This is Your Season!

RE: Choose Gratitude to God!

Choose Gratitude to God.

We are in the tenth month in this great and amazing year of our LORD!  It is true that the year has been full of ups and downs, highs and lows, victories and defeats, good and bad and finally beautiful and the ugly.

We may not be totally happy and excited about the states of our lives but we need to remain grateful to God for our journeys so far because many that we started this journey together are dead, buried and already forgotten.

There are many reasons to thank God daily and there are many reasons for gratitude to the living God. If for any reason you still do not believe in the existence of the living God I really cannot help you here.   This article is been written for those that believe greatly in the existence of the living God and in His continued goodness upon their lives.

I know that God does not always answer all our prayers but the truth is that he hears all of them but chooses which ones to answer per time because he is God and because he knows that there are some prayers that we pray that is not really good for our overall wellbeing.

Now let us think about the goodness of God in our lives today. Let us think about the very fact that we are still alive and well. Let us consider the state of our health. Are you healthy? Are you well? Are you sane and in your right mind? If the answers to all of these questions are yes then you have a million and one reasons to be thankful and grateful to the living God for his benevolent grace upon your life.

Are you successful at your work, business and vocation? Do you have a means of livelihood? If the answer to this question is yes then you have all the reasons in the world to be grateful to the living God for his goodness and favour upon your life.

Do you have a family of loved ones that you can call your own? Everyone does and so everyone ought to be grateful and thankful for this great blessing upon our lives. The only people who can say no to this question remain people in war torn areas in the world.

Do you have a place to live that is comfortable and affordable? If your answer is yes then you need to offer a sacrifice of praise to the living God for this great goodness in your life because many people are homeless, jobless and hopeless in the world of today.

Do not wait until you become rich, wealthy, and powerful before you show God some measure of thanksgiving and gratitude. Start today to show gratitude for all of your blessings and benefits because God daily loads us with his benefits.

The truth is that the more grateful we are the better we are positioned to receive more blessings from God. Let us choose to count our blessings on a daily basis this week and offer God the necessary praise, thanksgiving and worship that is due to his holy name.

Be thankful, be praiseful and be grateful going forward to the living God!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. OCTOBER 15, 2018

RE: Be Resolute till the End!

Be Resolute till the end!

Sometimes life can be tough, difficult and challenging and at other times it can be lovely, exciting and glorious. Usually these are the two scenarios that life offers us except when we are going through a very traumatic period which is usually not all the time in life.

It is important that we learn to manage whatever season life offers us per time and continue to focus on the bigger picture at all times.

Some people claim that life is cyclic. They say that seasons come and seasons go.   There is no doubt that we do go through seasons of pain, adversity and difficulties. I have personally experienced all kinds of seasons.   

My very wise and amazing pastor recently told me that the reasons why God allows difficult seasons to come our way is to teach us to be very grateful during the good times that God allows come our way.

Everything that is happening in our lives per time is to further teach us life lessons if we are students of life.  We are to learn, grow and become all that God Almighty planned in our lives. We are to cherish the happy moments and endure the difficult times while we pray and hope for better days ahead of us.

 My charge or admonition this week is to encourage us to be resolute till the very end. We must remain committed to our causes. We must not give up, surrender to life’s vicissitudes. We must be dogged, focused and strong till the very end. We must realize that life is warfare and only the strong will win.  We must be forever be committed to winning, shining and reigning.

Life is a fight. Life is warfare. Every aspect of our lives requires doggedness. It requires a big fight that sometimes leaves some wounded or dead while others simply quit fighting and surrender to fate.

We have three more months remaining in 2018. It is either we win in these three months or we win. Quitting or losing is not an option.  We must be committed to winning, shining and reigning. We are born victors. We are born champions. We are born to thrive, succeed and triumph. There is just no place for falling apart and quitting in our lives and destinies.

This month, this week and today especially we must strive to win. We must strive to succeed. We must do all that we know to do to be enthroned and to wear the crown.  I realize that it is not about the smartest, the brightest and the best because only by God’s grace can a man or a woman come out tops in this race called life, but we must give it our best shot at all times during the remaining days of 2018.

We are victors not victims. We are champions. We were born to possess our possessions. We were born to rule and reign. We have no other option than to win. We must remain resolute till the end.

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. 01 OCTOBER 2018.

RE: BE OPEN TO LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES!

Be Open to Limitless Possibilities.

We are all creations of God and God is limitless and in a way so are we. It is important to watch what we think and how we think in life because this goes a long way to determine our results and outcomes in life.

We must choose to see a way even where there is no way because as a man thinks so is he or so is she. We must be solutionists in mind and in approach.   We must always believe that there is a way because this is a truism.

We must have open minds, and our thoughts process must be filled with possibilities and positivity.

Where men and women say there is a casting down we must say that there is a lifting up at all times because the God whom we serve and whose we are makes it possible for us to remain positive, powerful and optimistic throughout our lifetime.

It is important that we must never see dead ends in life. We must always conceive a way because Jesus Christ says that he is the way, the truth and the life. We have him as our friend, father and trusted ally. We have him in our corners so we have it all made already.

This week let us be full of enthusiasm.   Let us expect to greatly exceed our expectations. Let us see open doors and more open doors because this is our heritage in Christ Jesus.

Let us realize that life is what we put into it. If all we see are closed doors, narrow ways and difficulties then that is all we are going to get out of life but if our minds are open to new horizons, new opportunities and new vistas then this is what life will deliver to us.

