Pride is a dream stopper, HUMILITY pleases God

Join me in this part as we see how humility influences the actualization of our dreams…

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From what we learnt about humility the last time……in Part 6,

• humility is the fear of Lord 
• The fear of the Lord means to reverence God 
• We saw the 2 drivers for humility- 
• A commitment to obeying God, Submitting to God, recognizing and acknowledging His supremacy. 
• A consciousness of having the same basic human man form, just like anyone else.  
• Most importantly Philippians 2:5-11 says we are to follow Jesus example 
•  He obeyed God fully, and He identified as man in His relationships. 

Humility requires for us to 

1. Submit to God
2. Trust God (facilitated by our past Experiences and Encounters with God and also because His Character is trustworthy-He is good,Loving, merciful, keeps promises, He is God-supreme and sovereign. Deuteronomy 7:9 
3. Believe God, believe His Word, Walk by faith 
4. Amos 3:3
5. We create our dreams by faith- believing, speaking and acting based on God’s word and His leading 
6. This is a major step in CREATING your dream 
7. Create first in your mind and write down (Habakkuk 2:2). 
8. Then go ahead and call forth your creations
9. MAKE them- translate them from visions on tablets to reality 
10. Genesis chapters 1 and 2 for  how God created created the and Earth.
11. But you know faith walks with love 
12. faith without Works is dead James 2:14-26. The expressions of WORKS we see in James 2:14-26 are arts of love
13. In Mark 11:22-24 – The mechanics of faith.  Buttressed by Romans 10:9-10
14. But then Mark 11:25 quickly introduces the concept of unforgiveness 
15. Forgiveness plays a key role in answered prayers 
16. Strife is a rate-limiting step in becoming Your Greatest Dream 
17. Article- Strife Is not your friend 

being born of the Spirit of God ensures a smooth line of communication between you and God. Proverbs 20:27 tells us that the spirit of man provides the light through which man communicates and leads man.

Be magnified O Lord my God, be highly exalted my Father, because it is your delight and pleasure to prosper me well beyond my imagination and thinking.

Ever since I learned about the principle of multiplication as taught by Jesus, I employ it for my ministry outreaches. And every time I’ve employed this principle just as Jesus taught it, I end up with fragments/leftovers. Now that I think of it, sometimes I unknowingly over-budget for my outreaches, but what I find is; when we get to the field, we are able to attend to everyone who is present and still have leftovers for our support team.

“…for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.” John 10:29 NLT

What makes you a child of God is that you have His nature- you are born of the Spirit of God. This commonality in nature with God was necessary to facilitate fellowship, communion and communication between God and man.

These are Negative anointing ‘depleters’

1. Strife
2. Anger
3. Unforgiveness
4. Gossip
5. Bitterness

Use your Anointing Positively to do the works of Jesus –

1. Teaching
2. Preaching
3. Doing Healings and other miracles.

Protect the Anointing on your life.

Keep it recharged by praying regularly in other tongues and spending time in the Word.

1. Love them
2. Do good to them
3. Bless them- speak good of them.
4. Pray for them
   -Luke 6:27-28.
   • “But I say to you who are listening now to Me: [in order to heed, make it a practice to] love your enemies, treat well (do good to, act nobly toward) those who detest you and pursue you with hatred, Invoke blessings upon and pray for the happiness of those who curse you, implore God’s blessing (favor) upon those who abuse you [who revile, reproach, disparage, and high-handedly misuse you].” Luke 6:27‭-‬28 AMPC

1. Recognize WHO He is- God is inherently good, faithful, merciful, loving, He is a covenant/promise keeper.
   He is trustworthy. “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments” Deuteronomy 7:9 NKJV
2. Remember WHAT He’s done before- If He came through once, He will do it again.
   He is reliable/dependable. “Moreover David said, “The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you!” 1Samuel 17:37 NKJV
3. Realize WHY He made you- God created and made you for a reason and He is committed to establishing that reason.
   He sees your end from the beginning and He is walking you towards His expected end for your life.
   God has your best interest at heart.
   • “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.”
     Proverbs 3:5‭-‬6 NLT

Dear friend, strife is not your friend. It distracts you and steals your focus. Every time you respond to strife, you let someone else determine the course of your life. By living a life of strife, you unintentionally ‘follow’ someone steadily without even realizing it.