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Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. – Acts 4:13

One of the reasons Jesus came to earth was to model the ideal life to us, with the aim of influencing us to live rightly and maximally. He came to help us to see how we can live a godly, holy, righteous and pure life and still be successful. Through His personal examples and teachings, He showed us how to operate and conduct ourselves in various circumstances.

He also modelled affection, care, kindness, compassion, boldness, justice, perspective, tact, discipline, work ethics, relationships, how to pray, how and when to speak, as well as personal and social responsibility, among other things, to us. You should make it an obligation to read the gospels of Matthew to John to have a firsthand knowledge of Jesus’ way of life. After that, you can proceed to read from the book of Acts to Revelation. This will further entrench your knowledge of the Lord and enhance your relationship with Him.

From the passage above, we see that at whatever level Jesus met you, He is bound to leave you a better person than you were. Peter and John met Him as “uneducated and untrained men,” but he left them a bold and articulate pair. Peter was particularly shifty and garrulous; two attributes that are not becoming of a leader. But, by the time Jesus was done with Him, he was an embodiment of wisdom, calmness and grace. Paul met Jesus as a learned, but vitriolic young man; but he became enlightened and purposeful, without losing his trademark passion, only having it redirected in the right course. He was learned, but not enlightened; he had zeal, but for the wrong cause. He later wrote: “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1).

Jesus is a game-changer any day. And He didn’t want us to imbibe His spirit alone; He also desires that we are living examples of the finest ideals wherever we are.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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To you first, God, having raised up His Servant Jesus, sent Him to bless you… – Acts 3:26

This passage introduces another purpose of Jesus Christ to us, He was sent to bless us. In whatever way you look at it, Jesus has been a blessing. During His lifetime, innumerable people had solutions, healing, breakthrough, deliverance, turnaround, restoration, recovery of sight as well as many other positive interventions in their lives by virtue of their encounter with Him.

Even long after He had departed physically from the earth and ascended to heaven, His name continues to bless billions of lives across the ages and His power still ministers to people in various ways. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap; to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory’ (1 Samuel 2:8. Take it or leave it, from the beginning of times till date, no one like Him has ever lived. No one loves humanity more than Him; no one has blessed more people than Him; and no one has intervened in critical situations more than Him.

The mandate to bless is a universal calling. But, of course, there are people around, as there have always been, who take this calling more seriously than others. They have a compulsive desire to bless people and make a difference in their situations. To such people, their day would not complete without having extended a hand of kindness to someone else. The interesting thing about this is that it is the key to greatness. Being enamoured with it offers you more platforms and resources to do more. You don’t deplete by being a blessing to others, you can only increase.

The call to bless is not restricted to the rich alone, and no one is so impoverished that he cannot be a blessing. There is always something to do; a word of prayer, committed intercession, little gifts, sincere compliments, community service, words of encouragement, the list is endless. It is in the doing that increase is assured.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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Jesus answered, “…For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. – John 18:37

Another reason Jesus came to earth is captured in the passage above where He declared that He came to bear witness to the truth. The fact that Jesus came on account of the truth points at the existence of lies. Lies are dangerous; they can derail one from the right path; they can also destroy life or kill initiative. Just as there is God’s truth in every life situation, so also do lies exist that are meant to distort the truth.

The truth is the ideal, lie is never an ideal. And Jesus came to illuminate, to broadcast and to enforce the truth, so that the influence of lie can be reduced. There were many shrouded issues of life that Jesus shed light on in the scriptures. He helped us to put a name to many phenomena as well as appropriately define certain things.

Lie puts one in bondage of fear and despair. Truth is the source of all freedom (John 8:32). When the truth of any matter is revealed, all the terrors associated with the lie are cast away and confusion gives way to understanding. As an apostle of truth, Jesus came to relieve us of the tension of living in ignorance and guesswork. He came to add precision to our mode of operation.

There are also apostles of truth all around us today. These are people who are obsessed with knowing the truth of any matter and getting to the root of phenomenon usually accepted on the face value by others. They always ask questions and query even the obvious. They could be scientists, researchers, archaeologists, academics, philosophers, teachers of the scriptures, people with scientific inclination, and many others. The world owes so much to the findings of these people. They can never become irrelevant.

If your obsession synchs with the above, perhaps you are called to be a witness to the truth in the matter that is agitating you.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees. - 1 Kings 18:41-42

The second way to make your decree effective is to immediately and continually back such utterance with fervent prayer. In fact, this is the major reason prophecies are not fulfilled, as God actually wishes us well and desires that good fortune happens to us. So, oftentimes, the first reason may not be the cause of unfulfilled prophecies. The difference between an effective decree and a lame word is the prayer life of the person talking.

In the passage above, we are presented with a model of effective prophecy. Elijah had earlier decreed that there would be drought in the land for a length of time, which lasted for three and half years, and the situation will only be reversed until he decreed otherwise. And it was so.

And when he finally had a leading to end the drought and call rain upon the land, he announced to the king. But, what he did immediately afterward was the secret to making your prophecy sure, and the focus of our meditation today, he took a praying posture!

