God’s Manner of Forgiveness

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May 24, 2016

As we bow down and worship Yahweh 2x, Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh 2x.// And we say that You are good and all the miracle You God have done that brought joy, and we say for the hope we have we praise Your Name right now, Father we declare (Father we declare) that we love You, we declare an everlasting love for You, 2x.

Father that our heart cry this day as we declare You as our Lord and we repose ourselves as Your children, Father accept us according to Your Word to us we pray Thee Amen. Thank You Lord for making us Your own despite our short comings. Thank You for loving us while we are yet sinner, Thank You for the gift of Your Only Son Who died that we may live. Thank You Father, we Thank You.

Beloveth, yes it love that brought grace to us, we are demerit, we have no standing at all before God, but God’s favour brought us into life (Ps 30:5b). Beloveth, God’s favour is incomparable to anything. So many in the past even at present age have receive His favour only through grace. Remember what we discuss yesterday, that they are often use interchangeably.

Grace has been in operation from the Old Testament from the time of Adam and Eve. “and Noah found grace before God Gen 6:8 and Moses in Exo 33:13;17 we saw Moses pray to God on the merit of grace and God’ responses “thou hast found grace in my sight,…. God did not act only in law in the Old Testament and only in grace in the New Testament if God does not change? If the immutability is an attribute of God, then God must always act like Himself.

Grace does not ebb and flow like the tide, it does not come like weather. There are two profound truth you must hold on to as you journey in life, first Salvation came to us only through Christ and not through any other means. Secondly truth is that grace always come by Jesus Christ.

The law was given by Moses, but grace came through Christ. This does not mean that before Christ Jesus was born there was no grace. God dealt in grace with mankind, looking forward to the incarnation and death of Jesus before Christ came.

Now, since He’s come and gone to the right hand of the Father, God looks back upon the cross as we look back upon the cross. Every body from Abel on was saved by looking forward to the cross. Grace came by Jesus Christ and everybody that has been saved since the cross is saved by looking back at the cross.

Ever asked why God spared Adam and Eve? They were save through grace even when they had no children, God spared them through grace. And when they had their two boys, one offered a lamb and thus said, “I look forward to the lamb of God.” he accepted the grace of Christ Jesus thousands of years before He was born, and God gave him witness that he was justified.

We have a topic today that should and must check mate us even as we live and proclaim “grace” is not a license to use our freedom carelessly, throwing caution to the winds. We will be considering what sin is, it consequences and the role of grace obtain through the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Beloveth, if you here with me, let’s get going for the day:

“Now therefore, the sword will never leave your house because you despised Me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own wife.”—2 Samuel 12:10

What is required for God to forgive sin? Repentance. But even repentance does not ensure the removal of the consequences of sin. The consequences often remain as a reminder of the terrible, destructive nature of sin.

David was forgiven for his grievous sins of lust, adultery, robbery, and murder. God forgave him absolutely and removed his sin from him completely (Ps. 103:12). God did not, however, remove the pain that David would endure as a result of his transgressions. The child born of David’s adultery died (2 Sam. 12:14). David’s son Amnon raped David’s daughter Tamar (2 Sam. 13:14). David’s son Absalom murdered Amnon (2 Sam. 13:28–29). Absalom brought the kingdom into rebellion (2 Sam. 15). For the rest of David’s reign, violence filled his home and his kingdom. Although David knew he was forgiven, he bore the painful consequences of his sin for the rest of his life.

It is presumptuous to assume that God removes every consequence the moment you repent of your sin. Do not think that the instant you show remorse God will restore everything as it was. He may not. Some sins, such as adultery, come from a flawed character. God forgives sin immediately upon repentance, but it takes longer to build character. It is character, not forgiveness, that determines what God brings next to your life.

Because we know the devastating consequences of our disobedience, let us diligently avoid every sin and “run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Heb. 12:1b).

Did read that? The devastating consequences of our disobedience. Beloved, we must watch every step we take. For no one knoweth the hour the son of man will come even Christ does not know. Am sure if he knew He would have told us for hiddeth not from His disciple when He was with them. Even the hour appointed for your departure here on earth you knoweth not so let us take heed and run with endurance the race set before us as You have read many and many times over. Let’s keep going:

“The only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14

Believer, YOU can bear your testimony that Christ is the only begotten of the Father, as well as the first begotten from the dead. You can say, “He is divine to me, if He be human to all the world beside. He has done that for me which none but a God could do. He has subdued my stubborn will, melted a heart of adamant, opened gates of brass, and snapped bars of iron.

He hath turned for me my mourning into laughter, and my desolation into joy; He hath led my captivity captive, and made my heart rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Let others think as they will of Him, to me He must be the only begotten of the Father: blessed be His name.

And He is full of grace. Ah! had He not been I should never have been saved. He drew me when I struggled to escape from His grace; and when at last I came all trembling like a condemned culprit to His mercy-seat He said, ‘Thy sins which are many are all forgiven thee: be of good cheer.’

And He is full of truth. True have His promises been, not one has failed. I bear witness that never servant had such a master as I have; never brother such a kinsman as He has been to me; never spouse such a husband as Christ has been to my soul; never sinner a better Saviour; never mourner a better comforter than Christ hath been to my spirit. I want none beside Him.

In life He is my life, and in death He shall be the death of death; in poverty Christ is my riches; in sickness He makes my bed; in darkness He is my star, and in brightness He is my sun; He is the manna of the camp in the wilderness, and He shall be the new corn of the host when they come to Canaan.

Jesus is to me all grace and no wrath, all truth and no falsehood: and of truth and grace He is full, infinitely full. My soul, this night, bless with all thy might ‘the only Begotten.'”

Beloveth, is He same to you? If He is, then make it a reality by letting go of those sin that easily beset us and run with endurance the race set before us as we march onward to the heavenly goals while here on earth.

As you can see sin have consequences and the finality of it all is second death and hell, beware! God of grace is also God of justice and judgment.

However, the grace of God is operated toward everyone. But the saving grace of God is different. When the grace of God becomes operative through faith in Jesus Christ then there is the new birth. But the grace of God nevertheless holds back any judgment that would come until God in His kindness has given everyone a chance to repent (Tit 2:11:14).

Please read Psalm 32.

Remain blessed in the Lord Jesus.

The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.”

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Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

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May 23, 2016

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Our God is a perfect a God, O God is a perfect God, our God is perfect God Yes He is a perfect God.// My generation shall praise the Lord; my generation shall p-r-a-i-s-e the Lord 2x

Our Father in heaven is my heart felt cry this day. Father grant this request, also to all who desire to have goodly seed and bring them to Your knowledge and to serve You all the days of their lives. Thank You Father for the gift of another week, another day in this precious month of dominion through grace and peace through our Lord Jesus Christ. We are grateful to You, we praise Your Holy Name forever and ever.

Blessed Redeemer, hallow be Thy Name. May You reign in my life and my generations forever and ever in Jesus Name.

Beloved, is that your heart desire today that Your generations if Christ tarries shall serve and praise the Lord? Than you are blessed, there is no greater desire than that, that we have seeds that will sprout and take their nutrients from the Lord forever.

Beloveth, before now we are dwelleth so much on peace, however, for the remaining days we will be considering the word grace. What is grace? How do we come to be a beneficial of such priceless gift of God? So make sure you seat tight to partaker of this great revelation by the Holy Spirit to our time again.

Grace is one of the attributes of God. Is what God is. It’s meaning is close to but not same with mercy. Just as mercy flows out of the goodness of God so also grace flows out of the goodness of God.

