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Locating Your Divine Field of Endeavour - Happy New 2012!

2012-01-02T20:45:00.000Z

Moses was born with a gift to dream about the future and interpret dreams. But his journey in life took a twist and he found himself in very undesirable places, the Pit, Potiphar's house and the Prison, we are all familiar with the story. However, Joseph made the best use of his time while in those places, he did not just sit and sulk about his unfortunate predicament and he acquired various skills, such as administrative skills, he learnt how to speak several languages, he acquired people skills etc. But eventually, it was his God given skill of interpreting dreams that made room for him and helped him locate his divine field of endeavour. But in his new office as Prime Minister to Pharaoh, he had to use all his acquired skills of language, administration, and people management.

So also we as as Christians have both spiritual gifts and acquired skills. But we need to use our spiritual gifting more, we need to sharpen these gifts and use them even in our circular lives. We need to receive boldness from the Lord to do this, because these gifts will make room for us, and when they do, everything else we may have learned and acquired on the way of our sojourn on earth will also be needed to plough our divine fields of endeavour. So what are your God given gifts and your acquired skills? May your gift make room for you this year as God reveals to you your divine field of endeavour. HAPPY NEW YEAR - HAVE A PROSPEROUS 2012!

Wishing You all a Blessed Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-12-09T16:32:00.002Z

Count Your Blessings!!!!!!!!

2010-09-02T11:20:00.006+01:00

Enjoy this, can't remember where I got it!

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness...you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death...you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep...you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace...you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.

If your parents are still alive and still married...you are very rare, even in the United States.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful...you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder...you are blessed because you can offer God’s healing touch.

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.

Lord Teach Me How To Pray

2010-08-31T10:00:00.003+01:00

Please teach me, Lord ...

I want to know
Exactly how to pray.
I need some words
Which ones are right?
Please tell me what to say.

I've bowed my head
I have knelt down,
But ... should I be upright?
I've closed my eyes,
I've raised my hands,
Or ... should I fold them tight?
Do I stand up?
Should I sit down?
Dear Lord ... what do you like?
Are lights turned on
Or are they off?
Maybe ... candle light?

Wear my glasses?
Take them off?
Be at my desk or table?
Should I whisper?
Speak out loud?
Do I quote the Bible?

What do you think
About the time?
Do You prefer the dawn?
Should I pray fast,
Or keep it slow?
Better short ... or long?

I'm new at this
What are the rules?
I want to do it right.
How do I know
You'll even hear
That I am in Your sight?

And while I sat there quietly,
Waiting for some sign,
I heard a gentle voice say,
"Oh, dearest child of mine ...
Do you think I really care
About the time of day,
Or whether you are standing up,
Or kneeling when you pray?"

"I don't care about your posture,
Or about the place you choose;
Just open up your soul to me,
I have no other rules.
Tell me what is in your heart,
And tell me what you seek;
Tell me of your sorrows,
And of those things that made you weak."

"Speak to me in private
About what concerns you most;
I know about your good deeds ...
You have no need to boast.
My child, you don't need lessons,
Just talk to me each day;
Tell me anything you want, dear child,
Anyone can pray."

~ Virginia Ellis ~
Copyright © 1999

Who Is The Fourth Man?

2010-08-30T08:00:00.000+01:00

Who is the Fourth Man?

In Genesis He is the Seed of the Woman.
In Exodus He is the Passover Lamb.
In Leviticus He is our High Priest.
In Numbers He is the Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night.
In Deuteronomy He is the Prophet like unto Moses.
In Joshua He is the Captain of our Salvation.
In Judges He is our Judge and Lawgiver.
In Ruth He is our Kinsman Redeemer.
In I and II Samuel He is our Trusted Prophet.
In Kings and Chronicles He is our Reigning King.
In Ezra He is our Faithful Scribe.
In Nehemiah He is the Rebuilder of the Broken Down Walls of our human life.
In Esther He is our Mordecai.
In Job He is our Dayspring from on high and our Ever-Living Redeemer.
In Psalms He is the Lord our Sheppard.
In Proverbs and Ecclesiastes He is our Wisdom.
In the Song of Solomon He is our Lover and the Bridegroom.
In Isaiah He is the Prince of Peace.
In Jeremiah He is the Righteous Branch.
In Lamentations He is the Weeping Prophet.
In Ezekiel He is the Wonderful Four-Faced Man.
In Daniel He is the Fourth Man in the burning fiery furnace.
Who is the Fourth Man?

In Hosea He is the Faithful Husband, forever married to the backslider.
In Joel He is the Baptizer with the Holy Ghost and Fire.
In Amos He is our Burden-Bearer.
In Obadiah He is the Mighty to Save.
In Jonah He is our Great Foreign Missionary.
In Micah He is the Messenger of Beautiful Feet, of carrying the Gospel.
In Nahum He is the Avenger of God's Elect.
In Habakkuk He is God's Evangelist, crying, "Revive thy work in the midst of the years."
In Zephaniah He is the Savior.
In Haggai He is the Restorer of God's Lost Heritage.
In Zechariah He is the Fountain Opened in the House of David for sin and uncleanness.
And in Malachi He is the Son of Righteousness, rising with healing in His wings.

Who is the Fourth Man?

In Matthew He is the Messiah.
In Mark He is the Wonder-worker.
In Luke He is the Son of Man.
In John He is the Son of God.
In Acts He is the Holy Spirit.
In Romans He is our Justifier.
In Corinthians He is the Gifts of the Spirit.
In Galatians He is the Redeemer from the curse of the law.
In Ephesians He is the Christ of Unreachable Riches.
In Philippians He is the God Who Supplies All Our Needs.
In Colossians He is the Godhead.
In I and II Thessalonians He is our Soon-coming King.
In I and II Timothy He is our Mediator between God and Man.
In Titus He is our Faithful Pastor.
In Philemon He is a Friend that sticketh closer that a Brother.
In Hebrews He is the Blood of the Everlasting Covenant.
In James He is the Great Physician.
In I an II Peter He is the Chief Sheppard who soon shall appear with a crown of unfading glory.
In I, II, and III John He is Everlasting Love.
In Jude He is the Lord Coming with Ten Thousands of his Saints.
And in Revelation He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords!!!!!!!!!!!

He, my friend, is J-E-S-U-S!!!!! Hallelujah!!!

My Living Shall Not be in Vain - A Tribute to Oseola McCarty

2010-08-18T22:40:00.004+01:00

She was born in 1908, (died 1999) she dropped out of elementary school to take care of a sick aunt and NEVER returned to school, she spent 86 years of her life as a washer woman, she washed for 3 generations for some families, she never got married, she never had children, she never owned a car, till her death she walked everywhere she went, the house she lived in till her death was a gift from her uncle.............WHO WAS SHE? She won so many awards, from various quarters including President Clinton, the United Nations and various Universities..........WHAT DID SHE DO?

She spent her entire life SAVING MONEY,A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $150,000 to give to the less priviledged an opportunity to go to school BECASUE SHE COULDN'T GO!!!!!!!!!!!
Her words "I can't do everything, but I can do something to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more."
Her name was - OSEOLA McMARTY
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR SOMEONE TODAY?????? See her full story below;

During July 1995, an African-American cleaning woman from Mississippi Oseola McCarty (1908-1999), who from working all her life accumulated great savings, donated to the University of Southern Mississippi $150,000 for a student scholarship program. "I want to help somebody's child go to college," Miss McCarty said.

Bill Pace, executive director of the USM Foundation, which will administer McCarty's gift, said, "This is by far the largest gift ever given to USM by an African American. We are overwhelmed and humbled by what she has done."

An Extraordinary Woman of Sacrifice and Frugality

Oseola McCarty's lined, brown hands, now gnarled with arthritis, bear mute testimony to a lifetime spent washing and ironing other people's clothes.

There was nothing in particular she wanted to buy and no place in particular she wanted to go. An only child who had outlived her relatives, she lived a solitary existence, surrounded by rows of clothes she made pretty for people who knew her only as the washerwoman."I'm giving it away so that the children won't have to work so hard, like I did," she said in July 1995.

Born in Wayne County, Miss., on March 7, 1908, she was raised by her mother, Lucy, who moved to Hattiesburg when Oseola was very young. Her mother, she recalls, worked hard to support her young daughter."She cooked for Mr. J.S. Garraway, who was Forrest County Circuit Clerk, and ... she would go to the schoolhouse and sell candy to make money. She would leave me alone. I was scared, but she didn't have no choice. I said then that when I could, I would save money so I could take care of my grandmother. "Young Oseola went to school at Eureka Elementary School. Even as a young child, she worked, though, and her savings habit started early. "I would go to school and come home and iron. I'd put money away and save it. When I got enough, I went to First Mississippi National Bank and put it in. The teller told me it would be best to put it in a savings account. I didn't know. I just kept on saving."

When Oseola was in the sixth grade, her childless aunt had to go to the hospital, and, McCarty said, "I had to go and wait on her. When she came out of the hospital, she couldn't walk, and she needed me."McCarty never returned to school. "All my classmates had gone off and left me," she said, "so I didn't go back. I just washed and ironed."

McCarty washed and ironed and lived frugally. She has never had a car and still walks everywhere she goes. She shows a visitor the shopping cart she pushes to Big Star, more than a mile away, to get groceries. For the visitor's benefit, she turns on the window air conditioner bank personnel only recently persuaded her to get.

Her grandmother died in 1944, her mother died in 1964, her aunt died in 1967, leaving her alone. Her mother and aunt each left her some money, which she added to her savings. In 1947, her uncle left her the modest, wood-frame house in which she still lives.

McCarty, who never married, said, "After my aunt died, I began to think, I didn't have nobody. I began to think about what to do with what little I had. I wanted to leave some to some cousins and my church. But I had been thinking for a long time ... since I was in school ... I didn't know how to fix it, but I wanted to give it to the college (USM). They used to not let colored people go out there, but now they do, and I think they should have it."

Miss McCarty's gift has astounded even those who believe they know her well. The customers who have brought their washing and ironing to her modest frame home for more than 75 years read like the social register of Hattiesburg. She has done laundry for three generations of some families. In the beginning, she said, she charged $1.50 to $2 a bundle, but, with inflation, the price rose.

"I just want it to go to someone who will appreciate it and learn. I'm old and I'm not going to live always." McCarty's gift establishes an endowed Oseola McCarty Scholarship, with "priority consideration given to those deserving African-American students enrolling at the University of Southern Mississippi who clearly demonstrate a financial need."

How It Really Happened

"When I started making $10 a bundle -- I don't remember when ... sometime after the war -- I commenced to save money," she recalled. "I put it in savings. I never would take any of it out. I just put it in. It just accumulated."

Over the years, she put money into several local banks. While banks merged and changed names and management, McCarty's savings grew. Her grandmother died in 1944, her mother died in 1964, her aunt died in 1967, "and I've been havin' it by myself since then," she said. Her mother and her aunt each left her some money, which she added to her savings.

In 1947 her uncle gave her the house in which she still lives. Bank personnel, realizing that McCarty was accumulating sizeable savings, advised her to put her money into CD's, conservative mutual funds and other accounts where it would work for her.

Nancy Odom and Ellen Vinzant of Trustmark Bank have worked with McCarty for several years, not only helping her manage her money but helping look after her personally. It was they who helped her get the air conditioner. They also were concerned about what the future held for her.

"We both talked with her about her funds and what would happen to her if something happened," said Odom. "She knew she needed someone to take care of her."

Odom and Vinzant referred Miss McCarty to Paul Laughlin, Trustmark's assistant vice president and trust officer. "In one of our earliest meetings, I talked about what we could do for her," Laughlin said. "We talked about providing for her if she's not able. Then we turned naturally to what happens to her estate after she dies.

"She said she wanted to leave the bulk of her money to USM, and she didn't want (anybody) to come in and change her mind. I called Jimmy Frank McKenzie, her attorney -- she's done laundry for him for years -- and he talked to her. He made sure it was her idea.

Then I met with her to let her decide how to divide her money up." McCarty said, "Mr. Paul laid out dimes on the table to explain how to divide it up."

Paul Laughlin said, "I got 10 dimes (to represent percentages). I wrote on pieces of paper the parties she wanted to leave her money to and put them on the table. Then I asked how she wanted her money to be split up. She put one dime on her church and one each for several relatives. Then she said she wanted the rest -- six dimes -- to go to the college. She was quite definite about wanting to give 60 percent to USM. To my knowledge, she has never been out there, but she seems to have the best of the students in mind. The decision was entirely hers."

"I just want the scholarship to go to some child who needs it, to whoever is not able to help their children," Miss McCarty said. "I'm too old to get an education, but they can."

McCarty signed an irrevocable trust agreement stating her wishes for her estate and giving the bank the responsibility for managing her funds.

"Mr. Paul [Laughlin ] gives me a check, and I can go get money anytime I need it. My lawyer gave them permission to take care of me if something happens to me."

Paul Laughlin said the bank normally keeps such transactions in strictest confidence, but because of the uniqueness of McCarty's story, he asked for her permission to make it public.

"Well, I guess that would be all right," she said with her typical calm acceptance."She seems wonderfully at peace with where she is and who she is," Paul Laughlin said.

McCarty's arthritis in her hands forced her to retire from washing and ironing in December 1994, at the age of 86. Now she spends her days cleaning house, and she still walks everywhere she goes. But she said, "If I ever get able to, I want to go back to work."

The Excitement Expands

Oceola McCarty did not want any monuments, any proclamations, said people that knew her. But the selflessness of 87-year-old woman's $150,000 gift to the University of Southern Mississippi from her life's savings sparked national as well as worldwide attention.

The woman who had gone out only for some preaching at the Friendship Baptist Church in Hattiesburg and to buy groceries would be honored by the United Nations, would receive more than 300 awards. People all over the world knew who she was and what she did.

On a trip to Washington, McCarty was honored by President Bill Clinton and the Congressional Black Caucus. Miss McCarty, who declined an invitation to go by plane, was accompanied by Mary McCarty, a 50-year-old cousin from Shubuta and a high school social studies teacher in Waynesboro.

"I'm just tickled to death," McCarty said while waiting at the Hattiesburg train station, noting it was her first trip out of the South since a visit to Niagara Falls more than 50 years ago. McCarty will sat with President Clinton at a 7 p.m. Saturday dinner of the Congressional Black Caucus at the Washington Convention Center. New Jersey lawyer and businessman Lewis Katz helped organize the trip.

The following Monday, Miss McCarty received a presidential citation from Clinton at the White House.

Although McCarty has resided less than three miles away from the Hattiesburg university for most of her life, she visited the campus for the first time Aug. 29. She received a 30-second standing ovation from about 1,000 faculty and staff when she was introduced by USM President Aubrey K. Lucas. Lucas also presented McCarty with a framed letter from President Clinton, lauding her generosity.

"Hillary and I were moved by your gift to the University of Southern Mississippi. Your unselfish deed is a remarkable example of the spirit and ingenuity that made America great," the letter read in part.

Earlier in the day, she had met in Jackson, Miss., with Pat Fordice, the wife of Mississippi Gov. Kirk Fordice. Two days later, McCarty was introduced to more than 30,000 cheering fans at the university's season-opening football game. On Sept. 10, the Hattiesburg community celebrated "Oseola McCarty Day."

The gift and dizzying media blitz that followed created a domino effect on the hearts and pocketbooks of people nationwide, and a group of local business people launched a private fund-raising campaign to match the donation. Contributions began pouring in from scattered locations across the nation to the USM Foundation.

Contributions from more than 600 donors added some $330,000 to the original scholarship fund of $150,000. After hearing of Miss McCarty's gift, Ted Turner, a multibillionaire, gave away a billion dollars.

Along with all the plaques and trophies or other honors -- she received the Presidential Citizen's Medal, the nation's second highest civilian award, and an honorary doctorate from Harvard University -- she was awarded other things that were pure fun.

In 1996, she carried the Olympic torch through part of Mississippi. Later that year, hers was the hand on the switch that dropped the ball in Times Square in New York's wild New Year's Eve celebration. In fact, she said at the time, it was the first time she had actually stayed up past midnight.

Stephanie Bullock, an 18-year-old Hattiesburg High School honor graduate, was designated as the first scholarship recipient, getting $1,000 to help launch her college studies at USM this fall. When she met McCarty for the first time, she threw her arms around the woman's neck and whispered, "Thank you so much." The endowed Oseola McCarty Scholarship, with "priority consideration given to those deserving African-American students enrolling at the University of Southern Mississippi who clearly demonstrate a financial need."

Miss McCarty took others' excitement over her gift with the same quiet grace that she had taken all the bad and good that have come into her life.

"I can't do everything," she said, "but I can do something to help somebody. And what I can do I will do. I wish I could do more."

The woman who acted in anticipation of death found a life she could have never imagined. She flew on a plane for the first time in her life and laughed out loud when the food did not fall off the tray as the plane rumbled through the sky. She stayed in a hotel for the first time in her life, and before she checked out, she made the bed.

"People treated her like a monument," said Jewel Tucker, the secretary to the president of the university and Miss McCarty's traveling companion in those almost giddy years after the gift. "But she was really a movement. It will keep moving."

Time Draws Nigh

Miss McCarty was told that she had liver cancer, about a year after she underwent surgery for colon cancer. She wanted her last days to be spent in the little house where she spent most of her life. She was 91.

"I don't want to close my eyes because I don't know if I'll open them again," the tiny, frail woman told a visitor recently. "But I am not afraid."

