* God is not interested in perfect people, rather He is looking for people He can perfect in doing two things. First in pursuing their purpose and secondly in finding and acknowledging the source of their perfection
* Trying to be perfect without God is like trying to run your car on water, you are guaranteed to go nowhere
* It is God who ignites in us the desire to run after our purpose
* God preserves our dreams until we are able to fulfill them, therefore we can boldly declare that in Him there is no failure
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After knowing what preferences are and how to handle them, I want us to go through principles. I have come across folks who claim to be living without following any strict principles. They say their lives are not controlled by any law at all. What these guys don't realize is that living by no principles is a principle by itself just as Lawlessness is a law by itself. People who break the law simply don't agree with it and as a result they live by their own laws. Therefore they have their own self made principles that govern them. Principles are standards; rules; beliefs;theories and attitudes that were handed down from one generation to another. Or that are laid out by anyone to govern themselves;or other people; or things. Let me give you an example of some of my own principles: I don't lend people money, I would rather give it to them simply because I try to avoid any future disputes just in case they can't pay me back I made this principle after being at loggerheads with folks. In the same way I don't borrow money from anyone for the same reasons. This is my principle on money. But then same rule changes between me and the bank because I do borrow money from the bank.
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Hi everyone. Happy 2nd week Birthday to our blog!!! I have a number of very interesting topics coming up from this week. To be precise this week I will addressing the following:

With Mothers day coming soon I wish to speak to all those who still have their mothers.
For me this will be my first year without a mother. She peacefully went on to be with the Lord on the 18th September 2009 exactly 87years after she was born. one thing amazing with my mother's death was that she passed away on her birthday. The inscription on her Tombstone read a bit funny one would imagine that an error was done but even us, her kids had to remind ourselves that there was nothing wrong with it.

Her tombstone read as follows:

Melita Mamoeti Kotu
Born - 18 September 1922
Passed away - 18 September 2009
May Her Soul Rest In Peace.

Well my topic is not about my mother's death but rather about Mothers. But I must confess that it's only now that she is no more that I try harder than before to think that she was the most amazing person. But while she was alive, like most kids do I used to see her as "just a mother". I am sure that should I be given a chance to have her back from the dead I would be even more prepared to live with her despite all the flaws i used to see in her. because no one is perfect.

It is truly so sad to see today how many hate their mothers.They ill-treat them; they ignore them; they despise them; they deny them; and others still beat them up . I once read about a man who raped his own old mother. Not that if she was young it would make it better.The truth is our mothers are just that.... they are our mothers, and as mothers they should be treated with utmost honor and care by those who happen to be their children.

Like most kids from age 11 I grew up with a non-resident father, they divorced with my mother and as usual she, like most mothers had to carry us kids through thick and thin, as the saying goes. My mother worked as a hotel manager for the Sun International Hotels, but because now she was "pulling" alone she had to work overtime everyday and take extra jobs just to make ends meet. This resulted in her doing odd jobs at the hotel after hours hand washing clothes for guests for a fee.

For a while it worked and our lives became normal in as far as survival was concerned. But then disaster struck! at age 55 she was diagnosed with Arthritis. This affliction would be the beginning of her unhappiness for the remaining part of her life. She suffered until the day she died. My mother had arthritis for 32 years. One thing I wish to thank God for though is that during my mothers lifetime I never offended her, or ignored her. I was not the best kid around the block but my conscience is clear in as far as I treated my mother during her lifetime.

I got married at 23 and we stayed with my mother for 16 years and never did to her what most children did, and still do to theirs. We later built a very large house and in it we built a Studio type accommodation for my mother. She had her own Lounge;Bedroom;small kitchen;and en-suite. On the Tuesday before she departed as she was lying in Hospital I looked her in the eyes and told her: "you look so beautiful, I have asked Jesus to come and fetch you, and he said he will come soon". I will never forget that peace on her face as she acknowledged with the nodding of her head. She was waiting for someone she's been talking about almost all her life.

My mother was a child of God. She was born again in 1948. Just after midnight on the 18th September 2009 someone my mother has been waiting for walked silently into the hospital ward and took her away from her suffering, By the time nurses came to her bed she was no more because the Lord took her away.

I salute my wife Joyce, she lived with my mother as if she was her own mother.They were more like best friends instead of in-laws.

Do you have a mother? love her;honor her;look after her;be proud of her;protect her;clothe her and feed her. She is the only mother you will ever have in this world.
She will be gone one day and there will be nothing you can do for her then.
If for some reason you believe that your mother is NOT the kind of mother to be celebrated then ask God to enable you to forgive her and offer her another chance. Mothers are people like us, they are not perfect. Think of it this way: If your mother abandoned you every time you wronged where would you be today? most of us would have died long ago. so come on, do it you can.

LET'S PRAY

Father God we pray for all those of us who were hurt or disappointed by their mothers
may you give them the strength to find it in their hearts to forgive them. And also give them the courage to openly show them love. we ask for this in Jesus' name

AMEN
To all mothers: "HAPPY MOTHERS DAY"
From me to my mom: Rest In Peace, You were the greatest!

