IS CHANGE POSSIBLE?

‘That project was not approved so we need to contribute for the next project. At least we must be recognized for a particular project with our group name boldly inscribed on it.”

“Yes, we must”

I wondered if I was hearing perfectly, wondered if I was the only reasonable person in the gathering? So I took a look around my group members, some were shocked by  the news but like the Newton’s law, only an external force will make them talk or complain. Too perturbed to let it go, I raised my hand, “Excuse me please, I have something to say?” the expression on the president’s face gave away in spite of the calmness in his voice, he knew what was coming.

“Yes, you can speak?”

“I will like to know what happened to the fund we raised for the other project that we have to contribute afresh for the second.”

I asked without mincing words. Of course the question brought about a lot of murmuring which I thought it did be a good thing until the president spoke.

“What are you asking?”

he started, playing the victim

“we already bought some things to set the project in motion before our supervisor told me we can’t carry on with the project. How much is what we are asking of you that is such a big deal?”

his final note sent me reeling…literally. To top notch it, some members were already nodding in agreement like they were descendants of Dangote and my timid partners who share similar view quickly changed their expression in a bid not to be categorized as the poor ones in the group.
I have a well paying hand-work and I have a husband who caters for my needs, so literally I should be categorized with the rich in the group. If not ‘the rich’ at least I would be in the class of the ones that can conveniently pay. But here is the problem, the activist in me will not give up besides I pray for this nation each day, that we will someday be a decent and great nation, that we’ll be among the ‘developed country’. My dream was like that of Martin Luther king. So my reaction to his response could be well predicted, here is what I told him;

“I beg your pardon? Are you saying if the money is not much we should keep contributing aimlessly”

“That is not what I said”

he tried to object but I snapped back fully heated at the moment.

“Oh please you had your time, let me finish! Why can’t you meet with our superior officer, discuss the project with him and seek the approval before asking us to contribute? Or if I may ask, is he aware of this second project and has it been approved?

“No, the excos will meet with him…”he responded but I cut him off

“Oh so you want us to contribute again? Into whose purse are we paying? Why are you doing this? You stand here looking so credible but you are questionable, at least your act is. Even if the money has been spent on the previous project, you couldn’t have spent all on a project that is yet to be executed. Why don’t you give us a break down on the expenditure of the former project, let’s see what remains, the cost of the new project after due approval, and see how much more we need to task ourselves. Even if it’s a cent, someone is paying it, making you accountable for…”

There are several other scenarios like this with different committees for communities, student body, parent forum and the likes that are corrupt laden…corruption gets deeply rooted in society. Is there no way out? Can my dream come true? Will the change I dream of happen? Is it possible? That one day my country will be corrupt free and will prosper as it should.

Anonymous edited by Bimbo Ayeni.
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YOUR FINANCES CAN GROW

And my God will liberally supply(fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:19(Amp version)

“GOD IS MORE EAGER TO MEET YOUR NEED THAN YOU ARE WILLING TO RECEIVE HIS PROVISION Luke 12:22; Matt 7:11”

Prior to this time, your financial status depended on Someone else’s Maybe your parents or some other benefactor. Now that you are grown, your Financial destiny depends totally on what you do and the decisions that you take. What many do not understand is that money is spiritual,Wealth is not a function of how much money you have stored up over time, It comes out from within a Man’s spirit and creates an atmosphere of uncommon favour,It encompasses wisdom in managing all of life’s affairs and this includes financial matters,Finances consist of ideas, innovations, strategies for making human life better,Finances also consist of property both realty and personal property, manpower, skills, connections, goodwill and least of all Paper currency,Money is essentially spiritual, It is the driving force behind many thriving business empires today, It is more than cash because cash cannot birth it. Rather, cash is a child of money,Job said”then you shall heap up GOLD as dust” Here, he referred to an ability which only THE ALMIGHTY Can Give, which Causes a ‘mere nobody’ to build financial empires within the twinkling of an eye,God then says to His Man: “Partner with ME in your finances, do not do it alone. Let ME Teach you how”,God Gave the Patriarch Abraham, Isaac his heir and Jacob a Faith culture in their Financial Lives,A Faith Culture is Cultivated through the acknowledgment that you need “more than human prowess to” break financial grounds,Abraham, Isaac and Jacob broke even through Faith Transactions,Wealth is more than having Financial wherewithal to accomplish earthly goals, It involves a Man’s Fulfillment and His entire well being FOR Past, Present and Future. Now, the reason why many trust in Money and sacrifice their lifetime to amass as much wealth as they can is that…It seems to be the answer to every need in this natural realm. But the lives of many a business Mogul has shown clearly that “money is limited”In addition, Money is not as durable as a unit of value as economists made many believe,The fluctuating prices in oil which has affected the Exchange rates in many economies go a long way to prove this,Consequently, Money is not the Principal thing as millions were made to believe from infancy,IT IS PURELY A MEANS FOR GOD’S AMBASSADORS in the Earth to Establish the Reign of CHRIST through the propagation of the Gospel,Zechariah 1:17,Only God’s Man can fulfil God’s purpose in the Earth, therefore God is very Passionate about enriching Him Greatly, Immensely, Immeasurably and Eternally i.e giving Him wealth that lasts forever,Wealth therefore is intangible and it consists of everything that a man would ever need, financially, academically, in relationships, Family, health, name it,God’s Plan therefore with regard to your finances INVOLVES aligning your financial lifestyle(culture) with the precepts of God’s Word,Bring God your Tithes, offerings, first fruits in FAITH and Take God at HIS WORD. He is too Faithful to fail Remember that your Words are a Living Force which can Create, uncreate and Recreate. Put words of Financial Prosperity & wholeness on your tongue always even when circumstances are unfavourable.   YOU ARE BORN FOR GREATNESS. SHALOM
Esiemoghie Anthonia

