Tag: Oke Chinye

The year 2020 had a profound impact on my life, occasioned by two events that  made me decide to become a more intentional person. The first of course was  the covid-19 pandemic. Suddenly, the whole world was brought down to its  knees.

The life of a male and female child may follow the same trajectory from birth,  until when the female gets married and begins to have children. In essentially  all countries, the responsibility of caring for the child and keeping the home falls  predominantly on the woman and this usually will come at the time of…

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…

Mentoring is a developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more  knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable  person. The Mentor may be older or younger than the mentee, but mentors are  usually experts in certain areas.

David was a generous King who gave willingly to those he led and to God. When  offered a free land upon which to offer sacrifices to God, he insisted on buying  it from the owner saying, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor  will I offer burnt offerings to…

When these men came to David whilst he was hiding from King Saul in a cave,  they were distressed, discontented and in distress. And he became captain over  them (1 Samuel 22:2). Fast forward to 2 Samuel 23 and see who these men  became under David’s leadership. They became able soldiers and military  leaders, with…

Your reputation, whether good or bad will always precede you. And depending  on which it is will either bring you honour or shame. Proverbs 22:1 says “a good  name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favour rather than silver  and gold. A good reputation can open doors for you. It can cause…

The story is told of a CEO who was about to retire and needed to select a  successor from amongst his top managers. He sent for them and gave each a  seed to plant in a seedling bag. The bag was to be placed by the window in their  different offices.

As believers in Christ Jesus, we are at war with the kingdom of darkness. Our  fight is not against flesh and blood, so using natural means of fighting would  prove ineffective and useless. Today’s reading highlights the weapons of our  warfare as believers in Christ:

Before commencing a building project, a building plan as well as a 3-D model of  the building is created. The 3-D architectural model is a three-dimensional  representation of what the building will look like when completed. Once  construction starts, the builder keeps the building plan and the 3-D design,  referring to it every now and…