Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the highest the angels are singing Hosanna in the highest. On the way to Calvary He wept for me, Jesus wept for me, Saviour wept for me, all the way to Calvary He wept for me, He die to set me free.

Father, we Thank You for this great week worthy of remembrance of Your love thousands years ago. Thank You for Your undying love which save a wretched like me. Thank You for giving us the best You have that we may return back to You. Thank You Father; Thank You Lord.

Beloved, hope you celebrated the Palm Sunday yesterday? Christ triumphant entry into Jerusalem which today represent our triumph over the kingdom of darkness and all his cohort. Jesus is “all hail” as He went down to Jerusalem so as to deliver you from everlasting damnation. Glory be to God in the highest.

This week known as the Passion Week a lot of our teachings will be bring to remembrance the journey of Christ to the cross and His victory over death and reassurance of our joy through Christ Jesus up until the end of the month.

The only reason why we sing, dance, rejoice and shout is here. If not for the death of Christ on the Calvary and His resurrection and the promise of eternal life, we are of all men, miserable. Why? Because the death and resurrection of Christ is the only assurance of our eternal life. So make sure You don’t miss it.

A consideration of today’s topic “when Christ gives a command” is something that should gladden every born again child of God’s heart. Why do I say so?

It means that for every command given by Christ concerning me in His word if I diligently obey it, I will be a conquering even as Christ is. Every instruction given by Christ to His disciples and the attending blessings are mine if I will harken and obey Him.

The second message made it clear to us that we should count ourselves privilege to be used by God. The psalmist said “what is man that yea are so mindful of him?

Beloveth, whatever you are is given and you must therefore be grateful to God the Giver and you must also use it to honour Him in return.

The life of Christ teaches us a lot on humility. When the Spirit of God gave me rheme on this “ have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, …. He became obedient to the point of death, even death on the cross.. God highly exalted Him… (NASB), I came trembling in the area of my life where I was struggling with.

Today, having a better understanding, I am an overcomer in Christ Jesus and God is adding more of His beauty and glory in my life. Beloved, it pays to humble yourself and obey God even when You don’t have full understanding why You should.

Let us go through the wordings, “having this attitude in you”… “a thing to be grasped”. Beloved, many Christians are having problems with this “having the attitude of Christ” so many regard it as foolishness, while some will not even want to ponder on it.

Truth is constant and there is no bending with God. If He did not bend the rule with son then ask yourselves will He bend it for me. Or have you forgotten, that Christ shared the same nature with God? (Phil 2:6) Christ also showed His willingness when He said “…I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself (Jn 10:17-18).

Beloved, we must humble ourselves to receive from God. There are some relationship we must have to humble ourselves so that God will exalt us even as He exalted the One Who He instructed us to have His attitude, never mind whether you are on the right, God knows everything, therefore He will yet exalt you when the time is right.

Come let us discover the truth in Christ commands and the blessings of yielding ourselves to His bidding. He is God forever and ever:

So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him.”—Mark 14:13

The two disciples were given very detailed instructions to go to a certain town and look for a particular man performing a specific task. He would have a large room, furnished and ready to observe the Passover. These instructions might have seemed unusual had it not been their Lord speaking, but the two disciples obeyed and found everything just as Jesus had said. Jesus knew exactly what they would find, and so He guided them specifically. One of the most memorable and precious times the disciples would spend with their Teacher hinged on the obedience of these two.

Obedience to Christ’s commands always brings fulfillment. When the Lord gives you instructions, obey immediately. Don’t wait until you have figured it all out and everything makes perfect sense to you. Sometimes God will lead you to do things that you will not fully understand until after you have done them.

He does not usually reveal all the details of His will when He first speaks to you. Instead, He tells you enough so you can implement what He has said, but He withholds enough information so that you must continue to rely upon His guidance. Your response will affect what God does next in your life. Your obedience may affect how others around you experience Christ as well. If there is any directive God has given you that you have not obeyed, obey that word immediately and watch God’s perfect plan unfold in your life.

