{"id":10422,"date":"2019-01-16T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T23:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=10422"},"modified":"2019-01-15T08:59:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T07:59:41","slug":"destiny-matters-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2019\/01\/16\/destiny-matters-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Destiny Matters II"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10422-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Jan-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Jan-16.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Jan-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.bible.com\/bible\/116\/ACT.17.26\">Acts 17:<\/a><strong><sup>26\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><em>\u201cFrom one man\u00a0he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided <strong><u>beforehand<\/u><\/strong> when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.\u201d <\/em>[with emphasis].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/my.bible.com\/bible\/116\/ROM.14.7\">Rom.14:<\/a><sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>\u201c<em>For we don\u2019t live for ourselves or die for ourselves.\u201d <\/em>Our lives are intertwined. There are actually people whose destiny fulfillment is dependent on the choices that you make in life.<!--more--> The Lord gave me a deeper understanding of this truth Himself. My wife and I were in a transition phase at some point in ministry. The decision I was faced with was, what do I do with my life. I had always wanted to do a Ph.D. and I was considering going ahead with it. I was in the U.S. at the time, I can remember very clearly. I was not even praying or sleeping, I was just communing with God. Then someone\u2019s picture flashed in my face and God said something like, \u201cYou want to do a Ph.D. and abandon ministry, what will happen to this person?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before I could think of a response, He showed me another face and another face and it became a sea of faces. We had been taught differently but this was God telling me that if I made the wrong move, I was going to have blood on my hands. I told my wife I had to head back to Nigeria and that was how God\u2019s Favourite House started. Are you not glad I came back? I had the privilege of God showing me all that and so I can confidently tell you that there are people that are connected to you and people you are connected to. It is God\u2019s design, when we get to heaven we probably will find out why He chose to do things this way. You are not an island.<\/p>\n<p>We will MISS our destiny if we choose to follow our plan instead of God\u2019s calling. A lady shared her experience with me, in which God was saying He wanted her to be in a certain profession but if she decided to not to follow His plan, He will still bless whatever she chooses to do. Her response was more like, \u2018do my own thing and then what\u2019? When we choose our own plans ahead of Him, we are asking for trouble.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth pointer to help you understand destiny better is, part of your destiny is to play <em>YOUR PART <\/em>in <em>GOD\u2019S PLAN<\/em> for history. God has a big grand plan and we have a role to play. Before we showed up on the scene, other people had played their roles. After we have exited the scene, other people will come and play their roles. God\u2019s grand plan is, He is gathering a family from every tribe, every nation, and every tongue to spend eternity with Him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong>: Father, equip me by Your Spirit to prepare my sphere of influence to spend eternity with You, in Jesus Name. Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acts 17:26\u00a0\u201cFrom one man\u00a0he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.\u201d [with emphasis]. Rom.14:7\u00a0\u201cFor we don\u2019t live for ourselves or die for ourselves.\u201d Our lives are intertwined. There are actually people whose destiny fulfillment is dependent on the choices that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,152,226,281,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acknowledge-god","category-action","category-believe","category-choice","category-destiny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10523,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422\/revisions\/10523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}