Based on (Numbers 13: 26-33) Grasshopper Philosophy presents us with a vivid examples of those who have spent the rest of their lives in mental quagmire and as a result reduced themselves mentally and physically to Grasshopper mentality. “We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.” We can however, begin the process of deconstructing those negative structures from our lives and reconstructing it with positive mental attitude that is founded in Christ Jesus who is...
Aug 25, 2019•34 min
Based on Colossians 1:24-29 and 2:1-15, “Steward of the mystery of God revealed” is a succinct look at the Apostle Paul’s uncompromised approach to the developing heresy in the Colossian Church Community, a situation that had the propensity to cause greater spiritual harm to the body of Christ at that time. This podcast is an invite to the Church today to be aware and approach similar situation with the same vigour. I pray that the Lord will help and guide us against any such machination of the ...
Aug 18, 2019•24 min
Based on (Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16) The X Factor of Faith) invites listeners of this podcast to consider the heroes of faith accounted in the passage, what it was that kept them focused on their journeys of life. I believe it was their X factor, the ability to believe in the immaterial, intangible and the incompressible, you too can have the X Factor to be counted among these great saints. I pray that this Podcast blesses you. Music Credit: William Augusto: Soaking in His Presence (Instrumental Wors...
Aug 11, 2019•24 min
Based on (Luke 12:13-21) “The Rich Wise Fool” invites listeners of this podcast to reflect on the parable of Jesus Christ regarding our understanding of resources allowed us by the special grace of God. Such understanding will stimulate us on how we view our possession as God’s and not ours to keep and knowing that what is most important is not our earthly inheritance or material wealth but indeed what is heavenly. I hope and pray that this podcast will encourage wholesome thinking among Jesus’ ...
Aug 05, 2019•25 min
Based on (Isaiah 53:1-10) “Burdens are lifted at Calvary” invites listeners of this episode to consider the implication of Isaiah 53:1-10 on the authenticity of the finished work of Calvary where Jesus Christ lifted our burdens. There is therefore no need to carry any burden at all, if only we understand that what Jesus Christ did on Calvary’s Cross was for us. I pray that this podcast blesses you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 25, 2019•22 min
Based on (Luke 10:38-42) “Distracted by Many Things” invites listeners to examine their intentions for serving God in the midst of avoidable distractions that has become the norm in our technology infested society. There is no denying that we live in a world that is full of distractions; these distractions are affecting our ways of life, our relationships with other mortals and above all our relationships with God our Creator. The story of Martha and Mary challenges us to see the need for a cons...
Jul 21, 2019•20 min
Based on (Luke 10: 25-37) Compassion: The act Demolishing Racial Injustice invites listeners to reflect on Racial Injustice in our world today; drawing from the narrative of the Good Samaritan in the Book of Luke. Although many of us know what Racial Justice is in principle but in practical terms and in all honesty do, we really believe the equality of all race? In the next few minutes I would like us to reflect a little more about what it means to be just within the human family. There are many...
Jul 14, 2019•19 min
Based on (2 Kings 5:1-14) “Powerlessness, Powerful and the wonder of the Power of God” invites us to consider how God chooses unlikely vessels to fulfil his purposes. In the key text for this podcast are the accounts of those who are powerful and yet powerless and those who are powerless but powerful even without platform to exercise them. Sometimes our God does not work through or need the permission of the movers and shakers of this world. He chooses to use nameless individuals to make things ...
Jul 07, 2019•26 min
Based on (1 Timothy 6:3-11) and Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist “Lesson from Oliver Twist” invites listeners to consider the life of contentment with what is needed more than anything else rather than what is wanted as God promised to supply needs not wants. Oliver Twist and friends just needed more gruel to stay alive and not to feed their greed. “godliness with contentment is great gain.” (1 Timothy 6:6) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 30, 2019•24 min
Based on (Matthew 4:18-22) “Come follow me” invites us to reconsider answering the call of Jesus Christ. The call to follow is a theme that runs throughout the scriptures right from the beginning, God has been in the business of calling people to covenant relationship with him in one way or the other. Adam and Eve were called to steward Eden and replenish the Earth, God stepped into their world in a very special way as he fellowshipped with them in the cool of the day. (Genesis 1:28,3:8) The cal...
