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BEGINNING IN THE END OF THE MATTER   Isaiah 42:9   see, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.” -------------------------------------------- A well constructed road will look beautiful. It will give no stress to the drivers. It will look to be long lasting. But what if government wanted to change the materials used in the road construction to something better. She would obviously destroy the former one. The once beautiful road would be made worthless to move on before the new one it put in place. The driver will feel uncomfort for the mean time. And yet it is a beginning in the end of the matter. There are many times, God has torn might heroes in order to begin something new and good. You cannot expect God to do new things without demolishing the former thing. You cannot expect God to create in you a new good spirit without demolishing the former old bad spirit. He has to end the matter before the

HEAVENLY ACHIVES Revelation 21:15,27  If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire....The City...Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life. -------------------------------------------- In the setting of the human challenge on the earth, many angelic employees have been assigned to write down proceedings from the earthlings. It is like a meeting of board members and staff where different secretaries have been assigned to take serious notes. These secretaries take notes from the emotions exhibited by all participants during different conversations in the meeting. Even body posture is recorded at different times from every participants to replicate body language in writing. Every single details is recorded. Actually when it also come to times of food, the response of participants is taken in notes. Have you heard about a

WHAT TO SEE   Psalms 121:2  My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. -------------------------------------------- Because of seemingly dark and blurred futures, many of us tend to divert Vision mad have a different sight. Peter walking on water at the first time round was because his sight was onto Jesus. His eyes were all fixed onto Jesus. But when he continued, he was prompted by many of the features around his environment till he lost the original sight. And because he lost the original sight, he lost the faith. And because he lost the faith, he lost the miracle. There are many times we have lost the miracle just because we lose the original sight. There are a bunch of times we lose from hearing on God's voice just because we lose the original sight. We have lost on the abundance of the spirit and inner riches because we lose the original sight. You know if there is little problem that you encounter, many people will come up with many various say

MORNING GLORY.   ISAIAH 33:2  O Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. -------------------------------------------- There is a batch of gifts that God sends out every morning unto His children. Every morning you wake up, there is a prepared table for you to dine. Every morning you wake up, there is a field prepared for you to sow the seeds you desire...to sow love, happiness, joy. Prepare your tools to plaugh through the gardens that Jehovah prepares every morning. Be ready to face it. Be ready to face the clutter that has been scattered through the day. The time to be ready is in the morning.  In the ancient African times, it was against man's odds for him to wake up early In the morning and meet a woman. Of course that was their belief; that such a man will meet misfortune throughout the day. Just because their first person to meet in the morning was a woman. And that if you met certain creatures at

KINGDOM SURPRISE   John 5:5  Now there is in Jerusalem... a pool,.. called Bethesda... 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—.... 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him... and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” -------------------------------------------- The man at the pool had made it his daily business to get near the waters and wait for the usual to happen. He waited for the angel who occasionally came to stir the waters to come and do so at his favor. He Did that but was all in vain. Not until one day, Christ pays a visit...not to all those that were at the pool but just to this man who had been ill for 38 year. It was a surprise day to him. It was a kingdom surprise. When we look into our lives, many of us have sat down with illnesses ,we have sat down with hopelessness, we have recurring failures. We have series of disappointments, relation

CLING ONTO THE VINE   John 15:1 Remain in me, and I will _remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. -------------------------------------------- However much God our creator is our father, there is a gap that He left for us to fill. There is an open software that He gave us to write instructions. It is through such initiatives that we are able to bear better fruits. Christ was given unto us as our mediator. He doesn't only intercede for us but also acts as a middle man of spiritual resources. It is when we abide in Him and Him in us that we receive such great gifts from our father. It is our role to remain in Him. There are many people who have stayed in a relationship between them and God for a long period of time but don't bear the desirable fruits. There are those that have walked in a certain denomination as Christians but have failed to bear desirable fruits. They have fail

LOVE FROM JEHOVAH   Psalms 100:5  For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;his faithfulness continues through all generations. -------------------------------------------- If there was no reason to create human, God wouldn't have bothered doing so. The mere fact that He was bothered and He did create human, is the fact that there is reason for love. If there was no love, the world wouldn't be standing by now. But because there is love, the world still stands. And more importantly, the love is unending. It continues through generations. Because of trials that push us to the walls , many of us tend to think that our creator never cares about us. We think that His work was all to create and the creations will have to take care of themselves.  It is beloved today that our God loves us unendingly. He knows and is concerned about all that you go through. You may think he has abandoned you, but he is looking out for how best to help you. Even in an examination ro

OPEN ARMS. Psalms 119:173  May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. -------------------------------------------- Whenever, scientist think of the gold and silver that is underground, they get their hoes and machines to excavate the materials. They don't wait for it to be washed down by natural phenomenon and will get it on slopes of mountains. They go looking for it. The gold down is steady there. It is not movable and it is not changeable on its own. You have to seek out for it's favour of use. God is an unchanging God. He is steady and all available. The riches and the favours are all with him. You only need to go and look out for his hand. The God we love will serve the people that are available to serve him. He has open arms.  You may have gone astray from his paths, you don't need to hide and look for salvation from anywhere else. The open arms are here to save. They are like gold just ready waiting for you to go there and get it

