You are the light of the world.

"As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." John 9:5 Jesus was the one who made that declaration when He was still here on earth. But where is he today? The Bible says in Romans 8:34 that Jesus is "even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." Now that Jesus is at the right hand of God, who is the light of the world today? It is you and I. Praise God! In Matthew 5:14, Jesus said to His disciples, "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid." Then, in verse 16,...

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Truly faithful

"That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many." Nehemiah 7:2     From our opening scripture, we see that one of the characteristics of a man who is faithful to God is the fear of God. Do you have the fear of God in your dealings? A faithful man is conscious in all his dealings knowing that he is accountable to God. He therefore seeks to do only those things that pleases God. A faithful man reverences God and His Word...

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Serve God in sincerity.

"Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen." Ephesians 6:24 Paul's words in our opening scripture connotes that it is not every one who professes that he or she love our Lord Jesus Christ who actually loves Him in sincerity. Sincerity is rare. God is in search of sincere men. The Bible says in 2 Chronicles 16:9, "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him…" I pray that God will find your heart perfect...

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Faithful in the Word

"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Romans 10:17 How does faith come? It comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. 'Hearing' is present continuous tense. So hearing the Word of God is something that you must do every day faithfully. You must consistently feed your faith by hearing the Word of God. Therefore, if you consistently feed your faith with the Word of God, you will find out that your character will improve and you will be strong spiritually. No matter how much a Christian believes he has...

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Faith overcomes this world.

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." 1 John 5:4 From our opening scripture, we can see that we already have in us the ability to succeed. There is no more failure in us. To overcome the world means, 'to get the victory over the world.' So, if you are a child of God, you are already victorious over the world. To overcome the world also means, 'to subdue the world.' That means you can subdue your world as a child of God. When you look at the negative situations...

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Faithfulness to another.

"And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?" Luke 16:12 Are you faithful in that which belongs to another man? Or are you only focused on your own interest? Our opening scripture shows you that God expects you to be faithful in that which belongs to another. This is because your unfaithfulness in that which belongs to another can stop yours from coming. For instance, if you desire to have your own business and you are currently working for someone now. You need to take care...

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Faithful with your money.

"The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute." Proverbs 12:24 Have you been diligent in your finances? Can you give an account of your finances? If I should ask you how much money came into your hands last month in addition to your salary, will you be able to tell me the exact amount? There are those who will not be able to give the accurate figures because they have no records of their finances. They just spend money without any accounting. Most of the wealthiest men in the world, Christians...

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Faithful in tithing.

"Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings." Malachi 3:8 There is a woman named Kim Kiyosaki. She said that when she and her husband started trying to move towards making the most of their finances, one of the things they did was to get a book keeper named Betty. This lady managed their finances; took care of their accounting and gave them timely and accurate records. Secondly, among the financial decisions they took was to tithe ten percent from every dollar that came in....

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Moral faithfulness.

"For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:" 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 If you are a single person reading this devotion today, let faithfulness be one of the virtues you look out for before choosing a spouse. Is he or she a faithful person morally, financially, etc.? These things are important so do not overlook them. You are...

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God needs you.

"And I sought for a man …" Ezekiel 22:30 When God calls you, answer the call. This is because the destinies of many people out there depend on your answer to the call. For instance, R.W Shambach was restored to Christ in an Oral Roberts meeting. What would have happened if Oral Roberts never answered his call? Maybe there would have been no R.W Shambach today. Now think about the numerous people around the world who have been saved and healed by the ministry of R.W Shambach. Those people may have continued in their darkness and oppression...

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Faithfulness in Business

"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." Proverbs 22:29 A man that is diligent is also a faithful man because you cannot be diligent if you are not faithful and consistent in what you do. For instance, there are some people who have a business or store where they sell, but they do not open at the same time every day. They open for business any time they want. They have no specific time when they open. So you cannot predict when they will be there. Yet the same person...

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A sure house

A sure house. "And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever." 1 Samuel 2:35 Our opening scripture shows us that a faithful man is one who always does what is in God's heart and mind. For such a man, God declares that He will build him a sure house. This means that his family, children and his generation will be taken care of by the Lord. When you are a faithful man, you do not need to...

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Faithfulness gives access.

"He said, "Listen to my words: When there are prophets of the LORD among you, I make myself known to them in visions or speak to them in dreams. But this is not the way I treat my servant Moses. He is the most faithful person in my household. I speak with him face to face, plainly and not in riddles. He even sees the form of the LORD. ..." Numbers 12:6-8(GW) Moses had such intimacy with God in his day because he was the most faithful person amongst many in his walk with God. God said that he spoke to other prophets in visions or dreams but...

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Blessings of the faithful.

"A faithful man shall abound with blessings: …" Proverbs 28:20 One of the words translated faithful in Hebrew is the word 'amam'. It means to support, to render firm, consistency, reliability, morally true, permanent, etc. If these describe your character, it means that you are a faithful man. Our opening scripture tells us that "A faithful man shall abound with blessings: …" There are some people who are never consistent in what they do. For that reason, the blessings for consistency is never received by them. When God sent me...

