Day of Love

Today, marks two days after my most dreaded date of the calender, where my favourite colour is abused all over the world and I can no longer tell someone, "I love you" without looking like am insinuating something. Well, at least for the next 364 days I do not have to worry about this strange phenomenon that is the day of love. However, to all you valentine fans and to the ones who did celebrate the day, congratulations, may you live to celebrate many more.

Speaking about the day of love, funny how the we as Christians rarely celebrate our own day of love, when the greatest act of love was performed. yea, that's right, our own valentine with Christ. Many love to call it Good Friday, the day when the ultimate expression of love was conjured unto the world. John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. In the quest to redeem us  from our own death, even when it was not plain to us how dead in sin we were in. Christ still died for us. He gave His all even when we did not know. 

What do we consider to be of greatest value to us? For many, it would be their work, education (for students), our investments and the like. For me it would be my time. What do you consider to be your life? What is of great asset to you? Are you ready to lay down your greatest asset in accordance to God's love? Galatians 6  

² Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. ³ If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important. 

The greatest gift you can to give to someone is your life. Buy him or her a present but if you really love that person, be ready to sacrifice your life for that friend. Happy day to you all. Baraka   

Refresh Page

Hello wonderful people,

Today was to publish a devotion and I couldn't find my notes. After all the time and energy invested in it, its totally annoying if you think about it. I mean, all that time and hours of endlessly doing your research not materializing in the supposed time. Its like reading for that law examination, stepping into the exam room and forgetting all the relevant case names. Oooh the agony!!!!!

So today I did what I do not like doing as a melancholic, REFRESH PAGE. I mean, why are you being so stubborn and disorganised such that I have to start all over again? Its really really frustrating to start again from nowhere and yet be expected to arrive to a given destination with no idea how to do it. I'm not one to brag that often but I like my work well detailed and well done and this is not totally working out as I expected.

Life can b so frustrating when looking at it from this angle. Why do I have to start all over again? What was all that effort for anyway? These at times seem the hard questions to ask and demanding since we always want a response for such an event. I mean, when things are not working out in our lives after what we would consider careful planning and consideration, we always revert back t the question why? However most of the times we are not prepared to receive an answer that will to justify our efforts as human beings. We all feel we deserve what we work for and everyday we all back into this trap of  "I deserve."


As a human being, it is easy to ask God, why did this and that happen, I mean, how many times a week do you ask God that question, not with an intent to know his will, but to justify what we consider our rights, the fruits of our labour? Are we really intent on seeing the big picture or satisfying our own ego in the terms of self reliance and not grace? Do we still have some element of pride running deep within our souls?

As I right this, I am reminded of the story of the potter and the clay in Jeremiah 18. God shapes us as he pleases.
^"4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him."

In the futility of relying on what i thought would be a perfect start to writing devotions, I relied on yesterday's revelation instead of the grace apportioned for each new day. In my futility, I tried to rely on the many hours spent reading and preparing for it on my own energies instead of His grace. And all this has come to naught. Its funny how God confirms his word in every instance, no man shall glory in His presence.

How many times do we try to do something for God and not rely on His grace and instead rely on our own strength? Till when will we learn how to give Him the glory fully, not considering ourselves worthy to even partake of his glory with Him as Christ showed us? Philippians 2:5-7

(Php 2:5)  Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

(Php 2:6)  Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

(Php 2:7)  But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:


 Let us not create idols out of our own efforts or pride. Let us not be the one to fall into the same trap that the Israelites  fell into that we are so in danger of falling into daily. Jeremiah 18

^"15 Yet my people have forgotten me;
   they burn incense to worthless idols,
which made them stumble in their ways,
   in the ancient paths.
They made them walk in byways,
   on roads not built up.
¹⁶ Their land will be an object of horror
   and of lasting scorn;
all who pass by will be appalled
   and will shake their heads.
¹⁷ Like a wind from the east,
   I will scatter them before their enemies;
I will show them my back and not my face
   in the day of their disaster.” 

Let us be ready to be the clay that is malleable in the hands of god, not relying on our own efforts coupled with yesterday's grace but relying on his mercies which are new every morning and His grace which is without measure. Let us always be ready to Hit the REFRESH PAGE button. 

How to lead worship

In my few years of experience in music ministry, i've discovered a few tips that have helped me over time to  conduct myself as a worship team member and a leader. i shall not go into the nitty gritty of the pointers I am about to give out. I hope it will be of great help to you who reads it. I hope the Lord of all revelation will open the eyes of your understanding and give you the revelation of it

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun 

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun 

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun 

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun 

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun 

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun 

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun 

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun 

• Be yourself

• Be sincere

• Have fun 

Music, a worshipper's post

Today I choose to dwell on the subject of music and worship as a whole. A very interesting area for any person because of the influence that music has on each one of us as individuals.

