Category: Naija Semon Discipleship Centre

  • YAHOO BOYS – Pst. Ife ADETONA

    YAHOO BOYS – Pst. Ife ADETONA

    I was driving towards Ojoo on Friday at about 7:30 pm when I saw this light-skinned young man, stark naked appeared in front of my vehicle!

    “Is this a fresh mad person?” That was the first thought that flashed through my mind.

    At the same time, I was hearing voices behind me- “o se ise ni”. That is, “he’s doing a wealth ritual”.

    “I said it, this boy is not mad. He’s only forming madness with whatever he was chewing in his mouth.”

    Abi, this is one of the Yahoo boys that do all sorts of nonsense as instructed by their Nollywood Babalawo? I have seen some bathing by a river in broad daylight on the roadside not too far from Agodi Gardens. Some time ago, some guys were videoed eating their poo. The video was posted on social media.

    At first, I wanted to do just one thing, scare him out of the road. I moved the vehicle closer. He stood still- “like common on, hit me”. Ha! What is this? I decided to move away from him towards the left- he followed!

    Those speaking behind me threw something at him. It sounds like sand and stone because it hit the side of the vehicle.

    “Abi this guys want to snatch the car ni”. “Is it some kind of collaboration?”

    That part of the road is a bend, just when you are about to reach Ojoo. It is usually dark and lonely with trailers parked on the right side of the road.

    They rushed into the road to chase him off. He turned his back and took off. I moved the car forward. Before I could say jack. Those guys have left the road in fear of being knocked down and this boy was back facing my car.

    A minute just before I got there, I was just thanking God for helping me drive through the massive potholes of Iwo Road- Ojoo express successfully. A voice had told me that my thanksgiving was too early and that I should wait till I reach Ojoo first. I replied that as far as I am concerned, I had already arrived safely. People were waiting for me at Ojoo. The plan was to drive the members of the SADOZ MASS Choir to the Great Zion City in Ijaiye for their rehearsals in preparation for the Leaders’ Fire Conference.

    With this naked guy facing me the second time, the Holy Spirit said to me: dribble him. Jay-Jay Okocha’s leg over quickly came to mind. Little football is still in the blood. For God knows why “no car approached around all through that time”.

    Okay, let’s do this. I swerved LEFT as if I was driving that way, he followed and then, I cut RIGHT and zoomed off. “OLUWASEUN, MO BO- Thank God, I AM FREE.

    I can’t explain how I was calm all through the period. It must have been God. I wasn’t jittery or shaky. Though, it still look like a movie in my eye.

    I think the various law enforcement agencies need to do better in their way of handling the so called young ritualists paraded as “yahoo boys”. Police and EFCC should stop treating them like their Maga. The other time policemen nabbed two supposed yahoo boys in a commercial bus I was in Iseyin, they were smiling all over and blushing as if they just hit a jackpot. They should stop extorting money from them and stop encouraging them by sending them back to the society to make more money. Rather, they should be properly prosecuted in the law court and send to the prison when found guilty.

    These boys have also being reported of been into ritual killings and dumping ladies by the roadside after taking away their senses. These things will be on the rise as their number grows. It has to be stopped.

  • A to Z of COURTSHIP – MotherTreasure

    A to Z of COURTSHIP – MotherTreasure

    Father, we thank you for the grace we received to be here tonight.

    We say; Thank you, Jesus.

    Sweet Holy Spirit, I ask that you speak to each person tonight in Jesus’ name.

    Have your way and let Jesus alone be Glorified.

    In Jesus’ name, we’ve prayed

    Amen.

    A-Z does not mean the totality of Courtship, but by the time we look into every points under this topic, add God’s Grace and you are good to go,
    Because you will have a hitch free relationship and would have build something that will result into a lasting marriage
    Hold the points I will be giving you tonight dear to your heart and practice them, your relationship and marriage is surely a success
    You must be accountable to each other

    1. Accountability

    There is no relationship or marriage that can survive without being accountable to each other
    There is a way your behavior is controlled if you know you are accountable to someone
    You won’t behave anyhow
    You won’t relate with the opposite sex anyhow
    You won’t live your life carelessness
    You won’t do whatever you know will hurt the order person if they get to know
    You must be accountable to each other and it must be always

    2. Boundaries

    Anything and everything that will be successful must be run with principle
    If you don’t set boundaries your relationship will be full of sin
    To have a holy and pure relationship you must set boundaries
    Healthy boundaries for yourselves
    Won’t they call me an SU or and old school
    I used to say that even if shaking of hands is going to put you in trouble, avoid it, don’t destroy your life with what people will say
    Your life is your life, whatever you do with it will come back to you at the end of the day
    Still on Boundaries
    Or encourage that a lady you have not married is sleeping with you
    Don’t say I don’t get unnecessarily arouse and carry your bag to go n be living in a man’s house
    Set Boundaries with the third party
    This falls the the male’s side more
    If you don’t set boundaries with your friends and family, your wife or wife to be is not going to enjoy you
    If your friend can talk to your spouse anyhow
    You must be able to draw the line of how far they can go with your partner
    Your family can humiliate her there will be problem
    No one should be allowed to talk to your spouse anyhow because of whatever position they occupy in your life
    You can decide to do away with the lady instead of torturing her with what your family think or want
    Ladies pls don’t go and marry someone that his family hates you by fire by fire, don’t start what you can’t finish
    You must stand for her

