tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64135408440781420762024-02-18T22:28:35.207-08:00Penning my Thots!Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-71293613523395838182016-03-22T05:53:00.000-07:002016-03-22T05:53:22.002-07:00Desire salary increase? Be the Man in Suit!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Whenever I come across the
sentence “We are all created equally!”, it amuses me and I’m sure it does you
too. To think that I was born equally as those guys who consistently and
incessantly adorn the first and top pages of the Forbes list, has always sent
cold shivers down my spine. What am I missing? What am I not doing? What is the
differential factor? But then, I say to myself “HP, you were not born with a
Silver spoon” …and almost immediately, I remind myself that every great man has a
story and most of them, if not all, were also not born with a silver spoon. Question then is, what is it about the Man in
Suit? The figurative actually means “The Man-in-Charge”, “The Man at the helm
of affairs” in organizations and establishments. How did they attain that
height? At what point did the pendulum swing? Hold on, let me digress a lil….<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not every Man in Suit is actually
a Success. The Man in Suit is not necessarily the most intelligent Man in an environment. We have a lot of them who have crash-landed and pro’ly a lot will
still crash-land. I have my own personal Philosophy on that subject-matter,
which is “Don’t tell me a man is humble until you have given him Power/Money
and nothing changes about his attitude.” Most of those who have crash-landed
are those who are only privileged to be the Man in Suit and actually didn’t work
at it. Bottom line on my digression, not every Man in Suit is actually built up to
attain that standard and not everyone of them has potential, hence they falter…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Back to the matter, the Man in
Suit is actually not the most intelligent, most intuitive, idealistic and complete man in
the Organization…rather, more often than not, it is the man at the corner of an
office who’s probably too timid and feels or sees himself as inferior and
therefore wasting away without focus.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A major attribute and
characteristic of the Man in Suit is the ability to THINK, the ability to
MEDITATE and come forth with something productive. Science calls that man Homo
Sapien. Not all human actually do that. But try calling a learned individual
Homo Erectus/Habilis and watch him/her rain insults on you. Everyone desires to
be the Man in Suit, the man at the helm of affairs, but very few actually THINK
of a better way of doing things or literally pushing the Organization forward.
At establishments, people seek Promotion and Salary increase, but very few are
actually making meaningful and intellectual contributions towards the progress
of the Organization. Okay okay…maybe some think, maybe some meditate…but then
what’s the outcome of your thoughts and meditations? Are they backed up by
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Friends, there is a big
difference between Ability and Functionality. Greatness lies in everyone, but
only few who harness potential eventually becomes the Man in Suit. Do you want to
be the Man in Suit, the Man in Charge, the man that controls, the man at the
helm of affairs, do you desire to be seated in that Board meeting, helping to
make important decisions? Then you gotta develop your mind by deep thoughts and
consistent meditation. Those who meditate consistently are those who make the
most of their productive mind…and they are the ones God can entrust wealth in
their hands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Don’t hide under Religion,
Spirituality, Business, etc. You can be headed for the topmost top, you can be
than Man in Suit…if only you make the decision to engage your mind productively
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shalom!</span>Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-20556441254854919612015-11-21T01:17:00.001-08:002016-01-04T09:33:45.631-08:00Abide in your Calling...Stay on your Lane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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particular event I love watching during the Olympics is the hurdles. I particularly
love it because each competitor is assigned a lane and expected to maintain
focus by staying on that lane and veering off means DISQUALIFICATION!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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life, every man is in a race… but not against peers. Every man has a race set
before him. Those running same race (thesame Vocation/Career/Business) still
have different lanes which brings it down to the barest individuality. A lot of
people have seen life as a competition and I think our parents, teachers and
society should take a chunk of the blame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(School) has always been a platform to train your mind to be fit enough to
handle life’s challenges, hence the Algebra, Geometry, History, Geography, Calculus,
etc. However, the concept of prize-giving-days at end of sessions and “Best
Student” nomenclatures has watered the ideology of Schooling. Many young lads
now see life as a competition making it increasingly hard to stay on their
lane. A huge percentage of people are now running another man’s race, thereby
getting farther from fulfillment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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depression and seeing yourself as a no-brainer hence not created to make the
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Don’t
get me wrong, I’m ALWAYS a prize winner at every prize-giving day, I was so
blessed my parents don’t check my “report-card” except to see how much they are
to pay for the next session, so my phobia for it is not because I don’t win,
but because of the damage it does to peers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I’ve been
a victim too early in life, as I saw that “first” position as my birthright and
therefore my classmates as competitors. It got so bad that in JSS2, I concluded
I was going to be an Aeronautic Engineer all because the other guy leading the
other class (JSS2A & JSSB) claimed that was his Career path. Whatever Aeronautic
Engineering meant then, I knew not. I just saw it as the peak of our
competition…except ofcourse when he ventured into Commercial class in SS1.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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days, in classrooms, place of work, the competition is very much alarming. Mr A
just bought a Car, I must buy mine. Mr C has enrolled for a professional Exam,
that’s my next move too. Until you know what you are created for, until you discover
vision, life is yet to start for you. Life is a race at different pace for each
individual. Don’t jump lanes and end up disqualified or being ejected
prematurely from the race. A wise man once said, “Every man was born to exist,
Living begins at the discovery of Vision irrespective of Age, Color or
Background!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is an Architect; I must become an Architect to run the family business. There are
12 Lawyers in my family; I’m going to be a SAN. Is that your lane? Is that your
Vision?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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much more pronounced to me in my 2<sup>nd</sup> year in the University in 2009.
Computer Science is a very vast field and there are over 20 career paths in it.
As the career paths were being unfolded to us, semester-by-semester, I began
finding my bearing and channeling my path towards fulfillment. I knew Computer
Science was not my end, but a means to an end for me, I followed on my lane
doggedly. There were discouragements and interferences, but staying on my lane
has been one thing I consciously do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fact that you’re not in a race against anyone (friends, colleagues, classmates,
etc)…but against Time!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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just send out a plea to Parents, Teachers and Society…encourage and nurture
potentials in those juveniles thrown into your custody and not to create an unhealthy
competition between them. That competition mentality derails destiny faster
than anything else…especially in a canny way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we are Caretakers and not Life-controllers of our children. We’re meant to help
them discover and nurture purpose and vision. Sports, Business, Academics, Art,
Music, Industry, Health, Law, Oil & Gas, etc are just several areas in
which that little one in your care might be created for. School should help
train your mind in discovering and driving towards fulfillment in pursuit of
Vision, veering off that lane is tantamount to running someone else’s race and
living another person’s life eroding fulfillment and destiny.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it is a good thing to reward diligence in students, it will be advisable to
help discover, understand and nurture potentials in others especially at the
very young and tender age. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will be a better place when everyone stays on their lane and run their own
race. Remember, true fulfillment is in walking or running or flying on your
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Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-3680706527624075382015-10-12T08:29:00.000-07:002015-10-12T08:29:01.921-07:00Life, Is not Chance...Don't live yours by Chance!<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'AR BERKLEY';">THE MATRIX OF LIFE...BLUEPRINTS!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I was watching a movie titled “<b><i>Adjustment Bureau</i></b>” and my
thoughts came alive about the subject matter called life and our travails in
it. It is amazing how people struggle to accept the fact that there is a God up
there who rules over and controls the affairs of men. Every building we know
has a Master-plan drawn by the Architect and accepted by the Government before
the actual structure is erected. The Master-plan is also referred to as the
blueprint. Everyone walking the face of the earth has a blueprint for his/her
life...a discovery and location of the individual’s blueprint is the first step
towards true Success in life. Take note, Success is entirely different from
good/true Success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Life itself is a Matrix, twisted and wielded in such a way
that without the one with the blueprint and Master-plan, veering off the path
is imminent. There are, as I assume, questions running through your mind now.
Questions like, the friends you encounter in life, the spouse you get entangled
with, the family you are born into, the Career path you find yourself in, etc.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Quickly, I refer to some scriptural stories. According to
their Matrix:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Egypt and 40days in the journey to Canaanland from Egypt, but it wasn’t in the
blueprint that they will spend extra 30years in Egypt and 40years in the
wilderness journey. Exodus 12:40-41; 16:35<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The lineage of Eli had the Master-planner’s
stamp as the eternal priesthood of Israel, but it was never in the blueprint
that the priesthood will be passed to the house of Elkannah at that point. I Samuel 3:11-14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">One thing is common in the afore-mentioned stories and many
others that space wont permit...the individuals involved made a choice which
either delayed or terminated fulfillment of purpose. This means our choices can
either make us veer off the Master-planner’s blueprint or cause a catastrophic
turn out of events thereby terminating God’s blueprint for one’s life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">There are so many examples of catastrophic decisions that
terminated destinies, examples like Jephthah (Judges 11:30-40), Samson (Judges
16:30), etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Point is, the blueprint of the Master-planner will always
have a happy destination. Following His blueprint for your life has only
advantages because we know that ALL things work together for good, to them that
LOVE the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends, the cause of most of the hardship you are facing is because
you have veered off the blueprint for your life, a decision which renders you
vulnerable to satanic manipulations and oppressions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It’s about time we practicalize Carrie Underwood’s song
“Jesus Take the Wheels”. Many of us need to retrace our steps and return to the
One who has the blueprint of our lives, the One that cannot mismanage our
lives, the One that can order our steps into fulfillment. Walking in His
blueprint saves you the stress of designing your own blueprint, one you are not
even sure of it’s validity and authenticity...because no one knows tomorrow
except the Master-planner Himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The choice is yours, but I implore you to return to Him that
is the author of the Matrix of your life, the One whose blueprint substantiates
the fulfillment of your purpose. If it is not good, it is not God. God looked at
everything He created and said it was good, very good. No defect, no mistake,
nothing bad. If there is any symptom of bad in your life, check it, there is a
likelihood you have veered off the blueprint of your life. God is interested in
our ways, our paths, our thoughts, our everything, He has them all drawn out in
His blueprint!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-72591507470070447162015-09-30T02:52:00.000-07:002015-09-30T02:52:47.522-07:00Nigeria Democracy/Independence: Worthy of Celebration?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">October 1</span><sup style="font-size: 12pt;">st</sup><span style="font-size: small;"> 1960 will forever remain a day to be remembered
in this country whether anyone likes it or not. Everyone likes freedom, no one
wants to remain in captivity, hence the day we were emancipated from captivity
will forever remain in memory. Even God ordered the </span>Israelite<span style="font-size: small;"> to continually
celebrate the feast of Passover, so we can in same manner see our Liberation
from Colonial rule as an event worthy of celebration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It therefore grieves me when year-in-year-out, I see and hear people
say “there is nothing to celebrate about the Nation”, I can’t but marvel at
the ignorance and naivety of such individuals. This is a country that has
weathered a lot of storms, yet still standing together as one. Not even Polio, HIV/AIDS or Ebola has prevailed over this Country, a country other nations of
the world envy so much. Friends, I cant imagine being the citizen of any other
nation aside Nigeria. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Our problem in this country is neither the government nor those in
authority so to speak, rather, our problem is largely individuals. An average
American wakes in the morning and even before saying or thinking any other
thing, his first thought/speech is “God bless America”. Those prayers have it’s
significance on happenings around. When last did you say “God bless Nigeria”?
When last did you do something to make Nigeria a better place? Rather, the buck
of the blame is always passed to the government, when truth be told, some men
cannot even successfully lead their home and family, some individuals cant even
lead a football team, a class, a department, let alone a Local Government.
