Nigeria what do you believe

What Do You

Believe?

Francis E. MADOJEMU

Everyone believes something. • When it comes to

spirituality, those beliefs become

focused on life's big questions.

• What you believe is important.

• It influences your whole life.

What makes us do what we do?

How come people can have the same circumstances,

training, exposure, education even finances

Yet as they grow up they end up differently, behave differently and do things

differently? What makes us do what we

do?

What makes us do what we do?

What you do is the sum total or product of our;

Choices, Values, Belief,

Experience, Knowledge and the

Environment

1. Environment What others think and do,

because the world was existing before they were born

into it. The people had some ideas,

beliefs and mindset and when we came into the world we learnt from them and if their

thinking was wrong then what we learn is wrong.

The environment first feeds you.

2. Knowledge

What you know! Not what somebody

else knows. What the environment

teaches you. What you are going to

learn by yourself.

3. Experience What you go through by

yourself. It helps you to discern,

distill, filter and determine between relevant and irrelevant knowledge which you may have

acquired by yourself or your environment

4. BeliefsThis is different from your

experience and your knowledge.

It is what you accept or believe as truth.

It’s not all you learn that you believe

For example: You may have learnt about the theory of

evolution but do not believe it.

5. ValuesWhat you treasure!

Note the progression From the environment which you have no control over, you learn whatever it teaches

you. To the knowledge you

acquire and your experience which determines your beliefs which affect what you value.

6. ChoicesWhat you appreciate is

based on what you value. This is influenced by what

you believe. Directed by what you have

experienced. Developed as a result of

what you know. Taught to you by your

environment.

7. ActionsWhat you do.

This the sum total or product of our;

Choices, Values, Belief,

Experience, Knowledge and the

Environment

What to do to change what people do?

I must help them to make better choices, and to make better choices:

I must help them to develop good values, and to have good values:

I must touch their belief system, and to touch their belief system:

I must touch their experiences and to touch their experiences:

I must touch their knowledge base and to touch their knowledge base I must deal with the environment.


If I can’t deal with all these things, I cannot change what

people do! If your experiences,

knowledge, values, choices do not change you will

remain the same because actions do not produce

themselves but are a product of you believes knowledge

etc.


It is so important when we deal with human beings we

change what causes them to act the way they do and go back to their belief system. We must go back to our

belief systems which is the 4th in our list of factors and

stands as the pivot of everything you do. It is at the

centre.


What people believe is so important and so strong that it does not matter whether

you have a PhD degree etc if he believes his mother or

wife is a witch it will affect his actions.

We must change his belief and to change it its not

education that will do that.

What you believe determines your next move• Mother Teresa was asked to

march against the war and she said

• “NO, I will not march in a protest against war, but

when you organize a march for peace, please let me

know, I’ll be the first to sign up.”

• It’s an interesting idea to stand for something and

not against anything."

El Elyon - God Most High

El Elyon

God Most High

Jesus Christ

El Elohe Israel Meaning: mighty one; God of Israel the name which Jacob gave to the alter which he erected on the piece of land

where he pitched his tent before Shechem, and which he afterwards purchased from the sons of Hamor (Gen. 33:20)

Nigeria: We are better than this!

The Arab Spring• The series of protests and

demonstrations across the Middle East and North Africa has become known as the "Arab Spring",and sometimes as the "Arab

Spring and Winter", "Arab Awakening" or "Arab

Uprisings" even though not all the participants in

the protests are Arab.

The Arab Spring• It was sparked by

the first protests that occurred in Tunisia on 18 December 2010 following

Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation in protest of police corruption and ill

treatment.

The Arab Spring• With the success of

the protests in Tunisia, a wave of unrest sparked by

the Tunisian "Burning Man" struck

Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, and Yemen,

then spread to other countries.

The Arab Spring• The largest, most

organised demonstrations have often occurred on a

"day of rage", usually Friday after noon

prayers.

• The protests have also triggered similar unrest

outside the region.

Immolation• Immolation, from Latin

immolare, "to sacrifice", originally "to sprinkle

with sacrificial meal" (see mola salsa), in modern English since

the 16th century may refer to:

• Fire sacrifice, Holocaust (sacrifice), Cremation,

Self Immolation • Self-immolation suicide by

immolation, notably as an extreme form of protest

• Sati (practice) a Hindu funeral custom involving

self-immolation

• Jauhar voluntary death (on a funeral pyre) of the non-fighters of defeated Rajput

communities to avoid capture

2 Kings 3:26-27• 26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was

against him, he took with him 700 swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

• 27 Then he [Moab’s king] took his eldest son, who was to reign in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall [in full view of the horrified enemy kings]. And there was great indignation, wrath, and bitterness against Israel; and they [his allies Judah and Edom] withdrew from [Joram] and returned to

their own land.

Arab Spring vs. Nigerian Spring• Be careful The

Domino effect is coming to us in

Nigeria If the church does not give

acceptable to Lord.

