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It is well..... May the Lord give the family a fortitude to bear this loss. Rest in peace Bolaji. God loves you more. |
Rules for serving Thu, 15 Oct 2026 “Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them.” Romans 12:9 When it comes to serving others, try to live by these three rules: (1) Serve sincerely. “Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them.” God knows your heart, so be honest with yourself about your true motives in serving and sacrificing for others. If you need help in this area, turn to the Scriptures: “For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword…and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12 NKJV). (2) Serve silently. “When you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet…that [you] may have glory from men” (Matthew 6:2 NKJV). Note the words, “do not sound a trumpet”. When people take your kindness for granted or fail to appreciate the things you do for them, don’t toot your own horn. Look to God for your reward, not people; otherwise, you’ll be disappointed. “As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters…so our eyes look to the Lord our God” (Psalms 123:2 NKJV). (3) Serve selectively. You’re not called to go to every place, meet every need, and help every person. On two different occasions God stopped Paul from going into Asia to preach the gospel. But look what happened next: “And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’ …immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them” (Acts 16:9–10 NKJV). Why is this important to know? Because where God leads, He gives the grace you need to follow! |
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The consequences of disobedience Wed, 14 Oct 2026 “The Lord said to Joshua: ‘Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? Israel has sinned.’” Joshua 7:10-11 The walls of Jericho had fallen, and Joshua was flushed with victory. Their next challenge was the town of Ai, with a population of only 12,000 people. So, Joshua decided that 3,000 of his soldiers could do the job. He was wrong. “The men of Ai chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries, and they killed about thirty-six who were retreating…The Israelites were paralysed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away” (vv. 4–5 NLT). What caused this? Achan, one of Joshua’s soldiers, had disobeyed God’s command and taken the spoils of Jericho and hidden them in his tent. As a result, Israel went down in a humiliating defeat, and Achan faced God’s judgement. Joshua had a meltdown. He tore his clothing and fell on his face and prayed, “Oh, that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan!” (v. 7 NKJV). Note what God said to him: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? Israel has sinned.” There’s an important lesson here: there’s a time to pray and a time to “get up” and deal with the issues God’s talking to you about! Sometimes we pray hoping that God will overlook our disobedience or change His mind. But God’s goal is to change us! Why did Achan take the spoils of Jericho? Because he allowed temptation and greed to override God's clear command. Is God dealing with you about the same thing? |
The paths to your destiny Tue, 13 Oct 2026 “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.” Isaiah 48:17 You’ll probably travel several different paths on your way to your destiny. When Luciano Pavarotti was a boy, his grandmother believed he would do something great. She had dreams of him becoming a banker! Instead, he became a schoolteacher. He taught primary school for a while, occasionally singing at special events. His father was the one who challenged him to develop his voice, telling him he was settling far short of his potential. Finally, at age twenty-two, Pavarotti stopped teaching to sell insurance. He continued to look for something stable on which he could rely financially in case he could not make it in the music world. The insurance business allowed him time to take voice lessons, and, as they say, “The rest is history.” Looking back, Pavarotti regarded his voice training as one of the most significant decisions of his life and encouraged others not to settle for less than their potential. It takes courage to leave a position you consider safe and launch out in a new direction, but without risk, you may never realise your potential or know all God created you to be. In the words of motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia, “The greatest risk of all is to take no risk because the person who risks nothing accomplishes nothing, has nothing, feels nothing, and, in the end, becomes nothing.” God may lead you along several different paths on your way to your destiny, but if you submit to His will and follow His guidance, you can be confident that He is directing your steps. |
