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IT IS IN THE VALLEY THAT I GROW

There is one thing that we all can be sure of, God is always at work. When you are at some crossroads in your life, when you are forced to face the trials and tribulations of life, when you are at the point of not knowing what to do you can always trust in God because He does.

Every one of us go through valley experiences in our lives, in fact these valley experiences are a part of life. Every time we go through these valley experiences we tend to wonder why God allows us to go through them.

In Psalm 23 David is speaking of a deep, dark valley where there seems to be no ray of light and you feel like you are not going to make it. But, valleys are not dead-end streets and the disappointments, frustrations, discouragements, and dilemmas of life although they are valleys, shouldn’t be classified as a disaster. David even refers to them as *a shadow* .

Nonetheless, I submit to you that the valley is the only route to our own personal promise-land; there is no alternate route. When the Egyptians chased the Israelites to the Red Sea there was no way for them to go around it. But God made a way for them to cross.

when we journey through the valley we must always keep in mind that God will make a way. We must always keep in mind that His grace, His leading, and His mercy will never fail. His way may not always be the same as the one we would have imagined. In other words, He may do the opposite of what we expect Him to do.

And sometimes inadvertently or otherwise we have acquired the habit of trying to tell the Lord exactly how we want Him to help us and ignore the fact that He knows just what to do. When we are journeying through the valley, we sometimes tend to question God’s timing and purpose. Here is an insightful story and and reflect....about the valley experience.

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If I always stayed on the mountain top. And never experienced pain, I would never appreciate God’s love

And would be living in vain.

I have so much to learn

And my growth is very slow,

Sometimes I need the mountain tops, But it’s in the valleys I grow.

I do not always understand

Why things happen as they do, But I am very sure of one thing. My Lord will see me through.

My little valleys are nothing

When I picture Christ on the cross. He went through the valley of death; His victory was Satan’s loss.

Forgive me Lord, for complaining. When I’m feeling so very low. Just give me a gentle reminder

That it’s in the valleys I grow.

Continue to strengthen me, Lord. And use my life each day. To share your love with others.And help them find their way.

Thank you for valleys, Lord

For this one thing I know

The mountain tops are glorious. But it’s in the valleys I grow!

Be blessed.

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*TEST FOR ALL PARENTS.*

*IF YOUR CHILDREN WERE TO STAY WITH OTHERS?*

*WILL THEIR HOSTS BE IMPRESSED?*

What a question. By the way, which hosts are we talking about here, and who is/are being hosted? Come with me…

There is something I discovered recently. I found out that many youngsters of today are offensively lazy and complacent.

They love the good things of life, but are too lazy to lift a finger to do anything meaningful to gain those things they desire. I have seen occasions where youngsters on vacation (or for some other reasons) who stayed briefly with family friends or relatives ended up painting their families black.

They gave their hosts the impression that they lacked home training and that their parents failed in their parenting duties.

Let me give a few illustrations here:

An 18 year old girl Julia, spending her semester break in the house of one of their family friends in another town does nothing but chat on her phone all day long. She comes out during meal time, eats her meals, dumps the plates in the kitchen sink and goes back to the room. In the morning she reluctantly joins in the family morning devotion, after which she goes back to bed till the later hours of the morning – when the owners of the house would have gone to work and the nanny would have done the whole house chores. She takes her bath, dresses up, goes to the kitchen for her breakfast and thereafter retires to her room till the next meal time. Wonderful, isn’t it?

Nath, 21 years old is waiting for his call up letter to go for the National Youth Service. In the time being, he is staying with his maternal aunt and her family. Nath would follow up with all the soap operas and football matches on the television from day to day. He stays up till long after midnight watching Zee World or chatting online. The aunt’s husband washes his car by himself every morning, while Nath sits at the balcony watching him and smiling at invincible beings on his phone. Of course, he has no business with the kitchen except to go and drop the plates he used to eat in the kitchen sink. Saying thanks to the owners of the house after eating was an honour too hard for him to give. He dominates family discussion times and gives the impression that he is well read and highly knowledgeable. Even the presence of visitors and friends of the family does not make him to be a little courteous in his contributions.

