With Lovingkindness Have I Drawn Thee

February 22, 2016

My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit praise the Lord, for death could not hold Him captive, even in the grave Jesus is Lord, for grave could him captive even in the grace Jesus is Lord. 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 in heaven, hallow be Thy Name. Thank You Lord for Thy faithfulness that never fail. Your mercies is without end. Your mercies found me out a poor wretched sinner like me, even when satan has done what he knows and think best that he can do, Father, You walked through it, extended Thy hand towards me and pull me from the mire clay and leadeth Thou me out like a good and great Shepherd.

It can only be You Lord that can do this great and mighty thing for me. It is only You that will be kind enough to take out time out of your busy schedule to look for the weak and the feeble amongst Your sheep and take care of them. It is only Lord, it is only You Father. We return to adore You, praise Your Holy Name and worship You, my good and great Shepherd, the only true God.

Beloved, blest be Jesus the lover of my soul, my Protector and my defender from all forces that wants to counter the plans of God in my life and situation. Glory be to Jesus in the highest. Hope you had a nice time in your place of worship yesterday. For me it was an awesome moment, seeing the Spirit of God moving powerfully amidst His people and confirming His word as it was been spoken by His prepared vessel ordained for such moment as that.

The Spirit of God was present to heal and deliver like the days of old. Beloved do I tell sometime, never fail to be in the congregation of God’s people because you will never go the same way you came. Your burden if any, will be dropped, sickness will fly away and afflictions will drop off you when you are in God’s presence, so for those who were not in church last Sunday, that will be the last Sunday you fail to appear in His presence. Praise God.

Beloved, do know that our loving Father is ever thinking about you? His thought towards you is good, He is ever ready to put up the best for you.

In today’s devotional, you will see the loving Jesus working out your salvation with the highest price ever paid. What can satan do to me? Nothing, but like a shadow he will wear off as the light in Christ shines forth from me and combat all its works roundabout me.

Come with me to see that it is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not, they are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness and with lovingkindness will He drawn you on to come up hither:

“With lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3

The thunders of the law and the terrors of judgment are all used to bring us to Christ; but the final victory is effected by lovingkindness. The prodigal set out to his father’s house from a sense of need; but his father saw him a great way off, and ran to meet him; so that the last steps he took towards his father’s house were with the kiss still warm upon his cheek, and the welcome still musical in his ears.

“Law and terrors do but harden

All the while they work alone;

But a sense of blood-bought pardon

Will dissolve a heart of stone.”

The Master came one night to the door, and knocked with the iron hand of the law; the door shook and trembled upon its hinges; but the man piled every piece of furniture which he could find against the door, for he said, “I will not admit the man.” The Master turned away, but by-and-bye He came back, and with His own soft hand, using most that part where the nail had penetrated, He knocked again—oh, so softly and tenderly.

This time the door did not shake, but, strange to say, it opened, and there upon his knees the once unwilling host was found rejoicing to receive his guest. “Come in, come in; thou hast so knocked that my bowels are moved for thee. I could not think of thy pierced hand leaving its blood-mark on my door, and of thy going away houseless, ‘Thy head filled with dew, and thy locks with the drops of the night.’ I yield, I yield, Thy love has won my heart.” So in every case: lovingkindness wins the day.

What Moses with the tablets of stone could never do, Christ does with His pierced hand. Such is the doctrine of effectual calling. Do I understand it experimentally? Can I say, “He drew me, and I followed on, glad to confess the voice divine?” If so, may He continue to draw me, till at last I shall sit down at the marriage supper of the Lamb.

More, read on

“Now we have received… the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” 1Corinthians 2:12

Dear reader, have you received the spirit which is of God, wrought by the Holy Ghost in your soul? The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit in the heart may be clearly seen from this fact, that all which has been done by God the Father, and by God the Son, must be ineffectual to us, unless the Spirit shall reveal these things to our souls. What effect does the doctrine of election have upon any man until the Spirit of God enters into him?

Election is a dead letter in my consciousness until the Spirit of God calls me out of darkness into marvellous light. Then through my calling, I see my election, and knowing myself to be called of God, I know myself to have been chosen in the eternal purpose. A covenant was made with the Lord Jesus Christ, by His Father; but what avails that covenant to us until the Holy Spirit brings us its blessings, and opens our hearts to receive them?

There hang the blessings on the nail—Christ Jesus; but being short of stature, we cannot reach them; the Spirit of God takes them down and hands them to us, and thus they become actually ours. Covenant blessings in themselves are like the manna in the skies, far out of mortal reach, but the spirit of God opens the windows of heaven and scatters the living bread around the camp of the spiritual Israel.

Christ’s finished work is like wine stored in the wine-vat; through unbelief we can neither draw nor drink. The Holy Spirit dips our vessel into this precious wine, and then we drink; but without the Spirit we are as truly dead in sin as though the Father never had elected, and though the Son had never bought us with His blood.

The Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary to our well-being. Let us walk lovingly towards Him and tremble at the thought of grieving Him.

Beloved, did you read through this devotion with understanding? Did you discover that truly your blessedness through Christ is a done deal right from the foundation of earth but you can only enter into it through the help of the Holy Spirit having accepted Christ as your Lord and personal Saviour?

If you yet to enter into this month theme as foretold us by the Spirit of God. You have this week to do so because God is out to fulfill His promise to us and have you receive your portion in Christ as we move on through the year. You will not miss any of your allotment in Jesus Name.

Beloved, take no recess but fully engage yourself in the things of God and see yourself changing levels in grand styles in Jesus Name! See His manifold blessings being pour out on you as you part take in kingdom business.

This week is declared blessed in the Name of the Lord. You will Jesus manifesting His power and glory in that situation in Jesus Name. I see the hand of God perfecting all that concerns you in that situation you have found yourself, fret not, for the like the good and great Shepherd He will lead you form that troubled zone to His still waters. Praise the Lord.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Thy Love Is Better than Wine

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

February 19, 2016

Jesus is a Mighty God, He a Mighty God. All power bow before Thee, You are a Mighty God, every power bow before You, You are a Mighty King. All the glory must be to the Lord, for He is worthy of our praise, no man on earth should be glory to himself all the glory must be to the Lord. Am a new creation, a brand new man, old things are pass away, am born again, more than conquer that is who I am, am a new creation, a brand new man.

Thank You Father for the miracles of the week, we are entirely grateful to You Whose hand can uphold us and sustain us. Thank You because You are not weary of us but You loved us with an everlasting love. So high are You seated in heaven yet You dwell amongst us and attain to all our needs, Glory be to You Lord Amen! Receive our praise Mighty God.

Beloveth what a wonderful time we had in God’s presence this week. The Lord has been so gracious to us and He daily loaded us with benefits. His love endureth forever and He purges us from all filthiness and made us anew. Let us be grateful to Him and reverence Him all the days of our lives.

Jesus is all we need. Do you agree with me? He is so loaded with goodness that He invite us to come and be part of this end time army who will not break their ranks rather they will be on the “GO” for the Lord. Praise God.

This week teaching has been explosive to say the least, so encouraging and so inspiring. I believe you are blessed, beloved, having learnt of God’s love, I want to encourage you to live above reproach. Be a good ambassador of Christ walk in His ways and love and manifest same to people around you (1 Jn 4:9-12).

His love cannot be quench with many waters, neither will He leave you nor forsake you when you engage in unbroken fellowship with Him, you will become His project as He will perfect all that concerns you.

