05-09-2020, 09:40 AM
BETTER LIFE MESSAGE
DATE : SATURDAY MAY 9, 2020
TOPIC: DARE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE (PART 4)
TEXT : Hebrews 5:12-14 – “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
Christianity is not synonymous to mediocrity hence, standing out among the outstanding ones does not answer to being born again alone, wishing, background, gender, skin colour, academic qualifications etc but outstanding life is essentially a product of sacrifice (self-denial or being dead to self). Daniel 1:8-13, 17-21
Watching television without a vision at such a time as this is a deliberate total sell out of your glorious destiny and will end up making you a generational mockery.
Most programs on our television today are nothing but a reconditioning of the mind with nothing to achieve other than distracting and derailing destiny. Proverbs 29:18
Eating 3square meals or more and playing around at this crucial stay at home holiday without a conscious effort to advance your destiny in Christ is a mortgage of destiny – Ecclesiastes 10:16-17
May you not cry after this pandemic is over like Esau – Genesis 25:29-34, Hebrews 12:16-17
HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
4. MAKE SPIRITUAL GROWTH A LIFESTYLE – Hebrews 5:11-14, 1Peter 2:1-2
There is no dry land anywhere, we only have dry hearts. The famine of the word of life in the hearts of men is the reason for both material and financial famine. Spiritual famine is worse than physical famine.
A spiritually robust person cannot suffer hunger no matter where he or she is located and the climatic or economic conditions because heaven’s economy cannot run dry of resources no matter the daily demands.
Don’t ever think everyone is suffering and in lack of basic needs of life as you are. The environment where I currently live is a developing area and I see daily construction works going on and building growing even in the midst of this global pandemic that is characterized with lockdown and hardship.
Mind you, it is not everyone that is living above the present hardship that is a robber, looter, yahoo boy or a ritualist, there are quite a number of people running genuine business and some simply trading ideas, because genuine ideas will always attract helps and end up ruling the world.
When you lack spiritual substance, crises of all kinds becomes the order of the day – 2Chronicles 15:3-6
Spiritual bankruptcy is the foundation for financial and material bankruptcy. To be spiritually empty is to be empty of all the good things of life as a believer. No one is responsible for where I am and what I don’t have, I am the causative agent of the happenings around my life.
The devil, his demons and all his human agents are not to be blamed. Where were they when you got saved and got delivered from the powers of darkness and got translated into the kingdom of His dear Son Colossians 1:13
You need daily spiritual balanced diet of the word of God to live above all that hell has to offer in this world. The quality of life you live is a function of the word of God in you – Deut 8:3, Matthew 4:4
God can never tempt His children with breakthrough, favour and blessings that is bigger than their spiritual capacity – Galatians 4:1-6. The choice is yours to make.
Looking for what to preach at the expense of what live by is the stupidity of the highest order and a mockery of our Christian identity and pastoral callings.
HOW TO GROW UP SPIRITUALLY?
A. Be convinced that you are genuinely born again.
This is the foundation. Foundation determines what is eventually and how lasting it will be – John 3:3-8, 15-16, Psalms 11:3
Life without Christ will be characterized by crises.
B. Be tired of your present state and be determined to grow.
Until you are tired of present spiritual state, you cannot be determined to make effort to grow up. The largest room in the world is the room of improvement – 1Cor 13:12
C. Identify, recognize and value your God ordained Spiritual Mentor, Father, Teacher, Pastor and Prophet – Jeremiah 3:15, 2Chronicles 15:3, 26:3-5
Hear them, honour them, obey them, pray for them and be a blessing to them regularly. Malachi 1:6-9
D. Be addicted to daily study, diligent search, meditation of the word of God and anointed CHRISTIAN literatures your lifestyle – Joshua 1:8, Psalms 1:1-3, 119:97-100, 1Timothy 4:13-16, 2Timothy 2:15, 3:14-17
E. Make praying, fasting and praying in the Spirit your lifestyle – Luke 4:1-14, 18:1, Mark 1:35, Jude 1:20
If you don’t want to faint, fail and fall in life you must build up spiritual capacity on the altar of prayer and fasting.
However, we need to watch out for the signs of spiritual immaturity in our quest to grow spiritually and they are: frequent crises (family, marital, financial, health etc), malice, guile, hypocrisies, envies, evil speaking, offense, unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, anger, impatience, moral decadence or immorality, lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, pride, drunkenness but the evidence of our spiritual growth will manifest in the following fruits of the Spirit: love, Joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, Faith, meekness and temperance – 1Peter 2:1, Galatians 5:19-26
REMEMBER THAT, YOUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS KEY TO YOUR SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUALITY IS THE SECURITY OF DESTINY.
JESUS IS STANDING AT THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART KNOCKING, WILL YOU LET HIM IN, SO AS NOT TO MISS HEAVEN, BECAUSE TO MISS HEAVEN IS TO END UP IN HELL FIRE. Revelation 3:20-22
This weekend, I command your book of remembrance to be opened and the Holy Spirit to plant your name and your image in the heart of those carrying your blessing and as the Lord lives, all that is due to you shall be supernaturally released to you in Jesus Mighty Name. Job 20:15, Malachi 3:16-18
SEE YOU AT THE TOPMOST TOP.
REMAIN EVER BLESSED.
JESUS IS LORD.
