Don't be in a hurry to a leader or a teacher because you will be held to stricter standards, not just by your superior, but by God.
James 3:2
The reason we are not perfect is because of our words.
The words that come out of your mouth show the kind of thoughts you think within.
Many time it is easy to avoid certain scriptures and say it pertains to unbelievers, but when the very beginning of the chapter says "brethren", you know that it is talking to you as a believer.
James 3:3 is simply saying that your mouth controls your life just as bridles control the whole body of a horse.
If you can watch your tongue, then you will direct you entire life in one direction.
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
James 3:4&5
Don't underestimate the power of your "small" tongue, it is more powerful than you think, more than you know.
It is responsible for interpreting what you have in your inside.
Your thoughts cannot become reality without the tongue.
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
James 3:5
With your tongue you can make or destroy anything with your tongue, you decide what you want to accomplish with your tongue.
Look at where you are, you are there because of your tongue!
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
God showed us the creative power of the tongue in Genesis, so we too should create our realities with our tongues.
And it may seem not to be effective for a while, but if you keep at it, the evening will give way to the day time.
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
You will have what you say, once you release a word, the angels pick it up and will deliver the results to you in due time, hence you have to be careful of the words you speak.
Even when the circumstances surrounding you are bad, flip them with your words!
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
We have the Spirit of boldness and we have to behave as such, so although we may be pressed by circumstances to speak pitiful words, we must speak the right words with boldness that comes from God's spirit within us.
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
Also, be weary of those who greet eachother with insults as if words are of no consequence.
Coarse jokes are like declarations made - they will take hold of your life.
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
Your words are spirit and life.
And even as unbelievers, their words are spirit so they have potency, however they don't have life.
We have to recognise the authority that we have and exercise it through our words.
SPEAK LIFE!!!
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
The same way that the tongue builds up, it can also defile.
The two wars were started with words.
Hitler's most powerful weapon was his WORDS!
You can't afford to speak anyhow, your future is being built by the words you utter now.
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
And when your emotions seem to go the unpleasant way, set it straight by your words, speak to your soul and tell it to be glad!
And you will be glad.
Say "I am blessed!"
And you will indeed be blessed!
If you say otherwise, then you shall have it.
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
Conception takes place when there is strength (Sarah received strength to conceive), and this strength comes from your words (let the weak say I am strong)
YOU HAVE TO SAY IT TO RECEIVE IT!
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
The only way you can tame your tongue is by the help of the Holy Spirit.
Don't speak good things and bad things with the same mouth, speak the right things with your mouth and continually trust the Holy Spirit to to give you grace to stay on that path.
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
Let us seek to please God with our words, let's stay close to Him and allow Him inspire the things we say.
The closer we are to God, the more of His power we will see in operation in our lives.
And we need Him more than we know. We need Him to help us.
- Rev. Dunamis Okunowo
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1 Timothy 5:17 - Your works hard and the least you can do is to respect and honour him.
Heb 13:17 - Your honouring them helps them to do their work with joy.
Many times we underestimate the responsibility and work that your pastor does, but if you understand the importance of your soul, then you will understand the importance of those who watch over that soul.
What is the pathway to rest?
How did the men of old find rest?
These are the insights we will be looking at in God's word in the message titled "The Pathway to Rest"
Ministering: Pst Ogbonna Akpoke
Jer 6:16 - we are instructed to stand, thats one way to rest, by obeying God's Instruction and trusting that while He asks us to stand still, he'll be working on our behalf.
- Pst Ogbonna Akpoke
...and in Psalms 46:10 this word is reiterated, so from this we know that to find rest, we need to step out of the normal flow of activities and trust God's way of stillness.