Oct 27, 2017 |
“Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”” 1 Kings 3 :9
“Then the other woman said, “No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son.” And the first woman said, “No! But the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son.” Thus they spoke before the king.” 1 Kings 3:22
When we pray and ask God for a Blessing the answer is often right there in the challenge that now presents itself before us. Solomon asked God for wisdom and in applying himself to solve the first major problem of determining whose child is the living one amongst the two women proved that he has gotten the answer of his request from God.
“And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.” 1 Kings 3 :28
When God told Mosses to lead the children of Israel out to the Promised Land and the red sea was ahead and the pursuing army was behind the rod to part the red sea was already in his hand. All he had to do was hear from God and use it.
The answer to the challenge you are facing is in you right now if you will by faith listen to the Holy Sprit to guide you through.
Don’t always see the challenge before you, as an obstacle there is the possibility of an answer in there.
Oct 25, 2017 |
“And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.” Luke 2:36-38
Ana the Prophetess was one of the divine arrangements by God to usher in the earthly birth of the savior. She believed God that she would see the savior before she departs to heaven and by the confession of her faith and praising God it became a reality.
Ana waited long, in fact very long but God’s promise was fulfilled in her eyes.
Sometimes God’s manifestation on some promises may seem long but be assured whatsoever HE has promised you HE is able to fulfill.
Ana despite her personal challenges never ceased being in the presence of God giving thanks, praying and fasting with others until she saw the fulfillment of what she believed.
What is the issue that appears long in being fulfilled in your life? Don’t give up.
“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Numbers 23:19
Keep on being in the presences of God, thanking HIM and your prayers will soon become a testimony too.
Oct 23, 2017 |
“Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted, “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God;
He will come and save you.” Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.” Isaiah 35:3-5
One of the most challenging aspects of the successful Christian’s life is the prayer life
Prayers along with a Holy life must consistently fuel your God given purpose.
The natural flesh of man does not easily sustain the prayer life.
The praying hands often become weak and the knees to be used in praying tends to be feeble.
Consequently when the prayer life is weak the enemy finds it easy to introduce fear to intimidate and discourage.
Remember when Moses hands were tired in the battle with the Amalekites the enemy momentarily seems to be winning
“And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.” Exodus 17:11-12
God is on your side.
Sustain a fervent and consistent prayer life
HE is coming with vengeance to save you
Don’t give in to fear.
See with the eyes of your faith what God has promised and back it up with prayers.
Oct 20, 2017 |
“Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates.” Deuteronomy 6:7-9
We MUST not only share our faith with our children we have to really get it inside of them and let them really know who our God is and what HE has done, what HE is doing and what HE will still do.
No matter how modern and enlightened we like to be the testimony of how we ourselves became Christians and how HIS grace has sustained us till date must be consistently and beautifully packaged to our children.
I remembered watching “Roots” (Alex Haley) several years ago and how Kunta Kinte insisted that his ancestral story must be passed down the family line, which was done and actually led to the emergence of the book and the movie on it.
God has entrusted to you and I that the Good News of the Kingdom must be personally and diligently told to our children.
“Dear friends, I’ve dropped everything to write you about this life of salvation that we have in common. I have to write insisting—begging!—that you fight with everything you have in you for this faith entrusted to us as a gift to guard and cherish. What has happened is that some people have infiltrated our ranks (our Scriptures warned us this would happen), who beneath their pious skin are shameless scoundrels. Their design is to replace the sheer grace of our God with sheer license—which means doing away with Jesus Christ, our one and only Master.” Jude 3.
Contend for the Faith and please ensure you deliver it timely, accurately, totally to your children .
Not just your biological children share your faith directly with all those who come under your definition of children in your life.
Let us get it inside them.
Oct 18, 2017 |
“For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.” Proverbs 23:18
No matter the unpleasantness that you are going through today God is assuring you that it won’t be for ever.
Surely there is a time limit to this phase of your life.
Many at times you may not fully understand the metamorphoses of the whole situation but God sees the total complete picture and His Word is informing you today that there is an expiration date on the issue.
All what you have gone through or still going through leads to a better future with God’s control.
You will be rewarded for this; your hope will not be disappointed
Keep your focus on God.
Keep your Hope alive in Him.
The more challenging it is appearing to be, the greater the Glory the turnaround will bring .
Turn to the Bible and you will find a character that has similarly gone through what you dealing with.
Encourage yourself from the Scriptures like David did and at the end you will surely laugh.
Surely there is an end and it is certainly a better end that God has ordained for you.
Oct 16, 2017 |
“The Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the [Red] Sea by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. When Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked up, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and the Israelites were exceedingly frightened and cried out to the Lord.” Exodus 14: 9-11
Earlier in Chapter 12 verse 31 we read “He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites; and go, serve the Lord, as you said.” However just in chapter 14 we see Pharaoh changed his mind and pursued the Israelites again.
Whenever God set you free on any issue it’s the characteristic of the enemy to come back and attempt to recapture you again.
Don’t panic like the children of Israelites initially did, keep to your freedom and don’t desire the “pleasure” of slavery again.
Confess positively the victory God has given to you.
In the Garden of Eden the enemy came to challenge the freedom God gave Adam and Eve by sowing doubt into them that they were really not free as they thought they were and in the bid to prove their freedom to the devil they actually lost the freedom.
He repeated the same trick on the Lord Jesus Christ again to test the deity and loyalty of the Savior but thanks to the victory of the WORD Jesus spoke and consolidated the victory HE has over the enemy.
What victory has the Lord given you and the enemy is pursuing like Pharaoh to take back from you?
Moses listened to God and was able to be completely victorious.
Jesus was also victorious in all the temptations Satan tempted HIM.
Don’t doubt your victory, even when you see a red sea ahead and the Egyptian army behind you.
Stay true to your confession of faith.
The enemy pursuing you will perish in the red sea just like the Egyptians that pursued them perished.
