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Wisdom Emamuzo Peter Reminds Readers of their God-given Gifts
“Your Gift is Your Asset” teaches how to discover and develop one’s gift
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Peter’s work heralds a much-needed spiritual rejuvenation by reminding readers of their innate, God-given gifts. It has two core messages, the author shares, “you are gifted and the gifts are your kingdom asset to access the blessings of God. You are an embodiment of God-given gifts or abilities for the pursuit of your purpose. However, you need to discover your purpose in order to unveil these gifts. It is in the discovering and utilization of your gift is the key access to the inexhaustible blessings of God.”
Sweeping through Biblical insight and God’s Kingdom perspective, this book sheds light on the significance of one’s gift, the power that it wields, its source and purpose and how it can be discovered and developed. Ultimately, readers will unravel a fascinating spiritual journey that will reinforce their role and purpose on earth and in God’s plan.
Your Gift is Your Asset brings a transformational experience that readers will find fascinating and profound. Laden with spiritual wisdom and advice, this is a book that will uplift the soul and nourish the spirit.
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Monday, January 16, 2012
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GWAGWALADA ABUJA, Nigeria – (Release Date TBD) – The Kingdom of God is at hand…
This is the good news that Pastor Wisdom Emamuzo Peter rejoices in. He wishes his readers to partake in his labor and themselves rejoice. Such is the verity of the way the Lord, in His wisdom, has planted His vineyard with the life and example of His Son. The Kingdom of God is at hand and it is an organic enterprise, likened to a vine. Christianity at its root is an ever-growing entity and is in its efflorescence, reveals the harvest of lived experience in the rich, carefully processed vintage of its works. God has so ordered the world that Christians work naturally towards His greater glory.
Pastor Wisdom’s I Am The Vine, Ye Are The Branches provides important truths and principles which are needed to live effectively in the Kingdom of God. As the branches of the vine, we are peculiar sets of beings that are divinely positioned on the earth to express the beauty of divinity. In this second book of the Vine series, author Pastor Wisdom Emamuzo Peter teaches that the fruit of the vine “. . . is the expression of the hidden pleasure, beauty and nature of the Father embodied in Christ.” God greatly desires that the flock gets transformed and conformed to the image of His dear Son.
The Lord calls upon his flock not only to multiply but to fructify, to bear fruit as witness to the wisdom of life in the Kingdom. Thus life is a transformation into every individual’s true nature in Christ. Each and every branch, if thus “healthy,” will bear witness to a concerted effort in the prayerful work of days. The New Testament provides the true, final image of God within humanity – this is the meaning of the metaphor of the vine (Jesus Christ) and its branches (those who shall bring forth the fruit of Christ’s teachings).
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GWAGWALADA ABUJA, Nigeria – (Release Date TBD) – The Kingdom of God is at hand…
This is the good news that Pastor Wisdom Emamuzo Peter rejoices in. He wishes his readers to partake in his labor and themselves rejoice. Such is the verity of the way the Lord, in His wisdom, has planted His vineyard with the life and example of His Son. The Kingdom of God is at hand and it is an organic enterprise, likened to a vine. Christianity at its root is an ever-growing entity and is in its efflorescence, reveals the harvest of lived experience in the rich, carefully processed vintage of its works. God has so ordered the world that Christians work naturally towards His greater glory.
Pastor Wisdom’s I Am The Vine, Ye Are The Branches provides important truths and principles which are needed to live effectively in the Kingdom of God. As the branches of the vine, we are peculiar sets of beings that are divinely positioned on the earth to express the beauty of divinity. In this second book of the Vine series, author Pastor Wisdom Emamuzo Peter teaches that the fruit of the vine “. . . is the expression of the hidden pleasure, beauty and nature of the Father embodied in Christ.” God greatly desires that the flock gets transformed and conformed to the image of His dear Son.
The Lord calls upon his flock not only to multiply but to fructify, to bear fruit as witness to the wisdom of life in the Kingdom. Thus life is a transformation into every individual’s true nature in Christ. Each and every branch, if thus “healthy,” will bear witness to a concerted effort in the prayerful work of days. The New Testament provides the true, final image of God within humanity – this is the meaning of the metaphor of the vine (Jesus Christ) and its branches (those who shall bring forth the fruit of Christ’s teachings).
