We all need to have a full faith in God, in God's heart, in
God's faithfulness, in God's ability, in God's word, in God's
will, and in God's sovereignty. If we have such a faith,
Satan's flaming darts will not be able to damage us.
The flaming darts are Satan's temptations, proposals, doubts,
questions, lies, and attacks. Flaming darts were used by
warriors in the apostle's time, and the apostle used this as
an illustration of Satan's attacks on us. Every temptation is
a deceit, a false promise.
The flaming darts include the Devil's proposals that come to
us. As we are waking up in the morning, often Satan will make
proposals to us. For this reason, we need to get into the
Word the first thing in the morning. If we are not in the
Word, we shall have no covering against the Devil's
proposals. Doubts and questions are also flaming darts of
Satan. Have you ever noticed that a question mark looks very
much like a serpent? It was Satan who asked Eve, “Hath God
said?” (Gen. 3:1). [By asking certain questions, Satan
attempts to make us question God's love, intending that we
would doubt the infinite goodness of God's heart toward us.]
When the Devil questions us in this way, our response
should be to flee, without even talking to him. Many times
Satan attacks us with lies. But the shield of faith also
guards us against these flaming darts.
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green eagles then
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
reponse to hardship by gbile akanni
An individual response to hardship!
There was a famine in the promise land!
Things were hard and everyone was affected!
Yes! But not everyone decided to leave the land like Elimelech.
This is not the kind of famine that kills everybody or flushes everybody out. This kind of famine simply brings a spate of suffering . . . a difficult but endurable hardship allowed of God to test the faithfulness of God's man, especially those whom He is considering for glory and leadership. He sends this kind of famine to find out who will hold on to God's promise, stay put and be true to God's commandments in the face of hardship or who will leave in search of relief, comfort and convenience outside of the will of God.
And it comes to all of God's people in one shade or the other. There was a famine in the days of Abraham, there was another famine in the days of his son Isaac and there was yet another famine in the days of his grandson Jacob. All three encountered their different season of suffering, hardship and difficulty and all three responded differently. This period of suffering or hardship you are going through is not strange neither are you strange for going through it. It's your own time of famine and how you respond determines your future.
Concurrently, in the time of these famines, God normally allows for there to be food, pleasures and convenience in a nearby land of disobedience. When this kind of famine comes to Israel, there's always corn in a nearby Moab or Egypt. In order to be a real test of individual faithfulness, God never fails to leave a "tree of good and evil" within reach of his beloved man that is only made "out of boundaries" by clear instructions and commandments. Elimelech decided to take the easy way out, so he packed his bags and baggage, picked up his wife and two boys and headed out for the country of Moab.
This decision not to endure the famine was borne out of an individual's response to endurable hardship; a selfish, self-seeking expedition. "I'm checking out, whatever happens to everyone left behind is their business, this is my chance to escape and have a breath of fresh air!"
Whatever be the cause of the famine, either of national punishment for forsaking the Lord or just the normal seasonal and cyclic phases of famine and plenty, it never lasts forever. God will soon visit His people in sending them Bread. God never punishes His people to the extent of extinction, he never forgets to remember mercy! If we endure and walk with the Lord, we will still prosper in the land though it be a time of famine.
So, there was a Boaz!, a near kinsman, a contemporary . . . . who remained behind in God's Bethlehem Juda. He endured the hardship, "roughed the suffering" and continued planting in famine. The result? He became "a mighty man of wealth" in the same land from where Elimelech ran.
The decision to run was personal, it was individual even though he could have been influenced. It was "a certain man" that went to sojourn, it was "he" and "his" wife and "his" two sons. It was his decision. It is a man that takes the decisions for the family, it is a man that takes the lead, it is a man that determines the future and destiny of his household. That is usually the case, that is the way God ordained it.
Unfortunately, it is never "he" alone that bears the repercussion of "his" decision. Many times, his wife, his sons, his posterity . . . . all partake of the fruit of a man's wrong decision or indecision. In the end, Elimelech lost it all . . . his life, his two sons - his two opportunities of perpetuating his lineage and becoming famous in Israel. Only his wife escaped the cataclysm and returned to tell the tale of woe.
I don't think you should take that journey! Whatever it is, if it is in response to a sense of being squeezed and choked by economic hardship or some other environmental hardship.
I don't think you should change your job, if it is only for greener pastures sake!
I don't think you should pack out of your husband's house or abscond and leave the household simply because some pressure have come to which you have no answer.
I don't think it will augur well in the end, if you leave the man of God you were posted to serve under while waiting for when the Lord will visit you.
Don't leave that Church, no matter the hostility of the Pastor!
Don't leave your duty post because there's a famine!
Famines are short-lived, it will soon be over. God will soon visit you and send you corn and wine and you will eventually dip your foot in butter!
Think of tomorrow, think of posterity, think of your testimony!
Beloved of God, stop, think and pray!SOURCE-LIVINGSEED.ORG [BRO. GBILE AKANNI’S web site]
There was a famine in the promise land!
