THE MASTER KEY 🗝️

Hear This: “Until you have the Master Key, you cannot be a Master over the situations of life”.

Life is full of divers challenges & to overcome the challenges of life you must constantly fellowship (communicate) with the Master (God) in the place of prayer.

Prayer is the Master Key 🗝️…

No wonder, Jesus says in Luke 18:1 … that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Hear This: “To stop praying is to start fainting spiritually”.

In fact, Jesus further said that there are some situations of life that you cannot conquer except by Prayer & Fasting (Matthew 17:21). Indeed, to rely on God in the place of prayer is the Master Key 🗝️.

However, to have a nice time with God and get response from Him, you must not regard iniquity in your heart (Psalms 66:18). Why? Iniquity or sin makes the Master Key 🗝️ (Prayer) to be ineffective…

Please surrender your life to Jesus, if you haven’t done so.

Always Remember This:” Using the Master Key 🗝️ (Prayer) to communicate the Master (God) when situations arise, is to be a Master over the situations of life”.

I Pray for you: As you rightly use the Master Key 🗝️ (Prayer), the Master (Jesus) will arise and attend to your matters.

Do have a Destiny fulfilling day.

Shalom.

HE TURNED IT AROUND!

Hear This: “What would have been said to be a bad Friday turned out to be a good Friday because Jesus shed His blood to set us free”

No wonder, John 19: 30 says: “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Jesus said: “It is Finished” and not “I am finished” or “we are finished”.

By the aforementioned, Jesus was simply saying: I have completed or finished the assignment of coming to save humanity from eternal damnation.

He also meant: The devil 👿 is finished, sickness, diseases, affliction, sorrow, poverty, barrenness, pains, sudden death & all manner of ills are finished.

In summary, the good news in this good Friday is that, what Jesus has finished cannot finish you.

The truth still remains that, for you not to be finished in hell, you need to surrender your life to the one (Jesus) that says, “It is Finished”.

If you have already surrendered your life to Jesus, congratulations.

Yes! And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
( Revelation 12:11)

My prayer is that what Jesus has finished will not finish you.

We shall all finish well.

Do have a Destiny fulfilling Good Friday.

Shalom.

JOY: THE LIFE BOOSTER!

Hear This:” For your Joy to be full you have to be joyful.”

1 Thessalonians 5:16 (Good news translation) says: “Be joyful always,”

Don’t allow anyone or situations of life to tamper with your joy. Why? Joy is a life booster.

Nehemiah 8:10 says:
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day it’s holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

How is the Joy of the Lord a Life Booster?

~ The joy of the Lord prolongs life.
~ The Joy of the Lord keeps you healthy.
~ The Joy of the Lord strengthens the weak.
~ The Joy of the Lord gives hope to the hopeless.
~ The Joy of the Lord empowers you to fulfill your Destiny.
~ The Joy of the Lord is eternal. (You not only rejoice here on earth, you continue to rejoice when you get to heaven)

Note: Temporary possessions in the world can only give you happiness. It is possessing Christ inside of you that gives you fullness of joy.

How to obtain the joy of the Lord:

~ Stay in God’s presence ( Psalms 16:11 … in His presence there is fullness of joy)

~ Be at Peace with all men. Grudges, malice, hatred & bitterness are joy distorters. Hebrews 12:14 says: “Follow peace with all men…”

~ Surrender your life completely to Jesus ( Luke 15:17 ” I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth …

Always Remember This:“The moment heaven is rejoicing over you, your life is bound to be full of joy.

Boost your life today with the Joy of the Lord.

I pray for you: Because you carry the Joy of the Lord, your Joy shall overflow even in the face of adversity.

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Shalom

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

As we proceed in the journey of this new year, be 100% assured that you are not alone.

Whatever you have passed through, you are passing through & will still pass through, the God who is passing through this year says:

“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”
( Isaiah 43:2)

Beloved, let the word “I will be with you” as said by God in the aforementioned bible passage, keep you going. With that, you are assured of coming out safe & alive in every situation.

Nevertheless, to enjoy the presence of God in your life & situation, you must first surrender your life to Jesus.

Always Remember This: “God, the Omnipresent is present in your present predicament to present you alive, so that you can present your testimony in the presence of the people of God.