WORD OF PEACE John 16:33  “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” -------------------------------------------- Whenever the mind is troubled, the think that brings it to settle is systematic thoughts. We become who are by the thought and word we have. When Christ says that He that is tired and troubled should come to him, it means the thought, the heart should go to him. You will obviously not visit heaven to see Christ because you feel werry ! There is a special element that Christ calls for . And that those that need peace must make it up to that element. He calls for an understanding of his word...the word of peace. There are many times we become tired and yet run to different means to settle with our inner self. We have at many occasions forgotten to run to Christ through his word.  The scripture above tell us that Christ has spoken all these in his word so that in

RETURN OF 1 OF THE 99 Luke 15:20  So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. -------------------------------------------- The son was long gone. He enjoyed the world to his peak. He saw that the regulations within the father's house were not his level. He wanted to find "life". There are times we become prodigal sons and prodigal daughters. We feel the standards that God has set for us, the church has set for us are no longer at our levels. We feel we have the ability to make our lives at whatever angle that we feel and think it should be. It is bad news for some of the prodigal daughters and sons. Some go wandering and never feel they should return. They feel the weight of sin commited is unforgivable in whichever manner of repentance. They feel they have lost their worth and all they are equal to is pig'

BLIND BELIEFS John 20:29  Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” -------------------------------------------- Long time ago, there was a man who was great foreteller. He had two special clients who were contradicting in traits. The foreteller used to tell them the things that were to happen in the coming future. One client (x) used to believe those tells because of the rumours he had heard about the foreteller. The other client (y) used to wait for such claims to pass so as to have an original story about the foreteller. One-day, the foreteller told the two men about a similar event to happen. They were both going to experience the event. He told them that the terrestrial beings called yellow sons of the emperor of southern cosmos of the emerald heaven throw whispers to the earthly mortals every after 100 years. And that the 100 years were about to pass in three days.  Whoever, picks up

PROCLAMATION 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. -------------------------------------------- God made the soul, the spirit and the body. The soul ,spirit and body are entwined. We all know that the mind is a base of the spirit. If the mind is a base of the spirit, then the brain - that is a base of the mind is also the base of the spirit.  And it is obvious, whatever we hear, whatever we see, whatever we say is taken to the brain and all ends up in the spirit. There is a partical entanglement of your spirit with the universe, and spirits elsewhere. Even the actions that you do secretly affect others else where. That is the reason as to why when your loved one got a problem somewhere back then, you felt a strange feeling. You may say that it is the holy spirit, but then even non believers testify of such feelings. The heavens above are entangled with our spirits.

MIND YOUR BUSINESS 1 Thessalonians 4:12  Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. -------------------------------------------- We are surrounded by a cloud of people that either increase us or decrease us. One very good thing I have seen is that anybody can have any opinion about you. And any opinion can mean to fit you just according to how to take it to be. The great people that have seen the best versions of their selves have been those that don't talk about others all day long. They have not been the people that sit around and discuss people.  They are ones who mind their business. Christ had a cross to carry. What would have become of Him if he discussed about the Pharisees all his life? Would he be motivated by the spirit of scripture if he minded the business of others. He was

STAND FOR THE RIGHT Daniel 3:16  Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.” -------------------------------------------- One nice phrase I like about the above scripture is the one of ," God we serve is able to save us from it, and ....even if he does not... , we will not serve your god..." The statement shows how firm the three men had been in regards to their faith and the wrong that they were told to do. They had made up their minds to never follow the wrong whether death or life beacons.  They were all surrounded by many people who had made up to it to save their lives by doing the wrong that the king r

SUNDAY SERVICE  SERMON:                           WILL POWER.   INTRO : The many things that have so far happened in our world have happened because of the power in willingness. From the time of creation till now, many things have been accomplished from hearts that are willing. Even God in his creation was first willing to take on the project of creation then he was able to. We cannot accomplish might things without having willingness within.   PROB : We move journeys that are not backed up by a willing spirit      PURP : To enable us understand the power of a willing spirit .    >>> However much Moses was fearful about the mission that God was giving him, he was having a willing heart. He feared that his abilities may not put him in position to accomplish that that God is sending him to accomplish. At times, even when God is sending us according to knowledge he knows about our abilities, we tend to show that we know our weaknesses better than God knows. Moses ar

  ROOT OF THE BLESSED. Matthew 5:10   Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness ,  for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -------------------------------------------- Did you know that there is no end that stands alone and there is no pain without an end? I mean is there success without pain and is there pain without success? Anyway we shall have a better answer from the scripture of today. The above quote says that blessed are those who are persecuted....why... because theirs is the kingdom. Maybe we can also say that the kingdom of God is for those who are persecuted. The meaning pretty remains the same. Or maybe we say blessings are for those who are persecuted. Anyway too much of the versions. Okay a last one. Persecuted are those who will be blessed. Anyway, at the end of the day, the persecution is for righteousness.  As a Christian, persecution is not a norm nor should it be a surprise. Whenever you stand up for the right thing, there will be opposi

