GOD IS WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR STORM

In life, we are going to face so many difficult storms of life where we will even think about giving up, we going to face huge mammoth battles of life and feel like giving up. You going to pray countless times. So many times that you even going to think God is not answering your prayers or is far from you or doesn’t care about you.

That is not the truth, when you are weak and down, that is when God is near you more than anything, when you pass through the storms, God is close to you and near to you, watching you and providing a way for you to get out. You may see as if like you praying everyday without any answers from God and you may even want to give up thinking Jesus doesn’t hear you or is far from you.

That is not the truth because God has a beautiful reason why He lets storms, trials and tribulations happen in our lives. Remember that God Almighty won’t let something bad happen to you because you are so precious to him nor will He give you a burden you can’t handle without providing a way out for you.

Considering the faithful man of God  Job, He was a rich man who lost it all but He never lost faith in God or doubt God no matter what, even though the devil tried tricking him into bowing down to him, he refused and kept having strong faith in God.

He knew that God was preparing something for him and that the storm he went through at the time was not meant to last but to pass and strengthen him and his faith in God. God was pleased by Job’s perseverance, faith and staying strong holding on to God through his difficult storm.

Life storms bring us close to God, sometimes God let them happen so that we bring Glory to him. We sometimes are so caught up in ‘lives busy world” that we forget about God and in order for God to remind us that He our Creator and that we are his children, he brings a little storm in your life and when the storm passes, you become close to God and able to help others going through the very same pain you went through.

Each of us has his/her own different storm, whether you are in debts, you are divorced, you are unemployed, struggling to have children, work problems or having failed at school/college/ university so many times that you want to give up, just hold on because this test your storm which wont stay for a long time.

God is able to deliver you in the storm you are in and He is going to deliver you, hold on, the is a lesson you going to learn from the storm. God is watching you during your storm and providing a way to get out of the storm, you need to keep praying, if it means praying for 100 days, do it be it because a blessing is coming out of the storm you went through.

Out of every storm you passed, God brings blessings, teaching, testimony, strong faith in you and strengthens your relationship with God.

Do not give up but rejoice in your storm because God is going to bring you out of it stronger than ever, in every storm, trial and tribulation you pass, God’s Glory is revealed and Glory is given to Him. He opens blessings after every storm you pass and a testimony; you will testify the Goodness of God to other.

  

GOD IS WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR STORM.

To God Be The Glory

by Teboho Masakala

By Teboho Masakala

SHOUT TO THE LORD,THE SPIRITUAL CORNER

SHOUT TO THE LORD, THE SPIRITUAL CORNER

AUTHOR: TEBOHO MASAKALA
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Awakening the Sleeping Giant, Awakening the Hero in You By Teboho Masakala©

v Believe in yourself and have self confidence in Christ: because Christ alone will lift you to greater heights.

v Avoid Negative Mind-set:  negative mind-set will lead you to viewing life negatively and all you do will fail because you would have programmed your mind negatively and all things will look difficult, get rid of the negative mind-set, rid all negative people who think negatively also.

v Be positive at all times:  the will be area’s in your life where you will need hope, where things will seem difficult and you must stay positive, even in situations where it seems hard, never cease to stay positive. You will succeed as you will see life in a positive way.

v Surround yourself with positive people:  if the friends you hang around with never encourage you or doesn’t have same goal and dreams as you, please leave them and get out from them, the is nothing positive about them. When you surround yourself with positive people, they will help you reach your goal as you will be on the same level and thus the hunger to succeed will increase also, goals, dreams, future plans will be achieved as they will pick you up and guide you to your goals and dreams.

v Have goals and dream:  if you living life without goals and dreams you are just wasting your time, dreams are the reason we go to work every day, school, universities, colleges and working hard to achieve something, a life without goals and dreams is a wasted life without direction.

v Set a motto that will enable you to reach your goals:  it is funny sometimes how people choose their mottos; some don’t even apply to their goals and dreams. It is very vital you set a motto that will help you achieve your dreams, for e.g. (example) if you say “where the is a will the is a way” use it to reach your dreams when you see as if everything is about to fall apart, use it to find some chance or something that will lift you up and enable you to achieve your dreams.

v Never hold on to the past:  our life is often delayed because we cry too much about what we lost, the past will hinder you from progressing forward, you will be stuck in all those things that brought you tears. You must learn to let go of the past, every day is a new day with blessings. The past will hold you from progressing forward. Accept that what happened in the past stays there and cannot affect your future.

v Pray at all times:  without prayer nothing happens, in order for you to achieve your dreams and goals you need to put God in everything you do and in your life and all you want to achieve will be possible, without prayer we are nothing.

v Listen to what God says: often we care so much about what people say about us, they say we ugly, poor, rich, boring, big headed and call us with every name they find, we worry so much because of what they say. We should stop listening to what people say about us and start thinking about what God says about us.

