Thank You for All Your Best Wishes on My Birthday!

I give thanks, because I am very glad and grateful to the Almighty God for protecting and saving the beautiful and wonderful life He has given me to celebrate another birthday today. He has given me life and given me life abundantly in Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour and our Messiah.
To God and God alone be all the glory.

My special person and Nigerian sweetheart Roseline Philip woke me at about 2am with the following best wishes and prayers:

Just keep saying A-M-E-N!!!
=>SURPRISES
=>ELEVATION
=>PEACE
=>FAVOUR
=>SUCCESS
=>LONGLIFE
=>DIVINE HEALTH.
Happy birthday!!!

Followed by sweetheart Loveth Martins with the following:

May ur birthday let u create ur favourite kind of happiness 2 day&lend
u a reason 2 smile&see d glory of d lord in ur life&more yrs 2 com,hv
a wonderful &most beatiful day ever happy birthday.

Thank you Blog.Co.Uk for your Happy Birthday wishes to me.
Thank you Dapo Tinubu of Na Naija, Becky Muikia, Aloysius Raphael Onyejegbu, aka 2MS, my youngest brother Marvel Eke and many others on Facebook, Twitter and and offline.

You are already blessed and highly favoured and God will surely increase you abundantly and your own birthdays will be celebrated as well with many more happier returns for us.

Cheers and God bless you all.

My Happy Birthday song of praise is Don Moen's "Give Thanks"

Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son

Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son

And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich Because of what the Lord has done for us"

And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich Because of what the Lord has done for us"

Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son

Give thanks with a grateful heart
Give thanks to the Holy One
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son

And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich Because of what the Lord has done for us"
And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
Let the poor say, "I am rich Because of what the Lord has done for us"

Give thanks
We give thanks to You oh Lord
We give thanks.

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I thank you God for everything you are doing in our favour.
Thank you God for giving us Jesus Christ to be our Lord, Saviour and Messiah.
Jesus Christ is the Answer to our daily prayer.

Hold Tight

Friday, November 2, 2007

Hold Tight

"Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, unto which you are called."1

I checked the following story on snopes.com but it wasn't listed, so I can't confirm it either way. At any rate it makes an excellent parable. According to the story: "On a commuter flight from Portland, Maine, to Boston in 1987, the pilot heard an unusual noise near the rear of the plane. Henry Dempsey turned the controls over to the co-pilot and went back to check it out. As he reached the tail section, the plane hit an air pocket, and Dempsey was tossed against the rear door. He quickly discovered the source of the mysterious noise. The rear door had been improperly latched prior to take-off, and it flew open. Dempsey was instantly sucked out of the tiny jet.

"The co-pilot saw the red light that indicated an open door. He radioed the nearest airport requesting permission for an emergency landing. He reported that the pilot had fallen out of the plane and wanted a helicopter to search the area. After the plane landed, the ground crew found Dempsey holding on to the outdoor ladder of the aircraft. Somehow he had caught the ladder and held on for ten minutes as the plane flew 200 mph at an altitude of 4,000 feet, and then, when landing, he kept his head from hitting the runway, which was only 12 inches away. "

In today's pressured world it is very easy to be "sucked into" all sorts of temptations—which, if we give in to them, could easily destroy us. So we need to hold on tenaciously to eternal values and the eternal life that God has given to all who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Suggested prayer:

"Dear God, please give me the strength and courage to hold on to you, to my faith, and to eternal values no matter what trials and temptations may come my way. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus' name, amen."

1. The Apostle Paul (1 Timothy 6:12).

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