Fountain of Mercy Int'l.

17/09/2022

THIS IS PENTE-RASCALISM

What does the Bible say about tongues? This is a mockery because it is neither to personal edification nor profitable to the congregation.

If it were a prophecy, one should have interpreted the prophecy in the language that everyone in the church understands.

I don't even know why the congregation were screaming. Is it the machine gun sound of the mockery? Everything excites church people. It's not funny at all.

This is nothing but pente-rascalism.
:copied.

15/03/2022

Kharkiv Railway Station, Ukraine.

WAR IS NOT GOOD!

03/03/2022

A Good Development

10/10/2021

develop control over your addictions

04/06/2021

Think of appropriate steps/decisions you would make today that could earn you a decorated tomorrow!
It all begins with you!!!

20/04/2021

16/04/2021

He who is diligent in his work will stand before kings..........
This is Ladi kwali (1925-1984), the woman on the Nigeria twenty naira note. She was born in the village of kwali, Gwari region of Northern Nigeria, where pottery was a common occupation among women. She was so skilled that her work became known in Europe, Britain and America. In the late 1950s and early 1860s, her work was displayed in London at the Berkeley Galleries. She became Nigeria's best - known Potter, was awarded a decorate and was made MBE in 1963 despite not having a formal education.
You too can do better with the God given talents deposited inside of you. Wake up now. Arise and change your world.
God bless you!
:copied&editted.

09/04/2021

FOUR TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE
According to psychologists, there are four types of intelligence:
IQ, EQ, SQ, AQ
1) Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
2) Emotional Quotient (EQ)
3) Social Quotient (SQ)
4) Adversity Quotient (AQ)
1. Intelligence Quotient (IQ): This is the measure of your comprehension ability, solve maths, memorize things and recall subject matters.
2. Emotional Quotient (EQ): This is the measure of your ability to maintain peace with others, keep to time, be responsible, be honest, respect boundaries, be humble, genuine and considerate.
3. Social Quotient (SQ): This is the measure of your ability to build a network of friends and maintain it over a long period of time.
People that have higher EQ and SQ tend to go further in life than those with high IQ but low EQ and SQ. Most schools capitalize in improving IQ level while EQ and SQ are played down.
A man of high IQ can end up being employed by a man of high EQ and SQ even though he has an average IQ.
Your EQ represents your character, your SQ represents your charisma. Give in to habits that will improve these three Qs but more especially your EQ and SQ.
EQ and SQ make one manage better than the other.
Please don't teach children only to have higher IQ, but also to have higher EQ and SQ.
Now there is a 4th one: A new paradigm
4. The Adversity Quotient (AQ):
The measure of your ability to go through a rough patch in life and come out without losing your mind.
AQ determines who will give up in face of troubles and may abandon their families.
To parents: Expose children to other areas of life than academic. They should adore manual work (never use work as a form of punishment), sport and art.
Develop their EQ, SQ and AQ. They should become multifaceted human beings able to do things independently of the parents.
Finally, do not prepare the road for the children. Prepare the children for the road.
And it shall be well with you all.
:cc

22/09/2020

MONEY MANAGEMENT!!!
Mistakes/Misconceptions About Money (PART 2)

