What Manner of Person

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9-11
The world around us now can be compared to the time of Noah while he built the ark for 120 years as God had instructed him to do and also to Sodom and Gomorrah,in which its inhabitants had attacked Lot and the angels that had visited Lot.
The Bible tells us that Christ is coming but men will say where is the promise of His coming? But these people fail to see that the Bible says that the Lord is not slack concerning His promise as some count slackness but is long suffering towards us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance,for Christ's coming will be as a thief in the night.
So as Noah lived in the time in which ungodliness surrounded him as now, what manner of person ought we to be?
1. We must be truly truly born again.
2. Be dedicated and consecrated to Christ (24hrs of 7days of 365days)
3. Be in conscious expectation of Christ's return
4. Invest our life (every aspect our life) into the expansion of God's kingdom here on earth,this includes our time,gifts,talents etc.
5. We should live a radical evangelism life by our lifestyle,preaching.
6. Live a lifestyle of total obedience, of trust and reliance on Him alone.
7. Knowing and doing His perfect will in our pursuits (must be our focus)
8. Live the lifestyle of total faith,prayers and fasting, faith in God,in His word,in His promises,His faithfulness.
9. Live a life of a true worshiper (in truth and spirit): we worship God for who He is and praise Him for what He has done and will do.
10.A lifestyle of purity,holiness,sanctification,fear of God,honoring His word,fruit of the Spirit should be our daily conduct.
 Let us therefore be these manner of person and be rapturable unto Christ in Jesus name.
Have a fruitful week ahead.

For We Knoweth Not

Scripture: Romans 8:26-27,34
The ministry of the Holy Spirit in our prayer life, the major determinant of how strong and solid our prayer life is the Holy Spirit. Prayer is not just spiritual murmurings.
Prayer is a conversation between a father and a child or children, it is an essential part of our relationship with God.
Sometimes we don't know what to pray further about,you feel like there's nothing we can pray about,we feel exhausted.
When we feel dried up, tired,exhausted,just like a baby who feels like saying something,feels like uniting with you but does not know how to express himself. At this moment when we feel dried up and exhausted then the ministry of the Holy Spirit begins.
This is also why our lifestyle is important Romans 8:5-9
This is very important,the ministry of the Holy Spirit is very sensitive to the vessel of God He is working in,our lifestyle should be of Holiness.
The Holy Spirit guides
                          leads and directs us
                          makes intercession for us in our prayer life
                          helps us when we don't know what to pray about
What is intercession?
Talking about a person,place,time on behalf of another person and at the time when we don't know what to pray about the Holy Spirit knows the things of the Spirit, maybe sometimes a particular name of a person,a country flashes into our minds and we don't know what to pray about, we should pray this way:
''God,Holy Spirit take over,do your job, I release myself into your hands and whatsoever you want to do and at this point if you are a believer ,walking in the Spirit,in contact with Him all the time and in all things, these things makes the intercession of the Holy Spirit easier and hence you speak in the language of Heaven, one begins to speak on behalf of that person,place or situations. Acts 4:31.
How can we make the ministry of the Holy Spirit Effective
-Follow Christ diligently
-Learn how to be sensitive to His leadings.
-Follow whatever instructions He gave us in details (sometimes God gives us instructions that may not be logical or seem odd) Acts 16:26,27
   Some of the burdens we are carrying its because we are not allowing the leading of the Holy Spirit, when we ask for the leading of the Holy Spirit in our lives we will be free because we know we are not alone, we are bold and confident and have assurance in God.
   Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego and Daniel were full of God's spirit and were bold. When we are full of the Holy Spirit,we don't feel intimidated. We must be filled with the Holy Spirit and full of the Him.
    One of the reasons God has given us this language of tongues is because its one of the weapons that God uses to make the devil mad because he can not and does not understand this language because it is a mystery. Acts 2:1-2
Speaking in another tongue makes our conversation with God to be deep because only the Holy Spirit understands.
Lets seek to rely and depend totally on the Holy Spirit.

