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15 lessons from the book Becoming a Leader by Myles Munroe:

1. Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration.

2. Everyone is a leader in some way.

3. Leadership is not about position or power, but about character.

4. The most important thing in leadership is to develop your own potential.

5. You must have a clear vision and purpose for your life in order to lead others.

6. Leaders must be willing to serve others.

7. Leaders must be humble.

8. Leaders must be honest and trustworthy.

9. Leaders must be courageous.

10. Leaders must be decisive.

11. Leaders must be persistent.

12. Leaders must be able to motivate and inspire others.

13. Leaders must be able to develop and empower others.

14. Leaders must be able to build and maintain relationships.

15. Leaders must be able to create and manage change.

In addition to these general lessons, Munroe also teaches a number of specific lessons about leadership in his book, such as:

• The importance of having a kingdom perspective.

• The importance of understanding your identity and purpose.

• The importance of developing your character.

• The importance of building a strong team.

• The importance of creating a culture of excellence.

• The importance of communicating effectively.

• The importance of resolving conflict.

• The importance of making decisions that are in the best interests of your team and your organization.

Munroe's book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to become a more effective leader. He provides a clear and concise overview of the essential principles of leadership, and he offers practical advice on how to apply these principles in real life.

Here is a bonus lesson from Munroe's book:

• Leadership is a journey, not a destination.

This means that there is always more to learn about leadership, and there is always room for improvement. The best leaders are those who are constantly striving to grow and develop.

Credit: Luka John Benjmin

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In Lake’s later years, he lived with one regret in his life, that he did not spend enough time with his family. The children of John G. Lake lived a hard childhood, having had witnessed their mother starve to death in Africa brought a strong bitterness to the children, the kids developed hard attitudes that led to leave their home early in the ages of 15 and 16 to live as far as Canada. Years later at the deathbeds of John’s two sons, they both had commented that they wish their dad was there to pray for them. John G. Lake lived with the regret of neglecting his family, he would later write a letter stating that the many miracles he had seen in his ministry were not worth the loss of his family.

~Robert Liardon


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THE MAN WHO PRAYED DOWN REVIVALS...
I suppose Charles G. Finney was one of the most outstanding exponents of prayer who ever lived. He is known as the man who prayed down revivals. As far as church history is concerned, he had the greatest success
concerning converts of any other minister since the days of the Early Church. Supposedly, more people remained saved under his ministry after conversion than in any point in history since the days of the evangelistic journeys of the Apostle Paul. Whole cities were stirred because of Charles Finney’s prayers.

For instance, I read in his autobiography that in 1829, Finney went to Rochester, New York, and conducted a meeting, and practically everyone in town got saved. All
of the honky-tonks and beer joints were closed down.
There wasn’t a place in town left where one could buy anything alcoholic to drink. Nearly everyone in town had to have gotten saved in order for that to happen.
The only theater in town closed up. Vaudeville was popular then, but there was no need to put on a show if no one went to the theater! There was such a move of God that when the circus came to town, there was only
one performance and only two people showed up! The circus had to close down and leave town. Everyone was interested in God. The revival was on. The people just
weren’t interested in anything else. You can
learn something from a fellow like Finney.

I also read from Finney’s autobiography that he was a Presbyterian minister and then a Congregationalist.
When Finney was a Presbyterian, he was holding a meeting sponsored by the Presbyterian church. He told about going to another place in New York to preach in a
Presbyterian church on a Sunday afternoon.
Finney had been talking for about fifteen minutes when suddenly the power of God fell on him, and four hundred people fell off their seats onto the floor (there were more
than four hundred people present). They fell to the floor under the power of God. Finney hadn’t seen that happen before. He found out that all four hundred people had gotten saved; they had all been sinners.

These were men who knew how to pray for results! They made prayer their business for the glory of God. For example, when you read about Finney, you find that he
was a real man of prayer. I read in his autobiography years ago, and he said that he’d had some experiences in prayer that alarmed him. (I wish we could say in the same way Finney meant it that we had experiences in
prayer that alarmed us!)

