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FLAMES OF REVIVAL

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Its another season in the history of mankind when the thing that really matter have been relegated to the abyss of oblivion.When men that once stood for the truth have shriveled into constructed compromise.When the world is in the most need of truth and spiritual transformation.When integrity of the HUMAN PERSON has been murdered on the soil of liberalism.The ashes of past revivals have been mockingly cleared by the youths of our time with such disgracing complacency that they care not for fresh woods and BLAZING fire of the Holy Spirit. I write not to unbelievers who have seen no light yet but still grope in the void of sinfulness, for how pertinent is the case of the patient whose doctor is sick.I write rather to the thousands of  cold hearted Christians who read this now. Continue reading →

SCENES OF REVIVAL

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This word that has been relegated into obscurity

This experience that has been interpreted unto mediocrity

An experience our fathers cherished and pursued

Without any elevated passion they worked to subdue

The resilience of sin and worldliness

That has choked the rays of godliness

In the heart of yesteryears believers

Whose lives shrank the pride of unbelievers.

 

There are scenes that are concomitant with revival

One thing is sure, that holiness makes an arrival

Young boys and girls become chaste and sober

Old men and women have christened memories to remember

The once straying souls are suddenly intercepted

By the word and the holy spirit with impact so concerted

Our young girls would dress modestly and beautiful

Not parading themselves in partial nudity in manners most detestful

 

The young men would discard mediocrity

And embrace purposeful ventures with godly authority

The brothels would be converted to places of godly encounters

And the clubs, a place of god’s dealing ever to remember

Our pot-bellied politicians would become large hearted leaders

Mounting on the wings of purpose to enforce the dreams of dreamers

Our universities would become citadels of excellent scholars

Whose conduct would be based on Christian morals.

 

Truth would be a surplus commodity in our business places

And sincerity would lead the way in our market places

Children would be nurtured in the bosom of caring parents

Developing in love their gracious talents

The movies we watch would be powerful sermons

Not high jacked by nude and erotic demons

From our music shall emanate soul warming aromas

Blended with intelligent lyrics and served a s soul warmers

 

We should not scamper empty out of our homes

Without being stuffed with some gospel drones

Our homes would be holy, happy and healthy ones

Where the devil and his agents would be long gone

Boys would relate with girls as sisters

While girls would relate with boys as brothers

Our preachers would not be scrambling on the pulpit

To gain self glory and ego while souls stream into the pit

 

The church would be filled with an atmosphere of love

Not gossips, slanders, debauchery and insincere smiley curves

Prayer would become a cherished venture by the saints

Consecration would be embarrassed by our ladies and gents

Then the bible would not be a book of fables and myth

God’s word would be real to us and full of might

The devil would lose territories once dominated by him

And a glorious militant church would recover lost lands in warring hymns.

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Agbaroji Chimeremeze

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THAT FELLOW

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When you get to know a fellow,

know his joy and know his cares,

When you’ve come to understand the burdens

That he bears,

When you’ve learned the fight he’s making

And the troubles in his way,

Then you’ll find that he’s different than you

Thought you knew him yesterday.

You find his faults are trivial, there’s not so much to blame,

In the fellow that you jeered at when you only knew his name

You are quick to see the blemish in the distant neighbour’s style

And your prejudices fatten and your hates more violent grow,

As you talk about his failures  your hates more violent grow,

As you talk about the failures of the man you do not know

But when drawn a little closer and your hands and shoulders touch

You find the traits you hated really didn’t amount to much

When you get to know a fellow, know his every mood and whim,

You begin to find the texture and the splendid side of him

You begin to understand him, and you cease to scoff and stare

For with understanding, all this prejudices disappear

You begin to find his virtues, and his faults you cease to tell,

For you seldom hate a fellow when you know him very well

When you get to know a fellow, you understand his ways,

Then his fault won’t really matter, for you will find a lot to praise.

I’M 22 TODAY

On December 14th 1990
Her joy was full, so pure and mighty
The baby kicked into the air with reckless abandon
Crying and sniffing with rhymes in random
What was the reason for such innocent cry?
I can’t really tell but I can try
The doctor said it was the new environment he punctured through
I do not see this explanation to be entirely true

The baby was simply scared of a cruel world
For then his innocent heart had not met the word
Growing up was a world of fun
Sitting, crawling, then walking and begins to run
Lacking any sense of responsibility
but totally trusting in mum’s ability
Often fund of playful dad
That fellow that always made me oblivious of the word “sad”

Straying progressively away from my creator
And enjoying the ride in sin’s elevator
Just towards the yuletide of 2004
I became born again and in the path of destiny I commended my tour
I had to break-out from my dubious gang of six
Oh! Finally, my Saviour gave me a welcome kiss
All my sins and guilt were gone
And pardon from the cross cancelled all I had done

Suddenly the little baby of yesteryears
Grows to search out the meaning of all his fears
And thus to give an explanation for his existence
This quest was crystallized in the Lord’s presence
Until the Lord dissolved it in His infinite wisdom
Now I know why I’m in this glorious kingdom
To the world and all is lust I say a determined goodbye
Until I get to that golden street that money can’t buy

I’m 22 today still under the Lord’s canopy
Only to gaze at my wasted years as an abandoned jalopy
The future is so bright with its energizing blaze
In fact, you would need eye-glasses to take a gaze
Thanks to all the folks that helped shape my life
Especially to those who with love in their hearts employed their knives
To cut-off the folly prevalent in my young heart
Much gratitude to you I give with a cheerful heart
I LOVE YOU ALL

