A New Beginning

We can come to Abba Father anytime

2012-02-17T16:58:00.000+08:00

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." - Romans 8:15

The word adoption in the above passage in Greek is: huiothesia. It implies a stronger word than just the English word: adoption. It literally means to be part of, in this case, a family. To be set as sons, as if born of the same family.

When we accept the gift of salvation through the finished work of Jesus Christ at the cross, we are literally born into the kingdom of God. We are now sons and daughters of God. We are not adopted but "born" into the family. We are in Christ as Christ is in us and greater is He who is in me than he who is of the world.

As a result of this intimate relationship with God, we can come to the throne of grace anytime of the day. There isn't a special time of the day when we communicate with God the Father. We can commune with Him anytime and anywhere! That's the privilege of those in Christ. regardless of the occasion, we can draw close to the almighty God.

In the seasons when we are strong, we can praise and worship God for all the good He has done in our lives. Yet it ain't us who are strong but Christ who lives in us that is The strong one. He strengthens us from within and sometimes He uses people around us to encourage and strengthen us from without. He loves to see us been reminded of His presence all the time for He loves us very dearly and deeply and He only wants the best for us.

At the cross some, Jesus gave Himself to take our place of sin and borne all the punishment of sins upon His own body so that we, today, can declare we the righteousness of God in Christ. With it, we can declare robust health. With it, we can claim all prosperity. With it, all relationships are mended.

Yet we know not all things may be good at the moment. But the bible says all things will turn out for good for those in Christ. In the days when we are weak, we can praise and worship God for all the things He is doing to turn things for our good. We give thanks for He is good in our lives. He will never allow the righteous soul to famish! That's His promise and He will see to it that His word will not return to Him void!

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord for He is good and His mercy endures forever. Draw near to Abba Father at all times. Be it we are enjoying His abundant blessings in our lives or going through the valley of the shadow of death, be conscious of Jesus Christ and His finished work at the cross at al times. For all things have been completed at the cross!

When the presence of God is strong in our lives, no weapons formed against us shall prosper. No evil shall befall us. No sickness shall take root in our bodies. When we know how much God loves us, there shall be no fear in our lives for His perfect love casts out all fears! The word tells us for God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. Hallelujah!

I am blessed and it is irrevocable

2012-02-09T17:10:00.001+08:00

Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. - Numbers 23:20

When king Balak asked Balaam to curse the children of Israel while they were camping in the plains of Moab, Balaam was not able to curse them but instead blessed them three times. As a side note, Balaam was the only one recorded in the bible to have a conversation with his donkey.

Each time king Balak asked Balaam to curse the children of Israel, Balaam would bless them according to the word God had put in his mouth. Most importantly, those blessings are irrevocable! No one can put a curse on a person who God has blessed! That's the promise of God.

Then Isaac trembled exceedingly, and said, "Who? Where is the one who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it before you came, and I have blessed him— and indeed he shall be blessed." - Genesis 27:33. In this passage, whoever is blessed can never be cursed again!

Now at the cross some two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ was crucified on our behalf and He took all our curses upon His own body so that no curse can land on us today. For cursed is him who hang on a tree. At the same time, all the blessings in the bible are ours to proclaim for Christ did not redeem us from the blessings. Instead, He has blessed us with every spiritual blessings. He has blessed us and we shall be blessed!

We shall be blessed coming in and going out. We are blessed to be the head and not the tail. We are favored in our every endeavor. We have the blessings of Abraham upon our lives! When King Melchizedek met Abraham after his victory over three kings, His first word was "Blessed". We are blessed to be fruitful in our lives, every aspect of it! We are blessed with robust health and material blessings.

Today, God only wants to shower us with His blessings. And whoever God has blessed, he shall be blessed and the blessing is irrevocable! Receive His blessings with thanksgiving and gladness for they are undeserved, unmerited and unearned. They are ours for Christ has been crucified on our behalf at the cross some two thousand years ago! It is His finished work that qualifies us to receive God's blessings.

We don't have to work for God's blessings. We just simply receive them into our lives. No toilsome labor can qualify us for God blessings. For the blessings are paid for by the precious blood of Jesus at the cross! it is God's grace that we can be blessed.

Stop cursing ourselves for the wrongs that we have done. Look to the cross and be conscious of the finished work of Jesus at the cross for at the cross, all our sins, past, present and future, have been forgiven. Receive the blessings from God and stay blessed all the times. Hallelujah!

Grace story

2012-02-08T15:32:00.001+08:00

In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. By the sixth day, He had created all that were to be created and He said they were very good. The word tells us all things are created for Jesus and through Him all things are created.

When God created man, both male and female, He gave them the authority to have dominion over the earth. God gave them the freedom of choice as well. That's why even though God knew Adam and Eve would sin against Him, He doesn't step in to prevent them from sinning against Him. That will be an injustice to a righteous God!

God wants man to partake of the fruit of the tree of life and not of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. After man had partaken of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, God had to drove them away from the garden of Eden to prevent them from partaking of the fruit of the tree of life. This is the grace of God for He doesn't want man to live eternally in a state of condemnation!

So God will have to redeem the sin in a judicial manner. That's why it must be a Man to redeem man from this sin. This Man must be sinless and perfect in order to redeem man. Else God will not accept this sacrificial lamb. Hence the story of the virgin birth. Jesus cannot inherit his earthly father's blood for Joseph was also a sinner.

Even so, God has provided a sacrificial lamb for Adam and Eve after they had sinned against Him. That's the grace of God in display. He killed the first sacrificial lamb to clothe Adam and Eve and provided a way for man to offer animal sacrifice to atone for his sins. When Adam and Eve were deceived by the devil, God prophesied that the Seed of a woman shall crush his head.

Since then, the devil tried all ways to bring about the corruption of the human seed so that the Redeemer will never come. He brought about the mating of fallen angels with the women of earth to produce creatures which are not of the humankind totally, i.e. the blood is not pure human blood.

It came to a point where God had to flood the earth in order to preserve the human race. That the love of God for the human race. Hence the story of Noah and the ark. Only Noah and his wife and his three sons and his three daughters-in-law were the only "perfect" human being on earth at that time. Their blood was not tainted by the fallen angels.

The devil is not omniscient. He doesn't know when the Redeemer will come. That's why he is always killing people who he thinks is the Messiah. He was not aware the Messiah has come even though Jesus has already come to earth in a manger. He only knew that the Messiah has come when the shepherds acquired about Him in Herod's presence. He then went about killing all the young boys in Jerusalem that were between two to three years old thinking that would kill the Messiah in the process.

Oh, how stupid can the devil be. About thirty years later after that terrible massacre, he knew the true Messiah has come when God openly declared that Jesus is His beloved Son and in Him He is well pleased at the Jordan river. And three and a half years later, Jesus overcame death and take back the key of dominion from the devil. God is well pleased with Jesus' sacrificial act at the cross for the process of redemption is completed at the cross!

It is the grace of God to send His only begotten Son to die on our behalf so that we can now be reconciled with God and come to the throne of grace in times of need to cry out Abba Father. What a grace-mazing story! Hallelujah!

Lean on Jesus' love for you

2012-02-07T16:12:00.001+08:00

Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. - John 13:23

In the book of John, the "disciple whom Jesus loved" was mentioned more times than in the books of Matthew, Mark and Luke. This is because John is constantly aware of Jesus' love for him than his love for the Lord. He is more conscious of Jesus' love for him and he made mentioned of it throughout his epistle.

Contrast this to Peter's proclamation of his love for the Lord. When Jesus was brought captive by the men of the High Priest, Peter actually denied Jesus three times before he broke down and cried. At the foot of the cross where Jesus was crucified, it was the disciple John who was there. Peter was nowhere to be found.

John always practiced the Lord's love for him. His trust is not in his love for the Lord but the Lord's love for him. We love for He first loves us. How is this Godly love been expressed? At the cross, the love of God was fully exhibited! Jesus Christ who knew no sin, did no sin and in Him is no sin, was crucified at the cross to divinely exchange His position of righteousness with our position of sin!

That one completely complete work at the cross by Jesus Christ suffices for all mankind. Whosoever believes in that finished work and acknowledges Jesus as Lord and Savior shall be saved. And his whole household shall be saved as well. That's not to say the whole household is automatically saved. They have to accept the gift of salvation personally. When one is saved, the good Lord will open the door of Heaven wide for the rest of his household to be saved. We just believe, Jesus does the rest.

Now, when we are conscious of Jesus' love for us, we are assured all things will turn out for our good. Not all things are good, but ALL things will turn out for good for those in Christ. That's a promise for those in Christ. We just believe in his grace and mercy.

When something bad happens, don't dwell in that bad situation all the time and lament the absence of God in that situation. Instead, give thanks to God that that bad thing happened for a reason for Him to show His grace for us. For where there is sin, grace super abounds. See the grace of God working all things for our good.

Trust in God's love. His love will never fail. And His grace will see us through. Rest in the complete work of Christ Jesus at the cross. For at the cross, all our sins are forgiven and whoever accepts the gift of salvation is saved, is sozoed. We are being made whole in every area of our lives. Where there is a need, grace will flow abundantly in that area. That is not to say we purposely create a need for God to meet. When a need arises, God's grace will be there to meet it, with exceedingly abundantly more than we think or ask for!

Lean "hard" on Jesus' love for us. See his unfailing love reaching out to us. See His grace flowing in and through our lives and see the manifestation of our miracles. Hallelujah!

Tithe your time to God

2012-02-03T10:52:00.001+08:00

Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. - Proverbs 3:9-10

While these verses speak about tithing your possessions, we can infer we can tithe our time to God as well. The word of God tells us our days can be prolonged. One principle I know is that when we tithe our time to God, our days are lengthened. It seems like we have more than twenty hours in a day or more things are been accomplished before the end of a day.

There is no specific length of time with respect to tithing our time to God. Personally, I would spend time in the word before I start my day. For some of us, it may be just a few minutes when we are seated on our "great white throne" going about our daily routing. For some of us, it may be that few minutes while we are making our way to the office. Some of us may be spending time in the word when there are pockets of time when we are free. Or it may just be reading the daily devotional when you start your day.

Regardless of the timings and the amount of time we spend to tithe to God, just tithe your time to God, be it spending time in His presence or in His word. When we spend time with God, our souls are being nourished. We experience His love for us all over again. We feel His embrace once again. We are made conscious of the sacrificial work of Jesus Christ at the cross and see the perfection of that work at the cross.

With one single act by Christ Jesus at the cross, all our sins are forgiven. We are made the righteousness of God in Christ. All our needs and wants shall be met by Christ Jesus. When the presence of God is strong in our lives, we know He is doing mighty thing behind the scene to turn all things for our good. Our lives are been redeemed by Christ Jesus.

This redemption includes redemption of our time, including the time from the past. God is able to turn our past for our good. We may not be able to understand and comprehend how God is able to do that but can just simply believe Him and put our trust in Him! The bible tells us to believe God while the understanding may come later.

Spend time in the word and meditate on your rhema word for the day and see good success in your every endeavor. That's the promise of God for His word will never come back to Him void. Hallelujah!

Death and life are in the power of the tongue

2012-01-18T17:42:00.001+08:00

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. - Proverbs 18:21

God has promised good for those in Christ. Yet, if we were to speak bad into our lives, we may just hinder God's blessings to flow in and through our lives. That is not to say God can't command His blessings to flow into our lives. It may be that even when good comes, we just speak it away.

When God saw darkness, He simply spoke forth light AND there was light. And He says it is good. God always speaks forth what He wants to see and not speaks what He is seeing. If God had spoken what He saw upon the fallen world, the world would be in a worse state. Even though God knows Adam would fall, He has already a paster plan to redeem the fallen world through Jesus Christ's finished work at the cross.

God has a master plan for His people and this plan is full of His goodness and grace. When we speak good into our lives, we are speaking in line with what God has planned for us in the beginning. We will flow with the blessings of God which He has already given through the person of Jesus Christ.

We are created in the image of God. We can speak what we want to see and not what we are seeing. A good way of speaking good into our lives and our future is to speak in tongues. When we speak in tongues, we are sensitized to the promoting of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth and everything which we are concerned with. Also we will be speaking untold blessings to manifest in our lives and those around us.

When we speak positive things into our lives, we see positive things happening in our lives. The reverse is just as true. If a situation is really bad, it will become worse if we start to lament how bad it is and we will end up in a downward spiral of bad happenings. If only we start to speak good into a bad situation, we will see good happenings at the end of the day. While it may take some time before the Godly manifestation takes place, it will surely turn for our good.

Speak good and start to see good. That's how God works. He saw Gideon as a man of valor even through Gideon was actually hiding from his enemy. He saw Abraham as a father of many way before Abraham even had a son. He saw Moses a faithful servant and doing mighty exploits of God when Moses saw in himself a meek and weak shepherd.

Start to see yourself recovering from a terminal disease with a speedy recovery, even if you are lying in an Intensive Care Unit. Start to speak healing into your body and see the healing power of God flows mightily into your life! Start to see yourself debt free even if you are facing a mountain of debt. Start to proclaim prosperity into your life and see the financial breakthrough you have been waiting for.

See yourself as a successful person and speak like one and you will live a life that's successful and fruitful. Be conscious of the finished work of Christ Jesus at the cross and start to proclaim your victorious live in Christ and see good days. Hallelujah!

The love of God overwhelms you

2012-01-17T16:35:00.001+08:00

I walked my son to his school recently. As we walked, he turned to look at me on several occasions. On one of those occasions, he had that "I am so glad and happy that you are walking with me to school" look.

I was so touched by that simple gesture. It meant so much to me that a simple act of walking with him to school brings so much joy to him. I was just holding his little hand and singing and talking with him. Just the two of us without his mother. It was a very enjoyable moment which I treasured very much. And it is something I love to do even though I don't want it to become a pattern for him as his grandmother will be the primary guardian to bring him to and from school eventually.

It dawned on me how Abba Father enjoys our every little appreciation of Him in our lives. He smiles when we give thanks to Him in everything. For it is His desire to see us fulfilled in every area of our lives. He loves us so much that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to bore all our punishment for our sins so that we, through His perfect sacrifice at the cross, can draw near to Him.

Through the finished work at the cross by Christ Jesus, we are made the righteousness of God in Christ. We can come to the throne of grace in times on need to cry out Abba Father! It is His delight to answer all our prayers. It brings Him joy when we are enjoying His providence. Most importantly, it brings Him great joy when we enjoy Jesus!

For Jesus is God's central focus. Everything was created through and for Jesus. We are made for His enjoyment. And He wants us to prosper in everything as our soul prospers. At the cross, He has provided for our every need. The bible says the Lord is our Shepherd and we shall not be in want. God will exceeding and abundantly meet our every need and want and what we can think of!

If we are dealing with some terminal diseases, know that Jesus has already bore those diseases on His very own body so that we can have robust health this very moment. We are not trying to be healed. We are already the HEALED of the Lord. Know this truth and appropriate it in our lives for by His stripe, we are the healed of the Lord.

If we are facing some insurmountable debts, know that Jesus was made poor at the cross that we through poverty shall be made rich. We are already rich in the spiritual realm. We are rich in the physical realm as well. I am not saying all of us are multi-millionaires. I am referring to the fact we can enjoy and give thanks for whatever we already have, regardless of how little it may be, and more shall be added to our lives. See the abundance of God richness in our lives instead of lack.

A prince lives according to his inheritance of his father's kingdom. We are children of God and we live according to the richness of Heaven! Just enjoy the Father's love and see His grace abounds greatly toward us. Hallelujah!

The Lord will never leave nor forsake me!

2012-01-06T17:07:00.001+08:00

In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. - Ephesians 1:13-14

When Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "It is finished!", He has borne all our punishments for sins on His own body. In one instance, the divine exchange has taken place: His righteousness for our sin. A child of God has his or her sins totally forgiven at the cross because of what Jesus has accomplished.

We are cleansed so clean within that the Holy Spirit is able to indwell in us forever or till the coming of Lord Jesus. It is like an official receipt that all our sins are forgiven. Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." - Hebrews 13:5. Jesus Himself has declared He will never leave nor forsake us.

Know this truth and cultivate His presence within and without. Be conscious of His divine intervention at every crucial junction of our lives. Be aware of what the Lord is doing behind the scene to turn things around for our good. For this is one promise which the Lord will carry out.

When things of the world seem to be heading southwards, look to Christ for He is the Answer to our every need and want. On the day of His ascension, He bequeathed His shalom peace to His people. This peace, which surpasses all understanding, will guide our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Even in the midst of a perfect storm, Jesus was simply sleeping at the stern of the boat. The disciples were fearing for their lives when they cried out to the Lord that He didn't care. The Lord awoke to calm the boisterous sea and to calm their hearts. Isn't it interesting that Jesus was sleeping at the stern of the boat they were on. Jesus is always working things, behind the scene, out for our good even when He seems to be doing nothing at all. Though He may seem to be late at times, His timings are always perfect!

Rest in Jesus and His finished work at the cross. He has already provided for our every need and want. He has blessed us with His riches. He has blessed us with His health. He has given us His peace. Just be aware the good Lord is there with us, all the times. Hallelujah!

All of Christ and none of self

2012-01-05T16:50:00.001+08:00

Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. - Romans 6:4

Apostle Paul went on to say that our old man has died with Christ at the cross as well. That means our old self has been crucified at the cross. Old things have passed away and all things are new. We no longer have to concern ourselves with the pain, shame, regret, sorrow, fear, stress, and condemnation. We are new creations in Christ!

Since we have risen with the risen Christ, we are to live life glorifying God. We are to worship and praise Him. We can give thanks in everything. Now, not all things are good and from God, yet we can still give thanks in those things knowing God can turn all things around for our good. Also, to live a life glorifying God is to live a restful and care free life.

When we behold Jesus and His finished work at the cross, we will live a life that is satisfying and glorious. We can be assured that God has already prepared our future and He declares it is good! We can live life stress-free.

However, the devil is quick to always point everything to ourselves. He will point out we have not done enough when we have done something good or he will condemn us for not doing the right thing. He will suggest into our minds we are not worthy of our walk with Christ, that we are hypocrites and doing things for show.

That's the favorite strategy of the devil. He will always point everything to us and not to Christ for he knows when we are reminded of Jesus and His finished at the cross, he devises of deception will fail.

Wake up! We are to live in Christ! There is therefore no condemnation for those in Christ. It is by Christ Jesus and His finished work at the cross that justify us. It is his shed blood that makes us the righteousness of God in Him. It is His finished work at the cross that qualifies us to have a blessed life! It is all about Him and none of self. We do not contribute anything to the finished work at the cross. It is the sacrificial Lamb and none other.

By the grace of God, we can reign in this life. We are more than conqueror for Jesus is the conqueror who has put death at His feet. Live life one day at a time knowing God is leading and guiding us to where He wants us to be. Even when we make mistakes, don't condemn ourselves but look to the cross knowing God can turn those mistakes for our good as well. Hallelujah!

See God's hand covering you

2012-01-03T18:04:00.001+08:00

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. - Romans 8:28

God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to die for the world so whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have life and life more abundantly! The moment Christ Jesus cried out "It is finished!", all our sins are forgiven. Those who believes in the finished work of Christ are grafted into the kingdom of God. They are called sons and daughters of God.

When we are in Christ, God watches over us. Even way before we acknowledged Jesus as our savior and Lord, God already watched and is still watching over us. He prepares our paths and future and ultimately our destiny. And when God is in control over our lives, all things will turn our for our good. He is a good God and He only has good thoughts toward us and plans to prosper us.

