tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58540438070999773962024-03-13T22:54:18.075+03:00 The Activated Christian Learning to Sit, Walk and Stand in Christ
ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-64150921245537087422017-10-25T13:04:00.000+03:002017-10-25T13:07:33.050+03:00 A tip that helps you develop consistency in Prayer-Starting a prayer habit with the Lord's Prayer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ4LrAmas-Vn5c9z_tI4PrfOs1lSUBpP17gHrY5FlPuwglEWRfZ9jdPbyDbx3WDaNNGqC5r4coRDVOu5FX9dQwdxGgnqL75OyR_2bEd8pajNjyWMklSZi8Q4FwATqbfbYu5iWFQdr4AlW/s1600/Lord%2527s_Prayer_and_a_crucifix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1024" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZ4LrAmas-Vn5c9z_tI4PrfOs1lSUBpP17gHrY5FlPuwglEWRfZ9jdPbyDbx3WDaNNGqC5r4coRDVOu5FX9dQwdxGgnqL75OyR_2bEd8pajNjyWMklSZi8Q4FwATqbfbYu5iWFQdr4AlW/s320/Lord%2527s_Prayer_and_a_crucifix.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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Small things done consistently can lead to huge successes:- </h4>
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A prescription I give to young people about prayer. </h3>
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<li>Say the Lord's Prayer before you get into bed every evening.</li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span>ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-56826066178390982022017-10-18T23:06:00.001+03:002017-10-18T23:06:24.788+03:00Are you afraid? Pray this prayer.<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We all have a place we live from.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It sometimes depends on how you were raised but when Christ comes into our lives we get a second chance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Before I became a believer, I had been raised to be afraid. I was afraid of everything, I lived in a state of foreboding and doom. The kind of fear that held me in a grip so formidable that nothing existed in my heart but fear.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">I learnt the importance of prayer because I was afraid of losing my relationship with God.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"> I participated rather seriously in church activities because I was afraid that I wasn't doing enough to please God and therefore would miss heaven.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">I was afraid of sin yet I<span style="font-family: inherit;"> couldn't stop sinning... a voice of close relative playing continuously in my head.. "you will not be saved, you are a hypocrite.. your sins are too many and deliberate, God cannot forgive deliberate sin." I was afraid and I lived under the shadow of condemnation.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I was afraid of being abused yet I ended up in an abusive relationship</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Then someone gave me a book whose title I can't recall. In that book was a quote I remember to this day. "There are 365 do not be afraid verses in the Bible, one for each day of the year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I read the book and asked God to rid me of fear, all fear. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I don't know what God did but that gripping fear and all its shadows were gone. Now in my private worship time, I thank God because he has filled me with a <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+1%3A7&version=NKJV" target="_blank">Spirit of love, sound mind and power.</a> I thank Him for filling me with a <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8+%3A15-16&version=NKJV" target="_blank">Spirit of adoption...</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Friend, are you afraid? just ask God to set you free from fear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Lord, I'm filled with fear, I surrender this fear to you. I ask you to fill me with a Spirit of love, sound mind and power. Father, help me comprehend what it means to be your child.</span></h4>
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-80742948671191187202017-10-15T15:02:00.000+03:002017-10-15T15:02:29.742+03:00Understand these 3 attributes of God and gain confidence in prayer.<br />
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<br />ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-29981241550575380902017-09-27T23:10:00.000+03:002017-09-27T23:29:42.494+03:00Do you shout when you pray? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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omniscient and omnipresent and we are bound to worship Him when we
grasp the wonders of His majesty. But Adonai
goes a step further; he transforms our worship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He gives His son
Jesus Christ to die on the cross for us, stating that whosoever believes in Him
(Jesus), receives power to become a son of God. He gives us an opportunity to drop rituals and
traditions and talk to Him as we would talk to our friends and family.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">All we need to do,
according to God is simply present ourselves before him and by using the name
of Jesus, pray.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">He does not specify where and when to do this or even
how we should be dressed during prayer; He encourages us to go to Him as we
are. And despising the rituals and repetitions of the religious, Jesus insists on
simple prayers; hereby setting us free to pray in whatever way we choose.</span></li>
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-25732477572733219132017-09-05T17:21:00.001+03:002017-09-05T17:21:33.306+03:00The devils' favorite lie -How to pray-out hate and bitterness from our lives<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZItJNCdQUdvh_yp5FtTtxs3F5ZDi5RpYDWJ7yBQyfM9qt1F5LOWQ2w9l8DJTCoCEyHL9246644OQOCSklzTa7Uqs-kAtpTYrroxxV02xJ_56w9aByGAgzHxEs1OlYH88lotnZhNkqTK-6/s1600/The-devil-knows-every.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="650" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZItJNCdQUdvh_yp5FtTtxs3F5ZDi5RpYDWJ7yBQyfM9qt1F5LOWQ2w9l8DJTCoCEyHL9246644OQOCSklzTa7Uqs-kAtpTYrroxxV02xJ_56w9aByGAgzHxEs1OlYH88lotnZhNkqTK-6/s320/The-devil-knows-every.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the misconceptions we have as Christians, and one of the devils most perpetuated lie, is the lie that a mortal man can be our enemy.Je</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">sus mentioned enemies in his sermons a lot; He acknowledged the
