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I HAIL YOU ALMIGHTY GOD JESUS CHRIST

Money Mistake 1
Never borrow money that accrues interest to start a business . That is to say, never borrow money to start a business expecting that the business will generate income to pay back the borrowed money plus the interest.

Money Mistake 2
Never spend money you haven't received. Don't even promise someone money based on a promise you have from someone else. If someone tells you: "Ezra, come to my office tomorrow at 9am and pick #30K"don't go out to buy items on credit based on this promise, with the hope that you will pay off your creditor when the promised money comes; it may not come as promised and this will leave you in problems with your creditors.

Money Mistakes 3
If you want to save, whenever you receive money, don’t start spending hoping that you’ll save what remains. Normally what remains is zero because as long as money to spend is available, the numerous things you can spend it on are also available. And things to spend on even incite their 'relatives' so that you spend even more than you had planned. When money to spend is not available, we naturally find a way of doing without it. That's why I've learnt to save with an INVESTMENT CLUB. Once I send money there I assume I no longer have it. Before you spend any money, put your savings aside then spend what is left after saving.

Money Mistake 4
When you get an opportunity to meet a very wealthy person, never ask for money. Ask for ideas on how to make money. They may even choose to give you money on their own after seeing that your ideas are great, but let getting money from them never be your objective.

Money Mistake 5
Keeping your seed instead of planting it. Many people stop at saving. It's very, very difficult to save and have all you need to maintain your lifestyle especially after retirement. When you save, your savings are seed; plant it. When you just keep the seed (saving money) some seeds begin to die (eaten by inflation and the like). That's why I recommend that you read about the different types of investment vehicles you can use to grow your savings. I am not necessarily talking about putting the money in a business, because you can easily lose money in business. I am talking about putting it in an investment.

Money Mistake 6
Never lend someone money you are not willing to lose. By the time you lend someone money, be contented in your heart that should the person fail to pay, you will not die. You should not even lose that person's friendship if they fail to repay the money you lent them. If you feel the person might fail to pay you and this will not affect your relationship with them, then lend them money. If their failure to pay would make you hate this person’s entire clan, please advise the person to go to the bank.

Money Mistake 7
Never append your signature to guarantee someone on a financial matter if you are not willing or able to pay the money on their behalf. Do I have to explain that one? No, it's self-explanatory.

Money Mistake 8
Avoid keeping money you don't intend to use in the short-term within easy reach. For instance, don’t walk with #100K in your pocket when all you plan to do in a day costs #20K. Like I mentioned in Money Mistake 3, there are always expenses available to gobble any money that is within reach, so if you don't want to lose it, put it away in a safe place.

Money Mistake 9
Avoid keeping money in inappropriate places e.g. in socks, under the pillow, in a pit, in the sitting room, in the bra, in a travel bag that you will place somewhere in a bus ... impulse buying is a devil that will keep you busy!

Money Mistake 10
Spending money on an item that you can do without (at least for the time being). These days when I pick money from my pocket or wallet, before paying for something I ask myself: What would happen if I didn’t buy this? If I find I can live with the consequences of not having that thing, I smile and walk away.

Money Mistake 11
Paying an amount for something that's not the minimum you can get that same value for. In other words, if you are along east Legon road and you pay #5K for a shoe that you can get at #3K at Makola market, that's a money mistake except for those who have achieved financial freedom.

Money Mistake 12:
Consistently spending all you earn or more than you earn. It's like having a drum where you have an inlet that's smaller than the outlet. It will never get full. And should the inlet ever reduce significantly the drum will run dry. If you do it the other way round and the inlet is bigger, it will get full and even overflow. Hence, we have to always ensure we are widening the inlet while narrowing the outlet – all the time. Your side hustle comes in handy!

Money Mistake 13:
Thinking about short-term only and forgetting about long-term or thinking about the long-term and forgetting about the short-term. For instance, Lydia was told that there's money in land. She saved money over a long period of time and bought 30 acres of land. Now she has the land but she is always broke. She is always complaining. She's disgruntled and she doesn't seem to see herself earning from the land in the near future. Now, let's ask ourselves: Having 30 acres of land and no money to feed your family or take a child to hospital, is that wealth or poverty? I think Lydia only looked at long-term needs and forgot that she has short-term needs that require money. What of those who find they are one paycheck away from salary? Are they thinking about the long-term needs?

Let’s take stock of our finances. How many mistakes are you guilty of? Do you now feel better-equipped to do better with these tips? Good luck, savers! Share this knowledge with your friends because it will not benefit you if you are selfish with it.

God bless you as you work on your financial plans...


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The Universe came outta nothing

I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins." - John 8:24



Jesus Christ is God Almighty

MuttleyLaff:
Revelling in his own ignorance

keep deceiving yourself

*DON’T WRITE YOUR SURNAME BEFORE YOUR FIRST NAME*

People must understand that the arrangement of names is standard across the globe. When you’re asked to mention or write your name, call/write your first name first before any other names and the name that comes last is presumed to be your last name/surname. For example, if you’re James and your surname is John, in writing your name, write James John not the other way round.

All over the globe, the standard practice is:
First name
Middle name(s) if any
Surname or Last Name

However, if you write your surname first, always put comma so that readers can identify it as such. For example, if you write *John, James* a reader will know that John is your surname and James is your first name.

