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Thursday, 18 December 2014

Leadership nuggets

Leadership involves impact/influence. The way you can advise you're a pioneer is to look over your shoulder. In the event that some person's taking after, then you're the pioneer. In the event that no one's tailing, you're not the pioneer. The minute you need to say to the individuals in your service, "I'm the pioneer!" you are no more the pioneer. Authority is something that is earned. You procure the right to lead through six character qualities throughout your life.

1 Timothy 3:1, 7 says, "If anybody sets his heart on being a supervisor, he seeks a respectable assignment…  He additionally must have a decent notoriety with outcasts so he won't fall into disfavor and into the fiend's trap."

On the off chance that you set your heart on being a regulator, that is a decent aspiration. It's alright to have an aspiration to be a pioneer. Be that as it may in case you're going to be pioneer, you've got to have a decent notoriety. The way to a decent notoriety can be summed up in the statement "character" – your inward demeanor, your qualities, and your activities. There's a contrast in the middle of notoriety and character. Notoriety is the thing that individuals think you are. Character is the thing that you really are. D.l. Cranky said, "Character is the thing that you are oblivious." Character is the thing that you are the point at which no one's around. Character is the thing that you have left when you've lost your notoriety. It's what's left over. The way to a decent notoriety is having great character. The issue is, we're more worried about picture than character.

In the event that authority is impact, then impact is earned by appreciation. On the off chance that you don't have the admiration of individuals, you're not a pioneer. There are six character qualities, all in Proverbs that secure the appreciation we have to lead.

1. We acquire regard through trustworthiness.

On the off chance that you don't have trustworthiness, its not genuine achievement; its imposter achievement. Prov. 10:9 says, "The man of respectability strolls safely. He who takes screwy ways will be discovered." One of the profits of strolling in honesty is certainty on the grounds that you don't have anything to cover up. Certainty originates from having no trepidation of being figured out.

2. We acquire regard through lowliness.

 Proverbs 29:23 "Self-importance will bring your defeat yet in the event that you're unassuming, you will be regarded." The Bible likewise says, "Dress yourselves in modesty". On the off chance that you need to dress for achievement, that is a decent approach to dress. Pretty much the time I think I've got everything together, God hauls the mat out from under me. It's no issue at all for God to humble you. You can either modest yourself or He will mortify you. Those are the choices.

I recollect finding out about a school main one time who committed a significant error and everyone in the school thought about it. He thought, "I'm not going to apologize to everyone. I'd be humiliated and go down in the kids' eyes." Then he altered his opinion. So he talked over the radio to the whole school and said, "I committed an error and I apologize. I need to ask this entire school to pardon me for this choice." He turned into the most regarded key of that school, just on the grounds that the educators and the children were so unused to having somebody let it out when they weren't right. The children went up to him saying, "I simply wish I had a father like you. I wish I had a father who could let it be known when he wasn't right." The Bible says, "Before honor is modesty." So, when we concede we're wrong, instead of being downsized in individuals' eyes, we're brought up in individuals' eyes.

3. We win regard through trustworthiness.

We respect individuals who can be relied on, individuals who are dependable, who are reliable. Prov 25:15 says, "In the same way as mists and wind without downpour is a man who gloats of blessings he doesn't give." Have you ever met anyone like that? Continually guaranteeing the moon however conveying nothing. Continually saying they're going to help you in the service yet they don't. They're generally long on guarantees yet short on execution. Napoleon once said, "Guarantee everything, convey nothing." He could have been a legislator. That is not the best approach to live.

4. We gain regard by living by right needs.

Admiration is earned through living by need. Prov 11:27 says, "If your objectives are great you'll be regarded." Proverbs 14:22 says, "You will acquire the trust and appreciation of others on the off chance that you work for good." If you need to be a pioneer, have great objectives. On the off chance that your objectives are regarded and your objectives are great, you will be regarded. The normal American will live 25,550 days. How you contribute that time is absolutely up to you. You can squander it, you can use it, and you can contribute it. Anyhow you've got to have commendable objectives.