BY
AGBAROJI CHIMEREMEZE

WHEN NOBODY UNDERSTANDS YOU

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Have you ever been; in a stance when it seems no one understands you? For every action you take, someone seems to find a fault. When you want to be calm and sober, people think something is getting at your nerves and getting you worried. Or maybe You are depressed, and when finally you resolve to laugh and chat with other folks, you suddenly turn to see a sea of frowned faces gazing at you, trying to tell you by their expression, that you are too loose and liberal.
In addition, the sense of guilt comes to your heart. If you are not careful, you would think to frown is spirituality. Then you quit your laughter and happy mood and feign sobriety to the imprisonment of your emotions.
it won’t be long before you realize that everybody wants you to be like them or maybe give you prescriptions of how they think life should be lived, and when you try to please everybody you do not only displease yourself but you will be overwhelmed at the ounces of confusion that sets into your world.
When everybody seems not to understand you, you should know that Jesus does, because there is no friend like him. Every good temperament can accommodate and enjoy the life of Christ. We all have our individual differences and idiosyncrasies’ but Christ can find our expressions through our temperaments if only we should submit our hearts to Him.
Have you ever sought for the correct words to say to someone who seems to misunderstand you? You desperately wished “if only he could understand what I’m saying” or maybe you had thought: “I’d only they understand my plight”
The truth is that, we are all human, we are not angels, but even angels have differences, if not, we would not recognize and identify them when we meet them in heaven.
Maybe you have not also realized that you misunderstand people sometimes, we may not understand people’s words or actions always, especially when we cannot take a glimpse of things from their own perspective. Whenever you try to make people understand and they seem not to, you should just commit it to the Lord in prayer.
Jesus understood the fears of Peter even when He denied Him; He understood the weakness of Paul. That was why he made his grace sufficient for him. He understood the stance of Mary Magdalene even when all the Jews had condemned her, but when the Lord understands our failures and weaknesses, He only does so to make us stronger and better and not just to tolerate us. You may have been astonished when you realized that actually, nobody sees things just the same way you do. That is because God does not want us to act and understand alike, He only wants us to blend our actions and apply our varied understanding for the utmost pleasure of his heart.
The next time someone or some people misunderstands you, turn to God in prayer, with a sober heart and ensure you have his approval. If then you’ve secured God’s approval over your action or utterance, then tell God about the misunderstanding, but if God convicts you, then be humble enough to apologize to the folks you’ve hurt. Nevertheless, one thing should be clear to you. It is normal on earth for you to be misunderstood. However, it has never been heard of anybody being misunderstood in heaven. That is why you should strive together, to get to where everything is plane, pure and lovely. However, as you still put on the flesh, you should learn to accommodate misunderstandings.
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Agbaroji Chimemeremeze.

WHEN YOU HAVE ALL AND POSSES A FEW

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Life is full of complements; no body lacks everything entirely and nobody has everything entirely. We only find out soon how much we need the other folk, amidst all the things we have known we can do on our own.
And how astonishing it is for us to stumble into the realization that most people, much more than we know need us around to survive, not necessarily to continue living but to survive the hurts that try to bleach life and make it a world of depression instead of satisfaction and fulfillment with a hope anchored on eternity with Christ.
Most times God has punctured my pride! When I assume the frame of a peacock in my heart thinking, I have all I ever wanted. I look around me and see the souls that just need my company to retain smile on their faces-Those who have carved me with gold in their hearts, many more who have placed much value on my utterances even when I say things that do not make sense, they ensure that I am retained in that lofty position in their heart. I had then come to realize this; my worth is a little less if I take it upon my heart that I have everything I should have and only need to dispense the much virtues that I have convinced myself I should have in abundance and do not actually need anything from anybody.
When we think we have it all, we are not only surprised when we realize that we only have an iota of the many good things God has given to mankind, but if we are not careful, our astonishment can degenerate into jealousy much faster than we think we can control our thoughts. Then, the best way to have all, and indeed then only way, is to see others as a part of you and you as a part of others. This are not just complementarities, it is a relationship which one assumes to have all the good things he wants, yet, he possessed just but a few of it and only an iota proceed from him.
We enjoy the things we made up our mind to enjoy. Moreover, that includes enjoying the presence of God. When we’ve come to realize that God did not put all his treasures in any man aside Christ, but even in Christ we do not altogether possess all we need until we see Christ giving us all He possesses through direct communion with Him and secondly by our relationship with other people. We often think Christ would give us applause if we tell Him that we do not have need of our fellow man because we have him. Maybe He will just smile and shake his head in pity, for a any man who reasons this has not seen the treasures of Christ that exude from others. When we realize that in Christ we can enjoy all things, both the things we have directly in our possession and the ones we can access in others; then we will see that even that little fellow that sits besides us during sermon, is as important to us as the preacher. For life can be boring if you fail to see Christ in your brother or sister.
Failure to see this usually degenerates to depression and boredom in our walk with God. Nevertheless, the extent we can see Christ in other people and that we can access without envy, the treasures of Christ made available to us in others, is dependent upon our understanding of Christ in relation to the folks around us.
We may have asked, if all we need is Christ, why then did God give us all these things with Christ? Is Christ not just enough for us? Well, the things God gave us with Christ are actually all in Christ. Nevertheless, God gave us all things with Christ so that in having Christ we would see all things in him. However, a man who possesses only the physical/material aspect of these things with Christ Himself only has a shadow of the real thing. Shadows are never celebrated. Only substances are. We can live gracefully if we see all that God has given us in Christ in other people. Nobody ever enjoys the things he possesses without envy of the things he does not possess until he discovers that the things he does not possess are actually part of his belongings, if he learns to enjoy it as though they were his.[1 Cor. 3:21]

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Agbaroji Chimeremeze