Invest in Value

                                          Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Value is the intrinsic worth of a person, an object, a place; a unique attribute which sets the person, the family, object or place apart from other people, objects and places.  When you understand value and invest in value, the full dividends of value accrue to you without you even requesting for the dividends.

King Solomon for instance truly understood the value of an intimate and fervent relationship with God that would foster his total dependence on God. So he worshiped God with all his heart as instructed by his father, David. Please read 1^st Chronicles Chapter 28 and 2^nd Chronicles Chapter 1. Solomon was subsequently blessed by God with divine wisdom which placed him several steps ahead of his contemporaries. Significantly, that great wisdom also translated into great and abundant wealth.

King David not only loved and feared God; he also invested in a personal relationship with God because he understood the value of an intimate and fervent relationship with God. Please read Psalms 16 verse 7, 27 verse 4 and 25 verses 12 to 14.

David chose God above silver and gold and God rewarded him with abundant blessings. He had many children, great wealth and ruled Israel for a long time; won several wars without being hurt; survived several evil plots and attempts against his life simply because he understood the value of an intrinsic relationship with God.

Give Yourself Mileage

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Seest thou a man diligent in his work, he shall stand before kings and not mean men – Proverbs Chapter 22 verse 29.

Ideally, everyone’s divine gift should create room for greatness and abundance for him or her if deployed in the right environment and before the right persons who would give the person mileage.

Therefore, always ask yourself if a relationship, task or utterance would take you to the divine purpose and plans of God for your life before investing quality time and resources in such relationships, task and utterances.

David was a skilful musician yet he did not play just before anybody. He played musical instruments before Saul and made the King happy. Though Saul became envious and attempted to kill David while he was playing the instrument for him; the point being made is that David played before kings and not insignificant people who would not give him mileage.

David also took on Goliath not only to deal with Goliath for insulting the army of God but also for the attendant benefits. Please read 1^st Samuel Chapter 17. David did not challenge a mere street fighter, an inconsequential person to a street fight. It was a fight for national honors on both sides where the winner was to become a national hero, as well as a beneficiary of many things from the King including becoming a son in-law of the King. Fortunately, David won the fight against Goliath and earned great mileage – a national hero as well as many other perks.

Joseph interpreted the dreams of the servants of Pharaoh but was also careful to remind the butler to remember him and recommend him to Pharaoh. Though the butler forgot, he was forced to remember Joseph when the divine opportunity and timing for Joseph to be celebrated came. Please read Genesis Chapters 41 for details.

Bridle Your Desires and Emotions

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Desires and emotions sometimes run amok and when they do, they carry with them consequences which are sometimes severe. That is why every child of God should ask help of the Holy Spirit in bridling their desires and emotions.

Shechem and his family were destroyed because Shechem could not wait to make Dinah his wife before defiling her.  Dinah’s angry brothers wiped him and his family out of the land of the living. Please read Genesis Chapter 34.

Simeon and Levi, the enraged brothers of Dinah killed an entire family and clan. They could not control their anger. Please read Genesis Chapter 34 verse 25. Much later, their father Jacob placed a curse on them.

Amnon was foolish and listened to foolish counsel. He raped his half-sister, Tamar and was consequently killed by Tamar’s brother, Absalom. Please read 2^nd Samuel Chapter 13 for details and caution in receiving and taking advice.

Samson was the most powerful person of his time. He did not have to carry weapons when about to engage hundreds of men in a fight as anything he touched automatically became a weapon with which he killed hundreds of men. Unfortunately, this powerful man lost all that power to a woman because he could not control his unbridled desire for Delilah. Consequently, he lost the great unction of God upon his life and died young. Please read Judges Chapter 16.

