YOU CAN BE FREE FROM ADDICTION BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI Few years ago, I was addicted to Indomie noodles. If I did not eat it then, I would not feel comfortable. When I saw how addicted I was to the food, I had to inculcate the discipline of doing without the food. With the help of God right now, and with personal determination, even if I don't eat it for a year, it makes no difference.  Addiction is anything which takes good part of your time. Knowing fully well that time is life, if what you are addicted to is evil, your life is endangered. If it seems you can't quit it, then it is an addiction.  The truth is, even a Christian can be addicted if he is ignorant of what Christ has done for him or who he is in Him.  Majority who are addicted to wrong things never bargained for it in the first instance. They thought they would just have a bite and call it off but addiction was what they got.  It is not immediately when you start f...

OUR HOPE STANDS SURE IN CHRIST BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. 1Corinthians 15:19 We have a hope in Christ in this life and in the age to come. We are not of this world. We are not of this era. Though we are present here, we know we are here temporarily. We are aware our species is not for this place eternally. For the Lord shall come in a short while for us. He has gone ahead to prepare us a place. It has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we have the hope that we shall be like Him when we see Him and those who have this hope in them purify themselves, just as He is pure. 1John 3:2-3. In that place, nothing unclean shall enter. Nothing vile shall creep in for He who dwells there is Holy, so also are those who must enter there. In that place, there shall be no remembrance of past failures, turmoils or any evil for He shall make all things new. In that place, there shal...

THE TIME WILL NEVER COME BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI While I was on campus, I was eager to graduate. My thought was that I would have more time to myself for devotions, programs and even have time to read a lot of spiritual books. I looked forward to the day with great expectation. The day I wrote my final paper, a brother met my friend and I. He encouraged us and told us we wouldn't have all the time when we are finally out of school. He said we would be busier by then. I whispered silently to myself that "where will time go?"  "I will have more time". "What will I be busy doing? " It's only few months after my graduation but I have discovered I am even busier than before. Can I shock you that those books you piled up thinking you will soon have time to devour may not be possible due to your tight schedule? But I can assure you that wisdom is profitable to direct. I have discovered that I just have to live responsib...

WE NEED A FRESH OUTPOURING BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI We are tired of recounting what God did through us several years ago without a proof of what He is doing through us now. We can't continue to attend programs and having nothing to show for it. How long shall we continue to struggle with having sweet communion with you? We need a fresh outpouring. How irritable it is, seeing people engaging in sexual activities right in the same room with us. They even make use of our beds when we are not there. After all our tongues outburst, they don't feel anything when they mount our beds. Whereas, they are supposed to remain eternally separated once they come near us or our possessions due to your presence we carry. We need a fresh outpouring. Waking up on our beds and muttering two minutes prayer is not worth it. We can't afford to continue to read the word like some other literature books. Studying the word should drive us into the place of prayer. A fresh r...

WAIT! FOR AT GOD'S APPOINTED TIME, IT WILL COME TO PASS BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI When I wrote an article on waiting sometime ago, someone commented and said, "when"? In other words the person was saying how long will she wait? I was moved with pity when I saw her comment. I don't know how long but I can assure you that at God's appointed time, it will not fail. Of course it is good to pray on marital issues but when all your prayers are only centred on that, something must be wrong somewhere. It is true that you are above 30 already.  According to the timing of men, you are becoming too late for marriage whereas God makes all things beautiful in His time. If you have a plan of getting an aeroplane for your friend and he went ahead to get a bicycle for himself when he could not wait again for the aeroplane. Of course both are means of transportation but you can tell which is more glorious. If the reason why you want to get engaged is...

BREAKING DOWN AGAIN? LORD WHY ME? CONCLUDING PART BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI 3 . UNFORGIVING ATTITUDE When someone offends you or hurts you and you hold such in your heart, enjoying good health is far away from you. You wonder why you break down at every time? When you release those who have hurt you in the past, you are doing yourself greater good. He is doing himself more harm he who holds people in his heart. When you harbour unforgivingness in your heart, the devil can gain foothold on your life thereby inflicting you with sickness. The moment someone you hold grudge against passes across, there is every possibility that your heart and mind, without your permission, will always race. You won't have peace of mind but when you decide to let go, you are at a greater advantage. Someone once said,  "Forgiveness is the virtue of the courageous; the response of the forgiven; the mercy of the just." Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who he...

BREAKING DOWN AGAIN? LORD WHY ME? PART 2 BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI 2. ABUSE OF THE BODY After I shared the first point few days ago on abuse of the tongue, I was down for some days. It wasn't funny at all. I have been over working this body for the past two months. It wasn't my fault anyways but that was never an excuse. I said to myself that I must practice what I preach and " walk my talk" so I have been taking care of myself. I promised myself that I would be relieving myself of stress one day in a week due to many things I am involved in presently. I read of a man in one of Kenneth Hagin's books, this man was a minister of God whom God did use. He thought he could eat anything, anyhow and at anytime. God sent him several warnings but he was adamant. His life was taken at last. As a child of God, it is our responsibility to take care of our body which is the temple of God. God will not come down to take care of it for us. He e...

AN ENVIOUS MAN IS A POTENTIAL MURDERER BY TRAILBLAZER ARGBESOLA BUNMI Evil starts from envying. No man plans evil against his neighbor without first envying him.  A man full of envy is a potential murderer. He is full of all evil. There is nothing he can't do to satisfy himself That desire to see all others fail is nothing but evil. That hatred that springs up in you when you see others succeed is evil.  When envy is left unchecked, it has the ability to do evil. Teach us oh Lord to be contented with what you have given to us without comparing ourselves with someone else.  An envious man is an angry man. He can never be happy when his counterpart succeeds. Though he pretends to be, his motive is not hidden.  Godliness with contentment is a great gain. Be contented with what you have. Someone else is praying to be like you.  Love does not envy. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Let love find expression in you. Your time is at hand. Rejo...

BREAKING DOWN AGAIN?LORD WHY ME? BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI The first thing to bear in mind is that God does not punish His children with sicknesses. When you fall sick at every available opportunity, please check out these things in your life and adjust. 1. ABUSE OF THE TONGUE 2. ABUSE OF THE BODY 3. UNFORGIVING ATTITUDE 1.ABUSE OF THE TONGUE For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 1 Peter 3:10 When you see a man who is constantly speaking ill of others, he can never enjoy good health. He will always see himself battling with different forms of diseases. He will always break down no matter how hard he tries to stay healthy. When some are beginning to observe some symptoms, the way they will magnify the issue, you will even be afraid. Such is only confessing wrongly. Instead of exalting God, he is busy magnifying the problem. When you ask them if they are improving, th...