Tuesday, November 30, 2010

10 Reasons To Use The Leverage Of Internet



If you want to become rich, you need to work less and earn more. In order to do that, you employ some form of leverage” says Robert Kyiosaki’s rich dad. One form of leverage that MUST NOT be ignored in our time is the internet. Any home based business that wants, not only to survive but also prosper should engage the use of this tool.
 
It is barely five months since I employed this wonderful tool and I have gained a lot. Before then, I use to chase my friends and relations around to join my networking business. It got to a point where they were running away from me. Some were not responding to my calls or emails. I even got embarrassed and wanted to quit the home based business. Then, I searched the internet...

The word leverage, in a broad definition, simply means the ability to do more with less. In such a competitive world, one needs tools that will require little input but accomplish a lot.  The following are the reasons why I recommend Internet for your home business:

1. Access to a worldwide audience-More than 1.9 billion people use the internet (June 30, 2010. http://www.internetworldststats.com). Your business cannot afford to ignore such number of users!

2. Gain an edge over traditional business experts-Business is all about people and sales. A new business owner with little knowledge of what the business entails but has internet presence will sell more than the traditional guru, who knows it all but has access to fewer people.

3. Build a brand name-This leverage enables you to brand your name or business name. People get to know you and what your business offers. Trust is built and some of them eventually convert to customers.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Blogging is vital for any internet marketer. It gives you a base for your potential customers to get to know you and your business better. You can build your website or blog with blogger or Wordpress but Wordpress is preferred for business purposes. One framework I highly recommend for you to build your wordpress on is Genesis theme framework.


Genesis empowers you to quickly and easily build incredible websites with WordPress. Whether you’re a novice or advanced developer, Genesis provides the secure and search-engine-optimized foundation that takes WordPress to places you never thought it could go.
Genesis runs on parent-child themes concept. A child theme is an extension of a theme framework which is comprised of typical theme elements. Genesis is the parent theme. With the click of a button you can change the feel and look of your site.

Genesis framework features
  • Impressive themes - All the child themes are great-looking out-of-the-box.  With a little know-how in CSS, you can totally customize any theme you like – but you don’t have to. Read more...

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Blogging Tips – 3 Primary Steps To Higher Rankings!

Hi! I read a blog post that led me to an awesome report and I want to share it with you. If you have a blog or ever plan to have one you MUST read this report. I grabbed my own and I encourage you to do the same.  First read this post by Mavis Nong. Enjoy and act on it!
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I have just finished reading The Perpetual Traffic Report by Ryan Deiss. If you really want to drive endless traffic at NO cost to your blog, then you have to grab this amazing report, whilst it’s still FREE!

It’s often said that Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the most complex marketing strategy to master. However this marketing strategy is now becoming easier, so you don’t have to pay professionals too much money to optimise your website(s).

When understood and done properly, SEO can get your site on the very 1st page of Google, when people search on your specific keywords and drive massive traffic into your business. Who wouldn’t want that?

Let me share with you the 3 primary steps to get your blog ranked higher on Google:
STEP 1: Create Quality Content
A blog without valuable content is useless. Your goal should be to create the best content consistently, so that your blog can stand out and start generating some traffic.
You also need to pay attention to the following factors in order to make Google happy and send you enough traffic:
  • Domain name – having the keywords that you want to rank for in your domain name is very powerful. Also, the age of the domain has some impact on Google, believe it or not – old domain will rank better than the new one.
  • Keyword research is an important process before you write your posts so that people can find your content as well as boosting your rankings.
  • Keyword density – pay attention to how often your keywords are used in your posts. Don’t overuse them! Read more...

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

5 Great Enemies of Success to Avoid If You Want to Succeed In Home Based Business


Do you have a dream to succeed in your home based business? You can realise your dream if you avoid the enemies of success on the way. As Henry David Thoreau said “men are born to succeed, not fail” and that includes you.

