tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75013520774477274562024-03-13T17:15:40.070-07:00Insights for Living by Poju OyemadeDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-1872907962216910772014-01-04T01:22:00.000-08:002014-01-04T01:22:09.078-08:00Thank you by Pastor Poju Oyemade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Using this opportunity to thank all members of Covenant Christian Centre for your commitment to the work. To have spent over a decade in this work and not having to raise money publicly doesn't so much show the faith of the leader as much as it demonstrates the faithfulness of the people.<br />
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This ministry has no lack whatsoever. May the blessing of the faithful rest upon you, your family and all your labors this year. You shall gather in effortlessly. Your inner eyes are opened to see all that God has prepared. As you have done in secret so shall men see God openly reward you. God bless you all.<br />
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body”-(1Corinthians 15:35-38).</strong></div>
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When a seed is planted, it has to die first before it can grow. Every seed draws life from within itself. The process </div>
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body which fuels life within the seed. Humans can never fully evaluate the capacity of this life in any seed. </div>
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We never can tell in exact terms what frontiers it can conquer. While there are natural seeds you can easily</div>
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recognise because they are readily available in your environment, you will agree with me that there are others </div>
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you are not able to identify thus, you may never be able to estimate or guess their capacities.</div>
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As born-again Christians, we are born with an incorruptible type of seed- the life of Christ. A rare kind! Remember,</div>
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any seed of corn can only grow into a corn plant! This process and that of bearing fruits begin from the life in the</div>
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Christ is God’s deposit in you once you get born again. The Scripture says <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“…as many as received him, He gave power….”.</strong></div>
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Going by our earlier illustration on the natural seeds, we understand that no one can really adequately estimate the capacity of a planted seed. You are the seed of Christ!!! And not one person on earth adequately knows your </div>
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capacity. You never know the value of a seed when it’s in your hand. But when it is planted and then it dies, </div>
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you see it blossom. Everyday, God, through our life experiences allows the death process to take effect- by </div>
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removing every baggage and subsequently activating His energy-life- in us. These weaning experiences are usually</div>
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painful and uncomfortable and a lot of times, they demand for certain behavioural adjustments. Do not stop this</div>
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process! It is key to your maturity and manifestation as a child of God. Bearing our burdens and dying for our sins </div>
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was no fun for Jesus but He endured the cross, making Himself of no reputation because of that which was ahead- salvation for man! And Jesus is highly exalted! The main essence of crisis and pain is to make us realize who we</div>
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really are. We need to know what we measure up to and only challenges can give us the right data. God is working </div>
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through that challenge that has kept you sleepless even though you do not seem to understand why and how.</div>
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As we differ individually, so differs the circumstances that come to push us. Every challenge is distinct and</div>
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because of this uniqueness, we must seek God’s help and wisdom to overcome individually.</div>
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The Bible says, <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">” … those He called, He also justified.”</strong> Many people feel guilty and condemned because of the uncomfortable experiences of life. You must realise that God is moulding you. Don’t tamper with or stall the </div>
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everything bare before Him, seek Him and allow Him to do what He knows to do best-caring for you! Then, you will become your very best from inside out!</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Nigeria hosts some of the largest and most powerful ministries in the world today. This did not happen by chance. It is the product of definite seeds that were sown in the country at a specific period of time in our nation's history.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Indeed, the Bible speaks about a time to plant and a time to reap that which is planted. There was a planting season when a belief system founded upon the knowledge of certain truths within the Scriptures was established. It was a time when the weightier matters of the law were clearly taught..........</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Then came the time to reap; a time when people started harvesting great results from the lives of those that embraced and understood the truths while they were being sown.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Round about the early 70's a wind of the Spirit began to blow over the land. Young men and women started to express a new belief system which they had called getting-born-again. It was known as the SU movement, fashioned after the name of the principal organization behind it - the Scripture Union. The conscience of young people had come alive and a heightened emphasis on godliness and character was established. Consequently, the hope that this new birth experience would become the moral force of the Nation was born, and the moral compass of what would later grow and develop had been set.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">By the late 70's into the early 80's another move was initiated, it seemed headquartered in Tulsa Oklahoma under the leadership of Kenneth Hagin. It first started to sweep through campuses in institutions of higher learning such as the University of Benin, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Lagos, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University, Ambrose Alli University and many others. All of which started receiving the content of this movement through the printed page.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Books like, How to be led by the Spirit of God, The Two Kinds of Righteousness, The Art of Intercession, The Faith That Moves Mountains, The Blood Covenant, How to Turn Your Faith Loose and The Authority of the Believer became must-reads. The saying; "the just shall live by his own faith" became the anthem of the day. The individual's access to his God, as well as his ability to hear from Him directly and receive revelation knowledge from the Scriptures, was established. Simply put, the charismatic pentecostal movement had been born!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Leaders from this Movement who had acquired skills of the practice of the knowledge of the truths began to establish what is known today as mega-churches in major cities across the nation. The foundation was laid on a deep interaction with the Holy Spirit by long hours of prayer and meditation on the Word of God.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">We believe that the planting season is back in Nigeria and the seeds that will produce a finer harvest and a form of the Faith for years to come must be sown.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">The fundamentals and the foundational truths of the Faith movement and the promise attached to them will be recaptured at the West Africa Faith Believers Convention - WAFBEC 2013. Leaders of this movement in Nigeria will be joined by the regular speakers at the Kenneth Hagin camp meetings in the last 5 years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">The format will be teaching conferences in the morning where every aspect of the truth will be taught, followed by evening meetings where the ministration of the Word will be combined with the move of the Holy Spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">The morning sessions will impart the complete knowledge of the foundational truths for an effective Christian walk.</span></div>
