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  • Practice living intentionally with purpose – Prince Ufford

    Practice living intentionally with purpose – Prince Ufford

    By Prince Ufford

    JOSHUA 1:7-8.(Amplified)
    ONLY YOU BE STRONG AND VERY COURAGEOUS, THAT YOU MAY DO ACCORDING TO ALL THE LAW WHICH MOSES MY SERVANT COMMANDED YOU. TURN NOT FROM IT TO THE RIGHT HAND OR TO THE LEFT, THAT YOU MAY PROSPER WHEREVER YOU GO.

    ‘THIS BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT DEPART OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, BUT YOU SHALL MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT, THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE AND DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN IT. FOR THEN YOU SHALL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS AND THEN YOU SHALL DEAL WISELY AND HAVE GOOD SUCCESS .

    *This was God’s advice to Joshua because he had taken over the leadership of the children of Isreal after the DEATH of Moses . He wants him to succeed in life. He said to him, do not turn to your left hand, do not turn to your right hand. Fix your eyes on what you are doing, concentrate by meditation.

    Isaiah 5:13. Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
    Meditation is very important if you have a desire for success and prosperity. Meditation will reveal to you the secret.

    Good Success is your responsibility. Good prosperity in life is your responsibility. If you hate poverty, it means you have plans which will empower you to chase poverty away from your home.
    Rom 5 :17. For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one :much more they which have receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.

    With vision you will show to poverty that it has no right over your Life. Vision is the key to unlock your prosperity and success. Strategically plan and position yourself to succeed in life. Grace is given unto you for your total advancement in life.

    *Dream yourself to the top.
    Eph1:21. Far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.
    Eph 2:5-8. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved:). And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus. That in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness towards us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are you saved through faith :and that not of yourself :it is the gift of of God.

    * In Christ Jesus you are saved by grace. Discover your purpose. The glory of living is in discovering what to do to make Life worth.

    *Living intentionally with purpose will help you in life. GENE1:28. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful. Deuter 8 :18. He has given to you power to make Wealth.

    * Prov 13:18. Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction :but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. Honour yourself with good purpose, Stay focus.

    *PROV11:24. There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth: and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. Poverty will gradually disappear from you. Then you will go from glory to glory.
    Psalm 1:2-3. But his delight is in the law of the Lord: and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season :his leaf also shall not wither :and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (only those seeking to live under God’s blessing will make meditation part of them.)

    *Joshua you will succeed if you live intentionally with purpose, but meditate there in day and night, apply the principle to every area of your Life. Practice Living intentionally with purpose will make you become an orderly person in life, your Life will be guided properly, your focus will be on where you are going to.

    *Good success, good prosperity comes from good meditation. Poverty is destructive, it is the killer of destiny. Those who know the law, especially God’s Word which is the law will be prosperous and successful in that they possess the wisdom to live according to God’s Word.
    *The requirements for Success and prosperity is: be Strong,be couragous, be diligent. Make the word of God your authoritative guide in all your way.

    *Determine to associate with the Holy Spirit as your guide. Joshua you are responsible for your success and prosperity in life. You are responsible for what ever happens to you. Your idea is your gold mine. Your idea is your raw material. God’s Word is the real true material to help you drive on. Purpose place you on the right path, it is the key for progression in life.

    * Prov 10:15. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city :the destruction of the poor is their poverty. In Christ Jesus the same moment you received Christ Jesus into your heart, God supernaturally supplied you with all the necessary things meant for your Life. Take responsibility for your success and prosperity naturally.
    *See yourself becoming the person God created you for. It is your responsibility to ask: What is the will of God for me as a person. You will enjoy from the flowing stream of grace because you have knowledge and you have understanding of His will.

    *Prospering naturally should not be a problem, all you need to do is to create vision for your prosperity and of success with the written word of God in your heart through meditation by allowing the Holy Spirit to assist you.
    * In you is greatness, this is God’s will for you. Your destination and destiny have been worked out by God. In order for it to come to pass naturally, you need vision. Kingdom concept for success and prosperity is different from the world’s concept.
    *3John 2. Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. This gives you an excellent picture of what is in God mind about you. Poverty is at the door of him who refuses to plan. Success, prosperity in life is an individual’s decision and determination to become somebody of worth in life. The key is with you. Who drives the car? Who determines the direction of the car?