For more information on this book, interested parties may log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Wisdom Emamuzo Peter, a motivational and resource speaker, author, teacher, leads the Path Founder's Ministries which focus on “raising the foundations of many generations for the Kingdom of Christ”. For over a decade, his apostolic writing, teaching and healing ministries have brought transformation to many people. He has written several books including, I Am the Vine, Ye Are the Branches (with this new volume, already a two-volume series), The Power of the Praying Students, and Your Gift is Your Asset.
I Am The Vine, Ye Are The Branches * by Wisdom Emamuzo Peter
Lessons That Transform The Human Soul
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Platforms For God's Favor
Man was created to live in the favor of God. And importantly, God designed the righteous to be encompassed with His favor.
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. -Psalms 5:12
To compass means "an area in which something acts, or operates, or has power or control"
With the meaning, God wants us to:
1. Act or live by His favor not by our struggle.
2. God wants us to operate or pursue our dreams by and in His favor.
3. God wants us to exercise authority and control in His favor
Compass is also a navigational instrument for finding directions. (for sea travels)
This means the favor of God is designed to be an instrument through which God will direct us in the pursuit of His purpose and realize His blessings for our lives.
Compass could also mean a limit area of operation.
With this meaning, God's favor is to be our limit in life. The sky is not our limit. Our true limit is the favor of God.
When God put man in the Garden, He actually put man in His favor.
And the Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden [delight]; and there He put the man whom He had formed (framed, constituted). (Genesis 2:8 AMP)
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. -Genesis 2:15
God prepared everything man would ever need in life right in the garden. So the garden was the expression of the favor of God towards man.
And man was ordained to function, live, and pursue his purpose only in the garden which the favor of God.
But man lost it.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. -Genesis 3:24
The moment God drove man from the garden, man lost out of the favor of God.
Sin was the reason man lost the favor of God.
So until sin is dealt man cannot receive the favor of God.
Struggle continues outside the favor of God. The reason so many people are suffering is because the are not living within the favor of God.
So it is important we learn the platform upon which we stand to enjoy the favor of God as was originally ordained for us.
Platform number One: The Kingdom of God.
Matthew 6:31-33
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
God's kingdom is the first platform for the favor of God. Adam only enjoyed the favor of God right in the garden.
You must be found in the kingdom to have access to the favor of God.
To become a member of the kingdom you only need to be born of God by receiving Christ into you life.
When you receive Christ then you are now reconciled to God and also be restored to favor with God.
But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].
It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor). (2 Corinthians 5:18, 19 AMP)
As long as you are in the kingdom of Gd nothing happens in the kingdom of the world that affects you.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: -Colossians 1:13
Platform number Two: The Righteousness of God.
Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?
For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.
But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. (Matthew 6:31-33 AMP)
God's favor is found in His kingdom. Righteousness is our access to the favor of God in His kingdom
Righteousness is simply the God does His things. Simply put, righteousness is the will of God. When you constantly seek the will of God and stand by it, you will find the favor of God.
Jesus said, "all these things will be given to you". Which means you don't need to struggle for them. They will come by favor.
God will only surround the person in His will or doing things His way with His favor.
Esther enjoyed the favor of God because she found herself in the will or righteousness of God.
Platform number Three: Obedience
It is one thing to be in the kingdom and know the will of God. And it is another thing to obey the will of God.
In the kingdom of God we have access to the favor of God through His righteousness. But we truly partake of the favor through our obedience to the righteousness (will) of God.
Abraham naturally enjoyed the favor of God because he obeyed God.
Genesis 12:1-4
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. -Genesis 13:2
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. -Genesis 24:1
Your obedience to the will of God is the only way to enjoy the favor of God.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. -Job 36:11
You are the one who determines how much of God's favor you enjoy through your obedience to God.
By this anointing service I see your taste for righteousness and willingness to obey God increase greatly in Jesus' name.
You are blessed!
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. -Psalms 5:12
To compass means "an area in which something acts, or operates, or has power or control"
With the meaning, God wants us to:
1. Act or live by His favor not by our struggle.
2. God wants us to operate or pursue our dreams by and in His favor.
3. God wants us to exercise authority and control in His favor
Compass is also a navigational instrument for finding directions. (for sea travels)
This means the favor of God is designed to be an instrument through which God will direct us in the pursuit of His purpose and realize His blessings for our lives.