Money Mistake 7:
Never append your signature to guarantee someone on a financial matter if you are not willing or able to pay the money on their behalf. Do I have to explain that one? No, it's self-explanatory.
Money Mistake 8:
Avoid keeping money you don't intend to use in the short-term within easy reach. For instance, don’t walk with N10,000 in your pocket when all you plan to do in a day costs N2,000. Like I mentioned in Money Mistake 3, there are always expenses available to gobble any money that is within reach, so if you don't want to lose it, put it away in a safe place.
Money Mistake 9:
Avoid keeping money in inappropriate places e.g. in socks, under the pillow, in a pit, in the sitting room, in the bra, in a travel bag that you will place somewhere in a bus ... impulse buying is a devil that will keep you busy!
Money Mistake 10:
Spending money on an item that you can do without (at least for the time being). These days when I pick money from my pocket or wallet, before paying for something I ask myself: What would happen if I didn’t buy this? If I find I can live with the consequences of not having that thing, I smile and walk away.
Money Mistake 11:
Paying an amount for something that's not the minimum you can get that same value for. In other words, if you are at Spar and you pay N15,000 for a shoe that you can get at N3,000 at shops, that's a money mistake except for those who have achieved financial freedom.
Money Mistake 12:
Wanting to be the savior of the world by helping everyone in financial need. My sister, my brother, you are not Jesus. If you find it so hard to say no to a financial demand, you may think you are practising generosity when in actual sense you are committing (financial) su***de. We are not learning to be miserable here; we are learning to live within the boundaries of reality.
Money Mistake 13:
Consistently spending all you earn or more than you earn. It's like having a drum where you have an inlet that's smaller than the outlet. It will never get full. And should the inlet ever reduce significantly the drum will run dry. If you do it the other way round and the inlet is bigger, it will get full and even overflow. Hence, we have to always ensure we are widening the inlet while narrowing the outlet – all the time. Your side hustle comes in handy!
Money Mistake 14:
Thinking about short-term only and forgetting about long-term or thinking about the long-term and forgetting about the short-term. For instance, Lydia was told that there's money in land. She saved money over a long period of time and bought 30 acres of land. Now she has the land but she is always broke. She is always complaining. She's disgruntled and she doesn't seem to see herself earning from the land in the near future. Now, let's ask ourselves: Having 30 acres of land and no money to feed your family or take a child to hospital, is that wealth or poverty? I think Lydia only looked at long-term needs and forgot that she has short-term needs that require money. What of those who find they are one paycheck away from salary? Are they thinking about the long-term needs?
Let’s take stock of our finances. How many mistakes are you guilty of?
Do you now feel better-equipped to do better with these tips? Enjoy yourself and keep safe!
Share this knowledge with your family and friends.
Cheers....

22/09/2020

MONEY MANAGEMENT!!!
Mistakes/Misconceptions About Money (PART 1)

Money Mistake 1:
Never borrow money that accrues interest to start a business (except if you are paying for it through your salary); only borrow to grow your business. This is because business takes a long time to gain ground and begin making profit, yet most loans repayments have to be made within a month of taking the loan or even earlier. Therefore, never borrow money to start a business expecting that the business will generate income to pay back the borrowed money plus the interest.
Money Mistake 2:
Never spend money you haven't received. Don't even promise someone money based on a promise you have from someone else. If someone tells you: "Ezra, come to my office tomorrow at 9am and pick N3,000"don't go out to buy items on credit based on this promise, with the hope that you will pay off your creditor when the promised money comes; it may not come as promised and this will leave you in problems with your creditors.
Money Mistakes 3:
If you want to save, whenever you receive money, don’t start spending hoping that you’ll save what remains. Normally what remains is zero because as long as money to spend is available, the numerous things you can spend it on are also available. And things to spend on even incite their 'relatives' so that you spend even more than you had planned. When money to spend is not available, we naturally find a way of doing without it. That's why I've learnt to save in an INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. Once I send money there I assume I no longer have it. Before you spend any money, put your savings aside then spend what is left after saving.
Money Mistake 4:
When you get an opportunity to meet a very wealthy person, never ask for money. Ask for ideas on how to make money. They may even choose to give you money on their own after seeing that your ideas are great, but let getting money from them never be your objective.
Money Mistake 5:
Keeping your seed instead of planting it. Many people stop at saving. It's very, very difficult to save and have all you need to maintain your lifestyle especially after retirement. When you save, your savings are seed; plant it. When you just keep the seed (saving money) some seeds begin to die (eaten by inflation and the like). That's why I recommend that you read about the different types of investment vehicles you can use to grow your savings. I am not necessarily talking about putting the money in a business, because you can easily lose money in business. I am talking about putting it in an investment.
Money Mistake 6:
Never lend someone money you are not willing to lose. By the time you lend someone money, be contented in your heart that should the person fail to pay, you will not die. You should not even lose that person's friendship if they fail to repay the money you lent them. If you feel the person might fail to pay you and this will not affect your relationship with them, then lend them money. If their failure to pay would make you hate this person’s entire clan, please advise the person to go to the bank.
Money Mistake 7:
Never append your signature to guarantee someone on a financial matter if you are not willing or able to pay the money on their behalf. Do I have to explain that one? No, it's self-explanatory.