The bible says God's desire is to see us in the pink of health as our soul prospers. He wants us to be abundantly provided for and to be in robust health. He wants to bless us with more than enough so that we can enjoy His blessings and be a blessing to those around us. He wants us to reign in this world!

In order to reign in this world, He wants us to rest in the finished work of Christ at the cross. For when we rest, He will not. I am not referring to a lifestyle of not doing any work but a life full of His shalom within. Know that God is always guiding us in His master plan for us. He will lead us one step at a time. Eventually, He will lead us to where He wants us to be. We don't have to worry of how to arrive at our destinations, we just rest.

Even when we are going through some really rough patches of our lives, be assured that God IS still working behind the scene to make sure we will come out of these situations victoriously. Even when there seems no light at the end of the tunnel, just know that God is there with you. He will not leave nor forsake us. And He will turn things around for our good!

See His hand of protection covering you in every way. By the shed blood of Jesus, we are indeed protected all round all the times. See Him carrying us in our moments of weakness. See Him leading us in our moments of blindness. See how He breakthroughs for us in our areas of lack.

God is a gracious God. He who spun the universal into existence will see that all our needs are taken care of, regardless of how big or small they may be. Hallelujah!

What are you hearing?

2011-12-24T14:55:00.001+08:00

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - Romans 10:17

What you hear about God will affect how you receive from God. God is a gracious and loving God. He only has good thoughts toward His people. In the new testament, God says He will be a God to His people and their sins and lawless deeds He shall remember no more.

At the cross some two thousand years ago, Jesus Christ died at the cross so that He can divinely exchanged His position of righteousness for our sin. At the cross, Jesus Christ has finished the completely complete work of redemption. He has reconciled us to the Heavenly Father! There is no separation between the Almighty God and us.

As Christ is, so are we in this world. Whatever Jesus has, we have also. We have His peace, joy, compassion and prosperity. We shall lack nothing in this world. We are abundantly provided in all things. Be it in the area of our health or in the area of our prosperity, Jesus has already provided for them at the cross. He has instituted the Holy Communion for us to remember Him and His finished work at the cross.

Yet some of us may be hearing a very different God Jesus has come to reveal. We may have heard of a angry God who is quick to punish His people for their sins. We may have heard of a God who would send disease and illness to punish His children for their sins. We may have heard of God making His people poor so that they may learn humility. We may have heard of God healing only those whose actions are right and whose behaviors are perfect. We may have heard of God taking away the precious lives of our loved ones. All these are definitely not the true and they are not the truth as well!

The bible says God has cut a covenant with Noah that He will not be angry with the people of the world and that He will never flood the earth again. At the cross, Christ bore all our diseases and pains on His own body so that we today can enjoy robust health and strong bodies. At the cross, all our sins are forgiven so God will never ever punish a believer for his sins. At the cross, Christ was made poor so that we through His poverty shall be made rich!

While we may not have all the answers to all that happen around us, it is definitely not God's will to take away someone's life prematurely. Our actions and behaviors will never be perfect, yet God doesn't see us in our actions and deeds but He sees Christ in us. he sees Christ, His precious Son!

We are in Christ as much as Christ is in us! We are so one with Christ that Jesus said in the bible we are one with God also. We are made so cleaned inside that the Holy Spirit now indwells in us forever or till the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

See a loving Heavenly Father always caring for us, always preparing our paths and making them straight for us. See a God working behind the scene to make sure all things turn out for our good. See a God who WILL leave us nor forsake us. In the darkest hour of our lives, God is still there with us. The Holy Spirit is still there to guide and lead us.

Keep taking from God for He is so rich that even if everyone on earth were to take from Him He will still have plenty left over to bless everyone with so much more! Hallelujah!

True Heart Transformation

2011-12-09T14:20:00.001+08:00

When push comes to shove, what do we really believe in our hearts? When we don't see the light at the end of the tunnel, do we still trust God? When all things that surround us seem so bleak, do we still dare hold tightly to the Word? Are we truly being transformed within or are we just plain "lip service" our faith?

True transformation doesn't come from our doings or workings. We do and work because there is an inward desire to perform well, to do good, because our hearts have been transformed by the Lord. It has been touched by the grace of God! It is through the hearing of the gospel that we are being transformed!

When we grow in the Lord, we will want to dwell more in His word. For when fresh revelation of Jesus and His finished work at the cross comes, we WILL want to find out more about Jesus! And the more we hear or read the word, the more we will be conscious of Jesus' presence in our lives. And the more we will want to dwell in His word! It is an upward spiral in His goodness.

The law insists that we do good. Yet we are not able to do good, in and of ourselves, under the law for the law demands and does not impart strength to us to perform. That is the basis of the law: demand. Yet when we were under the law, there was no way to fulfill the law for everyone of us has sinned and fall short of the glory of God!

However, Jesus has fully fulfilled the demands of God at the cross some two thousand years ago. Today we are no longer under law but under grace! The basis of grace is this: supply! Jesus has borne all our punishments for our sins and transgressions at the cross and through His finished work at the cross, the divine exchange has taken place. We are made right with God because of Jesus' finished work.

It is His grace that will transform us from within. The bible says we are to prosper outwardly as our souls prosper. We are being prospered by God everyday of our lives. Sometimes it may seem that God is slow in answering our prayer, but His timing is always perfect. If the manifestation of a request has not come to pass, it is because it is not the right time yet. We just simply have to trust in God's grace for us for only His grace will see us through!

When we first see the answer in our hearts, we shall see the outward manifestation in our lives. It is His delight to answer our prayer. And God never fails! He has a master plan for every child of His and He is still carrying out that plan which He has originally. It is the goodness of God that transforms us and not our own works.

The bible tells us how Peter fell at Jesus' when he and his partners caught a net-breaking, boat-sinking load of fishes. He believed AFTER he saw God's goodness. We believe because in one point of our lives, we heard about Jesus and we believed Him and accepted His gift of salvation.

Keep hearing the word of God. For it is God's will that through the foolishness of preaching that we are been sozoed, made whole in every aspect of our lives. When God is so Big in our hearts, all the outward circumstances shall fall in line with His word. All things will turn out to be good for those in Christ. To quote Pastor Prince: When you see Him in His grace, He sees you in your faith! Hallelujah!

Praying in tongues

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1 Corinthians 14:4
4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

There is so much controversies regarding speaking in tongues. The devil is extremely afraid when a beloved of the Lord speaks in tongues. And because of his fear for this weapon of God, he has insinuated many preachers to come against this weapon of God. He has suggested to many Christians that speaking in tongues is work and not of God. Praise be to God, that number is dwindling as the revelation of speaking in tongues spread like wildfire in the kingdom of God! Speaking in tongues is rest! It is not a laborious work as the devil suggests.

The bible says when one speaks in tongues, he edifies himself. The word edify here means to build, to solidify, to strengthen oneself. I believe, when one speaks in tongues, he is been built up by God. He is been made whole through the perfect prayer via the Holy Spirit. God quickens His body and soul.

The bible tells us of the story of Jesus cursing the fig tree. Between the time when Jesus proclaimed no man shall see the fruit of the fig tree to the time when Jesus and His disciples came to the withered tree, the temple of God was "cleansed". Jesus drove out all the money changers for He wanted the temple of praise to remain as that and not den of thieves! Our bodies are the temples of God.

That cleansing comes in the form of speaking in tongues. When we speak in tongues, we are praying the perfect prayer. We may be speaking our future in existence. We may be praying for another child of God somewhere in another part of the world. We may be praying for the safety of our loved ones or even a complete Christian. To expound this slightly further, we may be praying for the salvation of someone in the world, be it someone we know or a complete stranger.

1 Corinthians 12:7-11
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.

The gifts of the holy spirits are activated by the gift of speaking in tongues. When we speak in tongues, we are flaming into flame the other gift of the Holy Spirit! When we speak in tongues, we will experience shalom peace within.

Philippians 4:6-7
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The prayer mentions here is praying in the perfect prayer: speaking in tongues. The effective fervent of the righteous avails much. And God answer readily the prayer of the righteous. In the book of Daniel, the archangel Gabriel told Daniel that his prayer was already answered in the spiritual realm but the worldly manifestation would come later because of the hindrance placed by the devil. Keep on praying in the Holy Spirit.

In the new Pentecost, the bible tells us of the Holy Spirit rushing as a mighty wind to fill our spirits. This is only possible because Jesus had completed the complete work at the cross! We are so cleaned that the Holy Spirit is able to indwell in us, forever, till the coming of Christ for us.

Beloved of the Lord, lets press on with this gift of God. For it is refreshing and full of live in speaking in tongues. Hallelujah!

The passover feast

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Exodus 12:7-9
7 "Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.

A young lamb was sacrificed for the Passover feast before the children of Israel were to come out of Egypt. The lamb had to be killed at the threshold of the door of a house so that the family was able to roast it over fire. These speak of the body of Jesus Christ which was burnt, scourged and striped for our healing! Jesus Christ bore the full blunt of God's wrath and punishment. The blood that was placed on the doorposts and the lintel and the blood on the threshold signified the precious blood of Jesus shed on the cross. It speaks of the forgiveness of our sins at the cross!

Luke 22:19-20
19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, " This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, " This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

This passage in the new testament tells the same thing regarding the Passover feast. Now, instead of a young lamb, Jesus said that His body and His blood are to consumed for our wholeness and right standing with God. In another portion of the bible it says partake of the Passover feast as often as we want in remembrance of Jesus Christ and His finished work at the cross. We keep partaking of the Passover feast to remember that Jesus has bore all our diseases and pains on His body so that we, today, can enjoy robust health.

Also, Jesus wants us to remember His precious blood has been shed for our righteousness! All our sins are forgiven and at the cross Jesus divinely exchanged His state of righteousness for our state of sin! We can come to the throne of God, aka throne of grace, boldly in times of need to cry out Abba, Father. It is His delight to hear our prayers and it is His joy to answer our prayers.

Hey, wait! God doesn't answer our prayers. He will answer exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us! That's the grace of God! He is so BIG that He cannot contain His richness of blessings but to bless His children with much more! Wow! See the love of Abba. See His heart yearning for us to take and take from Him. It is His pleasure to supply to us, all the times.

Proverbs 9:1-2
1 Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; 2 She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table.

I believe Proverbs 9 speaks of wisdom been imparted to us when we partake of the Passover feast, aka Holy Communion. So, when we want more of God's wisdom to flow into our lives, partake of the Holy Communion more often. How difficult it is for us to just eat and drink of Jesus' body and His precious blood? Jesus has taken the impossible part on our behalf so that we can "feast" in His finished work! Hallelujah!

Don't partake of the Holy Communion unworthily. Do not despise the simple things of God. It costs God His only begotten Son to died at the cross so that we can just enjoy our salvation now. Give thanks to God! Hallelujah!

Don't let the devil gum you to death!

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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

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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!

2011-11-14T17:02:00.001+08:00

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

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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

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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!

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"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

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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

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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!

Keep hearing the word of Christ

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So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - Romans 10:17

The bible says faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God. The word God here refers to Christos - Christ. We are to keep hearing and hearing the word of Christ. Not just those words in red but the word concerning Christ Jesus and His finished work at the cross.

When we hear the word of Christ in the bible, faith rises from deep within and there is an inward knowing everything is going to be alright. For the bible says all things will turn out for good for those in Christ! We just have to believe the word. For there is power in hearing the word of Christ for it is one way God talks to His people.

You can hear your way out of every challenging situation. Be it an addiction or an evil thought, all can be replaced by the merely beholding Jesus in the hearing of His word! There is power in His word to transform and to sozo us. The word sozo means to make whole in every aspect of our lives. Jesus wants to make right what's not right in our lives. He came to give us life and life more abundantly!

That's the master plan of God to have His only begotten Son to take our place of sin at the cross so that we can take His place of righteousness at the right hand of God! This is the perfect redemption plan God has in mind all along. He wants His creation to enjoy Him to the fullest and not dwell in the pitiful state of sin all the days of our lives. Believe God always has good thoughts toward us. He has thought of grandeur for us. He wants us to be the head and not the tail!

Keep hearing the good news. For the gospel is the GOOD news. It is about Christ and His finished work at the cross. At the cross, Jesus finished a completely complete work of redeeming us from a life of sin. He has paid the price for our punishment and we are to receive His blessings upon our lives. It is not our works to be right with God but Jesus' work that makes us right with God!

We can also hear our fear out of our minds. We don't have to understand how it is done. That's God's part. We just avail ourselves to hearing His word and the word has the power to transform our lives! Keep hearing Jesus' word and see the wondrous powers of God working mightily in and through our lives. Hallelujah!

Jesus Is The Savior

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Rejoice! For your Salvation is here. His name is Jesus.

For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to die for the world that through His Son's sacrifice, the world can be saved. Whosoever accepts Jesus as his/her Lord and Savior shall be saved. His whole household shall be saved as well! We may not know how our loved ones shall be saved but God surely knows and leave the how to to God. Our job is to believe.

What did Jesus come to save us from? First and foremost, Jesus came to give us His righteousness. He came to give us His peace. Whosoever believes in Jesus shall be saved from eternal damnation. He shall be grafted into the kingdom of God. He shall be son of God. He is a Christian! He is set apart from commonness.

Jesus came to take our place of sin so that we can take His place of righteousness. Through Adam's sin, all human race are made to be sinners. Through the one complete sacrifice of Jesus Christ at the cross, all who believe shall be made the righteousness of God in Christ.

With this new Sonship comes peace. With this new Sonship comes joy. With this new Sonship comes health. With this new Sonship come prosperity. With this new Sonships come blessings which cannot be untold.

However, some of us may be experiencing things which are contrary to our inheritance in Christ. Some of us may be feeling the pain of certain terminal disease. The symptom may be so overwhelming that we think there is no way of healing. The negative reports may have come fast and furious. BUT, Jesus is the final answer! He is still the healer today.

While He was on earth, He healed everyone who came to him. Even when someone is dead, Jesus was still able to call forth the dead into life. Jarius' daughter was dead by the time Jesus came to his house. Yet, Jesus simply breathed life into the little girl and she was resurrected! Lazarus was dead for more than four days by the time Jesus came to his tomb. With one loud proclamation, Lazarus was raised from the dead!

Jesus is more than willing to heal us of all diseases and illnesses. There is no disease that Jesus cannot eradicate from our bodies. Believe Jesus and believe in His word. Partake of the passover feast as regularly as we want for non shall be feeble after partaking of the passover feast!

Some of us may be experiencing lack in the area of finances. The bible says our God will supply all our needs according to the riches and glory in Christ Jesus. He freely gives us all things, through Christ, to enjoy! Continue to honor the Lord by tithing our increase, regardless of how meagre it may be and see your finances increase thirtyfold, sixtyfold and then hundredfold! See abundance coming your way. For it is God's pleasure to see His children with more than enough to be a blessing among their loved ones.

Jesus is the Savior. He is saving even today. Be it a relationship issue, be it a work challenge, be it a ministry problem, be it anything which is negative in our lives, Jesus is still saving us. Continue to believe His word and stand firm on His promise that He will never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus will always pull through for us! Hallelujah!

Is Jesus the central focus of our lives?

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Are we, the beloved of the Lord, putting Jesus Christ as our central focus? Are we still looking at our circumstances and judge them based on our senses? Are we still measuring our standing with God based on our performance?

Jesus Christ is there before the foundation of the earth. He is the first and the last, the beginning and the end, Alpha and Omega. His one single and perfect sacrifice at the cross is efficacy for all ages, from the first man to the last man who will ever live. God demonstrated His perfect love for the human kind at the cross where Christ, with His outstretched arms, declared the work of redemption completed!

With that one completely complete work at the cross, whosoever accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior shall be saved. He shall be made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. He is drafted into the kingdom of God. He is a son of God. We inherit whatever Jesus has. We can have the peace, the peace which surpasses all understanding, that He has bequeathed to us. Oh! What a glorious God and what marvelous work has Jesus accomplished at the cross!

When Jesus declared "It is finished!" at the cross some two thousand years ago and rose from the grave three days later, it meant the reconciliation process has been completed. We are been reconciled with God through the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. And because He was hang on the cross, He has taken away all our curses. We are now free from any punishment from God for all punishments have been exacted on the body of Christ. No curse shall befall us as well.

With that one sacrificial act at the cross by Christ Jesus, all blessings in the bible are ours to proclaim. We can have what Christ has. We shall be abundantly supplied for in all things. We shall be in robust health for by His stripe, we are made completely whole.

Circumstances may seem to be contradicting with what the bible says. It may seem to be so real that we just take our eyes off Jesus and focus on the issues at hand. Sometimes, the going may be so tough that we completely forget we have a mighty God who is able to do all things, including turning our bad situations for our good!

Symptoms of diseases or illnesses may appear in/on our bodies but they shall not take root in/on our bodies. This is the promise of God that we shall be healthy and live a good long life. For death and life are in the power of the tongue. We thank God for our health everyday and proclaim victory over our circumstances, regardless of how bad it may seem. Continue to believe God only has good thoughts toward us and He wants the best for us. Continue to trust in His love for us. Believe God will always turn all things for our good.

Look to Jesus. Behold Him. See Him in every situation and issue. See Him taking control of the situation. Trust Him to provide a way of escape when it seems there is no end to the difficult situation. Cast all your cares at His feet for He cares. Don't rely on our human strength but instead rely on His unending love for us to see us through. Guard all your heart above all guardings for out of it springs forth the issues of life.

Continue to trust in God for every providence. His grace is sufficient for the day. Live the let go life and see the wondrous work of God manifesting mightily in our lives. Hallelujah!

Get into the word!

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The word of God has the power to transform your life and your situation for the bible says that His word shall not return to Him void but to do His will.

What is His will then? The bible says His will is to prosper us and to keep us healthy as our souls prosper. God wants our souls to be so filled of Jesus Christ that every spiritual blessing will come our way! It is not just about material abundance but fulfillment in every aspect of our lives: family, ministry, profession, relationship, etc.

We can only be fulfilled by Christ along. No other being or thing can come compare with Him for He IS the One who willingly sacrificed Himself at the cross to bring us untold blessings. Chief of all, we are made the righteousness of God in Christ. We shall inherit the blessings of Abraham. We shall enjoy the blessings of the bible. We shall enjoy Christ Jesus!

Christ is the Alpha and Omega. He is the first and the last. He is the beginning and the end. Everything is created through Him and for Him. He shall take pre-eminent place in our hearts. When we are filled with the Lord Jesus Christ alone, we will enjoy peace and joy. We are contended through Him. We shall lack nothing through Him!

How can our lives be filled with the loveliness of Jesus? It is seeing Christ Jesus in His word. We can see the very person of Jesus Christ in every scripture of the bible. The bible is the written word of God. Jesus is the living word of God. When we speak in tongues, we are speaking the word of God!

Keep dwelling in the word of God. Do not forsake the word for it has the power to transform your life. Take time to prosper our souls in the Lord by hearing or reading the word. Get into the word even when there seems to be no time for it. It is a battle the devil wants you to lose: no time for the word.

The word will nourish us in every good way. When we feed on the word, we are feeding on Jesus Christ. We shall have river of living waters flowing out of our belly! We shall be fulfilled in every area of our lives and be blessed in all things. Hallelujah!

Greater is He who lives in me than he who is of the world!

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To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. - Colossians 1:27

When Christ cried "It is finished!" at the cross, all our sins are forgiven and we are made the righteousness of God in Christ. We are cleansed so thoroughly that the Holy Spirit comes to indwell in us! That's the hope of glory. For He will teach, guide, and lead us from within. He is our assurance that Christ has done a complete work at the cross!

