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Sunday, September 14, 2014

30 DAYS OF GRATITUDE: THANKING GOD FOR AN EXPERIENCE

DAY 3 OF 30

30 DAYS OF GRATITUDE: THANKING GOD FOR AN EXPERIENCE

Today is the day 3 of 30 in the 30 days of Gratitude. Going by the plan which I have chosen to follow for these 30 days, we will thank God for an experience.

I believe we are the sum-total of our life’s experiences, while I am grateful for all wonderful experiences, I will choose today to appreciate God for a unique experience. For clarity sake, I will proceed to a clear definition of what an is experience.
According to Google, experience (noun) means "practical contact with, and observation of facts or events" It can also be "an event or occurrence which leaves an impression on someone."

Merriem Webster’s dictionary also sums up experience as follows;
noun \ik-ˈspir-ē-ən(t)s\

: the process of doing and seeing things and of having things happen to you
: skill or knowledge that you get by doing something
: the length of time that you have spent doing something (such as a particular job)

So in the context of this article, I choose to be grateful to God for every wonderful events that has happened to me or the practical contacts with, and observation of facts that I have had - most especially my spiritual experiences.
This is going to be a spirituality post, just like it is usual of my Sunday posts, I thank God for my spiritual experiences most especially the unique experience of my salvation- the day I became born again, for lay readers, this was the day I became a friend and follower of Jesus Christ.

16“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him- John 3:16-17 (NLT)

My salvation experience was when I chose with all consciousness to serve the Lord Jesus Christ; I made a decision for him to become my Lord and Saviour by accepting the works of salvation and redemption of mankind from sin and reconciliation of men back to God. He did this by willingly offering his blood (life) as a sacrifice on the cross of Calvary and rising again on the third day. All this accounts can be found from the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John of the New Testament of a wonderful book- The Holy Bible. This Book is God’s powerful word. There are versions of it sold world-wide and even available for free online as well.
I gave my life to Christ as a young school boy who was, though brought up in a Christian home,but had gone on secret escapades of experimenting with stuffs too young for a young school boy. However, the true change came when I began to read the brown old Bible written in Yoruba in our then face-me-and- i- face-you (bungalow) apartment...that's story now... about that time I met a Christian friend in school who shared the new birth message with me so I prayed and asked Jesus to come into my heart and fill me with His wonderful Holy Spirit. Oh what joy ! And what peace I felt at that instant. I thank God for that experience.

This salvation experience was an amazing one and has been for me the beginning of a whole new life. Deciding to make a personal relationship I believe anyone can make...This is possible when you acknowledge you are a sinner and invite Jesus into your life with a simple prayer called the sinner's prayer like one shared below...This ushers you into a wonderful experience which will be the beginning of an exciting journey you will ever be grateful and thankful for.

SINNER'S PRAYER
Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be. In Jesus Name!
Amen

I am grateful for many wonderful experiences most especially my salvation experience.

Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
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Saturday, September 13, 2014

GRATEFUL FOR OPPORTUNITIES

THANKING GOD FOR OPPORTUNITIES

It's been a great day and today on the second day of these 30 days of Gratitude, I appreciate God for Opportunities.
Someone once said that luck is when preparation meets Opportuniy. So I am grateful to have been in the right place at the right time and to have met the right people when it matters a lot.

Opportunity at life

I am grateful for the very oppprtunity to live, the opportunity of being alive. It's an opportunity to have had wonderful parents who kept our foetus. According to an Aljazeera article in Nigeria where abortion isn't legal about 760,000 abortions still occur every year while in the United States, over 56 million unborn babies have been lost to abortion from 1973 when abortion was legalized . I recognize i had no power of choice in choosing my birth or birth conditions. So this is a great opportunity I will be forever grateful to God for.

There are a lot more other opportunites for which I am grateful; the Opportunity to learn and to earn,Opportunity to write, blog and inspire lives to greatness.

I am greatful for the Unique business opportunity called A2W which I drive passionately to help people create passive income and live their dreams.
I am grateful for the opportunity to love and be loved...

And the list is indeed endless.

I am indeed blessed!

