Nobody to Develop You, Develop Yourself

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Today’s Energiser 
Genre:  Inspirational and Motivational 
Topic:  If There’s No One to Develop You, Develop Yourself

In an ideal world, all things being equal, it is the direct God-assigned responsibility of parents to raise their children to the point they will be fully matured and independent.  But in reality, on very few occasions has the economists’ theory ‘cetris paribus’ hold true because most often all things are never equal for myriads of reasons. The most common of such reasons are: the untimely death of parents, particularly the father, divorce cases, pre-marital sexual exposures leading to giving birth to unplanned children, natural disasters, outright unwillingness of parents to take care of their children, and so on and so forth.

Let me address  two key most important areas that children need their parents’ care most.  Linkage with God and Education (formal and informal). 

On linkage with God, Bible enjoins parents in Prov. 22:6 to “Train up a child the way  he will go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”.  The irony of life is that even majority of Christian parents themselves do not really take this admonition seriously when bring up their children.  They do not introduce their children to God early enough in life through dedicated family altars and because the children are not rooted in the word of God, they choose contrary lives as they grow older in life.

In Hosea 4:6 says “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…”   Insight comes through gaining wisdom, knowledge and understanding.  Apart from children who had the misfortune of being disadvantaged of finding themselves in an unideal situations, many parents lack this understanding. As a result, they bother less about educating their children. 

One thing I have observed about life is that it is a very open world.   There are people out there who are not one’s parents but who are prepared to play the roles of parents effectively well for children who show interest in their future.  For instance, churches are there to lead such willing children to God while there are people out their who are willing to sponsor brilliant children who show commitment to their studies to any level of education they want to attain.  But unfortunately, many children reject invitation to God and do not me take their academic pursuits serious as to qualify for scholarship.

My take is this anyone who does not reject God and focuses also his attention very well on his education can lead a successful life.  Therefore I urge you, don’t focus on the shortcomings you have. Rather be determined to raise yourself above the ordinary level you are.  As you strive to do this, your God is there to lead you to the helpers of your destiny.  Best of luck.

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WOMEN AND THEIR HUSBANDS

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SOME WIVES REDUCE THEIR HUSBANDS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD.

Some wives are very protective of their husbands, and so they reduce them in the sight of God.

They keep them hidden from relatives, and even some of them that were not properly trained from home will try to erect a barrier between their husbands and the parents who brought them into the world.

And such poisonous ones are the ones who will sing loudest in the Church and give the impression that they are very active for God.

Which God?

God that says you should honour your father and mother so that your days may be lengthened.

So I say that such wives just want to kill their husbands early so that they can inherit their possession. Right?

When you keep them away from their parents because you are protective, you are only telling God not to lengthen the days of your husband. You are a murderer. Okay?

Some wives do not like their husbands to touch the lives of others with their resources. They fence off people who approach their husbands for help, and they are ready to tell all kinds of lies about their husband to achieve this.

They will rather prefer that their husband spend his resources on them alone to buy expenses clothes and shoes, to buy hair of dead oyinbo people and those hair shaved off as offerings to various gods of the Indians....

They forget the word of God that says cast your bread on the waters and after many days you will find it....

They forget that Jesus says, if you feed the needy, clothe the need, care for the needy when sick, you are doing it for Jesus Himself.

So you prevent your husband from touching the heart of Jesus just because somebody slipped a ring in your finger and called you wife.

Thank God that I do not have a wife like that who will be remote controlling me from touching the life of others. Yes, she has some needs which I have not been able to meet, but does it mean that I must not touch other pressing needs of people just because I cannot meet all her needs?

Even in the church circle, some women do not allow their husbands to touch the life of fellow church members just because they don't 'like' such members very well. I know that because I feel that I have missed some professional help a few times on the basis of that. Thank God that I don't allow such feelings to get under my skin.

So wives, leave your husband to touch the life of others as God lays it in their heart. Even though some things you need are still outstanding, don't prevent your husband so as not to lose his blessings before God.

Husbands, don't allow your wives to prevent you from doing good deeds. If you feel that she is the type that cannot change, then stop telling her about the person you want to help. Do it without her knowledge. After all, God who put such thoughts in your heart to help someone is GREATER than your wife. Abi now?
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Let Jesus Christ Be at the Centre of Running Your Life (4)

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I read with keen interest, my friend Hc Oduro Oladunni’s opening remarks in his facebook post  of 17th October 2018 on what some people think Christianity actually is.  They see Christianity as a weapon in the hands of the whites to continue to put the black in slavery.  I also love the articulation of his personal experiences with Jesus Christ that which he used to support his assertion that Christianity is real, not an instrument of oppression invented by one race to dominate another. Unless you experience Christ in a personal way, Christianity will mean a thousand and one things to you and you will never be able to claim your own portion in Christ.   The real test of Christianity is in your personal experience with Christ.  I started sharing my testimonies on Christianity in the social media (facebook, whatsapp and Telegram) recently and this is the fourth edition and honestly speaking, it is going to be an unending serialisation for the benefit of those whom God had destined to win.  Shortly, they will all be posted in my blogsite at www.dailyenergiser.blogspot.com where they will be permanently accessible to willing minds.

I say Christianity is real.  I say this because of my personal landmark experiences in this life.  Let me share another one here as it relates to my career, just as my friend Hc Oduro of Igbemo did.  I went to Lagos on January 2 1973 in company of my brother who promised to send me to school.  Unfortunately, this promise he could not keep.  Then I opted to look for a job which will enable me to sponsor myself.  The very first job I got with Specomill Textiles Limited, Ikeja  – thanks to my same kind brother – was titled “Factory Operative” (simply meaning a labourer).  I took it joyfully.  After some months on the job, I discovered I was in a career not fit for me.  I was simply a bunch of broom (or better still a mopping stick) in the hands of the Chinese people good only for cleaning purposes.  Then I wasn’t’ going to church and I resisted all attempts at making me to do so.  However, out of my desperation, to change this undesirable career, I suddenly started praying fervently to God to deliver me from slavery, career wise. Indeed, at a point, my colleagues nicknamed me “Pastor”, some even mocked me or made jest of me. But each time I was mocked, I prayed louder to God to deliver me.   I searched, searched and searched for years for a better job to no avail. 

One day in 1976 or thereabouts, I RELUCTANTLY went to Christ Gospel Church on the invitation of my close friend whom we were both rejecting Christ before but who got converted before me.  On getting there, the Holy Spirit took over the service.  In closing his sermon, the Pastor then asked us to request from God what we needed.  Of course, top on my agenda was ‘a change of job’.  After the prayers we were asked never again to repeat the same requests but simply thank God for them having been granted.  I stuck religiously to this golden advice. 

On getting home same day, an Uncle of mine had come to look for me at least twice for an employment opportunity which arose from a newly formed company.  It wasn’t long I came back that Uncle Kayode came back again to fetch me.  He drove me straight to my destiny-changing professional career as a Clerk Typist!  The miracle was that even though I could type very well, I had no certificate to prove my competence in the my chosen Secretarial profession.  Also, to worsen my story, all I had as evidence of having schooled at all was my tattered First Leaving School Testimonial.  I had not obtained the Certificate!  All these notwithstanding, the Favour from God and man gave me the employment which marked the beginning of my purposeful career in life.  You may say this is coincidental but I will respond that it is God’s work.  It is Jesus Christ in action.  Why, in spite of my personal efforts, hasn’t this coincidence been every long before the day I finally suYemi Omogboyega:
rrendered my life to Christ?

