Tag: Likeness

  • Am I Ordained To Marry?

    Am I Ordained To Marry?

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    One common question people ask us during counseling is whether they are ordained to marry or not. Few weeks ago, a sister walked up to me to ask if she was ordained to marry or not. I asked why she thought so. She said, her pastor taught them that it is written in Matthew 19:12 that some people were made to be eunuchs and therefore, not everyone is expected to marry. And now she was worried because of the series of disappointments she had experienced in her relationships. When I asked her whether they were equally taught how to differentiate between both groups she said that was why she came to ask me. I said she should have gone to her pastor to ask but she said she would not because they were more interested in how many souls they had won to Christ than their marital plans.

    Her vehement refusal to go to her pastor for counsel was a clear indication that she had gone through some elements of frustration. I don’t know how many people are in the same situation today. All I know is that someone will be free from this bondage today.

    Before I address the core issue, let me tell you that Christianity is a balanced relationship. The same God that says he that wins a soul is wise also says marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral, (Hebrew 13:4 NIV). The practice of holding back mature adults in church from marriage because you don’t want to lose them to other churches or distract them from actively engaging in church growth is unbalanced and unhealthy for the growth you desire. Marriage is an honor before God. It brings glory to God. Anyone that desires to marry should be encouraged before they begin to defy themselves right under your pulpit.

    My counsel is that while encouraging them to continue winning souls they should also be counseled on the right way to find the right kind of spouse and the right way to marry. Teach them to let their marriage become a plus to the church instead of minus. If you alone could chase one thousand souls, let you and your spouse join in marriage to chase after ten thousand souls.

    Matthew 19:12 says: ” For there are some eunuchs, who were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, who were made eunuchs of men; and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it let him receive it.”

    The above scripture clearly defines the three categories of eunuchs. Our point of emphasis here shall be on those born eunuchs from their mothers’ womb. The other two are those forced into it and those that became so by their choice.

    When God created man in His image and likeness, He decreed that he should go into the world and multiply. That declaration is for you and me. The only approved way to achieve this multiplication is to marry legally and keep the matrimonial bed holy. You don’t need an angel to whisper into your ears that it is time to marry. The rules are there in the bible. That is not our focus for today anyway.

    Take example from Abraham, the father of faith. He didn’t need any prophecy to discern whether his son Isaac, needed a wife or not. All he needed was simple wisdom drawn from the Word of God. God told him during his call that through him the earth shall be populated with His new generation of children. He settled it in his mind to get a wife for Isaac to make that calling and purpose come to fruition. At the appointed time, he sent his servant, Eleazar to go to his kindred to get a wife for Isaac. You know the rest of the story in Genesis chapter twenty-four.

    God designed man with all the features required to perform all that He wants him to do on earth in the same way a manufacturer will not put his products in the market place without the inbuilt features to function. Signs of puberty, sexual emotions and strong attraction towards the opposite sex are some indicators that you are ordained to marry. When His due season is near, He begins to impress His desires in your spirit for onward transmission to these dormant sexual potentials in you and suddenly you will awaken to certain pressure in that direction. The bible says, ” it is God who works in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure”, Philippians 2:13. Marriage is one of the good things that bring pleasure to God. When you start feeling the urge or willingness to get married just know God has begun this good work in you. Anybody that has this urge or desire to marry is one of those God has ordained to marry. Period!

    To become a eunuch or to marry is your choice. God has given you the free will to decide it. He will not choose or impose any one on you. Apostle Paul chose not to marry because he wanted to use his life to serve God and not because God said he should not. His case should not become a doctrine to dissuade people from fulfilling God’s purpose for their lives. He even admonished anyone that is unable to bear it to marry instead of burning in lust. If you choose to live a life of celibacy or choose to marry as you have desired, God is pleased with you. Do not allow previous disappointments dissuade you or make you start thinking that it might be that you are among the chosen eunuchs. You are ordained! If things are not working well, find out what you have not been doing right, keep correcting and working on yourself so God can connect you with the right kind of spouse.

    However, it does not mean you should rush into anyone because God has willed it so for you. There is period to find the right kind of spouse and there is time for preparation. My stake here is to let you know that these signs put you in the category God has ordained to marry. You do belong to the group of those made eunuchs from their mother’s womb.

    Parents should watch out for these signs in their children and wards. When these signs begin to show up, it is a signal to parents to start preparing their children or wards for the next phase of their lives. Unfortunately, many parents and guardians around these children do not always prepare them on time, and sometimes they misdirect them through wrong information. We owe the upcoming generation this responsibility as guardians. Those who fail at this level of parenting always regret it because late stitches steal real good time.

