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March 31, 2019
Lessons I Learnt From My Wife On Mother’s Day
1. She is not afraid of facing challenges. While I was away preaching, she completed the first phase of our new school building at Okuokoko. She started it from foundation. She has proved this over and over again, even from the time we married as young people during my NYSC days. She was 24 years […]
March 21, 2019
The Power of Passion
By Pastor Raymond Ugbeh Speaking in Angel Wings Power Assembly, Delta state. Text: John 20:1-18 Passion is a strong emotion directed at a person, place, or idea. It is different from rascality; it’s revealed through the value you attach to life. Passion is an outcome of interest and values Passion must be directed towards […]
March 19, 2019
SOS4 Visit To Otovwodo Grammar School
It was a very busy last week for me. I was in Port Harcourt with Rev. Samson Bodjor to deliver a lecture on Harnessing the Power of Womanhood for Community and National Development. I had to give another lecture on Entrepreneurship and Skill acquisition: A Global Trend at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, […]
March 18, 2019
The Story Behind The Glory—Building Like the Ant
In continuation on The New Year Has Started, here are a few lessons I’ve picked up. Lessons Of Life 1. Real estate rarely depreciates in value We bought that piece of land on which we are building about 20 years back. Then, an acre was about 300,000 Naira. Today, an acre goes for between 24 […]
March 13, 2019
Harnessing The Power Of Womanhood For Community And National Development [2]
This is the second part of a lecture that was presented at activities of the International Women’s Day Celebration organised by Total Nigeria on 12th of March at Port Harcourt. In the first part, we looked at the power of womanhood from a biological point of view and a few women who accomplished great feats […]
Harnessing The Power Of Womanhood For Community And National Development [1]
This is the first part of a lecture that was presented at activities of the International Women’s Day Celebration organised by Total Nigeria on 12th of March at Port Harcourt. Definitions Harness: it means to tap into or make functional use of the available resources or potentials. Power: means authority, influence, and ability to achieve […]
March 2, 2019
The Story Behind The Glory
Going through my archives of experiences, I thought I should share this experience of my visit to St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church to The Story Behind The Glory series. When I got to the big Catholic Church, nobody paid attention to me in the real sense because I have never been there before. However, when […]
February 21, 2019
The Tragedy of Oil Exploration—Politics, Education, and Community Development in the Niger Delta
The pictures show gas being flared just behind a school somewhere in the Niger Delta. The gas fare is circled in the pictures. The other picture shows a dilapidated classroom block in that same school. This phenomenon is a recurrent scenario in the oil-producing communities in the Niger Delta. Politics according to David Easton is […]
February 19, 2019
Developmental Christianity
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. 2 Timothy 2: 2 My life and ministry since the age of 40 years has been geared towards leaving a place better than I met it. It’s about leaving an individual […]
February 18, 2019
Building A Healthy Home
A healthy family/home is a family that is spiritually, physically, intellectually, mentally, and financially sound, and socially responsible. It starts from the choice of a marriage partner. Usually, in times of old, inquiries are made about issues like mental illness in the families. Today, hemoglobin genotype tests are done to check for conditions like Sickle […]
