One of Your Best Friends
Better to be patient than powerful; better to have self-control than to conquer a city.Proverbs 16:32
Why can’t I lose weight? Why can’t I get in shape? Why can’t I consistently spend time with God? Why can’t I get out of debt? Why can’t I break this bad habit? Maybe it is because of a lack of self-control. Could it be that many, if not most, of our personal problems are caused by a lack of self-control?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: “Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art is of ending.”
Somewhere past the starting point a problem exists. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a genie who could help us finish what we start? Or, an angel that would protect us from falling into the snares of the evil one? Or, a guide that would direct us on the straight and narrow path of godly upright behavior? Unfortunately, we don’t have those available to us. But we do possess the inner dynamic of self-control, which is a needed and essential virtue for effective living.
Self-control is one of the best friends we can have. It is one of the best friends we can introduce to our kids. It will enable us to become the persons we want to be and to perform the activities we want to do. We need to cherish this friend always. It is a real lifesaver.
Yet self-control extracts a high price. Following one of the famed Polish concert pianist Ignace Paderewski’s outstanding performances, a fan said to him, “I’d give my life to play like that.” The brilliant pianist replied, “I did.” On another occasion Paderewski was asked by a fellow pianist if he could be ready to play a recital on short notice. The famous musician replied, “I am always ready. I have practiced eight hours daily for forty years.” The other pianist said, “I wish I had been born with such determination.” Paderewski replied, “We are all born with it. I just used mine.”
The point is not that we could all become concert pianists just by exercising enough self-control. But when it comes to effective living we each have the makings of triumph, if we will apply our wills and come under God’s control and pay the price.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Transforming your attitude
Why do we behave the way we do? How did we become the kind of persons we are ? Atitude is developed.
Noone was born with good or bad atitude.Itis just a product of choice and is largely influenced by what you believe.
What determines whether you will succeed and be happy in life may be to.
Take responsibility for your atitude: Wetend to blame circumstance,people ,things, your parents even economy etc for current problems and challenges in our lives and refuse to place the blame exactly where it belongs.
You cannot change what you do not make responsibility for. So stop feeling sorry for self and start doing something about your attitude.
recognise that your attitude can be changed:You may not change your parent or your tribe but you can change your attitude.
Because we are a product of change, there are some area in our thinking and beliefs procuce wrong thinking, which results in a wrong attitude.
Evaluate your preset attitude: This is perhaps the most important step. Be ruthless with yourself be mercilessly honest.
Take your attitude and expose mit to the laser beam of God's word.
These are the key elements of attitude :
Thinking
Emotion
Behavior
Your thinkingwill affect your emotions and both will determine your behaviuor. Remember (proverb 23 :7 Your mind is your power house) shalom.
Noone was born with good or bad atitude.Itis just a product of choice and is largely influenced by what you believe.
What determines whether you will succeed and be happy in life may be to.
Take responsibility for your atitude: Wetend to blame circumstance,people ,things, your parents even economy etc for current problems and challenges in our lives and refuse to place the blame exactly where it belongs.
You cannot change what you do not make responsibility for. So stop feeling sorry for self and start doing something about your attitude.
recognise that your attitude can be changed:You may not change your parent or your tribe but you can change your attitude.
Because we are a product of change, there are some area in our thinking and beliefs procuce wrong thinking, which results in a wrong attitude.
Evaluate your preset attitude: This is perhaps the most important step. Be ruthless with yourself be mercilessly honest.
Take your attitude and expose mit to the laser beam of God's word.
These are the key elements of attitude :
Thinking
Emotion
Behavior
Your thinkingwill affect your emotions and both will determine your behaviuor. Remember (proverb 23 :7 Your mind is your power house) shalom.
WHAT IS PRAYER
The simple definition of prayer is communion with God.
It is achannel whereby we gets the attention of God the father throuth his son jesus christ and empowered by holy Ghost.
For your prayer to receive answer from God thre are basic principle and ingre dients it must contain before it can receive answers.
In james 5:16_18. For your prayer to command respect in heaven and in hell, you must be righteous then it must be and effectual well articulated prayer points.
It must also be fervent , it must be hot.
It is achannel whereby we gets the attention of God the father throuth his son jesus christ and empowered by holy Ghost.
For your prayer to receive answer from God thre are basic principle and ingre dients it must contain before it can receive answers.
In james 5:16_18. For your prayer to command respect in heaven and in hell, you must be righteous then it must be and effectual well articulated prayer points.
It must also be fervent , it must be hot.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
IMF: Financial Crisis Threatens Africa's Income Gains
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said Tuesday that the hard-won income gains in Sub-Saharan Africa during the past decade could be wiped out by the still unfolding global financial crisis. In a new study, the IMF says the financial crisis is likely to have a major impact on low-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.The fund identified 26 low-income countries - 14 in Africa - that it regards as especially vulnerable to the lower export prices that have accompanied the global economic slowdown. Because these low-income countries are more integrated into the world economy, the IMF says they are more exposed to the crisis that has essentially stalled economic growth worldwide. The vulnerable economies include oil exporters Angola, Nigeria and Sudan.
Strauss-Kahn says next week's IMF conference in Tanzania (March 9-11) will focus on Africa's development priorities. The meeting will also look ahead to the summit of leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies in London early next month.
"Those African countries fear, rightfully, that decisions could be made at the global level, by a kind of governance council of the world economy, without their voice and comments," he said.
South Africa is the only African member of the Group of 20.
