The Church and The Poor

Watch out for end time Pastors; these things are really bothering me. If I have not seen the hand of God in my life or if I have not prayed and my prayers were answered or if I have not dreamed and it came to passed. I would have be a free-thinker. I believe in God and I believe in Jesus Christ. Christianity is not a religion; it is our faith in Christ.

What is gospel? The gospel is the act of doing good. But today people use the gospel to enrich themselves and their family; especially in Africa... ( case study Nigeria). I am not against it, if people bless the pastors with their substances and i am not saying pastors should not have good way of living, but I think too much of everything is bad, as it could be refer to as greed or covetousness. 

I have come to realized that some of these people have turned the church to business center. They brain wash the people, they pick the portion of the bible that suit their message and they used it. I am tired of pastors saying be part of my ministry, i am tired of pastors saying send your tithe to my church, i am tired of pastors saying pay some amount of money before i pray for you, i am tired of pastors who want you to lie in the name of favour, i am tired of pastors who are after what they can get from the members as offering or tithes, i am tired of pastors using offering and seeds money buying expensive shoes, suit, luxrious cars, flying with first class ticket or private Jet.

They know all the bible passages to use, to justify their extravagant or flamboyant way of living. For instance, if you ask a pastor why he own a private Jet, he will answered by saying Jesus rode on a brand new donkey. If you ask a pastor why he is taking money from the poor, he will answered by saying the widow of Zarephath gave  Elijah her last meal. If you ask a pastor why he is wearing expensive perfume, he will say the woman poured expensive oil on Jesus feet, if you ask a pastor why is he wearing  expensive suit, he will say after Jesus death the people were fighting for His rope: if you ask a pastor why is he living in a mansion, he will answered by saying in my father' house there are many mansion. 

 The one that surprise me most is happening here in Europe; case study ( africa pastors), when a pastor come to Europe for visiting: with a visiting visa, he wont go back. Instead he seek Asylum, if you ask why do pastors seek Asylum Europe, he will answered by saying Jesus was 'an undocumented immigrant in Egypt. 

Above all, pastors children and family are having the best of life. Lot of them are schooling in Europe with church money. Most of the people who gave this money to the church are people who could not eat good meal or send their ward to good schools. Most of the churches universities today: the people you will find there are parish pastors' children and the rich people children.

 I never thought much about Mr Bill Gates before now, because I heard he is a free thinker: until recently that he got an Award in Germany for his good heart towards the poor and I fell in love with his personality. If all the pastors in the world will do like mr Gates. I think it will be nice. 

A Bishop was sued in Germany for flying with first class ticket to India to see the poor and for using Billion of Euro  to renovate his house...
I am not here to judge or criticize our religion leaders but i am appealing for a change. Let our Pastors or the church remember to bless the poor. Christ did a lot for the poor, He told a rich man to go and sell all he has and give the money to poor people. Let this be our motto: 
" i have food, clothes, home, car e.t.c i am comfortable now i must bless the poor". Go look for a life you can transform. Let's live for one another. 

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,"- Luke 4:18


Written by Queendaline O. Schneider

Help One Poor Live Longer

Sometimes we ask ourselves, why is it that some people are rich and some are poor? I think it has be like that since the creation of the world... But then, the rich are not to mock the the poor. They are to feed, give to them or assist them in becoming rich. What did our Lord Jesus Christ say about poverty?

According to the account of St Luke 14:13, " But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;" (Luke 6:20-21) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said, Blessed be ye poor; for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
According to the book of Deuteronomy 15:11, for the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shat open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. From these bible account, we can see that the fate of man as being poor or rich has been from the origin of the world.
Oftentime, the solution or question has been; how to eradicate poverty.
Now the question is, can poverty be eradicated or can the world be free from having poor people? I think the answer to this question is "NO" Because as seen from the holy book; The old and new Testament confirmed poverty as part of humanity. 

Although, poverty is vary from continent to continent: in the developed countries poor people have access to good standard of living: such as; food, shelter, water, health care and good road etc. Moreso, the government make provision for the unemployment, by giving them all the neccessary basic of living i.e housing, food and allowance for other needs. (Case study, Germany)...

While in Africa, Asia and India are where we find extreme poverty; with people without home, people living on the streets. Even in the course of surviving some people left their home and started living on the street, some find help and other ended up in adject poverty.
It is a known fact, that poverty can not be eradicated but it can be reduce. How can poverty be reduce? Poverty can be reduce by the following ways: By Empowering The Youth of a given society, Antipoverty programs, Skill Building, Help from Religion Leaders, Government should make Provision for less Privilege ones, Individual and the Society at large can reduce poverty by Effortless Ways To Support a Good Cause. 

Inconclusion, it is clear that poverty can not be eradicated but it can be reduced. Every Individual should have a positive mind set. (Individualism) "The poor shall never cease out of the land" it does not mean you have to be one, you can walk out of poverty to become a wealthy person.

Tips:
Think Big
Dream Big
Build your personality
Act like a rich person
Make friend with rich people
Have a fatansy ( with God all things are possible )
Above all, work and pray.

Written by Queendaline Schneider.

The Love That Never Fails

What is Love?
According to the online dictionary, a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child or friend.

According to Gila Manolson, ''Many believe love is a sensation that magically generates when Mr or Ms Right appears. No wonder so many are single.
To the Jewish mind, it isn't unexpected at all. What we value most in ourselves, we value most in others. God created us to see ourselves as good (hence our need to either rationalize or regret our wrongdoings so, too we seek goodness in others''.

