NEW YEAR GOALS

As we approaches the year 2022, a lot of people are making a big list for what they want to achieve, in return piling more pressure on themselves. 

Yeah, it’s good to set goals and plan for big things but your dreams are too big to accomplish in one year. I will help you in setting goals that are attainable. 

Rules: break down your targets, and start taking it step by step, and remember to learn from every mistake and not quit (never give up), most importantly, celebrate every small win because only you knows what it takes you to win.

Let it be a year, you will continue to learn and grow, spreading and making progress both financially, emotionally, spiritually and physically. 

Apply these rules:

(1) Don’t get distracted by what is not working because everything  gets better with time. 

(2) The quantities of live does not count (don’t join the crowd), so live a quality life. 

(3) Every little sacrifice you are making now, will definitely pay off in the future, so chose wisely. (Don’t become someone else obstacle).

(4) Kill pride (ego) because it can be a hindrance in your pursuit for excellence.

(5) Live healthy, pay attention to what you eat, watch, read, listen, follow or spend time with. 

Everything is possible to him that believes. 

Peace ☮️ out.

PEOPLE CANNOT STOP 🛑 YOU

Why are you upset about who's against you or who's stopped talking to you. Forget the critics, persecutions or accusers and focus on the blessings. Stop being bitter anytime you face trials so that it doesn't keep you away from the abundance God have prepared for you. 

When great favor is coming your way, there'll arose great haters. Multiple abundance comes with multiple opposition. Great blessings come with great persecution.

The truth is "people can't stop your destiny" because the blessings on your life is greater than any forces trying to pull you down.

Peace ☮️ out.

YOU ARE ENOUGH

It'll be disappointing if you also have what they had, it'll stop you because it's going to be a burden. Remember it wasn't designed for you, so it won't be a blessing. It fits them because it was designed for them.

God designed what fits you when He created you. He called you a masterpiece, a royal priesthood, a chosen generation. It's time to stop desiring you have what they had and start thanking God that you are enough.

Have you ever wondered the reason the enemy is doing his/her best to stop you? You're a threat to the enemy because he/she (enemy) will never disturb people that have nothing.

The enemy won't have started if he/she does not know you are going to make history, that you are going to change the world, that you are going to make generational impact. Remember the enemy know you have the seeds of greatness in you. 

But you will surely manifest God's greatness because that's His desire and purpose for your life and absolutely nothing can stop it. God have already prepared a table for you in the presence of your enemies. 

Great doors of opportunities that you have never dreamed, is opening to you right now. You are about to step into an amazing level of destiny that you never imagined.

You already have the answers. Remember God's plan and timing is always the best and He will exceed your expectations.

#REMAIN #BLESSED

Peace ☮️ out.

ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IN CHRIST

Whenever we give God all the glory, there are blessings God places on us that makes us to triumph/win always. It gives us the edge when we encounter challenages. It makes us to overcome sickness that the doctors have declared incurable. Impossible dreams are going to look easy because we have the Lord's blessings. We won't have rooms enough to receive His blessings because it's numerous.

Before you were created, God knows that you are not perfect, He already know you'll stumble. He knows about all your mistakes and fear. It's during these period of trials, your enemies will work overtime trying to discourage you that you won't make it or it's too late. Trying to convince you to believe that you have missed your opportunities and there won't be another.

But the truth is, you have a defender, the Creator of the universe will come to your rescue, He is not coming to judge you but He's coming to vindicate you with His unfailing mercy/love.

Father God, please give us the strength we need to succeed in our businesses. Bless the work of our hand with prosperity for Your glory. May the love of the Father, the tenderness of the Son, and the presence of the Spirit, gladden our hearts and bring peace to our souls, today and for all days. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.

Peace ☮️ out. 

Have you tried manifesting success in your business?

Do you know what Jim Carrey did to become an 'overnight success', earning $10 million when he was broke and homeless? It's the same process Michael Jordan used to win 6 championships that made him one of the best players to ever set foot on a basketball court... This is also what Arnold Schwarzenegger did to build the greatest physique of all time and to become one of Hollywood's top box-office superstars. The same goes with Conor McGregor when he won back-to-back UFC titles during his prime... And the list of famous people who owe their success to this one thing -- in addition to incredibly hard work, of course -- goes on. Now, none of these involve weird stuff like conspiracy theories or selling your soul to the devil. In fact, you can do this right now as long as you know exactly what you want. I'm talking about manifestation. As you can tell, I will sound a bit 'woo-woo' today but bear with me here... Think about it for a second... If successful people practice manifestation to help them get to where they are right now... doesn't it pique your curiosity as well? First things first, what is manifestation? Manifestation means intentionally thinking aspirational thoughts to make them a reality. It's about feeling... experiencing... believing your dreams as if you already have them. Some may call it delusion but I like what the Buddha said: "What you think, you become." You see, the quality of your life experiences is based on your perceived reality. Imagine a glass with water in it at the halfway mark, what do you see? Do you see a glass that is half empty or half full? Your answer reflects whether you see the good OR the bad in every situation... Take a moment to reflect on what you have achieved and become this year. This year wasn't easy at all so take the time to celebrate your wins but also learn from your failures. Be grateful that you woke up this morning and the fact that you have the means and resources to work on your business and your dream life. Now, write down your biggest goals for 2022 -- don't limit yourself! Have a goal so big it pushes you out of your comfort zone then visualize yourself achieving those goals and plan on how you can make them a reality. Manifestation is what this episode of Ecomonics is all about -- and John Mac joins us to dive deeper into this subject. He won't tell you to write yourself a $10 million check as Jim Carrey did... However, John explained the correlation of manifestation, willpower, habits, and how they contribute to your success -- which I believe is the real meat of this discussion. Click here to check out that episode.

Best of luck on your journey,

Ricky Hayes Co-Founder @ Debutify

YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER

Our healings always comes into our lives when we get outside of ourselves and start helping others. If we stay focused on our pains, the things we've lost or things that didn’t work out in our favor. If we keep dwelling on the pains of the past, we are going to get stuck. If we could look beyond the pains, there’s a blessing in our pains. 

Remember we are uniquely qualified by the creator of the universe because we've something we can offer (teach) to others. We can give comfort to those that are struggling, in pains, in fear, those living in jealousy or envy because we've been through it and also learned from it. Just as God gave us Christ Jesus, give something out today.

Always take some couple of minutes each morning to declare what God says about you. Make declaration of faith to strengthen your inner man. 

“I am blessed, I am prosperous, I am redeemed, I am forgiven, I am talented, I am creative, I am disciplined, I am focused, I am confident, I am secure, I am prepared, I am qualified, I am motivated, I am valuable, I am free, I am determined, I am equipped, I am empowered, I am anointed, I am accepted, and I am approved. 

I am not average, I am not mediocre, I am not a failure, I am not struggling, I am not in debt, I am not an accident waiting to happen.

I am the child of the Most High God.”💙🙏

Peace ☮️ out

TRUST THE PROCESS

What comes against us have not been random. Those were strategic attacks for one reason; what is in us. 

PURPOSE

GREATNESS

DESTINY. 

If we could keep moving forward, without getting bitter of what has not worked out, at one point, we will step in the glorious future the enemies does not want us to see. 

💪GREAT OPPORTUNITIES 

🔥 NEW LEVEL OF GOD'S favor like we  never dreamed. 

💙God is taking us to where we could never go on our own. 

👍Trust God with you whole life.💙🙏

Remember before you wear your CROWN 🤴👸 it does not require a lot of faith. The Bible says, “If you have faith as little as a mustard seed, you can still move  mountain and nothing shall be impossible unto you.” 

What you’re facing may seem impossible, the odds might be against you, but when you confess, “Lord, I'm aware You does the impossible. You promised when the enemies comes in like a flood, You would raise up a barrier. You promised whom the Son of God sets free is free indeed. 

You promised my children will be mighty in the land.” Remember when you confesses/declares these words, you are mixing faith. Keep declaring your faith in Christ Jesus because you are very sure to reap the rewards.

Peace ☮️ out.

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL

👌Sometimes we feel like life is unfair to us, we face numerous bad breaks. During the pains, it's so easy to be bitter or quite our passionate dreams.

😘Remember God wouldn’t have allowed it, if it was meant to stop us from fulfilling our destiny. Yes, it’s difficult, and whosoever that will live a righteous life will encounter persecution. 

🙏We should be encouraged because God promises He’ll give us grace for every season. Remember no temptation can overtake us because God will always make ways for us. 

