tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51471988567182133982024-03-14T09:17:32.844+01:00SijiniusPersonal finance, Personal musings, Global success.
(Your Success curve won't go up if your finances are going down!)Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-43111783460911221072024-03-08T11:29:00.003+01:002024-03-09T03:03:30.880+01:002 SUREST WAYS TO WEALTH CREATION & FINANCIAL FREEDOM ALL THROUGH HISTORY<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJ6HdprSzzBC5mOmI6XsbVywHTFODp_7Hok9WUtQng4wJCGC0tAqj8dZWj4pLu90VSHplSFnS1FLlUkh8gcKo1K7T328oYpjIFoWE2G1cc_kmJGkJuTQITsRJwWHBfxsJVmzSzN3svA4KN14cDwmCkl37_im9f_uCoul8ZFDDl7uToVYA01xvFbVZmYow/s739/Make%20money%20while%20you%20sleep.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="739" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJ6HdprSzzBC5mOmI6XsbVywHTFODp_7Hok9WUtQng4wJCGC0tAqj8dZWj4pLu90VSHplSFnS1FLlUkh8gcKo1K7T328oYpjIFoWE2G1cc_kmJGkJuTQITsRJwWHBfxsJVmzSzN3svA4KN14cDwmCkl37_im9f_uCoul8ZFDDl7uToVYA01xvFbVZmYow/w640-h360/Make%20money%20while%20you%20sleep.jpeg" title="Make money and create wealth while you sleep" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">There are 2 ways to enduring wealth through all of history;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">1. Take a seed and use the resources already in the earth/Nature to multiply it exponentially and it keeps generating money even while you sleep, enlarging astronomically as time ages it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Or</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">2. Create a "Cycle"/system that takes a particular waste product (e.g. words, urine, rubber, plastic, sleep, books, clothes, time, money, water) and makes it useful again for humanity, generating wealth even while you sleep, as long as humanity produces it as a waste.</span></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">People talk too much.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">People sleep too much.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">People spend too much.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">People use too much plastic.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">People use rubber excessively.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">People waste clothes while trying to make a new one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">People waste seeds while planting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">People waste water.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">People waste time.<br /><br />If you don't have a factor of production, then get a waste product and make an efficient wealth-generating system.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">All other ways of making money are based on the "hustle & bustle", "because man sinned and fell" culture presently on earth- Medicine, Law, Cash printing/banking, Mechanical engineering, Safety, War/Military Industrial Complex (MIC), etc. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">You have to either dominate/deceive people or you have to invest your hours/skills actively to make money. And when you stop working, your income also ends.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">The fastest & surest way for the average person on earth to become financially free through all of history is either #1 or #2. <br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FACTOR OF PRODUCTION, THEN GET A WASTE PRODUCT AND MAKE AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">Everything about the spiritual is systematic. Create systems/cycles. Tap into your spiritual nature. Talk in systems in 2024.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-31403508762975339622024-02-17T10:01:00.001+01:002024-02-17T10:01:21.824+01:00ECONOMIC FUTURE OF THE WORLD-: YOU EITHER BECOME POOR/ENSLAVED BY THE WEF/IMF/BRICS, OR YOU JOIN AN ALTERNATE/PARALLEL SYSTEM AND GET OUT OF THEIRS NOW.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzsigdGDQnwA4i_RtdSgMQh39R1FCq8IFoyvkKWyn0259ecmc5f_gZxhtaL4zr77MfuNJVsd2_-3eVPsikE4TW1a98b-LUIy10omM3Zw9ap47DB974bH1KCCgfPLWLTiDQBcZO4e2TRM6yzDZf509jirwXiCpqJ1miAb8KlECfpJi9PZWEW_eO-C6zZ4v/s675/Economic%20future%20of%20the%20world.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="675" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzsigdGDQnwA4i_RtdSgMQh39R1FCq8IFoyvkKWyn0259ecmc5f_gZxhtaL4zr77MfuNJVsd2_-3eVPsikE4TW1a98b-LUIy10omM3Zw9ap47DB974bH1KCCgfPLWLTiDQBcZO4e2TRM6yzDZf509jirwXiCpqJ1miAb8KlECfpJi9PZWEW_eO-C6zZ4v/w640-h370/Economic%20future%20of%20the%20world.png" title="Economic Future of the World" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">1. It is a global economy now i.e. a war in Ukraine can make your flour more expensive and your energy bills to go up.<br />A war in Yemen/the Red Sea will affect you because global supply chain disruption will make your goods from China get to you longer and be more expensive.<br />COVID/the next pandemic will affect your country economically whether you know how to spell SARS-COV-2 or not. The earlier you accept, the better for you.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />2. No matter what you do, your salary and/or earnings can never meet up with the rate of inflation/money printing by your government. So, you will become poorer overtime.<br />Fight the truth to your peril.<span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />3. Global Trade means, for example, your Nigeria sells its Crude Oil and hopes that it can use the (FOREX) Dollars earned to buy all the goods you do not produce in Nigeria, as you are a consumer economy.<br />When your crude oil is stolen by thieves, or NNPC does not remit the money to the Federal Government of Nigeria, you Nigerians will be poor and continue to borrow from IMF/World Bank/China, Russia (BRICS), etc.Therefore, you have a trade deficit, and are also in debt.<br />[The borrower is slave to the lender.]<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />4. When your Naira falls due to the Foreign Exchange and other factors, your land and houses and whole life/time becomes cheaper and can now be easily bought by people abroad/at the top- it is an economic war against you, whether you are foolish or wise enough to realise it. The poverty will force you to sell yourself/properties for ordinary bread to eat, unless you farm/make your own food and create your own weapons to protect yourself, and/or you leave their economic system completely.<br /><br />All wars have economic motives underlying them. Don't be deceived.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkARORmExllYmOQIAei0N0H8fKYW6_pLPyOhOvwFo-Xj1VvSAZx8dTnhcNXlJmzEogOrui4A5SQ5pYFBYDx_2MyduHsK74cAhTFBqZWFiyj6yn-uXoD_hqHkNes8sxPRFveg0M-JCCx-cTUgZ_C7-zeNtZm7EM8jLjvFILrcK3h0yuhQx9kHaQWRuhyphenhyphencu7/s914/all_wars_have_economic_motive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="914" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkARORmExllYmOQIAei0N0H8fKYW6_pLPyOhOvwFo-Xj1VvSAZx8dTnhcNXlJmzEogOrui4A5SQ5pYFBYDx_2MyduHsK74cAhTFBqZWFiyj6yn-uXoD_hqHkNes8sxPRFveg0M-JCCx-cTUgZ_C7-zeNtZm7EM8jLjvFILrcK3h0yuhQx9kHaQWRuhyphenhyphencu7/w640-h394/all_wars_have_economic_motive.jpg" title="All wars have underlying economic motive" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">5. The only way to be "free economically" as of now, is to either submit 100% to the dictates of your foolish and corrupt (political and religious) leaders selling all of you into economic slavery to IMF/WORLD BANK/WEF/"BRICS", etc, via your lusts, or you create an alternate/parallel economic system, right now.<br />Curb your materialism or be a slave to your desires. The choice is yours.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />6. Present alternate economic systems in the world include:<br />a) the TRADE BY BARTER of your forefathers- you and another person simply agree to exchange items based on mutually accepted value. No external person dictates to either of you.<br /><br />b) HAWALA/HUNDI: a net settlement informal/underground banking system. It serves as another form of money/value transfer system (MVTS) for money transfer, currency exchange, terrorism financing, and money laundering used mostly by South Asians, Middle Eastern Arabs, and Eastern Africans.<br />Transactions are based on trust/reputation among culturally-connected individuals living on different continents.<br /><br />c) Cryptocurrency/financial Blockchain solutions such as Bitcoin, created (in 2008 because of that year's global financial crisis caused by the greed of these same global bankers and corrupt finance people,) with intent to bypass the Central banks. <br />I.e You ask for your salary or business payments in cryptocurrency and you trade likewise.<br /><br />You can start or continue in any of these. Good luck bypassing the central bankers though.<br /><br /><br />7. God's (parallel) Economic system:<br />When God is solely/100% in charge, he provides all your energy needs freely and you never need to protect yourself from wars, disease, famine, or poverty. You all transact with one another strictly based on his economic terms and conditions.<br />It is a parallel economic system. This is an endtime economic battle of kingdoms. There will be no middle ground. Brace up for it.<br /><br />You either continue in your economic slavery to WEF/IMF/BRICS/EU, or you join God's parallel economic system. It begins now. The choice of whom you are enslaved to is yours. There is no middle ground.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br />Important Note: While this post indicates that IMF, World Bank, BRICS, EU, and the WEF are all separate entities, in a matter of months, they will merge into 1 entity, and you will have only one global economic slavemaster very very very soon. You will not be able to transact in their economic system without accepting their MARK. Fight the truth to your peril.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />100% FAITH<br />100% LOVE<br />100% NO LACK...We have come full cycle. As it was in the beginning, so shall it be at the end.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-58643808814108669422024-02-17T09:16:00.000+01:002024-02-17T09:16:19.201+01:00AGAIN, CONCERNING GIVING IN THE BIBLE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKf4LJUD8_g-n0vmBQ5K-CLg5vmJEnuGjUOEsUCLgPksWOSEuqjinkN5qYysIuO-CcuDvD1hHtRsQFBuVx9l-ea4CC1Ztt1P5b7kYqJXiDzaYZV2WZLCtUWfEU_nIaiSUYV_DFRb0-8jP0Z5XAHQu4iE0z4j57iELCbBoPX5h7pCMIpaMH52hW-mg8vLfJ/s2000/Again_what_is_giving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1333" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKf4LJUD8_g-n0vmBQ5K-CLg5vmJEnuGjUOEsUCLgPksWOSEuqjinkN5qYysIuO-CcuDvD1hHtRsQFBuVx9l-ea4CC1Ztt1P5b7kYqJXiDzaYZV2WZLCtUWfEU_nIaiSUYV_DFRb0-8jP0Z5XAHQu4iE0z4j57iELCbBoPX5h7pCMIpaMH52hW-mg8vLfJ/w426-h640/Again_what_is_giving.jpg" title="Again, What is Giving?" width="426" /></span></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">1. There is no place from Genesis to Revelations where God said that when you give, then you will never be poor. And unless you first give, that is when you won't be poor. That is a deceptive, demonic lie from the pit of hell.<br /><br />You can actually give your way into poverty if you give covetously to fellow fraudsters asking for your money, or you give amiss/with the wrong motive. They will dupe you by collecting all your money from you.<br /><br />[I just can't understand why someone would be talking about "giving and poverty" in the same sentence. What is the connection, if you are not a fraudster?! Yes, you can talk about "giving and wealthy people", or "giving and abundance", etc. But not giving and poor people. What are you trying to achieve- make them poorer?!!]</span><span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytW2dKx3XXPzEPfmu4mwiB9kQhVrGC-e4ncGbCBH_U8-NTuWNbg6xB-x3SmL21CUH2sLSVrujMZYKDimcLaySWL0M9hdlxHaGnX1yFbdQ7WaxhstwDv7QyH9ePgr77UT_JiFdtFckxET4sl0YLqBJ_Hn9ypLnMxFl4Ko__MMjj4TmAxN8QX-X46wJdNy-/s1066/Biblical%20giving.png"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytW2dKx3XXPzEPfmu4mwiB9kQhVrGC-e4ncGbCBH_U8-NTuWNbg6xB-x3SmL21CUH2sLSVrujMZYKDimcLaySWL0M9hdlxHaGnX1yFbdQ7WaxhstwDv7QyH9ePgr77UT_JiFdtFckxET4sl0YLqBJ_Hn9ypLnMxFl4Ko__MMjj4TmAxN8QX-X46wJdNy-/w640-h432/Biblical%20giving.png" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">2. Giving has nothing whatsoever to do with the principles/factors of why people are in poverty. A lazy person, for example, will be poor, no matter how much they give (Prov 6:11). In countries like Nigeria for example, where people are not productive and many are jobless, people will be poor regardless of giving their kidneys and heart. If you are poor, simply get a job, save and invest wisely. <br /><br />Those are basic principles that even an atheist can apply and become a billionaire, for example, in Silicon Valley. China is full of rich communists. Saudi Arabia has billionaires that do not pay any tithe or first fruits, etc. If you put your money in wrong investments, and they fail, you can become poor. Those are common sense facts.<br /><br /><br />3. Giving is not a guarantee for becoming a wealthy billionaire, from Genesis to Revelations. The only thing God guarantees is that when you give, he can bless you as a result. And God also expects you to give when he has (first) blessed you with abundance and you are already very rich.<br /><br />God never assured anyone that they will become billionaires simply because they gave to the poor, thus lending to him (Prov 19:17).<br /><br />Moreover, he does not need to first force/manipulate/intimidate you to give before he blesses you. As a matter of fact, God will be wicked to ask you to give first of all, before he ensures that you are blessed materially by him. He causes the rain to fall on BOTH the righteous and the wicked. It is the people that he has first blessed materially that he ALWAYS asks to give. Don't be deceived.<br /><br /><br /><br />4. Consistently from Genesis to Revelations, God is provider. Then, AFTER he has provided for his people, he always asked that they GIVE FROM THEIR ABUNDANCE to the poor, Always (2Cor 8:12, 9:7)!!! <br /><br />The only place where God asked every single adult in Israel (including the poor) to give was a ''census tax'' of half shekel (equivalent to 18 kobo in Nigeria or 18 pence in the UK or 18 cents in the USA)- Exo 30:12. In other words, it was basically nothing significant enough to impoverish any Israelite! And everyone 20 years and above paid the same amount- whether rich or poor.<br /><br />There is no place in the bible where the poor are asked to give to others, especially to people who are already rich. That very foolishness can lead them (further) into poverty (Prov 22:16).<br /><br /><br /><br />5. In the New Testament, we give out of Love (Acts 4:32-34, 2Cor 8:8,24). That is why a poor person can give their 2 mites (Luke 21:1-4), or help other poor brethren in Jerusalem (Rom 15:26, 1Cor 16:1, 2Cor 8:1-4). It is the love in the heart of a New Testament believer that compels them to give, not compulsion, manipulation, intimidation, or forceful domination by quoting Malachi 3!<br /><br />When people LOVE, they will ALWAYS GIVE, even if they are poor!!<br /><br />Of a truth, people can give without love, but you can never truly love, and not give. It is impossible.<br /><br /><br /><br />6. In the old Covenant/Testament, God chose a people or person (Abraham and his descendants) unto himself, then decided to bless them of his own volition. It was a covenant he entered into with Abraham and his descendants. Their blessing had nothing to do with giving! God has never asked people to first give before he can bless them (-covetous giving, simply to get). That will be evil. However, AFTER God has blessed you, he has a right to ask that you give to the poor. And that is what you see from Genesis to Revelations. That is what was prevalent in the Old Testament laws of Moses to the Israelites- Give to the poor because God first gave to you of his own volition!!!<br /><br />Beware. Don't be swindled by religious fraudsters and businessmen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />7. If you want to give in the New Testament, do it cheerfully, willingly, purposefully/as you have purposed in your heart, out of the abundance you have been blessed with, knowing that when you are also in need, others will give back to you in the same measure (Luke 6:38, Acts 4: 34-35, 2Cor 8:13-14, 9:7-9). And even if they don't directly give back to you, God will always supply your needs abundantly- he is Jehovah Jireh (Gen 22: 14, Ps 23:1, Phil 4:19). In the New Testament, we never give covetously- in order to get back. We only give (to one another) to eliminate lack in Christ's body. We give motivated by love. We love because he first loved us. Sons give as led by the spirit (Rom 8:14). We are rich in Christ (2Cor 8:9). <br /><br /><br /><br />Note: The Holy Spirit can make a principle in the Old Testament prophetically come alive for ONLY you, depending on his grace e.g. give "ten percent" or "first fruits", etc...asking you specifically to follow it. However, he will NEVER ask any pastor/bishop/Pope/GO to force such a principle on every single New Testament believer. We have no such commandment.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Don't be deceived.<br /><br /><br /><br />100% FAITH<br />100% LOVE<br />100% NO LACK...as it was in the beginning, so shall it be at the end. We have come full cycle. Brace up.</span></div>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-17511960549005594962024-01-13T17:04:00.004+01:002024-01-15T14:52:38.483+01:00 PRACTICAL MEASURES TO LIVE SIMPLE AND SURVIVE THE GREAT TRIBULATION AHEAD<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAOMs0gGch1j0z-aMIdKDAHFziFOfmj2eFTbuUy_wJ2MXHFOMdp_N18Ddy-IxUH4vPTU4Mlst8HRZfsFaVHgnlweuJTf8NL_zLXiWnPN8QhfFkw_YRgczORfdA1Iz-cc6KzdTycYa2fkc4xC_HB2sSwrlnNKTWya5hxfcO1vJ7dufsuJrsLzI45PbXJFA/s447/Live%20a%20simple%20life.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img alt="Live a simple life" border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="447" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAOMs0gGch1j0z-aMIdKDAHFziFOfmj2eFTbuUy_wJ2MXHFOMdp_N18Ddy-IxUH4vPTU4Mlst8HRZfsFaVHgnlweuJTf8NL_zLXiWnPN8QhfFkw_YRgczORfdA1Iz-cc6KzdTycYa2fkc4xC_HB2sSwrlnNKTWya5hxfcO1vJ7dufsuJrsLzI45PbXJFA/w640-h398/Live%20a%20simple%20life.png" title="Live a simple life" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Using the same strategy I have used since I was born in Lagos more than 30
years ago, God has directed me to tell you to cut your living expenses down to
the barest minimum, so that you may have excess, and hopefully, you will be
willing to share some of that excess with those in poverty as we enter the
Great Tribulation.<br />
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I will be using my life example, living in
Nigeria and overseas. <br />
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The underlying theme is this- <b>LIVE SIMPLE, CUT DOWN ON COMFORT TOTALLY</b>!!!
I cannot stress that enough. The Great Tribulation is not like any period this
earth has ever witnessed. Brace up. It begins now!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>1. HOUSING:</b> Your rent should not be more than 1 month's
salary/income, if in Nigeria. In places like the UK, your rent or mortgage should not be
more than your weekly salary. If you have to start living with people in a
shared apartment arrangement, pls do so. If you do not have a job, you must not
be paying rent at all. If the city is too expensive, go back to your village. If
you pay the mortgage, get a tenant, including any of your biological children
staying with you, and use the rent to offset your monthly bill.<span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br />
My example; My father was a banker who had won a house in Festac before he was
28 years old, so he/we never paid rent growing up in Lagos. Even when we moved
every time he was transferred about, his salary as a bank manager was always
good enough to cover our rent, so, I never knew homelessness growing up. My
mother’s family was always rich enough to have houses in Lagos, so I never knew
homeless people from that side of the family. My dad tried his best to house
all his siblings- at least 3 of them lived for free in our ‘’boy’s quarters’’ in
Festac, till they all got married and moved out. He also ensured that his other
siblings either had good jobs or built their own houses before he died in
2022. By the time my dad died, he had at least 3 completed houses in Nigeria.<br />
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When I finished medical school, I did my house job in UCH and my monthly rent
of N5,000 was removed from my salary which was N175,000 monthly (equivalent to £700/$890
today). I served in Kano and was housed for free both in Wudil, and when I was
in the corper’s lodge in Murtala Mohammed Hospital, Kano city. All my energy
bills in both places were covered freely. When I came back to Lagos, I lived
with a friend and then later in another friend’s family house. I never paid
rent. <o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I only started paying rent in 2016 because I was to get
married and my rent was just 2 months’ worth of salary as a medical officer. If
I don’t want to pay rent in Lagos, I won’t! I have too many places to stay for
free in Lagos. And even now, if I relocate to Abuja, Kano, or Port-Harcourt and
choose to pay rent, then, it will be covered by 1 month salary/income.<br />
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To disobey this rule is to send yourself into debt and financial bondage. And
you risk taking the Mark of the Beast when it is released.<br />
<br />
If you are already in debt as I type this, this is key to becoming debt-free.
