by builder | Dec 9, 2019 | CHRISTIAN LIVING
Oooooooo nice one! And before any of you says that Bible characters would not have been interested in social media 😂 let me say chilllllll… we will know when we get to heaven 😂.
Ok so over the next few days, I’ll tell you my favourite Bible characters and why I would follow them, and in the comments, you tell me if you like that character and why.
Today the Bible Character I would follow on Instagram is Daniel. ♥️♥️♥️
I love Daniel because Daniel was a prophet with a full time ‘secular’ job. He was a top ruler in Babylon under the rule of more than one pagan king, so you can imagine that the man was a busy man. YET Daniel was one of the most potent prophets I have ever studied. He got revelations and spiritual insights that folks are still trying to decipher today 😯. Somehow, the man was able to be so deep into God that despite his busy schedule, he made sure that three times a day, he shut the flow of ‘schedule’ and he faced God one on one and spent time with Him. 😊😊😳😳👌🏾👌🏾 I am ruling my little kingdom of Oladiran kiddos and I can tell you now, shutting down to face God one on one can be hard! But not only did Daniel do it, he didn’t stop even when his enemies threatened his life! He would rather die at the teeth of lions than give up his me-time with God.
I would follow him on Instagram! Love him! Lord help me to be like Daniel!
How about you?
Oh I loved how you guys got in on the action on Monday. 😂😅 Some of you are Bible buffs hey 😁
Okay so today I wanna share my next favourite Bible Character. It’s Mary, the Mother of Jesus. This is a young lady who as far as we know had lived an ordinary life … but God called her favored. She was chosen. And when the angel told her God’s plan, as incredulous as it sounded, she was game! 😮 “Be it unto me according to your word.” She said. Priceless. It takes childlike faith for a person to say that after you have been told that God Himself will put His Spirit in you and cover His Spirit with flesh and bones to form a human child … who would be the Son of God! 🙌🏾👌🏾👏
But perhaps that’s why she was chosen; because she believed. . . And for anyone who believes, nothing shall be impossible. ♥️❤
Lord, I believe, help my unbelief. Who’s your second favorite Bible character?
Hey folks! I hope you’re enjoying this week’s Boom Tips. From Monday I’ve been talking about my favorite Bible characters.
Okay so today my assistant @bukky_blaq will be telling us her favorite Bible character and why. 💃🏽👇🏼
My favorite is Joseph in the Old Testament , because he had many unfair things happen to him but always kept a good attitude and his trust in God. And because of that he had favor in whatever situation he ended up in. He was his father’s favorite, so his jealous brothers sold him into slavery.
Joseph was serving well in Egypt when he was falsely accused and went to jail. He ended up being second in control of the nation. Pharaoh gave him leadership and saved his family from famine. He endured unfair situations for years but he realized that God can use anything that was meant for evil and turn it to something good.💥
Oh I loved how you guys got in on the action on Monday. 😂😅 Some of you are Bible buffs hey 😁
Okay so today I wanna share my next favourite Bible Character. It’s Mary, the Mother of Jesus. This is a young lady who as far as we know had lived an ordinary life … but God called her favored. She was chosen. And when the angel told her God’s plan, as incredulous as it sounded, she was game! 😮 “Be it unto me according to your word.” She said. Priceless. It takes childlike faith for a person to say that after you have been told that God Himself will put His Spirit in you and cover His Spirit with flesh and bones to form a human child … who would be the Son of God! 🙌🏾👌🏾👏
But perhaps that’s why she was chosen; because she believed. . . And for anyone who believes, nothing shall be impossible. ♥️❤
Lord, I believe, help my unbelief. Who’s your second favorite Bible character?
Coach Toyin, Founder of The Narrow Gateway
As always, I end this by saying, I am Coach Toyin, fully convicted by my own words and very much still under construction in the hands of the Father.
by builder | Nov 20, 2019 | CHRISTIAN LIVING
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Ahhh this week’s #boomtips are LIT 🔥 because as we all know, there have been debates within and outside of Christian-dom about whether Kanye West is really a Christian etc etc etc. 🙂
Before I go on, I want to emphasize that if you are reading this, please don’t first use these tips to try to assess whether KANYE or someone else is a Christian. Rather FIRST use these tips to assess the genuineness of YOUR OWN encounter with Jesus ❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾😮😮. Truly folks, what’s most important to God is that the world that He loves so much gets reconciled to Him, so you must begin with embracing Him in a genuine way, then you can focus on praying for others who may or may not be responding to the call of Jesus.
