Leadership and sovereignty by cliff ochieng

Leadership is a capacity to lead to be in charge or in charge of.

Biblically leader is a person of character and competent helping us achieve honouring to God by the help of the Lord.

When you start focusing on a loving God who's given everything & stop focusing on what seems to be going wrong, you will see breakthrough.
Sovereignty =»» of having supreme powers and authority.
No person can prevent God's power to serving the purpose
Isaiah 46:9-16
Psalms 115:3
God is in heaven and does whatever he please.
1 John 3:7
1 Samuel 8:1-9

Prayers and fasting

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>»A prayer is intercourse with God.

>»Fasting is a way of abstaining
willful for the nature pressures for the purpose of spiritual being .

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Categories of fasting

1.Proclaimed fast
2.Personal fasting

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Important/essence of prayers

1.Turns situations around
2.Praying for intercession
3.Thank God
4.Service to God
5.Before making any decisions .
6.It enable communication to God

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Essence of fasting
1.A sign of humility
»Daniel 10:  (like Daniel and David )
2.Fasting brings comfort in heart
»2 Corinthians 3: (like Jehoshaphat)
3.Show of commitment to your salvation (in the case of Paul).
4.For your encounter with God (like Cornelius).
5.Chasten your soul
» Isaiah 58:8

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Consideration during fasting

1.Concentrate/focus on your fasting.
2.Break your heart for the Lord likes to fellowship with a broken and a contrite heart. Be blameless
3.Put any garment of righteous satisfy your fasting.
4.Be keep with your site and what your vision takes you. Be keen with what is happening around you.
5.Follow up your prayers
»1st Peter 4:
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GOD HAS EVERY ANSWER FOR OUR PRAYERS

Here's your word for today:

*Jeremiah 17:9-10*

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it ?

"I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."

*Reflections on Today's Scripture:*

Jesus told us that what is in our heart ultimately works its way out into our activities.

The great wise man told us to guard our heart because it is the spring well of our life.

Jeremiah wants us to know that God knows our heart.

We want to stress the importance of what goes into our hearts because it really makes a difference in what goes on inside our heart.

Invite the Lord in to what you *do, think, read, watch,* and *hear* and ask Him to remove those things that are not worthy of your time and interest.

*PRAYER:*

Righteous Father, please help me guard my heart and be wise enough not to place things into it that would rob it of its devotion to you.

I want to be pure through and through.

Please search me and help me remove everything that would steal my devotion from you and ruin my influence with others.

Through Jesus I pray,

*AMEN.*
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*Blessed Day and Week Ahead !*

Relationship Entanglements and soul ties

Entanglement are difficulty and complicated unbreakable relationship

Soul ties - attachment to, read John 2 -becoming one
Linkage of souls together in emotions wills and feelings together . Genesis 3: bone of my bone and fresh of my fresh

Two visions brings division  in relationships.

There are types of ungodly: souls ties:
Adultery
Fornication
Bestiality
Lesbianism
Homosexuality
Rituals

Soul ties comes about through:
Sexual
Close relationships
Vows and commitments

Positive Impacts of soul ties :
Ecc 4:9 -Two are better than one
Protection
There is warmth in a Godly relationship
In togetherness, great is the accomplishment.

Negative impacts of Soul ties:
Negative hatred
Fear rejection abuse
Negative thoughts
Attraction to idols

How to break soul ties :
God has ordained the right soul tie for everyone.
Repent of the sin. Soul tie can also be caused though music.
Get rid of gifts given in unholy relationship
Any rash vows renounce the soul tie in Jesus name. Proverbs 21:23
Words cancel words
Forgiveness to each other.

How to  cultivate for good relationships with freedom:
Don't be in a hesitate to getting into another relationship.

What does ushering entails??

=>Studying of the word must portray who you are...
=>Be equipped with the word that you can share... read the word that it may read to make you grow before sharing with that other person
=>Ushering grows to the outside the walls of the church
=>Be aware of good stewardship -entrusted with something that you manage it well as if it's yours.

Basics of ushering
*Arrive before service time begins.
*Prayer positions.
*Learn Ushering signals

(On YouTube watch ushering with a mission ...)

Colossians 3:17
Colossians 3:23_24

Do all in the name of Jesus...
Serve in sincerity of  heart and wholeheartedly....

Ushering involves guiding and leading ..

Ushers bring about order... and creating conducive environment for the rest of the people..
We should stand in gap for the rest.

Needs total humility as an usher for you to accommodate everyone.