What Finney meant was that many times in prayer, he found himself saying to the Lord, “Lord, You don’t think that we’re not going to have revival here do you! You
don’t think that Thou couldst withhold Thy blessings. You said in Your Word to ask and it would be given us.”
Finney said he found himself telling the Lord what the Lord had said in His Word. He found himself telling the Lord that He was obligated to perform His Word because
He had said it.

The following is an excerpt from something Finney said, and it shows us that Finney prayed for results, basing his petitions firmly on the promises in God’s Word.
I was constrained to pray without ceasing. [I could not rest in the house and was obliged to retire to the barn frequently through the day, where I would unburden my soul and pour out my heart to God in prayer. I
had wonderful faith given to me at that time, and had some experiences that alarmed me. When alone I would wrestle and struggle, and my faith would rise till I would say to God] that He had made a promise to answer prayer, and I could not, and would not, be denied. [I could be so burdened as to use such strong language to God in prayer.] I felt so
certain that He would hear me, and that faithfulness to His promises, and to himself, rendered it impossible that He should not hear and answer, that frequently I found myself saying to Him, “I hope Thou dost
not think that I can be denied. I come with Thy faithful promises in my hand, and I cannot be denied.”

You can see how necessary it is to find scriptures that cover your case. If you don’t know what God’s Word has to say about a situation, you can’t put Him in remembrance of His promises. If God wants us to put
Him in remembrance, then put Him in remembrance! He’s asked us to do so, so let’s do it.

ISAIAH 43:26
26 PUT ME IN REMEMBRANCE: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.


We are certainly facing great need everywhere. People are dying because of their lack of knowledge about Jesus.
The sick are needing healing. The weak are needing strength. What is our part in this mighty prayer life?
Are you doing what He wants you to do? Is your life right with God? Does your heart condemn you? If so, get right with Him now. Thank God, it doesn’t take very long.
He said that “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us . . . and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Then whatever it is you’re praying about, pray through to victory by faith in God’s
Word.

- Kenneth E Hagin ( Bible Prayer Study Course)



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MINISTERING HEALING
~By Smith Wigglesworth

To another gifts of healings by the same Spirit.

-1 Corinthians 12:9

The gifts of healing are so varied. You may go to see ten peo­ple, and every case will be different. I am never happier in the Lord than when I am in a bedroom with a sick person. I have had more revelations of the Lord's presence when I have ministered to the sick at their bedside than at any other time. It is as your heart goes out to the needy ones in deep compassion that the Lord manifests His presence. You are able to discern their con­ditions. It is then that you know you must be filled with the Spirit to deal with the conditions before you.

When people are sick, you frequently find that they are igno­rant about Scripture. They usually know three Scriptures, though. They know about Paul's "thorn in the flesh" (2 Cor. 12:7); they know that Paul told Timothy to take "a little wine" for his "stom­ach's sake" (1 Tim. 5:23); and they know that Paul left someone sick somewhere, but they don't remember his name or the place, and they don't know in what chapter of the Bible it is found. (See 2 Timothy 4:20.) Most people think they have a thorn in the flesh. The chief thing in dealing with a person who is sick is to discern his exact condition. As you are ministering under the Spirit's power, the Lord will let you see just what will be the most helpful and the most faith-inspiring to him.

When I was in the plumbing business, I enjoyed praying for the sick. Urgent calls would come, and I would have no time to wash. With my hands all black, I would preach to these sick ones, my heart all aglow with love. Ah, your heart must be in it when you pray for the sick. You have to get right to the bottom of the cancer with a divine compassion, and then you will see the gifts of the Spirit in operation.

