Why Wait When the World is in a Hurry?

Standing at the balcony
Looking beyond what’s in sight
The buzzing city becomes an irony
For though it is full of light,
The prevailing darkness can be touched.
The traffic is heavy; the people are in a hurry
The day is busy and merchants are in their Lorries
Time waits for no one so no one wants to wait for time
Haste is the order of the day and no one waits today
Foods get done in minutes and they expect life to be lived long
Slow is evil to those with the brisk nature, fast foods, fast cars,
Fast money, even fast relationships no wonder all forms of “ships” wreck as fast as they are made.
In a world where everything is moving and everyone is on the move,
In a world where people chase things and things chase people,
In a world where competition is the ultimate and self- improvement is a price too big to be paid,
Can you in such a world just PAUSE!?
Yes your mates seems to have gone far ahead, maybe you should go back to the ancient path, were things take time to be done but when done, it out shines those that skipped the processes.
Patience is a rare virtue to be found in this generation, but when found it is cherished though it must have been despised. Selah!

Radiant Pheobe 2016.

Download Peace by Apostle Joshua Selman.

Isaiah 26:3 " Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stated on thee: because he trusteth in thee."
Our minds are constantly straying like the troubled waters.
Issues, fightings, confusions are the order of the day but the Lord declares peace.
I recommend you download and listen to this message. Though you might say it was not preached today, true but its content will be always needed.
We have stepped into a new quarter of the year. The One that preserved us is still able. Have a prosperous April. Shalom!

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Prophecies/ Opinions and your Relationship!

Right from the beginning of times, there have been discrepancies over the issue of suggesting or recommending soul mates.
When Adam fell, instead of taking responsibility for his action, because its man's nature to shift blames, he said to God "the woman you gave me..." you know the rest and since then that phrase has hunted the human race for when a relationship fails, we don't see beyond our noses into the mirror to see that the one at fault is you, yes the other might have greater faults if you say so but it takes two to tangle.
Now among the religious folks, we say things like "I don catch vision." As awesome as that sounds, not all are divinely induced visions, when our parents met, some had accurate visions and they still remember it till tomorrow but in a day where lust and selfishness are the order of the day, we have what i call a lot of "polygamous singles." where one bachelor or spinster sees more than one person. Biko! God is not an author of confusion.
Hmm! To my main point, I respect spiritual authorities and the word of a prophet but i respect the word of God spoken to me personally and if i am forced to choose, i would stick to what God told me.
Now i don't mean to rattle your theology but it bugs me when i see a failed relationship and people say "na man of God say na him wife" or everybody felt they were good to go and so they decided to really go together not because of personal convictions but because somebody you respect said so.
Its not your moral right as a spiritual head to be match making up and down. Teach people how to hear from God by themselves and when it comes to choosing a spouse it will be as great as other aspects of their lives.
For the prophecy mongers, those who are not ready to sit down and work out their salvation in deep word study and devotions, prayer and fasting, building a sweet fellowship with the Lord and you expect sharp sharp word of prophecy claiming you don't want to miss it in marriage. Hmm! If you have not found God, and found who you are (purpose discovery) you have no business finding a wife or following a man. Worst case scenario if both of you are like that, what is gonna be the end of it.
I hate it when people cast blames, the God who said none shall lack her mate still speaks. If there is no witness in your heart and there is no peace about the word of prophecy, please check it so you won't have to put the blame on anybody.
I like to say i am the first priest over my life, whatever word of prophecy i get, does it go in accordance with what God has told me before? Now the problem comes when you are not sure what God is saying.
I will say this, don't allow a third party ruin the beautiful thing God is doing. I am not ruling out prophecies because i love the prophetic. Some men are like Samuel whose words don't fall to the ground so test all spirit,weigh the words and be sure at the end you are in the perfect will of God.
If you have any contribution to this please drop it so we all can learn. Lets build godly relationships that will lead to godly and lasting marriages. God bless you all.
Copyright © Radiant Pheobe 2016.

Did the Teachers deceive us?

As far back as i can recall, going through school, taking different subjects that i would not want to start listing, when we were thought about settlements in geography and what makes urban settlement different is modernization.
Modernization in the sense of having social amenities, industries and all and later on we were told that for states like Kogi that has raw materials, they attract modernization but because all these were taught in theory, i believed, we wrote and passed through school.
But i met reality on my way to Kogi State last weekend. That was my first time and believe me i was shocked.
Shocked to see the so called largest cement factory in Africa, now i did not say that. Na so them talk am. Now i also saw how large Dangote and his lorries are in that state.
I had never seen many lorries at a time like i saw there but guess what? The road was a night mare.
It was the kind of road you say and make all the positive confessions you remember just so by the mercies of God, you pass through safely.
As if that was not enough, seeing block houses were as scarce as seeing gold on mere ground.
Yes i have seen mud houses in the north but common, they are solid and liveable.
There were no social amenities, no dispensary in sight in cases of emergencies, no light and that was the most painful part . You know how it is when you are scared of pressing your phone because no hope of charging it anywhere. Well it wont be fair if i refuse to mention what they have, they have plenty fresh air and also they had trust. People slept not jamming the doors like we do here.
Hmm! I was amazed at the grave silence that greeted the evening, not one person put on a generator except the house we were in and that was because they had plenty visitors...that's us now.
Then i wondered, what in God's name is the meaning of social responsibility? A community is rich in raw material but cant benefit something as useful as tarred road.
I am still wondering what the chairmen and those representing the constituency are doing with all the money.
Now i am not here to cast blames but i wish half of what we were taught in school were real, Nigeria would be better.
Imagine if a wealthy man after profit decides to give back to the society he is benefiting from?
Its no news that the government can't do it alone therefore, when you become big and a profit maker, Remember that the greatest investment you can make is in adding value to people's lives.
Our teachers followed oyinbo curriculum. A lot of things are true in advanced countries but they sound like prophecies in our nation. Therefore let's be the change and ensure we make life better for someone else starting from the person next to you.
Choose to cause a change now, the good you can't do today, what makes you think you can do better tomorrow?
Copyright © Radiant Pheobe 2016.

Overflow

In a world full of dryness
Parched lands and famine are it's kids
pain and agony it's family members
crisis and riots are it's able companion
and the inhabitants sigh in grieve
in a world full of chaos
there seem to be no order
no sense in sense and no wisdom in wisdom
for as far as I know....even the wise are confounded.
in the world full of affliction
where everyday passes like a chore
sweats of hardship creases the brows of men
There is an army rising.
An army still so little but great
still without strength but never will they fail
oh! They are despised and scorned for standing for a reality different from popular opinion
The opinions of men means nothing for they are a different people
A people who in a world full of dryness call their lands Beaulah
And in a world full of Chaos they experience perfect peace that passes human comprehension
They lead in confusion, being the light the world see by.
They are the people with cups in their hand,  a cup that overflows
For they live not just for themselves but that others through them might flow into God's rest.
In a world full of hopelessness, there is hope still and you will declare that, there is an overflow.
Radiant Pheobe 2016

The Lovers Convo by Radiant Pheobe

A woman is not a trophy you struggle so hard to get and you keep aside in your archive for reference to your sucess, she is like a plant which blooms when nurtured but dies when neglected.
Don't keep wondering why she craves your attention, she is just being your woman, you had better not stay away for too long for there are predators lurking around to take that trophy, cherish her like a queen and she will naturally treat you as her King.

But I never said you were did I? He argued.

 Chorus: Don't give up on me my dearest, though I may not be all you expect me to be, I am still in motion, I am work in progress. There is more coming if only you would hold on.
Don't give up on me my dearest, hold on for in this heathen vessel are treasures reserved for you my love.
Don't give up on me my dearest for tomorrow's smile will wipe away today's tears.
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Oh my lady, though I fall short of your dreams and fantasies of who your ideal man should be,
Though you confuse me with your whims and ways and I am like "why can't she see that I still love her?"
Yes, I do, I might not be the flower in hand, song at night kind of guy but in my heart is a permanent place for you, don't create in me a vacuum.


Don't give up on me my dearest, though I may not be all you expect me to be, I am still in motion, I am work in progress. There is more coming if only you would hold on.
Don't give up on me my dearest, hold on for in this heathen vessel are treasures reserved for you my love.
Don't give up on me my dearest for tomorrow's smile will wipe away today's tears.

There is a longing in my heart to be your queen, to be like the lace that beautifully hems yor raiment. It is my desire to bring smile to your face but I do not understand why you think I am so complex, for when I complain I do not desire to wear you out,  I just need a little reassurance that I am yours is that too much to ask?


Don't give up on me my dearest, though I may not be all you expect me to be, I am still in motion, I am work in progress. There is more coming if only you would hold on.
Don't give up on me my dearest, hold on for in this heathen vessel are treasures reserved for you my love.
Don't give up on me my dearest for tomorrow's smile will wipe away today's tears.
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But must I always say it you should understand that on my shoulders lies enirmeous responsibilities and do not let my silence fool you into thinking you mean nothing for though i am chasing the world, i do it knowing at the end of the day, there is a friend with a kind word, a sisrer with an encouragement, a mother with an embrace and a heartrob with healing kisses for you my  lady all all that to me.


Don't give up on me my dearest, though I may not be all you expect me to be, I am still in motion, I am work in progress. There is more coming if only you would hold on.
Don't give up on me my dearest, hold on for in this heathen vessel are treasures reserved for you my love.
Don't give up on me my dearest for tomorrow's smile will wipe away today's tears.
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Miracles!

Don't live your everyday expecting some spontaneous answers to prayers or some strange thing happening everyday because what we call Miracle is not just an occurrence but a process.
Don't wonder at my outburst because I still believe in miracles.
Though miracles are real, they are as a result of many factors with great doses of the Glory of God.
Oh you just got a multimillion naira contract and you said you were not expecting it.
Hey! That dying person just got well and you shout and say "it's a miracle."
Oh you have written Jamb for the fourth time and you made it now and Yes it's a miracle.
Your levels changes and you scream it's a miracle.
Glory to God for these miracles but do you know those "miracles" that surprises you because you were not expecting it simply shows your unbelief?
If you were not expecting answers and you got answered anyway, it only shows the faithfulness of God.
When Jesus rose the dead, healed the sick, fed the hungry, he only gave thanks and never made a fuss expecting the crowd to cheer him up, as a matter of fact, he asked them not to say it but of course who would not shout it on the roof top.
I Love Jesus, he understood who he was and while he lived as a man, what normal men gawk at in wonder due to their unbelief, he lifts up his hand and said "Father I thank you because you hear me always." He would have been shocked if Lazarus didn't wake, he would be surprised if the blind didn't see but how cone we get surprised when these things happen.
It's a new month and we are crying for a miracle and we will have them because when the Lord turns again our captivity, we will be like them that dream.
Chai! Lord deliver us from unbelief so we can see that all your goodness which we call miracle is just an extension of  your Life in us.
Happy New Month from Radiant Pheobe.
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