IT TAKES A FIGHTING SPIRIT TO ACHIEVE MUCH IN A SHORT TIME

IT takes a fighting spirit to achieve anything on this earth and also to achieve it quickly and on time. To achieve nothing, all you need is laziness and inactivity. 

1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life ...

Eternal life which is gotten in Christ Jesus requires a fight to keep. It is necessary to hold on to it or else the enemy may make you lose it. Laying hold on anything requires a struggle and a fight. To lay hold means “to cease”, “to catch” or “to take”. We are not in a fight to defeat the devil; that was Jesus' part to play and He played it well. We are in a fight to keep, to appropriate and to maximize our victory in Christ. Now we’ve got to work out that which we have already received in Christ Jesus. The fight is in working it out. There are many factors that can give the opponent an edge over you and those are the factors you need to beat.

Philippians 2:12

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

The Greek word "katergazomai" is the word translated, "to work out". It also means to "perform." The price for your freedom has been paid; now you've got to work it out. You've got to perform it. There's a part you need to play to ensure its manifestation. The part allotted to you is the faith part and that’s where the fight comes in, because many seemingly insignificant factors will arise but are quite powerful in their ability to ruin your life at the end of the day.

The opposition you will encounter in life is both spiritual and physical. You've got to brace up yourself for this fight of your life and fight with an unbreakable resolve to fulfill your purpose and take your place in destiny.

The Greek rendering of Philipians 2:12 defines “fight”, “agōnizomai”, as meaning: to struggle, to compete for a prize, to contend with an adversary or to endeavor to accomplish something, to labour fervently and to strive.

Apostle Paul told Timothy to fight for his faith, to contend for the faith that was once delivered over to him. You must fight to take down what kept your parents down.

You must fight to keep that which you have received of God for a great life on earth. The battle may not be your choice but the outcome is a choice you must make. What's fighting you is not fighting you for your past; it’s fighting you for your great future.

When Jesus came to the consciousness of His purpose, all hell broke loose. At age 12 in Luke 2:49, he said "Know you not that I must be about my father’s business?"

Fear came on hell's residence after this statement. They couldn't stand the fact that He knew that He came for business and that He was determined to face that strictly.

You need to awake to the business of your destiny. You are here on an assignment; you are here for a transaction. What have you got to sell? Bring it on! There's business to do. Do not say I have no capital for your capital is within you. There's something you are carrying inside you which the world needs to pay for. You carry the world’s solution to a problem and the world is willing to pay anything if you will let it out. That's where the fight is! It’s not that you are empty, but that you are too at ease to push forth your baby. 

It is said that a woman in labour is able to endure pain at an abnormally high level which the average man would not be able to survive. The question is: what makes the woman survive this level of pain? Concerning Jesus Christ, scripture says "for the joy that was set before Him, he endured the cross and despised the shame..." (Hebrews 12:2). Likewise, the expectant mother draws strength and is able to endure the pain of labour and child birth because of her hope of a beautiful child at delivery. Like Jesus, her baby is the joy that is set before her and her reason to stay alive through the process of labour.

Let your dream keep you alive. Draw energy from the future of your dream today, and it will amaze you how you'll pull through the present with its pain, shame and troubles.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, ...

Anytime you wake up to your purpose, everything starts fighting to stop you.

Apostle Paul says that we are in a wrestling match and we are more than conquerors in Christ.

There's a crown to wear. The crown is after the fight, not before the fight. If you must wear the crown, you must fight the fight. To get the crown, your faith must be kept. And to keep the faith, there is a good fight to fight and a course to finish!

 Life may want to cheat you but you've got to stand strong and fight back. Your spiritual hands has been trained to war.

Psalmist David said in;

Psalm 144:1 

Blessed be the Lord my strength,

which teacheth my hands to war,

and my fingers to fight…

You've been wired for the fights of your destiny. You will have to undo what your ancestors did to your parents and ancestral lineage. Nothing significant in life is effected without a strong fight. It takes a high fight to have a high flight.

