Mrs I Nnabude

Had my own share of battles And I thank God I came out strong Life deals its blows and blessings You just have to take it all in your stride Never get bitter about any of the experience 'Cos it will do you no good Come out singing and praising 'Cos God will bless you more The good thing about it all is it must come So long you are living battles must come Challenges must be faced Only the dead are void of the battles of life.

What is in a name? OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE  What do you see above? I know some of you will see 'Opportunity is no where' Others will see 'Opportunity is now here'. Your perception is your reality. The past is for reference not for residence. Be the change you want. Change is usually forced on you. There are moments in our lives we will need someone to get across the line. Where was I 24 years ago, what was I doing? We are by nature agents of change. Change means you have to let go of the past and hold on to the things working in your present. Four major reactions to changes- Reject it. Resist it. Reflect on it. Resolve it. You get credibility from qualification and experience. Trust is very hard to develop and very easily lost. Intimacy is about asking hard questions.

It was when I was a teenager about 14/15 years old. I do attend church very regularly because my mom and grandparents did so. And it was the right thing to do. I became sick very sick. The doctors diagnosed pneumonia it was a horrible experience for me . My final junior exams were coming up and I did not want to fail my exams and repeat the class. I was desperate and sick. I prayed and prayed to God for healing. One of the hospitals where I was admitted the doctor told me that my case was very peculiar. He said medically they have done all they can do for the diagnosed illness and it is expected to improve but mine has not. He told me however there is a doctor above all doctors who can solve my problem and if I want he will introduce me to the doctor. I said I am interested he introduced me to Jesus and asked will I like to give my life to Christ I said yes. And that was when my personal christian journey started I wanted to know God for myself and ...

I was thinking about it today if I die today what will I be remembered for? I pray that i will be remeberd for good things. With the help of God i want to be an individual that impacts positively in the lives of people. Whether it being a good daughter to my parents,a good sibling or a good friend. I want to make a positive impact. And more especially as a christian spread the gospel around the world be impactful in such a way a lives in Asia,Africa,Europe and the rest of the world will sense I came through this planet. And all these can only be done by the help of the Almighty God who is the creator of the heavens and the earth. In whom I live and have my being. In the words of Myles Munroe I want to die empty and which I believe he did by the time he left here he had fulfilled his destiny.I want to do same. I want when I am set to leave earth I will say like Apostle Paul in 2Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race and I have kept the f...

My last post was on the above topic and talked about the undress of young women in the church and on how our mothers then handled it. I continue on that topic today because of the present sense of dressing in our churches. I see women dressed like they are going to the club and when presented on the way they look they say oh God is looking at the heart ONLY. And that makes me wonder in which planet are these ones functioning from because I know when you are going for an interview you present yourself a certain way when you are invited to see certain human personalities you dress sensibly. Why is it when you are coming before the Almighty creator of heaven and earth you want to dress as a prostitute and give the excuse He only looks at the heart. We have lost our common sense when we make such statements. For I know that when you work in the government parastatals banking industry and many others you are required to dress formally and not wearing tight short skirts. You ar...

                                        THE STATE OF UNDRESS IN CHURCH Back in the days in Africa in the 80's and 90's I remember how it was taboo for females to wear trousers to church. It was just not allowed. If a female wore a short skirt a mother would offer her wrapper to cover (some africans wear double wrapper) .Ladies who put on lipsticks where considered prostitutes so not allowed to take communion at all. Covering the hair with scarfs and hats where just very compulsory because your hair must be covered in the house of God. Then I could not fathom why things like that were done. Today I am much older I do really appreciate the lessons in dressing. If I can I will go back to that time and say thank you to all those mothers at the time I thought were busy bodies. Thank you to all those grannies that gave us bad looks when we sat carelessly opening our legs to show our pan...

Scriptures where God was in favour with some one. Genesis 4:4 The Lord looked with favour on Abel and his offering. Genesis 6:8 But Noah found favour in the eyes of the Lord Genesis 18:3....If I have found favour in your eyes,my Lord do not pass..... Genesis 19:19 Your servant has found favour in your eyes.... Genesis 39:21 the Lord was with him;He showed him kindness and granted him favour Genesis 39:3,23 The Lord gave him success Genesis 47:25b May we find favour in your eyes..... Genesis 50:4b if I have found favour in your eyes... Exodus 11:3 The Lord made the Egyptians favourably disposed... Exodus 12:36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed The list is not exhausted please go to the Bible you will get more. God bless you all. Prayer: Oh Lord I hand over these readers to your mighty hand grant them favour as they seek your face in Jesus name amen.

