GLAD TO BE ALIVE
GLAD TO BE ALIVE Today, I am overcome with a sudden urge to be grateful… for everything! I remember a hymn we used to sing as children at school. The words by Lizette W. Reese, go like this: “Glad that I live am I; That the sky is blue; Glad for the country lanes, And the fall of dew.
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BATH TIME As our babies grew into toddlers, bath time became almost a nightmare. They wanted to splash about in the bath water, they wanted to make endless bubbles and they wanted to blow on soapsuds. The truth is sometimes it was fun but other times it was quite a challenging experience. Yet regardless of how easy or
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FELLOW CITIZENS VIVE LA FRANCE!!! France won the FIFA 2018 World Cup! Ok. I know this is no longer headline news. Still… VIVE LA FRANCE! And indeed their day of glory arrived, there at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on the 15th day ofJuly, 2018. I gasped when I saw the line-up of the French National Team that led
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THE HAZARDS OF GREED Barely two weeks ago, a petrol tanker burst into flames on a very busy motor way in Lagos, a south western state in Nigeria. This unfortunate incident happened on a Thursday evening during the rush hour traffic when most of the road users were commuters heading home after a day at work. The tanker involved
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Living A Fulfilled Life … A Life of Purpose “The way to achieve fulfilment in your life is to devote yourself to loving God, loving people around you, and be committed to creating something that affects lives positively. All these will in turn give your life purpose and meaning.” What is your purpose? What were you and you alone put on this
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AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT Daniel in the lions den is a bible story that I have heard often. Daniel was thrown into the lions den, but God sent his angel to shut the mouth of the lions and they did not hurt him (Daniel 6:22). But why was he thrown into the lions den in the first place, what did he
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GOD IS IN EVERY THING AND EVERY BODY
GOD IS IN EVERY THING AND EVERY BODY When we praise GOD and say; “You’re the Lily of the Valley, the Rose of Sharon, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the bright morning Star…”, and so on, we find that all these items really do exist but the thing is that God is actually represented in all of them
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WHAT WILL YOU DO?. About four months ago, I was deeply saddened to hear about the death of Professor Stephen Hawking. I came to know about Professor Hawking when visiting a wax museum earlier this year. His wax figure was among those of academic geniuses Einstein and Newton. I did not see his name anywhere and was unable to know
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THE VERY BEST “DAY” Bank Holiday Monday – UK – 28/05/2018 Memorial Day – US – 28/05/2018 Democracy Day – Nigeria – 29/05/2018 Holidays around the world! Everybody loves a holiday. And that is just great. Absolutely nothing wrong with taking a “chill pill”; taking things slow and easy; Putting our feet up and getting our pedicures; Getting some rest
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