What's a Blog?

Blogging Definition

A blog is an online journal, which is housed on a webpage on the internet. A blog is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent blog post at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom. Here is an example.

The term “weblog” was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. The short form, “blog”, was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999. Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used “blog” as both a noun and verb (“to blog”, meaning “to edit one’s weblog or to post to one’s weblog”) and devised the term “blogger” in connection with Pyra Labs’ Blogger product, leading to the popularization of the terms.

Here are the main blogging terms to be familiar with:

Blog (noun) – an online journal or diary.

Blog (verb) – to write, edit or post a blog post.

Blog post (noun) – the content of a blog (noun)

Blogger (noun) – a person who blogs (verb), keeps or owns a blog (noun).

Blogging (verb) – the act of writing a blog post.

A blog serves to bridge the gap between the demand for information and the supply of information. There is probably a blog for every subject or topic under the sun. Therefore, blogs help to fill the huge gap between the demand and supply of information.

The very first blog post was published on October 7th 1994, by Dave Winer, a software developer in California, credited by the Guardian as having invented the blog.

A new blog is created somewhere in the world every half a second. Since there 86,400 seconds in a day, it means 172,800 blogs are created every day. 172,800 new blogs every single day!

But blogging isn’t necessarily for everyone who blogs.

IMHO, blogging is only for those who are either passionate or disciplined enough about blogging, that they are willing and able to invest time, money and everything else that’s required to improve themselves, and make themselves better at blogging.

Here’s another way to look at it.

Blogging for Money

If blogging is an expensive hobby that drains your resources, then blogging isn’t for you. However, if blogging brings you an income (no matter how small), then you’re probably on the right path to becoming a blogger!

So are you blogger? Check out this amazing article Blogging Isn't For You on Astute Copy Blogging to find out :)

THIS BLOG HAS MIGRATED TO => HTTP://WWW.PEDROOKORO.COM/ PLEASE JOIN ME THERE :)

I wanted to let you know that I have migrated my blog Crushing The Devil to a new website == PEDROOKORO.COM and ASTUTE COPY BLOGGING.

I now typically post 1 or 2 times a week, usually on Tuesday.

"You don’t have to visit my blog to stay up-to-date. Instead, you can get updates via email. Whenever I post fresh content, I will send you an email message. To do so, simply click on this link: http://eepurl.com/benwYb and fill out the simple form to subscribe to my email list. I can guarantee you that I will never give your email address to anybody else. And you can unsubscribe at any time.

My focus in this new blog is life in all its fullness. My mission is to help people live life to the full. As a result, I write on personal development, purpose, spiritual warfare, and relationships. And sometimes, I write about stuff that don’t fit neatly into any of these categories.

My goal is to create inspiring, insightful, relevant, and practical content that will empower you to live your ordinary, everyday life in all its fullness! If you want to live your life to the full, then this new blog is for you.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to seeing you over at http://www.pedrookoro.com/ soon.

With every blessing

Pedro Okoro

Pastor, Blogger, Award-winning Author.

It is well!

Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Isaiah 3:10 (ESV)

Following the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, those who are SAVED fight from a position of VICTORY instead of fighting for victory. The Bible assures us that we are “more than conquerors”. All we have to do is to enforce the victory won by Jesus on the cross of Calvary.

It is against this background that we must look at our Bible text. It says “Tell the righteous it will be well with them” (NIV). Tell the righteous?? “Who are those?” somebody might ask. The Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:21 that “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (NIV). In other words, Jesus became sin for us so that those who are SAVED become righteous in Christ. Those who accept Jesus’ sacrificial death are made new. This is confirmed by 2 Corinthians 5: 17 which says “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (NLT).

Positionally, those who have been saved are righteous before God; that is to say, they have right standing with God. This is because when God looks at them He sees what Jesus accomplished on our behalf through His death on the cross of Calvary. We have been made perfect. Yet, experientially, Christians are still in a growth process. They have been made perfect, yet they are being made holy. Put differently: by His death and resurrection, Jesus makes us perfect, yet we are being progressively made holy, cleansed, and set apart daily.

So the question is: Are you saved? Are you born again? If Jesus has redeemed you then you’re God’s righteousness. You are righteous. You have right standing before God, and our Bible text applies to you!

