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\u2018<\/em><\/strong>But David persisted. \u201cI have been taking care of my father\u2019s sheep and goats,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,\u00a0<\/strong>I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth\u2026\u2019 1Sam.17:34-35<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The key to the shepherds experiencing glory was in minding their business [Luke 2:8-9<\/a>]. When you mind your business, then heaven is able to trust you with new business [Luke 16:10<\/a>]. \u2018So an elder must be a man whose life is above reproach. He must be faithful to his wife. He must exercise self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home, and he must be able to teach.\u00a0<\/strong>He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not love money. He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him.\u00a0<\/strong>For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God\u2019s church?\u2019<\/em> [1Tim.3:2-5<\/a>]. What qualifies you for leadership according to Scripture can be summed up as minding your business. The only time you will have a problem with spiritual warfare is when you are not minding your business and you are attracting battles that do not concern you. That is the only time you will suffer defeat. But when you are minding your business and the lion and the bear come, you have the assurance of faith in God. You face the lion and the bear and tear them to pieces. Then God begins to enlarge your coast and makes the whole nation your business, like the case of David. Eliab, David\u2019s older brother asked him, \u201cwhy are you here?\u201d And David said, \u201cis there not a cause?\u201d In other words, David was saying is it not my business that our nation is put to shame? It may appear simple but the power in minding your business is so enormous. Check everyone that has been significant in this life, they have learnt to mind their business. This is not a time for \u201chave you heard xyz?\u201d Mind your own business. More people are run down by somebody\u2019s loose tongue than by cars today. As dangerous as cars might be, the tongue is more dangerous still. Some people have run people down just with their words. Watch your words; mind your business. I believe that as believers we should pray for people but the truth is that I would have prayed ten times for someone in God\u2019s Favourite House before I pray once for someone in church ABC. It is not because I hate them but my question is what is their pastor doing? I cannot enter battle without jurisdiction? I will mind my business.<\/p>\n

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Prayer<\/strong>: Lord Jesus, I ask for the grace to mind my business and experience glory, in Jesus Name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018But David persisted. \u201cI have been taking care of my father\u2019s sheep and goats,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,\u00a0I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth\u2026\u2019 1Sam.17:34-35   The key to the shepherds experiencing glory was in minding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focus","category-honouring-god","category-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3599","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=3599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3600,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3599\/revisions\/3600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}