SOUL TIES

SOUL TIES

Do you know SEXUAL SIN is one of the major silent killer of MANY DREAMS,  UNENDING DEBTS and lack of FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGH? 

SOUL TIES are invisible bonds that wreck havoc in many relationships today.
Sexual activity is one of the most harmful activities on earth.

Every time we have Sex outside the confines of marriage we create deep rooted bonds with the other individual

That's why you left your boyfriend got born again but from time to time he still visits for conjugal rights and you are helpless before him or her.

Every time sexual activity (not necessarily penetration) takes place the brain produces a chemical called dopamine, it's called the feel good chemical but it binds two people together

A soul tie doesn't get broken by saying I do
A wedding ceremony is not enough to make your past sexual sins to disappear

Soul ties are the reasons why people don't move on. This is the reason you keep on recycling negative relationships even years down the road.

You are born again, but you still have hangovers from your past sexual activities

Man was created in three parts, body, soul and spirit
The soul and spirit live in a tent called the body

Soul is the part that holds the life principle. It's the seat of emotions, will and moral action.

1Peter 2:11, beloved I beg as pilgrims abstain from fleshly lust which war against the soul

When you have premarital sex you share your soul with your partner.
The deepest soul tie is forged when people become one flesh

It's called commingling of souls in the spiritual realm. When souls mingle spirits are transferred too

These spiritual bonds are highly demonic. The devil gets a legal ground to frustrate you sexually. The other party is free to enslave you emotionally.

When you have many sexual partners the bonds graduate to spiritual bridges

1Corinthians 6:16, or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For the two He says shall become one flesh

Whenever sexual sin happens you open your self to a curse

The knitting of two souls can bring tremendous destruction

God designed the universe to function with natural and spiritual laws that bring freedom when obeyed and bring bondage and destruction when broken or violated.

That pleasure you enjoy for five minutes can bring you a lifetime bondage.

The world takes premarital Sex very casually but I tell you it's a very serious affair in the spiritual realm. It's not as simple as the devil puts it.

Proverbs 5:20 for why should you my son be enraptured by an immoral woman and be embraced in the hands of a seductress?

Genesis 34:1-3, now Dinna the daughter of Leah, went out to see the daughters of the land and when shechem saw her he took her and lay with her and violated her, his soul was STRONGLY attached to Dinna.........

So today you are praying for a good godly marriage the question is are you single in the first place? Many people are single in the physical but polygamous in the spirit

It's time for spiritual divorce

SIGNS OF A LINGERING SOUL TIE
Someone whose voice you hear in your head many years after you had sex with them
Obsessive daytime or nighttime thoughts about someone
Dreaming or waking up thinking about your former sex partner at regular basis
Dreaming having sex with the person
The inability to forget the sexual experience even now that you are born again. You still remember the details

Confession of faith does not overrule history. If you are bound you need to pray for God to deliver you.

Haven't you seen anointed brothers who preach and prophesy powerfully but they cannot control their sexual appetite. They even cry and confess after the act, they fast and go back to the same sin.

It's good to be a good student of history and prophecy. When you want finish a tree don't trim it uproot it by its roots

Do you come from a polygamous family? Break the generational curse, do you come from a broken home do the same

Ignorance is no defense. Joshua pronounced a curse upon Jericho, but sometimes later a man called Haiel who didn't know what Joshua had said decided to rebuild the cities of Jericho and he paid the price by loosing two of his sons. He didn't know history and he paid for it ignorantly. God had to raise Prophet Elisha to santify Jericho.
Joshua 6:26
I kings 16:34

If you find yourself struggling with the same issues including sexual issues like your forefathers ask God to deliver you, it's a bondage

I pray for you  that what finished your forefathers will not finish you in Jesus Name.

Soul ties should be broken because they represent unholy Union preventing the soul from enjoying the freedom that Jesus gave us.

They cause you to feel emotionally empty.

God will restore us. Flee away (don't run) from sexual immorality. Don't abuse God's grace. Repentance means total change. When David sinned during repentance he told God, take away this heart and give me a new one. In other terms I turn away completely from sin

You might say God will always be there to forgive my question is one, will you always be here? Time is in the hands of God. Hell is real, don't allow a few minutes of pleasure cost you for eternity.

Bondage is not what binds you its what you are not willing to release to be free.

1.Acknowledge that you sinned
2.confess the sin and repent
3.break the soul tie

e. g, Lord Jesus I am sorry for fornicatting with Mark, I repent my sins

By the power of the blood of Jesus I break every unholy tie that exists between mark and I. I release my soul from his soul.

I reject any effect of our union that continues to bind us together. I forgive Mark in Jesus Name, Mark you are free from me

Any demonic spirits that were transferred to me during intercourse I reject you now, come out of me in Jesus Name. You will not have any effect in my future marriage

I shut any doorway of demonic access opened in my life by the ungodly soul tie or any other sort of sexual sin. Jesus I ask you to seal the doorways by your precious blood.

Lord I now stand single in the spiritual realm, bless me with a partner that I may enjoy marriage. Help me to stay Holy for the sake of my eternity in Jesus Name

Sexual sins are many, lesbianism, bestiality, pornography, homosexuality, phone sex, Sex texting and all ungodly sexual practices, but if you have ever had a sexual activity with God's servant you need total repentance. That's the equivalent of getting into God's supermarket and stealing a litter of oil. It doesn't matter who was at fault, FLEE SEXUAL SIN, IT'S DEADLY

How can a young man stay pure

Psalm 119:11, your word have I hidden in my heart that I may not sin against you

Killing the flesh by feeding the spiritual man, fasting is key

Avoiding spiritual window shopping when looking for a spouse

1corinthians 6:18-20,Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body or do you not know that your is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you.........