The Lord will let you into His secrets because you are sons and daughters of the kingdom. In following His steps, He will bring you into your desired end. Do not stay away from the cross, be courageous enough to pick up yours and in the strength of the Lord will you go and success will be your reward, The Lord will be with you and make His love to shine upon you for His love indeed is better than wine:

“Thy love is better than wine.” Song 1:2

Nothing gives the believer so much joy as fellowship with Christ. He has enjoyment as others have in the common mercies of life, he can be glad both in God’s gifts and God’s works; but in all these separately, yea, and in all of them added together, he doth not find such substantial delight as in the matchless person of his Lord Jesus.

He has wine which no vineyard on earth ever yielded; he has bread which all the corn-fields of Egypt could never bring forth. Where can such sweetness be found as we have tasted in communion with our Beloved? In our esteem, the joys of earth are little better than husks for swine compared with Jesus, the heavenly manna. We would rather have one mouthful of Christ’s love, and a sip of his fellowship, than a whole world full of carnal delights.

What is the chaff to the wheat? What is the sparkling paste to the true diamond? What is a dream to the glorious reality? What is time’s mirth, in its best trim, compared to our Lord Jesus in His most despised estate? If you know anything of the inner life, you will confess that our highest, purest, and most enduring joys must be the fruit of the tree of life which is in the midst of the Paradise of God. No spring yields such sweet water as that well of God which was digged with the soldier’s spear. All earthly bliss is of the earth earthy, but the comforts of Christ’s presence are like Himself, heavenly.

We can review our communion with Jesus, and find no regrets of emptiness therein; there are no dregs in this wine, no dead flies in this ointment. The joy of the Lord is solid and enduring. Vanity hath not looked upon it, but discretion and prudence testify that it abideth the test of years, and is in time and in eternity worthy to be called “the only true delight.” For nourishment, consolation, exhilaration, and refreshment, no wine can rival the love of Jesus. Let us drink to the full this day.

The battle within oftentimes wants to compete with the power of God and covenant promises but we must watch it lest we saddle ourselves with cares that had been by Christ:

The Battle Within

“Every person will have to bear… his own… load of oppressive faults.” (Galatians 6:5 – Amplified)

One of the toughest battles you will continually face in life is with yourself:

Your self-incrimination from an overactive conscience.
Your fear of rejection… failure… the future.
Your inner spiritual turmoil over reappearing sin.

Someone has jokingly said, “If life is a bowl of cherries, why am I always in the pits?” Well, at times, life is the pits!… For ALL of us:

Paul spoke of being perplexed… wretched… (despairing) even of life.“
Jonah and Elijah harbored a death wish; Moses approached burnout. (Jonah 4:8; 1 Kings 19:4; Exodus 18:13-20)

So… What is the answer to bearing my “own load of oppressive faults“? Escape to the Fiji Islands or South America? Hardly, since you still have to face yourself.

Perhaps the simplest answer is JESUS: “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest… for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls.” (Matthew 11:28, 29)

He is the solution to every heartache, every dilemma, every unsolvable problem, every disappointment… the deepest loneliness.

Have you ever crawled up on His lap… buried your head in His shoulder and wept? Poured out your soul to Him?

It is doubtful that all the psychology and self-help books in the world can give you the peace and release that true intimacy with the Lord Jesus affords.

It is to us He says, “How often I wanted to gather (you) together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling… ” And when our inclination is to turn to everyone but Him He says, “your house is being left to you desolate.“

Immerse yourself in Jesus’s ocean of love, not as the world love but His love endureth forever. Come, drop your burden that is so heavy and pick up His yoke that has been light and you will go through this life stress free because you are walking with the Master of all terrine (Ps 34:5). Praise the Lord.

Be obedient to your heavenly call and be blest. Run that you may obtain by bring your body under subjection to the Lord’s bidding.

I beg to leave now, see you next week if God permits and have a lovely week end.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Evang Ifeoma Ohondu

Take up the Cross, and Follow Me

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

February 18, 2016

Glory Glory Alleluia! Glory glory praise the Lord x2. I just want to say Baba e ese e e e e x2. Who is like unto Thee O Lord x2 among gods who is like Thee glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders Alleluia!

Heavenly Father, we thank You, we blessed Your Holy Name, we Magnify You, we praise You forever. Thank You for the gift of another day, thank You for the health of mind and body, blessed be Thy Holy Name. You are indeed Worthy of our Praise. Receive all adoration forever and ever. Amen.

Beloved, greetings from the Throne of grace and how are you pushing on? Beautiful, I supposed. Glory be to God. How was your encounter yesterday, hope you had a swell time in fellowship with the Great I AM, praise God. God’s desire for us is that we continual be in His presence, by praying, meditating, studying, speaking about Him in all our endeavors.

We must not put Him aside at one time to reconnect at another time. He must be part and parcel of everything we are involved in doing. Remember we agreed that our business must be such that God will bless, be in association where God can be found and worship or fellowship where His Presence are ever abiding.

When we have unbroken fellowship with our Father, sickness will be far from us. We will never be open to the attacks of the satan, because He watches over us and no evil will come near our dwelling place, not even the arrows that flies by day nor the pestilence that walk in darkness; nor destruction that wasteth at noonday will come near us. A thousand shall fall at thy side, ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh Thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked (Ps 91:5-8).

This is a reward of unbroken fellowship with Your Father. Why? Because He is your refuge and your habitation. And there is no danger in Him, but evil, mountains, flood, famine flee at His appearing. What a Wonderful God we serve. Nothing will harm them that made Him their God.

Beloved, you need to enter into this awesome knowledge of God to get into these secrets of the kingdom which are only for the sons and daughters and not for wayfarers (Matt 13:11; Gal 4:6).

The Lord choses our portion for us, therefore we must surrender our will to His will. And in case you are afraid that His choice might not be exactly what you want which is usually the case. I will remind you of the potter’s power. He decide what to do with every clay in his store house. He chooses to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonor (Jer 18:6, Rom 9:19-21). All power belong to Him and that sovereign and absolute power of God make our security in Him more assuredly.

However, oftentimes, out of fear, willfulness, we chose our path different from what God had destined for us. But Jesus said to the young rich man, one thing thou lackest: go sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and fellow me”.

Hard sayings of the Lord someone just said, sighing. Yes, I could feel this man pulse at this time, having gotten a nod from the Lord just a minute ago only to be swept off his feet the next moment, tight corner another commented.

Well the truth is that we cannot run this race outside of Christ’s will and directions. It is Jesus Who will say unto you “well done good and faithful servant, come and inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.”

Beloved, is God prerogative that one business succeed while another fails? The reason behind it you will also discover as you read along:

“Take up the cross, and follow Me.” Mark 10:21

You have not the making of your own cross, although unbelief is a master carpenter at cross-making; neither are you permitted to choose your own cross, although self-will would fain be lord and master; but your cross is prepared and appointed for you by divine love, and you are cheerfully to accept it; you are to take up the cross as your chosen badge and burden, and not to stand cavilling at it.

This night Jesus bids you submit your shoulder to His easy yoke. Do not kick at it in petulance, or trample on it in vain-glory, or fall under it in despair, or run away from it in fear, but take it up like a true follower of Jesus. Jesus was a cross-bearer; He leads the way in the path of sorrow. Surely you could not desire a better guide! And if He carried a cross, what nobler burden would you desire? The Via Crucis is the way of safety; fear not to tread its thorny paths.

Beloved, the cross is not made of feathers, or lined with velvet, it is heavy and galling to disobedient shoulders; but it is not an iron cross, though your fears have painted it with iron colours, it is a wooden cross, and a man can carry it, for the Man of sorrows tried the load.

Take up your cross, and by the power of the Spirit of God you will soon be so in love with it, that like Moses, you would not exchange the reproach of Christ for all the treasures of Egypt. Remember that Jesus carried it, and it will smell sweetly; remember that it will soon be followed by the crown, and the thought of the coming weight of glory will greatly lighten the present heaviness of trouble.