Long before Abraham was called out of Ur, long before Moses stood before Pharaoh, and long before David became king, there was a man whose life was recorded in only a few verses but whose testimony has echoed through Scripture for thousands of years. His name was Enoch. The remarkable thing about Enoch is not that the Bible tells us about great battles he fought, kingdoms he conquered, or miracles he performed. Instead, Scripture gives him a much more profound distinction... "Enoch walked with God." And according to the Bible, he walked with God so closely that God took him from the earth without him experiencing ordinary death. Enoch's Family Enoch appears in the genealogy of Genesis 5, the family line descended from Adam through Seth. The Bible says, Genesis 5:18–19 (KJV): “And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:” Enoch was the son of Jared. He was also the father of Methuselah, the man who lived longer than anyone else recorded in Scripture 969 years. Genesis records, Genesis 5:21 (KJV) “And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:” The family line continued, Enoch → Methuselah → Lamech → Noah. Therefore, Enoch was Noah's great-grandfather. This places Enoch within the direct ancestry of Noah, the man whom God later used to preserve humanity and the animal kingdom through the Flood. Genesis tells us that Enoch was 65 years old when Methuselah was born. Then something remarkable is emphasized about the remainder of his life. Genesis 5:22 (KJV), “And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:” The wording is important. The Bible does not only say that Enoch believed in God. It says that he walked with God. And Scripture says this happened for 300 years. Enoch lived a total of 365 years, which was remarkably short compared with the extraordinary lifespans of the people listed around him. His father Jared lived 962 years. His son Methuselah lived 969 years. Yet Enoch's life was remembered for something far more significant than its length. He walked with God. What Does “Walked With God” Mean? In biblical language, walking can describe the way a person conducts his life. To walk with God means living in fellowship with Him, trusting Him, following His ways, and ordering one's life according to His will. Enoch's life therefore presents a picture of consistent communion with God. The Bible repeats the statement, Genesis 5:24 (KJV): “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” That sentence is one of the most mysterious statements in Genesis. The genealogies repeatedly follow a pattern... Someone lived. Someone had children. Someone lived many more years. And then: “and he died.” But when Scripture reaches Enoch, the pattern changes. It does not say: “and he died.” Instead, it says: “and he was not; for God took him.” Enoch Did Not Experience Ordinary Death The New Testament explains what happened. Hebrews 11:5 (KJV), “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” This makes Enoch especially remarkable. The word “translated” refers to being transferred or taken from one place to another. Hebrews explicitly says that Enoch was translated “that he should not see death.” So Enoch belongs to a very unusual category in Scripture. The Bible records that Enoch did not experience death in the ordinary way. God took him. His life therefore became an extraordinary testimony of faith. Enoch's Greatest Testimony. “He Pleased God” Perhaps the most important statement about Enoch is found at the end of Hebrews 11:5: “for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” This is the heart of Enoch's story. He did not merely have an unusual ending. He had an unusual testimony. He pleased God. And immediately after mentioning Enoch, Hebrews explains what is necessary for anyone who wants to come to God. Hebrews 11:6 (KJV), “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” This connects Enoch's walk with God directly to faith. Enoch's life teaches that walking with God is not simply about outward religion. It is about believing God, seeking Him, and living in fellowship with Him. Enoch Was Also a Prophet There is another extraordinary detail about Enoch that many people overlook. The book of Jude tells us that Enoch prophesied. Jude 14–15 (KJV) “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” Enoch therefore lived extremely early in human history, yet Jude tells us that he proclaimed a message concerning the coming judgment of God. His message was remarkably serious. He warned that the Lord would come in judgment against ungodliness. So Enoch was not only a man who walked with God. He was also a proclaimer of God's truth in a wicked generation. Believer's Feet
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Making peace with your past Mon, 12 Oct 2026 “The fruit of that righteousness will be peace.” Isaiah 32:17 We are the sum total of everything we have experienced—both good and bad. We can engage in wishful thinking and imagine that our past negative behaviour had never occurred, or we can decide to accept the reality of it. How we choose to respond to the past will determine our destiny. We have all sinned, and we either responded by asking for God’s forgiveness and going forwards, or we are still stuck in guilt. Indeed, we may actually develop anxiety about possible consequences. Many people are plagued with jealousy because of their own infidelity or prior indiscretions. They live in fear that one day they will reap what they have sown. Some have even resorted to verbal and physical abuse of their partners in order to ward off what they feel will be inevitable. When we repent, we must believe God’s Word: “Their sins…I will remember no more” (Hebrews 10:17 NIV). God doesn’t remember confessed sin, so we need to stop rehearsing it. Once God has forgiven your sin, you don't need to keep carrying the burden of it: “When sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices” (Hebrews 10:18 NLT). Once is enough. There is no need to repent continually for past transgressions God has already forgiven. To do so is to offer another “sacrifice”. Too many people sacrifice the rest of their lives on the altar of remorse over past transgressions. Yes, you should make every effort to line up your life with the requirements of God’s Word. And when you’ve done that, then stand on this Scripture: “The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.’’ |