LIFE IS A FIGHT! FIGHT IT!!

LIFE IS A FIGHT! FIGHT IT!!

Deuteronomy 2:24

Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

Life generally is a fight.  

It takes a fight to take a flight in this life. Fighters are flyers. 

You can't afford to be lethargic, tired, weak and lazy. You can't stop around here and talk about cucumber and garlic. 

There is a river Jordan to cross; a wall of Jericho to take down. 

There is a wilderness to navigate through before you enter into your promised land. 

Just like the children of Israel in the wilderness cried and preferred to return back to Egypt’s slavery because they missed eating cucumber and garlic. Many people are yet to come to terms with the fact that they need to leave the past behind them and move ahead. 

They fail to realise that the things behind them are tiny matters compared to what is before them. There is a fight before you to fight if you must become all you were created to be. 

My prayer for you, is that you will understand the fight of life and maximize your God-given power.

YOU ARE NOT A COWARD, YOUR VICTORY HAS BEEN DECIDED! FACE IT, FIGHT!!

Your portion in life is determined by your battles in life. You take possession by contention.

Deuteronomy 2:24

Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

The spirit of greatness is a fighting spirit. 

It takes a fighting spirit to stay over the battles that comes with purposeful living. 

The choice to live out your purpose in this life comes with more than enough opposition. 

Things you know about and circumstances you didn’t envisage will come up against you. 

People will rise up suddenly against you and what you are up for, the moment you decide to walk the path of your God-given purpose. 

Situations and incidences that could weaken your resolve and sap your energy and zeal will begin to show up around you. 

But you've got to be resolute and adamant, unbreakable and impenetrable. You need to imbibe the conduct of a purpose-driven person. 

You need to stand unshakable and resilient until your assignment in this life is accomplished. 

I see how some people play stubborness in the wrong places and over the wrong things, and yet chicken out when the real need for stubbornness shows up. This scenario is just like you being a good neighborhood street fighter which pays you nothing; instead of getting into the boxing or wrestling ring and using your God-given strength and love for fighting to make some money for yourself and for your loved ones. 

Take that fight to the right place; give your fighting ability to the right course. 

It is true that the Lord has promised you a glorious future but there are giants on the way to stop you. Defeating them and moving forward requires a fight of faith.

You have an appointed place by God in destiny, but it's not without confrontations.

There's more ahead of you to live for and fight to possess than there is that you've lost. A lot of people are locked up and trapped in their past failures and defeats. They have withdrawn into their shells and now live in the caves of fear and self pity, hoping that the world should come to an abrupt end. Unfortunately, things don't end when we experience failures and defeat. That’s why you've got to stand up, kit yourself up, break camp and cross over whatever your Arnon river or valley is. Fight it; fight him (whatever your it / him is, for we all have ours) and then take your possession

Deuteronomy 2:24 (God's Word Translation)

The LORD continued, "Now break camp. Cross the Arnon Valley. I'm going to hand King Sihon of Heshbon, the Amorite, over to you. Fight him, and take possession of his country.

It's time to break camp. Break camp from the things and people who limit your potentials. There is an Arnon valley to cross. King Sihon of Heshbon and his land will not be given into the hand of someone who is too nice and gentle to fight for the destiny he or she believes for, someone who will not break out from limiting company or habits.

The Lord has given the king and his land into your hands, now ARISE, FIGHT HIM AND TAKE POSSESSION OF HIS COUNTRY!

May an unusual boldness of the spirit to take your portion, come upon you today in Jesus Name.

 

IN 2015, DARE TO START!

EVERYTHING BIG STARTS SMALL.

Matthew 25:21

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant:thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things:enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Everything big starts small. 

Nothing great is created suddenly.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Never decide to do nothing just because you can only do something.

People who think they are too big to do little things are perhaps too little to do big things.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Small things make a big difference, therefore strife to be successful in little things.

When we are faithful in little things, great things will open up to us..

Those who don't do small things in a great way can never do great things in life.

Momentum starts by doing little things over and over again.

Speed starts from slow.

