Don't let the devil gum you to death!

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. - 1 Peter 5:6-8

The bible says we are to cast all our care upon Jesus for He cares dearly for us. He loves us more than we love ourselves. The bible also says those who are heavy burden are to turn to Jesus and be at rest for His yoke is easy and His burden is light. When things are directed by the Holy Spirit, the work shall be effortless. The result shall be perfect for it is of the Lord's doing.

When we cast our care upon Jesus, we can live the let go life knowing Jesus will turn every defeat into victory, every cry into joy, every sorrow into happiness, every disease into pink of health! We are more than a conqueror for Jesus is our Conqueror! We sit back and watch what Jesus does. That's not to say we simply don't work and just laze our time at home. It just means that we are working with the rest from within. We shall work stress-free. There will be challenges and obstacles in our paths but Jesus already has the answer to these challenges and obstacles!

Look for His wisdom in those difficult times. It may seems like walking in the shadow of the valley of death but we are definitely going to walk through it through Christ who strengthens us from within. All things are possible to God.

The bible says we are to be aware, be sober and be vigilant for the devil goes about looking for those he may devour. The bible also says the devil goes about LIKE a roaring lion. The bible says like and this means that he is trying to imitate God to scare us out of our rest. To shake our foundation of truth and righteousness. He is trying to bring fear and condemnation into our lives. As long he can't succeed in his only tactic, there is no way he can make inroad into our lives to destroy every other aspect of our lives.

When are declare we are the righteousness of God in Christ, we are cementing his defect by Christ Jesus at the cross. For Christ was risen three days after crucifixion to show the world He has conquer death and the devil has lost his power over the people on earth. He has no more right to present himself in front of God to accuse us of our wrongdoings for Jesus has sprinkled His precious on the mercy seat!

We are now children of God. We are the righteousness of God in Christ. Don't allow the devil to deceive us into believing we can be out of fellowship with God when we sin. Jesus Christ has taken our place of sin at the cross some two thousand years ago and divinely gave us His state of righteousness. We can come to Abba Father any time and anywhere. There is no such thing as the appointed time with God and the moment we miss that appointed time, we will have to wait for another appointed time. That is utter nonsense!

We can be conscious of the presence of Jesus in our lives every minute and every second. We can fellowship with God any time of the day. For some of us, it may be the time on the way to work, be it in a car or any other form of transport. For some of us, it may be the time when we are seated on our "great white throne". Whatever and whenever, come to God boldly for Jesus has paid for our redemption with His blood.

Fix your eyes upon Jesus. Be at rest for out of it springs the issues of life. Hallelujah!

Lets believe and trust in Abba Father

Abba Father is a wonderful loving Father. There is no earthly father who can compare with Him. He so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die for the world that the world, through the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, shall be saved.

This is no humanly love. It is a love that is never ending. It is a love that is forever patient. It is a love that is long suffering. It is love in its purest form. No word can ever fully describe this heavenly Father's love. No earthly father can fully understand and comprehend His love as well. All we can do is enjoy His love for us.

Abba Father always has good thoughts toward us. He always has thoughts to prosper us and to rest us from within. The bible says in Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Bible hope is very different from human hope. Bible hope is defined as confident expectation of good happenings! So, we can, and should, expect good things to happen to us, those who are in Christ. We can expect to see a future which is bright and glorious. A future where God has already gone ahead to prepare for us. He has already been to our future and He says it is good!

We can hope for the redemptive work has been accomplished by Jesus Christ at the cross some two thousand years ago. That one completely complete work by Jesus Christ at the cross has made those who accept His salvation to have right standing with God, to be reconciled with God! Beloved of the Lord can now come to the throne of grace in times of need to cry out Abba, Father!

Believe God is doing mighty things behind the scene to prosper us and to things around or our good. It is His desire to see His people having soul, body and financial prosperity. For we are called to reign over the earth. We are joint heir with Christ Jesus. As Christ is, so are we in this world. We are in the world but not of the world. We are to be the light of the world!

Lets trust in Abba Father's love for us. It is when we are loved and know we are the beloved of the Lord, we can love one another. Jesus has yet to perform a single miracle when He came out of Jordan river. Yet Abba Father declared openly He is THE beloved Son whom Abba Father is well pleased! We have the same standing as Jesus is with God. Be conscious of our righteousness of God in Christ.

Know that God is for us and not against us. He is always looking for ways to bless us, to prosper us, to do us good. Simply believe and trust in Abba Father. Hallelujah!

Let's get into the word!

Have you find yourself always not able to make time to read or even listen to the word of God? You are not alone.

