-GENESIS 8:22, GALATIANS 6:7, HOSEA 8:7, ECCLESIASTES 11:1-3
THEY ARE THE FOLLOWING:
1. Visionary and Dedicated Leadership
2. Good Governance and Rule of Law
3. Transparency and Accountability
4. A Heart for and Commitment to the People
CONSEQUENCES
Sow the opposite of the above and you will reap its fruits; of course the harvest will be greater than the seeds sown.
It is as simple as that. It is a natural law of God that cannot be broken or annulled; whether a nation knows God or not.
But success without God is the greatest failure. It is even better and more rewarding if the nation knows God because it will avert God’s judgment and wrath (Psalms 9:17).A good example of such nation was Nineveh (Jonah 3:1-10; 4:11)
N.B
These are words taught me by the Holy Spirit as I pondered about Nigeria and other nations of the world while I prayed, fasted and waited on the Lord From 29 September to 4 October 2009 for Nigeria
Ambassador Yusuf Rufa’i
+234 80 28 78 28 91
REDEEMED PEOPLE: OPERATION Proclaim! What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs - JESUS CHRIST (Mathew 10:27).
Tuesday 3 November 2009
THE ENEMY OF YOUR FAITH.
MATHEW 8:25-26, MARK 4:40, LUKE 8:25, ROMANS 8:15, 2 TIMOTY 1:7
‘Fear cometh by hearing, and hearing by the words of the devil; without fear it is impossible to please the devil.’
We are living in the age of fear.
Messages of fear come at you from every side. The news media sees to that. Every news cast and newspaper offers you a smorgasbord of fears to choose from:
• Fear of incurable diseases
• Fear of being discriminated against
• Fear of economic collapse
• Fear of crime
• Fear of failure
• Fear of the unknown
• Etc
Child of God, only when you get fear out of you life will you be able to operate in the faith to which God has called you to walk. You must declare war on fear. As far as your faith is concerned, fear is public enemy No. 1.
There is no way for Satan to operate destructively in your life unless you give place to him. How do you give place to the devil? By giving attention to his words and thereby beginning to operate in fear.
The devils words are…
•A bad report from the doctor saying you have only 3 months to live
•The words on the television or radio news cast declaring the economy is going down the tube or that its not safe to drive the streets at night
•Words of well-meaning family members, friends or co-workers bringing a message of doubt and fear.
•The devil’s words, whispered into your mind(this is often couched as your own thoughts, they are not but the devil’s who fed them into your mind, be wary of him, he is just too sly)
Guard Your Gates. Your eyes and your ears are gateway to your mind and spirit. If you allow CNN’s constant stream of disaster, calamity and tragedy to enter those gates day in day out, it won’t be long before you’re afraid to leave your house, much less do the things God has called you to do. No Matter Where It Comes from, If It Doesn’t Line up with God’s Word, it can open up invitation to destructive spirit of fear, if you pay attention to it.
Fear (Phobia, Inferiority, Insecurity, Anxiety etc) is planted in you by the devil through your five senses of touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing—all the external circumstances of life, example as found in Mathew 14:25-31.
Satan uses the material world around you to try to influence you.
While things of God on the other hand are perceived spiritually (1 Corinthians 2:14).Don’t be moved by the things you can see or hear. Be moved by the unseen: 2 Corinthians 4:18.
The devils tactic is to convince you that the things you see and hear around you are more real than the truth of God’s word.
When you start depending on what you can see rather than what God has said, you are wide open for deception. There is no pace for faith in that kind of life. Why? Because ‘we walk by faith, not by sight’. (2 Corinthians 5:7)
Either you walk in faith or you operate in fear. When one is present, the other leaves. Choose to walk in faith.
‘And with faith nothing is impossible’. Now, begin to do the impossible by faith as you live your life.
-By Creflo A. Dollar
Excerpt adapted by Yusuf Rufa’i.
+234 80 28 78 28 91
‘Fear cometh by hearing, and hearing by the words of the devil; without fear it is impossible to please the devil.’
We are living in the age of fear.
Messages of fear come at you from every side. The news media sees to that. Every news cast and newspaper offers you a smorgasbord of fears to choose from:
• Fear of incurable diseases
• Fear of being discriminated against
• Fear of economic collapse
• Fear of crime
• Fear of failure
• Fear of the unknown
• Etc
Child of God, only when you get fear out of you life will you be able to operate in the faith to which God has called you to walk. You must declare war on fear. As far as your faith is concerned, fear is public enemy No. 1.