Proverbs 6:32, whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding, he who does so destroys his own SOUL

1corinthians 6:9-10..... Do not be deceived, neither fornicators, nor idolaters nor adulterers nor homosexuals nor sodomies...... Will inherent the Kingdom of God

I want us to conclude the topic on soul ties so that we move on to courtship.

I believe you took time to free yourself in the spirit. Prayer is very key to a believer

Those of you who got children out of wedlock, you need to do restitution (if you are a man), forgive even the unforgivable, break the soul ties and move on in a Godly way

God is holy and he has a standard, don't allow the world to give you their standard

What God hates, we hate it too. guard your heart zealously for out of it flows the issues of life

After breaking a soul tie go ahead and renounce every vow that you made.
Like I have heard sisters saying "oh I will never find another man like him"

"If it's not her I would rather be single. "who bewitched you Saints?

Proverbs 21:23,whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his SOUL from trouble

Final stage is destroying the gifts that act as a point of contact in the realm.

You are born again now, why are still keeping innerwares, cards etc etc that you got from Egypt. Becoming a new creature simply means becoming new, show us the fruits of your change

Now rededicate yourself body and soul to the LORD. e. g Lord Jesus receive me again, I belong to you, my whole being belongs to you. I need your grace not to sin in this manner again

Galatians 5:1 stand fast therfore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with a YOKE OF BONDAGE

Titus 2:11,for the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men teaching    us to say NO TO ALL  AND WORDLY LUSTS....
SEXUAL IMMORALITY IS DEADLY

--The truth about sex must be told and preached in all churches worldwide.The reality is that people especially holiness preachers don't talk about (sex) at all.
--Whenever (sex) is mentioned, then people get offended and begin to murmur and make negative comments about it.
~~Yet those people are the very personalities living in one sexual sin or
the other.
--There is no way any holiness preacher can
preach true holiness to God's satisfaction
without teaching the pew about their sexuality, the careless use of sex, and the dangers involved and assume all will be well.
--People need to be enlightened about the sin that has dominated the age.
~~The sin that has
captured the youths in the church, the sin that has brought teenage pregnancies and abortions.
--There is something both the aged and the
infant do not know anything about. The church also has closed her eyes on this particular issue. Nobody wants to talk about it but it is very real.
--In case you are not aware my brethren, I want to tell you that:
SEXUAL IMMORALITY
Is the last bullet the kingdom of darkness has
thrown against the church of GOD, and the church is wounded very sore that there seems to
be no cure or remedy.
--I want to make it so clear and not in jargons or vocabularies that, you cannot count the number of people who go to church and proclaim
the NAME of GOD , that are still living in immorality. They may either be suffering from
lust, masturbation, pornography, adultery, incest, homosexual, and lesbianism, sodomy,
bestiality and many more which time will fail me to mention.
--Hardly will you come across a young lady who has not been misused by 'so called boyfriends'.
And every guy is now dating because of sex. GOD is watching all those that are having sex with people they haven't married.
--It's a headache for GOD seeing his own created people perishing in a sin called sexual
immorality.
--How many young men today in the
church can you count and point fingers at that
fornication has not pulled down?
--A pastor slept with his junior pastor's wife,
impregnated her, and used the name of GOD to defend himself that it was GOD who instructed
him to do so.
--If (sex) that is supposed to be between husband and wives only, is now between father
and daughter in the church, do I need to tell
you there is fire on the mountain??
--If (sex) that is only legalized between a man
and his wife, is now between a guy and his girlfriend, do you need angels to come and sound the warning against sexual immorality?
--If (sex) that is a sacred thing in marriage has become a desecrated thing in dating, what else do you want before you prepare the way of
the LORD??
★ Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all,
and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and
adulterers God will judge.
◆PASTOR, WHY ARE YOU Quiet???
--Cry aloud, spare not. And tell the house of Jacob their sins, and Israel their transgressions
. (Isaiah 58:1).
--Pastor why are you not crying aloud?! Why
are you so mute like ELI ??
◇Heaven is shedding tears over the perishing souls every day and you are there raising funds every Sunday to build bigger auditorium
(Ezek.18:23).
--You call your members for anointing services
and prayer meetings without urging sin out of
them.
--Some are living together with men that did not pay any dowry on them.
--Some commit abortions and cover it up.
--Some are lesbians and homosexuals .
--What are you doing about that??
--Where has the WORD OF GOD that says "flee
fornication" gone to in your Bible?(1st
Cor.6:18).
-- From henceforth, if you don't take this
warning and start declaring war against this strange spirit that has taken over the church, you'll have questions to answer. (Acts.19:13-15).
--And to those who claim they love holiness messages with negligence to this particular truth
about sex have actually missed the mark.
◆AND YOU! CHURCH MEMBER
To be active in church and still be committing
immorality, GOD is watching you. (Heb.4:13).
--To be a child of GOD and still having a boyfriend or girlfriend indulging pre marital affairs, GOD is watching you.
--To be a choir member or youth leader and still be doing what the married are doing, if u like continue.
◇◇YOUR GROUP MEMBERS NEED THIS MESSAGE.
◇◇YOUR FRIENDS AND ENEMIES ALSO NEED IT.
◇◇KEEP SHARING UNTIL IT SAVE A SOUL FROM THE BONDAGE, AND DANGER OF HELL FIRE, AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU FOR THAT IN JESUS NAME.
★ 2nd Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these
promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