Whatever you may be going through right NOW, God says to tell you: it shall be well with you. Why? Simply because you are now a child of God and you are righteous. If God gave Jesus to die for you when you were not saved, now that you’ve become a part of His Kingdom, He won’t withhold any good thing from you!

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Pedro Okoro is a Professional Blogger, Copywriter, Coach, List Grow Strategist and Pastor. He is the founder and CEO of Astute Copy Blogging. He is also an Award-winning and bestselling Author. He is married with two delightful daughters.

Our Mission to Plano, Texas, this August

Can you give $10 to support our mission?

Give $10 today. And make an impact! Can you give a one-off gift of $10 to support our mission to Plano, Texas this August? We have now raised $1,485 and need another $3,515 to meet our target of $5,000! But we have just 27 days to raise this money! With your help we can achieve this target. Give $10 today and help bring salvation, healing and deliverance to many! You can give here==>https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/aXI47   Just $10 will make a huge difference to this mission and help in bring salvation, healing and deliverance to many!  Don't put it off. Don't leave it to somebody else! Please donate today. God bless you!

Please Support my Conference in Plano, Texas, this August.

This Summer we are organizing the first ever 'Crushing The Devil' Healing & Deliverance Conference in Plano, Texas. It is based on my award-winning book, 'Crushing The Devil'. 

It holds August 8th to 10th at the Mount Olive Church of Plano, and I am trusting God for the miraculous! We are making the Conference free so everyone in need of God's healing and deliverance can attend. However, for this to happen, I need the financial support of my friends and partners. Please stand with me and with the people of Texas and give generously to help defray the cost of hosting this Conference. No amount is too small!

To give, please visit our Fund Raising Page at: https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/aXI47

God bless you.

Announcing The Crushing The Devil Healing & Deliverance Conference 2013

Join me in Texas this Summer as I minister at the

Crushing The Devil Healing & Deliverance Conference 2013

Theme: Rolling Away the Reproach

Join us at this awesome Conference as we pray to:

*Break the power of recurrent problems

*Overcome the stagnancy of life

*Stop labouring in vain

*Stop demonic evil patterns

*Operate in supernatural breakthrough

*Break free from financial hardship

*Overcome hidden destructive covenants

*Break generational curses and covenants 

*Revoke evil curses and decrees 

Thursday, August 8th 7PM

Friday, August 9th 7PM 

Prayer Breakfast, Saturday August 10th @ 9.30AM 

VENUE: MT OLIVE CHURCH OF PLANO

330 Chisholm Pl

Plano, Texas 75075

United States

For more information, please visit: https://crushingthedevil.eventbrite.com/

Would you be made free?

There are people who might need deliverance even though they have become Christians. This is especially important where they were dedicated to the devil (through Satanic altars) before they came to know the Lord; this often happens when people dabble into the occult. 

People may also need deliverance because of a generational curse. This is where their ancestors made covenants on their behalf with an agent of the devil. This would be the case if any of their 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents or 16 great-great grandparents went into the occult or practised sorcery or divination or consulted mediums or witch doctors or were involved in witchcraft at any time in their lives. I have gone as far back as great-great grandparents because the effect of generational curses can last up to the fourth generation! The Bible says in Exodus 20:5(KJV) “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.” [My emphasis.]

Our ancestors sinned, but they have died—and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!

Lamentations 5:7(NLT)

If there are negative traits which you noticed in your parents, which you hated such as alcoholism, anger, child abuse, adultery, wife abuse etc and which you can now see in your own life, then you need to be set free! Also, if you notice a pattern of things in your family among your siblings or other family members, such as alcoholism, suicide, anger, adultery, miscarriage, divorce, not getting married until a certain, getting divorced at a certain time, not having children until a certain time, etc then you need to seek help. 

These things won't go away simply because you're now born again! They need to be dealt with! In the same way that you can be saved and be poor unless you apply the Biblical principles for prosperity,  you can be saved and be under the devil's yoke of oppression! There are principles laid out by God in the Bible which need to be applied for you to enjoy true freedom in Christ.

If any of these things apply to you, ask a pastor with insight into spiritual warfare to pray for you. Jesus will set you free. I am also available to minster to anyone who is in need of deliverance. 

