Habits are very powerful things in our lives. Management expert Stephen Covey wrote a very popular book on the habits of successful people. In other words, he invariably made the case that success and failure are both simply a product of HABITS. What is a habit? A habit is an automatic pattern of behaviour in reaction to a specific situation, gotten through frequent repetition. In other words, whe... »
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States, once made a very profound statement. He said, “I believe the destiny of your generation – and your nation – is a rendezvous (the meeting place) with excellence. Deep… Is there really a connection between excellence and a great future? What is excellence anyway? Excellence is defined as the condition of achieving result... »
David Green’s story reads like something out of a fictional story. From a loan of $600, he has built up a business currently worth about $3 billion. Not only that, he is the LARGEST recorded individual benefactor to charismatic and Word of Faith (evangelical) churches worldwide. This article is culled from the October 8, 2012 issue of Forbes. Its original title was ‘David Green: The Bi... »
Hebrews 12:1 ¶ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us. There are many of us who would love to live our lives fully for God, but we have been held back by what the Bible calls ‘weights’. You see, when the devil se... »
Strive Masiyiwa, a committed Christian businessman, is currently one of the richest men in Africa. Here is what happened after he first tried to obtain a loan from a bank and was turned down. … the Bank Manager had turned me down for my first loan application. What was I to do next? In the Bible, a great king, told his son, “With all thy getting, get understanding.” One day I had... »
One of the greatest messages the Church needs to hear in this hour is that through the Lord Jesus Christ we possess the power to speak the irresistible Word of God with power and authority. Why did God give the Church this authority? So we could heap up riches and power for ourselves? NO! So we could set this world on fire with the news that Jesus Christ has come to seek and to save that which was... »
Mar 9:23 Jesus replied, “Why do you say ‘if you can’? ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS FAITH!” ANYTHING is possible for someone who has faith… Wow. This means “impossibility” is a word that came as a result of man’s inability to have faith! The mountains you see stopping you are not real. They are just a sign of our inability to believe. The... »
(This article is from a book by Kenneth Hagin, available for download on request). Faithfulness insures promotion. Consider what God did for Joseph because he stayed true. Yes, he was sold into captivity. Yes, he was put into prison. But God blessed him in Egypt. Ordinarily, a man would become bitter after spending years in prison. But because Joseph was faithful, God promoted him and made him pri... »
Prov 28:26 ¶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Walketh WISELY… wow. The Word tells us that Wisdom is the Word of God. The key to winning in life is in not listening to (trusting in) our feelings, no matter how badly we might feel something, but rather to ask ourselves, what does the Word of God say about this? … and act accor... »
How well we manage our time determines how our future would be. Michael LeBoeuf said ‘Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.’ Even the Bible says ‘Act like people with good sense and not like fools. These are evil times, so make every minute count.’ (Eph 5:15-16, CEV). Time is the most important re... »
