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“Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go. Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭48:17-18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.48.17-18.nkjv The complications in knowing and obeying the voice declaring the will of God, especially for believing children of God, is mostly due to the lack of sensibility in the simplicity of the sound. People struggle with leadings that offer slow procession to profit making, especially when there appears to be faster route to breakthrough, marital bliss, leadership progression and professional development. This concept informed the principle of prayer to know the will of God with the believers’ eyes intelligently open. When the intelligence of man struggles with the inspiration of God, the heart finds it difficult to heed the fatherl...

““For My name’s sake I will defer My anger, And for My praise I will restrain it from you, So that I do not cut you off. Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭48:9-11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.48.9-11.nkjv The final punishment for a stubborn and stiff-necked child is clearly understood from the scriptures. But compassionate and unconditional love have taught that good character is often molded when both the trainer and trainee takes uncompromising responsibilities towards the expected character development. When God ruled out the option of disowning Judah and Israel; and committed Himself to walking His own through the furnace of affliction, it demonstrated a great price for true love. Haven’t really seen any sincere child of God without a personal experience of the love of this ...

““For you have trusted in your wickedness; You have said, ‘No one sees me’; Your wisdom and your knowledge have warped you; And you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭47:10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.47.10.nkjv One of the most delicate and transitional period of life is the season of training, between a student and his teacher, between the children and their parents, between a worker and his boss, and between the apprentice/associate and the supervisor. The trainers are easily tempted never to ever again imagined themselves in the shoes of the trainees, while demanding compliance, conformance, and cooperation. These were the burdens of the daughters of Babylon. They trusted in their own achievements as trainers more their earlier accommodation as trainees. These tendencies alienated them from assessing the wisdom and knowledge of God, who is always the Chief Trainer. Whereas, the reality in life is that both the trainers and the...

“Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’ Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭46:10-11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.46.10-11.nkjv Competition is the major driver for creativity and innovation. Material research and development for these creativity and innovation have evolved through the implementation of different technologies like micro fabrication and nanotechnology. Unfortunately, and through the ages, man is often tempted to extol the works of his own hands. What does attract a man who was rescued from hopelessness to the altar carved by his own creative hands baffled the Creator of heaven and earth. Whereas, excelling creativity comes from a consistent attention to the counsels of the Lord. Absolute ...

“For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭45:18-19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.45.18-19.nkjv The world teaches that the key to unlock wealth, fame, and relevance in every devotion in life is a dedication to searching for the knowledge about creating wealth, fame, and relevance. The problem with such search without the assistance of God is that man lacks the ability to manage wealth, fame, and relevance. The record of many mighty and famous celebrities, whose wealth, fame, and relevance have constituted the source of their doom, is open to all upcoming pilgrims. However, Jesus gave the key in one of the beat...

“‘I will go before you And make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the gates of bronze And cut the bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭45:2-3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.45.2-3.nkjv In human organization and management of project activities, effective management of project activities comes in phases. Depending on the reality and availability of resource control, the order of the sequence of activities or the procession of phases often depends on the underlying management decision to either phase out or phase in any concerned activity. Invariably, management decisions are capable of constituting crooked places on the path of progress, gates of bronze to the palace of promotion, and bars of iron over pack of promises. However, beyond the control of human organization and management lies the layer of divine inte...

“Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself...Who confirms the word of His servant, And performs the counsel of His messengers; Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’ To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’ And I will raise up her waste places;” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭44:24, 26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.44.24,26.nkjv A devotion to personal and professional developments is always a desirable heritage, whose value has been proven to worth more than accumulation of riches. Poverty and penury have been turned to prosperity and popularity through a personal commitment to the principle of success. While time and treasure are invested to walk through the line of commitments to the principle of success in life, many are often distracted from the Principal of success in guise of demands along the highway of prosperity. Meanwhile, God ...