DO NOT ENVY THE UNRIGHTEOUS BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA I know I am blessed. I am aware I cannot be poor. Each time I see people stinking in wealth, I do not envy them. Though there are some who got their wealth in a clean way, we cannot dispute the fact that some gather their wealth through unclean means. That man you see spending carelessly on the street and you go back to your room weeping and start saying God is not doing you well, do you know how he got his wealth? Do you know if he sleeps soundly like you do every night? Do you know what he ruminates upon every second? Do you know he lacks peace because he got his wealth in an unclean way? His hands are full of the bloodshed of innocent lives yet you pray to become like him. You are there and God granted you peace that surpass all understanding. You have a good sleep because your hands are clean. People who come closer to you see how gracious God is to you. You are blessed with every spiri

GOODNIGHT OR GOODBYE BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA Pastor told of us a man who was going to die, he had two sons, one was born again while the other one was not. He called them to his side and gave them farewell message. After the whole thing, he said goodnight to the one who was born again  and goodbye to the other son. The other son was eager to know why he made two different statements to them. Hear his response: "I bid you goodbye because after this place, we can never meet again. This is because we are not on the same path. I said goodnight to your brother because I know we shall see again. This is because we are on the same path. Now, when someone dies in the Lord, he has gone to rest. Those who know they are identified with Christ know they will see him after a while when the roll is called up yonder. Someone who dies outside of Christ has no meeting point again with someone who died in the Lord. They are not on the same path, they are two parall

LET THEM KNOW YOUR STAND BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI While I was publicizing my new book (Maximizing your single days and beyond) on the social media, I said I was single. Though I was seeing it from a different point of view due to the information I wanted to pass across about the book, some misquoted me. One of the people I respected so much said, it was better I add my engagement status to save myself from unnecessary distraction.   I saw messages popping in. Messages like, "hello babe", someone even said, "don't worry, even if you have nobody, I will take you in." I was like "I don enter am. " Thank God for wisdom in attending to the issue. Later added my engagement status to the article.  Majority of those who are shy in declaring their engagement status when asked is because they are still looking for a better option. They are not satisfied with what they have. They are in search of someone better.  If what brought

THIS IS BEWITCHMENT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI  We don't have to cite examples of people who were involved in ghastly accidents before we see the need to praise God. What has really happened to us?  Sharing ugly experiences of life in order to get people's attention in the bid to ginger them to pray is not worth it.  In short, throughout your ministrations, no biblical proof to validate your message. You just tell stories throughout. No revelation, no scriptural references. What effect do you think that has on people?  You tell them you have many scriptural references to back up your message but time would not permit you to share with them but time permits you to share irrelevant things. Something must be wrong somewhere.  No wonder the people under you are stagnant. No wonder they can't pray on their own. They have no slightest idea that the word of God is true. They see no reason why they need to study the word.  They

LETTER TO MY FATHER BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI(TAB)  A man who seeks counsel from God will never enter be dragged into the mud no matter how tempting the mud could be.  Blessed is the man who dwells in the secret place of the most high for he will never be weighed down by the cares of this world. He has peace within and so he is indifferent about what happens without.  My father, I pray nothing will be small for me to communicate with you. I will never see myself to have attained anything when I am in your presence.  No matter will look irrelevant to me in communicating with you. Since I have you, I have everything. May I not live in ignorance for you are with me.  I will not wait till challenges of life come before I pray to you. I will not wait till trials chase me before I open up to you.  May I not get to a stage where I will see you as an option, where I will see no need of coming to you again. Your love will consume me so much that these will

YOU ARE UGLY, DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI(TAB)  In the few years I have spent on this planet earth, I have lost count of the beautiful ladies and handsome men I have seen. I cannot but take a look at them twice when I see them. Honestly speaking, when I see them, divers thoughts cross my heart about them. It is all encapsulated in this "Beauty without Jesus is vain. "  If your own definition of what you call beauty is that which will fade away, I tell you, you lack the perfect definition of true beauty.  Imagine someone who was fair in complexion during her lifetime. You need to see such after few days of separation from this life. Such will be turned to charcoal without any stress.  There is nothing fascinating about someone who is beautiful but is without Jesus. There is nothing valuable about an handsome man who lacks the life of God.  Though people commend your beauty, they are only passing comments on what will not last. 