    Those made eunuchs from their mother’s womb do not have and will never have the urge to get married because they do not have the features in them. I do not mean those incapacitated by sickness, diseases and infirmities like down syndromes, depression or paralysis. These are healthy and virile folks who are repugnant to the site of the opposite sex. They never have any amorous feelings towards the opposite sex even when they are both nude in a secret room.

    Whether we choose to marry, remain single or born incapacitated, it does not make us sinners or better before God. He loves all of us equally, but it will please Him to see us fulfill His desires for us. I have cleared the obstacles before you. The onus is now on you to decide what you want. Apostle Paul chose not to marry because it was his choice. Apostle Peter did not divorce his wife because of God’s work, yet God accepted them all. Decide your case by yourself.

    Remain Blessed!

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    Source by Christopher UI Ogholoh

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  • The Difference Between Good Success and Bad Success

    The Difference Between Good Success and Bad Success

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    Do you desire to be a good success here on this beautiful earth?

    Do you need the secrets that can ensure you record good successes in everything you do?

    If you answer YES to these questions, then i believe you need to know the difference between good successes and bad successes

    “This book of the Law shall not depart out

    of your mouth, but you shall mediate therein

    day and night that you may observe to do

    according to all that is written therein: for

    then you shall make your way prosperous,

    and then you shall have good success” – Joshua 1: 8 (KJ2000).

    The first time I read the above portion of the bible, I was inspired to understand that, there is a good success and a bad success.

    Nothing support this fact other than the passage quoted above from the Scripture. The Word of God says if “you will hearken to the Voice of God, Obey His Commandments, Study and Meditate daily on His Word, you will have good success”.

    The Word of God qualifies the noun “Success” with the adjective “good”. This simply means you will not have a bad success if you follow God’s rules during your success journey in life.

    What then, are a good success and a bad success? How do you differentiate a good success from a bad success? How do you recognize someone with a bad success and someone with a good success?

    Good Success

    I have tried to carefully study the lives of people in the bible days and those of present times and I found out that there are actually some people with good successes.

    I was able to reach a conclusion using my definition of success stated earlier on as a basis of analysis.

    God

    God Almighty enjoyed good success during the creation of heaven and the earth. He actually set the pace at creation, showing us how to obtain good successes in whatever we do.

    “And God saw everything that He had

    made, and behold, it was very good.

    And the evening and the morning were

    the sixth day.

    -Gen 1:31 (KJ2000)

    There were lots of obstacles which stared HIM in the face when HE was creating heaven and the earth but HE never allowed them to stop HIM.

    “And the earth was without form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters”

    -Gen 1:2 (KJ2000)

    Yes, even a formless earth and the darkness would not prevent Him from achieving His aim.

    “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:

    and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,

    and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

    -Gen 1:26 (KJ2000)

    He also transferred His “breath of Life” into Adam for him (Adam) to become a living soul.

    What a loving and selfless God who strongly desired somebody to act like Him

    There are countless numbers of people in the Bible who had good successes: Jesus, Moses, Apostle Paul, King David, Joseph, John the Baptist, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob all had good successes.

    One thing is however, common with all these people and that is the fact that they fear God.

    “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom:

    and the knowledge of the Holy one is understanding.

    -Prov 1:10 (KJ2000).

    You can become a child of God by accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior and begin to live a life that has the fear of God.

    You can expect to record good number of good successes in your lifetime as you do this.

    Bad Success

    I may not need to bother you with the stories of people who recorded bad successes in the Bible or even in our societies today but you will observe with me that this set of people also have something in common – they lived a Godless life.

    You can study the stories of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt when the Israelites were in bondage in Egypt.

    Cain who killed his brother Abel (Gen 4:8)

    Herod the king who ordered the killing of all new born babies when Jesus was born (matt 2:13-23)

    Satan who fell from grace to grass because of pride (Luke 10:18)

    Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus ( Matt 26:36-46)

    These People all recorded bad successes. One thing is also common to these people: they lacked the fear of God.

    My dear reader, I want to believe you desire to be a good success. You need the fear of God in you to be successful in all you do.

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    Source by Sesan Oguntade

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  • Living Healthy Lives By Choice

    Living Healthy Lives By Choice

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    How to live healthy and disease free for the rest of your life. Do you think that is pipe dream? If you think it is not possible, then you have already defeat your purpose. However, if you think it is possible, then I want to categorically tell you that it is can happen, and it is happening.

    I am going to tell you and show you how to make it happen for you, as it is for me and many others.

    Listen to me carefully, we are healthy by design and sick by default!