The devil wants you to focus on other stuffs which seem to be more important and possibly more urgent. The bible says the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy. What does he want to steal in the first place? It is the word of God from your life! If he is able to make inroad in this area, he will be able to destroy other areas of your life! Don't even let him have the slimmest chance to steal the word of God from you!

Make time to hear or read the word. It may be just five minutes or a few tens of minute. Whatever it is, just spend the time of the day to hear or read the word. For in the word lies the power to transform your life from losing to winning! It has the power to bring you from glory to glory. It has the power to transform you from within!

There are nuggets of revelation which will help us in our daily endeavors. Not just in our walk with Christ but in our every affair. Be it our work life or social life or personal life. Whatever the challenge may be in any area of our life, somewhere in the bible lies the answer to that challenge. The Lord will give an answer through His word to the overwhelming issue that we may be facing right now.

There are so many testimonies shared by Christians, who submitted their testimonies to the church which I attend, how their lives are being transformed by simply listening to the word preached by the pastor. It is God's way that we, through the foolishness of preaching, should be sozoed in every area of our lives. It is total healing in every aspect of our lives! When you spend time in the word, the zoe life will flow within.

We start to be able to do things which we were not able to previously. We starts to see things way before any other person sees it. We have the strength to see through the day and much more left over for our families. We have the mind of Christ to be able to do things effectively and efficiently, both at work and at home. Somehow, we seem to have more time to do the things we want to do. That's because the Lord prolongs the days of the righteous.

Lets get into the word by tithing our time for it. God is a rewarder of time as well. When we tithe our time to hear or read His word, He will multiply it many folds back to us. That's God way of doing things. He will always multiple many times back what we commit to the Lord! Even in the midst of fierce battle in our professional lives, spend time in the word and suddenly, you see how God fights the battle for you. See how He turns things around for your good!

Lets do the one thing which Mary did: sitting at Jesus' feet and listening to His word. From this one thing, and through Christ who strengthens us, we will be able to do many things at the right time and be found at the right place as well. Hallelujah!

Keep taking from God

God is a lavish giver! He can bless all other people in the world with plenty and still bless you with more than enough. We can never out-take God for His blessings are never ending. He is so full and He is always waiting for His beloveds to take from Him.

One way we take from Him is to draw from Him by sitting at His feet to listen to His word. That's the one thing that Mary did and Jesus took noticed of it and this event was recorded in the bible for our learning. Though Mary seemed to be doing nothing yet Jesus praised her for taking from Him and rebuked Martha for been too careful and worried about many things.

Now, Jesus didn't rebuked Martha for preparing the meal for Him and His disciples, but for been not restful within. God cares about our shalom peace more than anything else for out of a tranquil heart, comes mighty exploits of the Lord. When we are so restful within, God will be able to guide us in all our endeavors as we will be sensitized to His prompting and leading within or without. The chiefest thing Jesus wanted His disciples to have was to have His shalom peace.

The bible says Jesus bequeathed His peace to His disciples. This is the peace which the world cannot understanding and comprehend. Jesus is always restful and never hurried. Even when a "demand" was placed on Him in the case of the death of Lazarus, Jesus was able to look to Abba Father for His miraculous working power to raise Lazarus from the dead! When the five thousand men, not counting women and children, were hungry, Jesus simply took the five loaves and two fishes of a boy and blessed it and fed all the people there with twelve baskets full left for His disciples! That's our rich God!

Be conscious of the presence of Jesus in our lives for greater is He who lives in us than he who is of the world. Be conscious of the constant supply from God. All that we ever needed are been supplied by God. There is sufficient grace for today. Don't worry about tomorrow for there is only grace for today and when tomorrow becomes today, God's grace will be there to see us through! It is like the manna principal in the old testament. The manna was always supplied in the morning and it was always fresh.

The children of Israel never lack anything when they were wondering and wandering in the wilderness when they were under the unmerited, undeserved and unearned favor of God. God provided for their clothing so much that even their shoes were never worn out. These are just pictures of the grace of God before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at the cross. What more we who are under the new covenant where we are the righteousness of God in Christ through the sacrificial work of Jesus at the cross.

Expect good things to happen to us for this is what the bible says: the path of the righteous shall shine brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. Also, the bible says all things will work out for good for those in Christ. Not all things pleasant, pleasurable, or even good, BUT God will cause all things to work out for our good! Hallelujah!

God knows what you are going through

The bible says God even counts the number of hair on your head. He cares for the very minute details of your life. He cares for you more than you care for yourself.

