{"id":1297,"date":"2020-03-01T13:58:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T13:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:48:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:48:26","slug":"1297-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/?p=1297","title":{"rendered":"God in Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1292\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2E472281-F963-4E6B-9068-C027E82957E9.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1292\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1292\" class=\"wp-image-1292\" src=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2E472281-F963-4E6B-9068-C027E82957E9-510x765.jpeg\" alt=\"2E472281-F963-4E6B-9068-C027E82957E9\" width=\"288\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ada Uzoije reciting gospel poems at a relationship event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">Never say never,<em> &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000080;\">I will never be a preacher<\/span>,&#8221; <\/em>I said when I was 11 years old. But, God is the wiser\ud83e\udd14. Fast-forward years later, I broke my &#8216;never say never&#8217; as I preached the gospel of Christ to an attentive audience and my preaching was done vai <strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">POEM\ud83d\ude07.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">**WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW**<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F61F3ED8-BBC9-4706-BE7F-0165F1AA1DB8.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1291\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1291 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F61F3ED8-BBC9-4706-BE7F-0165F1AA1DB8-510x340.jpeg\" alt=\"F61F3ED8-BBC9-4706-BE7F-0165F1AA1DB8\" width=\"272\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How it all started:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cemafam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pastor Anthony Emmanuel<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<em> &#8220;I and my wife Doris, are inviting you to our marriage &amp; relationship retreat on the 21\/02\/20.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1293\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/228446C9-92A1-4E98-9AB1-CC5653B25473.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1293\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1293\" class=\"wp-image-1293\" src=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/228446C9-92A1-4E98-9AB1-CC5653B25473-510x340.jpeg\" alt=\"228446C9-92A1-4E98-9AB1-CC5653B25473\" width=\"282\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/228446C9-92A1-4E98-9AB1-CC5653B25473-510x340.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/228446C9-92A1-4E98-9AB1-CC5653B25473-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/228446C9-92A1-4E98-9AB1-CC5653B25473-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/228446C9-92A1-4E98-9AB1-CC5653B25473-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/228446C9-92A1-4E98-9AB1-CC5653B25473-700x466.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/228446C9-92A1-4E98-9AB1-CC5653B25473.jpeg 1588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Anthony &amp; Mrs Doris Emmanual both in black dinner wears on the right ( main photo) presenting an award to a couple.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ada Uzoije<\/span>:<em> &#8221; Thanks, but am a very busy mum and love my Friday&#8217;s night in as use that time for my creative writings&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1290\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A5ABB3AB-B3AD-450B-95C0-C5D94B183CB0.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1290\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1290\" class=\"wp-image-1290\" src=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A5ABB3AB-B3AD-450B-95C0-C5D94B183CB0-510x764.jpeg\" alt=\"A5ABB3AB-B3AD-450B-95C0-C5D94B183CB0\" width=\"242\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A5ABB3AB-B3AD-450B-95C0-C5D94B183CB0-510x764.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A5ABB3AB-B3AD-450B-95C0-C5D94B183CB0-600x899.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A5ABB3AB-B3AD-450B-95C0-C5D94B183CB0-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A5ABB3AB-B3AD-450B-95C0-C5D94B183CB0-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A5ABB3AB-B3AD-450B-95C0-C5D94B183CB0-700x1049.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/A5ABB3AB-B3AD-450B-95C0-C5D94B183CB0-scaled.jpeg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ada Uzoije (left) and event host, Mrs Doris Emmanuel (right)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pastor Anthony Emmanuel<\/span>: <em>&#8221; You write?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ada Uzoije<\/span>: <em>&#8220;Yes! I&#8217;m a novelist and enjoys writing poems too&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1294\" style=\"width: 349px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/279989E7-DF81-4095-BD26-7A2B610152EA.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1294\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1294\" class=\"wp-image-1294 \" src=\"http:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/279989E7-DF81-4095-BD26-7A2B610152EA-510x395.jpeg\" alt=\"279989E7-DF81-4095-BD26-7A2B610152EA\" width=\"339\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/279989E7-DF81-4095-BD26-7A2B610152EA-510x395.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/279989E7-DF81-4095-BD26-7A2B610152EA-600x464.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/279989E7-DF81-4095-BD26-7A2B610152EA-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/279989E7-DF81-4095-BD26-7A2B610152EA-768x594.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/279989E7-DF81-4095-BD26-7A2B610152EA-700x542.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/adauzoije.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/279989E7-DF81-4095-BD26-7A2B610152EA.jpeg 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Couples engaging in a blindfold actvity at the relationship event.