Too Big for Your Boots

'When you were little in your own eyes.' 1 Samuel 15:17

When King Saul disobeyed God, the prophet Samuel told him, 'When you were little in your own eyes...did not the Lord anoint you King over Israel?...Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord?' (vv. 17-19 NKJV). There's a sobering lesson here. The most dangerous moment in your life is when you think you can succeed without God. When you get a few wins under your belt, it's easy to forget Who's responsible for your success. Where once you would have consulted God, you now launch out on your own and ask Him to add His blessing to your decisions. You say, 'But things are going pretty well for me these days.' Then remember Who made your success possible, and live with gratitude and dependence on God!

Looking back on how God blessed Israel, the Psalmist records, 'Then they believed His words; they sang His praise. [But] they soon forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel' (Psalms 106:12-13 NKJV). Our capacity for forgetfulness is staggering. The old-timers used to tie a string around their finger to remind them of something they might easily forget. Maybe you need to wear a string on your finger to remind you that God is the secret, the source of all your blessings. Frustrated by how long he had to wait in line to renew his driver's licence, the CEO of a big plumbing company asked his wife, 'Don't they know who I am?' She responded, 'Yes, you're a plumber's son who got lucky.'

The word for today is: stay humble, and don't get too big for your boots!
-The Word For Today

Wonderful Women You Need To Read About

Women played a significant role throughout the Bible. Their influences, decisions, and relationships (or lack thereof) with God had a tremendous impact that still affects the world today. Eve eating the fruit in the Garden of Eden, Sarah convincing her husband, Abraham, to sleep with her slave, and Mary responding to Gabriel’s proclamation of Jesus’ conception—each of these women’s actions are still felt to this day.

The five women I admire most from the Bible were ordinary women who lived extraordinary lives. They were driven by their concern for their families and their willingness to do the hard things in life so that others will be taken care of.

Sarah- A Woman of Hope

“For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear” (1 Peter 3:5-6).

Sarah followed Abraham into the unknown because of God’s promise of building a nation through them. She had to have her doubts based on her lack of faith in encouraging Abraham to sleep with Hagar instead of waiting on God. Yet the Lord esteemed and supported her decision to have Ishmael grow up separately from Isaac. Sarah wasn’t perfect especially in her dealings with Hagar—yet she is used as an example of how wives should submit to their husbands without fear. Sarah modeled how wives are to put their hope in God as they allow their husbands to lead the home.



Rahab- A Woman of Faith

“By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient” (Hebrews 11:31). 

Unlike the other four women, Rahab was known not for her virtuous lifestyle—she was a prostitute. She stands out of a whole city of people who could’ve surrendered to God, but instead were disobedient. Rahab alone stepped out in faith and believed God. She is called righteous in the book of James because she saved the spies. (James 2:25) Rahab is one of the faithful followers listed in Hebrews 11 and she is also a part of the human lineage of Jesus. The Lord took a prostitute and changed her life forever because of her one step of faith.

Ruth- A Woman of Character

“But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God” (Ruth 1:16).

Ruth gave up the only life she ever knew to live with Naomi in an unknown city and culture. She was determined to do whatever it took to stay with her mother-in-law. Being a young woman, Ruth could’ve deserted Naomi and sought security with another husband. However she chose to submit, obey, and respect Naomi—earning a reputation of being a woman of noble character. (Ruth 3:11) Ruth couldn’t have known what her future was going to be when she left Moab. Yet the Lord knew and through Ruth (just like with Rahab) the generational link led to the birth of Jesus Christ. 

Esther- A Woman of Courage

“‘Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish’” (Esther 4:16).

Esther was a beautiful woman who won the favor of everyone who saw her. However her outward beauty was only a small part of the great woman she became. As an orphan who was loved and cared for by her uncle, Mordecai; she remained connected and committed to him even after becoming a royal queen. Esther was wise to fast and pray before she presented herself to the king. Instead of blurting out everything in an emotional tirade, she strategized a plan to reveal the wickedness of Haman. As a result of her courage, the entire nation of Jewish people was saved.

Mary- A Woman of Favor

“‘I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. ‘May your word to me be fulfilled.’ Then the angel left her.” (Luke 1:38).

Most theologians agree that Mary was a young teenager when she was approached by Gabriel. Even in her youth, God considered her a woman of favor. Mary trusted in the Lord even though she couldn’t comprehend all that was going to happen in her lifetime. Yet she made sure that Jesus (when He was an infant) was presented to the Lord and did everything that was required by the Law of the Lord. (Luke 2:22) This woman of favor was near the cross when Jesus was crucified and in the upper room when the Holy Spirit came upon the believers.

Women of God 

These women are examples of hope, faith, character, courage, and favor for all believers in Christ Jesus. Their lives reveal how God can use the most ordinary of us to display His awesome power and glory when we obey and submit to His will. Read about these women of God and offer no excuses to following God with all your heart. Let us know if there is/are any of the women in the Bible(listed here or not) who you admire.
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Get the Goal!

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
You change your life by changing your heart.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

When we feel inspired we are connected to spirit & to a sense of purpose & excitement. Think of something recently that you couldn’t wait to do or create,what emotions came washing over you?

Passion & inspiration are the wind in our sails propelling us forward towards our dreams. It also keeps us motivated, like an athlete training for a race, we will take better care of ourselves when we are motivated by a goal.

Get the goal, make the world proud. Good morning

Nigerian Facts (Contd)

Nigeria's president has the highest vehicle convoy in the world.

90% of people who are indigenes of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state have gaps between their teeth.

The cost of living in Abuja, is more expensive than the cost of living in London.

Nigeria has the highest number of musicians in the world.

There's a place called Sabo in every state in Nigeria.

Gwagwalada is the hottest place in Nigeria

Nigeria has the highest number of police officers in Africa 

Nigeria has over 6,000 abandoned government projects

Nigerians make up 1/8 of the population of Malaysia.

Nigerians are the most religious people. 

Nigerian politics is the world's most lucrative industry, investors always reap more 

Nigerians value their religion than humanity most times. 

China's best market is Nigeria.

An average lagosian has his bath by 5:00am.

Nigerians are the highest users of slangs in Africa, 2nd only to USA in the world.

The most spoken phrase in Nigeria is "How far ?"...

I stand to be corrected if you feel some of these facts are wrong. Do you have more for us? Let's hear your view.