Shift your gaze away from the government, think of what you can do for your
country.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">If the labour of our heroes past is not going to be in vain, what quota
are you contributing to ensure that? Nigeria is growing, Think Positive, Say
Positive, Act Positive, Stay Positive and continually Pray and take positive
steps towards actualization of a better Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A little leaven, the holy Scriptures says, leaveneth the whole lump…our
individual efforts at our respective level and capacity towards a better
Nigeria, when combined will make a monumental impact on the way forward for
this Nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Have you observed that the second stanza of the National Anthem, which
is the Prayer for the Nation, is even hardly sung these days, not even in
social and societal gatherings where it is needed the most? I therefore close
this write-up saying that prayer for my beloved nation:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">O God of Creation, Direct our noble
Cause, Guide our leaders right,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Help our youths the truth to know. In
love and honesty to grow,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And live in Just and truth. Great
lofty heights attain, to build a nation<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Arabic Typesetting"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Where Peace and Justice shall reign!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Nigeria is Rising and I'm definitely contributing my quota...So help me God!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Names have a life-long impact on
a man. All through the Holy Scriptures, whenever a special child is to be born,
there were always specifics about the name of the child. John, Jesus, Jacob,
Esau, Isaac, Samuel, etc. Notable figures in the scriptures have name
specifics. It is a further validation of the impact of the names on the life of
a child. Do you know a mother named her child Ichabod (I Samuel 4:21) and another named her child Jabez (I Chronicles 4:9)? What a Mum!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thank God for we Africans that
respect Culture to the letter when it comes to names. No real African goes by
names like Carpenter, Price, Rice, Wood, Tiger, Rat, Green, etc.<o:p></o:p></div>
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However, there is a trend that is going viral these days – “Nicknames”! Everyone has a nickname now, don’t we
all? If you don’t, you pro’ly haven’t been in an institution or a sociable
environment for a significant period of time. You’re gentle, there’s a nickname
for you. You’re outspoken, you got one. A slight facial/body deformity, you
definitely got one. Some people no longer respond to their names as much as
they do nicknames. People now refer to them using their adopted nickname
absolutely and they respond almost absent-mindedly.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Names have an impact on destiny
and nicknames are no exception. Yes, most of the nicknames originates from
school (Primary, Secondary or Tertiary) and very often, there is little you can
do about them especially as students continually enjoy it when you object to it
the most. My nickname “holyparcel” is self-explanatory, but people still ask me
what it means and the inspiration for it. The inspiration came at the advent of
mail addresses earlier in the millennium. My sister and my friend opened mail
addresses with the ids “portparcel” and “angelsparcel” respectively. I sat and
thought for a season then came up with “holyparcel” which has stuck and has
been significant over the years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bottom line, carve a name for
yourself, a meaningful worthwhile name that you will be proud of and hold your
head high to when called in a crowd. Jacob cried out for a new name (Genesis 32:28), Jabez did also (I Chronicles 4:10), who said names cannot be carved or changed? If you don’t give yourself one, a
befitting one, people will soon give you a nickname, one you may not like and
the more you object to it, the more it sticks and it more often than not
answers in your life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I observe people a lot much more
than I talk. There was this lady back then in school that nicknamed herself “AforceToReckonWith”.
I was thrilled the first time I saw it, but what’s more thrilling is the advent
of events in her life ever since. I have closely monitored and I can say she’s
going places in as much as she focuses and continues in her drive towards
fulfillment. Your name or nickname is very paramount in how your life shapes up
and the set of events that follows. You may not believe it and it may not look
like it now, but it will surely tell at the long run.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Words and names have power over
everything, natural or artificial…and the human life is no exception. Have you
read Dr Masaru Emoto’s experiment on the effect of words and names on water?
Read it up, it might thrill you a bit. <a href="http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/water-crystal.html">www.masaru-emoto.net/english/water-crystal.html</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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name or nickname or you don’t even know what it means, ask around, if it’s not
something palatable, it’s not too late for a Change of Name or Nickname.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-72935300574759534522015-05-15T09:04:00.002-07:002015-05-20T04:39:01.047-07:00DROP IT…COME BACK TOMORROW!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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virtually everyone has heard this sentence at one point in time in life. If you
haven’t, you probably haven’t had business within the four walls of an
Institution, Bank, Organization, etc. It has become so commonly used that
sometimes, you won’t even be heard out on your request/complaint before the
bombshell is thrown at you “…drop it, come back for it next week!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Is my ATM Ca…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Not yet, check back two weeks later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See
ehn, this life on its own, is not as complicated afterall, we complicate things
ourselves. More often than not, the supposed thing you are asked to return a
week later for, can actually be gotten in less than five minutes by someone
else who pro’ly knows his/her way around.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">My thots,
why can’t we just be polite with everyone that comes our way, attending to
people with respect and in a dignifying manner. I really must say, our manner
of approach is degrading week-in-week-out. People just take pleasure in that
sentence “…come back for it a week later!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ehn…I’m tired of those ones. Sometimes, when one considers the stress they put
one through, you will seriously think of keeping your money at home. At least
our grandfathers kept their valuables safely one way or the other. Let’s be
frank, these banks never had our interest at heart. Banks have frustrated the
life out of a lot of people. On our money o, they will even argue with you that
your signature lacks comma or apostrophe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Have you observed that even Bank
doors don’t usually want to let you in without a fuss if you’re coming for
withdrawals? Whereas, it opens freely when you’re making a deposit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Life will
become a lot pleasant if we all mellow on the subject of protocols and attend
to people in a dignifying manner. Show people courtesy and respond to them
positively and promptly too. Even the Holy Scriptures supports me on the
subject matter. Proverbs 3:27-28.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I was
doing Clearance at a point in an Organization and after making haste and almost
sweating like droplets of blood, I met the departmental head on his way out. Guess
what he said…well your guess is as good as mine, the fact he knows me doesn’t
even count to him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">See, I’m
tired of that phrase. What exactly is it all about? A show of Superiority? ...of Class? …of Brittleness? …of Defiance? Iono
really!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Huh…that’s on another level. Secretaries play a huge role in the Success-drive of
an Organization and on the other hand, they have done a lot of havoc, sank
organizations, crippled destinies, etc. The boss is in his office having a
great time at work, but all because the Secretary is having a bad day or too
much work on her desk, he/she decides no one will see the Boss that period. I’ve
been a Secretary myself to high-profile individuals at certain points in my
life and I know sometimes, truly, the boss doesn’t want to see people. Truth is,
Secretaries add their own. Their ‘Aseju’ is too much. Doing beyond what they
have been sent, stopping Job seekers from seeing the Boss.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is this Network Communication advert where a group of upcoming artiste were
trying to give the CD of their Solo to a Producer to hear them out…and the
Secretary was blocking them from gaining access. Not until they maneuvered
their way to his rooftop window…were they able to get to him and guess what, he
loved the Solo and signed the group.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be responsive to our fellow humans. Have respect for humans and value their
time. They also left something to come to your office, it isn’t for leisure, it’s
for a concrete purpose…attend to them with all sense of dignity and decorum.</span></div>
Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-8769817663473769782015-04-13T02:48:00.001-07:002015-04-13T02:48:32.750-07:00CAN YOU HELP RESUSCITATE MY MUSIC CAREER? Help!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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hear the horn of my Dad’s car returning home in the night when I was between
the age of 8 and 10, it usually send cold shivers down my spine. I naturally don’t
think about the goodies he has bought on his way back home, on the contrary, my
mind immediately starts playing the next 2-gruesome-hours that is always about to
unfold. On entering the apartment, first, he enters his room, takes his bath
while Mum sets the dinning. Immediately he is done eating, the escapade
unfolds. Oh…how I love Saturday and Sunday evenings when the drama doesn’t unfold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lemme
drive home my point. See ehn, my Dad is a lover of Music and he also happens to
be one of the pioneer Choir Director of the Gospel Apostolic Church when they
moved their Headquarters to Soluyi, Gbagada, Lagos State. Well, to my Dad, that
inadvertently meant every of his children must be a lover of music and maybe
find a Career in it. I’m still wondering why none of us took it as a Career. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Back to
the 2-hour gruesome lectures, my Dad started a Music school in our sitting room
having the first 3 of his children as the pioneer students, he later extended
the tuition-free-gesture to neighbors and their children that showed interest. We
all had notebooks and textbooks. Up till the age of 8, wetin concern me with
music? All I ever desired as a hobby was football and video games which I was
proficient at. Every night of the week (with the exception of Saturday and
Sunday), it was music tutorials and lectures, sol-fa notes cramming, G-clef,
F-clef, string and other notes. At the end of the month, there were tests and
exams and there was Prize giving day for successful students too. I trudged
along at first and sometimes, I liaised with my Mum feigning sickness and
evading classes to which Mum obliged (I was Mum’s favorite – what do you
expect?).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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while, little did I know something was brewing up in me. To me, I don’t listen
to Music the way modern day youths do. It’s more than the dance, the beats, the
vocals, the noise to me. It’s about intent, melody, compere, sol-fa notes,
musical notations, lyrics and how they combine to lift the soul.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I have some people’s attention, let me state it clearly, not everyone in the
music industry is really called into that ministry. What is the essence of
Music when it cant lift the spirit and energize the soul. The Music archangel
himself (Lucifer) was created and designed for that sole purpose. David played
musical notes and the evil spirit disappeared out of King Saul. These days,
Music ironically invite evil spirit (so to speak). Music is meant to be
spirit-lifting, soul-energizing and body-jerking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Music, great songs. Now, before you say “Me too” in your mind, think about
it. What’s it with Music for you? The dance? Noise? Beats? Melody?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is life, beautiful notes does more to the human mind than can be expressed or
uttered. I’m so into Music…I’m not a musician (I don’t even play any musical
instrument except the Flute and Drum Set), however, I love Music, good and
soul-lifting Music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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me your kind of Artiste and I will tell you what you love in Music. For me,
Artistes like Don Moen, Sinach, Chris Delvan Gwamna, Kirk Franklin, Cece
Winnas, Juanita Bynum, Michael W. Smith, Third Day, Celine Dion (I know this
will raise eyebrows) and a few others are my kinda artiste.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has a great effect on me…I find it hard being in the Terrestrial under the atmospheric
condition of the ministration of the afore-mentioned artistes. I instantly
translate to the Celestial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are three basic songs that I don’t get tired listening to amongst others. I can
listen to these songs uncountable times in a day. With these songs played in my
home, my wife and children will get practically anything even up to the whole
of my kingdom or bank account (under the right conditions tho). The songs are:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is more than I can describe or utter. Music is life. I love Music, I love
musical notes, I love entertainment. The feeling and effect is just… *LipsSealed*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In modern times, the major quest in the society is the quest for "a man"! Everyone is looking for a man - to blame, to claim, to connect them to someone in power, help them make ends-meet, a father-in-law's last-name, a man to become their leader, etc. A lady is looking for a man, ironically, a man is looking for a lady & another man. To COMPLICATE and further SIMPLIFY matters, God Himself is looking for "a man"! Something therefore must be missing somewhere. Why is everyone looking for a man? Where is the man? Where has he gone to? When is he returning?</div>
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Enough questioning! Enough searching! Enough brainstorming on the subject matter! You are that man everyone is looking for! You are that individual God is looking/waiting for. Stop the blame-game, the claim-game, famzing-game, connection-game. Stop the games, the gimmicks, and take responsibility. You seek a better world, don't wait on the world leaders. You seek a better nation, don't wait on the President. You seek a better Organization, don't wait on the GM or Director. You are that CHANGE everyone desires. You are that man you are looking for. Our problem in the Nation at this present time is that "There is no Man" to take up the reins. No man has equipped himself competently enough to step into the ring!</div>
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People keep looking out for the wrong things and wrong people to make things happen, when all it really takes to make things happen is YOU! There is no 'ordinary vocation', it is the ordinary mindset of the handler that makes a vocation look ordinary. Anyone on demand presently in this world, is one that has found a secret, traded such secret, and has become a Success in that sojourn. A failure is never sought after, never a good reference point, never reckoned with. What then differentiates a man sought after from one just making a living? The differential factor is a Secret! One has found and traded with a Secret. However, if you find a Secret, but do not trade with it, it is as good as dead and non-referential. How then can I become the man everyone is looking for? <b>SELF-DISCIPLINE</b> is it! </div>
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Self discipline is what uplifts a man. Without it, destiny is eroded. When do you want to be sought after? When do you want the world to come after you? When do you want to be the man both God and humanity are on the lookout for? Now is the time, Self-Discipline is the demand, Responsibility is the price.</div>
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There is a demand on anyone who wants the World Binoculars focused on him. How then can I meet up with the demands of Self-Discipline? How can I pay the price of Responsibility? Self-Discipline rides on the wings of two major wings amongst others, and they are both hinged on Time Management. The capital index of Self-Discipline is Time Management. You will remain thesame mediocre you are for years unending but for two things - the BOOKS you read and the COMPANY you keep. These two wings are the demands of Self-Discipline and the Responsibility it requires upon which Success thrives.</div>
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BOOKS: Invest in Self-Development. <b><i>B.Sc/M.Sc is just an indication that you are literate, nothing more. A Certificate is just the initiation into the world of knowledge gathering.</i></b> Unfortunately, many see it as the life-line for making a living. Indiscipline can make your first-class void of dignity. Presidents are sought after today not because they were the best graduating students (most of them don't even have a degree), but because of the potentials and knowledge they have garnered since graduation. <b><i><span style="color: red;">Certificates don't solve life problems, knowledge does.</span></i></b> Go for knowledge, and more knowledge, then you become a focal and reference point.</div>
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COMPANY: The effect of Healthy Relationships on a destiny cannot be over-emphasized. </div>
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A choice of responsible association is what makes a man sought after. No one goes to a Mechanic workshop to seek medical attention. As a Medical Doctor, if you keep company with Motor Mechanics, sitting & gisting with them, you can never be a reference point! Wrong/Evil association will always corrupt good destinies. Keeping company of those who violate Rules and Regulations, those who usurp authorities, will make you lose relevance as fast as possible. Respect higher authority. No matter how highly-placed you are, there will always be someone higher than you. Walk, Relate, Associate will only Self-Disciplined individuals, those who are on the pedestal of higher grounds and you will soon see yourself being sought after.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Everyone living on the face of the earth was born on a certain day
which makes it safe to say everyone has a birthday. Although not everyone knows
it, acknowledges it or even celebrates it, it still doesn’t undermine the fact that
they have birthdays.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The primary essence of birthdays therefore is to apply our hearts unto
wisdom. By this, I mean birthdays naturally should be days of reflections for
the celebrant and also those celebrating with him/her. Yes, one cannot take
away the merriment, celebration, champagne popping et all, and as I humorously
say often “Your birthday is your happiest day on any social networking
platform”, a day when enemies, friends, neighbors, old colleagues and
well-wishers storm your Wall, inbox, Timeline, DM, etc and decorate them with
posts and delightsome wishes some of them almost drawing you to tears while you
Giggle over others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">More importantly, now that it’s your birthday is the need to apply your
heart unto wisdom, Reflections! Reflecting on the Faithfulness of God in and
out of Season. Have you imagined if we have to do these?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Queue at the filling station to get oxygen for our breathe, just
imagine!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Everyone had a monthly allocation of oxygen, using it up before the end
of the month indicates being inactively dead till the next month’s allocation,
just imagine!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Imagine staying healthy for a month requires #25m at the most friendly
hospital, just imagine!</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends, Man is too expensive to be managed by man. Certain things just
cannot be put in man’s care, the world will suffer for it. Therefore as you
celebrate daily, weekly, monthly and annually on earth, apply your heart unto
wisdom as you reflect on God’s faithfulness over the years, because <b><i>Reflection
is the authentic fuel of celebration</i></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Reflection on your birthdays should be two-dimensional;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">ü<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Reflect Appreciatively:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Just like in the natural,
when you thank man for something done for you, he replies with “Don’t Mention!”
