GET RID OF  THAT RECORD Recently, someone was telling me how her aged father still keeps record of people who had wronged him in the past in spite of his age. According to her, he has a diary where he records the names of anyone who steps on his toes.  It makes me to recollect how mum also told me how  she was a pro at keeping records of wrongs before she got born again. She would write the date, the name of the person and the offence of the person. Thank God, she does not do that anymore. She burnt the books and chose to move on.  I remember the same thing wanted to become my habit several years ago when I kept record of how someone offended me. It's still in my diary of that year. But I understood it early in life and had to stop the act.  What keeping records of wrong doings of people do to you is to cut you off the plans of God. Matthew 6 :12 says "forgive us our trespasses even as we forgive those who trespass against us". In other word...

OVERCOMING GUILT This is a follow up to the part of which I asked you to forgive yourself and move ahead in the GET RID OF THAT RECORD post.  If you had read my book; maximizing your single days and beyond, You must have read the part where I said I wanted to miss it during my teenage stage but thank God for God and my mum whose words kept on ringing in my heart. Lest I forget, when you have godly parents, you are favoured.  I did some things then which I am not in anyway proud of. When I sit back to remember those times, not for guilt sake though, I am always like was I alright then sha?  Those times when I didn't understand Romans 8:1, I blamed myself so much. I lived in guilt for sometimes. I couldn't bring myself to telling people what I did. Of course, I wasn't engaged in sex but I was engaged in activities that could lead to sex.  For several years, I blamed myself for being so foolish those times. But a day came that the understand...

IN CORRECTING OTHERS, YOU MUST BE CORRECTABLE BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI  A friend posted something a long time ago and each time I remember it, I learn from it. There was this man who went for a vigil and in the course of his own ministration, he  asked everyone not to fall into the temptation of sleeping throughout the program  . It wasn't too long after his own ministration that he started to sleep. Do you know the scene this man would have created? He was able to be awake because he was the one ministering but he slept off when others came up to minister. His weakness was exposed because he already told everyone not to dare to sleep.  And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye,  but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Hypocrites! First remove the plank from your own eye and then you will be clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye. Matthew 7:3,5 We must not be in a haste in correcting others when we have ...

MAY I NEVER LOSE MY HUNGER BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI  When a baby seems satisfied. Every attempt of the mother to breast feed her fails. What quickly occurs to the mother is that the baby is very much satisfied and needs nothing for that time. So also is everyone who feels satisfied in any program. Such a person sees no need to press in the things of the spirit. Such always feels complacent at all times. To such, he has reached the peak of his encounters. He feels since he prayed yesterday, he doesn't have to pray today.  And God will never fill a full vessel. It will be foolishness when you see a barrel full of water and you still want to pour more. The water will only result in wastage.  Sir, If you are full of yourself, forget it, God is not interested in you. He needs and looks for empty vessels He can fill up. He needs those people who will not be satisfied with yesterday's encounters.  The day a man loses his hunger, that day...

THE BECKONING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI The other day, a friend was telling me how she felt heavy in her spirit. She was kind of searching where it emanated from. She was searching her spirit because she felt she had talked too much that day.  Oh yes! This is the kind of dealing I cherish. This is the kind of thing I love. That when I am beginning to talk too much, the Holy Spirit will be able to beckon me. That I would know when to talk and when to keep silent.  There are some times when I talk I just know the talk is okay for the day. Oh yes! This is what I like and not the one I would talk and talk and become empty, depressed and angry with myself at the the end of the day.  Many times when I retire to my bed, I can't but think about how I have spent my day. Those things I have reacted to in ways I was not supposed to. I then ask for mercy that I might not repeat such again. Oh yes! That's the kind of dealing I desire. This i...

YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI Don't expect to flow in the place of prayer after feeding your mind with evil thoughts. It does not work that way. You will just discover you can't flow no matter how hard you try.  After watching diverse seasonal movies, you now expect to just speak word of grace. It is impossible. What will proceed from your mouth will be what you have fed your mind with. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.  You don't have time for the word, you can't sit down to study. Yet you want to quote. What you will quote is the overflow of your heart.  After sitting for hours murdering someone with your tongue, do you think you can bring transformation to anyone via your lifestyle? It is impossible.  Whatsoever a man sow, he will definitely reap.  Sow right seeds this year and you will reap right fruits. Matthew 12:34, 1 Peter 2:1-2

MAKING THE RESOLUTION WORK BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI Years ago, at the beginning of year like this, I put down loads of new year's resolutions. One of it was that I wouldn't lust because I battled with lust seriously. You wouldn't believe that after few days into the year, I would have done those things I didn't want to do anymore. I would cry and cry.  Now, it is not all about writing down new year's resolutions. You can't handle anything by your strength. You need to ride on the strength of God. Any man who tries to help himself will only continue to fail.  One of the things that affected me then that made me fall prey to lust was some movies I used to see. I just saw myself thinking so many weird things. I couldn't help myself.  Now, in order to help my new year's resolutions, I must get rid of those films. In order to walk with God without any impediment, I must see to it that I don't see some movies again. I must begin...

WHERE DO YOU FALL ON THE LIST? BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI   There are some men and women whom when I speak with, my life does not remain the same. I feel fire in my bones. I just want to pray. I just discover my heart burning. I just see myself wanting to quickly leave them at the moment to go and really pray. I just want to go and develop intimacy with God.   Ma, what do you have to offer? What do people see when they behold you? Hope it isn't only your beautiful face they behold all the time? Hope it isn't only all about you?  I am careful in choosing my friends. I have different lists of friends.  Don't be surprised if I don't have much time with you. Of what need is our company if we cannot pray together? Why should we be together twenty-four-seven when your focus is different from mine? Yet you keep saying I am not getting closer.  My friend, please come up higher. Do not be pleased with this level you are.   ...

THE RENEWED MIND BY OLUYINKA OMOTOSO Renewing of mind isn't what you think you can just achieve and later stop. You have to continue in it because it's a lifelong process.  Every thought and imagination that comes through our hearts has nothing to do than to overwhelm, govern, control and create a kind of strong desire in our hearts on which our soul will consistently act upon as we journey through.  The place of soul is a powerful place in a man's heart in such that it quickly attracts any thought, imagination or counsel that comes, whether they are of God or not.  If you're not renewing your mind (Soul) with the Word, then the mind itself, would be renewed with whatever it sees or attracts. In other words, your mind would renew itself with something else if you don't renew it with the Word of God because the soul must feed on something! There's a misconception about this thing that most people do say, even some of the believers. You'...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

PRAYER TAKES DISCIPLINE BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI "After knowing the Hebrew and Greek words for prayer please pray." Kehinde Bamidele After reading some books on prayers, having attended few conferences on prayers, I have come to realise that it takes discipline to pray.  If you are not disciplined, you may not be able to pray despite obvious account of hundreds of prayer conferences you have attended.  Books on prayers are good, of course, I have read about two books on prayers this year so I am not discouraging you from reading them. But if you are not disciplined, you will not pray after reading them.  You've got to be disciplined when it comes to prayer or else you will just know the Greek and Hebrew word for prayer and yet not praying.  The devil has a way of whispering to you to postpone your prayers and you will discover you can't pray later as proposed. It has happened to me several times in which I postponed my prayer but at...

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...

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...

TEN WISDOM FOR LIVING FRUITFULLY TODAY BY TRAILBLAZER AREGBESOLA BUNMI 1. Total dependency on God. Psalm 42:1 2. Plan your day well today. Any man who refuses to plan has planned to fail.  3. No man can make you feel  miserable today without your consent. Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams.  4. Be at the right place at the right time.  5. Follow no man to do evil. At your place of work, don't join them to destroy others. Let your presence shut their mouths against gists that are not convenient. 1Peter 3:10 6. You are a peace maker. Make peace everywhere you go. Matthew 5 :9 7. Take good care of yourself today.  8.  Appreciate little kindness.  9.  At any available opportunity, pick a book to read, read something that can add value to your life, something that can build you up spiritually.  10.  In whatever you do today, let Christ be seen in you. Nations will come to thy light.  N. B As much...

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...

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 consu...

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...