God's Mercy

The death or hardness of heart of an unbelieving friend or relative often times leads even ardent believers to question God and His loving faithfulness. If you are one such individual this post is for you. I pray that you may be comforted with heaven’s own love.

Everything in a believer’s life must begin by Faith. By faith we believe in God, His Son Jesus. Similarly by Faith we must believe whatever the Word of God says is True. This is the foundation upon which your Christian life needs to be built upon. Such a man or woman will be like the wise builder who built his house upon the rock; though storms, wind and flood come, the wise man’s house shall continue to stand. Read More...

A Cruel and Selfish God?

And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." Genesis 3:22

Question: Why would a ‘loving God’ say, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil, so he must not be allowed to live forever”? If God was so loving would he not want man to live forever? How do you reconcile your image of a loving, considerate God with the God who spoke these words? Why do you serve such a cruel and egoistic God?

Answer: Until the day they sinned, Adam and Eve were totally unaware of evil and had lived a very protected life. ..........In His mercy, and infinite wisdom God created man very different from the angels.

Angels were created as immortal beings. .....

When man, God’s crowning glory was created, God created him as a triune being. To read more....

Stickiness in Marriage

Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. (KJV)

Cleave – You’ve probably heard this verse at least one hundred times. Every wedding, every sermon about marriage, every book and video from a Christian perspective ends up with this verse somewhere in the subject matter. But what no one told you is that the Hebrew verb here is not the one we would have expected, especially if we thought that becoming one flesh had anything to do with sex.

The verb here is 'davaq'- it means cleave or cling. It’s about stickiness. Davaq is a passive response verb, .... To read more...

Pray, "Lord, the One You Love,"

“So Mary and Martha sent someone to tell Jesus, ‘Lord, the one you love is sick’” (John 11:3).

Someone was willing to carry the prayer request to Jesus on behalf of Lazarus. Because someone went (someone prayed), Jesus responded.

However, observe the way the request was made. When he spoke to Jesus , he said, “The one you love is sick.” The power of the prayer, in other words, does not depend on the one who makes the prayer but on the one who hears the prayer.

We can and must repeat the above phrase in diverse ways. “The one you love is tired, sad, hungry, lonely, fearful, depressed.” The words of prayer vary, but the response never changes. The Savior hears such prayer.

Jesus Could not Heal the Sick

"Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know" (Acts 2:22).

"He could not heal the sick. Neither could He deliver the tormented from demons or raise the dead. To believe otherwise is to ignore what he said about Himself, and more importantly, to miss the purpose of His self-imposed restriction to live as a man." (Pastor Bill Johnson in 'When Heaven Invades Earth')

Jesus Christ said of Himself, "The Son can do nothing by himself; he can only do what he sees the Father doing" (John 5:19). In the Greek language that word nothing has a unique meaning - it means NOTHING, just like it does in English! Jesus had NO supernatural capabilities whatsoever! While he is 100 percent God, He chose to live with the same limitations that man would face once He was redeemed. He made that point over and over again.

Jesus became the model for all who would embrace the invitation to invade the impossible in His name. He performed miracles, wonders, and signs, as a man in right relationship to God - not as God. If He performed miracles because He was God, then they would be unattainable for us. But if he did them as a man, I am responsible to pursue His lifestyle. Recapturing this simple truth changes everything for you and me.

2009 - Year Of The Seven Fold Increase

Increase in Grace:
In 2009, you will walk in increased grace, the grace that causes you to achieve things that ordinary men cannot achieve. This grace will bring you divine favor. In 2009, grace is going to be multiplied in your life and ministry and so you shall experience the Miraculous like never before.

Increase in Ability:
You will experience tremendous increase in your abilities. The lord is introducing new abilities in your life; things you did not know, you would do. It will be evident that you do such things only by the power of the Holy spirit. It will show the world the difference between those who serve the Lord and those who don’t.

Increase in Knowledge:
In 2009, God will give you increase in specified, specific and special knowledge in the Word of God. You will begin to know things supernaturally. You will wake up with supernatural knowledge which you must write down immediately. The Lord is bringing to you the solution, the answer and supernatural answers to the problems of the world. At you office or business, God will release to you the strategy to keep that place in business; and you will be openly rewarded for it.

Increase in Fortunes:
In 2009, you will increase in material and financial fortunes. You are financially blessed and you have become a blessing to others. You will sponsor the Gospel as never before. In 2009, you will become so influential that no one can ignore your word and everyone will listen to your message and your Gospel.

Increase in Wisdom:
In 2009, you will walk in increased wisdom, the wisdom beyond reasoning. This is the wisdom that causes you to think what you should think. This is the wisdom that pilots you and makes you to go where you should go and say what you should say and do what you should do correctly. This is the wisdom God gave Solomon which made him the greatest King of all times. You will walk in the abundance of this wisdom in 2009.

Increase in Speed:
In 2009, you will function with supernatural speed. Angels are dispatched for you and the Spirit of God will energize you. What would have taken you several hours to figure out, you will figure out in a moment of time. When you write you will write with speed and when you move you will move with speed. You will have the ability to accomplish everything in speed. Unlike the children of Israel on their journey from Egypt, in 2009, you will accomplish at God’s speed, and God’s time, for a quick walk will the Lord do on the earth, and he will cut it short in righteousness.

