Tunes Of Jubile! Workshop

In the world we live today, the voice of the creatives seems to be the loudest. Movies, music, fashion and creative things seems to be dictating the pace for the way people live. People like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Justin Bieber and the likes tell the world the way to dress and how to speak. In the midst of all these, what’s the role the sons of God? Some of us feel incapacitated, unable to do anything. Its in the midst of all this that this initiative to equip believers to be more effective in telling the story of Redemption and Creation and turn the world back to the Creator and Father of all life.

6th edition Of Gospel Night Live tomorrow!

In case you didn't know, the sixth installment of the explosive monthly gospel concert is scheduled for tomorrow. The monthly programme is a platform for upcoming gospel acts to show the stuff they are made of and also an opportunity to meet the established ones on a closer, more friendly atmosphere.

I heard about the programme only last month and I was not in Lagos. The program is sponsored by Spinlet with partnership support from X2D, Nomoreloss Productions, Airvibez Nigeria, Rodizzio and E.M.I. So far so good, the program has been held successfully 5 times and this is the 6th edition. I watched a few videos of old editions and loved what I saw and so I planned to attend the next one. Coincidentally it fell on my daughter's 4th birthday, 25th October. Well that means that the next one in November is a must-attend for me.

If you're an upcoming christian/gospel musician, who believes he has something to offer to the body of believers and the world at large, I believe this is a program worth attending. Here are the details

VENUE: Onward Complex, Alausa (DFS studios, Plot Yb, Mobolaji Johnson st. Near 7UP) 
DATE: Thursday October 25th 
TIME: 6-9pm

By the way, there will be free transportation from The Rodizzo, 29 Isaac John, Ikeja from 5pm.

Unfortunately I couldn't get any banner for this month's GNLive but here is a videos for your enjoyment. Head to their blog for more videos.

Calling for the Leadership that....

Take a look around you and you'll observe that there is a scarcity of leadership. I'm talking about leaders whose personal values are enough to make them pillars that provide the essential support for the structures they support, whether that's a company  a local government or even a family. To make things even worse, the ones that occupy the visible positions behave as they like, not caring that there is a generation that is watching them, learning from them.

Content That Sells!

I'd like to share a few tips to creating content that is engaging and as promised, I'll be focusing on songwriters.
1. Use The bible! (stories) Put yourself in the scenarios. What would have been your response? How would the character have acted/reacted if he/she were living in another timeframe? That's why the animated movie, The Prince Of Egypt sold so much.
2. Use fresh camera angles. By viewing an issue from fresh angles, you present it in a new light. Tell the story from another person's point of view e.g. a third party, an onlooker, etc imagine you were a servant in Potiphar's house, how would you report what happened to Joseph?
3. Real life stories or situations work well too. Focus on the values you'd like to teach & use the experience to project it.
4. Perfect the art of story telling & make your story believable. Hollywood sells make-believe like its true life.
Well that's some tips for now. More tips coming soon.

Arise o compatriots!

Yesterday a few minutes to nine in the morning, somewhere around Airport road, Ajao Estate, a girl on a commercial motorcycle, popularly called okada in Nigeria, was hit by a car.
Very soon a crowd gathered and cries of "she don die" (she is dead) rang out as the girl lay there on the cold asphalt. Across the road was this group of individuals on their way to the second service of their church. They sent a prayer to this girl, asking God to preserve her life and were about to be on their way when one of them noticed the girl was still moving. This was God's answer to the prayer they made.

The Platform 10.1 & 10.2

We all cry and hope for change in our country but the truth is positive change doesn't just happen. It is premeditated and that's why I love the initiative of pastor Poju Oyemade of Covenant Christian Centre. As is their annual custom, Covenant Christian Centre is bringing another edition of The Platform to Nigeria's youth again. This time the focus is on National transformation with specific emphasis on positioning Nigeria to affect the global market, while at the same time, teaching how to build structures that will ensure lasting change.

Nigeria, as we are well aware, is a country with great potential. In fact there is a prophetic word over this nation and you may have heard one about Africa being a gun and Nigeria being the trigger. At the rate we are going, we'll probably just end up with nothing to show, even with all the prophetic words. Beyond these words is a need for some work. Prophecies don't just happen, they are birthed. Someone must take ownership and deliver them. Part of this delivery process is the need to be equipped with the right knowledge and understanding (in other words - wisdom) to know what to do, when to do it and how to do it.

