Your Active and Powerful Words

Happy New Week everyone,

Do you watch what you say? Do you watch the words that come out of your mouth at all? Our words are very powerful and they determine where we end up in life. I have written on words more than once, but it is important to know why we shouldn’t play with our words. And this is my focus today.

The popular verse in Proverbs 18:21 which the Message Bible puts thus, “Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.” Every word you say is a command, and when you direct words to yourself, what you say affects you. The truth is that words are like seeds that are sown from time to time, and as seeds are, there is a time for harvest. So, what do you want to harvest?

Jesus spoke of idle words, where He said He would judge every idle word we speak (ref.: Matthew 12:36), thus words without any purpose, so that would imply that you don’t make any careless jokes, for they would be judged. Why is this important?

Words are meant to be used as commands, as God gave Man authority over the earth, it was his words that executed such command, and it has to have a purpose. Just as God used words to build the entire universe, Man is meant to do the same here on earth. But as the first Man was corrupted, a new Man emerged having all authority in heaven and on earth—Jesus.

Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energising, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest part our nature], exposing and sifting and analysing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.” Amplified Bible. This verse explains the ability of the words possessed by Jesus Himself who Himself has given every Son of God the exact same authority, as they dwell in Him, for out of Him we utilise what Hebrews 4:12 says. But whether one is a Son of God or not, the words you speak commands, it is just that the words of Christ Jesus have greater authority than any other word spoken.

What we don’t understand is when the doctor says something bad about our health, we have the power to counter it using the words of Christ in line with Hebrews 4:12 which is also in line with what we received through His resurrection. But remember, our words are like seeds, the more we water it, the more we help to eventually make it manifest, that which has already been manifested in the Spirit, which we declare as true and real.

We must have heard of ‘the finished works of Christ Jesus.’ Now when something is called finished, it implies a state of completeness or an end of a thing. What this has to do with us is that everything we would ever need in the life has been completed and given to us, things such as perfect health, wealth, wisdom, excellence at everything, and many more in our spirit. All these and more beyond our human comprehension were what God our Father gave Jesus when He resurrected, and all these are what every single Son of God have received as their life, and this is what every Son of God has to know as he or she lives here on earth. And as he knows what or who he is, he declares them into his life, in other words, activating them and recognising them as real because they are true and active in Jesus. And in activating them, you use what Hebrews 4:12 says.

Therefore, if anyone, no matter who the person is speaks anything that is contrary to what you know you have received, whether you are seeing them manifested or not, you rebuke the contrary word and declare the truth to yourself or whatever the thing is, this is watering the seeds of life and allowing the fullness of Christ manifest in your life faster than before. Watch the words you speak and when you speak, only speak who Jesus is in your life.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Expressing Faith Through Love and Discipline

Happy Sunday everyone,

I took a look at 2 Timothy 1:7 which says, “For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and discipline and self-control.” Amplified Bible. This verse is very powerful, but who was this written to? It was Apostle Paul’s letter to Timothy. In verse 5, Paul says, “I am calling up memories of your sincere and unqualified faith (the leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness)…” Amplified Bible. Paul recognised the high level of faith in Timothy as he placed his entire being on God in Christ, which gave him access to absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness. It was with this that Paul said in verse 6 that have gained access to such treasures in Christ Jesus, Timothy should rekindle the flame and keep burning for Christ, this was where verse 7 then came in.

Why am I saying this? The reason for this is because, there are times in our lives where we want to express Christ in our daily lives to people, and we feel shy to do so, maybe because of what people would say and you could be pushed out of a clique, but you know it is important to express the life of Christ as your way of life, you remember 2 Timothy 1:7, but why isn’t it happening? The reasoning is because you haven’t experienced Jesus enough, and why is that so?

Coming into Christ isn’t coming into a religion, you cannot have a relationship in a religion, but you can have a relationship with Christ, and as you continue to relate with Him, thus understanding that Christ is your life by leaning on Him completely, you receive treasures of His power, wisdom, and His goodness in your life, this stirs you up and that boldness to live the life of Christ and express it to others becomes normal for you.

For Timothy, He saw Christ expressed in both his grandmother and mother, which was, what made him know Jesus, as he saw Christ expressed in their everyday life. When you experience Jesus and then put your trust in Him and also lean on Him, desire the passion which establishes the spirit of power, love and sound mind.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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It's Just a Waste of Time Without Him

Happy Weekend everyone,

Obtaining knowledge is wonderful, and in this generation, we have formal ways of obtaining knowledge by going to learning institutions which we call schools. After completing the training in which you have attained the acquired amount of knowledge you subscribed for, you receive a degree and a certificate which states what you have studied and the grade you finished with after completion. This is so nice, but what if after going through a particular discipline of study and then God tells you that wasn’t what He wanted you to study, how would you feel?

