Ephesians 5:15-16- "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil"
Many reasons can cause procrastination and these include such common reasons like lack of proper perspective and poorntime management, perfectionism, fear of failure and lack of self confidence.
This trait called procastination affects all facets of life adversely, it can cause failure in your education, marriage , loss of jobs , loss of opportunities to make right decisions concerning your life or choice of employment. It can also cause loss of opportunity to evangelise to someone.
Once i carried someone in my car who didn't recognise as someone I had carried many months before and I almost lost opportunity to speak to her as we began to discuss frivolities because it was pleasurable to do so then but the Holy Spirit helped me and I was able to get on track and evangelise to her and that is when she recalled we had met before and she declared she was highly pleased to hear the word, I was filled with joy and since then I haven't seen her again. I am glad I didn't procrastinate.
There are many results of procastination and one of them is feeling uncomfortable about putting off essential or urgent tasks, it also causes decreased productivity in academics, family life and business, thereby living in disobedience to God's word in Colossians 3:23 " And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;" Procastination can also lead to eternal damnation in hell if you put off your salvation. Think about it dear ones.
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Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Procrastination
Monday, 17 March 2014
Offence
Mathew24:10- And then many will be offended and repelled and will begin to distrust and desert and will stumble and fall away and betray one another and pursue one another with hatred.
Rudeness, quick tempers, and holding grudges seem to be very common today. We all look for reasons to hold onto anger and bitterness justifying it and forgetting that God said we should forgive seventy times seventy and as children of God we live our lives according to the directions of the word of God. Offence is a bait by the devil to ensare Christains and usually succeeds when we take our eyes away from our Lord Jesus Christ, it also affects our growth in our relationship with God. It takes us far away from his blessings.
Offence in us creates room for other wrong seeds of the devil like hatred to be implanted in us causing deterioration in our spiritual lives. Refuse to be entrapped by the devil because his entrapment leads to destruction and death.
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Friday, 14 March 2014
Unconditional love!
Ephesians 1:4 ( ERV)-In Christ, he chose us before the world was made. He chose us in love to be his holy people—people who could stand before him without any fault.
We must get comfortable with the fact that God loves us unconditionally. W e can not do any thing to destroy that love because he gave his son Jesus Christ to die for us while we were yet sinners to reconcile us to himself.
As long as we think his love is conditional, we strive to earn it by proving we are worth of love therefore when we make mistakes we feel we have lost his love and this is not so.
If your child misbehaves, does he or she cease to be your child ? No! You are sad or upset and will correct the child and is ready to forgive the child even before he or she shows remorse because the wrong does not make he or she not be your child anymore the same applies to a born again child of God.
Believe this as a child of God.
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Saturday, 8 March 2014
God's thoughts
Jer 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
God thinks good for and plans good for you, commit your life to him and he will order your steps into good and marvelous things.
Happy Sunday.
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Wednesday, 12 February 2014
LOVE
Treat everyone you meet with dignity.” (1 Peter 2:17 MSG)
Loving like Jesus means you must value others the way Jesus values you.You are a child of the king. God created you, and Christ gave his life for you. The Bible says in 1 Peter 1:19, “The ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver. It was the precious blood of Christ” (NLT). How much are you worth? Look at the cross. Jesus was willing to die for you. God was willing to give his Son for you. That’s how valuable you are.Jesus wants you to give that kind of value to everybody else — even the people you can’t stand. Christ says, “I love them this much (arms spread wide on the cross). So I expect you, my child, to love these people the same way I love them because I died for them, not just you. Treat them the same way I treat them. Value them the way I value them.”
The Bible says, “Treat everyone you meet with dignity” (1 Peter 2:17 MSG).How do you do that? One way you treat others with dignity is by looking at them, giving them your attention, and listening to them.One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Mark 10:21. Jesus was walking down the street, and a young entrepreneur came up to him and asked him a question. Jesus’ response was that he “looked at him and loved him” (NIV). He looked, and he loved. You can’t love without looking!When your waitress serves you or the grocery store cashier tries to speak with you and you don’t give them your attention, you’re not being very loving. Love looks, and love listens.Think of and even write down the name of someone you know who has low self esteem. Then, determine this week to show acceptance to that person and affirm his or her value to you and to God. When everybody else treats that person like an outcast or like she doesn’t matter, you can make her feel like she matters, because she does. She matters to God, so she should matter to you.
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Monday, 10 February 2014
Nothing is useless!
…God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen…to bring to nothing the things that are.
1 Corinthians 1:27–28
God Uses What Man Deems Useless
There was once an old donkey that decided to go somewhere deserted to spend its last days. It found a suitable place, laid down and died after a few days. God looked down at the donkey and said, “I can’t use this donkey.”
Along came the vultures and foxes, picking off chunks of flesh from the donkey. It was a sorry sight. God looked down at the donkey and said, “I still can’t use this donkey.” Then, the ants and other critters of the wilderness came, and cleared up what the vultures and foxes had left behind. The donkey was now just a skeleton, but God still couldn’t use it.
Days and weeks passed, the burning sun scorching the bones of the donkey till they were totally dry and white. God looked down at what was left of the donkey and said, “Now I can use the donkey!”
Then along came Samson with his seven locks dancing in the wind. The man looked around for a weapon to wield against his enemies, and found…just an old dried up jawbone of a donkey. And with the seemingly useless and worthless jawbone, he slew a thousand men (Judges 15:11–17).
My friend, God uses what the world deems useless and past its shelf life to accomplish amazing feats. That’s just His style. So if people have written you off, called you “useless” or treated you as insignificant, get ready! God can and is about to use you to do the impossible. He’ll transform and empower you to do what you and your critics never dreamed possible!
As long as you are created by God you are useful!
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Monday, 3 February 2014
"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night."Psalm 1:1–2
Run With God’s CounselIn today’s scripture, we see the psalmist describing the habits of a man that cause him to be blessed by the Lord. Notice how the blessed man “walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.”This means that the blessed man doesn’t depend on the advice of “experts” who are independent of and don’t honor God. Neither does he follow those who plot the downfall of others in order to prosper. And he doesn’t participate in cynical coffee shop talk! The man who does these things then is someone who doesn’t trust the Lord but fallible man and self. And he doesn’t meditate on God’s ways, but the ways of the world.Beloved, don’t choose this path. Choose instead to trust wholeheartedlyin Jesus by meditating day and night on His Word and His ways. And it will be a matter of time before you experience His blessings and success in all that you do!
Take this to heart because when meditate on God's word day and night, we soon begin to fulfil the desires of the Spirit and not of the flesh.
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