Nothing Shall Hold You Down, Pastor Samuel Obafaiye
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Nothing Shall Hold You Down, Pastor Samuel Obafaiye

‘Hold down’ is a phrasal verb which can mean “to hold someone who is lying down, so that they cannot move; to hold something so it does not move upwards; to prevent something from developing, or to prevent someone from doing what they want; etc. Other words for hold-down are: cap, circumscribe, confine,  limit, restrict, bar, block, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct, constrict, We all live in a world that is characterized by the stronger marginalising the weaker ones. Those who...

Nothing Shall Hold You Back, Pastor Samuel Obafaiye
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Nothing Shall Hold You Back, Pastor Samuel Obafaiye

‘Hold back’ is a phrasal verb which means ‘to stop someone or something from moving forwards; to stop someone from being as successful as they should; to stop something from progressing or developing as it should; to decide not to do or say something, or to make someone decide not to do or say something’. Some synonyms of hold back are intercept, obstruct, restraint, curb, etc. Life and living can be tough. Even to those who one would look...

God Will Certainly Visit You, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye
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God Will Certainly Visit You, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye

God loves to visit, especially those who are His friends; and those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness. He can call on them anytime. There is a hymn that reads: Pass me not, O gentle Saviour Hear my humble cry While on others Thou art calling Do not pass me by Saviour, Saviour Hear...

Many Waters Cannot Quench Love, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye
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Many Waters Cannot Quench Love, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye

Text: Songs 8: 6-7 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if...

May God Renew Your Whole Being, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye
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May God Renew Your Whole Being, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye

What is renew? “The act of starting again or starting to do something again; an arrangement for something to continue for a longer period of time; or a process of improving, repairing or making something more successful”;   In Environmental Science, we learnt that certain natural resources in life are renewable and some are not renewable. The quest for man is...

Remake Us Now, O Lord Our God! by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye
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Remake Us Now, O Lord Our God! by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye

Jeremiah 18: 1-12, 17 Remake can be defined as ‘to make again or anew. It has to do with a creation that was created again or anew’. There is always a reason to remake something: It may be that the thing is marred, worn, archaic, or simply needed a facelift or new model. The intention...

Welcome to Peniel, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye
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Welcome to Peniel, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye

Text: Genesis 32:1-32 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country...

The Power For The Final Push, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye
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The Power For The Final Push, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye

What is power? The ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way. Power is crucial for survival. Without power, it will be impossible for an object or a body to do work or perform any action. Consequently, the more power an object has, and able to put to use, the greater...

But To Those Who Receive Him, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye
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But To Those Who Receive Him, by Pastor Samuel Obafaiye

The bible makes us understand that Jesus was there in the beginning when the world was created; and that all things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made. John 1: 1-3   Further in that scripture, the bible says that “He came to His own, and His own...