Today, we take a lot of things for granted and God is gradually leaving our decision making and we feel we can take decisions on our own, especially when we see the high level of intellectual prowess in our technological advancement. But in all these, we must call a spade a spade, not a big spoon. Romans 8:7-8 says, “For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. ₇ Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. ₈ So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”

To be carnally minded as many have associated it is one-sided, as they feel it is the display of the works of the flesh, but what they fail to understand is that doing things, making decisions without being led by the Holy Spirit is also being carnally minded. And being carnally minded is enmity against God, it means being in the flesh and those who are in the flesh cannot please God!

God has given us the Holy Spirit to everyone who decided to walk with Him by accepting Jesus as their personal [and not collective] Lord and Saviour. Collective there would imply receiving Jesus on behalf of another which is not so. When you receive Jesus as Lord of your life, you receive the Holy Spirit who lives with you forever and serves as your helper, comforter, counsellor, and strengthener. He is the One who confirms to you what God has given you to do, where He wants you to go, and how He wants you to live your life, and this means every decision we are to take should be guided by the Holy Spirit. This is why we trust in the Lord with all of our heart and lean not on our own understanding, (ref.: Proverbs 3:5).

Many times we cry to God over matters He has sorted out, but because we didn’t consult Him first, we took matters into our own hands based on our human knowledge, but along the line, we get stuck. The point is that we didn’t decide when to come to the earth and which family or country to be born to, everyone was born for a purpose and only God knows the purpose and plans for every single person on earth. So, He is the One we must turn to for direction, we shouldn’t think we know it all.

Another thing also is that we might have been turning to God for directions, but feel some things are too trivial to bring to the Lord, but nothing is too trivial, we must bring everything to God. This is why Jesus said we shouldn’t worry about what to eat, drink or wear, these may appear trivial, but as trivial as they look, we should get guidance from the Holy Spirit. Sickness, poverty, depression, and many similar things won’t just appear at your doorstep all of a sudden, they come as a result of areas we have neglected due to ignorance or laziness. And those who walk with God don’t fall sick or get depressed, because walking with God is walking in the path of righteousness, thus walking in the path of Jesus, which also mean, living the Jesus seated at the right hand of God life here on earth. Yes, we are all growing, but God doesn’t punish His children with things He has lifted us from, we only experience those things because we didn’t take them to Jesus for directions. 1 John 5:14 says, “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, hears us.” Everything we do must be according to His will. Therefore, we must not fail to trust Him and lean not on our understanding as He is always there to direct us every time, but only the willing gets directed as He doesn’t force us to obey Him, but tell us the truth.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Dialogue In Our Communication

Hi everyone,

In every relationship, one thing is very important which is: communication. Now, communication is not complete until there is a response from whom the message is sent, and not a monologue way of discussion, but a dialogue. As Sons of God, communication is very important to us as we are constantly meant to communicate with our Father in heaven. It is this prayer that strengthens us because this is where we get direction on how to live, or what to do in certain areas. As Sons of God, we were sent here for a mission and because of that, we are to constantly commit where we were sent to God and see His glory manifest in that area through us or others or supernaturally, but it was our prayers that caused the power of God to take control in that area.

The first thing we must know is that the true foundation on any and every prayer is Christ Jesus, without Whom we would just be wasting our time or lose focus as a whole. Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy in 1 Timothy 2:1-3 which says, “The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Saviour God wants us to live.” MESSAGE.

We see religious crises here and there in countries and there is no peace. The truth is that many of them are blinded for the passion for doing the wrong thing, and this is because they don’t know Who the Truth is. The world is in trouble and only the Sons and Daughters of God can save the world, and as Paul told Timothy to pray for the rulers and their governments, many have lost focus by not submitting to God who is the One who puts everyone at the seat of power, (Romans 13:1-5). But they are meant to submit to God and many aren’t submitting to God, it is then left to the Sons and Daughters of God to pray for these rulers and their governments to rule well.

One thing we as Sons and Daughters of God should understand is that we shouldn’t just pray without expecting an answer or answers in the form of steps we are to take in getting things done. There is always a duty we are to fulfill in getting things done, so we should always expect an answer and not make our request without getting feedback. God wants a relationship as He dialogues with us and we should be ready to commune with Him.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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What Do You Take More Seriously Than Food?

Hello everyone,

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, I admired how Jesus spoke when He was here on earth. I find His words very powerful and so full of Wisdom (even though He is Wisdom personified). My focus is on His address to His disciples at the well in Samaria where He met the woman who came to fetch. This address was when His disciples came back with food after they went into town to get some food.

The Bible records that Jesus was weary from His long journey and wanted to rest. His disciples had gone to buy food. It was then Jesus met the woman who came to draw water. Jesus ministered to the woman through a normal conversation. It was after the whole discussion His disciples came back and met Him speaking with a woman who was a Samaritan. So John 4:31- says, “Meanwhile, the disciples urged Him saying, Rabbi, eat something. ₃₂ But He assured them, I have food (nourishment) to eat of which you know nothing and have no idea. ₃₃ So the disciples said one to another, Has someone brought Him something to eat?” AMPLIFIED. Now, this is the part which is my focus today in John 4:34-35 which says, “Jesus said to them, My food (nourishment) is to do the will (pleasure) of Him Who sent Me and to accomplish and completely finish His work. ₃₅ Do you not say, it is still four months until harvest time comes? Look! I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields and see how they are already white for harvesting.” AMPLIFIED.

