The Fight for Human Rights and Equal Rights

When it comes to Human rights or rights in general, everybody wants to enjoy theirs to the fullest with no restriction or denial whatsoever. From men to women, children to adults, as well employers and employees; everyone is seeking and fighting for the enjoyment of their rights without any infringement of any kind. However, it is sad and worthy of note that, there is an unfortunate class of people who are denied the very basic form of human right – the right to life. I am talking about the many unborn babies who are denied the chance to come into this world and live a life just like everybody else.

Discover and Enjoy God’s Power of Provision

“And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide…” – Genesis 22:7-8.

On Sunday, May 15, 2011, my church wanted to build a little structure to serve as a store room for our musical instruments, so the pastor decided to raise an offering to finance the project. He started by asking the members to pledge how much they could give to support the project. One after the other, the members were standing up and pledging the amounts they can give to support the project.

Suddenly, the pastor called out to me, “Bob, how much are you giving us?” Honestly, I didn’t want to answer that question. My pocket has not been smiling lately, and anything that has to do with money doesn’t go down well with me. The week before, I even had difficulty going for lectures because I was not financially fit. The pastor was still on me. He rephrased and reiterated his question, “Bob, how much are you giving to us?” Now that question cannot be dodged so I replied politely, “nothing, pastor.” “Nothing?” He probed. “Yes pastor,” I responded. He continued shortly, “Will you go to school tomorrow?” “Yes pastor,” I replied. Then he further asked, “How are you going to go?” “God will provide,” I said. Then to conclude he said, “Then pledge that which God is going to provide, will you?” I answered “Yes pastor,” and that closed the deal. My pastor added my name to the list of people who pledged and next to my name he wrote “God will provide” as the amount to be given.

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The whole conversation with the pastor appeared very funny, but it was no surprise to me. God works in ways which sometimes appear funny in our eyes. Many people simply do not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, because they think the whole believe in Him is funny. These people see the Lord only as a man, who was supposedly born by a virgin, grew to 30 years and was baptized and claimed he was the son of God. Then at 33, he died and was believed to have resurrected and ascended to Heaven. The difference with we Christians, is that, we are able to see beyond the human nature of Jesus, and thus able to see His Divinity. I have personally witnessed God do things through funny ways in my life. Funny ways like saying a word of prayer at the bus stop when I’m late for work or school, and suddenly a vehicle pulls up for me to board and go to school or work.

In the conversation with my pastor, I did not say, “God will provide” just for saying sake. I actually believed and knew the LORD was going to provide. That Sunday evening, a friend of mine came home and gave me some money for my transport to school the next day. And during that week, God truly provided by opening financial doors to me and I was able to give to support the church project the following Sunday. I felt really blessed and protected. It is very fascinating to know that the LORD our God is with us always and He hears us when we pray to Him. Truly “The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.” – Nahum 1:7.

Dear reader, I don’t know what you are going through right now, I don’t know what your needs are right now, or what you are lacking in your life right now, but what I DO KNOW is that, GOD WILL PROVIDE. Yes! He will provide and supply all your needs. Yes, “…God will supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:19.

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How To Overcome Sexual Temptations And Stay Sexually Pure Until Marriage

One day, a young Christian brother visited his beloved fiancée at home. As this young brother was sitting in the living room, his fiancée passed in front of him almost naked, and headed for the bathroom. The young man felt very uncomfortable with the rather inappropriate scene that he had just seen. Being the very spiritual man that he was, he instantly burst out with tongues and began praying profusely. Still praying, and with eyes closed, he felt a tap on his shoulder and upon opening his eyes… right in front of him now was his fiancée with no clothes on. Before he could say “Jack Robinson,” they were in another world. They fornicated and they both felt ashamed and disappointed because they had decided earlier to stay sexually pure until marriage.

Like the young man in the above story, every Christian, no matter his/her spiritual standing will have to face sexual temptation at least at one point in his/her life. Perhaps, the only exception would be if you became born-again on your sick bed and died afterwards. If not, then permit me to say that, every human being is vulnerable to sexual temptation. We are born curious, and it is that curiosity that causes us to take new adventures and try new things. That same curiosity if not tamed can be very deadly even to our own lives.


