WHAT HEIGHT HAVE YOU ATTAINED? BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI When I told a friend I would love to stay in nccf family house when I get to service and the reason being that I want to build capacity; I want to be built. He said, what am I still building even at this stage? I said I haven't built anything yet and that I must press on. When I began to ruminate about the issue, I know I am far behind the expectations of God for my life. Little is not enough. There is more to God.  I have told myself that it will not get to a point in my life where I feel too complacent in the things of God. God will never allow a time to come in my life when I think there is no more to God.  Sir, since you can now pray for long hours. Do you think that is enough? Do you think you now know all that you need to know?  There is no day a man who hungers after God gets filled and needs nothing more. Such will always want to go deeper.  Ma, now that you  orga...

IS BEING BORN AGAIN ENOUGH? BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI Truth be told, when we accepted Jesus, we were expected to grow and increase in the knowledge of God. We were supposed to be doing great works on the earth here. We were supposed to live heaven on this earth.  But it is no more surprising to see some Christians whose aim is just to go to heaven. They have no prayer point again. They even stop whatever good thing they are doing with the expectation of the coming of Jesus, the Christ.  These set of people are cutting the glory of God short in their lives. They are not fulfilling the mind of the Father. Where have they put this scripture in their own bible?  "The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's : but the earth has He given to the children of men." Psalms 115:16 These kind of people can be likened to someone who was admitted to a university to study medicine. And refused to go for classes, he never wrote any test, he never sat for any ...

DISAPPOINTING THE DEVICES OF THE CRAFTY BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI They that await your downfall will only wait in vain if you are in alignment with God.  Job says, He disappoints the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. Yes! That's the scriptures. Before He can do that, we must have an identity in Him.  I watched a movie one time. There was a brother who was once a sinner but who got converted. He stayed in a house in which the landlady is a witch. The woman set a trap to kill him before day break.  The woman stayed around his window anticipating bad news. She thought he was dead. When she decided to take a walk round the compound, he saw the beloved brother polishing his shoe. Nothing happened to him. Glory to God. This put the woman in wonder.  The Bible portion of Job 5:12 has come to pass in the life of the brother. The devices of the wicked shall not stand in the life of the righteous. ...

GOD IS NOT STEREOTYPED BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA Because God moved through water yesterday does not mean he has to work through it at all times. Stop building doctrine around an encounter. So many of us have limited God to a particular way he once moved. We want him to continue that chain with us. Even though he is communicating something else, we just shut our ears and pretend as if we can't hear. We shouldn't build our tent around a particular encounter. We should know God is not stereotyped. He is dynamic. He is the God of all times. He does things according to the counsel of his will. Stop limiting him. Do we really want to run this race successfully? Then, we need to keep focusing on him and be sensitive to his leading per time. We should know when God moves and we must be ready to move with him hence, we will faint along the way. A man who refuses to move when God moves will soon be confused. Our feet need to be quickened so we know when ...

WE NOW KNOW YOUR REAL PERSON BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA We knew you to be vibrant and steadfast before, what really happened?  Why have you decided to misbehave since you saw your desire was not granted?  The brother we used to know will not miss any program for any reason, but now you rarely come for programs. What can we say is really wrong?  The real personality of a man is known when you ask him to sit and learn instead of jumping up and down on the pulpit.  Can you really sit and learn?  The real personality of a man is known when his desire is not granted. Sit and watch his aftermath.  Even though such a person is known to jump around and display some vibrancy, just relinquish him of his position and see what happens next. If he doesn't rebel against the leadership, it means he wasn't actually faking anything. Let him do otherwise, then you know the post or office has been the thing keeping him in check. He was only trying to ...

GEOGRAPHICAL CHRISTIANS BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA It is still fresh in your memory how you used to be fervent back then on campus. If the devil mistakenly showed up then, you could burst his head. Not funny though. You were not someone who could miss fellowship programs for just any reason. Studying your bible then wasn't burdensome. You could pray for hours and still felt like praying more. What has happened to you now? Why suddenly the lukewarmness? You have blamed your laxity on your pastors. You say they are not burning like your papa on campus. Common friend, that's not it. Stop blaming them. Why do you find it an uphill task in maintaining a steady walk with God? Right now, you are too weak to say no when temptation comes knocking at your door. Do you think the forces of darkness are behind your plight? Do you also think your stagnancy was due to the reinforcement from the pit of hell? You are simply a geographical Christian whose growth ...

