Birthing Possibilities

After watching the movie "Waiting Wars" by Gloria Bamiloye, you find tthat there is the faith that makes noise and there is the faith that remains when the noise fades. The kind that survives unanswered questions. The kind that keeps showing up long after the excitement has worn off. The kind that does not collapse when feelings fluctuate. Because if we are honest, starting is not the hardest part of the journey. Sustaining is. Anyone can believe boldly when doors are opening. Anyone can testify when prayers are answered quickly. But what about when obedience stretches longer than expected? When clarity doesn’t come on schedule? When growth feels invisible? That is where lasting faith is formed.  Hebrews 11 speaks of those who endured, who ran their race with perseverance, who were described as steadfast, immovable, always abounding. That kind of faith is not manufactured in a moment. It is cultivated in ordinary days, in repetition, in surrender. Lasting faith is not built o...

The Referral Racket: Sending You to Their Own Clinics One of the most disturbing forms of corruption in Nigeria's teaching hospitals involves consultants employed by government hospitals. These consultants, using government equipment and training funded by taxpayers, direct suffering patients to their private clinics just down the road. Both the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and the Nigerian Medical Association have stated that the practice of diverting patients to private clinics by doctors who are government employees is unethical. Despite this, it is widespread and largely goes unpunished. In May 2024, the Anambra State Ministry of Health suspended the salaries of a medical doctor and two nurses who were caught directing patients from General Hospital, Ekwulobia, to private hospitals. This case received media attention, but thousands of similar incidents occur each week without notice. Medical personnel often abandon their official duties to treat patients at thei...

“Water is life” may sound like a cliché, but it is one of the most accurate statements ever made. The human body depends on water for almost every function: circulation, digestion, temperature regulation, brain performance, and even mood stability. Sometimes, what we call a “mysterious ailment” may simply be dehydration in disguise. A woman experienced a headache every Sunday for several years. She prayed about it, worried over it, and even came to accept it as " one of those things ". Little did she know that the answer to her problem was in her water intake habits. Every Sunday afternoon, she would get a headache that rarely occurred on any other day. These headaches would resolve themselves by the next morning after a good night's rest. Initially, she thought it might be due to her family tradition of fasting until after church on Sundays, but she rarely experienced headaches on other days when she fasted until a certain time as well. The revelation came after a partic...

Pseudo satisfaction is the feeling of being full without being nourished. It is the illusion of fulfillment. It excites you, stimulates you, distracts you, but it does not build you. You feel something. But you are not strengthened. You are entertained. But you are not transformed. You are busy. But you are not progressing. Isaiah made a call-“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters… Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labour on what does not satisfy?”  Isaiah 55:1–2 (NIV) Thirst Is Not the Problem The scripture begins with an invitation: “Come, all you who are thirsty…” Thirst is awareness. It is the signal that something is missing. Every human being is thirsty; for meaning, for love, for recognition, for impact, for peace. The problem is not that we are thirsty. The problem is where we try to quench it. Instead of coming to the waters, we scroll. Instead of seeking depth, we chase applause. Instead of building capacity, we chase quick validation. ...

THE SCAM CALLED "SETTLE ME" You arrive feeling unwell and anxious. You pay the official fee, but then someone whispers that the procedure cannot start until you "settle." You try to brush it off and insist on your "rights," but you notice that others who came to meet you are being attended to while you are left waiting. This situation is not unusual in Nigeria's university teaching hospitals; it's simply part of the admission process. When you walk into most University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Nigeria today, you quickly sense an underlying tension that most people don't talk about openly. While there are official fees for medical services, the reality is often different. Patients frequently find themselves approached by doctors, nurses, or orderlies who ask for "settlements" on the side. It feels like a shake-down, where you’re essentially being extorted for procedures you have already paid for. This unsettling practice turns what s...

Have you ever felt like you’ve been praying for something forever: a job, a marriage, a child, healing, a breakthrough, or a loved one who has strayed? You’ve poured your heart into those prayers, maybe even fasted, clung to scripture, and declared your hopes. Yet, after all this time, it feels like nothing has changed.  Have you ever paused, in the midst of all those prayers, to ask God why you haven’t seen the answers you're longing for? Instead of focusing solely on the request, maybe it’s time to explore deeper. Think about how you’ve been praying for this same thing. Are the words you use today exactly the same as they were three years ago? If the answer is yes, it might be worth reflecting on why that is. It’s not that God is weary of hearing your request; it’s possible you’ve stopped engaging with Him and have turned prayer into a kind of spiritual checklist, just something you check off to feel like you’re still in the game. That’s not real intercession; that’s just going t...

  "For there is hope for a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young plant."-  Job 14:7–9 (ESV) A stump may seem unappealing at first glance. People walk past stumps. They sit on stumps. Sometimes they use stumps for target practice. To many, a stump represents failure-a point where growth has seemingly come to an end. But below the stump, below the visible, there is a root system that existed long before the tree was cut down. Roots that grew in secret during all those years of growth. Roots that pressed through rock and endured both rainy and dry seasons. Your root system is what God has been building in you through every season. The prayers that felt unanswered. The character formed in secret. The trust developed not in the mountain moments but in the valley ones. None of it was wasted. A...

This Too Shall Pass "Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."-Psalm 30:5 There’s an ancient saying that captures the ups and downs of life: "This too shall pass." It was crafted by a king’s advisers, meant to remind him that both prosperity and hardship are fleeting. This idea resonates profoundly in the Easter story, a transformative moment in history. Good Friday: When Darkness Felt Like the End Imagine the agony of Good Friday, the sky darkening over Golgotha, the sound of nails piercing flesh, and the silence that followed. The disciples, who had witnessed miracles and held unshakeable hope, were suddenly faced with despair. That Saturday must have felt endless. The Gospels share little about it, perhaps because it captures where many of us find ourselves: stuck in that uncomfortable in-between. Between loss and healing, disappointment and hope, grief and new beginnings. The disciples grieved without knowing that Sunday, the day of...