Accept Him Willingly into Your Boat

Scripture: John 6:18-21
We must learn to operate in God's perfect will
Spiritually the wind,air,storms,represents every attack from the devil to stop us from progressing but the good news is that God always comes to our rescue maybe not in our time but in His own time. Hebrews 10:37
-When He came,they could not recognize him because they lacked the discernment of what their lives needed, like us we wait for something but God brings the other.
-They were fearful for the strange things happening to them
-They willingly received him into the boat.
Vs 21,Now this is the most important thing for us to do,let us willingly receive Him into our hearts.

Do Good Good Works

Scripture: John 7:22-23
There are 3 points that we can infer from the words of Jesus from the above passage:
1. Jesus Christ was telling them that He is the Lord of the Sabbath,Sabbath being rest:rest from lifeless labor can only be found in Christ.
2. Jesus Christ was not saying that they should not observe/ practice the laws of Moses.
3. They must eat His broken body i.e believing in the sacrificial work He did on the Calvary.
Doing good is a characteristic of Christ, Acts 10:38. ''Went about doing good''; anointing empowered Jesus to go about doing good.
It is true that we are not saved by good works but by the grace and mercy of God.
Outside Christ every good deed is unacceptable before God. Ephesians 2:10
Good works glorify God, Matthew 5:16
Good works enrich lives 1 Timothy 6:18
Good works furnish a pattern for imitation Titus 2:7,3:1
Provoke others unto good works Hebrews 10:24
It demonstrates the reality of faith i.e good works is an attestation that your faith is a reality
James 2:17-18, 1 Peter 2:12, Titus 1:14-15.

What It Takes To Please God

Scriptures: Genesis 5:24
How to please God/ They that please God
According to Hebrews 11:5, Enoch is the first example of rapture because he didn't just walk with God but he pleased God. Every aspect of our lives should please God,we should please Him and God will be pleased also with us. Proverbs 16:7.
 It's important to live a life pleasing to God because when our lives are pleasing to God we wont need to be looking for favor,miracle and breakthrough because God knows how to touch the hearts of the enemies and we don't run after our enemies. We are love our enemies and not hate them.
Some examples of people in the Bible who pleased God are :
Noah who lived during an ungodly time but yet lived a righteous life.
Enoch lived for God,walked with God,pleased God and hence he broke the natural transformation of human beings similarly with Prophet Elijah.
According to Matthew 3:17, Heaven identifies that Jesus pleased God. 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Timothy 2:4-7.
Pleasing God manifests in the lives of men.
What are the things/conditions to please God
- You must be born again
-You should walk with God,follow God and begin to like His way and begin to understand His ways.
-You must learn how to know and to do only His perfect will (This is a major characteristic in the lives of those who pleased God,.
- You must be obedient,this is one reason why we receive what we ask from God according to
  1 John 3:22-23
- You must follow the commandment to believe on the name of His Son, Jesus Christ.
-You must have faith i.e live and walk by faith because without faith it is impossible to please God.
-You must love one another, loving each other is a fundamental principle.
-Communicate to one another i.e not doing evil to one another and generously giving.
Our love should be genuinely motivated and not carnally inclined.
The thing we do,do we do them willingly and are they by faith?
-You must trust God.
As children of God,we should check our lives daily and examine if we have all these points in our lives and its not something we do only once and forget we must check everyday and ask our Heavenly Father what do you want to do about this issue today? Yes it is true that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever but God is dynamic and His ways are different, what he asked us to do yesterday in a certain way,He might ask us to do it differently the next time.
What is the lesson that we therefore learn? He doesn't change ever but He uses different approaches and because of this we must seek His face and ask Him always concerning every matter.
Both God and you know the past and the present but only Him knows the very next minute,next hour and ultimately the future.

Dig The Well

Scriptures: Genesis 26: 15-23
The well represents you and me
The water represents the Holy Spirit
The sand represents everything the enemy uses to block the free flow of life in us.
Therefore what does it mean to dig?
      It means all the attempts we make to be available to the free flow of the Holy Spirit,to enhance the free flow of the Holy Spirit,to be broken, sanctified,purified and dedicated to God.
What are the things that are hindering or could hinder the power of the Holy Spirit and free flow of the Holy Spirit?
The greatest enemy to the flow of the Holy Spirit is when the flesh is allowed to have supremacy. Whenever the devil wants to stop the operation of the Holy Spirit in us,on us and through us,he looks for a way to gain access to our flesh. There is a continuous battle between the flesh and the Holy Spirit and this conflict is a serious one as in Romans 8:5-8
Our flesh can be interpreted to be as the sand of the soil as the sand is the source of the human body according to Genesis 2:7.
According to Genesis 26:15-23, Isaac dug the wells again,four times the enemy blocked the wells with sand but upon the 5th time Isaac was able to comfortably able to dig the well and reach flowing water.
This 5th time represents Grace
                                        Mercy
                                        Power.
What does it mean to dig deep?
-It means to crucify our flesh and to be available in the hands of God for the transformation of our human vessel.
-Through prayers,fasting,studying,listening,practicing God's word and allowing God to chastise us,rebuke us and we will be transformed.
Deep fellowship with God will lead us to understand His actions.

The Month Of Life,Time Of Life (September- 9th Month)

Scripture: Psalm 102:13
Welcome to the new month guys,Happy new month! It's September,the 9th month,the month of Time, the Time of Life.
The word September is translated as ''Elul'' in Hebrew,What is the Significance? In this Month,in Israel there is a harvest of cotton after the long wait,it can be compared to giving birth to a child.
For 9 months the baby is conceived in the womb of the mother and at the end of this period,the baby must be birth forth or else the womb that was once conducive becomes dangerous to its life.
Timing,dates,events are very important like the sons of Issachar,men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do. 1 Chronicles 12:32.
 The same visitation that was for Sodom and Gomorrah,a visitation of destruction turned around to be a visitation of construction for Abraham and Sarah. At the appointed time,God visited Abraham and Sarah and fulfilled his promise to them.
Psalm 102:13 says
''Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion:
  for the time to favor her
  yea,the set time,is come''.
This is my Month of birthing forth all that God has planted in me,
 Birthing forth of Life,
 God will arise and have mercy on me,
 for the time to favor me,
 yea,the set time is come.
How about you?
Have a life fulfilling month,God bless you.

Loose Him And Let Him Go! (Remove The Grave Clothes)

Scripture: John 11:41-44
We read about Lazarus the brother to Mary and Martha who had been dead and buried but Jesus Christ raised him back to life by the power of God. Lazarus had been bounded hand and foot by grave clothes and his face with a napkin and Jesus said after calling him to come forth,to have them ''Loose Lazarus and Let him go''...Halleluyah!
Let us see what these grave clothes represent:
-They represent the past and old things which are dead and obsolute. Genesis 41:14
-They represent death. Ephesians 2;6
-They represent hindrances that will not allow us to enjoy the new freedom and newness of life in Christ. Luke 24:12
Unlike Lazarus,Jesus did not leave the tomb with the grave clothes why? because He knew they wouldn't allow Him to function effectively and will not allow Him to see things the way He should see.
Grave clothes represent everything that is in the old life (old  mentality,culture,lifestyle etc)
  Today God has a new garment for you but if you don't remove the grave clothes you won't get the new garment as written in Isaiah 61:3&10.
These are:
-the garment of Praise
-the garment of Salvation
-the garment of Righteousness
Zechariah 3:3-5.
Step out and Live in the newness of Life in Christ.

