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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Though the month is still fresh, but we are faced with so much goals to achieve this year.... One thing that that can be an hindrance to us is engaging in negativities. Though there are some situations beyond our control sometimes, we must be determined to remain steadfast. We must think and live happiness always... Happiness will only come to you when it comes from you. From your heart. From doing whtat you are passionate about. From following your goals to the last... Success is not abstract. It is what you make it to be. Success will be yours when you choose to take responsibility for making it so... I wish you success in all you do today!

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Though the month is still fresh, but we are faced with so much goals to achieve this year.... One thing that that can be an hindrance to us is engaging in negativities. Though there are some situations beyond our control sometimes, we must be determined to remain steadfast. We must think and live happiness always... Happiness will only come to you when it comes from you. From your heart. From doing whtat you are passionate about. From following your goals to the last... Success is not abstract. It is what you make it to be. Success will be yours when you choose to take responsibility for making it so... I wish you success in all you do today!
Topic-DELIVERANCE FROM THE SPIRIT OF MASTURBATION. Tex-mark 9:28-29,colo 3:5. Masturbation is a spirit that association with the lust of the eyes to the lust of the flesh....what you see affect the desire of the flesh that leads to masturbation. Masturbation is self sactifaction of oneself by rough handling of oneself or arousing of one's reproductive organ either with hand or sex toys. Masturbation can occure when you view naked picture or pornography pics and video. Deliverance from this sin is only in JESUS CHRIST by accepting him and ask him to save you...also a man can be born again and still be commiting this sin,when you see yourself involving in this particular sin though you are born again,what you need is SANTIFICATION OF YOU SOUL AND BODY which is call the flesh...your problem is the flesh...so they are some points we are going to examine. (1)MORTIFICATION OF THE FLESH... Mortification of the flesh is all about santification,santification is the removal of the adamic nature in man...you can't mortify your flesh without suffering it..and the best way to mortify your flesh is undergoing fasting and prayer,when you are undergoing fasting or dry fasting always or every week or twice in a month i tell you the power of your flesh will be broken....so fasting couple with prayer is a great means of santifying your flesh....that is why men of fasting and prayer hardly fall into the sin of masturbation,fornication etc,because their flesh are always been buffeted by them. (2)WALKING IN THE SPIRIT You can't walk in the Spirit without being born of the Spirit and without possessing the Spirit...when you begin to walk in the Spirit you will easily detect when satan is speaking and when God is speaking...whenyou begin to walk in the Spirit you will get to know that the flesh profited nothing,those that walk in the Spirit by listening to the Spirit of God dont fall into such sin of immorality because they are led of God's Spirit.
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory & blessing. Rev. 5:12
GBOGBO ASO IDAAMU, ASO IFOORO, ASO IJAKULE ATI AMUNBO, ASO ASETI, ASO EGAN, ASO IBANUJE, ASO AGAN, ASO IKORIRA, ASO EWON, ASO IFASHEIN, ASO OFO, ASO IKU OJIJI TOKUNKUN TI RAN NITORI TIE TABI EBI RE NI EYI TOKU KI ODUN YI O PARI, OLORUN AYODELE BABALOLA KO BO DANU L'ORUKO JESU KRISTI........!!!
WHY DISOBEDIENCE APPEALS TO HUMAN NATURE. Satan is successful in deceiving humanity for good reason. The apostle Paul explains that the natural mind of man—the mind that is not guided by God's Spirit—cannot always see the purpose behind God's laws. "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 ‪#‎ Corinthians‬:2:14). Most people are not overtly hostile toward many of God's laws. They usually recognize that deeds such as murder and theft are wrong. However, they are hostile—perhapswithout recognizing their ingrained hostility—toward laws that challenge their own personal, natural way of thinking. In that sense lawlessness appeals to people. Paul explains why disobedience can appeal to our baser instincts: "The carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be" ( ‪#‎ Romans‬:8:7) The carnal, or fleshly, mind not only lacks spiritual discernment, it resents God's authority as expressed in His laws. The Holman Christian Standard Bible translates this verse: "The mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God's law, for it is unable to do so." We call this sinful tendency human nature— a combination of human weakness and acquired attitudes resulting from Satan's influence on people. Satan exploits human nature. He uses his false teachers to convince other people that they are "liberated" from the laws of God, thus excusing their tendency to be hostile toward God's laws. So, rather than abandoning a life of lawlessness, those led astray by this deception continue in sin. Thinking their disobedient actions are permissible to God, they fail to recognize, at least in some of their beliefs and behavior, the seriousness of their sinful actions. But the apostle James makes it clear that this approach and attitude to God's royal law are entirely wrong: "For whoever shall keep the whole law and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all" (James:2:10) The context shows that James is speaking of the Ten Commandments (verses 8-9, 11). God's fundamental law is made up of 10 points, and He requires us to observe them all—in letter and spirit.