Jun 18, 2019•22 min
Based on Exodus 3:1-15, Matthew 16:21-28 and the “Hiding Place” by Corrie ten Boom, “In the Centre of God’s Plan” invites listeners to consider their special places in within the plan of God as Moses and Corrie were. You may not necessarily feel you are better placed to fulfil God’s calling, but God feels you are as aptly demonstrated by these stories. I pray that this podcast blesses someone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 14, 2019•22 min
Based on (Acts 2:1-21) “The Reason for Pentecost” podcast invites us to reflect on Pentecost and what is remarkable about the phenomenon that transformed the whole meaning of this Jewish feast from being exclusive to an inclusive festival that is now celebrated, experienced and adhered to all over the world today. My understanding is that Pentecost or Pentecostalism is a denomination or a sect but an experience every believer in Christ should have. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Jun 09, 2019•23 min
Based on (Acts 16:16-34) “Freedom from Slavery” invites listeners to consider the key characters in the passage namely, the slave girl, her owners and the jailer and the lessons we are able to learn from the story. I observe that all three of these characters are slaves of some sort and desperately needed to be freed from slavery. The fact that they are unaware that they are being held captive in one way, or the other does not mean they are not prisoners or slaves. Our God knows how to get his m...
Jun 03, 2019•27 min
Based on (Ezekiel 47:1-12) “The Fountain of living waters “calls listeners to reflect on the importance of water in our lives and help us draw spiritual insights that will enable us share in Prophet Ezekiel’s vision of the miraculous formation of some bodies of water that grew from his ankle, knee, and waist until it was deep enough to swim in, and then it rose to a point where he could not cross it. In the same way the Lord Jesus Christ also use the analogy of water in (John 4: 13-14) inviting ...
May 31, 2019•22 min
Base on (Acts 16:9-15) “A Catalyst for Spiritual Things” invites listeners of this podcast to consider the examples of Lady Lydia, Europe’s premier Christian convert and how the writer of Luke’s Gospel aptly described her as “a worshiper of God”, because of her openness and willingness to the things of God. Also, Paul and his companion’s operation of the spiritual gift of discernment, their intentionality and obedience to the command of the Holy Spirit in matters of mission. All of these element...
May 26, 2019•20 min
Based on Genesis 1:1-5 and John 1:1-5 “Let there be light” invites listeners to consider the importance of light in their world. Light is so important to all of God’s creation, this is why one of the first and most important word God spoke at creation was “let there be light”, let there be light so that creation, (the universe in its entirety) will come alive because God is light, there is no darkness in him. God is using us as his reflection in the darkness of this world so that men and women w...
May 23, 2019•17 min
Based on 2 Samuel 7:11-14a and Mark 6:30-34, “Answering the call to rest” invites Christians to consider the subject of rest which seem to be far away for many. Rest is so important to God that the scripture said he rested and now he promised King David, his servant rest from all his troubles, his kingdom will be established on earth through his progeny and eternally through Jesus Christ. We too need to revisit the ‘Sabbath Principle’ of slowing down and finding daily and weekly times of persona...
May 19, 2019•18 min
A call to walk on water, based Matthew 14:22-33, invites us to consider our Christian walk with God as we are called to do impossible things by faith however, we must endeavour to keep our eyes on Jesus Christ who is the Author and Finisher of our faith in the first instance and this includes every aspects of our lives. This is how we learn to step out into the storm-tossed sea and fall back on our faith in Christ to make it through which is the whole point of being a disciple of Christ. Hosted ...
May 16, 2019•23 min
Journey into the Unknown (Joshua 3: 7-17) Each day of our lives, like the Children of Israel we are invited to take the journey into the unknown. It may be that you are at the cusp of a new expedition in your life and seeking to properly and sincerely navigate your way through it and you are uncertain of what the outcome might be in a few years from now because the dynamics of your present circumstance. But friend learn from Joshua and the others, they followed the instruction if you do so you t...
May 08, 2019•23 min
Based on Acts 9:1-20 “Paul’s Defining Moment” invites us to consider the intriguing account of Saul an enthusiastic persecutor of Christian believers, in fact, he could be aptly described in contemporary term as a terrorist and a licenced killer in the name of religion, this was evident in his active participation in the crude execution of Stephen one of the seven deacons who became the first Christian martyr but all these for Saul was his defining moment. He was transformed from being a Pharisa...
