In the end, the only thing that matters is knowing God for yourself, building and keeping a personal relationship with Him. The earlier you accept this the better it is. One day when you face untimely death in bed alone, you will understand this mystery.
“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.” (Matthew 27:45)
“And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.” (Mark 15:33)
“It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.” (Luke 23:44-45)
“And on that day,” says the Lord GOD, “I will make the sun go down at noon, and darken the earth in broad daylight.” (Amos 8:9)
The Ark does not need an extra dime to be completed.
Our initial plans for Cananland was to get farmers to farm but God ordered us to build.
Bishop David Oyedepo
THE ART OF SOUL WINNING ✍️🔥
Nobody knows the right answer in an exam and then deliberately writes the wrong thing.
The Christianity of the 70’s — often described as “brutal Christianity.”
The revival fire was intense, but with that intensity there was a lot of aggressiveness towards unbelievers
Even our Master, Jesus, was called the Friend of sinners (Matthew 11:19).
Beloved, you are advised to apply wisdom so that the primary objective is achieved. Your heart disposition toward people must be genuine.
Jesus exemplified a timeless principle:
You can love a sinner without loving the sin, and you can hate the sin without hating the sinner. 🧏♂️
Beloved, let love, wisdom, and understanding define your approach to soul winning.
Listen to the full message: “THE ART OF SOUL WINNING.”
It will recalibrate your perspective and deepen your effectiveness.
Stay guided, stay compassionate, stay fruitful. 🔥
He is 83 years old
A trailer crash in 1972 killed wife Neilia and daughter Naomi instantly. Sons barely survived
Considered suicide after the crash. But he chose life for his boys
Memorized entire textbooks to hide his reading/stutter struggles
Still recites Irish poetry from memory to conquer his old stutter
Weeded gardens and washed windows to pay prep school tuition
Never drank alcohol. He vowed to break the family addiction cycle
Failed Vietnam draft physical due to asthma
Got college probation for fire extinguisher prank on dorm director
He is the second Catholic US president ever
Blocked from high school student president over demerits, but still won class president
Still drives the 1967 Corvette his dad gave him as a wedding gift
After loosing his wife and daughter in 1972, Joe Biden's son, Beau, urged him to run for president in 2016, but the plans were stopped when Beau died from Brain cancer.
Joe Biden grieved his son with the words "My God, my beautiful boy"
Joe Biden would later go on to see the funerals of his wife, his daughter and his son
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I never knew Joe Biden has faced this amount of life's storm.
The most painful thing is giving birth to children and burying the children with your own hands, closely followed by the death of a spouse.
Joe Biden struggled with speech and stammering. He was refused to be drafted because he had asthma.
He even survived 2 fatal brain conditions in 1988.
And still, with all these history, he came to lead an entire nation. And not just a nation, but a world power nation.
You might have your own reservations about Joe Biden and rightfully so.
But if you look beyond the president, and into him as an human.... Then you just might see an human with a lot of scars and painful past, while still trying to hold on to life and let out a smile when he can ❤️
My thought, prayers and best wishes are with Joe Biden and his entire family during this crucial period.
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✍️ Vincent the Therapist
We now have evidence that gentle parenting doesn’t work.
Here’s an uncomfortable truth about parenting no one wants to say out loud:
The data is not kind to gentle parenting.
According to teenagers, strict curfews. strict bedtimes, screen limits, device drop off times, dedicated homework blocks, and sleepover restrictions IMPROVE higher relationship quality.
And yes, parenting difficulty goes up.
Of course it does. Leadership is harder than appeasement.
For the past decade we have been sold a watered down, Instagram friendly version of “gentle parenting” that often collapses into boundary avoidance, endless negotiation and emotional processing without enforcement. Parents terrified of saying no because they do not want to rupture connection.
But connection without authority is not connection. It is dependency.
When parents impose structure, the relationship improves.
Teenagers report better parent child relationship quality in homes with curfews and rules. Younger kids report better relationships in homes with screen limits and bedtimes. Even device drop off times correlate positively.
Why?
Because structure is not cruelty. Structure is love made visible.
A bedtime says: your brain matters more than your entertainment.
A screen limit says: your dopamine system is not fully developed and I will guard it until it is.
A curfew says: your safety matters more than your social standing.
That is not authoritarianism. That is caring.
Boundaries create friction. Friction creates growth. The parent absorbs the short term discomfort so the child does not pay the long term cost.
