{"id":14690,"date":"2024-10-01T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/?p=14690"},"modified":"2024-11-03T21:56:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T21:56:59","slug":"afd-october-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/afd-october-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"AFD OCTOBER EDITION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>WELCOME TO MONTH OCTOBER 2024: &#8220;HAVE FAITH IN GOD&#8217;S FAITHFULNESS&#8221;: FOR GOD IS FAITHFUL IN HIS FAITHFULNESS &#8211; IT&#8217;S HIS BEING AND HIS NATURE!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14692 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/461650366_3846096685631387_3744876106367676845_n-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/461650366_3846096685631387_3744876106367676845_n-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/461650366_3846096685631387_3744876106367676845_n-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com\/achieversfaithdigest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/461650366_3846096685631387_3744876106367676845_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy FAITHFULNESS to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy FAITHFULNESS shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy FAITHFULNESS also in the congregation of the saints . . .&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Psalms 89:1-52.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">One thing is certain in life and grace, that is &#8211; LIKE BEGAT LIKE. A tree don&#8217;t give birth to an animal or mammal. A Lion don&#8217;t give birth to a Leopard or Tiger, nor a Goat give birth to a Sheep or Ram, even in their proximity of likeness or characteristics. And if anyone wants to be god like God as the Scriptures enjoins, one needs to &#8220;HAVE FAITH IN GOD&#8217;S FAITHFULNESS&#8221;, for as He is, so are we in this world as written:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have BOLDNESS in the day of judgment: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no FEAR in love; but PERFECT love CASTETH out fear: because fear hath torment. He that FEARETH is not made PERFECT in love&#8221;<\/em> <strong>1 John 4:17-18.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">One need to know full well that we ARE the offspring of God, the sheep of His pasture according to the Holy Scriptures &#8211; <strong>[(Acts 17:24-29; Psalms 100:3; 1 John 4:17-18); (John 10:34-35; Psalms 82:6; Genesis 3:5)].<\/strong> It then means that we can live a FAITHFUL life and achieve good successes with God when we dare &#8220;HAVE FAITH IN GOD&#8217;S FAITHFULNESS&#8221; for us in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;O Lord, thou art my God; I will EXALT thee, I will PRAISE thy name; for thou hast done WONDERFUL things; thy COUNSELS of old are FAITHFULNESS and TRUTH&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Isaiah 25:1.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">The other reason that we can achieve success is because we are the seed of Abraham \u2013 who was FAITHFUL to &#8216;HAVE IN GOD&#8217;S FAITHFULNESS&#8217; and therein prospered when he dare. The same enabling grace as to being FAITHFUL to &#8216;HAVE IN GOD&#8217;S FAITHFULNESS&#8217; is available to us today when we dare, and it&#8217;s irrespective of any of our challenges toward being FAITHFUL and to then PROSPER in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. <strong>[2 Peter 1:2-4; Galatians 3:6-9, 13-14, 26-29. (See Genesis 13:2; 24:1)].<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Our God is the FAITHFUL God, that is, His NATURE and His BEING. He&#8217;s God of FAITHFULNESS &#8211; He lives within Himself &#8211; it&#8217;s His NATURE and His BEING, and as such, in achieving life\u2019s goals with God in Christ Jesus stead, it would be great for you to have FAITH in the nature of God, regarding FAITHFULNESS as found of Him in the Holy writ:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\">God is FAITHFUL to Himself in FAITHFULNESS. <strong>2 Timothy 2:13.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\">God is FAITHFUL to His Word and promises in His FAITHFULNESS. <strong>Hebrews 10:23.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\">God is FAITHFUL to His relationship in His FAITHFULNESS. <strong>1 Corinthians 1:9; Hebrews 8:28-30.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\">God is FAITHFUL to forgive in His FAITHFULNESS. <strong>1 John 1:9 (5-10).<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\">God is FAITHFUL in agreement in His FAITHFULNESS. <strong>Deuteronomy 7:9.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\">God is FAITHFUL to establish and deliver in His FAITHFULNESS. <strong>1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:3.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\">God is FAITHFUL to accomplish His part in the assignment that He gives to us in His FAITHFULNESS. <strong>1 Thessalonians 5:24.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\">God is the and a FAITHFUL creator in His FAITHFULNESS. <strong>1 Peter 4:19.