Some husbands are in debt because of the high tastes of their wives and
children. Get out of debt now!!!<br />
<br /><br />
<b>Summary:</b> If another person -your father/grandfather/husband/children-
cannot pay your rent for you or provide a free house for you, ensure that your rent
is not more than your 1-month income/salary. Relocate back to your village if
need be.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>2. FOOD:</b> Be prepared to eat the same food every day for the next 3
years. Set a food timetable and stick to it. Also, be prepared to grow your food if you have empty space/land
around you.<br />
Today, I can still tell you my boarding house timetable for 6 years at
Ijebu-Ode Grammar School. If I could eat the same beans and fufu and occasional
rice for 6 straight years in Secondary school, you can also do it.<br />
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aHVMW1Ffg8ZnDolp2PmbtpQRCMpiBqojjJedMA8hW5Q7VYvLAKMP89_aGA1alJ75YK_iPaGLW9qQ5NfeiZBupKOssakYBBPXPMT2A4ZdAYiHbZQbah06SNh_-Bj0iVC5INZd_1F8p8UKLrEm14qcIUeacls1No57JgGQPd9z_CmHZ1mtGEPwo37BuLe0/s519/Eating%20the%20same%20food%20everyday.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Eating the same food everyday" border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="519" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aHVMW1Ffg8ZnDolp2PmbtpQRCMpiBqojjJedMA8hW5Q7VYvLAKMP89_aGA1alJ75YK_iPaGLW9qQ5NfeiZBupKOssakYBBPXPMT2A4ZdAYiHbZQbah06SNh_-Bj0iVC5INZd_1F8p8UKLrEm14qcIUeacls1No57JgGQPd9z_CmHZ1mtGEPwo37BuLe0/w320-h316/Eating%20the%20same%20food%20everyday.png" title="Eating the same food everyday" width="320" /></a>In primary school, we ate beans or Porridge in my house every single afternoon
for at least 5 years. Even as an adult, I can eat Okro or Ogbono every single
day for the next 10 years. But you must first control your gluttony- it leads
to poverty. Moreover, there will be no glutton in God’s kingdom (Prov 23:2, 21,
30, Prov 28:7; Rom 14:17; Phil 3:19, Gal 5:21).<br />
<br />
My example; I used to be a glutton growing up. One time around 1996, we had the
usual Christmas party in my house and they put fried pieces of cow meat in a
large ‘’baff’’ (2000 liter bowl), I ate the meat to the point that all my teeth
were shaking, about to fall off. That was only when I stopped eating the meat,
if not, I could have finished all the meat in the bowl.<br />
<br />
In fact, I have been admitted to the hospital twice for eating too much; to the
point of vomiting. The 2<sup>nd</sup> time I was admitted in 1998, I had overeaten because I was going back to the boarding house and would not have much food
there, and my uncle told me on the way to the hospital- ‘’Siji, iwonba leyan
jeun. Ma je bo se n ri’’. [Meaning- One eats a little at a time, don’t eat in
response to the quantity of food seen.] <br />
<br />
I repented and told God in the hospital; that I wouldn’t be a glutton anymore. So, I
started fasting more and was able to put my appetite under control. Till
today, I don’t eat as much anymore. I don’t drink alcohol and I live a minimalist
lifestyle concentrating on possessing a few, quality materials. And I give away/declutter
items regularly.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.christianity.com/wiki/sin/what-is-the-sin-of-gluttony-its-definition-and-consequences.html">St
Thomas Aquinas emphasized 5 ways you might commit gluttony</a>;<br />
<b>Laute</b>- eating food that is too luxurious/exotic/costly e.g. the meat of
rare, exotic animals. This leads directly to poverty.<br /><br />
<b>Studiose</b>- eating food that is excessive in quality (too elaborately or
daintily prepared). This can also include food with excess ingredients such as
salt, seasoning, etc. This leads to Health and financial problems.<br /><br />
<b>Nimis</b>- eating food that is too much in quantity. This leads to Obesity
and other health problems such as Peptic Ulcer Disease or Heartburn.<br /><br />
<b>Praepropere</b>- eating food hastily (too soon or at an inappropriate time),
not taking time to chew. This can lead to health problems.<br /><br />
<b>Ardenter</b>- eating greedily (too eagerly or eating when you are not
hungry). This also leads to Obesity.<br />
<br />
Note: Drunkenness is a form of gluttony…for those who drink. You must never be
drunk (Eph 5:18, 1Cor 6:10).<br />
<br /><br />
<b>Summary:</b> Be prepared to grow your own food, and/or eat the same food every day for the next 3 years. Do not be a glutton or drunkard- practice self-control.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>3. ENERGY/LIGHT:</b> There are 3 forms of Light-<br />
a) Physical light from your energy company e.g. NEPA/PHCN in Nigeria.<br />
b) Free, truthful information from the Press/Blogs/Social Media<br />
c) Education<br />
<br />
Ensure your source of (these 3 forms of) light is either free or cheap. Satan
will usually block/distort/destroy 1 or all 3 forms of light in your life and
society. Beware! People get enslaved with student loans or energy bills. Do not
let Satan have you in bondage.<br />
<br />
Learn how to <a href="https://thepreparednessexperience.com/how-to-make-a-fire-in-the-wild/">start
a fire without using matches or a lighter</a>, especially in an emergency or in
a forest. The 6 methods listed center
on the same premise- finding a way to use sparks, sunrays, or friction to
ignite a flame.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8NlljgWB31s86KIKkG37PsRx9iO7KuvG7EqImAlVr9SKLZA9am8_EkXawyF93UmpdlyQuB57gq-SPYzHk4f8tcANymIIJMJ-3vMpDlNLYji54aejfxqzYfResn8g_7CWdsYvAgIw2D57RHcqJKn9W5_tTroy4kKCq7jK0Zva2fyudfBgnxpOTFOVPmNJD/s503/Hand%20drill%20technique%20drawing.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Hand Drill technique for starting fire" border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="425" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8NlljgWB31s86KIKkG37PsRx9iO7KuvG7EqImAlVr9SKLZA9am8_EkXawyF93UmpdlyQuB57gq-SPYzHk4f8tcANymIIJMJ-3vMpDlNLYji54aejfxqzYfResn8g_7CWdsYvAgIw2D57RHcqJKn9W5_tTroy4kKCq7jK0Zva2fyudfBgnxpOTFOVPmNJD/w270-h320/Hand%20drill%20technique%20drawing.png" title="Hand Drill technique for starting fire" width="270" /></a><br /><br />
<u>6 Methods for making fire without a lighter or matches-</u><br />
a) The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_drill">Hand-Drill</a> method<br />
b) The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_drill">Bow Drill</a> method<br />
c) The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_striker">Flint and Steel</a> method<br />
d) The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_plough">Fire Plow</a> method<br />
e) The <a href="https://www.instructables.com/Making-Fire-With-Ice!/">Ice-Fire</a> method<br />
f) The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_glass">traditional lens</a> method<br />
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu5Y7C9bxQ4burZOGaRvM0fd_KC3uFYKHPMxMdLAtEB85H9GU_0-xLX9Y1GO_-igV2LSavWxIGK2HaODnGTf0gF1egAivp6_l0vU085I2gAIIE_NYdWAvyjEkPrtPmGd2YsnhhTHo-mh7MMV-9SIHWwMMTuX6L8NgelLE8otroO5ZujxIK5eC742QiY2R/s684/Lens%20method%20of%20starting%20a%20fire.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Starting a fire with a magnifying glass lens" border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="684" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu5Y7C9bxQ4burZOGaRvM0fd_KC3uFYKHPMxMdLAtEB85H9GU_0-xLX9Y1GO_-igV2LSavWxIGK2HaODnGTf0gF1egAivp6_l0vU085I2gAIIE_NYdWAvyjEkPrtPmGd2YsnhhTHo-mh7MMV-9SIHWwMMTuX6L8NgelLE8otroO5ZujxIK5eC742QiY2R/w400-h205/Lens%20method%20of%20starting%20a%20fire.png" title="Starting a fire with a magnifying glass lens" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br /> My example: I don’t stay where there is no light. I always have light anywhere
I live regardless of location. When we were in Festac, we had light. The first time
NEPA took light for 1 straight week was in 1992, and my dad relocated us to
join him in Ibadan that same year.<br />
<br />
In Ijebu Ode grammar school boarding house, we always had light up to 1999, such
that whenever NEPA took light on a particular night, which happened rarely, we
did not have ‘’prep’’ (i.e. reading) for that night. But by 2000, we all had to
buy rechargeable lanterns, as NEPA started taking light more often. And I left secondary
school not long after. Also, my late father did not buy a generator until 1999- our first generator- which he bought to watch Obasanjo's swearing-in ceremony.<br />
<br />
In Medical school, I had a generator, in case NEPA took light, though the light
in Sagamu and Ikenne (Ogun State) was good back then. In UCH, Ibadan, the hospital compound
had light 24/7. In Kano, Murtala Mohammed Hospital was the largest govt hospital
and had 24/7 light. When I finished serving, I only stayed in parts of Lagos
that had 24/7 light- Ogba in 2014, Irawo in 2016, Yaba in 2022. We always had
light when I worked Offshore. Once there is no PHCN light, I leave the area.
Now, I generate my own light. Moreover, I don’t have any student loans from
medical school.<br />
<br />
In the UK, you will have light only when you pay your bills. Lol. But seriously, I
have been informed that legally, the energy company does not have the right to disconnect
you even when you don’t pay (so that you don’t die of hypothermia and they get
sued). They will keep appealing to you to pay up. [Ditto water bills too.] Moreover,
Western governments regularly give citizens money to help with their energy
bills.<br />
<br />
You can also research ways of generating renewable energy from the Sun (Solar),
Wind, Nuclear, Water (hydro), and Waste (Agricultural, household, or industrial
waste), and apply this as we enter the Great Tribulation. I am particular about
Biomethane (agricultural waste energy) and Solar renewable energy. You must cut away
your dependence on fossil fuels. Stop polluting the earth. If you need to form a
coalition/association, e.g. in your housing estate, to make it cheaper to go renewable or press
it upon your government to go this route, do so now. Though the whole world is already emphasizing ''Climate Change''.<br />
<br />
<b>Summary:</b> Depending on where you find yourself during the Great
Tribulation, you will need to generate energy, using either a renewable source or natural items such as wood in a forest, as our forefathers did in the
beginning after God sent them out of Eden. Do not use fossil fuels!!! If you are dependent on fossil fuels, start to wean yourself off it.<br />
<br />
<br />
<b>4. WATER:</b> Unfortunately, in Nigeria, people have resorted to getting portable
water by themselves since the public water corporation sector has been looted
and destroyed by corruption and ineptitude. Many now buy ‘’pure water’’ sachets
daily or fetch water from people who have boreholes, around their neighborhood.<br /><br /></span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">However, the public Water Corporation worked efficiently
while I was growing up (both in Lagos and Ijebu-Ode), so we had portable water
inside our house in Festac, just as in Western countries. Later, when the corruption
in Nigeria destroyed the public sector, my dad had a Well dug in our compound. And
then, we had a borehole. And all our houses in Nigeria either have a well or a
borehole.<br />
<br />
There is not much to advise here other than- <br />
a) Get water for free, as much as you possibly can. Only buy water when you
have absolutely no other option.<br />
<br />
b) If God could provide water from a rock in the wilderness for 40 years (Exo
17; Num 20), you too should always live by the Rock/close to a source of water!
That is the key to survival in any wilderness situation. <br />
<br />
c) If you are in a forest, locate and stay close to the river, there you will
always find a civilization/community of people nearby.<br />
<br />
d) If you are in a desert, use a camel, and also find an Oasis. Dress in clothes
that reduce sweat and conserve water in your body.<br />
<br />
e) Recycle your waste water. Israel is the #1 country for water recycling in
the world, recycling as much as 90% of all wastewater. (The government owns
all water sources in Israel though.) Many countries are catching up with
Israel, including Chile, Netherlands, Spain, Australia, USA, Singapore and Namibia.
The key is to recycle and treat wastewater to make it portable for drinking
and farming.<br /><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Summary:</b> Water is free in nature (except in Israel). If your annual salary/income cannot afford to buy you portable water in the city you currently live in, relocate to living close to one of many such free sources of water in your country, and start a new civilization there, if need be.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>5. TRANSPORTATION: </b>This is the easiest as well as the
hardest of all. Transporting yourself is as easy as walking from one place to
another, and can be as hard as needing to raise millions of Naira to buy a
flight ticket or using most of your monthly salary to transport yourself to and
from work. In the UK, you can simply buy a bus ticket for £5 and it will take
you anywhere throughout that day in the city. I paid £68 monthly for a bus card
that allowed me to go anywhere in that whole city for a full month. <br />
<br />
However, I know that in Nigeria, the government has removed the subsidy, and
fuel is now sold at N1200/L. Many have resorted to walking and are either very
fit and/or very dark because of the Sun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Some tips include;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">a) You should only go out if absolutely necessary. If it can
be done/logged into online, use that option.<br /><br />
b) Walking is good for you, as it is a form of exercise. It is free, too.<br /><br />
c) Ride sharing is best- find people at work that you can give a token amount
and follow them to and fro in their car daily. And if they elect to carry you for
free, good for you.<br /><br />
d) Find residences close to your workplace to live in. You can also do shared
apartment living with friends/colleagues, as they do in the UK. Then, you will
spend so little on transportation.<br /><br />
e) Use an alternative form where possible, like using a train instead of an
airplane, and make sure you buy your ticket way ahead to get lower prices.<br /><br />
f) Some people will increasingly use teleportation. But that is a higher level
of spirituality and takes practice.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Summary:</b> Transportation is not as important as Housing or
Food, as not everyone needs to be transported, and even when needed, the frequency
or means employed will differ. The key is to find what works for you and stick
to it.<br />.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Note: Almost all of these solutions require you to team up with
others. It is easier to survive in a group than alone. Find people of like mind
around you and start implementing these solutions now!!!!! Prepare before it is
too late to prepare.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-238044408539460152023-02-24T07:19:00.002+01:002024-01-13T17:07:07.315+01:00IF YOU WON $2BILLION, WOULD YOU STILL BE DOING THE JOB YOU ARE PRESENTLY DOING?<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C81Gbcs0azu-tKouQ3-g-iCoDxXIN5Ehx_yRj8PYsSMPjCEVQCV9A54n2s8kUELdCJ9Xrqqr_5CpCh2PeuUJvTpXrRwlWgCaTrZ3NaLEfQ-AoeG4_o-ns80ge37JVmBseUD5O7r-LihNp4kFSlSmIX0MTXvh4Nv_3LhNZ3B9tHvpZvKvoThQ8rZmiA/s439/Edwin%20Castro%20wins%202%20billion.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img alt="Edwin Castro wins $2.04 Billion Lottery Jackpot money" border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="439" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C81Gbcs0azu-tKouQ3-g-iCoDxXIN5Ehx_yRj8PYsSMPjCEVQCV9A54n2s8kUELdCJ9Xrqqr_5CpCh2PeuUJvTpXrRwlWgCaTrZ3NaLEfQ-AoeG4_o-ns80ge37JVmBseUD5O7r-LihNp4kFSlSmIX0MTXvh4Nv_3LhNZ3B9tHvpZvKvoThQ8rZmiA/w640-h301/Edwin%20Castro%20wins%202%20billion.JPG" title="www.sijinius.com" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Edwin Castro announced as winner of largest Jackpot money ever</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br />This month, a Californian man by the name Edwin Castro was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/powerball-jackpot-winner-california-name-edwin-castro-2-billion/">revealed</a> to have won $2.04billion in the November 2022 Powerball lottery. That amount is the largest lottery prize money to have ever been won globally.<br />It got me thinking- ''Siji, if you won that amount, would you still be at this job, in this country, or would you resign and start gallivanting around the world spending money lavishly in order to 'enjoy your best life now' (as most people would)?''<br /><br />Would I write all the books I always wanted to write as time will not be an issue?<br /><br />Would I still consider recording all the albums I made out to sing?<br /><br />Would I found the companies, or a single conglomerate, to solve all the problems I always wanted to tackle, both in Nigeria and globally?<br /><br />What about you?<br /><br />Let me ask you also...<br />If you have $2billion, would you still be doing the exact thing/work at the present job or trade that you are presently doing?<br /><br />If your answer is No! Then, you don't have a money problem, you only have a conflict of Purpose, and a passion/motivation dilemma.<br /><br />Find a way to start what you really want to do, which you would do if money was no longer a problem for you. Find a way to make a business out of it, then, hopefully, you can find true fulfillment.<br /><br />You only have one life- Live fully; Die empty! <br /><br />And remember, you either find a way, or an excuse- the choice is yours!!<br /></span><span></span><p></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1h_zf7PWIw7G2-DSum0qob5HxWm1KsvsuanH7mu7pcRs9c6ESkC2sdwj8XA-_mIT_zVAfRIaBITXZmvxtoJW80O26O9Q2mca1iWUS2iTT9IrZ-I8SX6AZYat_QlGSxpeL4ET9b_Mz76P1Yu2ceTqD2B6CP2x22qEIugve4wSMIyWaAamcMJvUHzQDw/s346/Find%20a%20way%20or%20an%20excuse.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Find a way or an excuse" border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="346" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1h_zf7PWIw7G2-DSum0qob5HxWm1KsvsuanH7mu7pcRs9c6ESkC2sdwj8XA-_mIT_zVAfRIaBITXZmvxtoJW80O26O9Q2mca1iWUS2iTT9IrZ-I8SX6AZYat_QlGSxpeL4ET9b_Mz76P1Yu2ceTqD2B6CP2x22qEIugve4wSMIyWaAamcMJvUHzQDw/w200-h183/Find%20a%20way%20or%20an%20excuse.JPG" title="www.sijinius.com" width="200" /></a></div><br />P.S: Castro opted to receive the lump sum payment of $997.6million, after taxes and other deductions.<span style="color: #5f6368;"><br /></span>Interestingly, in California, some part of the lottery winnings is given to charity- the Public Education School System. And mr Edwin was very happy to give back to the school system he passed through.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfX3WmxbjJYKVg70vryRjZy0EO0i2xu_m-v-gNe2kVQ_cVQp9p06MzCu8Fy5z7i7wSlTJ9fs3EOStOjCoHsDeVaB8KBZgyZijTwzkmZfzmV_8KUE0cLMo4WsHPOryXP8DaxyPaWGNnk7cg0v-j1sKJp7bWgm9Q8zuYfXbnn2N_oIzusPVYyW7pvbP5Q/s438/Bungee%20jumping%20Live%20fully%20Die%20empty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Live Fully; Die Empty" border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="438" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfX3WmxbjJYKVg70vryRjZy0EO0i2xu_m-v-gNe2kVQ_cVQp9p06MzCu8Fy5z7i7wSlTJ9fs3EOStOjCoHsDeVaB8KBZgyZijTwzkmZfzmV_8KUE0cLMo4WsHPOryXP8DaxyPaWGNnk7cg0v-j1sKJp7bWgm9Q8zuYfXbnn2N_oIzusPVYyW7pvbP5Q/w400-h229/Bungee%20jumping%20Live%20fully%20Die%20empty.jpg" title="www.sijinius.com" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-88142893669818443122022-08-18T12:25:00.002+01:002024-01-13T17:07:39.467+01:00HOW A HUMAN PYRAMID TYPIFIES BOTH GOD'S KINGDOM AND ALSO BABYLON<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0uInXFh2fR_i-XfGtP8P8PBAC4dc5qBq4PxMJUPj1ecUbGvLY8V5gfKCCqoC2vpBut4U-G1-sCJ8HdTO5JLG_qJ-drNdMVENl_wSm8yJRtq2JVfKQjdHWCQYFPbOc1hXXlR59D0BzKrJrlAu63AR3QEZobgCojtkmRtZSg3i_oljwYjVZVdg9jfoqQ/s442/boys%20in%20human%20pyramid.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img alt="Boys in a human pyramid" border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="379" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw0uInXFh2fR_i-XfGtP8P8PBAC4dc5qBq4PxMJUPj1ecUbGvLY8V5gfKCCqoC2vpBut4U-G1-sCJ8HdTO5JLG_qJ-drNdMVENl_wSm8yJRtq2JVfKQjdHWCQYFPbOc1hXXlR59D0BzKrJrlAu63AR3QEZobgCojtkmRtZSg3i_oljwYjVZVdg9jfoqQ/w343-h400/boys%20in%20human%20pyramid.PNG" title="www.sijinius.com" width="343" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br /><u>1. MATERIAL RICHES AND THE LEADER'S GREATNESS</u><br /><b>Babylonian kingdom</b>: The leader builds the pyramid by placing people under them. They build the pyramid down.<br /><br />At the top of the pyramid in this kingdom, is a godfather/oppressor/MLM founder/earthly kings/leaders of religiopolitical empires. They are of necessity, the richest or most powerful in the whole empire...while every other person is under them, even to the point of being slaves to them. No matter what the followers do, as long as the leader is still alive, they can never be greater than the leader, who sits comfortably at the top of the pyramid and grows their ''Babylonian pyramidal influence'' by actively increasing the number of people under them.<br /><br />For example, in a typical Multi-level Marketing (MLM)/pyramid scheme, the followers join under the leader who added them, and can never be greater or richer than the founder of that company, no matter what. They grow/invest in you ONLY BECAUSE their wealth directly grows in proportion to the work you put in for them, not because they genuinely care about you.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br />The leader will often do anything and everything to keep the followers under them perpetually, while he/she is always the greatest in wisdom, wealth, ideas, miracles, etc (or at least, must be made to seem so if the follower will not be exiled or punished for trying to outshine the leader- remember the book: 48 Laws of Power?). Deep down, they are not genuinely happy for you if you ever break off or become richer than them. They derive their respect and power from having you subservient to them perpetually.<br /><br />Anyone who will excel above the leader will have to first forcefully break free, to either start their own empire too, or relocate under God's kingdom. <br /><br /><b>God's Kingdom</b>: Here, the leaders are ''servant-leaders'' -at the bottom of the pyramid, not on top. They build up their mentees/followers/students/children to be richer and greater than them in all respects i.e. They build the pyramid up- constantly placing people above and ahead of them!<br /><br />For example, you might see a father with this kingdom mindset, sell his car to send his children to school…<br />Or a godly mother sacrifice her last money to support her child in building a business she might not even fully understand…<br />Or a primary school teacher remaining poor materially as long as the students become very successful and greater than her…<br />Or a pastor forgo his authority to tax his members so as not to burden them with his own needs, therefore getting a job, or passive investment by the side…<br />Or you find a marketer or author who is more concerned about how his principles and product help you genuinely than to sell you (as a gullible customer).<br /><br />The followers climb higher on their shoulders and always appreciate their mentor/teachers/parents at the bottom who gave them the foundation to become physically wealthier than them. <br /><br />The godly leader’s ''Kingdom pyramidal influence'' is directly proportional to the number of people passing through them to the top. The sole person at the top owes their success to a lot of people under- who simply serve as their foundation to greatness, not as their perpetual slaves.<br /><br />The focus is not on materialism, but on LEGACY- leaving a godly inheritance that can always produce wealth for the children/followers, whether or not the parent left physical houses or money behind. Most times, the children even use the legacy to get the wealth and lavish some of it on the parent/teacher in appreciation, long before they die. The children/followers are not emotionally manipulated or forced to regularly give to the leader/godfather/pastor/parent. Therefore, WHEN they give (not if), they give lovingly as a matter of honor and appreciation.<br /><br /><br /><u>2. BOASTING, GLOATING, SHOWBOATING</u><br /><b>Babylon:</b> Here, the leader often boasts e.g of being the richest pastor or wisest politician or smartest capitalist or polygamous, randy parent who deserves every iota of physical wealth and power and comfort they have acquired (of course, off their gullible and dominated followers, or through selfishly personalizing the commonwealth of the community due to their vantage position at the top of the food chain, or through unscrupulous business methods duping clients). They derive joy in showing off and oppressing others with their wealth/power. It was always all about themselves, not the AVERAGE person under them.<br /><br /><b>God's kingdom:</b> Here, wealth is acquired simply as a reward for honest, God-inspired labor. Therefore, emphasis is on simple living...not showing off or boasting about material things of no heavenly value. We are wealthy, only when our business is genuinely helping the AVERAGE customer/member/inhabitant of the community. And it shows in the society progressing in all aspects, just as we are making money.<br /><br /><br /><u>3. FATTENING THE SHEEP SIMPLY TO EAT THEM</u><br /><b>Babylon:</b> In Babylon, no matter what the leader/parent gives their followers/children, it is just handouts; peanuts compared to what they keep for themselves. It is all about themselves. They are not actually maturing the followers to be greater than them- their real desire is for the followers to always look up to them forever. They are using the effort and glory of their followers to make themselves perpetually outshine all. <br /><br />If they are parents, they have the mindset that - PARENTS EAT/LIVE OFF THE CHILDREN (''ama jeun omo kale'' i.e children are born/matured to feed the parents perpetually). It isn’t about lovingly sacrificing for the child and not expecting anything in return/not being entitled, knowing that the child will always come back to appreciate a parent that loved wholeheartedly and sacrificially. Nah!<br /><br />Whatever they are seemingly doing for free for their members/mentees is ''sowing'' SIMPLY TO ''reap/rip them off''. That is their true motive...NOT LOVE! <br /><br />They see their customers/citizens/staff/members simply as ''profits'' or ''numbers'' to be increasingly milked, not as valuable human beings who should be served and nurtured and groomed to bring out the maximum greatness in them, all to God's glory and the progress of the society. There is progress...only when they get their ambition/acquire more than all others. <br /><br />For example, a Babylonian parent is either selfish and self-centered- keeping almost everything for themselves, only giving peanuts to the child, in comparison, when convenient; never sacrificially. Or, they give to the child with the mindset that they will milk that child eternally later on. It is after they are dead that the children enjoy/become free.<br /><br /><b>God’s kingdom</b>: A godly parent, for example, does not see the child as sheep to be fattened simply for food in their old age.<br />A true leader develops the potential of those God has given to them with the mindset that- <b>‘’It is a privilege for me to mentor you…simply because I was born before you. Therefore tomorrow, I expect you to be greater/richer/higher than me and the whole world will be better off for it; God glorified.''