Verse 34 wasn’t saying that we shouldn’t eat physical food anymore, rather the lesson Jesus taught His disciples and us is that there is nothing as important as fulfilling the mission God has called us here on earth to fulfil. It should be a food, drink, our number one focus in life, and this was what Jesus achieved when He spoke with the woman. He taught us the importance of seeking first the kingdom of God and nothing else. Jesus showed us that it is even more important than physical food because lives are at stake, people are dying without being saved and this should not be so.

In verse 35 Jesus emphasised the importance of going to harvest immediately because there is no set time to begin because it has already begun. The final harvest is at the second coming of Jesus, but Jesus is telling us that the harvesting starts with us going to harvest because people are being deceived daily and are dying without being saved. For it is the will of God that all should be saved, and it is our duty to ensure that this happens, there is no time to waste. What are you doing for the harvest? Do you know your calling from God? Many feel only those who want to go into ministry are the called, which is quite sad, because the moment you accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour, you have been called. But it doesn’t necessarily have to be as those in Ephesians 4:11, it could be in anything [that glorifies Jesus], as long as you are being led by the Holy Spirit. The world needs us, everyone should do their bit to save the world from destruction.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Who Do You Reflect?

Hi everyone,

I said in one of my past write-up’s that how you behave in public or to people often reflects your upbringing, or could reflect the particular home you grew up in, as certain character traits are seen for that to be said. Likewise, as Sons of God we are to reflect who our Father is, and when you walk with the Holy Spirit regularly, you portray the fruit of the Spirit as your way of life, it isn’t some kind of religious way of life which is practiced by the books, but something that is your very nature.

Colossians 3:13 says, “Be gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference (a grievance or complaint) against another, readily pardoning each other; even as the Lord has [freely] forgiven you, so must you also [forgive].” AMPLIFIED. This is what we want to see in every Son of God and the whole world eventually, but with all these, there is one which is most paramount that should be of great focus that we must attain, and Colossians 3:14 tells us what that is, as it says, “And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony].” Love! That is what it is. Love is the perfection because God is love and He [Christ] is perfect and He dwells in us; He is the One we should always reflect and not ourselves.

As we know, we are growing in the Grace of our Christ Jesus, but we should be conscious to reflect 100% perfection which can only be attained when we have reached the peak of our growth. But the truth is that when we understand that it was 100% love and perfection that was given to us and Christ is love and perfection, and He is our life when we get know this as our very existence, we reflect 100% love and perfection. Others may not see the 100% state, but there is a great change as the soul allows the Spirit more freedom to operate in the body, in our thoughts and mind. When Christ remains our consciousness, we portray His love and perfection. This is deep and we must live Him.

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Give Yourself First

Hello everyone,

Giving is one thing I hear a lot at church gathering today. Emphasis is placed on this as though the church is afraid of not having. I hear scriptures being read to the members which sort of compels them to give. Giving is very important as a Son of God, don’t get me wrong, but many people at church gathering are forced to give because areas in the Bible that have to do with fear are read to compel the members to give. But the truth is that many don’t give in love, but in fear or “selfish ambition”, and what is very important for every Son of God to know about giving isn’t explained, and this is what today’s write-up is all about.

In one of my past write-up, I explained that giving is not just about what is being given, but all about the giver. God doesn’t look at what is given first, He looks at the giver’s heart first. Romans 12:1 says, “I beseech you therefore, brethren by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” Your heart is what defines who you are, where you stand, and the condition of your heart when you are giving. Presenting your body to God is a Spiritual worship to God, and this was what the Macedonians did, (ref.: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5).

2 Corinthians 8:1-2 says, “WE WANT to tell you further, brethren, about the grace (the favour and spiritual blessing) of God which has been evident in the churches of Macedonia [arousing in them the desire to give alms]; ₂ For in the midst of an ordeal of severe tribulation, their abundance of joy and their depth of poverty [together] have overflowed in wealth of lavish generosity on their part.” AMPLIFIED. The Macedonians were overflowing with joy when it came to giving, even with their severe poverty, and why was it easy for them to do this? It was easy because they understood what Romans 12:1 says.

2 Corinthians 8:5 continued on the way of life of the Macedonians towards giving, “Nor [was this gift of theirs merely the contribution] that we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us [as His agents] by the will of God [entirely disregarding their personal interests, they gave as much as they possibly could, having put themselves at our disposal to be directed by the will of God].”

 The very first thing everyone in the church gathering, whether they are saved or not is that giving their hearts first to the Lord is what is important to God. This is what allows you to know how to give because your giving won’t be out of compulsion, but out of love and joy. There won’t be any need for threats to be read in the church, all in the name of giving, rather Romans 12:1 should be read, the testimony of the Macedonians should also be read. And one more thing, it is not your giving that allows God to bless you under the dispensation of Christ resurrection (write-up for another day).

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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