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Spiritual Procrastination: Can Christian overcome Procrastination?

Posted by May 11, 2019 Holy Word, Word of Faith Leave a Comment
Spiritual Procrastination: Can Christian overcome Procrastination?

Procrastination is a sluggish attitudinal weapon that irreversibly destroys its victim. Spiritual procrastination is a feeling of desperately wanting to do God’s instruction or assignment, but not getting started.

Pies Steel, a human resources professor at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business, stated that 95% of the population procrastinates at times, with 20% being chronic offenders.

How often do you put procrastination under your foot? Today’s message will elaborate the effects of spiritual procrastination and how to overcome it.

How does Spiritual Procrastination find its way into you?

You will suffer procrastination whenever you blame someone or something other than yourself. Watch out for the following words as the channels of spiritual procrastination:

*I was too busy to share the gospel with my friends …

*I was too tired …

*I was stressed up throughout the day …

*I was too sleepy to study the Bible …

*I am not wealthy enough to help the poor …

*I can’t concentrate …

If you always see someone or something standing against you and your willingness to do God’s will, then you will never hold yourself responsible for the spiritual procrastination, and such act is a time-bomb.

Effects of Spiritual Procrastination to Christians

Spiritual procrastination looks harmless, but at a long-run it tumbles the life of the sufferer. The effects are not limited to the following points below:

  1. Procrastination steals your productive time and you can never recover it anymore.
  2. It takes away the physical and spiritual blessings from you.
  3. Your heart is always filled with fear and uncertainty.
  4. Spiritual procrastination makes you fruitless, because you lose the fruit of the spirit such as faithfulness and self-control. (Galatians 5:22 – 23)
  5. It negatively affects your level of achievement in life.
  6. Procrastination separates you from the presence of the LORD.
  7. If you permit spiritual procrastination, then spiritual laziness that slides a Christian is at your door step.

It is unwise, ungodly and unhealthy to allow spiritual procrastination to hit you with fear, unfaithfulness, weakness or spiritual laziness. The outcome of procrastination is disastrous.

Biblical verses to Hit Procrastination

The word synonymous to procrastination in the Bible is slug, delay or laziness.

Proverbs 20:4 – “The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.”

Colossians 3:23 – “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men…”

Proverbs 26:13 – “The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!”

Matthew 5: 23-24: “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”

Proverbs 6:9-11: “How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep-So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.”

7 Ways to Overcome Spiritual Procrastination

What do you do when you feel the slothful monster of procrastination trying to creep into your life?

An online survey by the Procrastination Research Group posed the question, “To what extent is procrastination having a negative impact on your happiness?” of the 2,700 response: 46% said “quite a bit” or “very much” and 18% claimed “extreme negative effect”.

If you are eager to be free from procrastination, then the cogent solutions below are for you.

 

    1. Start gradually without delay

You need the daily intake of God’s Power in your life to achieve His wills. Thus, don’t be carried away by the magnitude of whatever the Lord asks you to do. Take a faithful step and He will guide you to the end.

 

  1. Be Focused and Diligent

There are some spiritual assignments that take a long time to be accomplished due to some factors. Be focused on your spiritual lane to achieve the goals. Don’t be discouraged at any point of your responsibility to the Lord.

  1. Meditate the Word of God

You cannot be trapped by spiritual procrastination if you fill your heart always with the word of God. Read the Bible or listening to the audio format regularly.

 

  1. Keep Records

What I do is to set reminder on the calendar app of my phone and once the phone beeps, I do the needful. Tracking events really helps me a lot from procrastination. You can also design a feasible to-do list accompanied with a deadline and you would be delivered from procrastination.

 

  1. Give God the Car Key

If you always give your power of choice to the Lord every morning, then the activities of your day would be planned in the presence of the LORD, and your obedience to God’s plan will knock down spiritual procrastination.

 

  1. Push Away Distraction

When I discovered that watching the television and scrolling through my social media platform distracted me from accomplishing other spiritual duties. I reduced my television presence to watching news, and answering questions on the social media. This discipline really helped me. List your time-takers and screen them accordingly.

