Abiola Olojo's Blog

  Happy new week my dear friend, I’m so glad to write you this new week, especially with the conversation around faith and productivity. Faith is powerful, but faith alone is not enough. Many years ago in Nigeria, I watched people leave for prayer mountains on Monday mornings and other working days, believing that a miracle would replace effort. Many of those same people are still moving from one mountain to another, from one prophet to another, with little or no change in their lives. Sadly, some became tired of waiting, lost their faith, and turned to dark powers in search of quick wealth. Many paid a terrible price for those choices. There is a wide difference between spirituality and productivity. They are not enemies, they are partners. Prayer can give you direction, strength, wisdom, and hope, but it cannot replace the work that only your hands can do. God never promised to bless an empty hand. He said in Deuteronomy 28 verse 12, The Lord will bless all the work of your hands...

Happy new week my dear friend, and happy Father’s Day to all amazing men, we celebrate your contributions to make the world a better place. I have carefully selected this topic as it relates to the struggles of everyone, especially men. A lot of people think money changes everything, and in many ways it does. It changes your environment, your access, your confidence, and sometimes even the way people speak to you. But one thing money does not automatically change is the person within. Wealth may improve comfort, but character still determines direction. When money finally comes, it becomes easier to reveal who we have always been beneath the struggle. There is a version of poverty that teaches humility, patience, and endurance, but there is also a version that builds hidden anger, desperation, and pride. That is why two people can rise financially and become completely different individuals. One becomes a blessing to others, while the other becomes unreachable. Money is powerful, but i...