There is no way for Satan to operate destructively in your life unless you give place to him. How do you give place to the devil? By giving attention to his words and thereby beginning to operate in fear.
The devils words are…
•A bad report from the doctor saying you have only 3 months to live
•The words on the television or radio news cast declaring the economy is going down the tube or that its not safe to drive the streets at night
•Words of well-meaning family members, friends or co-workers bringing a message of doubt and fear.
•The devil’s words, whispered into your mind(this is often couched as your own thoughts, they are not but the devil’s who fed them into your mind, be wary of him, he is just too sly)
Guard Your Gates. Your eyes and your ears are gateway to your mind and spirit. If you allow CNN’s constant stream of disaster, calamity and tragedy to enter those gates day in day out, it won’t be long before you’re afraid to leave your house, much less do the things God has called you to do. No Matter Where It Comes from, If It Doesn’t Line up with God’s Word, it can open up invitation to destructive spirit of fear, if you pay attention to it.
Fear (Phobia, Inferiority, Insecurity, Anxiety etc) is planted in you by the devil through your five senses of touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing—all the external circumstances of life, example as found in Mathew 14:25-31.
Satan uses the material world around you to try to influence you.
While things of God on the other hand are perceived spiritually (1 Corinthians 2:14).Don’t be moved by the things you can see or hear. Be moved by the unseen: 2 Corinthians 4:18.
The devils tactic is to convince you that the things you see and hear around you are more real than the truth of God’s word.
When you start depending on what you can see rather than what God has said, you are wide open for deception. There is no pace for faith in that kind of life. Why? Because ‘we walk by faith, not by sight’. (2 Corinthians 5:7)
Either you walk in faith or you operate in fear. When one is present, the other leaves. Choose to walk in faith.
‘And with faith nothing is impossible’. Now, begin to do the impossible by faith as you live your life.
-By Creflo A. Dollar
Excerpt adapted by Yusuf Rufa’i.
+234 80 28 78 28 91
THE BURDEN OF BITTERNESS.
Nothing is heavier than bitterness.
Here is what it will do to you:
1.It will drag you down and turn living into merely existing.
2.It will cause you to leave a bad smell wherever you go. Even those who love you will become exhausted and leave, or confront you and say, ‘Get over it’.
3.It will destroy every new relationship God wants to bring to your life. After all, who wants a person that’s having an affair with a corpse? You’d only be using the new, as an anti-depressant to numb the pain of the old.
4.It will destroy your health and shorten your life span because you weren’t built to carry it.
Cut it loose! Cry if you need to, but when the grieving is over, bury it and move on. You say, ‘I can’t help but remember.’ Oh, yes you can! Paul said, ‘this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind…’ (Philippians 3:13)
Paul chose to forget. And you can!
You say, ‘but it’s so hard to do.’ Jesus didn’t say all things are easy, He said all things are possible. (Mark 9:23)
You will do a lot of growing up between what’s easy and what’s possible!
Inherent in ever promise God makes to you, is the potential to see it fulfilled. Contained in every command he gives you, is the power to carry it out.
--Bob Gass
Here is what it will do to you:
1.It will drag you down and turn living into merely existing.
2.It will cause you to leave a bad smell wherever you go. Even those who love you will become exhausted and leave, or confront you and say, ‘Get over it’.
3.It will destroy every new relationship God wants to bring to your life. After all, who wants a person that’s having an affair with a corpse? You’d only be using the new, as an anti-depressant to numb the pain of the old.
4.It will destroy your health and shorten your life span because you weren’t built to carry it.
Cut it loose! Cry if you need to, but when the grieving is over, bury it and move on. You say, ‘I can’t help but remember.’ Oh, yes you can! Paul said, ‘this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind…’ (Philippians 3:13)
Paul chose to forget. And you can!
You say, ‘but it’s so hard to do.’ Jesus didn’t say all things are easy, He said all things are possible. (Mark 9:23)
You will do a lot of growing up between what’s easy and what’s possible!
Inherent in ever promise God makes to you, is the potential to see it fulfilled. Contained in every command he gives you, is the power to carry it out.
--Bob Gass
THE BATTLE OVER YOUR LIFE.
When did Moses, the prophet of God become a champion? I replied ‘when he was eighty years’.
