STORY OF ANGELS

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, Things aren't always what they seem" The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen? The first man had everything, yet you helped him, she accused. The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die. "Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it." Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, the angel of death came for his wife i gave him the cow instead. Things aren't always what they seem." Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don't turn out the way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that every out come is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until some time later.... Some people come into our lives and quickly go.. Some people become friends and stay awhile.. leaving beautiful footprints on your hearts... and we are never quite the same because we have made a good friend. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

YOU HAVE BEEN REDEEMED FROM THE CURSE

WHAT IS REDEMPTION: Redemption means to buy back by paying a ransom. Or being free from bondage.

GALATIANS CHP 3VS13 SAYS '' But Christ has rescued (Redeemed) us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing". for it is written in the scriptures, " Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.
As  Believers we are free from the law of Sin and death, We are free from sickness and disease, the curse of poverty.

Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved(redeemed). But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned" (mark 16 vs 16) Anyone, who acknowledges Jesus as his or her personal lord and Savior is rescued from the curse of sin and death and will spend eternity with God in heaven. But anyone that rejects this supreme sacrifice offered to set humanity free from the curse of the law by Jesus will remain under the terrible yoke of the curse of sickness and poverty on earth and spend eternity with the devil in hell. Jesus is the way of escape out of the share of sicknesses and diseases, challenges of life, poverty and eternal death. Acknowledge him now as your lord and Savior and serve him whole-heartedly while you live.   

PROVOKING YOUR CHANGE

ISAIAH CHP 38 VS 1-8: When you are in the presence of God you provoke the miracle of God. You must have a reason why God will relocate you from that position you are. God can over rule himself for your sake.
He overruled himself in the life of Hezekiah in Isaiah chp 38:5.
Even in the life of Eli.

Mathew Chp 15vs 21-28. The faith of a Canaanite woman, she experience Jesus and got what she was looking for. She also have faith so for us to experience a change we must have FAITH.
To have a change you must have have the spiritual information inside.
You must also Believe God.
You must also be steadfast in prayer.
You must have humility in you: We must be humble if really we want to provoke our change. If it were to be some of us we can't humble our self the way the Canaanite woman humbled herself.
You must be someone that is ready to offer him/her self to the things of God. Hezekiah offered himself to work with God.
You must also see yourself as a special person.
You must see yourself as a peculiar person.
You must be well positioned.
You must see yourself as a choosen person to provoke your change.

IT IS WELL. GOD WILL CHANGE YOU TO A BETTER LEVEL IN THE NAME OF JESUS AMEN.

HOW TO DEAL WITH DOUBT

Every child of God have one time or the other wondered If Jesus Christ is truly who he says he is? Yes he is what he says he is that is why is name is called I AM THAT I AM.

1.   Way to deal with doubt is to remember what God has done for you or what he has done in the past.  psalm 103 vs 1-5,  1samuel chp 17 vs 32-37

2.  Have a correct view/perspective of God. 2king chp 7 vs 1-20. Mary knew what God can do Luke chp 1vs 1-8

3.  Check your foundation matt chp 7 vs 22-24

4.   Check your commitment to God John chp 4 vs 8, in praises, in worship, in the place of prayer, your talents, your resources etc. How much time do you spend for God. Psalm 68 vs 1

5.  Check your growth: How often do you read your bible? What are you doing for God? Are you still feeding on milk or are you eating meat now? 2king 4 vs 1-7

LIVING IN AN EXCELLENT WAY AS A LEADER

One of my pastor, Pastor Babasola Olukoya once told me When you're successful, you gain the applause of everyone around you. the applause messages your ego and begins to substitute for the fulfillment of meeting personal standards. If you are not careful, you can develop an addiction to applause. Instead of pursuing excellence you play to the crowd, craving their adoration. Seeking popularity over principle, you allow others to measure excellence for you and to define your worth.

To avoid the trap of pandering to applause, surround yourself with people who tell you what you need to hear rather than what you want to hear. The highest you go in leadership, the harder it becomes for your teammates to give you honest feedback. Make a point to stay humble and approachable so that you do not become self-deluded. He also said  As a leader, you will be criticized. You'll be scrutinized, second-guessed, and disparaged. Don't confuse excellence with pleasing others. If you do, you will always feel like failure, because it's impossible to please all of the people all of the time. Stay true to your personal standards and don't sacrifice them to pacify your critics.

I really hold on to this word, I believe someone also is taking a point from this.