THE BLESSED INDIVIDUAL Psm. 1:1-3. There are diverse ways to be famous and rich on earth or in the world but there's only one sure way to a peaceful blessed life. Many people for the sake of quick wealth acquisition will chose the way of the mockers, liars, deceivers, corrupt etc for a short lived happiness limited to only unrighteous ways. Are you one of them and do you think that's all that there is in life? There's an alternative source worth thinking about and taking. Those who take the way of the Lord and distance themselves from sinners, mockers, deceivers, the corrupt etc live a joyful life. They never lack anything because their source of supply is God; Jehovah Jireh. Success, riches, greatness and blessings are their hallmark so succeeds everywhere they're planted. Quit the way of the wicked and take that of the righteous and see the awesomeness of God.
"How can I overcome sin in my Christian life?" Answer:The Bible presents several different resources to aid us in our effort to overcome sin. In this lifetime, we will never be perfectly victorious over sin ( 1 John 1:8), but that should still be our goal. With God’s help, and by following the principles of His Word, we can progressively overcome sin and become more and more like Christ. The first resource the Bible mentions in our effort to overcome sin is the Holy Spirit. God has given us the Holy Spirit so we can be victorious in Christian living. God contrasts the deeds of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:16-25. In that passage we are called upon to walk in the Spirit. All believers already possess the Holy Spirit, but this passage tells us that we need to walk in the Spirit, yielding to His control. This means choosing to consistently follow the Holy Spirit's prompting in our lives rather than following the flesh. The difference the Holy Spirit can make is demonstrated in the life of Peter, who, before being filled with the Holy Spirit, denied Jesus three times—and this after he had said he would follow Christ to the death. After being filled with the Spirit, he spoke openly and strongly to the Jews at Pentecost. We walk in the Spirit as we try not to quench the Spirit's promptings (as spoken of in 1 Thessalonians 5:19) and seek instead to be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18-21 ). .... Joshua was told that the key to success in overcoming his enemies was not to forget this resource but instead to meditate on it day and night and obey it. This he did, even when what God commanded did not make sense militarily, and this was the key to his victory in his battles for the Promised Land. The Bible is a resource that we too often treat lightly. We give token service to it by carrying our Bibles to church or reading a daily devotional or a chapter a day, but we fail to memorize it, meditate on it, or apply it to our lives; we fail to confess the sins it reveals or praise God for the gifts it reveals to us. When it comes to the Bible, we are often either anorexic or bulimic. We either take in just enough to keep us alive spiritually by eating from the Word (but never ingesting enough to be healthy, thriving Christians), or we come to feed often but never meditate on it long enough to get spiritual nutrition from it. It is important, if you have not made a habit of daily studying and memorizing God's Word, that you begin to do so. Some find it helpful start a journal. Make it a habit not to leave the Word until you have written down something you have gained from it. Some record prayers to God, asking Him to help them change in the areas that He has spoken to them about. The Bible is the tool the Spirit uses in our lives ( Ephesians 6:17), an essential and major part of the armor that God gives us to fight our spiritual battles ( Ephesians 6:12-18). A third crucial resource in our battle against sin is prayer. Again, it is a resource that Christians often give lip service to but make poor use of. We have prayer meetings, times of prayer, etc., but we do not use prayer in the same way as the early church ( Acts 3:1; 4:31; 6:4; 13:1-3). Paul repeatedly mentions how he prayed for those he ministered to. God has given us wonderful promises concerning prayer ( Matthew 7:7-11; Luke 18:1-8; John 6:23-27; 1 John 5:14-15), and Paul includes prayer in his passage on preparing for spiritual battle ( Ephesians 6:18). How important is prayer to overcoming sin in our lives? We have Christ's words to Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane, just before Peter's denial. As Jesus prays, Peter is sleeping. Jesus wakes him and says, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak” ( Matthew 26:41). We, like Peter, want to do what is right but are not finding the strength. We need to follow God's admonition to keep seeking, keep knocking, keep asking—and He will give us the strength that we need ( Matthew 7:7). Prayer is not a magic formula. Prayer is simply acknowledging our own limitations and God's inexhaustible power and turning to Him for that strength to do what He wants us to do, not what we want to do ( 1 John 5:14-15). A fourth resource in our war to conquer sin is the church, the fellowship of other believers. When Jesus sent His disciples out, He sent them out two-by-two ( Matthew 10:1). The missionaries in Acts did not go out one at a time, but in groups of two or more. Jesus commands us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together but to