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ENGAGING THE LAWS OF SUCCESS (II)

ENGAGING THE LAWS OF SUCCESS (II)

The laws of success are those rules that spells out how success can be achieved. Last week, we learnt about the law of mental work and hard work. Truly, until you sit down, think and take actions, you will get nowhere (Proverbs 22:29). The Laws include:

 

  1. Law of investing in Knowledge and Insight: Knowledge is being abreast with all the information you need. Investing in knowledge means sacrificing money, time and energy on materials for a worthwhile purpose. You can only advance in life if you invest in knowledge (Proverbs 4:7, 2Peter1:5)

 

What do I do in order to invest in knowledge?

  1. Fear God: you should gear God because He desires you to prosper (Proverbs1:7, Deuteronomy 8:18, 3 John1:2)
  2. Meditate on God’s word: if you must succeed, then meditate on God’s word (Joshua 1:8)
  3. Have a heart that is willing to learn and search: if you don’t have this heart, you will not go far. (Proverbs 18:15)
  4. Accept discipline: discipline is not sweet but you must accept it if you must succeed (Proverbs 12:1)

 

  1. Law of Life Coaching: Life is the period between your birth and death. A Life coach is simply having someone that will teach you to organize your life. If you live carelessly in this world without anybody directing your life, you will die before your time (1 John 2:15-17)

If you weren’t taught, you would not have known how to brush your teeth, birth yourself or feed yourself; it is the same with mentorship.

Mentorship is not hero worship but God’s wisdom for speedy accomplishments. It is riding on the shoulders of someone who is ahead of you in order to avoid his mistakes and advance your destiny. You have a lot of good things in your heart but it takes a wise mentor to draw them out (Proverbs 20:5)

 

Important Quotes:

  • Life is too short to be trekking; living without a mentor is like trekking from Owerri to Maiduguri for a job interview.
  • Struggling and frustration will continue until you subscribe to a mentor.
  • You are still where you are because you are comfortable there.
  • No place is too far to go in the search for knowledge.

 

Prayer line: Father today, I receive grace to invest in knowledge and submit to mentorship in the name of Jesus, Amen!

 

Becoming A True Soldier Part 3: Prerequisite Training For True Soldiers

Becoming A True Soldier Part 3: Prerequisite Training For True Soldiers

The need for this prerequisite training in becoming true soldiers cannot be over emphasized especially as it helps the believer to overcome spiritual carelessness and recklessness. Basically, every statement in the New Testament is a charge for warfare because the devil will never allow you to serve God in peace. Three tools the devil uses against the believer are: accusation, temptation and deception (Ephesians 6:11)

Via deception, the devil tries to make the believer go for the fake instead of the truth. The only way out of this scheme is to know the truth and the fake will be exposed. If you don’t know the truth, you’ll be a victim of the fake.

 

Characteristics of the fake

  1. It resembles the truth
  2. It is more attractive than the truth
  3. It is cheaper than the truth
  4. It competes more favorably with the original
  5. It is accompanied with less responsibility.

The first training of the true soldier like we talked about last week is the training of the sword of the spirit which is the word of God. Following what we’ve just understood about “fake”, angels of darkness may appear as angels of light and the only way to overcome them is to equip yourself with God’s word. Attempting to fight the devil without the word, is exposure to risk (Ephesians 6:13, 17, Isaiah 54:17, 1John 4:4, 2Timothy 4:3-4, 1Corinthians 2:4-5)

Why do you need the training of the word?

  1. To strengthen your faith. (Romans 8:38, Hebrews 10:38, 1Corinthians 4:7-8)

Note that God’s word functions to raise your faith base. Ask God to increase your faith because once your faith fails, everything has failed.

Prayer Line: Oh Lord! Increase my faith to remain strong in you, Amen.

 

 

Engaging The Laws of Success

Engaging The Laws of Success

Study Scripture: Joshua 1:8

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. (NKJV)

Have you ever wondered why two people of the same social class don’t succeed at the same pace? It is simply because one is obeying the laws of success and the other is not.

What are these laws?

  1. The law of positive and scriptural thinking (Proverbs 4:23): you can never grow beyond the way you think. What is happening in your life today is a direct consequence of the way you think. Your life, family, finances and health are the way they are because of the way you think. The most important change you must make in your life is to change the way you think. It is not the environment that makes people but people make the environment. Success starts first and foremost in the mind. Until you begin to accept problem-solving as a lifestyle you will remain grounded. You don’t need more money rather you need a change in your mentality about money. You don’t need a better husband; what you need is a right mindset towards your husband.

Why do you need to think differently?

  1. You have a life to live
  2. You have a ministry to pursue
  3. You have a family to raise.

How do you change the way you think?

  1. You must embrace problem-solving as a lifestyle (John 2:1-9)
  2. You must be a committed writer and reader.

 

  1. The law of hardwork (Proverbs 22:29, Proverbs 12:11, 10:4): The first instruction that God gave man is work. Poverty answers to laziness. Your future is not a place you are going to, it is happening everyday. Hardwork will defeat talent if talent does not work hard. Start working hard to meet up with your goals.

Success comes by the combination of mental work, hard work and positive speaking (Ephesians 3:20)

Prayer line: Oh Lord, empower my mind to be productive on every side in Jesus name. Amen!

Becoming a True Spiritual Soldier Part 12

Becoming a True Spiritual Soldier Part 12

A true soldier does not quit even in the midst of harsh conditions. He is totally under the control of his master. Being a child of God is a demand; you do not need to be cajoled. Becoming a true soldier is by volunteer. A true soldier does not break his rank, nor release secrets of the army. He encourages people to be part of the army through soul wining. A true soldier dies for the kingdom. Previously, we learnt that the first training a true soldier must undergo is the training of the Word.

Why the training of the word?

  1. So that you will not become a victim of spiritual carelessness and recklessness
  2. So that you will not become a victim of spiritual kidnappers
  3. So that you will not become a victim of spiritual manipulation (Genesis 3:1, 2 Corinthians 2 : 10-11)
  4. So that you will not become a victim of spiritual deception (2 Corinthians 11:3)

The devil operates in these three forms:

  1. Temptation
  2. Accusation (Revelation 12:10)
  3. Deception

In order to overcome the devil’s oppression in your life and remain effective as a true soldier, you must subscribe to spiritual sensitivity.

Further Scriptures: Jude 1:3, Luke 4:13, Revelation 9:21, Luke 4:8, Philippians 2:12

Prayer line: Oh God, I subdue every deceptive voice of the devil against my life and family in Jesus name. AMEN.

 Spiritual song:

Lord create in me a clean heart

                                            and renew the right spirit within me

                                            sanctify me by the fire of your holiness

                                            and I’ll forever be praising your holy name