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Hi, everyone. Today is exactly our 7th day on the net. We had more than 1000 hits on the site in just 7 days wow!. I must confess that I never imagined it would be so hectic. I have been using the computer almost daily since 1986, and back then my first machine was a Commodore64. I'ts obvious Windows was just a concept because we never had it. We used large floppy disks that were almost the size of an A5.
I have never spent so much time on the computer in my life as I did this past week, and thanks to you my friends out there. I have a feeling that this could become a permanent part of my new life, God willing.

I thank God for His grace upon my life and the lives of those who visited this blog. Thanks to all those who gave us that undeserved favor of registering as PARTNERS I am reluctant to use the word "followers" because in truth I don't see anyone as a follower since I'm not trying to establish an organization neither do I see myself as anybody's leader so to speak, but just another one of God's children trying to reach out to my brothers and sisters in the Lord. In my heart I simply have a strong desire to pass on to others that part of my life God has given me an increase in.
I don't consider myself to be richer than anyone else I know in anything, but I am simply driven by that inner desire to share with others what little experiences I have gained in life. All of us have experienced God's grace in some way different from others' but until we speak about these things no one will ever know about them.
I will be sharing with you more than I have already done this week. And I will be bringing in others too who have been graced in other different ways. These dear brothers and sisters will be sharing with us in the future publications.

my Confessions Of A Changed Person will run for exactly one week each, otherwise if I share about those experiences on a daily basis I will have nothing left to say in about 6 weeks.Our daily devotions shall be "new every morning". I find them to be quite refreshing, since most of us leave home every day in a hurry without even getting that much needed time to read the bible. I don't mean to say that our daily devotions should replace one's need for daily bible reading. But I think they are better than the scripture quotations that are normally pasted somewhere in our daily newspapers. Please send our link to your friends in your mail box.

I have also received a number of enquiries from others regarding registering as Partners/Followers.
There seems to have been a challenge doing that. Registering is quite simple.Follow these simple steps.

• Open the blog as usual and make sure that you are in the Home page the navigation button are all on the right.
• Scroll down to PARTNERS and under that you will notice the "FOLLOW" tab
• Click on this tab then it opens a page where you you see "FOLLOW MONTOEDI KOTU"
• I recommend that you use the GOOGLE tab for best connections otherwise you can choose any of the listed connections
• On the next screen go down on the right and click "CREATE AN ACCOUNT NOW" click on this and it takes you to next page
• Enter your EXISTING e-mail address and choose any "PASSWORD" eg: morris1287 or joyce0821347765. something you can remember.
• Scroll down where you see;" LOCATION" - South Africa. If you are outside South Africa choose your country by selecting the "CHANGE"otherwise leave it as it is.
• ENTER you AGE it's for statistical purposes only
• Retype the verification code "The Funny alphabets" in the box below. If you cant read it just write anything the code will be verified and another one will appear. 
• Click the "I ACCEPT, CREATE MY ACCOUNT" button
• You will be taken to a screen where you have an account created and if you have a picture you can upload it otherwise remain "faceless"

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Do you have information that could help some of us? say maybe a job; a learnership program; a temp or a bursary.
Please post your comments here and whatever information that you can.

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Everyone of us is driven by a conviction of some kind.
As for me I truly believe that for one to keep abreast in life one has to be a keen reader.
My second conviction is that what we read always transforms the way we view certain things in life. And at the end of it all we end up responding towards others and towards life in general according to the information that we have inside us.

We are a generation that has so much free information changing hands everyday. Yet amongst us we still have so many who are ignorant.
Today in South Africa almost every city has a free weekly newspaper delivered at no charge to every household. These newspapers have almost all the necessary information, stories, and
educative material that does not require one to possess any scholarly back round to understand them.

Reading has always resulted in my mind being challenged into creating thoughts; questions; and philosophies influencing how I view certain things in life. I can say it with boldness that there is not a single reader who is not an imaginative individual.
All reading people have proven to be people with an intense sense of Authority, Purpose, and Boldness.

And in my case this has been proven by the many Thoughts, Questions, and Quotes that have crossed my mind during my reading times

Every time I have to treat a certain subject, be it by my own choice or as requested by others I end up coming up with these thoughts and questions. Some I end up using in Sermons or addresses that I have to deliver. And still others never get to make it into my public speaking sessions

I think the smartest thing I have done in my life was to write everything down, and this habit has led to me having a treasure of quotations on almost every subject I have treated thus far.

I have compiled these "nuggets" for your consideration or usage whenever you find yourself in a position where you have to say something. Or simply to make them your "rules to live by"

I have listed all my original quotations in the "Quotations" page found under contents on the right side.

Please feel free to use them as you wish but please remember to at least give me credit for them. And remember to write or quote "Montoedi Kotu" and not "Anonymous" after every quotation you use.
Also I have to deliver a sermon every week of the year, either in our Church where I'm the senior Pastor or somewhere I would be invited.
Every so often someone would ask me "can I have the manuscript for today's sermon" and sometimes it would be more than one person. well here goes, I also have a page for my Sermon outlines. In this page you will find my unedited sermon manuscripts just the way they are.

The only challenge will be when they are compared with the actual sermon delivery. There is always a slight contrast between the two.

It would actually be interesting for you to have the actual Audio or DVD sermon delivery together with the manuscript. The CD and DVD sermon will come in handy for those who are interested in sermons delivery .

Please post me your comments through E-mail the "Contact me" tab is on the right of screen.

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