Joel Kwesi Baidoo

PRINCIPLES FOR HAVING A GOOD RETREAT 1 . Plan a retreat to cover at least 12 hours. 2 . Begin at 6:00 a.m. Remember in scripture most great events and ventures began early in the morning. 3 . Read the word of God for three hours (Neh. 9:3). 4 . Do praise and worship and prayer for at least three hours (Neh. 9:3). 5 . Shut yourself up in the presence of God. No visitors. (Neh. 9:2). 6 . Accompany your retreat with fasting (Neh. 9:1). 7 . Confession of sin should be an important part of any retreat. This leads to salvation, healing, deliverance, restoration, renewal and God’s providence and favour in your life (Neh. 9:2). 8 . There must be true repentance (Neh. 9:1-17; Neh. 9:4). MORE TITBITS ON RETREATS Any time you want to retreat know that the Lord wants to have an encounter with you. He puts a special burden on you to disassociate yourself from people so you can associate with Him in a profitable way. It is also a special moment in which you hunger and feel uncomfort...

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Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to face many a danger, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle. --Annie Besant            

How about ACHIEVING 101%? What equals 100% in life? Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions: If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Is represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26. If: H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K 8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98% And: K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E 11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96% But: A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E 1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100% THEN, look how far the love of God will take you: L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D 12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101% Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that: While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it’s the Love of God that will put you over the top

 Meditating on these hymnal words by W. D. Longstaff will do your life a great good. TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY 1 Take time to be holy, Speak oft with thy Lord; Abide in Him always, And feed on His word; Make friends of God's children, Help those who are weak, Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek 2 Take time to be holy, The world rushes on; Spend much time in secret With Jesus alone; By looking to Jesus, Like Him thou shalt be; Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see 3 Take time to be holy, Let Him be thy Guide, And run not before Him, Whatever betide; In joy or in sorrow, Still follow thy Lord, And, looking to Jesus, Still trust in His word 4 Take time to be holy, Be calm in thy soul, Each thought and each motive Beneath His control; Thus led by His Spirit To fountains of love, Thou soon shalt be filted For service above.

15 benefits of abstinence from Nancy Van Pelt's "Smart Love" 1. Abstinence before marriage helps prevent divorce. * John Kahn and Kathryn London studied 2,746 women in the National Survey of Family Growth and measured tho odds. The study, conducted over a twenty-year period, reported in a recent issue of the Journal of Marriage and the Family that virgin brides were less likely to end their marriage through divorce or separation than women who had not been virgins at marriage. How much less likely? The results are astonishing. Non-virgins have a divorce rate 53 percent to 71 percent higher than do virgins. 2. Abstinence before marriage helps prevent unnecessary breakups. 3. Abstinence before marriage prevents much sexual dysfunction for the female. 4. Abstinence before marriage prevents much sexual dysfunction for the male. 5. Abstinence before marriage assists in the prevention of cervical cancer. * One woman dies from cervical cancer every ten minutes in s...

    Service to God must not precede belief in God; neither must belief in God be replaced with service to God. MORE REASONS TO BELIEVE  • “When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that one day I would be writing a book purporting to show that the central claims of Judeo-Christianity theology are in fact true, that these claims are straight forward deductions of the laws of physics as we now understand them. I have been forced into these conclusions by the inexorable logic of my own special branch of physics”. - Frank Tipler (Professor of Mathematical Physics) *Tipler since has actually converted to Christianity, hence his latest book, The Physics of Christianity.  • “From the perspective of the latest physical theories, Christianity is not a mere religion, but an experimentally testable science”. - Frank Tipler  • “We are, by astronomical standards, a pampered...

A LONG WAY TO THE PROMISED LAND    There is a promised land for your life: where God wants to take you; what  God wants you to become and achieve. “Many are the plans in a man’s heart,” the Bible says, “nevertheless; the purpose of God shall stand.”    God’s purpose is always accomplished in the lives of His people. There is a defined end to the life you are living which exists in God’s mind. He is not only the architect of the world you are living in, but also of the life He has given you. That is why you are a steward. You are taking care of something which is not yours. You are handling something which is actually God’s.    The owner of a thing has more interest in it than its steward. I know you want to succeed. You want to make it big in life. Right? Yes. The good news, however, is that God is more excited and enthusiastic about your progress and accomplishment than you think.    This scripture will shock you. “Not that I...

        Focus is so powerful because it dictates the way you spend your time, the way you order your life, and also contributes immensely towards achieving your goals in life. If you don’t have any goals in life then you don’t have anything to do with focus. Focus is for purposeful and goal-oriented people. In fact, it is such people who really succeed in life.       To be focused means: • To have a definite purpose you are following and wish to achieve. • To be persistent and determined in achieving your aims. • To avoid distractions that will prevent you from achieving the goals you’ve set for yourself. • To discipline yourself to do all that it takes to achieve your purpose. • To use your time in such a way that will make you achieve that purpose. • To join relevant groups that will keep you on your path to success     Two of the most dangerous obstacles to success are negative influence and ignorance...

Let Jesus take the wheel Lest on your way you crash your heel Often in His presence let us kneel That His abundant protection and comfort we shall feel His grace and power also shall be real Never with the devil shall we strike a deal So we may avoid the undue ordeal Embrace God’s word for all your pains it will heal Let it be your daily meal Always be filled with the Spirit who is your spiritual seal And unquenchable shall be your zeal