PONDER!

Completing the mission before us is what matters and not necessarily being successful in the definition of the world. What the world considers as success isn't it in the perspective of the kingdom of light.

It is easy to substitute the completion of one's assignment with success in the world's view. Most leaders are distracted by their obsession for success, and as a result, they are losing sight of the mission before them.

The church of the Laodiceans was successful in the world's perspective (Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing). However, in God's eyes, they were "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." Rev 3:17

That is the problem with the world's perspective of success; it makes people proudful and boastful of their financial and material wealth but blinds them to their true condition. 

The church of the Laodiceans thought they needed nothing because of their financial and material success, but unknowing to them, they were "wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

In the kingdom of God, what some consider as 'poor' could be great riches, and riches, gross poverty.

Sadly, the church today in some quarters is divided between the line of 'rich' and 'poor,' a reflection of the world's system. As a result, the race to be successful ( Make money and acquire material things) has replaced the passion for getting the 'job' (Mission) completed. Also, the above mindset deprives us of seeing the connection between what God has given us and the completion of the mission. 

Hear this, if we don't repent and press on, laying down everything to get the job done, we may be here during certain phases of the Great Tribulation, which wasn't God's perfect will. And all the rhetorics about leaving the earth before the Great Tribulation will not change that since it wasn't associated with 'getting the job done!'

We can hasten the coming of the Lord, or delay it! It depends on when we get the job done. The wise will understand! 

Ponder!

Dr. Etta

GFC Visionary

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PSALM 81:13-16

"Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies and turned my hand against their adversaries. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured forever. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee."

As powerful as God is, yet there are things He won't do with us if we choose not to listen to Him. God has been speaking, and He is still speaking, but are we listening? Some people have chosen what to listen to, especially if it is what they want to hear.

2Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears, they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

Remember King Ahab, he had 400 self-promoted Prophets telling him to go to war with the assurance of victory, but the only person he didn't want to listen to was the one with a message from heaven.

1Kings 22:5-7

But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD." 6So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, "Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?" "Go up," they replied, "and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king." But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?"

The days are evil; we can reduce the casualties if we choose to listen to the 'orders' heaven is issuing by the Spirit through God's messengers. Be weary of people who are always dishing out what you want to hear and not what God is saying.

What was Ahab's problem with Micaiah?

1Kings 22: 8

"There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil." 

When you meet a true messenger of God, you may tend to hate him because they will only tell you God's mind and not necessarily what you want to hear.

One of the distractions of the last days against believers is the 'flood of men and women who are professing mandates God hasn't given them, who claim to be speaking on God's behalf when they don't even know His order. The Pentecostal movement is in trouble, but God will see us through this season.

Read what Micaiah told King Ahab.

1Kings 22: 28

And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. 

Did King Ahab return in peace as the 400 self-styled prophets told him? The answer is NO! (VS 37) God has been speaking and is still speaking, are we listening?

Ponder!

Dr. Etta                                                                                                                                   

GFC Visionaary

"Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;"But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word (o. logos) of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God." 2 Corinthians 4:1-2

When people visit witch-doctors, most of the time, they just want "solution." They don't care if the witch-Doctors sacrifice other human beings or engage in horrible immoral acts for their power. That isn't the concern of the people; they want their "solution." Sadly, most people come into the kingdom of God with the same mentality.

Listen, none of us is perfect, but it is worth knowing that the life of a messenger of the kingdom matters. It isn't loyalty to stay under a ministry whose leader is perpetually engrossed in immoral acts, but religious bewitchment.

There is a lifestyle that disqualifies one from ministry even if the individual continues with ministry activities. Some of us are still in the race today because we were told this truth.

There is a difference between blackmail and reality, and Kingdom leaders are always subject to attacks aimed at destroying their reputation. That is understood! However, in a situation where a leader continuously engages in immoral acts, don't allow such to lay their hands on you. That is not rebellion but maturity.

Leaders aren't perfect but must endeavor by the grace of God to be good examples.

You say someone is your 'spiritual father;' he gets into occultism, you are still there! He changes 'sex partners' like one is changing clothes. Still, he is your "spiritual father." Hahahahaha! Where is he leading you to except to hell? God, save this generation from bewitchment!

Ministry is not for everyone! Those who aren't ready to crucify the "Old man" and its based desires should leave the ministry alone!
We were to follow a leader as they follow Christ!

Pentecostals, it is time to wake up! The kingdom isn't about miracles and solutions; the devil also performs miracles and provides temporary solutions. It is time we focus on the life we live. May God help us!

DrBenard Etta

GFC Visionary 

And there were in the same region shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. Luke 2:8.

Lord, help me teach! 

There were in the same region, city, and country with others, you can add to the list, but they chose to do what others didn't do. They were ahead in their thinking and approach. That's leadership at its finest! Doing what others don't think of doing. Pace-setting, road-making, and groundbreaking are but a few of those traits true leaders exemplify. 

 Shepherds, abiding in the field! Lord, help me! 

The download here can't be contained in a 5 million page book. They were abiding in the field (Duty consciousness).

They were not abiding in their comfortable boats and partying all night. They were abiding in the field. What Kind of Leader Are You?

