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1) EMOTIONS/TALENT

But if your ambition is not aligned with your assignment even your achievements will be empty

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He gave him the emotional passion to do it but Samson took his passion and spent it on preference. Instead of applying it to his purpose.

So instead of delivering his people from Philistines, he reacted out of range and married a Philistine.

2) COMMITMENT

Are you stable in your commitment because if you consult your emotions to determine or not to keep your commitment, you'll never be stable.

3) AMBITION

When the angel came to tell Samson's mom that he was suppose to be a deliverer of Israel, she never told his dad that. And I wonder did anybody tell him.

Or that he just grow up being knowing he was strong and not know what he was strong for.

Because when you have a strength that you don't give an assignment to, it turns into apathy and you spend it in all crazy ways so I want you to check you ambition.

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Are you stable in your ambition, because if you want isn't what God wants, even if you get it, it'll destroy you.

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3 things to be great in Life

1) You need talent

2) Opportunity

3) Drive...

And nobody can put the desire in you

Nobody can put it in you to want it.

Can I tell you the problem with alot of us?

We don't want enough.

We just want a job, we don't want to make a difference there. We just want enough for us, we dont ever ask," God would you give me more than enough?"

And I'm not just talking about money. I'm talking about other resources as well.

I need more opportunity to be a blessing. I don't just want to be blessed, I want to be a blessing.

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If your ambition is not aligned with you assignment, even your achievements will be empty.

4) Relationships

Are you stable in your relationships?

In this season of your life, if God is to stabilize you so that you can be stronger, you can't keep leaning on weak people.

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If you keep leaning on weak people, don't ve surprised when they let you down.

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Are you stable?

Can you take the storm and stay with me?

Can you put up with the trials of life and persevere?

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God said it's not whats happening in the surface that's causing your life to go up and down. You just need a stable foundation.

5) BELIEF

His strength became a weakness.

Judges 16:25

"...they stood them among the Pillars"

How it was in his most vulnerable state that Samson accomplished his greatest victory.

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Your strength is growing back.

It's growing back.

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It was when he couldn't see, that he believed. And Samson prayed to the Lord in His weak state, now I understand it, he turns weaknessess into strength because he believed when he couldn't see. And he did in his death when he couldn't do in his life.

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A double minded man is unstable in all of his ways and you hadnt veen strong cz u hadn't been stable. But brace yourself.

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𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆

Proverbs 31:12-13

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The more complex the society we live in, the more we need to exercise the art of selectivity.

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Dear Lord, help me to become more selective about the music I listen to, the movies and TV programs I watch and the people I allow to influence my life.

Holy Spirit, empower me to be more selective about where I invest my time, money, energy and other resources.

I want to work with eager hands --to be diligent and not self indulgent. In particular, I recognize the need to be less self-indulgent of my taste buds and far more selective about the food I put into my mouth and on my table. Everything matters to you, and I want to please you in all things. Help me to provide for the basic needs of my family and others who rely on me for guidance.

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-Excerpt: Donna Partow Becoming the woman God wants me to be 💕❤

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#Faith #Selectivity #consciousness #ThepathofLeastResistance #investing #Time #Money #Resources #Energy

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𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆

People treat us the way we treat them. There is good in everyone if we choose to see it. By believing the best, we bring out the best. The same is true for circumstances that, after all, are largely influenced by people. There is good in every circumstance, even if that good is merely the opportunity to become a more patient, more compassionate or wiser person. Look for the lesson, look for the positive. Seek and you will surely find. (Matthew 7:7)

-Donna Partow ♡

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#Faith #Hope #Love #Wordstoliveby

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***Fan-Girling**

I bought her book once upon 2016, when I was having to heal a heartache. Chozz. And this book was amongst my purchase then. It's one of those books you'd want to keep for generations to come. I learnt so much and hoping to apply them slowly but surely. 😊

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Curious to see if the author, *Donna Partow* is on social media and she is! So good to know she has a group here in facebook and is still doing the ministry of God.

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Thankful for her life and I cant believe she replied my comment!😆😆😆🥰🥰🥰😄😄😄🙏🙏🙏

Definitely, one of those days when I am so thankful for the Internet. 😅😂😆

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The song writer was gonna throw this song... but what wonderful lyrics that it just touched me so deeply. I dig the chorus so much. May this song uplift and encourage you as it did to me.

Chorus:

I wanna be tried by fire

Purified

You take whatever you desire

Lord here's my life

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One of the greatest gifts you can give someone is the space to be his or herself without the threat of you leaving.

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#loveyourneighbor #loveyourneighborasyourself

#faith #grace #myclarity #giftoflife #quoteoftheday

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God where are you? | Steven Furtnick

John 11:1-44

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God where are you? | Steven Furtnick

https://youtu.be/pYosqIaZEmc

10:44-11:23

"What did I tell you was the purpose of John's Gospel? 

The Lazarus factor: is that everything that God allows you to lose can lead to a deeper belief in who He is.

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And I just wanna know, did you ever lose something in your life only to know God better on the other side?

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And has there ever been a time where God used the thing that you would not have chosen to happen to change you in a way and you would not give the change for anything even though you didn't choose the circumstances that caused it? I thought so.

