Category: Spiritual

We must be ready for the rapture at all times. There will be so much calamity after the rapture. This is because many Christians would be driving cars, flying airplanes or doing many things and the rapture would suddenly happen. Many lives would be lost that day. This is why I believe we must always be ready for the rapture.

What is the rapture? The rapture would be the sudden disappearance of people who believed in Jesus Christ and have been living for Him. When the rapture happens, the Holy Spirit will leave the earth. The earth would now be governed by the anti-christ. When the Spirit of God is no longer on the earth, wickedness will escalate to unimaginable levels. Sin will be so much on earth that it will be difficult to make it to heaven. If it is difficult to stand for Christ now that we have the Holy Spirit to help us, then it will be very difficult to make it when the Holy Spirit is no more on earth.

The only thing that can prevent someone from being raptured is sin and for that matter unconfessed sin. Secret sin is very dangerous. When we harbour secret sins and we assume nobody knows, it is the most dangerous thing for the believer in Christ. We must decide to deal with every secret sin in our lives. We should not permit the fear of man to prevent us from making it to heaven. We must, therefore, wash ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh in the blood of Jesus. Sin will destroy the sinner. Sin will destroy us eternally if we do not deal with it and seek forgiveness and restitute if necessary.

If we want to be raptured, then we must seek to honour God in whatever we do and say and be intentional about our lives. We must be eternity and rapture conscious and live to the glory of God. God bless you.

Some people think that we need to work hard all the time. But I think that working hard for results is more important than just working hard.

Some students study hard but still fail the exams. Some others work smarter and pass with excellence. So why don’t you focus on the positive result. If you work hard but don’t get the positive results needed, it’s failure.

When outcome is our focus, we will find ways to work smarter to achieve the results we want. Some people work harder but are still poor, some are working normal and are rich not because they are cutting corners but are working smarter to get the results they want.

Let’s focus on the results and think about the process we need to get the outcome we want.

Life must be lived with purpose. When your life doesn’t have any focus, anywhere looks like a destination. When you are living anyhow with no focus and vision, spiritually, physically and financially, this is what I call perambulating with life.

You must have a focus in life. What are you living for? What is your focus spiritually, physically and financially?

Are you spiritually focussed? Are you sure of your spiritual future? We must be sure of who we are serving spiritually. There are only two choices, either you are serving the Living God or the dead satan. There is no middle ground. You are either for God or for satan. Make a good choice. Choose God and save your soul.

What about your physical life? Are you taking care of yourself physically? We are living in a physical world and therefore we must make conscious effort to take good care of the body. Feed well and have a routine exercise life. Do not leave your physical life to chance. Be intentional about how you want to look and feel.

We are also living in an economic world and therefore money is important for daily transactions. We need money to make life comfortable and pleasurable. Plan your financial life with all the seriousness it requires. Work hard and smart to take good care of your family and help others.

An emergency fund is money that is set aside for unplanned circumstances and situations. This money is basically for things that can happen without having a budget for them. These situations can include sicknesses, a sudden car breakdown, unplanned maintenance of household items, etc. Emergency funds are purely for emergency situations as the name implies.

We are living in a world of uncertainties and it is important we plan for such situations so that it doesn’t take us unaware. When you have this emergency fund set aside, it gives you some peace of mind and you would not be worried when you find yourself in any emergency situation financially.

In order to achieve something in life, we must make the effort to improve everyday. Am I better today than yesterday? This is a question that I must ask myself everyday. Growth must be intentional and should happen on a continual basis.

There should therefore be a continuous self-evaluation to see whether I am improving on my character, work ethics, family life, business, job, finances, investments and others. This is what I want to call self-health behaviour.

Pause and reflect on these. Are you better today than yesterday? Are you better this year than last year? Are you better financially this year than last year? Is your family closer and lovely this year than last year? Is your health better this year than last year?

We must be improving, increasing and getting better everyday.

Many people live for the present and forget that there is a future to live for. Living for the present means that all you think about is how to survive today and do not plan or think about tomorrow.