Ahab was condemned for coveting after Naboth’s vineyard and assenting to the negative methods Jezebel deployed in stealing the vineyard from Naboth. Please read 1^st Kings Chapter 21. Covetousness for instance is sin, sin against God because it shows lack of appreciation for your God given gifts, person and blessings; lack of contentment and satisfaction for the blessings of God upon your life; uncontrolled greed for what does not belong to you; you want to own what belongs to someone else and like Ahab, you would do anything to get what does not belong to you. You sulk and you are unhappy over what belongs to someone else which you greedily lust after all day.

The Dynamics of Success

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Success is not an arrival point where you have no spots or wrinkles. Rather, it is forging ahead to daily implementing and achieving divine purposes in spite of the spots and wrinkles which may or may not leave. But what is important and significant is that you keep forging ahead, putting on your best foot forward at all times.

Success is not entertainment, it is putting on your best foot forward at all times. That explains why success is not shallow. Success has great depths and for anything planted on success ground to germinate, blossom and fruit; it has to go into great depth. It should not be like the seeds which fell by the way side.

Success is not static. It is not a destination which you arrive at and fold your hands to watch the ocean go by; listen to idle gossip; drink and drug yourself to stupor; shop until you drop; wear the best of designer clothing and accessories and everyone compliments you on your posh look; thrill and entertain a crowd and everyone is falling at your feet.

Take a Leap of Faith

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You are no longer a toddler in Christ. Neither are you a teenager or young adult. You are a mature adult loaded with the word of God that always accomplishes purpose. Please read Isiah Chapter 55 verses 7 to 13, Numbers Chapter 23 verse 19, 1^st Samuel Chapter 15 verse 29. You are also filled with the Holy Spirit Who daily instructs you on how to use this great divine arsenal at your disposal. Please read Isaiah Chapter 28 verses and 48 verse. Therefore, do away with the baby steps and begin to leap, I mean great leaps of faith which you urgently require to take you to God’s heights for you.

Beloved, you have dwelt too long at the bottom rung of the ladder daily giving lame excuses which do not hold water anymore. The baby steps no longer befit your new status in Christ Jesus. Additionally, they are impeding your progress as they always slow you down. The last thing you need now is any slow paced movement as it cannot move you forward. It will only keep you in a non-progressive circular dance.

But giant leaps of faith based on the truth of the word of God that you are a royal priesthood, a peculiar person divinely wired to be a lender to the nations will push you up the mark.

Significant leaps, spiritually, physically, mentally, financially designed to take you to God’s destined heights for you are what you really need now. Prevailing circumstances may look like you are glued to a spot and therefore have no business moving; not to talk of leaping; yet beloved, God says it is time to leap from point A to Canaan if that is where God wants you now. God Who is your great Provider and Sustainer says He will make available all the resources you require to make the leap. Just follow Him at His pace and not yours.

You Can Stop Wandering

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Wandering is to do something repeatedly without any defined purpose. It is going round in circles – no progress from point A to B. Wandering can be as a result of sin as in the case of Cain in Genesis Chapter 4. Cain became a wanderer because he violated the commands of God by killing his brother. Consequently was driven from the Presence of God or he lost the Presence of God on account of his sin. Secondly, because he shed the blood of his brother on the earth, the earth refused to yield its best for him.

Cain was cursed by God to wander because he killed his younger brother, Abel; as in the case of the Israelites in the wilderness when they refused to move forward to the Promised Land because of the negative report of the ten spies (Numbers Chapter 14) ignorance and lack of direction as in the case of the people described in (Psalm 107 verses 4 to 9);  and the people of Israel who kept circling the mountains of Seir for a long time until God gave them directions to go north so they would stop wandering and make progress to the Promised Land. Ignorance and lack of direction can keep a person, family, a community, an institution and a nation wandering for years without making progress. Please read Isaiah Chapter 28 verses 23 to 28.

Break the Spell

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Cut off the unusual foliage which is preventing sunlight from getting to you so that people can see the beautiful gifts in you. The unusual foliage which is unusually heavy screens you and your divine gifts from the divine audience God blessed you with. Therefore, your divine audience does not see you, do not know anything about you, cannot access you because of the unusual thick and heavy foliage screening you and your divine gifts from your God given audience, patronage and income. The solution is to cut off the foliage from its root source so that it does not grow back again.