           LOVE L - leave O - ourselves V - vunerable E - everytime The above word is a four letter word but its deep in its meaning. The Holy bible makes us to understand that love is not when you open up to only family and friends but it is actually when you open up to people who hate you. People who are bent on and determined to destroy and kill you you. Whenever you have a soft spot for such a person then you have grasped the concept of love. When you love, you are not supposed to put conditions to it such as one has to be good, has to buy me things,be handsome or beautiful,be intelligent. Oh no!none of that I am just required to love everyone. Having said the above please I must explain that loving everyone does not mean I have to like everyone. I can love you but not hang around you all the time. Love means I have to treat you as good as I treat myself. Like means I admire you and want to hang out or around you. Prayer ; Father in the na...

Challenges are what shapes us in life. Without it we will have no principles, determination or motivation. Without  it we will not know how to appreciate our Creator God. Out of challenges come men of honour Out of it comes testimonies, accomplishment and unimaginable lessons. So when you go through one, do not grumble, curse God or blame your linage seat calm and take in the lessons.

          My Best Friend, my companion, my Guide. The love I have for you is indescribable For you mean so much to me that without you I am no being You are my light, the centre of my life. Without You things fall apart. You have in my lifetime taught me a lot To love, talk, dress, ask, plait hair, look good ,appreciate myself, treat people well, read, think, desire, dream, pray, fast, tithe, give offerings and good gifts. If I go on about all you have taught me I will not finish. You remember all those words of wisdom by prophets you tell me to hold unto and for years after you keep reminding me to pray them. Those times when I will forsake you and feel I can do it on my own and when I get stuck you pick me right up and show me what to do Those nights I will cry and you will comfort me and tell me it is only a test it will not last too long, it will not kill me but it will build me and make me a better pe...

When I heard of the attack that happened in Brussels, I thought hard on it and the more I think about it the clearer the picture of what these suicide bombers believe in. They believe in a cause - of which you and I know it’s all wrong. Yet they were willing to die for that cause. Beloved Jesus Christ came and died for mankind (the greatest cause). Jesus took it upon Himself and died in our place that the power of sin and death might be broken (Hebrews 2: 14). Beloved, how serious are you with your relationship with God? Are you keeping your faith now because this is the Lenten season? Is this what the Bible truly say, that we follow Jesus during a particular period of time and then continue in our worldly ways at other times? It’s time for us (the church) to rise up and live as children of God and not like the people of the world (1 Corinthians 1:10 - 17). When Jesus was about to die on the cross, there were 7 last words He spoke: Father, forgive them, for they do not know what...

I  was in the church one Wednesday for bible study, and our teacher brought home the “Parable of the Talents” to our day to day life style. He made me understand the more that in as much as we are in the church and in different departments, we should be sincere and fully committed to what we are doing. Because when we appear before God we will not give excuses such like: your colleague, or your brother, or your spouse, or your boss, or even your departmental leader is not fully committed to what he or she is doing that is why you became nonchalant and also refused to do your work. You and I should not follow the multitude to do evil (Exodus 23:2; Daniel 3: 8 – 18). May the Lord have mercy upon us all in Jesus name…Amen!! This is a hard saying: It is easier to manage poverty than to manage wealth. This was the reason why Moses taught the people of Israel all that God had commanded him to teach them. He (Moses) urged them to be careful in listening and obeying all that w...

Success is often associated with accomplishments or having things such as lots of money, material possession, or high position of power. But have you ever considered what success is in God’s sight? Let us see what is the world’s view point of success compared to God’s view point as found in the bible. Dictionary meaning of success: it is the favourable prosperous attempts or endeavours. It is the attainment of wealth, position, honours or the like. This definition of success is based on tangible things and what other people think of you. There is a part of success that is true and founded upon God’s word. Success for a believer is based on the word and not attempts at gaining worldly popularity or material gain. To understand true success (Joshua 1:8) we need to gain knowledge of some basic principles that can help us as we need to gain knowledge of some basic principles that can help us as we strive for success in God’s eyes. These principles are some of the things that we need t...

Having made known to us His will according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself (Ephesians 1:9 NKJV). The will of God is no other than God Himself; it is essential to Him; it is His nature and essence. God did not leave us without the knowledge of His will. This is why the Bible is made accessible both to the rich and poor, the young and the old. We have no excuse to fail in life and not to fulfil our God given purpose. God promises to reveal to us His will if we genuinely want to know. The Lord’s plan leads to welfare – happiness, well-being, and success; not calamity – trouble, affliction, and ruin. Understanding this principle is essential to discovering the Lord’s plan and purpose for us which will save us from financial, mental, physical, emotional and spiritual stress. We are in the first month of the year, many have set new goals and new plans for themselves. The tragedy of life lies in having no goals to reach. This year is still very young that is why you need ...

