IT'S A GOOOOOAL!

 BELOVED, YOU CANNOT WIN WITHOUT A GOAL!

Have you Ever Hear These Phrases: Goal Getters; Goal Minded; Goal Machine and So On?

The word GOAL is common in a Great Game Call Football Or Soccer. ..and Others Sports Refers to it differently. To others it's the Prize or Medals. .Which is either GOLD..SILVER OR BRONZE. But let me emphasize on MY BEST GAME, which is FOOTBALL. ..And I know Most Peoples Can related to this Woman or Man...

In This Beautiful Round Leather Game...22 Stars/talented individuals in opposite side of 11 men or women each will be playing, kicking a ball which is the symbol of the Game. ..without the Ball, Note it... There is no Football!  If the players are available and ready but the Referee, Who will officiate the game/match has no football then there will be no game!

After the Ball is Provided, then the utmost target of the players is to chase and pass the BALL for 90mins in 45mins in each half of the match to the Opponents Goalpost and score. At the  end of the day nobody is going to count the numbers of passes or dribbling or skills of the players as much as the goal scored!

NOT THE OFF-SIDES... THROW INS... OR FOULS... IT'S THE GOALS SCORED THAT WIN THE GAME

Watching my beloved Team in UK Premier League CHELSEA F.C. massacre ARSENAL on Tuesdays night... I was elated and ecstatic all the way beating them 2-0! THE TRUTH IS THAT THE ARSENAL GUYS OUTPLAYED CHELSEA F.C. ESPECIALLY IN THE SECOND HALF WITH MANY GOAL OPPORTUNITIES WHICH WERE MISSED... BUT CHELSEA F.C. GOT LESSER OPPORTUNITIES AND MANAGED TO PUT IN 2 GREAT GOALS.

MY BRETHREN, IN LIFE THAT WE LIVE TODAY GOAL IS THE POINTS AND THE MAIN THING. YOU SEE THE RICH GETTING RICH AND THE POOR GETTING POORER THE DIFFERENT IS GOAL. Remember you can not win in LIFE OR SHINES FOR GOD WITHOUT HAVING A GOAL . YOU MUST HAVE A GOAL SET IN YOUR MIND, AND CLEAR LIKE CRYSTAL. WORK TOWARDS IT DAILY BELIEVING IN IT, WATER IT AND KEEP IT AT HEART. GIVE NO EXCUSE,  AND FOLLOW THE RULES.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE REFEREE AND THE BALL IS YOUR LIFE AND DESTINY. THE PLAYERS IS YOU AGAINST SATAN UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S INTERESTED ONLY IN THREE THINGS John 10v10... Read it. To kill, Steal your Goal and Destroyed it! Will you Let Him? Jesus is with You to COACH YOU TO VICTORY... BUT WILL YOU ALLOWED HIM OR PLAYED TO HIS INSTRUCTION? SURRENDER THE TOTALITY OF YOUR BEINGS TO HIM TODAY AND LET HIM LEAD AND GUIDE YOU TO VICTORY IN LIFE AND TO SCORE THE GOALS OF LIFE AND MAKE IMPACTS THIS GENERATION AND NEXT AFTER YOU.

 

Yes You Can Get To Your Goals... WITH JESUS YOU WILL!

HEAVEN IS THE FINAL PLACE AFTER ALL THE GOALS AND SUCCESS OF THIS LIFE YOU WILL NOT MISS IT AND I WON'T BE MISSING TOO... BY HIS GRACE...

Amen

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CONDITIONS FOR DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR A WEDDING

CHOICE AND DECISION MAKING BEFORE WEDDING

Written by Peter Olu. Jacobs

There are too many tensions in the world today. Things are just falling apart, disagreement every where, economic instability and political crises are getting worse. This is the era when people will slap you and never mind whether you are hurt or not, disappointment, cheating, corruption, religion crises, physical and mental violence are numerous.