The foliage may not necessarily be trees with big evergreen leaves or anything physical such as manually erected buildings and ceilings. Rather, they are satanic arrangements designed to seclude you and obscure you from any form of visibility whether local, national or global so that no one gets to hear about you or know about you. In the case of Joseph, he was sold into slavery by his brothers.

Slavery was meant to terminate his dream and vision of global leadership but unfortunately for his brothers, God was with Joseph and prospered him even as a slave. In a short time, his boss Potiphar noticed that God was with Joseph and made everything Joseph did to prosper. Potiphar promoted Joseph to lead the affairs of his household. And just when Joseph thought that he was well on his way in the ladder of global leadership, the enemy struck again, albeit through Potiphar’s wife. She wanted Joseph to partner with her in sin but Joseph refused to do so despite her daily sexual harassment of Joseph. Eventually, Joseph’s refusal to partner with her in sin culminated in an unjust prison sentence when she lied that Joseph attempted to rape her when the reverse was the case. Herein is the crux of the matter. How does anyone get to be heard of; known of and celebrated while in prison? Impossible but because there are no impossibilities with God, Joseph’s case was different. God was always with him wherever he went and significantly the people who matter and who would ensure that Joseph continued his climb to the global leadership pinnacle always noticed that God was with Joseph. So the man in charge of the prison noticed that God was with Joseph and  put Joseph in charge – an opportunity and platform to interact with all the prisoners; also a platform and opportunity to showcase his divine gifts though he was screened off from the global, national and local market places.

Joseph wisely utilized this platform and opportunity to give himself national visibility though he was physically screened out from the national marketplace. How, you may ask? He invested his divine gifts in the baker and butler of Pharaoh who were serving time in prison. Significantly, Joseph’s investment paid off; though not immediately. It took two full years for the butler to remember Joseph’s divine abilities and when he did, he immediately recommended Joseph to Pharaoh.

Exercise Dominion

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At creation, God blessed Adam and Eve. Part of the blessing was for them to manage the abundant resources they were blessed with optimally by multiplying the resources to compound them into overflowing abundance and prosperity as well as exercising dominion over anything on the surface of the earth.

Beloved, this implies that God blessed them with power to take charge and rule over any creature on planet earth – Land, Sea and in the air. That way, nothing would stand in their pathway as they worked at being fruitful; multiplying the abundant resources at their disposal into overflowing abundance. This suggests that God prepared them ahead of challenges by issuing the command to exercise dominion as part of the blessing. In other words, God capacitated them to take charge over any challenge that would show up. But Adam and Eve missed this point when Eve capitulated to the wiles of the enemy and Adam followed suit. In the process, they lost the divine authority to exercise dominion over any creature on earth as well as manage the resources of the earth to overflowing abundance.

Fortunately, Jesus Christ restored this power and gave it back to as many as would walk with Him.

God created man to subdue and exercise dominion but unfortunately, not everyone is able to do so. Nothing ought to limit a believer’s progress in life because you are created in the image of God to function in the realm of unlimited possibilities. The life of Gideon speaks of the possibilities in a life connected to God regardless of how low the background may be. Gideon believed he was an insignificant person until God came to Gideon and declared him to be a mighty man of valor. Gideon was afraid of the enemy but when God intervened in the life of Gideon by speaking of His divine possibilities deposited in Gideon from the foundation of the world, Gideon routed out the same people he was afraid of.

Relevance

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Relevance leads to significance. Please read Romans Chapter 12 verse 2, Acts Chapter 20 verse 32, and Psalm 119 verses 105, 130.

