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The fundamental truth about Christianity is faith. To understand God and be able to walk in his ways, you will need to apply faith in your relationship with God and life.

It is often said, “The greatest asset or tool in life is to have faith and believe” The question is what is faith? In my own words, Faith is looking beyond the natural things in life and having the belief in the unseen dreams and heart desires. According to the Bible, Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.

Faith is a broad subject in our world today, it is very difficult to have faith in ourselves, yet to have faith in God. The environment we live in has changed our perception for life as we are constantly influenced by peers, internet, TV and bill boards/magazines. Some Christians and churches in today’s world have no faith in God, but are rather church attendees. We talk about God but do not exercise the true core values of what God takes pleasure in. We tend to want things instantly, but do not question or inquire from God if that need or want (that moment in our life) is heavenly planned. To me, Faith is the key and secret tool to be a strong Christian. Moreover, I appreciate and understand how life can be very difficult and unbarring – making us question God and even our future. I have been there several times. There is always light at the end of every tunnel, but the choice and decision lies in you to believe you can reach that finish line. Nothing in life comes on a silver platter, but you must believe that there is a Great God who is bigger and greater than every situation. For He is the creator of the universe and He will never lie or change his mind. The past is the past but you can change your future by having the faith in God by working hard and praying to Him Alone. No matter our sins and evil deeds, God has promised in his word to forgive us. So have faith and understand by faith your sins are forgiven. Remember this, winners don’t do different things but they do things differently. Written By Jojo Immanuel-Lawson  

Stating the obvious, this underrated death sentence and silent killing emotional defect within the world today, “loneliness”. A very powerful word and state of mood or circumstance which is undesirable but yet exhibited and expressed when surrounded with things unwanted and disheartening. The initial thought of loneliness sends sympathetic signals to an outsider, seemly degrading the character and persona of the individual. This state is not to be taken lightly as it forms part of a crucial cross road experience either leading to a good ending or a bad ending. I call this Positive Loneliness and Negative Loneliness. For this requires an immediate attention and care to allow clear guidance, direction, counsel and love. Negative loneliness, is when life has thrown its’ bitter and tasteless misfortunes at you by way of making you feel reserved and detached from your surroundings. Loneliness is a very painful and mind draining experience, yet many people suffer from this in silence with frustration by preserving the person’s integrity without betrayal and disrespect. This feels like being in a room with no ventilation then holding up to the position where you become incapable of holding any longer. When you are lonely, you become heavily emotional in most cases but in a discreet manner. Most negative loneliness begins from within whereby the surroundings play a vital contribution to that effect and feelings. The pain becomes unbearable and this shuts you down to ground zero feeling an utter rejection within yourself and amongst all. The causes of loneliness varies from broken trust, loss of love ones, sickness, joblessness, child birth problems, broken homes, betrayals, disrespect, fear, disappointments and rejection. Living in this state can only be explained and expressed by the individual in question. At this state, condemnation is not the correct approach to rectifying the underlying factor, for no one choses to be lonely in a state as this. The unforeseen circumstances of life degrade and overshadow the personality and confidence of the person. The internal pain is very excruciating when you harbour it within, which becomes terminal and eventually opens the door to illness. The question is, who can you trust and who will understand and believe you genuinely? No person will deliberately bring this upon themselves to trigger a slow suicidal approach to bottle themselves, for everyone deserves genuine happiness in life. Dealing with this can be addressed with true love and speaking to the appropriate people with a real and honest understanding of the cause to bring a solution. Naturally, how can a building or a structure survive the test of storms and atrocious weathers conditions without the foundation firmly rooted and built to withstand climate changes. For example, a solution is attending a Doctor’s appointment for examination. First of all, there are background checks carried out to ascertain the true root cause of the illness and this is dealt with from the roots. A management program is put in place for further checks out, to totally eradicate the problem. The ideal help is required, incorporated with prayers and trusted counsel, for no prayer goes unanswered when it is prayed in the will of God. Positive Loneliness is when life may appear fast and you need a break to recoup or have a break from the regular activities of life to be away from everyone. It is usually said “Pictures are better developed in the dark rooms“, this allows the development of the images to go through the metamorphoses and cycles of purification and perfection needed to the final picture. Most cars require regular service checks from the road to allow a better longevity, so do humans allowing time for reflection and clarity of direction to safe guard the future. Personal evaluation of life cannot be carried out when you have external voices speaking when the scripted blue print for your destiny is unburden to them like you feel. Make personal choices for your future based on the will of God. Waiting increases your strength for the journey. Be the sole responsible driver for your choice of loneliness and quietness in your life, for God chooses to speak with you alone and further display his miraculous works in the open. Let nothing take your life and happiness away from you. Personal reflection brings clarity to the future. God is always near when we call on Him, you are not alone. Written by Jojo Immanuel-Lawson

People consider dreams to be mysterious and unreal. Some top scientists have stated dreams serve no real purpose and in other words untrue. In some cases people consider dreams to be an illusion. My first question is: what do you say about dreams? As normal beings,we should all dream at every moment in our lives either true or untrue,nevertheless some instances of dreams are memories and images stored up in the sub0conscious mind. Dreams are not self-imposed or created, most of all they usually occur during a nap or sleep. In most cases, some dream has turned out to be very funny and hilarious. A story is told of someone waking up after a dream thinking he was “related The Queen Of England think he will be the next King of England”.  Dreams also turn out to be scary in some instance: bitten or killed by someone or something. This tends to scare people after a dream as such. In some cases, people have dreamt and shed tears, waking with tears on their face.

Remember the story of Martin Luther King, “I have a Dream”. Good Dreams can come true and you have the power to interrupt bad dreams. Words are powerful.

According to the Bible “what you declare with your lips and tongue” can come true as Death and Life in the tongue. Maybe your dreams have brought hope, but may differ from the facts of your current situation, but believe. Only Believe. Jojo Immanuel-Lawson (2016)