They do not think about tomorrow. Their motto is “Let us live now and let tomorrow think about itself”. It is important that as humans, we make provision for our tomorrow.

If we want to live well tomorrow, then we must add tomorrow to our daily plans. Tomorrow is for those who have made adequate preparations for it, physically, spiritually and financially.

The world has been thrown into a state of fear and panic among the most powerful nations. The fear of COVID-19 has generated huge budgets now to contain the disease. Why this fear? The disease is now in several countries spreading like wide fire. The big, the mighty, the little and small are all threatened. The presence of this disease is collapsing economies and bringing the once-powerful nations to their knees. Schools are closing down and workplaces are becoming empty.

interestingly, science and technological advancement have not been able to deal with this disease yet. We are told that it will take sometime before we get a vaccine for this COVID-19. Meanwhile, we do not have any cure for the disease yet.

As we can see, science and technology would always be limited. As humans, we have our limitations. We are not all-knowing as some scientists would want us to believe sometimes. Despite the explosion of knowledge, we are still challenged in dealing with this disease.

Christians must ignite hope to the fearful world. We have a sure WORD for this disease. We cannot fold our hands and cry with the fearful world. When Paul was in that ship and there were challenges, he assured the people with him that the God he serve would deliver them and God preserved their lives. We know the source of this disease. Scientists may have their source and would want to justify that, but we know that Satan is the source of all diseases.

Let us go back to the WORD and reflect on Luke 10:19 and Psalm 91. We must assure the world with these scriptures. We must let the world know that the cure is the WORD. Scientists can go ahead with their research, we can also come around with faith and hope in the WORD. There is a name that is above every other name including COVID-19. Jesus is the name. When we mention the name of JESUS, every other name will bow.

AS CHRISTIANS, WE MUST IGNITE FAITH AND HOPE TO ASSUAGE THE FEARFUL WORLD.

Success comes to the most passionate and ready to do everything possible to succeed. I mean everything possible ethically. You must be passionate to succeed. Answer these questions in your solemn moment.

1. How passionate (desperate) am I for success?
2. How passionate (desperate) am I to transform my current situation where money is not something I worry about?
3. How passionate (desperate) am I to change the way my family lives?
4. How passionate am I to achieve the needed financial muscle to be blessing to the church and others?

Passion (desperation) is always the game-changer. I must be passionate about changing the way I live and that of my family. I am changing my life now. Either I change the way I live or keep quiet.

Growth has never been automatic. Growth must always be intentional. Intentional means you plan and make effort to grow. You decide that you need to grow. Success in all spheres of life can only be achieved with intentional growth. Do you desire success, then you must be intentional about your growth.

Decide today that you will be intentional about your growth. You must plan to attend seminars (online), read books and listen to podcasts consistently to grow intentionally.

Growth should be in the area of choice and skill. Choice means attitude and skill may be your work i.e. to improve on some skills for your work.

If you have no job, then you develop your attitude and acquire certain skills that enhance your chances of getting your dream job.

Capacity is important for every aspect of our life. We must always think about our increasing our capacity in all areas of our life. This is because if we fail to build and increase our capacity in certain areas, those areas may affect other areas.

Build your spiritual capacity. Spiritual capacity is very important. Life is more spiritual than physical. It is therefore wise to build and increase spiritual capacity everyday. How do you build and increase spiritual capacity? We need to have time to pray, time to read the Bible, and time to read Christian literature. These are things you do personally to build and increase your spiritual capacity. This is the first to do before you consider other areas of your life.

Build your mental and physical capacity. How do you build mental capacity? We must read good books to train our minds. Read, read and read. We must read good books, I mean Christian literature, business books and other fiction and non-fiction books. Reading increases your knowledge is certain areas, build your confidence and also enhances your vocabulary.

Build financial capacity. Building financial is important because we live in an economic world and money is needed to make life comfortable. How do you build financial capacity? Read financial books. Again, read, read and read. After reading, practice. Put to use what you have read. When you start practicing what you have read, you become more confident in managing your finances and planning for your future.