NationBuilding: The Choice of a Leader

1 Samuel  12:13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

The Choice of a Leader
It is always in the nature of a people to ask for a king and it is always in the jurisdiction of God to grant their request.
There is nothing like an ungoverned state. All through history there has always been a dire need for  leadership no matter the form and this above all must come about by the choice of the people. However in all these, across all civilization there is always the important God factor.
God always rule in the affairs of men. This is why for every great civilization there is a visible hand of God since He is a God of order, It tells me He is interested in Leadership.
Imagine for a second there is no such thing as leadership, there will be utter disorderliness. The societal structures will degrade into total anarchy. This will eventually spell doom for humanity and there will be no advancement of any form.
God had order in mind by upholding leadership in every institution, be it from the most basic institution marriage, to the wider society. This is why when a society craves for a leader, God honors their request based on their own choice.
This is the  reason why a great people has got to make a great choice in leadership because this eventually affects and determines the course of the whole nation on their journey to greatness.
In the country where I live, Nigeria in West Africa, these are very crucial times where the people's choice will count, as we are less than a week to the election date, my charge to everyone is to pray that God be involved in this process, and that every eligible voter exercise his or her voting rights on Saturday 28th of March, 2015. When you vote for the candidate of your choice, you can then wait for God's will to be done.
Let God's will be done,
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life coach,Engineer and

Open Heavens Devotional for Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖
By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE.

Date:- Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

Topic:- LIVING BY VISION AND REVELATION

Memorise:
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Genesis 15:1

Read: Gen.41:38-43
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?

39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.

41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Bible in one year:
Daniel 7:9-8:27
Matthew.4:1-22

Message:
Vision is the energy of progress and a determinant of destiny. Vision is no doubt the most powerful forces available to man on earth today. It gives meaning to life, keep us alive, and conditions our lives. Vision inspired the Greeks to produce philosophy and art that still impact the thinking of our world. It motivated the great Roman Empire to expand its influence and develop the known world. Vision inspires the explorers who circumvented the globe and ignited the creation and expansion of many of the nations we know today. It is your vision that determines your destiny. Proverbs 29:18 says,

" Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. "

True vision is not based on what a person sees with the physical eyes alone, but on the images seen with the inward eyes of the mind. A man of vision sees what God has planned for him before its fulfilment. Vision entails planning and goal-setting every great person in history owned a personal vision. A man with no vision is at best a living corpse. He desires nothing and achieves nothing. Is your life directed by a clear vision? Do you know your potential for fulfilling this vision? Have you developed a concrete plan for your vision? Do you recognise peoples influence on your vision? These are all questions you need to answer if you will leave your prints on the sand of time. When you begin to act on your vision, it will stir up both those who want to help you and those who want to hinder you. How passionate are you about your vision? Vision requires faith for fulfilment. Have you built up faith necessary for the fulfilment of your God-given vision? And most importantly, what is the source of your vision.

In addition to true vision, God's people live by revelation. A christian is expected to operate on a God-given vision and by a revelation.
Christianity is an intimate growing relationship with the person of Jesus Christ. Every child of God should therefore live by the revelation of the word. We should live by what the word of God says. God expects you to arrange your life based on his word, regardless of whether it is convenient or not. God knows what is best for your future, your family, your church and your country. He wants want to reveal what is on His heart to you, if only he can get your attention. He expects you to diligently pursue your visions and the revelations He drops in your spirit.
Actualising your vision and the revelation God gives you requires diligence, integrity, focus, good human relations, prayer and faith.
How prepared are you to live by these.

Action point:
Dust up that vision or revelation God gave you so long ago and diligently run with it.

#RiseToGreatness : Recognize Greatness

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He Will Have Mercy

Please enjoy today's spirituality post by Joel Osteen.

Today's Word with Joel & Victoria

He Will Have Mercy
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Two blind men were sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting, ‘Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!’ ”
(Matthew 20:30, NLT)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria

Today’s verse talks about two blind men that no one really paid attention to. No one gave them much of a chance — but Jesus did! All through scripture we see that He had such great compassion and mercy, everywhere He went and He still has it today.