DIVINE ORACLE 1 Samuel 10:6 The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you in power, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person . -------------------------------------------- Did you know that the Lord said; in the last days, he will pour out his spirit unto all people. That they will prophesy, they will dream dreams, they will see the future. Prophesy is one of the pillars of Christianity. It is through prophesy that we are able to tell the future and act accordingly. But what if I told you that you are part of this pool of oracles?...those that can dream the future, those that can prophesy, those that have the power to know the mind of the spirit. When the Spirit pours out, there is power to know the mind of God. You are a divine oracle. The spirit of God has come upon you in power. You have been changed into a different person. You are no longer the Samuel, the Isaac, the Joseph, the Ephraim, Jonna..you are different. One of the greates

FIRST THING FIRST. Matthew 6:33   But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well -------------------------------------------- There has been endless functions of success that have been provided in our modern world. Such functions involve one to work all day long and gain cumulative experiences all throughout. It has all made people chase after all that they desire and forget the source of their life. People work from Monday to Monday and night to day. All they think is "how do I get to where I need to be".  The unfortunate part of all this is that they forget the first thing. Forgetting the dues of the kingdom of heaven is like forgetting that your body contains a soul that needs to be sustained. There is a power that drives your life as a Christian. You cannot achieve success without the approval from the high realms... without the approval of God. God needs to stamp onto your passport to prosperity. If the fa

FOLLOW THE RULE AND TRIUMPH. Deuteronomy 28:13   The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. -------------------------------------------- God cherishes he that loves and walks by his doctrines.  If you were a parent and your children never obey all that you tell them to do, what impression would you have about them? Obviously you will not like them. And if there are some among your children who faithfully walk by the rules that you put forth, you will love them better than the others. We would not be a beauty in creation if we were not governed by rules. The mere fact that gravity pulls objects to the earth and it's a natural rule, is the fact that those that dominate the earth are under rules. There is a thin difference between such natural rules and human based rules. Human rules were given to a mind that

  IMMEASURABLE ENDS 1 Corinthians 2:9   No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him” -------------------------------------------- Have you ever imagined many things and tried to go to the limit of that imagination? Have you ever thought about the limit above which human imagination can't go? I mean human civilization has thought about various things from the time the world started. They thought of making fire...and they succeeded. They thought of making weapons ...they succeeded. They have been thinking from the time they were created. And every proceeding generation thinks better than the former one. The children think and grow to be better than the parents. It has been an evolution of minds and thoughts. What do you think humanity has not thought about? Probably you may say nothing. Yet within scripture we see there are many things. There is a mind that is outside our minds. It is the mind that holds all the un

SOURCE OF OUR LIFE. Romans 15:13   May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. -------------------------------------------- The Bible says that the tree planted by the river side does not wither. They produce fruits in all seasons. They are ever green. Such trees have a source of their life.  As children of the most high, we were never left alone. Christ said that He will not leave us as orphans in this world. He said that He has gone to our father and He will send us a helper. Yes He did send us a helper. The holy Spirit moves within us to circulate blood of life. He moves to provide life. Our source of life is not on this Earth. Our source and of life is not in the humans. Our source is in God.  There are many times where we tend to complain and tend to cry. We tend to grumble and forget who we are . We forget where our life comes from. The spirit that is in us is of new birth

TIME FOR EVERYTHING . Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven -------------------------------------------- Because of the standard of objectives that we set to ourselves, we are always on the quick move to accomplish that that we started. Even when the frequency is low, we want to hear from high volume...we want the best always. It is not in our making that such natural laws exist; laws of time. We are always filled with stress just because what we wanted to accomplish is not moving according to our likes. And because we also see others ahead of us , we feel our God has been unfair. It is not about fair or unfair. It is about the laws that govern our world. There is time for everything. There is time to be Happy and there is time to be sorrowful. There is time to climb and there is time to pose. There is time to sow and there is time to harvest. There is time to make friends and there is time to lag . Your life is under

NEW BIRTH John 1:12-13   Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. -------------------------------------------- The former things have past. See the new things God has created. Forget the former days and focus on the new birth. When a mother produces a child, the child will look like the parents. The genes will be similar to those of the parents. If the parents had good genes, so will the child. If the parents had genes of love, so will the child. There is also a spiritual birth. One that produces new spirits in flesh. The genes of offsprings look similar to those of the parent.  You who received Him were given right to be called children of God. Did you know that He that lives in you is not that he that lives in the world and is also not the he that lived you in the former days? This is a new birth. The old

BEAUTY FROM THE ASHES Genesis 2:7  the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being . -------------------------------------------- The creation that God made from His own image looks glorious. It looks carefully and wonderful made. It never came from sorts of materials that look complete and immortal. It came from dust. Have you ever wondered why of all materials, God chose dust to make man? It sounds mind boggling as to how dust formed every tissue, bone and flesh . It forms blood, brain and all that we see human having. They practically don't look anywhere near dust, yet they came from ashes. The wealthiest of Job's life was not formed from thin air. Job had to go through agony and torment for a long period of time...some say that it could have been for as long as 42 months, and others say that it could have reached 10 years. But all that is clear is that it was a long per