ICHABOD (Obtaining Grace to Last) Part 1 by Apostle Joshua Selman
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2023
- WHY GREATNESS IS SHORT-LIVED AMONG MANY:
1. Pride. (Proverbs 16:18, 18:12, 29:23, James 4:6-8)
Pride is the unashamedness or refusal to acknowledge God as the basis, the reason, and the principal factor for any result you may have.
Before any man falls, he may always look like he cannot fall, until it happens. There is nobody who cannot go down.
(James 4:6-8)
The anointing is designed to fight everything that is against the will of God in your life.
Who wins when God is The One fighting? When God is the one resisting you, no amount of Impartation can help or remedy the situation. (James 4:6-8)
In the presence of greatness, pride will always come to test you, because something happens to men when they become great.
The pride of life is the inevitable self-exaltation, that comes as a result of obvious results.
One indicator of pride is your inability to place value on people’s meaning to you.
When people do not matter to you, it is an indicator that you are suffering from pride.
As God lifts you and you rise, the first thing to verify is if pride is present.
Being simple does not automatically equate to being humble.
Nobody applauds you twice. Maintain the heart of a learner.
Yesterday’s excellence will always be tomorrow’s mediocrity; celebrating yesterday, at the expense of today’s impact, is a recipe for disaster.
May you never lack fresh testimonies and may it not be that the only things you have to say, are the things that happened yesterday, in the name of Jesus.
Champions learn; they learn with their hearts open.
Those who fail are usually the commentators of people’s destinies, with no stories to tell of their victories.
It is easy to study when you have not yet become great in stature. As many rise, with visible results, it becomes difficult to humble themselves and continue learning. We must give ourselves to continuous learning.
(1 Timothy 4:15-16)
Arrival mentality is the cancer of great men. Reject an arrival mentality, so that the word “Ichabod”, is never used to describe you.
Always give yourself to continuous learning. (1 Timothy 4:15-16)
The victor’s path is a path of continuous learning.
When it has to do with knowledge, nobody has the monopoly of knowledge.
Don’t just learn from fathers or contemporaries, learn from subordinates and learn from children.
WHY GREATNESS IS SHORT-LIVED AMONG MANY:
3. Distractions and Compromises. (Galatians 5:7-9, Philippians 3:13-15, Ephesians 4:7, Acts 6:1-4)
Your ability to discern your area of grace and to stay with it will profit not only you but also, The Body of Christ.
When you function within your area of grace, it insists that you function excellently, within that area.
Be comfortable where God has placed you and serve with excellence.
You are a king in your own kingdom. God has designed a throne and a seat for you, to the end that you respect another area of graces not given to you.
God never sends one man to do everything.
Two Dimensions of Distractions:
1. Getting into areas beyond the scope of your grace. (Ephesians 4:7)
2. Abandoning and not protecting your focus or pursuit. (Acts 6:1-4)
Just because you are spearheading a vision, does not mean you know everything.
Give room for others sent to the vision, to express their intelligence, skills, and graces, for the success of that vision given you.
As a leader, if you do not train people under you, you are destroying your future.
It is impossible to know so much to the extent of not needing people in your life and destiny.
It is wisdom to protect your area of focus.
Declare: In the name of Jesus, I obtain grace to protect my focus.
Be comfortable with greatness and create a system to protect it, without feeling guilty.
Settle with the necessary things, for the protection of your focus.
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Yesterday excellence will always be tomorrow's mediocrity.
“YOUR PASSION TO REMAIN, MUST EXCEED BY FAR YOUR PASSION TO BE KNOWN"📌
IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM(GOD).
Yesterday excellence will always be tomorrow's mediocrity.
Apt! The glory of the latter house will ALWAYS be greater than of the former... Haggai 2:9