Fanny Crosby, America’s most prolific hymn writer, wrote 8,000 Gospel songs and hymns during a lifetime, which spanned nearly a century. She passed away in her 95th year. All of her days, except the first six weeks, were spent in blindness. However, not even the loss of eyesight could render defeat to this astoundingly courageous soul. Aunt Fanny, as she later was affectionately called, also wrote 1,000+ nonreligious songs, and had four books of poetry and two best-selling autobiographies published.
Frances Jane Crosby was born in Putnam County, New York, on March 24, 1820. A poorly trained doctor applied a mustard plaster poultice to her eyes when she was only six weeks old, rendering her totally blind. Even in her childhood, she realized she had a special gift.
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How old are you, sometimes it is a rhetorical question that is asks from someone judging either the speedy acceleration or deceleration of a life.

At some point in life, frankly speaking, age shouldn’t be the barrier for one’s progress in life though; energy diminishes as we ages and certain things likely elude our life.

Nevertheless, it is apparently to understand that as the energy diminishes so the human effort decreases. And hence, certain goals not accomplish.

Moreover, in other words, one can achieve it but perhaps not live longer to enjoy it.

The Executive Director of KETURKEY FRIED CHICKEN (K.F.C) started late in his lifestyle but the question is that, did he live longer to enjoy it”?

It is well advisable to starts earlier rather than to let another person to dominate the fruit of labor.

Imagine Jesus Christ started his ministerial late, would he perform exceedingly?

Though there is what is called divine grace but absolutely not for everyone. Bible says “remember thy lord in your youthful days” not when you`re getting older.
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The Bible knows nothing of lone Christians, of believers who are willfully independent from a local church. Rather, Christians gather in communities to worship together and serve one another. And as God commands his people to gather in community, he also commands them to be led—led by men called and qualified as pastors or elders (terms the Bible uses interchangeably). As we progress through a series of questions about things we as Christians often take for granted, we now come to the question of church leadership and ask, “What’s the purpose of pastors?”

Common Views of Pastors
In the church today we find a number of common views of the role and purpose of pastors. Unfortunately, some of these, though perhaps well-intentioned, are unbiblical. Here are two prominent views that both fall short of what the Bible teaches.

The first is the pastor as CEO. According to this view, the pastor’s primary purpose is to keep his organization (i.e., his church) running smoothly and growing steadily. Like the Chief Executive Officer within a corporation, he must apply sound business principles to his operation and will find success when he satisfies the desires of church attendees and experiences numerical growth. Those who hold this view claim that the “pastor as shepherd” view threatens to stunt the growth of a church and is impractical for the challenges of our day. Though shepherding care is good and necessary, it should be carried out by church members or ministry leaders so the pastors can focus on the challenges of leadership. Carey Nieuwhof explains, “Saying the model of pastor-as-CEO is bad for the church is like saying leadership really doesn’t matter. It’s also saying business should get all the best leaders. … If all we do is recruit pastors who love to care for people until they die, the church will die.” The task of the pastor, he says, is to lead, “to take people where they wouldn’t otherwise go.”

The second view is the pastor as priest. According to this view, the pastor is a kind of spiritual guru whose purpose is to take sole or primary responsibility for all of the church’s ministry. In that way, he serves as a kind of mediator between God and his people. While few evangelicals would actually vocalize their adherence to this view, many tacitly hold it when they only go to their pastor for prayer and spiritual care. They may feel that the prayer and ministry of church members are somehow less effective than the prayer and ministry of their pastor. This view may also affect evangelism, as believers downplay their own ability to share the gospel and instead only focus on bringing unbelieving friends to church to hear the pastor, as if this is the only means through which God works.
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10 REASONS THAT COMPETITION AMONG CHURCHES AND LEADERS IS PROBLEMATIC


To be honest, I believe that healthy competition pushes us to continually evaluate, adjust, and improve what we do. Among pastors and churches, though, competition can quickly become a tool of the devil. Here are some reasons why:

