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🇳🇬✨ CELEBRATE NIGERIA @ 65 IN STYLE! ✨🇳🇬

Thinking of a special way to mark Nigeria’s Independence Day with your loved ones? Well, think no more! 🎉

Join Pastor Oby Ubandoma and the entire family of Building on the Word – The Lighthouse Family Church 🕯️💒

📍 Venue: Angwan Pete, Jaji
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, 1st October 2025
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM

It’s going to be a Love Affair with Nigeria — a time of thanksgiving, worship, fellowship, and heartfelt celebration. 💚🤍

👉 Come with your loved ones, friends, and neighbors.
👉 Dress code: Green & White 🇳🇬
👉 Bring along your Nigerian flag if you have one — let’s paint the atmosphere with unity and pride! ✨

Let’s gather as one family to pray, rejoice, and prophesy greatness over Nigeria! 🙌

Don’t miss it — it’s more than an event, it’s a destiny moment for our nation and for you

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What a way to celebrate Nigeria

“Rise, Don’t Respond: The Eagle’s Life Lesson.”

Did you know? Among all birds, only the crow dares to disturb an eagle.
But here’s the wisdom, the eagle never bothers to strike back. Instead, it shows us a deeper truth about strength and success.

Constant disturbances.
The crow shamelessly lands on the eagle’s back, pecking and nagging. Irritating. Unceasing. Distracting.

The eagle preserves its energy.
No struggle. No argument. No retaliation. The eagle makes one decision: it climbs higher.

Altitude solves the problem.
As the eagle ascends into thinner air, the crow cannot endure. It weakens, suffocates, and eventually lets go.

True victory comes from rising, not resisting.
The eagle never fought. It simply elevated. The crow eliminated itself.

Life application:
Let others mock, gossip, or criticize. Don’t waste your time lowering yourself to fight them. Choose to grow, to advance, to reach new heights.

Because here’s the reality:
Not everyone can survive where you are heading. Your progress will silence their noise.

Don’t fight downwards. Keep soaring upwards.

“Well done, good and faithful servant.” – Matthew 25:23

Today another mighty is gone to rest, so i honor the life, the ministry, and the indelible impact of a man whose voice echoed through generations, whose message lit up nations, and whose heart beat passionately for the Gospel of Jesus Christ — Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart.

Born into humble beginnings in Ferriday, Louisiana, Jimmy Lee Swaggart would rise — not through fame alone, but through faith, fire, and fidelity to the call of God — to become one of the most recognizable and influential voices in modern Pentecostal Christianity.

With Bible in hand and conviction in heart, he preached Christ crucified, resurrected, and soon to return. He sang the old rugged cross with trembling lips, he wept through messages of salvation, and he never tired of calling sinners to Calvary. From packed crusades to the farthest reaches of television screens across the globe, Brother Swaggart preached with a broken heart for the lost and a burden for revival.

His preaching was thunderous — yet tender. His singing was soul-stirring — yet sanctified. And his life, though not without trials and controversies, was a testament to grace, redemption, and the enduring mercy of God. Jimmy Swaggart never claimed perfection — but he pointed us to the Perfect One, Jesus Christ.

He was not just a preacher; he was a father, a husband, a mentor, a musician, and a builder of platforms for others to stand upon. Through Family Worship Center, Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, and the SonLife Broadcasting Network, he forged a legacy that transcends generations — a legacy of truth, of power, and of unwavering belief in the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

To the nations, he was an evangelist.
To the church, he was a prophet.
To his family, he was a pillar.
To many of us, he was a spiritual father.

Today, we do not say goodbye; we say “Goodnight, Brother Swaggart. We will see you in the morning.” For we believe, just as you preached with every ounce of your being, that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

The golden streets of Heaven now echo with the sound of the piano keys you once played — but now, in glory. The angels rejoice with the sound of your voice, now no longer strained by age or time. And Jesus, whom you loved and served so passionately, has surely welcomed you home with arms wide open.

You have finished your race. You have kept the faith. And now, your reward is sure.

Rest now, God’s general. The flame you carried still burns in us.
And we will preach, sing, and serve — until we meet again.

*I saw this ONLINE,
It rend my heart, led me to repent because it resonates with what I believe I might not have stood for all of it, but it's my commitment henceforth to, we are one lord, one faith, one baptism*
Let me share with us one of the questions from the ongoing school of ministry...it speaks to a lot of ministry things...I have the permission to share...but name withheld.