Mercy, however, is God’s goodness confronting human guilt, whereas grace is God’s goodness confronting human demerit. (there is a different between no merit and demerit. No merit is simply a lack, demerit means that there is the opposite of merit.)

However, before we go further on these we are going to consider term “justice” for a fuller understanding of what grace is. What do we mean by justice? In Old Testament, the word righteousness and justice is the same root word with variation according to the part of speech used. It means uprightness or rectitude. To say that God is just or that the justice of God is a fact is that say that there is uprightness and rectitude in God. Ps 89:14 – righteousness and justice are the foundation of your Throne..; (Ps 97:2).

To say that God is just is to say that God is equitable, that He is morally equal (Ezek 18:25).

Therefore when God judges a man He brings justice to that man’s life. He applies justices to the moral situation which that man’s life created. And if the man’s ways are equal then justices favours the man but if man’s way are unequal then, of course, God’s sentences the man.

Okay back to grace. When justice confronts a moral situation, it pronounces death; there is a divine disapproval to the point of condemnation. God must stand against the man, because the man stands with his sin; justice must judge. Still, the goodness of God yearns to bestow blessedness even to those who don’t deserve it, but who have a specific demerit, and that blessedness is grace.

Grace is God’s God pleasure, and it is what God is like. Grace is that God brings into favour one justly in disfavor. Grace and favour, incidentally are often used interchangeably in the English bible. We will continue on this tomorrow.

I don’t know at what point you are in your journey of life with God but the topic before us today is an indication that where ever sin has left you or life challenges have abandon you, the grace of God is going to perfect all that concerneth you.

Is someone agreeing with me? If you are, let’s dig deeper for more revelation:

“The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.” Psalm 138:8

Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a divine confidence. He did not say, “I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me—my faith is so steady that it will not stagger—my love is so warm that it will never grow cold—my resolution is so firm that nothing can move it; no, his dependence was on the Lord alone.

If we indulge in any confidence which is not grounded on the Rock of ages, our confidence is worse than a dream, it will fall upon us, and cover us with its ruins, to our sorrow and confusion. All that Nature spins time will unravel, to the eternal confusion of all who are clothed therein.

The Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord’s work. It is the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is He who has carried it on; and if he does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there be one stitch in the celestial garment of our righteousness which we are to insert ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the Lord who began will perfect. He has done it all, must do it all, and will do it all.

Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do. Unbelief insinuates—”You will never be able to stand. Look at the evil of your heart, you can never conquer sin; remember the sinful pleasures and temptations of the world that beset you, you will be certainly allured by them and led astray.”

Ah! yes, we should indeed perish if left to our own strength. If we had alone to navigate our frail vessels over so rough a sea, we might well give up the voyage in despair; but, thanks be to God, He will perfect that which concerneth us, and bring us to the desired haven.

We can never be too confident when we confide in Him alone, and never too much concerned to have such a trust.

I am blessed even at this point of the teaching, I don’t know about you. I am so glad that God will perfect all that concerns me. I am so glad that the Good Lord Who has started the good work in me will perfect all that concerneth me. Some time out frustration, we abandon those we are to love, care and cherish. We left them either by the way of divorce, excommunication, or denial but God is not like man. He loves to the end. He cares to the end. He make Himself available to the wretched sinner, willful spouse, unbelieving child to come back home and gain a warm reception. He love us more daily because He is love.

Despite our unfaithfulness, God is ever Faithful, ever Dependable, always Loving and full of Mercy and abounding in Grace. Come on, let’s keep going:

“Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money.” Isaiah 43:24

Worshippers at the temple were wont to bring presents of sweet perfumes to be burned upon the altar of God: but Israel, in the time of her backsliding, became ungenerous, and made but few votive offerings to her Lord: this was an evidence of coldness of heart towards God and His house.

Reader, does this never occur with you? Might not the complaint of the text be occasionally, if not frequently, brought against you? Those who are poor in pocket, if rich in faith, will be accepted none the less because their gifts are small; but, poor reader, do you give in fair proportion to the Lord, or is the widow’s mite kept back from the sacred treasury?

The rich believer should be thankful for the talent entrusted to him, but should not forget his large responsibility, for where much is given much will be required; but, rich reader, are you mindful of your obligations, and rendering to the Lord according to the benefit received?

Jesus gave His blood for us, what shall we give to Him? We are His, and all that we have, for He has purchased us unto Himself—can we act as if we were our own? O for more consecration! and to this end, O for more love! Blessed Jesus, how good it is of Thee to accept our sweet cane bought with money! nothing is too costly as a tribute to Thine unrivalled love, and yet Thou dost receive with favour the smallest sincere token of affection!

Thou dost receive our poor forget-me-nots and love-tokens as though they were intrinsically precious, though indeed they are but as the bunch of wild flowers which the child brings to its mother. Never may we grow niggardly towards Thee, and from this hour never may we hear Thee complain of us again for withholding the gifts of our love.

We will give Thee the first fruits of our increase, and pay Thee tithes of all, and then we will confess “of Thine own have we given Thee.”

What are you giving God in return for all He has done for you? Beloved, do you still remember the message of digging trenches for the Lord? Click here to read it again.

May His abiding grace on you never be in vain! May we take advantage of who we are in the Lord and manifest His goodness in the lives of those around us and the world as a whole (Eph 5:8). Don’t forget He is perfecting all that concerneth you therefore be sensitive in your spirit mind and respond according.

Beloved, this week is declared blessed in the Name of the Lord the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and return with testimonies in Jesus Name!

Remain blessed in the Lord

We Dare Not Doubt

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Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

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May 20, 2016

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May 20

Praise the Lord O my soul 2x. // Who is like unto Thee O Lord 2x, O Lord among the gods who is like Thee, You are glorious in Holiness fearful in praising, doing wonders alleluia.

Yes! our Father is a God of Wonders. Faithful are You Lord, Thank You for the gift of this week, Thank You healings and deliverances You granted to Your children, Thank You for saving us from all evil. Blessed be Thy Holy Name forever and ever.

Father, we want to specially thank You for Your Word that You feed us daily with. Thank You for not allowing us to be famish in midst of plenty, Thank You for the understanding granted unto us as we access Your Word, Thank You keeping the grass green for Your children to feed on and thus lie down beside the still waters, Thank You Father for meeting our needs via Your word in Jesus Name.

Beloved, are you happy? Today is another Friday, another opportunity we have to bring put to work all what we have leant through the week. Friday’s messages are meant to teach us how to put the Word to work either by considering someone’s experience or the message is imparting on us directly. In all I hope is meeting needs. Praise God.

However, we started the week on the note of seeking, searching for the assurance of the peace the Lord promised. The Lord assured us that there is no need to stint (fret) concerning any issues in our lives because we have a God Who is our Present Help. The Lord also made us to know we should fear no other than Him alone and as we do that, we will be setting the atmosphere for His miracles.

Now beloved do you dare to doubt all what the Lord is concerning you? Do you doubt Him or make Him the stronghold of your life? Come along:

“I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.” Isa. 45:2

This was for Cyrus; but it is evermore the heritage of all the Lord’s own spiritual servants. Only let us go forward by faith, and our way will be cleared for us. Crooks and turns of human craft and Satanic subtlety shall be straightened for us; we shall not need to track their devious windings.

The gates of brass shall be broken, and the iron bars which fastened them shall be cut asunder. We shall not need the battering ram nor the crowbar: the Lord Himself will do the impossible for us, and the unexpected shall be a fact.

Let us not sit down in coward fear. Let us press onward in the path of duty; for the Lord hath said it, “I will go before thee.” Ours not to reason why; ours but to dare and dash forward. It is the Lord’s work, and He will enable us to do it: all impediments must yield before Him.