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008080;\">. . . and many more of His FAITHFULNESS as in the Holy Writ . . . Kindly read the HOLY BIBLE to know the more.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Considering the above-mentioned nature of God in being FAITHFUL, you can bank on His FAITHFULNESS in His grace and BLESSEDNESS to all about life and godliness; this will give you the enabling leverage to abound the more, in sharing and partaking of His promises in the REDEMPTION DEED, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\">SELAH &#8211; PAUSE AND THINK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;And Jesus saith unto them, HAVE FAITH IN GOD&#8221; <\/em><strong>Mark 11:22.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;God is FAITHFUL, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord&#8221;<\/em> <strong>1 Corinthians 1:9.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;Let us HOLD FAST the PROFESSION [DECLARATION, CONFESSION, PROCLAMATION, ANNOUNCEMENT] of our FAITH without wavering; for He is FAITHFUL that PROMISED&#8221; Hebrews 10:23\/Emphasis Mine.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;FAITHFUL is He that CALLETH you, who also will DO it&#8221; <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:24.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;O Lord, thou art my God; I will EXALT thee, I will PRAISE thy name; for thou hast done WONDERFUL things; thy COUNSELS of old are FAITHFULNESS and TRUTH&#8221;<\/em><strong> Isaiah 25:1.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;Being CONFIDENT [ASSURED] of this very thing, that He which hath BEGUN a GOOD work in you will PERFORM it until the day of Jesus Christ&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Philippians 1:6\/Emphasis Mine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;For God is not UNRIGHTEOUS [UNGRATEFUL, UNFAITHFUL] to forget your WORK and LABOUR of love, which ye have SHEWED TOWARD HIS NAME, in that ye have MINISTERED to the saints, and DO MINISTER. 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same DILIGENCE to the FULL ASSURANCE of HOPE unto the end: 12 that ye be NOT SLOTHFUL, but FOLLOWERS of them who through FAITH and PATIENCE inherit the promises&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Hebrews 6:10-12\/Emphasis Mine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;Grace and peace be MULTIPLIED unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 according as his DIVINE POWER hath GIVEN unto us ALL THINGS that pertain unto LIFE and GODLINESS, through the knowledge of him that hath CALLED us to glory and virtue: 4 whereby are GIVEN unto us EXCEEDING GREAT and PRECIOUS PROMISES: that by these ye might be PARTAKERS of the DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust&#8221;<\/em> <strong>2 Peter 1:2-4.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy FAITHFULNESS to all generations. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy FAITHFULNESS shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, 4 thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy FAITHFULNESS also in the congregation of the saints . . .&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Psalms 89:1-52.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have BOLDNESS in the day of judgment [QUESTIONING, CHALLENGES]: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love&#8221;<\/em> <strong>1 John 4:17-18\/Emphasis Mine.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;Know ye that the Lord He is God: it is he that hath MADE us, and not we ourselves; we ARE his people, and the SHEEP of his pasture&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Psalms 100:3.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;God that MADE the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples MADE with hands; 25 neither is worshipped with men\u2019s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; 26 and hath MADE of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; 27 that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: 28 FOR IN HIM WE LIVE, AND MOVE, AND HAVE OUR BEING; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his OFFSPRING. 29 Forasmuch then as we ARE the OFFSPRING of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man\u2019s device&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Acts 17:24-29.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye ARE gods? 35 If he CALLED them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and THE SCRIPTURE CANNOT BE BROKEN&#8221;<\/em> <strong>John 10:34-35.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;I have said, Ye ARE gods; and all of you ARE children of the most High&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Psalms 82:6.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>&#8220;For God doth KNOW that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be OPENED, and ye shall BE as gods, KNOWING good and evil&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Genesis 3:5.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><br \/>REV. 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