Miss Oseola McCarty -- the humble washerwoman who became The University of Southern Mississippi's most famous benefactor -- passed away Sept. 26, 1999, after a bout with cancer. In a world in which people are suspicious of things too good to be true, Miss McCarty really was good and true.

"There's a lot of talk about self-esteem these days," she once said. "It seems pretty basic to me. If you want to feel proud of yourself, you've got to do things you can be proud of. Feelings follow actions."

Original Source: http://www.pr.usm.edu/oolamain.htm

Article source: http://www.nathanielturner.com/oseolamccarty.htm

Has The Glory Departed?

2010-08-05T18:23:00.000+01:00

The hair on Samson's head represented the glory of God in his life. When the hair was cut, the glory departed. The Bible goes on to talk about hair being the glory of a woman etc. But that's not we are looking at now. Samson had been told never to cut his hair, (Jdg 16:17) it was to grow continuously. So also our worship to God is to be continuous, when you cut off your worship to God, the Glory of the Lord begins to depart out of your life, and as Samson, he never knew the glory had departed. Many times when we begin to have a strained relationship with God, we do not realize when the glory departs, and just as Samson, in the midst of adversity, we rise up and think that , 'I will go out as at other times', 'I will bind, loose, minister etc, as at other times', (Jdg6 16:20) but the glory has departed, and when God's glory departs there is destruction, just as Samson was captured and his ministry destroyed,so it happens to Christians, and it appears that God is not there. Has the glory of God departed from your life? Has your relationship with God been strained? Has your "hair been cut?' Like Samson whose hair was cut by Delilah, sometimes our own 'hair' representing the crown of glory, is cut by others. Distractions, wrong associations, temptations, wrong living, etc, they are all worship terminators.

Well, there is still hope, because God is a God of second chance. Just as he gave Samson a second chance, and his hair grew again, so also God will give us a second chance to grow our 'hair' our worship life, our relationship with Him. God will restore us again if only we come to him, and ask for His mercy. And when He restores us, it will be with a greater grace than before, just as Samson killed more Philistines after his restoration, so also God will use us to achieve much more!

The Potter's House

2010-08-03T17:58:00.000+01:00

Making something out of clay is a pretty tricky assignment. Sometimes the clay will appear to have a mind of its own, so you have to keep your hands steady and ensure that you get the right shape, texture and thickness. It has to be done with a lot of patience and care, and then when then moulded object has been perfectly shaped, it goes into the oven for baking. This makes it strong and hard, able to stand all the bumps and knocks it may encounter as a finished product. Well we are the clay in the potters hands, and as the moulding process is for the clay, so it is for us, we do not enjoy the shaping and forming process, and we definitely hate the baking part! But when He is through with us we come out as vessels of honour, ready for the masters use!

You who are broken, stop by, the potters house!
Give him the pieces of your broken life, my friend!
The Potter wants to put you back, together again!

You Can Win By Righteousness! (Josh 7:1)

2010-06-23T17:38:00.000+01:00

Ever had a temptation stare you in the face? I did this morning, and it looked re-ally good, everyone does it and I stood to gain some extra bucks at the same time, a looooooot of extra bucks, it was even "official" and I could use the money for the gospel and pay my tithes......the devil gave me all the right reasons to go ahead......... BUT IT WAS NOT RIGHT! I remembered what Pastor always said, 'you can win by righteousness', now was the time to put my actions where my mouth was! I may not get the extra cash, but I would maintain my integrity. I took a decision to STAND and do what was right! (Wasn't easy though). Later I read this passage, unfortunately for Achan, he decided to take the money instead and what was his end? God fished him out, just as he would have fished me out if I had made that mistake, (thank God), Achan's sin in taking the accursed thing against God's will put the whole tribe of Israel in jeopardy, and it was not until Achan was destroyed that they could move on. Sin destroys us, it takes us out of God's presence, why compromise your faith, whatever you compromise to gain, you will eventually loose, and also loose a lot more along side. You may not be rich, you may not be famous, but you will have God's peace and a good name. YOU CAN WIN BY RIGHTEOUSNESS!

Ouch! I've been Circumcised! (Josh 5:6-9, Rom 2:25-29)

2010-06-18T09:35:00.000+01:00

Ouch! I've been circumcised, have you? And believe you me, it is a very painful experience! Yes, I have been circumcised - in MY HEART, (before civil rights movements get excited), and just as the physical circumcision is a separation process, that is very painful, so is the spiritual process. there is separation for our old ways for us to take on the new, sometimes we loose our 'freinds' but we later realise that many of them were never really true friends anyway. When we circumcise our hearts there is total submission to the will of God, which sometimes does not always look so good at the initial stage, because we are walking in the flesh and cannot see the things of the spirit, but it is always wonderful in the end if we yield completely to Him. He takes away the old and gives us the new. Have you been circumcised? Why not do so today and surrender your life to Him?

What do You Carry? (Joshua 3;1-17)

2010-06-17T10:06:00.002+01:00

The priests of God were commanded to carry the Ark of the Covenant. And God had promised Joshua that he would further use the children of Israel to demonstrate His power in the earth. When the priests dipped their feet into the Jordan river, the waters stood upright in a heap allowing the Israelites to cross.
So what do you carry? Are you carrying His presence everywhere you go? God has also made us kings and priests to bare his glory, in our daily lives and in the situations that surround us, if we truly carry his presence the 'waters' of problems, situations, trials and temptations will "stand upright" and we will 'go through' on dry land.