More:

“I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” Luke 19:40

But could the stones cry out? Assuredly they could if He who opens the mouth of the dumb should bid them lift up their voice. Certainly if they were to speak, they would have much to testify in praise of Him who created them by the word of His power; they could extol the wisdom and power of their Maker who called them into being.

 Shall not we speak well of Him who made us anew, and out of stones raised up children unto Abraham? The old rocks could tell of chaos and order, and the handiwork of God in successive stages of creation’s drama; and cannot we talk of God’s decrees, of God’s great work in ancient times, in all that He did for His church in the days of old? If the stones were to speak, they could tell of their breaker, how he took them from the quarry, and made them fit for the temple, and cannot we tell of our glorious Breaker, who broke our hearts with the hammer of His word, that He might build us into His temple?

If the stones should cry out they would magnify their builder, who polished them and fashioned them after the similitude of a palace; and shall not we talk of our Architect and Builder, who has put us in our place in the temple of the living God? If the stones could cry out, they might have a long, long story to tell by way of memorial, for many a time hath a great stone been rolled as a memorial before the Lord; and we too can testify of Ebenezers, stones of help, pillars of remembrance.

The broken stones of the law cry out against us, but Christ Himself, who has rolled away the stone from the door of the sepulcher, speaks for us. Stones might well cry out, but we will not let them: we will hush their noise with ours; we will break forth into sacred song, and bless the majesty of the Most High, all our days glorifying Him who is called by Jacob the Shepherd and Stone of Israel.

Beloved, something must happen this week in our live. Diligently walk with Christ as we go through His Passion this week, God will yet destroy every ills in your live, roll away stones from the sepulcher and make your live more beautiful. Make sure you fellow through for I see many testimonies coming your way in Jesus Name.

I decree this week blessed in the Name of Jesus Christ. I ask from the Lord and I decree unto you that the package of this season be delivered to you through the Joy that in Christ Jesus Amen!

Remain blessed in the Lord.

In the Presence of God Alleluia Joy, In the presence of God Alleluia Joy x2 I have Joy like a river, Joy like a river x2 in my soul x2.

Thank You Father for the joy of knowing You and seeing Your goodness in the land of the living. You are God and You changeth not but You standout sure forever alleluia. Thank You for the miracles of the week, the deliverances, healings, provisions and protection Your hand has wrought for us, for Faithful are You Lord.

Beloved, hope You had a pleasant week full of testimonies as was declared at the beginning of the week by the Spirit of God. I have and am sure You have also. Thank You Lord for confirming Your Word among us.

Thank God is Friday. Another opportunity is here again to take on the practical teaching from the Lord’s table.  And today we will considering the word “Silence” and “the Person of the Holy Spirit.”

In our world today “silence” is one virtue that is hard to imbibe and live out. In a world where everybody wants to be heard and seen and so much noise in the air can “silence” be practice? In a world where sickness and hunger is revenging the societies and death tolls on increase can silence be seen? As good as this virtue is, it is rare among the sons of men. With improve technology on devices like sound instruments, mobile phones and radios and such like even the babies are getting accustomed to this horror “noise” rather than serene environment.

What is the way forward as we daily face this challenges? How do we return this all important virtue in our time?

We however try to consider the dictionary meaning of this word “silence,” so as to have a good understanding of it. So many version have this opinion -“quietness, not speaking, ignoring of something. It can also be said to be state of stopping someone or something from making noise.

Beloved, are you familiar with this popular saying “silence is golden?” Why should we observe “silence” in our daily routine as children of God? Do you know that the Holy Spirit have an attribute as same as our topic depicts and He works best on individual as such a state?

At first I had no idea on how to go about this topic until the Spirit of God helped my understanding with the attributes of the Holy Spirit. I was humbled and it a great privilege bring this message today our way. I believe you will not only read; You will also put it to work. Let us read more:

Silence

“There will be silence before Thee… ” (Psalm 65:1a) (NASB)

Silence: A rather unfamiliar experience in today’s world.

Not much practiced.

Not much allowed in our cacophony of shrill voices, trite opinions, endless information, and the blaring of brassy music and mind-numbing media dissipation.

To be alone before God in SILENCE is either

Frightening

or

Healing

Depending upon the condition of one’s soul.

