Emeka Anslem's Blog... Bringing knowledge to the people

LADIES CAN HAVE THE MAN OF THEIR DREAMS...  Ladies, the man of your dream would remain "THE MAN OF YOUR DREAM". So except you're ready to pull him out of your dream, stop delaying yourself and face the man in your real world.  Yes, face the man in your world. Work with him till he transforms to the man of your dream. Come to think of it; if you find the man of your dream, chances are that you may not be the woman of his dreams. It is not only companies that check CVs, husbands do too. Trust me, dreams can be misleading.  When it comes to rating your man, don't look at him through your "dreams", look at him through your vision of the future. If you can see yourself in a dreamworld through your vision with him, then you've found your dream man.  This may be against everything you've heard about choosing your man, but I'm just trying to make sure you don't #RefuseYourMan Therefore, my charge for you is this; don't give-in to laziness or idle...

LADIES DON'T GET OVERDUE FOR MARRIAGE... Ladies, God didn't tell a woman to find a husband; rather, He told the man to find a wife. So until your man finds you, you're not overdue for marriage. If you respond to the pressures, you may end up in detention, instead of enjoying marital pleasures. Moreover, when it comes to marriage, only two people trigger the process. While man has the responsibility to find a wife, God takes the responsibility to set the single man and woman into families. So God does the settings, men do the finding. Women don't have a role in it.  If you don't get married, then you're free to hold God responsible for not setting your marriage. This also means you don't need to go about "toasting" men with your body, because the only thing you're expected to say to a man when it comes to marriage is "YES! I WILL MARRY YOU", and that's after he has proposed. This may totally be against everything you've heard a...

"I wanted us to play against Arsenal..." I used to love football, but that was when Austin J. J. Okocha was in Bolton. "Bolton Wanderers" was the answer I always gave to those who asked which club I supported.  "Anslem, are you okay?". Absolutely, don't even bother to ask again. But wait, before you unfriend me out of anger, I have something to say.  It's not like I was okay with the fact that they were losers, but I liked the feeling I got whenever Okocha was playing a match with them. It was a feeling of hope.  That feeling of hope continued until it was time to face WESTHAM UNITED. I remember watching that match through a neighbour's window. You know how it was to pay for sport channels on DSTV back then nau.  But where or how I watched the match didn't even matter, because we won. It was one of the happiest moments of my life. Okocha scored the team's goal of the season, and he was the key player of the match.  That's how life i...

LOVE GOD BACK...  God loves everybody, but it's not everybody that loves God in return.  Those who God loves enjoy daily bread, but those who love God in return enjoy daily wage.  Those who God loves have access to daily loads of blessing, but God reserves unimaginable blessings for those who love Him in return.  God services those He loves, but those who love Him in return serve Him and all His interests.  God may love us equally, but we're rated differently. The bible says a man is rated according to his wisdom.  If your aim is to impact your world, then settling for daily bread and benefits won't be enough, you need daily wages and God's reserved blessings.  Daily breads have no reserve to feed others, but those who enjoy God's reserve feed others without stress. That's impact!  If you want to do unimaginable things, then you need to gain access to God's unimaginable blessings.  Dont be deceived, God cannot be mocked. You'd definitely reap the labour ...

TIMELY NOTES!  When a principle is set by a superior person, all his subordinates will be subject to it. For instance, you should not expect to be alive if you decide to jump off a ten storey building. And that is because the principle that governs gravity was created by a superior person. You may amend your own principles easily, but to change the principles of your superior, you would need to become like your superior.  Naturally, any weight must sink when it contacts water. But Jesus was able to amend it when He walked on water. And that is because he created the principle. With faith, Peter also walked on water; but when he lost faith, he became subject to the principles of sinking. Naturally, everybody in the world is subject to sickness and diseases, but sickness and diseases are subject to the principles of faith. The Bible defines faith as "the victory that overcomes the world". Which means no matter what is happening, the principles of faith will still prevail. Natur...

TIMELY NOTES!  In Ezekiel 37:10, the Bible tells us that "as Ezekiel prophesied as God commanded him, the breath came into those bones, and they lived, stood up upon on their feet, and became an exceeding great army". God's word carries the breath of life; anytime you speak His word to a situation, He breaths life into that situation. No wonder Proverbs 4:20-22 tells us that if we attend to God's word, we would add life to our flesh. We would also recall that during creation, it was the same breath that God put into the lifeless man.  I feel bad when I see Christians live without a proof of their redemption. They have received eternal life, yet they live like people who have no life. When would believers understand that the word of God is what breaths life into their endeavours? The life of our business, jobs, career, education, marriage, relationships, and family; they are all tied to God's word. I often pity congregations that gather to hear compromised preachin...