    3. Communication

    You won’t be able to tolerate insults and abuse for the rest of your life
    Any relationship without communication has ended when it is barely starting
    You can’t even do any relationship whatsoever without communication
    You must always talk
    What of me that doesn’t like to talk, you might have to check thoroughly if you are not with the wrong person
    There is no one with a partner they love, someone that doesn’t shout them down, someone that listen to them and do not want to talk
    You might not be the type that talk everywhere or at any giving opportunity but there will always be one person that knows everything going on with you because you always find it easy to open up to them
    Between you two there must not be anything you can’t talk about as long as you are not sinning against God
    You must be able to talk about everything and anything
    They are not discussing important issues
    Now, some people do talk but are just spilling rubbing out of their mouth because they are just talking for talking sake
    Some of you will be on phone and the only thing you will do successfully in 2hours conversation is to giggle, smile, blush, ask if your partner have eaten or hungry
    You come together face to face only to talk about things that are irrelevant to your lives☹️
    Have seen married asked me questions and I wonder what they were talking about in Courtship🤷🏽‍♀️
    Talk about everything
    Don’t fantasize, base your discussions on fact
    N don’t forget to know what your partner’s stand is on any matter you talk about
    Know their stand, ask yourself if you are comfortable with it, and decide whether you have reached your destination or not
    Also communication silence conflict as much as possible

    4. Deliberate

    It will help you resolve issues easily
    But it is not all the time you communication you should deliberate
    Normally communication should carry deliberation
    Sometimes you just inform your partner
    Because what you are discussing does not call for deliberation
    Stuffs like deciding on the number of kids you are going to have takesdeliberation
    Don’t assume you will cross the bridge when you get there
    Don’t just sit there and be looking like lucozade especially if you have a contrary opinion
    ✍️
    How you will run your future home in every aspect deserves deliberation

    5. Encouragement

    You not in that relationship as a figure head
    When your partner is down you should encourage them
    You are not there just to be there
    Challenge or no challenge, issue or no issue you should always encourage each other to do better
    When they are going through a difficult time they should know that they are not alone
    Encourage each other to progress
    Encourage each other to become the better version of what you used to be
    Relationship is the headquarters of offence

    6. Forgiveness

    Or let’s say Romantic Relationship is the headquarters of offence
    You will always offend each other but must be ready to forgive
    As long as what they do is not going to destroy your future
    Forgive and move on
    If there is a particular error they seems so addicted to and they can’t but do it and you know you can’t live with it, forgive them and move on with your life
    That you should forgive does not implies that you marry rubbish
    It is well with us in Jesus name

    7.Good Character

    If your character stinks, stop looking for someone that will tolerate and accept you the way you are
    Be sincere to yourself that you have bad character and change
    It is simple
    Don’t say that is me o
    If you can’t take me for me forget it
    My dear, who are you🌚
    You better change
    Be kind
    Be compassionate
    Work on your anger
    Work on your weaknesses
    Nobody is perfect but you shouldn’t be wallowing in bad behavior

    8.Hardwork

    Making anything successful out of Courtship or marriage is hardwork
    You must be deliberate in making it work
    You must work hard in your field to, and make something meaningful out of life
    Working hard and smart makes life easy for you, your spouse and your children
    It is easy to show plenty love when there is money compare when there is no money
    It is easy to love when there is money than when there is no money

    9.Interest

    Show interest in what interest them
    What do they love to do? Show interest in it, so far they are not sinning against God
    If you don’t see yourself liking what they like for anything in this world, just know that you are with the wrong person
    And if you go ahead and marry them, expect a lot of friction concerning that thing in future
    When you show interest in what interest them they show more interest in you

    10.Knowledge

    With Wisdom a house is built,
    And you know wisdom is the application of knowledge
    Which means if you don’t equip yourself with knowledge you will not be categorize as one with Wisdom
    You will not be able to build a lasting home
    You will not be able to build a home that can stand the test of storms and challenges
    Many of you does not know how to get God’s will, you passed by my book You can’t pay the price of missing God’s will and Finding God’s will” but show no interest🤷🏽‍♀️
    Get books
    How will somebody not miss it like that
    You don’t know a thing and you refuse to go after knowledge🌚
    Get books
    Many people have run this race successfully and have come back to show you the way, pls follow them and stop doing Awnnn and God when all over sociol media

    11. Love

    What are you doing with someone you don’t love🌚
    Only to force yourself into marriage and be regretting
    There is no reason no matter how reasonable it sounds that should make you marry someone that you don’t love
    Another thing about love is that,
    Love is an action word
    Love is to be acted out
    If you say to someone that you love them, they won’t be convinced except your actions in the past says the same thing
    You must love in doings not by mouth

    12. Openness

    If you are secretive, i don’t advise you go into Courtship talk more of marriage
    You must be open
    I didn’t say open your legs🌚
    Open your mouth and talk, let them know what is going on with you
    Let them know what is going on in your life
    Anything you won’t want them to know don’t engage in it
    Don’t forget prayer in all you do

    13. Prayer, Planning, Patient &Progress

    To communicate and deliberate is good but don’t forget to put your life and journey in God’s hand
    Don’t forget to thank Him
    N don’t because of relationship sweetness forget that you are to intercede and supplicate
    Now is the time to start planning your life together
    Plan for the present and the future together
    Any Relationship without plans will be full of uncertainty
    Be patient with each other
    It won’t go once, but be sure they are making progress
    Give yourselves time to work on your weaknesses
    Also your relationship as a whole must be progressive
    Go from one stage to another
    What progress is in relationship that takes forever to get married
    That is why I usually say go into Courtship when marriage is in view

    14.Respect

    Respect your partner’s opinion even if you won’t use their contribution at the end of the day don’t just discard it like its useless
    Respect each others

    15. Sincerity and selflessness

    If you are selfish, no relationship whatsoever is for you
    You must be selfless
    You must have your partner in mind
    You must priorities their need as long as they are not asking you to sin against God
    In fact you must put them first
    What if their need is not something I can priorities, it is the pointer that you are with the wrong person
    SincerityDon’t lie to them for whatever ret
    SincerityDon’t lie to them for whatever reason, let them know what is going on with you
    Tell them nothing but the truth
    Don’t call black, white
    Be straight forward
    And that is when they can truly trust you
    You must be transparent, sincere to be trusted

    16. Transparency breeds Trust

    Trust doesn’t fall on people like rain
    You can’t say, why can’t you trust me
    You are the one to put yourself in a place to be trusted

    17.Understanding

    That is what understanding simply means
    You must bear with each other
    Be empathic
    Put yourself in their shoeCourtship is not marriage, but the foundation for marriage, but don’t forget that if you don’t lay a solid foundation, the build you are about to raise will collapse when you are barely starting

  • NONE OF US IS WRONG WITH OUR TITLE – Pst. Ife ADETONA

    NONE OF US IS WRONG WITH OUR TITLE – Pst. Ife ADETONA

    I am not on Twitter because of CT- Christian Twitter. I am there for political and socio-economic discourse- all of which I just read and pass quietly. But as it goes, my posts on Facebook find their way there.

