The Sense of Wonder

Wonder is the awe we hold when our minds get a glimpse of who God is...It is the " Depart from me Lord for I am a sinner", yet we desperately long for His presence.

It is the "I am of unclean lips" yet we are eager to say, send me Lord.

It is the "Oh am but a child" Yet we discover that God has put a deposit in our hearts big enough to make us stand before Kings...

God is amazingly wonderful

~>Dunmo.

Let go of the past, Embrace Today and Receive the Future

Why You Should Let Go

Everyday history is being made all over the world. What you are witnessing today, tomorrow will be history and it may be something good to remember or a loathsome past that you would want deleted from your history book of life.

The past has a way of holding people down, be its past glories or failures, we tend to be tied to the past with some invisible cords and at times the past seems to wield a commanding sword that could stop us from attaining our desired and deserved future.

I recently had a chat with an old man whose greatest life achievement as I learnt from my conversation with him is that he was the first person in his village to own a Vinyl Record Player. As he opened up to me on how great it was in those days to own such a grandeur device, suddenly you could see his face light up as he expressed how the whole village revered him, his social status was suddenly elevated and he could sit with the village elders and the learned during village parties, this was due to the fact that his RP machine was always hired to entertain people on various ceremonies.

Addicts of Antiquity

What is Addiction?

Psychology Today, describes addiction as "A condition that results when someone consumes a substance  such as alcohol, Cocaine etc or engages in an activity which may be pleasurable but its continuation becomes compulsive and interferes with normal responsibilities of an individual such as work, relationships or even health." It further states that "People who have developed an addiction may not be aware that their behavior is out of control and causing problems for themselves and others"

While doing my small research about addiction, I came across a scientific word (Dopamine) which weighs in a lot when it comes to addiction. Dopamine is a chemical neurotransmitter that is in charge of the brain's pleasure and reward centers. Without Dopamine one cannot lust, love, be motivated, pay attention, learn or be addicted. For the purpose of this article my attention of Dopamine will be centered on addiction.

How Does One Become Addicted?

As a recovering alcoholic and a nicotine addict, the raging question that has been on my mind is how these drugs came to have a hold on me and why I could not easily let go of them. There were times when I could not think properly, or so my mind conditioned me to think, if I was not under the influence of alcohol or tobacco or both. These questions drove me to study more on this areas and how to come out of addiction. I am free from alcohol and Tobacco now and this victory came through first acknowledging that I had a problem, then I started seeking for solution.

How to Hear from God

God speaks enormously and in diverse ways to all His creation. There is no generation that has ever gone without hearing His voice in different ways. To some it might be a distant rumbling or a vague voice through nature or people yet to some who are close to Him it might be a "This is the way, walk in it."

How marvelous can it be to you when the God of the universe speaks to you in a personal way? not the the general message the we at times get when gathered in a congregation but rather a personal specific word from God that gives you direction in life or in a specific challenge that you are facing.

The truth is that God is constantly longing to hung out with His creation and to share secrets with one who is willing to listen, at times it might not be the sweet scented voice of "I love you son" but it might be "If you do not change your ways, destruction is inevitable" yet in all these, if it is a voice coming from God, you will be sure that if you obey His voice, all will turn out for your good despite the current circumstances.