Be careful the success of yesterday does not guarantee your success today. DAVID saw Bathsheba
that night, but it is what he did not see that shipwrecked him. HE did not see that his sin would cause
four of his children to die and most times that is always the problem, if you are looking at things you
ought not to look at you are not seeing the whole picture. When we toy with sin, we do not see the
full picture and it is always what we do not see that drowns us. The fire of sex is meant for the
fireplace of marriage, once it leaves there, somebody's gonna get hurt. BOTTOM LINE. Let he
that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12.
Every time you want to do something, think about it, look into the future, do not allow
emotions becloud your judgement. Some people begin to work on the corridors of sin and think that
they have immunity against temptation or that they can never fall. there is no such thing as that, if you begin
to entertain thoughts of sin, there are tendencies that you will fall. If you begin to enjoy the aroma of
sin, there is no way you wouldn't long for sin soon now or later.
the bible encourages us to flee every appearance of evil, we are encouraged to resist the devil, if there
were no chances of falling, the bible wouldn't admonish us.
if you are supposed to be at war, go for war, If you are to be at work, do your work. Do not lust after
a beautiful woman when you should be at war. it is deadly and can last you in unwanted zones.
You think you are standing, my friend take heed.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Sunday, 27 October 2013
HELLO
Dear Friends,
How is it going? Hope all is going well? It might not even be going well, but I just hope that in the midst of it all you still find a reason to be happy and thankful for the things that are still in place.
Please keep standing even when life gets you down and your hopes and dreams are nowhere to be found, just know that you are too close to give up, because your breakthrough is right infront of you. So in the midst of this unexplainable time when you feel like you are going under, please stand because nothing is strong enough to bring you down.
I am in that phase myself and I choose to stand.
Be strong dear friends.
Yous Sincerely,
Adebisi.
How is it going? Hope all is going well? It might not even be going well, but I just hope that in the midst of it all you still find a reason to be happy and thankful for the things that are still in place.
Please keep standing even when life gets you down and your hopes and dreams are nowhere to be found, just know that you are too close to give up, because your breakthrough is right infront of you. So in the midst of this unexplainable time when you feel like you are going under, please stand because nothing is strong enough to bring you down.
I am in that phase myself and I choose to stand.
Be strong dear friends.
Yous Sincerely,
Adebisi.
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Monday, 14 October 2013
HEAR THE SONG BEFORE THE MUSIC ENDS.
Dear friends, at the end of
life, we will be asked how we lived our lives and the essence of it.
The truth is no one knows
when that life will end, so don't wait till it ends before u start making sense
out of it, begin now to ponder on why you are here and
what you will tell God the giver of your life when he asks for it, would you
have made it better, would you have made it worse or would you have destroyed
it completely.
Imagine if you were going
to die soon and had only one call to make, who would you call? What would u
say? If you had one more thing to do, if you had one more life to change, if you
had one more choice to make, if you had one more chance to be a good person,
what would it be, what would you do and why are u still waiting, go on and do
it, do things you want to before there is no time again, do not waste the
present by waiting for the future to come, live life and take each moment as if
it were the last. Hear the song before the music ends. A pleasant afternoon to
you.
Friday, 11 October 2013
IT IS NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS, IT IS A LIFE.
This morning I looked through my Facebook page and as I scrolled through, I saw adverts, I
saw prayers, jokes and even news. But then I got to a post and I just got stuck
there, my mouth was opened and I couldn’t close it, I tried to understand what I
had just read but I couldn’t, I tried to explain it, I tried to put myself in
the family’s shoes, I tried to do a lot of things all at once but I just couldn’t.
I was blank, I didn’t know the person but I could feel the grief of the family,
I could imagine the pain of the family. As I took another look at the post, I felt
bad. This was the post:
We lost a dear friend to
accident yesterday; he was coming back from his NYSC POP, had an accident and
died. RIP Henry, u'll always b in our hearts.