 God loves us, He cares for us and has a plan for our lives, to make us prosper and therefore what people say about us doesn’t matter at all but what God thinks about us is important and we should not mind what people say about us because we were not created by people.

v Never Give up, Keep trying:  never give up on your dream the is no such thing as failure as you always get another chance to reach your dreams. Never give up keep trying, failure is not an option.

v You alone hold the key to your Future:  The ball is in your court; you alone can make or break your dreams and goals.

v Make God the Centre of your life: To succeed in everything, you need to make God the centre of your life, tell God your dreams and goals, he will make them come true, invite him in all you do, if your plans ,goals, dreams doesn’t have God as the centre of it, they will fail. Make God the ultimate centre of your life, goals and dreams.  To God be The Glory

By Teboho Masakala©

Street kids, God will Never forsake You

They have no shelter, they have no home or roof to lay their heads under, they don’t know the warmth of a family, the love of a mother, father, sister and how good it feels to be united as one family.

Everyday they move from one place to another in search of food and shelter, when it is cold, the only thing they have to keep them warm is glue and boxes which they use to make fire and warm themselves.

God has seen you the street kids, God has seen you how you scattered all over the place looking for food, a place to sleep and the distress you find yourself under, while people might be looking at you undermining you and saying all kinds of things about you because of your situation just do not despair as God Almighty knows what you going through.

God loves all of us, all of us are His wonderful creation, no matter the situation we find ourselves in, God will never leave us as He loves us. You who people call and see you as a street kid, know that God loves you, you won’t be in the situation you are in forever, God Almighty will open ways for you to get help.

God saw how much Israel was suffering under Pharaoh king of Egypt, He saw how oppressed they were and how ill treated they were by Pharaoh, they were made slaves, God Almighty didn’t turn a blind eye to this because He knows how it was affecting His nation, once and for all, God decided it was time to put an end once and for all to the suffering of His nation under Pharaoh’s rule.

God sent Moses to free His nation, even though Pharaoh hardened his heart, he finally let Israel go, and he even chased after them but was swallowed by the sea.

God also just like he sent Moses, will take you out of the street, a time is coming when you will never be called a street kid, just like Gospel Singer Sechaba Padi who was a street kid and God transformed him and today, he is a famous gospel singer in South Africa and respected, God also has a plan for your life and all of us, no matter how bad we might be looked by the world, God has a purpose for our lives.

What you going through today as a street kid is not meant to last forever but will pass, Job situation didn’t last forever and he was blessed by God who was with him all along.

You who they call street kid, know that God is with you, he is seeing you, when you scavenge for food in dustbins, going from one place to another searching for food and sitting in a corner when its cold and raining.

 God will never forsake you, one day you going to come out of the situation you are in, one day you will be a testimony to the world bringing Glory and Praise to God Almighty.

God didn’t forsake Israel when they were ill treated in Egypt, no He didn’t ignore them and won’t ignore you too, and your day of Happiness will come.

To God be the Glory

By Teboho Masakala

WE NEED YOU LORD

In your presence we come Lord, we need more of you, we need more of your anointing in our lives Lord, every day we need more of you as our destiny and future is bleak without you Lord, make us wet with your anointing Lord, in your presence we come because we are hungry for you Lord, make us wet with your presence.

We waiting for you Lord to stretch your hand to us, we waiting for the Holy Spirit to move in us and within us to us, for your manifested presence to come to us, to come renew us, renew our minds, hearts and lives. We need you every day Lord, the is no one like you Lord, when we are hungry you provide food for us Lord Jesus, you shield us from all our enemies that tries to harm us.

Every day we do wrong before you and end up sinning but your mercy is sufficient for us, Mighty Warrior, great in battle, how wonderful you are Lord Jesus, we need your anointing Lord. We make it our prayer that you bless us Lord, our lives have no direction without you Lord and with you we can conquer anything because nothing is impossible with you Lord.