TIMELY NOTES!  Knowledge, when not applied, may become stale or unsuitable after a while. People say "No knowledge is a waste"; but I'd like to add that "knowledge without timely application may become a weight". Many people are thinking about what they know, instead of doing what they know. The reason why you'd often find intelligent but frustrated people around you is probably because what they know is not giving them their desired breakthrough. Many young people study in order to get a job in an environment where there is literally no job. Wouldn't it be better if they studied in order to start a business instead?  I once told a friend during a church service that I was tired of listening to powerful exhortations from our pastor, and that I wanted to start getting powerful results. I can assure you, that's not something anybody would want to say in the middle of an inciting exhortation. But to my amazement, our pastor said the same thing few secon...

TIMELY NOTES!  According to scriptures, the devil does not have power to resist the words from our mouth. In Luke 21:15, the bible says "For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist". The reason why many people are still suffering is probably because of what they're saying with their mouth. Many believers don't know how to talk. God gave us "mouth and wisdom"; and the wisdom of God is the word of God. That means our mouth is suppose to be speaking God's word and not contrary. When a believer begins to speak contrary to God's word, then his mouth is malfunctioning.  Satan doesn't care about your appearance as much as what you say. Your appearance doesn't instruct him, it is your mouth that does. You may appear sick, but if your mouth says contrary, then Satan will agree, and the sickness will fade way. In Ps 18:44-45, the bible explains that "the enemy shall obey, become afraid...

TIMELY NOTES!  It's been said that "we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give". In other words, converting what we get into what to give is how to make a life. A friend once asked me "who is a great man?". I responded with what Jesus said, that "every one who desires to be great must be a servant". He didn't seem to be convinced at the response because he later asked me if that was the only way to be great.  Whatever Jesus says is genuine. The bible says "let God be true and all men liars". If God has said something about anything, then any other theory about that thing is inferior. It is not your huge income that will make you great; rather, it's the dimension of your outcomes that will. Greatness is not in the eyes of the beholder, but in the eyes of the beneficiaries. Jesus is a great King, but His greatness needed to be proven by the people. He had to go about doing good and healing all that were oppresse...

TIMELY NOTES!  God does not only save us from something, He saves us for something. Salvation is not only a move to deliver us from going to hell; it's also the platform where we can secure the posterity of many generations. Salvation is not a one-time confession, it's a long-term profession. The bible says we should work out our own salvation with fear and trembling.  Every believer is supposed to be known for a good work. In Eph 2:10, the bible says we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. I feel very sad whenever I meet idle believers, because there's no room for idleness in God's salvation agenda. John 15:16 also makes it clear that God saved us so that we can be fruitful in life. Many believers don't work only because they've not found what they like; well, before you find what you like, do what you find. It's not really about the kind of work you do, but about the glory of God tha...

TIMELY NOTES!  The thing about joy is that you have to have it, whether situations are pleasant or not. A large percentage of people who are sick today are people who go the mile just to live a happy life. Happiness feeds on what you have, joy feeds on who you are. That means you really don't need to have anything to live a joyful life. People who just want to be happy become broken when they don't have enough to make them happy; and like we know, a broken spirit makes our body vulnerable to all kinds of sicknesses and diseases. Abraham didn't have anything to show for his life. But the Bible recorded that he staggered not at the promise of God, but he was strong in faith, joyfully glorifying God. The difference between joy and happiness is that; while happiness would have something to show, joy only needs a promise to show. Abraham had joy because of the promise of God, Jesus held on to the cross because of the promise of God. Hab 3:17-18 says that "although the fig t...

TIMELY NOTES! Do you sometimes feel like what you get from God is too small, and that you deserve more? Well, you are not the first. In Joshua 17:14-18, after Joshua had distributed inheritances among the people, the family of Joseph came to him and complained that the portion of the land that was given to them was too small, considering the fact that they are great people. Great people? Someone would have thought that Joshua made a mistake, and would assign another land to them. But surprisingly, the response was different.  Joshua acknowledged that indeed the family of Joseph were great people, and that he assigned a small portion of land to them. But then he told them that "they were not only entitled to that small land, but all the lands on the mountains can also be possessed by them, if they defeat the oppositions". In other words, they had bigger land space than any other family, except that they had to contend with the enemy in battle. Personally, I have discovered tha...

TIMELY NOTES! Patience carries a reward for its bearer. Patience is the distance between faith and the manifestation of your expectations. Patience is not just waiting for something, it is preparing yourself to meet the demands of what you're waiting for. Waiting for God to give you what you'd waste is the same as wasting your time; because God hates waste, and He will never give you what you will waste.  Many students have not gotten admission into school probably because they're not prepared for school. They may be waiting for admission, but God only gives admission to those who use their waiting-time to prepare for what is coming. If you're looking for a job, prepare for one. God is never far from a prepared man. Many eligible singles are not married because they're still thinking like a single person; and giving a wife to such a person will only bring suffering to the woman.  That's how far we'd go on today's Timely Note. But take these last words; P...

