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  Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. Merry chrismas to you. This is a message of love and best wishes. It is a time to send best wishes to loved one and acquaintances and a time good enough to forgive those who have erred against us as we, too, have developed the humility to ask forgiveness from those we may have offended. This is so because the season is about love express in giving: the giving of time to children, to our old mothers we have not seen since the beginning of this year the giving of gifts to loved ones and the sending of best wishes to others. God the father, the personification of love, started this when he sent Hiis only son to the sinful for a sin solution.  John 3:16 , For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. As we go about showing love in diff

  To do justice to this topic, we should define who a Christian is and what he possesses or enjoys. A Christian is a person who enjoys some spiritual benefit and has a new spiritual identity, a newness of life and a renewed mind. Most of these are invisible to the ordinary person except when some fruits manifest and his new views become obvious to friends and family members. No wonder the bible says ‘if any man is in Christ he is a new creature’. What is a curse? A curse is any words, incantation or invocation with a negative effect, issued from any person. It works because it carries with it the potency to achieve its effect. A curse has mobility without borders. Hence, a curse can affect somebody in Cincinnati in America, even if it is from far away cape or Cairo. Curses don’t just affect anybody, there are reasons that can happen. Some curses are relative, while others go from one generation to the next in a family. To make easily understood i will make use the power of some disease

  Every man born into this world goes through a tripartite experience,if he live a full circle. Apostle paul highlighted the initial stage while writing his first epistle to the christian at Corinth. Hear him:   1 Corinthians 13:11, ”  When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child; I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things”. THE FIRST STAGE: owing to the inexperience and curiosity coupled with an impressionable mind, every child thinks he can go all the way, do whatever he feel like doing,they take risk for thier brain can not understand nor comprehend what is dangerous or what death means. That was what Paul was trying to put across to the young Christians at Corinth. This stage is the stage of restricted freedom, freedom with a limit. They are told by parents, guardians, and teachers and help what they can touch, play with. They are told what to place in thier mouth, eat or what they can drink. Most times, the kid responds by sulking

  When we come to God, all our experiences are spiritual. The first is the forgiveness of our sins and trespasses; Whether we are the worst person alive or considered as the best person, Professed Christians need forgiveness. For indeed, the sin that condemns us before God is not just our own, but the sin that is inherited. Therefore, it is imperative for us to confess and own up to the fact that our goodness is nothing before God. See   Mark 2:17  When Jesus heard   it , he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. The newcomer must appreciate the fact that our main aim of coming to God is not for him to make us financially well off because we pay our tithe like some would want to preach, but that He has saved us from the eternal damnation that the Devil wants us to experience. Another thing we must appreciate is that generational curses that manifest in our lives in as pover

  “Having a swimming pool without fencing in a compound where we have tiny tots that are hyper and want to play in the water, like they sometimes do, with daddy could spell disaster .” [Godwin Guobadia] Here is a Tabloid’s way of writing about the incident that took a way the little boy of David Adeleke, the Nigerian celebrity also known as Davido: “On 20 October, when Davido and his wife, Chioma, marked the third birthday of Ifeanyi Adeleke, their son, Davido made a simple request to God. In a prayer he shared on Instagram, he asked God to allow the boy to grow greater than he is. “I pray with all my heart that God grants you perfect health and pure happiness for as long as humanly possible. You will grow to be greater than me, Happy birthday, son @davidifeanyiadeleke!”, the singer wrote. But just 10 days after, God had a different idea. He took the boy away by drowning, causing anguish for the inconsolable parents, friends, and relations. Ifeanyi’s death brought back the memory of a

  We believe some of the most fascinating sites in biblical history to be in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including Mount Sinai, where Moses heard from God. Today, the area deep in the northwest corner of the Saudi desert is more populated by camels than people, but if Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has his way, this area rich in biblical history could soon to be lost to a major development project. The heir to the Saudi throne recently announced the region as the site of his new $500 billion megacity, which might one day house up to nine million people and re-think everything about how people live, work, and play. They touted the project as the most modern, forward-thinking and climate-friendly city in the world, but few people are aware of the deep biblical history of the area. Those who are aware wonder if the planned mega-project will help or harm the historic value of the region. Andrew Jones has been studying biblical archaeology for more than a decade. CBN News followed him on

  Jeremiah 7:11  Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen   it , saith the LORD. Matthew 21:13  And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. The church of Christ, the post resurrection church functioned with a full mandate and knowing from the onset, their task. this they face without blinking or distraction; they never wavered nor stop from these task. the act of the apostles is replete with their experiences in the hands of fellowmen and roman soldiers and the roman government. Tortured beaten, chained, imprisoned with hands and feet bound in stocks, but any time of respite they stood their ground and refused to renounce their faith and their confession of the lord Jesus as savior. See this example in  Acts 4:10;   Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God r

