Sep 7, 2020 |
What If
“Joseph’s brothers realized what their father’s death could mean. So they thought, “What if Joseph holds a grudge against us? What if he decides to pay us back for all the evil we did to him?” “They sent a messenger to Joseph to say, “Before your father died, he commanded us,”‘This is what you should say to Joseph, “I’m begging you to forgive the crime and the sin your brothers committed against you. What they did to you was very evil.”‘ So now, please forgive our crime, because we are servants of your father’s God.” Joseph cried when he got their message.”
Genesis 50:15-17 GW
What if?
Many times we speculate and worry ourselves out because of our anxious thoughts.
What is giving you sleepless nights right now?
Joseph’s Brothers in our text were worried.
However, their worries did NOT materialize because Joseph had moved on.
Sometimes the ravaging thoughts that what we allow to hold us back does not exist.
“Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid! I can’t take God’s place.”
Genesis 50:19 GW
” Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. Tell him every detail of your life, then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding will make the answers known to you through Jesus Christ.”
Philippians 4:6-7(TPT)
Remember The 80/20 Rule: the Pareto Principle
It encourages you to identify very productive activities and focus on them instead of worrying about time-wasting activities. …
As you start this new day, week, and month, do away with speculative thoughts and activities.
Again don’t be pulled in different directions worrying on what if?.
Aug 31, 2020 |
The Hero of those dreams
“They said to one another, “Look, here comes the Hero of those dreams! Let’s kill him and throw him into a pit and say that some wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see what happens to those dreams.”
Genesis 37:19-20 (CEV)
Please remain the Hero of your dreams.
Don’t just keep your dreams alive keep them intact.
Joseph did not allow the facts and realities of the day to change his dreams.
Whatever God has shown you, as your destiny believes it.
Don’t allow your current destination to determine your God –give Destiny.
“With flattery, he will corrupt those who abandon the promise. But the people who know their God will be strong and take action.”
Daniel 11:32 ( GW)
Don’t allow flattery and deceitfulness to make you lose focus.
Remain firm in the Lord.
Again don’t let the narratives of your destiny change due to the challenges you are passing through now.
Stand firm and steadfast to your calling.
Did you see what happened to those dreams of Joseph that they mocked and persecuted him with?
His dreams indeed came to pass.
“Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.”
Joshua 21:45 (NIV)
The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word, which he decreed long ago…(Ezekiel 12: 28)
Don’t substitute the characters in your dreams.
Circumstances may want you to confess that that dream is for somebody else.
Be the Hero.
You are the Hero.
Remain the Hero.
“You are blessed for believing that the Lord would keep his promise to you.” Luke 1:45 (GW)
Aug 28, 2020 |
All his commands I give you today
“If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you Today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth. All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:”
Deuteronomy 28:1-2 (NIV)
Today.
That is the keyword to be continuously Blessed.
Do Today, all that God has asked you to do.
You want to be a Blessing and have all the Blessings listed in Deuteronomy 28:1-14?
Start Today by daily doing all that He has mandated you to do.
Yes, you have your TTD. (Things To Do)
Verify which of them is God asking you to do Today.
Focus on getting them done Today.
As that saying goes, “a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step”.
Start Today by obeying God in the daily instructions He gives you.
Abraham obeyed God the very day God told Him to relocate to a place He will show him.
Ditto when HE asked him to sacrifice Isaac.
It was the obedience to His commands that made Him a Blessing.
“If you will only listen and obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, he will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall always have the upper hand.” Deuteronomy 28:13(LB)
Jesus Christ did the same.
He obeyed God’s Daily instructions.
“So Jesus said, “I speak to you timeless truth. The Son is not able to do anything from himself or through my own initiative. I only do the works that I see the Father doing, for the Son does the same works as his Father.” John 5:19(TPT)
Today do all that God is requesting you to do Today.
Aug 24, 2020 |
We are debtors—not to the flesh.
“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.” Romans 8:12 (NKJV)
“Its payback time.”
Definitely, you have heard that expression before.
Or someone tells you I owe you one.
Or much more, “you owe me one.”
We are all debtors to God’s Grace and forgiving Mercy.
Do you sometimes reflect on how much you owe God?
Yes, Jesus Christ paid it all.
Pause and think of what man would be without the redemptive Grace.
Jesus said it is finished.
Can you imagine what it would have been without Salvation?
Definitely, you owe God, not just one but multiples.
Think of His Favor!
Think of His Protection over you 24/7
Think of His uncountable Blessings towards you in so many ways.
When as humans, we can say to one another, “I owe you one.”
Reflect on how much you owe God.
However, as our text emphasized:
The payback is not through your works of the flesh.
It is purely by Daily living right with God.
“O Lord, our God, no one can compare with you. Such wonderful works and miracles are all found with you! And you think of us all the time with your countless expressions of love— far exceeding our expectations! “
Psalms 40:5 (TPT)
You sometimes express that obligation to give back to the family, old school, community, and different places.
What are you giving back to God?
“So, my brothers, we must not live the way our bodies want us to live. We must not be ruled by our wrong ways.” Romans 8:12 (WE)
Give back to God the way HE wants.
Let your life be a continuous thanksgiving to HIM.
Aug 21, 2020 |
Families of honest, innocent, and peace-loving people.
“Think of the bright future waiting for all the families of honest and innocent and peace-loving people. But not a trace will be left of the wicked or their families.” Psalm 37:37-38 (CEV)
What type of family are you raising?
What type of person are you?
What you become has an impact on your family and generations after you.
From the very beginning, God decided that the real influencing factor in this world is the family.
The Godly man is fast becoming extinct!!!
“Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.” Psalm 12:1 (KJV)
Don’t just be concerned about yourself alone.
Think again today about your family’s influence on your community and the world at large.
“But you can tell who are the blameless and spiritually mature. What a different story with them! The godly ones will have a peaceful, prosperous future with a happy ending. Every evil sinner will be destroyed, obliterated. They’ll be utter failures with no future!” Psalm 37:37-38 (TPT)
What type of legacy are you leaving behind?
God said of Abraham that he will guide his family right, and he did.
“I have chosen him to teach his family to obey me forever and to do what is right and fair. Then I will give Abraham many descendants, just as I promised.” Genesis 18:19 (CEV)
“Great blessing and wealth fill the house of the wise, for their integrity endures forever.” Psalm 112:3 (TPT)
What are you teaching your family?
Does your family have a future with God?
Aug 19, 2020 |
You are thinking like everyone else and not like God.
“Then, Jesus explained clearly what he meant. Peter took Jesus aside and told him to stop talking like that. But when Jesus turned and saw the disciples, he corrected Peter. He said to him, “Satan, get away from me! You are thinking like everyone else and not like God.” Mark 8:32-33(CEV)
How are you thinking today?
From whose perspective are you seeing things?
Jesus just told the disciples what was going on and what was going to happen.
Based purely on reasoning facts and logic, Peter responded.
However, God wants us to always see things from His purpose.
Again how are you responding to that challenge?
Are you thinking and responding like everyone?
You are seated with God as a joint heir with Christ.
“He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ!” Ephesians 2:6 (TPT)
Before you respond to that issue or challenge, today, take a step back.
Think and respond like God.
Not like everyone.
What will Jesus do in this situation?
