ONE THING IS NEEDFUL

ONE THING IS NEEDFUL

Luke 10:38-42. "Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered
into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha receive him
into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at
Jesus' feet, and HEARD HIS WORD. But Martha was CUMBERED about much
serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my
sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help
me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, MARTHA, MARTHA, THOU ART
CAREFUL AND TROUBLED ABOUT MANY THINGS: BUT ONE THING IS NEEDFUL: AND
MARY HATH CHOSEN THAT GOOD PART, WHICH SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM
HER."... Martha received Jesus into her home to be a blessing to him.
Matt 10:41 says "He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet
shall receive a prophet's reward,..." Martha therefore, was fulfilling
the scripture: doing well to receive and serve Jesus. Martha had a
sister, called Mary, but who sat at Jesus feet to receive HIS WORD.
Martha was busy with serving to please the Lord. She did not care
about the word.
In verses 41 and 42, "And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha,
Martha, thou art careful about many things: But one thing is needful:
and Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from
her." Jesus called Martha twice in verse 41 begging for her attention
and employing her to see the importance of what he had to say on the
issue of her request. Jesus said to her "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL" This
one thing is the base of everything. This one thing is the foundation
of everything in God's kingdom. The continual detailed attention to
and meditation in God's word is not only the basis for profitable
service, but for a fulfilled life. One thing is trully needful. You
can choose that now. Embrace wisdom, it's the principal thing. Prov.
4:7-9,20-22. Josh 1:8 and Matt 5:6. ... END.

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TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS

TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS

2 Cor. 4:7. "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the
excellency of the power may be of God and not of us."

In the mid-20th century, the Government of Thailand in Bangkok wanted
to build a highway through a village. This highway would pass through
a Buddhist monastery with a little chapel housing the heavy 11 feet
tall clay statue of Buddha. They decided to relocate
the chapel and its statue. They moved all these one after the other
with a crane. At the turn of the heavy clay statue, the clay began to
break apart and crumble as they lowered it into its new location.
Despite their careful handling, the clay fell off completely. The
workers were amazed at what was revealed: the statue was pure gold
underneath the clay.
Before this revelation, the people estimated the worth of the statue
at about fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Today, as a result of this
revelation, it is worth millions of dollars and has since become a
major world tourist attraction.
2 Cor. 4:16-18. "For which cause we faint not; but though our outward
man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light
affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things
which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things
which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are
eternal." Like the Buddha statue went
through some little rough handling which brought about the revelation
of the glory of its underneath content, God is working out something
to bring about the revelation of the non-perishable treasures in us.
Whatsoever we go through that seems to be tearing us through is not
without the knowledge of God. He is using whatever we go through to
prepare us for the revelation of HIS TREASURES IN US.
Everyone who is looking at the clay that houses us will not place much
value on us untill the revelation of the unseen, eternal weighty
treasure in us. When we go through fire that is not meant to consume
us, but will only refine us, we come forth as gold. Then, we become
the rare commodity that the world is yearning for and can pay any
prize to enjoy what is revealed in us. In Job 23:10, Job in his trial
declared: "when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." We must
be willing for God to conclude us through the best means he chooses
for the revelation of the excellency of the glory of his treasures
buried in us.
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PRAYING WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

PRAYING WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Praying in the Spirit

INTRODUCTION: "The power is prayer that soars on high, through Jesus
to the throne. It moves the hand which moves the world to bring
salvation down." - E. M. BOUNDS. Despite the valuable
importance of prayer, it is notable that many people dread it.
To many, prayer is a drag. Though many want to really pray, but they
still find it difficult to enjoy. Believers are not left out in this
struggle. Satan does not want believers to pray, therefore most of the
hindrances are perpetrated by him. The bible teaches us to pray
without ceasing in 1 Thess 5:17. The Lord taught us to pray without
fainting in Luke 18:1-8; 11:5-13. Prayer is a valuable sacrificial key
that opens the heaven's gate and unlocks the treasure of heaven.
Many people in the bible changed their stories because they prayed.
They ruled their world because thy dared Satan and prayed to God.
Jacob wrestled with God in prayer all night long and had his
name/destiny changed from Jacob the cheat or supplanter to Israel, a
prince of God. Gen. 32:24-28. Hannah, one who was called barren,
became a mother of six children because she dared to pray. see 1 Sam.
1:12-17; 2:21. Jabez, a man born poor and whose days were full of
sorrows and pains changed the story of his life and became very great
and honorable because he prayed. See 1 Chron. 4:9-10. Elijah closed
the heaven that rain fell not for three and a half years. He opened
the heaven again and the heaven gave rain because he prayed. See James
5:17-18.
Daniel rose to the position of prominence in Babylon because he was a
man of prayer. See Dan. 6 and 9. >> All that wrought great exploits in
the bible were men and women whose secrete was traceable to their
prayer life. Because prayer is of great necessity to God's kingdom and
our lives, we must be able, even in the face of stiff opposition from
Satan, learn the secrete of praying without ceasing. This is the
reason for this teaching. It will help us to combat the drag we
usually face when we pray. It will build our interest in prayer and
cause us to enjoy all the benefits praying has to offer. Welcome to
struggle-free life of prayers.

