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28th June, 2017
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENCY ON THE NYSC SCHEME
By Olaoluwa Babatunde,
The Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, I join other well meaning Nigerians to salute your courage and to pray for the recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari’s health. Sir, with the NYSC, our country has its youngest and arguably the brightest minds on a single platform, to do with, anything we so desire- an opportunity which must be exhaustively explored. In line with one of the major objectives of the scheme as clearly spelt out in the NYSC ACT, which is to achieve the “Development of the Nigerian youth and Nigeria into a great and dynamic economy,” I make the following propositions:
1. LEADERSHIP:
Although the NYSC was instituted under a military government, I believe by now it should have less military involvement. We need technocrats: Human Resource experts and professionals to run the affairs of the scheme.
2. POSTING:
Corps members should be posted strictly to places where they will be relevant considering their professional skills and areas of interest. Interests and expectations of prospective corps members should be assessed during registration and postings to Primary Places of Assignments and Community Development Service (CDS) groups should be based on this.
3. INTERVENTION PROJECTS:
Corps members can be deployed to work (in groups) on specific intervention projects, relevant to the local communities of deployment and the larger society. This could serve as their primary assignment for the year under appropriate supervision. They could help in areas of research also.
4. PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT:
The private sector should be better integrated into the NYSC scheme in terms of empowerment, internships and project funding.
This proposal only summarizes a robust roadmap for reviving the NYSC scheme, further details are available in writing. Thank you Mr. President. God bless you sir, God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Faithfully,


Olaoluwa Babatunde,
www.olaoluwaelijah.com
olaoluwaelijah@gmail.com

THE ANTICHRIST SYSTEM
This is not an exhaustive exposition on the man of sin, whose identity will be fully revealed after the rapture of the saints. However it simply x-rays some of the activities of the Antichrist spirit which are visible today.
Governor Daniel prophesied 3 of the activities of the Antichrist in Daniel 7:25.
"And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws..."
1. Blasphemy: There has not been any generation where people have rejected the knowledge of God and openly blaspheme His name like ours.
2. Wearing out the saints: Every structure in today's world seem to be wired against the believer and His faith in God. From jobs to politics, business or finance, believers are consistently faced with highly frustrating resistance, not to talk outright persecutions on saints.
3. Thinking to change (appointed) Times and Laws: He seeks to distort appointed times or seasons because time and purpose work together. Since he cannot change God's eternal purposes, he attempts to tamper with times in order to misalign God's people from their purposes. It's no surprise why he seeks to change laws because people all over the world are governed by laws and by simply changing them, he can influence their behaviours.
In summary, an Antichrist system is any system that despises or outrightly opposes or rejects the Lordship of Christ and the supremacy of the word of God.
Now, fighting this system is not what we do with knives and guns. We must prayerfully promote the Superior system (message, values and modus operandi) of the kingdom of light in sphere of human endeavour. Believers must step into every sphere of life and influence same for Christ. That is the battle plan. We must not allow ourselves to be choked or caged in, rather we must go out and bring more people, more systems, more businesses, more disciplines and nations under the governing influence of Christ our King. This is our mandate and we must deliver._PEACE!

good decision

Lord help me see,
Help me see how that You mean well for me;
Help me see how that this phase is necessary for where You're taking me;
Help me see how this pain would lead to gain for me;

Lord help me understand that I need to trust,
Even when the path I tread seems lost;
While in the cold I face the frost,
Help me to know I'm surrounded by Your host,

Lord in the midst of fear,
Help me to sense Your care;
and when I begin to slide,
Be there as my Guide

Though I wish I could skip this phase,
To the part where men sing my praise;
But how can I handle the fame,
If for Your sake I've bore no shame?

Lord Your strength is what I seek,
To hold me up when I'm weak;
Your grace is all I long for,
When in life it seems I'm done for

Happy is the man who trusts in the Lord;
For though his beginning be small, yet great shall be his end
I look to the Lord to guide me on this journey,
He has promised me an end sweeter than honey,

So I wait patiently for that glorious day,
When to the Father at last I shall say;
The journey was rough and full of thorns in their piles,
But every step of it was worth the while

And my Lord to me that day shall say;
Welcome to your home and stay;
Where the streets are laid with gold,
In the midst of angels and the saints of old

Join me as I journey home. Maranatha._PEACE!

