Perhaps the most insight of all with regard to success is that to achieve greatly, you must become a different person. It is not the material thing you accomplish or acquire that matters so much as it is the quality of the person you must become to accomplish well above the average.
-Brian Tracy
#disciplinepays
TIME
Its boundaries same to all yet varying in displacements
The universal factor condensing in its form
For a wary student in class, very slow
For a lad asleep on the hay, too fast
A realign of composure ordering man’s events into play
For the hawker, an endless trek of shouts, sweat and pain
Hoping at sun down, the pain would be repaid in gain
Each hour counting, history’s witness, penning issues deemed fit
Its entity relies on no stance
It regards no opinions for it is set like the rising of the sun even the seasons to reap or sow
It determines what tides are turned; and authority in itself
It shows no favours
Accomplishments are noted as a virtue of wisely turning time
Wasted nights, unclaimed prizes, a teary eye, stiffed pride
Daunting reminders of wages gotten from cheating time
Regardless of wishes, time once passed could never be reborn
It would be as futile as pushing back a shot bullet to cock a gun
Each minute a precious gift given to treasure
A mighty feat will be managing time to reap its bliss
Time misused could replicate thousands of skies heavy with fountains of regret
Pouring down with no shade to hide from the effects of being drenched in sorrow
When tomorrow hits the band-wagon of yesterdays
It is claimed time as way-laid by misfortunes of mistakes
The future duped by procrastination’s mob raping the essence of today’s success
A probable result of yesterday’s indulgence.
QUICK QUOTEs
Small disciplines repeated with consistency everyday lead to greater achievement gained slowly over time.
-John Maxwell
#disciplinepays
My Whole woman!
I don’t just like the pictures that the movie industries paint on the single and whole woman, Nollywood for one, I am not saying that Hollywood is doing any better, but then what can I say? Well, don’t bother asking me to quit judging and show my own stuff, because that is my very objective in engaging you in this ‘slipper talk’ in the first place. So, let me do my thing, the ‘me’ pro way.
MY WHOLE WOMAN
Favouromeje, 0’16
Dedicated to every man and woman who has accepted a poorly done portrait by a ‘six months old professional artist’, cooing in a daycare and peeing into his nappy, and who is unfortunately planning to give such a piece to his/her beloved for a present.
“You might prefer a masterpiece done by an artist trained in the right use of paints and brushes- the Word, over that of an artist who paints with poop, wee, and a ‘tit-drag’ of inspiration from the content of a milk bottle”
My whole woman is not made whole and complete simply because she has a high tech well-paying job, a good ride, a pretty-as-she apartment, a fleet of interested males, a major Adekunle Gold giving her the Sade attention, a beautiful skin and always groomed hair, a strong clique of friends and of course a little dash of sass-mercy me! And oh, I forgot to add ‘plus a good spiritual life’!
My whole woman is not made whole by the things she has, but by the very stuff she is made of.
Mathematically speaking,
0.1 + 0.2 + 0.3 + 0.4 ≠ 1;
1=1. Period!
My whole woman is not made whole by the job she does, but on the contrary, her job is made whole simply because she is the one doing it. Similarly, she never receives her value from anything however huge, but she confers value on anything however small, as long as she has laid her hands on it. The same thing goes to anything car you find her riding.
Her apartment need not be large or fancy, but you can be guaranteed that she is the only one who is able to turn a man’s little corner into a castle without having to change its dimensions. Her amorous presence, and gracious touches would do much more magic than all that the best home makeover artists could offer you. And while she is doing that, you will come to realize and enjoy your own royal kingdom, where she is both your queen and your most loyal subject from the comfort of your humble-place- turned- palace.
She may or may not have a great band of interested males but just know that either way, she hardly ever notices because she is so taken by her Father’s business.
She need not run her relationships from the desk of any clique but you must bear in mind that if you ever come her way as a woman, you’ll walk by with a gem lesson to live by, and if you decide to be a man the day you came her way, then you’ll never have to forget the positive and right perspectives she would evoke, plus a good bite of encouragement to chew on as you till the ground. And if you were little the day you came her way, you’ll have a treasured seed to spend your days growing and eating from. And if you were her Abba Daddy, then you’ll know that she is the worship, and the son you’ve sort for from the beginning.
