The life of Jesus...

At the age of 30, a man walks up to His parents and says "Mum, Dad, I'm leaving home for the ministry God has placed in my hands". They knew this was gonna come but they never knew when it would happen, Mum wouldn't even cry 'cause she's been pre-informed by Angel Gabriel. Dad thinks about the carpentry workshop, but can't really say anything to change the mind of the Son of God! They bless Him and let Him go. What would you do if you were Mary or Joseph? Would you do thesame? You hear the good works of your son from afar, but cannot see Him. Mary and Joseph urged His brothers to join him and they did. Would you have done that if you were Jesus' parents? John comes running to Mary, 'your son has been arrested by the pharisees'. She goes with John to see her son. She watched Him die... But that didn't stop her from living according to God's will. What has God given you that you feel your fellowship with Him depends on it? Is it a wife, husband, children, buildings, cars, e.t.c. What if God takes it from you as he did to Job, would you back down? God bless you!

The Last Option (Backup plan)

I've just been told to read, I ask for hints on what to read, 'no past questions' says my pastor friend. A voice speaks to me and says, 'now you need me!'. I am preparing for an examination without any hint on where to read from a textbook i've never opened before. Where do I start from? The voice comes again and says 'you've got eight chapters in the book, read chapters 1,4,7 and 3. It dawns on me that God has been speaking to me, i've been preparing for the examination all by myself, I never seek advice from God. Sometimes we try to do things on our own but we really can't perfect it without God's help. So many christians today take God as their last option or backup plan, when we've failed to do things on our own, we remember that we have a God of impossibilities. Why struggle when you've got a helper who is ever ready to help us? Put God first in day to day activities and He'll never disappoint you. God bless you!

Things that matter

Sometime in life, we've got to think before we act. Even the smallest human being on earth thinks before acting. I've developed my own strategy of thinking by taking a walk along the streets, to think about my life. Thinking to me is like taking a pause in my life; analysing all what i've done and planning towards what i'm to do in the future. Thinking helps to ease the stress and tension of this life. The best form of thinking cannot be compared to walking with God. No matter how much you think, you still require God's direction in terms of planning towards your future. Because if you plan your lifestyle according to your wish & not God's wish, you'll end ur being a failure. The best thing that could ever happen to a man is to walk with God according to His will. If you're a singer, write down your songs, prepare yourself for the future ministrations. If you're a writer, write down your books and prepare for publishing. If you're a movie producer, write down the films you want to produce with the movie stars you want, to be seen; by your audience. If you're a pastor, start reading books inline with your ministry, 'cause a time will come when you will do more of preaching than studying the word. The future is now! God bless you!

That name 'Jesus'

Sitting at the right hand of God, He hears His name from the earth below, He rushes down to the earth but discovers it was only an exclamation from a man watching a pornographic film. "THOU SHALL NOT CALL THE NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN!" That He died for mankind does not give ur the right to misuse His name. We must call on the name of Jesus whenever we want to talk to Him or in the times of trouble, trials or temptations. 'Jesus!, i'm running late for work, Jesus!, i'm supposed to be at home by now!, Jesus!, you mean you forgot the money? Jesus!, i'm dead!' Why not; Jesus I love, thank you Jesus for what you've done in my life!, Jesus you're so good! It might be difficult but with time and the help of the Holyspirit, we would be able to understand the usefulness or importance of the name 'Jesus'. God bless you!

Humility (being an instrumentalist)

As soon as you can play a musical instrument be it a drum, piano, guitar, trumpet or saxophone e.t.c pride follows you. It tries as much as possible to take over your mentality.

I've been there before; it only makes a fool out of you. As an instrumentalist, we must clothe ourselves with humility. It ain't easy at all because we feel we have every reason to be proud but as they say 'pride goeth before a fall'.

You learn nothing when you are proud of what you know but learn alot when you are humble. Only the humble are ready to learn more than what they already know.

A proud instrumentalist performs before the people but the humble plays the instrumentalist with all his heart.

How do you play your instrument?

God bless you!

Sin is not an option

Looking at the life of Jesus, sin was never an option in His lifetime, some would say 'because He was from above' but what of Enouch? He was a man just like you and I, but during his lifetime, he walked with God and he knew no sin. He served God in a perfect way. Sin is not an option for every true christian. In whatsoever situation we fine ourselves, we should not embrace sin as an option but rather, think of what Jesus would do in such situations. Sin is the ultimate answer to every problem in the life of sinners. If we're born again, we should change that sinful nature and embrace holiness, we should be able to stand perfect before God (matt.5:48). A believes whose life is filled with sin is a burden to the christian faith because, he was saved to save others. The best way to live a victorious christian life is to make Jesus the solution to all problems in life and not sin. God bless you!

Pleasure not pressure

Most of the things we do in life, we do under pressure and not pleasure. Why don't we live our lives for pleasure instead of pressure? We go to school under pressure, we get married under pressure, e.t.c. Doing things under pressure is like acting without understanding. We must understand the reason for carrying out actions so that we can do them whole heartedly with all pleasure. If you start something under pressure, it can never give you pleasure. God gave us a will, we must choose what we want in life. One thing I've discovered is that in life, if we fear pressure, we would be controlled by it, but if we love pleasure, we would live by it. So many people today live by pleasure and end up being successful but those who live under pressure also end up being successful but not at their expected level of success. So choose what you desire; pressure driven or pleasure driven life. God bless you!