CHAPTER 1 –
© MOMOH GIFT
Wow! Brother Ade! I was mightily blessed by your sermon today.
I must confess that the Lord is using you greatly in the lives of every youth in this church.
How I wish many youths would come to understand the importance of having a strong relationship with their creator, then there wouldn’t be so many problems in the society.
Thank you so much for yielding yourself to the Holy Spirit.
You will not miss it in life.
The Lord Himself will hold you tight and defend you always.
Whatever your heart desires, He will grant them to you.
The grace to live beyond the challenges of life, God will give it to you.
I am always very happy whenever I see how zealous you are for God.
God bless you mightily my dear son.
Pastor Yemi prayed wholeheartedly for me while I knelt down receiving all his fatherly blessings.
Amen! Thank you so much, Daddy.
I am grateful sir for all your prayers and encouragement.
Thank you for supporting me and grooming me to this level I am.
You are truly a father to me and I will never forget all you have done for me.
You will live long to eat the fruit of all your labors in our lives.
I am truly grateful Daddy.
Amen! You are welcome, my son.
I will see you later in the day. Please don’t forget to organize the youths for their program which will commence next week.
Also, I would like to meet you and other executives of the youths fellowship to know how far you guys have prepared for the program.
Please don’t hesitate to inform the church of any financial support you want for the program.
I want the program to be more powerful than that of last year.
I want every youth to have an encounter with the Holy Spirit and let their lives be transformed as well.
These and many more should be your goals for the forthcoming program. God bless you dear son.
God bless you too sir.
Hmmm! Holy Spirit, I truly need your help in all these responsibilities given to me.
I can’t do all these by my own strength. Thank you for how powerful you are using my life to bless other lives. I return all the glory to you faithful father. I submit myself to you totally, please use me more for your glory. Make me a vessel that will bring more souls to your kingdom. Let my life give you glory Lord. At the end, may I not miss it. Help me oh Lord. Thank you Father.
Ha! Ha! Ade! I have been looking for you everywhere now. Why are you here all alone and talking to yourself? I hope there is no problem? Ayo, My very close friend who is like a brother to me asked curiously.
I’m okay my dear friend. I was speaking with the pastor few minutes ago before he left. I was just saying few words of prayers before you came.
Alright! Honestly! Ade! You are really trying oh. Just look at how powerful your sermon was today. So many people were crying already during the sermon and immediately you started praying, most of them were on the floor rolling and praying seriously. Your words are really having great effects in the lives of people and so many people are already talking about you everywhere. You are now a celebrity in this church oh.
Oh no! As I will always say to you, the sermon has nothing to do with me but it is all about the Holy Spirit. I am just a vessel that is used mightily in His hands. He is the one speaking through me to the people and He is also the one touching their lives. So it is not me my dear but the Holy Spirit. All thanks to Him for counting me worthy to be used by Him.
Okay oh! Before you start giving me another lecture again. I am not ready for this new sermon at all because the truth is I know all these things you are saying and I understand it perfectly well. I am just amazed by how the Holy Spirit uses you more than all the spiritual brothers in this church. Well! I understand in my own case that the Holy Spirit is not using me mightily like you because I don’t really have interest in ministry at all. I don’t want to become a pastor at all. In fact, the word pastor is not found in my own dictionary. I just want to be a spiritual brother and not necessarily pastor. I know that I should serve God but not leave other important things about me undone. Most especially my business and my job. I can’t joke with them at all.
No one is saying you shouldn’t concentrate on your business and job Ayo. In fact, as a child of God, you should be very hard-working and not using ministry as an excuse to be poor or lazy. But the truth is that it is not until you become a pastor on the pulpit before you can be used mightily by the Holy Spirit. Please don’t allow such ideology to deceive you. Never allow anything no matter what to take the place of the Holy Spirit in your life. As much as you are interested in other areas of your life, be more conscious of your spiritual life as well. Don’t ignore the place of the Holy Spirit in your life because He is the only one that can help you balance your life well. So that even in your business, you will win souls for God’s kingdom. We don’t only want men on pulpit alone but fire brand brothers and sisters who will be in every sector of our economy.
Okay! What will you say about me? Are we not working in the same place? Yet I really don’t allow my job to take the place of God in my life. You just need to seek for the help of the Holy Spirit and He will help you.
Hmmm! That is why I always admire you Ade. Right from our undergraduate days to this time, you are still burning for God. All those so called fire brothers in our midst those days are no longer in Christ. You are indeed a strong bother. As for me, I can’t just deceive myself by focusing only on spiritual life and being in church doing one thing or the other when I should be making good money.
It is well with you Ayo. I pray that the Holy Spirit will make you understand all what I am saying. Anyway, how is your new business going? I hope you are not experiencing any problem at all. I have been very busy these few days and that’s why I haven’t asked. I hope everything is fine?
Ha! Ha! Me problem? That one is impossible for me now. You of all people should know that nothing bad can happen to my business because I am a business guru. I know what and what to do to make my business boom. I am not like all those lazy youths out there who will just sit and watch their business crumble because of one little problem.
Wow! I’m happy to hear that your business is going well but please stop being proud and never think the success of your business is only because of your intelligence. It is the Holy Spirit that has helped you to accomplish this far so always give all the glory to God and not rely on your ability alone.
I hear you sir. Please can we be going home now? I am really very hungry. I don’t want to wait anymore minute again in church so that I won’t faint on the floor and People start thinking if I’m under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
Funny guy! You and food ehn! I am waiting for the miracle that will make you reduce the way you eat food. You just can’t do without food at all. I thought that you will reduce your appetite for food after graduation from the University. But right now, I don’t think you are reducing rather it is increasing daily.
Ade! Don’t joke with me oh. Which miracle are you talking about? I beg don’t talk about miracle in the area of food oh. Nothing will ever make me reduce the quantity of food I consume daily. I will eat and eat as much as I can eat before I finally die. See! I don’t have enough strength to talk any longer Please let’s go because I can literally hear the beautiful songs from my stomach right now.
Oh! Let’s go before you begin to dance to the songs. I don’t want to watch any drama right now. Though, I will come back to church in few hours time. I need to meet with the executives of the youths for an important meeting and give the pastor the feedback. You know that the youths program will commence next week right? So prepare your mind to have a great encounter with the Lord.
Talking about the youths program, I am not sure I will attend that program oh. That time will not be favorable for my business.
Hmm! God will help us all and bless us abundantly.
Amen! Please let’s go before another person would come to call you for something again. I don’t want to start waiting for you again.
Ah! Ah! Calm down big man. I laughed as this funny friend of mine demonstrate how people do come to talk to me all the time.
Though Ayo is not very spiritual, but he is a very hard-working man. We live in the same compound and we have been friends for as long as I can remember.
Oh God! Please strengthen me the more. Help me not to turn away from you. Though a lot of things are happening in my life right now, I still won’t give up on you. Help me Father. I prayed silently as I and my friend trekked back to the house which is not too far from the church.
TO BE CONTINUED