FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD

Fellowship is the most important thing God wants from us. He wants us to come to know him – to be with him – to spend time with him. Jesus set an example for us when he slowed the pace of his life to spend time with the Father. He knew the importance of quiet moments. He often went into the mountains to pray. The more mature we become in our relationship with God, the more important this quiet time with God becomes. We look forward to being alone with him. We realize we need to listen to him for comfort and direction in our lives.

Some time ago I was talking with a Christian about prayer-walking. The individual explained that this activity combined fellowship, prayer and exercise – and that this kind of prayer-walking had revolutionized his prayer life. When he talked about prayer-walking he did not mean parading his righteousness in front of others or making his views known to others by some kind of political demonstration. He was simply spending time with God by taking walks – either in his immediate neighborhood or in the beauty of natural outdoor surroundings – and praying as he walked.

When we make fellowship with God a priority, all of the urgent issues in our lives seem to fall into place. When we focus on God he helps us understand the priorities of everything else. Jesus told us to seek the kingdom first, and that all of the other things in life would be taken care of (Matthew 6:33). We can all become so busy with activities that we neglect 1) to spend time with God alone, in prayer, and 2) to meet with others in fellowship with God. If you are stressed out, burning the proverbial candle at both ends, and you don’t know how to accomplish all of the things you have to do in life, perhaps you should consider your spiritual diet.
-Joseph Tkach

The persistence of vision

By Michael McKinney 

OUR EYES are one of the five specialized ways our mind uses to form a picture of world. The eye is a remarkable instrument that has certain characteristics that help us to process the light we see in such a way that our minds can create meaning from it. 

The motion picture, the scanning of an image for television, and the sequential reproduction of the flickering visual images they produce, work in part, because of an optical phenomena called the persistence of vision and its psychological partner, the phi phenomenon—the mental bridge that the mind forms to conceptually complete the gaps between the frames or pictures. Persistence of vision also plays a role in keeping the world from going pitch black every time we blink our eyes. 

Whenever light strikes the retina, the brain retains the impression of that light for about a tenth of a second—depending on the brightness of the image—after the source of that light is removed from the eye. This is due to a prolonged chemical reaction. As a result, the eye cannot clearly distinguish fast changes in light that occur faster than this retention period. The changes either go unnoticed or they appear to be one continuous picture to the human observer. This fundamental fact of the way we see has been used to our advantage. 

When we go to the movies, we know that a motion picture creates an illusion of a constantly lit screen by flashing separate, individual photographs in rapid succession. Even though the movie screen appears to be constantly lit, it is in fact dark about half the time. This flickering image on the screen gave rise to the old term “flicks” in the early days of movies. Today’s motion pictures flash a picture on the screen at flicker-free 24 frames per second. 

Television too, uses a complicated form of intermittent light impulses to literally build the picture we see. If a picture can be built up in less than a tenth of a second, the eye will be unaware that this process is even occurring. In fact, it will and does appear as if the picture is constantly lit all the time. 

Simply put, if you could create at least ten pictures per second, you could maintain the illusion of a continuous image or picture. You may remember the little “flipbooks” you might have made as a kid that worked on this same principle. The more images per second the smoother the picture looks. American television actually transmits and recreates 30 complete pictures per second to give the illusion of a single continuous picture.

QUOTES FOR THE DAY

"When you run on your own it's a RACE, when you run with God it becomes GRACE"

"Excellence is not a destination, it is a continuous journey that never ends" BRIAN TRACY

"Excellence is contagious so start the epudemic"

"Criticism is a compliment when you are doing the right thing"

"A man is not old until regret takes the place of dream" JOHN BARRYMORE.