Compass could also mean a limit area of operation.
With this meaning, God's favor is to be our limit in life. The sky is not our limit. Our true limit is the favor of God.
When God put man in the Garden, He actually put man in His favor.
And the Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden [delight]; and there He put the man whom He had formed (framed, constituted). (Genesis 2:8 AMP)
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. -Genesis 2:15
God prepared everything man would ever need in life right in the garden. So the garden was the expression of the favor of God towards man.
And man was ordained to function, live, and pursue his purpose only in the garden which the favor of God.
But man lost it.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. -Genesis 3:24
The moment God drove man from the garden, man lost out of the favor of God.
Sin was the reason man lost the favor of God.
So until sin is dealt man cannot receive the favor of God.
Struggle continues outside the favor of God. The reason so many people are suffering is because the are not living within the favor of God.
So it is important we learn the platform upon which we stand to enjoy the favor of God as was originally ordained for us.
Platform number One: The Kingdom of God.
Matthew 6:31-33
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
God's kingdom is the first platform for the favor of God. Adam only enjoyed the favor of God right in the garden.
You must be found in the kingdom to have access to the favor of God.
To become a member of the kingdom you only need to be born of God by receiving Christ into you life.
When you receive Christ then you are now reconciled to God and also be restored to favor with God.
But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].
It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor). (2 Corinthians 5:18, 19 AMP)
As long as you are in the kingdom of Gd nothing happens in the kingdom of the world that affects you.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: -Colossians 1:13
Platform number Two: The Righteousness of God.
Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?
For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.
But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. (Matthew 6:31-33 AMP)
God's favor is found in His kingdom. Righteousness is our access to the favor of God in His kingdom
Righteousness is simply the God does His things. Simply put, righteousness is the will of God. When you constantly seek the will of God and stand by it, you will find the favor of God.
Jesus said, "all these things will be given to you". Which means you don't need to struggle for them. They will come by favor.
God will only surround the person in His will or doing things His way with His favor.
Esther enjoyed the favor of God because she found herself in the will or righteousness of God.
Platform number Three: Obedience
It is one thing to be in the kingdom and know the will of God. And it is another thing to obey the will of God.
In the kingdom of God we have access to the favor of God through His righteousness. But we truly partake of the favor through our obedience to the righteousness (will) of God.
Abraham naturally enjoyed the favor of God because he obeyed God.
Genesis 12:1-4
1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. -Genesis 13:2
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. -Genesis 24:1
Your obedience to the will of God is the only way to enjoy the favor of God.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. -Job 36:11
You are the one who determines how much of God's favor you enjoy through your obedience to God.
By this anointing service I see your taste for righteousness and willingness to obey God increase greatly in Jesus' name.
You are blessed!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Discovering Our Kingdom Priorities
Your First Priorities
The reason why many of us fail and are defeated in life is because we do not set our priority straight, we do not do things in the order of priority.
It is not enough to know what to do, you must be able to know which one is to be done.
We all are victim of having loose priority, following what are not our priority or not having priority for our live.
What is priority?
Priority:
It is a status established in order or importance or urgency
Priority simply means importance.
To have things in order of priority means to arrange or plan things in order of importance.
As God's children, God has given us what should our first priority in life and especially for this year.
Our First Priority - The Kingdom of God
Matt 6:25-34
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Why many people are worried for safety, what to eat, what to wear and what to drink, Jesus said our first worry is to seek and have the kingdom of God.
Because in the kingdom of God there are:
Peace
Prosperity
Comfort
Abundance
Security
Joy
Blessings
At this critical time in our country and in the world, make the kingdom of God your number one priority.
You cannot have the kingdom of God and live in fear.
Once you are in the kingdom of God, you are free from all the harassment of the kingdom of the devil.
What is the kingdom of God.
The kingdom of God simply means God's influence our your life.
Seek to be influenced by God not by what the world or situation is saying.
Make your heart and life the dwelling place of God's influence.
Our Second Priority - Right Relationship With God
Our second most important thing as our priority is God's righteousness.
Our own righteousness is not a priority because our personal righteousness is like a filthy rag (Isaiah 64:6)
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. -Isaiah 64:6
Because our righteousness: trying to please God in our flesh is like a filthy rag, Jesus now said we should seek the righteousness of God.
We must make right relationship with God as our priority.