(C) Pedro Okoro, Blogger, Author, Pastor. You can follow Pedro on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pedrookoro

Satan, You’re Under Arrest!*

This is a citizen’s arrest

For I bear on my body the Lord’s crest

Heaven is my final destination

And a citizen I am of God’s holy nation

Devil, you are fired

You will never ever be required

For all the calamities you inspire

I pour on you the Lord’s unquenchable fire

I don’t want you around me, devil

’Cause you are Machiavellian and so full of evil

I am arresting you, devil

You’re so jam-packed with evil

I arrest you on reasonable suspicion

Of various counts of gross insubordination

Devil, you are fired

No more are you hired

For all the misfortunes you inspire

I pour on you the Lord’s unquenchable fire

I don’t like you one bit, devil

’Cause you are conniving and brimming with evil

I arrest you in the name of Jesus

God’s Son who came to save us

And deliver us from your oppression

Following Adam’s initial transgression

Devil, you are fired

You were never ever required

For all the devastation you inspire

I pour on you the Lord’s unquenchable fire

I don’t want you near me, devil

’Cause you are deceitful and busting with evil

To remain silent when questioned is your right

But of this important fact you must not lose sight

It would harm your defense if later you rely

On something you could have said today in reply

For the avoidance of doubt whatever you say

Will stand against you at your trial on judgment day

Devil, you are fired

 No more will you ever be hired

For all the catastrophes you inspire

I pour on you the Lord’s unquenchable fire

I don’t like you at all, devil

’Cause you are sly and so satiated with evil

Your failure to carry out my instructions as a child of God

Appears from others to be a familiar pattern you have trod

Your willful disobedience amounts to a declaration of war

Enough is enough, I cannot continue with you as before

Devil, you are fired

You were never ever required

For all the disasters you inspire

I pour on you the Lord’s unquenchable fire

I can’t stand you, devil

’Cause you are devious and overflowing with evil

I now break your yoke, destroy your burdens and bind you

In the name of the exalted Lord Jesus who was born a Jew

Who on the cross of Calvary became sin and was of evil men slain

But rose from the dead and sat at the right hand of God to reign

Devil, you are fired

No more are you hired

For all the tragedies you inspire

I pour on you the Lord’s unquenchable fire

I don’t like you, devil

’Cause you are a very bad devil

I scatter your assignments, your mission

I frustrate and thwart your goals, your vision

I deny you reinforcement of any provision

I bind you and refuse you any sort of permission

I forbid you my sphere of influence to permeate

I decree today, “Thou shall not within my space operate!”

Devil, you are fired

You could never ever have been hired

For all the adversities you inspire

I pour on you the Lord’s unquenchable fire

I don’t want you around me anymore, devil

’Cause you are devious and so full of evil

Satan, in the name of Jesus I put an end to your repression

I declare that henceforth I am free from every demonic oppression

By the power in the name of Jesus I undo every satanic subjugation

With the authority in the Word of God I put a stop to every devilish domination

Devil, you are fired

You were not even ever hired

For all the debacles you inspire

I pour on you the Lord’s unquenchable fire

In the name of Jesus I bind you, devil

You who epitomize all that is evil

From now on I say no to your suppression

From this time forth I exercise my power of expression

I destroy, demolish, and dismantle the power of concealed sin

I proclaim, profess, and confess that I am in Christ, yes “I am in”

For whom the Son makes free is liberated, triumphant, and victorious

Thank you, Jesus, for helping me in all things to become auspicious

Devil, you are fired

You could never ever have been required

For all the fiascos you inspire

I pour on you the Lord’s unquenchable fire

Now get thee behind me, devil

You scheming sneaky crafty cunning conniving embodiment of evil

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*Poem taken from Crushing The Devil by Pedro Okoro. Copyrighted material. All rights reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited.
(C) Pedro Okoro is a Professional Blogger, Copywriter, Coach, List Grow Strategist and Pastor. He is the founder and CEO of Astute Copy Blogging. He is also an Award-winning and bestselling Author. He is married with two delightful daughters.

12 THINGS SATAN DOES TO GET VICTORY OVER CHRISTIANS

I came across this intriguing write-up recently, and I thought, I must share it with you! May the LORD open your eyes to see Satan's subtle schemes!!!

Satan said to a convention of Demons, “As long as Christians stay close to God, we have no power over them.  So here are 12 things you can do to get victory over Christians.”

