Quotable quotes and new words
Endurance is the tonic or impetus needed to overcome all seemingly impossible situations in any circumstance (May 17th, 2021)
The knowledge of past memorials is a function of how people react to things, peoples, and habits around them.
The more national a religion is, the more easily it becomes a rallying point for all resistance forces (Author Unknown).
Our daily activities and interactions give expressions to the memorial we make and encounter.
When God remembers, He acknowledges
Believers should strive to always make each encounter pleasant for as many as we interact with and wherever we find ourselves.
“If the line of limitations is not overcome / defeated , it will continue to haunt generations.”
“Lines are limitations” (2 Sam.8:2).
“Until you stand up against a particular situation / limitation, the limitations remain.”
“Rule Of Life is a close and particular reference and attention to one’s lifestyle as ordained by God.”
Upholding our Rule Of Life diligently channels us on the right path to destiny fulfillment.”
“The fulfillment of destiny is a function of how much care and attention we give to our Rule Of Life.”
“Don’t be too content to contend.”
“The knowledge of past is a function of how people react to things, people and habits around them.”
“No giver, however wealthy or generous, gives his best to a beggar.”
“No individual giving improves the lot of a beggar.”
“The pains and pangs of an ailment or sickness seem eternal.”
“The totality of your success in life is NOT only your efforts or what you know what to do, but also how you comport and position yourself (May 26th,2024.
In a genuine fellowship, God is the center, the rallying point, and the unifying factor, with love at the center.
In a fellowship where God is the priority, there is always at least a word, to the effect that the gathering was summoned. And the results are NOT as a result of selfishness or self- centeredness, rather simply to know God’s mind in the situation. Daniel’s fellowship was not an exception in this instance.
By and large, the success of Daniel’s fellowship, in a land that loathed prayers and worship of God with passion, was hinged on specific rudiments necessary to hold the gathering of believers together. Such rudiments are applicable wherever believers gather. It is not location – specific.
Lack of like-minded and trustworthy belivers is a bane to the success of believers gatherings.
Whatever you have no means to overcome holds you to ransom for the longest time possible].
Our faith is required the most in our CORE areas of need.
It is a risk- a spiritual risk to be under a leader that has not encountered faith.
It was faith that gave the cloud of witnesses RANKS in their respective callings, and they never competed with one another.
Our God is a complete and unfailing attention Giver
He that is deep asleep gives no attention.
Your present situation might totally be at variance with the plan and purpose of God for your life. Despair NOT. You shall get there.
“If you stay where God has placed you, He will do for you what your might & smartness can’t achieve.” Stay in your location!
“The knowledge of past memorials is a function of how people react to things, people, and habits around them.”
“Citizens that do not talk truth to power will NOT only bear the brunt, but also pay dearly for the consequences of sins they did not commit.” (Jud.6:6).
Covenants, whether good or bad are for a specific time. It may take a while, it will surely come to pass.
The singular trust in God attracted an everlasting covenant on Abraham’s lineage.
Godly covenant does not exempt the bearer from challenges and oppositions.
The type of lifestyle we live now is a function of what covenant we are building for our children.
No giver, however wealthy or generous, gives his best to a beggar! We shall not beg!
IMPARABLE: Unstoppable, irrefutable
STAGFLATION: A combination of high inflation, slow economic growth and high unemployment.
BURLESQUE: A literary, dramatic, or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works.
ENSHITTIFICATION: A gradual deterioration of a service / product over time, often due to prioritizing profit and business interests over user experience.
EVINCE: Reveal the presence of ( a quality of feeling).
PANEGRYIC: A public speech or published text in praise of someone or
something.
EXCORIATE: Censure or Criticize sharply
INFORMATION LACUNA: A gap or missing part in a body of knowledge, data, or information.
EMBOLALIA: Automatic speech; verbalization that occurs without conscious effort by the individual, such as repititions and filler words.
FESTSCHRIFT:A collection of writings published in honor of a scholar.
Social Studies as a subject, is the study of how man lives, what he does, and how his life is affected by the things, peoples and habits around him.
TEMPOROCENTRISM: Belief that one’s time is the significant and important, often leading to the idea that current achievements and perspectives are superior to those of the past and future.
CONFUTE: Prove ( a person or an assertion) wrong.
ERGOPHOBIA: Fear of work.
FARDEL: A BUNDLE
“Many hands make light work”= when we work together, more gets done.”
AMARANTHINE: Something that is everlasting or unchanging, immortal or eternal.
INVEIGLE: Persuade someone to do something by means of deception or flattery
SALACIOUS: Having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters.
Elision: The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking, eg i’m.
SITUATIONAL IRONY: A literary device where the outcome of a situation is significantly different from what was expected or intended, e g (A fire station burning down. Babalawo dying of magun.)
Hidebound: Someone or something that is inflexible & unwilling to accept new or different changes. Not willing to change or be influenced by new or modern ideas.
Abjure: To renounce a course, or belief.
Memoriter: By or from memory, by heart.
Lethologica: The inability to remember a particular word or name.
Schwa: Is the name for the upside down “e” symbol. It’s from the Hebrew word “shva” – a vowel that serves a similar purpose and appears in writing as 2 vertical dots beneath a letter. It’s the weakest sound in english because it’s a reduced, unstressed, and neutral vowel sound that requires very little effort to produce, similar to a soft breath or a yawn.
Equable: (Of a person), not easily disturbed or angered, calm, and even-tempered.
Festschrift: A collection of writings published in honor of a scholar.
Claw Back: (of a government) recover money disbursed in form of allowance or benefit, typically by taxation.
Lead On: Mislead or deceive someone, especially into believing that one is in love with or attracted to them.
Bunkum: Insincere, foolish or nonsense talk.
Vacuous: Lack of thought and intelligence, mindless.
Idioms: “Get Your Ducks In A Row” – Make all preparations needed for something to do something; Get everything organized.
Autoschediastic: Impromptu, improvised, extempore, offhand.
Gamut: The complete range or scope of something.
Aporia: An irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory.
Bring To Speed: To give someone all the latest information about something.
Improvident: Lacking foresight and failing to provide for future needs, often by being wasteful, or incautious especially with money. It describes someone who is not provident , meaning they do not plan or save for the future.
Innocuous: Not injurious to physical or mental health; lacking intent or capacity to injure, not causing disapproval.
FacePalm: a gesture in which the palm of one’s hand is brought to one’s face, as an expression of disbelief, shame or exasperation.
SCRIPTURIENT: Having a strong desire to write.
BROADSIDE: A strong, harsh spoken or written attack.
BLUDGEONING: Beat someone repeatedly with a heavy object. Make one’s way by brute force.
OVEREGG: Overembellish or exaggerate something.
PARRHESIA: Boldness or freedom of speech.
OPSIMATH: Late learner, a person who begins to learn or study late in life.
STHENIC: Of or having a high or excessive level of strength and energy.
“BILLETT DOUX”: A love letter or a sweet note”
Talk One Minute A Mile: To speak very quickly , rapidly or excessively.
Agelast: Someone who doesn’t laugh. Someone who has no sense of humor.