THE NEED FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT: In Rom. 8:26-27, Paul the Apostle
wrote: "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know
not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh
intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he
that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit,
because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of
God" [KJV] From the above passage, we understand that we have great
needs or LIMITATIONS which are (1) We have weaknesses or hindrances in
the place of prayer. (2) We don't know how to better direct our prayer
sometimes. (3) Sometimes we don't even know what we should pray about,
though we know we should pray. (4) There is the need to to resolve the
above limitations and other drags we face in the place of prayer, and
it is the Holy Spirit who can help up out.
(5). The Holy Spirit is all-knowing (omnisciene). He searches all
things, even the deep things of God. 1 Cor. 2:10. He searches all
hearts and knows the problems of every individual, people, family, and
nations we want to pray for. He is the only one who adequately knows
the mind of God for the saints and all situations. (6). The Holy
Spirit helps us to pray with groanings which cannot be uttered or
expressed in any known articulate language. When we consider the
listed reasons, we know that we need the Holy Spirit. If we don't rely
on Him, we will not get the desired result when we pray.
SEEK HIS HELP: Isaiah 41:10,14. "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be
not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will
HELP thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my
righteousness. Fear not thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel. I will
HELP thee, saith the LORD...." >> John 14:16,26. "And I will pray the
Father, and he shall give you another COMFORTER (HELPER) that he may
abide with you for ever. But the COMFORTER (HELPER), which is the Holy
Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all
things. ..." >> John 16:13. "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will show you things to come." >>> One of the greatest works
of the kingdom is praying, and one of the good reasons why God has
given us the Holy Spirit. To attempt to pray without his help is a
frustrated attempt, a complete waste of time and energy.
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PRESENCE AND HELP: We already understand from the
scriptures we read that he will help us. But what use it a help that
we do not recognize. Paul the Apostle instructs us to fellowship with
the Holy Spirit in 2 Cor 13:14. This is one way to acknowledge him to
help us in times of prayer. Tell him to help and he will show up.
Jesus told Paul in 2 Cor. 12:9. "... My grace is sufficient for thee:
for my strength is made perfect in your weakness." Paul recognized his
weakness and the power of Christ (Holy Spirit) was made available for
him. In Phil. 4:13, Paul said " I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me." When you acknowledge him, seek his power,
strength and direction, prayer becomes a thing of joy.
PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT:
"Tongues have been to me, the making of my ministry. It is that
peculiar communication with God that reveals to my soul the truth I
utter to you day by day in the ministry. ~JOHN G. LAKES.
1 Cor. 14:14-15. "For if I pray in an
UNKNOWN TONGUES, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is
unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit and I will
pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I
will sing with the understanding also." KJV. >> "For if I pray in an
[unknown] tongue, my sprit [by the Holy Spirit within me] prays, but
my mind is unproductive [it bears no fruit and helps nobody]. Then
what am I to do? I will pray with my spirit [by the Holy Spirit that
is within me], but I will also pray [intelligently] with my mind and
understanding; ..." AMP.
I took that scripture from two translations of the bible for a clearer
understanding of what the verses mean. (1). We understand clearly from
the passage that we can pray with our human spirit by the Holy Spirit
dwelling in us. We can also pray by our mind or intellect. We can sing
and glorify God by both means. (2). When we pray with our human spirit
by the Holy Spirit within us, it is called praying in an UNKNOWN
TONGUES and our mind or intellect is not bearing fruit or helping.
When we pray with our mind or understanding, we pray in the language
we understand and choose our words carefully and intelligently so that
we do not say wrong things. (3). So we pray both in tongues and the
language we understand or learnt. (4). When we pray in an unknown
tongue, it is the Holy Spirit who supplies the utterance or language
and we don't have to be careful how we choose our words, because we
cannot make mistakes.
The Holy Spirit is a helper, he helps us by supplying the utterance
and strengthens us to prevail. The Holy Spirit is our helper in all
things we do in the kingdom of God. Without him we are helpless. He is
the essence of God's kingdom. This is why Paul said in Rom. 14:17 that
"The kingdom of God is not in meat and drink (physical); but
righteousness, and peace, and joy IN THE HOLY GHOST." Jude 20 "But
you, beloved, build yourselves up (founded) on your most holy faith
[make progress, rise like an edifice, higher and higher], praying in
the Holy Spirit." AMP. Whatsoever you do outside the Holy Ghost is not
beneficiary to the kingdom of God. Praying in tongues will remove the
drags usually encountered in prayer.

ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHER:
Praying in tongues is a total spiritual experience. Though praying in
other language is a spiritual exercise, but not total, because our
minds are limited spiritually. The spiritual usually governs all
things. It is better to deal with spiritual matter in a more spiritual
manner. Prophetic prayer is done when the Holy Spirit takes over you
and your mind and aid your mind prophetically to choose words in a
language you understand and without struggle. The Spirit sometimes
overwhelmes you and aid you to pray in understanding perfectly
choosing words in a language you understand without much of your
efforts involved. This is prophetic prayers. It is just like the
spirit of prophecy comes on you to utter a message. This experience is
just like praying in the spirit, only the utterance is done in a known
language. This experience may not be there always, because I have been
there many times before, it is therefore important to pray in tongues
always.

