Nathaniel Bassey

Nathaniel Bassey (born 27 August 1981) is a Nigerian singer, pastor, trumpeter and gospel songwriter popularly known for his songs "Imela", "Onise Iyanu", and "Olowogbogboro." thumb|Nathaniel Bassey Quotes A time will come when Nigeria will no longer be known for corruption, terrorism and poverty. But for righteousness, prosperity and peace. In Jesus’ name. Spiritual warfare 101 - No matter how overwhelmed you “feel” inside, never show the devil. You see, the devil is NOT Omniscient, so he does not know all things. The things he knows about us are things said and spoken of us. Or the things we let out from our mouths ourselves or by our reactions and actions. So while you may be overwhelmed in your soul, the way he gets to know is from your reaction. And because he is a wicked and oppressive entity, when he knows where it hurts, he robs it in the more.But responding in praise confounds him. This is exactly the rationale behind the idea that praise confuses the enemy. Because he can’t understand why his onslaught is not causing you to give up and give in.So beloved saints of God, regardless how you feel right now, find a way to release your praise !“14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.” Psalm 71:14.You are BLESSED I see music as an avenue, an instrument, a platform to give God glory and to worship God. So, I judge success musically from my end by how many souls are touched, how many souls are transformed, how many lives are impacted. Because we’re from the South-South and we love the horns, we like high life, I grew up listening to that. So, I didn’t have a normal childhood watching cartoons. Besides playing football or soccer, I would listen to highlife music with my dad. And I caught the passion of music. One day the church asked him to get musical equipment. So, he got the trumpet, and the trumpet was at home. And from the very first day he brought the trumpet, I made a sound. [..]. And I began to stumble on a few techniques here and there. I made the decision to switch from mainstream to gospel after I won a Berklee scholarship. And I was preparing to go for my visa interview when I began to feel this struggle within, this tension, almost as though traveling to Berklee wasn’t the right decision. And there was this renaissance, spiritually happening in my heart. Many times we interpret the Bible figuratively. Midnight may mean a dark time in your life, but I thought, you know what, why not just praise God at midnight. So, I had this idea to just have people join me. And those days Instagram Live was pretty just novel. […] I was just singing, and people were joining. I got a call from my manager in the US stating that a lady, a reverend Mrs. Turner had called him. And at first it came as a surprise. But because it’s something we’ve always done, praying for the nations during the Hallelujah Challenge. And every now and then I’m invited to pray over the nations. So, when I got this call, it really was an honour. Praise and worship is forever. In fact, when we get to heaven, this is rehearsal for heaven. So, what are you retiring to? So that’s all we were doing. So, there isn’t any retiring. I’m hoping that the precious hymns that we sing, 300 years from now, there will be hymns and psalms of Nathaniel Bassey. CNN’s African Voices Changemakers meets Gospel stars, April 07 2025 I was on the plane thinking that perhaps we were born for such a time as this. I've had this word strong on my heart. It's time the sound carriers release the song of deliverance. The answer to the darkness in the world today, the plagues ravaging the world, is the ark that is spoken about [in Scripture]. So I believe that as sound carriers, God has brought us here and destinies depend on your sound. Your sound and your life aren't separate. Your sound and your life are one. In fact, according to the New Testament, we are mortal arks of His presence. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. So your life and your soul are one. We are the mobile presence. There’s a world that's crying out there. Science isn't helping, books aren't helping, and we have the answer. Pastor Nathaniel Bassey says worship leaders have power to bring hope amid uncertain times, March 20 2020 It started as an inspiration from God, it was the leading of the holy spirit and that was following up on something we call the “Tongue challenge” which was initially praying for one hour every month.. In the month of May, when we were done, I just sensed that God wanted us to praise him in the month of June, in the midnight hour based on Acts 16:25-26 and the kind of praise should be the hallelujah kind of praise. The number of people joining the challenge keeps rising on a daily basis, the last session had over 70,000 people and that’s not including the over 90,000 who joined via Facebook. There is absolutely nothing on earth that is without criticism, anything that has greatness on it must be criticised and more so the gospel has always been opened to criticism. Once the challenge is over we will go ahead with our stuff and keep recording and singing my song and inspiring my generation, we will just be hopeful and see what happens next. Nathaniel Bassey’s ‘Hallelujah challenge’ Goes Viral June 16 2017 External links Category: living people Category:Gospel singers Category:Singers from Nigeria Category:Trumpeters Category:1981 births