OPTIMISTIC FUTURE

It is said that "no wind blows in favour of a ship without destination", he who expects nothing will never be disappointed. Expectation is a power that fuels your destination; it is your knowledge and thoughts about where you are headed that takes you there, no one arrives at a future he cannot see. The same way it is impossible for a passenger to get in a transport without his/her desired destination, is the same way it is impossible to get to a destination that has not been expected. Mentality has big chunk of role to play in life. Believe, doubt, optimism, hopefulness, uncertainty are some of the characteristics that runs in the mentality of a man. The wrong mentality takes you to the wrong destination while a positive mentality moves you towards the right and desired future. 
Doubt about the future has become an undeniable epidemic in recent times especially among youths, which makes many seek a safe path of mediocrity or explore only a pinch of their capacity. Doubt makes you incredulous, sees impossibility and sees weakness which makes you uncertain about accomplishing your dreams. "Doubt looks down, regret looks back, worry looks around and vision looks up", if doubt then looks down, all it does is to motivate you towards it's direction. And since it is impossible to walk backward into the future, then doubt holds no benefit for life. 
The only true worth if living comes from starving ourselves for a purpose. The starvation for a dream, purpose or a vision comes from perseverance, consistency and persistence. In the confrontation between the stream and the rock; the stream always wins not through strength but through perseverance. It doesn't matter how much you have tried but failed or the number of mistakes you've made, "Mistakes are something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing". I can't assure that your first trial towards the accomplishment of your purpose or dreams guarantees a success, but I can guarantee a success if you are resilient towards your past mistakes. Many of the world greatest failures dis not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. 
Never follow the status quo; come out of mediocrity mentality; here comes a call out of the dormancy of the natural resources given to you by God. It is time to extract the potentials God has put in you. Do not follow where the path may lead, instead follow where there is no path and leave a trail. 
Taiye Bello.

INTEGRITY

What is integrity? According to the English dictionary, it is the steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.
Synonyms: Honesty, Uprightness, Purity, Sincerity,  decency.
Integrity is the threshing floor pillar of righteousness, it is a virtue that appreciates with time. It grows, lives and can also die where proper tending is not administered.
It is the bedrock of our growth in righteousness, one of the virtues that defines purity. Integrity is in dire need of a relationship, who will rescue integrity from this state of loneliness, who will rescue from his isolation. "I wonder why I'm quarantined when I can bring a lot of good to man, people neglect me, they persecute me, some slit my throat with a sword" says integrity.
☆They never knew I can rain down God's blessings upon them and their children. "The just man walketh in his integrity, his children are blessed after him" Proverbs 20:7.
☆They never knew I am the answer to God's guidance over their lives. "The integrity of the upright shall GUIDE them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them".
I am the reason why it seem God is not answering their prayers 'of guidance'; because they neglect me.
I cry day and night for my bail out of prison, but no one seem to hear me.
For it is I that preserves (psalm 25:21) thee just like I did to your forefather, Job. I am truth, I am honest, I am pure, I am sincere, I am upright; all these virtues do I have in me. I beg for your mercy today. Pray that I be set free from prison and come into your life, that I might wrought upon you my special virtues and above all that I will be your guide.
-TaiyeBello.

Love

Love♥ is the greatest gift you can ever have. God is looking out for someone who truly loves him so he can bless him more abundantly. 1st corintians 2:9 'eyes have not seen neither ears heard what God has instore for lovers' but you cant really force love on people, we cant love out of our own will neither can we love out of our own power. It has to be through the holy ghost. Love is a gift from God. You have to ask God to help you love him more than any other thing in this world. 2nd corin 13:13 says out of faith, love and hope the greatest ever is love, verse 3 of that same chapter talks about giving without love profits nothing .which means anything done outside the love of God cant be rewarded. Love faileth not, it envieth not. Love js your access to your unlimited blessing from God.
   God truly loves us! That was why he gave his only son for our sake. And if we are created in his own image and likeness then he desires us to have the gift of love dwelling in our hearts. Do you desire to love him?
Pray this: Lord i covet the gift of love, please lord bestow upon my life this love and make to always walk in your love in jesus name, amen. Remeber let this be your prayer for this week and i will also pray with you. God bless you richly.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Prayer

Prayer is a letter to God it keeps our relationship wirpth God even closer, u cant claom to be in a relationship without communication, same way u cant do without oraying n claim u have a relationship with God, let us maintain a constant relationship with God asnhe cares to have one with us, u can pray everywhere, not necesarily when u on ur knees, it can b as simple as talking, for he hears you.