“HOW CAN A YOUNG KEEEP HIS WAY PURE? BY
LIVING ACCORDING TOYOUR WORD.” PSALM 119. 9 NIV
Are you tried of living in defeat?
Then into God’s Word and get into you! ‘A scripture ‘a day keepsalm the devil
away is a cut slogan, but it’ll take a lot more than that! God’s Word is like
medicine. You don’t have to understand how it works, just keep taken it!
Something amazing happens when soak yourself in the scriptures. Temptation
loses its power overcoming strength replaces it. And each tine a scripture
explodes in your understanding, your hunger for God’s Word increase.
But
that means reading your Bible even when you don’t feel like it, or have time
to, or you don’t seem to be getting much out of it. God says, “As the rain and
snow come down from the heaven and stay upon the ground to water the earth, and
cause the grain to grow and to produce seed for the farmer and bread for the
hungry, so also is my Word…. It always produces fruit. It shall accomplish all
I want it to” (Isa 55:10-11 TIB). You don’t have to have certain ‘sensations’
to know God’s Words is working within you. David said, “I have thought much
about your words, and store them in my heart so that they would hold me back
from sin” (Ps 119:11 TLB). Then he prayed, “Open my eyes to see wonderful
things in your Words” (Ps 119:18 TLB). That’s a prayer God will answer. Jesus
said, “Now are ye clean through the word which I have spoken unto you” (Jn
15:3). Do you want to live clean? Birth your mind in God’s Word. Let it flow
over you until every vestige of carnality is swept away.
“NOT BY MIGHT BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT,
SAS THE LORD.” ZECHARIAH 4:6NIV
Any tine God anoints [empowers]
you, keep three things in min:
1. To
anoint is to walk alone. When God uses you to do great things, people assume
you’re strong so you don’t need anything. They don’t realize that underneath it
is a small, fail person who’s half-scarced-to-deah, and who’s as amazed by it
as they are. And when nobody ministers to you, or you act like you have it’ all
altogether,’ you become an easy target.
2. Without
God’s anointing you’re in trouble! It happen to Samson: “Then [Delilah] called
‘Samson, the Philistines are upon you!’ He awoke form his sleep and though,
‘I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.’ But he didn’t know that the lord
had left him. Then the Philistine seized him” (Jud 16:20-21 NIV). God stepped
back and let Samson see that it was not he doing it, but the lord. And those
who lead forget this at their peril!
3. The
anointing makes the difference. Take the sling of David’s hand and the stone
out of Goliath’s forehead and what are they? Worthless by themselves! So if
you’re waiting for God to give you exceptional equipment before you decide to
get into the fight, you’re not doing to experience great victories. God’s “strength
is made perfect in weakness” (2Co 12:9). The way to know you’re true anointed
is when God take substandard equipment and perform supernatural feats. And that
only happen when you say,” Lord, I don’t see how you could do this through me.”
Then God get the glory. And his reputation not yours is what it’s all about!
“ALL THE THINGS I
HAD TOILED FOR… I MUST LEAVE….TO THE ON WHO COMES AFTER ME.” ECCLESIASYES 2:18
NIV
Max Lucado
writes: “A little boy is on the beach.
He packs the sand with plastic shovels into a bright red bucket. The he upends
the bucket and a sandcastle created.
“A man is in his office. He shove papers
into stack and delegates assignments. Numbers are juggled, contracts are signed,
and a profit is made.
“Two buildes two castiles. Yet that is where the
similarities cease. For the boy sees the end why the man ignore it.
However, Trait
theories have shown a significant correlation between certain qualifies and
leadership effectiveness. These qualifies or traits include: intelligence,
personality, tolerace, adaptability,
strong conviction, ability to motivate, aggressiveness, self- confidence,
physical characteristic and ability to communicate.
