My Spiritual Abs ~The Jeafi Story~

Episode 1
     On the 6th of June, 199*, the Niji-Olawepo family, a roughly 3 years wedded Nigerian couple, welcomed their second child; Their first male child. Earlier when she went in to labor, the doctors had almost ruptured the head of this newly born making claims to some medical stuff, either it was just the water sac or something else. However, Olaide had stubbornly refused,  insisting that they weren't going to put any equipment into her.
     Both the attending doctors and nurses were surprised when they discovered that what they would have ruptured was actually the head of the baby. That was the first miracle. The baby was named IseOluwa, meaning the work of God and indeed from the very first day on this earth, he had been nothing but the work of God.

     My names are IseOluwa (The Work of God), Favor, Jesuloluwa (Jesus is Lord), Emmanuel (God With Us), Afolabi (Born With Wealth), Adeniji (Fame)-Olawepo(Wealth bonds us). If you arrange my names properly, you'll end up with the acronym J . E . A . F . I
Jesuloluwa
Emmanuel
Afolabi
Favor
IseOluwa
Which is the genesis of the name I'm popularly called by, Jeafi. And some also know me as WEALTH. As you can see, the word, Wealth, appears several times in my names. That's why I'm naturally wealthy (Smiles).
I am the only son amongst four children.
The four of us grew up as the kind of children called get-inside-children. That is, children whose lives are between school, church and home. As a matter of fact, our case was quite different from that because for a major part of our childhood, we were home schooled, meaning our mum was our teacher and we were her only students and also, our dad was our pastor and we were his only congregation. So our life was basically, Home-home-home. Our year always started and ended within the four walls of our house. We hardly knew what was outside or how to survive in the outside world. How I survived almost 13 years of my life like this I don't really know and neither do I know how we ended up living that kind of life. One thing I do understand though is that our family was surrounded with so much hate both from extended family members, especially from my dad's side, and neighbors. We were located in Ilorin where we didn't have any family members or friends. We were complete strangers in a strange land so to say. During holidays, there was nothing like "I spent my holiday with my uncle." or "I traveled to Lagos to see my Grandpa." It was just us. The year started and ended with us inside our house.

At the time, we didn't know we were missing anything. It seemed like it was the normal kind of life to live since that was all we ever knew since birth. My sisters were my only friends and classmates and colleagues and church friends. they were the only ones I knew.
I know this kind of life seems real strange but the way my life is presently is a lot connected to how I grew up. The things I've achieved, how far I've gone, the things I believe in and a lot more are all really products of how I grew up. Truly, it's not the best way for anyone to grow up but I'll say it contributed positively a big deal to my life presently

THUS, GAIN KNOWLEDGE

Tree of Knowledge as described in Eden

Knowledge is power….that’s what they say. But the truth is knowledge is way beyond power. Knowledge is everything. The tree of life was been eaten by man and then that seems like the end of a race. But we failed to get the kernel of it all….the PRODUCT of a man is determinant on his knowledge. The  NATURE of a man is dependent on his knowledge.

We are all parameters of knowledge, knowledge is life essentially. The tree of knowledge if not been eaten would have meant a world clean of disaster-why? Because if you don’t know,  you don’t become.

Essentially what are we formed of is knowledge-the knowledge of God, the world was formed on it. Everything was formed on it.

Good and bad is determined on knowledge, u are being ignorant of something put you in the limelight of been good. That’s just the way it is…

Lets look at the following illustration:

·         Me and mom were the kind of people, that the other get shout on and the other receives with no complain. Then a day someone walked up to me and told me that I shouldn’t be shout on as a lady in public. The next scene finds me getting back at mom for shouting at me.

If I didn’t know that I shouldn’t be shout on, I wouldn’t have had a choice

·         Ever seem to notice the fact that once you get to know a person; maybe on your street, you seem to see the person all the time. Maybe the person had lived in your street for a while but simply because you now know the person you seem to finally see him/her

·         Ever wonder why someone suddenly becomes stubborn or change one behavior trait, the fact that they now know something to associate with it.

In essence, we ARE ALL SUM UP PRODUCT OF WHAT WE KNOW. If you don’t know, you don’t become. If you don’t know, you don’t have a choice.

So GAIN KNOWLEDGE, the right kind of knowledge. The reason (for some) why you are where you are now and not there isn’t time, but knowledge. Knowledge goes ahead of time, knowledge is a guardian of time. KNOWLEDGE IS LIFE. Spend time in getting knowledge. Knowledge isn’t essentially school work. Nope! Knowledge are the sub unit of life. You know you have to drink water for dehydration purposes so you drink…that’s knowledge. Everything you have known to the complex understanding of life. Gain knowledge!

So…..why not gain knowledge from the one who has it all?

Debie Rise Goes Gospel - My Choice [+Video]

The popular BBN and Nigerian Idol Star, Debie Rise has changed her name and is going gospel, meaning she is now a gospel artist as she announced recently in 2018.