 Behind every good looking man or woman is something else. People can be irrational these days, and all these things can tell on marriage. Therefore, your decision on who you will marry has to be well scrutinized before making it. Gone are the days when people will use the influence of father to marry son, or influence of church to get married. 99% of facebook marriages don’t work out. Nobody can predict what anybody can do, yet, we have to get married to someone!

CONDITIONS FOR MAKING DECISIONS

1. Decision making under frustration: this is when someone is tired of every alternative and just make a decision without proper examination. E.g.” I’m over age and there is nobody to marry me”

2. Decision because there is no alternative: e.g. “I’ve been expecting someone to marry and nobody shows up but here is a man though divorced but he loves me”

3. Decision making when it’s difficult to differentiate: this is when you have different alternative and you have to pick one e.g. “all the brothers/sisters coming on your way are Christians, good looking, caring and loving”. Here, you have to know that not all Christian brothers and sisters are marriageable.

4. Decision making under confusion: confusion is one of the worst thing that can happen to a man in life, because, you will never understand the situation. Are you confused about that man’s character? Or he’s not a straight forward person? You have to be very careful before you make your decision on him.

5. Decision making because of multitude: e.g. “all my mates have been engaged but I’ve not"

6. Decision making because you don’t want to offend people. E.g. parents, siblings, friends, or relatives.

The only way and the best that I can suggest to you is HOLY SPIRIT. He can help and reveal the deep thought of a man to you. Holy Spirit answers to the name of JESUS. Release your thoughts, will and wishes to Jesus today and Holy Spirit will help you out. You can have a silent prayer in your heart as you are concluding this reading. Say “Lord Jesus, the secret things belong to you, but the things revealed to me belong to me and for the good of my marriage, therefore, I accept you as my Lord and savior, let your holy spirit take control of my life”. Amen.

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PLEASE CHECK HERE TO SEE IF WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT MARRIAGE IS CORRECT

10 Secrets You Should Know About Marriage
written by Peter Olu. Jacobs

There are few people that really know what they’re getting into when it comes to getting married. I was one of those people. I mean, we all have an idea of what marriage is all about. We have hopes, dreams, and expectations of what it will look like. We watch movies, idolize TV shows, and even observe marriages in the world around us to try and get a glimpse of this thing we call holy matrimony. But we don’t really know until we’re there, do we?

There are some things about marriage that I understood going into it, but there are so many things that I could have never imagined. And to this day, there is still so much that I’m learning. I write about this concept in my new book, True Love Dates, specifically regarding the things marriage can’t do. But marriage can also do a lot. Here are some of the things I’m learning about it.

1. Marriage is more intimate than sex. I think one of the first things singles think about when it comes to marriage is sex. In our society, sex is portrayed as the mark of intimacy within a relationship. While there is so much value and closeness within the sexual relationship, a good marriage is what makes for good sex, not the other way around. Before marriage, I don’t think I grasped the real intimacy that comes with committing to this one person for the rest of my life. Within marriage, is the amazing opportunity to allow another person a look inside your life, your mind, your heart, and your very soul. Now that, is true intimacy.

2. Marriage reveals selfishness, but can cultivate selflessness. I knew I had the ability to be selfish, but I didn’t know I actually was selfish, until I got oh…about 6 months into my marriage (probably more like 6 hours, but I’m being generous). From the silly moments of choosing where to eat and who get’s the remote, to the more significant things like apologizing and putting his needs before mine– you learn that true selflessness is something that has to be lived out. It’s a hard lesson that has stretched my spiritual life more than anything else ever could- and through that, a beautiful reminder of a God who selflessly gave His all for me. I’m learning to be more like Him through this part of my marriage.

