The Greatest

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 He was born in a lowly manger

Announced by angels

Visited and celebrated by wise men from the East

Dedicated in the temple

Recognized by Spirit led Simeon and Anna the prophetess

Baptized by John the Baptist

Tempted by the devil but overcame

Preached and taught kingdom principles

Performed several miracles

Nailed to the cross

Died and resurrected

So that you and I can be saved.

His name is Jesus Christ

The reason for Christmas

Celebrate the Greatest

Love the Greatest

Worship Jesus

As you celebrate Christmas

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Thank You Lord 2

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 Shall I sacrifice a thousand bullocks like Solomon?

They will not be enough

Shall I build You Churches, orphanages and hospitals?

Shall I build You hostels for the homeless?

And forget or even refuse to thank You

They will be worthless pieces of architecture

Shall I be a voice for the voiceless?

Despised, hated and imprisoned?

Give my body to be burnt for the gospel?

Sing like angels, dance all day for You?

Yet, I do not say thank You

Because I believe it is my power?

God, I love You

Appreciate Your extravagant grace in my life

Thank You for Life, salvation, mercies

Forgiveness of sins, Healings

Love, Compassion, mighty deliverances

Promotions, Favor, Honor

I love you, Lord; Thank You

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Travel Light

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Focus on God’s plans and purposes for your life. The ability to focus is a grace from God to function in a divine assignment for a season. Do not allow your thoughts to wander. Do not be controlled by other people’s needs as they may give you a different direction from the one you should be headed in. also, and quite critical, please ignore the distractions from the kingdom of darkness through any of his cohorts and agents. Mum is the word. Keep your mouth shut in Jesus mighty name.  No matter what, do not bring the war God has given you victory over in the realm of the spirit into the physical. Avoid quarrels, arguments, etc. Ignore accusations and let God continue to fight for you. Focus on your prayer requests and you have it.

Forgive those who hurt you. Do not hold grudges against anyone. Please see Matthew Chapter 6 verses 12 to 14, Hebrews Chapter 12 verse 2, Matthew Chapter 5 verse 44, Luke Chapter 22 verse 56 to 62, Mark Chapter 16 verse 7, Luke Chapter 23 verse 43, and Romans Chapter 8 verse 28.

Be obedient because obedience brings God’s blessings. Please see Isaiah Chapter 1 verse 19.  Obedience took Ruth from gleaning to ownership of a field. Ruth obeyed Naomi’s instructions and became the wife of Boaz. Please see Ruth Chapter 3 verses 4 to 5. It is better to obey God than run around with sacrifices. King Saul is an example of someone whose obedience was always in question. He lost the throne. Please see 1^st Samuel Chapter 15 for details.

Thank You Lord

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In the midst of the storms

Raging, fierce and even disastrous

You rescued me, saved me and kept me

In Your Hands

As famine ravished the land

And hunger redesigned faces and bodies

You gave abundant provision

That I neither deserved nor earned

Diseases swept across regions

Maimed and killed quite a number

Young and old, strong and wealthy

But you safeguarded and healed me

Stand on the Promises of God 2

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Forgiveness of Sins

God loves you and desires to forgive you whatever sins the enemy deceived you into committing. That is one of the reasons Jesus Christ died for you, to separate you from and deliver you from sin. However, sin must be repented of to be forgiven. Please see 1^st John Chapter 1 verses 8 to 10

Longevity

Longevity is the will of God for believers. Do not allow the devil deceive you into untimely death by accepting that sickness is of God to test you, or that you are bearing a burden for someone. Ask God for healing and deliverance if you are sick. It is significant to note that David prayed for healing and deliverance in life threatening situations. Please, see Psalm 71 verses 9 to 18.