17 year old Tenny went to write her post-UTME in another town. Her parents begged one of their friends in that town to allow Tenny stay with them for the two weeks she would be there. The family readily agreed. The mother of the house works from home while the husband goes to work outside their home. The couple has 3 children ages 8, 6 and 4 years respectively. The family has no domestic servant, so the mother of the kids did all the house chores.

Tenny would stay in the living room watching television or in her room with her phone while the woman is cooking in the kitchen. After eating Tenny would wash only the plates she used to eat and leave the rest in the sink for her hostess to wash. Some mornings she would take the broom and sweep only the room where she was staying and leave the rest of the house unswept.

She never bothered to assist the woman in getting the kids ready for school in the morning, neither did she ever think of helping them to do their home work in the evenings. On two or more occasions the woman left Tenny in the house and went to market to buy food items for the family. When she came back, Tenny opened the door for her, murmured a kind of greeting and promptly returned to her room and closed the door. The woman had to go downstairs to pick the remaining shopping bags where the taxi dropped them, unpacked the items she purchased and hurried to clear the plates used in the morning and left in the kitchen. After that, she had to prepare lunch before rushing out to pick her children from the school.

All the while Tenny was with her phone in the room. Throughout her stay in that house Tenny never cleaned the bathroom or the toilet she was using, never helped the woman to wash her children’s clothes nor assisted in any domestic work.

There are several other examples, but I think these few will suffice. In all these cases, do you think that the hosts of these youngsters were impressed or happy to have them around?

Does any of these young people represent your child? That is, do you think any of your children is likely to behave like any of them if given the opportunity to stay in another person’s house? If your children have any reason to be hosted for a period of time by another family, will their host miss them and wish they stayed longer or will they heave a sigh of relief when they (your children) finally leave their house?

Ponder on these and let us put heads together to make these wonderful children of ours beauties to behold and desirable folks to stay with. Note:

1. Give your children age-appropriate domestic tasks, even if you have a thousand and one domestic servants at home. It is sheer ignorance to think that doing everything for your children is a mark of honour or a way of bequeathing royalty on them.

2. Teach them to be useful and make their impact felt positively wherever they are found – in the school, place of worship, in another person’s home, etc.

3. Encourage your children to always leave a good impression wherever they go to; teach them to be courteous, respectful, friendly, cheerful and helpful.

4. Teach them good toilet manners – they must know how to keep the toilet neat for the next user, let them know that it is unacceptable to leave the bathroom floor and/or walls messed with soap, foam or any form dirt after bathing.

5. Teach your children the importance of taking good care of their body and their environment; whether they are at home or elsewhere. Remind them that responsible people don’t leave their rooms unkempt or their bed unmade when they get up in the morning; teach them to bath very well and smell fine always. It is unbearable to have a smelly young person around you; let them take care of their armpits, teeth, hair, nail, etc.

6. Teach your children to manage their used clothes and other personal belongings very well, whether in their home or elsewhere. It can be irritating to have dirty clothes or shoes, especially those of a visitor litter every corner of the house.

7. Let them pack their toiletries before leaving home. Your children should not depend on their hosts for their basic toiletries like soap, cream, tooth paste and other essentials.

8. Teach your children to dress well all the time, especially when they are spending time with another family. You probably allow your daughters to dress in bum shots and your sons to walk about with their chest bare in your home, but they may not be safe if they do so in another place. You may not know where a predator would lie in wait for a child.

9. Teach them good table manners; not the one recited in nursery schools rhymes. Teach them to chew with their mouth covered, not to make noise with the cutlery on their teeth, not to talk with their mouth full, etc.

10. Let your children know that washing only their own plates after eating is not a noble idea.

11. Remind your children that jumping into a conversation when adults are talking is a sign of being ill-mannered. Discourage this both in your home and elsewhere.

12. Help your children not to be social birds online and anti-social bugs offline. They should relate well with people around them, much more than they do with virtual folks they meet online. Please, discourage this idea of young people locking themselves in the room hours on end without communicating with anyone in the house – all because they are on phone.

