September, 2026 - Oludare Akinbo

What the Locusts Ate, God Can Restore

The book of Joel opens with a disaster. Wave after wave of locusts swept through Judah until the fields and vineyards were stripped bare and the people faced years of hunger.

The Cost of Cheap Grace vs. Costly Grace

Picture a man at work who tells everyone he is saved. He drinks heavily most weekends, moves from one girlfriend to the next and laughs it off as sowing his wild oats. Whenever someone gently points out the contradiction, he answers cheerfully, “I’m saved. I’m under grace.”

The God Who Meets You in the Ordinary

Picture a woman at her kitchen sink at the end of a long, discouraging day. As she washes the dishes, a verse she memorised as a child comes back to her without her looking for it, and something in her steadies that nothing else had reached all week.

Why Gratitude Is a Discipline, Not a Feeling

Ten men with leprosy called out to Jesus for mercy, and all ten were healed as they went to show themselves to the priests. Only one of them came back to thank Him.