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Get God involved in your finances Sun, 11 Oct 2026 “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give.” 2 Corinthians 9:7 God wants to be involved in every area of your life, including your finances. Wise stewardship allows you to experience peace over the resources He has entrusted you. Your finances are yet another area of life where you can begin to experience an interactive relationship with your heavenly Father. But if you want God involved in your finances, you need to put your finances to work for God’s interests. “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:33 NIV). That means you need to give. And you can start with what He’s already given you. That might mean a percentage of your next month’s salary or a part of your net worth. Wherever the voice of generosity leads you, you need to follow it. Again, this isn’t about giving to get. It’s about neutralising the fears that have been hindering the spirit of generosity inside you. It’s about discovering the thrill of taking part in God’s plan and experiencing the security that comes from knowing that your provider is the One who owns all provisions. When you sow, you become more aware of God’s provision and care. “God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you. Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous” (2 Corinthians 9:10–11 NLT). Once you experience the perfect provision of a loving heavenly Father, your fears will begin to evaporate. Does God receive your first and best, or only your spare change and leftovers? |
She didn't say "it is well" because her faith made her calm. It was a brutal strategy. Most people treat those three words like a white flag. You say them when your dreams and aspirations look dead and you want to sound spiritual while silently quitting or accepting fate. You paste a smile on your face, swallow the grief, and whisper "it is well" because you've been told you should speak faith, not your problems. The Shunammite woman wasn't waving a white flag. She was running a security checkpoint. 2 Kings 4 tells a story most people read for the miracle at the end. But the miracle only happened because this woman refused to let anyone start a funeral. Check the timing in that passage. Her only boy goes out to the harvest field, screams about his head, and by noon he's dead on her lap. Think about what a mother does in that moment. Every instinct screams at her to collapse. To wail. To tear her clothes and call the village. In that culture, a dead body was buried before sundown. The moment the household found out, they would bring out the shovels, and the digging would begin. She doesn't shed a tear in front of them. She doesn't call her husband into the room. She carries the cold body upstairs, lays him on the prophet's bed, and pulls the door shut. That was the first move. Then she walks downstairs and tells her husband she needs a donkey and a servant immediately. He asks what's going on: "Why are you going to him today? It is neither a new moon nor a Sabbath." She looks her husband in the eyes and gives him four words: "It is well." She saddles the donkey and tells the servant, "Drive. Don't slow down unless I tell you." She rides twenty miles in the blazing sun toward Mount Carmel. Gehazi spots her in the distance and runs down the mountain to intercept her. "Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?" She stares right through him: "It is well." Her dead son is lying cold on a mattress twenty miles behind her, and she looks two different men in the face and says the exact same phrase. She understood human nature with terrifying accuracy. The moment you tell ordinary people what died, they start planning the burial. If she told her husband, he would have called the undertakers before she ever reached the mountain. If she told Gehazi, he would have stalled her with shallow religious sympathy. Everyone around her would have buried the promise before she ever reached the one man who carried the authority to bring it back. So she starved them of information. She locked the truth behind her teeth. "It is well" was not a confession of peace. It was a muzzle on anyone who would have rushed to mourn what God hadn't finished with yet. Here's what I want you to see about your own life, because this is a pattern, not an accident. Maybe your world has come crashing down: you've lost a loved one, your marriage is breaking down, your health is off the charts, or you're seeing your child walk away from God. The promise you carried for years has stopped breathing. Life seems to have twisted your destiny. Child of God Almighty, instead of shutting the door and riding straight to the throne, you broadcast the funeral. You vent to coworkers who can't change the outcome. You post cryptic hints on social media for spectators hunting for gossip. You ask friends for advice, and they immediately start shoveling dirt over something you should still be contending for. You let people with no spiritual authority speak an early verdict over your dead situation. And then you wonder why you feel so drained. You're exhausted because you let a room full of spectators bury a promise God told you to fight for. It is not wrong to seek counsel. But when counsel becomes a weapon turned against you, it's time for a brutal strategy. You should spend more time speaking to the One who sets forth the beams of His chambers upon the waters, the One who rides upon the wings of the wind and makes the cloud His chariot. He is your Father, the Creator who was never created. Now look at what happens when she finally reaches Elisha. The moment she touches the mountain, her composure breaks. She throws herself to the floor. She grabs the prophet's feet with both hands and refuses to let go. Gehazi