• The Elect must make the sacrifice to stop

corruption

Arab Spring vs. Nigerian Spring • It's the spirit behind

the sacrifice that would get the glory &

honor • he offered himself a dead

sacrifice and triggered a revolution Immolation a burn

offering A human spirit douches himself as a sacrifice especially when the righteous does nothing

and copy cat sacrifices were triggered - Ladi Thompson

We Must Be Focused on Peace

• Despite what is happening in the

nation, we need to be focused on peace.

• Don't just pray and fast for a problem,

Pray, Fast and Think of ways to solve the

problem.

Shine Jesus ShineLord the light of Your love is shining In the midst of the darkness, shining

Jesus, Light of the world, shine upon us Set us free by the truth You now bring us

Shine on me Shine on me

Shine Jesus ShineShine, Jesus, shine

Fill this land with the Father's glory Blaze, Spirit, blaze, Set our hearts on fire

Flow, river, flow Flood the nations with grace and mercy

Send forth Your Word, Lord And let there be light

Shine Jesus ShineLord, I come into Your awesome presence

From the shadows into Your radiance By the blood I may enter Your brightness

Search me, try me, consume all my darkness Shine on me Shine on me





Shine Jesus ShineAs we gaze on your kingly brightness

So our faces display your likeness Ever changing from glory to glory

Mirrored here may our lives tell your story Shine on me shine on me





Revolution on the TERMS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

The Ultimate Sacrifice• “Historically, the word

immolate had been used by Fathers and

theologians of the Church to refer to the

eucharist as a commemoration of the once-for-all sacrifice

of Christ.”

• Reformation Theology

This is a fight or the Soul of this Nation

This fight is not about Petrol!!!!• In the same way we

must enlarge our thinking to prepare for this fight, what do we

want, to fight corruption only or fight to establish integrity, transparency and good government

for its people

• The obvious question is what then must we do?

Out of the Ashes Out of the ashes of my dying today I see the breaking of a brand new

day In which the name of the Lord, alone

is glorified I see the breaking of a brand new

day Chris Delvan Gwamna

Light at the End of the Tunnel • When you are in

darkness or in a dark cave or tunnel and can't see your way out, all you are looking for is light a glimmer of hope no matter how small.

Light at the End of the Tunnel • Hope is an anchor

for our souls.

• ....this Nation needs hope, a light

something we all can hold on to and

agree on.

Genesis 1:1-41 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the

face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the

darkness.

This Nation needs Hope• Genesis God said 1st

let their be light. The light serves as our

hope for a better future.

• Hope is the only reason we don't give up or go

insane.

• Our hope in God anchors us

Where is the light • Ephesians 5:8

• 8 For ye were sometimes

darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord walk

as children of light:

Here I am, Send Me

Here I am send me /2x As the Lord wants

somebody Here I am send me

Hebrews 6:18-1918 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong

consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure

and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

Faith, Hope & Love• 1 Corinthians

13:13

• But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Faith, Hope & LoveGalatians 5:6

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing,

nor uncircumcision; but faith which

worketh by love.

Faith, Hope & Love

Hebrews 11:1.

Now faith is the substance of

things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Lord Make Us Instruments of Your PeaceLord, Make us instruments of your peace,

Where there is hatred, let your love increase

Lord, make us instruments of your peace, Walls of pride and prejudice shall cease When we are your instruments of peace.

Lord Make Us Instruments of Your Peace

Where there is hatred, we will show his love

Where there is injury, we will never judge Where there is striving, we will speak his

peace To the millions crying for release,

We will be his instruments of peace

Lord Make Us Instruments of Your PeaceLord, Make us instruments of your peace,

Where there is hatred, let your love increase

Lord, make us instruments of your peace, Walls of pride and prejudice shall cease When we are your instruments of peace.

Lord Make Us Instruments of Your Peace

Where there is blindness, we will pray for sight

where there is darkness, we will shine his light Where there is sadness, we will bear their

grief To the millions crying for relief,

We will be your instruments of peace.

Right Way

• I have always believed because of my faith in

God that there will always be a right way to respond to anything that

happens to us in life, following our rights and a legal way to respond to things done against

us that threatens us and our loved ones

Wrong Way• On the other hand

there is a wrong way to respond to the same scenarios where we do more harm than

good and take the law into our hands and feel justified to responses because of what has

been done to us.

God's Way• However I have always

known and believed that there is a third way, which is

God's way in which He reveals that deals with the injustice as it should be

dealt with not a penny more or a penny less and

provides justice without compromise and in ones

best interest not just for now but for a profitable and

productive future

"The 3rd Alternative:• Albert Einstein reportedly

said, “The significant problems we

have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking

with which we created them.”

• To solve our most difficult problems, we must

radically change our thinking—and that’s what

this book is about..."

"The 3rd Alternative:• Almost everyone

identifies with one alternative or the

other.

• It’s why we have racism and prejudice

and war

• The real problem is in our mental paradigms.

But then we get to the exciting part

• . That happens when I look at you and say,

“Maybe we can come up with a better

solution than either one of us has in mind.

