OLUSEGUN ISAAC BLOG

  But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, while not receiving from his hands what he brought; but as the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”  (2Kings 5:20) I came across this incredible story of a pastor who told his congregation at the dawn of a new year to give to him personally as their spiritual father, not the church, their entire month's salaries for his own welfare. He promised them unusual breakthroughs in their finances before the middle of the year, and went further to promise them he would refund to anyone of them who hadn't received his or her miracle several fold in return by then. Avarice is defined as excessive desire for more than one needs or deserves.This single, uncommonly used word has a long list of synonyms in the dictionary: it is defined as acquisitiveness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, graspingness, greed, and grabbiness. The pity behind this nefarious act by ...

And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.  (Genesis 1:12) The banana tree is a unique plant. Unlike other fruit trees that bear fruit seasonally and continue to grow, the banana tree grows to its fullest, bears one bunch of fruits, gives rise to at least one seedling in its place, then dies. Thus it reproduces its own kind not by its fruit, but by bearing its young! Almost all other fruit trees reproduce themselves through dispersal of their seeds.       The Almighty God has blessed all creatures living on earth to reproduce themselves so as to perpetuate their species. The bible says, 'Then God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” ' (Genesis 1:28). ...