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The above Scripture tells the story of people who had stopped serving the Lord diligently. They however realised the need to return to the Lord in order to have their lives back on track. They had examined their condition(s) and based on the activity in their environment, it was obvious that they had departed from following the ways of the living God. They lacked the knowledge and wisdom of God for purposeful living.</div>
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We must follow the path of the Lord. If knowing Him better becomes our everyday goal, we will realise that He has prepared our going forth as the morning. Our future is certain and nothing can change this! The Lord has gone before us. He has made adequate preparation for the next unfolding minute. When God is at the centre of our lives, we find true purpose. He takes the centre stage when we constantly commune with Him and when we study and meditate on His word. The Word contains God’s thought or mind set on any given venture. The truth is that God is yearning for individuals who will get on more intimate walk with Him. He desires to entrust you with ideas and projects that will move the world to the next level. If you will follow on to know Him the more, you will find out that everything you will ever want or need, the Lord has already prepared. Every question you will ask, He has answered. Just like you wake up every day to the birth of a new morning, His blessings shall come on you like the former and latter rain unto the earth.</div>
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The men in the above passage took a decision to pursue certain things in life which led to them straying from the ways of God. After their experience which was not pleasant, they humbly concluded that walking the path of life with the fear of the Lord in their hearts was the only and best way to get anything done in life. The string of events in life is divinely orchestrated. If you stay attached to God, you will find the place and inheritance He has prepared for you.</div>
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For every person on the earth whether it is known or not, everything concerning life has been prepared. Align with the Word and the purpose of God for your life will naturally unfold and then, come to pass in its due season. Do what is right in His sight…the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then God will come forth for you with that which He has already prepared. For His blessings maketh one rich and added no sorrow.</div>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-67633526252443995132012-09-14T08:10:00.001-07:002012-09-14T08:10:47.976-07:00Re-mapping Nigeria Platform 10.1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-10236996344960611012012-08-31T17:31:00.000-07:002012-08-31T17:31:05.874-07:00Insight by Pastor Poju OyemadeToo many of us have limited the power of God in our lives by not understanding His faithfulness. At the very point of our breakthrough we throw in the towel. God didn't stop Daniel from being thrown into the lion's den, neither from being thrown into the flames. He did not stop Moses from confronting the red sea. What He did was to show them that even in the worst situations when you are made subject to vanity against your will He is there. The resurrection power works from such places. We confess and pray that it may not happen in the fear of death and when it does we ask why? We give up where God has just began. Rejoice i say rejoice in the grave and the breakthrough is yoursDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-85880886116375081292012-08-31T17:30:00.003-07:002012-08-31T17:30:50.452-07:00Bible School Coming soon!<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: blue;">Starting a Bible school last quarter of this year. We need to get back to solid Biblical Faith built on Scripture and an authentic move of the Spirit birthed from hours of intercessory prayers</span></span>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-65308292644804974012012-03-19T16:44:00.001-07:002012-03-19T16:44:30.377-07:00I really like this guy Oz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I met Osaze in 1978, we both entered International School
Ibadan (I.S.I) that year. As fate will have it we were both put into the
same class 1C. I had just come from a primary school known as MaryHill
Convent School Ibadan while Osaze came from Staff School University of
Ibadan. MaryHill didn't have as many students enrolling as Staff School
did in I.S.I at that time.<br />
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The first day his name dawned on me was through an announcement made
by a teacher 4 weeks after we got into school, it was an announcement of
the results of a just concluded test. The teacher ended by saying 3
students scored 25/25 and they are Osaze Osifo, Teju Oloko (now Alonge)
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was later moved by the school authorities to another arm the next
academic year : class 1D The students in that class appeared more
brilliant than those in 1C with the likes of Funso Sobande, David
Oyewole, Edward Okali and a few others. I had a glimpse into the thought
process of Osaze from that early age of 12. He said he was going to
approach the school authorities requesting that he be moved to that arm
too. He felt it will be more intellectually stimulating for him.<br />
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Osaze and i later became roommates for 2 years in University of Lagos
Mariere Hall . He was an absolutely brilliant fellow. Our life paths
were divergent and i wasn't really in touch with him for a long period
of time but i kept a tab on his progress. He was very determined and
focussed. He was inquisitive about everything. He wanted to understand
how things worked.<br />
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Even as a Pastor whenever i sat to talk with Osaze, i
always left wondering how he knew some of the things he said. He
thought deeply about everything. He was a friend whom whenever we
talked i gained some insight. He was very conscious of life's journey
and saw the big picture very early.<br />
Some months back after a group of us classmates had lunch at Yellow
Chilli he said some things in our 10minute chat that made me realize why
his thoughts were so penetrative.<br />
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Osaze did a lot of self appraisal and
personal assessment. You could see his intellectual integrity, if he
was wrong he would admit it to himself and make the adjustments. He was
brilliant but didn't engage in self flattery. In our last discussion he
said "you know when we were in our thirties we thought we knew it all".