You gave us the Holy Spirit as a seal for us. You love us so much Father God, you give us only the best, while our abilities is limited and we can only afford to do the rest, you do the best for us, we need more of your anointing Lord, we really need you, every day  we need your protection Lord.

Every day let us not leave your presence but let us bask in your presence bringing you Glory night and day, the world may go out seeking glory but we bring you Glory, the world may entice us with worldly perishing things but you bring us eternal love, life and things that are not perishable.

Your love is amazing, your love is our hope when we down, we need you more than ever now Lord, the is no beautiful name like yours Lord Jesus, let your name be praised among all nations, let it be praised by hosts of heaven, on earth and in heaven, truly the is no beautiful name like yours Lord Jesus, we bow down to you Lord Jesus.

We need you every day God, when we are asleep we need you, when we are down we need you, all the days our lives we need you God.

To God be the Glory.

By Teboho Masakala

THE HAND OF THE LORD, THE MAJESTIC HANDOF GOD

When the hand of God is with you, everything you do succeed, God is always with you and waiting to shower you with blessings as He loves you so much, give yourself fully to God Almighty, He will protect you, keep you safe and the days of your life, you will be under the shadow of His wings, under his majestic hand.

People will call you blessed, everything you do God will bless it a lot, coming to God does not cost a thing, He wants you to believe in him, he is close to you every day knocking, waiting for you to accept him so that He can come to your heart, He loves you so much that He is overprotective of you and your is Father, He will never let tears run down your face.

The world has a lot of tempting things that really entices us and leads us to sin but God offers us forgiveness, peace and love. The best Father any man/women/children could ask for is God Almighty, He comforts you when you sad, He wipes your tears when you cry, He offers you hope when you down, He lifts up your spirit when you down, He watches over you when you are sleeping making sure nothing touches you or no evil harms you.

The Hands of God offers us compassion, everlasting peace that no human being can give us, it lifts us from nothing to something, from zero to hero, from being undermined to being respected, the hand of God wipes off those tears and pain caused by people and it brings joy that is everlasting, when the hand of God is with you, the devil plays far away from you because He can’t do anything to you or harm you as the hand of God is always with you and no matter what the devil may try to do,     he won’t succeed as the hand of God upon your life is shielding you.

The hand of God is stretching to all of us, calling us to come to him, the hand of the Lord is always look for us to come near it and touch it, it is always offering help, hope, peace, joy and it is even ready to fight off all that is troubling us.

Hold on tight to the hand of God, never let Go of the hand of God, stay with it always. To God be the Glory

By TebohoMasakala

ACCEPT IN JESUS CHRIST NAME

God Almighty, Jehova Jairah the provider has heard our tears, God is faithful and truthful to His Word and Promise, every promise He makes to us He full fills it, God has heard you and has already answered you.

You have been sick for a long time, you have been bed ridden for a long time suffering, God has seen you and is healing you, accept your healing in Jesus Christ name. You have wanted break through, life has been difficult for you, at work they hate you, they calling you names, you want promotion, God has heard you and has given you break through, accept it in Jesus name.

You have tried to find happiness, you hanged with people to find happiness, you fell for peer pressure in the name of finding happiness, day in and day out you cry alone in your room because you don’t have happiness inside yourself, you have pretended for so long, dont despair as true happiness comes from Jesus Christ, He has heard you and will give you everlasting joy and happiness that wont be taken from you, accept it in Jesus Christ name.

At home the is no peace at all, you want peace, you have been fighting with your wife, husband, children, extended family and relatives, the is no respect at home, your children doesn’t respect you, you cry endlessly, you wish to leave your home and run away, don’t run away, God has seen you and will wipe off your tears, He will give you eternal peace, accept it in Jesus Christ name, its yours forever.

Your parents are struggling to pay your school, university, college fees, you don’t know if you will be able to write your exams because of outstanding fees you owe, this worries you a lot, your parents are even in debts trying to give you the best education, don’t cry, God is the provider, He has seen your determination, He has seen your problem and has opened ways for you to get help and complete your studies, accept the help and blessings from God in Jesus Christ name. To God be the Glory

By Teboho Masakala

ASK GOD THROUGH PRAYER

When we pray, we talk with God Almighty, we communicate and have an intimate session, moment or time with Him, we tell Him all what troubles us and what we want God to do for us, when we pray, we pour our hearts out to Him.

