DROPS OF GOODNESS

Everyday brings us an opportunity to drop in goodness in the life of another. You don't have to know that person, you don't have to be familiar or hail from same state but out of the fold of God's goodness to you, let someone have a feel of it. Be it in your words, smile ,gift, talent, even your intent because even when what you desire to give isn't available God see's your heart and makes provision for it.
Your drop of goodness means a fountain to another. Whatever you can do to put a smile on someone's face is a drop of goodness. That drop of goodness is beyond the material gift but a life that changes after an encounter and a touch from your drop of goodness.
There is no reward without sacrifice. Your drop can create a fountain for someone, make it count. Imagine the lives you would have touched at the end of the day. Don't waste that drop when it can be someone's fountain. Having streams of goodness starts with you giving a drops of goodness.

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IT IS DONE

God has already done it, yours is to believe. He already spoke and still speaking  yours is to obey. Jesus has already been given as the greatest sacrifice undeserved by us and he is faithful to say and do but you have a sacrifice and a part to play, because your flesh keeps saying nay over what God would have you do. Do you  trust your fleshy self more than you trust God? Because each time you talk in complain and frustration that is what it means. Flesh trust equals to unbelief. 
God didn't just do, he has done it and all he brings is for an appointed time. You want,but note; that God gives you the needed. If you look back at everything you never wanted to happen or never liked that happened, you will realise that they were exactly what you needed to become what God wants you to be. Look at times you thought you would never make it to the next phase, but see how you came out stronger and better.
God puts you on the path you're on so as to refine you in the process where purpose is discovered and lived. Don't direct the absence of want to saying God has stopped loving me rather tell God to open your eyes to see things his way. God has given yours is to believe and receive, walking in his path. All is readily available in Christ ,trust him for the path he has put you on.

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BEYOND THE FEARS

When fear set's in, it isn't because you are incapable but it stands as an hindrance to stop you from being all that you can be. What the devil is fighting against is your miracle, your next level by bringing up something that will make you loose it. Because when you are unable to reach your desired destiny there is every tendency for one to feel frustrated.
That fear devils sows in you whenever you want to takes great steps and giant strides as led, comes in form of excuses,bringing things that speaks impossible. This is the point where you have to heighten faith because the antidote to fear is greater faith, a believe in the one who made and whose purpose you live for,and believe in your. Fear is a seed that saps strength and tries to make your faith waver but you have to know that your strength is limitless in the possibilities of Christ. So whenever you feel incapable know that you carry limitless ability that is in Christ. Until you go beyond that fear you may never know how much you can thrive and how far you can go. A step beyond is a step into a new level and a greater capacity .
If you must move from the point you are then learn to pay zero attention to fear. Excuses towards greatness are symptoms of fear. Channel your energy towards a positive mental attitude and a yes I can spirit. Success is overcoming your fear and taking giant steps regardless. You don't live by fear but by faith.

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TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT

The confidence we have when we share issues/problem with people seems very amazing sometimes. If same confidence were channelled to trusting God there will less disappointment. How much you believe God, shows how often and how best you see him as your confidant. Isn't it time to lean on God instead of seeking comfort in another who can fail. Don't let the things that you feel people can offer make you trust/believe God less, don't let it reduce your fellowship with the father because 'Woe is he whose confidence is in man'. True God will use men and has promise to give men for/to us,but let him be one to do it because 'the heart of the king is in his hand' don't maneuver your way through.
Where your worries start is shows the point of where your experience with God stops because your previous experience with God either by a miracle or an encounter open your heart to believing God more. Truth is we call him by who he is/has been to us. You have to reach that  place where you see God as the Almighty.Don't try to calculate time for God. He did it at this time last time so you are waiting for that exact time again. Just open your heart to him. How you see God or to the point to which you know him doesn't change God from who he is neither does it affect him, but it affects you as a person because the way you view things will be shallow compared to what he has for you. You get to do things outside his will because you can't reach him beyond what you see.
It is time to build a closer walk with God, talk to him more, don't just see him as God but as your God. It is a personal race, so a personal day to day encounter has it's effect in your spiritual growth and experience. He says cast all your cares on me, I will take over it.Talk to God as a father, strengthen your relationship with him. Make him your number one. Don't feel man dependent, or self made. For you are who are by the grace of God.