As mentioned earlier, almost every Christian at one point in our lives would have to deal with sexual temptation. What are the remedies available should you find yourself is such a situation? Should you pray like the young man did? What should we do when faced with sexual temptations? What does the Bible say about sex?

“Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.” – 1 Corinthians 6:18 NKJV

The scripture is plain and clear. Sexual sin is a sin against the body. And we are to flee sexual immorality. When God said flee, you don't stand and fight. The Lord our God would not ask us to flee sexual temptation if we could win the battle through prayer. When faced with sexual temptation, just flee; don't stand and pray. God said flee so you must flee!


In Ecclesiastes chapter 3, God outlined time and season for every occurrence under the sun. There is “a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck that which is planted” (Ecclesiastes 3:2). In the same way, I believe there is time to have sex and a time to flee from sex. The time to have sex is when we get married. In 1 Corinthians 6:18 quoted above, God is asking us to ‘flee’ sexual immorality. The best thing the brother in the above story should have done was to flee.

"A servant is greater than his master," Jesus said. If God says flee then you must flee. There are times in the Bible where God instructed his children to fight on, but when it came to issue of sexual temptation, He said, “run.” The LORD will not ask us to run if we would be able to overcome sexual temptation by praying.

As much as God hears our prayers, He also expects us to be obedient to His Word. And His Word says you should “flee sexual immorality.” No one can be too spiritual than God himself. And as a matter of fact, no amount of spirituality is enough to stand and fight when faced with sexual temptation. I believe that is why God instructs his beloved children to flee. Don’t hesitate and don’t anticipate, just run, run for your life! Let your legs help you as much as they could and run for your life!

Joseph Fled and So Must You!

The story of the Christian Brother at the beginning of this post is similar to the story of Joseph and Portiphar’s wife as recorded in the Bible. The significant difference between the two stories is that Joseph did the right thing; he fled. The Bible says, “And she[Portiphar’s wife] caught him[Joseph] by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled…”- Genesis 39:12.

Dear reader, Christian living is a call to holiness and purity. God's desire for every believer is that we will live sexually pure and holy lives. The Lord wants us to stay sexually until marriage. But how can one stay sexually pure until marriage in a sex-crazy world?


The Bible says we were bought at a price and thus must honour God with our bodies which are God’s (1 Corinthians 6:20). Living pure for the LORD means we must win the battle against sexual temptations. The good news here is that we now know what to do when faced with sexual temptations. Do not hesitate, run! Run!! Run!!!


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Lead Your Heart Don't Follow It

“Follow your heart. Do what your heart tells you to do.” This was the advice a friend gave to one of my female friends who was caught up between two gentlemen. My friend had to choose between two gentlemen, each nice looking and with an encouraging personality. The two gentlemen had simultaneously proposed love to her. She was very confused because she liked both guys and didn’t want to hurt any of them. At the same time, she didn’t want to compromise her happiness and needed to make the best choice among the two men. As a Christian, what would you do if you find yourself in a similar situation? Will you follow your heart and do what it tells you to do?

Should we Christians follow our heart and do what it tells us to do. Some people give the whole concept a nice coat. They say, “The heart knows best.” Oh really? Can we trust our heart with our lives? What does the Bible say about this?

In Proverbs 4:23, the Bible says, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Two words from this scripture need explanation. First, the word keep which means, to guide, to protect, and to lead. For the purpose of our learning, we will take word ‘keep’ to mean ‘to lead.’ The second word is ‘diligence’ which means, carefulness, conscientiousness and seriousness. We will go by seriousness. So in summary, God is telling us to lead our heart with all seriousness because out of the heart come all life issues. The lesson here is, lead your heart don’t follow it. God gave a good reason why we should lead our heart rather than follow it. He said, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? – Jeremiah 17:9.

God had made it very clear to us. We must not follow our hearts because the heart is deceitful. Many of the decisions we take with our hearts end in ruins. Marriages are breaking down, relationships are coming to a halt and businesses are collapsing all because the people involved listen to the voice of their hearts and followed it. Following our hearts will lead us nowhere than disappointment, regrets and shame. On the contrary, when we lead our heart we can be certain of a happy ending to the journey.

Dear reader, decide today to always lead your heart in everything you do. Don’t allow your heart to dictate anything to you, but use your mind to assess the choices of the heart and make sure you’re in full control of your life. Thanks for reading, kindly leave your comments below.

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