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Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Whose report will you believe?


There are so many voices that you have given Lordship in your life, so much so that when these voices speak you take what they say to be true. These voices may be your parents who have said that you will never be anything in life because of your temporary setbacks. It may your own destructive thoughts telling you that there is nothing left to live anymore that you might as well give up. It may society telling you that the unemployment rate is increasing, so you will never get a job.

It may be your family telling you that in your family such professions are not allowed, because they don’t bring money, but my question to you today is : Whose report will you believe? Whose voice have you amplified so much do that you believe the facts, which are always subject to change, through the word of God. I urge this morning not to go by the facts, but to take God at his word. Not everything that is said, that you must apply in your life.

 Be selective in your listening, if it’s not aligned with the word, don’t speak that in your life. This is what the word says:, I have plans to prosper you not to harm you,  plans to give you a hope and future. I have made you the head and not the tail, and given you dominion over all things.

As I AM SO YOU ARE. I am blessed and can never be cursed; the Lord has blessed all the work of my hands. I am co-heir with Christ. I own the whole world. Those are the confession that you must daily make over your life, because you will become what you constantly say. You are a Victor in Christ!

Black nation:Our issues are soul deep!


There are deeper issues in the soul that are keeping black people out of financial freedom they were ordained to walk in, one of those strongholds, are jealousy. I have come to learn that the deep issues of hatred among black people, which many of times lead to bewitching others, come from a deep place of resentment and jealousy. I
It’s not only ezilalni where you hear of people being bewitched, but also within the corporate sector, among the educated you find black people behlebana, competing and doing all sought of horrible things, the root of it all being jealousy.

It will take the word of God to erase the slave mentality caused by apartheid, but more deeply than that we need the word of God, love, Christ, to deal with the deeper issues of the heart, that seem small as , but are causing so much damage. Love, is the key to success, outside of that God can’t do anything. He can’t bless a wicked heart.

 I am not saying that such issues are found among other races, am sure there are, but I’m just speaking from what I have seen. We need to ask God to daily deal with us as individuals, so that we  make sure that we are not sowing seeds of jealousy, which will later harvest into hatred.
Train your soul to applaud others when they have done well, compliment someone when they do good, or have a new look, celebrate others people‘s gifts. Always make sure that as God raises you up, there are others that you are pulling up with you..#lovetalk#

YOU ARE GODS DREAM!!


Not all of us are going to own empires like Donald Trump, not all us wilL fill stadiums with woman/men drooling over us and crying over our amazing voices. Not all will be known as the fastest man on earth and have big brands like Nike endorsing us. Not all of us will be national icons that get to represent our county with pride all around the world. Not all of us are created to  be popular but all of us are created to be EEFECTIVE.
You see it doesn’t  matter that many don’t know of you, but that is no reason  to  down play Gods purpose for  your life. It’s a great purpose, not because of the number of people that follow you, or sing your praises, but because of the ability of that purpose to impact/change lives for the better. So never look at those whose names God has made great and desire to be them or be envious of their success. The election of God is for his purpose and glory.
Your purpose may be to be behind the scenes, or you may be Joseph/Esther or David who despite their upbringing and persecution were always destined to be the forefront in what God wanted to do. So don’t look down on yourself, if yours is to impact just four people, and then do that with all your might because in those four are many nations.
If you are called for large platforms, remain humble, and use your greatness for the greater good of others. Either way may you excel in all God has called you to do.May you do it not for fame or popularity but for the advancement of Gods Kingdom and so that through your life , HIS name may be lifted up.

The enemy of vision is sight!


Myles Munroe once said that the enemy of vision is sight. Many of the rimes it’s what we see that discourages. We make the temporary challenges greater than the vision God has given us. A person who has a vision can’t be destroyed, you can try belittling them when they are down, but the vision in them will cause them to rise again. When you have a vision/a dream it will keep you going even when you think you can’t go on.

A vision will cause you to leave the masses and walk with those who will assist you in achieving the dream. If you are a dreamer, then like Joseph you will be ridiculed, criticised, and rejected, not because of anything you have done, but every attack is an indication of the magnitude of the dream. When you have a dream, then like a pregnant woman, you understand that what you are carrying is so precious and there are certain things you don’t eat, certain places you avoid, not because you don’t want to, but what you are carrying matters more than what you feel.

You are Gods dream, there is something great that God has created you to fulfil that only you can fulfil. There will be challenges on the way, but never speak out of fear, always speak Faith. Envision yourself living the life that you have always dreamed of, and then everyday work towards fulfilling that dream. You are going to make it, and yes it will cost you, some more than others, but you are the success of God. Speak life, see life, be life!

You will become what you continously confess!!