use that time for encouraging one another in love and good works ( Hebrews 10:24). He tells us to confess our faults to one another ( James 5:16). In the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, we are told that as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another ( Proverbs 27:17). There is strength in numbers ( Ecclesiastes 4:11-12). Many Christians find that having an accountability partner can be a huge benefit in overcoming stubborn sins. Having another person who can talk with you, pray with you, encourage you, and even rebuke you is of great value. Temptation is common to us all ( 1 Corinthians 10:13). Having an accountability partner or an accountability group can give us the final dose of encouragement and motivation we need to overcome even the most stubborn of sins. Sometimes victory over sin comes quickly. Other times, victory comes more slowly. God has promised that as we make use of His resources, He will progressively bring about change in our lives. We can persevere in our efforts to overcome sin because we know that He is faithful to His promises.
QUESTION: Please help me with the meaning of Isaiah 30:20. ANSWER: Isaiah 30:20 reads, “And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.” To understand this verse we must consider the context of the whole chapter. In short, this chapter can be divided into three parts: 1) God’s judgments upon Israel for turning to Egypt for help against Assyria (verses 1-17); 2) God’s mercy and blessing for Israel when they turn, in repentance and faith, to the Lord (verses 18-26); and 3) God’s judgments upon the Assyrian (verses 27-33). Twice in this chapter the Lord refers to His earthly people Israel as “rebellious.” “Woe to the rebellious children” (vs. 1) and “…this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord” (vs. 9) were the Lord’s words of rebuke to His people for refusing to heed His Word and counsel, and for turning to the ungodly nation of Egypt to rescue them from their Assyrian enemy. These words remind us of the very beginning of this book where we read in Isaiah 1:2, “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against Me”. God had lovingly cared for His people and had given them everything they needed, yet time and time again they responded to His love with disobedience and rebellion. Even in their rebellion the Lord reached out to them through His prophets seeking to warn them of their folly in turning to Egypt for help, but they would not listen. How solemn and telling is their response to God’s pleading with them in verses 10-11, “Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.” Because of their refusal to listen and to be taught of God through His prophets, God had to give them “the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction.” In love for His people God would seek to teach them through adversity and affliction. We read in Hebrews 12:6, “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.” The word “chasteneth” implies “instruction” and thus we learn that God may have to use hard circumstances to “teach” His people the folly of their ways and to return to Him for help and blessing. King David expressed this truth in the following verses, “Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept Thy word…It is good for me that I have been afflicted: that I might learn thy statutes…I know, O Lord, that Thy judgments are right, and that Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me” (Psalm 119:67, 71, 75). The Lord patiently waits for His people to respond to His chastening Hand and is ever ready to have mercy on them if they will repent. So we read in verse 18, “And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you…” He goes on to promise Israel that after they repent He will bless them with an eternal dwelling place in verse 19, “For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shall weep no more: He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee.” He also promises them in the second half of verse 20, “…yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.” This is admittedly difficult, but I believe it simply means that the Lord will no longer have to teach them through His providential ways (through the hidden teachers of adversity and affliction), but will raise up men before their very eyes who shall instruct them in the ways of the Lord. Verse 21 goes on to say, “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” It is sad when we realize that these promises have never reached their fulfillment. Israel remains a “rebellious people” and until they turn to the Lord in heartfelt repentance and faith, they will remain under the hidden teachers of adversity and affliction. In fact, the most terrible time of testing is coming for the nation of Israel, a time referred to as “the time of Jacob’s trouble” in Jeremiah 30:7. The Lord Jesus spoke of this time in these solemn words in Matthew 24:21-22, “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” God will use this time of tribulation to work in the hearts of His people and a remnant will indeed repent and turn to the Lord. He will then replace the “hidden teachers of adversity and affliction” with godly teachers who will instruct the faithful in the ways of the Lord. Daniel referred to this time of tribulation and to these God-given teachers in Daniel 12:1, 3, “...and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time Thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book…And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.” This will culminate with the return of the Lord to this earth to set up His kingdom. He will save Israel at that time from all their enemies as we find in Romans 11: 26, and bring in the fulfillment of Isaiah 30:18-26. Israel will be blessed beyond measure, without ever having to experience the hidden teachers of adversity and affliction again. At that time they will not only have God-given men as teachers before their eyes, they will have the Lord Himself teaching them! Isaiah 2:3 says, “And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go up and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”