idea of enmity and instructed us what to do with our enemy; love them and do good to them.</span><br />
The bible points out the force behind enmity and persecution; the devil.<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+6%3A12&version=KJV;NIV" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Ephesians 6:12</a><br />
Most
of the time, the people we think are our enemies are<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">not, they are pawns used by our real enemy (the devil) to make us
trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Look
discerningly at a person who seems out to get you and you will notice one
thing, he is using what is inside you to rile you.( he is playing you
against you)</i></span><span style="clear: left; display: inline; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span><i style="font-family: inherit;">e
will use our fears and insecurities if he is bullying us, our negative truths
to mock us, our sexuality to control us and so on and so forth.</i><br />
Jesus
refers to these emotions when he rebukes the Pharisees and the Sadducees about
the ritual of washing before eating; what a man eats, enters his body and comes
out as waste, but what man stores in his heart makes him unclean, He says.(<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2015:17-20" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Matthew 15:17-20</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
devil knows the every place of negativity, pain, grief, anger in us. It’s these
emotions within us that he manipulates in order to create enmity with our
fellow men.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">. He will swoop in and try to manipulate perceptions
about the other person, to this other one. His aim is to create a gap which he
will proceed to fill with his own plot thus widen it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Misinformation
and miscommunication helps the devil along, and before we know it, we are in a
place where our biggest preoccupation is the person we hate, or despise.<br />If
we are not careful to repent, God will let us be totally deceived which will
lead us to death.</span><br />
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<li>All
of us have people we dislike; even slight dislike counts.</li>
<li>Mention
these dislikes and write them down before God.</li>
<li>What irritates you about them ? </li>
<li>What do you feel when you think about them?</li>
<li>Name
these emotions. (If you can’t name an emotion, describe it.)</li>
<li>What
did they do to you to make you feel the way you do about them?</li>
<li>Leave un-dealt -with emotions at
the throne-room.( Surrender the emotion to God)</li>
<li>Ask
for forgiveness from God and ask Him to renew a right spirit within you</li>
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Kindly
note: if you are really in a bad place ask God to hide you from the enemy as He
(God) heals you.<br />
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<b><i>You are work in progress, work with God</i></b></div>
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<b><i> until you
are healed, He won’t give upon</i></b></div>
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<b><i> you so don’t give up on Hi</i></b>m.</div>
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-76607747034238143162017-07-11T21:58:00.000+03:002017-07-26T14:29:42.366+03:00Understanding temptation<div style="margin: 0in;">
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<span style="color: #4c1130;">Every temptation is 3 dimensional. </span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Temptation
assaults the eye, the flesh and your showy nature.</span><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is designed to be alluring enough to draw you away from focusing on the things of God and to draw you to sin.</span></div>
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Cake lovers who see you with the packed cake admire you and wish they were you. That will make you feel good about yourself…</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you practically worship the ground they walk on, you are buying the cake... you want their approval, don't you?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that little black dress (later this year at Christmas dinner) or instant
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-44616407148752367362014-05-12T18:08:00.000+03:002017-07-27T20:55:57.968+03:00 4 things I had to learn about Contentment<br />
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<li><b><i><span style="font-style: normal;"> Contentment is a choice I had to make-</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">(a state of the inner being). I could be rich like crazy or so poor, am begging for meals but God wants me to be filled with peace no matter what. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">This peace can only come from believing that God will never leave me nor forsake me.</span></i></b></li>
<li><b><i>This world is not my home</i></b>- I am a sojourner<i>.(No matter how much we have accumulated, we will leave it all behind someday)1 Timothy 6:6.</i>Only investments that are based on eternity will remain, they are the only things we can present to God on that day of Jesus Christ.</li>
<li><i><b>That more is not always satisfying</b></i>-<i>Money and possessions could and sometimes divert my heart away from God by giving me a false sense of security</i> so that instead of trusting in God, I could end up trusting in my ability, money and possessions.</li>
<li><b><i>That my focus should not be on what I want but what I need at a particular moment</i></b> -God's emphasis is the simple fact that He has promised never to leave me or forsake me. </li>
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1. Gratitude fills my life with a sense of well- being-
I used to be those kinds of people who saw the glass as half empty all
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3.I don't complain anymore - Thankfulness cannot dwell in the same heart with complaining.
