Month: December 2022

“23. Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.”

One of the aspect we do little about ourselves is, taking care of our health, what we eat, when we sleep, resting time and our attitude with work. Most time, we break down before getting treatment. We apply faith concerning our health instead of treatment. You need to know that, our Fathers in the Lord do go for check ups, they are guided by Professional Doctors who instruct them on what to eat, drink, when to rest and even how many hours they can stand daily. Spirituality doesn’t work without the ‘physicality’, Yes, it’s a body that’s well taken care of that can stand to minister. We’ve heard and seen ministers who died during ministration, wealthy men die untimely death, the poor also die because of lack of care for our health, we need to be concerning about our health.

Apostle Paul was speaking to Timothy to take care of his health even when it involves taking a wine but “little”, meaning, He also believe in treating oneself with medication. Apostle Paul would have directed him to start praying and fasting but No, he gave him treatment. Get the needed rest, treatment and eat well. Not all sickness you will hand over to God, many have died in this process. Treat yourself well before getting sick. It’ll cause you little than when you are down. Eat well and sleep well, see the doctor if you can, it’s high time you take your health serious.

Good Morning and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“7. And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

8. But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

9. There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

No one is ready for greatness without being discipline. To be discipline is to put oneself under control at all times. It goes beyond respecting people, it includes how we manage our time, our resources, what we lust after, what we say to people and how we treat ourselves. It’s also includes our spiritual lives, how we manage work and family. To be discipline is all encompassing. Eating habit, talking habit, fashion habit and decision taking, one needs to handle these area importantly. 

From the story of Joseph, how would it have be if he wasn’t discipline when his boss’ wife lusted after him, if he had granted her wish, will he ever rose to the position of prime minister of Egypt? When we are discipline, it denies us some pleasures but the gain is always far greater than the pain. To be discipline present you qualified for your rightful place. It also involves doing the right thing at the right time and doing it rightly. How discipline are you? We need to be strict with ourselves in order to have a better us everywhere we go. To be Discipline is more powerful than to be anointed because anointing without discipline is failure. Learn to discipline yourself always, by so doing you are treating yourself well.

Good Morning and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“6. And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: BUT DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSELF IN THE LORD HIS GOD.

  

There are times we are faced with situations that we aren’t prepared for, an unexpected circumstances that makes your friends, even family and household turn against you. Some times those you look up to and depend on become your most dangerous enemies in such a time, we need to encourage ourselves. When help become very scares here and there. In situations when we pray and it seems our prayers couldn’t go beyond the roof. We need to encourage ourselves and find solace in God to be who He destined us to be.

Judges 11:1-3.

Jephthah was the first son of Gilead, a child out of wedlock. He was a mighty man and a warrior, but lived in his father’s house until the time his younger ones sent him packing. All Jephthah could do was to encourage himself in the situation. He looked within him and focus on what he knows how to do best. The scripture said “he found worthless men around himself” and went on to become great that the elders in Gilead needed to search for him in days of trouble.

It’s time to encourage yourself in that situation. Stop looking for who to believe in you. Believe in yourself and move on. Get up and motivate yourself. No more explanation, it’s time to act rightly and let go of what people say or do. The scripture said, “and David encouraged himself in the Lord” it’s your turn to encourage yourself in the lord, get up and start all over then you will realise what you are capale of.

Good Morning and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“17. And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

18. Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.”

It’s unfortunate that many develop others, contribute in other’s growth but never made any attempt to develop themself. Some believe they are too old to learn new things, acquire new knowledge or change their trade, it’s time to start developing yourself. It’s time to stretch yourself beyond your present ability. Start up and increase your capability. Learn things about your area of specification and more.

David was a Shepherd boy in the bush, he chose to develop himself in other areas. Right in the bush he learnt playing harps, (instrument), to use sling, boldness in facing challenges and increased in wisdom, these qualities made Him a better person to stand before King Saul, to defeat Goliath and to reign over Israel. Your new found skills is what will present you before the great not just that usual talent. What people see in you that’s different is what will make them look for you. May be your present situation look like that of David who was kept in the bush while others enjoyed at home, it’s an avenue to increase yourself not a ‘sorry/pity case’. Develop yourself with everything around you in that bush, in that condition and you will be preferred to others. You need to increase your intake so your output can be increased. Look around yourself, what do you need to develop, your marriage, your carrier, your ministry, your spiritual life, your academics or your life generally? Thank God it’s the end of the year, list out areas you need to work on yourself, stretch yourself beyond your limit, and see how far you will expand this coming year. Stop seeing reasons why it’s not possible, just determine to increase your capability and you will find yourself flying high, start developing yourself.

