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EXPERIENCE-BASED DOCTRINE

 “ 'Who are you, Lord?' Saul asked. 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,' he replied" (Acts 9:5 NIV). The Bible is the highest authority for faith and doctrine in the body of Christ. However, the word of God plays out, that is, applies differently in the lives of Christians.  Consider the calling of the Lord. All ministers are not called in the same way. The Lord appeared to Saul in a bright dazzling light and called him by name. In the case of John the Baptist, the word of God came to him in the wilderness. He did not see a bright dazzling light. In terms of experience, we encounter the word of God in different ways.  Experience here refers to how the word of God plays out peculiarly to your life situation. How did you come to faith in Jesus Christ? If you listen to another Christian's conversion story, you will know that there are different ways in which Christians experience the word of God.   To hit the nail right on the head, it is not right to set your ...

THE PROSPEROUS MIND

"And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:29 KJV).  What goes into the mind determines what comes out of the mouth. It is said that war begins in the mind. Likewise, prosperity begins with the way you think. If you think yourself to be prosperous, you will talk as a prosperous person talks, and you will act as a prosperous person acts.  I think about success everyday. I dream about success everyday. I talk about success everyday, because I want to see success everyday.  My mind is set at a prosperous frequency. There, I don't have access to poor people's music, I don't dance to poor people's tunes, I don't engage in poor people's talk, I don't partake in poor people's discussion, instead, I listen to wealthy people's melodies, I dance to wealthy people's tunes, I engage in wealthy people's talk and I partake in wealthy people's discussion.  I love to listen to wh...