Monthly Archives: April 2019

GREATEST  LOVE OF ALL

DO YOU LOVE GOD,AS MUCH AS HE LOVES  YOU ? 

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved”. (John 3:16‭-‬17 NKJV).

“Do not love the world or the things in the world. IF ANYONE LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever”. ( 1 John 2:15‭-‬17 NKJV).

“And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “LOVE WILL COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS.” Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God”. ( 1 Peter 4:8‭-‬10 NKJV).

Colossians 3:12-17 says :
“Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. BUT ABOVE ALL THESE THINGS PUT ON LOVE, which is the bond of perfection. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him”.

The LOVE of God Constrains all who goes in the way of LOVE
+May our God Who is Love, grant us more Wisdom as we continue in LOVE, Truth, Holiness, Righteousness, and Faith.
2 Corinthians 5:14
The Love of God CONSTRAINTS us…
CONSTRAINT: to arrest, hold, keep, control, or restricts someone’s actions and behavior from doing wrong.
+The Love of God in us keeps us from thinking, speaking and doing all the things that unacceptable with God.
+Always think Love First, and let Love be the only reason why we do all the things we do.
+This is WELL PLEASING with the Lord, a blessing to others and also a blessing to ourselves.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

HEAR WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY

“Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For You have been a shelter for me, A strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings”. Selah{Psalms 61:1‭-‬4}

Stay In Christ
Notice how Jesus emphasized the importance of His words abiding in our hearts as a prerequisite to answered prayer 🙏🏽. The value of this truth cannot be overemphasized; it is the absolute essential for effectual prayer 🙏🏽. We must learn to abide in Christ and to let His words abide in us. Abide in Christ and let His words abide in you; then you will ask what you will and it shall be done !

God Says:

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame”.(Hosea 4:6-7).

It’s time to, Call Upon The Lord

“I have taken refuge in You O Lord.
Never let me be put to shame.
Save me because of Your righteousness.
Turn Your ear toward me.
Rescue me quickly.
Be a Rock of refuge for me.
A Strong Fortress to save me.
Indeed, You are my Rock and my Fortress.
For the sake of Your name,
Lead me and guide me.
You are my refuge,
So pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me.
Into Your hands I entrust my spirit.
You have rescued me O Lord, God of truth.
I hate those who cling to false gods, but I trust the Lord.
I will rejoice and be glad because of Your mercy.
You have seen my misery.
You have known the troubles in my soul.
You have not handed me over to the enemy.
You have set my feet in a place where I can move freely.
Have pity on me Lord because I am in distress.
I trust You, O Lord.
I said, “You are my God.”
My future is in Your hands.
O Lord, I have called on You,
So do not let me be put to shame.
Your kindness is so great!
You reserve it for those who fear You.
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence.
Thank the Lord!
When I was panic-stricken, I said,
“I have been cut off from Your sight.”
But You heard my pleas for mercy when I
cried out for Your help.
Love the Lord all you godly ones!
The Lord protects godly people.
Be strong, all who wait with hope for the Lord, and let your heart be courageous.
(Psalm 31:1-9&14-17&19-24)
Wait upon the Lord, be of good courage
and He shall direct your path……blessings always

ERADICATE  ALL NEGATIVE  THOUGHTS  

“(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)  Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;  And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled”. (2 Corinthians 10:4‭-‬6 KJV).

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.  Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you”. (Philippians 4:6‭-‬9 KJV).

EVERYTHING,  AND ANYTHING  THAT CONTRADICT   THE WORD OF GOD IS A LIE. 

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are  called.  But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord .”(1  Corinthians 1:18‭-‬31 NKJV).

HOW JESUS  HANDLE  NEGATIVE  THOUGHTS  AND WORDS.

“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ” Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ” Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ” Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him”. (Matthew 4:1‭-‬11 NKJV).

GO AND DO LIKEWISE , JESUS  alredy gave us the power to do  it . 

“Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.  Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you”. (Luke 10:17‭-‬19 NKJV).

