Tag: faith
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Paying the price (2) – By Femi Aribasala
For how long are you going to look for people to lay hands on you? For how long are you going to look for people to pray for you? Grow up. The salvation of the soul is perfected:
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Palm Sunday: Faithful mark feast with procession, fanfare rekindle faith
Catholic Faithful in Lagos on Sunday joined others across the world to mark the Palm Sunday with procession, fanfare, to rekindle faith in God. The feast, which is a symbolic reflection of Jesus Christ’s triumphant entry
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Replace your fear with faith (1)
Romans 12:3 says “God has dealt to each one of us a measure of faith. This is so because we need faith to live out our Christian faith, victoriously. Indeed, there are several scriptures that highlight the importance of faith in our walk with God. Hebrews 11:1 says, “faith is the substance of things hoped…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Faith like potatoes
I stumbled upon a movie some years back which has made a huge impact on my faith even till this day. The movie “Faith Like Potatoes” is based on the autobiography novel of Farmer turned Evangelist, Angus Buchan. It portrays the inspiring true story of Angus, a local farmer in South Africa who learnt to…
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Historical Trajectories of Catholicism in Africa: And the International insight of Faith – By Stephen Ojapah
You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Matt 16:18). For over two thousand years, the Catholic Church has been celebrating the Eternal Words of Jesus. In these words, we see in Jesus a firm commitment, not only to establish His…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Engaging the power of faith
The bible describes faith as the substance of what we hope for, and the evidence of the things we cannot see. What this means is that when we pray to God, even though we have not yet seen the manifestation of an answer, our faith is what we must hold on to as the evidence…
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Beware of Hypocrites (2) – By Femi Aribisala
Jesus did not have a big problem with sinners. He had a big problem with hypocrites. So, He warns us: “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.” (Luke 12:1). Religious people are hypocrites. Quoting Isaiah, Jesus says about them: “These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and…
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Beware of religious hypocrisy (1) – By Femi Aribisala
Jesus warns against religious hypocrisy: “You can’t hide behind a religious mask forever; sooner or later the mask will slip, and your true face will be known. You can’t whisper one thing in private and preach the opposite in public; the day’s coming when those whispers will be repeated all over town.” (Luke 12:2-3).
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Faith is the missing link
The eleventh chapter of the book of Hebrews is dedicated to the subject of faith. Reading through the whole chapter, faith is clearly the missing link needed to live a victorious life in any area of human endeavour as a child of God. Abraham became the father of nations by faith. Sarah’s dead womb conceived…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Faith like potatoes
I stumbled upon a movie some years back which has made a huge impact on my faith even till this day. The movie “Faith Like Potatoes” is based on the autobiography novel of Farmer turned Evangelist, Angus Buchan. It portrays the inspiring true story of Angus, a local farmer in South Africa who learnt to…