Success Principles 3

Sunday 3 April
READ: I Cor.2:9-14
MORE LESSON: Rom.8:14-16

There are at least five success principles from the Scripture passage you have just read.
1) God has prepared things for those who love Him.
2) The natural eyes, the human ears and the undiscerning heart cannot comprehend them.
3) Although the human sense organs cannot identify them, God who prepared them reveals them.
4) God reveals them through His Spirit who has the capability to search those things out.
5) We also have received that Spirit who can search out those things God has in stock for us and reveal them to us.
If you must succeed in life, relate with these truths. Your destiny is not void; there are things prepared by God for you. You are so precious to God that He sat in Heaven and devoted time to prepare THINGS for your life and destiny. These things He has prepared are beyond human comprehension. This is one of the reasons I believe that satan may try as much as he can, but he will not be able to steal my allocation from God, because he cannot comprehend my lot. No wonder the psalmist says: The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yes I have a good heritage: Psa.16:6.
The reason why men look down on you now is because their eyes, ears and hearts cannot fathom the things that God has created for you. Unfortunately, many people look down on themselves because they cannot see anything unique about their lives. Some even contemplate suicide because they see only a bleak future. The issue is that you are what you see of yourself. If you want to succeed in life, begin to see yourself in the light of the Spirit of God. If you can see it, there will be comprehensive strength to pursue. This is what is called VISION: men who have vision are those who see what God has prepared for them. The degree or level of anyone’s success is ruled by the vision he sees. Begin to see the things God has prepared for you today, and like one with a wild fire burning in their bones, you will do exploits.
You will never be able to develop a sound vision except you engage the Holy Spirit who knows the mind of God and can search out what He has allocated for your destiny. Many people believe so much in themselves and the capacity of their brain. Unfortunately, where the human capacity ends is where the wisdom of the Holy Spirit starts, Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1Cor. 1:20 (NKJV). If you really want to succeed, seek after the true fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Then you will ride on the eagle’s wings to greater height in life.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, open my eyes of understanding to comprehend what You have in stock for me in life.
* Father, cause me to catch a vision for my life and grant me power to run with it.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
This month, every power assigned to mess up my consecration and destiny shall be utterly destroyed by fire, in the name of Jesus.

Success Principles 2

Saturday 2 April
READ: Eccl. 9:10-11
MORE LESSON: Gen. 26:1-4

Although all men are created with the seed of success vested in them, not all men succeed. Success in life is governed by principles and ordinances. No one succeeds overnight without following these principles though some people believe in working hard to succeed. While it is true that lazy people do not succeed, you must also know that success is not all about hard work. You don't succeed because you are wise, clever, strong or brave. The scriptural passage (Eccl. 9:11) says men succeed by reason of “time and chance”; you succeed because you are at the right place and the right time.
This brings us to a very crucial issue. How can a man be at the right place and at the right time? There is a power that orders the footsteps of men to be at the right place and the right time to harvest opportunities. That force is the voice of God.
1. Listen and hear the voice of the Lord before taking life decisions, before taking steps into any venture or before you launch into the deep. Carefully study the following scriptures in your spare time, and you will be amazed how the fathers of faith succeeded because they listened to and heard the voice of God (Gen.26:1-4; Josh.1:1-3, Exo. 3:3-8, Lk.5:1-11, 1Sam.30:7-8, Eph.5:17, Psa. 32:8-9). You may note from these scriptures that the persons mentioned therein sought God and heard Him before taking steps. This was one of the greatest secrets of their success. Isaac was on his way to Egypt that he might take advantage of the Nile River to water his livestock and probably practise irrigated agriculture. What he embarked upon was the natural tendency of a fast thinking person. But God said to stay in Gerar, and God blessed him and the man waxed great. The voice of God will deliver you from personal labour and toiling all night.
2. Allow God to lead you, and remain under His leadership (Psa. 16:7-8; John 15:10-14). When the branch of a tree breaks off from its main stem, it dries up in a matter of days. A stream that is severed from its source flows away and dries up. Jesus said that without Him you can do nothing. You can choose to end your countless failures today if Jesus can be all in all in your life.
3. Develop a personal and functional altar with the Lord. Learn to go back to God again and again. Report back and learn the next way forward. You must maintain continuous link with the One who knows and understands all in order to succeed in a progressive manner.
You succeed in life because God causes you to succeed. You can only enter into great opportunities if God remembers you and grants you favour before Him and men. If you continue to stay in Jesus, seeking Him first in all you do, you will surely succeed in your ventures.

Prayer/Action
* LORD, let me hear Your voice every day of my life, in Jesus’ name
* I denounce every voice that is not of God that is speaking loud over my destiny.
* Father, draw me nearer, nearer to Thee (make this your song for the day).