FACT: Some Interesting Facts about Nigeria

1. Nigeria takes its name from the Niger River, the third largest river in Africa.

2. Nigeria is one of sub-Saharan Africa’s fastest growing economies.

3. Nigeria has one of the world’s greatest birth rates for twins.

4. It is Africa’s most populous country and one of the continent’s top oil producers.

5. The largest butterfly diversity in the world can be found in the areas around Calabar, Cross River State.

6. The drill monkey, one of the most endangered mammal species in Africa, can only be found in the wild in Nigeria and its neighboring country of Cameroon. (A sub-species is found in Equatorial Guinea.)

7. Majek Fashek, one of the more popular reggae artists from the ’80s and early ’90s, is a Nigerian.

8. In Nigeria, the terms “010,” “101,” etc. refer to meals in a day. “010” means to skip breakfast and dinner but eat lunch, while “101” means to skip lunch but to eat breakfast and dinner.

9. Chinua Achebe, author of the successful novel “Things Fall Apart,” was born in Southeastern Nigeria in 1930.

10. When a Nigerian man gives a gift to a woman, he would say that the gift came from his wife, mother, sisters, etc., and not from himself.

HIS GRACE, DON'T STOP

The story is told of a great pianist who was scheduled to perform for a small country town. Everyone in the town was excited since they rarely had the opportunity to hear a famous musician. A young mother was especially excited. Her son had been taking piano lessons and showed great promise …but he hated to practice. His mother was hoping that if her son saw the great pianist perform, he would be motivated to take his music more seriously.

The night of the concert finally arrived, and it seemed as if everyone in town had come. As the young mother settled her son in his seat, her attention turned to the crowd pouring in. Everyone was dressed in their finest, and a buzz of excitement filled the concert hall. No one noticed the little boy as he slipped out of his seat and made his way down the aisle toward the stage. No one noticed the little boy as he walked onto the stage, climbed up on the piano stool, and began to play “Chopsticks.”

The concert hall fell silent as every eye turned toward the stage. People began to yell, “Where is that child’s mother? How did he get on stage? Somebody get him down immediately! This is so embarrassing for our town!” The guest artist was standing in the wings, getting ready to make his entrance when he heard the shouts and saw and heard the little boy. Grabbing his jacket, the great pianist ran onto the stage, came up behind the little boy and placed his masterful hands on the keyboard beside the hands of the small child. The little boy was startled but did not move as the man whispered in the boy’s ear, “Don’t stop. Don’t quit. Keep going.” As the little boy began to play again, the great pianist began to play as well, composing a beautiful counter melody to “Chopsticks.”

I know some of you are ready to give up and quit. Some mountain is standing between you and the dream you thought was sure to become a reality. You think God has lost track of where you are and what you are going through. He hasn’t. That is a lie from the pit and smells like smoke. Don’t buy it!

I know you don’t understand why a loving God would allow so much pain to saturate this broken world and perpetuate such loss and hurt. I don’t either. But God’s ways are so much higher than my ways, and His thoughts are for my eternal good – not my temporary comfort. I am banking on eternity. I am counting on the character of God and His heart of unconditional, unmerited, and undeserved love.

God’s grace, mercy, and forgiveness give me the strength to get out of bed each morning, and His peace is my comfort in the dark, lonely night. Like you, I sometimes ask God why He has allowed a circumstance to exist. I have questioned His favor and allowed fear and worry to make me doubt His plan. And I have to tell you that I can now look back and see so many of the question marks yanked into exclamation points in my life. I am so thankful that He said “no” to so many of the prayers I desperately wanted Him to answer with “yes.” He is God. He is able and He is more than enough.

Don’t stop! No matter where you are today, know He is with you and that His heart is for you.

Don’t quit. He is not angry with you. You are His daughter, the apple of His eye and His cherished child.

Don’t give up. Right now, surrender all of your pain to Him. Shed your tears, knowing He will collect them all and one day pour them back into your life as a refreshing rain of restoration and healing.

Keep going. Ask your questions, knowing Heaven is not in a panic and that your God really is who He says He is and will do what He has promised to do. He simply waits for you to trust Him.

In School, But Not Schooling!... The Sad Story Of Floating 'Students'

Kola Olugbodi, Africa's leading background screening expert and the CEO of Background Check International (BCI), Nigeria’s first background check company has this advice to 'School floaters' but first he shares us a story...

Kate (not her real name) had run to her parents with her admission letter to study International Relations in one of the Federal Universities in the South West Nigeria. The elated parents’ joy knew no bounds as they danced around the living room. This was her fourth time of trying to gain admission into a university and the news of her admission had filtered into their tiny community. She then went shopping bit by bit with her mum in preparation for her resumption. At last she left for school.

A family friend, Mr. Shanu, working as a non-academic staff of the University was the person that assisted Kate in working out the admission process after a huge sum had been paid to him by Kate’s father. So it was Mr. Shanu that forwarded the admission letter to Kate.

On getting to the school, Shanu instructed her not to go ahead with her courses registration yet, but advised her to go ahead and attend lectures normally. He explained that there were some delays with her name reflecting in the batch list sent to the examination regulatory body; amidst other excuses.

Kate, by then, had been known by almost most students on the campus because of her conspicuous nature. She lived off campus in one of the student off-school hostels. Something was wrong with her admission, she suspected, but didn’t tell her parents. The man told her that she didn’t need to tell her parents nor return home. He promised to make sure that at the next admission, she would be taken.

At the time of her semester exams, she summarily avoided the campus, though very few students noticed except for her close friends that she gave the impression that she was ill and that she would always have her own papers done privately. This was the routine until the end of the session.

It was a terrible dashing of hope at the next admissions when she was not on the list of admissions again! By then, she felt it was too late to tell her parents the truth because it would be too shameful for the people at home and community to know she was packing her things back home. She was to spend three years in the school, because she was to be admitted with her ‘A’ level results.

At a time, she completely started avoiding the campus. She perceived many people had noticed that something was wrong. Sometimes, she would travel to other schools to visit her friends for almost half the semester. By then, she had even mixed up with some terrible characters as friends, but at home her parents believed their daughter was nearing the end of her education.

At the end of her supposed years at the school, she didn't even inform her parents about any graduation. Kate returned home, expecting her arranged National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) call-up letter, and when she eventually got it, she had been posted to a fake NYSC orientation camp in Northern Nigeria. Kate paid heavily for this call-up arrangement. All was well with the camp until security agents suddenly raided the camp!

Kate and 86 other fake youth corps’ members were arrested and paraded by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at the illegal orientation camp following intelligence surveillance. The fake graduates, some of whom were in the khaki uniform of the National Youth Service Corps, were paraded by NSCDC and their NSCDC boss announced that the suspects paid between N80,000 to N150,000 to the fake NYSC operators.