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VICTORY OVER THE BATTLES OF THE MIND

The battle of the mind is the deepest anyone can fight, yet the greatest won. You conquered before it started. You conquered even before it started, you know why?  Because the victory of Jesus on the cross made you a conqueror. But the question is, do you know who are or you just let yourself wallow in sorrow into depression. Forgetting that we are not like them that hath no hope for our hope is in Christ. We are taken through different challenges but it ends up weighing on our minds. But this and that person seem to be OK outside what happened in the blink of an eye. See every phase as a grow through and just a go through. You see, In that period when the devil tries to knock you out using the weapon of the mind, you overcome not by how much of self you can thrive, but the consciousness of the power of Christ in you and the knowledge of what you carry inside.
See you have the control over what tries to get you out through your mind, yes you do by grace through faith. The best way to stay winning is to feed your mind with God's word,get into the reality that God has showed you and told you. Listen, everything that came as a challenge was a potential miracle and the moment you don't give up or let the thoughts from your mind make the wreck of you, you come out as Gold.
Be conscious of the seeds you let grow in your mind. You were not created to live in defeat, fear or unnecessary pressure of your mind. Stay alert in the spirit, don't give cognizance to what the devil wants you to see, lay hold to God and see him  realer than the thoughts that tried to chock your mind and do not be ignorant of the devil's devices. It is not by your power to fight, it takes the supernatural to emerge as a conqueror. You are way more than a thousand pit falls, your future holds so much in the glorious riches of Christ. Christ in you,the hope of glory.

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A CHARGE

You are better than a past, better than just a wish, better than a story told to pass time. Yes you are relevant bought with a high price, a supernatural being who got God living inside. You don't pass for a toy in the hand of the devil, Jesus has given you dominion by His blood. He didn't die so you can continue to suffer. You live in the riches of his grace and glory. Do you really know or understand that your life is in Christ the king. It is both limitless and secured. Never trade it for something that will last a single note. What he doesn't give don't try to get yourself,else you'll get your hands burnt in the same, haven't you heard that he is the Lamb and yet the lion.
Don't take his grace for granted, don't joke with his mercies. Many are called but try to be among the few chosen. It is not by how much you try on your own but his spirit that empowers you alone to be more.
Seek for rewards that are eternally secure not just the gain of the wild world. When you know where your treasure lies, you will know what your heart says about God and everything else involved. Get on the charge and refuse to sell your worth for nought.

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RESHAPE

Don't accept whatever you see as fate, when you have been called to live by faith. Your life can't be lived by just anything, get dissatisfied with whatever negates God's word for you or outside the purpose of God for your life. Discontinue whatever infuse negative vibes and thoughts to your mind. Be contented ,but contend that negativity that tries to sit on your destiny. Make friends,but don't familiarize yourself with the wrong influence that drains your mind of productivity. Apply what you know, but don't get comfortable with the success of the knowledge applied, seek for more. Talking about the dreams doesn't replace praying,having faith and working towards it. They say life isn't a bed of roses, but you can be the rose that people beg to provide a bed for you on a platter of gold. 

How much essence can your life be told without Christ. It seems fun to go all out without a blink about the fear of God in your heart but it's all crazy in the end. Have you thought of who stays with you through the bend, it is God! With his word that comforts you. Stay with Him while he sets your life on the incline. It couldn't be you facing the world without his grace else you fail. Trust God, for still he remains without change nor fail. He's got the best plan for a better you.

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WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART FOR GOD ?

Your heart is a place that has alot to do with your communion with God. What is in your heart shows the depth and extent of your love for God. Your heart is a temple, where you build the father and son relationship with God and a bond of fellowship. Your heart matters to God, and comes first with him. For out of the abundance of your heart your words and actions are formed. Beyond what your heart wants from God, does it yearn for God. Most times our hearts becomes so filled with the desires for need/wants that it doesn't give a place for spiritual communion with God.
Beyond the asking there is a place of seeking, and it is way pass things that are just about you but a heart given to God, to know him more, love him  and a more closer walk with him. In doing this you're aligning yourself with God. Where is the treasure of your heart laid up, won't you rather lay it up in the place where it can yield eternal reward. A heart for God is something you must desire and yearn after. Desire a fellowship with God, with all of your heart and you will see him with all his might.
When God look way pass the physical into your heart what does he see. What has dominated your heart, so much that the only time you come to God is to get something from him. God is not a part time God, he is a father that wants an eternal relationship with his children. Staying with God start from your heart.Don't be lost in thoughts be lost in God. Move from just getting from God to yearning for him, that's how you stay relevant for the kingdom.