Grace of God is pour in us to do the tasks of God.

Ushering is all about humbling, guiding and giving directions in the aspect of God.

Things that make ushering to be effective

*Be joyous => Be happy to make other happy too....

*Prayers =>To strengthen our inner self. Nehemiah acted as an usher in Nehemiah 1... You should take individual over watching others .he did seek God first. It's a weapon to use.
Prayers full of word...Be full of the word like Jesus ....

*Word of God .. 
It's our reference point => The bible

*Presentation => before men and before the Lord. Mathew 5:13 We are leaders... how we relate with members of the church affects others in connection with God during the services. We should act to the best we are the face of the church.

*SCISSORS COUPLES: 👫✂✂✂*

I needed to use the scissors this morning and as I finished with it, I looked at it carefully and I saw that, the scissors models an ideal couple.
_ Let's see some lessons every couple should learn from the scissors so that we can become better couples & build enviable homes._

*LESSON 1:*
_The scissors is always in pairs and that's where its usefulness is. Once you see one part and the other part is not there, it is useless no matter how beautiful it is._
The effectiveness of every marriage is lost when couples are not together. Separation and divorce destroy the effectiveness and usefulness of every marriage. Remember, 'united we stand, divided we fall'. Separation is not only when you separate physically & you are no longer living together. There are many couples who are together under the same roof but are spiritually, emotionally, sexually, financially, socially, etc separated. Are you sure you and your spouse are not separated in one of these ways?

*LESSON 2:*
_The togetherness of scissors is not automatic. There is a small bolt or pin that fix the scissors together in the middle._
In the same vein, if couples must be bounded together like this scissors, there must be 'bolts' that must fix and wed them together that will make them inseparable. Some of the 'bolts' are:
√The presence of God
√ openness& trust
√ Unity
√ Healthy & joyful sex life
√ family vision
√ good family finance
√ hot family altar, etc.
I tried separating this scissors this morning, but the pin was so deep into it that it was not easy for me to separate them.

*LESSON 3:*
_The scissors is useless except someone holds it._
Couples can't be effective except they allow God to hold them and use them to achieve their marital destiny. No family is really useless. It is either you are positively useful and that happens when it is God holding the two of you. You will be negatively useful when it is the devil holding the two of you. The devil can hold the two of you and use you to destroy each other, and destroy the future of your children and even destroy your eternity. Ask yourself as couples. Who is holding us and holding our family?

*LESSON 4:*
_Each pair of the scissors has a sharp part and a dull part. The face is sharp while the back is dull._
In the same vein, each couple has his/ her area of strengths and weaknesses. Your spouse is not empty. Though you might see the 'dull part' of your spouse, but if you want your marriage to accomplish its purpose; you must recognize the 'sharp part' of your spouse. You also must display your 'sharp part' (strengths). Don't just display your 'dull part'. That destroys marriage fast!.

*LESSON 5:*
_Synergy in working: The pairs must come together before it can cut whatever you want to use it to cut. Each pair will bring its sharpness and join it with the sharpness of the other and cutting will be done easily and smoothly._
In like manner, synergy is the energy of any family. All this: my money, my car, my own, my thing, me, mine, myself syndromes will sap away the energy of your marriage.

_ your resources, money, connection, visions as couples, so as to give energy to your marriage to advance it to the next level. 'I'ness is the mother of illness in marriage while 'WE'ness is the mother of wellness of every marriage._

*You want energy for your marriage?, then go for synergy. Only 'SCISSORS COUPLES' are SERIOUS COUPLES.*

WHERE TO FIND HELP IN THE BIBLE

SALVATION
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Acts 16:31
Acts 4:12
Revelation 7:10
Psalm 27:1
Isaiah 12:2
Philipians 2:12
Romans 10:9
Titus       3:5
1 John 3:14
Ephesians 1:7

FORNICATION
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Colosians 3:5
1Thesalonians 4:3-4
1 Corinthians 16:13-18
Revelation 22:15

LAZINESS
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Proverbs 6:6-10
Proverbs  13:4
Proverbs  20:13
Proverbs   10:4
Proverbs  20:4

HOW TO PRAY
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Matthew 6:5-6
Mark 11:24
Job 8:5
Isaiah 51:1-4
1 Samuel 1:12-13
John 15:7

TEMPTATION
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James 1:2
2 peter 2:9
Matthew 4:3
1 Corinthians 10:13
Ephisians 6:13
Hebrews 2:18
Genesis 3:6
IDOLATRY
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Exodus 20:1-3
1 Corinthians 10:14
Leviticus 19:31
Deutronomy 27:15