You could imagine Kate’s parents’ horror, confusion and disbelief when they learnt that their daughter was among those arrested and paraded. All their toiling, sacrificial denial and expenses on her during the supposed academic period, gone down the drain!

Kate had hoped to secure a fake NYSC certificate from the fake camp and combine it with the fake BSc degree certificate which she paid heavily for at the sham documents black market.

There are 100s of supposed students like Kate all over our higher institutions! For most of them, it might not have been their own design to be floaters, but something would always go wrong with their untidy and backdoor admission arrangements.

Some might actually be admitted, properly but along the line got expelled for situations such as examination mal-practices, use of fake Ordinary level School Certificates (WAEC) during their initial admission to higher institutions; while some might have been expelled for participating in occultism and occultist practices within the schools’ vicinity .

Many atimes, their parents may never know, but instead they keep believing that their wards are progressing at their academics; while in actual fact they are just living in or around campuses doing nothing.

So I wish to ask you parents, do you suspect that something fishy about your beloved son or daughter pertaining to their tertiary institutions? Have you ever visited them on while in school? Do you know any of their lecturers?

Employers of labour also need to stop hiring based on face value! My background check firm’s experience, over the last 10 years, has attested that about 33% of supposed higher institutions’ graduates are either working or proposing to work with fake or forged educational, NYSC or Professional certificates.

Running background checks on new and current employers has become so imperative, because no person can give what he or she doesn’t have. An experience not earn can’t be expended.

Lastly, all those in the shoes of Kate need to realize that most organizations are now wiser. They engage the services of background screening firms such as Background Check International (BCI), Nigeria’s first Background Check Company, hence, there’s nothing that you cover that will not be exposed.

My advice to Kate and company, what happened to you initially is unfortunate and painful, but that’s not the end of the world. Admit your errors and mis-doings, make a U-turn, and do the right thing. You might have lost some years in the processes, but I can assure you that in no time, you will gain it back.

Continuing on the journey on a wrong road will never make you end up on the right road. Wrong roads, most times, end up in pain, disgrace, depression and destruction. Be wise. Turn back from it.

I HAVE BEEN RAPED!!!

My Testimony- (Anonymous)

I started my life unwanted, the product of a relationship my mother had between marriages. I took my first beating at 10 months old at the hands of the babysitter my mother had boarded me with. Shortly thereafter my half sister, (who was 2 years older than me), was kidnapped by her father from my grandmother's house while my mother was out shopping. My grandfather accepted money to help her father and held my grandmother at gun-point so he could take her.  

After my mother got over this loss (my sister was never recovered), she remarried, and in the course of time, produced a son and two more daughters to this man. Until I was about nine years old, we were sent (or taken) to church every Sunday and I learned of Christ and His love for me. I accepted the Lord at the ripe old age of seven or eight, but it didn't take too many years for me to get into the world's way of doing things.

Much of my childhood has been erased from my memory by a condition that is known as Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. I do however remember some of the cruelty suffered at this man's hands - such as being made to eat in my room because I was told I was not fit to eat with the family; being picked up by the collar and beat against a wall, having my tailbone broken at least three times by being kicked with steel-toed boots; being raised and told that I was stupid ( I have an extremely high IQ);  and being told I was dumb, lazy, unfit, and unwanted.

My mother and he would fight and a continuing theme presented by him was to send me somewhere else. He didn't want me there. At 11 yrs old he sexually abused me. I quit speaking for a period of time. He was the first of many adult men that sexually abused me and I was so afraid of people in general and men in particular that I was afraid to say "NO!" Compliance had been beaten into me.

I knew what I was being put through was wrong and I tried to go to the Police Station to get us all (my brother, sisters and I) out of the house, but we had a "nice" upper-middle-classed family and back then, things like that just didn't happen in "good" families like ours. It was decided that I was a liar and incorrigible.


There were so many times that I could have been coerced into hard drugs, prostitution, or even turned up dead that I dread to even think about them now. But God was faithful to me even if I was not faithful to him. No matter what the environment, he kept me safe from the worst of what could have happened.

I even landed in jail at the ripe old age of 14 1/2. When I was picked up (having been talked into helping the guy I was with to steal a car). The Lord provided for my protection even in that environment in the form of a woman who convinced everyone that I was her "old lady" and off limits to everyone else. She never laid a hand on me.

Incidences similar to this happened to me continually throughout my life. Far too many to go into here - not to say I have escaped all things.

I have been raped (several times), robbed, beaten (throughout my life by many different people), held at gun-point, held at knife-point, given up one child and was an unwed mother to another. It was discovered that I have suffered ritual satanic child abuse. I have lived on the streets both alone and with a small child. I have been homeless. I have faced cancer twice. But, through it all, the Lord has kept me safe from the worst of what could have been. He has spared my life.

About three years ago He decided it was time for me to come to a relationship with Him. My second marriage of only a few months had broken up and they had found another growth in my abdomen. The third one. When I walked out of the doctor's office after being told, I cried out to God and told Him that if it was His will that I die, so be it. A month later, when they did another scan, it was gone! I thanked him with heartfelt thanks, but I could not bring myself to walk into a church. I had drank too much, done too many things I was ashamed of and in a town that was only 1500 people where I had spent most of the past 17 years, I knew I would not be accepted. I knew I was too bad for the Lord to forgive. I was wrong!

On a Sunday morning I got up and could hear someone saying "go to church" (there was a Pentecostal church only a block from where I lived). I, of course, was arguing with the voice I heard. I remember getting showered and putting on good clothes (slacks and blouse) and all the while arguing with this voice inside me and telling it that I was certainly NOT going to go into a church for people to judge me! I got my shoes on and went out the door still arguing.

That Sunday I won (or lost) the argument. I stood at the bottom of the small incline up to the church and listened to them sing, but would go no further. The next Sunday the scenario was repeated, but this time as I faltered again at the bottom of the short hill, I felt hands in the center of my back pushing me! I thought I had lost it for sure! I kept wanting to turn around and run the other way, but I could not. The hands just kept pushing me toward the small church and into the door!!

I sat at the back trying to be as inconspicuous as possible and I started to cry. Not loud enough for anyone to hear me, but the tears were streaming down my face. Then, to my amazement, the preacher stopped all the singing, stood and looked around and said, "The Lord just told me that someone here needs to dedicate their life to Him. I don't know who it is but I will wait. Please come up and let's pray together."

