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Affirmation Increases Productivity

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 8Learn to differentiate people from what they do. You can hate what they do. Even God hates what we sometimes do. But never hate the person. If you must criticize at all, criticize what people do, never the people themselves. Then praise people directly, don’t just praise what they do. Consider Jesus. The Bible records little about His earthly ministry until after His Baptism by John The Baptist. As soon as He came out of the water, His Father spoke from heaven saying “this is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”-Matthew 3:17. From that moment, The Bible records that “Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people”-Matthew 4:23. When you praise and affirm people, you empower them to do things that explodes their sphere of influence and increases their productivity. Whether as a parent, a boss, or a pastor, the most sensible thing you can do to increase the effectiveness of people around you is to affirm them.

Where is Your Heart?

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 81 John 2:15 says “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them”. But how can we know if we are loving the world and giving it preeminence over God our Father? Honestly answer this question and your response will provide an answer to your conscience. Suppose you are traveling on a long distance journey and you forget your phone would you return home to get it? Now, suppose again you were on the same journey and instead of your phone, you forgot your Bible, would you still return? Your answer determines where your heart is.

Food for Thought: Are you are a gatherer or a scatterer?

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 8Are you are a gatherer or a scatterer? Consider that there are only two forces in this world according to The Bible. All things emanate from Light or darkness. Light is from God hence James 1:17 calls Him “the Father of lights”. The manifestation of Light is Jesus hence John 1:4 says “In him was The Life and The Life is The Light of men”. Darkness is from the enemy and the manifestation of it is in the ruler of the darkness, satan. Since these facts have been established by The Bible, we need to ask ourselves, if we are not imitating Christ at any time, who are we imitating? There is no third alternative. Asked about this issue, Jesus responded thus “He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters”-Matthew 12:30. Are you gathering with Jesus by your thoughts, words and actions? Are you the type of Christian who can be counted on to tell others about politics, entertainment and sports and to never tell another soul about Christ? Food for thought!

Love as a Clothing Item

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 8Colossians 3:14, says “Above all, clothe yourselves with love” (NLT) proving that love is a clothing item. If you think in physical terms it might sound ridiculous when The Bible tells us to put on love as a garment. But have you asked yourself what God wears as clothes? Psalm 104:2 says “The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment”. 1 John 2:10 says “Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble”. We can see then that to love is to put on light as a garment. In Genesis 1:26  we read “Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness”. So, if we truly believe what God said, then we must “look up to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith” of whom John 1:4 says “In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind”. Jesus put on light as a garment to the extent that He oozed virtue from His clothes as we read in Mark 5:30 “And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?” So, let’s ask ourselves, are we putting on love/light every morning or are we putting on darkness/malice?

Use Your Advocate

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 8I was watching Law and Order and saw this man who did something bad and before the police came to arrest him, he picked up the phone and called his lawyer. When the police arrested him and brought him before the judge, his lawyer had figured out a way to convince the judge to set him free. definitely as you go through the hour, day or week you will definitely miss the mark with God. Do all within your power not to sin. But when you do sin, please remember that only foolish people run from God when they sin. Wise folk on the other hand run to Jesus when they sin before the enemy has the chance to accuse them to God. Remember 1 John 2:1 ‘I write to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father-Jesus Christ’. Make use of Him.

The Hallmarks of True Prophecy

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 8Messengers work at the pleasure of their bosses. Their bosses don’t work at their pleasure. A prophet of God is God’s messenger. The devil also has his messengers, but they don’t want to be known as such. They want to be known as God’s messengers. So how can you tell them apart? In The Bible, true prophets waited for God to give them utterances before they spoke. In Numbers 23:3 we read “Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Notice that Balaam could only wait for God. However, today,  some persons summon up the ‘prophet’ spirit at will, there is no “perhaps” with them. There is a subtle difference here. God’s spirit will summon a true prophet while pretenders summon up the spirit that moves them at will. Also, true prophecy is projected at the future because only God knows the future “Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times”-Matthew 26:34. This is different from these characters who mesmerize the undiscerning by telling them about their pasts which any familiar spirit can do. Again, true prophecy is specific and gives clarity. On the other hand, the enemy’s counterfeit is obscure and makes you suspicious of those closest to you. Finally, from Elijah, Elisha, Daniel and to John the Revelator, true prophets don’t demand for monetary favors for their prophecy. Not so with these fellows. Whether directly or indirectly, they find a way to demand money for their services. Him that has ears let him hear!

God Has Not Disqualified You

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 8Too many people let their background keep them from being all they can be in the Kingdom of God. The fact that you have a bad past means nothing to God because faith is always future focused. Proof? Well, the first known person to enter paradise was the thief at Jesus’ side. And two of the most accomplished evangelists in The Bible were prostitutes up to the day they won souls.  In Joshua 2:1 we read that the spies “entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there”. It was this Rahab that God used to save them and she eventually became an ancestor of Jesus. In John 4, Jesus encountered the Samaritan woman who had been married to five husbands and was living with the sixth man who was not her husband. After speaking with Him she believed and in verse 29 she said told her towns people “Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?”. And in verse 39 we read that “many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did”. Let these people inspire you and don’t let your background disqualify you from God’s work when God has not disqualified you.

Are you a Friend of God?

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 8Remember the song, ‘I am a friend of God? Have you sang it? Are you a friend of God? Were you telling the truth when you sand that song? Prove it. Don’t be passive in the presence of evil. Permit evil to vex your soul to the point where you want to do something about it if even it is just prayer. Consider what The Bible says about Lot “And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: “(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:”-2 Peter 2:7-9. There are many of us seeking deliverance from situations, but such deliverance has not been forthcoming. Why? Is it possible that unlike Lot, we see evil around us and instead of it vexing us we just ignore it. Do you mind your business when people profane the name of God and His worthy Son by whom we are saved in your presence? Do you mind your business when you see injustice taking place against somebody that is powerless to help himself knowing that God is a lover of justice? Do you tell the lost about Jesus and the salvation He offers?  Then why should you be surprised when God minds His own business when you are in the same situation?

Where do Thoughts Come From?

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 81 John 4:1 says “do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God”. Most thoughts are visitors to your mind. They don’t always originate from your mind. What we see, hear, smell, taste and feel can ignite thoughts. Also, there are unseen spiritual beings that subliminally plant thoughts in our minds hoping that we will accept those thoughts as our own. Finally, God’s Holy Spirit, and angels also suggest thoughts to our mind. In short, the thoughts that visit our minds can be good or evil. Now, in real life, when unwanted visitors come to your home, you can refuse to entertain them and their visit will be shortened and they will go. However, when desired and welcome visitors come to your house, you can prolong their stay by entertaining them. So, which thoughts should we entertain and which should we shun? “whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things”-Philippians 4:8.

Wisdom is the Principal Thing

Reno Omokri's Book Launch 8Once, a man died and left a will giving all his property to his slave but gave his only son the option of taking only one property. He wrote that the son was to choose the property he wished to inherit on his burial following which the slave would get everything else. On his burial day the whole village gathered and asked the son to choose upon which the son chose the slave as his property. The elders applauded him for a good choice because once you own a slave, all his property becomes yours! This is a parable. The man who died is Jesus the Son of God. The will He left behind is The Holy Bible. The slave is wisdom. And you are the son to whom He gave the option of choosing only one thing. “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding”-Proverbs 4:7. Remember that Solomon chose wisdom and God said to him “So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for–both wealth and honor–so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings”. When you get wisdom, you get all that the earth has to offer.

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