A SHIP AT THE HABOUR

A ship at the harbour

So it happens that the famous logos hope ship(a ship full of Christian and other literature)
 found herself on the shores of Ghana again, giving Ghanaians an opportunity to benefit from her good work. I was so privileged and graced to have been among the few Ghanaians who witnessed this historic event.

It was quite interesting how people were happily jumping around, taking selfies, and all that.  I just stood at a place with the ship in sight thinking through how this dream became a reality for someone. Also as a young engineer I was thinking about the loads of work involved in fulfilling such a dream.  A friend came closer and looking at how amazed I was he said to me, there are bigger ones than this and I nodded at him affirming his point.

Again, I laughed and gave a faint smile after realizing that this huge vessel is controlled by an individual called captain, who happens to be a man. It was just funny to accept the fact  that this huge vessel which is 1000 times bigger than man is being controlled by tiny man.

 

This took me back to the book of genesis where GOD instructed man to take dominion of everything HE created. Gen 1:26 ( And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth).

The level and kind of dominion GOD bestowed on us as mankind was and still is one of a kind. If   tiny little men called captains can control vessels as huge as the size of logos hope, then men are yet to discover the extent to which their dominion ends.

No wonder with faith like mustard seed we would move mountains.

What am I trying to say? 

Your issue maybe as big as the logos hope ship or better still like the famous titanic ship, the size of the ship is not the problem but the captain to champion its course. Until the captain puts on the engine to set sail for people to admire the ship, its magnificence is only known  to itself.

 Command your day, exhibit your dominance as man, there is nothing bigger than you, it doesn’t matter the size of the ship , as a captain if you stop the engine the ship will quietly obey, if you start it again it will gladly respond to your will. 

Think about this and praise GOD for your life.

THE PARAMETERS OF GOD'S HEART

THE HEART OF GOD

Today I sat down and thought through how it feels to be GOD.  I found out my knowledge about how big HIS heart is, is equal to my imagination because I can only imagine the size of HIS heart. I agree HE created us in HIS own image and likeness but at times I still ask myself if I lack something. We also have a heart and this heart is subjected to a lot of tear and wear day in and day out, and sometimes the feeling is so gross you don’t want to own a heart again. So I ask, does GOD really have a heart?

 If yes does HE also feel what we sometimes feel or does HE ever go through emotional trauma? If that also answers yes then I‘ll ask again, HOW BIG IS THE HEART OF GOD.  We sin like our lives depend on sin, we live anyhow like fatherless children, we talk anyhow like there is no GOD listening.

We throw HIS love back at HIM and tell HIM point blank how HE has wasted resources. We tell HIM it was foolish on HIS part to give us HIS most treasured TREASURE. We spit in and on HIS face and tell HIM to walk away.

Again, how lame can a man be and not utter a word when HE is being bruised knowing HE had the authority to stop it, how stupid can you be to see your enemy full of anger and rage and yet hand him your life on a silver platter. How insane it is to still ask for forgiveness for an one who will beat you into deformation and even unto death.

YOU do all this in the name of love and later YOU realize the flower(love) YOU gave as  a token was thrown back at you in the face saying to you your love is not enough.

What amazes me is the fact that you still have the heart and gust to say you love mankind. GOD please answer me, how big is your heart. You contain all my stupidity and foolishness, my disobedience and stubbornness, you are always heartbroken yet never cease to love us the more. What kind of GOD are you.

Now my final question to YOU GOD, and please answer  me” HOW BIG CAN MY HEART BE”

JESUS AT THE NIGHT CLUB

                                      JESUS AT THE NIGHT CLUB

Just like how we do it any other Friday night, there was this time we were really fired up to have the craziest fun ever. The scenes of this day still plays back in memory like it owns the largest estate in my mind.

Friday nights in college were the best nights, and this was because we finally got to do away with the boring lectures and annoying lecturers to catch some fun. We rushed to the room after our last lecture to begin our fun night. It started with picking up clothes and sneakers that would make you the heartbeat of the fun throughout the night because the girls will be checking you out like you are their duty, and the feeling of that alone was a blast.

I strapped up with my friends and hit the road at 9 pm for the club. At half past 9 we were already in the queue for checks into the club. We entered and the place was just crazy. Alcohol everywhere, naked girls all over and the sound was so loud mummy couldn’t call because she would be very disappointed.

I really wanted to have the fun of my life and I didn’t even care if I died in there, because I thought that was the real deal nothing more nothing less. I mean what else could life offer you if not the fun.

I took the alcohols, smooched around with some girls, and danced my head off like no one’s business. I tried all the crazy stuff you can think off in the club, yet I wanted something more. Something was definitely missing in the club. My quest and thirst to have a fulfilled fun was never met in the club.

