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"For such a time as this." Esther 4:14  The right place; the right people Esther won a beauty contest, married a king, lived in a palace, uncovered a plot to exterminate the Jewish people and saved them. Her story shows us the importance of being in the right place, and being influenced by the right people. So: (1) Where you are today is no accident. Mordecai, Esther's mentor, challenged her and changed her life by saying, "Who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?" Esther didn't set out to be queen, but once she was, she had to decide between her comfort and her calling. It's a choice we all make. "What's my calling?" you ask. It could involve your job, your marriage, your tasks as a parent, your friendships. It could involve the neighborhood where you live or volunteering at your church. One thing is certain: when God calls, it's "your time." We're tempted to think we're "t...
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Pray for TLF Friend

Loved of God, Thank God for love, sanity and compassion. God bless our endeavours, in Jesus name, amen.  Let's give a shout out to a friend of TLF Ebuwa and her loved ones.   Let's celebrate God's grace and mercy upon her life. Let's pray that she shall be blessed abundantly with God always on her side, in Jesus name, amen. She has supported and been a part of the activities of TLF in one way or another in times past. #pray for one another #June #Ventures  TLF💚

Everybody in the white-collar world

Americans have never shrunk from adversity, so in the fullness of time young people may put on their game face, create new industries, discover fresh roads to affluence and solve the nation's vexing economic problems. But all that lies far in the future. The immediate problem is psychological: the sudden, shocking realization that work as it is constituted in the early 21st century is going to be hell. In the workplace, you don't get to pick your company. In the workplace, you do not get a trophy just for showing up. In the workplace, the boss gets to scream at you as a perk. Probably your first day on the job. Your boss, who doesn't have an iPad, isn't on Facebook and doesn't know how to text. Your boss, who doesn't particularly care rap. Your boss, who probably has a night-school degree. Young people can be forgiven for thinking that the portrayal of the working world in comedies like "The Office" and "Office Space" is completely over the t...

From Our Folder Stories

"For such a time as this." Esther 4:14  The right place; the right people Esther won a beauty contest, married a king, lived in a palace, uncovered a plot to exterminate the Jewish people and saved them. Her story shows us the importance of being in the right place, and being influenced by the right people. So: (1) Where you are today is no accident. Mordecai, Esther's mentor, challenged her and changed her life by saying, "Who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?" Esther didn't set out to be queen, but once she was, she had to decide between her comfort and her calling. It's a choice we all make. "What's my calling?" you ask. It could involve your job, your marriage, your tasks as a parent, your friendships. It could involve the neighborhood where you live or volunteering at your church. One thing is certain: when God calls, it's "your time." We're tempted to think we're "t...

Pray for Our Donor

Loved of God, Thank God for success in our works of charity and social development. God bless us and bless our endeavours, in Jesus name, amen.  Let's give a shout out to the Oyegokes and their family. Let's celebrate God's grace and mercy upon their lives. Let's pray that they shall be blessed abundantly with God always on their sides, in Jesus name, amen. #pray for one another #June #Ventures  TLF💚

Theme Bible Verses

Deuteronomy 28:12 "The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. Psalm 90:17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, And establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 127:1 Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman stays awake in vain. 2 Chronicles 15:7 "But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded!" 2 Chronicles 31:21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered. John 4:34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable...

ODB Message

“For Love or Money” By Bill Crowder Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions. Luke 12:15 Read Luke 19:1–10 Irish poet Oscar Wilde said, “When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.” Oscar Wilde however lived till the age forty-six. Money is temporary; it comes and it goes. So life must be about more than money and what it can buy.  Jesus challenged the people of His generation—rich and poor alike—to a recalibrated value system. He said, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”  In our culture, where there’s an abiding focus on more and newer and better, there’s something to be said both for contentment and for perspective about how we view money and possessions. Upon meeting Jesus, a rich young ruler went away sad because he had many possessions he didn’t want to give up (...