The Scarlet Thread (Joshua 2: 1-24)

2010-06-16T15:02:00.005+01:00

Somehow, all of us were “Rahabs” in our own ways. We were all prostitutes, we worshipped other Gods, the God of self, money and material things, pride, lust, etc, but God gave us a scarlet thread in Jesus Christ making a way for us to be saved even as Rahab was saved. The question I want to ask now is Where is you scarlet thread? Has it changed colour, or has it been misplaced, or have you used it for other things such that it has become too short? If Rahab had misplaced the scarlet thread or if for one reason or the other she did not hang it in the window she would not have been saved. For some of us, we need to retrieve our scarlet threads, wash them and restore them to the original state, but there is good news, God is the God of a second chance, not just second, but third, fourth, fifth.....He is available to restore every thread of hope that may have been lost, and every scarlet thread that may have deteriorated. That thread cannot have been a tiny thread because the soldiers wouldn’t have seen it if it was too small, but I think it was as thick as a rope, the scarlet thread is the rope that will pull you out of whatever mess or deep situation you may be in right now. Hold on to your scarlet thread!

The Scarlet Thread (Joshua 2:1-24)

2010-06-16T10:27:00.000+01:00

She was rejected by society, her clients saw her in secret, "respectable" people did not want to be associated with her, only at night under the shadow of darknes. She was of a "questionable" character. But her proffession enabled her to get information from her "clients" about a strange group of people, who as slaves escaped the whip lashes of their masters and defied the great Egyptian chariots and army, to whom the waters of the red sea stood still, whom conquerd cities leaving none behind. She had not done badly for a woman of her proffession, she was pretty well to do, having a house on the city wall, and being able to financially cater for her family, but when the opportunity arose, she took it, making a choice to risk her life to protect the men from the strange nation who had poured our terror on the neighbouring cities. They served a God who was mighty and able to save. Rahab decided to help these strangers in exchange for her life and that of her family. And God was faithful, not regarding her spiritual state but seeing the rather the state of the heart, and he gave in exchange a scarlet thread, a symbol of hope, a symbol of the blood of Jesus that would be shed on the cross, a symbol of the blood of the passover, and destruction passed over Rahab and her family.
The scarlet thread is still available today, maybe you have given up hope, the situation you have found yourself looks useless, you have made wrong decisions, and taken wrong turns in the journey of your life, but look up, there will always be a scarlet thread in the window, look up and see it, its there, ask God to open your eyes, and reach out, there will always be a scarlet thread....

Visit To Ijamido Childrens Home

2010-03-08T15:00:00.010Z

A big, big, big thank you and God bless to everyone who made this visit possible! The pics are on the blog, God bless you all richly, the children were very happy with what we brought and I believe they had a joyous chirstmas and new year.Some of the things we took down included, yams, a 50kg sack of rice,2 cartons of drugs, several cartons of noodles, 25 5kg bags of semolina, 5 sacks of clothes, 1 sack of shoes and bags, various provisions like milk, sugar, beverages, custard, oats, 2 cartons of frozen chicken, ground nut oil, palm oil, and some other things, but I cant list all. We hope to do it again sometime this year, so if you couldn't make a donation before there will always be another opportunity. Once again thank you and God bless from all of us at Lifted Hands and also on behalf of the Ijamido Childrens Home. If you would still wish to give something you can visit the link to their website below. Once again thank you and stay richly blessed!

We Will All Have This Experience - One Day!

2009-09-02T02:32:00.015+01:00

Timothy woke up suddenly one night and saw a strange light in his room....The problem was that the lights are off he saw the clock; it was 3.30 in the morning

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He turned around and saw something very strange. His body was half way through the wall (??!) He immediately pulled it out and sat down to see if he's okay.....
This seemed strange to him...He tried to push onto the wall, but his ARM GOES THROUGH
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HE heard a sound
HE turned to his brother's bed to see him sleeping. He was really scared of what was happening to him...so he tried to wake him up....but....he doesn't reply!! He went to his parent's bedroom... tried to wake up his mother...and father...just wanted somebody to react to him...but nobody did. He tried to wake his mother up again...she woke up this time...
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She got up ... but didn't communicate to him, she was saying "In Jesus Name" again and again...She woke his dad up saying 'get up, man, I want to check up on the kids.'
dad replied in disinterest... 'it's not time for this, let me sleep and by God's grace tomorrow I'll get to that'
But she was insisting...so he woke up. Timothy was THERE. He was screaming..'dad', 'mum' ... nobody was replying! He held unto his mother's clothes to grab her attention. but she didn't recognize his existence
He followed her 'till she got to his bedroom. They got into the room and turned on the lights...it wasn't making any difference to him anyway because there was a strong light there. He then saw the strangest thing in his life...

HIS OWN BODY....on his bed.

He was trembling...how can there be two of him??...how can that person look so much like him??...and what is he doing on his bed???? He started hitting/slapping himself to wake up from this nightmare...but it was too real to be a nightmare. Dad said, see the kids are sleeping. Let's go back to bed.' but mother wasn't at all confident...she went to the person sleeping on the bed and said

Timothy, wake up!! ... WAKE UP!!' but he wouldn't reply. She tried again and again....but no reply. Then he turned to see his dad tearing... Today witnesses the first time in his life that he would seen his dad's tears.

The place was shaking with the screaming... His brother woke up..."What's going on??!" In a very sad tone! , with tears rolling down her cheek, mother replied 'your brother's dead! Timothy is DEAD!!'
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He went to mother and said 'please mum...don't cry. I'm right here look at me!'But nobody's replying to him..WHY?? Timothy turned to Lord Jesus Christ and asked Him to wake him up from the nightmare! Quickly following his fear was a voice saying:
“It is appointed once for a man to die and after that is the judgement" Suddenly two creatures held his arm...they weren't human!!

He started screaming "Leave me ALONE! Who are you and what do you want from me??"
They told him they were his grave's guards' He responded 'but I'm not dead yet! let go of me!!' I can still see, hear, touch, and speak...I'm not dead! They replied with! a smile : "You humans are fascinating! You think that by dying your life ends, while in fact life on Earth is a small dream compared to the life after; a dream that ends at your death."