The Lord help you to bow your spirit in submission to the divine will ere you fall asleep this night, that waking with tomorrow’s sun, you may go forth to the day’s cross with the holy and submissive spirit which becomes a follower of the Crucified.

Let’s go on:

“Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.” 1Kings 22:48

Solomon’s ships had returned in safety, but Jehoshaphat’s vessels never reached the land of gold. Providence prospers one, and frustrates the desires of another, in the same business and at the same spot, yet the Great Ruler is as good and wise at one time as another.

May we have grace today, in the remembrance of this text, to bless the Lord for ships broken at Ezion-geber, as well as for vessels freighted with temporal blessings; let us not envy the more successful, nor murmur at our losses as though we were singularly and specially tried. Like Jehoshaphat, we may be precious in the Lord’s sight, although our schemes end in disappointment.

The secret cause of Jehoshaphat’s loss is well worthy of notice, for it is the root of very much of the suffering of the Lord’s people; it was his alliance with a sinful family, his fellowship with sinners. In 2Chron. 20:37, we are told that the Lord sent a prophet to declare, “Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works.”

This was a fatherly chastisement, which appears to have been blest to him; for in the verse which succeeds our morning’s text we find him refusing to allow his servants to sail in the same vessels with those of the wicked king. Would to God that Jehoshaphat’s experience might be a warning to the rest of the Lord’s people, to avoid being unequally yoked together with unbelievers! A life of misery is usually the lot of those who are united in marriage, or in any other way of their own choosing, with the men of the world.

O for such love to Jesus that, like Him, we may be holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners; for if it be not so with us, we may expect to hear it often said, “The Lord hath broken thy works.”

Beloved, may we receive grace to carry the cross not grudging but trusting God all the way that we will go in His strength (Ps 71:16 ). Do not join yourselves with unbelievers in your adventure else it incurs God’s wrath and He breaks thy works.

Mark you this word “the cross”- it is not your choice to choose but it shall be given you. The cross you are to bear shall be given you by the Lord. God will never give you sickness as a cross to bear because you will not fulfill the great commission on sick bed. Neither will you dwell in impoverishment because you will not help in the great commission too. So you need good health and sound financial stand to carry on this great calling and command from God.

Do not allow satan to inflict you with either and convince you that is your cross to bear. It is a lie from the pit of hell. Jesus went about healing those that were sick and this same Jesus will not give you sickness to bear as a cross. He went about setting captives free from bondages, He will not keep you in poverty and impoverishment since He had more than enough to give you. His promise is to blessed us and not cause us pains. Praise God.

Faith like that of the mustard seed may we show forth today to enter into our dominion as promised us by our Father at the beginning of this year and see Him bring it to pass when you follow Him willing on the path He will lead you. Praise the Lord.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Unbroken Fellowship Essential

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

February 17, 2016

February 17

Yahweh, Your Name is Yahweh, You are miracle working God Your Name is Yahweh. Receive our praise O Lord x2 Glory and honour belongs to You Lord receive our praise O Lord! Father, we are here, Jesus we are here, Father, we are here, we are here for You.

Blessed Redeemer, we have come unto You Who can do all things. Ever Faithful, Reliable, Dependable, Powerful, Ever Glorious, Self-Existing, Unchangeable Changer and Miracle Working God. We bow before the Throne, we reverence You with the twenty and four elders in heaven in worship as we sing Holy, Holy, Holy to The King of kings, the Lord of Lord, the Ancient One, the Lion of the tribe of Judea. Receive our worship in Jesus Wonderful Name.

Beloved, what a glorious day before us today, we will experience God’s goodness in a greater dimension this year in Jesus Name. God in His mercies will go before us to make every crooked path to be strengthen and every narrow way to be widen for our sake in Jesus Name (Ps 52:8). He will hear and answer all our prayers in Jesus Name Amen!!!

Beloved, we are here again not unto man but unto our God, the Almighty God in Whom we are trusted and was save. Hannah cried unto God with brokenness and she was help likewise we must look up to Him for our salvation and deliverance and hope. We cannot afford to lose our hope in God.

With reference to Hannah in our yesterday devotional, her crying and drunkenness as was perceive by Eli the priest was not of unbelief but a sign of helplessness outside God. It was not of self- pity but of confident that God will answer (1 Sam 1:9-18, 20).

Where are the Hannahs of our days Who will not accept anything less than an answer from their creator? Who will hang on; hold on until their change will come? God is still searching out for intercessors who will pray between the porch and the altar (Joel 2:17). Who will take out time to speak of God someone anywhere they are (Matt 6:33).

Who will not give up in the midst of their trials and display God’s weakness in their situation but will rather stand still in the midst of it and God will show up (I Sam 1:10-11;20). Praise the Lord.

Before us today is a call for an unbroken fellowship with our Father. We must as a necessity key into all the tips that will drive us through in our relationship with our Maker and never be tried.

The second message for today contained in it another powerful tools in keeping this fellowship going not giving up but ever green. This is so essensital because our God is a jealousy says He. He cannot share you with anything whatsoever.

According to God’s Word “God created us to worship and serve Him alone. However, the devil did a smart one, he wanted us distracted and went on to achieve that through introducing mammon in our everyday living. So many people get in engrossed into activities and keep running the circle year in; year out.

To many having the good things of life make them to forget their creator and be at ease in Zion instead of interceding and doing God’s bidding, we are running after different mammon distracting us from gaining from our fellowship with God. God do not want competition but the only thing that can compete with Him is mammon. Therefore Jesus warned us “ that you cannot serve God and money.

Therefore every child of God must abide with 1 Tim 6:6- godliness with contentment is a great gain. When the heart of men is besieged with the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and pride of life it is difficult for the Word of God to grow or succeed in it. Do remember the parable of the sower. The seed that fall on the wayside, the stony places and among the thorns bears no fruit in them. Note yea that those that fall on the thorns- though the received the word but the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choked the Word and made the Word unfruitful. All these seeds bears no fruit except those that fall on the good soil (Matt 13).

Beloved this good soil can only be gotten in the place of prayer, the place of fellowship, that is, unbroken fellowship is the guarantee for our fruitfulness in our relationship with God.

Like I have prophesied earlier today is going to be great by the special grace of God. Men ought to pray and faint not, after today fellowship, we must hunger and thirst after fellowship with our heavenly Father. Praise God. so put on your seat beat while the Holy Spirit take us on this cruise:

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” John 15:7

Of necessity we must be in Christ to live unto Him, and we must abide in Him to be able to claim the largesse of this promise from Him. To abide in Jesus is never to quit Him for another love, or another object, but to remain in living, loving, conscious, willing union with Him. The branch is not only ever near the stem, but ever receiving life and fruitfulness from it.

All true believers abide in Christ in a sense; but there is a higher meaning, and this we must know before we can gain unlimited power at the throne. “Ask what ye will” is for Enochs who walk with God, for Johns who lie in the Lord’s bosom, for those whose union with Christ leads to constant communion.

The heart must remain in love, the mind must be rooted in faith, the hope must be cemented to the Word, the whole man must be joined unto the Lord, or else it would be dangerous to trust us with power in prayer. The carte blanche can only be given to one whose very life is, “Not I, but Christ liveth in me.” O you who break your fellowship, what power you lose! If you would be mighty in your pleadings, the Lord Himself must abide in you, and you in Him.

“Martha was cumbered about much serving.” Luke 10:40

Her fault was not that she served: the condition of a servant well becomes every Christian. “I serve,” should be the motto of all the princes of the royal family of heaven. Nor was it her fault that she had “much serving.” We cannot do too much. Let us do all that we possibly can; let head, and heart, and hands, be engaged in the Master’s service.