Friday, September 12, 2014

30 days of Gratitude: THANK GOD FOR FRIENDS !

30 days of Gratitude:

Day 1 0f 30

THANK GOD FOR WONDERFUL FRIENDS

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

Today I thank God for my friends....I take time to appreciate my wonderful friends. You are the best!
Looking back, my life has been blessed by wonderful friends who helped me grow and learn every step of the way.
I have had friends who challenged me to give my best, do more and become more.

I love meeting people every time and so I never stop making new friends. A mentor once shared that friendship is one of the relationships in which you have a choice of choosing who boards your (friend- )ship.

The advent of the internet and social media, makes it even easier to make more friends across the boundary of language, culture, race or
geographical location.

Friends are like sunshine!

Friends are like wings that help you fly...

Friends are worth more than diamonds in prices... Thank God for friends..

One day understanding the value of friendship and meeting new people, I decided to do an estimate on how to make a million new friends!

Imagine meeting 3 new friends everyday and in one year, I would have made 1095 new friends! and imagine even the progression
when I now decide to meet their friends, I even make more friends and the progression goes on.

The social media has also afforded me more ways to connect with my old and new friends...What a wonderful feeling when I discover I can have all my thousands of friends on Facebook, twitter, Slide share, Google-plus, Blogger, etc. all in my pocket via my mobile device!

However, as much as I love to make more new friends, I will never stop to appreciate and cherish all my wonderful old friends...
you are God's wonderful gift to me and I am so grateful to God for you.

To my great friends!

Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
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Thursday, September 11, 2014

LESSONS FROM MY 30-DAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE

About 30 days ago I took it on myself to begin a 30 day blogging challenge on this blog. I decided to blog and share every day , here are a couple of lessons I learnt from the experience. What more is there to do than to share the lessons and move on to another challenge- a 30 day gratitude challenge!

First, Enjoy the lessons!

1. The Universe loves consistency: Everything in nature has been designed to be consistent. We have always had nothing short of 12 calendar months. The seasons and even the elements are all consistent in their natural order. Therefore nature is consistent and it is naturally logical that anything consistent in its purpose wins, after all the deliberately consistent effort of a running brook wears out rocks.

2. Success is tied to Momentum: It is through motion that a body builds momentum. When you are already moving you have more tendency to gather speed and "SUCCESS LOVES SPEED!”. Whatever moves possesses energy, from laws of physics, kinetic energy is the energy a body has due to its motion. From the conscious effort of moving towards my goal, I can gather momentum, gain speed, generate more energy and in effect attract more success in the long run.

3. In the school of Goals, frequency trumps magnitude: Most times a little effort every day takes you closer to your goals than a huge inconsistent effort. Confucius made it clear that "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a step". So a few strokes of the brush on a regular pattern can create a masterpiece only capable of by the master stroke of a Picasso.

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See you in my next post on the 30 days of Gratitude.

Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life-coach,Engineer and Entrepreneur

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

A SHORT STORY ON PEOPLE AND OPINIONS

DAY 30 of 30 (We made it!)

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Grantland Rice

A RECAP:

In the previous post we set the pace for tonight's discussion on opinions. I affirmed that opinions are about the cheapest commodity and every body has them. As a recap, It's always wise to get honest opinions from a few stakeholders and and it is even wiser to know when to move on. If somebody will have to get everybody's opinion, he will end up doing nothing, because nobody gets nothing done by listening to everybody's opinion.

Today, I will illustrate this with a short story!.....

Once upon a time in the land of Laos, there lived a wealthy old merchant who had only one son. Together they both set out on a journey to sell an old donkey in the biggest market in the region. This market was a few miles away from where they lived,so they woke up in the morning and embarked on their journey and began to go, they went on and on pulling the donkey to be sold behind them with the mark "DONKEY FOR SALE".

As they progressed on their journey, they passed through some grasslands with fresh pastures,so the Father decided to feed the donkey, as the the donkey ate some grass, the people passing bye walked up to the man and asked " why feed this donkey, if you would be selling it? You better go quickly and sell it to its prospective buyer". The old merchant nodded "How true! we must continue quickly to the market"

The merchant and his son continued pulling their donkey on the way, not too long they came across a company of friends, who stopped and told them, you father and son , you walk on foot like fools while your donkey goes empty with no burdens!", 'What wisdom!' the Father exclaimed, he mounted the donkey with his son and they continued their journey riding on the donkey.