Was so drunk I felt asleep in the club, and had the dream of my life.

 I saw this young man come to me and smile at me like HE is my dad. HE gave me a gaze and said “you will never be fulfilled in this”. We then passed through the VIP section thinking HE was going to introduce me into some much crazy stuff only to realize we had actually gone out of the club.

HE showed me a family who had just finished praying, and HE asked,” What do you see”? I saw smiles, peace, and joy in their lives. They looked so cool and happy without the alcohol, drugs, and the ladies and I was just wowed. Straight away I asked what club was that and HE smiled again and answered; that is the club of fulfillment.

My friend tapped me from my seat in the club to wake up because it was time to leave. As soon as I woke up, I told him JESUS came to the club today. HE laughed his heart out at my dismay and said there was no way JESUS could come here.

Being fulfilled is simply being you and enjoying you. The good book says in HIM we live, move and have our being (paraphrased) acts 17: 28. The only fulfillment you can have as a living entity is hidden in CHRIST JESUS and that is all about it.

Thank you.

THE RELATIONSHIP PILLS

                                                     RELATIONSHIP PILLS

I met a friend some weeks back who gave me a lot of reasons to share this information with the public. After exchanging pleasantries I realized he was not wearing his usual smile and he looked very worried and tensed. So I quickly enquired from him the reason for his moodiness.

He started a whole series of complains and disappointments about his relationship, and how it was destroying him. After a long chat of encouragement I came back home and tried analyzing the issue critically.

I found out that from the scratch my friend had missed the foundations of a Christian relationship. Now, let’s understand the whole concept about a Christian relationship. A Christian relationship is like a simple circle. 

 

A circle has lots of components, but the most important of them all is a center of the circle  and the  radius with which the circumference of the circle is drawn.

Again the beauty of a circle depends highly on the correlation between the center and the radius.  To obtain an absolute or a beautiful circle, the pointed end of the compass is firmly placed at the center whereas the other end is moved to draw the circumference to obtain the circle. The distance then from the pointed end to where the circumference is drawn is the radius of the circle.

The radius cant be the center, and in  like manner, the center cant be the radius. GOD is the center and we are the radii.

From the diagram of the circle above, we can see that,one point of the radius is in the center and the other touching the circumference.  As an individual (radius) in a relationship, you  have to be deeply rooted in GOD and depend on HIM to help you with drawing the circumference. if your grounds is shaky at the center,know that your circumference will also be shaky. It is that simple.

A strong hold on GOD who is the center of the relationship (circle) will surely result in a nice and wonderful circle (relationship).

These things are not facts but the sincere truth, and until we get them right , the ladies or the guys will keep breaking our hearts into pieces.

Most people tend to change the roles and make GOD the radius and themselves the center, making the equation imbalance. Its like asking a 2 year old child to carry either his/her mother. From our conversation he only went to GOD when things went wrong instead of GOD stepping in when things are wrong because HE is the center and controller of the relationship.  Interesting, right!!! . If his/ her life is centered on you, know that there is trouble ahead. Aim at being his/her radius and you can be assured of a wonderful and happily ever after relationship.

  So dear reader, play your role as a radius and let GOD play HIS role as the center.

Thank you.

I LOVE CRAZY PEOPLE

                                                      IT IS PURE  INSANITY

It’s not only insane but also hard to understand that as Christians some of our actions seem meaningless to the world per what we want to achieve in life, and the study and the practice of the word of GOD makes it so.

For instance, the normal is to work hard to gather and store up money in my accounts before I see the last zeros of my bank account chasing each other for a gold medal, but understanding the policies and practice of the word will tell you to scatter instead of gather to fulfill the same purpose.

Battles I know are won by gallant men who are fit and well prepared for the war. By being fit I mean these are people who eat well and train well to gain all the needed strength for the battle. Again we see JESUS tell HIS disciples in Matt 17:21 kjv”howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting”. Fasting alone drains you of your needed strength  daily activities and not to talk of the energy for praying.

This may be hard to believe but I have come to learn in my walk with CHRIST, that when you pray for other peoples need your need is also answered. I don’t get why I have to pray for other peoples need in order to get my need met or answered whiles we all need or want that particular thing.  Its like going to a shop to buy a book, and instead of me buying the book for myself  I buy it for another person hoping I will receive mine through that act, I mean this is not logical.

Thinking through all these experiences I realized its totally insane. But guess what ?i love being insane and I think you should too.

We scatter in order to gather as sons of GOD because  the good book says in Luke 6:38, give and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, and shaken together and running over, shall men give unto your bosom(paraphrased). This is the reality, at the beach you can scoop some amount of sand with your own hands but if you let that out for someone else to fill your hands with the sand, the person is able to fill it till the sand overflows in your hand.