As much as his intellectual brilliance formed the core of his success he
remained a learner and not a knower.<br />
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Osaze always tried to help everyone he knew particularly when you
were qualified. He was true to his roots. Always willing to share
knowledge. If anyone from our past mentioned that Osaze didn't offer a
helping hand you were sure there were deeper issues at play than were
being told. He genuinely loved his friends and devoted a substantial
part of his emotional life towards them.<br />
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I remember an old school mate
who was looking for an old classmate of ours; we both agreed the one
person who would know where he was was Osaze. If he didn't, no one else
would.<br />
If you were out there in the real arena of life as a leader, a
builder, fighting to do something significant you found a soul mate in
him. Osaze simply got it. He knew the emotions of the journey. He was a
global thinker.<br />
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When last week Wednesday I saw a missed call from a mutual friend
Tony Youdowei, with a text message saying, "when you see this Poju
please call" it was quite unusual. I picked my phone and called, as I
did Osaze's face flashed in my heart, that something might be wrong. His
words were Osaze is gone. I dropped the phone absorbed it and felt i
was okay.<br />
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Two nights later I woke up at about 2am, sat on my stairs
thought about him and broke into tears. I later on went to jog at 6am
only to stop halfway on the road to cry. Then I realised that I really
liked Osaze and I had lost a real friend and someone I loved.</div>
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</div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-61022473772794864472011-12-16T14:37:00.001-08:002011-12-16T14:37:00.079-08:00Pastor Poju Oyemade QuoteTo succeed in life you have to at a point, have The momentum. Things just have to fall in place for you and then you seize the moment without looking back. Getting that momentum, which really is like having the winds in your sails is the issue. To do that you must know the importance of learning. Seize every teachable moment. When people say things you don't understand ask, don't play "i know it all". What you know is what is showing in your life. If you can learn the power of self education as you go through life making the adjustments you will succeed.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-42655830760777759632011-11-22T16:09:00.000-08:002011-11-22T16:09:24.479-08:00November Monthly 3-Day Fast Guideline<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fg9belNVEFzeHI4vuPyLKXz0y-ULWasbzWeSMbxAOnQ2wAwUx6L8FKx-oTRMKNxHN22sViqrQMOwWNbxnZr_hva-mKLmM4l_rMAZ6rh1Ylp_RhQU44VX2HCy_4_t6v8FykrMJ0Tyq8U/s1600/worship-shoutbig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fg9belNVEFzeHI4vuPyLKXz0y-ULWasbzWeSMbxAOnQ2wAwUx6L8FKx-oTRMKNxHN22sViqrQMOwWNbxnZr_hva-mKLmM4l_rMAZ6rh1Ylp_RhQU44VX2HCy_4_t6v8FykrMJ0Tyq8U/s400/worship-shoutbig.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />
November Monthly 3-Day Fast Guidelines<br />
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Guidelines for the Monthly 3-Day Fast from the 17th of November till the 19th of November, 2011<br />
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Spend time ministering to the Lord. Wake up earlier than usual and spend time just worshipping Him.<br />
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Get out all resentment towards Him about things not yet done and thank and worship Him over what He has done.<br />
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Come to terms with your present knowing that’s the gateway to your future by reconciling yourself with this moment in your life.<br />
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Take pleasure in things you are dissatisfied with by rejoicing in them instead of mentally avoiding them. Understand that as you accept all things as instruments in God’s hand they work out for your own good.<br />
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Make sure you clear your heart of any animosity towards anyone. Make it your season of jubilee, which is a declaration of freedom into the lives of all you might have something legitimately against. Spend sometime praying for people in that category.<br />
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Break down every middle wall of partition b/w you in your heart that is, extend good will to them in prayer. (The outer walls of limitations around you crumble as you tear down the middle walls of partition b/w you and others)<br />
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Pray for the mercy of God upon Covenant Christian Centre as a Body and on your family as an entity and you as an individual. That He will pardon for all areas we operate outside His perfect plan and purpose. Ask that He will reveal His plans and purpose to us and make us know the areas where adjustments have to be made for the release of His grace. (Col 4:12)<br />
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Pray and ask that He will break the influence of the spirit of ignorance over the soul of every member of the Church destroy the veil over their hearts and uncover His purpose and plan where they are right now. (Isaiah 25: 7)<br />
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Pray and ask that He will break the influence of the spirit of infirmity over every one so that each man will have the inner capacity to lift their experience and condition to the level of knowledge that they have. (Luke 13:11)<br />
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Pray that everyone who is living in sin will be quickened by God in His mercy and delivered from the bondage into the purpose of God for their lives. Pray the influence of unclean spirits over their souls is broken. (Eph 2:1)<br />
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Ask that every sin be blotted out such that the consequence may not come on them and also that God will stretch His hand to heal our physical bodies. (Psalm 103: 3,4)<br />
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Based on Your Word in Isaiah 58, I declare that I have experienced all these during and shortly after this fast.<br />
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The light I need in my life has broken forth as the morning. I have clear direction and my thoughts about …………… are crystal clear. I know clearly am into God’s hidden plan for my life.<br />
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My body experiences perfect health, I feel stronger than ever before and much younger.<br />
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My rightness has gone before me and people speak very well of me in high places.<br />
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God you have covenanted to protect me even in things am not aware of You have covered me I am totally secured.<br />
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God’s presence is much stronger on my life such that my experience is that answers to my prayers are now instantaneous.<br />
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I experience no season of lack in my life. From every challenging season where my human limitations gets exposed I have experienced a new lease of life. I am regarded as a well-watered garden and the flow in my life never stops.<br />
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I ride in the high places of the earth above only and never beneath.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-50356633417164771602011-11-22T16:02:00.000-08:002011-11-22T16:02:29.590-08:00Poju Oyemade Quote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGY8u9Ew_5OuZMOS42cls_7g8RMsM_EHvDQ9YLFk0Qs7ysAnpj_pH94DQJbx5pV5STL-UxmZWAEeH1iojPQRXMxijnAKXwDlMO23uYOtzLnKdSzP8xoGrIFYJYgYQPm6G39FTqatDXgQ/s1600/The+Time+Is+Now+Summer+Theme+Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="225" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGY8u9Ew_5OuZMOS42cls_7g8RMsM_EHvDQ9YLFk0Qs7ysAnpj_pH94DQJbx5pV5STL-UxmZWAEeH1iojPQRXMxijnAKXwDlMO23uYOtzLnKdSzP8xoGrIFYJYgYQPm6G39FTqatDXgQ/s400/The+Time+Is+Now+Summer+Theme+Logo.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Folks fail cos they honor the past more than the future their hearts speak to them about, they respect the traditions of the past and men's opinions more than their guts. They sit admiring others instead of honing their own gifts. In hastiness of spirit, they fail to realize the power in d Now. They live the world of their aspirations and never build altars of worship to God cos of the challenges they face in d Now. This would have pointed the way to that future they dream of.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-4731507440774738162011-11-01T15:28:00.000-07:002011-11-01T15:28:18.881-07:00Poju Oyemade Quote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvdEutawWYvBtvv_v5nEk0A8kU55zfkpDrqqX7WLIa3xT53rPLkfSPAWTrpa90TJPwGlTb8Yhw4tOtNHq7bHJ1QkekhFVnCUf68ftY-FvPSFYlD5rspX43lhyphenhyphenfUJS03aIPia7ETbcr4Y/s1600/FearNot.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="263" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRvdEutawWYvBtvv_v5nEk0A8kU55zfkpDrqqX7WLIa3xT53rPLkfSPAWTrpa90TJPwGlTb8Yhw4tOtNHq7bHJ1QkekhFVnCUf68ftY-FvPSFYlD5rspX43lhyphenhyphenfUJS03aIPia7ETbcr4Y/s400/FearNot.gif" /></a></div><br />
Sometimes God allows us to go through things to show us how solid we really are. To teach us that we are stronger than we think. We fear too many things that can never destroy us. We lean on people we don't have to and its when He rocks our boat and we see that we are still standing even though we expected to perish, that we finally realise our strength. Man that is in honour and knoweth not perishes, he self destructs from fearDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-62693742296604671612011-09-25T19:57:00.000-07:002011-09-25T19:57:05.063-07:00Meet the Speakers of Platform 9.0: Pastor Poju Oyemade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqGMuuAQUTPgHOQw7eS4TtMzeX7RO4b8aBh-ZgpPbuRJTQZRPg8hRB2xiHohrpY0fJCpI9LLmEuTwVyV0ul4NwL_lfEKJDg4WcW6Q2hhx63g_SF1XBrkL1JoXa0bZmBFAGaNM8FPhDW0/s1600/inner_slider_welcome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="88" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqGMuuAQUTPgHOQw7eS4TtMzeX7RO4b8aBh-ZgpPbuRJTQZRPg8hRB2xiHohrpY0fJCpI9LLmEuTwVyV0ul4NwL_lfEKJDg4WcW6Q2hhx63g_SF1XBrkL1JoXa0bZmBFAGaNM8FPhDW0/s400/inner_slider_welcome.jpg" /></a></div><br />
We have a line-up of some of the most intelligent minds sharing on the subject of Enterprise and how it is affected by Governance.<br />
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Poju Oyemade is the Senior Pastor of Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos. The church is located at 400 Herbert Macaulay Way – Yaba, Lagos. This fast growing church holds 5 services every Sunday morning, with four taking place at the Yaba Centre and the Family Service taking place at the Island Centre (Lagoon Restaurant – Victoria Island). Midweek service takes place every Wednesday at the Yaba Centre. Essentially, Covenant Christian Centre is one church with two centres.<br />
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He was called to ministry whilst he was still an undergraduate at the University of Lagos. He was ordained into ministry by Bishop David Oyedepo, the presiding bishop of Living Faith Ministries Worldwide (a.k.a Winner’s Chapel).<br />
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Pastor ‘Poju is a teacher of the Word of faith with insight into how believers can apply biblical principles in a pragmatic and practical way in their daily lives.<br />
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This dynamic pastor hosts regular Faith Seminars, Single’s Summits, Financial and Business Seminars where believers are taught the undiluted Word and how it can be applied directly in their situations to produce results, God’s way.<br />
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The Platform Nigeria – Worker’s Fair and National Development Fair are also outreaches of his ministry where prominent business men and women (that are believers) share how they thrive in their industries using and applying principles founded in the Bible.<br />
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He is also the host of the regular television programme ‘Insights for Living’ that airs on;<br />
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» Silverbird Television: Monday – Friday (6:30am – 7:00am) & Sundays (7:00am).<br />
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» Channels Television Sundays (4:30pm – 5:00pm)<br />
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» Revelation Channel (UK) on Thursday (8:00pm) respectively.<br />
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The Quantum Leap (TQL) is the latest addition to the stable of television programmes hosted by this dynamic pastor, it airs on Silverbird Television on Sunday by 2:30pm.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-3818658180051625282011-09-25T19:48:00.000-07:002011-09-25T19:48:15.847-07:003 Steps useful for your life journey;<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmVG_PVHeDDFOFNYx-cXDehgQ5op44aOR_iNZKWFdbzQ-CitERkGHJCoQEsQmbamaekKdQAGaxEpaIB0CKQ6_1QX2cMzSTUjlKucs9qR29mp1csyHN0GTDuvV0ctOJI_TM-lIx4ngXlc/s1600/flp-tasman-20090320-095850-lifes-journey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHmVG_PVHeDDFOFNYx-cXDehgQ5op44aOR_iNZKWFdbzQ-CitERkGHJCoQEsQmbamaekKdQAGaxEpaIB0CKQ6_1QX2cMzSTUjlKucs9qR29mp1csyHN0GTDuvV0ctOJI_TM-lIx4ngXlc/s400/flp-tasman-20090320-095850-lifes-journey.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Step 1. Observe what's going on in your mind<br />
