Deji Okegbile

Reviving our Faith: Unlocking the Biblical Faith

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jun 28, 2021 | Ministry and Prayer, Missions and Evangelism, Nations |

O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy – Hab 3:2. Prophet Habakkuk’s prayer resonates with us in the midst of year 2021, post-Covid 19/Floyd year. Albert Midlane, the author of the 1858 hymn text, Revive thy work, O Lord, based the hymn on the prayer of the prophet Habakkuk for the Lord to show His delivery power against the threat of an attack. This prayer also resonate with the spiritual condition of the church, like the church at Ephesus, we have “left...

BISHOP BAMGBOSE @ 85, 20 years after retirement: ‘A Benchmark of Devotion,’ ‘Unsung Hero of Faith,’ Methodist Episcopacy, and Extraction.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jun 25, 2021 | Methodism, Missions and Evangelism |

The old saying goes that we are dwarfs who stand on the shoulders of giants. If what we do in the present seems impressive it is because of the incredible training given to us by fathers and teachers, unsung heroes like Bishop Geofffrey Adeniyi Ayinla Bamgbose. Unsung heroes often experience their moment of glory or greatest level of appreciation only once their journey on earth has passed. We often take for granted the contributions of many who, together, are responsible for building the foundation and development of our theological training. It must not be only upon reflection of their...

PRAYING FOR A HOLY CONFERENCING: 2021 BRITISH METHODIST CONFERENCE.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jun 23, 2021 | Methodism, Ministry and Prayer |

And are we yet alive, And see each other’s face? Glory, and thanks to Jesus give For his almighty grace! When Charles Wesley (1707-1788) first wrote this hymn in 1749, he originally conceived his text in four eight-line stanzas. In 1780, John Wesley included it as six four-line stanzas at the beginning of the section titled, “For the Society … at meeting” in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodist. The original four stanzas represents a missional progression through the Wesleyan “way of salvation.” This hymn suggests what I called “Conferencing” question, ‘And are we...

Divine Diagnosis: Praying for Labourers for the Plentiful Harvest.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jun 15, 2021 | Ministry and Prayer |

And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest – Matt 9:35-38. Beyond its unholy divisions and racism, the church is facing with many issues today that hinders and declines every facet...

BATTLE OF THE AGES: Past, Present and Future in Perspective.

Posted by Deji Okegbile | Jun 8, 2021 | Ministry and Prayer |

Bookstores and libraries have shelves of books on warfare, battles, demons, the occult, and the devil. The Bible does teach that Satan and his emissaries, the demons are at work in the world affecting people daily. It is impossible to live in this world and escape temptation or evade enticement to evil. In our materialistic world riddled with evil, the Bible’s teaching on spiritual warfare and battle is an urgent appeal to reverse culture of declining moral and biblical literacy. Battle of the ages is about the positives of the Christian faith bearing in mind, “greater is he that...