The more grateful I am, the less I complain. It’s not that I don't
undergo stuff, it’s easier to trust God to see me through (no matter how bad it
looks) and trusting God fills me with peace<o:p></o:p></div>
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4. Appreciation puts things into perspective-Sometime last
year, I realized how many women are looking for a kid (of whatever sex) and
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5. Thankfulness fills my heart with contentment- the day a
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6. Thankfulness fills my heart with joy and
worship-God has given me stuff I can quantify and stuff I can't quantify.
Things like forgiveness, son-ship, grace and mercy make me stand in awe of God(
the creator of the ends of the earth stepped down from majesty into a womb to
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-68508411963533804722014-03-31T15:40:00.001+03:002014-03-31T15:40:22.093+03:006 HABITS TO ACQUIRE IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-74543446783661926272014-02-13T12:59:00.000+03:002014-02-13T12:59:19.914+03:00Born again? 4 things you should understand<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You must <b><i><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/46-10.htm" target="_blank">learn to find the quiet place in your heart</a> (Psalms <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You must learn to <a href="http://biblehub.com/john/15-15.htm" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">talk with God as a friend would talk with a friend</a><b style="font-style: italic;"> (John 15:15) </b>.You must learn to <b><i><a href="http://biblehub.com/romans/8-15.htm" target="_blank">talk to God as a child would talk to it's father</a> (Romans 8:15)</i></b>. Its only by moving past the mechanical that you can reach the spontaneous. <a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/4-16.htm" target="_blank">so approach that throne with confidence.</a><b><i>(Hebrews 4:16).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> You must understand that <i><b>faith is a state of both the mind and spirit</b></i>; <a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/24-15.htm" target="_blank">with your mind you learn and make decisions</a> (<b><i>Joshua 24:15</i></b>) and <a href="http://biblehub.com/niv/hebrews/11.htm" target="_blank">with your spirit you see it, reach out and take hold of it</a> . (<b><i>Hebrews 11)</i></b>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You must understand that <b><i>trial and temptation is a part of his life</i></b>.Trial and temptation remind us that we are human and <a href="http://biblehub.com/mark/14-38.htm" target="_blank">we must always be watchful</a> (Mark 14:38).Overcoming temptation makes us understand that <i><b>victory is always within grasp for every child of God .</b>refer to #1 above</i>.<i><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+1%3A2-4&version=EXB" target="_blank">Trials are meant to sharpen our understanding and if taken in the right context improve our wisdom</a>.<b>(James 1:2-4)</b></i></span></li>
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-47553331992908620842014-02-06T16:18:00.000+03:002014-02-13T14:27:13.427+03:003 QUESTIONS YOU NEED ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU START ANYTHING<br />
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<li>Will it take me long to get there? Yes it might... the most important thing is to <b><i>keep moving forward</i></b> and <b><i>to focus</i>.</b></li>
<li>Will it be hard- Yes, chances are higher that it will be harder than you think but the most important is to <b><i>commit to the end result.</i></b></li>
<li>Will I get there?-Yes, if I <b><i>keep moving</i></b> and <b><i>not get sidetracked</i></b> and <b>c<i>ommit to the end result</i>,</b> I will get there.</li>
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-59050884213835524182014-02-04T13:09:00.000+03:002014-02-13T14:28:50.011+03:003 things you need to do so as to make your decisions stick ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlB9xnTmX7_rbLGqlNIQhJmLghFJMi0ekxr7SVatJQ21sfF9acI_Mjt3RibmWwyilYxS9k8Kk1e_4EBQXEu0v4mZBg8bkxPX6-Y3KcouH1EsvVedLj3oIvZlHy6YwPa6S-lNpo2oexgNBn/s1600/ID-100165927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlB9xnTmX7_rbLGqlNIQhJmLghFJMi0ekxr7SVatJQ21sfF9acI_Mjt3RibmWwyilYxS9k8Kk1e_4EBQXEu0v4mZBg8bkxPX6-Y3KcouH1EsvVedLj3oIvZlHy6YwPa6S-lNpo2oexgNBn/s1600/ID-100165927.jpg" height="211" width="320" /></a>My supper has became my main meal for the day, and that's the thought in my heart although its not the solution I think I need right now. The solution <i>I need right now must start in my heart, for my heart will encourage my spirit and with the two in agreement, they will convince my mind. </i><br />
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So where am I going with this you ask? <b><i>Remember that decision you know you need to make?</i></b><br />
That one decision you know can totally change your life? that's what i'm talking about. <b><i>So why haven't you made that decision yet? What is stopping you?</i></b><br />
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<li>The mind only sees the pro and the cons(Logic) -<b><i>Weigh the pros against the cons.</i></b></li>
<li>The heart maps out all the routes you need to take and decides who you need to involve-<b><i>Choose a route and a support team.</i></b></li>
<li>The spirit questions your motives and intentions-<b><i>Straighten out your motives and purify your intentions. </i></b></li>
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<br />ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-34795440244176958972014-01-20T15:08:00.000+03:002014-02-13T14:30:31.438+03:00Substitute new year resolutions and plan for 2014 in these 2 ways.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>As 2013 drew to a close, I knew I would not be making any resolutions although I knew I needed some kind of Plan; a plan I didn't have until I found <a href="http://oneword365.com/">oneword365.com</a> a website by Alece Ronzino who</i><i> suggests choosing one word to focus on for the whole year.R</i>ead her story <a href="http://www.gritandglory.com/my-story/">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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Here is how it works-Alece suggests that as you pray for this year, you should ask the Lord to guide you into choosing <i><b><a href="http://oneword365.com/">one word</a> that will influence the way you do things this year</b></i> and<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>then tell your accountability partner that<a href="http://oneword365.com/"> one word</a>.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My </b><a href="http://oneword365.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">one word </a><b>for this year is FORWARD.</b>My aim is to do things to do things that push me forward and to leave behind things that do not work while embracing forward thinking ideas.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> As I was meditating, the Lord asked me the one thing I would regret not doing this year, and I had to really think about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Well as 2013 ended, what was the one thing that you regret not doing?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now fast forward and <b> </b><b style="font-style: italic;">think about </b>the<b style="font-style: italic;"> one thing </b>that <b style="font-style: italic;">you must do this year, the one thing that if you do not do, you will have regrets as 2014 draws to a close.</b></span><br />
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<li>Create a plan and break the plan into sub-plans, pick the top sub-plan and start executing it. </li>
<li>Do not focus on the big plan, focus on executing the sub-plans one at a time; when you are done move on to the next sub-plan.before you know it you are done. </li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Combine the 2 plans and you have a foolproof way of making your years and seasons count.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Have a prosperous 2014.</span><br />
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-80622099962942363172013-12-16T16:26:00.000+03:002013-12-16T16:42:36.130+03:00SOME POINTERS ON HOW TO START LIVING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Do you know that no matter how much increase you have in
your life, you can never be content unless you choose to be content? That your
happiness (Joy) cannot come because you have more? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>"godliness with contentment is great gain". </b></i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>That you can be happy and content in whatever state you are
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have discovered that most people think that if they get
what they want they will be happier,
they will be more contented but it’s all an illusion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">when you get a mate you will be happy, God will give you one and you will not
be happy; you will not be happy because you will be thinking about how happy
you will be when you hold your first baby in your arms, but when you hold that
baby in your arms, the joy will be fleeting, then you will start looking
forward to the day he crawls or says his first words and before you know it He
is all grown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If you search your heart closely you begin seeing a pattern
of either worry, anxiety accompanied by some discontentment. <i>You are either looking
forward to things you want to happen or busy looking back at things you cannot
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Learn to
talk to God not at God.</b> <i>Speak your thoughts to God clearly as you would to a
friend and if you do not have anything to tell God, be quiet and simply learn
to enjoy his presence. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Remember that God does not view you as a sin(ner) but as His
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the people that God has put in your life. <i>You never know when God will decide
to call either you or them home.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Teach yourself to give your treasures to your loved ones not
to strangers. Remember:<i>Do not throw your pearls at
pigs they will trample on them and then turn to you and rend you to pieces.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b> Take a big bite of
life, (in other words) if it’s harmless, do it.</b> You have always wanted to learn
how to swim, go for lessons today if you can. You always wanted to climb Mt.
