NO HIT AND MISS.
NO HIT AND MISS. Many years ago, I used to hang out with a very dear friend of mine and we would play darts in her house for hours on end. I used to love playing darts. Stretching my body back, squinting, trying to hit the mark, aiming for bullseye; it was such a thrill. Even though quite a few
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WE ARE EQUIPPED It is often said, in Christian circles that “Whoever God calls, He equips.” This is very true. I know beyond the shadow of any doubt that I am called. (And so are you all, actually) We all have a part to play as God’s children on this side of eternity. The equipment God handed to me is
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THE SEED THAT WILL NEVER FAIL. I manage a garden centre amongst a whole lot of other things I do. A couple of years ago, a very dear friend of mine gifted me some lemon balm plants. She told me how she used them, she would pluck the leafs, let them dry out and then brew them for the most
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GOD WANTS ALL OF US! God wants all of us. Period! Not a part of us Not just some of us. Not a bit of us. ALL OF US! Recently, I was studying the book of Hosea. I always struggle to read this particular prophet so I was treading carefully as I began. In chapter two, it was recorded that
Continue ReadingPLEASE DO NOT FALL INTO IT!
PLEASE DO NOT FALL INTO IT! Iyade was a hardworking middle aged wife and mother. She was also very enterprising and the works of her hands were blessed. Her children were doing great and her husband too. And all appeared to be going on very well. And then Iyade began to notice the distant look on her husband’s face when
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THE FATHER’S LOVE (IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF SAMUEL OLUYEMI JAIYESIMI 1926- 2008) Exactly seventeen years ago, my father, Samuel Oluyemi Jaiyesimi, went home to be with the LORD. I have no doubt that he is in heaven, and this makes me glad. My father was many things; a man of many parts. He was humble, he was a man
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LET US TURN UP THE PRAISE! I love the idea of praising God. I love praising God. And God loves it too. He loves it very much. So much so that God said He was ready to replace humans with stones if they refused to sing forth His praise. “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the
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THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 KJV The bible tells us that Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith.
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THE ALL HEARING GOD My son is growing in wisdom and in stature and in favour with God and man. I am such a proud mama giving all the Glory to God. Yet there is this one thing that he has going, my son can talk. He just loves to talk to his Nana, his dad and I at every
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CHOOSE THE BETTER PART. This is a true story. Mimi and Fay were friends like sisters. They had known each other from when they were in their early teenage years. Their parents were friends too and actually attended the same church. Mimi and Fay attended the same university and Mimi never saw or knew Fay to be easily angered or perturbed
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