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Step 2. Review & Revive your thinking<br />
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Step 3. Practice the new thinking until it becomes your new HabitDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-48916121406306430632011-09-21T15:58:00.000-07:002011-09-21T15:58:06.946-07:00The Platform 9.0 Registration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrVq4_Sac_joQFZ0ER9zFDELD7PNPRhCp4plZatpqWxMX4fEC89_UNXxdwizktDfptBWQ5zK0PowCbOGTGGZ-AiPEQKReV4RCvs83afBIW1_hkI2170dNktnbIbpCf-BBC_dsNtc1L7I/s1600/pf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOrVq4_Sac_joQFZ0ER9zFDELD7PNPRhCp4plZatpqWxMX4fEC89_UNXxdwizktDfptBWQ5zK0PowCbOGTGGZ-AiPEQKReV4RCvs83afBIW1_hkI2170dNktnbIbpCf-BBC_dsNtc1L7I/s400/pf.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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The New order in the world is gradually giving birth to an era of value oriented individuals. When we speak of value oriented intellectuals, we mean those who seek to use their intellectual prowess to establish certain values in our society.<br />
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They have used their intelligence to succeed to a high degree in the world of commerce and in their careers but somewhere deep on the inside, they aren’t fulfilled with all the material things that surround them. They seek to break out of the trap of materialism and aspire to the greater values such as Social justice, creation of opportunities for the less privileged and other virtues that their moral conscience dictates. In this, they have found a greater task.<br />
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The solutions to such social problems require a deeper level of thought than that which is required in acquiring personal wealth through trade. It is this clarion call in the souls of men we try to answer in this edition of The Platform 9.0.<br />
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My friend, Anand Giridharadas who is a columnist for The New York Times wrote an article that captures this thought, “Real Change Requires Real Politics”. Somewhere in that article a definition of the purpose of a new generation emerges.<br />
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Welcome to The Platform 9.0.<br />
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God bless you.<br />
Pastor Poju OyemadeDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-52065634120011368922011-09-11T13:26:00.000-07:002011-09-11T13:26:13.971-07:00Pastor Poju Oyemade Quote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCwE3Lwjt5a8rGUveWlsjoXLVxaIzMwz2fOVxngNkFq47aoRkSe4vBuYIAbbBHy12y1KlWj-lxgfd4lleRr5nCD8NlhOdLjIgf-wVZyWqYvEtjAL7AygGPuVv3C0-IavY7ALOK2LPe-4/s1600/9-11-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="291" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCwE3Lwjt5a8rGUveWlsjoXLVxaIzMwz2fOVxngNkFq47aoRkSe4vBuYIAbbBHy12y1KlWj-lxgfd4lleRr5nCD8NlhOdLjIgf-wVZyWqYvEtjAL7AygGPuVv3C0-IavY7ALOK2LPe-4/s400/9-11-01.jpg" /></a></div><br />
The Sept 11 lesson.One of the major lessons from Sept 11 attack is this, never go to sleep after a major victory and that weakness is provocative. After the collapse of communism America went to sleep, in terms of its emphasis on defense and intelligence.. They cut their budgets thinking all threats had disappeared. When you have just won a great victory never give up the life style and discipline that produced it. Don't win your wars and loose the peaceDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-45382360103792824232011-09-11T13:23:00.000-07:002011-09-11T13:34:09.352-07:00Platform 9.0<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiM3c4LqAF_8NGOMFuZXK4XrbFzMnvLhI8893WJ2MTocbzhwbzRySgOkae9fY7K7Kpazhue2WDYK5Szlx7h0aA-WibP1KKmUBLVC9n9TEc0nCdy_dJa2GzbyyGZQ5xaUzw96yX8SfmkQ/s1600/P.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="373" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiM3c4LqAF_8NGOMFuZXK4XrbFzMnvLhI8893WJ2MTocbzhwbzRySgOkae9fY7K7Kpazhue2WDYK5Szlx7h0aA-WibP1KKmUBLVC9n9TEc0nCdy_dJa2GzbyyGZQ5xaUzw96yX8SfmkQ/s400/P.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Platform 9.0, Enterprise and Governance. The Bull and The Ballot Box.<br />
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Oct 1st, Lagos. Oct 3rd, Abuja. One Platform 2 cities. Live on televisionDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-88221735098442971992011-09-06T15:27:00.001-07:002011-09-06T15:27:23.092-07:00Poju Oyemade QuotesThe real definition of success is one who has improved his/her personal situation in order to be more useful and valuable to those around them. The true value of the material benefits of this decision is found in the lessons they learnt while seeking to improve their lot. The real value is not in the material things that were added to them but in the wisdom they acquired in the pursuit of this goal.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-42108538425968647822011-07-20T13:55:00.000-07:002011-07-20T13:55:00.260-07:00An evening with Dr Myles Munroe at Covenant Christian Centre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuKUdRiWxuZYbI8bJ7PtxIGgCCa4gJhn2fwM4N4xHR4qGmIyFwrxrbu1idG54OjUk_LBxgEJBcx4ttghEINdz-4Yp26QQKBqDVI9NJqjxirYpr2GSio4_zXwwL0YOofrpXSZZRd5XTcE/s1600/ccc_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="118" width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuKUdRiWxuZYbI8bJ7PtxIGgCCa4gJhn2fwM4N4xHR4qGmIyFwrxrbu1idG54OjUk_LBxgEJBcx4ttghEINdz-4Yp26QQKBqDVI9NJqjxirYpr2GSio4_zXwwL0YOofrpXSZZRd5XTcE/s400/ccc_logo.png" /></a></div><br />
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An evening with Dr Myles Munroe at Covenant Christian Centre will hold this Thursday ( today ) at the Lagoon restaurant V.I Lagos. Start time 6.30pm. God Bless you as you come.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-13232981080905769632011-07-06T08:28:00.000-07:002011-07-06T08:28:53.939-07:00When Longsuffering is no longer a virtue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWp1MGEhViaqvoX7PiTv1n_yMIkYmn78UY98yAzO4xLN2vMLzeXxmGLmmuTJ5qFsuFkxy_Vl081jwrfH20sEjQlTok8uvp_xGvG7FyxrtmngOz22l7jqh7c9KmTsZWvK9gSL9mMp17QlI/s1600/Wisdom-sign.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWp1MGEhViaqvoX7PiTv1n_yMIkYmn78UY98yAzO4xLN2vMLzeXxmGLmmuTJ5qFsuFkxy_Vl081jwrfH20sEjQlTok8uvp_xGvG7FyxrtmngOz22l7jqh7c9KmTsZWvK9gSL9mMp17QlI/s400/Wisdom-sign.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
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I am reminded of the story of a nice man who opened his home to some friends in need. He was very trusting and allowed them a lot of space with the intent of making them feel at home within his own house.<br />
