Our Lives Like a Bamboo Tree

Hello everyone,

When I look at life, especially when it has to do with taking the path set by the Lord, sometimes one may ask, what the purpose is, in terms of why certain things happen. We all have emotions, and when certain things happen, our emotion could be quick to react to the happenings around us, but then again, are those emotions the right one? Most times, it is, when viewed by the world, but the Lord says no it isn’t. Our lives could be likened to a bamboo tree, especially when making reference to happenings in our lives and how we want them to. What exactly am I talking about?

There is a story of a woman, a God fearing woman and a single mum, who had a Son. But it so happened that despite the upbringing of her Son, he became a drug addict. He always hung around bad gangs. From time to time his Mother bailed him from the Police station. He was such an embarrassment to his Mother.

She always scolded him for his bad behaviour every time, but nothing changed. She went to her Pastor and pleaded with him on what she was to do because she had tried everything within her power. Then the Pastor told her that she had been going about things the wrong way. The Pastor asked her what positive thing she wanted to see in her Son, and she told him. The Pastor then told her to only confess what she wanted to see in her Son, whether he does right or wrong because her words are seeds which are sown into the life of her Son.

The woman listened to the Pastor and kept on declaring what she wanted to see in her Son. For months she did this and it appeared as though nothing happened. She wanted to stop, but she told her Pastor that nothing was happening. Her Pastor told her not to quit, that all her words are seeds sown which are planted, and her continuous declaration is the watering of the seed sown, and God brings the change. The Pastor made her understand that all that she was doing was out of love and that is the reason why the seed she had sown won’t be in vain.

So, she continued and boom! The Son came home one day and told her that he wanted to go to church with her the next day which was a Sunday. He just had a change of heart all of a sudden that all that he had been doing was wrong. And he wanted a different life, so he went to church with his Mother and dedicated his life to Jesus Christ, and never turned back.

His Mother was surprised at the sudden change of her Son’s behaviour, just like a bamboo tree, that sprouts after many years of no significant growth. The same thing applies to our personal lives, like our health, marriage, finance, and other things that could stand as a challenge in our lives.

As we confess the word into whatever situation we are going through, we must remember that our words are seeds sown into whatever situation we find ourselves. It may appear as though nothing is happening, but just continue, and like the bamboo tree, boom!! Your health challenges vanishes, boom! Your financial challenges vanishes, and on and on.

The key point here is that we must meditate on the word of God and listen to the Holy Spirit for guidance and we see what we confess come to pass in Christ Jesus. Your life could be like the bamboo tree, do not give up because God’s word does not go and come back to Him void without fulfilling what was spoken.

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

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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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Fight The Good Fight

Happy New Week everyone,

As a Son of God, you are to live and walk by faith, not just casually, but in everything you do. Living the life of faith is putting aside the way of life of this world and embracing the Grace God has given us as real and true. But the issue here is that to embrace the life of faith is not something you do like a cup of tea. It is something that is intense because it has to do with life itself, thus how you live, or better still, your existence as a person. It is not a theory you adopt that you could just drop when you’re tired of it, the life of faith is living your life, but the life God has given you.

The world operates under the evil one which is not in line with the Grace God has given us. Every day, we see this life which the world calls normal trying to get our attention, even when we now know that the life of Grace through faith is the true and real life, the only way is to fight the good fight of faith, but not being distracted by the way of the world.

We are to seek the face of Jesus in all that we do, for He is our source of faith and strength. As we look unto Jesus, we are strengthened, and our faith increases as we stand strong on the solid rock—Jesus [Grace]. We are to cast all our cares and worries aside, no matter what happens, these are also sources of distractions. We must meditate on the word of God, His promises towards us which are true and already in existence. As we believe and continually confess them, our faith increases and the hold of the world on us is weakened.

We all have a mandate which through the leading of the Holy Spirit we would achieve these goals. Christ is our prize which we are to strive for, and not the earthly, temporary trophy. And as Apostle Paul told Timothy in 1 Timothy 6:12 which says, “Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses.” AMP, we too should fight the good fight of faith and lay hold on eternal life, and Jesus told us what eternal life is in John 17:3, which says, “And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognise, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.” AMP.

Knowing God/Jesus boosts our faith as we understand what being one with God really means. Stand strong in Christ by fighting the good fight of faith, which makes us sure of what we believe and have placed our life on, it is not for weak links and doubter, but for those who know Who they gave their lives to.