</b><br /><br /><br />4. IF ONE PERSON DOES NOT FIRST FALL, ANOTHER WON'T RISE<br />Babylon: People under the Babylonian curse hustle and bustle, doing anything and everything for money- ''the end justifies the means''- including praying/working towards the downfall of their neighbour, who must fall for them to rise; who must die for them to live. They do not believe God is sovereign and in charge, nor do they submit to his will and order. It is about their own will and desires, first of all.<br /><br />God's kingdom: The people here understand that God, through the earth, is the one taking care of both husband and wife; children and family members. They know that originally, God created the earth to AUTOMATEDLY care for both Adam and Eve and their children- it was the curse that brought about ‘’hustle and bustle’’; male dominating females. So, they rely on God’s grace and accept his wisdom. They do not put pressure on the husband/father/pastor to do anything and everything just to materially satisfy them.<br />It is God's kingdom- not the husband's or pastor's or godfather's kingdom! It is God's grace, not ours!!<br /><br />Prophecy: Come out of Babylon so that you won't partake in its judgment! It begins sooner than you expect.</span><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-P0PLOIbCDb3b40FI3JcmeGrKL22b038idrLABRh6atr53n1WGeFxEYzF90jCCWCQ44eQmDBeKsRfynFmdZtZsO1uEjGWb5K1BRTDTS2jP6vBfaR-CMCtZeisnwtcP6IDtHNR5DUUcg2YOLuAqKztaSuKKOLedp2hmmuHKwKCGWj4v-IquqmNP2bIOw/s445/Kingdom%20vs%20babylonian%20pyramidal%20influence.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img alt="Kingdom vs Babylonian pyramidal influence" border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="378" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-P0PLOIbCDb3b40FI3JcmeGrKL22b038idrLABRh6atr53n1WGeFxEYzF90jCCWCQ44eQmDBeKsRfynFmdZtZsO1uEjGWb5K1BRTDTS2jP6vBfaR-CMCtZeisnwtcP6IDtHNR5DUUcg2YOLuAqKztaSuKKOLedp2hmmuHKwKCGWj4v-IquqmNP2bIOw/w340-h400/Kingdom%20vs%20babylonian%20pyramidal%20influence.PNG" title="www.sijinius.com" width="340" /></span></a></div><br /></div>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-67879151203406750382022-07-23T23:27:00.004+01:002024-01-13T17:08:23.561+01:00HOW TO SURVIVE THE WORSENING GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, RECESSION & GREAT POVERTY AHEAD<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXIpnQS0NPtoF5X26zKewupL1mOwQIloyRYYjfPsSC3sdiBJdU0m-hkhFZtDdPBGd6O2_uCKGR2OlWHhe-ht8vKHp795HxsZlQzb6CTNfZNXuroSqHkF3AktVFDo7WNJORXeA6pJXB7AU8CF8wqCG3ll9INNPI8UNYA3TfpVTDP8AO1OXBGAEHeFKNg/s235/what%20is%20global%20recession.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img alt="What is a Global Recession?" border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="235" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXIpnQS0NPtoF5X26zKewupL1mOwQIloyRYYjfPsSC3sdiBJdU0m-hkhFZtDdPBGd6O2_uCKGR2OlWHhe-ht8vKHp795HxsZlQzb6CTNfZNXuroSqHkF3AktVFDo7WNJORXeA6pJXB7AU8CF8wqCG3ll9INNPI8UNYA3TfpVTDP8AO1OXBGAEHeFKNg/w640-h498/what%20is%20global%20recession.PNG" title="www.sijinius.com" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">During depressing economic times like this, when inflation and the cost of living rise faster than people's income, (poor) people always lose their hard-earned money. Lotteries, covetous pastors, pyramid schemes & fraudsters make lots of money from people who believe that the little they have is not enough, so they are tempted to double it by giving it out. This period is the time to keep money not give it.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg423Ck3ygNRXxDjCFeQ9UsaFZO-dyrbjD7bt2TMUin4N6En8QS6lu_x2k0af_2Nf-mfOLk3pdy7qIo981KwGlQ-J1AlvCNBLN06PVohsadH8VC17xIlntOY5YkUmdlVMX5Csi8ypHrhpfRX6Agyju_3rq4ThKmlSIKJ2bNc46qneesyxCJE1MvK7NZyA/s1080/economic_depression_requires_keeping_money.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img alt="Economic Depression is the time to keep money, not give it out!" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg423Ck3ygNRXxDjCFeQ9UsaFZO-dyrbjD7bt2TMUin4N6En8QS6lu_x2k0af_2Nf-mfOLk3pdy7qIo981KwGlQ-J1AlvCNBLN06PVohsadH8VC17xIlntOY5YkUmdlVMX5Csi8ypHrhpfRX6Agyju_3rq4ThKmlSIKJ2bNc46qneesyxCJE1MvK7NZyA/w320-h320/economic_depression_requires_keeping_money.png" title="www.sijinius.com" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I repeat- Economic Depression is the time to keep money, not give it out! <br /></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><br /><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWq-Z3KQ7OIObpDs_7WIt-7H8vPzD52X4OoW7yKJ2foHondR88ziFFBIs_0SUFaVAjDb4GutOAPmnGMRyzGtVd52aOlGJG17paq7u-vXPWpJSK77lMYrPT_8LlbBEdmg6Fhzvuz45ql2UrjDQhx6DUvzGs9nX0fY0TQMOPTxa_9Y5M7pFAwRDZyUuKng/s165/economic%20depression.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img alt="Economic Recession" border="0" data-original-height="157" data-original-width="165" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWq-Z3KQ7OIObpDs_7WIt-7H8vPzD52X4OoW7yKJ2foHondR88ziFFBIs_0SUFaVAjDb4GutOAPmnGMRyzGtVd52aOlGJG17paq7u-vXPWpJSK77lMYrPT_8LlbBEdmg6Fhzvuz45ql2UrjDQhx6DUvzGs9nX0fY0TQMOPTxa_9Y5M7pFAwRDZyUuKng/w320-h304/economic%20depression.PNG" title="www.sijinius.com" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><b><u>HOW TO AVOID THE POVERTY TRAP & GROW WEALTH</u></b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">1. <b>Run far from anything that increases your "covetous appetite" </b>for example;</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">a) separate from a spouse, friends, or family that make you spend unnecessarily above your budget </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">[-That means you must always have/live by a budget!! Remember that financial problems are the #1 cause of divorce. Separate now from a covetous spouse who refuses to live by your budget. They will still leave you when you have no money, anyway!!! While the person who will not leave will stay with you, even in poverty. Don't be deceived.]</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">b) avoid materialistic neighbors who tempt you to buy gadgets, cars or clothes you don't need in order to show off/keep up with the Joneses, </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">[-Stop trying to show off or oppress people. Stop it, oh poor Blackman! Break free from the -"I beta pass my neighbor"- BLACKMAN SYNDROME. It is a curse.]</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">c) get out of Denominations that keep asking for Tithe/Seed/Offerings for White Elephant projects. They sell you a get-rich-quick-kind-of-God or ask you to use-money-to-bribe-God-to-<wbr></wbr>insure-you-from-losses, etc.<br /><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They are covetous pastors preying on your poverty & low/ignorant state. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">From Genesis to Revelations, God never compulsorily asks for what he did not first give to you, without any doubt whatsoever as to who gave that thing to you/what is to be given to you. God is detailed. God is extremely specific. God is not a poor, covetous pastor. Read your Bible.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">[Note: All the (donated, freewill offerings) money in the Church is for the poor- eliminating lack among members of Christ's body. If the rich members cannot build the stadium-auditoriums and other White Elephant projects of the Archbishop/G.O/Overseer, the poor folks have no business getting poorer just to massage a religiopolitical Lord's ego. There is no place from Genesis to Revelations where the poor are asked to give compulsorily to White Elephant building projects. From Genesis to Revelations, only the rich are taxed to give..., while the poor can give freewill contributions strictly!!! Even the Tithes was a tax of landowners- the rich. Only an ungodly person taxes poor people to give. There is not 1 place where God asked poor people to compulsorily give. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Anyone who taxes others must first provide the basic needs of those he is taxing - Security, food/access to food, and economic survival.]</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQdNC9Y95icHqEoeRxeMrwQR3HrvIetb4NI5V5ibEVzljto_qRsIL9ZfMENjDunSloiBrOzLaHTrVKn0oOqDj60Ny-MDaJ8Wxfy1Lq882MaOZvnwWsIgOUgFcwl9eArWaTAVHa8m9JSA4vKrDtPbEDHavPxv7zH1L1u16iPhc3CPlo0vAQNjIxY5WYA/s214/we%20share.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img alt="We Share" border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="214" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQdNC9Y95icHqEoeRxeMrwQR3HrvIetb4NI5V5ibEVzljto_qRsIL9ZfMENjDunSloiBrOzLaHTrVKn0oOqDj60Ny-MDaJ8Wxfy1Lq882MaOZvnwWsIgOUgFcwl9eArWaTAVHa8m9JSA4vKrDtPbEDHavPxv7zH1L1u16iPhc3CPlo0vAQNjIxY5WYA/w400-h295/we%20share.PNG" title="www.sijinius.com" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">2. <b>Think "SHARE", not "buy"</b>! And don't be tempted to "go solo".</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Look for opportunities to "share ride", "share food", "share rent", "share cost", etc. "Go Dutch" by sharing the bills with your wife/colleague/boyfriend, etc.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Stop trying to be a financial Superman by going solo. Look for ways to share. There is love in sharing. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I reiterate- In economic recession, keep money, don't give it!!! SHARE (items/food/materials) though. Change your mindset from giving cash, to SHARING....</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">3.<b> NEVER BORROW TO EAT/SPEND. Only take loans for investments.</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The fastest way into poverty is to take loans for expenditure, instead of, for multiplying wealth.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A credit card used for materialistic consumption today will make your future-self poorer, by the time you get to that future. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">[From Genesis to Revelations, God is not against taking a loan. But he only recommends you borrow for investment. <br />Though he admonishes the rich to eventually cancel all loans to his people at specific (Jubilee) times, & for the rich to lend to the poor without charging them interest/usury, in order to help them survive in business.]</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">You must always pay back your loan after you have made money from it. In scriptures, only the poor are allowed to not pay back a loan (-because they don't have, of course). They are bankrupt.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">4. Stop missing the whole point of Relocation, or having multiple sources of income!!<br /><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Relocation is never the solution- if you cannot curb your covetous desires for materialism in Nigeria, even when you get to UK, Canada, etc, you will quickly discover that "wants/problems no dey finish".</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Also, getting multiple jobs/sources of income will make no difference if you do not first keep your costs low/cut off things that make you go out of budget. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>The whole point of relocation or getting other jobs is PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, not materialism. </b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">For example, I, Siji, am a medical doctor. If I develop myself and relocate to the UK, I will be paid higher for my clinical services. It is not "ja pa"- I am simply developing myself and giving my clinical services to the highest bidder, in a foreign country. <br /><br />More so, even from here in Nigeria, I can work offshore as an expatriate doctor and earn pounds. I can work with Bill Gates here in Nigeria and earn in Dollars. I do not need to have a "ja pa" mentality.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">In fact, there are people right here in Nigeria making far more money than doctors abroad. And there are citizens of the USA living under the bridge in California. It is not about relocation or "making money for making money sake"...but PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. Don't be deceived. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Have the right mentality. Ditch your poverty "ja pa" mentality. Develop your potential and increase capacity from anywhere you find yourself. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Have a mentality to SERVE PEOPLE/WORK excellently, then you will always have a job & be paid well. Stop being lazy or stagnant, whether in Nigeria or abroad.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">.<br /><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">5. <b>Make (new) friends with THE RICH.</b><br /><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Who is a RICH PERSON? </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A wealthy person is anyone who has regular, multiple sources of income because they FIRST LEARNT TO DEVELOP ONE POTENTIAL, CONTINUALLY LIVE WITHIN THEIR MEANS & THEN MULTIPLY THE (EXCESS) LEFTOVER!!! </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The rich regularly develop & improve themselves to getting and increasing wealth, not waste resources. They might have business losses, but they always bounce back eventually.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The whole point of (personal) enterpreneurship is for you to have 1 source of income, first of all, then automate/learn to live within your means of that income i.e pay rent, feed & transport yourself on that 1st income. After you have financially stabilized on that first income, you will then look for a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. Don't chase #2 if you have not yet automated #1. Learn from those who have mastered themselves and also money.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">All the best as we prepare for the Great Tribulation ahead.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">#EndtimeInstructions</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">#<wbr></wbr>RaisingARighteousAndKnowledgea<wbr></wbr>bleGeneration</span></div></div></div>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-84325140115430214762021-03-28T11:11:00.003+01:002024-01-13T17:08:39.139+01:00SLAVERY, 3 ECONOMIC LEVELS IN THE WORLD AND GOD'S PERSPECTIVE TO SLAVERY<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JNTeFQx3RcM/YGBMQuvOBjI/AAAAAAAAG6Y/Zd6j0MJoImkzPjtEjGzrgfnmCLShq-13wCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/Slaves%2BBible.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JNTeFQx3RcM/YGBMQuvOBjI/AAAAAAAAG6Y/Zd6j0MJoImkzPjtEjGzrgfnmCLShq-13wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Slaves%2BBible.jpg" title="Slaves Bible" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span><br />Babylonian man has never wanted freedom for his slaves. More so, Slave-owners once used <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/12/09/674995075/slave-bible-from-the-1800s-omitted-key-passages-that-could-incite-rebellion?t=1616808836688" target="_blank">the Bible to endorse slavery</a> and slave trade.<br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span><br />In the British empire back then, the White man even printed a <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2019/02/the-slave-bible-that-removed-key-passages.html" target="_blank">specially edited Bible for his slaves</a> that removed all verses that talked about the deliverance of slaves from slavery.<br /><br /> "It was intended for use among enslaved Africans in the British West Indies, which is modern day Caribbeans, so Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua," he says.'' <br /> "About 90 percent of the Old Testament is missing [and] 50 percent of the New Testament is missing," Schmidt says. "Put in another way, there are 1,189 chapters in a standard protestant Bible. This Bible contains only 232." </span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span>And today many
<a href="https://brewminate.com/the-story-of-the-exodus-and-lack-of-historicity/" target="_blank">Archaeology and History scholars now out-rightly dispute the FACT that the Israelites were once slaves in Egypt</a>.<br />But what has been God's eternal stance concerning Slavery?</span></span></span><span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><br /></span></span> <b>THERE ARE 3 ECONOMIC LEVELS IN THE WORLD</b><br />There are 3 levels to Work and your ability to eat/live a comfortable lifestyle;<br /><br /><b>Level 1: YOUR EATING IS NOT CONTINGENT ON YOUR WORK. </b><br />If you are at this level, you eat whether you work or not; whether or not there is natural disaster or man-made calamities in the country. Your returns are more than the work input. <br /><br />At this level : <br />a)<b> God's kingdom economy</b> (Gen 2:8-15, Gen 26:1-12). You continue to work regardless of the fact that you are already rich and financially free, and you get returns no matter what happens in the world around you. You can even give away all your wealth and start over again- you are that rich and carry value within. You employ/help thousands or even millions of people globally. The people here are fully ambassadors of God's kingdom.<br /><br />[and also]<br />b) <b>Babylonian economic system:</b> The "people at the top" that dominate fellow man. Other people below slave off for them. The ''people at the top'' are like slave masters rarely working, only ''supervising slaves''! <br /><br />If the slaves are set free, they lose their financial (religio-political) empire, therefore they do all they can to keep their slaves. They deceptively claim that Babylon is God's kingdom and they are put in charge by God. They also dominate millions of people globally/are big employers of labour, so you might mistake it for God's kingdom economy.<br /><b><br />Level 2: YOU EAT EXACTLY AS YOU HUSTLE & BUSTLE. <br />Here, the returns you get are exactly commensurate to your sweat and hustling</b> (Gen 3:19). You work for yourself like a one-man business proprietorship and can only feed/help yourself & your family. <br /><br />If you don't work, you don't chop (2Thess 3:10), so you daily go out to work/hunt in order to get food for that day. You are not under any boss. You determine your own fate on a daily basis no matter what goes on in the world around you. The people at this level either promote God's kingdom or Babylon on a daily basis till they move up to level 1 or go down to level 3.<br /><br /><b>Level 3: YOU WORK, BUT THE RETURNS & LIFESTYLE ARE LESS THAN THE WORK YOU PUT IN. </b><br /><b>Here, you are literally a "slave" because your sweat/salary is in a ''negative feedback loop''- you can't still meet basic needs as if you are working for someone else to eat.</b><br />For salary-earners, whether or not they are fed/paid a salary by their boss, they must still work compulsorily or else, there will be repercussions.- Rat Race.<br />The average worker/salary-earner globally is fully sucked into Babylon at this level.<br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span></span></span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zp0fhFP9PYo/YGBUd2TtBbI/AAAAAAAAG6g/0G0y19Ep9EskQwsQpwsXFdBtKFvz-2eHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s500/Lev%2B25%2B17%2Bdo%2Bnot%2Boppress%2Bone%2Banother.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zp0fhFP9PYo/YGBUd2TtBbI/AAAAAAAAG6g/0G0y19Ep9EskQwsQpwsXFdBtKFvz-2eHgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Lev%2B25%2B17%2Bdo%2Bnot%2Boppress%2Bone%2Banother.png" title="Lev 25:17 Do Not Oppress One Another" width="400" /></a></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span><b>SO, HOW DID GOD DEAL WITH THE "BABYLONIAN MINDSET" AMONG HIS OWN PEOPLE?</b><br /><br /> Lev 25:17 Therefore you shall not oppress one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God. <br /><br />1. <b>PERIODIC ECONOMIC OVERHAUL: </b>You can keep Hebrew slaves but in the 7th and 50th year of Jubilee, write off all debts and set all Hebrew slaves free (Exo 21: 2, Lev 25:10, 42, 55; Deut 15:1-4, 12-15, Deut 23:15-16).<br /><br />And <b>you must borrow poor Hebrew people money without interest, even if their request is in the 6th or 49th year</b> -just before the sabbath year of rest/Jubilee (Exo 22:25, Deut 15:7-11). <b>You can only charge interest if the loan is to be used for business</b> (Exo 22:14, Matt 25:27).<br /><br />2. <b>Anyone can freely decide to be a slave if so poor that they cannot feed themselves</b> (Exo 21:5, Lev 25:39, Deut 15:16). <b>But if someone ever kidnaps a free Hebrew person and enslaves them, you must stone that kidnapper to death</b> (Exo 21:16, Deut 24:7). <br /><br />3.<b> If another nation brings war to your land, you are permitted to legally keep slaves of the conquered people, but treat them with dignity</b> (Exo 21:20-21, 26-27, Lev 25:44-46 ). <br />And this mindset continued till slave trade was finally abolished in the 19th century.<br /> (This is also similar to Colonialism- the economy of the subdued people is controlled by their colonial masters.)<br /><br /><b>THE DECEPTION: From Genesis to Revelations, God never asked anyone to violently take the whole earth and colonize all nations/enslave people in his name- not even Israel!</b><br />God's dealing with Israel & their taking of the promised land in the Middle East, does not equate to the British Anglican empire trying to colonise the world or Islam trying to violently take the whole earth or Catholic Rome's Crusader wars to control Jerusalem and the earth. Jesus Christ will come down himself to militarily take the earth (Rev 19:17-21).<br /><br />Don't be deceived.<br /><br />#AmbassadorSeries<br />#RefutingEndtimeDeception<br />#RaisingARighteousAndPreparedGeneration</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span></span></span></span></p><!--more--><p></p>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-17264492051492822762021-03-27T04:33:00.000+01:002021-03-27T04:33:22.680+01:00YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR (II): A WORKER IS WORTHY OF HIS WAGE<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DETPdliUhno/YF6hFH8jEgI/AAAAAAAAG6E/m5rfvbkMsIcxOp1mmRd_8eVxcP4AfbeqwCLcBGAsYHQ/s736/i%2Bam%2Ba%2Bkingdom%2Bambassador.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DETPdliUhno/YF6hFH8jEgI/AAAAAAAAG6E/m5rfvbkMsIcxOp1mmRd_8eVxcP4AfbeqwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/i%2Bam%2Ba%2Bkingdom%2Bambassador.jpg" title="God's Kingdom vs Babylonian economic System" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In Nigeria where I live, most employers believe that they are
doing their employee a favor by paying them a salary. They don't see
employees as 'partners in progress' but as preys and parasites that
reduce their profits.<br /><br />The attitude is such that- ''IF I DID NOT
EMPLOY YOU, YOU WOULD BE POOR & DESTITUTE. I AM THE 'GOD' KEEPING
YOU & YOUR FAMILY ALIVE.'' <br />''WITHOUT ME/MY COMPANY, ALL OF YOU EMPLOYEES WILL BE HUNGRY, UNEMPLOYED & UNEMPLOYABLE.'' <br />''I AM JUST DOING YOU A CHARITABLE FAVOR BY PAYING YOUR SALARY, YOU CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO MY COMPANY.''<br /><br />Unfortunately,
many employees are also lazy & ignorant- they do not know the value
of work, nor their rights as workers. And the government -a reflection
of it all- does not protect its citizens neither do the citizens care. <br /><br />So
from the Bible, what is God's commandment and attitude to work, workers
and their salary, regardless of the country or type of job? <br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><a name='more'></a></span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><b>ARE YOU IN BABYLON vs GOD'S KINGDOM?: COMPARING SALARIED WORK IN BOTH SYSTEMS</b><br />1.
<b>A Babylonian system (mindset) focuses on NUMBERS instead of value, but a
Godly system focuses on VALUE-</b> any increase in number is simply a
reflection of that value!<br /><br />An ungodly system promotes and thrives
on greed, therefore all manner of things are done to increase the bottom
line -numbers get inflated deceptively even when the inherent value is
reducing or not commensurate. <br /><br />The mindset is that for ''my
numbers'' to increase, yours has to decrease, no matter what. They do
not think Win-Win! They are ''numbers-obsessed''.<br /><br />For example, <b>a
Babylonian business man will sell you a fake/pirated item at the price
of the original. </b>(The mindset is not to trade value with you but to
cheat/steal from you. ''Stealing'' is referred to as ''Business'';
''Cheating'' as ''being smart''.)<br /><b><br />A Babylonian pastor can do all sorts of ungodly things to increase his church members/branches & attendance numbers. </b><br /><br /><b>A
Babylonian stock broker/banker will artificially boost the stock price
of a company beyond its true value and attempt to sell such to you.</b><br /><br />However,
ambassadors of a godly system are not numbers-obsessed, but
''Value-driven''! Though they also use 'numbers', it is simply as a
''measurement tool/motivation gauge'' reflecting inherent value produced
and delivered, never for manipulation. They deal in honesty and with
integrity.<br /><br /><br />2. <b>In a Babylonian economic system, only ''the people at the top'' truly matter.</b><br />As
workers increase in value and experience over time, instead of it
reflecting materially in their salary, benefits and general welfare, the
system makes them feel worthless (unless and until they get to ''the
top'', which everyone cannot get to).<br /><br />Their salary/benefits are
reduced both literally and also in value due to inflation, manipulation
or corruption. The system is skewed disproportionately to favor only
those at the top- like a pyramid scheme that is govt-sanctioned. Over
time, the rich above keep getting richer and the poor below get poorer
until they are like "slaves" in their own land (Gen 47:13-26).<br /><br /><b>Whereas
in God's kingdom economy, when you work for God/as unto the Lord, God
treats each person as ''Valuable'' and ensures that you are paid your
due wages by his system; your needs will be supplied by those you serve
</b>(Gen 47:1-12, Lev 19:13, Deut 24:15, Matt 10:10, Luke 10:7, 1Tim 5:18,
1Cor 9:4, 7-14). It truly pays to be an ambassador for God's kingdom
economy.<br /><br />[Never Forget the 1st Temptation of Jesus (Matt 4:3-4):
<b>IN GOD'S KINGDOM, YOU DON'T USE THE POWER/ANOINTING/TALENT GOD GAVE YOU
(FOR MINISTERING TO OTHERS,) TO MEET YOUR OWN PERSONAL NEEDS! YOU SIMPLY
SERVE OTHERS, AND YOU WILL IN TURN BE PAID/HAVE YOUR BASIC NEEDS MET BY
OTHERS!!</b><br />Babylon reverses this- They use the
power/intelligence/talent to accumulate wealth for themselves and then
start dominating fellow humans- forcing them to serve the ''people at
the top'', as if their "slaves".]<br /><br />3. <b>In a Babylonian economy,
workers are seen as an ''unnecessary, dispensable burden that reduce
profits'' (unless they are SLAVES). </b>The ''people at the top'' might
value work but disdain the human workers, so they treat those who have
to work as unfortunate paupers. They will attempt to replace workers
with robots/machines to maximize or increase their personal
wealth/''numbers''.<br /><br />In God's system, only those who are
lazy/don't work are poor and hungry (Prov 6:6-11, 19:24, 26:15; 2Thess
3:10). Any worker can become rich, and the rich still continue to work
even when their comfortable lifestyle is no more contingent on or
commensurate to the work they do (Gen 2:8-15). They value work and their
(fellow) workers because it is about the system working for all, not
just individual/greedy accumulation of wealth for only those at the top.<br /><br /><br />4. <b>Natural disasters and man-made manipulation help to clearly differentiate both kingdoms.</b><br />In
a Babylonian system, your value/salary/returns is determined by and
pegged to their Fiat Currency which gets eroded over time by corruption,
manipulation, inflation & natural disasters. So, they''ll
consistently manipulate to put you down to increase their ''numbers''.
