I hope you are good and able?
My purpose here is to glorify God by helping you to discover yourself, build you, train and impact you with the necessary information that will change your life, finances, career, relationships, business, ministry and family; to make of you a success before God and man through proven Biblical truths, prayers and life principles.
Let us move on in our learning:
You must commit Yourself to a Life of Prayer
Prayer is
the foundation for success in
every Christian endeavor. Jesus
is your example.
Did you ever notice
how often the
Bible mentions that
He withdrew to a
lonely place to
pray? And in
the morning, rising up
a great while
before day, he
went out, and departed
into a solitary
place, and there prayed (Mark 1:35). And it came to
pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night
in prayer to God
(Luke 6:12). These are just two of many instances recorded in the Gospels.
Jesus was
in continual communication with
God through prayer. He
spent hours every
day separated from the
people, fellowshipping with
His heavenly Father. If
He had a
need for preparation
through prayer, how much
more should we?
In fact, such foundation and
preparation is the
only thing that
will keep us together when we are faced with a situation that requires a
great deal of
faith. Even the
apostles chose deacons to
assist them in
their duties, saying,
It is not reason
that we should
leave the word
of God...But we will
give ourselves continually
to prayer, and
to the ministry of the word
(Acts6:2,4).
If you have taken the
time to saturate your heart with the
Word of God
to the extent
that you are
single-minded on His
Word, your thinking
will no longer
be influenced by fear.
You will stop
wailing and begging God
for the power
to do the
job. You will
realize that the anointing which
ye have received of him abideth in you
(1 John 2:27). All you will have to do
is open your mouth, For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh (Matt.
12:34). The Word
will be what's
in your heart in abundance so that's what will come out.
When a mother brings her
little baby to
you whom Satan has maimed, twisted and blinded, you will know what
to do. You
won't offer a
lame excuse like, "Well, you know, sometimes we
just don't understand why these things happen. Sometimes we just have no answer." If that is your response, then go hide behind a desk
some place! Shuffle papers and organize bake sales and soft ball matches against
the church down the street! God will heal that baby if you have the courage to stand up to the devil.
That kind of confidence only comes from a personal knowledge of God through time spent in prayer
and fellowship with Him.
Once a woman
brought a little baby to me in a meeting; Its
tiny feet were so badly twisted that the toes on each foot
touched the backs of
its legs. The
mother was looking
to me to do
something about it.
In a situation
like that you need to be in close contact with the
Father.
When she handed me
her little baby, I started to pray. It was so tiny that both feet fit in the
palm of my hand. I said, "Father, in the name of Jesus...." That's as far as I got, and I felt those
little feet turn around in my hand.
I would rather be
anointed of God for five minutes than to have a gold fence built around the
entire state of Nigeria with my name on every brick. It is the greatest thing on earth.
The hours of prayer and communion with God are worth the results they bring.
The demonstration of
God's power in your ministry is proof of your personal fellowship with Him. You
cannot have one without the other.
God will keep you
safe in His arms of love in Jesus name!
Thank you for being with me here,
Join me again next time for the continuation
John Olanrewaju
Pastor, Author, Poet, Creativity, Business, Ministry & Life Coach
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