A PRAYER FOR YOU

2 Peter 1:2

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. KJV

In this year 2013,I pray that God will give to you 

His grace for your race

His speed for your pace

His glory for your story

His honour for your dishonour

His fame for your shame

His joy for your pains

His strength for your weakness

His mysterious working for your misery.

BEFORE THE YEAR 2013 COMES

Few people have started preparation for the year 2013 on many fronts. Many are waiting for a specially organised programmes by the church such as the New Year Revival time to fast and pray, and so many more are leaving everything to chance, after all, they say what will be will be. It is so pathetic that the evil ones are full of devices, planning and scheming, no wonder; they are wise in their generation. Some others are carried away with the euphoria associated with the coming of the New Year, whatever your situation, I challenge you to rise and prepare now under God. Proper planning they say prevents poor performance.

I do believe in sober reflections, we need to reflect on how we have fared this year and chart a new course under God for the coming year. Therefore, the first preparation is to Remember. To remember is to recall something forgotten: to recall something to mind or become aware of something that has been forgotten. It was Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Baptist Church who said God doesn’t trust us with our memory. God, in calling us to remember obviously is not calling us to remember the former things as to dwell on them because He will certainly do something new. (Isa. 43: 18-19). If you have had a bad experience, then you need to forget them because our God will do something new. He is calling you to remember

(1.)                   All the way He has led you (Deut. 8: 2a) What about those guidance the Lord offered you? Are you thankful for them? What about those dangerous ways He has kept you away from? What about those disasters you heard of in distant and nearby places but He has kept you from them? What about those deals the Lord just arranged for you? Think about the way He has led you…  There is no better way to start planning than the way of thanksgiving for what we have received and we may never remember to be thankful until we make a deliberate effort to plan.

(2.)                   The days of old, consider the years of many generations… (Deut. 32:7) (those years when you never thought you could be who you are, remember where you were coming from even this year)

(3.)                   His works - (1 Chron. 16:12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth) God’s marvellous work and wonder is our mainstay of continued existence, were it not for His judgment, the evil men would have had their way all over the places. Remember His blessings on you.

(4.)                   We are to remember His love (Song of Solomon 1: 4c.)

(5.)                   To come to the throne of grace to obtain MERCY and find GRACE to help in time of need (Heb. 4:16) May I remind you that there will be a time of need in this coming year.

(6.)                   Acknowledge the Lord in all your ways (Prov. 3: 6)

(7.)                   Ask for the Strength like that of Elijah that made him go through that period. You need strength for the coming year.

(8.)                   Ask Him for His protection, Psalm 23, 91 etc. He knows He will do that but you ought to tell Him you desire it.

(9.)                   Ask Him to keep you as the apple of His eyes. (Psalm 17:8)

(10.)  Ask Him to perfect all that concerns you in this coming year. (Psalm 138:10)

(11.) Redeem the year with the Blood of Jesus, no evil thing will locate you, your family or anyone connected to you. (Eph 5:16-Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.)

(12.) To promote you. (Promotion comes from Him alone, Psalm 75:6)

(13.) Ask Him to do something new for you (Isa. 43:18-19).

(14.) Ask the Lord for open door and to take care of the adversaries of the open door (Rev. 3:8, 1 Cor. 16:9)

(15.) Ask the Lord to use you for His glory in the coming year.

(16.) Plead for open heaven.

(17.) Intercede for your loved ones.

(18.) Intercede for your country and rulers

(19.) Pray for good health in the coming year.

(20.) That particular thing that you desire from Him.

The above list is so small but I believe it will spur someone to action, if that person is you, then I thank God for using me to put this together. Thank you for visiting my blog. God bless you.

  

WHAT A MIGHTY GOD WE SERVE!

FACING A DIFFICULT SITUATION?