My whole woman doesn’t merely have a spiritual life unfortunately, but she lives the Spirit life, the love life coded for by the Spirit Gene. She is the 100% woman, the Theo-Sapiens woman, totally God, totally man.
My whole woman is therefore that woman who is, who knows that she is 100% God 100% man, and who allows this truth to be beneficial to both herself and the people who come her way every day.
Freestyle Friday
Not really. (Niel)
(I’d love to say I hate to say this but I’ve been telling every theologian I meet so I guess I love it.)
The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), which comprises of the Torah(moses), the Nevi’m (Prophets) and the Ketuv’im (Writings), is a highly misread book. There are Hebrew traditional commentaries that usually must accompany the reading of the Tanakh which are almost totally ignore when the Tanakh is renamed the Old testament by the Medieval Church.
The fact that Hebrews 6-10 repeatedly tell us the old one was faulty should give us pause when we read the old testament. God, by saying ‘ this is my son, in whom I am well pleased..listen to him’ has not only publicly announced Jesus symbolically and emphatically as the anointed one, or Christ (Or Messiah), but he has also pointed out the lens by which we, gentiles (thank you Hanna, I snap to u too), can and should see God. If the Jews, to whom the Tanakh belonged, could be so blind they don’t see the salvation in front of their noses, I thinker should take heed to look through Jesus, at the old testament.
#EVERYDAYJESUS is the revelation of God
For example, did God not say Moses is his Servant with whom he talks, face to face?
Yet we now know, no one has seen the Father except the Son who is from the Father. So, who is exaggerating? Moses or Jesus?
When you consider John’s example of ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved’ which is found only in his account, you see that writers took such liberties, so Moses and the unknown writer of Job obviously did. There is no demarcation in the old testament between lore and History.
It would be wise therefore to be careful to look through Jesus, the Spirit of God, because the letter really does kill.
My people perish for lack of knowledge and the Jews normally had anointed prophets who read them the Tanakh until John the baptist. He didn’t bother. Born a Levite, priest by lineage, yet that man waited for the real truth.
Don’t tell me the Bible is the truth. The Bible is true as much as it points to Jesus.
John 5:39-46
39 You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!
40 And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life.
41 I receive not glory from men [I crave no human honor, I look for no mortal fame],
42 But I know you and recognize and understand that you have not the love of God in you.
43 I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval.
44 How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise and honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from Him Who alone is God?
45 Put out of your minds the thought and do not suppose [as some of you are supposing] that I will accuse you before the Father. There is one who accuses you—it is Moses, the very one on whom you have built your hopes [in whom you trust].
46 For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for he wrote about Me [personally].
#freestylefriday
#norhymesjustreason
EverydayJesus’ Good morning fresh!
Good morning Love,
One thing I know about Abba Daddy is that He is a huge love bank that refreshes His supply every single morning, so that both the good, the bad and the ugly can withdraw for free every single day. Another thing I know about Him, is that He lives right within me through His Spirit, so that I can now call Him my Father, because I am born of His own very self.
I also know that Daddy is a love bank because Love is the very core of His entire being, and I know too that if I am made of Daddy’s very dominant Gene (His Spirit), then I must be looking just like my Daddy, and if I am just like my Daddy, then I am love too. So if Daddy’s love is renewed every morning, so does mine. Therefore, whenever I say good morning to you, I need you to know that I am simply telling you that I am just making a morning fresh commitment to loving you like never before, irrespective of anything that may have transpired between us the day before. When I say, good morning, I am saying that I love you morning fresh. I am not talking about a feeling, I am talking about a self-slaying substance. I am talking of putting myself in the line for you, like being sensitive to you, and listening to you to understand what you are saying from your own eyes, even if you prefer to never treat me the same way. I just will never mind. I don’t care if you are misunderstanding me, I’ll simply choose to understand you. I talking of giving you the bigger egg especially if I wanted it for myself, whether you notice it or not, I really don’t mind!- I hope you were not thinking of me going to the cross for you, Jesus already died for us all, LOL!
