#A Short Burst of Prayers: A Review by Oladapo Ajibua
The book, A Short Burst of Prayers, is both EXPOSITORY and PRACTICAL in style and content. It is another gift
inspired by the Holy Spirit through the anointed servant of God,
Pastor-Oluwatosin Olunuga
The book begins by divulging the power of a vibrant personal prayer life as exemplified by the life of Jesus Christ during his ministry on earth and goes on to dwell on the unlocking of
God’s power through practical and conscious praiseful thanksgiving.
Right from the Introduction and Prologue, the book engages the mind attentively. How strange that as Christians, we continually fail God in the school of Thanksgiving? Also, how come we often fail to emulate
Christ in tapping into the power of a deep personal prayer life? It is obvious that the devil has been busy with this assignment.
The book uses simple nuggets to focus on the points it seeks to reveal.
“There is a price to pay to go to higher levels in God, and discipline is that price”. This is quite true and often quite ignored.
“This will shock you…...Jesus always prayed alone”. Was I shocked? Yes! I felt a kick that shifted my paradigm.
#Chapter 2 introduced Thanksgiving as the power of prayer as identified in the divine order of things. Replete with several examples, it spells out the dangers of ingratitude and reinforces cautions against forgetfulness in giving all the glory back to God.
(Psalms 103:2). It also lists many of the things for which we have to be grateful and these are things we often take for granted. This phrase sticks to my memory from the chapter: “We forget when all we see is our pain…...”
#Chapters 3 provides practical guide as it dwells on a series of powerful declarations and confessions. Using poignant bible verses as anchor, these confessions are the “burst of short prayers” that ought to fill our moments as we go about at our daily activities. They provide
focus and strength for our faith. They are the bursts of energy and spiritual vitality that strengthens the Christian in the midst of the battle.
#Chapter 4 is about the what happens when the tide is turned. Sure enough, the tide turns when God moves his hand. The author has provided deep examples of God turning the tide in favour of his own even when all seems lost. The stories are re-told in simple language with a deep
insight into the dynamics of the events. The stories assume a contemporary meaning that we can easily relate to and fathom without prodding.
The final chapter is a reminder of what God still does and will do for those who live in the habit of prayer and thanksgiving.
Although man can never quantify the mercies and Grace of God from day to day, the list actually stirs the reader’s conscience to the “little” favours we often take for granted and hardly appreciate by conscious acts appreciation.
If you have read EMERGE from the same author, you will definitely appreciate this new offering. The book is written in a simple yet effective style that has come to characterize Pastor Tosin’s book. It appeals to all age groups & to Christians at any stage in their walk with God
The cover also tells the story in an appealing way which gives life to the topic.
Jesus’ disciples came to him seeking to be taught how to pray. Well, here is additional guidance to those seeking to win in the school of effective prayer.
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👉🏽We however converted 2 rooms and adjourning surroundings to the large shop in the picture above. We however have the windows removed from the rooms before the conversion. (
The shop can still be converted back to 2 rooms)
👉🏽It has 3 existing toilets with 2 more uncompleted.
👉🏽It seats on 960 square meters.
👉🏽It has a borehole within the premises.
👉🏽2 large water tanks.
👉🏽A quarter of a plot still lies at the back of the house unused.
👉🏽A large shop attached to the main building.
👉🏽The building lies situated on a major road of Abiola way, Aladesanmi road, off Madojutimi, ABEOKUTA.
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Documents duly registered at the Federal High Court, ABEOKUTA include
📌 1. Original agreement & survey from
Theme -God's doings can put you in a state where you lack the words to describe what just happened
1. Moses saw God in action in Egypt. He saw the spectacular, the Supernatural & the Miraculous all at once. He became so overwhelmed that he could only
2. utter three words
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Exodus 15:1b MSG
what a victory!
What he saw and experienced were indescribable. He just dint know how to describe what God just pulled off.
2. Hannah too could not contain herself infact, she could barely walk on the bare floor again.
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1 Samuel 2:1 MSG
Hannah prayed: I'm bursting with God-news! I'm walking on air. I'm laughing at my rivals. I'm dancing my salvation.
She was "walking on air" she was bursting with ecstatic joy. It's the kind of joy that can make anyone restless
D life of a chosen is always a call into d life of conflict. A call into d unknown, into a life of d mysterious
Mary ws chosen for a "divine assignment"
An assignment dat brought"conflict" into her life
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To be chosen creates conflicts.
-“Conflict” means a clash of two or more things. ,in this context, clash of two natures.
• Mary was not the only virgin of her day.
God could have called any of the virgins of her days, but God chose Mary.
She did not ask to be chosen
3. She had to face shame, misunderstanding, & confrontation with Joseph, her friends, parents
B4 this: She was happily engaged. She was lookin 4ward to her marriage. She was anticipatin a normal life, but nw she faced d challenge of conflict bc she ws chosen–she was troubled
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D way God works is unfathomable. Sometimes, He uses humour to achieve d ultimate goal.
D king was so bored & in a twist of d discussion he was havin with "Assistant Elisha" brother Gehazi, he asked in V4
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2 Kings 8:4 MSG
The king was talking with Gehazi, servant to the Holy Man, saying, "TELL ME SOME STORIES OF d GREAT THINGS ELISHA DID."
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The king had said, tell me a story
That woman's story was not d only story Gehazi knew.
Records have it that Elisha performed 16 miracles.
Parted the waters of the Jordan River (2 King 2:14)
Purification of the water source for Jericho (2 King 2:18-22)
Protection of the prophet by two she-bears (2 King 2:23-25)
Water for the army of Israel and success over the Moabites (2 Kng 3:16-25)
He was d king of Assyria.
He was known as d "d great king"
He was so powerful nations feared him. He used d gods of d conquered territories as wood to flame the fire around him during winter.
He had other gods thrown into trash cans and burned with fire 🔥 (V19)
Mortals were no match for him.
gods too were "running" from pillar-post seeking for help from other manmade gods 😂. None could withstand him...none could stop him either.
On a day like this, he turned his attention on Israel and Israel's God. He had just finished dealing with Judah, Israel's sister.
Now, a king with such a RESUME would easily be on top of the world, after all, he had some gods behind bars, others, he used as firewood.