CHANGE YOURSELF TO CHANGE THE WORLD

A man said that :
''When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.

I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.

When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world''.

...........................We need to consciously and prayerfully change ourselves
What if we made a change in ourselves before hoping to change the world? What if we made sure our hearts, minds, and everything else was in the right place before doing good?

Are we asking for people to be more loving, kind, and generous even though we haven't been loving, kind, or generous ourselves?

This goes along with the quote by Ghandi that says "Be the change that you want to see in the world."

The next time you go off to change the world make sure to reflect on who you are inside and out.

A cold heart can't warm a nation.

The world is waiting for you and I. Lets be the change the world need.

GRATEFUL HEART 2014

What a Great and Mighty God we serve! The creator of Heaven and Earth, the one who was who is and who is to come. I thank God for the inspiration given to me to write about his wonderful works. He is a mighty God, at times i sit outside at night just to behold

the beautiful works of My God. He is an Awesome Father. The Holy God of Israel. He clothe us with beauty.

OUR GOD IS  ‘’AWESOME’’. Looking at the dictionary meaning of this word i stumbled on some great words and synonyms of the word awe-some.
They include the following: :causing feelings of fear and wonder : causing feelings of awe : extremely good Synonyms: amazing, astonishing, astounding, marvelous, awful, eye-opening, fabulous, miraculous, portentous, prodigious, staggering, stunning, stupendous, sublime, surprising, wonderful, wondrous
 Related Words: incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable; extraordinary, phenomenal, rare, sensational, spectacular; singular, uncommon, unique, unusual, unwonted; conspicuous, notable, noticeable, outstanding, remarkable; impressive, smashing, striking; mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-boggling; animating, energizing, enlightening, enlivening, exciting, galvanizing, invigorating, stimulating; alluring, attracting, etc.

What a wonderful God we serve, we serve the God of the fatherless, the help of the poor, the husband of the widow. I give all the glory to God Almighty the maker of heaven and earth. The Awesome Father, the un-searchable God. My God is awesome. He gives me grace every morning. I call on Him because He is the giver of all things. He gives me peace, joy, grace, hope, food, shelter, friends. He takes care of the ones I love. Oh my Father, you have ravished my heart! You are so beautiful, so joyful, so complete. Being with you is the best place in the world. You are wise and powerful. He loves us even when we are unlovable. He has promised great and mighty for us. I praise His name. My God, Every day, there will always be something new to discover about you–because you’re just that big and just that amazing!He is the uncaused cause (Psalm 90:2).  He was always in existence and He is the one who created space, time, and matter.

 I stand in Awe of your greatness, you are the Great and Mighty God, the earth talks about the beauty of your works, the moon,stars and sun talks about you glory, You are the never changing God the ever Faithful Father, MY JEHOVAH ELOHIM THE POWERFUL AND MIGHTY GOD, JEHOVAH ADONAI MY Lord ND GOD,JEHOVAH YAHWEH MY GREAT SAVIOR, JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM The Lord My Sanctifier, JEHOVAH-ROHI The Lord my shepherd,
                                  JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH The Lord

who is present,     JEHOVAH-RAPHA The Lord our healer, JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU The Lord our righteousness,JEHOVAH-JIREH''MYPROVIDER'', JEHOVAH-NISSI "The Lord my banner",JEHOVAH-SHALOM "The Lord my peace", JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH ''The Lord of Hosts'',JEHOVAH-GMOLAH "The God of Recompense". I know your name oh God with all reverence Lord you are JEHOVAH EL-ELYON "The most high God, EL-ROI "The strong one who sees",EL-SHADDAI "The God of the mountains or God Almighty", EL-OLAM "The everlasting God", THE LORD OUR AVENGER,ABBA FATHER, OUR ADVOCATE, ALMIGHTY FATHER, MY ALL IN ALL,ALPHA AND OMEGA,YOUR WORD IS AMEN AND AMEN, THE ANCIENT OF DAYS, BREATH OF LIFE,AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH,COMFORTER,AUTHOR OF PEACE,BRIGHT MORNING STAR,The consuming fire, the great corner stone, our counselor, our creator and crown of beauty,Diadem of beauty, CROWN OF BEAUTY, FORTRESS, FOUNDATION, FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS, GENTLE WHISPER. 

