Category: Pastor Ife’s Poem

  • OLUWAFIFEDAMILOLA By MotherTreasure

    OLUWAFIFEDAMILOLA By MotherTreasure

    I fondly call you IFE
    You are just the definition of love
    Your hardwork is a fragrance
    Your hardwork is my motivation to stay with you
    I cherish your hardwork more than anything in this world
    Even when the future was so unclear I know your hardwork is capable of clearing the way

    You have asked me several times what I see in you that made me say “YES” to you, ‘honey’ its hardwork
    I can’t thank you enough for being deliberate about success
    Times has been very tough
    The going had not been all rosy
    What kept me strong is when I see you work
    Your hardwork swept me off my feet
    And I’m so much in love with it

    There are things I wished I had all along which I don’t have
    But seeing you labour at planting, I know our harvest can’t be little
    Why do I always have these feelings that you have combined my work with yours
    So much that I sleep without worry.

    I encouraged you to resign into the full time ministry when you informed me of God’s instruction
    Not because I was not scared of hunger
    Not because I was not scared that I may not have some things as I might wanted
    Not because I was not scared that I may not have the shoes and clothes and even the kind of house that I desired.

    But I was never scared of starting from the scratch with you
    Because I know there is no other better time to start ploughing.
    I was fully aware of the price and I know I will have to endure for a while but one thing is certain
    If you didn’t yield to God’s instruction we will suffer for only God knows when till we decide to obey and that’s if it won’t be too late
    I know that our allocation is in His instruction
    And if we obey promptly, after we have suffered for a while He will establish us.

    #Dedicated to my Hardworking Husband IfeAdetona

    From your one and only AYANFE
    ©Elizabeth Ife-Adetona
    #MotherTreasure
    30/08/2020

  • CHRISTMAS CONTROVERSY

    CHRISTMAS CONTROVERSY

    Timothy 1:4″

    Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do”

    Should we celebrate Christmas? Merry Christmas to you! I can’t imagine believers and even Christian leaders causing a fuss over this matter. When we leave the core of Christianity and pursue the unnecessary doctrines, we tend to veer from the truth like some people who are now with the devil, fallen from grace.

    If I celebrate Christmas, what effect does it have on my Christianity and if I don’t, what effect does it have on my faith? Nothing and absolutely nothing. Some laid claims that the Christmas celebration is idolatry and it was in memory of some Roman gods. I want to ask: when you hear Christmas, what comes to your mind —Jesus’ sacrifice or some unknown gods? Whatever comes to your mind is the reason and motivation behind your celebration. When you have a clear conscience, you are at peace with God. God doesn’t have issues with you celebrating Christmas or not, but you start having issues with your faith when you get distracted by such fables.

    Some have also asked, “Do we need a special day to recognize Jesus birth?” I agree that we can celebrate and should celebrate Jesus every day of our lives but let me register it to you that Satan is having issues with Christmas celebration and that is why he is sponsoring so many arguments along the line. Forgetfulness, they say, is a blessing to the human race and we don’t forget things suddenly but gradually. It is the importance of a thing that first fades away before the event is entirely forgotten, thus the need for memorials to refresh our minds. God told the Israelite pilgrims en route Canaan land to keep objects and materials as reminders in teaching their unborn generations. This will make them reverence their God. I believe that is the wisdom behind museums today. Jesus also instructed us to keep the Holy Communion mainly as a memorial before other purposes.

    Back to Christmas celebration, it is a period where the sacrifice of Jesus is refreshed upon our minds. It is our memorial. No matter how holy or spiritual you have been all the year, when it is Christmas, there is an aura that brings us more into the reality of our Saviour.

    Let’s celebrate our Christmas, let it be a period to re-unite with family members, friends, relations and reach out to the unsaved and unbelieving neighbours as we go on to remember the precious sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    However, if you haven’t experienced salvation and you claim to celebrate Christmas, even if your name is Jeremiah, you have no portion in the everlasting life. You don’t get born again by birth or naturalization, you get saved by seeing a need and going for it. You can have it now.

    Say this prayer, _”Lord Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and personal Saviour today. I believe in your death and resurrection and sacrifice for my sins. I receive the grace to continue in my walk of faith in Jesus name.”_ Contact the source of this devotional for follow up. Thank you.

    May the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you!