Dearly Beloved,

WHOSE DISCIPLE ARE YOU?

“Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne” (Hebrews 12:2 TEV).

Being somebody who wants to minister to as many people as possible through the Internet, I joined as many…

Dearly Beloved,

THERE IS NO OTHER INTERMEDIARY!

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’” (John 14:6 NIV).

“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5 NIV).

The supremacy of Jesus Christ (as explained briefly two weeks ago) cannot be over-emphasized. This was the thrust of the book to the Hebrews. However, it amuses me to see some people trying to…

Dearly Beloved,

As this year’s Valentine’s Day come and gone, let me resend a message originally sent on October 16, 2010 to remind us of true love:

LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE

“Let brotherly love continue. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. Remember the prisoners as if chained with them - those who are mistreated - since you yourselves are in the body also” (Hebrews 13:1-3 NKJV).

The book of Hebrews was…

Dearly Beloved,

THE SUPREMACY OF JESUS CHRIST

“[Jesus Christ] is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs” (Hebrews 1:3-4 NIV).

Some churches and many other uninformed Christians believe in praying to the…

Dearly Beloved,

IF THE EARTHLY KING DOES NOT SEE YOU…

“For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil” (Ecclesiastes 12:14 NKJV).

The Yoruba have a proverb that goes thus: O tafa si oke yi odo bori, bi oba aye ko ri o, ti orun n wo o. Literally, it means one who is doing anything secretly, if the earthly king does not see him, the heavenly king is looking at him. This is applicable to many people who are not only secretly,…

Dearly Beloved,

"SHE CLOSED ONLY ONE EYE!"

"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye" (Matthew 7:3-5 NIV).

Although it is not specifically stated…

Dearly Beloved,

THOU MY EVERLASTING PORTION

"'The Lord is my portion,' says my soul, 'Therefore I hope in Him!'" (Lamentation 3:24 NKJV).

"Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!" (James 4:8 TEV).

Hymns of Fanny Jane Crosby have always fascinate me. Here was a blind lady who in spite of her disability surrendered her life to be used by her Creator as a hymn writer whose hymns are still…

Dearly Beloved,

GOD TALKS NONSENSE!

"We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew.... the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 Corinthians 2:7-8a, 14 NKJV).

Times without number, I have met people online who declared that there is no God. If I…

Dearly Beloved,

A NEW COVENANT

"Then the Lord said: 'I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. Obey what I command you today'" (Exodus 34:10-11 NIV).

As the people of Israel were on their way out of the land of slavery to the Promised Land, they lost focus on God and sought after man-made god.…

Dearly Beloved,

OUR PRAYERS FOR YOU IN THE YEAR 2013

Praise the Lord for witnessing another year 2013!

As usual, Opeyemi (my wife) and our children (Boluwatife, IfeOluwa, Michael and Abraham) are joining me to welcome you into the New Year with these prophetic prayers adapted from Exodus 34:10 (TEV):

- The Lord will make a new covenant with you this new year;

- He will do great things in your life in people's presence such as have never been done anywhere…

Dearly Beloved,

COME WITH CONFIDENCE

“Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need” (Hebrews 4:16 NIV).

“In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence” (Ephesians 3:12 NIV).

At last, this old year is winding up! The new year is coming with many hope and expectations. Do we need to be afraid? Absolutely not! For we are serving the One who holds…

Dearly Beloved,

THE FIRST NOEL

"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a…

Dearly Beloved,

STILL ON PRAYING FOR THE DEAD

"May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains. On the contrary, when he was in Rome, he searched hard for me until he found me. May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus" (2 Timothy 1:16-18 NIV).

Before I sent my message on praying for the dead out two weeks ago, I…

Dearly Beloved,

HEROD'S PALACE

"After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem.... After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was" (Matthew 2:1, 9 NIV).

The Lord revealed to some wise men from the East (or simply, the Magi) through a special star that a King was born. They decided to come…

Dearly Beloved,

YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION

"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation" (Matthew 26:41 NIV).

I seldom watch movies these days because of my busy schedules. However, I watched one recently that keeps me thinking. It has to do with a powerful man who fell into the hands of mere men and women because he was not watchful. In spite of the fact that the Yoruba movie is one of those secular movies acted with no religious connotation, its music…

Dearly Beloved,

WHY THANKSGIVING?

"It is good to give thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, And Your faithfulness every night" (Psalm 92:1-2 NKJV).

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. It has officially been an annual tradition since 1863, when, during the US Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of…

Dearly Beloved,

O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES TO SING

"My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long" (Psalm 35:28 NIV).

Charles Wesley is known as the co-founder (with his brother, John Wesley) of the Methodist Church, however, he is more known for his hymns. He is the author of some 6,000 hymns which after more than 200 years are showing no sign of losing their appeal. One of his hymns is titled "O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES TO SING." He wrote this…

Dearly Beloved,

THE HUNDREDTH PSALM

"Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations" (Psalm 100…

Dearly Beloved,

TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD

"Jesus replied, `You may go. Your son will live.' The man took Jesus at his word and departed. While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living" (John 4:50-51 NIV).

The son of a certain nobleman was sick. The man did not want the son to die, so he went to Jesus Christ so that He would come and heal the sick son miraculously. Jesus Christ knew that he wanted a miracle to be performed on his son,…

Dearly Beloved,

PASS ME NOT, O GENTLE SAVIOR

"Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (that is, the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, 'Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!' Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, 'Son of David, have mercy on me!'" (Mark 10:46-48…