Increase in Accuracy:
In 2009, you will have supernatural increase in accuracy, correctness and exactness. When you do what you do, you will do it accurately. When you do it, you will do it perfectly. You will not have to re-do it. Even the first time, you will get it accurately, in 2009. You will walk in supernatural excellence like Daniel; and this will bring you promotion and recognition.

2009 is the year of completeness in every area of your life.

(Prophecy Adapted from Chris Oyakhilome)

Faith = Free Fall onto W/God

1. Faith is the confident assurance that something I want is going to happen.
2. Faith is the certainty that what I hope for is waiting for me, even though I cannot see it up ahead.
3. I can never please God without faith, without depending on him.
4. When I want to come to God I must believe that there is a God and that He rewards me when I sincerely look for him.
   

Faith Pleases God

What is Faith? It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. It is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead.

By Faith—By Believing God—we know that the world and the stars—in fact, all things—Were made at God’s command; and that they were all made from things that can’t be seen.

It was by faith that Abel obeyed God and brought an offering that pleased God more than Cain’s offering did. God accepted Abel and proved it by accepting his gift; and though Abel is long dead, we can still learn lessons from him about trusting God.

Enoch trusted God too, and that is why God took him away to heaven without dying: suddenly he was gone because God took him. Before this happened God had said how pleased he was with Enoch. You can never please God without faith, without depending on him. Anyone who wants to come to God must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely look for him.

TLB Hebrews 11.1-6

The Great Commission

Matthew 28. 16Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

As Robert Schuller put it, "When God calls you to do something, he enables you to do it." In other words, anything God asks us to do he supplies us with the energy and grace to do. Read more....

Secret Life with Christ

We can draw an analogy between our life-cycle in Christ with the lifecycle of a tree beginning from a seed. Take for instance a mango seed. It remains buried in the soil for a while but even then there is life within the seed. The seed is in preparation to grow into a large mango tree. Changes take place within the seed and then later a tiny root pushes it way down and takes firm grip in the soil. This root continues to grow deep and wide. It continues to grow gathering all the nutrients from the surrounding soil. Meanwhile you could say that the seed is buried, and hidden from above ground. Read more....

Adam's will vs Adam's Apple

Having established the fact that God created humans for His pleasure in my previous post let us now turn our attention to another interesting fact that is recorded in the first book of the Bible. .......Here we see a great eternal principle played out.

Have you ever been an expectant parent or have you been around one? Every expectant mother or father has an aura of expectancy surrounding them. They are also very busy preparing their world for the new baby(ies). Every parent wants to make the arrival and life of the little bundle of joy the most memorable one.

Genesis 1 talks about read more...

Why did God create us?

Worldly men presume that God was dissatisfied with His existence or that He became lonely. Its so not true. Psalms 8.5 says that “He (God) crowns him (man) with glory and honor”, for it is His pleasure to do so.

If God had not created us, the righteous would ..... read more

Faith – Our Response to the Word of God

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)

Faith is an attribute of the human spirit and does not operate in the physical realm. The Word of God acts as a container or vessel that transports faith from the spiritual realm to our inner man.

Faith was imparted to our spirit when we were born again read more....

HE HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE

YOU WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON YOU, BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YOU. ( ISAIAH 26:3 NKJV )

In our lives true peace can be hard to find at times, but through our faith in Jesus Christ we can know peace - even in turmoil. This is because: HE HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE. ( EPHESIANS 2:14 )

Now our Savior Jesus Christ said, "THESE THINGS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU, THAT IN ME YOU MAY HAVE PEACE. IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION; BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD." ( JOHN 16:33 )

Therefore when you find that peace has left you, and you feel troubled; return your thoughts to our Heavenly Father and trust in Him with all your heart. Always remembering that: HAVING BEEN JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ( ROMANS 5:1 )

So, always LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, TO WHICH ALSO YOU WERE CALLED IN ONE BODY; AND BE THANKFUL. ( COLOSSIANS 3:15 ) Have a wonderful day and may: THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL, now and always! Amen. ( REVELATION 22:21 )

Sun Shine or Rain

The Bible reminds us that “Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God the Father….He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.” (James 1:17) Your life can be as unpredictable as the weather — sun on one day and storms the next.

But you can always count on God. He’ll be with you no matter how terrible a storm may get. And, the Bible says, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8

Spiritual Growth Is Intentional

In Philippians 2:12-13, Paul offers insight into spiritual growth while speaking to people who already believe: “... continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose” (NIV).

The New Living Translation puts it like this - "Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

The fact is, growth of a human soul requires a commitment to grow. A person must want to grow, decide to grow, and make an effort to grow. Spiritual growth begins with a sincere decision.

When you decide to follow Jesus, you do not understand all the implications of your decision. You simply express a desire to follow him, and that begins an exciting journey of your soul. Jesus takes that simple but sincere decision and builts on it.

Notice that Philippians 2:12-13,says “work out” – not “work on” – your salvation. There is nothing you can do to save yourself spiritually; Christ took care of that by his life, death, and resurrection. But as for spiritual growth, God has a part in it– but so do we. We must make an intentional effort to grow.