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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How To Use The Four Steps of Living, in Joshua 1 verse 8

Happy Sunday everyone,

In my previous write-up, I wrote on The Four Steps of Living, in Joshua 1 verse 8. Today, I’ll give examples which would elaborate on the use of these four steps in Joshua 1:8.

The first step focuses on the confession of the Word. Now, it is not just any Word that is confessed, but the Word of God that is confessed as it falls in line with the finished work if Jesus. A man with sickness is expected to confess what the Word of God says concerning his sickness. And he starts to rebuke the sickness by confessing healing scriptures, such as 1 Peter 2:24; Jeremiah 33:6; Psalm 116:8-9, and more.

Then he meditates on these scriptures that he constantly confesses, day and night, which is the second step. He then moves to the third step which is that based on his confession, the Holy Spirit guides his thoughts and way of life, such as his working on his diet, or sleeping pattern, or working on his media habits, and others, all through perseverance by not being distracted by the devil.

He then moves to the final stage, he is strengthened spiritually by faith based on what he has been confessing and meditating, his physical life has a good habit. He then sees the sickness reduce gradually and eventually fade off. All these enabled him to understand that he has the same life as Christ Jesus by being the righteousness of God.

Another person could have financial challenges and would need to go through the four stages of living, in Joshua 1:8.

He would start by confessing the Word of God concerning his financial situation, on scriptures such as Ephesians 1:3; Philippians 4:19; Numbers 23:19-20, and more, which is the first step.

The second step is to for him to meditate on these scriptures day and night, which must be consistent to see the result. And as he does this, the Holy Spirit guides his life, strengthening his spiritually, and through the things he might have not paid attention to, such as how to manage his finance, guiding him on what he was meant to do which would yield income, how to give cheerfully, and more, which is the third step.

The fourth and final step is that through his constant confession, focus, and meditation on the Word of God, he would see his observe his obvious spiritual growth, and how his financial expenses are guided by the Holy Spirit, which would lead him to a debt-free life.

The life of these two persons is just a summary of how your life would change for the better according to how God designed your life to be. It is not what many would call “easier said than done”, it would only be when you don’t try it.

The Lord God has said in many places that we should prove Him if taking our lives according to how He wants it to be [summarised in Joshua 1:8] won’t give us a blessed and fulfilled life. He made us not to suffer, but to enjoy, all you have to do is go through the manual or blueprint He has given us, doing things your way would get you nowhere trust me. Use the four steps of living, in Joshua 1:8, and give that testimony of your transformed 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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The Four Steps of Living, in Joshua 1 verse 8

Happy Weekend everyone,

Joshua 1:8 says, “This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” This verse explains how to live according to God’s plans, which is my focus here today.

Under the new covenant, the Law is replaced with the Word of God in line with the finished works of Jesus. Now, the verse starts with the confession of the Word. Yes, it may take a while to properly believe what is being confessed, but just keep on confessing the true Word of God, which would lead to the second step of the verse.

The second step is that we should meditate on what we confess, day and night. As we meditate on what we confess, we then believe and understand what we confess, which would make it effective. By doing this it leads us to the third step.

The third step is that by the consistent meditation of the Word and confession helps to shape our thought pattern to fall in line with God’s plan for us, which is how we are able to observe to do according to what is written in the Word. And this leads to the fourth and final step.

The last and final step is that once our mindset is shaped in line with what God’s plans are for us, we make our ways prosperous and end up in good success.

In my next write-up, I’ll give examples of how these four steps of Joshua 1:8 are used, and how it affects our daily lives.

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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Find Jesus, Find Your Purpose

Hello everyone,

God has an individual plan and purpose for each of us. I have said this several times, but the essence of my emphasis is that God designed each and everyone for a special job or task, and that task cannot change no matter how hard you try to avoid it. When you meet Him [Jesus] on the last day, He would ask you of the same task He assigned to you while here on earth, if you did it or not. You cannot run away from the assignment He gave you.

Let us not get deceived when we work or do other things and become so successful and think that is what God called us for. It is just the laws of this earth that are working for you, what you sow, you will reap. And this is different from what God Himself assigned to you here on earth.