Brethren, many are in bondage till date because of their unbelief.  Why remain among them and keep preventing your own miracles from happening?  Come to Jesus Christ today and your life will never remain the same. Please read Matthew 7:7.  God bless you.

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My Practical Approach to Work Life Balance

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“I wonder how you are able to combine  your various assignments as a farmer, a Pastor, a Writer, an activist, a  motivational speaker, a Teacher and a Chief participating actively in local matters …  and yet make a mark in them all?”, my Kabiyesi, The Oluyin of Iyin Ekiti, Oba (Justice) John Ademola Ajakaiye sometimes ago. once asked  me during the launching of our Garri Processing Centre a few years ago.

My honest response was, “Kabiyesi, I don’t know myself.  It is a mystery because I just see myself accomplishing these feats seamlessly and without being tired and without any conflict whatsoever”.

Recently, I decided to probe into my mode of operations. And I made some discoveries. My first discovery was that I had  some consistent daily operational cycles that are most probably responsible for my ability to accomplish many things almost at the same time.  Let me share some of these:

I sleep around 9pm. If am not sick or on prescription that extends my sleep,  I must wake up between 12.30 and 1 am. On waking up, I pray, I read or write books,  meditate etc. Between 4-6am, I go back to bed not really sleeping but relaxing my brain after those tedious exercises. By 6 am. My family members gather for family which, of necessity, I must Pastor.  Between 7am and 8 a.m., I take my breakfast and am off to the farm. By 1pm, am back home, take my lunch, relax, (if sleep knocks the door, I take an hour or two nap), then at 4pm (if not on a church fellowship day) I would be back at the farm.  Between 6pm-7pm. I am back home.

“At 61 years of age, if you operate these crowded working life, how then do you manage your health?”  This is surely the question that will come to your mind.

In the first place I don’t believe that hard work kills.  Instead, I believe hard work prolongs life because a diligent worker exercises himself mentally, physically, spiritually and intellectually which makes his total being to be consistently active.   Creativity also drives away boredom and keeps one on the alert always because there are always things to do.

I take my health as seriously as I take my work.  Let me shed more lights on how I manage my health.

Armed with a digital bp checker which was made a gift to me by a caring relative, I check my bp by myself almost every day or at least once every other day.   My established and consistent average reading is 117/84.

Secondly, I have access to three medical facilities:  a private Doctor, an official Doctor and Government hospitals where I do religiously go for routine annual medical check-ups.

Thirdly having been diagnosed as having bp from the age of 45 years, I stick religiously to my daily dose of anti-bp prescriptions.  Even though am a Pastor, I DON’T FAITH IT. No. That will be like putting God to the test. I have known the truth from my medical report so the truth should set me free!

Fourthly, I am a man so close to nature.  I dwell in a well planted garden that supplies me with all that nature offers, oxygen and with the cultivation of vegetables, assorted fruits like oranges, guava, coconuts, pineapples, pawpaw, watermelon, cucumber, etc, I have all that nature offers for one to live a healthy life.   Except on very few occasions when I feel like buying red-meat for a change, I am personally responsible for rearing the meat my family consumes (chickens, turkeys, snails, catfish, goats, etc. I produce the garri, yams, tomatoes, etc and now we’ve started milling our own palm-oil within our own compound.

Fifthly, even though I don’t pattern myself after athletes, I do mild exercise as my body tells me to do as and when it does so.

Whatever is left unearned in terms of needed mineral supplements is taken care of by a daily dose of either Wellman or Reload  mulitivitamin suppliments.

More importantly, no matter how crowded my work schedule might be, I make it a point of duty to listen to my body and follow whatever message it passes to me at any point in time. For instance, whenever I noticed that I am experiencing some stress, I stopped all my work-related activities and rested for as long as my body tells me to.  When crowded church activities were overwhelming and taking its toll heavily on my health, I voluntarily stepped down and limited myself to what I can do at my own pace and that my age and body can cope effectively with.

I had used Drivers earlier in my life but I discovered that 80 per cent of them were actually avoidable burdens rather than assets.  With drivers, you enjoy no privacy. They gossip a lot. They give spread false and dangerous information about you, especially on financial matters, many of them bring their domestic burdens upon you,  some are so dangerous that you hardly can take a nap while they are driving you without running into a ditch or some are outright thieves looking for an opportunity to strike you where it pains most. When  I summed all these together, I decided to drive myself at my own pace and time. If I have a long journey to make, I will deliberately split such journeys into two instead of one day. For instance, driving to Lagos from Ekiti, I book 2 days.  After two hours of consistent driving, I will either check into an hotel or a private setting and enjoy the rest of the day resting. The following day, I continue with my journey. Sometimes, during driving, fatigue might sight in, when this happens. I do not hesitate to look for a safe place eg., not too far from police check points (not too close either), filling station or a public place where food vendors do their businesses, park my vehicle, relax my seat and go for a sleep.  I won’t proceed on such journey until my body tells me, “go”. My maximum speed limit is 110km/h. My average speed is 90km/hr. It may take me longer to reach my destination but I get there relax. While driving, if I noticed that vehicles are too many around me, I reduce my speed to allow them all overtake me. This way I am the owner of both sides of the road that I occupy at any particular point in time!

My farming business is taken as a past-time activity. I pay people to do the real work, unless where they leave the work midstream and I can do something to save the situation.  I only supervise. To reduce the tendency of disappointments that would lead me to over-labouring myself, I chose mechanization. For instance, if a Sprayer stops mid-way to spray my farm and it must be accomplished immediately, before you knew it, I pick up my electric pump which requires no manual pumping, to do the work in no time and put the enemy to shame.  Instead of carrying 16 litre-full load, I carry 10 litres at a time. My ultimate goal is to make all my farms tractorable and OWN the tractors and other implements myself so I will not be frustrated depending upon others.

While in paid employment with a reputable international organization, I was following my body's dictate.  We had 60 years retirement age but I targeted retiring at 45 which for reasons ranging from paying children’s school fees, lack of adequate savings to start my own business and other unforeseeable uncertainties, I tarried till I was 51 years before calling it quit.  My experience as a paid employee is that it is better to retire early to create a business of your own than for one’s life to be limited to employers stipends. Stipends in the sense that responsibilities are always 50 times higher than actual incomes. All that salary earners depend upon is loan upon loans which renders him or her poor on exit.  So it is better to find one’s feet before the so-called official retirement age knocks at one’s door.

Above all, dear readers, having taking all these steps towards managing my health, I pray to God and depend upon Him for longevity and a life spent in excellent health.  Surprisingly, Dr. Jesus responds almost once every year by examining me, treating whatever needed to be treated and gives me my latest medical results in my dreams which have always been an excellent one as is always revealed by the various annual medical reports I receive after conducting my routine medical checks!

Even though I am advancing in calendar age, I feel  youthful spirituality and medically! A few years back, we did a medical check on REAL AGE compared to my calendar age.  My result was that I was 7 years younger than my calendar age! Who knows, I might even be 10 years or more younger today!   All these are the Lord's doings, despite what Nigeria offers us, and I am grateful to Him.