What does Christ in me mean? Personally, I think the victorious Christ is living in me. And because He lives in me, I can have the victorious life He came to give through His sacrifice at the cross. I can live a life that exemplifies the glory of God in me. I have what He came to give to me. Our measure of receiving differs from one and another. But God is good. We will never lack in any good things.

We don't have to be envious of others just because they seem to have more in life. Whatever we are lacking in our lives, we can ask God for it. For He will freely, with Christ, gives us all things to enjoy! He has given to each of us a certain measure of faith. We just need to exercise that measure of faith and see it grows.

We, the beloved ones of the Lord, shall receive everything from Abba Father. For our God will supply all our needs according to the riches and glory in Christ Jesus. We are rich for Christ was made poor at the cross. We are healthy for Christ has borne all our diseases on His body. And by His stripe, we are the healed of the Lord.

Regardless of the challenges we are facing now, know that the greater One is living in us.he will turn all things for our good. Look to Him for the answer. For He will never disappoint us. Be it a health issue, be it a financial situation, be it a relationship problem, be it a work related challenge, Christ is the answer to them all. And Christ lives in me.

Look to the One that indwell in us. He has, and He is, THE Answer to all the issues pertaining to life. Those who are in the Lord can truly live a restful and victorious life. Hallelujah!

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Who do you see your inner man as?

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Many a times, what we have is what we have envisioned days, months or years ago. We are a product of what we see internally and what we speak. Stop complaining about life and start proclaiming and declaring victories over our lives! For how we see and what we speak will affect our lives, be it in the present or in the future.

What then do we see ourselves as? Do we see ourselves as successful? Do we see ourselves as not lacking any need and with more than enough to be a blessing to those around us? Do we see ourselves as having robust health and be able to help those in physical need? Most importantly, do we see ourselves as the righteousness of God in Christ?

For if we are not convinced that we are the righteousness of God in Christ, all else will be in vain. All other pursuits are trivial compared to the pursuit of the person of Jesus. We need to be established in God's righteousness and not our self-reighteousness! It is the finished work of Jesus Christ at the cross that made us righteous. No other works can qualify us to have right standing with God.

When we know without a shadow of doubt we are the righteousness of God in Christ, we can seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the things that the gentiles seek shall be added unto us.

When we know that we know we are made righteous by the precious blood of Christ Jesus, we can be sure of who we are before God and men. We can expect good things to happen to us for God will turn all things for our good. We can expect the favor of God to flow freely in and through us. We can be successful in our chosen endeavors.

Starts seeing ourselves as being successful for it is the Lord that brings success to our ives. The blessings of the Lord make one rich and He adds no sorrow with in. Starts seeing ourselves as being healthy, strong and full of youthful energy to carry out our daily duties. Starts seeing ourselves as being a blessing to those around us.

Speaks forth God's word into our lives. For the word of God has the power to transform and accomplish what God has intended it to be. In due time, we will be what we have seen within and what we have spoken over our lives. If things aren't what you want to happen at the moment, change the vision within and speak God's word into our lives and start to see the outward manifestation of what we want in life. Hallelujah!

The just shall live by faith

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So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Roman 10:17

The just shall live by faith and not by senses. They shall live by what the word of Christ says about their lives and not based on their existing circumstances. Right believing will lead to right living. So faith and right believing are synonymous? The answer is a resounding YES!

Faith is about receiving from God. How then can we receive from God if we don't have the right opinion of God? We need to believe right in order to live right. I'm all for right living but right living stems from right believing! When we have a good opinion of God, we will see manifestations of God's promises in our lives.

What then is having a good opinion of God? It is nothing more than believing God is good toward us. The bible says the Lord has thoughts of peace and not of evil and a good future and hope for His people. We just believe this truth and appropriate this truth into our lives and live the victorious life that Christ has died at the cross to give to us. We can live life knowing God is taking care of all our issues, big or small, on our behalf.

We can look to Christ for all our needs! We can cast all our cares upon Him for He cares. The bible says those who are heavy laden can draw close to Jesus for He shall give them rest for His yoke is easy and His burden light.

Child of God shall live life like the manna principle. What's that? It is the principle of living one day at a time and to live the now moment knowing God's grace is there on a daily basis to see us through in our daily walk on earth. Beloved of the Lord, God wants us to live a carefree life! God wants us to live life trusting in His goodness and mercy everyday.

Therefore, the just shall live by faith. Live life knowing God has taken care of everything in our lives. If it is a life threatening medical condition, knows that Jesus has taken that medical condition on His body and by His stripe, we are already the healed of the Lord! If it is a bad financial situation, knows that Jesus was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made rich! Hallelujah!

Speak to your situation

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Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a
plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of "Grace,
grace to it!"'" - Zechariah 4:7

There were times in our lives when we just whined about our situations
to our friends. We may even lament about the past mistakes or missed
opportunities. Yet things just happened as they did. It didn't change
then. We may be facing some challenges that seem insurmountable now. Are
we still going to complain about it and "do nothing" about it?

There are times when faced with a issue, be it small or big, we are to
pray and cast it into the loving hand of Abba Father. Yet, even in the
bible, there are times where we are to speak to the situation for the
power of death and life are in our tongues! We have the power to
proclaim God's goodness in our lives and we need the discernment from
God to know when to pray about an issue or to speak to a situation.

When come to healing, there are times when we have to use the authority
that is vested in us through the finished work at the cross by our Lord
Jesus Christ to speak to the illness. We have to command the disease to
leave our bodies for it has no right to take root in our bodies for by
Jesus' stripe, we are the healed of the Lord. We are proclaiming victory
over the pain, illness, and disease for we are standing on victory
ground which Christ has won it for us at the cross!

When faced with a situation that's overwhelming, we can proclaim victory
over the situation for the battle belongs to the Lord. We can still pray
to Abba Father about the situation. More often than not, we are to speak
to the situation! When we speak, we are using the birthright of a king
and priest. We are exercising the authority that is placed in us through
the finished work of Jesus Christ at the cross. I am not referring about
ruling over other people but to let God rule over the situation. When we
proclaim victory in our situation, we will see victorious manifestation
in our lives for it is God who does all the perfect work.

In the bible, when Moses was challenged by the children of Israel before
the Red Sea and he cried out to God for help, God asked Moses to lift up
his rod and strike the Red Sea. The Red Sea was parted not because of
Moses but it was God who parted it. And the children of Israel was abble
to walk through it safely. In another incident when the children of
Israel was complaining to Moses about not having water to drink, God
instructed Moses to speak to the "Rock". In spite of Moses hitting the
rock twice, water still flowed from the rock and the children of Israel
drank.

When Jesus was on earth ministering to the His people, He used His
authority to address the situation. While we know He always retreats to
the mountains to pray, it is seldom recorded in the bible that Jesus
prayed about the situation. He usually spoke what He wanted to see in
the situation! When the centurion requested Jesus to heal his sick
servant, Jesus only spoke healing into the servant's life and at that
very moment, the servant was healed. In another instance, Jesus spoke to
the daughter of Jarius who had just passed away and the daughter was
immediately raised from the death.

When come to things of God which Jesus Christ has redeemed us from: we
can speak and proclaim. We proclaim blessings in our lives. We proclaim
wholeness in our bodies. We proclaim prosperity in our lives. We speak
to a difficult situation to align itself with what we want to see it
happen. We can use the power of our speech to effect God's miraculous
work in our lives. Hallelujah!

Be conscious of Christ's presence in your life

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Be conscious of Christ's presence and see the miraculous works of God
manifestating in your life!

Abraham was conscious of the Lord's presence in his life. Wherever he
pitched his tent, he would build an altar to worship God. He believed God
and God accounted him as righteous. God even called Abraham His friend.
What an honour!

Joseph was aware of God's presence in his life also. He was blessed and
favoured by his father and that was the main reason why his brothers wanted
to kill him. Joseph was eventually sold as a slave in Egypt. Even in the
house of his master, the blessings of the Lord were apparent in his life
for whatever he did, it prospered.

When Joseph was tempted by his mistress, he was so conscious of God's
presence in his life that he ran away from his mistress declaring he won't
commit such wickedness in His presence! He was thrown into the dungeon when
the mistress accused him of trying to rape her.

Even when he was in the dungeon, Joseph didn't exhibit a sense of
bitterness toward the people who had put him in that predicament nor of the
situation he was in. Instead he had a strong sense of God's love and His
presence in his life.

When Joseph finally met his brothers, he was not bitter with them and said
that all these things had happened as a result of God's master plan to put
him there, where he is able to provide for his brothers and their families
as well as his own father and his families.

When the consciousness of God is so strong in your life, no evil shall come
near you nor shall any weapon formed against you prospered! You will be
able to do things which you have previously thought are immposibilities.
You'll have the resolve to overcome every adversity knowing that the battle
belongs to the Lord and He is fighting it on your behalf.

Cultivate the presence of the Lord always!

During Jesus' time on earth, his disciples didn't really appreciate His
presence. When they were in the boat with Jesu at the stern, they were
terrified by the storm though Jesus was with them physically and asleep at
the stern. There was much fear among the disciples. When you know God is in
control of the situation, you can rest easy for you know He is taking care
of the situation.

Your heart will be warmed when you're conscius of Jesus. You will be filled
with so much joy and energy that you feel like going on and on perpetually!
Cultivate His presence in your life and see God fighting the battle for
you. Hallelujah!

Enjoy God's love for you

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
(John 3:16)

God's love for us is so personal! He calls each of us by name and we,
beloved of the Lord, hear His voice clearly. We will never be able to
fully comprehend this Agape love. Such love that God is willing to
sacrifice His only begotten Son, Jesus, on the cross on our behalf so
that we can be drafted into the His kingdom. Such love that He is
willing to bear the pain in His heart to see Jesus going through the
sufferings for us sinners that through His one sacrificial act, the
whole world shall be saved.

It is the love of God to drive Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden
for God doesn't want them to live an eternal life of condemnation. It is
the love of God that He called forth the rain to flood the whole earth
for the whole earth at that time was filled with creatures that are not
fully human except for Noah and his wife and his three sons and
daughters-in-law. This is to preserve the humankind. And God promises He
will never flood the earth again.

When the humankind was totally lost, God cut a covenant with Abraham so
that we will have whatever God has. However, God knows man will fail in
his part of the covenant and therefore caused Abraham to sleep and Jesus
and God the Father actually cut the covenant. That's one reason why
Jesus has to die on behalf of man for their sinful state and their sins.

Beloved, knowing how much God loves us will empower us to live a
victorious life. At Jordan river where Jesus was baptized, God the
Father assured Jesus that He is well loved even before Jesus has
performed a single miracle! With the assurance that He is the beloved of
His Father, Jesus was able to overcome the temptation of the devil in
the wilderness for forty days without water and bread!

Appropriate aggressively God's love personally and you will experience
His love for your like no others. It is a power that will cast out all
fears. It is this love that we can love one another. Believe that God
deeply loves you. For He even counts the number of hair on your head. He
cares for every small or big issue that we are concerned with. Cast all
our cares upon Jesus for He cares.

Believe we are the righteousness of God in Christ through His one and
only sacrificial act on the cross and reign in life! Hallelujah!

Why worry then?

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"And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an
anxious mind. "For all these things the nations of the world seek after,
and your Father knows that you need these things. - Luke 12:29-30

Why then do we still worry? Simply, we just don't believe God is so good as
to take care of our every concern! The bible says we are to fight the good
fight of faith, not a case of anxiety and worry. We are to believe we are
the righteousness of God in Christ.

When we know in our heart we are made righteous by the finished work of
Jesus Christ at the cross, we can experience all blessings in the bible. We
know the Holy Spirit indwell in us for we are so cleansed by the precious
blood of Jesus.

We can have the assurance Jesus wil make sure all things turn out for our
good! He was made poor at the cross so that we through His poverty shall me
made rick. The bible says our God shall supply all our needs according to
the riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

The bible also says by His stripe, we are healed! It is not maybe but
absolutely positive healing. We can have divine heal for it is a gift from
God. God wants us to be healthy so that we can go about our daily
activities with ease.

God will always prepare the way for his saints. He will guide the righteous
in the path of righteousness. And in this pathway, there is no death. There
can only ne glory and grace.

The Creator of Heavens and Earth has condescended as Man so that He can be
our kinsman redeemer. What a graceful act! What an act of love! To think a
sinless Being will come down from Heaven to die for sinners and to
reconcile them to God. Hallelujah!

Jesus is the Saviour

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For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall
be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:5)

Jesus came as the Saviour of the world. What then did He come to save us
from?

First of all, Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly. He came
to save us from eternal demnation. He came to redeem us from the curse of
the law. He came to reconcile us with Abba Father! He came to divinely
exchange His position of righteousness for our position of sinfulness!

There is therefore no condemnation for those in Christ! All our sins, past,
present and future, are eternally forgiven at the cross. We are completely
washed, thoroughly cleansed by the precious blood of Jesus. His blood keeps
on cleansing us of all our sins. One finished work at the cross, forever
made righteous.

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law for cursed is He who
hanged on the cross. We are irrevocably blessed. All blessings in the
bible are yes and amen! We have the blessings of Abraham!

The blessings of the Lord make one rich and He adds no sorrow with it. We
have every spiritual blessing of Heaven. With it, comes material wealth. We
are blessed to be a blessing to others.

The blessings of Abraham include health and a long good life. Our youth is
renewed like the eagle's. We can be full of vigour and spirit. We can go
about our daily endeavours with ease and much more!

Jesus came to save us from broken relationship. Be it marital, family,
relatives, friends relationships, He came to restore to the glory of God!

Jesus saves us from a fearful and anxious life. We have the peace of God
for this is a gift from God. We can live life courageously and withour fear
for we know Jesus had already gone ahead into our future and paved the path
with His goodness. Be lead by the Holy Spirit within and live a victorious
life! Hallelujah!

What about the love of God?

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For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten that whosoever
believes in Him will have life and life more abundantly.

God is love. The moment God ceases to love us, He ceases to exist!

It is the love of God that sent Jesus to die for us at the cross. With one
perfect work, all our sins were forgiven! The divine exchange had taken
place: Christ's righteousness for our sin and our sin for His
righteousness! We are drafted into the kingdom of God, we are sons and
daughters of Abba Father.

We love because He first loves us. With His love, we are able to love
others. Knowing God's love never fails, we are assured of the eternal love
of God which is upon our lives. It is the grace of God which drives us to
repentance. We want to extend love to others for we are loved by Abba
Father.

Perfect love casts out all fears! We can live lives courageously for we
know Abba Father loves us very dearly. He loves us so much that He is
willing to sacrifice Jesus on our behalf at the cross.

The love of God surpasses all human love. We may have been hurt by love
ones but God's love will never cause any harm to us. We can put our trust
in God. Jesus wept when the children of Israel refused to accept His
protection on them. The love of God caused the almighty God to weep for us.

God's love never fails! Enjoy His love on our lives and rejoice daily
knowing we are His beloved. Hallelujah!

See your old man crucified at the cross

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The bible says we are to see our old man crucified at the cross with
Christ. (Romans 6:6) That implies we are to see our old selves no more for
the old man has died with Christ and our new man is in the risen Christ!

Who then is the old man? He is the person who doesn't have the resurrected
life of Christ indwelling in him. He is the person who is still living in
the prison of sin. He is the person who still believe in his flesh.

What does it mean to have died with Christ and to live with the resurrected
Christ? Simply, our old selves who were sinful and self righteous are now a
thing of the past. The pain, the sorrow, the reliance on flesh of the old
man is no more! Behold, we have a new man in Christ. We have a new
beginning in Christ!

We have a new identity in Christ Jesus. Whoever Christ is, I am. For Christ
is in us and we in Him. The divine exchanged had taken place at the cross.
Jesus had given us His place of right standing with God for our place of
sin.With one complete sacrifice, our new man is risen with the resurrected
Christ.

The bible says we have divine heal for Jesus has borne our diseases on His
body. By His stripe, we are already made whole, we are already healed, we
have the peace of God which surpasses all understanding.

When the Holy Spirit indwells in us, we shall be guided from the rest
within. We can be guided as to what kind of decision to make. We can
discern between what in line with God's masterplan in our lives and what's
not.

And we know by the grace of God Jesus was made poor at the cross that we
through His poverty shall be made rich. We have every spiritual blessing in
Christ Jesus.

All things shall work together for our good. Not all things are necessarily
good but they shall work together for our good. For this is our inheritance
in Christ Jesus.

See our new man in Christ and be filled with His grace in our lives. See
and abundant favour of God flows through our lives and in every endeavour
we pursue. Hallelujah!

Give what's little to God and He will multiply it back to you

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Give what's litte in your hand to Jesus and He will multiply many folds and return it back to you with more than enough.

This is so evident in the feeding of the five thousand. The disciples thought Jesus were asking them to buy bread for the five thousand when He knew His Father will provide food for them. After a little boy presented his five loaves of bread and two fishes to Jesus, He looked to heaven and having blessed the food, He gave them to the disciples to distribute to the multitudes and they ate till they were all full.

While everyone was full, the disciples collected the rest of the food that was left behind and there were twelve baskets full. What little the boy gave came back with such abundance that the disciples were able to collect with twelve baskets full!

In another story, Peter lent Jesus his boat so that He was able to teach the multitudes from the boat as there was more and more people coming to hear Jesus and He was not able to teach from land. Peter was washing his nets at that time for he and his partners had caught nothing the night before.

He thought of nothing by lending Jesus his boat. After Jesus has taught the multitudes, He asked Peter to launch out to the deep and cast out his nets. Peter heeded His word but cast out only one net. What came next must have caught Peter by surprise! He had so many fishes that he had to call his partners for help to reel in those fishes. What Peter probably thought nothing of when He lent Jesus his boat had come back to him with much abundance.

In the old testament, God asked Abraham to "give up" his son to test him as to whether he will give up his son for God. Abraham did as God instructed but at the point when Abraham was going to kill his son, Isaac, God stopped him and showed him the sacrificial lamb nearby.

God and Abraham were in covenant. When faithful Abraham was willing to give up his son for God, God has every judicial right to sacrifice His Son, Jesus, for mankind. He gave up His only begotten Son to die for us while we were still sinners so that we can take His place of righteousness at the right hand of God. His Son is the greatest gift He can give to men.

When God is willing to give Jesus for us, what more will He not give it to us!

Trust God for He is good and His mercy endures forever. Give what is little in our hand and see the miraculous working power of God manifestating in our lives. Give God what little money we have and see God blessings us with more than enough to be a blessing to those around us. We can have all the richness of earth for we have Jesus in our lives!

Give God what little health we have and see Him renewing our youth like the eagles that we can live as long as we want and see good days. We can be like Caleb of the old testament when his strength did not diminish when he was eighty five years of age.

Give God what's little in our hands and see Him multiply it many times back to us. God is faithful and He will do what His word has set out to do. Believe in Him. Hallelujah!

See the bronze serpent on the wooden pole judged

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When the children of Israel complained about the manna, many of them were bitten by poisonous snakes and they died. However, God instructed Moses to make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, probably a wooden one, so that whoever behold the bronze serpent shall live and not die.

The serpent was judged when God cursed him that he shall go on his belly and eat dust as he has deceived Eve into believing that it was good to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Cursed is anyone who hanged on a tree.