Once the word was out of his mouth, he immediately entered a praying mode and did not get up from that position, despite initial discouragements, until he got a physical evidence that his decree would come to pass. He told the king to go eat and drink, and that was exactly what Ahab went to do, but he (Elijah) could not afford that luxury yet; he proceeded to the top of the mountain in earnest prayer until his decree had come to pass.

Perhaps, we can learn from the example of Elijah; it is not just enough to say sweet things to ourselves and others. We must also back our professions with fervent prayer for them to come to pass. We must do more than talking. Your prayer life is the difference between an empty talk and an effective utterance.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees. - 1 Kings 18:41-42

The test of a prophecy is its accomplishment. Talk is cheap; anyone can say “thus sayeth the Lord” or mouth any such sweet-to-hear words to his or her listeners and receive a chorus of “Amen!” without anything to show for it afterward. When prophecies are released without commensurable performance, the prophet’s credibility is called to question and with each unfulfilled prophecy goes his/her popularity and, possibly, following.

Meanwhile, every individual, particularly someone in Christ, has the power to decree what he/she wants to be into his/her own life or that of another and expect a performance. After all, the tongue has the power of life and death, as well as the power to create and to destroy.

There are two ways to ensure that your professions and decrees are not just empty words that fall into thin air with no effect, but are words of substance which accomplish the objective for which they are sent forth. The first way to make your profession effective is to ensure that such affirmations are in line with the will or counsel of God concerning you or the person you are saying them to. Nothing makes one a liar faster than mouthing things that are contrary to the will of God. In the same vein, your words are as watery to the extent that they express your whims, and not the counsel of God. If God doesn’t will it, it won’t come to pass. And if it is not His counsel, it will have no effect.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. - James 5:17-18

A pastor read a letter from an elementary school teacher who attends East Hill Church. The gist of the letter was as follows:

“Last school year, her classroom was made up of little third graders, every one of which came from either a single parent family, or a dysfunctional family, was undernourished and/or uncared for, lived in an abusive home and was either beaten, bruised, or raped by other family members; one little girl's dad died of aids, and the list goes on. Her heart bled for these kids.

Before the '99-2000 school year started, she and her husband went to her classroom and prayed over each desk in the room. They prayed that God would place an angel behind each and every child throughout the coming year to watch over them and protect them. A month or so after the year had started, she gave the kids an assignment to write about what they would like to be when they grew up. Everybody was busy with his or her assignment, when Andrew raised his hand. When she asked him what he needed, he asked how to spell “mighty." After telling him how to spell mighty, she asked him why he needed to know. Andrew said it was because when he grew up he wanted to be a "mighty man of God."

When he said this, little "Mark" sitting next to him asked, "So, what's a mighty man of God?"

The teacher, swallowing back her tears, and knowing she could not say anything in the classroom, told Andrew to go ahead and tell Mark what it was. So Andrew says, "It's a man who puts on the armor of God and is a soldier for God."

After observing some conversation between Andrew and Mark, the teacher,
with a lump in her throat, started to walk away when Andrew motioned with his little forefinger for her to come closer. He whispered to her, asking if she believed in angels. She told him yes, she did.

Then he asked her if she thought people could see angels, and she said she thought some people probably could. Andrew said that he did, and he could see an angel standing behind each kid in the room.”

I don't think there was a dry eye in the church that night! We need to remember to pray for all of the teachers, that although there is no prayer in school, that they are dedicated enough to pray for the protection of God's angels over the lives of their students. Maybe it wouldn't hurt, even at work.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. - James 5:17-18

There is one secret to possessing the power to influence people, circumstances and events; it is the power of prayer. Prayer is a communication from human to God. It is the greatest source of power available to man when backed with the name of Jesus.

Prayer offers us the leverage to control the attitude and disposition of fellow humans as well as dictate the direction of events and circumstances. With prayer, we can court the favour of God and man, we can institute what we want to be or nullify what don’t want. Prayer is the inroad to the supernatural. It gives you access to divine help and abilities.

A vibrant prayer life sets one apart from those who only pray occasionally or do not pray at all. Oftentimes, those who can pray soar while those who do not pray struggle; those who pray win while those who don’t pray are known to whine; prayer makes one prevail over all situations, while prayerlessness makes one a ready prey.

The passage above talks about Elijah, who decreed that there would be no rain in the land of Israel for a number of years, except he decreed otherwise, and it was so. And when he was ready to release rain upon the land, he also prayed fervently and rain fell after a period of drought. That is a testimony to the power of prayer. It makes you a dictator of a sort.

There are innumerable examples in the Bible and contemporary times of people who have prevailed over unfavourable circumstances by praying. Majority of the frustrations and failures we see around can be traced to prayerlessness. A popular maxim says, ‘Those who kneel before God can stand up to anything.’

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly. - John 10:10

Jesus did not only come to offer us life in lieu of the death and destruction that the devil brings, He came to offer us a more abundant life.

An abundant life connotes fullness and surplus, with nothing lacking. Therefore, there is surplus in every facet of the life that Jesus gives. That means full stature and robust health in the physical, emotional wholeness, mental acuteness, social integration, spiritual growth, productivity at work, profitability in business, sustained and balanced self-development, as well as a generally fruitful life. These are some of the benefits that come with the abundant life that Jesus offers.