God see how we pray, He sees and knows how we pray, what we pray for and how important it is that we ask Him, when we ask God for something, He knows how important is what we ask Him, how life changing it will be, the people who will benefit from that prayer, the Glory it will bring to Him, God looks into the heart of the person praying and asking from Him, He looks deep into it and can see if we are happy, heart broken or sad when we pray.

We always ask, seek and try to get what we want from people while God is waiting for us to ask and He is more than ready to provide, unlike people who will be calling us names saying we ask too much and cant stop asking, but with God is not like that as He is our father and is waiting for us to ask (Matthew 7:7-11), He is more than ready and waiting for us to ask what we want from Him through prayer. Child of God what are you waiting for?

The blind man of Jericho went to Jesus, he was blind and did not have any vision to his eyes, He asked Jesus to cure him so that he could be able to see, Jesus asked him “What would you like me to do for you?” he replied and told Jesus he wanted to see again, God is waiting for you to ask, waiting for you patiently and asking “What would you like me to do for you? What is it that you would like God to do for you?.

Before you even kneel down and prayer, God has already answered your prayer, God has already gave you what you want before you even utter a word as He can see your heart, future and destiny, He is omnipotent and all is laid bare before him.

Let us never be shy to pray or ask God for help or what we want, where can we run to if it is not God? Where can we get comfort if it’s not God? Why do we cry when God is ready to wipe away our tears.

 Gold Mighty is an awesome God, a flawless Father who loves His children so much and a jealous God who wants us all for Himself.

By Teboho Masakala 

GOD’S LOVE FOR US

A mothers love is the perfect example for us to see how much God loves us, a mother makes sure their child/children are clothed, protected, happy and well fed, if a child cry a mother wipes off the tears, the same with God Almighty, God wipes our tears when we cry, He clothes us, feed us and makes sure we are protected, the love God has for us is amazing and the devil wants us not to see that.

From day one when we were born, God Almighty has been there with us, loving us, caring, and wiping our tears gently off our faces, even though our parents might had passed difficult situations, God gave them strength for our sakes as a sign that He is with us, loves us. God always offers us protection, that’s why when we face difficult situations we always win because the protection God offers us is mightier that a sword.

God is always with us even when we are sad, He is wiping our tears everyday off our eyes, He is our Father, He cares and loves us so much and it pains Him to see us sad because He created us in His own image, He knows our feelings when we are hurt, when tears rolls down our cheeks that affects Him because we are His creation and as our Father, God wants us always to be happy, just as a mother wants to see her child happy.

Often we think God does not love us, we think He is far from us, that’s not true, every hour, day, minute and second, God is there!! We should not let the devil play tricks with our minds; God Almighty is the most perfect Father we can run to for protection and love. A mother gets sad when her child is sad and when things are not well for her child, same as GOD!

Just like we love our parents and mothers, we should love God with all our hearts as God loves us more than our parents, the love God has for is so great, no matter what you might go through, through it all, the greatest parent and Father, God Almighty will never leave nor abandon you, no mother will abandon her child because that’s her creation and image, God will never abandon us, we are His creation and image, God our Father loves us.

If you want to see how big and marvellous the love of God is, look at a mothers love for her child, that is the way God Almighty Loves us and even more, never doubt God’s love for you. To God be The Glory

By Teboho Masakala

REMEMBER THE LORD YOUR GOD IN THE DAYS OF YOUR YOUTH.

As a young person, it is important that you spend your youth days wisely serving God and using your youth to spread the word of God, today the youth indulge in a lot of bad things and later in their lives they going to regret, the bible tells us to remember God during the days of our youth (Ecclesiastes 12 1-7).

Remember the Lord your God in the days of your youth, as a young person, don’t be fascinated by all these perishing materialistic things of this world, they entice us as young people so much that we forget about God as young people and as we grow up, later in life we are going to regret for not remembering God during the days of our youth.

Many aged people who found God Almighty as old people regret why they didn’t find God during the days of their youth and wish they could go back and serve God while they had the youthly energy, but because of their age, they cant fully because some have really aged and wish if only they could turn back the hands of time.

