God Hates Idleness

 Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

To be idle is not to be engaged in any productive process. Please see Proverbs Chapter 19 verse 15. God hates idleness because idleness is destructive (Ecclesiastes Chapter 10 verse 18); idleness is equivalent to slothfulness and laziness which always bring about destruction, in point of fact, is great destruction. Please see also Proverbs Chapter 18 verse 9 and 1^st Thessalonians Chapter 3 verses 10 to 13 where the Apostle Paul cautioned against idleness.

Furthermore, the book of Proverbs Chapter 14 verse 23 throws ample light on forms of idleness such as idle chatter, the kind of chatter that does not lead to spiritual, physical and mental benefits; does not add to knowledge, does not bring in income, does not add to spiritual and physical and even emotional well being. Additionally, wandering from house in aimless visits with no productive purpose behind the visits is wandering as the outcome of such visits is usually idle chatter. Also, practitioners of such idleness end up as busy bodies rather than productive fruitful people.

God hates idleness. He engaged the idle laborers in productive processes by providing employment opportunities to keep the idle people busy in productive processes. These ones were idle because they were not hired to engage in productive processes which explains why Jesus hired each one of them that were at the market place; those in search of jobs. It is instructive to note that these people were not idle people because if they were idle people who enjoyed being idle, they would not have been at the market place, a place where people in search of employment opportunities went to be hired. They were not deliberately idle like the widows described in 1^st Timothy Chapter 5 verse 16; nor those who chose idleness and idle chatter as a way of life. Please read Matthew Chapter 20 verses 1 to 7.

Focus on Solutions 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Beloved, you can request help of God to overcome whatever challenges you if only you will focus on solutions rather than on stewing over whatever assails you. Are you sick and in need of healing? God still heals and will gladly heal you if you ask Him to do so. King Hezekiah of Judah cried to God for help when he was sick unto death. God not only healed him; He also gave him additional years to live on planet earth. It is also quite instructive that King Hezekiah was advised on what medications to use and he used them. This implies that God’s healing come in diverse ways; sometimes with His word and the ailment disappears as in a number of cases in the Bible, sometimes with medications as in the case of Hezekiah, the blind man Jesus ministered to with sand and other materials; sometimes by anointing with oil after prayers by the elders of the Church as instructed in the Bible in the book of James. Beloved, God is new every day and will direct you on how to get healed if you focus on receiving healing from Him rather than on the ailment and its pain.

Are you in debt? Take your focus away from the huge amount of debt and ask God to show you how to earn great income with which you can pay off the debts. Worrying about the debts and the consequent actions of servitude that will be taken by your creditor will not solve the problem. What will solve the problem is, you turning to God for solutions. Please quickly do so now if this is the challenge you are experiencing. You will be pleasantly surprised to discover that God will not only help you pay off the debts, He will also empower you to become a lender to nations. The case of the indebted widow of the prophet in 2^nd Kings Chapter 4 verses 1 to 7 is instructive and faith inspiring.

An Idea Is an Empire

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

An idea is usually intangible. It starts as a thought and grows as an expanded thought. This implies that ideas are thoughts expanded through creative but strategic thinking processes. Such processes should ideally be dependent on the Holy Spirit. Thoughts expanded to ideas create with the word of God birthing businesses, scientific inventions and what have you.  This is to say that ideas which originated as a thought (s) in the hearts of men and women over time expanded to the institutions, technologies, innovations, fashion etc that bless humanity today. Therefore, think more, process thoughts, ideas, evaluate and reevaluate them, including the jobs at hand to see how you can convert them to empires. Review what you do, what has been done and how it can be improved upon to grow beyond what it is now to the empire God designed it to be from the foundation of the world.

Everything God created is designed to multiply because embedded in every creation of God is the capacity for fruitfulness. Even nature teaches us that fruitfulness leads to multiplication and in some cases compounding. In like manner, an idea that is well thought out; implemented in the right place, at the right time and with the right people definitely turns out right, blooms and flourishes beyond the original implantation stage to become an empire.

Give Your Way to Wealth

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

The power to get wealth is preceded by the power to lay down. It is impossible to provoke giving without the power to lay down. . You must first lay down before you receive. This is the secret of increase. Increase your giving and you will increase your capacity to get wealth. Every seed you sow always multiplies and compounds. There is a progression – as Isaac sowed in the land, he kept waxing great, growing from one level of greatness to another.  The possible outcomes of giving include unanticipated progress to the next level. GIVING therefore INCREASES INCOME;, GIVING CAN WARD OFF DANGERS. Please see Malachi Chapter 3 verse 11.

In Deuteronomy Chapter 16 verse 17, the Bible instructs believers to give according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you. No one should appear before God empty and you give from what God has blessed with you. This implies that God will always bless you but He also expects a worship portion from that blessing through the giving of tithes and generous offerings in His house. Please see also 2^nd Corinthians Chapter 8 verses 1 to 7.

Tithe Your Way to Wealth

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Jesus is the foundation of tithing. Please see Hebrews Chapter 7 verses 1 to 10, Genesis Chapter 13 verses 18 to 20. 

The tithe is ten percent of a person’s income be it daily, weekly, monthly or annual income that a believer gives to God as an act of worship.  Tithes are meant for the well being of the Levites, their upkeep and for doing the work of the Lord. Please see Nehemiah Chapter 13 verses 9 to 13, Leviticus Chapter 27 verses 30 to 34 and Numbers Chapter 18 verses 21 to 32. In Malachi Chapter 3 verses 8 to 12,  believers are instructed to pay the tithe  and give generous offerings in a Bible believing Church where the Holy Spirit is accorded respect and given freedom to operate fully; so that He guides, teaches and directs the people of God to profit (Isaiah Chapter 48 verse 17); also where the truth of God is upheld and reigns above the doctrines and philosophies of men; where the Lordship of Jesus is celebrated and God is the head of the Church and everyone submits to God. It is also the place where every member of the Church counts – no one is favored above the other and everyone is treated with respect and honor, no partiality in judgment, service, etc. That Church is also where you worship and serve God in truth and in spirit.