TIMELY NOTES!  The life of a christian shouldn't be a normal life. It's a normal thing to suspend or park a boat until the storm is calm, but Jesus saw it differently when He rebuked the storm. Normally, we should go to the bank or a personal safe to get money when it is required, but Jesus saw it differently when He instructed His disciple to get money from the mouth of a fish. If a tree is yet to bare fruits, you should wait till it does or go to another tree - if you really want to eat the fruit. But Jesus cursed the tree instead; perhaps He believed that the tree was supposed to produce fruits at His appearance.  Right from the days of John the Baptist, Satan put a mental barrier within believers, so that we'd be compelled to live a normal life. Jesus proved to His disciples that it is normal for the storm to arise, but abnormal for believers to run away from the storm. He cursed the fig tree and got money from the mouth of the fish only to prove that a committed believ...

TIMELY NOTES! We may make our plans, but God has the final say. That is what the Bible says in Proverbs 16:1. People may plan evil against you, but your prayers to God can change their evil plans. Your boss may refuse to promote you, your teacher may refuse to release your grades, your clients may refuse to give you jobs, your helpers may even refuse to help you, but God has the final say. Oppositions would always arise, they may even come in very weird and impossible forms, but it does not change the fact that God has the final say.  What you believe in times of chaos or challenges is what keeps your place. Challenges may shake you, but faith is what you need to stand. Physical things are temporal, while spiritual things are eternal. Challenges are temporal; they can never overpower or outshine the eternal force of faith. 1 John 5:4 defines faith as the victory that overcomes the world. Which means no matter what is happening, you will emerge victorious through faith. The government m...

TIMELY NOTES!  God knows we face challenges; that's why He said "whosoever shall say to this mountain, be thou removed...". Though He sees our challenges and would like to resolve them for us, but I feel like God is in a tight constraint. He may not do anything about our challenges until we begin to speak to them. The world would say "a problem shared is a problem halved", but in the kingdom, a problem spoken-to is a problem solved. Many Christians are still thinking like the world does; Jesus didn't need to share His problem with the fig tree with anybody, neither did He share His problem with the storm, He simply spoke to them. Words carry spiritual powers; the moment we speak, the spirit in the word is activated. John 6:63 tells us that the words that God speaks to us are spirits and life. In the beginning, God saw that darkness was upon the face of the earth, the bible even mentions that the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. But the Spirit...

LET'S PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF OUR NATION...  The Bible says we should "pray for the peace of Jerusalem, so that people that have good intentions and plans for her would prosper". Jerusalem in that context refers to the city where God's people lived. After King Saul lost the Israelites to the Philistines, David quickly took responsibility for God's people and united all of them in Jerusalem. Jerusalem officially became the city of God when the name of the Lord entered into it.  Every nation where the name of the Lord is mentioned and reverenced is an heavenly Jerusalem. And it would be unwise not to pray for such nations.  No matter how anointed and gifted you may be, you need a settled people to maximize your gifts and anointing. The fact that you are an amazing singer does not mean you would prosper; you would need a settled fan.  Who would listen to your fine preaching or songs in a war front? Who would watch your shows with no food on their table? Who would buy y...

TIMELY NOTES!  Knowledge covers pain. Isaiah 11:9 tells us that "it shall come to pass that destruction shall cease because the knowledge of the Lord shall fill the earth as the waters covers the sea". If it ever feels like challenges are covering you, then cover them with the knowledge of the Lord. The bible tells us that the name of Jesus is a strong tower, and the righteous runs under it for safety. And Rev 19:13 further tells us that His name was called the word of God. In other words, if His name covers people from trouble, then His word also covers people from trouble.  I recently paid my cousin a visit. And when we met, she told me she couldn't go out because she had "runny nose". Coincidentally, I also had runny nose. But when I told her, she said mine was not serious because it was not showing. I didn't hesitate to tell her that "Knowledge has covered it". Knowledge has a way of making situations beautiful. Certain situations may not go, b...

TIMELY NOTES!  Be anxious for nothing; instead, pray about those concerns, and don't forget to appreciate God for the opportunity. But how would you pray or give thanks when the situation becomes really unpleasant? Many people would like to do the will of God at all times; but oftentimes, the challenges they go through take away their heart from His will. I've seen married men who had happy faces during the first two years in marriage, but afterwards, they live in clear depression. At that point, their minds have wandered far away from the word of God, and they'd need someone to constantly remind them - that God shall supply all their needs according to His riches, and not their riches.  Come to think of it, most of the things we get anxious about are things we were first joyful for. Many people were happy to get a job, but they've become anxious because their job can no longer pay their bills. Many people were happy to get married, but now, anxiety has taken over them ...