Patmos Baptist Church, Jouvence - Mbenda, Yaounde

Patmos Baptist Church, Jouvence - Mbenda, Yaounde At Patmos Baptist Church, Jouvence, Yaounde, Cameroon, we hear God to serve & connect to care for His people. We praise, pray & proclaim the Word. Welcome
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25/05/2026

PATMOS PACESETTER (May 26, 2026)
KEEP THAT WHICH IS YOURS
Africa is often referred to as the cradle of humanity. While God created humans in the Garden of Eden, modern civilization and human settlements suggest that Africa is the cradle of civilization. History tells us that, "Human and global history developed literally for hundreds of thousands of years in Africa before it spread worldwide." That makes Africa the Cradle of Civilization. Scholars even tell us that Africa is the source of global common ancestry. Let me set aside the question of how life migrated from the Garden of Eden to Africa for it to become the oldest inhabited continent. Undoubtedly African civilization is indeed older than most of the rest of the world. How is it then that Africa is the poorest continent with such a high level of underdevelopment, corruption, and producing huge numbers of emigrants to the rest of the world? How practically meaningful is today's celebration of the African Day with the theme, "Africa Makes the World?" While the day is set aside to commemorate the African Union, it should also call attention to the plight of the continent so that Africa can be transformed to indeed make the world. This theme would not have been strange and paradoxical in this era (in which Africa is most dependent on other continents), had she kept her greatness and civilization. It is a wakeup call for pan-Africanists but also a lesson for you and me: keep what is yours before you lose it and it becomes difficult to get it back.

It is not enough to possess good things. They can be lost and the owner remains empty-handed. That is the lesson from the Prodigal Son. He got his father to divide their inheritance, received his potion, and did not know how to keep it. Before long he realized that all he had was gone and he became empty-handed. His life became miserable. His advantage was that he had his father to go back to. Yes, God is your Father and promises, "All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away" (John 6:37). However, though Jesus will keep your soul for the day of redemption, you may lose the blessings He has given you, as happened to Africa. You may lose your credibility, health, wealth, potential, marriage, family, position, or responsibility, even your faith in the Lord. You will only remain shining like stars, blameless and pure in a crooked generation "... as you hold firmly to the word of life" (Phil. 2:16a).

Beloved, avoid the risk of moving from being great to becoming nothing, like Africa, or from having so much to having nothing. Whatever God has given you, guard it well. Pray for your nation, asking God to enable your leaders to keep firmly and manage judiciously what God has given you, so that generations after you may not suffer in lack. As you reflect on the plight of rich Africa, which is suffering in poverty, may God grant you the grace to keep tenaciously what He has given you, in Jesus' Name, Amen. Rev. NFOR (+237) 677501196.

24/05/2026

SUNDAY SERVICE

24/05/2026

"IN THE VALLEY WALK AND WORK WITH GOD."

24/05/2026

IN THE VALLEY WALK AND WORK WITH GOD

Join us this Sunday for a special encounter.
22/05/2026

Join us this Sunday for a special encounter.

22/05/2026

PATMOS PACESETTER (May 22, 2026)
FAMILY IS VALUABLE
Permit me to go back once more to the celebration of Cameroon’s National Day on May 20, 2026. Something caught my attention when the President walked out to the waiting excited crowd in the tent at the courtyard of the reception hall. He seemed to have had some difficulty lifting his hand to wave at the people. His wife took his hand gently and lifted it. That particularly impressed me and reminded me of my friends, a couple who had to take turns caring for each other during their times of difficulty. You never realize how important relationships and family are until you are faced with real-life difficulty or when you have a defect that grounds you and you cannot do much by yourself. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which sometimes relationships, even marital ones, are treated casually, and children treat their parents as if they are too old to be useful; forgetting that those parents were there for them when they were young and helpless. To have a person struggle alone in his or her time of need when the family is alive is a terrible thing. Family is vital, valuable, and indispensable in life.