steps in to shove her off, but Elisha stops him: "Leave her alone; her soul is in deep bitterness, and the LORD has hidden it from me." Then the raw agony explodes out of her: "Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, Do not deceive me '?" Read those words carefully. That isn't polite church language. That is an accusation. She told God not to make her hope; He gave her the boy anyway, and now the boy was dead. To the people who couldn't fix it, she gave stone-cold silence. To the man carrying the authority of God, she gave the raw, unedited agony. Most of us live completely backward. We dump our panic onto people who can only offer pity, and then we kneel before God with polite, rehearsed prayers, pretending we're fine. We're more real to people than we are to God, then wonder what went wrong. Stop broadcasting your crisis to people who only know how to dig graves. Some advice blocks you from seeing what God is already doing. It conflicts with God’s pattern for you. Some seasons in your life demand a brutal strategy. You owe spectators zero explanations or apologies while you're riding toward the altar of heaven. Shut the door on the opinions. Stop letting shallow voices pronounce an early funeral over what died. Carry the dead thing straight into the presence of God, grab hold of His feet, and refuse to leave until He speaks. God is always speaking. You will hear, sense, or feel Him more when you brutally refuse to let people’s opinions—opinions you know counter God’s truth—have more airtime in your life. What situation in your life have you allowed other people to bury when you should have locked the door and taken it straight to God? Reference Scriptures: 2 Kings 4:18–37, Hebrews 4:16 #Christianity #BiblicalTruth #FaithOverFear #FaithJourney #itiswell Ellis Enobun
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Guard against prejudice Sat, 10 Oct 2026 “If you favour some people over others, you are committing a sin.” James 2:9 James wrote to the church: “Suppose someone comes into your meeting dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewellery, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in dirty clothes. If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, ‘You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor’—well, doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives? If you favour some people over others, you are committing a sin” (vv. 2–4, 9 NLT). The early church grew rapidly and prejudice had no place there. Although the Jews and Samaritans despised each other, Jesus made a place for Nicodemus, a Jewish leader, and the Samaritan woman at the well who’d been married five times. The early church made room for Onesimus, the former slave, at the same table as Philemon, his wealthy former master. The gospel gives everyone, everywhere, a place of dignity at Christ’s table. The sin of discrimination stands on two legs: prejudice and presumption. And they should have no place in your life. The ancient prophet Habakkuk climbed up in his watchtower in order to “watch to see what [God] will say unto me” (Habakkuk 2:1 KJV). Too much of our Christian experience is taken up with us saying something to God and spending too little time listening to what God is saying to us. He definitely has something to say to us about discrimination. So, ask Him to help you to view people through His loving eyes. You just might see a few people differently than you have in the past. |
God can turn the curse into a blessing Fri, 9 Oct 2026 “God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.” Deuteronomy 23:5 Paul told the Corinthians, “Therefore we do not lose heart…For our light affliction…is working for us” (2 Corinthians 4:16–17 NKJV). Jim Stovall proved this to be true. At age seventeen, his doctor told him he was losing his sight, and nothing could be done to reverse it. Rather than give up on life, he pursued a college degree and also studied privately with a very successful entrepreneur. His goal was to be in business for himself, even if blind, so that he might manage his own career and life. Even though he had prepared himself for blindness, when the day came that he could no longer see, he felt devastated. In his book You Don't Have to Be Blind to See, Jim Stovall described feeling devastated when he lost his sight and said that, for a time, he withdrew from life. But through his faith, he found renewed purpose and direction. He entered a highly unusual field for a blind person—television! He founded the Narrative Television Network to aid visually impaired people. NTN adds more “descriptive narration” to soundtracks so that listeners might visualise a programme or film and enjoy it more fully. NTN broadcasts to over 20 million households, and amazingly, some 60 per cent of the audience can see. For his work, Jim received television’s highest honour, the Emmy Award, after only one season on the air! So, the word for today is this: God can make your problem work for you and bring good out of even the most difficult circumstances. |