LIFE IS IN PHASES BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI(TAB)   Had a chat with one of my mentors whom God really used to raise me up. I challenged her because she hasn't been carrying along in some issues. I was like, "did I do anything wrong ?" I have been ruminating on her response. "Life has to move on dear. Life is in phases.  You have grown, I'm proud of you.. Just want you to move on.. "  That she said i have grown up does not mean I do not need help anymore, but her own phase has elapsed. She has done what God asked her to do.  Friend, if you think you have all of eternity to stay with that person, I tell you that you are ignorant of time and season One of the questions that should keep ringing in your heart when you meet anyone on your journey is to know why and what has connected you. You should not be ignorant of why God is bringing you together at that particular time.  God places people in our lives at different stage

LISTEN TO THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO GOD BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA "No man has any right to offer advice who has not first heard God speak. No man has any right to counsel others who is not ready to hear and follow the counsel of the Lord. " A. W TOZER. Now that you love everyone to be under your guide but you dislike to be associated with any head or authority, pack your Bible and your jotter and go find a place for a personal retreat to find out where you have missed it. You mentor others but you are too old to submit to any man. Those under you see you as a small god. Prayer is their last resort when they need God's intervention because they see you as the Lord of all. When invited to speak to God's children in any program, you just appear before them unprepared and you say grace has paid all. You don't see any reason why you need to pray and even trust God for the program. To you, it is God's work so He must not put you to shame but praye

APPRECIATE GOD ON HIS/HER BEHALF BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA God's timing is the best time a man can actually accomplish great things without condemnation. Thank God for your best friend that just got wedded last month though you are yet to get engaged let alone picking wedding's date. God makes things beautiful in His own time. Don't feel left out or bad because she is leaving your caucus. Rest in the Lord. Appreciate God on behalf of that friend of yours you wedded at the same time who is carrying her cute baby though you have a delay in child bearing. Don't be envious of her for your time is at hand. You will carry your baby soon. Can I hear you say amen? (Smiles). You don't need to be jealous of the progress of that friend of yours. You are the next to be celebrated but at God's timing. God can never and will never forget you. Start praying again, don't draw back because of trials. Let joy bump up in you and please rise again. You a

A TEMPORAL TREASURE BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA This mortal body we carry can deceive us sometimes. There is a way it can make us think we might die when we don't give it, its needs per time. Why is it that the time when we desire to deny ourselves of physical pleasures is when we begin to feel discomfort? Why is it that the time when we desire to deny ourselves of physical food is when we begin to remember the sweet aroma of the food we once cooked? We wished we could just eat at that moment and feel comfortable. This body needs to be disciplined my friend. People call you a glutton and you really love the name. Where are all the foods you have been consuming since? Our body need physical food to sustain it though, but a place of discipline is needed. You don't consume everything that comes your way. The only thing that this body love is comfort and pleasure. It doesn't like it when you expose it to tough things. When you feel like staying awake i

GOD IS NOT MOCKED; WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWS, HE SHALL REAP BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA It's getting to the close of the year, 2018 is calling on us. It's a year we have not witnessed before in our life time. Let me quickly congratulate you and I for the grace bestowed on us. So many people who have not visited the church from January up till now will definitely do that. I think one of the reasons why they have to visit the church and pray is to receive new strength for another year's journey. God is not mocked friend, it doesn't work that way. If you should count the blessings of God upon your life from January to December, you cannot deny that God deals with you in the abundance of his mercy. He is behind your success even though you never acknowledged him. If you think a day prayer in one year is able to sustain you in this journey you are about to embark upon, I need to remind you that fellowship with God should be a continual thing. We should dwell i

YOUNG MAN, THIS PATH IS DANGEROUS! BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA When a man embarks on a journey in a dangerous path, we don't need to tell him that he might not get to his desired destination. This path you find very easy to walk is not the right path. You know this all by yourself but because of your obstinacy, you have decided to continue not minding the consequences. Why do have to do this harm to yourself? How do you think you will bear the consequences when it comes? When they tell you about the only way of escape, you shun the talk and turn it into a child's play. There you are young man, the only thing your soul delights in doing is evil. You risk your life at the expense of momentary pleasure. You soul can't delight in doing good because your content is evil. This is because you haven't allow the light of the world to shine on your soul. You know you are helpless in this matter. Do not pretend as if you don't know this is beyond your

WE HAVE NO OPTION THAN TO RUN THE RACE THAT IS SET BEFORE US BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA In the race of life, anyone who listens to the praises of spectators will be disqualified because of lack of focus. He will keep looking sideways so as to receive accolades from them. When you train your ears to be shut to their praises, you can run with focus and you can be sure to finish strong and finish well. A race has been set before us as Christians. If we are distracted or carried away by worldly possessions, we may be disqualified. We just have to run the race that is set before us with patience or else we will faint on the way. We must be able to endure or we will look for another alternative. Jesus Christ endured, His grace is sufficient for us to follow suit. If we must please our master, Jesus, then we must run according to the rule to avoid disqualification. We shouldn't be entangled with the affairs of the world. There is need for constant focusing on the mas

LET IT GO BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA "When we say God does not remember our sins or impute them on us, or that He does not charge them to our accounts, it doesn't mean God has memory loss problem. It is just that He is rich in mercy, never charging any guilt into our account because of the sacrifice of the man Jesus." Don't make jest of me for I have changed. If you are still in my shoes, God will reach out to you. I used to keep records of wrongs done to me. Abuse me then and I will keep record of it in my diary. I can be very meticulous in record keeping of wrongs. Yeah, but the things I used to do, I do them no more. Glory! When I remember those days, I will be like Bummi..... Who are those who have done something against you and you have decided to hold on to it? What your parents did to you while you were growing up, you still have the record. You keep referring to it when some matters arise. Your diary reads "21/03/2003, Tayo took my m

LET ME SHARE PART OF MY STORY WITH YOU PART 2 BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA I remembered how one man told me to see to it that I get admission. One woman called me and asked why I always dance the way I danced then seeing I was really lagging behind. I told her it is the joy of the lord. When I left that spot, I felt like crying even though I was smiling when she talked. Her words were like blow. There was a particular day two results of two schools I sat for came out at the same time. I didn't make it. I got to church and was very unhappy. I had to go out of the church and went to weep bitterly in the uncompleted mission house. A pastor consoled me and I came back to church. Some of my friends then were already in higher institution. When they ask me how far? I tell them nothing yet. Some pitied me while some never bothered. Later in 2013, you can't believe what happened??? I took pre degree form. It surprised everyone who knew me back then in secondary sch

EXPRESS YOUR GRATITUDE OVER THAT WHICH YOU TERM "LITTLE" BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA "Hello sir! I asked for #10,000 and you sent #5000, what do you want me to do with the money? " "Mummy, where did you get these shoes from? You don't even know I don't like things like these? God forbids I wear things like these. You have to return them." Many of us are ungrateful for things our parents do for us. We don't see any need to appreciate them even if they have done below our expectation. When we show appreciation for little kindness shown to us, we can be sure to receive greater. How many times have you appreciated your parents whom you see let alone the God who is invisible? Without their copulation, you! I mean you cannot exist. How much more the invisible God? We tend to be ungrateful because we expected something greater from Him. We don't see any need to even appreciate Him for blessing us with a new morning.

LET ME SHARE PART OF MY STORY WITH YOU PART 4 BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA JAMB examination came and I wrote the exam awaiting my result. It was may 4th 2013,a Saturday morning. It was a day to my birthday. I was told the result has been released. Called mummy and she told me she was going to check my result for me. One hour gone, two hours, no response from her. I called but she was rejecting my calls. I was not comfortable at all. She kept on saying she is yet to check it. Okay! I couldn't brush neither could I take my bathe. I was awaiting my result. Will pre degree school fees waste now? Will I waste my time this time around? After some hours, guess who called? Mummy! She told me to meet her at the front of the school gate.I know my mum so well. I was like if I had passed,she would come proudly to my Villa but this time, she asked me to meet her at the school gate. I was nervous, I quickly went out of the Villa to meet her. Immediately she alighted from the bus

