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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

Sanitation & Sanctification

Posted by Global Faith Coalition on March 22, 2015 at 2:20pm
I'm still wondering how someone who careless about sanitation (Basic cleanliness) would be able to handle sanctification. Sanitation is in the natural, what sanctification is in the supernatural. If someone can't handle basic natural responsibilities, how in the world would he or she cope with heavenly matters? 

Christ said to Nicodemus, "If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?" John 3:12. 

Sometimes we search for some sophisticated revelation when, in reality, we are failing in the things which actually demand for common sense. Don't talk about sanctification if you have difficulties with basic sanitary demands. 

A man of God once stepped into the room of the daughter and seeing the disorder, he said to her, "let the kingdom of God come into this room." Some bedrooms are like "Baghdad" during the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. You can't imagine the number of gentlemen and women who start their day without a bath, nor brush their teeth or clean-up their inner wears, etc. 

A friend of mine when to minister in a church and was surprised to see spider webs allover the ceiling. What surprised him was that, it meant nothing to the members who were comfortable carrying out their religiosity with all the spider webs above their heads. What do you think was his message that day? It wasn't walking in the spirit because a message like that would make the believers more absent in the natural. It is always important to balance the spiritual and the natural; that's what true excellence is about. 

True Christianity is a holistic civilization and not a dysfunctional experience. To be trusted with heavenly things, you must show some level of responsibility on how you handle earthly things. There is a relationship between the natural and the supernatural. We talk of mansions in heaven, but mismanage the earthly mansions of your bodies? What disqualify people from big things are small things. 

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. Luke 16:10. 

Ponder to be a wonder!
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!

No nation can experience positive transformation unless it is rescued from the ignorance propagated by individuals who use religion and politics for self aggrandizement. There seem to be a romance between religion and politics aimed at taking captive the minds of the masses, deceiving and leading them to self-destruct. The 21st century church will stem the tides of these twin evils through a peaceful revolution with truth as its weapon. DrBenard  Etta