So the enemies of success to avoid include:

1.       Self limitation:
Self-limiting beliefs and habits can keep you from living up to your full potential and from succeeding in business. Many times people make self- limiting statements because of fear of failure. Do not allow fear to rob you of your dream. If others made it you can also. As my father would say, those gurus you see and admire do not have two heads. So, start seeing yourself as a success, keep saying it and soon you will be one.

2.       Ignorance:
This is not an excuse for failure. There is so much information available for one to succeed in home based business. Search the internet, attend seminars, read books, etc and update yourself. You need to be aware of new trends in your niche. What was excellent before may not be good this time.  
3. Procrastination:
Many people have great ideas and plans on how to prosper their business but they are yet to execute them. Delaying to do what MUST be done is simply delaying your success.  Get organised and manage your time properly. Allow your desire for success to overcome your desire to put things off. By all means, do not let procrastination waste your time and ultimately kill your dream. Read more...http://ngozinwoke.com/10/5-great-enemies-success-avoid-succeed-home-based-business

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Blogging Tips- 7 Tips On How To Increase Your Blog Readers And Comments.

Do you have a blog with few or no readers? Are your blog posts without comments? Posting rich content regularly and not having people coming to read them can be very discouraging. The beauty of having a working blog is expressed in its ability to draw active readers and comments. Now, you can smile because below are simple but effective blogging tips on how to increase your blog readers and comments. 1. Find a loyal reader and commenter
Find someone who believes in you and would want to support you in your blogging. This can be a friend or a relative.  Comments from this person will draw visitors to read your post and will encourage them to also leave comments. When I started, I got my sister to read and leave comments on my blog posts.
2. Find blog buddies
You are not the only one in need of more blog readers and comments. Search for these bloggers and connect with them. Offer to exchange favours, that if they would subscribe to your blog and leave comments on each posts, you would do likewise on their blogs. Comments leave good impression about your blog on any of your blog visitors and they will pause to read through the post. Some will subscribe for updates afterwards; this will increase your blog readers.
3. Participate in blog comments
Leave quality comments on other bloggers’ posts, especially larger blogs. This is one of the ways to market your blog. Some readers of these blogs will read your comment and visit your blog to read your blog posts. Some will leave comments. Read more...

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Blogging Tips – How To Increase Your Blog Ranking

Hi. Sometime ago, I came across a great blog post from Mavis Nong  (www.attractionmarketingonline.com) and I think it is important to share it with you if you want to market your blog and increase your blog ranking. So in her own words I give you this post.
Enjoy it and take steps to follow it...
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So, why have you created your blog? Why do you keep writing posts for your blog? If you are like most bloggers, your primary goal is to get free, unlimited amount of traffic and actually make money with your blog. Is that right?
Now, you have to realise that there are thousands of bloggers out there, also with the same objective as yours – to drive free, endless traffic to their blogs and ultimately make money.
increase blog rankingsSo, you’ll need to optimise your blog for increased rankings and improved search engine results. You can gauge how your blog is doing by checking the PageRank and Alexa ranking of your blog. I have installed the Firefox SearchStatus plugin on my computer to check my stats among other things.
Google uses a PageRank to determine the importance of a site. It’s one of many factors used to determine which pages appear in the search results. It runs from a scale of 1(poor)  to 10 (excellent).
If you have a higher PageRank, then you will be seen as an authority and get priority over other sites. And that means more traffic to you! :-)
Let’s take a look at some effective strategies that you can implement straight away to boost your blog rankings and grab the top spots in the search engines:
[Some of this advice I got from Katie Freiling of www.KatieFreiling.com]
1) Install the WordPress blog optimisation plugins – they make the process easier and can increase your rankings. Read more...

