Tag: Oke Chinye
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Changing unhelpful habits (2)
Focus on changing one specific habit or behavior at a time. Trying to change multiple habits at once is setting yourself up for failure. Successful habit change involves focusing on something highly specific and measurable that can be done and repeated over a period.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Changing unhelpful habits (1)
There are perhaps two main reasons why changing a habit is difficult for many of us. Firstly, we do not truly see why we need to change. Secondly, we do not know how to change. The process of going about that change is ambiguous or unclear.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Growing unto maturity
You are not yet perfected. You are a work in progress. Your confession and acceptance of Jesus as Lord and Saviour is just the beginning of your walk with the Lord. You must grow unto maturity. There are things that pertain to life and godliness that God has made available to you, but you need…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: The stirring of the pool
Your heart is a pool of ideas and dreams. There are visions that need to be birthed, businesses that need to be created, books that need to be written as well as souls that need to be saved. Every now and then, the Holy Spirit will cause a stirring within you which could be in…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: The power to create wealth
There is something of value that God has deposited inside you that you can use to create value for others such that they give you their riches in return. This is your power to get wealth. Your power to get wealth can come from a musical ability, a sporting inclination, ability to teach, great wisdom,…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: What is your ‘but’?
King Solomon had great wisdom and wealth. “All his drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Prepare for the new thing
To receive the new, you must get rid of the old. Before God announced to the nation of Israel that He would do a new thing, He first instructed them to forget the former things. You cannot open a new chapter of your life if you keep reliving the previous one. Do you desire a…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Winning the battles of life
Life is a lively process of becoming; change is therefore one thing you should expect. Some of these changes will be in the form of battles that you will need to surmount every now and then. Today’s reading highlights some important strategies for winning the battles of life.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: His grace is sufficient for you
The bible does not specifically state what Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” was. But whatever it was, it must have been uncomfortable because he pleaded with God on three occasions to take it away. He seemed desperate to get rid of. When God in His infinite wisdom refused Paul’s appeal, he did not let the…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: What will your faith move you to do?
In today’s reading, we see the mighty acts of some biblical characters. Through their faith, they chose to live differently (worked righteousness), were victorious in battles (subdued kingdoms), obtained long awaited promises and were involved in seemingly impossible acts: