*Don’t Lose Your Precious Me Time*

_And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he (Jesus) departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.(Mark 1:35)_

- _You will never speak to anyone more than you speak to yourself in your head.Be kind to yourself(unknown)._

And so it is for Introspection, Taking stock of your life, Getting  to know or learn more about  yourself, The people  in your life, A time to rest,Savour those good moments, A relook and a refix of those wrong ways *and I deliberately slot this obvious one in- This World 'koraa', What next?...*

*That is Your Precious Me Time*

 

 

Beloved, Your Precious Me Time make you see life from a totally different viewpoint especially in how God wants you to see it. 

Therefore,  fundamentally, it is a time to know&learn more about the Source of your life(God)...

Commune with him, draw strength in order to live a Glorious & Purposeful life.

Beloved, if life is all about how you react to it &not what happens to you;then  it is important to be rich&strong within(Spiritually)&that wholly depends on what you do in your 'Personal Me time'.

*I believe A full You, Your Wherever Conducive Space & the Ever Available God equals A Precious Me Time.*

 Again, I believe having this Precious Me Time is everything because it determines everything we do, people we move with &what we become eventually.

Don't be like those people who just can't stay off things&people. They virtually think or determine what they do. Friends and certain elements have their positives but it is important to know who you are and your values because people, no matter how critical or 'hypocritical' tend to value what you have within and what you stand for.

_Start developing one if you don't Spend time with yourself. It is the best friend to have. Yes, It is an alone time but never is it lonely especially when done with some of the right ingredients pointed out._

*SO I SAY: Please, Don't Lose Your  Precious Me Time*

*DECISION: Time with Self and Time with God. Make it a habit and let  the Holy Spirit be the Center of it & it will lead to all the right solutions in this life.*

*Otuosquotes from Don't Lose Your Precious Me Time Message*

#Covid-19musings... #The Church and the Virtual Space

 In as much as the world  is increasingly shaping  up along the digital lines, times such as this reminds us of how crucial, efficacious  and imperative   face to face human  interactions  is especially as we fellowship in the Lord.

 

_And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in *one place*.

-Acts 2:1_

 

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*MEDITATE (3)*(Job 38)

We look to get too  comfortable on earth...Grabbing everything, Coveting any other, Cheating  everyone, Discrimating amongst ourselves and letting any other thing be our prime concern other than eternity. 

We are continually  laying our treasures here on earth and putting  our Heart in them so much  so that we are afraid  to die. _(Whichever way it is never easy but this is the point... )_

Times such as this affords us the opportunity to sit back and review our ways,  simply  asking ourselves *if We are heavenly minded enough...* even as we pursue  in all our *good* gettings. 

Once again,  our continuing passage in  Job is of help. #Meditate 

 

_From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens. When the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen?_ 

_"Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords of Orion?Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs?_

_Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up [God's ] dominion over the earth?"Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?_

_Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, `Here we are'?Who endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind ?_ 

_Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?_

_"Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the Lions when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket? Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?_

So I Say: *MEDITATE*

*MEDITATE (2)*(Job 38)

Oh how we believe in the God who exist more than the same God who is ever living, most potent and all knowing.  

If he sees&knows it all,then it's the more to ask Why oh Lord... But then again,  it is even more reason to trust him for he knows all he does & never goes wrong. 

Times such as this speaks to us in every kind of way but most importantly to stop playing  with God and really commit to the one who hold  this universe in his hands. *Shall we treat God as the GOD  that he really is?* #OurLives #Everybit...Let this passage  from the book of Job be of help. #Meditate

_"Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death_

_Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this. "What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside?_ 

_Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings? Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years!_

_"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail,which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?_

_What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,_

_to water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one in it,to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?_

So I Say: *MEDITATE*

Otuosquotes... This World

Meditate (Job. 38)

In these times, I believe  this one thing should  be our utmost desire  and prayer- To see God above all the happenings, To draw nigh  to him and let him order  our steps till we finally  get to him. 

I believe  the ensuing  passage  in Job affords  the opportunity to think deeply of him  and see his greatness even as rely on him. 

Let's  Meditate!

_Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:"Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge?_

_Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me."Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand._

_Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together and all the angels [1] shouted for joy?_

_"Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place,_

_when I said, `This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'? "Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place,that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it,?_

_The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features stand out like those of a garment.The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken._

So I Say: *MEDITATE*

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*Keeping The Focus (1)*

65 days into the new year and I ask how far with the goals set for yourself, how far with still pursuing your godly mandate?…how are you keeping the focus? _(I guess as humans we all need such reminders)_

So, I pray.. I still read the word very well yet discouragement and troubles come, people hurt us badly,things don’t go the way we want and we just lose it all. Beloved, it was definitely for something when Jesus said *WATCH and Pray.* Sometimes, all that we need is to have and be abIe to keep the Focus.

