HAVING SUCCESS GOD’S WAY

HAVING SUCCESS GOD’S WAY

"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." - Proverbs 16:3 (NIV)

As we come to the close of this year 2010, there are many questions perhaps that you have and are still asking yourself. It may be in your marriage, Job, Finances or even concerning your health especially as per success is concerned. My friend did you know that at one point King David a man after God’s own heart also had the same questions to ask about why the evil one seemed to prosper and succeed?

Psalms 73:3-17(CEV)

“Because it made me jealous to see proud and evil people and to watch them prosper. They never have to suffer, they stay healthy, and they don't have troubles like everyone else. Their pride is like a necklace, and they commit sin more often than they dress themselves. Their eyes poke out with fat, and their minds are flooded with foolish thoughts. They sneer and say cruel things, and because of their pride, they make violent threats. They dare to speak against God and to order others around. God will bring his people back and they will drink the water he so freely gives. Only evil people would say, "God Most High cannot know everything!" Yet all goes well for them, and they live in peace. What good did it do me to keep my thoughts pure and refuse to do wrong? I am sick all day, and I am punished each morning. If I had said evil things, I would not have been loyal to your people. It was hard for me to understand all this! Then I went to your temple, and there I understood what will happen to my enemies”.

Today I want to share especially to the youth this important message on success- success God’s Way. In the world today there are many things that have made people say he or she is successful. But below I want us to look at few things that should be looked at as success (Biblical view of success)

Contrary to the world view of success, I believe a life of success is based on those things that are of great value in the eyes of God. A life of success will exhibit signs of inner spiritual maturity and not outward signs of material acquisition. 

The Bible repeatedly describes the behavior, beliefs and actions that will lead to a successful life. And below are some of the most notable inscriptions of spiritual maturity and a level of true success in life:

1. Faith in God.

The spiritually mature person leads a life of success by putting their trust solely in God. They realize that to trust oneself is foolishness, and to trust others without question is naïve. They recognize the sovereignty, wisdom, and divine direction of God, and apply His Holy Word to their life on a daily basis. That is why we are told in Joshua 1:8 “This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.” (RSV)

2.  An Ability to Love.

Love is giving. Love flows from having received love and value from the Lord. Spiritually successful people are givers. They are motivated to help others succeed, even more than they want to benefit themselves. ‘A successful person is someone who notices his failures and strives to make others under him or her not to fail in the same area” Bril Emma Opanyi.

The above can not be done except with a heart of Love. That is why when you examine Proverbs 3:3-4 says: “Let love and loyalty always show like a necklace, and write them in your mind. And it continues in verses 4 saying there God and people will like you and consider you a success.” Do you know that because of the great love that Christ had for man kind it is what the father based on to make Him succeed? By you cultivating the spirit of love in you for God and for others with no doubt it will propel you to success that is God’s way.

3. A Joyful Outlook on Life.

 True joy is not rooted in the material accessories money can buy rather true joy is rooted in an awareness of the greatness of God and the many blessings He showers on us on a daily basis. Joy flows from the inside out, and is not based on external things, people, or situations. I have met with people who in the eyes of men they seem to have all material things that youth are running after yet in the long run they don’t have joy. My friend there’s nothing sweeter than the joy that God gives.

Years back I thought getting married to a white way all that would bring me joy. But I realized a shortly after I had made a move to marry a white how deep a great hell I had made for my self that was going to make me live a life of regret and cursing my self.

Many youth want so much to hook up with foreign partners very quickly not for any good reason but to attain resources instantly. That is exactly why many youth have fallen in the trap of homosexuals, lesbians and sexual harassers hence living a life of pain because of the Joy that has been stolen in search for quick success.

4. A Peaceful Spirit.

 Striving for “outward success” can keep us restless, always on the hunt for something to quench our anxiety, fears, or unsatisfied yearnings of the heart. Genuine peace is a feeling of wholeness and calm that stems from knowing one is in right relationship with God. Spiritual mature people have a genuine peace that stays with them even when the world outside is falling apart.

5. Patience.

Spiritually mature people realize that true success in anything is very rarely gained overnight. Success comes from being able to persevere, endure and when necessary, wait for the desired result. Spiritually mature people have learned that long-lasting fixes and cures take time, slow-cooked meals are generally far better than fast food. Rewarding relationships require patience and take time to build. Often, success is sweeter and more sustainable when it comes slowly! In a service at church my senior pastor George Oduch gave us a testimony of a boss in one of the renowned funds organization who wanted his junior to sign for a big sum of money that had no right accountability. But the junior because he was born again refused and the boss hated him so much but later when the Global fund issue came, the Boss turned to the junior and said: ‘if you had signed for the money I would be hunted by now’ and he thanked the junior for refusing to sign. Today both the junior and the Boss stand in better positions to succeed because of a patient and upright heart of the junior.

6. Attitude of Kindness and a Humble Stance.

True success carries an attitude of humility, courtesy, and respect for others. A spiritually mature person allows others to express their opinions and make their own choices - while still being strong enough to express and make best decisions for their own good. Before God, the successful person meekly carries the attitude, “Not my will, but your will, be done.” Worldwide over the generations nations are getting saved from all kinds of demonic oppressions and from sin because of the humble stance Christ had and still has. Jesus gave His will just for me and you that we may succeed today. That is why whenever I think of the nails, thorns, and humiliation He humbled Himself for, I cry tears and even stand a chance to worship Him and Him alone.

7. Self Control.

The successful, spiritually mature person has developed willpower and restraint, seeking what is best for all involved, in the ways and times that are most beneficial and appropriate.
When we seek to develop these godly characteristics, we are well on our way to creating a life of success that is God’s way!

Finally, I want to encourage you child of God to know that the above will not only make or qualify you to be a successful person but it also accounts for who you will be when the day of the Lord comes. In James 5:8 says “You also be patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at Hand”. If God gives the opportunity I will share with you hindrances to obtaining success God’s way

May God bless you and crown up this year 2010 with greatness and make your life successful in Jesus name. Amen.