So, for someone like Kanye West, rather pray for him, because trust me, when you declare to the world that JESUS IS KING, you are gonna get lots of ‘feedback’ from the physical and spiritual realm … so he’s gonna need all the prayer support he can get. 😮🙋♀️ 🙏🏾
So rather pray and keep praying for him and for other folks who have encountered or are being drawn to Jesus. PRAY FOR YOURSELF too; because your encounter with Christ should propel you to draw others to Him, and if you are not being stirred up to do this, then you need some fire 🔥 in your heart reignited, don’t you? #realtalk
This week I’ll be sharing links to some videos in which one of our most trusted spiritual mentors and a family friend Dr Ferdinand Nweke of Eternity Ministries, shares on MARKS OF A GENUINE ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS! Awesome! ♥️❤️🙌🏾🔥Check out the link in bio for Video 1 (https://youtu.be/gbtKmzoPLOI) and then come back to the same post slot on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday for other videos and tips on the topic.
If you have questions or you need help to ‘tighten up’ your relationship with Jesus so that the new life in Christ can really be evident in you, feel free to DM me. ❤️❤️
Wow! This topic is LIT and so relevant! I’m praying that as you follow it, you won’t be see it as a way to judge others (e.g KANYE WEST 🙃🧐😏) but the fire of conviction will first begin with you. Come on somebody! Do you consider yourself to be a Christian? If so then your life should reflect a genuine encounter with Jesus Christ, because Jesus Christ had this M.O: THOSE WHO HAD A GENUINE ENCOUNTER WITH HIM THAT LED TO THEM ‘ACCEPTING’ HIM TO BE THE SON OF GOD, WERE CHANGED!!!
🙌🏾Have you been changed?
🙌🏾Do you feel differently about the life of distance and separation from God that you used to have?
🙌🏾Does it break your heart when you fall into sin and brokenness? Do you experience genuine godly sorrow when you mess up, or do you make excuses for and tolerate sin in your life?
🙌🏾Are you hungering to know God more and experience this new life of intimate union with Him?
🙌🏾Have you begun to explore and express your new identity in Christ?
🙌🏾Do you feel compelled to bring others into the newness that Jesus has brought into your life?
I could go on! It is so important that we self-assess frequently so that we do not think we are standing strong in the faith when we are actually far from Him.
So here is the second video by one of our most trusted spiritual mentors and a family friend, Dr Ferdinand Nweke of Eternity Ministries, where he shares on MARKS OF A GENUINE ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS! Awesome! ♥️❤️🙌🏾🔥 Check out the link in bio for Video 2 (
https://youtu.be/_5y4W_zGQsY) and then come back to the same post slot on Friday and Sunday for other videos and tips on the topic.
(P.S link to video 1 will be in the comments section)
If you have questions or you need help to ‘tighten up’ your relationship with Jesus so that the new life in Christ can really be evident in you, feel free to DM me. ❤️❤️
Awesome! Stick up your hand 🙋♀️If this week’s#boomtips have been helpful for you. If you haven’t read them, go check out Monday and Wednesday’s tips. You need this!
So, this week’s topic is inspired by the ongoing debate within and outside Christian-dom regarding KANYE WEST and whether he is really a Christian or not. Foooolllkkksssss! I could say a lot on this debate but I would rather encourage you all that instead of spending precious time debating about his salvation, rather just turn that fire into prayer 🙏🏾! #prayforkanye whenever you encounter one of his videos or any of his music. Pray for yourself too (SO IMPORTANT!) that your faith in Christ will be real and life changing, AND it will boldly and radically draw others to be reconciled to God!
_So he [Saul], trembling and astonished, said, *“Lord, what do You want me to do?”* Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and *you will be told what you must do.”* And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no one. Acts 9:6-7 NKJV 💥
A genuine encounter with Christ changes everything. It is impossible to meet Him and continue with business as usual. Such an encounter leaves indellible marks on its target. _It apprehends the individual from personal ambition and agendas to *a life of assigned purpose and eternal significance.*_ And it demands _*a personal response*_ not based on the group experience of fellow travellers on life’s road. Have you had such an experience with the risen Lord of the universe?
One of our most trusted spiritual mentors and a family friend Dr Ferdinand Nweke of Eternity Ministries, is doing a series on this topic: MARKS OF A GENUINE ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS! Awesome! ♥️❤️🙌🏾🔥 It has been LIT! There is no video today but if you want me to send you an MP3 on the topic, DM me.
