SCRIPTURAL TEXT: Proverbs 1:8 – 9 “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be anornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck._ In the kingdom of God, obedience remains a master key that unlocks the blessings and favor of Godupon
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1 Samuel 15:22 “And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.” God speaks to us in different ways; through the Bible, through the voice of His Spirit in our inner man,
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John 2:5 “His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.” One of the reasons we pray and intercede is because we do not know what to do or how to handle an imminent or prevailing situation. We thus seek the intervention of the Almighty who knows all things and is
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Haggai 1:5 “Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; consider your ways.” God’s opinion is the accurate yardstick for determining how well we are doing per time, not what we or other men think. Therefore, when God says for you to consider your ways as we see in our text today, it is enough
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Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the LORD. Haggai 1:8 It is the culture of the world to live in ways that oppose the teachings and values in the word of God. The ways of the world, and
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When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. Proverbs 16:7 There is a level where you fight enemies but there is a higher level where God makes your enemies to be at peace with you. A good example is King David and King Solomon. David
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Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Deut 5:16 When the commandment to honor one’s parents, was first given to the Israelites on Mount Sinai, it not only instructed obedience, but explained the positive outcome of honoring one’s parents- (‘that your days may
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Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. Luke 5: 4-5 Our obedience is actually a show
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“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17). As humans, we are naturally skeptical of things we have not tried and proven to be true; and because we live in a predominantly negative environment, there is every tendency to doubt and question everything around us- even in many cases, the word
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But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. James 1:22,25 A person who intends to receive the
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