What's impossible most times is that which has not yet been tried.

The courage to begin is the same courage it takes to succeed.

Dreamers plan, achieves do. 

Robert Schuller Said once that; Winning starts with beginning.

Anyone who is afraid to begin is worst than a quitter.

Most successful people were people who showed up and started.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you'll be doomed if you didn't try.

The hardest part of success in life is to start.

Don't be discouraged, little steps add up and they add up rapidly. 

No endeavor is worst than that which is not attempted.

Small is the womb that births big. While your eyes are on the big, commit with excellence to your little beginning. 

Isaiah 60:22

A little one shall become a thousand,

and a small one a strong nation:

I the Lord will hasten it in his time.

Don't let competition become your motivation. It will make you lose your christian character where there will be no difference between you and the world.

While you may start from where you are, remember that you where never created to die where you started. 

You are the head and not the tail in your own God' given assignment. Also note that small or little is relative. Little beginnings are defined by our God given abilities and capacities. 

Never strive to run your race on another mans race track for even if you arrive before him, you stand disqualified. What works for another may not work for you as men are gifted differently.

Learn to use what's left after what's taken. 

While blind Bartimaeus had his sight taken, God made sure something was left for him, his hearing and his speech. When opportunity presented itself, he deployed what he had left and moved ahead living the other beggars behind. 

When you maximize what you have left, there will be the restoration of what it was you lost. 

Blind Bartimaeus did not just get his healing (sight restored), he also got the healer. Hallelujah! Scripture says, he got his sight and followed Jesus in the way.

Mark10:52

And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

Remember that he once sat by the high way but now he walks in the high way.

He is no longer where he was.

I pray for you that in 2015, you shall not be found where you use to be in Jesus matchless name.

It doesn't matter what you lost, God didn't let the devil take everything . There's something left with you that can bring you out from whatever your small is, to your big in destiny. Discover what that thing is and give your entire life to it and you'll be out in no time.

Zechariah 4:10, NLT

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.

REMEMBER;

SMALL IS A DISGUISE, GREATNESS IS HID THEREIN!!

Purpose

In order to make this journey--you have to make it without baggage. You can't carry loads of bags with weight on you in order to be free and Jesus gives you an invitation to come unto him. Now you have to come to him--you will not get rest from anybody else. If you go to anybody else your going to find more work.

Live For Purpose, Not For People!

LIVE FOR PURPOSE NOT PEOPLE.
1John 3:8
... For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

You are not called according to his people but according to his purpose.

Even Christ came affecting lives only by living after purpose.

Where His purpose was not accepted, there He could do no mighty works.

‘‘What matters most in life should never be at the mercy of less
important things.’'

I here Him say to me;
"Son when you focus on people you'll lose direction, but when you focus on purpose you'll impact people".

What matters most to you, PEOPLE OR PURPOSE?

Purpose is the reason for people.
People exist for purpose.
Every invention or creation is to fulfil a purpose.
The usefulness of a person or thing is in his or its ability to help or accomplish purpose.

LET PURPOSE, NOT PEOPLE DIRECT YOUR LIFE.

People will turn you to pebbles, purpose will turn you to profit.

If you doubt me, ask Moses.
They'll make you sink under water but purpose will keep you float.

THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD.
* People will point to your issues, purpose will point to your miracles.
* people will make you depressed,
Purpose will make you to press forth.

The truth is, purpose will always win over people.

THE MAN AT THE POOL OF BETHESDA.
* When he lost his purpose for being by the pool, he gave his will to people who left with it when he needed it the most.
* When you lose your sense of purpose, you become bitter with people.

Your true person is discovered in your purpose.
Your purpose is discovered in Gods Word.

Jesus said;
"The words I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life"...

LIFE is the IMPACT and SPIRIT is the ENERGY and behind IMPACT is PURPOSE.

It is the ardent commitment to pursue purpose that makes for impact.

Until you walk in purpose, you've not started living.

