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And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. Joel 2:28-29 When you walk with the Holy Spirit He can give you prophecy, visions and dreams for your life. Your life will not be stagnant when you walk with the Holy Spirit because He will tell you things to come. The Holy Spirit will reveal to you an exciting future. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. John16:13 Life can never be dull when you walk with the Holy Spirit because He makes your life beautiful. The Holy Spirit will give you a glorious life. If you want to go from glory to glory, faith to faith and strength to strength, learn t...

Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance. Matthew 3:8 When you believe in Jesus and receive Him as your Lord and Savior, you have to bear fruits worthy of repentance. The Bible says that you will know them by their fruits not by them professing to be Christians. When you give your life to Christ He changes you and you begin to bear fruit. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Matthew 7:15-20 What if you were not bearing good fruit up to this point, you need to repent, commit your life to Christ and start bearing good fruit. A child of God is known ...

Set your mind on things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on spiritual things, set your mind on the kingdom of God, set your mind on heavenly things. This world is passing away and the things that you see are temporary, so set your mind on things that will last. If you will be heavenly minded you will bring heaven on earth. If you will be heavenly minded you will win more souls and lead many to righteousness. If you will be heavenly minded you will advance God’s kingdom here on earth. Ask yourself what is more important to God and you will come to the conclusion that souls are more important to God and the advancement of His kingdom is more important to Him. That should be what is important to you. Find your place in God’s kingdom. How can you advance God’s kingdom? How can you use your gifts and resources to advance God’s kingdom? If you will advance God’s kingdom, everything will fall into place and all the things that yo...

And not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God. Colossians 2:19 Your growth and increase comes from God. You cannot expect to grow if you don’t spent time with God and if you don’t go to church. God is the One who causes you to grow. You have to be rooted in Him, and you have to abide in Him. When you are rooted and abide in Him, you will grow and when you grow, you will be fruitful and productive. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:4-5 You can grow and become the person that God wants you to be. God can mold you and shape to the person that He wants you to be, all you have to do is learn to yield to Him. God wants you to grow and bea...

As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him. Colossians 2:6 To walk in Christ is to follow Christ. As you have received Christ, so you have to follow Him. You can follow Christ every day of your life by walking up each morning and putting on the Lord Jesus Christ. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Romans 13:14 You put on the Lord Jesus Christ by spending time with Him. You spend time with Him in secret, and when you come out that secret place you walk in Him, meaning you follow Him. You can walk in Him and follow Him because you have sensitized yourself to His voice. You have been with Him secret and when He speaks to you in public you can follow Him because you are sensitive to His voice. And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. John 10:4 You can put on Christ every day; you can spend time with Christ every day. This...

In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:3 All wisdom and knowledge is in Christ. As a child of God you can never be any way disadvantaged in life, because the Bible declares that you know all things. There is no room for confusion. You can know what to do, how to do it, where to go and when to go. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. 1 John 2:20 If you were ever at loss, not knowing what to do or where to go, you can just ask Jesus and He will let you know what to do and where to go and He doesn’t make a mistake. When you follow Jesus, you will always be in the light. Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:12 Jesus is your wisdom. You have the highest form of wisdom as a child of God. Your wisdom surpasses the wisdom of the world. You can make progress that cannot be matched by the world. B...

Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. Colossians 1:28 We preach Christ and Him crucified. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life no one comes to the Father but by Him. He is the only way to heaven. Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth and the life. No one come to the Father except through Me. John 14:6 When Jesus was here on earth, He stressed that we must be born again. We must believe in Him and receive Him as our Lord and Savior, thereby receiving a new life; the life of God in our spirits. Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 There is no other name under heaven given us whereby we shall be saved. Salvation is in Jesus Christ alone and not in religion or attending church. You must have a personal relationship with Jesus. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no oth...

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 Salvation is a big word and it includes all the things that Christ died for you to have. Work out your own salvation by doing God’s will, being obedient to Him. You take possession of what belongs to you by living a life of obedience to God. When you live a life of obedience to God you activate the blessing of God in your life. It will be evident to all that you are blessed, when you live a life of obedience. Obedience is the key to living the blessed life. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land. Isaiah 1:19 Things will begin to work when you work out your own salvation; things will begin to work when you live a life of obedience to God. There is usually a clear distinction to the obedient...

Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Philippians 2:2 Be united with other believers and do what your leader tells you to do. The only time you are not supposed to obey your leader is if he or she is asking you to do what is contrary to the Word. Other than that, be agreeable and obey spiritual instructions. There is unity when we all obey spiritual instructions, we can all flow in one direction. We can definitely achieve more when we are united. We can readily make progress when we are united. Nothing can stop us when we are united. And the LORD said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing they propose to do will be withheld from them. Genesis 11:6 When we are divided there is hardly any progress. There is weakness when we are divided and we are susceptible to attacks. However, united we can stand, overcome and move forward. But Jesus knew their thoug...

Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. Philippians 1:27 You represent Christ on earth so let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ. Represent Jesus well so that people may be susceptible to receive the good news of the kingdom. Live a life of sacrifice for the sake of winning others to Christ. The aim is to win souls and lead many to righteousness; to depopulate hell and populate heaven. Did you know that when you win souls and lead many to righteousness you make God rich? When you make God rich, He does not have a problem making you rich. A wise man once said, “A millionaire is someone who has impacted a million lives!” How many lives do you want to impact with your lifestyle and your gift? How many people do you want to impact with your character and excellence? Advance God’s kin...

