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Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live. 1Thes. 5:16-18 Christians are followers of Christ, those who have made a personal choice to pattern their lives after the life of Christ. Jesus has become a model and a mode they each day live to conform to. As they live the life, you grow unto coming like Him in words, thoughts, and deeds. Situations and circumstances of life do not in any way define their life but Jesus do. Nothing is worth stealing their attention for that is the real reason devil brings trying moments the way of believers. The tempter is an attention seeker and he attacks things of interest to win this attention. Cheerfulness and an attitude of thanksgiving makes it difficult for anything other than Christ to win our attention and that is why giving of thanks is the way God wants you who belong to Christ to live. When your finance is under attack, your fina...

Sometimes you want to forgive, but resentments still linger. These steps will help you overcome the barriers to reconciliation. 1. Everybody has a good side. "True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience." - Oprah Winfrey. Focus on the positive qualities of the person who has offended you. See how in the past they may have added value to you. Stay in the energy of gratitude for what they have done for you and you'll eventually start to cherish them for real once again. 2. Accept your contribution. In all likelihood, you probably played some part in the conflict. Acknowledge your actions and figure out how to make positive changes. 3. Look at it from their point of view. When someone fails to apologize, it usually has more to do with them than with you. They may feel ashamed or vulnerable. When you think about their pain, you may feel like you have more in common. 4. Resist all-or-nothing thinking. Distinguish between the huma...

Have you ever been hurt? Have you ever waited for an apology that never came? Have you ever felt that someone needed to say "sorry" to you but they didn't do it? Let's say a friend throws a party without inviting you, or a co-worker misses a deadline that's crucial for your favorite project or your partner / spouse really hurts you. You may be gracious enough to forgive if you receive a sincere apology, but what happens if the other person refuses to say the words you long to hear? Author Robert Brault says, "Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got." Now, it sounds like an awesome idea doesn't it? But the question is how to make the first move? One of the things that has personally helped me a lot in situations like this is to always remind myself that the advantages of forgiveness are the same whether the other person apologizes or not. Think of pardoning others as something you do for yourself rather than for...

Life is lived by living it and never by feeling to live it. I didn’t do this because I do not feel like doing it is an expression you keep hearing people make to explain their failure to face life and make the most of it. Greatness does not come by feeling like it but by taking action towards it. Those who would want to feel like it will always loose the opportunity of becoming it. Wanting to feel like it is nothing but self-inflicted failure; life is action not feelings. The path to success is the path of thought backed up with action. It demands accountability to do things you do not feel like doing which are essential to living the life you must live. Accountability requires that you grew deaf ears to your feeling like taking action; you’re feeling like it does not drive you. Those who has challenges accounting for the opportunities that life throw at them will always have plenty challenges accounting for other resources at their disposal, money inclusive. Never wait to feel like...

Please read through this short story, it will change you. “My boss drove a luxury car everyday and it was my duty to greet him and to open the gates for him, as I worked as a watchman in his villa. But he never responded back to my greetings. One day he saw me opening the garbage bags outside the villa in search for any leftover food. But, as usual he never even looked at me, it was like as if he never saw anything! The very next day I saw a paper bag at the same place, but it was clean and the food inside was covered well. It was fresh and good food like someone had just brought it from the supermarket. I didn't bother as to where it came from, I just took the paper bag and I was so happy about it. Every day I found this paper bag at the same place with fresh vegetables and all that we needed for home. This became my daily routine. I was eating and sharing this food with my wife and kids. I was wondering who this fool could be?! To forget his paper bag full of fresh food e...

Attitude is a predisposition or a tendency to respond positively or negatively towards a certain idea, object, person, or situation. Attitude influences an individual's choice of action, and responses to challenges, incentives, and rewards (together called stimuli or impulse). Ones’ attitude defines who he or she is, attitude is you in your loose state, the natural you. It is common to see people behave in certain way different from who they really are because of conscious check they put themselves to; that’s not you but the controlled you – a fake version, improved you or make believe version of you. With consistent checks on oneself, one can improve on or change his/her attitude entirely for the best; so training is the refinery/furnace for attitude. A changed attitude is a changed life. We are born blank but have more affinity to negatives which corrupts and contaminate our attitude; which if not checked early as they show up in our behavioral profile develops to become our id...

