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TayehJiboluwa:thanks sir |
help me interpret this, I saw a man who told me that I need to gather 50 men of God before I could travel out of the country. In the same dream someone bought three soaps for me, one of the soaps was bigger than the other two. |
we have been sidelined for the month of August too, MOD please move this to front page. |
yes o, I am one of batch 25 NTax volunteers in oyo state deployed in February. my colleagues n I haven't received a dime since then. Admin please move this to front page. |
please house, Doesnt oau offer part time post graduate program ? The new rain semester advert calls for application into full time program. |
please, is rain semester form out? |
Anthonyo15:can I get admission into Pgd ? |
Walspring:thanks |
please, help me with TOEFL materials. I really need it. Thanks. tewogbadetunde@gmail.com |
please, I need TOEFL materials. tewogbadetunde@gmail.com |
souloho19 |
Please Npower, you have sent over ten OTPs to the registered email meanwhile your portal hasn't accepted the email, it is giving me 'user not found ' message. I have been able to log in with the phone no but got stuck at the verification stage. None of the OTPs, the two sent to phone number and the ones sent to email has worked. |
olaniyansunday:she will. is Saturday not too early? Sunday is OK. |
who else got invite for training slated for 19th-23rd Feb? I got it. I am from oyo state. |
tewogbadetunde@gmail.com pls I need TOEFL materials |
Basic questions to ask yourself before u proceed to 2018.
1. Do you know where you are going?
2. Do u know what you want to achieve?
3. Do u know the desires of ur heart?
4. Did u set a course to take u to your dream?
5. Are u still on d course u set?
6. Is d course u are presently on taking u to your destiny?
7. Are the things you are presently doing leading you to your dream?
8. Have you be deterred/distracted from your dream?
9. Are you satisfied with the course you are on? |
is there anyone who got NZD scholarship or intends to apply next year? pls,I want to make some enquiries |
My child, You may not know me, but I know everything about you (Psalm 139:1 ). I know when you sit down and when you rise up (Psalm 139:2 ). I am familiar with your ways (Psalm 139:3 ). Even the very hairs on your head are numbered (Matt 10:29-31 ) for you were made in my image (Genesis 1:27 ). In me, you live and move and have your being (Acts 17:28 ) for you are my offspring (Acts 17:28 ). I knew you even before you were conceived (Jeremiah 1:4-5 ). I chose you even before I planned creation (Ephesians 1:11-12 ). You were not a mistake; all your days are written in my book (Psalm 139:15-16 ). I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live (Acts 17:26 ). You were fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14 ). I knit you together in you mother's womb (Psalm 139:13 ) and brought you forth on the day you were born (Psalm 71:6 ). I have been misrepresented by those who don't know me (John 8:41-44 ). I am not distant and angry, but I am the complete expression of love (1 John 4:16 ), and it is my desire to lavish my love on you (1 John 3:1 ). I offer you more than your earthly father ever could ( Matthew 7:11 ) for I am the perfect father (Matthew 5:48 ). Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand (James 1:17 ) for I am your provider, and I meet all your needs (Matthew 6:31-33 ) My plan for your future has always been filled with hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 ) Because I love you with an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3 ), my thoughts toward you are as countless as the sand on the seashore (Psalm 139:17-18 ) and I rejoice over you with singing (Zephaniah 3:17 ). I will never stop doing good to you (Jeremiah 32:40 ) for you are my treasured possession (Exodus 19:5 ). I desire to establish you with all my heart and all my soul (Jeremiah 32:41 ). I want to show you great and marvelous things (Jeremiah 33:3 ). If you seek me with all your heart, you will find me (Deuteronomy 4:29 ). Delight in me, and I will give you the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4 ) for it is I who gave you those desires ( Philippians 2:13 ). I am able to do more for you than you could possibly imagine (Ephesians 3:20 ) for I am your greatest encourager (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 ). I am also the father who comforts you in all your troubles (2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ). When you are brokenhearted, I am close to you (Psalm 34:18 ). As a Shepard carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart (Isaiah 40:11 ). One day, I will wipe away every tear from your eyes (Revelation 21:3-4 ) and I'll take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth (Revelation 21:3-4 ). I am your father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus (John 17:26 ). He is the exact representation of my being (Hebrews 1:3 ). He came to demonstrate that I am for you, not against you (Romans 8:31 ) and to tell you that I am not counting your sins (2 Corinthians 5:18-19 ). Jesus died so that you could be reconciled (2 Corinthians 5:18-19 ). His death was the ultimate expression of my love for you (1 John 4:10 ). I gave up everything I loved so that I might gain your love (Romans 8:31-32 ). If you receive the gift of my son, Jesus, you receive me (1 John 2:23 ), and nothing will ever separate you from my love again (Romans 8:38-39 ). Come home, and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen (Luke 15:7 ). I have always been your father and will always be your father (Ephesians 3:14-15 ). My question is, will you be my child (John 1:1-13 )? I am waiting for you (Luke 15:11-32 ). Love, Your Dad, Almighty God www.logos6715..com |
Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at their church, the Pastor and his 11-year-old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel tracts. This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside as well as pouring down rain. The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said "Okay Dad, I'm ready." His Pastor Dad asked, "Ready for what? "Dad, it's time we gather our tracts together and go out." Dad responds, "Son, it's very cold outside, and it's pouring down rain." The boy gives his Dad a surprised look, asking, "But Dad, aren't people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?" Dad answers, "Son, I am not going out in this weather." Despondently the boy asks, "Dad, can I go? Please?" His father hesitated for a moment but said, "You can go. Here are the tracts; be careful, son." "Thanks Dad!" And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This 11-year-old boy walked the streets of the town, going door-to-door and handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel tract. After hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking bone-chilled wet and down to his very last tract. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted. Then, he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered. He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited, but still no answer. Finally, this 11-year-old trooper turned to leave, but something stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch. He rang again, and this time the door slowly opened. Standing in the doorway was a very sad looking elderly lady. She softly asked, "What can I do for you, son?" With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said, "Ma'am, I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU! I came to give you my very last Gospel tract which will tell you all about Jesus and His great love." With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave. She called to him as he departed, "Thank you, son! And God bless you!" The following Sunday morning in church, Pastor Dad was in the pulpit and as the service began he asked, "Does anybody have a testimony or want to say anything?" Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her feet. As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her face. "None of you in this church know me. I've never been here before. Before last Sunday, I was not a Christian. My husband passed on some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart as I came to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live. "So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof then stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted, I was about to leap off. When suddenly, the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me. I thought, 'I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away.' I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get more insistent and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly. I thought to myself again, 'Who on earth could this be?! Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me!' I loosened the rope from my neck and started for the front door. All the while, the bell rang louder and louder. When I opened the door and looked, I could hardly believe my eyes! There on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life! His smile! Oh, I could never describe it to you! And the words that came from his mouth caused my heart, that had long been dead, to leap to life as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, 'Ma'am, I just came to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.' Then he gave me this Gospel tract that I now hold in my hand. As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel tract. Then, I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair. I