Eventually, you will not be motivated to work as the salary will not be
worth it anymore since you still can't afford your basic needs. To make
ends meet, you will need to put in more hours/get multiple jobs to make
more of their Fiat Currency.<br /><br />KEY WORDS: <b>The Babylonian economy is
a ''Rat Race''- the more you work, the poorer you get, and the
harder/more work you need to do: a ''NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP''</b> (Gen
3:17-19)! In a Babylonian economic system, as time goes on, ''the
average person will not be able to maintain their lifestyle'', till it
seems like they have become ''SLAVES'' in their own country (Gen 47:
13-25, Exo 1:8-14, Exo 21:2, Deut 15:12, Jer 34:14). <br /><br />FOR
EXAMPLE; when the pump-price of petrol/gas increases in a country, rich
entrepreneurs or billionaires can simply increase the price of their
goods/services and maintain their lifestyle but salary-earners and other
commoners find their own value eroded. And any attempt to renegotiate
their salary to reflect changes in market price & physical realities
is rebuffed by their government/employers. <br /><br />On the other hand in
God's kingdom economy, as the natural or man-made disasters occur, it
does not reduce your value, talent or business one bit, in fact, it will
increase. Why? <br /><b>God's economic system is not limited by/tied to any
Fiat Currency, it places emphasis on and responds to VALUE.</b> Therefore,
the system simply makes upward adjustments to everyone in it no matter
what happens. Hence, ''everyone in it can maintain their previous
UNCOVETOUS lifestyle and get better, as time goes on'' (Gen 26:12,
47:1-12; Job 22:23-30). <br /><br /><b>God's economy is a POSITIVE FEEDBACK
LOOP -the more you work, the more valuable/excellent/skilled you get;
the more you receive; and then the richer you become regardless of the
type of work you do or calamity that occurs</b> (Gen 26:1,12; Gen 31:1-13,
47:1-12, Deut 8:6-20, 28:1-14)! <br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5IVOzHKZrA/YF6i9d0H4dI/AAAAAAAAG6M/VH05T5917V41aZ4SVoT-eTVsLcBSLLMzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s900/babylon-towerofbabel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="900" height="546" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R5IVOzHKZrA/YF6i9d0H4dI/AAAAAAAAG6M/VH05T5917V41aZ4SVoT-eTVsLcBSLLMzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h546/babylon-towerofbabel.jpg" title="The Tower of Babel symbolise the Babylonian Pyramid" width="640" /></a></span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">KEY DIFFERENCE TO NOTE: Like
any pyramid scheme, a Babylonian system is unsustainable long-term and
it never goes on forever no matter the geographic location. It will
either implode on itself, or God intervenes on behalf of the ENSLAVED
workers (Exo 3:7-10, Lev 19:13, Deut 24:14-15, Jer 22:13, Rev 18, Rev
19).<br /><br />Prophecy: Babylon will be destroyed permanently on a global scale, very soon (Rev 18). Be prepared.<br /><br /><br /><b>THE
DECEPTION: Do not get distracted chasing Mammon, instead of chasing
Value.</b> Come out of Babylon. Allow the system to work for all- not just
the most talented/intelligent/fortunate among us...not just for those at
the top.<br /><br />Prophecy: There is actually no middle ground
SPIRITUALLY- every single human being is either promoting Babylon, or is
an ambassador of God's kingdom on earth. These natural & man-made
disasters will increasingly worsen till there is PHYSICALLY no middle
ground globally during the Great Tribulation. Brace up.<br /><br />#AmbassadorSeries<br />#EndtimeProphecy<br />#RaisingARighteousAndPreparedGeneration</span><br /></span></p>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-29343697379490394462021-03-27T03:52:00.002+01:002021-03-27T04:16:53.440+01:00YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR OF GOD'S KINGDOM!<div class="separator"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GzwFuzNMqT4/YF6cU4q2OII/AAAAAAAAG5s/sAhwf9fRMfk66tH2xBU6m_xNvkrQ7c1UACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/ambassador%2Bof%2Bkingdom%2Bof%2BGod.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GzwFuzNMqT4/YF6cU4q2OII/AAAAAAAAG5s/sAhwf9fRMfk66tH2xBU6m_xNvkrQ7c1UACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h640/ambassador%2Bof%2Bkingdom%2Bof%2BGod.jpg" title="Ambassador of God's Kingdom" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>There is no place in the New Testament where believers are told to pray to God for food, shelter, clothes, babies, mansion, private jets, etc.</b><br /><br />Not one place!<br /><br />Believers are not even told anywhere that they need (their own personal) money to survive.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />It is like the US Ambassador to Nigeria getting to Nigeria and then begging the US president for a place to stay and food to eat. Is that not basic and already provided for?! <br /><br /><b>SIMPLY ASK FOR WHERE THE US EMBASSY IS IN NIGERIA AND YOUR PROVISIONS ARE ALREADY WAITING FOR YOU THERE!!</b><br /><br />You are an ambassador of the kingdom of God in this present world system. If he cannot provide you with basic necessities of life, then God is not worth living for, or representing here on earth.<br /><br />Jesus never begged anyone ever, for food to eat, clothes to wear, etc. However, we know that he was the PERFECT AMBASSADOR & our role model. We are moving on towards full maturity; to live exactly as he lived- trusting God 100% for all our needs.<br /><br />So, what do we find in the New Testament?<br /><br /></span><span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR (II)</b><br />Who is an ambassador? What do you expect of an ambassador?<br /><b><br />An
ambassador is someone sent to serve and promote the diplomatic
interests of their own kingdom in a geographic location that possesses a
different mindset, culture and way of life.</b><br /><br />An ambassador does not use weapons or violence in achieving this assignment.<br /><br />If diplomacy fails, an ambassador is killed, or withdrawn by his government, then war will follow afterwards.<br /><br />[Note:
Jesus, in his first coming, was the PERFECT AMBASSADOR of God's kingdom
& our role model. Jesus came from heaven to make a diplomatic case
for (we humans allowing) God's kingdom to rule the earth. He will bring
war himself at his second coming.]<br /><br /><br /><b>SO WHAT DO WE FIND IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ABOUT "AMBASSADORS"?!</b><br />Matt
7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;
knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and
he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.<br /><br />1.
<b>Ambassadors do not beg for shelter.</b> All they need to do is SEEK where
the embassy of their country is...their provisions will always be there.
The earth is the Lord's and all its fullness. You do not need to own a
house to be sheltered.<br /><br /><b>21st century Ambassadorial mindset- </b>When
you enter any town or city, look for your ''embassy'' there (Matt
10:11-13, Luke 10: 5-6). There will always be someone assigned to
shelter you- LOCATE THEM!<br /><br />2. <b>Ambassadors do not beg for
food.</b> If you are hungry, then go to the place where God has assigned you
to. A thousand cattle on the hills belong to him. If he feeds the
birds, will he not also feed you?<br /><b><br />21st century Ambassadorial
mindset- </b>Whoever houses you, can feed you. Humbly ask and accept
whatever food is placed before you. (Ps 50:10-12, Matt 6:31, Matt 10:
Luke 10:8, 1Cor 10:25-27).<br /><br />3. <b>Ambassadors do not worry about
what to wear.</b> Jesus never bothered about what to wear, yet at his
crucifixion, his cloth was gambled upon (Matt 6:28-30, 27:35-37).<br /><b><br />21st
century Ambassadorial mindset- </b>God originally created humans not to
wear clothes like animals, yet the weather elements did not kill us back
then. And even when man fell, it was God who created for Adam and Eve,
the leather clothes they wore (Gen 3:21). God cares!<br /><br />4.
<b>Ambassadors have their transportation needs already settled.</b> You can
never be stranded, ever- that is the mindset you should carry!<br /><br /><b>21st
century Ambassadorial mindset-</b> Acts 8:26-40: God can ask you to walk,
to join someone else's ''chariot'', or even teleport you to a different
location by himself. Be prepared.<br /><br />5. <b>Ambassadors do not
worry about money for survival, aren't greedy, money-loving or
materials-crazy. </b>They only concentrate on the
power/anointing/authority/Wisdom/Talent they possess for carrying out
their assignment (Matt 10:9, Luke 10:3-20, Acts 1:8, Heb 13:5). Money
naturally follows all that.<br /><br /><b>21st century Ambassadorial mindset-</b> A
true ambassador does not become so comfortable in another's country as
to settle there permanently, ''doing business'' with his God-given FREE
gifts and thereby accumulating ''junk'' as personal possessions. <br />The
God-given Talents are for trading, Yes! But FOR THE MASTER and
furthering his kingdom agenda, not building our personal empire and
becoming ''worldly''!!<br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally, all you should do is seek
first the kingdom of God and its righteousness, and all your basic needs
will be sorted out by God (Matt 6:31-33).<br />Have no Babylonian attachments; focus on your assignment; bring down God's kingdom to earth.<br /><br />#AmbassadorSeries<br />#RaisingARighteousAndPreparedGeneration</span></span>.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"></span><br /><br /></span><br /></span></p>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-25487327689093038972020-11-22T18:36:00.000+01:002020-11-22T18:36:09.653+01:0010 DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN COME INTO THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY TODAY<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PVhiGadWeU/X7qd_A7M9AI/AAAAAAAAGvQ/q-F32lHpFqQ1SzluA1rVuaoeBPoK1vGRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s920/Tractor%2Bfarming.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="920" height="164" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8PVhiGadWeU/X7qd_A7M9AI/AAAAAAAAGvQ/q-F32lHpFqQ1SzluA1rVuaoeBPoK1vGRQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h164/Tractor%2Bfarming.jpg" title="Tractors Working On A Farm" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tractors Working On A Farm<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br />1. ENERGY;<br />The first way to identify a godly system from an ungodly one is ENERGY GENERATION THROUGH RECYCLING, NOT THROUGH POLLUTION!<br />You must recycle agric organic waste by converting into Biomethane.<br />Globally, there are 3 types of organic waste that can be converted into energy- Industrial, Municipal & Agric waste. You can assist Nigerian farmers in research and production of biomethane for powering farms and houses around.<br /><br /><br />2. CONSULTATION;<br />You can offer FREE business consultation and funds/grants generation for farmers, or do it for an affordable fee.<br /><br /><br />3. LOGISTICS & STORAGE;<br />Storing and/or transporting harvest produce in the most hygienic manner that preserves maximum nutrients is still a challenge for Nigerian farmers.<br />There is gross unrighteousness in this aspect of the industry as consumers pay for food that has most of its nutrients depleted. The (lack of affordable) energy problem in Nigeria is part of/foundation to this unrighteousness.<br /><br /><br />4. LEASE YOUR LAND TO FARMERS;<br />You can help by leasing your land to those who are willing to farm.<br /><br /><br />5. ARTISANRY CONSTRUCTING AGRIC TOOLS/EQUIPMENTS/FACILITIES;<br />If you are a welder, engineer, plumber, bricklayer, security expert, and so on,...your services are needed more than ever by farmers.<br /><br /><br />6. BECOMING A FARMER YOURSELF;<br />a) Piggery<br />b) Cattle rearing<br />c) Tree planting<br />d) Cash crops such as Oil palm, Cocoa, Rubber, Cassava, Maize, etc.<br />e) Fruits & Vegetables e.g Tomato, Melon, Grapes, Ugwu, etc.<br />f) Fisheries e.g exotic fishes, aquarium fishes, cat fish, etc.<br />g) Poultry e.g Turkey, Guinea fowl, Chicken, etc.<br />h) Grains e.g Rice, Barley, Sorghum, Wheat, Beans & Soybeans, etc.<br /><br /><br />7. AGRIC TECH INVESTMENT;<br />Invest in technologies, educational institutions and technological companies that directly support the agric industry. The difference between hunger/poverty in Nigeria & other African nations, and the abundance in the USA, Israel & Canada is TECHNOLOGY!<br /><br /><br />8. INVESTMENT IN ACTUAL FARMS/FARMERS, OR COMPANIES SUPPORTING FARMERS;<br />You can invest directly in a farm or farmers around you.<br /><br />You can also find <a href="https://farm4me.com.ng/digital-agriculture-investment.../" target="_blank">53 different tech companies investing in farmers in Nigeria here</a>.<br /><br /><br />9. ENSURE YOUR LAWMAKERS/GOVT OFFICIALS USE AGRIC-BUDGETED-MONEY APPROPRIATELY;<br />If you cannot get your elected officials and govt workers to do the right thing, you will also suffer for the non-challance and corruption.<br />The AVERAGE citizen in USA, Canada & Israel is not hungry/poor also because the government is held accountable on funds. The agric grants and loans you need will either come to you, or be embezzled- the choice is yours!<br /><br /><br />10. NUTRITION-ALLIED INDUSTRY:<br />You can also invest or start companies educating/researching/dealing with "Food Nutients Preservation", "Weight-loss", "Proper Dieting", "Food Biochemistry & preparation Safety", "Bakery", "Winery", etc.<br /><br /><br />The economic war already began. If you will not rely on the Antichrist for economic support, then START NOW! He who controls your economy controls your life. You cannot serve God and Mammon. Christ's bride must come out of Babylon totally. Be wise, do the right thing, side with God and prepare NOW.<br />The choice is yours.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/endtimeinstructions?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXh2OnM2ZH13yaTXJRJfkGAhiYst2IsDBA1smJKiClQ9MPTVSrzSyqci6yJWfx3Y3gbFBlycHXhl3k4ciCj3ArmdBxWl1jPkL8ZpLHBxFFN4YxTUJTZfbiFLtcZZjQI7E8&__tn__=R]-R">#EndtimeInstructions</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/raisingarighteousgeneration?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXh2OnM2ZH13yaTXJRJfkGAhiYst2IsDBA1smJKiClQ9MPTVSrzSyqci6yJWfx3Y3gbFBlycHXhl3k4ciCj3ArmdBxWl1jPkL8ZpLHBxFFN4YxTUJTZfbiFLtcZZjQI7E8&__tn__=R]-R">#RaisingARighteousGeneration</a></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-enPMZ0Wj-Ms/X7qf4Z0ZF2I/AAAAAAAAGvc/gNlNM13SNGwNVkaE_cqJrkDvyPBUKnUgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/Agric-Produce%2Bharvest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-enPMZ0Wj-Ms/X7qf4Z0ZF2I/AAAAAAAAGvc/gNlNM13SNGwNVkaE_cqJrkDvyPBUKnUgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Agric-Produce%2Bharvest.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-37994908034690009562020-09-12T15:41:00.003+01:002020-09-16T02:52:32.120+01:0030 DIFFERENT WAYS TO EARN MILLIONS BUILDING A PROFESSIONAL CAREER WITHOUT EVER GOING TO UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE POST-COVID-19<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B57FLj8m2hk/X1zM4FK6_4I/AAAAAAAAGrw/icw9KD63iiwHZ4cFZbzlJz7113AVuOBjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s812/Disrupting%2BEducation.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="812" height="366" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B57FLj8m2hk/X1zM4FK6_4I/AAAAAAAAGrw/icw9KD63iiwHZ4cFZbzlJz7113AVuOBjwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h366/Disrupting%2BEducation.jpeg" title="Disrupting How We Think Of EDUCATION" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: large;">The EDUCATION world had actually changed before COVID-19- the pandemic only served to wake up the world to WHAT IS ESSENTIAL, as against what isn't essential.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The professional courses and specialized-learning professions listed below can be started by teenagers and young adults right after Secondary School/High school (or even after primary school education for some), and they will start earning money IMMEDIATELY after acquiring the specialized knowledge/getting certified. The best thing is that they will own their knowledge and certificates for life, and can start their own companies or consultancy if they so desire. While some of these require natural talent, most of them only require you to be hungrily desirous to learn and determined to achieve greatness in the chosen field.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">There is probably a Youtube video on each of the following professions/career paths below. The Sky or Outer Space is no longer the limit...your ignorance is!</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;">1. <span style="color: red;">ICAN/ACCA/CPA ACCOUNTING COURSES</span><br /><a href="https://cpaexamhub.com/blog/can-become-cpa-without-accounting-degree/">https://cpaexamhub.com/blog/can-become-cpa-without-accounting-degree/</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Chartered_Certified_Accountants">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Chartered_Certified_Accountants<br /><br /></a>You can become a globally-respected Accountant without going to university- only learn under a mentor. However, most of the global Accounting professional bodies/colleges and universities typically allow successful students to use their professional Accounting results to apply for a bachelor's degree admission or make it equivalent to a bachelor's if the student simply carries out and submits a required research work at the end.<br /><br />[Field: Accounting]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br />2.<span style="color: red;">SAFETY, HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONAL COURSES</span><br />a) IOSH entry courses- 5 days<br />NEBOSH IGC -10 days<br />NEBOSH Diploma- 35 days<br />NEBOSH Masters- 2 years<br /><br />b) IATA-Training and Safety professional courses<br /><a href="https://www.iata.org/en/training/courses/">https://www.iata.org/en/training/courses/<br /><br /></a>c) OSHA CERTIFICATION ONLINE PROGRAMS- <a href="https://www.360training.com/blog/osha-certification">https://www.360training.com/blog/osha-certification</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.osha.gov/training">https://www.osha.gov/training, https://www.oshatrain.org/courses<br /><br /></a>You can start work in virtually any safety-conscious industry globally without having to go to university.<br /><br />[Field: HSES]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br />3. <span style="color: red;">GOOGLE'S 6 MONTH IT COURSES IN UX, DATA SCIENCE, IT SUPPORT, ETC.</span><br /><a href="https://grow.google/certificates/">https://grow.google/certificates/<br /><br /></a>You can start earning $100,000/annum working for Google, even if you never attended a university.<br />[Field: Computer/IT]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br />4. <span style="color: red;">UDEMY/KHAN ACADEMY/MASTERCLASS ONLINE COURSES</span>- mostly free courses but a few are to be paid for. You can also get teachers for one-on-one Masterclass coaching online. Courses include Programming, AI-Machine learning, Healthcare, Mathematics, and millions more.<br /><a href="https://www.udemy.com/">https://www.udemy.com/<br /></a><a href="https://www.khanacademy.org/">https://www.khanacademy.org/<br /></a><a href="https://www.masterclass.com/">https://www.masterclass.com/<br /><br /></a>You can thereafter get jobs that pay $100/hour without going to college or university.<br />[Field: various fields of study]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br />5. <span style="color: red;">OVER 2500 FREE IVY LEAGUE MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES</span><br />MIT/HARVARD/PRINCETON/COLUMBIA/etc collaboration online courses with edX, FutureLearn and Coursera.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%8Bhttps://www.mooc-list.com/">https://www.mooc-list.com/</a><br /><a href="https://www.edx.org/"></a><a href="https://www.classcentral.com/collection/ivy-league-moocs">https://www.classcentral.com/collection/ivy-league-moocs<br /></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8Bhttps://www.edx.org/">https://www.edx.org/<br /></a><a href="https://www.coursera.org/">https://www.coursera.org/</a><br /><br />[Field: various fields of study]<br /><br /><br />6. <span style="color: red;">ETHICAL HACKING/CYBER SECURITY COURSES </span>-become a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), or Cyber Security Expert<br />a) <a href="https://www.comparitech.com/go/stationx-ethical-hacking/">StationX – The Complete Ethical Hacking Course Bundle<br /></a>b) <a href="https://www.comparitech.com/go/udemy-learn-ethical-hacking/">Udemy – Learn Ethical Hacking From Scratch<br /></a>c) <a href="https://www.cybrary.it/course/the-art-of-exploitation/">Cybrary – The Art of Exploitation<br /></a>d) <a href="https://academy.ehacking.net/p/cyber-security-training-hacking-course">EH Academy – The Complete Cyber Security & Hacking Course<br /></a>e) <a href="https://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/">Offensive Security – Metasploit Unleashed<br /></a>f) <a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/cryptography">Coursera – Cryptography<br /></a>g) <a href="https://www.mindsmapped.com/courses/introduction-to-ethical-hacking-and-cyber-security/">Introduction to Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security<br /></a>(<a href="https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/ethical-hacking-course/">https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/ethical-hacking-course/</a>)<br /><br />[Field: Computer/IT/Security]<br /><br /><br />7. <span style="color: red;">MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL COURSES</span><br />You can get the following MSFT professional certifications without ever going to College or University and be employed anywhere you are:<br /><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/<br /><br /></a>a) MICROSOFT CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL (MCP, MCSA, MCSE, MCSD)<br />b) MICROSOFT OFFICE SPECIALIST- MS Excel, Word, Outlook, Access and Powerpoint expert.<br />c) MICROSOFT CERTIFIED TRAINER/EDUCATOR<br />d) MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE<br /><br />After you pass your first qualifying Microsoft certification exam, you are deemed a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). MCP status provides access to a benefits and exams dashboard, with certificates and transcripts, downloadable certification logos, promotional offers and lots more. You also get the MCP designation on your Microsoft transcript. It's important to understand that only the MCSA, MCSD and MCSE qualify as MCP certifications. Neither MTA nor MOS certifications qualify for MCP status, and none of those exams are prerequisites for MCSA, MCSE or MCSD certifications.<br /><br />In addition to the certifications outlined above, Microsoft offers its MCT: Microsoft Certified Trainer and MCE: Microsoft Certified Educator credentials to those interested in teaching others about Microsoft technologies and products.<br />(<a href="https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/10736-microsoft-certification-guide.html">https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/10736-microsoft-certification-guide.html</a>)<br /><br />[Field: Computer/IT]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br />8. <span style="color: red;">MARITIME INDUSTRY</span><br />a) RIGGING- <a href="https://www.360training.com/blog/receive-rigging-certification-online">https://www.360training.com/blog/receive-rigging-certification-online<br /></a>b) ABLE BODIED SEAMAN TRAINING (A/B)- <a href="https://www.mitags.org/course/able-seaman/">https://www.mitags.org/course/able-seaman/<br /></a>c) SHIP CAPTAIN- <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Boat-Captain">https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Boat-Captain</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.marinerslearningsystem.com/resources/what-type-of-captains-license">https://www.marinerslearningsystem.com/resources/what-type-of-captains-license<br /></a>d) CRANE OPERATION- Mobile cranes, Derrick cranes, Bridge/Overhead Cranes, Tower cranes, etc.<br /><a href="https://www.nationwidecranetraining.com/how-to-become-a-crane-operator/">https://www.nationwidecranetraining.com/how-to-become-a-crane-operator/</a>, <br /><a href="https://www.operator-school.com/mobile_crane_training.php">https://www.operator-school.com/mobile_crane_training.php</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.nairaland.com/4677388/professional-offshore-crane-training-lagos">https://www.nairaland.com/4677388/professional-offshore-crane-training-lagos<br /></a>e) SCUBA DIVING/OPEN WATER DIVING COURSES- <a href="https://www.padi.com/education">https://www.padi.com/education</a>, <br /><a href="https://sincityscuba.com/diver-courses/">https://sincityscuba.com/diver-courses/<br /><br /></a>These are all jobs you can get without entering the four walls of a traditional university.<br />[Field: Maritime/Oceanography/Offshore]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br />9. <span style="color: red;">ORACLE or SAP BUSINESS ENTERPRISE RESOURCE CERTIFICATIONS</span><br />SAP and Oracle are industry leaders in providing business solutions in the following areas below -the earlier and better you are at using any of their software products, the more valuable you are to a business organisation;<br />-ERP and Digital Core<br />-Digital Supply Chain<br />-Network and Spend Management<br />-HR and People Engagement<br />-Digital Platform<br />-CRM and Customer Experience<br />-Industry Applications<br />-Analytics<br />-Intelligent Technologies<br /><br />a) <b>ORACLE</b>-<br />There are 6 levels of Oracle Certification credentials: Oracle Certified Junior Associate (OCJA), Oracle Certified Associate (OCA), Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), Oracle Certified Master (OCM), Oracle Certified Expert (OCE) and Oracle Certified Specialist (OCS) <br /><a href="https://education.oracle.com/oracle-certification-paths-all">https://education.oracle.com/oracle-certification-paths-all<br /></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Certification_Program">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Certification_Program</a><br /><br />b) <b>SAP</b>-<br />Associate certifications: These are designed for people who are new to SAP solutions and may have learned about SAP technologies from manuals or training courses.<br />Specialist certifications: These build on the associate-level credentials and recognize professionals with skills in specific components or roles.<br />Professional certifications: These recognize individuals with deep knowledge of SAP solutions and hands-on experience.<br /><a href="https://www.sap.com/training-certification/education-courses.html#opensap">https://www.sap.com/training-certification/education-courses.html#opensap<br /></a><a href="https://training.sap.com/certification/validity">https://training.sap.com/certification/validity</a><br /><br />[Field: Business Management Solutions/IT]<br /><br /><br />10. <span style="color: red;">PROJECT MANAGEMENT, ESTATE/FACILITY MANAGEMENT and INTERIOR DECORATION</span><br />a) PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PRINCE2 and PMP<br /><a href="https://projectmanagementacademy.net/pmp-certification-requirements">https://projectmanagementacademy.net/pmp-certification-requirements<br /></a><a href="https://www.prince2.com/usa/training/prince2/practitioner-with-exam/online">https://www.prince2.com/usa/training/prince2/practitioner-with-exam/online<br /><br /></a>b) FREE ESTATE & FACILITY MANAGEMENT courses- <a href="https://www.oxfordhomestudy.com/courses/facilities-management-courses/free-facilities-management-courses-online">https://www.oxfordhomestudy.com/courses/facilities-management-courses/free-facilities-management-courses-online</a><br /><a href="https://www.ifma.org/professional-development/credentials">https://www.ifma.org/professional-development/credentials</a><br /><a href="https://www.eastwoodparktraining.co.uk/courses/course-categories/estates-facilities-management/">https://www.eastwoodparktraining.co.uk/courses/course-categories/estates-facilities-management/<br /><br /></a>c) ONLINE INTERIOR DECOR Courses- <a href="https://www.skillshare.com/browse/interior-decorating">https://www.skillshare.com/browse/interior-decorating</a><br /><a href="https://www.qcdesignschool.com/online-courses/interior-decorating/">https://www.qcdesignschool.com/online-courses/interior-decorating/<br /><br /></a>[Field: Management/Lifestyle]<br /><br /><br />11. <span style="color: red;">ENTREPRENEURSHIP COURSES & INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES</span><br /><a href="https://alison.com/courses/entrepreneurship">https://alison.com/courses/entrepreneurship<br /></a><a href="https://www.edx.org/learn/entrepreneurship">https://www.edx.org/learn/entrepreneurship<br /></a><a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/subjects/business-and-management-courses/entrepreneurship">https://www.futurelearn.com/subjects/business-and-management-courses/entrepreneurship<br /></a><a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/308005#1">https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/308005#1<br /><br /></a>If you want to be an entrepreneur, START EARLY; START IMMEDIATELY by subscribing to be a protege under a successful mentor. You will pick up entrepreneurial character traits, money skills, etc, as you learn (and sometimes even earn) by the side.