I knew he was talking to me, but I would not move. The pastor kept encouraging me to come forward with the same words for the next 45 minutes, but I could not bring myself to go forward in front of all those people! The next Sunday I did. For the next several months I could not go into a church without immediately starting to cry. I didn't know it then but the Lord was healing me. I changed from an extremely angry person, who couldn't/wouldn't talk to others without the anger, resentment, and hate showing up to one who could not only talk to others, but would hug and was able to show love to my fellow human beings.

Three months later I was baptized (Easter Sunday) and made a decision to spend the rest of my life serving the Lord. I am imperfect; I fall just as does everyone, but I get up, ask forgiveness yet again, and carry on learning to serve my Lord. He forgave me, he taught me to forgive as he has done, he taught me to love and what it really is. He is teaching me new things every day.

I thank him for His grace to me and I know that his grace is there waiting for you. He does love you. It does not matter what you have done or where you have been, He will forgive you. He will teach you to forgive yourself. He is waiting for you to earnestly ask. He is calling to you as a Father calls for a lost child he is searching for. Call out to Him. Let Him know you are searching for Him too. He will receive you right where you are. Don't wait. His arms are open to receive you now.

FOOTPRINTS...

One night a man dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. As scenes of his life flashed before him, he noticed that there were two sets of footprints in the sand. He also noticed at his saddest and lowest times there were only one set of footprints.

This bothered the man and he asked the lord, “Did you not promise that if I gave my heart to you that you would be with me all the way?” “Then why is there only one set of footprints during most of my troublesome times?” the Lord replied, “My precious child, I love you and would never forsake you”. During those times of trial and suffering, it was then I carried you.
 
So you see the Lord will always be with you, and he will never leave you in your darkest moments, and all you need to do is accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour into your heart.
 
God bless.
Thanks for Reading.
Happy Sunday.

Love Notes From Him...

Its his love notes to us, for us through his word. The Bible is full of great verses and passages about the topic of love. Here is a collection of some of the greatest love quotes from the Bible.

God’s Love Scriptures

There should be no talk of love in the Bible without covering God’s love for each of us. This is the love that has led to a path for eternal life. Praise God!

John 3:16  “For God so loved the world,that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 8:37-39  No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

1 John 3:1  See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Love One Another Bible Verses

Romans 13:8  Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Galatians 5:13  For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Ephesians 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

1 Peter 1:22  Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

1 John 4:7  Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

What Did Jesus Say About Love?

Matthew 6:24-25  “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.  “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Mark 12:28-30   And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

John 14:21-24  Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”  Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” Jesus answered him,  “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

John 15:9-17 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.  If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

What is your favorite love Bible verse? Share it with us in the comments!

AWESOME QUOTES...be. inspired

Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. - Richard Bach

“Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed, and prosperous. Stop talking to God about how big your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is!”
― Joel Osteen

Don't Wait!
Start on your dreams, your impulses,
your longings, your special occasions today.
Because this is your moment.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"We are not creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance." - Benjamin Disraeli

The minute you think you're going to lose something or someone, it suddenly becomes the most important thing in your life.

The Six W's:
Work will win when wishing won't. -Todd Blackledge

"Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know." - William Saroyan

Nothing is ever wrong. We learn from every step we take. Whatever you did today was the way it was meant to be. Be proud of you

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." - Peter Drucker

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. -John Wooden

EMOTIONAL BLUNDER

I came from a Christian home where the basic principles for godly living are taught daily at our family altar.
My parents brought I and my siblings up in the way of the Lord and we all have wonderful relationship with Christ.

I have been a born again child of God ever before I thought of going to the higher institution, a member of the choir and am not proud to say that I am very lovely and friendly.

I met a brother in my year 1 in the university. A born again brother and very committed to the things of God. He was loved by everyone including me: I love him very much.
Just few Months after our first meeting at the school fellowship; we became two jolly friends. We visited each other regularly, we check on each other welfare, attend Programs and seminar, go to the fellowship together, and I do really enjoy being with this brother

Sometimes I would deliberately cook for him to give him the king's treat. He is such an handsome brother! He would smile at me as he graciously devour the delicacy with great relish.

Most of our friends do admire us together calling us love in Tokyo but we would both smile about such comment.

We do profess love to each other like I care about you, you mean a lot to me etc

In my heart of heart I began to feel good and excited that he loves me. While all this is going on I couldn't think of any other brother nor did I ever think of starting a relationship with any man.

Our relationship went on for Months, from Months to years.

One incident happened during our final year in school.
We all have concluded our exams and the excitement in the air was very hilarious.

With all joy; I ran to this brother's hostel to jubilate over our success and graduation. He was happy to see me! We gisted and laughed, I never wished for such a moment to end

Few days after our final exam, I got a call from this brother of my affection; he asked me to see him in his house after the thanksgiving service fixed for the evening at our fellowship center.

Hmmm the day I will never forget in my life!
I was full of beautiful thoughts. I tried imagining things...why did he want to see me! Is he going to propose marriage to me? Wow! I can't wait to hear him say "Will you marry me?" to me.

Jesus! What? Oh my God!
I wept bitterly! I mean I have never been so sad all my life!
I entered his room with joy radiating all over my face...he looked into my eyes and said to me in a straight face mood "I want to invite you for my wedding: here is my wedding card"

Dear readers, hmmm I couldn't stop crying! I thought it was a bomb blast! I sat down gently and broke down into tears! He looked away! A part of him remorseful and confused while another part of his face looked wicked and determined!
I walked out of his room with tears flowing down my face.

I got thinking seriously.
Why did he treat me like this? Why did he choose another lady for marriage instead of me? Why didn't he marry me? Hmmm I reasoned again...could it be that I am not his kind of woman? Hell no! He told me I am all he needs in a wife. Could it be that he didn't love me? Ooh no! He did tell me he loves me.
Why can't he marry me after all the wonderful moment we had together and I wondered why he ever kept me with no serious intention!
I shared my time, cash and shower my affection on him.

I waited in vain! I waited all these years thinking he didn't want to rush things, I thought he was waiting for the right time (our graduating year) before proposing to me.

Why? Why did you give me all that emotional support? Why did you keep mute and only enjoy all the emotional support I was giving you when you already know you didn't need me for a relationship? Why did you keep expressing love to me when we are together and on phone? If you never need me why didn't you say so when our friendship became romantic? Fine! We didn't have sex and you didn't propose

We didn't have sex and you didn't propose a relationship to me directly but why all the love and romantic moments we had?

I was greatly disturbed! But dear reader, I have gotten over it. Here is my husband and pastor..he is a gift to me! I got over my pain! I have myself to blame for those wasted years with a brother who didn't propose a relationship to me but got me emotionally entangled!