Good Morning and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“7. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.”

Being the second day of our discussion on “How Do You Treat Yourself?”, you need to celebrate yourself, Yes, Celebrate your achievement and your accomplishments, don’t always be down when things go the other way, learn to celebrate yourself. Give yourself some break and make Merry. No matter how many times you’ve failed or fallen, find time and celebrate yourself because you are not a failure, you only discovered how things won’t work. 

We all read about King Solomon of Israel, with all His discoveries, He said vanity upon vanity is vanity but that doesn’t stop you from giving your self a treat once in a while. You don’t need to be rich like Solomon before celebrating, you don’t need a thousands of million Naira, Dollar or pounds sterling before celebrating, all you need is to give yourself some break from all the struggles, find a place and relax all your muscles, veins, and body system, get a lunch and a drink (Non alcoholic) to give yourself a treat. Rejoice as if nothing is troubling you, like a new baby who care not for how the next suckling will be provided. This will elongate your life the more and ease your body system. Stop the saying in Yoruba adage “Ojo ‘iku lojo isinmi” meaning “Until You’re Laid To Rest Till You get yourself a Rest” No, rest come when you decide to take it. Give yourself a break and celebrate yourself not until you achieved all you desires. Find time to celebrate yourself this season, you’ve been celebrating others; sending gifts and messages for their birthday and anniversary: no one will do it better for you except you do. Come on, let’s start celebrating ourselves in our little way.

Good Morning and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

“31. And the second is like, namely this, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. There is none other commandment greater than these.”

Our Lord Jesus revealed secrets that we need to know. One of the greatest things Jesus did was to give us two commandment while He was on earth which we, as Christians, hardly obey the two completely. Jesus said, in Mark 12:29-31  

“29. And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

30. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.”

We are to love three sets of People while on earth, we are to Love God First, secondly we are to love ourselves, and thirdly, we’re to love our neighbors. It’ll be very hard for us to completely obey the three, especially when we do the first, and leave out the second, hoping to do the third. We prove to love the Lord our God and then try to love our neighbours without loving ourselves First.

“THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF.

You must first love yourself, i’m not talking about being Selfish, but what you desire for yourself should be what you desire for others. When you take good care of yourself that’s when you can do same to others. 

How do love yourself? If you love yourself you wouldn’t take what’s dangerous to health, you will stick to God’s commandment and instructions since they are for you. To love yourself is too avoid anything that will be detrimental to your life. Jesus said, …”Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbour As Thyself… If you don’t love yourself you can’t love your neighbour, you are just a pretender. Love yourself first before you can love others. It’s time we start loving ourselves before loving or showing love to others. Love Yourself.

Good Morning and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.

41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”

42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees,

43 and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, and said, “ There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”

44 Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”

Christians often pray and fast for positive prophecies to come to be but are we really sensitiveness to the timing and God’s move? Is your spiritual antenna active? Are we sensitive to know how He’s going to bring those prophecies to pass or we are praying and fasting without watching? Do you care to listen to His instructions? Are you acting on them, and is your response to his order complete or partial?

Elijah, received the prophecy, declared it to the King by faith and went on to pray about it fulfillment, and still, He was very sensitive as He was praying.

The sensitivity of Abraham was the reason he invited the angels of God home and fed them, How sensitive are we? Many of us due to lack of sensitivity has fought with our angels, burnt the bridge crossing to prophecies. If you are sensitive and consistent with God, there will be flow of relationship at every point. You will be in tune with the timing to the fulfilment of His promised. Sensitivity opens your eyes to opportunities, and makes you see obstacle as opportunity.

Be sensitive. Be on the look out. Don’t relegate anyone because anyone can be an instrument In the hand of God for the fulfillment of those Prophecies. Be sensitive to eradicate delay in prophecies in you life.

Good Morning and God Bless you.

Happy Birthday to all celebrants and Happy Wedding Anniversary to those celebrating today. May you experience God’s fruitfulness in Jesus Mighty name, Amen.