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Proverbs  27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.  The greatest criticism of you if there be any should come from you, the greatest praise of you should come from others; and not vice versa. The above scripture alludes to that. Never allow another man the right to pass the slightest inhumane remarks about you in any way, even your mistakes are your mistakes not their's, so no one is qualified enough to pass a "judgement" against you. This was the reason behind Jesus' response in John8:7. No matter how grave your past errors or "seeming present challenges" are,  only two people have the right to criticize or judge you(i.e God & You), and God won't criticize/judge you, He's your ever present Help(Ps46:1), don't criticize or judge yourself either because you need all the strength you can muster for your journey(Pro17:22). Stay in charge of your emotions. I believe this is why ladies who feel

Daniel  11:32  "And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits." We live in a competitive world. Every man seeks to be the best in his field, which is definitely not wrong, everyone strives for the mastery of exceptionalism, which is definitely very laudable, but yet not everyone seems to get fulfilled in 'this race' of 'exceptionalism'. Well, the scriptures offers a grand solution to this, it says , "those who know(aware of) their God shall be strong and do exploits". As a child of God, one thing you should be well aware of is that you play by a different set of rules. Unlike the natural man, you function by Grace, yes, you should work hard, but you should also be very conscious and aware of Grace. When you become aware of this Grace, it says, you shall be strong and DO exploits. I love that. As a person, I've always been conscious of Grace in my

John  13:35 "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."  The identity of every Christian is love(agape), the God-kind of love, the love that holds no reason for its nature. The above scriptural context shows Jesus telling us how everyone would know we belong to Him. Its quite amazing that Jesus never mentioned by prayer, preaching, or even praise/worship shall all men know we belong to Him, He says "Love". This is just remarkable, it shows the priority God puts on Love, " agape", the love that holds no reason for its nature. In our everyday living, we must act towards others ingenuously, not necessarily having an attachment to it. No matter the duration or length of tongues you speak, if you don't love others ingenuously, there's no sign you're a Christian, no matter how "strong" your preaching is, love cannot be substituted. Love is acted, its shown.It's demonstrated. I love the picture

Matthew  5:15 "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house." While having a discussion with a friend yesterday, I made a reflection to the fact that God never really said we shouldn't show off our good deeds, what He said in context was not to show them off to men to gain praise and glory from men. He was speaking about the intent not the act. Of course, Jesus did a whole lot of good deeds that were seen of men, and those deeds were documented as well in scriptures, but when He was to be praised for it, He took not the praise, but diverted the praise to God. This shows us that  whatever we do for the impact of others should have God glorified. The scripture above shows that ''no one should really hide his good deeds'', Jesus says ''no man LIGHT a candle and HIDES IT under a bushel'', what does this signify? , "Light" there signifies "Good d

Luke  16:12  "And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?" One of the hallmark's of honesty & transparency is duplication. A man who's dishonest with another man's business will never get to the position where he'd have his. This is more of a system than its a 'curse'. For example, one of the attributes of a devoted worker in a company is 'time management', a  diligent worker manages his time judiciously to meet up with targets given, now, a worker who never manages his time well to meet up target deadlines would never have executed it even if the company was his. As a worker, or vision-sharer in an establishment, you must work and execute jobs as though the success and failure of that establishment depends on you. You must carry the "we" mentality and not "I", the moment you fizzle into being a weak link in that establishment, you set up yourself for be

John  14:27  "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. "   If you're a good student of the WORD as you ought to be(2Tim2:15), you'd know what the above text scripture really means. The scripture above shows there really are two kinds of peace, the peace the world gives, and the peace Jesus gives. Many at times, people have often inferred peace to be the absence of trouble, well, but not entirely so, peace isn't really the absence of trouble, peace is the presence of Jesus, He is the Prince of Peace. There is such a peace a man can enjoy that the world gives, the man wouldn't be troubled, yet He won't be fulfilled, only Jesus gives the kind of peace, that brings fulfillment. HE said to us(His disciples), He leaves His peace with us. I'd like to give a little exposé on the Peace Jesus really gives. The story in (Mark 4:39) shows Jesus in the boat

Proverbs  23:4  "Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom ."  When God created Adam, the first instruction given to Adam from God was to "manage", you could as well say Adam was the first ever Manager on Earth. A Manager adds value to preserve and influence for greater productivity. Man was created to add value through his value. Pastor Chris Oyakhilome says " work on being not on having, for with what you are, you would have", such a profound statement. God didn't create man to work for money, He created man to add value through his value. Adam was to add his value to manage the resources God left in charge of him. Well, you might say "But everyone has a job, and in my job, I clearly work so that I can make money" , well if you ever think you're working for money, that's a very wrong mindset, you don't work for money, you add value for money. No one in practical terms works for money, because if you work for money, it t

Proverbs  25:28  "He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls ." One of the greatest test of an excellent personality is "self-control". Self-control is the ability to be in perfect mastery of your emotions and your mind. The scriptures likens a man without self-control to a city that is broken down and without walls. In ancient times and even now, no matter how strong a city was militarily, if the city had no walls, it was vulnerable and very open to attacks, this was why Jericho's strongest defense was her walls. So when the Bible likens a "city without walls" to one who has no self-control it gives a picture of one who is vulnerable and open to attacks.   As a Christian, you must have self-control, do not be angered by everything, do not be infuriated by everything, do not spend time giving a "piece of your mind" to everyone until everyone now has a "piece of your mind"😅 . A man

Psalms  91:1 "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." 91:4 "He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler." As a believer, one thing you must come to agreement with is truly, God protects His own. Irrespective of whatever you hear others say, you must come into the agreement that God protects His own. You know some people usually would say, "well,if there really is a God, why did He allow that good woman die, why did He allow that good man die", well, God loved Enoch so much that He 'took' him, what about that?, God loved Moses so much that He told Moses it was time for Him to come to Heaven, what about that?. A lot of people have associated death with wickedness from God which should not be so. God's protection isn't deficient by a man's death. In the Psalm above, the Psalmist likens the protection of Go

Colossians  3:1 "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God."  3:2 "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." As a Christian, one thing you should understand is that your focus must be different. Your focus must be on those things God has positioned for you. For example, one of the things God has set for you in Christ is constant victory(2Cor2:14), so you must set your priority & focus on seeing victory in every situation, you must not entertain any thought of failure. Well, you may say "Tobi, I've been trusting God for this certain thing in a long time and I haven't seen any positivity", well, it's not over until you win. Until you see the result of what you desire, you don't give up. God has a script written for you, you're like an Actor acting a script and in that script, its not over until you win. The truth about it is many of us give

Luke  12:20  "But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?" Did you ever read the whole story of the above verse?. Its such a remarkable one. Jesus talks about a rich man who expanded his assets, yet a sentence of death was passed to him by God, its a remarkable story, you should read it. Question is, why did God pass a sentence of "death" on him?, Is God against prosperity?, No, is God wicked?, of course not, so why did God pass a sentence of death on him?. He passed a sentence of death on him because the man had no justified reason to be alive anymore. Shortly, after the man had expanded His assets, He said "And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry." (Lk12:19). Did you see that? The man wasn't living for any course anymore, He was living just for EATING. Friend, you should know

John  3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." One of the first things God helps you do after receiving salvation is to build your value system. Truth is, if you don't see value in yourself, you won't see value in others. Your value system shows your response and relationship with people. The scripture above shows God's value system on every man. God gave His only begotten Son for every man, meaning that the life of every Man is worth the life of His begotten Son. Come to think of it, have you ever thought about the fact that every Man's life is worth the same as the life of Jesus?. You definitely won't go to a Grocery store to pay much more for something that's not worth so much, meaning if you were going to part with $5 for an item, its because the item is worth that much. Also, if God was going to "part" with Jesus to save every man,

2 Corinthians  5:15 "And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again." Through observation and scriptures,its glaring that a selfish/self-centered minded man will NEVER live to the full potentials of God's plan on His life. Christianity is a calling unto selflessness, a life lived unto the service of people to bring glory to God. Man was made by God to function in a communal context, Globalization was God's original idea, no man was programmed to function in isolation. Jesus said let your light so shine that men may glorify God,the only way men will glorify God is when you be a source of impact on them. The scripture above gives an insight to God's will, " ...he died for all, that they which live should no longer live unto themselves but unto him which died and rose again ".Its all about living for Jesus. If you must reach the highest of God's potentials on yo

Romans  12:2 "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. " Back in Secondary School, I once overheard my then C.R.S(Christian Religious Studies) teacher tell another teacher with disgust Pastor Chris Oyakhilome was preaching "Psychology",  that statement stuck in my mind over the Years, it even made me curious to know who Pastor Chris was then,I didn't know so much about God, but many years down the line I look back and wonder how many people have wrongly understood God's word. The scriptures though spiritual are also psychological. The above scriptural context alludes to this, a man who doesn't have his psychology changed after being born again might not experience the blessings that come with the package of salvation, "the Bible says as a Man thinks so is he", the word of God has its own Psychology, its mental structure,

John  13:35 "By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another."  The identity of every Christian is love(agape), the God-kind of love, the love that holds no reason for its nature. The above scriptural context shows Jesus telling us how everyone would know we belong to Him.Its quite amazing that Jesus never mentioned by prayer, preaching, or even praise/worship shall all men know we belong to Him, He says "Love". This is just remarkable, it shows the priority God puts on Love, " agape", the love that holds no reason for its nature.     In our everyday living, we must act towards others ingenuously, not necessarily having an attachment to it. No matter the duration or length of tongues you speak, if you don't love others ingenuously, there's no sign you're a Christian, no matter how "strong" your preaching is, love cannot be substituted. Love is acted, it's shown.It's demonstrated. I love the