Do I have no worry at all?  What would have troubled me at all in life is lack of adequate funds to carry out my projects.  What do I do? I go borrow money to the limit of my ability to pay which sometimes puts pressure on my family during repayment.  Thank God for that ‘borrowing’ channel. It is the bridge between financial poverty and financial prosperity. I am praying and working hard to cross the inevitable bridge.  The day I do, which God willing I know I shall do, the day I am relieved of all my burdens. In the meantime, I cast the burden upon my God. So I am not troubled by it at all for I know it is a passing phase In my life.  

So, you can see that that though I am busy, I don't neglect my health one bit. Maybe, my readers can learn one or two things from my approach to work and health balance.  God bless you.

I cherish and practise the rule of work-life balance.

*LETTER TO Mr. FLESH - IN MY BODY*

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The anonymous article below captures the whole essence of life - to make heaven.  It settles once and for all the struggle between our flesh and our 'borrowed' soul which ought to return to its Maker. Let it guide us all.

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*LETTER TO Mr.  FLESH - IN MY BODY*

(Romans 8:8)

EARLY IN LIFE
I THOUGHT YOU WERE ME

I HAVE THE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING NOW
THAT I BORROWED YOU, AND
THE REAL ME IS INSIDE OF YOU

I ALSO KNEW YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HEAVEN, NEITHER WILL YOU END UP IN HELL

YOU WILL NOT LEAVE HERE

YOU WILL GO UNDER THE EARTH

EVEN THE BONES WILL GET ROTTEN LATER

SO I HAVE DECIDED "Mr. BODY", TO KEEP YOU IN CHECK....

*YOU WILL NOT CONTROL ME

*YOU WILL NOT LEAD ME TO HELL

*YOUR LIFE SPAN IS 0-120
BUT AM GOING TO LIVE FOREVER IN ETERNITY, SO
I CAN'T SPEND ETERNITY IN HELL

*IF YOU ENJOYED SIN FOR 100years
AND I END UP BURNING IN HELL, THEN AM NOT WISE IF I ALLOW THAT

*WHEN AM EATING, YOU ARE THE ONE BENEFITTING
 
*WHEN AM SLEEPING IT'S FOR YOU ALONE, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT DOESN'T SLEEP

*ALL THE MONEY I HAVE RECEIVED IS FOR YOUR CONSUMPTION

*AFTER HERE NO RECORD OF THESE THINGS...

-I NEED SPIRITUAL FOOD
WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD

-I NEED TO SPEAK WITH MY MAKER, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT

SO FROM NOW ON Mr. FLESH,
I SUBJECT YOU TO THE WORD OF GOD

*YOU WILL NOT CONTROL ME

*YOU WILL NOT DISCONNECT ME FROM GOD

*YOU WILL KEEP AND OBEY GOD'S WORD SO THAT I CAN GO BACK TO MY MAKER

*YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO LOOSE, BECAUSE AM THE ONE GIVING YOU LIFE

*YOU WILL BE REFERRED TO AS DEAD BODY AND WITHOUT ME THEY WILL BURY YOU

SO YOU BETTER BEAR  ALONG AND KEEP FOLLOWING ME ......

Thanks for choosing to cooperate with me.

                     
 Your Subscriber (Mr. Soul-Spirit)

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I Corinthians 9:27.  
"But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway"


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A Destiny Helper

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Today’s Energiser
Topic: A Destiny Helper
 Bible Text:  “So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.”  Heb. 13:6


Who are helpers?  Helpers are those who make the attainment of set goals easier for the people they are assisting to reach such goals.  When we talk of destiny helpers, we are therefore talking about those who make the attainment of another person(s) destiny attainable.

To think that a helper is limited to those who help you is to make a mistake.  It is not so.  Everybody is a helper of destiny.  You are one.  I am one. Our strategies may differ just as our assignments may equally do.

When we look at helpers of destiny from the perspective of those who help us alone, we tend to be selfish and might behave like pesters who bothered not about what they can do to help others.  But when we look at it from the angle of being helpers of other people’s destiny, then we will have a balanced picture of who a helper of destiny is.  Just as we need help, so do others need our help in whatever capacity we can.  Some people also consider helpers of destiny as those who always give them money to do something.  This is a myopic thinking.  Money is important but helps do come from different angles.

A brilliant student who assists in coaching another less brilliant student until the latter gain mastery of his subject is a destiny helper.  A wife is given to a man and vice versa to help one another in many ways: to avoid loneliness, to procreate, to support the man, financially, spiritually, materially, morally etc (Prov. 31:11-31).  Likewise the man is assigned to his wife to provide for her abundantly. Parents are duty-bound to be the destiny-helpers to their children by taking the best of care of them until they can stand on their own.  Siblings are destiny helpers of one another if only they will recognise their roles and perform them.  Good friends are destiny helpers as well.

Churches provide spiritual help while secular schools provide academic help to the people to assist them to attain a better tomorrow.  We have gifted teachers, gifted counsellors etc who are all in the business of helping the destiny of other people. So stop seeing yourself as someone who must always be assisted without a responsibility to assist others fulfil their own destinies.  If you think this way, you will never be creative and will be completely self-centred, burdensome to others instead of sharing the burdens of others.  In whatever capacity you can, help people.

Another thing to remember is that help should be a help.  I mean assistance!  If you take help too far, you will overstretch your helper and he will run away from you.  Let him or her determine the best way he or she thinks they can help you.  Avoid giving people the bills for the goods they never purchase and asking them to bear it all just because they must help you. Just imagine somebody coming to you every now and then for financial support.  At a stage you will see such a person as a waster.  I guess you will at a stage begin to avoid him or her.   Let help be voluntary.  Let help be free will.  Let help be something that you give or receive without pestering your helpers.   Again, if someone is unable to assist you, don’t pick a quarrel with him or her – instead appreciate his past help (if any) and seek your present help elsewhere while maintaining cordial relationship all along.  His time for assisting you may not be today.  He may be the one inviting you for support when you least expected he could offer one. If you are unable to render help to people, do not compound their problems by calling them names (a pester, a disturber, a detractor, a never-do-well, an ingrate, etc) just because they ask you for support.  Before those looking up to you for one help or another, always tow the path of humility knowing fully well that God Almighty is the overall help for us all in times of need.  Do what you can do cheerfully and let you helpee be motivated and be voluntarily provoked to be grateful to you for ever.

Action Point.  Resolve today to see yourself as a helper of somebody’s destiny and play that role.  Resolve also not to be a burden on other people in the name of seeking their help without a break.

Prayer Point:  Lord, lay it upon the hearts of my destiny helpers to perform their roles without me pestering them.  Lord bless me to the point that I can be a blessing to others in Jesus name.
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ONLY GOD IS WISE (A Study in Contrast)

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Today’s Energiser
Topic:  ONLY GOD IS WISE   (A Study in Contrast)
Bible Text:  There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise. Prov. 26:12

Never think you are wise.  Only God is wise.   Our wisdom is foolishness before God.

