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Leonardo da Vinci 8 Power Questions

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Many ask and continuously seek their purpose in life knowing that being on this planet is not a mistake. While you search, know that your life matters and there's no fixed formula to finding your place in life, but there's one source, God.  Meanwhile, there are guides that could help you make the most of your days on this planet, help you take charge, have dominion and find pleasure under God. One of the guides that could help especially with choosing a career or finding yourself is asking the right questions.  Try out  Leonardo da Vinci 8 Power Questions and see where it takes you in the quest of #findingSelf. I've answered the questions to act as guide. Act on your assessments later, that's the critical part, faith without works is dead. Cheers! When am I most myself? When I’m sharing knowledge on a life issue that then transforms or moves the next person to another level or peace of mind. e.g. on #Monteeclairs Transformation Initiative or a long call just li

Songs of Solomon 2 : WHAT ON EARTH DID GOD HAVE IN MIND?

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You know i still love you right? 😍lol...All this talk about this amazing book just makes be bubbly😊 but i had to share this...it's an interesting comment from one of our readers,😎 (call it a twist to the tale) on the original post. This is what +Ebenezer Egwuatu had to say about the Songs of Solomon. Enjoy! - Beryl Good evening Beryl,  I've read your post [ http://www.monteeclairs.com/2017/04/songs-of-solomon-what-on-earth-did-god.html]  and this is what i have to say.... All scripture is given by the inspiration of God. So, songs of Solomon was inspired by God.                        God's intention?  That His children may learn and enjoy boundless intimacy in marriage by expressing themselves to one another in love.           Secondly, it paints a picture of God's love for His own. Songs of Solomon is God's standard of erotic love within the context of marriage. Unfortunately, due to ignorance by the church, and a sense of unworthiness, which is a lie

Songs of Solomon: WHAT ON EARTH DID GOD HAVE IN MIND?

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‘…Songs of Solomon; some part of it emphasized most on what I call lustful statements…’ 😞 I’ve not gotten over that comment since I read it; a facebook friend asked on his timeline that people share books of the bible seemingly difficult to read, then someone muted Songs of Solomon because it emphasises lustful statements…now this got me probing. Granted Songs of Solomon is graphic in the expressions of love but what did God have in in mind by allowing in it the bible? Is it a mistake? Is the book bad? Can we use it in daily life? What are the lessons therein? This summary from biblehub.com captures the entire Songs of Solomon text. It describes the Songs of Solomon is a large love poem filled with smaller poems of different kinds. Solomon is the author and he wrote it sometime during his reign 970-930 B.C. It is a story of a bridegroom who is in love with his bride. Key personalities are King Solomon, the Shulammite girl, and friends. The story greatly emphasizes th

Social Media: Good or Bad???

SOCIAL MEDIA:  Good or Bad? I escorted a friend to meet a date but at some point i was upset with him. He claimed he couldn't wait to meet her and yet while we were there (even when i left them alone) , he was spending more time pressing his phone and checking social media.  With the way we use social media today, one can’t help wondering how humans communicated before it or what we will do without it. If you agree with this thought especially the latter, then you’re probably already addicted to social media. With the development of technology over the years came the advent information technology, the internet and web 2.0 which brought about innovations in human interactions and communications like the new media and social networking (Creeber & Martin, 2009) . Now all aspects of human endeavour can be significantly influenced by social media such as politics, business, and religion. Some argue that social media has more negative influence than positive, however, it’s wor

Appeal to LOVE

This gist about HOW THE APOSTLES DIED, is for me an appeal to Love. Some can die for a woman they love or even a noble cause, but, JESUS did much more by dying for YOU & ME , He paid the price for our soul. Please believe this even if it attracts criticism. Below are people (the Apostles) punished for what they believed, the truth, Jesus. I still love Him though. 1. Matthew Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, Killed by a sword wound. 2. Mark Died in Alexandria, Egypt , after being dragged by Horses through the streets until he was dead. 3. Luke Was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous Preaching to the lost. 4. John Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge Basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution In Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered From death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison Island of Patmos. He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos . The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve As Bishop of Edessa in mode

PIRACY IN NIGERIA - a review

The documentary, titled Piracy in Nigeria, was done by #Bertrand Monnet, a French academic and film maker. He embarked on the documentary in order to understand why maritime piracy is still on the increase in Nigeria, despite successful international efforts to bring it under control in other parts of the world, including Somalia. The Maritime piracy situation is worrying the global commercial world because, the bulk of items for international trade is transported via the sea, not to mention underwater oil drilling. Form his encounter with the heavily armed vicious pirate gangs and their local community leaders [all living around the huge offshore oil industry], some realities became apparent to him. One is corruption and that the root cause of maritime piracy is - ‘those who don’t share in the benefits and profits of global trade have fewer reasons to respect the security of those who do ’ . The subject of maritime piracy is not news in Nigeria. As expected, the environmen