    *Prepare to succeed in life. It is what you are doing with your hands that will give to you satisfaction in life. Good success comes from following His instruction. PHIL 2:12. Work it out on your own. Good thinking will create light which will show you the way of success and prospering will be easy. You belong to the top.

    * Your good decision will bring you to the place of establishment. No vision, no establishment, no advancement in life. 1 Timothy 4:15. MEDITATE UPON THESE THINGS :GIVE THYSELF WHOLLY TO THEM :THAT YOUR PROFITING MAY APPEAR TO ALL. Good Life comes from good meditation. Think through by giving yourself fully to it.

    *Saying you are prosperous alone is not good enough to earn you prosperity and success add action to your word. Look at Life with wisdom to flow with Life, that you may take delivery of it’s goodness.

    * LUKE 15:12-17. The Prodigal son: Nothing was in his mind for prosperity and success. Certainly poverty and lack will announce their arrival. Have plan for money. Poverty, lack will be frightened with the coming presence of revelation knowledge. You will make your way prosperous and you will experience good success naturally. Practice living intentionally with purpose will promote you.
    Enjoy the ride with grace.

  • Married to the law: Married to Grace (2)- Femi Aribisala

    By Femi Aribisala

    “Do you not know, brothers – for I am speaking to men who know the law – that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.” (Romans 7:1-2).

    Chalk and cheese

    Abigail was married to Nabal under the law. It was a very contentious and problem-filled marriage. But then Nabal died. Therefore, she was released from her marriage to him and became free to marry David.

    There is a big difference between being married to David and being married to Nabal. It is like chalk and cheese. The marriage to Nabal was characterised by barrenness. As Nabal’s wife, Abigail had no children. But there can be no barrenness in the house and lineage of David. Therefore, Abigail had many children for David.

    The bible provides an impressive list of women who were barren until they met the Lord. They include Sarah the mother of Isaac, Hanna the mother of Samuel, Manoah’s wife the mother of Samson, and Elizabeth the mother of John the Baptist. This shows fruitfulness is the heritage of those married to the grace of God in Christ.

    In that family, there is no sickness. As a matter of fact, healing is the children’s bread. There is no poverty, after all God, our husband, owns everything. He is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. His kingdom never comes to an end. Therefore, we are made rich in every way so that (we) can be generous on every occasion, and through us our generosity results in thanksgiving to God. (2 Corinthians 9:11).

    Married into bondage

    It is important to highlight what it meant to be married to Nabal and the law of Moses; and then differentiate this from what it means to be married to David and to the grace of God. When Nabal married Abigail, he gave her a list of do’s and don’ts. It was quite extensive; there were no less than 613 items in it. These were the things Abigail had to fulfil as his wife. The only problem was that it was simply impossible for her to fulfil them.

    No matter how hard she tried, she would always find that she forgot to do something, or forgot to say something, or did something in a way that was different from the precise and exact way he wanted it done. He wanted his rice cooked in a particular way. His meat had to be boiled in a particular way. His shirt must be ironed in one way or you won’t hear the last of it. If Abigail failed to meet even one of his many conditions, it meant she had failed to meet every condition.

    Married into liberty

    But when Abigail moved into the house of David, the difference became crystal clear. She dutifully asked David for his own list of do’s and don’ts. But to her surprise he said he had absolutely none. “I just love you,” he said. “There are no laws, no rules, no regulations, and no guidelines. Just love. For love makes up for many of our faults. Love covers a multitude of sins.”

    Love is the beauty of grace. “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8).

    The Christian marriage has nothing to do with what is seen in the Law of Moses. Jesus says; “in the beginning it was not so.” Well, what was it like in the beginning. In the beginning there was no law. In the beginning, there was grace. But when sin came, we fell from grace and the law entered: “Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners.” (1 Timothy 1:9).

    Therefore, Christians, who are by faith the righteousness of Christ, must not persist in operating in the same old psychology of the House of Nabal while now in the House of David. We must not use the letter of the bible to kill our marriages, but rather give it life by the Spirit. This is because the letter kills but the Spirit gives life.

