The internet slang termed ‘lol’ (laughing out loud) has been added to the new oxford English dictionary. The New Oxford English Dictionary defined ‘lol’ as an interjection used chiefly in electronic communication to draw attention to the joke of humorous statement or to express amusement.
If you have been using ‘lol’ to chat, text or twit, keep using it because it’s now a legitimate word in the English lexicon.
- Emeka Anyaogu
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
FROM THE LEADER'S DESK
Is Christ’s Resurrection a Deception?
The death and the resurrection of Christ is one of distinguishing phenomenon of our Christian faith. If Christ had not risen from the dead, Christianity would have been a mere religion, the message of the cross empty and the name of Jesus powerless as the name of any other founder or other well known world religious leaders in history.
The host of hell could not stop him from rising even though they tried. The deployment of soldiers, the sealing of the tomb and the 24 hours security monitoring team that kept watch could do little or nothing to prevent him from rising. At the appointed time what the chief priest feared most happened. The angel came and frightened the soldiers with fear, rolled the stone away and sat on it as the MASTER arose triumphantly from the dead. He did not just rise and go to heaven but he showed himself to many and was seen by many witnesses.
The crucified but resurrected Christ declared thereafter, “all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me (Matt.28:18)”. Also in Rev.1:17 & 18 he said; ‘I am the first and the last and the living one. I was dead and see, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of Death and Hades’. Have you ever seen a dead man making declarations? Only the living can do that. Soldiers acknowledged he had risen; the chief priest and the elders gave bribe to the soldiers to hide the truth and spread false stories about him. Since then it’s been about two thousand years now, yet the name JESUS is still working wonders: saving sinners, healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out devils and doing all manner of miracles. The deception of those who exchange truth for lies could not stop the truth from being established. The resurrection of Christ is not a fabrication of fallacy but a verifiable truth. Happy Easter celebration! Jesus Christ is Lord!!
The death and the resurrection of Christ is one of distinguishing phenomenon of our Christian faith. If Christ had not risen from the dead, Christianity would have been a mere religion, the message of the cross empty and the name of Jesus powerless as the name of any other founder or other well known world religious leaders in history.
The host of hell could not stop him from rising even though they tried. The deployment of soldiers, the sealing of the tomb and the 24 hours security monitoring team that kept watch could do little or nothing to prevent him from rising. At the appointed time what the chief priest feared most happened. The angel came and frightened the soldiers with fear, rolled the stone away and sat on it as the MASTER arose triumphantly from the dead. He did not just rise and go to heaven but he showed himself to many and was seen by many witnesses.
The crucified but resurrected Christ declared thereafter, “all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me (Matt.28:18)”. Also in Rev.1:17 & 18 he said; ‘I am the first and the last and the living one. I was dead and see, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of Death and Hades’. Have you ever seen a dead man making declarations? Only the living can do that. Soldiers acknowledged he had risen; the chief priest and the elders gave bribe to the soldiers to hide the truth and spread false stories about him. Since then it’s been about two thousand years now, yet the name JESUS is still working wonders: saving sinners, healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out devils and doing all manner of miracles. The deception of those who exchange truth for lies could not stop the truth from being established. The resurrection of Christ is not a fabrication of fallacy but a verifiable truth. Happy Easter celebration! Jesus Christ is Lord!!
PRAISE NEWS REPORT
PRAISE NEWS REPORT
It was a moment of revelation with the youth on Sunday 27th March, 2011 during the first interactive programme organized by the Praise Family. The theme of the programme was DEALING WITH FAILURE’.
The experiences shared during the programme were priceless. Some were personal experiences while others were based on business, academics, career development as well as childhood challenges.
Among those present to discuss the issue were Mr. Peter Oyirinnaya (a banker), Bro. Daniel Mbatu (a business man), Bro. John Ochu (a sound educationist and mathematician), Bro. Chibuzor Nduagibe ( a seasoned banker) and Sis. Beryl Ehondor (a real estate consultant). Also worthy of mention are Nnamdi Bonny and Chinyere Kalu who anchored the programme.
In the highlight, failure was defined as the inability to meet a set target or desired objective. However, it was noted that failing at initial attempts is not what makes one a failure but one’s inability to persist and continue to try.
