A Little Patience Will Not Hurt You

By Segun Idahor

Many people have written numerous books on the topic of “patience”. However, Segun Idahor is inspirationally blessed with great in-depth pastoral skills and insight to make an indelible difference to the extensive resources of the subject matter in his debut landmark exposition A Little Patience Will Not Hurt You.

Lack of patience, the plain old “human error” and fast paced society (better known as microwaved generation) have damaged many relationships or virtues.

Told in a language we can all understand, Segun’s book explores such profound questions like ‘What is patience?’ and ‘How old is too old?’ It also explains with a profound inspiring revelation that ‘God Is the Best Coach’.

Armed with nothing but his ingenuity, his pastoral skills and unending sense of humor that proves to be his greatest source of strength, Segun presents his book as a heartwarming, sometimes hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking collection of Biblical references and life transforming stories which illustrate that the more we see, the more we learn about ourselves as human beings…

Segun embarks on a dogged quest to highlight these resourceful contributions about the importance of “patience” in human endeavors. It is loaded with encouragement, wisdom, prayers, and the Word of God to empower you on life’s journey of practical living with patience.

Discover and comprehend how his resourcefulness makes the indelible difference. Educative at ev

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Oct 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638293255

Segun Idahor

Segun Idahor is a passionate Pastor and a versatile Management Consultant of over 33 years in the marketplace. He is currently the Pastor of Possibility Christian Assembly of Canada, London Ontario, Canada a.k.a House of Jacob. Prior to his current spiritual assignment, he was the Resident/Regional Pastor of Agape Christian Assembly, Ibadan a.k.a “My Father’s House”—Ibadan (www.agapeibadan.com), where he served God faithfully in Agape Christian Ministries Inc. with headquarters in Akure for 30 years. And apart from his ministerial assignment as a Pastor, Segun read Accountancy and also have an MBA and has been involved in Financial and General Management, with 11 years of which he had worked as a very senior management executive in Nigeria for E D & F Man Nig. Ltd., the subsidiary company of E D & F Man Holdings (UK) Ltd., a leading British multinational commodity company, at Sugar Quay, Lower Thames Street, London, (www.edfman.com) and of these periods at different times as an Accountant, Chief Accountant, Deputy Buyer and Chief Buyer of the company, where he had considerable experience in directing the full spectrum of accounting and financial management activities and together with the administration and operation of an up-country buying branch office before he resigned in year 2000. Segun is also currently the CEO of the MOFESI Management Consultants Group International. And as part of his pastoral and ministerial assignment, Pastor Segun Idahor has an incurable passion to identify and trigger people to actualizing their God given potential to reality. He is happily married to Lola Segun-Idahor, who is also a Pastor in the ministry cum the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MOFESI Lingerie (a leading women fashionable inner apparel fitter) and they are blessed with two married great young adults.

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About the Author

Segun Idahor is a passionate Pastor and a versatile Management Consultant of over 33 years in the marketplace. He is currently the Pastor of Possibility Christian Assembly of Canada, London Ontario, Canada a.k.a House of Jacob.

Prior to his current spiritual assignment, he was the Resident/Regional Pastor of Agape Christian Assembly, Ibadan a.k.a My Father’s House—Ibadan www.agapeibadan.com, where he served God faithfully in Agape Christian Ministries Inc. with headquarters in Akure for 30 years.

And apart from his ministerial assignment as a Pastor, Segun read Accountancy and also have an MBA and has been involved in Financial and General Management, with 11 years of which he had worked as a very senior management executive in Nigeria for E D & F Man Nig. Ltd., the subsidiary company of E D & F Man Holdings (UK) Ltd., a leading British multinational commodity company, at Sugar Quay, Lower Thames Street, London, www.edfman.com and of these periods at different times as an Accountant, Chief Accountant, Deputy Buyer and Chief Buyer of the company, where he had considerable experience in directing the full spectrum of accounting and financial management activities and together with the administration and operation of an up-country buying branch office before he resigned in year 2000.

Segun is also currently the CEO of the MOFESI Management Consultants Group International.

And as part of his pastoral and ministerial assignment, Pastor Segun Idahor has an incurable passion to identify and trigger people to actualizing their God given potential to reality.

He is happily married to Lola Segun-Idahor, who is also a Pastor in the ministry cum the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of MOFESI Lingerie (a leading women fashionable inner apparel fitter) and they are blessed with two married great young adults.

Dedication

Firstly, this book is dedicated to God Almighty for the enabling grace to write this resource.

Secondly, to Precious, my best friend, my beloved wife, Omolola Segun-Idahor, my lover, my confidant, my constant companion and the mother of my lovely young adults, MoniOluwa and Oluwaferanmi.