God created man and gave him the charge to take care of the Garden. Then he placed a tree in the middle of the Garden and told the man not to eat of it. Then God delayed the making of a woman as if to give time for the man to feel the emptiness that is in the lack of fellowship and companionship. God gave the man authority to name all the animals and birds He had created. OF all of these creatures man found none that could suitably help him. In His character of care for humanity, “The Lord God said, ' It is not good for a man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Gen. 2:18). A Helper is someone who enables you to accomplish something much easier or to accomplish what you otherwise cannot do by yourself. Apart from marriage God also places the lonely in families. Loneliness can be very difficult given that God created us as social beings. Loneliness can result from anything that keeps someone from being with people such as sickness, disability, or other forms of weakness, even poverty. God gives us each other not to criticize and highlight their weaknesses and make them look useless, but to complement them and make their lives meaningful because of our presence.

Beloved, how much of your presence and blessings is felt in your family? Do your spouse or your children run after you for days for you to give them the assistance they need? In your church, how much do you assist those in need? I can still “see” the blisters in my hands after I helped a church member clean his yard and house some years ago. It was hard but it was clear from the disorder I saw in his house that while life looked great for him on the outside it was a struggle back in his private world, living alone. Ah, the smiles I saw in his face and the trembling voice that uttered “Thank you Philemon, thank you very much,” lighted my face and my heart. In your family at home, in the church, or even at your work, do not allow anyone to be lonely and helpless in a thing that God can enable you to do. Never see anyone’s weakness as an entertaining issue for a laugh but as a call for help. Above all, remember that there are times when the only person who can reach out to you and make a difference in your life is Jesus. After all, He alone can save and prepare you for eternity. Make God your Father and friend and you will never regret. Have a great weekend and make someone smile because of you this weekend, in Jesus’ Name, Amen. Rev. NFOR (+237) 677501196.

21/05/2026

PATMOS PACESETTER (May 21, 2026)
POWER IS FOR PROGRESS
The sound of sirens, the noise from numerous bikes, cars, and the trampling of many horses, made the crowd of thousands of people turn their eyes in that direction. The nation's number one statesman was approaching the celebration grounds. Every person who mattered in the nation in politics, religion, and the economy was seated, waiting but the celebration of the national day could not start without the presence of the President. The silence in the crowd was deafening and the anxiety for the occasion to begin was high. My neighbor turned to me in a low tone and said quietly but emphatically, “Power!” I did not look at him. I simply responded, “Yes! All these for one person and the nation is at a standstill.” Then he continued, “And you think he wants to leave this?” I responded, “I’ll die at my post.” “That is the best option,” he said. Then we stood up and waited for the sound of the Anthem as the “father of the nation” was guided out of his designed car into the circle drawn in front of the flag. It was a long day. Some celebrated him while others celebrated the achievements of the nation. Others simply celebrated the unity of the nation, regardless of what that unity is or has done. Ultimately, whether the name of the head of state enters the annals of the nation’s history for praise or pain depends on what his leadership did or did not do for the nation. Power is for progress and power that provides progress is certainly worth celebrating.

It was very difficult for Saul to watch the victory dance by the women after Israel won their battle with the giant Goliath. The women gathered from the various towns of Israel and came before King Saul to celebrate the victory that God had brought to them through David’s fearless fight with the giant. The problem was, “As they danced, they sang: Saul has slain his thousands and David his tens thousands” (1Sam. 18:7).” Saul was so angry that this single celebration planted hatred in his heart for one of Israel’s best leaders, David. He told himself that for Israel to credit David with so much more than him meant they could take away the kingdom from him. Sadly, instead of trying to work more and do more things, even using David as a valiant soldier for Israel, Saul developed hatred for David and started with him a battle he could never win given that David was God’s choice for leadership in Israel. David had power. He used it to fight for the nation. At the end of his reign, Israel enjoyed great peace and rested from her warring neighbors. David set the stage for the prosperity that King Solomon would bring. Peace and progress are the monitoring and evaluation scheme of leadership.

Dear friend, as long as you are alive you are a leader: towards your friends, in your house as father or mother or senior child, at your work, etc. When you see yourself responsible for a group of people, set for yourself peace and progress as your main goals. When these two are not there, your leadership would have either just maintained the status quo or brought regression, causing pain, agony, and hatred among the people. When you pray for your family heard, village chief, local administrator, or your nation’s president, ask God for grace for him or her to lead his people into peace and progress. God has given you wisdom, power, and abilities (gifts). Use them for the peace and progress of the people around you and beyond and you will be blessed, they will be joyful and God glorified, in Jesus’ Name, Amen. Rev. NFOR (+237) 677501196.

