Built To Build 2

Ekaso! Goeie Dag! Dumelang! How are you all doing?!

I'm pretty chilled over here in Tshwane South Africa...the weather is looking chilled as well...lol. I would love to know how you are as well, so why not leave me a comment and we can interact a little.

Right, so we are busy with quite the topic aren't we? Let's carry on...

I hope after the last post, we fully understand the need to be Built to Build and also have clarity about Who should Build us.

Now it is critical to bring ourselves to the level of knowing how things work in The Kingdom of God. As we know, He has a vision and has a place and part for us to play in getting to this goal. Here's a scripture out of Timothy 2:15 in the King James Version:

"Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

In the English Standard Version it stipulates, "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,^c a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth"

The currency of The Kingdom of The Master is The Truth Manifest.

Remember going from one grade to another in school is entirely based on us being competent enough to advance to the next level. We need to show ourselves approved for the next grade. To move up in rank in the military, navy, or police services, we need to show that we are able to handle the intended workload etc.

Jehovah is in the business of advancing us and we have yet to scratch the surface of the immense resources that Heaven has for us to use to navigate this earth in His Power. (I look forward to the time we will be discussing these matters...stay glued to this blog.)

As we walk with Jehovah, even He needs to trust us in the things He puts in our care and under our authority. Luke 16:10 says, "One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much."

So what does God need to train us in? Stay with me, this is going to take a while...lol. In this post I wanted to be clear about this...

Ready?

In order for Jehovah to train and raise us in His Kingdom, we must understand that we need study to show ourselves approved in order to grow in God's company. Study what? His Ways and Processes of teaching us. He needs to trust us with the Heavenly tools which will cause us to affect the world with great impact. The building process continues...

Coming next...

What Does God Need To Build Within Us Part 2

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Built To Build 1

Heitha! Good Morning! Molo! Avuxeni!

Wassup Everybody?! It's good to be awake and moving forward today.

It's a pretty beautiful day on my side of the world and I hope as we go towards the end of February that we are all mindful of the things we set out to do this year with Jehovah and staying on track. It's vital to keep tabs on ourselves to make sure that we don't get complacent and distracted.

Alright! Any company that has a good visionary who is aiming for greater things, is always looking to build their brand. One definition of building is, "the action or trade of constructing something."

Constructing something is driven by a progressive goal over all things and pivotal to this is having the right building blocks. In just about all cases, one needs the right people for the job.

Since a leader then needs to make sure that the people he/she works with are on the same mindset and function in one accord, he/she needs to Build this into them. He/she needs to teach them the culture that they want to see prevail in the company, the approach unique to it and the kind of people they need to be, to ensure the success thereof.

Is this not why companies train us on their policies, processes, and ways to do the work that they have hired us to do? Of course! They have to make sure that when they hire us, we uphold their brand very well and represent them properly.

Then once they have built us enough to trust us as dedicated employees, then they can also trust us to Build others who come into the company and in comes the positions of supervisors and managers etc.

So that at this point we will understand what it means to be Built To Build. We are Built by the company to Build the company. In The Kingdom of Jehovah, it is no different. God Almighty has a plan and He intends to fulfill it. To do that, He needs the right people for the job. The Awesome thing about Him is that He also Created into us all the things we need to play our part.

He does however need to Build us and train us to know what we are made of and do what we are supposed to do. We need to prepare our minds, hearts and bodies for this Building Process and surrender to the process just like we surrender to any process a company takes us through to eventually work for them.

Ready?

It's very important to understand that Building is done by any company and also The kingdom of God for the purpose of trusting us to Build the company and others who come in for the success and sustainable progress thereof. We must prepare our entire beings to surrender to the process of Building in order to reap the promised rewards.

Coming next...

What Does God Need Build Within Us?

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Built To Build

Greetings to you in The Ever Powerful and Unfailing Name of The King of all kings....Jesus Christ!!!! Oh yeah *air punch* Man I love church!

I hope you are doing very well on your side of the world. 

Today we take a look at a pivotal aspect of walking with God in this day and age. In the TPOP Series we learned a lot about the beginning stages of finding one's purpose in God and hearing His Voice. If need be, please go back in the blog and read them again.

