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‭John 13:26-27 NIV‬ [26] Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. [27] As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”  Part two: The Enemies Bait During the last supper Christ predicts his own death and who would betray him, this is as a result of what happened in the chapter before John 12.  Jesus having great discernment by reason of the Holy Spirit living within him, who quickens his mortal body and tells him things to come was able to spot his betrayer quickly.  He dips the bread into a cup and hands to all his disciples not just one, Matt 26 affirms this. But be careful when you dine with a noble man if your hands are dirty as judgement is passed upon you immediately. All ate the bread but the serpent got into Judas why? He had an opening for...

John 13:26-27 NIV‬ [26] Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. [27] As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”  PART ONE: THE BETRAYER If you live long enough you'll experience the worse kind betrayal that comes from people who are members of your inner circle. One thing about betrayals is that it always comes from people you break bread with. There's a Nigerian proverb that says "Na rat wey dey inside dey tell rat wey dey outside say food dey"(the snitch is always from someone within) I wish it was an outsider, we won't feel as much pain as we do when it comes from someone trusted. I have had people who i broke my back showing up for turnaround to stab me in the worst possible way ever. I wept for months unending, didn't get clo...

Matthew 25:10 NIV‬ [10]  “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. Stay   Ready So You Won't Have To Get Ready: Growing up was so much fun! We had zero worries and enough time on our hands with little or nothing to do to solve our own challenges if we ever had any.  One time in 1990's a friend at the opposite house invited my sister and i to their wedding where we played flower girls. Good heavens! Our joy knew no bounds. I couldn't tell who was more excited between my elder sis and i. We were told to be early so as not to miss church service, that day i saw my elder sister who was late for almost everything arrive many hours before the commencement of the event. A day before,she did her house chores and the next morning as early as 5am(very unsual cause my mom has to shout before she does it on a normal day) she took out the t...

Matthew 6:25-26 NIV‬ [25]  “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? [26] Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?  Since i was born and now i am getting old never have i seen or heard that rats lost weight as a result of food inflation. I have never heard that wall geckos ever ran out of supplies to the point of carrying placards to protest before God. I haven't also seen where wild animals in the jungle like lions and crocodiles ate weeds. They always had their supplies undisrupted.  Animals who were created less than us have since creation been provided for how much more you and i who were made in God's image and likeness? Impatience is not what we suffer from as humans but trust issues is. We fear what...

Matthew 9:16-17 NIV‬ [16]  “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. [17] Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”  In this japa(migration) era a lot of content creators have made fortunes off creating migration contents as most Nigerians are either relocating or planning to relocate. If we're being honest out of every 10 friends or family we've heard at least 8 of them speaking enthusiastically about migrating so this isn't news to any of us now is it? But one thing that caught my eye in recent times about this Japa virtual content is the number of views they get per post. I.e "How i relocated to Canada = 200k views in 6days from an account with less than 1k subscribers Ahhhh!! What can they po...

Galatians 4:1-2 NIV‬ [1] What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate. [2] The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.  I remembered having a conversation with my dad one time during my childhood days that made everybody seated there burst into laughter.  I asked if i could get money to buy "pampers"(Sanitary Pad) seeing as my elder sisters were using one LOL!! Yeah feel free to laugh at my childishness as everyone who heard the story after that day laughed at me and called me miss pampers.  I wanted to do grown up stuff when i wasn't even at that stage yet. I hadn't started menstruating but i wanted money to buy pad that i wasn't ready for, I thought it was the coolest thing to do as girls i didn't realise i would first have to spot miss red flag before getting my own pampers. Today's scripture is no different from my childhood ta...

Matthew 13:24-26 KJV‬ [24] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: [25] but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. [26] But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.  THE WHEAT & TARES!!  There are certain toxins that creeps it's way into your system without your realisation until it becomes full blown and starts manifesting itself as bacteria in your blood streams. We do not know which is healthy or unhealthy bacteria till your whole system gets compromised.  Whereever you spot the original, there the counterfeit would be and if proper care is not taken, they'll be so similar that you won't be able to tell them apart.  When God is busy creating something the enemy is also busy with his imitation.  In today's parable of the wheat and tares Jesus speaks to his disciples about...