I got this from Joseph Prince devotion of 26^th Sept. 2012

 

“Whenever I face a difficult situation, the more I think about it, the more confused I get. The more I try my best to come up with a smart solution, the further the answer seems to get from me. But when I turn away from my problem and turn to God, singing in the Spirit and praising Him, I get a clearer perspective of the problem when I come back to it later. I also find an inner prompting to make certain decisions which in the end, turn out to be better than anything I could have come up with on my own.
So my friend, lift up songs of praise to the Lord, whether times are good or bad. For when you fill your mouth with praises to God, He will lead you and guide you in all the affairs of your life…”  read more www.josephprince.org

Let us with a gladsome mind

HOLD ON

HOLD ON

(written in1994 by IMAOBONG UDOEYOP)

Be still; hold on

The stream will flow always

The pebble will sink but the waves

Will reach shore,

Return unseen to their centre.

Be like the water-lily

Grow above the flood.

Like gold defy the flames; purified.

The clouds will shine again.

There will be joy in the market place.

And joy in the congregation.

Don’t let the water come

And wash off true being

Neither let the stream of life

Break you.

For the true test of diamond is the fire

And jade unpolished does not make a gem

But do remember and always too…

That just as the day turns to night

There is no water so troubled

That does not end by becoming clear.

IMAOBONG UDOEYOP (ADC Airline Hostess who died in the ADC Plane crash in1996)

PRAYERS, CHALLENGES AND CONSOLATION FROM PSALM 40

PRAYERS, CHALLENGES AND CONSOLATION FROM PSALM 40

In my family devotion this morning, we read from Philippians 2. In my personal devotion, Psalm 40 was my text and my prayers for myself and for you are (a.) that those of us seeking God would always have reasons to rejoice and be glad in Him, may His testimony always full our mouths (vs. 16) (b) May those who seek our souls be confounded (vs14) (c) May the Lord’s loving kindness and truth continually preserve us (vs.11) (d) May the Lord be pleased to deliver and to help us (vs13).

The Challenge is three fold

1. (vs. 1) I waited patiently. -You and I have to wait patiently for and on Him.

2. (vs. 8) I delight to do thy will, O my God. – Doing His will should be done joyfully but not necessarily as a duty or burden.

3. (vs. 10) I have declared thy faithfulness, righteousness, salvation, loving kindness and thy truth. – Some of us are even ashamed of Him and His Word.

The Consolation

(vs. 17) Though you and I may be poor and needy; yet the Lord is thinking about us. He will do us good. Amen.

Be blessed and remain blessed.

THANKFUL, EVEN FOR FOOD

I listened to Jimmy Swaggart this morning (30^th July 2012) and here is what he said in his message on SONLIFE Television.

“Over half of the population of this world go to bed hungry, they have nothing to eat. I have been to Refugee Camps in Africa where I saw babies died of starvation. There was a case I will never forget. A baby struggled to get milk from her mother’s breast but no milk was forthcoming, again, the baby cried and the mother put the breast in the baby’s mouth, but still there was no milk. The mother was so emaciated that no milk could come out of her breast. Right here, we do not appreciate what we have…” May I ask, ARE YOU THANKFUL EVEN FOR YOUR FOOD?

Charles Spurgeon’s Devotion for July 24^th (AM)

"Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord."
Exodus 14:13

These words contain God's command to the believer when he is reduced to great straits and brought into extraordinary difficulties. He cannot retreat; he cannot go forward; he is shut up on the right hand and on the left; what is he now to do?

The Master's word to him is, "Stand still." It will be well for him if at such times he listens only to his Master's word, for other and evil advisers come with their suggestions.

Despair whispers, "Lie down and die; give it all up." But God would have us put on a cheerful courage, and even in our worst times, rejoice in His love and faithfulness.

Cowardice says, "Retreat; go back to the worldling's way of action; you cannot play the Christian's part, it is too difficult. Relinquish your principles." But, however much Satan may urge this course upon you, you cannot follow it if you are a child of God. His divine fiat has bid thee go from strength to strength, and so thou shalt, and neither death nor hell shall turn thee from thy course. What, if for a while thou art called to stand still, yet this is but to renew thy strength for some greater advance in due time.

Precipitancy cries, "do something. Stir yourself; to stand still and wait, is sheer idleness." We must be doing something at once--we must do it so we think--instead of looking to the Lord, who will not only do something but will do everything. Presumption boasts, "If the sea be before you, march into it and expect a miracle."

But Faith listens neither to Presumption, nor to Despair, nor to Cowardice, nor to Precipitancy, but it hears God say, "Stand still," and immovable as a rock it stands. "Stand still";--keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing voice; and it will not be long ere God shall say to you, as distinctly as Moses said it to the people of Israel, "Go forward."

