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By faith the people passed through the Red sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. (Hebrew 11:29) Your faith is what guarantees your access to your next level. Faith was the key that enabled the children of Israel to pass through the red sea on dry land. Whatever affects your faith, has successfully brought stagnation into your life. When your faith in God's word is intact, you don't need to worry about the devil and his activities. Faith puts you in charge. Notice Jesus conversation with His disciples in Luke 22:31-32, "and the Lord said, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as a wheat: But I have prayed for thee, THAT THY FAITH FALL NOT; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." Did you see that? The focus of Jesus was not in whatever the devil had desired to do but His focus was on the faith of Peter. If it can't affect your faith, then it can never disstabilize your lif...

And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD”. - Joshua 24:15 Joshua certainly understood how joyful it was to serve the LORD. So many do not understand the benefits of serving the LORD. Joshua refused to follow the opinions of the majority of the people but made it his personal decision to serve the Lord with his household. Serving the Lord has to be a personal decision you make with God. Even when others refuse to yield themselves to the work of God because of their ignorance of the blessings of service, you would joyfully make yourself a vessel that God can use at all times because you have understanding of God’s blessings. Few reasons why many do not serve the Lord: 1. They think they don’t have the time. 2. They will do it later. 3. T...

As the Scripture says, “If you want to enjoy life and wish to see good times, you must keep your tongue from speaking evil and stop telling lies.  -1 Peter 3:10 (GNT) A lot of people desire not only to have a successful life, but also to enjoy life, but the reality is this; only few adhere to the principles that would eventually lead to having an enjoyable and productive life. From our scriptural text, we understand that one of the keys that guarantee access to an enjoyable life is to keep our tongue from speaking evil and to stay away from lies. Your life moves in the direction of your words. If you don’t like where your life is headed, then it is time to examine what has been coming out of your mouth. Any man that cannot have control over his tongue, cannot have control over his life as well. Proverbs 6:2 NIV says, “you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth". A lot of people have been trapped by the words they said. The struggle and ...

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do accordingto all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. (Joshua 1:7) It takes courage to live a faith - filled life . Most people don't realize it, but it does! It takes courage to stand up in the face of sickness and declare you are healed by the stripes of Jesus. It takes courage to believe for prosperity and give your last dime to someone in obedience to God when financial challenges are starring at you in the face. Then, what is Courage? Courage is the ability to control your fear in a dangerous or difficult situation.  Then and then, God instructed Joshua ''be strong and very courageous'' the storms of life do not answer to the cowards, it answers to the courageous. The children of Israel for example thought their battles should be over when they crossed the Red Sea, so...