Many saints such as the Apostle Paul (Philemon 9), Abraham (Genesis Chapters 24 verse 1 and 25 verses 7 to 8), Isaac (Genesis Chapter 27 verse 1, 35 verses 28 to 29), Job (Job Chapters 5 verses 25 to 26; 42 verses 16 to 17), David (1^st Chronicles Chapter 29 verses 26 to 28, 1^st Kings Chapter 1 verses 1 to 4), Jehoiada the Priest (2^nd Chronicles Chapter 24 verses 15 to 16), Daniel, Nehemiah, Mordecai, Solomon (1^st Kings Chapter 11) and many others in the Bible lived long and died in old age to be with the Lord. Pease see also Psalm 71 verses 9 to 18, 1^st Kings Chapter 1 verse 1 and Proverbs Chapter 28 verse 16, Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 27, Proverbs Chapter 28 verse 16 and Psalm 41.

Stand on the Promises of God 1

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The promises of God which are yea and amen in Christ Jesus are not in the stratosphere. They are within easy reach in the word of God. However, these promises can only be identified through a diligent study of the word of God. Do you want to know the promises of God concerning you? Then speedily commence a diligent study of the word of God to unravel the promises which cover about every area of life; some of which are:

Healing and Divine Health

I am the Lord that healeth thee (Exodus Chapter 15 verse 26) as well as other Scriptures on healing are clear pointers that it is the will of God for you to be in divine health at all times. God takes the trouble to heal you and keep you in divine health because He wants you to succeed. He wants to showcase you to the world which is why He does not allow you to be affected by sicknesses and diseases, be bedridden and incapacitated for success. A sick body and mind cannot succeed. That is why God ensures that you are mentally whole and capacitated to reflect on Philippians Chapter 4 verse 5. That is also why God keeps you physically strong, whole and capacitated to move about, engage in physical and mental as well as spiritual activities that generate money. God loves you. He says He will heal you of any disease the enemy may want to afflict you with. Please see Psalm 103 verses 3 to 4, Exodus Chapter 23 verses 25 to 26.

Be You and Succeed

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Take off the silly mask and be yourself. Be the loving caring person you were created to be. Love gives. Think openness. Dream, love, do not give in to apathy. Joseph never stopped dreaming, never stopped loving. No wonder he emerged into the plans and purposes of God for his life

Be intimate with God, which is investing in a fervent relationship with God because that is the right thing to do. Do not pretend to be a Christian because your friends or family members are. Be a Christian because Christ died for you. Also, the one person you should know intimately is God who has power over everything. No one can stand against you when God is for you.

Follow through on God’s call for your life if you have the call of God. Do not imitate others in the quest for money. God is more powerful than money. Your present economic condition does not determine where you are going to. Rather, it is the call of God that you respond to that will take you to God’s ordained heights for you. The Biblical Joseph chose the call of God. He got to the top position and had money in abundance. Be the GIFT He created you to be to the world and bring His healing and blessings to all who you come in contact with. 

Do not pretend to be who you are not. Do not try to impress anyone. Be who you are. Be yourself. God assesses people on the basis of what He asks them to do.

Feast on the Word of God

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The beginning and end of success is the word of God engrafted in your spirit, soul and body. God gives and teaches us His divine principles for holy living in His word, and through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. As we learn, internalize and abide by these principles stated in His word, they become part and parcel of us, directing and guiding us, alongside the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. That is why the Psalmist wrote in Psalm 119 verse 105 that your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

The word of God is dynamic and has power to transform a person on a daily basis. The answer to every challenge is in the word of God therefore fill your heart with the word of God and meditate on the word of God. If you hear instructions from God, trial and error will no longer be your portion in Jesus mighty name.  Please see Romans Chapter 12 verses 1 to 2. Therefore, feed on the word of God and you have wealth, the hidden riches of darkness stated in Isaiah Chapter 55 verses 1 to 5.