CONTENTMENT IS A VIRTUE EVERY CHILD SHOULD POSSESS BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI I must be sincere with you that I can count how many clothes I got throughout my undergraduate days. It is not that I do not need them but I have been taught to be contented with whatsoever my parents were able to provide. I don't beg for things, I maximize my resources wisely and never wished to be someone else. There are some people when going to attend a function, behold! All their combinations were borrowed from a friend. Though they have what they can manage but due to their discontentment, they prefer to borrow in order to look good and acceptable. There are some children who when their parents pack some goodies in their lunch box, they will still look for a way to beg from their friends. They are not contented with what their parents were able to provide for them. Monitor that child you gave food who in return gave you a contempt look because he expected the food to be m

INFLUENCING YOUR CHILD'S DECISION IN HIS CHOICE OF CAREER IS NOT WORTH IT BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA " Dear child, our first born studied medicine, the second born studied law, therefore you have to study banking and finance so that our family may not be lacking in any area. " I have seen one or two persons who are not doing well in their course of study because their parents chose for them against their will. A girl who is supposed to be doing excellently in Art class suddenly finds herself in science class where she can't cope. The parents want their child to study medicine so that she can make them proud. The girl would have love to study law but because of her parents, she decides to honour them by succumbing to them. Such child can never find joy in that career because it wasn't her idea or choice,it was her parent's wish she honoured. It is a great delusion to think that your child can only flourish if he is in that field you cherish

GET RID OF THIS MENTALITY FOR IT IS NOT OF THE LORD BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA Some kinds of men believe they have to travel out of the country before they can make it. All what they can see in Nigeria is failure. Don't be surprised if such people travel out of this country and you see them in no distant time that they are still at the same point. Regardless of your location, if God is with you, success is guaranteed. Do not think you need to get admission to that prestigious university before you can explore your world. All you need is Jesus. Know Jesus and you will stand out. Take away that mentality this day. Even though Joseph was rejected by his kindred, he never bothered because God stood by Him. We are sure of success because God is for us. Regardless of where we are, God is not bound by location. He will surely map us out for greatness because we are of him.

LET ME SHARE PART OF MY STORY WITH YOU PART 3 BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA Earlier in 2011 before and after jamb. Each time I was reading with a friend, she would always tell me she saw herself receiving lectures in lecture theatre. I would be like, you had better read my dear, I pity you. Don't be surprised she was admitted that same year and she studied the same course I came to study later. Today by God's grace, she is back from youth service. I might tell you the difference between us later. Fast forward to 2013 when I took the pre degree form of AAUA.  After the exam, I started attending lectures as a predite. Each time any of my junior sees me, they would be like what level are you ma? I will reply and say pre degree. With great surprise, they would leave the scene. Any of the exams I wrote, each time I got back home and I was asked about the exam, I would tell them how very simple it was but when the result came out. It would either be it remained some ma

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU PART OF MY STORY PART 1 BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA It all started this way. Some years ago, I passed out of secondary school. I wanted to study the course all science students would love to study when you ask them. Smiles. To cut the long story short, it didn't click. I remembered picking AAUA in 2011 as my second choice. I didn't like the school for anything. To spoil everything, it was even close to my home. I scored 45. Mummy told me it has been coming to her heart that I would go to AAUA. I told her to start praying to reverse that. I said God forbid it that I go to such school. Hmmmmmmm! When my dream school then didn't give me admission, I came to AAUA to see if they would still consider me. Alas! Admission was close. What next??? I tried other school within two years but none clicked. It is either I don't have their cut off or they don't even consider me for admission. I was frustrated. I never gave up in serv

ANNOUNCEMENT IS WORTH WAITING FOR BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA When God announces a man in His set appointed time, he will surely last. But if announced by man or by self, such man will never last no matter how he strategies. Before God announces a man, he must have found him faithful even in his own little corner. David was faithful even on the field while taking care of his father's sheep. He was faithful in it. He didn't have the slightest idea that God was preparing him to rule his people. God was actually preparing him in the dessert to move him into the palace. David took care of his father's sheep and never allowed a wolf to get any one of them. What a caring heart. He didn't develop nonchalant attitude towards them. At least, they were not his sheep but he didn't allow the wolf to tear anyone of them. When a man wants to choose, he makes his choice basically on physical appearance. When God wants to choose his own man for an assi