MISTAKES = EXPERIENCE?

I once heard someone say EXPERIENCE is the best teacher and quickly some one countered saying experience is the teacher of fools. Hair raising, right?

After listening to Bill Clinton's speech at the DNC in Denver, I realized that as one of the most successful presidents of modern history, Bill Clinton spoke with conviction and authority greatly endorsing BARACK OBAMA.

The "inexperienced one" in the eyes of John McCain and his cronies.

Well, this is what I have to say: Obama has seen the mistakes of other men and has learnt from them, while John McCain has made pretty many errors and we are not sure if he is gonna mend.

So who is the real deal, America DECIDES.

ARE YOU AN EXCEPTIONAL EMPLOYEE?

Guys, this is something i found in my junk mail and it really is interesting. Would you do the same?

A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and pulled it over to the telephone. He Climbed onto the carton so that he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in seven Digits (phone numbers).

The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation:

Boy: "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn?
Woman: (at the other end of the phone line): "I already have someone to cut my lawn."

Boy: "Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now."
Woman: I'm very satisfied with the person who is presently cutting my lawn.

Boy: (with more perseverance): "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of Palm beach , Florida ."

Woman: No, thank you.

With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner, who was listening to all This walked over to the boy.

Store Owner: "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job."

Boy: "No thanks,

Store Owner: But you were really pleading for one.
Boy: No Sir, I was just checking my performance at the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady, I was talking to!"

This is what we call "Self Appraisal"

LIMITS and BOUNDARIES

Yesterday was eventful and I realised that one can be seen as a PROUD person because of their speech. Right now I am excited about the Advertising firm friends of mine and I have put together. It is so exciting that I find myself telling even strangers about it.
I had dinner with a friend and found myself in preach mode as we shared the LOVE of Christ and how it supersedes any thing that may want to exalt its-self above it.
Our chat was on LIMITS and BOUNDARIES.

God’s Plan for us is to OPERATE without LIMITS and boundaries. However, he has placed us inside limits to perfect our ability to enlarge them and take the entire BOUNDARY.

Check this out:
Adam and Eve were placed with in a BOUNDARY but were given LIMITS. These LIMITS are meant to protect us from the enemy.
JOB was in a boundary and was protected by LIMITS. We see that the devil came in and Job was steadfast and reworded with the entire BOUNDARY.

Guys, NO, LIMITS, NO BOUNDARIES. I see Increase All around me. BREAK FORTH

GET an IDEA, make it WALK, before long it will FLY.

In the view that THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS…
I dare ask WHAT is YOUR IDEA?
What do I mean by this?
God had an IDEA, In the beginning.
RESULTS: CREATION
To think is to CREATE and to SPEAK is to call into existence.(Ariho Kamara, 2008)

Lets learn to articulate our IDEAS.

DO CHRISTIANS GO TO HELL?

Thanks to my faithful morale boosters.
I am gonna come up with views on that question.

But in a NUT shell, Jesus Christ did not begin any
"movement" called "CHRISTIANS".
matter of fact, it was begun by the PAGANS who saw the
believers of the time act like Christ and called them
CHRISTIANS.

What I know is that, For all that are led by the spirit
of God are called SONS. (Romans 8:14)
I am sure that SONS will inherit HEAVEN and wont go to Hell.

On the flip side, there are the "quote and quote" Christians in LUKE 13:25.
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

FAITH and WORKS cannot be SEPARATED.
One apart from the other is DEAD, above in LUKE 13:25,is works without faith
and in James 2:20 is faith without faith.


James 2:17 - 23

Good deeds and not the title make you a christian as the scriptures teach us in
James 2:17-23, below

17. Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
18. Yes, a man will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
19. You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
20. But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
21. Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22. You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
23. and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness;" and he was called the friend of God.

I hope this makes clarifies something.

God bless.... I am off to repent!!!!

AK

W.E.A.K dudes or WEAK dudes?

I was planning to write a commentary on my experiences the last couple of days and realised whatever i wanted to write was already DONE.

Paul Writes it in his letter to the Romans Chapter 5.
Please read this as I get my thought together.

Results of Justification
1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
2 Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
4 And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

6 For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.
7 Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.
8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
9 Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.
10 For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;
11 And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.
12 For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:
13 Because, till the law came, sin was in existence, but sin is not put to the account of anyone when there is no law to be broken.
14 But still death had power from Adam till Moses, even over those who had not done wrong like Adam, who is a picture of him who was to come.
15 But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men.
16 And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number.
17 For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
18 So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.
19 Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.
20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace: 21 That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


God bless
Ak

FRIENDS PLEASE PEN OFF WITH A NAME.

Guys,
I opened the blog comments ability to take on anyone without having to possess a blog account. Please Pen off with your name.

Bless.

Day one at the materials development workshop.

Friends,

These are good times in my life especially now that I feel like I have my career path cut out.... its taken me 30 odd years, but its never too late!!

Anyway, it has been a long day at the YEAH seminar and quite, lots of learning and interaction with people from many walks of life.

I will save you the details.....

One highlight was, remember my earlier blog on GOD giving.... and giving?
It did come up!!