5. We procure regard through liberality.

Prov 11:16 proclaims, "He who offers liberally to the poor and shows consideration will be capable and regarded." The unavoidable truth is, nobody is ever respected for what they've gotten. They generally are regarded for what they give. We're never regarded for what we keep, what we get, yet what we dole out.

Andrew Carnegie once recorded a few objectives and when he kicked the bucket they discovered them in his work area: "I'm going to use the first 50% of my life profiting that I can and I'm going to use the second a large portion of my nurturing everything endlessly." And he did. Thus, his name is still known forever and after a day. Eras later.

There's one and only issue with that rationality. No one knows when they're going to kick the bucket. How are you going to know when to begin doling out? How can he know when he's at the half way point? Do your given' while you're livin' then you're knowin' where its goin'. With regards to providing for, some individuals remain absolutely determined.

Leadership is influence, but you cannot lead without these nuggets. They are fundamental in building respect. When you have the regard for people, they will follow you anywhere.

Thursday, 11 December 2014

Progressing by THE WORD!

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Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all (1 Timothy 4:15)


8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success (Joshua 1:8 - KJV).

The Word of God has a service in our lives, and this is something that needs to be underlined by the Church. The Christian should be ravenous for the Word. You need to constantly open your heart and minds to the Word to construct, fortify, and secure you forever to appreciate all that God has made accessible to you in Christ. We read the Apostle Paul's counsel to the young person Timothy, saying, "Contemplate upon these things; provide for thyself completely to them… ." What things would he say he was alluding to?

In the former parts of 1 Timothy, Paul had imparted particular and basic truths from God's Word with Timothy; it was those disclosures he urged him to ruminate upon. In the event that the Spirit thought it fit to give Timothy such fundamental advice through the Apostle Paul, then its just as befitting to us today. We're to always ponder the disclosure of God's Word that we've gotten.

Perceive likewise that he said to him, "… provide for thyself entirely to them… " That signifies, "yield" yourself totally to the Word. Permit the Word to have control over your life. Given it a chance to rule your reasoning, impact your words, and move your activities. Yielding yourself to the Word is a cognizant and purposeful reaction, started from your soul to the Word of God.

Envision that somebody said to you, "Get up," and you instantly obliged, particularly upon due examination of the direction, and attention of the one from whom it came, you've "yielded" yourself to that guideline. Thus, you'll then appreciate the profits of the direction. The profit of "yielding" yourself entirely to the Word is that your "benefitting" will seem to all. The Greek word deciphered "benefitting" is "prokope," which implies advancement, advancement or headway. This implies you'll make progression by the Word; your advancement gets to be clear when the Word is last power in your life.

The expression, "may show up" in our opening verse really implies more than "something nearing easily into sight"; the Greek term is "Phaneros," which signifies, "to spread abroad." Your progression, advancement, and thriving will "spread abroad," get to be generally and straightforwardly known, as you "contemplate" and "yield" yourself entirely and totally to the Word of God

Have a blessed day!

Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Paul's Thorn in the flesh

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What About Paul's Thorn?


"But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell" (Num. 33:55).

"Don't you remember, though, Brother Hagin 'Paul was sick all his life.'"

"No, I don't remember that."

"But he had a thorn in the flesh."

What About Paul's Thorn in the Flesh?

APOSTLE PAULS THORN IN THE FLESH, WHAT IS IT

What About Paul's Thorn in the Flesh?


Tradition has taught that Paul's thorn in the flesh was some type of physical ailment or sickness. If you will take time to study the Word, you will find that this is not true. Paul clearly states in II Corinthians 12:7 that because of the abundance of revelations he had received, he was given a thorn in the flesh and the thorn was "a messenger of Satan." The Greek word translated as messenger always refers to someone who is sent and denotes a definite personality.

This same word for messenger is translated in other verses of the New Testament as "angel." Angels, as God's messengers, are created beings with personalites. Satan's messengers would be in the same category. In contrast, sickness is not a personality, nor a messenger.

Paul's thorn in the flesh was a wicked spirit or angel sent by Satan to buffet him. Buffet means to strike repeatedly. God does not send wicked spirits against people in the Body of Christ for any reason (James 1:13). He sent the Holy Spirit and has given us His Word, which is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction and for instruction in righteousness to discipline and guide us (see John 16:13; II Timothy 3:16-17).

