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Songs of deliverance (2)

Saturday 2nd November 2024

‘But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God.’ Acts 16:25 NKJV

Even science agrees that music has healing power. Today we have music therapists who play sounds that set captives free in hospitals, special educational needs classrooms, nursing homes, and other environments. Harvard University researchers, among others, are reporting that music is a healing balm for people who have suffered a stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and the physical stress of premature birth. They have also learned that music can improve surgical outcomes, help to restore lost speech, reduce side effects of cancer therapy, relieve pain, improve mood, and battle depression. Dr Gottfried Schlaug, a Harvard University neurologist, told the Los Angeles Times, ‘Music might provide an alternative entry point to the brain because it can unlock so many different doors into an injured or ill brain.’ His research shows that pitch, harmony, melody, rhythm, and emotion, which are all components of music, engage different parts of the brain—parts of the brain that are also important for speech, movement, and social interaction. ‘He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions’ (Psalm 107:20 NKJV).

So, when music is the medium used to praise God and express His creative and life-changing Word, you begin to see its potential to bring deliverance. That was certainly so for Paul and Silas: ‘But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed’ (Acts 16:25-26 NKJV). Change your attitude. Change your environment. Change your outlook. Start surrounding yourself with songs of deliverance!

Odin13:
Bless you bro

bless you too in Jesus 🙏. Happy New Month

Songs of deliverance (1)

Fri, 1 Nov 2024

‘You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.’ Psalm 32:7

The psalmist wrote, ‘You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.’ (Psalm 32:7 NKJV) When trouble comes, you can turn to God and hide in Him. How? By surrounding yourself with songs of deliverance. Ruth Ward Heflin gives us the road map into God’s presence: ‘You praise until the spirit of worship comes, you worship until the glory comes, then you stand in the glory.’ And that is where ‘all things are possible’. God told Jeremiah, ‘… “I am ready to perform My Word”’ (Jeremiah 1:12 NKJV). That includes His Word when it’s set to music. The harp David used to worship God on the hillsides while he tended his flocks was the same harp God used to deliver King Saul from the spirits that held him in the grip of depression.

That wasn’t the only time God used a musician to bring about a miracle. When the people of Judah faced extinction because of drought, Elijah, the prophet, said, ‘“But now bring me a musician.” Then it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. And he said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Make this valley full of ditches’”’ (2 Kings 3:15-16 NKJV). God filled every one of those ditches with water and gave them a spectacular victory over their enemies. Singer Julie True says: ‘On a spiritual level, music bypasses our mind and goes straight to our heart, soul, and spirit. It touches places that nothing else can reach … Worship opens the heavens and moves God’s heart.’

Welcome to November.
Happy New Month.

May the month of November be full of testimonies for us all in Jesus name 🙏

Like Yinka will be bother? 🤔

Love God with all your strength

Thursday 31st October 2024

‘Love the Lord your God with all your … strength.’ Mark 12:30 NKJV

What does it mean to love God with all your strength? A pastor defines it: ‘It means expending tremendous amounts of energy for Kingdom causes. It means blood, sweat, and tears. It means servanthood and sacrifice. It means good old-fashioned hard work. Energy may be the least appreciated dimension of love because it’s the least sentimental. And how we invest our energy reveals our true priorities.’ It reveals how much we love someone; in this case, God. The pastor continues: ‘Christianity was never intended to be a noun. And when we turn it into a noun, it becomes a turnoff. Christianity was always intended to be a verb. We’ve got to obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit. We’ve got to seize opportunities to serve … At the end of the day, God isn’t going to say, ‘Well said, good and faithful servant’… but, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.’

'Nothing is more fulfilling than burning calories for a kingdom cause. Anything less than leveraging all our strength for God’s purposes is boring at best and hypocritical at worst. So many Christians are so bored … so frustrated by the gap between their theology and reality. The way to close the gap and experience that holy rush of adrenaline again is to break a sweat serving others. It can be as simple as babysitting for a single mum who needs a night out, serving in a ministry in your local church, or volunteering at a local nursing home. It doesn’t matter how big or how small; every calorie burned for a Kingdom cause earns compound interest for eternity. And it’ll fill the emptiness in your soul with pure joy.’

The many ways God speaks to us

Wed, 30 Oct 2024

‘Speak to the earth, and it will teach you.’ Job 12:8

The patriarch Job wrote, ‘… speak to the earth, and it will teach you, …’ (Job 12:8 NIV). George Washington Carver is considered one of history’s greatest scientific minds. Around the turn of the twentieth century, agriculture in the southern states of America was suffering. The boll weevil was destroying cotton crops, and the soil was being emptied of nutrients because farmers planted cotton year after year. It was George Washington Carver who pioneered the idea of crop rotation. He urged farmers to plant peanuts, and they did. The plan revived the soil, but farmers were upset because there was no market for peanuts. Their plentiful peanut crops decayed in warehouses. When they grumbled to Carver, he did what he had always done—he prayed; he regularly got up at 4 am, walked across the woods, and asked God to disclose the mysteries of nature to him. One of his favourite Scriptures was ‘… speak to the earth, and it will teach you, ...’ (Job 12:8 NIV).