Impact, transformation brings relevance and relevance leads to significance, honor, fame and wealth. Writing or doing anything for the sake of money, fame or honor is good, in point of fact very good. But what is best is doing it to impact and transform lives positively. You can make great clothes or jewelry or write interesting pieces which do not impact or transform lives. They are like seasonal stuff which reign for a season and they are gone. But when they bring about transformation through the positive impact on lives, they become classics which are relevant and for all seasons and generations. Some examples include the book, A Man for All Seasons; the musicals, The King and I, Sound of Music; the works of William Shakespeare, the cartoon, Lion King, and corals and pearl jewelry particularly single strands on any woman’s neck (considering the dramatic transformation they bring to a woman’s face.

Transformation then based on positive impact should be the goal of any enterprise. For instance, basic questions such as why do I want to be in the fashion industry; is it to help people dress well to glorify God or just be another  name in the industry to make a name and money irrespective of whether people dress godly or not? Why do I want to write, is it to make a name and money or to impact lives and in the process make both a name and money? Also, why do I collect what I believe are timeless and outstanding pieces –name, money or just for the fun of it?

The Bible records that Haggai and Zechariah impacted the people of God positively with the prophecies they gave by the Spirit of God. As a result of their prophecies, the people of God were galvanized into positive actions – the rebuilding of the Temple of God despite personal and institutional challenges which assailed them. Additionally, Zechariah’s prophecies helped to rebuild the confidence of the people, first in God and then in themselves as God’s chosen people; called forth to show the praises of God.

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Stop Living Poor

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God loves you, cares about you and is deeply concerned about how you look and present yourself generally especially in public. Make the effort to look God’s best; that is look the way God would have you look. Request what you require from God to look the way God wants you to look. Wear what fits your body shape and suits your personality.

You do not need any more handouts. Welfare is good but it is to take you to your Canaan. Stop living poor, stop depending on handouts.

Take the hurt, the worry and anxiety, resentment and bitterness and even hate away from your eyes and tone and words; and COMMUNICATE LOVE; the unfailing love of God to you. Manifest the truth that you are deeply loved and owned by the King of kings Who never fails. God will always provide, He will always make a way where there is no way, He will always supply your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. The will of God is for you to prosper according to His word in Deuteronomy Chapters 8 verse 18, 10 verses 8 to 11. Reject and throw away the big fat and obstructive lie of the enemy that God wants you poor and in lack for a reason or certain reasons.

Therefore, do not be anxious about anything. Please read Philippians Chapter 4 verses 6 to 7. Pray without ceasing. Pray in the Spirit on all occasions, all kinds of prayers and request. Please read Ephesians Chapter 6 verse 18. As you present your requests to God in prayers and petitions with thanksgiving in your heart; because He is God and all power belong to Him; the great peace of God guards your heart and mind in Christ Jesus, that is protects your heart and mind from depression. Please read Proverbs Chapter 12 verse 25. That is why the Apostle Peter counseled to cast all our cares upon Jesus Christ.

Live rich because Christ became poor so that you can become rich. Please read 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verse 9. Therefore, do away with the mentality of foraging for foods; of making do with old and tattered clothes; run down home appliances, battered shoes, unsightly furniture, etc. Please, live rich by asking God to daily and always provide for you what you need. Please read Ephesians Chapter 3 verse 20, Psalms 37 verse 25, 23 verse 1 and Philippians Chapter 4 verse 19.

Live abundantly – live in abundance. Stop making do with what is available; what you can cope with or just make do with such as undersized shoes and clothes which you squeeze in or oversized shoes and clothes which you keep shaping up.

Take Giant Strides

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A sleeping giant who wakes up from slumber does not wake up to stare at the world. S/he wakes up rather to implement the tasks which are divinely assigned to him or her. It may take a while to rise from the bed of slumber but once the giant arises; with renewed energy garnered from the more than enough sleep; the giant takes on giant strides to get to destination as quickly as possible and accomplish within stipulated deadlines.

