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16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
16 SOBERING THINGS EVERY ATHEIST SHOULD KNOW Belief in God isn't blindly based on acceptance of the Bible as truth, or simply because the argument makes sense, but because when we begin to truly look for him, we begin to find him everywhere. In nature, in science, in supernatural experience, and perhaps most compellingly of all in the transformed lives of IMAGINE AN ATHEIST CALLING ME AN ATHEIST Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. " The fool says in his heart, “There is noGod”
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7 SIMPLE WAYS OF DEALING WITH YOUR SPOUSE’S IMPERFECTIONS 18/10/201920/10/2019VictorsCorner
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“No body is perfect,” goes the popular saying. The truth of that statement is particularly obvious in a committed marital union betweena man and woman.
Except you want to deceive yourself, you will gladly own up to the fact that the person you married is not a spotless angel. But this is no time to begin pointing accusing fingers at your spouse as the one with the most imperfections, because as you know, you yourself are not without some blemishes. In other words, you often fall below each other’s expectations. Despite these imperfections, both of you can still be at peace with each other and hopefully be happier too. If that is part of your marital goal, then you will allow me to proffer a few suggestions that will be helpful to you in that respect: HERE ARE SEVEN SIMPLE WAYS YOU CAN DEAL WITH THE IMPERFECTIONS OF YOURSPOUSE:
1. ACCEPT THAT YOUR SPOUSE IS NOT PERFECT Your spouse is not an angel, so don’t expect that he or she will not make mistakes sometimes. And when that happens, please do show someunderstanding.
Truth be told, neither you nor your spouse is perfect. Perhaps you should let this guide your expectations so that you suffer less frustrations when your spouse’s behaviour falls below your esteemedexpectations.
2. BE PATIENT WITH YOUR SPOUSE If you have come to terms with the fact that your spouse is not perfect and you are committed to loving him or her despite that, I am going to add that you should be patient with him or her. I will not promise you that your spouse will grow into a faultless angel someday. But I can at least opine that if he or she is committed to your marriage as you are, there will be remarkable positive change of behaviour over time when you exercise the due patience with. 3. MAINTAIN YOUR SANITY Your spouse will ‘lose it’ sometimes and when that happens be sure to keep your own sanity and be at your best behaviours. Things will go downhill in your marriage if both of you decide to vent and and get mad at each other at the same time. A wise spouse once told the better-half, “If you spit fire, I will vomit water.” The point here is, you and your spouse should not be spitting fire at the same time. 4. TALK THINGS OVER WITH YOUR SPOUSE In as much as I want you to cut some slack for your spouse, there will be times when it is important you talk things over with him or her. But you have to be gentle and nice over it, else you might trigger a volcanic eruption in the process. In talking things over with your spouse, be humble, loving and considerate. Resist the temptation of pointing accusing fingers at each other. Instead of looking for who is wrong, focus on what is wrong and deal with it. If your spouse raises his or voice in the process, keep yours low. Apologise where necessary and accept responsibility as appropriate. Engage in the conversation in such a away that it strengthens your marriage and not in a way that tears it apart. 5. AVOID THE SILENT TREATMENT There are times silence may be golden, but at times too, it can be a time-bomb waiting to explode. I trust that you know the difference. While it is not okay to shout at your spouse, on the other hand, don’t use the silent treatment as a tool for affliction in marriage. It is good to keep silent sometimes in order not to offend in words or as part of your anger management strategy. But if your spouse desires commmunication with you, do not give him or her the silent treatment to punish him or her for what they did to you. 6. CELEBRATE YOUR SPOUSE’S STRENGTH Despite your spouse’s so-called imperfections, he or she must have some strengths as well. Identify those strengths and celebrate them. I am totally convinced that your spouse is not a good-for-nothing fellow, otherwise you would not have married him or her. So I am telling you for free that you can manage your spouse’s imperfections better by focusing on his or her strengths and celebrating them. Compliment your spouse’s good behaviours and be less critical of the bad ones. It is not easy to do, but it is worth the try. 7. PRAY REGULARLY FOR YOUR SPOUSE It is not enough for you to talk to your spouse. You should also talk to God about spouse – not in form of endless bitter complaints but in form of regular loving prayers. Trying to force a change in behaviour on your spouse may be counter-productive. But when you pray, you invite God to handle the situation in the best possible way. Don’t say you don’t know what to pray about concerning your spouse. Are there things you like about your spouse? I believe the answer is yes. Begin your prayers by thanking God for those things. Also, the things that annoy you about him or her should be part of the things you should pray about. Your dreams for her, the things she cares about, her personal goals are some of the things you can pray for your wife about.***
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Your spouse is not perfect STILL DEPENDING ON RAIN WATER FOR SURVIVAL 04/10/201910/10/2019VictorsCorner
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Photo source: PlumbingAfrica.co.za I have since realised that there were unique experiences we had as kids who grew up in the villages that our counterparts in a city such as Lagos may not relate to. A little of that sentiment of mine was tickled this morning when my seven year old son asked me a simplequestion:
“Daddy, why do some people put out buckets, bowls and other containers when it rains?” “To collect some rain water for use,” I replied rather too flippantly, without even looking at the direction where the question came from. But then, almost immediately the salient reality of that question began to dawn on me. The answer I gave should have been pretty obvious to him you might think. But please give the boy a break; even if for no other reason but because collecting rain water for household use has never been part of his experience in his few years of life on earth. With portable water now being pumped to the kitchen, bathroom and wherever else water is needed in the house, how would he appreciate the fact that many people around my country still depend on rain waterfor survival?
“For what kind of use, daddy?” he sought to clarify. “My dear, it’s for domestic use.” This time I had to look at him in the face, with my hands on each of his shoulders, leaning forwardin the process.
When I was at his age (more than three decades ago), I didn’t have to wonder why people harvested rain water. The experience was too common-place for me not to have known the purpose. But his question afforded me a genuine coachable moment to point out the fact that many homes still cannot do without relying on rain water for some of – if not for all – their domestic uses. I guess that’s still part of the reality of living in a developingnation.
I went on to explain to him how we used to depend on rain water as the main source of water supply way back in the village where I was born. Just like everyone else in that small community, my mum and my older siblings would put out different sizes of containers to collect rain water whenever it poured. Even the roof of the houses there were embedded with water conveyance systems. That way, the abundant rain water that hits atop the covering corrugated iron sheets were channeled through well-constructed gutters linked with vertical trunk pipes that emptied directly into underground concrete tanks or into big volume surface waterreservoirs.
The water so-collected would then be fetched out and put to daily use (washing, bathing, cooking, cleaning and yes, drinking) all-year round. The process was reliable and sustainable too. And because of the beautiful natural vegetation surrounding the environment we lived in, coupled with the absence of fossil fuel using factories, the problem of acid rain was non-existent. You see, people like my son who were born in an urban city would never fully understand that kind of experience which we considered common-place while growing up. And I completely understand! Photo Source: Kanchan Nepal Perhaps a little walk back memory lane will underscore my point. I was born in a village in the present day Delta State, Nigeria. I grew up there till my teen years before I finally relocated to the city ofLagos.
That little village was blessed with a few amenities that made it standout amidst other ones around it. It had a well-tarred Trunk B road that ran through it from one end to another connecting it directly to the State Capital at the far end, separated only by a few other villages and towns. At that time telephone service was a huge luxury way beyond the reach of 99.9999% of the population. Even at that, the village was already linked to the national telephone backbone. And apart from the availability of analogue phone service powered by the now defunct NITEL (Nigeria Telecommunications), the village also had electricity supply from the national grid. However, water supply was the biggest problem we had to grapple with in that village. No streams, no boreholes and no portable water supply from anywhere. Only rain water, which was abundant doing the wet season and scanty in the dry season, was available. Thanks to a failed pipe-borne water project sponsored by the then military state government, the various households in the village never had the privilege of regular supply of treated water pumped to them. Looking back now, I would say that was my first experience of a failed government project being commissioned as successfully completed. Whether it was the contractor’s gross incompetence or the systemic corruption in high places that robbed the community of a properly executed portable water facility, my young mind could not have comprehended it then. But now the picture is clearer. That was how the pictured looked like some three decades ago. Unfortunately, that’s the same story (or even worse) that could be told of many vital but abandoned (water) projects across many states of the Federation today. Could the experience have been better for the masses, especially with respect to water supply? You tell me what you think! SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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3 WAYS YOU CAN CAPTURE COACHABLE MOMENTS WITH YOUR KIDS 30/09/201905/10/2019VictorsCorner
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As a parent, how much do you even realise that you are your children’s number one life coach? When it comes to coaching your kids, do not underestimate your role as a parent, and please do not be lazy playing that role in your children’s lives. You may assume that your kids will know some things on their own, but then you get to find out they don’t. You may also assume that they should be taught everything in school, but at last you get to discover they weren’t. That means there is a learning gap between what they are supposed to know and what they actually do know. In what little ways can you bridge that gap with your kids in a way that engenders good rapport between you and them? Of course, there might be many ways to that end. But in this post, I will suggest capturing the coachable moments with them. Coachable or teachable moments’ refer to those unplanned or informal opportunities for you as a parent to have conversations with your kids or wards with the aim of helping them to solve problems or learn a good lesson they could use in life. It is about impacting valuable lessons to your kids while life is at play. HERE ARE 3 WAYS YOU CAPTURE THE COACHABLE MOMENTS WITH YOUR KIDS 1. DON’T BE AN ABSENTEE PARENT One good advice I can give you as a parent is this: be there for your kids. And I know being there for your kids can take many forms. For instance, it can be about providing for them or paying their school fees. Any average parent would score high on those. But how about being physically available for them as their life coauch? Certainly life will throw up coachable moments, but if you are not there for them, how can you take up that little responsibitlity? 2. LOOK OUT FOR COACHABLE MOMENTS When you are there for your kids, you will often find some coachable moments to explore. They abound in your everyday relationship or activities with them. Train your eyes (and your other senses) to recognise coachable moments with your kids and you will surely findsome.
Whether you are at the dining table with them,or watching television together or you are driving them to school, always look out for coachable moments. If you are not looking for, you may pass the opportunities when they present themselves. 3. UTILISE THE COACHABLE MOMENTS When life hands you a coachable moment with your kids, please don’t flunk it. The coachable moment may come in two ways: an opportunity for you to reinforce an observed positive behaviour or correct a badbehaviour.
