WHO IS A TRUE STEWARD?

Dear brethren,

Biblical steward is one involved in any work in the household of God. Serving God in all kingdom sense of it. Ensuring that through your service, the kingdom of God is being populated daily, by evangelising and winning souls into the kingdom of God. By praying for the poor and needy... praying for your fellow stewards in the household of faith... and living out a Christ-like attitude and so on.

Having defined a steward, who then is a true steward? A true steward is one who is faithful to God's calling in his/her life. To be faithful means to be so devoted and or, dedicated to kingdom activities zealously. Keeping to your word, promises and vows. Being consistent in your allegiance to God and the things of His kingdom.

Secondly, a true steward serves in righteousness or holiness. If you are serving God carnally, with various burden of sins you have committed hanging on you and with you not being sincere in reconciling with Him through Christ! Just forget it, that service of yours is rather abhorrent to God. Our God is a righteous God and those who serve and worship Him must do that in truth and in Spirit. You cannot manoeuvre this truth, God cannot be mocked, neither is He a respecter of persons, for whatever a person sows that he shall reap, Galatians 6:7. Moreover, God does not delight in unholy sacrifices rather He accepts from us only what is right and just, Proverbs 21:3 (NIV). 

Prayer: Father in the name of Jesus, help me to be a true steward who will serve you faithfully and righteously, Amen.

Remain blessed,

Your beloved,

Ifeoma

THE BIBLE AS A MANUAL...

Dear Brethren,

Whenever one buys any product, the manufacturer's manual is always included in the package delivered to the buyer. Have you ever wondered why it is so? The answer is right here; it is because it guides the purchaser as to how to use the said product to its maximum benefit. Your intelligence cannot surpass this one. Yes, you may know how to operate the product somehow but until you read the manual in between the lines  and understand how best it functions, the product cannot be put to its maximum use.

The same principle is also applied to the Scriptures. The Holy Bible is God's instructions for man's daily living. If you do not know what His word says concerning your situation, the devil will always have a free day in your life. The Holy Bible is now in both hard copies as well as in soft copies, you can easily download a copy and read for you to get information on what you have been instructed to do daily as a child of God.

Our God is a merciful God who had given us all what we need to maximise our lives here on earth, that is the reason, He says that He has set before you life and death, blessings and curses but you have been advised to choose life, so that you and your children may live, Deuteronomy 30:19.

Remain blessed,

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma

PLEASE, AM I JUST ENOUGH?

Dear Brethren,

In case you have been struggling to get answer to this question, read what the Bible says concerning a just man or woman. You know that the Bible is our daily living manual, so let's try to explore Psalms 1:1, to have a knowledge of what it is to be just;

To be just is to walk not in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers. Someone may be asking again, does it mean, I have to chase away those my friends who are ungodly? No, that is not it. Rather, it means that you should not take any bad advice they give you like, telling you that remaining a virgin before marriage makes you a lay girl or telling you that any man who doesn't smoke nor chase after girls is not man enough, or telling you to go partying instead of going to His sanctuary or may be telling you to lie to your parents/sponsor in order to get more money from them or telling you to either give or receive bribe to achieve a fit or telling you to blackmail someone so as to tarnish the person's image. These are to mention but a few.

Don't take such advice because they will make you unjust and lead to destruction too. If you know that continuing with such a friend will keep you vulnerable to the prey of satan and probably you have tried your best to keep such a friend in the faith, yet no positive result forthcoming from such, then do well to flee from him/her. As you have read from the above Bible verse, bad company ruins good manner.

Remain blessed,

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma

THE POWER OF PRIDE

Dear brethren, 

Pride has cost so many a lot in life, including their marriages, careers, businesses and so on. Despite all these negative impact of pride, people still strive to overcome it. But the Scripture cannot be broken because of human's refusal to heed to God's instruction not to be proud. The Bible tells us that God opposes the proud, Jame 4:6. So, no matter how hard we pray, give or sing praises to God and yet still proud, He will not accept us as we are only merely engaging in spiritual exercise which cannot yield our expected results.

