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Look at the life of the Pastor Enoch Adeboye, a pastor in the vineyard of the Lord God Almighty who through the years has demonstrated that his approval comes from God and not the applause from the pews! When he sings, kneels, prays and preaches, he is doing so for God. You may sneer and say, ‘Can anyone know the real intent and purpose of a man’s heart?’ No, but by the Spirit of God we are test all spirits and know who is truly of God!
I wonder why, but the fact is that lots of us live most of our life trying to impress the next person. We put extra effort and spent beyond our means to look good and portray a picture larger than real to get the applause of men.
What I have learnt about this "weakness" is that when you do things to get the applause of men. It is usually ephemeral. You may get an "hosanna" today and turn around to get a "crucify him" tomorrow. Is that worth it?
Won't it be nobler to be true to yourself and seek for the applause of your conscience? Most times you don't get this much longed for applause because the people are too busy applauding themselves or they just don't want to applaud you and that leaves us unhappy.
Talking about labouring to impress and gain people's applause, someone said, "We spend the money we don't have to buy things we don't need to impress people that have refused to be impressed"
Our focus should simply be on making a difference with our lives and gain the applause of our conscience. If men applaud us, we savor the pleasure and move on but that should not be our focus. Will God say, “This is my own in whom I am well pleased.”
This is our profile personality for the month. Pray that in his standing, he stands till the end!

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