It reduces the kingdom of God to my kingdom. We don’t compete because we want God’s kingdom to be bigger, but because we want our kingdom to be bigger. Wannabe kings compete; servants don’t.
It divides the church. That’s because competitors seldom seek to help each other. I’ve seen churches and institutions choose not to be openly honest about their strategies, lest they lose the upper hand in the competition.
It magnifies our arrogance and judgmentalism. Churches and leaders who compete seldom talk only about their own strengths and positives; instead, they also tend to build themselves up by tearing others down at the same time.
It creates distrust among pastors. I wish I could tell my students that fellow pastors will be their best friends, and they’ll never find themselves struggling to trust one another. I can’t give them that assurance, though, as long as competition fosters distrust.
It reflects our comfortableness. Where believers are few and Christianity is dangerous, I seldom see the competition I see in the American church. You don’t compete when you’re just grateful to know there’s another Christ follower in the area.
It fosters transfer growth more than conversion growth. “Winning” a competition is equated with having higher attendance and giving numbers – regardless of the source of that growth. In fact, competitive growth may well occur at the expense of the church down the street.
It promotes a works-based theology. No church leader I know intentionally moves in that direction, but even subtle competition reinforces, “What I do matters, and I need to do it better than others to show my value and gain any recognition.”
It encourages unhealthy consumerism. In a competitive environment, a primary aim is to increase customers by meeting their perceived and real needs better than others do. Sacrifice and commitment—two primary callings of Christ followers—are not often central to the conversation.
It hinders accountability and life-on-life Christianity. The same person who thinks competitively as a church leader is often unwilling to be honest with anyone about his own life. Accountability usually means admitting weaknesses, and competitors don’t typically think that way.
It pushes leaders to keep an eye out for the “greener grass.” Competitiveness says, “If I can’t grow the biggest church, maybe I’ll just keep watching for the larger church that might call me there.” Somehow, that’s not what running the race by looking to Jesus means.
What other reasons would you add to this list?
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6 MATES YOU MUST MARRY

One of the ways your marriage will not add to the rate of divorce in our world today is for you to marry your mate and if you are married already, make your spouse your mate!
You see that statement of ' Am I your mate?' does not apply in marriage. You must marry your mate. I will like to talk on seven dimensions you and the person you want to marry or you have married must be mate.

1. MARRY_YOUR_SPEAKING_MATE
2. MARRY_YOUR_SCHOOL_MATE
3. MARRY_YOUR_SPIRITUAL_MATE
4. MARRY_YOUR_SPENDING_MATE
5. MARRY_YOUR_SEX_MATE
6. MARRY_YOUR_SOCIAL_MATE

1. MARRY_YOUR_SPEAKING_MATE

Marry someone you can speak together and understand each other. Communication is very crucial in marriage. Don't marry someone that, when you are saying 'A' he or she will be saying ' Z' Once there is dichotomy in your speaking and understanding level, you can't enjoy that marriage. So many men go to bar to hang out with friends and gist till 11pm because they know their wives can't engage in any meaningful intellectual discussion. So many women too prefer to hang out with their friends, because they know their husbands mentality when it comes to vital issues and discussions is very low. Marry your speaking Mate.

2. MARRY_YOUR_SCHOOL_MATE
By this I mean, marry someone you can learn together and improve together. Don't marry ' Mr Know all' or 'Miss Know all'. Don't marry someone who is rigid and not open to new ideas, new ways of doing things, or new innovations. Marriage is a great institution. From day one till death do you part, you will keep learning. Marry your 'school' mate; someone who is ready to learn with you.

3. MARRY_YOUR_SPIRITUAL_MATE

Marriage is not just a social union. It is also a spiritual union. Marry someone who knows the same God you know. Don't marry someone who's believe of God is different from yours. Two can't work together except they be agreed ( Amos 3:3, Joshua 23: 11-15, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18). The spiritual controls the physical, even in marriage. Check for spiritual compatibility in that person you want to marry.
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Text Landmark: Matthew: 5: 14 - 15
14: "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15: Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house."

Christ calls Himself the light of the world, John 8: 12. They who are workers together with Him, have some of His honour put on them... You and I are embodiment of Christ's light today! As lights, we are conspicuous and have many eyes upon us. Some admire us, commend us, rejoice in us, and study to imitate our lifestyle. Others envy us, hate us, censure us, and even study to humiliate and blast us. We are concerned therefore to walk circumspectly because of our observers (people of the world) and must take heed of everything that looks I'll, because we are so much looked at.

As lights, we are intended to illuminate and give light to others. Can you hide a city that is sitting on top of a hill? Its light at night can be seen for miles. If we live for Christ, we will glow like lights, showing others what Christ like - by our attitudes, character and lifestyles. We are to show forth godly virtues loaded in us...

