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Her face looks really familiar.

May her soul find eternal rest! Rest well Amy!

Culled from Holy Bible App

Matthew 4:1-22

2. Learn how Jesus dealt with battles and blessings

Jesus’ ministry begins with the blessing of the Holy Spirit at his baptism but, as so often happens after great experiences of the Holy Spirit, battles immediately follow.

‘Next Jesus was taken into the wild by the Spirit for the Test’ (4:1, MSG). The temptations start with the words, ‘If you are the Son of God…’ (vv.3,6). The devil is tempting Jesus to presume on his identity, and thus to test his Father. Sometimes the devil comes to us and says, ‘If you are a Christian, then you are better than others.’ Or, ‘If God forgives everything, it doesn’t matter how you live.’ Respond by following Jesus’ example.

Jesus faced three powerful temptations:

Instant gratification (economic)
There are some things that provide instant gratification but leave you feeling hollow afterwards.

Jesus had prepared by fasting for forty days and forty nights. ‘That left him, of course, in a state of extreme hunger, which the devil took advantage of in the first test’ (vv.2b–3a, MSG). He says to Jesus, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread’ (v.3b).

Jesus answers, ‘It is written: “People do not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God”’ (v.4). Although ‘bread’ is necessary it is not enough on its own. Material things can never fully satisfy.

There is a deeper spiritual hunger that can only be satisfied by ‘every word that comes from the mouth of God’ (v.4). We need regular spiritual food even more than regular physical food.
Attention seeking (religious)
Next, the devil puts before Jesus the challenge to throw himself off the highest point of the temple. Among other things, this is a temptation to do something dramatic (though not productive) to attract attention.

The devil goaded Jesus by quoting Psalm 91, but it is a verse taken out of context. Jesus countered with a verse that is in context: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test’ (v.7).
Wrong means (political)
Third, the devil shows Jesus all the kingdoms of the world and offers them, ‘if you will bow down and worship me’ (Matthew 4:8–9). This is the temptation to be dissatisfied with God himself and to embark on a programme of unscrupulous manipulation to achieve his ends by the wrong means. Jesus responds: ‘Away from me, Satan!’ He backed his rebuke with a third quotation from Deuteronomy: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only’ (v.10).

To each temptation Jesus responds with a verse from Deuteronomy Chapters 6–8. Perhaps he had been studying these chapters at that time. As you study the Bible it reveals God’s character and loving care for you, and deepens your relationship with him. This protects you against the devil’s lies, and helps and equips you to resist temptation when it comes.

At the end of these battles, Jesus enjoyed the blessing of angels who ‘came and took care of Jesus’ needs’ (v.11, MSG). The period of blessing did not last long. Jesus heard that John had been put in prison (v.12). It must have been devastating for Jesus to find out that his cousin had been imprisoned for his preaching.

Jesus was not daunted. He began to preach the very message that had caused John’s arrest: ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near’ (v.17). He was fearless and courageous in the face of the battles.

Life is not just a matter of defensively seeing off the attacks; there are also positive advances to make. Jesus was on a mission. He began to build his team for that mission calling his first disciples: ‘Jesus said to them, “Come with me. I’ll make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I’ll show you how to catch men and women...” They... dropped their nets and followed’ (vv.19–20, MSG). These were exciting times. The beginning of the ministry of Jesus was a period of great blessing.

Prayer:


"Lord, help me to follow the example of Jesus in battle and blessing. May I learn your word so I can respond to temptation and be courageous in proclaiming the message of Jesus."

No longer a secret!

OMG! Awa Ultimate Hero! Pele Remzy jere!

enemyofprogress:
See samba. Roki.atu and vickyr.otex own no reach half of this and dem no go let person hear word

You dey alright so? #Rhetorical Question.

Ayamatanga!

Culled from Holy Bible App

Proverbs 1:1-7

1. Learn to steer through battles and blessings

The purpose of the book of Proverbs is stated right from the start: ‘These are the wise sayings… Written down so we’ll know how to live well and right… A manual for living, for learning what’s right and just and fair’ (vv.1–3, MSG). It provides practical wisdom for everyone – both the ‘inexperienced’ and the ‘experienced’ (vv.4–6, MSG).

These Proverbs tell you how life usually works. Proverbs are pragmatic and wise advice learnt from a lifetime of experience.

They help you attain ‘wisdom and discipline’ (vv.2,7) – two vital aspects of life, which do not happen overnight.

The purpose of the book is to enable you ‘to steer your course rightly’ (v.5, AMP). Wisdom is the ‘art of steering’ through the battles and blessings of life, and living skilfully in whatever conditions you find yourself. ‘Wisdom’, as Joyce Meyer says, ‘is choosing to do now what you will be happy with later on’.