 THE WHOLE WORLD PRAISE YOU!!!! Every living and non-living things praise your Holy name. You are beautiful, marvelous, glorious, gracious, full of wisdom,holy and wonderful.

Hmmnn, Father i appreciate your awesomeness in my life. We celebrate you Father,we celebrate your greatness, we magnify you. God is love. Love is God. Exercise daily - WALK with God. Miracles come in "I Can", NOT in "I Can't". We are a keyhole through which other people see God.It's hard to stumble when you're down on your knees.A man's character is like a fence. It cannot be strengthened by whitewash.The wages of sin is death.

We serve an Awesome God, when we begin our day, God says to us, "Whatever you do and wherever you go, I'm thinking of you and the difference you're making in this world."If you don't like the way you were born, try being born again.When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. I never understood this until lately. He is a perfect God, whenever i loose something, i know it is for the best, did you loose that contract? were you given a dismissal letter? Did your husband/wife leave you? Are you an orphan? Are you a widow? Are you barren? Look unto God He will surely give you a new song.

It may be difficult for you to believe that God knows your name but He does. Written on His hand. Spoken by His mouth. Whispered by His lips. Your name.GOD RECYCLES. He made you out of dust.Look back on your life, and see how Jesus helped you through the difficult days.God inhales our praise and worship, and then exhales His glory.Thank God for His Son, Jesus - a gift too wonderful for words!Death, no choice. Heaven or hell, your choice. I am unique, just like everyone else.Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers.When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your door incessantly.God does not propose to judge a man till he is dead - so why should you?Peace and Love start with a smile.The Bread of Life never goes stale.When God is about to reposition your life, know the devil will begin to attack! God takes you however He finds you. No need to clean up or climb up. Just look up. You're formed by God's hands, dreamed up in His heart, and placed in this world for a purpose. Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a bend, not the end!When GOD solves your problems, you have faith in HIS abilities; when GOD doesn't solve your problems HE has faith in your abilities.You've got everlasting arms beneath you, love all around you, GRACE to see you through, and enough strength to make it too. Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout.Pray like never before this year 2014, and you will surely experience the great acts of God like never before. Live your life so that every morning when your feet hit the floor satan says, "Oh no...he/she's awake!" When you are DOWN to nothing...God is UP to something!Don't wait for the hearse to take you to church.If you look at what you do not have in life, you don't have anything. If you look at what you have in life, you have everything.What oxygen does for the body, encouragement does for the soul. It inspires us to persevere when it would be easier to just quit.

Happy moments, praise God. 
Difficult moments, seek God. 

Quiet moments, worship God. 
 Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God.

Make the most of every opportunity to do good in these evil days.God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them.Wisdom is lost when our hearts become hardened.A hardened heart makes you spiritually retarded. If God seems far away, guess who moved? Going the wrong way? God allows u-turns. When God saw you – it was love at first sight. Famous last words: I did it my way. Jesus is our ‘Everything’. Meekness is not weakness but power under control. Attitude is contagious. Is your attitude worth catching? I believe in the sun even if it isn't shining. I believe in love even when I am alone. I believe in God even when He is silent.If you stand for nothing, you will believe in anything. You can tell the size of your God by looking at the size of your worry list. The longer your list, the smaller your God. Unless we rely on God's power within us, we will surrender to the pressures around us.

 
When someone tears down your dream it’s because they have given up on their own. If you don't build your dreams in his New Year believe me someone will hire you to build theirs, so tell me what happens to yours? Think about it?
Have a close walk with God every seconds, minutes, hour, day, week, and month of this Beautiful year and beyond!! Hmmnn, surely WONDER WILL BE YOUR NAME!! YOUR MOCKERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES WILL JOIN YOU TO PRAISE THE AWESOME GOD!! 