💙God won’t let us go through more than what we could handle.💙

We always encourage you to be happy  and love❤️ yourself. Don't forget to love 💙everyone and also be kind, embrace your weakness, and be beautiful, the real you bring the real peace. 

Remember the real you will attract the real person. Who stays, do love💙 them. 😊⚘

GOD WILL HASTEN HIS PROMISE

The Bible says, “God hastens His Word to perform it.” The word hasten means quickly, speedily or in a hurry.

It doesn't mean we don’t have to wait because there are things that take time. The truth is when we don’t see anything happening. It might look like what is coming against us is not going to change. 

In reality we're about to step into a destiny moment where God will do things speedily, more quickly than we thought. 

He’ll make those enemies to hurry out of our ways. He’ll make us to accomplish our dream in a fraction of the time. It may seem like the obstacle is permanent, but then suddenly it turns around, that’s God hastening His Word. 🙏

Don't Be Discouraged Because The Good Lord Is Going Before You. The Lord That Spoke His Words Into Existence. He Is Breaking Every Chains, Chains Of Defeat, Chains Of Mediocrity, Chains Of Depression, Chains Of Anger, Every Chains From The Enemies.

Things Are About To Change And It's Not Going To Be The Same Way It Used To Be. 

Get Ready, You Are Stepping Into A New Season. God Is Increasing Your Strength  Because Things Are Finally Going To Fall Into Place. Praise God!!!🙏

YOU ARE WELL ABLE

Remember God does not discriminate when it comes to fulfilling His promises.

 

The Bible says, “When our enemies comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the living Lord will raise up a barrier against them.” Note, we do not fight this battle on your own. 

The creator of the universe is fighting for us because He is the most powerful. He's pushing forces of darkness out of our way and removing the sickness from hurting us. He is removing the wrong people in our mist and bringing the right people into our mist. 

Remember our enemies cannot poison the mind of the right people God is bringing in our lives. The good Lord is opening doors which no one can close.

As you go through your day, let this be your challenge. Always proclaim your victory;

💪I am well able. 

👍I have can-do power. 

👌I will overcome this obstacle. 

🔥I will defeat this sickness. 

☑️I will rise out of lack and struggle. 

🙏I will accomplish my dreams.”

When we think and declare our victory with faith, the Creator of the universe set our miracles in motion.

Peace ☮️ out.

ITS YOUR DECISION

Some people would tell you to work hard until your idol becomes your fan but the truth is"we ought to work smart till our dreams and aspirations becomes someone else inspiration". 

Many times, trying to survive, we found ourselves losing part of what makes us unique, what truly gives us a sense of purpose and fulfillment. Sometimes, paying bills would be difficult and going through our daily lives in this dog eat dog era. 

Some people were not born with the same opportunities like the motivational articles or threads we read every day on the internet. Most people have to create their own narrative in order to be noticed by a world blinded by a singular/negative stories. 

The people with most to give are hardly felt or heard but the people with nothing to give/contribute have the biggest stage to shine. 

The hard but glaring truth is, we live in an unjust world which makes life unfair. We don't have the power to choose how we start or the situation we were born into but the truth is that we can chart our own journey and decide how we end.

Like in every movie script, the protagonists and antagonists are already chosen, the set is set and the die is cast. But in this journey, we are  the author, director, producer and actors in our own movie. We have the power to choose who we play, our anti climaxes and how the play end because"It's Our Free Will/Decision".

Everything we need to be successful in live is already inside of us regardless of our background. All we need is to figure it out, you alone can decide the kind of life you want to live every morning when you wake up. The reason it's called present is because it's a gift. 

Insanity is waking up every morning and doing the same thing and expecting a different result. But the real question is what are you doing every day with your gift to change your narrative.

Peace ☮️ out.

AWESOME CREATURE

When difficult times arises in our lives, our enemies will start working overtime trying to convince us that our problems are bigger than we can overcome.

But in Psalm 139 vs 14, King David declares, “God, You have made me in an amazing way. What You have done is wonderful.” Other versions use the word marvelous.

Could you imagine the kind of good life, you will be enjoying if you allow these beautiful words play in your mind as go through your day. 

I'm a wonderful creature, 

I'm an amazing person, 

I'm a marvelous human being, 

I'm the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, 

I have the life of God in me.

Most times, the circumstances of life deprives us the boldness in thinking highly about ourselves. We spent most of our precious time thinking about our problems, what we did wrong, our faults or how we don't measure up.

Remember when we start playing the new recordings in our minds, our enemies will continue to work overtime trying to stop us from playing it because he/she doesn't want us to feel good about ourselves. Don't forget the enemies/devil only come to steal and destroy but the Son of Man came to give us peace/life in abundance.

We must take boldness to declare how amazing, wonderful, handsome, beautiful and marvelous God has created us. If we really want to become who God created us to be, we must get in agreement with Him.

Peace ☮️ out.

YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD 🌎

Everything we need to fulfil our DESTINY had already been deposited inside of us when God created us. We must stop playing the blame game, how we can't do it or how it's not going to work out because it'll drain our strength. The truth is "We Can Do All Things Through Christ".

We should keep pushing because it's easier from the mountain top. We are going to experience strength like we never thought was possible. It'll be like when we are climbing on the hill with our car, that's when we'll discover the power of the extra cylinders in the car. 

When we need it, God’s grace will kick in and help us do what we didn’t think we could do. The most important thing is: "We shouldn't cancel the power/strength with our weak thoughts (thinking)".

Remember whosoever counted us out, obviously doesn't know how to count. We're the LIGHT of the world, a CITY set upon a hill.

#BE #BLESSED

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OUR VICTORY IS NOT NEGOTIABLE

We must have positive thoughts because it's set the limits for our lives.

Most times, we find ourselves struggling to get the negatives thoughts out of our minds. We might be pressured to think we are not qualified or we didn't have the right training. But we should not forget that God qualifies whom HE called.

We should be mindful of the things we dwell on. The Bible warns us to "be careful of what we think"  because our thoughts are powerful which can set the limit for our lives.

Though its not easy to keep out those intimidating, fearful or negative thoughts but we have to do it. We must do our best to tune the negative thoughts out completely and tune in with the Creator of the universe.

On purpose we must dwell on positive thoughts, “I can do all things through Christ. I am strong in the Lord. I’ve been raised up for such a time as this. Lord, thank You that I’m equipped, empowered, qualified and anointed. Lord, thank You that Your favor is causing me to stand out". 

😘Our unconditional trust can never be defeated. In the natural it might seem we don't have a chance because our challenges might look bigger or stronger. Don't let in panic/intimidation because GREATER💪 is HE that is in us than he that is in the world. We're more than conquerors through Him that love💙us.

From today let's start thinking positive/power thoughts and see how our lives will align with God's purpose for our lives. 

Our Victory is assured in Christ Jesus.

#BE #BLESSED

KNOW YOUR WORTH

A father on his sick bed said to his son; “Here is a watch that your grandfather gave me. It is almost 200 years old. But before I give it to you, I want you to go to the jewelry store downtown. Tell them that you want to sell it, and see how much they'll offer you."

The son went to the jewelry store, came back to his father, and said; "They offered $150.00 because it's so old."

The father said; “Go to the pawnshop."

The son went to the pawnshop, came back to his father, and said; "The pawnshop offered $10.00 because it looks so worn."

The father asked his son to go to the museum and show them the watch.

He went to the museum, came back, and said to his father; “The curator offered $500,000.00 for this very rare piece to be included in their precious antique collections."

The father said; “I wanted to let you know that the right place values you in the right way. Don't find yourself in the wrong place and get angry if you are not valued. Those that know your value are those who appreciate you, don't stay in a place where nobody sees your value."

Know your worth! 

#BE #BLESSED

SOAR HIGHER

We must stop bothering ourselves for the things we cannot do. Let us have a new perspective. “I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me. These obstacles might be bigger, but with the same Spirit that raised Christ from the death I shall overcome it. The troubles of life might be lasting much longer than we thought, but His grace is sufficient for us and we are going to outlast it. Our situations might feels overwhelming, but the joy of the Lord is our strength, so we can handle it. We have been designed as more than conquerors. We are strong in the Lord, anointed with the oil of gladness/greatness and equipped for the battle.” 

Let's take the EAGLE as an example: the only bird that can peck at an EAGLE is the crow. The crow sits on the EAGLE'S back and bites his neck. But the EAGLE does not get bothered or fight back. Neither does the EAGLE waste time or energy on the crow. All the EAGLE does is simply opens its wings and begins to soar. The higher the EAGLE, the more difficult it becomes for the crow to breathe. Eventually the crow falls due to lack of oxygen. 