    Most arguments and errors in Christendom are LANGUAGE BASED. Some err because of language. And some misconceived what others say because of language. A student of language will easily spot this.

    A believer sang a song “Daddy wey dey pamper”.
    Someone criticized that statement saying God doesn’t pamper. People came out at him. They said he criticized the singer. He said, he has never listened to that song let alone target the singer but the phrase was what he felt should be corrected.

    This matter never reach to poke each others’ eye. The same me that says my daddy spoilt me as I reflect and isolate his caring side, can come again and say my father is a colonel while I zoom out his disciplinary side. A wife can talk about her caring husband so much that you would be like: ” is your husband a fool”. Wait for the day she would talk about how her husband dealt decisively with an issue and you would almost fear for her.

    You can argue that God is not a staunch disciplinarian and be right. You can also argue that He doesn’t over care and be right as well. But LANGUAGE permits me to go that length of emphasizing an aspect of Him to drive out a point per time.

    A man of God preached a message titled: “SINNERS IN THE HAND OF AN ANGRY GOD”. That message is ranked one of the greatest messages ever preached. But I can never preach a message with that title. I would rather preach: ” SINNERS IN THE HAND OF A LOVING GOD”. People listened to that man’s message and wept for days and committed their hearts to God. If you listen to mine, you will laugh, smile, rejoice and commit your heart to God as well.

    You can argue from now till tomorrow, none of us is wrong with our title. It’s just a side of God that we have zoomed out to show to sinners with the end result of bringing them to the THRONE.

  • MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

    MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

    There are some misconceptions I noticed in the body of Christ today, it is all about the “fruit of the Spirit.”
    I’ve been to some gatherings whereby I will ask the question that “how many fruit of the spirit do we have?” Some will say nine (9), while some will say seven (7.)
    I’m putting up this article to correct that error.

    The first thing I want you to know is that, when we are talking about the fruit of the spirit, the concept emanated from the word of Jesus in the book of John 15:1-4;
    [1] I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
    [2] Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
    [3] Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
    [4] Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

    You should understand the picture Jesus was painting here. He said, “He is a tree, and in that tree, there are many branches, and the branches bring forth fruit.” Jesus said “fruit,” not “fruits.” He said, “any branch in me that bringeth not fruit, I taketh away.”

    This is linked to the fruit of the Spirit that we are talking about. When Jesus was going, He made a promise to us that He was going to send another comforter and He’s going to be with us forever. This comforter is Jesus Christ Himself, Jesus is the one that is with us, living in us, and that is with us in form of the Holy Spirit.
    If Jesus said that “I am the tree,” and Jesus is not on earth currently, and He gave us a replacement, a substitutionary personality that He’s going to be with us, that personality is the one that is going to represent Jesus. That is why we call it the fruit of the Spirit, not the fruit of Jesus. Maybe when Jesus was on earth, you can liken those attributes to the fruit of the world, or the fruit of Jesus, but currently, Jesus is not on earth, He is in us in form of the Holy Spirit.

    When we are talking about the fruit of the Spirit, we should look at the tree, a tree does not bear different fruits. Have you ever seen a tree bearing up to seven (7) or nine (9) fruits? So, it is not fruits of the Spirit, but where the misconception used to come is what Paul told us with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in the book of Galatians 5:22-23;
    [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
    [23] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

    These are what they used to call the fruits of the Spirit. But look at what Paul said, he said, “but the fruit,” he didn’t say the “fruits of the Holy Spirit,” Even if it is the fruits of the Holy Spirit, the next “marker” that should follow it should be the “plural marker.” He said that the fruit of the Spirit “is.” If it is more than one, it shouldn’t be “is,” it should be “are.” “The fruits of the Spirit are…” then we will begin to be mentioning them. But he said, “the fruit of the Spirit is…” So, we should sit down, look at this point and think about what Paul was really saying here. You’re mentioning nine (9) different attributes, you’re mentioning nine (9) different characters, and you’re telling us that it is one.

    This is where I want to explain it to us, whenever you’re reading a bible, and you get to a junction whereby you’re not getting what the scripture is saying very well, what you should do is to compare different versions of the scripture. I’ve met with so many people, and they’ll tell me that they don’t understand what the bible is saying, the only answer I’ll give to them is not to explain it to them, I’ll tell them to go and read it from another version of the scripture and they’ll come back to me leaping for joy that they got the understanding already. That is what we are going to do also in other to understand what Paul is trying to say here.

    Look at the book of Galatians 5:22-23 from “The Passion Translation, (TPT)
    vs 22–23; But the fruit produced by the Holy Spirit within you is divine love in all its varied expressions:
    Joy that overflows, peace that subdues, patience that endures, kindness in action,
    a life full of virtue, faith that prevails, gentleness of heart, and strength of spirit.
    Never set the law above these qualities, for they are meant to be limitless.

    Paul said that the fruit that the Spirit produced is just one, which is “divine love.”
    And this “divine love” can be seen in different ways. For example; I can be manifested in different forms or ways: To my mother, I am a son, to my disciples, I am their spiritual father or discipler, to my younger brother, I am an elder brother, to my child, I am a father. That is me manifesting in different forms. So is the fruit of the Spirit, it is just one, and it is manifesting itself in different forms.

    I hope you understand from this article that we are only having one fruit of the Spirit.

    If you’re having any questions or contributions, feel free to drop them in the comment box.
    Thank you so much!

  • HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THINK 2 – Pst.Ife ADETONA

    HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THINK 2 – Pst.Ife ADETONA

    We have 💡light tonight in Jesus Name

    How Successful People Think

    I also say they think creatively and innovstively
    I have mentioned that successful people think big no matter how low their state may be at the present moment in time
    Remember that I told you they didn’t come up with this habit after being successful. They grew with the habits. These habits made them

    4. Successful People like us are optimistic

    Successful people are highly hopeful.
    They see a positive ending and that is why they can take calculative risks.
    That’s what it means to be optimistic
    That’s why when you see them going down, they pick up again
    They could see the end as bright and they are never down whatever it is at the moment.
    Whenever they fall, they rise again.
    Bishop Oyedepo explained that when their ministry had only one branch in a corner of a place, their signpost reads: worldwide.
    They look at the future with big high hopes and expectations.
    He said people passed by and laugh at them but he didn’t care. He didn’t see himself or the ministry in that corner.
    It worked for me, it worked for our ministry. Even though we started in a room apartment, we talked big and we took bold steps!
    See, Optimism is not a motivational speech but an inspirational reality.
    They think problem solving thoughts.

    5. Successful people see themselves as bigger than the problem.

    Successful people think as problem solvers.
    They don’t shy away from problems.

    6. Successful peeople always takes stepsThey think as they move and move as they think.
    Successful people are not thinkers and sleepers, they are thinkers and movers, as they think and they act.
    If you think positively with the right mindset and not just wishes, there is no way you will stay complacent. You will always forge ahead and move ahead.

    SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE AND TIME

    Receive this very mindset in Jesus Name.

    A. Successful people value their morning time!

    How do they see time?
    What do they think about time?
    The Scriptures says “woe to you o ye lands, who its kings eat in the morning.
    The Yoruba tribe of Nigeria would say: ‘the real day is the morning time’.
    The morning time is the most treasured time of the day.
    The morning time carries more value than the night time.
    Jesus Christ says “are there not 12 hours in the day? John 11:9”.
    Take note that, The beginning of the week is the morning of the week.
    Your youthful age is the morning period of your life.
    I see many young men and ladies wasting away the early part of their lives.
    That is why the preacher in the book of Ecclesiastes advised that man should remember his God in the days of his youth.
    When you open the head of many young ladies under 30, what you see in there is “husband”.
    I do say that what many youths miss before the age of 30, they will spend the rest of their lives trying to catch up with it.
    They are just catching fun, nothing do them.
    They want to marry. When you open the head of most boys, what you find there is “fun”.
    Mark Zuckerberg became a billionaire at the age of 23. I am not saying that you must make billions or millions before you clock 30, but you must aim to be at the top of your career before that age.
    Those who started their race in time have a higher tendency of winning.
    Most top billionaires today, started making their several millions at the age of 30.
    However, it doesn’t matter what point you are today, it is not too late to start aiming high.

    B . Successful people are never in a hurry.

    Have you discovered that those who get late to meetings and events are always coming in, in a hurry.
    . They get to wherever they need to reach at the time they wanted or planned or ought to.
    You will never see a successful person rushing or getting to a place late.
    And that’s because they have good time management.
    You see them running, sweating and breathing heavily yet, those who come early arrived very calmly?
    What is most important to a successful person than money is their time.
    They don’t permit people to crash on them and steal their time.
    I think I should stop here
    By the time you’re downloading it, it will be much
    It’s much already
    Receive the grace to apply in Jesus Name

  • DRIVING TIPS – Pst. Ife ADETONA

    DRIVING TIPS – Pst. Ife ADETONA

    I have said to myself that the day I remove “L” from the car, I will share some driving tips free of charge. Though, it’s been almost a month now but better late than….

    When you want to start learning, people will tell you driving is very easy especially if its an automatic! You will see someone who has never driven before tell you: “shebi it is automatic, it is very simple. Our last born did not even learn it, he just started driving when he was 7½ years old!” Those who can drive already will tell you: “there is nothing in driving, it’s just about “aya nini”-having chest (i.e confidence).

    If you allow those statements to get into you, the day you begin to learn, you would feel like becoming an expert so that you can tell people that you started driving from the dream. And when it seems you are not getting it, you will start feeling like a dullard.

    You see that 7½ years old may be able to move a car, it is quite different from driving. And that thing they call chest (confidence) can only come the more you stay behind those steering wheel. Talking about being good at driving, time & practice is needed. I am talking about up to 6 months here. So, don’t pursue becoming an Henry Ford the same day you started.

    That being said, with a regular practice, if it’s an automatic car, one week, too much. I taught my wife to drive in less than 7 days. You can spread your 7days into 2weeks or more depending on your schedule.

    TiPS-

    Get someone to teach you. Follow their instructions even if you don’t understand it. Don’t be self-confident.

    Day One– go to the field, don’t go to the road. All you want to learn is to get familiar with the major driving car components- brake, throttle and most especially your steering wheel. You will also get introduced to other parts.

    Day Two– warm up on the field then get to the road. Untarred road within the street are good picks here. Don’t go to major roads with human beings, parked vehicles and drainage. What you will learn to use the most that day is your BRAKE. You will start familiarising with your throttle as well. Make as many rounds as possible.

    Day Three– do more rounds on the street then let your instructor take you to a tarred road but still a less busy road. This is just to spy the road. This time, you will see human beings and drainage on both side of the road. You may not do more than one round that day.

    Day Four– It is time to learn your throttle. Warm up on the street then go to the tarred road you spied yesterday. Make several roads and go a long distance (within the same route).

    Your instructor will tell you to keep the right side of the road and avoid getting into the middle. But you will be afraid of entering into the ditch (gutter) that’s on the right side. This fear is real! But here is the cheat code. You don’t have to stick to the right-most part of the road. Use your mind to divide the road into two and move a bit to your right- you will be okay!

    Again, use your mind to cut the road into two- half for you and half for the oncoming vehicle. But you won’t be too accurate, so add a little space to your right and keep driving.

    Bear in mind that the road is not always straight so, you will keep using the trick. Also, on a typical Nigeria road, you will vehicle parked on the road side, people walking and even stalls. All you have to do is to divide the road again into two, take your own half. If there is more space to your side then move a bit to your right. If the road has become very thin for two vehicles at a time, just take your own half and leave the coming vehicle to take care of itself.