@cry of a needy pilgrim:

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Once in a while, we go of course, a little slack or difficulty leaves us behind in our pursuit. If you would be honest enough, you actually once thought you would have gone farther than this by now. So what happened? Were your goals unrealistic, were your methods inaccurate or were you incompetent altogether?
There would be unanticipated shortfalls in life. Sometimes life screams into your ears and tells you: "You ain't that smart". At that point, many quit pursuing their dreams; they stop wanting anything other than food and clothing. How many people there are who do not have a course they live for, who only wake up to follow routines.
If your life's short of what you wanted in the beginning, then it's time you recalibrate. Reassess your goals, relationships and methods. Check out your patterns of progress. Draw a graph of specific aspects of your life in the past 5, 10 years. How much progress have you made in the overall? How comprehensive has your life's growth been? What areas have you neglected? Check your life's engine; gauge the oil, inspect the tires and the electrical system; recalibrate: set new goals for your life. Even if an overhaul is required, do not hesitate to reset your life (i.e start all over), until order is enforced.
Read more inspiring writeups "www.olaoluwaelijah..com._PEACE!

ladies please do not say yes to a ring, say yes to the man. you won't be marrying a thing, but a being. And guys, a nice ring would not be a bad idea._PEACE!

O LORD God of all creation, we thank You for our nation, Nigeria. We ask that You hear the cry of the intercessors and grant us peace in our land. We plead Your mercy over our wickedness as a nation and ask for your grace (unmerited favour) through Your Son, Jesus.
Jehovah Shammah, please end the terror in our land; take the crafty in their own craftiness and show to the world that You have chosen us as a people for Yourself.
Help us not to lean on our own understanding, let not our hearts deceive us as we go to the polls, but guide us to do Your will as we pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

It's few days to the polls, if you are eligible and have registered, then go and cast your vote according to the convictions of your heart as you have prayed: do not vote against your conscience.
God bless Nigeria. _PEACE!

nice post op, but those nuga games pictures and the ones taken behind a block in sport wears are actually pictures from Obafemi Awolowo University; just pointed that out, no offence please. thanks.

ACTUALIZATION CONCEPTS
Excerpts from my conversation with a friend; thought it would bless you too:
1. VISION: Where you are going or rather a picture of your preferable (or divine) future.
2. DIRECTION: How you would get there in the most effective way- steps, stages and processes.
3. CAPACITY BUILDING: Acquiring what you need to make it there- Preparations; procurement; training; mentoring, etc
Now about VISION:
1. WRITE: Any vision yet to be written is still a vague idea.
2. CLARITY: How much of the details about your vision do u have now?
3. TIMING: when is the vision supposed to start speaking?
4. RUNNERS: Every vision requires runners. As a man or woman of vision, you need to choose your friends and associates carefully and purposefully- not vision killers but runners and helpers.
5. Of course PRAYER/ARMOUR: Anything you can conceive is a possibility. The enemy fights any and every vision that is from God, so we do not relent.
About DIRECTION
1. ASK: Ask God in prayers about the way to go. Ask your mentors and those who have gone ahead of you about How to get there. The problem with a fool is not What but How.
2. FIND: Find out what it takes, discover the processes involved. Some would be clearly obvious while some others would require some search and research. Don't give up until you find how to do it, even if you fail at it sometimes.
3.TAKE: Take seriously little information that you get about your area of vision. Cease your God-given opportunities.
Concerning CAPACITY BUILDING
1. BE DELIBERATE: Do not be passive about your vision, don't just hope that one day it would come to pass; rather get involved.
2. RESPONSIBILITY: Don't be lazy about it. Once you've found out what to do, viz a viz people to meet, books to read, courses to take and so on, DO IT.
3. PASSION: If you do not have a passion for it, you cannot pass it on. Let your drive be strong enough to pull others along with you. Usually many people follow their leaders, not because of the vision but the passion they see in him/her; sometimes they don't even know what their leader's vision is, but, they can always feel his/her passion for it. Your passion is first visible before your vision. But as a leader, learn to communicate the two.
4. KEEP TRACK & CELEBRATE
Do not despise your day of little beginning but celebrate the little successes that you record in the path of your vision and then move on. I encourage you to keep track of the events of your life today because they'll remind you of where you've been, in the future.
See you at the top.
_PEACE!