Rest assure God is doing mighty things behind the scene for our own good. For the bible says all things will turn out for good for those in Christ. The bible says so and so be it. For it is the written word of God.

Whatever challenge or trial we may be facing now and it seems there is no light at the end of the tunnel, praise and worship God knowing He is doing something about it. Be it a terminal disease one is fighting against or a huge debt one is trying to clear, knows that God has the answer to all of them: and the Answer is Jesus!

The bible tells us when the disciples and Jesus were crossing the sea of Galilee and the disciples were fearful of the "mega" storm that has brewed, Jesus simply calmed the storm and also calmed their fearful hearts. It was their fears that Jesus was more interested to address rather than the outward storm. For Jesus cared for His disciples and wanted them to be restful in spite of the raging sea they were seeing. That boat will never sink for Jesus was onboard!

In the story of Lazarus, Jesus knew what the sisters were feeling when He arrived at the tomb, where Lazarus was buried, some four days later. He came to raise Lazarus from the dead and also to comfort the two sisters, Martha and Mary. He came to bring life into a dead situation. What can be worse than having someone already dead for a few days?

If it is a financial lack that one is in, knows that Jesus is working behind the scene to bring one out of that financial lack and to bless that person with more than enough to be a blessing to those around that person. Jesus' parents on earth weren't rich when Jesus was born. But because Jesus was with them, wise men from the east came to offer their worship to Jesus and present their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Joseph and Mary were made rich because of Jesus.

Even in dire situation such as the one where the children of Israel was about to cross the Red Sea with the Egyptian army hot on their heels to kill them, God made a way for them to cross the Red Sea by parting the Red Sea and drowned every Egyptian soldier who tried to cross it. God will always make a way where there seems to be no way. That's our God! He so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to die for the world that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Be conscious of God's love in your life for God is love. The moment God ceases to love, He ceases to be God. And because God loves His beloveds, He will make sure they are well taken care of. That is Fatherly love that human father cannot give and understand fully. Be at rest for the battle belongs to the Lord. Cast all your cares upon Jesus and see Him performing the miracle that you want! Enjoy Jesus' love for you and be at rest inwardly. Hallelujah!

Keep hearing the good news!

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." - Luke 4:18 - 19

Gospel is literally good news! What then is the good news? The good news is the blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor will be poor no more! More importantly, sinners can be made the righteousness of God in Christ through the one complete sacrificial work at the cross. All our sins are forgiven through the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

The gift of salvation has to be received in order for the redemptive power to be effective in our lives. Once we have accepted Christ Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are grafted into the kingdom of God, we are sons and daughters of the most high God! As Christ is so are we in this world!

Jesus was never sick. Jesus was never in lack. Jesus was never hurried. Jesus was never angry towards the sinners. Even His "chiding" was to encourage His disciples to take more from Him! We always see a perfect Jesus! We see His healing virtue manifested in a mighty way when He healed all who come to Him for healing. We see How he touched the lepers and the leprosy left them. Wow, what a personal and thoughtful act! Jesus knew the lepers were missing human touch and He just fulfilled that very lack.

Distance is never an issue where healing is concerned. Jesus can heal from where He is now at the right hand of God. The bible says Jesus healed a centurion's servant from afar when He heard the request for healing that servant. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Jesus is still healing today!

When Jesus was on earth, He was never in lack. The bible says wise men from the east came to worship Him and presented to Him gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Riches and honor follow after Jesus. When we pursue Jesus, riches and honor follow us! So stop striving to pursue the richness of the earth through our own effort. Pursue Jesus and allow the Holy Spirit to lead us into all blessings. Surely, the blessings of the Lord make one rich and no sorrowful toil can make up to it.

Jesus knows our every need. When the fishermen in the bible caught nothing the night before, Jesus gave them a net breaking and boat sinking harvest of fishes! When the Samaritan woman needed love, Jesus provided the ultimate love the woman had always wanted. The bible tells us that even when Lazarus was dead for four days, Jesus was able and willing to raise him from the dead.

Keep hearing the gospel. For out of it comes the answer to our every need. For out it we see the beauty and perfection of Jesus Christ. And when we behold Jesus Christ, we are been transformed from glory to glory in His image! Hallelujah!

The covenant keeping God

Covenant is more than a lawful agreement between two or more parties. In the old testament, people will usually have an incision on their wrists and be joined together at the wrist to signify they are now in covenant. Whatever one party has, the other has also. There is no longer an distinction between whose assets they belong to. Both parties now have all their assets combined.