Most people choose to look at music as an instrument that can change the world and this statement is not without justification. So to a great extent, this is very true. However, I choose to look at it in a different manner. Music is just a vehicle to change the world. Music in itself has no power to transform. To validate my statement, we can have a look at most worship services today. You can wake up on a Sunday morning, go to a worship service and come out of it feeling drier than the Sahara. It has happened a lot of times (to me, maybe am speaking for myself) and unfortunately continues so to happen every day. That in essence is usually music playing but has no power whatsoever.

I hope at this point you can agree with me that music is just a vehicle. What gives it power then?

As a believer, over the period of time I have been a musician, I’ve come to discover that music is spiritual. The spirit is its driver, whether secular or gospel. In addition, the music has a destination, a purpose. The musician when creating a piece of music has a certain aim that is why people like me are very particular about who does a certain song. Is the aim carnally motivated or motivated by the spirit of God? To bless or to curse? To glorify god or to glorify man? To bring to attention the sovereignty of Christ or to bring to attention your skills and prowess? People may say that some songs especially secular were done innocently but as I have come to learn over time, a creation has an intended end, whether perceived by the composer of the music or work of art, or as perceived by the anointer of the artist. Some statements made in ignorance should therefore be eliminated from our lips.

Secondly, there are three types of drivers or musicians that I’ve come to discover over time, those anointed by God, anointed by the devil or those still walking in their carnal nature and anointed by none of the above. I prefer the first two; at least they have an aim, either to bring glory to God or to propagate the devil’s kingdom. The carnal musician, usually talented Christians, fall in the third category. In my opinion, they are the worst since they have no focus and only serve to propagate the carnal nature and unfortunately bring a lot of confusion in their lives and those of fellow Christians seeking God. They easily misrepresent the very nature of the divine and all that his kingdom is about. It’s like a giving a 10 year old a Mercedes to drive. COMPLETE DISASTER. 

My point, watch out who you are listening to and who is your influence. For those involved in pulpit ministry, patience is key. It would be better to sit in the pews with your talent and wait on the anointing of God and his calling and be spirit led rather that follow the carnal nature, which propagates confusion in the church. For the house of god has become a place of confusion and this we must eradicate. Let us search ourselves for none of us is perfect and serve in tandem with his spirit. Let us not call ourselves for a calling is a sensitive and strict business in the kingdom. Finally, talent and art are just vehicles, its the driver who matters. Be blessed.

Real talk vs. Truth talk

So today i write my first log. Excited, naah, not really. Elated? I don't think so. Normal? Something close to that. So it has a very different feel to the assignments I'm used to. Let's see what good can come out of here today.

Nowadays it has come to my notice that many peolple out there have discovereed a new term called REaL TALK. I find real talk to be very interesting considering its reelevant to our everyday situations or life as we know it. So as with everything I comee across, I have to question its validity (effects of law school). By the way, I am here not  to rubbish but to speak out my mind. Humann rights are interesting in this case, I mean they justify our actions no matter the morality behind it. anyway let me not get off topic here.
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I love to listen to the way people love to relate to a certain situation or an embedded ideology. Lets take for example karma. In short, from what i've heard, its life way of handing you revenge on a silver platter. I usually laugh at this. karma is actually not bibilical in any way. (the bible will be my strenght here on the basis that it has not failed the test of time and that it is coonsistent). God does not exact revenge left, right and centre. He iss merciful and does not pay us according to what we deserve. If  he did, we would all have been crucified at birth. Ask Jesus. For he took our shame.

I also love to hear about how many people love to attribute a certain scenario to their lives withoout thinking about it. For example, we all are good while yet we all are rotten. Psalms 16:2 I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good besides You." We have nothing of ourselves that wa\rrants us to be called good apart from his grace.

A bit of sad news. Hell and heaven will stay forever. Ever thought of how long forever is???? Eternity compared to 120 years on earth is nothing.Its like coverting that one second of the day compared to 24 hours. We cannot continue living for ourselves if we want to live forever. Everything will pass away. If it is your name, you will die and people will forget you. If it is your reputation, I got news for you. not even 5,000,000 people know you exist. if it is fame, it will not assure you of eternal rest. What then are we living for if we are living life large? We want to make it but we do nnot want to see the bigger picture. Its like concentrating at the door of a room instead of the whole house. In short, everything is vanity. We will all come, live for a fraction of eternity and go. There is nothing at all. Do not be deceived, the world has everything to offer but life.

I could go on and on and on. Let me stop at this juncture. Next part coming very soon when my thhoughts have completely consolidated.