10 Ways to Overcome Pride on the Christian Race

Posted by Sep 13, 2021 Holy Word, Word of Faith 1 Comment
10 Ways to Overcome Pride on the Christian Race

If you can overcome pride then you have the devil under your feet! It is a common phenomenon that at a point in your Christian race the spirit of pride would love to wine and dine with you…

Since the only gift from pride is destruction then today’s message would teach you the steps to take to overcome pride.

How to Overcome Pride

1. Always remind yourself that you are a servant who takes order from GOD who is your Master.

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.” (Matthew 10:24)

2. Regular reading of the Bible would help your conscious state of mind and you won’t fall into the temptation of pride.

3. One major step that helps Christians from a prideful lifestyle is the meditation on the Word of GOD every day.

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” (2 Timothy 3:16)

4. Set your mind every morning to live your day in a way that Jesus Christ would have done.

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.” (Philippians 2:5-7)

5. You can’t overcome pride if you always compete to have the new brands of worldly things such as; cars, clothes, cosmetics etc. which does not glorify the name of the LORD.

6. Engage yourself in evangelism to the lower-class, it humbles me when I do such.

7. If you notice any sign of pride then memorize the Bible verses that you think can best help you to resist it.

“Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18:4)

8. Do not joke with your personal relationship with the LORD! Always devote time to pray, worship and praise Him.

9. It is important you check and balance yourself daily and repent from any ‘sin’ that might look ‘harmless’ to you. Anyone with active sin cannot overcome pride!

10. Three major instruments of pride include; money, position and fame. So, if you have them kindly subject them to bless the poor without broadcasting on the media. This step would make you overcome pride and your wealth would also increase in heaven.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.” (Matthew 6:19-20)   

I pray you overcome spirit of pride as you follow the steps above in Jesus’ name.

10 Major Signs of Pride that a Christian Must Avoid!

Posted by Sep 7, 2021 Holy Word, Word of Faith Leave a Comment
10 Major Signs of Pride that a Christian Must Avoid!

Signs of pride is a danger alert for every child of God. Since no one is immune against pride then it is wise for you do a frequent check and balance to eliminate any form of self-worth.

Today’s message gives a crucial list of prideful character that should not be allowed in your life. I read it often to put me on my toes!

What is Pride?

Pride is a feeling of great joy derived from one’s own skills and quality of wisdom that leads to significant success. It’s all about self-esteem, selfishness, self-worth, ego and self-respect. Pride does not sincerely give all the glory to the LORD.  

10 Vital Signs of Pride You Should Watch Out For!

1. Self-glorification; The love to impress people with your body shape and how your cosmetics can make you appear ‘exceptionally beautiful’.

“Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendour; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, that they might gaze at you.” (Ezekiel 28:17)

2. When you start having a thought that the success of your ministry, wealth or business is as a result of your organized skills.

“By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches.” (Ezekiel 28:5)

3. Sign of pride manifest if you become satisfied and feel you do not need any more guidance or counsel from the LORD.

“When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was exalted; therefore, they forgot Me.” (Hosea 13:6)

4. To draw attention of people towards yourself that you are powerful.

“But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.” (2 Chronicles 26:16)

5. A prideful person would always put-up disagreement when corrected.

“By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well-advised is wisdom.” (Proverbs 13:10)

6. Humble lifestyle is a taboo for a heart full of pride.

“But He gives more grace. Therefore, He says: “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” (James 4:6)

7. They believe that all knowledge is with them and they get irritated when someone else is teaching.

8. The pride of spirituality is so high that they tell people their strength of fasting, boast about spiritual gifts and the likes.

“Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.” (Matthew 6:16)

9. The anger of GOD is triggered when His children manifest pride in the church.

“Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.” (2 Chronicles 32:26)

10. Prideful person would always love to be praised and exalted for everything they do!

Identifying the signs of pride is crucial and the ways to overcome pride is discussed in the next publication.

Proverbs chapter 16 verse 18: “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

Christian Time Management: 15 Major Ways of Achievement!

Posted by Aug 27, 2021 Holy Word, Word of Faith Leave a Comment
Christian Time Management: 15 Major Ways of Achievement!

Christian time management is the art of using wisdom to put time under control for you to achieve physical and spiritual success in all your tasks.

Have you always lamented that twenty hours is too small for your daily events? I complained as well but God won’t add a second? Did you lose sound sleep and fall sick because you have to break the sabbath and work into the night? I do and now I grew grey hairs very fast…

Today’s message would teach you the best Christian time management to follow for successful accomplishment.

15 Major Ways for Successful Christian Time Management

1. The first action every day is to ask GOD to guide and lead you.

2. Make a long list of your events.

3. Rearrange your list according to significant importance.

4. Fix the time to your plans to make it a realistic schedule.

5. You have to be sensitive to the edition by the Holy Spirit.

6. Start working on your daily plans with a focused heart.

7. Distraction is inevitable, so have zero tolerance for fruitless interruption.

8. Social media can steal your precious time so watch you back!

9. Imitate Jesus Christ for bigger project by appointing disciples.

10. Disallow procrastination with all your strength.

11. The act of spiritual discipline is vital for Christian time management.

12. Set your mind positively and work smartly.

13. It is wise to do a real-time update of your diary.

14. Your fair assessment of today helps tomorrow’s improvement.

15. If you take responsibility for your shortfalls then it would help your Christian time management to attain fruitful yield in a hundred-fold.

I love Paul’s advice to the Ephesians when he said: “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” (Ephesians 5: 15-17)

A successful Christian time management is built on the foundation of love and faith in the LORD. So, I recommend you to sustain a firm relationship with the LORD for great achievement of fruitful times on earth.