Giant strides may not necessarily be physical. They could also be spiritual, mental, financial, and whatever. Also, whatever form the giant strides may take, they are VERY VERY NECESSARY, RELEVANT and have to be taken URGENTLY NOW. DO NOT DELAY FOR A SECOND as those giant strides will leapfrog you to where you ought to be NOW so that you can move on speedily to God’s next destination for you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

Spend quality time with God in Word study, praise, worship and adoration as well as in whatever else God wants you to do. Time spent with God is never wasted. Rather, it is time that is amply invested for very great returns from God. The wisdom and personal discipline of reading and studying the word of God, meditating on the word of God and prophesying the word of God when you should is what you should crave for instead of getting into discussions which do not add value to your life; arguments which lead nowhere; contention and strife designed to devalue and make you take backward steps in life; embark on self-destructive actions and utterances; reflect on wounds and hurts rather than meditate on the word of God; read and study non edifying literature as well as watch non edifying videos. Beloved, be disciplined in your spirit, soul and body as well as mental processes so that you can be like the children of Issachar who had an understanding of the times and knew what Israel ought to do at a specific divine timing in the history of Israel. That was a giant stride which led to the coronation of David as King over Israel.

Deepen your relationship with God. Also, deepen your relationship with the Holy Spirit because it is not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of the Lord. In like manner, deep fellowship with God is the secret of fruitfulness of a believer.

Invest in the Presence of God in your life. How? By daily living in the fear of God in every area of your life and in whatever you do.

Your Feet Cannot Be Moved

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Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21, KJV 

God has the power and capacity to do what He chooses to do. God is able because all power belongs to God. Please see Psalm 62 verse 11. Therefore, your feet cannot be moved because God is the One Who planted your feet where they are. He therefore will not allow anyone whatsoever and circumstances to move your feet from where He planted them. Do not forget that all power belongs to God therefore He has the capacity and all the resources required to keep your feet immovable irrespective of how seemingly strong the opposition is. Please see Psalms 62 verse 11, 121 verses 1 to 8, 125 verses 1 to 3, and 21.

If the foundations of the earth set by God cannot be moved forever because God laid them, how much more then you, that God sacrificed Jesus Christ for? Please see Romans Chapter 8 verses 31 to 32. Jesus Christ Who is the Word of God (Revelation Chapter 19 verses 10 to 14) and the Son of God manifested in human flesh (John Chapter 1) Who put an end to the captivity of the human race through His sacrifice for sin and atonement by His blood on the cross. As the blood of Jesus Christ was shed on the cross, his body pierced and water flowed from his body; every accusation, every satanic label with which the enemy of the human race had access to you and could therefore hold you captive; all the accusations and satanic labels as well as whatever access the devil and his cohorts had to you were wiped out so that you can succeed in the plans and purposes of God for your life. Please see Colossians Chapter 2 verses 13 to 23, 3 verses 1 to 17.

Ignore Distractions to Succeed

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A distraction is anything which takes your attention or focus away from what, where God wants you to pay attention to or focus on. Distractions are also tasks which are not divinely assigned to you. These tasks may appear to be very urgent but as long as they are nor divinely assigned to you, they are not priority irrespective of how urgent they appear to be. Ignore them and focus on your divinely assigned tasks.

Ironically, distractions are not always or necessarily annoying circumstances or persons. They are sometimes very mouthwatering offers which are difficult to refuse.  The devil made such offers to Jesus Christ during the temptation but because Jesus was focused on divine purpose, He ignored the devil’s offers. No offer from anyone was greater than His divine purpose and mission on planet earth. Please read Luke Chapter 4 verses 1 to 12 and Matthew Chapter 4 verses 1 to 11.

Sennecherib also made mouthwatering offers of food security to the people of Judah if they would surrender to him and serve his gods. But the people of Judah under the godly leadership of King Hezekiah refused to be distracted from serving Jehovah, the El-Shaddai. They ignored Sennecherib and his threats of destroying Jerusalem. God honored their decision to focus on Him and destroyed both Sennecherib and his seemingly invincible army which was destroyed in one night by a single angel. Please read Isaiah Chapters 36 to 37 for details.