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Gradually these friends started exhibiting patterns of behavior that contradicted the core values of this individual and the spirit upon which he intended to build his home. Boundaries were being broken and his principles were being violated. This man in his niceness chose to ignore the red warning flags, entering rather into a state of normalcy bias. He assumed his friends would eventually see his virtue of patience, respect that and change. He thought his friends were like him even when he saw signs that they clearly had no regard for his core values.<br />
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<div>To cut the long story short, it wasn’t too long when this man found himself living outside the house he built begging others for a place to rest his head while these so called friends had taken possession of his home. Unfortunately in his naivety he walked around the house everyday hoping that his friends will see his suffering condition and have pity on him. He saw them walk past him with no sense of guilt, but with the spirit of entitlement, eat and drink in a place they knew nothing of how it came about.<br />
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What baffled him most was the lack of empathy towards him. This he could not just understand and that was what finally broke him. His friends had leveraged on their relationship with him to gain entrance and entrench themselves at the core of his life and then took ownership of his property. It is an old strategy of the Greek gift. Act like a sheep gain entrance then show your true colour.<br />
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There is a clear difference between a thief and a robber. A robber is one that openly strips you of your possession. He is loud about it but the real difference is that a robber has no existing relationship with you while the thief does. He is subtle, leveraging on the relationship you share, using your trust as his gate to quietly and secretly dispossess you of your most valuable assets.<br />
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Once the red flags start showing, study the activities of the person(s) and stop listening to their words alone. If he or she has no regard for your core values but enjoys staying within your house to reap the benefits of your personal sacrifice and discipline, then, my friend you have a problem on your hands.<br />
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The more time and space you give a thief the more credibility he builds as your friend making it less likely for others to understand your reasons when you eventually kick him or her out of your space.<br />
Understand this clearly, the thief will dispossess you of all your treasures. That is his intent therefore approach the matter with tact and seriousness of purpose. The sooner you detect the deceitful maneuvers the easier it is to deal with it. The longer you wait the more difficult it will get.<br />
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Remember the sons of Belial cannot be handled with hands so your first move is to secure your house and life in prayer, sanctify it and pray for an opening in the natural that will give you the opportunity to deal with this.<br />
The real lesson here is one of courage and not patience. For you to go far in life you must be courageous. You must be able to stand up for what you truly believe in even if it makes you unpopular with the folks. Failure to stand up courageously will at best be a severe deterrent to your career, destiny and family and at worst can terminate everything you are and have worked for.<br />
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There are times in life when long suffering is not a virtue. The wise man Solomon said “there is a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which was planted, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing”.<br />
You are putting up with stuff because you really are afraid of doing the right thing. You are afraid of the “unknown world” your decision would launch you into.<br />
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It is called cowardice not patience, weakness and not strength. You go to sleep disturbed that something is wrong you have lost your peace yet you cling to what is administering death to your soul.<br />
The Yoruba’s have an adage that says if you don’t quickly call out a thief with time he will flip the page on the owner and make him the thief. The offender will become the offended. The sooner you let them know you won’t stand for this and move into severe action the better it will be for their souls.<br />
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Regardless of the noise they make, deep down they know they have been caught and if administered in prayer the process of repentance begins. When you know that you know that you know something isn’t working act decisively before it becomes cancerous.<br />
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A little leaven leavens the entire lump... By Pastor Poju Oyemade</div>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-36820052329772977192011-05-31T11:37:00.000-07:002011-05-31T11:38:27.527-07:005 rules to handle the most challenging situations in your life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbu4UFa3p-QqBu4Tx_uQrd1hU7hKbiDtCNTcvW_BknEiyFMilx03uJYIo5gdqPxSAnbMnClBlEVDX0PwVjJpYHyVOx0S5gp9Dg3C8QYrBSAM6uT8IqvQieMsSvZ8mfFwEmm21Arjy38s/s1600/life-rules-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwbu4UFa3p-QqBu4Tx_uQrd1hU7hKbiDtCNTcvW_BknEiyFMilx03uJYIo5gdqPxSAnbMnClBlEVDX0PwVjJpYHyVOx0S5gp9Dg3C8QYrBSAM6uT8IqvQieMsSvZ8mfFwEmm21Arjy38s/s400/life-rules-logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
The 5 things you must do to handle the most challenging situations in your life?<br />
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<b>Rule 1.</b> Its never as bad as it seems or sounds don't escalate the matter with careless emotional statements. Your first words in response, the effect are hard to reverse. Make sure your words are deliberate and calculated to give you the victory that's the first raw material you have to sharpen your victory.<br />
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<span class="messageBody"><b>Rule 2:</b>Make God your only source of victory by keeping the matter between you and Him 'in secret'. This secrecy pact is the key to His living presence and answered prayer. Only talk to the person He asks you to if He does at all and it will be one person. To involve others is to give authority to them to shape the outcome every casual word they speak over it would hold. Find rest in God.</span><br />
