Why my heart sings...

What can I say?


I am not in the business of saying who's the best Christian is or isn't. I don't really care. All I know is that God loves me forever.

I am believing God for a lot of things, a lot of people have a lot to say about it; but i daresay they are not in the equation.
I have been told I have little faith, I have been told I am like an unbeliever and that, that is why God has to show me so many sign. I do not have the strength or the time to argue. I am just glad that God shows up for me. It is humbling and I am really, really grateful to Him.
If they were, I wouldn't get saved, I would go my own way but I don't because God, He and I have a covenant, it is not an arrangement where I can have a convenient relationship with God and excuse it with lame excuses.
Every time I operate in faith, it is beyond the natural, if it was the natural, it wouldn't be called faith, it would be called wishful thinking. So because I am operating in the supernatural, I maintain my position, the God who asked me to take that position hasn't changed His mind, neither will I. I trust Him!
My heart sings when I remember that God loves me!


I have never been the kind of girl that could believe God conveniently, the circumstances of my life did not give me that privilege. What it did give me was a vibrant alive relationship with God.


As for the things that I believe God for, in the natural it would be impossible or I would be expected to behave in a certain way, but I have always believed in the supernatural God. It is the nature in which I gave my life to Christ, I had real life challenges and I do not apologize for the way I came to God, He doesn't mind, I don't get why others would; they are not God.

What I have learnt today...

When you grow in the things of God the first evidence of your spiritual growth is the increase of the love nature of God in you. You walk in love, you can't hold people because of something they did to you or said to you. You can't walk in bitterness, you learn to over look those things. You don't number your enemies.

^{I am checking myself with it and I think I am good but nope my standards aren't good enough but because I am relating with so many people it is difficult to measure it at all. My strongest weakness: the desire for perfection still rears its ugly head from time to time. I choose humility instead and dodge the desire to prove to myself and others that I am perfect. I don't have to be. This is one of the things I have learnt from being in Christ. I am loved just as I am . So I am free to strive to become the best me; the one that God has created me to be.}

^{I just started walking in love recently. In order to walk in love, I have to choose not to judge her or over-analyze their faults as much as it comes easily to me, for the sake of my peace of mind. I also have to decide to use the word of God for myself and not for pointing fingers at others. I also have to consciously decide that my spiritual life is more important me being the judge over others. I don't always succeed at this. I keep at it though because I choose success over failure. Since I am already a success, I am to enforce what God has said in His word. When I get stuck at thinking too much, I just say, "Father, let your mercy cover me".}

^{I know that I have the nature of love in me so I just let that love flow. I may not have succeeded in not numbering my enemies too, instead I walk gently among them, but carefully because I still don't trust them. But I trust God. I trust that God is in charge of my life and that He is using my life for His glory. My prayer is that as I yield to Him, I continue in fellowship with Him and ignore all the distractions around me. He has given me His word about so many things that sometimes my actions are a display of my lack of trust in Him.}

^{1 Tim 4:15} Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
When i ask myself what the secret behind my success story is, I can only tell you that I gave myself to the word of God but then even that is not totally true. It is just the mercy of God but I can tell you that when it came to making decisions, i gave God priority. I put Him first. Sometime I hurt myself to do His will. But do you know what God has the nature of love, no be lie! All that He does and says is actually for you and for Him. He takes care of His business.

Someone said, you will always win so long as you keep standing. If you give in, it is because you did not understand that the devil is a defeated foe. He has no power, don't let other people's experiences or your own convince you otherwise.

God is merciful. 
If anyone contests this statement, all I have to say is: try going one day without the mercy of God and see what a wreck you would be. I used to be more self-righteous than anyone else, tis why I laugh at self-righteous people, because they will refuse the grace and mercy of God because they don't need Him.

Excited

I am promoting my page on face book for $4 and even though it is not much, I am interested in seeing the difference. I want to see the improvement in the advertising of my page.

I am still on it. I am spiritually aware. I know who I am in Christ. I am casting off all prejudices and labels. I am who God has made me and I am not ashamed to declare it. Whatever anyone thinks they should either keep to themselves or spend all of that attention they want to give me attending to their own spiritual life.

I have dealt well with the publicity, warranted/unwarranted.

