DO NOT POSTPONE YOUR SALVATION
Sometimes in April this year on my way to ogbomoso from Oko, I boarded a car coming from osogbo to ogbomoso.As my custom, I declared the gospel, at a point I began to plead with them to accept Jesus Christ, repent from sins and allow Jesus to Lord over their lives as I led those who accepted Jesus in prayer of confession and in the process of praying and ministering deliverance to round off the preaching process, the rear tyre burst on speed, I was shocked because it was exactly five minutes ago when I said nobody knew what will happen in the next five minute. To God be the glory nobody was hurt but the amazing thing was during the period of replacement of tyre and when we continued the journey we are all in sober mood reflecting on the word of God. God is not an originator of evil but he works in all situations to glorify his name. #onebillionsoulsforchrist

Last week was  tightened, full of schedules and in the process making evangelical exploits,from preaching in the bus, to preaching in taxis and witnessing on the motorcycle. Let me briefly discuss two spectacular experiences. Preaching on the motorcycle was strange to me, having been witnessing for eleven years, the Holy Spirit had been telling me to witness on motorcycle but I always give excuses that the rider may not hear me and may loose concentration but last week Tuesday when the Holy Spirit told me to witness to the motorcyclist, I obeyed, not knowing how to start because that was my first time of doing such. I initiated conversation, and I created eternity consciousness in him, with this he showed great interest, at a time he slowed down, I witnessed to him and committed him to God.
In another vein last week Wednesday, in a taxi on my way to office, the Holy Spirit told me as usual to witness in the car, but I don't understand,fear gripped me... It was then I discovered that no two witnessing scenarios are the same.I prayed in tongues silently and in the process the Spirit of Evangelism possessed me and I declared the gospel with all boldness.There was a great silence, I felt the presence of God, after the witnessing, I ministered deliverance and healing.The amazing thing was that after the preaching there was a great silence as we all meditated on the word of God. That you have been witnessing eleven years does not mean that you can always open your mouth and declare the word with all boldness. You need Daily walk with God and sensitivity to the wavelength of the Holy Spirit, yesterday anointing is not enough for today's work. It was then I remembered the prayer of Apostle Paul in Eph 6:19 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel and also in Col 4:3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.#onebillionsoulsforchrist

THERE IS STILL HOPE IN NIGERIA
The situation of Nigeria seems to be getting bad by the day, today mark the 59th independence anniversary but Nigeria is still crawling among nations like China, India, Bahama,that they got independence together. Nigeria is the 6th producer of oil in the world, blessed with mineral resources, fertile land for farming and most populous black nation with a population estimate of 200 million, life expectancy of 54.5, GDP of $397.270billion,27th largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP, Nigeria as large as his population so is her problem which can be summarized into two: leadership and corruption.
Since independence good leadership has eluded the country, it seems the foundation of the country was laid in such a way that the wrong people will be governing the affairs of this nation. The situation of this nation became worst right from the first military coup in 1966, the military came into power with the motive that politicians are corrupt but Nigeria suffer so much in the hands of military dictatorship and their frequent coup plotting to overtake democratic rule had not bettered the lot of this nation. The emergence of democracy 20 years ago seemed to be a breakthrough until the hope was dashed in 2015.the country got into recession and till now the situation keeps getting worst. Corruption in Nigeria is so organized that it has eaten up all the sectors in Nigeria and it is retarding economy growth. No thanks to insurgencies which raised her ugly head in 2009 and the book haram group are now the second deadliest terrorist group in the world. The herdsmen and recently bandits have made Nigeria to become an unsafe place. At 59, Nigeria cannot boast of uninterrupted power supply, good network of roads and other social amenities. The unemployment rate is alarming, there is brain drain in all the sectors as there are mass exit of professionals to Europe, America to seek greener pasture. The country has no plan for her teeming youth population that is characterized with internet fraud, financial crimes, money rituals and so on. Last week top army staff said tackling Boko haram insurgency require spiritual approach. All these situations affirmed that there seems to be no hope in Nigeria.
In the midst of these entire situation, there is still hope in Nigeria. This may not make sense considering the picture that has been painted. There is hope in Nigeria if our leaders and the entire nation return to God .God is able to heal our land, visit the foundation of Nigeria and make dry bones alive again. It is only God factor that can make Nigeria great again and bring out hope out of hopeless situation. For Nigeria to be great, we all have a role to play, a better Nigeria start from me and you. A change start from me and you when we are willing to confess positivity in the midst of negativity and live uprightly.
God bless Nigeria! Happy independence anniversary.