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THE I SAID IT SYNDROME

Each time you make the present/future suffer for the pain of the past, you will keep reliving round the circle. Don't assume it will be the same because the situation seem to be similar with what you saw and use to know. The reason why your new year resolution  keeps being about the same thing at the same spot is because you just relived the past year by making the present suffer for what used to be.
The 'I said it syndrome' simply means I already know this will be the turn out since this situation is similar to my last experience. Similar situation doesn't equal to similar outcome. How about a different strategy at your end and see how things turn out. Don't just give up and say 'I said it' without striving till the end. Don't just write a new resolution, renew your mind in alignment with the new.
Stop assuming things before you see the outcome, see to it till the end, with a positive mindset, different strategy and more enthusiasm. No one was born to fail. Let your expectation be of positive result, even for any reason you want to reminisce on the past ,let it be to give yourself a drive to be better and with a different strategy.
Keep off the 'I said it syndrome ' your thoughts are powerful enough to affect your outcome. Stop seeing things with the eyes of yesterday and a mindset to fail. Faith see's the invincible with a positive  mindset, no matter what has been or is happening see what God says. The new experience aligns with a new mindset and a positive enthusiasm regardless. Appreciate your process without self pity or seeing yourself as a victim. Say no to the - I said it syndrome.

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REBUILD AND REFIRE

Why make your thoughts of the outgoing year about unpleasant things and regrets, thinking of things that you would have done, when you can actually put this time to good use as you look forward to things you can do better. Making extensive changes and improvement.
There is more to you than the experiences you've had. All hope is not lost because hope is not things but in Christ. A broken spirit/heart drieth the bones. It kills the drive in you, it is time to let the devil know that your life is not controlled or determined by circumstances because there is the greater purpose for your life. Hand over that feeling of brokeness to God. You thought it was over but it is just the beginning.
No man is tagged a failure until you stop trying. You get better by each step you take. There is a beam of light shining through, set your heart to it with the spirit of "Yes I can" . Nothing can stop you except you, for with God all things are possible. You are possible!

NOTE: Until God is the picture you see, you may keep playing life victim instead of living in victory.

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SET THE STANDARD AND LIVE THE DREAM

Living your life on chance, is a risk and a potential dream terminator. There will always be a tendency to get distracted, because if the devil can't convince you not to dream and from dreaming big, he looks for a way to distract you from it.
It is important to set the standard and know what you want for yourself, your life will be lived being tossed around. Live your life intentionally.  You need no human approval to live that dream. The quality of how you live out your dream reflects in your day to day life. Your background doesn't/shouldn't determine the level  of standard set or the quality of life envisioned. Set the standards bearing in mind that the plan of God for you are limitless. Break pass the status quo, keep raising the bar. Set the standards, be a goal getter. Be unapologetic about the standard of life you want to live. Not everyone will agree with you about it  but know that the ones who are for you and God has assigned to you will definitely come by strong supporting you every step of the way. Let people be the ones to adjust to your standards. It's ok to be different in a good way. Keep dreaming big and living it big!

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GO AND GROW

Emerging from your past into your present with more of the future in view  that is growth. It is not just about the size, height but the evolving  of your being, capacity,mindset and a greater drive. You can't grow if you keep on holding on to yesterday's offenses and differences.
There will always be a scar after you heal from that hurt but don't let the memories hunt you for too long-grow! You are not a victim of life, you are just in the process of time that leads to a great destination-grow! Don't live your life for a make believe, you just have one person to please and that is Christ the King-grow! Let go of the complexity of how you make life seem and how others make you see life to be-grow! Don't let the devil steal your joy, for he gives nothing in return-grow! The things you desire are not in yesterday but far better are stored in the future view-grow! You were given the privilege of today so your life can make a better statement than it did yesterday-grow! It is time you stop dragging yesteryears into the new year-grow! It is a new dawn!