 

  1. Assess yourself at night

Don’t pretend that all is fine when many things you should do are hanging on your neck undone. Before going to bed assess yourself and be determined to do better the next day.

 

Spiritual procrastination is a spiritual explosive to the sufferer. But, the obedience to solutions above will deliver you from the destructive act of procrastination.

If you are stuck into the procrastination of giving your totality to the Lord, please give everything about you to the Lord today – tomorrow may be too late!

I pray for every procrastinator who reads this message today that the Lord will deliver you and set you free in Jesus name.

Christian Mind: The Amazing Power of Your Mind

Posted by Dec 21, 2018 Holy Word, Word of Faith Leave a Comment
Christian Mind: The Amazing Power of Your Mind

The mind is responsible for perception and judgement. It has three major levels called the preconscious, conscious and unconscious.

It is responsible for processing feelings and emotions, resulting into attitudes and actions.

A study suggests that the subconscious mind processes about 400 billion bits of information per second and the impulses travel at a speed of up to 100,000 mph! And the conscious mind processes about 2,000 bits of information per second and its impulses travel only at 100-150 mph.

Today’s message will improve your orientation about the supernatural power of the heart.

The Power of Your Mind

Your heart has the ability to create images (imaginations) and it can also receive images through your eyes. The amazing power of your mind is that it can convert the imaginations to realities once there is a little link of your consent to the processes.

Similarly, the heart is so powerful that it can process voices to actions; both inner voice and the one through the ears.

Some instances of your powerful mind are not limited to the following points:

1. Healing Power comes from the heart

The sick guy and his friends had a strong imagination in their heart that if Jesus can set eyes on them, there would be an instant healing. The conviction was so strong that they never considered the cost of destruction to the roof of the house where Jesus was ministering. Their friend was healed in the midst of the crowd – Mark chapter 2 verse 3 to 12.

The process of many miracles done by Jesus started from the powerful mind of the receiver. Jesus will always say; “let it be according to your faith”. The miracles occurred because the receiver had the imagination in their mind that they were healed.

However, Jesus could not do many miracles in the midst of people whose mind were filled with pride and bias. Matthew chapter 13 verse 58 says: “Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.”

If you are sick and you set the imagination in your mind that you are healed, the consistent imagination of healing would turn to reality.

Note: It is not the drugs that heal, but the mind-set you have towards the drug is the healing power.

2. Create Nightmares and Bad Dreams

Nightmares in most cases are self-affliction. For instance, when you watch horror films or action films, the movies are stored in your conscious mind and it is processed to your subconscious mind. During the processing, the mind would include you as an actor or actress in the new version of the film you watched earlier. So, you can’t escape nightmares if you give the power of your heart to ungodly movies.

Not until God gave me the divine understanding of our powerful heart, I had suffered fruitless fasting and prayers for Christians who consistently came to me with the explanation that they always had sex in dreams.

Don’t be deceived! No Bishop, Prophet or Pastor can help you with bad dreams, if you don’t stop watching porn or films with just a single scene of romance. Your mind is so powerful that it records the illicit movies or images and process them into simple or complex erotic version for you.

Note: When you are asleep, your mind is processing the information you sent to it during the day. And, your dreams or night visions are outputs from your powerful mind.

Watch good Christian documentaries and you will enjoy your dreams.

3. Makes You sick

Have you ever visited a sick friend in the hospital and you were too emotional about the status of your friend, and this thought “I feel sick” stroked your heart. And the next moment you felt a feverish condition and headache? Huh! It’s just the power of the mind.

If you are going through tough financial crisis and you say to yourself “am sick of this life” your heart would process the voice and interpret the voice for the sake of reality. This is the cause of high rate of suicidal act!

Your heart is so powerful that it does not joke with any data or information received. Your consent to any thought is enough for the mind to execute action.

For instance, Amnon achieved his lustful thought, but he suffered the consequences – 2 Samuel chapter 13.

4. Loss or Gain Fortunes

If you always send negative information such as: “I am not fortunate….I can’t make it…..I may lose this job….” to your heart, then the mind will process the information. The output of the processing will affect your ability to achieve greatness. Once depression sets into the mind, then there is trouble.

