Sunday Adelaja Quotes - Page 4

Until a seed falls to the ground and dies, it does not become a tree that later yields many fruits and multitude of seeds. We must embrace the thought of death for us to have greater lives.
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This mountain must come down, the mountain of ignorance has to be brought down
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Only ignorance makes us put up with defeat, then instead of being exalted we are humiliated
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National transformation is also attainable through the simple principle of Truth and Honesty
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True development only comes when the principles of truth and honesty have been successfully transmitted into the daily and everyday lifestyle of the people.
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Humans could be termed as biomasses when they don’t fully put into use their human qualifications.
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People who have experienced limited amount of success could be intimidated into thinking that it is not the will of God for them to increase
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The earth is man’s domain.
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The earth therefore is not Gods jurisdiction. It is man’ jurisdiction.
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Tragically though, it is that same life that is often least treasured or valued by men who possess it.
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If a man will identify with God in everything, God will use a man like that as His representative
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It is only the man that delays his gratification that is a man indeed.
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It is foolish to play with God, he is not a man, God’s laws do not change and His word is steadfast
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For a man to subdue a man is to defile God’s purpose
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A principled man is he whose response to life is outstanding
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Delayed gratification is what makes a man.
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Skills and proficiency is the greatest miracle that a man needs.
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For a nation to be truly great, she must first identify her national values, enumerate her virtues and formulate her value system. But the most tasking of all these is to develop a culture in her people, that will best represent the proclaimed value systems of the nation.
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I see that the culture that is prevalent right now in Nigeria and indeed Africa is the culture of GET RICH QUICK.
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What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is the escapist mentality becomes prevalent, giving birth to the syndrome of economic refugees.
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What the culture of get rich quick does to our people is armed robbery and theft becomes the order of the day.
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What alarms me most is the fact that, even when God has now raised up a voice to speak on these issues, many sincerely believe that I am in error or at worst that I am doing something utterly wrong
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Pray not only for your disciples but for all who believes in you
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Your victory depends on how much you believe in God’s power
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From my experience with God, and what I read from his Holy Book. I sometimes think that he is more interested in our discomfort than in our comfort.
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Fruitfulness is impossible without action.
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Often the devil wants to distract us from our goal, to make us passive and neutralize our actions
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Understanding of divine truths preserves and protects a man in any situation.
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It appears that the paradigm of the modern Church has mainly been based on some fragments of the truth rather than the comprehensive totality of understanding God and His Kingdom
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Whenever you possess something, but lack the understanding of its value, there are some consequences you suffer.
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Whenever you possess something, but lack the understanding of its value, there are some consequences you suffer
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We must clean our national psyche from all manifestation of evil, be it kidnapping, militancy, insurgency, murders or assassinations.
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We need to teach our nation to detest any form of plots, insinuations, evil intrigues and violence.
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Evil comes from all source of gospel that tells people that you could be rich and wealthy without doing the hard work
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We stand the risk of failure, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.
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With every calling comes the anointing you need to be able to stand firm in the situations that you will have to face
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You’re actually fulfilling your calling by going to work and giving your best.
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The way the early Protestants taught on the other hand is that everybody is a full time minister in their various places of work. They went to the extent of saying, your job, profession, occupation is your calling
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I’m fulfilling my calling when I seek to uphold righteousness in all spheres of life
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I’m fulfilling my calling when I raise my voice concerning injustice
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No one can fulfill the calling to extend the reign of love alone
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Our daily endeavours and activities should be about or around these value systems. They reflect love. They reflect care. They reflect kindness. They are qualities of heaven.
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Whenever justice to ordinary men, widows, orphans, poor, disadvantaged and the general mass is delayed or denied, that leads to God’s frustration. At a time like that, God laments, WHERE IS A MAN
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When you come to know God personally and He becomes your close Friend, you will live an easy and fulfilled life.
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Friends, since when has irresponsibility become a Nigerian factor?
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If you go to anybody and ask them, what is your dream life? They would say I want to sit by the TV all day. I want to play with my friends all day and they think that is the best way to spend their lives. They do not know that what they have just listed is not living life but wasting life.
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Without risks my friends there is no progress, no advancement either in science or technology.
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If God had not grievance to all, we will not have survived up to the time we repented
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The commendable efforts of preachers to Europe is that Superstition regarding work and wealth was broken. Everybody now knows that wealth comes only from hard work, not from some superstitious beliefs.
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The destiny of the country depends on the actions and the position of His messengers
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Your destiny will be fulfilled as you extend kingdom principles and lifestyle on earth
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To fulfil destiny is to bring the whole earth under the principles of God’s kingdom
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Discovering your identity is the key to fulfilling your destiny
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Although we, as Christians, are living in Sodom, we are not to become citizens of Sodom. . The story of Sodom is God's reminder to the modern world
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Some waste away their lives by drinking, partying or by simply having fun and living for pleasure.
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The deeper the illustration the strengthened the value
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When Satan begins to particularly attack to persecute you, it should be a sign of your strength
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If you do not have any problems, it means you have stopped being of interest to the devil; you are not dangerous to him
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Can you see the pictures before you on how to intervene on behalf of the oppressed? Are you thinking of what to do to the disenfranchised of your society? Do you notice the abused of your society? Can you see the afflicted that are crying for that justice every day? What of those who are been maltreated on daily basis, do you think they need that justice? Did you see any of those who are downtrodden, would that justice help them? Anyone oppressed and suppressed around you, can you serve them justice?
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Unfortunately the leading proponent of ignorance in our society has become the very same institution that was created to fight it - The Church.
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