Mr. Bril Emma Opanyi

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Threats to oneness and intimacy in marriage relationships

THREATS TO ONENESS AND INTIMACY IN MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIPS

For sometime I have been asking my self why many Christian couples are not enjoying their marriage relationships. And in this message I unveil to you some of the reasons why it’s hard to find true oneness and intimacy in many marriage relationships.  I want you to know that today in our generation many marriages are deeply influenced by the culture in which we live, and of which much of the influence does not encourage marital oneness. Most couples have not adequately prepared for the gravitational pull of difficult adjustments on the marriage relationships. 

Now let’s look critically at some of these threats to oneness and intimacy in marriage relationships:

1.       A complex culture

In today’s world there’s much that is driving the wedges of isolation deep in to relationships between husbands and wives. Most people today don’t realize how deeply we have been influenced by the sociological changes over the last 100 years. The world chart graphically portrays a strong cultural current that has swept the family far from it’s moorings of commitment and stability. Our culture has come to think of the family as a risk, not the harbor and haven it used to be.  That is why today a lot has been introduced to our families that have deprived the family values that contribute so much to oneness and intimacy in marriage relationships.

Quoting from an international official who said: ‘the fall of traditional family is a triumph for human rights’. Our culture has been so much poisoned by these abominable practices that have separated families hence a threat to oneness and intimacy.

Today more than 70 percent of people in different countries live in cities. We are so much urban, Mobile and constantly tempted to compare what we don’t have with those who appear “to have it all”. These comparisons have turned out to be one of the most lethal forms of poison for any marriage.

Over the past 100years, oneness and team work was not an option if the family was to survive, the pressure to survive forced families together unless today where selfishness is eroding the cement of commitment causing marriages to crumble.

The complex cultures we are living in have reached a hint where divorce is advertised as an option. A century ago, families might have starved to death if one of the mates chose to bail out hence divorce was not an acceptable alternative.

2.       Selfishness

Harmony in human relationships has always been difficult to achieve. The greatest test of harmony is marriage, where two imperfect creatures seek to defeat isolation and become one. Two people going their own selfish, separate away can never hope to experience the oneness of marriage as God intended it.

On illusion marriage couples fall for in this new age of liberation is belief that they can both be “independently successful” and still have a great marriage. A few couples seem to make it work, but most do not. Isolation is never defeated when each spouse operates totally independent of the other. The only way to unity, oneness, and a successful marriage is through mutual dependence. If each partner doesn’t control “self” and subject it to the Creator of marriage, the marriage dies.

As I have counseled and spoken to couples through physical engagements and internet Charts ,I have seen the corrosive effect of selfishness and independence in marriages. Men stubbornly ignore the needs of their wives. They prefer spending an extra hour or two at the office. I once met a pastor who frequented Christian bookstores and libraries with the sole purpose of avoiding his wife. And I have counseled women who spend countless hours shopping, not for their families but to avoid responsibilities at home and gratify them selves.

Often these self-styled independents spurn counseling .They do not want any help or, if they do concede to enter the counselor’s office, they defy being taught anything by anyone. Arms crossed, head held high, they refuse to hear anything their mate or the counselor has to say. They are   miserable, lonely people, and so are those who have to live with them

But marriage frozen in the isolation of selfishness didn’t start out that way. People get married with “stars in their eyes.”They don’t see reality when they’re dating or during the engagement. They wear blinders equipped with special lenses that filter out all the unpleasantness. Some are so desperate to love and be loved that they deny reality. Engaged couples are in love with romance because things are going their way. It’s a special time they don’t want to be bothered with the truth or obvious facts that suggest there could be some problem down the line. Instead, they want to experience this thing called “love.”This is exactly why it’s very hard to correct two people who have fallen in a wrong relationship.

Many couples think marriage promises fun that will never end. Nothing in the world arouses more false hope than the first four hours of a date or the first day of the honeymoon.   

Then reality sets in. Comedian Benny Fields said it well: “The glances over candlelight that seemed so sweet do not seem so amorous over shredded wheat.”The lovely person who, during the engagement was an ideal now starts to become an ordeal. Selfishness begins to rob the relationship of its romance in tiny but significant ways.

Humorist Sam Levenson summarized the problem when he said “Love at first sight is easy to understand. It’s when two people have been looking at each other for years that it becomes a miracle.”

Many people say ‘There’s no hope. I can’t change him,’ or “What is the use? She will never be any different” I want to tell you that marriage offers a great  opportunity to do something about selfishness that is why you need to learn as couples to apply a plan that is bigger than human self- centeredness.

Many marriages are just like that. We can’t stand the isolation but we desperately need to learn how to live with the sharp barbs and quills that are part of coming together in oneness.

Is there a way to have oneness and intimacy without the pain driving us apart? I believe there is.  And the best answer is in the person and teachings of Jesus Christ. Instead of wanting to be first, we must be willing to be the last. Instead of wanting to be served, we must serve.  Instead of trying to save our lives, we must loose them. We must love our neighbor (our spouse) as much as we love ourselves. In a nutshell, if we want oneness and intimacy, we must.

Marriage provides the opportunity to live life for someone besides yourself and to avoid the terrible judgment, what keeps letting us down is the mentality of “I can’t depend on anyone”

The key to solving selfishness is learning you have to depend on someone else because you really have no other choice. To experience oneness and intimacy you must give up your will for the will of another (your spouse). But to do this you must first give up your will to Christ, and then you will find it possible to give up your will for that of your mate/ spouse.

Unless you come to this “giving up of the wills” and learn to depend on one another, selfishness will cripple or destroy your marriage as you face the inevitable difficulties that are bound to occur.