May His presence continue to be with us.

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Shalom.

GOOD NEWS!!!

DESTINY DISCOVERY

Luke 2:10-14
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings (Good News) of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Beloved, the good news in the aforementioned bible passage is that the Birth of Jesus Christ ushered in several good things into the world. His Birth has also given us (Christians) several reasons to celebrate Him today & everyday.

The Good News:

~ The Birth or the coming of Christ into the world brought hope to us. It is the hope of everlasting life (John 3:16).

~ It brought great joy to all people. It is sad to go to hell. Now, our joy is restored with the coming of Christ, who came to stop us from going to hell.

~ The Birth of a Saviour (Christ) brought Salvation to mankind. Indeed, we are not safe until we are saved.

~ The birth of Christ made a multitude of the heavenly host (along with the Angel) to celebrate, praising God…
We too as Christians, join the host of heaven to celebrate Christ today & always.

~ The Birth of Jesus Christ, brought Peace & good will towards mankind.

Beloved, the Birth of Jesus & the person of Christ brought innumerable blessings to us. This is actually a good news that calls for celebration.

Nevertheless, the overall good news is not just about his birth but the fact that, this same Jesus is coming back again. (John 14:1-3).
He wants us to be where he is & also reign with him eternally.

Please, don’t celebrate his birth here and miss heaven at last.

You can always remember December 25th, 2023 for good as the day you surrendered your life to Jesus, in case you haven’t done so.

Are you a child of God already? Go ahead and celebrate Christ today & everyday.

Always Remember This: It is better to celebrate Christ than to celebrate the devil.

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Merry Christmas.

YOU WILL MOVE FORWARD!

Hear This: “Nobody or situation can stop who God is moving forward”.

Yes, in Genesis 14:15, when God said to the children of Israel “move forward” even the Egyptians coming behind them & the red sea ahead of them, could not stop them.

I hereby decree: Nobody or situation in life will be able to stop you from making progress.

You will keep moving forward until you reach your destined destination in life.

Do have a Destiny fulfilling day.

Shalom.

THE WORLD OF HYPOCRISY (2)

The world & church may be full of hypocrisy or hypocrites but you don’t have to be full of it.

What then is Hypocrisy?

Let’s examine the second definition as we continue in the journey of the world of hypocrisy.

~ Hypocrisy is the leaven of the Pharisees. Luke 12:1c confirms this by saying: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy”.

What then is the leaven of the Pharisees? The leaven of the Pharisees is not bread & butter…

The leaven of the Pharisees that has penetrated the church of God & the lives of christians today can be described as follows:

~ It is a desire to be both Christian and non Christian.
Note: You cannot be godly & be worldly.

~ Good hypocrites, like the Pharisees, take pleasure in defining themselves by their own self – satisfactory terms. Note: Your self righteousness is as filthy rags.

~ It represents the teachings that are pervasive and that produces hypocrisy & unbelief.
Note: Mind what you preach & what teachings you listen to.

~ The leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy is religious bigotry & sanctimony.
Note: You are not correct until your life is corrected by Christ Jesus.

Hear This: “Do as I say and not as I do is the beginning of hypocrisy”.

Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 11:1 (Amplified bible): ‘PATTERN YOURSELVES after me [follow my example], as I imitate and follow Christ (the Messiah).”

Beloved, we are called to pattern our lives after Christ & in turn without hypocrisy, others are meant to imitate Christ in us ( imitate us as we imitate Christ).

Who are you imitating, Christ or an hypocrite?

Prayer: Father, please give me the grace to imitate Christ & represent Him well on earth.

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Shalom.

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THE WORLD OF HYPOCRISY!

Today, we are living in a world full of hypocrisy. And because the world is full of hypocrisy, it has also crept into the church.

How manage did hypocrisy enter the church? It entered because the world has entered the church.

What then is Hypocrisy?

Let’s examine the first definition as we commence this journey into the world of hypocrisy.

~ “Hypocrisy is the contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing your real character”.

Beloved, that character you are putting on, is it real or fake? We saw this fake or false character in the life of Judas Iscariot in the bible:

But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it. (John 12:4-6, emphasis added)

Notice the outward display of righteousness in order to conceal the inward reality of wickedness. Worse than having a problem with greed, Judas had a problem with hypocrisy . Not only did he steal money, he faked a care for the poor in order to do it. His words of compassion were a mere show, a mask that cloaked his heart of deceit. This mask worked quite well, by the way. Why?
“We know Judas as the betrayer, but to the others he was Judas the disciple.”