The Father and son enjoyed their ride on the donkey for a while as they continued towards a bridge before the cattle market.After going on for less than a mile, they met some people coming back from the market, "what a wicked merchant this is! they wondered "You and your son riding on the poor donkey, what a huge burden,this donkey might likely die on the journey" . The merchant thought " Why didn't we think about this?" So he got down and he decided to carry the Donkey together with his son.

As they began to move on, they were crossing the bridge carrying the donkey in their hands, the donkey slipped and fell over the bridge into the river... the son shouted 'alas father, what shall we do?" "Nothing!" the Father answered, " There is nothing that can be done to please everybody" "This is an expensive lesson son, deciding to please everyone is the best recipe for failure"

"This is an expensive lesson son, deciding to please everyone is a recipe for failure"

The moral of the story is summed up in Bill Cosby's quote

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Bill Cosby

Value opinions,however, remember, a great man takes responsibility for his decisions.

Go achieve greatness!

Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life-coach,Engineer and Entrepreneur

(c)August 2014, Emmanuel Ayeni

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

PEOPLE AND OPINIONS

DAY 29 of 30

Opinions! Everybody's got them. Some people offer it cheaply, while a few others wait until it is asked for. opinions can be the cheapest commodity, after all, every one is entitled to his own opinion. If you will set about any major feat it's good to get a handful of great opinions from people, however just like a student researching for a thesis, my University Dean once advised 'you need to know when to stop reading and start writing'.

It's always wise to get a honest opinion from a few stakeholders and move on. If somebody will have to get everybody's opinion, he will end up doing nothing, because nobody gets nothing done by listening to everybody's opinion. I will illustrate this with another short story in my next post....after all, a man has got to do what he's got to do.

cheers!

Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life-coach,Engineer and Entrepreneur

(c)August 2014, Emmanuel Ayeni

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Monday, September 8, 2014

HOLD ON! A STORY

28 OF 30

HOLD ON! A STORY

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you till it seems you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
-- Harriet Beecher Stowe, author

One major reasons why people do not succeed, is giving up not only on their way to success but also giving up too soon. I will illustrate this with a story.

Long ago, there lived in a small village an old carpenter called Makanjuola (Makanjuola means never be hasty or in a deadly rush to get wealthy) he and the wife were so poor they could not afford three square meals but he was known for being truthful.
A man of high integrity he continued to work hard to cater for his beautiful wife and their son whom they named Iforiti (Iforiti means endurance) for so many years.

One afternoon the young son told his Father, "Dad, I will love to go to the big city and acquire skills for which I can make a living and find my path" The Dad agreed and off he went leaving his Mum with tears in her eyes.

In their son's absence, the couple continued to live and work hard despite their poor conditions.They were poor for many years expecting the return of their son, who never came back.
They grew old and lived in their old hut for so many years.

One fateful night the old man was called upon by the Village's chief for his assistance, he was to help a stranger who has lost his way pass the night till the next day when he was going to retrace his path.

So they went off to Makanjuola's house.

on getting home the couple apologized for not serving dinner as they had no food. The stranger was kind enough, so he opened his box which they found was full of money and he gave them some cash to buy some food, the stranger bid them goodnight after the dinner and went to bed.

At midnight the wife woke up the husband and they spoke in very low tones. " My husband if we do not get rich tonight, it might as well be the end for us ever" "how do you mean? he asked.The wife explained their need to kill the stranger so they could have all the money in the box.

So they went ahead and killed him and kept the money.

When the chief came for the stranger in the morning they lied to him that the stranger had run away.

The chief was surprised and told the couple the stranger's story and his name was Iforiti. When Makanjuola heard this he fell to the ground and died. When the wife also realized they killed their son,.she screamed,confessed and died.

Like iforiti- Endurance is a virtue needed in holding on.

Keep holding to GREATNESS!

Emmanuel Ayeni

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