But He does not force Himself or His package on anyone; whoever desires to enjoy Him must first make a decision to repent of his/her sins and then consciously subscribe to Him by accepting Him as Lord and Saviour. Then, such person must devote him/herself to constant fellowship with Him in prayers, Bible study and congregating with other believers. It is by doing these that one grows spiritually and attains the understanding that positions one for a more abundant living.

Although, abundant life can be seen physically, it is not a tangible bestowal. Rather, it is a material state that is triggered by an intangible mental process of understanding all that Christ has done and accepting such as one’s own heritage. This will then result in living one’s life based on that confidence.

The abundant life Jesus gives is available to everyone who has confessed Him as Lord. But it takes devotion to Him in prayers, Bible study and fellowship to attain the understanding that will deliver it and make it a personal experience.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly. - John 10:10

In not so many words, Jesus summed up the mission of the devil (herein called the thief) on earth; he came to steal from mankind, as well as to kill and to destroy them. Now, this diabolical mission of the devil is not to be taken literally, as he does not just steal material things, neither does he merely snuff out the life when he kills, nor only just destroys tangibles. His assignments are far more horrendous than that.

For instance, in addition to stealing our asset; he also seeks to steal our peace, joy, harmony, virginity, conscience, rewards, attention, focus and so on. Moreover, he does not only kill someone physically – as if that is not bad enough – but, he also seeks to kill our dreams, enthusiasm, energy, moral, morale, passion, spirituality and so forth; while, his destructive mission also extends to our labour, marriage, testimony, plan, source of pride, harvests, environments, atmospheres, as well as our relationships with God, with spouse, and with others, among other things.

However, Jesus came to do the opposite. He came that we may have life instead of the death and destruction that the devil has in his kitty for us. Having courted death and destruction because of the disobedience in the Garden of Eden, Jesus came to offer Himself as the once-for-all propitiation to remove the death sentence on humankind by dying on the cross. There, He also took on the doom that was the lot of humans on account of the curse pronounced after the fall, by so doing wiping out the knell of destruction hovering around humans for sins committed.

Jesus came to do that much for us. But He forces the gifts He offers on no one. Only those who accept Him as their Lord and Saviour can benefit from His ministry, His offerings and His works. Will you?

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.- John 6:38

Among other missions, Jesus also came to execute the will of God. He came to ensure that the counsel of God on every matter is upheld and the pleasures of God are consummated.

The will of God is an indicator of the opinion of God on any matter. There is no middle course with God. He has an opinion about every issue under heaven, and this His bias can also be called His will. God has a will concerning living, attitude, career and business, marriage, as well as other forms of being and social interactions. It is this will that Jesus came to fulfil.

He did not come to lord the will of God over His people; He actually came to acquaint us with what the will of God is by unveiling them in His teachings, parables and miracles. He reached out to the lost that God wanted them saved; He told the confused that God wanted them to have clarity; He assured the blind that God wanted them to see; He helped the infirm to appreciate that God wanted them whole; and He helped the poor to understand that God had no delight in their misery, but is very passionate about their success. He ministered to various life situations, and by so doing establishing the will of God concerning such matters. He did not do what God wouldn’t do or want done. He only instituted the counsel of God, with no vestige of personal agenda. He was a worthy Ambassador of God.

Just like Jesus, there are a number of individuals called to enforce the will of God on earth. These people are usually knowledgeable about the Bible, which contains the whole counsel of God, and they go to great length to inform, enlighten and persuade others as to how to access God and operate in compliance with His will.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; - James 1:19

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.”

That is the reason the Bible admonishes us as referenced above that we should “be swift to hear, slow to speak, [and] slow to wrath;” because “the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God” (James 1:20).

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. - 1 Corinthians 9:26

A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. "Not very long," answered the Mexican.

"But why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?" asked the American. The Mexican explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family. The American asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

"I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings, I go into the village to see my friends, play the guitar, and sing a few songs...I have a full life."

The American interrupted, "I have an MBA from Harvard, and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat."

"And after that?" asked the Mexican.

"With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middleman, you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City, Los Angeles, or even New York City! From there you can direct your huge new enterprise."

"How long would that take?" asked the Mexican "Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years," replied the American.

"And after that?"

"Afterwards? Well my friend, that's when it gets really interesting," answered the American, laughing. "When your business gets really big, you can start selling stocks and make millions!"

"Millions? Really? And after that?" said the Mexican.

"After that you'll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife and spend your evenings doing what you like and enjoying your friends."

“But that’s exactly what I’m doing now!”

The lesson in this story is to know where you are heading in life...You may already be there!

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, A Stone). - John 1:42

One of the reasons Jesus came to earth was to offer us a new lease of life, which includes a change of identity. During His earthly ministry, He changed the identity and status of many people from negative to positive; He also changed the course of many lives from aimlessness to purposeful living.

In pursuance of His purpose, many who were hitherto known as barren became fruitful; the blind became sighted; the lame and handicapped became agile; the dead became living; the sick became whole; the poor became rich; the struggling became champions, the lost and strayed became restored, and so on.