(By the way, a friend of mine suggested that I should take these posts and turn them into a book for easy reference if one hasn't got an internet connection...what do you think? Leave me a comment and advise if you don't mind)

Now we have come to a point where we have begun to hear God's Voice about our purpose and we are trying to work out what to do next...yes? Well asking Him what to do is most advisable and if we are sensitive enough, we will hear Him.

Sometimes however, we have a natural tendency of going ahead of Him. Let's take the case of David in 1 Samuel chapter 16.

King Saul had messed up in previous chapters by not completely obeying The Word of The Lord and as a result, lost his place, as per God, on the throne. Prophet Samuel was heart broken and mourned for his king.

God came through and was like, "Why are you tearing up about someone I have rejected? Hey man, I have another plan so stop all that crying and let's go anoint us another king." (That's my own interpretation...lol)

He got up and went to the house of Jesse out in Bethlehem and basically David was anointed king of Israel. We will be getting into the matter of David and his brothers in terms of God's choice vs what man would rather choose, but for the purpose of this post, I want us to understand that when God chooses us, He has a plan. This plan is not only about getting us to that intended destination, but also for the training that must occur before it.

He was anointed king, but he didn't immediately go to the palace to take his place did he? Check it out, read the whole 16th chapter.

Ready?

When God chooses us, He does so intending, not only to get us to this destination, but also to train us or build us in order for us to build where we are called to. Most children of God can misunderstand this, get frustrated with no clarity on the matter and ultimately give up on the whole thing.

Coming next...

What To Prepare For In The Building Process

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To God Be The Glory 4

Hey Guys! I hope you are all very well on this lovely Saturday. Valentines day, I'm told is all about love between couples in most instances, so I hope you have someone special to enjoy it with.

Well, let's bring this TGBTG series to a close for now. Praising and Worshiping God can never end so rest assured, it will come back again some time in the future.

For this last episode, let's remember where we are from. The value that we place on something like Giving God The Glory rests on our understanding of His Work in our lives.

And if we see His Hand on us more often, we will thank Him more often and Worshiping Him breeds outstanding results. What am I talking about? Test it out with yourself. If you do something for someone and they take the time to thank you and appreciate you expressively...doesn't it encourage you to do more for them?

Of course it does. I would not want to help someone again if they are not grateful for one thing that I did for them. I'm not saying that I would shun another opportunity to assist if God told me to especially, I am saying that it would be far easier and I would be far more willing to do more for a person who can appreciate it.

God is God and He knows more than we ever could in terms of what we need and want. However, just like any one else, He wants to be appreciated, Praised and Worshiped. He inhabits the praises of His people and that is a clear indication of what He wants from us.

Many characters in the Bible understood this and gave burnt offerings to God; Praised Him in the congregations as we saw in previous posts; and my goodness, King David and others wrote an entire book full of Praises to God - The Book of Psalms.


Here it is...
Let's Praise Him as much as we can, doing from the heart rather than out of duty and we will find it a wonderful thing to live on earth. We will see God's Work more and more and there is no doubt that it will become such a habit, that we will never be the same again!

TGBTG!
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To God Be The Glory 3

Hola! Heitha! Huzet?! How are you all doing this Heat-Wave afternoon?
It's pretty blazing here in Tshwane...

So when I woke up this morning, I found myself going, "Good morning Holy Ghost" It has become so automatic these days that I have come to see that Praise is a habit that can be developed. 

We have been going through this TGBTG series with an understanding of how important it is to acknowledge Him in all that He does for us.

So today I want to say that anything that has great value in our eyes can be made a lifestyle. This is done with a couple of components put together. The Ears, Eyes, Heart, Mouth and Actions. One feeds into the other as they are part of one system.

The more time we spend with friends, family, acquaintances even, who live their days thanking God, you will do the same in time. People who are full of testimonies about what Jehovah is doing in their lives have made it such a habit to Praise, that even seeing the clouds in the sky will draw Worship from them. 

• "Lord, thank You for the privilege of another day to give You Glory"

• "Thank You Lord for another chance to go to work"

• "Lord You are so Awesome! I still have two hands and two feet."

