Mar 27, 2017 |
“And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” Mark 8:32-33
What type of influence are you making now in your area of opportunity?
Peter was influential in the team of Jesus Christ to the extent that he could pull Jesus aside to chip in a word on the current situation.
Of course this particular advice was from his head not from God.
What is the source of your advice on your area of influence?
Do you give advice from a selfish beneficial viewpoint or you genuinely give the total counsel of God ?
There was another unique occasion where Peter spoke by the inspiration of God and said the right response to the Lord.
Let’s always check the advice that we give people under our influence that they are genuinely from God.
As someone that receives advice or listen to people you have to identify the source of the counsel you are being given.
In this instance our Lord was able to instantly know where Peter’s counsel was coming from.
Always take time to check from God what advice you should follow.
Remember when Jethro the father in law of Moses visited him he gave him counsel on delegation. However he asked him to check with God first before implementing the advice that he gave him.
“If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”Exodus 18:23
We should always check with God what is influencing us or what influences are we impacting on people
Watch what influence you bring to the people in your domain and watch how you are influenced too.
Mar 24, 2017 |
“When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” — Exodus 32:1
When the Israelites waited for a while for Moses to come down and he did not their focus shifted. They were ready to make do with an alternative and a very bad alternative for that matter.
What has God promised you that appeared to be taking long?
Are you comparing yourself with others people thereby getting impatient with God and you are contemplating an alternative.
As we saw with the Israelites their impatience grew to desperation and they made a substitute to God.
God is faithful and His delays are not denials.
Don’t be pressured into hasty decisions.
He that believeth does not make haste.
Therefore don’t make hasty impatient decisions that will leave you with bad consequences thereafter .
For the vision is for an appointed time even though it tarries wait for it will surely come pass.
Hold on to the promises of God and keep praising Him.
HE is at work.
Mar 22, 2017 |
Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.” John 19:22
When Pilate was asked to rewrite what he had written on the cross about Jesus he refused and defiantly stated that it is irreversible.
Do you know what God has purposed about you can not be cancelled.?.
He told Jeremiah that he knew him before he was formed in his Mother’s womb and subsequently guided Jeremiah to fulfill his purpose in life.
God who is the Alpha and Omega has written down your purposeful life even before you were born.
Know today that the enemy cannot rewrite your life no matter what you are going through.
Stay faithful it’s all going to add up.
Yes Joseph started with his dreams and as events unfolded it appeared his life has been rewritten but God who says HE has stretched out His hand of purpose on Joseph surely fulfilled his dreams.
No matter what story your life is telling now know that the purpose of God will triumph in your life. Stay true to your purpose in life.
Jesus Christ the same Yesterday Today and Forever will surely bring it to pass. Don’t give up on yourself.
His thoughts towards you are thoughts of peace to bring you to your expected end .
Don’t say negative things about yourself and what God has written about you can not be rewritten.
Mar 20, 2017 |
Would you have blamed Thomas for missing the first meeting where Jesus appeared ?
“But Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.”John 20:24
Jesus did not blame Thomas for not been at his first appearance to the disciples and their was no record that the other disciples did.
You may say that God is all knowing that’s why He did not blame him.
Here we see a rare example of of understanding and tolerance.
Today Pastors ,leaders blame others for missing meeting. In fact some Pastors would have publicly castigated Thomas and set up a committee to investigate why he missed the meeting and come up with recommendations of sanctions to give him.
The example of our Lord showed understanding and love even when Thomas doubted HE still lovingly proved Himself to him and Blessings flowed from that encounter to generations of believers till today.
How do you respond to other believer that appears weak ?
Please strengthen them.
Go all the way like Jesus did to allay all their fears and doubts
If someone is absent at a crucial meeting let’s lovingly reach out and impact the blessings on them.
Don’t play the blame and judging game. Reach out and be there for that person
Mar 17, 2017 |
“As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. “Acts 24:25
Each time you speak what impact does your conversation have on others?
In the above scriptures Paul was speaking to Felix who wanted to hear him. The content of his conversation had effects on the listener.
What effects do your own conversation have on your listeners?
“Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.” Psalm 50:23
We can see from the life of Paul that when he speaks the contents of his speech was rich and always had impact.
Of course he was following Jesus Christ’s example.
What’s in your conversation?
Does it even have content? Sometimes we open our mouth just to speak and just compete with the other speakers.
Let us always think before we speak.
Let your conversation be rich and meaningful so that it can have the desired impact. Don’t just speak for the sake of speaking.
Sometimes silence is Golden.
When you speak from your “heart” does such project you as a child of God?
Let’s watch our conversation and let it have meaningful content that will have results that blesses the hearers and much more Glorify God.
