Story that can help you

I’ll tell you a story…

When I was between 11 and 13years, was still in junior secondary school, I hawked several stuff for my momma depending on the season but that’s not the story..

You see? My mum had a shop in the old umuahia market, and after school as usual I go to hawk stuff, now in that market, there was an old woman called Daada❤
Daada was a rice seller(cooked rice, beans and their associates)

They had a line where they sold, many rice sellers were on that line, then the next line had Agidi and stew sellers..
The story is about Daada the rice seller, as at when I was 11 or thereabouts, she was already old and wrinkled, with her ‘pancake’ and badly drawn eyebrows😂😂 but one thing stood out! Her STEW!

Daada had this fine touch to her stew that no one could replicate.. I mean NOBODY COULD..

Early in the morning, you would see, women who left their houses, came to market but must branch at Daada’s shop to eat rice, men too weren’t left out! Infact you had to wash your own plate if you want make the rice sure for you ooo, she no get girl wey dey help her, so once she comes to her shop, the plates she comes with are already washed and soaked in clean water, after use, subsequent users must wash their plates because once she sits she’s not standing until she’s done selling🤗

And boy was the rice good? Stew I mean? Damn right, although it had too much unhealthy oils but it was a delight to the taste buds.. this was when you could buy a plate of rice for 20 or 30naira 10naira beans meat 20naira and plantain if you’re feeling like a king😂😂😂

The thing is, from morning till maybe around 2pm in the afternoon, the crowd doesn’t wane until she’s done selling, the other sellers would have to wait for her rice to finish before those who couldn’t buy from her will then patronize them and yes it made them envious

Anyday, Daada is having a bad market day, imagine, what the other rice sellers are having?? Infact most people who would patronize the agidi sellers on the other line would be because they couldn’t buy Daada’s rice!
She’s late now, May she RIP..
My point? You can, distinguish yourself no matter how many are in the same field with you, everyone on that line cooked rice like she did but they didn’t have her recipe..

And for everyday we ate her rice, the taste was ALWAYS SAME!
When you make a clear cut path for yourself, don’t become the ‘typical Nigerian’ and water down your product or regimen…

Daada kept her quality untainted, she didn’t have to beg for customers for one day while that market existed.
If you’re doing business be consistent, if you’re offering services don’t reduce your standards once customers start trooping in, because that was what brought them in at first..

I hope this helps you today and beyond..
Have a great weekend dears❤❤

Avoid having too many kids

Having too many kids (that you can’t afford to take care of)is to your own disadvantage and I’ll tell you why..

Even in your old age, you might still not have a single one of them willing to take care of you like you dreamed..
Inability to give your kids quality life is the reason you hear people make arguments about not owing their parents..

You might be in abject poverty, hawk or do many menial jobs to get food to kids that you forgot were also hustling at a tender age to make up whatever you brought in and then when they’re grown and a bit successful than you were, they remember they most times did the bulk of fending for themselves while all you offered was sit in abject poverty and continuously bred like rabbit while wailing as to why you were doing your best to take care of them😏

There are things you don’t handle with emotions, human beings are one of such, that you’re emotional and tend to help or ‘pay back’ does not mean the next person will, this is a hard lesson for Nigerians especially, they don’t understand why a woman will sell akara or pap to send her kids to school and the child grows to say they did nothing for him/her..
It’s simple, you didn’t sell alone, most often than not, they sold with you! You see?? Such child won’t be wrong to say they don’t owe you shit..

Do we talk the civil servants who didn’t sell nor sent their children to sell but because the kids were too many, most times they were hungry but had to endure because daddy and mummy had to share food meant for 2kids amongst 4, 5, 6 or sometimes 10 siblings?🤷🏾‍♀️
The kids will remember the hunger, and you want them to be indebted to you for raising them in hunger?

Most of the kids, had to wait a year or two so their parents can afford Jamb form, some got into school but had to sort their bills out themselves🤦🏽‍♀️ the list is inexhaustible abi na the ones wey study wetin dem no get interest in because their parents couldn’t afford their choice course? When such kid says he/she doesn’t owe you are they not right?