The Platform is poised at empowering the Christian youth to own the national transformation process and create a new Nigeria from the chaos of the present. It goes beyond lamenting the whole issue to creating solutions that are long-lasting and far-reaching because prayer alone will not change a man's outcomes. There is need for spiritual intelligence. For more info check the website  for this year's Platform at www.theplatformnigeria.com

Naked is the new fashion statement.

All around me I hear people complaining about the way younger people dress today. Its interesting to observe that its not just one gender guilty of bad/immoral dressing. From young men that display their underwear by sagging their trousers to beautiful young ladies that expose places that should be kept hidden, our minds are assaulted with all kinds of sights on a daily. A question that comes to my mind is who's responsible for the state of immoral dressing? Secondly what can we do about it, apart from complaining all the time?

First off I'd like us to understand that because its the last days, immorality is on the increase because demonic activity has multiplied too. However despite this I also strongly believe these influences are supported by the transfer of wrong values. What I mean by this is simple. We dress the way we do because of the values transferred to us from our communities (which include movies, families, peer groups and so on).
All you need to change is a person's values and his dressing changes. It's also interesting to observe that even those who have fundamentally changed natures (i.e believers) are caught up in this fray.

But what's the big deal about what I wear (or don't wear by the way)?

Dressing is a fundamental expression of identity. Even though some may argue that a person's convictions is internal and unseen, dressing is one way to reveal it. More important is the fact dressing, being a form of art, is an expression of values, beliefs and personal disposition. This is why dressing right is vital. Well I'm not here to give a fashion lecture. My focus is to show you, reading this post, what can be done to salvage the existing situation.

1. One way is to flood the market with clothes that push good values. Have you noticed that you can't get a pair of jeans in the stores now that aren't tight-fitting? Is it a coincidence? What if people had more options to choose from? The devil's strategy is to corner us into making the wrong decision.
   
2. The second thing you can do is to encourage people to dress better and educate them on how important dressing right is. Maybe we could just have a more sane environment right? These are just my thoughts.

Has this post sparked off some things in you? Do you have any suggestions? Write a comment or just send me an email (eyitope.lala@gmail.com) or an sms (08170686445).

The aftermath of the Dana Aircrash

I attended the funeral ceremony of some victims of the Dana Crash tragedy on Friday August 17 and the reality of the saying of the wisest King came home to me; its better to go to the house of mourning than a place of celebration.

Despite the fact that the people involved were young and had great futures ahead, I learnt many things from their short lives. Let me list some:
1. Life is highly overrated. Human life is like grass. One moment its blossoming and bright but can suddenly disappear in a flash...just like that! "So what?!" you may ask. It just means we must take the time we have been given more seriously and live purposefully.

2. You've got only one life, you'd better live it fully & completely. There's no point procrastinating.

3. Life is a lease. We will all have to give an account of every breathe & special ability we have been given.

4. We all have equal opportunities to succeed or make excuses for not succeeding. The decision is ours to make not another's.

5. Once we're dead and gone, people won't forget the ways we treated them or the things we did that influenced them, positively or otherwise.

So let's get our priorities right and begin to really live our lives PURPOSEFULLY. You never can tell what will be written about you when you leave.

Free Ebook Giveaway!!!

Finally the book is out! The book How To Unlock Creative Flows has been released. The book, which focuses on how a christian can use his access into the spiritual to create solutions that can help solve problems we face on a daily basis, is borne out my desire to see more creative expressions with quality, value-based content on display. I have looked at the earth and the many creatures on it. The diversity of creation is a product of the creative genius of god. How then can His children not be able to bring out creative things? This book strives to answer these questions.

The interesting this about this book is that it works best as a kind of workbook. Its not just something you read and archive the information. You need to "test" the information you receive from it so here's what I am doing. I'm giving away copies of the e-format of the book to the first 100 people to like the R.A.M.P.A.G.E. outreach page on Facebook. Just follow these instructions:

1. Go to www.facebook.com/RAMPAGEOutreach and like the page.
   
2. Click on the icon of the book and you'll be prompted to subscribe.
   
3. Subscribe and confirm your subscription
   
4. I'll send you a link to download your copy.

Its that easy. If you are blessed (improved, added to, impacted) by what you read, please leave a comment on this blog post or the Facebook page (www.facebook.com/RAMPAGEOutreach).

Enjoy!!!

Kenny Kóre reveals his Official Baby

I just pulled this off X2D's (Xclusive To Divinity) blog here. Kenny Kóre has finally tied the knot! I'm so happy for him. Welcome to the crew my brother. I trust more inspiro will flow now as two are better than one abi?