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pastor Anthony Emmanuel<\/span>:<em> &#8220;Amazing! Can you write a poem for our couples retreat event?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ada Uzoije<\/span>: <em>&#8220;Wow! I never thought of writing christian poems. I may write 2 poems if I get posessed by the holy ghost (giggled), but we have a deal Pastor, I will be there.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Pastor Anthony Emmanuel<\/span>: <em>&#8221; Thank you and I will pray for God to guide you.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><strong>Pastor Anthony &amp; Mrs Doris Emmanual<\/strong> run a Christ CentredMarriage &amp; Family Ministry (CEMAFAM). <a href=\"https:\/\/cemafam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/cemafam.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 *******<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below a video of me reciting the two poems at the relationship event. First reading : \u2018When couples agree together\u2019. Second reading: &#8216;\u2018God is Love\u2019. Enjoy<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poetic Preaching\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4aQ0LmfjZaY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong><u><span class=\"tm6\">When couples agree together\u00a0<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">By <strong>Ada Uzoije <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">\u00a0Do you both listen to God<br \/>\nDo you both believe in God<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Or<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Do you both believe the Devil<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Don\u2019t be like Adam &amp; Eve, deceive by the devil and suffering became their fate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Do you both worship with pure hearts<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Do you both respect the house of God<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Or<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Do you both respect the house of Devil<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Don\u2019t be like Ananias and Sapphira, lied in the house of God, and death became their fate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Do you both pray to God<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Do you both let God save you<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Or<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Do you both let Devil destroy you<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Don\u2019t be like Lot\u2019s wife, tempted by the Devil, and pillar of salt she become.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">Abraham and Sarah, Priscilla and\u00a0Aquila, Hannah and Elkanah, Ruth and Boaz and Joseph and Mary, all agreed together to listen, obey and worship God with pure hearts and everlasting salvation became theirs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">This is God purpose, for man to live his mother and father and hold fast to his wife, and they have one voice as they are one flesh. From today, agree in your relationship to make one decision, to support each other to let God in your household, so love, peace and happiness will dwelt in you, in children and those around you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 30px;\">A(men)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><u><span class=\"tm6\">God is love<\/span><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">By <strong>Ada Uzoije<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Before Heaven and Earth were created<br \/>\nBefore lightness was created and Earth was dark no more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Before light was day and dark was night and the shining stars appears in the dark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">There was God and God is Love<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Before water appears, and land appears, and the cloud appears<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Before the grasses, the trees, the fruits and seeds appears<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Before the swimming creatures from the seas, flying creatures in the skies, walking and creeping creatures on land and the beasts were created<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">There was God and God is love<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Before God created Adam in his own image, and says &#8220;Man shouldn\u2019t be alone&#8221; and he created Eve to be his help mate, to love one another as you both become one flesh<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Before the serpent, the snake, the devil poison the first husband and wife mind, and they ate the forbidden fruit and sin against God.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Before God expel the husband and wife out of Garden of Eden, and the first suffering on earth unleash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">There was God and God is love<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Hear this people, God send Jesus to die on the cross, so we may break free from the suffering from the sin caused by Adam and Eve and their generation of children. So therefore we may find the \u2018Great love\u2019 again. The love that existed before Heaven and Earth. The love that is greater than all creatures on Earth, the shining stars in the sky and all the planets in the Universe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Be kind to one another, love thy partners, love thy children, love thy neighbour. Forgive one another as God in Christ had forgiven our sins. Let God in your relationship, and great love will come with happiness and peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Find God, for God is love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal tm5\" style=\"text-align: center;\">A(men).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never say never, &#8220;I will never be a preacher,&#8221; I said when I was 11 years old. But, God is the wiser\ud83e\udd14. 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