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MERRY CHRISTMAS

2011-12-22T01:59:00.000-08:00

It is the season of Christmas, when we celeberate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Happy festive Seasons to all my friends and readers over there. It is well with you all.

In line with the festive period's tone, I remembered a Christmas Carol programme I attended long ago. I really enjoyed the songs to the extent that during the interlude I wrote some lines to commemorate the occasion. The title is - I Heard A Big Song.

I HEARD A BIG SONG

So eulogising, So adoring,
So praise-worthying,So admonishing,
So stimulating, So encouraging,
So emulating,So scintillating,
So captivating, So impressing,
So entertaining, So sensible,
So invoking,So evoking,
So beautifully composed,
So wonderfully rendered,
So miraculously sung.

This Christmas sonorous songs,
Rendered by the special squad,
The Christian angelic praise singers,
So beautifully stressed in tones
Of musical instruments of great capacities!
Oh! if you want to feel the extent of this feeling,
Visualize King David playing on his lyre before Saul,
Imagine him singing Psalm 107
Fast Forward to King Solomon the Wise,
In his royal palace with special choristers.

Merry Christmas to all that witnessed this,
Merry Christmas to all my folks here,
Merry Christmas to the singers and the audience,
Merry Christmas to the readers and the followers,
Merry Christmas to my friends and foes
It is the Season of Love and Bliss
It is the Time of being a brother's keeper,
It is the Period of the Lord's birth,
Join me to say it very heartily.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AGAIN AND AGAIN.

PREPPING THE NECK FOR GOLGOTHA

2011-11-03T11:49:00.000-07:00

Here they come,
The fiendish friends
In chameleon clothes,
With deceitful heart
And sinister minds,
Prepping their victims for Golgotha.

Golgotha! Golgotha! Golgotha!
In your compound lays millions of sculls,
The guilty and the non-guilty,
The hopeful and the hopeless heads,
Golgotha, the camp of slayer
And the agent of death.

Prep me not for the Golgotha,
For I am not of your kind,
I am fully aware of my mind,
The desire I have is not of your abode,
I have a covenant with the agent of light,
I have an understanding with the Prince of Peace.

Worry Has A Family. Are You Related?

2011-11-03T10:44:00.000-07:00

There was a time I worry a lot. I worry about my life, about my future, about my home, my school, my exams, my safety, my aspirations, my job, my targets, my success and the likes. I almost lost myself in the dungeon of worry. Worry is the Cousin of Fear and the elder brother of Anxiety. They are all the same family with a strong bond among them. The three family members are the harbinger of illness, depression, sickness, and their grandfather is death.

Worry never fixes anything. No wonder Shakespeare wrote that 'Our doubts are traitors, and they make us lose what we oft might win, by fearing to attempt'.

We need to defeat the spirit of fear and worry if we want to live a life of ease. No wonder Master Jesus charged us never to worry about anything. Even the meal for the following day, but we do disregard the Lord's admonition and worry ourselves almost to the point of death. Our God is a father to all. We must not fear. The Psalmist says ' The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Another verse says ' In God I trust;I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? Another wonderful assurance given to us in the sacred book says 'Let him (God) have all your worries and cares for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you'.

As we continue our journey in this world, we must make efforts to be watchful, careful but reject worry, unnecessary anxieties and reject fear in all facets of our life.

Have No Fear

2011-10-30T23:00:00.000-07:00

What is FEAR? Fear has been described as ''Fake Expectation Appearing Real''. Fear wants you to run from something that is not after you. Evangelist Billy Sunday aptly described fear thus: ' Fear knocked at my door. Faith answered.....and there was no one there'.

You don't nurse fear. If you do, it grows bigger.Hear again what Benjamin Disraeli said, 'Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves'.

Worry, Fear, Anxiety are all bedfellows of the same family. They do not help tomorrow's troubles and they do ruin today's happiness.

Decide to defy fear from today.Let God have all your worries and cares. He is always thinking of His creatures. God watches over me and you. Just trust Him.

Julius Ipoola's Blog: NIGERIA Vs FRANCAFRICA

2011-08-14T17:11:00.000-07:00

Julius Ipoola's Blog: NIGERIA Vs FRANCAFRICA: "Our great Flying Eagles, Representing Africa on the pitch of Columbia Fighting for the Semi- Final ticket, Nigeria versus Francafrica. ..."