    The natural marriage under the law is a contract between two people. This makes it a weak marriage that often ends in divorce. It produces Ishmael, as in the case between Abraham and Hagar. But the heavenly marriage is a contract between three people, as with God, Abraham and Sarah. Therein lies its strength for: “A threefold cord is not quickly broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:12). It produces children of promise, such as Isaac.

    The earthly marriage produces strife and conflict. Ishmael was a wild man, according to prophecy. But the heavenly marriage produces joy and laughter, which is the meaning of Isaac.

    Marital dictatorship

    Many Christian husbands, despising the grace of God, re-establish their marriages under the law. Their agenda is to exercise full control over their wives. They set up military barracks in their households, with the husband as the commander-in-chief whose word must be obeyed.

    They dictate what their wife should wear, whether she works or not. They even try to determine what work she should do. Their family structure becomes one in which the wife and even the children are held in bondage.

    They instil the fear of man in their wives and use the scriptures to threaten and browbeat them. They shout commands of: “Submit, submit, submit in the name of Jesus.” If the woman does not submit, they might even beat her up in order that “the will of God” might be done.

    Grace of God

    This is not the way of Christ. Jesus came to set the captives free. He did not come to put us into another bondage. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” (2 Corinthians 3:17).

    If the Christian husband would only love his wife, submission would not be such a big deal for her. Remember, God has ordained by decree that the desire of a woman is to her husband. (Genesis 3:6). So, a loving husband would be irresistible to his wife. After all, love is the most powerful and most potent force in the universe.

    God is almighty. But his great might is not in his power but in his love. Indeed, God himself is love, and love itself is God. Force can only get you certain outward things: it cannot reach what is hidden in the heart. But love can reach everywhere and get everything:

    “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12-13).

