Tag: Oke Chinye

To pursue means to follow, chase, or go after something or someone. It also means to continue or proceed along a path or route. The opposite of pursue is avoid. To overtake means to catch up with and pass while travelling in the same direction or go past something by being a greater amount or…

When God speaks to you, do you hear or listen? Although hearing and listening may sound like the same thing, truth is, there’s a world of difference between the two. Merriam-Webster defines hearing as the “process, function, or power of perceiving sound; specifically: the special sense by which noises and tones are received as stimuli.”

There was an emergency in Judah. The people of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir came to battle against Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. When they told the king that a great multitude was coming against him, he feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. So, all the cities…

The movie “In pursuit of happyness” is an American biographical drama based  on the life of Chris Gardner who went from being homeless to owning his own  multi-million-dollar brokerage firm. At some point, Chris worked as an unpaid  intern stockbroker at a brokerage firm, where he was amongst twenty interns  competing for a paid position…

A pillar is a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or iron, used as a support for a  building. Without a pillar, a building will crumble. We started noticing cracks in  the walls of our home about a year and a half after we moved in. The cracks increasingly got worse; we knew we had…

The oak is a very tall tree between 40 and 80 feet and is said to surpass 300  years. A very interesting feature of the oak tree is the root system. It pushes  downwards as deep as the height of the tree and branching out wide. It can  withstand very strong storms like tornados.

Jesus had informed His disciples that they were crossing to the other side of the  sea. On their way, a storm arose and threatened to overturn the boat.  Meanwhile, Jesus was sleeping soundly on a cushion on the lower deck of the  boat, obviously undisturbed by what was going on. Jesus hadn’t given them any …

The transition to middle life is a major season that throws up a lot of emotional  challenges. It is a rude awakening for many people. It is a period of transition  when either or some of three things are happening in your life: you are either struggling with the challenges of the present changes which…

In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So, if God has given  you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is  serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is…

Focus on changing one specific habit or behavior at a time. Trying to change multiple habits at once is setting yourself up for failure. Successful habit change  involves focusing on something highly specific and measurable that can be done  and repeated over a period.