Are you in the habit of bragging on how you are going to undo someone? Or in a habit of praising yourself even after successfully carrying out a joint task with your team mates, by saying, "I did it", "instead of saying we did it"? Or do you always want everyone to know that you rendered help to someone else?  Just stop. These and more are acts of pride.

Here are just to mention but a few blessings that come to you when you obey God and humble yourself before Him. It makes one to prosper, gives happiness and offers healing. It prospers in the sense that, if one humbles himself enough to learn examples of other successful persons and applies the same in his life, makes that person prosper too. Likewise, happiness, one gains happiness by being humble enough to lean on God alone for help. It also offers healing because, when one is humble in heart, it is only pleasant words that proceed out of his mouth and according to Proverbs 16:18-27, pleasant words are healing to the bones.

Finally, the result of not obeying God is that He gives us over to the consequences of our own action (pride), which is destruction, Romans 1:24,26. (kudos to Nicky Gumbel)

Remain blessed,

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma.

APPLY INTEGRITY IN LIFE AND FIND OUT THE DIFFERENCE

Dear Beloved,

The world is so full of people who cannot be trusted in all what they do, even the good morning they greet needs to be cross-checked. Some say one thing and do another, break agreements and promises made to friends/colleagues. Others even trample on the rights of the poor and vulnerable to rise, not giving a concern to the effect of their actions upon them. In their closet, they stir up strife in the community, putting every nook and cranny of the community aflame with their lies, false accusations, slenderness while still pretending not to know the cause of the chaos. 

All these and more are the reasons, we should reconsider maintaining true integrity in all we do, say and analyse. God is pleased with integrity, 1 Chronicles 29:17 and because of that, He has promised to establish the royalty of any man of integrity above other men. But when men walk contrary to this, they will be cut off from God's portion, God will reject their offerings, making them to be a byword and object of ridicule among all people.

To walk in integrity is to be righteous, upright and have the fear of God. Meaning that, you should always consider the fact that wherever inner secret place sin and abominations are committed God is there watching. Your wife or husband, father or mother, brother or sister may not be there and so will neither see nor know what sins you have committed at their backs but God sees and knows them. I think man's knowledge about this fact will help him so much in maintaining his integrity.

Do not wait to be caught up in your sinful ways, it is better to make use of the grace of God available to us now. Consider it far better to learn through grace of God available to us rather than learning through painful experience.

Remain blessed,

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma

HUMILITY GUARANTEES ABUNDANCE GRACE

Dear Beloved,

Humility has been given different interpretations thus; it is being meek and not being proud. Someone not attaching so much importance to self. It has also been defined as the quality of a person, having a modest opinion of herself.

All the above definitions about humility are fantastic, but delving into it biblical, we'll find out that those definitions do not have any spiritual foothold. The reason being that, as believers, we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in heavenly places, Ephesians 6:12. Have you seen why this subject should not be treated pragmatically.

Therefore, what is God telling us about humility (that is,  being humble), humility is the direct opposite of pride and God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble, James 4:6. Going further, to be chosen by God, you must be humble, Colossians 3:12.

Someone may be asking this question now, does it mean that to be humble I'll have to fold my arms and watch my friends and colleagues cheat on me? No that is not what it means. Remember, the Bible tells us that wisdom is profitable to direct, Ecclesiastes 10:10. There are biblical principles that have been laid down for us children of God, for solving any problem in life. While trying to stand on your right, be peaceful and pose a sound attitude towards your opponent and do not be raffish about it.

When you have done your part of being humble indeed, God's promise to give grace to the humble in heart will now be released to you. And just like that, your opponents will start surrendering to you, because our God works in a mysterious way far beyond our comprehension. I can testify to this.

Remain blessed.