It was also noted that most people end up as failure because of the fear of failure. Some people fail in life because they do not have a specific plan, while others may have plans but lack the discipline to follow it through. Then majority give up easily when they fail at first attempt.
As part of the way forward, it was noted that failure is inevitable in our life’s journey. It usually comes in the form of temporary setbacks, but the collection it usually builds up our experience. Therefore the next time you fail at something, don’t remain there, pick up something and rise up a better person. Do this by going back to your plan, analyze it carefully and ask yourself, why did I fail and what did I get wrong? Once you can get this correctly, you will succeed the next time you give it a try. But note, persistence is key!
The program came to a climax with questions and contributions from the audience. Note at this point that failing once, twice or several times does not make you a failure. Failure actually sets in at point where you give up and refuse to try.
Most times, we fail at the edge of our success because; we tend to give up when we need just a little push to breakthrough. Then somebody else steps in and with next to doing nothing, the doors are opened suddenly and the next thing you hear is, “he is very lucky... May you not labour for someone else to claim the reward!
Now, are you at the point of given up on something? Don’t be discouraged yet, just give it a little more push and you will break into your promise land. For those of you that missed this edition, don’t worry, you can be part of the next one. Watch out for it, the date will be communicated in due course. Stay bless.
Secretary, Praise family
It was a moment of revelation with the youth on Sunday 27th March, 2011 during the first interactive programme organized by the Praise Family. The theme of the programme was DEALING WITH FAILURE’.
The experiences shared during the programme were priceless. Some were personal experiences while others were based on business, academics, career development as well as childhood challenges.
Among those present to discuss the issue were Mr. Peter Oyirinnaya (a banker), Bro. Daniel Mbatu (a business man), Bro. John Ochu (a sound educationist and mathematician), Bro. Chibuzor Nduagibe ( a seasoned banker) and Sis. Beryl Ehondor (a real estate consultant). Also worthy of mention are Nnamdi Bonny and Chinyere Kalu who anchored the programme.
In the highlight, failure was defined as the inability to meet a set target or desired objective. However, it was noted that failing at initial attempts is not what makes one a failure but one’s inability to persist and continue to try.
It was also noted that most people end up as failure because of the fear of failure. Some people fail in life because they do not have a specific plan, while others may have plans but lack the discipline to follow it through. Then majority give up easily when they fail at first attempt.
As part of the way forward, it was noted that failure is inevitable in our life’s journey. It usually comes in the form of temporary setbacks, but the collection it usually builds up our experience. Therefore the next time you fail at something, don’t remain there, pick up something and rise up a better person. Do this by going back to your plan, analyze it carefully and ask yourself, why did I fail and what did I get wrong? Once you can get this correctly, you will succeed the next time you give it a try. But note, persistence is key!
The program came to a climax with questions and contributions from the audience. Note at this point that failing once, twice or several times does not make you a failure. Failure actually sets in at point where you give up and refuse to try.
Most times, we fail at the edge of our success because; we tend to give up when we need just a little push to breakthrough. Then somebody else steps in and with next to doing nothing, the doors are opened suddenly and the next thing you hear is, “he is very lucky... May you not labour for someone else to claim the reward!
Now, are you at the point of given up on something? Don’t be discouraged yet, just give it a little more push and you will break into your promise land. For those of you that missed this edition, don’t worry, you can be part of the next one. Watch out for it, the date will be communicated in due course. Stay bless.
Secretary, Praise family
HARBAL REMEDIES: MERITS AND DEMERITS
Traditional medicine can be defined as the total combination of knowledge and practice in diagnosing, preventing and treatment of physical, mental or social ailments which may rely exclusively on past experience and observations handed down from generation to generation.
A medical plant on the other hand is one or more of its organs that contains substance (active plants that can be used for therapeutic purpose). These active constituents include alkaloid, falvonoid, glycerin, to mention but a few.
All over Nigeria, irrespective of ethnic inclination, herbal remedies are held in high regards so much so as to almost conceal the availability of orthodox drugs. It is important however to have an objective view of the efficacy of the herbal remedies and its merits and demerits.
Merit
• It’s accessible and available in rural area where the orthodox medicine appears to be scarce.