wouldn't be needing them any more. "You see, I am now a happy child of the King, and since the address of your church was on the back of this Gospel tract, I have come here to personally say, 'Thank you to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in Hell.'" There were now no dry eyes in the church. As shouts of praise and honor to the King resounded off the very rafters of the building, Pastor Dad descended from the pulpit to the front pew where the little angel was seated. He took him in his arms and sobbed uncontrollably. Probably no church has had a more glorious moment and probably this Universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love and honor for his son, except for one: This Father, God, also allowed His Son, Jesus, to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of Heaven shouted praises and honor to the King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all principality and power and every name that is named. There may be someone, reading this, who is also going through a dark, cold and lonely time in your soul. You may be a Christian, for we are not without problems, or you may not yet know the King. Whatever the case, and whatever the problem or situation you find yourself in, and no matter how dark it may seem, know that, "JESUS REALLY DOES LOVES YOU! www.logos6715..com |
From: God To: All His Children Effective Immediately: Please be aware that there are changes you need to make in your life. These changes need to be completed in order that I may fulfill my promises to you to grant you peace, joy and happiness in this life. I apologize for any inconvenience, but after all that I am doing, this seems very little to ask of you. I know, I already gave you 10 Commandments. Keep them, but follow these guidelines as well. 1. QUIT WORRYING Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry. Have you forgotten that I am here to take all your burdens and carry them for you? Or do you just enjoy fretting over every little thing that comes your way? 2. PUT IT ON THE LIST Something needs done or taken care of. Put it on the list. No, not YOUR list. Put it on MY to-do-list. Let ME be the one to take care of the problem. I can't help you until you turn it over to me. And, although my to-do-list is long, I am, after all, God. I can take care of anything you put into my hands. In fact, if the truth were ever really known, I take care of a lot of things for you that you never even realize. 3. TRUST ME Once you've given your burdens to me, quit trying to take them back. Trust in me. Have the faith that I will take care of all your needs, your problems and your trials. Problems with the kids? Put them on my list. Problem with finances? Put it on my list. Problems with your emotional roller coaster? For my sake, put it on my list. I want to help you. All you have to do is ask. 4. LEAVE IT ALONE Don't wake up one morning and say, "Well, I'm feeling much stronger now, I think I can handle it from here." Why do you think you are feeling stronger now? It's simple. You gave me your burdens, and I'm taking care of them. I also renew your strength and cover you in my peace. Don't you know that if I give you these problems back, you will be right back where you started? Leave them with me and forget about them. Just let me do my job. 5. TALK TO ME I want you to forget a lot of things. Forget what was making you crazy. Forget the worry and the fretting because you know I'm in control. But there's one thing I want you to never forget. Please don't forget to talk to me - OFTEN! I love you. I want to hear your voice. I want you to include me in the things going on in your life. I want to hear you talk about your friends and family. Prayer is simply you having a conversation with me. I want to be your dearest friend. 6. HAVE FAITH I see a lot of things from up here that you can't see from where you are. Have faith in me that I know what I'm doing. Trust me, you wouldn't want the view from my eyes. I will continue to care for you, watch over you, and meet your needs. You only have to trust me. Although I have a much bigger task than you, it seems as if you have so much trouble just doing your simple part. How hard can trust be? 7. SHARE You were taught to share when you were only two years old. When did you forget? That rule still applies. Share with those who are less fortunate than you. Share your joy with those who need encouragement. Share your laughter with those who haven't heard any in such a long time. Share your tears with those who are mourning. Share your faith with those who have none. 8. BE PATIENT I managed to fix it so in just one lifetime you could have so many diverse experiences. You grow from a child to an adult, have children, change jobs many times, learn many trades, travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much. How can you be so impatient then when it takes me a little longer than you expect to handle something on my to-do-list? Trust in my timing, for my timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush. 9. BE KIND Be kind to others, for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do, but I still love you all. Please try to get along, for my sake. I created each of you different in some way. It would be too boring if you were all identical. Please know I love each of your differences. 