STORIES BY REV. DR BOSUN AYINDE

COMMITMENT UNTO DEATH

This story of a committed wife shared by Rev. Dr. Bosun Ayinde of Shepherdhill Baptist Church at the Marriage Seminar on Saturday 21, July 2012 is thought provoking. It is not a hypothetical case but a true life story.

Both the husband and the wife were sick, but the wife’s sickness was worse. The husband knew quite well the situation of his wife but he wanted the wife to cook for him. The wife, who hardly said NO to his husband yielded to her husband to cook the food for him. She is still cooking when she slumped and died. How sensitive are we to our partner?

CONVERSION SIGHTED

Another heart touching story shared by Dr. Ayinde was that of a particular someone (I know this person as well) She was born into a Muslim family and she got admission into the University, on getting to the University, she met the Lord Jesus Christ (or should I say, the LORD met her) and she was saved. When she got back home she said nothing about this experience to her parents. However, her mother was observant and asked her what had happened. Her new birth experience was what the LORD used to bring the mother to HIM. For some of us who had been born again for a long time, has our faith attracted anyone to Christ. 

WE ALL NEED GOD

Myles Monroe's message aired on KLN on (30/06/2012) was highly inspiring. He emphasised our need for God this way. When God created water, he created everything in the water by speaking to the water to bring forth those creatures in it. This is the reason why those creatures in the water need water; the water does not need them. When God wanted to create those animals, He commanded the ground to produce them, therefore the animals need the ground for their sustenance and survival but the ground does not need them. So when He created us, He did not just create us from the ground. He created us by Himself, so by creation we need Him. His breath in us will return back to Him. The body made from the dust will return back to the dust.

We should peruse on Annie Sherwood’s Hymn I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR. We need God. Here is the lyric.

1.   I need Thee ev'ry hour, Most gracious Lord;

No tender voice like Thine, Can peace afford.

Chorus:

I need Thee, O I need Thee; Ev'ry hour I need Thee!

Oh bless me now, my Saviour, I come to Thee.

2.   I need Thee ev'ry hour, Stay Thou near by;

Temptations lose their pow'r, When Thou art nigh.

3.   I need thee ev'ry hour, In joy or pain;

Come quickly and abide, Or life is vain.

4.   I need Thee ev'ry hour, Most Holy One;

O make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son.

She was not the only one whose heart cried out to God, here is what William H. Monk also wrote.

I need Thy presence, Every passing hour.

What but Thy grace, Can foil the tempter's power?

Who, like Thyself, My guide and stay can be?

Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.

Dear Reader, we all need God. I wish you more of Him in Jesus name. You are blessed, remained blessed in Jesus name. 

LESSONS FROM A REBELLIOUS PASTOR

This was mentioned in Pastor Adeboye's message on RTM on 22nd of June 2012. According to Pastor E. A. Adeboye, the first parish of The Redeemed Christian Church of God in Osogbo was growing fast when the Pastor in charge of that Parish wanted to changed the church to his own church, the founder of the Church, Rev. Akindayomi pleaded with him not to do so, since the Church belongs to God, but the Pastor insisted that he would change the name of the church to his own because he was the one who preaches to the members. They were still in the meeting discussing the matter when wind just came, there was no rain. The day following the said pastor who wanted to change the name of the Church to his own became leprous. You and I know that no leper can Pastor a Church.

We all need to know that the Lord purchased the Church with His own blood. What effrontery we display when we say MY CHURCH. Let each of us tread carefully, because we are on holy ground.
You are blessed and remained blessed.

PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE ON HIS PAST

Sincerely, I do not think it is good to be talking about someone’s past, but there are instances when such past are to guide us into the future, making such reference to my mind is good, especially when the person concerned had publicly shared his past.