Dear readers, such is the case with some of you. Define Your relationship with the opposite sex! Brothers, I call it emotional blunder when you keep a lady for no reason!
You frequently call her even at night, text her every seconds, call her pet names, professing love to her at every available opportunity, yet you tell yourself "she is just a friend..I don't need her" if you want to be JUST A FRIEND please tell her and LET IT BE!
Don't use her for emotional support to fill a vacuum in your life!

Ladies I pity you ooo. Some of you will keep waiting and even justify the brother you are emotionally attached to: "he is shy" uhn? forget it! I know one sure thing about matured men "Every man is a goal getter; if he wants a thing he will surely go for it"
If he wants you, he will come for you!
If he can't propose directly he should send a text, phone call, voice calls, love card, an intermediary...etc
Please stop this emotional blunder!

Define your relationship!

DERONCHE, ALL FOR THAT SMIlE

I can say a smile is a facial expression formed by flexing the muscles near both ends of the mouth and by flexing muscles throughout the mouth. But Sometimes, You smile to neglect or ease the pain inside of you and sometimes, you laugh to put aside
sadness for a while.
Sometimes, you laugh heavily at a friend's statement, not because its funny but because others are
laughing at the statement he/she made.

Sometimes you smile to hold back the teardrops. You smile to give people the impression that you are happy and sometimes, you wish the smile could reflect to the inner parts of you, at least
to brighten up ur face a little.

You've got to S-M-I-L-E
To be H-A-Double-P-Y
Keep it in mind when you're blue
It's easy to spell and just as easy to do
You gotta S-M-I-L-E
It's gonna help considerably.
Just keep your chin up and give it a try
And you'll find silver lined clouds in the sky
You've gotta S-M-I-L-E
To be H-A-Double-P-Y

Therefore keep that smile on and don't judge people by their appearance. Don't mock people but put a smile to that boning face 'cos
that might be the only sunshine that person sees......

HOW GOOD DO YOU FEEL? Contd

In every job you do, every work you do, your mind needs to be happy about it or you don’t get a joy out of your work. It’s very difficult to be always happy, at least I don’t know anyone who does that, I do believe that many a times we just don’t know  the exact reason behind our unhappiness.

Sometimes it is just thinking about your sorrow that is enough to realize how silly the cause was. Whenever you are worried, feeling sad or depressed think about the reason. Is it genuine concern to be worried about?

Does it have a positive aspect too? Do you have any control over it? Is there anything good that you can think of, instead?

Sometimes getting a different perspective in thinking can completely change our mind set. Sit back, relax, give it a time and think it through.

Here are some ways to help you feel better about yourself 

*Enhance Someone’s Life.

Feel good about your situation, you have a car, a home and a family secured enough. You don’t have to think about tomorrow’s meal. Your next few month’s meals are secured.

Help the needy, do something for them now, you’ll never know the joy it can create in you. Contributing to a good cause can make your day, can turn tears in to joy. Give giving a chance!

*Accept Your Weakness. 

No matter how great we are, we all have weaknesses, a bunch of ‘em. First step is to know you have a weakness, the next is working towards rectifying that. Have a close and honest look at how your weaknesses are affecting you and the people around you.

How are they having a negative impact on your life?  How are they holding you back?  What are they costing you?

Sometimes it feels better to realize that the reason behind the failure is our weakness at certain aspects, rather than just thinking about that failure without any clue. It gives us a reassurance that once our weakness is rectified, we’ll not fail again

A self realization of weakness does make us willing to start working on it. The moment you start working on improving yourself, past failures would no longer seem bad, isn’t it? You consider them as just a lesson learnt.
 

*Find happiness in your surrounding.

Look around and you will find a beautiful world. Enjoy finer things in life and feel richer every day. Exercise, meditate or just sit and think, reflect on your day to day life. What you like to do and what you don’t.

Plan your next few days in such a way that you do the things you like, most of the time.

Go out, be with your friends. Try to call someone you have been thinking about calling for many days. A nice long conversation with an old friend stimulates me to a great extent. When you are socially rich you are supposed to feel emotionally and monetarily rich as well.

Maintaining a rich and active social life along with a healthy diet and exercise can help anyone live a vibrant and happy life. There are few better ways to feel better about yourself than giving your time and effort to influence another person’s life positively.

Just remember, joy and sorrow are part and parcel of our everyday existence. One day you’re down, the next day you come back up! Feeling good involves taking care of both your physical health and your emotional needs. Feel good, be good.
Happy Midweek

THE BEST COVER LETTER

To Whom It May Concern....


I heard you were considering a new manager for your life. I would like to apply for the job.

I believe I am the most qualified candidate applying. I am the only one that has ever done this job successfully. I was the first manager of life. In fact, I made all lives, so naturally I know how humanity works, and what is best to get people back into proper working condition. Hiring me will be exactly like having the manufacturer as your personal mechanic.

If this is your first time considering me, I would just like to point out that my salary has already been paid by my son, Jesus on the cross of Calvary. This salary covers the time prior to my hiring as well as my present and future employment.

If you decide to hire me I will need to receive from you an acknowledgment that you erred in not hiring me sooner. I understand this is a strange requirement, but since you violated the manufacturer's warrantee by placing your being under inferior management, this is a necessary prerequist to my engagement.

Lastly, I will require a carte blanche (a blank check) to reorganizing and managing your life. I intend to make some major changes and revisions. They are not for you to worry about. I need your permission to execute these changes, My way and in My time. I will establish new goals and objectives and restructure your life to meet these requirements. Please keep your hands out of the way. Don't try to help me and don't resist me and we will get along fine. I really do need your full commitment and cooperation in this. If you give me those, the process of getting your life back to manufacturer's intentions can go smoothly, without delays. I assure you: you will be pleased with the outcome.

I will require a verbal contract to all these stipulations in the presence of witnesses.


Yours Sincerely,
GOD

HOW GOOD DO YOU FEEL?

Let’s begin by answering the following ten questions.

Do you have regular checkups?
Do you exercise for at least 30 minutes 4 or more days a week?
Do you eat balanced meals?
Do you get close to 8 hours of sleep most nights?
Do you follow your doctor’s advice to quit smoking, lose weight, or limit your consumption of alcohol?

Are you often irritable or short-tempered with people you care about?
Do you have frequent headaches or stomachaches?
Do you feel sad or down very often or cry for no reason?
Do you often feel too busy and “stressed”?
Do you have social, medical, or financial worries caused by drugs, alcohol, gambling, or shopping?