There is no one who really had an encounter with Jesus and remained the same. Simon went to Him as a struggling, illiterate and impulsive fisherman and ended up becoming a mature, sound and spirit-filled leader of thoughts. The same thing with the outcast and timid Mary Magdalene, she rose to become a woman of influence. Zacchaeus was a much vilified person, but the day he encountered Jesus, he discovered the real essence of life. That is what Jesus is all about: He changes people and things for the better.

Even as He has physically departed from the earth, He did not leave us without witnesses; there are people whom He has anointed to carry on the assignment of helping people to choose better, live better and become better. These are people with unusual wisdom for accurate analysis of any situation, with commensurate ability to proffer effective solutions that will turn things around for the better. This calling is suitable to those who are committed to living pure so that they can maintain communion with the Holy Spirit, as it is practically impossible to fulfil this mandate without the help of the Holy Spirit.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” - John 1:29

Sin is often described as missing the mark or falling short of divine standard in attitude, ways, thinking, speech, or conducts. It is also a direct offshoot of disobedience. In fact, every form of disobedience - no matter how minor - is a sin.

For this purpose Jesus also came - to take away the sins of the world. There is no greater hindrance factor than sin; sin inhibits access, stalls progress, blocks paths, deflates enthusiasm, truncates hope, prevents breakthrough, provokes ill will, limits capacity, aborts dreams, suppresses potentials, renders efforts fruitless, restrains the hand of God, puts up a wall of resistance, and does many more harm to the sinner.

The experience of sin might seem pleasurable or convenient at the time of indulgence, but the consequences of it are never palatable; and there are always consequences. No man or woman living in sin can hope to manifest his/her full potential on earth or gain access to heaven. Sin does more harm than good to the person, with its effect wrecking havocs on earth and thickening one’s heaven.

But Jesus came to earth to take away the sins of the world. He came to offer Himself as the symbolic sacrificial lamb for the propitiation of sin. He came to assume the weights of our sins so that we can bear them no more. He came to de-risk us by taking upon Himself the liabilities of sin that would have held us back. He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

This is one of the few purposes that Jesus does not share with anyone. There can only be one Jesus; there can only be one Lamb of God; and the propitiation for sin has been done once-for-all. God requires no other thing from us than to accept Jesus and all He came to do for humanity and to affirm such in our daily living. That is the only way to key into His fullness and enjoy all the benefits attached.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps. - 1 Peter 2:21

As you read this think about what you would do!

A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of the men mistakenly kicked a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or bothering to look back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding.

ALL OF THEM, BUT ONE!

He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his buddies to go on without him and told one of them to help call his wife to inform her that he would be taking a later flight. He waved them good-bye and then returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor. He was glad he did.

The owner of the toppled apples was a blind 16 year-old girl! She was crying softly. With hot tears of frustration running down her cheeks she helplessly groped for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her, no one stopping to help her, and no one showed any concern care about her plight.

The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table, and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.

When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?" She nodded through her tears. He added, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly."

As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes. She said, "Are you Jesus?"

He stopped in mid-stride totally bewildered. When he regained his composure, he slowly made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his mind: "Are you Jesus?"

Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.

If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.

You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. - John 1:17

Jesus also came to earth to declare God to us. He came to announce God and shed more light on His personality, His likes and dislikes, His preferences and bias. Before the advent of Christ, a deep knowledge of God wasn’t so widespread and a personal relationship with Him was not universal. Much of the knowing about God then were confined to the weekly sharing in the synagogues of the Jews, and quite a lot of the reasoning about God in other climes were based on speculation.

But upon the arrival of Jesus, He did not just talk at length about the nature of God; He also demonstrated the power of God. He came to remove all the veneers of mystery about God by teaching about Him day and night, offering His listeners unusual insights into the thinking pattern of God, His mode of operations as well as His abilities.

In an era characterised with warfare, conquests and servitude, He came to preach a divine agenda of peace and submission; in a time marked with much oppression and suffering, He came to announce liberty and relief. The picture didn’t look good for many people when He came, neither was the prospect so bright, but He restored hope to many and offered many more an opportunity to live a significant life. Many of those who were vilified and scorned were assured of divine acceptance; numerous people who had given up hope of ever being cured of their diseases were healed and restored to normal living.

Jesus did all these and more while declaring God to the people. Before He bowed out, He empowered many people to carry on the good work, with the signs and wonders of the calling in their wake. Perhaps, you are one of those called to continue in this mandate. There is no way you will proclaim God and you will remain insignificant, so go ahead and fulfil your calling.

You will succeed in Jesus Name!

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For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. - Luke 19:10

Here is another purpose of Jesus Christ – He came on a mission to find people who are lost and to save them. His mission to the lost is not a passive, but a proactive and continuous one. He came to actively seek them out and to offer them the free gift of salvation leading to eternal life.

This is a two-pronged calling, on the one hand, He came to seek; on the other hand, He came to save those He found.

The lost are those who do not know God or have a going relationship with Him. By default, these people are candidates for eternal damnation if they perchance die in their ungodly state. It is so that this does not happen that Jesus came to seek them wherever they were and reconcile them to their Maker so that they can become children of God indeed. And, having done His bit in the spate of three years that He executed His landmark ministry on earth, He commissioned His disciples to continue the work and not just stop where He stopped, but go to all parts of the world to seek the lost and share the good news of His coming, His death and His resurrection with them so that they too can believe on Him and be saved.

