OVERFLOWING LIFE

  THE BENEFITS OF RECEIVING "NO" AS AN ANSWER TO YOUR REQUESTS/DESIRES   There was a time when I was in Basic 9 in high school, I requested my father to allow me to attend a school of science for my senior high study, but he declined and said NO". His response pained me because I could not attend science school like my other classmates. Consequently, I opted for the commercial class at the senior high school and strove to do well. Behold, I thank God today for choosing a career in finance and accounting, it has been a blessing to the people around me and me. It is not all the times you will get "YES" to your desires and requests from God and people, particularly if you're walking with God and you want to do His will consistently. But when you get "NO" from God or anyone, no matter the depth of your trust in, loyalty to, or expectation of them, please do not be angry. See it from a positive angle and believe that God is by your side and He will mak...

There are a variety of management courses that universities and schools offer today. But what about mind management? Is it for everyone, schooled and unschooled? Do you hire people to manage your mind like your business or who does the management of your mind? Is it scriptural as a Christian to manage our minds? Let's explore the scriptures. Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance, and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23 (AMP). Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do. Proverbs 4:23(NLT). In the olden days, when kings usually led their countries to war, there was a popular and powerful king who felt there was no need to go to a particular war since he had highly trained and skillful military generals. He stayed in his palace, relaxed, listening to the battle report from the news channel. Then something happened, he went to the rooftop of his palace where he could view the whole city, there he...

  Photo courtesy: © google.com There is a popular, trending cliché which has crept into everywhere, including our faith in Christ. The cliché is “There is no time”. We are in a dispensation of quick-quick syndrome. Without much effort and at the shortest possible time, people are desperate and desire to get things done at the snap of their fingers.   The Scriptures say, “When the king of Egypt let the people go, God did not take them by the road that goes up the coast to Philistia, although it was the shortest way. God thought, ‘I do not want the people to change their minds and return to Egypt when they see that they are going to fight’ Exodus 13:17” Good News Bible. The shortest route to your destination (Promised Land) may NOT always be the safest in fulfilling life purpose. At first, it may seem to have given you the desired result but it messes you up in the process. Photo courtesy: © google.com   God always wants to build faith, dependence, maturity, endurance and ...