Isaac Orimogunje's Blog

If you fail in the days of adversity, it is because you have a pony strength. It is because overtime you have built your life on principles that cannot stand the test of time. And sometimes it is because your maker wants to prune you. He uses the forces of nature to realign you with enduring and eternal values. You have garnered some excessive 'fat' that are not beneficial to your life. You have lived on flattering words of men that cannot stand the test of time. You have been excited by those words for a season, but those words and value system make your soul and heart weak. The test comes to sift you and that you can know your real self. Prayers won't deliver you. Prayer is meant to align you with God's will, prayer does not exempt anyone from trials and temptation. 'Deliverance' won't do either. Your deliverance is that you start feeding on content that can stand the test of time. The deliverance is that you shun what is in vogue to aligning with pr...

BEING TEXT OF SPEECH BY PASTOR ‘TUNDE BAKARE AT THE STATE OF THE NATION BROADCAST ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2017. THEME: LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE WITH THE EYES OF FAITH. Introduction Fellow citizens of our great country, we are gathered here again at the turn of the year, as has become customary, to take a timely look at our nation – to examine its social, economic and political landscapes, to test the solidity of its value pillars, to interrogate its spiritual foundations, and to envision its future. We do this, first of all, in keeping with the obligations of that high office, the Office of the Citizen1 , then as patriots and nation builders, and ultimately as watchmen who understand the times and know what the nations ought to do, having been commissioned by God to bring direction to Nigeria, our primary place of assignment. This address, which I have titled “Looking into the Future 2 with the Eyes of Faith”, will begin with a brief overview of the year 2016 vis-à-vis t...