In those days, it was believed that when a man is educated his success is guaranteed.  Today that has become folly because there are many graduates roaming the streets begging for bread.  It was thought that when you are in business, you will be in money.  It is clear today that many businessmen are as poor as church rats. Why?  It is simply because it is now the market that dictates the price at which products must be sold and most often it is far below the cost incurred by the producer in producing the market!

It is said that children born out of wedlock will misbehave.  It is now known that that is not true.   Some of them even behave better than the so-called free born.  For instance, Jephthah was born out of wedlock yet he was well-behaved.  He ruled his family even over the free-born!  Abraham Lincoln’s mother’s has a background similar to being born outside wedlock. Yet she produced the greatest President America ever produced!   What has Esau done right from the womb that God decided to hate him and love Jacob instead?  Why did God not punish Jacob’s mother for loving one child over another?  Why would Abraham, in spite of his nick name “father of faith” not receive his promised child until he practically provoked it after all logical possibility of having Isaac has since forgotten?  Why should Job suffer even though he was pure at heart?  Why must Eli and Samuel work so hard in the ministry and fail in the home front?

Human beings don’t and will not want to understand why a child born outside wedlock should be permitted to go to his biological father when he or she grows up to know the fact.  Yet that’s exactly what God wants.  It is illogical to man why God should did not kill Cain for killing Abel, why if a child is born through incest or from a brother and a sister, God should be interested in that child  in spite of their parents grave sins.  Yet God does not throw such children overboard, rather He cares for them.  That’s not to say that their parents will be free from their pangs of the abomination they committed.  But wait, can you consider it wisdom, yet it is so on the part of Gods, that if such parents sincerely repent of their sins, God will forgive and blot out their sins?

Can you imagine Jesus forgiving a repentant sinner on the cross who never followed the process of baptism (water or spirit),never spoke in tongue and never completed the various processes that according to the Bible qualify one to make heaven?   Can you imagine Saul, the persecutor and prosecutor of the Christians and who killed several of them suddenly becoming a saint?  My dear brethren, just note this:  ONLY GOD IS WISE. He is unquestionable!

Action Point:  Never consider yourself as having the monopoly of wisdom.  The person you are condemning might be a saint before God.

Prayer point:  Lord, prevail upon me never to think I am wise in my own eyes.  Instead, subsume my wisdom over your faultless one and let me never question You in any way.  Secondly, Lord my wisdom is foolishness therefore, justify me Yourself with your unconditional love and mercy.  Let Your love and mercy overshadow my multitude of sins in Jesus name.

Today's Energiser: YOU MUST WORK DAY AND NIGHT

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Bible Text:   In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.  Eccl. 11:6
Sometimes, when I wake up at 4 a.m. switch my lamp on and cross over to the backyard garden and begin to transplant tomatoes, those around me often say, “Daddy, does not sleep”.  They never knew that I had made a discovery in Eccl. 11:6 where I have understood the mind of God as far as working (or praying or reading or writing or farming etc is concerned)  A good example as a writer is that this piece you are reading is written between 1:40 and 2:51 am, otherwise I probably would have claimed there was no time to write it!
If you are not persistent in your sowing or even during harvest, you will either plant nothing or you will lose your all your harvests to the animals, pests or thieves who are waiting to reap where they never sowed.  There was this maize I planted mid-2016.  It did so well but I had no time to harvest it.    By the time I got there, it was rather too late.  Our friends,  the cow rearers and their  cows have dealt wickedly with it.  I gained nothing from all my labours!   Likewise, if you are to tomato farmer, if you are not persistent, you will never have cause to rejoice because you may have to plant each heap more than five times before it can stand.  Therefore if you are easily discouraged, don’t venture into tomato farming.  (Where then will you venture into that does not require persistence? I don’t know for all ventures are the same) But if you have a heart that never gives up, keep sowing.   After three months, you will be the happiest tomato farmer when you see the lights that shine upon every tomato stem you plant.  However, if you lose speed in harvesting, you may lose everything just as I did! You must be a hard and at the same time a smart worker to make gains.   That is the reality of life.  It is a game.  You never can tell which experiment will work.  Therefore, you must keep on experimenting, day and night.   It is a restless place.  It does not smile at anybody!    
If we want to make an impact on any venture, we are to work day and night. There are many examples of this in the Bible.   The rains that destroyed the world during Noah’s time fell 40 days and nights non-stop, Gen. 7:4. The Cloud as well as the pillar of light kept the Israelites moving ‘day and night’ to the promised land, Exod. 13:21.  Aaron and his children kept the lamp burning at the Tabernacle day and night, worshipping the Lord.  Exod. 27:21. God commanded Joshua that he should study the word of God and meditate upon it day and night. Moses disappeared into the cloud    forty days an’d forty nights Exod. 24:18.  Moses fasted for 40 days and for forty nights Exod. 34:28. Jesus did the same thing for forty days and forty nights Matt. 4:2.
So if you ever think there a time will come that you will just sit down, fold your arms and things will just happen in your favour, brethren, you are day-dreaming.  Wake up from that slumber and  take day and night as a working time and keep busy sowing your seek.
Action Point:  Resolve to work day and night at whatever you choose to do from now on.
Prayer point:  Lord, according to your word in Deut. 28:12-13, as I work day and night from now, bless all the work of my hands in Jesus name. 

Today’s Energiser

Topic:  TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD, EVERY DISAPPOINTMENT IS A BLESSING

Bible Text:  “And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”  Rom. 8:28

Whenever we were tired of an employer, it was the usual habit of my friend (M.A.C Tombri) and I to change employment.  That was our usual habit and it had always worked for us.   We did until I landed in The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria in 1980 as a Stenographer.  Three and a half years later, I had risen to the position of Personal Assistant to the Executive Director and had foreseen end  of my career as a Secretary.  I needed a change!  I consulted with MAC, as usual and we agreed that advertising, insurance, banking and oil industries were next industries worth exploring. I wasted no time. I prepared my stereo-typed application letters, cyclostyled them, filled in the address sections and signed them.  Next, I  purchased envelopes and postage stamps and sent forth letters to all the organisations in those industries. 

Not long after, their replies began to trickle in.   I was invited by UBA for a test and subsequently, interview.  At the same time I was invited by a company from the oil industry for test and subsequently too, interview.  However, of all these invitations I was most interested in the banking industry because it was fashionable become a banker.  And I had connection there too. I was only attending the oil company’s tests for just to fulfil all righteousness.  I was so unconcerned with it such that the first and second transport  money amounting to N10 was  used to buy a book titled “Management Made Simple” so I can always improve myself and remember the organisation’s gesture for good. It never occurred to me that I was actually preparing myself for higher management responsibilities in that international organisation! To worsen my situation, I knew nobody except God Almighty who could help me out with the rigorous tests.

After concluding the tests/interviews with UBA, I was so much confident that I would be employed   that I never considered any alternative as an option.  Alas I was so devastated when while I was expecting an appointment letter I got a DISappointment letter that said something like “we regret we are unable to employ you at this time”. 

