Faith means having ' good cheer.' Sometimes people around you would think you to be irresponsible of simply 'fanatic.' In our world, considering all the bad news available on the world news, the twenty-first century christian needs a great deal of bouyancy of spirit. ti is a comstant battle in life to stay on top of things - to stay afloat. But taking a cue from the eagle, all we need to do is to spread our wings,our optimism, our faith, our vision ans our Joys and let the wind take us higher. The same wind that is sucking others into a whirpool of despondency, doubt and confusion can take you higher to the mountains.
Faith is knowing 'The lord is my shepherd,' he sees and watches over me. trust that the master cares. Trust that he knows. Trust that he is there listening and knowing and willing to help. The Bible says that he is an ' ....ever-present Help in times of trouble.'
"When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God, we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us for it is written: 'the eyes of the lord runs to and fro the earth.' the sweetest language of experience is ' Thou God that sees me.' When the eyes of the soul, looking up, meet the eyes of god looking in, heaven has begun right hear on earth." A.W. Tozer
What goes on in your mind when the trouble wont go away? When God takes his time and you are loosing ground? Faith is when you dont have all the facts straightened out; when the midnight has seemed soo long and God probably might have gone on vacation; when the clouds seem to have blotted out the tiny sparks of hope from the stars and yet you say " Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him"
Friday, February 1, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Faith
Faith is the holding out of the soul. It is an art of wading out into uncharted waters with an anchor's hold on the eternal faithfullness of an unseen God.
Faith is that willingness to dangle on a thread of hope based on the word of God instead of a stand on a rock of physical evidences.
Leaning on the bases of God's word as a foundation for certainty in an uncertain world with shifting shadows and grounds that give way; walking on the seas of life not bothering about who is responsible for carrying our weight; trusting the Holy Spirit to guide us in our Journey to a land he will yet show us, is the surest way to please God. A.W. Tozer put it this way:
" faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues...
Faith is occupied with the object upon wich it
rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While
we are looking at God we do not see ourself -
blessed riddance."
When we take our gaze off ourself that is the beginning of faith's adventure. ther is nothing as risky as not having faith in this adventure. to take cities for God, you must have developed a habit of sticking to God with a tenacity that says to God "where else can i go from your presence." To attempt great things you must have a knack for hearing only what God is saying through his word. This is the only gaurantee of land and a sare harbour. Nicolas of Cusa wrote 400 years ago:
"When all my endeavor is turned towards thee because all thy endeavour is turned towards me; when I look unto thee with all my attention, nor ever turn aside the eyes of my mind of my mind because thou dost enfold me with the constant regard; when I direct my love towardsthee alone because thou, who art love's self, has turned thee towards me alone, and what lord is my life save that embrace wherein thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly enfold me?"
Faith is dwelling in the secret place of the most High. It is not visiting there but living there all the days of your life. I have been through situationsof despair even to the point where the shadows of death loomed all around; where the battle lines were drawn and a host encamped against. In the fray and cries of battle all around me, I chose to stay in his pavillion... His secret place. I turned the battle and challenges over to God the Lord of Hosts and chose his rest. There you cease from all your labour and toils and stand on his word "it is finished."
Faith is that willingness to dangle on a thread of hope based on the word of God instead of a stand on a rock of physical evidences.
Leaning on the bases of God's word as a foundation for certainty in an uncertain world with shifting shadows and grounds that give way; walking on the seas of life not bothering about who is responsible for carrying our weight; trusting the Holy Spirit to guide us in our Journey to a land he will yet show us, is the surest way to please God. A.W. Tozer put it this way:
" faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues...
Faith is occupied with the object upon wich it
rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While
we are looking at God we do not see ourself -
blessed riddance."
When we take our gaze off ourself that is the beginning of faith's adventure. ther is nothing as risky as not having faith in this adventure. to take cities for God, you must have developed a habit of sticking to God with a tenacity that says to God "where else can i go from your presence." To attempt great things you must have a knack for hearing only what God is saying through his word. This is the only gaurantee of land and a sare harbour. Nicolas of Cusa wrote 400 years ago:
"When all my endeavor is turned towards thee because all thy endeavour is turned towards me; when I look unto thee with all my attention, nor ever turn aside the eyes of my mind of my mind because thou dost enfold me with the constant regard; when I direct my love towardsthee alone because thou, who art love's self, has turned thee towards me alone, and what lord is my life save that embrace wherein thy delightsome sweetness doth so lovingly enfold me?"
Faith is dwelling in the secret place of the most High. It is not visiting there but living there all the days of your life. I have been through situationsof despair even to the point where the shadows of death loomed all around; where the battle lines were drawn and a host encamped against. In the fray and cries of battle all around me, I chose to stay in his pavillion... His secret place. I turned the battle and challenges over to God the Lord of Hosts and chose his rest. There you cease from all your labour and toils and stand on his word "it is finished."
The 80/20 Principle
The 80/20 principle teaches us that by focussing 80% our efforts , resources and competitive advantages on 20% our most important activities, we gain the highest return on our input. If only we focused on our top 20 priorities we can end up achieving 80% of the results we desire.