I was called at ten o'clock one night to pray for a young person who was dying of tuberculosis and whom the doctor had given up on. As I looked, I saw that unless God intervened, it would be im­possible for her to live. I turned to the mother and said, "Well, Mother, you will have to go to bed." She said, "Oh, I have not had my clothes off for three weeks." I said to the daughters, "You will have to go to bed," but they did not want to go. It was the same with the son. I put on my overcoat and said, "Goodbye, I'm leav­ing." They said, "Oh, don't leave us." I said, "I can do nothing' here." They said, "Oh, if you will stay, we will all go to bed."

I knew that God would not move in an atmosphere of mere natural sympathy and unbelief. They all went to bed, and I stayed, and that was surely a time as I knelt by that bed face-to-face with death and the Devil. But God can change the hardest situation and make you know that He is almighty.

Then the fight came. It seemed as though the heavens were brass. I prayed from 11:00 P.M. to 3:30 A.M. I saw the glimmering light on the face of the sufferer and saw her pass away. The Devil said, "Now you are done for. You have come from Bradford, and the girl has died on your hands." I said, "It can't be. God did not send me here for nothing. This is a time to change strength." I re­membered the passage that said, "Men always ought to pray and not lose heart" (Luke 18:1). Death had taken place, but I knew that my God was all-powerful and that He who had split the Red Sea is just the same today. It was a time when I would not accept "No" and God said "Yes."

I looked at the window, and at that moment, the face of Jesus appeared. It seemed as though a million rays of light were coming from His face. As He looked at the one who had just passed away, the color came back to her face. She rolled over and fell asleep. Then I had a glorious time. In the morning she woke early, put on a dressing gown, and walked to the piano. She started to play and to sing a wonderful song. The mother and the sister and the brother all came down to listen. The Lord had intervened. A mira­cle had been worked.

The Lord is calling us along this way. I' thank God for difficult cases. The Lord has called us into heart union with Himself; He wants His bride to have one heart and one Spirit with Him and to do what He Himself loved to do. That case had to be a miracle. The lungs were gone; they were just in shreds. Yet the Lord restored her lungs, making them perfectly sound.



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Watchman Nee

Alistair Begg

Charles Spurgeon

MAINTAINING THE DIVINE LIFE
~By Smith Wigglesworth

Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. -John6:68

God will give divine life only to those who seek eternal life. Do not get away from this. For every person who has eternal life, it is the purpose of the Father, it is the loyalty of God's Son, it is the assembly of the firstborn (Heb. 12:23), it is the newly be[1]gotten of God, it is the new creation, it is a race designed for \ heaven that is going to equip you and get you through everything. As surely as you are seeking now, you are in the glory. There is a bridge of eternal security for you if you dare to believe in the Word of God. There is not a drop between you and the glory. It is divine, it is eternal, it is holy, it is the life of God; He gives it, and no man can take from you the life that God gives to you.

I hope no one will say, "Wigglesworth is preaching eternal security." I am not. I have a thousand times better things in my mind than that. My preaching is this: I know I have what will not be taken away from me. (See Luke 10:42.)

I am dwelling upon the sovereignty, the mercy, and the boundless love of God. I am dwelling upon the wonderful power of God's order. The heavens, the earth, and everything under the earth are submissive to the Most High God. Demon power has to give place to the royal kingship of God's eternal throne. "Every knee shall bow" (Isa. 45:23), every devil will be submitted, and God will bring us someday right into the fullness of the blaze of eternal bliss. And the brightness of His presence will cast every unclean spirit and every power of devils into the pit forever and ever and ever. Oh, Jesus!

But if you choose to leave the Master, where will you go? Where can we go? If we need a touch in our bodies, where can we go? If we want life, where can we go? Is there anywhere? This world is a big world, but tell me if you can find life outside of Christ or anywhere but in Christ.

Could you find life if you soared the heights of the Alps of Switzerland and looked over those glassy mountains where the sun is shining? As I looked over one of those mountains one morning, I saw eleven glaciers and three lakes, like diamonds before me in the glittering sun. I wept and I wept, but I did not receive consolation. Then I dropped on my knees and looked to God-then I found consolation.

