– Jide Lawal A Footnote to the Minister An exhortation to folks who listen to the Word being preached would probably not be complete without one to those who preach. If it is important that some take heed how they hear and receive, then it is also important that some
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– Jide Lawal Be a Doer of the Word Luke 11 27 And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman of the crowd lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which you have nursed.
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– Jide Lawal Receive the Word with Fear and Trembling I once saw a play which tried to depict what life was like in a small town in the area that is now South-West Nigeria, back when the Oyo Empire was at its peak. The leader of this small town
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– Jide Lawal Receive the Word with a Ready Mind As a much younger Christian, I was frequently encouraged to be a “Berean Christian”. Actually, the Bible speaks of Berean Jews. They were Jews living in Berea (now in modern-day Greece). The Thessalonian Jews heard the Word and promptly organized
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– Jide Lawal Receive the Word with Meekness Meekness has been described as the attitude of backing off from a fight you could easily win. It is closely associated with the attitudes of humility, submission, self-control, and not thinking of yourself more highly than you ought to. You aren’t being
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– Jide Lawal In the 1850s, an African king sent one of his nobles to lead some other men to England on a mission. Their task was simple. They were to give his warm regards to the Queen and ask her to tell them how England had become such
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