    Your aim on the road this 3rd day is not to DRIVE, it is just to MOVE the car and get more familiar with various components most especially the fearful throttle that will make the vehicle seems as if it’s jumping and also the brake and the pin-pin. Be ready to blast many ON. You will also start building chest (confidence) on this day.

    Day Four- drive up to the same route with you instructor. Using the same environment helps. Did I tell you to put up your ” L” and emergency light all through? Please do. You must have been learning some reverses and turning too.

    Reverse they say is difficult but my two students learn it the first day. You will be told to ask yourself which side you want to go then turn your steering to the opposite direction but let me show you a simpler way. Ask yourself what direction you want the bottom ⤵️ of your vehicle to go to, then turn that way. Always take all the time you have to think while reversing. You will make mistakes, correct yourself and move on.

    You may enjoy driving the 3rd day but this 4th day will be a bit frustrating. Reason is that, on day 3, you were driving at a very low rate but today, you have added some speed. With speed comes higher expertise. Meanwhile, always bring the vehicle to the speed you can handle. Don’t be in a hurry to run. You will run all you want after you are good.

    If I were your instructor, I will like to introduce you to the express road before we close on day four. Just to spy.

    Day 5– welcome to day 5. Warm up on your tarred route then drive up to a two-way express road with barricade at the middle. This is a type of road where all oncoming vehicle take one side, while the going vehicles take another side. And there is a barricade in-between. Look for the one with barricade in-between.

    Your instructor may tell you to keep the slow lane which is the right hand side but I got an instructor who told me to keep the fast lane. Reason is, driving on slow lane in Nigeria especially in Ibadan can be frustrating. Micra, Maruwa & Okada (commercial drivers) will show you shege. They will just be parking anyhow. But if you are in the fast lane, anyone who doesn’t like your speed can easily bypass.

    On this day, you will be learning some speed. The safest is 20-40KM/hr. You will also appreciate the purpose of side and rear mirror. Driving on the express the first time is always interesting especially with less pot holes. It will give you the confidence which you need and you will find yourself driving better on single lane tarred routes.

    Day 6- do some rounds on the two-way express then go to the express road that has no barricades in the middle. This time, keep the middle or slow lane. You will appreciate your mirror more. You should also drive through other major and minor routes that day with your instructor.

    Day 7– drive the car to Church. All along, observe other people drive especially when you’re seated with them.

    Now, you are a driver. What you need is more practice. What I did was to drive around the city for another one week with an instructor or just someone who didn’t even know how to drive but would be communicating road signs and routes with you. An instructor would be more beneficial because they will give you tips as you drive.

    Please Note-

    Some things I said especially on the roads to learn may be a traffic offence in some cities and countries. Where it is against the law and such law is enforced, apply with discretion.

    Above all, I hope you found it helpful. 7 days is not too long to learn a skill you will need for the rest of your 70years and more. So, don’t be in a hurry and be safe. If you don’t yet have a car, keep this post by yourself. Don’t come and be asking me: “where is that post you wrote in September, 2022”.

    ©Ife Adetona

  • HOW TO HANDLE FRESH RHEMA – Pst.Ife ADETONA

    HOW TO HANDLE FRESH RHEMA – Pst.Ife ADETONA

    A very good daughter of mine came with a question. A brother just delivered unto her, a parcel of “rhema” but she was confused. She didn’t know the right answer but she knew what the brother was saying is not correct. The brother said and I quote:

    “Holy Spirit isn’t Holy Ghost: what’s the Spirit? What’s the Ghost? Holy Spirit is automatic when you give your life to Christ and it becomes ghost when it manifests as tongues.”

    This fine brother thought he had just gotten a revelation or probably he also heard it from someone but it’s all WRONG.

    Remember that the Bible wasn’t originally written in English! When the Bible was translated to English, Holy Ghost was used in KJV but scholars felt the word “Holy Ghost” in English was not good enough so, other versions used “Holy Spirit”. You can check your versions.

    I was at a programme many years ago. A fine brother was dishing out the word and breaking rhema. Though, he had a good idea but he got the scriptures he was referencing all twisted. He was using that Scriptures to mean what it doesn’t mean. He was doing what I called “reading into the scriptures” that is, he was adding his own. When the anchor of the programme who was our discipler took the microphone, he tried to correct those mistakes and I felt good about it even though many of those seated may not get it. You see, good intention is not enough.

    WAY FORWARD

    There is no teacher of the word who would say he had never made some mistakes in the representation of the word. The only difference is that some people are not ready to learn. Their mouth is wide open but their ears are blocked. It’s one thing to be ignorant, it’s another thing to be proudly ignorant. Such people have committed damaging errors.

    If you love to teach the word then more than anybody, you must attach yourself to a discipler or teacher. At the beginner stage, this is the person you show your revelations or derivatives to and would direct you before you go out there to publish it. Even at an advanced stage, Paul went to Peter & James to compare notes (Gal. 1:18-19). Another way to compare notes is by reading the books of your discipler or those who are known as renowned teachers of the word.

    There are basic laws of “interpreting the scriptures”. If you go through the process of training and learning, you will be exposed to them and you won’t commit public blunders.

    Another thing is to SUBJECT your revelation or derivatives to TIME. Derivatives simply means revelations which are not entirely new but has it’s root in an already found truths or revelation. There is actually nothing like a new revelation, they are all revivals or derivatives. “There is nothing new under the sun” Eccl. 1:9.

    SUBJECT it to other scriptures. One law says: “explain a scripture in the light of other scriptures”. I do tell anyone who comes to me with a fresh revelation to back it up with other refrences.

    SUBJECT it to the Spirit. Don’t be too exicted to listen to that gentle restraint of the Spirit that is telling you that your rhema is not yet perfected.

    After all said and done, I believe in GROWTH and you cannot grow until you try things out by use & exercise (Hebrews 5:14). I mean, you have to publish your messages and assess yourself by the feedbacks. But do not demonstrate a critical spirit like the first example I gave. You shouldn’t go about knocking people down saying “yours is wrong”, “mine is right”.