19/05/2026

PATMOS PACESETTER (May 19, 2026)
UNITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR GROWTH
Someone has said, “Coming together is the beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” The aim of any union: between friends, in marriage, between communities, and even between nations is always to make things better for each other. When a union is emphasized as an end in itself it becomes a means of exploitation, one of the other. In colonialism, the West pretended to be united with its colonies, but in realityit kept them under its wing and exploited them. The colonies gained nothing from the union. Today, the so-called relationship between those Western masters and their colonies is the same. I spent my energy on a friendship in which I thought we were united. After many years something made me evaluate the relationship only to discover that it had drained me of many resources but I had benefited nothing from it. Cameroon is celebrating “unity” and a newspaper article this morning underlines that the same unity they are celebrating is the root of the problem posed by a part of the nation; the problem that gives reason for a political dispute as to whether the nation is united. If unity is only in principle; if a significant portion of the nation complains about not feeling a part of the union, then working for that unity is more important than celebrating a quasi union. Unity is not about signs that we are together. It must be of the heart and make each part of the union feel excited as a part of the whole. Without joy development or growth is greatly re****ed if at all it happens. For growth unity must be a reality, not a myth.

The multiplicative advantage of unity otherwise called synergy is clear in the Bible. “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor” (Eccl. 4:9). Unity is an economic resource but the two can only get a better return for their labor if they are not only sharing the bed or their room but also their minds, ideas, and time discussing how to use their resources. While hard working “Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand [rather than just two thousand], and your enemies will fall by the sword before you” (Let. 26:8), five or a hundred enemies together will rather destroy each other very badly. That is why uniting humanity with God and with each other was a major objective of Christ’s death. It is vital to work for true unity, not apparent unity so that growth will be visible, real, and good for all.

Beloved, how committed are you to the friendship you have now? How united are you in your marriage? How much do you work for unity in your family or church? Staying together, marrying cross-culturally, or settling anywhere in the nation are signs that there could be unity. The sign of real unity is working together, bringing growth as a part of each one’s hard work, and for the benefit of all. That kind of unity brings growth that promotes peace. If some people in the union see growth but are not enjoying it, the union is exploitative and definitely getting far less growth than its potential. While a couple or family may be seen to accomplish much in their union such an accomplishment is far less than it could be if they were truly united, working together. In whatever relationships God puts you, do your best to work for true unity and you will be blessed and will be a blessing to others, in Jesus’ Name, Amen. Rev. NFOR (+237) 677501196.

18/05/2026

PATMOS PACESETTER (May 18, 2026)
GOD ORDAINED CELEBRATION
In three days, Cameroon will be celebrating its National Day, 20th May. There will be a grand military and civilian parade, along with food and drink, in various cities across the nation. As it happens elsewhere, the parade shall showcase its military capabilities, both in its weaponry and soldiers. I wonder how that celebration will take place in the town of Dchang, where reports say there are about fifty PhD holders doing jobs that are meant for unskilled laborers because they are unable to be involved in research work for which they studied. A friend is trying to set up a business in a town in the North West Region and has to move some machines there. He is afraid of doing it this week because of insecurity in that part of the nation especially around the period of the National Day celebration. Amidst these troubles, there will be a celebration. Why? We do not celebrate perfection. We celebrate achievements, at least for the level we have had while striving to get more. However, in celebrating with surrounding difficulties one must ensure that God ordained such a celebration. For individuals and for nations, the story of Lazarus and the rich man teaches that care must go along with celebration if it is God-ordained.

Jesus presents the two personalities in great contrast. “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores” (Luke 16:19-21). Lazarus was not only poor but also sick. He lay at the gate of the rich man meaning that the rich man consciously ignored him and enjoyed himself as if Lazarus did not exist. The rich man did not even need to suspend one of his luxurious parties or one luxurious article in the house to be able to take care of Lazarus. He did nothing for the poor sick Lazarus. That is the problem and that is God’s call today. Celebrate but care!