While some distractions come with threats and carrots and supposedly irresistible mouthwatering offers, some are veiled or disguised attempts to infiltrate divine purpose and activities in order to distract the work and bring it to a complete stop. A case in point was when the Jews were rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem. Some people offered to help not because they truly wanted to help but because they wanted to infiltrate the people and the work in order to stop it and destroy it. But because the leadership of the people were sensitive to the Spirit of God, they refused such satanic assistance. Though their refusal culminated in threats and all kinds of ploys to stop the work by the seemingly helpful oppositions; God ensured that the work continued and the Temple was completed. Sanballat and his cohorts also attempted to stop the rebuilding of the broken down walls of Jerusalem; deploying several tricks such as ridicule, lies, infiltrating some of the Jews, intimidation and threats. Fortunately. Nehemiah and his men refused to be distracted from divine purpose. The walls were completely rebuilt to the glory of God.

From Obscurity to Limelight

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God is the only One Who takes people, institutions, communities and nations out of obscurity into global limelight and prominence. This is because He is the only One Who has the capacity do so. The biblical Joseph was already imprisoned for life and had no chances of ever getting out of prison. But God created situations which made Joseph sought after. God had equipped Joseph with great people skills as well as the divine ability to interpret dreams and also blessed him with divine favor.

So Joseph was able to reach out to his fellow prisoners – Pharaoh’s baker and butler who were serving prison terms. But for the worrisome dreams which Joseph interpreted, the butler would not have known about Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams and recommend him to Pharaoh. What is also significant here is the divine arrangement – the baker and the butler were in the same prison as Joseph and were serving different sentences at the same time. Talk about divine timing and divine connection. Even after the butler was freed and restored to his position in the palace, there was no respite for Joseph as he still remained in prison – two full years. But when it was time, God’s appointed time to favor Zion, God orchestrated events to work for Joseph. Pharaoh dreamt; very worrisome dreams which took away his peace.

He became restless especially when all the supposedly wise men of Egypt could not interpret the dreams. That was when Mr. Butler who had supposedly forgotten about Joseph remembered – Joseph could just possibly solve this problem and he mentioned Joseph to Pharaoh.

Beloved, ponder a while! What if Joseph had been released from prison before then and no one could account for his whereabouts, he would have missed the divine opportunity to stand before Pharaoh and achieve his dream of global leadership. Sometimes, what appears to be working against you because they are the wicked schemes of wicked human beings; designed to immobilize you and stop your progress may be divine orchestrations and even when they are not; they could be circumstances allowed by God to pan out for His overall good in your life when He makes all things beautiful in His time.

Joseph eventually stood before Pharaoh and not only interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams but also provided the solutions to the challenges created by the dreams. In an instant, in a single day, Joseph moved from being an unknown obscure prisoner without hope of freedom to become Prime Minister in Egypt. Some great leap, you would say but that is the doing of God Who alone always has the capacity to take anyone out of the back side of the desert and obscurity into global limelight, relevance, significance and honor. 

It is Time to Emerge 2

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# And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.1^st Chronicles Chapter 4 verses 9 to 10

Stop hiding behind people and institutions. You are not an appendage of such people and institutions. You have your own call and divine platforms for emerging into who and what God designed you to be from the foundation of the world. Come out of hiding, focus on your call and platforms and emerge into the full plans and purposes of God for your life. Significantly, you do not require these people and institutions to access blessings from God. You access blessings from God through the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross and not what you do or do not do for these people and institutions. Therefore, you should not be compelled by anyone or institutions to do what is outside of God’s purview for you while your divine assigned tasks suffer. Refuse to be controlled or manipulated by anyone. Rather, till your land so that you can emerge and bloom.

Cut out standing before unknown men and women. Stay away from activities, institutions and people who do not give you spiritual, physical, mental and financial mileage. They are non-profitable and time wasting. Invest time in profitable activities, institutions and people who give you spiritual, physical, mental and financial mileage.