When God cuts a covenant with man, God can keep His part but man can't and God knows it all along from the beginning. That's why when God cut a covenant with Abraham, God put Abraham to sleep and in his place, a pillar of fire goes through the cut pieces of the animals and God, represented by a pillar of cloud, goes through them in the opposite direction. In that instance, God the Father cuts a covenant with God the Son! That's why Jesus has to die at the cross for man's transgressions and his sins!

For by one man's offense, all are made sinners. And through that One Man's sacrifice at the cross, whosoever accepts Him and His salvation is made the righteousness of God! What Jesus has accomplished at the cross is so much more than what Adam has committed in the beginning. For the precious blood of Jesus is able to cleanse us of our sin and sins forever and for everyone who had lived and the very last man who will ever live! Whoever accepts the gift of righteousness are being grafted into the kingdom of God and can come to the throne of grace in times of need to cry out Abba, Father!

Adam was originally given the key to govern the earth and to have dominion over it. Yet he gave up his right to the devil when he sinned against God in the garden of Eden. It will not be righteous for God to just take the key away from the devil "forcefully" as it will be an injustice for God to do so. God is a just God. He has the master plan to send Jesus to die at the cross and to rise from the grave three days later to show the world He has conquered death and the devil has no right to the key and no right to stand before God to accuse Christians of any sin.

For Jesus has come to earth that He created to be a Man so that He can righteously redeem man from his sin! It takes a kinsman redeemer to redeem man from his state of sin and to cleanse him of all his sins. God cannot just forgive all the sins that men had committed or are committing or will commit by sweeping them under the carpet. He has to judicially judge man for his sins and He did it through the sacrificial work of Jesus at the cross. Through that one complete sacrifice at the cross by Christ Jesus, whosoever believes in Him is made the righteousness of God in Christ!

God has kept His part of the covenant and Jesus has, on behalf of men, kept the other part of the covenant! Now! We have what Jesus has! We inherit what Jesus inherits! We have His shalom peace which He bequeathed to us! We are made prosperous for Jesus has no lack. We are made whole in our bodies for Jesus is full of health and energy and power!

Thank you Abba Father for Your faithfulness in keeping Your part of the covenant You cut with man. And thank you Jesus for keeping man's part of the covenant. And thank you Holy Spirit for indwelling in us forever for those who have accepted the gift of salvation. We are to reign in life through the abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness. Hallelujah!

I am the beloved of the Lord

Jesus loves me this I know. For the bible tells me so. That's part of a Christian song. I will sing this song to me son regularly. There is another part of the song that says Jesus is strong.

For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to die for the world that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. The moment a sinner accepts Jesus Christ as His savior and Lord, that sinner is transformed from a state of sin to a state of right standing with God. He/she is made the righteousness of God in Christ. All his/her sins are forgiven forever!

God cannot punish a Christian for his/her sins for the punishment has been vetted on Jesus Christ and it will be an injustice for God to punish Christians for their sins. That is not to say Christians should live a lifestyle of sin. How shall it be where Christians are dead to sin and alive to righteousness! How can it be where Christians see the grace and loveliness of Lord Jesus Christ. When we fall in love with Christ Jesus, we shall fall out of love with sin. For sin shall not have dominion over us for we are not under law but under grace!

It is fine to know that Christians are saved from eternal damnation. More importantly, be conscious that we are the beloved of the Lord. Beloved means to be deeply loved, very close to the heart, according to one dictionary. That means we are deeply loved by Father God and we are very closed to His heart. For as Christ is, so are we in this world. The heart of Father God is full of Jesus and we are in Him. So we are His darlings. He only has good thoughts toward us.

As the beloved of the Lord, we get to enjoy whatever Jesus is! Jesus is full of love. We can to enjoy His love and because He first loves us, we can love one and another. Out of the abundance of grace we can extend favor to another. Jesus is wisdom personified. We have the mind of Christ and His wisdom shall manifest greatly in our lives. Jesus is full of shalom life! This shalom life flows mightily in our lives. Jesus is shalom. The bible says Jesus has bequeathed His shalom to us. We have the peace which surpasses all understandings of the world.

As the beloved of the Lord, we are joint heir with Christ! Whatever He has, we have. Behold the Lord Christ Jesus and see our lives been transformed by Lord Christ Jesus. We see Jesus in the word. We see His loveliness and abundance of grace through His word. We are been transformed effortlessly by beholding Jesus.

All our needs are supplied. There shall be no lack in our lives for Christ has given His life, His very person for our every need. There IS fresh manna for today. Take no thought for tomorrow. Live today.There is sufficient grace for today. Be constantly mindful of the truth we are the beloveds of the Lord. Hallelujah!