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HOW TO GET A JOB: TOSIN’S TESTIMONY

You know we sometimes underestimate the power of seeking God first before taking any major action. We sometimes study the outlook of things, particularly the socio-economic environment, then jump into action. The latter has its place, but there remains a high chance of grievous mistakes that take time to correct. However, I have rarely seen people who commit their ways to God making mistakes. Tosin’s testimony below is a worthy encouragement in this regard and I can relate to this having walked that road severally. You should read below, in his own word’s, how he landed his current position.

This is my testimony in full on how I got a miracle job at Cadbury Nigeria Plc even before my youth service.

After my much awaited convocation in July 2010, I made up my mind not to stay idle till November; when my call up letter was scheduled to be distributed. A couple of places and things that could engage me dutifully paced through my mind; I took out time to seek God’s face on what exactly He would have me do and He replied me. I became convinced deep in my heart that my place was in Cadbury Nigeria Plc.
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RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS

Let me share something I’m embarking on more consciously this weekend. It’s not that I do not practice this often, but some how we are rarely deliberate about our acts of kindness and usually just respond involuntarily to others in a kind way. But I have since discovered that when you are purposeful with you act of kindness, it tends to prompt a repeat performance. Interestingly, a repeat performance on two fronts. First is that you the initiator feels a sense of satisfaction deep down and you begin seeking for other opportunities to reenact the circumstances in which you display kindness. Second, the receiver is more aware of the act of kindness in his favour and most likely will be full of gratitude and memory that an opportunity will also be sought to prove the capacity for kindness as well. I have seen this dynamic work over and over that it is beyond a theoretical assumption. Kindness will always beget kindness. So this weekend I am deliberately going to nourish my soul with random acts of kindness, especially to strangers I have never met before. If you believe in the concept of six degrees of separation, I could convince you then that it will take probably six cycles for an act of kindness to find its way back to you :D. You don’t believe me? Try it for yourself.
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THE CHURCH FRANCHISE

Recently, someone sent into my mail box a funny email listing the outrageous names of some churches in Nigeria. Although I do not believe that some of the names listed are real churches, I am also not without proof of they some do exist. There are a few from the list which I believe may exist, names such as:

–          Strong Hand of God ministry

–          Accredited Church of God

–          Holyfire Overflow Ministries

–          Angels on Fire Chapel of Peace

–          Strong Hand of God ministry

The names that are far too ludicrous for anyone to believe include names like:

–          Guided Missiles Church

–          Jehovah Sharp Sharp Ministry

–          Liquid Fire Ministry

–          Ministry of the Naked Wire

–          Trigger Happy Ministry

–          Seven Thunders of Jesus

However comical and factual in existence some of these names are, it speaks to a larger concern in the religious climate in Nigeria today. I am not exactly qualified to comment on these phenomena, but I must say that the trend has become very laughable and is becoming more of a mockery to those who are walking and living in truth. I am actually more interested in another trend more worrisome to me, and that is the style of church expansion in the country and indeed around the world; it is not peculiar to Nigeria.
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