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Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
A LETTER TO MY SONS IN MINISTRY
My sons,
Receive this as counsel from a father, not suspicion from a critic. I do not doubt the oil upon your lives. But I have lived long enough around ministry to know that a man may have a genuine Call while nursing an appetite that will eventually profane it.
Satan does not always begin by stopping a man from preaching. Sometimes he permits him to preach, grow, trend and gather men, while quietly corrupting the reason he wants the microphone.
He watches what happens within you when another minister is invited and your name is omitted. He observes the irritation you conceal when another man’s work begins to flourish. He studies your appetite for titles, platforms, proximity to great men, large crowds and public honour.
Then he begins to speak to those appetites:
“You are too anointed to remain hidden.”
“You are bigger than this place.”
“Nobody here understands your grace.”
“You do not need anyone over you.”
And if ambition has not passed through the Cross, something within you will answer, “Exactly!”
My sons, that inward agreement is where the trouble begins.
Suddenly, correction sounds like dishonour. Submission feels like captivity. The caution of a father appears to be jealousy. Hiddenness begins to look like rejection, and every delay is interpreted as an attack against your destiny.
Before long, you will begin to announce that GOD has sent you, when it was ambition that sent you.
You call it “a new season,” but GOD never opened that season. You call it “apostolic emergence,” but it is only an unbroken appetite searching for a platform.
Hear your father: not every departure is a sending. Sometimes a man is only escaping the government that was sent to preserve him.
My sons, be careful also of the pleasure of being desired.
A young minister begins to enjoy the attention of women. He tells himself, “They are only attracted to the grace.” He prolongs private conversations with the Ladies, permits emotional dependence and continues counselling a woman whose affection for him has become obvious.
Then Satan suggests one inappropriate conversation, and an appetite that has been secretly fed agrees with it. Before long, the same man who is praying loudly in public is deleting messages in private.
Stop calling every woman “Jezebel.” She may have crossed a boundary, but you must also admit that something within you enjoyed being wanted.
Some ministers did not fall because they stopped loving GOD. They fell because they also loved being admired, and they never brought that appetite under the government of CHRIST.
Do not flatter yourself because women are drawn to your ministry. Guard your soul. Guard your marriage. Guard the sacred boundaries of your calling. No amount of oil upon your head makes your flesh trustworthy.
Another minister discovers that certain messages produce invitations, honourariums and public celebration. Gradually, he stops preaching anything that may offend those financing his visibility.
Satan does not ask him to deny JESUS publicly. He only persuades him to edit out the parts of JESUS that may reduce engagement.
He still mentions CHRIST, but repentance disappears.
He still prophesies, but he no longer Teaches about sin.
He still carries a Bible, but Mammon has become the editor of his sermons.
My sons, the day money begins to determine what part of Scripture you are willing to preach, you are no longer standing under the government of the Word. You are negotiating with another master.
Consider Judas.
Judas was numbered among the Twelve. He heard CHRIST directly. He witnessed miracles and participated in apostolic ministry. Yet John 12:6 reveals that he was already stealing from the ministry purse.
Before Satan entered Judas in John 13:27, greed had already secured an agreement within him.
Satan did not create an entirely new appetite that night. He entered through a desire Judas had repeatedly protected.
Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
Nigeria has 20 "Christian governors" in Nigeria's 36 states.
Some of them are ushers in churches.
Some are Revd Fathers.
Some are "Kingdom financiers"
And many of them give testimonies and do Thanksgiving charity for their churches.
I emphatically insist that we don't need more conversations about Kingdom takeover and strategic positioning.
We seem to have already taken over.
What we need is accurate discipleship.
The kind that doesn't show partiality or drop the standards when celebrities and wealthy people are involved.
What we need is self-denial.
The kind that will prefer to be perceived as a failure for Christ to be seen rather than to win for the flaunting of the flesh.
What we need is a redefining of Christianity.
The kind that restores what being in Christ and living for Christ really means so that the One who died for us will find expression through our lives.
We have already taken over.
We have already won.
We have already conquered.
Now, can you allow Jesus to win, take over and conquer?
Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
There's probably nothing more wicked than a church leadership starving God's sheep of the pasture of the word.
How can a church normalise the absence of manna in the wilderness of this generation?
7 Sundays of praise, followed by 5 Sundays of breakthrough and then followed by 3 Sundays of Business seminar.
Haba na!!
Don't people realise how jealous God is over His flock?