THE LOVE OF MONEY
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1 Timothy 6:6-10
Hebrews 13:5
Leviticus 19:35
Hezekial 18:13
Proverbs 20:17

BAD COMPANY
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1 Corinthians 15:33
1 Corinthians 5:9
2 Corinthians 6:14-16
Exodus 23:1-2

HUMILITY
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James 4:10
Matthew 18:10
Luke 14:10
1 Peter 5:5-10
MIND YOUR DRESSING
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1 Peter 3:3-5
Deutronomy 22:5
1 Timothy 2:9-10
Isaiah  3:16-17
1 Corinthians 6:19-20
MARRIAGE
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Genesis 2:24
Romans  7:2
1 Timothy 3:12
Mark     10:9
Proverbs 18:22
Hebrews  13:4-6
Ephesians 5:22-31
1 Peter:3:7-8
JESUS'S SECOND COMING
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Luke 12:40
James 5:8-9
1 John 2:28
2 Corinthians 7:1
John 14:3
Revelation 3:11
Revelation 22:12
Revelation 16:15
Matthew 24:30
Matthew 16:27
Mark 8:38
1 John 3:23
FAITH
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Ephesians 2:8-9
Ephesians 6:16
Luke  17:5
1 peter 1:7
Romans 10:7
Galatians 5:6
Hebrews 11:1
James 1:3-6

REPENTANCE
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Proverbs 28:13
Proverbs 1:23
2 Chronicles 30:6
Ezekiel 18:31
Acts 17:30
Luke 18:13-14
Luke 13:3
Joel 2:12
Acts 2:38
Zephaniah 2:3

Habakkuk 2:14

*Habakkuk  2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.*

This is the Word the Holy Spirit has put in my heart to stand on for the rest of my life. I believe that the Bible is a book of prophecy, not a mere academic treatise, and that means come hell come high water all that's written therein must come to pass.

Recently, the Lord told me that the problem with the current church has been that instead of being led by the Holy Spirit, they lead the Holy Spirit. We want God to fit in our definitions of Him, thus we're creating God in our own image. This is a tragedy because the church has become a place of reproach because we have too many opinions rather than solutions for problems in the world.

This is the reason the glory of this latter house seems to be lesser, lighter and dimmer than that of the former. There's no glory apart from the Holy Ghost, and we need to be reminded that  it is not by might or by power, but by the Spirit of the LORD. Am looking forward to the days of healing shadows, handkerchiefs and aprons.

Beloved, let's cheer up, for the Words of the prophets are still alive waiting for us to step into them.
Blessings. 🤗

DO YOU HAVE THE MIND OF EXCELLENCE LIKE DANIEL

DANIEL 1:
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

2 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put in the treasure house of his god.

3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring in some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility-

4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.

5 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king's table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king's service.

6 Among these were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.

7 The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

8 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.

9 Now God had caused the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel,

10 but the official told Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you."

11 Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,

12 "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.

13 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see."

14 So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.

15 At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.

16 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.

17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.

18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

19 The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's service.

20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

21 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.

Be wise and learn to involve God

*Beauty* is not a guarantee to marriage .
*Falling sick* does not mean you are about to die.
*Getting rich* is not the definition of prosperity.
*Building a nice house* is not enjoying luxury.
*Sleeping on an expensive bed* does not bring you sound sleep.
*Driving a new car* is not a guarantee that you gonna reach where you are going.
*Wearing expensive clothes* does not guarantee smartness.
*Owning a family doctor* does not guarantee permanent health.
*Being highly educated* is not a sign of wisdom.
*Marrying a rich guy* does not guarantee happy marriage. *Winning an argument* does not mean that you were correct.
*Whatever is done without the merit of Heaven* is fake and temporal.
*He who builds without God* is building for nothing ;
and he who *watches over a city* without God, watches in vain. *Not everything is possible with men, yet everything is possible with God.*
*Be wise and learn to Involve God* in everything you do.
*GOD BLESS YOU*

*I Wish I Could Be a Brother Like That* _Doug Nichols_

Years ago in the Philippines, I heard a story of a man who parked his car in his office complex in downtown Manila. There was a street boy nearby and to pick up some money, the boy asked if he could watch (guard) the man’s car while he was in the office.