Kenya, join a group that’s going for an expedition and do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Help someone who cannot pay you back,</b> <i>there’s not a better
ego booster than helping the helpless.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Turn your embarrassing moments into laughter.</b> <i>Learn to look
at life from a humorous point of life</i>. You are short, create jokes about
shortness, I normally tell people that I can reach the ground faster because am
shorter.</span></div>
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while</b>, moments are fleeting but memories are forever. <i>Try and leave behind good
memories wherever you go.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>Remember thats its not things that make you happy. You decide to be happy and knowing Jesus makes that joy overflow.</i></span></div>
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This issue was such a big issue for me that one day I took an orange luminous paper and wrote on it the above message so that every morning when I woke up I would see the message.</div>
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What is your concept of God?How do you make your decisions? Are you living your life as boundlessly as God would want you to? and how do you get to a place where you know you can totally trust God?</div>
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<li><b>Ask God to fill you with His spirit</b>.In order for our thoughts to transformed, we need to be under the control of God,the moment that God fills us with his spirit , He will be in control.</li>
<li><b><i>Read the word,meditate upon it</i></b> and with the help of the spirit of God, <b><i>let the word of God permeate every fiber of your being.</i></b></li>
<li>With the help of the Spirit of God,<b style="font-style: italic;">trace back your thought patterns</b><b>.</b> (<i>nothing has helped conquer my negativity the way tracing back my thought patterns has</i>). Thought patterns are formed by the people who brought us up; if your parents are positive thinkers then it follows that you are more likely to end up a positive thinker and if your lineage is filled up with people who are negative( <i>Like mine is</i>) then don't be surprised if you think that nothing can change.</li>
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<li><b><i>Watch who you hang out with</i></b>. Remember <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2015:33&version=NIVUK" target="_blank">1st Corinthians 15:33</a> ' <i>Bad company corrupts good character</i>.The friends that we hang out with seriously influence the way we think. so what are your friends thinking because even if you are not thinking like that now; you will eventually do.</li>
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<li><b><i>Watch what you watch</i></b>. Most people tend to watch the same genres of movies and programming;eventually these things that we watch tend to subtly influence our thought patterns and with time we end up giving a foothold to the devil. </li>
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Every child of God should be baptized in the holy spirit in order for us to live abundant lives we must baptized by the holy spirit.<br />
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<br />ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-16655016988288563922013-11-19T15:52:00.002+03:002013-11-19T15:52:49.252+03:00JUST A THOUGHT!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The plan
will not always go the way I want but one thing I know is that God will not
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straightaway and my spirit would agree with God but most of the times I had to
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Most of
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am not feeling sure we talk, God and me, we talk. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"Am I doing well"? I ask God.</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><i> "Are you doing well"? He asks me;</i></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> He
takes me back to the time, when 90% of my thought process was dominated by
either fear or hopelessness or a darkness of some kind.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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allow to happen to me, you love me. We are both quiet for a while.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-20538650351356920492013-11-11T10:26:00.002+03:002013-12-02T14:53:03.960+03:00Could a matatu tout stop you from entering heaven? Matthew 25:40<div class="passage version-NIV result-text-style-normal text-html " style="background-color: white;">
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Today am going to talk a phenomena that is peculiar to my country Kenya. Whereas in most developed countries the mode of public transport is a taxi, a train or a bus.
My country Kenya uses a 10-27 seat vehicle for public transportation. These vehicles are called matatus.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Two kinds of matatus in Kenya</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now a matatu has driver and person who deals with passenger transactions, this person is referred to as a<i><b> (makanga) or a tout</b></i>.<i></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The tout is one of the most the most despised persons in our society. So despised are these touts that most people are just rude to them.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">most people will insult or be rude to a tout for no reason at all or if a tout delays with change or makes a mistake.<b></b></span></blockquote>
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<i><i>When you are rude to him is it a reflection of Christ in you?</i></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Think about it; could that tout who served today stop you from entering heaven?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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How about how we treat our kids’ nannies, house girls, cleaners, street people et al. could they stop us from inheriting the kingdom of God?