‘IT IS BETTER TO
PUT TRUST IN THE LROD THAN TO PUT CONFIDENCE IN MAN.’ PSALM 118: 8 NKJV
Psalm 117 is the
shortest chapter I the Bible. Psalm 119 is the longest. Psalm 118 is at the
centre of the Bible. There are 594 chapters in the Bible before Psalm 118, and
there are 594 chapter in the Bible after Psalm 118 1,188 chapters. This number
can be split 118,-8, or Psalm 118:8.Now we know that the chapter division in
the Bible are not part of original scripture, but isn’t it interesting how this
little word –exercise work out? Or was God is the centre of it all? And if He
was, shouldn’t the central verse of the Bible contain its central theme? It
does: ‘It is better to trust in the lord than to put confidence in man.’
In Psalm 118 the Psalmist recalls seven reasons why God is worthy to be
trusted: a) ‘I called upon the Lord in
distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place’ (v5), b) ‘The is
on my side; I will not fear what
can man do unto me?’(v6), c) ‘The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore
shall I see my desire upon them that hate me’ (v7), ‘I shall not die, but to
live and declare the glory of the Lord’ (v17), e) ‘The Lord hath chastened me
sore: but He hath not giving me over unto death’ (v 18), f) ‘This is the which the Lord has made; we will
rejoice and be glade in it’(v24), g) ‘Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is
good! For his mercy endures forever’ (v29 NKJV).
‘IT IS I; BE NOT
AFRIAD.’ MARK 6:50
Are
you in a storm today? Then read these words: ‘The boat was in the middle of the
sea; and He was alone on the land. Then He saw them straining at rowing, to
them, walking on the sea, and would have passed them by. And when they saw him
walking on the sea, they supposed it was a ghost, and cried out… But
immediately He talked with them and said to them…’It is I; do not be afraid.
‘Then He went up into the boat with them, and the wind ceased’ (Mark 6:47-51
NKJV). There are four lessons here for
us:
1) It’s when we feel most separated form God
that He’s teaching us the most. Dave Dravecky said, Looking back… I have
learned that the wilderness is part of the landscape of faith, and every bit as
essential as the mountaintop. On the mountaintop we are overwhelmed by God’s
presence. In the wilderness we are overwhelmed his absence. Both places should
bring us to our knees; the one, in utter awe; the other, in utter dependence.’
2) God doesn’t show up early. Usually He comes in the worse part of the storm
when you think you can’t take any more but He will always be on time. 3) God
takes us through difference storms, revealing more of Himself to us in each
one. Otherwise there are spaces of his character, and divine strategies we’d
never understand. 4) God’s presence alone should be enough for us in any storm.
The moment He shows up and says, ‘It is I, and our every fear should be calmed.
“THE BATTLE
IS THE LORD’S; 1 SAMUEL 17:47 NKJV
One
day a soldier with fleeing from the
enemy was brought before Alexander the
Great. Alexander the Great asked him, ‘What’s your name? Dropping his head, he
relied, ‘Alexander. ‘Alexander the Great grabbed him by the shoulders and said,
Solder, change your conduct or change your name! ‘You have been called to live
a live worthy of the one whose name you carry, you must realise:
1) You’re
not unique. Your temptations ‘are no different from what others experience’ (1 Corinthians
10:13 NLT). Goliath wasn’t always a giant; he was fed and nurtured until he
became one. Our giant are usually little since we overlook and indulge until
they assume a life of their own and come back to haunt us.
2) You
can’t do it alone. Your giant will defeat you any time you tackle him in your
own strength. David told Goliath, This is the Lord’s battle, and he will give
you to us’(1 Sa muel 17:47 NLT). You need divine help to overcome hold habits and
establish new behaviours. So declare with Paul , ‘Christ…. Gives me strength’
(Philippians 4:13 NLT).
3) You
must comfort your giant head-on. The
Bible says: ‘As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quikly ran… to meet him’
(1 Samuel 1 :48 NLT ). Don’t run away, don’t try to negotiate, don’t compromsee
and don’t excuse.force our giant out in to ther light and don’t let him back into your life. Establish boundaries and
make youself accountable. Stay out of
the wrong company. Above all, don’t look at God in the light of your giant,
look at our giant in the light of God.