3. Oneness literally means…one. We all think of the deep spiritual and physical benefits of oneness, but do we ever consider these things: One house. One bed. One bathroom. One mirror above the bathroom sink. One bank account. One budget. In marriage, you relearn the preschool lesson of “sharing,” but you learn it in a very non-preschool kind of way. You learn to let go of the mine and yours mentality, because in marriage, everything is truly ours. There’s something really hard, but something really beautiful about that. It’s a reminder that at the end of the day what’s mine is yours…but everything we have, is actually His. 

4. At some point, you will be disappointed. I know, this one was a hard reality. I’m not sure why I didn’t really believe it would happen. I am fully aware of my and my husband’s humanity. But for some reason this truth doesn’t really hit home- until it actually hits home. My husband and I have loved each other deeply, but we’ve also hurt each other deeply. When you allow someone to bury their heart in yours, there’s no doubt that one day, you will feel an ache. Whether In the form of an unkind word, a thoughtless action, or a selfish moment, marriage will hurt. But by God’s grace, each wound paves the way for grace, forgiveness, and restoration. Each wound is a reminder of our need to love better and to love deeper.

5. Like it or not, you will learn the meaning of forgiveness. With the certainty of being wounded, comes the reality that you will need to learn forgiveness. But the biggest lesson to learn, is that true forgiveness comes not because the person standing before you is deserving, rather, it comes out of a heart that understands how much we’ve been forgiven though we, too, were undeserving.

6. Marriage will cost you. I’m not even talking about the cost of the wedding. That’s nothing in comparison to the emotional costs that come with becoming one. The truth is, you lose a part of yourself within the glory of marriage. You exchange a little bit of who you are, for a little bit of who they are. You learn to give and take, and then you learn to let go of the things that don’t really matter. And in the end, you realize that what you’ve given is far, far less than what you’ve ultimately received. Love is good like that.

7. Love isn’t a feeling, it’s a series of decisions. Talk about a reality check. Before marriage you can never comprehend the strong feelings going anywhere but higher. Then one day you realize that feelings can’t really be trusted, because some days you feel you may not even like each other. Feelings come, but feelings also go. They are a compass, and sometimes a guide, but they are never to be followed. Loving is easy when you feel like it, but when you don’t, that’s the test of real love. It’s choosing to love, to give, and to serve because of the commitment you have made. It’s choosing the other instead of choosing yourself. That’s the very definition of love in it’s truest form.

8. Marriage will require you to learn how to communicate. Like to talk? Don’t like to talk? Well, it doesn’t really matter. No matter what your communication bent, marriage will force you to bring your insides out. It will require you to take a good hard look at your opinions, beliefs, ideas, and feelings and share them with another. It will cause you to answer the hard questions, and speak the difficult truths, because communication is the lifeline between two people. There’s no way around it. It will cause you to take responsibility for not just what you say, but how you say it- tone, body language, sarcasm and all.

9. Marriage is not the end of your destination. Before you’re married it’s easy to see marriage as the grande finale. It’s the thing we dream of and live for. It’s the force propelling us forward into this destination we call life. And then it finally comes! Now what? There’s this strange moment when you realize that this relationship that God has blessed you with is a fraction of the grand scheme He has for your life. Your purpose and passions will extend far beyond the reach of your relationship with your spouse. Even more exciting, is seeing God at work because of this relationship that He’s given you as the love between you and your spouse is reflected to the world around. Marriage is not the end, it’s only the beginning. God’s got so much more up His sleeve.

10. Marriage gives you a glimpse of so much more. On that same note, man do you learn a lot about God when you are rubbing up against someone day in and day out. There’s a reason that God uses the analogy of marriage to describe His love for His church, because no relationship will ever compare to the intimacy that is exchanged within this earthly connection. Not only is God’s love for us magnified through the lens of a healthy marriage, but He uses this marriage to shape us, refine us, and put us through the fire - making us more and more like Him along the way. Reflecting Jesus is the greatest honor that we can partake in when it comes to marriage, but more so, it’s the one and only thing that will keep our marriage alive. There are many routes to holiness, and marriage is definitely one of those routes.