Sir, I’ve been following you for years now, but I must say what really drew me in was during that heated moment when Pastor XYZ was being attacked on Twitter. You stepped in to defend him with calm, scripture, and honour—even when the attack shifted towards you. You were misquoted, misjudged, yet you never retaliated. No insults. No drama. Just calm, truth, and maturity. That incident marked me. Since then, I’ve read all your posts—even though I don’t comment. I’ve noticed you never ride trends, you don’t attack others, and your posts always go deep into Scripture, sometimes in ways I’ve never seen before. My question is: what is the secret to this level of maturity, consistency, and restraint in your online ministry?
(This question came from a senior minister in Nigeria.)

My response:.

Thank you sir for this thoughtful question. I remember that moment vividly—when Pastor XYZ was being dragged publicly. I didn’t speak to score points. I spoke because I live by a deep conviction: if love can’t guide your truth, then your truth is incomplete. I wasn’t trying to win arguments. I was trying to maintain alignment—with Scripture, with the Spirit, and with the integrity of ministry.

And to your question: this is not just a social media strategy. This is my life philosophy. It is a posture. A consecration. A way of seeing people, truth, correction, and conflict through the lens of Christ—not culture.

1. I don’t post to react—I post to reveal.

Social media thrives on speed, outrage, and applause. I don’t. I post to reveal Christ, to establish truth, and to edify the body—not to respond to noise.

“We have renounced the hidden things of shame… not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth…” — 2 Corinthians 4:2

If I respond to everything, I’ll lose the rhythm of what heaven is truly saying. So, even when my silence is misunderstood, I choose it—because silence is sometimes louder than shouting.

2. I’d rather restore than react.

When I disagree, I don’t attack. If I know the person, I’ll call. If I don’t, I pray. And most times, I hold my peace. Why? Because I’ve seen people double down in public, then confess privately months later: “We thought this was right, but now we see…”

> “A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city…” — Proverbs 18:19

So I’d rather win a brother than win a battle. I believe in confronting with truth—but I don’t believe in wounding the Body of Christ to prove a point.

3. I don’t build a ministry on trends—I build on truth.

Trends are loud. Truth is lasting. Every time you speak, you plant a seed—either in the flesh or in the spirit. That’s why I don't chase what's hot—I pursue what's holy. Because years from now, someone will still read that post. Will it still be edifying?

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” — Matthew 24:35

4. I speak from consecration, not competition.

I know why I was sent. That clarity keeps me consistent. I don’t need to trend. I don’t need to clap back. I’m not called to everything. I’m called to build, equip, and align. I stay within that grace zone.

When you know who sent you, you’re not moved by who misunderstands you.

5. I’ve seen what haste and fire-for-fire spirit produces—it’s not Christ.

I’ve lived long enough in ministry to see people cancel others in one season, then apologise in another. I’ve seen hashtags turn into heresies. I’ve seen fire-for-fire defenders become later remorseful. So I don't take everything people post today too seriously—they may change their minds tomorrow.

Mercy teaches you to wait. And love teaches you to listen.

6. I don’t seek to be right—I seek to be redeeming.

Even when I’m right scripturally, my goal is not to win arguments but to win hearts back to truth. That’s why even in disagreement, I choose words seasoned with grace.

“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how to answer each one.” — Colossians 4:6

Truth without grace wounds. Grace without truth deceives. But truth in love transforms.

7. Love is not just an emotion—it’s a filter.

Before I speak, I ask: “Does this glorify Christ? Does this edify His Body? Will this bring redemption—or just reactions?”

“Let all that you do be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14

This posture isn’t weakness—it’s worship. It’s not silence—it’s stewardship.

In conclusion…

What you’ve seen online is just a public extension of a private conviction. This isn’t about managing a brand. This is about maintaining a witness.

I believe deeply in doctrine. I stand fiercely for truth. But I am committed to expressing both within the boundaries of the love of Christ. Because truth expressed without love can become spiritual violence. And that’s not the Kingdom we were sent to build.

So yes, I will continue to write deeply, carefully, and reverently.
I will continue to stay silent when noise surrounds me, unless the Spirit instructs otherwise.
And I will keep choosing love over outrage, restoration over retaliation, and truth over trend.

Because in the end, it’s not how loudly we speak—but how faithfully we reflect Christ—that will matter.

Thank you again for this question. Stay consistent. Stay rooted. And let your voice always carry light, not just sound.

