Five rules to love

Maria Godfrey First of all, I believe that in order to get we must be willing to give.This is an undeniable law of sowing and reaping. And it works with love too. The more of it you give away, the more you get it back from others. Secondly, I am convinced that love is not only a feeling, it is also an attitude. So, if you want to attract love into your life, you must be willing to think about it and welcome it. Most people would not agree with me on that. They would say that they do think about it more than on anything else. But what kind of state are you in when you think about it? Most are unhappy, doubtful, and melancholic and they do not believe that they are going to achieve.
                                                           
Their thoughts on love are on the wrong wavelength. You have to be optimistic about it. You have to expect love and believe that it will come. And it will. Most ladies when they turn 24-30 become desperate. They tell themselves and sometimes others that they are missing the chance and most probably will never get married. Their focus is on the wrong area. This only strengthens their disappointment and doubts. Better to visualize yourself with that person and feel as if it has become a reality. It will not change the fact that you are alone, but it will place you in a position of accepting love that is meant for you. Thirdly, you have to learn how to love yourself. Too many people hate themselves. How can they expect that others will love them?They form a repelling atmosphere around them, which makes everybody they encounter want to leave these self-hating people at once. You change the focus by looking at how wonderfully God made you. You are beautiful in His eyes and such you have to be in your own. Fourthly, love comes when you learn how to forgive others. Do not keep hatred in your heart for it will destroy your capacity to receive and give love. Try to justify the person or people (in your mind) who have offended you Fifthly, do some love actions. Very often love is there, but you have to release it. Do something good for other people. Do something nice for the person whom you have warm feelings for. Do not rely only on thoughts and words.Move to actions and love will be there. So, I do believe that thoughts on love can inspire you to have the most desirable quality in the world. I hope my article helped you to achieve it.

The Words Of Mother Teresa

The common theme of Mother Teresa words reflect her work with the lonely, the sick, the dying and the destitute. Her unending love came through in her work and in her words.

She was forever compassionate towards the loneliness felt by "wealthy" people, who on the surface had it all. She was also very concerned about the breakdown of families.

Here is a collection of her words which say it all:

• Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
  
  
• I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
  
  
• If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
  
  
• Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
  
  
• Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents, parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
  
  
• It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start.
  
  
• If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
  
  
• Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted, for having someone to call their own.
  
  
• Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
  
  
• Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
  
  
• Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action.
  
  
• Peace begins with a smile.
  
  
• Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
  
  
• The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.
  
  
• The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.
  
  
• The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.
  
  
• The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.
  
  
• There is more hunger in the world for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
  
  
• Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
  
  
• Good works are links that form a chain of love.
  
  
• In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.

Mother Teresa's message of love and hope lives on - it is now up to all of us to continue her work and make the world a better place.

Hang In There

Hang In There

Whatever it is you do in life,
Try to remember that nothing is too big to achieve
And nothing is too small to ignore,
Hang on in there, even if it's with the last thread,
It is well.

You may be on life's path
Not having an idea how and when you'll get there,
The most important thing is that you have a sense of direction,
All you have to do is to take each step one at a time,
And you'll get there.

The idea behind life is about meeting people,
The beauty of life is loving people,
The essence of life is about making impacts,
The joy of life is leaving footprints in the sands of time.

Have a wonderful relationship with God,
And know where he wants to place you in life to function,
For without him,
You are nothing.

On your journey through life,
Absorb everything you hear,
But choose what you want to believe. naijacompass is only a compass pointing you to a  direction

WORK APART FROM WORK!

You Are a Full-Time Minister of God!

Scripture: "Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the Church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do His work and build up the Church, the Body of Christ." ( Ephesians 4:11-12).
What work do you do to provide food, clothing, and shelter for yourself (and your family)? The Apostle Paul did work as a tentmaker (some translations say “leatherworker”); however, he tirelessly preached Christ’s message, evangelizing to everyone he could and teaching new Christians. Today, sometimes, people say they are employed “full time” or “part time” in this or that job or career; as Christians, we could consider that earthly work as how we make our living. But because we are “living stones that God is building into His spiritual temple. What’s more, you are His holy priests” ( 1 Peter 2:5). , we can consider ministering for God our full-time work!
Spiritual Temple
Wherever Christians are – even if it’s a region in which no-one else can know you follow Jesus – God can use you to bless others. St. Paul wrote that “whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone” (Galatians 6:10). He encouraged Christians to “Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them” (Ephesians 4:29). In being sensitive to others, he instructed, “whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). By living for Jesus, we live as the Church – even if we can’t physically attend a church – praising His Name with our actions and building one another up for His glory.
Holy Priests
“Holy” is used to describe something sacred, something set apart, something unique in the world. Born in sin, humans have natural, sinful desires; but as Christians, “you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy” (1 Peter 1:15). “When people do what is right, it shows that they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous” (1 John 3:7). That means we, as “priests,” must follow the example our “High Priest” (Hebrews 8:1). Jesus gave us: loving and obeying God, and loving and serving others.