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

Genesis 13, verse 17. 
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

The above text is the formula to take a city or nation for Christ. Only pioneers can embark on such a mission, and it takes a pioneering anointing to understand what it means to walk through the land. The conquest of a city or nation for Christ is not cheap, but possible. A generation is rising today with the mandate to take over cities and nations for Christ. 

Phase 1: Arise! 

Phase 2: Walk through the (Length & Breadth) of the land

Phase 3: I will give it unto thee (Possess it)

That is where the apostolic mandate is tested and proven, not in a stained glass window building and an air-conditioned office, but the transformation of cities and nations. You can't have the apostolic mandate to take over cities and nations and be comfortable doing religious activities. The apostolic fire will keep you restless like the restlessness of the waves of the sea until the city or nation you are assigned to is taken.

When we talk about taking a city or nation is not planting a church with some 1000 members or more in it; it is influencing the entire fabric of the city or nation, changing its people mentally and spiritually, and shaping its moral, social, economic, political and cultural Operandi. It is conquest in its fullest meaning; replacing the old order with the new.

It is bringing the influence of the kingdom and the consciousness of God into the streets, business centres, schools, entertainment centres, sporting Milieus, hospitals, and government sectors. This is the mandate of the 21st century Church through its apostolic movements. It takes more than noise to achieve this; it takes God's given strategy. In the absence of strategy, tragedy is inevitable. Seek the Lord for the anointing to take over your city and nation for Christ.


DrBenard Etta

 

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Wisdom To Turn Trash Into Treasure

The wisdom to turn trash into treasure; to make sense out of nonsense, to transform obstacles into miracles; pain to gain; setbacks into a setup for a comeback is the real measurement of maturity. Sometimes, God may not remove the necessity, but would give you the wisdom to transform it into an invention. When Israel saw Goliath, they saw a problem, but David saw an opportunity for greatness. You can't rise above your perspective and perception of issues. I wish you a blessed week.  DrBenard Etta

 

Don't Mistake Disgrace For Grace!

When it is too easy, it isn't always a sign of God's grace at work; it may also be an indication that the "object or mission" even though fabulous, might be of little eternal consequences.

The ideas, visions, and dreams, which have actually changed the world positively, and impacted time and eternity didn't come easy. The absence of battles may not necessarily be an indication of a breakthrough. It might as well be an indication that the axe head, representing the "edge of effectiveness" is missing.

Why on earth would Hell fight an idea, vision and movement when it's aware it isn't longer a threat? That's why the devil sponsors some churches and ministries since they don't threaten his overall plan.

The bottom line is, when one is no longer a menace (threat) to Hell, Hell will stop fighting the individual, while concentrating its resources to fight those carrying the most dangerous lights, which can destroy its deceptions. May God help us to think deep in order not to mistake disgrace for grace. Ponder to be a wonder!