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Blog Marketing -10 Effective ways to Market Your Blog

Do you have a blog with rich content but no or small number of readers? Having a blog with no one reading it can be very discouraging and disheartening. It is not enough to have a beautiful, well written blog; there is need for you to market it to attract readers and ultimately buyers if you have stuff to sell on your blog. If you need a change today, I present to you 10 simple but effective ways to market your blog.
In-house blog marketing
1. Enable SEO: SEO helps you to bring in real visitors from search engines. Make it possible for search engines to find your blog.
  • Have your own domain name,
  • create keyword rich titles
  • Highlight the important points in your article.
  • Use lists or bullets to convey your points
  • Use multimedia content like images, videos.
  • Link to your related posts.
  • create unique title tags
  • Enable permalinks and trackback
2. Update your content: Create rich contents frequently, 2-5 times a week.  Posting quality information regularly will market your blog to new readers. Also, your readers and visitors will know how often to check your blog for a new post. If you your blog is not updated regularly you will lose your readers. Nobody wants to read a blog that is not updated Read more...

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

7 Business Tips for Making a Workable Business Plan

There is no successful small business without a plan on ground. Your business plan determines the scope of work you have to deal with; prepares you for what lies ahead and helps you to avoid waste of time, energy and resources. Below are business tips on how to make a workable plan for your business.
  • Clearly define your business idea
You need to have a clear picture of what you have in your mind. It should be well understood by you and any other person you may share it with.
  • Identify your driving force.
What is the motive behind your idea? Do you have a passion for owning a business, particularly this business idea? Your driving force determines the enthusiasm and speed with which you work your small business and how far you can go with it. Read more...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

How To Keep On Going With Your Online Home-Based Business When You Feel Like Giving Up

Do you wake up and feel like not working, feel like giving up or do you wonder whether you should quit this business? May be you are lost on what to write in order to market your business or you have spent a lot of money already with little or no result in return. You are not alone; many successful marketers went through this at some point in their business before breaking even. How to keep on going with your online business when you feel like giving up includes:

Focus on your dream


Focus on that reason why you started a home based business; it may be because of financial freedom or ability to spend more time with your family. Write out your dream and goals, both short term and long term goals and focus on them. Hard copy of your dream that is ever before you will give you the strength to continue.

Weigh the cost of giving up

Many times we throw in the towel before weighing the cost of our actions. Consider where you are going to be 5 years from now if you carry on with your home-based business through the tough times and compare it to where you will be 5 years from now if you give up. It may be difficult now but step by step you will get to your comfort zone. Read more

Driving Force Of Home-Based Business-A Search For The Primary Aim Of Starting A Business

What is your primary aim for starting a home based business? Identifying it exposes your driving force which will determine your success in business. It is that which, more than anything else, gives you a sense of direction and purpose, motivates you to your highest levels of energy, and sustains you over the long haul. This article gives the need to discover your innermost reason for starting a business.


What gets you out of bed and makes you work all day? There are numerous possible answers. It could be financial or personal freedom, status, power, competition, possessions and celebrity, influence, getting ahead, recognition, security and success, happiness, fulfilment or your children’s future. The list can go on and on. Understanding your driving force gives you the ability to actively shape your life rather than passively accept whatever joy and whatever pain happens to come your way.

Many people worked towards success, attained it only to discover they are still unsatisfied and unfulfilled. Yet, there are others who, whether successful in the conventional sense or not, experience deep satisfaction and fulfilment. The difference being that the latter built his business with the primary aim on focus. Your driving force should lead you on how to choose a home based business. Read more...

Saturday, September 18, 2010

The Serekunda Market

Hi. Have you been to Serekunda Market? My friend Ndidi, (http://ndidingwuluka.com) has an interesting description of the market and I thought to share it with you.


Here is her story as she wrote it:

As we drove towards Serekunda Market in The Gambia, I was not sure what to expect as it was my first time in the market. There was the challenge of where to park the car; so my friend and I had to get down for the driver to find a place to park.

While we trekked towards the market, I saw some traders by the roadside. One spread his second hand clothes on top of a car parked by the road. The car was very dirty and did not appear to have been moved in months (or years?). Another trader placed some apples in a carton and called out to customers, “Pom, 10, 10 Dalas.”

