Benavidez requested assignment to Detachment B-56, under the control of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Studies and Observation Group (MACV-SOG). In April 1968, Benavidez narrowly escaped a patrol with his life thanks to Sgt. 1st Class LeRoy Wright’s intervention…
Credit to the works of Jonathan Curran. Roy Perez Benavidez. (August 5, 1935 – November 29, 1998) lost both of his parents by the age of seven and was raised by his aunt and uncle. At the age of 15, he dropped out of school to help support his family…
To quit is to surrender to discouragement. It means to surender to depression. It means to surrender to defeat in the battles of life. To quit is to handle the steering wheel of your life to your enemy. To quit is to stop boxing while your opponent is still kicking you hard in order…
One dictionary describes the word ‘misearable’ to mean a person who is wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable. It is a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness. With Global economic meltdown, many people are becoming more miserable and unhappy. There are bills to be settled, mouths to be fed, fees to be paid, projects to be finished, aged parents to be cared for, etc. Sometimes, it might just be too overwhelming resulting in stress, indignation, mental fatigue, and ultimately depression. Hear me beloved: Only the living can share a testimony. If you don’t want to end up early in the grave, or become hypertensive or become stressed out, you must guard your happiness with all diligence…
Credit to the insight of Dr. D.K. Olukoya. You are not a failure when you fall, you become a failure when you remain on that floor. A lot of people are becoming really miserable. Because of that, they are always thinking about themselves and measuring themselves in the mirror of others…
A dear friend of mine happened to not show up for me when I was down. Not that he did too little, he did nothing at all. In the heat of the moment, I apparently didn’t notice but you see as soon as the whole buzz of initial grief was over and his name came up while my brain took inventory…
As of the time of writing this devotional, a notorious programme just came back on air on satellite TV. In this televised programme – which is held yearly – participants are allowed to sleep with the opposite sex live before the whole world. Did you just read that?…
In England in 1920 there was a graduation ceremony for a batch of new doctors. It was attended by the British Prime Minister of that time. During the ceremony, the lead doctor who was in charge of that batch gave the necessary advice to these new graduates…
People called him mad man but I was surprised when he moved close to me and said, “Can I ask you a very important question?” I nodded in acceptance, and then, he asked, “Am I a mad man?” The obvious answer from a sane person will be, “no”, and that was what I said. “Thank you!”, he replied…
God is obligated to keep on giving you His miracles, blessings and favour when you abdicate your responsibility to live holy, pure, obedient and Christ-like life on a daily basis. The various abuses of God’s grace by some modern day preachers who are busy building the church of Adam…
Grace is the person of Jesus. The scripture is clear that Grace means God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense, which leads to repentance, forgiveness, salvation, mercies, favour and goodness of the Lord towards mankind. Grace gives us what we do not deserve – forgiveness and favour of God and…
In 1876, Tetteh Quarshie (1842 – 25th December, 1892), a Ghanaian farmer, arrived in Bioko, a beautiful island in Equatorial Guinea. He discovered the existence of cocoa bean crops and decided to import them into his country. Today, Ghana is the world’s second largest cocoa bean producer…