And then for your listening pleasure, listen to this Kingdom gbedu (as a friend of mine put it) from Florocka, Peggy Otis and my main man Mike Abdul.

Here's the video. I hope you enjoy it. I really believe we need more of these kind of content, don't you? I've been thinking maybe Mike Abdul should release an album abi? What do you think?

By the way if you know any young, gifted and anointed musician please hit me up on eyitope.lala@gmail.com. So enough talk. Enjoy the music!!!

Social Media & Tech Generated Disciples

One of the things believers in Jesus are meant to do, is raise disciples. A disciple is one who is trained by instruction and practice. Synonyms of the word are follower - pupil - adherent - learner - apprentice. Our service as believers includes making disciples of the people of the earth.

What is Church?

Lately I've been thinking a lot about what the Church really is? I'm sure when we hear the word Church, we're bound to think about buildings, a pastor and most likely Sunday mornings. But isn't church more than that?

The Power of Love

As part of celebrating Easter (the death and resurrection of our saviour and the redeemer of all mankind, here's another short video for your personal meditation.

It wasn't the nails that held Him to the cross. it was love!

Remain blessed!

I couldn't get it to display in my blog here so view the video here

It's Good Friday!

Today we celebrate one of the major foundations of our belief in God. if His Son just came to the earth and didn't give up His life for our sake, then we would be headed for destruction and eternal separation from God.

Here's a video to remind us of the essence of this season. God bless you!

The emerging generation 3

In furtherance of the discourse I started on two days ago, I would like to state a few things we must do as people who want to impact the next generation. Before you tell me you don’t qualify, if you are anything between 28 and 35, let me state a few facts to open your eyes.

The emerging generation 2

One of the greatest challenges most parents will ever face is that of relevance. Parents have a tendency to become holed up in their traditional mind-sets with the inability to embrace new perspectives, not just because of their newness but the freshness they bring to the scene. It is this same challenge that the church of today faces.

I’m not here to lament the level of immorality and spiritual illiteracy in the lives of believers today and even some of those in ministry but to ready us, the church, to infiltrate the field of the world and harvest the souls made ready for the reaping by our God.

If we are to reach this generation, we must drop some of our traditional methods and embrace fresh new ideas that are more productive for today. You need to understand that I’m not asking you to drop the timeless truths of God’s word for newer, snazzier, more hip philosophies. Definitely not! I’m simply advocating that we present timeless truth in today’s expressions.

There’s a serious need for people to enter into the kingdom of God. It is only after someone has been born that he can now grow right? Most of the times, we tend to put the cart before the horse. The devil’s strategy in the last days is simple-Get as many in to hell, as you can, whichever way you can! He employs what someone has fondly called a mass market strategy. The devil doesn’t care if you don’t understand what you are getting into. He just makes sure you get into it first and then we’ll sort out the details later. Would it be blasphemous if we employed the same strategy? Before you crucify me, didn’t Jesus refer to the kingdom of God as a drag-net bringing in all kinds of fish (Matthew 13:47-49)? Besides isn’t that the same thing God did to Adam? He put him in the garden after creating everything and asked him to explore.

Paul, that great apostle, said he became all things to all men so that by any means he would win some of them (1 Corinthians 9:22). Would it be sacrilegious for us to try and do everything in our power (and technology) to reach all men for God? Or should we keep hoping they would come to church one day and give their lives to Christ?

The emerging generation

There is an emergence of a whole new species of individuals that the world, not to talk of the church, hasn’t seen anything like. The emerging youth of today is totally different from any this earth (and the church) has ever seen before and the differences between this generation and the preceding one are as obvious as night and day.

We have a generation of youth whose language is different. They speak more slangs than they speak regular languages (and this doesn’t affect English language alone). Today’s youth is exposed to the internet. No need to “travel” to a cyber café to access the World Wide Web. It’s at his fingertips. Today’s youth has Google (I would have done anything to have a Google when I was 17!) Who’s not on Facebook today? I was at a private secondary school in Lagos sometime last week and even a JS1(basic 7, I think?) student knew who Mark Zuckerberg was and how old he was when he started Facebook.