13. Empower your children to uphold your family values wherever they are. But before then, make sure that your family values are credible, empowering, socially and morally beneficial.

14. Teach your children to control their appetite and learn to turn down certain offers, even when such offers come from people they know. And at home, it is not compulsory that they must taste everything they see someone eating. This will help them to take their eyes away from certain things when they are in other people’s home.

15. Always remind your children that they are the window through which the world sees you. If your children’s behavior outside is bad, the general consensus is that they lack home training. And since children are not meant to give themselves home training, it means that you failed as a parent.

16. Finally, make sure your children know God. Salvation is not hereditary; that you are godly or highly spiritual is not a guarantee that your children are saved. You must consciously and deliberately lead them to God

My fellow parents, let us try our best to make sure these children represent us well. I am sure you will feel good if you come to your children’s school and people are pointing at you as the parent of the best behaved child in the school. Won’t you?

Make sure your hosts and the hosts of your children are always impressed to have you and/or your children around.

Shalom!

*TIME FOR SOBER REFLECTION**TEST FOR ALL PARENTS.*

*IF YOUR CHILDREN WERE TO STAY WITH OTHERS?*

*WILL THEIR HOSTS BE IMPRESSED?*

What a question. By the way, which hosts are we talking about here, and who is/are being hosted? Come with me…

There is something I discovered recently. I found out that many youngsters of today are offensively lazy and complacent.

They love the good things of life, but are too lazy to lift a finger to do anything meaningful to gain those things they desire. I have seen occasions where youngsters on vacation (or for some other reasons) who stayed briefly with family friends or relatives ended up painting their families black.

They gave their hosts the impression that they lacked home training and that their parents failed in their parenting duties.

Let me give a few illustrations here:

An 18 year old girl Julia, spending her semester break in the house of one of their family friends in another town does nothing but chat on her phone all day long. She comes out during meal time, eats her meals, dumps the plates in the kitchen sink and goes back to the room. In the morning she reluctantly joins in the family morning devotion, after which she goes back to bed till the later hours of the morning – when the owners of the house would have gone to work and the nanny would have done the whole house chores. She takes her bath, dresses up, goes to the kitchen for her breakfast and thereafter retires to her room till the next meal time. Wonderful, isn’t it?

Nath, 21 years old is waiting for his call up letter to go for the National Youth Service. In the time being, he is staying with his maternal aunt and her family. Nath would follow up with all the soap operas and football matches on the television from day to day. He stays up till long after midnight watching Zee World or chatting online. The aunt’s husband washes his car by himself every morning, while Nath sits at the balcony watching him and smiling at invincible beings on his phone. Of course, he has no business with the kitchen except to go and drop the plates he used to eat in the kitchen sink. Saying thanks to the owners of the house after eating was an honour too hard for him to give. He dominates family discussion times and gives the impression that he is well read and highly knowledgeable. Even the presence of visitors and friends of the family does not make him to be a little courteous in his contributions.

17 year old Tenny went to write her post-UTME in another town. Her parents begged one of their friends in that town to allow Tenny stay with them for the two weeks she would be there. The family readily agreed. The mother of the house works from home while the husband goes to work outside their home. The couple has 3 children ages 8, 6 and 4 years respectively. The family has no domestic servant, so the mother of the kids did all the house chores.

Tenny would stay in the living room watching television or in her room with her phone while the woman is cooking in the kitchen. After eating Tenny would wash only the plates she used to eat and leave the rest in the sink for her hostess to wash. Some mornings she would take the broom and sweep only the room where she was staying and leave the rest of the house unswept.

She never bothered to assist the woman in getting the kids ready for school in the morning, neither did she ever think of helping them to do their home work in the evenings. On two or more occasions the woman left Tenny in the house and went to market to buy food items for the family. When she came back, Tenny opened the door for her, murmured a kind of greeting and promptly returned to her room and closed the door. The woman had to go downstairs to pick the remaining shopping bags where the taxi dropped them, unpacked the items she purchased and hurried to clear the plates used in the morning and left in the kitchen. After that, she had to prepare lunch before rushing out to pick her children from the school.