20 Bible Verses for Repentance from Sin

Posted by Aug 18, 2021 Holy Word, Word of Faith 1 Comment
20 Bible Verses for Repentance from Sin

Bible verses for repentance are cogent references you need as a weapon to defeat the stronghold of sins in your life. Sin is sweet in the beginning but it ends with bitterness. Is it an easy task to stop those enticing things that looks fantastic to you? How often can you resist the temptation of worldliness? It’s not easy, but you can get it right through recitation of the Bible verses that emphasize on repentance!

Today’s message releases a long list of Bible verses for repentance which helped me to remain focus in the LORD and I am sure it would be helpful to you as well.

What is Repentance?

Repentance is an act of determination to avoid repetition of a confessed sin. You talk about repentance when you self-realized that a particular lifestyle you enjoy so much would put you into trouble in the nearest future.

GOD does not want you to sin anymore and that was the course of Jesus Christ to the earth who shed His blood to cleanse away your sin and to give you the divine power of holiness. And don’t forget that the Spirit of the LORD is ready to be your Wise Counsellor. Hallelujah!

Some sin may look easy for you to stop while some may appear impossible to split. Since, the LORD has no category for sin (nothing like big sin or small sin), you can surely have the strength to repent if you meditate and recite the Bible verses.

10 Bible Verses for Repentance in the Old Testament

1. “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13)

2. “I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the iniquity of my sin.” (Psalm 32:5)

3. “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)

4. “For if you return to the LORD, your brethren and your children will be treated with compassion by those who lead them captive, so that they may come back to this land; for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.” (2 Chronicles 30:9)

5. “Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.” (Isaiah 55:7)

6. “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil.” (Isaiah 1:16)

7. “O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?” (Jeremiah 4:14)

8. “Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: ‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the LORD; ‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you. For I am merciful,’ says the LORD; ‘I will not remain angry forever.” (Jeremiah 3:12)

9. “So, rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.” (Joel 2:13)

10. “For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.” (Psalm 86:5)

10 Bible Verses for Repentance in the New Testament

1. “Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” (Luke 15:10)

2. “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” (James 4:8)

3. “From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17)

4. “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” (Acts 3:19)

5. “Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (Acts 2:38)

6. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)

7. “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9)

8. “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” (Ephesians 1:7)

9. “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.” (Acts 17:30)

10. “Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore, if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.” (Revelation 3:3)

If you always read and meditate the Bible verses on repentance above then it becomes easy for you to repent from all forms of sin. May the LORD empower you as you repent in Jesus’ name.

Spiritual Loneliness: 10 Vital Ways to Overcome Separation

Posted by Aug 12, 2021 Holy Word, Word of Faith Leave a Comment
Spiritual Loneliness: 10 Vital Ways to Overcome Separation

Spiritual loneliness occurs when a Christian noticed the strange emptiness coupled with a sensation of separation from the LORD.

Christian loneliness is a painful experience common among people who had once enjoyed the regular presence of the LORD and suddenly lost the companion of GOD.

Today’s message would explain the cause of spiritual loneliness and how to overcome the menace!

5 Major Causes of Spiritual Loneliness

1. When you are too busy ministering to people without creating time for re-filling of spiritual anointing.

See the secret of Jesus Christ that saved Him from spiritual separation from GOD:

“Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.” (Luke 6:12)

2. Disobedience to the commandments of the LORD when you feel you know so much about spiritual matters.

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” (Matthew 7:21)

3. Rejection of the counsel given by the Holy Spirit due to spiritual laziness, procrastination or pride.

4. Combining the worldly doctrine to that of the LORD because you want to be called a Modern Preacher (or a Seasoned Christian) and not an Old School.

“So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.” (Revelation 3:16)

5. Spiritual loneliness set in when the love of the world overcomes the first love for GOD and eventually kills the passion for things of the LORD.

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (1 John 2:15)

Effects of Christian Loneliness

Separation from God’s presence either intentionally or ignorantly can lead to the following:

1. If care is not taken it may lead to permanent spiritual backslide. Read Hebrew chapter 6 verse 4 to 6.

2. Spiritual loneliness allows the entrance of demonic spirit who pretend to be an angel of light.

“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.

And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.” (Luke 11: 24-26)

3. No more peace and joy of salvation.

4. The break in communication with the Holy Spirit leads to a confused life.

5. When someone is rejected by the LORD then such person’s name is wiped off from the Book of Life.

“But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” (Revelation 21:27)

10 Ways to Overcome Spiritual Loneliness

1. Give yourself a retreat; cancel all public ministration and stay in a private place to communion with the LORD for about 40 days.

2. Do Bible meditation and search through your life to name all the sins that separated you from the LORD.

3. Ask for forgiveness and repent from all the blunders.

4. Don’t leave the presence of the LORD until He speaks to you!

5. Go back to the passion you have for GOD during your first love.

6. Separate yourself from the worldly style and you won’t suffer spiritual loneliness.

7. Go obey every specific instruction the LORD asked you to do.

8. You can’t be lonely if you cultivate the habit of steady worship to the LORD through singing songs of praises and worship.

9. Dedicate yourself to the LORD and ask HIM to train you.

10. Don’t let your speed of achievement becomes higher or slower than God’s speed. You must be sensitive to God’s timing!

If you are going through any spiritual loneliness, I recommend the ten points above to you and your testimony would be great. Please, find the errors without given excuses and the LORD will surely dwell with you in Jesus’ name.