3. Extramarital Affairs

It’s true that extramarital affairs are often sexual in nature. But there are other types of affairs and one them that I want us to have a look at is “Career” Often people escape the reality of their mediocre marriages by pursuing wealth and materialist desires, or through the affair called “Busyness”

Our desire to escape is promoted by the pressures of the secular culture in which we live.  In unban centers today comes a barrage of advertising TV Commercials, films and public relations schemes, all designed to teach us that we should seek self-satisfaction in life. Unfortunately many mates enter their marriages with this programming aspect mounting up their expectations and fantasies to compare themselves with what they see on TVs and so they ask themselves this question “How come my love life doesn’t match up with the one led by my favorite TV hero or heroine? Why can’t my mate be that cool, that sexy and that romantic?”

Let me up your eyes and mind, you must know that you are comparing your relationship with your mate to a fantasy that’s been developed with a multimillion shillings, dollars or pound budget and so it’s easy enough to be duped into thinking that you deserve exactly what the fantasy on the screen depicts. As the scriptures tell us “Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the world’s” (Romans 1: 22-23) and also Romans 12:2 also speaks more about this.

It is no wonder, then that so many people take the next step into an extramarital affair. Instead of finding happiness and fulfillment in the real world with a real Husband, real Children and a real God, they bail out and chase after the illusions conjured out of their fantasies.

Therefore, escaping reality to pursue fantasy ultimately results in a retreat to emotional solitude. Discouraged and lonely, we stop caring. We have become passive, bored, resigned to mediocrity and as a result it has caused many marriages which began well to end up in divorce.

There are many more threats to oneness and intimacy in marriage relationships. But as you analyze each of the threats to oneness and intimacy I have detailed, you should be able to pinpoint specific areas in which your relationship is affected and work on them so that God’s purpose for your marriage is fulfilled and also enable you to defeat isolation so that you can experience intimacy and true oneness.

May God bless you

Mr. Bril Emma Opanyi

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YOUR DAILY VICTORY GALLARY 2010

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WHY YOU MUST HATE POVERTY?

 

WHY YOU MUST HATE POVERTY?

In today’s edition, I want to share with you a message that will open up your eyes and mind to hate poverty with all your heart. First of all I want to tell you that poverty is one of the diseases that has eaten us up to the bones irrespective of which country you may go. However there is a way out if we only follow it

Deuteronomy 28: 2 says, “And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.” From the scripture above we see that blessings can pursue and overtake a person. Psalm 23: 6 also says, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life...” When you combine Deuteronomy 28:2 and Psalm 23: 6, you get amazing information. We have always been taught that we should pursue blessings, pursue money, be very aggressive and work ourselves to the bones. Then when we get the money, we save it. But now the Bible is saying something completely different. It is saying that those things that you are busy worrying your brain about can pursue and overtake you. Remember that God knows no barrier or impossibility. The most important issue here is if you shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Most of the wealth in the world is in the wrong hands. Why are they in the wrong hands? It is so because we Christians have allowed. Many of the things that are happening are so because Christians allow them. When we stand as a church of God and say that we disallow a particular thing, it would not happen. Our word cannot be challenged because it is by eternal decree. We are sons of the living God by adoption. We were not voted into it, so nobody can vote us out.

Men love the supernatural and they like to see the miraculous. It is because of that you always find people crowding around street magicians putting big snakes round their necks. The Bible says that signs and wonders shall follow believers. It did not say we should be following the signs. Miracles can pursue and overtake you that is the truth. Beloved, I have a word for you from the Lord as you are reading this message: God says that He has just started His work in your life and He has not finished yet.

At the end of the day, the only true fire and power is God. People may say all kinds of things but the only person who has the final say is not the doctor, or the banker, or the lawyer, or the judge. It is not the president, but the Almighty God. And when God says to your enemy, “Let go,” they have no option but to let go. God can overturn the tables any day. May be you are looking at your situation now and every way seems to be blocked and you come to a conclusion that there is no way. I have news for you. When you get to that level, it is then that God has just started to warm up.

Another truth you must know is that no one can cheat a Christian and go scot-free. If they take your one and only treasure you have, the Almighty will use it to claim one million for you. Haman was pursuing Mordecai but the wife of Haman told Haman the blunt truth. Esther 6:13 says, “And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, if Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fail, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.” That is the standpoint of the Bible concerning the children of God. It is a known fact today that many believers are financially poor, and that is part of the reason the gospel is sometimes very slow. God does not want the situation to be so meaning that Christians are not supposed to be poor. All Christians must at least be comfortable. In Psalm 34:10 says, “The young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.” Psalm 37:19 says, “They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.” That is what the Bible says and verse 25 says, “I have been young and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” This is why I am saying that we must and must hate poverty with all our hearts and not only that but poverty must die.

WHY WE MUST HATE POVERTY?

1.      Poverty Kills. Because the Bible says that poverty i

s not good.Proverbs 10: 15 says, “The rich man’s 

wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the 

poor is their poverty.” So, the poverty of the poor 

man can kill him. Proverbs 20:13 says, “Love not 

sleep, lest thou come to poverty, open thine eyes 

and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.” These are i
mportant scriptures.  One day I had of a true story that was told
by a brother who had taken his wife for delivery in one of t
he renowned hospitals here in our country. While he was still waiting he saw a woman lamenting with her dead child saying ‘If only I had money my child wouldn’t have died’. In other words, this woman was saying if it wasn’t for my being poverty grinded my child would have lived. Many times I have had people say statements like ‘if only we had money’

2.      Poverty obstructs people who would have blessed you. Poverty will make people run away from a believer. When a man of God has visited somebody at home and he has prayed and he has said the grace, the next thing for him to do is to carry his Bible and go. If after the grace, he still sits down, it means that he is looking for something. And if he is going to be begging for money everyday, he would make people to avoid him.