PST ISRAEL AKINSANYA
pstisraelmeg@gmail.com
DATE : SATURDAY MAY 9, 2020
TOPIC: DARE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE (PART 4)
TEXT : Hebrews 5:12-14 – “For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
Christianity is not synonymous to mediocrity hence, standing out among the outstanding ones does not answer to being born again alone, wishing, background, gender, skin colour, academic qualifications etc but outstanding life is essentially a product of sacrifice (self-denial or being dead to self). Daniel 1:8-13, 17-21
Watching television without a vision at such a time as this is a deliberate total sell out of your glorious destiny and will end up making you a generational mockery.
Most programs on our television today are nothing but a reconditioning of the mind with nothing to achieve other than distracting and derailing destiny. Proverbs 29:18
Eating 3square meals or more and playing around at this crucial stay at home holiday without a conscious effort to advance your destiny in Christ is a mortgage of destiny – Ecclesiastes 10:16-17
May you not cry after this pandemic is over like Esau – Genesis 25:29-34, Hebrews 12:16-17
HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
4. MAKE SPIRITUAL GROWTH A LIFESTYLE – Hebrews 5:11-14, 1Peter 2:1-2
There is no dry land anywhere, we only have dry hearts. The famine of the word of life in the hearts of men is the reason for both material and financial famine. Spiritual famine is worse than physical famine.
A spiritually robust person cannot suffer hunger no matter where he or she is located and the climatic or economic conditions because heaven’s economy cannot run dry of resources no matter the daily demands.
Don’t ever think everyone is suffering and in lack of basic needs of life as you are. The environment where I currently live is a developing area and I see daily construction works going on and building growing even in the midst of this global pandemic that is characterized with lockdown and hardship.
Mind you, it is not everyone that is living above the present hardship that is a robber, looter, yahoo boy or a ritualist, there are quite a number of people running genuine business and some simply trading ideas, because genuine ideas will always attract helps and end up ruling the world.
When you lack spiritual substance, crises of all kinds becomes the order of the day – 2Chronicles 15:3-6
Spiritual bankruptcy is the foundation for financial and material bankruptcy. To be spiritually empty is to be empty of all the good things of life as a believer. No one is responsible for where I am and what I don’t have, I am the causative agent of the happenings around my life.
The devil, his demons and all his human agents are not to be blamed. Where were they when you got saved and got delivered from the powers of darkness and got translated into the kingdom of His dear Son Colossians 1:13
You need daily spiritual balanced diet of the word of God to live above all that hell has to offer in this world. The quality of life you live is a function of the word of God in you – Deut 8:3, Matthew 4:4
God can never tempt His children with breakthrough, favour and blessings that is bigger than their spiritual capacity – Galatians 4:1-6. The choice is yours to make.
Looking for what to preach at the expense of what live by is the stupidity of the highest order and a mockery of our Christian identity and pastoral callings.
HOW TO GROW UP SPIRITUALLY?
A. Be convinced that you are genuinely born again.
This is the foundation. Foundation determines what is eventually and how lasting it will be – John 3:3-8, 15-16, Psalms 11:3
Life without Christ will be characterized by crises.
B. Be tired of your present state and be determined to grow.
Until you are tired of present spiritual state, you cannot be determined to make effort to grow up. The largest room in the world is the room of improvement – 1Cor 13:12
C. Identify, recognize and value your God ordained Spiritual Mentor, Father, Teacher, Pastor and Prophet – Jeremiah 3:15, 2Chronicles 15:3, 26:3-5
Hear them, honour them, obey them, pray for them and be a blessing to them regularly. Malachi 1:6-9
D. Be addicted to daily study, diligent search, meditation of the word of God and anointed CHRISTIAN literatures your lifestyle – Joshua 1:8, Psalms 1:1-3, 119:97-100, 1Timothy 4:13-16, 2Timothy 2:15, 3:14-17
E. Make praying, fasting and praying in the Spirit your lifestyle – Luke 4:1-14, 18:1, Mark 1:35, Jude 1:20
If you don’t want to faint, fail and fall in life you must build up spiritual capacity on the altar of prayer and fasting.
However, we need to watch out for the signs of spiritual immaturity in our quest to grow spiritually and they are: frequent crises (family, marital, financial, health etc), malice, guile, hypocrisies, envies, evil speaking, offense, unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, anger, impatience, moral decadence or immorality, lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, pride, drunkenness but the evidence of our spiritual growth will manifest in the following fruits of the Spirit: love, Joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, Faith, meekness and temperance – 1Peter 2:1, Galatians 5:19-26
REMEMBER THAT, YOUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS KEY TO YOUR SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUALITY IS THE SECURITY OF DESTINY.
JESUS IS STANDING AT THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART KNOCKING, WILL YOU LET HIM IN, SO AS NOT TO MISS HEAVEN, BECAUSE TO MISS HEAVEN IS TO END UP IN HELL FIRE. Revelation 3:20-22
This weekend, I command your book of remembrance to be opened and the Holy Spirit to plant your name and your image in the heart of those carrying your blessing and as the Lord lives, all that is due to you shall be supernaturally released to you in Jesus Mighty Name. Job 20:15, Malachi 3:16-18
SEE YOU AT THE TOPMOST TOP.
REMAIN EVER BLESSED.
JESUS IS LORD.
PST ISRAEL AKINSANYA
pstisraelmeg@gmail.com