The Audacity of Faith ... With Pastor Kola

The Audacity of Faith (7)

Matthew 14:28-29 KJV

“And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.”

Faith is a risk! The Faith Walk is a risky Walk! Faith is audacious because it sometimes dangerously run against the grains of normalcy. When you walk in faith, sometimes people are going to get concerned about you. Some will mock you or even hate you because you are going against what constitutes the holy grail of existence from their perspectives.

Abraham would have been seen as a mad man to live the known for the unknown when he was called out of his father's house from amongst his brethren to go to a land he was yet to be shown. It takes a bold and daring person to obey and leave.

The three Hebrew boys' daring insolence to the king and refusal to bow to the graven image made by King Nebuchadnezzar was most audacious! It could have cost them their lives and it came across as dangerously stupid given the totalitarian powers the king had!

Daniel's decision to pray as he had often done after knowing that the decree had been signed into law prohibiting anybody from praying to any other god but the king and his sojourn into the lion's den are actions only bold and audacious individuals can take.

All of these people traded their common sense for heaven's sense. They moved from operating natural rules to engaging supernatural rules. They transcended logic to the illogical realm and by their acts obtained good testimonies.

You and I can't do less! We must take bold audacious steps that will transit us beyond the natural into the supernatural. We must engage heaven's sense and suspend common sense when we walk in faith. If we ever attempt to use our common sense to walk the faith walk, we will forever play safe, remain in the boat and live colorless lives!

The Christian Faith Walk is a bold and audacious Walk, without a heart, you can't make a mark!!!

I celebrate you

Kolawole Oyeyemi

Chapel of Uncommon Grace

For deeper exposition of the WORD, join me in service on Sunday at 8am; Plot 14, Olugbesan close, off Allen Avenue behind Alade market, Ikeja or on air on Sundays at 7am on WAP TV on StarTimes, 3pm on TV Continental, 4pm on STV and 2.30 - 3.00pm On R2TV on MultiTV with Repeat broadcast at12.30 - 1.00PM on Thursdays

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I love Films. Always have. From back in the day when as kids we sneaked into Super Cinema in Surulere Lagos to watch Indian & Chinese epics that weren't even sub-titled in English.

It's why today I enjoy film festival jury work. It's always a great chance to see the world through its stories. The tales of our flawed humanity Set against the conflicts of characters & cultures, history & modernity, pain & progress, defeat & triumph, the human spirit is always resilient, always hopeful & always a work-in-progress.

On festival jury duty I get to watch a lot of films for free! And I marvel at the rich talent of Africa behind & in front of camera whether it's South Africa, Uganda, Kenya or Nigeria. I have no doubt that Africa will thrive someday soon in the global economy on the strength of her storytelling heritage!

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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for ... with Pastor Kolawole

Reflections 2015 (186)

The Audacity of Faith (1)

Hebrews 11:1-2 KJV

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report.”

Faith by definition makes no natural sense. How can something you have not seen or handled but hope for being a substance that is tangible? It is not logical. It does not follow common sense!

By definition, evidence is proof and requires that you have either seen or heard something. How can you then have an evidence of things not seen? It sounds ridiculous and crazy! This is however Faith as defined in Hebrews.

The human mind is locked into the five senses of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch. All these reside in the realm of logic, but Faith stands contrary to all these. You, therefore, cannot walk in Faith and live by logic! You will fail if you try!

You need heaven's senses and not natural senses to walk in faith. Faith thrives in the illogical. If you are not willing to be seen as weird sometimes, crazy at other times and suicidal some other times, you cannot walk in faith. If you are not willing to go against the grains of the times or you are trapped in the hole of predictable behaviors based on societal expectations, you cannot walk in faith.

If the elders obtained a good report because of faith, we need to understand this concept so we can walk in it to obtain a good report too.

We will explore this concept in the coming weeks

May your understanding be enlightened!

I celebrate you

Kolawole Oyeyemi

Chapel of Uncommon Grace

For deeper exposition of the WORD, join me in service on Sunday at 8am; Plot 14, Olugbesan close, off Allen Avenue behind Alade market, Ikeja or on air on Sundays at 7am on WAP TV on StarTimes, 3pm on TV Continental, 4pm on STV and 2.30 - 3.00pm On R2TV on MultiTV with Repeat broadcast at12.30 - 1.00PM on Thursdays

07030000054; 07030000087

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Looking unto Jesus the author and ... with Pastor Kola

Reflections 2015 (183)

Purpose, Pursuit and Power (93)

Hebrews 12:2 KJV

“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

If we bring my experience with the telephone conversation I had with the man who felt I was exerting an influence over him and combine it with Abraham's life and the life of Christ as discussed in the last three days, a practical definition of Power comes through.

Power is therefore INFLUENCE on thoughts and action. Whoever influences or controls your thoughts and action has power over you. Such a person can make you act or behave in certain ways that you ordinarily on your own may never want to behave.

You surrender your sovereignty to such a person willingly and not by coercion. It is voluntary surrender or obedience. This is true power or Authority. Today, nobody forces us as Christians to call ourselves children of Abraham and confess that His blessings are ours.

In the same vein, God expects that when we walk according to Purpose and we apprehend, people, organizations, institutions, businesses, nations, our world and generations yet unborn should surrender their sovereignty willingly to us while our descendants and the world bless God we lived long after we may have gone in our ripe old age! When in death, you are still speaking, that is true power!

May we enter this realm by grace

I celebrate you

Kolawole Oyeyemi

Chapel of Uncommon Grace

For deeper exposition of the WORD, join me in service on Sunday at 8am; Plot 14, Olugbesan close, off Allen Avenue behind Alade market, Ikeja or on air on Sundays at 7am on WAP TV on StarTimes, 3pm on TV Continental, 4pm on STV and 2.30 - 3.00pm On R2TV on MultiTV with Repeat broadcast at12.30 - 1.00PM on Thursdays

07030000054; 07030000087