The mission to seek and save the lost is a Christian calling. It is not for the clergies or a particular set of individuals alone. It is part of the default assignments that come with becoming born again and disciples of Jesus Christ. Every follower of Christ is called to be a fisher of men; a disciple of Jesus is mandated to make other disciples. Fulfilling other purposes does not excuse the non-fulfilment of this calling. It is our great commission.

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And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. - Revelation 20:12

Here’s Brian's Essay: The Room...

In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features except for the one wall covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in alphabetical order. But these files, which stretched from floor to ceiling and seemingly endless in either direction, had very different headings. As I drew near the wall of files, the first to catch my attention was one that read "Girls I have liked." I opened it and began flipping through the cards. I quickly shut it, shocked to realize that I recognized the names written on each one. And then without being told, I knew exactly where I was.

This lifeless room with its small files was a crude catalog system for my life. Here were written the actions of my every moment, big and small, in a detail my memory couldn't match. A sense of wonder and curiosity, coupled with horror, stirred within me as I began randomly opening files and exploring their content. Some brought joy and sweet memories; others a sense of shame and regret so intense that I would look over my shoulder to see if anyone was watching.

A file named "Friends" was next to one marked "Friends I have betrayed." The titles ranged from the mundane to the outright weird "Books I Have Read," "Lies I Have Told," "Comfort I have Given," "Jokes I Have Laughed at." Some were almost hilarious in their exactness: "Things I've yelled at my brothers." Others I couldn't laugh at: "Things I Have Done in My Anger", "Things I Have Muttered under My Breath at My Parents." I never ceased to be surprised by the contents.

Often there were many more cards than I expected. Sometimes fewer than I hoped. I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of the life I had lived. Could it be possible that I had the time in my years to fill each of these thousands or even millions of cards? But each card confirmed this truth. Each was written in my own handwriting. Each signed with my signature.

When I pulled out the file marked "TV Shows I have watched", I realized the files grew to contain their contents. The cards were packed tightly, and yet after two or three yards, I hadn't found the end of the file. I shut it, shamed, not so much by the quality of shows but more by the vast time I knew that file represented.

When I came to a file marked "Lustful Thoughts," I felt a chill run through my body. I pulled the file out only an inch, not willing to test its size and drew out a card. I shuddered at its detailed content.

I felt sick to think that such a moment had been recorded. An almost animal rage broke on me. One thought dominated my mind: No one must ever see these cards! No one must ever see this room! I have to destroy them!" In insane frenzy I yanked the file out. Its size didn't matter now. I had to empty it and burn the cards. But as I took it at one end and began pounding it on the floor, I could not dislodge a single card. I became desperate and pulled out a card, only to find it as strong as steel when I tried to tear it.

Defeated and utterly helpless, I returned the file to its slot. Leaning my forehead against the wall, I let out a long, self-pitying sigh.

And then I saw it... The title bore "People I Have Shared the Gospel With." The handle was brighter than those around it, newer, almost unused. I pulled on its handle and a small box not more than three inches long fell into my hands. I could count the cards it contained on one hand.

And then the tears came. I began to weep. Sobs so deep that they hurt. They started in my stomach and shook through me. I fell on my knees and cried. I cried out of shame, from the overwhelming shame of it all. The rows of file shelves swirled in my tear-filled eyes. No one must ever, ever know of this room. I must lock it up and hide the key. But then as I pushed away the tears, I saw Him.

No, please not Him. Not here. Oh, anyone but Jesus. I watched helplessly as He began to open the files and read the cards. I couldn't bear to watch His response. And in the moments I could bring myself to look at His face, I saw a sorrow deeper than my own.

He seemed to intuitively go to the worst boxes. Why did He have to read every one? Finally He turned and looked at me from across the room. He looked at me with pity in His eyes. But this was a pity that didn't anger me. I dropped my head, covered my face with my hands and began to cry again. He walked over and put His arm around me. He could have said so many things. But He didn't say a word. He just cried with me.

Then He got up and walked back to the wall of files. Starting at one end of the room, He took out a file and, one by one, began to sign His name over mine on each card. "No!" I shouted rushing to Him. All I could find to say was "No, no," as I pulled the card from Him. His name shouldn't be on these cards. But there it was, written in red so rich, so dark, so alive. The name of Jesus covered mine. It was written with His blood. He gently took the
card back. He smiled a sad smile and began to sign the cards. I don't think I'll ever understand how He did it so quickly, but the next instant it seemed I heard Him close the last file and walk back to my side.

He placed His hand on my shoulder and said, "It is finished." I stood up, and He led me out of the room. There was no lock on its door. There were still cards to be written.

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Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come,
and the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them.” - Ecclesiastes 12:1

17-year-old Brian Moore had only a short time to write something for a class. The subject was what Heaven was like. "I wowed 'em," he later told his father, Bruce. "It's a killer. It's the bomb. It's the best thing I ever wrote."

It also was his last.

