A Dose Of Smile

  Valentine's day is in 2 days and the humans in a relationship are super excited and are most likely not going to take it easy on the singles. It's been a tough few days for the single folks; If you have a single friend, please, check on them and send them money.  Valentine's day is certainly not really a favourite day for singles because of the tension coming from all angles. It’s that one special day a year in which singles are painfully reminded that they may very well die alone - cruel! Unfortunately, in our romance and sex-saturated culture, every day reminds you of that. However, the church hasn’t offered much alternatives. There’s far too much “Jesus is my boyfriend” or “I’m dating Jesus” type of songs and teachings that trivializes the kind of intimacy that can exist between God and humanity thereby silencing the deeper pain of loneliness and disappointment that singles sometimes feel. Amazingly, this year's Valentine's day falls on a Sunday. Hallelujah? Am...

Dunsin Oyekan is a Nigerian gospel singer, songwriter, producer, instrumentalist, and recording artist. On Sunday, 17th January, 2021, the Nigerian gospel singer and songwriter, released a new album with 16 tracks titled “The Gospel of the Kingdom” which was gotten from Mathew 24:14. Dunsin Oyekan is known to sing revelations not just ordinary songs, and these revelations are the revelations from the Father for the time and season. As the album was released on Sunday, 17th of January, the first video premiered on YouTube the same day; the video of "YAH" According to him, " We are living in a time when the Gospel, the good news of what Christ came to the earth to do, how He introduced us to the Love of the Father. The Government and Operations of Heaven is going to be heard to the ends of the earth. This is the Season for the SONS AND DAUGHTERS to Arise and show the world; In Glory, Power and Wisdom what Heaven looks like. In partnership with Christ, we will enact God’...

  Sometimes, the days move like they are in a competition with a cheetah. Other times, they tend to slow down while we savour every moment we are able to create with our loved ones. Times when they seem fast, we are able to look back at how much we've done, how hard we've loved, how committed we have been to things and people and how much of so many things we've been able to gather. I delight in talking about my life from the age I met Christ. As important as everything that happened before then is, they do not measure up to the standard of how my life currently is. At 22, I had my life interrupted by God. Let's say I was used to thinking I have everything covered. So, before graduation in Uni, I already had an idea what my life was going to be like after Uni - God must have laughed hysterically at me those days. Each year has been better than the previous one. I have walked in precision and prophecies have been fulfilled in my life. I have grown exponentially. My lif...

  A teenager is someone who falls within the ages of 13 to 19. This is the stage where they are transformed into young adults. There is no bone of contention that the teen world is an amazing stage of life accompanied by a lot of decision making processes that impacts the future in many ways. The teenage years is said to be one of the most complicated chapter of a person's life because many teenagers struggle to find a place in the society; they want to fit into the society while on the side, battling with their self identity. This is said to be responsible for why so many teenagers get depressed today; they have low self-esteem or feel people don't get to accept them just the way they are because they do not fit into a particular group in the society. I have come to understand that any teen going through this should disconnect him/herself from people who do not value and appreciate them and learn to connect with people who have a lot in common with them - those who are willi...

  I entered 2020 with a lot positivity in my heart, I was going to stop working in the first month and had my postgraduate degree to pursue because I had just gained admission. Although, the Lord had already told me what the year was majorly going to be like for me but my human mind certainly had no idea what was in store neither did it know how everything was going to play out because I thought I'd be able to get a new job and school was going to be in session; how was he going to do this? I wondered. In specific words, the Lord told me this year was for him (Communion and Partnership). Notwithstanding, 2020 was a beautiful year for the Lord. Below are what happened.  New dimensions of God This year made me see that God isn't only my 'God' or 'Father' but he is 'Lord' over my life. I saw him provide for me, comfort me when the tears won't stop coming, I saw him tell me how much he cares for me and how he delights in me. Knowing I was going to sto...

  Prayer is what allows us to worship and give praise to God. It grants us the opportunity to present our requests to God which involves communication - by that we communicate with our Creator. God is genuinely cares for us, wants to reveal things to us and wants to commune with us through prayer. Prayer is communication and just like communication, prayer is a two way street. That is, you talk to God and he talks to you back. However, a lot of Christians today find it difficult to maximum their prayer time with God. Looking at the distractions here are there so many Christians have their minds wander away during prayer and thereby end up very little time with God. Below are 5 ways you can maximize your prayer time. 1. Have a prayer structure. It's quite important that you have a structure for your prayer life, having a time of the day set aside for God and what to pray about/for on each day; you have 24 hours a day and know when best is suitable for you. Although, there are...

  Putting God in a box is like setting parameters or building a fence round him. God is unpredictable and incomprehensible. Looking through the scriptures, we can see that the presence of God moved from a one place to the other. From the ark of covenant to living in us by the reason of Jesus did on the cross. Often times, we turn our relationship with God into a routine. Our human mind begins to put God in a box such that we think he can only reach out to us in a particular manner. As much as God is able to do anything and everything, what limits us when we put constraints on our relationship is not His ability but ours. We limit our ability to partner with God, work with him, to see Him do miracles, and to experience how big He really is. Our view on our situation and our perspective of who God is are responsible for how we box him up. The dimension of him that we see in our lives correlates to our view of who God is. When we see Him as the Almighty creator of the universe,...