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 1:2 (KJV) Now that you are born again, the number one thing on God’s list is your prosperity and health. God is a good and generous God. He wants you to prosper and be in health above all things; your prosperity and health are His priority. It is God’s perfect will that you prosper and be in health. Your response is to desire the same thing for yourself. You should desire to prosper and be in health. However, there is an enemy out there who does not want you to prosper and be in health. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12 Poverty and sickness are from the enemy and they are contraband in the kingdom of God. Therefore you can reject poverty and sickness. You can refuse to be poor and sick. If you want to proper and be in health look no further, your prosperity and h...

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. Ephesians 3:20 There is power that is at work in us and it is the same power that raised Jesus from the dead. It is the power of the Holy Spirit. The opening Scripture teaches us that God is able to exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to this power of the Holy Spirit. When you have received Jesus as your Lord and Savior you need to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Jesus told us that we shall receive power after that the Holy Spirit has come upon us. You shall receive power after the baptism of the Holy Spirit. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. Acts 1:8 After you have received the Holy Spirit or the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you ...

Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. Genesis 37:5 Have a dream that involves your gifts, God loves dreamers. God kept Joseph alive because Joseph had a dream. Joseph could have died at the hands of his brothers but instead they threw him in a pit, later on they took him out of the pit and sold him into slavery. When he got to Egypt he served his master faithfully until he was accused of attempted rape by a vindictive woman and was sent to prison. In prison he was used by God to interpret a dream and eventually he got out of prison. When Joseph got out of prison, he accomplished his dream. Joseph did not perish in the face of adversity because he had a dream. How many people perish because they don’t have a dream that they actively pursue? Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 Don’t give up, keep dreaming. Some people, when they have failed or there is a delay, ...

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 You are created for a purpose and the Bible refers to your purpose as good works. There are things that God wants you to accomplish here on earth. You are here on assignment therefore you have to discover what is that assignment that God wants you to accomplish. You have to ask yourself what your purpose is. You have to ask God what He wants you to do. Your purpose entails your gifts and passions. Your purpose is something you are both good at and passionate about. Stop telling others what they should do for you but ask what should I do? What can you do for others? What can you do for your family, church, community, nation etc.? What is your purpose? Ask the right questions, after hearing Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost people asked the right question and that led to their salvation. Now when they heard this, they were cut to t...

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13 There is power, wonder working power in the blood of Jesus and we have been brought near by the blood of Christ. The Bible clearly states that there is no forgiveness of sins without the shedding of blood. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission. Hebrews 9:22 In the Old Testaments they relied on the blood of goats and bulls to cover sins which was just a shadow. In the New Testament the Lamb of God shed His own blood on the cross for the remission of sins. When we believe in Jesus and receive Him as our Lord and Savior, our sins are removed, totally blotted out and now we have been brought near.   Now we can have a living relationship with the living God. Thank God for the blood of Jesus that washes our sins as white as snow. “Come now, and let us reason together,” says the...

And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 2 Timothy 2:2 You have to train others especially those you have been given the privilege to lead. As leader you should not withhold anything from your followers. Learn to share your wisdom with others. Selflessness is the key to greatness. Other people like to withhold things from others and are not prone to share with others how they made it. Consequently, they don’t become great in life. However, those who are liberal do become great. The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:24-25 (MSG) Giving something away is one major way of ensuring that it stays with you. When you liberate others you truly liberate yourself. You don’t reduce yourself by giving. On the contrary, you can only go up by giving. ...

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2 When you renew your mind, you upgrade your mind and when you upgrade your mind, you upgrade your life. You can change the way you think and when you change the way you think you change your life. Before you got born again, you had a certain thought-pattern; you held certain views that may not necessarily be correct. However, when you got born again some of those views may not have changed. These views may keep you from making progress in your life. Henceforth, you need to renew your mind and change your thinking. You need a mental upgrade. You need to engage in exercises that deal with the mind. The Word, prayer and reading the right books are some of the exercises that will help you renew or upgrade your mind. You need godly influence on your mind that will bring down strongholds or wrong thinking pat...

A man’s stomach shall be satisfied form the fruit of his mouth; from the produce of lips he shall be filled. Proverbs 18:20 What others say about you is not as nearly as important as what you say about yourself. People might say negative things concerning your life; nevertheless, God is waiting to hear what you say about yourself. What you say about yourself will override what others say about you, because God has given you authority and your life goes in the direction of your words. When you say the right words angels go to work but when you say the wrong words the enemy goes to work. Therefore, what you need to do is guard your lips and choose the right words to speak. He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction. Proverbs 13:3 There is power in your words. Words have creative ability. If you will keep saying right things concerning your life, your life will go in the right direction. However, if you keep saying wro...

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.” So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham. Galatians 3:8-9 In the Old Testament you had to obey the Law of Moses in order to be blessed whereas in the New Testament, you have to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thus become the seed of Abraham. By virtue of you becoming the seed of Abraham you are blessed along with believing Abraham. Hallelujah! If the Christian is blessed then how come do so many Christian struggle. The answer is ignorance. The enemy has kept many Christians in the dark through ignorance. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. Hosea 4:6 Ignorance is costly. Therefore, refuse to be ignorant...

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for works of the law no flesh shall be justified. Galatians 2:16 In the Old Covenant, man was justified by the law; man needed to follow the Law of Moses to be just. Thank God that in the New Covenant, the dispensation of grace, man is justified by faith in Jesus Christ, Hallelujah! For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 We are in the dispensation of grace and we are no longer under the law but under grace. We are saved by grace and we are justified by faith in Jesus Christ. Thank God for His grace that has found us. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 God has justified us by faith in Jesus Chri...