Author: Victor Obeng-Mensah

Are you in need of money? If you answered yes, my next question is how do you intend to get it? I want to suggest to you a way. Proverbs 20:15 reads, “There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.” This scripture talks about two ways of finding money. You can find gold and rubies by going into direct mining but many of us do not have the skills and resources to do that. The next way to have access to jewels or money is through “the lips of knowledge.” Counsel can give you access to money. The source may not look impressive or credible, but it will interest you to know that the money you are looking for can be found on the lips of someone around you. Counsel is a source of money. Many times when I see younger people fumbling to make a living, I feel sad because I know I can help them with words of counsel. Unfortunately, they don’t ask because they don’t know the tongue of men is a source of jewels, and even if they ask, they will not implement the suggestions, because they think they know better. Do you need money? Ask a rich person you know for counsel and you will soon be on your way to the bank! Kakra...

It is dangerous to be discouraged because it drains your strength and takes away your resolve to fight.  Maybe you lost your job, or you are going through a heartbreak, or you failed an exam.  How can you deal with discouragement?  Psalms 43:5 “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.” 1. Give yourself a pep talk. David spoke to himself instead of waiting for someone to encourage him. Words supply life  and energy. Recharge your batteries with the word of life; the scriptures. 2. Hope in God.  Sometimes, everything around you may look hopeless because you are looking at the visible: the natural, your circumstances, and it may be bleak. Look to the invisible, look to God because with God all things are possible.  3. When you do this praise will spring out of your heart and ooze out of your lips. “I shall yet praise him.” Hope fills the heart with melody and makes it sing.  4. Finally, your “countenance”; the way you look and “health” will improve. By this time you will be energized enough to fight the good fight of faith and win life’s battles.  Talk to yourself and say: I will love again again, I will be anointed  again, I will write the exam again, I will…again. Kakra...

One day each one of us will have to keep our appointment with death. There are however people who sometimes have a premature appointment with death.  One of the aims of the devil is to kill and he can use sickness, accidents and other methods to eliminate you. I once prayed for someone who was dying from cancer. Death looked imminent but prayer cancelled the appointment and postponed it.  Do you know anyone that the devil is trying to kill? There is something you can do to cancel it.  Psalms 79:11 “Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die” What can you do?  1. Pray to God  This verse is a heartfelt prayer on behalf of someone who was dying. 2. Ask God to hear the “sighing” groaning or pain of the person.  3. Remind God he has the power to turn the situation around.  4. Ask him to preserve the sick person. Finally, you can confess this prayer everyday till you see the fulfillment of this promise.  Kakra...