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Victory is an “inside job” Thu, 8 Oct 2026 “Though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:16 In 1928, a happy, ambitious young nursing student was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Back then, such a diagnosis often meant a death sentence. Her family sent her to a nursing home for several months, hoping she would be cured. She would spend the next twenty-one years battling tuberculosis, much of that time confined to bed. Many people would have given up, but not Isabel Smith. She approached the threshold of death on several occasions, but her faith remained strong, and she never ceased to pursue the art of living. She read voraciously, wrote letters, studied geography, and taught other patients to read and write. From her bed she studied atomic energy with a fellow patient, a young physicist, and organised a town hall meeting on the topic. While ill, she met a kind, gentle man, also a patient at the sanatorium. At her lowest ebb, her dream kept her going. And in 1948, she got married. She then authored a book called Wish I Might, which was published in 1955. In the book, she focused on the good things life had brought her despite her circumstances. Her circumstances were difficult, but they did not define her life. Isabel Smith achieved everything she set out to achieve, though the odds against her were overwhelming. Even when flat on her back in bed, she never stopped growing, learning, dreaming, and giving. “Though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.” Victory is an “inside job”. |
The rewards of vision and hard work Wed, 7 Oct 2026 “Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.” Proverbs 13:4 In the autumn of 1894, Guglielmo retreated to his room on the third floor. All summer while on holiday, he read books and filled notebooks with squiggly diagrams. Now the time had come for him to work. Every day, he rose early. He worked all day and long into the night, to the point that his mother became alarmed. He had never been a robust person, but now he had become noticeably thin. His face was drawn, and his eyes were often glazed over with fatigue. Finally, the day came when he announced that his instruments were ready. He invited the family to his room and, pushing a button, he succeeded in ringing a bell on the first floor! While his mother was amazed, his father was not. He saw no use in being able to send a signal so short a distance. So Guglielmo laboured on. Little by little, he made changes in his sending circuits so he could send a signal from one hill to the next and then beyond the hill. Eventually his invention was perfected—partly due to vision and inspiration, but mostly due to perseverance. Guglielmo Marconi was eventually hailed as the inventor of wireless telegraphy, radio’s forerunner. He not only received a Nobel Prize in physics but also acquired a seat in the Italian senate. If you want what successful people have, you must be willing to do what successful people do. And much of their success is due to vision and hard work. “Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.” |
God can heal you (5) Tue, 6 Oct 2026 “He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.” Psalm 107:20 Here’s a prayer for healing and continued good health: “Father, the power of Your Word is the source of my healing and continued good health. It declares that You have delivered me from all destruction. I may have made decisions in the past that caused ill health in my life, but You have forgiven me in Christ, and You are my healer, my strength, and my refuge in times of sickness and weakness. Your Word says: ‘Because you have made the Lord…your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling’ (Psalm 91:9–10 NKJV). You are my refuge and my dwelling place. There is peace, comfort, and strength in Your presence, and I thank You that You are with me in every circumstance. I am protected because I am in Christ. Your Word says, ‘Let the weak say, “I am strong”’ (Joel 3:10 NKJV). So I call myself strong even when I feel weak. Lord, your Word says You will satisfy my mouth with good things so that my youth is renewed (see Psalm 103:5). You are my source of complete satisfaction, and I believe my youth and strength are being renewed. As a result, I age gracefully in Christ. Lord, Your Word says that I can call upon You, and You will answer me. You will be with me in trouble; You will deliver me and honour me. With long life You will satisfy me and show me Your salvation (see Psalm 91:15–16). Therefore, I stand on Your Word and declare by faith: ‘I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord’” (Psalm 118:17 NKJV). |
6,756,756.76 for each life lost. What a country? 😭😭😭😭 |
God can heal you (4) Mon, 5 Oct 2026 “He who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit.” Matthew 13:23 Just because you haven’t seen results yet doesn’t mean God isn’t at work. The Word of God is a seed; it needs time to produce fruit. Ask God for the grace to hold on to what you believe from His Word while it takes root and grows. No matter what the situation, it’s always a good time to be thankful. The enemy wants you to focus on your circumstances and what appears unchanged instead of recognising the way God is continuing to work in your life. As you are standing in faith and allowing the Word to work inside you, continue to meditate on the promises of God about healing. God’s Word works when you plant it in your heart. Keep watering that seed by reading, meditating on, and speaking God's promises. God said: “The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it” (Isaiah 55:10–11 NLT). What did God say about His Word? “It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.” Keep your faith strong and stand on God’s Word; “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living” (Psalm 27:13 NIV). |
What men needs is respect. But unfortunately, most of our ladies doesn't have the word RESPECT in their dictionary again. God help us build our homes in Jesus name 🙏 |
Jokay07:what's there to judge? Hope people have read about Mary Magdalene in the bible? One of best friend of Christ. Christ came for the sinners, and not the righteous anyway. A sinner like me too. God have mercy on my soul. Psalms 51. |