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Sepp Blatter, Your Honour

Sepp Blatter, Your Honour

         

  Sepp is someone I didn’t like much just for one reason: he has stayed too long in F.I.F.A.! To me his name is synonymous to F.I.F.A. I grew up knowing him as the president of the football governing body and he is yet to retire even at the age of 77! The normal question is what is he still doing and waiting for there? And the world thought it’s only Africa that we have life president, what of F.I.F.A.? To me, it’s a Europeans’ log of wood. Yes, a log of wood in their own eye and still they have time to see albeit even clearly the specks in other people’s eye. But, this week Blatter did something that makes me have some beautiful respect for him: he apologised!

            During a debate at Oxford University over the respective merit of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, Blatter joked that, “one spends more time at the hairdresser’s than the other” practically referring to the former and declaring his preference to the latter. But criticism came about that particular statement, and he was asked for an apology by the club Cr7 played for, and within hours, he tenders it, both to the player personally and to the club openly. As powerful, as huge and great the football controlling body is, all over the world, Blatter, the anchor man still admit wrong personally and give both public and private apologies not minding his age, position, influence and affluence. Yet is it little? No! It’s a sign of greatness as far as I am concerned.

            In My part of the world, Africa, it is a very rare thing for leaders to apologise. Yes, when I mean leaders, it starts from the smallest, the home, fathers hardly say they are wrong and say sorry. Now coming to the society and government, it’s a hard thing to come by an apology from the high ranking politicians even either in retrospect.

One of the great marks of great people is their ability to admit wrong and apologize.

Apology is the true mark of maturity that separates Men from Boys!

Daddy and mummy, its time you show your greatness by admitting that wrong.

Mr. Man, its time you let go of that ego that is ruining your relationships... admit it and say it!

            Some taught others that apologising reduce your self worth or your authority, but it’s not true, as much as a leader is suppose to be strong and live a life above reproach, and acts in ways to reduce their mistakes, there shouldn’t be reservation when it is truly needed! If Blatter with his age, popularity, position, power, and mighty influence, could apologies that easily, who are you, that saying sorry or I was wrong is an impossibility?

You even do your own reach God, you feel too big to apologize for your misdeeds and sins before Him...

No matter you post o position, now is the time to ask for forgiveness.

It’s time to write and or post that apology letter.

It’s time to own up and make that needed soothing assertion: I am Sorry!

Sepp Blatter, I Hail You!

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CHOICE MAKING LESSON

LOVE AND MARRIAGE

A student asks a teacher, "What is love?”

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the wheat field and choose the biggest wheat and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."

The student went to the field, went through the first row, he saw one big wheat, but he wonders....may be there is a bigger one later. Then he saw another bigger one... But may be there is an even bigger one waiting for him. But by the time he finished more than half of the wheat field, he realized that the remaining wheat are not as big as the previous ones he saw, he knew he had missed the biggest one, and he regretted it. So, he ended up going back to the teacher empty handed.

The teacher told him, "this is love... You keep looking for a better one, but later you realize, you have already miss the better person."

"What is marriage then?" the student asked.

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. The rule is same as before: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."

The student went into the corn field, this time having learned his lessons, he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake. When he reach the middle of the field, he had picked one medium corn that he feel satisfied with, and came back to the teacher.

The teacher told him, "this time you bring back a corn.... You look for one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best one you can get.... This is marriage."

Are You still at Love level in your lesson or you have matured to do the Marriage?

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THE SCANDAL OF GRACE... a poem by Kenny K'ore

 Grace what have You done

Murdered for me on that cross

Accused in absence of wrong

My sin washed away in Your blood

Too much to make sense of it all

I know that Your love breaks my fall

The scandal of Grace

You died in my place

So my soul will live

Oh to be like You

Give all I have just to know You

Jesus, there's no one besides You

Forever the hope in my heart

Death where is Your sting

Your power is as dead as my sin

The cross has taught me to live and

Mercy my heart now to sing

The day and it's trouble shall come

I know that Your strength is enough

The scandal of grace

You died in my place

So my soul will live

And it's all because of you Jesus

It's all because of you Jesus

It's all because of your love that my soul will live.

