PAY ATTENTION

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Text : Pro 4:1 ISV 

Listen, children, to your father’s instruction,   and pay attention in order to gain understanding._ 

Your life is the aggregate of what you have paid attention to. 

Being mindful of how well you listen to others will be an important consideration throughout your life. Listening and paying attention to others when they speak is a sign of respect and a skill that will lead to deeper and better relationships.

Much more important than paying attention to others is paying attention to God's instructions.

One of the greatest strategies of the devil is to distract you from paying attention to God's instructions. And the reason is very simple,  he knows instruction is life, and he doesn't want man to gain life. 

Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.Pro 4:13,  

To take fast hold of instruction, you must first listen to the instruction and then, pay close attention to it. If indeed you realised that INSTRUCTION IS YOUR LIFE,  then you should pay Rapt Attention to it. 

An instruction was given to Joshua as to how to have *GOOD SUCCESS* 

"This set of instructions is not to cease being a part of your conversations. Meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to carry out everything that’s written in it, for then you’ll prosper and have good success."Joshua 1:8 ISV.

Well,   just like Joshua, you have been given an open cheque too. The power to gain life and record resounding success has been given to you, all you need to access it is to pay attention to all the  instructions. That is, you have to meditate on it day and night and be careful to carry out everything written in it. 

The devil doesn't have problem in you going to Church, dancing or doing any other activities for that matter.  What he is really after is for you not to pay attention to God's word,  because once you do,  light will come to you, understanding will flood your heart and you will be free from his manipulations. 

 *CULTIVATE THE CULTURE OF LISTENING AND PAYING ATTENTION TO GOD, AND PAYING ATTENTION TO MAN WILL JUST FLOW NATURALLY. IN THIS,  YOU WILL LEAD A BEAUTIFUL LIFE.* 

Bible reading: Proverbs 4:1-27.

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