Today is a day of thanksgiving. Chibuzor's birthday is today and it is also an anniversary. I am grateful for God and who He is and how He has revealed Himself to me.

You know before, when people say God is faithful, when I say God is faithful, I just think of all the things He does because He wants to. It is not just about money anymore. I know that I have everything I need in Christ.
If you say prove it: I will just tell you that I walk by faith and not by sight.
My words are backed by deity.

And I am just so overwhelmed by a loving God who cannot be fully comprehended because we cannot put a cap on the degree of mercy He chooses to display on whom He chooses irrespective of anyone else. He works according to His counsel and cannot be questioned. Just glad to be loved by so great a God and that I was considered worthy to be used by Him to show His might and greatness and the degree to which He cannot be predicted.

I am just glad to be the object/person of His love and goodness!

I believe

This is what I do.
My head works this way (Or maybe my spirit).
When I hear any thing or receive any information
(through my ear gate, mouth gate or eye gate)
 I cross check it with the word of God.

I know that I am a man and that my body house my five senses
That is the sensory perception
I also know that I am spirit and my spirit houses my spiritual senses
I know that I may receive information through my gates
But I am not ruled by those information
Because I am spirit

It is the information from the word of God that rules me
It gets in through the same gates but it goes to my spirit and not my head
because I am ruled by my spirit.
My spirit dominates my body and my mind
My mind is filled with the word of God so that I operate as God wants

I have the mind of Christ. My mind is dominated by the word of God
Like I said, I am not ruled by the information that comes from this world
because I hail from God.
I have to interact with others and so a lot of times I receive all kinds of information
But I am careful to renew my mind to God's word.
I renew my mind constantly by listening to the word of God

I love the way my mind works. But I prefer it when my spirit takes over.
My spirit does a lot of things that my mind cannot comprehend or explain
But that is how limitations are broken
When you think just human, you will be sorely limited.
Many who are not born again might not understand.
Many who are born again might still not understand
Many who are spirit filled might still not understand
But that is okay, the Holy Ghost understands with me and I follow His leading.

I stopped confessing God's word, I started following the crowd
Why?
I didn't want to be very different
But that was stupid of me
I function in Phronesis and Epignosis

Phronesis: The highest form of wisdom, it is the wisdom of God
Epignosis: The knowledge that causes you to act.

I am different, peculiar, separated and a property and a son of God
It makes me different but I am okay with it
I am loved by God
I matter to Him big time
I am glad that I am loved by Him

Laters!

Just pondering...

I am thinking about Samson
the one from the bible
There was a way that he shook himself
when he wanted to express the life of God in him.

I wonder how i 'shake myself'
I think i sing, meditate on the word
and just spend some peaceful time with the Holy Ghost.

I ought to do it often
why?
Well because i am a new creation, a different man
I am more what i am on the inside
than this pretty house on the outside that gets all the attention

Any time i spend all the time feeding my externals
I am missing out on the time i can be spending building my inner man
Anyway i plan to enjoy my weekend.

Focus of the weekend: Pleasing God! Walking in love (It is proving difficult because annoying factors are still there, but i believe walking in love is possible so i am going to hang in there).

I am big, so big on the inside, the way God made me!
La la, i will write some more next week!

A blogger annoyed me...

New week
Things are looking up.

Yes
And still,
Some things are annoying.

One annoying atheist blogger just pissed me off.
The most annoying thing is that i can't even remember
what i talked about.
It was one of my busy body moments...

I am just sure that i did not insult him
but he tagged me and claimed i insulted him
I have searched and searched and i can't see the insult
on his timeline or mine.

I was so pissed i blocked him on both my facebook accounts
what i was doing/thinking when i added him as friend i don't know
Well its good riddance to bad rubbish because what could an
atheist teach me anyway and to turn on me suddenly?

Well, i plan to have a good week anyway
and to change a lot of things too!
This is the end of 2012 and i should be removing unbeneficial
individuals from my social networks...

As it is,
I am still walking in love, as i know how and as i am learning
I am still improving, learning to value family and friends
learning to become a better me

Like i said on twitter, i did not change my behaviour
My human spirit was recreated so i am a new creation in Christ
learning who i am and becoming all that God has created me to be!

Sunday Tonic!