Psalm 1:1-2 KJV‬ [1] Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. One of the hardest things to do as believers is surround yourself with unbelievers.  When the storm hits? You'll realize how alone and naked you are with no one to clothe you. When the bible specifically said do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers it wasn't speaking to married couples alone.  Tell me! how are you going to speak in tongues when trouble hits whilst being surrounded by people who have not the slightest clue what praying in tongues is and when you do it they call it gibberish?  How do you put faith into practise when you find yourself in the midst of people who tells you Jesus isn't real and he never existed?  How do you discern God's voice when the voices of the naysayers you call friends, family, colleagues are the loudest in your head?  Blessed are they who do not walk...

Amos 3:7 NIV‬ [7] Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. As a parent we do know that sometimes it's best to not reveal our plans or secrets to our children lest the whole community hears.  So this one time i was minding my business one beautiful Saturday morning at my cousin's residence when i heard my nephew screaming my age to all his friends and their parents downstairs during playtime. Yes!! i was embarrassed but at the same time i understood that he was just being a child. I cautioned him but cautioned myself twice as much because i knew better but didn't do better. Well if it is any consolation his friend also told us they were relocating while mummy and daddy decided to keep it hush hush because of enemies in human form according to Africans.  We just know by default that there are certain things you can't tell children cause asides broadcasting it to the whole world they'll never let you re...

Genesis 17:17 NIV‬ [17] Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”  Are you always in control of things or do you simply have anxiety? We are always up to one thing or the other, trying to play god by wanting things done the way and time we want it done.  Never taking a rain check on anything, wanting something new right after achieving the one we've been praying about. Ignore the law of sabbath cause money must be made?  Settle for counterfeits cause anxiety has us thinking God is too slow and needs our help hastening things up?  We live in a world of instant gratification. Father Abraham and Mother Sarah are a clear case study of humans inability to wait for God's appropriate time.  God came in the cool of the day and made Abram a promise of a child. Sarai laughs upon hearing this promise because? "I am too old to bear a child dear God"...

Luke 7:37-38 NIV‬ [37] A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. [38] As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. If you're an ardent bible study attendee then this scripture would be very familiar to you. So familiar a scripture that even unbelievers know it. It's the story of the woman with the alabaster box. A woman who poured out more than a year's wages on the feet of Christ as a form of reverence to him, not only that, washed his feet with her tears and wiped them clean with her hair. One thing about this popular scripture is that the woman in question was a renowned prostitute,one who at her time was considered unworthy to be in the presence of noble men let alone the presence of the King of Kings. This story has been acted on stag...

Genesis 2:5-6 NIV‬ [5] Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, [6] but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.  This scripture can be explained in two forms; 1: God's rain being his Grace 2: God's rain being promise/provision GOD'S RAIN BEING HIS GRACE: Case in point Moses and the red sea. We have heard that the word of God is as powerful in our mouth as it is in God's mouth,what is even more powerful is what God does with our words. When faced with trying times, you're encouraged to use your words to break the yoke. A verse in Galatians 5 says with the sword of the Spirit(the word of God)we extinguish the fiery darts(lies) of the enemy. References have been made to how potent our confessions or declarations are.  God hasn't sent the rain(his power) because there was no man to work the ground(...

Ecclesiastes 4:12 ESV‬ And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Final part: Familiar with the phrase "two is company but three is a crowd?" We use this sentence mostly when we don't want to share what we have with someone else. I mean we live in a greedy world don't we? Always looking out for ourselves not minding if the other person drowns, so long as I'm comfortable they say the world can burn if it wants to. Then there are some who uses this phrase to express dominance over a particular territory, keeping it safe from mobs and thieves. More like a *Military zone keep off* signpost. Let's say the former are likened to the foolish virgins, while the latter are the wise virgns. Today we are flipping this phrase upside down: Three is a solid team not a crowd. The number three in the Bible symbolises the Holy trinity(God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost) Which repres...