She made a slight change of name from Debie Rise to Deborah Rise in the switch from secular to a gospel act. To mark her rebirth, Deborah Rise has released a new audio and video titled "My Choice"

Based on the announcement she made, Deborah said:

"I am Deborah Rise and this is a Rebirth!

Choose you this day whom ye will serve!

As for me - Deborah Rise, I and my talents will serve the Lord!

And this is My Choice

#MyChoice

#DeborahRise"

Download her birthing single - "My Choice"

Download "My Choice"

Watch the Video Below

Connect
Twitter | Instagram: @Deborah_Rise

NEWS: Heavenly Xpress Music Empire Launches out on Unilorin Campus.

The Heavenly Xpress Music Empire which according to the president, Iseoluwa popularly known as Jeafi, is a dream come true to make your dream come true.

The Heavenly Xpress Music Empire is an institute set up to help those talents who certainly deserve a shot at being at the top but do not have what it takes financially, equipment wise and connection wise. It is targeted towards the young talents majorly university students.

The Empire has finally been launched on the Unilorin Campus and is coming to your campus soon. The first audition was held on the Saturday, 2nd of February 2019 and 5 acts were registered under the newly launched empire.

If you'll like the heavenly xpress empire on your campus too, place a comment below indicating your campus and if you'll like to join the empire, send a whatsapp message now to 09076042559.

Our dream is making your dream come true.

It's Okay!

Hello, I'm Miranda.

After having passing through a really tough financial situation with my mum in 2018,I understood this lesson. 

 

I titled this piece "IT'S OK"

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Morgan Harper sang thus:

On a Sunday evening night

Looking back over all the years

And where have been

Am looking at the photograph

Am remembering u were right there......

U brought the pieces together

Made me the story teller 

...And I thought about this and look how far things have been this year for me and my mum

And the past year... I realized, it's OK

It's definitely OK if you are in need for what you know you need dire and you just don't know where else to turn to and God isn't responding favorably;

It's OK... if at the last minutes you are stranded;

It's OK if you have gone through series of disappointments

What ever disappointment you pass through or an illness and you know God can heal you but yet it's taking time. Man! you have exhausted all your Faith;

It's definitely OK if you are passing through one ugly, depressing, heart trenching story or the other and it seems the block isn't going out... 

It's definitely OK...

Cause God is never tired of the unexpected... He specializes in being God. And all these "mountains" are the stories you tell of how God is the one who is GOD. How can we understand how awesome our God is if at every time we have issues he comes running? Most importantly how will people know how amazing the GOD you serve is? Because the MESSAGE is more important than the MESSENGER. God is interested in the story, and yes he FINDS joy filling your journey with complications... Yes it makes you stronger. But it shows God being GOD... I am a writer and a story lover...and when there isn't a twist or a complication in a story, it's plain and boring. In fact the best the hero conquers the many complications... It becomes more of a best seller. What will be more of a testimony, The fact that after nine month of marriage you have a child, or after nine years a woman of 41 is giving birth to triplet?

How would we have known that God is not concerned with age difference if Sarah didn't give birth at such an old age!! Or how would we have understood the fact that God doesn't need man in his plans if we didn't see Mary pregnant without sex?

The thing is this... Whatever time he sets in, it is extremely beautiful and people will spread the story over and over again. It's the story WE tell... that He never fails, That He is God, not respecter of man, time etc.

So now in 2019.…

I will look at my mountain, and Yes I will cry at his feet and maybe be sad but I will tell myself at whatever time, "IT'S OK:, mountain you can come in your numbers... It's the story I will tell... That God is GOD and I'm the Apple of His eyes. He never fails, He never looses. Oh thou mountain, my God is just there in heaven laughing because he knows you are nothing. It's the story I will tell so problem it's OK, I'm honored to have you, you are part of my story and damn! You are making a best seller"

Won't you say the same?

Written by Miranda
Edited by Jeafi

2019 is Bright for Efezino Akpo @Efezino_Akpo

If there is one artist you should all watch out for in 2019, it is Efezino Akpo. 

She is a very beautiful and vocally talented artist whom I just tend to like naturally. I first got to know her in 2017 @ The Voice Nigeria Season 2 and honestly she was my candidate. I so much wanted her to win it because she actually really deserved it. Digging more into her, I found out she had actually been consistent and doing her best musically for a long time.

Since The Voice Nigeria, I and her fans generally had been waiting for the next step she was going to take knowing fully well that the fact that she didn't win The Voice didn't mean she didn't have what it takes to become the next most celebrated artist in Nigeria. Finally, She released a song which has blown people's minds away and finally put her on the spot light. 

The Song is Titled Amere and If you haven't listened to it, do so now and you'll like her instantly. The video was also published and has been everywhere, on several TV stations and has gotten alot of vibes on Youtube. 

Indeed I believe that we'll hear even more from Efezino in 2019 and I can see her making wild great waves and winning several awards in 2019.

Watch Amere - Efezino Below