ, I feel light and free of guilt in my heart. Who says being a friend of God is boring? It’s the best thing ever!

    Your friend (I hope),

    Mariam

    My darling, precious, glorious, dignified, world-famous and heavenly celebrated Nigerian sisters,

    You’d recall I mentioned the super-natural powers women especially are endowed with in my last article and how the devil – our common enemy – is denying us its best use because of too much concentration on superficiality and inanities. A lot of women are groaning badly and have had their beautiful dreams of a fulfilling and wondrous life shattered because they refused to grow spiritually and someone else took over their destiny/joy. Our common enemy exploits this and makes a lot of ladies marry the wrong person – in fact, more often than not they end up with men who would frustrate or out rightly kill their destiny. So, why won’t you start growing spiritually now and praying not to take a wrong step that could mar your great destiny/future? I tell you, the earlier you start, the better. Praying and fasting should be your way of life and what should light up your path through the journey of life and not what you should learn to start doing when you are in great trouble. I see a lot of women in their mid-forties/fifties who after realising they have lost so much grounds to the devil and virtually wasted their time and opportunities on earth who end up in church almost on a daily basis seeking God and answers to their challenges. So many of them without spouses or children. So many of them derailed from God’s divine agenda from their lives, so many of them perpetually in great sorrow and confusion. That shall not be your portion in Jesus name. I have often said here that your battles are commensurate with the magnitude of your greatness and if you decide not to get really close to God to show you the secrets you need to know about your life and which way to go, you will certainly blame yourself in future and that is if you ever discover who/what you were destined to be in life.

    I once read someone’s response on the social media and her response was that even Joyce Meyer, (one of world’s most influential preachers who runs one of world’s largest ministries) said she only prays for a few minutes and doesn’t have to pray for long so praying for so long isn’t necessary. Now, how can you compare yourself with Joyce Meyer,  an American who has very little to contend with and so much grace upon her life because her fore-fathers were missionaries forgetting your idolatrous background here in Africa and so much evil still hanging over your family line as a result of this? Besides, with her challenges as a child and the call of God upon her life, in her earlier years, she must have prayed and prayed and prayed to get to where she is today!

    You girls had better wake up to reality because you just never know the type of destiny you carry and what you have to contend with. I keep telling you, your pastor may be so anointed, and performing wonders on a daily basis but no one except God can reveal the original trajectory of your life to you! And you can only discover this by praying without ceasing and living a holy life. Besides, you never know what you are destined to contend with as you journey through life. If you are not strengthened or heavily armed with prayers, just one blow which you should cash in on to catapult your destiny could knock you out for life! More to come on this! May God bless you!

    To be continued.

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  • Girls, a prayer warrior has the world at her feet!

    MY darling, precious, glorious, dignified, world-famous and heavenly celebrated Nigerian sisters,

    In this part of the world where we have an idolatrous foundation and where the devil has a strong-hold on most families, if you are not a prayer warrior/addict, I am afraid you may have a lot to contend with. Prayerlessness and spiritual dullness is why too many destinies are under attack and under a satanic siege. I tell you once you allow the devil gain grounds in your life, it’s usually a very tough battle to get him out of your way because he practically turns such a life to his playground.

    Right from the first book of the bible – Genesis, (as long as you believe God exists and created humanity), we can see that the woman was created by Him to play a very special role on earth. He carved woman out of man to support Him on earth and help him achieve all he was created to achieve in life! The devil knowing this has launched his attack on the woman right from the Garden of Eden where he tempted Eve. She was deceived by Satan’s lie and disobeyed God and that placed a permanent curse on humanity. He succeeded in carving out an exact opposite of what God intended for man. While God’s plan is to have us as virtuous women as He has graciously bombarded us with unique qualities, innate skills and talents including spiritual gifts that men cannot possess, the devil also has a way of making a woman who is naturally virtuous vicious and the downfall of not only a man but an entire generation. It amazes me that people say it’s a man’s world when the woman has the exclusive privilege of carrying a foetus which later becomes a nation! The female folk wield so much spiritual power but because of too much concentration on superficiality, most of them are not able to use that power God’s way both for their benefit and that of humanity at large! However, those who belong to the devil enjoy their enormous dark power and destabilise lives with it.

    You’d recall Delilah was the downfall of Samson in the bible while Jezebel was so ruthless such that one of God’s most powerful prophets had to hide from her at a point in time. A young Jewish girl living among the exiles in Persia found herself queen of the empire when a plot was revealed to destroy all the Jews. Esther was the woman God had prepared “for such a time as this” to save his covenant people. Today, many women are parenting without the support of a godly father and husband. Perhaps, that’s one reason God included the faithful influence of Timothy’s mother and grandmother in his Word. Choosing to trust God rather than dwelling on their difficult circumstances, Lois and Eunice raised Timothy to love and fear the Lord and make an impact in the world.

