Breakfast With God

Reading Genesis 5, from start to finish, you'll find the chapter talks a lot about Adam's family line. This person lived 905 years and had XYZ children; this person died after 830 years and had so-so amount of sons. The story (recorded) was pretty much the same for all them - Adam, Seth, Mahalalel, etc. - until you get to Enoch. For the first time in the entire chapter, something other  than just how old they were when they died, and how many kids they had was documented about someone!  Of course, each of the men in Genesis 5 weren't 100% identical, with the exact same experiences, relationships with God, attributes and talents, but only Enoch got the chance to have a more significant part of his story told - and centuries and centuries after, people are still reading/talking about him. When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.   After he became the father of Methuselah,  Enoch walked faithfully  with God  300 years and had ot...

I'm constantly amazed by how much of what God has done for me, and the access he's given me to wonderful things that I actually have no clue about. And that's simply for the reason that I didn't go searching for it in the Bible. The awesome promises of God for all of us who believe in Him are right there in His Word; a lot of the time we just don't know because we don't go looking. Do you know there are some difficulties you don't have to endure, for the simple fact that you're a Christian? A lot of the time, all we really need to do is put pressure on the Word of God to work for us! God's great promises to you are right there in the Bible, but they won't work in your life unless you do! You are a child of God; a co-heir with Jesus Christ (God's Word says so); you are higher than the angels (as grand as they seem), for Heaven's sake!  "For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; I have become your Fath...

How many times do you feel like there just aren't enough hours in the day to fit in quality time with God? How often do you spend roughly about one minute saying a quick prayer, just before jetting out of the house? How often do you subconsciously think - or sometimes even use the words - "God understands" - that you're busy, tired or too stressed to focus on Him.  This isn't a guilt trip - because I'm super guilty of all of this and more.  A preaching I heard last Sunday really challenged me to push myself and my faith MUCH further than I ever have.  I spent the entire day thinking about the amount of time I spend working, on Twitter/Snapchat, talking to my Significant Other, or unwinding with a little TV/series time.  The answer is: A lot.  I purposely, deliberately, actively created -and maintained - TIME for each of those things. So where in the heck did I get the idea that spending time with God would just magically work itse...

Earlier this week, while I was praying, a series of words came out of my mouth that I hadn't really planned: God, I'm committed to you. God, I'm committed to this relationship. I know there have been - and will be - ups and downs, but I am committed to walking this journey of life with you. God, this is a marriage. All of a sudden, I paused, opening my eyes, to really  think about those words. My next set of thoughts were:  How had I never thought about my relationship with God like this? Because that's exactly what we are (or supposed to be) in with God: A marriage. For the first time in my life, in that moment of solitude and communion, I recognised that my relationship with God was totally a 'for better, for worse' situation. It was an epiphany point. Billions and billions of us have either said those words or will say those at some point - whether or not we realise the gravity of it at the time - in our lifetime. And if we can say those words...

I'm very critical of myself; overly critical, one person really close to me tells me at least once a week. It's a good and terrible thing. On the one hand, my acute awareness of my flaws can leave me feeling frustrated and overwhelmed with myself; on the other, it drives me to better and better - because I know I can do and BE more. Over the last few weeks, I realised something about myself I really hadn't noticed for most of my adult life (which isn't that long at all, actually.): I enjoy satisfying myself more than any Christian really should. I love comfort, long, lazy weekends, and nice, tidy endings to my day. I love my day, week, life going according to (my) plan. I love when nothing and no one ruffles my schedule - whether that's giving someone a lift, which will take me off my usual route home, or having to take a bigger life detour. It's mostly because I'm organised, and subconsciously proud enough to believe my plans are the best.  But, w...

Honestly? Growing up listening to Nigerian worship music, I wasn't totally in love. With us two, there was just no real connection, so it took a while (I'm talking over ten years) for me to really start enjoying - not enduring - Christian music. About seven years ago, when I discovered the likes of Hillsong Worship, the game totally changed. I fell in love - and it's a love that's just kept on growing.  The deep lyrics and soft melodies totally took me to another dimension. I felt like I was right before God, just there singing to Him. So, here are the top 5 worship tunes I cannot get enough of! I hope you love them just as much! Love, Kunmi x 1. Yahweh - Elevation Worship 2. I Can Only Imagine - Tamela Mann 3. For Your Glory - Tasha Cobbs  4. O Come To The Altar - Elevation Worship 5. Koma Si (No One) - Tim Godfrey ft. Ccioma and IBK

I'm a champion at beating myself up. I don't need other people to highlight my shortcomings; they are glaring to me, and over-exaggerated in my mind.  I'm a lot better now, though, I have to admit. And that's because of a beautiful God who doesn't condemn me the way I do myself; who isn't shocked at or overwhelmed by my personal failures; who doesn't remind me of every thing I'm not doing right.  Yet still, lately I've been feeling like an extra crappy Christian. I don't spend as much time absorbing the Bible the way I'd love to. I haven't been spending enough quiet time with God, just talking or waiting or listening. And I've allowed other things and people to take centre stage, in all honesty (much as it hurts me to admit it).  Worse, I've whineeed about it for WAY too long. Because, all the while, I've had the power - with God's help and grace - to do something about everything I was unhappy with. And you ...