I have always been a positive, powerful and optimistic person and I will remain so forever and ever because it is always best to be so.

This week and for the remaining days of our lives we must commit to being positive, being powerful and being optimistic because this is the best way to face life without failing and been stranded.

Life is already full of difficulties of its own. We do not need to add to it by been negative.   Let us choose to be positive and optimistic this week like never before.  Let us see ways see solutions and see fulfilled promises of the living God and this will be our experiences in Jesus mighty name. Amen.

Choose to see limitless possibilities. Choose to see new horizons, new visions and dreams.   Choose to see new doors of opportunities and purpose opening up this week.  I decree and declare that nothing will be impossible to achieve for us any longer we are in a new season of power, promises and possibilities.  It is a new day!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. September 24, 2018

RE: DO NOT WORRY BUT BE ENCOURAGED!

Do not worry but be ENCOURAGED!

In life many things cause us to worry.   Most people worry at everything and at all times. We worry about yesterday, today and tomorrow.  We worry about our futures whether it is going to end well or not? We worry about our partners or whether we are ever going to find a partner? We worry about our jobs, our businesses and our careers. We worry about the politics of the day and about whether we will ever get out of debt as a nation.

We worry about everything all the time. We worry even when there is nothing to worry about because we think it is abnormal not to worry. We worry about whether we will ever be able to meet all our financial obligations. We worry whether this year will end up worse than last year and whether we will ever be able to own our own homes in life?

Sometimes some people worry till the point of despair and depression. Now the question is this why do we worry so? Why do not choose to pray to our Creator and God for his divine interventions instead of worrying so? Why do we not choose to take proactive steps at solving all our life’s problems instead of worrying?

It is important to realize that worry only makes our matters worse in life.  When we worry we cause our bodies to experience heightened forms of anxieties that can lead to many sicknesses and diseases if not immediately checked.

I am not a medical personnel but I know the effect that worrying has in my own body.  Anytime I choose to worry about something, I experience panic attacks and lose my peace and joy.  I become flustered and very anxious and sometimes fear sets in and then things get really bad physically for me.  

I know that most people out there go through the same feelings whenever they choose to worry instead of praying or praising God.   The truth is that every time we worry we are really not acknowledging the potent and powerful presence of God Almighty. Worry is saying that I am helpless, hopeless and sometimes worthless.   May this not be our portion in Jesus mighty name. amen.

Today I am admonishing us not to give into fear, worries and anxieties about our lives and about our futures.   Let us learn to pray to God Almighty for divine interventions and for positive and powerful changes in our lives as a result of prayers. We can also learn to speak positive and powerful words about our lives and choose to take concrete steps towards our breakthroughs in life.

We can also choose to help others less blessed than us so that God Almighty can also send us divine helpers of destiny as we choose to lift others up.  There are many things that we can do instead of worrying. We can choose to sing our way out of despair. We can choose to take stock and give thanks continually for where we are presently because the truth is that things can be worse.

The Holy book the Bible admonishes us to give thanks in all things and to focus on the good, the virtuous and the lovely of life. It is time to stop worrying and start thanking God for our present position so that we can be helped to a better position in life.

COPYRIGHT  @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. SEPTEMBER 18, 2018.

Re:Refuse to Quit! Hope Again!

Refuse to quit! Hope AGAIN!

It is possible that the year so far has been tough, difficult and unyielding and you are already feeling disappointed, discouraged and sad.  My simple admonition for this week is to encourage you to believe again, trust again, hope again and stand again.

It is true that we all have a strong enemy. It is bad that we have an enemy and it is even worse that the enemy is a strong enemy. The enemy of our lives who is the devil is very cunning. He is extremely skilled in the art and act of wickedness and must not be brushed aside because he is feverishly purposeful about ensuring that we are wasted, discouraged, and destroyed.

The question then is how do you win against such a strong opposition in life? You need to remain resolute, determined and committed to your cause. You must not allow his shenanigans, wiles and deceits overwhelm ad overpower you.

You must not allow sin and unrighteousness get the better of you because once you are a slave to sin then you are a slave to the devil and then he has full rights and powers over you to completely destroy you and my prayer today is that you will not fall prey to the devil and all his wiles in Jesus mighty name.  Amen.

This week’s charge is simple and straightforward. It is almost a chant! Believe again! Trust again! Hope again! Stand again! Do not allow the past to drown a great and glorious today! Do not allow the failures, the defeats, the disappointments and the pain of yesterday rob you of today’s joys, gains, appointments, blessings, glory, brilliance and breakthroughs.

You have to learn to see beyond yesterday. You have to learn to embrace a great and glorious future starting today. Let your dreams be so big that it will take the help of God Almighty to make it happen. Do not allow yesterday’s failures and defeats drown your faith, hope and confidence.

Choose to be strong, choose to be dogged and choose to be undeterred by the machinations of hell. The trick is to trick you into believing that there is no point in believing again, hoping again, trusting again and standing again and once you fall for this trick then you are defeated totally but you must resist this lie fervently.  

You must refuse to believe this great lie of the devil. Choose to believe God even when it seems and feels hopeless.   Remember that It is not over until you win and win you will.

This week and going forward learn to dream again, believe again, trust again, hope again, and stand again. Life is for the rugged. Life is for the strong. Life is for the dogged and the ones who are resilient and unmovable by any situation or circumstance!