Ever watched the music videos produced or directed by this generation? They are full of daring expressions; in lyrics, in exposing more (and more) skin, in musical fusions never before explored, just to mention a few. Today’s growing youth are also more tech-savvy than their predecessors. In my days (and I’m really not that old) if your family owned a colour TV, you would be entertaining the whole neighbourhood every evening, not to talk of weekends. If your dad then bought a VCR, ah ha! Ring any bells, ol’ schoolers? It’s another story today. A friend of mine, in his late 30s, was telling me how he couldn’t understand the Nintendo Wii he bought for his children but his 3 year old daughter operates the machine slickly and perfectly.

Dear friends, things have changed. No let me put that right; things are changing (because the changes haven’t ended and neither will they). I’d like to say that if the body of Christ refuses to upgrade its technology (our approach, stratagem, methods, etc.), we will become as obsolete as a typewriter to a 100 level student in University.

It is obvious that the principles we learnt and personal experiences of God we got in our growing years are the bedrock for the success (or failure) of our lives today as adults. We must find a way to transfer these timeless truths to the generation coming after us. Selah.


P.S. Watch out for part 2 tomorrow.

Movies That Saved My Soul

A picture is worth more than a thousand words and moving pictures particularly stick longer in the memory and that's why movies have been a medium for transferring information and changing lives and culture. Transform a lesson into a story and see how easily the lessons are absorbed. God has used moving pictures in the many years of its existence.

That stated one of the most amazing things about God is that He can use anyone or anything to communicate to us. So if we aren't listening to His voice, the promptings He puts in our hearts or our consciences, He uses circumstances and even goes to the length of using unusual happenings (just like a donkey talking to Balaam). I've said all this to point out that if the children remain, the rocks will cry out instead (Luke 19:40), shouting God's praise and declaring His word.

Even with the level of immorality and propaganda that movies have perpetuated, I'm simply saying that God has used that medium to speak to the earth, and His children (when we have been blind or deaf, just as He told Isaiah). Some movies have clearly impacted my life and I trust that some of us too my enthusiasm. I've made a list of some of them below and some of the lessons I learned.

THE MATRIX

Lessons:

You are the maker of your own destiny under God

Renewing your mind is the key to entering the fullness of God

Your true person is your developed spirit. That portion, connected to God, gives you access to a full life.








SPEEDRACER

Lessons:

God endows every man with a gift, something only he can do excellently

Your gift is your platform of ministry-it's your way of communicating the many-sided, multi-faceted wisdom of God









LIMITLESS

Lessons:
This movie brought 1 Cor 2:8-10 to life for me. Most times all we need is to see what other eyes are not seeing, hear what other ears are not hearing and visualize what other minds are not comprehending and our circumstances would change completely.









KARATE KID

Lessons:Mentoring has a way of helping you resolve your own issues or failures.

There's a need for proper father figures in the lives of children in society. Children are like arrows in the hands of mighty men. An arrow is a neutral entity. It's who's using it that determines its target.









KUNGFU PANDA

Lessons:

I should never write myself off. The most unlikely people can be the most exceptional.

I need to look deeply into people and not just know them after the flesh.

Happy Valentine's Day!

In the spirit of valentine I'd like to share this post about Google's doodles for Valentine's Day. Click this link to enjoy them. Happy Val's Day!

http://mashable.com/2012/02/14/valentines-google-doodles/

MidNight Crew's New Album

One of the purposes of this blog is to promote content, individuals and organizations  that preaches the Good News and advances the kingdom of God, with particular focus on Nigeria, which happens to be my locality. In furtherance of this purpose, I'd like to recommend you go buy the latest effort by our very own MidNight Crew titled King Of Nations.

The album is characterized by their disctinct sound and is a fusion of both contemporary African and Western sounds. You'd like to listen to the songs? Go grab your copy now!!!

Change Your Tactics!

I'd like to further expand on the theme I've been examing in the past few days i.e. evangelizing today's youth. I was speaking (actually chatting) with a friend of mine recently and he was lamenting the state of the world-the moral decay, the changing landscapes and generally how things have just gone from bad to worse, with nothing like hope in sight. As we discussed, we both spoke about the chances of survival for our children (he's got 3 beautiful kids and lives in the UK) in this new clime. At that point, I realized one of the greatest issues the church has had with evangelizing each generation-we dont understand the terrain.

How many individuals have looked at Facebook and condemned its use by today's youth? What about the BlackBerry phone usage? And even the use of media playing devices (ipods, mp3 players and the likes). Most ol'schoolers look at the younger folk and damn them to hell for  ignoring the more importsnt issues and being so caught up in social media and technology. They call them no-good and don't see any bright future for them. Yet they expect these "Nu-schoolers" to "repent or go to hell!" What response do we get? "Du-uh!"