I was not aware that the president had actually commented on this too.
He was saying, that somehow religion has made us really soft on tackling the issues that cause deaths and loss in our societies.People have taken death as the Lord taking away what HE had given.

I think Mr. Museveni was a bit on the ball there,.... We need to investigate these things that cause death and rebuke, refuse and end them. It is not "THE LORD TAKING AWAY, JUST..."

Well, as we developed materials for behaviour change, we agreed that these need to offer solutions and longer life and every death should trigger an investigation and push for remedies... not the "Insh'Allah" mentality.

Another thing that caught my eye was a quote by Mark Twain who said.
"I apologize for writing this long letter but it is because i did not have time to write a short one."

On a sad note... Uganda needs to move fast on RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS and FAITH GROUPS protection, otherwise the west will secularize us and break the core values that their fathers helped teach here as missionaries. (Shhssstt.... can you imagine there are policies that organizations craft in their contracts that state things like... "WHEN YOU MEET, DON'T PRAY!!" - Flabbergasting, eh?!

Lord help us!!
Am out!

PRAYER is PREPARATION.

SCENE ONE.
Moses, standing at the red sea with the children of Israel hears a stampede from a distance.The chariots of Pharaoh are in the distance and the haze from the dust they are raising makes it look like Egypt is on FIRE.(time check 18:15)

Then slowly a murmur from the back spreads thought the whole crowd like a fire till screams of desperation and frustration reach Moses standing in front of the crowd. "Did you bring us here to kill us".... and some more nasty comments start to fly towards Moses. He is pretty confused now.


SCENE TWO.
Moses goes to the mountain to listen to GOD and find out how to deal with the problem at hand. He walks like up the mountain and arrives to a nice place of prayer which he sanctifies with a prayer of "SANCTIFICATION" (time check 18:45) He is ready to say the lords' prayer at 18:55 and at this time the crowd is planning how to swim across the red sea because the chariots are 20 minutes away.

CUT!

I think prayer is preparation for what is lies a head.
I have often found myself praying during times when decisions need to be made.

Friends, PRAY without CEASING when that decision arrives God will work a good thing in you.[1 Thessalonians 5;17]

Be encouraged.

THE LORD ONLY GIVES!!

On many funerals, at least the few that I have been to.
I have often heard the PRIEST, REVEREND, CANNON, POPE...etc
say, THE LORD GIVES and THE LORD TAKES AWAY!

I think this should be REPUDIATED in the strongest terms possible.

This quote was taken from the book of JOB.
But we need to know that Job made this statement as a response to his friends who had come to visit him at his lowest... ( Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; Don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.)... is what he wanted to say to them I assume.

However it was by FEAR that Job went under trial.
The devil wanted to taste if Job worshiped God out of love or fear.

1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

4 His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts." Thus did Job continually.

As a ritual, JOB made a "FEAR" offering. one aimed at "BRIBING" God for FEAR that his children had cursed GOD.

6 Now it happened on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before God, that Satan also came among them.

7 God said to Satan, "Where have you come from?"
Then Satan answered God, and said, "From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."

8 God said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."

9 Then Satan answered God, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing?

10 Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

11 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."

12 God said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don't put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of God.

BREAK DOWN:

The next six chapters, we see that satan, went to accuse Job of loving GOD for what HE does and not WHO HE is. But God knew Job's Heart and was willing to let satan attain the defeat he asked for.


The rest is HISTORY. After the devil had taken away, GOD GAVE in measures of 10's and 100's FOLD.

EVIDENCE:
PROVERBS 10:22 God's blessing brings wealth, And he adds no trouble to it.

BRETHREN: LET US AGREE that GOD GIVES!!.... GOD GIVES!!! and GOD GIVES!!!

Be blessed
AK

WE ALL HAVE WHAT IT TAKES!!

2KINGS 4:1-6 KJV

1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

FROM this verse, we see that a SITUATIONAL problem was gonna get GENERATIONAL. The debt of the father was gonna mean a generation of slaves. Fathers, Parents to be... lets think before we get our children in trouble, I think borrowing is not wrong but the family should know what it is for.


2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

The lady had oil but claimed to have NOTHING.... U have life, u have health, you have friends... U have something. ALWAYS... God made us SEED-full and calls us to be FRUITFUL (Gen 1:22)

3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Borrowing from your neighbours... CAN THEY LEND YOU? imagine a situation where her neighbours would not lend her. A principle that i use before i lend now is, can i afford to lose what am lending out. It has grown after a series of mistakes. HAVE good neighbours, be a good neighbour. You need people as much as they need you.


4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

Isolation is good for the soul. It should be deliberate and focused. People need to shut the doors of distraction and perfect their gift. Multiply it. How we are quick to sell before we gathered enough.(I fall culprit here!!)



5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.


6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.


THE MIRACLE of MULTIPLICATION HAPPENS with you using the Little that you have without interruption. Gather confidence in how to apply it and then sell it to the PUBLIC.
Your family is the first market you have. can you bake cakes edible enough for your family... then the public is ready. If your family thinks you are a bad cook... catering is not your business.


7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.


SET YOUR SELF FREE!!!

Be blessed!

AK