"When everything fails, try Mathematics" - Adeboye

Pastor Adeboye with faculty members, department of mathematics, University of Lagos.

“Mathematics is the science of life and this principle has helped me in my marriage of over 47 years” - Adeboye

Equation1:            Love is Blind
Equation2:            Marriage is a special miracle worker with an anointing for opening eyes Genesis29:24-25 (Leah & Rachel) When you solve these two equations properly you'll see that while love is blind, marriage has the anointing to open the eyes. 

When your wife adds too much pepper in your soup, instead of shouting and yelling at her just say “my mathematics teacher taught us that the amount of pepper in the soup should be inversely proportional to the temperature in the city” and she will get the message LOL!

Equation3: Angels don't eat jollof rice Judges 6:11-16
Equation4: Angels don't marry  Matthew 22:30
The fact that you're married to her at all means you're  not an angel and your wife is not an angel even though she might have dressed like an angel on your wedding day, she is definitely NOT an angel.

When everything fails in life for you, try mathematics! Yes mathematics! This is because mathematics is the science of living. One way to know is the bible in John 9:5 says; “Jesus is the light of the world” and Mathematics shows us light travels at the speed of 297,600,000 km/secs therefore it means to say if Jesus is the light of the world and you invite him into your life your least progress rate will be at the speed of light.

My mathematics professor once gave me an assignment to do which was naturally beyond me. Upon his arrival, he discovered I had finished it he asked who helped me because I didn’t want to tell him it was Jesus I said Prof Emmanuel (he then said which department is he?) I in turn said ‘department of original science’ he said ‘so we have that department in this school?’ it wasn’t long before he figured I was talking about Jesus and because there’s a thin line between a genius and a mad man he didn’t bother arguing with me any further.

I want to implore you today if you’ve not accepted Jesus into your life to please decide and do so today and your progress will be as the speed of light.
                                                                                                               - Courtesy, @PastorEAAdeboye

Pastor Adeboye was at the University of Lagos, department of mathematics on thursday 19th february 2015 for the first ever inaugural lecture in his honour where he also donated 50 million naira. History has it that he was the first ever MSc student in the department in 1972. A one time academic himself, this is not the first time he will be making such contribution towards the attainment of a world-class education sector.

                                                                                                             

A lesson or two...from Terry G!

 Fiddling with my laptop I thought of what to write, but didn’t feel like posting any pre-written article so out of boredom, I put on the TV, hoping to watch some documentary or some news but guess what I stumbled upon? An interview with Terry G yes, Terry G! Okay! So what is it about this 'bling'-wielding, street gangster-like “akpako master” that could possibly draw my attention enough to do an article on him? 

Well, before you run off (as I probably would) with bias concerning his person or on me for doing a piece on him, lets quickly learn…and run off still! Well, straight to the point. During the interview he was asked why he no longer has his piercings and he made valid points which struck me which I feel every artiste and individual reading this could learn a thing from. 

Firstly, he made a valid statement, “we are all children of God”. Of course we all know that yeah? Pretty sure a number of us including myself may be quick to judge this statement including the person saying it but hold on a second, I guess we were the same ones that judged the biblical Rahab in the Old Testament or Mary Magdalene or even, the 'brief' Zacheus! As much as we all advocate for a closer relationship with God, it is important that we never miss the baseline truth “we all are children of God”. As a Christian, Pastor, Preacher, Evangelist or Church leader, if you would bring someone to God, you must not miss this baseline truth. 

Whether the individual has taken up his son-ship by accepting and reciprocating this love is a different matter all together. Another thing he said regarding taking off the piercings was that “sometimes you have some friends you need to get rid of, some friends that are not just good for you” and then I remembered as a youngster how my parents were always particular about those I kept as friends. This of course helped me up to the point where I am today wherein I can proudly say, I choose my friends, people who are consistent with my values and beliefs. It takes guts to say NO to being friends with someone especially when you ‘go way back’ but it is better to stay off what can destroy you as its YOUR LIFE not theirs! 

The next thing he said is very important for every artiste out there. He said he got to a point where he discovered he didn’t need to look mad or wild to impact with his music. ‘Come for my shows, watch my performance and judge if anything has changed’ he said. A lot of us think embellishments are requirements for success in our artistry and this is a wrong notion. Terry G is a man who seems to have gained a maturity that eludes many artistes today. Let your music speak for you. Stop trying to create a person you are not all in a bid to impress and gain ephemeral influence. Let your music do the talking. 

If you are indeed convinced of your content, then why the fear? 