but we all know what would have happened if you hadn’t mentioned it. He would
have labeled you an ingrate. Much more with God, if not for anything but for
the fact that you have breathe in you and you are not on the hospital bed,
appreciate God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">ü<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><b><i><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Reflect Anticipatingly:</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> When we look at the past
and see the Faithfulness of God, we can confidently look into our future. Look
into that colorful and glorious future ahead and celebrate God for it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore, as you celebrate: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Look Back: Too
many numerous acts of God in your life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Look Up: He
is still doing it presently…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Look Forward: To the
colorful and glorious destiny He has for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-59404572335298462082014-08-27T08:04:00.001-07:002014-08-27T08:04:37.637-07:00THIN LINE BETWEEN FASHION AND CRAZINESS!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The quest
to look good...well, no be today the thing start. Man had always strove to look
good and will always do. The part that culture is playing in this aspect of
life is very vital and strategic. What is regarded a mode of dressing in a
particular culture may actually be a taboo in another, hence this has made it difficult
to carve out a niche as a generally accepted way of dressing, modesty being
our only lifeline. With dressing obviously comes Fashion as I am yet to see or
hear a Fashion sense in existence without a form or piece of clothing on. Dressing
in this context therefore involves all forms of appearances, ranging from
hairstyles, headgears, clothes, footwear, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Have you
imagined that having to attend 2 occasions in a day, you might be applauded at
one event and almost stoned at the other because of your appearance...there is
therefore a thin line between Fashion and Craziness. Okay, enough
dilly-dallying, let me hit the hammer on the nail straight up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I happen
to serve in a Unit where I have the privilege of seeing worshippers as they
alight from their Cars or Buses and walk into the Church auditorium...and this
post is actually my thots on what I have seen over the years. Even if God looks
at the heart, don’t you know you should appear before Him with all sense of moderation?
You won’t even be allowed to see the LG Chairman, Governor let alone President
with some mode of dressing supposedly termed ‘Fashion’. First, I start with the
gentlemen...cos I can easily be done with them in a jiffy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The major
Fashion/Craziness boundary for guys is the hairstyles and pants (trousers).
Guys need to know that they are not footballers and even the footballers don’t wear
those crazy hairstyles after major tournaments. How can you put up a
hairstyle making you look like Ogre or Dracula? It depicts irresponsibility. Go
outside your homes with all sense of decency and moderation. And finally, with
guys, I thought they have rung the bell on Sagging over and over again? There is
nothing glorifying in sagging, absolutely nothing! I mean...just think about it
for a minute and tell me you see what I’m saying. I rest my case...a word, they
say, is enough for the GUYS!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Now Ladies!
Ladies!! Ladies!!! Choi! Where do I start from? I won’t talk about your
hairstyles cos that can take eternity, so I start from facial appearance with
some obvious rhetorical questions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why scrape your eye-lashes off and start drawing as if you
are sponsored by Nike?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why paint your face with Water-color making your face appear
like a fine art drawing book?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why pierce your nose and lips as if you are possessed by a
demon?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why use earrings that can be used in the gym to build
muscles on your fragile ears?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">Ø<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why paint your lips as if it’s a paint manufacturing
factory?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Next,
I go to the footwear and I really must plead with ladies at this point. Have
you ever checked a lady’s handbag? There is a 95% chance that you are going to
find one plimsoll or slippers in there. Ladies need to know that not every shoe
you see belongs to you, no matter how much it’s pleasing to you, just look away and buy
footwear that make you comfortable. The quest for high heels and to feel among is
alarming. You see ladies walking as if they have boils on their legs or feet,
and they always walk in pairs...as support for one another. The footwear that
is naturally meant to stabilize you now becomes something making you dangle on
the street. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Coming
back to the pants, don’t y’all have a mirror in your rooms? You inconvenience
yourself so much on the street that you continually use one hand to pull down
your skirt as you walk along the road. Which prompts the question, didn’t you
know the skirt was short when you wore it in your room? It’s craziness, I think,
to dress to inconvenience yourself just to supposedly please people on the
street. I wrote supposedly because the truth is, we are actually not pleased,
rather, we see so much discomfort written all over your face, and the sight is
not pleasing at all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I can
go on and on, but I think moderation is key in everything we do. Please be
moderate. Place your comfort over any other thing or person or situation. Don’t
cross that thin line between Fashion and Craziness. Dress Fashionably tho!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-90248861078302154222014-07-31T05:19:00.000-07:002014-07-31T05:19:18.913-07:00COMPANIONSHIP...ALLOW ME LEAN ON YOUR SHOULDER!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">...and
God Almighty said “...it is <b><i>not good</i></b> for man to be alone, I will
provide him an help meet for him...” That was the Almighty, just immediately
after creation has been confirmed good, very good. He affirmed that the only
thing not good about creation as at that period, was man being alone...even God
Himself is not alone, forever with God the Son, the HolySpirit, 24 elders, host
of Angels, etc...He has companions. So it’s safe to tell that friend of yours
forming James Bond or Angelina Jolie...having the “I can do all myself”
attitude to calm down and find a suitable shoulder to lean on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Truth
is everyone needs a shoulder to lean on, note, I didn’t say cry on, but lean
on! Quickly let me spell it out, Companionship is a twisted form of Friendship,
but they are never thesame thing. The Oxford dictionary defines both thus:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Companion:
A friend, acquaintance or partner, someone with whom one spends time and keeps
company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Friend:
A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys
and towards whom one feels affection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Companionship
is a craving of the soul of everyone, and the first step to living a life
worthwile is embracing Companionship. It is a term that qualifies someone
walking with you heading the way you are headed. God has designed us in such
way that we all need companionship, a shoulder to lean on. Nobody succeeds in
isolation! As a matter of fact, it has been observed that the major cause of
suicide, depression, mental retardation, etc is lack of companionship
(Loneliness) or wrong companionship. There is a craving in every man to relate,
to pour out, to socialize, to interact, to communicate, to confide...this
craving has however caused as much damage as it has caused good too. Therefore,
in our quest for companionship, caution has to be taken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In
order not to muddle things up, I will be explicit as it relates to Singles and
Couples, because Companionship with Singles definitely differs from that of the
Married.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As
Singles...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">...the
crave for companionship amongst Singles is very much on the high. The urge for
exploration coupled with the crave for companionship has led some to Success
and many others to doom. As Singles, control is a key factor here. Not all your
friend can be your companion. As much as you yearn for shoulders to lean on, be
selective! Lean only on shoulders of those going in your direction in life.
Friendship, and indeed Companionship is by choice never by imposition. Choose
your Companions wisely. If you are not benefitting productively from a
friendship, there is no point making such a one your companion. I once heard a
story of how a brother missed his flight simply by talking to a wrong companion
at the Airport. They called his flight at departure time, and just because the
companion he was with at the Airport was also holding an Arik ticket, he
thought they were both headed thesame way. Your future and vision is much more
important than that companion you have stuck with. Place value on your future
and disassociate from everyone and anyone not going your direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For
the Married/Engaged...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">...here,
it is a different ball game. It is unfortunate that many couples are missing
out on this purpose of Marriage. Even though some couples dwell together under
thesame roof, constant quarrels and rancour pull them kilometres apart; so they
live together, yet alone. True companionship will add meaning to your marriage.
Your spouse is not just to be your roommate, but your closest friend. Your
spouse ought to be your first and best consultant and associate in all things.
Protecting family unity and development is then non-negotiable. Family is so
essential as the school of virtues par excellence. If companionship in families
is functional, bad things will decrease and good ones increase. Your spouse is
your best companion; no one else should come into the circle. If we do not
protect the family institution, we will be completely finished. As the saying
goes with emphasis of mine, if you marry the right person (and make him/her
your companion), you are complete, if you marry the wrong person (whether you
make him/her your companion or not), you are finished. But if you marry the
right person and you have made another (wrong one) your companion, then you are
completely finished.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">No one succeeds in isolation, embrace companionship
today...however, make it with the right person!</span>Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-87145071092522238092014-07-15T08:12:00.001-07:002014-07-15T08:12:31.050-07:00Why should I make my Relationship status known to the Public?<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I’ve heard
people talk about Open relationships, C</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">losed relationships, Complicated
relationships, Friends with benefits, etc. I have often wondered the essence of
the adjectives always added to the word Relationship. Deep thoughts on the
subject matter have brought me to the conclusion that the major determinant of
the adjective that the word relationship takes on for every individual is the
factor called insecurity in relationships. I think you should either be in a
relationship or you are out.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I came
across a quote that reads “...Relationships these days: One male, one female,
one ex trying to mess it up & one friend secretly hoping it ends.</span>..”,
this has prompted the question in my heart “Should I make my relationship know
to the public or refrain from such?” Well, individuals idea of the word "public" varies,
however, we know anything public involves a 3<sup>rd</sup> party definitely.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Everything has
it’s advantages and disadvantages, no doubt. But as with all things and
situation, one has to weigh the options and see which outweighs the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">First, it is
clear that as individuals, not everyone will like you, now think of you two in
a relationship, that’s like combining enemy forces focusing on your
relationship. The idea here is there are people who the thought of the two of you
together will always piss-off and if there is anything they can do to split the
union, they will gladly do that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">On the other
hand, when relationships are coded, boundaries are bound to be crossed and foot
stepped upon. I have seen a situation where two friends are after thesame lady
all because they didn’t let each other in on their escapades.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">There was a
story I heard of 3 Musketeers in a certain locality. A new lady came into the
neighbourhood and the eye of the entire young lads in that neighbourhood became fastened on her. Ofcourse,
courage to approach a lady, most especially a learned one rested on the 3
musketeers that controls that locality. Unknown to the leader of the pack, another member of the group
already had moves made with the lady and if not for proper communication, there
would have been a clash of interests and ofcourse, the leader of the pack had to step aside. At the turn of events, the one who had the shot with the lady
eventually messed things up, and the leader of the pack missed out on the glorious
chance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">What is it
that therefore causes insecurity in relationships? Why do relationships take up
different adjectives like open, close, complicated, beneficial, etc? Why do
relationships terminate unexpectedly? Can a relationship be made public and
still shield itself from interferences from friends and family?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Being in a
relationship with someone and then it crashes, where does that leave you as
regards a chance with other folks in the neighbourhood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Unlike many
of my blog-posts that end with a sense of opinion and certainty, this is rather
ending on a bewildered note and I long to hear your views about the subject
matter. Should I let everyone know that I am now hooked up with the lady next
door? Is this problem Masculine of Feminine in nature? At what point does it
become important to alert the Public on my relationship status? Should I make
it known from the onset?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-54853076138773302792014-06-01T07:05:00.003-07:002014-06-01T07:29:13.210-07:00Wonder why God doesnt sleep? Well, here is One...<div style="text-align: justify;">
Have you ever pondered why God doesn't sleep, slumber or take a nap...despite the fact that He rested on the seventh day, even after creation? What keeps Him so occupied that He neither sleeps nor slumbers.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">People sleep, animals sleep, even the day sleeps when the night is
awake and the night sleeps when the day is awake. The Sun, Moon and Stars also
sleep. The flowers sleep, the rivers and oceans sleep, when they are calm.