They started pulling him towards his grave...
On the way he saw people just like himself, each had two guards like his. Some were smiling, others crying, others screaming. He asked the guards 'why are they all doing that?' They replied 'These people now know their fate...some were in ignorance so they--'

'--so they go to Hell??!' he interrupted. They said 'yes.' and continued...'and those laughing are going to Heaven' He quickly replied: 'What about me...where will I go??' They said 'you were at times a good Xtian, while other times not. One day you obey the Lord Jesus Christ, the next you disobey Him. And you weren't clear with yourself and your fate will remain so: lost.' Timothy replied, shaking: 'SO! AM I GOING TO HELL??' They said: ' God's mercy is great, and the journey is long’ Timothy turned to see his family carrying his dead body in a coffin...so he ran to them... He said: 'Pray for me' but nobody replied... He went to his brother and warned him... 'be careful with what you do in this life... don't be a fool like myself!' He was really hoping that they could hear him... The two angels (guards) tied up his soul on top of his body... He saw his relatives pouring sand over him...
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at that moment He was hoping that he would be in their place...that he can turn to his Lord Jesus Christ and do as much as He wants from him...that he would ask for forgiveness and once and for all repent of his sins that angered Him...but unfortunately he couldn't. He shouted ' People, don't let this life tempt you! Wake up to the truth... one day you will DIE, and you never know when...or how. '
He hoped for somebody to hear him....nobody there did

but YOU heard him now....

save yourself.

Smile to others; forgive them when you have the power to punish them. Lord Jesus forgives those that forgive others. Let God guide your life, not Satan. Read the Bible regularly and let the Holy Spirit be your role model in life.
Work in this timed life for your salvation in an eternal one.
And ... pray for timothy because he is not perfect. And he points the above to himself just as much as he does to his friends.
Please spread this message to as many people as possible, for every person whose heart it touches God will reward you in this life and the hereafter.

TELL SOMEONE ABOUT JESUS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Mary Had a LIttle Lamb

2009-07-24T18:07:00.009+01:00

Mary had a little lamb,
His fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go

He followed her to school each day,
Wasn’t even in the rule
He made the children laugh and play,
To have a lamb at school.

And then the rules all changed one day, Illegal it became
To bring the Lamb of God to school, Or even speak His name

Everyday got worse and worse, And days turned into years
Instead of hearing children laugh, We heard gunshots and tears

What must we do to stop the crime, That’s in our schools today?
Let’s bring the Lamb back to school, And teach our kids to pray!

I can't remmeber where I got this version, but it really blessed me, hope it blessed you too!

God Can Use You

2009-07-16T12:43:00.007+01:00

The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember...
Noah was a drunk, Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer, Jacob was a liar

Leah was ugly, Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem, Gideon was afraid
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer,
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal, Isaiah preached naked

Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
Peter denied Christ (3 times!)
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
Mary Magdalene was caught fornicating
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once...
Zaccheus was too small
Paul was too religious
John and James had anger issues
Timothy had an ulcer....

AND
Lazarus was dead!

Now! No more excuses!
God can use you to your full potential.
Besides, you aren't the message, you are just the messenger.
And one more thing...

In the Circle of God's love, God is waiting to use your full potential.
1. God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts.
2. 'Dear God : I have a problem. It's me. ' My Dear Child: I have the solution. It's Me! !'
3. Growing old is inevitable ... growing UP is optional.
4. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.
5. Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted.
6. Do the math-count your blessings.
7. Faith is the ability to not panic.
8. Laugh every day. It's like inner jogging.
9. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry.
10.As a child of God , prayer is kind of like calling home every day.
11.Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.
12.The most important things in your house are the people!
13.When we get tangled up in our problems,be still. God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.
14.A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15.He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

Have a great day!!! The SON is shining and He can certainly use you!

A Testimony From Sept 11

2009-07-02T10:31:00.005+01:00

This is a real good story sent to me by a friend.
A man from Norfolk, VA called a local radio station to share this on Sept 11th, 2003, TWO YEARS AFTER THE TRAGEDIES OF 9/11/2001. His name was Robert Matthews. These are his words:
A few weeks before Sept. 11th, my wife and I found out we were going to have our first child. She planned a trip out to California to visit her sister. On our way to the airport, we prayed that God would grant my wife a safe trip and be with her. Shortly after I said 'amen,' we both heard a loud pop and the car shook violently. We had blown out a tire. I replaced the tire as quickly as I could, but we still missed her flight. both very upset, we drove home. I received a call from my father who was retired NYFD. He asked what my wife's flight number was, but I explained that we missed the flight. My father informed me that her flight was the one that crashed into the southern tower. I was too shocked to speak. My father also had more news for me; he was going to help. 'This is not something I can just sit by for; I have to do something.' I was concerned for his safety, of course, but more because he had never given his life to Christ. After a brief debate, I knew his mind was made up.??Before he got off of the phone, he said, 'take good care of my grandchild.' Those were the last words I ever heard my father say; he died while helping in the rescue effort.

My joy that my prayer of safety for my wife had been answered quickly became anger. I was angry at God, at my father, and at myself. I had gone for nearly two years blaming God for taking my father away. My son would never know his grandfather, my father had never accepted Christ, and I never got to say good-bye. Then something happened. About two months ago, I was sitting at home with my wife and my son, when there was a knock on the door. I looked at my wife, but I could tell she wasn't expecting anyone. I opened the door to a couple with a small child. The man looked at me and asked if my father's name was Jake Matthews. I told him it was. He quickly grabbed my hand and said, 'I never got the chance to meet your father, but it is an honor to meet his son.' He explained to me that his wife had worked in the World Trade Center and had been caught inside after the attack. She was pregnant and had been caught under debris. He then explained that my father had been the one to find his wife and free her. My eyes welled up with tears as I thought of my father giving his life for people like this. He then said, 'there is something else you need to know.' His wife then told me that as my father worked to free her, she talked to him and led him to Christ. I began sobbing at the news.

Now I know that when I get to Heaven, my father will be standing beside Jesus to welcome me, and that this family would be able to thank him themselves . When their baby boy was born, they named him Jacob Matthew, in honor of the man who gave his life so that a mother and baby could live.