In either case, utilising the coachable moments enables you as parent mould your kids or wards into better version of themselves.***
As a parent, if you are there for your kids or wards, life will definitely hand you some coachable moments. Look out for such moments in your every day activities with your kids. And when you do find them, take advantage of those moments and impart lessons that will help your kids or wards become better versions of themselves ------------------------- HAVE YOU HAD ANY COACHABLE MOMENTS WITH YOUR KIDS? PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE COMMENT SECTION. SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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IS THE BIBLE CREATING ATHEISTS? 14/09/201919/09/2019VictorsCorner
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How are atheists made? Does the Bible contribute in creating atheists? Instead of revealing God to us, is the Bible now taking people awayfrom God?
I asked those questions not because I don’t believe in the Bible anymore, neither is it because I do not know the purpose of the Bible. But because I want to frontally address a wrong notion a reader has about the Bible and atheism. One atheist who commented on one of my posts has alleged that “the Bible is the best book for creating atheists.” I would not let that pass just like that because it’s possible there are some other people with that same kind of erroneous thinking. First and foremost, any Christian worth the name will not dispute the divine inspiration of the Bible, neither will he or she agree with the suggestion that the Bible creates atheists. But in the interest of those who may not be so grounded, further examination may benecessary.
To examine the claim that the Bible is the best book for creating atheists, we would just take a quick look at what purpose the Bibleserves.
In his second letter to Timothy, apostle Paul categorically stated the inspiration behind, and the purpose of, the (Bible) Scriptures: _All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work _(2 Timothy 3:16-17). From that verse, we can see that the Bible scripture was inspired by God and is “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” and “to equip us for every goodwork.”
As one source
puts it, “The Bible is great literature and the all-time number-one best-seller. It contains history, entertaining stories, poetry, philosophy, and personal letters. But, more than that, the Bible is God’s Word. If we have to speak of a single purpose of the Bible, it would be to reveal God to us. There are many things that we could never know about God unless He told them to us. The Bible is God’s self-revelation to humanity. The Bible also tells us who we are. It tells us of our sin and of God’s plan of salvation in JesusChrist.”
Despite the reality described above, there are people who have a complete misunderstanding of what the Bible is about. And that’srather unfortunate.
Recently on this blog, I had an extended interaction with an atheist who read and commented on one of my posts. At some point during the online conversation, the atheist made the following comment about theBible and God:
…_The bible has numerous books filled with violence and much of this violence is by your god. It sounds like he has no idea how to be a god of peace. Doesn’t he have an anger management problem, if he exists? No wonder that the bible is the best book for creating atheists. You need to read it properly._ MY RESPONSE to him went as follows: _If you believe that God has an anger issue, it means you are admitting that He exists in the first place. When you are honest about that, we can begin to explore the nature of God, which obviously you have misunderstood._ _Your claim about the Bible being a book for creating atheists is malicious. You know it’s not true. You became an atheist by your choice… so stop blaming it on the Bible._CONCLUSIONS
I don’t know what everyone else think. But in my own opinion, the Bible is not a book for creating atheists. So it could not have been the best book for doing so as claimed by that reader. Anyone that chooses to become an atheist, does so out of his or her own volition. So it will be wrong to blame it on the Bible. The Bible is a book about God and His people. It tells the story of man from creation till when the world will end and beyond. It is a book for conviction, instruction, correction in righteousness and it prepares us for good works. The Bible serves to bring us closer to God; not to take us away from Him. To that effect, anyone who claims to have read the Bible back to back without discovering God in it has either read a different Bible or has read it with the wrong mindset. _WHAT DO YOU THINK SAY?_ SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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Any follower of this blog would already know that I believe in God. That fact has never been hidden in any way. I would add that I do not just believe in God in the general sense of it, I believe in Him in the sense of having a personal relationship with Him through faith in His Son Jesus Christ whom I have willingly accepted as my Lord and personal Saviour. On this blog I have written sufficient number of posts to have made it clear enough that I don’t belong to atheists’ camp. So you can imagine my surprise when one of my readers (ostensibly a first-timer) suggested in one of his comments to the post _The Problems withAtheist
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I could be an “atheist masquerading as a ProtestantFundamentalist.”
In the referenced post, I had pointed out that: _Atheists do not have what it takes to come to the conclusion that God does not exist. So when you have anyone claiming God does not exist, understand that he or she is either being insincere or is displaying his or her ignorance. Or as the Bible puts it, he or she is simplybeing foolish._
_Just like the Sadducees that accosted Jesus over a question on resurrection, whereas they didn’t believe in resurrection, the problem with atheists who go about discrediting God and the notion of His existence is that they neither know the Scriptures nor the powerof God.”_
Though not unexpected, there were many backlashes from atheists over that post. Sad to say, many of the comments from them went off course. One of such comments was what inspired the title of this present post: _Are you a Catholic? Do you accept the teaching of the church? Isn’t it the church that interprets the bible? Or are you really an atheist who is masquerading under the mask of Protestant Fundamentalism?_ _If you’re a Fundamentalist, the former Fundamentalist pastor (now atheist) called Bruce Gerencser will chop your arguments up and make mince meat of them. He doesn’t hate God. He just doesn’t believe that God exists. What he hates is Fundamentalists pontificating on God and Fundamentalists misrepresenting atheists._ _You guys, both Catholics and Protestants, are suffering from what Richard Dawkins calls “The God delusion”._ All though the comment was full of rabbit trails, I cut to the chase in the response I gave to it: _I’m not a Catholic, neither am I Protestant fundamentalist, as you put it. And your suggestion that I could be an atheist is even more laughable. How could I be so foolish to be an atheist? I know better!_ _For the avoidance of doubts, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ who believes in God as the creator of all things, who has accepted the saving grace that is available in Christ Jesus alone for the forgiveness of my sin and I’m living my life to please God._ _I understand what the Bible says, “only fools say God doesn’t exist.” So between those of us who believe that God exists and those that don’t believe, we know who is delusioned_. _Dawkins book is seriously mistaken in the claim that there is no God. From the reviews I have read, I know the book is an attack on God and Christianity. Anger. Hatred._ _It is okay to note that the God he claims doesn’t exist, makes him so angry. That’s the same trait I have seen in many atheists I haveinteracted with._
Talking about the atheists I have had online conversations with in the past, many of them (if not all of them) would also call us delusionists for believing that God exists. Recently, I had to quip toone of them:
_“If those of us who believe in God are delusionists, then those who don’t believe in Him must be worse off because atheism does not make sense at all.”_ That response may appear harsh to some people, but that was as nice I could be. I believe the irony in it is clear enough for everyone tounderstand.
For emphasis sake, I am not an atheist. And I don’t want to be one. I believe that God exists and I believe in His Son Jesus Christ as my Lord and personal Saviour. Atheism does not make sense to me at all. It’s all foolishness parading as knowledge. “”The fool says in his heart, “There is no God”” Psalms 14:1. I stand on that Biblical position. All the same, I thank God for His mercies that are seeing some atheists come to Christ.How
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The account of the ever popular story of the prodigal son in the Bible is one of the greatest stories of forgiveness ever written. Jesus told the story to demonstrate the unconditional love of God for us mankind. No matter how much we think we have erred against God, He will always forgive and accept us if we come back home to Him. As Jesus Himself assured us, “…he that comes to me, I will in no wise cast out”(John 6:37).
As parents, can we learn and apply that principle in the way we treat our erring children? I will like to answer ‘yes’ to that question. The prodigal son’s father forgave his betrayal, disloyalty, rebellion, foolishness, greed, recklessness, haughtiness, impatience and extravagance. There is no reason we should not extend same kind of forgiveness to our erring children – irrespective of the offences they have committed, or will ever commit against us. We do not easily give up on those we love – whatever they do to us. And we love our children. So why shouldn’t we always forgive them when they err against us?As humble parents,
we will admit that our children constantly do things that annoy us. Blame it on the effect of hormones or peer pressure or whatever reasons that may be adduced, our children may not always be at their best behaviours towards us. That’s the reality of the life we live in as the earthly custodians of those precious souls. > A humble parent FORGIVES his/her children all their wrongs because > he/she too needs forgiveness> from
> the Father above. So when our children fall below our expectations (they will definitely do), should we continue to hold it against them? I think we shouldforgive them!
Should we ostracize them when their behaviours embarrass us? I thinkwe shouldn’t!
First and foremost, we owe forgiveness to our children for whatever offences they have committed or will ever commit against us. Forgiveness is good for our overall mental and emotional well-being. Besides, God Himself does not expect any less from us. Secondly, we should never cut-off from our children because they broke our hearts. Whether we like it or not, we are bound to them forever by our blood relationship. So as parent’s we cannot should not disown our children when they err. Just like the loving father forgave the biblical prodigal son, we should always forgive our erring children. No matter how grave the offences might be, let us find it in our hearts to forgive them. It is part of our calling as parents.Report this ad
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THE PROBLEMS WITH ATHEISTS (FINALLY FIGURED OUT) 24/07/201929/08/2019VictorsCorner
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Atheists are people who believe that God does not exist.
In the course of running this blog, I have encountered some of them and have had various interactions with them. From some of my interactions with them, I could see that even though they all claim God does not exist, many of them still have problem with God. They sometimes question His love, His justice and His character and are obviouly angry at Him. One of them even called God ‘ababy-killer’.
To that I asked him, “I thought you claimed God didn’t exist? How could He be a baby-killer if He didn’t exist?”. The question is, if atheists truly believe that God does not exist, why does it bother them so much when we say He does? Why do they express so much angst towards God and any mention of Him or Hisattributes?
I have contemplated that question for a while and I came to the conclusion that in their heart of hearts, atheists know that God exists but they just don’t want to acknowledge Him.
They may deny that they ‘know’, but I will not be surprised aboutthat.
I see no reason they should continue to engage in diatribes against God. I mean, what is the essence of trying to prove that a ‘non-existent’ God does not exist? They obviously have a problem they haven’t probably figured out! As believers, atheists scorn us for believing that God exists. But they turn blind eyes to their own folly in not believing that Heexists.
Also, they don’t fully realise their own limitation in not knowing all things yet are boldly proclaiming that God does not exist. Doesn’t that validate the biblical position that only fools say Goddoes not exist?
The only way to know without an iota of doubt that God does not exist is to possess the capability of being ‘all-knowing’. As you know, no man alive or dead, including atheists themselves possess that kindof knowledge.
