SIX IMPORTANT THINGS EVERY CHRISTIAN MUST BE PREPARED TO DO.

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1. LEARN TO APPRECIATE WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU.

If it had not been the sufficient grace of God upon your life you wouldn’t have survived, because our sins weigh us down. ..    I John 3:1, learn to show God how grateful you are for the breath of life given you each and every single moment. For the greatest reward for mankind is God.

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 2.  LEARN TO HAVE A CONSISTENT BIBLE STUDY LIFE.

This will draw you more closer to your creator. It also reveals Gods plans concerning your life, and it guides you in life. Remember it no other ordinary book but the very words of God, because the writers where inspired by the spirit of God (Holy Spirit) to put down that which the spirit breathe on them. The BIBLE is our MANUAL FOR LIFE.

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3.  LEARN TO PRAY.

 Invest prayer into your life, your family; your future for a time is coming when you may not be able to pray. Prayer is an act of humility unto God, therefore if you can’t pray, it connotes you are proud in heart. It’s a means through which we gets to talk one-on-one with our Heavenly Father, submit our petitions unto Him and also gets to hear from Him.Prayer is the craving passion of Gods presence.

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4. LEARN TO LOVE.

The most powerful force on earth is LOVE & the most powerful tool of the devil (accuser of the brethren) is LUST. How do you claim to love God when you still harbor  hurts within you, when you still hold on to that grudge in your heart and you find it difficult to let go and forgive your brethren. Oh don’t forget our most popular but powerful prayer “And forgive our sins as we forgive others…Matthew. 6:12” God is watching beloved. God is an embodiment of LOVE, for all His examples where summarized in love…LOVE your God with all your heart…Duet 6:5, 11:13

5. LEARN TO WIN A SOUL FOR CHRIST.

Is it that you are afraid of the identity of the people out there?  Or you doubt they will not accept you because of your past? Bible says “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation…2Corn 5:17”. Don’t be ashamed of God; “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ…Romans 1:16”. Soul winning is the greatest commission for mankind to spread and propagate the gospel of Christ and to win lost souls into Gods kingdom. Beloved you will account for the souls placed in your charge for it is our duty to win souls into the Kingdom of God.

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6. BE READY TO INTERCEDE FOR OTHERS.

 People normally show us their screen savers (by saying “it’s okay” and “I’m fine” wrapped in smiles), but their wall papers are designed with pain, frustration, rejection, loneliness, sickness and the like. As believers we must be willingly ready to intercede for others through prayers. Someone out there in the world needs your intercession to keep him/her moving.Let join forces together in prayer for the world we live in.

PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTE TO SAY A PRAYER FOR THE SICK, OPPRESSED, LOST AND YOUR LIFE.

Check out Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir’s 27th CD, ‘Love Lead The Way’ Releases Today

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I want you to take a look at: Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir’s 27th CD, ‘Love Lead The Way’ Releases Today 

JUST FOR YOU

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I LOVE YOU

Love is beautiful

Life without love is no life at all

Life without love is worthless

Love is timeless

T-I-M-E is the best way to spell LOVE

Time is the best expression of love

You can make more money but you can’t make more love

Charity is not necessarily love

Love is God

Love is life

Love lies not in sheer words of men but the beauty that lies within

Love is not the act of giving but in the mind of giving;

“For God so loved the word…John 3: 16

“She needs your love

He thirst for your love

Because, we need all to survive”

“I value you enough to give you my most precious assets (my love).

Thank you for loving me by using your precious assets (time) to read this”.

I LOVE YOU

Ghana Summit Oil, Gas and Power Conference & Exhibition

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The Ghana Summit, which focuses on Ghana oil and gas launching power, returns to Accra on 23-25 April 2013. With a proven track-record, the Ghana Summit conference, exhibition and technical sessions are recognised throughout the industry as the most established and prestigious for networking and debate. This premier event unites international and regional experts, key decision makers, contractors and service providers and is where you can explore new possibilities for your company and engage in productive dialogue.

 

follow this link;  (http://www.cwcghana.com) or (http://www.cwcghana.com/exhibition/exhibition-visitor)

for more information and  to register.

 

 

HOW TO USE SPSS PART 3- An easy way out.

        

  

 

 

 

EXPORTING YOUR OUTPUT TO WORD DOCUMENT

Prior to the previous lessons, this section seeks to introduce you on how to export your work from the output document to word document. Please do well to go through the previous sections(PART 1 and 2) since its the basis on which we are        building this blocks.

NB:

• When  an output document opens, your work will be displayed in a tabular form. Move your cursor to the Values that appears on the very top of your output page, double click and delete it.

•  Normally the information we use is the frequency & percentage. Hence, you are advised   to delete the valid percent and the cumulative percent (double click the table; highlight all the values in that section to delete it. Go to file, and save your work
• Below is a pictorial display of the steps.

  1.  Preview of analyzed data displayed in a tabular form in the output document. It can also be displayed in chat forms, eg bar chat, histograms etc.

