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Living The Blessed Life: Mary Noticed And Favoured Amongst Others

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  Mary, Favoured Amongst Women  Luke 1:28 "And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women." Picking a person in the crowd for special purpose is not something we can easily throw away. People are selected for various reasons. You never know when you will be selected and for what purpose. It is up to you however to be ready when you are selected. First, get it that you are noticed in many different ways from many sources. What matters is that you are at the right place at the right time doing the right things for the right purpose. What is considered right depends on your relationship with God and man, the rules and laws that governs your life and the purpose of your existence. God has a special eye on you. All power belongs to Him and He can cause anything to happen in your favour. Does God have favourite? It all depends on from what perspective you are looking at things. You and every other p

Living The Blessed Life: Vashti Disfavoured/Esther Blessed

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  Vashti Disfavoured, Esther Blessed  Esther 1:12 "But the queen Vashti refused to the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him." Esther 2:17 "And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti." One of the ways you can enjoy the blessings of God is to gain favour in the eyes of those who are in position to make life easy for you. The other way around, life can be made uneasy when you enter into disfavour with God sent helpers. To understand this simple principle, study the life of Vashti and Esther. Having these two you will clearly see 'Displacement/Replacement' principle of the blessings of God at work. This principle does not apply when opportunities that does not exist but is to be created. Many positions and fewer people does not also ap

Living The Blessed Life: God Blessed Jabez

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  God Blessed Jabez 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 " And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested." There is the tendency to be so used to a situation so much so that a change is not welcomed. This syndrome is what makes some prisoners to return back to prison once released. The mind cannot let go of the old life. Accepting change should be normal but change to most is difficult to be accepted especially if the condition that demands change comes from parents or some people we so much respect. Parents tell their children how they suffered without telling the children that change is possible and how that it can be made possible. To accept change in this