Thursday 30 October 2014

THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS: WHAT IT DOES FOR YOU

Have you ever been spitefully treated by someone you did no wrong? Has your child ever non-challantly disobeyed your instructions which were given for his own good? Has your spouse ever cheated on you? Has your close friend, whom you so much trusted, sold you out for a penny?

The best and the most effective remedy for the above is FORGIVENESS. What then is forgiveness? Forgiveness is the act of refusing to punish someone or yourself for a committed offence. Here, an offence is committed (by the offender) which needs to be punished (by the offended), but the offended chooses to spare the offender the punishment.

Does it mean we shouldn't get angry whenever we are offended? Emphatically, no. In fact, it is human and natural to be angry and even the Bible acknowledges that ( Ephesians 4:26). We are admonished to deal with our anger right away and not let the sun go down on our anger. I then ask, what other better way can we stop our anger from lingering on till the sun goes down if not by

Monday 13 October 2014

PROCRASTINATION: ITS DANGERS AND REMEDY

Procrastination is the act of deferring an action or actions that can possibly be done now to a later time hoping to get such task done in the later period. The action here can be likened to an adventure or any activity that is very vital to you or whatever you intend to become in the nearest future.

One funny thing about procrastination is that the person finds himself

Friday 3 October 2014

MAINTAINING A SWEET RELATIONSHIP - PART 3

In the part 1 and part 2 of this article, I discussed the important things and the essential elements of a sweet relationship respectively. In this part 3, I will be discussing practical ways of conflict resolution in marriage. Marriage is a mixture of sweetness and bitterness, but the way you go about it is what makes the difference. Conflict in relationships is inevitable hence the necessity