I came across a short expression written and placed on a wall sometimes ago and it reads “If others live like you live, shall we have revival?” The statement points clearly to the necessity of personal revival before anything else. We cannot have revival in any community or land without individuals first experiencing revival. In
Something that has become a competition in our home is the early morning prayer for the children. Whenever our children wake up, the first thing they do is to make their way to our room and then kneel down and I place my hand on them individually to pray for them. They rarely miss this
Tom Brady, quarterback who led the New England Patriots to victory in three Super Bowls, told a news magazine, “Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there’s something greater out there for me? Many people ask the same question too, even after reaching the peak of their goals and dreams in life. Do
In the life of Jesus, three forms of Baptism were mentioned. We read of Him being baptized with water by John the Baptist. In quick succession, the Holy Spirit descended like a dove upon him. It is easy to see two baptisms here; one with water, and the other with the Holy Ghost. But further
Apostle Paul wrote “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” I Thess. 5:23. From that passage, man is clearly a tripartite being. The spirit is the part of man that fellowships
John Currier was found guilty of murder in 1949 and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1968, Currier’s sentence was terminated, and a letter bearing the good news was sent to him. But John never saw the letter, nor was he told anything about it. Ten years went by with Currier still bearing the weight of
A thirty-six year old mother was discovered to be in the advanced stages of terminal cancer. One doctor advised her to spend her remaining days on vacation. A second physician offered her the hope of living two more years with the grueling side effects of radiation. She penned the following words to her three small
DIVINE RETRIBUTION
During the time I was observing the one year mandatory service to my father land as a Nigerian graduate, I was made to open an account with a bank through which I got my monthly allowance from the government. It was a bank I would not patronize if I were to make the choice by myself. So, when I completed the scheme, after one year, I abandoned the bank account since then. It’s over a decade now but surprisingly, the bank still sends monthly alerts to me. First, they will credit my account with some kobo (cent) and immediately take back from the same account with a debit alert.
MAXWELL ON INFLUENCE (1)
One of my favourite and respected authors is John C. Maxwell. In his book – The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, he wrote on ‘the law of influence’ (chapter 2). What actually makes people become men and women of influence? I will be expounding on two out of the factors in this first part of the series.
#1 WHO THEY ARE
The first thing that stands out about people of influence is the depth of their character. This is about the inner life of the person that radiates for all to see. In a world where integrity and uprightness, sincerity of purpose and genuine love for people are scarce, what draws more and more people to you are these virtues.
THOUGHTS ARE POWERFUL!
The story was told of a man on a journey who suddenly found himself at paradise. He sat down under the ‘desire tree’ (a kind of tree in paradise that gets your desires immediately fulfilled. When you sit under it, all you need to do is to think about it). He thought: “I am hungry, so it would be nice to have a bite right now.” Just before the thought flipped past his mind, a table dressed with different dishes appeared right before him.
Wow! – The man was surprised, – “but it can’t be!” He thought so, and the table with dishes disappeared immediately. “It would be nice to get it back” – the dishes appeared again.
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