Great responsibilities lie on the shoulders of men. The man is the head of his wife just as Christ is the head of the church; he is to love his wife just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her; the man ought to provide (in all respect) for his household, else he has denied the faith; he is to see and hear God for his family- he is the priest of his house; he is also to watch over his own home spiritually and physically; he is responsible for training up the children without provoking them to anger; and most importantly, he would give account to God of how he managed his home.
When men fail, the society mourns, families lose direction, structures are crushed, women and children are heartbroken. A dysfunctional society is born out of dysfunctional families often times led by dysfunctional men. Eli's entire lineage came under a curse because of his failure as a father. I have met some children raised by failed fathers, and it is entirely disheartening what havoc had been done to their spirits- some fathers need to apologise to God and their families. With no disregard for single mothers and widows, I believe there is a limit to what a woman can do (alone) in raising her children.
Every man should have a clear vision (from God) to guide his family and this must be known to all members of the family. What does God expect of your family? And what should the society expect from your family?
The family should be a place to nurture destinies; a channel to perpetuate grace and a medium to influence society for God- it's not just a father, mother and children relationship. Single ladies, do not marry a boy or a baby no matter his age or possessions, wait until you have a real man to marry. And women please submit to your own husbands as unto the Lord; honour, respect and help them in the performance of their enormous responsibilities- you'd be doing the world a lot of good.
Eph. 5:22-25, 1Tim. 5:8, 1Sam. 2:27-36.
_PEACE!

we must do all we can to save our homes, too many of them are breaking now because of little matters and it's affecting our society negatively. May God help us._PEACE!

LADIES ARE NO LIABILITIES
This statement, as absolute as it sounds is a statement of intent and purpose rather than of experience. Every lady is meant to be an asset to her husband and her world, to live short of this is to not fulfill purpose.
First a charge to all men to treat our girls, ladies and women with dignity and honour, whether they be our daughters, wives, mothers or just a lady out there. Let's be real men to them- pillars of strength and radar for direction; your woman's heart should be at rest because of you. The abuse of a woman is an exposure of the weakness in the man.
Every woman was made with beauty inherent in her, even if it is yet unexpressed. Right handling and or right response to life would bring out the best in a woman.
Having said that, it is important to also charge every lady (young or old) to build up her capacity to really support her husband in marriage. Please do not be a liability to your man; don't be a thorn in his flesh. Rather help him to be what he is meant to be, he really won't make it without you. Let your life make meaning in and to the purpose of your man, he will handle you like a treasure if you really make yourself indispensable to his vision, because men (correct men) are driven by vision.
As almighty as your man seems to be, he has his weak points, your job is not to expose them but to compliment him, so he becomes a better man.
Even when you're married, please do not limit your contribution to his life to only food and emotional or sexual pleasure(though these are very important and must not be overlooked) but give him more.
Every man is needy, just like every lady too. We easily love those who meet our needs, and we tend to stay in love with them if they keep meeting our needs (Note I didn't say wants).
So assess your relationship, are you really meeting any need in your spouse? How important are the things you give him and do for him to his destiny now and in the future? If you are not meeting any need, very soon you would not be needed. Also note that needs grow and change with time, hence you need to be aware of your spouse's current needs and keep building capacity to meet those needs meant for you to meet.
The only way you remain relevant in a relationship is to keep meeting needs, even when he does not ask. Trust God to show you areas you need to be of help to your spouse, build capacity and keep meeting his needs. Remain an asset that you are to him.
This is not an exhaustive message on keeping a successful relationship, but a word for somebody today, may it profit you. Amen._PEACE!