• Would you be willing to look for a 3rd

Alternative we haven’t even thought of yet?”

But then we get to the exciting part

• Hardly anyone ever asks that question, yet it is the key not just to resolving conflicts but

also to transforming the future.

• We get to the 3rd Alternative through a

process called synergy.

He Will Come & Save You

Say to those who are fearful hearted Do not be afraid

The Lord your God will come And with His mighty arm

When you call on His Name He will come and save you

He Will Come & Save YouChorus:

He will come and save you, He will come and save you

Say to the weary one, Your God will surely come He will come and save you, He will come and

save you Lift up your eyes to Him, You will arise again

He will come and save you Lift up your eyes to Him


Say those who are broken hearted Do not lose your faith

The Lord your God will come And with His loving hand

When you call on His Name He will come and save you


(Chorus) Bridge:

He is our refuge in the day of trouble He is our shelter in the time of storm He is our tower in the day of sorrow

Our fortress in the time of war

This Powerful Statement

• Come unto me, all of you who labor and are forced to bear

burdens, and I shall give you rest.

(Matthew 11:28)

• Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)

• What burdens do we face currently in Nigeria and our

Personal lives ?

His Yoke!• Take my yoke upon you

and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find

rest for your souls. . (Matthew 11:29) New International

Version (©1984)

• Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I

am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.- New

Living Translation (©2007)

This Year 2012• These lines are from "The Gate of the Year," a

poem written in 1908 by Minnie Louise Haskins:

• I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year "Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown."

• And he replied, "Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God That shall be to you better than light and safer than a

known way!"

Many Are Called• Matthew 22:14

• 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.

• Many are called but few have

made the choice

• The onus is in us not God

Trust & ObeyWhen we walk with the Lord in the

light of His Word, What a glory He sheds on our way!

While we do His good will, He abides with us still,

And with all who will trust and obey.

Trust & Obey

Refrain:Trust and obey, for there’s

no other way To be happy in Jesus, but

to trust and obey.

Trust & ObeyNot a shadow can rise, not a cloud in

the skies, But His smile quickly drives it away; Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a

tear, Can abide while we trust and obey.

Trust & ObeyNot a burden we bear, not a sorrow

we share, But our toil He doth richly repay;

Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,

But is blessed if we trust and obey.

Trust & ObeyBut we never can prove the delights

of His love Until all on the altar we lay;

For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,

Are for them who will trust and obey.

Esther 4:13-1413 Then Mordecai bade them return answer

unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the

Jews. 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and

deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will

perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Trust & ObeyThen in fellowship sweet we will sit at

His feet,

Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;

What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;

Never fear, only trust and obey.

BraveHeart Quote• "You think the

people of this country exist to provide you with

position.

• I think your position exists to provide those people with

freedom"

Barack Obama• Part of leadership is

telling a story about where we are going -

Barack Obama

• For the rest of his term, President Obama says

he hopes to better communicate his vision for the country with the

citizens.

Barack Obama• "I think that in the first

two years we were so busy just trying to solve

problems that sometimes I forgot that part of

leadership is being able to tell a story about where

we're going and what we're doing," he says.

• "We did that very well during the campaign.

Barack Obama• We projected a vision of

where America needs to go, and then we got into the governance of it. ...

• Sometimes we forgot to be in a conversation with

the American people where we said, 'You

know, this is why we're doing it. This is where

we need

Act Different then Think Different

We found that innovators “Think Different,” to use a well-known Apple slogan.

Their minds excel at linking together ideas that aren't

obviously related to produce original ideas.

But to think different, innovators had to “act

different.”

Romans 12:1-21 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a

living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. 2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed

by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and

perfect will of God.

The Lessons of Stephen Covey #3: Love is a Verb

• Stephen Covey sites an encounter with a client in

his book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

• The client asks him what he should do about his

marriage.

• He says that he’s tried everything and that there’s no love left

between him and his wife.


• The client asked Covey what he should do about his wife and

kids..”

• “Have you tried loving here?” asks Covey.

• “I’ve told you, there’s no love anymore,” says the client. Covey reiterates,


• “But have you tried loving her?”

• The client begins to get mad before Covey explains.

“Love is a verb, it is an action.

Act different then think different

• You must do things for her,

listen to her, be there for her.

• It’s not about what happens in return but what

you do to love her

Mahatma Gandhi• He transcended 2-

Alternative thinking.

• He was not going to run away, and he

wasn’t going to fight.

• That’s what animals do; when cornered,

they fight or they flee.

Mahatma Gandhi• That’s also what 2-

Alternative thinkers do.

• They fight or they flee.

• Gandhi changed the lives of over three hundred million

people using synergy.

Words from Abraham Lincoln

Words from Abraham Lincoln almost 150 years ago but as

accurate today as they were then.

During this political season, let us be

reminded of these wise words

Words from Abraham Lincoln

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.You cannot bring about prosperity by

discouraging thrift.You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.You cannot help

men permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. --Abraham Lincoln

Education

Nigeria what do you believe