The serpent, which symbolized the devil has been cursed on the cross. Judgement was pronounced against him at the cross when Jesus proclaimed the redemptive work finished. And on the third day, He rose from the grave and ascended to Heaven to sit at the right hand of God and eternally and righteously striped satan of his power of death!

The divine exchange has taken place at the cross. Jesus has given us His righteousness for our sin so that we can be reconciled with God and call Him Abba Father. We can go to the throne of grace anytime, anywhere. God wants us to draw near to Him all the times. He wants to be close to us and He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in us!

Since the divine exchange has taken place at the cross, we no longer have to expect condemnation when we sin. I am not referring go the natural consequence and the punishment of the civil law should we do something foolish and unlawful. I am referring to the judgement from God for the sin against Him. We are eternally forgiven because of the shed blood of Jesus Christ.

We can therefore expect blessings and good happenings to happen in our lives for the price of our sin has been dearly paid by our Lord Jesus at the cross. We can expect all things to turn out for our good even though they may not be good presently. We can expect God to bless us richly all things to enjoy because Jesus has paid it all and much more!

The devil is powerless against a Christian who is full of Christ. Look to Jesus and give thanks continually for the finished work at the cross. Hallelujah.

Behold Jesus

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Behold Jesus for He is the answer to our every need. How then do we behold Jesus?

We behold Jesus by seeing Him in the word. In the bible, two disciples were walking to Emmaus and they were talking about Jesus who was supposed to be the Messiah. It was resurrection Sunday and Jesus appeared before them and drew near to them and their eyes were restrained from seeing Jesus in person.

Jesus asked what they were talking about and they answered Jesus the events that had taken place and the appointed Messiah was nowhere to be found. Jesus answered they were foolish and slow of heart to believe what the prophets had prophesied and beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, Jesus taught them the word expounding Himself.

At the end of the journey, Jesus broke the bread and gave it to them and their eyes were opened and Jesus has vanished from their side. They reasoned between themselves how their hearts were warmed when Jesus was expounded in the word and decided to walk back where they came from. That was a total of 14 miles of walking!

When we see Jesus in the word, our hearts will be warmed as well. We will have joy knowing Jesus is there for our every affliction. We can be assured Jesus will never leave us nor forsake us. We are so closed with Jesus that He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in us.

As beloved of the Lord, we can look to Jesus for our every need. We can be assured He will take care of us for the bible says so. The word says we are made whole through the bodily sacrifice of Jesus and we are made righteous by the Jesus' shed blood.

Rest in the finished work of Jesus Christ. For at the cross the love of God and the judgement of God met and Jesus borne all the wrath of God on our behalf. The divine exchange has taken place. Hallelujah!

Hold fast to the word of Christ

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The word of God has the power to change and transform and is eternally true. The word of God is the truth. That's what the bible says.

What then does the word of God say about us, beloved of the Lord? It says we are made the righteousness of God in Christ! We are drafted into the kingdom of God. We are sons and daughters of the most high God. And whatever Jesus has sacrificed His life for us, we have it!

The divine exchange has taken place at the cross. Jesus has given us His righteousness for our sin. We are reconciled with Abba Father and we can go into His presence anytime, anywhere. We can go to the throne of grace in times of need to cry out Abba Father.

The word says we are made whole, completely healed through Jesus' bodily sacrifice. We are already the healed and not trying to be healed! We are fighting the disease from victory ground and not the other way around. We are to just hold fast to the truth that by Jesus' stripe, we are already the healed! Lying symptoms shall not take root in our bodies.

The bible says Jesus was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made rich. It is material blessings that Jesus has promised us though the source is spiritual. When we confess in line with His word regarding our financial situation, the financial situation has to turn around for our good. For God made all things good for His people.

Jesus has come as our kinsman redeemer. Whatever it is that we need Jesus to redeem us from, He has already done it at the cross. Jesus has proclaimed with a loud voice at the cross, "It is finished!" We are redeemed from the curse of the law. We are redeemed from broken relationship. We are redeemed from potential disaster.

Whatever we are believing God for, the answer is in the Word and Jesus is the Word. Hold fast to Jesus for He is the author and finisher of our faith. Hallelujah!

Matthew 7:7

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Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it
will be opened to you. (Matthew 7:7)

We have not because we ask not. Therefore, ask the Lord for our needs! For
He cares. Cast all our cares upon Him and see the miraculous working power
of God manifestating itself magnificently in our lives.

When we ask the Lord for answer, we have to ask knowing that He has already
given us the answer. We can have the confident expectation that the need
has been answered as well. For bible hope doesn't disappoint! In His time,
we will see the manifestation.

When we ask according to His will, He will always answer exceedingly with
more than enough for our every need. I am NOT talking here about having
someone's spouse or someone's possession. I am referring to our need
according to what Jesus has paid for at the cross.

If healing is what we want, ask the Lord for His healing power to manifest
mightily in our lives. He loves to heal and is healing today. He is the
same yesterday, today and forever. Jesus is the Healer. He is Healing
himself. Have no doubt the Jesus heals. Just believe in His word for
everyone who comes to Him is healed.

If we are trusting God for financial breakthrough, believe He will answer
with more than enough that we will become a blessing and a blessor to those
around us! Ask the Lord for the wisdom to get wealth for He has given us
the power to create wealth.

If we are asking the Lord to mend our family relationship, believe that the
Lord will restore the relationship to a level that exceeds our expectation
in a positive way. Whatever the case may be, be it reconciliation with
one's spouse, or dear immediate family member, God can restore that
relationship. Ask and believe.

Seek the Lord in our every dealing and He will prosper our way. He will
always guide us in the pathway of righteousness. Hallelujah.

Judge God based on the finished work at the cross!

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Just before Christ dismissed His spirit at the cross, He cried with a
loud voice: "It is finished!" The redemptive work has been completed.
The divine exchange has taken place. And whosoever believes in Him shall
be saved!

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. He has completely
saved us from Adam's fall. With the finished work at the cross, He has
made those who believes in His finished work to be right with God.

When we are right with God, we are the righteousness of God in Christ.
We enjoy every spirit blessing which He has so dearly paid His life for.
We are to be the head and not the tail. We are a blessing to those
around us. We are to inherit the world and to have dominion over it!
Don't get me wrong here. We are kings and priests because of Jesus'
redemptive work at the cross. We are drafted into the Kingdom of God and
are sons and daughters of the Most High God. With our new identity in
Christ, we are to rule over our circumstances!

While some of us may be dealing with some form of dreaded diseases, or
even a "death sentence" has been pronounced by the doctors, we are to
look to Jesus the healer and healing Himself. The bible says whoever
beholds the bronzed serpent on the wooden pole shall be saved and will
not die! Behold Jesus and His finished work at the cross and see Him
taking our pains and diseases at the cross. For by His stripe, we are
already made whole, healed! We are not trying to be healed but already
healed. Just believe His word and see the miraculous manifestation of
His healing power in our lives!

Some of us may be facing a mountain of debt. Know this, Christ was made
poor at the cross that we through His poverty, shall be made rich. The
situation my be bad and even unbearable at times. We just have to
believe God is working behind the scenes to make sure we will end up
with more than enough! Keep believing and confessing we are already rich
and prosperous because of Jesus' finished work at the cross and in His
time, we will see the outward manifestation of material blessings!

Don't judged God based on our circumstances. Judge God based on the
finished work of Christ at the cross. Our circumstances can change but
the love of God for us will never change! Hallelujah!

Enjoy God's love personally

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God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to die at the
cross that through His death the world's people shall be saved.

There are some who think God will only love those who behave well or
those who obey His ten commandments. And there are some Christians who
think God will only love those who are "good" Christians. Holy! How
wrong are these people in their thinkings!

God indeed loves the world, but more importantly, He loves each of us
dearly. His love is very personal! The word says He calls me by my name.
How close is that?! He knows us so intimately that He knows the number
of hair on our heads. He loves us more than we love ourselves.

He will go the very extra mile to make sure all things turn out for our
good. Things may not be good but He will make sure it will turn out to
be good for His beloved child. Just trust in His grace and unconditional
love for each of us. His Fatherly love goes beyond how our natural
father loves us. His perfect love casts out all fears.

God wants us to know Him and His Son intimately as how best of pals
would behave. He wants to commune with us intimately. He wants us to
cast all our cares upon the feet of Jesus for He cares dearly for all
our wants and needs. He who feeds the birds and the lilies of the valley
will surely meet our every need. Know His love for us is personal. We
must appropriate His love personally as well.

Enjoy every moment with the Lord for He is good and His mercy endures
forever. Hallelujah!

God holds my future

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My future is in God's hand and He says it is good! My job is to believe His word and be at rest.

I am not referring to a lifestyle of "resting" at home but a lifestyle of rest from within even in the midst of the fiercest battle at the office. Right smack in the centre of a situation that's seemed impossible to overcome, we can be restful within and trust God for His deliverance. Hallelujah!

The bible says the path of the righteous shall shine brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. That can mean our future, in the hand of God, can only get better with each passing day. The bible also tells us God only has good thoughts toward His people and a future of hope.

This hope is not the same hope of the world where it implies uncertainty of the outcome in the future. This hope is bible hope where it is confident and joyful expectation of good, or good happenings in one bible translation.

We can hope our future is bright and full of the blessings of the Almighty God! Regardless of what we are going through now, our future in Christ can only be good! That's the promise in the bible and the word of God is truth and it will not return to God void.

If we are experiencing some form of incurable diseases, look to the bronzed serpent that was judged so that whosoever looks at the bronzed serpent will be healed and will not die! For by His stripe, we are already the healed of the Lord.

If we are facing some financial lacks, be assured that we will be delivered out of the financial lack soon and we will have the wisdom to create and protect our wealth. This is the promise of God for Jesus Christ was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made rich. That's material blessings!

Trust and believe God for He holds our future and our future can only be good for God is in control of it. He has prepared a way for me to follow. Hallelujah!

God keeps His covenant

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God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to die for the world that whosoever believes His son shall be saved and have live more abundantly.

Jesus died at the cross for the divine exchange of taking our place of sin so that we can take His place of righteousness at the right hand of Almighty God, our Abba Father.

Also, as a result of the divine exchange at the cross, we are been drafted into the kingdom of God and hence sons and daughters of God. As Christ is, so are we in this world. Expect to live life abundantly for our God will supply all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

But why must Jesus be crucified at the cross?

It was because of the covenant God cut with Abraham. In that covenant, Abraham didn't walk across the blood line of the slaughtered animals but it was Jesus and God the Father who walked across the blood line in the opposite direction. As such, because of our sin, Jesus had to come as a human being to take the punishment of God at the cross on our behalf!

It is the grace of God that Jesus is a willing covenantal keeper. For at the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus had a choice to go back to the Heavenly Father but chose to fulfill His Father's will to sacrifice Himself on our behalf.

And because of Jesus' finished work at the cross. We can expect good to happen to us for Jesus had taken all the bad upon Himself at the cross.

He had redeemed us from the curse of the law and also to bless us with every spiritual blessing to enjoy. Today, we can live the abundant life because Jesus had made us the righteousness of God in Him!

Proclaim with confidence all the promises in the bible are yes and amen and expect good things to happen in our lives. Hallelujah!

God can turn what's little in your hands into something great!

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There are many stories in the bible where God uses what's little in one's hand to turn it into something great.

In the story of the feeding of five thousand men, God took the five loaves and two fishes to feed the five thousand men, excluding women and children. That five loaves and two fishes actually belonged to a boy. They were probably his lunch.

When Moses and the children of Israel were faced with the Red Sea and the charging armies of the Egypt hot on their heels, Moses used his rod to split open the Red Sea and all the children of Israel were able to cross the Red Sea safely while the Egyptian armies were drowned in the Red Sea.

Elijah was able to command fire to consume the Samaritan army sent to bring him to see the King of Samaria. He has no tool and just a servant with him. However when he used his mouth to speak, he accomplished great things.

In the new testament, the handkerchief of Paul was able to heal and cast out demon. Isn't amazing that even a handkerchief of Paul is able to heal the sick and cast out demons.

God can use what's little in our hand to turn it into something great for His kingdom. Don't despise the "little" giftings and talents that God had places in our hands for they can achieve great things in our lives and for the kingdom of God.

Even when the giftings seem so insignificant as compared to some other people' giftings, God can still use them if we are to trust God with those giftings. Ask God for wisdom and we will be able to accomplish great things through Christ who strengthens me!

Be restful in the Lord for He makes all things beautiful for His people. Trust His leading and we will live a victorious life. Hallelujah!

What God promises He will do it

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God is more than able to fulfill His promises in the bible. For through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ at the cross, all good promises are yes and amen.

God only has good thoughts toward me. His thoughts for me are thoughts to prosper me. Thoughts of growing my character. Thoughts of wonderful family relationship and so much more. All His thoughts toward me can only be good for the bible says He has a good future and hope for me.

As the word of God says so, so be it. That is the promise of God for the word of God will accomplish what it is sent out to do and it will never come back to God void. So believe the word when it says God has a good future and hope for me.

Regardless of what we are asking Abba Father for, believe He will do it. If we are dealing with some form of terminal diseases, believe we are going to be well for God wants us to be healthy. If we are facing some challenges in the area of our finances, believe God to be debt free for He loves to prosper His people so that they can be so abundantly blessed to be a blessing.

In the bible, when Jesus told His disciples that they were going to the other side of the sea, He meant it! But in the middle of the journey, there was a perfect storm and the disciples were afraid for the waters were hitting them. They shouted to the Lord for help and immediately Jesus awoke from His well deserved sleep to calm the storm. And He subsequently calmed the storm in the disciples' hearts.

When Jesus promised a leader of the synagogue named Jairus that He would heal his daughter, He will see to it that his daughter shall be well. However in the journey to Jairus' home, Jesus was stopped by a woman with the issue of blood for He perceived healing power had gone out of Him to heal. Even when news of Jairus' daughter was dead, Jesus just assured Jairus his daughter will be alright and his daughter was later raised from the dead!

Believe God when He says He has only good thoughts toward us. Hold on to His word and see the miraculous manifestation of the His promises in our lives. Hallelujah!

God will take care of the big and small things in your lives

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Be anxious for nothing but in everything with prayer and supplication
let your request be made known to God and the peace of God which
surpasses all understandings will guard your heart and mind through
Christ Jesus. For God will supply all my needs according to His riches
in glory in Christ Jesus!

The word of God says He will provide for all my needs. He is my
provider. He is providence Himself. Be it small or big, He loves to
cater to all the needs.

When the going in our lives seems too tough for us to handle or it just
seems too overwhelming and we feel we are helpless to do something about
it, God wants to assure us He is working behind the scene to make sure
we WILL come out of that challenging situation victoriously. For He will
make all things beautiful in His time and He will make all things to
turn out for our good. Things may not be good at the moment but it will
turn our to be good in His time.

We need to just hold on to God's promises in the bible. For they are yes
and amen in Christ Jesus. For at the cross, some two thousand years ago,
Jesus died on our behalf so that we can take His position of
righteousness with Abba Father. He was smitten, burnt, striped on our
behalf so that we are made whole through His bodily sacrifice. His
precious blood has cleansed us of all our sins and we are drafted into
the kingdom of God to be sons and daughters of God.

Jesus even borne our pains and sorrows and stresses on our behalf so
that we can enjoy the shalom He had bequeathed to us. This is not
worldly peace but the peace of God. The peace that surpasses all
understandings. Peace that assures us we are right with God. Peace that
in the midst of a perfect storm we can be calm within and the assurance
of His presence in our lives.

Regardless of the magnitude of the issues at hand, God loves to see that
those concerns are met. Be it trusting God to completely cleared us of
our debts or to heal us of terminal diseases or to believe in God for a
favourable position in a company or just simply believing God for a good
car park lot, God will made sure they are accomplished. Not by my might
nor strength but by His grace.

Believe God for He is good all the time and His goodness and mercy
endure forever. Hallelujah!

Speak good into your life

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Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Obviously, what we say, be it good or bad, will affect our lives. If we want to see good in our lives, proclaim good and speak good things into our lives. Likewise bad things can happen into our lives because we had been speaking bad.

This is the power that God has given us. For God spoke and it was so. And He calls forth those things that are not into existence. God speaks what He wants to see and not the other way around.

Our speech will affect our lives and our future and ultimately our destiny. When we speak in line with God's word, we will experience God's abundance blessings in our lives. Not that we can earn God's blessings but rather we "activate" the miracles of God when speak about His goodness in our lives and believe by faith.

So, if we are not experiencing good in our lives, be mindful of what we are speaking into our lives and begin to proclaim God's grace into our lives and see wonderful manifestation of His miracles in our lives! We can affect our future by our speech.

Conversely, when we speak bad, we will see bad in our lives for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Not all bad things happen because we have been speaking bad. Some of the "bad" happenings are caused by what we had spoken badly about.

For a start, let's proclaim we are healthy by the bodily sacrifice of Jesus Christ. We are already the healed because of the stripe that Jesus had borne. No disease can come near us nor can any terminal illness take root in our bodies.

We can start to proclaim God's abundance supply in our lives for Jesus was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made we. The bible also says God will supply all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Let's speak in line with what God's word says.

Let's be mindful of our speech for what comes out of our mouth will affect our lives.

Be Still

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There is a part of a song there goes like this:

When the oceans rise and thunder roars
I will soar with You above the storms
Father You are King over the floods
I will be still and know You are God

In spite of the dire situations that we may find ourselves in, be still
at heart and know Abba Father is working behind the scene to turn things
in our favour for our good. Not all things are pleasant and not all
goings are cosy all the time but we can rest in the grace of God for He
is more than able and willing to see us through those difficult times.

There may be times when the going seem so tough for us to bear that we
are brought to the point of giving up. Do not look within ourselves to
overcome the odds but look to the everlasting love of God to see us
through. His timing may seem slow at times but He will always deliver
perfectly on time, all the time!

In life, the oceans may rise and the thunder may roar. There may be fear
in our hearts as well. However, we are to be still in our hearts for God
is good all the time and He will see to it that we always come out of
the shadow of the valley of death victoriously. He unwavering love is
best demonstrated at the cross where His only begotten Son, Jesus
Christ, died on our behalf to reconcile us to God! Hallelujah! We are
drafted into the kingdom of God by that perfect work at the cross.

For some, the doctor's report may seem like a death sentence but the
doctor does not have the final word. Jesus always has the final say in
our lives for He is the Author and Finisher of our faith. He is the
beginning and the last. Look to Jesus and be healed of the dreaded
disease. Look to Jesus and be made whole. It is as simple as that. We
only need to put our trust in His abundance grace towards us.

In the old testament, when the children of Israel were bitten by
poisonous snakes in the wilderness, the Lord instructed them to look at
the bronzed serpent on the wooden pole. And whoever looked at the
bronzed serpent were healed while those who kept looking at how bad
their wounds were died. We are to look at the finished work of Jesus at
the cross. For whatever we need has been accomplished at the cross.
Jesus will satisfy our need and want according to the riches in glory in
Christ Jesus.

Don't focus on the storms in our lives but look to Jesus and be at rest
and see ourselves soaring over all our problems. Hallelujah.

Release the power of God in you

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For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind. And we are to stir up the gift of God which is in us.

What exactly is The gift of God which is in us? It is the gifts of of the Holy Spirit and the gift of speaking in tongues is the only gift of the Spirit that we can "utilize" at will and to ignite the other eight gifts of the Spirit.

When we speak in tongues, there comes an inner strength and fortitude to face what's in the world. Peace and joy flows freely when we speak in tongues for a season. We will feel the power of God to activate the other gifts of the Spirit as the Spirit wills.