Children do not experience well calibrated limits as rejection. They experience them as stability. The human brain craves predictability. Predictability reduces anxiety. Reduced anxiety strengthens attachment.
That is why relationship quality goes up.
Notice something else in the data. The strongest effects are around time structure. Bedtime. Homework. Devices. Outside play. These are environmental constraints. They scaffold executive function.
The winning formula is not tyranny.
It is high warmth plus high structure.
The modern failure mode is high warmth plus low structure. That is just abdication of responsibility wrapped in empathy.
Children need leadership, not negotiation. They need adults who can tolerate their anger. They need boundaries that do not move every time emotions spike. They need someone whose prefrontal cortex is fully myelinated.
The harder path produces the stronger bond.
Because when a child feels that someone is strong enough to hold the line, they relax. And relaxed nervous systems build durable relationships.
THE POWER OF UNITY!🗝️❤️
When a man is trying to prove his own point, and the wife is trying to prove her own point, the sum of their achievement is a shadow compared to the synergy of their energy; Individual correctness can never rival collective harmony.✍️
The power of unity multiplies potentials.
The power of unity preserves peace.
The power of unity strengthens love.👩❤️👨
Beloved, protect the synergy; that is where the true strength lives. ✍️🗝️
Psalm 119:130
The entrance of Your words gives light...
We are still buzzing from the energy at Yamfo College of Health! We believe that as these books are read, minds will be renewed and spirits will be ignited. The Word is at work!
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Isaiah 61:7 NLT
Instead of shame and dishonour, you will enjoy a DOUBLE SHARE OF HONOUR. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
Alpharians, this is our week of DOUBLE honour, DOUBLE restoration, and DOUBLE joy in the Name of Jesus. Every shame, every delay, every tear, and every battle you endured will not be wasted.
God is turning your pain into promotion and your trials into triumph. Your season of recompense has begun. It’s your time for DOUBLE HONOUR...
No Alpharian must miss a single episode on the Fire Altar this week. You can't miss tonight for anything.
Don’t join Alpha Hour alone tonight, wake someone up, invite your loved ones, and share the link🔥🔥🔥
📍Alpha Hour | LIVE at 12AM Ghana Time
📝 Come with your Joy List
🍷 Prepare your Communion
📞 Call a friend, tag someone, and share the link.
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Today in Church, during the announcement, the pastor started crying.
After about five minutes, he broke the news. His 19 years old daughter is pregnant—out of wedlock.
He said the temptation to abort the baby to avoid public shame was becoming overwhelming, so he's announcing it to shame the devil that they won't do that.
And then he started crying again. Other ministers needed to lead him out.
I thought there'll be backbiting and side talk but he was led out with a standing ovation.
I felt so happy that the Church is regaining the love that was once in our midst again.
Last friday, we saw the joy of God among the students of University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani.
They came in their alpha hour t-shirts, they sang and danced to the Wake-Up songs and were all thankful to God's servant for the books after 1,700 copies of books were shared to them for free. We keep exceeding the 1000 free books mark in every campus because Chief Alpharian has instructed the team that anyone that shows up should be given a book even when we reach the targeted 1000 free copies.
The team will be in YAMFO COLLEGE OF HEALTH at 3pm on Sunday. It is your time people of God. You are blessed dear ones. See you soon. Knowledge is one of the best gifts in life.
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Isaiah 25:1 NLT
O LORD, I will honor and praise your name, for you are my God. YOU DO SUCH WONDERFUL THINGS! You planned them long ago, and now you have accomplished them.
Tonight is another encounter with the God of Wonderful Things. He truly doeth ALL things well. Whatever He started in your life, He is bringing it to a perfect, glorious end.
DON’T MISS THIS LAST NIGHT of this week. One encounter can settle what has troubled you for years.
Wake someone up, invite your loved ones, and let's pray through. See you soon 🔥🔥🔥
📍Alpha Hour | LIVE at 12AM Ghana Time
📝 Come with your Joy List
🍷 Prepare your Communion
📞 Call a friend, tag someone, and share the link.
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Wisdom is not proven when resources are plenty. It is proven when nothing is available and results still show. Improvision is the mark of kingdom excellence.
If you cannot produce with little, you cannot be trusted with much. May you receive the grace to do more with less.
Read today’s chapter and step into this dimension of wisdom.
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Charis Kai shalom
Apostolos: sent of God
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