• "Kealeboha Modimo hore ke sa phela."

On a daily basis, the more time we spend acknowledging that we still live and breathe because He is still Faithful to His Word to us, the more we actually notice throughout the day that He has His Hand on us.

I've had a few instances when I almost hit a car, or had a fantastic meal, or gotten a call from someone so very special, and the first thing I want to do is say Thank You Holy Spirit.

Here it is...
Luke 6:45, "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh." We need to fill ourselves up with the auspices of Praise everyday. Thanking God for a meal, waking up, having someone around us, being able to do anything really. This will perpetuate the Work of His Hands in our lives!

TGBTG!
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Stay Blessed, Be Multiplied!

To God Be The Glory 2

I am the LORD, and there is none else

Hello Everybody! Howzit going out there ekse?!
I hope you are very well. Jehovah is really working on me on this side of the fence and I tell you the truth, it is something else to serve The Most High God.

Above is a statement that is made by a Very Confident God. You find these words in opening Isaiah 45:5. 

In Exodus 20:2 - 3 He declares, "I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

He says that there should not be ANY OTHER god before or above Him and therefore, He deserves all the Glory!

As we continue this TGBTG series, I wanted us to come to an understanding of what it means when we magnify God ALONE for our very survival, let alone the things that happen in our lives.
He wants us to exalt and worship Him above any other simply because He Can Back It Up! Oh yeah!!! Ask Beyonce...

Now let's be clear about something...He is well able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we can ask or think(imagine) according to the Power that is at work within us. We find this in Ephesians 3:20. I will be mentioning this in 'Here it is...' but at this juncture I wanted to bring out the fact that He can produce the goods and says this very well in saying that there is simply NO other god that can compare to Him.

Why does He continue to show forth His Power and Ability in our lives? The concluding words in Isaiah 45:3 say, "...that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel."
Just so that we may KNOW that He is Lord!

Here it is...
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. There has never been a clearer reason to Praise our God.

We unpack Ephesians 3:20 and 21 in the next post...
Stay Tuned...

TGBTG!
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Stay Blessed, Be Multiplied
 

To God Be The Glory 1

Let Everything That Has Breath, Praise The Lord!!!

Good afternoon everybody!

 

I hope you are all doing very well as 2015 progresses. I have come to understand the vital importance of Praising God for the things that He does and just Who He is in our lives. Therefore in these few posts we are going to speak of what it means to Praise Him. Sounds so easy isn't it? You'd be so surprised how much we take this for granted...

Check this out...
Deuteronomy 8:11-18 in The Message Bible Translation;

'Make sure you don’t forget God, your God, by not keeping his commandments, his rules and regulations that I command you today. Make sure that when you eat and are satisfied, build pleasant houses and settle in, see your herds and flocks flourish and more and more money come in, watch your standard of living going up and up—make sure you don’t become so full of yourself and your things that you forget God, your God,

 

• the God who delivered you from Egyptian slavery;
  the God who led you through that huge and fearsome wilderness,
  those desolate, arid badlands crawling with fiery snakes and scorpions;
  the God who gave you water gushing from hard rock;
  the God who gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never heard of, in order to give you a taste of the hard life, to test you so that you would be prepared to live well in the days ahead of you.

 

^17-18 If you start thinking to yourselves, “I did all this. And all by myself. I’m rich. It’s all mine!”—well, think again. Remember that God, your God, gave you the strength to produce all this wealth so as to confirm the covenant that he promised to your ancestors—as it is today.'

 

It is critical to know and understand that Praising can quite literally save our lies. When you get that magic call that you've been accepted into a company for a new job - Thank you Lord. When you pass by an accident scene and find you are still intact - Thank you so much for keeping me safe my King. When you see someone walking in crutches because they don't have a leg - Thank you for both my legs Lord of the heavens.

 

Watch it...

Every opportunity we get to Praise God for anything from the clouds in the sky to the clothes on our bodies, from the child that is still running around in the house to the business we've just started, from the new hairstyle you just did, to the family we still have. We need to remember that it is God Who gives us the strength to do all these things!

 

We Continue To Praise On The Next Post...

 

TGBTG!

The Messenger

Stay Blessed, Be Multiplied!