Wisdom starts with the ‘fear of the Lord’, which ‘is the beginning of knowledge’ (v.7a). The ‘fear’ of the Lord can be translated ‘reverence’. It means to respect and honour the Lord as God. The most important lesson you can learn about life is to ‘start with God’ (v.7a, MSG).

Prayer:

"Lord, help me to learn the art of steering through the battles and blessings that lie ahead."

Hehehehe Interesting Story

Congratulations to them!

lmao!

Many are but few are

Dongreat:
I believe too. Nice chatting dear. Never imagined I would chat with someone exciting and just "WOW" here on what I call "Tribal Nairaland".

lol. It's nice chatting with you too!

Dongreat:
Lol. Win me over? Lool. Well that's if your formula is more than thrice as effective as mine because I am not done yet with improving mine. But then I was told "Never say Never", so you have a shot at it.

Exactement! Just what I'd have responded with.
"Never say Never!" Yes, we can! Don't worry, I believe a shot at it will do!

Dongreat:
Peharps I was too vulgar with my choice of inspirational words. Maybe "Courageous should replace arrogance and perseverance for aggressive". I think it sounds soft and better.

Also I am one who respect others principle and ability to create new Winning formulas. If being gently toward competitors can still bring results, why not adopt same formula? As for me my undiluted courage has taken to places home and abroad, that I only dreamt of and it's a formula I don't intend to change until we start relocating to planet Jupiter, lol.

And please sweetheart when you intend to be different make sure it doesn't affect the "Benjamins" because it's what will still keep you in line and your values still multiplying in the eyes of mortal.

Yes! I agree with Courage and Perseverance!

lol. Don't worry, It's not gonna affect them.
We're gonna win some of them over. You wont even need to relocate to Jupiter, who knows maybe you'll be one of the Benjamins we're gonna win over! lol.

Dongreat:
"You can be without being arrogant and aggressive", not in plant Earth but maybe Jupiter. You want to be among the world leading peeps, a Top Dog, A Boss, An example to be copied, then you need to be arrogant and aggressive. Blll gates didn't play fair, neither Mark the Facebook guy, neither dangote, neither Otedola, I can keep calling and if you want to know how the didn't play fair I can tell you. But I can guess you look up to one of them as a mentor or maybe your idol is a woman. Opara and the Fola oil lady didn't play fair either.

Understand that Arrogant here is not fighting or disrespecting but insane courage that's seems shocking to an average person. Aggressive here is never giving up but keep pushing and not allowed to be nailed to the floor.

Those are the set of people the top companies are looking for or you with those attributes can go SOLO.

Interesting! Guess I'll relocate to Jupiter then.

You mentioned some of the World Leading Peeps. Don't worry you dont need to mention so much as this doesn't have to be a competition. But there are still top leaders (few maybe) who aren't all you listed there.

There will always be someone with a difference. Hence, the reason for my first quote. "Set a standard above them". That's what I pursue. That's what I believe. I've met people like that, I look upto people like that.
Don't ask me to mention names.

Yes, we've got a large percentage of the "Benjamins" today. But there's nothing wrong in being different.

The world thinks you can't be a top player if you aint arrogant and aggressive as they'd want you to be. Trust me you can be!

I stand for Modesty, Firm-Spirit and Meekness!

Finally, your sentence I highlighted in bold, sure makes sense. And that's what I'm talking about, when I said you can be all that without being Aggressive/Arrogant.
I still chose not to use the words Arrogant/Aggressive. Maybe another word will do!

Dongreat:
Offer him a position because of his classy response or his ability to deliver quality write up in a limited time? Companies won't employ because you are polite but because you are aggressive towards delivering quality results.

An arrogant, aggressive but proactive employee is chosen over a humble, loyal but inactive employee. Why? It's because it's all about the Benjamin's.

I'm not saying he should be offered a position because of how classy his response was.

I'm saying, someone else/an organization may just give him an oppportunity to prove this Paul guy wrong.

This guy stated from the beginning that he wasnt a Professional. It shouldn't have yielded those insults he got.

Your last sentence though. Got nothing much to say about that. I'll just say
"If you can't beat them, set a standard above them" Let them know it can't always be about the "Benjamins".

You can be all without being arrogant and aggressive!

sannirules:
Massive respect to the Nigerian writer. His response was classy.

I thought I was the only one who noticed that! So Classy!

If only some other Organizations will see this as an avenue to offer him a position.

I hope the people around are safe? Emiloju!