Most people that argue with ‘after all their parents did for them’ really regret even the environment or accommodation they grew up in if they’d be truthful to themselves, most times these parents did nothing, absolutely nothing!
You sat in a shop selling satchet water and biscuits but your kids are the ones who got to walk the whole town to hawk, who should be indebted to who?

Like I said, everyone won’t react emotionally like you and you can’t force your beliefs on someone..
It’s always kids from poor homes that have problems arguing who should be indebted to who, you don’t see the rich with such problems..
When you give someone quality life, you don’t need to beg for indebtedness, it comes naturally, imagine, someone on Facebook dashed you 5k and you want to use appreciation post to kill us ontop 5k now you have parents that gave you the best in education, health, quality living et al and you will come to Facebook to argue who should be indebted or not😏 you won’t even have such people on your list..

The cycle won’t break anytime soon because in this generation people are still giving birth like rabbits.. is it not here on Facebook that they come to guilt trip people with ‘help me, nobody knows tomorrow’? Tomorrow will be better for people who are proactive, who did the right thing, took the right measures and not for you that stuffed your brain with fufu and kept breeding like an animal..

You see the rich have just one kid or maybe two and you shamelessly go to beg them for help with 5kids and you think you have sense? And then when they tell you they have their own problems you start the cliche of nobody knows tomorrow😏😏 tomorrow their kids will still rule your own kids who will still go to meet them for help and the vicious cycle continues.

The first rule to breaking poverty is limiting the number of persons dependent on you!
Those who think they owe their parents nothing may be right don’t drag their reality with them, just ensure you don’t get caught in that web through your own stupidity..

Do the right thing today and save yourself the embarrassment of suffering through to the grave.

Stay away from your Abusers

Listen!
If either of your parents were abused by their partner or you have an older sibling who was/is being abused by their partner and THEY STUCK with them..

Listen very carefully, do everything you want with them from afar, show them love from afar, gift them from afar… NEVER let them into your space, let alone living permanently with you and your spouse!

Strange? Yes but I’ll tell you why…
Anyone being abused especially by their love partners most likely than not KNOW that they’re being abused but they’re weak where their abusers are or rather chose to be weak, but that doesn’t mean they’re weak as humans in every area of their lives, they’re just weak when it has to do with their partners..

Now, when someone is weak in an area and they have someone or something upon which they can prove their strength, they go full throttle! Just like they have seen their partner as their superior, they’ll definitely find someone else who they’ll be superior to!

Let me explain…. say for instance, a woman is being abused by her husband and she keeps enduring, she could unleash her frustrations on her kids, maybe not as kids but when they’re grown and MARRIED..

Abused women who STUCK to and endured the abuse most often than not become the ‘wicked mother-in-law’ we keep reading about..
Abuse has a way of RESHAPING someone’s mentality..
She’s likely to see her loving son as ‘weak’ and her daughter-in-law as manipulating or ‘undeserving’ of love..

Men who watched their dads abuse their mums, pick up the dangerous traits and their wives in turn pay heavily because to them abuse is the normal way to live..
Women who watched their mums live with abuse tend to see abuse as normal and stay married to abusive men without complaints which in turn damages their kids and the vicious cycle continues!

The mistake is, we see these things, we watched our parents go through what we term abuse but because as Africans we tend to be the ones to take care of them later in life, we make the mistake of bringing them to live with us! Then the battle begins, the man or woman who did nothing wrong other than marrying their child will start to suffer for what he/she wasn’t the cause..

They come in, run their children’s homes to the detriment of their spouse and when the marriage packs up because this generation won’t want to be subjected to what their generation accepted, people will start telling the divorcee how they don’t understand the institution called Marriage..

Stay far away from people who have accepted abuse as normal and are living with their abusers, except you’re an abuser or comfortable in abuse they’ll most likely make life a living hell for you, it doesn’t matter if they’re mere acquaintances or your parents!

BECAUSE YOU WERE RAISED WRONG DOESN’T MEAN YOUR DAUGHTER SHOULD!