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A TALE OF TWO GENERATIONS, ONE SONG, ONE MESSAGE: MY THOUGHTS ON THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE SONG ‘NO TURNING BACK’

“Let me write the songs of a nation. I don't care who writes its laws” (Andrew Fletcher).

The ongoing debate and controversy regarding the remix of the song “I have decided to follow Jesus,” now titled “No Turning Back” by Gaise Baba and Lawrence Oyor is a symptom of a deeper issue of understanding what a gospel song is, and how different songs and different rhythms speak to different generations.

What is dividing the body of Christ (at least in Nigeria) regarding this song is the understanding of the two generations and the different effects the song has on each.

I think that the new song can and is achieving the same effect in this generation (especially among the Gen Zs) that it achieved in the previous generation.

Understanding this depends on understanding the major questions of the two generations.

In the previous generation, the main indicator of following Jesus is BROKENNESS, while in the new generation, the main indicator of following Jesus is BOLDNESS to declare unalloyed loyalty to Jesus among fellow young people who think religion or specifically Christianity is not “cool,” or that it is outdated, or that it is a scam.

This, however, does not mean that the previous generation did not have boldness, neither that this generation does not have brokenness. Each element is in each generation, but expressed in different ways with different emphasis, depending on the “spirit of the age” that the Christians in the generation are responding to.

To the extend that the critic is not that the message/theology of the song has been changed (it has not), or that the lifestyle of the singers is not Christlike, I do not see the problem with the remixed song, in all honesty.

If in these ways, due to their sense of call to reach the new generation (mostly Gen Zs), they become “all things to all people” (like Paul in 1 Cor. 9:19-23) without sinning, they are doing the Lord’s work. I know that there is a slippery path in interpreting and applying this passage, as it can easily be used as an excuse for worldliness, but in this case, the singers seem to have been consistent followers of Jesus Christ with their whole strength and craft. This is why no solid critic has been raised against them in regard to a worldly lifestyle that betrays the gospel.

The critic against the singers as it regards dyeing their hair or wearing a headband with the inscription “Jesus” seems to be the same problem of understanding the generation and the target audience of that song.

The previous generation that critics the remixed song was a generation during which wearing jeans or t-shirt as a Brother in Christ was considered worldly. For many of them, watching television was also worldly. Still for many, even to keep your hair to grow long was considered worldly.

But culture has changed, while the gospel has not. I remember the first time a Brother who knew me from FCS and Youth Fellowship saw me with jeans trousers and thought I had become worldly. However, I was as solid in my spiritual life as ever, just a deeper understanding had changed. He now wears jeans trousers too, and is still a solid follower of Christ.

At the risk of being misunderstood, it is true that the indices of decent dressing changes with different cultures and generations, while the biblical truth of decent dressing remains unchanged. Each culture and generation will need to carefully discern the nature of decent dressing that does not compromise the gospel in their specific contexts.

Hence, decency regulations in the previous decades had their rightful effects in that generation, but the governing culture of the new generation is different, and dyeing hair and wearing a headband do not in themselves amount to indecency.

Certainly, motive plays a role in such cases. If the goal is to draw attention to oneself more than to Christ and the message of the song, then it is wrong. But if the motive is to relate to the younger generation and in so doing, point them to Christ, then it is not wrong.

If you work closely with younger people, mostly Gen Zs, you’d understand that one of the difficulties is to even get them excited about the things of God before you share the gospel to them.

So, if this song gets them this excited and bold to sing it, even as a trend, I hope that we pastors and youth workers seize the opportunity to teach them what it means to follow Jesus, namely, that it goes beyond excitement and requires self-sacrifice and surrender.

Regarding the danceable rhythm of the song, suffice it to say that the previous generations got it wrong to think, irrespective of the wordings/message of a song, a slow-tempo song is “worship song” while a fast-tempo song is “praise song.” What do we even mean by this?

What makes a song gospel is the source of the song (inspired by the Holy Spirit), the life of the singers (whether they live a gospel life or not), and the message of the song (whether it communicates the truth of the gospel or not).

So, a song may mention Jesus and not be a gospel song, and a song may be a gospel song without mentioning Jesus.

In my opinion, the remixed “No Turning Back” has done its part of exciting and emboldening our young people to declare their allegiance to Christ.

It is now left for us pastors, youth ministers, and teachers of the word to pick up from there to teach the excited youths the depth of the truth of what they have declared in that song and how that translates into a daily life of surrender to Christ.

No song does it all alone. A song may draw the people for us to feed them.

Time to feed, not to feud.

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