So it happened during the FESTIVAL OF LIFE message by Pastor E. A. Adeboye aired on Dove Vision Television on 12^th June 2012 that he shared this testimony about his past. If I were to be Jesus Christ, I do not think I would like to save someone who I had used to be. I was a womaniser and I had so many girl friends. Then, I combined sports with photography and that itself made it easy for me to have many girl friends. But Jesus Christ saved me and the Lord started using me. So, the news got to one woman who had a baby that was lame. She brought the baby for prayer and asked to see the Pastor, they directed her to me in the Office, when we sighted each other, we started talking... and afterwards she asked. I want to see the Pastor? I told her that I am the one, she was surprised and asked, you, the Pastor? And I said Yes. By the time she was leaving, God has healed the child, the child was walking. God can use anyone who fully surrendered to Him irrespective of His past. God can use anyone. May He find you and me worthy of such noble use. Amen.

MUM and I

OF MERCY AND TRUTH

OF MERCY AND TRUTH

Prov. 3: 3

“Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart”:   

How merciful or compassionate are you? Matt 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy”. Mercy gives joy in three ways; one, when you show mercy to someone, it brings joy to you that God could use you, even you to do such a thing, whenever God use me to bless someone, I always count it a privilege. It is indeed a privilege to be useful in one way or the other. Secondly, the recipient of the mercy, that is, the receiver of the act also rejoices because your act of kindness is refreshing. Thirdly, God who enjoins us to be merciful is happy and He is determined to show you mercy and pay you back in multiple folds.

Truth gives unusual calmness in every storm. Truth makes you bold not rude. An assurance that you are on the Lord’s side, it removes every form of fear from you. Even when you are punished for what you did not do, the burden is light because of inner peace that the Ultimate Judge has acquitted you.

God frowns at any society without mercy and truth. Hosea 4:1 “Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land”.  Christ in His days chided the Pharisees in Matt 23:23 “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone”.  

Prov 3:3-4 “Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man”. KJV

In the above, the scripture enjoins us to bind the Mercy and Truth around our neck. We should firmly hold on to the two. If we do so, two things are promised; FAVOUR and GOOD UNDERSTANDING.

Many of us have prayed and prayed for favour. Perhaps our breakthrough lies in this verse 3. “Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart”:  Each of us do see someone who needs our help. I enjoin you to do your best for the person for whatever you do would be credited to your account and who knows if he or she is the Lazarus who you might see in heaven.

Finally, God’s paths are full of mercy and truth Psalm 25:10 “All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies”. Let your paths be full of mercy and truth as well. God bless you. 

LET THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SAY SO

Psalm 107: 2

What do you think about TESTIMONY in the Church? Quite a few do testify and I must confess that I belong to the guilty ones. Sometimes this year, I lost some money to pick pocketer, I ruminated over this and prayed and asked God why He had allowed that to happened and the response I got was that I had remained ungrateful. Ungrateful? Lord, please forgive me. I remembered specifically when I promised that I would testify to His deliverance and did not. God is so good. He completely indemnified me through a compassionate father and boss for that loss. Since He does not want His people to go back to their folly, I stood before God’s people and testified.

How many times have we taken the Lord and His mercies for granted? On Monday 7^th May 2012, I could see a commercial bus run over a commuter who stood in the Bus stop, what happened was that, the Bus was pursued by the Police for violating the traffic rule and in order to escape the arrest drove against the traffic and when the Police saw that the vehicle had run over someone, they left pursuing him. Just last year, someone I knew died while standing in Bus Stop, he was knocked down by a hit and run driver. God’s mercy kept you and I. How grateful we should be.

The Hebrew word used for the redeemed is Ga'al, Ga’al is a transliterated word meaning  1)to redeem, to act as kinsman-redeemer, to avenge, to revenge, to ransom, to do the part of a kinsman, ,2) to redeem (by payment) 3) to redeem (with God as the subject) a)individuals from death b) Israel from Egyptian bondage c)Israel from exile b)(Niphal) 1)   to redeem oneself 2) to be redeemed. (from The Online Bible Thayer's Greek Lexicon and Brown Driver & Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Copyright © 1993, Woodside Bible Fellowship, Ontario, Canada. Licensed from the Institute for Creation Research.) Ultimately, our redemption encompasses all these.

