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There is no land where word of wisdom is not part of daily application. Words that are not prophetic, but are true most of the time. Words, when diligently applied to one’s life, will envelop our life in peace, progress, and love for everyone. The book of proverbs in the Bible is an example.Proverbs 3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: It is important to say from the start that keeping a resolution is not a piece of cake. It is more than clinching your teeth to achieve. It takes an inner strength. Like I have always averred, breaking a long held habit is like asking a lunatic to stop doing crazy things overnight. We know if he can stop, he would have chosen that part long ago, not to mention the mental state responsible for his abnormal actions. But there are some of us out there whose vices have landed us in a hotspot, had drawn tears, pain and regret. The sad experience kind of galvanized us to take a practical steps to change and turn

Hebrews 12:2:“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” How do you provoke God to pour out his blessing upon you despite the gloom being predicted by the expert for the fast approaching 2022?, [thanks to the omicron variant] one can hardly see any brightness in the horizon when pitched against their conclusion. ‘2 Kings 7:1-2 Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. When there is so much gloom, so much despair, filling the air of our tomor

1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. When the city of David parish of The Redeemed Christian Church Of God (RCCG)launched an online Christian dating platform for mature singles, it received a lot of reviews and raves with mixed reactions. The Parish Pastor, Idowu Iluyomade, revealed at a forum, that the platform will enable singles to interact and find their life partners. He further stated that when a single lady or young man registers on the site, the information would still have to be processed before approval. It did not go down well with some pastor’s notable Leke. Leke Adeboye, son of RCCG General Overseer Pastor E.A. Adeboye, has expressed his objections after the church launched an online dating site. One day after they announced that the RCCG City of David Parish has launched an online Christian dating platform for mature singles, Leke took to Instagram to reveal what he thinks about it. He shared photos of

Exodus 12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. We live in this present WOLRD, where yardstick for a pastor’s success is measured in numerical strength alone.[Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.] And not how many are true Christians and dedicated to the service of God. It is mostly sinners from Mondays till Saturday, then saints on Sundays. Christianity is no longer about living a holy life, but all about doing what you feel and basking in the confession of grace; for we are saved by grace. When the church ought to be the one to turn the world to christ, the church is most time copying the world. Cases abound of comedians taking the stage on the pulpit to make men laugh and have fun. Cases abound in the world where prayers must be recited or made before the opening of any agenda. The so called mixed multitude are the ones in the church who are ne

Matthew 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. The government is still funding the membership of Nigeria in all the International Islamic organisations like OIC and its allies without being part of any international Christian organization. ——Rev. Francis Ayokunle The news that the united states has removed Nigeria from the list of countries without religious freedom has come as a surprise to many christian howbeit the Nigeria christian association, CAN. Rev Samson Ayokunle in a statement titled, ‘CPC List: We Are At a Loss On the Data the US Government Used for the Delisting of Nigeria–CAN,’ said the US supposed to have contacted it before taking such a decision. Ayokunle said the US government did not contact CAN when they were listing Nigeria among the countries of ‘Particular Concern’ on religious freedom, neither did they seek its opinion before removing Nigeria from the list. “If they had done, we would have been able to compare the statistics

1 Samuel 17:58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. [When men do the extraordinary, you want to know more about their background. In the above passage, king Saul, no doubt, has heard about the young David before now but, this exploit has made him to show more interest in this youth]. Celebrity sprouts in various fields of endeavour: sports, religion. Entertainment, business and the Arts. Sometimes, it is possible for one celebrated person in one field to be relatively unknown in another field. But now and then, once in a blue moon, one person will break through the limited acknowledgment in his field and others and indeed, the entire nation will sing his praise. So it was with David Adeleke, a young entertainer born in the US by Nigerian parents. David Adeleke aka, Davido, has a massive follower on social media. He did what brought limelight and make the Nigeria populace bear his name on thei

To know you have to look beyond their sweet words, their ingratiating words and their show of love and loyalty. Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. Even so the heart is not the correct barometer to know those who are loving or kind; for the bible says of the heart: Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? In the spirit of man lies the true identity of the person. That is why God deals with us from the spirit. John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Wihout the spirit involvement we can not be aid to be new creatures.2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. The bible says a tree is known by its fruit, so too, is a man known by his character. The