As we speak in tongues, we become more sensitize to the prompting of God. We tend to hear Him more accurately when we are speaking in tongues for a season. This is not to imply those who don't speak in tongues cannot hear God accurately. We hear God speaking with us all the time when we are His children.

When the power of God is released through the speaking in tongues, we can activate the other gifts of the Spirit. We will be able to lay hand on the sick and they will recover. God will move some of us with the gift of word of wisdom to shed some light regarding certain issues.

Also some will be able to share with others the word of knowledge regarding God's word. Others will be able to prophesies events in the future. Some will be able to discern in their spirit and others will have the gift of interpreting tongues. To another the working of miracles and to another the spirit of faith.

No one gift is more powerful than the other. The situation dictates which is the most appropriate gift to activate. If we are sharing the word of God with a sick person, the appropriate gift of the Spirit may be the healing of the Spirit. To a person who is unsure of his or her future the gift of prophecy may be appropriate.

Beloved of the Lord, release the power of the Lord by stirring up the gift of speaking in tongues and see God's wondrous miracles manifesting in our lives. Hallelujah!

God always shine

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Rain or shine, the sun is always there. Just because it is raining cats and dogs and the sky is darker than ever before doesn't imply the sun is not there and still shining.

God is forever faithful and is always on time, though He may seem to be late at times. His timing to deliver us out of our challenging situations is always perfect. He will never subject His righteous people to be put to shame.

Nothing is impossible to God. There is nothing too big or small that God will not take care of as long we are concerned with those things. It may be a small thing such as looking for a good parking lot to the cancellation of a huge financial debt, God will see to it. It may be a just deciding where to have the next meal to the restoration of marital relationship, God will make sure those are accomplished as well.

Regardless of the severity of the situation, God is more than able to deliver us out of it. Moreover, He is more than willing to take care of our cares than we may be aware of. Believe God will deliver according to His abundant grace.

Even when there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel, be conscious that God is working behind the scene to make sure all things turn out well for us. Trust in His goodness and mercy and praise Him for He is good. He will always make things good for us even though the current going seems too tough to carry on.

God never gives up! He always calls forth what He wants to see. Beloved of the Lord, we should call forth our victory in the overwhelming circumstance and believe that we are fighting from victory ground and not fighting for victory. We should speak well into our situations and see the perfect manifestation of God's wonderful miracles.

As a child, it is our privileges to believe in God. He had sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us at the cross for our sin debt to God. What more will He not with Jesus Christ freely gives us all things to enjoy! Keep believing and trusting in His grace for us. Hallelujah!

God always has time for me

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God always has time for me. He always hear my prayer and it is His delight to answer my prayers!

When I go to the throne of grace, I always talk to God one on one. I have never needed to come to a spiritual mood in order to commune with Abba Father. And I will find no one else except me and God when I commune with Him!

God created time. He is outside time and that's why the finished work at the cross by Jesus Christ avails for all generations from Adam to the last man that will ever live. The work at the cross is completely completed.

Sinners can be made righteous by accepting the gift of salvation. Salvation is a gift and not something we can work for. Once we accept the gift of salvation, we are righteous forever. We have right standing with God forever. Hallelujah!

We, the beloveds of the Lord can come to the throne of grace anytime. We can present our requests to God under any circumstance or situation. We can talk with God for eternity for He always has time for us.

We don't have to ask shooting prayer for fear of been fried by the judgement of God for all punishments had been borne by Jesus Christ at the cross. Today we can talk to God knowing all our sins are forgiven. We can talk with God just like a close friend would.

As beloved of the Lord, I can go to God anytime anywhere and He will always has time for me to listen and talk with me. Hallelujah!

God only has good thoughts for me

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God only has good thoughts for me. His greatest love for me was exhibited at the cross where He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die for me!

When He gave up Jesus for me, He would freely give me all things to enjoy! All things mean all things.

He wants to have have a wonderful relationship with me. That's why I am drafted into His kingdom to be a son of God through the divine exchange at the cross some two thousand years ago. He is my Abba Father. He wants to commune with me all the time. He wants me to know He is always caring for me, even if I were to walk through the shadow of the valley of death.

He wants me to have a healthy relationship with my wife and son. For my wife is the appointed one for me and my son is a blessing from Him. He wants me to enjoy family bliss. He wants my entire household to live for Lord Jesus. For He is the true head of my household. He is the captain of my life.

He wants me to prosper in my finances. He loves to position me as a head and not a tail. He wants me to enjoy my profession. In trying business situation, he is always there to provide an answer. There is simply nothing too big for my God.

He loves to see me healthy and joyful. I wouldn't be able to go around carrying out my responsibilities when I am flat on my back. Jesus has borne all my diseases and pain so that I don't have to bear them on my body.

Most of all, God wants my soul to prosper! He wants to expand my inside before He pours forth the outward manifestation of health and wealth. He is constantly chastening me for He loves me. He is building my character from glory to glory. Hallellujah!

Be aware of God's magnificent love. His unending love never fails. Praise the Lord for He is good all the time.

See Jesus in everything

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In all things, Jesus should have the pre-eminence. For He is Alpha and
Omega, the author and finisher of our faith.

Whatever situation we are going through, always see Jesus in that
situation. He can make all things good even those things may seem to be
terrible at the moment and there seems to no light at the end of the
tunnel.

In the midst of a perfect storm, be conscious of Jesus' presence in that
perfect storm. Be conscious of our righteousness in Christ Jesus. There is
nothing too big that God cannot manage. Jesus is the Almighty God. Nothing
is impossible to Him and I can do all thiings through Christ who
strengthens me.

When the image of Jeus in us is so big, the treat of a challenging
situation will be small when compared to the full confidence in Christ.
Just know Jesus is working behind the scene to make sure we come out of
every bad situation victorious.

When we bring Jesus into the situation, the situation will have to bow to
Jesus and turn for the better. For Jesus is above all names and things.

Joshua and Caleb saw the goodness of their God and His wonderful promise to
bring them in into the promised land for they have a different spirit. They
see their God as a good God who will keep His promise to His people. The
other ten spies saw the enemy as larger than what their God can do for
them. Their unbelief caused the children of Israel to wonder in the
wilderness for forty years!

When the children of Israel was fighting the Philistines at the valley of
Elah, the army of Israel was afraid of the giants of the Philistines. But,
David saw the goodness and mercy of His God. He was furious at the remarks
made by the Philistines for he was conscious of his right standing with God
and he was able to defect the giant Goliath with just one smooth stone.

When we are conscious of Jesus' wonderful work at the cross, bad situation
becomes good. When we believe right, there is heart transformation and we
will eventually live right. See Jesus in our every endeavour and see
victory been accomplished by Christ Jesus. Hallelujah!

Trust God's Grace

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It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in man.

When we trust in God's unmerited, unearned and undeserved favour, we are
under the secret place of the most high. All blessings are ours to
proclaim. We are far from evil and no plague shall come near our house.

In the old testament, Abraham lived under the grace of the almighty God.
God made him very rich and he lived a long good life! Even when he had made
mistakes, God didn't punish him but instead turn those mistakes into
something good for Abraham, making him very rich in the process.

When Ishmael was born to Hagar, God didn't punish Abraham for his lack of
faith but blessed the generations of Ishmael, even though that is not the
best plan God had for Abraham. Years later, Sarah gave birth to Isaac, the
child of the promise. For out of Isaac lineage comes Jesus Christ, our Lord
and Saviour.

When the great grandson of Abraham, Joseph was sent to Egypt, he didn't
resent his brothers for doing evil to him but instead praised and thanked
God for preparing him for the great famine. Joseph trusted in God's grace
and he prospered in everything he did. Even the pharoah made him the second
man in command right after him.

Years later God's grace provided food and clothing for the children of
Israel in the wilderness. Even though they murmured before Mount Sinai,
they were provided for in everything. They had the pillar of cloud in the
day to keep them cool and they had the pillar of fire in the evening to
keep them warm. God provided all their needs and would have continue to do
so for He is a gracious God had they not requested for God's law.

We, the beloved of the Lord, should come under the grace of God and not put
ourselves under His law. For Christ had fulfilled the law at the cross
thousand years ago. With that complete act, we are called the sons of God.
We have being reconciled with God through the divine exchange, accomplished
by Jesus Christ, at the cross.

We should live life knowing God will provide for our every need. He has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing. The grace of the Lord will make
us rich and healthy. The grace of the Lord will cause us to live long. The
grace of the Lord will make us the head and not the tail.

Trust in Gos's grace in our lives. He will make all things beautiful in His
time for us. Live life worry-free and just enjoy God's abundant grace in
our lives. Hallelujah!

What Are We Building Our House On?

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The bible says that those who build their house on Christ the solid Rock
will be stable in times of trial and prosecution.

What does it mean to build our house on Christ? It means to rely on Jesus
Christ our Saviour and Redeemer for our every want and need. It means to
trust Him in our every endeavour. It means to see Him in His amazing grace
for us via the finished work at the cross. It means to be righteous
conscious and not law conscious.

For Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law. The devine exchange
has taken place at the cross. Jesus had exchanged His position of righteous
for my position of sin. With that one finished work at the cross, I have
been drafted into the kingdom of God. I now have Sonship with God.

Cursed is He who hangs on the tree. Christ has redeemed us from all curses.
All blessings are yes and amen in Christ. We just have to proclaim
blessings in our lives.

When we look to Jesus as the answer to our every need, we are building our
houses on solid Rock. When the foundation is Christ Jesus, no storm or even
earthquake can move our houses. When we trust in Jesus to provide for our
every need, we shall not lack. When we place our family in Jesus' hand, the
relationship shall be blessed. When we put our career in His hand, our
career shall be blessed.

When we put our health in His hand, we shall be healthy and strong and our
youthfullness shall be renewed like the eagle's. When we put our finances
in His hand, we shall be blessed with more than enough to be a blessing.
Whatever is put in Jesus' hand shall be blessed.

When Jesus touches our minds, we shall have no fear. We shall be far from
oppression. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of
love and of a sound mind. Just build and keep building our house on Christ
the solid Rock. Hallelujah!

Enjoy God's love over and over again

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Abba Father loves me more than I love myself. This is so evidenced by
the finished work at the cross by Christ Jesus.

This Agape love is unconditional. For even when we were still sinners,
Christ died for us. It is not our good behaviour that merits His love
for us. It is not our good work that earns His favour on us. It is
definitely not good thought that put us in the kingdom of God.

What qualifies me for this unearned and unmerited favour IS His love for
me! For by His grace, I have been saved and made whole through His only
begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Hallelujah! When I believe this eternal
truth, I begin to exhibit good behaviours. I do good for I know I am the
righteousness of God in Christ. And I have good thoughts both toward God
and men for He first has good thoughts toward me. What a wonderful love
relationship with Abba Father. Such tender loving care from the One who
never fails.

Just a few days ago, I had the opportunity to "play" with my son,
Johanan, on a escalator at a shopping mall. He likes to just step on the
escalator and be "carried" by it up and down. Of course I was there
beside him to hold him and to carry him off at the tail end of the
escalator. He was trilled just been able to stand on the escalator. I
was very joyful and grateful to be able to share this wonderful bond and
joy between father and son. It brought me great joy to just see my son
being so happy to be able to "play" on the escalator.

While Johanan was happy he was able to enjoy the escalator ride, I was
happy to be just with him all this while. Whenever he looked at me and
smile at me, my heart simply melted. How wonderful this is to be able to
enjoy your son. Johanan may not be aware how much joy he brings to me
when he simply just looks and smiles at me knowing I am by his side.

O! How wonderful is Abba Father to me. Being a natural father, I am
limited in my love for my son. But Daddy God has unlimited love for me.
He rejoices whenever I am rejoicing. He is happy to see me being happy
and joyous. Whenever I am reminded of Abba's love in my life, I am sure
it brings joy to Abba. Whenever I give thanks to and praise Him for His
grace, I believe it must have bring such wonderful feeling to God as
well. The more I trust in His grace for me, the more He is happy to
simply supply all my needs and much more!

Just enjoy God's great love over again. Don't look at the circumstances
around us. Focus of His love and grace for us. Hallelujah!

God Supplies More Than Our Needs

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My God shall supply all my needs according to the riches in glory in
Christ Jesus. Also, He will exceedingly and abundantly supply with more
than enough all our needs.

The bible says that Simon was toiling all night the night before Jesus
used his boat to preach and teach the multitude with no success. When
Jesus asked Simon to cast out his nets into the sea, there was doubt in
Simon's mind. Yet at His spoken word, Simon cast out ONE net. There was
so much fishes that Simon had to call for help from his fishing partners
to reel in those fishes!

Jesus promised, indirectly, that there would be abundant supply of
fishes when Simon was to cast down his fishing nets. He word is as good
as gold. Yet, there was doubt in Simon's mind for he was a fisherman
while he thought Jesus was just a carpenter. What would Jesus know about
fishing? Praise the Lord that even with much doubt in our minds, we can
still trust God's word and cast out ONE net and receive our blessing.
Behold, we have to call for help to receive the super-abounding supplies
later!

The bible says it is God's delight to hear and answer all our prayers.
He wants to meet all our needs with much more. His supplies are more
than our needs. It is His joy to supply and give. Our job is to take
from Him. For Grace supplies, Love gives and Faith takes. The more we
take from Him, the more supply there is, for God's supply is limitless!
When we are good receiver of God's supplies, we can be good givers to
those around us who are in need.

Beloved, know that at the cross, Jesus had paid for the price to receive
health and wealth from Abba Father. By His stripe, we are already the
healed. We are not trying to be healed but already HEALED. Even when the
lying symptoms seem to linger on, only believe Jesus had already made us
whole. In due time, we shall see the manifestation of wholeness in our
bodies.

The bible says we shall have all sufficiency in Christ Jesus. Should our
barns be empty, know that God has given us the power to create wealth.
Also, the blessing of the Lord makes one rich and He adds no sorrow with
it. We don't have to work to become rich. We work to exhibit our gifts
and talents that God first put it in our hands. See He unlimited supply
and in due time, financial manifestation will take place in our lives.

Hallelujah! Rejoice in the over-supply of God. Everyday reach out for
His manna. His word is truth and so is His promises in the bible.
Rejoice in the Lord. Hallelujah!

See Things Through The Eyes Of Jesus

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Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith. He is the Alpha and Omega.
He is Aleph and Tav. He is the First and Last. He will always has the last
word in your live.

Jesus always sees a finished work. The bible says in the beginning, God
said, 'Light be' and there was light. God said and it was so. That was how
He created the Heavens and the Earth. He saw the finished work of what He
wanted and spoke forth.

Also, the bible also says that the work has been completed from the
beginning of the world. That could mean the sacrificial work at the cross
had already been completed from the beginning of time for God lives outside
time. Whatever that needs completion has been accomplished by Jesus. In Him
everything exists.

Jesus is always cool and steady. He is never hurried. He may seem to be
late at times but His timing is always perfect. He is above all things and
names. All knees will bow to the name of Jesus.

Should we face a challenging situation that seems to have no resolution at
hand, look through the eyes of Jesus. He already has the solution for that
seemingly overwhelming trial. He knows all things will turn out for our
good, if only we would simply believe this truth.

In the story of Lazarus; he was dead for four days and his sisters were
very sorrowful for his death. They would have lost all hope of him coming
back to live. When Jesus came into the scene, Martha cried to the Lord that
He should have been there earlier and her brother would live. Jesus knew He
would raise Lazarus from the dead for He saw the goodness of His Father and
His resurrection power.

Jesus assured Martha that Lazarus will rise again. Yet Martha said Lazarus
would rise in the last day. Jesus said to Martha that He is the
Resurrection and the Live. He then raised Lazarus from the tomb he was in.

Regardless of the trials and prosecutions what we may be going through,
know that Jesus aleady has the answer to bring us out victoriously. Be
restful within for the battle belongs to the Lord. Hallelujah!

His Grace Is Sufficient For Us

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When I am weak, He is strong for me. His grace is always sufficient for
me for the day!

When Jesus Christ died at the cross some two thousand years ago, He
completed the finished work that needed to be completed. He thoroughly
cleansed us of all our sins and brought us back to God so that we are
now drafted into the kingdom of God. We are sons and daughters of Abba
Father. We are joined heir with Christ Jesus.

The bible says Jesus is our provider, Jehovah Jireh. His supplies never
stop. Whatever we need in our lives, He is always supplying. His grace
is always sufficient for us. His timing is always perfect, though He may
seem to be late at times. Trust in His grace towards us for it is this
grace that reconciled us to God. God's Righteousness At Christ's
Expense. That's the perfect love expressed by Abba Father when Christ
died at the cross.

If we are battling with some form of dreaded diseases, rest assured that
Jesus, Jehovah Rapha, will heal us. He is the healer and He is healing
Himself. For by His stripe, we are already the healed. We are not trying
to be healed but already the healed! When the children of Israel was
wondering in the wilderness and some of them were bitten by venomous
snakes, whoever looked unto the bronze serpent on the wooden cross lived!

The bible says whoever looked at the bronze serpent lived. It was not
their effort to try and purge the poison out of their bodies. It was
focusing on the serpent that was judged at the cross that healed them.
The devil was judged at the cross when Christ cried, 'It is finished!'.
With it, healing is ours to proclaim as Jehovah Rapha now lives in us.

If we are dealing with some debts that seem overwhelming and larger than
life, be at rest for Jesus is Jehovah Jireh. He is our provider. The
bible says Jesus was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty
shall be made rich. In this passage we are already made rich through the
sacrifice at the cross. It is a matter of time we see material riches in
our lives. Praise the Lord for His is good. Our job is to believe His
word for the word has the power to transform our lives and manifest
itself in this world!

Take for example the story of Ruth. She was a widow and a Moabite. In
the natural, she has nothing. Yet she trusted in the favour of the Lord
and glean in Boaz's field. She found favour in the eyes of Boaz and
subsequently married Boaz, the kinsmen redeemer in this story. From
someone who has nothing in her possession to becoming one of the richest
lady in the land of Israel.

Beloveds of the Lord, trust in God's grace for His grace is sufficient
for us. We can always rely on His mercy and goodness in our lives.
Hallelujah!

Peace, Be Still

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In the midst of a perfect storm, be restful within for the Lord is with
you. He will never leave nor forsake you.

Adam and Eve enjoyed God's love and His creation before the fall. In the
cool of the evening, God will commune with them. There was no sense of
distance between them and definitely no sense of guilt. There was closeness
with God for God would speak to them.

After Adam and Eve had sinned against God by eating the fruit of the tree
of knowledge of good and evil, they sew fig leave to cover their nakedness.
When God came in the evening to commune with them, they were afraid and hid
themselves from God. They were probably terrified of God and His possible
punishment.

There was no longer the sense of closeness. They were conscious of their
sin more than anything else. Yet God, in His perfection and love, just
drove them out of the garden of Eden for if they were to eat of the fruit
of the tree of life, they would live forever with the guilty conscience.
God didn't want them to live a life of evil conscience!

And without the law, there was no punishment. In old bible times, men lived
to hundred of years. Even after the flood, men lived very long.

Be conscious of Jesus' finished work at the cross. Be full of His love for
us. Know His grace. For He has only good thoughts for us. In the midst of
our most difficult times, be still. Be anxious for nothing but in
everything in prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request
be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all
understanding will guard your heart and mind.

Be at rest for the battle belongs to the Lord! Guard our hearts against all
guarding and God will guard everything ourside. He fights our every battle.
He is the conqueror and we are more than a conqueror in Christ. Hallelujah!