💪IMPORTANT LESSON, stop wasting your precious time with the crows. Just take them to your heights and they'll definitely fade.

🙏Our prayer for our enemies is that they may repent.  

☑️Because they cannot stop God’s justice.

💪When the Lord says touch not my anointed, He means it!

May you fly to new opportunities/heights/blessings, in Jesus name, Amen 🙏

BE THANKFUL

People will always try to talk us out of what God has put in our hearts. It's very good to be respectful but we must bear in mind that we are not going to give account on how we live our lives to people. 

We must all stand before God and it's better to disappoint people than disappoint God. We should rather hurt some of our feelings than miss our DESTINY. May God's grace always speak for us.

We must learn to forget the disappointments of the past and also the things that didn't work out for us. By doing so, we are creating room for a better tomorrow and it'll help us to get our mind in the right direction.

Let this be our habit every morning when we wake up...declare with boldness "thank You Lord for this beautiful day. Thanks for the air I breathe, thank You for bringing favor all around me.

It's true that everything might not look beautiful but I know You are always on the throne of grace. Remember our past experiences will propel us to greater heights/blessings.

😘I am thankful to be alive. 

👌I am thankful for my family. 

💪I am thankful for the opportunities.

☑️I am going to make the most of this day.

👍I am going to see and enjoy the good today. 

💙I am going to be kind to others. 

💚I am going to stay in faith and enjoy this beautiful day.

When we DECLARE like this, we are renewing our mind and embracing a fresh new attitude because we must wipe our slate clean. 

May God Help Us 🙏🙏

#BE #BLESSED

STAND IN FAITH

Sometimes, we intend to get discouraged when some promises we've believed have not happen, it might have taken time and all surrounded circumstances says, it'll never come to pass. But we must be courageous in hard times too because once God put a dream in our hearts, He will surely make it happen, it might tarry but it must come to pass.

We must keep thanking God for His promises in our lives are coming to pass because He is faithful that promised. In the natural sense, it might look impossible but we must keep a positive attitude to make things change in our favor. We must remember that as God has begun the good work in our lives, He will accomplish it for His glory because His grace is sufficient for us. 

Don't get discouraged intending to be at peace with people who really don't want peace. As humans there are people in our circle who hates us for no reason, they don't want to see us smile or happy, they don't just want us to attend greater heights or go places. 

But we shouldn't worry about it since it's not our fault but about God's grace/favor/blessings in our lives which they cannot stop. Learn not to take it personally but keep your eyes open on the high calling of the Most High God. 

He is a way Maker🙏🙏

WE HAVE GOD’S APPROVAL

We have the power to ignore people's judgement and start doing what pleases the Lord. We must learn never to be hard on ourselves, it's true we might have made some mistakes in the past, and that's what makes us who we are now.

We have become a changed and a better person and we still have the chance to better ourselves every day. We can only get better, loving more, forgiving, kindness, generosity towards others and ourselves. may we learn to love in words, actions and truth because God is LOVE.

Remember the only thing that can halt/slow our progress in life is seeking people's validation. People change a lot because the only constant thing in life is change. 

We must learn to stop basing our worth on what people will say or people's compliments because at some point, when they eventually leave, it'll be difficult to know who we are. 

There's absolutely nothing better than knowing our SELF-WORTH and basing our validation on God because we already have His approval.

#BE #BLESSED

THERE IS NO PAIN WITHOUT A PURPOSE

As God put His promises in our hearts, we must guard our thoughts and also have a *Never Say Die* mindset/attitude. Many times, we may not see how the promises are going to happen, we might think it's getting too late for it to happen or we are getting old. 

The obstacles before us may look too big and sometimes, the circumstances we face everyday will give us a million reasons why it'll never happen but we must stand in faith and learn not to use our mouths to talk ourselves out of God's promises. 

We must keep confessing our victory and thanking God that His promises in our lives are coming to pass. Our believing and affirmation must be improving even when we have never seen a way because we are not moved by what we see. Remember we walk by faith and not by sight. 

The Bible says, “No one has ever seen, heard, or imagined what God has prepared for those that love Him.” 

As God's children, He have already set up amazing things for us. Promotions that we never imagined, unmerited favor, new level that will take our families to greater heights.

God has already prepared something great for those that diligently seek Him.

#BE #BLESSED

Peace ☮️ out

YOU ARE CREATED TO THRIVE

Brethren it is true that God has so much more for us. The reality is our past will pale in comparison to our future!

It's true that sometimes the circumstances/pressures of life feels so much unbearable but the truth is, they cannot defeat us. Rather to help us discover the inner strength that we didn’t realize we had. 

The truth in God's Word declares that we are not created to survive, but to thrive and rule over circumstances because we are stronger than we think.

Brethren are you surviving or thriving? May God help us all🙏🙏

THE TURN AROUND

We might not see how it's going to happen and the giants might seems too big. The doctor's report concerning our health might not feel comfortable and the oppressor is getting stronger but the gospel truth is we are not alone. Joshua 1:5.

The Creator of the universe has set the battle against our oppositions. Things that seems impossible, He will turn around to favor us because He is a specialist in doing good. He is going to heal sickness that doctors cannot cure and He will restores the wasted years. Joel 2:25.

Before we realize, we will begin to witness God changing things we couldn't make happen through our natural ability. God giving us opportunities that no one can stop and turning situations to bless us.

#BE #BELESSED

Peace ☮️ out.

WAY MAKER

God will open opportunities for us even when we couldn't find a way. He is the Way Maker and He can open the opportunities that we need.

Remember He is the great I AM. "I AM favor, I AM blessing, I AM upliftment, I AM breakthrough, I AM healing, I AM abundance, I AM everything you need".

As humans, we might be limited because we are natural but the good news, "God is the supernatural and He's not limited by the circumstances trying to stop us".

The Most High controls the universe and He cannot be restricted by what is holding us back. 

Obstacles cannot stop us and May our mistakes never stop us from what God has prepared for us, in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen 🙏🙏💚

THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY

We must pay a price before becoming who we are created to be, it's not free to become someone of influence/ extraordinary person. Remember if it's easy, everybody is going to achieve greatness. 

We must come to conclusion that we are going to obey God and follow His direction. We must not compromise or follow shortcut that weren't ethical. We must not put people down to get favor/advantage. We must not be sloppy in business or being untruthful to move ahead.

We must pursue integrity, trustworthy, honorable, peaceful, kind, love because God rewards these types of people.

Lord Jesus, anybody that will try to put me down so he/she will raise, may his/her head become a stepping stone for my elevation in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen 🙏💙

THE ODDS ARE IN YOUR FAVOR

You might be waiting for a miracle for so long and during these period, you have seen others succeed, got married, build houses and accomplish great things. You must be happy for them. 

There's a reason you are still in the waiting room because your miracle is going to surprise them all, you're opening a  ministry that will impact the world, a business that will make wave, a happy family is on the horizon.

God is taking you further than you can imagine and your dreams is going to make greater impact. The odds might be against you but that does not stop God. 

Be courageous in the Most High even when you do not see any changes. Put your whole trust in Him even when Heaven seems to be silent. God is already working behind the scenes to bring to pass every blessings that have your name on it.

Hold on a little because your blessings can never go to another. Those delays show that God have prepared something special for you, remember He exceed our expectations.

Have faith because your blessings is going to be much better than you can imagine. 

Great testimonies are coming your way🙏☑️💙

Peace ☮️ out.

YOUR TIME OF FREEDOM

Your time of freedom have arrived because God has broken the bondages. It is your time of stepping into new levels because all the forces holding you back have been destroyed. You will be experiencing Healing, Favor, Freedom, Promotion, Breakthrough, Great Opportunities. 

Your prayers have been answered and it's going to be a new day because God has done new things for you. God will exceed your expectations and imaginations, get ready for your victory because it's your time of celebration.

May every circumstances, you may come across from today, there will always be a stepping stone to a higher level and bring you closer to actualizing your dreams and all your heart desires. Amen 🙏💙

Peace ☮️ out.

YOU ARE ON GOD’S PAYROLL

God is aware of the things that should have been yours, so get ready because He's going to settle you. Deceivers are not going to stop the blessings of God that is coming to you. 

Those manipulators will not have the best of you, those that used you and abandoned you. Those who let/push you down and take advantage of you. Those who does not keep their promises and spread rumors to make you look bad.

Don't be bothered because you are on God's payroll and He knows what is due to you and how to make it up to you. God is going to favor you despite those trying to push you down because nobody can stand against our God.