So I would totally agree with one Hank Hanegraaff when he said, “atheism involves a logical fallacy known as a _universal negative_. Simply stated, a person would have to be omniscient and omnipresent to be able to say “there is no God” from his own pool of knowledge.Report this ad
“Only someone capable of being in all places at the same time — with a perfect knowledge of all that is in the universe — can make such a statement _based on the facts_. In other words, a person would have to be God to say there is no God. Hence, the assertion is logically indefensible.” Simply put, atheists do not have what it takes to come to the conclusion that God does not exist. So when you have anyone claiming God does not exist, understand that he or she is either being insincere or are displaying their ignorance. Or as the Bible puts it, they are simply being foolish. Just like the Sadducees that accosted Jesus over a question onresurrection
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whereas they didn’t believe in resurrection, the problem with atheists who go about discrediting God and the notion of His existence is that they neither know the Scriptures nor the power of God. By not knowing the Scriptures here, I do not mean to say that atheists have never read the Bible, because I know many of them have. The problem is that those of them who have read it lack the proper understanding of it.***
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“HOW DO I KEEP MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTION OF NO MORE PREMARITAL SEX?” 18/07/201911/08/2019VictorsCorner
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That was the question someone asked on an open online social network forum I belong to. The question was asked about four years ago, but it still feels so fresh like today’s stuff. That’s why I’mrevisiting it here.
Premarital sex has to do with people engaging in sexual activities before they are legally married. In other words, sex before marriage! “What’s wrong with sex before marriage?” you may ask. Well, let me ask you back, “What’s wrong with opening a clinic and performing complicated surgeries before obtaining the medical licenceto do so?”
You may say the analogies are not the same. But that’s yourperspective.
MY PERSPECTIVE (WHICH IS BIBLICAL TOO) IS THAT SEX IS TO BE PRACTISED WITHIN THE HOLY CONFINES OF MARRIAGE. ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT ISDEVIL’S IDEA.
You may disagree with me over that but it will show two things: you don’t know God and you are not accountable to Him. IF YOU TRULY KNOW GOD AND YOU SEE YOURSELF AS ACCOUNTABLE TO HIM, YOU WILL KNOW OF A FACT THAT THERE IS EVERYTHING WRONG WITH PREMARITALSEX.
Forget about the unwanted pregnancies or abortions that may result from it, the diseases one may contract through it, the broken trust and disappointments that may result from it, the guilt and the shame….Think of it as disobedience to God or as Joseph put it, a “great wickedness and sin against God” (See Genesis 39:9). Did you see that? Premarital sex is sin against God. Nothing short ofthat.
“Everyone is doing it.” But that doesn’t make it right! Perhaps the person that asked the question that formed the title of this post had come to that realisation that sex before marriage is not good; or may be she has not, I can’t tell for sure. But one thing was sure: the person was looking for answers. And I felt compelled to put out my suggestions on that online forum. Those contributions of mine form the bulk of the text that I’msharing below.
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First and foremost, we would agree that it is good to make new year resolutions on matters that are of interest to us – like that lady tried to do with stopping sexual activities before marriage. Whether the resolutions are kept or not is another kettle of fish alltogether.
But what that poor lady failed to realise was that to be able to stop engaging in premarital coitus, it will take more than a simple resolution at the beginning of the year; it would require a morecompelling reason.
Like I said to her, “Ordinary resolution is not enough. If the reason is not strong enough, you can’t keep the promise.” I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WHAT REASON(S) WOULD I CONSIDER STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE LADY TO STOP ALL SEXUAL ACTIVITIES BEFORE MARRIAGE? _1. That she is now born again, so old things have passed away, including engaging in premarital_ _sex;_ _2. She is now convinced that premarital sex is a sin against God, so she is stopping the practice because she doesn’t want to continue in sin and continue to displease God;_ _3. That she is now trusting in God to help her keep the promise of abstinence till she gets married, not relying on her strength orwillpower alone;_
_4. That she is now ready to obey God by staying away from sex until she is married, even at the risk of loosing her current man if he refuses to respect her decision to abstain._ If she is not sure of any of the above, I doubt if she can keep the promise of her new year resolution of discontinuing that practice of engaging in sex before marriage.WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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THE MISTAKES OF THE SADDUCEES 29/06/201923/08/2019VictorsCorner
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You have probably heard about the over-zealous group of people in the Bible known as the Sadducees. But if you are not sure who they are, the Gospel of Matthew has it that they are a group of religious leaders who did not believe in resurrection from the dead. _That same day Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead_ – Matthew22:3, NIV.
These same arrogant people came to Jesus and began to ask him an impossible question about marriage after resurrection. Relying on the provisions of the laws of Moses on the responsibility of a man to his deceased childless brother, they contrived a theoretical case of seven brothers who had died childless and who had in turn been married tothe same woman.
Let us read the encounter with the Sadducees together: Matthew 22, NIV: _23…They posed this question: 24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.’ 25 Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children, so his brother married the widow. 26 But the second brother also died, and the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them. 27 Last of all, the woman also died. 28 So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her.” _ Wait a minute, I thought the Sadducees didn’t believe in resurrection from the dead? How come they were asking Jesus about “who will marry who” in the resurrection? Obviously, they must have had an ulterior motive just like their counterpart, the Pharisees, who wanted to “trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested” by asking Him the question of whether or not tax should be paid to the government authority of the day (see Matthew 22:15-22).
Gratefully, Jesus caught them in the act and He gave them the profound answers that inspired this post. 29 Jesus replied, “YOUR MISTAKE IS THAT YOU DON’T KNOW THE SCRIPTURES, AND YOU DON’T KNOW THE POWER OF GOD. 30 For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven (emphasis mine). How I love the wisdom of Jesus in tackling knotty situations! There you have it. According to Jesus, the mistakes of the Sadducees are in two folds: Not knowing the Scriptures and not knowing the powerof God.
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God instituted marriage for our enjoyment and His will for us is to have it as a life-long union. That’s why we say, “till death do us part” at the point of entering the marriage contract. You will agree with me that because we live in an imperfect world does not make divorce the perfect solution to marital crisis. Is divorce in marriage inevitable? No! Is it avoidable? Yes! Can we know what to do to avoid divorce? Yes! Gratefully we have someclues in the Bible.
In the book of Malachi, we have some suggestions. (Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament Bible). If you are like me, the book may not be your favourite part of the Scriptures. However, in it are some great treasures worth digging up for our earthly use. For instance in chapter two, we read the following words(NKJV):
1_5 __But did He not make them one,_ _Having a remnant of the Spirit?__And why one?_
_He seeks godly offspring._ _Therefore take heed to your spirit,_ _And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth. _ 1_6 __“For the Lord God of Israel says_ _That He hates divorce,_ _For it covers one’s garment with violence,”_ _Says the Lord of hosts._ _“Therefore take heed to your spirit,_ _That you do not deal treacherously.”_ In excavating the gems in these two verses, we had already talked about the assertion by the prophet that God hates divorce and also followed up with the reasons God hates divorce.
Let us go further by looking at the recommended antidote to divorce inthat passage.
In case you missed it, just reread the last two lines of verse 15 and16:
_Therefore take heed to your spirit,_ _And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth._ _“Therefore take heed to your spirit,_ _That you do not deal treacherously.”_ There you have them stated clearly and repeated for emphasis sake. I like the way the New Living Translation puts those words:Report this ad
_… __SO GUARD YOUR HEART; REMAIN LOYAL TO THE WIFE OF YOUR YOUTH.__ “For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty, ” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. __“SO GUARD YOUR HEART; DO NOT BE UNFAITHFUL TO YOUR WIFE” __(Emphasis mine)._ No need to over-flog it. The antidotes to divorce according to Malachiare:
* Guarding your heart against it * Being faithful to your spouse. Whatever does he mean? In subsequent posts, we will explore those points further . For now, let the conversation continue in the commentsection.
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> _… Without a doubt, divorce was the worst season of my life. > Nothing I’ve suffered since that time even comes close… > absolutely nothing compares to the horrific pain of having a spouse > decide, “I Don’t” after saying “I Do”_ – Laura> Petherbridge.
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In a previous post, we talked about the fact that God hates divorce. The natural question that would be precipitated by that statement willbe:
WHY DOES GOD HATE DIVORCE? First and foremost, we all know that hate is a strong language, meaning “_an intense dislike for_.” On the other hand, DIVORCE connotes “the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.” God says He hates divorce,
meaning He has an intense dislike for it. THERE MUST BE SOME GOOD REASONS GOD DOES NOT LIKE DIVORCE. And those reasons are what this post seeks to explore. IF YOU ASK ME, I WOULD SAY GOD HATES DIVORCE CHIEFLY BECAUSE HE LOVES US AND WANTS THE BEST FOR US. HE DOESN’T WANT US TO GO THROUGH THE PAINS, REGRETS AND DIFFICULTIES DIVORCE ACTION MIGHT OCCASION. God loves us enough to inform us that He hates for us to subject our spouses to divorce. We all know that if you truly love someone, you wouldn’t want something bad to happen to him or her. Don’t you think God feels that much sympathetic towards us? I guess you too have your reasons you think God says He hates divorce. (And I would like it if you would drop your views in the comment section of this post). For now let’s focus on what we can glean from the foundation scripture for this post and the previous one. Malachi 2:15-16 – Let’s read it together: _15 Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth. __16 “For I hatedivorce!” says
the Lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife”_ (NLT). BASED ON THIS PASSAGE, LET’S NOW EXPLORE FURTHER REASONS GOD HATESDIVORCE:
1. GOD INSTITUTED MARRIAGE. _“Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife?” asked ProphetMalachi._
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God has made you one with the person you are married to. So why do you seek to be separated from him or her forever? God instituted marriage for our enjoyment and His will for us is to have it as a life-long union. That’s why we say, “till death do us part” at the point of entering the marriage contract. It is safe to say that divorce undermines the sanctity of this holy institution of marriage established by God. Therefore God hatesdivorce.
2. GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR INSTITUTING MARRIAGE. God did not only institute marriage, He had a purpose for doing so. The prophet here tells us that God seeks godly children (one translation uses the word “offsprings”) from our marriages. _“… And what does he want? Godly children from your union… Remain loyal to the wife of your youth.”_ In order words, God expects our marital unions to bear godly seeds, godly fruits or godly results. You will agree with me that divorce will not qualify as a godly fruit. Secondly, God also wants married couples to demonstrate loyalty to each other through thick and thin. And divorce flatly defeats thatpurpose.
3. DIVORCE HAS CONSEQUENCES _“To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies._ _Wow, did you see that point in that verse you just read?_ Divorce is cruelty to your spouse. Another translation describes it astreachery.
Many people may disagree with that, but I know God’s word cannot be wrong. God would rather not have you go through the pains associatedwith divorce.
He hates it for you to bring divorce upon yourself or upon your spouse. He would rather have you shut the door on divorce… Whatever you think, divorce will cost you – be it emotionally, financially or otherwise. Apart from the couple involved, other associated parties (including your children and other loved ones) also suffer when marriage fails and results in divorce. Divorce will cause you pains, anguish, depression and thelike.