THE WOMAN'S CODE FOR DAILY LIVING

THE WOMAN'S CODE FOR DAILY LIVING

1. I am a woman, that means I nurture. Anything that I engage in: My work, my relationship, marriage, parenthood; I will bring out the best, I will make grow

2. I am a woman, that means I inspire. My voice will not be used for gossip, slander or tearing down but to give hope, to encourage, to make others and myself believe

3. I am a woman, that means I am resourceful. I will not waste my years playing the victim crying how unfair the world is to women. I will not listen to the lies that say a woman can't. I will not live off a man's wealth or chase after sponsors. I will work hard, make my own, contribute; be an asset, not a dependent

4. I am a woman, that means I am sacred. My body I will protect. I will not just let anyone touch me. I will not partner with a man or men so that they may use me. I will not give out my body so that I get a promotion in my career or money. I will not cheat on my man, my husband. My nakedness and sexuality is top precious

5. I am a woman, that means I am strong. I will not be intimidated by storms of life, I will not bow down to discouraging words. I will rise up when I fall. I will handle the burden of life without complaining

6. I am a woman, that means I am a helper. I will care and walk with people. I will support those in need. I will be of good use wherever I go. I will be a reliable helper to my husband

7. I am a woman, that means I am gentle. I will bring out the humanity in people. I will touch and hug with affection. Warmth will be felt where I am

8. I am a woman, that means I will be rare. My time will be wisely spent. I will not be everywhere and anywhere but very particular about my engagements

9. I am a woman, that means I will be a refuge. I will cover those who are hurting. I will be a shelter to those in need. I will be trusted and within reach. My children will run to me and I will hold them in my fold

10. I am a woman, that means I birth the future. I will increase and multiply. The future will be better because of me. I will give life to ideas

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WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE BEFORE AND AFTER YOU TURN 30

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This is so accurate that you’ll fall off laughing! Take a look…

#9 More Secure

Being thirty means being a little more secure. Well, it isn’t as bad as it looks…

#8 True Friends

Well, lesser, the better. They say you don’t need more friends, you need true friends.

Keep reading ahead to see more such amazing differences.

#7 Body problems!

Our body just stops listening to us post 30. No?

#6 A Perfect Trip

Well, the definition of a perfect trip changes drastically.

#5 Priorities

Priorities change with the age. You cannot do anything about it, it’s natural.

#4 So Cheesy

With priorities change the way you romance. Isn’t cheese more satisfying though?

#3 LATE

Let’s just say that by the time we are 30, we are more successful and prioritize our work. Therefore, genuinely LATE is late for us!

#2 The Reaction

Now this is exactly how we’ll react, won’t we?

#1 Optimism!

In the end, it is all about being positive in life. Nothing will go wrong!

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he happiest women

The happiest women today are not the married ones. They're not the single ones. They're not the ones with stable careers and good incomes. The happiest women are the ones who made a choice to love themselves wholly and truly. Women who chose to leave the past behind, worked on their self-esteem and put a high price tag on their self-esteem.

They stopped playing victims. They stopped whining in self-pity and dining in pity parties.  They moved past their anger, tears and bitterness. They realized that happiness is a personal choice and responsibility. They chose to be defined by their present, but not their bitter pasts.

They are happy because they don't need validation from anyone. They are happy because they know that they don't need to throw shade on anyone for them to shine. They are happy because they chose to be Queens and not doormats.👌

Grace of God

Titus 2:11-15

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.
It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.


We learnt​ that by His grace, God accepts us as we are, He runs towards us while we are still a long way off. But we can't continue to live in sin. So we try to shed off our sinful past- to let go of the desires, the addictions and the tendencies that were once part of us.

We try by our own means to change but we often fail, we slip then we feel like we have let God down. With time we realise that our willpower is ineffective in trying to 'change'. God is reminding you that you were never meant to do it by yourself, it is only by His grace that the old self is shed.

It is by His grace that we understand that we are loved as we are; and that will never change. By His grace we stop desiring the old things and yearn instead to dwell with God more. It is by His grace that we learn to live soberly, righteously and godly... only by His grace!

I wish i had a brother

I wish i had a brother

I heard a story of a man who parked his car in his office complex in downtown Manila.

There was a street boy nearby and to pick up some money, the boy asked if he could watch (guard) the man’s car while he was in the office.

Several hours later, when the man came back to get his nice Mercedes, he paid the boy some loose change and, as he was getting in his car, the little street boy said, “Mister, you sure have a nice car.”

The man was quite surprised that this boy had even spoken to him and said, “Well, thank you.” Then the little boy said, “Where did you get your car? Did somebody give it to you?” The man replied, “Well yes, somebody did give it to me.

My brother gave it to me.”As he continued to get in the car, he expected the boy to say something like, “Oh, I wish I had a brother who would give me a nice car.”

Instead, he heard the little boy say, “Your brother gave it to you? I wish I could be a brother like that.

The man was so amazed at the statement of the little boy, he asked, “Have you ever been in a nice car like this?” The little boy said, “No.” The man replied, “Well, get in. Let me give you a ride.”

The boy jumped up in the front seat and as they drove down the road, the man had to roll down the windows because the little boy was so smelly.

The boy was so joyful and in awe that he said, “Sir, could we go get my little brother and give him a ride too?” The man said, “Tell me about your brother. Where is he?” The boy pointed at a poor slum area of Manila called Tondo.

They drove there and parked and the man said, “Go get your brother and we will give him a ride.”

The little boy ran down a filthy alleyway and a few minutes later came back with his little brother on his back, as he was crippled! The man said, “So this is your little brother; what’s wrong with him?” as they put him up in the front seat.

The little boy said, “He had an accident. He’s crippled and can’t walk.”

As they drove and talked, the man found out that the brother had a crippling accident and because his family was so poor, they could not get him the medical care he needed.

The businessman said, “Well, my brother is a doctor. Why don’t we go see him and find out what he can do for your little brother.”

After the examination they found that after a simple operation, the boy would be able to walk again.

The operation was performed and the little boy who could not walk, but had a brother who loved him, was able to walk again.

Why did all this happen? Simply because of the unselfishness of someone caring for someone else, rather than for himself.

So, might we have the words on our lips, “I wish I could be a brother (or mother, father, sister, fellow worker) like that.”

In the words of the missionary, the Apostle Paul, “…regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3

Yes, “I wish I could be a brother like that.”

LOVE NEVER FAILS

LOVE NEVER FAILS
By James E. Kudzala (Editor)

Golden Wisdom:
21.10.18 GMT 11:30:00

A farmer went to the field one day to cultivate. During the work, he glanced at the mango tree and saw a big bellleberry ripe mango he picked.

An idea happened to him not to eat this mango, but to bring it to his wife whom he loved so much, even though he himself was starving. When he got home, he called his wife and gave him this mango to show him his love. Very happy with this precious gift, the woman thought directly of her child who had gone to school.

She took this mango, thanked her husband sincerely and reassured him that she would eat it afterwards. The woman hid the mango and decided to give it to her son as soon as he returned from school to show him her love. As soon as the child came home from school, the mother gave him this mango with a lot of joy in her heart. The child thanked his mother warmly for this precious gift and told his mother that he would eat it later.

He, too, resolved to hide this mango and make a surprise gift to his father who pays him for school, believing that Dad knows nothing about this mango.

In the evening while everyone was eating the family meal, the child said to his father, "One minute dad, I bring you a present because I love you so much". He ran to his room and took the mango and gave it to his father. Surprised to see the same mango he had given to his beloved wife to return to him again, without comment, he asked for the knife and shared it equitably between him, his wife and his child. All ate this mango with a lot of joy. That's how love works.

The secret of love~When you give love, it comes back to you in another way, because love is the most extraordinary force that governs all the universes of God.Lets love genuinely.

May God bless us all

Mistakes: Treat People Well

His phone rang in church by accident during prayers.

The Pastor scolded him.

The worshippers admonished him after prayers for interrupting the silence.

His wife kept on lecturing him on his carelessness all the way home.

You could see the shame, embarrassment and humuiliation on his face.

He never stepped foot in the church again.

That evening, he went to a bar.

He was still nervous and trembling.

He spilled his drink on the table by accident.

The waiter apologized and gave him a napkin to clean himself.

The janitor mopped the floor.

The female manager offered him a complimentary drink.

She also gave him a huge hug and a kiss while saying, "Don't worry man. Who doesn't make mistakes?"

He has never stopped going to that bar since then.

We can make a difference by how we treat people, especially when they make mistakes.

Loneliness

By  Lindsay Davis

Today, my life was forever changed.

I had my first session of a class I’m taking called “Developing Intimacy With God.”

During prayer, I said, “Father I feel so lonely”.

He said “Yes I miss you too.”

Confused by the Fathers response, I said, “Father what do you mean? That has nothing to do with what I just said to you.”

He said, “actually it has everything to do with what you just said to me. Lindsay, loneliness is a lie. It actually doesn’t exist. You compartmentalize your life and only include me in the spiritual parts of your life, when I actually want to be included in every part of your life- spiritual or unspiritual. And I am a part of your spiritual and unspirutual life- I’ve never left you nor have I forsaken you. But you keep trying to strive into my presence, when I’ve been sitting next to you this whole time, waiting for you to acknowledge Me.”

I wept. Then I asked Father, “okay, so what would my life look like if I didn’t compartmentalize where I include you?”

He said:
It would look like you waking up in the morning and see me sitting on the end of your bed, smiling over you. Hearing me wish you good morning.

It would look like asking me what makeup look you should do today- I gave you the gift of art and you’re so good at it. I’d love to help you!

It would look like holding my hand in the car on your drive to school.

It would look like introducing your non believer friends and family to me in day to day life.

When you get hungry throughout the day, I want to go to lunch with you. I want to go to the grocery store with you. I want to eat a meal with you and just spend time hearing about your day.

When you are frustrated and disappointed and you’re having a bad day, I want to be the Rock you can lean on. I want you to lay your head on my chest and let me comfort you- I can handle you having a bad day.

I’m not a Father who just wants to do the “spiritual things” with you.
I want to read my Word with you and reveal to you all of the mysteries of the Kingdom AND I want to go to the movies with you.

I want to watch you worship AND I want to go for a walk with you in the park.

I want to sit with you and hear all of your prayers BUT I also want to talk with you while you’re bored at work.