    There’s so much about you – in fact an incredible lot about your existence which you don’t know of and if you don’t discover them and take care of yourself today with prayers, you may find yourself living in an ocean of battles and unending despair for the rest of your life. There’s so much more on this I can’t wait to share with you next week God-willing!

     To be continued.

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  • ThankGod turns prayer warrior in Libya

    ThankGod turns prayer warrior in Libya

    Super Eagles ace and  former Warri Wolves defender Ike ThankGod no doubt believes that prayer is the key, as he has made prayer and romance with words of exaltation his major companion since joining Al-Lttihad of Libya.

    A cursory perusal of the former Heartland defender’s Facebook account indicates that he begins and ends his posts with either a Biblical quotation or prayer.

    In one of his recent posts, ThankGod quoted from the book of Joshua chapter 1 verse 3-6 which states in part. “Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon that have I given unto you as I said unto moses.”

    ThankGod, who did not feature for Super Eagles after his debut in 2010, posted impressive outings for Heartland and Warri Wolves before venturing outside the shores of the country in the hope of taking his career to greater heights.

    Since posting pictures of his departure and subsequent training with his new club, his teeming followers have continued to add “Amen” to his prayers for success and good luck even as many added theirs asking God to bless his feet and his effort.

    The Imo State born defender is certainly not prepared to toe the line of legions of Nigerian players who had ventured into foreign land with intent to further their career only to meet brick walls either because they are not able to measure up or fell into the hands of wrong agents who signed them into slavery.

  • A prayer warrior goes home

    Politicians gathered in Jattu, Estako West Local Government Area of Edo State for the funeral of Pastor Francis Shaibu, father of Majority Leader of the House of Assembly, Hon Philip Shaibu. OSAGIE OTABOR was there.

    HE was described as a prayer warrior and a music lover; a good organiser of men and women; a man who believed in the welfare of others.

    These were some of the tributes paid to the late Pastor Francis Shaibu, father of Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Philip Shaibu.

    Pastor Shaibu died on June 23, and the funeral took place within one week in accordance with his wish that his remains should not be kept in the mortuary before interment.

    Those who spoke at the funeral service said the late Pastor Shaibu had a premonition of his death. He was said to have paid all his dues at the Estako Progressive Union in Kaduna; asked for forgiveness from those he offended and requested his children not to mourn him for long.

    The death of Pastor Shaibu, according to his son, Philip, came to the family as a surprise as there were moves to relocate him from his Kaduna base to his Jattu hometown. Philip said his father promised to return by December but returned home much earlier.

    The funeral began with a service of songs and lying-in-state at his Jattu residence. It was well attended by Philip’s political associates.

    Pastor George Okpebholo and a close friend of the deceased urged the gathering not to be sorrowful but to thank God for the life of the late Pastor Shaibu.

    He recounted their days in the ministry and urged the children to follow in their father’s footstep.

    Politicians of different political leanings stormed Jattu for the funeral. All hotels at Auchi and its environs were fully booked.

    At the service held at the DPS Event Centre, Jattu, the hall, which was decorated with blue and white was filled to capacity. Many sympathisers could not gain entrance; others stood till the service ended.

    Children and grand-children of the deceased wore white and were in a sorrowful mood. Dignitaries came from Kaduna to attend the funeral.

    Revd. Godwin Isah, who delivered the sermon, urged the congregation to do good at all times, bearing in mind what people would say after their death.

    Governor Adams Oshiomhole, in his tributes, recounted how the late Pastor Shaibu encouraged him to further his studies in Kaduna. He said the deceased helped to organise Estako Women Union in Kaduna and served as the secretary.

    Oshiomhole said: “I knew our late brother much more than people understand. Francis encouraged me to further my education. He introduced me to where I enrolled as an architectural draughtman. Our brother helped me and encouraged me to grow.”

    The governor urged the sympathisers to always tell the truth at all times, saying Nigeria was in trouble being led by men and women who try to bury the truth.

    Philip described his father’s death as a shock because they were preparing for his return home.

    “A week before he died, he told my brother that if he died he should be buried where people are being buried and that he should not be kept in a mortuary,” he said.

    Guests at the event included Edo State Deputy Governor Dr Pius Odubu; Commissioner for Works, Hon Osarodion Ogie Oluwole Iyamu; South south Vice Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu; members of Edo State House of Assembly led by Speaker Uyi Igbe; Hons Paschal Ugbome, Garuba Zakawanu and Godwin Imoudu; ACN Women Leader Modina Emovon, Director of State Security Service Bakori Bello-Tukur, among others.