DESTROY  YOUR DOUBTS,AND FEARS  

Remember that the devil’s job is to steal , kill,and destroy your happiness , success , peace ,health,and everything that God has blessed you with.

Therefore, you have do do what God says,

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled”.(2 Corinthians 10:3-6)

So Jesus answered and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”(Matthew 21:21‭-‬22).

“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows”. (Matthew 10:28‭-‬31 NKJV).

YOU MUST

Amplify Your FAITH and Stir It Up
Jude 1:20
But all of you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy FAITH, praying in the Holy Spirit
Romans 10:17
So then FAITH comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
2 Corinthians 5:7
(For we walk by FAITH, not by sight:)
Hebrews 11:6
But without FAITH it is impossible to please him (God)…
#1 Our FAITH is to please God.
#2 We use our FAITH to obtain the Promises of God.
Romans 14:21
whatsoever is not of FAITH is SIN.
•FAITH is for righteous living by God’s Standards.
Hebrews 6:12
…who through FAITH and patience inherit the promises.
+FAITH says I believed what God said and I have accept what God said is so even without any physical evidence.
+FAITH becomes the evidence or things I asked God for until the things are manifested in my life.
+By faith I can say I have the things that I asked God for before I actually receive them because faith call those things that are not as though they were.
+God honors FAITH that is used to believe in Him and to Trust is Him. Do not cast away you FAITH and CONFIDENCE in God.

YOU’RE   VALUABLE  

You mean a lot to God,so know your worth

“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows”. (Matthew 10:28‭-‬31 NKJV).

“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy”.(1 Peter 2:9‭-‬10 NKJV).

“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You”. (Psalms 139:13‭-‬18 NKJV).

Proverbs 23:7
For as he THINKS in his heart, so is he…
+To Paraphrase, as a man access, estimates, and concludes himself to be in his innermost being (spirit, soul and mind), it can results in that man being that way.
+How we constantly see ourselves has a lot to do with how we are and the future we will have.
+We must see ourself how God sees us.
+See the New Creation you are in Christ Jesus, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21.
+In every area of our lives we are NOT struggling people trying to make in life in every way.
+We are Blessed, Prosperous, Successful, Healthy and Free People of God resisting and rejecting everything that opposes and contradicts God’s will for us and our progress in life.
FINALLY

HE IS OUR FRIEND

Do you Know who your Friends are?
+In prosperity our friends know us, but in adversity we know who our friends are.
John 15:13, 15
13. Greater love has no one than this that you lay your life down for your friends.
15. Jesus said, “I call you friends”.
+Friendship is a relationship of Love, Truth, Holiness, Righteousness and Faith.
+Friendship that is built on these principles produce a Power that protects and preserves the relationship.
+One of the many relationships that we have with the Lord is friendship. He calls us friends.
+He laid His life down sacrificially out of His Great Love for us. In order to save our lives and give us eternal, everlasting and the abundant life.
+What a Friend we have in Jesus…
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loves at all times.
Proverbs 18:24
A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
+A friend is friendly and loving at all times.
+Let us use the Lord’s example of friendship in being the Lord’s friend and friends to one another.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

PROOF OF LOVE

How much do you love God? Do you love Him unconditionally,like how He loves you?

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”.(John 3:16).

“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you”.(John 14:15‭-‬17 NKJV).

“For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome”.(I John 5:3 NKJV).

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”(John 13:34‭-‬35 NKJV).

The LOVE of God Constrains all who goes in the way of LOVE
+May our God Who is Love, grant us more Wisdom as we continue in LOVE, Truth, Holiness, Righteousness, and Faith.
2 Corinthians 5:14
The Love of God CONSTRAINTS us…
CONSTRAINT: to arrest, hold, keep, control, or restricts someone’s actions and behavior from doing wrong.
+The Love of God in us keeps us from thinking, speaking and doing all the things that unacceptable with God.
+Always think Love First, and let Love be the only reason why we do all the things we do.
+This is WELL PLEASING with the Lord, a blessing to others and also a blessing to ourselves.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

IT’S TIME  TO  KNOW  HIM FOR  YOURSELF  

You know your mother,and father; you know your friends;you know your family;you know your significant other,even your pastor, Bishop,and priest . But do you know God personally ?

