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Clear & Simple - Pastor Femi Monehin

 
God's Favourite House Daily Devotional Wednesday July 13th 2016

A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life”

- Prov.13:7

General G.S. Patton, a veteran war general says, “Success in war depends upon the golden rule of war; Speed – Simplicity – Boldness [audacity]”. Simplify your life. In God’s Favorite House, one of our core values is Simplicity. We do not focus on things that are unnecessary. We are simple people. “A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life” Prov.13:7 [MSG, emphasis added]. A lot of people are fake people. You will not find many fake people in God’s Favorite House. If you find, they are new and over time, they will become simple. A pretentious showy life God says, is an empty life. But a plain and simple life is a full life. Your life will be full in Jesus name. Make it simple!

The simplest messages are the most helpful messages. I have listened to a lot of messages; the ones I find most helpful are the simplest ones. They are the most powerful messages. The simplest women are the most beautiful women. Have you noticed? The simplest men are the most powerful and most faithful men. The simplest is always the strongest.

[In Warfare] The Principle of Simplicity states: Prepare clear, uncomplicated plans and clear, concise orders to ensure thorough understanding. What this simply means is, let your plans be clear and communicate that plan clearly. You can apply it everywhere. In your business for instance, what is your plan? Let it be clear and communicate it clearly. If people were to speak with the receptionist, or the guards, or your assistant do they know the plan?

In your home let your plan be simple and communicate it clearly. If your wife is asked, can she say clearly what the direction for the family is this year and beyond?  Is the plan on direction and vision clear? Has it been well communicated? When you simplify your life, you take ambiguity and confusion out of the way. And the mark of a great general is the ability to strip things down to their barest essentials and then focus. If you are going to be a great general, you must learn how to strip things down. Simplify what is before you.

Prayer: Father, I ask for clarity in direction and the grace to make my life simple, in Jesus Name.

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