The phrase "thorn in the flesh" is a figure of speech or illustration. It is similar to calling someone who irritates us "a pain in the neck." Likewise, Paul's thorn was an evil angel who caused him great irritation, but not with sickness or disease. In II Corinthians 11:24-26, Paul lists what some of these "irritations" were - being imprisoned, stoned, beaten, shipwrecked and attacked by angry mobs.

Other examples of the persecutions Paul suffered are found in Acts 13:45, 50 and Acts 14:5-7, 19-20. The people in these verses were instruments used by the source of persecution - the messenger of Satan.

This evil angel was assigned to Paul for one reason - to stop the Word from being preached. Wherever Paul went, the messenger of Satan worked to incite the people against him. All the persecutions that Paul suffered were Satan's attempt to steal the Word from him (see Mark 4:14-20).

Satan will see to it that no believer is exalted above the measure of the Word that actually lives in him. The Word that is alive in your heart is the word on which you steadfastly act. You will have to stand in faith for every word of revelation knowledge you receive.

Many have used Galatians 4:13 to support their traditional teaching that Paul's thorn was sickness or disease: "You know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first." The Greek word for infirmities means "want of strength; weakness, indicating inability to produce results." This translation is used in I Corinthians 2:3: "And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling." Like many believers, when Paul first started ministering, he never felt he had the natural ability to do the job God called him to do.

But the next verse goes on to tell us he was obedient anyway and the Holy Spirit made up the difference with a demonstration of His power: "And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" (I Corinthians 2:4). Paul's infirmity or weakness of the flesh provided an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to do a mighty work.

That's why Paul could say, "Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities [lack of strength], that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities [weakness], in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong" (II Corinthians 12:9-10). Our weakness is no longer a problem once we learn to rely on the Holy Spirit's power.

God had given Paul the revelation of the authority of the believer. Paul had authority over Satan in the Name of Jesus - just as you do. But he had to enforce his authority by directly commanding the evil spirit to desist in his maneuvers against him. However, in this instance, Paul sought deliverance from the Lord instead.

"For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me" (II Corinthians 12:8). If you want results, do not ask God to deal with the devil for you. Just as God told Moses to drive out the inhabitants of the land (Numbers 33:52), He instructs you to drive out the demons or evil spirits (Mark 16:17). "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7).

When Paul asked the Lord to make this messenger of Satan depart from him, the Lord said, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" (II Corinthians 12:9). He did not say that the messenger would not depart. He was saying to Paul, "My favor is enough. For when you do not have the ability to humanly overcome, you have My Name to stop Satan's attack and cast out the devil."

The Greek word dunamis, which is translated strength in this verse, can also be translated as power. We get our English words dynamite and dynamo from it. It is the same word Jesus used in Acts 1:8 when He said, "Ye shall receive power [dunamis], after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you." Weymouth's translation of II Corinthians 12:9 reads, "My grace suffices for you, for power is perfected in weakness" (The New Testament in Modern Speech). This is the opposite of the traditional teaching that Paul had no victory over the thorn in the flesh.

Paul lived to be an old man and then said that he could not decide whether to stay here or to go be with the Lord (Philippians 1:22-24). He needed to stay here for the Church's sake, but he yearned to go be with Jesus. He did not leave this world until he and the Lord were ready. This is not the description of a man who lived with sickness and disease.

Satan's angel, the thorn in the flesh, could gain no victory over Paul through adverse circumstances because the power of Christ rested on him. "I have learned in any and all circumstances, the secret of facing every situation..." (Philippians 4:12, The Amplified Bible). He revealed this secret in the next verse: "I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me - I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me."

When Paul in himself was weak, Paul in Christ was strong. Satan's angel, the thorn in the flesh that we have heard so much about, never did overcome Paul and the power of God. Satan could do no more than irritate or annoy him like a thorn in his flesh - a temporary discomfort which could be removed. Paul was a covenant man; he ran the race and won. He knew his authority as a believer. He knew the shield of faith would quench all the fiery darts of the wicked (Ephesians 6:16). When he began using his faith, the Lord was able to deliver him out of all the afflictions and persecutions (II Timothy 3:10-11).