<br /><br />[Field: Management/Economics/Entrepreneurship]<br /><br /><br />12. <span style="color: red;">MILITARY TRAINING</span><br />Unless you want to be a Military Doctor, Psychologist, Nurse, etc,...you do not need to be a graduate to enrol for military training globally.<br /><br />[Field: Security/Defense]<br /><br /><br />13. <span style="color: red;">MODELLING/FASHION DESIGNING & COSTUMING/FINISHING SCHOOL/EVENT PLANNING</span><br />a) TYPES OF MODELS: Fitness model, Runway model, Glamour Model, Alt Model, Commercial Model, etc.<br /><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Model">https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Model</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Child-Model">https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Child-Model</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/art/how-to-become-model">https://www.format.com/magazine/resources/art/how-to-become-model</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/a30741862/things-i-wish-i-knew-model-career-tips/">https://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/a30741862/things-i-wish-i-knew-model-career-tips/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.udemy.com/topic/fashion-modeling/">https://www.udemy.com/topic/fashion-modeling/<br /><br /></a>b) FASHION DESIGNING AND COSTUMING: <a href="https://www.onlinestudies.com/Courses/Fashion-Design/">https://www.onlinestudies.com/Courses/Fashion-Design/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.udemy.com/topic/fashion-design/">https://www.udemy.com/topic/fashion-design/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/browse/costume">https://www.skillshare.com/browse/costume<br /><br /></a>c) FINISHING SCHOOLS: <a href="https://www.thespruce.com/online-etiquette-classes-4159960">https://www.thespruce.com/online-etiquette-classes-4159960</a>,<br /><a href="https://balissandefinishingschool.com/online-courses/">https://balissandefinishingschool.com/online-courses/</a>,<br /><a href="http://beaumontetiquette.com/online-courses/">http://beaumontetiquette.com/online-courses/</a>,<br /><a href="https://smartkids101.com/blog/etiquette-classes/">https://smartkids101.com/blog/etiquette-classes/<br /><br /></a>d) EVENT PLANNING: <a href="https://blog.bizzabo.com/event-planning-certifications">https://blog.bizzabo.com/event-planning-certifications</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/event-marketing-how-to-create-a-successful-event-series/">https://www.udemy.com/course/event-marketing-how-to-create-a-successful-event-series/</a>,<br /><a href="https://weddingplanninginstitute.com/online-courses/event-planning-certification/">https://weddingplanninginstitute.com/online-courses/event-planning-certification/<br /><br /></a>To become a Model requires having physical features that fit. However, Fashion designing, Event planning, and attending a Finishing school has nothing to do with your (physical) looks.<br /><br />[Field: Creativity/Lifestyle]</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br />14. <span style="color: red;">CLEANING SERVICE; TOURISM, HOSPITALITY & HOTEL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL</span><br />a) GENERAL CLEANING AND LAUNDRY: <a href="https://www.udemy.com/course/how-to-start-your-own-cleaning-business/">https://www.udemy.com/course/how-to-start-your-own-cleaning-business/</a>, <br /><a href="https://www.ijcsa.org/cleaning-certifications">https://www.ijcsa.org/cleaning-certifications</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.cleaningmasterclass.com/online-courses/">https://www.cleaningmasterclass.com/online-courses/<br /><br /></a>b) HOTEL MANAGEMENT, TOURISM & HOSPITALITY: <a href="https://digitaldefynd.com/best-tourism-courses/">https://digitaldefynd.com/best-tourism-courses/</a>,<br /><a href="https://gravywork.com/2020/04/09/7-free-online-hospitality-courses-you-can-do-now/">https://gravywork.com/2020/04/09/7-free-online-hospitality-courses-you-can-do-now/</a>,<br /><a href="ttps://www.oxfordhomestudy.com/courses/hospitality-management-courses-online/free-hospitality-courses">https://www.oxfordhomestudy.com/courses/hospitality-management-courses-online/free-hospitality-courses</a>,<br /><br />[Field: Management/Lifestyle]<br /><br /><br />15. <span style="color: red;">CULINARY SCHOOL, BAKING SCHOOL, MASSAGE THERAPY/SPA AND COSMETOLOGY</span><br />a) CULINARY/BAKING SCHOOL: <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Chef">https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Chef</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/news/a48262/things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-became-a-professional-chef/">https://www.cosmopolitan.com/career/news/a48262/things-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-became-a-professional-chef/</a>, <br /><a href="https://asbe.org/baking-certifications/">https://asbe.org/baking-certifications/<br /></a>You can also become a professional chef by getting the following (online) certifications- https://www.worldchefs.org/Certification,<br />https://www.chefcertification.com/online-courses<br /><br />b) MASSAGE THERAPY- <a href="https://www.uscareerinstitute.edu/online-massage-therapy-school">https://www.uscareerinstitute.edu/online-massage-therapy-school</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.allalliedhealthschools.com/massage-therapist/">https://www.allalliedhealthschools.com/massage-therapist/<br /><br /></a>c) MAKE-UP & THEATRICAL SPECIAL EFFECTS, COSMETOLOGY- <a href="https://work.chron.com/become-theatrical-makeup-artist-16350.html">https://work.chron.com/become-theatrical-makeup-artist-16350.html</a>, <a href="https://www.onlinemakeupacademy.com/special-effects-makeup-course">https://www.onlinemakeupacademy.com/special-effects-makeup-course</a>, <a href="https://www.beautyschoolsdirectory.com/programs/cosmetology-school/online">https://www.beautyschoolsdirectory.com/programs/cosmetology-school/online</a>, <br /><a href="https://beautyce.com/how-do-online-cosmetology-classes-work/">https://beautyce.com/how-do-online-cosmetology-classes-work/<br /><br /></a>d) SKINCARE (Medical) ESTHETICIAN PROGRAMS- <a href="http://estheticianschools.net/become-an-esthetician-online/">http://estheticianschools.net/become-an-esthetician-online/</a>, <a href="https://ourworldisbeauty.com/esthetician-school-online/">https://ourworldisbeauty.com/esthetician-school-online/<br /><br /></a>[Field: Food/Creativity/Lifestyle]<br /><br /><br />16. <span style="color: red;">AGRICULTURE/FARMING/GARDENING</span><br />You can start earning from nature as an agriculturist in the following: <a href="https://bangordailynews.com/2020/04/22/homestead/5-free-online-farming-and-gardening-courses-you-can-take-right-now/">https://bangordailynews.com/2020/04/22/homestead/5-free-online-farming-and-gardening-courses-you-can-take-right-now/<br /><br /></a>a) FORESTRY & TREE-PLANTING- <a href="https://www.hortcourses.com/courses/trees-for-rehabilitation-reafforestation-89.aspx">https://www.hortcourses.com/courses/trees-for-rehabilitation-reafforestation-89.aspx</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.learningwithexperts.com/gardening/courses/a-professional-guide-to-choosing-using-and-planting-trees">https://www.learningwithexperts.com/gardening/courses/a-professional-guide-to-choosing-using-and-planting-trees<br /><br /></a>b) CATTLE-REARING, PIG FARMING, POULTRY- <a href="https://getcourse.com.au/courses/certificate-in-cattle-farming/">https://getcourse.com.au/courses/certificate-in-cattle-farming/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.acseduonline.com/courses/agriculture-farm-and-land-management-15/certificate-in-cattle-production-vag029-619.aspx">https://www.acseduonline.com/courses/agriculture-farm-and-land-management-15/certificate-in-cattle-production-vag029-619.aspx</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.acsedu.com/courses/pig-husbandry-612.aspx">https://www.acsedu.com/courses/pig-husbandry-612.aspx</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.classcentral.com/course/swayam-introduction-to-poultry-farming-14160">https://www.classcentral.com/course/swayam-introduction-to-poultry-farming-14160</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.poultrytimes.com/poultry_today/article_7fe1218a-244a-11e7-89b6-9bf75372542b.html">https://www.poultrytimes.com/poultry_today/article_7fe1218a-244a-11e7-89b6-9bf75372542b.html<br /><br /></a>c) GARDENING- <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/outdoors/7-best-youtube-channels-and-online-tutorials-growing-veg-and-plants-charles-dowding-rhs-beginners-guide-2532028">https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/outdoors/7-best-youtube-channels-and-online-tutorials-growing-veg-and-plants-charles-dowding-rhs-beginners-guide-2532028</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/browse/gardening">https://www.skillshare.com/browse/gardening<br /><br /></a>d) ONLINE SPECIALIZED AGRIC EDUCATION TOPICS: Genetically Modified Crops/Food -GMOs- (<a href="https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/03/20/diy-dna-free-online-course-teaches-make-gmos">https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/03/20/diy-dna-free-online-course-teaches-make-gmos</a>/, <a href="https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/genetically-modified-gm-crops-techniques-and-applications-0-710/">https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/genetically-modified-gm-crops-techniques-and-applications-0-710/</a>),<br />Irrigation (<a href="https://www.irrigation.org/ia/Education/Online_Classes.aspx">https://www.irrigation.org/ia/Education/Online_Classes.aspx</a>, <a href="https://www.irrigationtutorials.com/">https://www.irrigationtutorials.com/</a>),<br />Grafting (<a href="https://www.thoseplantpeople.com/grafting-course.html">https://www.thoseplantpeople.com/grafting-course.html</a>)<br /><br />[Field: Food/Agriculture]<br /><br /><br />17. <span style="color: red;">STATISTICAL SOFTWARE MASTERY</span><br />You can assist any researcher in all fields of human study by mastering the use of the following statistical software packages:<br />a) IBM's SPSS, TABLEAU, MATLAB, XLSTAT, KLIPFOLIO, etc- <a href="https://www.capterra.com/statistical-analysis-software/">https://www.capterra.com/statistical-analysis-software/<br /><br /></a>b) HEALTHCARE-BASED Softwares: Epi Inf, CDCynergy, Stata, SAS, SORMAS, etc. <a href="https://guides.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/micro/epi-bio-statistical-software-datasets">https://guides.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/micro/epi-bio-statistical-software-datasets</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.jhsph.edu/alumni/engage-with-alumni/join-an-association/delta-omega/internet-resources/free-ph-software-programs.html">https://www.jhsph.edu/alumni/engage-with-alumni/join-an-association/delta-omega/internet-resources/free-ph-software-programs.html<br /></a>[Field: IT/Healthcare/Statistics]<br /><br /><br />18. <span style="color: red;">ARTISTIC DESIGN SOFTWARE MASTERY</span><br />a) ADOBE PACKAGES: Adobe Corel Draw/Adobe Illustrator/Adobe Photoshop/Adobe InDesign<br /><br />b) OTHER POPULAR APPS/TOOLS: Sketch, Inkscape, Affinity Designer, GIMP, Serif Drawplus, Gravit designer<br /><br />c) AUTODESK FUSION, AUTOCAD courses- <a href="https://www.kadenze.com/courses/introduction-to-digital-fabrication-and-technical-design/info">https://www.kadenze.com/courses/introduction-to-digital-fabrication-and-technical-design/info</a>,<br /><a href="https://skillscouter.com/online-autocad-courses/">https://skillscouter.com/online-autocad-courses/<br /><br /></a>d) 3D PRINTING/MODELING courses- <a href="https://digitaldefynd.com/best-3d-printing-courses/">https://digitaldefynd.com/best-3d-printing-courses/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.instructables.com/class/Beginner-3D-Printing-Class/">https://www.instructables.com/class/Beginner-3D-Printing-Class/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.lynda.com/Modeling-training-tutorials/7-0.html">https://www.lynda.com/Modeling-training-tutorials/7-0.html<br /><br /></a>[Field: Computer/IT/Creative Design]<br /><br /><br />19. <span style="color: red;">VIDEO EDITING, VIDEO GAME DESIGN AND INVENTION, FILM MAKING</span><br />a) VIDEO EDITING- <a href="https://digitaldefynd.com/best-video-editing-courses/">https://digitaldefynd.com/best-video-editing-courses/</a>, <br /><a href="https://www.creativebloq.com/features/best-video-editing-software-for-designers">https://www.creativebloq.com/features/best-video-editing-software-for-designers<br /><br /></a>b) CARTOON CHARACTER CREATION- <a href="https://www.udemy.com/topic/character-animation/">https://www.udemy.com/topic/character-animation/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.udemy.com/topic/3d-animation/">https://www.udemy.com/topic/3d-animation/</a>,<br /><br />c) VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMING Courses- <a href="https://www.gamedesigning.org/schools/online/">https://www.gamedesigning.org/schools/online/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/making-virtual-reality-game">https://www.coursera.org/learn/making-virtual-reality-game</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.codecademy.com/learn/paths/create-video-games-with-phaser,">https://www.codecademy.com/learn/paths/create-video-games-with-phaser,</a><br /><a href="https://www.gameinstitute.com/">https://www.gameinstitute.com/<br /><br /></a>d) FILM MAKING- <a href="https://www.filminquiry.com/10-mostly-free-online-courses-filmmaking/">https://www.filminquiry.com/10-mostly-free-online-courses-filmmaking/</a>,<br /><a href="https://nofilmschool.com/2011/04/free-online-courses-aspiring-filmmakers">https://nofilmschool.com/2011/04/free-online-courses-aspiring-filmmakers</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/collections/filmmaking">https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/collections/filmmaking</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/career-advice/get-into-filmmaking">https://www.futurelearn.com/career-advice/get-into-filmmaking<br /><br /></a>[Field: Computer/IT/Creative Design]<br /><br /><br />20. <span style="color: red;">SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING COURSES</span><br />a) 37 Free Social Media and Marketing Courses to Elevate Your Skills Today<br />(<a href="https://buffer.com/library/marketing-courses/">https://buffer.com/library/marketing-courses/</a>)<br />-Social media marketing classes (Nos. 1-8)<br />-Digital marketing classes (9-17)<br />-Marketing data and analytics classes (18-24)<br />-Content and blogging classes (25-31)<br />-Marketing design and imagery classes (32-37)<br />b) <a href="https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/social-media-marketing-courses">https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/social-media-marketing-courses<br /></a>c) <a href="https://www.udemy.com/topic/social-media-marketing/">https://www.udemy.com/topic/social-media-marketing/<br /></a><br />[Field: Management/Lifestyle/]<br /><br /><br />21. <span style="color: red;">RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RECYCLING</span><br />a) RENEWABLE ENERGY: including Solar, Wind, Hydro energy, Tidal energy, Geothermal energy, Biomass energy, Nuclear, Hydrogen and Fuel cells. <br /><a href="https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/clean-energy">https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/clean-energy</a>,<br /><a href="https://us.sunpower.com/complete-guide-7-renewable-energy-sources">https://us.sunpower.com/complete-guide-7-renewable-energy-sources</a>,<br /><a href="https://digitaldefynd.com/best-renewable-energy-courses/">https://digitaldefynd.com/best-renewable-energy-courses/</a>,<br /><a href="https://theect.org/online-courses/">https://theect.org/online-courses/</a>, <br /><a href="https://nrcrecycles.org/training-and-certification-programs-in-recycling-and-sustainable-materials-management/">https://nrcrecycles.org/training-and-certification-programs-in-recycling-and-sustainable-materials-management/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.edx.org/learn/renewable-energy">https://www.edx.org/learn/renewable-energy<br /><br /></a>b) RECYCLING: <a href="https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/course/recycling-101">https://workspace.oregonstate.edu/course/recycling-101</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.skillshare.com/browse/recycling">https://www.skillshare.com/browse/recycling</a>,<br /><a href="https://nrcrecycles.org/training-and-certification-programs-in-recycling-and-sustainable-materials-management">https://nrcrecycles.org/training-and-certification-programs-in-recycling-and-sustainable-materials-management</a>/,<br /><br />[Field: Management/Economics]<br /><br /><br />22. <span style="color: red;">SOCIAL SERVICES/VOLUNTEERING/RESEARCH ASSISTANT</span><br />You can work in any local or internationally-recognized NGO by volunteering. The easiest way to get into the Social Services industry is through Volunteering. <br />Go to any NGO or Governmental website, click on careers/vacancy and apply for a volunteer position. <br /><br />Alternatively, you can physically go to their office and offer your volunteer services.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cna-training">https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cna-training<br /></a><a href="https://www.volunteerforever.com/article_post/ngo-volunteer-opportunities-abroad-gain-international-work-experience/">https://www.volunteerforever.com/article_post/ngo-volunteer-opportunities-abroad-gain-international-work-experience/<br /></a><a href="http://www.oneworld365.org/ngo">http://www.oneworld365.org/ngo<br /></a><a href="https://www.volunteerhq.org/volunteer-abroad-projects/ngo-support/">https://www.volunteerhq.org/volunteer-abroad-projects/ngo-support/<br /></a><a href="https://www.msf-me.org/apply-volunteerin">https://www.msf-me.org/apply-volunteerin</a>g<br /><a href="https://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/volunteer.html%E2%80%8B">https://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/volunteer.html</a><br /><br />You can also request to be a Research Assistant for an NGO, university professor, Data analysis company, etc- https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Research-Assistant<br /><br />[Field: NGO/Human Resources/Lifestyle]<br /><br /><br />23. <span style="color: red;">ONLINE TRADING- Forex, Options, Stocks, ETFs, Cryptocurrency</span><br /> Learn important trading skills and self-mastery discipline with real, but very little money that you can afford to lose.<br />You must learn to be disciplined by starting with only an amount/money that you can afford to lose again and again until you finally grow both your skills/patience and money exponentially.<br /><br />Use apps such as<br />a) ROBINHOOD<br />b) eTRADE<br />c) ACORNS<br />d) TD AMERITRADE MOBILE<br />e) Popular, Industry-regulated platforms for trading Stocks, Forex, Options and ETFs on the web e.g Forex.com, Instaforex.com, IQOptions.com, Binary.com, Schwab.com, etc.<br />f) NIGERIAN ONLINE TRADING PLATFORMS- https://www.proshareng.com/onlinetrading,<br />https://www.meritrade.com/, <br />https://www.mypatricia.co<br /><br />[Field: Economics/IT/Investment/Online Trading]<br /><br /><br />24. <span style="color: red;">PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TRAINING, BODY BUILDING AND FITNESS</span><br />a) TENNIS<br />b) FOOTBALL ACADEMY<br />c) MIND GAMES- Chess, Scrabble, Poker, Bridge, GO, Speedcubing, eSPORTS/Video Games<br />d) ATHLETICS<br />e) COMBAT SPORTS e.g Karate, Judo, Taekwondo<br />f) SWIMMING, Water Cube, Water Polo<br />g) RACE CAR DRIVING<br />h) GOLF<br />i) BODYBUILDING & FITNESS<br /><br />Sports is a universally established way of helping children to maximize their potentials and earn from a very early age. And some who want a college/university degree can even get a sports-related scholarship to help fund their dreams. Enroll your kids at a sports training institute, a membership gym or regularly take them to a stadium in your locality to meet with professional coaches.<br /><br />[Field: Sports/Fitness/Physical Education]<br /><br /><br />25. <span style="color: red;">FINE ARTS/PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL</span><br />a) Acting<br />b) Painting<br />c) Dancing<br />d) Music<br />e) Music Choreography/Video Directing<br />f) Pottery<br /><br />Social media has really helped Performing Arts natural talents to showcase themselves to the world from their bedrooms using a mobile phone. You can take your children to specialized school for these too, instead of sending them to the university.<br /><br />[Field: Entertainment/Creativity/Lifestyle]<br /><br /><br />26. <span style="color: red;">VOCATIONAL/ARTISANSHIP WITH PROFESSIONALISM</span><br />a) CAR MECHANIC/AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN, using advanced technology that can diagnose and fix everything in a car- <a href="https://www.automechanicschooledu.org/how-to-become-an-auto-mechanic/#education">https://www.automechanicschooledu.org/how-to-become-an-auto-mechanic/#education<br /></a>b) PROFESSIONAL BARBERS- <a href="https://www.beautyschoolsdirectory.com/programs/barber-school">https://www.beautyschoolsdirectory.com/programs/barber-school</a>,<br /><a href="https://learn.org/articles/Barber_How_to_Become_a_Professional_Barber_in_5_Steps.html">https://learn.org/articles/Barber_How_to_Become_a_Professional_Barber_in_5_Steps.html<br /></a>c) PIPE FITTERS AND PLUMBERS- <a href="https://alison.com/courses/plumbing">https://alison.com/courses/plumbing</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.tpctraining.com/pages/pipe-fitter-training-courses">https://www.tpctraining.com/pages/pipe-fitter-training-courses<br /></a>d) WELDERS- MIG/MAG welding, Stick welding, TIG welding, Plasma Arc welding, Gas welding, etc. <a href="https://www.aws.org/education/onlinecourses">https://www.aws.org/education/onlinecourses</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.udemy.com/topic/Welding/">https://www.udemy.com/topic/Welding/</a>,<br /><a href="https://awo.aws.org/professional-development/aluminum-welding/%E2%80%8B">https://awo.aws.org/professional-development/aluminum-welding/<br /></a>d) PHONE AND LAPTOP REPAIRERS- 5 billion mobile phone users globally need repairers. <a href="https://www.udemy.com/topic/cell-phone-repair/">https://www.udemy.com/topic/cell-phone-repair/</a>,<br /><a href="https://flipsy.com/article/7835/learn-phone-repair%E2%80%8B">https://flipsy.com/article/7835/learn-phone-repair<br /></a>e) SHOEMAKERS AND COBBLERS- <a href="https://www.shoemakingcoursesonline.com/">https://www.shoemakingcoursesonline.com/</a>,<br /><a href="https://icanmakeshoes.com/online-courses/">https://icanmakeshoes.com/online-courses/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.sneakerfactory.net/online-shoe-school/%E2%80%8B">https://www.sneakerfactory.net/online-shoe-school/<br /></a>f) TILING courses- <a href="https://www.ableskills.co.uk/tiling-courses/">https://www.ableskills.co.uk/tiling-courses/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.ytatraining.com/tiling-courses/intensive-tiling-course-5-days/">https://www.ytatraining.com/tiling-courses/intensive-tiling-course-5-days/<br /></a>g) PAINTING & WALLPAPER FIXING- <a href="https://www.wallpaperingschool.com/">https://www.wallpaperingschool.com/<br /></a>h) ALUMINIUM FABRICATION COURSES- <a href="https://study.com/fabrication_classes.html">https://study.com/fabrication_classes.html</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.clintonaluminum.com/what-you-need-to-know-before-fabricating-aluminum">https://www.clintonaluminum.com/what-you-need-to-know-before-fabricating-aluminum</a>/<br />i) TRUCK/PROFESSIONAL DRIVER- <a href="https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/truck-driver/">https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/truck-driver/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.operator-school.com/truck_driver_training.php">https://www.operator-school.com/truck_driver_training.php<br /></a>j) NURSING/DENTAL AIDE, CAREGIVER- <a href="https://www.registerednursing.org/certified-nursing-assistant/">https://www.registerednursing.org/certified-nursing-assistant/</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cna-training">https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/cna-training</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.care.com/c/stories/15041/how-to-become-a-caregiver/">https://www.care.com/c/stories/15041/how-to-become-a-caregiver/<br /></a>k) PHARMACY TECHNICIAN- <a href="https://www.ptcb.org/credentials/certified-pharmacy-technician">https://www.ptcb.org/credentials/certified-pharmacy-technician</a>, <a href="https://ptcb.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206188928-How-do-I-become-certified-as-a-CPhT-">https://ptcb.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206188928-How-do-I-become-certified-as-a-CPhT-<br /></a>l) SCAFFOLDING-<br /><a href="https://www.convergencetraining.com/blog/online-scaffolding-training">https://www.convergencetraining.com/blog/online-scaffolding-training</a><br /><a href="https://www.compliancetrainingonline.com/construction_scaffolding.cfm">https://www.compliancetrainingonline.com/construction_scaffolding.cfm</a><br />m) CARPENTRY/FURNITURE MAKING- <a href="https://woodskills.com/collections/courses">https://woodskills.com/collections/courses</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.udemy.com/topic/woodworking/">https://www.udemy.com/topic/woodworking/</a>,<br /><a href="https://study.com/online_furniture_course.html">https://study.com/online_furniture_course.html<br /><br /><br /></a>[Field: Handiwork-Vocation/Creativity/Healthcare/Lifestyle]<br /><br /><br />27. <span style="color: red;">SOCIAL COMMENTATOR/SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER/FILM CRITIC/ FOOD TASTER & CRITIC</span><br />Social Media has made it possible for anyone with a massive online following to easily have a voice in influencing others and/or criticizing popular brands.<br /><br /><a href="https://influencermarketinghub.com/how-to-become-an-influencer/">https://influencermarketinghub.com/how-to-become-an-influencer/</a><br /><a href="https://work.chron.com/education-need-film-critic-2397.html">https://work.chron.com/education-need-film-critic-2397.html</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Film-Critic%E2%80%8B">https://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Film-Critic</a><br /><a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Food-Critic">https://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Food-Critic</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/how-to-become-a-food-critic">https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/how-to-become-a-food-critic</a><br /><br />[Field: Entertainment/Lifestyle]<br /><br /><br />28. <span style="color: red;">FREELANCE ONLINE WRITER/JOURNALIST/CONTENT CREATOR/PHOTOGRAPHER</span><br />Earn by writing professionally for media organizations, Blogs, etc. Freelance Journalism is doing what you love professionally or as an amateur, and then selling your creative output to companies and individuals who value it.<br /><a href="https://elnacain.com/blog/20-ways-find-freelance-writing-jobs/%E2%80%8B">https://elnacain.com/blog/20-ways-find-freelance-writing-jobs/</a><br /><a href="https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/content-creation">https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/content-creation</a><br /><a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/programs/creating-digital-content">https://www.futurelearn.com/programs/creating-digital-content</a><br /><a href="https://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-make-money-photography/">https://digital-photography-school.com/10-ways-make-money-photography/</a>, <br /><a href="https://www.dinksfinance.com/2016/07/how-to-make-money-as-an-amateur-photographer/%E2%80%8B">https://www.dinksfinance.com/2016/07/how-to-make-money-as-an-amateur-photographer/</a><br /><br />[Field: Journalism/Creativity/Lifestyle]<br /><br /><br />29. <span style="color: red;">EMERGENCY SERVICES- FIRE FIGHTING, PARAMEDIC/EMT, SEARCH&RESCUE PROFESSIONALS (SAR)</span><br />a) FIRE FIGHTING- <a href="https://www.firescience.org/how-to-become-a-firefighter/#Volunteer_for_the_Trade">https://www.firescience.org/how-to-become-a-firefighter/#Volunteer_for_the_Trade</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/firefighter/">https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/firefighter/<br /><br /></a>b) EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN/PARAMEDIC- <a href="https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/paramedic-emt/">https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/paramedic-emt/<br /><br /></a>c) SAR VOLUNTEERING- <a href="https://www.rescue.org/volunteer">https://www.rescue.org/volunteer</a>,<br /><a href="https://money.howstuffworks.com/economics/volunteer/opportunities/volunteer-for-search-and-rescue.htm">https://money.howstuffworks.com/economics/volunteer/opportunities/volunteer-for-search-and-rescue.htm</a>,<br /><a href="https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/search-and-rescue-volunteer/">https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/search-and-rescue-volunteer/</a>, <br /><a href="https://skyaboveus.com/climbing-hiking/searchandrescue">https://skyaboveus.com/climbing-hiking/searchandrescue<br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br />30. <span style="color: red;">MULTILEVEL MARKETING OF MULTIVITAMINS AND OTHER HEALTH-RELATED PRODUCTS & GADGETS</span><br />You do not need a marketing degree to start sales and marketing of MLM products and other health-related gadgets in your neighborhood. Let the streets teach you marketing 101.