But, if you fill your heart with positive expressions such as: “I can make it… it is possible for me to get to the top….I won’t give up…. It shall be well…..” then your mind will process the positive information and it shall come to pass.

For instance, in the book of second King chapter 7, it was recorded that Prophet Elisha saw surplus, but the king’s officer saw shortage in his mind. And the next day it came to pass according to the imagination of their hearts. The officer’s life suffered shortage and death.

5. Your Mind Can Release Joy or Sorrow

Have you ever wonder why the rich also cry? Well, joy has nothing to do with post or affluence. I know many poor people who have joyful lives than the rich people in the society.

If you want to experience a joyful life, then always fill your heart with information such as; “contentment, patience, hope, God’s time is the best for me…..”

Your mind is so powerful that God respects the processed output of your heart.

Have I blasphemed? No! God respected the choice of Adam and Eve; else He would have taken the forbidden fruit from them. He respected the actions of the Israelites who suffered destruction as a result of their adulterous life!

Don’t make your heart to wander anyhow. Your mind is just like the steering of a car, if you refuse to control the steering it would take the car into the ditch. Thus, control your mind; else it can set you ablaze.

The heart is the stronghold for God’s miracle in your life, and it is also the gateway for the Devil to afflict you.

Since there is a strong link between your faith and your mind, then always allow the Lord Jesus to take full control of the information in your mind. God bless you. 

Christian Peace: 10 Ways to have a Peaceful Mind

Posted by Nov 10, 2018 Holy Word, Word of Faith 2 Comments
Christian Peace: 10 Ways to have a Peaceful Mind

Peace is scarce in the world because the number of people enjoying peaceful mind is small. According to the authors of Global Peace Index 2016, the world is becoming a more dangerous place and there are just ten countries which can be considered free from conflict.

The worsening conflict in the middle east, the lack of a solution to the refugee crisis and an increase in deaths from major terrorist incidents have all contributed to the world being less peaceful in 2016 than it was in 2015.

Today’s message will show you the original source of peace in the midst of a conflicting world.

10 Ways to obtain Peace

1. Forgive those that sin against you

Grudge or malice produces unrest to your mind, while the act of forgiveness is a soothing ointment to your wounded heart. If you always forgive your offenders, then you will enjoy peace in your life.

Matthew chapter 18 verse 21 and 22 says: “Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times? Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.”

2. Be a Salty Person

Always do your best to be a Peacemaker wherever you find yourself.

Mark chapter 9 verse 50 says: “Salt is good, but if the salt loses its flavour, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one another.”

3. Don’t Curse Yourself

Be hopeful when life is tough, and peace will take good care of your heart. When you go through hard times, don’t curse yourself and don’t abuse God. Peace does not stay with an abusive person.

Matthew chapter 5 verses 44 says: “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.”

4. Stay away from Witchcraft

The peace that comes from the spirit of darkness is not sustainable! I fell into this trap before I met Jesus Christ. Devil stole my joy and gave me a restless heart. There is no peace in the kingdom of Satan, stay away from Satanism!

5. Terminate Sinful activities

Peace cannot reign where there is active sin. Fear and sin are teammate and they work together to destroy the soul of people. If you want genuine peace, then live a holy lifestyle as described by Jesus Christ.

Jesus says: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

6. Cut your Coat according to your Cloth

Peace is for those that acknowledge contentment. Learn to be satisfied with the available resources you have. Don’t bind yourself with loan when you are not sure of the outcome. Live a simple life and you will enjoy peace than the rich who is never satisfied.

“So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” But when he heard this, he became very sorrowful, for he was very rich.” (Luke 18:22-23)

Note: No amount of money or wealth can satisfy human being, so take it easy.

7. Who are your friends?

The group of people around you can also determine the status of peace in your life. If you want peace, then mix with people who love to share the Bible with you, lovers of Jesus Christ and haters of worldliness.

Hebrew chapter 12 verse 14 says: “Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.”

8. Accept Jehovah with all Your Heart

God, whose name is Peace can make you enjoy peace in every circumstance of life if you allow Him to control your mind. Give your heart to Jesus, because He is the Prince of Peace.