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<span class="messageBody"><b>Rule 3:</b> Get quiet and surrender. What i mean by surrendering in the face of difficulties is to understand that the real struggle is because you are trying to bend the outcome to your will. As you had little to do with the crisis so u don't know the outcome. Get quiet let go in worship of your plans and stay there until the earth by itself evolves His plan before your eyes. When you see it run with it.</span><br />
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<span class="messageBody"><b>Rule 4:</b> Go out of your network and plant good seeds into others. Focus on sowing new seeds and not on your need. You are never trapped once you can sow a seed. The exact science for advancement when facing a crisis is to sow good seeds, and then go to the throne of grace to ask for favor. Every new day begins with you finding favor in the eyes of man by God. Ur need touches God but its ur seed that moves His hand.</span><br />
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<span class="messageBody"><b>Rule 5:</b> People are infectious. Stay around positive people. They will show you through their right attitude to challenges how to win. Don't forget the battle is over your future Its the predominant thoughts in your mind today that will shape your future. Spend your time thinking not on the pain of the situation but on the possibilities of the future. What you meditate on would eventually appear unto all - Pastor Poju Oyemade. </span>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-4177183307443942212011-05-31T11:30:00.001-07:002011-05-31T11:30:13.354-07:00Poju Oyemade QuoteThe fact that our optic nerve is 25times larger than our auditory nerve means we have more band width at our disposal in the creative process when we 'see' things rather than just say them. learn in your times of declarations to meditate deep on the images those words are forming in youDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-52822846738281676232011-05-11T15:33:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:41:19.853-07:00The Power to Create the Change in You – Rev Sam Adeyemi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrI5T7x10Saz4tZL4fmFjc7UM4Yayon6d_w1caI1mxNX3UL7OCbdjltfbaxX6BOrZfB5Ott6_qmVF9ZKnOQ3uGcdvek92z3Lwm57iFviJK5Qsx_ddCmsOGzq4Fi-cTS57Nn17zM7md7I/s1600/sam_adeyemi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="195" width="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrI5T7x10Saz4tZL4fmFjc7UM4Yayon6d_w1caI1mxNX3UL7OCbdjltfbaxX6BOrZfB5Ott6_qmVF9ZKnOQ3uGcdvek92z3Lwm57iFviJK5Qsx_ddCmsOGzq4Fi-cTS57Nn17zM7md7I/s400/sam_adeyemi.jpg" /></a></div><br />
The post below is not a direct excerpt from the speaker’s speech, it is only a brief summary<br />
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God will never do for us the things He has given us the power to do for ourselves. To enjoy National success we must satisfy the conditions and principles. We have to develop the capacity to master our environment.<br />
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Our values as individuals and a peoples dictate our behavior. We must begin to exercise self- governance and re-define our values to build a new Nigeria. If we make up our minds and put in the work, we will enjoy the fruits.Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7501352077447727456.post-70328665377095577662011-04-28T16:44:00.000-07:002011-04-28T16:45:22.140-07:00SMC, Course 1: Twitter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LeIeZAGeyQ58VwPnFX-umF7nrtRnie3ve0CJoA4Z5X9zeN6UnDIF59XhLjADBnYBSUGWE5boh5ksX1qf4s3G1OXiUyNWULkHc0xjVI1EHbo72GOKkzzOYDDUqKw_nZ2VfBjAnfx6zZs/s1600/twitter-follow-achiever.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LeIeZAGeyQ58VwPnFX-umF7nrtRnie3ve0CJoA4Z5X9zeN6UnDIF59XhLjADBnYBSUGWE5boh5ksX1qf4s3G1OXiUyNWULkHc0xjVI1EHbo72GOKkzzOYDDUqKw_nZ2VfBjAnfx6zZs/s400/twitter-follow-achiever.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<b>Tweet like a Bird – An Inquest on TWITTER</b><br />
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Twitter is text based <a href="http://blog.theplatformnigeria.com/2011/04/smc-class-one-the-power-of-social-media/" target="_blank">Social Media</a> tool targeted at enhancing communication between people within and across the globe. It has proven itself to be a revolutionary way of sharing information and communicating thoughts and opinions to a possibly infinite population perpetually.<br />
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To get started with <a href="http://www.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, you create an account with an existing e-mail address, a chosen password and a few personal details to enhance your profile. Your Twitter profile and specified interests may determine what kind of individuals and /or organizations you will attract to your Twitter network, so it is needful and beneficial to be clear and concise.<br />
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In Twitter world, your username or alias is preceded with an “@” sign. Your alias is determined by you when you are creating your Twitter account. It may or may not be the same as the username of your email address. For example; Let us assume you register with an email like <b>fela.obi@xmail.com</b>, your Twitter alias could be <b><i>@felaobi</i></b> or it could be <b><i>@flabi</i></b> or <b><i>@anythingelseyoulike</i></b>.<br />
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The main terms to note are Followers and Following. Followers are people who follow your tweets because they know you personally or believe you are an interesting and intelligent person worth lending their attention. You also become a Follower when you do the same to someone else. To follow anyone, you simply click on the “Follow” button by the name of the individual or organization you are interested in following.<br />
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Like we have mentioned earlier ; Twitter is text-based but something else to note is your tweets can be no longer than 140 characters, however the good news is you can tweet as often as you want, in-fact the more the tweets the better (but be careful not to become a spammer, as this will cause people to un-follow you).<br />
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Using Twitter qualitatively is a sure way to grow your Digital Influence, all that is required is that you share information that is original (not necessarily originally yours), correct, helpful and relevant. Your tweets can include links to sites, blogs or items for purchase, profiles, videos or even images. Tweets should not be vulgar or abusive. Tweets should educate, enlighten and inspire your followers.<br />
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A tweet is the foundation of all engagement on twitter, it is nothing more than a message sent on twitter, in order to be able to tweet you obviously must have a twitter account. Twitter can serve as a good communication tool between you and friends so one way to build your follow base is to invite friends and contacts who already have twitter accounts to follow you or to create twitter accounts as well.<br />