Hath He not said, “I will break in pieces the gates of brass?” What can hinder His purpose or balk His decrees? Those who serve God have infinite resources. The way is clear to faith though barred to human strength. When Jehovah says, “I will,” as He does twice in this promise, we dare not doubt.

Beloved, it is not by power nor by might but by My Spirit says the Lord. We must lean on Him to keep going on. The Lord is my stronghold whom shall fear:

The Lord Is The Stronghold Of My Life

“The Lord is the stronghold of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1b)

Look around you at the people, circumstances and institutions in which you tend to put your trust. With the slightest shift of the wind they could come crumbling down around you:

People are fickle.

Circumstances change.

Institutions rise and fall.

King David cautioned such:

“Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save… Though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.” (Psalm 146:3; 62:10b).

One sneeze in London, Wall Street or OPEC and we all get colds. One unforeseen change in governmental policy and whole industries are deeply affected.

Most of the kings and king-makers of the last decade are but a faded memory in today’s centers of power and commerce.

So… what exactly is the stronghold of your life? If it happens to be people, circumstances, or institutions you have just cause to be afraid.

King David grasped the vulnerability of our man-made towers of Babel, in crying out to God,

“Whom have I in heaven but you, and earth has nothing I desire but you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” (Psalm 73:25, 26)

Therefore today, as you embark upon the challenges confronting you, keep in mind the Scripture’s formula for experiencing God as your stronghold:

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ‘s power may rest on me… For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Corinthians 12:9, 10)

The only barrier to you experiencing God as your stronghold would be your foolish trust in man, or in your lofty assumption that you can pull it off without Him at the center of your efforts.

Beloved, the recent uproar all over the world is trusting in vanity of which we are meant to believe in as expounded by various secular professors, forgetting that it is God that grant success to all our endeavours. Let us lean not on our understanding but daily hold onto Him as our stronghold as we hail Him all the way till He come in glory or walk on the street paved with gold.

Have a blessed weekend. See you next week by God’s grace.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

Fear Only God

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Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

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May 19, 2016

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Thank You for saving me, Thank You my Lord 2x. There is power mighty in the blood 2x, there is power mighty in the blood of Jesus Christ, there is power mighty in the blood.

Our Father, we worship and adore You for Your works within and around us. Mighty are your deeds, mighty are Your works. Great is Your faithfulness and power, glory forever and ever.

Thank You Lord for the gift of another day full with divine surprises and answers to our prayer. Precious Father be Thou magnify in the heaven; be glorify here on earth in the Name of Jesus.

Beloveth, what a blessed moment in God’s presence. No sweeter place can we be than being in the Presence of the Most High God. He is the King of kings, the Ancient One, Our Rock of Ages, He is the Beginning and the End, there is non- like Him.

Yesterday, our teaching centered on God, “our present help.” Do you consider that statement correct? Is God your present help? Why do I ask You that? Is one thing to know something but is another to apply it.

It is only an applied knowledge that benefits an individual, family or society. If you don’t apply the knowledge gained in a training, reading, or by experience, is as good as not having the knowledge at all.

If God is indeed your present help as we was treated yesterday and also depicts in Psalms 121 than you can never be confounded according to 1 Pet 2:6.

Beloved if you are making the above confession then you will fret about nothing else but to fear only God.

Let’s get going:

“So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.” Heb. 13:6

Because God will never leave nor forsake us, we may well be content with such things as we have. Since the Lord is ours, we cannot be left without a friend, a treasure, and a dwelling-place. This assurance may make us feel quite independent of men. Under such high patronage we do not feel tempted to cringe before our fellowmen, and ask of them permission to call our lives our own; but what we say we boldly say, and defy contradiction.

He who fears God has nothing else to fear. We should stand in such awe of the living Lord that all the threats that can be used by the proudest persecutor should have no more effect upon us than the whistling of the wind. Man in these days cannot do so much against us as he could when the apostle wrote the verse at the head of this page.

Racks and stakes are out of fashion. Giants men cannot burn the pilgrims now. If the followers of false teachers try cruel mockery and scorn, we do not wonder at it, for the men of this world cannot love the heavenly seed. What then?

We must bear the world’s scorn. It breaks no bones. God helping us, let us be bold, and when the world rages let it rage, but let us not fear it.

Did you read that, “the world’s scorn cannot break your bones,” then let’s us receive strength and boldness from God to fear not but dare more. Look into the eye of the raging storms all around us instead of crying “why me,” we will shout back it to “try me.” Praise God.

Come along with to see what faith in God alone can do. Our God is not a God of methodology, Anyway He choose to do things is His way. So, we must at this time not only pray but we must listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit. If you are suck in the way you are going, instead of wasting all day lamenting, do a quick U-turn after enquiring from God and move on. More from below:

“And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your cattle, and your beasts.” 2Kings 3:16,17

The armies of the three kings were famishing for want of water: God was about to send it, and in these words the prophet announced the coming blessing. Here was a case of human helplessness: not a drop of water could all the valiant men procure from the skies or find in the wells of earth.

Thus often the people of the Lord are at their wits’ end; they see the vanity of the creature, and learn experimentally where their help is to be found. Still the people were to make a believing preparation for the divine blessing; they were to dig the trenches in which the precious liquid would be held.

The church must by her varied agencies, efforts, and prayers, make herself ready to be blessed; she must make the pools, and the Lord will fill them. This must be done in faith, in the full assurance that the blessing is about to descend. By-and-by there was a singular bestowal of the needed boon. Not as in Elijah’s case did the shower pour from the clouds, but in a silent and mysterious manner the pools were filled.

The Lord has His own sovereign modes of action: He is not tied to manner and time as we are, but doeth as He pleases among the sons of men. It is ours thankfully to receive from Him, and not to dictate to Him. We must also notice the remarkable abundance of the supply—there was enough for the need of all. And so it is in the gospel blessing; all the wants of the congregation and of the entire church shall be met by the divine power in answer to prayer; and above all this, victory shall be speedily given to the armies of the Lord.

What am I doing for Jesus? What trenches am I digging? O Lord, make me ready to receive the blessing which Thou art so willing to bestow.

Answer the above question, however, If you are yet to start, start now, is better late than never. Let us walk as children of light (Eph 5:8-11). And see God do the impossible for you. Are still in doubt? But you just read it, why are you doubting what God can do? Sorry, He may not come the way you are projecting, planning or expecting Him to come but He will still come afterall.

Glory be to the God in the Highest! AMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEee.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

“A very present help.”

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Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

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May 18, 2016

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Jesus what a Wonder You Are. You are so Precious, so Good and so K-i-n-d. You Who shines (Who shines) like a bright morning star (like a bright morning star). Jesus, Lord Jesus, what a Wonder You are. // Blessed be Thy Name of the Lord, He is worthy to be praise and adore, Lord we lift our Holy hands in one accord, singing blessed be Thy Name x2 of the Lord.

Our Father in heaven, we lift our eyes unto Thee, You’re dressed in Royal Majesty. We exalt You, we bless Your Holy Name, we are adore You forever and ever Amen! Thank You for saving us from all dangers, Thank You for the provisions and Your loving-kindness all around Your children, blessed by Thy Name for ever and ever.

Dear Beloveth, is good to praise and worship the One Who is and is yet to come. It is also good to acknowledge God in all that you do and plan to do because He is the One that establishes our thoughts. Praise God.

In Phil 4:7, the Word of the Lord said “and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. But before these verse can you read verse 6? What is it talking about?

It said, “be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God.”

And that is what we are going to do right away. To pray to our God Who is our present help at all times. Instead of fretting on any issues of life, we should take it to God, our Father, our Helper.