Several hours later, when the man came back to get his nice Mercedes, he paid the boy some loose change and, as he was getting in his car, the little street boy said, “Mister, you sure have a nice car.” The man was quite surprised that this boy had even spoken to him and said, “Well, thank you.” Then the little boy said, “Where did you get your car? Did somebody give it to you?” The man replied, “Well yes, somebody did give it to me. My brother gave it to me.”As he continued to get in the car, he expected the boy to say something like, “Oh, I wish I had a brother who would give me a nice car.” Instead, he heard the little boy say, “Your brother gave it to you? I wish I could be a brother like that.

The man was so amazed at the statement of the little boy, he asked, “Have you ever been in a nice car like this?” The little boy said, “No.” The man replied, “Well, get in. Let me give you a ride.” The boy jumped up in the front seat and as they drove down the road, the man had to roll down the windows because the little boy was so smelly.

The boy was so joyful and in awe that he said, “Sir, could we go get my little brother and give him a ride too?” The man said, “Tell me about your brother. Where is he?” The boy pointed at a poor slum area of Manila called Tondo. They drove there and parked and the man said, “Go get your brother and we will give him a ride.”

The little boy ran down a filthy alleyway and a few minutes later came back with his little brother on his back, as he was crippled! The man said, “So this is your little brother; what’s wrong with him?” as they put him up in the front seat. The little boy said, “He had an accident. He’s crippled and can’t walk.”

As they drove and talked, the man found out that the brother had a crippling accident and because his family was so poor, they could not get him the medical care he needed.

The businessman said, “Well, my brother is a doctor. Why don’t we go see him and find out what he can do for your little brother.” After the examination they found that after a simple operation, the boy would be able to walk again. The operation was performed and the little boy who could not walk, but had a brother who loved him, was able to walk again.

Why did all this happen? Simply because of the unselfishness of someone caring for someone else, rather than for himself. So, might we have the words on our lips, “I wish I could be a brother (or mother, father, sister, fellow worker) like that.”

In the words of the missionary, the Apostle Paul, “…regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3-4, nasb).

_Yes, “I wish I could be a brother like that_.”

Kindly receive this blessings

​​​Pray for what you want first, before you read.

Say "I believe it will come true". 3 times.

Then be silent, believe in God.

: Let me pray 4 u.        

(1) You will find favor with someone you dont expect,.........Amen.

(2) You will be too relevant to be ignored,.............Amen.

(3) You will encounter GOD and will never remain the same,..........Amen.      

(4) The grace for completion will come on you, you shall be blessed till the blessed call you blessed,...........Amen.  

My God is Good

This far I say thanks to the almighty God

I am who I am becauseof he who resides inside of me ..... The name of the Lord God be blessed .Thank you Jesus.

Amen.

OPEN YOUR MIND TO KNOWLEDGE .

OPEN YOUR MIND TO KNOWLEDGE . 

Thursday, October 5th . Pastor Chris  

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge (2 Peter 1:5). Knowledge in our opening verse is the Greek word, “gnosis,” which is scientific knowledge; knowledge based on science or intellectual activity. God wants you to have, not only revelation knowledge, but also knowledge about life and natural things of arts and science. He wants you to be versatile and open to knowledge. He wants you to be well informed. This doesn’t mean having a penchant for worldly information; rather, it means improving yourself, acquiring the right information that’ll build your personality. Most importantly, He wants you to build your knowledge of His Word. Anyone who ignores knowledge is setting up himself for the hard life. Hosea 4:6 says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…” (Hosea 4:6). The knowledge of God’s Word is what puts you over in life. Invest in it. Be sure to have a good study Bible, and other faith-building teachings in books and digital formats. Avail yourself the opportunity to learn something definite every day—something that’ll challenge, inspire, and cause you to be the best of you. Even now, in studying this devotional, knowledge is coming to you; open your mind to receive the teachings and instructions coming from the Spirit. Opening your mind to knowledge isn’t just about reading up every available topic in an unguarded manner; no! In reality, the Bible tells us that Jesus Christ is the embodiment of all wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2:3). If you open your heart to Him (the Word) in meditation, you’d be amazed how much knowledge would come to you. Also, having received the Holy Spirit, there’s a wealth of knowledge and wisdom in the recesses of your spirit, and all you have to do is activate them through meditation. Hallelujah!  

 

CONFESSION  

 

Christ is the embodiment of all wisdom and knowledge, and He lives in me. Therefore, there’s no limit to my knowledge. Through meditation, I dig deep into the recesses of my spirit, activating the wisdom and knowledge in me, for witty inventions, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. FURTHER STUDY: || Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; || || Colossians 2:2-3 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. || || 2 Peter 1:2-3 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: