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FAITH COMES BY HEARING . James 1:22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. -------------------------------------------- Jesus walked by the sea He saw Peter and the brother and called unto them. He needed them to be His disciples. He continued doing the same and brought 12 people together. The people who were purely ignorant about Him as God and His beautiful word. He didn't develope their faith through charms of extraterrestrial magic and powers of higher realms. He spoke and their faith grew. It was through hearing that the disciples of Jesus became the apostles of Jesus. They were also sent to Minister as away of exercising the word. They did not just listen but also did what it says. The apostles did the same ; they taught and built a church, whose faith came by hearing. They listened, understood and did what the word said. How many times have you heard the word but have never done what it says. It was a funny moment, there wa...

BE THE GOLDEN NOBLE . 2 Timothy 2:20  In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. 21 If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. --------------------------- ----------------- The heart is like a piece of clay. It can be molded and be made into what is desired. It can be made clay. It can be made wood. It can be made gold. It is upon someone to decide which making fits a desired purpose. Wood is something good, but it cannot be used to hold strong houses...rather it can be used to make simple things. Clay too is good , but it is used to make simple things and not hold strong things. However, there is a part of the strong house where clay is used to fit the purpose; and there is also a part of the house where wood is used to make the purpose come to pass. Strong purpo...

 GOD OF VENGEANCE . Isaiah 35:4 say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.” -------------------------------------------- Many times, we have had people that push us to the ground. They spit unearthly words to us. They intimidate us in all kinds of ways.  There is no thing as something for nothing...or nothing for something. What you sow is what you reap. Those in light sow seeds of light and those in darkness sow seeds of darkness. The seeds will have to germinate either to destroy or to build. Whatever people do to go against you will definitely be paid back. There is a God that sits above the universe and views everything. He knows the right time to take vengeance. Whether the time is now or the time is later, He will surely take vengeance on those that press you hard to the ground. They will not die out not untill they see you prevail.  Formula...

 THE FULL ARMOR Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. -------------------------------------------- Soldiers that go for war never go empty. They never go swinging hands without anything that aids in fight. In as much as the Bible says that put on the full armor, this means clearly that there is war that you need to fight as a Christian. It means that becoming a Christian is setting a battle field for war. We therefore need to put on the armor that will enable us to overcome during these wars. These wars happen day by day. But one thing we have to know is that we cannot fight them all by ourselves and win. We therefore need salvation of Christ. Y...

GOD THE POTTER Jeremiah 18:6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. -------------------------------------------- The king of light, is your maker . You are his making. He is the engineer, you are His idea. Many times, we try to make ourselves beyond what we are supposed to be. We try to build even where we are not supposed to. There is a part that God plays in your life. The creation was not the end of God's ideas, He still has more ideas. He still has more that He thinks you to be.  There is a part that you should build but there is a part that He is responsible for pottery. You need not to compete in making what He should make.  Let God mold you into what He thinks you should be. Let not the world mold you , let not people mold you into what they think you should be. Let not your heart deceive you that you can make this day all by yourself. ...

 LIVE BY LOVE .   Ephesians 5:1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. ------------------------- ------------------- The much God has done from the beginning till now is because of the love He had. He made us in His image because of love. He sent His son to die for our sins because of love.  Even when Christ lived on earth, the much that He did , He did all out of love. We have lived on with life till now because of the unending love of the father. He first loved us. The devil looks for whom to destroy. But have you ever wondered why you still live on; it is because God still loves you. He still wants you to do what is right and what is pleasing to Him. It is therefore very clear that what was all made was from love and that what is made comes from love. The great men and women accomplished whatever they accomplished from...

GOD'S COVENANT IS STEADFAST . Isaiah 54:10.  Though the Mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. -------------------------------------------- In all that God has , there is one thing that doesn't change when done. His word. His word is one thing that never ever changes once spoken. The world may shake and seem to collapse on itself. The mountains may go over you and seem to destroy you. There is something in you that will never be destroyed. The word in you can not be destroyed. The breath that God put in you is one that holds His powerful word. Whatever may roll your life around cannot roll the covenant God made in your heart. He promised that He will never leave nor forsake those that believe in Him. You do believe in Him.  Let the world tremble. Let the mountains and hills quake. Let the people around you be shaken. But Don't b...

THE POWER OF YOUR WORD. Matthew 18:18 “I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. -------------------------------------------- The tongue is like a spark in the forest. It is capable of ruining and bringing down the whole forest without leaving a trace.  Many times , we have used our tongues for the wrong more than for the good. Just to have an example, whenever you do something good, people rarely appreciate. But the time you do something bad, words will fly from all directions. Even to our children, many times we respond when they do something bad and don't respond at all when they do something good. We simply look on. The responding when something bad is done is always harsh and the words are unearthly. This means that somewhere, we incline more to negativity than appreciating what is positive. And for that matter, many have used the tongue more when they speak negatives than when they speak...

  LIVE AS CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT WITH FULL CONTROL.    Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. -------------------------------------------- Salvation is to save. You have salvation because you were saved. But saved from what?. Saved from the ignorance and the traps of the evil ones. Then brought to what? You were brought to light. Light of knowledge of the truth and knowledge of RIGHTEOUSNESS. This means that being saved or having salvation is not being free from sin. It means that you have the power to overcome sin. You have the knowledge to overcome sin. You have Christ near you for help. You were once in darkness. This physically means that you still remember the things you did while you were in darkness. Scientifically, those memories have not gone anywhere. Though the soul has...

  SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM. Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. -------------------------------------------- The heart is driving. It is taking you to where you want to be. When you reach where you want to be, the heart will be affected...either positively or negatively. God needs your heart because it is something that dictates you.  When you seek the things of this world, you will be over ridden by the things of this world and your heart will loose position. God needs to write His scripts on your heart. He needs to use you as His own. Therefore, He calls you to seek first His kingdom.  As a child of God, we get what we want after God being pleased. We don't first seek pleasure then please God.  The formula stands at that. Even in Lucifer's fraternity, they seek first him , before they get what they want. They vow to him that they will accomplish certain things before he grants ...

  SPIRITUAL WARS. 2 Corinthians 10:4 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. ---------------------------------------- ---- The devil goes forth and back on the earth. He seeks for whom to devour. His work is to destroy what Christ calls good. He is restless. He looks for the saints for a slaughter.He brings all illness against them . He causes all disaster that brings fear. Which fear removes faith.  He , by all means causes challenges against the saints. He has brought neighbors of saints to fight against them. It is all to steal the faith of the saints. We don't wage wars as the world does. The world speaks and Sparks all kinds of abuses. They fight physically with weapons such as guns, Spears, gases, viruses, words. They are restless and bewitch. They fight against what we lay hands on.  Our arsenal i...

  CHOSEN AS ROYALTY.  1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. -------------------------------------------- When there was darkness, He called out the light and it was...in the  Beginning . He called it for a purpose. The light had a role to play that the darkness couldn't play.  Chosen means few out of many. We cannot say the chosen many. They are always few. The greatest men of this world are few out of the many. The very elites of this world are few out many. They are chose to complete great roles that the many haven't completed. You as the chosen one have been picked from the many. It means you are extraordinary. You are unique. The part that you need to make whole is awaiting. You have been chosen for a reason. There is more in you that is not in the world. The world has its darkness that it dw...

  THROW IT AND LET PURITY.   Matthew 5:30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell. -------------------------------------------- Many times, Jesus used parables to teach . What He said needed interpretation in order to understand. He used parables to harmonize between offenders and those that truely needed to listen to the word. Unfortunately, many have spotted some verses and tried to use them the way they are in order to satisfy their desire. They have done this to affirm their say about what should be done rather. Just to have an example, some people say that what goes into a man does not make him unclean rather what comes out of him is what makes him unclean. Just to satisfy an appetite, some people have related this to food. Anyway, the continuing verses don't talk about food. They talk about the interpretation of the parable. If we were ...

  THE NAME THAT SAVES.   Acts 4:12  Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” -------------------------------------------- Different people from different places from different cultures have drawn different things from which they think they can be saved. Some have called on different names to save them. To some extent, others have used biblical names to draw lines of salvation for themselves. It is not the names someone draws for themselves that saves them. It could be names of other heroes in the Bible....but using their names to get salvation is not what brings salvation to men. There is only one name that saves. It is the name of JESUS. IT IS JESUS CHRIST. Call any name in prayer, you will not be saved. Use any name to seek for refugee, you will not be saved. You may call on the name of the mother of Jesus. You may call the name of Moses. You may call the name of your mother or the name of your ...

  BE STILL.   Exodus 14:13 Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” -------------------------------------------- Just that the challenge looks over us, many times we tend to fight our own way over it. We struggle by physical might to overcome the mountainous challenge. It is verse 14 of the book that caught my attention. It says that you only need to stand still. That God will fight the war,...yes.., but you also need to be still . You need to be at peace. You need to believe. Many time we have assumed the position of God and have tried to fight battles that are meant for God. We have assumed God's shoes and think we are the ones supposed to fight. When the Bible says that the battle is God's and the victories are yours, you had better understood what that clearly means. It can't mean you fight and ...

  SAME GOD , SAME WORD.  2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work ----------------------------------------- --- Because of unending urge to satisfy given bodily desires, many have come up with claims as to why some corners of the Bible nolonger work and as to why others are still at work. They have used scripture to deviate from what is true to what satisfies flesh. Anyway the devil used scripture to defend his point against Jesus. It is no surprise that those who advocate for sinful acts in talk, dressing, food and all sorts of sexual immorality use scripture to affirm their claims. The devil the father of sin used the same lane. And he still uses the same lane on the road map to destruction. The very important words to get held of are " ALL SCRIPTURE", " USEFUL". All means nothing is left behind. E...

  THE LETTER FROM HEAVEN.  Isaiah 41:10  o do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. 11 “All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. 12 Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. 13 For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. -------------------------------------------- In godliness, the almighty God wishes you all the best that you desire. He never thinks of letting misery to prevail. He truely said that His plans are to prosper you and make you better. He , in His word, has spoken of many promises. Every day that starts, He has a plan for you. Every weak that starts He has something new and good for you. Every month that starts, He has wonders to perf...

  IT IS IN YOU LORD I FIND MY PEACE.!   Isaiah 26:12 Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us. -------------------------------------------- The Lord said that peace I give unto you...not as the world gives. And also that let the peace that transcends all understanding guard your heart. ...Talking about peace that is beyond human reason and the one that the world never gives. Though the world gives peace. It is not as good as the one that the Lord gives. The world will provide the calm places. They will create calm restaurants...create calm parks. They will create games. But all these cannot give the peace that is as good as the Lord's. We as children of God never find true peace from anywhere else other than from the Lord. It is God our Father that has the inner calmness that we need. He came to save us because we were not whole... because we were not complete with peace. He had the other peace that we needed.  When the scriptur...

  FRUITS OF TRUE REPENTANCE.   Job 34:33 Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; -------------------------------------------- The line that cuts between spiritual darkness and spiritual light is never mingled. Turning from one side means loss on the other side and turning to the other side also means loss on the former. Whenever we dwell in darkness, the spirit of God never dwells in us. What becomes of us is not done by the spirit. We loose all that the spirit had built with us. The evil one starts to take advantage and dictation on our lives. Repentance is not just a matter of speaking words "forgive... forgive" . It means something more than mere words. It begins by submitting that you truely went astray and that you indeed did the wrong. Many times we think we are perfect and that saying that we did wrong makes us less. That is an assumption and not the bitter truth. The truth is you are not perfect. And saying that y...

*WITHIN SCRIPTURE.*    GOODNESS THAT ENDURES FOREVER.   _Psalms 100:5_  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.   _Jeremiah 29:11_  For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. -------------------------------------------- "GOD IS GOOD....ALL THE TIME. ALL THE TIME?...GOD IS GOOD AND THAT IS HIS NATURE " . It looks obvious, right. It is an obvious phrase the we make yet don't draw out the essence in their nature. God is good ....and yet it's all the time. When you are happy, God is good. When you are not happy, God is good. When you are sick, God is good. When are healthy. He is still good. He is always God and will always be. Challenges may strike you to your knees. That doesn't make God not the same good God when you were happy. He still has the same strength of the smile that He had when you were rejoic...

  PRIVILEGED AS A CHILD OF GOD   _1 John 3:1_  How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! -------------------------------------------- Children of God, children of God. It is not a naming given to Angels. It was not a name given to to greatest angels that were dumped to earth. It is a special name for those God calls special. Even on earth, it is not a name for any animal or any human. It is for those that are chose to be. If you think and you know you bear the name, there is much that lies in you that is more than that that is in the World. There is a special person in you that God knows. This person you have to hold with due respect.  What God sees in you is special. It is therefore incumbent upon you to hold your special self with honour. Speak to your self as though you were speaking to a princess. Feed yourself with spiritual food as though you were feeding angels. Dress up your body as...

  NOT DRIVEN BY ANGER.    _James 1:19_  My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 20 for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. --------------------------------------------   "Slow to become angry"....there is speed in anger that you should control. Anger is simply an expression of dislike...of whatever opinion that is out on table. It is strong.  But many times, it has led to destruction since it motivates war and conflict. It is like a small fire in the forest, it is capable of destroying all that was built. It is also capable of destroying the victim that is driving it. " Driving was the word I was looking for"; driving means you bring the anger from one stage to another. You build it until it is able to control you. Speed is the thing James is emphasizing here. That let you be quick to listen, speed up your inputs that draw from positive angles. Slow to...

SUNDAY SERVICE  SERMON:               BEING A SHREWD SERVANT.  _INTRO_ : One of the most shrewd animals on Earth - the snake; seems weak and incapable but is not easily beatable. The most challenging thing is that it has no legs, and some say that it has no ears yet it is shrewd. Shrewd is an element of rightful understanding and exhibition of higher wisdom amongst uncertainties.   _PROB_ : The problem we have as Christians is that we become totally unwise when there are challenges especially in these evil days .   _PURP_ : To enable us be wise in any circumstance of life especially as we wait upon Christ.     >>> Christ in his work on Earth was confronted by many challenges. He was looked for at many occasions. But he used wisdom to preach to people even to the most rebellious. Before they understood clearly his point , he was done and disappeared. He showed high levels of how a shrewd servant o...

THE LAMP THAT SHINES OVERALL..   _2 Samuel 22:29_  You are my lamp, O Lord; the Lord turns my darkness into light. 30 With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall. --------------------------------------------   There is a darkness that approaches, you see it clearly. There is a wall that approaches...you see it. Any way, whether you see it or not, it is approaching. For the Lord says, that in this world you will have many troubles...and that Christian suffering is not strange. It is something that you go through every time. But the good news is that the Lord has triumphed over all. It is also good new that the challenges that come your way don't come beyond what you can handle. God let's you to have the wall , the darkness that you can handle. The wall that is fast approaching is obvious....yes...but you will surely OVERCOME. Even the darkness that seems endless today ,the light of the lamp of God is here; you will see light. You dar...

DEMONIC TIMES WILL SOON END.   _Romans 16:19_  Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. 20 The god of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. --------------------------------------------      There is evil done in all corners of the world . The devil has assumed position in the world as though he will last for good. He ,in his intelligence has also swallowed up some of the children of the body of Christ. He is using all tactics in the last times to overthrow what God has built. Even to those that are saved, he fights.  He fights them in all their walks of life. He fights them in their careers ,day to day activities. He wants them to loose. To some extent, some believers have gone on to accept evil so as to win the favor of this world. They think they are pleasing people but they are pleasing the devil...and the sons of darkness. It is not over....

POWER IN FELLOWSHIP.   _Hebrews 10:25_  Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. --------------------------------------------      The firewood that cooks Rocky - like foods does well the job when it's more in Union. When it is separate, it will release less energy than before...and thus not able to complete the job. The children of light are liken to the burning firewood. We are stronger when we are together. We overcome the devil when we are together. The devil overcomes us when we divided. We become weaker when we are divided.  Meeting together is an important element in the strengthening of the church and your personal soul. When we meet, we put together our spiritual effort. Mere fellowshipping with one another may solve a problem which wouldn't be solved when you were away. Just going to church could do you more luck than when you decided t...