GROANINGS IN THE SPIRIT: Exodus 2:23-24. "It came to pass in the
process of time that the king of Egypt died: and the children of
Israel SIGHED by the reason of the bondage ... And God heard their
GROANINGS, and God remembered his covenant ..." 1 Sam. 1:12-16. "And
it came to pass as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli
marked her mouth. Now Hannah, she SPAKE IN HER HEART (GROANED); only
her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she
had been drunken. And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a
woman of SORROWFUL SPIRIT: I have drunken neither wine nor strong
drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord. Count not thine
hand-maiden for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my
COMPLAINT AND GRIEF have I spoken hitherto." John 11:33,38. "When
Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came
with her, he GROANED IN THE SPIRIT, and was troubled. Jesus therefore
again GROANING IN HIMSELF cometh to the grave. ..." Rom. 8:26.
"Likewise the Spirit also helpth our infirmities: for we know not what
we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh
intercession for us with GROANINGS which cannot be uttered."
I listed all these passages so that we can read and see the truth
about this way to pray. Groanings are series of uncontrollable spasms
that is produced in no articulate language as a result of burdens that
need to be relieved. They are usually produced in no clearly defined
language. They are deep sounds, cracking sounds, sighing sounds,
mournings cryings etc. A good example of this is that which happen
when a woman is in labour to give birth. Groanings in the spirit are
the sounds the Holy Spirit helps you to produce so as to relieve
burdens, pains afflictions etc, a sound which draws God attention to
act according to the heart's desire. They are series of sounds coming
from the innermost being. A language of the spirit, by the Holy
Spirit, which can be translated or interpreted into thousands of
words. As you develop your prayer life and learn to be pregnant with
burdens for people, families, churches, nations and even yourself, you
will experience this overwhelming way to pray.

BENEFITS OF PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT: We have been able to understand
that praying with the help of the Holy Spirit means praying in the
spirit. Praying in tongues, groaning in the spirit and sometimes
prophetic prayers. The benefits of praying in the spirit are (1).
Result oriented prayer. Because it is the Spirit that gives the
language, it usually yields the desired result. This is probably what
James called the effectual fervent prayer in James 5:16. (2).
Sometimes we don't know how to pray or how to present an issue to God
well enough. The Holy Spirit helps us to do this better in tongues or
groanings. (3). Sometimes we have burdens we cannot explain. Certain
burdens are impressed on us, but we don't know what it is all about.
We are not omnisciene, but the Spirit is and he helps us to pray the
burden through. (4). Praying in tongues is exploring into the
mysteries of God. 1 Cor. 14:1-2. It is a doorway into the supernatural
of God. It helps us to build our spirits, edify ourselves for better.
It helps our spiritual gifts to develop for signs and wonders in and
out of church. (5). Praying in the spirit births the will of God in
our spirits. It is the fastest way to discover purpose and visions in
life. (6). Self-edification - we become empowered and charged up
spiritually for greater exploits. (7). You cannot pray amis. (8).
Hotline to God or a better way of communication to God. (9). For rest
and refreshing. Isa. 28:11-12, Heb. 3:7-4:1-3. Praying long in tongues
brings some spiritual refreshing to our spirits souls and bodies.
(10). Means of drawing out water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah
12:3. Jesus spoke about the rivers of living water out of our belly in
John 7:38. Praying in the spirit is the means to fulfill these
scriptures. Inside you is the well of healing, prosperity, deliverance
and all that is associated with the salvation experience. You draw
them out for your good and the good of others by praying in tongues.

LEVELS OF DEPT: Psalm 42:7. "Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of
thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me."
Praying in tongues brings an overwhelming experience in the spirits
realm. Ezek. 47:1-10. THE ANKLE EXPERIENCE: verse 3, This is a shallow
experience in tongue talking. THE KNEES EXPERIENCE: verse 4, A better
experience than the shallow, but not enough for exploits. THE LOINS
EXPERIENCE: verse 4, This is better than both the ankle and knees, but
still not enough for a great exploit. THE BILLOWS EXPERIENCE: verse 5,
Water to swim in, a river that cannot be passed over. This is the
deepest experience. This is an experience no one can walk. This an
experience you enter and be at the mercy of the torrent. A total take
over. A level of self-sufficiency in the things of the spirit. This is
the very purpose of God for us. We can get there by praying so long in
tongues. Paul described it as being consistently filled with the
Spirit. See Eph. 5:18,19.

CONCLUSION:
we can achieve the billow level of experience with God by simply
cooperating with the Holy Spirit and allow him to take us deep into
praying in tongues. In Eph. 5:18,19, Paul encouraged us to be filled
again and again with the Spirit, "speaking to yourselves in psalms,
and hymns, and spiritual songs." Don't forbid to pray in
understanding, but pray more in the spirit (tongues). As you do this
on a regular basis, your life will be transformed. It will surprise
you what God will do in your life and through you. This work is a
life-time experience. Enter into a new realm of prayer life without
struggle. Practice, and practice and keep practicing untill you are
there. God bless you.

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WHY YOU MUST FORGIVE

WHY YOU MUST FORGIVE

Forgiveness is not optional...
Mark 11:25-26. "And when you stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught
against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you
your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses." See also Matt 18:15-35.
Forgiveness is not a choice, but a command from the Lord that must be
obeyed. Only wise people see it as God's instructional command. God,
our Father has forgiven us so much more offences than anybody can ever
wrong us. We should be true children of his kingdom by forgiving any
wrong that anybody might have done to us no matter the degree of wrong
and the number of times.

CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FORGIVING: 1. Your sins or wrongs against God will
also not be forgiven. Mark 11:26.
2. Danger of eternal doom: if God does not forgive you your sins, you
will be in danger of hell fire.
3. Danger of torments even now. This means to be imprisoned. Torment
is in the range of many vices: sickness, bondages to Satanic
influences, oppressions, lack, delays etc. See Matt. 18:34-35.

Be wise, obey God and forgive. Pray for those who have done you any
wrong. Confront peacefully, lovingly and lowly everyone who has hurt
you in any way. As you do, God will heal every wound and deliver you
from the scares of oppressions, sickness and doom. God bless you.
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EFFECTS OF WAITING ON THE LORD

THE EFFECTS OF WAITING ON THE LORD
A search-light on the Eagle

INTRODUCTION: Exodus 19:4. "You have seen what I did unto the
Egyptians, and how I BARE YOU ON EAGLES' WINGS, and brought you unto
myself". The eagle is a very special creature with very special
characteristics, features and qualities. It has a unique lifestyle
that makes it stand out among all other birds and creatures of God.
There are four special creatures of God that are unique and different
from others. Their unequal uniqueness make them appear throughout the
bible. They are MAN, LION. OX and EAGLE. Ezek. 1:4-10. The eagle
possesses divine abilities. It is a-god-bird. In this teaching we
shall see why God said, in Isaiah 40:31 "But they that waite upon the
LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as
eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not
faint".

Mounting up!
Isaiah 40:28-31. "Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard that the
everlasting God, the LORD, the creator of the ends of the earth
fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his
understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no
might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be
weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that waite upon
the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS
EAGLES, they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not
faint." 

Every creeping plant is weak and feeble and liable to fall
without the aid of a strong plant. They fall and creep on the ground,
and people trample upon them and they eventually die with a short life
span. They don't excel. But when they creep up and wind themselves
around a stronger plant or tree, they become as strong as that plant.
This is the simple picture of what it means to waite on the Lord.
Believers are weak, feeble and spiritually inactive untill they can
learn to wind themselves round God the Creator, Faint not, Strong,
full of immeasurable understanding and limitless power. Every step you
take to stay as close to God as possible is the step of waiting on the
Lord. Waiting on the Lord is a painstaking effort that will demand
your time, energy and substance. Your consistent prayers and feasting
and diligent study of the word are steps to renewing your strength. The outward man is destroyed, but the inward man is renewed. All effects
of waiting on the Lord can be seen in the next part as we throw a
search light on the eagle. Come with me...

Search light on the eagle

NATURE AND QUALITIES OF THE EAGLE: Isaiah 40:31. "But they that waite
upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk,
and not faint." This declaration is probably one of the most important
statements in the bible. We understand from the above passage that our
waiting on the Lord will produce in us the same effective nature and
abilities the eagle possesses. To fully appreciate and understand this
verse, we need to understand the life, nature, qualities and
characters of the eagle. This I sum up to NATURE AND QUALITIES OF THE
EAGLE...

1. RENEWAL ABILITY: Psalm 103:5. "Who satisfieth thy mouth with good
things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." The eagle has
the ability to renew his strength for a better mounting power. How
does he do this? Micha 1:16. "Make thee BALD, AND POLL thee for thy
delicate children; ENLARGE THY BALDNESS AS THE EAGLE;..." There are
two words in this scripture that explain how the eagle renew strength:
BALD and POLL. The eagle balds or removes feathers and wings by flying
from one end of the rock to another, smashing itself violently on the
rock and using also its beak, until all old feathers and wings are
copletely pulled out of its body. It waites on the rock without any
activity and during the period grows new wings and feathers and a
renewed eagle emerges again. POLL in Hebrew is GAZAZ which means to
cut off, shave and cut down. During this process the eagle becomes
bloody, pulling out the old wings and feathers. This experience is not
palatable, but the eagle must go through it to renew strength. As
believers, we need to painstakingly waite n God denying ourselves of
comforts and stay away in the closeth with fasting and prayers and
digging deep into the rich resources of God and taking in his valuable
word which is able to build us up and renew us for greater exploits.
This what Psalm 103:5 says. WHO SATISFIETH THY MOUTH WITH GOOD THINGS,
SO THAT THY YOUTH IS RENDWED AS THE EAGLES.

2. MOUNTING POWER AND INEXHAUSTIBLE STRENGTH: Exodus 19:4. "You have
seen what I did unto the Egyptians and how I brought you ON EAGLES'
WINGS, and brought you unto myself." God himself appreciates the
inexhaustible strength and power of the wings of the eagle. God
compared the ability that brought Israel out of Egypt to eagle's
wings. This is surely what happens to believers when they waite on the
Lord. They exchange their weaknesses with God's unequal strength.
God's strength becomes ours. No more weakness. We receive new strength
for each day of every step of our spiritual journey.

3. SWIFTNESS: Deut. 28:49. "The LORD shall bring a nation against
thee from far, from the end of the earth, AS SWIFT AS THE EAGLE
FLIETH..." 2 Sam. 1:23. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in
their lives, ... they were SWIFTER THAN EAGLES, they were stronger
than lions." Jer. 4:13. "Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his
chariots shall be as a whirl wind: his horses are SWIFTER THAN
EAGLES..." To be swift means to be quick, spirited and be of great
speed. "They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not
faint." We faint and become less spirited when we don't learn from
time to time to waite on God. The work of our hands becomes a drag and
frustrated for lack of spirigtual energy. Elijah out ran the horses
and chariot of Ahab because he was swift. He had been waiting on the
Lord on Mount Carmel. When we waite on God, we receive divine spreed
to accomplish greater things in lesser time. 1 Kings 18:41-46.