1 Joseph Campbell : "Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls." Meaning : You decide how exciting your life is by making pathways to the things you love to do,do what you love and you will never work a day 2 Thomas Alva Edison "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration" Meaning : Genius is largely the result of hard work, rather than an inspired flash of insight...so work hard and it will pay off in the end 3 Will Rogers"Letting the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n putting' it back in." Meaning: Sharing secrets causes a lot of problems, be wise when you speak, do it with caution. 4 Norman Vincent Peale: "Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact." Meaning : You can sabotage your goals with a negative attitude, be positive be happy in what ever situation you find your self in
TOPIC:- SANCTIFICATION: A MUST FOR EVERY BELIEVER NOTE: Is your heart corrupt, full of lust, evil thoughts and imagination, Sanctification is needed. Do you need the baptism of the Holy Spirit, you must be sanctified. SANCTIFICATION helps the heart to be pure before God, Matthew 5:8, it will format the old movies in your heart and skull, the corruptible movies you have watched in the time of igrant, sanctification will floosh them out. Sanctification deals with many things in the life of a christian. No sanctification,no baptism of the Holy Spirit, and you must be baptised with the Holy Spirit of GOD before the rapture, because the Holy Spirit is our wings of rapture. So without the Holy Spirit you cannot go with the rapture. You need the Holy Spirit and Sanctification.Have you been sanctified? Are you thirsting and hunger for it? Have you commited yourself into fasting and prayer because you wants to be sanctified? What steps have you take to be sanctified? If God is willing and if Jesus Christ tarries, i will soon type the full note on sanctification,so be expecting it by His grace. You will know more about sanctification,steps to take before sanctification...Holy Spirit of GOD will teach us.....Halleluyah!!

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Though the month is still fresh, but we are faced with so much goals to achieve this year.... One thing that that can be an hindrance to us is engaging in negativities. Though there are some situations beyond our control sometimes, we must be determined to remain steadfast. We must think and live happiness always... Happiness will only come to you when it comes from you. From your heart. From doing whtat you are passionate about. From following your goals to the last... Success is not abstract. It is what you make it to be. Success will be yours when you choose to take responsibility for making it so... I wish you success in all you do today!
Topic-DELIVERANCE FROM THE SPIRIT OF MASTURBATION. Tex-mark 9:28-29,colo 3:5. Masturbation is a spirit that association with the lust of the eyes to the lust of the flesh....what you see affect the desire of the flesh that leads to masturbation. Masturbation is self sactifaction of oneself by rough handling of oneself or arousing of one's reproductive organ either with hand or sex toys. Masturbation can occure when you view naked picture or pornography pics and video. Deliverance from this sin is only in JESUS CHRIST by accepting him and ask him to save you...also a man can be born again and still be commiting this sin,when you see yourself involving in this particular sin though you are born again,what you need is SANTIFICATION OF YOU SOUL AND BODY which is call the flesh...your problem is the flesh...so they are some points we are going to examine. (1)MORTIFICATION OF THE FLESH... Mortification of the flesh is all about santification,santification is the removal of the adamic nature in man...you can't mortify your flesh without suffering it..and the best way to mortify your flesh is undergoing fasting and prayer,when you are undergoing fasting or dry fasting always or every week or twice in a month i tell you the power of your flesh will be broken....so fasting couple with prayer is a great means of santifying your flesh....that is why men of fasting and prayer hardly fall into the sin of masturbation,fornication etc,because their flesh are always been buffeted by them. (2)WALKING IN THE SPIRIT You can't walk in the Spirit without being born of the Spirit and without possessing the Spirit...when you begin to walk in the Spirit you will easily detect when satan is speaking and when God is speaking...whenyou begin to walk in the Spirit you will get to know that the flesh profited nothing,those that walk in the Spirit by listening to the Spirit of God dont fall into such sin of immorality because they are led of God's Spirit.
Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, riches, wisdom, strength, honor, glory & blessing. Rev. 5:12
GBOGBO ASO IDAAMU, ASO IFOORO, ASO IJAKULE ATI AMUNBO, ASO ASETI, ASO EGAN, ASO IBANUJE, ASO AGAN, ASO IKORIRA, ASO EWON, ASO IFASHEIN, ASO OFO, ASO IKU OJIJI TOKUNKUN TI RAN NITORI TIE TABI EBI RE NI EYI TOKU KI ODUN YI O PARI, OLORUN AYODELE BABALOLA KO BO DANU L'ORUKO JESU KRISTI........!!!
WHY DISOBEDIENCE APPEALS TO HUMAN NATURE. Satan is successful in deceiving humanity for good reason. The apostle Paul explains that the natural mind of man—the mind that is not guided by God's Spirit—cannot always see the purpose behind God's laws. "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned" (1 ‪#‎ Corinthians‬:2:14). Most people are not overtly hostile toward many of God's laws. They usually recognize that deeds such as murder and theft are wrong. However, they are hostile—perhapswithout recognizing their ingrained hostility—toward laws that challenge their own personal, natural way of thinking. In that sense lawlessness appeals to people. Paul explains why disobedience can appeal to our baser instincts: "The carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be" ( ‪#‎ Romans‬:8:7) The carnal, or fleshly, mind not only lacks spiritual discernment, it resents God's authority as expressed in His laws. The Holman Christian Standard Bible translates this verse: "The mind-set of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit itself to God's law, for it is unable to do so." We call this sinful tendency human nature— a combination of human weakness and acquired attitudes resulting from Satan's influence on people. Satan exploits human nature. He uses his false teachers to convince other people that they are "liberated" from the laws of God, thus excusing their tendency to be hostile toward God's laws. So, rather than abandoning a life of lawlessness, those led astray by this deception continue in sin. Thinking their disobedient actions are permissible to God, they fail to recognize, at least in some of their beliefs and behavior, the seriousness of their sinful actions. But the apostle James makes it clear that this approach and attitude to God's royal law are entirely wrong: "For whoever shall keep the whole law and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all" (James:2:10) The context shows that James is speaking of the Ten Commandments (verses 8-9, 11). God's fundamental law is made up of 10 points, and He requires us to observe them all—in letter and spirit.
THE BLESSED INDIVIDUAL Psm. 1:1-3. There are diverse ways to be famous and rich on earth or in the world but there's only one sure way to a peaceful blessed life. Many people for the sake of quick wealth acquisition will chose the way of the mockers, liars, deceivers, corrupt etc for a short lived happiness limited to only unrighteous ways. Are you one of them and do you think that's all that there is in life? There's an alternative source worth thinking about and taking. Those who take the way of the Lord and distance themselves from sinners, mockers, deceivers, the corrupt etc live a joyful life. They never lack anything because their source of supply is God; Jehovah Jireh. Success, riches, greatness and blessings are their hallmark so succeeds everywhere they're planted. Quit the way of the wicked and take that of the righteous and see the awesomeness of God.