To be cleansed of sin we must first acknowledge that we are sinners. ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS.........AND MOVE ON......eat,pray and love.

Words make us or break us. Words bless us or curse us. Words heal us or make us sick. We create the world around us with our words. Speak words of wisdom, faith, and love - speak God's words.We created our present with the words we spoke in our past. Speak God's words now and create a blessed and favored future.Do what you can for God today because tomorrow He may decide to take you home.Bless the Lord with souls – make yours the first.Living in the natural is abnormal. Living in the supernatural is normal.

A Bible that is falling apart often belongs to a person who isn’t. True love does not have a happy ending, because true love doesn’t have an ending. You cannot alter the will of God, but the person of prayer can discover God’s will. Seeing is not believing, but believing is seeing.It is not what you say but what you do that says what you are.It's good to believe that nothing is too big for God, but it's also good to believe that nothing is too small for His undivided attention. God is the Potter, Not Harry. When your tears of repentance meet Christ's forgiveness, you lose your guilt and find new joy!God can't heal what you won't reveal or cleanse what you won't confess. Since Jesus has gone through suffering and temptation, He is able to help us when we are being tempted.Nothing in all creation can hide from God. Everything is naked and exposed before His eyes. This is the God to whom we must explain all that we have done.Surrendering to God is not weakness, it's wisdom.Surrendering to God doesn't weaken us, it strengthens us.If you insist on doing things your way, you're delaying the surprise God has waiting for you.THIS YEAR IS FILLED WITH GOD''S SURPRISES...PREPARE YOURSELF TO BE A PARTAKER. God declared through His servant Bishop David Oyadepo that the year 2014, is the year of our EXCEEDING GRACE,

GREAT WORKS. YOU CAN! I CAN!! WE CAN!!! ALL I HAVE COME TO SAY WITH A HEART FULL OF GRATITUDE IS ''THANK YOU GOD''

Poverty and Child Abuse

Every child despite his individual differences and uniqueness is to be considered of equal worth. He should therefore be entitled to equal social, economic, civil and political rights, so that he may fully realise his inherent potential and share equally in life (Gill, 1979).

 Obviously, these values are rooted in the humanistic philosophy of any nation's declaration of independence. In accordance with these value premises therefore “any act of commission or omission by individuals, institutions or the society as a whole, and any conditions which deprive children of equal rights and liberties and interfere with their optimal development, constitutes by definition abuse or neglectful acts or conditions” (Gill, 1979). Child abuse is a significant contemporary community problem. Although children have been maltreated throughout history, our community has been silent in defence of abused children. Child abuse is not a phenomenon of the 20th Century nor is it unique to our society and culture alone. It has occurred throughout the recorded history of man. The future of any nation depends on its children and their capabilities. For this reason, they must be given a full chance.

Being young is hard enough but having to live through pain and torment while growing up is grueling. A UNICEF reports shows that estimates of eight million Nigerian children are involve in hazardous and exploitative work. It’s frightening to know that every ten seconds child is abused. In Nigeria today child abuse kills more than accident in the homes.

         

Throughout history children were considered the property of their parents, and therefore used as they deem fit. This slave like relationship led to increase of children who experienced abuse may adopt this behaviour as a model for their own parenting.

         

Children are abused in numerous ways physically, emotionally and sexually. Abuse affects people in various ways, and in the process of growing up, many do not realize the problems they encounter are directly attributed to the abuse. Seventy percent           (70%) of the children abused and neglected numerous kinds of dubious characters. The fatalities were to children under the age of five years old. Small children are especially vulnerable to physical injury such as road accident, ritual killings hunger and all sort of hazards.

         

Children are been abuse in different way. Ranging from child labour, begging, sexual harassment, human trafficking, molestation by parents or foster parents etc.