The Have And The Have Not

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For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but
whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Those who have big revelation of Jesus, more revelation will be poured
forth on them. Those who have little revelation of Jesus, even that little
revelation will be taken away by the devil. The attitude of how we see
Jesus will determine how we receive from Him.

When we see Jesus as having finished the perfect work at the cross, we will
already receive what He had paid to give it to us. The bible says Jesus was
wounded for our transgression and brusied for our iniquities; the
chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

When we believe Jesus has already healed our bodies, the healing will
manifest in the natural. When we think we have to do something about the
pain of a disease and doubt the healing power of our Lord Jesus Christ, we
frustrate the grace of God and Christ is of no effect in the healing.

When we believe Jesus was made poor at the cross that we through His
poverty shall be made rich, we ARE rich! It is a matter of time when we
will see the outward manifestation of financial prosperity when we don't
doubt Jesus.

The more we believe in Jesus, the more of Jesus we will see, especially in
the word. We will have fresh and big revelation of who Lord Jesus is in our
lives. Keep believing and trusting in His goodness and mercy. Rely on His
grace completely and see Salvation in all aspects of our lives. Hallelujah!

Sing O Barren

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Sing O barren! Sing! Those who don't see fruits in their lives, sing. For
the manifestation of miracles is near.

Isn't it cruel to ask the barren women to sing and rejoice in the Lord. In
the natural, those barren women will be looking and focusing on their lack
of fruits and also envying those who have children. How to sing and
rejoice?!

The bible says we should sing and rejoice for victory is near. The miracle
that we are believing God for is just around the corner!

When Sarah was about ninety years old, she was barren and longed to have a
son by Abraham. Yet, by her own effort, she was not able to produce. When
the Lord proclaimed she shall have a son by Abraham, she was laughing
softly. When she believed the Lord and was just enjoying His love for her,
Isaac came approximately one year later.

The bible says when Joshua and his army circled around the walls of Jericho
for six days, they were to keep their mouths shut. On the seventh day and
on the seven times they had circled around Jericho, the seven priests made
a long blast with the ram's horns and all the men just walked infront of
him and they conquered Jericho.

The sound of the ram's horn is the cry of victory in the Lord. It is the
rejoicing in the Lord. When the ram's horn is sounded, miracle happens and
victory is at hand.

When we sing praises to the Lord and worship Him, something wonderful
happens within our hearts. Our hearts are calmed and rested in the Lord!
Shalom! When that happens, we are sensitised to the Holy Spirit and shall
move with the direction that is given by the Holy Spirit. The Lord then
shall cause us to be at the right place at the right time and He shall give
words to our speech.

Rejoice daily in the Lord. Worship Him even when the situation seems to be
dire. Praise Him even when the challenges are overwhelming. For the battle
belongs to the Lord. Our joy is to guard our hearts and the Lord will guard
everything else!

Victory is near. Don't live life worrying about tomorrow and regretting
about yesterday. His grace is sufficient for the day. Look unto Jesus and
deliverance will come! Hallelujah!

My Inheritance In Christ Jesus

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In the parable of the vineyard, the bible says those tenants said to one
another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will
be ours.'
The heir mentioned here is referring to Jesus.

Jesus was sent to be crucified by His people and gentiles. We basically
"kill" Jesus by sending Him to the cross. Jesus knew He would be crucified
to complete the redemption work at the cross. No one can kill Jesus for He
has not commited any sin and in Him there is no sin.

With the redemptive work completed some two thousand years ago, we are
reconciled with God. It is by God's grace that we can be saved through the
sacrificial act of Jesus at the cross. The precious blood of Jesus washes
our sins away and we are forgiven people forever for we have accepted Jesus
as our Saviour and Lord.

His broken body was given up to make His people whole, healed, well, free
from pain, free from stress and anxiety. With His stripe, we are the healed
of the Lord! We can proclaim wellness and wholeness in our bodies for
Christ has paid the price for them.

Knowing inwardly what Christ has done at the cross, we can rejoice and
celebrate! For we are drafted into the kingdom of God. We are sons and
daughters of God. We are joint heir with Christ Jesus! What Jesus has, we
have, here and now!

What then does the inheritance entail? This is the promise of God that we
shall rule the universe. We are the heir of the world through the promise
God made to Abraham. We have the blessings of Abraham for we are his
descendants.

How then can the heir of the world be poor? The blessings of Abraham make
him very rich in cattle and gold. That's financial prosperity. We know, by
the grace of God, that Christ was made poor at the cross that we through
His poverty shall be made rich. Also, my God shall supply all my needs
according to the riches in glory in Christ Jesus!

How then can the heir of the world be sick? The bible says with long life
will Jesus satisfy me. What's the use of having long life if we are sick.
The Lord promises He will renew our youth like the eagles. It is a literal
renewal! The Lord will keep us from danger and harm. He will teach and
guide us as to how to have a healthy body!

Listen to the prompting of the Holy Spirit. He will teach us in all things.
All things include the power to generate wealth. All things include how to
live healthily. Now, that's my inheritance in Christ, here and now!
Hallelujah!

God's Perfect Love

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God loves us even when we were still sinners. What more will He not love us
now that we are sons and daughters of Almighty God!

His greatest love was exhibited some two thousand years ago when Jesus was
crucified at the cross to take our place of sin so that we can take His
place of righteousness beside God. With that completely completed work at
the cross, all our sins are punished and taken away, once and for all!

Now we can come to God freely, anywhere, anytime. Every moment we are
conscious of Jesus' presence, we praise and worship Him. Even when we don't
feel anything, give thanks to the Lord for He is good. Even when situations
seem dire, rejoice in the Lord for the battle belongs to the Lord!

Why is it so we can come to God boldly? For the bible says all our sins and
transgressions He has forgiven and He shall remember them no more! That's
why we can come to God righteously. We have been reconciled to God by the
precious blood of Jesus that was shed at the cross. We can come to the
throne of grace in times of need to cry out Abba Fathe!

When we look to Jesus as our answer, He always puts us on victory ground.
He always delivers us out of our troubles, even though we are the ones who
bring about the bad consequences.

Enjoy God's love in our lives. His love for us is unconditional and
unending! When we know we are so loved by God, we can go forth in life to
love others, even when there are times we feel some of these people are not
deserving of our love.

Love is a decision, not an emotion. We can love others for we decide to
show them love, not because we feel they are deserving of our love. Give
thanks to God daily, worship He daily, for He is good and He only has good
thoughts toward me. Hallelujah!

Enjoy God's Love

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For God so loved the world He sent His only regotten Son to die for the
world that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but have life more
abundantly.

God so loved the world, God so loved me as well as I am in the world. Every
day in which I am alive, I can look to God and enjoy His love for me. His
love for me is unconditional. His love for me is forever. His greatest love
for me is exhibited at the cross. Through that one sacrificial act by
Jesus, a divine exchange had taken place: my position of sin for His
position of righteousness.

I am the righteousness of God in Christ. I have right standing with God.
God and me are so one for He lives in me. Enjoy God's love and His grace
and see abundant supplies in every aspect of my life. He delights in
providing my every need and want with more than enough to be a blessing to
those around me!

He is joyful when I look to Him alone for providance. When I go to God in
prayer, He hears my prayer and He is pleased and will answer my every
prayer. With every new day, I can worship God for He is good to me! I can
sing praises to Him for His mercy endures forever. My God is no longer
angry with me for my sins for at the cross all my sins were punished on the
body of Christ.

Rejoice and be joyful knowing God is for me. He only has good thoughts for
me. Be at rest within for I have been reconciled with God through the
complete work of Jesus Christ at the cross. Hallelujah!

Get into the word

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The devil comes to steal, kill and destroy.

The devil will come to steal first, follows by to kill and finally to
destroy. What is the thing that the devil comes to steal? He comes to steal
the word of God from your heart!

Why then is the devil so adamant in stealing the word of God from our
lives? For if he is able to steal the word, he will be able to make inroads
into the heart! For the word of God has the power to transform our lives
from strength to strength and glory to glory. The word is the power of God
to make of no effect what the devil is trying to do in our lives.

When Jesus was tempted by the devil three times in the wilderness, He
answered each temptation by saying first "It is written". That implies how
we should answer the devil's accusations is to answer each accusation with
the word of God. For in the word lies the mighty power of God to make
whole, to sozoe, to transform the heart from within.

If the devil comes to accuse us we are not worthy to be called Christians,
answer him that the word says we are made the rigtheousness of God through
the precious blood of Jesus at the cross. We have no part to play in the
redemptive work to be right with God. We can only acknowledge the finished
work at the cross by Jesus and proclaim He is Lord over our lives!

If the devil comes to plant lying symptoms on our bodies, declare that we
are already made whole and well through the broken body of Jesus Christ. By
His stripe, we are healed! The price for our healing has been paid by Jesus
Christ at the cross.

If the devil comes to point out the financial lack in our lives, proclaim
that we are rich, financially prosperous for by the grace of God, Jesus was
made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made rich! It
may be a fact that there isn't much left in some of our bank accounts. The
truth is that we are rich! We are blessed! We are prospered! When we
believe the truth and aggressively proclaim the truth, in due time, we will
see the outward manifestation in our lives!

The word of God is sharper than two edged sword. It is first spoken by God
and only when we speak God's word shall the word becomes a two edged sword.
Speak the word. Get into the word. When the word takes root in our hearts,
there is nothing in the whole that can yank it out of our lives!

Hold on to the word. When we find ourselves not being able to hold on to
the word, the word will hold on to us and manifest! That's the power of God
in the word. Believe the truth and the truth will set you free. Hallelujah!

Do not fear, only believe

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Do not fear, only believe.

There are many times in the bible where Jesus told the people not to be
fearful or afraid. He always encouraged them to believe in Him, the One who
never fails. The One who has perfect faith in the Almighty God!

When the disciples were faced with a perfect storm, their hearts were
terribly shaken and they pleaded with Jesus as though He didn't care. Jesus
was awaken from the cry of His disciples and He awoke to calm the perfect
storm which turned to perfect calm. The turned to His disciples to calm
their hearts from being afraid.

When Jairus was informed of his daughter been dead, I think his heart would
have been frozen and he probably would have lost all hope for his daughter
to be alive again. However, Jesus just told him not to fear but only
believe for He has the power to raise the dead. Jesus went on with Jairus
to his home and there He raised Jairus' daughter from the dead!

At the mount of transfiguration, Peter, James and John were afraid for God
had just spoken to them: "This is my beloved Son, hear Him." Jesus simply
comforted them by saying, "Do not be afraid" Oh! What gracious word that
came out of Jesus' mouth!

Jesus is always speaking gracious word to us. The Holy Spirit is always
guiding us with grace. He is never agitated. He is full of patience. He is
full of grace and peace. He always guide us in the path of righteousness
and peace.

If we are facing some insurmountable debts, do not be afraid and believe on
the One who had given up everything so that we through His poverty at the
cross shall be made rich. We shall lack no material thing in life.

If we dealing with some dreaded diseases, do not fear and only believe on
the One who had declared we are already healed for He was pierced, striped
and burnt on our behalf.

Beloved of the Lord, trust the Lord for He is good. His mercy endures
forever. His thoughts toward us are good and His plans for us are
victorious in Him. Believe in His word and see the working miracles of God
manifested in our lives. Hallelujah!

Foolishness and slow of heart to believe

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When two disciples were walking to Emmaus, Jesus, after His resurrection,
appeared to them and their eyes were restrained from seeing Jesus. They
were feeling sad for they had thought that Jesus would redeem Israel but He
was nowhere to be found.

Jesus said they were foolish and slow of heart to believe and He then went
on to expound from the Torah to the Prophets things concerning himself and
the hearts of the disciples were warmed. They later partook of the Holy
Communion and that was when they realised who Jesus was. By then Jesus has
disappeared from their sight.

The disciples were so energised by Jesus' teaching that they went back to
where they came from.

Jesus has said to the disciples that they were foolish and slow of heart to
believe. These are probably the two indictments concerning the church
today.

Some of us are just plain silly to close up our hearts to the inspired
scriptures. We sleep during service while the word of God is been preached
by anointed preacher. At times, we allow the cares of the world to cloud
our hearts so much that we are not listening to what the Holy Spirit is
identifying with. Or simply we are just distracted by what is going around
the church than to pay attention to God's word been preached.

The devil comes to steal, kill and destroy. What is he after foremost? It
is the word of God in our lives. When we are not letting the word of God to
touch our lives, we are basically letting the devil to make inroads into
our lives. When trial come, we will have nothing to rely on to speak to the
situation, even though we are the beloved of the Lord.

When we hear the word of God been preached, do we really believe the truth?
Do we allow the word of God to dwell within our hearts that it guards our
hearts from been troubled and fearful? Repent! Believe the truth preached.
It is easy to believe when we open our hearts to Jesus. When the preaching
is all about Jesus, beliving is effortless. The Holy Spirit jumps with joy
within everytime when Jesus is been preached.

When we believe the truth preached, we will have a strong foundation in
Christ. The wind can howl and the earth can shake and our hearts will be
still for we know Jesus is the Lord of all. His name is above all names.

Lets be quick to believe the truth and don't be blinded by the lies of the
devil. Believe that Jesus is always loving us and caring for us. Believe
that God is no longer angry with us for Christ has borne the wrath of God
at the cross. Believe God wants us to be lacking in nothing. Be prosperous
in the soul and see the wonderful manifestation of the word from without.
Praise the Lord.

Lets talk about Jesus

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When one's life is touched by Jesus, that person will, unknowing, start
sharing about Jesus and what wonderful works He has done in his life.

This is so evident in the story of the Samaritian women who was living a
lifestyle of adultery. She felt embarrassed to be among the women of the
same city in the morning when they were gathering water from a well. As
such, she went to the well only in the afternoon to possibly avoid hearing
more gossip regarding her relationship with men.

One day when she was at the well, she met Jesus. That divine meeting
changed her life completely for good. All the love she was seeking for
through past marriages finally became a reality when she communed with
Jesus. Jesus has shown her only Him is the source of everlasting love. With
His love, we can love each other for He first loves us.

With the inward transformation, the Samaritian was no longer conscious of
herself and her works but was full of Jesus. And she was no longer ashamed
to even meet the people of the city. To top that, she was talking about
Jesus and what wondrous work He had done in her life.

The bible also tells us about a story of a leper who was made clean by
Jesus. The leper was breaking through the ranks to present himself in front
of Jesus. He knew that Jesus could heal him but wasn't sure if Jesus would
heal him. When Jesus answered him that He would heal him and cleansed him
of leprosy, that man can't help himself but to spread the what Jesus had
done for him.

Beloved, don't hesitate to give glory to Jesus. Give praise to Him. Don't
be embarrassed in sharing what wondrous works Jesus has done in our lives.
When Jesus is exalted in our lives, God will make sure our lives shall be
made as good testimonies to those around us.

When our lives are and still been transformed by Jesus, we just can't help
it but to share the goodness of what Jesus has done in our lives. Give
praise to Jesus. For He has completely completed the finished work at the
cross. Hallelujah!

My God is A righteous God!

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God is righteous to forgive all our sins for Jesus has paid the punishment
for every committed sin, past, present and future. Jesus is the over
payment for all our sins!

With that finished work at the cross, Jesus has divinely exchanged His
position of righteousness with our position of guilt and sin. With one act
of divine exchange we are made the righteousness of God in Christ. We are
drafted into the kingdom of God. We are sons and daughters of Abba Father.

Why is God righteous to send His only begotten Son, Jesus to be crucified
at the cross? Because of the covenant He had cut with Abraham. Because
Abraham was willing to sacrifice his only begotten son, Isaac as the
sacrificial lamb, God is righteous to send His only begotten Son, Jesus to
be the perfect offering for our sins.

With the redemptive work completed at the cross, God is righteous in
blessing us, His children. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law
for cursed is He who hangs on the tree. With Christ, He will freely give us
all things to enjoy. We have no part to play in the giving of blessings but
every part to receive what God has freely given!

If we are facing some form of terminal diseases, know that by His stripe,
we are already made whole, healed and completely freed from the diseases.
The syptoms may linger on but its root has been cut off from our bodies!

If we are facing a mountain of debts, know that by the grace of God, Jesus
was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made rich.

Nothing is impossible with God. Whatever the problem may be, cast it upon
the feet of Jesus, for He cares. He cares for our every minute detail of
our lives. He even count the number of hair on our heads.

My God is a covenant keeping God. At the cross, God cuts a covenant with
the perfect Man, Jesus, so that whatever is of God is ours to proclaim and
receive. Every promise in the bible is yes and amen! God will bless me for
my sin and lawless deed He shall remember no more for He has remembered
every one of them at the cross on the body of Jesus Christ! Hallelujah!

Trust God for He is a good God. He will always make sure we abundantly
provided for, lacking in nothing. Praise Him and worship Him for He is good
and His mercy endures forever!

Just enjoy God's love

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

God is still working on His master plan in loving His people. His love for
His people is unconditional. His love for us doesn't depend on our good
behaviour. His love for us doesn't depend on us loving Him. He loves us
like He loves His only begotten Son, Jesus.

This agape love is unceasing and unending. It is all about His love for
Jesus for Jesus represents us. Hallelujah! Just bask in Abba Father's love
for us and enjoy His love. Focus His love like the magnifying glass on our
lives and see miracles manifesting in our lives.

We can love God becausee He first loved us. We can then love each other
because we know we are the beloved. We extend the love that we have
received from Abba Father to those around us.

When we know we are the beloved, we can live life with zeal! There is a
spring in our step. We can deal with dire situations with no fear for His
perfect love for us casts out all fear.

The bible also says that God has given us a spirit of power and love and
sound mind. This is possible because of Jesus and His finished work at the
cross. When Jesus was crucified at the cross, He didn't die for Himself for
He was sinless but He was carrying the sin of the world upon Himself, He
was representing us at the cross! Wow! What love is this that the Son of
God would die for me!

When He rose from the grave, we also in Him have risen from the dead. Enjoy
His love for us daily. Each moment of our lives, remember His agape love
for us. Live life with the knowing that we are the beloved and He is caring
care of our every need every moment. Hallelujah.

You can't out give God!

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God is lavish God. He has given all things freely through Christ Jesus.
With the completed work at the cross some two thousand years ago, we the
beloved of the the Lord are being made righteous before God.

When God sent His Son Jesus to die at the cross, He bascially gave the
world His best. With Him comes righteousness, health, and prosperity!
Everything that we need is found in Jesus.

Abraham offered Isaac as the sacrifice but God offered Jesus as THE
ultimate sacrifical Lamb that will take away all our sins once and for all!
Oh! What an unfair exchange! Jesus is the over payment for our sins. God
will never be a debtor to anyone.

Jacob promised to give one tenth of all his increase to Jesus and God
subsequently blessed him with everything. That's the lavish nature of Abba
Father. He will always supply with more than enough for God doesn't know
what is enough! Hallelujah!

After the children of Israel came out of Egypt, they offered their clothing
and leather skin for the building of the tabernacle. For forty years in the
wilderness, the clothing of the children didn't wear out and neither is the
sandal on their feets. God is so good, what little the children of Israel
gave, God out gave them all!

When Jesus gave thanks for the five pieces of bread and two fishes, God out
poured His grace upon that little offering with twelve baskets full of
leftover after five thousand men, not counting women and children, had been
filled. That's just the way God shows His grace.

Beloved, we can't out give God. When we give our time to God, God will
multiple that back to us so that we can accomplish so much more with the
same amount of time within a day.

