Loving God isn’t about doing things in His name. It’s about doing His Word. Jesus said that anyone who loves Him would obey His teaching (John 14:23). So once you hear the teachings of Christ and you obey them, it’s a love language you’re communicating to Jesus.
Don’t watch the enemy steal your man from you. It’s not just about meeting a godly partner but keeping him, both before and after marriage. When a man hears from God to do something, he might not say it immediately. Joseph didn’t explain why he still took Mary home as his wife, even though God told him to do it. So dear lady, pray for your man because when he’s under Elohim’s leadership, you also will be safe and enjoy each other.
Circumstances will come. You’ll see the highs and lows of life several times. But God has vowed to be for you no matter what. He’s not like a man who says one thing and does the opposite the next day. He is God. He’ll perform the Word of His counsel. Trust in His holy Word even if you can’t trace Him in your life, for He will never fail you.
Give to the one who asks you, even if he has failed to return what you gave multiple times. Give without expecting back. Because if you do, you might be disappointed. You’re a giver in Christ. So manifest this privilege in your life.
Refine your motives for praying, work, education, ministry, business, and everything else you do in your life. Check the primary thing that inspires you for what you’re doing. Is it simply to get money for yourself or to get money to support yourself, your family and the ministry? God weighs our motives (Proverbs 16:2 NIV) for whatever we’re doing, and He’ll judge them too. You can deceive man by hiding your intentions, but not God.
Offences will come between people who dwell in love. And when it’s one-time, it can and should be forgiven and overlooked with a conscious decision. Nevertheless, when such an act becomes repetitive, it doesn’t only require forgiveness but also open rebuke. Why? Because if that person doesn’t get confronted with his fault, he will keep doing it and think nothing is wrong with his attitude.
Proverbs 12:1 says that it’s only a stupid person that hates correction. Yes, it’s sometimes uncomfortable to get rebuked. But if you’ll look at how God will use those situations to refine your character, you’ll unimaginably experience spiritual transformation.
You may be well trained in church to live a godly life. But what about your personal fellowship with Jesus? How is your love for Him like today? Have you forsaken your first love — the Lord Jesus, who saved you and gave you eternal life? Think about this.
If you’re a leader, note that there’ll be times at least one of your team members will tell you that he disagrees with your ways of doing things. Sometimes, it’s good to listen, probably because you don’t know everything. Other times, you have to explain your actions in order to teach them the vision behind what you are doing.
God’s love is patient. To express it, you’ll not get everything you want; because you’ll consider other people’s interests in your decisions. You’re only required to reject people’s opinions when their thoughts aren’t in synchrony with what God has told you to do.
Humans are more valuable than things. Giving something out to see a need met won’t kill you. You may be uncomfortable doing it. But if that uneasy feeling doesn’t really come out of spiritual discernment, give.
What do you do with your money? Do you spend as if there’s no tomorrow so as to save today? Many people end up in debt not because they don’t have money but because they’ve not learnt how to steward their funds as God directed us to do in the scriptures. The Bible teaches about savings and multiple investments (Ecclesiastes 11:1, Proverbs 21:20). So God isn’t silent on how we must use our finances. What do you know?