4. POWER OF VISION: Job 39:29. "From thence she seeketh the prey, and
her EYES BEHOLD AFAR OFF." The eagle possesses the ability to see very
far. It has a sharp focus. No other creature has as much power of
vision as the eagle. People usually metaphorically refer to somebody
with sharp focus as having the 'eye of an eagle' or having 'eagle-eye'
Hab. 2:1-2. "I will STAND UPON MY WATCH, AND SET ME UPON THE TOWER,
AND WILL WATCH TO SEE what he will say unto me,... And the Lord
answered me, and said, write the VISION, and make it plain upon
tables; that he may run that readeth it." Certainly, there is no
better way to see our personal future, than to waite on the Lord.
Habakkuk says 'I will stand upon my watch.' This is waiting on the
Lord.
When we waite on God, we enter into the realm of God's supernatural
ability to see. Please see 2 Cor. 3 the entire chapter.

5. POWER OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING: Job 39:26,27. "Doth the hawk
(with the nature of eagle) fly by thy WISDOM and stretch her wings
toward the south? Doth the EAGLE mount up at thy COMMAND, and make her
nest on high?" ... Prov. 30:18-19. "There be thre things which are too
WONDERFUL for me, yea, four which I KNOW NOT: THE WAY OF AN EAGLE IN
THE AIR,..." The eagle does not mount and soar without a wisdom and
understanding. The bible calls it WISDOM and COMMAND. The wise man in
proverbs 30:18-19 commended the soaring ability of an eagle in the
air. He calls this strange.
The eagle mounts up with a particular wind (wisdom). Every kind of
wind blows, but the eagle recognizes the particular wind for mounting
and soaring. This is wisdom and understanding. The eagle soars in the
power of this wind effortlessly. When we waite on God, we receive the
wisdom and understanding to do things better and with less efforts.

6. HEIGHT OF DWELLING: Job 39:28. "She dwelleth and abideth on the
rock, UPON THE CRAG OF THE ROCK, AND THE STRONG PLACE." ... Jer.
49:16. "... O thou that dwellest in the CLEFTS OF THE ROCK, that
holdest the HEIGHT OF THE HILL; though thou shouldest make thy nest as
HIGH AS THE EAGLE, ..." Obad. 1:4. "Though thou exalt thyself as the
EAGLE,..." .. The above scriptures are considered in relative term
with our study, and the negative aspect is not our potion. The eagle
dwells habitually at a height that no other creatures of God can.
Whenever we waite on the Lord, we operate at and from a very high
spiritual frequency. We habitually dwell there. We no longer dwell and
operate from a common height and with the crowd: we stand out. We
dwell in God's presence and operate from there.

7. HEIGHT OF FLIGHT - Toward heaven: Prov. 23:5. "... They fly away
as an EAGLE TOWARD HEAVEN. The word flight means ministry or service
or get engaged in kingdom work. It is believed that the eagle survives
a height of flight at the realm of the Concord Jets. No other creature
can survive the pressure existing there but the eagle. The eagle soars
above every storm and takes total dominance. This is what we achieve
when we consistently waite on God. We dominate every storm and survive
the toughest of height as we serve. We do exploits and reign in life.
Please come with me for more insight on the eagle.

8. RAVENOUS BIRD - DEVOURING POWER: Job 9:26. "They pass away as the
swift ship: AS THE EAGLE THAT HASTETH TO THE PREY." Job . 39:30b "...
Where the slain are, there is she." Isaiah 46:11. "Calling a RAVENOUS
BIRD from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far
country." Hab. 1:8. "... they shall fly as the EAGLE THAT HASTETH TO
EAT." Matt. 24:28. "For wheresoever the CARCASE IS, THERE THE EAGLES
BE GATHERED TOGETHER." The above passages describe the devouring
ability of the eagle. When we waite on the Lord, we receive the
strength to devour our enemies. We become very formidable against the
devil and his kingdom. The powers of darkness simply become meat for
us.

9. ABUNDANT SUPPLY: Job 39:29-30. "From thence she SEEKETH HE PREY
and her eyes behold afar off. Her YOUNG ONES ALSO SUCK UP BLOOD: AND
WHERE THE SLAIN ARE, THERE IS SHE." The eagle and the offspring never
lacks. The eagle is able to sight it's supply from a far distance and
go for it without fail. The eagle eats fresh meat in abundant supply.
This is the life of any believer who waites on the Lord.

