AS WE ROUND UP 2016

LIFE INSPIRATION

 Learn to ignore and overlook many things if you truly want happiness in life  because the easiest way to a miserable life is to think that everybody is talking about you.

Never allow anyone to steal your joy from you.

What people say behind your back is none of your business as long as you are true to yourself. Never worry yourself about that.

Sometimes minding your own business does not keep people out of your business.

No matter your situation in life people will always talk. You can never stop people from talking about you, what you can do is to stop giving them what to talk about.

There is a time limit for every rumor in life. Never allow freelance broadcasters put your life on hold. Do what makes you happy. Anyone who cannot feel your pain, has no right to judge you in life. Seventy percent of those who talk bad about you behind your back, wish to be like you.

When people can't be like you they try to bring you down and condemn what you have. Those without money will sarcastically say money is not everything in life. (Is poverty anything?)

Never allow anyone to put you in a position of depression and self pity in life. Those whose life has no joy will always find every means to remove happiness from other people's life.

 If there is the GRACE of GOD in your life, then enemies are inevitable. If no one has ever gossiped or talked bad about you, it means nothing good has ever happened to you.

Never feel bad when old friends become new enemies. They are just tired of pretending to be friends.

Never allow the opinions of people who didn't see your tears stop your laughter in life. You don't owe anybody an explanation to be happy.

Never see yourself through the eyes of those who don't value you.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. To stand out is to be out-standing. You do not need to be accepted by others. You just need to accept yourself.

Never beg anyone to accept you for who you are. Anything you acquire through begging will require begging to maintain or retain.

Be humble but selective. Being selective doesn't mean you are arrogant or proud. It simply means you know your worth. If you are conscious of your personality avoid too much familiarity.

Sometimes when you treat people too much like celebrities, they end up treating you like an ordinary person. You are equally important.

Never downgrade yourself while trying to upgrade anybody in life. Anyone who sees you like an option doesn't deserve to be a priority in your life.

The dream of a fool is for everybody to become a bloody fool like himself.  Avoid negative people if you have a dream. Those without mission will say your vision is just an illusion.

Negative minds will never give you a positive life. Anyone who is always reminding you about what is wrong with you has a personal problem which he/she wants to take out on you.

Most people spend half of their entire life analysing the faults in other people's life, when their own lives need urgent repairs.

Never worry yourself about enemies and friends, because everybody in your life will eventually fall into one of the two categories.

Some will hate you and some will love you. Loving you or hating you are both in your favour. When people love you, you live peacefully and happily in their hearts,  and when people hate you, you become the landlord in their head living painfully in their brain everyday and giving them sleepless nights.
 Ponder on these words. Have a lovely night rest! 

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SALVATION : BY WORKS OR BY FAITH?

SALVATION : BY WORKS OR BY FAITH?
Hmmmm. Hi guys. Christmas is in the air and I believe we are all excited (I am too), not just because of the rice and the chicken but because of the significance of Christmas( The Christ in the Christmas)

Over 2,000 years ago, this very special being came into the world in a very unorthodox way and that marked the beginning of a new era in the entire world. For me, that's literally the best Christmas present of all times...
Getting down to the topic of the day, Salvation, is it by works or by faith?
This is one subject that has aroused a lot of controversy and debate among believers and otherwise.
But first of, what does it mean to be saved? 
According to the Dictionary, to be saved means to be rescued from  possible harm or injury.
From the above definition, I can paint a scenario. Imagine there's a heavy storm and a ship sinking,can the ship rescue itself? An external force has to intervene to rescue the ship.
Hence, first point to note is we cannot save ourselves by our works. 'Works' in this context implies 'keeping the law' because our righteousness are like filthy rags before God. We cannot work out our salvation.

Trying to work out your salvation by your own power or limited wisdom will only keep you in bondage to that law. This is why many believe Christianity is for only those that are strong or "holy holy" people. Trust me, Christians can be the weakest set of people. The only thing that makes the difference in them is that they have admitted that they need help as they can't make it on their own and have consequently, submitted to a superior force. Just like a sinking ship cannot save itself, believers are set of people that have admitted that they cannot help themselves and have found help and strength in Christ Jesus. Thus, dear friend, if you attempt to save yourself by works or by your doing, you will end up in a shipwreck.

Salvation is not about doing but becoming. 

Salvation in its essence means believing in Jesus as the only son of God and the moment you believe, you BECOME a son of God yourself. John 1:12
Before Christ came into this world, sin was rampant and yes, there was the law which required the people to WORK out their salvation but were they saved? NO. the law only brought about consciousness of sin and kept the people in some sort of mental bondage. (This is why some still believe Christianity is boring). Sin ate deep into the hearts of men and there was a partition between man and God.

Jesus Christ came as an appeal to reconciliation.

The son of God became the son of man , He came as a  sacrifice for atonement through the shedding of His blood. You see, just at the right time,  when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly - Romans 5:6
Just as sin came into the world by one man and condemned all of us to death, Jesus Christ died to bring an end to the law and brought justification by faith through grace.

 Hence, the end of the law is faith.

