Oxymoron!!! When people start pretending life is oxymoron- Daniel Odoi. Oxymoron are two words that contradict each other example sinful saint, good devil, cruel kindness, abundant poverty etc. According to the Holy Bible, Job was a righteous man. His life became miserable when God gave Satan the permit to tempt him. In the course of tempting him, Satan killed Job's children, took away his riches and devastated Job's health.   The life of Job’s three friends (Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar) was oxymoron when he faced this catastrophic situation.   In summary, you just listen to how one of his pretending friends (Eliphaz) presented his case with the notion of consoling him: “you will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season. We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself” (Job 5:26-27). Are you disappointed by the actions of people you trusted the most? Like Job who was not moved by the actions of his ...

Keep it up!!! Dedication: To Miss Mariama Sulemana, a member of the Pentecost Students and Associates (PENSA), UCC, Ghana who completed not long ago. In the junior and senior high schools of my country, a student who usually scores good marks in examinations is accorded with the statement ‘keep it up’.   These words are very powerful and really motivational when one takes time to think about it carefully. Unfortunately So many people took these words for granted in those days because maybe they couldn’t analyses it critically. To confess, I personally took it for granted too until Miss Mariama motivated me with these words when my first article was published. In fact, there was a particular message I wanted to deliver to a certain category of people which has been fulfilled. But here am I being trapped with the words ‘keep it up’. Well, let me keep it up until I have nothing to write. Dear reader never forget these powerful words in your life. In ...

When the game is over  As a person, some events of life keep me in the classroom of lessons. One of such is the passing on of mankind; you will not live forever. The world is filled with evils, lies, pain and death and you can’t hide from it, you can only face it. Sorry, I don’t intend to make you sad but that is the reality. Ha-ha, rejoice! There are good things too, through Christ Jesus our Lord, if you don’t have him seek for him. In fact, Life is a journey not so much to a destination, there are no winners and there are no losers. Frankly speaking, the person you may recognize useless today might be the one to help you out tomorrow. So you see, who won?   I personally believe victory should be counted by the number of lives saved, your impact to the society and the legacy you leave behind. Dear reader, what have you done for your generation? After a football match it is obvious for spectators to tell who performed well and who ...

What you greet every morning!!! After careful consideration I have come to the realization that, what you think about early morning is very crucial to your entire life throughout the day. The thought of some past mistake alone can ruin your entire day. Sometimes I hear people say “something I just remembered has really spoil my day”. In his book titled ‘Good morning, Holy Spirit’ , Pastor Benny Hinn narrated how he deliberately and consciously had a personal encounter with the Holy Spirit to the extent of greeting him every morning he wakes up. What do you greet every morning? Is it some past mistakes, failures, sorrow, bitterness and the like? Enough of those thoughts! Such is life; you are prone to failures and setbacks. We have to make our own mistakes and learn our own lessons. Get the courage today and fill your mind with issues of prosperity, success, joy and freedom every morning. And when you’re asked the secret of your progress, tell them w...

ARTICLE SHS 1-4; LIFE IS NOT A FUN FAIR!!! There is a purpose for everything under the universe. The sun shines to provide light during the day likewise the moon during the night. Though both of them provides light, they don’t wait for each other before producing the needed light. During my senior high school days, there used to be an annual program called ‘fun fair’ where colleagues from several schools all over the country come together to have fun with friends through entertainment(I don’t know if it is still organized). Other colleagues also ‘just’ accompany their friends, hang around and go back at the end of the program without accomplishing any task. Thus they wouldn’t have gone but for following their friends’ sake; achieving nothing, nothing at all... Unfortunately so many people live their lives as if they are accompanying their friends on this planet. They are always ready to go anywhere. Today they are here. Tomorrow, there. One day...

What ‘the blood’ can do!!! Dedicated to my lovely cousin whose name you will come across as you read…   Usually performers who play various roles like drama, choreography, poetry reciting etc., in the course of a program   take time to rehearse carefully what they intend doing during the program in order to correct any necessary errors which may occur before the main show. This does not apply to life; life is not a rehearsals. You have only one chance to have good time with family and friends; there is no such opportunity after life on this earth. Quite recently a cousin of mine did not even know the surname I was using and many more. The only thing I can tell her was “our parents have caused us greater loss and harm which need to be terminated with immediate effect”. Anita wept deeply and that’s when I realized what ‘the blood’ can do . Not surprising the blood of one man, Christ Jesus, can cure the greatest problem of man; sin. If...

  Don’t be a spectator!!!   In a football match, there are a lot of people who goes to enjoy the fund of the game and cheer their funds up; they are spectators! Meaning they do not actually play a specific role in the game itself. There has never been a history in the entire universe where a spectator has been awarded the best player in a competition, and it will never ever happen. Spectators can jump, scream the most, paint themselves in the colours of their team and many more, but they will never receive the crown as best players. Why? It’s very simple they are just spectators, spectators and spectators.  Unfortunately so many people are spectators everywhere; on Facebook, WhatsApp, twitter, name them. And the sad aspect of it is, they still want to apply the same concept in the real world; doing nothing, nothing at all. Beloved make good use of every opportunity and don’t be a spectator because spectators never win. …..Daniel Odoi©…..