AFLEWO SI YA KUKOSA KABISAAAAAA

BOMBY JOHNSON NA "MUNGU YUPO" USIKOSE TAR 7 APRIL 2013 PALE VCCT

THIS FRIDAY WITH JOHN LISSU!

PASAKA HII WOTE TUTAKUA HAPAAAA!

DTS 2013 SIO YA KUKOSA KABISA!

Take Responsibilty.

By Dr. Wale Akinyemi.
When I was a kid, one place I always looked forward to going was my maternal grandparents’ house. My Grandfather was a bishop of the Anglican Church and was an extremely learned man with a Masters degree. He had a very impressive library with books that cut across different subjects. I would sit with him and we would have very deep discussions about issues. My topic for today however is not about the knowledge I got from him or the pride I derived from the fact that this amazing intelligent and handsome septuagenarian was my grandfather. Today I want to talk about his garden and the lesson I learnt from it.

He loved nature and had one of the most beautiful gardens I had seen at that time. He had different varieties of roses, jasmines and many exotic plants. At night the air was filled with the beautiful scent of the Queen of the night. Anyone who saw the garden knew that the owner had a very special taste in flowers and also that a lot of money had gone into making it look like it did. There was however one problem. There was no fence or wall. As such, goats seemed to also appreciate the taste of the flowers and I guess for them it was a special delicacy. They always found a way into the garden and then I would hear my grandmother shout, “Wale, those goats are here again o… go and chase them away.” I actually enjoyed chasing the goats and it was one of the special attractions and incentives for going to stay with my grandparents. However I often wondered if there was no better and more efficient way to deal with the goats? Of course there was and my grandparents apparently discovered it too. They built a fence around the house and once they did that the menace of goats stopped.

While the goats were having a field time with exotic cuisine in form of my grandfathers’ flowers, could he really blame them for what they were doing? The answer is no. By his not protecting his garden, he had given them permission to do whatever they wanted to do with his flowers.

Many people today like my grandfather are victims of their permissions. They will blame their work for their unhappiness. They will blame other people. They will blame the government. They will blame everyone but themselves. The truth however is that no event or condition can do to us more than we permit it to do. Whatever we may blame for mediocrity today, we should remember that we are not the first people to go through such and we will not be the last. Others have gone through and come out smelling like roses. The difference is in the permission we give.

We complain about people messing us up and taking advantage of us? Remember that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. No one can walk on the back of someone who is standing upright and no one can step on the toes of someone who is in motion. Our actions give permission and if we have given permission then we should never complain about what we permit.

Many complain about their present circumstances but they do not realize that complaining about the present with no vision for the future is like having a headache and hoping that your neighbor will take pain killers on your behalf. Take responsibility. Excuses create the environment where negative permissions thrive. When you find excuses don’t pick them up. You will only create permission for more mediocrity. One of the greatest permissions that people give is the permission of comfort. Many are in fact prisoners of their comfort.

The next level of your life will never be found in the place of your present comfort. If your vision of tomorrow is not greater than your comfort of today, you will forever be a prisoner of your today. Stop permitting stagnation and mediocrity in your life. You will never rise above the excuses you give for mediocrity. Your present comfort as an individual, as a company or even as a Nation was never meant to be a destination. It was merely a bus stop on the way to a greater destination.

Have a Great Day!

AFLEWO Tanzania 2013 Bishop's Breakfast.

 

Katika Kuelekea Event ya Aflewo Tanzania 2013,Siku ya alhamisi ilikuwa Bishops Breakfast Forum katika Hotel ya Regency Park Mikocheni,ikiwa ni katika kuwashirikisha Maaskofu na Mtume wa huduma mbalimbali maono na maana ya kuwepo kwa Aflewo Tanzania mwaka 2013.

 

AFLEWO ni neno linalosimama badala ya "Africa Lets Worship", huduma ya kusifu na kuabudu, ambapo kunakua na mikesha ya kusifu na kuabudu kila mwaka katka nchi mbalimbali barani Africa. Ilianzia Nairobi nchini Kenya mwaka 2004,na ina maono ya kuwa na usiku mmoja wa Kuomba,Kusifu na Kuabudu katika Africa ifikapo mwaka 2017. Na maono haya yanaonekana yatafikiwa maana nchi nyingi sana zimeshaanza AFLEWO na nyingine zinaendelea kujiunga2017"

Vison ya AFLEWO: " To stir up hope in Jesus across Africa throuhg annual events of Worship in Music and prayer by 2017"

Kwa Tanzania AFLEWO ilianza 2011, Dar Es Salaam na ina walezi watatu (3) ambao ni Bishop Deo Lubala,Pastor Abel Orgenes na Pastor Paul Safari.

Wanategemea kuanzisha katika miji mingine kama Zanzibar,Moshi,Mwanza na kwingine kama mambo yataenda kama walivyopanga.

Mnamo terehe 3-5-2013 BCIC Mbezi Beach itakuwa ni usiku wa aina yake katika Kumsifu na Kumwabudu Mungu ambapo Aflewo Mass Choir yenye waimbaji zaidi ya 90 watapaza sauti zao wakiimba sifa kwa Mungu.

Katika Bishops Breakfast hiyo iliyoudhuriwa na baadhi ya Maaskofu kama Apostle Ntepa,Bishop Fredie Kyara, Bishop Elly Mwende,Bishop Simtovu,Bishop Mwasota, Bishop Shegga, Pastor Fredie (UpperRoom Minisry )Bishop Gamanywa ambaye aliwakilishwa na Pastor Amoni Kilahiro na wengine wengi na kuisifu Aflewo kwa kuweza kuwakutanisha na wao kama Maaskofu katika Jiji la Dar es salaam na kuwashirikisha Maono ya Aflewo Tanzania na kusifu juhudi zinazofanywa maana ni katika Kuujenga mwili wa Kristo na kulileta pamoja Kanisa la Tanzania na Afrika Kwa Ujumla.

 

 

Pastor Paul Safari na Abel Orgenes Kama walezi wa huduma ya Aflewo Tanzania,wakieleza umuhimu wa huduma hiyo kwa waimbaji ni pamoja na kukua kwa maisha ya kiroho kati ya waimbaji na Mungu maana tofauti na uimbaji pia kuna mafundisho kuhusu Maisha ya wokovu na Maana ya Kufisu na Kuabudu kwa ujumla

Pastor Fredie Kyara aliweza kutoa ushuhuda wa jinsi Mkesha huo ulivyo wa baraka sana kwa kusema jinsi ilivyoweza kukutana na uwepo wa Mungu kwa Mkesha uliopita mwaka 2012,na kusihi Maaskofu wengine kukubali na kuunga mkono huduma hii ya Aflewo kwa kuwa ruhusu waumini wao makanisani kuhusika kikamilifu.

Kwa kumalizia Maaskofu hao walipata nafasi ya kuchangia na kusema kuwa wanakubaliana kwa nia moja na kusema wako tayari kushiriki kwa namna moja au nyingine kuhakikisha mkesha wa Aflewo Tanzania 2013 unafanikiwa.

 

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