“There will be silence before Thee… “

When, in that Day, we appear before The Consuming Presence, the righteous Lamb, slain, resurrected, and now reigning…

“There will be SILENCE.” (Revelation 8:1)

For some the silence will turn to worship, adulation, fullness of joy and eternal bliss.

For the rest it will mean weeping and gnashing of teeth: Eternal separation from all that is good, righteous and pure. (See Matthew 8:12)

Amidst the clamor and cluttering noise of our day, it behooves us to learn to live in the presence of God in SILENCE.

For it is here and only here that He will be known.

“Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10a)

 Did You read that “for some, silence will turn to worship, fullness of joy and eternal bliss while for some others, it will be for gnashing of teeth, Eternal separation from all good thing, God forbid.

So what will you prefer your silence to depict? More from the Person of the Holy Spirit:

“He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove.” Matthew 3:16

As the Spirit of God descended upon the Lord Jesus, the head, so He also, in measure, descends upon the members of the mystical body. His descent is to us after the same fashion as that in which it fell upon our Lord. There is often a singular rapidity about it; or ever we are aware, we are impelled onward and heavenward beyond all expectation. Yet is there none of the hurry of earthly haste, for the wings of the dove are as soft as they are swift.

Quietness seems essential to many spiritual operations; the Lord is in the still small voice, and like the dew, His grace is distilled in silence.

The dove has ever been the chosen type of purity, and the Holy Spirit is holiness itself. Where He cometh, everything that is pure and lovely, and of good report, is made to abound, and sin and uncleanness depart.

Peace reigns also where the Holy Dove comes with power; He bears the olive branch which shows that the waters of divine wrath are assuaged.

Gentleness is a sure result of the Sacred Dove’s transforming power: hearts touched by His benign influence are meek and lowly henceforth and for ever.

Harmlessness follows, as a matter of course; eagles and ravens may hunt their prey—the turtledove can endure wrong, but cannot inflict it. We must be harmless as doves.

The dove is an apt picture of love, the voice of the turtle is full of affection; and so, the soul visited by the blessed Spirit, abounds in love to God, in love to the brethren, and in love to sinners; and above all, in love to Jesus.

The brooding of the Spirit of God upon the face of the deep, first produced order and life, and in our hearts, He causes and fosters new life and light. Blessed Spirit, as Thou didst rest upon our dear Redeemer, even so rest upon us from this time forward and for ever.

Beloved, these and many more are all the benefits of “Silence” as depicts by the way of the Holy Spirit. Is it not something worth more than gold? Are we not supposed to be desirous of it as God’s people?

Practice “silence” and worship God as we learnt today, going forward. Stay away from noise and hear the Spirit of God witness in your life. Not forgetting that “silence is golden” and is the best state for the Trinity operations (Ps 46:10a; Gen 1:2).

Finally, examine and practice all we have learnt all through the week and experience them as we were also taught, no exception to holiness. Beloved, stand your watch; don’t be tried. Have Christ reoriented lately? Capping it with “silence” as you live in His presence.

See you next week by His grace.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

March 15

Everlasting Father, Everlasting son, Immortal Holy Ghost be thou glorify x2. Jesus Jesus You are the love of life. O Jesus! You are the love of my life x2.

Heavenly Father, we thank You for today, a blessed day indeed. Glory be to You God for we are life, healthy and full of vitality. Glory be to God. We are grateful Father for who You. Thank You Lord for upholding us despite the raging storms. Father, we thank You.

Beloved, do you read the topic above? There is no exception to holiness. Have you ever set a law in your house and you are the first offender? Or you punish a house helper or keeper for an offence which before long you committed same?

When God set a law for us it means that all must keep it, there is no exemption to it whether you are a Pastor, Teacher, a Bishop, a Sunday School teacher, Evangelist or Reverend, by whatever name you are called God see you as an individual and there is no exception to the rule. No excuse whatsoever. Sometime we want to justify why we are doing something wrong but the spirit of God will be chiding us if your consciousness is still alive.

