Poju’s blog
Amy Carmichael said …”The eternal essence of a thing or circumstance is not the thing in itself but in one’s reaction to it. The distressing situation will pass, but one’s reaction to it results in a permanent moral and spiritual deposit in the character.”
I heard a successful entrepreneur once say, always know while you are working on an idea to make a huge success out of it there are 2 or 3 people thinking how they will hijack that thing once it becomes successful. This man had “birthed” 2 powerful ideas which were later stripped from him. This reminded me of a scripture…
Puritans and Politics. Different rules of engagement. Many Christians shy away from getting involved saying politics is a dirty game and they don’t want their garments soiled. I don’t mean to run roughshod on people’s convictions but to change things you must be an “insider” of some sort. We approach matters of politics and governance with a “Church mind” as…
Fear not. It is those who live by the sword that do die by the sword. Once you didn’t derive your growth by harming and hurting others, you didn’t build what you have through slanderous remarks or by false accusations it is practically impossible to be hurt by it in fact, it multiples you. It is only those who live…
Don’t let anyone place upon you the burden of guilt for “responding wrongly” by their own estimation to something they did wrong. Its a narcissistic strategy. The narcissist instead of taking responsibility for the his/her actions finds someone to blame for not “responding” right. ~ Pastor Poju Oyemade
Paul’s encounter with the crippled man at Lystra defines what purposeful leadership is all about. Paul preached and by that, faith was kindled in the heart of the man to do what he had never done before. Paul fulfilled the second aspect of leadership when he recognized what the crippled man possessed which he the infirmed man wasn’t even aware…
I discovered something to be so true. Jesus taught it and it’s very real. He that will be the greatest must be the servant of all. The person with the “broad vision” of helping others up the ladder will become the leader. One who surrenders his ego for the common cause will rise. ~ Pastor Poju Oyemade
To those who say skill isn’t the important thing but grace, I ask what does it mean to carry grace for something? Next time you are boarding a flight kindly ask for a pilot who doesn’t necessarily have flying skills but says he is graced to do it, then we will understand your message better.Grace when it’s upon a man…