Title: 'LIFE' - Poem and Artwork by Rev.Bola

TITLE: 'LIFE' 3/InkDraw - Prayer Art by Rev.Bola A.

  'LIFE'

Life is like
A game of cards.
The hand you are dealt
Is determinism;
The way you play it 
Is free will.

 
The alternative path, 
Is to act on a whim or
Repeatedly chase,
After a thrill.

She's a wise woman
Who does not grieve
For the things
Which she has not,
But rejoices for those
Which she has.

  

She prefers to remember,
Good times she forgot
Than cling to,
Her painful past.

In general 

You will find,
Success is a 

State of mind.
'They can because
They think they can' 

Well, it's been that way,
Since time began!

 
There are only 

Two ways to 

Live your life.
One is as though,
Nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though,
Everything is a miracle.

 
Even when you're 
Subjected to ridicule
By comparison the,
Risk is minuscule.

If you want success,
Begin thinking 
Of  yourself 

As a success.

You might also
Want to consider
The amount of time 

You allow for rest.

You manifest 
Everything  
That happens to 

You in life.
You attract 

What you get,
Be it happiness 
Or strife.

Notice how you are
The sole creator
Of your reality.

That you are,
The sole manifestor
Of your destiny.

Release any concerns
About your perishing.
Great power comes from
Letting go of everything.

 
Who is creating
This moment now?
Is God not the one
With all the know-how?

What is really
Happening right now?
What are you truly
Ready to allow?

 
Your life may be dry
Like an old well.
It may seem 
Like you've just 
Been through hell.
But dig a little deeper,
You will open
Up A wellspring 

Of new energy.

 
Personal awareness plus
Being kind to yourself,
Are often the 

Perfect remedy. 

So relax!
All the information
You need is within.
Stay calm,
Gently breathing out....
Then breathing in.
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(Twin Wisdom Poetry /for *IBEJI 
- by Rev.Bola A: 8Apr'12)
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Proverbs 4:6-7 

'Do not forsake her, and she will keep you; 

love her, and she will guard you. 

The beginning of wisdom is this: 

Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight.'

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Title: 'REMEMBER' - Wisdom Poetry

 'REMEMBER'

Suppression is the

Fear of expression,

Which can also result

In clinical depression.

Love is the

Expression of no fear.

Simply by making your

Agreements, perfectly clear.

Resentment is the,

Avoidance of feeling

Hurt by another.

It's ignoring the requirement

For our need

To support each other.

Your inner child

Is the main guide

For your inner master.

When your worlds collide

She can help you

Heal much faster.

Relaxation is the

Only way we can prove

Our trust, in the Universe.

Confrontation and the

Over eagerness to move,

Can make our lives

Seem disperse.

Trust, is the

Universe’s way

Of saying, "I am with you";

Twenty-four hours a day

Relaying, what's been hidden,

From your view.

Desires are the

Souls expectations,

For the future.

Always check the heart

For hidden motivations,

Underneath the culture.

How you think

Creates what you feel

And how you feel

Creates what you think

All pain, tension and disease

Naturally dissolve in relaxation.

So get down on your

Hands and knees.

Connect to Source

In Adoration.

Soften your words

To the wisdom buried

Deep beneath them.

The sweetest words

I’ve ever heard,

Are the ones

That never condemn.

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Wisdom Poetry by Rev.Bola A.

(Copyright: 26.4.12 -ARR)

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Title: ‘SELF-CONFIDENCE’ (Part 2)

'SELF-CONFIDENCE' (part 2)

I grow in strength

With, each forward step I take.

Knowing my life must run

On all the choices I make.

I release my hesitation

Allowing room for celebration
Of my inevitable victory!

In great anticipation

I let yesterday be history.

Since time began.

Destiny has spoken for itself

'To thine own dreams be true.'

Thus, with a solid plan

And a belief in myself,

There’s nothing I cannot do.

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Wisdom Poetry by Rev.Bola

(Copyright: 26.4.12 -ARR)

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Philippians 4:13

'I can do all things through him who strengthens me.'

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Title: 'LIFE FORCE'

Title: 'LIFE FORCE' - Prayer Art by Rev.Bola A.

'LIFE FORCE' 

Life 
Is energy vibrating 
As your attitude.
Harness 
All that life force
With your 
Undying gratitude.

True power comes 
From Dancing to 
A different drum.
It's finding stillness 
And eternity.
In the face 
Of all adversity.