Let’s evaluate our perception of the so called servants of our society. Lets us do it by following some of the items outlined below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> • Be respectful when asking for your change, that tout is someone’s son, father and brother. Most people are rude because they have dehumanized a person. By dehumanizing a person, I mean you have stopped viewing that person as a human being.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">• So Smile at a tout today</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> • If a tout asks you if you are getting into the matatu, give them a response.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> • If a hawker asks if you are buying and you are not then tell them politely that you are not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> • Help a child get into a matatu or alight a matatu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> • State clearly when and where you are alighting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> 2. And he is not a stereotype he is an exception.
And remember that how you treat a person is mirrored back to you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> remember that how you treat a lowly member of society can stop from entering heaven.Matthew 25:31-40. read the word <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2025:31-40&version=NIV" target="_blank"> here</a></span></div>
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-14385819234485593482013-11-08T16:59:00.001+03:002013-11-08T16:59:10.526+03:00MY Best Decision ever.<div style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That day I came face to face with my truth which was that a decision needed to be made.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> What to do I asked myself? Was I going to stay with him or was I going to leave? And if I left what would happen to my status, my stability and my relationships? But if I stayed what then; could I continue lying to the two most important people I Knew (God and me?).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Could I continue lying to myself that I was happy yet I was miserable? Could I continue ignoring the disquiet in my heart any longer; did I have the strength to continue pretending to my community?</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That day of truth was when I discovered that he was cheating on me, that he was doing it without protection.he passed on an infection, I confronted him; he laid the blame on me and said that I was the one cheating on him. I knew myself; I knew the value I had placed on this relationship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> The truth was that I was being naïve and foolish to think the feelings and the value of the relationship was mutual.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That day I realized nothing was mutual for us except the misery, but he was willing to go on with the farce but unfortunately for him I was not willing to go on,</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> I walked out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">That became one of the best decisions I have ever made; for it gave God a chance to minister to me which has transformed me into a confident woman who knows and understands that God loves her without measure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I acknowledged my truth and it set me free.</span></div>
<a href="http://lisajobaker.com/five-minute-friday/" title="Five Minute Friday"><img src="http://lisajobaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/5minutefriday.jpg" alt="Five Minute Friday" title="Five Minute Friday" style="border:none;" /></a>ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-23368255116338575132013-10-29T09:52:00.001+03:002013-10-29T09:56:54.701+03:005 tips on how to develop your trust in God.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">well it has been quite awhile before I have blogged, today I am going to talk about one of the most challenging lessons that I have had to learn,being confident in God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and yet the bible says in<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+30%3A15&version=NLT" target="_blank"> Isaiah 30:5</a> that <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">In quietness and confidence is our strength and in </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2046:10" target="_blank"> Psalm 46:10</a>-<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">we should “Be still, and know that He is God</span> .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">let me break it down-</span><br />
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<li>the confidence is in God</li>
<li> the quietness comes from knowing that God is God.</li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">but how to get to trust God is such a way that whatever happens we are still and quiet because we have put our trust in Him? here are a few tips to get there:-<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-size: medium; line-height: 14.25pt;"> </span></span><br />
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how can we trust a person we do not talk continually. Relationships are built
by spending time with the person we love; our relationship with God will built
the same way by spending time with him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><b><i>Let us gather information about our
God</i></b>- when we begin a new relationship with a person, we enquire everywhere about
him, we seek knowledge about him from all corners. And the best place to start
is the bible. Listen to testimonies of people, read books about God; we should seek
knowledge about God as much as we can.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><b><i>Let us give him a chance to prove
himself</i></b>; we do this by telling Him about our issues, asking Him to resolve
those issues and waiting patiently as he works them out; which takes us to the
next point<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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trust and obey him</i></b>. Let’s not give up on him too early. We do not give up on the people we love; we give them chances again and again, why do we give up on God too
early?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 242;"><b><i>Let us learn to ask him his opinion on
day to day decisions</i></b> that we need to make and let’s tune in to his answers. </span></div>