         

Most children are molested and abuse by their parents, the people suppose to show then love and affection. Beating of children is almost universal in Nigeria homes and is applied frequently, as a mode of discipline for almost any type of misdemeanor, however trivial. Some forms of punishment meted out to children are extremely harsh and are both physically and emotionally dangerous. An example is the cutting of incisions on the backs of children’s hands as a punishment for petty stealing within the household, resulting sometimes in infection and leaving permanent marks of shame. Sometimes, pepper is applied to the incisions, or to sensitive parts of the body such as eyes or genital to cause excruciating pains.

         

Two groups of children tend to be especially vulnerable to the risk of abuse with the home. The first are foster children who according to the 1999 Nigeria demographic and health survey (NDHS), are to be found in nine percent 9% of Nigerian household.

         

Traditionally. It was a wide spread cultural practice for poor families to make arrangements for the fostering of one or more of their children, usually with more prosperous relatives or community leaders, pastors, teachers or malamai, the aim is to improve opportunities for education and eventual employment in exchange for the child’s labour.

         

Increasingly, this traditional system has become subject to abuse, with children ending up in the custody of unscrupulous guardians unknown to parents, sometimes as a result of trafficking by commercial middlemen, children fostered in such circumstances are likely to receive less effective, care and support than other children in the household and sometimes to be ruthlessly exploited.

         

         

Poverty has driven millions of Nigerians children into types of labors that are exploitative, hazardous and prejudicial to their welfare and development. Poverty, along with certain cultural traits, has also resulted in the spread of child begging.

         

 Some children out of hunger, tend to engage in begging to meet necessity of life. Child begging has many negative effect like:

-  it is time-consuming in that it does not allow a child to learn, secondly,

- they end up engaging in deviant types of behavior such as

1. theft 2. pick-pocketing, 3. thuggery 4. vandalism,

Millions of Nigerian children face special problems of disadvantages, discrimination, abuse and exploitation, sometimes in appealing circumstances. These problems not only compound the risks of survival create for middable obstacles for the development of children, but are major challenges in their own right, requiring special protection measures if they are to be addressed effectively.

         

Not only does child abuse have many societal consequences, but also individual consequences that produce life long scars. We have a responsibility as human beings to do all that we can for these children. Some of us fulfilled this responsibility by promoting awareness, donating time, money or services by generating laws, passed and by enforcing laws that protect children from all kinds of abuse. Through referral in the community, counseling and preventing method, children abuse and maltreatment will decrease as society becomes more aware of the consequences. It is important to examine the physical, emotional and mental effect of child abuse as many children can develop serious issues as adult when abused.

         

As a matter of fact, children needs parental care, therefore, parents should try as much as possible to give their children full attention and close supervision. Parent should also stop the act of sending their children to foster parents. The wisdom behind this is that, parent should only bear children that they can be able to carter for. Birth regulation should play an important role here. Because high rate of childbirth plus poverty leads to child abuse and molestation.

         

Parents should also understand that beating children and all sort of punishment meted out to children are dangerous to their health. There are “hundred and ten” ways of discipline; one must not inflict his child with all sort of punishment as a measure of discipline.

         

Government on their side should take all appropriate legislative administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all sorts of physical mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect and maltreatment.

Government has initiated policies that tend to rehabilitate abused child. These programs or policies have less impact because they are based mainly on treatment of the abused children and less on the abuser.

         

In order to decrease the instances of child abuse, the Nigerian government needs to institute treatment programs for people education for parents to help them cope with stresses that may cause to abuse their children.

Become one of the gifted, empowered women God is raising up.

