Sudan and the cloudToday while reading the top 10 booklet I came across the entry for Sudan. We meet Alia- a Christian woman in a Sudanese IDP, as she is Christian neither side of the rebels, etc have any sympathy for her. She lacks food, medicine, water. Despite her... See More » (1)
God and our spousesIt's funny the stories of how God can bring us together in marriage. From my wife and I's first date- in her usual style hours late- Neros for a coffee, lovely stroll in a huge park, dinner at Pizza Express... and then she got her car locked in a... See More »
Finally found it.The song my wife's family and I spent so long rehearsing to, learning the dance too before our wedding! This is a song that has alot of meaning to me because it is the song my wife and I made an appearance to the guests to with her family. The... See More » (1)
Sermon Notes 02/02/25The service started with a song from the worship band about giving our lives to Christ, the pastor soon came up and prayed that we may all surrender to Christ, to the plans he has for our lives. We then heard the story of the man who planted this... See More » (1)
Open Doors Prayer RequestWell, Open Doors have sent me a top 10 Countries brochure for the world watchlist and today is the fortnightly story of our suffering believers and sisters in Christ across the world from the Open Doors prayer diary so got a post on the persecuted... See More »
Christian Prayer RequestMy fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, just a prayer request for you. My uncle is going to have part of his foot amputated- please pray for him at this challenging time, on top of this he has other health issues too.
Church Date NightTime for a light hearted post. When my wife and I were newly wed we went on a marriage course at church- they organised it as a series of date nights. It was single handedly ran by a Nigerian lady and her husband, they were both a lovely couple.... See More »
Eye of the needle?Matthew 19:24 (Quote) As I said in one of my previous posts, at Church one Sunday, a very posh lady who was the guest preacher's wife came and she was dressed very elegantly- and by posh I mean Joanna Lumley posh- off the scales posh 🤭 She never... See More »
People in my Christian walkI will remind everyone of the benefits of fellowship and tell you of people who helped in my Christian walk. Bible Study Teacher- When I was in a Christian youth group, newly saved, she did great Bible study sessions. But she gave me something- one... See More »
Sermon Notes 26/01/25An acronym for bless from the service: Begin with prayer Listen (to others) Eat (with others) Serve (others) Share (your testimony with others) . Serve others- Jesus did the lowliest job of washing feet even before he took all the punishment for... See More »
Words For Life Feb- Apr Prayer Requests1. Thanks and prayers for Borath. His Christian journey, like alot of ours was a messy one. He became a Christian so he could marry his wife, but despite this his proffesion was genuine. He struggled with the sins of excessive drinking and gambling,... See More »
Barnabas Prayer Requests Jan-FebDoing things differently- compacting the highlights of the entire magazines into one post and prayers. Posting less frequently as I've got some new challenges this year. My regular posts will be on Bible study and church sermons. I still have 'words... See More »
Bible Study Notes 22/01/25. Many of us have qualifications. I have a business degree. Many have to study further for a job. But there is no greater study than the study of God. . We can study subjects and gain a great knowledge of them. But no matter how hard we read and... See More »
The tapestry of lifeAs I am on the train for office day (hybrid office-home) I think about after my devotion this morning, after which I thought about alot about how God has grown me in my Christian walk. I think about how I got here. The mysterious fisherman who... See More »
It's arrived....So after all but giving up hope on Wycliffe Bible Translators, they have not forgotten about me! After the Barnabas Aid picks, I will pick out some stories from Wycliffe, a great reminder that God is working across the world in many languages and... See More » (1)
Project Africa UpdateAs you may know 'Project Africa' is a project by Barnabas Aid, helping out our brothers and sisters in Christ in Africa in various ways. This month focuses on one of their sub-projects in Nigeria. This sub-project involves training disadvantaged... See More »
Church Vision and Prayer RequestMy wife envisioned something in church last Sunday during the service that almost brought her to tears and I can say it was a great idea. For some background- it was October 2023 on a cold morning, my wife had to take the car for a family business... See More »
Franklin Graham's Inauguration Prayer.Billy Graham was a true American hero. The one part of this inauguration I was looking forward to was Franklin Graham's prayer. It was a good biblical prayer sure but the Gospel wasn't mentioned, Franklin could easily have slipped the Gospel in, a... See More » (1)
Nutty SupervisorBack to the old job. My first sales work place hired ANYONE who applied. Active moped thieves included and at one point the office accidentally hired a pockpocketing gang 😂 So, the supervisor Dave was the man for the job. Six foot five and very... See More »
Work Mentor #1I'd just started my career in sales. This Nigerian-British sales manager was the most dynamic and energetic guy I'd ever met. You'd have to personally see it. Bashing his fist on the table, standing up while dancing around when closing a deal on the... See More »
Foodie post.... It was a night to ourselves tonight. My wife did some lasagne. She did it the Zambian way so added a ton of chilli and used African beef from an African butcher near us. She also added some goats cheese.... this was incredible! (1)
Sermon Notes 19/01/25Today we went to the Wednesday Bible Study church as my wife had to stay in town to help family out. A special guest- a person who went to a seminar with my pastor did the sermon. A formal, short, thin man. Quite the contrast to the usual pastor (my... See More »
Travel diary- FranceThink I might start telling you all when I go abroad and write about my experiences. Last year in the summer I went to France for my sister in law's wedding. My sister in law's husband's parents are minted and they payed for everyone. We arrived... See More » (5)
A modern day JobIn Nigeria Luka Abba went out for a stroll with some other villagers, but then they all heard gunshots. In the chaos he returned to see his dead wife, all but one of his children dead, his dead mum and his dad burnt to ashes. The surviving child... See More » (2)
Dorre Love in AfricaA great video from my favourite preacher Dorre Love. This music video shows some parts of his visit to Africa, he was there to help the church and he has a huge heart for the African church, he makes that clear in his other videos. He is my... See More » (1)
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