LADIES ARE NO LIABILITIES
This statement, as absolute as it sounds is a statement of intent and purpose rather than of experience. Every lady is meant to be an asset to her husband and her world, to live short of this is to not fulfill purpose.
First a charge to all men to treat our girls, ladies and women with dignity and honour, whether they be our daughters, wives, mothers or just a lady out there. Let's be real men to them- pillars of strength and radar for direction; your woman's heart should be at rest because of you. The abuse of a woman is an exposure of the weakness in the man.
Every woman was made with beauty inherent in her, even if it is yet unexpressed. Right handling and or right response to life would bring out the best in a woman.
Having said that, it is important to also charge every lady (young or old) to build up her capacity to really support her husband in marriage. Please do not be a liability to your man; don't be a thorn in his flesh. Rather help him to be what he is meant to be, he really won't make it without you. Let your life make meaning in and to the purpose of your man, he will handle you like a treasure if you really make yourself indispensable to his vision, because men (correct men) are driven by vision.
As almighty as your man seems to be, he has his weak points, your job is not to expose them but to compliment him, so he becomes a better man.
Even when you're married, please do not limit your contribution to his life to only food and emotional or sexual pleasure(though these are very important and must not be overlooked) but give him more.
Every man is needy, just like every lady too. We easily love those who meet our needs, and we tend to stay in love with them if they keep meeting our needs (Note I didn't say wants).
So assess your relationship, are you really meeting any need in your spouse? How important are the things you give him and do for him to his destiny now and in the future? If you are not meeting any need, very soon you would not be needed. Also note that needs grow and change with time, hence you need to be aware of your spouse's current needs and keep building capacity to meet those needs meant for you to meet.
The only way you remain relevant in a relationship is to keep meeting needs, even when he does not ask. Trust God to show you areas you need to be of help to your spouse, build capacity and keep meeting his needs. Remain an asset that you are to him.
This is not an exhaustive message on keeping a successful relationship, but a word for somebody today, may it profit you. Amen._PEACE!

M.O.G
When you're a leader, or more a Man of God(M.O.G), those you lead expect perfection from you. You shouldn't have any fear, worry or difficulty, you're not even supposed to get tired; you're a god you know (which every child of God actually is). You get hundreds of prayer requests and the files of many cases on your desk to treat. Sometimes you counsel until you're tired and no one cares if you've eaten, or are you even supposed to eat? Nights and days spent in prayer and study. You're prepared to spend your last savings on a needy follower.
Worst of all, my heart bleeds for ministers whose homes have had to suffer while they focused on the ministry (a matter requiring wisdom and grace). Sometimes it appears you're lifting everyone's loads and no one's helping you with yours. It may seem everyone you've prayed for already has a testimony except you. I pray to the Lord for strength for every man of God going through tough times right now, I ask that your burdens be lifted and your mountains melt like wax; I pray for the restoration of everyone who has fallen into bitterness, weariness or any character flaw; I ask that the peace of God return to your hearts and homes, and that His zeal consume you once again in Jesus name.
Finally beloved, I encourage you to appreciate and support your man (or woman) of God, the last thing you should do is to pull him/her down in any way. Make out time this season to show love to your pastor, mentor, discipler, someone somewhere who labours over you spiritually, even if they are your biological relations. A new door opens unto you as you do so in Jesus name.
Compliments of the season._PEACE!

QUIT SURVIVING, START LIVING
There is a common response I get these days when I simply ask some folks "How are you doing?" Many would sound like "We're trying to survive" or "We're coping." Psychologists have taught us that man's greatest instinct is for survival and sadly many have been pegged at this level. But I have found that those who do great things start out only as they quit wanting to survive.
You and I were not created just to survive, in fact it is not in our mandate from the beginning. Gen. 1:28. Survival is the lowest form of human existence. It steals a man's (or woman's) dignity and pride, it deprives people of their honour and greatness in life. It tells you not to try, and focuses your attention on the odds rather than on God. Each time you say "I'm surviving," something dies in you- your will to rise to the peak. Survival tells you there is nothing more to you than you already are. It tells you not to dream, or if you do, not to go for it, because "It is only a dream," it says. But that is not the truth, because greatness lies in everyone of us, only in the raw, potential form and survival is the veil that covers it. So quit surviving and start living.
We are and have always been the ones that we, our families, friends, cities and nation have been waiting for.
Now let me ask you this, "Would you be that one person that in your life, home, work place or community would make that much needed change and dare the consequences?" Just imagine all that you could do for others and for yourself if you truly fulfill your God-given purpose. Dominion is our ultimate destiny, not survival. Please beloved, no matter what it is, do not just survive, but exercise your dominion, live._PEACE!