10. MODEM OF GOD'S TEACHING AND TRAINING TO MATURITY: Deut. 32:11-12.
"AS AN EAGLE STIRRETH UP HER NEST, FLUTTERETH OVER HER YOUNG,
SPREADETH ABROAD HER WINGS, TAKETH THEM, BEARETH THEM ON HER WINGS: SO
THE LORD ALONE DID LEAD HIM, AND THERE WAS NO STRANGE GOD WITH HIM."
The scripture above describes some of the uniqueness of the eagle in
dealing with her offspring. The bible actually compare this with the
way God deals with his people. The eagle has a nest of protection over
the eaglets to shield them from discomforts. But for the eaglets to
grow into maturity like the eagle and learn to mount up and soar, the
eagle STIRS UP the nest to expose the young to teaching and training.
She begins to spread her wings to show the young ones how to fly. She
makes them spread their wings like her and before they crash for lack
of expertise, she swoops down and pick them on her back with her
wings. The eagle continues this process untill the eaglets learn to
fly like the parent. The eagle has to expose the eaglets to a certain
level of discomforts, but never forsake them until they grow to
maturity. Sir, Humphry Davy gave an illustration on this thus: "I once
saw a very interesting sight above the crags of Ben Nevis. Two parent
eagles were teaching their offsprings, two young
birds, the maneuvers of flight. They began by rising from the top of
the mountain in the eye of the sun. It was about mid-day, and bright
for climate. They at first made small circles, and the young birds
imitated them. They paused on their wings, waiting till they have made
their flight, and then took a second and larger gyration, always
rising toward the sun, and enlarging their circle of flight so as to
make a gradually ascending spiral. The young ones still and slowly
followed, apparently flying better as they mounted; and they continued
this sublime exercise, always rising till they become mere points in
the air, and the young ones were lost, and afterwards their parents,
to our aching sight,"

Conclusion

EAGLE-BELIEVERS: Like the eagle, God teaches, trains, protects and
guides us to maturity. We may not really enjoy some of the ways God
will train us. Some of his trainings will expose us to some
discomforts. This training will eventually produce God in us. Like the
eaglets can mount up like the parent after training, we also can do
what our Father does. Our waiting on God is a means of training. It
will produce God's nature in us. We can further train others by the
training we have received from him.
We are eagle believers. To live up to this reality, we ought to
understand who we trully are. We must make time out of no time to
develop our nature through a life-stile of waiting on the Lord. Many
nations understand the uniqueness of the eagle and that is why some
engrave the eagle on their flags, currency, military and law
enforcement garments as national symbol. National associations, clubs
and political parties are named after eagle. God does not intend that
we should live our lives less than his expectations for us. Don't
forget that "...They that waite upon the LORD shall renew their
strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run,
and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Thank you for
reading, I hope you have been blessed.
~ END

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STEPS TO ABUNDANT HARVEST

Genesis 8:22. While the earth remaineth, seed time and
harvest,...Shall not cease.
Gal. 6:7. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.
Harvests are commanded by seed sowing. Let no one think of receiving
any without sowing. It is good to pray because it's another kind of
seed sowing.To keep praying for financial harvest without sowing
financially is trying to break the principle of sowing and reaping.

FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR ABUNDANT HARVEST: Hosea 10:12 Sow to
yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow
GROUND: for it is TIME to seek the LORD, till he come and RAIN
righteousness upon you. There are four basic principles we can draw
out of the above passage:
SOWING OF THE SEED, THE GROUND FOR THE SEED, RAIN OVER THE SEED and
TIME OR SEASON OR OPPORTUNITY TO SOW

1. THE SEED SOWN:
A seed is an integral part of a substance that has the potent power to
produce more of that substance if it is properly and carefully sown.
Gen 1:11-12. Every seed is liable to reproduce abundantly if it can
pass the following tests:
i. QUALITY TEST: Quality is the worth of the seed. Psalm 126:6 He that
goeth forth and weepeth, bearing PRECIOUS SEED, shall doubtless come
again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. The quality of
the seed sown determines the quality of the harvest reaped. The widow
of Zarephath gave Elijah aquality seed. She gave of the only seed left
for her and her son to eat and DIE. She actually laid her life down
when she gave to Elijah first. She had more than enough for her, her
son and Elijah allthrough the rest of the famine years. See 1 Kings
17:8-12. Jesus commended the widow who gave all her last earnings.
Though they were just two mites, but she was judged to be the best
giver. See Mark 12:41-44.
Isaac sowed in the land of Gerar, but in the time of famine. This was
a precious or quality seed. It could have been eaten to sustain the
family during the crucial time of famine. No wonder, he reaped
ahundred-fold harvest the same year! The quality of your seed
determines the quality of your harvest.
ii. QUANTITY OR MEASURE TEST: Luke6:38. Give, and it shall be given
unto you. GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, and SHAKEN TOGETHER, and RUNNING
OVER, shall men give unto your bosom. For with the same measure that
ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. 2 Cor. 9:6 But this
I say, He which soweth SPARINGLY shall reap also SPARINGLY; and he
which soweth BOUNTIFULLY shall reap also BOUNTIFULLY. In Luke 6:38,
there are four different measures of giving which will produce equal
measures of harvest. This does not mean that one will receive the same
measure or amount sown, but the harvest will be proportionate to the
measure of seed sown. A good measure will produce good harvest. A
pressed down measure will produce better harvest than good. Harvest is
measured to you according to the measure of the seed sown.
iii. SOURCE OF THE SEED TEST: A bad seed will produce bad or no
harvest at all. There are cursed seeds. Cain gave to the Lord cursed
seed from a cursed ground. See Gen 4.There are corrupt seeds. Mal 2:3
and Matt 7:17. The kind of seed in your hand will determine the kind
of harvest you get. A stolen fortune given as a seed will bring no
good harvest or none at all. Whenever we give bad seed we forfeit our
harvests.