#REMAIN #BLESSED

You might being thinking your present situation is permanent because you can't see any changes. Listen to the voice of the Lord as He proclaim a quick turnaround in your difficult situation. 

Get in accordance with the Creator of the universe and speak with faith. Lord thank You for the quick open doors. Father thank You for the rapid opportunities. God, thank You for the quick recovery. 

It is well with you 🙏💙

Peace ☮️ out.

PEOPLE CANNOT STOP YOUR DESTINY

Why are you upset about who's against you or who's stopped talking to you. Forget the critics, persecutions or accusers and focus on the blessings. Stop being bitter anytime you face trials so that it doesn't keep you away from the abundance God have prepared for you. 

When great favor is coming your way, there'll arose great haters. Multiple abundance comes with multiple opposition. Great blessings come with great persecution.

The truth is "people can't stop your destiny" because the blessings on your life is greater than any forces trying to pull you down.

Peace ☮️ out

LET THE PAST GO!

Immediately you let it go, quit giving it attention and stop responding to the negativities, the better you will become. 

You have every positioned grace made available to you in Christ Jesus to overcome it. You have the power to ignore and never let it bother you.

Remember they crucified Jesus and put Him in the grave, thinking they have finished Him but on the third day He rose again and He said, I'm alive forevermore.

So shall you rise from from all your difficulties because God have the final say and He has already planned out your life for good. Hallelujah!!! 

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YOUR TIME HAS COME

What God have in store for you is greater than what you have lost. Quit saying “it would never happen, you do not have the finances, you do not know the right people/connections or have the right training and stop questioning your talent.” 

You may lack all these things, but God have it in abundance prepared for you. You have to play your part and declare with faith. Lord, thank You for I know you are taking me to a better place where I couldn't go on my own. Father, thank You for making me to stand out and causing good opportunities to chase me down. Thank You Lord for the right people are coming my way.

Remember, God's Words are like medicine, when you listen and meditate on it, you will receive healing and wholeness. When God created you, He called you a masterpiece, that's who you are. 

Remember if you are an Egyptian, you will be comfortable in Egypt. But because you are an Israelite, things will be complicated while you are still in Egypt. The time to move out of Egypt to your 'Promise Land' have come. Favor/grace will speak for you.

#REMAIN #BLESSED

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THE STORY OF PROPHET ELIJAH

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Prophet Elijah was from Tishbe in Gilead and he was a faithful man serving the Lord wholeheartedly. There was a king who ruled Israel named king Ahab, he was the son of king Omri and his wife’s name is Jezebal, and his palace was built in Samaria. The king built altars for Baal and made the people worship Canaanite deity and God was not pleased with his role in making the Israelites to forget the living God.

Prophet Elijah appeared to king Ahab as the Lord’s commanded after the prophet had prayed earnestly that it would not rain in Israel for the next two or three years as a punishment for idolatry. There was no rain or dew in Israel and prophet Elijah was staying at the Cherith Brook which dried up because of lack of rain, while he was there, he drank from the brook and fed by ravens morning and evening. 

Prophet Elijah was meant to leave Cherith Brook and lived with a widow in Zarephath. The prophet said to the woman as she was gathering some firewood “please bring me a cup of water..... and please bring me some bread too” and the widow answered “I don’t have any bread, I swear by the living God” and all I have is a small floor and olive oil...which I want to prepare for my son and I before we starve to death “. Elijah said, “first make a small loaf for me and prepare the rest for you and your son, “for the Lord had commanded you will not run out of food before He will send rain”, and the woman did as the prophet Elijah had instructed.

The widow’s son becomes sick and finally died and he laid the boy on his bed and prayed to God....stretching himself on the boy three times as he continued praying “Oh Lord, restore this boy to life” and the boy started breathing as he was revived. The widow confessed after seeing his son back to life “now I know you are a man of God for I am convinced that God speaks through you”.

In the third year of the drought, prophet Elijah appeared to king Ahab as God had promised to send rain. The drought/famine was terrible in Samaria and on his way to meet the king, Elijah saw Obadiah who was a devout Christian and was in charge of the king’s palace. Elijah said to Obadiah, go and informed your master the king that “Elijah is here” but Obadiah was afraid of the king because he was aware the king had searched for Elijah everywhere but couldn’t find him. 

The king said to the prophet “the worst trouble maker in Israel, there you are....I am not a trouble maker declared the prophet. Gather all the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of goddess asherah supported by Queen Jezebal, the prophet said to the king. So the king summoned all the Israelites and prophets of Baal to meet at Mount Carmel. Prophet Elijah said to the people, how long will you continue to have two options “if Lord is God serve Him and if Baal is god, serve him”. Elijah ordered for two bulls, one for him as a sacrifice to God and the other as a sacrifice for the prophets of Baal.... the bulls were meant to be cut into pieces and put on wood without putting any fire, the duty of the prophets of Baal are to pray to Baal to consume the (bull) sacrifice with fire and Elijah was to pray to God to consume the (bull) sacrifice with fire. 

Whichever consumes the sacrifice won the contest and whom the people should worship. The prophets of Baal gets ready their sacrifice and called on Baal to consume it but there was no answer, they danced around the altar they built till noon....Elijah mocked them by saying “pray louder maybe he was day-dreaming or relieving himself, or he is on a trip or sleeping and must be waking up”, they performed their rituals by cutting themselves with knives and daggers with blood gushing out but Baal refused to answer. 

Prophet Elijah said to the people “come closer” and he repaired the Lord’s altar which had been broken with twelve stones representing the tribes of Israel and dug a trench around it which can contain about four gallons of water. The prophet placed the wood on the altar and laid the pieces of bull on it and they watered the altar till the trench was full. Elijah prayed “Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, proven now that only you is God in Israel and that I am your servant and does these things at your commands” and the Lord sent fire which consumes the sacrifice and dried up the water in the trench. The amazement made the people to drew themselves to the ground and worship God “the Lord is God, the Lord alone is God”they shouted. Elijah took hold of the prophets of Baal and killed them at Kishon brook. 

The prophet had won a great victory and he said to the king “now go...eat and drink, make merry because I heard the sound of abundance of rain”. Elijah went up to Mount Carmel and bowed down to the ground with his head between his knees. He sent his servant to look towards the sea and the servant went but didn’t see a thing, Elijah continued sending him until the seventh times and he returned saying “I saw a little cloud not bigger than a man’s hand, coming up from the sea”. 

Where the king was making merry, he received a message from Elijah, get ready and go home before the rain stop you, and finally it rained heavily. King Ahab told the Queen everything Elijah had done and she was bitter about the killing of the prophets of Baal and sent message to kill Elijah before 24 hours, he fled with his servant to Beersheba in Judah. He was so tired and was sleeping alone when an angel touched him and said “get up and eat”. He eat and sleep again, and the angel brought food to him the second time “get up and eat or the trip will be too much for you” said the angel. After eating the loaf and drinking water, he was equipped with strength to walk 40 days to holy Mount Sinai (where Moses received the Ten Commandments).

The Lord spoke with him and he complained that the people wanted to kill him. The Lord commanded him to anoint Hazael as king of Syria, Jehu as king of Israel and Elisha as his successor. There was seven thousand people in Israel that had not worshiped Baal and God promised to keep them alive. On his way to Damascus, he saw Elisha plowing a team of oxen and he took off his cloak and put it on Elisha, who followed Elijah as his helper. 

After the death of king Ahab, king Ahaziah succeeded him and Moab rebelled against Israel. King Ahaziah sent his servants to Ekron to inquire from baalzebub the gods of the Philistines if he will survive the injuries he sustained when he fall from his balcony. The servants were met by Elijah who ordered them to return and informed the king, he will die since he thought there was no God in Israel, and when king Ahaziah heard about Elijah, he sent an officer with 50 men to get the prophet, who was relaxing on a hill. The officer said to the prophet “man of God, the king ordered you to come down”, and he replied “if I am man of God, may fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men”, and immediately fire killed them all. King Ahaziah sent another officer with 50 men and the same thing happened to them and the king was not giving up, so he sent another officer with 50 men to get Elijah. When the third group arrived, they kneeled down and pleaded with the prophet to have mercy on them and Elijah went with them to meet the king. 