God watches over His word to perform His word and not out fears, worries and anxieties. At the beginning of the year, I asked God to help me sell a certain number of copies of my books, quite a large number determined by the Holy Spirit. Thereafter, I would always check my sales report to see if I was making that quantity of sales. A number of times, I was worried because I required the money from book sales to pay my bills. But somehow, God kept paying my bills even before they were due in addition to giving me material things that made people think I had so much money. As I reflected on why there were no sales, the Holy Spirit made me understand that I was looking at the wrong place, visiting the sales report dashboard. He told me to look at the word of God, His precious promises to me concerning book sales in large numbers. He told me that was where I would make the sales as I daily thanked God for His unfailing Word, meditated on that Word and prophesied the Word over my books. I then realized why I had not made sales and also why I had not experienced victories in some other areas. Rather than look at the word of God and internalize the promises of God and make them real in my life; meditate on them and prophesy them, I was looking at the circumstances that assailed me which were really nothing to God. I was foraging on dirt – anxiety, fears, worries, suspicion when my focus should be on God and His word that does not return to Him void. I repented before God and asked Him to help me look at His word, and to believe His word as well as prophesy His word over my life and situation in Jesus mighty name.

Experience God’s Divine Visitation

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God’s divine visitation is for the purpose of enriching, blessing and expanding as well as restoring the fortunes of His people.

It is significant to note that God visits at His appointed time. Please see Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 verses 11, 17, 1 to 8, Psalm 102 verse 13, 105 verses 9 to 22, Genesis Chapter 15 verses 13 to 16, Exodus Chapter 12 verses 40 to 41, 51, Jeremiah Chapter 29 verses 10 to 14, Daniel Chapter 9 verse 2, 10 verse 1, 2^nd Chronicles Chapter 36 verses 20 to 23, Ezra Chapter 1 verses 1 to 11, Isaiah Chapter 45 verses 1 to 4, 13.

He visited Zacharias at the appointed time (my words which will be fulfilled in their own time). Please see Luke Chapter 1 verses 13 to 20, note verse 20b. See also Ecclesiastes Chapter  3 verses 1 to 17, note verses 1, 11 and 17; Jeremiah Chapters 29 verse 10;, 27 verse 22, Psalm 102 verse 13, Genesis Chapters 18 verses 10 to 14, 21 verse 1, Habakkuk Chapter 2 verses 2 to 3, Psalms 65 verses 9 to 11; 17 verse 3, Exodus Chapters 3 verses 16 to 17; 4 verse 31, to release them from slavery in Egypt and lead them to Canaan, bless and expand them.

God also visits for the purpose of expansion and enlargement. Please see 1^st Samuel Chapter 2 verse 21 where He visited Hannah and Samuel was born; and much later his other siblings followed suit.

God Loves You

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Glory so divine

Enmeshes my soul

As I stretch my divine borders

To accomplish the divine purpose

God gave me from the foundation of the world

Reaching for the skies

In soul winning, love, intercessions

Saluting and honoring the King

The King of Glory

Glory divine and eternal

So far yet so close

God loves you

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Call Forth the Resources

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God has given you everything you need to fulfill purpose. Your task is to call forth the resources from the realm of the spirit to manifest in the physical so you can use them.  The resources you require to move from whatever point you are in to the next point you desire are in the Word of God which hopefully you know and understand; and are further deposited within you as intangible resources. To translate these intangible resources into tangible resources, you will need them to call them forth into existence through fervent prayers and prophetic declarations. The land of Israel experienced drought and consequently famine for about three years. One day, the prophet Elijah reversed the situation in fervent prayers and intercession after calling forth the rain in prophetic declarations he made to King Ahab. Please see 1^st Kings Chapter 18 verses 41 to 46, James Chapter 5 verses 16 to 18. Prophet Elisha also called forth food security at a time of great famine. Please see 2^nd Kings Chapter 7.

