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Fear

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For me growing up was fun. I was so bold at the beginning. But over time I just realized I was no longer bold but very fearful. How? Can’t explain what went wrong.   Well fear succeeded and kept me from doing all I could and should back then but over time, I got a grip on fear and showed fear its place. It’s saddens me when I recall those past years and the opportunities I let slip. I'm grateful to God that I realized how to deal with fear at the time I did. What we don’t realize is that whatever we fail to attain, acquire or achieve today because of fear only lengthens the time it will take for us to attain, acquire or achieve whatever it is.   Fear can be dealt with, very true but we have to be ready to deal with it. We have to make a resolve not to yield to fear and to resist it. To say yes to things we can do and what we should do, to get involved in activities and whatever we enjoy doing, to make the most of every moment, registering our relevance. We can’t go thr

Light

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Power  is defined as energy of force that can do work. The physical source of power  is electricity; this source of power brings light which can be expressed in different ways via a power point, that’s a socket on the wall with a switch. The spiritual source of power  is God’s word. God’s word brings light which can be shed abroad through you and I. As long as our switch of salvation is on and we are connected and plugged into the spiritual power point which is God’s Holy Spirit light flows through us. This light expresses itself in different forms based on the gifts of the Holy Spirit each of us have received. Some have their switch of salvation on, they have been saved but are either ignorant or fail to appreciate the workings of the Holy Spirit thus fail to get plugged and connected to the power point. Imagine wanting to press a cloth using a pressing iron, you put on the switch but fail to plug the iron into the power point, the point of connection. There will be no flow of

God is my Father

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Yes of a truth He is my father and yours too. I’ m really thrilled and more than grateful to have GOD as my father. It’s a great privilege and honour. The joy and satisfaction that comes from knowing and acknowledging him as a father is what my life feeds on and where I get the strength to walk through life daily. Knowing GOD as a father is not sufficient, acknowledging and giving him his place is what is most important. Kids, who were abandoned by their fathers when they were much little, may actually know their dads but until such fathers take their positions as fathers, they will only be figure heads. It’s the same spiritually, GOD is a Father to all but you experience and enjoy his fatherhood based on the extent to which you acknowledge him as Father. We get our identity from GOD just the way every created thing, especially animals and humans get their physical identity from their parents. People who know your parents can easily tell who your parents are when they meet

Just be you!

                                     There’s great joy in being you But most times, we miss out on that joy Because we spend time comparing our gifts, our talents and other things with those of others And end up feeling inferior and insecure We should be secure in who God has made us to be, rather than spending our time doing otherwise; trying so desperately to improve our weaknesses. Our ultimate aim should be developing our giftings and celebrating our strengths. J.C Maxwell in his book “Dare to Dream…..then do it” Gave a rule of thumb for successful work Rule 1 – Work where you are strongest 80% of the time Rule 2 – Work where you are learning 15% of the time Rule 3 – Work where you are weakest 5% of the time It is not that we cannot improve at things we are not so good at but concentrating on them and ignoring what we are good at is not helpful and definitely won’t take us very far in life. Spending more time improving ours

Who are you?

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Sometime ago, I and my little nephew were chatting And we got arguing over something In an attempt to look for his trouble I jokingly asked him who are you, who do you think you are? And he began crying and went telling my elder brother “Aunty Tope said who are me?” We all burst out in laughter It was a funny scenario. And right now I am going to pose the same question to you Who are you? Selah! It’s a simple but complex question, one that seeks to find out your understanding of whom God has made you to be, what you are capable of doing, and the authority you possess based on the finished work of Christ. Who we are in Christ is one thing the devil capitalizes on, he doesn’t want you and I, to grasp who the father has made us to be in Christ and he does all he can to prevent us from understanding the power we possess in the name and in the blood of Jesus. So many have fallen in that trap due to ignorance and live their lives in bondage to fear while t

Feathers

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Well, I' m not talking about f eathers as in hair - do but the feathers found on birds. With their feathers on, chickens look good but without it they are a sight to behold. Within few minutes via the use of hot water their feathers can be taken off. For us as Gods children, we go through a similar process but quite the opposite. Chic kens have feathers naturally but for us, f eathers are attached to us as we walk through life . T hey can be likened to things we have achieved and acquired over time and if we are not careful th e se feathers can fly us down with our pride trailing behind us especially when we forget that all we have, all we are and all we have become are all as a result of grace and not of our doing. At such times, God steps in especially if you are H is and in love he taps out or removes whatever feather he has to, just to get our attention. He strips us of all we count as important or anything that might stand in his way, things we seem to idolize unknowing

The faith equation

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The Faith Equation Equation 1 Faith = Manifestation As a believer to your faith you need to add patience, Action, Persistence and bold declarations/confessions. This leads us to equation 2. Equation 2 Faith + Patience + Action + Persistence + Bold Confessions = Manifestation The devil will fight you in different ways so your manifestation will be delayed. So to shake your faith he plants seeds of doubt to make you doubt Gods ability but it’s up to us as children of God to make sure our faith is doubt free. So we subtract doubt because faith plus doubt is not faith at all. Equation 3 {Faith - Doubt} + Patience + Action + Persistence + Bold Confessions = Manifestation When the devil sees you have conquered doubt, he’ll test your patience by filling your heart with anxiety. So what do you do? You subtract from your patience, anxiety. Equation 4 {Faith - Doubt} + {Patience - Anxiety} + Action + Persistence + Bold Confessions = Manifestation Well the devil