Going down memory lane on growing up, I’d say I wasn’t a preacher of love😂
I am the fight..
I’m the war..
Oh yes, I grew up in what you could rightly call, A Jungle! It wasn’t as bad as ajengule in dirt but it wasn’t a posh neighborhood🤷🏾‍♀️

Have you heard the phrase survival of the fittest? Yes! That’s the right phrase, that’s what I did, that’s what many kids did..
It was violent, it was bloody but then that was what we saw, what we were taught by the environment, either you beat or you’re beaten

Late Obanikoro dubbed me ‘Nwanyi soja’ (the military woman)😂😂 why? I was the fighter, no no don’t get me wrong, I’m not proud looking back and remembering all the kids I bullied but then I’m going somewhere with this story🤗 shall we??

Ok most of y’all know I’m the Ada(first daughter) and because my elder brother gave me 5years and then proceeded to the boarding house, I automatically became the first child to my younger ones, you know what that means yeah? I was at the war front! Every rivalry both to me and my siblings was fought by yours truly within and without..

They picked on our lastborn a lot because she was very quiet growing up, I was the big sister, the loud one, the noise maker, the indabosky if you get what I mean🤣🤣
I had my frustrations as a kid, from forced house chores which I hated with passion to the hustle for daily bread and then I get some little play time you want to intimidate me? Who you? How do you form? How do you exist?

I had a penchant for fighting boys because the girls became cry babies🙄 small push they’re already crying🤦🏽‍♀️ I couldn’t deal😑
You fuck up as a girl, I go and drag your brother to a fight, my father got tired of mediating(problem child fighter I was😞🤦🏽‍♀️) one day in exasperation, he asked the dad of the boy that came to report that I had beaten up his son, how the boy who was well older than I was, stood looking at me and let me beat him up😂😂😂

Now, one thing that episode of my childhood did to me was, I NEVER TOLERATED INTIMIDATION be it from an age mate or an older person..
People then termed it ‘open eye’ I always got that admonition to ‘tone it down you’re a girl’
A woman is not supposed to be nyenyenye😏
Me I choputas not🤷🏾‍♀️

So I grew up! I didn’t learn assertiveness and confidence through the best route but I LEARNED!
I started relating with people in every aspect of daily living, because I refused to be abused(I’ve told the story about how I escaped rape as a child because of my open eye, if I were too ‘quiet’ e for don be for me)I still get that you don’t know you’re a woman cliche😏😏

Men suffer abuse I’m very much aware, but for the purpose of this single post I’ll focus on women…
In 2020, women are still being stereotyped, streamlined whatever on how they should or shouldn’t behave, they’re been hushed and almost forbidden to speak their opinion or express their hurt, next line is, how do you expect to be married with this kind of attitude😏😏

I was once in a relationship with someone who abused me emotionally, financially and once physically, I called out his bullshit and next thing was, do you think a man will marry you like this? E shock unku say I fit dust my nyash leave him in the yeye relationship..

Because in Nigeria currently, the onus still lies largely with women to ‘bring up their kids’ I’ll tell you women to change the narratives in bringing up your daughters..
I wouldn’t want to start a lecture on what should or shouldn’t give in bringing up a girl child lest the post be too long but I’ll tell you this..

BECAUSE YOU WERE RAISED WRONG DOESN’T MEAN YOUR DAUGHTER SHOULD!
Change the narrative….

With this my dears, I wish you a good night and a productive new week❣❤

Love yourselfDo your thingStrife to be better

Yes! I just graduated and I made first class.
Really? But, is it not from that glorified Secondary School behind our yard that he graduated from?
Who still values certificates from that school in the labour market kwanu??
Others are graduating from Babcock and UI, and he’s talking about graduating from a nonsense school with a rubbish cert.

She has travelled to further her studies.
Where to?
Gha gini?
Ghana? 😂😂😂
And you say travelled.
Lekwa Nigeria, Lekwa Ghana o.
Biko, when she gets to the US, Canada or Germany, please talk to me.