PURPOSE SAVES, NOT PEOPLE
2 Timothy 1:9
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

THE POWERFULNESS OF PURPOSE.
Purpose is propelled from within us but achieved outside of ourselves.

We are born with an innate desire to contribute to life.
We want to leave our footprints — our unique mark on the world.

We can learn from, but not adopt, the purpose of another person.
We must uncover, discover, and rediscover our own.

OUR LIFE'S PURPOSE IS A CALLING, NOT A BURDEN.
We are not burdened by purpose as a sense of duty or moral obligation.
We care to make a difference because we recognize that it is our reason for being here

Purpose will provide breakthrough when life's inevitable blows of breakdowns emerge.

Purpose can sustain a person where he or she was breaking down.

KEYS TO LIVE A LIFE OF PURPOSE.
1. Discover who you are and be that person.
Be yourself.
- Your greatest strength is found in who you are.

Many people are living a lie of themselves because they do not know who they really are.

Matthew 16:13
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

Genesis 32:27
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

Genesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

The angel of The Lord said to Jacob;
" Your power with God and people is in discovering who you really are".
* Who you are, your true identity is your power with God and man.
* How you see yourself determines how you see things.

THREE PERSPECTIVE FOR SELF DISCOVERY.
(a) Your intellect (it’s not just intelligence).
(b) Your inclination – (the way you are naturally inclined to do things).
(c) Your intuition, (the whole of your experience, judgment, biases and emotional selves

2. Define who you will become.
* The most powerful goal you will ever have…is you.
* Determine your purpose for being here. Define the reason for your existence
* Ask the question, What do I want to have done with my life?

It’s not about the life you are living; it’s about creating a life you want to have lived.

- to be continued -

YOUR HELP IS WITHIN YOU!

Job 6:12-13

Is my strength the strength of stones?

or is my flesh of brass?

13 Is not my help in me?

and is wisdom driven quite from me?

Luke 17:21

Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

A man’s world is ruled from within him. You are without, what you are within. Until you have been helped inside, you will not experience help outside. The greatest support a person can get in life, is the support that wells up from his inside. 

Psalms 46:5

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:

God shall help her, and that right early.

It's what's amidst you that will keep you from missing in life's action.

The God in you is the help within you.

Your stability in life is first within you. Until you are moved inside, nothing can prevail on you on the outside.

What you are actually looking for in life is inside you.

I love the New international version of Psalm 46: 5, it says;

God is within her, she shall not fall;

God will help her at break of day.

What will keep a man from falling is what dwells inside of him.

After the tears of the night comes joy at the break of day. Its your break of day when your help shows up, and that help is within you. Let it out.

Ephesians 3:20 (MSG)

God can do anything, you know---far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us. 

The things that God will do in your life are the things that are working within you already. Things which He does in you are the things that will manifest for you in the physical. 

<> We tour the world searching for what we need only to return home to find it.

<> Stop chasing a lion that looks like a deer. Because at the end, you might, unfortunately catch it.

<> Look around and you will discover that, that which we have been looking for has been with us.

<> In the quest of searching vigorously for what we want, in the search, we disregard the very thing that we where searching for.

STORY:

A stonecutter, who was dissatisfied with himself. Passed a wealthy merchants house and saw many important visitors. He became very envious and wished that he could be like the merchant. To his greatest surprise, he suddenly became the merchant, envied and detested by those less wealthy. But soon a high official passed by and everyone, no matter how wealthy, had to bow at his presence. "I wish that I could be the high official!" Then he became a high official, feared and hated by the people all around.

The sun shone proudly in the sky , unaffected by his presence. Now he wished that he could be the sun! Then he became the sun, shinning fiercely down on everyone and cursed by the farmer. But a huge black cloud moved between him and the earth, so that his light could no longer shine on everything below. So he wished that he could be a cloud! Then he became the cloud, flooding the fields and villages, and shouted at by everyone.

But soon he found that he was being pushed away by some great force. The wind. "I wish that I could be the wind!" Then he became the wind, blowing tiles off the roofs, uprooting trees, hated and feared by all below him. No matter how forcefully he blew, a towering stone would not move.  "I wish that I could be a stone!" 