If you still think Christianity is all about trying to be holier than the person next to you or by keeping the 10 commandments, you are still getting it wrong!
Romans 3: 20 - Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather through the law, we become conscious of our sin.
And if you are out there and you think you cannot be saved because you cannot keep God's commandments, you are just the type God loves the most. All you need do is believe wholeheartedly in Jesus and His righteousness becomes your righteousness.
In plain English, God is not asking you to do anything, all the doing ended over 2,000 years ago when God decided to watch His only begotten son bleed in pain that you and I might be saved. So we are not under the law but under grace, Jesus washed away ALL our sins and drank the full cup of God's wrath now we can cry "Abba Father!"
So my darling, God is not angry with you. There's nothing you can do now or later that will ever makes him angry with you because Jesus soaked up all his wrath, fury and anger.
If you think God will punish or reject you because of your sin, then you are saying your sin is greater than Jesus the son of God who died for that very sin. Impossible!

I know many of us actually want to do good and live right for God but we find it very difficult. Even Paul, despite how righteous he was, attested to this fact.
In Romans 7 : 14, Paul said "I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do but what I hate I do
He went further to state in Verse 22, "For in my inner being I delight in God's law but I see another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 
You see! No one is actually exempted. Although we want to do good,  evil is right there within us due to the adamic nature.
But take the first step, accept that someone paid for the life that you are living. Accept Jesus as your Savior and redeemer, the One who saved you from sin and death and gave you grace and Eternal life. Once you accept Christ, the Holy Spirit takes over. The Holy Spirit is the one that does all the work in you while you gradually BECOME a full fledged Son of God.
Righteousness is of the heart by the Spirit not by the law. The new law of God requires faith not works.
I hope someone somewhere has been blessed by this. I will encourage us all to read the entire book of Romans in the Bible if we really want to learn about Salvation and how it works. The book of Romans says it allAll I have written above , you can find it there. Just in case, you are out there and you are saying "you know what? Enough of the struggling, I want to personally encounter this Jesus", it's really simple. Say this prayer :
Lord Jesus, I thank you for your unconditional love,  I thank you for loving me even before I understood what love meant. I know I'm unworthy.  I accept you this day as my Lord and Savior. From now henceforth, take over my heart,my deeds,  my thoughts, my will and my life. Thank you Father! 
If you have any questions or concerns, please leave it in the comment box or send a mail to officialpurplenigmers@gmail.com.
I love you all so much. God bless you abundantly and Merry Christmas! 

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Time-out with King Pexxie!

Purplenigma97.blogspot.com is all about motivation and positivity. today, we are officially launching our interview segment themed PURPLE TV.
PURPLE TV brings to your reach, video chats and interviews with great intellectual minds , young entrepreneurs and pace setters that have been able to make a name for themselves in their environment and the country at large.
For today's session, we have our one and only King Pexxie, CEO King Pexxie Media, latest barrister in town, Africa's best digital marketer according to @Africanfacts on Twitter, wicked promoter, humanitarian and publicist. need i say more? Pls click on the video below and enjoy the view.
P.s : Ignore the terrible video quality. We promise to improve on that thouroughly.

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THE CART

Everybody has a story to tell... I am still living mine." They say Life is not fair. I say life is fair because it's unfair to all."
My father tried all he could, he avoided the advances of Life, but he got raped by Life.
 At a tender age my father knew what it felt like to be molested by Life, he lived with that shame. He lost his self-confidence because Life was everywhere laughing at his failure. He was mocked and his esteem depleted. But father had to move on, he survived on crumbs and scavenged the streets. He took up energy draining jobs with little pay. My father spent most of his years engrossed in his thought wishing he never met Life.

 Now my father wants all that years back, but sadly he can't. My father has spent a lot of years with Life and has known all her tricks and gimmicks, now my father knows how to manipulate Life. Every morning, he will charge us(his seven children) with a speech ending it with "Life Will Not Get You" ...believe me I have no iota of understanding what he really meant. As a kid I had no worries, no responsibilities, just living life as it is served. But now as I get older I can sense the advances of Life. She's everywhere waiting for fatigue to set in so she can take advantage of me. She wants me to live the fate of my father. But father already taught me how to go about Life when she puts a road block before me...

Now I understand what all those unnecessary heavy knocks were for,those unnecessary yelling from father, those grounding, those gruesome drilling, those denials of my wants. Father understands my every reason for steps I took but he chose to misunderstand me, unknown to me, he was teaching me how to go about life when she grips me by the throat... Six years ago(2010) father introduced another means of preparing us for a battle against life, "The Cart"

I swang into a state of melancholia when he presented it and wondered how this was a weapon against life. "We can't do this it's a dirty job" I and my siblings wept.
Without any preparation, we hit the street and began to use this weapon. In the first few months, the cart did more harm than good. I lost friends who wouldn't want to be identified with a cart pusher, I lost my dignity and respect, I lost my reputation of being a lowly guy and people had wrong perceptions about me. I was discriminated, I was stigmatized, I was belittled, those are the worst that could ever happen.

Tick-tock says the clock, it's six years gone the block. Several wars fought, with life winning but a few. The cart still intact like a newly coupled car. Father is proud of his warriors. The cart was able to generate enough income to buy I and my siblings a private education, something my father never had. I never had all I want but I had all I needed, the love, the care, the support, the advice, the time and commitment from father and family. I am going somewhere, the paths might be bushy and steep but the destination is glaring. I've grown too big and strong for life to maneuver like a puppet, father and the cart already prepared me for this day and I won't fail either of them. The camera is still rolling, I'm still living my story, the type with a happy ending.

Written by :
Malo Maverick
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