Tag: In His Presence
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Write down the vision (1)
According to P.K. Bernard, “a man without a vision is a man without a future. And a man without a future will always return to his past”. A vision is a picture of the future. Your vision is a picture of what living out your dream will entail, and it can be written as a…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Preparation for your assignment (3)
God began preparing the circumstances needed for David to emerge as king when He rejected King Saul as king over Israel, due to an act of disobedience (1 Sam 16:1). Next, He set David up for his fight with Goliath.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Preparation for your assignment (2)
Your competence will also need to be sharpened. Ecclesiastes 10:10 says, “if the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength. But wisdom brings success”. Every God ordained assignment requires a particular set of competencies.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Preparation for your assignment (1)
Your God ordained assignment will require seasons of preparation and training. The greater the dream, the longer and more strenuous the training. The fact that God has revealed your purpose to you is no guarantee that He will immediately unleash you to begin to live it out.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Envision a new beginning
To envision is to build up an image of a desired future. Envisioning is imagining or visualizing a future possibility. It is receiving a revelation of new possibilities. Abraham envisioned his greatness before it happened.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Keep your hope alive
Hope is a feeling of expectation and a desire for a particular thing to happen. Biblically, it is the confident expectation of what God has promised which is based on the faithfulness of God. Hope is also a Psychological construct.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Question those assumptions
Have you ever wondered why you react to situations the way you do? Anytime you encounter a particular situation, a chain of events take place inside us. You first interpret or give meaning to what occurred and develop an attitude about it.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: He is the promise keeper
The bible says that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. He may not show up when you think He should, but He will show up in His own time. And His time is the right time. He always keeps His promise.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Becoming aware of your dream (5)
Understanding who you are and the gifts that God has endowed you with, will lead you to your dream. Who are you? What are you passionate about? What is your area of gifting? What are your natural abilities? Individual objects are shaped according to their use.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Becoming aware of your dream (4)
Your life experiences can also point you to your dream. The things that happen to us in life may not be random. You need to pay very close attention to your life experiences.