Before we get going, I just want to briefly share an encounter with you that happened this morning to confer to you that Prayer works and our God indeed is “our present help.”

While bathing my second son this morning, the cloud was dark and he and his siblings were discussing about the dark cloud, while all these were going on, I did not utter a word and my son notice it and said “mum of all what we saying you aren’t worried one bit,” and I replied “worried about what?

He said “about the fact that it might start raining any moment from now and I replied him “of what use will that be if I should start worrying about the rain that is about to fall, however I added even if it is going to rain, I believe that when you will be fully ready to go to school it will stop raining and that ended the discussion ofcourse I had also finished bathing him.

And that was exactly what happened by the time they were ready to leave the house, the rain not only stop but the cloud was so bright.

Why am I sharing this you, after I reassured my son that the rain will stop before they will be ready to go to school this morning, on getting to my room, I offered prayer to God to stop the rain before the children are ready to go and God honoured my prayer. Now imagine what would have happen if I was panicked the way they were and got myself worked up and worrying over the rainfall.

So it is in some of the things that happens around us, we get irritated over nothing and sometimes things though physically we don’t have control over then but spiritually our Father can handle it on our behalf.

Oftentimes, the things we fear most never get to happen, why getting yourself in that corner? So let us learn to apply this very portion of the Word in our life and situation, tell you the truth it works.

“Be careful for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication … let your request be made known unto God.”

Let us go into today’s teaching:

“A very present help.” Psalm 46:1

Covenant blessings are not meant to be looked at only, but to be appropriated. Even our Lord Jesus is given to us for our present use. Believer, thou dost not make use of Christ as thou oughtest to do. When thou art in trouble, why dost thou not tell Him all thy grief? Has He not a sympathizing heart, and can He not comfort and relieve thee? No, thou art going about to all thy friends, save thy best Friend, and telling thy tale everywhere except into the bosom of thy Lord.

Art thou burdened with this day’s sins? Here is a fountain filled with blood: use it, saint, use it. Has a sense of guilt returned upon thee? The pardoning grace of Jesus may be proved again and again. Come to Him at once for cleansing.

Dost thou deplore thy weakness? He is thy strength: why not lean upon Him? Dost thou feel naked? Come hither, soul; put on the robe of Jesus’ righteousness. Stand not looking at it, but wear it. Strip off thine own righteousness, and thine own fears too: put on the fair white linen, for it was meant to wear.

Dost thou feel thyself sick? Pull the night-bell of prayer, and call up the Beloved Physician! He will give the cordial that will revive thee. Thou art poor, but then thou hast “a kinsman, a mighty man of wealth.” What! wilt thou not go to Him, and ask Him to give thee of His abundance, when He has given thee this promise, that thou shalt be joint heir with Him, and has made over all that He is and all that He has to be thine?

There is nothing Christ dislikes more than for His people to make a show-thing of Him, and not to use Him. He loves to be employed by us. The more burdens we put on His shoulders, the more precious will He be to us.

“Let us be simple with Him, then,

Not backward, stiff, or cold,

As though our Bethlehem could be

What Sinai was of old.”

Did you read that “He loves to be employed by us, to be use by us and not to make a show of Him.” See the next instruction to you, “do you dare to open the door for him to come in.”

I sensed in my Spirit that this is not referring to being “born again”. Beloved, where do you need His touch? Which area of your life do you want Him to touch or put in another way, which area of your live is a “Touch Not”? That is where Jesus is knocking at this moment, if you let Him in, you will be free from its torment forever:

“If any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him.” Revelation 3:20

What is your desire today? Is it set upon heavenly things? Do you long to enjoy the high doctrine of eternal love? Do you desire liberty in very close communion with God? Do you aspire to know the heights, and depths, and lengths, and breadths?

Then you must draw ear to Jesus; you must get a clear sight of Him in His preciousness and completeness: you must view Him in His work, in His offices, in His person. He who understands Christ, receives an anointing from the Holy One, by which He knows all things. Christ is the great master-key of all the chambers of God: there is no treasure-house of God which will not open and yield up all its wealth to the soul that lives near to Jesus.

Are you saying, “O that He would dwell in my bosom”? “Would that He would make my heart His dwelling-place for ever”? Open the door, beloved, and He will come into your souls. He has long been knocking, and all with this object, that He may sup with you, and you with Him. He sups with you because you find the house or the heart, and you with Him because He brings the provision. He could not sup with you if it were not in your heart, you finding the house; nor could you sup with Him, for you have a bare cupboard, if He did not bring provision with Him.

Fling wide, then, the portals of your soul. He will come with that love which you long to feel; He will come with that joy into which you cannot work your poor depressed spirit; He will bring the peace which now you have not; He will come with His flagons of wine and sweet apples of love, and cheer you till you have no other sickness but that of “love o’erpowering, love divine.”

Only open the door to Him, drive out His enemies, give Him the keys of your heart, and He will dwell there for ever. Oh, wondrous love, that brings such a guest to dwell in such a heart!

Open that portion where you need Jesus to come in and you are settle for ever. Never give up on Him, believe Jesus and He will be your present help all the way.

Pray and receive answers to all you will ask from today. God answers prayer; yours will not be an exception.

Today is an acceptable day, let the Prince of Peace into Your heart and see His glory shinning all around you.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

No Need to Stint

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Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

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May 17, 2016

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Who is like unto Thee O Lord! 2x among the gods who is like Thee You are glorious in holiness fearful in praises doing wonder alleluia.// How excellent is Your Name O Lord! 2x, How excellent is Your Name O Lord 2x, How excellent is Your Name 3x O Lord!.

Powerful Father, hallow be Thy Name, let Thy kingdom come and Thy will be done in heaven, give us this day and forgive us our trespasses, leads us not into temptation but deliver us from all evil. Thank You Father for the gift of another day in the land of the living. We are confident that You will bless us today and always, be blessed forever in Jesus Name.

Beloved, how are you doing? I believe that it well with your Spirit. The grace and peace of the Lord is speaking in your life, glory be to God. Faithful is our God beloveth, He is more than what you call Him. He is able to do more than you can ever think or ever imagine. Glory be to God in the highest.

Beloveth, open your bible to 1 Pet 2:9-10. Who did your bible says you are? By what name were called? My own bible call me an elect race, a royal priesthood, a Holy nation, a purchased people. Why are You called so- that I may show forth the virtues of him Who has called You out of darkness into His marvelous light. Who are before now- You were not once a people, but now are the people of God; who were once without mercy, but now you have found mercy. P-r-a-i-s-e the Name of the Lord!

Then tell me why do you fret? If God had so called you by all these names why are afraid or worry about the evil doers in land. Their end is known, so why worry about them. Turn our bible to Ps 37. What did verses 1 and 2 said? Then read verses 3-11, what are you hearing? Continue with verse 12 – 20, what is the bible saying about the evil doers in the land? Okay, let consider verses 21upto 26. Then read verses 27- 34, finally what is verses 35-40 saying?

Can you see that you need not to faint neither do you need to be afraid of the evil doers in the land, their destinations are known. Each time you are overcome with thoughts from the pit of hell, quickly grab the Word of God, the Lord will direct you to where to read and be comforted.

Turn your bible to Ps 91, what does the first chapter says “if you live in the shelter of the Most High God; you will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty (NLT). Read it to the end also, so what are hearing in your Spirit man as you reading?

Therefore, are you ready to tell our trouble mind to calm down, truly there is no need to stint. I say to you “All are well with you, do not be afraid.”

Let’s get down to the teaching of the day and find out why yea shall not stint:

“The upright shall have good things in possession.” Prov. 28:10

The Book of Proverbs is also a Book of Promises. Promises ought to be proverbs among the people of God. This is a very remarkable one. We are accustomed to think of our good things as in reversion, but here we are told that we shall have them in possession.

Not all the malice and cunning of our enemies can work our destruction: they shall fall into the pit which they have digged. Our inheritance is so entailed upon us that we shall not be kept out of it, nor so turned out of the way as to miss it.

But what have we now? We have a quiet conscience through the precious blood of Jesus. We have the love of God set upon us beyond all change. We have power with God in prayer in all time of need. We have the providence of God to watch over us, the angels of God to minister to us, and, above all, the Spirit of God to dwell in us.

In fact, all things are ours. “Whether things present or things to come: all are yours.” Jesus is ours. Yea, the divine trinity in unity is ours. Hallelujah. Let us not pine and whine, and stint and slave, since we have good things in possession. Let us live on our God and rejoice in Him all the day. Help us, O Holy Ghost!

Have you discovered why you should not stint? Why you should not worry either? Because your heavenly Father giveth us richly all things to enjoy, let’s move on:

“Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy.” 1Timothy 6:17

Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw His hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a sun ever-shining; He is manna always falling round the camp; He is a rock in the desert, ever sending out streams of life from His smitten side; the rain of His grace is always dropping; the river of His bounty is ever-flowing, and the well-spring of His love is constantly overflowing.

As the King can never die, so His grace can never fail. Daily we pluck His fruit, and daily His branches bend down to our hand with a fresh store of mercy. There are seven feast-days in His weeks, and as many as are the days, so many are the banquets in His years. Who has ever returned from His door unblessed? Who has ever risen from His table unsatisfied, or from His bosom un-emparadised?

His mercies are new every morning and fresh every evening. Who can know the number of His benefits, or recount the list of His bounties? Every sand which drops from the glass of time is but the tardy follower of a myriad of mercies. The wings of our hours are covered with the silver of His kindness, and with the yellow gold of His affection. The river of time bears from the mountains of eternity the golden sands of His favour. The countless stars are but as the standard bearers of a more innumerable host of blessings.

Who can count the dust of the benefits which He bestows on Jacob, or tell the number of the fourth part of His mercies towards Israel? How shall my soul extol Him who daily loadeth us with benefits, and who crowneth us with loving-kindness? O that my praise could be as ceaseless as His bounty! O miserable tongue, how canst thou be silent?

Wake up, I pray thee, lest I call thee no more my glory, but my shame. “Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early.”

Beloved, God load us daily with benefits. Do you have full understanding of this saying? He did not stop there, he crowneth us with loving-kindness.

Have you ever enjoyed the loving-kindness of our God? You can find out from the following people Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Naomi, Hannah, Jehoshaphat and so many others how loving is our Father.

To help You further you can read the following bible passages to see the wondrous works of our Holy Father Jehovah Elohim towards His children Gen 24:27;Gen 32:10; 2 Sam 22:51; 2 Chr 1:8; 2 Chr 20:21 Ps 13:5; Ps 18:50; Ps 100:5; Isa 54:10; Jer 9:24; Jer 31:3,11; Lam 3:22; Dan 9:4; Joel 2:13; Jnh 4:2,; Mic 7:18,20 and many others if You add to it.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

“In the world ye shall have tribulation.”

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Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

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May 16, 2016

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I will lift up Your Name (I will lift up Your Name) I will lift up Your Name (I will lift up Your Name), I will lift up Your Name O God, above every other name, O Lord. // All the glory be to the Lord, for He is worthy of praise, no man on earth should be glory to Himself, all the glory must be to the Lord.

Merciful God, here we are before Your presence, to glorify You and adore You and worship You with all that You made us to be. You are gracious to us; we grateful to You Lord, Who indeed is our all in all. Blessed be Your Name forever and ever.

Beloved, welcome back to our forum this morning, I sincerely hope that you had a nice weekend and you top it with yesterday worship? If you among those that went to church yesterday, shout alleluia!

We are nothing without God and aside Him, we can do nothing. Faithful is our God, we must always plan our programs in such a way that it will enable us to worship God every Sunday, because you are blessed in His presence, aside that you get inspired and you are fired up for the week. Praise God.

For most of us our activity start today and we come with goodnews from the Throne of grace this day to make the rest of the year enjoyable for us despite the distress all around. Thanks be to our Lord Jesus Who knew everything ahead and got us prepared before it came to past.

At the beginning of the month, the Lord declared to us that this is our month of dominion through the grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ through the mouth of His servant as she delivered same to the ministry as said by God (1Pet 4:11).

Steadily the days unfold into weeks and just before we are midway in the month, the Word of the Lord manifested. There was chaos all around us, people were greatly distress, thank God that before now He had instructed that we are gaining dominion through the grace that comes from Jesus; through the peace that He left while going back to His Father. Praise the Lord!

Let’s open our bibles to Isa 55:10-11 and it said “just as the rain and snow fall from heaven, and do not return there without saturating the earth, and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, so My Word that comes from My mouth will not return to me empty but it will accomplish what I please, and will prosper in what I send it [to do]” (HCSB).

Beloveth, this is an assurance to us that even if the whole world is coming down, God is promising safety to us, His children. He is promising His peace and He is making His grace to abound unto us for every good work.

Please can you read the last line again “His word must accomplished that which is pleasing to Him and prosper in what it was sent to do.”

Your peace has been guaranteed by the Lord, however, if you allow the recent happenings to distress you, you are to be blame. It is not you that will bring peace, you are having your peace through submitting and committing yourself, family, business, career, ministry into God’s hand.

Talk to your Father regularly in prayer. Make your channel to heaven wide open and see you triumphanting in the midst of famine and hardship. Praise the Lord!

As the topic of today depicts “in the world you will have tribulation, but in Him you will have peace. Therefore, be courageous! I have conquered the world (Jn 16:33).

So relax your nerve all the time with the Word, pray your way through any challenging until you receive from the Lord what to do. Beloveth, receive grace to persevere in the place of prayer in Jesus Name.

Let’s go through the teaching of the day:

“In the world ye shall have tribulation.” John 16:33

Art thou asking the reason of this, believer? Look upward to thy heavenly Father, and behold Him pure and holy. Dost thou know that thou art one day to be like Him? Wilt thou easily be conformed to His image? Wilt thou not require much refining in the furnace of affliction to purify thee? Will it be an easy thing to get rid of thy corruptions, and make thee perfect even as thy Father which is in heaven is perfect?

Next, Christian, turn thine eye downward. Dost thou know what foes thou hast beneath thy feet? Thou wast once a servant of Satan, and no king will willingly lose his subjects. Dost thou think that Satan will let thee alone? No, he will be always at thee, for he “goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

Expect trouble, therefore, Christian, when thou lookest beneath thee. Then look around thee. Where art thou? Thou art in an enemy’s country, a stranger and a sojourner. The world is not thy friend. If it be, then thou art not God’s friend, for he who is the friend of the world is the enemy of God. Be assured that thou shalt find foe-men everywhere. When thou sleepest, think that thou art resting on the battlefield; when thou walkest, suspect an ambush in every hedge. As mosquitoes are said to bite strangers more than natives, so will the trials of earth be sharpest to you.

Lastly, look within thee, into thine own heart and observe what is there. Sin and self are still within. Ah! if thou hadst no devil to tempt thee, no enemies to fight thee, and no world to ensnare thee, thou wouldst still find in thyself evil enough to be a sore trouble to thee, for “the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” Expect trouble then, but despond not on account of it, for God is with thee to help and to strengthen thee. He hath said, “I will be with thee in trouble; I will deliver thee and honour thee.”

Our Lord Jesus said “be courageous! I have conquered the world.” Beloveth, you are dominating this month through the peace Christ left behind while going back to heaven, wherefore He has blessed us with every spiritual blessings in the heaven in Christ for He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, to be Holy and blameless in His sight…. (Eph 1:3-6). Let’s discover more:

“Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings.” Ephesians 1:3

All the goodness of the past, the present, and the future, Christ bestows upon His people. In the mysterious ages of the past the Lord Jesus was His Father’s first elect, and in His election He gave us an interest, for we were chosen in Him from before the foundation of the world. He had from all eternity the prerogatives of Sonship, as His Father’s only-begotten and well-beloved Son, and He has, in the riches of His grace, by adoption and regeneration, elevated us to sonship also, so that to us He has given “power to become the sons of God.”

The eternal covenant, based upon suretiship and confirmed by oath, is ours, for our strong consolation and security.

In the everlasting settlements of predestinating wisdom and omnipotent decree, the eye of the Lord Jesus was ever fixed on us; and we may rest assured that in the whole roll of destiny there is not a line which militates against the interests of His redeemed.

The great betrothal of the Prince of Glory is ours, for it is to us that He is affianced, as the sacred nuptials shall ere long declare to an assembled universe.

The marvellous incarnation of the God of heaven, with all the amazing condescension and humiliation which attended it, is ours. The bloody sweat, the scourge, the cross, are ours for ever. Whatever blissful consequences flow from perfect obedience, finished atonement, resurrection, ascension, or intercession, all are ours by His own gift.

Upon His breastplate he is now bearing our names; and in His authoritative pleadings at the throne He remembers our persons and pleads our cause. His dominion over principalities and powers, and His absolute majesty in heaven, He employs for the benefit of them who trust in Him.

His high estate is as much at our service as was His condition of abasement. He who gave Himself for us in the depths of woe and death, doth not withdraw the grant now that He is enthroned in the highest heavens.

God is blessing someone today with His heavenly blessings. If you are the one shout alleluia! This blessings are for His children and am sure you are one. Therefore come and take what belongs to you from the foundation of the world, because you have been predestined to be adopted through Jesus Christ for Himself according to His favour and will.

Beloveth, before the verse 3 of Eph 1, Apostle Paul in his greeting to the Ephesians said “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (HCSB)

It is this same Word we are leaving you with today as you start your day. Dig deeper in the Word as you walk through this week. May you never be weary or distressed with any news. May our Covenant Keeping God restore your hope in Him through the miracles He will bring your way in Jesus Name.

This week is declared blessed in the Name of the Lord the Father, of the Son Jesus Christ and of the Holy Spirit, Amen!

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Brutalization

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Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

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May 13, 2016

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We are saying Thank You Jesus Thank You my Lord 2x for Your goodness we say Thank You, Thank You Lord, for Your kindness we say Thank You, Thank You my Lord.// Let the Spirit of the Lord come down Amen 2x Let the Spirit of the Lord from heaven’s come down, et the Spirit of the Lord comes down,

Everlasting Father, here we are again with heart full of thanks and praise and worship to You. Thank You for guiding us all through the week. Thank You for caring for us, protecting and preserving us from all evil. We are grateful to You and we say Thank You Lord.

Beloved, hope you are good? Are You Thank God for His faithfulness over you and your beloved ones. Are you grateful to Him for the little you are seeing while trusting Him for the big bang that will soon be announce? The Word of God command us to always give thanks to God.

You cannot make your hair to either be black or white (am not talking about dying your hair with colours, okay if you can do that), can you number the hair on your head? You don’t know the end of the day even if you have by grace step into it. So always tell yourself whether is good or bad my Spirit praise the Lord. Read the account of Paul in (Phil 4:6; Jas 4:10)

We have by the grace of God brought so many things our way this week ranging from the Pentecost experience, to the mother’s day celebration, to Reminding God of His promises to us. Today by the grace of God we are going to X-ray “Brutalization,” what are causes and solution to such an unheavenly attitude. We will also consider the fruit of the Holy Spirit and how best to access same into our lives. Praise the Lord.

Many people will deny God in the face of this challenging situation that the country is faced with. Though we don’t want to mix politics with what we are called to do in this ministry, however, we will offer “caution” to faithful Christians where need be.

My heart was down yesterday, because of the recent happening in our societies. I was so concern on the ripple effects it will have on everything around us. For a long time I was struggling in my mind and was just heaving a sigh and word came into my heart that settled my case forever. “Your economy is not of this world.” I have to search the Word to back it up. Please read the following scriptures with me, you can also add more to it and send to us (we don’t mind because the children of God need to be comforted and be focus especially at this time and not distraction) (Deut 11:11; 9:1; Ex 16:4; Neh 9:15;20).

I believe also that your own economy is not of this world too. If God rained bread and meat in the desert and cared for His children for 40years in the wilderness long before now beloved, He will do much more now. In that business, career or profession, God will do much more for you. The wisdom to be better in what you are doing God will grant unto you unto Jesus Name. Make the Holy Spirit your Companion and Director, you will never miss a mark rather you will grow in stature. Alleluia somebody!

The caution here is “don’t blaspheme the Holy Spirit.” Acknowledge God as He is blessing you. Do not hide under the disguise of bad economy and withdraw bread from the poor and the needy around you, and the church of God. Give cheerfully, do not be too careful with what God is blessing you. He alone why He is blessing you at this time, do not shut your door with your own hand.

Concerning you, if everybody is saying there is a casting down, for you and your business and career, there will be lifting up. Does that gives you comfort? Well, the Lord will still give His word to you if you sort Him. This is what my Spirit comforted with that gave me peace, so you can search further from the scripture for more.

Come with me as we go through the teachings of today and I believe God, we will grow in grace even as our dear apostle Peter told us and drop every demonic influences that so easily beset us:

Brutalization

Why is it that we often find:

God so distant?
Our hearts so cold?
The Scriptures so flat?
Our efforts at ministry so fruitless?

WHY IS CONNECTING WITH GOD SO DIFFICULT?

One reason may be the fact that in the work environment we are brutalized

My guess is that to survive, we feel we have to be tough. Thick-skinned. A person who is impervious to pain, pressure… problems. Someone who has the answers.

So our work day is often characterized by a high degree of stress. Politics. Manipulation: Doing whatever it takes to win.

We become hardened. Jaded. Cynical. Cold. Exploitative. Brutalized. (2 Timothy 3:1-4)

Much in our professional world caters to pride: To impressing and being impressed. And when we carry this hardened attitude over into our approach to God, He simply will not be known, as our Heavenly Father responds only to the humble… To the poor in spirit. (James 4:6; Matthew 5:3)

Since the brutal work environment probably will remain with us, let me propose two solutions:

(1) That we settle in our soul the fact that it is God, not us, who meets our needs. “But remember the lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth… “ (Deuteronomy 8:18). Once we understand God to be our provider, we are then free to serve people rather than manipulate them to our advantage.

(2) That we settle in our soul either that God’s grace is sufficient in the circumstances, or that He will provide a way of escape from the circumstances. (2 Corinthians 12:9, 10; 1 Corinthians 10:13)

Once we choose to rest in the provision, grace, and sovereignty of God, intimacy with Him will become an increasing reality, the Scriptures will begin to come alive, and fruit in and through our lives will start to bud!

Yes, we will start to bud good fruit and not vices. Read on:

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.—Galatians 5:22–23

An examination of the fruits of the Spirit can be intimidating. Working all nine of these traits into your life seems impossible, and indeed it is. But the moment you became a Christian, the Holy Spirit began a divine work to produce Christ’s character in you. Regardless of who you are, the Spirit works from the same model, Jesus Christ.

The Spirit looks to Christ in order to find the blueprint for your character. The Spirit will immediately begin helping you experience and practice the same love that Jesus had when He laid down His life for His friends. The same joy He experienced will now fill you. The identical peace that guarded the heart of Jesus, even as He was being beaten and mocked, will be the peace that the Spirit works to instill in you.

The patience Jesus had for His most unteachable disciple will be the patience that the Spirit now develops in you. The kindness Jesus showed toward children and sinners will soften your heart toward others. There will be a goodness about you that is only explainable by the presence of the Spirit of God.

The Spirit will build the same faithfulness into you that led Jesus to be entirely obedient to His Father. The Spirit will teach you self-control so that you will have strength to do what is right and to resist temptation.

All of this is as natural as the growth of fruit on a tree. You do not have to orchestrate it on your own. It automatically begins the moment you become a believer. How quickly it happens depends upon how completely you yield yourself to the Holy Spirit’s activity.

Beloved, be clothed with power from above and see yourself manifesting all these virtues with the help of the Holy Spirit. These virtues will keep You flying high above your fellows if you can get them.

Have a lovely weekend, keep reminding God His promises to you on that issue until it is settles forever. As more merges, keep at the Word and you will keep overcoming all.

See you next week by God’s grace. Please remember my good friend and her siblings in your prayers as they lay the remains of their adorable mother to rest today. May they be comforted in the Lord as she (her mother) had to answer her call when the roll call came calling from yonder.

Remain ever blessed in the Lord.

Remind God of His Promise

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Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

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May 12, 2016

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How excellent is Your Name O! Lord 2x how excellent is Your Name 3x O God, how excellent is Your Name 3x O God. Amen Alleluia, Amen Alleluia, Amen.

Heavenly Father, we bow before Your Holy Name, we exalt Your Name above all the earth, Faithful Father, we worship You, we adore You for Who You, blessed be Thy Holy Name forever and ever Amen.

Beloveth, what a blessed day ahead of us today. Did you prayed as we were instructed to do yesterday? Sincerely I did. Beloveth obedience is key in our worship of God. If you are not determine to obey God, why waste your time, because the wisdom is knowledge applied if you are willing to apply what God is telling to do why bother at all.

Let open our bible to proverb 4:7-8. What is it talking about? Wisdom! The bible describe it as a principle thing and advise us to exalt her and she will honour us,

Many of us see the bible as story book. I want you to stop thinking about it as a religious book or history book. I want you to start thinking of it as a handbook for living. It is God’s wisdom put in prints for you to apply in your life and circumstances.

Consistent reading and applying the Word will turn you to an overcomer. Not just now and then. Not just here and there but every in every single area of your life.

Guard your time in word, Satan will steal it if he can he will use everything from television to church activities to lure you away from God’s Wisdom.

Why because he know that the Word makes you free from his dominion! If he can keep you from the Word, he can keep you bound and struggling (Jn 8:32)

Let consider Isa 55:10-11. In other word you don’t to stay below God’s thoughts. Your thoughts can come up to His level how? Through His word, God’s thoughts are in His Word.

God’s Word are living forces. Powerful forces that, if you allow them to take up residence in you, will produces holiness in your life and you will become untouchable for Jesus.

If you have done what you ask to do, just do it and you will amazed. The Spirit of show me that so many who read this message do not have full understanding of what to do.

Then we have to repeat it, so by faith connect to this divine instruction and be blessed.

Yesterday I did not want to give out promises to plead because I don’t want guide your thought, I want you to express yourself before Him, but sense in my Spirit that what God wants us to do today.

However at the end we will give some promises that you can go through to help you.

Let’s go before God to remind Him of His promises and by faith believe that is done:

“And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good.” Gen. 32:12

This is the sure way of prevailing with the Lord in prayer. We may humbly remind Him of what He has said. Our faithful God will never run back from His word, nor will He leave it unfulfilled; yet He loves to be enquired of by His people, and put in mind of His promise.

This is refreshing to their memories, reviving to their faith, and renewing to their hope. God’s Word is given, not for His sake, but for ours. His purposes are settled, and He needs nothing to bind Him to His design of doing His people good; but He gives the promise for our strengthening and comfort. Hence He wishes us to plead it, and say to Him, “Thou saidst.”

“I will surely do thee good” is just the essence of all the Lord’s gracious sayings. Lay a special stress on the word “surely.” He will do us good, real good, lasting good, only good, every good. He will make us good, and this is to do us good in the very highest degree.

He will treat us as He does his saints while we are here, and that is good. He will soon take us to be with Jesus and all His chosen, and that is supremely good. With this promise in our hearts we need not fear angry Esau, nor anyone else. If the Lord will do us good, who can do us hurt?

His promise is to do us good not evil. More of sayings:

“Thy gentleness hath made me great.” Psalm 18:35

The words are capable of being translated, “Thy goodness hath made me great.” David gratefully ascribed all his greatness not to his own goodness, but the goodness of God. “Thy providence,” is another reading; and providence is nothing more than goodness in action.

Goodness is the bud of which providence is the flower, or goodness is the seed of which providence is the harvest. Some render it, “Thy help,” which is but another word for providence; providence being the firm ally of the saints, aiding them in the service of their Lord. Or again, “Thy humility hath made me great.” “Thy condescension” may, perhaps, serve as a comprehensive reading, combining the ideas mentioned, including that of humility.

It is God’s making Himself little which is the cause of our being made great. We are so little, that if God should manifest His greatness without condescension, we should be trampled under His feet; but God, who must stoop to view the skies, and bow to see what angels do, turns His eye yet lower, and looks to the lowly and contrite, and makes them great.

There are yet other readings, as for instance, the Septuagint, which reads, “Thy discipline”—Thy fatherly correction—”hath made me great;” while the Chaldee paraphrase reads, “Thy word hath increased me.” Still the idea is the same. David ascribes all his own greatness to the condescending goodness of his Father in heaven. May this sentiment be echoed in our hearts this day while we cast our crowns at Jesus’ feet, and cry, “Thy gentleness hath made me great.”

How marvellous has been our experience of God’s gentleness! How gentle have been His corrections! How gentle His forbearance! How gentle His teachings! How gentle His drawings! Meditate upon this theme, O believer. Let gratitude be awakened; let humility be deepened; let love be quickened ere thou fallest asleep to-night.

Beloveth, God gentleness had us great. Do you believe that?

More promises below:

1 Thess 5:24 – He is faithful who calls you, who will also perform it

Ps 30: 5.- … in His favour is life

2 Cor 3:5- God is our sufficiency

2 Cor 9:8 – and God is able to make all grace abound unto you …. May abound unto every good work.

1 Sam 16:3 – I will show you what to do

Isa 48:17- I am the Lord that teacheth you how to make profit.

Acts 17:28- for in him we live and move and have our being;

Ps 132:15- I will abundantly bless her provision

2 Cor 6:16- ….we are God’s temple

Ps 119 :173- let thine hand help me for I have choose thy statues

2 Pet. 2:9- he that believeth in Him shall not be confounded

2 Cor 10:5- We demolish argument and every high-minded thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, taking thoughts captive to the obedience of God.

Ps 119:117- Uphold me and I will be safe…

Rom 4:17- ….calling those things that be not as they were.

