Talking about spiritual fathers or mothers as the case may be, many youths didn’t understand the rules that determine whom you pick as your spiritual father.

The basic rule is ACCESS. It is not fame, it is not anointing and it is not about gifts. It is, first of all, access. Someone you can talk to when you want to. Someone who can call you up at any moment. Someone you can reach at a time of emergency. Someone who recognizes you. Someone who can put his schedules aside and quickly attend to you. Someone who will be there for you. That is whom you choose as a father.

Yes, there are fathers of faith in the land which we admire. They serve as father figures and mentors but when you want to pick a father who has a watch over you, you determine it by access. You may be blessed by a person’s radio/TV administration or books or broadcast but access comes first. Ironically, you may not even be able to reference much of your spiritual father’s messages or quotes like you do to other father figures depending on how resourceful he is yet, you are sure of one thing- access.

I could have mentioned other factors but I want to leave it at that in this write-up. I have fully listed and explained the factors guiding selecting a father in my teaching: “mentorship & discipleship”. It’s available on Telegram t.me/sadozite.

I was in that shoe many years ago. God asked me to follow Bishop Oyedepo, I argued that the things people do say about him won’t let me identify with him. I told God that Kenneth Hagin- was enough for me. He told me: “you need a living man who is working on current principles of this age”. After, more persuasions I submitted. Then, after some time again, He told me to get a father and He directed me to whom it would be. Again, I argued that Bishop David Oyedepo was enough for me, after all, I listen to his messages and read his books. That was when he taught me about ACCESS.

I visit my father and talk with him occasionally but the only time I have gone to discuss any challenge at all with him was once and he prayed with me. I haven’t had any reason to request to see him urgently but I know that he’s there for me even when he’s out of the country. So, when I say access, it’s not about choking a person up. I have children who have listened to 80% of my messages and books and we haven’t spoken in a while. But if they need me this moment, I will be there.

And let me add this, don’t leave a man whom you had IMPART+ACCESS and hunt after a man of fame. You will meet people more anointed than your father. But that a man is richer than your biological father doesn’t mean your father is no longer your father. Don’t become spiritually fatherless thinking you are connected. Don’t make a mentor a father and don’t make a father a mentor. All fathers of faith, are not your spiritual father, so to speak.

And yes, you can switch fathers based on some factors which I mentioned in that teaching but don’t let it be because of childishness or little offence.

What more do you want me to add?

I have received questions from people who wanted to decide on buying crypto. Their first concern is, it is legit? Yes, it is.
Is it profitable? It can be highly profiting.
Is it risky? It is very risky.
The law of investment says the higher the profit, the more the risk.

That being said, I do like to examine crypto from the perspective of a currency. At least, it is called a digital currency which means, a currency that is not on paper but can be transacted online.

The value of every currency is in its “purchasing power”. Dollars, for instance, is not the highest in terms of foreign exchange but it is the most powerful. Do you know why? It can buy more items without converting it into another currency. Naira as it is has a purchasing power though limited. The question is, what is the purchasing power of crypto? Can it be spent in the mainstream market? What items can I buy with it? Can I use it to buy a product on Jumia or Amazon? Can I transfer it to a woman selling clothes in Gbagi market?

For crypto to be sustained, it has to increase its purchasing power. That was what happened early this year that made it gain its highest value in history. When Elon Musk announced that his company was investing in crypto and that people can use it to purchase their product- electric cars, the value of crypto jumped up. But the moment he announced that they will no longer accept it, the value sank up till this moment.

So, a currency can only be sustained when its purchasing power increases. This is what crypto is trying to achieve anyway but they have a long way to go. There are three major ways through which this can be achieved: Government Policy, Bigwig private Investors and Public acceptance. I am going to be expatiating on each.

For a long time, the crypto world has been surviving on the third option but also need the other two to get into the future. In this article, I am going to explain the possibilities and difficulties that surround the three options.

1. Government Policy-

As at the last check, Investopedia reported that more than 10 countries have banned crypto. This includes Nigeria, India and China. Some major countries of the world like the US, UK and Canada have zoned it under some financial regulations and allowed it to be in use but not fully accepted as a legal tender. Some other countries are yet to decide what to do with it. So far, it is only El Salvador 🇸🇻 that has fully accepted crypto as a legal tender.

Crypto will gain much value if it is fully accepted as a legal tender by countries around the world most especially the big brother countries. That would mean that it can be spent in the mainstream market. But that comes with some constraints. Firstly, many countries are concerned that the transaction cannot be tracked. I guess that was why Nigeria banned it. The Endsars protest was mainly sponsored with crypto. At least, the Feminist Coalition that ran the central budget received over 50 million naira in crypto. And the government couldn’t hunt down the donors.

