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Continue your persistence for success

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And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, if I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole (Mark 5:25-29).

Sometimes in life, one can do all the necessary things for success but still wallow in poverty and deprivation. This is the situation of some people but that does not mean that, one needs to throw in the towel. More often than not, success is a few inches away but eludes some people because they could not endure anymore and had to give up. Indeed, we are not wrestling against flesh and blood….. (Ephesians 6:12). There are forces against people who want to be successful through the genuine way. The good news is that Jesus overcame all these forces but one needs to exercise this authority in order to enjoy success.

From the scripture above, this lady had tried every means to get healed but could not succeed until she met Jesus and determined to touch the helm of His garment. She was instantly healed. The secret was her faith and persistence. Now that you are a child of God, expect improvement in your life because that is your birth right. If things are not going the way you want and you are sure that you are actually on truck, do not give up now. Continue your persistence.

You may also try to modify your implementation procedures for success because if you did the same thing over and again and it did not work, sometimes, it is an indication that you have to change some things. Whether you need to modify the implementation procedure or not also depends on intuition and intimacy with the Holy Spirit. This is so important. Continue your persistence and you will emerge victorious. Amen.

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You may try DAAD scholarship

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Personal academic development is one of the ways to acquire economic power. If your academic background does not put you in a position for further studies, you don’t have to worry. There are several other ways to acquire economic power.

Since Europe is one of the destinations for acquisition of academic knowledge, one may need some financial support to survive during the period of studies. One of the prominent sources of funding for your proposed education is the DAAD scholarship. You may try DAAD scholarship at: www.daad.de.

In the DAAD website, you will get all the information you need on the Master courses and the universities where they are offered. This browsing needs dedicated time and thorough reading otherwise one will miss many information.

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Stealing is not good for you

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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 1:3)

A child of God does not need to steal from people in order to survive. From the scripture above, every child of God has the ability to create wealth and live fulfilled lives on this earth. Indeed, stealing is not good for you.

Several reasons may exist to explain why people steal in order to survive. No matter how sound these arguments may be, it does not justify stealing.

When you steal, you are indirectly downgrading yourself. You are telling the world that you are not capable of working with your hands to create wealth for yourself. You are telling the world that you are a non entity. You are telling the world that, all what the Bible is saying about your abilities in Christ is a lie.

With this attitude of stealing, you are poisoning your spirit, soul and body. With this poisoning, you may even shorten your life on this earth.

There are no benefits in stealing what belongs to other people. The so called ‘benefits’ will not last long. The victims of theft will continue to prosper and the reverse is what will happen to you because one will always reap what he or she sows (Galatians 6:7).

Many opportunities are out there looking for prepared vessels. Develop yourself and create wealth for yourself and people around you.

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Poverty is not a prerequisite to Heaven

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And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom; the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom (Luke 16: 22-23).

The scripture above is one of the many scriptures that are misinterpreted to mean that poverty is a prerequisite to Heaven. It must be state emphatically that, poverty is not a prerequisite to Heaven. The only prerequisite to Heaven is accepting Jesus as one’s personal savior and being obedient to Him.

Scripture makes it clear that we have been blessed with every spiritual blessings in the heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3). Every blessing we see around us was already in the spirit before becoming real in the physical. So if the child of God has every spiritual blessing, why then should he/she be poor? Many factors may be responsible for the poverty.

Firstly, one may be poor because of lack of knowledge of God’s word. Scripture says, my people perish because of lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6).

Secondly, one may be poor because of lack of practice of God’s word. You can know His word, but without doing it, you will not enjoy the fruits. The fruits are hidden in the doing of the word. As Christians, we are doers of the word.

Thirdly, inconsistency in the practice of God’s word may be responsive for poverty. Sometimes, missing the timing of God could be the cause of poverty therefore the need for us to be sensitive to God’s word and His timing.

If we do not work with our hands, we could become poor. God has deposited talent(s) in everybody for wealth creation. Failure to identify, develop and use it may be a cause of poverty. Several other factors not mentioned here may be the cause of poverty.

To conclude scripture does not exactly state the cause of Lazarus’ poverty, nevertheless, poverty is not a prerequisite to enter Heaven.

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