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                  Once in a while, I would always come up with wonderful and well articulated ideas. I’d even gone on to calculate the potentials of such ideas and it was sometimes mind bubbling. They were truly wonderful ideas. But that’s what they always ended up as; IDEAS. They were never actualized and even when I tried and failed at the first trial, I’d just dump the whole thing. However, this is one of the most common problems we all face. We either come up with unrealistic ideas or lack commitment to ever bring the realistic ones to reality. And we then feel as though it has failed us but the truth is: We failed it. Some of these ideas are God-given and we are expected to work towards them as they can help unravel our purpose on Earth. It’s never God’s plan for us to be idle and stagnant. He wants us to be up and doing, prospering in our lives. Each and every one of us has been uniquely designed for a particular ...

Man is a social being as we all know. In isolation, he can only do as much as his strength avails him. He can’t go any further without the help of others. All that we see today wouldn’t be possible without the help of other people (joint effort). This is the same with our Christian faith. Without each other in fellowship, we can only do as much as our strength avails us. We actually need each other to unleash the full potentials of the power of God in our lives even though we still need to have our personal relationship with God in check. When we are together we strengthen and encourage each other(1 John 2:28). I bet you wouldn’t be as afraid of a single dog as you would be of a pack of them. That’s how the devil sees us when we are alone and when we are in fellowship. Alone, we’re easy bait but together, we’re really hard to get. As Christians in fellowship, we: -           Represent the unity which exists in the Holy ...

The search for true love has virtually been embedded in every one of us. From birth to death, this desire is very much present in us; from seeking attention or approval or praise from family members, friends or even strangers to sympathy from others in times in times of need. It’s like we’re ‘love-seekers. However, there has been a grand misconception of this very delicate issue. Many think true love is what is portrayed on the TV as ‘romance’. In fact, most assumptions are derived from what we see or get from the social media. So many think it’s a love letter, a romantic evening, holding hands, an accidental locking of the eyes or a truck load of gifts. Although, these can be expressions of what one feels, true love goes much deeper within. The greatest act of love captures the real meaning of love which is the gruesome crucifixion of Christ for us (John 3:16). There is actually no greater love than this (John 15:16).       ...

When I got the realization of this statement ‘I am Christ’s Ambassador’, I felt broken. All along I’d just say it as slang, so easily without any deep thinking. You know when you’re in a place that’s not your home, you don’t feel too comfortable and you gradually begin to long for home… You get HOMESICK. That’s the exact same way it is for us as we are here on Earth. It’s not our home and we aren’t meant to make it home. We were sent here on a temporary assignment and as such we are meant to come in as ambassadors to an enemy nation. Learn its language, customs, make known our objectives and complete our assignment. But when you fail your assignment; get comfortable, make here your home and forget your true identity. Well… It’s not something we don’t know the results of. Therefore, God makes us feel/experience things that make us dissatisfied, angry, stressed and we begin to question Him. Well, it’s all to remind us that we can’t afford to get comfortable as time ...

    For every organization, the sole aim is to make as much impact as possible and expand across the globe. This is why so much time and resources are spent on advertising and strategizing.                                                                                   They don’t want to be kept a secret! The same thing with Christ: He doesn’t want to be kept a secret. He wants us to make Him known to the whole world.                       He didn’t die for only the 12 ...

Every time we see a rat or a roach or some other creepy crawler in our homes or offices, we ask ourselves, ‘Where did that come from?’                 We search and when we do find their points of entry, we close it up immediately to avoid further ‘confrontations’.                 So it is with us. When we see ourselves doing things we never imagined we could do, the same question comes to mind… Where did that come from?                 The truth is that you’ve had it in you. Subtly, it came as a thought either from interaction or as mere imagination. No matter the means, it all started in the mind and over time we fed it until it came to manifestation.               ...

       Have you noticed that many of the greatest people in history were those who served the needs of the people? Great people like Moses, Mother Theresa of Calcutta, Our Lord Jesus Christ and so many others.        It's actually the little things in life we sometimes do or overlook that has the biggest of impacts. This is synonymous to the case of the mustard seed which is the tiniest of seeds but grows into the biggest of garden trees.         I'd love to use this example of how a woman in our church was visited by a group of fellow workers of that same church. She was so touched that she couldn't hold back the tears because she had not had such a number or even a visitor in a really long time.         My pastor loves to say this and I believe it that you may be the only Bible someone will ever read. So lets get the thought out of our heads that...