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Credit Alert of New Mercies!!!



It's 12:41am😘 ( Current local time in Nigeria).  A fresh Sunday morning at home. For those in this time zone, I trust you know your life has just been credited with new mercies (Kindly wait for your turn if you are not within this time zone😊 ).

Even if you don't feel good right now, please respectfully acknowledge the receipt of this great gift and appreciate the God whose mercies endure forever. Remember, He credited you without your asking anyways. Much more, realise that your need alert came too late because God's mercy alert came much earlier. 

"Therefore do not worry, saying, ' What shall we eat?' or ' What shall we drink?' or ' What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you..".  Mathew 6: 31- 33. 


One of the reasons we worry and are unable to enter God's rest is that we tend to be need - motivated. We live in the now and focus on getting our needs met now; when they are not, we become anxious and all our prayers, our thoughts become centered on getting the particular need met. Unlike us, God is purpose motivated! He loves us and will not withhold any good thing from us...He however withholds certain privileges at some point from us so we could grow up....just the way we do to our children. No parent loves to see his(her)child moody all the time even when such is being disciplined..neither does God. 

It's actually when we pursue purpose that our needs are being met, not pursuing "these things'. Nation prospers, businesses thrive, debts are settled, relationships are enriching when we pursue God's purpose. If we truly desire to enter God's rest, to be at peace and joyful, then we must not live our lives chasing after our needs, rather we must chase after God!

We must come to terms with the truth that Jesus did not come to remove all opposition or challenges from our lives but rather to give us a different approach to the storms of life. We are to take His yoke upon us and learn of Him ( Matt 11: 29). That means we are to learn His ways to approach life in the same way He did. Yes, we can if we cooperate with the Holy Spirit. 

Jesus' life was not a bed of roses; He had few friends, the multitudes only followed Him because of the miracles He performed, He endured such contractions and criticisms from the Pharisees who were always around Him... despite all these, Jesus never gave in to worry, despair or disappointment. He was tempted in all ways yet He chose to obey His father...He did not sin, neither gave place to His flesh. The answer is simply because He set His eyes on purpose!

Today, as you set your eyes on His purpose for your life and His Kingdom, you'll be motivated to honor Him with respect and obedience!  

The Message Bible for Malachi 3:17

God-of-the-Angel-Armies said, "They're mine, all mine. They'll get special treatment when I go into action. I treat them with the same consideration and kindness that parents give the child who honors them.


Yours Sincerely,

Segilola. 


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