Author: Deji Okegbile

‘When the gospel is preached and lived, people cannot for ever be indifferent. But the church in Sardis has avoided such discomfort. Like Chameleon, it has simply melted into its surroundings and become indistinguishable from them. It has become outstandingly successful at the art of camouflage’ – Stephen Travis Lent offers us opportunity to hear the creative word of God anew for personal and church revival. The dry bones in Ezekiel 37 that could not hear or respond to God’s word, can now hear and move into mission and evangelism. Revival is always preceded by a desperate condition and...

Peter therefore was kept in prison; but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him (Acts 12:5). Prevailing Lent, the discipline of obeying and listening to prophetic voice beyond annual liturgical litanies, routines, and repetitions is a renewing and prophetic experience. Without prevailing prayer, we become deaf like in the valley of dry bones to the prophetic voice and become more confused by many competing and distracting human and secular voices asking for our attention. The Church was born, empowered, and sustained through prevailing prayer as the number one priority. While God is looking for...

A church without prophetic voices will be a museum, a grave of captivity, decline, full of dry bones, dry system and liturgy. Valley of dry bones, the picture of the Jews in captivity resonates with our present human, spiritual, political and moral conditions (Ezek 37:1-14). The good news is that our present situation is not beyond the power of God’s grace. The voice of prophetic Lent is the solution to the the Valley of our Dry worship, theology, philosophy and leadership. A church without prophetic voices will be a museum, a grave of captivity, full of dry bones hence,...