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As Laura Petherbridge observed from her own experience, “…divorce was the worst season of my life. Nothing I’ve suffered since that time even comes close… absolutely nothing compares to the horrific pain of having a spouse decide, “I Don’t” after saying “IDo.””
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> “Being an atheist must be like living in a closed cell with no > windows” – Anthony Hopkins. If you are a movie enthusiast, I am sure you have heard about the name, Anthony Hopkins. But if you haven’t, a simple check on Wikipedia will convince you that he is not a man of mean achievements in the movie industry. Let’s take a little peep: “Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE is a Welsh actor, director, and producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992, and was nominated three additional times. Hopkins has also won three BAFTAs, two Emmys, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts.” Anthony Hopkins. Photo Credit: CBN News According to a report monitored via _Godupdates_,
“Anthony Hopkins is one of the most well-known actors of our time. For years, he was a well-known atheist, too. But all of that changed when a woman at an AA meeting challenged his disbelief with one simple question… _“Why don’t you trust God?_“” It was the expression, “For years, he was a well-known atheist” that first caught my attention. But I’m glad to learn that all thathas changed.
You must now use the word “former” atheist when referring to Hopkins, because he has become a firm believer in the existence ofGod.
Not only that, he now “lives out his real life with Christ in his heart. He’s been an atheist before finding God and now he just feels sorry for atheists, comparing a life of disbelief to “living in a closed cell with no windows.” Sir Hopkins’s transformation and conversion from atheism to Christianity began with his positive response to that question, “Why don’t you trust God?” at a time he was dealing withalcoholism.
A reputable source has it that,”miraculously Anthony says the craving to drink was taken from him, “never to return again.” And he’s believed in God ever since, working day after day, year after year, to grow in his faith.” In the end, he not only got helped with overcoming the spirit of alcoholism which had bedeviled him, he transformed from being a man who didn’t believe that God exists to one that now affirms that Hedoes.
“When asked in a CNN interview with Piers Morgan if he believed in God, former-atheist Anthony Hopkins replied wholeheartedly, “Yes, Ido. I do.”
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“I HATE DIVORCE” – GOD 24/05/201924/05/2019VictorsCorner
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“I hate divorce.” As you may have noticed, those are not my words. They are God’s, as recorded in the Bible.You will read it directly yourself shortly. When you hate something, you have intense dislike for that thing. I guess that’s how God feels over some of the things we humans do. For instance, the writer of the book of Proverbs tells us about SEVEN THINGS GOD HATES (6:16-19): * _ Haughty eyes (a proud look)._ * _ A lying tongue._ * _ Hands that shed innocent blood._ * _ A heart that devises wicked schemes._ * _ Feet that are quick to rush into evil._ * _ A false witness who pours out lies._ * _ And a person who stirs up conflict in the community._ If God hates the above things, it means He has intense dislike for them and He is not pleased whenever we engage in any of them. But that doesn’t mean He would stop loving us. God’s love for us is without end; We can be sure that even if we are not perfect, He still loves us anyways. ONE MORE THING GOD HATES There is one more thing we are told that God hates: DIVORCE. And that is the focus of this post. DIVORCE, “the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body,” – God says He hates it. In Malachi 2:16(NLT), we read the following words: _For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty, ” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful toyour wife.”_
In the preceding verse (15), we were given some hints on why God hates divorce. The prophet Malachi communicated that to us in rhetoric: _“Didn’t the LORD make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.”_ If you read verses 15 and 16 together, the picture comes out even better. Although the emphasis is on men who divorce their wives, the warning would equally be applied to wives who divorce their husbands. > _For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “To > divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty, ” says the > LORD of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be > unfaithful to your wife.”_Report this ad
In the days when Malachi wrote those words, the men were more likely to put away their wives than wives would their husbands. But in our day, it can go either ways. In any case, the message is clear: God hates divorce. Having said that, I am also aware that divorce is common place in the world we live in today. But that doesn’t make it right, neither does it stop God from hating it. If you are contemplating divorce, you may want to reconsider. Before you think of divorce, think about your children. No marriage is irredeemable, provided you are giving your best to makeyour marriage work.
And if your marriage is already broken and you are reading this, note that I do not mean to condemn you in any way. If I did, I would be playing God, which I’m not. WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT GOD’S PERFECT PURPOSE FOR MARRIAGE: TO BE UNITED AS ONE TILL THE END OF THEIR LIVES, BECAUSE HE HATES DIVORCE. That is to say, GOD INTENDED FOR A MARRIED COUPLE (A MALE AND A FEMALE) TO BE committed to each other in a lifelong loving relationship, reflecting God’s eternal love and commitment to us Hispeople.
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Has God ever done anything great for you? If nothing (which I doubt), what about the testimony of your salvation? That’s assuming that you have given the lordship of your life over to Jesus Christ. And even if you have not, it doesn’t mean God neverbeen good to you.
The truth is that if you think well enough, you will find something in your life that you are immensely grateful for, that you should be thanking God for and also be sharing with people around you. It is a good thing to stand before people and testify of the goodness of God in your life. David once declared, “I will praise you to all my brothers; I will stand up before the congregation and testify of the wonderful things you have done” (Psalm 22:22, TLB) SO WHY DON’T YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR TESTIMONIES? Is it fear or shame or pride that is hindering you from talkingt about the Lord’s goodness in your life? Aren’t you grateful God came through for you when you needed His help? Whatever is it, let nothing stop you from sharing your testimonies of what God has done for you. SHARING YOUR YOUR TESTIMONIES WILL BRING THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS: 1. SHARING YOUR TESTIMONIES BRINGS GLORY TO GOD The purpose of your testimony is to draw attention to God, not to put you on a pedestal of some sort. It is to exalt the name of the Lord before your audience. Provided that you do not lie or exaggerate your testimonies, you bring glory to God whenever you share or testify of what God has done foryou.
When you hoard your testimonies (and that’s what you do when you refuse to share them with people), you deny God the opportunity to be glorified or exalted before the people around you. Don’t hold back any more; Share your testimonies with people, because doing so brings immense glory to God and shame to the devil. 2. SHARING YOUR TESTIMONIES STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH IN GOD It is a thing of joy for you to openly talk about what God has done for you. Apart from the emotional relief or satisfaction it brings to you, it also empowers your faith in God.Report this ad
It gives you that feeling that the God who delivered you now will do so for you again next time. In the dialogue between King Saul and the shepherd boy David before the latter when to fight Goliath, David testified, “The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and the LORD be with you” (2 Samuel 17:37). It was this testimony that inspired David to confront and completely defeat the war veteran known as Goliath Testimonies are part of your spiritual weapons. Remember the following words in Revelation, “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony…” (12:11). 3. SHARING YOUR TESTIMONIES ENCOURAGES OTHER PEOPLE TO TRUST GOD MORE Apart from strengthening your own faith in God, sharing your testimonies can also encourage your hearers. Let’s say you were in a pit and God delivered you from it. Right now many people are in the same pit you once were. Sharing the testimony of how God delivered you will inspire hope in them and strengthen their faith in God for possible deliverance as well. Your testimony has the potential of revealing God to people or pointing to them to God. So it is a great disservice to people around you if you fail to share your God-given testimonies with them. 4. SHARING YOUR TESTIMONIES SLAPS THE DEVIL BIG TIME If sharing your God-given testimonies brings glory to God, it automatically has the opposite effect on the devil. It shames him and beats him up big time. Understand this: if your pride stops you from sharing the testimonies of what God has done for you, you are in effect giving the devil opportunity to smile. I will assume that’s not what you want to keepdoing.
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It is a good thing to share with people the testimony of what God has done for you. When you do so, you bring glory to God, you strengthen your faith in God, you encourage other people to trust in God more and you bring shame to the devil. DO YOU FIND IT EASY OR FEEL ASHAMED TO SHARE YOUR TESTIMONIES? LEAVE US A COMMENT OR TWO. ------------------------- Copyright 2019 | Victor Uyanwanne SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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It is unfortunate that some people in the modern world have chosen to dismiss the Biblical account of the resurrection story as a work of fiction or a product of deluded minds. But you see, anyone who denies that Jesus rose from the death does so at his or her own risk, one that has an eternal consequence. DOUBTERS MAY CONTINUE TO DOUBT, BUT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD. SO HE IS NO LONGER IN THE GRAVE.
In Christianity, the resurrection of Jesus Christ is considered the greatest event ever. In fact, it is the foundation of the Christian faith. Without it, we would not have a solid foundation for our faith. Without it, what we would have is another dead religion. Apostle Paul underscored this point when he wrote to the Church in Corinth saying, “And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless” (1 Corinthians15:14).
Gratefully, the gospel is not useless and our faith is not a uselessone either.
Ther reason is that it is a historical fact (despite what some skeptics may say) that Jesus physically resurrected from the dead. One thing about that is sure, the resurrection of Jesus was not a bolt from the blues. It was something that was talked about long before itactually happened.
THERE WERE SEVERAL PROPHECIES ABOUT IT. For instance, here is a quote from the book of Psalms: “…you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay” (16:10, NIV). When God raised Jesus was the dead, that Scripture was fulfilled. JESUS HIMSELF TALKED ABOUT HIS RESURRECTION WELL IN ADVANCE. In Mathew’s Gospel, we read of the following account: _“See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day”(20:18-19, ESV)._
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Whatc be clearer than that? Anyway, that was exactly what happened: Jesus was crucified and put in a grave. But on the third day, He came out alive by divine power. _BY HIS POWER GOD RAISED THE LORD FROM THE DEAD, AND HE WILL RAISE US ALSO (1 CORINTHIANS 6:14)._ An Angel announced to the first women who visited the grave, “…Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay” (Matt. 28:5-6, ESV). Following this awesome resurrection story, the soldiers who were stationed to guard the grave went to town to narrate their experience. But they did it in away to make them look good. That gave rise to the cover-up conspiracy as reported below: _And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ __And if this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble”_ (Matt. 28:12-14, ESV). Despite this conspiracy, we know that Jesus rose from the dead; His disciples didn’t steal Him away as alleged. “… God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him” (Acts 2:24, NIV). JESUS RESURRECTED AND HE IS ALIVE FOREVER. Centuries later, we are still celebrating the risen Lord. That proves that the conspiracy that His disciples stole His body could not successfully cover up the resurrection story. And it never will! ------------------------- Copyright 2019 | Victor Uyanwanne SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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HAS GOD HEARD FROM YOU IN A WHILE? 14/04/201923/08/2019VictorsCorner
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I recently watched a movie that inspired the title of this post. It was about a best–selling author who suddenly began to face unexpected personal and financial challenges. Missed writing deadlines, tax issues, relationship break downs, debts, etc. were some of the pressing issues she was seen to be grappling with. All these made her insensitive, irritable, rude, cold-hearted and unproductive – to the dismay of her friends and family. The good part was that she knew things weren’t going on so well with her. she tried to concoct various plans as quick-fixes for her naggingproblems.
At one point she seriously contemplated ‘relocating’ to another continent (from America to Africa) to have more time for herself. But she never went through with the plan. In another occasion, she tried selling off her father’s restaurant business in order to raise the needed funds to settle her outstanding tax and other financial obligations that threatened to have her being put behind prison bars. But her parents opposed this idea very strongly, assuring her that there must be better ways of handling theissues.
Now this is where I am going… In the heat of her crisis and rejection, this protagonist knelt down in her room and began to sob and to pray saying, “Oh Lord, I know You have not heard from me in a while…” In what seemed like a short but a heartfelt prayer to God, she poured out her confusion, fears, and problems before God. Although all her problems didn’t varnish all at once, it seemed that things began to work out better for her from then onward. “Oh Lord, I know You have not heard from me in a while…” That opening line alone got me giggling aloud. God hasn’t heard from her, or rather, she hadn’t talked to Him in weeks, in months or possibly in years. But now in her predicaments, she remembered she could still talk to God. You see, it reminds me about people who once had a relationship with God but are now estranged from Him. God hasn’t heard from them in awhile too!
May be you are even one of such people. If only you would get back to God like this woman in our discourse or like the prodigal son got back to the waiting embrace of his father. Things would be betterfor you again.
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ANOTHER LOOK AT THE MEANING OF TOLERANCE 05/04/201923/08/2019VictorsCorner
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WHAT DOES “TOLERANCE” MEAN TO YOU? I know the word is not new to you as people frequently use it. What I don’t know is how much of its real meaning you have understood and applied in your own sphere of influence. You may probably have been tempted to think that tolerance strictly means to put up with something or someone with very nasty, horrible, terrible or poignant attributes. Not really! Please take a good look at the definition below and compare it with what you already know about the meaning of the word:> _TOLERANCE:_
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> _“WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT BEHAVIOUR AND BELIEFS WHICH ARE DIFFERENT > FROM YOUR OWN.”_ I don’t know about you, but the definition above opened up an entirely new vista to me, of which I am glad. It shows for instance that tolerance doesn’t say we should put up with evil or bad things or bad people. But it clearly portrays “willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs which are differentfrom own.”
Now LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE SAIDDEFINITION:
• WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT… • BEHAVIOUR AND BELIEFS… • DIFFERENT FROM YOUR OWN… Tolerance would be required wherever there are inter-human relationships because you will always meet people whose behaviour and beliefs are different from yours. That’s why tolerance may also be understood as “the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence or opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with.” That means YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH SOMEONE WITHOUT GOING TO WAR WITH HIMOR HER.
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Due to a number of varied factors such as genetic make-up, family background, religion, education, geography, exposure, life experiences etc, all of us believe different things and behave differently fromone another.
That means that AT ANY POINT IN TIME IN YOUR CHEQUERED LIFE, YOU WILL ALWAYS SEE PEOPLE WHO BEHAVE OR BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY FROM YOU; WHOSE OPINIONS ABOUT ISSUES ARE NOT LIKE YOURS. The question would then be, “how would you deal with such people?” In order to coexist harmoniously with such people, you should be willing to tolerate them if you cannot change them. Talking about changing people, experience has shown that many people are aware that some other people do not share their opinions, behaviour or beliefs. But some times, they are unwilling to accept such other people who do not share their outlook. This is often the beginning of unnecessary conflicts in human interactions. However, you may only try to effect some changes on peoples’ behaviour or beliefs if possible to suite yours; but you shouldn’ttry to use force.
BY THE WAY, YOU CAN’T CHANGE ANYONE WHO DOESN’T REALLY WANT TO BE CHANGED. YOU CAN ONLY INFLUENCE SUCH PERSON. When it comes to changing someone’s behaviour or beliefs, influence should be the operating word, not force. Otherwise, you must bring to bare the willingness to accept their behaviour and beliefs which you perceive to be different from your own and which you cannot change. That, my friend, is the real meaning of tolerance. BEAR IN MIND THAT TOLERANCE IS A SEED; AS YOU SOW IT, YOU WILL REAPTHE SWEET HARVEST.
Don’t you realise that other people would have to tolerate you too? I BELIEVE YOU KNOW THAT NOT ALL YOUR OPINIONS, BEHAVIOUR AND BELIEFS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYONE YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH! Although, I cannot guarantee it, other people too ought to be willing to accept your opinions, behaviour and beliefs which are different from their own. That is if they know what it means to practicetolerance.
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Like all good habits, tolerance doesn’t just happen to us; it has to be cultivated deliberately and ‘open-heartedly’. It is very important to cultivate it because you will need it if you desire to build a meaningful, harmonious and long-lasting relationshipof any kind.
HERE ARE A FEW AREAS WHERE WE CAN APPLY THE PRINCIPLE OF TOLERANCE: • AT HOME, between spouses , amongst siblings or other familymembers;
• AT WORK, between you and your boss, colleagues or direct reports; • IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, amongst co-tenants, etc • AMONGST YOUR FRIENDS, classmates in schools etc • IN CHURCHES, with members and leaders alike; • IN OTHER ORGANISATIONS /relationships, etc In fact, anywhere you come in contact with humans, tolerance is needed. As you well know, no body is perfect. People are different. You are not everyone and everyone is not you. Therefore, there will always be differences in opinion, behaviour and beliefs between you and others. THERE WOULD BE CONFLICTS ALL THE TIME IN ALL KINDS OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS IF THE PRINCIPLE OF TOLERANCE IS NOT IMBIBED. The extent to which you realise this differences and how well you are willing to accept and manage them depict your level of tolerance atany given period.
_WHAT DOES TOLERANCE MEAN TO YOU? LET’S HEAR FROM YOU IN THE COMMENTSECTION._
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_Previously published on this blog in 2015 as “What tolerancereal_ly means.”
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Because he is so bright. He thinks all his ways are right. So he went only his way. But, alas, he went astray! He feels he knows everything He doesn’t want to be taught anything But indeed he is truly short-sighted He who doesn’t want to be guided Whether in his aggressive action Or in his cool but calculated inaction If he doesn’t want to hear out any body He might end up becoming a nobody “It’s my life; this is my world” Will always be his word But he forgets to remember That one alone is too small a number. He’s been planting the seed of loneliness Sure he will meet with shameful ugliness. If he doesn’t change now his ways He’s heading for the way that never pays. If he never learns from the rest His abode will soon turn into a forest. Cos he’s standing on the sand that sinks He’ll end up in a hole that stinks. Already, he’s heading towards destruction Because he completely abhors instruction. Soonest will be his day of reckoning Clearly, to him the devil is beckoning.Report this ad
Had he loved good instruction He wouldn’t go in the wrong direction. Could we then say all is well? He’s gone farther than we can tell. There might still be a way out If for help he’ll open his mouth to shout But his pride reaches the imposing sky Like the Everest standing so high. ------------------------- _First published in two parts as “Mr Know All 1&2” on my WisePoems blog. _
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THREE LIFELONG USEFUL SKILLS YOU SHOULD START DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW08/03/2019
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The following is an outline of a 15-minute pep-talk I delivered at a breakfast meeting held by a small group of professional friends. I thought I should share it with you. Who knows, you might pick up one or two things from it.1. ORATORIAL SKILL
MEANING
Ability to speak properly and eloquently.BENEFITS:
* Helps you to create the right impression * Enables you to be more persuasive * Enhances your leadership skillCAUTIONS:
* Don’t talk too much. * Don’t say what you don’t mean. * Don’t manipulate people. 2. NEGOTIATION SKILLMEANING
The process by which compromise or agreement is reached while avoiding argument and dispute: a method by which people settle differences.BENEFITS:
* Makes you less confrontational. * Helps you to save cost. * Increases your sense of satisfaction in any deal.CAUTIONS:
* Don’t take advantage of people.* Don’t be mean.
* Be fair; seek win-win outcomes.3. SELLING SKILL
MEANING
Ability to hand over or give something in exchange for money.BENEFITS:
* Boosts your self confidence. * Helps you to market your ideas, service or product better. * Increases your income or earning power.CAUTIONS:
* Overcome the temptation to lie. * Don’t sell what is against your conscience. * Sell only what has value. WAYS TO DEVELOP YOUR ORATORIAL, NEGOTIATION AND SELLING SKILLS* Desire
* Observation
* Learning
* Preparation
* Practice
* More Practice
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“I REALLY BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAS A TALENT, ABILITY OR SKILL THAT THEY CAN MINE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND TO SUCCEED IN LIFE.” ~ DEANKOONTZ
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ON THE 6 JEWS SAID TO HAVE DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED ALL HISTORY 28/02/201901/03/2019VictorsCorner
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Photo by Stephen Arnold on Unsplash In a sub-article , How Israel and the Jews have shaped history,
Adrian Rogers observed that “As you study history, you learn that the indestructible Jew has left his indelible mark upon history. The Jewish people are not great in number. Of the world’s population, they are only 0.2%. That’s not two percent. That’s _less than one-fourth of_ _one percent_. Yet did you know that 22% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jews? In 2013, six of the 12 laureates wereJewish…”
Rogers argument is that although the Jews are few in number, they have made tremendous contributions to the development of the world as we know it – be it “…in medicine, health, music, and publiclife.”
Buttressing his point, Rogers employed rhetoric by drawing attention to some of the useful inventions by Jews: “Have you ever taken an aspirin? Friedrich Bayer, whose company developed aspirin, was a Jew. Were you vaccinated for polio as a child? The injectable and oral polio vaccines of Salk and Sabin were so effective, the disease has been all but eradicated. _Has the dentist ever deadened your tooth before he started to drill? Alfred Einhorn, who developed Novocain, was a Jew…”_ You can head over to Crosswalk.com to read the full article. But here in this post we will further examine it’s concluding paragraph: “ALL HISTORY HAS BEEN DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED BY SIX JEWS: MOSES, PAUL, KARL MARX, SIGMUND FREUD, ALBERT EINSTEIN, AND ABOVE THEM ALL, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.” There are many things we know about these people that make them great. Time and space will fail me to delve into how all six of them dramatically impacted history. SO LET US TAKE A LITTLE PEEP INTO THREE OF THEM WITH BIBLICAL HISTORY: MOSES, PAUL AND JESUS:1. MOSES
There many things that are remarkable about this man referred to as the meekest man on earth. As one source noted, Moses is “Universally recognised as the deliverer of his people, the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt, biblical and human history also credit him with establishing Israel’s judicial and religious systems.”2. APOSTLE PAUL
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“PAUL is often considered to be the most important person after Jesus in the history of Christianity. His epistles (letters) have had enormous influence on Christian theology, especially on the relationship between God the Father and Jesus, and on the mystical human relationship with the divine.”3. JESUS CHRIST
Indeed, Moses, Paul, Freud, Einstein and Jesus impacted the history of this world as we know it. However, Jesus Christ is the greatest of all. He is the Saviour of the world. and you know what? He is mySaviour too!
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THE QUESTION ABOUT KNOWING YOUR FINAL DESTINATION WHEN YOU DIE 15/02/201916/02/2019VictorsCorner
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A reader recently commented on one of my posts.And
I followed his trail to his blog where I read some interesting posts. In _Suicidal thoughts/In case tomorrow never comes,_ the author
asked some amusing questions and suggested that we think or blog about them. I am taking up the challenge here by answering one of the manyquestions he asked.
Of all the thirty five questions on the list, this one (which was incidentally no 1) tickled my fancy the most: > “IF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR FINAL DESTINATION > WOULD BE AFTER YOU DIE RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT, WOULD YOU WANNA> KNOW?”
My immediate response to that question was, “…I am glad that I don’t have to wait till I die to know where I would be when I die. As a believer in Christ, I know I will be with God when I die. Can one be sure about this on this side of the earth? Yes, but’s that’s a story for another day.” Further to that impromptu comment of mine, this post is my humble attempt at addressing that question in detail. And I am speaking as someone who believes in God through Jesus Christ and accepts the Bible as the authentic word of God. I reckon that we would understand the discussion better if I broke my ‘story’ into smaller units as follows: 1. THERE IS AN “AFTER LIFE” First of all, let me affirm here (as rightly presupposed in the question) that there is life after death. And whether you believe in it or not does not change the fact that an ‘afterlife” exists. If you are a believer, we have an assurance from Jesus Christ that a place is being prepared for us to be when we die. “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” John 14:3. Apostle Paul also made reference to the ‘afterlife’ in some of his Epistles. “If I am to go on living in the body,” he says, “this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far” (see Philippians 1:21-23). So my dear reader, recognise that it is a fundamental human error – with an eternal consequence – to believe that we cease to exist when we die; that all we have in this life is all there is, that there is no life after death. In the article _What happens when we die?,_ Matt Slick points
out, “Some people believe that when we die, we just stop existing. Biblically, this is not true. According to Scripture, we continue after death. But, if we stop existing we will never know it. Therefore, the only thing we could “know” after death is if we continue. Is it worth taking a chance on eternity in the afterlife by hoping you don’t exist anymore? It’s a huge risk to take.” 2. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT TILL YOU DIE TO “FIND OUT WHERE YOUR FINAL DESTINATION WOULD BE.” If you have to wait till you to die to determine the question of the ‘after life’ then it would have been too late. Your time on earth is your opportunity to “decide” your final destination when youdie.
If you don’t consciously decide on it before you die, you would have automatically decided that you would spend your afterlife without God. Continue reading to see ‘how’. 3. WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES We understand from the word of God that there are only two possible final destinations for man at the end of life here on earth. One is Heaven, and the other is Hell (Matthew 25:46). I am sure that you have heard about heaven or hell spoken of from many perspectives. What I am not sure is whether you have firmly understood in your mind what they each stand for. Suffice to say here that Heaven, is the presence of God, a place full of bliss. Hell, is a place without the presence of God, a place ofdamnation.
In Revelation 14:11, we are given a glimpse of the kind of torment that will be experienced by the occupants of hell – satan and everyone else who sides with him. “And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the markof his name.”
4. YOUR DESTINY IS IN YOUR HAND. When it comes to deciding where you will spend your after life, I would say it is up to you to decide. First, you have to ‘accept’ that there is an “after life.” And there are only two possible places you can spend it. It will either be in heaven or in hell. The only way to spend it in heaven is to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal Saviour while you are still alive here on earth. “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). SO IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO NOT ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS AN AFTERLIFE, BUT ALSO TO PLAN OR PREPARE FOR IT.***
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DO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY READ YOUR BLOG?05/02/2019
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One of the things I learnt from starting a blogwas
that not all your family and friends will be enthusiastic about your blog as you would want them to be. And there could be many reasons forthat…
You know what they say, “A prophet has no honour in his own country.” So it could mean that some of your friends and family who do not read your blog do not believe in you enough to do so. After all, don’t they read other blogs on the internet? If the answer is ‘no’, then I will exempt those of your friends and family who are not internet savvy or are not disposed to blogreading.
On the other hand, you might want to say they are very busy people and so could not make out sufficient time for your blog. That’s possible too, but don’t we all create time for what is important to us? I dare to say that if they considered your blog important, they would make out time for it. Have you also thought of the fact that some of them could be jealous of you over your blog? Please forgive my frankness, but that’s the reality of our world. Suddenly, you are doing something different (or even better) than all of them are doing. And you want them to heartily urge you on by checking out your blog and supporting it? I bet you that some of them might not want to do that wholeheartedly. > _You have the freedom to expect that your friends and family members > would be the most ardent followers/readers of your blog. But you > might get to find out that they are not even interested. That awful > reality should never discourage you._ Consider yourself fortunate if your family and friends are part of the ardent readers of your blog. I congratulate you on that too. But never you take them for-granted because they are giving you all the neededsupport.
There is nothing in this post that suggests that you should badger your friends and family into reading your blog. If it is okay by you, you may just let them know about your blog. But it is not okay to try to ‘force’ them to read it. I don’t know what your experience is, but in my own case, it has not really worked out very well for me in trying to ‘get’ family and friends to regularly check out my blog. I have left that decision tothem.
LET ME EVEN ASK YOU: DO YOU MIND IF YOUR FRIEND AND FAMILY READ YOUR BLOG? FOR ME, I DON’T MIND! But I know everybody is not like me. (Obviously!). There are some authors who don’t even want the closest people to them to read their blogs. One of such people claimed that what she writes on her blog are things her family do not know are part of her life. So because of some kept personal secrets, she doesn’t want her family (especially her mum) to read her blog. I wonder what you think of that! MY TAKE IS THAT IF YOU ARE NOT KEEPING PERSONAL SECRETS ON YOUR BLOG, THERE IS NO REASON YOU SHOULDN’T WANT YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TOREAD YOUR POSTS.
_That brings me to the question in the heart of the post: Do your friends and family read your blog? We would like to hear from you in the comment section._ ------------------------- Copyright 2019 | Victor Uyanwanne SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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FIVE WAYS TO EXPAND YOUR BLOGGING CAPACITY 29/01/201925/06/2019VictorsCorner
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Towards the end of 2018, I read a Keith Haney’s _Five ways to expand your ministry capacity_.
As you can see from the headline of this post, it was that referenced article that inspired this one. Thank you Keith! Although Keith’s post was predominantly about leadership, I reckon that the things he wrote about – _confidence, connections, competence, character and commitment_ – could also be applied in the world of blogging. Hence, I will expatiate on them here – with the hope of deepening your blogging experience. 1. “BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE” Anyone who has been blogging for sometime now will admit that blogging is not a bed of roses, neither is it a piece of cake. Apart from the joy blogging brings, there are also moments of self-doubt, of discouragement and of negative criticisms. Building your self-confidence will help you manage better some of those lessexciting moments.
In what areas do you have to build confidence in? AS FAR AS YOUR BLOGGING JOURNEY IS CONCERNED, ANY AREA YOU FEEL A SENSE OF FEAR IS THE AREA YOU SHOULD START BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN. Have confidence that you can write and start writing. Do not beparalysed by fear.
Have the confidence that your blog will be read and that someone out there will find your posts beneficiary. Without the minimum level of confidence, your blogging journey will not be too enjoyable. 2. “EXPAND YOUR CONNECTIONS” In blogging, you cannot afford to be an island to yourself. You have to connect with other bloggers, both on their blogs and on their other social media handles. Read other blogs apart from yours. Click the ‘like button’ on any post you have read and liked. Most importantly, engage the author in further interactions by leaving a suitable comment on the posts you have read. Any reasonable blogger will not fail to respond to your comments. Reach out to bloggers you admire. Deepen your connections with them. You have to admit that you will have a lot of things to learn from them, especially if you find that they have done what you want to do or have been where you would desire to be. Another thing you can also do is to join a blogging community, particularly those in your niche area or that similar values with you. When it comes to blogging, you cannot afford to be a recluse. 3. “IMPROVE YOUR COMPETENCE” Most people did not start out on their blogging journeys as pros. They were once amateurs like you and I; but they improved on their gameover time.
So if you want to expand your blogging capacity, you have to improve your competence – “the ability to do something successfully orefficiently.”
You may be a noob today but don’t remain that way forever. Learn.Grow.
Improve on your grammar, improve on your writing/editing skills, improve on your posts’ delivery style. WHATEVER, YOU DO ON YOUR BLOGGING JOURNEY TODAY, DO IT BETTER THAT YOU DID IT YESTERDAY. That’s how we know that your competence level isimproving.
> Competence goes beyond words. It’s the leader’s ability to say > it, plan it, and do it in such a way that others know that you know > how – and know that they want to follow you – JOHN C. MAXWELL 4. “STRENGTHEN YOUR CHARACTER” To deepen your blogging capacity, it is also important you strengthen your character as a person as well. Your character is who you are, your distinctive moral qualities. And just like your shadow, your character follows you wherever you go Approach your blogging with a sense of honesty. DON’T DECEIVE YOUR READERS. DON’T SCAM THEM. DELIVER ON YOUR BLOGGING PROMISES TO THEM and apologise to them where necessary. If you are a phoney person, it will eventually manifest – no matter how much you try to hide it. And once your readers discover that you can’t be trusted, you will lose their loyalty. I am not requesting that you should be a flawless and perfect person. While being true to yourself, be a better version of yourself. The bottom line is this: do not sacrifice your character on the altar of success, fame or fortune. 5. “INCREASE YOUR COMMITMENT” Nothing worthwhile will ever be achieved without commitment. And that’s applicable in blogging too. > “Without commitment you cannot have depth in anything – Neil> Strauss.
You cannot expand your blogging capacity if you are not committed to it. Just like a serious athlete commits to his or her daily exercise routine, you have to commit to your blog. Whether you are blogging professionally or it is a pastime for you, you have to show some level of commitment to it. This is notnegotiable.
By increasing your commitment, you will be able to write posts as and when due, respond to your readers’ comments and emails. You don’t want people visiting your blog only to find out that the last time you updated it was three months. Do you?***
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This is a new year. I know you know that already, but I said it anyway. So what are you going to do about that? Lash me? No way… Just humble yourself a little and read on… This new year has come just like any other one before it. And it is already rolling away just like the ones before it had done. What you make out of it is your choice. Last year, you had some plans, and made some new resolutions. How far did you go with them? How far did you run with those plans? Are the plans still with you or they have left you? Or is it you that have left your plans and resolutions? Either ways, last year is gone. This year is your chance to startagain.
You are free to open a new chapter or continue from where you left-off earlier. Again the choice is yours. It is not time to throw in the towel… But if you want a different result, be sure to do things differently from the ways you have been doing them. Remember ALBERT EINSTEIN’S CLASSIC DEFINITION OF INSANITY: “DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.” You don’t want that to be your story this year! Your goals are still within reach if you strongly set your mind on them. In case you have not made any plans at all for the new year, you can do that right away. Don’t say it is too late to plan. No, it isnot!
Set your goals. Work out the strategies to achieve them. The point is this: have an idea of what you want to achieve this year and write out what you will need to do to achieve them. And then get to work. Nothing will work until you work at them. “IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANY PLANS, IT MEANS YOU HAVE PLANNED TO FAIL.” That’s not a new statement to you. But why have you been falling victim of its’ implication every time? Forget about the previous years and let this year be different. Truly, this year can be remarkably different for you if you commit to doingthings differently.
There are many areas of your life that you can do things differently. In your thought-life for instance. Stop the “stinking thinking” that has bedeviled you all these years. Think empowering thoughts thisnew year…
IF YOU DON’T WANT TO END UP THE SAME WAY YOU ENDED UP LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE, STOP THINKING THE SAME WAY YOU THOUGHT LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE. You know what they say, “To change your life, change your thinking.” That’s right! The outward change you desire has to start from within you first. Once that change revolution starts from within you, it is a matter of time, it will manifest around you. Learn new things. Unlearn somethings. Relearn some others. Grow. Knock on more doors than you did in the year before. Reach out to other people. Don’t be a recluse. YOU KNOW THIS IS A NEW YEAR. DON’T LET IT ROLL BY JUST LIKE THAT. BY ALL MEANS, MAKE THE MOST OF IT. ------------------------- Copyright 2019 | Victor Uyanwanne SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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Many people will take the wonderful decision to start a blog this year. If you are one of such people or you have recently started a blog, I will like you to know some things which will help you in theblogging journey.
1. YOUR DECISION TO START A BLOG IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION Some people would start a blog and then begin to wonder if they are doing the right thing. If you are thinking like that, then the following words are for you. I WOULDN’T KNOW THE REASON YOU STARTED YOUR BLOG, BUT ONE ASSURANCE I CAN GIVE YOU IS THAT STARTING A BLOG IS A GOOD STEP YOU HAVE TAKEN. SO DON’T GIVE IN TO SELF-DOUBT! However, if you are not sure why you started a blog in the first place, take some time off to get that settled. You don’t want your blog to be directionless and purposeless. Do you? Once you have defined the purpose of your blog, believe in it strongly. Having a firm belief in your blog’s mission will empower you, encourage you, enlarge you and deepen yourexpectations.
When I started this blog, I saw it as an avenue to share my thoughts with the world and also to explore my writing skill which has remained latent over the years of my life. But I soon discovered that blogging is also a journey of personal development.
APART FROM THE MANY OTHER BENEFITS YOU WILL GET TO ENJOY FROM STARTING A BLOG, YOU WILL GET TO DISCOVER THAT BLOGGING WILL HELP YOUR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN MANY WAYS.
I don’t want to over-flog this point because as you know, the taste of the pudding is in the eating. So ride right ahead on your bloggingjourney.
2. READ AND WRITE EXTENSIVELY As you have embarked on the blogging journey, know that you have headed in the writing direction. In other words, a blogging journey is largely a writing journey. ONE NOTABLE THING THAT WRITERS DO IS THAT THEY READ A LOT. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR WITH YOUR BLOGGING EXPERIENCE, YOU HAVE TO READ AND WRITE EXTENSIVELY. By so doing, you will gain more knowledge, have fresh ideas and improve on your writing skills. If you have the dream to be a published author one day, know that your writing blog is a veritable platform to hone your skills. You get thepoint?
3. TAKE SOME STEPS TO MAKE YOUR BLOG MORE VISIBLE Let me shock you with this little statement: despite all the efforts you have put in it, many people who should be reading your blog do not even know that it exists in the first place.
That’s harsh, I know but it is the reality you are face with! Your blog is new on the block hence I concede that it will take some time for it to gain due popularity. But IF YOU THINK THE WORLD SHOULD READ YOUR BLOG BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMETHING VALUABLE TO SHARE, I THINK IT IS WORTH IT FOR YOU TO TAKE SOME STEPS TO MAKE THE BLOG MORE VISIBLE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW SO THAT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE CAN DISCOVERIT TO READ.
For instance, you should make sure your blog is indexed as ‘public’ rather than as ‘private’ to make it discoverable by search engines. Also when you publish a post on your blog, don’t go to sleep. Promote it on social media and encourage your readers toshare it as well.
Those are just a few tips on how to make your blog more visible. You can find out others for yourself. 4. YOU NEED TO INTERACT WITH OTHER BLOGS REGULARLY I already said you should read very extensively. Part of what you should be reading regularly are posts on other blogs – whether they are in your area of niche or not. I know from my own experience that there are many benefits of reading other people’s blogs. Don’t be an island to yourself. Reach out and interact with other bloggers. Follow their blogs. Read their posts. Hit the like button on the posts you have read and liked. Most importantly, LEAVE MEANINGFUL COMMENTS ON OTHER BLOGS’ POSTS YOU HAVE READ. Both the writers of the blogs you comment on as well as some of their other readers may follow your trail to your blog to read your posts as well. And please, for goodness sake, don’t tell me you don’t care if no one reads your blog, because that would be a lie! 5.YOU WILL FACE SOME NEGATIVE CRITICISMS ON YOUR BLOG Let no one deceive you, BLOGGING IS NOT A PIECE OF CAKE. THERE WOULD BE TIMES THE FEEDBACK YOU GET WOULD SEEM LIKE A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW. But it is up to you how you would react to it. Apart from the hard-work and personal discipline that your blog requires from you, know also that some people will harshly criticise you for it. There are those who will question your decision to start a blog. Some will dismiss your posts as irrelevant and some others will even attack your person. Whatever kind of criticisms you may face, do not be discouraged and do not give up on your blogging mission.Just
stay focused on your blogging objectives and use the criticisms to improve on your game. I tell you what, there are some good things about the negative criticisms you will get on your blog.Find
them and use them.
6. IF YOU LEAVE YOUR BLOG, YOUR BLOG WILL LEAVE YOU I don’t mean that to be taken so literally. But I do want to emphasise on the need to stay ‘close’ to your blog. I have a personal rule that no day passes without me checking up on my blog. That way I am able to make draft posts, review pending posts, or catch up with responses on my readers’ comments. I am not saying you should be like me; follow the pattern that works for you. The important thing is that you don’t leave your blog ‘unattended’ to for weeks or months. Your faithful readers will be left hanging if you do that! In a way, HAVING A BLOG IS LIKE HAVING A BABY. YOU HAVE TO NURTURE IT, FEED IT REGULARLY AND ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS HEALTHY. That’s what you should do to your blog too. Respond to readers comments your posts. Write new posts regularly. If you choose to post daily, weekly or monthly as the case may be, please be consistent about it. To keep your readers coming back, you have to give them something good to regularly come back to. 7. YOU MIGHT SEE THE NEED TO START A SECOND BLOG TOO I already assured you that your decision to start a blog is a step in the right direction. So I take it that we are settled on that. What about starting a second or even a third blog? That’s not a bad idea either. But you have to wait until there is a compelling need for it. Otherwise, your energy might be spread out too thinly across multiple blogs and you might stifle your main one to death. When I started Victors’ Corner , I didn’t see the need for another blog until three years after. Being a personal blog, I had about six categories of posts I crammed into it. But I have recently seen the need to create a separate blog from the Poems’ Category. That has given rise to_ Living Poems blog_.
AS AS YOU MAKE PROGRESS WITH YOUR CURRENT BLOG, YOU MIGHT SENSE THE NEED TO SET UP ANOTHER BLOG, THAT’S OKAY. You are not doing that with the aim of shutting down your current blog but with the purpose of furthering another blogging objective. _THANK YOU FOR READING MY SUGGESTIONS TO NEW BLOGGERS. LET THE CONVERSATION CONTINUE IN THE COMMENT SECTION. WHAT WILL BE YOUR ADVICETO A NEW BLOGGER?_
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As we draw the curtain on the year 2018, I thought I should do a recap of the five most liked posts on this blog. (You may click on each of the links to read the full posts):Enjoy…
#5. JESUS: 8 SPECIAL THINGS ABOUT THE BABY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD In Jesus’ birth, divinity became humanity. It was the beginning of the unfolding of the grandest heavenly agenda in bringing salvation tomankind.