Move to Rehoboth NOW

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Rehoboth is the place of great fruitfulness; increase, refreshing still waters and opportunities. Rehoboth is the land of divine opportunities patiently waiting for you. Your Rehoboth is a city set on a hill which cannot be hidden. Your Rehoboth is where global visibility, significance and relevance awaits you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Global visibility and fame is for the purpose of feeding the lambs of God, tending the sheep of God and feeding the sheep of God. It is not to celebrate you but the great grace of God upon your life.

Significantly, your Rehoboth is a place free of limitations,, spite, ill will, hatred, envy and wickedness so that you can expand and make progress as God would have you progress. The Philistines clogged the wells in order to spite Isaac. If they had a need for the wells, they would not have clogged them with dirt and debris. Rather, they would have used the water for profitable agricultural and even nonagricultural activities.

Spite is a tool of the enemy used by his human agents to avert or slow down the plans and purposes of God for a believer’s life. There are quite a number of instances of such in the Bible. Spite is used by the enemy to wound a person’s spirit through humiliation whether in public or private. The intent is to incapacitate the person from moving forward.

Peninah for instance already had children and enjoyed her husband’s wealth and therefore had no business mocking Hannah who had none then. Yet, Peninah consistently used spite against Hannah by ridiculing and mocking Hannah daily simply because Hannah had not had children then. Though Peninah succeeded and made Hannah’s life miserable, it was only for a while because one day, God opened the eyes of Hannah to who she – a daughter of Zion. Thereafter, Hannah dried her tears and took her case to the God of all creation Who said that none would be barren in His house. Hannah became the mother of children named in Elkanah’s genealogy. Significantly, not one of the many children of Peninah were mentioned in the genealogy of Elkanah.

Move Up Higher 2

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You carry sunshine – in the love, enthusiasm, optimism, joy of the Holy Spirit, comfort, encouragement as well as the unshakeable faith in God to always come through for His own which you share. Do not allow anyone or circumstances to cloud your vision and dampen your enthusiasm and love for the people of God.

Sunshine brings joy, warmth and happiness to lives and people. Continue to radiate that sunshine. Continue to share the love, enthusiasm, optimism, joy of the Holy Spirit, comfort, encouragement, faith in God. Continue to strengthen the people of God by the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. Continue to carry your sunshine and let go of rain clouds and thunderstorms and lightning strikes. You do not need the rain clouds and thunderstorms. You need your sunshine.

Significantly, you are the only one who can make other people place a high value on you. You are also the only one who can make people look down on you. Therefore, surround yourself with people who have a revelation of you; that is people who know and understand the divine deposits of God in you; who appreciate those deposits and value them. They are the ones who will truly appreciate you and remunerate you accordingly. Pharaoh and his court had a revelation of who Joseph was. They wasted no time in making him the Prime Minister of the land despite the fact that Joseph was a foreigner who was hastily brought out of prison to stand before Pharaoh that morning. Nebuchadnezzar had the right revelation of Daniel and his three friends. He rewarded them accordingly. Significantly, your intrinsic value in Christ Jesus should define your self-worth, value judgments and relationships.

Move Up Higher

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When God called Abraham, God blessed Abraham alongside his wife Sarah and blessed him and increased him. He became the father of many nations and increased on all sides, spiritually, physically, mentally, materially and financially. Please read Genesis Chapters 12 verses 1 to 9, 13 verses 1 to 4, 24 verses 34 to 35, 12 verses 10 to 16 and 20 verses 1 to 8.