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Stephen0mozzy:......do you have the wisdom to discern between when to be patient & when to be impatient? The above is what one should look out for. |
God can heal you (3) Sun, 4 Oct 2026 “At the proper time we will reap…if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 Healing can happen in different ways. Sometimes God performs a miracle and instantly heals someone. Other times He heals a person progressively. When looking at Scripture and the many miracles Jesus performed, it’s easy to think He always healed people in the same fashion. But on closer examination, we see that in many cases He didn’t do the same thing twice. For instance, here’s how He healed those who were blind: (1) In Matthew 9:29, Jesus healed two blind men by simply touching their eyes. (2) In Mark 10:52, He healed blind Bartimaeus by speaking to him rather than touching him. (3) In Mark 8:22–25, He put saliva on a blind man’s eyes and laid hands on him twice before he was completely healed. Jesus wasn’t bound by one method of healing people—but He was always willing to heal them. Regardless of the method, the people who came to Jesus trusted in His ability to heal and looked to Him in faith. And the same is true today! If you’ve prayed for healing and nothing happened immediately, that doesn’t mean your faith faltered. It also doesn’t mean that God is angry at you or that He wants you to suffer. It means continuing to trust God and thank Him for His faithfulness, even when you cannot yet see the outcome: “By whose stripes you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24 NKJV). That means trusting God even when you cannot yet see the answer you are praying for. From God’s perspective, Christ’s work on the cross is complete and sufficient. |
God can heal you (2) Sat, 3 Oct 2026 “He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.” Psalm 103:3 The psalmist wrote: “Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things He does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies” (vv. 2–4 NLT). David reminded himself of these four things, and you should too. God had forgiven all his sins. God had healed all his diseases. God had redeemed his life from death and destruction. God had crowned him with love, kindness, mercy, and favour. The Bible records: “A vast crowd brought to Him people who were lame, blind, crippled, those who couldn’t speak, and many others. They laid them before Jesus, and He healed them all” (Matthew 15:30 NLT). Were these born-again Christians that Jesus healed? No, this took place before the cross. Think about it: if Jesus was willing to heal all of them, then as a redeemed child of God who has put your trust in Christ for salvation, He can heal you too. Are you a believer? Yes? Then read this Scripture and stand on it: “These signs will follow those who believe…they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover” (Mark 16:17–18 NKJV). James wrote: “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up” (James 5:14–15 NKJV). If you are sick, stand on God's Word, seek prayer, and place your hope in Him. |
Don't mind them.......and leave Ladi, the people will just eat his money and clean mouth. He knew without been told that he is a looser. helinues: |
God can heal you (1) Fri, 2 Oct 2026 “‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be healed!’” Matthew 8:3 The Bible says: “A man with leprosy approached him and knelt before Him. ‘Lord,’ the man said, ‘if You are willing, You can heal me.’…Jesus reached out and touched him. ‘I am willing,’ He said. ‘Be healed!’ And instantly the leprosy disappeared” (vv. 2–3 NLT). Scripture encourages us to seek God for healing and trust Him with the outcome. That’s why He graciously gave us His Word. David said: “O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and You restored my health. You brought me up from the grave” (Psalm 30:2–3 NLT). God cares deeply about our brokenness, which is why Scripture points us to the healing and restoration found in Christ. “Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed” (1 Peter 2:24 NKJV). We don’t doubt Christ’s triumph over death at the cross or our salvation because of it. We can trust God to work in our lives, whether through healing, strength, or sustaining grace. Note the words, “By whose stripes you were healed.” These words remind us of the completeness of Christ’s saving work on our behalf. Because of Christ’s sacrifice, we can confidently bring our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs to God. This man knew that Jesus could heal him; he just didn’t know if He would. Jesus cleared up his doubt with three powerful words: “I am willing” and then He said, “Be healed!” The Bible records that the man’s leprosy disappeared instantly. It also says: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8 NKJV). That means you can go to Him with confidence and believe for your healing. |