Culled from Holy Bible App

Battles and Blessings

I have never forgotten a talk I heard over thirty years ago. The speaker started by saying that the Christian life is ‘battle and blessing, battle and blessing, battle and blessing, battle and blessing, battle and blessing... battle and blessing…’

At the time I thought, ‘Why is he going on like this? Will it never end?’ But he was making a memorable and profound point. When we are in the battle it is hard to believe that it will ever come to an end. When we are in a period of blessing we sometimes expect it will go on forever. But life is not like that. There are battles and blessings.

Rick Warren says that he used to think that the Christian life was a succession of battles and blessings, whereas now he thinks of life as being on two tracks. At any given moment in life there are usually blessings, but also battles to face.

He gives the example of the huge blessing that came to him through the publication of The Purpose Driven Life, which became the fastest-selling Christian book of all time. It gave him enormous influence. But at the same time he found out that his wife, Kay, had cancer. On one track of his life there was great blessing; on the other track there was a massive battle to face.

enemyofprogress:
Gonorrhoea ke? ajebuter vickyrotex funjosh aninat508 rokiatu and osusumustflow come see chomtin

When you dey plan to dey alright?

Culled from Holy Bible App

Genesis 4:17-6:22

3. Walk in relationship with God

Human beings are the pinnacle of God’s creation. God created us to walk in relationship with him. ‘When God created the human race, he made it godlike, with a nature akin to God. He created both male and female and blessed them, the whole human race’ (5:1–2, MSG).

However, sadly the human race went astray: ‘Human evil was out of control. People thought evil, imagined evil – evil, evil, evil from morning to night… it broke [God’s] heart’ (6:5–6, MSG).

Evil starts in our thinking and imagination – that is, in our hearts. It is a case of ‘garbage in, garbage out’. We need to watch not just our actions but also our thoughts, attitudes, motives and imagination.

In the midst of corruption and evil, it is possible to be different and to make a difference. Enoch and Noah are two examples of those who did not go along with the crowd but ‘walked with God’.

It appears that ‘after the birth of Methuselah’ (5:22), Enoch walked faithfully with God for the rest of his life. There is something so powerful, amazing and almost miraculous about seeing the birth of our own children. One of my very close friends became a Christian through experiencing the birth of his first child.

‘Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him’ (v.24, MSG).

Noah also walked with God. He found ‘grace (favor) in the eyes of the Lord’ (v.8, AMP). In spite of all the evil going on around him, ‘Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God’ (6:9, MSG). Noah believed God and built a boat, even though it was not raining and there was no water in sight. Noah did exactly what God told him to do (v.22).

Prayer:

"Lord, help me to be righteous and blameless in my thoughts, words and deeds, walking with you in a close relationship. Help me to do everything you tell me to do."

kolomax:
sogbadun

Rhetorical question niyen!

Culled from Holy Bible App.

Matthew 2:19-3:17

2. Walk in step with the Holy Spirit

John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus. Whereas John’s baptism was symbolic, Jesus would ‘baptise you with the Holy Spirit’ (3:11). This prophecy is then dramatically affirmed when the Holy Spirit descends on Jesus as he is baptised (v.16), showing that he is the one John is speaking about and that Jesus is able to pour out this same Holy Spirit on you and me.

In many ways Jesus’ baptism was different from ours. He did not need to be baptised ‘for repentance’, and he was already filled with the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist was hesitant about baptising him (v.14) but Jesus said, ‘Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfil all righteousness’ (v.15).

Jesus identified with us, sinful human beings, right from the start. He did this so that he could bear our sin on the cross for us. As a result, you are able to experience the Holy Spirit in a similar way and walk ‘in step with the Spirit’ (Galatians 5:25). We see here something of what it means to walk ‘in step with the Spirit’:

Get refined in the fire
John said that whereas he baptised with water, Jesus would baptise ‘with the Holy Spirit and fire’ (Matthew 3:11). The Holy Spirit will come like a refining fire to bring power and purity in your life. Knowing the refining fire of the Spirit in this life means that you can be free from the fear of the fire of judgment when Jesus returns (v.12).

Be filled with peace
When Jesus was baptised and came out of the water, ‘heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him’ (v.16). The dove is a symbol of peace that the Holy Spirit brings to your life. The ‘fruit of the Spirit is… peace’ (Galatians 5:22).

Be assured of your adoption
A voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son’ (Matthew 3:17). Jesus is the Son of God in a unique way. However, the Holy Spirit assures all of us that through what Jesus has done for us, we too are sons and daughters of God: You receive the spirit of adoption. And by him you cry, ‘Abba, Father’. The Holy Spirit himself testifies with your spirit that you are a child of God (see Romans 8:15–16).
Know that you are loved by God

The voice from heaven said ‘… whom I love...’ (Matthew 3:17). The apostle Paul writes that God’s love for you is poured into your heart by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5).

Feel his pleasure
The voice from heaven says, ‘with him I am well pleased’ (Matthew 3:17). Again, it was supremely true of Jesus but as you walk in step with the Spirit, you too can experience this sense of God’s delight and pleasure.

Prayer:

"Lord, thank you that you give me your Holy Spirit to refine me, to give me peace, to assure me that I am a child of God, to know your love and to feel your pleasure. Help me to walk ‘in step with the Spirit'."

Sad one! May her soul find eternal rest. And May the Lord comfort you All.

An gbeyawo lo si ile oko, suya yaya suya yaya.

Op, I hope you find your missing rib o.

Xcelinteriors:
To start with, what is her name?

Good Kwestion!

Culled from Holy Bible App

Psalm 3:1-8

1. Walk with your head held high

David walked with God. But this does not mean that everything was perfect.

This psalm was written during a rebellion by David’s son Absalom that had been partly caused by David’s adultery (see 2 Samuel 12:11). Yet David repented of what he had done, and God forgave him and restored his relationship.

David did not have an easy life: ‘Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me! Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.”’ (Psalm 3:1–2). But David cries out to God, ‘But you are a shield around me, O Lord; you bestow glory around me and lift up my head’ (v.3). Like David, bring your fears and requests to God: ‘To the Lord I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill’ (v.4).

In spite of his distressing situation God lifted up David’s head. God does not want you to be downcast – constantly looking at the regrets behind you, the problems around you and the sin within you. Rather, he wants you to lift up your head and see the help above you – to walk with your head held high, and your eyes fixed on him.

David was able to say, ‘I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side’ (vv.5–6). In spite of all the troubles, he seems to have a deep peace – like a lake where there may be rough waves on the surface, but deeper down there is a great stillness.

Prayer

"Lord, I pray for the year ahead that you would help me to walk with you daily in the way of peace, with my head held high, trusting you to supply all I need for the day ahead."

00Ademi:
kk

@your signature.

"Ajumobi Okan tanu, eni Olorun ran si ni loun seni lore"

Culled from Holy Bible App

Talk As You Walk

I love walking. Apparently, it is one of the best forms of physical exercise. Of course, walking is also a means of transport. In the ancient world it was the most common – and for some people the only – means of getting around.

Walking for whatever reason is more enjoyable with someone else. Walking and talking is a great way to communicate with family, friends and also with God.

The point is that we are doing two things at the same time. We are not just taking exercise or travelling. As we walk together we are in communion with one another. Both Enoch and Noah ‘walked with God’ (Genesis 5:24; 6:9). They didn’t just sit, kneel or stand with God (the kind of actions we would often associate with spending time with God), but they were also in communion with God when doing something else. While you are doing other things – working, eating, exercising or relaxing – you can be in communion with God at the same time.

Personally, I also find it the best way to pray. This has been my pattern for the last few years. After reading the Bible each day, I go out and walk around a local park – which is almost deserted early in the morning. I take with me paper and a pen to write down anything I sense the Holy Spirit saying as I pray. You can pray as you walk to the bus stop or walk between meetings during the day. Talk as you walk.

The Bible has a great deal to say about walking with God. It is how we were intended to live. It was only Adam and Eve’s sin that made them hide when they ‘heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day’ (3:8 ).

God’s desire for you is that you walk humbly in a relationship with him (Micah 6:8 ). This is what Jesus has made possible – for you to walk as Jesus did (1 John 2:6). You may stumble from time to time, but one day you will walk with him ‘dressed in white’ (Revelation 3:4).

Iseoluwani:
Who am I? At your signature

It's a song!

candidbabe:
Flee from fornication. Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. He that soweth corruption shall reap corruption.

"He that soweth to the flesh, will reap corruption/destruction". Galatians 6:8

God Bless them immeasurably, and grant them the Grace to keep up the Good Fight of Faith!

God Bless Daddy G.O! And God Bless the New G.O of RCCG Nigeria!

DMeanMan:
Nothing beats keeping a Covet Letter simple!

3, 2 - 3 lines paragraphs is all you need.

First paragraph introduces you and the position you're applying for.

Second paragraph talks about the key experience, skill or prior trainings you have.

Third paragraph say a "Thank you for your time and consideration"

I use the above format and have gotten positive feedback countless times.

Yes! Nice One.

Op, Nice one too!