It was no fault of hers that she was busy preparing a feast for the Master. Happy Martha, to have an opportunity of entertaining so blessed a guest; and happy, too, to have the spirit to throw her whole soul so heartily into the engagement. Her fault was that she grew “cumbered with much serving,” so that she forgot Him, and only remembered the service. She allowed service to override communion, and so presented one duty stained with the blood of another.

We ought to be Martha and Mary in one: we should do much service, and have much communion at the same time. For this we need great grace. It is easier to serve than to commune. Joshua never grew weary in fighting with the Amalekites; but Moses, on the top of the mountain in prayer, needed two helpers to sustain his hands. The more spiritual the exercise, the sooner we tire in it. The choicest fruits are the hardest to rear: the most heavenly graces are the most difficult to cultivate.

Beloved, while we do not neglect external things, which are good enough in themselves, we ought also to see to it that we enjoy living, personal fellowship with Jesus. See to it that sitting at the Saviour’s feet is not neglected, even though it be under the specious pretext of doing Him service.

The first thing for our soul’s health, the first thing for His glory, and the first thing for our own usefulness, is to keep ourselves in perpetual communion with the Lord Jesus, and to see that the vital spirituality of our religion is maintained over and above everything else in the world.

Beloved, sow yourself in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up all your farrow grounds as pray today and add the essentials of keeping the grass ever green by praying and giving services- through evangelism and many others means and see God rain righteousness upon you (Hos 10:12). He God will speak to the heavens and the heaven will speak the earth and the earth will bring increase.

Be ready for your great blessedness in Christ Jesus after today’s encounter in Jesus Name.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

He Will Return

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

February 16, 2016

Joy in my heart to the Lord, sing a new song to the Lord x2, I will praise Your Name. I will worship you. Glory alleluia sing a new song to the Lord. What shall we do today? Today, I will lift my voice in praise, for I know you are always there for me, Almighty God, you are my All in All, no matter what I face when success comes my way, I will praise Your Name, You alone worthy x2….

Father, indeed You are alone are Worthy to be praise and glorified. You Are indeed Faithful to us. Thank You Father. Blessed be Thou Holy Name forever and ever. Thank You Lord for waking us up this morning and availing us the privilege to be in your presence, O Lord! All are Your doings, therefore we return to give You praise, to give You honour for counting us worthy. Thank You Father.

Beloved, do you know that it has proven that it is only God that can wakes us up each time we sleep. A doctor and also a great servant of God, in narrating this said that “in their profession, they have drugs that put one off to sleep in order to manage some health conditions and by estimation determine how long the patient is likely to sleep but the truth is that if anything goes wrong and the patient could not wake up, there is no drugs to apply rather than to keep waiting and believing that such individual wakes up so long as the breathe is still there.” He confessed he had never given a thought it this way for His long time in his career, until God opened it up for him.

So when you lie down and wakes up, no matter what is going on in your life, you must be grateful to God who in His mercies took out time of His schedule and still remembers that He has to wake up and the day or moment He forget to do so that is it. (Ps 92:1-5)

No matter what you have scheduled to do and accomplish become dreams that were never birthed. And for those who specializes in hiding talents and gifting’s from the Lord. those dreams/plans will never see the light of the day but for those like the apostles of old who disciple many for the Lord, their vision will still live on (this is not my focus for today, maybe if the Holy spirit permits us we will yet treat it- dreams that went to grave unrealized). Praise the Lord.

Our focus this morning is stilling running on the wings of yesterday’s devotion talking about God’s love that never fails but endureth forever. Beloved, not for a willful sinner but with those sinners that will turn away from evil to good when the power of God comes upon them for rescue. Praise the Lord.

Our Father in His reassuring manner is reminding us today that He will not leave us comfortless but will come back (for) to you (emphasis mine). I don’t know what you are going through at time you are reading this pieces. Is possible you are in a great storm, passing through challenges, on a sick bed, waiting for your miracle babies, marriages and jobs. The Lord said I should tell you that “He is in it with you. He sent me to tell you that He will not leave you comfortless but will for you.”

Don’t you ever give up, for weeping may tarry in the night but your joy comes in the morning. The bridegroom might delay but He will surely show up before the eleventh hour.

The rule of the game here is “never give up”. I have come a long way too and I can tell you that there are moments you want to cry (cry, weep, pour out your heart to Him! Hannah did it and Samuel came answering her). There are periods that your carnal nature will put up a fight against your spirit man (put up praise, pray as you have never done before- even as simply as saying – Jesus help me). There are moments that you will feel that everybody around you is wrong, you are the only one who is ever right (watch unforgiving spirit, bitterness, malice), and there are moment you want to be confrontational with God (it might not be a bad idea, Job did it. God also encourages it – Jer 33:3).

In all this you are permitted to do because you are in darkest moment in life but if hold on and not give up on God, though He tarries, He must return as promised. Never murmur, don’t dishonor the things of God (Exo 15:24; 16:1-36).

Beloved, you are free to do all but never allow doubt to crept into your mind else you never enter into your promise. This is the caveat – you may not enter your promise or your rest as promised by God (Exo 6:8, Num14:22; Deut 2:14-16). Therefore guide your mind with all diligence (Prov 4:23), this is one of our Cardinal point we focus on because you are what you feed your spirit man.

If you feed in with negatives everything turns negative; if you feed it with positive things so you will turn out to become God’s master pieces- why because God spokes and it came forth. For instance when the earth is in its chaotic state God look at it- He was not discourage rather He spoke forth – “Let there be…. and there was” (Gen 1:3-25 ) even now He had not stop speaking command your situation and He will still bring it to pass. Speak light into your dark situation and Jesus will show forth- Jn 8:12; 12:46; 1 Pet 4:11.

Hang on there; He will return:

“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” John 14:18

He left us, and yet we are not left orphans. He is our comfort, and He is gone; but we are not comfortless. Our comfort is that He will come to us, and this is consolation enough to sustain us through His prolonged absence. Jesus is already on His way: He says, “I come quickly”: He rides post-haste toward us. He says, “I will come”: and none can prevent His coming, or put it back for a quarter of an hour. He specially says, “I will come to you”; and so He will. His coming is specially to and for His own people. This is meant to be their present comfort while they mourn that the Bridegroom doth not yet appear.

When we lose the joyful sense of His presence we mourn; but we may not sorrow as if there were no hope. Our Lord in a little wrath has hid Himself from us for a moment; but He will return in full favor. He leaves us in a sense, but only in a sense. When He withdraws, He leaves a pledge behind that He will return. O Lord, come quickly! There is no life in this earthly existence if thou be gone. We sigh for the return of thy sweet smile. When wilt thou come unto us? We are sure thou wilt appear; but be thou like a roe, or a young hart. Make no tarrying, O our God!

Hang on for your spouse comes hither:

“My sister, my spouse.” Song 4:12

Observe the sweet titles with which the heavenly Solomon with intense affection addresses His bride the church. “My sister, one near to me by ties of nature, partaker of the same sympathies. My spouse, nearest and dearest, united to me by the tenderest bands of love; my sweet companion, part of my own self.

My sister, by my Incarnation, which makes me bone of thy bone and flesh of thy flesh; my spouse, by heavenly betrothal, in which I have espoused thee unto myself in righteousness. My sister, whom I knew of old, and over whom I watched from her earliest infancy; my spouse, taken from among the daughters, embraced by arms of love, and affianced unto me for ever.

