Heart of the Wise

  Has Satan tried you? How has Satan tried you? They tried poison, accident, espionage, death of loved ones, loss of marriage, loss of income, loss of opportunities, sabotage, setup, slander, substance, spite, psychological trigger, vexation, false witness, reproach, rejection, ridicule, gross undermining, exploitation, abuse, taking undue advantage, deception, violation, seduction, betrayal, etc.  Like he used on Jesus the Son of God.  If Satan and his subjects aren’t mad at you, then you are not making true impact in the spirit realm. Satan hates God and all that belong to God. He hates the elect of God and works night and day to discredit, disconcert, distract, distress, dissipate, disillusion, denigrate, devastate or destroy them. He touches externals. That’s what he can do.  In the spirit, God’s people are seated far above. So Satan persecutes their flesh. Like Paul’s thorn in the flesh. He uses people like Judas to bait and betray. He uses rogue religion to con...

Sometimes we like people because we don’t know them. Sometimes we dislike people because we don’t know them. Like and dislike can be based on lack of knowledge. That’s why ignorance can be blissful. Just as it can be dangerously deceitful. Ignorance can be (misinformed) love and trust. Lack of awareness can be seen as boldness. True love is based on true knowledge. I repeat: love must know. Love is not ignorant. Love is based on precise, accurate knowledge. Love is not foolishly blind but can overlook flaws. The metaphorical blindness of love is not complete oblivion, careless oversight or dysfunction-enabling negligence.  Rather, it is the choice of commitment not to allow shortcomings to overshadow or eclipse strengths.  To not throw away the baby with the bathwater. For you to truly love a person, you must know the good and the bad about the person and still truly care about them and desire the best for them.  Seek self-knowledge and self-understanding. Also, seek to k...

Those who are not patient with you do not love you.  Vice versa.  If you seem too impatient or overly restless with and hyper irritated by someone’s natural behavior or growth process which should include their flaws, then you may not love them as much as you should.  Or you may not be their “chosen one”, if it’s in terms of marriage or close relationship. And that may be okay. It shows you who you should bond with. Definitely, they’re not your inner-circle person. All these are indicative not indicting. So use the knowledge positively not negatively. Let me reiterate: If you’re deeply impatient with someone, it could indicate that you don’t understand their journey or you have outgrown their company or you don’t love them. And if you don’t love them, then you are not part of their assignment. Love is patient.  God will allow many situations to reveal this to you.  Watch and play, my friend.  Watch. See the prompts, patterns, signs and symptoms.  Analy...

Rev Dr Uma Ukpai a great gift and mighty man took a bow on October 6, 2025 at the age of 80. A man of inspiring faith, courage, praises and visible love for God and His Kingdom. He was married to Mummy Philomena.  Their marriage produced eight children and they adopted an additional child but they lost two of their children in a car collision on the same day. I remember some of his messages which impacted me several years ago while I was on campus and as I attended many conferences and camp meetings. He was a leading figure in the Christian world back in the days. I remember attending some crusades or church events where he was the guest minister.  I have previously written (in my tribute to my father in an article titled Honor Your Father, archived in my blog) about how he was the first guest preacher at the first Great Anglican Crusade, a city-wide revival crusade led by the Anglican Diocese of Niger Delta and which took place in Port Harcourt in the early ‘90s, precisely Ma...

If you don’t get justice here and now, may you at least know the truth. I mean, the real and whole truth according to God the Ultimate and Perfectly Accurate Reference and Judge/Assessor/Examiner of all things known and unknown by mortal man no matter how enhanced, resourced and versatile we may be by reason of scientific technology or otherwise. Understand the game of life.  There are always stakes and interests to which real or borrowed time, energy, attention, money and other resources are channeled to fulfill or realize. Pick your side and thus your fate in time and eternity.  God is just. This is great. Amazing. Beautiful.  The end is joyful for the just. Only those who don’t believe in God don’t believe this.  The just shall live forever in God’s Presence. THERE IS GLORY AHEAD! ✊ That’s pure faith in the Living God. Faithful till the end.  It’s when a man’s spirit is full of faith and God’s Spirit. “He who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.” TO G...

There are people who are “sent by Satan” into your life: to steal your focus, to kill your joy and to destroy your impact.  If you listen to them, they often intentionally speak negatively, disparagingly or with incitement about other people and about situations.  They may be trying to train your mind to be negative because that will short circuit your own greatness and the flow of goodness in your life.  They also plant seeds of ill will, discord and strife amongst people.  They’re sent to also destabilize the progress of communities or groups but they’re very subtle, charismatic and make themselves useful or to be seen as the most intelligent or indispensable part of any group with a show of confidence and strength. Again, it is very intentional and calculated. They are working on you. They gift you to trap you.  They love you to weak you. They seduce you to stain you. They also want you to participate in your own destruction so they can cleverly or craftily p...