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put our confidence in someone we do not trust. so by following the above tips we can learn to trust God and as time goes by put our confidence in Him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-89551741855464832092013-10-14T16:12:00.000+03:002013-10-14T16:12:06.208+03:009 Statements that you should use if you want to fail in life.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8aWJOao8AQtA8tHMi6iFZ1gnpo4u1pRFmgR_LnjsJR9Vdh3u81NOA4sWKApnVZhLgG0Qr9bBe0NHddIOUbatsChk0gcLSh-84YmuHjFrOp_rUD5bOWHfQYcSlrwnUskDY_Voe5O5cubB/s1600/Mekatilili+wa+Menza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8aWJOao8AQtA8tHMi6iFZ1gnpo4u1pRFmgR_LnjsJR9Vdh3u81NOA4sWKApnVZhLgG0Qr9bBe0NHddIOUbatsChk0gcLSh-84YmuHjFrOp_rUD5bOWHfQYcSlrwnUskDY_Voe5O5cubB/s200/Mekatilili+wa+Menza.jpg" width="134" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1<b>. It cannot be done</b>( it’s impossible)- there's always a way...you may have to think outside the box to see the way but there's a way. Use this </span><a href="http://www.baudville.com/Baudville-Employee-Recognition-Think-Outside-the-Box-eBook/pdfs" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">book</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to help you think outside the box. this resource will help you</span><a href="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/relationships/professional/how-to-think-outside-the-box?page=all" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"> challenge the inside the box thinking </a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2.<b>I will do it tomorrow</b>- what are you doing today, sothat you can postpone what you need to do now? Anyway you can beat that thought using </span><a href="http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_96.htm" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">these tips from mindtools.com</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. <b>One day am going to do it</b>- When? stop saying that and get doing what needs to be done.</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Give your goals a time frame and get achieving them.You can overcome that challenge <a href="http://www.mindtools.com/page6.html" target="_blank">with these tips</a></i></b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b></b></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. <b>This is my personality</b>- really? I thought that personalities are not static but dynamic...</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">beware of this one,</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> it will inhibit your growth, stunt your brain and before you know it you are living your life in auto pilot. look, it even has relatives</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Am always like this</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It runs in our family</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My father/mother had it</span></i></blockquote>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 5.<b> I will never attempt that again</b>( I tried and I failed)- Abraham Lincoln failed (</span><a href="http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/education/failures.htm" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"> read about Lincoln failures here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">) several times before he became president. </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_branson" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Richard Branson</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i> (read the full story from his website</i> (</span><a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/biztech/if-youre-going-to-fail-fail-hard-fail-well-richard-branson/story-fn5lic6c-1226723670694" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">read about what Branson says about failing here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">) has had his </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/richard-branson-fails-virgin-companies-that-went-bust-2012-4?op=1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">fair share of failures</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.Needless to say but if </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_edison" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Thomas Edison</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> had this statement in his vocabulary, we would still be reading during daytime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 6. <b>We have always done it this way</b>- resistors to change love this statement.It did not stop<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Rosa Parks</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> from refusing to give up her seat for a white person. she challenged the status quo ushering a new fight against racism </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">read about her here </a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> and</span><a href="http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"> here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 7. <b>I (he/She) will never change</b>- Who died and made you God? the only person who has power to declare a human being unchangeable is God but alas even Jesus said that ' nothing is impossible with God. Sometimes all we have to do(all we are called to do) is pray and trust God to do His thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 8.<b>I am too this/too
that</b>-They are not weaknesses for on the opposite end of too this or that is a strength. people who talk too much are good marketors, good hypers, people who are too quiet have the ability to see things that others overlook. we only need to see that other side of what we consider weakness. </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19.1875px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekatilili_Wa_Menza" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Mekatilili Wa Menza</a></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="background-color: white;"> was a Kenyan woman leader who led a rebellion against the british colonial administration in 1913... Mary Atieno could have said she is blind ditto <a href="http://reubenkigame.com/about-reuben-kigame/" target="_blank"><b>Reuben Kigame</b></a>.but my favourite of them is <a href="http://www.joycemeyer.org/AboutUs/JoyceBio.aspx" target="_blank"><b>Joyce Meyer</b></a> with her mouth, boy! can she talk..</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> ( you can’t teach an old dog new tricks) tell </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"><b>Colonel Sanders</b></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> that..He started the Kentucky Fried Chicken at the age of 67 </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 9.<b>If only I was….. or so and so is in my way</b>- the only person who is in your way is you!nothing can stop you from doing what you want to do.Nothing stopped </span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16.890625px; text-align: center;">Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D from becoming the first woman doctor.