“Be Strong And Be Of Good Courage………………” Joshua 1:9

Research revealed that courage was mentioned in the Bible 35 times; and in the first chapter of the book of Joshua, God told Joshua to be strong and be of good courage 4times because HE knows that Joshua’s success, leadership, greatness and exploits in life is predicated on his being strong and being of good courage. Show me what will not answer to courage in life and I will show you what does not worth pursuing in life.

Numerous potentials are left wasted, so many talents are left untapped, many destinies are left unfulfilled and so many futures are not realised simply because so many Christians lack courage. They lack the courage to harness their potentials; they easily give up the courage to tap into inestimable talents in them. Consequently, they lose control of the invaluable destiny and beautiful future that God and nature have generously bestowed on us.

What a waste! Children of the Most High God; people of great destiny are running a rat race because they lost the courage to stand in the place of their divine allocation. No wonder someone said, “Cemetery is the richest and wealthiest place on earth” because lying below six feet in the cemetery are so many unrealized future, countless unfulfilled destinies, innumerable number of wasted potentials, unquantifiable dozens of untapped and unexplored talents.

As a youth in Christ Jesus, you are not here by accident. You are here for exploit and the key to that exploit in any area of your life, situations or circumstances you find yourself depend on your ability to find courage for exploit and success.

Many of Christian youths are not creative and imaginative, not because they are not geniuses but because they kill the geniuses in themselves when they killed courage. A lot of Christians are not setting records, breaking barriers and thrusting into new boundaries in their chosen field in life because they lack courage for exploits. Exploit and success answer to courage. They find expression in the midst of courage, and thrive in the midst of can do spirit.

Finding courage for exploit is neither optional nor negotiable for any youth who wants to realise the grace of God upon his life. Therefore, find the courage to succeed in life. Believe it; many youths will not reach their goals in life. They will not live their God given dreams because they lack that recipe for greatness known as the good courage.

As it was in the days of old when gold and cowries were used as instrument of trade; so it is today; and so shall it be forever and ever. The principle cannot be changed; it cannot be altered. Wherever you find good courage, there you will find the success and great exploits. Courage is the key that unlock the door of abundance, exploits and success. In all thy getting therefore get the good courage.

Courage answered for David. Even when the army of Israel was too intimidated to face Goliath, using God as his hope and wall of defence, David stood against Goliath. He defeated the uncircumcised Philistine and cut of his head (1 Samuel 17: 22–51). Show me a man that will dream more, achieve more, impact more, live more, succeed more in life and I will show you a man whose secret is the good courage for exploits.

The courage am talking about here is not absence of fear, it is not taking uncalculated risk or doing things without an in-depth thinking and informative assessment. The good courage here is moving along and in-line with your dreams, your purpose and your set goals even against ranging storms, in the face of fear and daunting challenges that might stare at you or come your way as you move to succeed and achieve greatness.

Finding courage for exploits in life is a must and pre-requisite for greatness. Every man needs to find courage for success and exploits, that is the courage to hold on and stay focused when everything is saying you should give up, courage to turn an end to a bend, courage to always see stars in the dark cloud, courage to always see the big picture and courage not to chicken out in the game of life even though it appears unfavourable.

Success is possible. Exploit is guaranteed. Don’t doubt it, just have the GOOD COURAGE.

Remain blessed.

Bro Sina Seun

Wedding Bell is ringing again.
Bro Tankoh James Wedding comes up on November 2014 in Kaduna. Let us support him in prayers.
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God has added a bouncing baby boy to the family of Bro & Sis Alo-Ojumu. The naming ceremony will come up on Wednesday 24th September 2014 by 4:00pm. The address of the venue is: 22, Kola Adeyeye Street, Off Jimoh Balogun Street, Ikosi-Ketu.

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A man came home from work late, tired and irritated to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: “Daddy, may I ask you question?”

DAD: “Yeh sure, what is it?”

SON: “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

DAD: “That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?”

SON: “I just want to know. Please tell me how much do you make an hour?”

DAD: “If you must know, I make N1,000 an hour”

SON: “Oh! (with his head down)

SON: “Daddy, may I please borrow N500?” The father was furious.

Daddy: “If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such childish behaviour”. The little boy went quietly to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s question.  How dear he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that N500 and he really didn’t ask for money very often.  The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.

DAD: “Are you asleep, son?”

SON: “No daddy, I’m awake”

DAD: “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier. It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you.  Here’s the N500 you asked for.”  The little boy sat straight up, smiling.

SON: “Oh, thank you daddy! “then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

DAD: “Why do you want more money if you already have some?”

SON: “Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do. Daddy, I have N1000 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have a dinner with you” The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

It’s just a short reminder to all of us working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that N1000 worth of your time with someone you love.

From: Dcn Mike O. Ben

By the grace of God, Baptismal Class will commence next week Sunday (14th September 2014) in the Children’s Church Auditorium immediately after Sunday Service