Hear This: “Character is like pregnancy, it cannot be hidden”.

Hummm! Pastor, Minister, Worker, church members are you who we think or you say you are?

The word of God says:

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
( 2 Corinthians 13:5)

The Amplified bible puts it this way: “Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves [not Christ]. Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you–unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected?”

We thought Judas Iscariot was in the faith, we never knew he was against the one, Saviour (Jesus Christ) he claimed to be following.

Hear This: “It is better to be real and corrected for a misconduct than to be fake and we assume you are correct, without being corrected for a misconduct that will lead you to hell”.

Though we are in the world, we are not of the world. Let us arise as true Christians to stop & discourage the practice of hypocrisy…

Prayer: Father, please reveal any form of hypocrisy in my life and in my work with you.

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Shalom.

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REFUSAL TO STOP (1)

Hear This: “Refusal to stop is to be stopped by God”.

On this subject matter & for better understanding, let’s start by examining the life of Saul briefly. The Saul here is the Saul in Acts chapter 9.

Who was Saul according to the aforementioned scripture? Acts 9:1-2 reads:

“And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.”

~ Saul was a threat to the christians of his time.

~ Saul was a captor, arrester or kidnapper, who put his victims in bondage.

~ Saul was an obstructer of the gospel of Christ.

Saul was a persecutor.

~ Saul was a religious fanatic.

~ Saul was humanly unstoppable.

Just to mention a few, Saul was a worker or tool in the hand of the devil.

Saul refused to stop his nefarious ways of life until he was stopped by God on his way to Damascus…

What do you need to stop?

Don’t forget, refusal to stop is to be stopped by God.

God eventually stopped Saul from attacking the christians & also from his nefarious ways of life.

However, Saul had to cooperate with God for his life & destiny to be changed.

How True? See Acts 9:6

“And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.”

When God stopped Saul… Saul responded by asking What will you have me do? Meaning: What must I do to be saved, how can I stop this ungodly way of life & the Amplified bible put it this way: what do you desire me to do?

Beloved, have you ever asked God this destiny transforming question (what do you desire me to do) or you are just living your life anyhow?

The good news is that, the moment you ask God, what do you desire me to do and he tells you, your destiny & destination in life is changed for better.

As for Saul, his destiny name began to work for him, as we now know him as Paul. His God ordained destiny manifested as he became an unrelenting soul winner, church planter & God lover. Above all, his destination changed from going to hell to an heavenly candidate.

Hear This: “It is better to stop that contrary thing by yourself or be gently stopped by God than to be forcefully stopped”.

Don’t wait until you are forcefully stopped by God.

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Shalom

WHO CALLED YOU? (2)

Hear This: “You are the product of the one who called you”.

We shall further examine what God, who called you, expects from you & wants you to become.

Your caller God, wants you to STUDY.

How True?
2 Timothy 2:15 says: “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (KJV).

What are you to study?
You are to study the word of God, the Bible. Don’t just read & study your secular book, read & study the Book of Life.

Hear This: “You have no God’s eternal life in you until you study the Book of Life”.

Examining the King James version of the aforementioned scripture, we can say that the one who called you, God wants you to study to show yourself approved unto Him.

Meaning:

~ To acquire knowledge on the Subject of God & His ways inorder to become more like Him.

~ To study to win full approval in God’s sight.

~ To study so as to correctly teach (communicate) the message of God’s truth.

~ To study to receive accurate & fresh revelation from God to your generation.

~ You are to study the Book of Life (word of God) so as not to be deceived by the end time deceivers.

Beloved, what are you studying today?

Hear This:
To study Philosophy, Medicine, Law, Biology, English, Mathematics etc, and never study the Bible (The word of Life) is never to be tagged successful & prosperous in the sight of God.

Joshua 1:8 confirms this by saying: “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”

Don’t just read, study & preach the gospel. Also practice what you read, studied & preached.

Always Remember This: “You cannot know beyond the level of your study”.

Who called you?

To be continued.

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Shalom.