TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man…”
(Genesis 39:2, KJV)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
In scripture, many heroes of the faith started out at the very bottom. Think of Joseph. He was thrown in a pit and sold into slavery by his own brothers. But even as a slave, he developed his skills. He was so valuable that he was put in charge of his master’s whole household.
When he was falsely accused and put into prison, he was so valuable there that they put him in charge of the whole prison. What is that? Cream rising to the top. When Pharaoh needed someone to run the country and administer the nationwide feeding program during the famine, he didn’t choose a cabinet member; he didn’t choose his department head. He chose Joseph, a prisoner, a slave. Why? Joseph developed his skills right where he was. His gifts made room for him, and he was always rising to the top.
Friend, there’s never an excuse to not keep rising. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like your current job; it doesn’t matter if other people don’t treat you right. God is saying, “It’s time to get out of the pit.” It’s time to shake off the past. It’s time to rise to the top!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, thank You for the gifts and talents that are within me. I choose today to have an excellent spirit. I choose to shake off the old; I choose to forgive. I take my eyes off of my circumstances and lift my eyes to You knowing that You are the one who lifts me up in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen
Amen
Traditional Religion — is like going to grammar school. You begin to play at life on Earth but you really have no idea what’s actually going on. Regarding traditional religious beliefs, no matter which religion a person learned, the source of those beliefs is almost always what that person learned from his/her parents. The parents learned their religious beliefs from their parents, who learned it from their parents, who learned it from their parents, et cetera, et cetera — in some cases going back more than a thousand years. Many people have simply accepted their parent’s beliefs about life and the nature of the universe without questioning the accuracy or validity of those beliefs.
very true.
Amen
“Leap of Faith,” — belief without any proof.
religious junk
Why is it that most people believe in the same religion that their parents believed in?
Because the belief doesn’t come from the religion. It comes from the people.
Amen n Amen
“Tell a lie loud enough, long enough, often enough and people will believe it.”
Nation after nation reported the arrival of “Nigerian religious junk” that was changing the landscape of what was once evangelicalism. This junk originated from mega-churches in the USA and then found ready soil in West Africa, and especially in Nigeria. Having given it an African flavour, it is now being exported across Africa at a phenomenal rate.
To God be the glory, amen and amen
Some “holy truths” are sacred; others are full of holes!
Why is africa filled with churches and poverty?
it is because these thieves always target the poor and the least educated from whom they get their money from & tell them that they shouldn’t be worried about their suffering here on earth because their imaginary father in heaven will give them whatever they need after they die.Even in america e.g the afro-americans are the most religious in america & the poorest while the church leaders are some of the richest people same situation even in africa.Religion is the biggest scum
The Africanisation of this religious junk is primarily in the way it has been made to appeal to African spirituality. The pastor is the modern witchdoctor calling all and sundry to come to him for “deliverance”. Just as the witchdoctor appealed to us by inviting us to see him for spiritual protection or when we were struggling with bad luck, childlessness, joblessness, illness, failure to attract a suitor for marriage or to rise in a job or get a contract, etc., these pastors do precisely the same thing. So-called prophetic utterances are made which explain why all this is happening, holy water or oil is prayed over and dispensed, and some money is extracted from the persons seeking help. Thus their churches attract thousands of people who are there for purely selfish reasons. The…
The motivating factor is not reconciliation with God through Christ but rather “deliverance” from perceived evil and to be blessed through the supernatural powers that “the man of God” possesses. Let’s face it: this is our African traditional religions coming into the church through the back door.
praise God..Amen
bullsh!t
In God We Trust…..thank you Jesus and forgive them that trespass against us.
Amen.
“God” is simply a name for something that is unknown and unknowable.
Each religion teaches its beliefs as if they were factual truths., They also say that the other religions are just myths.
Thank You Lord for speaking to me. May You always be PRAISED.
Amen
Most humans are, symbolically speaking, frightened little rabbits running in circles in a forest of foxes.
If a human says he knows God, how can he be certain that what he believes to be God actually is God? Anyone who has studied history knows that humans have proven themselves to be incredibly easy to fool, scam, con, manipulate, and deceive.
So how would a human know that what he thinks is God is not something else or someone else pretending to be God? He wouldn’t! For example, if there really were beings from other planets visiting Earth in the days of our ancestors, they would have been considered by the people of the era to be gods. Just imagine for a moment what a make-believe God could get away with on a planet of sleepwalking sheep?
God is a failed hypothesis which has explained nothing it was invented to explain our existence by the primitive ancestors but we now have science which has pushed god & has explained most of the things our ancestors didn’t know about such as thunder and everything they attributed to gods & demons
The only thing we can change is ourselves;
Anyone who has never examined, questioned and/or challenged the stories they learned when they very young children, is almost certainly living their lives based on inaccurate information.
Amen
Religion is the greatest danger humanity is facing very religious countries are either poor ,at war or very oppressive
White man’s bible.
Amen and amen.
So those that are saying GOD does not exist think their shallow theories were just originated today.They are acient aguements and have all been proved wrong. Brethren thank u 4 yo encouragements.Gloryb 2 Jesus.funny, bufwinti dey believe,ke,ke,ke!
I meant bumfwit (witchcraft).
“Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion.”
H.I.P = Hallelujah Infected People. They make the pastors rich. They are not using the brain.
Save 10 % – stay at home on SUNDAY.
amen
Great and powerful message. He who has ears to hear, let them hear. If the Almighty God is by your side, you shall rise above profanity, above mediocrity and above every scheme and system designed to keep you from rising up.
people all over the world invented things like witchcraft to explain things like sudden death and unknown diseases but we now know that many diseases such as heart attack can cause instant death.Witchcraft does not work have you ever wondered why the so called witches travel on buses,planes & trains on long distance journey it is because it does not work