* Jesus was miraculous conception by a virgin. His conception by a virgin and birth were undeniable fulfillment of divine prophecies… * Jesus got His name several centuries before He was born… * The birth of Jesus is the proof of God’s love for the world… * Jesus is the only man in history with the complete tripartite cycle of birth, death and resurrection…
* He is the only One giving eternal life to anyone who believes inHim…
#4. SIX SIMPLE REASONS TO FORGIVE OFFENCES Everyone needs forgiveness. On the other hand, everyone needs to offer forgiveness too. * God has forgiven your offences and He expects you to forgiveothers too…
* _Unforgiveness_ is a big weight, free yourself from it… * Happiness and _unforgiveness_ don’t mix… * You have the capacity to forgive, no need pretending otherwise… #3. EIGHT SIMPLE REASONS I DO NOT FOLLOW YOUR BLOG Part of the joy of blogging is having people following your blog, regularly reading your written thoughts and sending you feedback through their comments, likes, emails, _reblogs_ etc. If you have ever wondered why people are not following your blog, these may just be some of the reasons: * They don’t even know that your blog exists in the first place… * You are not following their blogs… * People get to your blog, but find out your posts care less about their core values… * You did not join any blogging community… * No one has recommended your blog to them yet… #2. BLOGGING FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Beyond sharing my thoughts and being a source of inspiration to my readers, blogging has become a journey of personal development for me. I have learnt new things, improved on my writing skills, acquired new skills, met and interacted with different kinds of people from different places around the world. I have inspired some people and I have also been inspired by many other people. I have defended my faith, read several insightful posts, gained vast knowledge in many areas of life and so on and so forth #1. RACISM IN AMERICA VS TRIBALISM IN NIGERIA RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICES WEAR ATTIRES IN NIGERIA DIFFERENT FROM THE ONES THEY WEAR IN AMERICA. WHILE RACISM EXISTS AS A RESULT OF DIFFERENCES IN COLOUR OF THE SKIN, TRIBALISM HINGES ON DIFFERENCES IN BIRTH-ROOTS. Both are common societal evils that must be dealt a decisive blow in order for us to have a better world. > _No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his > skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate, and > if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love > comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite – Nelson> Mandela._
Thank you for reading and happy new year in advance. ------------------------- Copyright 2018|Victor Uyanwanne SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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THE GREATEST BIRTH EVER25/12/2018
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He is God
But He consented to be born of woman Born of a virgin lady He became flesh and blood Taking on the nature of Man But as He is the seed of the Holy Spirit He wouldn’t inherit the sin-nature of man. His birth was not a happenstance It was a fulfillment of divine prophecy Part of Heaven’s grand design To redeem mankind from depravity. In a time like this, yearly We celebrate the greatest birth everThe Son of God
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Born to be the Saviour Immanuel – God with usJesus, King
Wonderful, Counsellor The everlasting FatherThe Mighty God
The Prince of Peace
All hail King Jesus! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE ------------------------- Copyright 2018|Victor Uyanwanne SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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3 KINDS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE PEACE WITH THIS CHRISTMAS20/12/2018
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Christmas is the season we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the baby that changed the world.
As we celebrate, we should not lose sight of the real essence of it, chief of which was to restore the broken relationship between God andmankind.
Remember that at the birth of Jesus, some angels proclaimed to the shepherds saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests” Luke 2:14. Because of Christmas, peace was proclaimed to those who would come into a relationship with God. So let us celebrate Christmas with a heart of peace towards God and an attitude of peace towards fellowmen. Towards that end, here are my simple suggestions on the THREE KINDS OF PEOPLE YOU SHOULD MAKE PEACE WITH THIS CHRISTMAS: 1. MAKE PEACE WITH GOD When God sent Jesus Christ to be born on earth and also gave Him up to die for the ultimate redemption of mankind, He made peace with the world. You can say the war between God and the world is now over. On a personal level, God has made peace with you by the atonement of Jesus Christ for your sins. He is no longer at war with you over yoursinful nature.
But the question now is, “Are you at peace with God?” Being at peace with God means that you have spiritual peace. It means that you have been reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. If that is not your story yet, let this Christmas season be that opportunity you have been waiting for to be connected back to God. Without having spiritual peace, or simply put, without being reconciled to God, peace in other areas of your life may continue to elude you. Therefore, “Yield now and be at peace with Him; Thereby good will come to you” Job 22:1. 2. MAKE PEACE WITH YOURSELF Once you have made peace with God, the next natural experience you should have is peace within yourself. Being at peace with yourself means that you have emotional peace – inner peace. The main reason you are not at peace with yourself is because you are not at peace with God. But if you have made peace with God, it is high time you allowed the peace of God to rule your heart. Be at peace with yourself because God is at peace with you now. Forgive yourself of your shortcomings because God has already forgivenyou.
3. MAKE PEACE WITH OTHER PEOPLE If you make peace with God and you are at peace with yourself, there is no reason you should not seek to be at peace with other people around you. Seize this special season to forgive the people who mighthave offended you.
I know you cannot force other people to be at peace with you. But you can at least ensure that you are at peace with other people, withinyour own capacity.
Free yourself! Free your mind of grudges towards people around you! “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone” Romans 12:18. That’s the extent of your responsibility. “As far as it depends on you…” – that’s the pivotal phrase – live at peace with people this Christmas and beyond. Above that, you can trust in the promise of God for relational peace which assures us that “When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him” Proverbs 16:7. ------------------------- Copyright 2018| Victor Uyanwanne SHARE THIS POST WITH A FRIEND VIA ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEDIA:*
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8 THINGS EVERY CHRISTIAN MAN SHOULD REGULARLY GIVE HIS WIFE 14/12/201814/12/2018VictorsCorner
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When I shared _Seven Things Every Christian Woman Should RegularlyGive Her Husband
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I thought it would be a one-off post. But one of my readers raised the valid point of the need to always ensure there is a counter-balance in a loving relationship. In response to that apt observation, I am writing this post to highlight some of the expectations from the husband as well. While the former post was for a predominantly women audience, this is directedmainly at men.
That not withstanding, if you are a (married) woman reading this, be sure to continue reading to the end. I assure you, you will not regretit.
Now here are:
8 THINGS EVERY CHRISTIAN MAN SHOULD REGULARLY GIVE HIS WIFE1. LOVE
* This is the first thing a Christian man should give his wife. It is commanded of him by the Lord. * The wife expects her husband to love her wholeheartedly and unconditionally. Your wife is not perfect, but you should love herstill!
2. PROVISION
* A husband should ensure that the wife’s (emotional, physical, financial, spiritual) needs are provided for. * Not providing for the woman will leave her feeling stressed, frustrated and insecure.3. PROTECTION
* The husband should provide protection to the wife against the harmful effects of the elements, hurtful people and other harmfulthings;
* The husband should provide security to the wife so she has “freedom from, or resilience against, potential harm (or other unwanted coercive change) from external forces.”4. LEADERSHIP
* The christian husband should provide all kinds of leadership, including spiritual leadership, to the wife. * The wife may be disillusioned if the husband fails to show or leadthe way.
5. COMMITMENT
* Commitment in marriage is a journey not a destination. The husband should daily demonstrate his commitment to his wife. * The wife expects her husband to be committed to her and only her. The commitment is not for a short while, she (rightly) expects it tobe forever.
6. FIDELITY
* The Christian man should not share his affection with any other woman; he should continue to demonstrate continuing loyalty and support to his wife only. * The man should emotionally and intimately commit to being faithful to his wife. He should not seek sexual gratification from anyone otherthan his wife.
7. HELP
* The wife is called the help-meet for the husband. But that doesn’t mean the husband cannot be a helper to the wife too. * A wife expects her husband to help out (especially with the chores) around the house.8. EMPATHY
* The husband should seek to understand and share the feelings ofhis wife.
* He should give a listening ear to his wife, be patient with her and forgive her a million times in a day. ------------------------- Remember what the Bible says: “HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, JUST AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR HER TO MAKE HER HOLY, CLEANSING HER BY THE WASHING WITH WATER THROUGH THE WORD, AND TO PRESENT HER TO HIMSELF AS A RADIANT CHURCH, WITHOUT STAIN OR WRINKLE OR ANY OTHER BLEMISH, BUT HOLY AND BLAMELESS.” EPHESIANS 5:25-27 NIV.***
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I was recently invited to be part of the discussants in a church’s women’s end-of-year conference. But I sent them my apologies because I had another engagement billed for the date and time they chose. However, the organisers requested that (since I could not be physically present at the event) I sent in my contribution in writing on_ Things Every Christian Woman Should Give Her Husband_. I obliged their request by sending them a written short note as I thought itout.
The feedback I got after the programme was that my note was a blessing to them in that meeting. So in this post, I have decided to share with you the same thoughts I shared with those church women in their conference. I hope you find something useful in it. Like I said, I drafted the write-up for a predominantly women audience, but that does not mean that you should not read it if you are a man. So let’s go there… ------------------------- 7 THINGS EVERY CHRISTIAN WOMAN SHOULD REGULARLY GIVE HER HUSBAND1. RESPECT
A husband expects his wife to respect him in two ways: * By words – what she say to him and about about. * By action – how she treats him at home or outside the home.2. SEX
* A Christian wife should understand that intimacy and sex is very important to the husband, as this is a need only she can meet; * A wife should not deny the husband his right over her body.3. FOOD
* A wife should provide good food, timely and regularly for thehusband/family;
* A wife who doesn’t know how to cook good food should go andlearn.
4. APPRECIATION
* A husband expects the wife to appreciate him for providing for thefamily.
* A woman should have an attitude of gratitude, not grumbling, notcomplaining.
5. TRUST
* A wife should show trust and confidence in the ability of the manto lead the home;
* A wife should support her husband’s vision or project. She should not use her mouth to tear it down.6. PEACE
* The man will never feel peaceful at home if the wife is alwaysnagging.
* If a wife fails to create a peaceful home, the husband will not feel happy returning home.7. NEATNESS
* A husband expects his wife to take good care of herself. * She should maintain good personal and family hygiene. Remember what the Bible says: THE WISE WOMAN BUILDS HER HOUSE, BUT WITH HER OWN HANDS THE FOOLISH ONE TEARS HERS DOWN. PROV. 14:1.***
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The Sun was already going down for the day. And there I was seated by the window side on our staff bus being driven home after work. The vehicle was filled with other staffers who like me had equally earned a living for the day. We were all eager to get back home to our families and to have a well-deserved night rest. But the ever busy Lagos traffic was hampering our speed; we were moving at snail’s speed. We are used to that kind of experience! At the moment, I was gazing blankly at the evening sky through the window screen of the vehicle. And suddenly, I perceived in my spirit something I now consider a personal revelation from Above: Your isyour reward.
Really? I should have known that a long time ago! “Your wife is your reward,” I reechoed under my breath. But how come those words have never formed part of my regular vocabulary? After all, I have always called my wife a “Gift From Above.” And I believe that with all my heart. _Something was happening_ here: the eyes of my understanding were further being enlightened, with a clear message out from the blues or better put, from the Spirit of God. _Your wife is your reward! _It struck me so much that I knew there must be more to those words than I had previously known. So immediately, the researcher in me was called to work; I pulled my smart phone and did a quick Google search of “Your wife is yourreward.”
Instead of a preponderance of web articles being thrown up, a Bible reference was atop the search result. And I wasted no moment in opening it to examine. I was pleasantly surprised to find that these same words, “Your wife is your reward,” are in the Bible (Ecclesiastes 9:9). I took that as a confirmation that it was God that spoke those words directly to my heart moments earlier. Since then I have read the verse over again from different versions of the Bible. The translation in the New Living Bible helped me understand it better: _L__ive happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly__. Ecclesiastes_ 9:9, NLT. By ordinary meaning, we know that a reward is “a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.” And there in the Bible verse we just read, we have it that your wife is your reward for your earthly toil. I wouldn’t know what you think of that. But As God is the One who said “Your wife is your reward,” we can be sure that He cannot bemistaken about it.
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