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BE MOVED WITH COMPASSION

There is a difference between pity and compassion. When you pity, it most times doesn't move you to help, you could be burdened, sorrowful and the next minute you're over it. But when you are moved with compassion there is a compelling urge within you without an external force to lend a helping hand. You see it as a duty to be an help meet even without being asked . The Bible says be compassionate one to another. Don't just pity and talk about it be moved with compassion. Someone need's a soothing for that pain.
With a compassionate heart you come with passion to be of help and a blessing. A compassionate heart will choose love over hate. Being compassionate is a Christ-like nature that should flow through you seeing a fellow human in a tough state and discomfort. You're moved to be an help meet, not to brag or show off but from a heart of love. Compassionate Compassionately looks beyond the age, class, status, position, titles, race and even differences.
When you talk about it and make it a topic for discussion that is negating the Christlike nature/principle. You should see a need to raise your voice in your secret place not just for yourself but others. Your compassion towards others is a positive attraction to draw souls closer to God. It is manifesting the Christlike nature. Let others see Jesus in you ,so they can know Jesus through you that is the ultimate goal of a compassionate heart. Christ is the center of a compassionate heart. It is selfless. Don't just pity, shaking your head and saying it is well when God has made you a tool to restore hope.

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START ACTUALIZING IT

When God gives you an idea,vision, concept it is because he has a purpose he wants you to fulfill by actualizing it. Most times at a specific time and also to bless lives because what God gives is beyond selfish reason and desire. Which always/most time involves a period/time quality for it. It is very important that you make that move when God is telling you to.When you feel that drive in your spirit pay attention to it. It is certain someone somewhere needs what you have at that time,it is possible that's a solution for a nation, with God it is evident that the life of future generation will be transformed by it. Don't be so focused on material things that you're unable to see the greater worth of ideas in you. What is needed becomes the new whether it's been heard or used when God is the one giving you direction. So go ahead and be that solution before it becomes outdated. God gave you that idea/vision/concept for a particular reason at a particular season. When you say yes Lord,  back it up with action. Strictly and promptly obeying the voice of God, keeps you up to date beyond the dates, but you must be ready to go as he leads.
Someone need's your voice, that word, that idea, concept and God is saying spread it out so I can fill you with more. Empty yourself so that there can be a fresh infilling. Being too mechanical or organised in the natural sense can deprive you of spiritual sensitivity. Follow the rhythm of the spirit. The ultimate permission lies in the hands of the Almighty God. Start taking those steps and make up your mind to do better.

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YOUR ROCK YOUR STAND

There is a favourite song that is sang by most of us, which says "On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand"... But in sincerity their stand have shifted and now sinking with with the sand because anything outside Christ and doesn't have Christ as the focus is the sinking sand.
When you declare Christ as your stand, it means you believe in Him, you stay focused on him and you are confident in His power that is able to save you through every phase. The moment you begin to think that your money, influence, fame can get you through without God in it, it is am evidence that your believe has shifted, your focus changed and your stand on a sandy ground. This sandy ground has brought such people into confusion, uncertainty and for some reason no matter what they have they deem unsatisfied. The question here is, is Christ still your rock? Do you still diligently seek Him?  Is he still your first love or have gotten so familiar with him that you feel you can do anything at your will. Ate you still burning for him. You know those things you have and see as your god/stand can rock you on for a while but know this they will not keep you standing eternally. Christ is the only solid rock, when other ground sinks he keeps you standing.
There may be bumps along the way, it may get narrow as you go in the way of Christ, friends may even leave you but so far Christ is your rock, you're not alone. Be sure to get through victoriously. Won't you rather take your stand in the rock that is eternal, secure and sure than the things that are temporary and sinking. Check your stand today is it on Christ the solid rock or the rock of the sandy world. It is a costly risk to think that you can substitute the resource for the source. If you are not stand on solid rock (Christ)  you are not standing at all. It's time to take a stand!

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CALLED TO RAISE

As children of God, we are armies called to raise others . "Arise shine for the light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon  you"(Isaiah 60:1). Our voices are tools that should never be silent. Our voices are to lift up the name of the Lord in every place and to every people. You have been called out of darkness into His marvellous light. As we raise the banner of Christ, the light shines and there is a rising. You can't be a light to the gentiles and stay in same radar with them. There is a purpose why you have been called out.
Understanding your primary kingdom responsibility to lead others to Christ and live for His glory is very important. You've been called out stop trying to blend in. Isaiah 2:2  says "It shall happen in the last day that the house of the Lord shall be established and shall be exalted above the hills and nations shall flow to it". Reading further to verse 3 you will see that there is an assignment God wants you to fulfill,those that we're privilege to know God led others to Him. The house of the Lord is not just the building it is you and I, that have been called. It says nations shall flow into the mountain, you have been established spiritually and set as a city upon a hill. There is a reason why God made you a light and gown you with His glory, the question is what are you doing to add to the kingdom?  There is a kingdom purpose for your life. Your rising is to raise others. Your life is not ordinary. God took you from the crowd strategically so you can become a godly influence. The center of attraction is not you, it is God. Don't go back to where God took you from, rather keep rising as you raise souls for the kingdom of God.