Therefore, call in the harvests. Open your mouth and call in the harvests of whatever you want. Please see Ecclesiastes Chapter 8 verse 4. You have power in your mouth. Give the angels God assigned to you work to do by calling forth the resources you require. Please see Psalm 103 verse 20 and Hebrews Chapter 1 verse 14. Angels are waiting to serve you but will only do so when you declare something. Call the things that are not as though they exist – Jeremiah Chapter 29 verse 11, Romans Chapter 4 verse 17. Plant with your mouth and call in the harvest with your mouth; this is the principle of using your mouth to partner with God to fulfill His plans and purposes in your life.

Enhance Your Personal Capacity

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A person’s resource to a large extent is the reflection of his or her capacity. In the parable of talents recorded in Matthew Chapter 25 verses 13 to, the Bibles states that the servants each received gifts according to their abilities. This implies that their master identified their pre-existing capacities or abilities and matched them with the required resources for their enlargement. Enlargement is therefore a function of a person’s capacity. That is to say that increase in resources is dependent on increased capacity to manage the resources effectively. Enlargement of resources is therefore correspondent to enlarged capacities. Please see Isaiah Chapter 54 verses 1 to 3.

That perhaps explains why God will not expect you to jump at a responsibility you have no capacity to handle. Therefore, evaluate your personal capacity in the light of the enlargement you seek so that you should expand and enhance your existing capacities to accommodate whatever enlargement you require from God. This implies that personal capacity development is very important.

To enlarge, you stretch and as you stretch, enlargement grows because God will keep enlarging you as you stretch your capacities. The human capacity is elastic and can be stretched to whatever dimensions you are capable of stretching it to. Please see Genesis Chapter 13 verses 14 to 18. The ability to stretch is as much the work of the Holy Spirit as much as your own diligence to enhance your personal capacity and competence to the desired height. It is important that you increase your mental, spiritual and physical capacities.

The Land of Affluence

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The land of affluence is the land that God gives to each child of His. It is the land where God reigns, He is honored, respected and served by the people of the land. It is the land where the Holy Spirit is given preeminence and He is in charge of every activity, utterances, etc. This is to say that if you want your God given land to be affluent, then you must allow the Holy Spirit direct and supervise whatever you do on the land.

The land flows with milk and honey, always and does not stop flowing. What does it mean to flow? It is coming from a source that never runs dry and God is the source of the flow and God sustains the flow. Please see Deuteronomy Chapter 6 verses 1 to 3.

The land of affluence is the land that God waters. How? It is strategically positioned by God to receive the rain of heaven in the right quantity or proportion and at the right season. God cares for the land of affluence and watches over it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. Because the land is watered by God, and receives the right amount of water when required, the land produces abundant agricultural harvests of grain, wine, trees that produce oil; other cash crops, honey, etc so that there is food security at all times. There is a relationship between water and abundant harvests. Water is one of the ingredients for nourishment and growth. Please see Ezekiel Chapter 17 verses 5 to 8, 19 verse 10, Jeremiah Chapter 17 verse 8, Psalm 1 verse 3, Deuteronomy Chapter 8 verse 7, 11 verses 10 to 15, Leviticus Chapter 26 verses 4 to 5, 9 to 10, Job Chapter 14 verses 7 to 9, Psalm 68 verses 8 to 9, 104 verses 13 to 17, Numbers Chapter 24 verses 6 to 7. No one goes hungry in this land of great affluence and possibilities. This is because the land is also rich in mineral resources that can be mined to generate wealth for the owners. Please see Deuteronomy Chapters 11 verses 9 to 15; 8 verses 7 to 10.

Speak to Your Future

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It is the will of God for every child of His to have and experience glorious futures that manifest His promises that are yea and amen in Christ. Such futures however do not fall on anyone like bags of cherries. They have to be diligently sought out from the Word of God, prophesied and acted upon. This is to say that you have the capacity to determine your future if you sit with God on a daily basis to work out that glorious future which He prepared for you from the foundation of the world. That explains why God in His infinite wisdom always speaks to the future of His children and you can do same by speaking to your future ably assisted by the Holy Spirit as you feed on the Word of God. The Word of God always has the capacity to germinate in the heart of the righteous, flourish and produce harvests of an abundant glorious future.