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PAID IN FULL

After living what I felt was a 'decent' life, my time on earth came to the end. 

The first thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what I thought to be a court house. The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defense table. As I looked around I saw the 'prosecutor.' He was a villainous looking gent who snarled as he stared at me.He definitely was the most evil person I have ever seen. I sat down and looked to my left and there sat My Attorney, a kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed so familiar to me, I felt I knew Him. The corner door flew open and there appeared the Judge in full flowing robes. He commanded an awesome presence as He moved across the room, I couldn't take my eyes off of Him. 

As He took His seat behind the bench, He said, 'Let us begin.' The prosecutor rose and said, 'My name is Satan and I am here to show you why this person belongs in hell.' He proceeded to tell of lies that I told, things that I stole, and in the past when I cheated others, Satan told of other horrible Perversions that were once in my life and the more he spoke, the further down in my seat I sank. I was so embarrassed that I couldn't look at anyone, even my own Attorney, as the Devil told of sins that even I had completely forgotten about. As upset as I was at Satan for telling all these things about me, I was equally upset at My Attorney who sat there silently not Offering any form of defense at all. I know I had been guilty of those things, but I had done some good in my life - couldn't that at least equal out part of the harm I'd done? Satan finished with a fury and said, 'This person belongs in hell, is guilty of all that I have charged and there is not a person who can prove otherwise.' 

When it was His turn, My Attorney first asked if He might approach the bench. The Judge allowed this over the strong objection of Satan, and beckoned Him to come forward. As He got up and started walking, I was able to see Him in His full splendor and majesty. I realized why He seemed so familiar; this was Jesus representing me, my Lord and my Savior. 

He stopped at the bench and softly said to the Judge, 'Hi, Dad,' and then He turned to address the court. 'Satan was correct in saying that this person has sinned, I won't deny any of these allegations. And, yes, the wage of sin is death, and this person deserves to be punished. Jesus took a deep breath and turned to His Father with outstretched arms and proclaimed, 'However, I died on the cross so that this person might have eternal life and has accepted Me as Savior, so this person is Mine.' My Lord continued with, 'This person's name is written in the Book of Life, and no one can snatch this one from Me.'

Satan still does not understand yet.

This person is not to be given justice, but rather mercy.'

As Jesus sat down, He quietly paused, looked at His Father and said, 'There is nothing else that needs to be done.' 'I've done it all.'

The Judge lifted His mighty hand and slammed the gavel down. The following words bellowed from His lips.. 'This person is free.' 'The penalty has already been paid in full.' 'Case dismissed.'

As my Lord led me away, I could hear Satan ranting and raving, 'I won't give up, I will win the next one.' I asked Jesus as He gave me my instructions where to go next, 'Have you ever lost a case?' Christ lovingly smiled and said, 'Everyone that has come to Me and asked Me to represent them has received the same verdict as you, ~Paid In Full~'

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I LOVE BEING AN ARPEGGIO!

Block Chord or Arpeggio?

Actually we are expected to be normal... like every other person.

But I learn from music that though we may be part of a chord... yet we still can be DISTINCT.

A Block Chord

A chord is a group of notes/pitches... normally three but can be more as in the case of tetra-chord...
It is always sounded together and gives a full round sound, but so boring, monotonous and dull if continue for a long period of time.
 This is what we are expected to be.

An Arpeggio

But an ARPEGGIO is a detached chord... played one by one... it is melodious... rhythmic... it has high pace... and most importantly VERY DISTINCT... all note and pitch sounding clearly at the right time...