    Living a healthy life is a matter of choice we make every day by the things we do, the food we eat and drink, and overall life we live. I am going to show you how to live a dynamic, vibrant healthy life. How to live your full life and never get sick, and how do do all this without drugs or surgery.

    How to look like you have found the secret of the fountain of youth.

    Let me ask you this all important question,

    Why Are We Sick?

    If we don’t know the cause of something, it almost impossible to fix it. So, we have t0 first explore what is making us so sick, and I am sure some of the reasons that are making us sick might surprise you.

    To put it at the very basic and say, there are only two reasons why a person become ill.

    1. You “catch” something, meaning, your body picks up a germ, generally a bacteria or a virus.
    2. Your body develop an illness or a disease. That will happen because something has gone wrong in your systems, causing some imbalance.

    Something is not working as it should, and a disease or an illness develop. Examples are, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, acid reflux, arthritis, etc.

    Remember that our focus is living healthy, so now, let’s dig a little deeper in these two causes of all illnesses and diseases. And I’ll start with the first cause of catching something.

    We said before that is either a bacteria or a germ causing the problem. But look at this fact, the atmosphere is filled with these small and most times invisible creatures. Have you ever ask why some people in the same environment where others who pick up the germ and they are fine!

    Don’t tell me everyone is made up differently, and you will soon understand why this argument cannot stands the test of a day.

    I said earlier that we are healthy by design, meaning, our bodies are designed to fight off those bacteria and germs that are bombarding us every day.

    That inbuilt apparatus is called the Immune System which has two fundamental functions which are vital to the survival of the person.

    1. The Immune System is for identification of all types of micro-organisms and foreign bodies that are potentially dangerous to the individual.
    2. The Immune System is also for destruction of these micro-organisms, substances or foreign bodies.

    Our Immune System can be weakened from a variety of ways, and these are some of the most common:

    A. Under or malnourishment which is a lack of essential nutrients like vitamins and some trace elements.

    B. Stress, can either be physical or psychological. Obesity can be a cause.

    C. Chemotherapy which comes in the form of anti-cancer medication

    D. Infectious diseases come from “catching” something

    E. Dieting includes the foods that contribute in special ways to the correct functioning of the complex Immune

    System

    F. AIDS: Is the Immune System deficiency caused by a viral attacks on your body’s defense mechanisms.

    Let me remind you of the two reasons why people get sick:

    1. You catch something and your body cannot fight it off, as a result your body give in to the germs.
    2. Your body develops something in the genetically weak areas.

    In both of the above cases the causes are the same.

    A. Your Immune System is weak

    B. Toxins are attacking your body

    When we consider those two fundamental causes for illnesses, we can conclude that all sicknesses come from one or a combination of four things. This is what Kevin Trudeau in one of his books called: “Natural Cures They Don’t Want You To Know About” said about why we get sick.

    These are the four basic reasons Kevin give for all sicknesses:

    1. People get sick because they have too many toxins in their bodies
    2. We are suffering from nutritional deficiencies, meaning our cells are not getting enough nutrients in their proper proportions.
    3. We are exposed to and negatively affected by Electromagnetic Chaos (EMC).
    4. You have trapped mental and emotional stress

    According to Kevin, these are the only four reasons why our Immune System could be weak or why genetically weak areas in the body can break down, and thus allowing illness and diseases to develop.

    Although Kevin said these are the only reasons for all illnesses, I would like to add one more reason why we get sick.

    Because I want to establish this fact, or I should say this TRUTH!!

    We as living creatures called human beings are different from all other living things. Only human beings are created in the image and likeness of Elohim.

    As a result, only human beings are created in His image and likeness, meaning, just like how Elohim exist in three formalities as Father, Son and Holy Ghost, we also exist in three dimensions as body soul and spirit.

    To state it correctly, we are first and foremost spirit, with a soul in a body.

    As a result of this enlightened truth, we can also get sick from a spiritual perspective. The medical experts call this psychosomatic illnesses

    Psycho in psychosomatic comes from the root word psychic, and mean among other things, the supernatural or spiritual.

    There are researches surrounding psychosomatic illnesses which seems to provide sufficient scientific evidence that the mind or the intangible part of a person, or a person’s beliefs and thoughts, have the ability to cause physical changes in the body.

    If we are going to be Living Healthy lives, holistic healthy lives, then all three areas on man’s existence must be covered. Complete health is in spirit, soul and body.