Elijah and Elisha was in Gilgal, and he said to his servant, wait for him here because I was sent to Bethel for an assignment from the Lord but Elisha refused knowing it’s time for his master to ascend into heaven. Elijah said to him again, the Lord sent me to Jericho, please wait for me here and Elisha replied “I swear by my loyalty to the living God, and to you, I will not leave you”, so they went together. Again Prophet Elijah said to Elisha to stay while he go over to the River Jordan and Elisha refused, so they went together accompanied by group fifty prophets. 

As they reached the river, he rolled up his mantle and struck the river and it divides and they crossed on dry ground. Elijah said to him “tell me what you want me to do for you before I am taking away from you” “let me receive the share of your power” he answered. It’s a difficult request but nevertheless “if you see when I was taken, you will receive it but if you don’t see me when I am taken, you will not receive it” Elijah said. They were walking and discussing, suddenly a chariot of fire pulled by horses of fire came between them and Elijah was taken up to heaven by a whirlwind and Elisha saw it and shouted “my father! my father! Mighty defender of Israel! You are gone and he never saw Elijah again.

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THE STORY OF KING SOLOMON 2

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As the fame of king Solomon circulate around the world, the Queen of Sheba visited him in his palace in Jerusalem and asked him difficult questions and the king gave her definite answers which impressed the Queen of Sheba. The Queen of Sheba was amazed, breathless and privileged to witness the king’s palace, temple and his servants....as everything was well organized. She brought some presents to king Solomon which includes golds, spices and jewels, and the king gave her everything she asked for including some customary gifts.

King Solomon offers brunt offerings and fellowship offerings in the temple’s altar three times every year and he received more than twenty five tons of gold yearly apart from merchant’s taxes, or tributes. He was super rich and stores his gold in the Hall Of Forest in Lebanon. His throne was covered with ivory and pure gold, the steps leading to his throne was designed like a lion which contains six steps and twelve lions. The back of his throne was decorated like a bullhead and his throne’s armrests was a figure of a lion and such beautiful throne wasn’t in any kingdom. All his drinking cups were made of gold and he had a ship which brings gold, ivory, silver, apes and monkeys every three years. 

King Solomon was the richest and wisest king and people come to him from around the world with gifts such as gold, silver, robes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. He had over fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand cavalry horses and during his days silver was common as stones in Jerusalem. He was into exportation of horses, and chariots from “Musri, Cilicia and Egypt, supplies to “Hittite and Syria. 

King Solomon was obsessed with foreign women, he married from Egypt, Edom, Hittite, Moab, Ammon, and Sidon. He was led away by his foreign wives to build an altars and worship other gods and sinned against the living God. Though the Lord appeared to him twice and warned him of the consequences of worshiping other gods. So the Lord said to king Solomon, “Since this is your attitude and you have not kept my covenant and my decrees, which I commanded you, I will most certainly tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your subordinates. Nevertheless, for the sake of David your father, I will not do it during your lifetime. I will tear it out of the hand of your son. Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom from him, but will give him one tribe for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

King Solomon was the author of several book in the Bible including “Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon.”

King Solomon challenges started with king Hadad of Edom and he was an evil bitter enemy of Israel. Rezon the king of Syria also becomes an enemy to Israel because of king Solomon’s sins. 

King Solomon began to have eternal enemy named Jeroboam who was his official, because the Lord had chosen Jeroboam from tribe of Ephraim to rule other ten tribes of Israel. When king Solomon heard it, he seek to kill Jeroboam but he escaped.

King Solomon lived a good live apart from worshipping of idols, he ruled Israel for 40 years and he was the last king to rule the United Kingdom of Israel, he died at 60, and was buried in the City of David and he was succeeded by his son Rehoboam who’s mother was Naamah the Ammonite.

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THE STORY OF KING SOLOMON

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Solomon was the second son of king David and Bathsheba (the widow of Uriah). Jedidiah was given to him by God through prophet Nathan (2 Samuel 12:25). He was a wealthiest and wisest king according to the Bible and he built the first TEMPLE in Jerusalem. He succeeded his father (king David) as king of Israel and ruled for 40 years before his death. His wisdom is top-notch and can’t be compared with anyone of his generation, he married 700 wives including Pharaoh’s daughter (princess of Egypt), and had 300 concubines.

He was about 15 years old when he was crowned the king of Israel and as a young king, he appointed Zadok as the priest and Benaiah as the army commander. 

Solomon made alliance with the king of Egypt by marrying his daughter and they lived in the “City of David” until he finished building his palace, the temple and wall around Jerusalem. After offering sacrifices at the most famous altar in Gibeon, the Lord appeared to him in a dream asking “what would you like me to give you” and Solomon answered “I am very young and don’t know how to rule, so give me the wisdom I need to rule with justice and to know the difference between good and evil”. (1 Kings 3:6–9). The Lord was pleased with king Solomon and gave him wisdom, understanding, honor, wealth more than any other king. 

King Solomon judges a difficult case between two women that gave birth to two boys. One accidentally rolled over her son while she was sleeping and the boy died, since it was only two of them in the house, she quietly changed her death son with the living son of the other woman. But when the other woman woke up trying to feed her son, she surprisedly found him dead and after cross checked, she noticed, it wasn’t her son actually and demanded an explanation from the other woman, who refused to accept her evil deed. When the king heard about it, he requested for the living son and a sword intending to divide the living son into two giving each a half. The mother of the dead son accepted king’s proposal in dividing the living son while the real mother showed compassion and said to the king “don’t kill the child because when he grow up, he’ll definitely know who’s his mother”, and the king declared that real mother was the woman who showed compassion and the living son was given to her......when the Israelites heard of his judgment, they were all amazed with his wisdom.

There was peace in Israel as they live in safety and the people were happy and increased both in populations and prosperities, King Solomon appointed twelve officials as district governors to oversee the king’s supplies from each tribes of Israel. They provides food to the king and his household from their region and each one being responsible for one full month. The king had forty thousand stalls for his chariots and twelve thousand cavalry horses. He was famous, wise and he composed three thousand proverbs and more than a thousand songs and his fame was all over the world and kings sent people to Jerusalem to listen to his wisdom.

In fourth year of King Solomon reign, he started building the first temple in Jerusalem (Israel) and it was the 480th years from Israel freedom from the Egyptians. The cedars used in building the temple was supplied by king Hiram of Tyre. He also built his palace and it took him twenty years to finish both the temple and his palace and The Hall Of Forest Of Lebanon. After the completion of the temple, King Solomon invited all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem, to celebrate the brand new temple and “The Covenant Box” was brought into the temple from the “City Of David” and was placed in the Most Holy Place beneath the wing creatures. 

King Solomon prayed “you oh Lord have placed the sun in the sky, yet chosen to live in the cloud and darkness and now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live forever”. King Solomon sacrificed 22,000 heads of cattle and 120,000 sheep for fellowship offerings as the temple was dedicated and the celebration lasted for seven days.

In our next post, we will continue discussing about King Solomon.

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THE STORY OF KING DAVID 3

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After the death of king Saul and Jonathan, David mourned and lamented for them because he loved Jonathan so much. (2 Samuel 1:17–27). David was anointed king of Judah in Hebron and while Ishbosheth the son of king Saul was made king of Israel (he was 40 years when he becomes king and ruled for two years before his death). There was a battle between Judah and Israel contested at Gibeon....twelve men from Judah verses twelve men from Israel and the twenty four men were killed, the place was named “Field Of Swords”. There was a clashes of power between David’s loyal supporters and those supporting king Saul’s family which go on for a very long time, David continued to gain more territories while king Saul’s family continued to lose more ground. David had six sons in Hebron Amnon, Chileab, Absalom, Adonijah, Shephatiah and Ithream. 

After the death of Abber the commander of Israeli army in Hebron, king Ishbosheth was also murdered. The elders of Israel made a sacred alliance with David and made him king over all Israel, he was thirty years and ruled for forty years. He ruled Judah (Hebron) for seven and half years and Israel (Jerusalem) for thirty three years. 

King David’s first battle was against the Philistines who came to capture him as soon as they heard he was made king of Israel but the Lord gave David victory over the Philistines. David ordered thirty thousand soldiers to bring the “Covenant Box” to Jerusalem and he had intentions of building a “House For God” (temple) but God spoke to him through a prophet Nathan “one of your sons will become king after your death and he will be responsible in building the temple”. King David was happy knowing his descendants will continue to rule Israel after when he joined his ancestors. 

King David ended the control of the Philistines over Israel by attacking and defeating them. The Lord gave him victories over the Moabites, Syria, Edom, Ammonites, Philistia and Amalek. He built military camps in their territories and they became his subjects and pay taxes. 