3.      Poverty will make people to look down on our God.

4.      Poverty is not one of the promises of God for His people. This must be clear to us. Some people turn the Bible upside down. The Bible says that it is harder for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God than for the camel to enter the eye of a needle. Now, when you look into the eye of a needle, and try to imagine a camel passing through it, you may begin to conclude that all rich people would go to hell fire. But it is not so. The eye of the needle in that illustration is the name given to a small hole in the wall of Jerusalem where visitors who came late at night passed their luggage, after the big gate had been closed. The camels had to crawl through the hole to the other side. If it were the kind of visitor that the people did not want, they would say, “Sorry, you can’t pass through the eye of the needle. Sleep outside the gate. But people turn it the other way round. A person can be very poor and be very greedy and a person can be rich and be greedy too.

5.      Poverty hinders the will of God. Poverty will make doing the will of God difficult for many people. Any time Jesus wanted food, He got it. If He was fasting, then He was fasting. Recently was having a chat with a married couple who told me that when they were preparing to introduce and wed, they totally had nothing. And this was so tempting for them to have said it’s not possible. But because they hearkened to the voice of God they introduced and wedded successful with out struggle. If they were to listen to the voice of poverty they would have hindered the will of God.

6.      Poverty most times, delays the growth of a believer when the person cannot even buy Christian books and materials to help him or herself.

7.      Poverty hinders evangelism. A lot of people cry day and night wishing they could contribute to the work of God but they cannot because they do not have the money. Beloved, I want you to take this message seriously because as you read and meditate on it, wealth will be released to you even without you doing anything or your money could become too hot for anybody sitting on it and the person would have no choice but to release it, in the name of Jesus.

8.      Poverty hinders prayer in families. Sometime ago, I was trying to settle a quarrel between a couple. They both said their own sides of the case and at the end of the day I came to a conclusion that the problem was poverty. How could Madam tell her husband not to touch her sugar? She used to count the cubes of sugar left in the box and one day she got there, and found out that three cubes were missing, and her husband was drinking tea. She rushed at the tea to fish out the cubes of sugar. How can that kind of family have a family altar?

9.      Poverty opens room for sicknesses and diseases. A lot
of sicknesses and diseases would have been prevented if poverty
was not in place. When God blesses you and you build your
own house or have your own apartment and have your toilet the
way you want it, then you don’t have to share toilet seats with
many tenants that could give you all kinds of infection.
Many sicknesses such as high blood pressure, hypertension, headaches and bone weaknesses come as a result of excessive worry that is cause by poverty. Poor people over think on how to be well and when disappointed they become sick with no right answer for the hungry waiting family.Who are also waiting for school fees etc.

10.  Poverty can be a source of serious temptation. There was a certain girl who came from a very poor family where she was given one hundred thousand shillings to take to school. One day, she found a man in a big porch car who gave her five hundred thousand shillings. She was shocked and could not believe it. But the man thinking that the money was not enough offered to give her more (temptation). Today many of our young girls who would have been good leaders have been seduced with big amount s of money by prominent men who have in turn slept with them and later contracted diseases like AIDS and the end result is death. Why because of poverty oriented backgrounds.

11.  A poor person has no voice. However much you have developmental ideas as long as you are still poor no one will give you an ear. In other words poverty disassociates you from certain classes of people. Two years back a friend of mine proposed to a lady. Both were believers including both their families. When he went to meet the lady’s parents unfortunately the lady’s father ask my friend whether he was going to feed his wife (their daughter) on Church donation! The young man so disappointed went back and decided to study and have a better job. Why have I brought this story? So that you can know that while you are still poor no one will believe you or even listen to you.

Friend, I am sure you must agree with me that poverty must die. To every blessing of God, there are conditions:

a.      For healing you need faith. b. For salvation you need to repent. c. For protection you need obedience d. For good and long days, you need a good tongue. e. To be anointed, you need a clean vessel.

Below are a few things you need to observe in order to come out of poverty:

1.      Put value in what you do. Today many workers due to unfavorable conditions work with I don’t care mentality. My dear friend what will make you attain success even when it seems dry every where it’s how much you value your work. I have a friend of mine who at the place of work when others valued not their work, he did value every single work he was given and because of his good repetition it has promoted him from an ordinary worker to a managing director

2.      Honor the Lord with thy substance.

To destroy poverty and kick it out of your life you must honor the Lord with thy substance. When we honor the Lord and are faithful to His work, only will our lives overflow with bounty of blessings. Proverbs 3: 9 says: ‘Honor the Lord with your substance, and with the first fruits of all your increase’ For God to pour the world’s greatest wealth upon you as He promised in Ecclesiastes 2:26, then you must be faithful in obeying and honoring Him with your substance and First fruits. In Proverbs 13:22 we are told that “A good man lives an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just”

3.      Lastly, listening to and obeying God. As you listen to the Lord and learn to trust Him. Then He will bless you greatly. In Proverbs 10:22 says ‘The blessing of the Lord, it makes rich, and He adds no sorrow to it’. However, for us to prosper, this demands for us to live a life of obedience, faith and righteousness. Proverbs 15:6 (Scripture reference).

Until you fulfill the conditions for prosperity, you would continually be snowed under with poverty. Poverty has many agents, which are as follows: devourers, little foxes, cankerworms, sicknesses, death, etc.

Finally, after praying a prayer of faith to come out of poverty, take still another step of faith and look for something to do. However for you to fully understand why you must hate poverty, you can order for the message I share entitled” Six Reasons Why Many Christians Are Poor”  and many more topics relating to day to day concepts to living a Victorious Christian life or you can log onto my blog: http://www.yourdailyvictory.blogspot.com

May God bless you

Mr. Bril Emma Opanyi

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WHY KILL EACH OTHER?

WHY KILL EACH OTHER?

The fateful 11 / July / 2010 Dawned with a very bright and warm morning for Ugandans and as for the rest of the world it was nothing more than great anxiety to witness the kick-off and the lifting of the FIFA world cup trophy between Spain and Netherlands. It was a horrible experience for the Ugandan Community as it was visited by an evil monster of twin Bomb blasts both at Kyadondo Rugby Club and Ethiopian pub both in Kampala claiming over 74 lives both young and old causing bitterness and agony to the relatives of the diseased. 