Come back to the same post slot on Sunday for other videos and tips on the topic.
(P.S link to videos 1 and 2 will be in the comments section)
If you have questions or you need help to ‘tighten up’ your relationship with Jesus so that the new life in Christ can really be evident in you, feel free to DM me. ❤️❤️
Well fam, stick up your hand 🤚 if you have benefited from this week’s #Boomtips. Stick up your hand if you have been inspired to #prayforkanyerather than just speculate about his salvation
Please go and read the #boomtip posts from Monday, Wednesday and Friday and watch the associated videos (links in the comments). For me, this week’s topic is so critical because we are in an era where we love to sit on benches and survey the lives of others and judge, whereas we could be using that energy to immerse ourselves in our own personal growth in Christ, so that through viewing our lives, others will be drawn to Jesus Christ (the Way to being reconciled to God). ❤️♥️😭
One of our most trusted spiritual mentors and a family friend Dr Ferdinand Nweke of Eternity Ministries, is doing a series on this topic: MARKS OF A GENUINE ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS! Awesome! ♥️❤️🙌🏾🔥 It has been LIT! Check out the link in bio for Video 3 (
https://youtu.be/TvzjnWJfN3I) and while you are on his YouTube channel, look out for videos 1, 2 on the topic. The series is ongoing so subscribe to Dr Ferdinand’s channel (Eternity Ministries) and watch all other videos on this series.
If you have questions or you need help to ‘tighten up’ your relationship with Jesus so that the new life in Christ can really be evident in you, feel free to DM me. ❤️❤️
by builder | Nov 12, 2019 | CHRISTIAN LIVING
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P.U.S.H😐 I’m sure you’ve heard folks say “P.U.S.H” as in Pray Until Something Happens. Well, most folks think that means you should pray until you get what you are praying about. But can this be true? Prayer is not just about posting your requests to God, but more about getting yourself aligned with His agenda🤔?
Join me this week as we explore what that “something” is that needs to “happen” in order for you to know that your prayers have been effective💥. Look out for Coach Toyin’s B.O.O.M TIPS on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday 5pm posts. See you there 😉
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The presence of anxiety is unavoidable but the prison of anxiety is optional” – adapted from Max Lucado’s “Anxious For Nothing”.😮
Famz, pray until you are no longer anxious. In Philippians 4:6-7, Paul said this to the church in Philippi: “Don’t be anxious about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. Then you willexperience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” ❤
God is itching to exchange your anxiety for His peace, so pray until you feel that you have dumped your anxiety at His feet and taken up His peace. Sincere prayer erases anxiety and ushers in God’s peace. Yes, even if you don’t yet have what you asked for.❤
EARS POPPIN’ OPEN 👂: Pray NOT until you feel God has ‘finally’ heard you, but rather until you know YOU are hearing HIM.
Oh boy, how radically different would your prayer life be if you were not trying to pray louder or longer or wordier so as to get God’s attention, but rather you prayed so as to shut down the noise of life, and prepare a stillness in your heart to hear His voice? Wow!😮 Famz, our God ain’t waiting on you to perform a dramatic ritual prayer that makes Him swivel around in His throne and take notice of you, like the judges on that reality show, The Voice🎤😂. God’s seat is already turned towards you. He is leaning forward and listening to you. Even before you tell Him your needs, He knows them and has the ready answer. BUT you got to #TURNUP at the right show by aligning with His agenda through prayer.
Pray until you know you are now hearing God💥
SUPERMAN STURVES ⚡: Pray until you receive a supernatural strategy for your situation and what your posture should be in navigating it💥. My pastor says, you only know what you know, and what you know is not enough to help you to get to where you know you need to be💥.
Activity: pick 5 well-known Bible accounts of people who had a need and they prayed and asked God for help. You’ll find that most times, God answered their prayer, not with the help they asked for, but rather with instructions on actions that they should take, which would lead them to the answer they needed. God isn’t raising ‘hand-out culture’ children. He gives us tools and empowers us to be part of our own solution. Go check it out😉. Pray until you get your strategy, then implement the strategy and boom! Prayers answered!
Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ Jeremiah 33:3
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Coach Toyin, Founder of The Narrow Gateway
As always, I end this by saying, I am Coach Toyin, fully convicted by my own words and very much still under construction in the hands of the Father.
by builder | Nov 12, 2019 | CHRISTIAN LIVING
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Yup! Child of God I said it. It is time to grow up! 💥
I repeat! It is time to grow up and this week I want to share with you some critical tips on how you can stop experiencing life battered by sin, battered by brokenness, battered by powerlessness, battered by total or frequent disconnectedness from God. ❤️😇💪🏽
I have come to understand that the primary challenge that Christianity faces is that we think that being a Christian is about subscribing to what we think is a higher standard of morals. If this is what you think, let me announce it to you now- that is FALSE. That is not what being a Christian is about. 💥😭
Moral living is a product of being a child of God, but it is definitely not what Christianity is primarily about.
This week I wanna share with you some crucial tips about what being a Child of God is really about, so that if you have been living a lesser version or wrong version of Christianity you can make some changes now. I’m gonna do this by sharing with you 4 videos titled👉🏼 It’s About Time To GROW in the Spirit. Today I’m going to share with you video 1 of 4 videos https://youtu.be/3oEmS2wqM80
Make sure you watch all 4. Today you can watch video 1, but make sure you come back on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday to watch Videos 2, 3 and 4 respectively or you can decide to binge watch all 4 now. They won’t take you more than 30mins in total. 💥🎬😀
But folks trust me for the times we live in, you CAN NO LONGER AFFORD to walk around clueless about what it really means to be a believer in Christ. In order for you to make any difference in this world🌎 as a child of God, you need to grow up. 💥
Hey folks! I hope you already watched video 1 in this series. If not, pls go to my YouTube channel (The Narrow Gateway With Coach Toyin) and search for “ITS ABOUT TIME TO GROW IN THE SPIRIT Part 1 of 4”. It gives such a good intro to this series.
I’ve had such great feedback from you all and today I want you to go ahead and watch Video 2https://youtu.be/o3uk6sd-KaA. Time to grow up fam! We as Christians are often so ineffective because we get saved and stay spiritual babies; no clue of what you are saved from, how you were saved and what you have been saved to become. 😭 If only we could get this right, we would be 🔥🔥🔥 the fire the world needs!
So join me in this video series where I give you tips to GROW UP! And come back on Friday and Sunday for more tips ❤
Hey folks! I’m loving this week’s Boom Tips 💃🏽💃🏽and loving the feedback. Most importantly, I really pray that you’re being inspired to grow up as a christian.
When you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are a spiritual babe in Christ, and you must learn to grow in the things of God.
Child of God, you need to be hungry for God, so hungry that you stop being okay with just being spoonfed and seek Him with all their hearts. At some point, people need to grow up and once this happens, they are guaranteed to become better, growing Christians.
If you haven’t watched videos 1 and 2, find the links in the comments. Or just go to my YouTube Channel – search for “The Narrow Gateway With Coach Toyin”; you’ll find the videos there … and while you are there, subscribe will you? 😁
Today’s video is video 3 https://youtu.be/ev6vhbdfZZ4 ❤️
Come back on Sunday for video 4
This week’s #boomtip videos on ITS ABOUT TIME TO GROW IN THE SPIRIT has been epic! Confirm with a 🙋🏽♀️ if you have watched any of the 3 videos posted this week, and if you were blessed. ♥️♥️
So this afternoon, we are watching video 4 which is the final video 💃🏽- https://youtu.be/VUMfMbjc5kY
️If you missed videos 1 to 3, please please go watch them. I’ll post the links to those videos in the comments. Otherwise, you can just go to my YouTube Channel – search for “The Narrow Gateway With Coach Toyin”; you’ll find the videos there … and while you are there, subscribe will you?❤️💥
Coach Toyin, Founder of The Narrow Gateway
As always, I end this by saying, I am Coach Toyin, fully convicted by my own words and very much still under construction in the hands of the Father.
by builder | Nov 5, 2019 | CHRISTIAN LIVING
Yesterday at church, the person who preached spoke about the fact that many of us, Christians included, can no longer decipher/perceive God’s voice because we have saturated ourselves so much with the systems of this world, popular mindsets, trendy though-patterns and politically correct dialogue.
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Is that you?
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Let me ask the question a different way. When you hear the word of God being preached, what is your first and most natural reaction?
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Do you instinctively cringe because you already suspect that the word is false?
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Or do you easily get distracted because you are preoccupied with a whole lot of other stuff- life’s hustle and bustle?
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Or perhaps you are not that interested because life has shown you what appears to be more saucy experiences to offer you?
🧐Or perhaps your first reaction is to get excited but you soon lose that feeling when ‘real life’ hits you?
When last have you heard God’s word and your natural reaction was a sense of joy bubbling up from within, because Deep (God’s Spirit) cried out to deep (your spirit), and deep (your spirit) actually heard and was refreshed?