God will not preserve any one for indolence or slothfulness neither will He preserve anyone in the area of sin. It is distasteful to Him.

Confess your sin and strive to live holy from now on. God will be happy with you and you will receive His fatherly blessings – Unending Joy through Christ.

Always remember that there is no exception to it, whatever your title is. Therefore, let us live holy and live right for without holiness on man shall see God.  More from the message:

On the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that the Lord confronted him and sought to put him to death.—Exodus 4:24

Moses had just received one of the greatest commissions in history. He was to be God’s instrument to deliver the nation of Israel and to guide it to the Promised Land. He was to lead them to become a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Exod. 19:6). Yet Moses had not obeyed all of God’s commands himself, for he had never had his son circumcised. This was a long-standing command from God that Moses had ignored. God’s response was to prepare to kill Moses.

Here was one of history’s greatest men about to be put to death before ever performing the task God had set before him. Moses could not expect to blatantly ignore a command of God and still be used mightily in His divine work. Had not Moses quickly responded in obedience, he would surely have lost his life.

Moses learned that God makes no exceptions for holiness. When God sets forth a requirement of His people, He most certainly demands it of the leaders. God wanted to make Moses’ life a highway of holiness through which He could bring redemption to millions of people. God had to make some significant adjustments in the life of Moses before He would use him to lead His people.

Are you trying to serve God and yet ignore something He has told you to do? Are you living your life as if God does not notice your disobedience? Do you apply God’s standards to yourself as rigorously as you apply them to others?  Let’s consider further:

“Sin… exceeding sinful.” Romans 7:13

Beware of light thoughts of sin. At the time of conversion, the conscience is so tender, that we are afraid of the slightest sin. Young converts have a holy timidity, a godly fear lest they should offend against God. But alas! very soon the fine bloom upon these first ripe fruits is removed by the rough handling of the surrounding world: the sensitive plant of young piety turns into a willow in after life, too pliant, too easily yielding.

It is sadly true, that even a Christian may grow by degrees so callous, that the sin which once startled him does not alarm him in the least. By degrees men get familiar with sin. The ear in which the cannon has been booming will not notice slight sounds. At first a little sin startles us; but soon we say, “Is it not a little one?” Then there comes another, larger, and then another, until by degrees we begin to regard sin as but a little ill; and then follows an unholy presumption: “We have not fallen into open sin. True, we tripped a little, but we stood upright in the main.

We may have uttered one unholy word, but as for the most of our conversation, it has been consistent.” So we palliate sin; we throw a cloak over it; we call it by dainty names. Christian, beware how thou thinkest lightly of sin. Take heed lest thou fall by little and little. Sin, a little thing? Is it not a poison? Who knows its deadliness? Sin, a little thing?

Do not the little foxes spoil the grapes? Doth not the tiny coral insect build a rock which wrecks a navy? Do not little strokes fell lofty oaks? Will not continual droppings wear away stones? Sin, a little thing? It girded the Redeemer’s head with thorns, and pierced His heart! It made Him suffer anguish, bitterness, and woe.

Could you weigh the least sin in the scales of eternity, you would fly from it as from a serpent, and abhor the least appearance of evil. Look upon all sin as that which crucified the Saviour, and you will see it to be “exceeding sinful.”

Let us check our lives and make amend lest an angel of sought to put us to death. Beware of sin!!! God help us we pray Thee. Amen!!!!!!!!!!!

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

Worthy worthy is the Lord, worthy worthy is the Lord, worthy worthy is the Lord, praise the Lord. Who is like unto Thee O Lord! Who is like unto Thee, O Lord! Among the God’s Who is like Thee, You are glorious in holiness, fearful in praising, doing wonder, alleluia!

Heavenly Father we thank You for Who You are we bless Your holy Name, we exhaust You, we magnify You we give You praise we give You adoration we give You honour blessed be Your holy Name. Thank You Lord.

Thank You Lord for the gift of another week, we receive it with thanksgiving. May we see your glory as we walk through the path in Jesus Name. May Your love encompass us through the rough edge of each day and Your mercies deliver us from all evil in Jesus Name.

