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September 17, 2008
13:38
Decision and Partnership
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Our focus here will be to examine how we arrive at decisions and the process of affecting them through forming powerful and God ordained partnerships. These two principles i.e. qualitative decision making and divine partnerships have been in use since the Garden of Eden. For instance, before God began creation, He first made His mind up to do so. After meditating on the chaotic state of the earth, He arrived at the decision of putting things right. The principle of partnership is then seen at work in Genesis 2:18 when He said, 'It is not good that the man should be alone I will make him an helpmeet for him.' However, it should be noted that this principle of divine partnership is not limited to the husband-wife relationship. It encompasses all God-ordained relationships that are fulfilling the purpose of fruitfulness because for every right decision that we make, there are connecting people that God has ordained to help bring these resolutions to pass. These decisions are not just good ideas that man devised but refer to a man's resolve to execute God's counsel.

In order to successfully execute His counsel, individuals need to realise that there is more to God's counsel than just receiving the idea. People need to go a step further to inquire about the connecting persons that God has ordained for that particular project. Once these principles are followed, the multiplying effect rests on such an assignment and will make seemingly impossible tasks possible.

With a full understanding of these principles, Jesus paired the disciples before sending them out. The principle of partnership was utilised to it's fullest in the process. The precision with which God selects people for various projects in our lives can be clearly seen from the example of Paul and Barnabas. In Acts 13:2, the Scriptures say, 'As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, 'separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.' It must be noted here that the Holy Spirit was very specific about the individuals that He required for the task at hand. The effect of this precision contributed to the great power that was found in the joint ministry of these two apostles. Likewise in our individual lives, specific sets of people are required for different tasks that God has apportioned for us. We need to ask Him to direct us to them (and them to us) in order to fulfil His plan and purpose and the results He has ordained. (Proverbs 3:6)
From Poju Oyemade © 2007 www.insightsforliving.org
September 15, 2008
10:52
Is the lipstick wearing off?
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The democrat's opposition researchers are earning their wages. Is this the beginning of dim light on Sarah Palin, or do we expect her to shine more for few weeks? By far, this is the most interesting American election I have ever followed (not that I have followed much, apart from Gore-Bush). However, for Sarah Palin, these are nest of times. Either way (whether McCain loses or win), she wins. She has been shot into the national limelight and will always be the republican darling girl in 2012 if McCain loses now. Then she can campaign on 'change', and paint President Obama as 'more of the same'. However, if McCain wins, Vice President Palin, will be more than experienced to be the number 1 in 2012 or 2016. I agree with this guy on what team Obama needs to do, in order to turn the tide. And the electoral map is not looking bad either.
Back here, the lipstick has worn off for PM Brown, and some of his hair dressers are calling for a challenge. It's rather interesting to see that the majority of the 'back benchers' calling for the leadership challenge in the labour party are women. While I personally think that there are more than meets the eye on this i.e. there are some male 'frontbenchers' kicking the ball, we cannot deny that this is what some people have termed stiletto revolution. Maybe the next decade is for the women. Maybe our children won't see women leadership in the world's top countries as a strange thing. Maybe the future G8 summits will have leaders (mothers) carrying toddlers around, there will be sufficient breaks to allow madam presidents and prime ministers feed their babies. I wonder the implication of that. But it will be interesting to see.
September 14, 2008
9:28
Long time, no hear..........even me
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I haven't been checking my blog. I'm quite sure my fan base is close to nothing. Apology to those who have been checking for the last few months. Snowed under. I have been enthralled by the US election, and it's needless to say where my loyalty lies now. However, how number has been going down since the arrival of the new girl on the block. She was misunderestimated (to use dub'ya's word) and now she is eating our numbers. I was initially fretting over this, thinking this will be a repeat of 2000, that Alaska will be Obama's Florida........not comparatively, but in a way. She was sending a lot of liberals to their cardiologists until I read this. Then it makes sense to me that Karl Rove may be a genius but David Plouffe rules ok! And this is the year that the tide is turning.
Howbeit, I'm experiencing a personal paradox when I consider this election. Shouldn't I be supporting Palin, since she is a bible-believing, tongue-speaking Christian like me? Should my African affinity to Obama trump the affinity I should have to a sister in Christ? I'm sure lots of Black Evangelicals in America will be thinking the same. However, I'm not voting anyway, so it doesn't really matter to me. I still support Obama. Sister Sarah can wait.
In the next few days I will be off to Greece, first to the Island of Skiathos, for a conference, then to Athens and then I'll be putting my feet up in another island close to Athens. What a life. It's a shame that iyawo won't be coming, and I really wish she could. Meanwhile, in order to resurrect my blog, I will posting pictures of my previous holidays in France and Italy so that the Greece pictures would be in order.
April 21, 2008
11:20
Writing papers and watching West Wing
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I'm getting busy again, writing papers, preparing for presentation and analysing questionnaires. I the midst of this, I keep the Obama vision alive, by watching the season 7 of The West Wing. Also, I have been saving towards the inauguration, should Obama win, and I’ll like to tell my grandchildren that I was among the folks that waved at his motorcade on his way to destiny.

Meanwhile, I'll like to leave you with this. It's about being Chris Okotie........

A NORMAL PERSON: People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Chris Okotie : Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting perilous projectiles.