He has travelled abroad to study.
Oh, really? Where is he?
He’s in the UK.
What’s the name of the school? Is it an Ivy League school or a Community College in one local area?
Can that one even afford a good school abroad?
Ka m bia kwa o

She stays in Aba
Aba? Aba dirty? Oh my gosh!
Wait, which part of Aba?
Ogbor Hill? Okigwe Rd? Eziama? World Bank? GRA?
I si Ngwa Road?
Lemme hear word joo!!

They’ve relocated to Lagos finally.
Mmm.
Where in Lagos?
Main what? Mainland?
Biko, they’re not in Lagos, they’re in lagos.
Okay. You said they’re on the Island?
Well, it depends on where they lives on the Island. I’m sure it’s not VI or Lekki. 💅💅💅

He has gotten a new job. He’s now with XYZ company.
It’s not a multinational naa.
He’s still managing.
All those people working with multinational companies, how many heads do they have?

You said she got a car?
What type?
A Rolls? Honda?
Porsche?
Toyota?
Toyota gini? Corolla or Tacoma?
Abi na tokumbo Mercedes?

I like your cushion.
Is it pure leader?
Wow! Is it Italian? No?
Ahhh. You should have gone for pure Italian leader naa.

House warming party? What type of house did you build? A three bedroom bungalow?
E chekwa m ma o wu duplex.
What are you now doing house warming for naa for ordinary bungalow?

She don born o.
Wetin she born?
Girl? She no go give her husband male child?
She don born again? Wetin she born this time?
Another boy? Ha!
She no wan born girl? Who go take care of her when she old naa? Where she go go omugwo?

Your gown is fine o. Is it Turkey? Where is it from?
I got the material from xjsdndjd market and my tailor made it o.
Oh! It’s not even designers!
Mtcheeew…

This lace is fine o. Is it Indian lace?
How much is it?
Just 2k per yard
2 what?? 😂😂😂
The fabric is not fine again biko. No wonder the shine shine is falling off.

Your hair is faaaaaaaine
Is it 100% human hair?
Why naa? You should have gone for 100% Peruvian human hair. That’s what’s trending now.
Next time, call, I’ll take you to where you can get original hair.

She’s getting married next month.
It’s long over due naa
The man is not even fine.

She just had her child.
At what age?
Abeg! Abeg!!
Na she be first??

He’s 50 and his first child is 9.
What was he doing when others were getting married?
Look at him, boldly celebrating 50th birthday anniversary.

This 👆👆
Is the reality of the world of friends we live in.
People want to pressure you to live above your means
Knowingly and unknowingly
To mock or criticize
Just because they’re allergic to good news.

You see such people?
Avoid them.
Else, you won’t ever be happy with anything in your life.
None of your achievements would bring smiles to you.
You’d always feel like an under achiever no matter how hard and smart you work.
Your smiles would never be genuine.

Love yourself
Do your thing
Strife to be better
Avoid toxic friends
Cut them off

Know_Your_Spec 👌

The reality of how things operate in Nigeria is very disturbing..
A westerner who knows he/she likes bisexuals will rarely be with strictly straight people..
The one who loves sex so much will look for a capable partner even if it means marrying a porn star and they do that all the damn time!

Now come to Nigeria, a man will know he loves sex so much, won’t be able to sustain the no sex before marriage rule, he’ll pass natasha,Trisha, et al the nymphomaniac and go to profess love to sister Nkechi that wants to be celibate till marriage.. like WTF is wrong with you?

Same men will see Chelsea, Diamond et al who love the flashy luxury high end life, fall ‘in love’ with them when they know they’d rather have aunty Chinenye with her deeper life dressing and wife materialism, then they’d start hounding the flashy girl to drop her flashy lifestyle and be like aunty Chinenye that is after passing aunty Chinenye on the road to go and meet Chelsea oo..

Women likewise will leave the men that are their dream men and go to marry the supposedly rich men who they can’t stand their very sight then turn around to cheat with the fine gigolo…

The confusion you set in motion in your life is the reason for the complications you face!
Pick a damn struggle! Nothing is sexier than knowing what you want and going for it!
Miss me with the bullshit of when the desirable is not available…
They’re available you just want 10/10 when you yourself isn’t even 3/10..