Job 8:20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: Psalms 10:15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. There was pandemonium at a community in Rivers state after photos of men and women “in chains” were found inside a shrine in the state. The native doctor whose shrine the photos were uncovered, is said to have been caught while burying a 3months old child alive. Residents accosted him and beat him to confess, but he mysteriously disappeared. The angry youths then invaded his shrine and found photographs of people tied, padlocked and nailed to different spots. They alleged that most of them who were nailed are suffering strokes or dead in real life. On getting to his house/Shrine 100’s of pictures were nailed, tied or chained, to different places. Padlocks were in chains littered everywhere, tied to people’s pictures. The dead 3months old baby was dung up, the angry youths tried all

Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you. Leviticus 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. Image result for Jpg of Glory. Size: 171 x 100. Source: weknowyourdreams.com The aerodrome of God is the church that the Lord, the mighty God, has purchased. Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. It behooves the congregation to make sure that the atmosphere and the persons are fit for his presence. The able leader in the old testament, Joshua, once told the people: Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you. Therefore, the number one prerequisite to receiving the Lord’s presence is sanctification of ourselves. Wonders, miracles, healings and breakthroughs can

We are now in the second ember month. Many believes in the months of September, October, November and December are trying months and these months the devil double his effort to steal, destroy and kill. John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. So far, many men have gone beyond. many also prepared to be with the lord and many sadly, could not do this. Many were also led to accept and confess christ as their personal lord and saviour.Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. they saw death gradually approaching to take them along and they also saw the grace of God through christ beckoning to them. The best offer a christian can do for a dying relative not yet saved is to quickly go and present this wonderful grace to the dying once again. In these f

1 Corinthians 12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? Enoch Adeboye One of the humblest ministers of God, pastor Emmanuel Adeboye, has, for the first time, narrated how God delivered him from starting his own ministry. Perhaps this is one of the secret to his success in the ministry, obedience to God after hearing his voice. He told his massive congregation during the weekend how he nursed the ambition of planting his own ministry way back in 1977. Indeed, not all pastors are called to plant ministries, but many today think that the completion of a bible school is an automatic licence to start a ministry of their own.We live in a world where if you are a pastor without being a founder, you are a mediocre in the call of God; the cleric disabused the mind of many this last week. Many junior ministers allude that the ambition to start their own ministry is owing to too many church doctrines and lack of a free hand in going out and doing wh

Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. While many Christians living in some countries will never attend church, that is not fitted with spilt air-conditioners and guarded car parks to against careless parking, others deem it compulsory to always pray to be like the richest deacon in the church. That is where their prayers ends. A cacophony of voices raging against heaven for more financial breakthroughs. spurred on by messages fixated on the benefit of being wealthy by the pastors, they fire on every Sundays the only time they attend church service. The only time they tell you they are filled with faith is that one day God will answer their prayers for stupendous wealth. That to them is faith that move mountain; not the faith that can pray for those in bondage to be released, not the faith that can bang on the door of heaven for communist countries to become free for christian to p

Revelation 2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. I welcome the news about death not because i desire the death of anyone, but it gives me hope that the word of God is ever true; for he has said Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: The day man will proffer a solution to aging and death that day, I will renounce my faith in God and all that his son Jesus has done for me. That is hoping for the impossible, for no man has a solution or the antidote for death. For the past few months i have heard of the passing of people; some I admire because of their contribution they made to the society, some because of their wealth and some because of their infamy and others because of the vanity they displayed whilst they lived like they will never die. News of death, though it shocks and shakes th

1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. Acts 8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? The above verses are a ‘super verse,’ from the little insight I have been able to gain from the words of God; for who Can I Say I know it all. God’s word is ‘new” every day, and the revelation keeps expanding as we give time to meditation and assimilation. The church today faces a danger due to lack of knowledge of the Divinity of christ and his purpose in our life and the world. Many now take the bible analyse it and interpret it in a way that suits them; they forget the bible is the logos and the Rhema. Without the Rhema you can not be blessed or get anything meaningful from it. You do not intellectualise the bible otherwise you can not