Some countries are concerned that illegal businesses including drugs and terrorism may be funded with it. Some nations don’t want it to overshadow their currency. That’s why India is planning to launch a digital version of its currency. The big brother countries will have to subject crypto to serious financial regulations if it will be adopted.

Maybe crypto can overcome all these hurdles? Maybe not? It is worthwhile to know that its main strength is in the fact that transactions can’t be traced and that is one thing serious-minded countries will not succumb to. They will also want to regulate it to reduce its risk and that will, in turn, reduce its profit. Maybe they will be able to reach a middle ground in the nearest future.

2. Bigwig investors.

The second option for crypto to harness higher purchasing power is what I call “Bigwig investors”. I said it earlier that it was the singular support of Elon Musk, the second richest man in the world that shoot up the value of crypto in recent time. When he dropped his support it went down and it is yet to recover. These investors are owners of big companies that produce commodities which is sold to the mainstream market. If they accept cryptocurrency, people can use it to buy their products thus increasing the purchasing power of the currency.

That’s not all. When a bigwig investor accepts it, the smaller ones including their rival companies will follow suit. This played out when Elon Musk initially declared that people could pay for their electric cars in crypto. Some other companies quickly joined in purchasing and investing in crypto which further helps in shooting up it’s value.

But why did Elon Musk drop his support? Why are other investors careful of adopting it? What are the hopes rising lately which may impart positively on the cryptocurrency? It will be too long to talk about that in this, so let’s have a part 2.

Disclaimer- Things written here reflects my personal opinions based on the latest information available at the point of putting this together.

Ife Adetona
©July, 2021

I have always said this over and over. If you are a young man or lady who is fervent in the things of God but pay little or no attention to your career & academics, you will pay for it in a very hard way.

When the reality of life dawn on you. When you no longer get fed by your parents. When the cares of this world become evident, you may end up losing all your spiritual rigour and become lukewarm.

You must have seen some alumni, brothers & sisters of your school fellowships and churches who tell you stories of when they used to burn, go to village outreaches, raise the dead and all who are now retired as Sunday School teachers and elders or youths coordinators in the Church. Those are even fair. Some are now only Sunday to Sunday believers. Where is the fire? Where is the zeal? Where is “give me the land” prayers? Children must eat and pay school fees!

That’s why our ministry is intentionally wired to ensure spiritual and career balancing. I have seen young men who jumped in and out of our ministry because according to them, we teach success, prosperity and marital instead of fire, mysteries and so on. If they took their time, they could have seen those things too but they wanted just one thing- fireeeeeee.

If you take your spiritual and career together in this early stage of your youth, when you grow older, you will burn as much as you want and glow in life at the same time.

Lam 3:27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Ife Adetona
SADOZ PRESIDENT W/W
©JULY 2021

One day, we were having night devotion in the house. We read from the book of Nehemiah where I needed to mention that Sabbath was a Saturday. I had barely said it when someone blurted out: “is Sabbath not on Sunday?”, another also said: “yes, Sabbath is Sunday”. I was about to explain when I got another objection: “if Sabbath was Saturday then we should go to Church on Saturdays and the ‘7th day Adventist’ should be the right ones.” After saying that, they had exhausted their points and awaited me to respond.

I explained:

1. Sabbath day was Saturday. Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Some call it Resurrection Day or the Christian Sabbath.

Mark 16:1: Sat­urday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magda­lene, Mary the moth­er of James, and Sa­lome went out and pur­chased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body.

2.Rev.1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.

Just as the Holy Communion replaced the Passover, the Lord’s day replaced the Sabbath day. Jesus declared that He is the Lord of the Sabbath that means, the Lord’s day supersedes the Sabbath day.

Luk 6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

The next question, therefore, is that if observing services on Saturday as against Sunday is a sin. Aside from other doctrinal issues that may be associated with those who prefer to worship on Saturdays, there’s absolutely nothing wrong in worshipping on a Saturday or Friday or whichever day and the Bible established this.

Colossians 2:16: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying going to Church on Sunday is not compulsory. What I am saying is that if a denomination chooses Saturday or Friday for worship, they are still Biblically right provided they aren’t filled with other heresies. I’m not sorry to say, some denominations who chooses other days of worship have other heretic issues. However, some of those who do services on Sunday also have heretic issues. What am trying to say is that, the day is not actually the problem.

Meanwhile, it is wise that a church worships on Sundays given the fact that Sunday is a work-free day in the world culture. I also learnt that some countries declared Friday as a work-free day while Sunday is a work full day. If a missionary is in such a place, it’s just wise he fixes Fridays for his services.

Ife Adetona
SADOZ President W/W
©SADOZ, July 2021