  Jonah 3:1-4  And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey. And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. I have tried one way or the other to present God in this forum with my small understanding and leave the rest to the ability of the holy spirit to grow the little seed i have planted; for indeed, who can explain God to a mere mortal save the Spirit? Like every other experience, we develop our belief, faith and trust based on how we understand or interpret what they have taught us to us. If we perceive it as kind, we shall thenceforth continue with that perception. A messenger’s ability to deliver the errand as the master intended makes him a good messenge

  1 John 2:5  But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him., KJV. That David wept when he heard they slew Absalom does not negate the fact that Absalom deserves that horrible end. But when you have it, you have it Good heart that part of God your maker deposited in you, that love that led to your you being created. It was that love that kept Joseph quiet when he heard found out that Mary was pregnant before she met her; the law says what to do with such a woman, but not joseph. He decided to put her away privily. Yet none of these shows of true love quite compare to the one the creator has for us, his creature. HE is the embodiment of love the very personification; The bible says God is love, not like love but love. The personification of love. Any genuine love shown by any human is a little breath that God almighty gave man in creation, just showing forth. A true description of God is a true description of love. Yet, if we d

  When one Ifidayo [aka] Daddy freeze was going overboard, with insult on the persons and positions some of Nigerias’s foremost evangelists DR.Paul Enenchie and REV. David Ibiyeomie came down hard on hm. challenging him to name any spheres of life. He had excelled more that the pastor Adeloye and Bishop Oyedepo, whom he takes delight in calling out and pouring out venoms on his social platform. After that counter attack ‘FREEZE”, gave them respite. One Nigeria professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Uju Anya, gave out a fowl tweet over the death of Her royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth: a gutter language, unworthy of a professor. Her foul mouth was so repulsive that people like Jeff Bezos had to wonder aloud if that is a traditional teacher whose main goal is to teach courtesy, culture and finesse in our depraved society. It is an irony that she has to be among the very depraved, mannerless and uncouth. Her school and the Nigeria foreign commission quickly distance themselves from such ca

  Galatians 3:13  Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed   is   every one that hangeth on a tree:[king James version] To be fair in justice, the sin of murder and the offense of stealing a cob of corn from the farm are not the same. God advised the children of Israel should make a thief to replace more than he stole, that, is the punishment, but when it is taking another’s life, the punishment is what we call capitol today. Why because life is in the blood.  Leviticus 17:11  For the life of the flesh  is  in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it  is  the blood  that  maketh an atonement for the soul. So if you go about on a killing spree, thinking at the end you will take your own life i want to announce to you it does not end there. The blood speaks a and those blood of the ones you killed in the name of a hit man will cry out for justice and when justice comes c

  Here we are talking about if consequences of sin can be transferred to the offspring of the transgressor. I make bold to reiterate the obvious, that sin has consequences. Let me quote from the authority of the world the bible.  Romans 6:23 for the wages of sin  is  death; but the gift of God  is  eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. What is a wage? It is what a laborer earns at the end of his task, calculated hourly. On the Flipside, a gift is not based on your labor, but is just given by the benefactor. For clarification, I want to divide sin into three categories: Inherited sin: [this gives a glimpse into the fact that sin is transferable.. 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: When the first man Adam sinned he passed upon all his offspring the deadly effect. The psalmist cried out in ‘ Psalms 51:5,  ‘Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me

  1 Corinthians 9:25  And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they   do it   to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. Our lord and saviour once said: “Because strait  is  the gate, and narrow  is  the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” [Mathew7:14] Like every word that came from his divine lips, the importance of this can not be over emphasis. The gospel, good news of how Jesus died for the sins of humanity and made it possible for all those who believe and accept him to come to the father is indeed, for man, but because of the gods in this world many will not see or accept this gift of God. Read with me,  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”. Again,  2 Corinthians 4:4  In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds

  IT IS THE PULPIT THAT BUILDS THE MAN SITTING ON THE PEW _Godwin Guobadia. The stories read like a horror scripts; Christians killed for their faith or for not denying the very essence of their faith. One that is still fresh on my mind is this one. John Chau, an American, was a twenty-six-year-old graduate of Oral Roberts University. He felt a great burden for unreached people around the world and thought that he could direct his missionary effort at the Sentinelese people on an Island near India. The Sentinelese are a tribe of people living on an Island but who have expressed a desire not to be reached by the outside world. With no direct communication with them, but having expressed continual hostilities to visitors, India authorities have made it illegal for anyone to reach these people. The foremost reason being that since they are an isolated people, their immunity would be low and so no one should go close to the island and infect them with diseases. John Chau had other plans. C

  WHAT MAKES THE PALM TREE TO FLOURISH IS WITHIN, PASTOR GODWIN. Psalms 23:5  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:  thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. There is a vast difference between a wealthy man and a wealthy Christian. for the wealthy Christian is only a steward of his wealth and he dispenses of it as the Lords bids him. Yes, God’s blessings start from within. For God is a Spirit, therefore, most things HE gives you direct are not spiritual too. It is from within you are born again;  John 3:6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. It is from within you are given the power to become the son of  1:12  But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,  even  to them that believe on his name: it is from within Apostle Paul bore the mark of Christ;  Galatians 6:17  From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.. It i