This story should help us to realize this: God is always in control. We may not see the reason behind things, and we may never know this side of heaven, but God is ALWAYS in control.
Please take time to share this amazing story. You may never know the impact it may have on someone. God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever. Psalm 136:1

This Was Your Life!!!

2009-06-11T10:24:00.003+01:00

This Will Touch You

2009-06-04T09:31:00.005+01:00

I saw him in the church building for the first time on Wednesday. He was in his mid-70's, with thinning silver hair and a neat brown suit. Many times in the past I had invited him to come. Several other Christian friends had talked to him about the Lord and had tried to share the good news with him.....

He was a well-respected, honest man with so many characteristics a Christian should have, but he had never put on Christ, nor entered the doors of the church."Have you ever been to a church service in your life?" I had asked him a few years ago. We had just finished a pleasant day of visiting and talking. He hesitated. Then with a bitter smile he told me of his childhood experience some fifty years ago. He was one of many children in a large impoverished family. His parents had struggled to provide food, with little left for housing and clothing. When he was about ten, some neighbors invited him to worship with them. The Sunday School class had been very exciting! He had never heard such songs and stories before! He had never heard anyone read from the Bible! After class was over, the teacher took him aside and said, "Son, please don't come again dressed as you are now. We want to look our best when we come into God's house. He stood in his ragged, unpatched overalls, then looking at his dirty bare feet, he answered softly, "No, ma'am, I won't ever."
"And I never did," he said, abruptly ending our conversation.

There must have been other factors to have hardened him so, but this experience formed a significant part of the bitterness in his heart. I’m sure that Sunday School teacher meant well. But did she really understand the love of Christ? Had she studied and accepted the teachings found in the second chapter of James? What if she had put her arms around the dirty, ragged little boy and said, "Son, I am so glad you are here, and I hope you will come every chance you get to hear more about Jesus."I reflected on the awesome responsibility a teacher or pastor or a parent has to welcome little ones in His name. How far reaching her influence was! I prayed that I might be ever open to the tenderness of a child's heart, and that I might never fail to see beyond the appearance and behavior of a child to the eternal possibilities within.

Yes, I saw him in the church house for the first time on Wednesday. As I looked at that immaculately dressed old gentleman lying in his casket, I thought of the little boy of long ago. I could almost hear him say, "No, ma'am, I won't ever."
And I wept.
-- Author Unknown

A Prayer From the Heart

2009-05-27T17:41:00.012+01:00

Below is the content of an email sent to me that really touched me, and I believe it will touch you too. Please take a minute out of your busy schedule to read it. You will be so glad you did.

Hello,
Thought you might enjoy this interesting prayer given in Kansas at the opening session of their Senate. It seems prayer still upsets some people. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:
"Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition .
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, here Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India,Africa and Korea.

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,'and received a larger response to this program thanany other he has ever aired.

With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called 'one nation under God.'

"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for everything."

I Will Bless The Lord

2009-05-15T18:39:00.003+01:00

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness,come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Will You Worship Him?

2009-05-08T18:15:00.009+01:00

Will you worship Him,through thick and thin?
Will you give him the praise, even when the day is grey?
Will you lift up your hands, no matter the circumstance?
Will you bless his name, when the devil plays a cruel game?

Will you hold him dear, when danger is near?
Will you lift Him high, when challenges make you sigh?

Yes, I will worship Him, He is Holy, my God, my King!
Yes, I will give Him the praise, in victory, my hands he raised!
Yes, I will lift up my hands, in His strength I stand!
Yes, I will bless His name, it was for my sake He came!
Yes, I will hold Him dear, there is no danger when my God is near!
Yes, I will lift Him High, for His grace and mercy is nigh!

LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!

Bible Vs GSM

2009-05-04T18:12:00.005+01:00

Someone send this mail to me, thought I should share it.
Ever wondered what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?

What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped through it several time a day?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn' t live without it?
What if we gave it to kids as gifts?
What if we used it when we traveled?

What if we used it in case of emergency?
This is something to make you go.....hmm... where is my Bible?
Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don' t have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill. And no dropped calls!
Makes you stop and think, where are my priorities?
Trust in the Lord and 'ASAP' (Always Say A Prayer)

Have a blessed and wonderful day!
Knock, Knock, I knocked at heaven's door this morning. God asked me... ' My child, what can I do for you? ' And I said, 'Father, please protect and bless the person reading this message. ' God smiled and answered...' Request granted '

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'
When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you!
Are you one of the 7% who will stand up for Him?

We Give Thanks!!!!

2009-04-30T09:30:00.003+01:00

One third of the ear has gone already, wow! How far? Well as we enter into another month and another third part of the year, lets cultivate a thankful heart full of praise. Its not easy I know, but the Lord will help us.Lets thank for what He has done, and for what He will yet do.Lets not grumble and complain, yes there's lots to grumble about, no fuel, no light, political instability, falling economy, not to talk of our individual personal problems but lets put all that aside and just thank Him. Lets worship Him for who he is, let us consciously live a life of worship and thanks this coming month and see what the Lord will do. We serve a faithful God!

Strange Isn't It?

2009-04-24T10:01:00.002+01:00

Isn't it strange how a 20 dollar bill seems like such a large amount when you donate it to church, but such a small amount when you go shopping?

Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at church, and how short they seem when you're watching g a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying, but you have no trouble thinking of what to talk about with a friend?

Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter of the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last row in church?

Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event forchurch 2-3 weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can adjust it for other events in the last minute?

Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy it is to
learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?

Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers say, but we question the words in the Bible?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven, but they don't want to believe, do, or say anything to get there?

Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away, but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?

IT IS STRANGE, ISN'T IT?

The Greatest Leader of All Time

2009-04-15T16:37:00.002+01:00

Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicine, yet they called Him Healer.
Had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
Feel honoured to serve such a Leader who loves us.
HAVE A BLESSED HOLY WEEK!