 

 

 

 

    2. Double click the table to produce the doted lines as shown in the picture on the left hand side.

 

 

 

 

    3. Highlight all the values in the column “Valid Percent”, as indicated in the picture on the left side, click on delete [DEL]  to clear that whole column

  .Do the same for the values in “Cumulative Percent” column.

 

 

 

    

4. This how your table should look like after the above procedure is completed.

 

 

 

 

5. Kindly save your work before you continue.

 

 

 

 

  

  6.  A drop down box ( shown in the picture on the left side) will be displayed immediately you click on the save button.

 

 

 

 

     7. Normally its  advisable to save your work on the desktop for easy access when you need it.

    Also fill in the name space provided, this will help you trace your work the next time you want to use it with ease, after which you click on the “Ok” button to fully save your work.

 

 

The next step is to know how to export your work from the output document to word document.

 

1.      
2. 8)  On the output document, go to file; Click on export

 

 

 

 

 

1.      9)  An export output box will open; on the top left side, click ‘All’.

 

 

 

 

2)  Go to “File name”, click on “Browse” to change the location. (Recommended for easy access to work). It will be good to change it to your “Desktop”, give it a file name and click, Save.

3) Click OK/ENTER and you are done.

• Go back to your desktop, click on the word File you save to open it and you are ready to interpretate your data.

• The pictorial guide are to help you to know the expected outcome of your work, in case of any problem kindly refer to them.

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HOW TO USE SPSS PART 2- An easy way out

     DATA ANALYSIS

This section throws-light on how to analyze your data after inputting the needed data  . Now to analyze your data, move your mouse over to the top task bar as depicted in the picture below and click on

 

 

 

 

 

•      1. Analyze

 

 

 

 

 

    2. Move down to Descriptive statistics and click frequencies

 

 

 

 

 

3. A drop down box appears as indicated in the pictures below

 

 

 

 

 

  4. Highlight the variables you want to analyze, move it to the box on the right by pressing the arrow as indicated by the position of the cursor.

 

 

 

 

 

5. Final destination of moved variables ready to be analyzed. this means that you are analyzing just two variables out of the lot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. When you are done, click on OK to start analysis.

 

 

 

• An output document will open to show your work in a tabular form, this will be carterd for in another section.

 

     NB:  From this very stage be sure you are on the verge of completion.  SPSS is a  tool that needs practiced hence I’m sure you are already familiar with the work in part 1.

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HOW TO USE (SPSS) PART 1- An easy way out.

SPSS – (Statistical package for social sciences) is a tool used mostly within our tertiary institutions and some corporate institutions normally for their data analysis. So far, it is one of the easiest/ simplest tools used for data analysis. Not all have the opportunity to be tutored on how to use this tool. This therefore, motivated me to share my experience (knowledge) on how to use it. The objective of this is to help you use the SPSS tool without any help from a tutor as a beginner. Hence this is conducted in simple language.

  CODING

First, for you to be able to use the SPSS application effectively, then you must be able to code your questionnaire. Most students are ableknow how to administer their questionnaires but unable to code it left alone analyze the data and that will be treated in detail in a latter post.

 

STEP-TO-STEP GUIDE TO SPSS

1. Download and install an SPSS application on your PC or laptop.
2. Open the SPSS application from your PC or laptop after installation.
3. On the bottom toolbar we have the data view and variable view.

 

–Data view: shows you the data inputs used in question.

–Variable view: shows the variables one is working with.

 

 

 

4. Click on variable view;

    a)In the column “Name”, input the number of question you intend working on but it should be one after the other.eg “q1’’.

 

 

 

b)      In the column “Type”, click the bar twice(the position of the cursor   as in the picture) to open a small box. In the box, click on string (most recommended) and press OK/enter to proceed.

 

 

 

c) kindly leave column “Width” and “Decimals”, . (For beginners you might not need it).

 

 

 

d)     In the column “Label”, enter the variables you are working with. Eg. Sex, Age.

 

 

 

 

 

e)      In the column “Values”, this is where your coding answers come to play. double click on the bar as in the picture. A dialogue box will open and at the column Value, enter the numeric value you assigned to your answer.eg 1. Move to the space label and enter the coded answer in words.eg Male.

 

 

 

  When you are done kindly click on “Add” to add your inputted data.

 

 

 

 

• Go back to Value and enter 2, move to label and enter.eg Female. When you are done inputting all your answers, kindly press enter to save your work and continue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NB: leave the part; missing, columns, align untouched.

f). It will be prudent and advisable to change all the input in the “measure” column to “nominal”.

 

When you are done, click on the Data view which is located at the left button. You will see displayed the number of questions on the top bar. Move your mouse over it and it will display what the variables are. Eg. sex.

 

 

 

After, the above you are set to enter the data from your coded questionnaire, this part is just phase one of the work.

• If you are working on 5 questionnaire as a starter, then you will be using the space 1-5 from the list on the left hand side.

