AND HIS NAME IS OBAFERANMI

We do not know of anyone bearing the name “Obaferanmi” until the birth of our child. It’s likely you may not remember ever hearing it too. So why would we name our first son “The-King-is-in-Love-with-me”?

The continual experience of God’s love is most cherished in our family (The Ope-Onifade Nation). As a matter of fact, on Dec 9 2006, we declared before hundreds of witnesses that our purpose for getting married is “to build a successful family and a strong nation by leveraging on the love of God….” Our experiences in the course of conception of our son through his delivery reaffirms our belief and knowledge of the love that God has for us (I John 4:16). God is love; we are constrained by His love and we are kept and preserved by His love. The core value of our family is that we live to love.

We have also come to know God not just as a Spirit, and more than our Father: He is a Governmental Authority, Our King! He reigns over our entire households, members of Ope-Onifade nation are citizens of His kingdom, and we are subject to His will. As for me and my house, we serve the Lord.

Our God is King and our God is love and our son lives to reaffirm that the King is in love with us. We will never doubt his love for us.

In our native culture, there is the tendency for people to abridge names. So, would he be called Oba (King) or ‘Feranmi (loves me)?

You may call him “Oba” because he is born to reign and rule as a king and a priest unto our God. God is King of kings and our son, like us, is one of the kings under the rule of God.

You may also call him ‘Feranmi because it creates an atmosphere of love around him and around you. He is born and bound to have favour before God and before man.

The seed of the righteous shall be mighty upon the face of the earth.

OBAFERANMI…..

7 years of Relationship

Today, I received an SMS from my wife. It reads:

Jst wnt 2sy tnx 2u 4living up 2d promises u made arnd ds time 7 yrs ago. I've not regretted nodding 2 ur proposal. I kp loving u & hope to continue 2do so.
Baby1

The gist is this: On May 8 2001, I asked her to marry me. We were in courtship for 51/2 years and got marrried on December 8 2006. On February 16 2008, I was with her in the labour room to welcome our son into the world he was born to dominate. Today, I would like to share with you a picture of our growing family. I wish to thank my wife for her uncompromising love, care and pleasant personality. Not to love you is to die. I love you!!!!!
Regards to readers from 'DeNike and ObaFeranmi