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Let us mind the same thing, Let's mind the things of Christ, of God. Pray to God that He'll send forth labourers into His harvest. And anytime the harvest comes in, always remember that they are God's harvest, not exclusively yours. We don't win souls to our church or to our branch or to ourselves. They are God's harvest.
Let us add this to our faith, let us intercede and ask for more labourers. That would be praying to God in line with His will, and what gracious answers may we receive.

October 11 Matthew 9v38

38. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Our duty is laid clear before us. We should pray to God that He should send labourers, soulwinners, evangelists. When last did you pray about this? It is a command from Christ. It is useful to note that God is already aware of the need, yet it is required that we ask. Even of greater note should be the fact that it is His harvest.
How then is it our business, you'll think He should just sort Himself out? We are members of the same body and joint heirs with Jesus. We are of the same family and what affects the Lord ought to affect us. Nonchalance to evangelism and intercession does not augur well for us as believers. Let us realise that our blood ought to be thicker than water.

I will come. What of transport fare, what with your schedule Lord, what of time, what of skill and labour acquired to strenuous practice and vigils, and so on and forth? I WILL COME and heal him. Him? I might have been the more impressed if He said 'I will come and heal them'. Some preachers are not even impressed to hear 'them' today. They have to know, how many exactly, what's my gain, will there be chance for collections, what's the share ratio, what part of Capernaum, is it G.R.A, who takes care of my team and my feeding?
But we will follow Jesus Christ. [b]Jesus saith unto him, I WILL come and heal him. He is coming to your Capernaum this weekend. All you need to do is beseech Him to come. He that calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Is your own trouble up to leprosy? Have you reached the stage of grievously tormented? Or it is 'just' a fever? Jesus is coming to your Capernaum to destroy every work of the devil, big or small. Only believe.

October 8 Matthew 8v7

7. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

Do you remember the sermon on the mount? It's a great sermon. It is also referred to by some, as the Beatitudes. You know what happened after that great sermon? What happened was that Jesus entered into Capernaum. You know what He came to do at Capernaum? He came to take away sickness, He came to deal with the devil in the lives of people. He came to set people free and destroy the works of the devil. He came as a minister of God, a true minister.
The attitude is enchanting, "I will come". That is sacrifice, that is ministry. What many people call ministry today leaves much to be desired. I've heard of people who will not play musical instruments in THEIR OWN church even, except they are payed. They are good at calculations. I want to be good at ministry.

Take up your cross and follow Jesus OR you're just not worthy.

Let us go on/leave- Don't just watch pastor going, don't just observe the 'other denomination' going. Let us go. No need for rising and falling again. Perfection, maturity. Let us be perfect. How is it that a man wants to build and he keeps laying the foundation. First year foundation, second year foundation, fifth year still foundation, fifteen years and he's laying again the foundation. It's absurd but that's the way many believers live their lives. Laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works.
From today, decide. Purpose in your heart. The principles are good but the time has come to leave the principles of the doctrine of Christ. Leave it for the newborn babes. Let us go on to maturity. This is the heart cry of the Lord; completeness, perfection. Do it today. Amen

October 6 Hebrews 6v1

1. Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God

The christian life is beautiful, a joy to the world. Yet it is a life of growth. One major characteristic of life is growth, a new born baby should grow. It would bring worry and distress if a child remains a baby after years. Growth is expected. Farmers expect their plants to grow. Much more, the Lord of the harvest expects that we grow in eternal life which He has given us as His children. Believers have the life of God, that's what it means to be born again.
O! life can be lost, Adam lost life and we can lose life. Life is precious. It doesn't stop at being born, we need to grow. Today's passage is saying GROW. Let us go on, let's move forward. Climb up to higher ground, that's the desire here.

Joagbaje:
The rapture is not supposed to take chridtians unawares We are supposed to know the season of his coming. But definately it's not this year nor next. There are signs of his coming

And He told you this when?

^No need to be scared. If you're a child of God, you should be hopeful for it, and WATCH for you don't know the hour when your Lord doth come, and the scripture cannot be broken.
Make me ready, in the morning, in the night, anytime You may come.

Then i cried.