I want to give you endless amounts of powerful, unexplainable Holy spiritual experiences, but I also want to be with you in the seemingly mundane.

I created you to be intimate with me, not just in church, not just in prayer, not just in worship, not just in times of need, but in ALL that you do.

I love you Lindsay. I want to spend the rest of your earthly life with you, just as much as I want to spend eternity with you. “

And in that moment, a grace came over me and unlocked my heart.

In worship I wasn’t just singing along with words on a screen, but I saw each word come to life and I understood them completely for the first time.

I didn’t strive to feel your presence in my prayers today because I knew you were sitting right next to me, holding my hand.

Realizing that you’ve been sitting there waiting for me to acknowledge you all along, has unlocked my heart to intimacy and has changed the way I see and experience the Father forever.

I am forever changed.thanks.shalom.

A GRAVEYARD REVIVAL

GUEST SPEAKER: PASTOR ISAAC CURRY FROM THE USA

SINGLES TITLE: THANK YOU FOR DROPPING ME

MARRIED TITLE: A GRAVEYARD REVIVAL

2 KINGS 13:20-21

20 Elisha died and was buried.

Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring. 21 Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.

SCRIPT OBSERVATIONS

- King Jehoahaz was the king of Israel
Verse 20 - The man had no name.
- Mobites raiders come every spring time because thanks when there is harvest to steal.
- The people who were carrying him dropped him onto Elisha's tomb and ran for his life.
- When you have a divine appointment no enemy can kill your destiny.

SERMON LESSONS

1). THE ENEMIES ATTACK IS ALWAYS ON SCHEDULE.

VERSE 20
- The raiders always attack every spring was their specific time.
- Your harvest is on the way and the attack of the enemy is on the way too. We will have attacks in life and the enemy plans for them.
- The enemy attacks our lives, our jobs, our relationships, etc because you have a harvest.
- The enemy wants to attack your progress ie your harvest not you. The enemy wants to your peace, your joy, etc.

2). BE CAREFUL WHO YOU ALLOW TO CARRY YOU.

VERSE 21

- Some of us are asking and begging people to come in our lives who God never assigned to carry us.
- The sooner you realize that they are not assigned to carry you, the happier one will be.
- If the people did not drop the dead man, he could not have touched the Elisha's tomb and his bones this the man could not have come alive and stood on his feet again.
- Be careful not to punish someone in your present because someone punished you in the past.

3). GOD HAS A PLAN TO REVIVE YOU.

VERS 21

- The people did not keep their promise to bury the man but God has a plan to revive the man.
- If God has not written your eulogy then he has a plan to revive you.
- As soon as the the body got in touch with the Elisha's God revives it. God will revive us once the right person gets in touch with us.
- Could it be may be your situation is not changing because the people you are involving yourself, the people you are touching, etc are not the right people?
- Could it be the person you are getting involved with romantically ( in preparation) for marriage is the wrong one no wonder your relationship is not moving on?

4) LEAVE THE PLACE THAT IS MAKING YOU STINK.

- A tomb smells and is dark.
- Be careful whom you touch.
- Leave the relationship that is making you to stink.
- You cannot become what God wants you to be if you remain in the grave even when God is not in it.
- Leave the attitude or perspective that is ungodly.
- When God heals you, one requires to move to another level of obedience, you cannot remain the same. You cannot remain in the grave, you have to learn on how to leave a dead relationship.
- You got to learn how to grief and leave a dead relationship. You cannot keep hanging around dead things and expect to experience God's move.
- We serve a God who does the unexpectable. Nobody knew about this nameless man but he was revived and stood up on his feet.

- DO NOT LOOSE HOPE!
- JUST BECAUSE IT IS NOT MOVING, IT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS DEAD.
- BUT IF GOD TELLS YOU IT IS DEAD, IT IS TIME TO MOVE.
- I AM GLAD YOU DROPPED ME BECAUSE IT MADE GOD REVIVE ME!
- YOU CAN BE IN THE GRAVEYARD, BUT STILL EXPERIENCE REVIVAL!
- GOD MAJORS IN DOING THE UNPREDICTABLE!
- WE HAVE A GOD WHO KNOWS HOW TO RE-WRITE OUR STORIES! 

WHO TO MARRY:

WHO TO MARRY:

1. Marry someone you find extremely sexy, one of the easiest ways of falling into the temptation of extra-marital affairs is being with a spouse who is not your kind of sexy.

2. Marry someone whose face you find appealing, because it is that face you will wake up to each day.

3. Marry someone you enjoy talking with, because forever is a very long time to be with a boring spouse.

4. Marry someone who keeps their word, for if they can't keep their word they won't keep their vows.

5. Marry someone who makes you laugh and smile, because everyday of your life you will need joy and sweet memories.

6. Marry someone who doesn't give up easily, because in marriage there will be many storms, you will need a reliable spouse who doesn't let go.

7. Marry someone who is ever honest with you no matter how painful, because in marriage you will need someone who will be real with you, someone you can trust.

8. Marry someone who believes in you and sees your potential, as your star rises you will need a spouse who holds your hand and brings out the best in you. Your future is bright but with a supportive spouse it is brighter.

9. Marry someone who is ambitious and with a vision, because more than having a fruitful marriage you need to live fulfilling lives. Life is more than getting married and having kids.

10. Marry someone who believes in God and walks with God just like you, because if God is your reason, your pillar and the anchor you run to, what will your spouse run to when things get shaky? Who will you pray with? How can two walk together unless they agree?