Where will we go? All the grandeur and the glories of earth are to be seen, but they do not satisfy me. They all belong to time; they will all fold up like a garment that is laid aside; they will all melt with fervent heat (2 Pet. 3:10).

Where will we go? "You have the words of eternal life." Jesus, You fed us with bread from heaven. Jesus, give us Your life. Oh, breathe it into us! Then we will eat and drink and breathe and think in God's Son until our own natures are consumed with divine life, until we are perpetually in the sweetness of His divine will and in the glory. In fact, we are already in it! Praise Him! You can al[1]ways be holy; you can always be pure. It is the mind of the Spirit that is making you know holiness, righteousness, and rapture.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MA ANNI BONNKE

She is the wife of the great Evangelist; Reinhard Bonnke.

We celebrate you ma. Thank you for serving the Lord Jesus Christ with our beloved late Evangelist.

God bless and keep you and your family.



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In all you do, don't be a disgrace to Christ!
Let not the Name of Christ be evil spoken of because of you!

The King is coming! 👑

In 1992, David Yonggi Cho, pastor of the Yoido Full Gospel church in Seoul, Korea (800 000 members), was ministering in Seattle, Washington, when he began praying for revival in America. As he prayed, the Lord prompted him to get a map of America and to point his finger on the map. It landed on Pensacola, Florida. And then, the Lord say, “I am going to send revival to the seaside city of Pensacola, and it will spread like fire until all of America has been consumed by it.”
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The Brownsville revival, also known as the Pensacola revival started on Father’s day in June 1995 when evangelist Steve Hill visited the Brownsville congregation. The congregation had been praying consistently for revival 2,5 years prior to Hill’s visit. Hill was a drug addict saved and rehabilitated by Teen Challenge, the David Wilkerson’s organization. He was a missionary in Argentina and experienced the Argentine revival of the 1980s and early 1990s firsthand with Carlos Annacondia. He was also a dear friend of David Ravenhill and used to visit him on a weekly basis when leaving in Lindale, East Texas. The Brownsville revival would ultimately last 5 years; 4 nights a week. The pastors and evangelists only closed the church for two weeks during these 5 years so they could get some rest.
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John Kilpatrick stated that 4.5 million people in five years came through the doors of his church during the revival from 1995-2000.


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POWER FOR YOUR ZERO HOUR
All over the world, people react in similar ways to sudden crises. Some recoil into their shell and bemoan their fate; others just fizzle out and give up. Neither of these is God's answer to a sudden change in fortune.
What can be more agonizing, for example, than to work day and night for years to earn a college degree and then, after a pat on the back and a series of "well done" handshakes, to discover that you cannot get a job? No one can ever convince me that as a Kingdom child of the Most High God, that is all He has for you.
Scrap it from your thinking; it is the devil's lie. That could be your zero hour. But hold on!
Remember the words of the Apostle Paul who wrote, Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:6). This is God's standing promise to you—and, believe it, my friend, there is power for your zero hour.
Sometimes I come across people, even so-called believers (I don't know what they profess to believe), who hold that as children of God we should just take every circumstance, every negative development or disturbance of our peace, as what God has planned for us. Scripturally speaking, I cannot agree with that point of view. Jesus Christ boldly declared, The thief (Satan) cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy...(John 10:10). God offsets the works of the devil, as is shown in the second part of this well- known Scripture in which Jesus went on to proclaim, …I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. The devil can always do his worst to you, but God will surely do His best for you, giving you power for your zero hour.
Beloved, it is heartbreaking to hear negative, joy- killing confessions and testimonies from some believers. There is a great need of deliverance from such retrogressive, wrong thinking. Do you really think that God spent so much to redeem us just so we could then live in poverty and deprivation? That cannot be. We can trust God to transform our shortcomings and lead us to victory over our circumstances.
Let us deal with a few plain truths. Maybe awhile ago you owned a luxurious car but now, because you could not maintain it due to a financial crunch, you have a long walk to your office each day. Amidst all the embarrassment of the downward change in your lifestyle and standard of living, do you resign yourself to the situation and take it as God's will for you to live in such a demeaning state? If only you will have faith in the Lord, He has the power to restore that which has been taken from you.
The devil's favorite sport is to bring to ruin the God-ordained institution of marriage. Many homes are without peace. Marriage is made to last forever, but when Satan interferes, all too soon the bliss and bloom can become hazy and wavering. The devil enters the home and the peace is shattered. Everything goes downhill. The marriage boat hits the rocks, and the wind of uncertainty blows in every direction. Is that what you call God's best for you? Your zero hour might well take this form—but you should realize that God is still standing by to bring peace, harmony, and fruitfulness to every part of your life.
Despite the circumstances of your life, there is still power for your zero hour.

- ARCHBISHOP BENSON IDAHOSA ( Strangers to Failure )


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HEALING CONSCIOUSNESS by John G. Lake

Oh, I would like to get you in touch with the Son of God for five minutes.

I would like to see the streams of God's lightning come down for ten minutes! I wonder what would take place.

A few months ago I was absent from the city of Spokane, and when I returned we discovered Mrs. Lake was not at home. It was just time to leave for my afternoon service.

Just then, someone came in and said, "Your secretary, Mrs. Graham, is in the throes of death, and your wife is with her." So I hurried down to the place.

When I got there the wife of one of my ministers met me at the door and said, "You are too late, she has gone." And as I stepped in I met the minister coming out of the room. He said, "She has not breathed for a long time."

But as I looked down at that woman, and thought of how God Almighty, three years before, had raised her out of death, after her womb and ovaries and tubes had been removed in operations, and God Almighty had given them back to her, after which she had married and conceived, my heart flamed.

I took that woman up off that pillow, and called on God for the lightnings of heaven to blast the power of death and deliver her, and I commanded her to come back and stay, and she came back, after not breathing for twenty-three minutes.

We have not yet learned to keep in touch with the power of God.

Once in a while our soul rises, and we see the flame of God accomplish this wonder, but beloved, Jesus Christ lived in the presence of God every hour of the day and night.

Never a word proceeded from the mouth of Jesus Christ, but that which was God's Word. "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."

When you and I are lost in the Son of God, and the fires of Jesus burn in our hearts, like they did in Him, our words will be the words of life and of spirit, and there will be no death in them. But, beloved, we are on the way.



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APOSTLE AYO BABALOLA’S ENCOUNTER WITH CHIEF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO: LIKE PAUL AND AGRIPPA
Pastor Daniel K Olukoya
G.O MFM

The great Apostle, Joseph Ayo Babalola once went to the house of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Who knows Chief Obafemi Awolowo? Awo.. Anybody heard about Awo?

Now let me be honest with you as a man of God. By the time the Civil War of Nigeria ended, Ojukwu (Odumegwu) said something. He said, "Nigeria did not fight us, Awo fought us"...Because he was Minister of Finance at that time and Nigeria did not borrow 1 Kobo. Not only that, he gave some advice that made victory possible. Then when he died, Ojukwu now said, this man was ‘the best President Nigeria never had’ and when you say Presidential Debate and you put Awo on TV to be debating with the others, by the time Awo begins to talk, the others look like fools. They look like fools because the knowledge with which he is talking and what he is saying, makes them look like fools.

