Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
When Your Heart Opens
Did you ever feel so empty inside?
Did you ever lose yourself?
Did rivers flow from you heart to your mind?
Your heart open'd, you heard His voice.
Did you ever breathe air and exhale wind?
Did you ever fly with your eyes closed?
Did your eyes cry tears without end?
He open'd your heart-- He spoke to you.
Did you ever wonder what you look like?
Did you do something you never thought?
Did your fears turn to light?
You see with his eyes; Your heart open'd
I live like I breathe--
I know for I believe.
original poem by my son mak azubike (macalurs)
Did you ever lose yourself?
Did rivers flow from you heart to your mind?
Your heart open'd, you heard His voice.
Did you ever breathe air and exhale wind?
Did you ever fly with your eyes closed?
Did your eyes cry tears without end?
He open'd your heart-- He spoke to you.
Did you ever wonder what you look like?
Did you do something you never thought?
Did your fears turn to light?
You see with his eyes; Your heart open'd
I live like I breathe--
I know for I believe.
original poem by my son mak azubike (macalurs)
Saturday, February 2, 2008
titbits on leadership From John Maxwell
Basics Of Effective leadership
1 It always starts with a need.
2 That always sparks up a passion within a person
3 That person acts in response to that need
4 This actions move others to co-operate.
When you hear the many needs arround you, which one strikes a chord whithin your heart?
What Kind of specialist are you called to become?
What would you do before you die?
What would be your significant contribution?
Our giftings could be
Spiritual
Natural
Acquired
Every one needs something we all need. When we find it we naturally influence others.
What is vision?
1 It always starts with a need.
2 That always sparks up a passion within a person
3 That person acts in response to that need
4 This actions move others to co-operate.
When you hear the many needs arround you, which one strikes a chord whithin your heart?
What Kind of specialist are you called to become?
What would you do before you die?
What would be your significant contribution?
Our giftings could be
Spiritual
Natural
Acquired
Every one needs something we all need. When we find it we naturally influence others.
What is vision?
Friday, February 1, 2008
Faith 2
Faith means having ' good cheer.' Sometimes people around you would think you to be irresponsible of simply 'fanatic.' In our world, considering all the bad news available on the world news, the twenty-first century christian needs a great deal of bouyancy of spirit. ti is a comstant battle in life to stay on top of things - to stay afloat. But taking a cue from the eagle, all we need to do is to spread our wings,our optimism, our faith, our vision ans our Joys and let the wind take us higher. The same wind that is sucking others into a whirpool of despondency, doubt and confusion can take you higher to the mountains.
Faith is knowing 'The lord is my shepherd,' he sees and watches over me. trust that the master cares. Trust that he knows. Trust that he is there listening and knowing and willing to help. The Bible says that he is an ' ....ever-present Help in times of trouble.'
"When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God, we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us for it is written: 'the eyes of the lord runs to and fro the earth.' the sweetest language of experience is ' Thou God that sees me.' When the eyes of the soul, looking up, meet the eyes of god looking in, heaven has begun right hear on earth." A.W. Tozer
What goes on in your mind when the trouble wont go away? When God takes his time and you are loosing ground? Faith is when you dont have all the facts straightened out; when the midnight has seemed soo long and God probably might have gone on vacation; when the clouds seem to have blotted out the tiny sparks of hope from the stars and yet you say " Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him"
Faith is knowing 'The lord is my shepherd,' he sees and watches over me. trust that the master cares. Trust that he knows. Trust that he is there listening and knowing and willing to help. The Bible says that he is an ' ....ever-present Help in times of trouble.'
"When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God, we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us for it is written: 'the eyes of the lord runs to and fro the earth.' the sweetest language of experience is ' Thou God that sees me.' When the eyes of the soul, looking up, meet the eyes of god looking in, heaven has begun right hear on earth." A.W. Tozer
What goes on in your mind when the trouble wont go away? When God takes his time and you are loosing ground? Faith is when you dont have all the facts straightened out; when the midnight has seemed soo long and God probably might have gone on vacation; when the clouds seem to have blotted out the tiny sparks of hope from the stars and yet you say " Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him"
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Faith
Faith is the holding out of the soul. It is an art of wading out into uncharted waters with an anchor's hold on the eternal faithfullness of an unseen God.
Faith is that willingness to dangle on a thread of hope based on the word of God instead of a stand on a rock of physical evidences.
Leaning on the bases of God's word as a foundation for certainty in an uncertain world with shifting shadows and grounds that give way; walking on the seas of life not bothering about who is responsible for carrying our weight; trusting the Holy Spirit to guide us in our Journey to a land he will yet show us, is the surest way to please God. A.W. Tozer put it this way:
" faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues...
Faith is occupied with the object upon wich it
rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While
we are looking at God we do not see ourself -
blessed riddance."
When we take our gaze off ourself that is the beginning of faith's adventure. ther is nothing as risky as not having faith in this adventure. to take cities for God, you must have developed a habit of sticking to God with a tenacity that says to God "where else can i go from your presence." To attempt great things you must have a knack for hearing only what God is saying through his word. This is the only gaurantee of land and a sare harbour. Nicolas of Cusa wrote 400 years ago:
"When all my endeavor is turned towards thee because all thy endeavour is turned towards me; when I look unto thee with all my attention, nor ever turn aside the eyes of my mind of my mind because thou dost enfold me with the constant regard; when I direct my love towardsthee alone because thou, who art love's self, has turned thee towards me alone, and what lord is my life save that embrace wherein thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly enfold me?"
Faith is dwelling in the secret place of the most High. It is not visiting there but living there all the days of your life. I have been through situationsof despair even to the point where the shadows of death loomed all around; where the battle lines were drawn and a host encamped against. In the fray and cries of battle all around me, I chose to stay in his pavillion... His secret place. I turned the battle and challenges over to God the Lord of Hosts and chose his rest. There you cease from all your labour and toils and stand on his word "it is finished."
Faith is that willingness to dangle on a thread of hope based on the word of God instead of a stand on a rock of physical evidences.
Leaning on the bases of God's word as a foundation for certainty in an uncertain world with shifting shadows and grounds that give way; walking on the seas of life not bothering about who is responsible for carrying our weight; trusting the Holy Spirit to guide us in our Journey to a land he will yet show us, is the surest way to please God. A.W. Tozer put it this way:
" faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues...
Faith is occupied with the object upon wich it
rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While
we are looking at God we do not see ourself -
blessed riddance."
When we take our gaze off ourself that is the beginning of faith's adventure. ther is nothing as risky as not having faith in this adventure. to take cities for God, you must have developed a habit of sticking to God with a tenacity that says to God "where else can i go from your presence." To attempt great things you must have a knack for hearing only what God is saying through his word. This is the only gaurantee of land and a sare harbour. Nicolas of Cusa wrote 400 years ago:
"When all my endeavor is turned towards thee because all thy endeavour is turned towards me; when I look unto thee with all my attention, nor ever turn aside the eyes of my mind of my mind because thou dost enfold me with the constant regard; when I direct my love towardsthee alone because thou, who art love's self, has turned thee towards me alone, and what lord is my life save that embrace wherein thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly enfold me?"
Faith is dwelling in the secret place of the most High. It is not visiting there but living there all the days of your life. I have been through situationsof despair even to the point where the shadows of death loomed all around; where the battle lines were drawn and a host encamped against. In the fray and cries of battle all around me, I chose to stay in his pavillion... His secret place. I turned the battle and challenges over to God the Lord of Hosts and chose his rest. There you cease from all your labour and toils and stand on his word "it is finished."
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