All the while Tenny was with her phone in the room. Throughout her stay in that house Tenny never cleaned the bathroom or the toilet she was using, never helped the woman to wash her children’s clothes nor assisted in any domestic work.

There are several other examples, but I think these few will suffice. In all these cases, do you think that the hosts of these youngsters were impressed or happy to have them around?

Does any of these young people represent your child? That is, do you think any of your children is likely to behave like any of them if given the opportunity to stay in another person’s house? If your children have any reason to be hosted for a period of time by another family, will their host miss them and wish they stayed longer or will they heave a sigh of relief when they (your children) finally leave their house?

Ponder on these and let us put heads together to make these wonderful children of ours beauties to behold and desirable folks to stay with. Note:

1. Give your children age-appropriate domestic tasks, even if you have a thousand and one domestic servants at home. It is sheer ignorance to think that doing everything for your children is a mark of honour or a way of bequeathing royalty on them.

2. Teach them to be useful and make their impact felt positively wherever they are found – in the school, place of worship, in another person’s home, etc.

3. Encourage your children to always leave a good impression wherever they go to; teach them to be courteous, respectful, friendly, cheerful and helpful.

4. Teach them good toilet manners – they must know how to keep the toilet neat for the next user, let them know that it is unacceptable to leave the bathroom floor and/or walls messed with soap, foam or any form dirt after bathing.

5. Teach your children the importance of taking good care of their body and their environment; whether they are at home or elsewhere. Remind them that responsible people don’t leave their rooms unkempt or their bed unmade when they get up in the morning; teach them to bath very well and smell fine always. It is unbearable to have a smelly young person around you; let them take care of their armpits, teeth, hair, nail, etc.

6. Teach your children to manage their used clothes and other personal belongings very well, whether in their home or elsewhere. It can be irritating to have dirty clothes or shoes, especially those of a visitor litter every corner of the house.

7. Let them pack their toiletries before leaving home. Your children should not depend on their hosts for their basic toiletries like soap, cream, tooth paste and other essentials.

8. Teach your children to dress well all the time, especially when they are spending time with another family. You probably allow your daughters to dress in bum shots and your sons to walk about with their chest bare in your home, but they may not be safe if they do so in another place. You may not know where a predator would lie in wait for a child.

9. Teach them good table manners; not the one recited in nursery schools rhymes. Teach them to chew with their mouth covered, not to make noise with the cutlery on their teeth, not to talk with their mouth full, etc.

10. Let your children know that washing only their own plates after eating is not a noble idea.

11. Remind your children that jumping into a conversation when adults are talking is a sign of being ill-mannered. Discourage this both in your home and elsewhere.

12. Help your children not to be social birds online and anti-social bugs offline. They should relate well with people around them, much more than they do with virtual folks they meet online. Please, discourage this idea of young people locking themselves in the room hours on end without communicating with anyone in the house – all because they are on phone.

13. Empower your children to uphold your family values wherever they are. But before then, make sure that your family values are credible, empowering, socially and morally beneficial.

14. Teach your children to control their appetite and learn to turn down certain offers, even when such offers come from people they know. And at home, it is not compulsory that they must taste everything they see someone eating. This will help them to take their eyes away from certain things when they are in other people’s home.

15. Always remind your children that they are the window through which the world sees you. If your children’s behavior outside is bad, the general consensus is that they lack home training. And since children are not meant to give themselves home training, it means that you failed as a parent.

16. Finally, make sure your children know God. Salvation is not hereditary; that you are godly or highly spiritual is not a guarantee that your children are saved. You must consciously and deliberately lead them to God

My fellow parents, let us try our best to make sure these children represent us well. I am sure you will feel good if you come to your children’s school and people are pointing at you as the parent of the best behaved child in the school. Won’t you?

Make sure your hosts and the hosts of your children are always impressed to have you and/or your children around.

Shalom!

