Patience Johnson

Your body can be in captivity, your life can be in captivity, but there is only one thing you should not allow to be in captivity; that is your soul.

Do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.__omans 6:12Self-control is one of the great keys to success in life. And since God__ Word has a lot to say about it, if you ask Him He will help you to cultivate it. What you struggled with when you were young will be different from the things you struggle with when you__e older, but you__l face temptation in one form or another as long as you live. Self-control is one of the nine fruits of the Spirit listed in the Bible (see Galatians 5:22-23). It calls for bringing every aspect of your life under the mastery of the Holy Spirit. It__ a lifestyle characterised by discipline, not impulse.

Do you want to grow spiritually? Build better relationships? Succeed in your career? Conquer anxiety and find peace? Break a bad habit? Be healed from the emotional wounds of your past? Then meditate on, ponder, think about, practise mentally, and verbalise the Word of God. Instead of living off someone else__ spiritual insight, study God__ Word for yourself and allow the Holy Spirit to bless you with life-transforming insights. Jesus said, __he Spirit takes my message and tells it to you_ (John 16:15). And you__l experience the truth of those words when you personalise the Scripture you__e reading.

The Greek word for __elf-control_ comes from a root word meaning __o grip_. It calls for getting a grip on your spending so that you don__ go into debt for things you don__ need and can__ pay for. It calls for getting a grip on your temper and not saying things you__l later regret: __etter _ a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city_ (Proverbs 16:32 NIV 1984 Edition). It calls for getting a grip on your desires. If Joseph had failed to say no to the repeated advances of his boss_ wife, he__ never have seen his life__ dream fulfilled and sat on the throne of Egypt. Understand this: Satan has discerned your destiny and he__ out to stop you from reaching it. So pray for self-control, and practise it on a daily basis.

Where you are running to is not the answer, who is with you is the power.

Slavery of the soul is worst than the slavery of the flesh.....

Your Skin is not a deprivation, your life is not a defeat, the fact that you call yourself black does not mean that your eyes, soul and brain are black try to whiten yourself. If they blackmail you, whitemail yourself.Don't allow people's opinion to pin you down. Build yourself above the standard of slavery.

When you are busy doing something for God, God will also be busy doing something for you.

Don't be afraid of trial but don't die in your temptation.

Rebuilding is something that is practically difficult than starting over from nothing.

You cannot use another man's leg to run your race. Wives stop waiting for your husbands to do everything. For God's sake make an impact. Nobody is a threat to your development.

If all you are looking for is a miracle you are wide open to follow the antichrist and the false prophets because they are going to have a big league of signs and wonders ministry.If signs and wonders do not bring glory and honour to Jesus Christ, then you must be watching a false prophet whose anointing does not come from the Holy Spirit of God.

If satan succeds in blinding your mind, he has succeeded in arresting you because anything that can stop you from believing can stop your future.

I have the mind of Christ. The best life you could ever live is the one that your creator destined you for. The one He made you for. He has given us everything we need ......... to become like Him. To reach to your potentials. Worship Him in spirit and in truth.

Sure we all need money but what do you really focus on? It is a matter of the heart. If your thoughts are on material and worldly things, no good fruits can come out of it.Seek the kingdom of God first and the other things shall be added unto you not vice versa.

I am the most important person to me. I am the most important person in the entire universe to me. I am the centre of my own universe.

Faith is never connected to safe. There is no faith without tension. For a rubber band to function to it's elasticity, it has to experience a tension. Saints of God who has no tension has no function.

If you want to see the beauty of any fish, throw it into the water, you will see how best it can swim because that is its source. Do you want to see the beauty in you? Don't look in the mirror, don't put on makeups, no jewelleries or expensive designer clothes, just go back and reconnect to your source and I bet, the best of you will show up. Until you return back to God, your best won't come out because He is your source.