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma

DEVOTION TAKES YOU THERE

Dear Beloved,

I remember when I used to be a Church goer, so to speak. I never knew what it meant to worship God in truth and in Spirit. I would only go to Church just for the sake of it and with a very blank mind. Not knowing what to pray for or expect from God. But until my eyes of understanding opened via several words of God from tbe altar. My pastor would always say that some people read the Bible only when they have come the Sunday service (that is, general Bible reading we do in Church). Which to me, is true of most brethren these days. Some of us are so entangled to the busyness of job activities that nothing else can be considered. He also said that when you get devoted to God and in the things of His Kingdom, it helps you prepare for the challenges ahead, because they will surely come.

Devotion to God does not only culminate into asking for your needs alone to be met by God or yielding part of your life, strength (energy), time, will and money to God. These are exactly the opposite. And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and every desire and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever, 1 Chronicles 28:9.

Getting devoted to God causes His presence to abide with us. The more we are devoted to Him, the more His presence abides with us. I know you wouldn't want to miss His presence in your life and activities, then get devoted to Him. Make Him the first and last things in your life and activities. Contact Him in every step you want to take in your life.

Remain Blessed,

Your beloved sister
Ifeoma

ONLY THE COMPASSIONATE KNOW GOD...

Dear Beloved,

Compassion is to share in the pain of others and having a desire to give a helping hand towards relieving the pain. It can also mean having mercy on someone and having an inner zeal towards helping out. Again, it means loving others at all times and without any conditions attached. Lastly, it could mean to have pity on someone who had deeply hurt you by just letting the person go easily, out of your own clear mind...

Going deeper, our God is full of compassion and had expressed this to us in diverse ways. Especially, sacrificing His one and only son to die for our sins and thereby saving all those that believe in His son from calamity and destruction. What a compassionate God. This is the reason why you and I are still living today. And so, is it too much for us to reciprocate this His deed?

No, it is not. We can sow this seed of compassion in the lives of the less privileged in our midst be it in Church, the society, community, etc. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus had said that whatever we did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of His, we did for Him, Matthew 25:40 .

Remain blessed,

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma

THAT IS THE BEST DECISION!!!...

Dear Beloved,

Confidence is to totally depend on someone without fear of any sort. In the whole wide world, it is only in God that we can get such confidence. Humans will surely fail you every now and then. Could we join King David in acknowledging that: 

He shields and protects us, As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord's word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him, Psalms 18:30(NIV).

He strengthens us, It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure, Psalms 18:32.

He guides us, You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light, Psalms 18:28.

He saves us, You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty, Psalms 18:27.

He is our Helper, My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, Psalms 121:2.

If David could have confidence in God, to the point of God calling him a man after His heart, we too can do same. Moreover, without confidence God you cannot please Him.

Remain blessed,

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma

DILIGENCE!... THE ROAD TO PROPERITY.

Dear Beloved,

Diligence means doing a job assigned to you with your whole heart, quickly, skillfully and according to the ethics of the job. Do you work just to earn salary or to make an impact? How about working for the sake of providing for yourself and your family with the basic essentials of life - food, clothing, shelter...! Yes, it is vital to achieve all of these... but it is more vital to work with regard to your relationship with God.

If God is not considered first in all what we are doing, we will just be struggling to survive. Not only that, we will be working to be seen (that is, doing eye service), stealing from the employer, absconding from work, being punctual to work only when our employer or immediate boss is in town, inciting other workers against the constituted authority, indulge in giving and receiving bribes, gossipping about and so on.

No, that is not the kind of diligence our God and employers expect from us. Know it that God is everywhere and sees everything we do. He is Omnipresent. Don't behave any how you what in whatever task you find yourself doing, because we are first of all accountable to God and then to our employer. 

In the Book of Ecclesiastes 9:10, we were told to do whatever our hand finds to do with all our might and 2 Peter 3:14(NIV) says, therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;

Remain Blessed,

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma

IS IT TRUE THAT LOVE DOES NOT FAIL?