Deep thoughts
Uplift your very soul...
So make one up.
It will help
You gain control,
Just like a 
Pick-me-up.

Bliss 
Is seeing God
Everywhere you are.
Be it in a temple
Or in a 
Smoke filled bar.

The biggest love is
To do it all
For the Lord.
There are
So many people
To please.
So best develop first,
Your own faith 
In God.

Do what you love 
And you’ll love 
What you become.
Someone...
Blessed from above
With countless choices
To choose from.

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Wisdom Poetry by Rev.Bola A
(copyright: 27.Apr.12 -ARR)
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2 Samuel 22:50 

“For this I will praise you, O Lord, 
among the nations, and sing praises to your name.''
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Title: 'Walk In Faith' - WISDOM SERIES

Title: 'FAITH' /Prayer Art by Rev.Bola A.

'WALK IN FAITH'

Fear is only a feeling;

It cannot hold you back.

It's great, to arrive safe

Knowing that you walked
Your destined track -

With certainty, all good is yours,

There's nothing, that you lack.

You know how, 

You can master anything

If you do it enough times.

Hence waste not,

One second questioning

For whom, 
The church bell chimes.

Be willing today to fail,

In order to succeed.

Take that first step

Of the journey,

And see where it will lead.

Rest your faith upon,
The power of Spirit

Providing, everything you need.

Intend to make 

A difference, and take 

A brand new avenue.

Believing you have

The strength to see

Your wildest dreams come true.

And, you will find

There are no limits,

To what your faith can do.

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(Wisdom Poetry by Rev.Bola A

Copyright: 16Apr12 -ARR)

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Hebrews 11:1-13:25

'Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. 
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. 
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. 
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. 
Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. ...'
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Title: 'BEING WISE-4-WISE BEINGS'

Title: 'THE SUPERIMPOSED LIMITATION' - Art by Rev.Bola

Part One

'The Superimposed Limitation'

The Conscious Energy

Exists in all things.
Which aspects thereof,

Are really pulling your strings?

You shape your life,

For better for worse.
You are always at the centre,

Of an infinite Universe.

The choice you make,

Gives the result you find.
Who, is the master,

You, or your mind?

Bliss is a choice.

Like listening to God's voice.
You'll often find 
This action pays-
To Love yourself 
In all ways.

Before you react,

Weigh the pros 
And the cons
Within every experience,

Is the perfect response.

Keep one agreement, 
Sacred in your life...
That your expression of love,

Be contagious and rife.

 -
Don't sit there crying

'Why me, for heaven's sake?'
Freedom is the joy to take,

Each decision that you make.
 
Now is the only 
Moment time exists.
It's a fact of life 
We can't resist.

Unconsciousness is, 
A form of resistance
To receiving, Divine assistance.

Whenever your mind

Is obsessed with control,
Silence is the best medicine 
For your Soul.
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Title: 'THE CONTEXT OF PEACE' /Ink - Art by Rev.Bola

Part Two 

'The Context of Peace'

If God gave you 
The choice every moment,
To be right or happy, 
Which would you pick?
 
Never underestimate 
Your natural endowment
Of the right to happiness;
Never miss a trick.

Self-forgiveness ignites 
The power to 
Claim your life back.
Allow yourself this hour,

To harness that,
Like an aphrodisiac.
 
Boredom is a
Lack of imagination.
An unwillingness to engage 
Your soul with creation.

Apathy is anger 
Without enthusiasm.
It's living your life 
With non-determinism.
 
Denial, is the soul's way,

Of not being Godly,
Fidgeting, is the mind's way,

Of not being in the body.

Be it learning about happiness

Or dealing with strife,
Every situation has a message 

And teaching for your Life.

When you fully accept yourself,

Everyone else will.
When you do so consistently,

It becomes a lifelong skill.
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Title: 'A NIGHT-TIME OF WISDOM'/F.Oil - Art by Rev.Bola

Part Three 

'A Night-Time Of Wisdom'

Unworthiness is 
The game we play

To make others love us.
A lot of what 
We do to ourselves,

Is so thoroughly unjust.

Everyone will accept you 

Exactly as much 
As you let them.
Why not allow 
Them to treat you,

As a very precious gem?

Accept pleasure and 
Be comfortable in 
Your own skin.
Pain is the body’s way of

Telling you to, let Life in.

A heart is filled,

The moment it is shared.
A problem is solved

The moment its aired.