I was devastated physically, spiritually and I lost my balance psychologically too!  Worse still I was just less than 10 days to the end of my resignation notice to leave the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria. I was completely disillusioned but kept on praying to God to please rescue me.  I admitted I did a foolish thing by resigning my appointment (with M.A.N) without first securing a better alternative offer!  Three days to the expiration of my resignation, God pulled a miracle that saved my terrible situation.  Ogilvy Benson and Mather, an advertising company based in Yaba, needed and advertised for a qualified Secretary and I applied.  God singled me out for special favour before the Executive Director Admin (Ms.Tola Olujobi) who handpicked me, not because I was better than the rest 10 contestants!   Three days after I resumed with Ogilvy Benson and Mather, God pulled a greater miracle.  A letter off employment came from the where I had no human but God’s connection.  There I served and retired peacefully after over 25 years of exciting and fruitful working experience!

This is how God works if only we will trust in Him and be hard working.  I do pray today that no matter your situation, your own miracles shall troop in in Jesus name.  Trust in the Lord and work hard.

Prayer point:  Lord, I trust in You to pull your miracles that will transform my life for the better.  Please do so before I am disgraced or mocked by my enemies in Jesus name. 

 






























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CHANGE IS IMMINENT

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Bible Text: “ When the Lord restored his exiles to Jerusalem,*

it was like a dream!  We were filled with laughter, and we sang for joy. And the other nations said, “What amazing things the Lord has done for them.”

Yes, the Lord has done amazing things for us! What joy! Restore our fortunes, Lord, as streams renew the desert. Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.” Psa. 126

At about 11am on 15^th September 2016, after having a light breakfast, I suddenly felt like sleeping. I tried not to abide but I was overpowered.  I  succumbed and laid upon the long seater.  Little did I realise that God wanted to reveal something to me about our dear country Nigeria.  It wasn’t long after I had laid down that I started dreaming.  In the dream, I saw Ex-President Jonathan Goodluck in a standing position looking intently as President Buhari.  The latter was uprooting a very big yam from a big heap.  He dug frantically round the yam but the yam was too big and so deep-routed that it could not be pulled out of the earth. President Buhari continued to dig deeper and deeper pulling the yam at intervals.  (He was conscious not to break the yam). President Jonathan continued to look at him wondering whether he could ever succeed.  At last, after several attempts, President Buhari pulled the yam out of the ground unbroken! 

Then Ex-President Jonathan Goodluck went towards President Buhari, stretched forth his right hand to shake him and congratulated him on the feat the latter had just performed.  There and then I heard in my spirit “This is the change we have been waiting for”.  Brethren, whether we believe it or not, there’s certainly hope for Nigeria.  Nigeria will soon experience a sporadic and miraculous change.  Let’s continue to pray not only for it to happen but that we may all be partakers of the benefits of the change. 

Prayer point:  O Lord, thank you for revealing to us your plan for Nigeria.  Please help our President to be able to bring about the much expected change and let this miracle happen so soon . When it happens let me pertake in its blessings. 
























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The Surest Routes to Good Success.

 Bible Passage:  “Never be lazy in your work, but serve the Lord enthusiastically.

Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful. When God’s children are in need, be the one to help them out."    Rom. 12:11

The journey to good success is a tedious one. One needs to know the proper routes to it.  Yes God has made promises to us in His Word (Deut. 28:2-4) but if we take the promises without following the prescribed routes to attaining them, we shall be chasing the shadows.  The promises don’t just come to pass without one lifting a finger! 

There are many routes that lead to all-round good success.  They are all subsumed under the word “Obedience to God’s sure principles” – the breakdown of which are: Prayers, Hard Work generousity and Patience.  One recurring decimal in whenever God makes promises to us is, “If you fully obey the Lord your God by keeping all the commands I am giving you today…” Deut. 28:1, Josh. 1:8-10, etc.

Many seem to think that when we talk of success, it is limited to being financially buoyant alone.  No, making ample money is just one of them.  God takes care of that in Deut. 28:12 where the Lord said “You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them.” However, to have the money, you must be prepared to work because in the preceding sentence in the same verse, God talked about blessing the work of our hand.  This means, it is a promise that has a condition attached to it.  The condition is, if we must have abundance of money, we must work.   “The Lord will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens to bless all the work you do.” .  Hosea 4:6 says “My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. It is all your fault, you priests, for you yourselves refuse to know me.  

Another condition we must obey is that to succeed, we must know God.  If we don’t know him, then we are undoing ourselves and we are far from true success because He is the granter of it.  How do you know God?  It is simple, we need to study His word diligently day and night “Jos. 1:8-10”, fellowship with Him always, and never forsake the assembly of His brethren.  We need to pay our tithes and offerings and donate generously to the work of God.  In doing these, the cankerworms destroying our lives will be dealt with by God. We need to be prayerful and hard working in our business Rom: 12:11.  We need to be hospitable Gen. 18:1-14.  We need to manifest the prophet in us Jer. 1:5.   In terms of health with is part of the success deal by God, His promise is that we prosper in our body, soul and spirit that is, to enjoy excellent health. But we can’t expect these to happen when we are unforgiving, envious of other people’s success, intolerant of one another, always angry,  (Gal. 5:19-21).  We can’t enjoy excellent health when we are ruled by the spirit of gluttony which is the case with many people. 

It is therefore imperative that for us to truly enjoy good success in all facets of our lives, we need to be obedient to God’s commandments to be hard working, prayerful, generous to one another and be patiently waiting for God’s appointed time for the blessings to materialise.  But what happens in real life is that we don’t follow these principles and we want God to prosper us even inside of our sins. 

Action point:  examine your lifestyle today and see where disobedience to God’s principles for living has been violated and be ready to make amends.

Prayer point:  Lord grant me the grace to be obedient to you in all my ways in Jesus name. 

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I Don’t, Nay, I Do Depend Upon Miracles

What a study in contrast life can be! In my autobiography titled “Better Tomorrow” 2006 edition, (visit www.www.letsharexperirnce.blospot.com) I titled a Chapter of it “I Don’t Depend Upon Miracles’.  This is premised upon the fact that I cherished (and still cherish) hard work as the key to financial and material breakthroughs in life.
From my experiences after 2006, I came to realise that our though hard work has its own consequences, recording an expected breakthrough must have a toga of miracle in it.  No wonder the Bible says in Rom. 12:9 thus, “Not slothful in business, fervent in prayers”.  No matter how hard working one may be, one needs prayers to make all things equal so one can obtain desired results.
From my years of experience as a hard working practising farmer, I have come to realise that farmers are at the mercy of the buyers of their products.  This is because farmers are not allowed to fix the prices and most often the market prices are far below the cost of producing the product.  So though farmers are very hard working people, but their success depends upon miracles from God because they always undersell.  The miracle behind this is that inspite of their sustaining losses, God caters for them in his miraculous ways.  May God attend to your own case speedily in Jesus’ name.
From what I have experienced, I have come to the conclusion that hard working is good but it ALONE does not answer to our hearts’ desires.

Action:  Work hard. Pray hard and Trust in the Lord for your miracles.
Prayer point: Father, don’t let me trust in my hard work but in You to record my miracles in Jesus’ name.


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Good Parents Leave Good Legacies for their Children

Bible Text:  Prov. 22:6.  “Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it.”