"If you go through hell, don't stop, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, i'm going through"

This will never make sense to a logical mind or to a person who has decided to be an atheist or to hate God. God is sovereign and He is the king of the earth. It follows that He is in charge of your life and everything that is going on in it. To think otherwise is to think that you are in charge of your life.

Some people need a flood to over run their homes and towns before they believe in God. That is an error though because James says of the character of God that He gives only good and perfect gifts; that there is no shadow of turning with Him. In His sovereignty He does good to you. His nature is love and in His love for you, He does good always.

So what ever your life looks like today, you can speak the right things into it and recreate your word, if you have surrendered your life to Jesus and are submitted to His lordship.
I believe that I am a god on this earth (psalms 82:6). I am a god on this earth, i am a son of the Most High God. When i speak, the earth arranges itself. I speak and things change, they enter into the position that God desires.

I am done with the picking at you/picking at me, that is for children, i am about gods business, say whatever you want and i do assure that you will have lots that you do not expect to say.
When Benson Idahosa began to believe God and works wonders, many people came from far and wide to see him burn and manifest God. They gathered in groups and talked and plotted, all it did was to cause him to go higher, i assure you, you will have a lot to talk about; i trust God.
So i am going through and i am becoming everything that God wants me to be!

Main Point: I am a god on this earth and when i decree, even if it is like a whisper in my ears, to the kingdom of God, it is a shout and it wrought change.

The ALUU4 Bill...

This song captured my attentionhttp://soundcloud.com/titilope/icarus

It will remind you of the ALUU4 and then every other person who have ever being lynched even though they were innocent. The song is amazing, you know those things i used to dream i would sing when i grew up and learnt to worship. Now i can worship, hum but to sing, nah. God makes the difference!

I just signed today so that they can have justice. Please if you have not signed, go to:

http://ofilispeaks.com/aluu4

Don't forget to sign. You are standing between the next lynch victim, let's make a law to protect the ordinary Nigerian. Please we need 10,000 signatures, pitch in, invite your friend and family to sign, let's make this happen.

Publicize it!

ALUU Tragedy: Can There Be Any Justice?

ALUU Tragedy: Can There Be Any Justice?

My article on connectnigeria.com

I wrote this on Saturday and i cried when i was writing it. I blamed NANS, Security, the Governor, the President and the police, even the students, the natives and the boy who was owing them the money. I still haven't resolved it but i pray that they would have justice and also that God would comfort the family of the boys so that they would have closure.

I hear from the rumour mills that all the four boys were good Christian boys, i really want to believe it.
Well, read it!

Meme: I stole another one

Tech meme: enjoying my week!

1) Share one word that describes you
Kind

2) What is the one misconception about you that you would like to correct?
That i am snobbish. Do i want to correct it? I doubt it is worth it

3) You are gorgeous, smart and have accomplished a lot but would you change anything about yourself? what would it be?
Physically: No
Career wise: I have a long way to go

4) Do you have one movie that you can watch over and over again?
Armageddon

5) What is your favorite type of movie? drama vs comedy vs action and so on
High School Movies

6) Whenever you look in the mirror what do you see? would you change anything about the reflection in the mirror? what would you change?
I am just perfect. I still strive for perfection everyday though.

7) Name two things you have to do everyday?
I work on my laptop early, I check my twitter and emails

8) Do you have a bad habit that is even annoying to you but you have tried to quit and can't?
I am a lady and I pick my nose or fiddle with my hair, it is reminiscent of a school girl,  i am trying to stop.

9) Remember your last fight (physical or verbal) and share what it is about- it is ok if it is personal and you don't want to share.
With someone or the other. They talk, i listen and ignore whatever it is i would like to ignore.

10) Do you talk to yourself while driving (mostly complaining about pedestrians or other drivers)?
I rehearse conversations so i get it right. I rehearse everything. You can't beat me when i have a prepared argument  sometime i even have prepared answers for likely questions, yes i am kind of a control freak.

11) When dating the opposite or same sex, what is usually the deal breaker that makes you say I will never see that guy or gal again?  If you are married or in a relationship, think back when you were dating.
Abuse in any form. It manifests in controlling behaviour

Done! I think i blogged three times in one week, that is serious progress.

