Five Questions To Ask Before You Accept A Job Offer

It is a harsh reality for job-seekers that our judgment is most impaired at exactly the point when we need our senses most — the moment when we’re evaluating a job offer.

We fall into the vortex very easily on a job search, as soon as a company is interested in us. We see the finish line to a tedious job search and our judgment falls away. Our senses abandon us.

When we should be asking tough questions, we think “I want that offer!” and if we get it, we sign it and say “Phew! At least I have a job now.”

Then the painful learning comes. If you’ve ever taken a horrible job just because you were desperate, you know what I’m talking about. You can tell within two days on the job that it’s not the right place for you, but you’ve painted yourself into a corner.

You have to decide then whether to wage a new, under-the-radar job search and get a new job while you’re working at the job you’ve got, or just walk out and hope for the best.

Here are five questions that will help you make a smarter decision when you’re considering a job offer. If you feel nervous about asking these perfectly reasonable questions of your next boss, a recruiter or an HR person, take that as a warning.

Why shouldn’t you ask these sensible questions before you commit yourself to a new

L.A. prosecutors won't bring two sexual assault cases against Bill Cosby

The Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file charges against Bill Cosby in two alleged sexual assault cases, they announced Wednesday.

The first case involved Chloe Goins, 24, who claimed the comedian assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008 when she was 18.

Pastor Faith Oyedepo: Wednesday January 6, 2016 dailydevotional – Be prepared!

Topic: Be prepared! [Wednesday 6 January, 2016]

“Miracle Job!

“Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.” - Amos 4:12

Devastating Photos From The Riot Between Yoruba and Nupe People In Ifelodun LGA, Kwara

Here are photos from the mayhem allegedly carried out by the people of Tsaragi, a Nupe speaking town in Share, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. According to reports, there have always been communal issues between a Yoruba dominated Share and Tsaragi since the 90s. This recent attack on the community reportedly started after a disagreement over the felling of some trees at the UMCA school on Share land. This allegedly led the Tsaragi people to attack their victims with machetes, rods and guns

DAY SIX MIRACLE – Wednesday January 6th 2016

DAY SIX MIRACLE – Wednesday January 6th 2016

 DAY SIX MIRACLE – Wednesday January 6^th 2016

Memorise: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male

and female created he them. Genesis 1:27

Read: Genesis 1:24-31, ²⁴ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

²⁵ And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

²⁶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

²⁷ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

²⁸ And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

²⁹ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

³⁰ And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

IS Gun Control a Problem

U.S. President Barack Obama is seen in tears while delivering a statement on steps the administration is taking to reduce gun violence in the East Room of the White House in Washington January 5, 2016. Vice President Joe Biden is at right.

President Obama has announced his intention to tighten the nation's gun control laws through executive action. This action, of course, comes in the wake of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, as well as numerous mass shootings over the past several years.

Pastor Faith Oyedepo: Tuesday January 5, 2016 daily devotional – Fight the good fight of faith

Pastor Faith Oyedepo: Tuesday January 5, 2016 daily devotional – Fight the good fight of faith

Topic: Fight the good fight of faith [Tuesday 5 January, 2015]

“This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;”- 1 Timothy 1:18

What a Mighty God we serve! I celebrate God for your life and for bringing you thus far to this great year of From glory to Glory. It is my earnest prayer that this year will be wonderful, prosperous and life-changing for you. Indeed, God is too faithful to fail!

DAY FIVE MIRACLE 

Memorise: And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in

the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. Genesis 1:22

Read: Genesis 1:20-23, ²⁰ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

²¹ And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

²² And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and l

DAY FOUR MIRACLE 

Memorise: And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.

Genesis 1:16

Read: Genesis 1:14-19, ¹⁴ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

¹⁵ And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

¹⁶ And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

¹⁷ And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

¹⁸ And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.

¹⁹ And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

 Bible in one year: Numbers 22:22-24:25, Psalms 146

MESSAGE!!!

Our God is a God of distinction; He is not an author of confusion. A man chooses to be in confusion when he does not do the right things as ordered by God. When God creates, He creates with precision and purpose. He created lights for a purpose and darkness for another purpose. God commanded:

“And let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:”

Genesis 1:14

Today, the philosophy of relativism is giving the Christian    faith deadly blows, and believers, particularly custodians of the Christian faith (the ministers), are doing almost nothing about it. The miracle of the fourth day saw to it that there would be no confusion on the earth. When God wanted to create man for example, the Bible says:

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

Genesis 1:27

It is amazing that some theologians and Bible scholars these days say that some men are trapped in women’s bodies and vice versa, hence their craving for same sexual relationship. Please let them know that God does not make mistakes, unless their God is different from the Christian God. The Christian God is a perfect God of distinction. He created the day for work and the night to rest. If by any reason we do not rest in one night, the following day should compensate for that loss of rest. Failure to observe this produces stress, sickness and ultimately death. Little wonder the life expectancy in the last fifty years has been in decline. The achievement of forty years is realized in fewer than thirty with a price of dying early. The God of distinction in His word commanded:

“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”

2^nd Corinthians 6:17-18

The implication of this scripture is that the Church must begin to see life the way God sees it. We have mixed many profane things with sacred ones. We have been engulfed with the idea of relativism. This is not the mind of God. As a believer, how far have you been carried away by the present age? We should not be deceived that the God of distinction has lowered His standard. He has not.   

Action Point

Look into your life and see where you have compromised the expected distinctive life you ought to live as a Christian. Repent and come on board the train of holiness again.

DAY THREE MIRACLE 

Memorise: And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:10

Read: Genesis 1:9-13, ⁹ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

¹⁰ And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

¹¹ And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

¹² And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

¹³ And the evening and the morning were the third day.

Bible in one year: Numbers 20:10-22:21, Psalm 145:14-21

MESSAGE!!!

Many children of God do not know the depth of the common saying, “Order is the first thing in heaven”. They quote this statement awkwardly without giving it the necessary importance it requires. In the real sense of it, orderliness is the nature of divine administration. My prayer for someone using this devotional is that if your life is disorganized, it shall be divinely fixed in Jesus’ name.

Our God is the God of order; He ordered the course of the universe by His Word. This is the reason why we must give the Word of God pre-eminence in our lives. The Lord said to Jeremiah; “…. I will hasten my word to perform it.” (Jeremiah 1:12). The Almighty God does not take His own Word with levity like some of us do. Bible teachings come in form of doctrines and living by them is inevitable if we are to live orderly. Jesus Christ said in John 7:17:

Disobedience to God’s order brings chaos and unimaginable calamities as the story of Adam and Eve’s fall reveals (Genesis 2:16-17, Genesis 3:9-19). I encourage the user of this devotional to begin to place a high premium
   on the Word of God, even as God Himself does. In the second pastoral epistle of Paul to Timothy we read:

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”

2^nd Timothy 3:16-17

On the third day, God set in order the course of the universe by His Word and things began to work, even till this day; the seas in their places, the dry land, a variety of vegetation and fruit bearing plants.

Our God is the God of both creation and provision: He creates to provide. This means lack was not originally planned to characterize the life of man. I pray that everything that you need shall be orderly provided for your pleasure this season in Jesus’ name. However, pay close attention to the Words of the Great Provider. 

Prayer Point

Father, please set my life in order, and don’t allow me to do things against Your will.