Prayer, a binding force

Excerpt from Why Revival Tarries...

The words of E.M Bounds says "No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence,  no grace of person can atone for lack of fire. Prayer ascends by fire. Flame gives prayer access as well as wings, acceptance as well as energy. There is no incense without fire o prayer with flame"

That is why i know that prayer is conditioned by spirituality and it affects eternity. In an unction-less preacher, the word is dead but a sermon born in the heart reaches the heart. Unction cannot be learned, only earned through prayer. Unction is God's knighthood for the soldier, preacher who preaches has wrestled in prayer and gained victory. Victory is won in the prayer closet. Unction is like dynamite that will pierce and percolate, sweeten and soften, when the hammer of logic and the fire of human zeal fail to open the strong heart.

Success Series (II): The Success Journey

"While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease" Genesis 8;22

"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers" 3 John 2.

We established the act that success is the discovery of God's goals for your life and the continuous achievement of same. Jeremiah 29:11 reveals: "For I know the thoughts I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

However, success is NOT a product of luck. Neither is it result of chance. Success results from deliberate acts. Luck and chance cannot be predicted but success in any endeavor of life is predictable. Those who look for success end up locked up in life. Success has to be deliberately prepared for. No one strolls into it by chance. Success is predictable because it responds to certain time tested and proven laws or principles. It's been said that the iron law of life is the law of cause and effect. This law is also called the law of sowing and reaping. it is whatever you sow that you are permitted to reap. Success therefore is an effect it can be caused.

Boy released by kidnapper after singing gospel music

(Photo: 11Alive News)

A young boy's love of gospel music may have saved his life.
Earlier this month, police say a man kidnapped then nine-year-old Willie Myrick from his southwest Atlanta driveway. He allegedly drove the boy around for some time before dropping him off unharmed in East Point.
But Willie's actions during those terrifying three hours are inspiring people around the country. Willie says he sang the gospel song Every Praise until the man let him go.
Thursday evening, community leaders held a meeting in Willie's honor, celebrating his happy ending, but also telling other parents and children what to do if this happens to them.
In front of a crowded sanctuary at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Willie recounted the moment he was freed from the car. Willie said while he was singing, the man kept cursing and telling him to shut up before eventually kicking him out.
"He opened the door and threw me out," Willie said. "He told me not to tell anyone."

Success Defined

If you think you are beaten, you are
If you think that you dare not, you don’t
If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t,
It’s almost certain you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost
For out in the world you’ll find
Success begins with a fellow’s will.
It’s all in the state of mind.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can .
~ Arnold Palmer

Love

Love lies at the foundation of the society and permeates unconsciously the thoughts, aspirations and hopes of mankind. Love is glorified as the source of the most admirable productions of art, of the sublime creations of poetry and music; it is accepted as the greatest factor in human civilization, as the basis of the family and state. Love is the greatest conqueror, it is as strong as death...it is rather foolish to believe that this life exists on anything less than love.
Here is this pertinent question,"what is the true meaning of LOVE?"...
"True love gives meaning to life and makes life worth living". It is love that keeps us alive, since it alone makes life lovable. It is love that saves, and love itself must be saved. There is but one happiness in life: to love and be loved.
Whether or not life is worth the pain of being lived, or, rather, whether it is worth the pain and the pleasure of being lived depends on one’s capacity for love.To have no love at all defines unhappiness, only souls that love and are loved are happy.

Success Series (1): Success Defined

The words of a man of Success-Rev Duro Aina. The blessing of God is the maker of man: “The blessing of the Lord makes rich and adds no sorrow- Proverb 10:22). You are the heir of Abraham, his blessings are your inheritance. If you don't know what u carry u tend to miscarry. Let no man run you down, you have what it takes to be successful. Success is not far away from you, it's right there in u.