 This represent the few that can break the BLOCK CHORD of CONFORMATION, and those who give their generation the best INDIVIDUALISTIC ARPEGGIATED LIFE to FULFILL THEIR PURPOSE.

Chord and Arpeggio

YOU are not created to lost your voice in the strong chord of life... but to break up and give your generation... I mean our world a distinct arpeggio.

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How Far Can You Go?

How Far Can You Go?

 written by Uju Onyechere

Leslie was born mentally retarded, without eyes, and with cerebral palsy. Vegetable like, he was totally unresponsive to sound or touch. At the age of six months, he was expected to die shortly. A nurse, May Lemke, was asked if she could care for him at home until that time. She did… for more than thirty years.

When May accepted baby Leslie, she accepted him as just that, a baby – no different from others – to be taught and loved. Year after year she cared for him, but there was no movement or response. Even so, she never stopped talking to him, singing to him, or praying for him. Music filled their home… still, no response. She and her husband bought an old used piano and put it in his bedroom. She pushed his fingers against the keys. With quiet faith, she knew God would someday help Leslie to break out of his prison.

She rejoiced when he began to walk at age 16. Several years later, May and her husband were awakened one night by the sound of Tchaikovsky’s piano concerto No 1. Startled, they arose to find Leslie at the piano with a smiling glow on his face. Shortly thereafter he began to talk and to cry… and to sing. And at age 28, he began to talk in earnest.

Beloved, I think by now we would’ve seen, heard or read enough to convince us that the only sure way not to succeed is by giving up. I believe in miracles, but I think it happens faster when we decide to hang on. All we need is faith that it will come to pass. There are times our situation will look hopeless, but pause and remember that men and women have passed worst situations and still made it to the top. Man can achieve anything he strongly believes in. I remember reading the story of Prince Albert.

Prince Albert of England once visited the laboratory of a scientist named Lyon Playfair. According to Playfair’s biographer Sir Wemyss Reid, as the Prince and Scientist stood near a caldron of boiling lead, Playfair asked, “Has your royal highness any faith in science?” “Certainly,” answered Prince Albert. Playfair washed the prince’s hand in a special solution and then told him to use his hand to ladle out some of the hot metal. The prince plunged his hand into the caldron and scooped up some in his palm - and he wasn’t injured.

 For those of us who are in positions of leadership, give others a chance to develop. Don’t be quick in judging others. Those who do not perform today, with little assistance and motivation can perform tomorrow. Is there someone God has entrusted in your care? Go the extra mile to make it possible for that person to discover his potentials and put it into good use. God is with us!


 

*Mr. Uju Onyechere is a notable motivational Speaker in Nigeria and Africa at Large.


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VITAMINS A-Z

SPIRITUAL VITAMINS A TO Z

 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.

The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. – John 6:63

 Anxious? Take Vitamin A. "All things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose." (Romans 8:28)

Blue? Take Vitamin B. "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name." (Psalm 103:1)

Crushed? Take Vitamin C. "Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you." (1 Peter 5:7)

Depressed? Take Vitamin D. "Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you." (James 4:8)

Empty? Take Vitamin E. "Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name." (Psalm 100:4)

Fearful? Take Vitamin F. "Fear not, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God." (Isaiah 41:10)

Greedy? Take Vitamin G. "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put unto your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back." (Luke 6:38)

Hesitant? Take Vitamin H. "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, 'Your God reigns.'" (Isaiah 52:7)

Insecure? Take Vitamin I. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." (Philippians 4:13)

Jittery? Take Vitamin J. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8)

Know nothing? Take Vitamin K. "Know this that the Lord is God, it is He that made us and not we ourselves. (Psalm 100:3)

Lonely? Take Vitamin L. "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:20)

Mortgaged? Take Vitamin M. "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9)

Nervous? Take Vitamin N. "Never, no never will I leave you nor forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5)

Overwhelmed? Take Vitamin O. "Overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:21)

