Author: Deji Okegbile

HOSANNA, a Saviour in Pandemic: A Divine or Political Impulse?

HOSANNA, a Saviour in Pandemic: A Divine or Political Impulse?

Posted by | Apr 5, 2020 | , |

The word “Hosanna”, a Syriac word means “save now,” or “save,” a form of acclamation used among the Jews in the celebration of their great festivals. “Hosanna,” the cry of the crowds 2000 years ago was the shout of the throngs as Jesus entered Jerusalem for His last week of public ministry. This movement, the noise and all the action was more than a parade or prophetic but a protest. In the context of Christian history, Passover, when Jews from all over gathered to share in the feast day of liberation was a big deal in Jerusalem. It is...

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LENT OF REMEMBERING (Day 37) – Prayer of humility

LENT OF REMEMBERING (Day 37) – Prayer of humility

Posted by | Apr 2, 2020 | |

1 Lord, I have given up my prideand turned away from my arrogance.I am not concerned with great mattersor with subjects too difficult for me.2 Instead, I am content and at peace.As a child lies quietly in its mother’s arms,so my heart is quiet within me.3 Israel, trust in the Lordnow and forever! – Psalm – 131 Lent of Remembering reminds us that humility is a prerequisite for meaningful prayer. Humility in the sense is not of self-denigration (which is not true humility, but actually a form of pride); rather, ‘humility in its original, earthy sense of remaining down-to-earth...

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ASHAYES’ 42 YEARS OF A SACRED RELATIONSHIP.

ASHAYES’ 42 YEARS OF A SACRED RELATIONSHIP.

Posted by | Mar 31, 2020 | |

The marriage of Very Rev Adefolaju Bandele Ashaye and Mummy Margaret Omobolaji Ashaye [nee Omodele] is a Christian model of the tenderest, most beautiful and sacred relationship. “They shall be one flesh,” said God in Genesis 2:24 as His principle and foundation, for the home is the bedrock upon which the Ashayes’ 42 years of a sacred relationship is built and nurtured. Their relationship as a Christian couple indicates that one is to be the complement and counterpart of the other and that one is incomplete without the other. By means of Ashayes’ 42 years of a sacred relationship,...

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LENT OF REMEMBERING (34) A World of Ezekiel’s Dry Bones and Lazarus: Waiting for a fresh breath of the HOLY SPIRIT.

LENT OF REMEMBERING (34) A World of Ezekiel’s Dry Bones and Lazarus: Waiting for a fresh breath of the HOLY SPIRIT.

Posted by | Mar 29, 2020 | , |

As we prepare for the Holy Week, we give thanks to God for the fifth week in the season of Lent with different encounters and lessons between Jesus and another aspect of the human condition. Today, our global wilderness, flaws, sins, and sufferings are on display and it is my prayer that Jesus will meet us with mercy as He did with Ezekiel at the valley of dry bones and Lazarus at the tomb. Our liturgical readings and stories today foreshadows what is to come. Prophet Ezekiel’s vision in chapter 37 of the book of Ezekiel illustrates God’s promise...

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LENT OF REMEMBERING (Day 30) – Spiritual Lessons of the Covid-19.

LENT OF REMEMBERING (Day 30) – Spiritual Lessons of the Covid-19.

Posted by | Mar 25, 2020 | , |

As we give thanks to God in all things and all the time, Lent of Remembering especially during the current global pandemic offers us a heightened missional perspective which calls us to extra time to pray, to repentance, and to serious intercession. Lent of Remembering in relation to some spiritual lessons of the Covid-19 summons us to focus ‘on the finiteness and fragility of human life.’ On the fragility of life, James said, “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make...

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