See how true it is that our royal Kinsman is not ashamed of us, for He dwells with manifest delight upon this two-fold relationship. We have the word “my” twice in our version; as if Christ dwelt with rapture on His possession of His Church. “His delights were with the sons of men,” because those sons of men were His own chosen ones.

He, the Shepherd, sought the sheep, because they were His sheep; He has gone about “to seek and to save that which was lost,” because that which was lost was His long before it was lost to itself or lost to Him. The church is the exclusive portion of her Lord; none else may claim a partnership, or pretend to share her love. Jesus, thy church delights to have it so!

Let every believing soul drink solace out of these wells. Soul! Christ is near to thee in ties of relationship; Christ is dear to thee in bonds of marriage union, and thou art dear to Him; behold He grasps both of thy hands with both His own, saying, “My sister, my spouse.”

Mark the two sacred holdfasts by which thy Lord gets such a double hold of thee that He neither can nor will ever let thee go. Be not, O beloved, slow to return the hallowed flame of His love.

Is there anyone amongst today grasping with a depleting relationship, the Lord is promising to comfort you and heal your relationship as you fellow Him through and through. Dwell in the safety that is in Christ Jesus, the arm of flesh may fail you; but Jesus will never leave you nor forsake you. not forgetting that safety belongs to God- Ps119:117. 1 pet 4:11

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Joyful Security

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

February 15, 2016

Holy are You Lord All creation call You Lord. Worthy is Your Name, We worship Your Majesty. Awesome God, how great Thou Art, You are God, mighty are You miracles. We stand in awe of your Holy Name, Lord we and worship You

King of kings, Lord of lords, Everlasting King, Saviour Redeemer, Soon coming king 2x Awesome, Awesome, You are awesome 2x Awesome is Your NAme

Gracious God, how great You are. You are indeed Awesome, You are indeed Mighty, You are indeed the Soon Coming King. In You is my righteousness and my peace. You are my Refuge, I will run into You and be blessed; I will run into You and be secured. Faithful are You Lord.

Thank You for the gift of another week, another day in You Lord. Faithful indeed are You. Jesus, Who is like unto Thee, no one Lord and none will ever be compared with You. You are the Unchangeable changer. Faithful are You Father.

Beloved, how is it with you today? Great! someone is screaming. Whoop, I glad to hear in my spirit mind some excitement in someone’s heart today. Thank You Jesus. Because our joy streams from You alone. Thank You Precious One for You Alone is worthy of praise. Thank You for this great liberty that only You can give. Thank You Precious One for all You have done and You are still doing in our life today. To You alone be all the Glory, Honour, Adoration in Jesus Name. Amen!

Beloved, true joy I perceive in my spirit comes where there is true love. The kind of laughter that permeates your heart in spite of whatever circumstance you are passing through. You look at unpalatable situation you smile because you are confident that God is in it with though you may not see Him but You are so convince that He had settle it before you will get to it. That all you need to do at such a time is not fret but to trust. Glory be to God.

Then you can look into the storm and rebuke it as Jesus did. Wherefo you cannot, like the woman of issue of blood you can hold on Jesus hem of garment and receive your deliverance. Jesus is still in the business of doing good. He is still Faithful and kind and will never leave you nor forsake you.

God is still good and have not cease to be. The greatest love ever known on earth is that shown by God to us. “God is love’. He sent His Only Begotten Son to die for your sake that you will be made complete in Him. That you will no longer be a slave but an adopted son and daughter and together with Christ you shall reign.

No man has ever die for his follower man, if ever, it will be for a righteous course not for the one he was found guilty. But not so with Christ. He died for your sins that you will become the righteousness of God. Beloved, this is true love. This is agape kind of love. Not the love of pocket, of beauty, of association but of true love even when you have nothing to pay back, He still gave you His best; His all so as to fulfill His Father’s will.

The goodnews for me here at this point is not that Jesus died for you and I. The goodnews is that you and I are willing to accept this great love shown to us. Some are not willing to accept this truth. They will make comment like “did I asked Him to die for me?” You have the choice to belong and be joyful secured, likewise you also have the right to reject and pursue your own course. The shocking news here is that “no one will be save outside Christ no matter your benevolence or your service.

Do you want a true love not as the world giveth, then come to Jesus. His love is everlasting, His love is steadfast, His love is secured as well as reassuring. Come now and be part of this awesome family of God and enjoy the security that is imbedded in it (Ps 125: 2). Praise God. Let’s find out how:

Joyful Security

“I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” Isa. 41:10

Fear of falling is wholesome. To be venturesome is no sign of wisdom. Times come to us when we feel that we must go down unless we have a very special support. Here we have it. God’s right hand is a grand thing to lean upon. Mind, it is not only His hand, though it keepeth Heaven and earth in their places, but His right hand: His power united with skill, His power where it is most dexterous. Nay, this is not all, it is written, “I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” That hand which He uses to maintain His holiness, and to execute His royal sentences — this shall be stretched out to hold up His trusting ones. Fearful is our danger, but joyful is our security. The man whom God upholds, devils cannot throw down.

Weak may be our feet, but almighty is God’s right hand. Rough may be the road, but Omnipotence is our upholding. We may boldly go forward. We shall not fall. Let us lean continually where all things lean. God will not withdraw His strength, for His righteousness is there as well: He will be faithful to His promise, and faithful to His Son, and therefore faithful to us. How happy we ought to be! Are we not so?

I am, what about you? this is a call of confidence. When you chose to trust God’s love and leave behind every disappointments you have ever faced in life, when you chose to move on despite every failure you have encountered knowing that with God on your side now you can make it to the end. And for every believer our end is in Christ Jesus Who went to the cross. Beloved there has never been any such love ever:

“And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion.” Revelation 14:1

The apostle John was privileged to look within the gates of heaven, and in describing what he saw, he begins by saying, “I looked, and, lo, a Lamb!” This teaches us that the chief object of contemplation in the heavenly state is “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world.” Nothing else attracted the apostle’s attention so much as the person of that Divine Being, who hath redeemed us by His blood.

He is the theme of the songs of all glorified spirits and holy angels. Christian, here is joy for thee; thou hast looked, and thou hast seen the Lamb. Through thy tears thine eyes have seen the Lamb of God taking away thy sins. Rejoice, then. In a little while, when thine eyes shall have been wiped from tears, thou wilt see the same Lamb exalted on His throne. It is the joy of thy heart to hold daily fellowship with Jesus; thou shalt have the same joy to a higher degree in heaven; thou shalt enjoy the constant vision of His presence; thou shalt dwell with Him for ever.

“I looked, and, lo, a Lamb!” Why, that Lamb is heaven itself; for as good Rutherford says, “Heaven and Christ are the same thing;” to be with Christ is to be in heaven, and to be in heaven is to be with Christ. That prisoner of the Lord very sweetly writes in one of his glowing letters—”O my Lord Jesus Christ, if I could be in heaven without thee, it would be a hell; and if I could be in hell, and have thee still, it would be a heaven to me, for thou art all the heaven I want.” It is true, is it not, Christian? Does not thy soul say so?

“Not all the harps above

Can make a heavenly place,

If God His residence remove,

Or but conceal His face.”

All thou needest to make thee blessed, supremely blessed, is “to be with Christ.” And this profound truth should always be your confident in Christ. Don’t miss it for any counterfeit love.

Beloved, this week is declared blessed in the Name of Jesus! Let us all go in the love and joy in Christ our Saviour Who is our Great Deliverer. Glory be to the Lord. Alleluia!!!

Remain blessed in the Lord.

You Deal with God

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

February 12, 2016

Great is Thy Faithfulness x2 Morning by morning new mercies I see, All that I needed Your Hands have provided, Great is Thy faithfulness Lord unto me. Worthy Lord You are Worthy, King of kings, Lord of lords you are Worthy. Worthy Lord You are Worthy, King of kings, Lord of lords I worship You.

