Fighting Temptations

Personally, I have anticipated the release of this article; it has in its raw form blessed a whole lot and has ministered to me as well. For easy assimilation we have decided to break it down into factions and release them in bits, so this week we will walk around the intro and then, get into the sub-headings next week. Little by little we will let it out. This should allow for easy understanding, proper feedback, questions and comments. Be blessed as you read.

One fact about God is the impossibility of his making a mistake. Every minute of all that happened in the bible is of relevance to our everyday life; from the separation of the red sea to when he changed water to wine and on and on. These chain of occurrences stands for purpose.

Recently, the lord opened my spirit to the understanding of Mathew 4 and Luke 4. We all are familiar with that story when Christ was tempted by the devil. And the very understanding the Spirit gave me in that happening is that God has communicated the three major categories of temptations and most of all taught us how to overcome every one of them. And yes that’s why I titled this “FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS”. So here we are discussing a kingdom way of fighting temptations.

First, bear this in mind: the devil is a trickster; he is the cunniest being known to man. Without doubt, he has penetrating strategies strong enough to sweep practically anyone off their feet. Nevertheless, having an understanding of these tricks and possessing the ability to discern them, helps to shake loose of their hold on you.

To further explain the trick star phenomenon, we would take a quick leap to the near end of one of our study text Luke 4:13. Which reads “and when the devil had ended all his temptations, he departed from Him (Jesus) for a season” i.e. when the devil had exhausted the entire tricks he prepared for Christ, he had to leave, then again for a season. You see, when the devil plans an attack, what he does is just plan strategies to confuse you to do wrong, this strategies are what turns out to be temptations, it turned out as temptations for Adam, it turned to be temptations for Christ and yes it will turn out as the same for you but Christ has not only taught us but showed us how to be an over comer amidst all. Then again the fact that the devil was said to have left only for a season shows that the life of a Christian is filled with temptations, but the good thing is that the Lord has promised not allow temptations we can’t handle come our way. 1Cor10:13; “But God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able.” Now note; all kinds of temptations fall under the three Christ faced leaving it as our basis for warfare against temptations and basically teaching us that only with the word can we likewise outsmart the devil

Remember that Christ was born simply to die for our sins... He only lived 

those 33 years of His in order to show us how to live. Christ is our model, a typical example of the life of a true Christian. He felt our pains, saw our fears and understood our human weakness; He then taught us how to handle these. Little wonder Paul said in Heb 4:15:  “For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin”. Through His experience, we acquire a template of how to deal with our own situation.

Now we are gliding into our discuss gradually, so to make this interesting and also to ease the understanding process, I coined out three words to name each category of this temptations gotten from the basic idea of each. Namely: TemptiDespiricio, TemptiReligio and TemptiGreedise. I would therefore analyze them each with respect to the account in Mathew and basically as the spirit leads. 

But this is as much as this week’s package can take; stay tuned to BTL to further get the rest of this teaching.

Remain Blessed

deji ONADEKO

dejionadeko@gmail.com

NB; except otherwise stated every bible text is taken from NKJV

DATING AS IT IS MEANT TO BE 2 by DAMIAN

Hey people, how you doing today?        

Well I’m back and Dating as Its Meant to be is back also. Sure you got some few tips from the "Looking Good" article from Fashion Friday, thanks for the feedback. :-)

Let’s continue slowly; we’ll be going back a bit, so please stay with me on this.

Just before you plunge into dating, how well have you assessed you, because we are talking about you starting a journey that should lead to marriage. Bearing this in mind, a concise definition of Total Self-Worth should rest deeply in your consciousness.

The question is how well do you know you... how well did you answer that question? You need to be extremely sure you understand yourself well enough, before setting out to know and figure out someone else.

Sincerely, it’s a truth that seems to have been left in the dark.

A complete misunderstanding of self- worth is the primary cause of  most of the frivolous out breaks we have in relationships today, like; heartbreaks, anger, getting severely jealous just because your partner gives a warm response to someone else, and then the worse part, physical abuse.