Maybe you feel like life has overlooked you. Maybe you feel like the people around you don’t really see what you are going through. Today, know that God sees you. He’ll never overlook you even when people overlook you. He is good and no matter what has happened in your life, remember that His mercy endures forever.

Notice what these men did — they called on Jesus. Even when people tried to quiet them, they called even louder. They had confidence that He would hear them and you can have confidence, too! Be bold and step out in faith, call on Him and trust that He sees you and hears you and He will have mercy!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY
God, thank You for Your great mercy and grace. With Your help, I want to step out and act on my faith so that I may see Your great works in Jesus’ name! Amen.

— Joel & Victoria Osteen



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MY STORY: I LOVE MY BIBLE

I have always had a resolve to read the Bible through each year, In fact over the past 7 years I have had this goal, However, no matter how much i tried, it's always been like a tall dream, as I always had to try or start all over again every year. However, this year I have a stronger resolve to do 'a bit' daily to get that done.

I sincerely believe that God's word can change my world, that is why the devil will stop at nothing to ensure i read less of God's word. What about you?

The Bible is a special book for me. I am not clouded by any religious ritual of whatever form.Nope! I refuse to. I was introduced to the world of reading almost right on time; about my 8th or 9th birthday even despite my peculiar background ... (I still feel that was A LITTLE late though)- i think its great when kids are taught to read earlier. Out of the stories and books I read growing up or that i presently read, none has been of so much impact on me like the Bible. The Words in it are powerful enough to draw me to its Author and it still does, the words in it were powerful to strip me of every bad habits, and all juvenile delinquencies.This was where I saw the need for a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ, in that old flamingo-leather-bound *Yoruba Bible at my parent's then, rented old two-room apartment somewhere in Osogbo (a town in western Nigeria, West Africa).

God's word is food to our spirit man and map or compass to help our journey from earth to eternity. It is God's love letter to humanity.

I sincerely believe that God's word can change my world, that is why the devil will stop at nothing to ensure i read less of God's word. What about you? John Bunyan was right 'This BOOK will take you away from sin or sin will take you away from this BOOK' I LOVE MY BIBLE. I will go on to reward myself with a French Bible this year once i am able to read the Bible through... I am currently on a 90 day plan but i am tons of chapters and many days behind schedule...So I am taking a every good step in following through by tracking it weekly and being accountable with every one on my blog and perhaps in any possible place.Perhaps if it's not achieved in a a single 90 day plan it would be achieved in two 90 day plans.

The fact that Bibles are very wonderful versions and formats soft or electronic copies make reading better and better.

I am presently wrapping up the book of Numbers and by weekend I hope I am out of Deuteronomy and by next weekly update on my Bible reading I hope I am closer to the new testament .... wow! that's just so much discipline needed here! I will appreciate your comments on different personal experiences in reading the Bible through.

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Open Heavens 14 March 2015: Saturday

Saturday, 14 March 2015
Open Heavens 14 March 2015: Saturday daily devotion by Pastor E. A. Adeboye - Miraculous Recovery

Topic: Miraculous Recovery

Memorise: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. - Joel 2:25

Read: (2 Kings 6:1-7 KJV)

1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.

6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

Bible in One Year: Daniel 1:1-2:30, Revelation 22

MESSAGE:

In our Scripture reading today, we see someone felling a tree by the riverside and the axe head been used falling into River Jordan. Thank God for His power that located the axe head and brought it back up for the user to complete his project. There are people who have lost very precious things in their lives. With God, there is nothing lost that cannot be recovered miraculously. To recover means to find something you once lost. There are people who have suffered partial loss and there others who have suffered total loss. No matter the type of loss you have suffered, The Almighty God will restore them to you in Jesus' Name. In Mark 5:25-34, the woman with issue of blood lost a lot. She lost her health because she had been in that situation for long. She lost her wealth because she had spent all she had, trying to get help from physicians. She lost her peace because when there is absence of good health and wealth, frustration can set in and this leads to depression. But by the time she met Jesus, everything she had lost was restored back to her. For a user of this devotional, whatever good thing you have lost will be recovered instantly in Jesus' Name.

Samson is an example of someone who suffered partial loss (Judge 16:21-27). As a result of his carelessness, he lost his eyes to the enemy. Even though his hair grew back, blindness remained in his life. By that Name that is above every other name, which is Jesus, every reminder of lost in your life is terminated in Jesus'Name. Everything you have lost; financially, physically, in your marriage and career-wise shall be fully recovered in Jesus' Name. Another interesting story that shows God's ability to return whatever one has lost is found in Daniel 4:28-37. It is a story about King Nebuchadnezzar. This king became so proud that he refused to acknowledge God as source of his achievements. In a bid to humble him and teach him that man cannot achieve anything without God, God caused him to lose his kingdom. He also suffered the loss of sanity, humanity, dignity, glory and honour. In fact, for a period of 7 years, he was not different from animals. Miraculously though, all through those years of his wilderness experience, nobody replaced him on the throne. The Lord kept his position intact until his training was over. Testimonies abound to show the fact than an opportunity was lost does not mean it cannot be regained. As long as God is in the equation. He can reverse the irreversible. He can suspend law and principles to make a point in your life. That is why those who think they have seen your end are in for a shocker. It is important that we always appreciate what we have so that we don't lose it. If you have lost your peace of mind due to backsliding, you have to repent of those sins and confess the Lordship of Jesus. If you do these, you will become a new person and experience the time of refreshing from the Almighty God.

Prayer Point: Father, by your mercy, command a recovery of all I have lost in Jesus'Name.

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL FRIDAY 13th March,2014.

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL
BY Pastor E.A. Adeboye

BY Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Date: - Friday, 13 March 2015
Topic: - The Pains of Disobedience

Memorise: For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. - 1 Samuel 15:23

Read: (1 Samuel 15:10-11 KJV)
10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 47-48, Revelation 21:9-27

MESSAGE:
The sin of disobedience is a terrible sin. Nothing hinders the children of God from fulfilling their purpose in life like disobedience. Disobedience comes in many shades. It can take the form of refusal to keep to specific instructions, functioning in an office God has not called you to, courting a wrong relationship or operating in a place you are not meant to be in at a particular time. No matter what form it takes, the truth remains that disobedience is a terrible sin in the sight of the Almighty God. Disobedience compels God to turn blessings into curse, as we see in the account of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:17). Every act of disobedience erodes your reservoir of God's blessings. Nothing destroys a man faster than the sin of disobedience. That is the reason why you have to check your life today and take stock of your soul, so that your sky will not be turned into brass (Deuteronomy 28:23). When this happens, instead of favour, you will experience closed doors.
In 1 Samuel 15:1-23, King Saul lost his crown because of partial obedience. God expects full obedience form all His children. He prefers total obedience to partial obedience. This is one of the reasons why many of us are yet to access the blessings of God fully. Abraham was called to leave his father's house behind but he suffered the consequences of disobedience by taking Lot along with him. Who are those people the Lord expects you to have dropped but you are still hanging around? What are those things the Lord has warned you about that you are still engaging in? These are the things that will deny you the full blessings of God. Numbers 12:8 says Moses was so close to God that he conversed with God mouth to mouth. But when he was told by God to speak to the Rock and he struck the rock instead, he was severely punished: he never got to the Promised Land (Numbers 20:12). Check your life and find out those things that are capable of hindering you from becoming the best that God wants you to be. Drop them now before they make you drop out of the journey to the Promised Land.
Check your life today. If you are experiencing perpetual sorrow, suffering, disappointment and unfulfilled desires, check and find out the factors responsible. Don't pretend to be okay when you know all is not well with you. If you confess those hidden sins of disobedience, you will surely find mercy, but if you pretend about it, you will be undoing yourself. Some people keep making effort, yet they never record any success. Several trials and much effort do not guarantee success when disobedience is present.

Action Point: Examine yourself today and repent from every act of disobedience in your life.