    Therefore I will say people are sick because of these five reasons

    1. We allow too many toxins in our bodies for too long
    2. We are not eating properly balanced meals resulting us suffering from nutritional deficiencies,
    3. We are exposed to and negatively affected by electromagnetic chaos (emc).
    4. We do not properly manage mental and emotional stress
    5. We ignore the Spirit-man that is more real than the physical man

    There are things we can, and other things we cannot control. Therefore, the only way to manage those uncontrollable things, is to ensure the cells of our body are vibrantly healthy and strong to function as they should.

    One such things we cannot control is electromagnetic fields to which we are all exposed.

    What is electromagnetism?

    Electromagnetism is a scientific word in physics used to describe one of the fundamental forces of nature. This force is between subatomic particles such as protons and electrons. You have to have a basic knowledge of physic to appreciate these terms.

    Electromagnetism helps to hold matter together. It is also used to describe how a magnetic field is created by the flowing of electric current.

    Our body has electromagnetic fields and communication systems. Electromagnetic chaos come about when wireless devices like the laptops, computers, televisions and cell phones are used too frequently. And even more dangerous when we sleep with them in the bedroom.

    The resulting distortion creates chaos within the body’s electromagnetic fields and communication systems. This causes physical, mental and emotional imbalances.

    Electromagnetic chaos is a negatively powerful force and causes disease.

    When we are able to reduce, eliminate, or neutralize these powerful negative frequencies, then we can reverse the negative reactions, resulting in the “curing” of symptoms and disease.

    Living Healthy Through Balanced Diet

    There are areas where we have complete control. For example, in the area of nutrition to prevent nutritional deficiencies.

    People suffer unnecessarily because they do not eat the right way.

    The proper way to ensure you are eating a balanced diet, is to include portions in your meals every day.

    The portions should be considered in colors. So, in your daily eating, make sure you consume 50% green, 35% yellow, and 15% red. In so doing, you are covering all the basic nutritional needs of your cells.

    Eating like this is the natural way to live healthy life and cancel the imposition of nutritional deficiency diseases.

    In other words, we will not suffer from those noncommunicable diseases (NCD), that most people develop from improper or unhealthy eating habits.

    For example, we will not suffer from the disease they call cancer. If we are to reveal the truth, cancer is not a disease, but rather a nutritional deficiency.

    “According to Pharmaceutical Research, 95% of the causes of cancer are rooted in our lifestyle; our habits and rituals. The result of what we eat and don’t eat. Only 5% of all cancers have a genetic link in their etiology, (causes of cancer)”.

    The naked truth is, there is no disease called cancer. Cancer is a tumor- like growth that occurs as a result of a nutritional deficiency of vitamin B17.

    Most doctors won’t tell you this, but take it from me, only your body can cure itself!

    There are certain things you can do to help your body heal itself better, or cure itself of illness, sickness and diseases.

    I stated earlier one of the fundamental reason you are sick is because of too much toxins in your body. What that comes down to are six areas that have direct relations to toxicity in your body.

    These six areas are:

    1. Exercise

    2. Rest

    3. What goes in your body

    4. What comes out of your body

    5. Your thoughts

    6. Words you speak

    Did you know that when you are toxic your body becomes highly acidic? Good health mean your body pH should be alkaline. When your body pH is acidic, you are vulnerable to illness and disease.

    If your body pH remains alkaline, you virtually cannot get sick!

    Every single individual who is diagnosed with cancer, has a pH that is too acidic.

    One man said it all in this way – “If man made it, don’t eat it.” Put another way, eat only what comes from the plant, and not what come out of a plant.

    There is so much that could be said here about genetical modification by man of virtually all fruits and vegetables to make them more disease resistant.

    And even worse than that, how farmers have to produce more per acre in order to make more profit, by using chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. So when you eat a piece of that fruit or vegetable, it is loaded with toxic chemicals.

    The bottom line is this, if you are going to be living healthy life and experience vibrancy and high energy, you must clean the accumulated toxins from your body.

    Live Good Health By Eliminating Toxic Built-up

    It is important to know that from a baby, you have been flooding your body with toxins.

    These toxins and poisons included everything form vaccines, prescription and nonprescription drugs, from the air we breath, the water we drink, swim and shower in, and all the chemical from the food we eat.

    You should learn about getting a full-body fat/lymphatic detox once per year. And in between that, do a complete colon cleanse, do a heavy metal cleans, do a liver/gallbladder cleanse, do a parasite cleanse, and a candida cleanse.

    Other Measures to Good Health

    You should drink eight full glasses of purified water every day. You need to drink more water, and the water must be pure. Water is necessary not only for flushing and nourishing your cells, but also for keeping them hydrated and pH balanced.