We hide our lights by

(a) Being quite when we should speak or preach the gospel!

(b) Going along with the crowd - compromising!

(c) Denying the light - shying from the truth or scaring to say the truth!

(d) Letting sin dim our light! (e) Not explaining our light to others, or
(f) Ignoring the needs of others.

As light, we are loaded with diverse grace to function!
Light transforms!

Light clears the darkness!
Light reflects glory!
Light illuminate!
Light is difficult to be hindered or covered!
Light brings confidence! *Light is bold!
Light exhibits gifts and potentials!
Light allays fear!
Christ has lighted your candle (your talent, mental and spiritual gift, ministerial calling, moral virtue, career, business acumen etc). All these must not be put under a bushel {a bowl or basket}; you are not to remain a local champion (the disciples are not confined to the cities of Galilee, of the lost sheep of the house of Israel, but they shall be sent into all the world - Matt. 28: 19-20; Acts.1:. You are ordained to make impact in this world.

LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE.. The disciples of Christ (you and I inclusive) must not muffle themselves (also ourselves) up in privacy, in confinement or obscurity under a pretense of contemplation, modesty, or self preservation, but as we have received the gift, must minister the same - Luke 12:3. We must be burning and shining lights - Jhn.5:35, must evidence that we are indeed followers of Christ. We must be (a light) to others for instruction, direction, quickening, and comfort.. We must affect the world positively (be a blessing) with our endowed gifts, talent, knowledge, education, career and wealth of experience.

GOOD WORKS MUST BE SEEN.... Your good works must be seen, (this is not pride or high service, it is a must to be functional for God and your generation); it is like a shining light; like the arrays of stars in the midst of dark sky (Ish.60:2-3)... That those who see the good works may be brought, not to glorify or praise you but glorify your Father which is in heaven. The glory of God is the great thing we must aim at in everything we do. We must not only endeavour to glorify God ourselves, but we must do all we can to bring others to glorify God through the use of our gifts for God's kingdom and humanity. Shalom!!
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As Christians, we are stewards of the resources God gives us for serving the human community. Our vocations are one avenue for doing God’s work in the world. Stewardship is the cultivation of resources for God. The Bible tells us that one of the most important resources God has given us is our gifts, aptitudes, talents and abilities. One of the sacraments of the medieval church was the Sacrament of Holy Orders, which divided the world into the “religious” and the “secular.”

Those who went into full-time church ministry as priests, monks or nuns were on a completely different spiritual footing from those who did not. One of the Protestant Reformation’s main planks was to overturn this view with the biblical teaching of the priesthood of all believers (1 Peter 2:9). Martin Luther insisted that all forms of work are God-honoring callings. To be a farmer, a craftsman or an artist was just as much a vocation, a calling from God, as to be a preacher. Why?


All Forms of Work Are Participation in God’s Work
God made the created world by his Spirit (Gen. 1:1-3) and continues to care for and sustain it by his Spirit (Ps. 104:30), watering and enriching it (Ps. 65:9–13) and feeding and meeting the needs of every living thing (Pss. 145:15–16 and 147:15–20). Indeed, the very purpose of redemption is to massively and finally restore the material creation (Rev. 21–22). God loves this created world so much that he sent his Son to redeem it. This world is a good in and of itself; it is not just a temporary theater for individual salvation.

If the Holy Spirit is not only a preacher that convicts people of sin and grace (John 16:8–11; 1 Thess. 1:5) but also a gardener, an artist and an investor in creation who renews the material world, it cannot be more spiritual and God-honoring to be a preacher than to be a farmer, artist or banker. To give just one example, evangelism is temporary work, while musicianship is permanent work. In the new heavens and new earth, preachers will be out of a job! Ultimately, the purpose of evangelism is to bring about a world in which musicians will be able to do their work perfectly.

All Forms of Work Are Ways of Serving Others

Imagine how much time it would take to make a chair by yourself. You would not only have to cut and shape the wood yourself, but you’d also have to make the tools. To make the tools, you’d have to mine the ore to make metal. It would take months, perhaps years, to do all the things necessary to create the chair. When you share in the work of others, however, you can buy a chair with money equivalent to some number of hours’ worth of your time, not months or years of effort. Even if you want to make the chair yourself, you can buy tools made by someone else. All work, according to God’s design, is service. Through work we enrich one another and become more and more interwoven.