10. LOVE YOURSELF As much as I love you, how can you not love yourself? You were created by me to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God of Love. Love me. Love your neighbors. But also love yourself. It makes my heart ache when I see you so angry with yourself when things go wrong. You are very precious to me. Don't ever forget that! With all my heart, I love you, GOD www.logos6715..com |
pls, can I get d naira equivalent of UK student visa maintenance fees? I intend to apply to a university in Dublin, the proposed course tuition fee is 1700 pounds. i want to know d amount(naira) needed to getting the visa.thanks |
Great work, keep it up and more grace. |
prayerfully meditate on this. Our Father Who Art In Heaven. - YES? - Don't interrupt me. I'm praying. - BUT -- YOU CALLED ME. - Called you? No, I didn't call you. I'm praying. Our Father who art in heaven. - THERE -- YOU DID IT AGAIN. - Did what? - CALLED ME. YOU SAID, "OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN." WELL, HERE I AM. WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? - But, I didn't mean anything by it. I was, you know, just saying my prayers for the day. I always say the Lord's Prayer. It makes me feel good, kind of like fulfilling a duty. - WELL, ALL RIGHT. GO ON. - Okay, Hallowed be Thy name... - HOLD IT RIGHT THERE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? - By what? - BY "HALLOWED BE THY NAME"? - It means, it means ... good grief, I don't know what it means. How in the world should I know? It's just a part of the prayer. By the way, what does it mean? - IT MEANS HONORED, HOLY, WONDERFUL. - Hey, that makes sense. I never thought about what 'hallowed' meant before. Thanks. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. - DO YOU REALLY MEAN THAT? - Sure, why not? - WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? - Doing? Why, nothing, I guess. I just think it would be kind of neat if you got control of everything down here like you have up there. We're kinda in a mess down here, you know? - YES, I KNOW, BUT HAVE I GOT CONTROL OF YOU? - Well, I go to church. - THAT ISN'T WHAT I ASKED YOU. WHAT ABOUT YOUR BAD TEMPER? YOU'VE REALLY GOT A PROBLEM THERE, YOU KNOW? THEN, THERE'S THE WAY YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY -- ALL ON YOURSELF. WHAT ABOUT THE KIND OF BOOKS YOU READ? - Now, hold on just a minute! Stop picking on me! I'm just as good as some of the rest of those people at church! - EXCUSE ME. I THOUGHT YOU WERE PRAYING FOR MY WILL TO BE DONE. IF THAT IS TO HAPPEN, IT WILL HAVE TO START WITH THE ONES WHO ARE PRAYING FOR IT. YOU, FOR EXAMPLE. - Oh, all right. I guess I do have some hang-ups. Now that you mention it, I could probably name some others. - SO COULD I. - I haven't thought about it very much until now, but I really would like to cut out some of those things. I would like to, you know, be really free. - GOOD. NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE. WE'LL WORK TOGETHER -- YOU AND ME. I'M PROUD OF YOU. - Look, Lord, if you don't mind, I need to finish up here. This is taking a lot longer than it usually does. Give us this day, our daily bread. - YOU NEED TO CUT OUT THE BREAD. YOU'RE OVERWEIGHT AS IT IS. - Hey, wait a minute! What is this? Here I was doing my religious duty, and all of the sudden you break in and remind me of all my hang-ups. - PRAYING IS A DANGEROUS THING. YOU JUST MIGHT GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR. REMEMBER, YOU CALLED ME. HERE I AM. IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW. KEEP PRAYING. - ... - WELL, GO ON. - I'm scared to. - SCARED? OF WHAT? - I know what you'll say. - TRY ME. - Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. - WHAT ABOUT LOLA? - See? I knew it! I knew you would bring her up! Lord, she's told lies about me, spread stories. She never paid back the money she owes me. I've sworn to get even with her! - BUT -- YOUR PRAYER -- WHAT ABOUT YOUR PRAYER? - I didn't -- mean it. - WELL, AT LEAST YOU'RE HONEST, BUT IT'S QUITE A LOAD CARRYING AROUND ALL THAT BITTERNESS AND RESENTMENT, ISN'T IT? - Yes, but I'll feel better as soon as I get even with her. Boy, have I got some plans for her. She'll wish she had never been born. - NO, YOU