Simply, *_Focus is to keenly set something before you, be firmly rooted & strongly hold on to the belief that I will make it regardless of the happenings.* Focus carries along with it tools-Persistence, determination et al. However, in Christ it goes beyond that to the same potent Grace, strength& his power.

 

Beloved, take note of these practical pointers on what keeping the focus means

_- Being Focused does not mean you won’t be distracted( we are humans not God)_

_-Being Focused does not mean you won’t fall at times(If Peter &David with all their falls could…)_

_-Truly saying  I will keep the focus does not mean you won’t think or feel like giving up (What at all is this world  we say but…)_

_-Again, truly saying I will keep the focus just does not make life easier._

*Our FOCUS IN CHRIST only means I know all that surrounds me, I know those weaknesses and shortfalls but above all I know what God has said about me, what he has enabled me to do, I have seen the end and  no matter the situation, distractions& failures I will get there.*

*SO I SAY: Let's keep focused on the goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision and you’ll see it yet. Now that  we ‘re on the right track, let’s stay on it.(Message Version)*

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*MEDITATE*(Isaiah 40:27-31)

*We can read again, go into it again, meditate again and I believe  our God will give us something  new again.*

#Meditate

_Why do you say O Jacob, and complain, O Isreal,  "My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded  by my God."?_

_Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the, everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth.He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding  noone can fathom._

_He gives strength to the weary and increases the power  of the weak. Even youth grow tired and weary and young  men stumble  and fail;but those  who hope  in the Lord will renew their  strength._

_They will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not grow weary,  they will walk and not fail._

*SO I SAY: MEDITATE*

 

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*…Tame Your Tongue”*

“All kinds of animals...are being tamed&have been tamed by man but no man can tame the tongue”Jam. 3:7_

James speaks a profound truth by drawing our attention to an organ in the human body that can easily be underestimated yet so powerful-The Tongue. The thought of ‘oh so could those words come from such a person’, speaks it all. The visible tongue bringing out the intent of man can damage all that one has built for years. 

Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.(v.5)_

And so we are able to tame all those animals even the wildest but sometimes our greatest defeat comes from our inability to control that ‘reddish thing.’

To tame is to train, cultivate, discipline, enslave or to make not dangerous. Of course, James himself says no man can tame the tongue. So who can?-God, through his Holy Spirit.  *How?...Through letting us know who we are as children of God-A new creature.  

*How does this new creature behave in an old body/mind?...By continually renewing and transforming it through his Word which says let your conversations be full of grace, seasoned with salt at all times. (Col. 4:6)

*The last which is key in the taming process is to continually live in the CONSCIOUSNESS of your status as Christ's Rep. here... which means  allowing his Spirit to lead you to know what, where, when and how to say it. Gradual it is, but it's  only sure way to get us to that point  where certain words can't fall even when we want to. #Tamed #YourLife #Thereof

Beloved, we live in an era where a lot of our declarations have not only destroyed our relationships with one another but even delayed our blessings, made us stagnant or even rained curses upon our lives. Basically, it has given the devil a footstool in derailing God’s plans and purposes for our lives.

Our tongues/words are to speak life, positivity, proclaim blessings and glorify our maker. Get this and live in that Consciousness.

*SO I SAY: Let the Holy Spirit Tame Your Tongue.*

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Are you scheduling time to be with God? What time of day do you meet with Him?

 

 

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*QUESTIONS (1)- God&Understanding Him*

Questions is where we ask simple, relevant, teasing yet interesting questions for you to ponder &draw out meaningful answers yourself as inspired by your maker.  The Questions, on the title now:

*_God?...In what way do you think of him?_

*How is your relationship with God like?_

*How have you sought to understand this unpredictable and unseen God we so believe and have faith in?_

*Are there countless times you thought you ‘fairly knew’ and understood him and something (minute) happened and then…?_

*Has or does your trust get shaken sometimes no matter the devoted or staunch Christian you are?_

*What conclusion have you come to about God and Understanding all about him?_    

  And so this:

*What do you think when Heb.11:3says “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible”?_

*Do you agree to this- That we all believe God can do all things yet he still confounds us every time he does it?_

*Do you believe whatever he does is good and perfect even though we don’t understand it all about him?(James 1:17)_

* How about in Psalm 119:73- “Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands”? ... and in Eccl 11:5, when he also says “As you do not understand…how the body is formed so you cannot understand the work of God, the maker of all things?”_

*Do you then agree we can’t know it all about him but he makes us know enough to live that Glorious and fulfilling life all to please him?_

*SO I SAY: This is QUESTIONS (1)…God& Understanding Him.* (Job,36:26) 

QUOTE: Let’s continue to ask all the ‘Whats&Hows’, for I believe asking questions is the cheapest, simplest and the best way to know and develop ourselves- Otuosquotes

 

 

 

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