As a young person and a youth, use your time to serve God, worship Him, remember Him as a young person so that when you are no longer a youth, you can glance back with happiness, joy and great pleasure knowing you have served God faithfully!! Some of our youth have ended up in graves in the name and search for fun, some are buried every week and God Almighty doesn’t want that! As a youth do not be enticed by this world.

Do not be enticed by sweet things of this world as the end to all of it all wont be good to you, use your youth wisely, serving God, being in the shadow of His wing, spend time on the bible, tell people about God as a young person, do not be even ashamed when other young people says all kinds of bad things or accuse you saying you trying to be Holier than Thou, know that God Almighty, your God is with you and as a youth, He is very ecstatic that you are remembering Him in the days of your youth.

As a youth, listen to your parents when they advice you to live for God and give your life to Christ because after you give your life to Christ as a young person, God will protect you, anoint you and bless you and no weapon formed against you shall prosper, remember the Lord Your God during the days of your youth. To God be the Glory

By Teboho Masakala

STOP COMPLAINING AND START THANKING GOD

We live a world full of complains, we complain about almost everything, let us stop worrying and complaining and start appreciating what God has blessed us with, God has given life to us and want us to stop complaining and start appreciating all He has done for us.

Thank God for the life He gave you as some has lost it in accidents, murders, sicknesses and are in graves and wished they were alive, thank God for giving you food and stop complaining about the little food you get as some don’t have anything to eat and would be happy even to get two slices of bread as they don’t know where their lunch, breakfast and supper would come from.

Stop worrying about wearing cheap shoes as there are many who don’t have them and walk barefoot everyday and during winter, it is a struggle as the cold penetrates through their feet up to the whole body and they would love to have those shoes you call cheap. Stop complaining and start thanking God for giving you your parents as the are a lot of children who don’t have parents as some were killed, sick and some lying in hospitals, while others wish their parents were with them to comfort them during hardships of life, others never felt the love of their parents.

Stop complain about the work you do or the little money you earning and thank God for giving you a job as there are a lot of unemployed people who would appreciate the little money you complain about and work you do just to put bread on the table, feed their children and take them to school, they would use the opportunity fully if given a chance, yes the very thing you complain about they would use it to change their lives and better it.

Stop complaining about how hard school is or how many times you failed at school as the are those who never went to school and don’t know the smell of chalk or the size of a school chair or the feeling of being taught, some grew up in farms and were disadvantaged because of their situations they previously faced.

Stop complaining about the hardships you are facing and thank God that He is with you in the hardship you are in and preparing you for something big that will bring glory to Him and make it a spiritual eye opener to you so that you can praise God. Stop complaining and start praising God. To God be the Glory.

By Teboho Masakala

Faith

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see, this is what the ancients were commanded for, by faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that  what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice that Cain did, by faith he was commended as a righteous man when God spoke well of his offerings and by faith he still speaks even though he is death. By faith Enoch was taken from this life so that he did not experience death, he could not be found because God had taken him away for before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

And without faith it is impossible to please God because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. By faith Noah when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family , by his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

By faith Abraham when called to go to a place he would  later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went even though he did not know where he was going, by faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country, he lived in tents as did Isaac and Jacob who were heirs with him of the same promise for he was looking forward to the city with foundations whose architect and builder was God.

Never lose faith, it is impossible to please God Almighty without it, Jesus believed in God and preached about faith, believe in God with out doubting anything and He is faithful all the time, God is able to do just what He said he will do, He is going to fulfil any promise to you, don’t give up on God because he wont give up on you. God is faithful so have faith in God. To God be The Glory.

By Teboho Masakala

Be Holy

Therefore, prepare your minds for action, be se-controlled, set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus is revealed, as obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance but just as He who called you is holy, be holy in all you do for it is written: be holy because I am holy.

Since  you call on a Father who judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear for you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect, He was chosen before the creation of the world but was revealed in these last times for your sake, through him you believe in God who raised him from the dead and glorified him so your faith and hope are in God.

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply from the heart for you have been born again not of perishable seed but of imperishable through the living and enduring word of God for all men are like grass and all their glory is like the flowers of the field, the grass withers and the flowers fall but the word of the Lord stands forever and this is the word that was preached to you.

Therefore rid yourself of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander of every kind, like new born babies, crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow up in your salvation now that you tasted that the lord is good. To God be the Glory

By Teboho Masakala