If you do not understand yourself completely you wouldn’t correctly decide who to start this life long journey called marriage with. You’ll confuse loneliness with being alone. When your partner doesn’t call back or doesn’t call at all or didn’t read your ping or reply your text and you then get disappointed, sometimes extremely sad or mad at your partner, calling him selfish for selfish reasons.
You’ll interpret your partner’s warm welcome to another fellow as a threat, just then you might begin to lose the very essence of being in a relationship in the first place. You just might end up with a guy who sees you as nothing else but a nicely curved punching bag or a lady who thinks she’s Sindel. (Sindel is a mortal kombat character who has the ability to scream a person’s soul out of their body).

A Great man once told me this “no matter how nice a guy is, if he doesn’t have the Holy Spirit, he’s a time bomb, soon to explode” that’s the truth at its best, the same goes for the ladies.

They might only seem nice at the moment when they are trying to get your attention, just wait till they have it, and you’ll hate the fact that you ever said yes. I once read that “true strength can only be known when it is tested and tried in adversity” so what happens when you both have a disagreement and he beats you up or she screams you down. Here’s a wonderful saying “If they don’t change to have you, they wouldn’t change to keep you.” Bear that in mind.
               
If as a single person you can’t find happiness, you are lonely and not alone and I’ll tell you the truth, getting into a relationship wouldn’t help you find it either. Truth pill – relationships tests and builds your already found happiness, they don’t create one. In a relationship the happiness you felt as a single is put to test, because your partner would surely demand some of it just as you would be demanding some of theirs. Happiness can be allowed to grow if both parties have a complete mutual understanding of themselves and of the standards of a right relationship.

Ask yourself this; would you love you, if you knew you the way you know you, how would you approach you from someone else’s point of view?

Guys, how smelly do your socks get? Hmmm…..didn’t see that coming unh? How’s your armpit hair, how neat are your under wears? Someone once said how you treat your under wear is a function of your self-esteem, how well do you exercise, you don’t want to grow a pot belly later, do you? Are you a drunk and can’t stay away from alcohol (You need the Holy Spirit on this one), how well do you receive corrections, how well do you manage anger, how do you respond to failure, do you work with people or walk on people, and on and on and on……oh! Before I forget, can you cook? You are marrying a wife and not a cook, yes, she’s going to be cooking for you, but do not mistake her for one.

Ladies, hmmmm… Seriously, how is your lingerie, how neat are they, how long does it take you to wash the dirty ones, are you awfully lazy? How well do you show respect and concern, are you a party freak? (You’ll be needing the Holy Spirit on this one as well), how well do you take corrections?  Do you nag a lot? How do you respond to failure and how well do you manage anger, Can you keep his secrets? Yeah! And what are you bringing to the table; you wouldn’t want to reduce your husband into a money machine, would you?

So you see there are a lot of questions to be asked and a lot of answers to be given, these few things are things you should look for in any partner and one more “How do they manage money?”
Being single is where it all starts, you want a Great relationship; create a Great Single life first.

See you next time, and stay faithful to the blog, Thanks.

And stay tuned as “Dating as It’s Meant to be” will around for a while, cheers.

Feedbacks would be highly appreciated.

looking Good

LOOKING GOOD  :-)

Wonderful week out here in lagos, sure you having a great day, well I am, except that I wore a white dove tail shirt to work and I can’t seem to stop thinking about the possibilities of it getting stained, well, that’s for me to worry about.

                I’m gonna be taking us through some basic dressing ethics for Men and for Women who LOVE them. Most people ignore these ethics and end up looking funny, well it’s funny to those who understand dressing right to its very least important part.

Hope I don’t stain my shirt while typing…….don’t make fun of me.

 

It all starts with the very simple thing we all miss;

Formal dressing; this is what it looks like,

BELTS AND SHOES; Always remember to match your belt with your shoes, if you are wearing a brown belt, do well to put on a brown shoe, the same goes for a black belt, it sounds really simple but its an error a whole lot of people make. While dressing formal you really would want to watch this and make sure you are on the right track.

UNDERWEARS AND BRIEFS; Gentleman, that’s a good way to address men, but in my own opinion, men who are neat thoroughly- dressing right isn’t just about your outer wear but how clean your undies are also, you should for hygiene sake not repeat any under wear, wear it once and wash, I’d suggest that you wash either before or after having your bath, or just washing immediately, remember also not to pile up briefs as they get awfully smelly and we won’t want the ladies finding that out would we?