After king David was told about Mephibosheth the grandson of king Saul and son of Jonathan. Mephibosheth was five years old when king Saul and Jonathan died. King David restored everything that belongs to king Saul to Mephibosheth and he dined in the king’s table as one of his sons. 

There was a battle against the Ammonites and Jaob was the commander of the Israeli army. Joab leads the battle against the Ammonites and besieged the city Rabbah. King David was on the palace rooftop when he saw a woman named Bathsheba taking her bath in her house. (Uriah was the name of her husband who was in the army). The king sent summons/invite her and made love to her, she becomes pregnant and informed the king. The king sent a message to Jaob asking him to release Uriah to him and it was done as the king commanded. The king asked him, how the battle against the Ammonites was going? The king said to him “go on home and rest a while” and later sent a gifts to his house but Uriah wasn’t pleased and refused to go home but slept with the king’s guards. When the king inquired of his decision, he said “my fellow soldiers were battling, how can I go home to eat, drink and sleep with my wife”? The next day, the king tried getting him drunk but he refused to go home. Then the king sent him back to the battle and sent a message to Jaob through Uriah, commanded Jaob to put Uriah in the frontline where the fight is heaviest so Uriah can die, and the king’s wishes was granted. After the death of Uriah, prophet Nathan came to the palace and said to the king “there were two men who lived in the same town, one was rich while the other was poor. The rich had many cattle and sheep while the poor man had only a treasured lamb. The rich man had a visitor and refused to use any of his abundance of resources to serve his visitor. The rich man overcame the poor man and took his treasured lamb and serve his visitor”. The king was furious about the rich man and said “I swear by the living God, the man who did this ought to die”, and the prophet said to the king “you are the man”. The king said “I have sinned against the Lord “. The prophet said to the king “the Lord had forgiven you and you will not die but the child will die.

After the death of the child, David and Bathsheba had another son named “Solomon” and the Lord loved him so much. 

Absalom plots to take over the throne from his father David. Absalom sent messengers to all the tribes in Israel and said to them, “when you hear the sound of the trumpets , shout “Absalom has become king at Hebron”. When king David heard of it, he fled to the wilderness and went to Mount Olives, crying 😭. The king planted his good friend Hushai in the camp of Absalom, and who deceives Absalom and report back to the king. The king fled as far away as Jordan River and he was pursued by his son Absalom and his men. And finally Absalom was ridding his mule and was passing through under an oak trees, his head was caught by the branches and he died. The king wept for Absalom and wished he died instead of Absalom.

The king returned to Jerusalem with a royal party. As he returned, there was a rebellion from Sheba the son of Bikri from the tribe of Benjamin and he made the Israelites desert king David. He was killed and there was peace in the land. Then king David sang for victory, (2 Samuel 22). The king takes a census which was against the Lord’s command and there was an epidemic in Israel and about seventy thousand people died. The Lord commanded David to build an Altar in Gad and offer fellowship sacrifice. When the people of Gad saw the king and inquired about his visit in their territory, the king said to them, “I am here to buy your threshing place and build an altar for the Lord in Oder to stop the epidemic”, the people of Gad agreed to give the king their threshing place for free including oxen but the king said “I will buy it because I will not offer sacrifices to the Lord my God which cost me nothing”, and he brought it for fifty pieces of silver.

King David was getting older and he got a new wife Abishag from Shunem and she was very beautiful. 

Adonijah declared himself king and king David knew nothing about it. The king had made a solemn promise to Bathsheba that Solomon will succeed him as king of Israel. The king ordered prophet Nathan, Zadok and Benaiah to make Solomon ride his mule to Jerusalem and anoint him king and bring him back to sit on his throne. After Solomon becomes king, king David advised him “My time to die has come. Be confident and determined, and do what the LORD your God orders you to do. Obey all his laws and commands, as written in the Law of Moses, so that wherever you go you may prosper in everything you do. If you obey him, the LORD will keep the promise He made when He told me that my descendants would rule Israel as long as they were careful to obey His commands faithfully with all their heart and soul. There is something else. You remember what Joab did to me by killing the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. You remember how he murdered them in time of peace in revenge for deaths they had caused in time of war. He killed innocent men and now I bear the responsibility for what he did, and I suffer the consequences. You know what to do; you must not let him die a natural death. But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai from Gilead and take care of them, because they were kind to me when I was fleeing from your brother Absalom. There is also Shimei son of Gera, from the town of Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me bitterly the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he met me at the River Jordan, I gave him my solemn promise in the name of the LORD that I would not have him killed. But you must not let him go unpunished. You know what to do, and you must see to it that he is put to death.” (1 Kings 2:2–9).

King David lived for 70 years before his death and was buried in Hebron in the “City of David”.

King David’s wives: Michal, Ahinoam, Abigail, Maachah, Haggith, Abital, Eglah, Bathsheba and Abishag.

These are the names of king David’s children: Amnon, Chileab, Absalom, Adonijah, Shephatiah, Ithream, Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Jerimoth, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, Eliphalet and Tamar.

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THE WORLD

Hello 👋 friends, it’s always a pleasure seeing you. Let’s discuss about THE WORLD.

Just as the Bible described Jesus Christ as the only begotten son of God. Is the Jews aware of this, if they were aware of it, why then do they betray or accuse Jesus. 

It had already been told/written about the coming of the “Messiah” and they were expecting Him to come from the king’s palace or from a wealthy family but God was wiser than humans. 

Christ was born among them, grew up and played among them but when His journey started, He was rejected, betrayed, accused and humiliated. To the people, they were doing the right thing, fighting God’s anointed. “Thinking God will love them more than Jesus but they never knew God’s love to Jesus was eternal”.

They might think, if we accuse Him before God, we will be accepted by God. When you read in the Bible the accusations laid against Jesus, you will realize none makes sense, eg...”it is not right to heal on the sabbath day” “who had right to forgive sins except God” “He said, he will destroyed the temple and rebuild it in three days”.

Just taking few of their accusations, they were doing it intentionally and the Jews even send spies to follow Him and report back to them. If Christ was one of them, they wouldn’t have accused Him but His Devine and “God’s love towards Him is not transferable, negotiable and cannot be manipulated”.

If it were possible for the Jews to write christ off, or transfer His glory to one of them, they would have done it...but it’s impossible for them to do so, that’s why they killed Him.

Nobody personally accused Him of doing him/her wrong because  they all knew He was innocent, they were accusing Him to (before) God but God already knew about the challenges He will encounter before He was sent to the earth and after His mission He was seated at right hand of God.

Our take on this, the world cannot change destiny designed by God.

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THE STORY OF KING DAVID 2

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In an attempt to kill David king Saul offered Merab his first daughter to David as a wife, but David declined “who am I or what is my family that I should become the king’s son-in-law” but the king’s second daughter was in love with David. For the second time the king said to David, “indeed you are going to be my son-in-law” and all I want for her bride price is 100 foreskins of the Philistines as a revenge on my enemies, (the king was thinking David would be killed by the Philistines). The message delights David so much and he took his men against the Philistines, killing 200 men and brought the foreskins to the king before the wedding date. Knowing Michal already loved David, the king had no option than to give her second daughter to David as wife, and David becomes more famous and was successful in his services more than other officials. 

David was loved by Israel and Judah but the king was having a sleepless nights because of the throne (what else should he want, rather than the throne). The king could not continue to keep his intention of killing David to himself, he let his officials and Jonathan know about his secret plans but Jonathan informed David and he ran away. The king sent his men to David’s house to kill him but Michal made him escape through the window. David went to meet Prophet Samuel and tell him everything the king was doing and they both went to Naioth in Ramah and when the king heard about it, he sent men to arrest him. But Samuel was leading a group of prophets who are dancing and shouting and the king’s men joined the prophets, the king send another group and still, they join the prophets. For the third time, the king send out his men to arrest David but they all joined the prophets in their rituals and the king saddle his horse and making his way to Naioth in Ramah to arrest David himself but when he sees the prophets, he was overpowered by the spirit of God and he joined the prophets dancing and shouting.  

At the “New Moon Festival” Jonathan and David made a solemn promise to each other and when Jonathan finally knew the king is determined to kill David, he said to David, run for your life. Then he fled to priest Ahimelech in Nob who gave David and his men some sacred bread and the sword of Goliath. David went to Gath to king Achish and they recognized him and said to one another “this is the man whom the women sang as they are dancing “Saul killed thousands but David, tens of thousands”, and David becomes afraid and started behaving like a madman in their presence and the king Achish asked his men to chase him away. David fled from Gath to the cave in Adullam and when the people knew he was there, about four hundred men gathered with him, making him their leader. David took his family to Mizpah in Moab and begged the king of Moab to allow his family stay there for a while. 

