WISDOM'S ARENA

   "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up." James 4:10 (KJV)    “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith”, Paul’s advice to his son Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV) always reminds me to review what I am doing as a Christian. It’s is really a profound reality check to me as far as God’s will for my life is concerned. There are 3 important landmarks in this scripture that is: (1) Fighting a good fight - which means that all of us Christians have a fight to fight, but it must be a good one, so It is very instructive of us to know what we choose to exert our energy and time on as people who are on assignment on this earth, some fights are worth your energy, while others are not. (2) Finish your course – There are many believers who have left their course unfinished because of societal pressure and the love for material possession. You and I must take cognizance of the fact that we all h...

Therefore, LORD, please kill me, because it's better for me to die than to live!"  Jonah 4:3(KJV)   Before we start this cruise, let me tell you a very fascinating and pertinent story – The story is about a well-known, respected, powerful and anointed man of God, who has been used by God to wrought mighty miracles. Together with his team they planned a crusade in one of the remotest village which is noted for having a powerful witch doctor who has charmed and captivated the whole town with his supernatural powers.  This witch doctor was feared and also well respected in the community. However, the sudden news of the arrival of the man of God for his planned crusade got to the attention of this witch doctor and he saw this as chance to prove the superiority of his powers to everybody as well as maintain his spiritual caliphate over the village. As expected, the man of God and his team arrived at the village and began to pray in preparation towards their impe...

“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”    Proverbs 28:13 (KJV) Pornographic addiction just like any other sin plaguing the human race can be overcome. However, overcoming this magnetic addiction is only possible when the addict comes to terms with the fact that he has a problem, needs  a help and the fact that the help can only come when he collaborate with God. Let Go back and study King David attitude towards the sin of sexual impropriety he finds himself in according to 2 Samuel 12:12 -13 (KJV) “For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.” You will notice from the verse 13A of the scripture when the Lord confronted King David sins through Prophet Nathan he responded by saying “And David said unto...

A nation’s character is mostly a reflection of what has been happening at home, I mean the family. History has it that most leaders who have impacted the world both positively and negatively, picked those motivation from their family or their immediate environment. Adolf Hitler, one of the most evil men in history who spearheaded a campaign of industrialized slaughter that was rooted in an anti-Semitic feelings was said to have come from a dysfunctional home, this filled him with a lot of anger and self-esteem problems. Hitler waged a war that claimed over 40 million lives of which over half of them were civilians. While the average person of his days dreamt of a bliss family life, all that occupied Hitler’s mind was war and the destruction of the Jewish people who he blamed as the source of everything that was wrong in the German society. Adolf Hitler’s dysfunctional family had a negative impact on his live and how he viewed things and this eventually affected his country...

“God wants you to be holy and completely free from sexual immorality.  1 Thessalonians  4:3(GNB) Pornography!!! Hmm, is what I have come to call the silent killer of the faith of most Christians, especially men. I was surprised to hear a marriage counselor telling a couple he was taking through a marriage counselling section to watch pornography so as to know how to have sex, because I thought the bible says in 1Thessalonians_5:22(KJV)  “Abstain from all appearance of evil.” Let’s take a pause and look at the standard definition of the word pornography and then we look at it in the context of the scriptures.  The word Pornography according to the Encarta dictionary means anything that is portraying sex explicitly and intended to cause sexual arousal through films, writings, magazines, photographs and other mediums that makes sexual arousal overt. It also means something that is filthy or dirty. From the definition of the word pornography it is clear ...

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”  Act 1:8 We cannot draw the curtain to a close on this epic journey without talking about the Holy Spirit, our days is the era of the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ told his disciples to wait in the upper room until the person who is supposed to replace Him comes, according to Act_1:8A (KJV) “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you……………….” This singular statement accentuated the important role of the Holy Spirit in our walk as Christians. If we are to experience any victory and survival on this faith journey, then it depends so much on how we depend on the third personality of the Godhead, which is the Holy Spirit.  Jesus Christ, the person we are emulating came to the earth through the workings of the Holy Spirit according to Ma...