Carver literally asked God to reveal the secrets of nature, and God did. As a result, Carver discovered more than three hundred uses for the peanut. Or perhaps more accurately, the Lord revealed more than three hundred uses. These comprised of shaving cream, glue, cosmetics, soap, sauces, insecticide, linoleum, wood stains, fertiliser, and more. Carver said, ‘I love to think of nature as wireless telegraph stations through which God speaks to us every day, every hour, and every moment of our lives.’ Today, God will speak to you in many different ways; you just have to be sensitive and listen.

Good for him

Make God the source of your self-worth

Tue, 29 Oct 2024

‘Since you are precious in My sight.’ Isaiah 43:4

God said, ‘Since you are precious in My sight, …’ (Isaiah 43:4 NASB20). So don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. Why is this important? Because understanding who you are as a person and genuinely believing that you merit love and attention from another person is essential to your self-worth. The capability to convey that successfully and in a considerate manner is essential for any healthy, mutually satisfying relationship. A sense of self-worth is not arrogance. It helps you to set boundaries and guarantees that no matter who you meet, those boundaries will never be compromised. Often, when we feel used in relationships, it’s because we have permitted those boundaries to be crossed. Or worse, we have never thought about where the boundaries should be. The way to prevent this situation is to be clear about who you are and what you are willing to do in a relationship.

Disregarding the truth about another person, or yourself, may be okay temporarily, but over time, it usually leads to disaster. With a solid foundation of knowing who you are and what you represent, you will possess the bravery to ask the right questions and discern the answers. You will acquire information and evidence that help you realise who a person really is and if they fit into your life. You will be truthful with yourself and others about who you are, your needs, and the way you want to live your life. Outside your relationship with God, there is no other more important relationship than the one you have with yourself. God says, ‘You are precious in My sight.’ Believe it, and live accordingly.

Not his fault now, a bi?

On'rugbo bo......😔

It’s a walk of faith

Mon, 28 Oct 2024

‘For we walk by faith, not by sight.’ 2 Corinthians 5:7

Impalas are one of the most powerful animals in Africa. They can leap to a height of more than three metres and cover around nine metres in one jump. Yet the impala can be kept in an enclosure with a fence that’s no more than one metre high. Why? Because it won’t jump unless it can see where its feet will land. In a sense, impalas walk by sight, not faith. What does it mean to ‘walk’? To put one foot in front of the other and keep moving forwards a step at a time. What does it mean to have ‘faith’? To trust the Lord, obeying His Word regardless of how things look or feel to you.

However, faith doesn’t discard intelligent thought and reason. There is a difference. When intelligent thought and reason won’t take you another step, faith keeps right on going. Why? Because intelligent thought and reason will hold a person’s hand and go only as far as they can travel, whereas faith holds God’s hand—the God who makes a way where there seems to be no way. That was Abraham’s story: ‘By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he left, not knowing where he was going.’ Hebrews 11:8 (NASB20). Are you anxious about the future? Don’t be; just take the next step of faith, and you will be one step closer to the blessings and rewards that God has in mind for you.

AntiChristian:
Which way, Upper Iweka Rd. or Muhammadu Buhari way?

it is well with your soul Anti-Christian in Jesus name 🙏

Good morning and happy Sunday to all. Pleàse is the Principal Cup tournament among all the secondary schools in Lagos State still on?

Bring your problem to Jesus

Sun, 27 Oct 2024

‘Whatever He says to you, do it.’ John 2:5

A Christian leader informs us: ‘There was not a bigger social happening in Jewish life than a wedding. It usually began with a ceremony at sundown in the synagogue. Then, the entire wedding party would leave the synagogue and begin this long candlelight procession through the middle of town. The couple would be escorted past as many homes as possible so everyone could come out and congratulate them … They went home to a party lasting several days! There would be gift-giving, speech-making, wining and dining. Hospitality at a wedding was considered such a sacred duty that the master at the wedding could actually be sued for “breach of hospitality”. So, running out of food or wine was considered a tremendous insult.’

It’s notable that Jesus’ first miracle was not healing cancer or raising the dead but resolving a domestic crisis and rescuing newlyweds from embarrassment. It’s a mistake to think that God only cares about major stuff like divorce, bankruptcy, or death. He also cares about minor stuff like broken dishes, toothaches, grumpy bosses, lost dogs, flat tyres, and late flights. The Bible says, ‘Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you’ (1 Peter 5:7 NLT). What matters to you matters to Jesus. Notice that when these newlyweds sent out wedding invitations, they sent one to Jesus. And He showed up and met their need. Notice also how it happened. Mary, the mother of Jesus, said to them, ‘… Whatever He says to you, do it.’ (John 2:5). What Jesus told them to do didn’t seem rational, but when they obeyed, they received a miracle. And if you pray, trust God, and obey Him, He will work a miracle for you too.

richmond500:
Something that we have always been enjoying in Rivers state rural communities.

Gbe'nu buruku e soun!