Trust

I have trust issues. I have worked on them, but with things like trust, you have to be working on them time and again. Because just when you think you got all the bases covered a trusted leader or many betray you and then a friend betrays you, and then a colleague stabs you in the back, your work gets sabotaged, you are gossiped about, back bitten (is there a word like that?)

at those times the pain can be so piercing you think you will die, but i guarantee you, you will live, i can say that because i have been there. When i tell my heart, don't trust again, it betrays me itself and trusts yet again

Scriptures say, "To be pure, all things are pure"

The gospel is the truth, it doesn't matter how many experiences you have had God is sovereign! He knows what He is doing and unlike me, He is always right.

I learnt something today, that you ought to pay attention to what the still small voice is telling you in your conscience than in what another person is saying. Focus on the voice of the spirit of God, He knows where He is taking you.

Now that i look at the big picture, even though i cannot see tomorrow, or the Holy Spirit has not shown me anything, i can see that there was never a time that He lost control or was not in charge of what was going on: brings me back to another guarantee:

"All things work together for good for them that love Him and for them who are called according to His purpose". Everything is working together for good and even though i may not see how, i can trust in His unseen hands, that is holding me up and leading me.

Most important of all, i am glad that i don't have to trust in the intelligence in my head because i have the power of the Holy Ghost working for my advantage.

60 times...

My first video
I watch this about 60 times

For Nigerians in diaspora you can see how Lagos looks now, click on lagos.

Random...very random!

 The Liebster Award takes its name from a German word meaning 'Beloved, Dearest or Favourite.”

The rules:

1. Link back to the person who gave it to you and thank them.

2. Post the award to your blog.

3. Give the award to 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers that you appreciate and value.

4. Leave a comment on the 5 blogs to let them know that they have received this award.

I didn't get the award, i was too lazy to think up any idea to make my afternoon interesting.

I am supposed to write 11 random things about me. I think that is pretty easy.

1. I love to write, i can write about anything, i can write intelligently and i can ramble depending on what i want to do

2. I love to read, i describe myself as a voracious reader, i had to draw the line as describing me as someone who would read anything, i have been known to re-read my books.

3. I am resilient and i have got a mind of my own, used to be very logical, i am diligent, efficient, hard-working and if you aint smart, you could mistake me for a walk-over.

4. My faith is the most important thing to me, i believe in Jesus Christ, i believe in the Holy Spirit, i believe in doing things 100%

5. I hate jokes, i grew up complaining to my siblings that 'you know i hate jokes, stop it now' and anyone who got close to me got scolded for telling a stupid joke which is why it surprising when most of my friends have a sense of human, you'd think my friends would be stoic.

6. I am very loyal to family and friends, everyone else can have the left-overs. lol!

7. I have a dress sense most days, on other days i can just wear a denim and a tee shirt. But my dresses are always good, sorry out of this world, my strong imagination comes to play when i'm picking my clothes.

8. If i had a temperament, i would be melancholy because i am gifted when it comes to writing and i can be funny and smart when i want to.

9. I want to build a career in writing, i am presently writing my book, i have gotten a publisher, they have sent me a deadline, about to immortalize my name by writing a bestseller.

10. I like fried chicken on its own, i just take fries because everyone thinks something should accompany fried chicken

11. I don't give a hoot what anyone thinks about me, even my face may say otherwise. I know who i am, i have been carved, forged in gold so tis almost like i am set in stone. i forgot to mention i have a researchers mind, my brain does not stop moving until it solves a problem at hand.

Vacation pix

Ekenwuan Campus, University of Benin
Strange place for a vacation but i hadn't ever been there and i wanted to see what it looked like. I used to want to go to Uniben to study computer science in 1997, never made it there, dream got truncated and i eventually went to Unilag but they are both good schools.

I thought the lizards were a lil' freaky but i am not fetish, i am united with God, one spirit with Him (1 Cor 6:17)

Okay she's naked, i know!
My sister said a spiritual lady like me shouldn't take pictures with such a statue. Beautiful sculpture but i think her thigh are too muscular even for a guy but she's a statue sha.
Reminds me of me when i am standing on God's word, i am a statue!

i practiced my traditional dance from primary school. i had to practice a couple of time before i got it right, i have a patient photographer because i love pics and no one ever gets it right!