Brian's parents had forgotten about the essay when a cousin found it while cleaning out the teenager's locker at Teary Valley High School. Brian had been dead only hours, but his parents desperately wanted every piece of his life near them - notes from classmates and teachers, his homework.

Only two months before, he had handwritten the essay about encountering Jesus in a file room full of cards detailing every moment of the teen's life. But it was only after Brian's death that Beth and Bruce Moore realized that their son had described his view of heaven. "It makes such an impact that people want to share it. You feel like you are there." Mr. Moore said.

Brian Moore died May 27, 1997, the day after Memorial Day. He was driving home from a friend's house when his car went off Bulen-Pierce Road in Pickaway County and struck a utility pole. He emerged from the wreck unharmed but stepped on a downed power line and was electrocuted.

The Moores framed a copy of Brian's essay and hung it among the family portraits in the living room. "I think God used him to make a point. I think we were meant to find it and make something out of it," Mrs. Moore said of the essay. She and her husband want to share their son's vision of life after death. "I'm happy for Brian. I know he's in heaven. I know I'll see him."

Brian's Essay: The Room...

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Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. - Luke 12:51

This is one of the less talked about missions of Jesus Christ, and it would have been subject of much dispute if the Bible hadn’t credited the above statement to Him. But He was indeed quoted to have said it; and, while explaining further, He affirmed: “For from now on five in one house will be divided: three against two, and two against three. Father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” (Luke 12:52-53). That means, indeed, Jesus also came to cause division.

His coming meant that many would subscribe to Him and many would pitch their tent against Him. There is no sitting on the fence where Jesus is concerned; you are either for Him or against Him. Now if those in the first and second category were members of the same household, that means there would be ideological differences between/among them. And, depending on the way they handle it, the differences could remain only a difference, or it could degenerate into a big rift that would tear them apart.

What this also means is that a relationship with Jesus would supersede filial or fraternal bond, if the practices of the relatives concerned are not in concert with His tenets (Matthew 10:37). Perhaps, that was why Jesus himself declared that only those ‘who hear the word of God and do it’ are His family members (Luke 8:20-21).

The Person and the gospel of Jesus Christ have been sources of contention for as long as they have been. And the fact that certain individuals have this calling is an indication that the contention and the divisions emanating there-from may never end until the end of time. Notable among the persons who exhibited this divisive calling was Apostle Paul. His message was always received with the same fervour with which he delivered it; and his audience were either fired up with enthusiasm or boiling with rage after his address. Interestingly, his epistles still achieve the same effect today. He was some man.

If, perhaps, this describes you; and your messages or utterances are always sparking up so much tension, the best thing you can do for yourself is to ensure at all times that your messages, utterances or actions are Christ-based. That will make the sentiment you attract worth it.

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For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them. - Luke 9:56

Jesus proclaimed one of his missions on earth in the passage above: He came to save lives. He did not come to destroy, endanger or whittle down the lives of people; He came to save them. He is a life-saver, not a life-destroyer. Many people are likewise called to this mandate.

Human life is the most precious thing on earth, next to life in order of importance is health. To the people who carry this mandate, preserving the sanctity of life gives the ultimate satisfaction, and they would stop at nothing to prevent an endangered life from dying or rescue a death-bound life from hitting perdition.

These people could be in the medical or related fields - that is those who subscribed to a career there out of genuine interest in preserving life, not for the social status associated with the profession. They are also found in other disciplines that afford them the facility to directly impact on life.

If you are one of these people, yours is a noble calling. It is a well resounded fact that humans are the greatest asset around, but that is a living and healthy human resource. Once life and health are endangered, the human cannot be at his/her best. Therefore, anyone who is actively engaged in helping humans to live and sustain an existence is partnering with God and Jesus.

Another angle to this calling is helping people to avoid the second death and, ultimately, the lake of fire at the end of times. There are people with unusual burden for souls such that they cannot afford not to preach the gospel of Christ.

Jesus successfully fulfilled the two callings: He prevented many ailing people from dying by healing their diseases; He also raised many dead people back to life; and to cap it all, He ministered the word of life to innumerable people to save their souls from destruction. What an amazing man!

He has set the example for us. The onus now rests on us to get on our calling and make similar success of it, knowing that we have His full backing.

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But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.” - Luke 4:43

One of the reasons Jesus came to earth was to introduce the kingdom of God to humankind. After the fall in the Garden of Eden, humans lost several privileges, among them the struggle-free existence and royalty that God had originally intended us to maintain. But God did not desire this to remain so; that was why He initiated the process of restoring humans to the exalted pedestal He had destined for us, so that we can reign as kings on earth. For this reason Jesus came; to pitch a new world order to us.

The kingdom of God offers the promises of all that man lost in the Garden of Eden, and more. But, unlike before when we would have been birthed into it by default, God would not force anyone to accept it. He thereafter made it a matter of personal choice. The decision to subscribe to it has to be made by each individual; proxy is not allowed.

As it is, the kingdom of heaven has already come to men with the coming, teachings, death, resurrection and eventual ascension of Jesus Christ. But subscribing to it is principally dependent on your willingness to accept it, by accepting Jesus as Lord and Saviour; your adopting a paradigm shift in tandem; and your living in manners that affirm your new status.