When Christians do “secular” work, they function as salt and light in the world (Matt. 5:13–16). Farming and business, childcare and law, medicine and music—all these forms of work cultivate, care for and sustain the created world that God made and loves. We are all ministers (priests) to the human community on God’s behalf. Work is taking the raw material of creation and developing it for the sake of others.

Musicians take the raw material of sound and bring the meaning of art into our lives. Farmers take the raw material of soil and seed and bring food into our lives. This means we are God’s ministers in our work not only when we are witnessing or talking directly about Jesus, but when we are simply doing our work. A musician is serving God when she makes great music, not solely when she is singing about coming to Jesus.

All Forms of Work Are Based on God’s Gifting

Isaiah 28:24–29 says, “When a farmer plows for planting” and “has leveled the surface … does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot and spelt in its field? His God instructs him and teaches him the right way. … All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom.” Isaiah is teaching that anyone who becomes a skillful farmer is being taught by God. In Isaiah 45:1, we read of Cyrus, a pagan king whom God anoints with his Spirit and chooses for world leadership. This is remarkable. It shows that God’s Spirit can equip people for work—even though they are not believers and are not directly witnessing to him. God gives wisdom, courage and insight to people to do their work well. Indeed, James 1:17 says that “every good and perfect gift is from above … from the Father of the heavenly lights.”

This means that every act of goodness, wisdom, justice and beauty—no matter who does it—is being enabled by God. It is a “gift,” and therefore some form of grace, even though it is non-saving grace. What this means is that God gives all people (not just Christians) talents and abilities that will equip them for serving the human community through particular forms of work. The Bible speaks also of spiritual gifts (Eph. 4, Rom. 12 and 1 Cor. 12–14) that are abilities to minister to others in Jesus’ name. As people created in God’s image, Christians have natural talents, and as people regenerated by the Holy Spirit, they also have spiritual gifts that equip them for ministry in and through the church. It is not always easy or necessary to make distinctions between natural talents and spiritual gifts, since ultimately they are all from the Spirit of God.
For example, in Exodus 31:1–4, we read how Bezalel was filled “with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts—to make artistic designs.” There is nothing in the spiritual gift lists of the New Testament about artistic gifts; yet, here we see that artistic skill comes from God (James 1:17 says it would have to come from God). In the play and the movie Amadeus, the character Salieri describes Mozart’s sublime music as “the voice of God.” He was right.

Knowing Your Work

How does this work out for Christian believers? First, a Christian has to consider both of these questions: What has God called and equipped me for as my work/career? And how is God calling me to serve in and through the church? In some rare cases, a person’s church ministry becomes one’s full-time career as well. Then the answers to the two questions coincide. In most cases, however, Christians must answer each question separately. Sometimes what you do in your “secular” calling is very similar to what you do inside the church. You may be a teacher or strategic planner or artist outside the church and use those same abilities inside.
In other cases, you may find God calling you to do an almost completely different sort of work in the church than you do out in the world. The banker might be a wonderful Sunday school teacher for children. Nevertheless, I always propose a three-part method for discerning a call, whether to secular work or church work or anything else. To discern a ministry call, consult three factors: Affinity, Ability and Opportunity.

1. Affinity: What “People Needs” Do I Resonate With?

Contrary to what many books on spiritual gifts say, do not start with yourself. Don’t start with an abstract inventory of your gifts and skills to discern your aptitudes. Aptitude tests are based on past experience and self-knowledge, and your self-knowledge is limited. Even though it is one of the ways God shows you your ministry, I don’t suggest starting there. Rather, look at concrete needs in the community (context) around you. What needs do you “vibrate” to? What problems or kinds of people or ministry needs move you? Where do you discover an affinity? Paul experienced inner grief and turmoil as he saw the idols of Athens (Acts 17:16), so that led him to begin a ministry of apologetics (Acts 17:17). It is important that we get into ministry with a passion for a certain cause or unmet need.

One of the reasons not to start with a knowledge of your abilities is because gifts often “pop out” and surprise us as we participate in a great variety of ministries. For example, before I came to New York City I would never have said that I had the gift of evangelism, but I now know that this was largely because it had been years since I had been in a setting where there were a lot of non-Christians. My “teaching” gift turns out to have a strong “evangelism” component that I would never have discovered unless New York City had brought it out. I had a burden for New York, and that led me to a deeper understanding of my own heart. I did not say, “I have a gift of evangelism. Where should I use it? I know—New York City!” Of course, the longer you are a Christian, the more likely you are to know yourself well and not to have such surprises, so a very mature Christian can begin this schema of “three factors” with any one of them. For most Christians, however, it is best to start with the needs of real people.

