Talents and Creativity: Have you made God proud with it.

Being creative has to do with your talent...the way you use it. Most of us have what we are being creative at or what we specialize our creativity on.
   Our talents and creativity are divine gift or skills in which our Creator has deposited in us.

    Many people or let me even say many of us use our creativity and talents to advertise ourselves, self edification, self appraisal and some even use their talents and creativity to promote worldly and ungodly figures. BUT they never make God proud with their creativity.

I can WRITE
I can SING
I can TEACH
I can DRAW
I can PAINT
I can SPEAK
I can COMPOSE
e.t.c
With all these... HAVE YOU MADE GOD PROUD?

All this gift, skills, talents and creativity... You did not deposit it in yourself... Nobody put it in you... Your Creator (God)  put it there. The only thing you can do is to utilize it in a godly sense ... Use it to promote God and His commandments not to promote yourself alone.

Lemme conclude on this note:
MAKE GOD PROUD IN THE SENSE THAT...
- I can WRITE... I will use my ability to write to WRITE what  is RIGHT. Not only writing for fun but writing to inspire lives about heaven.
- I can DRAW... I will use my ability to draw in  DRAWING sinners to the knowledge of repentance.
- I can SING... I will use my ability to sing to praise my creator not to promote an ungodly figure.
- I can PAINT... I will PAINT the world with godly messages. I will PAINT the Word (The Gospel  Word of God) to make it presentable and acceptable in the sight of men to make them believe that Jesus is Lord.

I am not saying we should not use our talent to edify ourselves... What I'm saying is that we should make God proud with our creativity not Idolizing ourselves with it.

By Folaranmi Emmanuel .O (F'eman)
Email: folaemmanuel101@gmail.com
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CHANGE THIS THEORY

Looking at the picture attached to this post. I believe you understand what it entails and the message it passes.

  The smaller brain has the biggest heart and the smallest heart are the bigger brain. Now tell me is the equation balanced? 
  
  Psychologically(just according to the picture below), you all know that  little children easily forgive and they portay an unreserved level of forgiveness coupled with love and compassion.
But the question is:
Do you portray that type of heart?
Are you a replica or typical example of the illustration given the picture attached to this post?

What you have upstairs is your brain, it grow bigger and bigger everyday while you heart of love and compassion for others depreciates.  You update your upstairs with different theories,informations, philosophies,science and ideologies to get it upgraded while your heart of love and compassion becomes degraded.

I thought love should be equal with our  brain.  Not only equal,  your heart of love and compassion for others should be portrayed beyond the size of your brain just as Jesus did in time past... HIS level of love was portrayed beyond human reasoning.... 
Abi! 
what kind of love is greater than laying down his life to deliver man from sin.

  Lemme conclude on this note by stating this: "THE SIZE/LEVEL OF LOVE AND COMPASSION WE SHOULD PORTRAY MUST NOT BE ONLY PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE OR OUR BRAIN... IT SHOULD GO BEYOND THAT. "

Upgrade heart of  love to others equally and above what is upstairs.

Remember!
Portray the heart love in a godly sense not out of lust.

OBSERVATION: THE BEST TEACHER

There is a common saying which states: “Experience is the best teacher”but I have come to analyse this saying in terms of negativity, bad or displeasing situation and consequences. After analysing this I arrived at this conclusion…. I would rather say it is better to say “Observation is my best teacher or Observation is the best teacher” in terms of negativity or displeasing situation.

Some of you might wonder why I say Observation should be the best teacher but before I proceed,
let me ask you this question…. Do you want the consequence of your immoral or negative character come upon you before you learn your lesson?

A Yoruba proverb says “Ogbon Ologbon la fi n sogbon meaning ” One man experience is a lesson to another.

My fellow readers, Do you want the consequence of your immoral or negative character take verdict upon you before you learn your lesson? If your answer is NO. Make haste to CHANGE. Observe and look at the aftermath of people who have thread on the way of deceit, evil and immoral act. Look, Observe their aftermath and LEARN YOUR LESSON.

Can I really do all things through Christ?

You can do all things through Christ who strengthen you but you have to endure something...