We had nothing we could pay as our ransom but He provided the blood of the Lamb. We were strangers and aliens to the commonwealth of Israel but He brought us near through the everlasting blood of the covenant. We were adopted and brought into the family of God. He put His Spirit in us and we cry Abba Father. What a privilege! Now the access gate to the Father has been opened wide we could approach Him, pour our hearts to Him, knowing well that He listens, cares and ready to help us. He has the power to fight on our behalf, there is no foe that that He cannot defeat, no opposition He cannot crush, no problem He cannot solve. And yet in wisdom, He chooses the best for us even when because of our limitations we ask amiss. Oh God, how wonderful are Your thoughts towards us! If you can remember His mercies give Him thanks for He is good to you. Glory be to You Precious Redeemer.  Let the Redeemed of the Lord say so!

  

HILLSONG - HEALER

HILLSONG - HEALER

THE CRY OF MY HEART -Blessed, broken and given

Blessed, Broken & Given.

Jesus we lift you up on our praises -DON MOEN

Nigerian Baptist Convention in Session. Parade and those who stood to watch it

AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS -My song, any day, anytime, anywhere

My song, any day, anytime, anywhere.

You are my all in all - absolutely captivating!

You are my all in all - absolutely captivating!

PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE’S INTERVIEW

PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE’S INTERVIEW ON RTM ON FRIDAY – 13^TH APRIL 2012

Pastor Mrs. Folu Adeboye, the wife of Pastor E. A. Adeboye of RCCG is an exemplary mother and wife. Her interview with RTM Crew reveals much about this woman. It is heart warming to know few things about her. In the interview she said. “I wake up at 3.am to start praying. I pray till 6.am when we have family devotion and do not go back to sleep afterward”. May I ask, sincerely, how many people do this? She continued on her prayer life. “I love prayer so much, whenever my husband go to minister, I would be praying for him and God often told me something about the ministration, for example when my husband went to Ibadan to minister, the Holy Spirit told me that a dumb woman received her miracle. So when he came home I asked him about the dumb woman who got her miracle. He was surprised and asked who told me. I told him that the Holy Spirit had told me about it.”

When she was asked about how working mothers could cope with such a rigours prayer life? She said that when her family was in Ilorin, she was a then a teacher, she would prepare meal for every members of her family very early as every member of her family would be out by 7:15pm and they would come home by 10pm. She is so committed to her family that till now she does not allow any other person to cook for her husband. What an exemplary mother and wife.

Keep it up. Good mummy.

An irresistible worship song -holy are You Lord

I love this song so much!

MT. OF OLIVES

WHAT DO WE CELEBRATE ON GOOD FRIDAY?

WHAT DO WE CELEBRATE ON GOOD FRIDAY?

What do we actually celebrate on Good Friday? His death or what His death brought to us? Are we happy that He died particularly such a cruel death or we are happy that He brought us salvation and every other thing that accompany salvation? Just as I was ruminating over this, I discovered that we are celebrating what He died for in His death and here are some of the things that His death avails us.

We celebrate the fact that at last a Perfect Sacrifice/Passover lamb/Scapegoat has been found for the sins of entire mankind.

We celebrate the fact that He died because it was a very difficult task that He undertook. No one else was qualified to do it and no one else could have done it. (He was the only One qualified and perfect for that difficult and great sacrifice).

It was good that He died because through His death the curse brought upon us by Adam was removed.

Through His death, we have access into the holies of holies. We now have blood that is good enough to allow us into the throne room.

It is by His stripes that we are healed.

It was good because His death was substitutionary (we are the guilty ones but He was the one that was punished). His death was effectual and propitiationary.

Without His death, there would not have been His resurrection. Without His resurrection there would not have been justification for us.

His death affords us access to the Tree of life which Adam through sin forfeited on our behalf.

His death would bring man, nature and the entire creation back in harmony.

His death gave us hope of resurrection. Adam brought Sin, Christ’s death brought Grace. Adam brought Offense, Christ’s death brought free gift. Adam brought Condemnation, Christ’s death brought Justification.  Adam brought Death, Christ’s death brought Righteousness, eternal life.

Lord, Your death has brought us near to God. Thank you for Your death. Happy Easter to you all. Remain blessed.

  

WHERE ARE THOSE THINE ACCUSERS?

WHERE ARE THOSE THINE ACCUSERS?

