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ii. Meditation on God’s word iii. Identify a Need iv. Simplify an existing process or Product v. Adapt another Idea vi. Create a Need vii. Get exposure THE MOUNTAIN MY FAITH & ME I am going to start out by talking about the mountain that no longer exist! We no longer have mountains to climb, we have been elevated in the Spirit of God. When we are seated in heavenly places with Christ Jesus, the Mountains are as plain, the valleys are as plain, all is level playing ground from this position. CONCLUSION A sage once said there is something more powerful than the armies of this world put together, and that is the idea whose time has come. By God’s timing, this is the moment for some powerful ideas to break into the natural realm. At least one is designed to come through you. Act now; it’s your turn to succeed. Sam Adeyemi is a Leadership Coach and the Founder of Daystar Christian Centre, Lagos. This reproduced article was originally published on Linkedin which can be found here. The BrighterLife Magazine | Page 25 Yet, for those who have not changed their position they may still have valley lows and mountain top experiences. The Father desires for all of us to be in the same place, so I write in hope that this word will be sprinkled with the flavor of Jesus, to empower some and strengthen others, that everyone of us can rejoice together in a place of peace, comfort, joy, love and authority in Christ Jesus. My faith is, that which I firmly believe in. I started years ago challenging God if he is real, he should reveal himself to me in a way that only he can & he did, by filling me with the Holy Ghost of promise over 25 years ago. When I began to speak in an unknown tongue, that was all the proof I needed, that this God I was praying to was for real. There was a time in my life I wondered within, if the jerking and shouting in church I was witnessing was real or just an act. I needed to know if I was to continue attending church services or stop because i wasn't really feeling impacted or loved. So I embarked on a journey of "Show me yourself". From that day even until now it has been a journey of revelations & impactful experiences that only God could have orchestrated. I finally knew him for myself, & not just the God my mother believed & talked about but the God that I had a personal encounter. This is so needful in our churches today "having a personal encounter with God". Most of us today are believing in the God of our fore- fathers, yet never come to know him for ourselves. The Samaritan woman met Jesus at the well and did not recognize who she was talking to until he had to reveal himself to her. How many of us would this happen to today should he be standing before us? His response was “YOU WORSHIP WHAT YOU KNOW NOT! WE WORSHIP WHAT WE KNOW …..WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE? I believe what I have experienced for myself , I believe the word of God because I have experienced him and found him to be who he says he is. Therefore, I can TRUST him. I can put all of my hope and trust solely in what I have seen, heard and experienced for myself. I have concrete evidence of the God in whom I serve. The bible says blessed are they who Believe yet have not seen. This is awesome to truly believe. The problem is many do not really believe anymore, they are losing hope, while some are in need of tangible evidence. I believe that the Lord will provide all the proof that we need. If we Christians can minister to the greatest need of people, they will easily believe once again. We must learn to minister first to that need and as the Lord provides for the need the person being ministered to will know that it was only God who ministered to him, & that itself will make him believe & be convinced. To sum it all up the mountain was crushed because of my faith in Him. I no longer look at my circumstances from that point of view as if there is some huge mountain to bypass, climb or speak to to be removed. It simply no longer exist because of my personal relationship with Jesus . Our personal relationship with Jesus opens the bible and truths that are hidden in plain sight. Our personal relationship removes veils that have yet to be removed from our eyes. Our self will , pride of life , ill will , wrong motives will hinder us from obtaining access to the mysteries of God. God reveals his secrets to those whom he can trust with them . As we draw close to him he reveals things to us in his word that were always there just hidden in plain sight. We only need to be in right relationship with him. Intimacy changes everything. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and in doing this everything else will follow. Zerlina McKinney