The Power Of Liberty and Freedom

Scripture: John 8:30-36
Liberty is translated in Hebrew as ''Rachab'' which means roaming in every direction, broad,wide, large etc.
It also means to be unlimited,unchained,unfettered or not imprisoned.
God gave man all kinds of freedom but when man lost his spiritual liberty, he lost all other types of liberty which include political,financial,social,moral liberty etc.
Man became enslaved to sin,people are seeking after financial,political,social,civil liberty but they place little attention and importance to their spiritual liberty,which is the most important.
In the Garden of Eden,satan fought with Adam and Eve's spiritual liberty and not the other liberties they had and as soon as they lost their spiritual liberty (i.e their personal relationship with God),they lost every other thing.
So what does it mean to lose one's spiritual freedom?
-It is to live contrary to God's plan for your life.
-It is to live in opposite to God's word.
-It is to live without depending on God i.e in one's thinking,living,speaking and simply acting the way you want.
To declare one independent from God's word and become the temple of sin.
Romans 6:6, Proverbs 5;22, Romans 6:16.
The opposite of liberty/freedom is bondage meaning to be limited,to be in chains or in fetters,to be in a situation in which one can not operate outside/above the situation.
In Romans 7:23, Apostle Paul speaks about the natural law that makes us to provoke God, there are certain things that can make us to be limited and hence be in bondage,these are agents of bondage as below:
-satan
-self
-sin
-society
-the world and worldliness
-sickness,infirmity and disease
-finance,morals,social life (culture and traditions) and politics.
The way to be free from all these bondages is to be spiritually free.
Even if there are other freedoms,they will only be temporal as long as there is no spiritual freedom.
George Washington said ''How can one govern a nation without a Bible''?
Can one be freed from all these bondages? Yes because God has processes through which to set a man free from sin and these are:
-through Jesus Christ,our Lord and Saviour (John 8:36, Isaiah 42:7).
-His church,disciples,ministers,servants (Luke 9:1-6; 10:1-17, Mark 16:15-20).
-through the Spirit of the Lord,God.
-through His anointing (Isaiah 61, Luke 4:18),
-through the power of God.
-through His presence.
-through the power of God's word.
-through God's grace,mercy,love and goodness
-through the known truth of God.

Unfaithful and Unprofitable servant

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30
In the book of Matthew,Jesus told the parable of 3 servants and of them all,the 3rd servant wasn't rewarded because he was unfaithful. The 3rd servant had refused to trade with his talent which his master had given to him.
God has also given each of us talents and gifts according to our talents.
Let us look at what the reasons could be as to why this servant could not produce any fruit or profit with his talent, Matthew 25:22-25 shows this to us:
1) The servant never truly loved his master.
2) He never trusted nor believed in his master (We should trust and obey our master,Jesus Christ).
3) He never honored or respected his master (We should honor our Lord)
4) He had always been a man who always justified his failure i.e he gives excuses without repenting.
5) He had always been greedy and envious of his master's success.
6) As a result of the 5 points above,his heart was guilty and full of fear.
   Our hearts should be filled with love,joy,peace when we obey God but we will have the opposite when we don't obey God.
7) Everyone of us we should be careful to do what He tells us to do. God has given us different talents,we should evangelize,love others,walk in holiness,fear,obedience to the word of God.
We should submit to the Lord,we should be obedient to the Lord Jesus.
This unfaithful servant didn't learn good examples from his master.
 He was a failure,unprofitable and unfruitful.When we don't follow Jesus our master,it will be difficult to be fruitful.
8)The man was indifferent
   -in spirit
   -in service (Matthew 22:5)
  It is very dangerous when people don't take God's call seriously because it makes one's life to be unfruitful and unproductive.
Our lives can only have good meaning when we take God's call seriously and we can then be fruitful and profitable.
This man was unprofitable,he had no good result in his life because of his wrong attitude to his master,
Jesus Christ is our master and He gives us opportunities and privileges,chances to serve Him and make for the expansion of His kingdom on earth. Our hearts should be filled with joy in serving. When we are obedient and we serve Him,follow His invitation,we love Him and are obedient to His word, definitely we will have peace towards Him and we will have no fear or torment.
Let us try to be faithful in small things,don't look down on anything God has given to us,we should take them seriously and work on them.
Why? because the way we treat the little things will determine how farther we will go. Let us do things with enthusiasm,with joy in our hearts.
  God knows your ability and gives to you what you are able to bear,everyone of us must be very very careful with everything that God has placed in our lives.

You Can Begin Again!

Scripture: Genesis 35:1-5
It is never too late to begin again,God is willing and able to pick you up from wherever you are or whatever you are or whoever you are.
Lets look at the place called BETHEL:
-This is the place where Jacob first met with God.
-This is also the same place where Jacob first brought a sacrifice to God.
(Genesis 28:10-22).
-It was where Jacob had an encounter with God and He changed Jacob's name to Israel
-Here also God pronounced blessings as a confirmation of God's promise to him.
Bethel can be compared to our experience when we first gave our lives to Christ but later our love for Christ grew cold. Luke 15;8, Revelation 2:5.
This month of August is the month of A New Beginning,You can start afresh with God.
Jacob had lost his first love and God told him that he could start afresh just like the story of the prodigal son.
Our hearts are no longer passionate,thirsty and hungry for God,we should become radically committed and dedicated to Christ again.
Bethel: the place of re-committment!
             the place of re-dedication!
Oh! I will arise,I will start afresh!