Do not give into doubts, despair and despondency! Rest if you must but never ever quit because quitters never win and winners never ever quit! Welcome to glory!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. September 11, 2018

RE: IT IS TIME TO TAKE POSSESSION!

IT IS TIME TO TAKE POSSESSION!!!!!

It’s time to take possession.

It’s time to run through the troop.

It’s time to take the portion of this life that rightfully belongs to us.

It’s time to stand up and be counted.

It’s time to be heard with a clear voice and a definite message.

It’s time to rebuild the broken walls, and renew the covenant with your maker and King.

It’s time to reconnect with your maker and resist the adversary of your soul vehemently

It’s time to stand your ground and be counted for God almighty and righteousness

It’s time to realize who you are and what you can achieve in this life, and just do it.

It’s time to map out a strategy for growth and development.

It’s time to perspire while others conspire so you can discover all that the enemy stole from you and recover.

It’s time to awaken from slumber and take charge and conquer in the land of our nativity.

It’s time to focus on the goal of purpose and purpose of goal and finish your purpose with excellent results and glory.

It’s time to focus on today and embrace tomorrow by forgetting the totality of yesterday both the good, the bad and the ugly.

It’s time to achieve stardom in Christ and righteousness and cut the umbilical cord of obscurity and reproach.

It’s time to retune, regroup and re-strategize for a great prosperous future of power and purpose.

It’s time to shine forth, the great light embedded within you and become the light of your nation and generation.

It’s time to behold a new you, a new day and a new way that will yield a greater decision in God the Almighty.

It’s time to fear the Lord and depart from evil.

It’s time to brace up for the journey or grace greatness and glory.

It’s time to embrace the needed changes that will take us up and move us on.

It’s time to fix our eyes on the vision and conquer every new territory.

It’s time for you to know the Lord God the Almighty for young if so you can be strong and do exploits

It’s time to answer and take up that challenge that will make you the star you were born to be

It’s time to remember the fruitfulness of the Lord God Almighty and realize that he who has started the good work in you is well able to help you till the very end

It is time to reap the goodness and glory of the land in a big and amazing way.

It’s time to soar above every challenge, problem and pain realizing that you are made a major, a success story and a treasure in CHRIST

It’s time to stand for truth, righteousness in CHRIST

It’s time to be all that you were born to be and do all that you were born to do in Christ so that your life can be all that God Almighty planned and being the Lord of host great delight and story

It is time!

It is time!!!

It is time!!!

COPYRIGHT @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM,  SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

RE: REACH FOR THE STARS BECAUSE YOU ARE A STAR!

Reach for the STARS because you are a STAR!

Life sometimes throws us dirt, at various times in our lives, sometimes it starts in our tender years and other times it starts when we are teenagers. The truth is that some people suffer their dirt throwing situations as adults and we have cases of people who have been covered in dirt all their lives.

We all have issues in life and we all go through difficult and traumatic situations. if you have already gone through yours and you survived give great thanks to the living God for the great victories and great escape.

We deal with issues of low self-esteem, early failures in life, severe rejection, setbacks and defeat. Everybody has to deal with some form of trauma or the other and the only difference is that it comes to us in different levels and differing degrees. 

We must find ways to deal with our dirt in life either through counselling, medical interventions or through the simple power of prayers. The truth is that sometimes we need to combine all the different methods of interventions to heal from the dirt that life and people throw at us.

The earlier we heal the better for our psyche. We need to heal to live. We need to heal to soar.  We need to heal to be able to become all that we were originally born to be.  Hiding from our pain, troubles and traumas is never the way to go.  

I remember the popular story of the eagle chick that found itself amongst chickens. It grew up with these chickens though it was a baby eaglet. It ate with them, drank with them and slept with them in the same chicken infested environment.  The bonding was so strong that it began to pick dirt with them and sleep in dirt like them but this did not take away from the fact that the baby eaglet was really an eagle bird.

The home of the eagle bird is in the skies. It was born to soar. The question is what do you do when you are dumped amongst chickens in an environment alien to you especially when you have never sighted another eagle bird just like yourself?   Yes you are the king of the skies but you found yourself in a foreign place with lower birds that eat dirt and you never knew you were different from the brood of chickens.

The only thing that can save you in this situation is if you are helped to escape this environment or if you suddenly come to a sudden realization of who you are in life, better still a combination of these two scenarios could be necessary for you to be free and to be all that you were created to be by providence.

My message to you today is simple, and that is the fact that you are created to soar, to wield influence and create impact and become great in life.   I do not care what kinds of trauma you might have suffered in life. The end of the trauma has come. Today a new chapter opens up for us all to soar, shine and succeed as the true persons in God that we all are. Yesterday is gone. Today is a brand new day to live and dream again. It is time to soar, conquer and rule your world.

Today we must all choose to reach for the stars because we are all STARS!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. AUGUST 29, 2018

RE: SEE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES!

See Endless Possibilities!

Life is beautiful or sad. Life is wonderful or traumatic. Life is filled with endless possibilities or closed doors.

The truth about these statements is that it depends on how you are seeing and what you are looking at per time. Life answers to our powers of sight and vision.  It is a simple matter of perception.

Some people can see challenges and brace up for it and conquer it while others see challenges and die under the weight of its burden. The choice of what we do with life is entirely up to us.

Let me share my story with you here. At a point in my life I suffered severe depression and things were so dark and terrible that I initially thought that I was never ever going to survive it. This thought did not stand long enough in me because I am a very positive person who believes in the powers of prayers and supernatural interventions.