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Answer your call.

"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." Jeremiah 1:5 There are some of you reading this devotional right now that have a call into the ministry and many things in your hands are not turning right. You have been trying to adjust the plan to fit you, but the Lord says to you today, "Are you wiser than I, didn't I create you, didn't I make you for my purpose? I know why I made you and my plan is far better than yours. If...

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Permanent change.

　 "But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3:18 Today, if there is any area of your life you want to see a change, our opening scripture shows you how to effect that change. This is because every permanent change has its root in the Word of God. If you will consistently behold as in a glass the glory of the Lord in the Word of God, you will be changed effortlessly into the same image that you desire...

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Continue in the Word

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:31-32 From our opening scripture, we see that consistency in the Word of God will lead to discoveries and revelations. In the natural realm also, the principle of consistency has also led to several discoveries in science. For example, before Thomas Edison discovered the electric bulb, he tried 1,000 times. He remained consistent and his consistency...

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Faithfulness to truth.

"Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." Hebrews 2:1 If you do not hold firmly to the truths of the Word of God that you have heard in time past; revisiting those books, messages and notes to remind yourself of these truths, they will slip without you even knowing. You need to be able to appraise yourself to see weather you are more effective and productive now than you were in your spiritual life, business, marriage, academics, etc. If you are less...

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Don't become discouraged.

"I will climb my watchtower and wait to see what the LORD will tell me to say and what answer he will give to my complaint. The LORD gave me this answer: "Write down clearly on tablets what I reveal to you, so that it can be read at a glance. Put it in writing, because it is not yet time for it to come true. But the time is coming quickly, and what I show you will come true. It may seem slow in coming, but wait for it; it will certainly take place, and it will not be delayed." Habakkuk 2:1-3(GNB). If you are feeling discouraged and thinking...

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Daily faithfulness.

"There was a man named Cornelius who lived in Caesarea, captain of the Italian Guard stationed there. He was a thoroughly good man. He had led everyone in his house to live worshipfully before God, was always helping people in need, and had the habit of prayer."  Acts 10:1-2(MSG) One thing I want you to take special note of concerning the man Cornelius in our opening scripture is the fact that the Bible shows us that he had a prayer habit. If he had a habit of prayer, that meant he prayed every day. Do you pray and study the Bible...

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In haste to be rich?

"A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent." Proverbs 28:20 Are you a faithful man? The Bible shows us that the faithful man would abound with blessings. Are you making haste to be rich? The Amplified Bible explains what it means to make haste to be rich, "… but he who makes haste to be rich [at any cost] shall not go unpunished. [Prov. 13:11; 20:21; 23:4; I Tim. 6:9.]" The man who makes haste to be rich is the man that wants to be rich at any cost. Such riches comes with negative...

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A faithful sevant

"And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord." Matthew 25:20-21 I want you to notice in our opening scripture that the servant that multiplied his talents was called a faithful servant. That means that faithfulness...

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Remain faithful

"He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much." Luke 16:10 Please do not trivialize your present assignment. It does not matter if it is to two or three people, do not trivialize it. You are there for a reason. A dear man of God, Pastor Willy George, was a producer of Christian children movies through which he teaches them the Word of God. One day a little girl who had been watching his movies was kidnapped by a man who kidnaps children, molest them and...

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Be found faitful.

"Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?" Proverbs 20:6 God is in search of faithful men. A faithful man is a loyal man. In 2 Chronicles 16:9 the Bible says, "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him…" The Contemporary English Version puts it this way, "The LORD is constantly watching everyone, and he gives strength to those who faithfully obey him…" The Good News Bible says, "The LORD...

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God requires faithfulness.

"For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church." 1 Corinthians 4:17 One of the fundamental requirements to meet before God can entrust responsibilities to you is a faithful spirit. We see in our opening scripture that before Paul delegated to Timothy, he was found to be faithful in the Lord. If you are not faithful, you cannot be trusted with responsibility in the house of God....

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Faithfulness to His will.

"And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever." 1 Samuel 2:35 Are you faithful? A faithful person is committed to doing the will of God. One of the ways God judges your faithfulness is your commitment to the desires of His heart and what pleases Him. Using King Saul and King David as examples, Saul never thought of bringing the ark of the Lord back to Jerusalem where it should be. He was...

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Faithfulness

"Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful." 1 Corinthians 4:2 From our opening scripture, we see that faithfulness is a requirement. A requirement is a necessity. This means that God is saying that it is a necessity for you to be faithful. What does it mean to be faithful? The word for faithful in the Greek is the word 'pistos' which means to be dependable, trustworthy, true, etc. Edwin Lois Cole said, "Faithfulness is the cornerstone of character." It is important that you build your life on faithfulness. This...

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