The Factor Of Willingness: A Willing Heart

Scripture: Psalm 110:1-3
In Hebrew,the word Willingness is translated as ''Nawdeeb/Nadyib''
This denotes an attitude of the heart which consents or agrees often readily or cheerfully to a course of action. Exodus 35:5&22.
In the day of the manifestation of the power of God,3 things will happen:
-It will make the enemies of God's kingdom to be subdued,to surrender and submit.
-It will produce beauty of holiness,purity,sanctification in the lives of believers.
-The people will be willing to submit to the power and authority of the Lord Jesus Christ.
God has the power to make every sinner repent,even to make everyone accept Him but He didn't do that because He is a just God and He has given us the power of free will. John 10:17-18.
  For our love towards our brethren,our ministry,our offering,our tithes to be acceptable to God it must be done from a willing heart.
There is a connection between love and willingness: the Bible says whatever is done outside of faith  i.e outside of love is sin.
In other to operate with a willing heart,you must have faith and love (trust) in that which one is willing to submit to. 2 Chronicles 29:31
When we are doing all that we ought to do as believers outwardly but they are not bringing blessings to our lives,the likely reason is an unwillingly heart.
Jesus knew that they had an unwilling heart and they had willingly chosen to leave Him and there was therefore no point in telling them to stay according to John 6:66-67.
Therefore examine your life as a Christian
Examine why and how do you fast?
Why and How do you pray?
How is your fellowship with other brethren?
How and Why do your give?
Are you doing all these with a willing heart or under compulsion? 2 Peter 3:8-10, 1 Timothy 6:18
Let everything that you and I do be based on the principle of willingness, Judges 5:2.

Spiritual Battleground:Winning The Battle Of Your Mind

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:13-16, Romans 8:5-8
Unless the devil has first won the battle of in your mind he cannot win the battle for your life. Do you realize and understand that there is a battle in your mind,ongoing for  7 days,24 hours,every minute,every second?
   THE MIND
The word Mind is translated in Greek as ''nous'': meaning intellect, divine or human,in thought,in feeling and will.
The mind is the seat of emotions,affections,mode of thinking,feeling,disposition,moral inclination equivalent to the heart.
We need to have a proper understanding of the mind.
   THOUGHTS
The word thought is translated in Hebrew as ''machashaba'' pronounced ''makh-ash-aw-baw'' which means a thought,a purpose,a devise,an intention,an invention that springs from such thoughts, the thoughts of the mind.
   THE NATURAL MIND
 Natural mind is translated in Greek as ''psuchikos'',natural (1 Corinthians 2) which means referring to the man who is governed only by his environment namely his natural or animal instincts as a result of his fallen adamic (sinful) nature,he is unable to understand spiritual truth and he doesn't understand the things of God.
Natural mind: a mind not renewed,regenerated, he can not understand or comprehend the things of the spirit,why?because he's not born again.
 The carnal mind can not understand the things of the spirit because his mind is fleshly and worldly.
The mind is the battleground before the devil can carry out anything,he begins with the mind.
      THE MIND - IT FORMULATES THOUGHTS - WHICH BECOME THE PRACTICAL IN LIFE (i.e physical action)
Thats why the mind is closely linked with the heart. Those with a regenerated mind have thoughts of Christ which fills the mind and they begin to manifest in actions.
There is danger in having a carnal mind (i.e a mind that is not renewed in Christ) because it can not please God. The carnal mind can only think carnally,fleshly,worldly, and can only act sinfully.
To be carnally minded is death because it can only think of things which are contrary to God which displeases God. Romans 1:28.
A Reprobate mind is a mind which is no longer able to see and judge things in the right sense and is followed by the spirit of perversion and everything that is bad will appear good and that which is good appears evil.
Ephesians 4:17, Deuteronomy 15:9, Matthew 15:19, Genesis 6:5.
The word of God warns us not to allow this carnal mind,sinful thoughts,evil traditions,thoughts of unbiblical lifestyle not to dominate our lives. To those who are born again,the Bible tells us to be spiritually minded. Romans 12:2-3, Proverbs 12:5, Philippians 2;5.
The Bible says ''Let''in Philippians 2:5 because there is power in free will i.e when the devil brings evil thoughts we have the power of free will to choose whether to allow those thoughts stay or reject them.
So what are the things we should be thinking on,meditating on,ruminating on?
Philippians 4:8 says it all;Thoughts that are:
-True (truth)
-Noble
-Just
-Pure
- Of Good report
- Of Virtue; love
-Praise worthy i.e glorifies God's name.
When the devil brings evil thoughts we should reject them immediately and replace them.
We can replace these evil imaginations by maintaining the mind of Christ but how?
-By reading the word of God
-Hearing the word of God
-Studying the word of God
-Meditating,thinking and ruminating upon the word of God
-Being quick to practicalize and obey the word of God
-Reject,renounce,rebuke every evil thought that the devil brings to my mind and quote the word of God that stands against those thoughts.
2 Corinthians 10:3-6.
Verse 5 mentions arguments and imaginations which could refer to negative thoughts,disobedient thoughts, evil imaginations,we are to bring all of them under captivity.
-Cover your whole mind and self with the blood of Jesus Christ.
-Be watchful over what you listen to,who you listen to,the things you look at,the company you keep,the information you listen to,over what you say and where you go.
Remember ''As a man thinketh in his heart so is he''.