John chapter 14 verses 27 say: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

9. Good Gospel Songs

I enjoy peace in my heart when I listen to godly inspirational tunes. Such songs could lift up your heavy heart to the peaceful presence of the LORD.

10. Be anxious for nothing

Train your heart to take this life easy. You will enjoy peace if your speed to achieve things on earth is not higher than the speed of God.

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6)

16 Secrets of Praise to the LORD

Posted by Oct 19, 2018 Holy Word, Word of Faith 16 Comments
16 Secrets of Praise to the LORD

Praise involves appreciating the Lord with all your body, soul and spirit. The secret of praise is the password for every successful Christians.

If you intend to know the easiest way to live a glorious life, then don’t hesitate to read the message for today!

I remembered the story of an elderly lady who was well-known for her faith and for her boldness in talking about it. She would stand on her front porch and shout “Praise the LORD!”

Next door to her lived an atheist who would get so angry at her proclamations he would shout, “There isn’t a Lord!”

Hard times set in on the elderly lady, and she prayed for GOD to send her some assistance. She stood on her porch and shouted “Praise the LORD. GOD, I need food!! I am having a hard time. Please LORD, send me some groceries!!”

The next morning the lady went out on her porch and noted a large bag of groceries and shouted, “Praise the LORD.”

The neighbor jumped from behind a bush and said, “Aha! I told you there was no Lord. I bought those groceries, God didn’t.”

The lady started jumping up and down and clapping her hands and said, “Praise the LORD. He not only sent me groceries, but He made the devil pay for them. Praise the Lord!”

The story above shows that the access key that controls the Kingdom of Heaven and the gate of hell is regular Praise to the Lord.

Secrets of Praise to the Lord include:

1. Praise precede Favor – If you want the favor of God, always praise Him. Acts chapter 2 verses 47: “…praising God and having favor with all the people…”

2. Breaks Bondage – Acts chapter 16 verse 25 and 26: “…Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God…Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.”

3. Enrollments to Heaven – If you praise God always with a holy heart, then you are His heir. Isaiah chapter 43 verses 21 say: “This people I have formed for Myself; They shall declare My praise.”

4. Praise moves God to your abode – Second Chronicles chapter 7: “…When all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the LORD…”

5. You’ll easily know the Desire of God – Psalm 54 verse 6 and 7: “I will freely sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good. For He has delivered me out of all trouble; and my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.”

6. Praise is a Spiritual Invitation – Psalm 22 verse 3: “But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.”

7. Praise wins Battle – Second Chronicles chapter 20 verse 22: “Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated…”

8. Your Works will yield Goodness – Matthew chapter 5 verses 16: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

9. Praise strengthens Unity of the family – Romans chapter 15 verse 6: “that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

10. Praises is a Strong Will of God – First Thessalonians chapter 5 verses 18: “in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”

11. Delivers the oppressors – Isaiah chapter 61verse 3: “…The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness…”

12. Easiest way to Glorify God – Psalm 50 verse 23: “Whoever offers praise glorifies Me…”

13. Turns God’s anger away – Isaiah chapter 12 verse 1: “And in that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You; Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.”

14. Praise is a Good tool for Evangelism – Psalm 40 verse 3: “He has put a new song in my mouth-Praise to our God; many will see it and fear, And will trust in the LORD.”

15. Your Blood can Revenge – Genesis chapter 4verse 10 to 11: “And He said, what have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.”

16. Praise make you modest – Revelation chapter 4 verse 10 to 11: “the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: “You are worthy, O Lord…””

Christian Nightmares: How to Free Christians from bad dreams!

Posted by Oct 9, 2018 Holy Word, Word of Faith 3 Comments
Christian Nightmares: How to Free Christians from bad dreams!

Nightmares are uncontrollable scary dreams that threaten some Christians. It produces feelings of confusion, guilt, fear, and sadness.

Research recorded by Statista showed that about 50% of 3 to 6 years old have frequent nightmares. About 20% of 6 to 12 years and 5% of adults in the U.S suffer nightmares.