The fact is, we could all take better care of ourselves—physically and emotionally. For some of us, that may mean getting more exercise, losing weight, or eating a healthier diet. For others, it may mean learning how to make time for the people we care about or learning how to manage stress so we have the energy to meet the challenges that come our way each day.
What are some of the things you can do every day to feel better in your life? Look back to the questions on the quiz for some answers. If you answered “No” to any of the first five questions, these are the areas to work on with your physical health. If you answered “Yes” to any of the last five questions, these are the areas to pay attention to with your emotional health.
....To be continued

Feeling good involves taking care of both your physical health and your emotional needs. Feel good, be good. Happy New Week!!!

CAN YOU LEARN?

We can’t know it all.  At some point in life most successful people figure out an important fact:  not only do they not know it all, they can’t know it all.  Any lawyer, physician, accountant or business executive can describe this phenomenon:  there is always more to know, to learn, to look up, another reference to check, journal article to read, stone to turn over for answers, future to predict...   

Being open-minded can be really tough sometimes. Most of us are brought up with a set of beliefs and values and, throughout our lives, tend to surround ourselves with people who share the same values and beliefs. Therefore, it can be difficult when we're faced with ideas that challenge our own and, though we may wish to be open-minded, we may struggle with the act of it from time to time. 

I'd like to say I'm a fairly open-minded person, but, like most people, I do have some pretty strong views about specific topics and find it hard to sway from those opinions -- no matter how others might try to persuade me. Of course, I fully believe that having strong beliefs can be a wonderful thing and I believe we should all stay true to what we believe in, but having strong beliefs doesn't have to mean having a closed mind. 

Though it can be tough to do sometimes, I've always found that when I open my mind, I've reaped a lot of rewarding benefits. There is much to be gained from opening the door to your mind and letting new ideas and beliefs come in. The more you know and discover, the more you find there is to know.

I'll end with this quote, “He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool - shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple - teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep - wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise - follow him.”

Remember, be open minded, learn something today, everyday and have an awesome week ahead. Happy Sunday

"Humbility"

A man rushed to the gate of his house to find out who the visitor was. He discovered he was a friend he had met years ago in the university. He hesitated to receive the warm embrace of his visitor because he was not pleased with what he saw. For one, his visitor's dressing was below his expectation.

A t-shirt, a short and a pair of cheap snickers was not his idea of good dressing on a working day, and for a man who graduated 15 years ago. Secondly, he did not see a car packed in front of his gate, meaning the visitor did not have one. He quickly decided he was not going to allow the visitor pass the yard into the house. He had enough of his own financial problems than to be infested with a chronic poverty virus. After a couple of exchanges, and to the man's relief, the visitor announced he was leaving. By this time a 2014 Lexus SUV drove in front of the gate.

As the visitor crawled into the back seat, he handed a letter to his host and said, "I have asked the agent not to bother you for rent until you are fully back on your feet. I own the property. Have a nice day, buddy."

YESTERDAY'S GONE

(Matthew 6:34)
"Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
"

Our life in Jesus Christ is probably one of the most misunderstood and least appreciated events in the history of human beings.

Our Lord and Savior died to free us from the death sting of our sins.

He paid the price so that we wouldn't have to pay it ourselves.

He doesn't even ask for our thanks in words; but He does require a positive response, as He told the woman caught in the act of adultery (John 8:10-11).

This woman can never reverse the sin she committed. It is locked in time, and she can never go back and change the events, any more than any of us could.

But what Jesus says is what is done is done. From now on let's live a life that will not lead to those previous sins. Live for tomorrow – yesterday is gone forever.

This doesn't mean that we forget that we have sinned, but that we recognize our sin and the errors of our ways, and are sorry for what we did, and resolve in our heart and soul never to do it again.

Jesus Christ gives us a new start.

Stop worrying about the past, but learn from it.

This is nothing new. We've been told this for a long, long time.

The Lord told us this through the prophet Isaiah in 43:18-21.

18. "Do not call to mind the former things,
Or ponder things of the past.

19. "Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert."

We have to learn to leave room for God

.

What might look hopeless to us is hardly a challenge for our Lord.

The worst things in our lives can be straightened out by our compassionate and loving God, if we will let Him; and while He is doing this, He will refresh us with His living waters.

All we have to do is pass this same love and compassion on to every other living being.

And all creation will benefit.

This is not worrying about the past.

This is enjoying today.

This is living for tomorrow.

From me to you, have the best of this weekend brand new. What's your take on this? Do you have other tips you would like to contribute to this? let me hear from you via comments.

O JESUS I HAVE PROMISED

Oh, let me hear Thee speaking,
In accents clear and still,
Above the storms of passion,
The murmurs of self-will;
Oh, speak to reassure me,
To hasten, or control;
Oh, speak, and make me listen,
Thou Guardian of my soul.

it is very needful of us, I believe, to constantly check up on our old but lovely hymns. As I was rehearsing this evening with my guitar, I decided to sing and play some hymns :singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts (Col.3:16, Eph 5:19) as the Bible instructs.

I ended on this hymn, O JESUS I HAVE PROMISED. I ended on this verse. Beyond the solfas and melody, the lyrics ministered to me brand new. I realized that as much as God may want to hasten us to do certain things, He also wants to control us, hold us back, caution us but how often do we listen? When God speaks or when his will negates our self-will, do we listen?
When the STORMS of passion rolls, there's the still voice.

it serves as a fitting hymn of commitment for every Christian.  It not only reminds us of the promises that we have made to Jesus, but it also asks Jesus to protect us from the dangers and temptations posed by the world. I hope that we are planted in his footmarks.

If there is a prayer at all, its Oh, speak, and make me listen, Thou Guardian of my soul.
Have you made that promise?

STOP THE BLAME GAME !!!

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."

All blame is a waste of time

No matter how much fault you find with another and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you

The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.
You may succeed in making another person feel guilty about something by blaming him or her, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.

Get up, Get on
STOP THE BLAME GAME

JUST BEFORE YOU SAY 'I DO'.

I got this shot message from Isola Taiwo and I know you'll be glad you read it.

If you get to a Motor Park, the first thing you do is to ask the driver, "Where is this bus going?". Do you just enter any bus because you are in a hurry?

Why then are the mouth of our ladies nowadays so closed that they can't ask the man that propose to them, "Where are you going in life? What is your vision? What will I come and do in your life?" If a woman is supposed to be an helper, what will I help you with?"

If you say YES carelessly, many times you will look back and know that the number one mistake you made was that you followed a man that has no vision. He will waste you, abuse you and damage you.

And thou young man, look at that lady you are eyeing, is she equipped to help you fulfil your destiny? Can she withstand your speed and sustain your vision?
When I discovered God's purpose for my life, I knew I needed a praying and spiritual woman beside me as a wife.
If it is a figure 8 you want so badly, just wait till she is 50, everything you are lusting after now will begin to sag. All figure 8 will eventually be figure 1.