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This week I want to push you a bit … okay, a lot.
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You see, it is your heritage as a child of God to be led by the Spirit of God. This means that you must be able to hear His voice, know that it is Him speaking and also be able to follow it.
So circle back to this time slot on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, for tips to push you to want more of God- to help you to return to a lifestyle of hearing God and following Him. In the meantime feel free to send me any questions or you could enrol for any of my coaching programs (www.thenarrowgateway.com/coachingprograms) all of which help you to cultivate deeper intimacy and communion with God.
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GET ANGRY!
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Jesus said to His followers, My sheep hear my voice. Fam, it is your right and inheritance as a child of God to be able to hear God’s voice and be led by His Spirit.
Hey! It is what sets you apart from the world! As in! While others are trying to use sense and logic to figure out their lives, what to do, where to go, how to go about it, you know that you have a direct link with God through His Spirit, so you go to Him to ask, “Lord, what are You saying? Which way should I go? Should I follow my sense right now? Or is this one of those times when You want me to follow my passions, not my logic? Or should I go against my personality right now? Or is this one of those times when you want me to reach into my upbringing and make a move based on how I was raised?”
Get it? To be a child of God is to have the 411 on life because you have your ear to the heart of God. If you do not experience this as a consistent reality, get angry! Get dissatisfied! Rage against it, because you are being shortchanged!
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Refuse that this continues to be your story any longer.
I’ll be back to the same time slot on Friday and Sunday with more tips on how to hear God again. In the meantime feel free to send me any questions or you could enrol for any of my coaching programswww.thenarrowgateway.com/coachingprograms all of which help you to cultivate deeper intimacy and communion with God.
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Hey folks hope Mondays introduction to this week’s#boomtip really stirred up a desire in you to know God’s voice again. Please go back to read Monday’s intro in case you missed it.
Tip 1 to help you begin to hear God’s voice again
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SHHHHHHHH! 🤫
Hmmmm this is a no brained, yet it’s sooo hard for most of us. The Lord is always speaking to people, including folks who don’t even follow Him. Whether you hear Him or not, and what you hear IF you do hear Him, depends many time on how receptive your heart is. The receptiveness of your heart is often determined by what you fill your life with.
This is not a matter of “do you fill your life with so-called good things or bad things?” This is a matter of whether the pre-occupation of your minutes, hours and days creates noise in your spirit, OR silences your spirit so that it can actually hear, see and perceive the move of God’s Spirit in your life.
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Noise! So many voices! So many inputs! So many opinions! So many agendas! If you want to hear God’s voice more, practice silence in the spirit. Quieten your life. De-clutter from exposures and activities that dull your spiritual senses away from God. 🤫
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I’ll be back to the same time slot on Sunday with more tips on how to hear God again. In the meantime feel free to send me any questions or you could enrol for any of my coaching programs (www.thenarrowgateway.com/coachingprograms) all of which help you to cultivate deeper intimacy and communion with God. ❤️
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Hi folks! Really hope you all have started practicing the tips I have shared so far on this topic. The reason that many of us Christians find our Christian lives to be so impractical and lacking any power is because we do not know the life of intimacy with God where you can actually hear His voice constantly and be led by His Spirit.
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Folks, WE ARE SHORTCHANGING OURSELVES!
Here’s tip 2
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FLOOD YOUR LIFE
Flood your life with experiences and exposures that carry the voice of God naturally. What you expose yourself to is what will shape the condition of your heart and prepare you to hear God and commune with Him intimately. What are the experiences and exposures that are available to you that carry God’s voice naturally? 🤷♀️ There are sooooo many!
All of creation was made at the word of God and it displays His person, His intentions and His power
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The written word of God in the Bible also is God’s revelation of Himself to mankind
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God at work in the lives of people. When we interact with folks who are walking with God, we get to know Him more through what He does in the lives of others
I could go on and on. You can choose to intentionally fill your life with carriers of God’s voice. When you do this, you are cleaning out the spiritual wax that has been clogging up your spiritual ears and preventing you from hearing or perceiving God’s voice.
I trust that you got something out of this week’s#boomtips. Feel free to send me any questions or you could enrol for any of my coaching programs (www.thenarrowgateway.com/coachingprograms) all of which help you to cultivate deeper intimacy and communion with God.
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Coach Toyin, Founder of The Narrow Gateway
As always, I end this by saying, I am Coach Toyin, fully convicted by my own words and very much still under construction in the hands of the Father.