The things that plagued me had the power to kill me potentially but I also knew that I had the powers to turn every adversity around to prosperity.  I knew that I could withstand the heat and still keep on ticking. I stood my ground and fuelled my faith while starving all my fears, doubts and worries. I refused to quit in life. I refused to surrender to death and depression. I rose above the ashes of adversity and triumphed by the power of the great God of heaven.  I did this through determination, discipline and dedication to my chosen goal which was to turn all my setbacks to stepping stones to greatness.

It was not an easy road. It was not a sweet ride but I did not buckle under because I focused on the great possibilities of my healing, deliverance and turnaround. With time I healed, and got delivered from the powers of death and adversity because I chose to focus on my healing, my sunny day and my colourful future in Christ Jesus!

Choosing what we desire to focus on per time no matter what we are currently passing through is very important in life. Choosing to see a way where there is no way is important. Choosing to be positive and powerful in the face of great adversity is important no matter how hopeless our situations are presently is very important.

Today and this week I want us to both choose to see endless possibilities. We are living in amazing times where anything good, great and excellent is possible if we can believe. We are living in glorious days of technology and the digital disruptions when we can deploy technology to our business and lives. The possibilities are endless, the frontiers limitless and the inspiration huge. It is up to us to see possibilities when others see challenges, difficulties and closed doors.

The truth is that there are no closed doors in life. We only have people with closed minds and hearts. Tell yourself whatever it will take you will succeed at your goals, dreams and aspirations.

Choose to see endless possibilities. Choose to soar above the mountains. Choose to conquer new territories and new lands.   See endless possibilities. See a future full of hope, power, brightness and colour! The choice to see far and see well is in our hands. We have the power!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM, AUGUST 22, 2018

Re: IT is time to SOAR!

IT IS Time to SOAR!

There is time for everything under the sun in life and this is the time to SOAR.

There is no better time than now to soar, the best time is now and to soar we need to better understand what it means for someone to soar in life?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary there are quite a few meanings of the word ‘SOAR’!

1.       To fly aloft or about, to sail or hover in the air often at a great height.

2.       To glide.

3.       To rise or increase dramatically as in position, value or price

4.       To ascend to a higher or more exalted level.

5.       To rise to majestic stature.

All these meanings are great and they speak to the theme of today’s writing. It is time to glide; it is time to rise and increase dramatically in position, in value and in price. It is time to ascend to a higher and more exalted level in life and finally it is time to rise to a majestic stature.

It is important to note that before you can begin to soar in life you must have faced many difficulties, confronted many hurdles, and overcome many challenges.  When you have crossed all these and come out successful then it is time to begin to soar because you have proven your mettle to the powers that be and you have shown to all your detractors and foes that they are all beneath you.

I say prophetically that it is time to soar. It is time to glide and to attain super status positions that will cause us to become the envy or millions.  Many will wonder how we did it. Many will be extremely envious of our new powers and positions but they will be powerless and unable to do anything about our new position and our new status because no man conferred these new positions of power and possibilities on us but the ever powerful, ever faithful and ever dependable living God in the person of Jesus Christ.

In the natural there might be nothing to indicate to us that it is time to soar but the truth of the matter is that the spiritual controls the physical so whether we see visible signs to take flight and glide or not it is time to soar.  We must be convinced about our new positions. We must be committed to our new status.

We must understand the changes in this season and the times that is working to favour us. Fear has been banished and shamed and destroyed.  All enemies and foes have been weakened and have all submitted to the superior power and force that is working in us and for us. We have eternal victories in Christ Jesus and it is time to SOAR!

This is not the time for weaknesses, doubts, agitations and anxieties. This is the time for being decisive and being determined to reach our highest and best goals by the help of the Lord God Almighty.   We have the responsibility to spread our wings and to soar. We must embrace this moment.   We must maximize this moment and we must soar.

IT IS TIME TO SPREAD OUR WINGS AND SOAR BY REACHING HIGHER AND GOING FURTHER!

COPY RIGHT @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. AUGUST 15, 2018.

RE: Aim Higher! Reach Further!

AIM HIGHER REACH FURTHER!

We are at a great place in life.   It is also a wonderful time to be alive. There are changes everywhere on a daily basis and life has become extremely dynamic and fast paced.

At times such as these we need to have a clear intention of aiming higher and reaching further in life. This is not the time to slow down; this is not the time to take our ease in Zion. This is the time to push ahead and forge ahead.

We must be more deliberate with our dreams, goals and aspirations. We must be more strategic with our plans and preparations.

This is not the time to slow down.  This is not the time to tire and become slack in our gaze and our focus. This is the time to aim higher and reach further.

There is always what to do and how to get it done faster and quicker every time. We must be very intentional, strategic and yet open to new possibilities in life.

Our plans are valid but beyond our plans we must learn to be open to new horizons, new possibilities and new vistas.  Life can open up new doors and throw up new territories that we were not even prepared for at any time. It is our past planning and preparedness that will help us to truly maximize the present moment!

It is time to redouble our efforts, it is time to pray harder and think deeper and fast about our dreams, goals and aspirations for life and for living. It is time to aim higher and reach further.

We must win the battle of the minds that constitutes as our greatest enemies. We must conquer every fear, every doubt, every worry and every agitation.  We must free our minds from everything that is toxic and destructive.  We must fill up our minds with positive and powerful thoughts and ideas that can move us forward faster and deeper.