Perplexed or puzzled? Take Vitamin P. "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid." (John 14:27)

Quitting? Take Vitamin Q. "Quit you like men and women, be strong." (1 Corinthians 16:13)

Restless? Take Vitamin R. "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him." (Psalm 37:7)

Scared? Take Vitamin S. "Stay with me, and do not be afraid; for the one who seeks my life seeks your life; you will be safe with me." (1 Samuel 22:23)

Tired? Take Vitamin T. "Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

Uncertain? Take Vitamin U. "Understand that I am (the Lord). Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me." (Isaiah 43:10)

Vain? Take Vitamin V. "Vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. (Acts 5:16)

Wondering what to do? Take Vitamin W. "What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" (Micah 6:8)

eXhausted? Take Vitamin X. "Exercise thyself rather unto godliness." (1 Timothy 4:7)

Yearning for hope? Take Vitamin Y. "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you art with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." (Psalm 23:4)

Zapped? Take Vitamin Z. "Zealous for Good deeds." (Titus 2:14) 

Remember to take your vitamins every day.

You will succeed in Jesus Name! 

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I was Wrong...

I made a mistake. Players make mistakes, I'm not a smoker. - See more at: http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wilshere-on-important-point-and-scoring#sthash.Ep5Xy6bS.dpuf

I made a mistake. Players make mistakes, I'm not a smoker. - See more at: http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wilshere-on-important-point-and-scoring#sthash.Ep5Xy6bS.dpuf

Jack Wilshere: Confessing his wrongs

I was Wrong.. I made a Mistake!

"I made a mistake. Players make mistakes, I'm not a smoker..." this is the confession of Jack Wilshere Arsenal football player that went ahead to celebrate their win against Napoli f.c. with cigerattes in a nite club last weekend. He disappointed a lot of people including his club manager, Arsene Wenger, who vehemently condemn the act "i disagree completely with the behaviour, when you are a football player you are an example and you don't do what damages your health... you can damage your health at home - u can smoke at home, and you can drink at home - and nobody sees it, but when you go out socially you also damage your reputation as an example!"

Diego one of his many unadmitted faults

But Wilshere is quick enough to admit, confess, and repent before its grave consequences arrive.(at least for now he renounced it) unlike people like Diego Amando Maradona who trauncated his career and failed woefully in many thing because of his many unconfessed wrongs.

I made a mistake. Players make mistakes, I'm not a smoker. - See more at: http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wilshere-on-important-point-and-scoring#sthash.T3WH3E9Y.dpuf

"He is an honest guy and when he is wrong he knows it... " says Wenger later commenting yesterday on the widely reported incident of Jack Wilshere seen smoking after the match with Napoli last week. Earlier Wenger, a disciplinarian and a manger of ideals had seriously condemned the act and vow to talk to his player on being a good role model as a public figure, being a player of such reputable club.

Wilshere realizes his wrong early enough to convince the disciplinarian manger to play him in their next match which was on Sunday, and he score Arsenal's only goal to salvage a point away from home. But for many others it is too late. This calls to my mind the example of Maradona and the man that wrote the book I Was Wrong, Jim Bakker.