May 05, 2019•21 min
Based on 1 Samuel 1:1-20 ‘The efficacy of Prayer’ invites listeners to reflect on the story of Hannah. The book of Samuel begins at a critical time in Israel’s history, a time of transition between the judges and the kings. It was a period of disorderliness however, 1 Samuel is an amazing book, it is full of some eccentric characters, battles and heroes, romance and treachery, deception and conspiracy. By today’s standard it is an action-pack narrative on par with Hollywood box office success st...
May 02, 2019•27 min
Based on Ruth 1: 1-18 Determination and faithfulness, calls listeners to reflect on the uncommon act of determination and faithfulness exhibited by this exceptional Moabite woman Ruth and her Mother-in-law Naomi and how the simple act of faithfulness to each other helped them to overcome their tripartite bereavement and desperation story, and as they found hope for the future. This may be your story too. I pray that this podcast blesses you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Apr 28, 2019•20 min
“The Ultimate Pilgrim” based on Hebrews 11:13-16, invites Christians to consider who we are on this very important pilgrimage here on earth as it is so easy to forget this fact especially when we allow ourselves to be overtaken by the events of this life and as a result we have the propensities to make light of this great privilege to be counted as followers of Jesus Christ. The word “pilgrim” means that we are “foreigners, strangers, travellers, and homeless wanderers, this is who we are and th...
Apr 25, 2019•26 min
Based on Exodus 16:1-6 and John 6:25-35 “The Bread for the Journey Man” invites you to consider the planet’s most recognised and loved food (Bread). We have been eating bread for such a long time, but sometimes it is hard to understand how this cherished food attained its coveted status to the extent that Jesus Christ chose the correlation of bread of all food available in his day to make his point. Jesus said, he is the Bread of life and therefore, this podcast concludes that the journey man mu...
Apr 22, 2019•15 min
Based on Matthew 16:21-25, “What is good about Good Friday” calls us to reflect on this Christian holiday of the inglorious crucifixion of Jesus Christ at Calvary as a process of achieving the glorious resurrection on Sunday. To be a Christian is to accept and embrace Good Friday, but embracing Good Friday is nothing short of accepting suffering and torture in principle. We know that an invitation to suffer is never attractive in any form or shape especially in a world that is susceptible to imm...
Apr 19, 2019•17 min
The Future lies ahead not in the past is based on Exodus 6:1-7. Sometimes we act as if our future lies in the past and we reminisce nostalgically. For 400 years the Israelites were in slavery in Egypt and all they knew was oppression by Egypt’s rulers, they worked and worked, there was no rest. They prayed and prayed, until the only words they could manage was “Lord please deliver us!” Finally, God answered their prayer of deliverance, but within a short time of this new found freedom, the liber...
Apr 17, 2019•19 min
The world is more complex than ever, who can make sense of it? Join Reverend Michael Angley Ogwuche on Pneuma Podcast each week as he shows you how God’s Word connects directly to your life in this age and helps you navigate trials and tribulations. If you want to deepen your relationship with God and learn what He has in store for you, listen and subscribe to Pneuma Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player, just search for ‘Pneuma Podcast.’ Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Apr 15, 2019•31 sec
Triumphant Entry based on Luke 19:28- 40 invites you to consider the events that led to the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection of Jesus the Christ. Although not noted in Luke’s Gospel we are told by commentators that it is quite likely that there was another boisterous entry on the day that Jesus Christ entered into Jerusalem, even though it was political. Entering first was the Roman Governor from the West with full military tattoo of might, amour, swords, chariots with all other possible ...
Apr 14, 2019•18 min
Based on Matthew 6:9-13 the LORD’S PRAYER is arguably one of the most notable teachings of Jesus Christ in the Bible. Christians around the world read it, memorise it, pray it and sing it. In some churches services are never concluded until the Lord’s Prayer is said. However, I invite us to take a critical look at it again, this is because the Lord’s prayer has become a monotonous religious ritual so that some people say it without any iota of thought. In which case it seems to me that it is no ...
Apr 12, 2019•17 min
“The last jar on your shelf”, based on the John 12:1-8 invites listeners to reflect on this captivating power packed, act of Mary the sister of Lazarus who was brought back to life by their friend Jesus the Christ. The story is about true love and faith, friendship and extravagant giving without inhibition and is also about what Mary did, how she did it and why she did it. The action of Mary in this passage points all believers to the act of extravagant love for Jesus Christ by giving the best o...
Apr 08, 2019•25 min