How come you know others, more than you know the Almighty GOD, Creator, and CEO of the universe ,your Heavenly FATHER.

LET’S SEE IF YOU KNOW HIM,ANDROID HOW MUCH YOU KNOW HIM.

“Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes”. (1 John 2:3‭-‬11 NKJV).

After you believe,and accept Jesus , then it’s time to know Him. To know Him is to love Him,to trust Him,to depend on Him,to have a relationship with HIM?

HE SAID:

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! (Psalms 46:10 NKJV).

“Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified”,(Romans 8:26‭-‬30 NKJV).

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life”. ( 1 John 5:14‭-‬15‭, ‬18‭-‬20 NKJV).

DO YOU KNOW HIM?

“For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day”.(2 Timothy 1:12 NKJV).

LET’S DO AS THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID ,AND DID.

“But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may KNOW  HIM  and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you”.(Philippians 3:7‭-‬15 NKJV).

Is God the most important person in our lives?
+Do we love God more than anyone or anything, and would we do anything for Him?
+God is with us all the time, but the only times we spend with Him is when we direct our attention to Him in Love, Thanksgiving, Praise, Worship, Obedience and such like things.
Colossians 1:17-18
17 And he (Jesus) is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he (Jesus) is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
PREEMINENCE: Before all and above all.

FINALLY

“Therefore by their fruits you will know them. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.  Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’  And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:  and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:  and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”(Matthew 7:20‭-‬27 NKJV).

+Let’s continue to guard our relationship with the Lord by keeping Him before all and above all.
Hallelujah it His Holy Name.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

LIFE

“But now, thus says the Lord , who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you/. (Isaiah 43:1‭-‬2 NKJV).

Have you given all your problems to the Lord?
1 Peter 5:7 (AMP)
Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him (Jesus), for He (Jesus) cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.
Matthew 12:28-30 Jesus said:
28 Come unto me, all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and all of you shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
+In spite of all that we may be going through the Lord is our Healer, Deliverer, Redeemer, Strength, Protector and Provider, and through Him and in Him we have His Victory to live life victoriously.

Someone you know needs this MESSAGE…
+It doesn’t matter how bad things are:
John 6:37
Jesus said… him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.
1Jn 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
+In life we make mistakes, but we don’t have to continue to live in the mistake, and we don’t have to be that mistake.
+God is Merciful, Gracious and Forgiving because God is Love.
+With a sincere heart just repent and ask God for forgiveness.
Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful to your unrighteousness, and your sins and your iniquities will I remember no more.
+It time to get over the mistake and move on. Jesus has never left you or forsaken you.
+The Spirit of God is in you. You have the heart of God, the Mind of Christ and God is the Strength of your life.
+Hallelujahs to Jesus!
Philippians 4:13
May I remind you that you can also do all things through Christ Who strengthens you.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for our lives.
•Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED we are and BLESSED we will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!!!

PUTTING GOD FIRST

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you”.(Matthew 6:33 NKJV).

+++Our God is Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent and is from everlasting to everlasting (without beginning and without end). He is beyond Awesome, beyond Description and beyond Comprehension. There is none like Him. He alone is God and besides Him (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) there is no other.

+++God argues with no one because He is always right.

+++God is the easiest Person to love because He is perfect in every way.

+++God is the easiest Person to trust because,He cannot lie (Titus 1:2).

+++Personally we should have no problems with God at all, (can I get a amen!).

+++When God has total control of our lives, nothing will ever get out of control.

+++Continuing to love and trust God with all your heart, (Mark 12:30; Proverb 3:5-6).

+++Blessed we are and blessed we will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!