I know that people die every
day; I know that people have accidents and die, I know that people leave their
homes and never come back, I know that the news of death floods the media all
the time. I am aware. I have seen people read about death, accident and make
remarks like, ‘it happens’, ‘oh it’s one of those things’, ‘that one isn’t
tragic enough, did you hear of…’
It looks like tragedy has
become a middle name and somehow we become unmoved by the happenings around us.
I am not saying we should linger on evil happenings or hold on to the past but
what are we doing about them. Do we pray to God about these things? Do we check
our cars properly before leaving the house? Do we go for regular servicing? Do
we avoid over speeding? Do we go for regular health checkups? Do we visit the
doctors when we feel sick? Do we help people who are at the point of death in
the little way we can? Do we look out for other people when we notice strange
things? The list is endless. These things happen and we still ask what can I do?
There is so much to be done. A lot of accidents can be averted; there are some
sicknesses that wouldn’t have led to death if they were detected early enough.
The fact that tragedy has
become a contact thing does not make it good, it does not make it right. There is
a lot that we can do.
God forbid but if it were
our close relative that died would it just be one of those things for us, if it
were our blood, would it just be one of those things, if it were our partners
would it just be one of those things. No it wouldn’t, we would not find it
funny, we would not laugh at the thought, and we would not even want to hear
it. We would do what we have to do, if it is cry, mourn, pray, keep silent,
whatever works we will do.
I can
imagine Henry’s Mother waiting excitedly at the door of her house for her son
who was on his way back from youth service. She must have made his favourite
meal, she must have spread the news to her neighbours, only for that joy to be short
lived, she heard the good news but she couldn’t feel it, she couldn’t see it,
she just heard it.
She must
have been paralysed with grieve. Many thoughts running through her head, I cannot
begin to imagine the grief.
The truth is
a lot of people will still die, tragedy will happen but there are some that can
be averted. We have heard of people who prayed and stopped death, we have heard
of people who took the right medication and escaped death, we have heard of
people who put their cars in good condition and escaped death through the help
of God.
We do not
want untimely death. We all have a plan, purpose and destiny to fulfil; death
should not cut it off. I know that people will still die, I know that we will still
hear of stories of death but when we hear about it, the least we can do is observe
a minute silence for these people and say a prayer for the family, whatever
comes to our mind to do but make sure it is something you would want people to
do when they hear that you are gone (definitely not now, God will spare us to
fulfil our purpose and destiny)
No matter
how much of hurt and pain we experience, we must never make it a part of us, we
must not see them as normal. Pain, tragedy and tears are not normal and by the
power of God there are some that can be averted.
Pain is not
normal, joy is. Please mourn with those who mourn, rejoice with those who
rejoice, no one knows tomorrow.
I pray that
in the remaining part of this year you will not just hear joy, you will
experience it, feel it and see it in Jesus name.
Rest in peace Henry, May the Lord comfort your family and loved ones.
Rest in peace Henry, May the Lord comfort your family and loved ones.
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
ENIYAN
Omo eniyan, ye se owo re wo o,
Eniyan, Eniyan ranti a ti sun re.
Everyman must consider the work of his hands because
everything in life is fleeting. A lot of us live our lives without stopping to
think about God, life and death, we go on like there is no end, we have become too obsessed with wealth and material
possessions, we have become obsessed with beauty and physical gains, we forget
that all of earthly comforts are fleeting.
We do not stop to
ask the essence of life, we do not stop to ask where we would spend eternity,
we do not stop to ask where life will lead us, we do not stop to ask about our
maker, we do not stop to think. We are blinded by our own selfish desires, we
are consumed in our own greed and over ambitiousness, we have forsaken the
words of the preacher, we have forgotten that it is better to listen to the
words of a wise man than to pay attention to the songs of a fool.
We have forgotten
that there is a time for everything, to all things there is a season, a time
and a reason. A time to be born a time to die, a time to tear apart, a time to
sow, a time to gather and a time to scatter, a time to embrace and a time to
refrain, a time speak and a time to shut up. For all things there is a time and
a reason.