Material wealth in terms of real estate properties, assorted vehicles, financial wealth or such intangible properties like education are all good assets that parents ought to leave behind for their children when they leave this world.  However, these legacies  will hardly last after the giver’s exit from this planet.  Therefore, the greatest asset of everlasting value is to teach our children to know their Creator.  When a child fears the Lord, (Prov. 1:7), the child will leave the congregation of fools and the Lord will pour upon him the Holy Spirit who will guide him in all things including his footsteps.
Parents cannot train a child correctly except they themselves are submissive to the Lord.  The greatest way to train a child is to begin to speak the word of God to their lives even from when they are in the womb.  When the child arrives, family altar is indispensable if the child will begin his or her life on a right footing.  Not only this, physical demonstration of our love for Christ should be seen by the child by way of taking the child to the house of the Lord is regularly.  Teaching the child what the Bible says always is another important direction for parents to follow.  Use the word of God to pre-empt the foreseeable errors the child can commit and when an error is actually committed, mirror the child’s error with the word of God so he can see clearly where he has gone wrong and know how to soft-pedal.   We use this approach  a lot in our family to give our children proper bearing in life.  We are never afraid whether our children after, leaving us can join an anti-social group because the Holy Spirit is indwelling in them who will always point the way to them.  We never had the fear that our children could disobey us because they know that we as the parents would not disobey God nor disobey our own parents.  We have no fear that our children will excel wherever they go because we know that God will always give them directions to follow and so on.
A stage will surely come in the child’s life, if thoroughly and correctly guided by the word of God, that he will be weaned spiritually and become directly led by the Holy Spirit.  Whosoever is led by the Holy Spirit cannot make silly mistakes because the Holy Spirit will always guide him.
Fellow parents, let’s commit the ways of our children unto the Lords hands as they are exposed to the temporal things of this world.  Let them have the right teaching from the on-set that it is good to have material, financial and other wealth but that the greatest legacy  we can give them is to know God and follow His precepts.
Prayer point:  Father, help me to prepare my children’s mind towards knowing You in Jesus name.




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Don’t Envy, Instead, Celebrate Your Junior

Today’s Energiser

Bible Text:  “…When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance and made plans to kill him. 19 “Here comes that dreamer!” they exclaimed. 20 “Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into a deep pit. We can tell our father that a wild animal has eaten him. Then we’ll see what becomes of all his dreams!” 21 But Reuben came to Joseph’s rescue. “Let’s not kill him,” he said. 22 “Why should we shed his blood? Let’s just throw him alive into this pit here. That way he will die without our having to touch him.” Reuben was secretly planning to help Joseph escape, and then he would bring him back to his father. 23 So when Joseph arrived, they pulled off his beautiful robe 24 and threw him into the pit. This pit was normally used to store water, but it was empty at the time. 25 Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they noticed a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking spices, balm, and myrrh from Gilead to Egypt. 26 Judah said to the others, “What can we gain by killing our brother? That would just give us a guilty conscience. 27 Let’s sell Joseph to those Ishmaelite traders. Let’s not be responsible for his death; after all, he is our brother!”  Gen. 37:6-27
According to our Bible passage today, everybody (including Joseph’s father)  had wondered whom Joseph would be.  However, his brothers out of envy, went further.  They considered the various available options that would make God’s plan for Joseph life not to come to pass.  Finally, thanks to Reuben and Judah who toned down their levels of envy.  They never wanted Joseph dead but albeit, they never wanted his destiny to be fulfilled.  God will send your own Reuben and Judah to save you from the enemies’ death plan for you in Jesus’ name.
Let us compare this with what happened to this writer years back.  He was living with a friend who hailed from Bayelsa State while he is from Ekiti State himself.  Both of us  were strugglers trying to pass some professional examinations in the Secretarial line.  It turned out to be that when my friend and I sat for examinations together, one (usually my friend) would pass while I would fail.  Instead of being envious, I would order for the soft drinks with which I would celebrate my brother.  That was my regular practice until God started answering my own prayers too and we both succeeded.
When I first had the opportunity of owning a landed property, the first person I invited to buy land beside me was my dear friend. I started my building first but he completed his own building and moved into the house long before me.  I rejoiced with him. A noteworthy episode occurred while we were building our houses.  When he wanted to deck his building, I had in store all the materials I needed to deck mine but could not raise funds for labour and cement.  What is more, I needed money to pay my children’s school fees so badly then.  He told me he wanted to deck his property.  I seized the opportunity to raise my son’s school fees by selling all the materials I had intended to use to him for which he paid and we mutually benefited from another.  I waited for my own appointed time to deck my building which took long to, but it finally came.  Eventually, God helping us, we both completed out buildings.
Brethren, God does not order things according to age.  He does as He pleases (Psa 135:6-12) “ The Lord does whatever pleases him throughout all heaven and earth,
and on the seas and in their depths.”  He can decide that the Junior shall be the leader as in Joseph and David’s cases.  He can choose a stammerer as a leader and appoint his elder brother to be his assistant as He did to Moses and Aaron.  He may decide to make the outlawed child to be the leader of a family as was the case with Jephthah.  Has he not brought back President Buhari  and Governor Fayose of Ekiti State back to the throne when we all had thought it was impossible?  As the Lord lives you will fulfil your destiny of being ‘the head’ and not the tail as recorded in as recorded in Deut. 28:12-13 in Jesus’.  However if you notice that someone junior to you is placed in authority over you, the most honourable path to take is to appreciate God for his life, pray for him to succeed and do practically all you can “to lift his hands up” as Aaron the older brother of Moses did to his junior and he reaped the good rewards.  Accord him or her the honour they deserve. Never envy them because in the first place, you can do nothing to reverse the plan of God for them but you can certainly benefit from them.   If only you will obey this golden rule, God may use that person to rescue you and lift you up at a point in time as God used Joseph, Jephthah and Esther to save Israel.  Don’t allow petty jealousy or envy to undo your destiny.  Celebrate those in authority over you whether they are junior to you in age or not.  God bless you in Jesus name.

Prayer Point:  Father, grate me the grace never to be jealous of whomsoever you have placed in authority over me. As I do O Lord, remember me too for upliftment at my own appointed time in Jesus’ name.



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wean Yourself or Be Weaned

“And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. Gen: 21:8
Like a baby, suck your mother’s milk while it flows for a time will come that it will dry up!
There are two periods in every person’s life – the time of dependence and the time of independence.  At the onset, every child depends upon his mother’s milk to live.  It is so sweet to taste and it is a period of bonding between the mother and the child. However, a time comes in that child’s life that he will breast milk will no longer be sufficient for him if he must grow well.  Then parents will begin to feed him with light foods. Later on he graduates to solid foods.  Finally the child must be weaned.
The time of weaning a child is not always and easy time both for the baby and the mother as the baby will want to continue to take the milk even after eating solid food.   Yet it is a task that must be accomplished by both parties if the baby must become independent and for the mother to enjoy a rest.
So it is in practically all facets of our lives.  Weaning a child from breast milk is just a preliminary stage of a child gaining independence.  That child still continues to depend upon his parents for total upbringing – he receives formal and informal education.  When a child is introduced to a formal schooling he will at first resist.  The parents will insist he must go.  Finally he is weaned from the home to see the outside world otherwise he will become a nuisance.  So the formal school takes care of formal education while the home front becomes the centre for informal learning.  At home he receives informal training through direct teaching and through observation of what the parents and neighbours do.  A child is taught on various subjects like how to respect elders, to be hard working, to avoid dangers, etc.
By the time the child is above twenty, or completes his formal education in formal settings he graduates again to the outer world where he must combine his hands with his knowledge to cater for himself.  This time he’s totally weaned from his parents to fend for himself.
In the spiritual life, there’s a time to be preached to and be taken proper care of by the spiritual father.  However, by the time a convert becomes a worker, a minister and probably a Pastor, he must be so independent of his Pastor such that other new converts now depend upon him.  These are the cycles of life. We should not expect to be dependent upon other people all through our lives.  In the spiritual, we should so dedicate our lives to God through constant study of His word (Jos. 1:8, Hosea 4:7) that we too become prophets unto nations (Jer. 1:5).  In the secular, we must wean ourselves from depending upon other people to continue to feed us.  We must provide for ourselves and our own families. Many adults don’t realise this on time and their lives become miserable.  Don’t be among those who must depend totally upon others.  If you don’t wean yourself and become independent, remember, the people you are depending upon will wean you because you will surely become an illness that must be removed by drugs or if stubborn, ‘surgically’.  Don’t wait for such a time for they must surely come.
Prayer point:  Father, long before I am forcefully or surgically weaned by my benefactors, help me to know when to wean myself from depending upon others.  Take me to the next level where I am so blessed that I become a blessing to others in Jesus name.