    As you grow through this process, your channel will be refined and clean knowledge would easily flow through it in JESUS NAME.

  • HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THINK

    HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THINK

    Sometimes ago, a test was conducted for managers.
    While the less successful ones have a pattern of thinking.
    They discovered that successful managers have a pattern of thinking
    I have also seen this in many people
    AMswill agree that there is a pattern in how leaders with high Anagkazo results think
    And those with fewer result
    Even School teachers will tell you this
    What am I trying to say?
    If you observe how successful people think and adapt their ways, you will end up successful
    If you can change your thought pattern, your life will change
    Pro 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:
    So, tonight, let’s examine a pattern of thought of successful people across time, money, people and so on

    THOUGHT PATTERNS OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

    1.Successful People think big and see themselves as employers of labour.

    I’m not just talking about people with a lot of money but successful people with wealth and in God
    You must have heard of thinking big
    It is not a farce or fallacy, it is a reality
    They see themselves as prosperous people even though their beginning may be small.
    The success tendency of successful people is not contained in their affluence; it is contained in the influence of their minds.
    Even when a person with the billionaire mindset is wearing a rag, he doesn’t behave like a slave but as successful.
    It is not contained in their present riches but in their thought.
    Everywhere Joseph went, he was always the head. He was the youngest (the 11th son), yet he had such a big dream that his father said to him: “are you in any way insinuating that you will be greater than your father, mother and all your siblings?”
    He was a slave, yet he became the caretaker of Potiphar’s house and refused to succumb to the influence to sin from the master’s wife.
    I believe he saw himself as higher than Potiphar let alone his wife.
    He was in jail, yet he told the man heading to the palace to remember to mention his name when he got to the palace because he knew that he wasn’t going to die as a prisoner.
    Joseph had a successful mindset and behaved accordingly.
    The Bible confirms that Joseph was prosperous even when he had no clothes (Genesis 39:1-2).
    Note the part – “behaved accordingly”
    Even when he’s labouring day and night, he believes that he is going to make it in life.
    When a successful person has no shoes and walks around bare-footed, he believes he is an employer of labour.

    Genesis 39
    1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

    2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man, and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian
    The successful person thinks big; in whatever they do, they want to bring something big out of it.When Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook, his colleagues urged him to sell it to the billionaires bidding for it.
    He insisted that he didn’t build the platform to sell.
    As of last year, he was the eighth richest man in the world. The man that wanted to buy Facebook from him, Bill Gates is the fourth richest man.
    It doesn’t matter if that leader is in 100 level or secondary school or a graduate or a lawyer…you are GREAT!
    Every day, I greet SADOZ leaders by saying… GOOD EVENING GREAT LEADERS
    SADOZ IS GREAT!
    I define creativity as the creation of new things from old things.
    Successful people think creatively.
    It is the act of turning ideas into reality.
    They turn ideas into reality.
    Do you see those who have 1,000,000 ideas but 0.1 reality?That’s not how successful people think

    2.Successful People are innovative

    They look for new ways to do things not minding how long a method has been in place.
    They look for better ways to do the same thing they have been doing.
    I tell many people that I counsel that if I start doing the kind of business they are doing, within days I will look for innovative ways to do the very thing they are doing and do it better than they are doing it.
    They keep researching, studying, thinking and generating new concepts.
    Once you have this mindset that I am talking about, wherever you are and in whatever you do, you get great results.
    If I could proffer solutions when I am not directly into it, you can imagine what I would do if I were into it.
    I have counselled many business people and proffered solutions to the challenges they have been facing for a long time in their businesses.
    You can’t do a thing the same way and expect a different result
    Innovation includes changing!
    You can’t approach your anagkazo the same way and expect high attendance
    You can’t run your study the same way all the time- copy n paste and expect to bless member raise leaders
    Same goal
    Same product
    But your method must undergo changes
    That’s why when some leaders go on break whether through a lost phone or something, by the time they return, they find changes…true or false?
    They have to be refreshed to be updated
    This is our 8th year.Check it, Central 2 was created on July 8th, 2014
    Someone once told me that we are the only ministry that runs an online-like ministry using WhatsApp that remains functional for a long time.
    Glory to Jesus
    We remain because we are innovative!!!
    It doesn’t matter if you don’t get results today, if you must keep getting results and stay on top of your career, you must be innovative.
    To be innovative, there are certain QUESTIONS you are to ask yourself:1. how better can I get this done? 2. How faster can I get it done? 3. How can I achieve a better and bigger result? That is how successful people think.
    Thank God for that mindset, Covid-19 would have wiped out half of the American and European population if scientists hadn’t found a faster way to invent vaccines.
    It may cost them more money and time for study and research. It may cost trial and error but they are bent on finding a way.
    A businessman that is not innovative would soon become outdated. Such would be run out of business sooner or later.
    Same vein, a KL who is not innovative would be out of the SADOZ leadership sooner or later

    3. Successful People are optimistic

    They see a positive ending and that is why they can take calculative risks.
    Successful people are highly hopeful.
    Should I tell you something this night?
    Whenever they fall, they rise again.
    *Optimism is not a motivational speech but an inspirational reality.*
    They didn’t develop all these attitudes after they became successful; it was those attitudes that made them successful in the first place.
    It works for me, it works for our ministry. Even though we started in a room apartment, we talked big and we took bold steps!
    *Successful people always see themselves as bigger than the problem.*
    Successful people think as problem solvers and not as victims
    They think problem-solving thoughts.
    They don’t shy away from problems. To them, there is always a way out of any problem.

    4.Successful people always take steps

    Successful people are not thinkers and sleepers, they are thinkers and movers, as they think, they act.
    They think as they move and move as they think.
    If you think positively with the right mindset and not just wish, there is no way you will stay complacent.
    You will always forge ahead and move ahead. Receive this very mindset in Jesus’ Name.