Dear friend, the nation is blessed to celebrate as long as those organizing the spending are also spending to care for the poor and the needy within the nation without selfishness and corruption. You have the right to spend thousands and millions of your money in celebration of your birthday, anniversary, or other successes as long as you are also paying attention to the orphans, widows, and other needy people around you. When you spill dirty rainwater on the pedestrians by the roadside when you pass with your bike or car, ensure that it is really an error, and if you notice what you have done get out and help the pedestrian clean up one way or the other, or at least apologize. Turning a blind eye to those suffering around you and celebrating your success will turn God’s eye on you which may not be funny. All Good and perfect things come from God. He blesses individuals, families, and nations. His greatest desire for those blessings is that we use them to care for the needy around us. Celebrate what success you have but do so as a caring person. Please pray for Cameroon to recover from insecurity, corruption, economic problems, and disunity so that most of its citizens will happily celebrate their nation, in Jesus’ Name, Amen. Rev. NFOR (+237) 677501196.

17/05/2026

"DON'T CHANGE YOUR NAME IN THE VALLEY"
(RUTH 1:1-22)

15/05/2026

PATMOS PACESETTER (May 14, 2026)
EVEN THE GREAT GO
The weekend of May 16, 2026, will see the flow of tears and somewhat, joy in Cameroon as the former and first president of the Cameroon Senate’s body is buried. The loss of such a figure cannot go without tears. Also, in our African culture, when someone has been around for such a long time we celebrate them at death. I knew the name, Marcel Niat Njifenji while in primary school in the 1970s. We had to know the names of state officials, and he was the director of the electricity distribution company, SONEL, at the time. How could such a person not be celebrated when he nearly died in office, after serving the public for so many years? However, his death reminds us that there is nothing that can keep anyone from dying. Success, popularity, politics, wealth, wisdom, age, number of children, faith, and everything else that makes for greatness will not stop anyone from leaving this earth through death. Another reality is that after death, life does not end. Almost every faith and even tradition says so. The Bible is clear about that. The best thing is that this reality should affect your life on earth because what one does here will affect what happens with him or her hereafter.

Jesus asked the disciples a serious question, “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? (Mark 8:36)? This implies that the totality of the world’s good, the accumulation of all that the world calls success will not in any way contribute to a better life after death if the success ignores the realities of the soul. Jesus demonstrated this reality in the story of the rich man and Lazarus. Lazarus did not go to heaven because he was poor and the rich man did not go to hell because he was rich. The rich man went to hell because his riches made him selfish. He gave a blind eye to the suffering Lazarus though he threw lavish parties for his friends, and relatives. His life greatly contrasts that of Job who was wealthy and godly, taking care of the poor, the needy, and the oppressed. Yes, God does not sound loving in sending people to hell. Yet, punishment is never too much when the consequences of an action are known before the action is taken. Thus, it is not a lack of love to talk about hell, it is justice made clear for a people in a world where lack of godliness causes others to suffer unduly. Christianity is not about going to church, though going to church is utterly important. Being Christian is knowing Jesus as Lord and Savior and allowing the blessings that God gives you to be influential in improving the lives of people around you.

Beloved, one of these days you will be going out of this world. To where? Your destination is determined by who you trust and how you live it out. God will confirm it when you stand before Him. The truth God has given in the Bible rather than what you believe will determine whether you face God’s judgment. It was proven in the history of Israel that His word does not fail to be fulfilled. Dear friend, do not ignore the reality that will follow you beyond the grave. Do not focus on the wealth and health that God or the world can give you without thinking of how that makes the lives of people around you better. Every additional day is drawing you closer to judgment before God, whether that additional day is filled with success, gain, or pain. All you need: Accept that you are not what God wants you to be (Sinner). Believe that Jesus died on the cross for you because that is true. Confess your sins and repent from them. Then ask Jesus to come into your life, cleanse you from all sin, and guide your living. Then live by the Spirit according to His word and life hereafter will be great for you, in Jesus’ Name, Amen. Rev. NFOR (+237) 677501196.

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