"How can I overcome sin in my Christian life?" Answer:The Bible presents several different resources to aid us in our effort to overcome sin. In this lifetime, we will never be perfectly victorious over sin ( 1 John 1:8), but that should still be our goal. With God’s help, and by following the principles of His Word, we can progressively overcome sin and become more and more like Christ. The first resource the Bible mentions in our effort to overcome sin is the Holy Spirit. God has given us the Holy Spirit so we can be victorious in Christian living. God contrasts the deeds of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:16-25. In that passage we are called upon to walk in the Spirit. All believers already possess the Holy Spirit, but this passage tells us that we need to walk in the Spirit, yielding to His control. This means choosing to consistently follow the Holy Spirit's prompting in our lives rather than following the flesh. The difference the Holy Spirit can make is demonstrated in the life of Peter, who, before being filled with the Holy Spirit, denied Jesus three times—and this after he had said he would follow Christ to the death. After being filled with the Spirit, he spoke openly and strongly to the Jews at Pentecost. We walk in the Spirit as we try not to quench the Spirit's promptings (as spoken of in 1 Thessalonians 5:19) and seek instead to be filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18-21 ). .... Joshua was told that the key to success in overcoming his enemies was not to forget this resource but instead to meditate on it day and night and obey it. This he did, even when what God commanded did not make sense militarily, and this was the key to his victory in his battles for the Promised Land. The Bible is a resource that we too often treat lightly. We give token service to it by carrying our Bibles to church or reading a daily devotional or a chapter a day, but we fail to memorize it, meditate on it, or apply it to our lives; we fail to confess the sins it reveals or praise God for the gifts it reveals to us. When it comes to the Bible, we are often either anorexic or bulimic. We either take in just enough to keep us alive spiritually by eating from the Word (but never ingesting enough to be healthy, thriving Christians), or we come to feed often but never meditate on it long enough to get spiritual nutrition from it. It is important, if you have not made a habit of daily studying and memorizing God's Word, that you begin to do so. Some find it helpful start a journal. Make it a habit not to leave the Word until you have written down something you have gained from it. Some record prayers to God, asking Him to help them change in the areas that He has spoken to them about. The Bible is the tool the Spirit uses in our lives ( Ephesians 6:17), an essential and major part of the armor that God gives us to fight our spiritual battles ( Ephesians 6:12-18). A third crucial resource in our battle against sin is prayer. Again, it is a resource that Christians often give lip service to but make poor use of. We have prayer meetings, times of prayer, etc., but we do not use prayer in the same way as the early church ( Acts 3:1; 4:31; 6:4; 13:1-3). Paul repeatedly mentions how he prayed for those he ministered to. God has given us wonderful promises concerning prayer ( Matthew 7:7-11; Luke 18:1-8; John 6:23-27; 1 John 5:14-15), and Paul includes prayer in his passage on preparing for spiritual battle ( Ephesians 6:18). How important is prayer to overcoming sin in our lives? We have Christ's words to Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane, just before Peter's denial. As Jesus prays, Peter is sleeping. Jesus wakes him and says, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak” ( Matthew 26:41). We, like Peter, want to do what is right but are not finding the strength. We need to follow God's admonition to keep seeking, keep knocking, keep asking—and He will give us the strength that we need ( Matthew 7:7). Prayer is not a magic formula. Prayer is simply acknowledging our own limitations and God's inexhaustible power and turning to Him for that strength to do what He wants us to do, not what we want to do ( 1 John 5:14-15). A fourth resource in our war to conquer sin is the church, the fellowship of other believers. When Jesus sent His disciples out, He sent them out two-by-two ( Matthew 10:1). The missionaries in Acts did not go out one at a time, but in groups of two or more. Jesus commands us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together but to use that time for encouraging one another in love and good works ( Hebrews 10:24). He tells us to confess our faults to one another ( James 5:16). In the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, we are told that as iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another ( Proverbs 27:17). There is strength in numbers ( Ecclesiastes 4:11-12). Many Christians find that having an accountability partner can be a huge benefit in overcoming stubborn sins. Having another person who can talk with you, pray with you, encourage you, and even rebuke you is of great value. Temptation is common to us all ( 1 Corinthians 10:13). Having an accountability partner or an accountability group can give us the final dose of encouragement and motivation we need to overcome even the most stubborn of sins. Sometimes victory over sin comes quickly. Other times, victory comes more slowly. God has promised that as we make use of His resources, He will progressively bring about change in our lives. We can persevere in our efforts to overcome sin because we know that He is faithful to His promises.
