Still on this lateness issue on wedding day.

I recall sometime in 2013 or there about, on my way to Sango-OTa to conduct a wedding slated for 10am, I had left Abeokuta, where I was and still resident at 7am for Sango-Ota which is just about 1hr 30mins drive. At 9.30am,

#Shouldn't you rather thank God first, than start with Prayer Points?

God frowns at ingratitude.

Make no mistakes, no one makes progress with ingratitude

The passage below is proof that God frowns at it👇🏼

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Luke 17:16 MSG
He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough - and he was a Samaritan.
Luke 17:17 Jesus said, "Were not 10 healed? Where are d 9?

V17 is the PUNCHLINE.
Yes, to many, d New Year is just like any other day & to others, it's a special time.

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Be that as it may, it would be a great deed to start with Thanksgiving and then follow-up with directions for the year.

*Let me tell you what I do daily.

When I wake up each morning, I am deliberate about Thanksgiving. I thank God for at least One Hour without interrupting

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the session with Prayer Points. After the One Hour Thanksgiving Session, I can then switch to prayer points etc.

God has never stopped being good, we've just stopped being grateful.

Thanksgiving never cease because, blessings never cease

You must realize that Ingratitude

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stinks and It is easily noticed & conspicuous. It makes the one who is behind your smile to withdraw.

It's been God through the years and Apostle Paul wrote in
Acts 26v22a GNB
But to this very day I have been helped by God.

Satan & his demons are better organized.

We should have been the one taking credit for this.
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When Jesus asked , what is your name in Mark 5:9 KJV
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

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They responded, we are a Regiment, we match together, we are orderly.

Satan has a highly organized and effective army and this is because, his agents or demons are not disorganized as we erroneously think when they come against you and I.

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When Satan matches with his demons they all match with a "spirit" of unity.
they accused Jesus of casting out Satan in Satan's name..Luke 11:17-18 KJV
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house

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divided against a house falleth. [18] If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

Jesus was saying that Satan's kingdom is not divided against itself.

I will also like to remind you that from

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Genesis-Revelations you will never find demons fighting demons, principalities fighting principalities, witches fighting witches, its only when we take a look inside d church that we see so much of royal rumble. Ministers of d Gospel fighting each other, churches antagonizing

Are you FED-UP? 2

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Acts 16:16 MSG
One day, on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl ran into us. She was a psychic &, with her fortunetelling, made a lot of money for the people who owned her.

Acts 16:17She started following Paul around, calling everyone's

attention to us by yelling out, "These men are working for the Most High God. They're laying out the road of salvation for you!"

*Acts 16:18*
*She did this for a number of days until Paul, finally fed up with her, turned and commanded the spirit that possessed her, "Out* !

In the name of Jesus Christ, get out of her!" And it was gone, just like that.
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👉🏼Sometimes, undue familiarity or sentiments can be our bane.
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We hold on to what we should be rid off.
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We associate with people we should disassociate from.

👉🏼Abram had this problem and it is still with us to this day.

👉🏼It wasn't until after Abram cut off from Lot, that God spoke to him.

*Genesis 13:14 KJV*
And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes...

*For starters, "Lot" means a veil or a covering*
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Now, how can anyone make progress with a heavy " *covering* " upon him or her?
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It takes a level of discernment not to allow sentiments get in the way of our walk with God.

*Psalms 1v1 outs it Aptly.* 👇🏼

A SHORT EXHORTATION, this 1st Day of August.

Theme -A FRESH START.

Today can mark the day God gave you a fresh start..

It can mark the day you had a new beginning and have you celebrating this 1st day of August as a memorial for the rest of your life.

For sure, everyone desires a break from 1 thing or d other, a respite from disappointments, setbacks. That break is called a FRESH START.

We all desire a fresh lease of life from all that has been unpleasant.

1 Sam 7:12b MSG
saying,"This marks d place where God helped us."

This day too can mark d day God Indeed MARVELOUSLY HELPED you

1st STEP

1. Psalms 18:20 God made my life complete WHEN I PLACED ALL d PIECES b4 HIM.WHEN I GOT MY ACT TOGETHER,He gave me a fresh start

A. Place all d pieces b4 Him
B. Get your acts 2geda & quit sulking & whinning

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Psalms 32:1 MSG
Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be - you get a fresh start, your slate's wiped clean.

A. After a fresh start, your slate is automatically wiped clean. Nothing to bring you bad memories again. If it's God, then, it is indeed a fresh start, no scars.

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Psalms 51:10 MSG
God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis wk from d chaos of my life.

A. Bc, u have a fresh start,it's a GENESIS WK from d past chaos of your life

Hosea 14:5a MSG
I will make a fresh start with Israel. He'll burst into bloom like a crocus in d spring

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Gen 16:13 MSG
She answered God by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, "You're the God who sees me!" "Yes! He saw me; and then I saw Him!"
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Circumstances chased her (Hagar)out of her home, chased her out of the place she once felt safe & comfortable.😭
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She was now at a place she felt rejected, dejected, abandoned, neglected, humiliated and depressed. No one saw her at this particular time of her life, no one saw her there, yet, God saw her.

📌In her rejection, God saw her.
📌In her dejection, God saw her.

📌In her abandoned state, God saw her.
📌In her neglected state, God saw her.
📌In her humiliated state, God still saw her.
📌In her depressed state too, God saw her.
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Hagar was invincible to everyone, but, not God. God saw her.