Major random...i think it worked sha!

I think my blog is boring so i went to atilola's blog and stole something she stole off another person, here goes:

Questions from MSTIZZLE

1. A world without laughter or a world without music? It would never happen, i work with music, i sleep with music on, the only time i put off the music is when i want to pray 
2. What did you never taste, assumed you won’t like but eventually did? Semovita, i knew i would hate banku before i tasted it and i was proved right, no offence to the ghanians on here.
3. If you won Ten thousand pounds tonight, what would you do with it? Invest. Write a retirement plan, then start living my dream. Now all i do is work!
4. Who/what made you start blogging? I can't remember her alias but she had 100+ followers and she kept them entertained by blogging every other day, interesting stuff though.
5. What’s the first mobile phone you had?3310, my dad's old phone and it was a globacom line.
6. What’s your idea of the perfect date? It will vary, comfort matter more than anything else though.
7. What’s the craziest thing you’ve done this year? I haven't done anything crazy yet. I have to make sure KBT is not right about me
8. What 2 quotes/words of wisdom have made the greatest impact on your life? "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Young Lady, have faith in God. The first is from proverbs, the second is from a dream, a very prophetic dream that turned my life around
9. Fame or Fortune i.e broke celeb or rich and-you-are? i might choose fame or fortune, it doesn't really matter because imma have both, without trying too hard, i got favour on my side
10. What’s your love language? Truth
11. If fruits described us, what would you be? Orange, bright inside, could be acidic, calm on the surface

Questions from Rhapsody Phoenix:

1. Do you love yourself inside out, outside in? (If yes move to question 5)
   I do

   (What? I have no choice, where are the other questions)

   
   

   5. What things do you do for yourself that enriches and nourishes your being? Read, write, i think a lot, its 2nd nature. Daydream (yeah, i do, i dream of what my life can be).

   
   

   6. How do you hold yourself accountable for your poor decisions? I write out new plans and start disciplining myself afresh, which is why i am always constantly developing myself.

   
   

   7. Are you able to forgive yourself your humanness and move forward without beating up yourself and getting stuck in the, what should have been, if only I had? I used to be terribly melancholic, the spirit of God has tempered my perfection spirit, now i ask for the spirit of God's help and i try not to take myself seriously all the time

   
   

   8. How do you celebrate you, your uniqueness and authenticity? Loud about it, in-your-face, i-dont-care-what-you-think....i think it might be mildly annoying but it is so much better than being a people pleaser.

   
   

   9. How do you stay motivated, hopeful and faithful to you, your thoughts, beliefs and ideals? The word of God is my drive

   
   

   10. If you were your own parent what would be the one thing you would teach yourself? 

   I would be more assertive and pushy, sometimes i need a push, but i would always affirm rather than use the old-fashioned way of bullying
2. 1. If you are doing that which you wish you had learnt earlier how do you plan to pass the  lessons on to another person who may be stuck where you were? I am very closed up, but if you can read between the lines and listen when i talk, and i hardly talk, you will learn a lot.
   2. If you are not doing it, Why aren’t you? I am on a regimen to discipline myself anew, i need it if i intend to succeed
   3. How do you plan to implement it into your daily life? I wrote down a 3 month plan and i try to stick to the time table i have set for myself. When i am on a roll, i can do 2 weeks work in a day and then do nothing for 8 days then i have to hurry to catch you up.
   
   
   10. Are you being true to your inner self or are you busy pleasing everybody else? I make sure i don't please others at the expense of my destiny and i have new coaches when it concerns my destiny and how to get there and make the best of all that God has gifted me with. 
• If you are not being true to self, how’s that working for you? 
• Are you happy? I am in a good place, my soul feels happy with what i am doing presently
• How do you define happiness? Happiness is fulfilling purpose.
• I can't define it fully but i am coming back to that place where i trust what God is saying...

Blush!

So is it now one post a month?

Nope. It has been
But i plan to change it
I write for five different blogs now
I am currently writing my book

I have begun my quarterly plans again
To see how much progress i am making
In what?
In becoming a world changer in my own lil'way

Some people are created to be unknown
Others must make their mark
they can't be silent

Don't get mad, that is just my shallow self
Everyone is created for greatness
few discover their true calling
and even fewer follow through

Lord, help me follow through and achieve
the purpose you have for me
and the purpose for which you have put your giftings in me

My motivation to do this:
"Young lady, have faith in God"

That is the power of a rhema word, it causes you to take action.