Merciful Father what can I use that will befitting to thank You for all Your lovingkindness, peace and love in my life and situations. You are Gracious and Loving to Your children. Thank You Lord for sparing us again to see Your mercies that is new every morning. Thanking You Lord. Glory be to Your Holy Name forever and ever.

Beloveth, I would say it was a quick one, another week has rolled by just in a jiffy. Everywhere is busy and am seeing more of “Red” than any other colour. Is that an indication of what is in air? Whoop! Love I guess!

Anywhere, we may be talking about that on Monday by His grace, but for now we want to consider the practical side of our long week teaching. Is God unkind? Is He not a loving Father as we were taught in our catechism classes? Has He suddenly change? Do I still have a place in Him? When am done in this part of eternity what will happen to me? or where do I spent eternity after I have lived here on earth?

Beloved, this and many other questions are what goes on in my heart as I was writing and weeping at a time what my ears and spirit man is perceiving from the Word of God.

Beloved, that day will be great and terrible. The judgment day of God. Many will wish it can postponed but alas it will be late for such an individual who had spent 10, 20 , 30, or 60,70, 80 years or beyond without making it to eternity.

Beloved, run while it is still day, night cometh when you can no longer work again. Let us live with the Awesome and fearful Nature of God in mind than a loving and kind Father in our heart. No parent condoles a naughty child, you chide to correct because the harvest time will soon come, whatsoever was sown will be reap.

Beloved, the loving Father Who had a walk in evenings with our fore parents in the garden was the same Father Who put them out of the garden without breaking His law because He is Just.

Today, you are hearing God, do not harden your heart, surrender it Jesus and the Holy Spirit will do the purification and you will be save from the everlasting damnation. Praise God.

Beloved, you have a deal with God today, be wise and be save. God in His Loving Nature is calling on you today. Do not put it off for you know not the numbers of your days. People had die in their day of joy though it is not your portion but you are limited and do not know the next minute ahead of you, so don’t put off this appointed time. Praise God.

Accept God’s hands of fellowship and friendship to you today and you live like a god you were created from the very beginning.

Come to Him, now is the accepted time. If you have accepted Jesus before now this is the time to check how far you are doing in your relationship score card. God bless you.

And if you are yet to give your life to Jesus, your deal with God today must be a remarkable one. Your testimony will be full and the Holy Spirit will uphold you to the end as you decide today. Click here to do so now.

God care so much for you that He is having a deal with you. If I may ask you” do you care enough for that brother, sister, colleague, neighbor, boss, domestic helps, your repairers, parents and children to confront them when they are not living right?” Better still “if they are yet to accept Christ as their Lord and personal Savior?”

Have you bother to tell them about Jesus or correct them whenever they miss it in love or you feel you are not suppose to interfere? Some parents play this negligence role in the lives of their children on the claim that they are now “adult” be careful brother/sister, God will require from you all that He allowed you to see or hear concerning them.

God is speaking to you concerning being your brother’s keeper and your sister’s keeper as well. Read on and be blessed:

“I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man.” Hos. 11:9

The Lord thus makes known His sparing mercies. It may be that the reader is now under heavy displeasure, and everything threatens his speedy doom. Let the text hold him up from despair. The Lord now invites you to consider your ways, and confess your sins. If He had been man, He would long ago have cut you off. If He were now to act after the manner of men, it would be a word and a blow and then there would be an end of you: but it is not so, for “as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are his ways above your ways.

You rightly judge that He is angry, but He keepeth not His anger for ever: if you turn from sin to Jesus, God will turn from wrath. Because God is God, and not man, there is still forgiveness for you, even though you may be steeped up to your throat in iniquity. You have a God to deal with, and not a hard man, nor even a merely just man. No human being could have patience with you: you would have wearied out an angel, as you have wearied your sorrowing father; but God is longsuffering.

Come and try Him at once. Confess, believe, and turn from your evil way, and you shall be saved. Also be available to be use by God in bring in the Lost or the wandering sheep back to the fold. Care enough to confront:

On Caring Enough To Confront

A few years ago my wife and I spent the evening in the home of friends who were highly respected in the Christian community. While backing the car out of their driveway, I commented to her that I felt there was something amiss in the family.

Then I second-guessed myself with, “Well, I could be wrong… it‘s just an impression. Besides, we shouldn‘t meddle in other people‘s lives.” Soon we were home and the thought dismissed.

Two years later the couple was divorced: The culmination of years of deep-seated, but well-hidden family problems. The wife and children were left devastated and desolate.

The question I must ask myself when faced with friends who may be in trouble is, “Do I care enough to confront them?“

Or am I more worried about their rejection of me? About being wrong? Or about “getting too involved?”

Jesus cared enough to confront. When challenged by Peter to not go to the cross He retorted,

“Get behind Me, Satan… you are not setting your mind on God‘s interests, but man‘s.” (Matthew 16:23)

Pretty stiff confrontation, wouldn’t you say? Yet Christ’s love for Peter is unquestioned.

James, the half brother of Jesus writes,

“If anyone has slipped away from God and no longer trusts the Lord and someone helps him understand the Truth again, that person who brings him back to God will have saved a wandering soul from death, bringing about the forgiveness of his many sins.” (James 5:19, 20 – Life Application Bible)

The opposite of love may not be hate but indifference. Therefore, when I choose to not confront a brother who may be in trouble, it is possible that I simply do not care… at least enough to confront?

That kind of indifference is not evidence of Calvary love.

Beloved, did you read that ‘Calvary love’ not worldly love that is displayed at this season, so be careful enough not to fall into the traps set by the devil in the name of love.

Search out someone this week end to care enough to confront and it also be “to encourage”. Let us not abandon our trying brothers and sisters in the house hold of God. Let us also encourage one another in love in the Lord, I think that should be another “deal” Your heavenly Father will smile at .

See you next week by His grace and remain “chaste” all through this week end. Remember to be involve in ‘only” those things God will put His blessings upon.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Obedience Brings Blessing

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

February 11, 2016

Praising the Lord always 2x praising the Lord with all my heart, praising the Lord with all my heart always, alleluia my Lord is good 3x is good to me. I will lift up my voice, I will joyfully sing not for what you have done but for Who You are. You are the song that I sing, melody in my heart, the reason I live is to praise your Name, He reign 3x forever more.

Thank You Father for a beautiful day You have made and we shall rejoice in it and be glad. Thank You for the gift of another day to bring forth your praise through us. Thank You most gracious Father, Hallow be Your Holy Name forever Amen!

Beloved, thank God that our God answers prayers. He said “before they call I will answer them.” “I will show you great and might things which thou knoweth not.” His Word said “I will deliver Him from all His troubles.” Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ever ask or think, according …. Is this not an evident that God answers prayer?

Our topic for today is a follow up on yesterday’s write up. The blessings promised us by God is a conditional blessings. “Observe and do”, so that it will be well with you and they children forever.”

But is that always our experience? We dishonor God in various ways even our doing the acclaimed will of God. To seek God’s blessing on the works of our hands, we must be sure to engage or do what God can bless. The truth is bitter but must be said.

So many are living or having a home they call family but the foundation of such homes are faulty. You are living together outside wedlock and having children, little wonder while so many homes are having devil at their family altar if any instead of the presence of God.

The Word of God cannot be bend to suit us but rather we are to adjust ourselves to conformity with the Word of God.

Many businesses are not honouring God. With the increases in prices of major currencies of the world, most business owners are giving footing to the satan and his cohort. So many adulterated products are on the sales stands, and many with expired date cleaned off and fast forward the date. With a good excuse of what is happening in the currencies market.

