2. Turning Your Stumbling Blocks Into Stepping Stones Part 2

Turning Your Stumbling Blocks Into Stepping Stones!: Part 2

Friends, welcome to Intervention, an outreach of VISION BUILDERS designed to help Undergraduates contact divine intervention for academic victories. Intervention brings you inspirational messages and Study Tips to enable you be your best academically! 

Through this message, we believe that God is set to bless you by removing every barrier against your academic success and fulfillment.

I believe you will find today’s topic quite interesting, because today we'll conclude the last message - Turning Your Stumbling Blocks Into Stepping Stones!

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2. TURNING YOUR STUMBLING BLOCKS INTO STEPPING STONES

Don’t let this adversity twist your character. There are many students around you who have refused to let their character be compromised despite their financial adversity.

There are always options. You will see them if you look for them. For example, you can get a weekend job. You can type up projects for others for a fee. Many students would appreciate help with typing notes and stuff. I met a year three student who runs a campus taxi service and pays his own way through school. I have another friend who bought and re-sold second hand clothes just to get through school.

If your adversity is related to poor grades, you do not need to cheat or take short cuts to do well. What you really need is to improve your academic ability and performance. Make friends with classmates who are doing well. It will take extra effort and humility but the results will justify the labour eventually. Pray, trust God, and patiently endure the learning and self-development process required for academic success.

I already mentioned the first two points in past messages. First I said, Change Your Attitude. Secondly, Stop Focusing On The Negatives.

The third point to note is, Focus On Your Set Goals: Remember the story of Dr. Mary Groda-Lewis? Focus on your set goal. You will achieve it with God’s help.

Finally, Keep Your Sight On God Instead On Your Difficulties: When I was having challenges with my final year project, a class mate said to me, “You can choose to meditate on your project or you can meditate on God’s word.” Things never got better till I took my friend’s advice and turned my focus to God to help me complete my project.

According to Ps 37:39-40, “The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them and deliver them; He shall deliver them from the wicked, And save them, because they trust in Him.” 

What are you facing in your academics today? Your salvation can come from the Lord. He has already promised to help you and deliver you. He promised to be your strength. But the condition is that you trust Him. But how can you trust someone you don’t have any form of relationship with? To really trust God for your life and academics you need to get into a relationship with Him. Would you like to have a personal relationship with God starting today? If you want to, why don’t we talk to him together right now so you can begin a personal relationship with Him? Just pray this simple pray:

Heavenly Father I ask you to please come into my life today. I believe that your son Jesus Christ died for my sins and rose from the dead. Forgive all my sins today and make me your child. Fill me with your Holy Spirit right now and bring stability into my academics and life. Thank you for coming. Amen.

If you prayed this prayer with me then know that you have begun a relationship with God. He has come into your life and will begin working in your life and academics. Please send me an email to buildyourvisions@gmail.com or an SMS to +234 817 2239 319 to tell me that you just started a relationship with God. Remember to include your mobile number and email address. I would like to pray with you.

And before I sign off today, I would like to pray with you for God’s intervention in any area of your academics and life that you may need it. There is nothing beyond God’s reach or ability. Ps 37:39-40 in the New Living Translation bible states, “The Lord rescues the godly; he is their fortress in times of trouble.  The Lord helps them, rescuing them from the wicked. He saves them, and they find shelter in him.” I want to encourage you to believe this. God’s presence is a safe place from the troubles of academic life. Let us pray together right now. Share this simple pray with me as I lead. Say:

Heavenly Father, I thank you because you are my fortress and my safe place. I thank you because you help and rescue the godly from the wicked. Today I come to you to save me from everything threatening my academic success. I thank you for hearing me, in Jesus name, amen.

I want to pray for you: Father, I pray for my listeners that in whatever circumstances they are right now that may be disrupting their peace academically they may experience you as a Savior and safe place. Let your power deliver from every trouble and reverse every disadvantage.

Continue to expect the best from yourself and continue to maintain a great attitude regardless whatever happens.

I hope to hear from you soon. Send your testimonies, questions and prayer requests as responses on this blog. If you have friends, class mates and room-mates whom you feel could be helped by Intervention messages and Study Tips, kindly share this message with them.

Friends, thank you for joining me. I remain your host Tope Banjo and this is Intervention. God bless you mightily!

You will succeed. You will make it!

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Email: buildyourvisions@gmail.com 

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