NIGERIA Vs FRANCAFRICA

2011-08-14T17:03:00.000-07:00

Our great Flying Eagles,
Representing Africa on the pitch of Columbia
Fighting for the Semi- Final ticket,
Nigeria versus Francafrica.

The great players of France,
Denominated by offspring of African blood,
I know Yoruba name is Ligali,
I understand Coullibaly sounds African.

This great match I just watched
is just Nigeria versus Francafrica,
Therefore by logical conclusion,
African seeds versus Flying Eagles.

I then remembered my History lessons
Of British Indirect Rule and France Assimilation policy,
The seed of integration of centuries past,
Reaping the benefits of wonderful blessings for France.

Gallant Flying Eagles of Hope,
Welcome home and rest your legs.
You have proved to be worthy ambassadors,
You carried African flag with dignity.

What lesson did I learnt from French Team?
It is a lesson that the best is chosen
Not minding the colour of their skins,
Whether black or white, ability to perform is the thing.

More lessons we can learn as a nation
That our diversity is a blessing of heavens,
In unity and diversity lies our strength
We need to support our strength in diversity.

French forefathers encourage integration
of African diversity as a national policy,
Let us make use of our own diversities
to lift Nigeria up among the comity of nations.

Welcome home our gallant heroes
We Salute your determination and courage
Flying Eagles of future hope
You have made your mark on the soil of Columbia.

Julius Ipoola's Blog: A MASTER IN DEED

2011-08-14T08:57:00.000-07:00

Julius Ipoola's Blog: A MASTER IN DEED: "When I was in need, I found someone indeed Who puts my need in mind And weighed His support on my kind. This person is none other than ..."

A MASTER IN DEED

2011-08-14T08:53:00.000-07:00

When I was in need,
I found someone indeed
Who puts my need in mind
And weighed His support on my kind.

This person is none other than my Lord
Forever you will be my God,
He is a master in deed
A provider for the needy.

While people think there is no more way,
He delights to show and manifest His face,
Let us joyfully come to the throne of grace,
Let us celebrate the good God and hail.

He is a master in deed
He is the Lord of all creation.
Be my master always,
For I will always need you in my needs.

MY ADDITIONAL PRAYER TODAY

2011-08-13T22:58:00.001-07:00

May God bless the Flying Eagles wings to fly high today.
May Nigeria get grace of God to fix France as we did to our colonizer
May God help the President to be able to fix PHCN.
May God grant us mercy to be alive and witness the Transformations..

About Julius Ipoola: THE PRESIDENT MUST WATCH THIS (2)

2011-08-09T03:25:00.000-07:00

About Julius Ipoola: THE PRESIDENT MUST WATCH THIS (2): "The Preliminary Stage The foundation to success or failure unlimited for some, Our Flying Eagles and Saudi Arabia. Both sides were caut..."

THE PRESIDENT MUST WATCH THIS (2)

2011-08-09T03:12:00.000-07:00

The Preliminary Stage
The foundation to success
or failure unlimited for some,
Our Flying Eagles and Saudi Arabia.

Both sides were cautious,
Both sides were risk aversed.
After-all, they have qualified
For the next round in Colombia.

However, integrity is playing out here,
Interest and football calculations there,
Flying Eagles were planning their strategies,
Saudi team was frustrating opponent energies.

I defied my Landlord regulations again,
I switched on my miniature generator set,
Since my area PHCN,
Had a problem again to sort out.

Please my dear President,
I know how power restoration is closer to your heart
Continue the efforts with higher alacrity,
To empower Power pumpers to pump us power of light.

We are regular customers to the Saudis,
They are our partner in progress
I am sure they never forget our exploits so soon on their soil,
Especially Daman miracle of Saudi '89.

I love Saudi Arabia
The Saudis love Nigeria equally,
We are parts of the nations of the world,
That make positive economic impression through regular pilgrimage.

On this football field we are not friends,
We are indeed friendly foes that are loved alike
Mr President you must watch this
Because I defied my landlord regulation
By putting on my generator set,
In the dead of night to watch Flying Eagles.

I was enjoying myself
For Musa's mesmerising moves
Had given us a goal before half-time.
Surely, Mr President must watch this.

Tough battle in the second half
The Saudis are not pushover
Determined as the eagles of hope,
Seeking for an equalizer.

Alas! I could here my Landlord knocking....
'Daddy, you want to watch the match?'
'No! I want to rest and sleep'
'Your generating set is preventing my sleep'.

