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*THE NATION*
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Some professionals spoiling industry image, says Commissioner
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Banks cancel N1.9tr bad loans
Ensuring stable Naira exchange rate
*VANGUARD*
Buratai visits, dines with wounded officers in Kaduna hospital
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ESUT promotes 42 lecturers to professors, associate professors
South-East Gov forum directs compulsory COVID-19 tests on teachers
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Delta Rep Member says never believed Pondei's slumping was genuine
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Ismaila Isa Funtua, OFR, mni(1942-202
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VON-DG commends Dogara's return to APC
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Recovered Loot: How Buhari rewarded panelists who indicted Magu with top FG jobs
N6.4trn ERGP expenditure fails to meet set targets
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*THISDAY*
Czartoryski: Investment Opportunities Abound in Nigerias Financial Market
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*PUNCH*
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Revelation 12:11. "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

I pray for you tonight, you will overcome all your enemies tonight by the Blood of Jesus Christ. Only believe and stand firm upon the promises of God. Your victory is sure through the Blood of Jesus Christ that speaks better things than the blood of Abel. Have a great week!

*THE NATION*
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No APC candidate yet for Lagos East Senatorial by-election
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*VANGUARD*
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*THISDAY*
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*PUNCH*
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Some of our members died, others developed different ailments

*DOMINION MANDATE DAILY DEVOTIONAL*

SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2020

*DILIGENCE: A PRECONDITION FOR GREATNESS*

*BIBLE READING: PROVERBS 12:24 MATTHEW 13:44-46*

*He who has a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. Proverbs 10:4(NKJV).*

Men and women in every age are on a perpetual quest for greatness but greatness is not bequeathed to someone just by reason of birth, race, or creed; it is achieved by the intentional pursuit of predetermined goals.

King Solomon is famous as one of the richest men who ever lived, and a careful study of his life can reveal how he became great and sustained it. He requested wisdom from God which was granted to him, and he studiously applied it, the result of which was greatness. One of the cardinal instructions he left for his son and other young men is that they should pursue wisdom and value hard work. He instructed him that wisdom is the principal thing, that he should buy wisdom and never to sell it (Proverbs 4:7; 23:23).

As we consider diligence: A precondition for greatness, we will observe that it is at the core of what has distinguished men and women. A diligent man can outperform a gifted man who is not diligent.

The dictionary defines diligence as a constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of mind or body. It involves a wise application of effort, acquiring knowledge of the task at hand and applying it to the undertaking.

The rewards of diligence include:
•Profit - Proverbs 14:23; In all labor there is profit, but idle chatter leads only to poverty (NKJV). In any pursuit in life, business, education and training, career, marriage, raising children, etc., if you apply the principle of diligence which involves the acquiring of knowledge and rightly applying it persistently in different areas of your life you will see profitable results.

•Abundance - Proverbs 21:5; The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty (NKJV). A diligent man is process oriented, he isn't just results oriented; such a person will build something that will definitely last long. The process of greatness is a marathon not a sprint. Being a diligent perosn will keep you far away from scams and Ponzi schemes.

•Leadership and influence - Proverbs 12:24; The hand of the diligent will bear rule, but the lazy man will be put to forced labor (NKJV). A diligent person will rise to leadership and influence. When you are looking to be promoted in your job or career, apply yourself diligently to your work. Diligence can take a man from the back to the centre stage; David was taken from the back side of the desert to serve Saul, then later he became the king of Israel, because he was diligent with his father's flock (Psalm 78:70-71). Become known in your organization as a very diligent person, do not be slack.

•Fulfillment - Proverbs 28:19; He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough (NKJV)! You will be fulfilled in your area of expertise when you are a diligent person. In Mathew 13:44-46, a man who was tilling another man's field through sheer diligence was able to buy over the field when he discovered great treasure in that same field that he leased from the owner. Tilling your career, business or job requires commitment to mental and bodily exertion.

•Authority - Proverbs 22:29; Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men (KJV). Diligence in your craft will exalt you far above the realm of mediocrity, and place you in the corridors of power.

*PRAYER
Father, I praise You because thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory. I pray that You completely obliterate the veils on my mind that have caused me to limit Your grace upon my life; by Your Spirit I am strengthened in the spirit of my mind and I download working strategies that draw kings to the brightness of my light.

*CONFESSION
I decree and declare that, I arise and shine because the glory of the Lord is risen upon me, therefore, kings are coming to the brightness of my light.

*THE NATION*
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FIRS disinfects headquarters, 10 state offices
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*VANGUARD*
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Court up

Good morning everyone. This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. I pray for you today that as you go out, you will excel beyond your expectations in Jesus' name, Amen. Have a great day!

*DOMINION MANDATE DAILY DEVOTIONAL*

FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2020

*WALK TO PLEASE GOD*

*BIBLE READING: 1 COR. 6: 9-20*

*One final word, friends. We ask you—urge is more like it—that you keep on doing what we told you to do to please God, not in a dogged religious plod, but in a living, spirited dance. You know the guidelines we laid out for you from the Master Jesus. God wants you to live a pure life. Keep yourselves from sexual promiscuity. Learn to appreciate and give dignity to your body, not abusing it, as is so common among those who know nothing of God. 1 Thess. 4:1-5 (MSG).*

As you nurture a closer relationship with God, there are things the Holy Spirit in you will restrict you from doing, not because those things are evil or sinful, but because He wants you to live at a higher level of consecration to Him. He can guide you to limit your interaction with certain friends, He can prompt you to give up certain meals that you enjoy, or He can compel you to reorder the way you apportion your time.

The level to which you yield and submit your will to His determines how far you will go in your walk with Him. The reason God asks you to forgo those things that you love is that He wants to replace them with better things that only Him can provide. Recall what Jesus said in John 15:1-2(NKJV); *“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”*

Whenever the Lord starts a pruning work in your life, simply understand that the reason He is doing so is to enable you to bear more fruit and live in a way that pleases Him the more. That should make you face whatever temporary pain and discomfort with inner joy, knowing that He is getting you ready to experience a more intimate relationship with Him and a higher dimension of His grace.

*PRAYER
Lord, today I let go of the things I am holding tightly unto and yield to Your dealings in my life. I yield to Your own will, not mine be done, O Lord. Thank You because I know that all things are working together for my good.

*CONFESSION
The Lord is a wall of fire around me, His glory is my defence.

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