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A Walk In The Rain

It had been drizzling all morning and being a Saturday, one thing was sure with the perfect weather condition, sleep!

Lazily I got up and did a few things part of which was to go online and ‘see the world’ there. I also did a little cleaning and was about taking my bath when I figured it best to visit the salon first before having that 30-minute Saturday morning bath (you know it guys). So clutching my grooming kit, I stepped out of the house and my little nephew said he’d come along, he was tired of the ‘koko waves’ on his head, or so was his mother.

The drizzling had stopped so we walked hand-in-hand to the salon; of course the road was messy with the rains and all. As we walked, I noticed how my hand was fully wrapped round his and it struck me, how big is our God? How mighty are his hands that he is able to hold us, our dreams, ambitions and problems, no matter how big they are and lead us through the journey of life?

As we walked on with my hands held on to his, I would guide him as to where to step and where not to considering the road was a mess with potholes, mud and dirt everywhere. Having our hands in God’s is a surety for direction and guidance in life. He knows the path very well and he’s our best bet to getting through life and its situations unscathed. Yes sometimes a little mud spilled onto my slippers but then I remembered His word ‘…when you pass through the fire, it will not burn you, when you pass through the waters they shall not consume you’. The heat might cause you discomfort but it will NEVER burn you. Deep!

Even as we moved closer to the salon, he then pulled his hand away as if to say ‘I can now do this on my own’ then it hit me – sometimes after a walk with God, pride sets in and says ‘you can do this on your own’ and we more often than not, tend to fall for this trick of the enemy. God wants to walk with you ALL THE WAY not some of it, or most of it. There is that tendency to always want to do it ‘my own way’ but then experience has taught me that He wants me to trust in Him with ALL MY HEART, ALL THE WAY!

Writing this I realized, how easy my life would be if I decided to take a walk in the rain with this God and cast all my cares upon Him because he cares for me. Life would be so much easier!!! All He is asking is; would you put your hands in mine and let’s take a walk, through the muddy roads of life? 

Let’s take a walk in the rain.

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I Slept With a Harlot!

I dropped her off with my car and raced back home to prepare for church (to think that I even had the guts to want to go to church after a night of fornicating!). 

The night before was an eventful one as I had a company function to attend at one of the popular hotels in Abuja. At about 9pm when the function ended, I was driving out of the hotel when I saw this beautiful lady standing as if waiting for her driver, or a cab. I slowed down and hunked, 'where are you headed I asked' and she said 'it depends'. Hearing that, for the wrongest and weirdest reasons, maybe just to see what came out of it, I decided to play along and into my car she hopped. 

Skip to the following morning, with all the guilt flowing in me, I summoned courage to dress for church. I drove at 50km/h wondering what it was I was going to do in church, lift up hands that had done ungodly things the night before or? In all of this, one thing was sure, I was going to my father's house or should I be headed for a beer palour instead? That wouldn't possibly help! All I needed right now was a fix, not a quick fix like clubbing, drugs, sex or alcohol rather, I needed a REAL fix. 

Seated right at the back where I was cos I came in late (which was good as I couldn't stand seating in front), there was this mixed smell of the lady from the night before and the cologne which I wore. Despite my 1 hour in the bath tub that morning and the N1,200 soap I use to bath, the smell of filth, that vile smell, the smell of an harlot lay underneath! I immediately raced to my car (as someone with an asthma attack would reach for his inhaler) and picked the body spray I permanently kept in the car and 'bathed' myself with it. Respite came my way for a few minutes as the smell seemed to disappear under the now over-bearing body spray alas, it was only for a moment! 

Then it struck me, no matter how I tried to cover my sinfulness with anything from denial to church work and even more sinfulness, the stench, filth and consequence of sin would always seep from beneath. Sin sticks its logo, emblem or insignia on you and just as the famous song writer wrote '...what can wash away my sin? NOTHING but the blood of Jesus!'. In Isaiah, God said, '...though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool'. Just then on my knees, with tears rolling down my eyes, in the midst of my feeling of guilt, rejection and dejection, I felt an outpouring of his love which enveloped my heart. From the coldness and heaviness of heart which I felt, I felt this uplifting warmth which wrapped round my heart. 

I may have slept with an harlot, I might even be the child of an harlot, I may be a 'runs-girl' or even, a yahoo boy! I might even be the type that visits elegushi beach on those saturday nights that my wife isn't around or I may be the girl with a target to meet that yields to customers t to meet that target. I may be worse than all of these yet, IN THE ARMS OF HIS LOVE I FIND REST! 

Selah. 

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