That’s when he began to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt. The second was, ‘when did the enemy try to destroy him?’ I replied, ‘when he was two’. That’s when Pharaoh ordered the death of every Hebrew baby boy, in an attempt to get him.
The words that he spoke next changed my life. He said. ‘Bob, hell plans eighty years in advance to destroy a champion and wipe out a winner. The battle is not over your past! That battle is not even over your present! The battle is over your future!
In that moment light pierced the darkness, depression lifted and something inside of me rose up and declared, ‘then I will live and not die, and I will declare the works of the Lord’ (Psalm 118:17)
The level of attack only reveals your future potential!
--Bob Gass
That’s when he began to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt. The second was, ‘when did the enemy try to destroy him?’ I replied, ‘when he was two’. That’s when Pharaoh ordered the death of every Hebrew baby boy, in an attempt to get him.
The words that he spoke next changed my life. He said. ‘Bob, hell plans eighty years in advance to destroy a champion and wipe out a winner. The battle is not over your past! That battle is not even over your present! The battle is over your future!
In that moment light pierced the darkness, depression lifted and something inside of me rose up and declared, ‘then I will live and not die, and I will declare the works of the Lord’ (Psalm 118:17)
The level of attack only reveals your future potential!
--Bob Gass
FROM THE PREACHERS PULPIT.
Beloved, God never promises
and never practicalizes.
He is saving that for the here after.
While we are here on this earth
We need to work for God am I right?
It could be a job,
It could be church,
It could be community,
It could be marriage,
But the good news is that,
He has given us two secret weapons
to help us succeed.
Hope and love!
In hope; there prayer is.
And love; loving is giving-pure and simple.
But in love there is also forgiveness.
And forgiveness belongs to everyone,
Is that right?
The right to breath,
The right to eat,
or even to fall in love.
Sometimes we take love for granted.
Am I right about it?
Those who are nearest to us and dearest to us.
Those are the ones we forget to cherish.
But the miracle is, when we love someone
We are really loving God.
Look and wonder at those you love,
For they are the face of God
And when the path is dark and the road is slippery,
we will let God lead and show us His highway.
You see He’s got these Angels, waiting
on the long line for the chance
to come down and help each
and every one of us, and they do come.
So beloved I’m truly blessed.
I’m blessed in hope,
I’m blessed in love,
and I’m blessed with
the belief that I can make a difference.
And now let us begin.
Let us go forward,
Forward in hope,
forward in love,
and forward unto the new
days of our lives;
without ever forgetting.
Just because you can’t see the air
doesn’t stop you from breathing.
Just because you can’t see God
doesn’t stop you from believing.
Now this is what I call faith.
You know the God kind of faith.
Beloved, you are blessed in the Lord;
As you take your rightful place.
See you at the TOP.
Culled From an American movie by
Ambassador Yusuf Rufa’i
+234 80 28 78 28 91
and never practicalizes.
He is saving that for the here after.
While we are here on this earth
We need to work for God am I right?
It could be a job,
It could be church,
It could be community,
It could be marriage,
But the good news is that,
He has given us two secret weapons
to help us succeed.
Hope and love!
In hope; there prayer is.
And love; loving is giving-pure and simple.
But in love there is also forgiveness.
And forgiveness belongs to everyone,
Is that right?
The right to breath,
The right to eat,
or even to fall in love.
Sometimes we take love for granted.
Am I right about it?
Those who are nearest to us and dearest to us.
Those are the ones we forget to cherish.
But the miracle is, when we love someone
We are really loving God.
Look and wonder at those you love,
For they are the face of God
And when the path is dark and the road is slippery,
we will let God lead and show us His highway.
You see He’s got these Angels, waiting
on the long line for the chance
to come down and help each
and every one of us, and they do come.
So beloved I’m truly blessed.
I’m blessed in hope,
I’m blessed in love,
and I’m blessed with
the belief that I can make a difference.
And now let us begin.
Let us go forward,
Forward in hope,
forward in love,
and forward unto the new
days of our lives;
without ever forgetting.
Just because you can’t see the air
doesn’t stop you from breathing.
Just because you can’t see God
doesn’t stop you from believing.
Now this is what I call faith.
You know the God kind of faith.
Beloved, you are blessed in the Lord;
As you take your rightful place.
See you at the TOP.
Culled From an American movie by
Ambassador Yusuf Rufa’i
+234 80 28 78 28 91
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