IT SHALL NOT BE LONG, GET READY! BY OLUWABUNMI AREGBESOLA I write to you "pastors" who have desecrated the altar by bringing strange women there to have fun. You are sheep in  wolves clothing. In no soon time, your secret shall be exposed. You who bear the vessels of the Lord yet you indulge in secret sins. Your conscience has been seared with iron. Your life has been a stumbling block to others. You are neither in nor out. My candid advice, escape for your life now before it is too late. I write to you who profess to be "ministers of God",but who are only concerned about the financial well-being of their members. Once they are able to fulfill their financial vows to the church, you are less concerned about their spiritual well-being. You don't care to know the source of their income yet you demand money from them. Even if they are armed robbers, you don't mind so far they give. You will soon be replaced if you do not repent. You who...

MEN ARE SENT IN SEASON BY  TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI God sends men into your life according to season.  Do not try to force yourself on someone because his season might have finished with you. God might have used such for you and he needed you to meet someone else for the next season.  But there is need to always discern who God brings to your life per season. Know their mission and ask for grace not to misuse the privilege or else you may regret it later on.  As you grow in life, you need to be armed for the next level. And God uses men to build men. Do not feel you don't need anyone again. That's pride at work. God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. James 4:6 Do you have men in your life who are committed to your growth? please celebrate them. Do not take their presence in your life for granted. Learn what God wants you to learn. Don't be proud. The person you need to learn from might even be younger in age.  ...

SO SHALL IT BE BY TRAILBLAZER  AREGBESOLA BUNMI If you are part of those who do not believe in the name of Jesus, who do not believe in His redemptive work, who persecute Christians, who are still bearing the yoke of sin calling it pleasure, please read on because this article is for you. "But when it pleases God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, to reveal his son in me, that I might preach Him among the gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood. " Galatians 1:15-16 My name is Oluwabunmi Aregbesola. I write to you, that are still outside of Christ, enjoying the time of your life that you will soon find your way to the cross. Though you have despised the saints and you have even made mockery of those who have received Christ. Am bringing to your remembrance that you will soon come to the knowledge of the truth. That name you have been persecuting will shortly become your refuge. It shall ...

WHAT THEN IS THE PROBLEM? BY TRAILBLAZER   AREGBESOLA BUNMI I engage in discussion with some folks, When you see them, they look pitiable due to the loads of sin. They are restless, helpless and empty. Though they seem to have everything at their reach, yet they know they lack Jesus. They are not satisfied because nothing on earth can satisfy a man without God. It is true they weep bitterly when you paint to them the picture of who they really are. Is weeping enough? It is true you long for freedom. You don't understand why you are tied down with the load of sin. When you plan to do good, evil is what manifests. You are weak and helpless. You have engaged in fasting thinking by that you will have joy. You have been doing "good works" in your local church thinking you will be free from condemnation, though I need to tell you your works are dead as far you are dead. What to do next, you don't know. What then is the problem? W...

I LACK THE ADJECTIVE TO QUALIFY YOU BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI I have no adjective to qualify someone who celebrates Easter but lacks understanding of what JESUS has done for him. 1 tim 3:16 Great is the mystery of godliness, God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory. God was manifested in the flesh to destroy the works of the devil. 1John 3:8 And the word became flesh and dwelt among us. John 1:14 Since no spirit being can taste death, he had to come in flesh so as to be subjected to death. The spirit of God bore witness of Jesus throughout his earthly ministry. He was vindicated in the spirit and declared to be the son of God. This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. Matthew 3:16 He was seen by angels. Angels brought the good tidings of the Messiah to Mary and Joseph. They proclaimed his birth to the shepherds ...

MESSING UP IS NOT AN OPTION FOR GENERATIONS ARE AFTER YOUR FOOTSTEPS BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI I sing it to the ears of people whom I follow that many are we who are after their footsteps, therefore they should not fail God and us. It is to encourage them that they are not alone on the path, several of us are with them. Sir, many are secretly following you, please do not consider messing up. Are you planning secretly in your heart to stop that good work? Remember many are they that are your followers. You don't know whom your kind heart has helped. You don't know who is secretly praying to attain that height you are. What are those things that do not speak well of our profession as a Christian that you are planning to indulge in? Please consider those whose lives you have helped. Consider that person who may get discouraged to serve God because of your instability. I listen to some songs by once upon Gospel artiste. Each time I listen to him, ...