Knowing the Love of the Father

 God's love is different!

Yeah, that fits for a beginning statement. When i got saved, i compared everyone's love to try to understand what He meant when He said He loved.

Some ignorant folks secretly think its pathetic to know the love of God (Yep I have met some of them) but i dare put it to them that it is because they do not know the love of the Father that they don't understand that even all the people who think they love you can't love you until they have known Christ.

They either love you for how you look, who you are or what you do for them. They like you because you fulfill something in them, they love selfishly.

God loves you for no just cause.

You know how we want to be more of something because someone admired that in us. God loves you irrespective of your performance. He loves you when you please Him and when you don't.

You know how some people love us because of what we would add to them.

He loves you when you are good and when you are bad. When i got saved, i used to think what can i do to repay God? I laugh at my naivety then, I've been serving Him for over a decade now and I know it doesn't fit even a drop in the ocean of all that He has done.

So what do we do?
Be humbled by the way that He loves you. Receive His love. And if you don't know how, learn. Because you are wasting time trying to win His approval by the works that you do.
Work for Him because you love Him and not because you want to repay Him.

He's a lover
That used to sound somehow in my ears. Now i call Him the lover of lovers, there's no one like Him, yeah, that's the lover of my soul!

Receive His love
You can't pay for it!

NB: You have been forgiven
He is not holding anything against you
Yes, even if it is really bad, what you did
Do you doubt that He knows every lil' bit of it?

Getting the inheritance!

To get the inheritance, you must have a different spirit. God's spirit is alive in me, it is not a cliche either or something to be studied like a course you have to pass. The Holy Spirit is someone you have to get to know, He is not someone to be used either, He is someone to obey, the third person of the God head.

I am going to be analyzing Psalm 2 and what it means to me.

Why do the nations assemble with commotion

Psalm 2 

¹ Why do the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme?

 This is God's response when his creation gather together and plan schemes and crafty things similar to what is going on in the north, Boko Haram (BH: secret sect my foot) they are definitely in the leadership or in the top echelons of business in Nigeria, they are definitely not so secret, at least, the funding is not from ghosts and the like. they surprise and amaze God when they do those kind of funny futile things or make decrees that God does not agree with, such decrees can't stand.

² The kings of the earth take their places; the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ). They say,

³ Let us break Their bands [of restraint] asunder and cast Their cords [of control] from us.

 God goes so far as to say that the kings and rulers gather and take counsel against God and His anointed. 

Pause: (When a person comes against the Lord's anointed, they are coming against God, Hmmm, i forgot). 

⁴ He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them].

⁵ He speaks to them in His deep anger and troubles (terrifies and confounds) them in His displeasure and fury, saying,

God laughs. He laughs because He isn't worried. He laughs because He has everything under control. He then speaks.

⁶ Yet have I anointed (installed and placed) My King [firmly] on My holy hill of Zion.

⁷ I will declare the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, You are My Son; this day [I declare] I have begotten You. 

He then speaks of His anointed that they are rooted in Zion by Him. That He is our birth Father, the Father of our second birth.

⁸ Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth as Your possession.

⁹ You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like potters’ ware.

¹⁰ Now therefore, O you kings, act wisely; be instructed and warned, O you rulers of the earth.

He then speaks to the anointed and asks us to ask for the nations and the uttermost part of the earth. Lord, i thank you for your word says that all things are mine, that i am going to have dominion over this world. I thank you for i have dominion in my house and in my estate. Righteousness has reign over my household and over my estate in Jesus name, amen.

¹¹ Serve the Lord with reverent awe and worshipful fear; rejoice and be in high spirits with trembling [lest you displease Him].

¹² Kiss the Son [pay homage to Him in purity], lest He be angry and you perish in the way, for soon shall His wrath be kindled. O blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are all those who seek refuge and put their trust in Him!

God then asks us to serve Him reverently  and that we should rejoice. The psalmist closes with the fact that the ones who seek refuge and put their trust in God are happy fortunate and to be envied. 