RAISING GODLY FEARLESS CHILDREN

First of all, Galatians 3:13-14 says, “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”
This is a very familiar scripture to most believers. It is a foundational truth in our lives. We have been redeemed from everything under the curse of the law. We don’t have to put up with it! There has been much teaching about our redemption from sin, from sickness and disease, from poverty, but not much teaching about the part of the curse that has to do with our children. That is what I want to focus attention on here.
The curse of the law, stated in Deuteronomy 28, mentions children in two verses: Verse 32 says, “Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.” Verse 41 says, “Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.”
This is the testimony of many parents today. They watch helplessly as their children are taken captive by the world—drugs, alcohol, perversion and so forth.
As believers, we can use our authority and stand against these forces. According to Galatians 3:13, Jesus has broken the power of the curse, so we have the right to order Satan out of our children’s lives.
Like most parents, a particular woman called Gloria and her husband kenneth had to deal with the problems of rebellion in their children. they realized that it had to be stopped quickly before it developed into a serious situation. Don’t be guilty of ignoring symptoms of rebellion when your children are small. Don’t simply excuse it as a stage they are going through and think that they will grow out of it. If you ignore it when they are small, you won’t be able to handle it when they get older and the rebellion has had time to develop into a strong force. When they saw this occurring, theye immediately went to the Word. Gloria spent much time searching for scriptures they could use to combat these forces. Then they both came together and confessed these scriptures before God. We took authority in the spirit world and refused to give Satan any room to operate. This is our responsibility as Christian parents. A child does not understand the spiritual forces coming against him, so it is up to the parents to fight the spiritual battles and keep Satan out of the child’s life.
This is what they did 1. We used the Word and exercised our authority over rebellion at work 2. they took every opportunity to minister love to the children. 3. Whenever they came around them, they would express their love in some way. It didn’t take long for them to begin responding to that love. Don’t hesitate to show love to your children. They will respond to it. ACCORDING TO THEM: '(It wasn’t always easy. There were times when we wanted to break down and cry or lose our temper or do something in the natural, but we would remember Jeremiah 31:16-17, “Thus saith the Lord; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they [your children] shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.” My own mother cried over me for 15 years. Then one morning she threw her Bible on the kitchen table and said, “Lord, I’ve cried over him for the last time. I’m turning him over to You. If You can do anything with him, do it. I’m through!” In less than a month from that day, I was saved!)'

Mothers, take God’s Word for it. Receive Jeremiah 31:16-17 for yourself. Stop weeping for your children and start believing the Word. That’s the only thing that will bring them around.
Fathers, I am speaking to you too! It’s time for the fathers to get involved in the spiritual activities of their families. For too long, the women have carried more than their share of family responsibility. Husbands and fathers, get on your knees before God and accept your place as head of your household. You are the prophet from God to your family. This is not a lightweight thing; it takes a commitment on your part to fulfill your responsibilities. Get yourself straight before God, then see to your children. If necessary, go to your kids and ask their forgiveness for neglecting them.

I have had to learn these things the hard way, and I know what I am talking about.
II Peter 2:9 says that God knows how to deliver. He knows how to do it, so give Him the opportunity. It doesn’t matter where your children are—in the room or a thousand miles away. You don’t have to be in their presence to take authority over Satan.

Christian women are often led to believe they were created inferior to men, destined to play a secondary role. Proverbs 31 gets morphed into a judgment, the sole standard against which many feel like frauds or failures. But the Bible has much more to say about women!

Looking into the lives of 22 mold-breaking women of the Bible, bestselling author and women's advocate J. Lee Grady shows that God enables His daughters for amazing--even impossible--exploits. Lee also reveals the empowering, often-overlooked gifts God gives each of His daughters--gifts like wisdom, fruitfulness, boldness and leadership. When women accept and use these gifts, they can live the fearless and beautiful lives of purpose God has ordained for them

In a day and age where the world tells our daughter’s that their worth is only found in how they look or what they do, they need to know that they are valued and loved first and foremost for who God has made them to be.

That above all else they are cherished and loved as daughters of the most High King.
As parents we must be on the front lines in the battle for their hearts because if we don’t…someone else will!

CHEERS!!!!!!