PROPHETIC PRAYER
This month and all through the year, I shut down the mouth of everything that swallows up destiny, in the name mighty of Jesus.

Success Principles 1

Friday 1 April
READ: Gen. 1:26-28
MORE LESSON: Psa. 1:1-6

Every human being is created to succeed in life; nobody has been created to fail. You may have seen a thousand and one people struggle to succeed without positive results, or you may have personal experiences of struggling and failing several times. Your knowledge and experience notwithstanding, you were created and fashioned to experience true success in life.
The reason why I am so sure of this is because the first statement God uttered to man when He created him reads thus, Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth: Gen. 1:28. The first voice man ever heard was the voice of God and the words he heard were those of blessing. You may note from this passage that the man was blessed by God and empowered by a proclamation to go and succeed in life. The man was ordained to be fruitful, multiply, rule the earth, utilise and manage the resources of the earth (the elements of the air, land and water) to his profit, have dominion over these elements, replenish the earth, make it a vibrant, viable and a worthy place to live in. If you accept the doctrine that all humans (including you) proceed from Adam; that you were created after his image and likeness, then believe also that you share in the blessing that God proclaimed upon him at creation. If you also accept the doctrine that all men became sinners because of Adam's sin (Rom. 5:19a) and that Christ Jesus is the second (spiritual) Adam by which all who believe in His name are reconciled to God, then it should not be difficult to accept that what Adam was and the blessings he carried before he fell have been restored to all who now confess Jesus as LORD and Saviour.
Believe that you are a carrier of blessing. You have the capability to be fruitful; you carry the potential to multiply anything in your hand. The earth and the fullness thereof are at your disposal to explore. Every element of the earth can respond to you. Believe what is written: whatsoever you do shall prosper (Psalm1:3).
The only thing you need to do to guarantee this is to be a true Christian. True Christians don't walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor do they stand in the path of sinners. They don't sit in the seat of the scornful. Anyone who does these things opens doors for an enemy to eat up his destiny. Do you want to succeed now and always? Delight yourself in the law of the LORD. Meditate on His Word always, and you will see the seed of success planted in you, from creation, germinate, bud, blossom and bear fruit effortlessly.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, I believe that I carry the gene of the blessed Adam.
* I denounce unbelief and the voice of doubt; I confess that I am destined to succeed in life.
* LORD, help me to live the true Christian life, in Jesus’ name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father in heaven, the giver of all good gifts; thank You for the good gift of the month of April, in the name of Jesus.

Beautiful Feet

Thursday 31 March
READ: Isa. 52: 7
MORE LESSON: Mal 3:18

God will do exceptional things for those that work for Him that He will not do for anyone else. God is not partial and He is not a respecter of persons but it is also important to know that every person doesn't carry equal weight with God. There are those that, by the reason of dedication of their lives to serving God, have a special slot with Him.
When a man is dedicated to soul winning; either by his effort, life or resources, God has a special place for such a person. One of the ways you can sign up to become one of God's favourite is to dedicate your life, energy and resources towards winning souls for Him and expanding His kingdom. Isaiah 52:7 says, How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! God is committed to beautifying, not just the feet, but the entire life of those that are committed to advancing the gospel. The Bible says, The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise: Prov 11:30. There is so much wisdom in dedicating your life to publishing the gospel because it is the surest way of securing your life. For example, a man that dedicates a great part of his income to sponsoring the advancement of the Kingdom can be sure of Prov 11:30 being fulfilled in his life, that no matter how sour the economy turns, he will never lose his source of income. This is because God's kingdom will suffer a loss if such a man loses; and God's kingdom can never lose, so the man must always increase.
When you are committed to the gospel, you enjoy divine immunity. In this generation where God is looking for men that will serve Him and everyone is busy pursuing his own agenda, when you make yourself available for Him, He will rather a whole nation be destroyed than your life be touched. This is why the gospel is part of the armour of the believer, And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace: Eph 6:15. It secures your feet so that you cannot be removed.
It is time for you to dedicate your life to advancing the gospel because God has vowed to make a demarcation between those that serve Him and those that don't (Mal. 3: 18).
Do not be deceived by those preaching vain grace; if God has to choose between doing something for one who works for Him and the one who just takes His grace and does nothing for the Kingdom, He will choose the one who works for Him. If He needs to secure the life of one that is committed to Him at the expense of one that is not, He will not hesitate.
Service is a key to divine blessings, go serve God now in any capacity.

Prayer/Action
* Father, let my service and zeal for Your household attract Your covenant of preservation as Phinehas.
* Father, lead me to someone who needs the gospel today, in Jesus’ name.
* Jesus, help my life today to advance the gospel everywhere I go.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, thank you, as I see the end of this month, so shall I see the end of every pain that manifested in the month, in the mighty name of Jesus.