The Mouth Of The Righteous: Power of Life and Death on Your Lips

Scripture: James 3:1-12, Matthew 12:32-37
The Power of life and death is in your tongue which is small but the most important organ that has a great impact in your life spiritually.
There is power in pronunciation and in our utterances. Everything that has been created came through the spoken word. The mouth of the righteous is to be used in a specific way than the mouth of the unrighteous. His mouth is to speak righteousness. We as believers experience success in almost every other area but failure in the area of an untamed tongue.
Both the blessings and curses are the product of the mouth,the curses and the blessings pronounced on man is still affecting him till today. It is very important the way we use our words. Job 16:24, Ecclesiastes 10:12.
 The wise man's mouth will create grace of God in people's lives and produce comfort,encouragement. Isaiah 50:4.
Isaiah became a good listener,able to speak righteous words,how? See Isaiah 6:1-7.
 The people who saw God like Moses,Gideon had their lives changed. You cant see Heaven, the throne of God and remain the usual or same.
Prophet Isaiah had been preaching against people's sins through Chapters 1-5, then God decided to make the words that Prophet Isaiah had been saying to be more gracious and more kind.
 Unless I am able to see my needs, weaknesses I won't be able to seek them from God.
God opened the eyes of Prophet Isaiah to see His glory which showed the inglorious state of Isaiah and God's holiness and his own unholiness. Isaiah after seeing this proclaimed that he was a man of unclean lips and the angel took a coal of fire to cleanse his lips.
  You can not run away from the truth,the truth will always find you. It's because God loves us that He brought the truth to our doorstep. The devil likes to harden the hearts of people to the truth so he can take them to hell with himself.
Genesis 50:21, Joseph spoke kind words to his brothers despite all that they had done to him.
Proverbs 15:1, 2 Samuel 1:1-16 (13-16), 1 Samuel 31:3-4. Ecclesiastes 5:1-3.
Idle words,whispering,slandering and vain words should not be found in your lips.

Do Well- Be A Carrier Of The Good News

Scripture: 2 Kings 7:9-11
Good news everyone!!!!!
Our paramount pursuit as believers and true born again children of God is to carry the good news of the good Lord at all cost to the whole world. Mark 1:14-18, Mark 5:15-20.
The Hebrew word Evaggelizo: means good news
                                                  blogoya vest (Russian)
                                                  the gospel
 Good news from the good God to the bad dying sinful,powerless,lifeless world.
The word ''Good'' ''News'' each is 4 lettered and 4 represents the entire planet earth,with the word News represented as below;
N: north
E: east
W: west
S: south
meaning the entire world.
God is commissioning you to go into the world and preach the good news (this could be your school, business,family etc). Romans 10:8-17, Proverbs 11:30
We are to go forth with: wisdom
                                       right approach
                                       Godly living
                                       empowerment of the Holy Spirit
                                       boldness and love
                                       compassion.
If you win a soul you are wise
Daniel 12:3, Luke 2:8-11, Rev 14:15-19, Matthew 8:37, Mark 4:29, Luke 10:2, John 4:36,
Galatians 6;9.
Right now we must start the harvesting of souls. It is now that we must work. John 9:4.