So for me, good morning is simply me committing myself to loving you as though my life depended on it,- of course it does because loving you is all there is to my life, The Life, Jesus that I my mutant being is programmed to live. In fact, in loving you, I know that I am talking in my family terms, and everybody knows that I can kill for an opportunity to talk, besides ‘talking’ is my own special way of telling daddy just exactly how I feel about Him- if you know what I mean.
My talking’s
Love!
WWF- Don’t Just Prophesy, Teach Also.
Prophecy is to be spoken over God’s people, while God’s word is to be sowed as a seed into their heart. Prophecy is like the rising of the clouds and the falling of rain subsequently… But without proper tilling of the ground of the people’s heart and the breaking up of the fallow ground of their heart, via the word of God (thorough and continual teachings of God’s word), there shall be no particular harvest of that spoken prophecy, nor any positively tangible manifestation to that effect.
As a matter of truth, you can only expect more wild weeds to grow in their hearts rather, just as rain will do to an uncultivated farmable ground. Meaning, deterioration may even set in instead.
Please, do not just prophesy over God’s people, you need to also sit them down and thoroughly teach them God’s word, that the prophecy may abundantly produce results. Teach God’s people how to war a good warfare with God’s word on their own, for every prophecy to have an absolute fruition in them. More time should be dedicated to teaching and explaining God’s word to God’s people, for greater and ever increasing harvests. Prophecy without teachings of God’s word is like a car without engine. It won’t do much, won’t make much difference in the people’s life. Understanding God’s word helps a man to properly war a good warfare with the given prophecies of God to that man.
1Tim. 1:18
This CHARGE I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
#EVERYDAYJESUS is the revelation of God
Not really!
(I’d love to say I hate to say this but I’ve been telling every theologian I meet so; I guess I love it.)
The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), which comprises of the Torah(Moses), the Nevi’m (Prophets) and the Ketuv’im (Writings), is a highly misread book. There are Hebrew traditional commentaries that usually must accompany the reading of the Tanakh which was almost totally ignored when the Tanakh was renamed the Old testament by the Medieval Church.
The fact that Hebrews 6-10 repeatedly tell us the old one was faulty should give us a pause when we read the old testament. God, by saying “this is my son, in whom I am well pleased…listen to him”, has not only publicly announced Jesus symbolically and emphatically as the anointed one, or Christ (or Messiah), but he has also pointed out the lens by which we, gentiles (thank you Hannah, I snap to you too), can and should see God. If the Jews, to whom the Tanakh belonged, could be so blind they don’t see the salvation in front of their noses, I think we should take heed to look through Jesus, at the old testament.
#EVERYDAYJESUS is the revelation of God
For example, did God not say Moses is his Servant with whom he talks, face to face?
Yet we now know, no one has seen the Father except the Son who is from the Father. So, who is exaggerating? Moses or Jesus?
When you consider John’s example of ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved’ which is found only in his account, you see that writers took such liberties, so Moses and the unknown writer of Job obviously did. There is no demarcation in the old testament between lore and History.
It would be wise therefore to be careful to look through Jesus, the Spirit of God, because the letter really does kill.
My people perish for lack of knowledge and the Jews normally had anointed prophets who read them the Tanakh until John the baptist.
You see John didn’t bother even though he was born a Levite, and a priest by lineage, yet he waited for the real truth.
Don’t tell me the Bible is the truth. The Bible is true as much as it points to Jesus.
John 5:39-46
39 You search and investigate;and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you think that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!
40 And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life.
41 I receive not glory from men [I crave no human honor, I look for no mortal fame],
42 But I know you and recognize and understand that you have not the love of God in you.
43 I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval.
44 How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise and honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from Him Who alone is God?
45 Put out of your minds the thought and do not suppose [as some of you are supposing] that I will accuse you before the Father. There is one who accuses you—it is Moses, the very one on whom you have built your hopes [in whom you trust].
46 For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for he wrote about Me [personally].
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#freestylefriday
#norhymesjustreason
