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In life you come across many people at different times and places. It is therefore important to learn how to value and treat people you meet well.The Bible gives many accounts where God used men as agents of help to others. The value you place on people determines how they respond to you and howContinue reading “Value people and treat them well”

The extreme desire for material things has caused many people to become greedy in life. Greed is an overwhelming urge to have more of something, usually more than you really need. The Bible says, “Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look toContinue reading “Don’t be greedy”

No one who has ever looked up unto God has been put to shame. God has proven to us that we can depend on him to have all our needs met. To look up to God is to trust and depend on him. Never find it difficult to trust God in the face of adversity.Continue reading “They look up to him.”

Not only do you have to guard your heart as a Christian but also your mind. You must guard your mind against wrong thoughts and ideas that comes to you in the course of life. A thought is an idea, plan or a picture that is formed in your mind, or something that invokes thinking.Continue reading “Guard your mind”

No one can undermine the importance of talking. We relate with people and do most of our interactions verbally, which is talking.Nonetheless, if our talking is not guided by wisdom it will bring some negative unintended consequences or even result in conflict and confusion. That’s why the Bible teaches on how we ought to talk.“Wherefore,Continue reading “Don’t rush to talk”

There are things that are worth keeping or preserving in life. As the Apostle Paul said, “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient”… (1 Corinthians 6:12).It is therefore important to know that some things are valuable and they demand your full attention in other for you to preserve them forContinue reading “What you preserve, you enjoy.”

There is a time for everything in life. Time to be awake and time to sleep but it’s important you find a balance for each. Enjoy too much sleep and you will soon become a bedfellow with poverty and frustrations. It is written of Jesus that, he would always get up “a great while beforeContinue reading “Love not sleep”

Obedience is key when you want to excel in your walk with God. As a matter of fact, you can’t do much as a Christian when you are not obedient to the Lord. Following Lord demands absolute obedience to his word, plans and purpose for your life. Obedience to God will always set you onContinue reading “Be obedient to the Lord”

Aside following the voice of the Spirit, another way to be vigilant as a Christian is to pray constantly or consistently. Thus, the caution from the Bible “pray always without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Mathew 26:41 quoted the Lord’s word this way “Watch and pray”. Meaning that, believers must be on guard and pray. ItContinue reading “Be vigilant by being prayerful!”

The above opening text shows how by the spirit, Paul knew that a journey they were about to take will lead to disaster. Although Paul was on the ship as a prisoner to face trial in Rome for preaching, his spirit man was still connected to God to the extent that he could hear whatContinue reading “Be vigilant by following the voice of the Spirit!”