Virtually everything God created sleeps, why then will the Creator of the
Universe neither sleep nor slumber?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Well, I’m glad to let you know one of the many reasons He will
never blink His eyes in sleep or slumber is because of the <b>Law of Seed time and Harvest</b>. Genesis 8:22. If something is not
going to cease, then, there must be a regular caretaker for such thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">In the scripture above, God was saying “I have dealt with everyone
collectively. I have destroyed all living. But no more! From now on, each one
will get whatever he deserves. I will deal with each man according to his
ways.” It was again reiterated in Galatians 6:5-7.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">If God is out there denying Himself sleep, to make sure everyone
reaps what he/she sows, why wont you make it a duty to sow good seeds?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Many are stagnated today because of the evil seeds they have sown
in time past, either in words or deeds. We have several stories in the
scripture that validates this. Peter rebuked Jesus (Mark 8:32), Paul rebuked
Peter too (Gal. 2:11). David got Uriah’s wife (II Sam. 11: ), Absalom, his son
took ALL of David’s wives (II Sam. 16:21). Paul persecuted the Church, He was
called into persecution himself. Jacob tricked Esau, Laban tricked him too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It’s about time you stop wrestling with shadows! If you are
involved in planning someone’s death, you won’t escape death yourself. If you
roll a stone to crush any man, it will return to crush you too. Ecclesiastes
10:5-9. Many are under the curse of seed time and harvest today thinking it is
the devil. Things won’t just work, because of he seeds they have sown. Friends,
every act is a seed, harvest is coming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">If you know God will not sleep until your harvest is delivered,
then it is wise to keep sowing good seeds. Esther 6:1. God will not sleep, why?
To ensure that you don’t reap what you did not sow. God has a book of records,
with which he takes care of seed time and harvest. This covenant is one of the
reasons God wont sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The book of records reckons with all that you do as a Christian,
so that for every seed you sow (whether good or bad ones), you do not miss your
harvest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The story of Hamman and Mordecai paints a valid picture of what
goes on during the period of seed time and harvest. Please note the following
points in the story:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mordecai sowed a seed, saving the King, but no reward
came...instantly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hamman was spiteful of Mordecai because of his dedication to his
God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hamman made to bring Mordecai down, plotted evil and acted in that
direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The King could not sleep...when the time of harvest came.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The book of record was revisited when the harvest will favour
Mordecai.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hamman was humiliated and eventually killed using his own plot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Friends, on the day of your harvest, God is not going to sleep! So
make sure you are sowing good seeds, because thesame God that wouldn’t sleep,
to ensure what Mordecai had not sown, he wouldn’t reap, would also not sleep to
ensure that what Hamman sowed, he must reap. Proverbs 26:27.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Even if it means, thunder, fire and brimstone, God will disarm
your enemy, to be sure you don’t reap what you have not sown.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">What didn’t let the King sleep is what didn’t let Mordecai die.
God is eternally awake to see that the law of seed time and harvest take it’s
due course. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Start
sowing good seeds today...cos in due time, you harvest is sure, God will not
sleep!</span></div>
Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-32179801569860168522014-03-11T02:13:00.002-07:002014-03-11T02:13:20.462-07:00An audience with Great men...<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It is known that the
beginning of an oak tree is a small seed. So also is the mustard seed, as small
as it is generates life when planted. Hence the importance and significance of
seeds as well as the fertile ground on which it thrives cannot be overemphasized.
It is expected that the latter end of a thing should be greater than the former
and hence a new beginning is an opportunity to make a great and desirable end.
The seed in this context is the gift of God in the life of a man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The trend in our modern
day however baffles me. Day-in-day-out, we see people (most especially the
youth) wasting God’s gift (seed) upon their lives. We know the gifts and
callings of God are without repentance but it will continually lie fallow if
not properly nurtured and trained. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The seed that makes
great is not the seed that lies fallow, untrained and unattended to. Rather, it
is one that is properly cultivated, nurtured, pruned and garnished under the
right atmosphere and conditions. It is said that the gifts of a man (seed
deposited by God) makes room for him and brings him before great men. Question
then is…what happens when the room is made for you? What happens when you
appear before great men?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The gift (seed) will
only grant you access to the presence of great men, only attitude, training and
acquired skills on that seed that will eventually make the great men approve of
you and help place you on the path to fulfillment of destiny. Everyone desires
greatness, but not everyone wants to go through the rigors of training. Be
informed that the seed in you can either be used productively or otherwise. But
after all is said and done, the gift will always create a room for you among
the elites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A close look at the
daughter of Herodias paints a worth-wile picture. She had the gift to dance and
entertain. She must have acquired certain skills in the entertainment world and
trained herself so well that she was the one called upon in the whole of the
Kingdom to perform in the King’s banquet. The bible records that she pleased the
King and his chiefs in the palace so well that a massive wealth transfer was
laid out on her laps. However, purposeful thinking, insight and diligence was
not found in her, hence she swapped an opportunity to be great in life for the
selfish desires of her mother and apparently Mentor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A whole lot of people
have walked around with the consciousness of God’s gift upon their lives that
they over-celebrate the presence, thinking that’s all that matters. Here is the
truth, the gift (seed) only grants you audience and gives you a platform to be
great and thrive upon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I know of a gifted man
in arts and crafts. It was obvious that God’s gift was present upon him, hence
it didn’t take long before he started getting contracts and business
connections in the very height of National leadership. His gifts paved way for
him and brought him in contact with the elites in the society and Nation.
However, as fast as he got the connections, so also he came crash-landing. What
could have happened? Character, Attitude and Diligence was not found in him,
and he therefore couldn’t stand for long in the presence of great men. Seesth
thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before Kings and not before
mean men. Key word here is STAND. Long continuance in business with great men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Character, Attitude,
Diligence (Prov. 22:29), Purposeful living (Dan. 1:8) and Insight, are the
ingredients that converts the seed into greatness. Decide today to imbibe all
these and see things working in your favor and see yourself on the pathway to
greatness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Friends, do not hide
under religious antics and neglect these key components. You can create a new
beginning for yourself. It’s never too late to set things right. You can make
the most of God’s gift, His seed upon your life and reach for greatness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Greatness is in you,
it’s a new day and a new beginning for us all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Shalom!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://holyparcel.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-diary-of-corperpart-i.html">http://holyparcel.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-diary-of-corperpart-i.html</a></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I joined Orientation Broadcast
Service (OBS), the radio house of the Camp. OBS opened me to a whole new world
of broadcasting. News compiling, editing, including all the technicalities of
broadcasting in that small community called Orientation Camp. Going from end-to-end
trying to get news details and reporting in the office for other assignments
wasn’t a small task. In no time, I became the Welfare Head of the OBS.
Additional responsibility, but that seems to be a familiar terrain for me,
hence I flourished easily in that capacity. Many joined OBS for several reasons
ranging from parade and drilling abstinence, posting opportunities,
redeployment offers, etc, well, I joined because I wanted to contribute my
quota to the success of the Orientation Camp beyond the limitations of platoon
presentations and competitions. In my sojourn in OBS, I sent a couple of
shout-outs to UItes home and abroad. Soon, I made friends first in OBS, in my
platoon and then in fellowship. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">One major programme of the
Orientation Camp I detested was the Seminars and Skill Acquisition. It just
bores me…and at this juncture, I must give my deepest appreciation to MTN
Nigeria, network always so effective in the hall…so Corpers just PING their way
all through the talk sessions. As an OBS member, I was always at the technical
stand, so I get to charge my phones as I enjoy the social network applications
on my berry. Lectures ends 2pm and God help you if your food flask is not
nearby to get your lunch instantly, you’ll have to queue for a long time not
forgetting evening parade commences by 4pm (without stories). Evening parade is
always 3hours. i.e. 4pm till 7pm. Fellowship starts 7pm daily, so immediately
you collect your food (dinner), it’s straight to fellowship. When I say
fellowship, I mean NCCF. There are only 3 bodies permitted on Camp. They are
NCCF, NACC and MCAN. NACC is the acronym for Nigerian Association of Catholic
Corpers. MCAN is the acronym for Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria. NCCF,
is the interdenominational body of Christian Corpers on the Camp. So wherever
denomination you belong to, forget about it for that one year and let’s unite
the body of Christ as the Christian Corpers that we are. Having everything in
common and doing everything in unity in obedience to Christ. This became the
daily routine for everyone. But just when boredom began to set in, things took
a different turn.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Going into the second week,
platoon presentations and competitions started. Well, I wasn’t so interested in
the dance, the fashion, Miss this, Miss that, Mr. this, Mr. that…I was only
interested in a few things, Football and Cooking Competition. My platoon was
not a star-studded platoon so we had to fight our way through to the finals.
Unity was the key! We played as a team with yours truly scoring some vital and
important goals to push the team into the final. Well, we were pimped to the
trophy by a goal scored from a controversially awarded penalty. It was
heart-breaking but I took consolation in a call-up into the state NYSC football
team. Why my Dad didn’t allow me engage fully in soccer while I was growing up,
still beats me. In the cooking competition, my platoon came first. We cooked
one kind of rice called “Tanzanian Rice”. When a lady in my platoon suggested
that stuff, I felt like slapping her. After cooking the food and the general
food for the platoon which was ofcourse Jollof-rice, in annoyance and shame, I
left the venue before the judges came in. I couldn’t stay to see the look on
the faces of the judges when they see and taste what a whole platoon is
presenting in a competition (Tanzanian Rice). It was therefore a surprise to me
when I woke up the next morning to the news that my platoon had won the cooking
competition. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">While I was popular as an OBS
member and also in my platoon, I was the gentle lad in fellowship, sneaking in
and sneaking out immediately service ends. The only unit I joined was Drama,
probably because of the Creative Thinkers (the drama unit of my fellowship, WCF
on campus during undergraduate days) influence. I loved our rehearsals, it’s
always fun and intriguing. Our ministrations were always power-packed. I just
didn’t want to be noticed especially as I was running away from leadership
positions (I needed rest and a break from those, I thought to myself). It was a
surprise to me when I was summoned for an interview. I deliberately came in my
soccer boots and jersey for the interview to serve as discouragement. I tried
as much as I could to be polite during the interview and after the session, I
felt I had escaped. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I was dumbfounded and astonished
therefore when my name was called up amongst the Central Executives of the
Nigeria Christian Corpers’ Fellowship, Katsina State Chapter on the last Sunday
on camp. During the introduction, I had to ask again what office I was called
out for…and was told it’s General Secretary. When opportunity to serve God
comes, I grab it with both hands, I know what happened to Jonah, I don’t want
part II of that. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">On the final night on Camp, at
the variety night in fellowship, we were served chilled Tea and biscuits. At
this point, we all had forgotten how good tea tastes due to the error we had
been served for the past 3weeks. The Tea served was very cold and tasted so
good that even in my calm and quiet attitude, I drank like 4cups…now imagine
how many cups other active corp members drank. Returning to my room that night,
it was shouts and disturbance in the hostels. Anxiety as regards posting and
eagerness to leave the orientation camp and start exploring wouldn’t allow you
sleep. As early as 2am, Corpers had started returning their mattresses and
dressing up in preparation for passing out parade. We eventually finished
parade around 12noon and posting letters were distributed. Surprise, intrigue,
fear of the unknown, joy, tears…those were the expressions I read on the faces
of the individuals as they collected their posting letters. I smiled when I saw
mine. I was posted to a private establishment in Katsina town. Some of my
friends relocated, some into villages and towns and others into ministries.