Rest and Perfection

Scripture: Genesis 2:13, Psalm 138:8
July is here Praise the Lord, it is translated the month of ''Tammuz'' in Hebrew language which means Rest,Rest guys..
Today is the 3rd day of the month,a Sunday
Today is the 1st day of the week,a Sunday (resurrection)
God rested on the 7th Day, rest is ''Shabat'' in Hebrew.
Shabat means to abstain from labour
                       denotes designating the time to be set aside for rest
Mark 6:30-32
God desires that we live for Him,a life full of adoration
Perfect is translated from the Hebrew word ''Gamar'': meaning to be perfect, complete,to perform to a perfect end.
 Take this month as a month God has set aside to make us to rest and trust in Him to perfect that which concerns us.
 By entering into His rest,is to cease from our own effort,our own methods and just trust Him, believing Him and having faith in Him that He is more than able to perfect that which concerns you.
 Give God the opportunity to perfect those things you have been trying to do in your life,all those imperfections in your life.
 Entering His rest means ceasing from all the fruitless laboring,sinful wordly pursuit,unnecessary canal cares,anxiety and doubt,unbelief,self trust and reliance,personal lifeless and vain self strength.
 Just trust Him and rely upon Him,surrender it all.
What is Faith?
F:forsake
A:all
I:  I
T: trust
H: Him
 Forsake all I trust Him
In this month,we should learn to trust Him,forsake all the personal strength to make things work in my way. It is the month of resting and trusting in Him. 2 Corinthians 7:1
Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness,spots,wrinkles.
Perfecting translated ''Epithelio'': means to fulfill further or completely
                                            to bring through to an end,to fulfillment
                                            to make perfect,complete or accomplish
God is the only one that is able to perfect all the imperfection in our lives:in spirit,soul and body also in our families,finance,academic pursuit,relationship,in our daily activities,in our gifts,talents,ministry.
It is time to forsake all your efforts and allow God to bring to perfection all in your life.
Joshua 6:4, 1 Kings 18:43, 2 Kings 5:10, Proverbs 24:16, Leviticus 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 3:10.

The Baptism of The Holy Spirit

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:19-39, 36-39, Acts 2;1-8

Rebuilding the Altars (Conditions for Fire from Heaven)

Is the fire of the Holy Spirit still burning within you?

Where are the Elijah's of our time?

Where are the 120 fire-filled disciples?

Altar in Hebrew means ''Mizbeach'' which means the place of sacrifice;

the noun root is ''Zabach'' which means to slaughter an animal sacrifice.

Genesis 8:20 was the first evidence of an altar.

Elijah in bringing down the fire of God did the following:

-He rebuilt the altar and He renewed the sacrifice.

The sacrifice translates to us as in Romans 12:1.

Fire- represents the place of eternal condemnation for satan and his agents

         a symbol of God's judgement.

         an acceptance/acceptable offering before God.

         symbol of cleansing,holiness and purity before God.

         God's divine presence.

         symbol of answers of God to our prayers

         symbol of fire (Acts 2)

Malachi 3:3, 1 Peter 2:5, Acts 5:32.

Through the Bible God is revealed:

as God the Father through the old testament

as God the Son through  Matthew till the beginning of the book of Acts

as God the Holy Spirit through the rest of the book of Acts till present.

The Acts of Apostle (the outpouring of the Holy Spirit) happened 50 days after the pass-over. Jesus Christ gave Himself as a Living sacrifice.

Make yourself available,obedient ,thirsty and hungry, without the fire you cannot make a difference in your generation.

