Barakat Adenike Sheriff

The word culture itself comes from the root cultivate — as in to grow with intention

“If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path.”

Prayer was to them what it was to Paul, a striving with earnest effort

of soul; what it was to Jacob, a wrestling and prevailing; what it was

to Christ, "strong crying and tears." They "prayed always with all

prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all

perseverance." "The effectual, fervent prayer" has been the mightiest

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Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood. When you do something that you genuinely believe in, that you have conviction about, for a long period of time, well-meaning people may criticize that effort. To sustain yourself over this time, you can’t look for accolades, and you can’t rely on being understood.”