The market appeared not planned; for the goods were not sold in sections. Clothes were sold in the midst of meat, vegetables and palm oil.

Some of the traders could not do simple summation which gave me the impression that they could be cheated. My friend wanted to buy five litres of palm oil, so we approached a girl selling palm oil, who told us the price of one litre, but could not tell us the price of five litres. The woman beside her could not, the man she called to assist was also as handicapped as the other two and so we had to go elsewhere. Read more...

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Social Media Marketing Action Plan


Hi there.
Do you engage in social media marketing? Social media sites are great places to generate leads and to brand you as a leader. It is a place to add value to your audience and market your business. I was listening to Katie Freiling (http://katiefreiling.com) and she was sharing on how she uses social media to market her business and I thought to share it with you. She talked on the biggest mistakes on social media and the social media marketing action plan. These are listed below:

5 biggest social media marketing mistakes
  • Selling or pitching without building relationship and adding value.
  • Having no blog
  • Not being consistent in giving good content
  • Not having targeted following
  • Not having a strategy and not having an organized social media Read more...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

How To Build Personal Brand Online Using Social media Sites

 Name branding is one of the reasons for using social media to grow your business. Networking is so vital and important to business in general that using media sites cannot be considered as a waste of time for personal, corporate or consumer branding. This article shows you how to build personal brand using social networking sites.
How to build personal brand Online
  • Connect your web presence
Your brand, messaging and social presence should be connected and consistent. Ensure that you have a consistent, branded presence throughout all your media sites so that when users come to your page to interact, they will understand that they are interacting with the true presence.
  • Brand with Facebook fan page and have contests
In order to get more people in your Facebook group, hold contests. In personal branding, your assets are yourself. If you want to build a little readership around your personal blog or you want to get people to engage with you even more, give away a 2-hour strategy session for the contest.
The person who would enter into that kind of contest is somebody who would want to speak with you on the topic that you are an expert in. Use a different service such as Skype and lend your own time and efforts to helping that person if he wants. Read more...

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Online Home Based Business Marketing- Is This Personal Freedom Or Personal Bondage?

Are you enjoying or enduring your online home based business marketing? Home business has been made easy with the use of the internet but for some internet marketers, it has become a personal bondage instead of personal freedom. They are not enjoying one of the main reasons they quit their corporate jobs. And the root cause is simply lack of self discipline.


Personal Bondage, though can happen to any online marketer at any level of success, occurs mostly with newbies (new users on the Internet). Everything seems difficult and overwhelming to the person: marketing strategies, generation of leads and traffic, etc. The person has to learn so much and start so many things at the same time. No time any more for you, family or friends. It is work, work and work!

Another thing that can cause personal bondage is unhealthy competition. Competition is very good but when it becomes a do or die affair, then it becomes dangerous. It will engulf all your mind and time; affect your relationships and perspective to life.

Personal freedom, one of the benefits of home-based business is achievable and can be maintained. I have listed below 4 steps to achieve this. Read more...

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

7 Basic Blogging Tips You Cannot Afford To Ignore If You Want To Promote Your Blog Posts


Blogging as a marketing strategy cannot be overemphasized if you want to generate mlm leads for your network marketing business. But for you to generate these leads, your blog must have frequent and quality blog posts. And whatever your niche may be, you want people to read your posts and comment on them. To help you achieve these goals, I have listed the basic blogging tips to help you promote your blog post
How to promote your blog posts
1.       Create catchy Keyword titles
Make your title to be compelling; your blog title should promise to deliver your expert information on a specific topic. It should build interest or motivation. Does it entice your readers to ask questions? “How to” blog posts will always attract readers because people are looking for answers to common problems facing them. Furthermore, titles need to be search engine friendly and keyword wired or nobody will ever see them, no matter how catchy they are. Read more...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Using Social Media To grow Your Business-How To Use Social Media Sites As A Marketing Strategy Today


Social media connects people in the online world to form relationships for personal and business purposes.  Online marketers use media sites to build communities, discuss business issues, share expertise and build their brand and to establish themselves as experts. Social networking sites enable a marketer to advertise freely, expand market and to text marketing messages. Therefore to maximize the use of social media as a marketing strategy, you need to know how to use it effectively and efficiently.

