The Prayer of Faith, By Femi Aribisala
Before we pray for anything, we need to pray first for the grace to be able to pray. Jesus says: “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5). But…
The Power To Get Wealth (2), By Femi Aribisala
Wealth for an unbeliever is not a blessing but a curse. Paul warns that the love of money is dangerous: “Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of…
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Drunk Pastors, By Femi Aribisala
Pastors cannot shepherd men into the kingdom of God. The door to the pastor’s office swung open with a loud bang. Out came the praise worship leader running for dear life. Running after him, with shoe in hand ready to strike him down, was our dear pastor, shouting: “I will…
The Power To Get Wealth (1), By Femi Aribisala
We will be required to give God a fulsome account of how we spent the resources he put in our hands here on earth. If I were to ask you to lend me N1,000 of your money, what would you say? You may or may not give the money to…
Married To the Law: Married To Grace (2), By Femi Aribisala
God is almighty. But his great might is not in his power but in his love. “Do you not know, brothers - for I am speaking to men who know the law - that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by…
Married To the Law: Married To Grace (1), By Femi Aribisala
Don’t get married unless you are first married to Christ. Don’t get married to anyone who is not married to Christ. Jesus says to a woman by the well of Jacob: “You have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband.” (John 4:18). This…
Human Suffering and the Sacrifices of Righteousness, By Femi Aribisala
What does it profit a man if he never suffers, never goes through tribulation, never has to endure affliction, but at the end of it all he is separated from God? The man died in the hospital after a long and protracted illness. The doctor conducted a post mortem examination…
One, Two, Many Fears, By Femi Aribisala
A Christian must master his fears and not allow his fears to master him. Imagine this scenario. Someone under your authority is caught in an infraction. When the matter is brought to your attention, he denies complicity and invokes the name of God in his defence. Reject this as emphatically…
The Evil Thief and the Good Thief In the Night, By Femi Aribisala
The thief after our spiritual life is the devil, who gives us vainglorious earthly life. But the thief after our earthly life is Jesus, who then gives us abundant spiritual life. Moses said to Israel: “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before…
Waiting For God (2), By Femi Aribisala
Sometimes, when it seems we are waiting for God; it is actually God that is waiting for us. On the cross of Calvary, Jesus cried the cry of David, saying: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). By this cry, God became our brother in adversity.…
