7 things I've learnt

I just thought I'd reenact berry-haute's blog on "seven things I've learnt this week" as I find it quite interesting.

I've learnt that;

1. Jealousy creeps in when I only focus on other people's achievements and not my own- figured it out when I always missed a beat when I looked at certain people...It was hatred for the things they did turned eventually to jealousy- God help me

2. I need to learn how to be a better friend

3. sometimes it takes God to help us love even our family the way they should be loved- it doesn't come as naturally as I originally assumed

4.  I need to be courageous in other to be free

5.  whatever I want, I should make an effort to go for it. If I don't get it in the end, at least I tried

6.  I have to get my eyes off others, stay before God, forget my past and recondition myself in order to be content with my present state and not complain- I'm working on that

7.  I need to treat my studies as a critical component of my kingdom assignment

8. 30years experience is not the same as a 1 year experience over 30years

9. I need to stop winging about things and get them done

10. Fear is a lie-

11. I need to start studying finance and money to know what to do with the money God gives me

Thought I'd just make it 11 for the sake of it...
What have you learnt in the past few weeks and how have you gone about with the knowledge you've acquired?

xoxo- Berry Lessons!

FREEDOM!

 Let go of the constant need for people's approval. Once you do, you realise that you are able to experience the complete freedom which God intends for you to have.
Christ has come to set the captives free. Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Freedom: "The power or right to speak, act or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint"

Never will a rock cry out for me!

A song by KING'S MINISTRIES...Listen and be blessed

INTERNAL PRAYER

"The Art of the internal prayer to God can keep us on track when opportunity opens itself"

Nehemiah 2: 4-5 "The King asked, "well how can I help you?" With a prayer to the God of heaven, I replied, "If it please the king, and if you are pleased with me, your servant, send me to Judah to rebuild the city where my ancestors are buried"

Nehemiah has been praying to God about a particular issue but when the opportunity comes that it be answered through the King, he does not in haste reply but rather says a prayer first!.

-Daily Bible Verse-

Interdependence!

So many including myself are "guilty of independence". Watch this video to grasp the concept of depending on one another to attain success instead of sweating it out all by ourselves just to say we did it alone!

Let's make good use of the people and resources God has placed in our lives' journeys so that our work will be much more easier in the end + we'll be able to gain more knowledge along the way.

Genesis 2:18 "And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him an help meet for him"

My Little trip to Amsterdam

This title just came to my head and I thought I'd just update my blog. How are you guys doing...It's the14th day of the new year and I hope you are doing great as well as still holding on to your resolutions.

So I spent the new year in Holland with my family and returned on the 6th back to England. It was a really nice trip because I got to sit in the ferry for the first time, pass by France (Calais) and Brussels. I was planning on telling my friends that I actually went to those countries but I realised that was one too far lol so I thought I'd leave it.  Nevertheless I let them know about my passing by. Here are a few pics from my trip..enjoy

Meatballs from the petrol station @ Brussels

My sister and I

Amsterdam City Centre...So Beautiful!

Yummy Hot Dogs...mmm...(excuse the chipped nail)

A shop in Amsterdam

The ferry Back to England

New Year New Resolutions!

I asked my friend what her new year's resolution was for 2012 and she simply said "to take care of myself"..That's a pretty good one I think. Last year I made a list in my head but at the end of the year i realised that I couldn't remember what they were so this year I thought I'd make a written list. Hopefully I'll actually get down to doing them. So here are a few of mine.
1. Save money- £500
2. Learn spanish
3. Work harder
4. Get a Job
5. Get a phone
6. Sleep early= 12:00pm
7. Manage my time properly

Trying to be specific as I've learnt that setting specific goals gives permission to achieve specific results. On that note I'd like to say HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.

Proverbs 16:9 "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps"

Care to share you new year's resolutions?

Happy Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!
I hope you are feeling blessed...May Jesus continue to be the reason for the season in each of your lives and may you find in the coming year that you relate to Him more than ever...God replenish and sustain your strength this upcoming year and may you come out as courageous overcomers by the blood of the lamb in Jesus Name Amen...God inspire you...
stay blessed!

Matthew 1:21 "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins

vs 23 "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us"

Isaiah 9:6 it says "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be wonderful counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace"

My Father's business

Here I am thinking almost 100% of the time about myself and forgetting that it was never about me in the 1st place.

I came across this video on one of my friend's Facebook updates. It didn't hit me the 1st time I watched it but after a 2nd look, I realised it. 

Kunle, a guy from Coventry university went to Brazil to do the work of God, but died a few days later after drowning in the amazon river. It's really sad but the one thing that struck me was the fact that throughout his days, he chose to be about Christ. 

Luke 2: 41-49 talks about Jesus at the age of 12 staying behind in the temple to teach and to learn more about his Father through communicating with the doctors. 

Stressing on vs 49, "....How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?".

 I find that this is connected to Kunle indirectly, for as a young man, he could have chosen to go to Brazil for so many reasons, e.g just to have "fun", yet he chose to be there for the sole purpose of doing God's work. 

Christ said in Mark 16:15 "And He said unto them, Go ye into the world, and preach the gospel to every creature".

Matthew 28:19 refers to the same message "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptising them in the name of the father, and of the son, and of the Holy Ghost"

Just recently, I've been thinking about wanting to travel to many places, yet in none of those thoughts did it occur in my mind that I would go there for the work of God. This comes back to me thinking about myself and my needs almost 100% of the time. Rather selfish but Thank God my eyes are Opened now. I will go when God says I should go. That way it won't be a vain reason. Now I know that I'd want to die doing the work of God than for anything else as recorded in Philipians 1:21 "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

 Bless you Jesus

So busy- update

Hi guys!!

Thought I should do a blog update with the little break I've managed to have... Unfortunately, I've been so busy this final year. I find myself doing something almost every day so I haven't even had time to just chill...
Handed in one of my reports yesterday and have got 3 more to go before leaving for christmas...Slightly dreading the whole process of getting them done...as usual lol...Oh my!!...Anyway, I wrote about "hard work" a while ago and I thought I should do a little update on my progress. I tried to get my uni work done a few days before my deadline but to be honest it did not work out as planned and I ended up staying up all night to finish it off. How bad! But I'm glad I tried at least. Hopefully my efforts will be fruitful, because like the ant I tried to work hard (at least i think i did).
So I'm about to start a new one today. Been feeling a bit drained from the my late night sleep and from too much computer use; all bcz of my work but it's all good. Let's hope it all works out for good - Romans 8:28

With regards to my hair, I twisted it on the 28th of september and I still have it in. Not enough time to take it out atm. But I'm hoping to take it out in december and do a fresh "genie loc/yarn braids" since I want to protect my hair throughout this winter as I never really do. But so far, I've just washed it twice with my head&shoulders shampoo+conditioner, as the sulfur 8 wasn't really doing me any good with regards to the dandruff. I've seen better progress with this one so yh...<3 it....

Here is my hairspiration 

xGOLDn

we'll see how it goes

Hope all is well with everyone....happy autumn!!

INSPIRATION- LIFE WITHOUT LIMBS

"GOD is everything! He lives in us and so we live in His strength. We will mount up on wings as eagles with Him. The wings of the HOLY SPIRIT will cause us to soar higher and higher as we draw near to God and learn to trust Him in every situation. Thank you Jesus for our lives are a testimony of your greatness." 

                                                                 INSPIRATION....<3- "Nick Vuyicic"
"Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him." John 9:3

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28

HARD WORK

Hope you're blessed by it coz I am...:-)