Divine enlargement is progressive – Proverbs Chapter 4 verse 18, Genesis Chapter 26 verses 12 to 14; righteous life, patience, diligence (smart and hard work), Genesis Chapter 29 verses 15 to end, 30 verses 1 to 31, 32, 33. See also Psalm 115 verses 12 to 14, 80 verses 9 to 11. Increase, progressive increase is of God. The will of God is for you to grow from one level of grace, wisdom, knowledge, understanding, parenting, marital relations, and financial, spiritual, physical, mental and material increase to another. That is why the word of God says that the glory of the latter house shall be greater than the former. Please read Haggai Chapter 2 verse 9; and that the path of the righteous is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day (Proverbs Chapter 4 verse 18).

Beloved, you have not seen your best days yet. The glory of the latter house shall be greater than the former. Please see Haggai Chapter 2 verse 9. Therefore, do not relax on your oars. Get moving towards the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Please see Philippians Chapter 3 verses 12 to 14. Move up higher, beyond what you think is the core of success but which is actually just the beginning of success, in point of fact, baby steps to success.

This is just the beginning. You have not seen your best days yet, your great victories yet. There is so much more to come. Real success is ahead, waiting patiently for you. But you must be willing to move beyond the present successes you are dancing around so that you can get to the pinnacle of success. No seasoned fisherman who fishes for sharks goes fishing in a lake just as no seeker of diamonds looks for them in a cassava farm. Stop looking for diamonds where you are presently. Seek diamonds where they can be found. Therefore, take the required leap of faith which you urgently require to move higher into the plans and purposes of God for your life.

Paint the Future

 Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The future is not an unnamed date; set far away from you by billions and zillions of seconds and minutes. It is not in hundreds, thousands and millions of days which appear far away from you; probably hiding in the stratosphere. Beloved, the future is TODAY, in point of fact, NOW.

The future is therefore what you draw or paint into the beautiful canvass which is either sitting or standing in front of your right now. The future is NOW; THE THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS AS WELL AS RELATIONSHIPS WHICH YOU PLANT INTO IT NOW; and not tomorrow or a later date which you assume or hope will not show up soon.

The future is NOW; asking you to take a quality decision, act positively in the light of the truth of the word of God which you know. Please read Jeremiah Chapter 29 verse 11. The future is NOW; asking you to seek knowledge to break down and destroy the mountains of ignorance holding you down.

The future is NOW; asking you to forget an unproductive past which is weighing you down spiritually, mentally and to an extent physically so that you can focus on the great and new things which God wants to do in your life. Please read Isaiah Chapter 43 verse 19.

The future is NOW; asking you to kill procrastination, and laziness as well as giving of excuses so that you can be productive; to fruit and multiply into abundance.

Look Around You/Within You 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Beloved, I pray that God in His infinite mercy and compassion as well as love and great grace will open your eyes of understanding to see what you have to see either around you or within you so that you can speedily and effortlessly move to your next level in Christ Jesus in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

The disciples of Jesus Christ were looking too far for the food resources required to feed the multitudes.  While they worried about where to source such resources at such a time of the day in the location they were at; they were unaware that Jesus Who was with them is also the God Who always multiplies and compounds resources for His own. Unknown to them, the seemingly little bread and fish available to them where they were; were more than enough food resources to feed the multitude. The disciples did not have the revelation of Jesus Christ as the One Who always multiplies and compounds resources for His own. The left over baskets opened their eyes of understanding to the immense resources and capacities at their disposal.

Peter probably understood this well when he had to source for the tax money from the mouth of a fish and not from anyone. It was from his regular trade and significantly from the mouth of a fish. He did not even have to take the trouble of looking for a buyer for caught fish. The money he required was patiently waiting for him in the mouth of a fish. All he had to do was catch the fish - make the effort to go where the fish was and get it out.

The four lepers who attempted to surrender to the Syrian army who besieged Samaria is a classic example of people who knew where to go seek the resources they were after. What they wanted was just around them and rather than starve to death, they chose the option of surrendering to the Syrian army. Fortunately for the lepers, the army of Syria had fled the scene of occupation and were no longer a threat to both the people of Samaria and the lepers.  Rather, their bountiful supplies which were targeted for a long siege were now the property of the people of Samaria and the four lepers.