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell" target="_blank"> read her story here</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-73373559832503353572013-10-08T10:53:00.001+03:002013-10-08T10:53:45.776+03:00 Khalil Gibran's poem on Children.- a poem every parent should read..<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: transparent; color: #e69138; line-height: 14px;"><b>One of my favorite poems when I was young is this poem by Khalil Gibran. back then I used to agree with all what is written here. Now I find myself disagreeing with the some parts of this poem. </b></i></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwP7Uu0KyVQtrdvWNfsPsfW1-knGoRKi10n8Dff5Q9cLmVyzvJ0z5VvcPl1bwRHTC1G6-SxLqno_2dWWkHBRZ6t4IqubWt-YzzUI_TZn4R1ZS9uwhHrd5blnxcNsyomz86-C73YoEClvn/s1600/4327144612_21bdcf630a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibwP7Uu0KyVQtrdvWNfsPsfW1-knGoRKi10n8Dff5Q9cLmVyzvJ0z5VvcPl1bwRHTC1G6-SxLqno_2dWWkHBRZ6t4IqubWt-YzzUI_TZn4R1ZS9uwhHrd5blnxcNsyomz86-C73YoEClvn/s320/4327144612_21bdcf630a.jpg" width="256" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: transparent; color: #e69138; line-height: 14px;"><b> </b></i><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5;">And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, 'Speak to us of Children.'</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 28px;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">And he said:</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Your children are not your children.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">They come through you but not from you,</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span><br />And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.<br />You may give them your love but not your thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">They may have their own thoughts but God has given me the </span><span style="line-height: 21px;">responsibility</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="color: #e69138;"> to shape those thought processes.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">For they have their own thoughts.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span><br /><span style="line-height: 1.5;">You may house their bodies but not their souls,</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="line-height: 1.5;"><span style="color: #e69138;"> it is through my eyes that they saw the world, and the eyes are the windows of the soul.</span></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5;">For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5;">You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.</span><span style="color: #e69138; line-height: 1.5;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.</span></span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOX9ckwTJwQDQ0PTBo2ALsz05JN2bdB4-vNyBBtViljjcyA0IyfueNGUYRHT2mxOFsv0Azjlh66irYdX1muvrFxn0MRg6rPKie8Fzmjl6d8Mi2GORk5iYNyMGgQeo9vqqAuW01nSOxO1G/s1600/3135222033_114dcc6aa2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOX9ckwTJwQDQ0PTBo2ALsz05JN2bdB4-vNyBBtViljjcyA0IyfueNGUYRHT2mxOFsv0Azjlh66irYdX1muvrFxn0MRg6rPKie8Fzmjl6d8Mi2GORk5iYNyMGgQeo9vqqAuW01nSOxO1G/s320/3135222033_114dcc6aa2.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5;"> </span><span style="color: #e69138; line-height: 1.5;">Time itself reflects back and forth. life should be lived in the present but with a rearview mirror in sight as well as focus on the future. my children may belong to the future but together we are in the present</span></i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.5;">The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.5;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.5;">Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.5;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.5;">For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.5;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b><a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/gibran/prophet/prophet.htm" target="_blank">Khalil Gibran</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><br /></i></b><i><b>you can read more of <a href="http://www.katsandogz.com/gibran.html" target="_blank">Khalil's</a> poetry <a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/gibran/prophet/prophet.htm" target="_blank">Here</a> or <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/khalil-gibran/poems/" target="_blank">Here</a></b></i></span>ibadafesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774283598525868119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5854043807099977396.post-54507382018476404142013-10-04T09:58:00.000+03:002013-10-07T09:09:51.590+03:00 Before my Life's is over these 3 things I want to do <h4>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Live passionately</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Give wholeheartedly </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Invest into others, things that are worth more than money.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I have discovered that I do not want to reach a certain age and discover that I did not dig in as I should have; that Life is passed me by. I did not see the stories that I was supposed to see so I could not write about them.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Every day I come closer to going home(Heaven) and where am going does not have what is here; it will be a totally new experience, so I want to enjoy this journey.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I want to use to back lanes and see the raw pain of poverty and lack as well the deep laughter that only the poor are capable of. I want to write about these rawness and the depth of it all from my perspective.</span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I want to give to a person who is not in a position to give me back, all for the joy of seeing the smile of relief on the their faces at a burden that I have lifted off their backs.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I want to encourage and lift up someone, for everyday I am reminded just how my father God loves and treasures me; so because of what Jesus has done for me, I would like to give someone a word of encouragement, of comfort and sometimes tell someone a horrible truth that no one is willing to tell them.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I want to travel the road that no one has travelled so I can write stories that no one can tell.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to see God do the impossible because I have called on His name like he said to do.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I want to be wrecked even more for Christ and by Christ because heaven is not for cowards but for the daring. I want to commune with God more passionately because with God on my side; with God dwelling in me the demons must bow . I want the life that I dream of.... Stop</span></li>
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