THE STEEL MUG
A friend of mine once came into my room where she saw a fanciful glass cup, she loved and wanted it, so I let her have it. Few months after, she sent me a picture of a broken glass cup; a friend of hers had toppled the glass cup over and it broke. she felt very sad about it. Pledges by others to give her a replacement would just not suffice for her because she treasured the source, not just the cup.
As God would have it, we had another opportunity to meet again at the same place where I gave her the glass cup. So I took along a new mug for her, this time a stainless steel mug- sort of an unbreakable mug. Later that weekend, she walked into the room and asked with a rather emotional sound in her voice: "Papi... (a pet name I'm known by to some), my cu...p." I looked at her affectionately as I presented the steel mug to her. She was awed and she hugged me so excitedly that I felt the warmth of her heart, and I was happy loving her too, the fact that she had the other glass cup broken did not matter to me a bit.
As I meditated on this experience weeks later, I discovered that it is typical of how God loves us. He gives us a chance to live and we go all the way messing up big time, we allow some "friend indeed" break our fanciful glass cup. But some day we return to Him at the same place where we left off and we say like my friend "O God, my life". He needs not ask us any detail because He knows all that has happened. And as a loving God and Father, He presents us with His new Life, but this time an indestructible life. Then we go on smiling and living joyfully ever after.
Beloved I enjoin you to exchange your glass cup for His steel mug today (turn to Christ and secure your eternity). MARANATHA!
_PEACE!

GOD'S NOT CONFUSED
I once read a story that goes like this:
Under an oak tree, an old farmer was talking to his son who had just come home for holidays during his college semester. "Dad, I don't believe in a God anymore. I found out a lot of things that are mixed up in our world, and I don't believe in the God which you raised me to believe in." "Explain what you mean son," said his father. "Well, Dad, I noticed if there is a God, He is certainly confused in His design and planning of the world. For instance, over yonder is that big watermelon, and instead of placing it on a strong oak tree, He has it attached to a very slender fragile vine." Looking up at the oak tree, the young man continued, "And there are those little small acorns above us, He should have put those acorns on the fragile vine, and put the heavy watermelons with this big oak tree." Suddenly, a couple of acorns fell off the tree hitting the young man on the head. Like a light dawning, he started grinning as he realized what he had just spoken, and looking at his father, he said "Thank God, that wasn't a watermelon!"
Sometimes, in the seeming confusions of life lies the very wisdom of God.
_PEACE!

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GOD CANNOT GET BETTER
God- the Self-existent One, Eloah; God Almighty, El Shaddai cannot be improved upon. Left to many of us, we would rather that God subscribe to our terms. Many times our brains (which He made) tell us we could handle things better. There are times we feel that God is just too slow and sometimes it appears that He's got it all out of control, but He's not. "For His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts than our thoughts." Isa. 55:9.
No one ever has a better way of doing things than God; someone calls Him "The Extraordinary Strategist." God is so wise that His foolishness is higher than man's wisdom. So if God's gotten you roughened a bit these times, don't quit on Him, He is working out the best for you. Rom. 8:28. Am I saying that God is responsible for all your troubles? No! God forbid that the Lord God should do evil. But He is able to make the worst of situations work out for our greatest good, because He is unlimited in His ways.
In earnest beloved, quit expecting God to change to your standards, and begin to adjust your life in Him and to Him. For God CANNOT get better. Maranatha!
_PEACE!