Please, my Landlord is complaining,
Dear Mr President of Hope
That my generator set sound is uncomfortable
That I disturbed his sleep again today.

Flying Eagles have been able to fix the Saudis,
Effort is on to fix Great England too on the field of soccer,
Please, Mr. President fix this rope
That blocks our hope of stable electricity.

THE PRESIDENT MUST WATCH THIS:

2011-08-05T10:41:00.000-07:00

The Flying Eagles in Colombia,
Trying to restore our lost image
In fact, I detest the Football phobia,
Yet there is hope oozing from our Eagles of younger ages.

The President must watch this;
Even, the VP with his alluring smiling face,
Because they are the harbingers of great hope;
The Flying Eagles in far away land of Peace
Bringing joy to the hearts of Nigerians at home.

I wish I could watch the first two matches
Where Flying Eagles were flying like birds of hope
Alas! PHCN is disappointing,
In my local area of abode of greater hope.

Please Mr.President, continue the hope
Of making PHCN our next power hope,
To thrive as Flying Eagles over their early opponents,
PHCN's opponent is the darkness in our land.

We have a new brighter hope,
The world is watching us for role
Our hope is in our hands to make,
Our future is in our role of hope.

The Flying Eagles of hope,
I wish I could watch your matches
But it is timed opposite my country's day-time,
Well, hopefully, PHCN will rise to be our hope.

Fly high in Colombia!!!!!!!!
Dear great Flying Eagles.
Fly high our hope
Our dear President of Transformational hope.

Watch our Flying Eagles of hope,
Their positive result is a stress killer,
Remember us your citizens of hope,
That PHCN hardly give light in the night.

The President must watch this,
Our Flying Eagles of Hope.

Some Quotes From Prophet Isiah- The Awesomeness of God

2011-08-03T14:05:00.000-07:00

Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at your presence.

When You did awesome things for which we did not look, You came down, the mountains shook at Your presence.

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him . Isaiah:64-1,3,4.

The above quotes described the awesomeness of God. He is a God that acts for those who wait for Him.

Are you ready to wait for God? It is better to, because God never fails.

Rough Road To Success

2011-07-07T00:05:00.000-07:00

There is a road called Success Road
It is the desired destination of many minds,
It is a road of breakthrough
It is a road to self actualization.

Many roads are available to walk through
Success road has a narrow path
Millions of road -users hardly notice the path
They concentrate on the wider paths.

Success road is narrow
Bumpy-dumpy road of sorrows
But the end-result is happiness
Success road path brings joy.

Show me this path to success
I will always be happy
The road to success is rough
Yet, steadily gradually, I will walk along.

THE PATH TO SUCCESS

2011-06-30T09:12:00.000-07:00

Whao! It has been over four weeks I have posted on this blog. The absence was unintentional, I hereby apologize. I will like to say something on the Path To success.

When I was in Teachers' College between 1982 and 1985, there was this novel we were asked to read. The Title is ' THE NARROW PATH'. It centered on a young child that thought his father's strong disciplining method was cruelty until he grew up to realize his father was teaching him the lessons of his life. Unfortunately, he lost his father and found himself journeying the journey of life alone with divers of challenges.

The path to success is usually narrow. I am talking of genuine and enduring success. Life is full of obstacles. However, it is awash with plenty of mysteries and miracles.

A student that will achieve success must learn how to read extensively by burning night candles as the saying goes. An entrepreneur, who is trying to build a business empire must strife hard in other to achieve life ambition.

Any worthwhile venture that will lead to success must have taken its share of sweat. It is the way of life. Even to bring out LIFE, there must be LABOUR. Ask the women that delivered a new born baby naturally what they went through during the period of labour. However, everybody is happy to celebrate the arrival of a new child into the world.

The path to success my friend, is full of challenges. You must have strong determination, will, perseverance, good character traits, enthusiasm, positive mental attitude among others. Take care. Take Charge. Your path to success may be tough, be rest assured that joy and happiness are the dividends.

THOSE WHO WAIT

2011-05-17T14:46:00.000-07:00

Those who wait, will never lose
Those who haste, will never gain
To a wise fellow, Failure teaches success

Great haste makes great waste
A clearer conscience, is a coat of mail
Slow and steady wins the Race..