Goodbyes are always hard to say…but we just had to depart. We said our goodbyes
and headed in our different directions. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Orientation Camp was fun and
intriguing. Actually a lot went down in those 21days within the walls of that
Orientation Camp, language classes which we made fun of, swearing in and
passing out ceremonies where the Governor never showed up, the Director General’s
visit to our camp and the anticipation of his N38,000 allowance increase
announcement, bicycle and transport allowances (N1500 and N1000 naira
respectively), the fights on the queues. Not forgetting the first allowee
(N19,800) paid a few days to the end of the Orientation Camp which Corpers
lavished on wholesome meals at the Mami market and some friends exhausted over
the weekend. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">All in all, Orientation<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Camp was interesting, fun and eye-opening,
making friends with soldiers and military men. Did I mention we contributed a
huge sum of money in my platoon and after doing all we planned and set out to
do, we had like N24,000 left. Whatever happened to that money???
*PicksUpPhoneDialingPlatoonLeaders’Number*…I’ll be back!</span>Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-46430276519356770762013-10-29T10:16:00.001-07:002016-04-04T05:02:30.489-07:00THE NYSC Orientation Camp DIARY OF A CORPER...Part I<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There is a thin line between
Euphoria and Reality…that line is called EVENT. The long wait between
graduation and Call-up (November – February…seems like eternity) coupled with
the euphoria of serving my fatherland jolted to reality when I saw KT on the
NYSC posting list that cold night at Niser Park in University of Ibadan on
March 01, 2013 by 8pm. At first, I tried to picture KT as somewhere else, but
then reality kept hammering KATSINA! KATSINA!! KATSINA!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a rush, the prayers I had prayed
incessantly in the recently concluded Winners 21days fasting and praying came
rushing to my mind. “…Lord, I do not bank on ANYBODY but You, as regards my
Service Year, let Your will be done!”. In that moment, joy filled my soul…an
assignment beckons in far away North. I put a call through to my Dad (who had
been working Abuja), he was stupefied and together with mum could only give
parental blessings. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m not the type to sit in a bus
for long hours, so immediately I got back home, I made my flight bookings. 3rd
of March, 2013, 9pm, I left home for the airport bidding family and friends
goodbye. In my mind, I knew there was no reunion for the next 365days except
calls, SMS and social networking. I met a fellow UIte at the airport, Busola by
name and together we boarded the flight to Kano early hours of Monday, 4th March,
2013. All through the flight, I peeped through the window and all I saw was
arid land stretching kilometers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fear
gripped me as I tried convincing myself we were still in Nigeria. Landing in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kano, I bid Busola goodbye as she headed
towards Jigawa ( I didn’t even collect her number) and took the first cab to
Katsina. That trip was like the “Israelite Wilderness Experience”. Dry land,
dry rivers, dry water-ways…and I felt I should have taken a truckload of
LaCasera along. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I arrived at the Camp Ground and
since the camp was to commence the following day, I sought refuge at the NCCF
Family House. NCCF – Nigeria Christian Corpers’ Fellowship (well, if you are a
Christian Corper and you don’t associate with NCCF, then you don’t know what
you missed/are missing). Very early the next morning, we (new otondos) were
brought to the Orientation Camp Ground as early as 7am and guess what, I was
given tag no 224 despite arriving that early. Before entering the Camp (there
was a queue at the gate), all prohibited materials were seized from Corpers.
Although I had no exhibit in my luggage except a stapler, favor found me and I
was ushered in without a search. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">First thing to do (as I heard)
was getting a mattress and a bed space. Off I went, and guess what…toast bread is
actually thicker than those mattresses. They were like the thickness of a
higher education exercise book. Well, it’s better than sleeping on the iron
bunk or bare floor, so I grabbed the neatest I could find, secured a bed space
and headed for the Registration hall. I was on the queue for over 3-4hours
before I could commence my registration process. After completing stages 1, 2,
3 and 4, I was directed to the platoon officer’s office for the 5th and final
stage of registration where I was to collect my training kits and meal ticket.
Getting to her office, I met another queue…I almost cried! You mean I have to
queue here again? To make matters worse, she had informed the early arrivals
that she won’t be around until around 3pm. I checked my wrist watch, it was
past 12noon. Choi! I will stay under this sun for the next 3hours? I glanced
around and saw people chatting and gisting, apparently departmental mates from
same school. Despite the fact that 93 UItes were deployed to Katsina, I was the
only Computer Scientist in my class posted here. I was all alone to myself in
front of the store where we queued and I watched as other platoon officers
carted away the best of the kits for their platoon members. At this stage, the
only reason I didn’t curse my platoon officer was because I lived the life of
Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She eventually arrived around
3:30pm, at that time, my eye socket were almost popping out due to hunger. I
had been offered food earlier by the NCCF people which I rejected due to the
euphoria of resuming in camp. Now, I wished I had eaten the food. By the time she
arrived, most of the good kits have been carted away. I eventually got my kits
around past 4pm. No sooner had I gotten my kits than I heard the beagle blown. At
first, I was wondering what that was for until I saw soldiers running towards
us with sticks, batons and whips sending everyone to the parade ground. Hunger
disappeared instantly. I maneuvered my way to my bed space, kept my other kits
in my bag, hurriedly changed to white shorts, shirt, socks and tennis and
hurriedly joined them on the parade ground. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chants of Parade Attention! Stand
at ease! Attention by Number! Filled the air. Ofcourse, only intellectuals like
me got it first-hand, others thought they were saying Praysion, Sanda-is… On and
on this went till 7pm when they finally released us. At that point, I was crying
within but smiling outside. I couldn’t attend service (fellowship) that night
due to fatigue. I just went to Mami Market, bought a drink and collected my
dinner (something that looked like rice…couldn’t tell in my hungry state), ate
and went to bed instantly.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Immediately I closed my eyes (or so it appeared,
cos it was so fast)…I heard the sound of the beagle calling us out for early
morning parade. Again? Half asleep, half awake, we dragged ourselves to the
parade ground. You dare not walk because the soldiers were ever at your heels.
The call was for morning devotion, prayers and meditation. As soon as the
Muslim corpers joined us, early morning drills commenced. Drilling went on till
9am. Breakfast was almost served immediately and you don’t want to miss it no
matter how bad it was. They said they served bread and Tea, but I think I ate
stone and hot sandy water. The bread served was as hard as you can imagine and
the tea, well, whoever called “SUCO” (sachet tea) “Eruku Oshodi” certainly has
not seen and tasted the tea served at Katsina NYSC Orientation Camp. I just
knew I took hot water with something inside. Food at the Orientation Camp here
was bad or ‘badder’ than you can imagine. Although the food was a
disappointment, yet the Tuwo Shinkafa served is a meal I earnestly look forward
to. Always a delight to eat that meal in the night. A lot of people fell sick
and hospitalized due to complaints from their body system. Thank God for the
kind of system he gave me, I eat anything, anywhere, anytime, anyhow…without
adverse effects. Glory be to him for that. So any form their meal came, met my
wonderful system just on point.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">...to be continued </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Part II: </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">http://holyparcel.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-diary-of-corper-part-ii.html </span><br />
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As it has been said over and over
again, the concept of marriage cannot be over-emphasized. Marriage is a
life-long affair and it’s disheartening to know that many people spend YEARS
studying Cats and Lizards in the University, spend MONTHS preparing for wedding
and did not even take time out to prepare for marriage. In preparation for
marriage, there are books you need to read, effectual fervent prayers to pray,
lives you need to study and above all things you both need to talk about before
you say “I DO”! Communication is a very essential factor if there will be
understanding between 2 or more individuals. </div>
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Therefore in preparing for
marriage, here are a few things you need to talk about. If these things can be
TRUTHFULLY discussed, then the decision that follows will be in the best
interest of both parties. Let’s take a walk as we go through some of these
itineraries: </div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Intelligence
Level: You will be discussing issues together in marriage so you both must
consider each other’s intelligence level. Communication cannot be effective if
the husband is talking in one direction<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and the wife is talking in another direction. Intelligence level however
is not a function of academic qualification, but of attitude towards mental
development.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Family
background: How will it affect your relationship? Family is something you both
cannot do without even in your relationship. Make necessary findings about each
other’s family background and trash out every necessary detail before
proceeding. No time for shock discoveries after wedding.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Formal
Education: What is the height of Education attainable and obtainable. How
further do you wish to go. Let this issue be discussed before proceeding. No
time for strange ambitions later on in life. It may cause damage in the home.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Verbal
Skills: How vocal is your spouse? Are you the talking type? Is your wife also
the talking type? No one wishes to talk to an image or deaf and dumb.
Communication is effective when both parties are deeply involved. Also when you
attend functions, if your partner is the talking type, be ready to also talk.
Desire for verbal intimacy – Women love to talk, can you comprehend such as a
man?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Expected
Goals: What do you expect of her as the mother and father of your children. No
room for shockers in the future. What is the drive behind those goals of
his/hers. Let everything be clearly spelt out and accepted before consent is
given towards a future together. Values and Goals. Your controls. How best do
you control yourself?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Submission
views: What are her views about being submissive? If she won’t allow you talk,
air your views, succumb in an argument, etc. Brother, take heed, it’s possible
she’s not the submissive type. Learn and make a decision if you are still
willing to go ahead.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Number
of children: When married, how many children are you both willing to have? What
Family planning methods are you willing to adopt. Are you both willing to have
a child immediately after marriage. If not, what happens if she immediately
take-in after wedding. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Child
rearing views: We were all brought up differently, so we all have different views
about Child up-bringing. Never assume that your ideas about the issue is the
same to avoid clashes in marriage. It won’t be nice if the husband is training
the child in a way and the wife is bringing-up the child in the other way,
you’ll be causing factions in the family.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>General
Views: What are your Mental, Psychological, Social and Emotional views of life.
How does life situations affect you both. There are people that can cry their
heart out just because there was earthquake in China, to avoid amusement during
marriage, discuss these things thoroughly. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Sense
of Humor: What appears as a joke to you, does he/she see it as a joke too? Do
you have the same sense of humor or you both don’t even have a sense of humor.