Sweet Jesus help us we pray Thee, let Your Name prevail in every circumstances we are facing right now in Jesus Name and may our joy be full through Your precious Name Amen!

Beloved, thank God for this bright day. Thank Him also for the days gone by. Still running the series of “knowing God” (wasn’t like a series initially but God has help us in digging and discovering more of Him). Praise God.

The topic today typify the nature of God. The truth about Him must be experienced. Until we experienced God, we will not acknowledge His Lordship over our prevailing circumstances.

Beloved, have you ever come a point in your life where you are at your wit end and suddenly God showed up and you are celebrated and the devil was beaten blue black by the miracle you experienced? I have many testimonies and I believe you have also. But there is a key to it.

Is possible why you are where you are today is because you have either loss the key or you have forgotten it?

Come with me as we remind ourselves once again the key to knowing God deeply:

When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”—Luke 5:4

When Christ teaches you something about Himself, He implements it into your life through experience. As the crowds gathered around, Jesus chose to board Peter’s boat and teach the people from there. All day long Peter sat in the boat listening to Jesus teach the multitudes. At the close of His discourse, Jesus allowed Peter to experience the reality of what He had just been teaching the crowd. The crowd had heard the truth, but Peter was to experience it.

Jesus put His teaching into language a fisherman could understand. He told Peter to put out his nets into the deep water. Peter hesitated, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing.” Peter had been fishing all night, had washed and repaired his nets in the morning, and then listened to Jesus teach. He was tired. He probably was not expecting a dramatic encounter with God at a time like that. Yet, as Peter obeyed Jesus, he pulled in such a miraculous catch of fish that his boat almost sank! Peter was filled with amazement and recognized that he had just experienced the power of God (Luke 5:4–11).

Peter learned that with a command from Jesus, he could do anything. Thus, Jesus was able to reorder Peter’s priorities from catching fish to catching men (Luke 4:10). Peter’s obedience led to a dramatic new insight into the person of Jesus. This was an invitation to walk with Jesus in an even more intimate and powerful way.

God does not want you to merely gain intellectual knowledge of truth. He wants you to experience His truth. There are things about Jesus you will learn only as you obey Him. Your obedience will then lead to greater revelation and opportunities for service.

Beloved, you will be marvel at this:

“And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master’s table.” Matthew 15:27

This woman gained comfort in her misery by thinking GREAT THOUGHTS OF CHRIST. The Master had talked about the children’s bread: “Now,” argued she, “since Thou art the Master of the table of grace, I know that Thou art a generous housekeeper, and there is sure to be abundance of bread on Thy table; there will be such an abundance for the children that there will be crumbs to throw on the floor for the dogs, and the children will fare none the worse because the dogs are fed.“

She thought Him one who kept so good a table that all that she needed would only be a crumb in comparison; yet remember, what she wanted was to have the devil cast out of her daughter. It was a very great thing to her, but she had such a high esteem of Christ, that she said, “It is nothing to Him, it is but a crumb for Christ to give.” This is the royal road to comfort.

Great thoughts of your sin alone will drive you to despair; but great thoughts of Christ will pilot you into the haven of peace. “My sins are many, but oh! it is nothing to Jesus to take them all away. The weight of my guilt presses me down as a giant’s foot would crush a worm, but it is no more than a grain of dust to Him, because He has already borne its curse in His own body on the tree. It will be but a small thing for Him to give me full remission, although it will be an infinite blessing for me to receive it.” The woman opens her soul’s mouth very wide, expecting great things of Jesus, and He fills it with His love.

Dear reader, do the same. She confessed what Christ laid at her door, but she laid fast hold upon Him, and drew arguments even out of His hard words; she believed great things of Him, and she thus overcame Him. SHE WON THE VICTORY BY BELIEVING IN HIM. Her case is an instance of prevailing faith; and if we would conquer like her, we must imitate her tactics.

Beloved, what are your findings? Do you discover from the above that the prevailing faith came from the fact that this woman knew that the healing she is seeking from Jesus is but a crumb in comparison to what Jesus stand for (Matt 15: 30- 39). Having that understanding, she also knew that it will be nothing for Him to part with even though she unworthy? So she press on and receive her miracle. You can tell the rest of the story having experience the Person of Christ even in an worthy state what will become of her.