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PRESSING ONWARD

Yes the year is rounding up but hey!  Your life hasn't come to an end. I know you had it rough and tough, with so many things in view, plans, project and much more that you couldn't even start,talk more of finish. My dear friend, God hasn't concluded on you why conclude on yourself. The reign of your heavenly father hasn't ended and will never end. He is with you in this.
You should be pressing onward. Why not start from now and see how you can make the coming year better, putting God first than you ever did. Maybe check your motive for desiring that next level, will it add to kingdom, does it align with God. This word is for someone who is about going into some kind of depression, the Joy of the Lord is your strength. Begin to see God in the picture as he alters your perception and your reality to see things His way.
It may not have come at the time you desired it but it will come at the time you need it best, that is God's time. It is not a time to sit pitifully but to press onward. Look at the drawing board of your life, which is the promise God has given you and release your faith to it,as you meditate on what you desire to see and not what you see. Press onward and move from the norm, be thankful for those things even though you haven't gotten them physically. The best are stored in the things you are yet to see. Press onward, God has something in store for you that needs no one's permission to bring it to pass. There are far more greater things in view. Press onward and step higher.

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REACHING FOR YOUR INNER STRENGTH

There will always be that point in ones life where it seems like you hit a rock and you scarcely find the strength to go on. A point where you can hardly take a step for yourself, weighed down with a certain feeling of can I still make it. What you need to reach for is the inner strength,that one thing that beckons hope.
Though it may even seem hard to smile at some point but stop and think upon those things God has spoken concerning you, the word of life that brings light of a bright and better future to mind. Focus your mind on positivity and not the worst things you've encountered. Everything on the outside may be the opposite of what you desire to see, but hold on to that raw gold within set to birth a greater significance.
The source of your inner strength is God. He has put His spirit within you, He is the fountain of refreshing spring you can always draw from. At those times when it seems hard to do anything let your spirit connect to God, draw from the depth of His overflowing joy that gives strength. The true strength of a person is within, not on the outward things but the depth of the fountain. God has placed within everyone of us a rare substance. You must not loose touch of your innerself . You must constantly look within you reminding yourself of who you are and what you carry. No passing through is bigger than what you carry on the inside.

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THE SPIRIT OF THANKS

We often feel that, the only time we should be thankful is when something significant happens in our lives and most time this significance is attributed to material things. But here is the interesting thing everyday renewed in mercy ,hope,grace and love deserve more thanks. When some other persons singular request is if only I could see the end of this year, and here you are having that privilege with good health. That alone is a hundred and one reasons to be thankful.
Being thankful to God should be a lifestyle with nothing conditioned to it. Appreciation changes your perception and lifts your spirit. The devil uses the trick of ungrateful spirit to drag people in the swarm of sorrow. A thankful heart doesn't have a reason to drown in self pity because for every other reason life shows you to be ungrateful you have many more reason to be thankful.
You can't be thankful and stay down,there will always be a stir and an overflowing joy that causes you to rise as you think upon all God has done for you and even those he is yet to do because God is faithful. Releasing yourself to thankfulness unveils the truth of God's faithfulness. Think back on those times you thought you will never make it but hey you did and you're still standing. Until you've been invaded with the spirit of thanks you may not understand the value for your living. When you appreciate God ,everything around you appreciates. Don't be fixed on ungratefulness, shift your focus on thankfulness. Anything and everything you have is grace sponsored paid with a precious price. Your life is not ordinary,be thankful !

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THE TIDES WILL TURN

In the midst of the boisterous storm and the sound of the deepest waves. There is one whose voice is thunderous yet calms the raging storm. The waves and the billows bow to Him. His voice reaches out to you saying  I am the captain of this ship, I control the current because I am ever present, this tide will turn for it hears and obeys my voice.
You see the challenges but I,God am about to bring change in the tides for your favour. It may not look like what you hope for but I will bring you into the peace beyond what you can think of. I am still God in all season, I will bring you into your new season. This tide will turn!

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