UN-ANSWERED PRAYER

Unanswered prayer,   the proven Antidote.

 Am I grateful enough?  That sounded fair

Am I an ingrate? That sounded harsh

Am I not the source of my problem? That sounded pointblank.

 How grateful are you?

How praiseful are you?

If you are not grateful, you can not be praiseful.

Your level of gratefulness determines your level of praise.

How thankful are you?

How joyful are you?

If you are not thankful, you can not be joyful.

The level of your thankfulness determines the level of your joy

How Godly are you?

How graceful are you?

If you are not Godly, you can not be full of grace.

Your level of Godliness determines your level of grace.

To be grateful is to be thankful, praiseful, graceful and to be full of God.

To be thankful for little gift is an express access to great gift.

God is good. God loves your gratitude and worship all the time. If you are of God, you will do exactly what he loves, what come may. And the more you understand this mystery, the more you will enjoy His grace.  Even though the obstacles before you seem insurmountable and appear so real, grace will gracefully gives you a graceful swagger beyond understanding.

Ask and you shall receive. It is a law. In science, laws are proven statements of fact that are true with or without a condition.

When you receive anything, be truly thankful.

Don’t expect that your request is going to be moderated and adjusted up to a bigger one though it seldom happens.

Most often than not, from experience, it can only be moderated down.

Unfortunately again, there can be a delay for some reasons well known to the giver. And by the time you will have it, it is more like a belated or an outdated blessing. Therefore instead of being grateful and being very grateful, you are already believing God for the bigger one, such that even your thanks, if at all, is not full.

For example, someone asked sometimes that even if it is just a two doors car I will be happy. After a while, he got it miraculously. But , he began to make a statement that never again in his live will he ask for small thing like that again. He regretted not to have asked for jeep or other big cars.  Today this man can only boast of a higher rated cars and nothing more.

Another good example is someone who asked for a beetle car. After a while, he also got it. He was very very happy and grateful boasting about his new car around.  He has got exactly what he desired and loves to have. His friend who had a better car were making jest of him for being proud of having a beetle car at such a time. However, he stood his ground to be sincerely grateful to God for that blessing. Today, this same man is having a private jet only for himself and the fleet of great cars is uncountable.

 The two men like anyone reading this today have a great destiny which was unknown to them at the time. The first one limited himself by his attitude towards the first blessing in his life while the second one who was foolishly grateful unlock a bigger grace for his destiny. Please learn to be grateful at the instant of receipt of that blessing not later. Pray earnestly for this grace. It is very important. Ability to be grateful instanta attracts powerful grace than when you do it later.

enjoyment is getting exactly what you want at the very time you need it

 That is general definition. But, what of if life give you a variant at some time. The reason is that you may ask for something and you happen to be receiving some other things which are also good but not the exact thing.

I know of this long time ago: “do not proffer a temporary solution to a permanent problem”. I meant you have thought it out wisely, that when I get this, it is a permanent solution to a permanent problem. There comes again a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Be thankful for it. It takes a deep thinking heart to be grateful.

For example, I need a job that will give me a source of income at least every month. For me , I think that is what I need, because with that I can plan ahead within my income and probably God willing,  be lifted  to a higher level. Can you see the wisdom of man!

Now, somehow, I don’t need to buy airtime for my phone because there is a means by which my phone is being topped up. Now, I don’t have to buy anti-malaria every three weeks again because there is this sure, sound and resound knowing in my head that I can not be sick again.

Now, I enjoy better power supply in my area compared to my former place. Let me stop here.

There is no job yet, some expenses that my salary would have taken care of are being supplied by grace.

Don’t I owe God praise for all this and many more that I can only know if and only if I have a grateful hearts. There comes a day that this message came to my mind and I was left with no strength within me. I totally see my shortcoming. I totally see my ingratitude.

 I quickly remember the past. I came off the best student in my Senior Certificate Exam. All therefter, it was how to move on with the certificate to a higher level.  Is aspiring for higher level a sin? Little discontent after contentment is not a sin. The question is -Was I grateful enough? Was I sincerely grateful? I could remember that indeed God answered my prayer for that very result.

 Is the problem psychological? I read in a book titled “why do I behave the way I behave” the author described a particular class as the type that behave in such a way that, when they see good things happening, say, a birth of new bouncing baby boy, not because they are not happy with it, but they are already thinking and praying for what the baby will eat and how he will get a good care. When they see a good result like mine in an exam, since it is not the end in itself, they are already aspiring for future and greater certificate.

He said further that, this category of people so much depend on deep thinking to solve most of their problem and they only hand over most difficult ones to God in prayer.

God has helped you. Please help yourself.

At this juncture, may be I will recommend that once in a while, sit yourself down and think why you should be thankful. Holy Spirit will surely show you what has gone amiss.

This is more than general blessing like the rain, the sun, the air will breathe in or to be alive like anybody. There are certain things that are specific and cogent at some instant that only when it is well thought out that you will see it, as the integral blessing for the moment and more so, it is to test your ability to show thankfulness.

