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WHAT DOES THE WORD "SUCCESS" MEAN TO YOU?

The battles against your life are not against your success, but more against you using your success for the right purpose. A Failure in life is not someone who is not a non-achiever, but an achiever who is ignorant of the purpose attached to his or her achievements. The world defines success based on what people have and who they are; success is none of the above. Who you are, and what you have are merely raw materials for success. Success is what one ultimately accomplishes by employing and deploying what one has and who one is. Many people are being distracted by what they have and who they are, instead of focusing on what they can accomplish using what God has given them.

There is a purpose attached to everything; doing business with the consciousness of purpose in view is an evidence of wisdom. Don't celebrate "what," at the expense of "why." Dr Benard Etta

Eyes That See!

Posted by Global Faith Coalition on March 22, 2015 at 3:09pm

Matthew 5, verse 8.

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 

Brethren, we look using your physical eyes, but the purity of our hearts is what activates our seeing ability. What we look at with our physical eyes is always the surface; it takes a heart quality to see beyond the surface. When we allow hatred, jealousy, prejudice, greed, pride, and other negativities in our hearts, our seeing ability will become dulled.

"God is Spirit," but He speaks to us through his Word and most times, through our circumstances and the people, He sends our way.

It takes a "pure heart" to see God when reading or listening to his Word. It equally takes a "pure heart" to see God in the people we meet and the circumstances we encounter in life. God will always show up through those we may easily ignore and circumstances we pray not to experience. That is why; the condition of our hearts is critical to our seeing ability.

Not everyone who looks sees. You can sleep on your Bible and use it as your pillow; however, without a pure heart, you will only see the black-and-white letters, which offers nothing substantial; you won't be able to access the divine revelation of God in scriptures. That is why our hearts are bombarded each day by negative thoughts and emotions all clamouring for space. If we allow our hearts to be filled with hatred, jealousy, strife, greed, pride, prejudice and lust, we will become unconsciously blind.

It is difficult to see God through someone you hate, jealous and disregard. All the devil needs to do to deprive us of certain blessings from God through people, is to sow a seed of discord and hate in our hearts. If we let him, he will move on to fill our hearts with as many negative thoughts, as we can accommodate, which blinds us from perceiving God in the people we meet and the circumstances we encounter. May the Almighty God give you a pure heart towards Him and fellow human beings in Jesus name.


"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Matt 5:8

DrBenard Etta

 

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