Meteng:
Oh God, it was for their daily bread o

Jesu 🙆. Like I always going out too for my daily bread. What a life. May the souls of the departed rest in peace 🕊️. And please Lord, give each of their families strength to bear this loss. 😭😭

Jesus is the way

Sat, 26 Oct 2024

‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’ John 14:6

A minister writes: ‘Between the human race and God stands a barrier called sin. If we are going to be reconciled with a perfect God, that barrier has to be dealt with. We cannot go around it or over it. Sin demands payment. Jesus came specifically to make that payment. He lived a perfect life and died a sacrificial death to pay for everything we’ve ever done in the past, present, and future. If your home is on fire, you had better call a firefighter and not a policeman. If you break a leg, you had better call a doctor and not a firefighter. If your home is broken into, you had better call a policeman and not a doctor. If you are drowning, you had better call a lifeguard, not a plumber. If, as a sinful human being, you want to come to a righteous God, you had better get in touch with the Saviour because He is the only one who can help.’

Jesus didn’t merely say, ‘Come to me, and I’ll show you the way.’ He said, ‘I am the way.’ He is the way to forgiveness. He is the way to peace and joy. He is the way to fulfilment in life. And He is as close to you today as a prayer. Here it is: ‘Lord Jesus, I believe that you died for me on the cross and paid for my sins and that through faith in you, I am made righteous and reconciled to God. I accept you today as my Lord and Saviour and receive from you the gift of everlasting life. Amen.’

Nibo l'atu jasi bayi? 🤷

Nice one

zionstaar75:
at least consult your brain before writing stupid jargon. It's not by force to comment abi

ode! Who send you?

Dirty mouth

Hummm.......my only fear is that next government after this will come and spend the whole savings lavishly. 😞.

So was for Obasanjo.....one idiot that drinks ogogoro like water came and spent everything with one frog eye woman from the East. And that useless Bohari finished everything by the time he left office May 2023.

Kudos to this new government, but alas some aalimajiri will come to power next and dip their dirty hands into the billions of USD saved and spend it like a prodigal son.

What do we do now? 🤔

All those then were original. 😔

Not justice, but grace

Friday 25th October 2024

‘But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ the righteous one.’ 1 John 2:1 CSB

There is a story about a man who had his picture taken. When he saw it, he said to the photographer, ‘This picture doesn’t do me justice!’ The photographer looked at him, smiled, and said, ‘With a face like yours, you don’t need justice; you need mercy and grace!’ Seriously, that’s the situation we are all in. The reason God extends mercy and grace to us is because Jesus fulfilled all the demands of God’s justice for us at the cross. Some people think that God’s grace (unmerited favour) atones for all your sins up until the moment you make Christ your Saviour. But from then on, you have to earn it and prove yourself worthy of it by your performance, like a joint effort. So instead of trusting alone in Christ’s performance on the cross, they trust also in their own performance.

Here is the problem: there are three ways to sin—commission, omission, and disposition. If you commit one of these sins every day, that’s hundreds of sins a year. And if going to heaven depends on your remembering and repenting of each of them, what if you forget? Don’t worry; God has you covered! ‘My little children, I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ the righteous one.’ (1 John 2:1 CSB). Only one person measures up to God’s standards: Jesus! And when you place your trust in Him, you are unconditionally loved and accepted by God.

Biodun556:
This is nonsense from South Korea

US trying to open another front

.... nonsense from South Korea? 🤔

Amotolongbo:
cos that is the only Language God understands

😂😂😂. God's own language.

Proudly Yoruba

Ah!

Don’t rush to judgment

Thu, 24 Oct 2024

‘Judge not, that you be not judged.’ Matthew 7:1

This happened when American pastor Chuck Swindoll was speaking in California: ‘A gentleman came to him and said, “I have waited so long for this week, I am going to eat up everything you have to say.” Swindoll thanked him. Sunday night … the man started nodding off. Swindoll figured that he’d had a long drive and was probably tired. It happened each night until the conference ended. As a preacher … it didn’t feel good to see someone sleeping on him. On Friday morning, the lady who was sitting next to him came to Swindoll and said, “I want to thank you for the ministry this week. Oh, and by the way, I am sorry about my husband sleeping on you … He has terminal cancer, and the doctors have just given him a couple of weeks to live. When we talked about what he wanted to do before he died, he said, ‘I want to go hear Chuck Swindoll.’ But you see, Dr Swindoll, the doctors gave him medicine to keep away the pain, and the medicine makes him sleep. I wanted to apologise to you that he has been sleeping, but I wanted you to know you made this the best week of the last part of his life.” Swindoll later said he could have crawled under a rock, because he had made a judgment and without any investigation he reacted.’

Why did Jesus say, ‘Judge not, that you be not judged’? Because there may be circumstances and factors at work in a person’s life that you don’t understand. So, instead of judging them, extend to them the same grace God has extended to you.

Proudly Yoruba

Jesus is Lord

Mille:
He is free to relocate to anambra and sit-at home every Monday, and every other days the dimwit in Finland deems fit.

Not surprised though. A former president who was against the Southwest during his presidency. Can't even point to any infrastructural development in his home state.

Baba Oloriburuku nii jare

Baba who send you? Your voice is bitter to the youths of Nigeria. Go relax abeg.