I had a friend who was in the Executive Military Council during the time of Gowon, the time they brought Awo from prison (Calabar) to become Finance Minister. He said when they brought him to that Executive Council and he sat down and looked at all those soldiers. He said "you want to make me Minister of Finance? Okay, let me give you a short lecture". Then he gave those military boys a short lecture on Primary School Economics. By the time he finished, all those people who were there gave him a round of applause. Simple Primary Economics. Awo was the person that said that anybody who wants to trade with Nigeria, has to be primitive trade by barter. Bring this, I take this. Bring this, I take this. We are not going to be bringing money to go and buy. When you bring, we take. It's an exchange. And when they were going to do Festac' 77, they asked for Awo's opinion. Awo said, "This Festac '77 is a show of our primitivity and that the white man will be quite happy to see us exhibit our primitivity. He said that the money that would be used for Festac '77 should be spent on technology for education, for things that will move people forward, not going back to the idols that dragged us to where we were, and the man had this uncanny attribute of being right.

One day they asked him a question on television. They said, "why is it that you don't take advice from other politicians?". He said "Advice?, how can I take advice from someone who is busy dancing with free women on the street at night when I'm busy struggling and thinking about how things will go forward?". That's Awo. I've been to other places in the world. Do you know the President I see that matches Awo in intelligence is Fidel Castro of Cuba. When you see that one too talk, you will know that this man understands what he is talking about.

The great Apostle, Joseph Babalola went to visit Awo. Awo was not at home, he met his wife (Hannah Dideolu). And he said, "thus saith the Lord, the Lord said he has called me on the spiritual arena and he has called this man on the political arena. For this man to fulfill his calling, he has to surrender his life to Jesus". Awo never surrendered his life to Jesus till he died and Awo never fulfilled his destiny.

Can you raise your right hand everybody. Say My Father, every destiny waster assigned to my calling, DIE!

Acts 26:28
Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.



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Happy new month dearly beloved.
May this very month be your month of limitless blessings!

We are going live tonight by 20:30 GMT +1
(8:30PM WAT)

The cure to prayerlessness is to start praying.
No other option.

12 FACTS ABOUT ARCH BISHOP BENSON IDAHOSA YOU DON'T KNOW

1. Benson Idahosa got born again in the Assemblies of God in January 1960.
2. Benson was excommunicated from the Assemblies of God Church by his pastor (Pastor Oko) for buying a motorbike. (at that time, only bicycles were considered proper for believers and a motorbike was considered extravagant and worldly).
A few months later, Pastor Oko’s wife was pregnant and had to be taken to the hospital on Benson’s motorbike and that was when the pastor accepted him back into the church.
3. Benson Idahosa was the first pastor in Nigeria to buy and use a Mercedes Benz and he was criticized for that by a lot of ministers especially from the orthodox churches for being ‘worldly.
4. Idahosa was the first minister in Nigeria to preach on radio and show a Christian program on Television. It was considered wasteful and a show-off by both Christians and non-Christians.
5. Benson was the first pastor to start a ministry and go on evangelism from Nigeria to other countries.
6. Idahosa travelled to about 145 countries to preach mostly without being invited but just to preach the gospel.
7 Benson preached until his death to more whites than any black man and to more blacks than any white man.
8. In his lifetime, he raised 14 dead people.
9. He introduced the use of ‘agbada’ (big traditional garb or clothing commonly used in traditional parlance for ceremonies etc or by Royalty)to preach and he was highly condemned for that.
10. Before Benson Idahosa, people often linked poverty to the church ‘as poor as a church rat’. After Idahosa, people now link the church among the wealthiest institutions.
11. Idahosa was the first Nigerian to suggest the idea of a private university in 1979 (He said God told him) and today, we have Benson Idahosa University, one of the first generation private universities in Nigeria.
12. Aliko Dangote’s wealth is linked to a prayer by Arch Bishop Benson Idahosa.

Source: Archbishop Benson Idahosa lovers

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I MARRIED MY HUSBAND WHEN HE HAD ONE TROUSER AND ONE SHOE BUT HARDWORKING: A MEDICAL DOCTOR ALSO WORKING AS A CAB MAN || Dr Mrs Becky Paul Enenche

Young ladies don’t sell your body for money. God shall make your marriage a heaven on earth.

What Are the Factors in the Life of Both Ruth and Boaz

1. They were people of integrity. These are two mature people that could do whatever they wanted to do but they maintained purity.