OUR CHILDREN- HERITAGE OF THE LORD

2011-05-17T14:11:00.000-07:00

Every May 27th is usually regarded as Children Day. It is a special day separated to celebrate the World children. The Bible regards children as heritage of the Lord. It is good to celebrate our children because they are our tomorrow.

OUR CHILDREN- HERITAGE OF THE LORD.
Our children
Our Hope,
Our Heritage
Our Life.

Look at them!!
Innocent in composure
Simple hearted
Ever honest.

Our children,
Our Hope.
Hope of greater tomorrow
Hope of better days ahead.

Our children
Our heritage,
Our inheritance,
From God.

Our children
Our Life.
Our Love,
Our Bliss.

If you have them
You are ever happy.
If you never had,
You will ever crave.

If you have only one,
You desire for more
Especially if you are
from African descent.

If you have many
You are happy always,
Until the cost of their growth
stares you in the face.

Either way in Life
Our children
Our Hope,
Our Heritage of the Lord.

Give me a few
I will be happy
Give me some more,
I will be happier.

Deny me any
I will forever complain
Till you give me my own,
Children indeed- Heritage of the Lord.

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

2011-05-17T11:51:00.000-07:00

Sometime in September 2003, I received a text message from one of my spiritual elders, my evangelical drama lecturer, a drama evangelist of great repute, and the president of Mount Zion Faith Ministries International- Evangelist Mike Bamiloye whom we usually call 'Bro Mike'. The text message was about the award being given to the ministry as a result of great works God is doing through Drama Evangelisim.

As usual, I decided to put the memory of the award in my own poetic format titled: Award of Excellence.

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Take the Award;
Cherish the Rewards
Spread the Award
And move forward
towards the greatest award
planned, cherished and dedicated
By the master strategist
Master award winner
Master of the greatest awards;
The Lord that purchased
the greatest award of salvation,
through his precious blood.

The world will know more,
The impact of Drama Evangelism
Through this earthly little awards,
as a harbinger of greater awards,
Meant for the willing souls
that are Paradise focussed
Thus depleting the ranks and files
of those Evil one plans to send to hell.

More awards will come
From the East to the West,
From the South to the North
Even from the minutest Island
of the world,
To the most advanced cities of the Earth.
The greatest award however,
Is up there being compiled
By the Lamb and the purchaser of our souls
From the tricks and plans of the devil.

Take the Award,
Cherish the Rewards,
Spread the Award
And move Forward.

QUOTABLE QUOTES

2011-05-17T09:46:00.000-07:00

1.   Make it a life rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your personal character. Let superiority be your trademark.-Orison Swett Marden.

2.   Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear.---Mark Twain.

3.   You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true.---Richard Bach.

4.   Self image is the key to human personality and human behaviour. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behaviour.-----Maxwell Maltz.

5.   If you employed study, thinking and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that could change the course of your destiny. -----W Clement Stone.

6. You can learn anything you need to learn to achieve any goal you can set for yourself ; there is no limits.---- Brian Tracy.

7.   The quality of a person's life is determined more by their commitment to excellence than by any other factor, no matter what the external circumstances.-----Vince Lombardi.

8.   Fully 85 percent of the happiness and success you enjoy in life will be determined by the quality of your relationships with others.-----Brian Tracy.

9.   Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe; she is always right, and the errors and faults are always those of man.------Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.

10. Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.------------Thomas Jefferson.

OUR PATHS

2011-03-22T17:51:00.000-07:00

All Seeing Lord
Lead us on our ways
Everlasting God
Teach us on your ways.

A path ordained by God
May look uncertain at first
A focus on the way of the Lord
Will make the will of God to manifest.

Everlasting Father,
All we need is to cater
for your wills and deeds
So that we hope always in thee.

Our Paths
Our future,
Your Path
Our victory.

STRENGTH OF CHARACTER; NOT COLOUR OF THE SKIN

2011-03-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

How time flies? I was looking for a book i misplaced recently and I came across an old exercise book I misplaced about two and half years ago. Not that I really lost it. but I really was not looking for it per-se.

I quickly noticed the exercise book because i knew it habours one of my poetic expressions. It was a news bulletin on our national network television on the then impending American general elections. That was 2nd November, 2008. Americans were about to choose a new leader. The uniqueness of the two major candidates made the impending presidential election a potential historical watershed in the history of elections in America.

After watching the news review by my local network television, I grabbed this available notebook and put down some lines: That was 2nd November, 2008. It has to do with the impending American election which was few days to be conducted as at that time.