How to use social media sites

1. Target your audience and choose your networking sites

What social networks are your clients visiting? What social media website is specific to your industry? Not all media sites will be good for your business. Choose the appropriate site and go to where your audience is and start conversation. Read more...

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Using Social Media To grow Your Business-Why Use Social Media Sites As A Marketing Strategy Today

Social media use is no more only for sharing thoughts, information and data across the web, internet marketers now use social media to market their businesses. It is becoming impossible to hear a guru talk about marketing and not hear him mention this marketing strategy and why your business needs to take advantage of it. Social media, networks and the tools behind them are a fantastic way to promote your business.
Here are reasons for using social media to grow your business:
 
1. Name branding

Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Digg enable you to make a presence where your customers are and to reach a huge number of potential clients. If you want to appear relevant and in-step with the latest advances in technology, your potential customers will want to see you on these sites as well. Also, using social media enables you to portray yourself as a leader. People buy into you before they buy what you have to sell.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Article Writing- A Free Marketing Strategy For Online Work From Home Business Opportunities

Work from home business opportunities need to be marketed online for wider range of customers and article writing is one of the free internet marketing strategies that build home-based business. Advertising can prove to be quite a costly endeavour for a lot of beginning marketers, but you really don't have to pay for advertising at all if you use article marketing. Here are other benefits of article writing: Read more...

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Blogging- A Marketing Strategy For Generating MLM Leads For Your Network Marketing Business

Blogging is a very cost-effective marketing strategy for generating traffic and MLM leads for network marketing business that only requires a bit of time and dedication. A blog is no more a mere online journal; it is also a money churner. If you want to increase your visibility and get in touch with your targeted audience, it is a good idea to blog.


Search engines love content and they love websites that change often. Blogging gives you a simple way to add content to your site. The more content that you have the more the search engines will pick you. Blogs with targeted keywords put blogs in plain sight whenever web visitors use related search terms. Some of these web visitors become MLM leads for your home-based business when they come to your blog.
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Marketing Plan That Will Generate MLM Leads For Your Network Marketing Business As A Beginner

The success secret for Network marketing business on-line is Traffic and Lead Generation, more MLM leads more success. Network marketing business is easy on line if you know how to generate MLM leads. There is need for you to embark on lead generating activities daily. It is what you do daily that determines the level of success you will get.

Developing a marketing plan will help you to focus on lead generating activities. Based on your available budget and time, create your marketing plan, by choosing the appropriate marketing strategies you will use to generate leads. Focus on fewer strategies and add more as you become more proficient in using them to generate traffic and leads. Read more...

Monday, August 2, 2010

Internet Marketing Strategies That Will Build Up Your Network Marketing Business

Internet marketing increases customers for your network marketing business, and enhances branding of you, company and product. An understanding of the marketing strategies will reduce your cost and build the traffic you need for your business. The internet marketing strategy you choose will depend on your business, your budget, time and, to some extent your personal attitude. Read more...

Friday, July 30, 2010

MLM Training- The Benefits Of Home-Based Network Marketing Business Training

In multi level marketing industry, many network marketers have failed and quit, not because their business opportunity was not legitimate or lucrative but for lack of MLM training. Proper MLM training is one of the most important steps in growing a large network marketing business. There are many experts in the industry who have the specialized skills you need and want, whom when you follow, you will learn skills like branding yourself, closing a prospect, generating free leads online, teaching duplication, selling products, etc.
No matter what your niche is, you need specific information and skills that you must learn and practice in order to succeed in the network marketing business. Read more...

