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It is still early days in the new year and no doubt there are people whose plans for the year are already going awry. Some plans did not even take off because certain events happened at the beginning of the year, which threw spanners into the works for many.

For example, Nigerians woke up on the first working day of the year to discover that the government had increased the price of petroleum products. This led to protests for several days which led to the government reducing the increase to about 30% from the initial 100% increase.

For those who know the mechanics of the Nigerian economy, this increase has already pushed up the cost of living because all other prices are influenced by the price of petroleum products.

This singular event must have disrupted the plans many peo...

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland”  (Isaiah 43:19)

Everyone loves something new.  When you buy a new toy for a child, it does not matter if that toy is less expensive or smaller than the old one he had, you can see the excitement and the joy in his face as he gladly accepts the gift and rushes to have a go at it.

When a man buys a new car, you can see a childlike expression on his face as he talks about the features of the car and what makes it fantastic.  When a woman does a new hair or buys a new dress, she can’t wait to go out and hear compliments from people about the dress or how nice her hair is.

The fact is that we call love something new. This is w...

In our present age, it is so easy to become depressed and overwhelmed. There are many issues within and without that continually threaten our peace of mind. Some of these pressures could be internal, like for instance when we feel a sense of sinfulness which often leads to guilt and a sense of inadequacy.

Other things which could threaten our peace of mind is fear and worry. We worry about our past actions and what effect it may have on our future, we worry about whether our investment today will yield anything worthwhile in the future to justify the investment, we worry about the children and the pressures they might be facing from their peers or which they might be exposed to in the future. It goes on and on and one would be so amazed about what other people worry about and fear.

For a young child during the immediate years after World War II, the treats and gifts were infrequent and few.  For this reason, I really valued the few I received.  One of my infrequent treats came from the center of our local town--a soft-serve malted milk flavor ice cream cone.

I will never forget the afternoon when Mom gave me the coins for a cone, and I went to the ice cream stand only to find that a new franchise had taken over the business.  Their product was an inferior vanilla soft serve.  I was displeased and far from polite.  I practically told them to get out of business and was further shocked when a month or so later, they did.  My thoughtless rudeness resulted in a strong guilt and regret.



Any of us can get ourselves into regrettable situatio...

Life, goes the popular saying, is not a bed of roses. Many times I have been asked the question, 'why do believers go through pain and difficulties?' Time   and time again, I respond, 'God did not call us into a problem-free life; He called us out of darkness into light, from sin into righteousness and from death to life."

However, we still live in a dark world, so understandably, we are subjected to trials, temptations and tribulations. In all this however, we are promised victory in Christ Jesus. We are not victims, rather, we are victors because within us is a life that cannot be defeated.



What should be our attitude when life throws negative things our way? Romans 8:28 says, "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the ca...

Sometimes we just need a rest from work. We also need a break from play. But there is no resting from life!

Someone once said, "You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction." Even when you are tired, sick, broke or fed-up you have to keep on keeping on; you have to be determined to put one foot in front of the other and make that day what it may not seem to be.



We get down and out, and wallow in the weight of our troubles and woes, and become blinded to possibilities that may be just lurking around the corner. Often we are standing in the midst of probable miracles, but because of circumstances, we fail to see them as such.

Writer, Margaret Storm Jameson, made the statement, "The only way to live is t...