How do you protect your heart?

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life

Proverbs 4:23

 

Guarding your heart is of paramount importance because it determines the course of your life. How do you guard your heart?

1, Keep your heart free from sin

We must recognize that the human heart is desperately wicked (Jeremiah 17:9) and is inclined to sin, therefore to have a heart free from sin we must ask the Lord to create in us a clean heart and renew a right spirit in us:

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:10 (KJV)

2, Keep your heart free from envy

To protect our heart, we must keep it free from envy and jealousy because these are emotions that destroys the heart like cancer:

A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.

Proverbs 14:30 (NLT)

3, Keep the heart free from unforgiveness

To protect our heart we must keep it free from unforgiveness and be quick to forgive others so that our heavenly Father will also forgive us:

“If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.

Matthew 6:14 (NLT)

4, Keep it free from pride

To protect our heart we must keep it free from pride and remain humble no matter how high God lifts us up:

Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Though they join forces, none will go unpunished.

Proverbs 16:5

Prayer

Dear Lord, please help me to protect my heart and keep it free from sin, jealousy, unforgiveness and pride in Jesus name, amen.

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 How Jesus Healed

 

God bless,

Blessing Theophilus-Israel

Spiritual Life Coach

 

Why should we get wisdom?

Wisdom is the principal thing;

Therefore get wisdom.

And in all your getting, get understanding.

Proverbs 4:7

 

Our scripture above tells that wisdom is the principal thing therefore we should get wisdom and with all our getting we must get understanding. Why should we get wisdom?

1, Wisdom will promote you

Wisdom will promote you because it will help you to know what to say and how to behave in every situation you may find yourself in which will ultimately lead to your promotion. For example, Daniel was promoted because he had more wisdom than all the wise men of Babylon and as a result he was promoted to a place of honour:

Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:48 (HCSB)

2, Wisdom will bring you honour

Having wisdom brings you to a place of honour where you are highly esteemed because of the wisdom that you possess. For example, because of the wisdom that Joseph had in being able to interpret Pharaoh’s dreams, he too was promoted and brought to a place of great honour:

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clearly no one else is as intelligent or wise as you are. You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.”

Genesis 41:39-40 (NLT)

3, Wisdom will give you grace and glory

When you are a person of wisdom, you are shown kindness and honour which others are not privileged to experience. This is because wisdom comes from God and when you fear Him, He will ensure that you are given divine grace and glory:

She will place on your head an ornament of grace;

A crown of glory she will deliver to you.”

Proverbs 4:9

Prayer

Dear Lord, please help me to get wisdom and with all my getting give me understanding in Jesus name, amen.

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 Breaking Free Deliverance Service every Tuesday from 7-9pm

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New Books for 2017

 Why I changed My Name

 How to Stop the Negative Voices in your Head

 

God bless,

Blessing Theophilus-Israel

Spiritual Life Coach

 

Why is it important to hear the instructions of a father?

Hear, my children, the instruction of a father,

And give attention to know understanding;

Proverbs 4:1

As believers, we know that God is our Heavenly Father. Our Heavenly Father has also provided us with earthly fathers as well as spiritual fathers. The scripture above is encouraging us to hear their instructions. So why is it important to listen to the instructions of our father, be they natural or spiritual?

1, The instructions of a father guides you

The instructions of a father is there to guide you therefore if you are in need of guidance, it is wise to listen to a father, especially a God-fearing father:

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Proverbs 1:8 (NIV)

2, The instructions of a father keeps you out of trouble

When you listen to your heavenly Father as well as earthly or spiritual father, it helps you to keep on the path of life and avoid trouble that leads to destruction:

Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.

Proverbs 10:17 (ESV)

3, The instructions of a father will prolong your life

God our heavenly Father is very concerned about the way we treat our earthly fathers and He has set aside protocols that he wants His children to follow in terms of how we relate to them. He wants us to honour our parents, both natural and spiritual parents so that our days may be long here on earth:

“Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:12 (NLT)

 

Prayer

Dear Lord, please help me to hear the instructions of my father and obey them in Jesus name, amen.

 

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 How to Discover Your God-Given Purpose and Book Launch on 19 August 2017

 Goal Setting Workshop for Children on 19 August 2017

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New Books for 2017

 How to Stop the Negative Voices in your Head

 How Jesus Healed

 

God bless,

Blessing Theophilus-Israel

Spiritual Life Coach

 

Do you want a blessed home?

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,

But He blesses the home of the just.

Proverbs 3:33

 

The scripture above tells us that the curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the just. So if you want a blessed home, what must you do?

1, Live a righteous life

When you live a right life and are fair to others God promises to bless your home:

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,

But He blesses the home of the just.

Proverbs 3:33

2, Dwell in the secret place of the most high

If you want a blessed home you must continually dwell in the presence of God because He promises that no evil will come near your home:

Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,

Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

No evil shall befall you,

Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;

For He shall give His angels charge over you,

To keep you in all your ways.

Psalm 91:9-11

3, Pray and ask God to bless your home

We are told that a good home is built by the Lord therefore in your prayer time ask the Lord to build your house and bless it:

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Psalm 127:1 (KJV)

Prayer

Dear Lord, I pray that You will build my home and bless it in Jesus name, amen.

 

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 How to Discover Your God-Given Purpose and Book Launch on 19 August 2017

 Goal Setting Workshop for Children on 19 August 2017

 Breakthrough to Your Purpose Retreat 2017 from 1-3 December 2017

 

New Books for 2017

 How to Stop the Negative Voices in your Head

 How Jesus Healed

 

God bless,

Blessing Theophilus-Israel

Spiritual Life Coach

 

Do you wish to know the secrets of God?

 

For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord,

But His secret counsel is with the upright.

Proverbs 3:32

 

Some people think that God is mysterious and they cannot really know Him, however the scripture above tells us that God does share His secret counsel with certain groups of people. For example, God made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the people of Israel (Psalm 103:7). So if you wish to know the secrets of the Lord, this is what you must do:

 

1, Be upright before God

To know the secrets of the Lord we must be upright before Him. To be upright is to have a right relationship with God and to live a right life before Him. We can have a right relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ:

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NLT)

 

2, Fear God

To know the secrets of God we must fear and reverence Him because of Who He is and how awesome He is:

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and He will shew them His covenant.

Psalm 25:14 (KJV)

 

3, Call on the Lord

To know the secrets of the Lord, we can call on the Lord and He promises to answer us:

‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

Jeremiah 33:3

Prayer

Dear Lord, I am calling on You to show me great and mighty things which I do not know in Jesus name.

 

 Events

 How to Discover Your God-Given Purpose and Book Launch on 19 August 2017

 Goal Setting Workshop for Children on 19 August 2017

 Breakthrough to Your Purpose Retreat 2017from 1-3 December 2017

 

New Books for 2017

 How to Stop the Negative Voices in your Head

 How Jesus Healed

 

God bless,

Blessing Theophilus-Israel

Spiritual Life Coach