One of the most important things to do, for us not to end up with children, nephews, neices and siblings who don't understand God or even want to have anything to do with Him, is to understand the "market" we are dealing with. If social media platforms are where they are, then we must create communities that can engage them. If online media is what they read, then let's create content that can excite and EDUCATE them.

It's our responsibility to reach them. We must learn the terrain and understand the market. Traditional methods may have served us well but then those we used those methods on didn't have FAcebook. They didn't have access to loads of mp3 music files or were they able to video-chat with friends many miles away from home. If the world has changed, why haven't our strategies/methods?

Lessons From the NLNG Prize winner for literature

Have you ever heard of Nigeria LNG? I hadn't too, at least not at close range, until recently when my dearest friend, Mai Nasara (aka Adeyemi Adeleke) won the Nigeria LNG prize for literature with his book, The Missing Clock.

The book was selected from amongst over 25 other entries and yesterday, 6th February 2012, I attended the award ceremony, where he was honoured for this timely contribution. Our own Wole Soyinka, honoured the event and endoresed the book. I'm proud to say that Mai Nasara is a brother and also a member of my church The Strong Nation.

In the over 5 years that I've known Leke (which is what I call him), I've known about a few ideas for books he's had (I remember trying to work on the illustrations for one of his books) and the passion with which he's pursued developing materials, particulalry books, for children. That passion drove him to write in spite of the ridicule he faced for pursuing his dreams. You see Leke, so convinced of what he has been called to do (i.e. write children's books), didn't take a regular job and things were so tight that many people looked at him with pity.

But then he stuck to his life call and today...the rest is in the newspapers.

I'd like to say that there's nothing extra special about his book. The same way that there was nothing special about David's sling and stone as he confronted Goliath. The only special thing was that God needed a tool and David (and Leke) provided Him one. David didn't think he would become a celebrity. His heart only burned to see this uncircumsized Philistine not dishonour his God and God's chosen people. That same passion burned in Leke's heart and then he won $100,000 and got a platform of influence.

God is looking for more Davids and Lekes. What have you got in your hands?

Evangelizing Today's Youth

In continuance with the thoughts I started out with yesterday, I would like to focus on how to effectively evangelize this generation (and probably the next).

It is obvious that the views of each generation on God and what it means to be employed in His service differ, most times with very conflicting views. Each generation has its own revelation of God, different from that of the preceding generation. God is a trans-generational God-the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I believe there is a unique manifestation of God that is tied to every generation for the benefit of the world (Romans 8:19-22).

My point is that God would not reach each generation in the same way, so why should we think we can get results using the same methods that were used for us?

Have you observed that sharing tracts does not have the effect it had in the early 80s? Young people are not keen to listen to 2 hour messages. If a movie is not interesting, they'll dump it in seconds, even if you're teaching them important values. I would like to submit that anyone who doesn't change his style of "ministry" in this 21st Century would find that his impact is greatly diminished. Pastor Poju Oyemade recently said  that any pastor using Bishop Oyedepo's style of leadership in ministry today will not make much progress. Incidentally, Bishop Oyedepo's is pastor Poju's mentor. I would like to submit to you that for any person to effectively evangelize this generation, your style MUST change!

The devil understands this truth so well and he tailors his evangelical efforts to ensure that he catches the youth. For him (the devil), it doesn't matter if you fully understand what you are getting into. Just get in first. He uses what someone (my pastor and friend, Pastor Niyi) calls the mass market approach. Effectiveness in any dispensation is directly proportional to your understanding of the dynamics of that dispensation with emphasis on the technology and the people in that era. 

Evangelism is a lot like marketing and for it to be successful we must understand the terrain and understand the market. We must understand that

• Definitions have changed (gay no longer means happy)
• Indices of wealth have changed (Physical wealth vs Intellectual property Apple quoted as 2nd most expensive company globally).
• Technology has changed
• Perspectives have changed (How business is done, Social interactions powered by Social media networks, fashion trends i.e. lower waist-lines, lower neck-lines, etc)

AS PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE MIDST OF THESECHANGING LANDSCAPES, 

WE MUST UNDERSTAND AND BE ESTABLISHED IN THE TIMELESS 

FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS OF GOD AND LOCATE INNOVATIVE 

& CREATIVE WAYS TO PRESENT THEM TO THE WORLD.