Good day dears❤❤

Knowing the difference between needs and wants

The reason you go broke easily may not be because you aren’t getting enough money or even because the bills exceed the available revenue but because you haven’t acquired a good savings culture/inability to differentiate needs from wants..

You must have heard that ‘tiny drops make an ocean’ and it’s true..
I’ll share a little experience from secondary school..

I graduated from Abia state senior science school Ihie(most of my classmates are here on my list😁)
If you passed through the boarding houses in Nigeria you’ll know they’re living hell(except maybe the tushed ones I see these days) now take that hell and multiply it by 50?? There you go! You have my Alma mater🤣🤣

We saw nwii in that school, the only good thing about the school is the standard of Education! You go sabi book by fire by force😒
But conditions surrounding studies? It was a sorry sight, by the way it was years after graduating that I realized that for three years of my life I lived like a lower animal just to acquire an education in a boarding house😑

Savings brought about this story yeah??
We were fed ‘things’ you won’t give an ekuke to eat, the soups?? Eeewww! Stew??😞 jollof? Beans?? Tea nko? Ahn ahn… the only good thing from the refectory was the eggs on sunday and the bread.

So you now know why boarding students look with anticipation of ‘visiting days’..
So here’s what happened, every visiting, my mum, dad or my brother would come but largely my mum, even when she didn’t come on the Saturday that’s the usual visiting day maybe because she couldn’t find anyone to stay in her shop, she’ll definitely come on Sunday(God bless her for me)

Now it was known as ‘contraband’ ‘breaking bounds’ etc to bring in things, or move beyond certain points except when it’s visiting, but because my classmates then knew my mum always came fully loaded, even if I weren’t aware she came, they’d come call me..

So my savings journey started! Now, I had every reason to not save a dime from there because we didn’t have good food to start with but I already knew where I was going back to after school, ground no level..

There were several goodies on display for sale by teachers’ wives then during break periods but I’d be the last person to buy anything, maybe once in a black moon, not like I didn’t fancy those, or I wasn’t tempted, but I was quick to tell myself that ‘me and these students no be the same’..
Then if on your visiting you get 500naira or 1k you’re big! I mean by the time you buy 20naira meat pie like 5 and share to your goons, you’re the lord😁😁

So painstakingly, little by little, small denials here and there, the savings kept trickling in..
I never went to my house master to ask for money, instead i always went to save more, so when i graduated, i had 25k saved! Yes you read right!
This was when a basket of tomatoes cost 3k or 5k max! So imagine my mum’s amazement when I bounced into the market from school and gave her 25k! She had to sit me down, query me as to how I got that kind of money, not until I showed her the card where my money was ticked with my house Master before she believed me and relaxed!

The trick was, I was able to differentiate what I wanted from what I needed, before I spent 10naira in school then,I’d have been certain that I needed to spend that 10naira, if I couldn’t convince myself? No way I’m spending a dime! Even if everyone else bought or spent 10naira, I needed to agree within me that it was worth it..

Now, I’m not sure, how many understand what a need is and what a want is..
First you should know that your needs and wants must correlate with your current financial capabilities, I’ll explain, you can’t have access to 50k a month and expect your needs to be the same as someone who has access to 500k a month.

You see? Life comes in stages, as you climb the financial ladder, the needs and wants change too, so you can’t be in the first step of the ladder and be taking care of needs in the 2nd or 3rd step of the ladder, they’ll be WANTS and not NEEDS, hopefully you’ll understand that…

Your ability to differentiate your needs from wants and spend accordingly will determine how far you’ll go financially..
For instance…Just because you have 50k in your savings today doesn’t mean you can afford to buy a 50k or even 30k hair.
Teach yourself to save, even from the driest of pockets, tiny drops do make an ocean..