How much do you know about Christ and the power in Him? Mind you that this woman is not born-again but you are. Do you think of Christ so highly to over your unpleasant situations or you bought into the lie of Satan that is not possible? No, God cannot do this one or you are going to perish in that sickness or financial condition will persist?

My prayer for as many that will be reading this devotional may they like Peter experience the truth in Christ and God our creator in Jesus’s Name. Praise God.

The key to experiencing the truth lies in “obedience”. Are you ready to stop reasoning God and start obey Him? Another key is “trusting”. Can you start trusting God now and experience His miracles?

Beloved, this week is declared blessed in Jesus Name. We will have testimonies come Friday to share in Jesus Name. Don’t give in but rather declare what you believe and desire from God as did the woman above. She did not allow the name- calling by Jesus to distract her nor did it make her bitter, she knew what she wanted from Christ and she went for it. Do likewise.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Praise the Lord always 2x praising the Lord with all my heart praise the Lord with all my heart always. Alleluia, my Lord is good. Alleluia, my Lord is good. Alleluia, my Lord is good, He is good to me. Who is like unto Thee O Lord Who is like unto Thee O Lord among the God who is like Thee, glorious in holiness fearful in praising doing wonders alleluia!

O! Father Most Precious, hallow be Thy Name. Thank You for the gift of today. Most High God, thank You for Your mercies that endureth forever. This week has been so good to us. We are grateful to you. Thank You for Word in seasons and the gift of your Son for our salvation in Him. Thank You for sending Him to delivered us from sins and deliver us into your marvelous light.

Beloved, today is Friday, are you happy? I am very happy, what about you? Am always looking forward to it, am sure that same with you? I believe God has been merciful toward us all through the week though His Word that comes steady from the Throne and His wonders He perform in midst. Glory be to Him!

Hope by now you are knowing God more and those promises in His Word that you are yet to experience are dropping on your laps at ease. Praise God. My prayer for you is that you will no longer panic when issues of life arises rather knowing fully whom You are serving your faith becomes uncheckable. You will no longer belittle your God rather you will hold Him in High esteem because of what you know concerning Him. Praise God.

Beloved, our topic today calls for caution on our part even as God leads us to prosper in our works with Him. Let us be careful not to fail into the snare of devil. Read on:

On Loving The World

“Never give your hearts to this world or to any of the things in it… The whole world-system… (is) based on men‘s primitive desires, their greedy ambitions and the glamour of all that they THINK is splendid… ” (1 John 2:15, 16 – Phillips Translation)

But the glamour is alluring! We can identify with St. Augustine’s cry, “Give me chastity, but not yet.”

If the truth were out, many of us would have to admit that the WORLD’S GLAMOROUS ARE OUR CLOSET HEROES. We ogle their lifestyles which seem so smooth… leisurely, and in control.

Almost transcendent.

Perhaps they have mastered Lauren Hutton’s secret of success, “Never, ever let them see you sweat.”

Our lives, by contrast seem to muddle along amidst our rather tired and familiar surroundings of dirty laundry, unmowed lawns, and piles of unanswered mail.

James reminds us, however, that “flirting with the glamour of this world“ is akin to being “the world‘s lover,“ an “unfaithful wife.” It is by our love of the world… by our spiritual adultery, that we become “an enemy of God.” (See James 4:4 – Phillips Translation)

Years ago I remember attending a Rotary Club meeting with the rich, the powerful and the beautiful of our town. These were the guys with the tailored pin stripe suits, Italian hand crafted shoes, and manicured nails. Cool. Polished. Together. Cultured. Or, so it seemed.

However, as the meal progressed I realized how many of these men I had privately counseled. And in those sessions, they had wept, pouted, and agonized over disintegrating marriages, rebellious kids, severe financial problems, and self-doubt over their professional abilities.

It is vital for us to understand that true fulfillment is found in the daily struggle with loving, giving, and forgiving amidst piles of laundry, raucous kids and rushed schedules. It is here that the authentic beauty of Christ’s character is being forged.