WON'T FEEL ANY BETTER. YOU'LL FEEL WORSE. REVENGE ISN'T SWEET. YOU KNOW HOW UNHAPPY YOU ARE? WELL, I CAN CHANGE THAT. - You can? How? - FORGIVE Lola. THEN, I'LL FORGIVE YOU, AND THE HATE AND SIN WILL BE Lola'S PROBLEM -- NOT YOURS. YOU WILL HAVE SETTLED THE PROBLEM AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED. - Oh, you know, you're right. You always are. More than I want revenge, I want to be right with You... *sigh* All right...all right...I forgive her. - THERE NOW! WONDERFUL! HOW DO YOU FEEL? - Hmmmm. Well, not bad. Not bad at all! In fact, I feel pretty great! You know, I don't think I'll go to bed uptight tonight. I haven't been getting much rest, you know. - YEAH, I KNOW, BUT YOU'RE NOT THROUGH WITH YOUR PRAYER, ARE YOU? GO ON. - Oh, all right. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. - GOOD! GOOD! I'LL DO THAT. JUST DON'T PUT YOURSELF IN A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BE TEMPTED. - What do you mean by that? - YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. - Yeah. I know. - OKAY. GO AHEAD. FINISH YOUR PRAYER. - For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. - DO YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BRING ME GLORY? WHAT WOULD REALLY MAKE ME HAPPY? - No, but I'd like to know. I want to please you now. I've really made a mess of things. I want to truly follow you. I can see now how great that would be. So, tell me, how do I make you happy? - YOU JUST DID. www.logos6715..com |
Hello God, I called tonight
To talk a little while.
I need a friend who'll listen
To my anxiety and trial.
You see, I can't quite make it
Through a day just on my own.
I need your love to guide me,
So I'll never feel alone.
I want to ask you please to keep
My family safe and sound.
Come and fill their lives with confidence
For whatever fate they're bound.
Give me faith, dear God, to face
Each hour throughout the day
And not to worry over things
I can't change in any way.
I thank you God for being home
And listening to my call,
For giving me such good advice
When I stumble and fall.
Your number, God, is the only one
That answers every time.
I never get a busy signal,
Never had to pay a dime.
So thank you, God, for listening
To my troubles and my sorrow.
Good night, God, I love You too,
And I'll call again tomorrow!
www.logos6715..com |
TEXT: Matt 7:24-25 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. TOPIC: ACTING ON THE WORD My last post was eight tips togetting closer to God, an important tip to getting closer to God is ACTING ON THE WORD. In today’s article, I will write on this important tip “ACTING ON THE WORD” Believing demands action, creates action. Acting on the Word is doing the Word, it is letting Christ act through you. Acting on the Word, then, gives God an opportunity. Giving the Word its place in our life is giving Christ His position of Lordship. The term “believe” is made simple when we know that it is acting on what God has spoken. Matt 7:24-25 24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. The rock is doing the Word. He that does not do the Word never builds upon a solid foundation. Hearer, readers and preachers of the Word must become a doer or else the entire structure that he builds will be destroyed. The wise man is the doer of the Word, the other hears but does not act upon it, such a person is a sense knowledge hearer. He is a mental assenter and indefinite hoper, but he is not a doer. Such a person responds to reason instead of the Word. His spiritual life is built on sand. We can tell whether a man is building on the sand or on the rock, by noticing whether he is practicing or not, whether he is acting on the Word. James 1:22-25 “Be ye doers of the Word and not hearers only, deluding your own selves. For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a natural man beholding his natural face in a mirror: for he beholdeth himself and goeth away, and straightaway forgetteth what manner of man he was.” THE HEARER/LISTENER/READER This category of people has knowledge of the Word and they think knowledge is all that is necessary in Christianity. It is the doer of the Word, the man who practices it, lives it, walks in it, that builds it into his own life, whom God honors. We may know the Word, we may be familiar with the original languages of the scripture (Greek and Hebrew). We may know the history of the Word, but that is all wasted energy if we do not live the Word, practice it. When you come to a hard place, and need money, you resolutely turn to the Lord, because you know that “my God shall supply every need of yours” when you are tempted to sin, you resolutely turn to the Lord because you know that “Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.” You have taken your place. You act the art of a real believer. Instead of