Another acceptable practice is — you write your surname in caps and keep the first name in lower keys. For instance, *JOHN James* will communicate to every reader that your surname is John and your first name is James.

Also, if you want to introduce yourself with your titles, mention the first name first in the sequence. For example; I am
*Prof/Dr./Rev./Mr. James John*
It tells a reader that James is your first name while John is your last. In instances where you mention your surname first after your title, don’t add your first name. For example, “Hello, I am Mr. John” don’t add your first name James.

People are losing juicy jobs due to these minor mistakes they make at job interviews. Stop mentioning your surname before your first name. Surnames always come last that’s why in some jurisdictions, they specifically call it your *Last Name*.

Credit: https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/courses-listing/english-language-and-literature?wssl=1#

"Judge not," found in Matthew 7:1, may be the most misused phrase in Scripture. An increasing number of people, including Christians, use it to rebuke people who advocate God's moral principles, especially those principles that oppose popular culture.

But Matthew 7:1-4 doesn't teach against judgement; it teaches against hypocritical judgement. Pulling the words "Judge not" out of context distorts the meaning and contradicts the rest of Scripture.

God tells us to judge:
1. Bad companions -
1 Corinthians 15:33
2. False teachers - Matthew 7:15-20
3. Sin and unrepentant sinners -
Ephesians 5:1-13; Matthew 18:15

God also tells church leaders to judge sinning members (1 Corinthians 5; Matthew 18:15-17).

We must judge ourselves and our motives first (Matthew 7:1-4), but when we have done that, it is God's will that we judge sin and sinners. Not only does it benefit the church, it rescues and restores the sinner (James 5:19-20 ; Matthew 18:15).

Fasting is such a crucial exercise in the life of God's child
One can't be a son without Fasting
There are several funny fasting experiences
Let me share mine
Early times I began Fasting, I would check the clock every seconds

And I never could meet the targeted time period

I thank Jesus I have improved now


Share your experience

GALATIANS 4:1-11

1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all,

2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.

3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.

4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"

7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

10 You observe days and months and seasons and years.

11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.



Be a son today, Amen

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

*Do You Need New Strength ?*
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)

Your level of growth determines the magnitude of blessings you will receive. Are you bored with being at the same level of Christianity? Then you need a renewed strength to move to a higher level. It is time for you to wait on the LORD for renewed strength. Waiting on the LORD is a time that you separate yourself from the crowd to be alone with God. Find a specific time that you are not destructed to have a quiet time with Him. It is important to add fasting so that your spirit can be more alert to receive from the LORD. Meditation on the Word of God is also required. When all of these are done effectively, you will receive a renewed strength to mount up with wings as eagles, you will run and not be weary; and you will walk and not faint. Your life, family, business or job and everything that belong to you begins to grow and function with supernatural speed. Praise the Lord!

Good Morning

Amen

Don't be equally yoked with unbelievers

LOve is a person, and his name is Jesus Christ

first day i spoke in tongues, i couldnt believe myself, the experience was just awesome, absolutely awesome

Jesus is Lord

MuttleyLaff:
Tufiakwa.
Typical and predictable remark coming from a gormless person.
Some people want to remain ignorant
and not think about the truth of the matter
because the truth requires change

Thanks

candelahria:
It was beautiful. So effortless. I wasn't trying hard to. The words were just flowing from my spirit.

Thank Jesus

MuttleyLaff:
1) In what language were the "words" spoken?
2) How often and where regularly do you speak the "language or tongue"?
3) Why do you prefer doing it than anything else in its place?

Very useless questions

danvon:
I think you need to read that chapter to the end

"So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air."
1 Corinthians:14:9


"Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret."
1 Corinthians:14:13

why interpret? that i s when you prophecy in tongue, in a congregation...that is when you have to interpret not when you are speaking directly to God via prayer. Why must i interpret my prayer to God for another man?

danvon:
I'm glad you admitted no one understood you, can you give me one scenario in the Bible where the apostles spoke in tongues and no one understood?

it was an Apostle that wrote this .....1 Corinthians 14:2 - For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth [him]; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.



read your bible, and dont harden your heart

Jochabed:
Speaking in tongues is something else,you feel as tough you now communicate with God on a much more deeper level.

sure, you are right

I once doubted tongue speaking according to God's word
I said all these tongues were fake (Jesus forgive me)
Well, a few years ago, i bowed
Tongue is real brothers, yeah i know it sounds silly to the unsaved but it is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit

So when did you speak your first ever new tongue?


Ask me anything about tongue

Mark 16:17 - And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

1 Corinthians 14:2 - For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth [him]; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.

Acts 19:6 - And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 - Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. (Read More...)


1 Corinthians 14:39 - Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

Attention

Glorryyyyyy

Ladyhippolyta88:
Really just do a research.

We are talking Holy Spirit and you are talking research?

Ladyhippolyta88:
I believe in God 100%but religion is confusing me.

Seek only Jesus

ifenes:
Religion does destroy knowledge indeed.

Mind you, I belong to no religion, I belong to Jesus


Seek him













Don't wait to beg when you are dead, it will be too late

Jesus is the only way


AAnd get this.. None can be holy without Jesus

ifenes:
The message and not the medium is what’s important. The postman or the letter ? Seems you are only interested in the postman and not the letter

There is no message but Jesus


JJESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD (JOHN 1:1)