<br /><br /><br />Choose what career path is best for your child based on interest and talent, and start them off immediately! Don't waste time and money on non-essentials like SAT, JAMB, GMAT, CAT, IELTS, etc!! Only allow them to do those if it is essential to their determined professional career e.g Medicine, Surgery, Engineering, Professorship, etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: large;"><br />Good luck.</span><br /></div> <a href="https://www.udemy.com/topic/fashion-modeling/"></a>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-60354273981648256962020-08-10T20:43:00.002+01:002020-08-10T20:44:47.184+01:00STILL ON ACHIEVING EXPONENTIAL BUSINESS GROWTH<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uufsjZsCOn8/XzGgx8JGGAI/AAAAAAAAGqI/Ta3A49sVcOgJ8BPn3enXk2Nt0lgufRgYQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/recycle%2Breduce%2Breuse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uufsjZsCOn8/XzGgx8JGGAI/AAAAAAAAGqI/Ta3A49sVcOgJ8BPn3enXk2Nt0lgufRgYQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/recycle%2Breduce%2Breuse.jpg" title="Recycle; Reuse; Reduce Waste" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><span class="gmail_default" style="color: #660000;"></span>God's greatest business secret isn't in avoiding wastage or losses, but in being able to RECYCLE/RE-INCORPORATE WASTAGES AND BY-PRODUCTS IN AN AUTOMATED MANNER.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Keywords for exponential business growth:<br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">1. <b>RECYCLE/RE-INCORPORATE</b></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">2. <b>AUTOMATE</b></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Now gather the left-overs so that nothing is wasted (Jn 6:12).<br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b>NATURAL CYCLES: EFFICIENCY IN WASTE/BY-PRODUCT MANAGEMENT</b></span><p></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">In Medical school Biochemistry, we were taught so many biochemical cycles in humans including Citric Acid cycle, Ammonia/Nitrogen cycle, Kreb's cycle, etc. </span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Energy is neither created nor lost but simply converted.... All through Nature, God teaches us how to automate things and efficiently handle our business by-products and wastages so that "nothing is lost"; so that nothing is useless, essentially! <br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">If you have problems in your business delegating and automating things, instead needing to micromanage people and processes personally...either you or the business will soon die young. You MUST create and adhere to guidelines and standard procedures that show no favoritism or nepotism.<br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Remember: <b>Invest/Start a business to enjoy & free yourself- not to financially enslave or kill yourself installmentally.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYvBfIj7TWk/XzGhMBVYlAI/AAAAAAAAGqQ/4n2rfs2aiNMv0Y-lseM4KQIaB8fwaawXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1123/invest_or_start_a_business_to.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="794" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYvBfIj7TWk/XzGhMBVYlAI/AAAAAAAAGqQ/4n2rfs2aiNMv0Y-lseM4KQIaB8fwaawXQCLcBGAsYHQ/w453-h640/invest_or_start_a_business_to.png" title="Invest and start a business to be free, not enslaved!" width="453" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b>GODLY vs UNGODLY WASTE MANAGEMENT</b><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Wastages are inevitable; losses are unavoidable. However, what differentiates a godly business system from an ungodly one is how they react to, and handle their wastes and losses.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Many erroneously think that what matters most is "multiplication" and "miracles" and "massive profits".... But we have seen <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2014/10/if-you-won-n1-billion-today-ii.html" target="_blank">lottery winners who went broke</a>, we have heard of some called "a former billionaire", and we have also seen people who got miraculous healings but later had a worse illness come upon them.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">This shows that "Management mentality" is more important than <span class="gmail_default" style="color: #660000;">''</span>production or multiplication mentality<span class="gmail_default" style="color: #660000;">''</span>. In fact, it is key to those two.<br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Of course, turning water into wine is lovely, miraculously multiplying 2 loaves and 5 fishes to feed 5,000 is mind-boggling, & taking coins from a fish's mouth is wonderful.... However, having an automated, waste-utilizing, losses-harnessing business system is best because it is reproducible and avoids the need to keep creating from scratch, every time. This is God's greatest business secret. <br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">That is why after God rested on the 7th day (Gen 2:2), he has not created Crude Oil, Gold, Diamonds, Energy, Water, etc, anymore. They are all simply FORMED/converted from his original creation, in chemical processes and Natural cycles.<br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Now, Satan can do magic. Babylon can make money. How do you create a godly business system that handles losses and wastages appropriately, not an ungodly one?<br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><b>COMPOUNDING IS THE ECONOMIC KEY TO EXPONENTIAL GROWTH</b><br />Start with what you have already and make it grow. Start small. Stop searching for MORE money, talent, miracles, etc...maximize what you PRESENTLY have and let money/miracles/talented people instead look for you. Start with yourself and develop yourself daily, relying less on others till you have created an automated business system in which no human is indispensable including yourself- ONLY THE BRAND NAME WILL REMAIN, INDISPENSABLY. </span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">That is the secret to <span class="gmail_default" style="color: #660000;">a </span>"trans-generational" business! That is when you can step aside yet the business does not die. That is how to Invest/run a business that will grow exponentially and you will enjoy it freely- not drowned alive in debt and worries.<br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Create "Leverage" for yourself, or wisely make use of those created by others.<br />[Note: Leverage for trading is a double-edged sword. Use it cautiously. Know what you are doing.]</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Look for "Arbitrage" opportunities created by circumstances around us.<br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Let your profits "Compound" to give you much more returns. But don't forget to enjoy the fruit of your labour alongside- investing is a marathon, not a 100 meters dash to a particular destination. Stop waiting "till the end"...take some profits, make withdrawals, spend some dividends, enjoy the journey.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b>IN SUMMARY</b><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">1. Don't obsess over losses or wastages, simply create an elaborate management system that efficiently utilizes and re-incorporates the by-products of your business; somehow, somewhere.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">2. Your waste is someone else's raw material. Your loss might be someone else's lesson in management experience. Let nothing waste- nothing and no one is useless.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">3. Build a trans-generational business system from scratch, that starts small and greatly depends on you alone at the outset, but finally ends up making no one in the business indispensable- including you, the founder.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">4. Make use of all the external resources you can access to doing that.<br /><br />#EndtimeInstructions<br />#<wbr></wbr>RaisingARighteousAndKnowledgea<wbr></wbr>bleGeneration</span></p>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-8384424918494171372020-08-09T09:00:00.101+01:002023-12-24T06:05:19.654+01:005 KEYS TO THE BELIEVER'S EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN BUSINESS<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XuMrO8YSLSQ/Xy8DajmZzJI/AAAAAAAAGpQ/za9CQBKAGEgaZTOHbC_RXYM_lMW3N9qyACLcBGAsYHQ/s259/exponential%2Bsuccess%2Bgrowth.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="479" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XuMrO8YSLSQ/Xy8DajmZzJI/AAAAAAAAGpQ/za9CQBKAGEgaZTOHbC_RXYM_lMW3N9qyACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h479/exponential%2Bsuccess%2Bgrowth.jpg" title="Exponential Success Growth" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">
In 2009, just coming out of a 3-day dry fast and my (maternal side of the) family's annual Easter retreat, I turned $1 into over $250 in about a month, trading FOREX from a cyber cafe opposite my teaching hospital in Sagamu.<br />
I was in 400L medical school.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have since documented the feat in this blog post- <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2014/10/yes-i-took-1-to-over-250-in-forex-in-5.html" target="_blank">I TURNED $1 INTO OVER $250 IN 5 WEEKS</a>. <span></span></span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">While I have not being able to repeat that exact feat -250,000% ROI in 5 weeks- because of personal lack of discipline (*see my 3 FOREX instructions at the end), the principles the Holy Spirit taught me about EXPONENTIAL GROWTH never left me:<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eVxaj8QTKOk/Xy8GDyEar1I/AAAAAAAAGpg/-IMfn_fc-DoS4PiFFEgJ72PTBQ2phcTKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s604/compound%2Binterest%2Binvestopedia.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="604" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eVxaj8QTKOk/Xy8GDyEar1I/AAAAAAAAGpg/-IMfn_fc-DoS4PiFFEgJ72PTBQ2phcTKwCLcBGAsYHQ/d/compound%2Binterest%2Binvestopedia.JPG" title="Compound Interest Graph" /></span></a></div><p></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">1. <b>God ALWAYS starts small...ALWAYS.</b><br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">2. <b>You must know what you are doing, and be able to successfully repeat it and/or explain it to even a 6-year old.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Or else, you are a gambler.<br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">3. <b>Impatience or greed is not a characteristic of God.</b><br />
Let "something beyond profits/money" drive your patience and long-term thinking in business- a Dream/Vision/Passion/Painful Past,etc.<br /><br />
[God is not a capitalist, but even at that, you capitalists cannot maximise returns as he does.]<br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">4. <b>You must think as if "existing in eternity" (i.e having all the time in the world) when starting a business/investing for the long-term.</b><br />
Your profits might come early or never, but some higher purpose should guide your actions and passion- not the need to show off, previous business losses, or other expenses/bills piling up on your head...which makes people impatient/greedy.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><b>Invest/Start a business to enjoy & free yourself- not to enslave or kill yourself!</b> Know the difference.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">[Note: However, God never loses in the long run. He has never ended up with net losses in his investments- If one angel falls, he has other angels to make up; if some humans reject him & end up in Hell, others will accept him & be with him in Heaven.]<br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">5. <b>If God commands it, he will not share his glory with man/you. Obey him 100%!</b><br />
And he will not endorse your own strategies, technologies and obstinate decisions- only his!! <br /><br />[Take Note: </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">material success or miracles or "children" is NOT proof that God is (still) with you!!!</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">If you personally decide to start a business/denomination/<wbr></wbr>polygamous family/etc, in your own fallen mindset and ways, -or maybe it was God who commanded you to start the business or gave you the vision originally, but you now started doing things your way- going one more step in the wrong direction will not make it right. With God, you MUST turn back. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">God does not support what he never commanded in the first place- though he might ''play along'' and use your disobedience to fulfil his overall Will at the end. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">You MUST start afresh, to walk with him, or else he might replace you with someone else.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">]</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><b>There is no middle-ground with God. </b>You either obey him, or not. You are either with him, or you are not. Your success is either from him, or not.<br />Don't be deceived.<br />.<br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">[*My 3 FOREX instructions are simple, but apparently <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2015/01/do-you-also-become-financially-stupid.html" target="_blank">my lack of discipline</a> in the last 10 years has left me stuck in a rot;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">1. <b>Start small with an amount you can easily afford to lose again and again.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">(FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE- If you read my blog post above,...that is what I was doing over and again with $1 in 2009, while in Medical school.)</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">2. <b>Trade only 1 order at a time, no matter what.<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">(PERSONAL DISCIPLINE- This has been the hardest instruction for me to follow, due to my greed & lack of seriousness/playfulness with trading. When I followed it strictly in 2009, I turned $1 into over $250, having withdrawn multiple times along the way. I never had more than 1 trade open at any time in those 5 weeks, trading from a cybercafe.)</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">3. <b>Enter only when you are 100% sure of the trade, then stick to that trade till "Take Profit"!<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">(SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE- I was told to assume I am risking $1 million</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"> for EVERY SINGLE trade. In other words, ''If you have any iota doubt whatsoever, Siji don't enter...wait patiently for the best opportunity''. Simply listen to the still small voice in you for confirmatory go-ahead. If you never get a good opportunity/go-ahead from the Holy Spirit for 3 months, then don't trade for those 3 months.)</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Three (3) seemingly simple instructions, yet I have not turned $1 into $1million since 2008. Of course, it is easier said than done! I hope you do better than I in obeying his business instructions to you. All the best!]</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p>
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#<wbr></wbr>RaisingARighteousAndKnowledgea<wbr></wbr>bleGeneration</span></p><p dir="ltr"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y16w4b2YGns/Xy8Qiw221DI/AAAAAAAAGps/suQNE9caTpk6rkxXKLaffzqdI7RZRI3RQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1123/invest_or_start_a_business_to.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="794" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y16w4b2YGns/Xy8Qiw221DI/AAAAAAAAGps/suQNE9caTpk6rkxXKLaffzqdI7RZRI3RQCLcBGAsYHQ/w453-h640/invest_or_start_a_business_to.png" title="Invest/Start a business for the right reasons and mindset" width="453" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-91755539468352257372020-08-08T20:00:00.001+01:002020-09-16T02:53:03.045+01:00 "SURVIVING IN A POST-COVID-19 WORLD" SERIES: ESSENTIAL vs NON-ESSENTIAL IN ECONOMY (V)<p><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lQHpvt1sN2U/Xy70OwUUD-I/AAAAAAAAGo4/tkGcqjon85k_pSBokcWdSw7jBFDM6QKiACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/miracles-of-jesus-feeding-5000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="427" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lQHpvt1sN2U/Xy70OwUUD-I/AAAAAAAAGo4/tkGcqjon85k_pSBokcWdSw7jBFDM6QKiACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h427/miracles-of-jesus-feeding-5000.jpg" title="Jesus multiplied 2 Fishes and 5 loaves of Bread" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Let us look at the Old Testament "types and shadows", in order to learn what to expect in a wilderness situation, and so have an idea what God expects of the Church during the Great Tribulation ahead.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">SPECIFIC EXAMPLES </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">#1- AGRICULTURE/FOOD</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">ENDTIME INSTRUCTION:</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">REDUCE WASTE, </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">REDISTRIBUTE EXCESS (in order to) </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">ELIMINATE LACK (in his body). </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">As it was in the beginning, so shall it be at the end.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Exodus 16:14. And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. 15. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. 16. This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 17. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">18. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Acts 4:32. And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common....</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">34. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 35. And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. </span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OOIr4kX5QbU/Xy71oeJQRxI/AAAAAAAAGpE/_kQ3Y44sILwa-SKGQz7hhv15x-e70nqPQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1169/types-antitypes-old-testament-shadows-new-testament-reality.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img alt="www.sijinius.com" border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1169" height="344" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OOIr4kX5QbU/Xy71oeJQRxI/AAAAAAAAGpE/_kQ3Y44sILwa-SKGQz7hhv15x-e70nqPQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h344/types-antitypes-old-testament-shadows-new-testament-reality.jpg" title="Old Testament Adumbration For Survival" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">OLD TESTAMENT ADUMBRATION FOR SURVIVAL</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">NOAH'S ARK- Noah prepared an Ark because he knew and believed that a flood was coming. The preparation set him apart from the rest of the world that perished.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">God ensured that Noah's supply lasted him, his family and the animals for 3 years when the waters covered the earth.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS (Acts 7: 38, Deut 8:1-18)- Moses told the Israelites to prepare to leave for the promise-land/move into the wilderness. They obeyed because they believed that God was able to do what he had said will happen. And God ensured that they had all they needed for 40 years in the wilderness...till they entered the promise-land before the manna now stopped (Josh 5:12).</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">If you refuse to accept what is coming ahead, it will catch you unawares like COVID-19 caught the whole world unawares and they locked themselves down.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">The way to be profitable in Agric industry, post-COVID-19, is to really understand the principles of godly multiplication- God provides the factors of production, wisdom and multiplication, you will reduce waste and ensure efficiency. You must obey all his instructions to you but you must be ready to redistribute your excess to feed those who lack.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Trust in God for your returns, not your efforts. Does that mean that you won't do your best? Nah! But remember that he is the one who ensures a bountiful harvest/returns (Deut 8:18). </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">YOU ARE NOT A CAPITALIST! YOU WILL NEVER BE A CAPITALIST IN GOD'S ECONOMY!!!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">You are an efficient manager of God's factors of production/resources in your care. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">God ALWAYS starts small...ALWAYS!!! Be ready to start small too. Be ready to turn $1 into $1million. Impatience (in business/investing) is not a characteristic of God.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Start investing in the right business, strictly as instructed by the Holy Spirit in you. Don't do what others are doing but what he specifically instructs you to do, the way he instructs you (Rom 8:14).</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Isaiah 30:21. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">#EndtimeInstructions</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">#<wbr></wbr>NoMoreConfusionInTheBodyOfChri<wbr></wbr>st</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">#<wbr></wbr>RaisingARighteousAndKnowledgea<wbr></wbr>bleGeneration</span></div>Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-63376179994499794642020-07-19T03:13:00.001+01:002020-09-16T02:52:55.558+01:00WHAT IS ESSENTIAL IN GOD'S ECONOMY, POST-COVID-19?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">5. Essentiality in ECONOMY: We are to use our Talents in serving the master by OCCUPYING TILL HE COMES.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What does that mean?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">[Please note: ECONOMY cuts across all other mountains- Education, Religion, Arts & Entertainment, Media, Family, Government- because we need to be profitable, no matter the type or number of our Talent(s). Every kingdom has an economy, including God's!]</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Profitability is most easily measured in man's fiat currency, but since God does not spend man's currency, he does not measure our value in Dollars/Naira/Pounds/Bitcoin,<wbr></wbr>etc, nor does he expect us to be reliant on them by the time he returns to earth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Money is PRIMARILY a tool for the exchange of value. Money has NEVER created value, it only TRANSMITS (or seeks to transmit/store) the value CREATED by VALUABLE HUMANS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">[Money was itself created for that purpose and has been in existence from the time humans have been transacting value between themselves. That is why you can <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2018/08/how-to-survive-without-spending-cash-at.html" target="_blank">survive without spending money</a>- and there are people presently on earth who do so perfectly as I type this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">God's money is a MEASURE of value, NOT fiat currency!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The parable of Talents is not parable of Dollars/Naira/Bitcoin, etc!!! Biblically, a Talent is a MEASURE OF WEIGHT/VALUE (Matt 25: 14-30).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We must give back to Caesar what (fiat currency) belongs to him, and give to God what belongs to God (Matt 22:20-22). God will measure the profitability of this Tribulation generation by how well we served other members of the Church (during the Tribulation,) with the Talent(s)/resources he's given to EACH of us (Matt 25:1-46). God will not measure anyone's value by how much fiat currency they made or accumulated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Church has come full cycle. We are not saved to make money and accumulate personal wealth on earth. We are saved to be a blessing and bring down God's kingdom on earth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Measure your value the same way God measures it. Don't be deceived by man's fiat currency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">God is perfect, constant- never changing. His natural laws on wealth creation and business have also not changed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Giving/taking loans is very important in business, and interest/usury have been charged from time immemorial. In fact, you can hardly get great growth and profits in business without AT FIRST owing (people)....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Therefore, God isn't against (giving or taking) loans! It is the interest charges that is his concern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, does God oppose all Usury/Interest on loans?! What does the Bible say about loans and interest charges?!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Matthew 25: 24. "Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">25. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.' </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">26. "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">27. Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">28. "'So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Financially, a loan is an amount of money we borrow from our future self/income, because we urgently need it today and will, therefore, make do with less money in the future, OR because we believe that we can use it today to make much more (hence get to that future richer & better off).</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5147198856718213398" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">[We can acquire loans, with or without interest, from money lenders, banks, family members, cooperatives, etc.]</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />In other words, when you take a loan, you are going to your future to bring money (that you are yet to earn)! You are literally creating money today!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>LOANS ARE THE PRIMARY WAY OF CREATING CASH/MONEY, BUT THEY CAN FINANCIALLY ENSLAVE PEOPLE</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, SEEDS are the primary Agricultural tools of "wealth creation"; LOANS are the financial equivalent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">While the government is the legal entity allowed to print currency, ordinary citizens "create money" using loans. Banks create money immediately they issue a loan facility. And banks' major source of income is from interest on the loans they give out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I already stated above, going to your future to bring money into today is essentially creating money- WEALTH CREATION, for</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. for both of you- when you pay back after having made more money with the loan!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Loans, when not judiciously used, can make the debtor financially enslaved, and many people have become slaves to their credit cards/lenders, especially in the developed world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>IT IS BUSINESS-SAVVY TO NOT LEND MONEY TO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT CREDIT-WORTHY</b></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: large;">You should only lend to people, money that you are personally willing to lose. And the Bible recommends not collecting interest on loans to the poor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Exodus 22: 25. "If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest. 26. If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset, 27. because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Leviticus 25: 35. "'If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. 36. Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you. 37. You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? ...who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">But most money lenders/banks NEVER lend money to the poor, talkless collecting interest from them!! <br />Or, who typically lends money to people that have no collateral and no regular job?! Hardly anyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A poor person is anyone that has no collateral, and/or no regular source of income, that will enable them pay back a loan (if given to them).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When you give to a poor person, YOU ARE NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING BACK IN RETURN, ditto when you lend money to them. In fact, you will be glad if the poor person pays back your loan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">From Genesis to Revelations of Jesus Christ, God is NOT against charging interest...GOD IS AGAINST CHARGING INTEREST TO POOR PEOPLE "WHEN" you give them a loan. But not everyone is poor!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wisdom is being able to build your "for-profit" money-lending business by either lending money to those who can afford to pay back with interest because they can, or that lends to the poor with no interest charged AT ALL. And if you can combine the two successfully, you are a superhuman economic genius!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Note; people like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus">Mohammed Yunus</a> of the <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2016/01/did-you-read-that-controversial-oxfam.html#more">Grameen microfinance bank/foundation</a> have successfully done it in the past. And there are now many business entities (for-profit, NGOs, and charities) focused on <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2015/03/my-review-of-book-poor-economics.html">eradicating poverty through lending to the poor</a> without interest charged.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Anyone can get a loan! Everyone should be given a loan once they ask for it!!"<br /><br />That is the slogan of TRUE MICROFINANCING (...not just the "rich" borrower- whether Islamic or not!!)!<br /><br />According to the father of Microfinance (Mohammad Yunus)- CREDIT/LOANS ARE A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON EARTH, ESPECIALLY WOMEN. <br />And they MUST be assisted maximally to getting out of poverty EVERY SINGLE TIME they show intent to.<br /><br />N.B: that is 100% Biblical/in conformity with what God commands in scriptures-<br />1. when people ask of you, borrow them.<br /><br />2. Do not take (compound/profit-making) interest from the poor with intent to crush and financially enslave them. Lifting them out of poverty should be your aim when you lend to them.<br /><br />That is also the aim of true MICROFINANCE BANKING SYSTEM. It does not claim to be "non-interest", but the interest charged is not to "maximize profit for a capitalist bank owner"...it is solely to:<br /><br />a) motivate the borrower to be financially accountable & disciplined<br /><br />b) cover the cost of the social business<br /><br />Moreover, the bank is owned by the borrowers anyway, just like your typical cooperative society!!!<br /><br />[You can read Yunus's books: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banker_to_the_Poor" target="_blank">BANKER TO THE POOR</a>, or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Building-Social-Business-Capitalism-Humanitys-ebook/dp/B003KK55DO" target="_blank">BUILDING A SOCIAL BUSINESS</a>, or <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creating-World-Without-Poverty-Capitalism/dp/1586486675" target="_blank">CREATING A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY</a>, for more.]</span></div>