For the fact that you didn’t express your thanks at the right time has made you unthankful.  However, it is better late than never. Now that you have seen the secret between those that enjoy greater grace than you, you better retrace your step. That is why door has been closed to that, so called big thing. That is the reason sometimes for the UN-ANSWERED PRAYER.

Everything called problem or obstacle is not from witch or wizard.  I got this sometimes ago, “the problem is not witch or wizard but the bringing-up of this people who resolve to behave contrary”

 Grace could have spoken for you in some places and you would have seen yourself flying higher if you had been grateful on time.

Be thankful.

Be  truly thankful for that very one in your hand, no matter how foolish it seems to appreciate it, be thankful for it.

 Thank you and the peace of the Father that surpasses all understanding guard your spirit and mind, amen
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SABATTH OR REST OR SLEEP

Ranjan Das, CEO and MD of SAP-Indian subcontinent died after a massive cardiac arrest in Mumbai recently.
One of the youngest CEOs, he was only 42.

What killed Ranjan Das?

He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon runner.

After his workout, he collapsed with a massive heart attack and died. He is survived by his wife and two very young kids.

It was certainly a wake-up call for corporate India. However, it was even more disastrous for runners.

The question arises as  to why an exceptionally active, athletic person succumbed to a heart attack at 42 years of age.

What is the real reason?

Everyone missed out a small line in the reports that Ranjan used to manage with 4-5 hours of sleep.

In an earlier interview of Ranjan on NDTV in the program ‘Boss' day out’, Ranjan Das himself admitted that he sleeps less and would love to get more sleep.

Short sleep duration (<5 or 5-6 hours) increases risk for high BP by 350% to 500% compared to those who slept longer than 6 hours per night.

Young people (25-49 years of age) are twice as likely to get high BP if they sleep less.

Individuals who sleep less than 5 hours a night have a 3-fold increased  risk of heart attacks.

Just one night of sleep loss increases very toxic substances in body such as Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and C-reactive protein (CRP). They also cause cancer, arthritis and heart disease.

Sleeping for <=5 hours per night leads to 39% increase in heart disease. Sleeping for <=6 hours per night leads to 8% increase in heart disease.

What is ideal sleep?

In brief, sleep is composed of two stages: REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and  non-REM. The former helps in mental consolidation while the latter helps in physical repair and rebuilding.

No wonder when one wakes up with an alarm clock after 5-6  hours of sleep, he/she is mentally irritable throughout the day (lack of REM sleep).

And if somebody has slept for less than 5 hours, the body is in a complete physical mess (lack of non-REM sleep), the person is tired throughout the day and immunity is way down.

In conclusion:
Barring stress control, Ranjan Das did everything right: eating proper food, exercising, maintaining proper weight. But he missed getting proper and adequate sleep, minimum 7 hours. That killed him.

We are playing with fire if we are sleeping less than 7 hours even if we have low stress.

Do not set your alarm clock under 7 hours.

Ranjan Das is not alone.

Do Share it with all the Good People In ur Life.

THE PRINCIPAL THING

The principal thing –Wisdom

Sometimes ago, I had two of my classmates seriously quarreling. One of them was of very small stature then. The bigger one claimed to be older and even likened the other classmate to his second younger brother.

I stepped in, and asked them for there respective ages. None of them was ready to declare his age. That is the puzzle.

I quickly think fast, and ask each of them what  their age was when they started primary one . They quickly answer me, not knowing where I was going.

I further asked whether they’ve ever repeated a class.

By doing the simple arithmetic of addition and subtraction, I was able to get the difference of their age.

The big proud classmate got angry and felt ashamed at my conclusion.

Because he agreed with my calculation, that he must be going too far to have said that his classmate was not more that his second younger brother, if at all he is older that him.

What a wisdom!!!

Proverb: 4:7: Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding

Quite many violent wars in the world today could have been quelled by applying simple wisdom.

Civil war in Nigeria long time ago was brought to an end by simple wisdom from late sage I respected so much, a man of dreams, a man of destiny, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.  A war that artillery and weapons could not win, stopping the supply of food to the opponent, finally led to ‘No winner No vanquished' resolution of the civil war.

Ec: 9:14: There was a little city and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

Ec: 9:15: Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Ec: 9:16: Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Ec: 9:17: The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruled among fools.

Ec: 9:18: Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyed much good.

For this religion fanatics   killing and going on suicidal mission all over the world, I suppose it is high time to bring to a temporary close by applying simple wisdom.

Look out for the next post on my wisdom in that line.

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FEARFUL TRUTH

my GLORY

I have found OUT that your glory is hidden in what you fear most.

Care more for opinion of others.

 Act for yourself.

 Take risk.

 If you win you will be happy. If you lose , you'll be wiser.

 Martin Luther king junior said and I quote

‘Cowardice asks the question- is it safe?

Expediency ask the question – is it politics?

Vanity ask the question – is it popular?

But conscience asks the question- is it right?

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politics, nor popular.

But one must take it simply because it is right.
 

Success is not for the fearful but for the fearless. Take an action and always remember that your glory is hidden in what you fear most.