2. Ability: What Are My Abilities and Deficiencies?

It is important to look at your abilities. Many people become burdened to see a ministry begin, but they are not realistic about their own abilities and limitations. For example, they themselves want to be leaders even though they do not have the gift of organizing and galvanizing people to follow them. You must be very aware of the part you are able to play in a ministry. What should you be doing, and what do you need someone else to be doing? Also, have the maturity to recognize how young or old you are in the faith. You may realize that your godliness does not cover your gift deficiencies very well, and you therefore need a strong team around you.

It is important to understand that every kind of ministry needs “prophetic,” “priestly” and “kingly” gift-mixes. This is one of the many reasons why we don’t look to our abilities first. For example, it might be thought that if you have a priestly gift, you should be a deacon, but if everyone on the diaconate had only priestly gifts, it would be a disaster! You need vision casters and leaders and so on in every ministry. That is why we don’t say, “All prophets should go into teaching ministries, all priests to mercy and justice ministries, and all kings to administrative duties.”

3. Opportunity: Where Does the Community Tell Me I Am Needed

Finally, we must refuse to be individualistic in the way we discern our ministry. The doctrine of sin alone should be enough to prove that you should not be trying to make this decision yourself. Additionally, the Bible teaches that when we become Christians, we become “members of one another” (Eph. 4:25 NRSV). We cannot understand ourselves without paying attention to what our brothers and sisters can see. There may be opportunities for us to serve that we have never considered, but for which we are perfect. Also, we are under the authority of our leaders (Heb. 13:7, 17), and we should bow to what they may tell us are the church’s needs. God put us into a community, and we discern his will and calling together.

Summary

Your vocation is a part of God’s work in the world, and God gives you resources for serving the human community. These factors can help you identify your calling. Affinity—“Look out.” Affinity is the normal, existential/priestly way to discern call. What people needs do I vibrate to? Ability—“Look in.” Ability is the normal, rational/prophetic way to discern call. What am I good at doing? Opportunity—“Look up.” Opportunity is the normal, organizational/kingly way to discern call. What do the leaders/my friends believe is the most strategic kingdom need? Your life is not a series of random events. Your family background, education and life experiences—even the most painful ones—all equip you to do some work that no one else can do. “We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do“ (Eph. 2:10).


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TO WOMEN:

Love making is a one factor that identifies the sustainability of a family, which would not not allowed enemy of family, however; insensitive and self-originated ethics of spirituality of perceptions of sex have contributed massively to the breakup of many homes. In most cases, this always resides to the part of woman. Sex isn’t only an avenue for reproduction but it serves many purposes to uphold the family.

Every woman has uniformity perception of sex, they often use it to punish their husband in which that it is usually risky and thus, perhaps affects the psychological and physiological state of the victim.

One fact every woman doesn’t understand is that toying with your husband emotion isn’t a punishment on his side alone but self-perpetuated avenue that often made a woman to lose her matrimony value. Many women keep building the spiritual, financial and intellectual value but resist the emotional value. Consequently every other aspect tends to lose its value in absence of emotional improvement. Don’t be only spiritual, Intellectual and physical attracted to him but emotional seduction is expected from you. A virtuous attributes isn’t complete if a woman lacks emotional consideration in regard to love making. Be the reason he comes home early.

In other words, when a wife is keeping away her body from her husband, such is building on breakup, because every man is innately tend to be flexible to emotional sensitivity, and hence he is likely to give room for extra marital affairs.

I have quoted earlier that sex is not all about making children. You must be a different woman to your husband every time. Seduce your husband, don't always allow your husband to ask for love making, there must be no timetable for love making. Be creative, don't be predictable. Give him what he wants. If you lose influence over your husband, you have lost womanhood.

Every man cherishes and adores an asset type of wife. Be part of your husband plans. Don’t turn to be an unnecessary introvert when he needs your contribution on crucial matters.
When a man is sexually satisfied, he is emotionally stable. Stop saying, is it food? Yes, sex is food!!!
As a wife, try to invest in yourself spiritually so you can adequately support him. Build yourself as his prayer warrior so that you will not be forced to pray at the end of your life. Don't allow your husband to provide all your needs, he is not a money making machine. Iron sharpens iron, try to reciprocate and that makes you an asset.
You are meant to support each other spiritually, financially, physically and morally through thick and thin. You are a builder....Wise woman buildeth her home. Do not be too outspoken, know when to talk, when to listen and when to be quiet.
Love your husband with all your heart, never tell him, if not because of my children, remember you've known him before the arrival of those children.