1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: All who become part of this Holy nation comes in as babies whether you are physically 100 years or just 16 years of age. These are a people whose sins have been forgiven and cleanse from all unrighteousness. We call this GRACE. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Christians are those who has believe, accept and confess Jesus christ as their personal lord and saviour. Acts 13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Those who have believed this report, go on to confess Jesus christ as God, who came in the flesh to save humankind, become spiritually separated from the world. Jesus says in the book in John 15:19, If ye were of the world,

James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. An excellent definition of faith must include work, but the work acts as a compliment, not a supplement; we place faith ahead of the work. The book of james put it this way: What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? James 2:14 When a Brother called out of darkness, and ordained of God to preach, tell those who are still in ignorance of this wonderful grace, and miss the mark at some point and the reason for his calling, it takes another man of God to correct him; not angels or celestial bodies. Truth tellers should not be afraid of a backlash as long as they are in the will of their master. An excellent servant is he who does the will of his master without adding, removing, or embellishing the message . Prayer is not asking God to make your other team lose Romans 12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly lo

Matthew 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. As heirs of God, we have claim to peace here on earth and eternal life after our sojourn on Earth. Becoming a millionaire is not part of the deal. What happens what we see today is a congregation who wants those that will tell them their millions is on the way if only they will dare to have a big faith by releasing what they have. The bible says: 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; Those christian who have deep root and personal experience of being born again know that God does not have a bank in heaven and that nothing made by man can find its way int

Many likened it to evil in broad daylight; when an assistant pastor with the popular Pentecostal church, the redeemed christian church in Lagos Nigeria, was killed by people believed to be hired killers in his church this past Sunday. The daredevil gun men went into the church in Maidan village,Mile 12 area of Lagos State, one man produced a photo of pastor Ibrahim to ascertain he was the right man before killing him.Despite pleas from the senior pastor who was attracted by the commotion, they dared anyone to come near and get shot. The distraught wife of the deceased, Mrs. Kudirat Ibrahim said on the fateful day her husband was killed, he was fasting. She said for the period they courted she never suspected her husband to be a cultist, wondering where people heard that he was a cult member, “what they are saying about him are blatant lies, my late husband was a man of God and he served him to his death. Pastor Ibrahim “I wasn’t at home on the fateful day of the incident. I went

Psalms 110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. The very day a christian surrender to the lordship of the lord Jesus Christ, he equally placed yourself in the book of the Devil. And he will fight you with all at his disposal, believe me. The Devil is the master of networks from the air, from the land, from under the earth and even from your household he has them to fights, nevertheless the lord Jesus Christ has made provision for your victory if only the Christ follows it.Hallelujah! Satan is the ache enemy [he is our antagonist in every area; then he has a network of one, those who will do spiritual things to harm us, to those who stop short of spiritual things, but will do anything in the physical to harm us, three,those who will not harm us ,but will rejoice or wish our down fall normally we call them detractors or opposition. To the christian, there will always be enemies, hating you for no just cause rather, for the f

  1 Corinthians 16:2  Upon the first   day   of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as   God   hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. 2 Kings 5:22  And he said, All  is  well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. Having branches and young men and inexperience men as pastors in these branches poise a danger to the body of christ. The first verse refers to the church administration in the new testament. This is not a prophecy nor a vision, this is a typical church administration. Every church has one. Anyone who has gone through the four walls of a good bible seminary knows that there is church administration in any church except of course the so called prophetic churches where the so called Daddy does whatever appeals to him at an instant moment. That judas was treasurer is a kind of Ad

  Genesis 4:9  And the LORD said unto Cain, Where   is   Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not:   Am   I my brother’s keeper? It behooves us to be curious about the first murderer in creation. For in doing so we look at the mindset of one of our first parents. Right from the time of Sunday school in children’s class we are told that Cain offering was not acceptable because it was too meager and the selfish man Cain would not want to part with the best to God. They leave us with the impression that God being huge needed an enormous sacrifice that will satisfy him, Aunty forgets to tell us that the earth is the lord’s and his fulness. [ Psalms 24:1  The earth  is  the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein]. talk about kids! Abel, funny enough this signifies ‘vanity’, did not show any trace of vanity. His sacrifice, which was made as atonement for sin to the most high God, was accepted for there was blood to take his place as a substitute. For God ind