According to Queendaline Schneider (2012), ''The love of God lies in those that do his will''
I believe God is love and if we love him we must do what he want us to do. He created us for us to carry on his assignment here on earth and by so doing we must obey his commandment and do his will. God want us to live a happy and filfilled life. And he want us to Him with all our heart, he wants  to love our friends, family and neighbors as ourselves. I must tell you this, if truely we love God we will do what he expect us to. And if we love our neighbors we will do to them what we expect them to do to us. It will be nice if we all can show love to one another, only then the world can regain its paradise on earth..

According to the bible, the book of 1Corinthians 13; 1-13
If  I could speak in any langauge in heaven or on earth but didn't love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I had the gift of prophency and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but did not love others, what good would I be?
And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to mountain and it move, without love I would be no good to anybody.
If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others I would be of no value whatsoever.

Love is patient and kind
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
Love does not demand its own way.
Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged.
It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful and endures through every circustance.

There are three things; Faith, Hope and Love but the greatest is love.

God's own definition of Love; Please study the followings bible passages; Matthew 22; 37-40, John 14 ;15, John 15; 10 , 1John 2; 5, 1John 5;2, 1John 5;3.
Love and blessings. Stay loved.

The Act Of Being Jealous

What is Jealous?
Feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages.
Types of Jealousy; Jealousy can be classified into two categories: Normal and Abnormal.

In life ''everyone experiences jealousy at some point, no matter how saintly they are'' Dr Hupka
Notes that lebels can be attached to every type of situation that causes jealousy.
Romatic Jealousy. For example, couples. Moreso, seeing your ex-man or woman with other opposite sex could be a shocke for you and make you jealousy.
Note: only few people can let go of their past, no matter what, it hurt. Expecially if they thought all hope is lost for their ex-mate...

Work or power jealousy; this occure in the office or the seat of power. For example, promotion or salary level or other work-related issues.

Friend Jealousy: this takes place amongs friends and loved ones.
Family Jealousy: amongs sibling. All these are normal jealousy.

Abnormal Jealousy: According to Dr Hupka, abnormal jealousy can be attributed to common issues including extreme insecurity, immaaturity and being ''control freak''. In some cases, however it is due to a mental illness, such as paranoia or schizophrenia, or a chemical imbalance in the brain.

Jealousy biblically is a seed that is sow by satan to destroy unlike (LOVE). It is a very dangerious seed, that could make one do what ordinarily wont have done.
There are two types of Jealousy: Good and Bad jealousy.

Good Jealousy: is when a friend, family or co-worker have something that you do not have and you like it and desire it.

Bad Jealousy: is when one be witch others because of their good success in life or more fortunate.

Jealousy is very bad, it make one to hate or kill our loved ones, family, friends or co-workers.
It was jealousy that made Cain to killed Abel his brother (Genesis 4: 8).

How to overcome Jealousy: We can overcome the spirit of jealousy by being contented with what we have. Remember, nobody can have it all. Being contented with whatever we have is a good key to living a happy and filfilled life. The book of ( Philippians 4 v 11-13). Thank you for reading and please comment. 

Queendaline Schneider.

When Two Hearts Have Found Each Other

'' '' ''When two hearts have found each other,
they want to be together for a long time.

Keep to your partner in coming hours,
always be ready for hurt and sorrows.

Hold the love tight with your heart and hands,
let your partner feel your love at any time.

Never go with your head through thick walls,
let the love guide you  on the right way.

Because never forget, there will always be
a light at the end of the tunnel, if once
there is a shadow, do not forget the love in your heart.

Let your heart always be part of decisions,
then you will overcome quicker any pain.

Try to rave always for your partner,
so that the hearts continue to get warmer.

Let the power of love have effect in you
so that luck always cares for your marriage.

sail around all hindrances with the marriage ship
and you will never run around on a reef.

The word of consent is imminent this year,
you want to make your dream finally come true

with a word of consent for future life
you want to give your partner all your love.

Happy will be the one who gives this love at any time,
and will also be ready for this love himself (herself).'' '' ''

Unknown ( Read for us on our wedding at rathaus in Grünstadt on 15.08.2012) by Mr Schluz.

Dedicated for our marriage.

Eating Good Food

What is food? It is a substances that give nutrition, vitamins and energy to man's body. It enhance the growth of man's body. It enhance the growth of man. It is any substances or liquid that goes in the body.

Why do man fight for food? Man fight for food for different reasons. Obviously man cannot not live without food. Man fight for food due to poverty, or lack of enough. Selfish interest of man's undying factor for hunger strike.

Do man live to eat or man eat to live? For it is written "man shall not live by bread alone..."
In Africa, a lot of people could not eat what they want rather they eat what they see.
In the developed countries food is very much avaliable to rich and poor. And everyone could eat good meal.

We need HOPE HOUSE in Africa... Where people can come and eat without money, basically in the rural area.

What is man's hope for food? Man believe the little food could sustain him till future. But man forget that every substances that is taken is only for a moment. Soon it becomes waste, and the body request for more.

What  does the bible teach about food? Man shall not live by bread alone, but by the word of God...

Should food be a problem among family?

On The Journey

This is the way things are being done on earth. Man's activities could be referred to as his journey. When you are occupied with so much activities, you may forget where you are going. Some believe this while others believe that it is just a starting point.

of course, every journey is a starting point because life itself is a journey. 

A journey is the process or means of leaving ones home or means of leaving ones home or father's land to a foreign land.  It is the process of moving from one place to another. 

May we travel far and near. And eat the good of the land.

Amen.

Written: by Queendaline Schneider 
Photo credited to google.