But if it is a common destiny that binds you together, you will be joyful forever. Yes, challenges will come, but you will come out strong.
If only you can hear, the alarm is already sounding in the drawing studio of destiny!

Please feel free to share your views and If you feel like sharing for someone also to read.

Short Story: GOD IS GOOD

A King had a male servant who, in
all circumstances always said to
him; My king, do not be
discouraged because everything
God does is perfect, no mistakes.
One day, they went hunting and a
wild animal attacked the king, the
servant managed to kill the animal
but couldn't prevent his majesty
from losing a finger. Furious and
without showing gratitude,the
King said; if God was good, I
would not have been attacked and
lost one finger. The servant replied;
Despite all these things, I can only
tell you that God is good and
everything He does is perfect, He is
never wrong. Outraged by the
response, the king ordered the
arrest of his servant. Later, he left
for another hunt and was
captured by savages who use
human beings for sacrifice.

In the altar, the savages found out that
the king didn't have one finger in
place, he was released because he
was considered not "complete" to
be offered to the gods. On his
return to the palace, he authorized
the release of his servant and said;
My friend, God was really good to
me. I was almost killed but for lack
of a single finger I was let go. But I
have a question; If God is so good,
why did he allow me to put you in
jail?. He replied; My king, if I had
gone with you, I would have been
sacrificed because I have no
missing finger.

Everything God does is perfect, He
is never wrong. Often we complain
about life, and the negative things
that happen to us, forgetting that
nothing is random, and that
everything has a purpose.
May you have a Wonderful week ahead as you experience God's goodness in Jesus name

Tortured Culture

When names were given
They were golds drawn from oven
Prepared by paternal inner parlance
Tendered to religious heads to pronounce

Taiwo, Chidinma, Aliyu and others
Answered to them all without stress
Adeleke, Chukwuka, Abdul-Gafar
Were the style of writing; even from afar

Today's writing of names have fallen
To erosion of knowledge called foreign
Some, choked theirs with walls of nicks
Now, Hardeykunley, Chydymmer, etal filled space

Shall we be ignorant till our names fade?
Then, we are forgetful of names been sacred

Years ago, we were named names, "named in full" by our parents. Today, we have renamed ourselves with twisted nomenclature. The power of a name is so strong we are blind to it, check Jesus Christ. The fear in a name can cause panic, check Samson and Abacha

This is the lamentation of order, the extinction of real African names. Nicknames and pseudo names are the latest fad. Our real names have either been cooked, fried or grilled such that there's no semblance. To the likes of Don Jazzy, Wizkid, D'banj etc, how many of us know their real names?

World reknown leaders, actors and eminent personalities are known by their names, not nicknames- Jesus Christ, Barack Obama, Mohammed Ali, Lionel Messi, Obafemi Awolowo, Nelson Mandela, the list is endless. Horlolardey, Horluwaphemmy may give us a niche but our real names give us the identity.

Its safe to have nicknames like us but not at the detriment of the real names. We may be Awesome EmmyG and Jamesconco but, WE ARE: ODUNTAN EMMANUEL AKINWUNMI and JAMES ADEMUYIWA IREDELE, respectively.

In all, we are ignorantly dropping and pouring our quota in the flood that is eroding our culture in our presence.

God's Report, People's Report on Ebola and Salt Usage

What people are saying about Ebola and Salt.

A lot of messages woke me up this morning on the alert of bathing with warm water and salt and also drink a mixture of warm water and salt, this morning as a method of Ebola prevention. This has generated a lot of reactions from my friends.

Ned Mercy
Wat are we saying,Salt and water can't even cure epilepsy or even chicken pox,nw were talking "EBOLA",This is a virus!! not Lapalapa oo..smh.*tear*


Alatishe Adebayo Tishe
Bathing saltwater is not the problem. The problem is FALSELY believing you're safe after bathing it.

Martins Adeyemo
I hope they won't tell us to wash and iron our clothes with salt water. Very soon salt wil become very expensive

Oyebode Ife
While using salt 2 bath with hot water ,remember 2 put maggie, curry n thyme wif lil onion. jes cook urself.....

Bisola Eno
Pls o, about d issue of salt and Ebola. Is it Dangote salt or Anapuna? #‎cantstoplaughing‬#

Olanitori Damilola Samuel
#‎latestNEWS‬ Used Engine oil is best in preventing ebola, It seals all your pores and makes you black so the ebola virus won't see you í ½í¸

Adenuga Oluwatomisin
The publicity dat has been given to Ebola, if it was given to Jesus, d whole world will b saved & nt dying. Ebola brings death, Jesus brings life. Spread Jesus, so people may catch Him & live. Jesus brings life, Ebola brings death. Choose life!!! Please re-broadcast... God loves u ...Good morning and stay positive

Judah CV
Psalms 91:3 - Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.That's my antidote. If you don't believe the word.. Na u sabi ooo..


What's your take on this? Do you have other tips you would like to contribute to this? Pls, let me hear from you via comments. What is the truth to be believed? Whose report should you believe?

THE AWESOME MESSAGE OF GRACE

It is very important we don't shy away from the real truth of the Gospel. Growth is a key and paramount tool in the Kingdom but we don't have to dilute the truth in a bid to keep the saints in the faith, it's not ours to do, it's the Spirits'. If indeed the real truth of the Gospel is revealed to a convert at Salvation, he will not misbehave and growth would not be a problem.

Why paint it to a convert that heaven is a reward and not a gift and hence strive to get there...? If he knew he is living heaven on earth, will he think of misbehaving?

Why paint it that the Spirit leaves a believer when he commits a sin....? If he knew the Spirit is with him forever, will he not have the boldness to approach the father when he misses the mark rather than running farther from him, thinking he has no help...?
at least these are so simple for a "baby christian" to comprehend.
It is like telling a baby whom you are teaching how to walk that, when he falls he's going to die or will be disowned, just to prevent him from falling.

We seem to be too meticulous thinking we are able to keep them from falling by the codes and conduct we give unto them.
What do we say to this when a person who has been converted for 10years remains in the state of a "baby christian", .....having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof....

Finally I think why people "-baby and adult and old Christian-" are misunderstanding grace is because they are trying to reason and explain grace (the foolishness of GOD) by their wisdom......indeed the foolishness of GOD is wiser than man....!

