Saturday, 04 Sep, 2010
Steve Popoola is the editor of Biblepraise Newsletter and The webmaster of Biblepraise Fellowship Online. British by birth, He currently resides in Lagos, Nigeria with wife Maris and their children; Praise, Stephanie and Precious. He works in the IT department of a bank. Formerly an active singer, he still sings occasionally and speaks at invited forums. He presently serves in as Church Secretary in his local church and is also a Sunday School teacher. He is the Moderator/Editor of Biblepraise Newsletter.
Companies spend a lot of money packaging their goods. They understand that no matter how good a product is, the packaging is what influences the consumer.
I was in my office one day when a server which the company ordered, was delivered. The sheer size of the container was intimidating and we all wondered what it contained.
I snapped at my son today. In a moment of frustration I scolded him over something trivial that I could have easily ignored. I saw the hurt in his eyes after I did it and apologized to him. Afterwards, I gave him a hug, reminded him of what a good son he is, and told him how proud I am of him. Still, I wished I could have taken back what I said earlier.
“Why is Jesus getting such bad P.R.?” was the headline that caught my eye. Written by Charita Goshay and distributed by the Gatehouse News Service in April of this year, the article under that caption makes about as much sense as anything I’ve read in a while.
Recently, I was invited by friends to attend a Christian music festival in one of those towns outside London. My friends came to pick me in their car and we headed out. Before we left however, my friend who was driving, took out his SatNav and punched in the post code of our destination and we proceeded on our journey.
This journey ordinarily should have taken us about one and half hours but we ended up getting to our destination three hours later. ‘What happened?’ you might ask.
If you were to ask a number of people what is important to them, you are guaranteed as many different answers as the number of those you asked the question from.
Having been crowned king of Israel and waging series of wars until such a time when there was peace, David decided that it was time to build a befitting place of worship to the Lord.
Main Text: Luke 18:1 – 8
Introduction
The work of faith is a process. It begins when a child of God places absolute trust in His Father to bring to pass those things he desires from God. It proceeds through a process called patience and then terminates at the destination called reward.
Many start the journey of faith but falter at the stop called hope. It is usually the longest part of the journey, with nothing in sight to give indication that the journey is about to end. Sometimes one of more obstacles threatens this journey, tempting us to turn around – and some do turn around. However, those who have been skilled in the art of navigating through the journey of faith know that after the desert of hope, the reward of faith awaits.
Make yourself acquainted with these two stepbrothers: SELF WORTH and SELF WORTHLESSNESS. Although these brothers have two opposing attitudes, they both work for the same employer: Satan. He uses these two innocent looking fellows most efficiently, if we let him.
Aaron and Miriam had an issue with Moses. They disagreed with his marrying an Cushite woman (Numbers 12:1) It is not really obvious why they were against Moses’ marriage to this woman but what can be deduced is that they already had a grudge with Moses and this was just an excuse to show it.
Becoming a Christian starts from hearing God’s word. I always thank God for the written word. Without it, we will be at the mercy of learned men and religious professors. It would take a long time for us to really understand the very important principles of salvation, baptism and resurrection.