  • Married to the law: Married to grace [1] – Femi Aribisala

    By Femi Aribisala
    Jesus says to a woman by the well of Jacob: “You have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband.” (John 4:18). This statement is intriguing. How can a woman marry five husbands? Did they all die one after the other? How can the husband she is now married to not be her husband? Did she marry someone else’s husband?
    Who then is the woman’s true husband?
    Jesus’ words are spirit and they are life. (John 6:63). The true husband of the woman is Jesus himself: “For your maker is your husband, the Lord of hosts is his name; and your redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; he is called the God of the whole earth.” (Isaiah 54:5).
    Accordingly, most Christians get married three times. The first marriage is to the devil. The second marriage is to a husband or a wife. The third marriage is to Christ. Others even get married four, five times or more. But the real marriage is to Christ. Every other marriage is a shadow of that substance. As Paul says to every Christian: “I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 11:2).
    This redemptive reality prescribes the following counsels. Don’t get married unless you are first married to Christ. Don’t get married to anyone who is not married to Christ. Don’t be in any relationship that does not have Christ at its centre.
    Gospel of marriage
    Marriage is at the centre of the gospel. The gospel of Jesus Christ is about a husband who gave himself for his wife, and about a wife espoused to one husband. Therefore, the opening salvo of Jesus’ long retinue of miracles was fired first at a wedding in Cana of Galilee.
    John the Baptist says: “He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore, this joy of mine is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. (John 3:28-31).
    This principle applies to everybody, including boyfriends, girlfriends, fiancés, fiancées, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunties, friends and acquaintances. They are not and cannot be the bridegroom. The bridegroom is Christ. Believers collectively are the bride of Christ.
    Therefore, be careful not to interfere in the relationship between Jesus, the bridegroom, and his bride: the believer. The believer should know that her bridegroom is highly-prone to jealousy: “For the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” (Exodus 34:14). He will not tolerate the slightest hint of unfaithfulness. Jesus must increase and everybody else must decrease. The relationship that comes from heaven must be exalted above all earthly relationships.
    Marriage to the law
    “Do you not know, brothers – for I am speaking to men who know the law – that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives? For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.” (Romans 7:1-2).
    So, let me tell you the parable of a woman called Abigail. She was legally married to a devil called Nabal. This marriage was burdensome to her. Nabal was for her an impossible husband. Nothing she did ever seemed to please him. He complained of this, that and everything. He beat her black and blue at the slightest provocation. This ensured Abigail was in constant turmoil.
    And then there was the issue of divorce. She had nightmares about that. She was afraid that she would wake up one day and discover that Nabal has divorced her. Nabal made her to understand that he could do this at any time for any cause; and then where would she be since she did not have a job or any money of her own.
    Act of God
    But thank God, one day Nabal died. She did not have to kill him: he just fell down and died.
    He picked a quarrel with David. Yes, the very David said to have killed Goliath? David would not take this lying down and decided to kill him. But on the way to settle the score, he met Abigail who pleaded for Nabal.
    She told David she knew he would one day be the king of Israel, and that of his kingdom, there would be no end. She said her husband Nabal, on the other hand, would surely come to no good. “He is a scoundrel. His name means folly, and folly is with him. But you my Lord David, you fight the battles of the Lord, and evil is not found in you throughout your days. The Lord will certainly do all the good he has promised concerning you and make you ruler over Israel. When he has done so, please remember me.”
    Later, Abigail told Nabal all that happened, and how near he came to death. She told him the person he insulted was that David who is said to have killed Goliath. She also told him that David had come with his men to kill him and would have done so if she had not pleaded for him.
    Suddenly, Nabal became so frightened, he had a heart attack there and then. Ten days later, he died; just like that. I supposed that is what they call an act of God.
    Released from the law
    What can we learn from Abigail? Although she was married under the law of Moses, when she met David, she started to behave like a single lady. She had no qualms about bad-mouthing her husband. She started calling David “Lord;” the same way Sarah addressed Abraham.
    You could tell that she secretly wished she could find a way to be released from Nabal and be married to David. So you can imagine how glad she was when Nabal had a heart attack and died. She did not even attend his funeral. Immediately he died, David proposed to her and she readily accepted.
    “So then, if she marries another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress, even though she marries another man. (Romans 7:3).
    Even so, the believer is released from the marriage under the law and is now married into the House of David. In that new marriage, we are anxious for nothing. In that new marriage, there is no strife. In that new marriage, we have peace that flows like a river. In that new marriage there is no divorce.
    Jesus says: “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.” (Matthew 19:8-9).
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  • #TheCasuals: You should see these pictures from Yomi Casual’s wedding

    Believe it or not, Yomi Casual’s wedding to his beau, Grace is one of the most talked about weddings of 2017. Check out the

    There’s so much appeal and delightfulness from the pictures trending all over Instagram like a celebrity wedding that it is.

    Celebrities like Lilian Esoro, Bryan Okwara, Ubi Franklin, Destiny Amaka, Alex Ekubo and others were in attendance.

     

    Check out the pictures below

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  • Mugabe’s wife, Grace back in Zimbabwe after being accused of assault in South Africa

    Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, returned home on Tuesday from South Africa after failing to turn herself in to police in Johannesburg to face charges of assaulting a model in a hotel room.

    There was no immediate public comment on the case from Grace, 52, a possible successor to her husband President Robert Mugabe, 93, who has ruled Zimbabwe since 1980.

    However, Zimbabwe government sources confirmed she had returned home.

    “Yes, she is back in the country.

    “We don’t know where this issue of assault charges is coming from,” said a senior government official, who declined to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the press.

    A second official also confirmed that Grace had returned, saying “she is around now” and accused the media of a plot to tarnish the first family’s name.

    Earlier, South African police had been negotiating with Grace’s lawyers to get her to turn her in to face charges of assault, a senior police source said.

    Twenty-year-old Gabriella Engels told South African media Grace had attacked her after the model had gone to see the Mugabes’ sons Robert and Chatunga at a hotel in Johannesburg’s upmarket Sandton district on Sunday.

    Confusion surrounded the case on Tuesday. South African police minister Fikile Mbalula had earlier in the day said that Grace had already handed herself in to police and would appear in court shortly.

    However, in the afternoon, the magistrates’ court where Grace had been expected to be formally charged closed for the day without her appearing.

    The police source said Grace had earlier agreed to hand herself over at 10 a.m. local time but failed to do so.