I hope you’re having a lovely evening dears❤

This thing about some mother in law and their daughter in law

I remember an incident that happened when I was a kid of 10, 11years..
My father’s cousin was to get married and he had two women he wanted to choose from so they had to consult a native doctor😁🤗

Now story according to my mum was that, when they got to the native doctor and tabled their matter, he told them that one of the ladies would be good in caring for her mother in law but every other aspect of her life was trouble, then the other one was a very good woman all round BUT was not going to care for mama😋

They went with the mama in question so guess who they chose? The first! True to the native doctor’s words, the lady was/is venom, craze, fighter, area scatter! As long as you’re not mama she no send you, even the husband, so automatically they married an extension for mama😁🤗

You know why I’m recounting this?? In igbo land, after asking if you’re OSU or UME when they go for enquiry on the woman they want their son to marry, the next thing they’d be looking out for is how much you can respect, care for, tolerate and submit to your mother-in-law! That’s why the ladies will go to visit mama especially before marriage, that’s also the reason you hear stories about difficult mothers-in-law to be..

The typical igbo woman, especially one who suffered neglect and abuse from the husband already knows the son has unconsciously imbibed those qualities, so she’s not counting on him to take care of her in her old age but his WIFE!
This is part of the reason they subject the ladies to all kinds of stupid tests so they’re sure when the time comes they won’t meet a challenge or stiff resistance..

Their daughters nko you may ask?? Just like they have prepared ahead to have someone else’s daughter care for them, they already believe once their daughters are married, they’re LOST.. They’d face their own mothers-in-law and also care for them at their requests or their sons’ requests!

This cycle has been sustained for a long time because men majorly provided so they had the say in their marriages, this is why a woman will have to after marriage ‘beg’ to go visit her people! Some men even go the extreme of banning them from sleeping over or give a limited number of days that they can stay over..

Now that women are earning too, the barrier currently is the shame of being divorced for going against your husband and deciding that you’d care for your own mother first before his, or even outrightly rejecting his mother coming to live with you or you caring for her..
Yes in 2020, you’ll still hear men say ‘a woman I married with MY MONEY’
My own wife refused to…
A woman I paid her bride price… et al

It’s because of the current story about the man that brought his mother to live with him and the angry wife who already has her hands full with 4kids refused to be burdened with his mother..
Will you say that man is useless? Yes! He’s useless that even he himself knows he and his thinking are very useless and stupid but guess what?? His STUPIDITY is proudly sponsored by THE SOCIETY!

He will have sympathizers and empathizers from the SOCIETY..

Ladies do not neglect your health until it’s too late.

Have you ever stuck your finger in your vagina then licked it? Okay maybe that’s extreme, did you try to find out what it smelled like??🥴

Most men masturbate yeah?? When you cum, have you ever tried to taste it? Or even smell it?🥴

You should give it a try! Maybe that would give you an answer to the reason why your partner is evasive when you want them to do that to you, I mean you can’t feed people poison and expect them to relish it🤷🏾‍♀️

A good number of ladies spend a lot, buying one thing or the other to improve the quality of vaginal juice and what have you..
Sometimes the solutions to your problems are simpler than what you deploy to tackle them..

Some of you use the sledgehammer to kill a fly, some things are not rocket science, but because you like fancy words and presentations you cause more problems for your health than the solution you think you found..
The quality of whatever content you dish out down below is directly proportional to your diet! Yes, it’s garbage in garbage out…

Except you have an infection, you don’t need any extra brouhaha to keep your privates clean and healthy with beautiful smell except PERSONAL HYGIENE…

Personal hygiene is something many people claim to do but a fraction only do it well, that’s a topic for another day..
All I’m saying is STOP feeding your partner poison!
When your partner starts complaining or being evasive, do what I wrote in paragraph one and two..

Finally, what’s this thing about Nigerians? Neglecting their health until it’s too late? What’s with the unregulated/medication without prescription that we do with all alacrity??
That also is a topic for another time!

Your first point for consultation, when you have health issues or want to improve your health shouldn’t be whoever you see marketing healthcare products while pasting ‘testimonies’ about how it worked but A QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL!

We’ve all got just one life, don’t throw yours to the bin with your carelessness, it’s true we all will die but then isn’t it foolishness giving someone else the power to cut you short before time while they go on living?