  • BED WETTING – Pst. Ife ADETONA

    BED WETTING – Pst. Ife ADETONA

    Bed-wetting is common but not usually spoken about. I have handled some cases this year alone. I see more cases with females than males. It is something quite unexpected or assumed shameful to ask for help about. I tell you, out of 100 people that require healing, you may find at least 10 with this condition. So, if you like, share or comment on this post you may be helping someone very close to you without knowing.

    What I am expected to hear from an adult or adolescent struggling with bed wetting are:
    I am exhausted.
    I am depressed
    My parents threaten me that if it doesn’t stop…
    At times, it stops and everyone is rejoicing then, it resurfaces.
    I just want to die.
    It is so shameful, I’m afraid of attending camps or sleeping outdoors
    ……

    The biggest is- I HAVE PRAYED, I HAVE FASTED, PEOPLE HAVE PRAYED FOR ME, IT WOULD STOP FOR A WHILE, THEN RETURN.

    Take this as a bonus: if you pray and fast about something and other anointed men of God prayed for you to no avail then, it is waiting for you to apply your faith. The Bible says: THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS OWN FAITH. So, I present to you, the faith formula to overcome bed-wetting.

    In this article, I will give you the faith formula for this particular issue which has been proven with testimonies to the glory of God.

    Meanwhile, the condition does not only require faith or spiritual solution but a bundle of other things. Miracle happens and it can stop with just a prayer, without disputing that, applying the principles I am about to teach you will always give a result.

    1. DEAL WITH ANXIETY

    6 out of 10 times you bed wet is due to anxiety. The concern that you may bed wet tonight. The fear of even going to sleep. The anxiety of the shame you may face if it happens… I think if anxiety will increase the chance by 60%, then you shouldn’t give the anxiety or thought a damn🤷🏼‍♂️. “But it happened last night?” And so what? I won’t give a damn today! “What if it happens tonight?” What if not?

    2. TRAIN YOUR SYSTEM

    Naturally, by now, your system must have been used to letting water down at midnight or especially towards daybreak. How about you re-train your system?

    How? Hold your urine a bit during the day. It’s not good to hold urine for long but you can simply ask it to wait for 5 to 10 minutes or a bit more. That way, it learns to hold it more. This has no scientific backing but it’s psychological.

    I once had issues with incessant urination. I was scared of travelling because I would keep stopping the driver and the passengers would grumble all over me. I defeated it through prayer and training my system like this.

    3. NIGHT FOOD

    If you avoid eating towards the night, it may reduce the fluid in your system against the night. You may want to avoid taking water or much water towards sleeping hours. You may have your night bath earlier too, so it won’t be too close to sleeping time.

    3. ALARMS

    If I want to pray and I know I could sleep, I snooze my alarm for 10 minutes. So, every 10 minutes, it buzzes. What about setting alarms that way? Maybe 2hours intervals. As you near daybreak, you shorten it to every 1 hour and then 30 minutes. It seems towards the day break is when it comes suddenly. Each time, you wake, you check if you have water to pass out.

    Yes, it may disturb your sleep but the less you bed wet, the more you have control and will not even need all the precautions after a month. You can make up for the loose of sleep with naps during the day

    4. AVOID URINATING OFTEN TOWARDS BEDTIME.

    Anxiety makes you urinate like 5 times before you even sleep. You want to empty all before sleeping. Thereby, you are negatively training your system. If I were you, I will take note of my sleeping time. Say, 11 pm. Then, try to avoid urinating often, too early. You can go empty some minutes past 10 pm.

    Now, let us see the FAITH ROUTE.

    1. PRAY FOR YOURSELF OR GET SOMEONE TO AGREE WITH YOU.

    Don’t cry, don’t ask, don’t plead, don’t request, just command. Decree. And ask the demon or evil spirit of bed-wetting to get off your life.

    2. CDAplus.

    Confess, Declare, Announce + Imagination.

    “I can not bed wet tonight because I have dominion over my body. God gave me dominion over everything He made starting with my body.”

    Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion

    “I cannot bed wet.”

    “I can see that I have a dry night.”

    If you say these words every time you had fears or anxiety: one month, too much- it will become history.

    Yes, it will come some of those days. It may appear as if you are relapsing. It is part of the process. The Bible says, so mightily grew the word of God and it prevails.

    If you keep doing all I said.
    If you keep confessing, declaring and announcing your freedom,
    If you keep imagining your breakthrough,
    YOU HAVE IT.

    Mark 11:24
    I tell you, you can pray for any­thing, and if you be­lieve that you’ve received it, it will be yours.

  • GROWING IN FAITH 2 – Pst. Ife Adetona

    GROWING IN FAITH 2 – Pst. Ife Adetona

    We started talking about why we must grow our faith
    From then, we discussed that faith is all round
    I emphasized that one may have faith in an area and not have faith in another area
    Then, we began talking about the ingredients of faith
    That is, those things that make faith faith
    You can also call them faith boosters!
    Every spiritual virtue starts with love
    If you don’t love God, you can’t grow in the faith that moves Mountain
    He says what eyes have not seen nor ears heard are things He has in store for them that love Him
    Who are God’s lovers, they are God’s servants
    Those who labour in His house
    1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him

    INGREDIENTS OF FAITH

    That being said, let’s examine the ingredients of faith from the standpoint of the father of Faith Abraham
    What are those things He exemplifies that show FAITH
    or that makes up His faith life
    If you can get it then you can be mighty in faith as well
    Let’s draw it fromROMANS 14:17-22
    17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. note 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
    The first ingredient of faith we will be picking from the life of Abraham is The Word of God.