Things were hard and everyone was affected!
Yes! But not everyone decided to leave the land like Elimelech.
This is not the kind of famine that kills everybody or flushes everybody out. This kind of famine simply brings a spate of suffering . . . a difficult but endurable hardship allowed of God to test the faithfulness of God's man, especially those whom He is considering for glory and leadership. He sends this kind of famine to find out who will hold on to God's promise, stay put and be true to God's commandments in the face of hardship or who will leave in search of relief, comfort and convenience outside of the will of God.
And it comes to all of God's people in one shade or the other. There was a famine in the days of Abraham, there was another famine in the days of his son Isaac and there was yet another famine in the days of his grandson Jacob. All three encountered their different season of suffering, hardship and difficulty and all three responded differently. This period of suffering or hardship you are going through is not strange neither are you strange for going through it. It's your own time of famine and how you respond determines your future.
Concurrently, in the time of these famines, God normally allows for there to be food, pleasures and convenience in a nearby land of disobedience. When this kind of famine comes to Israel, there's always corn in a nearby Moab or Egypt. In order to be a real test of individual faithfulness, God never fails to leave a "tree of good and evil" within reach of his beloved man that is only made "out of boundaries" by clear instructions and commandments. Elimelech decided to take the easy way out, so he packed his bags and baggage, picked up his wife and two boys and headed out for the country of Moab.
This decision not to endure the famine was borne out of an individual's response to endurable hardship; a selfish, self-seeking expedition. "I'm checking out, whatever happens to everyone left behind is their business, this is my chance to escape and have a breath of fresh air!"
Whatever be the cause of the famine, either of national punishment for forsaking the Lord or just the normal seasonal and cyclic phases of famine and plenty, it never lasts forever. God will soon visit His people in sending them Bread. God never punishes His people to the extent of extinction, he never forgets to remember mercy! If we endure and walk with the Lord, we will still prosper in the land though it be a time of famine.
So, there was a Boaz!, a near kinsman, a contemporary . . . . who remained behind in God's Bethlehem Juda. He endured the hardship, "roughed the suffering" and continued planting in famine. The result? He became "a mighty man of wealth" in the same land from where Elimelech ran.
The decision to run was personal, it was individual even though he could have been influenced. It was "a certain man" that went to sojourn, it was "he" and "his" wife and "his" two sons. It was his decision. It is a man that takes the decisions for the family, it is a man that takes the lead, it is a man that determines the future and destiny of his household. That is usually the case, that is the way God ordained it.
Unfortunately, it is never "he" alone that bears the repercussion of "his" decision. Many times, his wife, his sons, his posterity . . . . all partake of the fruit of a man's wrong decision or indecision. In the end, Elimelech lost it all . . . his life, his two sons - his two opportunities of perpetuating his lineage and becoming famous in Israel. Only his wife escaped the cataclysm and returned to tell the tale of woe.
I don't think you should take that journey! Whatever it is, if it is in response to a sense of being squeezed and choked by economic hardship or some other environmental hardship.
I don't think you should change your job, if it is only for greener pastures sake!
I don't think you should pack out of your husband's house or abscond and leave the household simply because some pressure have come to which you have no answer.
I don't think it will augur well in the end, if you leave the man of God you were posted to serve under while waiting for when the Lord will visit you.
Don't leave that Church, no matter the hostility of the Pastor!
Don't leave your duty post because there's a famine!
Famines are short-lived, it will soon be over. God will soon visit you and send you corn and wine and you will eventually dip your foot in butter!
Think of tomorrow, think of posterity, think of your testimony!
Beloved of God, stop, think and pray!SOURCE-LIVINGSEED.ORG [BRO. GBILE AKANNI’S web site]
this is Gods plan not religion
God's economy [plan] is not a religion, but a wonderful,
unlimited, immeasurable, unsearchable, and all-inclusive
Person, Christ Jesus Himself. Christ is the embodiment of God
and the content of the church. This Christ is to be our life
and our person.
Many Christians pay more attention to the Bible than to
Christ. This indicates that even the Bible can be utilized to
distract people from Christ. Surely, we believe, respect, and
honor the Bible to the uttermost. But we recognize that the
Bible is the revelation of the living Person of Christ. If we
do not pay attention to the Christ revealed in the Bible,
then we ignore the main function of the Bible, which is to
reveal this very Christ to us. How we need to be recoveredfully to Christ Himself!
We need to be recovered not merely to the objective Christ in
the heavens, but to the subjective Christ in our spirit. This
subjective One is seeking to spread Himself into our heart.
Not only is Christ our Savior objectively, but He is our life
and our person subjectively. We need to devote our full
attention to such a subjective Christ. In Galatians 2:20 Paul
could say, “Not I, but Christ who lives in me.” Here Paul did
not speak of the life of Christ, the work of Christ, or the
power of Christ; he spoke of Christ Himself living in him.