 This  has been the first of it’s kind thou in the past 20 years as a country we have been in total cold war mainly in Northern Uganda where our brothers and sisters have been slain down as animals. Uganda is one of the African countries that have been in blood shed.

As a Ugandan my question is why kill each other? As the saying goes one spoiled tomato spoils the rest. Today many Somalis are in fear and trembling because non Somalis have too much resentment for them as a result of a very small rebel group in Somalia coming up publicly to declare that they are responsible for the 11^th July blood shed. My plea to all the Ugandans is not every Somali is an Al-shabaab.

Let’s say if you, your mother, father or relative that you love so much fell sick and needs a heart operation and the only place for him to be operated is India and because few Ugandans have already spoiled the Ugandan name then you or your sick parent or even sister is denied the Visa will you feel good? Fellow Ugandans! is time we woke up to the call for us to love one another, to cast away hatred and to stop devising means that will cause more blood shed in our Country.

And now that we are faced with this challenge, every Ugandan should seek to unite together so that terrorism cannot tower in Uganda. This can only be possible or impossible by the way we will respond to this massive blow. For goodness sake this is not a time to throw blames and point fingers towards one another. Why kill others again yet we have already lost over 74 lives and over 50 still injured? No. fellow Ugandans arise and use this dreadful incidence as an eye opener to seeing the need of ideological unison and standing together with crying and grieving hearts.

 Therefore let’s all aim at establishing peace now in Uganda whether NRM, UPC, DP, or FDC. Wherever you may fall put your party aside and embrace brotherhood and oneness of mind. It is this positive response which will cease the tears we have shed over this twin bomb blasts. One man said “Every problem humans face, it has a biblical solution“ (O’Bril Emmanuel). The bible encourages us in the book of Romans 12:18 that “Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody” GNB Translation. The very end of this matter depends on you a lone, and alone as an individual. How much have you endeavored to live at peace with all men? The gravity of your effort has a lot to build or rob on the on going peacemaking ways by which the government is trying to make to prevent and harden the out break of terrorism in Uganda.

In conclusion, Fellow Ugandans don’t kill each other, rather doing with your brother and quest for a common enemy. With the coming together of the African leaders for the AU summit that took place late July 2010 at Speak Resort Munyonyo in Kampala Uganda who came with resolutions on how to suppress terrorism and push it out of Africa, I am convinced Uganda And Africa as a whole is free from danger of terrorism. God bless you 
 
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CONFRONT THAT SITUATION

Are you tired of any circumstance in your life? Do you want it to change? If yes, then you have got to confront it now. Remember you can not change what you are not tired of neither can you confront what you don’t want to change. Unless you get tired of your undesired situation, you can not confront it.
Ever since I began reading the Bible, I have never come across any personality of influence
who changed his/her undesired situation for the better without first confronting it. Do you know of any? Maybe you can show me. If Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
had not confronted the idol worship of King Nebuchadnezzar’s golden statue, they would
have remained bound to king Nebuchadnezzar’s idol worship like the rest. But they said,  “Your Majesty, we will not try  to defend ourselves. If the God whom we serve is able to save us from the blazing furnace and from your power, then he will. But even if he doesn’t, Your Majesty! ye be sure that we will not worship your god, and we will not bow down to the golden statue that
you have set up. ”  (Daniel 3:16:18), Mind you, this was a king
they were talking to like this, he had the powers over their lives and property. But these
men could not stand this idol practice any longer, they were tired of it. So, they had to
confront and challenge the king. And at the end of it all, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were released and promoted to higher positions in the province of
Babylon (Daniel 3:30) Even king Nebuchadnezzar
praised the most high God because he saw how this God saved the three men from the blazing furnace (Daniel 3:28). Get tired of that situation, challenge it and you will see
it change. I know of a friend who had his girl friend with whom they had only sexual relationship every time they got together. It was like this for so long. Even when the boy got fade up and tired of this kind of relationship
nothing changed. He would determine not to sit next to her avoid arousing their sexual feelings but all in vain because whenever they met privately even to discuss other different issues they would end up at least romancing with each other. This was a serious problem isn’t it?

Well, it was not until he shared with me what he was passing through, that I advised him to talk to his girlfriend on how to lead their relationship or even turn it to just mutual friendship. And from this point onwards their mentality changed, they developed respect and unconditional love for each other. Why? Because both of them made it clear to each other that we are young, born again Christians who don’t deserve to live in fornication or in this kind of life. They decided to confront the situation. Now, they are even happier as friends than before because they were just living in bondage not really love as they thought was the case.

You may be going through a similar situation and you are wondering how you can come out of it. Please my brother and my sister there is a way out always as long as you are now tired of that life and you are also ready to confront your current situation. Surely, I guarantee you; you can come out of it as you live as a youth with a purpose.
GOD BLESS YOU!   
                 
David Lakuch
Asst. General Secretary
VCC Youth Ministry/ Chief Advisor YDVIO
 

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WHY HE IS CALLED THE YOUNGEST RADICAL EVANGELISTIC PREACHER AND WRITER

  
WHY HE IS CALLED THE YOUNGEST RADICAL EVANGELISTIC PREACHER AND WRITER
From the records of the few preachers and writers, Mr. Bril Emmanuel Opanyi  Born in 1985 is found to be the youngest Radical preacher and writer. Bril is a Kenyan Citizen and also a Ugandan Citizen by Birth. After a divine call of God upon his life in 2001 it took bril Emmanuel only 2years to begin doing exploits. In one of his statements Bril said that one day Napoleon stood up and said' An opportunity will dance with you only if it finds you on the dancing floor.' indicating that all our communities need is not condemning them but showing them the way, Truth and life through the Gospel.

Over the seven years of internet ministry Bril Emma has reached over 20million people across the globe. Many are getting saved, transformed and empowered. Young people are turning to the Lord, we have seen Miracles happen through prayers. Bril believes in showing Nations the way to attaining personal deliverance. However, inspite of all God has used Bril to do , He is not a Church Pastor but a minister at Victory Church Of Christ Ministries in Kampala Uganda.