Can I really do all things through Christ? 

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me" Philippians 4:13
    
 Most of us use the quoted verse above to tackle life challenges but in the same vein we misuse it. 
    I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me is a verse that draws up courage and motivation. 

We misuse this verse base on the fact that if Jesus can do anything,  I can also do anything through him. For instance, we think in this sense:
- If I have Jesus there is no way I will not pass that exam
- If I have Jesus there is no way I will not get that promotion at work.
- If I have Jesus I can beat that record or break that jinx. 
- If I have Jesus I can be successful in all endeavors? 
All these are great and these mentality has what is greater than that. The Scripture says "we are more than conquers"

BUT! 
What if you are not successful in all your endeavors? 
What if you failed in that examination or anything? 
What if you don't get that promotion?
  
You know that there are times when no matter what you do, circumstances and disappointment sets in.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me is not about success at all because circumstances and disappointment may set in.  And when disappointment and circumstances set in "LET US ENDURE ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST THAT STRENGTHEN US WITH THE HOPE AND BELIEF THAT WE SHALL OVERCOME AND SUCCEED THROUGH THE STRENGTH COMING FROM CHRIST. "

Mout Zion Faith Ministry introduces it Mount Zion TV app

Praise God,
After the unveiling of Mount Zion TV basically running on channel 305 on CONSAT.  The  Mount Zion Faith Ministry headed by Evangelist Mike Bamiloye has launched it mobile app which will serve as a medium of streaming Mount Zion movies.  With this app Mount Zion has got the world covered.

You can now watch Mount Zion movie at best comfort by downloading  the Mount Zion TV app via this link on Google Play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps details?id=com.tuxkiddos.apps.mztv

AS A #1000 NOTE

A crumbled 1000naira note is still very useful to whoever is spending it and whoever is receiving it. So is the fork and a murderer and a liar and a thief and a womanizer and a whole lot of other persons that feel they can’t become something useful for God or to their immediate environment. God dwells in eternity and not in “Human Time”. He’s been through all of time (remember He’s the beginning and the end?) that’s why He was able to erase my terrible past. How much more yours?

If you ever feel alone, if you feel like you’re a hand-me-down pulled out of the depths of a homeless man’s baggage, Remember God’s name, mumble it under your breath and believe in the plans he has for you. Love yourself in permanent ink. Christ once affirmed that he did not need to be educated regarding the inner workings of the human personality, because He himself “Knows what is in man” (John 2:25)

So say it, speak it… those positive things you want for yourself. Those assurances that you know of. Believe me, I’m certain the fork prays when it’s lying in the utensil cabinet in a kitchen. It’s Prayer?
“Let someone that appreciates my usefulness pick me up today and I will serve him like I am supposed to”.

By Folaranmi Emmanuel
Twitter: folaemmanuel101
Facebook: Folaranmi Emmanuel O

HE IS PAVING THE WAY FOR YOU

The world we find our self is a journey,  we are moving, we are progressing, we are also struggling to have our way. But there are time  when the journey seem so confusing, blocked and misleading.
Who make the way? 
Who paves the way for us to continue our journey to the brighter side?

IT IS GOD WHO MAKES THE WAY. HE makes a way where there seems to be no way.  He makes for the Israelite when they are to cross the Red Sea.  The blocked, confusing and misleading journey we face today are temptation, failure, inability to attain success etc...  Let us cast this burden on God for He careth for us.

Therefore, Let not underestimate the power of God coz He makes the impossible possible. He pumps water out of the wilderness , He makes the mouth a fish an ATM machine.

Only those that are living their lives to please God are beneficiary of receiving God's compass in life journey.

CHILLING OUTFIT

Living a godly life by covering yourself with righteousness to the people of the world seems lame, silly, dull etc.

Romans 13:14 (niv) says
“Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.”

The flesh might desire that you do
otherwise, your friends and even family might try to make you do otherwise. But instead of conceding and yielding to compromise, take that righteous cloth of eternal value and put it on with style…

By Joshua Mike Bamiloye
Twitter: Jay-mikee

PRICE TAG

1 Corinthians 6:20 (NLT) says " for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body"

Some of us don't understand that we all have price tags... the sad news is, many of us place "discounts" on our prices. Some of us even go as far as placing our bodies on awoof (free).