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The Effect Of Trade On International Growth

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Her massive blue and red bow cutting through the sea, the CMA CGM Marco Polo is a fitting symbol for the transformative power of international trade. At 1,300 feet in length and capable of carrying over 16,000 14-ton shipping containers, the ship plies the oceans between some of the world’s busiest ports: from Shanghai and Hong Kong in Asia, to Rotterdam and Hamburg in Europe. In just five years the maximum capacity of the largest container ships has increased by 3.3%, and is linking emerging and developed economies on a scale unimaginable a century ago.World trade is big business. Ultra large container ships like the CMA CGM Marco Polo are in such high demand that the drawback of not being able to fit into the Panama Canal is not enough to stop their keels from being laid. According to the World Trade Organization, world merchandise trade value grew by 20% in 2011, to $16.7 trillion.

Trading at Home Vs. Abroad
Much of the world’s trade, however, isn’t between far-flung ports of call as much as to other economies in the region. This can be a blessing and a curse, since trading close by reduces costs but also increases the possibility of economic problems in one regional trading partner affecting other. For example, exports from European countries are overwhelmingly directed to other European countries, to the tune of 71%. While Europe is home to many developed economies that demand quality manufactured goods, the sovereign debt crisis may have been less painful had Europe sent more goods to other continents.

The growth of emerging economies has been one of the major factors in the rapid increase in trade. In the early-to-mid 2000s emerging economies experienced GDP growth of up to 6% while advanced economies hovered just under 2%. The IMF has indicated that since the financial crisis of 2008, however, growth in emerging markets has slowed while mature markets have remained relatively stable. The Conference Board, a research organization, estimates that GDP growth in emerging and developing economies could decline from 5.5% in 2012 to 5.0% in 2013, a drop of nearly 10%. This slow down is significant, since emerging economies contribute an estimated 2.4% to world GDP growth.

Growth in emerging and developing economies inevitably slows down. This happens as the big benefits from the reallocation of resources dries up, requiring governments to make structural reforms in order to continue to grow. These reforms can create more robust domestic markets for goods and services, but require strong governmental and financial institutions to take hold. In order for international trade to really flourish, governments also have to look at red tape and other barriers to trade.

The greatest risk to global trade is the interconnectivity that trade creates. Businesses and economies are increasingly connected, making scenarios in which supply or financial shocks can quickly spread from one region to another more likely. The factor precipitating the bank crisis in Cyprus was the exposure of Cypriot banks to Greek sovereign debt, but that same exposure had caused a financial contagion long before Cyprus looked for a bailout. The disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors not only caused a disruption to the global supply chain, but also caused trade to and from the world’s third largest economy to hiccup.

Increasing the Supply Chain
How can businesses take advantage of the global supply chain while also protecting themselves from potential shocks? The World Economic Forum, a club of some of the world’s most successful businesses, met this past January to discuss how to improve international trade. The marked difference between this year’s meeting and previous ones was the recognition that the increased connectivity between businesses in different countries was creating a “super supply chain” that had the potential to not only improve growth but to inhibit it as well. The World Economic Forum members identified five key steps that can help governments improve supply chain efficiency and increase international trade:

1. Create policy on a national level by identifying long-term objectives, and then continuously with businesses to ensure that legislation and regulations are moving the economy toward efficiency.
2. Have government institutions focus on specific objectives related to supply chain management.
3. Bring in small businesses to the table when discussing the regulatory environment to ensure that regulations represent their interests as well as the interests of larger companies.
4. Work with other countries through free trade agreements and other international agreements to harmonize or simplify regulations.
5. Move toward the use of electronic documentation and filing rather than using paper.

Effects of Reducing Barriers
Reducing supply chain barriers can potentially be a bigger boost to GDP than than removing tariffs. Improving border administration and transport and communications infrastructure could increase global GDP by 5% and would have six times the effect of removing all global tariffs. The World Bank estimates that a 10% increase in infrastructure spending adds 1% to output, with this growth being more pronounced in developing countries. This runs contrary to what many may think, since trade barriers are often cited as the main impediment.

Improving infrastructure and administration costs money, which may be a tougher sell to governments facing fiscal constraints even if the benefit is greater than repealing tariffs. Additionally, the existence of barriers protects some domestic industries from competition, and removing these barriers may cause friction. Prioritizing which supply chain barrier to focus on will provide businesses with a clear set of objectives to work with, rather than having companies guess what is going to happen when planning for 10, 15, or 20 years in the future.

Take Action
For investors, the prudent approach to finding the future economic darling is to examine what countries are addressing the fundamental issues that impact the ease in doing business in a country: quality of and investment in infrastructure, ease of doing business and regulatory climate. The easier it is to move goods around a country the easier it is for consumers to make purchases, and reductions in corruption and red tape cut costs further. Investors who pay attention to these factors will be at an advantage compared to those who follow the latest fad.

Credit: Brent Radcliffe (http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/040113/effect-trade-international-growth.asp?utm_source=newstouse&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=NTU-04/03/2013)

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