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Due to the fact that Twitter is designed to rely on cellphone text messages, it has a few limitations such as;<br />
* Tweets can have only 140 characters<br />
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(With the advent of third-party desktop, mobile and web-based applications like TweetDeck, UberSocial, TwitLonger, you can now post longer than 140 characters but the original Twitter design limits the display to just 140 characters still and includes a link for your followers to view the full tweet.)<br />
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* Tweets can only contain text except when using third-party desktop, mobile and web-based applications<br />
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* Web addresses 30 characters in length or longer such as http://www.theplatformnigeria.com/register within Twitter’s system are converted to tiny URLs in order to conserve space. You can also use a third-party service such as bit.ly, so in this example our bit.ly URL will be http://bit.ly/Sm9Ka<br />
Twitter allows you the option to effortlessly opt-out of any network you feel is inappropriate or spamming you by you simply “un-following” such a member or members as the case may be.<br />
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<b>REPLIES & MENTIONS</b><br />
One of Twitter’s aims is to foster communication and interaction and some of the ways to go about reaping the benefits of this objective in particular is by using Twitter’s “@Reply” and “@Mention”.<br />
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<b><i>@Reply</i></b><br />
A Twitter reply is basically you responding to an existing tweet that may interest you and you would like to engage the sender with respects to this tweet. Your reply will and should always begin with @username (you insert the username of whoever you are responding to) e.g. @theplatformng, @samgf, @AnandWrites, @sarahcuda, @jaredcohen. Any tweet that is a reply to you will show up in your Mentions tab when you login to your twitter account.<br />
To Post a reply on Twitter:<br />
* Locate the tweet you want to reply to in your timeline(List of all tweets from the peole you follow)<br />
* Move your mouse over the message and click the reply icon<br />
* Complete your tweet in the pop-up box and click “Tweet” to send it<br />
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<b><i>@Mentions</i></b><br />
Mentions are any Twitter updates that has a user’s username located anywhere in the body of the tweet, replies are also considered mentions. When tweeting and you use more that one person’s name in your update using the @username format, all those people will see the update in their personal Mentions tab when they login to their Twitter accounts.<br />
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Twitter users will see all mentions posted by someone they follow (all mentions are treated like regular Tweets).If someone sends you a reply and you are not following the user, the reply will not appear on your Home timeline. Instead, the reply will appear in your Mentions timeline.<br />
<img alt="A Twitter Mention" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-197" height="84" src="http://blog.theplatformnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/mention.png" style="border: 1px solid black;" title="mention" width="532" /><br />
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<b>HASHTAGS</b><br />
Twitter is a platform where a great deal of the interactions are organic, one of the products of this type of organic interaction is the hashtag (#). The hashtag (# symbol) is used to mark keywords or topics in a tweet.<br />
Examples of hashtags are:<br />
#EngageTheFuture<br />
#thinkingoutofthebox8<br />
#NaijaVotes<br />
A hashtag is designed in such a manner that if anyone does a search for that hashtag, they may find your tweet containing that particular hashtag. The best practice is to not have more than 3 hashtags in any given tweet and always use hashtags relevant to the topic you are tweeting about<br />
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To get better information about any hashtag, visit <a href="http://www.hashtags.org/" target="_blank">www.hashtags.org</a>. The site offers popular hashtags used on Twitter and allows you look at small pretty graphs and you can learn if a hashtag of your choice exists<br />
In order to create a hashtag, just add the (#) symbol beside the keyword of your choice e.g. #EngageTheFuture and send it within your tweet.<br />
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<b>RETWEETS</b><br />
Many times on Twitter, when you encounter a tweet you may want to share it with your followers. Enter the “RETWEET”.<br />
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A Retweet is in essence a reply to a tweet that includes the original message. You can either do this manually by typing “<b>Your message RT @theplatformng</b>” or by hovering over the tweet and clicking on the “Retweet” button.<br />
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Within your timeline, a tweet you have retweeted is identified by the retweet icon<br />
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Remember, Twitter is all about you, what you are doing, what you are thinking and how you feel. Tweeting an article you just happened across is not nearly so meaningful as tweeting an article that really said something to you.<br />
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<b>DIRECT MESSAGES (DM)</b><br />
Apart from sending out general tweets, you can send private messages popularly called “Direct Messages” to other people on Twitter, the only requirement is that they must be your followers. You can not send DMs to people who do not follow you and in turn people who follow you can send you DMs<br />
Because Twitter was designed as a mobile-inclined application, you can also send Direct messages from your mobile phone but in order to do this you must first activate your mobile phone to receive and send updates to Twitter<br />
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<b>TWEETS FROM A MOBILE PHONE</b><br />
To active your mobile phone for Twitter updates;<br />
1. Login to your twitter account<br />
2. Click on Settings<br />
3. Click on the “MOBILE” tab<br />
4. Specify your mobile settings and click start<br />
To send a DM using your mobile phone, open a text message window and use the following syntax;<br />
d username type your message e.g;<br />
<b>d theplatformng My registration was a success. Thanks</b><br />
Send the message to <b>40404</b>, the message will automatically be updated on TwitterDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798037687768324029noreply@blogger.com0