Bril Emmanuel is one of the Youngest Evangelistic Preacher and Writer whose features are Christ like. When i look at him i see the likeness of Pr. Chris Oyakilome of Nigeria  in him. The day he visited our ministry. The message he shared was worth listening to. In a nutshell, He is a man worth  listening to.

I want to encourage you who is reading this to visit Bril Emanuel's blog you will like it www.yourdailyvictory.blogspot.com
With his likeness our Generation is safe.

God bless you all
Benjamin in Malaysia

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SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE ABOMINATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY

SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE ABOMINATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY

Fellow Ugandans and the world at large please wherever you are in your own capacity, stand-out of the crowd and speak out against this monster of Homosexuality and lesbianism that has come to degrade and destroy the youths of Uganda. It is so surprising how our leaders are being pressurized by powerful western states to support homosexuality and refuse the anti-gay bill that appeared at our parliament recently. The future of our youths as the leaders of tomorrow and the future of Uganda and that of Africa is at stake because of the threat of homosexuality.
Homosexuality is a threat because it is being systematically advanced by a well organized homosexual’s fraternity together with their allies. Not only that they have brought the leadership and governments of the western world on their side.
In addition to that the recruitment drives of the homosexuals are very aggressive and backed with massive financial resources that the homosexuals are able to mobilize.
Homosexuals populate their ranks and file through recruitment .They are not interested in old people except for purposes of support, but they are interested in recruiting children and the youths.
The homosexual fraternity has stepped up their recruitment drives in Africa at this material time. So please for the sake of our youth and children wherever you are speak out against this horrifying act that has come to rob us of future prophets, presidents, and other important people in society.

So here from Bible reference we are told in 1Corinthians 6:9-11 that:
“Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulteress nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy, nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.”

The word of God is very blunt about homosexuality just as it is about other sins. It says no homosexual will inherit the Kingdom of God. It also offers hope for the homosexuals, because in that very Corinthian Church there were ex-homosexuals who were set free because of God’s power.
So far church leaders who are paged by homosexuals to speak something nice to keep homosexuals happy in their sins and to help them victimize our young ones is a big disservice to the cause of Christ.
Yet 1 Timothy 3:15 calls the church as “the pillar and foundation of the truth”. The church leaders, teachers, students, and any concerned individual should uphold the truth about homosexuality. It is through the church that the freedom giving truth can be dispensed after all.

But also, the enemy of our souls is attacking and compromising the custodian of the truth.
There was a letter written by the Angelican Bishops of Southern Africa which shows you how serious things are.
The title of the letter is:
Statement of the Province of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill before Parliament in Uganda.

19 February 2010
We, the Bishops of the Anglican church in Southern Africa, meeting at Thokoza conference centre, Swaziland, from 8th to 12th February 2010 are disturbed by the debate among Ugandan Law makers of a draft Bill that seek to criminalize homosexuality and to prosecute gay people. It even proposes imposing death penalty, which we regard as a bread of Gods commandments,” You shall not murder,” given in Exodus 20:13. We also deplore the statement attributed to our fellow Bishop, distributing those who are opposed to this legalization as “lovers of evil”. Though there is a breadth of theological view among us on matters of human sexuality, we see this bill as a gross violation of human rights and we therefore strongly condemn such attitudes and behaviors towards other human beings. We emphasize the teaching of the scripture that all human beings are created in the image of God and therefore must be treated with respect and accorded human dignity.

We are therefore also deeply concerned about the violent language used against gay community across sub-Sahara Africa. We therefore appeal to law makers to defend the rights of the minorities. As Bishops we believe that it is immoral to permit or support oppression of, or discrimination against, people on the grand of their sexual orientation, and contrary to the teaching of the gospel, particularly Jesus commands that we should love one another as he has loved us without, discrimination (John 13:34-35). We commit ourselves to teach, preach and act against any laws that undermine human dignity and oppress any and all minorities, even as we call for Christians and all people to uphold the standard of holiness of life.

We call on all Christians to stand up against this bill so that its provisions do not become law in Uganda or any where else in the world.
We also call on our President and Law makers to engage in dialogue with their counterparts or the rights of minorities.

It is unbelievable that this letter can be written by Christian Leaders. It is very clear that section of church leaders are consciously fighting on the side of the army of Satan. Whatever tittles these kinds of leaders carry, with contempt, reject their ideas. Talking of dignity, such leaders should know that there is no dignity in what homosexuals do because even animals can’t do what they do for sure I’m really disappointed in these Bishops. Yeah! it’s a very big shame. For example take this young man who got hurt by homosexuals who in their sexual acts prefer pushing their hands up to the elbow in to the rectum and pulling out the feaces that is there.
If I may ask, what does such a person hope to achieve by doing that and what dignity is in that?
Nothing but their agenda is to destroy the world of God by support homosexuality. In Gen. 19:1-29 we see God judged Sodom and Gomorrah and wiped out all its inhantants because of homosexuality. Again Judges, 20:46-48, twenty five thousands Banjemites were slaughtered by the army of Israel except for six hundred men who escaped. This happened because these people were involved in homosexuality and they defended it. There is only one type of human sexuality. The order of God makes this clear in Genesis 1:27 which say: “so God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”
It is clear that, male and female he created them. It does not say male and male or female and female He created them.

Uganda must stand firm and pass the anti-gay Law. In fact Christians from U.S.A, U.K and Canada are sending messages to the church and the people of Uganda that this is a moment of truth.
This law is the hope of the world if it is passed. It will enable the blanket of homosexuality to be rolled back to those very nations that are strongly supporting it. Many would be set free and God’s Judgment and depution that comes through homosexuality will be staged.
I appeal to our Government and Parliament and to whomever is reading this message to pray and act so as to have this law passed.
The church leaders should also serve God. They should resist the temptations to trade our Children for money. Remember what 1Tim 6:10 says:
“For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, graving money have wandered from faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.”
Child of God, make a stand now and speak or keep quiet forever. I for one will do anything in my power to shun this abomination and horrifying practice. Let it be your plea, my plea and everyone’s plea and desire to see this outrage brought to nothing.
God Bless You!