We must examine our strategic partnerships to eliminate naysayers, time wasters and no good sets of associations that work to daily pull us backward. We must cut off these toxic relationships without any feelings of pain or regret. We must embrace new, sharper, wiser and more strategic partnerships that can help us move to our next level in life.

We must be decisive, deliberate, and disciplined about our life’s dreams, hopes, goals and aspirations. Time waits for no one and there is just no time to waste because the year is now galloping forward faster on a daily basis.

It is time to aim higher and reach further. It is time to reclaim lost territories and lost grounds. It is time to ACCELERATE FORWARD! It is time to SOAR, SHINE AND EXCEL!

Welcome to a week of aiming higher and reaching FURTHER!

Welcome to possibilities and glory!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. AUGUST 8, 2018

RE: EXPERIENCE NEW BEGINNINGS!

EXPERIENCE NEW BEGINNINGS!

Welcome to the month of August, welcome to new beginnings. The number eight is the number of new beginnings and I believe that this is true to type in our lives because as a man or woman thinks so he is. What we believe inspires, motivates and powers our lives.

The year so far has been many things to many people and we have all have our shares of tears, sorrows, pains, disappointments and failures but all that is now in our past. We have successfully entered into a new chapter in the life of this great and glorious year!

We can boldly step into a brand new chapter of our lives and our year! We can begin again and this time do new and great things with our lives. The month will be to you whatever you choose to call it. If you say it is the month of new beginnings in your life then that is what it will be because nature harbours no vacuum.  If you say it is just another month with no special undertones that is exactly what it will be for you. In life perception can sometimes be stronger than reality so be very careful what you choose to believe per time.

It is not going to be business as usual as we have successfully entered a brand new season where there will be greater ease of doing things for the upright and the righteous.  God Almighty will see to it that we as believers in his fold enjoy greater peace, joy, health, wealth and abundance of every good and perfect gift. The most difficult months of this year are all safely behind us and the best of the best are now unfolding because better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.

We are in the beginnings of our glory days and we can safely breathe a sigh of relieve for making it thus far in this great and amazing year.   It is true that we cannot really tell what the month portends because only God Almighty knows tomorrow but we are confident of His Words where He promised us that the path of the just is as a shining light that shines more and more unto the perfect day.

This is our sure word. This is our anchor and our confidence. We are persuaded that things can only get better. In this respect it is time to forget about the ugly and painful past and embrace a great and wonderful new day that has just birthed right before our eyes.

In this new month do new things! Change your patterns. Change some friends and embrace some new associations prayerfully. Take brand new bolder steps in life, business and ministry. Embrace new ventures, embrace new horizons. Broaden your vision and expand your scope. Do something great and unusual that you will forever live to remember for good and not for evil. Dare to dare and remain purposeful, focused, deliberate and very intentional.

Above all be phenomenal, be unique and be influential and powerful

See you at the topmost top! It is time to go FORWARD! It is time to SOAR!

Welcome to August!

Welcome to New Beginnings!

Welcome to Greatness and Glory!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. AUGUST 01, 2018

RE: DREAM AGAIN!

Dream Again!

Yes dream again. Sometimes in life we lose our dreams. We stop dreaming, we stop hoping and we stop trusting God and life. My charge this week is very simple, dream again.

Revisit your past and try and dream again.  Do not allow your present situation choke your future from flourishing and winning.

Realize that life happens but you must keep your dreams alive. You must never allow your dreams of greatness and renown to ever die. You must stoke the fires of your dreams one more time because dreams have a way of coming to pass.

Do not allow all the negative that daily surround you kill your joy or drain your excitement for life and living. Do not allow the mundane choke your creativity and resourcefulness. Do not allow the failures of the past and even the present crush your hope and dream of a better and a more glorious tomorrow.

Choose to dream again. Choose to live again. Choose to believe again. Choose to laugh again. Do not settle for life’s better when there is best! Do not allow the mundane of daily life erase the beauty and power of your dreams.  It is time to dream again. It is time to go again! It is time to shine again! It is time to win again!

Choose to see yourself in the Word of God. Choose to see life where there is death. Choose to see possibilities where there are dead ends. Choose to breathe and exhale and let out the choking realities of failures and disappointments. Realize this is your winning season and everything around you wins!

Dream again! Live again! Laugh again! Celebrate again!

It is time for a brand new season of life where everything that has been difficult and impossible will become easy and possible. You must tune yourself to believe in this possibility because with God all things are possible.

Do not resign to life and mundane living. Pick up yourself, dust yourself and breathe again, live again and dream again. Life is for the dreamers, life is for those who see a way where there is no way because there believe and confidence is in the unseen but all powerful God!

Get excited about your life. Get excited about living and dreaming again. You are still alive, you are well and strong, you are vibrant and dynamic, and there is no better time to dream again and live again!

Forget the past and begin a brand new life of power and glory once again!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. JULY 16, 2018.  

RE:Giving UP is not an OPTION!

Life sometimes conspires against us so that we can give up at life but our determination and response should be straightforward and simple….’Giving up is not an option’!

Let me postulate seven great reasons why giving up is not an option.

1.       We were born eternal optimists. The average person is optimistic and that is our real DNA. We were born to win. We were born to rule our worlds. We are born to reign and rule and be in charge.

2.       We are natural Winners.  The truth is that we are made in the image and likeness of God. There is a part of God in all of His creation including man. We are natural winners.

3.       We are overcomers in this life.  Yes we go through adversities but we are overcomers in this life. We conquer every adversity in our paths. We do not easily give up or give in.