Text: John 8: 1-11

The story of the woman who was caught in adultery ‘in the very act’ as recorded in the gospel of John Chapter 8: 1 – 11 is my focus. Here, Jesus (most probably) went to the Mount olive to pray in the night, when he came back in the morning to the temple, people came to him and he taught them.

The Scribes and Pharisees, highly religious people brought this woman to him with the accusation that she was caught in the adultery. Their intention was also to tempt Jesus. If He had said ‘stone her’, they would have killed the woman as they wanted and would have condemned Jesus by saying that He was a saviour and yet commanded one to be killed and if he had said ‘let her go’, they probably would have said ‘he condoned sin’. Jesus first ignored them.

Then when they asked Him again Jesus appealed to their conscience “He that is without sin amongst you, let him first cast a stone at her”. Because they were all convicted by their conscience they left the woman alone and Jesus asked “Woman where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned there?” She said “No man Lord,” and Jesus said unto her “Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.”

Let us reflect on the plight of this woman. There she was, so sad to have been found out. 1 Tim 5:24 “Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after”. It is better for us to have our sins exposed now so we can have forgiveness and to prosper “he that covereth his sins shall not prosper.” She appeared to be the only sinner among them. She was their object of castigation, derision and shame. She was guilt-ridden and dare not lift up her face. She remembered that she was actually condemned by the law.

Death stares her in the face, she was reminded that others who were caught like her had been killed. There was neither hope of eternal life nor rest for her. Her plight was terrible.

People in this condition need more than pity, religion or sympathy. It is in our society that we bruised ‘a weak reed’. Here is someone in the gall of death, guilt stricken and the people around her wanted her dead. Cruel fate, cruel people.

What actually saved her (you already know who saved her) I believed that she was saved by her confession of Jesus as Lord. Her  statement to the Lord  ““No man Lord...” Rom 8:1. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. KJV

How many accusations are the Lord ignoring today! Our adversary has never stops accusing us. He accuses us of prayerlessness, lack of zeal for evangelism, our backbiting, our doubts, our unfaithfulness, our faithlessness etc. It is He who justifies us! Oh! What a comfort to those who owns Him as Lord. Acknowledging Him as Lord brought her forgiveness, no commendation and neither condemnation but justification. Who are to condemn?

God called Abraham father of faith not father of flesh even though he had Ishmael. The scripture says that he staggered not at the promise of God.

He called Gideon might man of valour despite the cowardice attitude he displayed at the threshing floor. He called Lot, the righteous preacher despite his incestuous relationship. He called Moses, the meekest man on earth despite such display of anger when he smote the rock. He removed the title of harlot from that of Rahab. David was a man after His own heart despite those imperfections (he ordered the Census which made God angry with His people, he committed adultery with Bathsheba, he killed Uriah). Ahab, the worst King in Israel obtained mercy. What a mighty and merciful God we serve!

Your past is past, so walk past your past or should I say move away from your past, do not be tied to your past, the sin that you have confessed and the Lord has forgiven should not ground you. Yes, satan would want to accuse you, but Jesus said; where are thine your accusers? And if He says Neither do I condemn thee. You should rejoice.

Pastor E. A. Adeboye shared a story of his past. He was a Pastor in Ilorin and among people that came for prayer was this woman, a former girl friend of the Pastor. When she saw him, she asked; who is the Pastor? You?  She judged him by his past.

If you have owned Him as you Lord. (Isa 54:17... every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD) You have an heritage to condemn every tongue that rise against you. Your righteousness of Him. So where are thine accusers? It is time to rise and condemn every tongue that rise against you! You are blessed and remain blessed.  

COME THOU FOUNT

This my favourite song is trending on twitter right now!

BE THOU MY VISION (IRISH HYMN) LYRIC

BH 62

BE THOU MY VISION

1.  Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;

Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art;

      Thou my best though, by day or by night,

Waking or sleeping, Thy  presence my light.

2.  Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true word;

      I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord:

      Thou my great Father, I Thy true son,

      Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

3.  Riches I heed not, or man's empty praise,

      Thou mine inheritance, now and always:

      Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,

      High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art.

4.  High King of heaven, my victory won,

      May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun!

      Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,

Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

      Amen. 