                Also, remember to always where an underwear under your shirt, it’s there for reasons such as preventing body odor and also preventing your shirt from sweat from your armpit so as to prevent it from staining your shirt.

TIES; Well, nothing specific, just try to blend the shade of your tie with your shirt and not trying out really funny colors like “Bright yellow tie on a Dark Green shirt” sound awful to me, you should also not wear long ties to dinners, dinners are occasions for bow ties, so that you don’t get uncomfortable while eating and all. There are different ways to knot a tie so, do well to choose freely that which suits your collar and event.

WRIST WATCHES; you’ve got different kinds and designs to choose from but take this from me, never wear a rubber strapped wrist watch with a suit, never, you could go with a leather brown or black or even ox-blood, you could decide to use a chain wrist watch, either silver or gold depending on both the occasion and suit color.

 

 

 Remember to leave comments and ask questions and if you have topics you'd want us to write on, let us atdamiansmilestone@gmail.com or dejionadeko@gmail.com, your requests would be highly appreciated.

 

 watch out for "fighting temptations" and "Dating as it's meant to be" this weekend. see yah!

 and yes, my shirt was pretty stained after work. :-)

 

 

 

 

 

James Fortune & FIYA Live Recording

Posted by Staff on Aug 29, 2013

NASHVILLE, TN (July 17, 2013) – Award-winning Gospel star, songwriter, producer and nationally-syndicated radio host James Fortune continues a busy year in music and ministry with the announcement of his latest plans for his next album, a first-ever live recording in Atlanta, GA.  Taking place on Friday September 6^th, James Fortune & FIYA will lead a spirited evening of uplifting musical ministry filled with their signature award-winning sound and powerful lyrics, along with special guest performances from Israel Houghton, Isaac Carree, Zacardi Cortez, Tasha Cobbs and more for this unforgettable live recording, at Bishop Dale Bronner’s Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral. 

Giving a taste of the exciting music to come, Fortune is also releasing a compilation album on Tuesday July 30^th, featuring performances from Carree, Cortez, and a variety of artists from Cheryl Fortune and Todd Galberth to VaShawn Mitchell, Canton Jones and more.  On the compilation album James Fortune Presents: Kingdom Music Vol. 1 (Entertainment One Music/FIYA World Entertainment), Fortune has created a stirring 13-track collection, with songs including “The Curse Is Broken” performed by Todd Galberth, a “With You/Revealed Medley (Unplugged)” and “Holy Is Our God (feat. Tye Tribbett)” by James Fortune & FIYA, Isaac Carree on “We Call For You,” Zacardi Cortez on “One More Time (feat. John P. Kee),” Cheryl Fortune on “Running To You,” among others.  

Following the 2012 releases of the #1 album Identity – the Grammy®-nominated album which debuted atop the Gospel, Christian and Independent Albums charts – and first holiday album Grace Gift, the September 6^th live recording concert will showcase new music from one of Gospel’s most prolific talents, with the album to be released in 2014.  Carrying on a busy year since the hit release of Identity, with a high profile of abundant blessings that included headlining the United As One Tour, and the new compilation album release on July 30^th, the two-time Grammy nominee, three-time Stellar Award winner and six-time ASCAP award-winning songwriter also continues to inspire listeners and peers nightly in his new role as nationally-syndicated radio show host of The James Fortune Show. 

Says Fortune, “I am truly excited to bring fans the compilation album, and perform a live evening of new music to remember together with FIYA and special guest performances from my friends, in praise and worship of God’s blessings and the awesome power of faith. Join me and we will make this live recording an unforgettable celebration of music and faith together.”

NEW SONG RELEASE - FRANK EDWARDS

Here’s a brand new offering from Frank Edwards’ protege, Gil. Just weeks after releasing a remix to Frank Edwards’ Superstar single, he comes through with this one titled ‘Thanksgiving’. A lovely song which gives honour to whom it’s due. Produced by Frank Edwards himself. Check on it y’all. Enjoy

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