A puzzle is a game, problem, or toy that tests a person's ingenuity or knowledge. In a puzzle, one is required to put pieces together in a logical way, in order to arrive at the correct solution of the puzzle. There are different types of puzzles for different ages, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number puzzles, or logic puzzles. Puzzles are often devised as a form of entertainment but they can also arise from serious mathematical or logistical problems. In such cases, their solution may be a significant contribution to mathematical research. Solutions of puzzles often require the recognition of patterns and the creation of a particular kind of order. Sometimes not because of how complicated and diagonal the pattern can get. People with a high level of inductive reasoning aptitude may be better at solving such puzzles than others. But puzzles based upon inquiry and discovery may be solved more easily by those with good deduction skills. Deductive reasoning impro...

The Jews on countless number of times would accuse Jesus of blasphemy; we know Mary your mother and Joseph the carpenter who is your father but you won’t stop hoax that God is your father. They had great difficult times with Jesus, but Jesus will not have Himself intimidated by any. He continues to declare who He is; the Son of God. The Jews won’t stop their accusation of blasphemy but Jesus would as well never give up declaring who He was. You need no ones’ approval to defend your identity, if you fail to defend it you lose it. It is ones’ responsibility to understand who he/she is and stand on that without allowing anyone or people negotiate him/her away from that. You lose your person and identity the moment you allow people talk you away from who you are. Real success begins with identity. It takes a knowledge of who you are, to maintain your stand otherwise once the pressure comes it pushes you to who you are not. The best of you is only possible standing on who you are. Jesus ha...

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ Genesis 3:3 Lack of understanding of the laws and instructions of God is what I consider as one of the reasons people violet such laws and commandments. This lack shows it’s in poor interpretation of the instructions and thereafter failure to comply with them. If only man could have a good understanding, surely obedience will be easy to come by for the instructions of God are mainly for the good and benefit of Man. How do I mean? God gives instruction to help man out of his difficulties in life not to put man in more difficulties. God’s instruction is not a burden. When God told Adam and his wife Eve not to eat the fruit in the middle of the garden less they die, they could not understand what death God was talking about. Eve ate the fruit and was alive to offer same to the husband Adam, she didn’t die and for her God was only making a threat ...

God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. Hebrew 11:40 Over times and years, God has continued to deal with men. Many have walked with Him and the records of their walk are examples for people of today to follow. Men like Abel, Enoch, Abraham the friend of God and father of faith, Moses the great leader of the people and prophet of God, Rehab, David the man after God’s heart, Gideon the mighty man of valor, Samson the man of strength, and Samuel the great prophet and leader of all time. The bible has a record of their great exploits wrought by them with the instrument of their faith, they subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouth of loins, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong and put the army of the enemies at flight. These are a chronicle of exploits and great courage; yet the record has it that these men could not attain perfection, ha...

I say this because I know the plans that I have for you.” This message is from the LORD. “I have good plans for you. I don’t plan to hurt you. I plan to give you hope and a good future. Jeremiah 29:11 A good future is what every sane person looks up to as long as he/she has the privilege of life. All men in all nations, people, and race desire a great and good future, though not all work for this future. We all wish ourselves well but not all experience wellness because wishes are not horses otherwise all would ride on horse. Good future is a promise which God has made to us all and it is available for all to experience and enjoy but all will never do. There are demands for a great future promised us by God. Everyone that must experience a good future must have HOPE. What is HOPE? 1. Hope is an expectation of a positive outcome. 2. Hope is an optimistic attitude of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes related to events and circumstances in one's life. 3...

A marriage celebrates a new beginning: A couple starting out as man and wife The last day of a man's single life The wide world with a narrows to a garden In which he will plant his pleasures and reap The outlines of his character hardens According to the promises he must keep His joy becomes a melody In counterpoint to those for whom he care Seeking a profounder harmony Than any he alone could know or bear So shall he find a greater grace within One life is over: Let the new begin!