Today’s message reveals the victory over nightmares for the Christians.

Nightmares are not normal phenomenon as widely believed by some sects. It is paramount that the Christians who want deliverance from nightmares must understand the source of these dreadful dreams.

10 Causes of Nightmares to the Christians

1. Watching Movies and Computer Games

The aim of every film show organized by the unbelievers is to take your heart away from the Lord and to occupy your mind with suspense, lustful desires, sexy, horror or violent motion pictures.

Whenever you watch any ungodly movie, you’d open the door of your mind to the demons. Your mind does not sleep at night, and the legal entrance you gave the demons during the day allows them to frighten your soul and mind. And this translates to nightmares during your sleep.

2. Fear

When you go through unholy fear, there is the possibility of suffering from nightmares. For instance, the fear of: demons, job loss, how to pay bills, barrenness, etc. can destabilize your state of mind. And the demons would take advantage of your unstable mind to hurt your emotions.

3. Possession of Charms

Many new converts suffer nightmares, because they don’t discard the charms they use when in the world. Charms for beauty, power, protection and riches are for the devil and you can’t serve two Masters. (Matthew 6:24)

4. Sickness

Some drugs have terrible effects on the sick Christians, and the effects may trigger the fear of death in the mind of the sick which can lead to nightmares.

5. Sinful Lifestyle

Nightmares cannot be strange to drugs and alcoholic addicts. For instance, it is not possible for a fornicator or adulterer to be free from dreadful sexy dreams. Sin in one’s life gives the Devil the complete access to the mind- the arena to afflict nightmares.

Romans chapter 12 verse 2 says: “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God”

6. A Challenging Situation

When you go through a terrible situation that appears to have no remedy, then nightmares may disturb your sleep.

7. Under Curse

Anyone under curse is bond to nightmares. The Holy Spirit always informs every new Christian under curse, and the Power of Jesus is available for perfect deliverance.

8. Bitter Heart

The images in a bitter heart are frighten, thus anyone with a bitter heart cannot escape horrible nightmares. For instance, going to bed after a hot argument or fight precedes nightmares.

9. Keeping Malice

Some Christians are very good at keeping malice. I would be surprise if such people could escape nightmares. Malice is a name given to one of the arch demons in the kingdom of darkness. Read Galatians chapter 5: 19 to 21

10. Spiritual attack

When the devil was chased out of heaven, the people on earth suffer spiritual attacks. (Revelation chapter 12).The easiest medium for the demons to afflict Christians is through the dreams, thus, a Christian with an empty mind will suffer nightmares and bad dreams.

Matthew chapter 12 verses 43 to 45 say: “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. “Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, 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…”

Nightmares are not normal for Christians. Since the main source of this terrible situation is through the mind according to the scriptures above, then, it is wise to always make your state of mind intact with Jesus Christ.

5 Ways to Overcome Nightmares

1. Fasten your Mind

Always watch Christian documentaries that edify your soul and not action films, wrestling, boxing or porn.

2. Read your Bible

Read passages that will strengthen your heart. If you live in an environment that prohibit reading of the Bible, then get a free Bible mp3 on the internet and cling to your ear piece.

The more you fill your mind with the word of God, the more difficult for the demons to control your mind.

3. Confess your Sins

You can’t continue to sin and ask grace to abound (Romans 6:1-2). The Grace of Jesus is for you to have the ability to live a holy life. A sinless life in Christ receives freedom from nightmares.

4. Rekindle your Night Prayers

Always create time for fellowship before going to bed. Sing to the LORD and worship Him with all your body, soul and spirit. Pray faithfully to the Lord and you won’t experience nightmares anymore. I practiced this powerful step and it worked for me.

Philippians chapter 4 verse 6 and 7 says: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

5. Get your Weapons Ready

Your weapons are not carnal tools! If you want to enjoy permanent victory from nightmares, then denounce all act of worldliness.

Ephesians chapter 6 verse 10 to 17: “…Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places …”

 

Nightmares among Christians were due to their slack minds. So, to receive victory from nightmares, always guide your mind with the Word of God and live a holy lifestyle through Jesus Christ.