4.       We have what we say.  This is a rule of life.  We therefore never ever concede defeat, rather we speak victories continually no matter what we are presently facing.

5.       We always see a way out.  We see endless possibilities in life’s journey.  We even create new ways where we see no way. We are never closed to possibilities but rather open to new possibilities. We see endless possibilities in life always.

6.       We never stop till we win.  We keep at it.  We work at it.  We keep forging ahead. We keep moving forward and upward. We refuse to quit. We refuse to surrender. We mount up with wings as an eagle and glide the storm that is raging at us to reach our highest and best in life. We are victors never victims.

7.       We are made with more! We are made with more for more by more through more and in more! We are shaped to withstand great hostilities in life. We are wired to conquer. We are created to reign and rule and be in control and be in charge. We are like our Creator and King! We are rulers and masters of our world.   For us quitting is never an option!

Quitting is never ever an option for us because we are made tougher, stronger and greater than our environments. We always find a way in life and we come out of every adversity and trauma stronger and greater. We are the unstoppables! We do not quit, neither do we surrender to life’s troubles, trials or traumas. We use our adversity as our message. We pull through every dark place because we have God Almighty as our strong and mighty ally.   Our strength is not ordinary but supernatural. We rule and reign in this life as champions. We are more than conquerors in this life and we are made for more! We can take a licking and still keep on ticking! We are victors and champions forever and for us quitting is never an option!

This week maintain an attitude of thanksgiving and gratitude to the living God who blesses and keeps us from life’s travails.

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. JULY 9, 2018

RE: STAY HAPPY DESPITE YOUR CHALLENGES!

Happiness is a choice.   Happiness is a daily choice.   You must choose Happiness because sadness or sorrow is not an option.  It is Happiness or nothing! My choice is Happiness and I guess the question to you my reader today is this: ‘What is your choice’?

Sometimes life conspires to treat us badly. It seems nothing is working and to make matters worse we seem not to know what to do?  At such times it is easier to give into sorrow and sadness but we must consciously and intentionally choose ‘Happiness’ because God Almighty or great and mighty loving Creator wants us to be happy at all times.   He desires our good.   He desires our happiness no matter what.

Some people say that we are happy only when things are going well around us and within us.  

I say that Happiness is a daily choice.  You can choose to see the bright side of things always or choose to focus on the negatives and bleak things happening around and within you.   It is all a matter of choice.

The important thing is to know that choosing Happiness is a deliberate effort on our parts.   We must be happy before we become happy.   This statement sounds funny but it is true.   Life is too short to be sad and sorrowful.  Life will not always give us happy moments but we must always give life our inner joy and resilience. 

Whenever sad things happen choose to focus on the good that has happened and that will yet happen. Refuse to be sad and sorrowful at all cost. The enemy of our soul who is the devil constantly wants us to be sad and sorrowful.  We must fight the demons of sorrow and sadness hands down.  We must not give them any room in our lives.

There is no doubt that life can sometimes be tough and challenging, but despite this fact we must remain hopeful that things are getting better and that things will certainly improve shortly. The devil wants to paint God as bad and wicked but the truth is that God is a good and kind God who enjoys blessing his creations.

Think about it the rains falls on all.  The sun shines on all. If God was a wicked God He will make sure that those that are wicked only get wickedness coming their way all the time. We all know that this is far from the truth. God though is the Almighty remains gracious, kind, benevolent and compassionate towards all irrespective of their spiritual states.

The devil also called satan and Lucifer is the one that is wicked completely. He has come to steal, kill and destroy and he knows how to do his job well. He works very hard to perpetuate his wickedness in the lives of both his own children and in the lives of God’s chosen people. We must ensure that our lives remain pleasing unto God so that God can keep the works of the devil far from us.

I am not giving a sermon today.  My message is simple. Your happiness is in your hands. Do not allow any devil or demon steal it from you as a result of your ignorance of God’s clear intentions for you.

Stay HAPPY always.

Stay HAPPY every day.

Stay HAPPY despite the challenges and difficulties you face.

Your Happiness is your choice!

COPYRIGHT @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. JULY 3, 2018.

RE: WELCOME TO JULY 2018!

WELCOME TO JULY 2018!

There is a beauty about endings whether good or bad. We thank God Almighty for the amazing month of June 2018.  If you are reading this piece it means that you are one of the fortunate ones to behold and enter the great and amazing month of July!

The month of July is a very special month because It is the 7^th month in the year 2018!   The number 7 is the number of perfection. In this great and wonderful month the great God of heaven and earth will perfect all that concerns us.

There is a beauty about perfection. The truth is that before there can be perfection there must be completion so God will complete many things in our lives in this great and amazing month that we have just entered into today!

Today is the 1^st day in the 7^th month in the year 2018! It is the beginning of great and marvellous happenings in our lives. It is the beginning of perfectness, completeness and wholeness.

A lot of unfinished projects will be completed in this new month and a lot of new things will begin in our lives. We will enjoy great peace, great joy and great and excellent health and wellness.

The LORD GOD will use this month to beautify our lives and we will thank Jehovah God that we were able to enter this new month to the glory and praise of His holy name!

In this 7^th month of perfection we will walk in light, joy, dominion and peace! We will become greatly sought after and everything that has been difficult will become easy to accomplish. The LORD God will heal our land and our nation will witness peace, progress and prosperity in Jesus mighty name amen and so will our individual lives.