Therefore, call those things which do not exist as though they did (Romans Chapter 4 verse 17b) in the place of prayer with God. That is prophetic praying.

God has given you everything you need to fulfill purpose. Your task is to call forth the resources from the realm of the spirit to manifest in the physical so you can use them. God had given the land of Canaan to the Israelites but they had to journey from Egypt to the land as well as dispossess the people living there. That was why they engaged in physical travel, and physical battles. In your case, your battle is to call forth the resources you need which God has graciously provided. Your weapon of war is the sword of the spirit which you are to declare daily at all times, to ensure a release of the resources from wherever  they are and from whoever may want to hold on to them. Please see Daniel Chapter 10. Daniel fasted and prayed for 21 days. Hold on to God in prayers, fasting, prophetic declarations of the truth of God’s word as well as prophetic actions. And always remember that the word of God does not return to Him void. Please see Hebrews Chapters 11 verse 3; 1 verses 1 to 3, Romans Chapter 4 verse 17 and 2^nd Kings Chapter 4.

Akwanga

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Akwanga

The land of AFFLUENCE

Success city

Where God reigns

Jesus Christ is celebrated

The Holy Spirit is honored

The Word of God is treasured

Obeyed, honored and celebrated

Akwanga

Success blog

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Blessed by God and bearing

Precious fruits of the sun and moon

Filled with the choicest and great treasures of the mountains

As well as the desirable but hidden treasures of the everlasting hills

Akwanga

Greatly favored by God and satisfied with the favor of God

Filled with the glorious presence of God

Flourishing with the dew of heaven

And the abundance of the seas

Akwanga yields the best the earth produces

Divine treasures hidden in the sands

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Lessons from the Healing of the Waters of Jericho

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The city of Jericho was a pleasant place, geographically well situated. People including prophets loved the place and lived there. Yet the water was bad and made the land unproductive. How can a place so pleasant and geographically well situated be barren? The bad water was responsible. Fortunately, the men of Jericho were wise people. They presented the case to Elisha, newly commissioned for great exploits after having been mentored by Elijah for years. Elijah had departed to heaven in a whirlwind leaving Elisha with a double portion of his spirit.

Elisha requested for a new bowl and he instructed them to put salt in the new bowl. He took these to the source of the water, poured the salt in it and prophesied the healing unction of God upon the waters and the Bible records that the waters were healed, there was no more death from water poisoning and the land became productive.

Lessons

Elisha went to the source of the water to throw the salt in it. Why? The healing of the water had to commence from the source of the water and progress to every other part of the water. Beloved, problems, challenges, barriers, blockades, satanic oppositions have to be dealt with and removed from the root source because when the root source of a challenge is dealt with, then it is destroyed completely. But if it is handled at the branches, it will resurface again in an even greater dimension. Therefore, deal with whatever issues that are troubling your nation from the root.

Dreams

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Dream possibilities

Think possibilities

Meditate possibilities

Strategize possibilities

Speak possibilities

Process possibilities

Swim in and enjoy possibilities

Dream wealth

Think wealth

Meditate wealth

Strategize wealth

Speak wealth

Process wealth

Swim in and enjoy wealth

Dream the Word

Eat the Word

Meditate the Word

Speak the Word

Prophesy the Word

Preach the Word

Teach the Word

Breathe the Word

Live the Word

Your shield and buckler

Reap the bountiful harvest of the Word

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Gain Altitude

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To gain altitude is to rise above certain levels beyond sea level. Planes gain altitude. So also do birds. In like manner, a person can also gain altitude in the journey of life. Such ascents could be spiritual, physical, mental or even financial. Therefore, gain attitude in knowledge, understanding, wisdom, relationships despite what the enemy whose major agenda is to prevent you from rising may do. Remember that believers are often targets of satanic opposition.