Then get ready for dull moments in the house. Your children will seek fun
elsewhere or keep to themselves much if there is never a lively environment in
the home.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Punctuality:
This is a very vital issue that needs to the trashed. You’ll both be attending
functions and events. What’s your view about “African timing”? There are
situations where the man drove to an occasion that both of them were planning
to attend just because he has been waiting in the car for the wife for over
30minutes.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Dependent
Level: Are you the dependent type. How dependent will you be on your spouse. If
you are the highly dependent type, then that means your partner must not stay
away from home for too long (if at all he/she will need to travel), else there
will be a collapse. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Conflicts:
Occasionally there may be conflicts, talk about how to resolve it. What are the
things you both can handle? Talk about your strengths and Weaknesses. What are
your fears? What can your spouse do to appease you when you are angry. How can
he/she increase the anger.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Handling
friendships: How do you both handle relationship with the opposite sex even
after wedding. Jealous things. Are you the type that your husband must NEVER
hug another lady after wedding? Are you the type that your wife must not wink
at an old friend? Talk about these things.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Multidimensional
relationship: With God, Spouse, Parents, Siblings, Friends, Academic pursuit,
Vision, Goals and ambitions. What’s your threshold for lack of attention from your
spouse for some minutes. Talk about your dedication to each of the above listed
individuals/commitments.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Attitude
about weight and body posture: He/She might not remain a “lepa” for life, she
might double/triple in size very soon. Will you still love her for who she is
even after she has ‘inflated’?</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Religious
and Spiritual beliefs: The God you believe in determines how you behave and
relate with people. What are your beliefs. Amount of church involvement. How
many times a week? What’s your opinion on service in the house of God, iron
these things out before saying “I do!”</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Hobbies
and interests: Type of music enjoyed, things you do for relaxation. Obviously,
if the husband is the Barclays English Premier League type and the Wife is the
African Magic, Hi-Nolly Yoruba type, then there will be conflict. Choice of
cars, size and style of house.</div>
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Distribution: Total amount of income to be spent, saved, given out, etc. Joint
or separate accounts? Money issues can destroy homes, it’s better to discuss
such things before going ahead with the wedding. How much should be allocated
to vacation, church, relatives, etc. Investment risks.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Cleanliness:
Attitude to odour, dirty environments, etc. While some individuals do not see
any wrong in living in a house not swept for three days, others can’t bear the
thought of staying in an unswept environment for a day. If the husband is the
type that wears clothes once and wants them washed whereas the wife is one that
can wear clothes twice or thrice before considering a wash, there may be a
problem.</div>
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Ways of handling illness. Are your methods Spiritual, Medical, etc. and in what
order of priority. What are your individual health standards – do you visit
doctors regularly? While some individuals depend totally on God for divine
healing, others can’t do without their monthly check ups and visits to their
doctor. Consider these things before saying “I do!”</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Interpersonal
and social skills: How she relates with God the Supreme being, the poor, rich,
mighty, elites, weak, sick, waiter, doorman, security personnel, family,
friends, colleagues at work, etc. Don’t be fooled, human don’t change,
attitudes are only suppressed into oblivion when the Spirit of the Lord takes
over. </div>
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standards: Where can you live/reside? You two might have views world apart as
it concerns residential areas. While your spouse prefers quiet and reserved
areas, you might not have a flair for silent areas, but for lively areas, where
you don’t get to miss all the happenings. Remote and secluded areas might be
some people’s favorite. House chores, cooking and living standards – furniture
and decorations. Travelling frequently and method of travelling – Water, Air,
Road, Rail, etc.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">Ø<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>Occupation:
This is a variant of how much time spent you want to be spending together. Who
can you marry (occupation-wise)? Ofcourse if you are marrying a Medical
Practitioner, Petroleum Engineer, Politician or a Pilot, the time spent
together will obviously vary when compared to getting married to a Lecturer,
Clergy, Government Worker, etc.</div>
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time and Rest time: When to go to bed. When to wake up. To some people, night
prayers will be the last activity for the day, whereas to others, it’s a movie
that puts them to sleep. For such a couple, the lady wants to sleep immediately
after prayers, but the husband still wants to watch the movie, surf the
internet, play games, etc. Time for morning devotions, what time do you wake up
for your devotions?</div>
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Above all, trust and faith will
make you both triumph over any of such circumstance. Trust absolutely in God
and all will be well. </div>
Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-59700479864269307452013-04-29T03:38:00.003-07:002013-04-29T04:11:46.036-07:00IT IS ALL A JOKE/UR OPINION UNTIL...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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In my own opinion…</div>
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Well, my view on this issue is
that…</div>
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The above statements are common
lines we see in conversations, interviews, discussions, web forums, etc. people
always love to give their account of how a story or an information
appears/appeals to them. While this might be right and welcomed in some cases,
in other cases, your opinion is just not welcome.</div>
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A very good example of an
instance in which your opinion is not welcome is on issues regarding “God’s Servants”
and these includes Pastors, Bishops, Apostles, Prophets, etc. In short,
everyone that brandishes himself/herself as a “man-of-God”, friends, kindly
stay out of gossips and backbiting about them. </div>
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Haven’t you heard, “…touch not
mine anointed and do my prophets no harm…I Chronicles 16:19-23”. A whole lot of
individual most especially modern day youths have crippled, stagnated,
terminated their destiny simply by speaking ill men-of-God especially on issues
that does not concern them. Any issue in the news, everyone wants to voice
their say. Everyone has an opinion to voice out. Dear friends, the truth is,
your opinion doesn’t even count in righting a supposed wrong done by the
man-of-God, so why ensnare yourself by voicing such opinions?</div>
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The dictionary meaning of opinion
defines it as “…your feelings or thoughts about somebody/something rather than
a fact…”. So if it’s not about facts, who then cares about your opinion?
Day-in-day-out, you see different kinds of expressions on various social
platforms criticizing men-of-God. Phrases such as:</div>
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…Pastor Adeboye said
this …<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>How
could he?</div>
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…Bishop Oyedepo did
that…<span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>What
right does he have?</div>
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…Pastor Oyakhilome
appeared like this…<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Is that
Godly?</div>
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…Apostle Tom Samson
bought that…<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>What
flamboyance!</div>
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…Pastor Sam Adeyemi
said this…<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>To
what end?</div>
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Didn’t you read about Elisha in
the Bible? II Kings 2:23-25. Little Children came out mocking and expressing
their opinion about Elisha. Elisha cursed them in the name of the Lord and we
saw what happened to 42 of them. Friends, if God didn’t spare LITTLE CHILDREN
for speaking ill of His servant, do you really think He will spare you for
slandering his prophet? Oh! You think it was because Elisha heard it and cursed
them? How about Moses who wasn’t even aware that Miriam and Aaron spoke ill of
him? The scripture records that “…and the Lord heard them…”. It was God that
heard them and disciplined them and even Moses had to plead on their behalf.
Numbers 12:1-15.</div>
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I was trying to enlighten someone
one day and his reply was that “We are ALL men-of-God…”. I just laughed at his
folly. Miriam and Aaron were also men-of-God in the sense of the word, but God
specifically mentioned in Numbers 12:6-8 that there are some people that their
class are higher than others. While the class of the Levites was higher than
that of the other tribes of the children of Israel, Miriam and Aaron’s class
was higher than that of the Levites, while Moses’ class was the Supreme in the
hierarchy. This tells us that God has reverence for His anointed. The Bible
says that he is a jealous God. He won’t permit slanderous comments about His
anointed.</div>
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Friends, don’t let issues that do
not concern you ensnare your life all because you decided to voice your opinion
on a social platform or in a discussion. Okay, you might say, what if they do
something wrong? Well, how about this, leave them to God, it’s between them and
God. The same Moses that God acted on his behalf was disciplined by God himself
when Moses disobeyed. Numbers 20:8-13. Despite the fact that Moses pleaded
severally later, God was adamant in His punishment…he never entered the
promised land.</div>
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Friends, take cover in any way
you can even if it means shutting your mouth, especially in this present age
that social platforms have given everyone an opportunity to voice their
opinion. You will think it’s all a joke or your opinion until the inevitable
starts happening in your life.</div>
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A man of God once told a story as
reported by a testifier…</div>
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A woman was in a church listening
to a sermon by a man-of-God, the preacher at a point made a statement, one
which the woman considered derogatory in her own opinion. Immediately, she
HISSED and left the church while the sermon continued. Few days later, an
object began to move in her tummy. She visited all known medical experts within
and outside the country all to no avail. The pain was so excruciating that
intercourse with the husband became impossible. The husband was almost
divorcing her as he visits other ladies to satisfy his sexual desires. In her
pain and despair, she visited a prophet and after narrating her ordeal, the
prophet prayed for her and caught the revelation that she had offended a
man-of-God and until that man-of-God forgives her and prays for her, the pain
will linger till death. After several thoughts and consideration, she
remembered and returned to this man-of-God she hissed at during his sermon. The
man of God claimed ignorance of the step God took on his behalf. He asked God
for mercy on her behalf and the woman was loosed and her home restored.</div>
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My advice, stay off gatherings,
platforms, discussions, etc that speaks ill of men-of-God no matter what wrong
you think they might have done. Your opinion doesn’t count, keep it to yourself
because if God hears it…</div>
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Preparation Tips you should know before going to camp:</div>
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This piece was compiled to educate the prospective Corps Members and any other interested party on what to expect in and outside the NYSC Camp. You can share with your friends too.</div>
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MIND PREPARATION :</div>
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You need to prepare your mind that you are leaving home for a regimented life in the camp. Life in the
camp is deliberately made stressful so as to prepare you for any challenge that may confront you outside the camp. You will not find
it too comfortable, It' s a camp and not your flat! Just be ready for anything.</div>
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ITEMS YOU WILL NEED</div>
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1. <b>Very Important Ones</b></div>
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a. Statement of Result</div>
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b. School ID Card</div>
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c. Passport photographs (30
copies, Surplus is better than inadequacy)</div>
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d. Call-Up Letter (DO NOT laminate it please).</div>
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e. A Clear Bag file (To house the above items)</div>
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f. Most importantly, Your Bible.</div>
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NB: Get 10 photocopies each of items A,B, and D above. The copies may be surplus.</div>
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2. <b>Important Ones ( For your Convenience)</b></div>
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a. Stapler, pin and office gum (will save you the stress of 'borrow-me')</div>
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b. Two or three white T-shirts and shorts (You will be given two sets but you may not like the quality).</div>
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c. Two or three pairs of socks and a white rubber tennis shoes (for d
rainy days).</div>
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d. Bathroom slippers. Dettol</div>
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f. Two plastic buckets (You can buy it in the camp but it will be more
expensive) and a permanent marker.</div>
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g. Sponge and its case, bath-soap and detergent</div>
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h. Bedsheet, towel and wrapper and two pairs of casual wear. Just have them.</div>
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i. Mosquito Net (not compulsory) </div>
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j. Handkerchiefs (very important
especially for those dat sweat like xmas ewu)</div>
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k. Waist bag (very very important for housing your phones, ID Cards, Handkerchief, biros, etc)</div>
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l. Novels</div>
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m. Small-sized Torchlight/Rechargeable lamp (small one please)</div>
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n. Your ATM card(s)</div>
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o. Cooler (not a party cooler please) cup and spoon. Fork is not allowed</div>
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p. Phone and charger
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q. Beverages</div>
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r. Ladies could add any other few conveniences. I believe you understand me</div>
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s. Money! Money! Money! Hold good cash please depending on how you spend.</div>
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GO EARLY!</div>
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Even if the camp is on your street, go early. If you are posted to a far state, go the day before the camp opens. They will allow you in. Going late will make you go through registration stress. Be warned !</div>
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SCREENING</div>
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It starts at the gate. They dont want u to bring in prohibited items like iron, knive, bombs, etc.</div>
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REGISTRATION</div>
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The first one is for hostel/bedspace. Then the paper registrations proper. Make everything ready. Look out for information pasted on walls. Follow instructions strictly.</div>
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YOUR KITS</div>
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During the registration, you will get your kits - shirts, shorts, etc. Use the marker to write your Code Number (CN) on them 'sharp-sharp" You will also be given a tag that will show your CN. That will be your ID Card temporarily. You take it EVERYWHERE in camp. You will be given a meal ticket. Misplace it and forget about NYSC food (hunger will
finish Ʋ if Ʋ no get moni) </div>
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DURATION</div>
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You will be in the camp for 20 full days. The 21st day is the day you will leave camp.</div>
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THERE YOU GO!</div>
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Immediately you have your kits, only your T-shirt and shorts with the tennis shoe are allowed on you. No room for casual wears. Parade/ marching training starts immediately. The soldiers will not give you breathing space at all. You will have the first one that same Day One. Watch Out! people could be fainting on the Parade Ground. You won't faint, calm down... </div>
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So eat well. It's the stress that causes
their fainting. Don't form superman o, EAT !</div>
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YOUR MORNINGS</div>
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A small trumpet wakes you at 5am. Everybody gathers at the Parade Ground (PG) at 5:30am. You have your praise, worship and prayer the Christian and Muslim ways. Blah-blah-blah till the day breaks finally. Breakfast follows!</div>
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After eating, you will be called out again for the series of programmes lined up for you. Then you have your lunch. Rest a little and you are out again for evening parade. Then later your dinner. This will repeat itself everyday perhaps except on Sunday.</div>
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THE FOOD</div>
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You may not like the food. You can always go to the Mammy Market (MM) i.e the Camp Market to fill your 'tank' with delicacies at your cost.</div>
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STEALING</div>
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This is 'legalised'. They can steal anything. Be wise.</div>
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SOLDIERS</div>
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Hmmm, Obey them o. They can punish you. No walking, its all jogging wen they call u. Dont postrate or kneel down greeting a soldier. Do it the soldier way. They could be friendly anyway. Be wise.</div>
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ALLOWEE</div>
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Your first allowance will be given to you in the camp cash. All other ones will be through the bank. You will get Bicycle Allowance.</div>
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PHOTOGRAPHY</div>
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Photographers are ready to snap you every minute. Manage your cash.</div>
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NOW, YOU ARE ABOUT GOING OUT OF THE CAMP YOUR POSTING</div>
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You will be posted from the camp to where you will work. The place you work in is called your Place of Primary Assignment (PPA). Hear this: most Corpers, I mean about 90% of the Corpers will be posted to schools (especially primary and secondary schools). Only VERY FEW will
be posted to the universities, polytechnics and Colleges.</div>
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Please! Don't lobby for your posting. Don't pay ANYBODY for assistance. Pray rather than pay. Gone are the days when Corps Members are posted to Banks and Co. Receive the shocking or expected postings as you receive your letters with joy. It's a clarion call to service; that's what dey call it.</div>
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GOING OUT: TRANSPORTATION</div>
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When you get your Posting Letter, the first place to go to is your PPA. If you are identified with the Fellowship in camp, you may first report at the TEMPORARY lodge they will provide. Then you could report at your PPA later same day or the following day.</div>
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Please, when you leave the camp, home-sweet-home will be on your mind, having been used up in the camp. But please, don't go home straight. Please!</div>
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Very few of your employers (i.e. PPAs) will send down vehicles to convey you from the camp to their workplaces. Private and some Govt higher education institutions do. The Fellowship too make arrangement for you at your cost.</div>
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Commercial transporters will likely be available at the gate too. Be wise.</div>
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ACCOMMODATION ::</div>
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You don't know anybody in Damaturu or Ekiti! Where will you sleep on the first day? The Fellowship may give you a TEMPORARY accommodation pending the time you will HAVE TOGET YOURS. You could be lucky if your employer gives you a room. Many of them don't give Corpers accommodation anyway. So be prepared to rent one at your cost. Your
first 'allowee' which you received in the camp is already going down!</div>
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REGISTRATIONS</div>
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This is why you don't have to go home straight. Your registration at the NYSC Office in the Local Govt you will be posted to is important. Failure to complete it before going home is the beginning of a Corper's cup of tea. He may begin to have problems with his subsequent monthly allowances. Do all registrations first. Then you can take permission to go home. Permission to go home? Long process! You will know why it's so. Well, I hope dese few tips will go a long way. </div>
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All the best 2-b-Corps, One love!</div>
However, you might want to read my ownpersonal Experience at my Camp. Well, here they are:<br />
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Part I: http://goo.gl/DOPOEx<br />
Part II: http://goo.gl/mGyGe8Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-65924378415809009552013-02-19T06:16:00.001-08:002013-02-19T06:16:12.800-08:00WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LOVE LETTERS?<div style="text-align: justify;">
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If you are looking at this
topic in a strange manner, then it's safe to say, you were born in
the late 90s and maybe your secondary school education was later in
the millennium. Or how else can we explain your ignorance of the word
Love-letter? Haven't you written or received a missive of this kind:</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dearest Bolanle,</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> How are you doing? Hope
yourself and every member of your family are doing fine, if so,
doxology!</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> My aim of writing you this
missive is to express my love for you. You are the butter in my
bread, the sugar in my tea, the egg in my egg-roll, blah, blah,
blah...</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> My love for you is as deep
as the 5 oceans in the world poured into one, it has no size, no
volume, it cannot be measured. Bolanle love, my love for you dries
only when the water in all the oceans dry.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blah...</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blah...</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blah...</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Dream sweet dreams my love,
as I must stop. Every letter, unlike every love, must end. Do not
close your mind to the content of this letter. In any case, I will be
forced to write again. And I shall not close my eyes until I read
from you, as I know you will write.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Looking forward to an
affirmative reply from you.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Till very soon,
</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your unsuspected love,</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
</span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Adewale Bambo</span></span></div>
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Pardon me if I missed some
lines that are pro'ly running through your mind right now, I only
wrote such letters like twice and received like five.</div>
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If you have never written or
received a letter of this kind, then *LipsSealed* for you ni o. The
thing is, we don't get to see these in modern day wooing. Gone are
the days you deliberately give a lady a letter on Friday after school
only to anticipate all weekend what your fate is with her since there
was no means of communication. Approaching school on Monday morning,
your heart begins to race, several questions running through your
mind. What will her reply be? How did she take the revelation? Has
she mentioned it to her friends? Will she report me to our class
teacher? Is she going to say yes to me? Does she feel the same about
me? All these and many more keep running through your mind all
through the assembly ground. A mere eye contact with her sends cold
shivers down your spine.</div>
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It's so sad this doesn't
happen these days. As we now have everything modernized. Even the
fragile feeling called LOVE has had it's own share of modernization.