We will not experience any more tragedies, traumas and troubles as individual and as a nation and we will enjoy the great and wonderful presence of the living God who is the Almighty!

Welcome to a an uncommon month of blessings, breakthroughs, benefits and brilliance.

Welcome to peace, power, progress, prosperity and promotions.

Welcome to a month of ease of accomplishments and glory!

Welcome to the 7^th month, the month of perfection, the wonderful month of July!!!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. JULY 1, 2018

RE: PUSH FOR THE WIN!

PUSH FOR THE WIN!

As human beings we must push for the win in life. We must strive, excel and super succeed.   We were not born to lose in the fight of life. We were born to always win and no matter the odds stacked against us in life we must always push for the win.

The number one winning strategy is to realize that we can only win in God. We cannot do anything by ourselves in life. We are God dependent and we rely solely on the love, power and mercies of God to win. We cannot win by our own strength.

We must realize that we are born winners and have the winning mentality at all times.   We must have the winners thinking and mentality and refuse to lose in life.   We only have one life and this life is for winning and not for losing. Winning is part of our DNA, winning is our very own nature in life as true believers.   Even unbelievers strive to win not to talk to those that have been empowered by God Almighty to always win in life.

The next strategy is to set out to win and to prepare to win. Everything that we have gone through in life, the good and the bad and the ugly prepares us to take the ultimate win in life so with the help of the living God we must prepare to win and realize that we have no other option but to win.

We then must take on the giants in our lives trying to stop us from reaching our highest and best and these giants can come in various forms and levels and whatever might be the giant in our lives we must take them on and bring them flat on their backs and crush them under our feet for we are giants takers and giants crushers.

We must remember to always maintain a heart of gratitude and humility even after our great and glorious wins knowing fully well that is has not been by our strength at all but purely by the special grace of God Almighty that we have been able to win.

The fights are on-going and never ending.   We must therefore not take our ease in Zion. We must not relent, neither must we relax after a major win because after every major win is usually a major attack of the devil.   So we must be prepared to take on more giants as we continue on the journey of winning and winning. Every win guarantees our rise and every rise guarantees a new giant, we must continue to slay the giants in our paths until we are marvellous and permanently helped by Jehovah God to conquer all giants in our paths.

Taking out time to celebrate is part of the journey of our win.   We must celebrate big after every major victory.   It is not easy to fight and win so celebrating is a major part of the game.   After celebrating we must prepare for another fight because life is a series of fights that we must daily win.  Finally realize that we are eternal champions called to war and win always and remain thankful for this calling. This week and always we must decide to push to win. Winning is our nature, winning is in our DNA.   Strive to win, push to win!

COPYRIGHT @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM, JUNE 25, 2018.

STRIVE MORE! ACHIEVE MORE!

STRIVE MORE, ACHIEVE MORE!

This is my admonition in this new week, Keep at it! Whatever you are doing that is working simply keep at it.

The truth is that in life you can never tell the day, time or period of your break so we must keep at it. We must keep working the work and talking the talk.

We must continue to strive, work hard and work smart. We must not relent or give up because our kind never ever gives up neither do we ever throw in the towel.

Life requires grit, determination and zeal. We must keep hoping for better and greater days ahead and yet believe that our work and tirelessness will one day speak for us.

Everything sometimes might seem to be working for our downfall but this is not always the truth. The truth is that all things are working together for our good if only we can put our hopes and trust in the living God.

Again we must not depart from the good that we have always done. We must continue to fight the good and courageous fight of faith. We must realize that only the power of God can help us climb the next level and make the higher place in life.   We in ourselves cannot do much except do the things that we know how to do and then we must leave the rest for God to help us with.

We must also do more than we have ever done before. We must add more creativity, more innovativeness and more skill to our present works.   We must challenge the status quo and go against the grain sometimes. We must look to do things differently too because we cannot continue to do the same things and expect different results.  

We must strive to reach our highest and best goals in life at this time because there is no better time than now to succeed and achieve greatness.  

We must be focused, purposeful, goal centric and success oriented at all times.   We must choose our companies wisely because they have the power to make or mar us.   We must decide to champion amazing causes and do more glory with our lives.

We must keep at it. Keep working, keep praying, keep trusting, keep winning, keep shining and keep excelling. Whatever we know to do we must and do well we must keep doing because this is the best time to increase our productivity and expand our reach both in ministry and in business.   Keep at it, never stop, never fail and never ever retire!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. JUNE 18, 2018

RE: The quality of our Choices becomes the quality of our Lives!

The quality of your CHOICES becomes the quality of your LIFE!

The choices we make in life determine the destinies we end up with in life. We are no better than our choices.  We are all where we are today based on the quality of choices we made yesterday and we can be sure that the choices we make today will determine where we will end up tomorrow.

Life always presents us with different choices on a daily basis. We have to constantly choose from one option to another.   We are constantly making choices whether to choose God or the devil, or to choose light or darkness, or to choose good or evil. We are daily presented with all of these choices and the quality of our choices determines the quality of our lives. We are no better than our last choice!

Every choice has an outcome. Every choice has a consequence. Whatever we decide to do per time have a way of coming back to haunt us or bless us and our decisions determines many things in our lives including whether we will have peace or crisis, or whether we will have good or evil.

The choice to live a life of courage, determination, grit, and discipline instead of a careless, wayward and disorderly life is also a choice. The choice to work hard, work smart and work diligently is also a choice. The choice to burn the midnight oil while others are wasting away their time and life is also a choice.