David was told by a prophet to go to Judah and he stay in the forest of Hereth. The Philistines was attacking the city of Keilah stealing their harvested grains and David saved them and king Saul heard that David was in the walled town with fortified gates of Keilah, he called his men to besiege the town and capture David but David escaped before their arrival. David hides in the wilderness of Ziph and Saul was determined to kill him but “God did not turn David over to him”. The men of Ziph went and informed king Saul that David is in their territory and the king went with his men against David in a rocky hill of the wilderness of Maon and they were about to capture David and his men, when the king received a message about the invading of the Philistines and he abandoned chasing David and went against the Philistines....the place is called “Separation Hill”. 

When the king had finished fighting the Philistines, he returned with three thousand soldiers to Engedi in search of David, and the king went to relieve himself at “Wild Goat Rocks”, and David was hiding in the same cave and his men said, this is your chance! But David crippled over and cut the piece of the king’s robe and convinced his men that he would not harm his master “the Lord’s anointed”. When the king left the cave, David called him “Your Majesty” the Lord put you in my power to kill you but I chose to spare your life, this piece of your robe is an evidence. The king accepted his wrongdoings and confirmed that “indeed David will be king of Israel” and asked David to make a promise “he will not harm his descendants so that his family name will remain”, and David gave him his promise. 

David was in the wilderness of Paran and a wealthy but bad-tampered man from the tribe of Caleb named Nabal and his servants were in the town of Carmel. David sent ten of his men to Nabal with greetings and pleaded for some provisions from the wealthy Nabal since is a season of celebration. Nabal insisted he never heard of David though the country is filled with “runaway slaves” and I will not give him anything. When David received Nabal message, he buckled his weapons with four hundred of his men, and on their way to attack Nabal before he was met by Nabal’s wife Abigail. She offered them two hundred loaves of bread, two leather bags full of wine, five roasted sheep, two bushel of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dried figs. 

Few days later Nabal died and David took Abigail as wife. 

In our next post, we will continue to discuss our King David.

Peace ☮️ out.

THE STORY OF DAVID

Hello 👋 friends, glad to see you again. In this post, we will discuss about KING DAVID.

David was the eighth son of Jesse and Nitzevet from Bethlehem in the tribe of Ephraim and he had two sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. He was a young shepherd, handsome with a sparkling eyes, he was faithful, loyal and gained the favor of God. When Saul was still king of Israel God send Prophet Samuel to Bethlehem to anoint David the son of Jesse as king, God had rejected Saul as king because of his disobedience (unlawful offering of fellowship sacrifice and failing to utterly destroyed the Amalekites and their livestock) to God’s commandments. David finally gained fame when he defeated Goliath, the champion of the Philistines but he becomes the envy of king Saul.

When king Saul begin to face challenges as a result of evil spirit sent by God to torment him, David name was mentioned because he was a skillful player of lyre, prudent, warrior and a young man of valor. The Lord was with David and when David arrived in the palace, he was loved by everyone including Jonathan the heir to the throne, he becomes the king’s weapon bearer. 

There was a battle against the Philistines and Goliath challenged Israel every morning and evening for forty days and requested the champion of Israel for a single combat. The whole Israeli soldiers were afraid of Goliath because he was over nine feet tall and his bronze armor weighed about 125 pounds with a bronze helmet. He legs was protected by bronze armor and carried a bronze javelin slung over his shoulder. His spear was as thick as the bar on a weaver’s loom and it’s iron head weighed about 15 pounds. 

David was sent to the camp by his father Jesse to bring provisions and know about the welfare of his elder brothers serving in the army. David heard Goliath challenged the Israeli army and when the Israeli soldiers saw Goliath, they ran away in terror and said to David “the king had promised to give a big reward to anyone who kills him, the king will also give him his daughter to marry and his father’s family will not pay tax”. David was determined to fight Goliath to take away the reproach and frees Israel from disgrace, he said “who is this heathen Philistines to defy the army of the living God”?. His elder brother Eliab was displeased to hear David talk about his readiness to fight Goliath and he said to David “who is taking care of the sheep in the wilderness,? You smart aleck, you just came to watch the battle” but David pay no attention to him as he continued asking other people. 

Finally he was brought to king Saul and he said to the king, I’ll fight him and assure the people not to be afraid. The king was surprised and refused David offer to fight Goliath because “David was still a young boy while Goliath had been a soldier all his life”. But David had a testimony “your majesty, I take care of my father’s sheep in the wilderness and whenever a lion or bear carries any lamb, I’ll go after it and rescue the lamb and if the lion or bear turned against me, I grab it by the throat and beat it to death. I will do the same to this heathen Philistines who had defies the army of the living God. If God can save me from the lions and bears, He will also save me from Goliath, declared determined David. 

The Lord will be with you said the king to David. The king gave David his armor, helmet and a coat of armor and David could not walk with it because he was not used to wearing them. He took them off, take his shepherd’s stick and choose five smooth stones from the stream and put them in his bag with his sling ready, he went against Goliath.

Goliath with his shield bearer approaches David, and seeing nice looking young David with his sling, Goliath was filled with scorn and asked “do you think I am a dog”? “Come on and I will kill you and give your body to the animals and birds to eat”. David answered, “You are coming against me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the Israelite armies, which you have defied. This very day the Lord will put you in my power; I will defeat you and cut off your head. And I will give the bodies of the Philistine soldiers to the birds and animals to eat. Then the whole world will know that Israel has a God, and everyone here will see that the Lord does not need swords or spears to save his people. He is victorious in battle, and he will put all of you in our power.” David rushed towards Goliath and took a stone and slung at Goliath which hits his forehead, breaking his skull and he fell backward on the ground. David having no sword ran to him, stood over him and cut his head with Goliath’s sword, the Philistines all ran away seeing their hero on the ground, and the Israeli soldiers pursued them and looted their camp. David took Goliath’s head to Jerusalem but Goliath’s weapons was kept in his tent. 

The Israeli soldiers was returning from the battle and women from every town in Israel comes out to meet king Saul and his soldiers, they were joyful singing and dancing “Saul has killed thousands but David, ten of thousands”. They will be making him king next Saul said to himself and from that day, he hated David and seek to kill him with his spear but David dogged it and it happened on two occasions. Saul becomes afraid of David because he was such a successful leader and the Lord is with him. 

The story of king David continues in our next post, it’s a pleasure having you here.

Peace ☮️ out.

THE STORY OF KING SAUL

Hello 👋 friends, it’s always good to see you and in this post, we will take a look at THE STORY OF KING SAUL.

King Saul was the son of a wealthy and influential man Kish from Gibeah in the Tribe of Benjamin and he was the first monarch in Israel and he reigned from Gibeah. Saul married Ahinoam and they had (sons) Jonathan, Ishvi, Malchishua (daughters) Merab and Michal. Saul was a handsome young man and a foot taller than everyone in Israel. He was anointed by Prophet Samuel who was instrumental in the transition from “Judges to Kingship” in the kingdom of Israel. When the Israelites requested for a king and God revealed to Samuel that He had chosen Saul to be king of Israel. 

(1 Samuel 9) Kish’s donkeys was missing and he sent his son Saul and a servant to search for it and they searched through the hill country of Ephraim and Shalishah without finding the donkeys, they continued to the territory of Benjamin and reaching Zuph, Saul said to the servant, it’s better we returned home before my father started to worry about us instead of the missing donkeys. The servant recommend they meet a seer in that city (a seer is used as a prophet in the ancient days) who might tell them the whereabouts of the donkeys. 

They were on their way to meet Samuel while Samuel was on his way to offer a sacrifice at the hillside. When they encountered, the spirit of the Lord, administered to Samuel to anoint Saul as a king of Israel, who will rescue the Israelites from the bondage of the Philistines. When Saul approached Samuel, asking him “please, tell us, where does the seer lives” and Samuel replied “I am the seer” and he invited them to the sacrifice. Samuel made mention of the missing donkeys to them and at the worship, they were served the best portion. 

They spent a night and the next day on their way back, the servant was instructed to move ahead and Samuel were left alone with Saul, then Samuel reached out the jar of olive oil and poured in on Saul’s head and informed him the Lord had chosen him to be king in Israel and you will protect the people from their enemies. Samuel gave illustrations to him that approaching “Rachel tomb” at Zelzah territory of Benjamin, he will meet two men and they will inform him that the missing donkeys have been found and Kish is worried about Saul and the servant. 

Reaching Tabor, you will meet three men going to Bethel to offer sacrifices and they will offer you two loaves of bread and you must accept. At the entrance of Gibeah, you will meet a group of prophets playing harps, drums, flutes and lyrics. When you see them dancing and shouting, the spirit of the Lord will take control of you and you will become a different person and  join them, in these moments, do whatever God leads you to do. Wait there seven days, until I come and tell you what to do, Samuel instructed.

Samuel invited the people of Israel for a religious gathered in the city of Mizpah and instruct them to gathered together in tribes and clan, he uses the Urim and Thummim to select. The Tribe of Benjamin was selected, they gathered in families, and the family of Matri was selected, and as the men of the family of Matri approaches, Saul the son of Kish was selected. Saul was hiding and the people ran and brought him and Samuel presents him to the people of Israel as their king and they shouted “long live the king”. Saul returned home after his coronation and was accompanied by some powerful men.

One month later, king Nahash of Ammonites besieged the city of Jabesh in the province of Gilead and threatened to  pluck out everyone’s right eyes which will be a disgrace to Israel when Saul heard it, he was furious, cutting two oxen into pieces and declared warnings to Israel that anyone who stayed back will be slaughtered like the oxen. Saul gather about 330,000 men from both Israel and Judah and they camped at Bezek. He divided his men into three groups and at dawn, they attacked the Ammonites camp and slaughtered them before noon. The people was so happy with Saul and wanted to kill those who sabotaged his reign. But Saul declined and declared it to be a day of celebration because God had rescued Israel from the hands of their enemies.

They all returned to Gilgal in the house of the Lord and proclaimed Saul as king and offered fellowship sacrifices and the people and the king celebrated. 

Now there was a battle between the Philistines and Saul had chosen 3000 men out of two hundred thousand which stayed in the cities of Bethel and Michash. Jonathan (Saul’s son) was assigned with one thousand men to secure the territory of Gibeah in Benjamin and the rest was sent home. Saul was in Gilgal with his men patiently waiting for the arrival of the delayed Samuel to offer the fellowship sacrifice because the armies of the Philistines had gathered in the territory of Michmash and they are ready to attack Israel. There were treble fear among the Israelites and they were all hiding. The men with Saul were trembling and deserted Saul and he was pushed to offer the fellowship sacrifice himself and Samuel arrived immediately. Samuel was displeased with Saul’s inability to obey God’s commandments and said to him “that’s a foolish thing to do” “if you had obeyed, you and your descendants would have ruled Israel forever” “the Lord will find the kind of man He wants and make him ruler of His people”. God gave Israel victory over the Philistines and Saul defeated all his enemies, from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zobah, Amalek and the Philistines. 

The Lord commanded Saul through Samuel to utterly destroyed the Amalekites for the sins they committed against Israel when they came out of Egypt. He was instructed to kill men, women, children, babies, oxen, cattle, sheep, and Carmel without sparing anything. He gathered his men and attacked the Amalekites and defeated them but they spared the king Agag and healthiest livestock. His actions displeased God and regretted choosing him as king of Israel. Samuel was disappointed when he met Saul, because of his disobedient to God’s command. Saul claimed his men brought back the livestock as sacrifice and offering to the Lord, Samuel replied, “which does the Lord prefer, obedience or offerings and sacrifice”. “It is better to obey Him than to sacrifice the best sheep to Him” “because you rejected His commands, the Lord had rejected you as king “.

Yes I have sinned against the Lord and disobey your instructions because I was afraid of my men and did what they wanted. Please go back with me so I can worship the Lord God of Israel, and Samuel refused. Samuel turning back to leave, Saul caught hold of his cloak and it tore, “the Lord had torn away the kingdom of Israel from you today and given it to someone who is a better man than you”, said Samuel. Finally Samuel accepted to go back to Gilgal with him to worship God after he demanded for respect.

Saul been tormented by evil spirit sent by the Lord and David was brought to him to play harps and sings to the king. David was later Saul’s weapon bearer because he likes David so much and he sent a message to David’s father Jesse to allow David stay with him. 

There was a battle between Israel and the Philistines, Saul and his men camped in “Elah Valley”. The Philistines had a warrior named Goliath and the Israelites were afraid to face him, he challenges the Israelites and curse them and when he approaches the camp of Israel, they flew in terror. David was sent to the camp to check the welfare of his elder brothers  who was in the battle with king Saul and bring news to Jesse. 

David heard the uncircumcised Philistine defile the army of the living God, he accepted to challenge Goliath and Eliab was displeased with David and asked him to go home, but David was determined to take away the reproach of Israel. He faced Goliath and defeated him and the Philistines ran away and the Israelites pursued them. The news of David was all over Israel and they women welcomed the Israeli soldiers with joyful singing and dancing “Saul has killed thousands but David ten of thousands”, and their song was a displeasure to Saul, and he began to hate David and seek to kill him. 

Saul use Michal his daughter as a trap to David but he didn’t realize Michal loved David and refused to play the game. Saul requested for a 100 fore-skins of the Philistines as a bride price and David brought 200 foreskins of the Philistines to the king. Saul cannot hide his feelings of killing David anymore, so he told his officials and Jonathan but his son loves David so much and informed him of the king’s secret plan.

David went to Ramah to meet Samuel telling him everything Saul was doing and they both stayed in “Naioth” and king Saul heard it and sent people to arrest David, when the men sent by king Saul saw some prophets dancing and shouting with Samuel being their leader, the spirit of the Lord overpowered Saul’s men and they joined the prophets in dancing and shouting. When king Saul was told about what happened to the men he sent, he send the second batch of men and the third batches and they all joined the prophets in dancing and shouting. He had no option than to journey to Ramah himself, reaching there, the spirit of the Lord took him and he joined the prophets in dancing and shouting. 

Saul was determined to kill David because of the kingship knowing that David will become the king of Israel someday. When the king returned from his battle against the Philistines and he heard that David was in the wilderness of Engedi and he took his best soldiers to search for David. There was a rock named “Wild Goats Rocks” where David and his men was hiding in the cave. The king was tired and fall asleep with his soldiers and David approached them, cutting off a piece of the the king’s robe without hurting him. When the king had finished relaxing and set to leave, David calls his attention and bowed down to him, showing him a piece of his robe in his hand. 

King Saul heard David was hiding in Mount Hachilah, very close to the wilderness of Judean in Ziph, he hastened with three thousand soldiers to search for David. During the night when the king had fallen asleep and was surrounded by his soldiers, David went to his camp, and struck his spear near the king’s head and David took his water jar and the king’s spear and leave. Then on a safer place on top of the hill, David called the commander of the Israeli army Abner asking him why he could not protect the king, showing them the king’s spear and water jar. The king confessed of doing something wrong and wanted David to come back and I will never harm you again. David left the king’s spear and water jar and leave with his men while the king returned home.

After the death of Samuel, and there was a battle against the Philistines. Saul had already ordered all the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel. Saul been terrified by the Philistines seek help from God but there were no response, so he decided to use a medium. There was a woman at Endor  and Saul disguised himself to meet her. Saul said to the woman, consult and call up the spirit of the man I name! The woman not knowing he was the king, was afraid and asked, do you want me to be killed, haven’t you heard the king asked all the fortunetellers and mediums to depart Israel? The king made a solemn promise to the woman and promised her she won’t be punished. 

When the woman called up the spirit of Samuel, she realized the person with her is the king, and she asked the king “why did you trick me”, you are king Saul. Samuel asked Saul “why are you disturbing me”. King Saul cried for help and complained that the Lord had abandoned him and does not answer him anymore even through the prophets. Samuel informed him the battle against the Philistines tomorrow would be his last because he will die including your sons. The kingdom of Israel had already been given to David, Samuel said to king Saul. The king was terrified and fall to the ground because he was weak and he had not eaten anything. The woman prepared something for them and they ate and left.

The battle against the Philistines was fought at Mount Gilboa and many Israeli soldiers were killed and the rest fled including the king and his sons but the Philistines caught and killed Saul’s three sons. Saul was hit by the enemies arrows and he was badly wounded, he said to the young man carrying his weapons to kill him, but the young man refused. Saul took his own life because he didn’t want to be killed by the godless Philistines. 

The Philistine made a spectacular of the king’s body and his sons, cutting of the king’s head and hanging it and nailed it on the wall in the city of Beth Shan. The men of the city of Gilead recovered the body and burned it at Jabesh, and their bones was buried. 

We appreciate your affections, remain blessed.

Peace ☮️ out.