God Has A Word For You This Month Of June

Scripture:Esther 8:9
Welcome to the month of June,translated from the Hebrew word ''Sivan''.
In Israel this month represents the month of Harvest i.e of wheat,barley etc.
There is a word God is preparing for us all,let's be attentive..Harvest of honey, feast of weeks and feast of first fruits. The weather also is quiet and clear. All of above have great importance to our lives. We should do our best to hear clearly from God,life changing instructions,guidance and leading.
-The genocide decree that had been made against Mordecai and Jews was removed in the month of June.
-A new decree was made to protect them in this month of June.
Haggai 1:1
-The word of the Lord came to Haggai in the month of June.
-The word to rebuild the temple of God: there are two types of temple; physical and spiritual
   physical  temple- your body
   spiritual temple- our fellowship (church).
We should rebuild our temples where it has been broken or where there are cracks..
God is calling you into repentance,cleansing,sanctification this month and we shouldn't forsake the assembly of one another.
God bless you.

Thanksgiving As A Spiritual Weapon

Scripture: Psalm 107:22, Leviticus 7:12, Colossians 1:12; 3:15, Psalm 100, 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Thankfulness: is an expression of gratitude and more importantly,it's one of the spiritual weapons. It's deeper than just expressing my gratitude. It's a major weapon in battling/we use it to fight and win spiritual battles.
How did Jesus use thanksgiving to win spiritual battles and why do we need to give thanks?
1. We give thanks to God because He is our King and We are His subjects,He is God.
2. He is our maker,creator,He owns us,we don't belong to ourselves.
3. Thanksgiving and praises is an appreciation of His wondrous deeds to us. We must not take anything He has done for us for granted.
4. Through our thanks we are giving testimony of His wonderful deeds.
5. Through our testimonies we are witnessing to others and calling others to God.
6.Through our testimonies we are teaching others how to relate with God
7. By giving thanks,we are demonstrating His good,mercy and truth towards us (Hebrews 13:15)
 There is a fruit of lips to God which is our praises,thanksgiving and acknowledging God's deeds.
John 11:41; Jesus used thanksgiving as a weapon.
 Jesus came into the presence of God with thanksgiving,He knew what He needed to do to win favor before God. When You need Heaven's supernatural intervention in your natural situations,we should enter with thanksgiving not with self pity,complains/grumbling,murmuring,not bitterness. We get help,power,hope from God through thanksgiving. John 6:11.
 In order to get divine increment and abundance ,use thanksgiving,remember there is a store in heaven with all our needs (spiritual and material).
In Matthew 26:27,Jesus was going to establish the Holy communion because the broken body of Jesus and blood of Jesus is the last hope for human kind. In order for this to influence them forever and not allow the enemy to pervert it, He invited the attention of Heaven to it by giving thanks to God.That's why it has never lost its influence/meaning since that day till now.
Humans are looking for power from all the wrong sources instead of seeking from God,true power.
Let us enter into His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise....Halleluyah...

Who Can Stand? Nobody Except.....

Scripture:Psalm 15:1-5, Psalm 24:3-4, Psalm 130:3, Romans 10:1-4
  Sin drove Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden (symbolizing God's presence) and they were separated from God. Sin brought guilt and condemnation.
  God is holy and His eyes cannot behold iniquity and so the question is what does it take for human beings to stand before God with a pure conscience?
  Kind David said in Psalm 15
-verse 4;keeps not the company of the wicked
              honors those who fear the Lord
Psalm 24
-verse 4: clean hands;not doing evil
               having a pure heart
If someone fulfills all these are they enough to see God?
There are two types of obedience:
-Obedience to the law and personal works (good works)
-Obedience according to grace and faith through Christ.
Without /Outside Christ there is no good deed or work that will qualify them before God. Our personal (good) works,obedience to the law only becomes acceptable when you receive righteousness and justification by faith in Christ.1 kings 17:1.
  In order to make a difference in the society in which you live,in your generation the question of being able to stand must be addressed. What does it take to be able to stand before God?
Nobody can stand before God except those...
1) who are truly born again,justified by the blood of Jesus Christ.
2)who follow Him consistently after being born again to carry our cross daily and deny self.
3)who through obedience (total) to Jesus through His word and commandments.
4)by knowing and doing only His perfect will.
5)holiness,purity,following after and pursuing after and peace with people and others.
6)by loving our God and neighbor with all our heart.
7)by hating the devil with personal hatred and everything that belongs to the devil.
How can we stand before God?
-Through the Blood of Jesus Christ.
-Through His intercessory ministry.
-Through His mercy.
-Through His everlasting and unchanging and eternal covenant
 of His Son.
-Through faith and grace.
Amen.