All you know now,

Is everything,
You need to know.
All you have now

Is everything,
You need, to grow

Show your appreciation,

If you desire
To experience success.
Gratitude is the foundation,

Of abundance consciousness.

It’s not what you 
Say that's important,

But the essence 
Between your words. 
The rendering 
Of your compassion,

Like sweet sounding songbirds.

Acknowledge deep down

Those things that you loathe,
You can never escape

From spiritual growth.

Relax and experience your

Psychological breakthrough.
Every emotional, mental 
And bodily process,

Is here to awaken you.

Everything you need 
For your enlightenment

Is being presented 
To you right now.
Absolutely everything,

That heaven and earth will allow.

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Wisdom Poetry by Rev.Bola A
(copyright: 12Apr12 - ARR)

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Proverbs 24:5-6 

⁵ A wise man is full of strength,
    and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
⁶ for by wise guidance you can wage your war,
    and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
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Title: 'It Has Been Said' - Wisdom Poetry Series

Title: 'WISE BEING' 11/ - Prayer Art by Rev.Bola A.

'It Has Been Said...'

The weak, 

Can never forgive

Hence why 
Their minds

Remain captive.

Forgiveness,

Is the attribute 

Of the strong.

It also helps 

The body stay young.

Living long is not,

Our ultimate goal.

Living right is more,

The way of our soul.

Champions adjust, 

They see pressure, 

As a privilege.

Their faith and 
Their trust,

Are what help 

Them re-emerge.

Wherever you go..

Go with all 
Your heart.

You won't reach 
The prize 
Until you get 
To start.

Discovery is when 
An accident meets, 
With the 
Prepared mind.

It's where we 
Hold on to

The good things

And leave
The bad behind.

You will command,

The attention of 

The world one day.

If you do 
Common things,

In the most 
Uncommon way.

Expect the best, 

Plan for the rest -

Be prepared, 
To be surprised.

For you never know

What wonders,

Might soon materialize.

Failure is success

If we can 
Learn from it.

It's how 
Nature permits

That we
 Loosen up a bit.

Exercise your Spirit

By lifting up another;

Endeavour treating 
Someone else

As you would 
A brother.

Real wealth 
Isn't tied,

To the strings 
Of a purse.

But rather to 
The strings,

Of a heart 
That bursts.

It is our attitude,

At the beginning, 

Of a difficult task

That determines,

If or not 
In success 

We will bask.

For life is 
Ten percent,

What happens to you

And ninety percent,

What you respond to.

Finally...

If you wouldn’t

Write it, and sign it,

Then don’t,
 Ever say it.

Instead of saying

Something you'll regret,

You'd best 
Count to ten,

And thus, delay it.

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TWIN WISDOM Poetry

/for Ibeji by Rev.Bola A.

(copywrong: 24Feb12 -ARR)

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Proverbs 24:3-7

 ³ By wisdom a house is built,
  and by understanding it is established;
⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled
    with all precious and pleasant riches.
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Title: 'HEARD THIS SOMEWHERE BEFORE?' - Wisdom Poetry by Rev.Bola

Title: 'HEARD THIS SOMEWHERE BEFORE' 4/Pas - Art by Rev.Bola A.

2 Timothy 2:7 

'Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.'
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'HEARD THIS SOMEWHERE BEFORE?'

Life is too important,

To be taken seriously.

So much worry 
And despair

Inevitably lead 
To bankruptcy.

The key to 
Life is simple -

Allow it to unfold
.....mysteriously.

Success is not final

Failure is not fatal,

Neither of the two, 
Are abnormal.

Continuing with courage,

Is usually what counts.

Plus passion of

Extra-ordinary amounts.

Always forgive 
Your enemies -

Nothing annoys 
Them as much.

As to respond with

Positive frequencies, 

And not be 
Turned hostile by such.

When defeat comes,

Accept it as 
A signal that

Your plans may 
Not be sound.

Stare your mistakes

In the face,

Work to transform

Them all around.

It's in looking gently,

At our errors,

That new gems,

Are often found.

Rebuild those plans,

And set sail once more

Toward the coveted goal.

Touch your heart
 With the palms 
Of your hands,

And let your eyes
 Be the loveliest windows 

To your Soul.

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Twin Wisdom Poetry/ for IBEJI

by Rev.Bola Animashaun

(Copyright: 6.4.12 -ARR)

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Proverbs 14:16 

'One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, 
but a fool is reckless and careless.' 
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