And the “glamorous” world can never match that! (Adapted from FOTM).

More caution here:

“In my prosperity I said I shall never be moved.” Psalm 30:6

“Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel.” Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants to bear his vessels across the bosom of the mighty deep; let his lands yield abundantly: let the weather be propitious to his crops; let uninterrupted success attend him; let him stand among men as a successful merchant; let him enjoy continued health; allow him with braced nerve and brilliant eye to march through the world, and live happily; give him the buoyant spirit; let him have the song perpetually on his lips; let his eye be ever sparkling with joy—and the natural consequence of such an easy state to any man, let him be the best Christian who ever breathed, will be presumption; even David said, “I shall never be moved;” and we are not better than David, nor half so good.

Brother, beware of the smooth places of the way; if you are treading them, or if the way be rough, thank God for it. If God should always rock us in the cradle of prosperity; if we were always dandled on the knees of fortune; if we had not some stain on the alabaster pillar; if there were not a few clouds in the sky; if we had not some bitter drops in the wine of this life, we should become intoxicated with pleasure, we should dream “we stand;” and stand we should, but it would be upon a pinnacle; like the man asleep upon the mast, each moment we should be in jeopardy.

We bless God, then, for our afflictions; we thank Him for our changes; we extol His name for losses of property; for we feel that had He not chastened us thus, we might have become too secure. Continued worldly prosperity is a fiery trial.

“Afflictions, though they seem severe,

In mercy oft are sent.”

Beloved, we serve all knowing God. Let Him guide us in the way that will lead us to eternal life. This is my conclusion I don’t know about you. May we never miss the mark in our quest for good living in Jesus Name. Mediate in all these things and as the Holy Spirit to leads you right.

See you next week by God’s grace!

Remain blessed in the Lord

Thank You, thank You Lord, thank You Lord thank You Lord for everything You have done. Great is the faithfulness, Great is Thy Faithfulness morning by morning new mercies I see, all that I needed Thy hands has provided, Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto Thee.

Great indeed is Thy Faithfulness Lord. Thank You for this great day You have created and said we shall rejoices and be glad in it. We are most grateful that we can move our body, we can pass our waste without help, Father we are entirely grateful to You Lord. Thank You for watching us all through the night and fighting every secret battle the enemy is wedging against us. Receive all glory and adoration in Jesus Name

Beloved, are you joining me in thanking God for this great favour. Only Him can bring this to pass, free of charge and without delay. Your Father is not limited by time, space or distance. He is everywhere at all time. Sometimes we limit our God by our human thoughts, thinking that why God is yet to answer us is because there is a long queue in front and before it will get to our turn possible what we are asking will be exhausted, so often times we try to help ourselves.

Know you today that our God is Mighty. He has no beginning; He has no end. He is everlasting. So rest in Him and you are secured.

You must be born-again was our key emphasis in yesterday discussion and I have a strong conviction that so many who are yet to come to Christ did accept Him but if you are yet to take a decision I also believe the Holy Spirit will help you to take that decision as we are also going to look into why it is important to do so. Today we will be considering “Acceptable time.”

When God calls you or send you, when is it right to obey Him? In our topic, we have it written as “Now” but I don’t know if you agree with it or you have a different answer.

What we will be considering today is “Now is the acceptable time” however if you have a different opinion, please do let us know and we will consider it along and draw a conclusion favour of any using bible as our guide but before we start receiving your opinions, come let us consider what God is saying to us. Praise God:

…………Now Is the Acceptable Time

The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me

to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and freedom to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn.—Isaiah 61:1–2

God’s timing is perfect! When He speaks, the time to respond in obedience is now. We often act as if we have all the time in the world to obey Him, but history doesn’t wait on our commitments. There is no such thing as postponing a decision with God. Either we obey, or we disobey. It is either faith or unbelief, obedience or disobedience.