Lento isekuteteni (The issue is with your words) and then acting on the words. The woman with the issue of the blood said to herself, that “if I can just touch the helm of his garment I will be healed.” Waqiba naye(She assured herself), that if she can touch his helm ,she will be healed. Note that, she never consulted with anyone, but made up her mind that her healing would come once she got up and touched the helm of this garment. There are moments in life where you must not wait for man’s confirmation in order to walk into what God has called you to do, as long as he has said it, and then you must do it. At times too many voices, lead to fear and no action

What I love about this woman is that she didn’t just speak, but got up and did something about her confession. So many of us are telling people how great we are, the amazing  dreams we have , kodwa iminyaka iyandlula oko uteta(but you have been confessing for years) with nothing to show for  it. Faith without actions is dead.

SO SPEAK LIFE, THAT’SGOOD, then act on it, because nothing will happen until you make a move. So she said to herself, then after that, she made her way through the crowd and touched him. She pressed through the many people, amongst the critics, but she kept her focus on what she had said and didn’t allow anything to distract her. She touched him and she was made whole.

There is so much one can learn from this woman. But my question to you today though is what are you saying over your life? What confession are you making daily? Because you will become what you say. Then, what are you doing about what you have said? You are the success of God, a winner in Christ and that must be your daily confession, but with those words, act on your faith and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!

Thats the love I want:Gods love!!


I am convinced, fully persuaded that LOVE is the key to success. It’s something else to say something because you have read it from a book, or you heard it being said by someone and you thought wow that sounds profound, but there is something about experiencing something that makes it more real and makes you more relevant to those who are in a similar situation.
I read a book once by Kenneth Copeland entitled “Love the key to success “ and at the time I was so convinced that I knew that love is. I mean I gave to the poor. I was always there to listen when a friend needed shoulder to cry on. I had good deeds lists and kept to it. After reading this book though it was like I was awakened to a new kind of love. A love that goes deeper than anything I knew and the deeper than the shallow love society promotes as real. The more I read the book the more of Gods heart towards humanity I began to understand. I now understood that love is his ministry and that’s why even today he is the greatest man who ever lived, because he mastered this beautiful spirit called Love.
My prayer recently has been God consume me with your Love. I want that love that took you to the cross, when you knew no sin. That love that made you cry on the cross ‘’ father forgive them for they know now that they do”, yet they nailed you to the cross. I want that love  that  made you see a Prophetess in prostitute, I want that love that made you lay down your life for met. Thats my hearts cry now, of all that I need in my love, I want to walk in perfect love.
I want to sit with those what do things I may not agree with and not judge them from within. I want to not look away when a begging child asks me for money from the car window. I want to speak well of those that I know don’t like me. I want to see God in all man. I want to know of people’s weakness and not talk behind their backs, but still hug them as if I care. I want to see God in the gay, God in the lesbian, God in the drunkard, God in the robber, God in the murderers, God in an atheist. I want to see and think the best of all people. It’s going to cost me I know, but I want to be consumed with AGAPE..I want Gods heart!

Build your life while you wait!


Like ANY other woman, marriage is a ministry I would love to enter. Like  on day. Like most ladies I wonder who my husband is, what he is like what he likes, but then I am reminded always that I am all that he is, cause I come from him .The one thing God has taught me though about marriage that it’s not something that you must rush into, it needs so much patience, because like anything that is born before time, there are long term consequent
 I always used to be so critical when it got the kind of man I want my husband to be, In my head he was flawless, perfect in every sway tell like I said other day I learned that Marriage: is not about finding a wife/husband that ideal to your list of criteria’s,i.e the man / woman of your dreams, such people don’t exist. But it’s about God divinely connecting you to a person that is will help you in fulfilling Gods purpose in you.
It was when I learned this that I became less worried about the caliber of man he is going to be, but more about the  kind of wife I would like to be to him. It is now less about how I want him to bam, but more about what he needs me to be, for the fulfillment of Gods purpose in him. You see I now know that I must maximize on my since years , and ensure that I deal with all the areas that God still needs to perfect in me, not because I am trying to be  perfect wife to him, but because anything I don’t deal with now, I will bring into the relationship. Singlehood, is the time to deal with all baggage that could have a negative impact on your relationship. Baggage can be anything, unresolved issues /feelings with old boyfriends, person insecurities, trust issues, low self-esteem, because I know now, that marriage does not and cannot solve that which I have not yielded to the Holy Spirits council and correction.
With all that said, hats important sad you wait ladies and gentlemen is that allow God the  Holy Spirit, to be YOUR personal savior to you first. Know him for yourself, as teacher, council and lover. Spend time with him; be naked and transparent with him about all issues of your life.He is so gentle, slow to anger and quick to love. He is love, let him teach you how to Love and what love is. Yield to him, for in him is all success.