GRACE IS ENOUGH BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI How many times have we thought we were too weak to take some stand?  We just discover how frail we are. That's when someone who has no slightest understanding of who he is actually and thereby calls himself a filthy rag.  Truth be told, in as much as you are born again, you cannot be compared to a filthy rag. It is just like comparing the living  with the dead. What similarly do they have please?  Without mincing word, you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Your righteousness is not like a filthy rag. You have no righteousness of your own. You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.  Now, talking about how frail we can be, grace is enough for us. The grace that has appeared to us teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly lust. The grace even teaches us to live soberly, righteously,and godly in this present age. (Titus 2:11-12). So the grace does not enable us to sin. Havin...

STEWARDING THE PRESENCE BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI "Once a Man knows how to steward the presence of God, every other thing comes at the tap of the  finger." Apostle Awe Ayo The presence of the Lord cannot be substituted with anything else. You can't host what or who  you don't treasure.  Put a man of the presence in a secluded place where it seems there is no light, no hope and no future and you will see him flourishing. He can be likened to the palm tree  in that book of psalms which flourishes all day long. He does not know dryness because he is connected to the source. He is a man everyone envies. With God, he is sufficient and lacks nothing.  Reverse is the case for a man who lacks the presence. He is empty even if you put him in a mansion . Though he lacks nothing but he owns nothing at the same time. He complains about everything. All things seem to be against him. Such a man struggles in getting things done.  Do yo...

  CHRISTIANITY IN PRACTICALITY BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI A man of God once said when people only call you a man of God due to the suit you wear all the time, but when issues arise, they can't find you as a solution. They prefer to go to someone else because they don't find any green light when they come to you. You had better check yourself.  Now, man of God is not measured by the size of your collar or the high cost of your suit.  When a viper fastened itself on the hand of Paul in Acts 28, they expected him to die due to the venom of the viper but their expectation was cut off when Paul didn't even feel anything. They called him a god. That's the spirit. That's Christianity in practicality. We must get to the level whereby become a stature wherever we find ourselves. It is not enough to be called Mamoo. In short, title does not matter in this sense. There are dangerous men and women out there who are doing great works yet they...

YOU CAN STILL GET IT  DONE BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI  We are getting towards the end of the year and very soon, individual will begin to do self appraisal.  This is the tenth month right. You remembered how you said you would be serious with God this year. You remembered January 1st right? You remembered all the new year resolution?  Since January, how many chapters of the Bible have you been able to cover? How many books have you been able to read? How many ways have you added value to your life in every way? How many programmes have you been able to make time for? How many people have you helped? How many people have you put smile on their faces?  You see, it is through that it is God who is at work in us but He has also given us the grace to do.  How many opportunities have you wasted this year? How many more excuses do you want to make? How many more programmes before you step out?  This is still October, you ...

COVETOUSNESS IS NOT ALLOWED BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI  It is simply flirting when you begin to imagine someone to be your partner when you already have yours. Contentment is a virtue everyone who goes into relationships must possess otherwise, such will be playing in and out of every relationship.  As you move on in life, it is not unlikely that you see some characteristics in a person which is lacking in your partner. If you are the type who is not contented, you begin to secretly admire the person. If care is not taken, you will begin to flirt with the person. When those advances are not checked, lust sets in and when lust finds its way, the devil is already making a headway.  Without controversy, your partner has some enviable characters which others are praying for. Discover that first and be thankful for that.  You are meant to complement each other. Comparison is dangerous in relationships. You've got to be contented.  ...

ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN? BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI  The early Christians were not known because they had big bibles to show to people but were known due to their character that didn't negate their belief. It is something quite disheartening seeing someone who needs to announce to people that he is a Christian before people could know him.  I once shared an article here last year of a man whose evidence that he was born again was because he had a very big bible and some religious due receipts.  A mango tree needs not announce to people that it is a mango tree for its fruit will speak in the right season.  Yes! In a like manner, a Christian needs not announce to people that he is a Christian for his fruit will show it in due time. Such cannot be hidden even in the darkness.  A Christian is naturally meant to bear the fruit in Galatians 5:22-23. It is not something you struggle to do for it is your makeup. Those who have crucified the...

DO NOT COUNT ME AMONG THEM BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI Those ones who love the pleasures of sin rather than the presence of God. Name any atrocities, they must be surely be involved. I don't want to be identified with them. Those ones who will never for once support the Gospel with their finance but they are regular customers in designer's stores. They love to spend arrogantly on themselves but when others need their help, they close their eyes and pretend as if they are unaware. Those ones who can stay glued to the television all the day long but doze off once they  find themselves in prayer vigils. They don't find pleasure in the things of God, all what they love is momentary pleasure. Those who visit their friend and what they discuss through out is someone else. They can never discuss the Scripture for once or even dare to pray. Their hobby is gossiping about others. Those who write off others and never believe something good can come ...