Strength Of Character; Not Colour Of The Skin.

Not Long Time Ago,
Alone in my own abode
News of American coming elections
Flashed on my local Television.

America! That great country!
Respected and feared
Among the multitudinous countries of the world
Is planning to choose another leader.

One great country
Two great parties,
One united ambition,
Two great sons of America.

From the couldrum of one great paliament
Came up the strengths of two great men
Hoping to occupy only American White House
For an initial period of about 35000 Hours.

The big marketing strategy begun
Marketing of candidates
In front of the electorates,
Truely, Americans are interesting.

The calibers of the two candidates
And their able lietenants
Are historic, and passionate,
Educating, Worthy, and appreciating.

One is older, experienced and pragmatic,
He had once suffered for what America stands for.
The other one younger, fresh and focussed,
Breathing the breath of future change.

One is white, Americans love his whitishness
One is black, Americans love his colour
Because they know that it is not the colour that matters,
It is the strength of character.

Whoever wins this pacy race
Will have a beautiful speech
Which one phrase will say
'God Bless America'

As I salute the great Americans
From the jungles of African continent,
I hereby also say.....
God Bless Africa.

When you get to your throne
Forget not the Jungle of Africa
So that we can develop our character
Not crying on the colour of our skin.

In our character lies our strength
Not the colour of our skin.
God Bless America
God Bless Afro-Americans,
God Bless Africa.

To The Japanese Children- This War Between Nature And Science Shall Be Over.

2011-03-20T08:49:00.000-07:00

My heart today goes to the young minds of the Japanese kids, witnessing a Tsunami and Earthquake at the same time is a double jeopardy for young hearts. It raises so many questions about their life, the future, their world and it could be confusing and scary.

I have a message of hope hence these lines is for the traumatized souls of Japanese citizens. It shall be well.

TO THE JAPANESE CHILDREN-WEEP NO MORE.

Weep no more
Dear Japanese kids
It is the way of life
To bring us to the consciousness
Of other realities of life.

You may wonder aloud
Or even cry aloud
of departed friends and families
Carried away by angry waters
Relax- it shall be well.

You may be confused and confounded
In your young minds
Of the cause of these catastrophes
That befell your great kingdom;
It only made us realize our vulnerability as human beings.

You may be undiscerning
Of the cause of the fight
Between Nature and Science
It shall be well indeed,
I know it is going to be well.

Take heart! For your leaders are ever ready,
They survived Hiroshima catastrophes
of past years and built a great nation
Of great achievements and popularity,
Definitely, Japan shall bounce back for good.

Let the world know this
That Japan shall bounce back
To the great nation it is known for
Therefore dear Japanese children
Relax and take heart- it shall be well.

No matter the cause of the war
Between Nature and Science,
That caused the fears over nuclear plants
And the endless traffic of people at various Airports
Finding an exit route outside Japan,

Man by nature is an overcomer,
Japan will surely overcome the rumbles
Dear Japanese kids-just remember
It is going to be well
It shall be well again.

GREAT DECISION

2011-03-01T06:03:00.000-08:00

A great decision is to be made
It has to be made, no way to unmake
Yet the fear of the unknown
makes the decision a fear that is known.

You cannot run away from this decision
Or else it will run down your emotions
It may even run riot your emancipations,
And make you great slave of assumptions.

Uncountable decisions we need to make
In a lifetime of ours today,
To do this or not to do it
To take a path or not to take it.

To act now or to delay
To position now or to reposition later
To endure for now or not
Real decision with daring consequencies.

We need to cross that bridge
Of making a decision at each
passing minutes of our life,
A great decision must be made.

To make a worthwhile decision,
To ensure that great decision is made
Have you put a thought on it,
Of inviting the all-seeing power to guide your decision?

About Julius Ipoola: MARKETING MEANS BUSINESS

2011-01-21T15:01:00.000-08:00

About Julius Ipoola: MARKETING MEANS BUSINESS: "I have always wanted to be a Lawyer, but by a stroke of luck or something akin to it, I became a marketer. I thank my luck that I am in the ..."

About Julius Ipoola: ALONE WITH GOD

2011-01-21T14:59:00.000-08:00

About Julius Ipoola: ALONE WITH GOD: "There are times we need to find time to be alone with God. Life's vicissitudes demand a point in which the best option is to seek higher pow..."