Altitude takes you ahead of the pack. One of the ways to gain altitude is to be financially resourceful and savvy so that you can manage financial resources to advantage and expansion.

Also make very determined and conscious efforts on a daily basis to become the global change agent God created you to be. Stop fighting battles that are not yours especially insignificant battles that will move you nowhere.

Use the current resources at your disposal to move from where you are now to where God wants you to be. One of such resources is the word of God. The word of God has the capacity to elevate you and take out of the dust and ash heap as well as obscure positions of life to significance, relevance, dominance, limelight, favor, wealth and abundant life that Jesus Christ purchased for you with His precious blood. Please see John Chapter 10 verse 10.  Jesus Christ used the existing structures and platforms of the religious establishment of the day. He taught the people in their synagogues, preached from boats, on mountain tops, from street corners, healed on the streets and cast out demons on the streets. He did not wait to own or rent cathedrals before doing the work of the kingdom. How about financial autonomy? Was He dependent on the tithes and offerings of the people? Not at all! The religious establishment of the day did not acknowledge and recognize Him as a Priest, Prophet or Levite so he was exempt from the benefits of the tithe. Also, Jesus did not request for such tithes. Yet, He led and fed not only His disciples but the multitudes who followed Him. He also did not shirk His civic responsibilities. He paid taxes. How did He make the money? He asked Peter to go fishing to get the money. This implies that you can make money from your skills, talents and areas of expertise. The women who supported His ministry with their money and other resources were an additional source of income.

God Can Do It Again

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God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power [belongeth] unto God. Psalm 62 verse 11.

For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke Chapter 1 verse 37.

God can and will do it again; not necessarily because He wants to please you, prove to you that He is God (He does not need to do that, God is God and He is Almighty, all power belongs to Him and everything created, located wherever in the universe submits to Him and bows to His Lordship because He is God). What is impossible with humans is possible with God. God does not tell lies, is not partial and is not intimidated, by anyone or anything. Rather He cares; He loves you with a love you cannot understand and fathom its depth until you probably find yourself in Christ’s eternity.

Beloved, God loves you and needs you so that you can fulfill His high purpose designed to do you good and uplift you from the dungeons of life that the enemy of your soul wants you bound to. That is why the enemy keeps you in the miry clay of life so you will believe his lies that God does not love you and wants you to remain in the miry clay. But the truth is that God wants you out of that miry clay as fast as you are willing to get out of it if only you will allow Him to help you do it. Getting out of the miry clay is like getting out of quick sands; extremely always difficult and in most cases, always impossible except God intervenes.

Do Not Fear

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Fear incapacitates, immobilizes, stagnates and brings about loss of vision and direction. Fear is a tool that the enemy enjoys using against believers to truncate the plans and purposes of God in their lives. A number of Biblical examples include:

The use of fear against the army of Israel by Goliath is an interesting case study. Through Goliath’s intimidating stature and boastful words, the devil succeeded in instilling fear in the hearts of the soldiers of Israel. A well equipped and well prepared army of hundreds of thousands able men who left their homes to fight the Philistine army cowered in fright because Goliath, a giant boasted of his might. What a shame especially when a mere youth who had never served in the army brought Goliath down. So it was not necessarily Goliath’s stature that incapacitated and immobilized the army of Israel. It was the fear he spewed out through his intimidating words. Please see 1^st Samuel Chapter 17.

Fear was also the reason Lot took a decision to go live in a cave in the mountains instead of Zoar where he escaped to safety from Sodom and Gomorrah. Living in a cave alone with two grown up daughters led to the incestuous union that produced Moab and Ammon. Fear births wrong decisions.

The Israelites at a time in their history threshed wheat in winepresses because they were afraid of the Midianites whose pastime was to destroy the livelihoods of the Israelites in order to impoverish them. God empowered Gideon with great faith to overcome fear and destroy the Midianites. Please see Judges Chapter 6.