SCRIPTURE
"Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress (advancement)" (1 Timothy 4:15 NIV)
"Practice and work hard on these things; be absorbed in them [completely occupied in your ministry], so that your progress will be evident to all." (1 Timothy 4:15 AMP)
"Practice and work hard on these things; be absorbed in them [completely occupied in your ministry], so that your progress will be evident to all." (1 Timothy 4:15 AMP)
KEY STATEMENT
Paul makes it clear. When you devote yourself wholly and diligently to the ministry of the word, when you spend time reading the word and teaching the word, when you spend time on spiritual matters, there will be a certain result. You will make progress. You will have spiritual growth. You will advance.
Hence, if others are unable to see your progress, that can only mean 2 possible things: either you’re not really devoting yourself to the word, or you’re not devoting yourself to the correct matters. That others are able to see your progress is an indication of your growth.
WHAT ARE THE BLESSINGS OF DILIGENCE ?
Hence, if others are unable to see your progress, that can only mean 2 possible things: either you’re not really devoting yourself to the word, or you’re not devoting yourself to the correct matters. That others are able to see your progress is an indication of your growth.
WHAT ARE THE BLESSINGS OF DILIGENCE ?
7 BLESSINGS OF DILIGENCE
1) WHERE THERE’S DILIGENCE, GOD BLESSES YOU WITH AN UNENDING, ENDLESS, CONTINUAL, INCESSANT, CEASELESS, UNSTOPPABLE ADDITION, INCREASE AND GROWTH.
2 Peter 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, ADD to your faith virtue; and ADD to virtue knowledge; 6 And ADD to knowledge temperance; and ADD to temperance patience; and ADD to patience godliness; 7 And ADD to godliness brotherly kindness; and ADD to brotherly kindness charity. 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
2) WHERE THERE’S DILIGENCE, GOD BLESSES YOU WITH WEALTH AND PROSPERITY WHICH FLOW AND FOLLOW YOU NATURALLY, OBVIOUSLY AND EVIDENTLY
Proverbs 10:4 (NIRV) Hands that don't want to work make you poor. But hands that work hard bring wealth to you.
3) WHERE THERE’S DILIGENCE, GOD BLESSES YOU WITH PROMOTION AND SETS YOU TO BE ONLY ON TOP AND ABOVE NEVER BENEATH AND DOWN.
Proverbs 12:24 (KJV) The hand of the diligent shall bear rule (be in charge, gain control, become leader,…): but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 12:24 (MSG) The diligent find freedom in their work; the lazy are oppressed by work.
4) WHERE THERE’S DILIGENCE, GOD BLESSES YOU WITH FULFILLMENT, COMPLETION, ACHIEVEMENT AND ENJOYMENT BECAUSE NOTHING IS LEFT UNDONE.
Proverbs 12:27 (MSG) A lazy life is an empty life, but "early to rise" gets the job done.
5) WHERE THERE’S DILIGENCE, GOD BLESSES YOU IN TURNING YOUR WISHES, DREAMS AND PROMISES INTO REALITIES.
Proverbs 13:4 (MSG) Indolence wants it all and gets nothing; the energetic have something to show for their lives.
6) WHERE THERE’S DILIGENCE, GOD BLESSES YOU WITH SUPERNATURAL ENABLEMENT FOR PROFITABLE PLANNING AND PREPARATION LEADING YOU TO LONG LASTING PROSPERITY AND PLENTEOUSNESS
Proverbs 21:5 (MSG) Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.
7) WHERE THERE’S DILIGENCE, GOD BLESSES YOU WITH EXCELLENCE, SKILL, EXPERTISE AND KNOW-HOW. AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU ARE IN DEMAND, ADMIRED AND SET TO STAND BEFORE KINGS
Proverbs 22:29 (MSG) Observe people who are good at their work - skilled workers are always in demand and admired; they don't take a back seat to anyone.
WHAT ARE THE AREAS TO SHOW DILIGENCE?
1) BE DILIGENT IN SEEKING GOD
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
2) BE DILIGENT IN HEARING GOD
Deuteronomy 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
3) BE DILIGENT IN SPEAKING AND TEACHING THE WORD OF GOD
Deuteronomy 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Acts 18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
4) BE DILIGENT IN LEARNING THE WAYS OF GOD
Jeremiah 12:16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
5) BE DILIGENT IN KEEPING YOUR SOUL
Deuteronomy 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
6) BE DILIGENT IN YOUR BUSINESS (whatever you do)
Proverbs 22:29 (KJV) Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS AND PRAYERS
TODAY I PRAY THAT THE ALMIGHTY GOD WILL FILL YOU WITH THE SPIRIT OF DILIGENCE THEREBY CAUSING YOUR ADVANCEMENT BE MANIFEST TO ALL...
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TODAY I PRAY THAT MY FATHER WILL MAKE YOU DILIGENT IN SEEKING HIM SO THAT YOU WILL BE OPENLY REWARDED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
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TODAY I PRAY THAT MY FATHER WILL MAKE YOU DILIGENT IN HEARING HIS VOICE SO THAT HE WILL SET YOU HIGH ABOVE ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
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TODAY I PRAY THAT MY FATHER WILL MAKE YOU DILIGENT IN TEACHING AND SHARING THE WORD OF GOD SO THAT YOUR HOUSE WILL BE BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
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TODAY I PRAY THAT MY FATHER WILL MAKE YOU DILIGENT IN LEARNING HIS WAYS SO THAT YOU WILL BE BUILT IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
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TODAY I PRAY THAT MY FATHER WILL MAKE YOU DILIGENT IN KEEPING YOUR SOUL SO THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET HIS THE THINGS YOUR EYES HAVE SEEN IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
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TODAY I PRAY THAT MY FATHER WILL MAKE YOU DILIGENT IN YOUR BUSINESS SO THAT YOU WILL STAND BEFORE KINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!
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SO SHALL IT BE.
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JESUS IS LORD !
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Pastor T.D. KASUKU K.K.
The Word Of Life Church International
Nairobi/Kenya
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