I ask that the Father of Lights enlighten our eyes of understanding.... Eph1:17-21
Shalom! - My mama, Adeosun Timilehin

THE LESSONS NOAH'S STORY TAUGHT ME

Everything I need to know, I learned from Noah's Ark.


Don't miss the boat.


Remember that we are all in the same boat.


Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.


Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.


Build your future on high ground.


For safety's sake, travel in pairs.


Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.


When you're stressed, float awhile.


Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.


No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.


What's your take on this? Do you have other tips you would like to contribute to this? Pls, let me hear from you via comments.

Words on Marble

“U can judge the height of someone’s talent by what he aspires to. Only a great thing can satisfy a great talent.”

D biggest tragedy in the world today is not d great waste of natural resources, -though this is tragic; d biggest tragedy is d waste of human resources bcos d average person goes to d grave wit his music still in him.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

He that aims at nothing will always hit it

"Be sensible to know that there is something more than money needed to win a respectable position in the world"
~Ragged dick

Whatever u desire is probably close at hand, if u are willing to open ur eyes & mind to see it.

There is no need to look beyond urself n ur imediate circumstances to find d seeds of ur fortune
~Acres of Diamond

God sells us everything for the price of an effort
~DA Vinci

The past is a nice place to visit, but definitely not a good place to stay.

No chain or shackles can keep a man whose mind is free in bondage cos true bondage is of the mind & it requires no chain or padlock -Martins Biomet

As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you & other people think of them -Michael le Boeuf

DAD WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

MY TESTIMONY!- (PAUL)

Before I was Christian my life was messed up with a lot of things but the main thing that made me feel empty was my dad left me when I was young. I got the chance to see him in 2001.

I went and met my dad at the airport. It was the best time of my life, I was so happy my dad was back But I should have known it was too good to be true.
I got to see my dad for 3 hours before he rang my mum and said come get them. My younger brother was with me at the time.

He said I can’t handle them. My mum came and got us. We got in the car and my dad said "good bye son" and gave me a kiss on the head.
In the morning I woke up early as some kids normally do and I looked out my window and I saw my dad. I yelled, "DAD WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" No answer, he had the trailer on the car and he dropped of the rental keys in the letter box.

I yelled, DAD WERE ARE YOU GOING? He looked at me and said I love you and waved good bye and he drove down the street.
I ran out of the house, I looked down the street he had gone. It was the last time I ever heard or spoke to my dad I have not seen or spoke to my dad since. There is not 1 day that goes by that I don't think about my dad.

I wish I knew who he was; most young kids think that there dad is their hero. Someone who loves them, cares for them and that looks out 4 them, Someone that hugs them when they’re hurt and will be there for them no matter what happens, I don't get to have that feeling at all.

I miss him a lot BUT ITS OK, I met someone a few years ago that will be there when I am hurt and when I am having fun. He will all ways forgive me no matter what I do wrong, I love my new dad, his name is JESUS CHRIST.

He was all ways there for me I just never knew he existed. I had a hole of emptiness but now it is filled with GOD.

I will never forget what he did up on that cross for me so in 2006 I became a Christian and have never turned back, and that’s my testimony.

I just want to encourage you it’s never too late to get to know the Lord, he will open his heart to you if you open your heart to Him, and believe me once you have the Lord in your life it’s an amazing journey, but there will be times of trail but that’s when there lord is there to help you through those tough times.

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THE PIGS RACE

There was once a bunch of pigs, who arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower. A big crowd gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.

The race began…


No one in the crowd really believed that the tiny piglets would reach the top of the tower. They shouted, “Oh, way too difficult!!! They will NEVER make it to the top” and “Not a chance. The tower is too high”.


The tiny piglets began collapsing, one by one except for those who, in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher….


The crowd continued to yell, “It’s too difficult! No one will make it!”


More tiny piglets got tired and gave up while the more stronger and robust pigs continued… But one of the piglets continued higher and higher. This one wouldn’t give up! And he reached the top faster than the big but tired pigs


Everyone wanted to know how this one piglet managed such a great feat.

His secret? This little piglet was deaf!!


The wisdom of this story is:


Ignore the pessimism of others. It can take your dreams from you. Stay positive, blessed and have an awesome Sunday.
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The Letter: From God, To Women

When I created the heavens and the earth, I spoke them into being. When I created man, I formed him and breathed life into his nostrils. But you woman, I fashioned after I breathed the breath of life into man because your nostrils are too delicate. I allowed a deep sleep to come over him so I could patiently and perfectly fashion you.

Man was put to sleep so that he could not interfere with the creativity. From one bone I fashioned you. I chose the bone that protects his heart and his lungs and supports him, as you are meant to do. Around this one bone I shaped you. I modeled you. I created you perfectly and beautifully. Your characteristics are as the rib, strong yet delicate and fragile. You provide protection for the most delicate organ in man, his heart. His heart is the center of his being; his lungs hold the breath of life. The rib cage will allow itself to be broken before it will allow damage to the heart. Support the man as the rib cage supports the body. You were not taken from his feet, to be under him, nor were you taken from his head, to be above him. You were taken from his side, to stand beside him and be held close to his side. You are My perfect angel. You are My beautiful little girl. You have grown to be a splendid woman of excellence, and My eyes fill when I see the virtues in your heart. Your eyes – don’t change them. Your lips – how lovely when they part in prayer. Your nose, so perfect in form, your hands so gentle in touch. I’ve caressed your face in your deepest sleep; I’ve held your heart close to mine.

Of all that lives and breathes, you are the most like Me. Adam walked with Me in the cool of the day and yet he was lonely. He could not see Me or touch Me. He could only feel Me. So everything I wanted Adam to share and experience with Me, I fashioned in you: My holiness, My strength, My purity, My love, My protection and support. You are special because you are the extension of Me. Man represents My image, woman My emotions. Together you represent the totality of God. So man – treat woman well. Love her, respect her, for she is fragile. In hurting her, you hurt Me. What you do to her, you do to Me. In crushing her, you only damage your own heart, the heart of your Father, and the heart of her Father.

Woman, support man. In humility, show him the power of emotion I have given you. In gentle quietness show your strength. In love, show him that you are the rib that protects his inner self.

Your Maker and Caring Father


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MY TWO BOXES

I have in my hands two boxes,
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box,
And all your joys into the gold."
I heeded His words, and in the two boxes
Both my joys and sorrows I stored,
But though the gold became heavier each day,
The black was as light as before.

With curiosity, I opened the black.
I wanted to find out why,
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God and mused,
"I wonder where my sorrows could be?"
He smiled a gentle smile and said,
"My child, they're here with me."

I asked God why He gave me the boxes,
Why the gold and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings.
The black is for you to let go."