Leadership is not entertainment, it isn't show-biz, neither is it a privilege for comfort and convenience, but a call of duty. 

I only realized we were already in the festive week because of the numerous greetings cards I was receiving in my inbox. I was already past 2020. 

What were the Shepherds doing in the field? 

"Keeping watch over their flock." 

-Keeping watch over the city, nation, and why not the world. 

When? By night

Did you get that? At the time when most people were sleeping and others partying all night, these Shepherds were doing what leaders do. Guess what! They received an Angelic Guest with a message about the birth of the Saviour to take place in their city. 

Do you see why some leaders have deep and profound revelations, and others don't? It is about proper mental and spiritual positioning. 

Why didn't the angel take his message to others in the city, but to those Shepherds? The reason is apparent! The great Shepherd was to be born, and God chose Shepherds, who were on duty to disclose the news to them. 

We are a few days to the New Year, where is your heart? 

Do you think what preoccupies Christ at this time is the expectation and excitement of the celebration of his birthday? I dey laugh!

Isn't it suspicious that a world that rejects Christ is crazy about celebrating his birth? Who profits more from our so-called "Christmas Celebrations?" I thought you knew! It isn't the kingdom of God, but the big business empires. So much money gets into their coffers during this period. That's the reason for all the promotion about Christmas. Don't be fooled! 

The world doesn't love Christ; they don't even want his name mentioned in several public squares, but they celebrate his birth because of the financial profits involved.

I am not against the celebration of Christmas. However, for such a time as this, true leaders carry out deliberations on best strategies to actualize the purpose of Christ's birth in a world drifting so fast into the abyss of destruction. Not baseless and extravagant meaningless celebrations, which only plays into the hands of the world's anti-Christ elites who profit from our foolishness. 

"Shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night." Needed, Needed, Needed, right-thinking leaders. May the Lord help us! 

Season's greetings to you all! 

DrBenard Etta

Imagine if Adolf Hitler got saved( Converted)before he thought of becoming the leader of his country, we couldn't have had the second world war, and the millions of lives lost could have been preserved.

Imagine if Osama Bin Laden got saved ( Converted) while doing business in Somalia, we couldn't have had al-Qaeda.

If every armed robber, terrorist, ritualist, corrupt politicians and the people who could turn your city and nation into an abyss of misery, pains, and death got saved, do you know you would start sleeping with your windows opened without fear?

Remember the man Paul of Tarsus; he went about hunting down believers of the Way. He arrested some and consented in the death of others, but when he met with Christ on this way to Damascus, everything changed about him. His conversion gave the believers a period of rest.

Imagine the deaths Paul alone could have caused if he never got saved! I know you may be wondering where I am heading. Permit me to tell us all the truth. Most of the calamities brought to us by human beings could have been prevented if we were all working towards the goal of getting people genuinely converted.

Thank God for all the positive ways via which humanity is striving to make the world a better place, but all these will be activities in futility if at the end of the day human hearts are not converted. When Zacchaeus met with Christ, those he was robbing by inflating their taxes had rest.

Some years back through my ministry, a young man who terrorized his neighborhood, and no one was safe passing through the streets as from 9:00 pm with their money and hand belongings, but when he got converted, the entire neighborhood could sleep well. People began moving freely even passed midnight in the same neighborhood because the man behind their insecurity got "arrested" by Christ.

Listen, life is interrelated and wholesomely interconnected with God at the center, but most of us don't know this fact. So, we pursue our agendas with our heads to the ground bothering less about actively participating in supporting the propagation of the gospel of Christ. The guys responsible for the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka were middle-class youths, but because they weren't saved, see the deaths they caused in one day.

Listen to this blunt truth, the rapist, robber, mass killer and terrorist keeping everyone indoors may be as a result of our failure to support the God-ordained programs, which could have converted them. I know I am casting out demons!

Some of you want to be safe in an unsaved world; I pity you. If we wish for safety, all hands must be on deck to spread the gospel.

Some Nigerian preachers are competing now to acquire jet planes to join the club of Jet plane owners in a time when every naira was supposed to be invested in rescuing Nigeria. I know blind religious surrogates will pick up stones to stone me for saying this, go ahead! A day is coming in no distant future when they will not be able to fly in or out of Nigeria because the nation will be vomiting its inhabitance. Isaiah 6:8-12

Cathedrals deserted and their Christians scattered in search for refuge in neighboring countries. The "demons" they have refused to convert will be after their lives and establishments. I am not a prophet of doom, but I see! If this would be prevented, someone must cry aloud to awaken the leadership of the church in Nigeria from Coma. I don't just speak! Everything happening in Cameroon today, I started crying out as from 2003, but some people thought I was doing my private business. Today, what could have been prevented has taken people out of their comfort.

The gospel of the kingdom, bringing genuine conversion of hearts and souls is the only way society can know true peace and stability. It is time to invest now in the transformation of the person who might be your killer, rapist, suicide bomber, if not saved.

If you keep doing business in Sodom without working for the conversion of the city, on the day of its doom, you will be rendered a refugee whether you are a believer, bishop or not. The wise will understand!

Dr.Benard Etta