11. Marry someone who is your best friend, because marriage is more than sex and romance, many times all you will need is a true friend.

© Dayan Masinde

Yes, I am changing

Just in case you didn't know, and thought you were wrong on me, sorry it is true.

Am changing

Yes, I am changing — After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children, my friends, now I have started loving myself.

Yes, I am changing. — I just realised that I am not “Atlas”. The world does not rest on my shoulders.

Yes, I am changing — I now stopped bargaining with vegetables and fruits vendors. After all, a few rupees more is not going to burn a hole in my pocket but it might help the poor fellow save for his daughter’s school fees.

Yes, I am changing — I pay the taxi driver without waiting for the change. The extra money might bring a smile on his face. After all he is toiling much harder for a living than me

Yes, I am changing — I stopped telling the elderly that they've already narrated that story many times. After all, the story makes them walk down the memory lane and relieve the past.

Yes, I am changing — I've learnt not to correct people even when I know they are wrong. After all, the onus of making everyone perfect is not on me. Peace is more precious than perfection.

Yes, I am changing — I give compliments freely and generously. After all it's a mood enhancer not only for the recipient, but also for me.

Yes, I am changing — I've learnt not to bother about a crease or a spot on my shirt. After all, personality speaks louder than appearances.

Yes, I am changing - I have decided to just watch sociopaths, sadists and dramatists be. I have learnt to let go and let God. I have learnt that hate is a cross too burdening to bear, thus I forgive freely and easily.

Yes, I am changing — I walk away from people who don't value me. After all, they might not know my worth, but I do.

Yes, I am changing — I remain cool when someone plays dirty politics to outrun me in the rat race. After all, I am not a rat and neither am I in any race.

Yes, I am changing — I am learning not to be embarrassed by my emotions. After all, it's my emotions that make me human.

Yes, I am changing — I have learnt that its better to drop the ego than to break a relationship. After all, my ego will keep me aloof whereas with relationships I will never be alone.

Yes, I am changing — I've learnt to live each day as if it's the last. After all, it might be the last.

Yes, I am changing — I am doing what makes me happy. After all, I am responsible for my happiness, and I owe it to self

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Who will Remember You 1000 years?

Hopeful contenders for everlasting fame must run the gauntlet of numerous challenges, including the jealousy of rivals and possible extinction of their own civilisation and language. How do you remain remembered for generations?Share on Facebook

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• By Zaria Gorvett, 2017 

I’m in the secluded western corner of London’s Highgate cemetery, looking at a large marble tomb. It’s long and box-like, with a life-sized sculpture of a dog slumped at its foot. The stone is mottled and tendrils of strangling ivy are creeping up its base. An inscription reads “Erected to the memory of Thomas Sayers”.

Our guide asks the group if anyone has heard of this man. We shake our heads blankly.

At the time of his death the situation was very different. It was the winter of 1865 and Sayers, who began his career as an illiterate bricklayer, had risen to become the most celebrated sportsman of the Victorian age.

This was England’s first bare-knuckle fighting champion. His final match, which he fought largely one-handed in a Hampshire field, was watched by thousands. Special trains were chartered to transport the spectators, who included fellow Victorian superstars like the novelists Charles Dickens and William Thackeray. Even the Prime Minister of the day, Lord Palmerston attended; Parliament shortened its hours especially and Queen Victoria asked to be informed of the result.

When he died a few years later, the funeral procession stretched for two miles and included some 100,000 people. The cemetery descended into chaos as people climbed trees and trampled tombstones, hoping for a better view.

One hundred and fifty two years on, his reputation has turned to dust. He’s still well known to history buffs and boxing obsessives – but to the rest of us, he needs an introduction. 

The steady march of time has left many other similar casualties in its wake – people who have risen to dizzying heights of fame only to be largely forgotten. There’s the Greek poet Sappho, whose steamy verses titillated audiences for much of antiquity. The verses were so enchanting, one Athenian lawmaker said he felt that once he’d heard them, he could die.

Bare-knuckle boxing match was huge in the Victorian era - but stars like Thomas Sayers were soon forgotten (Credit: Alamy)

Or how about the celebrity gladiator Spiculus, who roamed the amphitheatres of ancient Rome. The emperor Nero was particularly enamoured with him; when he sensed that his own murder was imminent, he requested that Spiculus do the honours instead.

Why are some people almost instantly forgotten when they have gone, while others cling on, embedding themselves so deeply into our culture that we’re still studying them, psychoanalysing them, writing about their life, death and achievements, even depicting them in films, millennia after they’re gone?

Hopeful contenders for everlasting fame must run the gauntlet of numerous challenges, including the jealousy of rivals and possible extinction of their own civilisation and language. But there are some clues hidden in the life stories of those who succeeded and those who were lost along the way.

Manage your image, but not too much

A fitting place to begin the search is Ancient Greece, where achieving everlasting glory was a national obsession. “They were very, very focused on fame,” says Thomas Harrison, professor of Ancient History at the University of St Andrews. “In a funny way, it wasn’t embarrassing to say that you wanted deathless fame of different sorts, so people talked about it rather more explicitly.”

At the centre of it all was the concept of kleos, which roughly translates as “what others hear about you”. It was popularised by the poetry of Homer – which has itself endured for thousands of years – and earned by taking great risks and making great sacrifices, especially in battle. Homer’s hero Achilles, who died after being shot in the heel, is the archetypal example.