Stop being a bulldozer but a practical builder with every trait of factors that enhances positive result to the family.

TO MEN:

On a contrary, it must be understandable on the side of the man that love making to your wife doesn’t give you the effrontery of reproducing as many as possible and without consent Make her feel important and identify her self-worth respect her and hence unanimously on the numeric offspring you desire as a family.
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Some people struggle with the book of Job because, when they look at the life of Jesus, they can’t find anything in the ministry of Jesus that corresponds to Job’s story. They decide, therefore, that they can’t find Jesus in the book of Job. But I think they’ve stopped just short. They should have gone a bit further and looked at His cross. Because when you look at the cross, you find all kinds of similarities to Job’s experience.

If Job’s early success corresponds to Christ’s earthly ministry, his trial corresponds to Christ’s death, and his restoration corresponds to Christ’s resurrection.

I decided to start collecting similitudes between Job’s ordeal and the cross of Christ. My collection continues to grow, but here are some ways to see Jesus in the book of Job.

1. In the book of Job, the most upright man on earth (Job 1: suffers the most of anyone on earth. That definitely reminds me of Christ’s cross.

2. Trembling with pain, Job cried, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there” (Job 1:21). That statement describes Jesus perfectly, who died naked on a cross.

3. Job was so disfigured by his sufferings that his friends didn’t recognize him (Job 2:12). Similarly, Jesus’ “visage was marred more than any man” at His execution (Isa 52:14).

4. Eliphaz taunted Job to call out to God for help (Job 5:1). And they said of Christ at His death, “He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him” (Matt 27:43).

5. Psalm 22 is a messianic psalm about Christ’s sufferings. Some of the things said by the Messiah in that psalm remind us of Job’s speeches. For example, consider this comparison.
“They gape at Me with their mouths, like a raging and roaring lion” (Ps 22:13).
“They gape at me with their mouth, they strike me reproachfully on the cheek, they gather together against me (Job 16:10).

6. Job cried out, “O earth, do not cover my blood” (Job 16:18). We are grateful today that the earth didn’t cover Jesus’ blood, but that it speaks before God on our behalf.

7. Job bemoaned, “Why do You hide Your face, and regard me as Your enemy?” (13:24). This reminds us of Jesus cry on the cross, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Both Job and Jesus asked the why question.

8. In the hour when Job needed his friends most, they failed him. Same for Jesus. At His arrest, His friends forsook Him.

9. When you look at the source of Job’s trial, you realize Job was attacked by people, by Satan, and by God. And when you look at the cross, you realize that Jesus was killed by the same trilogy. He was crucified by people (the Roman soldiers and Jewish leaders), by Satan (who entered Judas Iscariot, and who filled the Jewish leaders with envy), and by God (who gave His Son for us all).

10. Job’s best friend, Eliphaz, became so frustrated at Job that he leveled concocted charges at his friend (Job 22:6-9). Similarly, Jesus was falsely accused by false witnesses at His trial before the high priest.

11. Job was raised up from his sufferings when He interceded for his friends. (Job 42:7-10). And Jesus was raised up as our great Intercessor, Heb. 7:25.

12. When God accepted Job (42:9) He raised him up; when God accepted Christ’s sacrifice (Rom 4:25) He raised Him up.

13. In the bitterness of his soul, Job cried, “He destroys the blameless and the wicked” (Job 9:22). And when you look at the three crosses on Golgotha’s hill, you’re looking at the death of both the blameless and the wicked.

14. Job and Jesus are both cornerstones. As the first book of the Bible put on paper, the book of Job is the cornerstone of the edifice we call Holy Scripture. And Jesus was called the cornerstone of the church (Ps 118:22; Isa 28:16).

15. In placing the book on Job’s story as the cornerstone of Scripture, the Holy Spirit put in place a foundation stone that was pointing ahead to the cross of Christ. Job was the first signpost of Scripture to the cross.