By the special grace of God am dedicating this write up to women all over the world, who desire or are yet to marry. I pray that the Lord will lead you to the right man who will treat you as a queen for the rest of your days on earth. As a woman God created you to be a blessing to your spouse, your children, community and the world at large. You need to be proud of yourself, believe in yourself and trust God for the best in life knowing that no matter how bad life may have treated you or is treating you, the best is still ahead. If you are praying to God for the right man for marriage, the first question that should come to your mind is how willing am I in accepting the authority of the man I want to live with for the rest of my life, and the second question, is he of the same faith with me? Beloved, all that God wants from you is to follow His plans (Jeremiah 29:11). I guess your next question is what if the man is abusive or he does not know his role as a man or husband, wh...

There are so many potentials in the lives of men that can be used by God yet God does not expect any good thing to come out of a man’s life that He has not refined. Those that God used and still uses to transform their generations to bring glory to Himself had to be refined by Him. If you see any man God decides to use to bring glory to Himself, the man has to go through purging and this process is not a process anyone would love to go through but it is God’s own way so as to forge such a man to the kind of instrument specified for a particular purpose. So many of us are eager to be used by God but how many are prepared to be refined? Power if not managed they say, is corrupt; and absolute power corrupts absolutely when not managed. This is why you see some of our young stars who are age 16 – 29 exposed to the front of cameras and are earning large sums of money in their career misbehave a lot, are stubborn, arrogant, and have no respect for their elders or to God. This is why a...

One of the most amazing things about God to me is the fact that He created us with the “FREE WILL” to choose to accept Him. Now I know the huge theological discussion that exists between Calvinism and Arminianism over the attempt to explain the relationship between God’s sovereignty and man’s responsibility in the matter of salvation. But please don’t get distracted by that rather I want you to think about how God allows us to live and choose to follow or reject Him. God our maker does not need us to make Himself complete nor was He lonely, but He chose to create us and allowed us to live freely in our own thoughts and mind. I believe that this characteristic of God shows how blessed we are and this should make our attitude towards Him to be positive and always wanting to please Him. Every truth that is revealed to us in God’s Word is there not only for our information but also for our inspiration. All scripture has been given to us by the inspiration of God, not to gratify an idle ...

1) Cleanse your heart daily with repentance. 2) Bath thoroughly with and in the Word of God.   3) Apply forgiveness to keep wrinkles away.     4) Stay moisturised with prayer. 5) Sprinkle yourself with love for it is the sweetest perfume.   6) Give out plenty of patience.   7) Remember worry and anger causes disease.   8) Faith is the key to aging gracefully.   9) Wear a smile to keep your face a perfect glow.    

Prayer: I pray for you today that every suffering you and your   family are going through because of your disobedience or mistake which is causing the enemy to have an upper hand in your life, the Lord Almighty shall looked down on you in His mercy, forgive and turn things around for your good in the name of Jesus……Amen!!   One lesson from God’s dealings with Pharaoh and the Egyptians is the consequences of disobedience of man. Sin has wide spread consequence. God told Pharaoh to release the children of Israel whom he had enslaved for 430 years but he refused. When the judgement on his defiance came, it affected all of Egypt – men, beast, vegetation; even the sun shining upon the land was affected. One man sinned but a whole nation suffered for it. That was in a nation that did not know God. What about a godly nation? In 2 Samuel 24: 1-17, after David regained his throne and was established, he forgot he got there by God’s power and so requested a census of his peop...

There are many promises in the Bible. All of these promises are real and can be enjoyed by you and me. Our God is powerful and rich, stories in the Bible we see, read and tell others of when encouraging them during their time of challenges or sorrow works just as the Lord saved, protected and guided the Israelites during their wilderness journey; the same thing He will and is still doing today. God never changes, and the words of His promises never change nor fail. The only time His promises does not come to fulfilment is when the person, family or nation starts sinning against God thinking they can outsmart God. After considering the work God has done in the past and the one He is still doing in the present we realise that all of His promises are received by faith which rests on God’s power, love and faithfulness. The present error of today Christians is that not many of us expect God to do somethings for us, we sort of choose the things we tell God and say, “well I think I can ha...