2. THE GROUNDS FOR THE SEED: Every good seed requires a good ground to
produce harvest. In Matth 13:3, Jesus gave a parable of the sower. The
seeds in the hand of the sower were good seeds because they were the
seeds of the kingdom of God. The grounds were the variables: WAY SIDE,
STONY GROUNDS THORNY GROUNDS and GOOD GROUND. Only the seed that fell
on good ground brought forth harvest according to the measure
received. I will like to discuss two types of grounds relative to this
study. THE SOWER GROUND and RECEIVER GROUND.

i. THE SOWER GROUND: Hosea 10:12. I said, plant the good seed of
righteousness, and you will harvest a crop of love. Plow up the hard
ground of your HEART, for now it is time to seek the Lord... (NLT)
Jere. 4:1-4. Let us see verses 3 and 4. ''Thus saith the LORD to the
men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not
among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the LORD and TAKE AWAY THE
FORESKINS OF YOUR HEART, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of
Jerusalem... because of the evil of your doings. 2 Cor. 9:7 Every man
according as he purposeth IN HIS HEART, so let him give; not
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a CHEERFUL GIVER''.

In Hosea 10:12, God told Israel to breakup the fallow grounds. A
fallow ground is a ground not adequately prepared to receive seed. A
hard, thorn and thistle-filled ground. NLT Bible call it THE HARD
GROUND OF YOUR HEART In Jer 4:3,4, and 2 Cor 9:7, we clearlly
understand that the ground God is talking about is the ground of the
HEART. Your heart is the first ground for your seed. It's the most
important ground. The state of your heart when you sow will determine
to a greater extent the harvest. You can't reap a good harvest if you
sow with a grudging, envious, unforgiving and lack of penitent heart,
though your seed may be good: your heart corrupts your seed. Paul said
God loveth a cheerful giver The motive of your heart when sowing will
influence or affect your harvest.

5 BASIC THINGS TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE GROUND OF THE HEART:
a. Give motivated by love from your heart.
b. Give cheerfully.
c. Give and expect a miracle: Prov 23:18, Prov 24:14. Your expectation
shall not be cut off.
d. Make God the source of your harvest.
e. Consider the seed sown dead. Untill the seed you sow dies, it never
brings forth harvest. John 12:24. Verily, Verily, I say unto you,
Except a corn of wheat falls into the ground and DIE, it abideth
alone: but if it DIE, it bringeth forth much fruit. This statement is
true, not only with a corn seed, but with any kind of seed. Every seed
must be alive to qualify for sowing and must be dead to bring harvest.
If you sow a seed (financial for instance), don't attach yourself to
the seed. Whatever is done with it should not be your concern. Your
concern should be how to get your harvest. When you give out something
and expect the receiver to use it according to how you desire, you are
wrong. You still attach yourself to the seed like the owner. To you,
that seed is not yet dead. You may naturally be aggravated when you
discover that the seed you gave out and expect the receiver to use in
a particular way has been miss-used or given out to someone else. Your
anger may be an indication that you still hold on to the seed despite
that you have sown it. A farmer does not in any way go back to the
earth to see what the earth is doing with the seed he has committed to
the earth otherwise he won't get any harvest. Believers loose thier
harvest because they become concerned with how the church use their
money because they are the givers and not because they are sincerely
concerned. Jesus said your seed must be dead to bring it's harvest.
Every seed must be alive for sowing and must be dead after sowing to
produce much harvest. Don't attach yourself to any seed you have sown.
That seed is no longer yours: only the harvest is. This is a mystery
about sowing and reaping. I hope and pray that you understand the
point I am giving here.

ii. THE RECEIVER GROUND:
The second type of ground is the receiver ground.These may be God,
Prophets, Parents, Widows, The poor, Brethren and The Needies.The
harvest each of these grounds produce differs respectively. I am not
about taking each of these grounds one after the other. My prayer is
that God will lead you to sow appropriately.

3. OPEN HEAVENS OR RAIN:
This is the third principle for abundant harvest. Remember that we are
discussing the principles for abundant harvest. We have four principles
in our focus. We have discussed two, which are THE SEED SOWN and THE
GROUNDS FOR THE SEED. Open heavens is synonymous to Rain. Hosea 10:12
... it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and RAIN righteousness
upon you. Joel 2:23-24. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice
in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the FORMER RAIN moderately,
and he will cause to come down for you the RAIN, the FORMER RAIN, and
the LATTER RAIN in the first month. And the floors shall be full of
WHEAT, and the VAT shall overflow with WINE and OIL. James 5:7. Be
patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the
husbandman waiteth for the precious FRUIT OF THE EARTH, and hath long
patience for it, untill he receive the EARLY AND LATTER RAIN. The
scriptures above indicate the importance of rain oropen heavens in
seed sowing and harvest. As
the physical rain is vital for physical harvest, so is spiritual rain
for spiritual harvest. There can be no harvest without rain or open
heavens.

