THE BEST IS YET TO COME
THE BEST IS YET TO COME In my native Yoruba language, there is a prayer that goes like this “Je ki ale san mi ju owuro lo.” This loosely translates: “let my night time be better than my morning”. That as we advance in age we will be better off and not worse off. It is everybody’s silent wish that
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WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS About four decades ago, while doing my A-Levels at Queens College, Lagos, I was always fascinated by a particular line in the school prayer. It seemed to roll off the tongues of all the students with such ease and if the truth be told, it is the only part of the school prayer that I remember to
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DOING THE FATHER’S WILL It has been said over and over again that the graveyard is the richest place on earth. It is believed that buried in there is so much untapped and unused human potential. What can we do about this? Is it within the power of every one of us to use what gifts we have been given
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BE BRAVE “You make me brave You make me brave You call me out beyond the shores into the waves” A brave person is someone who possesses or displays courage; a person who does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations. In the account of David and Goliath in the bible, we see the picture of strong army men
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BE WISE AND MEDITATE ON THE WORD OF GOD When we were much younger the yellow taxi was one of the ways to move around besides the public buses. They had no particular or organised billing system. The fares were not metered. You were at the mercy of the driver. If he liked your face you could negotiate a good
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THE THINGS THAT TRULY MATTER The things that truly matter are not material things. I once heard someone say that when we land in heaven we are not likely to be having regrets about not buying the latest model of a car or the parcel of choice land that we never acquired. There will be way too much going on
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JESUS, OUR TOTAL DEFENCE The LORD reminded me of something that happened about twenty years ago. I had heard of a lady whose husband had gone off to a social event with a female colleague. Well, it was the event of another colleague from work and they had all decided to take off from his house. So the female colleague
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THE SURE FOUNDATION Most people love little children. Except for the fact that when they are much younger they need our attention round the clock and in addition to that is the very significant detail of cleaning and washing practically everything that has to do with them. Other than that they are the cutest most adorable gifts. In my native
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LET IT FLY Have you ever watched a kite fly? I once watched a movie where there was a kite flying competition. It was a real beauty to behold. The splendour on display was spectacular. Kite flying is a phenomenon that dates back to centuries and history has it that it is of Chinese origin and was subsequently made popular
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OUR GOD; OUR FATHER! When my father went to be with the LORD fifteen years ago, someone told me “You have been seriously upgraded, God has now taken the place of your father. God is your new dad. You should be happy.” Perhaps I was so overcome with emotion at the time that I never really understood what a tremendous
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