We go on as though
life would go on forever, we forget that to all things there is a season, we
forget that life will end one day as though it never was. IF YOU DOUBT THIS,
ASK THE DEAD MAN. Vanity upon Vanity, ki la mu waye, ki la o mu lo, ofo laye ja
mo. We have come to the world with nothing and we would return with nothing. Friends,
families, wealth, all of these will end once life is over.
We live just once,
if we live it well, this once will be just enough. God has given us life and it is our duties to live
our life for him. We must live our lives in total submission to God.
Our wealth, beauty,
friends, possessions should not take us away from God, these things will not go
with us into the grave and that is why we must examine ourselves. It is not
about what we possess or what we have, it is about what we do, our actions
towards man and God. We must remember that we will all be judged, we will stand
before our maker someday and give an account.
Those who have died
cannot make any remedy, all they have now are the things they did while they
were on earth but for those of us that are still living, we must take this
opportunity, we must take this chance to do that which is right and pleasing to
our maker.
Remember that we
will all die someday, we will leave the face of the earth with nothing, and
whatever we have will be gone. Take this day to do what it is that you plan on
doing tomorrow because you may never have the chance, take this day to do what
it is that might be a regret tomorrow. There is no time, many have died and
many will still die.
Life is not hard,
submit to the maker, enjoy life, do what is right, be content whatever your lot,
make changes where necessary and please you maker.
Vanity upon Vanity
says the teacher, all is vanity. Our beauty, wealth, possessions, all that we
have will be gone, all gone.
Softly softly my
brother, my sister, what do you have that you have not received, remember your
maker.
A warning for
everyman, return to your maker.
Saturday, 5 October 2013
HATRED'S BLINDNESS
Hatred is
deep, hatred is strong, hatred is bitter, hatred is a killer. If there is a
word I try so hard not to use, it is hatred, it is a word too strong. It is a
life threatening disease and requires immediate attention.
There are
many people who are blind; some are blinded by love, some by wealth, some by
power and some by hatred. I would like to talk about those who are blinded by
hatred. These are the category of people who do not want to love. They do not
see anything as good; all that they see is error. They hate because they want
to hate, they hate because they feel they should, they hate because they feel it’s
their right to, they hate because they cannot have their way, they hate because
they are busy making assumptions, they hate because they are overthinking for
people, they hate because they feel like, they just hate.
Hatred is deep;
it is a terrible, dangerous and burdensome thing. Hatred is a killer, it kills
and damages the inner mind, and it makes you blind to its effect. The thing
about hatred is that it does not only affect others, it kills the hater.
Who is the
hater? The hater is that fellow who tries all he can to frustrate others, the
hater is that fellow who never wants to make peace, all he does is try to fuel
anger and wrath, the hater is that fellow who finds it impossible to love, the
hater is that fellow who constantly tries to put others down, the hater is that
fellow that hurts others, he does not care how much he’s hurting people, he
just keeps on hurting.
You cannot
afford to breed hate inside of you. Hate is too deep, it’s too hard, it’s too
consuming. Hate envelops a man and keeps him in darkness, hate has no good
friends, hate makes you blind to opportunities, hate makes you blind to the
truth, hates makes you lose people who love you, hate drives away fortunes and
leaves you in bitterness.
If you
cannot stay happy with people, if you cannot stay happy for people, if you are
not willing love people and forgive every hurt, if you love to take revenge and
be even with people. You just might need to change. There is no such thing as
that’s how I am, I cannot change, no such thing, because you can. It is hatred
that has changed your perspective and brought in negativity. You need to begin
to see things in a different light.
Hatred is
bad and bitter and that’s why if there is hatred in one’s life, such a person
will never be able to accept the love of another because all he sees is hate
and the language he speaks to the world is hate.
Do not go
along with hatreds blindness, open your eyes, see the good in everyone, don’t
just hate, even when there are reasons to hate, please don’t hate. Find a
reason to love, find a reason to help, find a reason to be kind and most
importantly find a reason to make others happy.
If you are
hatred blind, you need a surgery, the earlier the better because it is a life
threatening disease.
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