You can move mountains by faith. You can heal the sick, preach the gospel and raise the dead. You can have continuous victories by faith. Strength lies in how much maturity you demonstrate in your life through the influence of God’s Word. Faith will make you a champion. When you study the Faith’s Hall of Fame in Hebrews Chapter 11, you will notice all the amazing works that were done by men and women who acted by faith. You can do the same when faced with a challenge or a need. God has given to everyone the measure of faith (Romans 12:3)
“Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had
promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. Women received their dead raised to life again: and
others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:” (Hebrews 11:11-12,31,35)
You can make a world of difference when you act
on God’s Word. Begin today by writing down your plans for
your place of worship. Know what you will do in the house of God this year. Know what you would like to accomplish in your Church, group meetings, home and at your place of work. Desire spiritual promotion! When you are busy with God’s work and His Word you will not have time for lesser things and because your mind is occupied with God, He will
make your life worth living. Desire spiritual gifts and spiritual results. He says, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6).
PEOPLE WHO AVOID FAILURE INEVITABLY AVOID SUCCESS
PEOPLE WHO AVOID FAILURE INEVITABLY AVOID SUCCESS
History tells us that while attempting to invent the incandescence light bulb, Thomas Edison, the world famous American Inventor, failed 10,000 times.
After 5,000 failed experiments, his laboratory attendant said to him; “Mr. Edison, we have failed 5,000 times, shouldn’t we stop?” Mr. Edison replied; “Son, we have not failed 5,000 times, we have only discovered 5,000 ways in which it cannot work. We are closer to the solution now than when we started.”
Success is the achievement of predetermined goals. But how do you respond when things do not go the way you planned? Do you feel discouraged and depressed? Does it make you want to quit? Everybody wants to succeed, no one wants to fail. However, our knowledge of success cannot be complete without knowing how to handle failure.
Successful people see failure as a stepping stone, not a stumbling block. They have the right attitude that failure will neither be fatal nor final. They refer to their failure as “learning experiences” or “temporary setbacks”.
On the other hand, unsuccessful people are usually those who are so afraid of failure and rejection that they spend their lives avoiding the risks that could result in failure. They do not realize that those who avoid failure inevitably avoid success.
Don’t be afraid to fail. Success will not come without you taking a risk.
Don’t let what you have done label you negatively. That you failed an interview, an examination or a sales pitch does not make you a failure. Who you are is different from what you have done.
Don’t say to yourself; “I am a failure” just because things did not work out right. If you do that, you have internalized your failure. If you allow failure to get into your heart, it will follow you everywhere.
A key thing to note is that failure is usually a sign that you need to change something. If things are not working, something is out of place.
Be willing to make adjustments prayerfully. Just a small change can result in an outstanding breakthrough.
Always remember that failure is not peculiar to you. Most successful people can write volumes on how not to succeed. They have tried many things that did not work. However, the world has not recognized them for the many ventures in which they failed. No. They have been recognized for the few areas in which they have achieved outstanding success.
Dear friend, as you travel on the road to success, you will have challenges. If you get knocked down, are you going to give up and stay down, wallowing in your defeat? Or are you going to get back on your feet as quickly as you can? You can use failure as a springboard to success.
Sam Adeyemi.
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