These days, relationships are birthed, sustained, consumed and
terminated...ALL on the social network platforms, Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, 2go, Y!Msgr, mobile phones, voice messages, etc. These may
in their own way have advantages, but trust me, the glamour, intrigue
and suspense of asking a lady out has drastically reduced. Nowadays,
even the use of the word LOVE on social platforms will almost drive
you crazy. You will be a learner for you to think that a tweet at you
that reads “Good Morning Love @holyparcel” actually means the
person who dropped the tweet has affection for you. The concept of
modernization, technology and indeed social networking platforms have
undermined the romantic feeling that accompanies the period of asking
a lady out.
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You ask a lady out during
the day and before nightfall that day, you have bombarded her cell
phone with a deluge of messages, tweeted at her, sent her FB
messages. She on the other hand has tweeted about it (maybe in
codes), called like 3 or more of her friends to inform them about the
latest development and before we say Jack Robinson, the eye of the
world is on you both.</div>
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Every new development has
it's own advantage and disadvantage. While social networks and mobile
phones afford lovers more communication, to me, it has made the
process of wooing a lady less interesting.</div>
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A friend of mine once told
me that there was a time herself and her landlord's son do not
communicate physically, but guess what, every night, they are both
locked in lengthy conversations on Y! Messenger, talking from around
9pm till the early hours of the next day. Yet in the morning, when
their paths cross, they just walk by each other smiling sheepishly. I
tell you, that's one of the wrongs of social networking platforms.</div>
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I also had a friend
that will talk all night with her boyfriend during the time Xtracool
(Free-all-night) calls started. They will talk all night from 12:30am
till 4:30am. 4 good hours of only God knows what they discuss every
other day of the week.</div>
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My opinion, I think I enjoy
the days of love letters better. It however has it's disadvantage.
Imagine seeing the letter you wrote a lady a few months ago in an
awkward place. Probably on the floor in a public place or in the
hands of younger ones.</div>
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As I write this post, I have
a letter in my possession, written by a female coursemate of mine,
pro'ly to be given to an admirer, but which she forgot in her note, a
note which I borrowed and saw. I have since kept the letter, one day,
just maybe one day, I'll return it to her.</div>
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Bottom line, if the lady is
the care-free (careless) type, writing her a love-letter wont be a
good idea, just stick with the calls and messages, at least everyone
jealously guard their mobile phones.</div>
Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-89684535495268159332013-01-30T05:05:00.000-08:002013-01-30T05:05:17.165-08:00Mr Experience or Mr Example: Who teaches better?<div style="text-align: justify;">
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It is said that experience
is the best teacher, but to learn consciously through wisdom may even
be a better and more convenient way...hence the latest saying
“Example is the best teacher.” Really, I wont make the decision
for you, I'll rather dabble round the two sayings and leave the ball
in your court to decide.</div>
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To learn by experience is to
learn by mistakes but to learn by example is to learn from the doings
of others. For me, I ask myself, why do I have to make the mistake or
fall a victim of the circumstance before I learn my lesson, when
someone, somewhere, somehow has actually gone through the same
predicament and hence could be an example for me to learn from? I
believe having to experience the pain and agony can be a tough,
costly and inconvenient way to learn. We can easily learn by going
out of our way to acquire knowledge and wisdom rather than leave our
learning to chance.</div>
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Let's paint a scenario, I
believe we all at one point or the other attended a Mathematics or
Quantitative Analysis class, when a new topic is to be introduced,
what does the instructor start with, Examples or Experience? No
instructor takes a student through the experience without an example.
So eventually, when you go through the experience, you come out
triumphant. I therefore think our crave in every situation of life
should be example and not experience. There is nothing new under the
sun, this tells us that there is nothing we are presently going
through or about to go through that doesn't have an example which we
can take a cue from. Surely, we can learn from mistakes, but why wait
till when we make mistakes before we learn? My opinion, we should
give more premium to learning by wisdom than by experience.</div>
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To do this, i.e. learn by
example, one will have to make up ones mind to be decisive in
learning. We must decide to learn consciously and not necessarily
from negative experiences. In the football world, when a fixture
pitches you against an unfamiliar opponent, what do managers do? They
travel down to watch them play (learning by example) or pick up a
tape (recorded match), thereby learning their moves and operations
before going into the match proper. Someone actually said certain
things wont be effectively learnt until you experience it, I doubt
that though.</div>
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There is a common
saying...”Fool me once, shame on you...Fool me twice, shame on
me!”. This shows that having experienced it myself, nothing of such
can ever pull me down again. However true this is...is left for your
imagination. Life is simply the outcome and outplay of our decisions,
and our future will therefore be determined by the decisions of
today.</div>
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Life, as you know is
measured in time. I therefore ask the question, do you want to spend
your lifetime making mistakes before learning or just live by
examples and move on gallantly across phases? As you know, life
(time) waits for no man, while you are busy making mistakes and
perhaps truly learning, some others are scaling heights simply by
riding on the shoulders of those that have gone ahead.</div>
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Have you ever seen a mad
man enter into fire? Even a mad man knows fire and never enters into
it...simply because by example (not necessarily experience), he knows
the outcome of a fire burn.</div>
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Conclusively on my part,
it is much easier and cheaper to learn consciously by wisdom than to
learn by experience. Learning by experience, the deed is done and we
are just picking p the pieces – learning in regret how to avoid
such predicament next time.</div>
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Take a stand on your
choice...Mr Experience or Mr Example. I look forward to hearing your
mind on the subject matter...perhaps your perspective might shed more
light on the discussion.</div>
Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-69636852931353479022013-01-13T02:52:00.004-08:002013-01-13T02:52:48.601-08:00Week II Intercessory Prayer Guidelines for 21days Fasting & Prayer<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: lime;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>WEEK TW<span style="font-size: large;">O</span></b></span></span></div>
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<b>DAY8: MONDAY January, 14th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span> Father, once again we lift up our hearts in appreciation for the glorious and precious gift of this New Year Double portion 2013.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 2:</span>
Father, by the Double Portion of the spirit at work in the lief of your servant, let there be replication, duplication and multiplication of grace for every Winner this year. John 14:12<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span>
Father, by reason of your double portion agenda for us this year, let every Winner break new grounds, accomplish great feats and achieve what eyes have never seen nor ears heard. I Cor. 2:9; Hab. 1:5<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> Father, empower the statutory bodies and leaders in our local assemblies with wisdom for healthy growth and establishment.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span>
Father, stretch forth your hands and destroy every yoke of stagnation in the career and business of your people.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span> Father, heal the economy of Nigeria and restore our lost glory.<br />
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<b>DAY9: TUESDAY January, 15th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span> Father, thank you for the unprecedented harvest of souls in all our churches worldwide in 2012 and even already this year.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 2:</span> Father, cause a mighty outpouring of the spirit of sanctification upon every winner worldwide resulting in double portion next levels experiences for everyone. Pro. 14:34<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span>
Father, by your Holyspirit, drive every Winner in the right direction in order to take full delivery of their double portion blessing.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> Father, by your Spirit, let every Winner be established in the faith this year. Acts 14:21-22<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span> We decree fresh apostolic grace upon your servant in all his global impact his year that will result in lasting encounters for the people.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span>
Father, grant the Presidents and leaders of nations across the globe the right heart and the Wisdom of Solomon in running the affairs of the government. Prov. 8:15<br />
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<b>DAY10: WEDNESDAY January, 16th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span>
Father, we thank you for miracles, signs and wonders that you have prepared for your people this year.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 2:</span>
Father, make this double portion 2013 a year of strange works and strange acts by your mighty hand all across this commission. Is 28:21<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span> Father, let this year double portion 2013 be a year of divine surprises indeed for every Winner. Hab. 1:5<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> Father, by the spirit of just men made perfect at work in your servant, let every closed gate lift up their heads for us this year. Ps. 24:7-10<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span> We release the fire of the HolyGhost to burn every affliction such as moving objects in the body, unusual heat, nightmares, etc, in our midst.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span>
Father, increase the manifestations of signs and wonders in our midst leading to extra-ordinary church growth.<br />
<br />
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<b>DAY11: THURSDAY January, 17th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span>
Father, thank you for the unusual, supernatural strength you gave your servant - spirit, soul and body and all through the year 2012.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 2:</span>
EXPLOSIVE BLESSINGS. Father, cause every Winner worldwide to be overtaken by the blessings of the Lord in every area of our lives this year.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span> We decree double portion of the spirit of love leading to an unusual hunger for God by all Winners all throughout this year.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> We render helpless, we declare null and void and of no effect, all the arrows of the wicked against the saints of God this year. Is. 8:9-10<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span> Father, by your Spirit give fresh insight to all our pastors to know what to do to provoke supernatural church growth and development this year. John 6:6-11<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span>
Father, cause your mighty hands to rest upon all our educational institutions (Universities, Secondary Schools) for excellence.<br />
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<b>DAY13: SATURDAY January, 19th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span> Father, we thank you for the helps you have reserved for the leadership of this commission. by your helps, he shall accomplish all your good pleasure.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 2:</span>
Father, convert every issue of concern in the life of every Winner into double portion testimony this year. Lk. 21:13; Phil. 1:19<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span> Father, make year 2013 a sickness-free year for all winners worldwide. There shall be no loss.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> Father, let the plan of the wicked fall on their head and let them not be able to carry out their enterprise against any winner this year. Job 5:12<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span>
Father, let the breathe of the HolyGhost rest upon all the publication of this commission bringing about dramatic turnaround in the life of every reader.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span> We decree judgment on kidnappers, ritual killers and terrorists in the nation in the name of Jesus. Arise oh God to the defense of the innocent and set confusion in their camp.<br />
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Note: Friday will be Breakthrough Night while on Sunday, prayers will be made during service.<br />
Also,
be sure to follow this blog to be aware of the release of the prayer
guidelines for the final week as well as other Church programmes.<br />
<br />Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-81241556780795319202013-01-07T07:07:00.003-08:002013-01-07T07:07:55.164-08:00Double Portion 2013 Intercessory Prayer Guidelines for 21days Fasting & Prayer<div style="color: red; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>WEEK ONE</b></span></div>
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<b>DAY1: MONDAY January, 7th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span> Father, I thank you for confirming the waves of Glory agenda 2012 to the fullest in the Winners family worldwide.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 2:</span> Father, let your glory be evident in every area of the life of every Winner this year as you restore double portion glory and honour to us. Is 61:7; I Cor. 3:18<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span> Father, make your people the envy of everyone by reason of the double portion dimension of unlimited breakthrough in all their endeavors. Is 60:15; Gen. 26:14<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> Father, take your churches both at home and on the foreign field to the next levels by making us kingdom attractions resulting in unprecedented multitudes this year. Zech. 2:4-5<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span> Father, according to your double portion agenda, let every local assembly double it's present size (100%) minimum before the end of this year. Is. 61:7<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span> Father, reveal your perfect counsel to your servant the Apostle over this commission, concerning all aspect of the commission this year.<br />
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<b>DAY2: TUESDAY January, 8th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span> Father, we thank you for your good word to us this year because we know none of them shall fail. Josh. 21:45<br />
Prayer 2: Father, in this year of double portion, supernaturally catapult every Winner from the low places to the topmost top of our pursuits in life with amazing promotions of all kinds. Ps. 75:6<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span> Father, let this turn out to be our Isaac order of year by giving every Winner a change of level in our businesses, careers and academic pursuits. Gen. 26:12-14<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> Father, establish every convert in the faith and in the green pastures of the Living Faith Church Assemblies worldwide.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span> Father uphold your servant, the shepherd over this commission and infuse him with supernatural strength, spirit, soul and body to carry through the mandate on his life.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span> Father, in this year of double portion, for every confusion in this nation we decree double peace and rejoicing is our portion in Jesus name. Is. 61:7<br />