16. Job had to endure horrific suffering in order to qualify as the cornerstone of Scripture; and Jesus had to endure an agonizing death in order to qualify as the High Priest of our confession and as the cornerstone of the church. Suffering qualified both of them for a greater rank.

17. God said this to Satan about Job: “You incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause” (Job 2:30). Job did nothing wrong to deserve his suffering. Nor did Christ. He was a blameless sacrifice.

18. Job spoke of his sufferings as labor, Job 9:29. And Christ was said to labor for our salvation on the cross, Isa. 53:11.

19. In order for men of all ages to gain consolation from Job’s example, Job had to suffer in every major area of life (family, relationships, finances, livelihood, and physical health). And in order to save sufferers of every generation, Christ had to suffer in every area of life.

20. Both Job and Jesus suffered in the will of God (1 Pet 4:19).

21. Job said, “He did not hide deep darkness from my face” (Job 23:17). And Scripture said of the Father that He “did not spare His own Son” (Rom 8:32).

22. Furthermore, I see Jesus in the book of Job when Job said, “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You” (Job 42:5). Referring to the Father, John said that “No one has seen God at any time” (John 1:18; 1 Jo 4:12). Therefore, it seems evident that when Job saw God, he saw Christ. It was Jesus Christ Himself who interrogated and exonerated Job in Job 38-42. With the words of Jesus Himself quoted in the last five chapters of Job’s book, His presence in the book seems clear and undeniable.

Some have supposed that the cross rendered the book of Job obsolete and no longer relevant for our lives. To the contrary, the cross confirmed the glory of Job’s story and emphasized its relevance for New Covenant believers. Every time you read the book of Job, I hope you are now able to see more and more of Jesus in that marvelous book.

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The Chairman of the US Congressional House Subcommittee on Global Human Rights and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Chris Smith, has requested that President Buhari should publicly speak out in condemnation of mass killings of Middle Belt Christian farmers in their ancestral homelands by the MACBAN-sponsored Fulani herdsmen militia. The powerful US congressman made his wish known while welcoming the release of the State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom Report by Secretary Pompeo’s announcement of a Ministerial Committee to Advance Religious Freedom scheduled for July 25-26, 2018. The committee on religious freedom, which shall be constituted in late July 2018, shall focus on collating reports of mass extrajudicial killings throughout Nigeria since the outset of the Muhammadu Buhari's presidency.
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Thus shall you say to them: The gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.

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"Good job."
This is the driving concept behind the main character's success in the hit movie Whiplash. The main character is an average drummer, at best. But he connects with a mentor who, rather unconventionally, takes him under his wing and pushes him to expect more from himself.
The movie is challenging to watch in the sense that you see this boy eventually internalize the demanding voice of his mentor, practicing to the point of bleeding fingers and insomnia-- his mentor never once settling to give him the most simplest phrase of approval: "Good job."
Near the end of the movie, the mentor eventually explains, "There are no two words more harmful than good job ." His rationale is that approval is fleeting, and does nothing but
encourage complacency. To think that you are "good enough" is to believe you have nowhere left to go, nothing else to improve upon. And of course, in the last scene of the movie, the once average boy has become a truly refined version of himself. He is now a master drummer.
Although I'll be the first to say I don't always find this approach to mastery to be the most conducive or even emotionally healthy, there is something to be said for acknowledging that you always have something else to learn.
Personally, I think it's important to take time along the way to pat yourself on the back for a moment, let yourself enjoy your new talents and successes. But I am also a strong advocate for never lounging on one plateau for too long, and always looking for the next mountain to
climb. After all, that's the only way you will grow.
If you are surrounded by people that constantly tell you "good job," you need to be very honest with yourself and ask whether that environment is positive and healthy, or actually detrimental in that it encourages stagnated growth. The "good job" comments should never outweigh the "fix this" or "you can do better than that" comments. It is harsh and more challenging, no doubt--but it is also what is required to make it to the levels of success most
people claim they want. That's the irony of "success." People tend to see it as this path flourishing with rewards and vacations, pleasures and relaxation. And yes, you may eat at finer restaurants, vacation to more private places, sleep in a bigger bed, or drink a more expensive cup of coffee, but the internalized path of success will never change. It will forever be tough, and forever be demanding, and forever be a process of asking yourself what's next to learn. I do not suggest going off the deep end and never acknowledging what you do well. Tell yourself "good job" every now and then. Just make sure you aren't saying "good job" more than you're asking, "How can I make myself better?"

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