Thursday, July 29, 2010

How To Build A Home-Based Network Marketing Business Successfully In Recent Times

According to Industry Statistics, 97% of network marketers fail in this industry. Many marketers lose a lot of money and make no or little profit. This is due to lack of adequate knowledge about their business and how to market it successfully. Network Marketing is a business where an average person with little investment and no experience can build a full time income working from the comfort of their own home. Thousands have succeeded in it.
The following steps are vital if you are to succeed in the network marketing business. Read more...

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

How To Choose A Home-Based Business Today


There are hundreds of home-based businesses in various industries, such as travel, health, real estate, business, or based around certain products or service out there.  The task of finding the perfect home business fit for you can be very challenging. Many people give up their desire to start own business at home because they get frustrated in the initial search process, but this is the most important step if you are to see success as a home-based business owner or not. This article gives basic things to consider when choosing a home-based business
There are many things to consider when looking for the best business to start, these include: Read more...

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Is Home-Based Business For You

Have you been in a situation where you are getting ready to go to work and your children are crying for one thing or the other, your spouse is asking for attention, your dog is scattering things in the house, the phone is ringing and the time is ticking? Have you ever needed to be in your son’s school for a special activity but you could not afford to leave the office during that period?  You are working to have enough money to meet the needs of your family and your spouse and children are saying you do not have time for them! You find it difficult to even attend to your personal needs.

There is need for a balance. You may be thinking now “what about the bills” There are multitudes of home-based business opportunities that you can choose from. Many have made more money on home business than they ever earned from an employer. That could be you. A sound business model would allow for changes, personal growth, and time to watch the children grow; to date your spouse and take regular vacations without worries of decreased income. Read more...

Monday, July 26, 2010

The Benefits Of Home-based Business

In the past jobs provided people with monthly salary and long-range security but not anymore. Along with the recession, job security has become uncertain and it is getting hard to find one. An alternative is to go into work at home business, yet most people are sceptical about starting one, being fearful of failure and losses. Many don’t have the confidence because of lack of business training and experience. But the challenges to success are not as difficult when you start a home-based business.

A lot of people have built very successful home-based business. Most people start out part time and stay part time to supplement their income while others have built their business full time. If you are already working in your own home based business or just entertaining the idea, be sure to evaluate your options and consider the value of the benefits you will receive. Read more...

Friday, June 11, 2010

How to pray when your prayer must be answered

Answering prayers is what God wants to be doing for His children. He said in Matt 7:7,”Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”  (NKJV) Furthermore, to prove His willingness to answer all our prayers, He said in Matt 7:1,”if ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”. (NKJV) As a child does not need to do anything special for his father to meet his needs, so also we do not need to do anything special for our father in heaven to meet our needs. Read more...

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

How to make your marriage work

Nothing works except someone makes it to work. How do you make your marriage work? As the question implies, some marriages work while others do not. Many factors do birth challenges in marriage but it takes one making a decision to make his/her marriage work and being determined for it to work. Read more...

Monday, May 10, 2010

The benefits of marriage and family counselling

A wise man said, “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail”.   People generally, neither like to hear about failure nor do they take pleasure in personal failure. The success of any event, activity or institution is determined, to a great extent, by its preparation. Consequently, Pre-marital counselling provides a solid foundation for a successful marriage. Read more...

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The institution of marriage: why the big failure?

Two people went to a manufacturer and complained that his product failed to work. The manufacturer asked them if they read the manual and the first person said no while the second person said yes that he did read the manual. The manufacturer then asked the second person if he followed the instructions on how to use the product and he answered no that he did not follow the instructions as stated in the manual. The manufacturer looked at them and said, “If you used this product outside the stipulated way, surely it should fail but only in your hands.”

Monday, April 12, 2010

A Christian attitude towards being offended

“It is impossible that no offences should come...”NKJV. Those were the words of Jesus to His disciples (Christians). Offence will surely come whether we expect it or not, whether we are prepared for it or not! Our attitude towards offence determines the effect it will have on us.
People offend God, fellow men at one time or another. Some offend intentionally, while some unintentionally. Interestingly, whether you do what is right or wrong, somebody will be offended. The question is “what should be the Christian attitude towards being offended?” Read more...