You must make you mind to leave sin alone and embrace the righteousness of God.
Romans 6:12-16
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Whenever you are in a right relationship with God, God moves to supply all your needs.
When we make righteousness a priority, the peace and provisions of God become our portion.
Isaiah 32:17-18
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Our third Priority - The Word of God
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. -Matthew 4:4
The kingdom of God is ruled by the word of God. We live in the kingdom of God by the word of God.
The word of God is the conveyor of the righteousness of God.
Embrace the word of God like never before this year.
In the midst of all these challenges, go for the word of God.
Let the word of God be your confidence and security.
There is no darkness the word of God cannot light up, because the word is light
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -Psalms 119:105
Your growth in the word of God will determine the level of blessings and peace you enjoy in the kingdom of God.
The more you grow in understanding the word, the more you make yourself available for the blessings of God.
2 Peter 1:2-3
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
All things you need for peaceful, comfortable and prosperous life is right in the word of God. But you can access them through your knowledge in the word of God.
Proverbs 4:20-22
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
The word of God is life and health.
The Kingdom of God is the place where all your needs are met.
The righteousness of God gives us boldness to stand before God to demand for our inheritance in His kingdom.
The word of God gives us access to our benefits in the kingdom of God.
Make these three your priority for life and you will never regret it.
However, you need to be born again to become a member of the kingdom of God before you can access your blessings in the kingdom of God.
The reason why many of us fail and are defeated in life is because we do not set our priority straight, we do not do things in the order of priority.
It is not enough to know what to do, you must be able to know which one is to be done.
We all are victim of having loose priority, following what are not our priority or not having priority for our live.
What is priority?
Priority:
It is a status established in order or importance or urgency
Priority simply means importance.
To have things in order of priority means to arrange or plan things in order of importance.
As God's children, God has given us what should our first priority in life and especially for this year.
Our First Priority - The Kingdom of God
Matt 6:25-34
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Why many people are worried for safety, what to eat, what to wear and what to drink, Jesus said our first worry is to seek and have the kingdom of God.
Because in the kingdom of God there are:
Peace
Prosperity
Comfort
Abundance
Security
Joy
Blessings
At this critical time in our country and in the world, make the kingdom of God your number one priority.
You cannot have the kingdom of God and live in fear.
Once you are in the kingdom of God, you are free from all the harassment of the kingdom of the devil.
What is the kingdom of God.
The kingdom of God simply means God's influence our your life.
Seek to be influenced by God not by what the world or situation is saying.
Make your heart and life the dwelling place of God's influence.
Our Second Priority - Right Relationship With God
Our second most important thing as our priority is God's righteousness.
Our own righteousness is not a priority because our personal righteousness is like a filthy rag (Isaiah 64:6)
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. -Isaiah 64:6
Because our righteousness: trying to please God in our flesh is like a filthy rag, Jesus now said we should seek the righteousness of God.
We must make right relationship with God as our priority.
You must make you mind to leave sin alone and embrace the righteousness of God.
Romans 6:12-16
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Whenever you are in a right relationship with God, God moves to supply all your needs.
When we make righteousness a priority, the peace and provisions of God become our portion.
Isaiah 32:17-18
17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Our third Priority - The Word of God
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. -Matthew 4:4
The kingdom of God is ruled by the word of God. We live in the kingdom of God by the word of God.
The word of God is the conveyor of the righteousness of God.
Embrace the word of God like never before this year.
In the midst of all these challenges, go for the word of God.
Let the word of God be your confidence and security.
There is no darkness the word of God cannot light up, because the word is light
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -Psalms 119:105
Your growth in the word of God will determine the level of blessings and peace you enjoy in the kingdom of God.
The more you grow in understanding the word, the more you make yourself available for the blessings of God.
2 Peter 1:2-3
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
All things you need for peaceful, comfortable and prosperous life is right in the word of God. But you can access them through your knowledge in the word of God.
Proverbs 4:20-22
20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
The word of God is life and health.
The Kingdom of God is the place where all your needs are met.
The righteousness of God gives us boldness to stand before God to demand for our inheritance in His kingdom.
The word of God gives us access to our benefits in the kingdom of God.
Make these three your priority for life and you will never regret it.
However, you need to be born again to become a member of the kingdom of God before you can access your blessings in the kingdom of God.
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