Abolanle Oladipupo

Deliverance is Salvation

DELIVERANCE IS SALVATION
Deliverance is embedded in salvation. To be saved and not delivered shows that salvation is not complete. So many people claim today I have a deliverance ministry but Christ is not preached, people are not led to repent from their sins and live a righteous life. The greatest bondage in life is to be under the tyranny and control of sin. The greatest deliverance is to be freed from sin. Deliverance without repentance from sin is a waste of time. A true deliverance precedes the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Deliverance without the message of salvation is nothing but a ritual.
Salvation is deliverance, it is freedom over sin. When a man finds it difficult to break away from sin then the power of salvation call deliverance is activated. Deliverance should not be a ministry on its own but rather evangelical ministry. Deliverance cannot be separated from evangelism. So to say deliverance ministry is to say evangelical ministry.
To say I am a deliverance minister and you don't preach the message of salvation which is the gospel is heretic and erroneous. Deliverance is the power of gospel at work liberating people from sin.

The problem of the present day church is not the devil
The problem of the present day church is not worldliness
The problem of the present day church is not sin
The problems of the present day church are the Pastors who have compromised the truth.
The problems of the present day church are the Pastors who have watered the truth
The problems of the present day church are the Pastors who say half truth
The congregation sees these set of pastors as the real Pastors.
The congregation sees them as “SPIRIT FILLED “Pastors who have the understanding of time.
These set of pastors are wealthy, influential and attract youths
Unknown to them that these set of Pastors have exchanged their ministries for fame and wealth from the devil.
Some of them still preach sound doctrines of the bible but their lives are deviated from the truth they preached.
They know inside of them that they have compromised and hell awaits them
They know their reward is in this world
Yet their congregations still celebrate them
Oh what a generation of itching ears!
These set of Pastors have cliques with big titles
These set of Pastors have become baits that lure the genuinely called men of God into joining their cliques
These set of Pastors are responsible for the mess in the church presently
They started well with God
Everyone knew about their zeal and love for God when they started ministry but they are now dining with the devil
Let not the truly called of God be weary
Let not the truly called of God be discouraged
Let not the truly called of God be distressed
Success in ministry is not all about fame, and wealth but doing what God has called you to do
God cannot be mocked
He knows his own
And this foundation is sure, everyone that call on the name of God departs from iniquity
The owner of the church is coming
He will judge the church
You cannot defend his church neither can you fight for it
God will visit his church in anger and purge his church with fire
Repent now!
You can still get your soul back from the devil
You can still get back that ministry that you have exchanged for fame and wealth
There is no time too late to repent in as much you still have life in you.
God will not give up on you until you breathe your last breath
But nobody knows when he will breathe his last
Don’t postpone your salvation
Repent now!

WHEN CHILDREN ARE LEADERS
In many African countries today, children are presidents and prime ministers. Such countries are characterized with poverty and poor economy. You may then wonder are they really children when the oldest African president, Beji Caid Essebsi, the president of Tunisia will be ninety-three on November twenty nine and the youngest president in Africa: Joseph Kabila of democratic republic of Congo will be forty-eight on June four. Being a child is not a function of age, you are a child if you don’t have the maturity and experience that goes with adulthood.
Many African presidents are children because they do not have understanding of the problem of the country they are presiding neither could they solve problems because they do not have solutions to it. To worsen it all they are deeply rooted in corruption and want to amass wealth for their families at the expense of the nation they are presiding on.
Having a child as a president is an evidence that the nation is under a curse. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, And your princes feast in the morning! and also in Isaiah 3:4-5a "I will give children to be their princes, And babes shall rule over them. The people will be oppressed, Every one by another and every one by his neighbor. African nations is a land of oppression, black oppressing blacks, a family seating on wealth of a nation, cabals oppressing the nation. Nigeria is not an exception, reputed to be the giant of Africa but children are still our leaders. Let us pray to God to heal our land and as we elect leaders let us choose men who have solutions to the problem of this nation and not boys who have no understanding about what true leadership and governance is. God bless Africa! God bless Nigeria!

PICK UP THE FALLEN SOLDIER
No man is immune to falling. As you continue to grow in faith, you become susceptible to fall. It is only a Christian that is not growing that need not to be afraid of falling. Every Christian is on a battle field and we should realize that in as much we are on God's battle field, attacks and falls is inevitable. When soldiers fall during battle, they don't leave their colleague there but rather lift him up. It is in Christianity that a brother will fall into temptation, and people will gather in twos, threes to mock and discuss the person instead of praying together with him, encourage him, bind his wounds and ensure that he is back on the field. Church discipline is necessary but it should be corrective and not destructive. In the process of disciplining, is there a group praying for him? Is there a group of people visiting, encouraging and sharing the word of God with him. Jesus reached out to Peter, he prayed for him and ensured that he stood on his ground after he denied him. It is high time we started picking up fallen Christians instead of trampling on them.