I am just glad that i am among the number that put their trust in God.

 

Totally Random!

How's it going? i ask myself.

Its okay if 'okay' is what i want or if 'okay' is good enough for me

Once you start capacity building though, i mean increasing your capacity

It creates what i prefer to call a 'holy discontent' and i do need it

I have been thinking about some parts of scripture (giving your life away)

It has got to be worth it, right?

If in your heart, its not worth it

It is going to affect the quality of life you live and the amount of contentment you have

And it is not about how hard, tasking or challenging the work you do is

It is about the meaning behind what you do.

I need to deal with it, create a solution, i mean

If you don't have a solution, its like hitting a roadblock

I'm putting out feelers

Spiritual wise, i'm practicing walking and reducing the working so i can refocus

If i can get the walking, i bet the working will work itself out

It might even produce something beautiful!

The word of God sets the course...watch what you say!

She's special, her name is Trish and she's a missionary

"It would be crazy to choose this world over eternity!!"

"Crazy"- Mercy Me

Why I would I spend my life longing for the day that it would end..
Why would I spend my time pointing to another man..
Isn't that crazy

How can I find hope in dying, with promises unseen..
How can I learn your way is better
In everything I'm taught to be..
Isn't that crazy

I have not been called to the wisdom of this world...
But to a God who's calling out to me..
And even though the world may think
I'm losing touch with reality
It would be crazy
To choose this world over eternity

And if I boast let me boast
Of filthy rags made clean
And if I glory let me glory
In my Savior's suffering
Isn't that crazy

And as I live this daily life
I trust You for everything
And I will only take a step
When I feel You leading me
Isn't that crazy

I have not been called to the wisdom of this world..
But to a God who is calling out to me..
And even though the world my think
I'm losing touch with reality
It would be crazy
To choose this world over eternity

I can see progress
Albeit a lil'
I'm glad i see progress

Gonna withdraw a whole
lot more
till all i hear is Him

They talk from now till tomorrow
Few of what they say translates
to actions

Pointing is a whole lot easier
than taking care of your house...

Imma do me!

PURPLE CAMPAIGN

I believe in charity, I believe in helping other people, as young as age 9, I knew I would be involved in charities, this is one step in that direction, I pray God would bring more opportunity my way to help other through charities.

Ever come across someone who has been raped, beaten black and blue or bruised emotionally? It is the same story whether it be a boy, a girl, a woman or a wife; abuse in any form is about power and control; It is inhumane, brutal and destructive to the abused. 

Many times we are at a loss of what to do and in trying to help; we usually compound the problem for the abused. This is because many of us are ignorant of what to do. We do what we think would make things better instead of what is right

You can choose though, to become a part of the solution instead of being a part of the problem. You can help drum up help for the hurting by joining “the purple campaign walk” and giving towards it.

If you know anyone who has been abused who is seeking shelter, a safe house, you can call:

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This is my latest article, it is a feature go check it out.
http://connectnigeria.com/articles/2012/03/21/okay-what-is-kony-2012/

Thinking! Thinking! Thinking in pictures
I am not sure what to write but i want to write another feature, it is a challenge a good one. I need the discipline; i am on a target of one article a week.

So still thinking, if you get any ideas for a topic, drop a line but meanwhile, you can read my article above and comment on it, what do you think?

Chasing my dreams is not easy but i'd rather chase them than live a dull and listless life. So God helping me, i am going to give it my best shot!

You will read of me and hear of me and hate me or celebrate me, your choice!

Affirmation Time...

It is all in me

I am created to win
To rule and to conquer
I am who God says I am
I am created to beat the odds
and fulfill my dreams in spite of my obstacles

I am created to break my expectations
and have my imaginations exceeded
I am not for the mediocre or the mundane
I am created for greatness

Everyday i seek to be more
of who He has called
Everyday i seek excellence
I seek to be better in all i do
I seek that day when who i am
will be proud of who i am becoming daily

This i pray
That i can shut out the naysayers
and hear only the midwives
that i can shut out the negatives
and hear the Holy Ghost
that i can shut out the folks with dead dreams
and soar
and soar until all my dreams are accomplished

Beautiful is what i am
Yet BEAUTIFUL
is what i am becoming everyday
because I am His workmanship

Okay, I am running, still running
I am not going to look back from this heavenly race

Grace is my wildcard!