Many organizations directors are spelling doom to their workers while some are holding salaries of already services others are cutting down work forces all in the name of unfavourable business environment or government policies. The surprising thing is that these group of management tells you when the economy is biting hard or when they are losses in the organization but will never commend you when the situation improves. Rather they will engage on an endless trips with their family forgetting the goose that lay the golden egg. They use up their “cream” and dump them due to old age or accident with good retiring or layoff package to start a new.

What happened to the plough-back profits taught in school days? What happened to packages like the “golden hello” use to motivate workers to join an organizations? What happen to incentives that are among the packages in the employment offer?

What we fail to understand is that there is an “Eye” watching you and will not fail to bring justices when the time is full, never mind if you escape it now.

And the bitter sides to this story is that among the decision makers of these organization are pastors, deacon or deaconess, elders and workers in our various churches, even if you have no title yet, beloved, God is watching you.

Many compel those working with them to join in this abominable acts, for the sake of their daily bread, they will fall victims and partake of God’s wrath when it will finally come.

Beloved, check yourself this moment, are you standing right with God? Can God put His blessings on the works of your hands? If not repent now before it will be late to do so.

Stop lying. Stop manipulating figures. Represent your company or country well. Stop looting away funds, God is watching you. Obey God and His blessings apart from financial benefits which also include good health will be chasing you. Change your ways to attract His blessings upon you and your household “forever”.

“Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.” Deut. 12:28

Though salvation is not by the works of the law, yet the blessings which are promised to obedience are not denied to the faithful servants of God. The curses our Lord took away, when He was made a curse for us, but no clause of blessing has been abrogated.

We are to note and listen to the revealed will of the Lord, giving our attention not to portions of it, but to “all these words.” There must be no picking and choosing, but an impartial respect to all that God has commanded. This is the road of blessedness for the father and for his children. The Lord’s blessing is upon His chosen to the third and fourth generation. If they walk uprightly before Him, He will make all men know that they are a seed which the Lord has blessed.

No blessing can come to us or ours through dishonesty or double dealing. The ways of worldly conformity and unholiness cannot bring good to us or ours. It will go well with us when we go well before God. If integrity does not make us prosper, knavery will not. That which gives pleasure to God will bring pleasure to us.

Our Modus Operandi In Business

OUR MODUS OPERANDI IN BUSINESS, AND THE WAY THE HOLY SPIRIT DESIRES TO WORK IN AND THROUGH US ARE OFTEN THE EXACT OPPOSITE FROM EACH OTHER.

In business it is our wit, our persuasive abilities, our genius in manipulating and controlling circumstances, and our cleverness in creating certain impressions that spell “success”. Or so it seems.

When we try however to apply these same forces in the spiritual realm, NOTHING OF ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE HAPPENS

Because we are by nature CONTROLLERS, we find the freedom of the Spirit’s working difficult to relate to. The Holy Spirit simply will not be controlled or manipulated:

“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)

In similar fashion, Psalm 37 calls us to release our control and rest in Him:

Psalm 37: Our Natural Inclination:

Verse 3 – “Trust in the Lord… ”

Rely upon our cleverness

Verse 4 – “Delight in the Lord… ”

Fret over circumstances

Verse 5 – “Commit your way to the Lord… ”

Engineer the next step

Verse 7 – “Rest in the Lord… “ Grind our teeth over eventualities

Verse 34 – “Wait for the Lord… “ Rush ahead to clinch the deal

If we were truly depending upon God rather than ourselves, would we not also be applying the same elements of patience, waiting and resting… YES the freedom of the Spirit’s leading, to our business as we should be to the “ministry?”

In fact, the distinction between our mind set and our methods in business and ministry would probably be indistinguishable.

After all, isn’t everything we do supposed to be a work of the Spirit of God?

Do I have someone who is deciding to do it just the way it will only be pleasing to God? Is someone giving a “YES” only to the leading of the Holy Spirit?

Always remember that nothing is hidden before Him and He will judge all things (Heb 4:13). Are you still interested in the Eternality package? Watch your steps; are they in HIS STEPS? (1Pet 2:21). Be guided and flee from wilful disobedience. You may not have the time to repent. Don’t take God’s long suffering for granted. Read Job 28:28.

The blessings of the Lord maketh rich and add no sorrow to it. I will leave you with God’s ordained blessings upon His children, you can say it over yourself daily and you will truly be blessed. Read Psalm 20.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Blessed in the Field

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

February 10, 2016

Blessed be the Name of the Lord, You are Worthy to be praise and adore. Lord we lift our holy hands in one accord singing blessed be the Name blessed be the Name of the Lord. Holy Most Holy is the Lord God x3. Holy Most Holy is the Lord God is the Lord God Most high.

Gracious Father, we thank You for Your goodness and lovingkindness towards us your children. We worship You for Your goodness endureth to all generations. We are entirely grateful to You for all we are now and what we are becoming. Thank You Father, thank You Lord.

Beloved, our God is worthy of praise. He did not spare His only begotten son but He gave Him up for our salvation that you and I will be redeemed forever from eternal destruction unto everlasting life. Glory be to God in the highest.

Beloved as we worship and pray to God today, I want us to come before Him in humility of heart. Confess our sins before Him and ask for His blessings. God has so ordained it that nothing comes as a surprise or emergency to Him. He takes care of every situation and before every need arises He has already provided for it.

Sometimes, we do not have full understanding of this scripture. In some case you may be able to provision before a need arise. Often times, it is while you are facing the need that the help will arise. The latter is not very comfortable but it meant for us to trust God who had promised that He will not denial us anything good because that it His nature.

God does everything to His own glory, even your being in existence is at His own instance and His own glory. So what will it cause Him to He sustain that which His hands has made?

Beloved do you remember when there was a great famine in land. Isaac like His father wanted to go down to Egypt but God intervened. He gave him an instruction that if it was to now in our generation or you working in organization and you proposes that you will earn an instant sack letter before the end of the meeting.

God gave him a strict and a tough instruction that is beyond his understanding and had never happened in the time past at least he would have drawn an inference from it. Isaac in mist of several options chose to trust the God of his father. He decided to trust God Who is the giver of every good thing. Who had also promise good to His dear children. (Rom1:17; 1 Cor 4:20).

That same God has not change but as He was in the beginning, so He is today and will be forever.

As you go through the message of the day you will discovery many things that is obtainable from the field such as meditation, planting and reaping, working and studies can be done in the field. Which one appeals to you? Meditate therein and the blessing promised thereafter will be your lots.

Praise God:

“Blessed shalt thou be in the field.” Deut. 28:3

So was Isaac blessed when he walked therein at eventide to meditate. How often has the Lord met us when we have been alone! The hedges and the trees can bear witness to our joy. We look for such blessedness again.

So was Boaz blessed when he reaped his harvest, and his workmen met him with benedictions. May the Lord prosper all who drive the plough! Every farmer may urge this promise with God, if indeed he obeys the voice of the Lord God.

We go to the field to labor as father Adam did; and since the curse fell on the soil through the sin of Adam the first, it is a great comfort to find a blessing through Adam the second.

We go to the field for exercise, and we are happy in the belief that the Lord will bless that exercise, and give us health, which we will use to His glory.

We go to the field to study nature, and there is nothing in a knowledge of the visible creation which may not be sanctified to the highest uses by the divine benediction.

We have at last to go to the field to bury our dead; yea, others will in their turn take us to God’s acre in the field: but we are blessed, whether weeping at the tomb, or sleeping in it.