We must determine always to be guided by God Almighty so that we can be helped to always make the right choice in life. This has a way of greatly improving the quality of our lives.   The friends that we keep also determine the choices we will make in life because our friends have a very strong influence and impacts in our lives. The things we see, the places we go and the books we read all play a major part in determining the kinds of choices that we make every day of our lives.

If we know that our yesterday’s choices is the reason we are where we are today then we must determine today to begin to make the right choices in life going forward.  We must pray to the living God for his daily guidance and help because without God on our side we are nothing and then we become crisis prone and this is not good for the quality of our lives both now and in the future.

Choices matter. Our choices greatly matter. They determine our experiences, our expectations and our destinations and our reality and ultimate destiny.

At some point in my life I chose to become a writer, this singular choice has helped to redirect and refocus my life. 

The choices we make also determine the paths that we walk so we must be careful of the choices we daily make. Let us daily pray for to God Almighty for daily guidance so that we can make better choices and live better, greater, wiser, richer and healthier lives.

Life is too short to live by trial and error. Life is too short to continue to fail or experiment.  We must determine to live our best and greatest lives now and this can only happen if the quality of our choices improves.

Welcome to the beginning days of your finest and best moments.

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. JUNE 6, 2018

We are better than they Say!

We are greater than they say!

Do you know that you are loaded with gifts? Do you know that you are strong, confident and great?

Do you know that you are a survivor? Do you know that you are a shining star in this world?

If you are reading this then you are blessed beyond measure and you are greater than they say!

Most of us have gifts, talents, capacities, and skills that we have not even discovered and that we have not begun to use just yet.

Everyone like I say carries genius. We are all crafted masterpieces as God’s amazing creations. None of us is bereft of gifts, talents and special skills. We are all loaded to perform beyond our own imagination.  The only problem is that many of us never scratch the surface of our geniuses.

There is a story on the internet that has already gone viral about the young Malian migrant resident in France. Mamoudou Gassama only got to France a year ago.   I am sure that he did not think much of himself going from Africa to Europe.  He seemed ordinary until a situation that he had been prepared for presented itself.

On the street of France in one of the high rise buildings a toddler was about to fall off about 5 storey building and when our young Mamoudou saw what was happening the greatness in him swung to action and he decided to dare gravity to go against the norm to save the toddler.

The truth is that greatness is on the inside of Mamoudou but he needed that greatness to be triggered for the greatness to manifest itself in faraway France. As we speak Mamoudou Gassama  has become a national hero in France and he not only met with President Macron he was also given the French citizenship. He is also going to start a job with the Fire Service in France.

You might call it fate, destiny and a great miracle whatever you choose to call this very inspiring story is fine with me but I choose to say that Mamoudou is greater than they say.   He also had greatness on his inside he just did not know it.

Mamoudou Gassama is a human being just like us. He is gifted, talented and great by extension so are we all if only we can believe the finished work of our LORD and SAVIOUR, Jesus Christ in our lives.

God delights in the prosperity of all his children. God desires that we excel and do well by every standard.   We are all special in the sight of God. We are all born to do great things and we are all gems and treasures in this life.

It is time to believe in the truth that we were born to do great things and time to set out to accomplish this greatness.   As we take on this great and amazing week let us be inspired by a greater sense of purpose and power and let us realize that there is more to us than meets the eyes.

We are greater, stronger, mightier, richer, better than they say.  We are loaded for our generation.

Welcome to your best and finest week in the month of May!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. MAY 28, 2018

RE: STRIVE FOR MORE!

Are you dissatisfied in life? Are you living below your dreams, hopes and expectations? Do you feel that there is more to you that is being presently showcased in your life?

Do you feel that you deserve more in life but presently you are living way below your life’s standard?

Well many of us are in that place of deep dissatisfaction. The truth of the matter is that we all desire more in life.   We all pray for better places in life and this includes a better position in our homes, in the market place and at our careers.   

It is true that life does not always give us what we deserve. Life gives us what we demand for or better still what we fight for.

We have to fight to take our positions in life. We have to fight to take our place and we have to fight to remain in our positions. As they say even in Freetown there is no free lunch.  Life demands that we fight to take our place.

In life we have to strive for more. We have to strive for more peace, more joy, more grace, more happiness, more riches, more honour and more glory. Striving connotes some level of force and action because nothing good comes easy!

Sitting pretty and behaving that all is good when our conditions and situations are far from this requires that we strive, it requires that we fight for what we want and desire. It requires that we stand up to be counted and stand out to be heard.

We must not allow life happen to us. We must not sit still waiting for the heavens to rain good upon us. We must be actively seen to be taking concrete steps to reach our preferred situations and places. We must not be complacent. We must be active and proactive. We must fight to achieve more in life.  We must strive to be more and to do more because we were not born to be small. We were born to be great and nothing short of being great is acceptable.

We must remain prayerful because we also realize that the battle is not to the strong. Neither is the race to the swift. It is the grace of God in our lives that guarantees that we will make it and that guarantees that we will reach our highest and our best in life.

Striving outside of God or grace is not an option. We must bring God into the equation because God is the ultimate power and the ultimate grace that can ensure that our lives make sense and that our dreams come to pass.

In this season we must strive for more by being more and by doing more because time is nobody’s friend.   What we do not do now we might regret later!  There is so much more that we be and there is so much more that we achieve and there is no better time than now to be all and to do all!

Copyright @ VICTORIA PRAISE ABRAHAM. MAY 22, 2018