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Words of wisdom on friendship

Before you call one a friend, think twice....some people are simply like ticks..they stick as friend to suck your best for their own gain...others are like terrolist remain cloose to get a chance to destroy your life...others are like moles they stick close to cut your roots for prosperity, others are like rose flower...they pretend to be sweet smelling when around but hurt you with their thorny words and behaviours....some are like cameleon...they fake their personality to take advantage of you. Choose your friends wisely but love and respect all people.

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Grand Walk Program episode on basic truths of relationships. The first episode of the upcoming series of healthy relationships. Follow and subscribe to my YouTube account( Stephen Kamores)

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You are a vessel of honour (Spiritual inspiration) visit my YouTube (Stephen Kamores) like it and then subscribe. Keep following the grand walk program to access more inspiring and empowering teachings.

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Welcome to the grand walk program. The episode focuses on the power of beliefs part 1. Let us walk the journey together. Visit and like my youtube ( Stephen Kamores) follow and access inspiring and life transforming teachings. Part 2 available.

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Win in Your Mind First

I would like to share with you about the power of beliefs. Beliefs are things that we choose to accept as facts. They are based on our perceptions of life. Your belief about who you are shapes your entire life. The power of beliefs is reflected in the fact that YOU have the ability to take any experience in your life and create a meaning that either empowers or disempowers you.

Unfortunately limiting beliefs hinder many people’s potential in life. If you don’t believe that you can do something, then you won’t. Not until you commit to shifting your limiting beliefs will you then be able to create the reality that you desire. What you believe to be true becomes true for you.

Beliefs create the maps that guide us toward our goals and give us the power to take action. The challenge is that most of our beliefs are generalizations about our past, based on our interpretations of painful and pleasurable experiences.

Often we are unconscious about what we believe and how those beliefs affect our actions. Our limiting beliefs can cause us to miss out on the things that we want most and our empowering beliefs can drive us toward to the life we want to live as illustrated in the story of the elephant below.

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

The highest levels of performance are empowered by the deepest levels of belief. Performing with belief is a critical factor for achieving success at anything in life. What you believe drives what you do, and what you do determines what you achieve. When your belief is strong, you perform smarter, better, and with greater resilience. This is true everywhere: business, career, education, faith, ministry, family, marriage, leadership and other personal relationships.

What you believe either empowers you or it limits you. Empowering beliefs pull your performance up; limiting beliefs pull your performance down. This is especially true under competitive pressure or in response to challenging situations. This is demonstrated in the Holy Scriptures the power of prayers is based on ones believe. We cannot receive what we don’t believe we God will provide. The key to God’s blessing is in believing in His power and promises. Mark 11:24

“ _Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you_ .”

The good news is that what you believe is your choice. Under pressure you rise or sink to the level of your belief. Challenging situations put pressure on your mental toughness. Talent is not enough. Physical training is not enough. You must be fully engaged mentally. In other words, you must believe. This is because the body follows the mind. The highest levels of performance require the deepest levels of belief. Victors win in their mind first.

Belief sees the invisible. It sees what has not yet been accomplished. Belief sees the goal, and it sees the path required to achieve the goal. The path is the work that must be done, and people who believe have a crystal clear vision that keep them focused in their daily life struggles. Because of their clarity of vision, they ignore distractions.

They ignore doubters. They do not concern themselves with what critics say. Because of their laser-like vision, people who believe win in their mind first. Our brother Paul in his epistle to the Christians in Corinth clearly illustrates the importance of having a vision and believing in it. In brief belief creates vision. 1 Corinthians 9:26

“ _Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.”_

Belief creates strength of will. Strength of will is the powerful alignment of uncommon commitment, relentless perseverance, and consistent discipline. Uncommon commitment is the will to do whatever the path requires. Relentless perseverance is the will to stay on-path for as long as necessary. Consistent discipline is the will to say no to anything that is off-path (Vision)

Strength of will is not about the commitment to start; it is about the commitment to continue. It is about the many “re-commitments” that are necessary to sustain the journey when it gets difficult, tedious, and painful. Belief is saying "I will" when it gets hard. It is the mindset that says, "I will do the work. I will grind. No matter how difficult, no matter how big the challenge, I will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes." Philippians 4:13

_“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”_

Belief creates resilience. Resilience is the ability to respond and bounce back from adversity. It is the capacity to navigate through challenges, difficulties, and setbacks. Belief doesn’t just survive adversity; it gets stronger because of it. Belief empowers people by giving them unshakable resolve. Belief is what animates the ability to respond to any situation with extraordinary toughness, tenacity, and determination.