At one point military leaders were undertaking wars with the specific purpose of getting glory – Lynette Mitchell

“At one point military leaders were undertaking wars with the specific purpose of getting glory,” says Lynette Mitchell, an expert in Ancient Greek History and Politics at the University of Exeter.

As you might expect, some big names were more than a little preoccupied with the idea. Alexander the Great ruled the kingdom of Macedon from 336-323 BC, expanding it from mainland Greece and a scattering of Mediterranean islands to a global power that stretched all the way to northwest India.

Alexander the Great ensured every coin and statue of him had the same likeness (Credit: Alamy)

Like Julius Caesar, he was a master of self-promotion, whose advanced propaganda machine included – among other things – a troupe of historians who accompanied him on campaigns. “They were kind of writing the history of his campaign as it was happening,” says Harrison. He reportedly only authorised one sculptor to carve his portrait and carefully planned the details of any likenesses that appeared on coins.

This strategy has continued well into the modern age, where it’s used by presidents and pop stars alike. But those hoping to be remembered should tread carefully. “Today celebrities like Bono are undergoing a degree of re-assessment,” says Chris Rojek, a sociologist at City, University of London. “The fact that marketing is much more involved in creating these figures means that the social criticism that surrounds them is far more entrenched than it used to be.”

Choose your career wisely

Those not lucky enough to be born into power still have a decent chance of being remembered, especially if they focus on changing the world through their ideas. Take philosophers. Back in antiquity, they weren’t particularly well known by the general public. They occupied a rarefied world and those deemed to be atheists were seen as suspect and weird. Yet thousands of years later, their work still guides modern thinking and they are so widely known they can be considered to be household names.

“They changed the way people thought and that’s why they have remained important,” says Lynette Mitchell. However, ancient philosophers had the added advantage of fewer competitors – since most people of their time were illiterate – and being first. Finding fame gets harder to achieve without original ideas, but it is still possible to come up with revolutionary thought experiments. Back in 2013 a team of scientists went on the hunt for the world’s most influential academic. They scoured the internet for those who were mentioned the most frequently and performed a complex analysis. The winner? Karl Marx.

Indeed, as Da Vinci, Galileo and Isaac Newton inch towards a millennium of fame, with Darwin and Einstein clocking up centuries of renown, it might be tempting to opt for a life in the laboratory. But alas, nowadays even a Nobel prize probably won’t do the trick. “Science used to be seen as a heroic individual discovery, which was never quite true, but it was more true that it is now,” says Harrison.

Karl Marx's name has endured, even though many communist regimes are no more (Credit: Alamy)

Not only is science now much more collaborative, but as with philosophy, the low hanging fruit have already been plucked. “One of the difficulties facing scientists today is it’s difficult to understand what on earth their discoveries mean,” he says. As people struggle to grasp black holes and string theory, even modern-day geniuses such as Stephen Hawking may be lost – though his life makes for a good story.

Other professions to avoid include sport and music. “Sporting heroes impact a generation, but once they start to go out of living memory they decline.” says Ruth Penfold-Mounce, a sociologist at the University of York. “David Beckham will disappear, I’m afraid.”

Songwriting is particularly risky, for one big reason: music tends to date

Songwriting is particularly risky, for one big reason: music tends to date. Of the entire output of the last thousand years, very little has endured for more than a century, apart from classical music. It’s hard to imagine our descendants listening to The Beatles in their flying cars and spaceships, with genres evolving at such a pace. After all, few people are aware of the melodies of St Godric of Finchale, an English hermit and popular medieval saint, who wrote some of the oldest surviving songs in English at around the start of the 12th Century.

To stand the best chance of being remembered, it is perhaps best to choose a career in politics – but don’t try to copy your heroes from antiquity. From Caesar to Boudica, back then the best remembered rulers were renowned for their skill as warriors or military strategists. Those from more recent history – such as Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln and Gandhi – are known for leading revolutions or advancing human rights. Drop your weapons and focus on a good cause. 

Finally, you might want to try your hand at literature. Like ideas, great stories simply never die. That is, so long as you make copies. “For ancient writers, it’s all a matter of the chance survival of texts,” says Harrison. “There are some cases where there’s only one surviving copy, and Latin literature would look very different if that had perished.” He gives the example of Virgil, the Roman poet who – after 11 years working on one text – ordered that it be destroyed on his deathbed. It wasn’t quite finished, and he was mortally embarrassed lest anyone see it. Luckily his executors kept it anyway and it’s considered one of the great epics of his time.

Don’t be royal

At first glance, being royal seems like a guarantee of immortality. But Rojek isn’t convinced. “Will people remember the Queen in 1,000 years? I don’t think so,” he says. “Royal familes are much more generational – after they die someone else comes along. I don’t think Princess Diana will be remembered even in 100 years. Henry VIII is famous but he destroyed a religion, he got rid of the Catholic Church [in the UK].”

Be lucky

When Tutankhamun took his last, feverish breath in 1323BC, probably in the city of Thebes after contracting malaria, he was just a boy king of 18. He’s not known to have achieved anything particularly remarkable. If you were placing bets, you probably wouldn’t bank on this pharaoh becoming a household name several thousand years later. Then something extraordinary happened. 