Joel 3:16- the Lord is the hope of His people and the strength of the children of Israel

Num 23:23- surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel…

Isa 45:19- I have not spoken in secret, …I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain…

Beloveth, pick up among the list and add yours if yours was not included. I believe God will be true to Himself Heb 6:13-18

Remain blessed in the Lord

“Lift them up for ever”

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Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

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May 11, 2016

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I will rejoice in the Lord my God I will rejoice in the Lord. I lift up my hand to worship the Lord, this is the day He has made.// come praise the Lord (come praise the Lord) all yea servants of the Lord (all yea servants of the Lord) who ,,,, in the house of the Lord/ lift up your voice to the Holy place, come praise the Lord, come praise the Lord, come praise the Lord, come praise the Lord.

Mighty Father in heaven, we come to worship and praise Your Holy Name for You are worthy to be glorified. Merciful Jesus, Who is like unto Thee? You are full of mercy and compassion, faithful are You Father, we come with a merry heart, singing to Your Holy Name, praising and worshiping You for all that You have done for us (Ps 36:5).

Beloved, we are to go into His presence and be renew afresh today. It is another opportunity to seek God’s attention. Prayer is so unique because it between mortal and immortal. It is a communication channel between You and God. You don’t pray to your husband nor husband to their wife neither do children pray to parents when they are in need but you can ask from them. You can sing to them also.

This very uniqueness made prayer a powerful tool for every child of God in communicating to God. A prayer may be short, it might long all depending on what you want achieve. You can pray in a known language, you can also pray in an unknown language- speaking in tongues.

I believe that when you pray with the help of the Holy Spirit, you will never be tried because the Holy Spirit will be reminding on the needs to intercede on, sometimes you don’t even know why you are praying on some things but someone somewhere need that prayer and the Holy Spirit lies it in your heart at that moment to pray. And that person gets answers to prayer without knowing that someone like you prayed for him or her. One of the many mystery of the Lord.

It is an interesting moment if you have understanding why you must pray in the first instant. Some are not comfortable when you say “let us pray” but they will not mind if it’s play all the way.

We are not call to be powerless Christians else the devil will find an opportune time to deal with us. He will turn you into a punching bag and you will become a mincing meat for him too. So you must stand strong at your prayer altar, never allow the fire to go down nor off, rather you must always fan it into flame all the way. Praise God.

In our prayer today, we are going to be pleading back God’s Word to Him. You will read what we sending to you after which you are at liberty to pick up any promises from the Word of God and plead it back to Him. His Word must not fall to the ground, so we are going to plead back God’s Word to Him and You will be amaze at how speedily your answers will come.

Many have done it in the past and it work, so we are going to do same today. Am so convinced that this month, so many will enjoy lifting, healings, miracles that they never think that is so near to them but still they can’t reach it simple because they are not applying the right key to their problems. Praise God.

Beloved, do you need lifting this day, is there any one you also think that need same, please come with me as we plead God’s Word back to Him. According to His Word to us, He promise to do us good.

Are you ready? Let’s move on:

“Lift them up for ever.” Psalm 28:9

God’s people need lifting up. They are very heavy by nature. They have no wings, or, if they have, they are like the dove of old which lay among the pots; and they need divine grace to make them mount on wings covered with silver, and with feathers of yellow gold.

By nature sparks fly upward, but the sinful souls of men fall downward. O Lord, “lift them up for ever!” David himself said, “Unto Thee, O God, do I lift up my soul,” and he here feels the necessity that other men’s souls should be lifted up as well as his own.

When you ask this blessing for yourself, forget not to seek it for others also. There are three ways in which God’s people require to be lifted up.

They require to be elevated in character. Lift them up, O Lord; do not suffer Thy people to be like the world’s people! The world lieth in the wicked one; lift them out of it! The world’s people are looking after silver and gold, seeking their own pleasures, and the gratification of their lusts; but, Lord, lift Thy people up above all this; keep them from being “muck-rakers,” as John Bunyan calls the man who was always scraping after gold! Set thou their hearts upon their risen Lord and the heavenly heritage!

Moreover, believers need to be prospered in conflict. In the battle, if they seem to fall, O Lord, be pleased to give them the victory. If the foot of the foe be upon their necks for a moment, help them to grasp the sword of the Spirit, and eventually to win the battle. Lord, lift up Thy children’s spirits in the day of conflict; let them not sit in the dust, mourning for ever.

Suffer not the adversary to vex them sore, and make them fret; but if they have been, like Hannah, persecuted, let them sing of the mercy of a delivering God.

We may also ask our Lord to lift them up at the last! Lift them up by taking them home, lift their bodies from the tomb, and raise their souls to Thine eternal kingdom in glory.

Please read on:

“And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good.” Genesis 32:12

When Jacob was on the other side of the brook Jabbok, and Esau was coming with armed men, he earnestly sought God’s protection, and as a master reason he pleaded, “And Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good.” Oh, the force of that plea! He was holding God to His word—”Thou saidst.”

The attribute of God’s faithfulness is a splendid horn of the altar to lay hold upon; but the promise, which has in it the attribute and something more, is a yet mightier holdfast—”Thou saidst, I will surely do thee good.” And has He said, and shall He not do it? “Let God be true, and every man a liar.” Shall not He be true? Shall He not keep His word? Shall not every word that cometh out of His lips stand fast and be fulfilled?

Solomon, at the opening of the temple, used this same mighty plea. He pleaded with God to remember the word which He had spoken to his father David, and to bless that place. When a man gives a promissory note, his honour is engaged; he signs his hand, and he must discharge it when the due time comes, or else he loses credit.

It shall never be said that God dishonours His bills. The credit of the Most High never was impeached, and never shall be. He is punctual to the moment: He never is before His time, but He never is behind it. Search God’s word through, and compare it with the experience of God’s people, and you shall find the two tally from the first to the last.

Many a hoary patriarch has said with Joshua, “Not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass.” If you have a divine promise, you need not plead it with an “if,” you may urge it with certainty. The Lord meant to fulfil the promise, or He would not have given it.

God does not give His words merely to quiet us, and to keep us hopeful for awhile with the intention of putting us off at last; but when He speaks, it is because He means to do as He has said.

Is someone clapping for the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the Ancient One, the One Who is and is Yet to come. O!!!!! Praise the Name of the Lord!!!!!!

Beloved, did you read that “God is not speaking to quite us and make us hopeful (as men do) for awhile with the intention to put us off at last. Our God is so Mighty and so Strong. Whatever God says His hand is able to fulfill it. He does not need any permission to bless you. Had He said a thing; He will also perform it.

Men will not give the best of what you need, only few that have been truly disciple but God will make you the best. Take example of Solomon, when God gave him wisdom, the bible recorded that no man was as wise as him nor none after Him. That is the God we serve, He picks up a man and make him great to display His glory (2 Sam 6:21; 1Chr 28:4; 1Sam 18:12; 2Ch 6:6; 1Kings 3:12-14; Jer 32:41)

Are ready now to plead back His Word; His Promises back to Him. You know what God had told you before now some He will also reveal to you as you pray, hold on to them and remind Him of them all. Praise the Lord.

Someone is blessed after today’s ministration as you obey the voice of the Lord. Ask God to help you according to His Word (Ps 119:173). Someone is becoming a wonder. Someone is being lifted. Someone is receiving healing today. Someone is receiving miraculous babies. You are locating the bone of bone in the Name of Jesus. The Lord is connecting someone to be blessed today. The Lord is settling that matter finally today in the Name of Jesus. Someone is receiving marital bliss today in Jesus Name. All you need to do “Plead back His Word to Him.”

Be blessed according to God’s Word, He will do you good not evil for He knows the plan He has for you and your expectation will not be cut short.

Be blessed in the Lord.