When we give our finance to the Lord, God will make sure we have more than
enough. He will make sure we have so much more to be a blessing to those
around us. When we give our energy to God, we will find ourselves having so
much more energy to go about our daily endeavours.

Trust God in His grace. God shall never be a debtor to anyone. Trust is His
goodness and see His miraculous power working mightily in us. Hallelujah!

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life

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Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

Surely. Definitely. Beyond a shadow of doubt. Positively positive. Surely,
a promise made by the Lord Himself. The Lord says goodness and mercy shall
follow me.

Goodness: good things which we don't deserve. The glory of God Almighty.
What Jesus had sacrificed to give. Something which we don't work for.
Blessings. A grace gift.

Mercy: punishment which we deserve but will never come to us for Jesus had
bore all our punishment. Receiving good things which we don't deserve. God'
grace. God's loving kindness. Another grace gift.

The bible says surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my
life. One translation says goodness and mercy will haunt me down. They will
make sure I will always have the good things in life. They will make sure
things that Jesus has paid for will come to my life. They will make sure
things which Jesus has borne will not come near me.

What then are the good things which Jesus has paid for? It is the blessing
of Abraham. Prosperity for the soul and health. Financial prosperity. Most
importantly, it is sonship with Abba Father. It is just too numerous to
individually name all the blessings that God has for us!

What then are things which should happen to us but Jesus has borne them
all? Cursings under the law, ill health, financial lack, broken
relationship, terminal diseases, bondage, just to name a few. Praise God
Jesus had taken the punishment for our transgression and iniquities that we
shall be healthy and wealthy.

Surely goodness and mercy SHALL follow me all the days of my life. Shall:
certainly, will. Praise God He put goodness and mercy before all the days
of my life! When God said He will let His goodness passed over Moses after
he had asked God to show him His glory, Moses saw the back side of God.
Hallelujah! Could this be that goodness is referring to Jesus Himself? I
think so. The bible also says that God is full of mercy: meaning Jesus is
mercy as well! Praise God, surely Jesus will haunt me down all the days of
my life!

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever! He who dwells in the
secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Wow! In the house of the Lord there is peace, joy and unending feast. In
the house of the Lord there is love, comfort and everlasting protection.
Praise God I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever!

Forever: forever, eternally. God is not referring to my mansion in heaven,
He is referring to His church. For in the church there is where the
beloveds of the Lord feast on the word of God. For in the church there is
safety. For in the church, Jesus is been revealed through the preaching and
teaching of God's anointed leader.

Just look to Jesus. He is the living word of God. When I go after Jesus,
all good things come after me for all good things go after Jesus!

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies

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Hallelujah!

The Lord prepares a table. What is the purpose of the table? The purpose of
the table is to serve the bread and wine. It speaks of the finished work of
Jesus at the cross. It serves as the reminder to my enemies that my Lord
has a covenant with me and all who come against me come against the Lord.

It is the Lord who prepares the table before me. It is Jesus who is the
sacrificial lamp on the cross who has finished the complete work. Worthy is
the Lamp and no one else.

The work has been completed from the beginning of the world. It has been
accomplished before the foundation of the earth. That's why Jesus prepares
the table and not me. For He is always preparing my way before I walk
through it.

Isn't it interesting that the bible says the Lord prepares a table before
me in the presence of my enemies? Why in the presence of my enemies? Jesus
wants me to know when I am facing my enemies face to face, He is there with
me and He is doing all the miraculous works to see me through.

How did the children of Israel feel when they were faced with the Red Sea
and the Egyptian army hot on their heels? I think they probably thought
they were going to die because they cried out to Moses saying so. That's
when the Lord appeared as a wall of fire protecting the children of Israel
from the Egyptian army and asked Moses to use his rod to split open the Red
Sea to allow only the children of Israel to pass through!

God may seem to be late but His timing is always perfect!

The Lord anoints my head with oil and my cup runs over!

The Lord pours forth His golden oil into my life till it is overflowing. He
keeps on pouring so that I can be a blessing to those around me. He never
ceases to keep doing that for it is His delight to supply my every need!

A shepherd will put oil on the head of a sheep to ward off flies. In the
same vein of thought, the Lord anoints my head to ward off all my enemies!
Hallelujah! His very presence will repel every evil from my life. He is the
answer to my every need, and He will see to it that it is met. Hallelujah!

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.

There were times when in the moment of foolishness or stupidity we did
things that were outright idiotic or moronic, which we were not able to
sensibly reason out why we did what we did in the first place.

For some of us, we thought that that was the end of ourselves, the end of
our lives. There seemed to be complete darkness. There seemed to be no
hope. There seemed to be complete darkness! Oppression was all around. Fear
was everywhere. Death seemed eminent.

Yet the bible says I walk through the valley of the shadow of death! Praise
the Lord the bible says I walk through. Walk in the bible signifies
calmness, steadiness, unhurried, cool. Praise the Lord that we I walk
through. This means I will always end out victorious at the end of the day,
though I am already victorious in Christ.

I will always end up on the path of righteousness. All things will turn out
for my good. They may not be good things in the beginning but all things
will work out for my good!

Praise the Lord it is just a shadow of death, not death itself. For Jesus
had conquered death for me. Hallelujah! Since when does shadow ever kill
anyone. It may scare some of us whose hearts are troubled and fearful. But
it will never be able to overcome those in the light, the beloveds of the
Lord.

In spite of the dire situations, I can fear no evil for the Lord is with
me. Wow! The Lord IS with me. He was with me yesterday. He is with me
today. He is going to be there with me forever He is the same yesterday,
today and forever! The Lord will never leave me nor forsake me!

The Lord will never allow the righteous soul to famish, to be put to shame.
This is the word of God. The word of God has power to transform and to make
whole. It is the Lord that does these things. He comfort me with His rod
and staff.

His rod is to defend me against those who come to harm and hurt me. It is
to ward off evil before the evil can even come near me. The Lord is a
Shield to those who put their trust in Him. Those who put their trust in
the Lord are like houses built upon the solid Rock. The storms may come and
the wave may hit against it but the house will stand for it is built on
Christ the solid Rock. Hallelujah!

He restores my soul

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He restores my soul.

The good Lord is the one restoring my soul. Not an angel, not a samaritian
but Jesus Himself restores.

Thank God the word restores is in the present tense. The bible doesn't say
restored or going to restore. It says restores. At this present moment, the
Lord restores. He is continually restoring my soul. He is constantly making
me whole. He never ceases to do me good.

The bible says the beloved of the Lord should prosper and be in health just
as the soul prospers. This implies the level of my soul prosperity will
determine the level of financial prosperity. Praise God for His wonder
working power to prosper and make whole my soul.

There is therefore no condemnation for those in Christ. My soul can be at
the state of rest and shalom because of Jesus' finished work at the cross.

He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake.

The Lord personally leads me and guides me in the path of righteousness.
With the divine exchange at the cross some 2000 years ago, I am made the
righteousness of God in Christ. The Lord is my righteousness!

When you follow Jesus, you are following righteousness Himself. All
goodness will chase after you for you are now going after Jesus. The bible
says the Lord leads mes in the paths of righteousness. Wherever Jesus
leads, it will be a path of righteousness!

Jesus doesn't just lead me in one path. He leads me in multiple paths and
any of these paths Jesus leads, it will be a path of righteousness! Seek
Him first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things
that the gentile seeks shall be added to me. The bible defines kingdom of
God as righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

The path of righteousness is filled with abundant supply. When one walks in
this path, he shall not lack. He shall be free from evil. He shall be like
a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its
season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall
prosper. Hallelujah!

What a wonderful good news. The Saviour has come to save and nourish my
soul. Hallelujah!

He makes me lie down in green pastures

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He makes me lie down in green pastures.

He: The good Shepherd. The merciful and graceful Lord. The almightly God!
The Alpha and Omega. The First and the Last. The living word who has the
last word in my life. The I am that I am. The sacrificial Lamb on the
cross. The Lion of Judah.

He: The pillar of fire in the evening. The pillar of cloud in the morning.
The bread of life. The light and morning Star. The captain of our lives.
The Lord of Hosts. My providence. My health. My strength. My wisdom. My
peace. The creator of Heaven and Earth. The One who holds all things
together.

He makes. Wow! The good Shepherd is the One who makes. He is the One who
guides. He is the One who directs through the Holy Spirit. Wherever He
leads, it will be a path of righteousness. And this path will only gets
brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.

He makes me. Once again, the good Lord is a personal God. He is always
thinking about me. When I go to the throne of grace in times of need, I
will be the only one to commune with Him. He has all the time to listen to
my every prayer and cry. He is always thinking good towards me. He has a
master plan for me which He will accomplished through me! Hallelujah!

He makes me lie down. Lie down: to rest, to be at peace, shalom. The Lord
rests me. He has bequeathed His peace to me at the cross. In the midst of a
storm, He was resting at the stern of a boat which the disciples were
fearful. He was awaken by the cry of the disciples and He immediately
calmed the storm on the outside before He calmed the storm of the
disciples' hearts.

At the cross, Jesus borne the crown of thorns so that I will have His
shalom peace reigning in my life. He shed blood of sweat so that my heart
can be free of trouble and fear.

He makes me lie down in green pastures. Wow! Jesus rests me in green
pastures. Not under! Otherwise I would be six feets underground. Jesus put
me in the middle of green pastures. He put me in the land flowing of milk
and honey. He put me right smacked in the middle of blessing, in the middle
of abundance!

Green signifies life! Green implies youthfulness. Green pastures imply a
land of plenty. It implies a land of no lack. When the Lord rests me in
green pastures, I will be able to enjoy the fruits of the land without
stress and worry. I will be able to meditate on the word of God for no evil
shall before me nor shall any plague comes near my dwelling. For I dwell in
the secret place of the most high and in that place I shall fear no evil.

He leads. Once again, it is the Lord who leads, guide and direct through
the Holy Spirit.

He leads me beside the still waters. Thank God He leads me beside the still
waters and not into the still waters for a sheep is not able to swim. When
the Lord leads me besides the still waters, I'll be able to drink to my
heart's contend. Still waters are usually fresh. They are not stagnant.
They are smooth flowing of waters which bring plentiful nutrients within
it.

Waters imply many streams. It implies plentiful supply. If one source of
waters dries up, there are many other sources to drink from. Hallelujah.

He good Lord is more than willing to bring me to a place of abundance right
here on earth. He is always leading and guiding from within so that we
shall lack nothing from without. Hallelujah!

The Lord is my Shepherd

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The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.

The Lord is my Shepherd. The: the definitie article in the English
language. The: the one and only. There is none other than Jesus, for Jesus
is Lord. A lord in olden years will spare nothing inorder to protect his
people. He will always make sure his people are well taken care of! What
more when Jesus is Lord!

The Lord IS. The bible says that the Lord is my Shepherd. Not was and not
going to be. Jesus IS my Shepherd. He is my very present help in times of
need. He is the I Am God. He is Alpha and Omega. He is the First and the
Last. Jesus will always have the last word and His word is final. His word
is the truth.

God cannot lie. It is not a matter of would not but God simply cannot lie.
He will not lie! When the bible says Jesus is our Shepherd, He means every
iota of it.

What then does Shepherd do? The good Shepherd guide His flock through the
path of righteousness to green pastures to feed. He will make sure all His
sheeps are well taken care of. Sheeps are not very smart and they depend
solely on a shepherd to take care of them.

We are liken to be sheeps. Jesus is the shepherd. He will even give His
life for His precious sheeps. Even if one sheep was to stray away, He will
go all the way to bring back that strayed sheep. He will put the strayed
sheep on His shoulders and walk back to His flock.

The bible says the Lord is MY shepherd. My is a very personal term. It
implies intimacy. The Lord is a very personal God. He will treat our every
communication with Him as private and confidential. He will also correct us
privately. Yet He will not hesitate to praise us in public. Like when Jesus
rose from Jordan river, Abba Father openly declared Jesus is His beloved
Son in whom He is well pleased. Jesus had not perform a single miracle
then!

I shall not want. I is a personal term again. The bibles doesn't say he,
she or we shall not want. The bible says I shall not want. Hallelujah!

Shall is a very strong English word. One dictionary says shall is defined
as will definitely do. It also says obliged to. This implies that Jesus
will make sure we are lacking in nothing. Be it physical health, be it
financial prosperity, or be it emotional wellbeing. It is all encompassing.
The bible says we shall be lacking in absolutely nothing. We shall be
abundantly provided for, in every aspect of our lives.

Jesus is the good Shepherd who sacrificed His life some 2000 years ago.
Through that finished work at the cross, he has given us every everything
that we need. He will provide for our every want according to His riches
and glory. Hallelujah!

Hope against all hope

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We can hope against all hope for God is faithful. He will never allow the
righteous soul to famish.

We can believe God for His goodness and mercy for surely them shall hunt us
down all the days of our lives. God sent His precious Son, Jesus to die for
us at the cross some two thousand years so that we can be re-united with
Abba Father through the divine exchange at the cross.

The almightly God do not sleep nor slumber. He is always working for our
good. He wants us to have the best in life. For God gave His only begotten
Son, Jesus to die for us so that we can have life and life more abundantly.
Whatever the need, Jesus will see that it is provided for.

When Lazarus was dead for four days, both his sisters cried their hearts
out and properly would have lost all hope of him been resurrected. When
Jesus was at Lazarus' tomb, He asked that the tomb stone be removed and
called forth Lazarus. At that very instance, Lazarus was resurrected! A man
that has died for four days was resurrected.

When Jesus was making His way to save Jairus' daughter from her sickness,
He was stopped in His track for a woman with a issue of blood for twelve
years had taken her healing from Jesus. Jesus turned to the woman to assure
her of His love and peace for her. What twelve years of hopelessness of
recovery from the blood issue was wiped away through a single stroke of
God's grace!

In the meantime, a Jairus' servant came to inform him that his daughter has
died. Jairus would have been heart broken to lose his daughter. Yet Jesus
assured him to just believe that his daughter shall be well. Jesus later
raise Jairus daughter from the dead!

Beloved of the Lord, regardless of how dire straits the situation may be,
do not lose faith. For faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen. See Jesus in His grace and He will see you in
your faith. Nothing is impossible to God. Though God may seem late, He is
always on time. His timing is always perfect. Just keep believing God for
His goodness. He only have good thought toward us. Hallelujah!

Cast all your cares unto Jesus

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Cast all your cares unto Jesus for He cares. For the bible says that those
who labour and are heavy laden are to come to Jesus and He will give them
rest.

The word of God is the truth. It is not just a statement of fact but
eternal truth. When Jesus says He shall provide for all our needs according
to His riches and glory, He means it! If only we will come to Him.

The bible also says the devil goes around seeking like a roaring lion who
he may devour. However, who are those that he may devour? The bible says in
the preceeding verse that we should cast all our cares unto Jesus for He
cares. The devil cannot devour a peaceful and restful Christian!
Conversely, those who are worrysome and fearful are prey to the toothless
devil. With these fears and worries, the devil is able to gum a Christian
to death.

How then do we cast all our cares unto Jesus? The bible says Christians
should be anxious for nothing, but in everything, with prayer and
supplication, with thansgiving let our request be made known to God. And
the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard our hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus.

Cast our cares unto Jesus and be anxious for nothing. Give thanks to God
that the request has been fulfilled. Sing praise to God for it has been
accomplished at the cross.

If there is symptom of dreaded disease still lingering, cast that care unto
Jesus for by His stripe, that dreaded disease has been dealth with. If
there is any lack, trust Jesus to deliver for we know by the grace of God,
He was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty shall be made
rich!

Let go and let God! God is more than willing to see to our every need and
want. If only we will stop worrying and instead cast our every care unto
Jesus. Hallelujah!

Jesus Loves Me, This I Know

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For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son to die at the
cross so that the world through His death shall be saved.

Many believe Jesus died for the world but not for them. They don't
personalise Jesus' love in their lives. They think Jesus will only heal
others and not them. They think Jesus will only prosper others and not
them. They think Jesus is able to do all miracles but not for them.

Oh, how wrong can these people be! The bible tells us of a story of a leper
asking if Jesus is willing to heal him of his leprosy. Jesus, who has all
power, is willing and He reached out to touch the leper and made him whole.
That's the love of Jesus!

In another incident, Jesus turned around to look at the woman with the
issue of blood who had taken her healing from Him to assure her of His love
for her and His shalom in her life. That's personal. Jesus had no issue
moving on to heal Jairus' sick daughter but He took the time to address the
woman personally before moving on.

The bible tells us of another incident where Jesus protected the woman
caught in an adultery. Jesus did it in style even when the Pharisees and
Scribes were trying to put Jesus in a spot. His love for the woman will
make sure the woman was protected from her accusors and that there was no
more condemnation for the woman for He was going to bear all demnation at
the cross.

In our daily lives, be conscious of Jesus' personal love in our lives. For
perfect love casts out all fears. Jesus is ever loving and caring and most
willing to take care of our every challenging situations and trials and
turn them for our good.

His greatest love for me was exhibited at the cross. At the cross, He
divinely exchanged His righteous position for my sinful nature. Whoever He
is, I am, for He lives in me. Greater is He who lives in me than he who is
of the world! Be aware Jesus is always loving me. He loving nature will
protect me from all harm. Hallelujah!

Right Believing

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Believe right and we will live right for right believing leads to right
living.

What's right believing then? Right believing is nothing more than the
inward knowing that a child of God is made righteous by the precious blood
of Jesus only. It is the consciousness of the finished work by Jesus at the
cross. It is the awareness of the completeness of Jesus' finished work at
the cross for the bible says that the work was already completed before the
beginning of the world.

How then by right believing can lead to right living? When a child of God
believes right, he or she will be restful within. When the aggressive peace
of Jesus is precedence in a Christian's life, that Christian will go about
his or her activities directed by the Holy Spirit. When an action is of the
Holy Spirit, it is definitely good, and right! Hence, right living!

However some of us still believe we have to live right more than believe
right. I am talking about a life of inactivity but rather a life that is
full of Holy Spirit directed activities! Sadly, we do things thinking we
are the captain of our ships and that everything depends on us in getting
things accomplished. We do things out of knowledge of good and evil rather
than out of rest within.

Repent for the work at the cross by Jesus is completely complete and
thoroughly finished. Believe that all our every need is already provided by
Jesus. Nothing catches God by surprise. Believe God when He says all things
will work out for our good. Rest in the shalom peace of God even in the
midst of a perfect storm and we will see the miracle that we need!
Hallelujah!

Cultivate the presence of the Lord

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The bible says that the Lord will never leave us nor forsake us. Surely,
goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life!

In the midst of two or three, Jesus is there. Jesus always wants to be in
the midst of everything. Jesus always wants to be initimately involved in
everything we do. He already has the answer long before we face the
challenge. He wants us to know that Abba Father loves us and He is more
than willing to come into our situation and turn the whole thing for our
good.

However, we look to our own strength to resolve our problems most of the
time. We think we must be the one to do it for there is none other more
suited for the job. We think we are responsible for everything in our
lives.

We live as if there is no God in our lives. We live lives like we are the
captains of our ships. We do things thinking that by our own strength and
determination we are able to overcome all difficulties in our lives.

When we are not conscious of Jesus' presence in our lives, that will be
true. However, we have a loving almighty Heaven Father who wants to be so
involved in our every endeavour, big or small. Cultivate His presence and
see the working miracle power of God.