When they believe, victors maintain an unwavering focus on what needs to be done in response to adversity. They do not waste attention, time, or energy complaining or worrying. They focus all their attention and energy on doing what needs to be done. They have a never quit, never give in, and never give up mindset.

When it gets harder, they get better. When difficult situations hit, belief does something very powerful: It sustains your vision and strengthens your will. It makes you stronger because of the adversity that you are forced to endure. You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.

Belief ignites and activates. Belief does one more thing that is unique in human performance. Belief unleashes you. Because it has laser focus, and because it burns through doubt and distractions, belief is the ignition that activates your ability to operate at max capacity. It gives you full access to your talent and ability. Belief is the trigger that empowers you to perform at the highest level.

Under competitive pressure, your belief determines how much access you have to your capabilities. Most people work very hard to develop capabilities, but sometimes fail to gain full access to those capabilities because doubt, distractions, and negative thinking hold them back. Again, under pressure you do not rise to the occasion; you rise or sink to the level of your belief.

If your beliefs are not allowing you to create the life that you want, it is time to make a shift and adopt a more positive belief system. The power of choice is a gift that many of us take for granted. Only you have the power to choose how you feel. If you are not happy with your life, change it. The power of beliefs is far reaching. You take control of your life when you choose empowering beliefs that support the vision and purpose for your life.

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WALK BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT

2 Corinthians 5:7

"For we live by faith, not by sight"

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A man’s daughter had asked the local minister to come and pray with her father. When the minister arrived, he found the man lying in bed with his head propped up on two pillows.

An empty chair sat beside his bed.

The minister assumed that the old fellow had been informed of his visit. “I guess you were expecting me,” he said.

“No, who are you?” said the father.

The minister told him his name and then remarked, “I saw the empty chair and I figured you knew I was going to show up,”

“Oh yeah, the chair,” said the bedridden man. “Would you mind closing the door?”

Puzzled, the minister shut the door.

“I have never told anyone this, not even my daughter,” said the man. “But all of my life I have never known how to pray. At church I used to hear the pastor talk about prayer, but it went right over my head. I abandoned any attempt at prayer,” the old man continued, “until one day, four years ago, my best friend said to me, ‘Johnny, prayer is just a simple matter of having a conversation with Jesus. Here is what I suggest…’”

‘Sit down in a chair; place an empty chair in front of you, and in faith see Jesus on the chair. It’s not spooky, because He promised, ‘I will be with you always.’ Then just speak to Him in the same way you’re doing with me right now.’”

“So, I tried it and I’ve liked it so much that I do it a couple of hours every day. I’m careful though. If my daughter saw me talking to an empty chair, she’d either have a nervous breakdown or send me off to the funny farm.”

The minister was deeply moved by the story and encouraged the old man to continue on the journey. Then he prayed with him, anointed him with oil, and returned to the church.

Two nights later the daughter called to tell the minister that her daddy had died that afternoon.

“Did he die in peace?” the minister asked.

“Yes. When I left the house about two o’clock, he called me over to his bedside, told me he loved me and kissed me on the cheek. When I got back from the store an hour later, I found him dead. But, there was something strange about his death. Apparently, just before Daddy died, he leaned over and rested his head on the chair beside the bed. What do you make of that?”

The minister wiped a tear from his eye and said, “I wish we could all go like that.”

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DON'T FORGET TO PRAY

Don't forget to pray today, because God did not forget to wake you up this morning.

When life is a challenge, pray. When life is awesome, pray.

Mornings are better when you talk with God first. The nights are peaceful when you talk with God last.

Pray not because you need something. But because you have so much to be thankful for.

The sweetest time of the day is when you pray. Why? Because you are talking with the one who loves you the most.

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