    1. THE WORD OF GOD

    V17 reads:As it is written I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
    As it is written implies the word of God.That’s the place to start in building up your faith in all areas of life.
    Romans 10:17 says so then faith cometh by hearing and
    hearing by the word of God.To build faith in all areas, go for the word,verse 8 says but what saith it, the Word is near thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of faith, which we preach.Do you need faith for academic success? Then go get the word, look for the scriptural references that guarantee academic success!
    Do you need marital success? Go for the word that talks about marital success!Do you need healing? Go for the word. That was how I built my faith.
    The Bible says “The just shall live by his Faith
    I have preached several messages in different areas that you can search for and listen to.
    You can also search for biblical references on Google.Just type: scriptural passages on academic success or any other areas you may need help with.
    Before faith for healing got into my system, I tell you, I was reciting and chewing the healing scriptures wherever I go, even while walking on the street.
    I meditated on it and absorbed it into my bones and marrows.
    Even when I slept at night, I usually recite those scriptures from my sleep.
    The same thing goes for every area of my life. Up till date, I meditate and ponder on the word of God which talks about certain areas of my personal life, family and ministry.
    I am still in search of new words and scripture references that can make me stand more firm.
    Don’t go for one, two or three, don’t relax until you have up to 20 scriptural references that can build up your faith in that area.
    The Bible says faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
    The more you hear and hear, the more you read and read, and the more your faith increases!
    It is simple
    Your faith must anchor on the word
    If you want faith in this AREA of your life, go for what the word says about out it.
    Then begin to meditate on it
    Then you will have success in that area
    When you are done with that, move to another area of your life
    For instance, It is medication in the word of healing that produces healing faith
    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have success – Joshua 1:8.
    Who’s going to do that tonight?
    Who is going to search for the word of faith in a certain area of his life?
    God bless those signifying

    2. HOPE

    The second ingredient of faith is hope
    The faith of father Abraham (who is our case study) was not vague or existed in a vacuum but it was based on what God said to Him, which is the word of God.
    THE BIBLE SAYS:
    He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God – vs 20.The Bible essentially says: faith is the substance of things hoped, evidence of things not seen Hebrews 11:1.
    Hope is the bridge between the word and faith.
    Faith is the SUBSTANCE of things HOPED for.What do we hope for? The fulfilment of the word (the promise of God to you)!
    The word is what we are hoping for and that means it is hoped that gives the expectations.
    Hope gives our heart laxation into something only faith can gain.
    Hope awaits or expects longingly because it is so convinced of its existence and faith receives the promise.
    When a man loses hope, he should forget about faith
    Hope tells you THE PROMISE IS POSSIBLE, IT IS IN EXISTENCE.Then, faith gets it.
    Let’s see how Abraham practised hope in his case:
    Romans 4:18 says, “Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken”.NLT says: “Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping believing that he would become the father of many nations. When there was no reason for the hope he kept hoping, looking unto God”.Hope is looking unto God.Verse 19 says: Abrahams’s faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead and so was Sarah’s womb.He knew that looking at his environment would not help but, he kept his gaze on God.
    Hope is looking unto God, checking God out, weighing God and putting God on a balance to see if He can’t see in His word.Hope is placing the promise maker side by side with his promise.
    Hope is when the promisee weighs the promise against the promise to see if he can do what he has promised.
    Hope is seeing God as “being able to do it.Is God able to do that thing? In that area of your pressing need, is He able and capable?
    Then don’t just look at your environment or the prevailing circumstances, only look at God.
    Hope is checking God out to see if He can do what you expect as He has promised in His word.
    I promised to give out 35 of my books for free.Did you have doubts?
    Did you have hope that I will do it?
    What if I promised you a public holiday tomorrow, will you have hope in me?
    Why not?
    You knew I didn’t have the power
    Now…does God have the power to give You what you see Him promised in His word?
    Hope magnifies God more than the situation.Hope makes you relax because God can do more than you are requesting.

    I baptize you into the spirit of hope and faith in Jesus’ name.

    3.EXPECTATION

    Hope gives an expectation and the Bible says: the expectations shall not be cut off.
    Pro 23:18 For surely there is an end, and thine expectation shall not be cut off
    The mistake people make is that they focus more on the EXPECTED WAY instead of the expected end
    Jeremiah 29:11, for I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.You wanted to do your wedding for instance.
    You have faith that you have abundance. Right?
    Your hope for abundance is in God!
    Your expected end is that you have a debt-free and glorious wedding.
    But in your head, you have thought that Uncle A will give you 50.Aunty B will do a cake for you for free
    Since Bro. C is a fashion designer and he has once asked if you would like a particular suit…you feel he would make one for you for free
    On the wedding day, all of them didn’t give you those things. You felt disappointed
    Now…
    Your faith was not in God but in man
    Your hope was not in God but in man
    You have told God the method He should use and since He can’t be limited, He refused to take the place
    Except he’s leading you to those people…and even when He does your expectation should be in His word
    How many have thought of an uncle giving them some money? Did he give you one?
    You were thinking XXX will buy you so n so on your birthday, did he?
    Now, did God eventually come through for you at that time or not
    Let your EXPECTATION be in the “expected end” not the expected way

    4. TRUST

    Another faith booster or ingredient of faith is trust!That is, having trust in God that it is done.
    The Bible says “thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee”- Isaiah 26:3.
    Trust shows that your mind is on God and not on the result.
    What do I mean?
    Do you have the same mood when you see an alert and when you don’t have a dime in your account?
    A man of trust will have the same mood;
    Why, because has three confidence that it is settled
    If Dangote promises money to some people, they can even do thanksgiving ahead in the church but if God assures some people of wealth, their mood will be scattered!
    And that is why many people don’t pay this tithe
    I think that those who miss their tithes will have a big TRUST issue with God
    The Scripture says He will keep in perfect peace those that trust in Him.
    It is those that trust Him even when they have not seen any trace of an answer.
    It was trust that made Sarah permit sexual intercourse with her husband at that age to conceive a child.
    It was trust that made Abraham take the same Isaac to the slaughter with a clear assurance that God would raise him from the dead.
    It was trust that made Jesus die on the cross with the assurance that the Father would raise Him again.
    Can you trust God to that extent? Trust is a vital ingredient to our faith.
    Receive grace to trust in Jesus’ Name
    We shall close here.We can’t touch all but let me give you the book for self-studyDownload the book via this link : https://healingnexusblog.com/download-faith-booster-by-ife-adetona/
    Lord, we thank you for your word tonight!!!We receive the grace to put all the ingredients to work in Jesus’ name