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<b>DAY3: WEDNESDAY January, 9th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span> Father, thank you for covering our lives, families, properties and businesses in 2012 and for delivering us from the hand of the enemies.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 2:</span> Father, destroy the yoke of bareness in our midst and cause everyone expecting the fruit of the womb to bring forth double his year. SOS 4:2; Ps. 127:3<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span> Father, for everyone that is set for marriage this year, grant double dimension speed, with honour, joy, peace, fruitfulness and fulfillment. Ps. 68:6<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> Father, defend all our local assemblies nationwide, there shall be no evil occurrence anywhere throughout the year.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span> Father, establish a wall of fire around all members of the Winners' family against all forms of assault. Ezek. 34:25<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span> Father, let your hedge of protection be strong around your servant and his family. Let every arrow shot against them return back to the sender. Ps. 89:20-22<br />
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<b>DAY4: THURSDAY January, 10th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span> Father, we thank you because you will make all the places round about your people a blessing and there shall be showers of blessings upon every Winner this year. Ezek. 34:26<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 2:</span> Father, beyond everyone's imagination, give to everyone called jobless double of whatever miracle job they expect this month. Matt. 20:1-7; Ps. 37:25<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span> Father, destroy the forces of limitations and stagnation in the life of every Winner in this year of double portion and propel us by your power to our next levels. Ps. 144:1-3<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> Father, this year again, send your word with power making every of our churches worldwide a green pasture where the sheep will be well nourished and established. Acts 6:7<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span> Father, trouble every troubler of Nigeria and let their wicked deeds return on their heads and their children. II Thess. 1:6<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span> Father, grant the leadership fresh oil of wisdom and new depth of revelation to match the demands of this year double portion assignment. Judges 6:14<br />
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<b>DAY6: SATURDAY January, 12th 2013</b></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 1:</span> Father, thank you for the explosive church growth recorded, both in the spiritual and in the numerical.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 2:</span> Father, cause every Winner to supernaturally scale unimaginable heights of accomplishments in every field in a double portion dimension. Is. 60:18, 22<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 3:</span> Father, let this year be a year of supernatural enthronement for every Winner. Rev. 5:10; Ps. 105:20-21<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 4:</span> We condemn, resist and destroy every interruption of hell in all our church operations this year that may slow down church growth.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 5:</span> Father, we decree the release of angels to the highways and the hedges, compelling the influx of souls into our churches and satellite fellowships.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Prayer 6:</span> father, we decree the establishment of all our foreign mission operations and greater open doors this year.<br />
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Note: Friday will be Breakthrough Night while on Sunday, prayers will be made during service.<br />
Also, be sure to follow this blog to be aware of the release of the prayer guidelines for next week as well as other Church programmes.<br />
<br />Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-80663228716901653102013-01-01T01:21:00.001-08:002013-01-01T01:21:57.061-08:00Prophetic Declarations for 2013 for the Winners Family!<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><b><u>WELCOME ON BOARD THE DOUBLE PORTION FLIGHT II Kings 2:9</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Double
Portions Greeting to you all in Jesus Name.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Our Lord Jesus Christ once said;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured,
and ye are entered into their labours.”</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> – Jn 4:38<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This verse of scripture is a most graphic illustration of the
mystery of the transference of spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Again, it is written; <b><i>“And if some of the branches be broken off,
and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakers
of the root and fatness of the olive tree;…Be not highminded, but fear:…”</i></b>
Romans 11:17-21<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The above further clarifies what happens when transference of
spirit takes place. The beneficiary is spiritually grafted into the spirit upon
the carrier thereby generating same effect!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To this end, following your encounters with the double
portion Spirit that is upon God’s prophet set over this commission, expect the
supernatural manifestation of the same in your life with undeniable proofs this
year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As it is written; <b><i>“For your shame, ye shall have double; and
for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their landthey
shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.”</i></b> – Isaiah
61:7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore the
year 2013 shall answer in double portion dimension for every Winner that
believes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Remember that:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Your Elijah does not
have to die to manifest the spirit that is upon him<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Joshua had the spirit
of Moses working in him before Moses was taken away (Num 27:18)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Elisha also knew that
he had the spirit of Elijah working in him; he was only craving for a
double portion of that spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As you will also recall
that the mantle was earlier cast on him and what he had later was only a
second mantle. II Kings 2:14<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For instance, God
transferred the “spirit of Hagin to me” while he was still very ,much
around; when God said, “My son David, the baton (spirit) has been passed
over to you” This was in July 25, 1986.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">As earlier stated your
Elijah doesn’t have to die before you manifest the spirit upon him.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore watch out for
the supernatural manifestations of your double portion encounter at Shiloh
all through the year 2013 and far beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">However, remember it is
your responsibility to keep this fire burning – Leviticus 6:12-13 / II Timothy
4:5-7<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Because no one can
continue to be a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive except he
stays connected. (Romans 11:16-17)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore expect
the following manifestations in your life in the year 2013:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">For every
shame in any area of your life – Double portion of glory and honour shall be
restored to you (Isaiah 61:7)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Everywhere you
may have been pitied hitherto, you shall become the envy of men in a double
portion dimension (Isaiah 60:15)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Double promotion
shall be your portion in all your endeavors in the year 2013 (Psalms 75:6)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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barren is bringing forth Double (SOS 4:2)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Everyone set
for marriage; double honour awaits you in terms of divine speed, peace, joy,
fruitfulness and fulfillment (Psalms 68:6)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;">v<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Everyone on
the line for miracle jobs, double dimension of what is expected shall be
released with speed (Matt. 20:1-7 / Psalms 37:25)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shall be scaling new heights supernaturally (Isaiah 60:8, 22)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shall be breaking new grounds; accomplishing new things that eyes have not seen
nor ears heard (I Cor. 2:9-10)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a year of supernatural enthronement for all (Rev. 5:10)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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God shall be evident upon every Winner which shall be generating supernatural
speed in everyone’s endeavor (Gen 24:12-15)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the hand of God was upon Elijah and he outran the chariot of Ahab to the gates
of Jezrel, divine speed shall be the portion of everyone in this new year (I
Kings 18:46)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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operation of the Spirit of just men made perfect at work in us, closed gates
shall lift up their heads for every Winner this year (Psalms 24:7-10)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Faith shall destroy all the gates of brass and cut asunder the bars of iron
(Isaiah 45:1-3)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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used to be a concern to you shall become a testimony (Phil 1:19 / Luke 21:13)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the year 2013 shall be our most enviable year both as individuals and as a Commission
(Isaiah 62:1-7)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shall be full of humbling testimonies for all (Isaiah 28:21-22)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a year of release of the Joseph order of grace upon every Winner turning us to
breadwinners of families, communities, nations and the world at large (Gen.
22:17-18)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a year of divine surprises indeed for every Winner! (Hab. 1:5)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you to 2013, your double portion year (II Kings 2:15)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a year of replication, duplication and multiplication of grace for every Winner
(Jn 14:12)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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expect the HolyGhost to drive you in the right direction in taking full delivery
of your double portion blessing (Mark 1:12)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is entitled to at least Double of wherever he/she may be now. (I Kings 8:15)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shall be making headline news across the nations of the earth this year (I
Chron. 29:10-12)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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turning the mourning of every Winner into dancing (Psalms 30:5-6)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Winner shall be far from oppression (Isaiah 54:14-17)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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said of everyone of us <b><i>‘What manner of man is this! And what manner
of woman is this!’</i></b> (Mark 4:41) saith the Lord of Host.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">In conclusion, we must
continue to engage the spirit of just men made perfect in battles as Elisha did
at Jordan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“He (Elisha) took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went
back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; and he took the mantle of Elijah that
fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, where is the Lord God of Elijah?
And when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither; and
Elisha went over.” </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">– II Kings 2:13-14<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Remember
that our God is the God of the Living and not the dead and His gifts and
callings are without repentance</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> – Matt 22:32, Acts 3:13, Exodus
3:6; 4:5; 6:3, II Kings 13:20-21, Romans 11:29<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Therefore as the Lord lives, no Winner shall be stranded in
the course of the year 2013 as we continue to engage the spirit upon this
commission in battle against all opposing forces of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Welcome on
board your Double Portion 2013 Flight!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jesus is Lord!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Script MT Bold"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">David O. Oyedepo<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Emmanuel Holyparcel Igbekelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788112005506785530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6413540844078142076.post-8230466830683149932012-12-19T07:05:00.001-08:002012-12-19T07:05:15.112-08:00The Menace Called New Year Resolutions<div style="text-align: justify;">
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It’s that time of the
year when friends and family look through their life and because they
regret one or more of the steps they took during the course of the
year, they draw up a list of things they would like to change or
implement in the new year under the heading “My New Year
Resolutions”. Let me start by plainly declaring that I’m not
criticizing those that make New Year Resolutions, rather, it is the
motive behind it and the captive life it offers it’s victims that I
speak against. More often than not, it is the heart behind such
resolutions that I have issues with.</div>
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Before you make that New
Year Resolution, have you stopped to think about what facilitated
such erroneous move you made in the concluding year? Do you really
think it was because you never really included it as a resolution the
previous year that brought about such error? Havent you heard “…it
is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth, but of the Lord
that showeth mercy…?”, “…not by power, not be might, but by
my Spirit saith the Lord…?”, these should tell you that your
will-power alone cannot successfully guarantee adherence to a
decision made especially if it is for the progress of a life. Your
will-power is not enough to change a life for the better.</div>
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Many have been held
captive by the menace called New Year Resolution. Imagine one with a
resolution to make up to 2000friends on Facebook and over a thousand
followers on Twitter. And I ask myself, to what end is this kind of
New Year Resolution?</div>
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More often than not, our
New Year Resolutions are fuelled by the desire to meet up to a
standard, be like a friend/colleague of ours or most importantly,
acquire possessions for our own interests.</div>
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If at all you have to
make New Year Resolutions, let them be credible and then commit it
into the hands of the Lord and ask for Grace to successfully
accomplish them.</div>
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For me, I dont do New
Year Resolutions. I just commit my ways and life into the hands of
the Creator daily, I live by His percepts, principles and
instructions...and I can tell you it is the sweetest thing you can
ever do...the loveliest decision you can ever make.</div>
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