          

 

WHAT YOU SHOULD AVOID IN YEAR 2015.

     

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  It is obvious that time waits for no man. Year 2015 is young but going and growing old. Each year has its own peculiarities, its good times and bad times,the ups and the downs. I had already made up my mind that this year will be a great year but will the year be great on its own? What am I to avoid this year in other to have a great year?

1. Procrastination
    Charles Dickens once said “Procrastination is the thief of
time, collar him”.  Benjamin Franklin said. “You may delay, but time will
not.  “

    The greatest asset of Man,its not money or material possessions but time. Start today what you have lined up to do,start somehow, break it down and don’t place too much pressure on yourself. Take the action today. Its what you do that adds value to life not what you want to do and is still left undone.

2.  Lack of Vision
              Hellen Keller the first deaf, blind woman to earn a bachelor of arts degree made this statement that “The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision” Not all dreamers are winners, but all winners are dreamers. Your dream is the key to your future. The Bible says that, “without a vision (dream), a people perish.”
“You need a dream, if you’re going to succeed in anything you do”. Mark Gorman.

A Vision is a life-a better life. It is a picture of the future. So have a vision for 2015 and get busy with it. What do you want to achieve in 2015 make it your vision.

3.  Pessimism
  “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston Churchill
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties”.Harry Truman

When you are pessimistic you make your opportunities impossible and your situations hopeless. So have faith,don’t let go and  it will turn right. Have hope and help will be on the way.
4. Ingratitude.
“ seesth thou a man that isn’t GRATEFUL? He is a GREAT FOOL”
Pastor Erukeoghene Taunu PET
“ You can’t be passionate about gratitude and be crippled by ingratitude. Bamigboye Olurotimi
Gratitude is a great attitude. Be grateful for everything both for the good and the bad,both to God and man.

5. Impatience and Pride
  “ Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.”
Janette Oke
“There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.”
John C. Maxwell.
There is a great gain in patience like in Yoruba language its said “SURULERE”. The good book talks of an attitude which goes before a fall and it is pride.

7. Complacency and indecision
Complacency is a feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble. It is also an instance of self-satisfaction. “Indecision and delays are the parents of failure” George Canning
“Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive”. Wendell Mayes.
“The tragedy of life is often not in our
failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.”
Benjamin E. Mays.
“Success breeds complacency.
Complacency breeds failure. Only the
paranoid survive.” Andy Grove

8.  Offence
“Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now”Joel Osteen
“When you carry offences in your heart it is a barrier to fulfilling destiny in a grand style” Rev Areogun
Don’t carry hatred and anger from actions of people through the year,it won’t help. Let go and let peace into your heart.
 
9. Sin
     “ Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work,Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity,Knowledge without character,Politics without principle,Commerce without morality,Worship without sacrifice” Mahatma Gandhi
“Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God’s grace never encourages us to live in sin, on the
contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth”–Randy Alcorn
Sin is not to be ignored, nor minimised. It is the most patent fact in life, the darkest experience in the history of the race. It is the root of all the world’s tragedies. It is that which makes “conscience a thousand swords,” “the torture of an inward hell,” “the worm that doth begnaw the
soul.” –James M. Campbell
“For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.”John 3:16-17(Amp).
       In 2015 it shall be well.

OLALEKAN OLAMIDE