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12:08-12:25

He said I'm glad I wasn't there, because sometimes, my greatest lessons are taught in the spaces that you consider my absence.

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Sometimes your greatest faith is built in the absence of your feeling, and your greatest wisdom is built in the absence of your understanding.

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13:15-13:24

There is only so much that others can do. 

Quit being mad at people because they can't give you what only God has and quit pushing people out of your life because they can't be everything to you. Only God can be everything to you."

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15:44-16:16

She's actually very mature to know that the presence of Jesus is an excellent place to process your disappointments, and if you don't learn how to process your disappointments in His presence, you'll process them somewhere else that is not safe or they will become toxic oxygen and you will choke on the lack of the compassion that He can give. So I think it's really beautiful -the Lazarus factor lets me know that I can let God know when I'm let down.

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17:11-17:16

Everybody dies. He (Lazarus) dies again. There's only one person who didn't die again

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17:20-17:32

..what God is doing in this season of your life is about to become plain but only if you get honest...

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17:41-18:34

..even now, it would be one thing for you to stay in the past. It will be another thing for you to look to the future but there is power in the now. There is power in the presence of God, there is power in an honest confession of faith that I don't understand this turn of events but I know that even now, God will give you whatever you ask, I know that possibility stands before me when now I know that potential for healing is before me when... even now God can fulfill it."

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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 (𝑵𝒐 𝑬𝒈𝒈𝒔, 𝑵𝒐 𝑩𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑶𝒓𝒆𝒐 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒌𝒆)

I made this cake for my sister's birthday and I am so filled with anxiousness yet excitement to see my family enjoy the Midnight Delight. It took me about four hours as I carefully mix all the ingredients as this is my first take to make her all time favourite cake which means to say the bar set is already high for me to achieve. The goal was to present her with a close taste of her favourite cheesecake.

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Nevertheless, in the kitchen, I was filled with joy as I found baking one of my remedies of stress reliever. It took about two days to freeze this no-egg, no-bake cheesecake and then finally, the day has come.

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I was all anxious to witness their taste test as I ventured on this Eggless No-bake, Oreo Cheesecake and presented them on the dining table as we took our grace of desserts.

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I am happy to share that our Midnight Delight (No egg, no-bake Oreo Cheesecake) was a great success. I was beaming with joy when they all exclaimed their comments having me overflow with joy and a huge sigh of relief. I am grateful for my family and the happiness baking gives me as I am able to create sumptuous bakes for them. I look forward to share these blessings and joy to all of you soon.

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Stay safe and Godspeed😊🙏

For more stories to come and bakes I have done you can follow my journey on Instagram: @kitchenjoyss

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𝑫𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕.

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𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒅'𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 -𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑭𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌 . Jesus called people stuff that He knew they were that they didn’t know yet. He called you righteous while you’re still struggling with addiction. . 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒕: when you stop worrying about what looks good to people because you want to be right with God. . I’m important because He(Jesus) made me. . https://youtu.be/LfDVjGmgQA8 . #Faith #Jesus #PeaceofMind #WordofGod #LoveofGod #GraceofJesus #UndeservedGrace https://www.instagram.com/p/CCT0Z_UF4BS/?igshid=ry6heqo3mw8j

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𝑫𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒅'𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏 -𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑭𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌

I'm important because He(Jesus) made me.

Jesus called people stuff that He knew they were that they didn't know yet. He'll call you righteous while you're still struggling with addiction.

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Kingdom clout: when you stop worrying about what looks good to people because you want to be right with God.

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Comparison is a thief of Joy. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCM9R7NluS_/?igshid=auyao96uv3bs

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When reality meets the Promise

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While doing the new norm routine at home this song suddenly played and my actions quickly made me still and stopped my tracks. All the emotions and moments I went through suddenly came alive as if I was driven into a time machine, going back in time where all I ever knew was hurt, anger, pain and grief... fast forward to now, the reality made me thankful. The every word of this song spoke to me and helped me get up one day at a time believing the Lord will see me through the downcast moments of life.

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Whatever and whenever you're going through the downhill valleys of life, keep believing that hope is real and that God has kept His promises and He is faithful, He loves you and will never leave you nor forsake you. In this world we will have trouble, but He said to take heart for He has overcome the world. He gives us peace which the world cannot give.

Have a blessed week. 😊

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P.S I just knew that this song was made into a movie: "I still believe" portraying the life of Jeremy Camp and how the song came about. It was released last month, 20th March '20. Please let me know if you know how to watch this movie for free or otherwise. Hehehe...

Stay safe always and God bless us all.

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#Istillbelieve #Hopeforahurtingworld #Hope #Love #Faith #Believe #Miracles #Encouragement

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Making sense of life's disappointments

Acts 28:4-9

Your opportunities in life will be the by-product of adversities that you go through.

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You keep praying for the opportunity, but you dont wanna stand up under the adversity.

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I had to go through something. I had to go through perserverance

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Thats only way my faith could grow to enable the opportunity.

What did you go through that you wish you wouldn't have gone through, that you never should have gone through?

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I came over to declare over your life it does not matter the reason. What matters is your response.

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