Paul's thorn in the flesh is a tradition that Satan has used to deceive and rob many people. Using it as an excuse, tradition says that God gets glory from sickness because the world sees how marvelously the Christian bears pain and agony. Tradition never adds up to the right answer - anyone knows that the world has all the pain and agony it can stand. The world wants a way out of sickness, not another way into it.

If we allow the traditions of men to usurp authority over God's Word, we will be helpless in the face of sickness. God will be able to do nothing for us, because we have made the Word "of none effect" in our lives (Matthew 15:6).

Use the following confession to declare your freedom from ineffective religious traditions and walk in the power of God's Word instead.


Your Word is Truth, O Lord. It is an incorruptible seed which I plant in my heart. I believe the Word has been planted in good ground and that I receive a mighty harvest.

I do not receive the ineffectual traditions of religion or the world which nullify the Word. I root out every perverse doctrine. I resist the powers of darkness that come to steal the Word of God.

The Word reveals Your will and I set myself in agreement with it. I renew my mind daily with Your Word in order to acquaint myself more intimately with You and to know Your ways. As Your Word becomes established in my heart, I become rooted and grounded in the Truth. In Jesus' Name, amen.

by Kenneth Copeland

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Adieu Dr Myles Munroe

It is no longer news that our famous pastor and motivational speaker Dr. Myles Munroe went to be with the Lord on 9th November, 2014.

Adieu Papa, till we meet to part no more at the bosom of Our Lord Jesus Christ

When the sun says goodbye to earth, it leaves a beautiful sunset as a gift.
Dr Myles Munroe, You have touched lives and made the gospel real to multitudes.

Farewell Sir. (1 Thess 4:13 -New Living Translation
And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. )


Farewell to all that lost their lives in the crash



Friday, 17 October 2014

How Important Is Speaking in Tongues?

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How Important is Speaking in Tongues By Kenneth E. Hagin


There is more to being filled with the Holy Ghost than speaking in tongues, but tongues are an important and inte­gral part of receiving the Holy Ghost, since they are the initial evidence of the infilling of the Holy Spirit (see Acts 2:4). Also, speaking in tongues is an integral part of the believer’s devo­tional prayer life, for as the Apostle Paul said, “I thank my God, I speak with tongues . . .” (1 Cor. 14:18). I, too, can say with Paul, “I thank my God I speak with tongues.”

In the Church world today, many people say, “Tongues have been done away with, because the Bible says that tongues will cease.” The Bible does say that one day, tongues will cease (see First Corinthians 13:8–12), but that is not referring to this present Church Age. In Heaven, there will be no necessity for tongues, because that which is perfect will have come (1 Cor. 13:10).

There are those who purport

Monday, 6 October 2014

DEALING WISELY IN LIFE'S AFFAIRS

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DEALING WISELY IN LIFE'S AFFAIRS


This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success (Joshua 1:8).

The Septuagint rendering of the latter part of the verse above is more enlightening. It didn't just say you'd have good success; rather, it goes on to say you'll become perceptive. The Greek word used is "suniemi"; it means to be sagacious and perspicacious; to have high intelligence; to have your thinking level elevated to a high class! It also means to be acutely insightful, possessing the ability to "mentally put things together." That's what the Word of God does in your life. It makes you wise and penetratingly discerning.

The Amplified version says, "…you shall deal wisely and have good success." Meditating on the Word makes this happen for you. You become excellent in your dealings with people, in business, in your finances, etc. The Spirit of God, through the Word, brings extraordinary sagacity into your life. Every Christian needs this.

Psalm 119:98 says, "Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me." The Word makes you wiser than your adversaries. Then Psalm 119:99-100 says, "I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts." His testimonies are His declaration of Himself: What He said about Himself, about us, and about His kingdom. As you meditate on all that, your mindset is elevated to make accurate decisions and choices. Everything you do will turn out excellently.

PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for your Word, which is able to make me wise unto salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. Your Word imparts wisdom to me to deal excellently in all affairs of life, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
2 Timothy 3:15
1 Timothy 4:15

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2 Corinthians 7:2-16
Proverbs 22-23
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