How? The things we do, the words we say, our thoughts, the people we move with, etc They either add to our value or subtract from it.
Because Jesus has bought us over with His life, our job is to maintain and keep the "product" (our bodies) till he returns! ITS NOT FOR SALE... NOT NOW, NOT EVER.

By Joshua Mike Bamiloye
Twitter: Jay-mikee

Mount Zion TV, Nigeria’s First Christian Movie Channel - Mike Bamiloye

Veteran gospel drama actor, Mike Bamiloye has announced the official
launch of Nigeria’s first Christian Movie Channel known as Mount Zion TV (MZTV).

MZTV is expected to officially take off on Workers Day, May on fast growing satellite TV platform CONSAT run by Continental Broadcasting Service owners of Television Continental and Radio Continental.

The announcement was made at the just concluded Drama Ministers Power Night, held at Jogor Centre
on March 11. It was the climax of a 70 Days Prayers and Fasting for the ministry which sent the auditorium
into excitement and thanksgiving.

According to Mike Bamiloye who together with his wife Gloria are regarded as one of the pioneers of Christian movies in Nigeria, the dream for MZTV has been long in
coming.

He announced, “The Mount Zion Television will launch on May 1. It is Africa’s First 24 hour Christian movie Channel on CONSAT. The lord is providing us a drama ministry, a great platform to showcase the works of Godin our hands. It is a great platform to showcase the
works of God in our hands.”

Music: Generation Next music download by Joshua Mike Bamiloye

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ADARA by Joshua mike Bamiloye

Joshua Mike-Bamiloye’s new song “Adara” which means “It will be well” in Yoruba dialect is a song of prayer, trust and hope in the promises that God has made concerning our lives. It is off his recently released album
“Rebirth” from the stables of Mount Zion Music Studios.

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Fast food christians

JAY&JOSH series 5
Fast-food Christians
A person who spends enough time on God's fire and His word that becomes a "Delicacy Christian". Fast food Christians only have quick
moments with God (if at all they remember), they don't like to hear words from their pastors or elders that offend them or rebuke their acts, rather sweet motivational words, and so on. U can think of some more features of fast-food
Christians and Delicacy Christians.
Which category do you belong in?

It complicated

We are living in a world that is complicated...
A world where the right seems wrong and the wrong seems right.
There are philosophies and ideologies of identity.

We are living in a world of countless decisions,
where to go ?
Who to follow?
Who to  trust?
But everyone knows that the clock is ticking.

We are living in final time

SHUT UP

SHUT UP
Check this, if "In the beginning was the Word ,and the Word was with God , and THE WORD WAS GOD", this means there's more to "the
spoken word" than we think. We are replicas of God so we shouldn't be any different, that is, we BECOME words we speak, that's how powerful
the effect it.
In this challenging period of the country, I hear people speak all manner of negative things about
themselves. Ask someone "how are you?" and you hear "brother, we're hustling, there is no money!" "our country is doomed" "life is hard"
"nkan ti baje" (things are messed up) etc.
The power of life and death is in the tongue. Let the weak say "I am strong" and the poor say "I am rich" if you have nothing positive to say
about yourself, then for your own good... Shut up.

BUILD YOURSELF

Build yourself

Prayer is good, fasting is good, going to church

is good. they are all spiritual developments... But

let's shift base for a while. what are you doing to

personally to develop your skills? What research

have you done to improve your knowledge on

your field? It's laziness to sit back and "believe"

that God will "provide" all the knowledge you

need.

In Exodus 4:3, God asked Moses "What's that

you have in your hand?" (It worked wonders)

In 1kings 17 God used Elisha to ask The widow

for the little she had. (God multiplied it)

In Matt 14:17 Jesus use the 5loafs and 2 fishes

(multiplied it as well)

God will only begin His work where you've

reached your limit.

So define yourself; Gather knowledge, get busy,

keep practising, be innovative, read more. Be a

better 'you'.