John Maxwell has this advice to give: "control your day or your day will control you. Dont fill your day with the request of others. The issue is not prioritising your schedule but scheduling your priorities"
John Maxwell has this advice to give: "control your day or your day will control you. Dont fill your day with the request of others. The issue is not prioritising your schedule but scheduling your priorities"
Monday, January 28, 2008
OUR MISSION
Through Strong evangelistic campaigns first starting around Nigeria the first quarter of this year then we will spread out to other parts of Africa Asia and Europe. Our mission is to depopulate the kingdom of darkness and fill the media with the good news of Jesus and His love..
We Have our messages dubbed and are getting partners to participate in the distribution of the tapes and CDs to the unchurched.
Our ministry believes strongly in personal evangelism and on a one-on-one train and send method of propagating the kingdom message. Jesus did not only call us to get people saved but also to make them disciples. Dr. 'Chick' Shaver, my pastor, has been of great help to our ministry in providing material support, prayers , advice and encouragement in all aspects. I wish to use this medium to thank him specially and make a call for such sons of encouragement to join us in this noble task and call to evangelize
In all my dreams for the ministry, empowering the youths have been my major area of focus and concern. the youths are strong and form a greater percentage of God's frontal attacking force for taking kingdoms and territories. We plan youth development seminars, Talks, workshops, camps, mental and financial trainings in order to develop a skilled and God-fearing leadership for tomorrow.
Being an educator myself, It burns deeply within me to build a sound academic and skill-development institution in the nearest future where people from all over the country and Africa will come to receive empowerment. We know that the future of Africa is in our hands since we are the light of the world. We will show Africa how to do it right!
Being a trained counselor myself, spiritual, marital, financial and health advice is what I give best. Most of the cases I have handled in my 37 years in ministry, through the wisdom of the Holy Spirit have proved successful where the recipients had put in the necessary pre-requisites of faith and obedience.
MY VISION
Those Nights alone, I counted the stars. Instead of noticing i was but few, I kept my eyes on him that promised to make me many.
God has taken me through painful prunings because of the worldwide vision and because of the weight of it he would not afford to let me carry any unnecessary weight. The most painful aspect of the pruning being the series of lessons on forgiveness and letting go. God would not afford to lose me in the course of my work for and with him - no, not like a spanner falling into a river from an oil ridge. so i had to be properly pruned to ensure that I learned to stick to his hand while he was working with me.
The lord Has pushed me beyond just the point of mountain-moving faith, to the point of mountain-climbing and mountain-tunneling faith. This is the point where faith and patience is required to reach the promise. Just like the first man to climb the mount Everest, Hillary Edmund says : 'It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." So the Journey has become a journey of self conquest."The hardest victory is victory over self." Selected.
I look ahead and see a large crowd from many nations, tongues and tribes kneeling before the cross - reaching for the savior in my ministry. This will not be achieved by eloquent preaching and teaching but by the pre-rapture visit of the Lord to His Church, where he will fill his house with glory and all nations will crowd the gates of the church of the Living God in search of the presence , the holiness and the life-giving springs of water that will flow from the mouth of God's apostles and servants. There the blind shall receive their sight, the lame shall leap and walk, the deaf ear shall be unstopped and impossibility made possible.
It is purely a doing of God and whosoever purges himself of these earthly cares and ambitions and joins the chariot will be a vessel of Honour. God is looking for vessels of clay so that he can pour his glory into it so that the excellency if it all may be solely of Him.
He is coming with the clouds sooner than we expect. But first this Gospel of the kingdom must be preached to all nations including all Moslem countries. One man cannot do this alone but when we begin to unite and our eyes become single on one purpose - his purpose - not our individual ambitions. I am making a call, sounding an alarm on his holy hill. Whosoever will may come.If your heart burns as I say this then you are the one God is calling for this great world harvest!
God has taken me through painful prunings because of the worldwide vision and because of the weight of it he would not afford to let me carry any unnecessary weight. The most painful aspect of the pruning being the series of lessons on forgiveness and letting go. God would not afford to lose me in the course of my work for and with him - no, not like a spanner falling into a river from an oil ridge. so i had to be properly pruned to ensure that I learned to stick to his hand while he was working with me.
The lord Has pushed me beyond just the point of mountain-moving faith, to the point of mountain-climbing and mountain-tunneling faith. This is the point where faith and patience is required to reach the promise. Just like the first man to climb the mount Everest, Hillary Edmund says : 'It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." So the Journey has become a journey of self conquest."The hardest victory is victory over self." Selected.
I look ahead and see a large crowd from many nations, tongues and tribes kneeling before the cross - reaching for the savior in my ministry. This will not be achieved by eloquent preaching and teaching but by the pre-rapture visit of the Lord to His Church, where he will fill his house with glory and all nations will crowd the gates of the church of the Living God in search of the presence , the holiness and the life-giving springs of water that will flow from the mouth of God's apostles and servants. There the blind shall receive their sight, the lame shall leap and walk, the deaf ear shall be unstopped and impossibility made possible.
It is purely a doing of God and whosoever purges himself of these earthly cares and ambitions and joins the chariot will be a vessel of Honour. God is looking for vessels of clay so that he can pour his glory into it so that the excellency if it all may be solely of Him.
He is coming with the clouds sooner than we expect. But first this Gospel of the kingdom must be preached to all nations including all Moslem countries. One man cannot do this alone but when we begin to unite and our eyes become single on one purpose - his purpose - not our individual ambitions. I am making a call, sounding an alarm on his holy hill. Whosoever will may come.If your heart burns as I say this then you are the one God is calling for this great world harvest!
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