The rich man was there, but his money
Had melted and vanished away;
A pauper he stood in the judgment,
His debts were too heavy to pay;
The great man was there, but his greatness,
When death came, was left far behind!
The angel that opened the records,
Not a trace of his greatness could find.
Refrain
And O, what a weeping and wailing,
As the lost were told of their fate;
They cried for the rocks and the mountains,They prayed, but their prayer was too late.
Bertram Shadduck.

It is unfortunate that many believers have placed miracles up there. There are NO miracles in Heaven! We ought to walk in the miraculous but NOT be overwhelmed by it, or take it as a MAJOR sign of God. After the fall in Genesis, God described man as but flesh i.e dominated by flesh, and evil . Another thing in the Bible about man is that the devil likes the ways of man. Jesus said that satan savours the things that be of men. But thank God, children of God are not just men, imperfect men, weak men, graceless men. They are NEW creatures, they are godly.
God is holy, we should be. God is love, we should love. Man has envies, strife and divisions, not God. God is light. We should be light to others around us. We should be role models to sinners(rich or poor, famous or infamous). Let's show them the right way boldly, and not be cowered into compromise. God is faithful, we should be. God is merciful. God is truth. God is a Spirit, we should be spiritual i.e dominated by the Spirit, not the mind, never the flesh. God is good. We should walk like God, not like men.

October 4 1Corinthians 3v3

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?


You must have heard of 'the fall of man'. Yes, the FALL. The fall refers to man's demotion from where God initially placed him, from his state of goodness, perfection and strength. Unfortunately, people have taken the low level of man to be standard. But God's standard is unchanging. God was speaking to the believers in Today's passage, and He told them that they were walking like men.
Because of our fallen nature, many of us may be surprised to hear that. And we're like "how else are we supposed to walk?" There you are, you need renew[b]ing[/b] of mind, to understand the mind and plan of God.
God has saved us and made us peculiar , giving us power . He has given us ALL things, even His Son. Why? Is it for us to just boast and say it with our mouth, or for us to work some miracles? No and no again.

Jesus wept.

davidylan:
Did anyone think it would be any different? I'm so sick of it i've gotten used to the regular beatings now.

May God not allow us to be used to bad bad things.

^
Does He have to be bigger in size than the universe?

There is no evidence t support the claim of hired hands cos according to the bible account of the times in which this story supposedly occured, the heart of men were wicked and only full of evil.

1Timothy 6v10a. For the love of money is the root of all evil

Hardly come near this thread, guess InesQor's testimony 'drew' me. Thank God for the miracle. That Brook video too catch mi eye, smooth

What can be said for ignorance?

Dream team 10
The quadruple

Thought to chip in one or too things. You'll have to meditate, concentrate and reap on your own sha

How do we cope with polar bears given that noah lived in the middle east? Did he construct aquariums to sort out salt water fish from their fresh water counterparts?
Just curious.

Go and study on it if you're truly curious.

1. The Ark: I'm no boat builder, but these I know for certain, for you to build a simple canoe, you would need to chop down a big tree and chop out the insides till you form a canoe. Now this was no canoe, but a "SHIP" (to call it in mordern terminology). How was Noah, with the help of just 3 sons, 3 wives plus his, able to build a ship of that magnitude.

1Kings 6:14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
I hope you can safely think that the project was carried out by Solomon and probably Rehoboam.

How was Noah, with the technology avaliable to him at that time, able to build a ship of this size?!

Genesis 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. Selah Selah and Selah still. technology did not star when you finished o' levels. Angels came from heaven, not village.

So in otherwards, Two of every thing!! Including birds of every specie, cattles e.t.c. Now based on the current status of things, we all know that not all the animals of this wourld are in every country. Ex. The Anaconda is native to the tropical swamps of South America, the Bengal Tiger is native to the Indias, likewise many other creatures. What about the fishes, we all know that fishes are divided into both the salt water species and the fresh water species, how was this dilema solved?!

What's your well thought question for the greened section?
On the fishy question, you have the answers you want on some christian websites like answersingenesis, christiananswers and co, if of course you care to read them, abi you're not curious? Me, i'll give you this pre empted one
Genesis 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
So, ask the Administrator

For starters, where did the water come from and where did it go?!
Why is there no evidence such as large scale global stratigraphic evidence. Uniform deposition on a global scale.

Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Where did it go?
Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
Psa 104:6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
Psa 104:7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
God is just toooooooooooo much. Sing with me "How great is our God"
for some reason, i like the way vescucci puts it

With God, all things are possible, didn't you hear, and it doesn't matter if it makes no sense. God can make 2 + 2 become 5.

First of all, this is just some really crazy stuff!! Seven hundred and Seventy-seven years?! On what lungs?! On what heart?! with what health care system?! How was this even possible?! 777 years?! 777(How convenient).

Ever heard the word 'eternal' ring like a bell? unbeliever
See you later. have to go

October 2 Zechariah 2v 5,8


Zec 2:5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

Zec 2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

The apple or pupil of the eye is a delicate part of the human body. You do not play with that one. Actually, there's even some protection for the apple by 'reflex' i.e involuntarily. The apple is the position of a child of God to God. Children of God are the apple of God's eye. He loves us so very much. The Word of God says He is our shield, He protects us. It's exciting.
Actually in Today's passage, this message is delivered with excitement and urgency. The messenger was commanded to Run and say it. this is what God would have His children to know. Do not be in doubt about it. god says he will be a wall of fire around you. the computer software people talk of firewall protection, well this is the author of the desire. God's people are firewalled.
Sometimes, we forget it and we go into disable mode. but Today, your freedom has come.The messenger is to run and speak, for God is your firewall round about you and the glory in the midst. Well, think about Abide in me and i in you. There is the condition right there. God wants you to abide in Him and He in you. to do what? To be your firewall and the glory.
And after the glory of the Lord,oh my oh my, enemies are in big trouble. Defence becomes attack. God is not only a shield but the Lord of hosts. sent to the nations which spoiled you! If you are a child of God, this jubilee year, i pity your enemies. Just be praying that they repent and be saved, because they are touching the wrong kid (the apple of His eye). There is no need to fear. Is God not the pillar that holds your life? Don't you believe it? Are you just singing it? He (God) will hold you, keep you and fight for you. You are the apple of God's eye. No man, no devil, no counsel, no weapon can prosper against you for you are with God and for God. You have overcome them. praise the Lord.

Ha! somebody's buffday.

Why ask why?

True disciples of Jesus love their fatherland. People after God's heart, like David, show concern, pray for and prefer their motherland above their highest joy. When last did you pray for your country? No, i'm not asking about when your church organised something for, i'm asking about you personally. When last? Have you ever asked of Him of the restoration of the kingdom?
Today, we celebrate Nigeria's independence. Join us. You don't have to be into politics or have a benefit, an inroad into the 'national cake'. Your country should be, nay, must be peculiar to you. Show some patriotism. Happy Independence Day.

October 1 Acts 1v6

6. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

The disciples of Jesus had a personal relationship with Jesus. They had known God, heard the parables and teachings of Jesus firsthand, seen the life of Christ, witnessed Christ's crucifixion death and resurrection, and had been partakers of the ministry. Now that's some spiritual achievement. But through all these, we see in our Today's passage, their patriotism and undying love for their nation.
They were not rulers, they had no ulterior motives, all they wanted was restoration, release and rest for their country. Today, we observe that some people have become detached from their country, they don't care. They are 'on their own'. At least, now they are earning good money, so who gives a care what happens to or in the country? What do I need the news for? except it will move my business forward. These ought not so to be, brethren.

Finish it with 'I believe i have convinced you and not convulsed on you, thank you'
Eh eh ha. Happy Independence Day.

Amen and thank you to your prayers, but I'll advice you'd pray more for yourself. You need it.

^so anybody can marry anybody now se? Since there's neither male or female.
Chei, the horrors of going to church late and missing sunday SCHOOL!

classic, yefet. CLASSIC!

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ ALSO loved the church and gave Himself for it. I think that's Ephesians 5, that's what the scriptures command. That's the mind of the author of your life and marriage. That's what the manual for your marriage says. I'll love her for better for worse if I were you. Marriage is not a bed of roses, work it out.
Your wife only slapped you? Eve cost Adam his very existence, after which they begat sons and daughters till death took them. You have more grace than Adam, grace and truth came through Christ. Work at it mr.

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Genesis 6v17. I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.



Only believe!

Notice the bolded. I respect/understand your 'personal'