Beloved, where is your resting place? In the Lord or outside Him? Read carefully as you go through the next message for more benefits:

“The dove came in to him in the evening.” Genesis 8:11

Blessed be the Lord for another day of mercy, even though I am now weary with its toils. Unto the preserver of men lift I my song of gratitude. The dove found no rest out of the ark, and therefore returned to it; and my soul has learned yet more fully than ever, this day, that there is no satisfaction to be found in earthly things—God alone can give rest to my spirit.

As to my business, my possessions, my family, my attainments, these are all well enough in their way, but they cannot fulfil the desires of my immortal nature. “Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.” It was at the still hour, when the gates of the day were closing, that with weary wing the dove came back to the master: O Lord, enable me this evening thus to return to Jesus.

She could not endure to spend a night hovering over the restless waste, not can I bear to be even for another hour away from Jesus, the rest of my heart, the home of my spirit. She did not merely alight upon the roof of the ark, she “came in to him;” even so would my longing spirit look into the secret of the Lord, pierce to the interior of truth, enter into that which is within the veil, and reach to my Beloved in very deed.

To Jesus must I come: short of the nearest and dearest intercourse with Him my panting spirit cannot stay. Blessed Lord Jesus, be with me, reveal Thyself, and abide with me all night, so that when I awake I may be still with thee. I note that the dove brought in her mouth an olive branch plucked off, the memorial of the past day, and a prophecy of the future.

Have I no pleasing record to bring home? No pledge and earnest of lovingkindness yet to come? Yes, my Lord, I present Thee my grateful acknowledgments for tender mercies which have been new every morning and fresh every evening; and now, I pray Thee, put forth Thy hand and take Thy dove into Thy bosom.

Beloved, hasten to the Throne of grace to obtain mercies as such an hour like this. Be patient enough to wait for the arrival of the groom, endeavour to have an extra oil with you in case He tarries. He will surely come with manifold blessings and you will be blessed.

I pray to God for the grace to obey every of God’s command to us so as to qualify us for His blessings and reward in Jesus’s Name.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

The Dross Purged

Evang. Ifeoma Ohondu

February 9, 2016

Good morning Jesus Good morning Lord, I know You come from heaven above, the Holy Spirit teach us truth, Good morning Jesus Good morning Lord. Glory Glory Glory Lord, we give you glory Lord 2x You are the Mighty God.

Blessed Redeemer we thank You for today, we thank You for Your Mighty works in our lives and situation. We are grateful for Faithfulness and grace abound unto us for every good work. Thank You Father for watching over us and fighting all our secret battles. Thank You Lord for the salvation of our souls from the pit of hell. Blessed be thy Holy Name forever and ever.

Beloved, blessed is our God who art in heaven, Who daily load us with benefits; Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth Thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satifieth thy desire with good things, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle (Ps 103:2-5).

Our God is awesome and greatly to be feared. Beloved, I think we should be rejoiced in the Lord our Saviour if we found ourselves to be counted among those called by God either by election or selection.

Do you know that there is no difference between the elect and the non-elect, they are clay of the “the same lump, which also agree with Eph 2:3. Though God does not make a difference in the respective destinations to which He assigned assigns His creature for one vessel is made “unto honour and another unto dishonor” some are “vessels of wrath fitted to destruction,” others are vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared unto glory.” However, the chooser here is God Himself (Jn 15:16). And you are chosen to be among the elect. Shout alleluia!

Our Salvation is by the “sanctification of the Holy Spirit (2Thess 2:13) and the belief of the truth.” Is not true that because God has chosen a certain one to salvation that he will saved willy-nilly, whether he believes or not; nowhere do the scripture so represent it.

Having been chosen unto salvation is a profound cause for fervent praise as expressed by the apostles- we are bound to give thanks always to God for you… because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation. So instead of shirking back in horror from the doctrine of predestination, the believer, when he sees this blessed truth as it is unfolded in the Word, discovers a ground for gratitude and thanksgiving such as nothing else, save the unspeakable gift of the Redeemer Himself.

Is grace that is speaking in our lives that we are save not of works (2 Tim 1:9) we also believe through grace (Acts 18:27). Beloved, may this purging in our study text be effective in your life and not in vain in Jesus Name.

For there is no condemnation for them that are in Christ Jesus. Beloved, the emphasis is not for all but for “them that are Christ Jesus.” Are you in Christ Jesus? Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned but anyone who does not is already condemned because he has not believed in the Name of the One and Only Son of God (Jn 3:18).

Make sure you give your life to Jesus to inherit this promise as it was Jesus mandated to do His Father’s will not His own. Also His death is for those that His Father has given Him not for all (Jn 6:44; Eph 1:4, 5; Jn 10:16). So stop basking in sin and be waiting for salvation that will save you at the point of death like the one Christ saved on the cross. That thinking is not only erroneous but very risky because there will not other chance to make the correction and the result will be everlasting fire with gnashing of teeth (Matt 25:41; Matt 5:26).

“And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.” Zech. 13:9

Grace transmutes us into precious metal, and then the fire and the furnace follow as a necessary consequence. Do we start at this? Would we sooner be accounted worthless, that we might enjoy repose, like the stones of the field? This would be to choose the viler part: like Esau, to take the pottage, and give up the covenant portion. No, Lord; we will gladly be cast into the furnace rather than be cast out from thy presence!

The fire only refines, it does not destroy. We are to be brought through the fire, not left in it. The Lord values His people as silver, and therefore He is at pains to purge away their dross. If we are wise, we shall rather welcome the refining process than decline it. Our prayer will be that our alloy may be taken from us rather than that we should be withdrawn from the crucible.

O Lord, thou triest us indeed! We are ready to melt under the fierceness of the flame. Still, this is thy way, and thy way is the best. Sustain us under the trial and complete the process of our purifying, and we will be thine for ever and ever.

For indeed there is no condemnation that are rooted in Christ Jesus. Christ paid in full and therefore God requires no payment from you henceforth. Dip yourselves into this:

“There is therefore now no condemnation.” Romans 8:1

Come, my soul, think thou of this. Believing in Jesus, thou art actually and effectually cleared from guilt; thou art led out of thy prison. Thou art no more in fetters as a bond-slave; thou art delivered now from the bondage of the law; thou art freed from sin, and canst walk at large as a freeman, thy Saviour’s blood has procured thy full discharge.

Thou hast a right now to approach thy Father’s throne. No flames of vengeance are there to scare thee now; no fiery sword; justice cannot smite the innocent. Thy disabilities are taken away: thou wast once unable to see thy Father’s face: thou canst see it now. Thou couldst not speak with Him: but now thou hast access with boldness. Once there was a fear of hell upon thee; but thou hast no fear of it now, for how can there be punishment for the guiltless?

He who believeth is not condemned, and cannot be punished. And more than all, the privileges thou mightst have enjoyed, if thou hadst never sinned, are thine now thou art justified. All the blessings which thou wouldst have had if thou hadst kept the law, and more, are thine, because Christ has kept it for thee. All the love and the acceptance which perfect obedience could have obtained of God, belong to thee, because Christ was perfectly obedient on thy behalf, and hath imputed all His merits to thy account, that thou mightst be exceeding rich through Him, who for thy sake became exceeding poor.

Oh! how great the debt of love and gratitude thou owest to thy Saviour!

“A debtor to mercy alone,

Of covenant mercy I sing;

Nor fear with Thy righteousness on,

My person and offerings to bring:

The terrors of law and of God,

With me can have nothing to do;

My Saviour’s obedience and blood

Hide all my transgressions from view.”

Beloved, this great love must be in vain but will be beneficial to you in Jesus Name. I pray that you will be willing under the Divine power of God and be a partaker of God’s love to mankind (Ps 110:3; Jn 3:16).

Remain blessed in the Lord.

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