To be audacious is...

It's 2012...
Our christian camp is around the corner and i want it to be special, not fun special but God special, i don't want to just do the t-shirt thingy (i could be wearing any of the fascinating t-shirts around, its not a big deal), i don't want to do the campaign thingy (i can safely make the campaign team of a dynamic president, an excellent nigerian one or anywhere in the world for that matter), i don't want to do the holiday thingy, i'm done with playing church, doing politics and responding to anyone's less than christian behaviour, they are not the most important thing. God is!

Behind of all the games we play, there is a God and that is who i'm gonna be going to camp to meet, i trusted Him with my life, i still trust Him today so i choose to prepare for that TIME.

I tried to do it the short way, i was sadly lacking and ignorant so i want to find out what audacious means so i can do the word and maybe change the world along the way, MAYBE! I'll be using several dictionaries.

Here goes:
au·da·cious
[aw-dey-shuhs]
adjective

extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: anaudacious explorer.
extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future.
recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, orthe like; insolent; brazen.
lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretationof her role.



So i've been thinking, does the above describe me? I could do the churchy thing and say yes. But i'll say no, it doesn't describe me yet. I intend to get there. I used to be uninhibited, i need to get back there; i'm unpredictable even though i don't look it. I'm original, even though i seemed to be losing my touch or rather His touch. I can get back there. I can break protocol when its least expected, i'm not afraid of anyone or anything.

Here's another:
intrepidly daring : adventurous <an audacious mountain climber>b : recklessly bold : rash <an audacious maneuver
: contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum : insolent
: marked by originality and verve audacious experiments



Let me just say that i noticed that they all indicated that audacious is an adjective so it has got to be an action word and not just speaking words, i intend to throw away religion, it will not be the death of me.
Am i daring? I don't know, have i got verve? Yes. Am i contemptuous of religion? I had better be if i intend to fulfill all that God has called me to do. I am done with people-pleasing. Audacious experiments: Lord, you know, i leave that with you and pray for courage to obey when i need to.

And another:

1. Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold. See Synonyms at adventurous, brave.
2. Unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent
3. Spirited and original: an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas.



Fearless, i conquered fear years ago, yet it is an enemy i still need to conquer from time to time, what is my choice of weapon, it hasn't changed 2 Tim 1:7, He has not given me a spirit of fear, i should never find myself playing with fear because it is not a gift from God, God's gifts to me are the spirit of love, power and a sound mind, this should be my focus every time it seems like i am afraid.

The final definition that i have:
audacious (comparative more audacious, superlative most audacious)
Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
Impudent.
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Synonyms
(willing to take bold risks): bold, daring, temeritous, temerarious
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Antonyms
(willing to take bold risks): shy, cautious, prudent



So that is it...
I got more analysis
Am i willing to take bold risks? No. I usually shy away from risks but the only reason i am able to take bold risks when the time presents itself is the Holy Ghost, He is my helper.

Without Him, i am all of those things that the world system is prey to: weak, sick, beggarly. But with Him, He shows me another way time and again. He shows me who i am, not religion but relationship. He shows me a strong in the Lord Tessa, a healed and whole Tessa, complete and lacking nothing, a wealthy Tessa, in a wealthy place Tessa, having all i need provided for by the Lord. He shows me who i can be in Christ, versus who the world says I am.

The world has a way of trying to colonize me, filling me with fear and dread but in Him I have peace. The peace that passes all understanding and knowledge of the world and its troubles and lack and insecurities and whatnots. The world is bad news...

Lately, I have been taught not to allow this jaded world conform me to its image, it cannot be allowed to define me because it is not my creator...


What the heck will i choose? The world's way or God's way?
My actions will tell
Pray i am alert enough to pick out God's way and follow steadfastly
This is my race!
I will run to win, casting away everything that sways me and takes me in another direction, I am going to go His way in Jesus name, amen


Something tells me Campmeeting Audacious 2012 is going to be a whole new ball game



I am ready, Lord, just keep leading the way!

Just wanted to say

'Not operating in the natural'

I expect the unexpected
because it is all grace...

I expect the best of God
I expect the supernatural

Have a wonderful Christmas