Hallelujah, the very Person of Christ is living in us!
unlimited, immeasurable, unsearchable, and all-inclusive
Person, Christ Jesus Himself. Christ is the embodiment of God
and the content of the church. This Christ is to be our life
and our person.
Many Christians pay more attention to the Bible than to
Christ. This indicates that even the Bible can be utilized to
distract people from Christ. Surely, we believe, respect, and
honor the Bible to the uttermost. But we recognize that the
Bible is the revelation of the living Person of Christ. If we
do not pay attention to the Christ revealed in the Bible,
then we ignore the main function of the Bible, which is to
reveal this very Christ to us. How we need to be recoveredfully to Christ Himself!
We need to be recovered not merely to the objective Christ in
the heavens, but to the subjective Christ in our spirit. This
subjective One is seeking to spread Himself into our heart.
Not only is Christ our Savior objectively, but He is our life
and our person subjectively. We need to devote our full
attention to such a subjective Christ. In Galatians 2:20 Paul
could say, “Not I, but Christ who lives in me.” Here Paul did
not speak of the life of Christ, the work of Christ, or the
power of Christ; he spoke of Christ Himself living in him.
Hallelujah, the very Person of Christ is living in us!
lets not neglect the christ to teach doctrines....watchman nee
Certain religious teachers attempt to systematize the
revelation in the New Testament. Under the influence of such
systematic teachings, some suppose that since Christ is in
the third heaven He cannot be elsewhere, particularly not in
us. Nevertheless, the Bible says that Christ is both in the
third heaven and in us as well. Furthermore, although Christ
is in us already, He is coming. This means that He is both
here now and He is coming. I cannot reconcile this. I simply
believe both aspects because the New Testament reveals both.
The problem many believers have is that they have been
religiously indoctrinated regarding the objective aspect of
the Lord's coming, to the neglect of the subjective aspect.
They pay their full attention to the Christ in heaven and
firmly believe in His coming back. However, they neglect the
fact of the indwelling Christ, perhaps not even realizing
that Christ is now within them. As we are awaiting Christ's
coming back from the heavens, we need to enjoy Him inwardly.
The Lord Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock;
if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in
to him and dine with him and he with Me” (Rev. 3:20). The
Lord's word here indicates that He is here already. How we
need to experience the living, subjective, indwelling Christ!
My burden is to minister such a Christ to the Lord's people.
What is the use of knowing how to rightly interpret the Bible
if we do not have a direct, precious, and intimate enjoyment
of the living Christ?
revelation in the New Testament. Under the influence of such
systematic teachings, some suppose that since Christ is in
the third heaven He cannot be elsewhere, particularly not in
us. Nevertheless, the Bible says that Christ is both in the
third heaven and in us as well. Furthermore, although Christ
is in us already, He is coming. This means that He is both
here now and He is coming. I cannot reconcile this. I simply
believe both aspects because the New Testament reveals both.
The problem many believers have is that they have been
religiously indoctrinated regarding the objective aspect of
the Lord's coming, to the neglect of the subjective aspect.
They pay their full attention to the Christ in heaven and
firmly believe in His coming back. However, they neglect the
fact of the indwelling Christ, perhaps not even realizing
that Christ is now within them. As we are awaiting Christ's
coming back from the heavens, we need to enjoy Him inwardly.
The Lord Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock;
if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in
to him and dine with him and he with Me” (Rev. 3:20). The
Lord's word here indicates that He is here already. How we
need to experience the living, subjective, indwelling Christ!
My burden is to minister such a Christ to the Lord's people.
What is the use of knowing how to rightly interpret the Bible
if we do not have a direct, precious, and intimate enjoyment
of the living Christ?
looking for love in strange places
Mothers love is irreplaceable and when scorned it would leave one in the hot waters of the world . i remember wishing and hoping that i was orphaned so that i would be free from motherly shackles i found myself then . do not smoke , girls would seek you later when you have found your feet , hanging around women would bring fetters to your your feet truncate the flight and shift your focus she would say then . you are the son of a King so strong drinks wouls alter your judgement ..this were words i heard that made me wish to be orphaned so that iw ould eb free ..
Alas true freedom comes from the restraints and the supposed shackles that the Lord places on you, yoked to him and your flight becomes like that of the eagle and you become swift in your daily affairs .
someone once said true freedom is in God alone and with Him watching over you and ordering your steps you are free .
i have searched for love in strange places , in bosom of despicables and heavy painted and tainted but i have come to realise that the King of them all and the Lord of all Mortals alone can give true love .
yes i can say i have found true love ..... where ? yes in th heart of my beloved
Alas true freedom comes from the restraints and the supposed shackles that the Lord places on you, yoked to him and your flight becomes like that of the eagle and you become swift in your daily affairs .
someone once said true freedom is in God alone and with Him watching over you and ordering your steps you are free .
i have searched for love in strange places , in bosom of despicables and heavy painted and tainted but i have come to realise that the King of them all and the Lord of all Mortals alone can give true love .
yes i can say i have found true love ..... where ? yes in th heart of my beloved
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