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I once did a post on <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2014/10/day-26-go-on-cash-diet-how-to-go-3-days.html" target="_blank">how to live without spending cash</a>. And I have posts giving <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2014/10/101-ways-to-spend-less-cash-in-nigeria.html" target="_blank">101 tips</a> on spending less cash in Nigeria.<br />
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Now, the question is this- <b>IMAGINE YOU ARE PREVENTED FROM BUYING AND SELLING, HOW LONG CAN YOU SURVIVE WITHOUT SPENDING CASH?</b><br />
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In this post, I will show you examples of people who have lived many years without spending cash, with hope of helping us find ways of surviving without spending cash.<br />
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<i><b>The Moneyless Man</b></i>: A Year of Freeconomic Living by Mark Boyle is a first-person account of living without money. <br />
He has also written blogs, a book called ''The Moneyless Manifesto'', and merged his online Freeconomy community with the sharing website <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetbank" target="_blank"><b><i>Streetbank</i></b></a>.<br />
He is also working on establishing a physical Freeconomy village in the UK.<br />
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''The Man Who Quit Money'' by Mark Sundeen is a biography of Daniel Suelo, a man who has lived without money for over 14 years.</div>
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And there is <a href="http://livingwithoutmoney.org/about-the-film/about-heidemarie/" target="_blank">a film about Heidemarie Schwermer's</a> years without spending cash. The 2012 documentary film, ''Living Without Money'', documents the life of Heidemarie Schwermer.<br />
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Heidemarie published the book <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Sterntalerexperiment-Mein-Leben-ohne-Geld/dp/3570500160">Das Sterntalerexperiment – mein Leben ohne Geld</a> (“The sterntaler experiment – my life without money”)<br />
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<span data-offset-key="8o340-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Greenfield" target="_blank">Rob Greenfield</a> is another environmental activist and Food-waste recycling entrepreneur who lives mostly without spending cash.</span></span><br />
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<u>ONLINE COMMUNITIES THAT PLACE EMPHASIS ON RECYCLING AND SHARING, NOT CASH</u><br />
1. <b><a href="https://www.streetbank.com/splash?locale=en" target="_blank">Streetbank</a></b> founded by Sam Stephens and Ryan Davies in 2010, merged with Mark Boyle's Freeconomy organisation in 2014.<br />
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2. <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freecycle_Network" target="_blank">Freecycle</a>: </b>coordinates a worldwide network of "gifting" groups to divert reusable goods from landfills. It promotes the ''Gift Economy''. <br />
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3. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freegle" target="_blank"><b>Freegle:</b></a> some UK freecycle communities broke away to form Freegle. It also concentrates on encouraging recycling.<br />
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4. <u>Other BARTER Apps</u>: <a href="http://www.trademade-app.com/" target="_blank">TradeMade</a>, <a href="http://www.reuseitnetwork.org/" target="_blank">ReUseIt Network</a>, <a href="https://trashnothing.com/about?r=home" target="_blank">TrashNothing</a>, LetGo and BarterSugar.<br />
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5. <u>FOOD Apps</u>: <a href="https://toogoodtogo.co.uk/" target="_blank">TooGoodToGo</a>, <a href="https://olioex.com/" target="_blank">Olio</a>, <a href="http://www.unsung.org/" target="_blank">Unsung</a>, <a href="http://veggieswap.com/" target="_blank">Veggieswap</a>, and <a href="http://www.nofoodwasted.com/en/" target="_blank">NoFoodWasted</a>, <br />
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6. <u>SKILLS</u>: <a href="https://www.skillshare.com/" target="_blank">Skillshare,</a> <a href="http://www.sharingskills.eu/" target="_blank">SharingSkills</a> <br />
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<a href="https://www.justpark.com/creative/sharing-economy-index/" target="_blank">Justpark</a> is a website that catalogues a lot of other companies in the sharing economy including Swapdom, Gifteng, Ask&Give, Ditto Reuse, Gomi Co. <br />
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You can also check out <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Live-Without-Money" target="_blank">Wikihow's 5 ways to live without money</a>.<br />
Some of the ideas include:<br />
a) Sharing accommodation with others, and/or house-sitting for people.<br />
b) Hitchhiking, carpooling or using a bicycle.<br />
c) Living in caves, in tree-houses, in caravans.<br />
d) Trade-by-Barter and utilizing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharing_economy">sharing economy</a> (which some experts refer to as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uberisation">Uberization</a>).<br />
e) Grow your own food.<br />
f) Learn some basic home-keeping skills such as knitting, sewing, carpentry, plumbing, gardening, etc.<br />
g) Start slow, find a community of like-minded people and then move to a place where the weather is more predictable.<br />
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<u>WHAT COMMON THREAD RUNS THROUGH IT ALL</u><br />
1. It is easier to live without money in rural areas than in a city. There is more peace in countrysides.<br />
2. You must give up your desire for materialism, and the need to use possessions to show ''success''. Quit the rat race.<br />
3. Value every single human being; place emphasis on relationships- quality, loving relationships.<br />
4. Life is about constructive interdependence, not competitive independence.<br />
5. Live day to day- no worries about the future; denying you the joy, and blinding you to the blessings of today.<br />
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I look forward to hearing your own story of how you tried any of the above methods in not spending cash for days at a stretch. Or, if you have a unique method that has worked for you- not listed here, please share with me. <br />
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Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-69113950381107753812018-08-05T11:53:00.000+01:002018-08-05T12:22:51.875+01:00I AM BACK TO BLOGGING FULL TIME...BUT WITH A NEW VISION!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am back full-time! </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am sure some will wonder where I went to in the first place (to be back). I quit active blogging exactly two years ago.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It has also been two (2) years now since the folding up of Credicoins Ltd- the FINTECH start-up I co-founded. I talked about <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2016/08/i-contemplated-suicide-too-my-heartfelt.html" target="_blank">how suicidal I felt</a> at failing back then. And I practically gave up blogging personal finance or pursuing entrepreneurship- even when some family, friends and former shareholders tried to encourage us to restart.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><u>WHAT I HAVE BEEN UP TO</u></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Since that time, a lot has happened...(and I will be making posts on all these over the next few weeks).</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1. I got <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2016/05/i-didnt-want-to-get-married-until-i.html" target="_blank">married</a>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">2. I went back fully to practicing Medicine, with intentions to travel to the UK.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">3. I continued assisting people intending to travel abroad with (correcting) their <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2016/08/i-have-decided-to-quit-blogging.html#more" target="_blank">IELTS essays</a>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">4. I still tried my hands on making money online- <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2014/10/yes-i-took-1-to-over-250-in-forex-in-5.html" target="_blank">Forex trading</a> and VFL <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2014/11/how-you-can-make-05-to-10-per-tradebet.html" target="_blank">Sports-betting</a> which I mentioned <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2016/10/mmm-making-money-online-20162017-gift.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">5. I got a call to prophetic ministry exactly a year ago (-we are the last generation before Christ returns). And the core Prophecy I was given is: THE WORLD WILL ATTEMPT A FULLY CASHLESS SOCIETY, ONLY THE CHURCH WILL TRULY ACHIEVE IT. My social Media accounts are primarily for that now. And at the moment, I reach out...through social media.<br /><br />I am to assist in helping the Church achieve it, also preparing as a member of the Church, myself.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">6. Just before the call to ministry, though, I was about to register an NGO- ''Believers' Needs''. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then I heard this vision to- <br />REDUCE WASTE,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">REDISTRIBUTE EXCESS,</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ELIMINATE LACK! </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was glad thinking that the vision was for the NGO, but then came the call, and specific instructions that the vision was for the Church scattered all over the globe. That is my life mission now.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7. As always, a prophet has no honor in his own home/family. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In Nigeria, if you claim to be called by God, and you are not starting a ''<a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2014/10/why-i-also-dont-tell-christians-to-pay.html" target="_blank">Tithes-collecting</a> denominational ministry'', you are a fool! But things are beginning to change.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">8. CASHLESSNESS is unavoidable. The question is- ''On which side of the divide will you be?" <br /><br />Even before my call, our startup Credicoins, was a FINTECH idea based on cashlessness. So, I am still promoting cashlessness...but from the other side.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u>I WILL NOW BE BLOGGING PERSONAL FINANCE, BUT WITH A NEW VISION</u></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />There is a whole lot to say. However, I do not promise to post an article daily. But I will do at least three weekly.<br /><br />The new vision, as I have stated above, is to learn (and teach people) to <b>REDUCE WASTE</b>, then <b>REDISTRIBUTE THE EXCESS</b>, in order to <b>ELIMINATE LACK</b>.<br /><br />New tags will include: CASHLESSNESS; REDUCING WASTE; REDISTRIBUTING EXCESS; ELIMINATING LACK; CYCLES & PATTERNS. And I will also be adding those tags to former posts relevant to them.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Join me as I restart this journey of preparing the Church for the CASHLESSNESS ahead, and pulling her out of Babylon.<br /><br />We should be ready in <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2014/10/7-simple-steps-to-becoming-expert-on.html" target="_blank">three (3) years</a> from now (just as my former vision was to be a foremost personal finance blogger in 3 years).</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">N.B: Some religious folks when they hear/see the word ''CHURCH'' they only think of ''Christian denominations'' e.g Catholic, Redeemed, Winners, Jehovah's witnesses, Christian science, Lutheran, Methodist, etc.<br /> <br />In fact, exactly a year ago (August 2017), I was kicked out of a private Facebook Technology and Entrepreneurship group for stating that I needed partners for the vision (above) and it was to be a startup for Christians.<br /><br />Think about it, do you determine the target audience of an entrepreneur's idea for him...especially at the beginning?<br /><br />When Zuckerberg <a href="https://www.sijinius.com/2015/02/how-to-build-billion-dollar-internet.html" target="_blank">started Facebook</a> as The Facebook, he intended it to be for connecting University and college students. Now, see how big it has become.<br /> </span></span></span></span><br />
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Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-31757756290920041322018-03-10T09:16:00.000+01:002018-08-04T17:00:44.865+01:00 YOU WANT TO BE VERY RICH AND POWERFUL, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO TAX PEOPLE REGULARLY!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Automated Repetition" is the key wealth- whether via violence/force, manipulation, deception, or simple capitalism.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pastors of denominations lord it over their members via monthly/quarterly/annual tithe and firstfruit taxes.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH CONTROL YOU HAVE OVER ANYBODY ON EARTH, ASK THEM TO GIVE YOU THEIR MONEY REGULARLY- whether Google, Apple, Microsoft, Vatican, RCCG, FG of Nigeria, MTN, Spectranet, etc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">And that is how to be rich and powerful on earth- no sweat!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is easy for a revival movement to quickly loose steam and descend into religious denominationalism as men replace the Spirit with laws and regulations and manipulation and violence and taxes and deceit.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If Martin Luther were to come to Lutherian churches today, he would most definitely be disappointed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If John Wesley were to come to Methodist churches, he would be ashamed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, Christianity was hijacked by the false Church around the 3rd century as it was replaced by a religio-political organisation. Now, it is no longer about the Spirit dwelling in and controlling each person, but about denominational laws and taxes to promote religio-political empires.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But God is not mocked. He has kept the true Church through it all. THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IS NOT A RELIGIO-POLITICAL ORGANISATION!!! It has never been, it will never be.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is fine if anyone wants to use Christ's name to make a name for themselves and be earthly rich and powerful and influential- controlling the destiny and millions of billions. (We have different motives for preaching the gospel.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Moreover, it is easy to make billions, even while you sleep- you don't need to use the gospel to be a billionaire. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">But remember that you will give an account for taking God's name in vain money-cum-power mongering.</span></span><br />
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sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14015757955812681605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-89142477490758704762017-12-18T20:28:00.000+01:002017-12-21T01:44:54.084+01:00HASHGRAPH, NOT BLOCKCHAIN, DETERMINES THE FUTURE OF MONEY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Pretty excited about what I just discovered about the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)- the technology underlying cryptocurrencies such as <a href="http://www.sijinius.com/2014/11/making-money-as-net-currency-exchanger.html" target="_blank">Bitcoin</a>, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc.<br /><br />I got this from Mike Maloney's <a href="https://goldsilver.com/hidden-secrets/" target="_blank">Hidden Secrets of Money</a> episode 8 (I have <a href="http://www.sijinius.com/2015/10/when-it-comes-to-spending-and-borrowing.html" target="_blank">mentioned</a> this series before)- a documentary about his journey understanding (and investing) in the Cryptocurrency Revolution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /><br />I have also <a href="http://www.sijinius.com/2016/01/how-to-achieve-your-financial-goals.html" target="_blank">talked about Blockchain technology</a> and -the commonest application built upon the open source code- Cryptocurrencies, of which we have over 100 now.<br /><br />However, I was disillusioned by the fact that instead of Bitcoin replacing Fiat currencies, it only became a speculative tool, spurning lots of ''altcoins'' such as Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Earthcoin, Fastcoin, etc. This is mostly because of the limitations and weakness of its Proof-of-Work consensus model, chief of which is difficulty in scaling it. We now have direct (hard fork) splits such as Bitcoin cash and Bitcoin gold, in a bid to make up for the slowness of transactions.</span><br />
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Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-59027541625299364482017-08-10T03:00:00.000+01:002017-11-06T17:24:54.075+01:00ALL MONEY IN THE CHURCH IS FOR THE POOR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As I earlier showed, there is no place in all of scriptures where the poor are commanded to give. The Bible consistently tells the rich and comfortable to give to the poor- from Genesis to Revelations (Deut 15:7-11, Prov 11:25, 19:17, Ps 37:21, 112:9, Matt 19: 21, Luke 8: 38, 2Cor 9:1-5, 1 Tim 6:17-19).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Unlike what some pastors will have us believe, THE POOR ARE NOT POOR BECAUSE THEY DO NOT GIVE (neither is poverty a sin)!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Moreover, we know that the church is one globally- only limited geographically. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">[Let me lay some foundation first.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">THE POOR is anyone who does not have a regular source of income, or no income at all due to circumstances beyond their control, and is therefore unable to meet their basic needs! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">From that definition, it is obvious that THE RICH are those who have a regular source of income and are thus able to meet their basic needs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</b>Generally, ‘’Giving’’ in the Bible simply means THE RICH ASSISTING THE POOR FOR SURVIVAL/EQUALITY OF RESOURCES AMONG HIS PEOPLE! Deut 15:7-11, Deut 16: 17, Deut 26:12, 2Cor 8: 13-15, 2Cor 9: 7. <br />
<br />And everywhere the specific word/commandment to ‘’give’’ appears, it is to be done personally, as God has blessed/enabled the giver. <b>WE ARE NOT TO STEAL OR BORROW</b> (including using credit cards, loans, etc) <b>IN ORDER TO ‘’GIVE’’</b>. We have no such example in scriptures.<br />
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</b>Moreover, God can sometimes DIRECTLY command a person or his people to give for a particular purpose/cause, different from the general command to give to the poor, for example:<br />
<br />1. <b>Sacrificial giving to show our love for and/or obedience to God</b>; Gen 22: 1-18 (Abraham), 2Sam 24: 18-25 (David), 2Chrn 1: 6 (Solomon), Matt 19: 16-22 (The rich Jew) <br />
<br />2. <b>Building of the tent of meeting/temple</b>; Exo 35:5, 36:6; 1Chro 29: 6-7; Ezra 1: 1-6<br />
<br />3. <b>Tithes and Offerings under the law</b>; <b>BURNT</b> (Lev 1:3), <b>MEAL/meat of firstfruits</b> (Lev 2:1-14), <b>PEACE</b> (Lev 3:1), <b>SIN</b> (Lev 4:3), <b>TRESPASS</b> (Lev 5:6), <b>FIRSTFRUITS</b> (Lev 23:10), <b>TITHES</b> (Lev 27: 30-32, Num 18: 24-28, Deut 12: 6-17)<br />2 Chrn 31:12<br />
<br />4. <b>Widow from Sidon</b> that was saved from death by sharing her last meal with the prophet; 1kings 17: 7-16, Luke 4:26.<br />
<br />In each case, the giver is enabled and the provision available ahead of the specific command. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the New Testament, THE CHURCH IS ONE FAMILY…. Our whole lives belong to him (Rom 14:7-8) therefore, believers give 100%, or no percentage of cash, time, and resources (Acts 4:34)! <br />
<br />God does not need our money or any burnt/seed/peace offerings. Our giving is simply to help poor Christians in need, and when we do that, we have given to the Lord (Matt 25:34-40).<br />
<br />The Church has only ONE goal- PREACH THE GOSPEL AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF THE SAVED.<br />Therefore, all the money the church administration gets is to be channelled into doing that. <br /><br />How? <br /><br />By taking care of the basic needs of the poor amongst us- spreading earthly resources equally…NOT BY ACCUMULATING CASH IN BANK ACCOUNTS OR OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY OF OPULENCE AND EXTRAVAGANCE BY SOME!!!<br />
<br />It might require us raising money to buy buses, or build edifices; it might require us starting schools, publishing books or having other for-profit businesses, but it is never about all those- IT IS STRICTLY ABOUT MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE CHURCH! It is NEVER about financially exploiting one another or enriching a few!! The monies given do not belong to the ‘’church owner or founder’’, but the church. Therefore, there has to be accountability.<br />
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<b>Who are poor Christians?<br />
</b>Like I have shown above, the poor include anyone in the body of Christ that circumstances have made poor for the time being, on earth. [Spiritually, we have all being made rich in Christ Jesus. 2Cor 8:9]<br />
<br />1. FULL-TIME MINISTERS OF GOD WITHOUT ANY REGULAR SOURCE OF INCOME OR INVESTMENT<br /><br />2. ORDINARY CHURCH MEMBERS WITHOUT A JOB/HAVING DIFFICULTY IN GETTING A JOB<br /><br />3. CHURCH MEMBERS WHO CANNOT MEET BASIC NEEDS INCLUDING THE DISABLED, WIDOWS, ORPHANS, ETC.<br />
<br />These are the people the church administration has a duty to cater for with whatever monies people give. When they help the poor, the Lord will meet their wider needs of enlargement and growth.<br />
<br />There is no such thing as tithing, firstfruits, seed sowing, etc and other such requirements under this Grace dispensation because we are not Jewish farmers practising Judaism. Christians are not cursed, and cannot be cursed. (Gal 3: 10-14)!<br /><br />Moreover, every believer has the Spirit of God in them, and he leads us individually. He expects us to give to the poor as we purpose in our hearts, regularly and cheerfully. If there is a ‘’specific giving command’’ for a project, or the Holy Spirit instructs us to support any God-ordained full-time minister or ministry regularly, then we should do that because he is our Lord and we love him.<br />
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<br />Due to inequality and economic circumstances or natural disasters, some churches, say in Lagos, will be so rich and comfortable while another church, e.g in Maiduguri, Borno state, will be poor. Are the Lagos church supposed to start accumulating money and building fanciful auditoriums, with their pastors and leaders living like celebrities and corrupt politicians, while other members of the body are languishing? No! <br />
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<b>TODAY, MANY CHRISTIANS GIVE AS A FORM OF COVETOUSNESS<br />
</b>Giving has obviously been abused- now redefined and transformed into compulsory man-made doctrines/instructions for Christians such as ‘’tithing of salary/cash’’, ‘’sowing’’ of currency or cars, ‘’firstfruits/first salary’’, etc…including openly collecting such from unbelievers, thieves, kidnappers, corrupt civil servants and politicians, among others.<br />
<br />Now that we know who a poor person is, who should give and why we should, anyone who STILL continues to ‘’give’’ because they do not want to be cursed by God is definitely not a Christian. Anyone who ‘’sows’’ in order to become a millionaire/billionaire, or to show off or force God to ‘’bless them’’ (when God did not directly instruct them to give) is simply covetous- a spiritual lottery player. <br />We have no such practice as true believers!<br />
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<br />2. Poverty is not a sin or curse but a state, physically caused by circumstances beyond the poor’s control.<br />
<br />3. Giving in scriptures generally refers to helping the poor and God does not command the poor to give. But God can specifically ask us to give for a particular purpose, having already enabled us ahead for the instruction.<br />
<br />4. In the New Testament, the only biblical reason for giving money in the Church is to assist all poor members survive by having their basic needs met. Anything apart from that has no eternal value, distracting from our main focus.<br />