Also you need all your strength at battle grounds as stated earlier, but when you deny yourself of food you suppress the flesh which is in battle with your spirit according to Galatians 5:17, and in so doing your spirit rises above the situation to embrace the victory we already have in CHRIST JESUS.

Again to kneel on the battle grounds is a sign of weakness and surrender, but it is amazing how HE begins when we end. The good book says HIS strength is made perfect in our weakness(2 cor 12:9).so when you surrender  it is victory in disguise because the conquering conqueror  comes into the picture. And when HE is in the picture sounds of battles cease for trumpet of victories to be blown.

I love being crazy to the world per my actions as a Christian. 

Just as I always say “if loving GOD means being crazy then I wish I never had a head to even contain my brains”.  

Thank you.

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I AM PREGNANT

I AM PREGNANT

In (Luke 1:30-36), the angel of the LORD (Gabriel) visit Mary and tell her about her unborn son JESUS, and all that HE will accomplish on earth. She replied by telling him it is humanly impossible. The angel then said , the HOLY GHOST shall come upon thee, and not only that but also the power of the most high shall over shadow thee. For those of us who are wondering how Mary got pregnant without a man, this was how Mary got pregnant; “The HOLY SPIRIT came over her and the power of GOD overshadowed her”, as simple as that.

 Let’s note that when the HOLY SPIRIT is upon you and the power of GOD overshadows you, there is a high possibility of conception. If it wasn’t so Mary wouldn’t have conceived. Again you don’t just conceive a child, but you conceive JESUS.

The difference is that a conceived child is a child but a conceived JESUS is a saviour, a solution, a redeemer,peace,joy,victory, a lot to mention but a few.

 As humans we don’t only conceive babies, we also conceive ideas. We are young men and women who are seeking to affect changes in our world and make the world a better place to be. To do this, we need life changing and transforming ideas.

If a conceived JESUS CHRIST was a failure to the world then my claims are false, but if HE wasn’t, then an idea conceived by the HOLY SPIRIT will surely succeed and transform lives.

To conceive of such ideas we have to give ourselves the chance for the HOLY SPIRIT to come upon us and the power of GOD to overshadow us.

We as humans are mothers to such ideas and GOD becomes the father of such ideas. Now tell me, what percentage of fathers in the world has planned for the failure of their wards? Every parent always looks out for the best to occur to his/her ward.If GOD is the father of such ideas know that HE wishes them to succeed and HE will take care of them until they become successful.

In as much as GOD is the father of such ideas, you as the conceiver have a role to play. A child grows to become a good child when the roles of father and mother are rightly played in their lives.

Pray for the HOLY SPIRIT to come upon you and ask for the power of GOD to overshadow you which is your conception period and you will surely conceive a world saving idea.

Thank you.

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THE RIGHT ANGLE

THE RIGHT ANGLE

Sometimes I wish we had an eraser button fixed in our brains so we could just click on it to erase memories we do not want to keep, but that is not the case.

Today I was listening to a preacher who was trying to encourage his congregation. He said, “Forget about the bad situations, and forget about the awful things people have said about you and move on in life.” and I was like how do I forget? Because, if am holding coals of fire in my hand it is difficult not to feel the pains in my palm, unless you are a special human mutant like we see in the movie x-men and the like.

The human brain is so powerful I kind of wonder how GOD formed it out of clay.  

Scientist have tried to explain how painful experiences transform into long lasting memories with a hypothesis known as Hebbian plasticity. This idea states that in the face of painful experiences more neurons in the brain fire electrical impulses in unison which creates a stronger connection with each other; this strong connection creates stronger memories in the brain.

Considering the above explanations on memory storage in the brain, it is not easy to forget about situations and events, but this is what I think.

I think we should look at problems or events that caused us pain from different angles. In the book of mark 4:39 KJV, the bible says “And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, peace be still, and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm”

Here, we see JESUS call a  storm peace and ask it to be still. The disciples were seeing a storm which caused them to be in jeopardy but when JESUS arose HE saw peace and like I said earlier, asked it to be still.

I may not know what you have gone through in life, or the kind of pain you are experiencing right now but take a look at it from a different angle. Look at it from an angle where you can see peace and not the storm.

Ask yourself what would have happen if you had not gone through that painful experience, most at times we need this painful experiences as teachers to help us understand and enjoy the life we have been given by GOD.

At other times, know that you are the best person such an occurrence can happen to, because should it happen to someone else the person may not survive its consequences.

What am I saying? All am saying is, you may not forget totally about the situation or the painful experiences and occurrences, but look at these events from a different angle and appreciate the fact that it happened to you, and pick a clue from the peace side of the storm .

Isaiah 43:18-19 KJV“Do not remember the past events; pay no attention to things of old. Look, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the desert.”

 Hidden in any storm is peace.