How’s your day going dears?❤❤

62 LESSONS I HAVE LEARNT FROM DR. D. K. OLUKOYA’S LIVE FOR ALMOST 2 DECADES AS A PROTÉGÉ

Put God first in everything you are doing
Deliverance plus Holiness is equal to possessing your possession
Pursue excellence and be the best
Take your prayer life seriously, it’s a determinant factor of your destiny fulfilment
Flee immorality, it’s a sin against God and yourself
Anger is hurting yourself because of other people’s offences
Be determined, be focused, be resolute
Keep the door of your mouth, minimise your words
Guard your heart jealously
Stop them before they stop you!
Your deliverance is in your hand, if you are willing and obedient
Leave defensive strategies, engage in offensive warfare
Become a primitive prayer warrior, modern day prayers cannot defeat olden days demons
Eating your tithes is eating your future
Possess the wisdom of the serpent, be a wise fighter
Do not love money, it’s the root of all evils
The enemy you spares today may not spare you tomorrow
Jesus is the utmost Deliverer, He came to set the captives free
The more you die to self, the more you are fit for Master’s use
No Church can accurately pay its Pastors, only God knows the actual reward of His servants
You can turn your room to a prayer mountain, stop climbing mountains like monkeys
A closed mouth is a closed destiny, open your mouth wide in prayer
The barrier you tolerates with persist till you forbid it
If you surely submits to God, what you need is to resist the devil and he will surely flee
A faint pen is better than sharper brain, keep notes
The day you stop learning, you start to grow old
You wife should be your best friend and vice versa and don’t keep secrets for each other
If you fail to honour your parents, you are dishonouring God
Fear is the opposite of faith, you are not given the spirit of fear
If you slip and fall, do not remain on the floor
Living a holy life protects you from onslaught of the wicked
If you marry wrongly, about 95% of your destiny will be affected
Midnight prayers usually hit the target, don’t sleep all nights, become a Watchman!
There is a vacancy in the heavenlies for ‘mad prophets’
Battle you failed to fight today will be waiting for you in the near future
It is insanity to be normal in an abnormal environment
The enemy you are afraid is also afraid of you, take your stand
No power can withstand the Blood of Jesus, both in heaven, on earth and underneath the earth
Your angel of blessing can be hindered, persist in prayer like Daniel to assist your angel
Pray until your eyes open before you choose your life partner
Behind every battle, there is a power behind
If you can put more effort, you will surely prevail
The Word of God is a weapon in spiritual warfare, be addicted to your Bible
You must not repeat the failures of your parents
Holy Ghost power differentiate Christianity from other religions
Resurrection power can bring back dead things to life
God can make you a mysterious wonder in your generation if you give Him chance
In the school of prayer, knocking prayer can guarantee your victory, pray without ceasing
Today’s readers are tomorrow’s leaders
Flee from all appearances of evil, it saves you from temptation
Know who you are in Christ: it will empower you
Learn how to use your spiritual authority, it’s a capital secret
You have shared part of your life with whoever has slept with you, therefore, zip-up
No one misquotes silence, therefore, maintain your quietness
You must order your life, God is in orderliness
Never ever give up, it’s dangerous
Holy Ghost baptism is our uniform as Christians
Praises and worship has potential to bring God to your battle to fight for you
Heaven is real, hell is real, decide where to spend your eternity
Satan don’t relent, therefore, be sober, and be vigilant all the time
God the Almighty is who you believe Him to be in your life, faithlessness limits God!
You as a child of God must learn how to hear God clearly… He’s your Father!

These are 62 lessons among those I have learnt from my father, just to celebrate his 62nd birthday.
Kindly share this for the entire world to learn from this great man of God.
I celebrate my father, my mentor and my destiny helper, Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya

Conclusively, Dr. Olukoya as a Pastor of pastors, he organised Goshen Club (a mentoring platform) to Reach, Raise and Empower Gospel preachers with the main aim of bringing Ministries and Ministers together in a Network to achieve effectiveness in life and ministry. Thereby creating an enabling environment for meaningful relationship in the ministry instead of unnecessary competition.

© Compiled by a son in the Lord…
Kindly share with people in your contact and groups for others to learn from this great man of God, you shall be celebrated in Jesus Name. Have a fabulous, favourable n testimonies filled week. Stay safe. Yours sincerely Pst Elijah U Anthony.