Exceptional Youth Group

We live in a generation where men do not pray. We talk about prayer, we read books about it, we desire to do it, but very few people are really investing their life and time into prayer.  For some of you listening to me you don't pray because you are professionals/aspiring professionals and you say, "I'm not called into the 5-Fold ministry, prayer is for Pastors and for zealous brothers have chosen to fail in other aspects of life" . We sometimes take people with vibrant prayer lives as sycophants and we despise them in our inward parts. It is precisely for this reason that prayer becomes the hallmark for true Christian maturity. Sometimes, you may find people who love to study the bible and listen to messages, but the ratio of people who have a consistent prayer regimen is typically lower. Let me explain why when you listen to messages, or study the word, there is often an immediately tangible addition, you come in contact with a new revelation and for man...

When I was younger I didn't really really take the bible to be true.... like true. It was more like I believed it because I was born into a Christian home. I was just going through the motions. Then in my 400 level in unilag, something happened to me. Hard to believe but true 100%. I was sleeping and one morning around 5:30am, I heard the words "...John 15:15". Immediately, I jumped up from my bed startled, I just knew that I heard the voice loud and clear and I was alone. I rushed to look for my bible to search what was written in John 15:15. Honestly, I almost cried, the words were so pertinent to my condition at the time. It was a difficult time in my life. It was then I realized that God knew the exact words in the bible because He inspired it. Friends the bible is real. I have had a similar experience several times after that. I just hear a specific scripture and when I check the bible it speaks exactly to my circumstance. Maybe God knew I was too intellectual (G...