James Orsen "Jim" Bakker (born January 2, 1940) is a televangelist, a former Assemblies of God minister and a former host (with his then-wife Tammy Faye Bakker) of The PTL Club, a popular evangelical Christian television program. PTL's fund raising activities between 1984–1987 underwent scrutiny by The Charlotte Observer newspaper, eventually leading to criminal charges against Jim Bakker. From 1984 to 1987, Bakker and his PTL associates sold $1,000 "lifetime memberships," which entitled buyers to a three-night stay annually at a luxury hotel at Heritage USA. According to the prosecution at Bakker's later fraud trial, tens of thousands of memberships had been sold, but only one 500-room hotel was ever completed. Bakker "sold" more "exclusive partnerships" than could be accommodated, while raising more than twice the money needed to build the actual hotel. A good deal of the money went into Heritage USA's operating expenses, and Bakker kept $3.4 million in bonuses for himself. A $279,000 payoff for the silence of Jessica Hahn, a staff secretary at the church, was paid with PTL's funds to Hahn through Bakker associate Roe Messner, who later married Tammy Fay Bakker. Bakker, who apparently made all of the financial decisions for the PTL organization, allegedly kept two sets of books to conceal the accounting irregularities. Reporters from The Charlotte Observer, led by Charles Shepard, investigated and published a series of articles regarding the PTL organization's finances.On March 19, 1987, following the revelation of a payoff to Hahn to keep secret her allegation that Bakker and another minister had raped her, Bakker resigned from PTL. Bakker acknowledges he met Hahn at a hotel room in Clearwater, Florida, but denies raping her. Following Bakker's resignation as PTL head, he was succeeded in late March, 1987, by Jerry Falwell.

Jim: public admission of his wrongs

Now with honesty and frankness, the 48-year-old man sentenced to 45 years in prison on charges related to his PTL/Heritage USA ministry shares the intimate details of his incarceration, his divorce, and the mistakes he made along the way... in his 1996 book, I Was Wrong, he admitted that the first time he actually read the Bible all the way through was while he was in prison, and that it made him realize he had taken certain passages out of context — passages which he had used as "proof texts" to back up his prosperity teachings. He wrote:

The more I studied the Bible, however, I had to admit that the prosperity message did not line up with the tenor of Scripture. My heart was crushed to think that I led so many people astray. I was appalled that I could have been so wrong, and I was deeply grateful that God had not struck me dead as a false prophet!

Don't you think you need to admit your wrongs NOW before its too costly?


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I made a mistake. Players make mistakes, I'm not a smoker. - See more at: http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/wilshere-on-important-point-and-scoring#sthash.T3WH3E9Y.dpuf

How to Explain God was written by Danny Dutton

"Explain God".

"One of God's main jobs is making people. He makes them to replace the ones that die so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth. He doesn't make grown-ups, just babies. I think because they are smaller and easier to make. That way He doesn't have to take up His valuable time teaching them to talk and walk. He can just leave that to mothers and fathers.

"God's second most important job is listening to prayers. An awful lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at times besides bedtime. God doesn't have time to listen to the radio or TV because of this. Because He hears everything, there must be a terrible lot of noise in His ears, unless He has thought of a way to turn it off. "God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere which keeps Him pretty busy. So you shouldn't go wasting His time by going over your mom and dad's head asking for something they said you couldn't have.

 

"Atheists are people who don't believe in God. I don't think there are
any in Chula Vista. At least there aren't any who come to our
church.

"Jesus is God's Son. He used to do all the hard work like walking on water and performing miracles and trying to teach the people who didn't want to learn about God. They finally got tired of Him preaching to them and they crucified Him. But He was good and kind, like His Father and He told His Father that they didn't know what they were doing and to forgive them and God said O.K.

"His Dad (God) appreciated everything that He had done and all His hard work on earth so He told Him He didn't have to go out on the road anymore. He could stay in heaven. So He did. And now He helps His Dad out by listening to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care of and which ones He can take care of Himself without having to bother God. Like a secretary, only more important.

"You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the time.

"You should always go to Church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there's anybody you want to make happy, it's God. Don't skip church to do something you think will be more fun like going to the beach. This is wrong. And besides the sun doesn't come out at the beach until noon anyway.

"If you don't believe in God, besides being an atheist, you will be very lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can. It is good to know He's around you when you're scared in the dark or when you can't swim and you get thrown into real deep water by big kids.

 

 

"But you shouldn't just always think of what God can do for you. I figure God put me here and He can take me back anytime He pleases.

And that's why I believe in God.

How to Explain God was written by Danny Dutton, age 8, from Chula Vista, California, for his third grade homework
assignment

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