Monday, March 22, 2010

Should you tell a relative they're too fat?

I am of the opinion that it is good to tell a relative that they are too fat. It is important to tell the truth to ones relative but in love. Showing love to ones relative also includes correcting them when they are going on the path that leads to pain, sorrow, devastation and ultimately death. They probably know that they are too fat. Comments and hurtful glances from people would have sunk the fact that they are fat into them. Ignoring them in order to avoid hurting them more is certainly not a sign that you care or that you understand how they feel. Sometimes, they will prefer you to tell them than pretending that it is not a problem, but not spitefully like others. They expect honesty and sincerity from relatives. Read more...

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Is it your duty to support your elderly parents financially when the need arises?

Supporting my elderly parents financially when the need arises is indeed my duty. It should actually be the joy and desire of every child to be able to support his or her elderly parents financially.
According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, duty is something that you feel you have to do because it is your moral or legal responsibility. It is morally expected of all parents to provide the basic needs of their children; to provide shelter, food, clothing, education. Many parents work long hours to be able to provide these basic needs. Some parents go through physical and emotional pain while fulfilling these moral obligations. They do so with the hope that their children will be better off than they were. Read more...

Monday, March 8, 2010

Sermons: How to be a neighbour

Man is made both to be a neighbour and to have neighbours. No man is an Island. For man to survive and operate successfully on earth, he must relate with people effectively.  True enjoyment in life involves being a neighbour and having neighbours. The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (6th Edition) defines a neighbour as: firstly, a person who lives next to you or near you; thirdly, a person or thing that is standing or situated next to another person or thing; and fourthly, (literary) any other human being. On the other hand, the scriptures, in addition, describe a neighbour (I will refer to this description), as a person who renders help in any form to another person in need. Read more...

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Why should Christians love their enemies

In a world full of struggles, hatred and competition, it is difficult to continuously show love to non-enemies, how much more enemies. But God expects Christians to do so. Who are the Christians? Christians are people who are like Christ. God is love and shows love to all. 1John 4:8 says, “He who does not love does not know God, for God is love”, (NKJV). Knowing God and being like Christ is to love people. God's kind of love is the agape love: unconditional love. Jesus showed this love by dying for us while we were yet sinners. ICor13:4-7 defines this love as follows, “Lo... Read more

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Joy: Fruit of the Spirit

Joy unspeakable, is indeed the fruit of the Holy Spirit. Joy is the second mentioned, out of nine fruit of the Spirit, (Gal 5:22).  It is the very nature of the Holy Spirit. A person who has the Spirit within him surely has the joy of the Holy Spirit. It is an evidence of the presence of the Spirit within an individual.  Joy in the Spirit is an inner feeling of pleasure and delight that can not be attributed to any happenings or circumstances around you, but to the relationship one has with the Spirit. It is an assurance of God's presence with you no matter the circumstances. It is what keeps you going when the storms of life are raging. Read more...

Saturday, February 27, 2010

How to cope if you're unable to have children

“I am sorry you can't have children as a couple. But there are options…”
That was the Doctor's report, when we went for the results. Have I come to a dead end? I asked myself, "Does it mean no more hope? How will I cope? What will people say?" Questions kept rolling out in my head without answers. Read more...

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

HOW TO MAKE YOUR MAN FEEL SPECIAL

How to make your man feel special
Every man is special on his own. What to do to make a man feel special varies slightly from one man to another, though there are certain things you can generally do. First, you need to study your man, understand his background, the environment he grew up in, his likes and dislikes and act accordingly. As much as you can, give him what he likes, do what he wants as well as avoid his dislikes.Read More...

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

I and writing

I never thought I could dare to write!

Writing; a way of expression
An avenue to reach out
My lot
My desire
My purpose
Surely to be fulfilled

Come along on this journey.