Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! - Psalm 34:8 REFERENCE Psalm 34:1-8 David had encountered the goodness of God in different areas of his life at different times and he is basically advertising that God is a good God, but he says you have to “taste” Him to really know His goodness. When David said in this passage to “taste,” he was saying, ‘have a personal experience and knowledge of God.’ Why does David want you to know that God is a good God? Because when you truly...
My word is like…the rain that come down…to water the earth. They make the crops grow…So also will be the word that I speak… it will do everything I send it to do. - Isaiah 55:10&11 (GNT). REFERENCE Isaiah 55:10-13 From today’s passage we deduced that the word of God is like the rains that come down to transform the earth and doesn’t leave the earth the same way it met it; which means anytime the word goes out, it must change whatever it comes in contact with. After God made man, He breathed into his nostrils, and...
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. - Ephesians 6:17 REFERENCE Ephesians 6:10-17 Today, we conclude on this series we started on Monday. The last and final point to achieving success in life is: ‘STAND ON THE WORD OF GOD.’ Our passage says ‘you should put on a protective shield of the armor of God because the devil is looking for an unprotected area to attack you from. Have you ever experienced success in certain areas of your life that didn’t last? True success is not just succeeding...
But you shall receive power after when the Holy Spirit has come upon you… - Acts 1:8 REFERENCE Acts 1:4-8 We were able to establish from yesterday, that the 2nd thing you need to do in order to be successful, is to ‘HAVE AND PURSUE GREAT DREAMS.’ This sounds like what any motivational speaker would recommend; yes, they can tell us steps to take to arrive at success assuming life was based just on the physical realm. But as it is, there is a spiritual part that supersedes the physical and that is where we operate from. This...
For all the land you see I give to you and your descendants forever. - Genesis 13:15 REFERENCE Genesis 13:14-18 Yesterday we left off saying, the first thing to do in achieving success in life is ‘seeing yourself as successful’ (having a vision of success) because that is how God sees and made you. Today’s text focuses on possessing what you can see, i.e. as far as you can dare to see it, God will take you there, just like He did for Abraham and his descendants. Thus, the 2nd thing you need in achieving success in life...
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. - Jeremiah 29:11 REFERENCE Jeremiah 29:11-14 This week we will be doing a 4-part series on ‘Success in Life,’ looking at a couple of things we can do in order to enjoy all-round success as believers. First and foremost, from our text, you can understand that God never planned a day of failure for you, His original plan is for man to always succeed. Though man fell in the Garden...
For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them. - Psalm 44:3. REFERENCE Psalm 44:1-8 To be favored means, you have been given preferential treatment or shown a special privilege in getting something you didn’t struggle or qualify for. The psalmist here talks about the favor of God upon his ancestors which upgraded them to “landowners’ status” even when they didn’t work for it. A careful study of the...
God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. - Psalm 46:1 REFERENCE Psalm 46:1-11 Trouble is anything that gets you worried and agitated; it normally brings discomfort, inconvenience, anxiety, fear and discouragement. In John 16:33 Jesus said: “…In this world, you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” So whether you expect it or not trouble always comes, but you can rejoice in the truth that Jesus HAS (past tense) already overcome the troubles in the world for you and stripped it of its power to harm you....
Now concerning spiritual gifts brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant. - 1 Corinthians 12:1 REFERENCE 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Apostle Paul realized that ignorance would rob you of something that has already been paid for you to enjoy; so he says you can’t afford to be ignorant where spiritual gifts are concerned. Spiritual gifts are special abilities distributed to believers by the Holy Spirit with the sole aim of building the body of Christ. It is the Holy Spirit that wills what gift(s) a believer can have; but verse 31 of the passage admonished that you should desire...
Nevertheless, my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God. - Joshua 14:8 REFERENCE Joshua 14:6-12 The things you say can either kill or make (faith) alive. Your mouth and the words you speak hold the keys to the door of your future, prosperity, experience, etc. the earlier you start speaking the right words i.e. God’s words even when nothing around you points to that, the faster the manifestation of those things you have been saying. As leaders in one capacity or the other (e.g. children’s...