Nooil:
Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success


1 Timothy 4: 15

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that they profiting may appear to all.


If you look at these two verses, you'll see that God wants us as His children to prosper and have good success. Not the type that the world gives and take, but what will give us peace of mind. Something we can leave as a legacy to our generation.

But before you tap into this realm of success, God has commanded us to do one thing; meditate upon His word.

When you want to pass an exam, what do you do? You go to class, listen to the teacher, read your books, meditate on it, practise it, and then write the exam and pass.

What do you do when you want good success?
You read the Bible, listen to the word of God, meditate on it, speak it into your existence, practise it, and you'll have good success.

But what do Christians do today?

The only focus on negativity. The fill their minds with it, think of it daily, and in the end, they want a positive result. How is that possible?

God wants us to be happy and successful.

3 John 1:2

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

You cannot tap into this when your mind is always clouded with the fear of failure, timidity, shame, and doubt.

2 Corinthians 10:5 says "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."

You have to remove those negative thoughts from your mind. Those thoughts that say God cannot do it, there is no God, I'm wasting my time praying, etc. Bring those thoughts into captivity.

How?

By meditating on the word of God.

When the negative thoughts come, replace it with the word of God.

One of my friends who lost his father recently to diabetes was telling me he is now scared of living. That his father was so full of life, like someone who will stay for a long time. My friend said he always think of death. Wondering how he will die, and so on. I told him, when those thoughts come, replace it with joyful thoughts. I told him to think about his remaining family members, of his future wife, and children, the joy they would bring to him.

The bottom line is that you have to learn to replace negative thoughts if you're ever going to have peace of mind. But how are you going to replace negative thoughts that question the efficacy of your God, when you don't even know His word?

Read your Bible daily and meditate on it. Focus your mind on His promises. Connect with God through His word.

See yourself as God sees you, and see God as what He says He is.

Practice: pick a word of God today, and meditate on it, and see what God will do in your life. For example, if you need something from God, meditate on this word, day and night

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want."

And see what God will do for you.



As long as you meditate on the word of God, you will see right, speak right, and do right.


-Excerpts from Pst Taiwo Odukoya's Sunday message

Happy Sunday everyone.

BadRadio:


Is Wole Soyinka successful, According to u the answer is YES !.

Is he a Christan? NO !

What is he? Atheist !

Thank You


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/9600954/Wole-Soyinka-If-religion-was-taken-away-Id-be-happy.html

Nooil:


You know, my mind told me you'll bring this up some day. Wole Soyinka has been divorced two times. That's a worldly success, not what God gives. God gives success in its entirety, nothing lacking.

Kobojunkie:
Jesus Christ is the word of God, not the Bible.

The Bible happens to contain the words that Jesus Christ gave us from God, but many have confused the entire book to be Jesus Christ when it is not.

Nooil:


You know, my mind told me you'll bring this up some day. Wole Soyinka has been divorced two times. That's a worldly success, not what God gives. God gives success in its entirety, nothing lacking.

BadRadio:
The truth about success has so much to do with sowing and reaping... Natural laws emphasizes on principles, theories and phenomenon. Divine laws deals with beliefs, religion and doctrines. atheists gets results through Natural laws, Religious fanatics gets their results through beliefs.

So therefore it is clearly imperative to say that achieving real success is relative. There is not one road to it.

Nooil:


Success is relative. It all depends on individual perception. What do you see as success? What kind of success do you want?

BadRadio:
You don't necessarily have to know God or read the bible to be successful. That's my point

Nooil:


Obviously. But if you want good success, (not the type that takes away your sleep, and that of others), you need to meditate on the word of God, day and night.

BadRadio:
what do u mean? Explain @ bolder.

Nooil:


Buy me Lucozade boost first, let me have strength

BadRadio:
What you

Nooil:


There are lots of things you don't understand. But perhaps if you sit still, and think deep, you'll get them. Don't be hasty in your thoughts. Think deep and analyze. Try and get the message the messenger is passing. Life is not all about arguing and trying to be right.

BadRadio:
You are probably a christian because your parents raised u as a christian. I believe you would be a Muslim if you are raised as a Muslim. You lack definition of self and it has affected the way you think or reason.

I dont argue with u. Victim of crowd mentality that is too egotistical and proud to learn.

Nooil:


I have seen your posts where you say you don't believe in God. So, I'm not surprised at this outburst. It was only a matter of time you revealed yourself.

Why did you change the dullards? You should know by now that name-calling has no effect on me.

And for your information, I don't have a crowd mentality. I only believe in God because I had a personal encounter with Him.

BadRadio:
As a matter of fact I am a Christian but that doesn't stop me from stating perspectives objectively... A lot of persons have been blinded to real truths in the name of religion.

Before you start quoting me wrongly with your scandalous way of understanding... I never said I don't believe in God.

Nooil:


I only asked you to understand the message, but you started cursing. Why the temper ish? It's not good for your heart.

There is no way you'll meditate on the word of God that you won't have good success. If there is any Bible verse I keep in my mind, it's "Seeth a man diligent in his work, he will stand before kings."

The Bible teaches the fruits of the Holy Spirit. If you have them in mind, you won't go out and intentionally hurt people because you want to earn money.

Good success means wealth that is gotten without hurting yourself and people in the process. You can sleep well at night. I hope you understand.

BadRadio:
I am done. bye!