When we know Jesus is in control, we can live lives with a sense of
assurance that all things will turn out to be good for us. That's what the
bible says. When we are Jesus conscious, we do things knowing that He is
working within us, and through us. We can work out of rest and not of
worry.

When we know Jesus is in us, we can do all thing through Him who
strengthens us from winthin. We can face our problems with full expectation
that God will turn things for our good. Enjoy His presence all the days of
our lives and see His working miracle power manifested in our lives.
Hallelujah!

Rest from within

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The bible tells us in the book of Genesis that God created everything in
the first six day and on the seventh day He rested. God rested not because
He was tired but He has completed the work of creation and there was
nothing more to create.

During the time of Aaronic priesthood, the priests were all standing for
their work were never completed. They had to go around carrying out the
duties as priest inside the tabernacle of Moses. The high priest during
those times were also standing for his work was not completed.

The Aaronic high priest wore garments made primarily of linen. This was so
so that the high priest will remain cool. This is so that he is cool
within, restful within for he is a picture of Jesus Christ.

Some two thousand years ago, Jesus died at the cross to divinely exchange
His position with God with ours. Just before He surrendered His spirit, He
had bequeathed His shalom to His people. The peace that surpasses all
understanding, He has bequeathed to us. He wants us to be restful winthin!

In the midst of a perfect storm, He wants us to be perfectly restful in
Him. In the midst of a painful trial, He wants us to leave the battle to
Him. In the midst of a fight with terminal diseases, He wants us to be
conscious of His stripe for by His stripe, we are healed, we are made
whole! In the midst of struggling relationship, He wants us to know He is
the superglue that holds all things together.

Nothing escapes the eyes of our Lord Christ Jesus. He is intimately
involved in our every endeavour, if only we would stop worrying and let God
takes over the situation. When He is in control, all things will turn out
to be beautiful and good. Cast all our casts upon Jesus for He cares. Be at
rest for the battle belongs to the Lord. Hallelujah!

Enjoy God's Love

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For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

The bible says God so loved the world. That's agape love. that's Godly love! That's implying God wants to be intimately involved with every single detail in our lives! He wants us to be happy and joyful knowing He is doing every thing behind the scenes for our good. He wants us to have a care-free lifestyle.

When we know we are the beloved of the Lord, there is rest and peace. We can commune with Abba Father freely because He is love. He loves us as if He loves Jesus. We are already well taken of long before we know we have need of for God has gone before us into our future and says it is good. He has only good things for His children.

We love because God first loves us. With this love, we can love one another. Knowing this agape love that sent Jesus to the cross to die for us so that we can be righteous before God, we have boldness to come to the throne of grace in times of need to cry out Abba Father.

Beloved of the Lord, there is no greater love than the sacrificial love of God exhibited at the cross. Live life knowing God loves me and be empowered to do the things of the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!

Be At Rest

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Jesus is always at rest and He is never hurried. He knows exactly what He
is doing and He always does it on time.

Jesus has bequeathed His Shalom peace to us. He had borne the crown of
thorns on our behalf so that we will have the peace of mind and heart and
the clarity of thoughts. With His perfect love, we need to fear no more for
His perfect love casts out all fear.

Jesus is never hurried. He always has time for those He loves, that's you
and me. When Lazarus was sick and subsequently died, Jesus just made His
way to the Lazarus' tomb. When He was there, He simply called forth the
dead Lazarus and he was immediately raised from the dead.

On the way to heal Jarius' sick daughter, Jesus had time to assure the
woman with the issue of blood of His love for her. When Jarius was informed
that he daughter had died, Jesus told Jarius not to be fearful but only
believe in Him and His promise that He will heal his daughter.
Subsequently, Jesus brought Jarius' daughter back to life. Jesus always has
time for those who come to Him and place their demands on Him.

When the children of Israel were facing the Red Sea and the roaring army of
Egypt hot on their heels, Jesus came as the fire to stop the charging
Egyptian army from moving forward and God split open the Red Sea for the
children of Israel to cross over.

Beloved in Christ, be at rest and know that God deeply loves us and He
wants to take care of our every want and need. He will never allow the
righteous souls to famish. He will always deliver. He will always provide.
God may seem to be slow in His deliverance but He is always on time. He
will always make all thing good for those in Christ.

When we are faced with dire straits, be at rest for we have a loving and
mighty God who is more than able to bring us out of our difficult trials.
Trust in His love for us. His timing is perfect. Hallelujah!

Lavish God!

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He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how
shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

God is a lavish God! He sent Jesus to die at the cross on our behalf so
that we can be the righteousness of God in Christ. A divine exchange had
taken place at the cross some two thousand years ago. We, who were
sinners,who have received the gift of salvation, are made the righteousness
of God. We are in Christ and He is in us!

When sinners are made righteous, they receive every blessing from God. For
He is no longer angry with the world and His heart is for the prosperity of
the world. The bible says that a beloved of the Lord should prosper and be
in good heath just as his sould prospers.

God wants His people to be prosperous and to be abundantly provided for to
be a blessings to those around them. God wants His heirs to reign in this
world. God wants His people to be the head and not the tail. He wants His
people to have the best and to enjoy their lives in the revelation of the
Lord Jesus Christ.

God wants His people healthly so that they can be glorious examples of
God's divine gift of health. A sick person will not be able to physically
help another. A sick person would normally not be able to go about carrying
out his/her duties.

God wants to bestow His blessings upon His people. Jesus had requeathed His
peace to His people. God is love. Lets increase our capacity to receive
from God. Lets honour what Jesus had done at the cross. Hallelujah!

Saviour!

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The bible says Jesus was born to save the world. He was born to be the
Saviour of the world. For God so loves the world that He sent His only
begotten to die for the world that whoever believes in His Son will not
perish but has everlasting life.

Jesus is the Saviour. Jesus is the Messiah. What exactly did Jesus come to
save us for?

Jesus came to save us from eternal demnation. He wants us to be have a
Heavenly feast with Abba Father. He came to offer Himself as the
sacrificial lamp to wash away all our sins once and for all. With that one
complete and perfect sacrifice at the cross, He had perfected us righteous
before God. We are now join heir with Christ Jesus!

Jesus wants to be intimately involved in every aspect of our lives. He has
all the answers long before we face the challenges. He wants us to be
abundantly provided for. He wants us to have His Shalom. He wants to Sozoe
our lives!

If a child of God is suffering from some form of terminal illnesses, Jesus
is the Healer who is more than willing to heal that Christian. He is
healing. For by His stripe, we are the Healed of the Lord! Be more
conscious of the healing virtue of the Lord than the lying symptoms of the
disease. Be aware that Jesus had already taken the disease and put it on
His body so that we can be totally free from sickness.

If a Christian is suffering from lack, Jesus is the provider. He is
providance. For at the cross He was made poor so that we through His
proverty shall be rich. He wants us to have financially blessings so that
we can be a blessor to those around us. Jesus will not lack the righteous
soul to famish! He is forever faithful.

Beloved in Christ, Jesus is the "I Am" God. Whatever we need He is the
answer. He cames to save us out of our every trials and challenges. He
always wants the best for us. Trust in His loving heart toward us.
Hallelujah!

Who Are You Conscious Of

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Who are we conscious of if we are sick? Do we think of the family doctor or
the surgeon at the hospital? Who are we conscious of if we are broke? Do we
think of the rich relative that may be able to lend a helping hand or the
bank officer for a personal loan?

More often than not, Christ Jesus is not the first Person whom we think of
when things happen. He is usually residing at the back of our mind. He is
probably not the centre forcus of our consciousness. We just take Him for
granted after we are saved from eternal demnation. We just take Him as a
fire insurance against the fiery hell.

This is not the Jesus Christians come to know of! He is intimately involved
in our every dealing. He wants to be the centre forcus of our
consciousness! He wants to provide for us for He already has a plan for our
every challenge. He is the Answer to our every problem.

However, Jesus is a Gentleman. He will not force His way in our lives. He
is always waiting patiently for us to turn to Him for our every need and
want. For He is able to provide exceedingly and abundantly above all that
we can ask or think of!

Be conscious of Christ in you! For greater is He who is in you than he who
is of the world. As He is, so are we in this world. Cast all our casts upon
Him for He cares. He is always caring for us. He is the same yesterday,
today and forever.

Think of Christ all the time. He is the centre glue who will hold all
things together. He is the third party who will maintain our marriage. He
is the answer to our every need. Have a good opinion of God. Hallelujah!

What Do You See Inside

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The bible says out of the abundance of the heart the mounth speaks. The
bible also says death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Obviously, what we speak will determine our lives! Not what we eat that
will defile us. But what kind of thoughts that we allow to come into our
hearts will determine our speech which will determine our lives. Guard our
hearts against all guardings then. For out of it springs the issues of
life.

What then how do we see ourselves within? Do we see ourselves defeated,
sick, broke, dejected, useless, or any other negative thoughts which will
bring failures in our lives? Or do we see ourselves victorious, healthly,
properous, accepted, fulfiling, or any other positive and good thoughts
which will eventually bring victories in our lives?

We, as children of God, are more than conquerors! For it is Christ who had
finished the work at the cross some two thousand years ago for our victory!
The battle belongs to the Lord. We are resting in His finished work. We are
resting into victory by beholding Jesus.

Therefore, see ourselves virctorious in Christ within. See ourselves full
of life because of Jesus' finished work at the cross. See ourselves lacking
in nothing. See ourselves full of wisdom and grace. For out of these
abundance shall the mouth speaks and proclaim victory now and into our
future.

Be conscious of the Lord's finished work and His presence within. Lean hard
on His faithfulness and you shall see good in every area of our lives.
Hallelujah!

Law And Grace

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When the law was given, men were condemned and cursed and therefore
suffered under the law. For under the law, men were not able to keep the
ten commandments. For it was based on men's effort to be right with God.

Men were constantly under the curse of the law and God was not pleased with
that as He is love and He wants to bless His people and not curse His
people.

For the bible says: And if by grace, then it is no longer of works;
otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer
grace; otherwise work is no longer work. Finding fault with the old
covenant, God seeks to establish a new covenant with men by sending His
only begotten Son to atone for all the sins of men.

With that one complete work at the cross, God had established a new
covenant with His people based on His grace. The new covenant is now based
on His unmerited, unearned, undeserved favour. It is based on Jesus'
finished work! And what a complete work Jesus had accomplished!

We, as children of God, can enjoy His blessings today because we are the
righteousness of God in Christ. Under the new covenant, we can love others
because God first loves us. We can enjoy every good success that God has
for us.

Under the new covenant, it is all about Jesus. For it is Christ who died
for us to make us righteous. For it is Christ who justifies us before God.
For it is Christ who is our holiness. For it is Christ who is our
sanctification. Hallelujah!

Why Worry?

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The bible says which of you by worrying can increase your stature.

Why do we worry then? We worry because we don't believe God is able to
provide for all our needs. We worry because we don't think God is that good
to us. We worry because of the cares of the world.

The devil will always try to distract us from the love of God and His
written word. He will always try to deceive us into believing we have to
get our act together inorder to be right with God. He will gum us to death,
if we allow him to.

The work at the cross some two thousand years ago is completely complete!
There is nothing we do now to be righteous. For it had been accomplished by
Jesus at the cross. Our "role" is to believe God will always see us through
in our times of need. He may seem to be late but God is always on time. His
timing is always perfect.

The bible says to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and
all these things that the gentiles seek He will add to us. What's seeking
the kingdom of God then? It is to be peaceful and joyous in the Holy
Spirit. It is knowing that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

When we are restful in the Holy Spirit, no evil formed shall come near us
nor any plague come near our dwellings. Knowing that we are right with God
through Jesus' finished work bring joy to body, soul and Spirit.

When we know that we know that God will always take care of us regardless
of our actions, we don't have to worry! We can cast all our cares upon
Jesus and lay our burden at His feet for He cares and His yoke is easy and
His burden is light.

When we are faced with a BIG challenge in our lives, knowing that God will
take care of the challenge will give us shalom. Why worry when we can
instead cast every care upon God? Believe by faith. With patience and
preserverance, things will always turn out for our good in His perfect
timing. Hallelujah!

Jesus Is In Our Midst

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Where two or three are gathered in Jesus' name, there He is in their midst.
Jesus will always be with us for the bible says He will not leave nor
forsake us.

When the children of Israel were wondering and wandering for forty years in
the desert, God was in the midst of them. He was traveling with them where
ever they went. He is the pillar of cloud in the heat of the day and the
pillar of fire in the cool of the night.

When Daniel's three friends were thrown into the fiery furnace, Jesus was
in the midst of them. Their heads were not singed nor their garments burned
and the smell of fire was not on them. Jesus is true to His word. He had
protected Daniel's three friends from evil. He had come through for them.

When the disciples were crossing the sea of Galilee, Jesus was with them in
the boat at the stern sleeping on a pillow. He was resting after a full day
of teaching the multitude. However, the devil tried to frighten the hearts
of the disciples by causing huge waves to hit the boat. Jesus was woken up
for He heard the cry of His disciples for help. Jesus woke up and brought
the sea to a great calm.

Beloved of the Lord, be conscious and be aware of Jesus' presence in our
midst. He is in our midst to make sure we come through to victorious
ground, though we are already victorious to start with. There is nothing
too big that Jesus doesn't have an answer for. He is able to relate to our
situations. He will exceedingly and abundantly answer all our needs with
more than enough to be a blessing to others. Hallelujah!

Bask In His Love

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The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.

Why is that when the Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want? The reason: the
Lord loves me. He doesn't just loves but so loves me that He wants to
provide for everything that I want or need with more than enough. He wants
to make sure all things will turn out for my good. He just wants me to
receive all that He is in my life.

How then do I receive? I can receive because I'm the righteous of God in
Christ Jesus! I receive by enjoying His love for me. I receive by being
restful in the Holy Spirit. I receive by just basking in His abundance
supplies. For the Lord shall supply all my needs according to the riches
and glory in Christ Jesus.

When God sent His only begotten Son to the cross, He had only one thing in
mind: to reconcile with mankind for He so loved them. The greatest
demonstration of God's love is shown at the cross. Jesus was crucified so
the we can divinely take His position of righteous while He took our state
of sin. Oh, what love is this! That God will send His only begotten Son to
die for sinful men so that through that one complete sacrifice, man will be
made righteous with God when he accepts the gift of salvation.

There is no way man can be made right with God through his sacrifice. Only
Jesus' sacrifice at the cross qualifies us to be righteous! Enjoy Abba
Father's abundance love and blessings in our lives. Hallelujah!

In His Presence

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The Lord was with Joseph and Joseph prospered in everything he did.

In the bible, Joseph was sold as a slave to an Egyptian. As a slave, the
Lord prospered everything he did. The presence of the Lord was so evident
in his life that his master entrusted everything under his care including
his wife. The wife tried to seduced Joseph to lie with her but Joseph ran
away from her presence for he knew sleeping with his master's wife was
doing great wickedness to the Lord.

Joseph's master ultimately threw him into the dungeon for his wife had
accused Joseph of trying to take advantage of her in his absence. While in
the dungeon, God prospered all that Joseph had done. Joseph had so much
favour with the keeper of the prison that he was entrusted with the care of
the other prisoners. A few years later, Joseph was promoted to be the
second in command after Pharaoh.

All this while from the time Joseph was sold as a slave to the time he was
in prison, he was conscious of the Lord's presence in his life. He had
faith in God that all things will turn out for his good!

Some Christians may be going through financial lack in their lives. So long
they behold Jesus in their lives, it will be a matter of time before they
are comppletely delivered out of their financial lack! As long as they are
conscious of Jesus' in their lives, heat will not come to them even if they
are in the middle of a storm.

If a Christian is suffering from some form of diseases and will not stop
cultivating the Lord's presence in his/her life, it will be a matter of
time when this Christian will be completely freed from that disease! For as
Christ is, so are we in this world.

There is NO obstacle so big that God doesn't have an answer for. God
already has the providence in place long before we face any lack in our
lives. Be conscious of His presence and all things will work out for our
good. Hallelujah!

God Is Faithful

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God is forever faithful. Even when we are faithless, God is still faithful.
He will never leave us nor forsake us. He will make all things turn out for
our good. We just need to put our trust in Him.

There are so many instances in the bible where God's faithfulness is
displayed. In the beginning after Adam had fallen, God promised that the
Seed of Eve will crush the head of the devil. Generations later, Jesus died
on our behalf so that the devil no longer has the power of death. With long
life, He will satisfy us. His word is the truth.

When the earth was filled with genetically engineered giants and half
humans and half monsters, God bought forth the flood to wipe out all the
monsters on earth. Only Noah and his wife and his three sons and his three
daughters were spared because they were then the only pure humans left on
earth. It is the goodness of God to preserve the human race.

God cannot lie. The bible doesn't say God will not lie. It tells us that
God CANNOT lie! He is the God that provides. Jesus is the shepherd that I
shall not lack in any good things. If healing is what a Christian is
looking for, Jesus had already taken the diseases and illnesses on His body
that by His stripe, the Christian is already the healed! We don't have to
sweat and toil for our health for robust health is from the Lord.

If we are looking for financial breakthrough in our lives, God will
breakthrough for us! The word says that our God will meet all our needs
according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus. God will not just meet
our needs. He will exceedingly, abundantly supply all our needs and wants
above what we can ask or think of.

In the feeding of five thousand, Jesus turned five loaves of bread and two
small fishes into food for them, with twelve baskets full of food. God is
forever faithful. He will see to our every need. He will not let the
righteous souls to be put to shame. Hallelujah!

Accept The Gift

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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Obviously, the greatest miracle of all, salvation is a gift. We can't work out our good work or to fulfill all religious requirement to be right with God. It is a gift. What we can do is to accept the gift. The fulfillment of the law had been accomplished by Jesus at the cross. With the completed work at the cross, an divine exchange had taken place and Christians are made righteous.

With this perfect gift comes health and prosperity. With this perfect gift comes healthy relationship with loved ones. With this perfect gift comes peace of the heart and a sound mind. With this perfect gift comes all things working for good of a Christian.

Accept the perfect gift freely, without any justification on our side. For it is Christ who justifies us to be right with God. It is Christ who sacrificed His body for us to have robust health. It is Christ who was made poor at the cross that we through His poverty might be made rich. It is Christ who was left alone on the cross and proclaimed that His disciple John had His mother as his mother. It is Christ who bequeathed His peace before His crucification for us to have perfect peace of heart. It is Christ who had given us a sound mind for his mind was tortured on our behalf. For His perfect love had casted out all fear in our lives.

Freely received what God had freely given as a gift. Accept the gift freely. Rejoice in the finished work of Jesus Christ at the cross. Hallelujah!

God Is Love

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God is love. This is love: for we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. For
God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

God has so much love for His children that He is ever ready to abundantly
supply all their needs. He has a masterplan for all His children long
before their are aware of it. He has already designed a way of escape for
every trial His children are going through.

The bible tells a story of a prodigal father who was full of love for his
two sons. When the prodigal son came home, the father had so much love for
him that he immediately ran to the son, hugged him, kissed him and restored
the son with the ring, a new robe and a new pair of sandals. The father
didn't even mention the waste the prodigal had incurred but showered his
lavish love on the son.

This story illustrated the love of our havenly Father. He has so much to
give than we can receive. He has so much riches for His children to enjoy.
If only all His children will just reach out and enjoy His love.

In the midst of our trials, be assured that those trials didn't ecaspe His
attentive eyes. Abba Father has already designed a way out for us. Know
that there is no trial so big that His grace cannot reach. Enjoy the
Father's love for us. Flow in the river of love. Hallelujah!