I know a testimony of a man who always asked God to guide him in all he did, he got a leading of the Holy Spirit of the exact things he was meant to do, but they appeared to him as things which won’t let him make it in life. So, he tried to dodge what God asked him and did some little jobs by the side. He was neither here nor there, in order words, he didn’t take up what God asked him to do, and neither did he get a proper job so as not to offend God. He wasn’t making as much money as he wanted. But every time he asked God for a direction, God kept on repeating the same thing He told him over and over and over again. He didn’t change it.

It was after wasting almost three years of his time that he decided to ask God again, and He repeated the same thing that he decided to take up what God asked to do. Today, he found God’s hands in everything he did by obeying God, as all his needs were met and he saw the reasons why God asked him to do what he told him.

That is just a testimony of a man, but that doesn’t change the story of our lives. The emphasis is not about what we are going to gain here on earth, but pleasing the Lord who made you. We are to walk with God to find out what He has ordained for us, and when you receive Jesus Christ as Lord of your life, the Holy Spirit would be there to guide us to and through the path ordained for us, through the Word of God.

My point here is that we are Ambassadors of Christ here on earth, our needs will always be met as we walk with Him. We are on a mission here on earth, and when we get back to Him, He will ask us on the assignment He gave us. I am very concerned because it is not just about giving your life to Christ through repentance but to do what He called us here on earth to do, and I don’t hear much of this today which is very important. When you find Jesus, you find your purpose.

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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Words of Fear are not Words of God

Hi everyone,

What we focus on is very important. Several times, or even all the time, I always emphasise on we fixing our thoughts on Jesus. I say this every time because it sometimes appears difficult, so, when we keep hearing it every time, over and over again, we then see the simplicity in focusing on Jesus eventually.

Every day, I get better at focusing on Jesus. I haven’t gotten to the stage of perfect focus, but each day I get better than the previous day. But one thing is certain, as we get stronger spiritually, so our trials and temptations get stronger. The devil knows the areas we haven’t perfected, and that is where he tempts us.

I once wrote in one of my write-ups that when we hear the word temptation, we often think of things such as fornication, adultery, theft, murder, backbiting and other related cases. But there are people who are perfect without falling into any of these mentioned, and still, they get tempted by the devil with things beyond these. And one of them is fear!

Fear operates with the same force as faith, it is just that fear carries a negative force, and brings physical evidence which negates what God has ordained for a person. But these starts in the mind, and when we believe this false evidence, they appear real to us, and if care isn’t taken it increases the persons fear. The question now is, how do we overcome fear?

The Bible says in Romans 10:17, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Since faith comes by hearing, and the hearing by the word of God, also fear comes by hearing, and the hearing is the corrupt words of the world which the devil is lord over.

The question now is, who do you listen to? God has given every one of us a plan and a purpose. The moment you key into the plan and purpose, you need to deep your head into His Word for guidance in order to achieve that which He has purposed for you, (ref.: Psalms 119:105).

When the Lord tells you, you are healed, what do you listen to? You are meant to listen to His Word, by meditating on it day and night, so that your mind is renewed and your body transformed. Also, it takes away the time you would have given to listen to people who would tell you things negating what the Lord has told you. If you listen to people, songs, voices or anything that is not in line with what the Lord has told you, fear steps in, it’s all about the root.

We need to know this that fear itself is false, not real. Everything that it brings is fake, a mirage, but how will you take off the mirage from your subconscious? It is only through the Word of God, which is the right thing to listen to. If you think you’ve been listening to the Word of God and the fear is still there, then listen all the more because there are still spaces the corrupt words are penetrating, and be diligent and consistent.

You need to understand that the Word of the Lord is true and real because God never lies, and the word of fear is false because it opposes that of God.

As I said last time, praise God at all times to fix your thoughts on the Lord Jesus alone, who would strengthen you spiritually and physically.

You need to be violent, by taking charge of your life through Jesus by constantly confessing what you meditate on, then you would be able to resist the devil, and he would flee from you, (ref.: James 4:7). And always ask the Lord for interpretation of the Word as the Holy Spirit is always there to guide and strengthen us at every point in time.

Remember, do not give up if you don’t see any changes at a certain point in time. Put your backs into it by asking the Holy Spirit for help, as He would direct you to the path you are to take and how you are to take it.

Never give up, fear isn’t real, only faith in the Word of the Lord Jesus Christ is. The promise of the Lord is real. Don’t give up, it’s not over, when you give up, then it’s over. It is not over until you win.

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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