The sad thing is that people troop into these pseudo churches, and people are even invited to the altar to receive a Jesus they never learned about.
Judgment day is coming!
Hirelings and wicked shepherds will hear from the One who died to save His church.
Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
There is no single good in sin.
There is no single gain in unrighteousness.
Because we are creatures of a sovereign God, whatever we do against His nature is detrimental to our well-being.
Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
Yes, we can honor fathers, yet not every structure they built should remain untouched.
Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
In my itineraries, I've observed how difficult it is to sustain moments of sobriety for reflection and repentance.
You can preach the heart of God and get people weeping on their seats, and then as you close your session, a moderator comes up and with a clownish "Plaise tha lord, Now its time to give God a dance offering"....
Every bit of repentance you were trying to build collapses because the showbiz schedule is more important than the burdens of God.
Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
SPEAKING SOLEMNLY
Anyone living in sexual sins (fornication, adultery, pornography, etc), has no place in Christian ministry. Immorality is a very big deal, scripturally. The believer's BODY is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Yes, the BODY. Therefore, what you do with God's dwelling place must be of colossal significance. Don't you see it?
And, because of the sacredness of Christian ministry, while you can legitimately be a struggling Believer for a season, you cannot be a struggling minister, if the struggle is that you have not overcome sexual immorality. In this regard, the category of a struggling minister does not exist, biblically considered.
This is not about being a "wounded soldier." But in any case, if a soldier takes a bullet during combat, we don't hand him over to the enemies, yes. And we also don't leave him in the frontline to continue fighting – with his wound. We take him out and away for treatment. Whether he can even return to active duty later on depends on the severity/impact of the 'wound' sustained and the assessment of the team managing his case. Taking him out of combat is a responsible act of love and not a case of "condemning our own."
Back from the digression. It is alien to the spirit of Christ, to say someone is a minister of the gospel, even though he commits immorality. The practice of immorality cannot coexist with legitimate practice of ministry. A fornicator or an adulterer is not a Minister. Cannot be.
A minister of the gospel MUST be above reproach. People MUST be safe under his care. Money, too, MUST be safe under his care. The bible insists that he sustains a high level of integrity – morally, ethically, socially.
This is why the Charismata, the gifts of the Spirit are never mentioned as qualification or eligibility for ministry. Check the texts.
So, the practice of equating giftedness with eligibility for ministry is unbiblical and should be discouraged. Being a gifted speaker, for instance, does not qualify anyone for Christian ministry. If you know all the Rhema in the book, and all the historic fine points of orthodoxy, but you're an intermittent fornicator/adulterer, you are ineligible for Christian Ministry. You need to be discipled, you should not be discipling anyone, at all.
Read the passage below carefully, to the very last verse, please: It says a Pastor:
"...must be a good man whose life cannot be spoken against. He must have only one wife, and he must be hard working and thoughtful, orderly, and full of good deeds. He must enjoy having guests in his home and must be a good Bible teacher. He must not be a drinker or quarrelsome, but he must be gentle and kind and not be one who loves money. He must have a well-behaved family, with children who obey quickly and quietly. For if a man can’t make his own little family behave, how can he help the whole church? The pastor must not be a new Christian because he might be proud of being chosen so soon, and pride comes before a fall. (Satan’s downfall is an example.) Also, he must be well spoken of by people outside the church—those who aren’t Christians—so that Satan can’t trap him with many accusations and leave him without freedom to lead his flock"
On the last point above, many people who work in Hotels don't take the church seriously because the see the behind-the-scenes lifestyle of Pastors. A minister must have one life, must be not be two-faced. And he must be an example to both insiders and outsiders.
If the church is weak, Satan is only a remote cause. If the church is weak anywhere, the church is the reason why.
And now, may the glorious Lord of the church step into this seeming perpetual desolation, and pour us the blessing that is Revival.
#CryForRevival
Christ gave Himself that we might live through Him.
Live your life worthy of His death, He's coming soon!
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Hello Beloved,
It's season of much prayers, let's Pray The Scriptures.
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Pst. Dele Osunmakinde @deleosunmakinde defines this clearly
Your Identity is in Christ, Not in What You Do
Your identity is not in your calling. It is not in your anointing. It is not in the works you do in His name.
Your identity is solely in who you are in Christ.
The moment you derive your sense of self from anything else—your gifts, your achievements, your ministry—you step into dangerous territory. This is where the conflict begins, a conflict that whispers, "Prove you are a child of God—turn stones into bread."