Constructing a pharaoh’s tomb was a massive undertaking, which required decades of work by plasterers, painters and rock carvers over the course of their reign. But Tutankhamun died suddenly and they ran out of time. Instead he was hastily interred in a small tomb in a relatively obscure part of the Valley of the Kings. It was sealed before the paint even had a chance to dry. Over years it became buried in rubble and was eventually lost altogether.

The chance discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb turned an almost forgotten Egyptian ruler into an icon (Credit: Alamy)

When it was discovered by archaeologist Howard Carter and his patron Lord Carnarvon in 1922, it was full of fabulous riches beyond their wildest imaginations. Its location and size had kept them safely hidden away, while all the tombs around it were being plundered by looters.

The memory of Tutankhamun has been ensured by the large number of physical artefacts he left behind.

The memory of Tutankhamun has been ensured by the large number of physical artefacts he left behind. His mummy alone has been intensively studied as experts unravel the mystery of his short life and how he died. His fame increases with every headline and documentary. When we think of ancient Egypt, we think Tutankhamun. It doesn’t matter that it was all a fluke.

Leave stuff behind

In fact, leaving any kind of physical legacy is extremely helpful. This could come in the form of the many, many descendants of the 13th-Century Mongol warrior Genghis Khan, whose prolific loins sired one in 200 men alive today, or the numerous monuments and coins on which Alexander the Great stamped his image. In China, the emperor Qin Shi Huang secured his lasting memory with the Great Wall of China and the vast Terracotta Army he was buried with – not to mention that he founded an entire country. Go on, give people something to marvel over.

Die a famous death

Throughout much of history, dying young or dramatically – think Cleopatra clutching an asp to her breast – was a crucial tenet of being remembered. Of all the most famous people through antiquity, very few of them made it to their 40th birthday.

Despite living 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar's name is still recognisable today (Credit: Alamy)

Obviously, this strategy isn’t to be recommended and there’s no guarantee your name will last. But under the right conditions, a great tragedy need not get in the way of great fame. With modern technology it’s easier than ever to keep up your image. “There’s that fabulous perfume advert where you’ve got Charlize Theron alongside Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Marlene Dietrich,” says Penfold-Mounce. Speaking of Marilyn Monroe, she notes “she’s still very active, considering how dead she is.”

Be a villain

Another route to enduring fame that should not be encouraged is to seek notoriety. From Jack the Ripper and Captain Blackbeard, to Hitler and Ivan the Terrible, many of the best-known characters in history are infamous. “There is a fantasy of the tyrant,” says Lynette Mitchell. “It’s one of those images which is really enduring.”

Mark David Chapman, who shot John Lennon, said ‘in order to be the most famous person in the world, I have to kill the most famous person in the world’

The most charismatic have been remembered, with a shudder, for generations. According to Rojek, this has led some to pursue fame the nasty way. “When Mark David Chapman, who shot John Lennon, was being charged for murder, he said ‘in order to be the most famous person in the world, I have to kill the most famous person in the world’.”

It’s worked out for some, but it’s a deplorable and unreliable strategy. That’s because one response has been to intentionally wipe villains from history – erasing all traces of their name from the public record, including tearing down everything they’ve built.

“Even [the Greek historian] Herodotus occasionally says ‘he did something so terrible, I’m not going to mention his name’ – there was this idea that you shouldn’t talk about bad deeds,” says Harrison. “There was the sense that they have a power over you, in terms of whether they name you or don’t name you.”

Found a religion

There’s mountains of evidence that Jesus Christ, Siddhartha Gautama (known as the Buddha), and many more religious leaders were real people, though they died many millennia ago. The author L Ron Hubbard proved that founding a religion is still possible back in the 50s, when he formed the Church of Scientology. As a result of his teachings, today he’s widely recognised as one of the most influential Americans of all time – and the most published and translated author in the world to boot. Those looking for lasting fame could do worse. 

Be mind-bogglingly wealthy

Finally, those hoping to be remembered should attempt to become mind-bogglingly rich. The saying “they’re rich as Croesus”, meaning they’re very wealthy, comes from a real person who lived more than two-and-a-half thousand years ago in modern day Turkey.

King Croesus (pronounced Kree-sas) ruled the kingdom of Lydia for 14 years and is famed for his lavish gifts to the oracles at Delphi, which included a life-sized woman made entirely of gold, among many other ornate treasures. Among historians, he’s known for issuing the first pure gold and silver coins, which revolutionised the ease with which goods were exchanged. 

But will any well-known figures from recent times be remembered in 1,000 years?

Lynette Mitchell is placing her bets on Alan Turing, who invented the computer. “He has only just come back into memory in the last few years because good stories have been told about him,” she says.

For Penfold-Mounce, it’s Donald Trump. “I think the individuals that will last from the 21st Century are going to be some of the big politicians and world leaders. If it’s going to be a toss-up between someone like Theresa May and Donald Trump, I would think that Trump would be remembered for a long time.”

Many people may not know when or where King Croesus lived - but they do know his name (Credit: Alamy)

Harrison agrees. “I don’t think public intellectuals are likely to be remembered,” he says. “In a funny way, in academia you can be sure that you will be remembered within a very small group. I regularly pull books off the shelves that are 100 years old. But more widely I think it will be quite similar to the ancient world… it’s not going to be the wrestlers and pop stars who are remembered. It will be the huge political figures, like Trump and Putin.”

Rojek is placing his bets on Nelson Mandela. “I think everlasting figures catch the spirit of the time and somehow express it and act as the public face of it. So we don’t have to think too hard about what the time is. They sum it up immediately.”