Wound is an injury in which the skin, tissue, or an organ is broken by some external force. One common thing with wounds is that they bleed and cause pains; the earnest heart cry of anyone injured is to see healing take place. Always accompanying healing of wound is succor and relief of pains and agony. But as long as a wound remains open, the healing is yet perfected, it may have started but it’s yet to fully take place. An open wound becomes a weak part of the body and a possible point of entry for infection and as such healing of wound becomes essential in keeping a healthy body. Open wound hurts. The body system has a self-healing ability; biological science reveals that the white blood cell does this healing function for the body. Healing of wound is a process that involves many stages but until bleeding stops effective healing is yet to commence. There is an open wound that is not meant to be healed, having it remain open makes one a better person than having it healed. God wa...

Safety of life and protection of properties is basic need of humanity and a responsibility every government and heads of government is expected to shoulder. In modern democracy, heads of government swore to an oath to protect properties of its citizen and ensure the safety of all citizens. A perception held about safety and protection of life defines how such a country becomes a destination for tourist and investors. Nations with strong perception of safety and protection are considered a safe haven and the implication is that crime rate is minimal in such nations. What is safety? It is a state of being safe, the condition of being protected from harm and other undesirable outcome or happenings. In a safe environment, security is never a concern and crime incidence very minimal or non-occurring. The fact remains that no government can guarantee total safety and protection of citizen but many governments have succeeded in stemming down crime rate through deployment of technologies. T...

Mom Dad, you are special gift to us. The first proof of God’s faithfulness we knew. We never asked for you but God gave you to us. You are special gift we will always love to have. Mom Dad, you are skillful artists and we plain papers in your hands. God expected of you to make out of us beautiful images. Trace out the hidden virtues in us, So we may become the Angels, the Champions, and the Eagles He has created us to be. Mom Dad, you are diligent farmers and we your field. With you diggers and hoes, you can do great things in us. You break the fallow areas in us to plant good seeds. You tirelessly labor to nurture growth in us, you are very special. Mom Dad, you are a purposeful harvester and we the yield. You thresh us to do away with chaffs in us. You sheave us to refine us and bring out the best in us. You keep awake working to preserve us; you are special and the best. Mom Dad, you are the first head teacher we knew. You never fail to discipline us when we fa...

Arrogance is the act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Self-confidence is having confidence in one's self. The descriptions above are from Wikipedia. In everyday life, confident people are often mistaken as arrogant people and same way arrogant people think there are confident. Most time people become unconsciously arrogant, they never plan to but they are already. The fact remains that you may not always have the privilege to explain your action and as such the task of putting check lies on us individually. Personally watch yourself less the arrogance in you manifests in...

Failure is an orphan is a popular saying, no one wishes to identity with failure; but as hated and abhorred by many, failure has a positive side to it. This positive side is not known and accepted but it does exist, it’s very real as success itself. It is an understanding and possessing a good attitude to failure that make this positive side of failure glaring to all to show and appreciate. There are some proven facts about failure that one must consciously seek and have understanding of; these I will attempt to discuss in brief in this writing. All most all inventors of all age at some point or the other failed in their effort but that in no way did not discourage them or give them reason to back down in their vision and dreams. They all shared one thing in common and that is an understanding of what failure is and the lesson it has to offer to all who care to learn. WHAT IS FAILURE: failure is an event not an identity. Men that had made impact in life had this knowing; that failur...

👉1. Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be Happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of thingsnot the price 👉2. Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to eat medicines as your food 👉3. The One who loves you will never leave you because even if there are 100 reasons to give up he will find one reason to hold on 👉4. There is a lot of difference between human being and being human. A Few understand it. 👉5. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between You have to manage...!

Matthew 12:28 - But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. John 3:3 - Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Luke 17:20-21 - Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.” 1 Corinthian 4:20 - For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. The kingdom of God is in power and this explains why power heralds God’s kingdom; for as many that receive Him, He gave the power to be sons of God even to them that believe in His name. Once one believes in Jesus, such one receives empowerment to become God’s child and a member of God’s household and kingdom. Receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior is being born again. When one is born again such one is empowered to ...