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NORMAL PERSON : Twinkle, twinkle, little star
Chris Okotie : Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim.

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NORMAL PERSON : All that glitters is not gold.
Chris Okotie : All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
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NORMAL PERSON : Beggars are not choosers
Chris Okotie : Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.

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NORMAL PERSON : Dead men tell no tales
Chris Okotie : Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.

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NORMAL PERSON : Beginner's luck
Chris Okotie : Neophyte's serendipity.

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NORMAL PERSON : A rolling stone gathers no moss
Chris Okotie : A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of small, green, biophytic plant.

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NORMAL PERSON : Birds of a feather flock together
Chris Okotie : Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to congregate.

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NORMAL PERSON : Beauty is only skin deep
Chris Okotie : Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.

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NORMAL PERSON : Cleanliness is godliness
Chris Okotie : Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.

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NORMAL PERSON : There's no use crying over spilt milk
Chris Okotie : It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately departed lactile fluid.

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NORMAL PERSON : You can't try to teach an old dog new tricks
Chris Okotie : It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.

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NORMAL PERSON : Look before you leap
Chris Okotie : Surveillance should precede saltation.

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NORMAL PERSON : He who laughs last, laughs best
Chris Okotie : The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.

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NORMAL PERSON : All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Chris Okotie : Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.

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NORMAL PERSON : Where there's smoke, there's fire!
Chris Okotie : Where there are visible vapours having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration
March 19, 2008
8:17
Obama's pastor in the thick of it
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There has been a lot of media flogging lately about what Rev Wright, Obama’s pastor said. I do not expect less in an election year. My father used to tell me that if you want to hear your family’s scandal, go into politics. Your opponent will fish out all the stones they can possibly haul at you. But I kind of like Obama’s response, he took it beyond the level of his distractors, and got a 40 minutes free media time to give a speech that has been compared in some quarters as a variant of ‘I have a dream’.

But one cannot deny media hypocrisy in this thing. It seems the press wants to be an important kingmaker for the next US president. They seem to exercise their influence at any given opportunity. Initially they were on Hillary, but when she accused them of double standard, they switched their blade on Obama. And they seem to be drawing some blood, from Louise Farrakhan to Tony Rezco, and now Rev. Wright. I kind of like the way this commentator put it here;

‘When Senator Obama's preacher thundered about racism and injustice Obama suffered smear-by-association. But when my late father -- Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer -- denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr’

What I smell here is a media confused about their role in an historic election. I wonder how history will judge them later……oh, I’ve forgotten that they are the ones that will write history through the documentaries, blogs and Wikipedia entries.
March 14, 2008
13:36
Radiopalmwine.com
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This is the best discovery I've made on the internet in recent time. This station has got everything you may be looking for as far as Nigerian music is concerned. You request for any music, by artiste or genre, and they play it. From Wura fadaka's sanmari adugbo to Victor Olaiya's omo pupaa. Nice site.
March 12, 2008
11:34
First African-American
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The state of New york is having its first African-American Governor, in a rather sad circumstance, howbeit, making a record. I wonder if this is a good omen for Barrack Obama.......
March 06, 2008
11:14
The Apprentice Africa
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I'm impressed with this. It shows a good part of Nigeria many mainstream western media ignore; organisation, structure and economic muscle. With Dangote's inclusion in the Forbes list, it shows they have started listening to us, rather carrying the pictures of hungry children with flies in their eyes, or machete carrying men.
March 03, 2008
8:26
I got my Obama T-shirt
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A friend just came back from Washington DC on Saturday, and got me the best memorabilia i have recieved this year…….Obama T-shirt. I think every citizens of the world should be able to vote or have one-quarter of a vote in US presidential elections. Since the decisions in the West Wing affects most people in the world ..'war on terror’! Anyway, I am doing my bit to help our man into the Oval office, which is why I have his picture in my office corner and ill be wearing the T-shirt tomorrow while watching the Texas and Ohio primaries.
Last week, the Federal Appeal Court in Nigeria upheld the last April general elections, against the protest of the opposition parties. Comparing this development with what happened in Kenya recently, I have been asking some questions. Were the aggrieved parties in Nigeria more civilised than their Kenya colleagues for them to go to court rather than the streets? Or is it that they are not sure anyone will yield their call to fight? Or are Nigerians suffering from ‘June 12’ fatigue (reference to the nationwide unrests and demonstrations against the annulment of the presidential election held in June 12, 1993 by the military dictator, General Babangida), which makes them unwilling to fight against any electoral abnormalities?
While I disagree with most of the things Rueben Abati said in this piece regarding the court case, I tend to buy the idea of floating an ‘Electoral Fraud Agency’ which should be as impartial and strong as the EFCC.
February 13, 2008
15:14
Yes he can
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There is something about him that radiates his message more than his speeches. He is not the first, and will not be the last politician that promises hope, change and better future. Yet his personality, radiance and background echoes that message more than any other would-be great men. Each generation has got their own, my grandfather had Mahatma Gandhi, my father had JFK and MLK. Now we have him.
As a Black African, studying in the UK, there is something about him that gets me excited. His core message – audacity of hope (this video). The courage to hope that my children can aim to be whatever they aspire to be in this nation. If, and when he becomes the president of the United States of America, he would have demonstrated to the world what hope is really like. That the grandchild of an illiterate village chef can be the most powerful man in the world. Yes he can.

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