Beware of this subtle yet profound trap: the need to perform, to validate, to justify your worth by your actions.
You are a son. You are a daughter. That is enough.
Your worth is settled in the finished work of Christ. Nothing you do—no calling, no anointing, no act of service—can make you more or less than what you already are in Him.
Stand firm in this truth: You are fully loved, fully accepted, and fully complete in Christ. Let this be the source of your identity, and you will never need to prove what has already been eternally established.
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Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
Dear ministers,
The Conceptual Eunuchs
The concept of eunuchs described in Matthew 19:12 can serve as a powerful metaphor for spiritual fathers who, despite carrying divine revelations, legacies, and spiritual DNA, are unable to transmit or perpetuate what they carry. This sterility can result from various factors—natural defects, external influences, or self-imposed isolation—and reflects a deeper issue of spiritual barrenness. Here’s a reframing of the three types of eunuchs in this context:
1. Eunuchs from Birth: Spiritual Congenital Disruption
Defects at Birth: These represent those whose spiritual journey begins with inherent defects or limitations—flaws in their foundational understanding of God, themselves, or their calling. Although they are "born again," their rebirth is underpinned by doctrines and dogmas that, while well-meaning, create spiritual sterility. Such teachings corrupt their ability to transmit spiritual lineages and DNA, leaving them unable to reproduce what they carry in others.
Underpinning Doctrines: Legalism, hyper-grace, or other extremes in theology can deform their capacity to nurture spiritual sons or daughters. These teachings may emphasise personal salvation without responsibility for discipling others, creating a spiritual isolation that hinders reproduction.
Teaching-Induced Impotence: Certain teachings may elevate personal piety or independence while discouraging community, spiritual fatherhood, or raising successors. This leads to a congenital disruption in their spiritual DNA, making it difficult to transmit the seed of revelation and legacy to others.
Result: A spiritual barrenness where they cannot create spiritual lineages, despite the seed that produced them being potent. Their sterility lies in their inability to break free from flawed foundational teachings.
2. Eunuchs Made by Men: Sterility Through Pain and Betrayal
Shut Down by Others: These are spiritual fathers who have been rendered sterile by the actions of others—betrayals, conflicts, and deep wounds inflicted by those they once trusted or discipled. The pain and bitterness caused by these experiences shut down their spiritual bowels of compassion, making them vow never to trust or raise anyone again.
Impact of Betrayal: Their inability to transmit what they carry is not due to a lack of seed but because their hearts have been hardened by the pain of relational betrayals. Men have, metaphorically, "castrated" them through manipulation, abandonment, or misuse of their spiritual resources.
Self-Imposed Sterility: These fathers may isolate themselves emotionally, refusing to invest in others out of fear of being hurt again. They become cautious, mistrusting, and unwilling to nurture or disciple others, leaving their spiritual DNA to die with them.
Result: A legacy that could have flourished is stifled, as their potential successors are left untended. The seed of revelation and purpose they carry is buried in bitterness and distrust.
3. Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven: Sterility Through Extreme Focus
Voluntary Barrenness: These are spiritual fathers who, in their devotion and consecration to God, choose to focus solely on personal growth and kingdom exploits. While their devotion is commendable, their extreme focus on God often isolates them from the communal aspect of the faith, rendering them sterile in terms of transmitting their legacy to others.
Independent Growth: They grow independently, seeing others as distractions or hindrances to their divine mission. This independence, while fostering individual exploits, cuts them off from the responsibility of raising spiritual children who can carry their seed forward.
Unshared Legacy: These kingdom-focused individuals accomplish great exploits but often leave no one behind to continue their work. Their legacy dies with them because they have prioritised personal consecration over communal impact.
Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
"Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both LORD and CHRIST." Acts 2:36 (KJV)
Adigun Oluwatimileyin Joshua retweeted
IT WAS NOT SOO FROM THE BEGINNING…
In Scriptures, True Growth Is Always Intertwined With Depth, As God Never Expands A Person Without Also Deepening Them.
The Divine BluePrint Dictates That One Must Establish Deep Roots Before Reaching For Greater Heights. However, The Adversary Has Introduced A Cunning Scheme Allowing For A Trade-Off: Depth Exchanged For Superficial Breadth.
While God expands, He does not do so at the expense of our depth. Do not trade depth for width. Instead, allow God to increase you so you can maintain and deepen your depth while expanding your width.
Your Brother,
Toluwalogo Agboola