As the global economic slowdown accelerates, the IMF has downgraded its forecast for economic growth. In October, it predicted that Sub-Saharan Africa would grow by more than six percent this year. Its latest forecast cuts that figure in half. The world economy as a whole is expected to grow by a meager 0.5 percent in 2009 - its worst performance in 40 years.
The IMF's Strauss-Kahn says coordinated action is required to pull the global economy out of its slump.
"There's a real need to always and always to repeat the need for a multilateral approach to a global crisis, to take into account not only what is happening to your own country, but [also] outside," he said.
The International Monetary Fund has been calling for the major countries to implement coordinated increases in government spending and tax cuts to stimulate the global economy.
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said Tuesday that the hard-won income gains in Sub-Saharan Africa during the past decade could be wiped out by the still unfolding global financial crisis. In a new study, the IMF says the financial crisis is likely to have a major impact on low-income countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.The fund identified 26 low-income countries - 14 in Africa - that it regards as especially vulnerable to the lower export prices that have accompanied the global economic slowdown. Because these low-income countries are more integrated into the world economy, the IMF says they are more exposed to the crisis that has essentially stalled economic growth worldwide. The vulnerable economies include oil exporters Angola, Nigeria and Sudan.
Strauss-Kahn says next week's IMF conference in Tanzania (March 9-11) will focus on Africa's development priorities. The meeting will also look ahead to the summit of leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies in London early next month.
"Those African countries fear, rightfully, that decisions could be made at the global level, by a kind of governance council of the world economy, without their voice and comments," he said.
South Africa is the only African member of the Group of 20.
As the global economic slowdown accelerates, the IMF has downgraded its forecast for economic growth. In October, it predicted that Sub-Saharan Africa would grow by more than six percent this year. Its latest forecast cuts that figure in half. The world economy as a whole is expected to grow by a meager 0.5 percent in 2009 - its worst performance in 40 years.
The IMF's Strauss-Kahn says coordinated action is required to pull the global economy out of its slump.
"There's a real need to always and always to repeat the need for a multilateral approach to a global crisis, to take into account not only what is happening to your own country, but [also] outside," he said.
The International Monetary Fund has been calling for the major countries to implement coordinated increases in government spending and tax cuts to stimulate the global economy.
Monday, March 2, 2009
FOR THE SAKE OF OUR ECONOMY AND IT'S PEOPLE
For God sake, can this country called Nigeria ever be what our fore father, fallen heros and heroin dreamed of a better country for us all comes to reality?
Economy they says is the power of every nations under this sun when thing are striving well and the people of the land enjoy.
But not the case with my nation when what suppose to be the engine or the propeller of the economy is sabotage. The Nigeria power holding company living up to it wonderful name by crippling and holding and holding power meant for the improvement of the economy and the society as it's name been.
Nigeria's electric power sector requires substantial reform if the country's economic development and poverty alleviation program is to be realized. This understanding is behind the reform programmed recently initiated by the Nigerian government with the goal of privatizing the national electric power monopoly, NEPA.
Currently, the country faces serious energy crisis due to declining electricity generation from domestic power plants which are basically dilapidated, obsolete, unreliable and in an appalling state of disrepair, reflecting the poor maintenance culture in the country and gross inefficiency of the public utility provider. Building on an analysis of the major shortcomings of the current electric power company, this paper presents the central issues that should form the key objectives of the proposed reform.
This include corporatization of the electric power industry, increasing access and power delivery capacity, constraining the costs of the power industry and increasing efficiency and share of renewable in energy generation, as well as minimizing environmental damage. We conclude with the observation that efforts at reform will not yield the desired result if the current end-user inefficiency is not constrained.
As Nigeria implements its national utility privatization programmed, it is hoped that this review will benefit policy makers and emerging managers and providers of electricity service in the country.
Oh! NEPA abi na PHCN when will thou be stable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Economy they says is the power of every nations under this sun when thing are striving well and the people of the land enjoy.
But not the case with my nation when what suppose to be the engine or the propeller of the economy is sabotage. The Nigeria power holding company living up to it wonderful name by crippling and holding and holding power meant for the improvement of the economy and the society as it's name been.
Nigeria's electric power sector requires substantial reform if the country's economic development and poverty alleviation program is to be realized. This understanding is behind the reform programmed recently initiated by the Nigerian government with the goal of privatizing the national electric power monopoly, NEPA.
Currently, the country faces serious energy crisis due to declining electricity generation from domestic power plants which are basically dilapidated, obsolete, unreliable and in an appalling state of disrepair, reflecting the poor maintenance culture in the country and gross inefficiency of the public utility provider. Building on an analysis of the major shortcomings of the current electric power company, this paper presents the central issues that should form the key objectives of the proposed reform.
This include corporatization of the electric power industry, increasing access and power delivery capacity, constraining the costs of the power industry and increasing efficiency and share of renewable in energy generation, as well as minimizing environmental damage. We conclude with the observation that efforts at reform will not yield the desired result if the current end-user inefficiency is not constrained.
As Nigeria implements its national utility privatization programmed, it is hoped that this review will benefit policy makers and emerging managers and providers of electricity service in the country.
Oh! NEPA abi na PHCN when will thou be stable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
It is sad to see thousands of people go to bed hungry,while thier leaders spent money meant to provide basic needs of life to the people on irrelevant things.
sometimes it could on things that would eventually be inimical to the welfare of the people they lead.it is a shameful thing that some leaders do not what roles leaders ought to play when in such position.
leaders ought to show good examples to those lead,so that those coming behind can learn good virtues and make the society a better place.
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