1)  Keep them busy with non essentials.

2)  Tempt them to overspend and go into debt.

3)  Make them work long hours to maintain empty life styles.

4)  Discourage them from spending family time together, for when their homes disintegrate there is no refuge from work.

5)  Over stimulate their minds with television and computers, so they can’t hear God speaking to them.

6)  Fill their coffee tables and nightstands with newspapers and magazines so they have no time to read the Bible.

7)  Flood their mailboxes with sweepstakes promotions and get rich quick schemes to keep them chasing material things.

8)  Put glamour models on TV  and on magazine covers to keep them focused on outward appearances.  That way they will be dissatisfied with themselves and dissatisfied with their mates.

9)  Make sure couples are too exhausted for physical intimacy so they will be tempted to look elsewhere.

10)  Make Santa and the easter bunny bigger than Jesus to divert them from remembering the real meaning of the holiday.

11)  Involve them in good causes so they won’t have time for eternal ones.

12)  Make them self  satisfied. Keep them busy working in their own strength so they’ll never know the joy of God’s power working through them.

Remember my demons, keep them busy!  Busy!  Busy!  Because we know what it stands for:

*  B=BEING

*  U=UNDER

*  S=SATANS

*  Y=YOKE

Author Unknown 

(C) Pedro Okoro, Blogger, Author, Pastor. You can follow Pedro on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pedrookoro

As Christians, we are in a battlefield!

Spiritual warfare is very real. There is a fierce and ferocious battle raging in the realm of the spirit between the forces of God and the forces of evil. This warfare happens every day, all the time. We are in a battlefield. We are in warfare!

The moment we become Christians, the devil’s grip over our lives is broken, we cease to be his children, and we become a threat to him. He begins to see us as his enemy and seeks to either win us back or destroy us. We are therefore immediately thrust onto the front line of this brutal battle whether we appreciate it or not, whether we like it or not, and whether we know it or not!

The first thing we need to know is who the enemy is. The Bible makes it very clear in Ephesians 6 that we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms. In other words, we are fighting Satan, the devil, an enemy who is a spirit. The enemy is therefore not your mother-in-law, or your neighbour, or your boss at work!

We are waging war against an enemy who is invisible to the naked eye. Therefore, to stand a chance, we must rely totally and completely on God, because He is Spirit and He can see the end of a thing from its beginning. Our weapons are mighty through God, and we are nothing without Him. In reality, the battle is His; we are merely His battle-axes!

On the cross of Calvary, Jesus obtained total victory over sin, sickness, and death. He triumphed over the Enemy through His death and resurrection. Jesus Christ’s triumph at Calvary means that in this warfare, our victory has been predetermined. Jesus, the greater one, far superior to the Enemy, is with us, therefore we are assured of triumph and victory. This is the only battle where the outcome is preordained and predestined, even before the fighting begins. In other words, we fight from victory not for victory! The Bible confirms this in Romans 8:37 where it says, “No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us” (NLT).

This battle continues until we depart from this world. As we go on in this battle, spectators are urging us on. These are the saints triumphant, i.e., the Christians who have died and gone ahead of us to heaven, who have now become “a cloud of witnesses” and who are cheering us on!

(C) Pedro Okoro, Blogger, Author, Pastor. You can follow Pedro on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pedrookoro

Don’t give any opportunity to the Devil!

Fact: the Devil has been around longer than any of us! Fact: The Devil is a defeated foe! Fact: Though defeated, The Devil is still a bad Devil and can outsmart us if we give him room! Fact: For the Devil not to outwit or outsmart us, we must be aware of his devices and evil schemes!!!

Ephesians 4:27 (NASB)

And do not give the devil an opportunity

The word “opportunity” or “place” is the word topos in the original Greek texts. It is the root from which we derive the English word topography. Topography has to do with the contour and the surface or shape of the land. Dictionary.com defines it as “The surface features of a place or region.”

Essentially, the Bible is telling us the following:

• Don’t give the devil a rock to stand on.
• Don’t give the devil an inlet, a peninsula,
• Don’t give the devil a cape, an island, a mountain peak, a valley
• Don’t give the devil any place
• Don’t give the devil any room or opportunity to operate.