    It is recommended that if you are going to be living healthy life, you should use a rebounder (mini trampoline) for at lease ten minutes a day.

    By simply using this device on a daily basis, can provide more health benefits for your cells than almost any other form of exercise.

    A rebounder stimulates every single cell in your body simultaneously.

    It also stimulates the immune system and is amazingly effective in cleansing toxins out of the cells. The rebounder is said to be the most incredible exercise device made by man.

    If you are going to be living a healthy life, you must stop putting toxins in your body!

    If you stop doing the things that are causing your symptoms and disease, then you have in effect “cured” yourself.

    Most medical practitioners won’t tell you this, because their interest is to have you coming back to them as often as possible to sell you more drugs to suppress the symptoms.

    So, in concluding this article on living a healthy lifestyle, let me summarize:

    The best way to get rid of any and all illness and disease that you may be suffering from, and prevent them from recurring. Also to slow down or potentially reverse the aging process is to do the following:

    1. Get rid of all the toxins that have built up in your system.
    2. Stop, or at least reduce the toxins entering your body. It is almost impossible to totally prevent toxins from entering our bodies, but we can drastically reduce the amount.
    3. We must ensure our elimination systems are clean and not sluggish. That will make the toxins we put in and those develop in our body naturally are getting out freely and quickly.
    4. We are to make sure we are getting adequate amounts of nutrition in the various forms such as vitamins, minerals, enzymes, co-factors, and life-sustaining “energy”.
    5. Make an effort to reduce or neutralize the electromagnetic energy attacking our body’s energy fields and cells.
    6. Do everything to reduce stress
    7. Understand that our mind, and thoughts and words can create a healthy alkaline body pH, and actually change the way out body genetically defective DNA structures into normal healthy DNA structures.

    Remember, living good healthy is our responsibility.

    The choices we make every day determine the quality of our health.

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    Source by Adrian T Brown

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  • Facebook Likeness

    Likeness is a Facebook application that is found in the Dating and Just for fun categories. What is Facebook? Facebook is a social website where you post your profile and search for friends. There are many ways to find friends on Facebook. Use your contact list on your computer and Smartphone to send an email to everyone and ask them to join Facebook and be your friend. Smartphones, like the iPhone,  have Facebook applications so you can always be in contact with your friends. Likeness is an application that can help you have some fun while staying in touch with everyone.

    Likeness is a popular Facebook application that lets you see how much you are like any one of your contacts. Many applications can help you expand your group of friends, Likeness lets you find out who most looks and acts like you. How unique are you? Is there anyone else like you or are there thousands? Some applications are for having fun with your Facebook site. Likeness is one of those applications. You can use applications such as Likeness to find new friends and have fun with current ones. Just for kicks you can see which of your favorite celebrities you resemble the most.

    If you are looking for applications pertaining to the Dating and Just for fun categories, then check out Likeness. Using categories to find interesting applications such as Likeness, can help you find other applications that you might be looking for in an efficient manner. Categories are one of the ways which Facebook uses to organize the applications for you to use. Many people use categories to find applications that will customize their Facebook experience into something wonderful and exciting. If Facebook did not sort all of its applications into categories, you would never be able to find anything. The end result would be that Facebook would become an unorganized monster.

    Likeness was developed by Rock You. This application is rather popular with the Facebook community. Rated with 2.5 stars out of 5 stars, you know that others enjoy it. Likeness has 30,1674 daily active users  who think this program is great. I wonder if you are like any of them? These ratings are based on input from 143 Facebook users who have similar interests to yours. Facebook applications are ranked by users like you. Likeness is located in the Dating and in the Just for fun categories. Find out who you are like and who is like you. Are you more like a movie star or celebrity or perhaps you are more like the local librarian. How much alike are you and your friends. Can this help you find the perfect match? Why not give Likeness by Rock You a try to see if you like it. You and your friends can have a blast with this application.

    Applications such as Likeness are what make Facebook so unique and different. Other social websites offer create ways to add content but non are as portable to a Smartphone as Facebook. We can connect to our friends and relatives in like never before possible. This is all due to the arrival of social websites such as Facebook and others like it. The ability to stay in touch has never been greater thanks to Facebook and all of its varied applications that let us contact our friends and family with just a few clicks of a mouse. With the development of all types of applications, such as Likeness, each persons Facebook experience is unique.. Why not share Likeness by Rock You with your group of friends. Who are they like? Who do they think you are like? Facebook is at its best when you use it and share information with your friends. While you are at it why not browse the Dating or Just for Fun categories to get more applications like Likeness. After all, the applications are free. There is nothing to lose and friends to gain.

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