To some people life is good
To some people life is bad
The same people who say life is bad later will say life is good
The people who say life is good later will say life is bad
What then will we say?
Life is like a rotating circle
Sometimes it rotate and bring good
And sometimes it rotate and bring bad
Life is fair
It is the same life that bring good and bad
And what is good in our eyes may be bad in God's eyes
And what is bad in our eyes may be good at God sight
Man are limited in understanding in as much we are in the flesh
Whatever befall you in life
Accept it in good fate
God knows the best

From ages past till now, God don't call lazy people into his vineyard
Moses was busy with his work when God called him
Amos was busy when God called him
God call the best for his purpose
He makes use of the best for his purpose
Gideon's was called valiant man when he was hiding from enemies
God is still in business of calling people till this hour
Don't ignore when he calls you
It is a thing of joy when you are working with the king of kings and the Lord of Lords
It is a good thing to be called with the name of the Lord

God's work is not a platform to acquire wealth and riches
If you want to make money out of ministry, you are in a wrong place
God is the reward of those who truly served him
When men of God these days now acquired riches and wealth at the expense of the society
No wonder the present church of God have enough silver and gold but no power of God

Biblical insight from the life of Adam
Adam was the first man created by God
He was responsible for the naming of all the animals
He was very hardworking
He didn't neglect fellowship with God
God gave him a helper to complement him
His loneliness was solved by the availability of Eve
Adam failed to tutor his wife about the consequences of eating the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Adam was not always with his wife
The devil took advantage of Adam's weakness
Devil got Adam through Eve
Adam was willing to move forward after his mistakes
He didn't give up
He continued serving his God
And he lived to fulfill his purpose on earth
God still glorified himself in the mistakes of Adam because he allowed him
Adam accepted God's provision to cover his nakedness
Adam fell but he didn't remain there
He moved on with his life fulfilling God's purpose for his life
Devil can't stop God's purpose for your life
It is only you that can stop God's purpose for your life
Learn from Adam who was willing to move on despite his failure and inadequacies
He had to give birth again after the murder of Abel
He took his time to train him
And God used his descendants to build HOLY people for himself.

Going to Church does not make you a Christian

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian
What makes you a Christian is a change of heart
This change of heart is called repentance
Repentance is the work of the Holy Spirit
Do not be decieved if you do not repent from your sins you will end up in hell
Working for God in the church without walking with him is like offering a sacrifice which is not acceptable to him
Such a sacrifice is offering a strange fire to God
Remember that God struck Nadab and Abihu for offering strange fire
Stop using unclean hands to carry God's vessels
God knows all things and he can't be mocked
Whatever you sow you shall reaped

Lessons from the final words of Jesus Christ

Lessons from the final words of Jesus Christ
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptations
No man is Immune to temptation
If Jesus Christ was tempted then all men born of woman is not exempted
Every man is tempted at his weak points
Being tempted is not sin
Succumbing to temptation is sin overcoming temptation is through praying and watching
Pray without ceasing
Praying alone is not enough
You have to watch
And this is the state where so many Christian fail
Devil will not strike at once
It's a gradual process till he weakens you and then strike
To watch is to be sober
To watch is to be vigilant
To watch is to take heed
To watch is to be careful
To watch is to examine yourself
To watch is to discipline yourself
To watch is not to ignore your weakness
To watch is not to make use of your weakness as an excuse
To watch is to recognize the red light
To watch is not to ignore the red light
To watch is to retreat
To watch is to fast
To watch is to know that you can fall
To watch is to flee away from every appearance of evil
To watch is to listen to your accountability groups
To watch is to listen to counsel
Watching and praying is the only way to avoid being tempted by devil and sin

Biblical insights from the life of Eve

Biblical insights from the life of Eve
Eve was the first woman to be created by God
She was an help mate to Adam
She complemented Adam
She was perfectly fitting for Adam
She was lured by the devil into eating the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil
Devil played on her emotions
She was decieved
The analysis of the devil made her fall as prey to the devil
She did not deny her mistakes
She accepted her faults and inconsistencies
She did not deny God's provision of Redemption she was willing to still move on with his husband even when her husband pushed the blame on her
She was totally submissive to her husband
She didn't usurp the authority of her husband
She was always there for him
Eve didn't allow her mistakes to stop her from fulfilling God's purpose on earth
She moved on to be the mother of the earth