The Devil is an active, destructive, and intelligent enemy. In the journey of life, the Devil will do his utmost to derail us, to stop us from realizing our full potential and accomplishing our purposes. To make it easy for us to fail and fall, he adapts his temptations and tricks to suit our natural inclinations and desires. He modifies his lure to match our lifestyle.

You must realise that although a defeated foe the Devil can bite if you give him an opportunity. And that’s why we are enjoined in 1 Peter 5:8 (KJV) to be “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour”

The Devil is always looking for an opportunity to attack. The Bible tells us in Matthew 4:13 that after tempting Jesus the Devil left Jesus until an “opportune time” (NIV). The Free Dictionary defines “Opportune” as follows: “Suited or right for a particular purpose” and “Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time”. In other words, the Devil is always seeking an appropriate, fitting or advantageous time to strike! So don’t make it any easier for him. Don’t give him any room!!!

The easiest way to give the Devil room or opportunity is to live in sin! When we live in sin, we break the hedge of God's protection around us and give room to the Devil!!

(C) Pedro Okoro, Blogger, Author, Pastor. You can follow Pedro on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pedrookoro

If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?

Somebody once asked, “If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to indict you?” In other words, are you totally, completely and unashamedly sold out and souled out for Jesus not minding the consequences?

Have you ever been persecuted for your faith? Persecution is harassment or maltreatment because of your faith as a child of God. In Hebrews 11:35–38, the Bible tells us about heroes of faith who were persecuted for their faith in the Lord. It says, “Others were tortured and refused to accept their freedom so they could be raised from the dead to a better life. Some were laughed at and beaten. Others were put in chains and thrown into prison. They were stoned to death, they were cut in half, and they were killed with swords. Some wore the skins of sheep and goats. They were poor, abused, and treated badly. The world was not good enough for them! They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and holes in the earth” (NCV).

There are two promises associated with persecution in the New Testament. In Mark 10:29–30, Jesus, in answer to a question by Simon Peter, promises that whoever has forsaken mother, father, children, spouse, houses, basically anything for him, will receive a hundredfold in this world with persecution. The other is in 2 Timothy 3:12, where the apostle Paul states that “everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (NLT). In other words, anyone who lives as a child of God in this world will invariably suffer one form of persecution or another.

There are countries in the world today where it is a crime to convert from the State religion to Christianity. So let me ask you again, “if you lived in one of those countries, and you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to indict you, prosecute you and convict you?”

I recently came across this true story which is said to have happened in Kiangsi, China, only about 20 years ago. Two Christian girls, Chiu-Chin Hsui and  Ho-Hsiu-Tzu and their pastor were sentenced to death. They were mocked and scorned for being so foolish as to die for an unseen God. Then the guards promised the pastor that if he would shoot the girls, they would release him. Sadly enough, he accepted!

The girls waited patiently in their prison cells for the moment of their execution. They prayed quietly together. Soon the guards came for them and led them out. A fellow prisoner who watched the execution through the barred windows of his prison cell, said that their faces were beautiful beyond belief, infinitely sad but sweet.

They were placed against a wall, and their pastor was brought forward by two guards who  placed him close in front of the girls and put a pistol in his hand. The girls whispered to each other, then bowed respectfully to their pastor. And this is what one of them said:

“Before being shot by you, we wish to thank you heartily for what you have meant to us. You baptized us, you taught us the way of eternal life, you gave us Holy Communion with the same hand in which you now have a gun. May God reward you for all that you have done for us. You also taught us that Christians are sometimes weak and commit terrible sins, but they can be forgiven again. When you regret what you are about to do to us, do not despair like Judas, but repent like Peter. God bless you, and remember that our last thought of you was not one of indignation against your failure. Everyone passes through hours of darkness. We die with gratitude.”

They bowed again to their pastor, closed their eyes, and stood silently waiting. The pastor had obviously hardened his heart- he raised the pistol and shot them. No sooner had they fallen to the ground, then the communist guards put him against the wall for immediate execution. As they shot him, no-one heard words of repentance, only the sound of screaming!!!

I cannot but ask you again ~ if you were arrested for being a Christian…

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Pedro Okoro is a Professional Blogger, Copywriter, Coach, List Grow Strategist and Pastor. He is the founder and CEO of Astute Copy Blogging. He is also an Award-winning and bestselling Author. He is married with two delightful daughters.