• They serve as a very good source of new drugs (research wise)
• They don’t involve sophisticated preparation methods
• They are not known to involve drug resistance unlike the orthodox drugs
• They can handle a broad range of health issues
• They are cheap and affordable
Demerits
• They lack precise dosage
• They lack hygiene preparation
• They are easily associate with witchcraft and shrouded in mysteries
• They lack adequate diagnosis
• There is inadequate pharmacy information on the toxic side effect which may damage organs
• Very scanty scientific proof is available to authenticate the efficacy of the herbal remedies.
Nnamd i Bonny
A medical plant on the other hand is one or more of its organs that contains substance (active plants that can be used for therapeutic purpose). These active constituents include alkaloid, falvonoid, glycerin, to mention but a few.
All over Nigeria, irrespective of ethnic inclination, herbal remedies are held in high regards so much so as to almost conceal the availability of orthodox drugs. It is important however to have an objective view of the efficacy of the herbal remedies and its merits and demerits.
Merit
• It’s accessible and available in rural area where the orthodox medicine appears to be scarce.
• They serve as a very good source of new drugs (research wise)
• They don’t involve sophisticated preparation methods
• They are not known to involve drug resistance unlike the orthodox drugs
• They can handle a broad range of health issues
• They are cheap and affordable
Demerits
• They lack precise dosage
• They lack hygiene preparation
• They are easily associate with witchcraft and shrouded in mysteries
• They lack adequate diagnosis
• There is inadequate pharmacy information on the toxic side effect which may damage organs
• Very scanty scientific proof is available to authenticate the efficacy of the herbal remedies.
Nnamd i Bonny
TEMPERAMENT AND VOCATION
Temperament involves people’s nature and the way they react to situations. It explains the difference in people’s taste, creative capability, strength and weakness. Temperament is the reason people conflict or attract one another because it influences our behavior.
Do you know that your temperament can affect your performance in your choice of career? A good analysis of one’s temperament will help one to understand what vocation one will be good at. Let’s consider the four basic temperaments and their suitable careers.
SANGUINE
Characteristics: emotional, compassionate, friendly, optimistic, impractical, easily discourage, undisciplined, weak willed, talkative, restless, extrovert.
Carrier for sanguine: salesmanship and public oriented jobs such as marketing
CHOLERIC:
Characteristics: optimistic, goal oriented, self confidence, self sufficient, activist, leading ability, strong willed, decisive and practical.
Career for choleric: any vocation that requires leadership, motivational, entrepreneurship etc.
MELANCHOLY:
Characteristics: deep feeling, sensitive, self centered, easily offended, self sacrificing, faithful, suspicious, perfectionist, resentful, creative, moody, critical, introvert.
Career for melancholic: creativity work, any analytical work that requires perfection.
PHILEGMATIC:
Characteristics: very quiet, pessimistic, introvert, not aggressive, easy going, dependable, selfish, stingy.
Career for phlegmatic. Being in a cool detailed industry, also Microscopic work will be good.
Each temperament has its strength and weaknesses but if one fully understands his kind of temperament, it will help such a person to minimize the weaknesses and maximize the strengths.
Angela Musa
Do you know that your temperament can affect your performance in your choice of career? A good analysis of one’s temperament will help one to understand what vocation one will be good at. Let’s consider the four basic temperaments and their suitable careers.
SANGUINE
Characteristics: emotional, compassionate, friendly, optimistic, impractical, easily discourage, undisciplined, weak willed, talkative, restless, extrovert.
Carrier for sanguine: salesmanship and public oriented jobs such as marketing
CHOLERIC:
Characteristics: optimistic, goal oriented, self confidence, self sufficient, activist, leading ability, strong willed, decisive and practical.
Career for choleric: any vocation that requires leadership, motivational, entrepreneurship etc.
MELANCHOLY:
Characteristics: deep feeling, sensitive, self centered, easily offended, self sacrificing, faithful, suspicious, perfectionist, resentful, creative, moody, critical, introvert.
Career for melancholic: creativity work, any analytical work that requires perfection.
PHILEGMATIC:
Characteristics: very quiet, pessimistic, introvert, not aggressive, easy going, dependable, selfish, stingy.
Career for phlegmatic. Being in a cool detailed industry, also Microscopic work will be good.
Each temperament has its strength and weaknesses but if one fully understands his kind of temperament, it will help such a person to minimize the weaknesses and maximize the strengths.
Angela Musa
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