When God announces that now is the acceptable time, what you do next is critical. How often people have been unprepared when a word came to them from the Lord. God said, “Now is the time for you to respond to Me” and their response was, “But I’m not ready. I have some things I need to do first. I’m too busy!” (Matt. 8:21). God’s timing is always perfect. He knows you, and He is fully aware of your circumstances. He knows all that He has built into your life until now, and He extends His invitation knowing that His resources are more than adequate for any assignment He gives you.

That is why Scripture tells us God is concerned with our heart. If we do not keep our heart in love with Jesus, our disobedience when God speaks could affect the lives of others. When God speaks it is always out of the context of eternity. We don’t have to know all the implications of what He is asking. We just have to know that it is a word from almighty God. “Now” is always the acceptable time to respond to the Lord!

Moses in the book of Deuteronomy told us how to be in readiness to say “yes” to God. He instructed us thus “Thou shalt love the Lord Thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. And with all thy Might. He also commanded us to put these words in our heart and teach it to our children.

We talk about it while sittest in thine house, walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and thou risest up. He did not stop there. He instructed us to bind them on our hand, and in the front of thine eyes. Write them on the post of the house, and on thy gates (Deut 6: 5-9).

Beloved, when you diligently obey all these, you don’t need to struggle about obey God. Why? Because you are in constant fellowship with Him, obeying Him will not be any issue to you at all.

Looking at the next text you see that when you diligently doing what is listed above, beloved, you will not let sleep in your eyes that will make you slumber. Is a warming to us, please let adhere to it.

“Let us not sleep, as do others.” 1Thessalonians 5:6

There are many ways of promoting Christian wakefulness. Among the rest, let me strongly advise Christians to converse together concerning the ways of the Lord. Christian and Hopeful, as they journeyed towards the Celestial City, said to themselves, “To prevent drowsiness in this place, let us fall into good discourse.” Christian enquired, “Brother, where shall we begin?” And Hopeful answered, “Where God began with us.” Then Christian sang this song—

“When saints do sleepy grow, let them come hither,

And hear how these two pilgrims talk together;

Yea, let them learn of them, in any wise,

Thus to keep open their drowsy slumb’ring eyes.

Saints’ fellowship, if it be managed well,

Keeps them awake, and that in spite of hell.”

Christians who isolate themselves and walk alone, are very liable to grow drowsy. Hold Christian company, and you will be kept wakeful by it, and refreshed and encouraged to make quicker progress in the road to heaven. But as you thus take “sweet counsel” with others in the ways of God, take care that the theme of your converse is the Lord Jesus.

Let the eye of faith be constantly looking unto Him; let your heart be full of Him; let your lips speak of His worth. Friend, live near to the cross, and thou wilt not sleep. Labour to impress thyself with a deep sense of the value of the place to which thou art going. If thou rememberest that thou art going to heaven, thou wilt not sleep on the road.

If thou thinkest that hell is behind thee, and the devil pursuing thee, thou wilt not loiter. Would the manslayer sleep with the avenger of blood behind him, and the city of refuge before him? Christian, wilt thou sleep whilst the pearly gates are open—the songs of angels waiting for thee to join them—a crown of gold ready for thy brow?  Ah! no; in holy fellowship continue to watch and pray that ye enter not into temptation.

Beloved, depart from iniquities and run to obtain your crown of glory which will be given you at the end. Hold sweet fellowship with one another, don’t play alone ranger in Kingdom’s affair. Don’t isolate yourself nor be holy than thou. Because where you are going is a mansion, how lonely it will be if you will be there alone. It will be boring too, so bring others to Christ and make the journey a sweet one as you chat along, sing, and mediate in all you need to get to heaven (Phil 3:17).

Beloved, Apostle Paul was sure of where he is going while here on earth (1 Cor 9: 26-27). What is happening to us? You here things like this “is only God that know those who are His”. “Is only God that knows if I will go to heaven and many like that. But this beloved Apostle and his likes knew where they were going. They are so sure and convinced that heaven is their final abode.

Let me conclude with Phil 3:20-21, we are upward looking and heaven is our destination, there, these our mortal bodies will be change into a glorious one. Am sure you will not want to miss out on that.

So get born again. When? Now! And don’t fall into slumber as walk along, loitering is not allowed either.

Remain blessed in the Lord