STRENGTH

“Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”

2 Timothy 2:1 (KJV)

The apostle Paul admonished Timothy in the text above to be strong in the Lord’s grace and this goes to all true Christians. Pursuing Christ and the kingdom of God is not a bed of roses but a journey that involves fighting and escaping temptation and obeying the Word of Christ.

30 CHARLES SPURGEON QUOTES

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the Prince of preachers has made enormous impact in Christendom. His life and teaching has inspired many. I have read several of his books and I still do. The more I read the more I get blessed by his inspired words. Today I am sharing a few of his statements from various which will be a great blessing to you.

JESUS CALLS HEROD A FOX

“On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.” And He said to them, “Go tell that FOX, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected’.” (Luke 13: 31 & 32)

THE MIRROR OF LIFE

A mirror is a shiny metal or glass that reflects an image when light is directed onto it without diffusing it. Hence the mirror presents a carbon copy of the object placed before it. There is a mirror of life that reveals who we are and betrays us when we portray ourselves differently. This mirror of life is the heart of man.

SURRENDER DAILY

We do not incline our ears to His Word because we know Him.

We do not accept the truth because we can hear Him too.

We see visions and dream dreams so we are closer to Him.

We have stayed in His house for some years so He is our friend.

13 CHARACTERISTICS OF A RIGHTEOUS PERSON (Psalm 15)

All Christians are supposed to be righteous, which is however a known truth in the Kingdom of God. But mostly the question has been: how do I become righteous? or how can I live righteously? or the ultimate question; how do you know a righteous person? I am not going to give you steps of becoming righteous lest you say I have given you a law. In this write-up I am going list thirteen (13) characteristics of a righteous person which David mentioned in Psalm 15.

7 FOLD ANOINTING OF CYRUS (Isaiah 45:1-3)

BIOGRAPHY OF ARCHBISHOP BENSON IDAHOSA

This is an article on the summary of the life of Archbishop Benson Idahosa; a man of God who has made his mark on the world and so indelible is this mark that stories of his life are spoken of everywhere. This article is a means of broadening the horizon of readers concerning this great man.

LIVING AS GOD PLANNED - LOVE (Part 1)

Love is one asset that cannot be underestimated. Love, as defined by me, is that driving force that binds a group of people together and shows that they are of a common opinion. How? I will show you from the Word of God.

Now there are some characteristics and features of love we must consider. For this reason we would have to critically take a look at 1 Corinthians 13. This is the passage from which we find love as being patient, kind, not jealous and etc. But what we fail to look at are the conditions for which love holds.

DEALING WITH A FOOL

I want to share something very important with you to-day. Many people have different definitions for who or what a fool is. But after carefully studying Proverbs for 17 times I have discovered invaluable knowledge which will prune our lives. In fact one of the most dangerous things on earth is a fool. “Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly.” (Prov. 17:12) According to this Scripture there is no wild animal as dangerous as a fool. This verse attracted me to organize this write-up to radically reform and reposition destinies.

FLOURISHING LIKE A PALM TREE (Psalm 92:12)

The first day I came across this particular scripture “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree...” my desire to become righteous increased. That was many years ago but still every time I read it I desire more righteousness. It is a great thing to be righteous. The Holy Word of God says that the righteous shall flourish like a palm tree not an orange tree or an apple. I am so excited about palm (tree) because of its uniqueness and much blessedness. I am going to share with you certain things about the palm which makes the flourishing of the righteous so exceptional.

UPWARDS THEN ONWARDS

My spiritual daughter Josephine Ashong, a university student wrote this on her profile today, “Re-launch your life…keep moving forward”. I asked her to give me a little insight about this interesting statement. She explained, “Life has different chapters, and a book isn’t read backwards. As a book is read from front page to the last page, life must be lived forward.” I was very glad to hear this come from her. Her perspective of life at 18 is large enough to prosper this generation, and even generations unborn.

8 REASONS WHY SOME PEOPLE CAN LEAVE THE CHURCH

 

The Church is the household of faith for which all who believe in God through Jesus Christ belong. But God has appointed men to be stewards which has caused many people to think that the church is for a General Overseer or Founder. I am going to share with you some major reasons why some people can leave a church to another or to become unchurched or to another religion.

12 THINGS I WILL NOT DO IF I WERE YOU

I do not wish to set any parameters for anyone for I am equally not perfect but only desire to help you draw nearer and nearer to our Blessed Christ. What I am about to share with you are things which are in conformity to the Word of God and very expedient for quality Christian living. These are nevertheless things I have learned by experience as a Christian, a pastor and a counselor. I trust God that these lessons would transform your life.

      If I were you, 

6 CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSISTENT PEOPLE

Scripture Reading: Luke 11:5-8

And He said to them, “Suppose one of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and from inside he shall answer and say,’ Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’ “I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.” 
I  have so much been blessed by this very scripture. It teaches about persistence. How to persist till all resistances are broken is the message here. Life has innumerable stumbling blocks, blurry answers, inaccessible possibilities, hard-to-solve puzzles, problematic choices and unforeseen circumstances. And thus reflects the old adage “Survival of the fittest”. Everything is such that you ought to be fit in other to survive. “Fitness”, I would say is not a six-pack, but a characteristic of “persistence”.

     

3 CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE GOSPEL

 

After some years of preaching and teaching the Gospel of Christ, I have learned that there are more who oppose the gospel than those who advocate it. Very sadly most of these opposers are Christians. Such people (i.e. opposers) I call the generation of Jannes-and-Jambres.

Apostle Paul mentions in his second letter to Timothy that, “And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected as regards the faith.” (3:8) These two names (i.e. Jannes and Jambres) does not appear in the Old Testament but their rebellion is well recorded as they opposed Moses by replicating some of his miracles (Exod. 7:11) “Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts.” There are more of such people in our days, pretentious people, hiding in our churches, seminaries, schools, homes, work places and parliaments. Our generation has seen many unbelievers, Atheists, Muhammadans and etc. oppose the faith publicly than any generation, but likely unaware of Jannes-and-Jambres Christians.

WORSHIP – MADE FOR MAN

The modern day Christians have a funny definition of worship, limiting it to the period where they sing songs of praise unto the Most High God, the King of kings and Lord of lords. But I know that worship entails much more than that, for I do not believe, rather, I know that my Lord, the God I serve is not a simpleton to have given a code for worship (Jn. 4:23-24) – Worship in Spirit and in Truth.

7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE ZAREPHATH WIDOW

“Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!” (James 5:17) During this period of three and half years of drought God spoke to Elijah saying, “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you” (1 Kings 17:9) In the midst of difficulty God commanded His prophet to go into the dwelling of a widow, so that she could feed him. The widow represents believers of our day. God is dealing with us as He dealt with the Zarephath widow.