Some of today's post is an excerpt from a presentation at a monthly programme focused on empowering Christians to actively participate in media. Download the file here.

Generation Shift

The whole of 2011 was riddled with the toppling of despots in Africa. From the fall of Lauren Gbagbo to the death of Gaddafi, Africa was rocked with a shockwave of change as the youth began to cry for relevance and the removal of the old crop that had robbed them of their potential for so long. I believe the events that have happened were a prophetic symbol to us of the shift that is happening. Have you observed that the same seems to be happening in spiritual circles too? Before you crucify me, I'm not talking about the usurping of church leaders but rather the sudden dissatisfaction with the way church is.

I was speaking with a pastor who had gone to Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife to speak with a group of about 200 students. He asked how many knew Benny Hinn and was shocked to see only 4 hands raised. It is obvious that this generation of youth is disconnected from the seeming spirituality of their forefathers. A few years ago, the line between gospel and secular music was very clear. You couldn't imagine church choir members singing at shows like Nigerian Idol or MTN Project Fame (not that it is sinful). Today the views of today's young believer about sex, spirituality, service to God, relationships, entertainment, etc are so diverse.

The reasons are not far-fetched.

Increase in knowledge, dwindling moral standards, the advancement in technology and the natural tendency of young people to hate the mundane and uninteresting have all contributed to what we see around us today. Another major factor is the dearth of good role models. Most parents and models are too busy running the rat race and thus have abandoned their wards to the vices, expertly weaved into our social fabric by the devil.

The devil understands that to take the future just influence the youth. He simply provides  them the influence that would serve his ends. So it would just be a matter of time before the seeds he has sown mature into the ripe harvest of godless, rebellious individuals. All the while, these youngsters are attending church and youth fellowships but rotting deep inside, simply looking for the right opportunities (and freedom) to express their fleshly lusts. However these guys were created by God to express His nature and bring His kingdom to the earth.

The reaction of the older generation, unfortunately, is usually one of the following

• Ignore Them: What difference can they make? Young people are only meant to be seen not heard.
• Overindulge them: Give them all the luxuries/freedom/resources they need and leave them to learn by themselves
• Manipulate them: Monitor, supervise and control their every move and action. This eventually backfires as it suppresses the individual and he rebels against it either openly or internally.

What we should be doing is getting involved in their lives and modeling to them the right lifestyle. The glory of young people is their strength! Youth are usually passionate about anything they are involved in and today's youth would make excellent God-chasers but then they need to see, from us, that following God is profitable and exciting and not boring and uninteresting.

N.B. Over the next few days I would be focusing on strategies to effectively evangelizing today's youth. Stay tuned and check the facebook page (http://facebook.com/RAMPAGEOutreach) for updates on special events and trainings.

Are Chrisitans Relevant to Society?

Happy New Year everyone! I'm sure a lot of my readers would have been wondering what happened to this blog. I just came back from a month-long sabbatical in the country side of Ibadan (you should try it sometime-you could add some flesh to those bony cheeks of yours). Not only did the Christmas abd New Year holidays take me away from the blog, the visitation of "Subsideen" to every home (on the invitation of our president Goodluck Jona) also affected my blogging calender. It's great to be back though. Once again welcome to 2012! Let me get on to today's post.

The crisis Nigeria experienced in the second week of this year got me thinking about the role and relevance of the Church (the body of Christ and salt of the earth) in a nation. While leaders like Pastor Tunde Bakare took to the streets to protest the insensitivity of the FG to the plight of Nigerians and others like Pastor Sam Adeyemi  voiced their displeasure at the FG's attitude to corruption, some simply pretended as if nothing was happening or publicly condemned the actions and speech of those who spoke publicly for the people. It seemed to me that Christians in general were as confused as every other Nigerian in understanding what to do at such a time. I started wondering how truly relevant Christians are in society considering the fact that the scriptures say that when things are happening in a city (town, life, nation, etc), God ALWAYS informs His prophets-Amos 3:7 (you and I). Can a nation be plunged into a crisis of such proportions and God would keep His own in the dark about it?

I strongly believe that there is a shift taking place in Africa and Nigeria is experiencing its own bit of this transition. At such a time as this, Nigeria is in need of individuals who, like Daniel can enter the courts of our God and bring solutions to the issues the leadership cannot resolve. Nigeria needs musicians, artists, actors, writers and such like who can make Isaiah 61 a reality. The anointing is not just for personal comfort. It starts there but eventually translates to societal impact and influence.