I thank you, Precious, for all your love, patience, your unwavering and genuine support for me in the family; in the marketplace and in the work of the ministry over the years.

And your constant encouragement has been my tonic and after my salvation, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me.

I love you and the young adults dearly.

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Idahor, Segun

A Little Patience Will Not Hurt You

ISBN 9781638293248 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781638293255 (ePub e-book)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022915858

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Acknoweldgment

I wish to thankfully acknoweldge the following:

London UK underground station for the picture of the cover page.

Austin Macauley Publishers Production Department for helping to redesign the concept of the cover page.

My father-in-the Lord (Bishop Felix Adejumo) for agreeing to write the foreword page.

My nuclear family members, who have helped to proofread this book.

Foreword

Psalms 27: 14 NKJV Wait on the Lord be of good courage and He shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say on the Lord.

Psalm 27:14 MSG. Stay with God! Take heart. Don’t quit, I’ll say it again. Stay with God.

Wait here means don’t be in a hurry. Be patient.

The story of Saul and Samuel is quite an interesting narrative. Saul went on a journey of destiny without knowing it but God ordained it. He ran into Prophet Samuel called the seer during his own time who gave Saul a prophetic direction and solution to the problem that pursued him to Zuph, where Samuel was as at that time. Since space will not allow me to give details of what transpired between the two, I chose to establish the fact that without a Samuel there wouldn’t have been a Saul, who was anointed King by prophet Samuel even when Saul had no idea he was going to become one.

After Saul’s divine encounter with prophet Samuel, he told Saul about certain prophetic landmarks which were confirmed by God on the way back. Shortly after Saul was anointed King in 1 Samuel 10:1, Prophet Samuel set an exam for King Saul which will either make or mar his future on the throne (1 Samuel 10:8). Prophet Samuel instructed King Saul to go down ahead of him to Gigal and WAIT for him because of an important sacrifice Samuel will perform that will determine to a large extent the success of King Saul and God’s people later in life.

In 1 Samuel 11:14, Prophet Samuel invited all the people to come to Gilgal to renew the covenant. Saul was just the king with a job description in which performing sacrifices was not inclusive. The conclusion of this narrative is that in 1 Samuel 13:12–13, King Saul stepped out of his office because of impatience and did what was not part of his assignment. He offered the burnt sacrifice claiming that he waited for some time but had to force himself to do what he shouldn’t have done.

This act of impatience led to the beginning of king Saul’s fall. God’s servant said to him that he had acted foolishly. Impatience, therefore, can cause a major setback or total cancellation of a man’s destiny.

Pastor Segun Idahor in his book A Little Patience Will Not Hurt You has given us Godly guidelines to avoid the pitfalls of impatience especially in this world of Quick Fix.

Reading through is a journey that is worth the while and will definitely impart the virtue of patience on you. I endorse this book with every sense of responsibility. Welcome to your next level.

Bishop Felix ‘Remi Adejumo’

President – Agape Christian Ministries Inc., Nigeria.

Introduction

One of the most glaring spiritual attacks that have been unleashed on mankind in modern times is the spirit of impatience. The world has become a microwave generation that wants things to be done in a now…now syndrome situation. They have imported the speed of the development of technology into character traits. They have forgotten that patience is a virtue. And impatience is not a virtue. Order is more vital than speed. Careful and deliberate decision-making after consideration is far better than hasty decision-making.

But unfortunately, in today’s world, this is the trend, and this is making many people, including believers, in making foundational and fundamental mistakes that awkwardly affect their lives. Patience is what is needed and not the speed of technology when it applies to human beings. We thank God for technological developments, but it is not in consonance with human behavior and relational decision-making. For example, we cannot use technology to make lifetime decisions about life partners. Some people will argue and say, how about dating sites on the internet? And without any form of political correctness, please search the successful rate of survivors and you will agree that: A Little Patience Will Not Hurt You. We cannot substitute or relegate the virtue of patience in lifetime decision-making. Even before pressing the button of enter (technical devices) in today’s world, calculated pause or patience is required.

Patience means waiting and this is a tool God uses to perfect our faith. Please let us look at James 1:2–4 NKJV as stated below:

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

(James 1:2–4 NKJV)

Beloved, patience requires stilling ourselves quietly before God no matter the situation. Waiting sometimes can be frustrating but God uses it to transform our character. Furthermore, and sometimes if we are not sensitive, we get frustrated with waiting, that is, being patient with God, and we compound it by saying, we want to do it our way, compromising spiritual standards, that we run ahead of God and into unnecessary situations and rough paths. Whereas