CEIC YOUTH FELLOWSHIP

07/06/2017

There are too realities in this world, the Natural reality and the Divine/True reality. The natural reality is the perceptive sphere while the other is intuitive.
If you want to live a meaningful and impactful life your response to issues of life must defined by the intuition field (faiith) more often than otherwise.

18/08/2016

Romans: 8. 38." For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39. nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. "
Having established this that God cannot love us any less than eternally...not even sin can make God stop loving us. We have a responsibility though, not to reciprocate the love. He is not asking for our love in return, he is asking us to believe and cling to his love. Devil will try to convince us that God doesn't love us again after every mistakes but God is saying never believe it. Nothing can change God's mind toward us.
Just holding on to his love. God won't be offended to hear that we don't love him but to doubt his own love for us grieves him. God is love, when you say he doesn't love you again it is the same as saying God is not God to you again because He is LOVE. if he is not LOVE THEN HE IS NOTHING. He is a spirit and the interaction he has with with everything is love. If he is not love then he is nothing. GOD'S LOVE IS INFINITE, INCOMPREHENSIBLE.

05/08/2016

"Once upon a time, a group of 50 people attended a seminar.
Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each person
a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it
using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and
put in another room. Now these delegates were let in that
room and asked to find the balloon which had their respective
names written on within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically
searching for their names, pushing and colliding with each
other, and there was utter chaos. At the end of 5 minutes, no
one could find their own balloons. Now each one was asked to
randomly collect a balloon and give it to the person whose
name was written on it. Within minutes everyone had their
own balloons. The speaker began: "This is exactly what is
happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for
happiness all around, not knowing where it is. Our happiness
lies in the happiness of other people. Help them Find their
happiness and you will get your own happiness too. Let go of
self. And this is one of the purposes of human life... Learn to
put a smile on someone's face, and you will also smile. Shalom

29/07/2016

A construction supervisor from the 16th floor of a building was calling a worker on the ground floor.
But because of the noise, the worker did not hear his Call.
To draw the attention of the worker, the supervisor threw a $50 note in front of the worker. The worker picked up the note, kept it in his pocket and continued to work.
Again to draw the attention of d worker, the supervisor threw $100 note and the worker this time quickly picked it and kept it in his pocket.
Now the supervisor picked a small stone and threw it at the worker.
The stone hit the worker. This time the worker looked up and the supervisor was now able to communicate with him.
Now think for a second... God wants to communicate with us, but we are too busy doing our worldly jobs.
Then, He gives us small gifts and big gifts... We just keep them... We keep on enjoying the gifts without thanking Him.
At most, we just say: We are LUCKY.
But, when we are hit with a small stone which, we call PROBLEM(S), then we remember God.
That's when we look up to pray and communicate with Him.
God gives, gives and forgives and we get, get and forget. Let's change our attitude.
So, don't wait for stones to be thrown before you know what to do or expected of you. Always, always and always remember God.
Make it a point to always say "God I thank You!!!"

29/07/2016

For all those who are waiting for their prayers to be answered.

An elephant and a dog became pregnant at same time. Three months down the line the dog gave birth to six puppies.

Six months later the dog was pregnant again, and nine months on it gave birth to another dozen puppies.

The pattern continued.

On the eighteenth month the dog approached the elephant questioning, "Are you sure that you are pregnant? We became pregnant on the same date, I have given birth three times to a dozen puppies and they are now grown to become big dogs, yet you are still pregnant. Whats going on?".

The elephant replied, "There is something I want you to understand. What I am carrying is not a puppy but an elephant. I only give birth to one in two years. When my baby hits the ground, the earth feels it. When my baby crosses the road, human beings stop and watch in admiration, what I carry draws attention. So what I'm carrying is mighty and great."

Don't lose faith when you see others receive answers to their prayers. Don't be envious of others testimony. If you haven't received your own blessings, don't despair.

Say to yourself "My time is coming, and when it hits the surface of the earth, people shall yield in admiration."

29/07/2016

Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do his best.

His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he supposed to work.

The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees.

“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!”

Very motivated by the boss words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.

“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.

“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.

“Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”

Reflection:

Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to sharpen the “axe”. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less happy that ever.

Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to stay “sharp”? There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. But we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly important things in life, like our personal life, taking time to get close to our Creator, giving more time for our family, taking time to read etc.

We all need time to relax, to think and meditate, to learn and grow. If we don’t take the time to sharpen the “axe”, we will become dull and lose our effectiveness.

Author: Stephen Covey
From: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

29/07/2016

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983!

He received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: "Why did God have to select you for such a bad disease?"

To this Arthur Ashe replied:

50 Million children started playing Tennis
5 Million learnt to play Tennis
500 000 learnt Professional Tennis
50 Thousand came to Circuit
5 Thousand reached Grandslam
50 reached Wimbledon
4 reached the Semifinals
2 reached the Finals and when I was holding the cup in my hand
I never asked God “Why Me?”

So now that I’m in pain how can I ask God “Why Me?”

Happiness keeps you Sweet!! Trials keeps you Strong!! Sorrows keeps you Human!! Failure keeps you Humble!! Success keeps you Glowing!! But only, Faith keeps you Going.

Sometimes you are unsatisfied with your life, while many people in this world are dreaming of living your life.

A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of flying. But the pilot on the plane sees the farmhouse and dreams of returning home.

That's life. Enjoy yours.

If wealth is the secret to happiness, then kids of the rich should be dancing on the streets. But only the kids of the poor do that.

If power ensures security, then VIPs should walk unguarded. But those poor ones who live simply, sleep soundly.

If beauty and fame bring ideal relationships; then celebrities should have the best marriages. But this doesn't just happen.

Live simply. Walk humbly and love genuinely.

29/07/2016

We are of the second and completed Adam (Jesus) so we are life giver not just living souls. We are not Just blessed we are blessings to others, we are not just satisfied we are the satisfaction of other. So let's reach out. :45

29/07/2016

22/10/2015

Memory lane

15/08/2015

There is more safety with Christ in the tempest than without Christ in the calmest waters.

05/08/2015

God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain, but He did promise strength for
the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way. If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.

04/08/2015

It's not the law of religion nor the principles of morality that define our highways and pathways to God; only by the Grace of God are we led and drawn, to God. It is His grace that conquers a multitude of flaws and in that grace, there is only favour. Favour is not achieved; favour is received.

02/08/2015

Living for God's glory is the greatest achievement you can accomplish with your life... Thus, it takes conscious effort to live for God's glory.

01/08/2015

In this month, a great light, which will turn your
destiny around, will shine around you when you
least expect it. Even if you are on the wrong course in life, you will have an encounter that will set you on the right path in Jesus’ name.

31/07/2015

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win and expect to win. You've got all it takes to be a winner!