Then he became a stone, more powerful than anything else on earth. 

But as he stood there, he heard the sound of a hammer pounding a chisel into the solid rock and felt himself being changed. 

"What could be more powerful than I, the stone?" He thought. He looked down and saw far below him the figure of a stonecutter.

<> "Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.".  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Your desire is the seed of your potential. What you hunger for is a pointer to what you were created for, and you were created with that seed in you. You can become your desire, only maximize that seed of greatness inside of you.

SAY, MY HELP IS WITHIN ME!!!

I'M POSSIBLE!

I can make it.

When I say I can, I can. 

I can win. I can pass the test. I can be the first. I can be the head and not the tail, I can.

I can seal that deal. I can live my dream. I can be healthy. I can build that business. I can buy that dream house. I can have what I want out of life. That's what I do. I just can, no matter the opposition. I can.

With God, for me there's no impossibility.

Impossible means I'm possible.

When I reach what others call impossible, I celebrate because I see it differently, I read it differently, I think it differently and I do it differently. I'm possible.

I'm possible because, 'I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.  (Philippians 4:13).

I'm possible.

Luke 1:37

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

I'm possible because, 'I Am' is involved. 

As long as the 'I Am' is present, the next present thing is; 'POSSIBLE.'

Impossibilities thrive only where God is put off. 

Nothing could be more stupid to do than to say there is no God and to go on without Him.

Psalm 14

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God..

People like Jacob, wrestled with angels until they incurred the promise of His  presence which carried them through life's travel.

Jesus Christ said to His disciples to be witnesses of Him in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria and through out all the earth, but to not attempt it until a spell from on high endues or wears as it were a garment, upon them.

Until the 'I Am' factor comes in, the disciples would just have to wait or else, the mission will be impossible.

As they waited, the spell of God came on them, it was The Holy Spirit of The Father from the highest. Fearful, timid Peter became bold and outspoken and preached the gospel until three thousand souls gave their lives to Jesus.

You are timid and scared because you are yet to come under Gods spell. Once it comes on and in you, you'll be changed into another person. You'll do what the ordinary you couldn't do. 

When the Bible Moses had an errand to run for Father God in bringing Israel out of Egypt,  he asked God, ' who do I say sent me'? Father God replied him, 'hey, it doesn't take much, just say, I Am'. And that was all Moses needed. 

He walked out of that place only to become impossible to everything that stood on his way, including the Red sea. 

Impossible King Pharaoh became possible when Moses turned on The 'I Am' within him. Rocks gushed out with water like rivers. Cloths never wore out on the people. Nations made peace with them. Even the elements of nature like water, fire and cloud, took sides with Moses and his people against their opposition.

Everything worked together for their good.

I'm Possible.

Yes, I can do all things.

The rain will fall in my favor.

The sun will shine for my good.

I am blessed, so my life is blissful.

I believe, so all things are possible.

When Joseph shared with his brothers his dream, they hated him and threw him in the pit but he knew what to do. He turned on the 'I'm possible' within and the pit had to give him up. 

They sold him to traveling merchants but he was too under Gods spell to be kept out of his dream's route for too long, so they sold him to Potiphar.

In Potiphar's house, his journey was getting over time and there had to be a set up for his exit. Potiphar's wife is the strategy. She took his coat but he kept his dream. 

She accused him falsely and got him jailed but while he was in jail, he turned on the 'I'm possible' within and two prisoners with connection to the King had a night dream which Joseph had to interpret, and his thought stayed registered on their mind. 

Before long, the King called on him. The rest is history, he became a prime minister in a foreign land.   

Nothing is impossible, because I'm, possible. 

When challenges come at you, just switch to the 'I'm possible' mode and you'll be strong to face it.

Never forget that all things are possible with the 'I'm' factor rightly in place.

I'm Possible.

Yes, I can do all things.

The rain will fall in my favor.

The sun will shine for my good.

I am blessed, so my life is blissful.

I believe, so all things are possible