Category Archives: Relationship
Be Deliberate
‘All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer’ Acts 2:42
Community is so powerful and it is important for us to grow roots in the following areas:
- We need to grow roots in our communal relationships. In other words, grow relational roots with anyone that is in your community both physical and virtual.
- We need to grow roots in our friendships.
- We need to grow roots in our family relationships.
- We need to grow roots in our covenant relationships. There are some relationships that are covenant relationships that God brought you into. You need to grow roots with the people you have a covenant relationship with.
- We need to grow roots in our relationship with God.
We need to deliberately grow roots in these five areas. Everything that you see today was done deliberately. Nothing happens by chance. So your life too has to be deliberate. You have to be deliberate about your relationships, about the people that you listen to, and about the people you allow your roots to grow in. You cannot just let your roots grow in any relationship, for the relationships you allow your roots grow in, you have to be very deliberate. The first thing you need to do to grow relational roots is to qualify your relationships. Which is why you need the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that knows the heart of man. So ask the Holy Spirit who people are and He will tell you directly or indirectly.
I was listening to a message a while ago by T.D. Jakes and he mentioned three categories of relationships which are very powerful. Over the next few days we will be learning how to qualify our relationships with help from the Holy Spirit. However starting today, begin to praise, worship, pray, develop friendships, and grow roots deliberately.
Prayer: Father, I ask that by Your Spirit, You teach me what I need to be deliberate about and how I need to go about being deliberate in my life daily, in Jesus Name.
Righteous Counsel
‘Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help…’ Ecc.4:9-10a
‘A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer’ Ecc. 4:12a. The friends you bounce things off determine the things that are watered in you. It is what is watered in our lives that will grow. Similarly, it is the friends you bounce things off that will Read the rest of this entry
Two Are Better II
‘A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken’ Ecc. 4:12
‘A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer’. In other words, you can only confront what you are facing. It is difficult to confront what you are backing. God is saying that when you are in a community [marriage, family, or church] when you face one Read the rest of this entry
Two Are Better 1
‘Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed’ Ecc.4:9
God in His Word says ‘two are better than one’. No matter how big a tree is, no matter how deep its roots, and no matter how fruitful its branches are, one truth remains which is that one tree cannot make a forest. What this simply means is that we are made for relationships. We are made for connection. We Read the rest of this entry
God Is With You Always
‘When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you’ Isa.43:2
The storms you are going through in your life may be strong and turbulent but I am here to tell you today that Jesus is still the Master of the storms. God is too faithful to fail you. His presence in our lives is not tied to the seasons we go through. He is with you even in the midst of the storm. God’s promise is that Read the rest of this entry
You Are Not Alone
‘Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. For there are more on our side than on theirs!’ 2Kings.6:16
When God opens your eyes and you see that you are not alone, you will dare things that ordinary men cannot dare. You will go to places that ordinary people cannot go because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. There is more to life than meets the eye and all that you see is not all there is [Luke.2:9]. You are not alone; you need to be open to the supernatural. Elisha Read the rest of this entry
Honour God
‘Honour the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce’ Prov.3:9
God does not need our money but He wants us to honour Him. Why, because there are blessings attached to honouring God. Giving is a way of honouring God [Prov.3:9]. It is wisdom to honour God with our wealth because we know that nothing happens unless God approves it. Yet even with giving some approaches are Read the rest of this entry
Make Him Priority
‘The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord they God’ Ex.23:19 [KJV]
What on earth are you making priority? A lot of times, we tend to make things that are not important and of no eternal value priority. ‘Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and He will give you everything you need’ Luke 12:31. God must come first in everything. He must be first in priority and first in sequence. A lot of times Read the rest of this entry
Our Present Help
God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. Say this to the people of Israel: I AM has sent me to you. Ex. 3:14
God stills every storm to a whisper. The children of Israel had cried out for help for years. Then God sends Moses with a new revelation of His person. ‘If they ask you who has sent you, say to them ‘I AM THAT I AM’ has sent you’. Understand this; God by revealing Himself as ‘I AM’ is saying in essence that He is relevant to the present situation. Sometimes, we are pressured Read the rest of this entry
Ingathering: Harvest
‘(When He said “living water,” He was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in Him. But the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet entered into His glory.) John7:39
Still dealing with the first significance of ingathering which is harvest. Harvest also means the gathering of every spiritual principle and gift that God has given to us from the beginning of this year up until now. For some of us God has taught us a lot of spiritual lessons. We have fought some battles and we have learnt some awesome things. Ingathering means we are to Read the rest of this entry