ANXIETY IN THE
HEART OF MAN CAUSES DEPRESSION, BUT A GOOD WORD MAKES IT GLAD.’ PROVERNS 12:25
NKJV
Few things are as powerful as the
rigth words spoken at the rigth time. By the same token, words witheld when
their senson of opportunity is gone, aer a heavy burden to live with. Looking back, one relationship
expert offers these movng words:
‘I remember when Itook your new car
on the road and wrecked it. I thougth you’d be livid and come down hard on m,
but you didn’t. I remember when we went to the bench and you didn’t want to go
because you said it was going to rain.
We went and it
rained. I was sure you’d rub it in say, “I told you so!’ But you didn’t. then
there was the time when I spilled
blueberry juice down the front of yur
new white tux. I knew you’d be upset and blame me. But you didn’t. And
However, Trait
theories have shown a significant correction between certain qualities and
leaderships effectiveness. These qualities or traits include: intelligence,
personality, tolerance, adaptability, strong
conviction, ability to motivate,
aggressiveness, self-confidence, physical characteristics and ti communicate.
The Situational Approach
Because of certain problems associated with
the trait approach, attention is directed to the given situational l aspect of
leadership. Many social psychologists believe that leaders are the product of
given situations.
A great number
of researches have been conducted on the premise that leadership is strongly
affected by the situation from which the leader emerges and which he operates.
Intelligence:
For a leader to lead well he must be more intelligent than his followers.
However, extreme disparity in intelligence between a leader and his
subordinates may not augur well with the functions of the organisation. A
leader of high intelligence trying to influence his subordinates with relatively
low intelligence may not be able to understand the reasons hay his people could
not comprehend certain issues. In view
of this, the leader may have problems in communicating his ideas to his group
members.
Experience has shown that the most successive
leaders are not original thinkers, but imitators proofing form innumerable
contributions previously made other people.
Personality:
Personal traits such as personal integrity, self confidence and originality are
associated with effective leadership, If we could remember how personality is
related to perception, attitudes, learning and motivation, we can right say the personality is important trait for good
leadership.
Tolerance: A
good leader must be to accept criticism. He must possess the ability to
tolerate uncertainty and postponement without anxiety or being upset. He should
be able to allow his followers free hand to use their initiative in whatever
they are doing.
Ability to
Motivate and Stimulate his people: Effective leader must be able to chose an
organisation goal wisely, forecast the means of achieving goals. A good leader
should possess the skills of inspiring and motivating his subordinated towards
the attainment of both organisational and individual’’ goals .leadership must
understand that some people spend
countless hours working for organisation
for which there is little or no rewards.
The only compensation is the satisfaction of doing a good job and
appreciation from the leader.
In view of this, a good leader must learn
how to say thanks in many different ways as possible. A pat on the back, mere recognition
thank you for doing a good job can help greatly towards building strong morals.
He must always strive to satisfy his follower’s needs or give some assurance of
eventual satisfaction.
Physical
Characteristics: Effective leadership may not necessarily depend on factors as
age, weight and appearance but on other factors. For example, individuals like
Napoleon, Stalin and Truman were leaders of small status who displayed good
leadership qualities. However, many people and organisations that it required
hung and person with maturity in age to secure compliance from his followers.
Aggressiveness:
A good leader must always be pushful in getting most of his polices
implemented. He must be able use persuasion and argument effectively to
convince his subordinated.
Ability to
Communicate: Effective leader must be able to establish a strong communication
network to enable him get his massager across to organisational members. This
network will include feedbacks, which indicates if the followers actually received
the message. He must realise complexity of group behaviour and interaction
between feelings and tasks. He pays active attention to the discussion to know
when specific functions are necessary such as summarising, clarifying, focusing
an preventing too rapid closure of a topic.
Flexibility and
Adaptability: This relates to the ability of a leader to respond to environment
changes. The world we live in is full of changes such as:
1. Change
in economic conditions
2. Changes
within the organisation itself
3. Social
Cultural changes
4. Political
climate
The rate of changes has increased in recent
years making it necessary that a leader must be increasingly award and t these
changing situations. He can use the crisis situation as an opportunity for
innovation.
The Situational Approach
Because of certain problems associated with
the trait approach, attention is directed
to the given situational l aspect of
leadership. Many social psychologists believe that leaders are the product of
given situations.
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