Knowledge is power. Let's help our friends by sharing this across to all. You shall not remain broke!
Cheers...

22/09/2020

I SHOULD HAVE LET GO!!!
I was angry with him. I was angry to a point I ended our friendship and told him to move on. He called a thousand times, but I neglected his calls. He sent countless messages telling me how sorry he is. He wrote me poems and made sure he sent it to me on a daily basis.
Every morning, I woke up and logged on my WhatsApp and the first message I saw was his. I simply deleted it without even reading it.
But he was determined to make peace. I just didn't want peace. I didn't want to give a second chance to be hurt the way I was.
One day, I logged in WhatsApp, and didn't see his text as I used to. He had actually crossed my mind that day. I check his last message and discovered he had sent it 3 weeks back. I logged on Facebook and went to check his profile. He had last logged in 3 weeks ago.
For a moment I was restless. Five years of friendship, and he had never for once gone 2 days without logging in, or trying to contact me.
I hid my number and tried his line just to make sure it was on. But it was switched off.
I could no longer sleep. My thought wandered all night. I kept thinking of him. And that's when the memories of our beautiful moments together crossed my mind.
I kept trying the number over and over again. I tried it for one full week.
One day, it rang. His sister picked.
She greeted me.
I introduced myself as Celine, and told her I wanted to talk with her brother - the owner of the number.
She asked if I was Celine Shu.
I said yes I was.
She told me her brother left me a message, and that was the only reason she was still holding onto the brother's sim card.
"My brother asked me to beg you to forgive him. He knows that he has wronged you. You are the only person whose name he sang everyday, even while at the hospital."
I immediately asked why her brother was at the hospital.
She told me her brother suffered from 'Dilated Cardiomyopathy.'
A sickness that affects the heart chambers, thereby making it dilated, and as a result of heart muscle weakness, the heart finds it hard to pump blood properly .
"He died 3 weeks ago at General Hospital Wum. A day before he died, he called me and told me everything that happened. He feared he could go to hell for what he had done to you, if you do not forgive and let go. He said you have refused picking his calls. Even when he called to tell you about his condition. He sent you messages but it was never opened nor read. But he told me, when ever you call, I should tell you he is sorry and beg you to please forgive him. Please Celine, forgive him, so my brother's soul shall rest in peace." She spoke Admist tears.

I hung up the call and cried bitterly . I had long forgiven him. I didn't know why I refused communicating with him. My heart bled. I picked my phone and went through the last message he sent to me. It was a poem. A poem about heaven and earth, and how every good friend shall be together in heaven someday. At the end was a message.
"Please forgive me. I want to die knowing that I have made peace with everyone I ever hurt. I have forgiven you too Celine. My hearts is clean. Make yours clean too, by forgiving me."
While I read that message, I pondered about life.
Life is short; very short. One minute you are alive, and the next minute you are wiped off the surface of the earth. Death is uncertain. What ever you do, ensure you do not leave this world holding a grudge against someone. Every minute should be a moment of forgiveness for one person who has wronged you.
I forgive everyone who has hurt me in the past. I forgive all those who played with my emotions. I forgive all those who took advantage of me. I forgive those who did me wrong in one way or the other. I forgive because I want to have a heart that is light, and not a heavy heart. I want to have a heart that is free from grudges.
Search your heart, call that person you are angry with, and say the words "I forgive you."
Continue to share until it helps someone have a rethink and change of heart towards those who
wrong them especially those who believe forgiveness is not possible.