Just as Jesus came to deliver the lost glories of the kingdom of God to us, some individuals around are similarly called to do so. People with this calling usually have unusual insights about the kingdom of God, and their dissertation on it always leaves the hearers with a lifted spirit and better understanding of what the kingdom is all about. People with this calling have an unusual sense of security and they live above the everyday struggles that humans generally grapple with. Those are parts of the perks that come with the mandate.

If you know any of such persons who proclaim the truth of the kingdom of God, please listen to them (Acts 16:17).

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To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord - Luke 4:19

Among other purposes, Jesus also came to proclaim the acceptable year of God to the expectant. He came as an embodiment of answers to the questions, prayers and petitions of many across different ages as well as from diverse races and walks of life. He came to fulfil the hope and meet the expectations of the faithful.

Perhaps, you are wondering what the acceptable year of the Lord means. It is explained in the Scripture: Thus says the Lord: “In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You as a covenant to the people, to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate heritages. (Isaiah 49:

The acceptable year is the period that God answers the prayers and petitions of His children. It is the hour of help and relief. It is that time of refreshing that erodes the memories of many years of suffering and deprivation; it is the moment of dramatic turnaround from a negative, unsavoury spell to a pleasant run. There are many more ways to describe the acceptable year of the Lord based on individual situation. Whatever it is, Jesus came to declare that much sought moment to you; and the fact that He had ascended to heaven some 1,983 years ago does not mean that all hopes ended then. He left us with witnesses to continue the good work; and we have some of them around today.

The people who are commissioned with this purpose are usually prophetic; their utterances are backed with divine power such that their words do not fall to the ground. It is not a calling one fulfils by mere positive confession or psyching of hearers. It takes a lot of personal sacrifices and inconveniences to sustain this mandate. It is a calling that makes one prominent; one cannot be fulfilling it and remain unknown.

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The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me…He has sent Me…to set at liberty those who are oppressed; - Luke 4:18

The oppressed are another group for whom Jesus came to earth. He announced in the passage above that He came to set them at liberty, so that they too can enjoy the benefits of living and aspire to self-actualisation like every other person. Just as Jesus came for these people, likewise are a number of individuals living today called to the oppressed; to rescue and set them at liberty.

People found themselves in oppression for various reasons, because of their sins, wrong choices, poverty, less-privileged background, ignorance of their rights, weak personality, among other factors. Whatever the reason may be, God does not desire that anyone die in oppression and subjection. He was concerned enough that this should not be the case; hence His sending Jesus Christ to their rescue. Even before Jesus came, God had always called certain individuals who were willing enough to fight for the liberation of the oppressed; and with the departure of Jesus, God is still calling willing individuals to fulfil this calling.

Wanton subjection of another or oppression of any kind is an injustice; because God did not create any man to dominate other men. On the contrary, He created man to exercise dominion over every other creature He made. Oppression is one of the devil’s distortions of divine order at the fall of mankind. But God never wanted it, and it doesn’t have to be.

Do you get greatly disturbed seeing people being cheated, denied or subjected to any form of inhuman treatment? Perhaps, you were called to the oppressed. It is easy for people with this particular calling to conclude that they presently have no clout or wherewithal to make a difference. That is one of the lies the devil uses to dissuade such people from fulfilling their calling. The truth is, you can always do something with what you have and where you are. As long you can talk, write, or express your sentiment in other ways, you are equipped to do something.

No matter how little, take steps to confront oppression and injustice and you will be amazed at how God can back someone who dares to stand up for Him.

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And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world. - 1 Corinthians 15:19 (NLT)

Billy Graham is now 95 years old with Parkinson's disease.

In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, invited their favourite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon in his honour. Billy initially hesitated to accept the invitation because of his struggles with Parkinson's disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, 'We don't expect a major address. Just come and let us honour you.’ So Billy agreed.

After wonderful things were said about him, Dr. Graham stepped to the rostrum, looked at the crowd, and said, “I'm reminded today of Albert Einstein, the great physicist who this month has been honoured by Time magazine as the Man of the Century.

Einstein was once travelling from Princeton on a train when the conductor came down the aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger. When he came to Einstein, Einstein reached in his vest pocket. He couldn't find his ticket, so he reached in his trouser pockets. It wasn't there, so he looked in his briefcase but couldn't find it. Then he looked in the seat beside him. He still couldn't find it.

The conductor said, 'Dr. Einstein, I know who you are. We all know who you are. I'm sure you bought a ticket. Don't worry about it.'

Einstein nodded appreciatively. The conductor then continued down the aisle punching tickets. As he was ready to move to the next car, he turned around and saw the great physicist down on his hands and knees looking under his seat for his ticket. The conductor rushed back and said, 'Dr. Einstein, don't worry, I know who you are. No problem. You don't need a ticket. I'm sure you bought one.'

Einstein looked at him and said, 'Young man, I too know who I am. What I don't know is where I'm going.''

Having said that, Billy Graham continued: 'See the suit I'm wearing? It's a brand new suit. My children and my grandchildren are telling me I've gotten a little slovenly in my old age. I used to be a bit more fastidious. So I went out and bought a new suit for this luncheon and one more occasion. You know what that occasion is? This is the suit in which I'll be buried, but when you hear I'm dead, I don't want you to remember the suit I'm wearing. What I want you to remember is this: I not only know who I am. I also know where I'm going.”

"Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point."

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Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? - Matthew 6:27

Once upon a time, a psychology professor walked around on a stage while teaching stress management principles to an auditorium filled with students. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they would be asked the typical “glass half empty or glass half full” question. Instead, with a smile on her face, the professor asked, “How heavy is this glass of water I’m holding?”

Students shouted out answers ranging from eight ounces to a couple pounds.

She replied, “From my perspective, the absolute weight of this glass doesn’t matter. It all depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it’s fairly light. If I hold it for an hour straight, its weight might make my arm ache a little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up and feel completely numb and paralyzed, forcing me to drop the glass to the floor. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it feels to me.”

As the class shook their heads in agreement, she continued, “Your stresses and worries in life are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a while and nothing happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to ache a little. Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely numb and paralyzed – incapable of doing anything else until you drop them.”

It’s important to remember to let go of your stresses and worries. No matter what happens during the day, as early in the evening as you can, put all your burdens down. Don’t carry them through the night and into the next day with you. If you still feel the weight of yesterday’s stress, it’s a strong sign that it’s time to put the glass down.

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He has sent Me…to proclaim…recovery of sight to the blind - Luke 4:18

The eye is one of the most important parts of the human body; it is the organ that provides the brain with the most information needed to make informed choices and decisions in life. Other senses are secondary and complementary to the eyes in evaluative functions. Perhaps, that is the reason Jesus affirms, “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness” (Matthew 6:22-23).

One of the missions of Jesus was to minister to the blind so that they could see. Now, the blind are not necessarily those who have impaired eyesight alone; a popular saying holds that even those who have no vision for their lives are not better off than the physically blind.

Blindness can also be considered at a literal and metaphorical level. Literally, the blind are people who have sight problems and cannot see. Jesus devoted a great portion of his time to restoring sight to this kind of people, as recorded in the Bible. The second category of blindness is the metaphorical, the one that is beyond physical blindness and covers such areas as personal vision or ignorance. Indeed, every form of ignorance is blindness until the light of knowledge dawns on it and dispels the fogginess. Jesus likewise spent a great deal of time enlightening people who fall into this second category as well.

Like Jesus, there are people called to restore sight to the blind through medical or spiritual ministrations. In the same vein, there are also people who are dispensers of knowledge and insights that will eliminate ignorance and avail people the needed power to live, to perform or to produce maximally. If any of these sounds like you, we should consider ourselves privileged to have you around. But we are blessed to the extent that you fulfil your calling.

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Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty man on the earth. - 1 Chronicles 1:10

Nimrod had even more excuses to blend with the crowd, because in his days there was nothing like electricity, no vehicular transportation, all movements were done on bare foot, all the tools they had then were crude and probably made from stone. But Nimrod ignored all these restricting environmental factors and began to do what he set his mind to do. He did not settle for less. He began to do, and when the people around him saw that he was doing, they joined him and this afforded him the leverage to do more.

Many people are waiting for encouragement from others before they could start something, it may never come. When you encourage yourself to start, then others may team up with you or support you one way or another. But you have to first start.

Another reason people never start is due to procrastination; they are waiting for a perfect timing. A wise man once said, “instead of waiting for a perfect time, make the time perfect;” there is no better time to do what you desire to do than now (2 Corinthians 6:2). Nimrod defied all the odds against him to start and he became great in his time. The same way most of the great people in our times had to discipline themselves to start what we celebrate them for today. If they hadn’t started, there won’t have been anything to anchor their renown on.

If you too must make a name for yourself, you have to exercise the discipline of making the right choices and then starting what you have set to do without delay. And when you start, don’t stop or look back.

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Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty man on the earth. - 1 Chronicles 1:10

Before this passage, all the preceding verses are mere genealogy, stating who gave birth to who and in what order. But, in verse 10, there is a break from the routine of “A” gave birth to “B”; in this verse, we read about Nimrod, who was not just given birth to, but went ahead to do what most of his forbears did not do; he began to exert and work on himself until he became a mighty man and left his footprints on the sands of time. This is how to achieve greatness.

From Nimrod’s story, we can deduce two disciplines that set one on the path of greatness: choices and self-application. He definitely did some things different from the other people whom we read about in verses 1-9 and 11-54. Apart from the fact that he must have made certain painful choices and decisions in terms of living; how he managed his time, what he would do and not do, when he would sleep and wake, what and when he would eat, where he would go and not go, and so forth – his decisions and choices must have been very unpopular as those things that make for greatness are rarely done by most people.

And having made a choice about what he wanted to do or be, the Bible records that “he began” to do it. That is the second discipline of greatness – beginning. Many people have brilliant ideas of what they want to do. But most of those ideas never see the light of day, as the conceivers never get to execute them for various reasons, including procrastination, over-analysing the idea, or trumping up excuses as to why they cannot start. Nimrod had even more excuses to blend with the crowd, because in his days there was nothing like electricity, no vehicular transportation, all movements were done on bare foot, all the tools they had then were crude and probably made from stone.

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