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FIVE REASONS MANY CHRISTIANS ARE POOR:

FIVE REASONS MANY CHRISTIANS ARE POOR:

The bible says in 3Jn 1:2 ‘Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth’KJV. God’s master plan my dear friend is that you may prosper and live in good health. Unfortunately many Christian instead are eaten up by poverty.  Below I want to share with you the five reasons why many Christians are poor and in my next chapter I will share with you a very important subject and that is: WHY POVERTY MUST DIE 

Let's now look at these five reasons below:

1. God will not give you what will kill you. It is like a small boy watching his daddy shaving and he says, “Daddy, give me the blade, give me the blade.” No matter how he loves the child, he will not give him the blade. So your spiritual level and your level of brokenness may be too low for God to entrust wealth to you. That is why the Bible says, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and its righteousness and all other things shall be added unto you.” They are automatic addition. Here comes the first question to you in this message. “Can you confirm in your spirit that the kingdom is in you? Are you a broken Christian? That is the first poverty destroying weapon

God may be looking at you and He is saying, “If I give this my child fifty million shillings, will he not backslide?” If God sees that anger, greed, dishonesty, lying, unkind, ruthless, quarrelsome and quick to judge others, Hypocrisy are still in your life, He will not give you His prosperity. Get the kingdom first; submit the whole of your life to God and then you will never be forsaken. This statement simply means take no glory for you. Avoid ‘I’, ‘My’ ‘Me’ in most of your statements. The Bible says that God never forsakes the righteous but you have to be righteous to have that privilege. There are many people now who are very serious with the Lord because they are poor. But when money comes, they would become irregular and totally they change contrary to the Word of God. I have seen pastors who at one point they were so badly off but when God blessed them they have now become another log before God who called them. Many are praying, “O Lord, promote my husband,” and God is saying, “When I have not promoted the man, he is running after strange women, when he is promoted, he will now build castles for them and abandon you completely. Why don’t you let us get him saved first?”

There are people who were working and praying hard when they did not have a fan in their house and at night mosquitoes came and by the time they slapped themselves thrice, they would stand up to pray. But now they got the fan, apply mosquito repellants and split air conditioner, and eventually they over sleep. God does not want that. Many forget the household of God immediately they obtain contracts. They would not be seen again in the church until the money is gone. Before then when you call a prayer point like: “Let every contract be released now, in the name of Jesus, they would pray and shake their heads and respond with a strong AMEN. But when they get it, the next place you would see them is the VIP lounge at the airport with very starched clothes, sitting down and eating meat pie and ingesting tea as early as 6.30 am. But when they were looking for it, it was dry fast everyday.

Many who used to come early to church when they had no cars now come late to church in spite of the fact that God has blessed them with cars and drivers. And when you ask them why they come late to church, they would say, “That foolish driver did not wake up on time to bring me to church.” But when there was no car and driver, they got to church before everybody, swept the floor, joined the prayer warriors, and then settled down before service. God sees all these.

Some people were praying very well when they had no job. But now that they have a job, they forget their spiritual duties because of over- time. Some prayed and fasted to get a job and by 5:00 am., they have arrived at the office. But when it is service days, you see them strolling in one hour late. God normally allows that which keeps a man from Him to be withdrawn so that He can get his attention. God has had to withdraw cars, houses and comfort from people in order to save their souls. Some of the few attacks you go through at time is to wake you up so you can seek God and make Him the Lord over your life. So, check your life today. Are you broken to the level where God can obligate the riches of the Gentiles into your hands? Do you have clean hands, a kind of hand that God will rest this sort of riches on? This is the first headache of the Almighty when it comes to prosperity.

2. Wrong giving is the second reason.

 Proverbs 11: 24 says, “There is one who that scatters, yet increases more;  and there is one who  withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty” The liberal soul shall be made fat. And he that watereth shall be watered also himself.” And Luke 6: 38 says, “Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together and running over, shall men give into your bosom.” This is an area where the devil has blinded the eyes of many believers. Many pray that they want prosperity, but how is the prosperity going to come when they have sown no seed. It is like a student praying to pass his examination when he has read nothing. It is like a woman praying to get pregnant without a husband or without a man. You must sow a seed. It is that seed that the Lord will multiply for you. Someone who wants prosperity should do more than tithing. Some people have been writing me letters asking: “What should we tithe? Is it the gross pay or the net pay?” It is better for you to over pay than to under pay. If God is asking you for a tithe and you say, “O God, take 20 per cent or 15 per cent, it is better for you to owe me than for me to owe you.” You must not treat God as a beggar. You treat God as a beggar when you give Him the extra that you don’t need. If you cannot be generous with the Almighty when things are hard for you, you would not be able to give when there is abundance. Sowing in the time of famine attracts abundant blessings and prosperity. Remember the story of the woman in Mark 12:41-44, who just threw in some coins and God said, “This one has contributed more money than every other person.” So, if you find it hard to give a tenth unto God, of the money that belongs to you, you are inviting poverty. If you completely forget to pay your tithe and your offerings, you are inviting poverty. If you feel or believe that the tithe and offerings you give are too much, you are inviting poverty. If God gives you 20,000 shillings and you find it difficult to pay 2,000 as tithe, you are writing to poverty. Wise believers double the tithe. Also, they sow a big seed and challenge the Lord. Giving to God is sacrifice. You have not started giving to God until you feel the pinch. Many are so tight-fisted when it comes to financing God’s work. Tithe borrowers are looking for trouble too. It is foolish to borrow your tithe because the outcome can be grievous and it is also an insult to God. God can allow an ordinary boil to swallow 40,000.00. He can allow a single problem to take away the money you refuse to give to Him. The principle of giving will enable you to experience many financial miracles. Fear and unbelief will keep a lot of people in poverty. Many give sparingly but the Bible wants you to give and it tells you how to give. We must know that the money that the Lord needs to finish His work has been in the world before you were born. God will not force you to part with your money. But when you do it willingly, He will open the door of your life to blessings and many other good things will begin to happen. You must give sacrificially, that is, you give as much as you can until it pinches because your offering is measured by what you have left and not what you give. You should give according to your income. Not that you get a big income and you give a small offering. You should give cheerfully. You should give systematically. You should give at any opportunity you have to give without grumbling or complaining. You don’t give under compulsion. The Bible says, “Do not let your right hand know what your left hand is doing.” You should not be the kind of Christian who wants a gift from God but you don’t want to give to Him. You should give regularly. And the Bible says that you should give without display or open show. So, if you have not been giving that way or you have been giving only when the man of God says, “I want twenty people to give one million shillings each,” then you march forward and people clap for you. That has no blessing. So wrong giving is the second reason. That is why we say, ‘change your offering and change your destiny.’