18/09/2020

Common Mistakes Married Women make

10/08/2020

7 THINGS TO CARRY LIKE A CRATE OF EGGS
There are things we must carry and handle with extra- carefulness because these things are fragile and once broken, it is not easy to put back together and once some of these things get broken, they can lead to huge damage and destiny wastage.
1. Your Name:
Your name is very important and fragile. There are names that stinks in the ears of people simply because, those who bear those names spoilt the name. The way to handle your name with care is to be careful of your doings. Your actions can rubbish your name. A good name can open doors for you & for your children and generations after you.
Carry your name with carefulness. It is a huge asset. Here is one of the quotes written by Shakespeare:
'Whoever steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name, my enviable reputation
Robs me of that which does not enrich him, But makes me poor indeed'.
2: Your heart:
Many hearts are broken, shattered, wounded and bitter today. One of the factors responsible for this is because many of these hearts' owners were careless with their hearts. You can guard your heart from being broken and bitter. Run away from people, and things that are bent on breaking your heart. Carry your heart like a crate of eggs. You need a whole heart before you can be said to be fully whole!
3: Your purpose:
Your purpose is your destiny. If you don't handle it with utmost care, it can slip off your hands and gaze and get broken. So many things can come like pressure on this crate of egg of purpose. Discouragement, lack of fund, anxieties, etc. These are things that may want to come like pressure on your purpose to break it. Don't allow them! Carry it with care. Carry your purpose away from people and things that may want to put pressure on it and break it.
4: Your health:
You have only this body as a vehicle that will carry you through your journey of destiny in this life. Handle your health with care. No matter how big your vision is, once you are dead, nobody can really run the vision like you! Fight for your health. Avoid things that can destroy your health. Wealth is useless when your health becomes useless. Don't kill yourself before your time. Do your best to stay alive. WE STILL NEED YOU HERE ON EARTH. Don't use your FORK, KNIFE, GLASS and your SPOON to dig your grave. Watch what you EAT and DRINK. Don't eat anything because it is edible and don't drink anything because it is appetizing. Always pray for divine immunization against sickness and diseases.
5: Your Marriage:
SO MANY PEOPLE HANDLE THEIR MARRIAGE LIKE A CARTON OF INDOMIE NODDLE. Your marriage is fragile. Handle it like a crate of egg. It must not break! A broken marriage is not easily put back together, because, when a marriage breaks, many things get broken with it. But Remember it takes two to tango, Husband and wife must always carry their marriage like an egg. It must not break!
6: Your words:
Your worth is attached to your words. Be careful with words. Once broken, you can't gather them up again. Many people are careless with their words. They speak violently. They make empty promises and break them. Some say things they later wish they never said. Guard your words. Be careful with your diction.
7: Your eternity:
Those who are running up and down to fulfill destiny here on Earth without thinking of their eternity do not belong here! The matter of eternity is not something you should handle with levity. Think about where you will spend eternity. You will die one day. I will also die one day. All that we are and have in this world are vanity upon vanity.
Take the matter of your end very serious. Stop living carelessly as if you have extra life. Don't live for the pleasure of this world. Have the hereafter in mind in all that you do. Grace is available for all.

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28/07/2020

Whatever is your area of calling be it into the ecclesiastical, canonical, medical, legal, agriculture, finance, politics, commerce, engineering, technology, manufacturing, insurance, entertainments, securities, education, social / public services, etc you must ensure that you proclaim the love of God and stand for justice.
Always have it at the back of your mind that you are strategically positioned in that niche to bring the presence of God closer to the people, to give voice to the voiceless, to lift up the downtrodden, to rekindle the hope of the hopeless, to declare freedom to the bonds, to give eyes to the blinds and limb to the weak. Oh!
Where are the genuinely called? Where is the hope of our nations? Where are the Josephs of our time to take our economy out of recession? Where are the Daniels of this generation? Where are our Moses to lead these nations out from slavery and pandemic? Ohhh! Where are the Deborahs to save our kingsmen from the grip of fear? Where are our Dorcas to passionately service the needy, orphans and widows?
Ohhh, for Gods' sake. Where are our Peters, Johns, Pauls, Stephens, etc to save this generation from heresies and stage managed dogmas?
Where is Love? Where is Justice? Where is Godliness? That is the whole essence of your calling!
Arise and let the name of the Lord be glorified through you!!!

26/06/2020

A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE IN MINISTRY AND AUTHORITY!
In the mid-late 1800s, there arose a terrific servant of God who was nicknamed The Governor of Chicago. His name is John Alexander Dowie. He immigrated to the United States from Australia where he had been a Pastor during the Great Plague which killed thousands.
He changed the entire spiritual climate of Chicago. Stopped crime. Ran drug lords out of town. Healed the sick. Raised the dead and packed out meetings!
Interestingly, he didn't believe in the Holy Ghost and praying in tongues.
He groomed so many healing ministers including Gordon Lindsay, John G. Lake. In fact, Lindsay was born in his church because his parents were members of the movement.
Then, somewhere along the way, trouble started. Trouble started when he began to live a larger than his lifestyle. He built a tabernacle which he called, "The New Jerusalem". It is still there in Chicago. He began to teach some strange doctrines which centred around his anointing. He refused to accept accountability.
As a result of this, his friends deserted him and proteges like John G. Lake left the ministry to start their own work.
To show you how far gone in pride Alexander was, in 1899, another spiritual giant, D.L Moody, who used to be friends with Dowie but had distanced himself from him because of his antics, became very sick and lay dying. Dowie wrote him a letter and said, "apologize to me publicly and I will pray for you to be healed."
Moody, ignored him and would go on to die from that sickness than do what he says. Dowie was everywhere preaching and teaching that Moody died because he didn't apologize to him. He bragged of how much anointed he was, how he is the Elijah of his time etc. He also said that this will be the fate of anyone who talks bad about him or doesn't embrace his ministry.
Long story short, Dowie died in 1907.
After his death, the devil raised a servant of his who would go on to reverse everything Dowie had done. His name is Al Capone. Till date, Chicago has never been the same as Capone and his disciples reversed the spiritual climate and made it what the devil wanted it to be. It is the killing field of the United States of America today.
Where am I driving to? Right here: There are two types of relationships that are very important in life. They are: relationship with your spouse and divine relationships God puts in your life for checks and balances. The devil works overtime to make sure these relationships are destroyed. The moment you consider yourself the fountain of knowledge and can't take instructions/corrections/directives/
criticism from anyone else but yourself, forget it, you're at the borderline of destruction.
Can God raise men who would have dominion with men and heaven? Yes, He can. I'm not talking about motivational speakers but men who would stand and say, "till I die, no robbery around here." Yes He can. He is desperately in search of such people. Not storytellers or manipulators who use spiritual gifts to manipulate and intimidate others. No, no. But men who are daredevil.
In the 40's a young man travelled to the UK on study tour and part of the tour was that he would visit the home of legendary John Wesley.
Together with other students and in company of their professor, the young man visited the home of John Wesley, they were shown around the home of the great revivalist. When they were done, the professor took them back to the bus. But before they drove off, he got up to count the students to be sure they were all in the bus. He noticed that one was missing. So, he went back to the house and began to go from room to room in search of this missing student. When approaching John Wesley's study room, this professor heard the voice of a young man crying, "do it again Lord and this time, let it start with me." That was all this young man was saying. The professor, approached him, tapped him and said, "Billy, it is time to go home."
Rising on his knee, Billy Graham would go on to be become one of the greatest evangelists to walk here.
Is God still searching for people? Yes. Every day, He looks out to see who is the next person saying, "do it again Lord, this time, let it start with me."