📍She said, "I have seen the One who sees me"

*Genesis 16:13b MSG*
"You're the God who sees me!" "Yes! He saw me; and then I saw him!"
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Many do not " *see* " God at times like these, and if truth be told, these are not easy times to focus. They can be overwhelming if one isn't sensitive.
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*Good news today;*

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" *DIVINE ROAD MAP AT DAWN* "

*Acts 16:9 MSG*
That night Paul had a dream: A Macedonian stood on the far shore and called across the sea, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!"
*Acts 16:10*
*The dream gave Paul his map* . We went to work at once getting

things ready to cross over to Macedonia. *All the pieces had come together* . We knew now for sure that God had called us to preach the good news to the Europeans.
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Everyone needs a " *ROAD-MAP* " to chart his/her course in life.

It gives direction & a sense of purpose.✔️
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God gave Paul his via a dream or what some translation refer to as vision/trance.

👉🏼When God gave him, he went to work at once *(V10)* . No time to waste. It was what he had been waiting for..
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Surely, you need a "MAP" for that Project, Mission, Marriage, Business, Ministry,

Academic Pursuit.

👉🏼With this divine map, one thing is sure....You have accurate direction.✔️
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There would be challenges on the way, but, because, you know the source of the *"MAP* ", you are convinced His grace is sufficient to take you through.
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WHY SHOOT OUR WOUNDED? - Ps. 109:21-31

A Detroit newspaper reportd that a patient in a local hospital was shot and killed as he lay in his bed recovering from a previous gunshot wound. The victim had been listed in fair condition prior to the shooting and was looking forward to

going home. Hospital patients and employees were stunned. A spokesperson said that nothing like this had happened in the 50yrs of the hospital's existence.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could say the same for our churches and relationships?

Wouldn't it be encouraging if we

were able to say that in 50yrs of meeting together for worship, fellowship and spiritual healing, we had not had a single instance of a wounded member being cut down by the unkindness of a fellow Christian?

Many among us have experienced the pain that David expressed in

Psalm 109. When he was hurt and vulnerable, insensitive people took advantage of him. Certainly, if he had sinned, he needed their loving correction. what he didn't need was their scorn, gossip, and selfish neglect.

Who shoots his foot after stubbing his toe?
No one in his

right mind and neither should anyone with the mind of Christ act unmercifully toward a wounded brother or sister in the body of Christ. Rather, we must "show mercy" (v.16).

Give me, Lord, a lot of mercy
For my fellow men each day,
Mercy in their many failures
As they struggle on

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*Acts 16:25 MSG*
Along about midnight, Paul and Silas were at prayer and singing a robust hymn to God. *The other prisoners couldn't believe their ears* .
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Yes, they couldn't believe their ears or would you too?

👉🏼They were in prison & they knew what was to *come...death* , yet they kept on singing & praying.

👉🏼It wasn't that they had any reasonable thing to be thankful for, (at least, from human comprehension.)
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A " *normal* " person, would be in fear & trepidation in this situation.

👉🏼They did what any child of God in an unpleasant situation should do.. *.Pray & Praise* & just as everyone else was about to write them all off as insane, the unthinkable happened.👇🏼

Acts 16:26 MSG
Then, without warning, a huge earthquake! The jailhouse tottered, every door

flew open, all the prisoners were loose.
👉🏼As you Pray & Praise;
The unthinkable will happen in your life👇🏼
👉🏼Every door shut against you will suddenly open.
👉🏼Everything u were denied, will suddenly find it's way to your doorstep
👉🏼Greater doors for more exploits shall be opened

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Penninah was said to have mocked Hannah on a consistent basis.

👉🏼Penninah mocked her because she was childless.
👉🏼She mocked her because she was unfruitful.
1Samuel 1:6 NLT
So Peninnah wld taunt Hannah & make fun of her b/c d lord had kept her from having children

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Penninah wasn't as prayerful as Hannah, yet, she was fruitful.

👉🏼She wasn't as spiritual as Hannah, yet, she was fruitful.

👉🏼She made fun of Hannah, because, she was "ahead".
👉🏼She made fun of her because, she had the "advantage."

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Maybe, there are things u ought to have achieved, but, they are looking impossible to achieve.

👉🏼Maybe, there are things that u ought to have attained unto & u are even light years away even right now.
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This situation has made u a laughing stock amongst friends & neighbors.

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You have nothing to show for all your regular church attendance, all your prayer meetings, all your tithing, all your offerings.
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It's beginning to eat you up internally.😭
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Just as Hannah was grieving and praying with tears dripping down her eyes during another church

service, the Bible said;
*1Sam 1v19b KJV*
...& d Lord remembered her.
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Yes, the Lord *REMEMBERED her, & the rest, they say is history.
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This week, the Lord will glorify u in d presence of your mockers.💃🏼

1Sam 2:1B NLT
...Now I have an answer for my enemies

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Esther 2:2 MSG
the king's young attendants stepped in and got the ball rolling:"Let's begin a search for beautiful young virgins for d king.

Here, there was an occasion.
An open vacancy.👇🏼

👉🏼A void, only God could fill.
👉🏼A void, only God wld handpick & fill in

👉🏼The king's young attendants stepped in and got d ball rolling:

Unknown to anyone, God was already working behind d scenes.

👉🏼When the young attendant stepped in & got d ball rolling, no one knew where d "ball" was going to stop.

👇🏼Alas, the "ball" *stopped* at Esther's feet

*This New Year;*
👉🏼You will not lack a voice in the "palace"

👉🏼You will not lack men and women who will do the work for you...All you will do, is step in and sit on the throne.
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Today, things will be set in motion that will eventually advance you to greatness.
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