Take time for rest and restoration Thu, 1 Oct 2026 “Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.” Isaiah 40:31 Feeling tired tells you: (1) That your body needs to rest. (2) To take life at a more normal human pace. (3) To take time to just abide in the presence of God. God “rested on the seventh day” (Genesis 2:2 ESV). Think about that. God—the One who transcends all things, knows all things, and has all power—rested! What makes you think you don’t have to? Now if you’re wired to work, not working will be a difficult habit to get into, even for a few hours. But rest is a secret weapon God gave you to help you defeat the enemy. When you’re exhausted, it’s harder to serve God and others effectively. The enemy would be happy for you to become so busy that you neglect what matters most. If he can’t tempt you with addictive substances, wrong relationships, and bad habits, he will tempt you with overdoing good deeds. He wants you to exhaust yourself so that when the real battle—the one you were meant to fight—comes along, you’ll be too tired. John wrote: “I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers” (3 John 1:2 NKJV). But your soul is not prospering when it is exhausted and stretched to the max, with little time for rest or restoration. What to do? Lay your schedule at the feet of Jesus, including any new projects. Wait for His direction. If it seems slow in coming, stand on this Scripture: “Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.” Happy New Month of October. May the Lord bless us in Jesus name 🙏. Happy Independence Day to Nigeria today 🇳🇬
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Admit your shortcomings Wed, 30 Sep 2026 “Confess your faults one to another.” James 5:16 It seems that everywhere you turn today, somebody is making an excuse for his or her poor choices, performance or behaviour, or failing to admit a weakness or shortcoming. Yet we all make mistakes. One of the best examples of admitting a mistake is found in the account of David being unjustly pursued by King Saul. David became a fugitive, and in the process unknowingly jeopardised the lives of certain priests when he asked for their help. Ahimelech the priest gave him food and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf. Doeg, King Saul’s chief herdsman, witnessed the whole thing and informed Saul about the priest. Saul confronted Ahimelech, accused him of conspiring with David, and ordered Doeg to kill him and eighty-five other priests and their entire families. “Only Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David. When he told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord, David exclaimed, ‘I knew it! When I saw Doeg…there that day, I knew he was sure to tell Saul. Now I have caused the death of all your father’s family’” (1 Samuel 22:20–22 NLT). What an admission! No excuses, just an acknowledgement that he had made a terrible mistake in seeking their help. His next statement shows his commitment to not repeat the mistake and to making amends whenever possible: “Stay here with me…I will protect you with my own life, for the same person wants to kill us both” (1 Samuel 22:23 NLT). Humans make mistakes. They have blind spots. God is present to support our every weakness. Peace comes when we admit our shortcomings to one another. |
How to deal with discouragers Tue, 29 Sep 2026 “He then turned away to someone else.” 1 Samuel 17:30 The first person who tried to discourage David from fighting Goliath was his own brother. “Eliab…burned with anger at him and asked, ‘Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are…you came down only to watch the battle.’ ‘Now what have I done?’ said David. ‘Can’t I even speak?’ He then turned away to someone else and brought up the same matter” (1 Samuel 17:28–30 NIV). Don’t fall into the trap of giving too much thought and consideration to a discourager. Spend your time with those who add to you, not detract from you. Even King Saul told David, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth” (v. 33 NIV). But David wasn’t concerned about how much experience Goliath had, because he knew that his God was all-powerful. How tragic it is when we limit our faith only to what we can see. When we focus only on our own limitations, we can lose sight of God's power to work through us. This independent mindset shuts God out of the equation and ignores the fact that He has declared that His strength is made perfect in our weakness (see 2 Corinthians 12:9–10 NIV). The name Eliab, David’s older brother, means “God is my Father”. How ironic, because in this moment, Eliab showed little confidence in what God could do through David. So, in order to experience victory, you may first have to overcome the doubts and unbelief of those closest to you. |
God is working on your behalf Mon, 28 Sep 2026 “We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love Him.” Romans 8:28 The Bible begins with these words: “In the beginning God created the sky and the earth. The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit was moving over the water. Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. God saw that the light was good” (Genesis 1:1–4 NCV). Even when your life seems like a jumbled mess, you can trust the God who brought order out of chaos and light out of darkness to help your life make sense. When you believe that “all things work together for good” (Romans 8:28 NKJV), it redefines the bad things that happen. God can bring good even out of the worst days of your life. There’s a silver lining to every cloud, and every downside has a potential upside. When you interpret life through this prism, it gives you confidence that everything is going to be alright. It reassures you that the best is yet to come because God said, “For I know the plans I have for you…they are plans for good” (Jeremiah 29:11 NLT). But sometimes you have a part to play. God is setting up divine appointments, but you must keep them. God is a gift-giver, but you must fan your gift into flame. God is calling, but you must answer (see Isaiah 6: . God is ordering your footsteps, but you must keep in step with the Spirit. If you faithfully do your part, you can count on God to do His part—which is to work on your behalf. |
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. God is ordering your footsteps, but you must keep in step with the Spirit. If you faithfully do your part, you can count on God to do His part—which is to work on your behalf.