3. Psalm 78:41 says, “Yea they turned back and tempted God and limited the Holy one of Israel.” The third reason is that many of us limit God. Many limit God by the way they talk and act. Many do not believe that God can do something outside their normal salary or income. So, anytime they pray, they focus their attention on what appears to be obvious. They are not on the look out for the miraculous or supernatural. They limit God completely. That is why sometimes when you ask some people, “How are you?” They would answer “rough, Fair, or fifty fifty.” Negative and inferior thinking invites poverty. You should not limit God. The Bible says that with God, nothing shall be impossible. It is only in our dictionary we find the word impossible or difficult.

4. Staying in the wrong business and wrong profession. In Luke chapter 5, we see the example of Peter. Peter was trying to catch fish when he was destined to fish for men. God will not bless the wrong thing you are doing. Check prayerfully whether you are in the right business. That is the reason I said that if you are a bit confused about what to do, you must pray to God to make His way plain before your face. If you have no business or job, pray and get direction from the Lord on what to do. Forget how prosperous you were before, face realities now and ask the Lord to show you the way.

The fact that God is your Father is enough to make you find out what He wants you to be doing. If you are doing what God wants you to do, you can refer back to Him when there is a problem. You don’t just enter into the university and study anything just for the sake of having a degree. Ask the Lord what to do. For God will not prosper what He does not support. Some are spiritually lazy and will not stay before the Lord for a long time to receive from the Lord. When you ask such for people to go and pray, they come back the following day to say that they did not receive anything. The fact that God is refusing to talk to you about your own life shows that you need some spiritual adjustment quick, and you must make this adjustment. Once you are in the right thing, you must surely prosper even if it is a very small thing.

Sometime ago, I learnt of  a story were one small boy of about seven would come to the Bus stop and wait for cars and would ask drivers which kind of  passengers he should call.” This young boy when asked why he was doing what he was doing, he said, “This is how I feed my daddy and mummy”. A boy of seven running bus conductorship for some hours everyday and whatever he gets, he takes it home for all the members of his family to feed on.

5. Giving place to the enemy. Ephesians 4: 27 says, “Nor give place to the devil.” If a person gives room to the enemy, he would allow poverty to operate. There are spirits of poverty and there is also what we call poverty dreams. Regular dreams of being naked, roaming about the market place, being broke, selling and not getting result, are signs that the spirit of poverty is in operation. You should bind the spirit of poverty. This spirit looks ugly and tattered in the spirit. Sometimes, it appears like an old ragged man with one leg. What I am saying is that, some people have already given place to the spirit of poverty in their lives and it does not matter whether you give them ten million  to run a business, they will soon finish everything and nothing will come in. When the spirit of poverty is in operation, the person will be experiencing unexplainable loss of money. He would not know exactly what he does with his money. The person may be bombarded by starving and unrepentant relatives. Before he wakes up in the mornings, they are already knocking at his door. He may be facing wastage of materials. For example, his food may be getting spoilt without explanation. Cups and plates would break; the children would loose their bags in the school. Their money would be stolen, etc. It is the work of the spirit of poverty.

When a person is always being duped by fraudulent people, constant attack by robbers, attack by fire, uncontrollable birth of children, dismissal from various places of work, loss of materials including clothes are all signs of the operation of the spirit of poverty. Sometime ago, I was shocked when a man told me that his clothes were stolen while he tried to dry them outside his house. He said it was not few minutes he put the clothes on the line, and went inside. By the time he came out, the wet clothes were gone. The spirit of poverty has turned managers to servants. It has turned teachers to pupils.

WAY OUT

When you check your life and you find out that the spirit of poverty is in control, then you need to resist it. Think now about your finances. If you have cheated God, ask for forgiveness. Take a positive stand on what you will do in God’s house. If you have things that you have stored up somewhere and you know that you don’t really need them. Sell them off and put the money into God’s work. The last step to take is an aggressive one. It is to pray poverty destroying prayers. You must pray against the spirit of poverty with holy aggression. Some sicknesses are not ordinary. They are just ladders of poverty and you need to break them to pieces.

PRAYER POINTS

1. You heaven that has become brass, break open and bring rain, in the name of Jesus.
2. Every spirit of poverty, I break your control, in the name of Jesus.
3. Lay your hands on your eyes and pray like this: O Lord, anoint my eyes to see the hidden riches of the world, in the name of Jesus.
4. Lay hand on your head and pray this: O Lord, advertise your prosperity in my life, in Jesus’ name.

5. Lay one hand upon the other hand and pray like this: Let the riches of the ungodly be transferred into my hands, in the name of Jesus.

6. O Lord, let divine blessings shower my life, in the name of Jesus.
7. O Lord, give me dumbfounding breakthroughs, in the name of Jesus.
8. Every curse working against my destiny, be broken, in the name of Jesus

God bless you

Bril Emma Opanyi

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