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Life Doesn't Smile At Anybody

Bible Text:  “In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a man from Bethlehem in Judah left the country because of a severe famine. He took his wife and two sons and went to live in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. During their stay in Moab, 3 Elimelech died and Naomi was left with her two sons. 4 The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her husband or sons. Ruth 1:1-11

Whether you are a Jew or a Gentile, life treats everybody exactly the same way. It does not smile at one and frown at the other.  From Naomi’s biography one can see that her lot was truly bitter.  She lost Elimelech her husband.  She lost her two sons – and none of them had issues that she can console herself with! Now, she decided to let go her daughters-in-law by herself so she could go back home empty!  She considered her life ended.  She said, verse 20-21 of that chapter, “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Instead, call me Mara,* for the Almighty has made life very bitter for me. 21 I went away full, but the Lord has brought me home empty.”  And she’s a bona fide, full-blooded Israelite!
When Job got to the peak of his suffering, the only thing left for him was to trust in the Lord.  He said “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth”.
But finally both Naomi and Job overcame their challenges.  I decree upon you that those challenges inside of which you are swimming  right now will soon become history in Jesus’ name.  When the Israelites eventually  exited the Red Sea inside which the King Pharaoh, his chariots and charioteers and all his warriors perished, there was a song of victory.  I decree that sooner that you ever thought it would be, you will not only compose but sing a song of victory in Jesus’ name.
The difference between the believer and the unbeliever is that the believer rejoices in adversity as he believes it  is only a passing phase but the unbeliever ends it all by himself – may commit suicide, may steal if he’s hungry, may kill others at the slightest provocation – he acts on impulse and in a detrimental way.  I have passed through many challenges in life.  Even though the pangs of pains are pepperish to feel,  even though some times, I asked God questions as Naomi did, I have always tried to remember God inside of them.  When I come . ways rejoiced inside my pains because I knew that I shall (and I have always overcome) them all and come out better.  So when adversities surround you, trust in the Lord to deliver you from the valleys.
Prayer Point:  O Lord, whenever I am overwhelmed by troubles, grant me the grace to always remember that you will deliver me out of them all in Jesus’s name.

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When All Roads Are Blocked

Today’s Energiser
Topic:  When All Roads Are Blocked
Bible Text:   As Pharaoh and his army approached, the people of Israel could see them in the distance, marching toward them. The people began to panic, and they cried out to the Lord for help. ….13 But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand where you are and watch the Lord rescue you. The Egyptians that you see today will never be seen again. 14 The Lord himself will fight for you. You won’t have to lift a finger in your defense 15 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the people to get moving! 16 Use your shepherd’s staff—hold it out over the water, and a path will open up before you through the sea. Then all the people of Israel will walk through on dry ground. Exod. 14: 10-15
A child that is experiencing retarded growth is experienciGng his own road block. A student who has difficulty passing his examinations is experiencing a road block.  A wife who is experiencing cruelty from her husband is experiencing a road block.  A graduate who has no opportunity to pursue a career of his choice is experiencing a road block.  A Pastor whose ministers become rebels is tasting his own road block.  A man who marries a nagging wife is facing a road block.  So at every stage in our lives, we are bound to experience road blocks.  We need to pray to overcome them but more often we need to take specific action to overcome them.
When the Israelites faced the Red Sea, they decided to cry to God (prayers), they complained (rebelled) against Moses but the two methods never worked.  God reacted by saying to them “why are you crying to me” when you can take an action.  God then gave directives on what to do that would free them from the Egyptian enemies.  And the moment Moses did this, they found solution. As the Lord lives, you might have prayed or complained, today God will tell you what to do to overcome your road blocks in Jesus name.
But you must take action specific action. The great Neurosurgeon, Dr. Ben Carson once had two road blocks in his life.  He was practically blind but not until the school was moved by the spirit to test the eyes of all their students, he never had solution. Somebody somewhere will be moved to give you solution today in Jesus name.  He was always scoring zero in his early school days but later he overcame this when his mother decided to wean him from the Television and redirect his focus to his books; he obeyed and read his books dedicatedly, he and overcame his failure. He became the best.  As the Lord lives,  you  your weaknessshall turn to strength in Jesus’ name.

Instead of praying amiss or complaining persistently to those who cannot bail you out, why not think of what you can do practically to solve your problems.  May God give you revelations in Jesus name.
Prayer point:  Deut. 29:29 says “secret things belong onto the Lord, the ones that are revealed to us belong to us…”.  Ask God to reveal the secret of your destiny to you today.

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Universal Brotherhood

Today’s Energiser
Topic:   Universal Brotherhood

Bible Text:   Then God said, “Let us make people in our image, to be like ourselves. They will be masters over all life—the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the livestock, wild animals,* and small animals.”So God created people in his own image; God patterned them after himself; male and female he created them.  Gen. 1:26-27 (NLT)


From the foundation of human existence as recorded in Gen. 1:26-27 quoted above, all human beings are one.  God created “people”.  So the nexus that binds us together as one family is the  “people”principle.  So long as you are a human being, you are a “people”.  There was no religion attached to “people”.  We are first a people before veering into our various religions which  in themselves, emerged as a result of disobedience of our father, Abraham, who as a human being, reasoning logically thought that all hope of getting a  promised Isaac was lost, agreed with his wife produce a child for them through Hagar – a child that God Almighty did not discriminate against Himself!
And the story of discrimination had begun from there and till date it continues leading to shedding blood.
If only people will see themselves as a people, there will be universal bond of brotherhood amongst us all and peace would have reigned.  If people will realise that the next door neighbour is my brother or sister, whose keeper I must be (irrespective of his religious perspective), there will be no blood shed.  If people (of all religions and even the free thinkers) will see themselves as the one that they are from the perspective of their origin and as children from the same parents, they will allow peace to reign.  Any form of discrimination is Satan’s device to actualise his purpose in human life: to kill, to steal and to destry. (John 10:10)
Yes, I am a Christian and a Pastor for that matter.  This does not exempt me from being a “people” with my brothers and sisters who may have chosen, religiously, to be what they understand to be the right path (life is a matter of choice – Deut. 30:19). They remain my brothers and sisters because we come from the same source.  Their choices of religion: Christianity, Islam, etc (or even preferring to be an animist), should not prevent me from extending a hand of fellowship to them.  It does not prevent me from being generous towards them.  After all did my Bible not tell me that I should love God and love my neighbours as myself? Any moment I deviate from this golden rule, I have forsaken God – this is the truth whether I admit it or not. And many Christians, Muslims, free thinkers have chosen to forsake God because they are discriminating.  The greatest I can do to my brother or sister out there is to invite him to accept the Lord Jesus Christ as his Lord and personal Saviour.  I am still expressing love to him or her.  But the choice is his or hers to do so or not to do so.  That they don’t become Christians by my admonition should not form the basis where I will not want to see him fulfilling his own destiny in this planet.  Religion, honestly, is all about making heaven and making heaven or not is a choice one must make him or herself.
Brethren, there will be great surprises in Heaven oh.  But let us all remember, we are a “people” before we chose our religions. There is a universal brotherhood that joins us together.  Don’t let us break it.  God bless you.