Building a Legacy of Faithfulness - DR PAUL CHAPPEL

Building a Legacy of Faithfulness

CECE WINANS - WAGING WAR

Thank you Dunjoye, for introducing this song to me. I love it

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

Don Moen's Thank you Lord

Pastor E. A. Adeboye's story on food

Pastor E. A. Adeboye is a sound preacher of the word but I tell you, he is equally humorous. He shared this testimony yesterday (on DOVE VISION TELEVISION). In 1956, I (Pastor Adeboye) was living with my Uncle. He was poor but I was poorer. One day, we had nothing to eat at all. Then a lady brought pounded yam, good vegetable soup and chicken for us, she said that her Aunt sent her to give the food to us. My uncle told her that he did not know her Aunt. Both of us eat the meal and after eating the lady came back to tell us that the food was not meant for us. God directed food to them when they are hungry....

God is directing somethings to you even if they are not originally meant for you.

This our God. What can he not do? Nothing.

May He prove Himself strong in my own life. Amen

I HAVE NO MAN ...

The story of the impotent man as recorded in John Chapter five is so fascinating. 

He had been there for a whole thirty eight years, long years in a certain problem. He looked hopeless and helpless. Yet he was not faithless. He was a man who was under a severe condition he could not walk, but the mercy that located him was more than his problem. His healing was greatly delayed, but it was not denied. I thought he would have gone home and resigned to fate after he had waited for a whole thirty six years without healing, but LORD, to whom shall we go even if it seems ill with us.

The apt description of his own situation speaks volumes to my heart. He said “John 5:7 Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. KJV this could mean three things.

1.    I had no man that cared for me as to get me into this pool.

2.    No man is with me as at now to put me into the pool.

3.    I could not expect any man even in the future to be so kind as to want to have me put into this pool for my healing.

My situation is so hopeless, can’t you see? Dear reader, Is this your own case?

Today, I saw a group of students walking on EKO Bridge and yet no man cared for them to stop and give them a ride. They had walked a great distance on that bridge when the driver of the BRT Bus that I boarded stopped and picked them, of course, they do not expect anyone to stop and help them, but the HELP of the helpless helped them. May be, you are currently singing Help of the helpless abide with me. My Saviour will help you.

It is important to know that despite the fact that the miracle that this man expected did not come on time, he did not leave the HOUSE OF MERCY: BETHESDA. The question is IF YOUR MIRACLE SEEMS TO BE DELAYED; WOULD YOU STILL CONTINUE TO SERVE HIM? God took notice of how long we have been in our situations and He has enough mercy and compensation for those who will wait on Him and for HIM. 

Perhaps, you are looking for something. You will surely find if you are patient with your God. Matthew 7: 7 (ASK : Ask, Seek and Knock). The Bible even told us of the patience of Job (James 5:11...Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. so that we may know that the LORD is pitiful. I remember some weeks ago. Someone came to me to narrate how he needed help, it is so obvious to both of us that I could not help him, but what he said struck my heart. I HAD NO ONE.

The man in our text truly had no one, but it is equally true that he lacked good communication skill. The simple question was DO YOU WANT TO BE MADE WHOLE? The right answer would have been YES SIR. Among his peers, there were others who were better, yet they did not receive their healing. He was greatly favoured. They were many but the mercy of God was looking for him and made him whole. Jesus was looking for him even when he was not expecting HIM. Christ knew that the man had been there for a long time and Christ was willing to bear with him. Christ could have said shut up, can’t you answer a simple question? He waited and cured him. God will wait for you. This is not the first time that God was waiting for man. He waited for man when Lot was leaving Sodom. He waited for that blind man in Jericho, the woman whose daughter was sick also received His attention after all. All of these people waited. Would you wait for Him to show Himself strong in your life.

The uniqueness of his own miracle was great. Among other people that were healed in the pool, none of them were recorded in the Bible but it is to the honour of this man that God put it there for us to read. There were people who would never have found their names mentioned by National Dailies were it not for the miracles God did for them, an example of this is the case of a couple that waited for 17 years to have babies and as you may be aware, they had four children. People who had children late in the Bible had great sons.

If you have God, then you have all men, because our God can use anyone, so do not say I HAVE NO MAN. Look unto GOD, He himself will look for you. But please stay in His house till he found you. God bless you.