Thriving Words

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” - 1 John 5:14 I believe everyone pray in one way or the other. But one of the reasons we don't get answer is we don't pray right. It's one thing to pray and it's another thing to pray right. To pray right means to pray according to God's Will. Anyone praying outside His will is not praying right Someone praying to become a millionaire overnight might not receive answer to his/her prayer because it might not be according to God's will. So, how then do one pray right? I will state two ways to pray right. Firstly, Pray in the Spirit through Holy Ghost tongues. 1 Corinthians 14:2 says  For anyone who speaks in a tonguedoes not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit.  Praying in the Spirit is one way to pray right especially when praying in your quiet times. The Spirit helps us to pr

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.  - 2 Corinthians 10:4 Prayer is a master key that you must have and use if you are to control physical manifestation of your life. The spiritual realm controls the physical realm. Through Prayer, you organize your life in the spiritual realm . Warfare Prayer is what every Christian must do. We fight in the Spirit Realm and we are victorious in the physical realm. You exert much energy when you don't know how to pray your way through.  Prayer is not a substitute for hard work or  things if necessity rather Prayer is what release the auction for you to function. A prayerless man is open to attack, he is vulnerable. Yeah he might be doing well but he is living his life on chances. Control your future by warfare prayer. We are victorious in Jesus but the devil will continuously fight it, which is why you need to rightly pray well enough. Pray so that you wouldn't have t

For God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power, and of love and of a sound mind. - 2 Timothy 1:7 Timothy happens to be a young man pastoring a church, Paul being ban experienced church planter knew the kind of challenges Timothy will be facing and he encourage him to be afraid to use his gift. Fear is not of God. Peter was once a fearful man but when the Holy Ghost came upon him, He became Bold to preach the gospel. God has given each and everyone of us various gifts and talents but some are so fearful of using it mainly because of challenges.  he Holy Spirit is not the author of a timid or cowardly disposition, or of slavish fears. We are likely to bear afflictions well, when we have strength and power from God to enable us to bear them;  Power to encounter foes and dangers; power to bear up under trials; power to triumph in persecutions. That is, it is the nature of the gospel to inspire the mind with holy courage Beloved, didn't be afraid, but be bold,

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. -Ephesians 5:16 The Greek word translated “redeeming” in this verse literally means to  buy up.  Are you “buying up” each moment, each day, and gainfully using it? Are you making the most of every opportunity to grow in Godly character? Time  is something that true Believers, living in the last hour of this evil world, should be acutely aware of. But if we’re not careful, many seconds, minutes and hours will slip by unproductively. This is dangerous. Wasted time is irretrievable; it cannot be “bought back.” These are desperate times, so watch your step, use your head and make the most of every chance you get. It's a lovely morning, this week will be great for you. Good Morning and have a lovely week

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.    - Hebrew 6:10 The world could at least gotten better than this if we could be of help to one another. I have learnt something about the blessings of God. He blesses you not just for yourself but for you to be blessing to others.   The post is a wake up call for us to help, don't wait till you think you have enough before you help. Help in your own little way. The truth is if you can't  help when you have less, it will also be difficult when you have more. Let teach our children the importance of giving to others, whether time, money or energy, it takes is one of the most valuable character traits in a child of God. The Bible is filled with verses and examples of people of all ages helping others. It doesn't matter if you have a lot to give or a little, it's the heart that matters! Be encouraged today to go make a diffe

Post written by  KOLAWOLE SAMUEL "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."  - John 3:16 The text above is perhaps the most quoted Bible verse in the world. This over-familiarity has led to a subtle downplay of the beautiful message this verse conveys. It lets us know that God's love doesn't preclude anybody. In other words, God's love is not more predisposed to one race than the other. His love is not prejudicial; it's for the whole world. He demonstrated his love for all of mankind by giving his son to die for the sins of the world! This shows us that Jesus' death is for everybody! It also presupposes to us that God wills that every man be saved. His desire for the unbeliever is that he or she receives the salvation which is freely given in Christ. 1 Timothy 2:3-4 "3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.  - Ecclesiastes 3:13 Enjoyment is godly; Enjoyment is  Good; Enjoyment is a gift from a God. Many folks have suffered due to lack of biblical understanding. There is nothing wrong with enjoying yourself.  Wear the best clothes, buy the best things, travel on your vacation, give yourself a treat and many more. Life is too short not to enjoy yourself. You have worked, hence you have earned a right to enjoy. Too many people take life too serious, yes, you must be serious about life but not too serious that you deprive yourself of your earned enjoyment. You have worked and worked, enjoy to unwind yourself. Life is too short to be bored. Go and watch some films in the cinema, go out with your friends, go on a date, go for a hiking trip, or go attend some dance class. Just do something that you enjoy. Have fun, take a day off work and have fun. You are too bl

And David was greatly distressed but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. - 1 Samuel 30:6 There do come a time in your life when you are at your lowest ebb, you are depressed and like David greatly distressed. You get tired of life, you secretly wish you could just sleep forever and everything just ends. Life got its up and downs, life got its twists and turns, life is not always smooth as we are made to believe. David with all the great anointing became greatly distressed. All things seem to be worst for him, he is being sought after, his men have deserted him. His family has been kidnapped. Yet through all all this, David encouraged himself in the Lord. Your response/reaction to situations of life will determine if you will sink or float over them. No matter what happens to you, suicide is never an option, no matter how worst life has been to you, suicide is never the solution to it.  David never try contemplating killing himself. Greatness is borne out of th

"Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink--even if you have no money!  - Isaiah 55:1 When you are  thirsty, you will look for water to drink to quench that thirst. When you are thirsty, it means your throat needs to be refreshed. When you are thirsty, it means your body system is in dire need of water. A thirsty man is like a hungry man, he can't do much because he will be tired to. So also is life, we get tired of certain things in our life, there are some aspects of our life where we are thirsty and we need to be refreshed. We can't do much because we are tired and we need to be refreshed. We go through trials, daily struggles, temptations and many more. All these weigh us down. Some seek refreshment from clubs and bar, some from extra marital affairs, some from drugs and alcohol, all these will only make you to be more  thirsty because they can't satisfy you in life. When you are not drinking from the fountain of life, you will always be thirsty in life. No m

Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. - Colossians 3:19 Cases of domestic abuse in relationship is increasingly on the rise. Sadly, most of the victims are women. Some women has lost their lives through domestic abuse. I really don't know why a man will beat a lady no matter what she has done. But what sadden more is when some men continuously beat their wives, it's inhumane to violently abuse any human male or female. When there is a constant domestic abuse in a relationship or marriage, you got to save yourself first before saving the marriage. Many has remain in a toxic and abusive relationships at the expense of their lives. It is only the living spouses that can save their marriage.  Domestic violence is sin.  When a person engages in verbal, sexual or domestic violence he or she has broken faith with his or her husband or wife.  Domestic violence is far too often a dirty secret happening behind closed doors and weekly filling church audito

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. - Matthew 5:16 There is a Thin Line about HAVING FAITH and BEING FAKE.  Faith is essentially doing what God wants you to do while being fake is trying to do something to impress people. These day we have so many believers who just want to do nothing else but to show off. Yes, our light must so shine before men and they would see our GOODWORK. God is glorified not by our show but by our good work. Be yourself, don't be who you are not because you will never last there.  That they may see your good works - The proper motive to influence us is not simply that we may be seen but it should be that our heavenly Father may be glorified. The Pharisees acted to be seen of men, true Christians act to glorify God, and care little what people may think of them, except as by their conduct others may he brought to honor God, yet they should so live that people may see

Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” - Matthew 22:16-21 Those in authority are appointed by God; for the sake of conscience, and in order to secure the execution of the laws. As they are appointed by God, the tax which is needful for their support becomes an act of homage to God, an act performed in obedience to his will.  It's is our civic duty to pay our tax to the government. It is also a godly act because God put them in authority. Christians must not use any trick or fraud. All smuggling, dealing in contraband goods, withholding or evading duties, is rebellion against the express command of God. Thus honest neighbours are robbed, who will have to pay the more; and the crimes of smugglers, and others who join with them, are abetted. It is painful that some professors of the gospel should countenance such dishonest practices. The lesson here taught it becomes all Christians to le

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.  - James 4:14 Being faithful in your relationship has many advantage while being unfaithful is really disastrous. Ruben's unfaithfulness caused him to suffer for many years till the curses was reverted. David's has a tough time due to his unfaithful acts.  Despite our unfaithfulness, God is ever faithful. Unfaithfulness in relationship is not about sexual sins alone. You can cheat on your spouse with your time, money, resources etc. Unfaithfulness hinder God's full-packaged blessings. Be faithful to your spouse. Give your spouse your everything. The easiest way to break a relationship is to be unfaithful. You hurt your partner with your unfaithfulness and it breaks the trust between you two. We live in a world where we believe since we are cool with it, it is okay and it is right. A husband will be pressure to engaged in a extra marital affair if his wife hasn't conceiv

...a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand. Isaiah 53:4 (MSG) We all (in one way or the other) have been hurt by those closed to us, our loved ones. The pain from a loved ones does hurt more than the pain from a foe because you felt you are safe with your loved ones. Jesus knew all about pains from loved ones – Peter’s denial, Judas’ betrayal, and the disciples falling asleep during His anguish before His crucifixion (Matthew 26). There are people in the Bible who were well acquainted with people they loved letting them down, such as Joseph or Job. One bitter truth about life is people will let you down but God won't fail you. Disappointment feels like a heavy rock sinking to the bottom of my spirit. You may have  felt disappointed in many situations – a business opportunity that didn’t pan out, a writing door that didn’t open, and a relationship that broke your young heart. The heaviest disappointments, however, stem from people. And not just any people;

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.     - Matthew 6:33 I need to re-emphasis that the views/opinions the post about Ponzi Scheme are my own personal views. Some folks questioned me 'f it's wrong to take advantage of opportunities to be rich'. And I say to them if the opportunities are genuine and legal, why not? It's not God's wish for anyone to be poor. God is not glorified in you been poor. God want us to prosper financially. But the first thing God want to do for us is not about money.  It's about our soul. Seek ur first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Seeking after money first before that is a dangerous misplaced of priorities. Money is good. Even the kingdom of God needs money to expand on earth. Nevertheless, money is not the primary thing.  We need to understand some principles about riches, some  of which include: Riches doesn't solve every proble

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.  - Proverbs 14:12 I got a lot of responses from yesterday post on Ponzi Schemes, some see nothing wrong in it, some regretted participating in a Ponzi scheme.  Today verse talks about a road that looks right to a man but which end is destruction and leads to death. It's not all that glitters is gold. God is not a God of shortcut. God blesses quick, yea, God blesses speedily yeah but God never bless by short cuts. The problem with we humans is our impatient and our motives. Some of us want to be rich not to God's Glory but to show off and oppress. Some of us are so greedy and that is why we get easily duped by fraudsters. Some folks are so desperate to get rich which is why they are caught in ritualistic stuffs and criminal offenses. There is no substitute for diligence. God favour those that are diligent. Whatsoever your hands finds to do, do it. God can bless you mighty thro

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.   - Proverb 13:11 This post is about Ponzi scheme, since mid last year (2016), the name PONZI has become so common. Ponzi Scheme is simply a weird investment where the operator pays returns to its investors from new capital paid to the operator by new investor, rather than from profit earned through legitimate sources. The Believers has been divided over this: should believers engage in Ponzi Scheme or not? What I post is purely and solely my opinion and doesn't in anyway represent the views of an individual or group of people. I have participated in some Ponzi Schemes and have earned few sum of money. But do you know that the First characteristic of a Ponzi scheme is that IT MUST CRASH no matter how long it takes. To me, someone somewhere is still going to lose out at the end of the day. So the question is should we engaged in it? God can bless you so quickly but not through

But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.  - 2 Chronicles 15:7 Days back, I came across a speech given by the former US President, Barrack Obama to the Graduating student of Rutgers University Last year, 2016. The speech really makes sense and its what I want everyone who has uncertainity about the future to read. Some exrcepts from the speech goes thus: Barrack Obama: Facts, evidence, reason, logic, an understanding of science -- these are good things. These are qualities you want in people making policy.  These are qualities you want to continue to cultivate in yourselves as citizens. But if you were listening to today's political debate, you might wonder where this strain of anti-intellectualism came from. In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. It's not cool to not know what you're talking about. That's not keeping it real, or telling it like it is. That's not challenging political corre

  She riseth also  while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maiden             - Proverb 31:15 Yesterday was the Women Day. Though I couldn't post on it yesterday. I want to dedicate today's post to women.  One of the most precious gift of God to this planet is a woman. She is the pivot source of love in every way. One of the greatest tragedies on earth is the way we treat our women. To some, women are nothing but a sexual object, to some women are nothing but a reproductive machine, to some women are slaves to a man. Jesus values the women which was obvious during his ministry on earth. There is a chapter in the Bible (Proverb 31) that talks about and celebrate women.  Let treat our women fairly and with respect. Let's honour and celebrate them. They should a special place in our heart. Say no to rape against women, say no to abuse against women, say no to discrimination against women. Women are fragile  and delica

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. - Proverb 27:17 Literally, hIron cutting tools are made bright, and sharp, and fit for use by rubbing them against the file, or some other iron. So a man, who being alone is sad, and dull, and unactive, by the company and conversation of his friend is greatly refreshed, his very wits are sharpened, and his spirit revived, and he is both fitted for and provoked to action.  Do you know That God has created all of us to be Ministers to some people? no matter how low we think we are, is a fact. Many people walk the streets with their heads bowed and shoulders sagging due to worries of life. This is capable of sending many to their graves early, meanwhile there are solutions. We are intended to be a healing balm for those who are down to have their soul and spirits lifted with encouraging words, spiritual quotes, prayers and inspiring music. Its your duty to help lift the hearts of a wounded souls who need Gods' divine m

Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the  Lord  upholds his hand. - Psalm 37:24 It’s often easy to look at “successful” people and think that it’s all come easily to them. In many cases this is not what happened.  Colonel Sanders went to more than 1,000 places trying to sell his chicken recipe before he found an interested buyer. Thomas Edison tried almost 10,000 times before he succeeded in creating the electric light. The original business plan for what was to become Federal Express was given a failing grade on Fred Smith’s college exam. And, in the early days, their employees would cash their pay checks at retail stores, rather than banks. This meant it would take longer for the money to clear, thereby giving Fed Ex more time to cover their payroll. Sylvester Stallone had been turned down a thousand times by agents and was down to his last $600 before he found a company that would produce Rocky. The rest is history! The poet Robert Forst had his first poetry s

Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.   - Joshua 5:9 As you go about your regular activities, the wisdom of God will light your path. The peace of God will be sufficient for you.  You will not falter nor fall into the "pit" of disgrace.  You will not be stuck on the path of ridicule. You will not be confined to the ground of shame. The Almighty will appear on the scene of your reproach and help you.  You will not be grounded. You will have the final say over every enemies fighting against you You will not be devastated by any challenge.  You will receive divine help that will save you from public embarrassment. The Lord will give you a new identity in Jesus name Amen. Good morning do have glorious week!

Because a loveless world,” said Jesus, “is a sightless world. If anyone loves me, he will carefully keep my word and my Father will love him—we’ll move right into the neighborhood! Not loving me means not keeping my words. The message you are hearing isn’t mine. It’s the message of the Father who sent me. - John 15:24-24 MSG JESUS repeats the condition necessary on the part of man in order that the manifestation of God to him may be possible. This is an answer to the question of Judas, the world in its unbelief and rejection of Christ’s words, and without the spirit of love, could not receive this manifestation. The best way to live life is by love.- The surest evidence of our love to Christ is, obedience to the laws of Christ. There are spiritual tokens of Christ and his love given to all believers. Where sincere love to Christ is in the heart, there will be obedience. Love will be a commanding, constraining principle; and where love is, duty follows from a principle of gr

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price  is  far above rubies.  - Proverb 31:10 For a very long time, there has always been this unending debates about gender equality. While some parts of the world believes a woman can attest a honorable position, some still see women as a plaything. It's even heartbreaking when some see women as a sexual object. The value of a virtuous woman cannot be over-emphasis. I believe the man is the head but it doesn't mean the woman is the tail. If the husband is the HEAD, then the woman is the NECK. The role of women in our society cannot be over emphasis. Women has a crucial role to play in The development of our society Vitreous Women are good managers, excellent planners, awesome care giver. She is wise and her heart is filled with love. She can multitask perfectly. As our today verse says, a virtuous woman is priceless. To every lady reading this, be a vitreous woman and to every man reading this, a vitreous woma

For thus said the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live: - Amos 5:4 The Israelites has forsaken the way of the Lord and God is angry with them thus this warning through prophet Amos to them.  To seek God is to live. For to seek God is to find Him, and God is Life and the Source of life. Forgiveness, grace, life, enter the soul at once. But the seeking is diligent seeking. : "It is not to seek God anyhow, but as it is right and meet that He should be sought, longed for, prayed for, who is so great, a Good, constantly, fervently, yea, to our power, the more constantly and fervently, as an Infinite Good is more to be longed for, more loved than all created good." The object of the search is God Himself.  "Seek Me," that is, seek God for Himself, not for anything out of Him, not for His gifts, not for anything to be loved with Him. This is not to seek Him purely. All is found in Him, but by seeking Him first, and then loving Him in all,