<br />5. Anyone who still continues to ‘’give’’ because they do not want to be cursed by God is definitely not a Christian. <br />
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<br />THERE ARE STREET BEGGARS IN NIGERIA WHO HAVE 2 WIVES AND 3 HOUSES IN THEIR HOME TOWNS.<br />
<br />THERE ARE WIDOWS WHO INHERITED BILLIONS FROM THEIR LATE SPOUSE, LIVING LIKE PAUPERS.<br />
<br />THERE ARE MEN OF GOD AND MINISTRIES WHO ARE PHYSICALLY RICHER THAN DANGOTE AND ALL HIS COMPANIES COMBINED, STILL ASKING FOR MORE MONEY.<br />
<br />THERE ARE JOBLESS YOUTHS WHO DRIVE CARS AND HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS WITH MILLION IN THEM, WHO HIDE THEIR WEALTH.<br />
<br />Giving cash to these as a means of ‘’helping the poor’’ is a waste of money (Prov 22:16).<br />
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</u></b>Biblically, giving to the poor simply means giving to those in OBVIOUS need! It means meeting the needs of someone who cannot meet that particular need of theirs on their own. Or, using what you have to bless someone who needs that thing, but does not have it.<br />
<br />Typically money can (be used to) answer all things [Eccl 10:19], so we think of money when we hear ‘’Give’’. And the OBVIOUSLY poor are those who lack cash….<br />
<br />However we can also directly give a gift, a service, a loan, your time, idea, a cup of coffee or water, a place to sleep, prayers, or any other thing we have been blessed with and can bless others by.<br />
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</u></b>1. <b>VERBAL REQUEST</b> <br />(Matt 7:7-8: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.) <br />
<br />Most times, you will receive a direct request from them or from the MOG. This is the commonest way to know those in need.<br />
<br />However, this can be deceptive- covetous people, who already have enough, often verbally ask from others simply to have more, not because they need it. And many street beggars, widows or full-time ministers of God are not poor people.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />a. Abraham got a son after he entertained strangers who happened to be divine (Gen 18).<br />b. Rebekah got her husband after she gave water to a stranger by the well (Gen 24:10-28)<br />c. Dorcas who had died prematurely was resurrected because the people she had helped begged Peter to bring her back to life (Acts 9: 36-42). […Unlike when some other Christians die, and the people around them are so happy to be rid of rubbish.]<br />
<br />In the business world, this is called ENTREPRENEURSHIP. True entrepreneurship entails building a business from meeting a physical need we have been empowered/enlightened to meet. You might start a school, an NGO, a guesthouse, a restaurant, or a publishing house…in order to meet needs. If it is majorly ‘not-for-profit’, it is called SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP.<br />
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I once heard a Christian say that if poverty is the reason why Nigeria remains a religious country that has not “abandoned God” like many developed countries, then it is better we continue to be poor and have many poor Nigerians. </div>
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That is one of the most depraved and retrogressive reasoning I have ever encountered.</div>
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I shake my head when I see people open churches/denomination branches (because of tithes & offering to be collected)...if only they truly knew what it meant to be a Pastor.</div>
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Moreover, some think ''church'' is only about the spiritual needs of members alone. They do not truly know God and his ways.</div>
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The church is not a building or auditorium- but the body of believers meeting in any place. And any country that has true Christians in it progresses.... Why?<br />
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1. IN A TRUE GATHERING OF BELIEVERS NO ONE IS HUNGRY, HOMELESS, UNEDUCATED, JOBLESS, ETC!</div>
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In a true church, ALL NEEDS ARE MET. In other words, there is nobody who is hungry, there is nobody who does not have a place to sleep, and so on...regardless of how bad the economy of their resident country is.<br />
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Any country where companies and warehouses close down and are bought and converted to church buildings is a poor country. Church buildings are economic wastes. And such a country will have many jobless youths as well as church members.</div>
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2. YOU BUILD THE TRUE CHURCH- BELIEVERS, NOT PHYSICAL BUILDINGS!</div>
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You don't go about building church auditoriums if there is at least one person who does not have a place of abode. Why do you think God was angry at Israelites in Haggai 1: 1-4? Was it just because the temple was not built? No!<br /><br /></div>
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God was angry because they all had beautiful houses, and neglected to build his temple. You do not put the cart before the horse. You, settle every member's housing needs and see if you won't have an auditorium eventually. BUT EVEN TRUE CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ABOUT TEMPLES, SYNAGOGUES, AND EDIFICES. The Christian is the temple of God and that was why the early Christians met in their homes.<br /><br /></div>
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The Churches warned in Revelation 2-3 were all in (present-day) Turkey. The largest cathedral in Turkey (Hagia Sophia) first became a mosque and is now a museum. Some church buildings in China, UK, USA, etc which have not become relics have either been converted to mosques or to museums.<br /><br /></div>
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In Nigeria too, you can clearly see that pattern- beautiful structures erected as churches, and many warehouses/companies have been turned to church buildings. Such a country will definitely be in poverty with many poor church members because they now have "politicians" as pastors!</div>
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3. THE CHURCH EDUCATES BELIEVERS FIRST, NOT UNBELIEVERS.</div>
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A church should never build a school that is absolutely unaffordable/unattainable for the believers there, whereby it is unbelievers who ''can afford it''. It is an anathema to true Christianity unless of course, the school is not the denomination's.<br /><br /></div>
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You don't have “billionaires” in the church while some believers are hungry, jobless or homeless...unless you have ''politicians'', not pastors in charge. True Christians are not materialistic or trusting of their riches. They submit to God. 1 Tim 6: 17-19, Acts 4: 32-37, Acts 5: 1-11.<br /><br /></div>
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This was exactly what God proposed for the Jewish nation and it reflected/still reflects in Jews worldwide. IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A POOR/ENSLAVED/UNEDUCATED JEW- they took care of their own, and still do today in Judaism.<br />
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However, Christians are now the spiritual people of God and that covenant has passed over to them. So, why do Christians today care more about denominations -the politics, business and doctrines of division- than about Christ and the true church i.e Believers?!</div>
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4. GOD DOES NOT MEASURE BEING ''RICH'' BY EARTHLY MATERIALS ACQUIRED.</div>
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I see a brand of Christianity that measures wealth strictly by materialism. Those are the kind of people whose belly is their god and whose God is mammon. Phil 3: 19-20. A truly rich person is prosperous. True prosperity is not having stock portfolios, mansions around the globe, wife and girlfriends, a potbelly, etc. True prosperity is having all your needs met, in good health. Christians are prosperous because God, their father, meets their needs ALL THE TIME. Matt 6:8, 7: 11, 3 Jn: 2.<br /><br /></div>
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Even wealthy countries of the world understand that it is not materialism or mineral resources that make you rich, it is building a visionary system around the attitude and culture of hard work, accountability, merit and justice- whether or not you believe in God. Nature is governed by laws and Christians are not exempted.</div>
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5. CHRISTIANS ALWAYS INFLUENCE GOVERNMENT POSITIVELY</div>
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All through history, Christianity imparts societies positively. In fact, it was Christianity that influenced the welfare programs of developed countries. All developed countries that take care of every single citizen were either influenced by true Christians or they had Christians in government at some point in their history.<br /><br /></div>
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True Christians love everyone equally and act right because they are righteous. And they do good to all, particularly those of the household of faith. Gal 6:10.</div>
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6. THE PROPHETS AND TEACHERS ENSURE “THE NATION” DOES NOT BACKSLIDE OR ABANDON GOD</div>
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A wise man once prayed, “...give me neither poverty nor riches...otherwise, I may have too much and disown you saying, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonour the name of my God.” (Prov 30: 8-9)<br /><br /></div>
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Both riches and poverty can cause sin. Poverty particularly makes people desperate, not necessarily godly. The fact that you have many church-going people in a country does not make them a righteous nation of God-loving people.<br />
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When people truly know God and do his will, they will be prosperous and comfortable. It is the work of their prophets and teachers to ensure they don’t forget or abandon God, instead knowing more of him.</div>
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Putting people in poverty as a means to keeping them in tow is not only wicked, it is purely devilish.</div>
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The Pastor is a gift to the body of Christ who takes care of EVERY SINGLE MEMBER. A Deacon/Bishop is any Christian who aspires to lead a church of Christ (1 Tim 3:1). If you are not called and/or ready to do that, you have no business opening or leading a building/branch/parish/denomin<wbr></wbr>ation which you call church!<br /><br /></div>
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If you have accepted Christ as your lord and savior, you are a Christian and should behave Christ-like. Love God with everything you’ve got, everything you are; love your neighbor as yourself.</div>
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True Christians do not give God 10%- whether money, salary, time, heart or anything for that matter. True Christians give God 100% because he is their Lord, he owns all of it. Any doctrine that teaches Christians to only give God 10% (of their time/money/life) ''because he commands it'' is ignorant at best, or deceptively evil at worst.</div>
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God bless you as you move this country forward by being a true Christian.</div>
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Jihadist Terrorism will only worsen globally and spread with emigrating Muslims from UK to Canada, to the USA and continue all over the world, except the true solution is applied.<br />
Banning or hating them will not stem its tide.<br />
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WHY DOES TERRORISM SPREAD?<br />
Jihadists are able to effectively radicalise by invoking ''holy anger'' within ignorant, non-fanatical Muslims in non-Muslim countries, concerning the ungodly habits and lifestyle of the unbelievers, “infidels” living around them, correctly claiming that the Quran commands that all true Muslims fight for Islam and kill infidels anywhere they find them in order to get/enter Al Jannah.<br />
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What that means is that any and every Muslim in the world can potentially rise up to that call if and when such an anger sufficiently wells up in them.<br />
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So, what is the solution? The Quran!!!<br />
The same book that tells Muslims in at least 109 verses to fight (Jihad Sura 2: 216, 4: 74, 76) and subdue unbelievers till they either accept humiliation, convert to Islam, or are killed, is also the book that contains the solution.<br />
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1. THERE IS NO COMPULSION IN RELIGION. Sura 2: 256<br />
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2. JESUS CAME FROM GOD, OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, IMBUED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT; IS THE WORD OF GOD, MESSIAH, HOLY SON AND SHOULD BE BELIEVED/LISTENED TO. (Sura 2: 87, 2: 253, 5: 110-117, 19: 19, 4: 171, 3: 47-48)<br />
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3. JESUS NEVER SINNED NOR ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS ALL HIS LIFE. (Sura 3: 46, 6: 85-86, 19:19)<br />
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4. JESUS WILL DIE (be killed by the Romans) AND BE RESURRECTED BY GOD TO BE WITH HIM. (Sura 19: 30-35, 4: 157-158)<br />
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5. PROPHET MOHAMMED WAS NOT INFALLIBLE (neither was his sayings law -he was reprimanded for errors he made). ONLY GOD IS LAW MAKER, AND HIS WORD INFALLIBLE. (Sura 6: 114, 34: 50, 8: 67-68, 9: 43, 9: 113-114, 33:37, 66:1, 80: 1-11)<br />
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6. PROPHET MOHAMMED BELIEVED THE BIBLE (the Book) TO BE THE WORD OF GOD. (Sura 3: 3-4, 6: 114)<br />
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7. PROPHET MOHAMMED WAS TOLD TO REFER TO CHRISTIANS FOR SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING IF HE WAS IN DOUBT ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE BIBLE. (Sura 10: 94)<br />
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8. CHRIST FOLLOWERS WILL BE EXALTED ABOVE UNBELIEVERS TILL THE DAY OF RESURRECTION. (Sura 3: 55)<br />
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9. PROPHET MOHAMMED DID NOT AUTHORITATIVELY OR ASSUREDLY STATE WHERE HE WAS GOING AFTER DEATH, BUT JESUS IS SAID TO BE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN. (Sura 46:9, 4: 158) [Jesus did say where he was going after he left the earth in John 14: 2-4, 28, 16: 28]<br />
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Jesus is greater and higher than the prophet Mohammed, and even the Quran corroborates the fact. He came many years before him, died and resurrected, has ascended and is now with his Father, our Father in heaven.<br />
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Muslims are supposed to follow and obey Christ’s teaching, as recorded in the Book.<br />
So, why are Muslims not following Christ, instead killing Christians against the teaching of the Quran?<br />
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CONCERNING THE TRUMP/USA MUSLIM BAN<br />
Trump is calling for a selective Muslim ban and spewing Muslims-hate rhetoric. But Americans should ask themselves:<br />
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''How come the USA claims allegiance to and equally works with Israel and Saudi Arabia, yet those two nations can't stand each other?''<br />
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''How come Americans now fear, and want to ban Muslims but remains friends and does business with Saudi Arabia and has not banned one Saudi citizen even though most terrorists to have attacked the USA (including Osama bin Laden) are Saudi Citizens?''<br />
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''Why does the USA consider Iran a terrorist country, though with democracy and some practicing Christians, and does not so tag Saudi Arabia- a country without democracy which bans Christianity in all forms?''<br />
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''Is Islam as practiced in Iran, any different from that of Saudi Arabia? Why?''<br />
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''How come the USA claims to be a Christian country yet wants to be a secular state- ''separating state from religion'' -when in fact it knows that it's declaration of independence and constitution were founded on biblical principles?''<br />
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''Can capitalism and Christianity coexist, and where is the line drawn with conscience and good governance?''<br />
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“What is the bible’s universal stand on homosexuality, transgender and cross dressers, and other such liberal ideologies?”<br />
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THE SOLUTION<br />
The solution: Love rooted in, and guided by the true knowledge of Christ is the lasting solution to hate, terrorism and evil.<br />
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A ''CHRISTIAN NATION'' MUST SUBMIT TO THE BIBLE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS<br />
There is an identity crisis for many Christians and Christian nations today. By Christian nations, I mean countries/groups of people that believe in Christ and the Bible as God's word entirely relevant, complete and necessary for daily living, guidance and governance.<br />
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Nature abhors vacuum, and the lesser always gives way to the higher. If a nation rejects Christ and biblical principles for guidance, it must and has already unwittingly/wittingly accepted the immediate lower control.<br />
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THE WAY FORWARD<br />
True Christians can, and should no longer fold their arms, hoping and praying not to be killed in the next suicide explosion. They must actively apply the solution.<br />
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The true solution to all forms of terrorism is to ''exalt a higher knowledge and love way of life'' above hate, violence and murder, and show it actively and unbiasedly.<br />
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You cannot defeat Jihadist terrorism with fire-for-fire, bomb-for-bomb, violence-for-violence, hate-for-hate, or ban-for-ban.<br />
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Already, the Quran itself tells Muslims to follow and listen to Christ. And if they are as forceful as this in defending what they believe in and yet err, then I wonder why you are not following Christ yourself.<br />
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May the nations of the world get wisdom.<br />
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[*You can check up all quoted verses of the Quran, English translation, at: www.hti.umich.edu/k/koran]</div>
Sijiniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07490492449983707771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147198856718213398.post-67761706759331778232017-05-19T23:55:00.000+01:002017-06-13T20:07:38.581+01:00If God Were To Destroy Nigeria Today, Will he find 10 Righteous People In It To Save It?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let me start my soliloquy with some rhetorical questions to guide the reader...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. Which is the most important law of all the laws that guide a man's earthly life: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Morality law, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Justice, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Spiritual law, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Business/corporate Law, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sowing and reaping (Agricultural) law, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Medical/Pharmaceutical/Accounting profession association Law (if a Medical doctor, Pharmacist or Accountant respectively), </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Law of wealth and physical prosperity, etc?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. Does material success necessarily equate to true success and approval before God?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3. Does the desire and need for survival/success justify twisting laws and bending rules, or even out-rightly breaking them?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4. Is there one law that supersedes, overrides or kind of supervises other laws altogether? <br /><br />5. If we obey that one law, do we need to obey the others? Or, is it possible to obey that law and in so doing break other laws?<br /><br />Let us begin....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <u><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A country of many corrupt Christians and Muslims; where some are above the law</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nigerians are very religious- we believe in God. The average person is either a Christian or a Muslim, with very very few Agnostics and Atheists. Yet the country is riddled and ridiculed by corruption. People twist laws and bend rules to suit themselves in the name of ''survival'' (<i><b>man must chop</b></i>).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most are of the opinion, at least their actions and inactions show, that as long as you ''make it'' (-have cars, build mansions, show opulence etc), it is ok to be corrupt. In other words, it does not really matter how you get wealth, as long as you get it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some even believe that as long as you give alms or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakat" target="_blank">Zakat</a> to the poor, or <a href="http://www.sijinius.com/2014/10/why-i-also-dont-tell-christians-to-pay.html" target="_blank">pay your ''tithes''</a> and offering from the stolen/ill-gotten wealth, God accepts it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Has a law been broken? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Who cares?! <i>Na law we go chop</i>? (meaning: ''can the law put food on my family's table?'')</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When past leaders and heads of state are actually immune to prosecution from past misdeeds, how does such a society move forward?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <u><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oft in Nigeria, aberration is norm, and the norm is an aberration</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nigeria is a country where an organisation or association of professionals can just set their own rules on the go, regardless of other universally accepted norms and standards. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For example, the council regulating professional pharmacy practice (against international health standards) has over the years allowed non-pharmacist investors such as rich industrious Igbo men to open and operate community pharmacies with junior pharmacists fronting for them. And that was fine for reasons best known to them. But then they felt it was no longer necessary or judicious, so they changed their law midway to effectively exclude non-pharmacists from owning and controlling community pharmacies, no matter how rich. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, there is no problem with doing that going forward, but what of the others you presently allow to continue flouting the law? Are they immune or above the new law? Should we continue to do things based on whims and sentiments of bigotry or need for supremacy?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In Nigeria, a government parastatal or official can decide to institute outrageous and illegal practices in respect to awarding contracts and setting policies without recourse to best practice, or the laws of civil service. The leaders do not care about vision, or national progress, or for future generations. We mostly do things for the now- eat, build a house and enjoy today.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <u><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pastors and other men of God who ask for, and collect tithes have fallen for the first temptation</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have already seen how that many religious people in Nigeria go to places of worship and give offerings/alms, yet the country is steep in corruption and lawlessness.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What is wrong in asking for and collecting tithes as a pastor? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">EVERYTHING!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Luke 4: 3-4 (KJV)<br />And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.<br />And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The devil's first temptation of Jesus after he got spiritual power for his divine mandate was- Abuse the power of God to meet your earthly needs and physical materialism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Let us analyse that temptation more closely, why does the bible consider it a temptation?<br />1. The devil recognised that Jesus is the Son of God. Luke 3:22, 4:3<br />2. The devil recognised that Jesus had just received spiritual power for ministry. Luke 4: 1-2<br />3. And he recognised that Jesus was physically hungry. Luke 4: 2<br /><br />Then, he asked Jesus to abuse his authority and power in meeting an urgent physical need he had- hunger.<br /><br />Is it ok to be hungry? Yes!<br />Is it true that we will have needs? Yes!<br />Are we to meet our needs/satisfy our earthly desires with the spiritual power given to us? No!<br /><br />Any pastor who cannot trust God to meet his needs, but will instead levy a monthly "tax" on the people of God by lying to them that they are mandated to <a href="http://www.sijinius.com/2014/10/why-i-also-dont-tell-christians-to-pay.html" target="_blank">pay "tithes"</a>, and are in fact cursed if they don't, will be judged by God based on falling for the first temptation.<br /><br />It takes more than bread to really live. Yes, it takes more than cash to be prosperous, just as it takes more than a certificate/diploma to be successful. It takes God to live and be successful eternally.<br /><br />The spiritual law that guides our lives is the most important of all.<br /><br /><u>God's approval matters most</u></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are seeking human or earthly approval, you are in the wrong path. And I have been there.<br /><br />Chasing all these things pale in comparison to his will for us, seeking and obeying it.<br />And he will add all <u>these</u> things to us, but first we must chase righteousness- doing the right thing always.<br /><br />When he comes to judge the earth at his second coming will you be one of the righteous souls?<br /><br /><u>So, are there 10 righteous people in Nigeria?</u><br />Do we have enough people doing the right thing within the shores of this country, enough to ''save it'' from impending doom? Gen 18: 17-33<br /><br />The last time God destroyed the earth, there were 8 righteous souls in it- Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives. Gen 6: 9-13.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He does not destroy or permit the destruction of any civilisation of people if there are at least 10 righteous people in it.<br /><br />Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach. Prov 14:34.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> My prayer is that God will raise more righteous men and women in Nigeria and indeed, all over the world- regardless of what they presently call themselves- Atheist, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jehovah's Witness, Scientist, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>Rapture means ''withdrawal of the righteous''</u><br />At rapture, the righteous of the earth will be caught up with Jesus in the air. 1Thess 4: 16-17<br /> The minimum qualification to be ''rapturable'' is righteousness. For you to be righteous, you must believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, not works, not religion!<br /><br />Your actions must follow your belief, that is the real proof of belief. While you might act right without believing, you cannot believe and not act right. That is the true test of righteousness.<br /><br />Just as ''Giving'' is the true test of love (-you can give without loving but you cannot love without giving), ''Acting right'' is the true test of righteousness!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May we live out the righteousness in us. May our lives and nations progress because of it.<br /><br />Cheers!</span><br />
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