turning to sense knowledge and beggarly elements of the world, you turn to the Father. Or if a loved one is sick, instead of being frightened, you remember the Word: “surely He hath borned our sicknesses and carried our diseases. And we have come to esteem him as the One who was stricken, smitten of God and afflicted with those diseases.” We act on the Word, we do not fear, we are not disturbed because we know that the Word says that with His stripes we are healed. Or if some calamity has come, some rumour, the adversary has stirred things to our detriment, we know that the Word tells us in Isaiah 54:17, “no weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment, thou shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me.” John 15:7 “if ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” The doer abides in Christ, and His words are living in him in the measure that he lives them, does them, practices them. All his decisions are made by the Word. He is living in the realm of the living Christ. The word lives in the doer, he lives the Word. He is the fruit bearing branch- a real doer. In conclusion, I want to remind you that you can do all things through Christ which strengthens you, you can be an actor of the Word because all things that pertain to life and godliness have been given you by His divine power that lives and works in you. You can do more than you could imagine, think, wish and pray for (Ephesian 3:20), stop giving excuses for disobeying the Word, LAUNCH INTO THE POWER OF HOLY SPIRIT IN YOU AND START LIVING THE WORD. SHALOM www.logos6715..com |
vivaciousvivi:please do, God will help you. |
Sgttanner:u just need to be determined n start immediately. The duration of prayer doesn't really matter, what matters is d state of your heart.start with 10-15 mins prayer daily n you will soon see urself praying for an hour. what you need right now is determination to b consistent in your short prayer time. I will also suggest you get a prayer partner, that helps a lot. |
dotunbekro06:you are blessed sir |
1. Schedule a devotional "appointment." Write a specific time and location on your calendar, or in your planner. You might want to choose a time that corresponds with another daily activity: after you get up in the morning, right after school, or immediately after dinner. Try to avoid putting devotions off until the end of the day. 2. Choose your tools. Some basics include: 1) A Bible. Biblegateway.com offers 16 versions for you to compare, from that classic King James Version to modern versions like The Message. Or, consider using a student or study Bible—many contain reading plans and practical ways to apply Scripture to everyday situations. 2) A devotional book. Some are specifically for students. Many have a "thought for the day" and questions to help you relate the verses you've read to your own life. 3) A journal. Use it to record your favorite verses and reflections on Scripture. Or, try writing a poem or letter to God. 3. Start with prayer. Ask God to keep you focused and to help you understand what you're about to read. 4. Use your Bible. Even if you use a devotional book with verses printed in it, read the passages in your Bible anyway. "Prove it to yourself that it's really there" It helps you to think of that verse as part of God's Word, and not as just an excerpt from some random book." Plus, you might spot another meaningful verse that wasn't included in the devotional book. 5. Read it until you get it. First, read verse by verse—read each verse several times until you understand what it is saying, then move on to the next one. Then, go back and read the entire passage, putting its meaning all together in your mind. Even if you're familiar with a passage, try to read it like you've never seen it before—don't skim. God might give you an understanding of something you've never noticed before. 6. Don't just read the Bible—do what it says (James 1:22). Make a list of personal traits (patience, kindness) or spiritual goals (witnessing, prayer) you'd like to work on. Each week, choose one item from your list. Using a concordance, biblegateway.com or a devotional book, find verses about that topic. Then, try to find ways to apply what you've read. 7. Make a commitment. On a piece of paper, write these words: "I commit to read my Bible every day for the next month." Sign your name and tape the paper somewhere in your bedroom where you can see it. 8. Don't give up. Let's face it: There will be days when you skip devotions. Just try to keep it a high priority and do it whenever you can. "God is not going to abandon you if you don't do a devotion one day—he knows what our schedules are like, and he knows our hearts. Any time that you spend with God, he can use it to teach you and to grow your faith. www.logos6715..com |