QUESTION: Please help me with the meaning of Isaiah 30:20. ANSWER: Isaiah 30:20 reads, “And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.” To understand this verse we must consider the context of the whole chapter. In short, this chapter can be divided into three parts: 1) God’s judgments upon Israel for turning to Egypt for help against Assyria (verses 1-17); 2) God’s mercy and blessing for Israel when they turn, in repentance and faith, to the Lord (verses 18-26); and 3) God’s judgments upon the Assyrian (verses 27-33). Twice in this chapter the Lord refers to His earthly people Israel as “rebellious.” “Woe to the rebellious children” (vs. 1) and “…this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord” (vs. 9) were the Lord’s words of rebuke to His people for refusing to heed His Word and counsel, and for turning to the ungodly nation of Egypt to rescue them from their Assyrian enemy. These words remind us of the very beginning of this book where we read in Isaiah 1:2, “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against Me”. God had lovingly cared for His people and had given them everything they needed, yet time and time again they responded to His love with disobedience and rebellion. Even in their rebellion the Lord reached out to them through His prophets seeking to warn them of their folly in turning to Egypt for help, but they would not listen. How solemn and telling is their response to God’s pleading with them in verses 10-11, “Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.” Because of their refusal to listen and to be taught of God through His prophets, God had to give them “the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction.” In love for His people God would seek to teach them through adversity and affliction. We read in Hebrews 12:6, “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.” The word “chasteneth” implies “instruction” and thus we learn that God may have to use hard circumstances to “teach” His people the folly of their ways and to return to Him for help and blessing. King David expressed this truth in the following verses, “Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept Thy word…It is good for me that I have been afflicted: that I might learn thy statutes…I know, O Lord, that Thy judgments are right, and that Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me” (Psalm 119:67, 71, 75). The Lord patiently waits for His people to respond to His chastening Hand and is ever ready to have mercy on them if they will repent. So we read in verse 18, “And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you…” He goes on to promise Israel that after they repent He will bless them with an eternal dwelling place in verse 19, “For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shall weep no more: He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee.” He also promises them in the second half of verse 20, “…yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers.” This is admittedly difficult, but I believe it simply means that the Lord will no longer have to teach them through His providential ways (through the hidden teachers of adversity and affliction), but will raise up men before their very eyes who shall instruct them in the ways of the Lord. Verse 21 goes on to say, “And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” It is sad when we realize that these promises have never reached their fulfillment. Israel remains a “rebellious people” and until they turn to the Lord in heartfelt repentance and faith, they will remain under the hidden teachers of adversity and affliction. In fact, the most terrible time of testing is coming for the nation of Israel, a time referred to as “the time of Jacob’s trouble” in Jeremiah 30:7. The Lord Jesus spoke of this time in these solemn words in Matthew 24:21-22, “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” God will use this time of tribulation to work in the hearts of His people and a remnant will indeed repent and turn to the Lord. He will then replace the “hidden teachers of adversity and affliction” with godly teachers who will instruct the faithful in the ways of the Lord. Daniel referred to this time of tribulation and to these God-given teachers in Daniel 12:1, 3, “...and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time Thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book…And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament: and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.” This will culminate with the return of the Lord to this earth to set up His kingdom. He will save Israel at that time from all their enemies as we find in Romans 11: 26, and bring in the fulfillment of Isaiah 30:18-26. Israel will be blessed beyond measure, without ever having to experience the hidden teachers of adversity and affliction again. At that time they will not only have God-given men as teachers before their eyes, they will have the Lord Himself teaching them! Isaiah 2:3 says, “And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go up and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”
1 Joseph Campbell : "Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls." Meaning : You decide how exciting your life is by making pathways to the things you love to do,do what you love and you will never work a day 2 Thomas Alva Edison "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration" Meaning : Genius is largely the result of hard work, rather than an inspired flash of insight...so work hard and it will pay off in the end 3 Will Rogers"Letting the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n putting' it back in." Meaning: Sharing secrets causes a lot of problems, be wise when you speak, do it with caution. 4 Norman Vincent Peale: "Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact." Meaning : You can sabotage your goals with a negative attitude, be positive be happy in what ever situation you find your self in
TOPIC:- SANCTIFICATION: A MUST FOR EVERY BELIEVER NOTE: Is your heart corrupt, full of lust, evil thoughts and imagination, Sanctification is needed. Do you need the baptism of the Holy Spirit, you must be sanctified. SANCTIFICATION helps the heart to be pure before God, Matthew 5:8, it will format the old movies in your heart and skull, the corruptible movies you have watched in the time of igrant, sanctification will floosh them out. Sanctification deals with many things in the life of a christian. No sanctification,no baptism of the Holy Spirit, and you must be baptised with the Holy Spirit of GOD before the rapture, because the Holy Spirit is our wings of rapture. So without the Holy Spirit you cannot go with the rapture. You need the Holy Spirit and Sanctification.Have you been sanctified? Are you thirsting and hunger for it? Have you commited yourself into fasting and prayer because you wants to be sanctified? What steps have you take to be sanctified? If God is willing and if Jesus Christ tarries, i will soon type the full note on sanctification,so be expecting it by His grace. You will know more about sanctification,steps to take before sanctification...Holy Spirit of GOD will teach us.....Halleluyah!!

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