Tag: In His Presence
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Before God will use you (3)
Preparation of Circumstances: The last area is the preparation of the circumstances that will usher you to the place of your assignment. 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 on his part.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Before God will use you (2)
Preparation of Competence: Your competence will also need to be prepared. Every assignment requires a particular set of competencies and these need to be sharpened. Practice is the best way to sharpen a competence. Musical competence requires diligent practice. A warrior needs to develop fighting skills alongside courage.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Before God will use you (1)
Before God uses you, He will take you through a period of preparation. The greater the assignment, the longer and more strenuous the preparation will be. Biblical characters like David, Joseph, Paul and even our Lord Jesus Christ did not start their ministries immediately. They all went through periods of preparation.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Stop looking back
Remember Lot’s wife? She looked back towards Sodom despite being warned not to, and she became a pillar of salt. Looking back can represent thinking of the past with regret, fear, or longing. One of the ways the enemy tries to keep you down is by constantly reminding you of your past failures, errors, wrong …
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: You give birth to what you see
Your mind is a dynamic gateway. It is where you feel, think, imagine, and dream. It is the seat of your thoughts and beliefs. What you see and hear influence your thoughts and your thoughts influence your actions. Your actions determine your outcomes and results.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Pray without ceasing
Praying continually entails acknowledging God as the source of your life, admitting your total dependence on Him by surrendering your will to His and asking for His direction before taking any decision. It entails being in constant touch with Him, speaking to Him in your spirit even as you carry out your daily tasks. It…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Your vision board
Before a is building is erected, the architect comes up with a drawing in paper of what the building will look like when completed. This is known as the building plan, and it is a prototype of the proposed building. However, for that to happen, the plan must be followed to the later by the…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: The blueprint for your life
God is the Master planner. He declares the end of a matter and then sets things in motion to start running for the fulfilment of His plan. Our lives have already been pre-planned by Him. Romans 8:28-30 declares: “and we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: It’s all in the Word
2 Timothy 3:16 says that “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. What this implies is that in the word of God, you can find solutions, insights,…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Calling the things that are not as though they were
Hebrews 1:1-3 says “now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are…