Going through Ruth's record, she maintained purity of character, morality and the same thing with Boaz.

Beloved brothers and sisters, as many as are not married, your catch to maintain a successful marital destiny is to ensure that the bed undefiled. Hebrews 13:4.

2. Submission to Leadership.
Naomi kept on directing and guiding Ruth. She maintained the record of Ruth's activities. Young people listen to me, when mum and dad ask you "Where are you coming from?" don't think that it is a quarrel.

Singles living on your own now, have someone you are accountable to.

3. Work While You Wait.

Be gainfully employed, be meaningfully engaged in a productive life. There are some young ladies, you say what is your prayer point, they say 'marriage, mummy please pray for me, marriage.' Okay, what are you doing? 'They say nothing, I am just believing God for a husband.'

While you are waiting is a time to engage yourself in meaningful, productive adventure. There is dignity in labour, there is dignity in hard work.

Before we got married, you have heard God's servant preach it many times. He said he didn't have much at the time, he had one trouser. I didn't know it was one trouser, I am telling you because he would wash the shirt he had. I didn't know how many shirts because he was always clean, neat, smart. I know that he had one shoe, it was like a military boot and when he shines it, you will almost see your face in the shoe. And I had friends who thought 'Is something wrong with you? why will you be thinking of marrying a man who doesn't have the whole world now?

I think it has proved that something truly was wrong with me, God was very very right with me. I didn't make a wrong choice at all but I saw something in him. Diligence, hard work.

Beloved, don't be deceived by sweet talkers, don't be deceived by those who say you are the only sugar in my tea, the only mosquito in my net, I can't live without you. And that's how they'll be using words to finish you in the house and you will be dying of hunger.

He might not have much now but you see he is working. Maybe he doesn't have a government job but you call in the morning at 7am and ask where are you now and he says "you know, I went to look for something doing." Ehen now, we are talking. Not the one you call at 10am in the morning and 'he is still sleeping'.

There is dignity in labour. A hardworking man today will always remain a hardworking man tomorrow and God will always bless his labour.

It's like the case of seed time and harvest. What you invest today multiplies tomorrow and then gives you a future. Ensure that while you are waiting, you are meaningfully engaged.

Sometimes I can't understand when a man says, you know my wife lost her job and we are really broke...I can't understand but what about you? I can't seem to understand it, an able bodied young man. So why can't you go to a construction site and carry some blocks.

Do you know that when we newly married, God servant was working three jobs. His official work in the morning, he will work and close around afternoon and resume in the second place and close around 4pm. When he closes around 8, 9pm, he will take our car then and drive from where he was, pick passengers from one end of town and pick to another end. He will go like two, three times then pick the last set that will drop around where our house and then drop them and come to the house.

That is labour, dignity of working. He was earning a salary but he worked in addition.

Young ladies, your body is not a commodity. You don't sell your body for money. The money from such a lifestyle will never amount to anything.

I believe that the Lord will help us and grant us great grace.

- There were people of principles and procedures.

Boaz had an accurate knowledge of procedures, principles and followed it accurately.

Beloved if you are a lawless person your marriage will be lawless.

Be a man/woman of principles, don't just do things anyhow. That is why, for me, I call the book of Ephesians Chapter 5:22-33, the summary Bible of marriage.
If you can practice these 2 commands to the later, it is for everyone in particular. 'I must ensure that as a man I love my wife as my self.' 'As a woman, I must ensure I reverence my husband as if I was reverencing the authority that God has placed over me.' As a man can you beat yourself? If you will not punch yourself, then why will you punch your wife? Anything you want another to do for you, it means that is what you should do for your wife.

Wife obey your husband, submit to him, let him have the final say, let him be the leader of the house. Anything that has two head is a monster. Reverence your husband and love your wife, that is the summary principles and commandments of scripture, for husbands and for wives.





FOF - HF 🕊️