RAIN FROM ABOVE - OPEN HEAVENS: Isaiah 55:10. For as the rain cometh
down, and the snow from HEAVEN, and returneth not thither, but watereth
the earth, and maketh it BRING FORTH and BUD, that it may give seed to
the sower, and bread to the eater:... WHAT IS OPEN HEAVENS AND HOW DO I
EXPERIENCE IT? James 5:17-18. Elias was a man subject to like passion
as we are, and HE PRAYED EARNESTLY that it might not rain: and it
rained not on the earth by a space of three years and six months. And
HE PRAYED AGAIN and THE HEAVEN GAVE RAIN and THE EARTH BROUGHT FORTH HER
FRUIT. Open heavens occur when the people of God develop a passionate
quest and hunger for God. 2 Chro. 7:13-14. If I shut up heaven that
there be no RAIN,... If my people, which are called by my name, shall
HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY, and SEEK MY FACE, and TURN FROM THEIR WICKED
WAYS; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins, and
HEAL THEIR LAND. Hosea 10:12 says after you have sown your seed, call
upon the Lord till he come and rain his
blessing on you. Open heaven is a rain of heavenly blessings onthe
earth. It is the greatest secrete to abundant harvest.
The promise of open heavens in Joel 2:23-28, was fulfilled in Acts 2
when theApostles gathered together in the upper room, waiting for the
promise of God's heavenly rain. The scripture, from verse 2. Says And
suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled the house where they were sitting. Peter stood up to
preach and in that single day, three thousand souls were saved
(harvest). The opening of heavens. And the outpouring of that heavenly
rain (Spirit of God), brought an endless harvest to the kingdom of God.
The fame of the Apostles went abroad. Many were brought to Christ
daily. The church grew and multiplied in geometric progression. This is
what happens when the heavens open: abundant harvest. Closed heavens
renders the seeds (efforts) fruitless. Our continual and persistence
prayer provokes a speedy harvest of our seed.

4. THE SEASON OR TIME OR OPPORTUNITY:
This is the last but not the least of the principles under discussion.
Hosea 10:12. ... it is TIME to seek the Lord... Gen. 8:22 While the
earth remaineth, SEED TIME and HARVEST...shall not cease. Eccl. 3:2 A
time to be born, and a time to die; A TIME TO PLANT, and TIME TO PLUCK
UP THAT WHICH IS PLANTED. There is time for everything under the heaven.
The above passages clearly indicates that there is time to sow. Every
farmer has and understand thes owing season. Season, time
and opportunity are the same. God usually presents opportunity for us
to sow seeds. They may not be the most likely opportunity for us, but we
must be sensitive to it. Eccl. 8:5 says Whoso keepeth the commandment
shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both TIME
and judgement. A wise man is able to discern the opportunity to sow and
to act accordingly, though it may not be an appealing opportunity. Men
and women who sowed during the time of famine and lack reaped
great harvest. Though it was not a likely time to sow, but their actions
brought them unusual harvest. In Gen. 26:12, Isaac sowed in Gerer during
the time of famine and lack and he reaped a hundred fold harvest
the same year. In 1 Kings 17:8-12, the widow sowed into the life of the
man of God during the time of famine and lack of the last seed in her
house and she and Elijah and her son were sustained through out
the remaining years of famine. Eccl. 9:11 says time and chances
always present themselves to men. Eccl 11:4 says he that regards the
wind will not sow. The wise man encouraged us to sow all the time when
opportunity presents itself. Please read the entire chapter of Eccl.
11.

THE WAITING PERIOD:

"...Till he come and rain righteousness upon you". Hosea 10:12e.

"Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waitheth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath LONG PATIENCE for IT, UNTIL HE RECEIVE THE EARLY AND LATTER RAIN. " James 5:7.

Mark 4:26-28 KJV

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Hebrews 6:12 KJV

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Hebrews 10:36 KJV

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Ecclesiastes 11:1 KJV

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

All the scriptures above show that there is a waiting period between when seeds are shown and when harvest comes. We must respect this. 

It takes both faith and patience to receive from the Lord. 

Remember that impatience can make you cancel your harvest by saying whatever contradicts faith. 

Prayer: May you receive the grace to work these principles. May they
pass from the realm of knowledge to practical steps for you. May you
enjoy the dividend of walking in these principles. May your steps
transcend into life-giving testimonies in Jesus name.

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A CHRISTIAN

A CHRISTIAN

A MESSAGE FROM A FRIEND:
Several years ago, a preacher from out-of-state accepted a call to a church in Houston Texas, USA. Some weeks after he arrived, he had an occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally given him a quarter too much change. As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, 'You'd better give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it.' Then he thought, 'Oh, forget it, it's only a quarter. Who would worry about this little amount? Anyway, the bus company gets too much fare; they will never miss it. Accept it as a 'gift from God' and keep quiet.' When his stop came, he paused shortly at the door and then he handed the quarter to the driver and said, 'Here, you gave me too much change.' The driver, with a smile, replied, 'Aren't you the new preacher in town? ''Yes' he replied. 'Well, I have been thinking a lot lately about going somewhere to worship. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much change.
I'llsee you at church on Sunday.'

When the preacher stepped off of the bus, he literally grabbed the nearest light pole, held on, and said, 'Oh God, I almost sold your Son for a quarter.' Our lives are the only Bible some people will ever read. This is a scary example of how much people watch us as Christians, and will put us to the test! Always be on guard -- and remember – You carry the name of Christ on your shoulders when you call yourself 'Christian.'

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

I'm glad a friend forwarded this to me as a reminder. So, I choose to forward it to you - my friends. God bless you!
I hope you are having a wonderful day!
If you don't pass this on to anybody, nothing bad will happen; but, if you do, you will have ministered to someone.
The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will not PROTECT you.

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