A Christmas message to Nigerian Christians

Dear Nigerian Christians,

I write this letter to you with mixed emotions and feelings. I am excited the year is winding down and heralds a New Year while at the same time saddened by the state of the present day church in Nigeria in fulfilling God's purpose on the earth.

Economically and financially, 2019 is going to be a tough year for majority of Nigerian Christians. It is only those who have prepared for the tough times that will survive and even thrive.

The church is the body of Christ with Christ himself as the head and every other Christian as His body. For the purpose of structure, we have been given the five-fold ministry according to Ephesians 4:11 namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors (or shepherds) and teachers.

Most times, the leadership of a local church is head by a lead pastor. This lead pastor is the shepherd, the one who ensures the flock are tended to and taken care of; he ensures no harm comes to any of the flock and per adventure a member seems to go astray, he goes after that member to ensure he is saved. His priority is ministry to God and to God's people.

However, these days the local church is head by lead pastors who only seem to care about the numbers; the increase in revenue and income and how it can be sustained, how "church" can grow and more people can become members of the local church thereby increasing the revenue. These leaders are ready to stretch their members to give until they are limitlessly stretched while they are not prepared to do the same. They are ready to discard of any member that either does not agree with their stance on issues or has any differing opinion to theirs. They do not care for how your income can increase in order for you to be able to give more.

The truth is that everyone is looking out for themselves and therefore I write to fellow Nigerian Christians, as we head into a New Year 2019 which already promises to be tough according to current economic indices, LOOK OUT FOR YOURSELVES FIRST, your pastors will not. They are under great financial pressure; they have bitten more than they can chew and are burdened with heavy financial debts and mess. The pressure, they will in turn put on you by stretching you to give beyond your means without a care of how you are doing, be it spiritual, emotional or temporal.

Read, do research on how you can increase your income and equally how you can multiply it so that when you give, it does not stretch you to your financial ruin. Study business and trading principles, study the real estate market, STUDY, STUDY AND STUDY!

The reality is far beyond what we see every Sunday when we all put on our best clothes and put forward the impression that all is well. 

No, all is not well and it saddens me to see many of us struggling daily with very basic things as feeding, transport and accommodation.

Until we begin to have church leaders whose priority is ministering to God and to God's people, brothers and sisters, those we have will come after every single dime in your wallets and bank accounts. The only way to survive this onslaught is to prepare by increasing your income and multiplying it.

A word is enough for the wise.

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ahead.

Yours faithfully,

Yomi Faneye.

How Christian Billionaires Have Sown Their Seeds.

A wise farmer knows that his harvest will always come from the seeds he plants in his own farm. From his harvest, he first sets asides seeds to plant for the next planting season, then he sells some, eats some and gives some out to those in need. A wise farmer knows that whatsoever he plants, he must surely reap.  Only a lazy farmer would expect his harvest to come from the seeds he eats, sells or gives to someone in need.

A farmer will be rewarded from every seed he eats, that which he sells and that which he gives out to someone in need but he always knows that his harvest will only and always come from the seeds he plants.

In terms of money, it is the same as money is a seed which produces a multiplied harvest of the same when planted in the right soil.

To plant money means to invest money. The world's wealthiest chirstians are not just givers but they are investors of money. They thereafter give heavily from the multiplied seed harvest of their money.

1. Tyler Perry. Planted in Tyler Perry Studios. Networth: $400 million.
2. Cher Wang & Wenchi Chen. Planted in HTC Corporation. Networth: $8.8 billion.
3. Strive Masiyiwa. Planted in Econet Wireless. Networth: $1.4 billion.
4. David Green. Planted in Hobby Lobby. Networth: $5.6 billion.
5. Do Won Chang & Jin Sook Chang. Planted in Forever 21. Networth: $5.4 billion.
6. Folorunsho Alakija. Planted in Rose of Sharon and Famfa Oil. Networth: $2.1 billion.
7. Yomi Faneye. Planted in Bootstrap and another Undisclosed brand. Networth: Undisclosed

In conclusion, I want to encourage us all that as we give seeds, eat seeds, we must most importantly plant in our own farms because that is where the true harvest comes from.

Eat and Give but most importantly INVEST.

A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE.

Giving Is Not Sowing Part 2.

May God give us eyes to see and understand.

"2 Corinthians 9:6-7 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver."

That scripture talks about sowing and reaping and it also talks about how it affects giving.

You SOW small and you REAP small so therefore you GIVE from your small harvest.

You SOW big and you REAP big therefore you GIVE from your big harvest.

The very same way Cain and Abel sowed, Cain being a tiller of the ground and Abel being a keeper of sheep and they REAPED a harvest after which they GAVE offerings out of their harvest.

Scriptures talk about the relationship between sowing and reaping and how it affects giving.

Alas, we have thrown away the very importance of sowing and declared that giving is equal to sowing. Ignorance gone on rampage.

Sowing comes before Giving. You SOW, you REAP then you GIVE.

#givingISNOTsowing