Prayer point:  Father,  open my eyes to behold the truth to see everyone as my family and treat them as such IJN.





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The Dangers of a Danger?

Today’s Daily Energiser
Topic:    The Dangers of a  Danger?
Bible Text:   A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.  Prov. 22:3


It is not difficult for us to identify dangers.  Not at all.  We all know that such luxuries such as alcohol, prostitution, (Hosea 4:11) adultery (Prov. 6:23), all endanger our lives.  We all know that even though stolen bread is sweet,  dangers are attached to it.  We know that engaging in robbery is a very dangerous venture because one the culprit ewill not always be lucky.   We all know that moving too close to a moving vehicle, no matter how slow the speed may can terminate our lives suddenly.  Staging a coup against constituted authority,  we know,  is a deadly game.  Plotting against your leader is very dangerous for your own progress in life.  It is like toying with a dynamite. A Nigerian Head of State, Late General Abacha once said “a mere perception of a coup” is as dangerous as when it is executed!
In every venture we undertake, there are dangers that must be recognised and appropriately addressed.  The dangers of a danger that if not properly nipped in the bud is that it can completely ruin a vision.  A good example:  we farmers use chemicals a lot and the manufacturers of these chemicals expressly warn us about the dangers of ‘the dangers’ in our hands.

Pesticides,  we know,  are very toxic and must not only be stored away from children (and adults alike) but adults using them must also protect themselves when they are being used. In our family we are very conscious of this fact and we act to the letter to make sure no calamity occur.  But a day came that there was a slip in our safety process. The result?  We lost some investments as a result of this error. That’s the reality of the dangers of a danger. May God continue to protect us iJn. What happened?  Soldier ants evaded our poultry pen.  We applied appropriate pesticides to destroy them.
However in the process of doing this, we inadvertently left the remainder of the pesticide in our corridor because everything was hurriedly done.  While doing other tackling the ants, a junior member of our family went past where the chemical was kept hitting it unconsciously with his leg or so and the chemical bottle fell from its upright  position and spilled on the floor where, unfortunately, the leftover of our pets feed was neatly kept in a polybag.  One way or the other, the food was soaked by the chemical and later dried up.  Unknown to us, we picked up this ‘dry’ food and fed them with it as their supper.  The following morning, they were all stone dead! Who is to blame?  In our family and business,  we are a Team.  This is a domestic accident, nothing more. Therefore we don’t look for who to blame. Instead, we look for lessons to learn to prevent recurrence of dangers.
What we learnt from this is that chemicals of whatever nature are dangerous so they must be kept away from wherever anybody can access it easily.  Foodstuffs meant for humans and animals must never be within an accessible range of space to chemicals and must be so properly stored such that even when it slips it must not spill – all opened chemicals must be covered with a polythene and properly screwed to prevent it from spilling even if it slips.
 Above all, we learn better the lesson that there are dangers in a danger.  Chemicals are dangers.  Their effects are dangers.  So we must manage two dangers simultaneously.
Prayer Point:  Father, in all my ventures in life, help me to recognise the dangers of dangers and to successfully manage them so that my destiny be not abruptly terminated in Jesus name.

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Do Devotionals Replace the Bible?

Today’s Daily Energiser
 
Bible Text:  “Study this Book of the Law continually. Meditate on it day and night so you may be sure to obey all that is written in it. Only then will you succeed.”

I started with “Our Daily Bread” as far as the ‘70k.  I later added stuffs like  “Open Heavens”,  “Daily Manner”, “Rhapsody of Reality”, “Everyday With Jesus”, plus the recent addition of my “Daily Energiser” at www.dailyenergiser.blogspot.com, Facebook,  Twitter, etc. I have found that Daily Devotionals are very useful tools.  They address specific issues related to our daily living.  I particularly remembered one of “Our Daily Bread” messages that helped me overcome the monster called unforgiveness sometimes ago.  There was this colleague of mine who once seriously embarrassed me so much that I vowed that I would never forgive her.  To actualise my confession, I lodged a formal report to the appropriate authorities for purposes of bringing her to book.  She happened to be the wife (I never knew till then) of one of my very close friends within the organisation. Coming to this realisation during the course of investigating her, honestly did not matter to me because I was very sure I was in the right and bent on revenging. I completely was ignorant of the fact that “vengeance is the Lord’s”.
A panel was set up to dispose of the matter. Having noticed that the outcome of the exercise would surely make her lose her job, some members of the panel appealed to me to forgive her and withdraw the case. I blended stubbornness with humility by politely maintaining my rigid stand not to forgive her, no matter what the outcome would be.   The matter had got to the peak and decision about to be taken.
Then one morning before their decision, I read the topic “To Err is man, To Forgive is Divine”.  The body of the message addressed all the reasons why I must forgive – indeed it was directly addressed to me.  It was then I became conscious that if I failed to forgive my erring sister, I would surely grieve the Holy Spirit.  And on getting to the office same day, I picked up my phone called up the chairman of the panel and told him I was withdrawing the case because I had forgiven her.  Without the “Our Daily Bread” which I read that morning, I would have made a silly mistake as a Christian.  This is how useful devotionals can be but are they self-sufficient for our numerous spiritual daily guidance needs?  Certainly no.  We ought to read more.  The primary source of divine inspiration and motivation is the Holy Bible and if we must succeed in life we must be garner adequate knowledge  (Hosea 4:6) that will lead to understanding and ultimately to wisdom that will make us do the right thing wherever we find ourselves – especially during temptations to sin.  Bible itself makes it clear in Josh.1:8-10 that we must devote our time to study it “day and night” if we are to record good success.
No matter how useful devotionals or other spiritual literatures for that matter may be, they never and will never replace the Bible. Those who wrote them have drawn deep knowledge from the Bible itself so, read your Bible daily to get deeper revelations (Deut.29:29) that can propel you to write devotionals for others just as I do now. It will also enable you to verify what devotional writers are saying from the source of their fountain – the Holy Bible.

Prayer Point: LORD, grant my heart the desire to want to know you more through the reading of your unchangeable manual of life – the Holy Bible - in Jesus’ name.

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