God Will Keep His Promises Concerning You!

2009-04-08T09:22:00.006+01:00

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Gen 8:22

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations. I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud. And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. Gen 9:12-16

The Triumphant Entry and His Ressurection!

2009-04-06T17:35:00.003+01:00

Jesus walked triumphantly into Jerusalem, okay HE RODE triumphantly into Jerusalem, and I pray that that is how you will ride triumphantly over every problem, situation, challenge and limitation in your life, in Jesus name. He died on the cross, but rose on the third day, and that is how you will arise and stand strong, everything that seemed dead, or hopeless is ressurecting this season, every situation that may be physically impossible, will become possible, because the same power that raised Jesus from the dead is available to you. Welcome to the ressurection week, wishing everyone a glorious and wonderful Easter Celebration!!!!!!

The Road To Success

2009-03-27T08:40:00.002Z

The road to success is not straight. There is a Curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed
Bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies,
caution lights called Family. You will have flats
called Jobs.

But, if you have a spare called Determination, an
engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a
driver called Jesus; you will make it to a place
called Success.

May God continue to bless you.

James A. Mariner, Sr.

This is Your Season - Its Time to Shine Again!!!!!!!

2009-03-26T07:56:00.002Z

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

And you know what? IT IS TIME FOR GOD TO FAVOUR YOU!!!!! IT IS YOUR SEASON, ARISE AND SHINE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Child Forgetten in Car Dies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-03-24T09:00:00.007Z

I read an article a few days back, a man went to work, he was supposed to drop off his kid, but somehow he forgot the child in the back of the car! By the time the man remembered, or was it someone called his attention, the child had died from starvation, dehydration etc.

Okay, before you judge him and say he was careless etc, think about it. In America, London etc, you have to use a car seat, and it has to be at the back of the car. If you are driving a long distance, maybe listening to the radio, other things occupy your mind. Maybe the baby falls asleep, so he doesn't make a sound when you get out of the car. You probably have a central automatic lock so all you do is press the knob on your car key holder to close all the doors, most of us don't even check to confirm the doors are locked once we see the lights flash, so you walk away, leaving the baby behind. So the baby is left in the car with the windows wound up, heat, dehydration, starvation, exhaustion (he probably will cry and then get tired of crying). Okay what happened to passers by, if it was parked in a seclusive area there may not be any, and in other cases, people may just want to mind their own business. Okay in Naija, we don't mind our business, someone would have probably raised an alarm. Anyhow, in this unfortunate case the poor child died!

Then imagine the horror, and the cold icy chill that goes down your spine when you realize what happened. You just want to die!!! May it never happen to us in name!!!! That man whether convicted or not is already in a prison of his own conscience, he will probably never forgive himself for what happened, except God intervenes.

Let us never take anything for granted, and let us always ask for God's mercy, that He will bring to our remembrance everything we need to remember in Jesus Name!!!!!!

(You can get the full story from my facebook profile, I posted the link earlier.)

The Delemma of a Street Hawker!

2009-03-19T07:23:00.001Z

I saw a young lady being dragged on the floor by two men, they were trying to bungle her into a mobile court, her offense, street hawking! As my driver took a bend I was about to ask him to stop so I could intervene, but then some other good Samaritans had already done so, so I left.But really, it is so bad, this young girl was just trying to earn her daily bread, fine, there is a ban on street hawking, but do you have to manhandle people in the name of upholding the law! Whats more, if you put a ban on street hawking, what alternative arrangements are being made for such people who earn their living from hawking? Again, I ask our dear Governor to please wear a "human face", right now to some of the traders he is a "monster!" And I also pray to God to give him wisdom to get it right. The intentions are very good, we need Lagos to become a mega city, but lets also consider the everyday man, who lives from hand to mouth, if these people don't sell in a day, they don't eat. May God help us all!

Its All About Jesus - Our Provider

2009-03-18T08:12:00.000Z

Jesus is the answer for the world today, but we keep asking the wrong people questions. And of course, the wrong people give us wrong answers! Right now our dear Governor Fashola is doing a great job of cleaning up Lagos, but at the same time, my heart goes out to people who have temporarily been put out of a living. I mean, these people live on "daily bread". If they can't sell their wares on a daily basis, they can't eat. I pray that the Governor would "wear a human face" and quickly resettle these people in the new markets they are building, and I trust God for his supernatural provision for them till then. Wishing you all a great and fruitful day!

There Once Was a Girl....

2009-02-24T13:03:00.001Z

There once was a girl who hated everyone because she was blind. She hated everyone except her loving boyfriend, he was always there for her. She told her boyfriend, "If I could only see the world, I will marry you".

One day, someone donated a pair of eyes for her, when the bandages came off she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend.

He asked her, " Now that you can see the world, will you marry me? The girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The sight of his closed eyes shocked her, she had not expected that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life led her to refuse to marry him.

Her boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote her a note saying, "take care of those eyes, for days before, they were mine.

This is how the human brain often works when our status changes, only a few often remember what life was like before and who was by their side in the most painful situations.

The Secret Place

2008-12-24T13:10:00.001Z

Hi, these are some scenes from the seminar we had in July 2008, "The Secret Place". It was an awesome experience. What we concluded basically at the seminar was that the secret place in God is not a physical location, but a spiritual state. Its a state you get to when you are constantly in God's presence doing His perfect will, (you could be doing the dishes or washing your car in the physical) but spiritually, you are standing before Him communing with Him. It's where every believer should be all the time.

Supper With the King!!

2008-12-05T16:15:00.000Z

All glory to God for the just concluded worship summit, "Supper With the King", it was really awesome and God was really faithful. So many testimonies of his faithfulness, we had a very, very good turnout, but most of all every one was blessed. The Vocational School for the Blind also had a good time, all the offerings went to them, and they really appreciated it. We just bless God and believe he will help us for the next outing.