Dear Beloved,

When I say love, I mean God's kind of love. Of course, you know that God is love. His nature is love. And unconditional love for that matter. His kind of love does not depend on the character disposition of anyone, whether a good one or a bad one. No wonder, He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous, Matthew 5:45b (NIV).

Loving God is the first and greatest commandment, followed by loving your neighbour as yourself. You see! It is even a commandment and not an entreaty. Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and Prophets hang on these two commandments," Matthew 22:37-40.

Also remember that, Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love, 1 John 4:8. I know you would say, it is easier said than done... but I equally do know that with God on our side, we can love Him and our neighbour as He has commanded us. Love gives birth to peace, joy, faithfulness and so on, and it does not fail.

Remain blessed.

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma.

DO YOU LOVE GOD?

So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God, Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV).

How great and genuine are the love of God to mankind! He sent His one and only son to die on the cross of Calvary for the sake of our sins, thereby making any one who believes in His son to be at peace, as well as have a healthy relationship with Him (God)... He fearfully and wonderfully made us in His own image and likeness... upon that He is daily thinking good thoughts about you and I. What a love! But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us, Romans 5:8.

How then do we return all these love He had and continued to shower on us? If I may suggest, though, there is no amount of love we return to Him that can be adequate for His own love for us. But I think we can show our appreciation of His love to us by being all out to His commission for us, like;

Being Born Again: this means repenting of our sins by confessing our sins and believing in His sent son (Jesus Christ). Who you love you obey. The holy Bible has said, If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness, 1 John 1:9. Also, If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved, Romans 10:9. 

Become His Disciple: if you become His disciple, the works He did while on earth, you shall do also. That is, spreading the good news about Jesus Christ to mankind. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to to the Father, John 14:12. 

Care For One Another: If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth, 1 John 3:17-18. 

Therefore, obey God and answer His call. These are some of the least things we can do to show our love and appreciation to Him. Remember to ask for His grace because, it is not by our power nor our might.

Remain blessed.

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma.

      

WORRY NOT! GOD IS IN CHARGE.

I just wished I knew God the way I know Him now. I am sure my situation would have been far better than it is now. As a youth then, I worried about so many things in life... when will my school fees be paid? How will I feed? What will I wear? Where will I squat for the semester? After graduating from higher education in year 2001, I started worrying about where to work. In a nutshell, I worried about virtually everything when I did't know Christ.

But now, my story has changed for good to the glory of God. Beloved, in order to avoid worring yourself over circumstances/situations, like me, when I didn't know the Scriptures and the power of God to provide all my needs that much, let me introduce you to this verses of the Scripture in Matthew 6:25-30 (NIV); "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you -you of little faith? 

Do you know that after I had bothered myself thinking about how to achieve the above mentioned, I couldn't even achieve any of those by my own power. I had to follow God's kind of due process. By getting to receiving Jesus Christ into my life. Learning to be contented with what God had given me at the moment. And in addition, waiting patiently for God. Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." Hebrews 13:5.

So, why don't you join me in obeying God's instruction first? Which is, believing and receiving Christ into your life and then allowing Him fulfill His own part of the bargain of providing for us. You know that with God as your Shepherd, He will feed, guide, lead, shield, protect, etc., you. Worrying can only give headaches, sickness and shrink the skin like the harmattan does.

Remain blessed.

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma

God's Moment: WISDOM! AND WHAT ABOUT IT?...

God's Moment: WISDOM! AND WHAT ABOUT IT?...: Beloved in Christ, Have you pondered for once, why wisdom is the key to success in life? Here is it; But the wisdom that comes from...

WISDOM! AND WHAT ABOUT IT?...

Beloved in Christ,

Have you pondered for once, why wisdom is the key to success in life? Here is it; But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere, James 3:17 (NIV).

And Jesus Christ is the power and wisdom of God, therefore, embrace wisdom and be saved from sin and destruction because that is the only assurance for our preservation and the principal thing too.

Remain blessed,

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma.

God's Moment: ENEMIES OF EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE...

God's Moment: ENEMIES OF EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE...: Beloved in Christ, I hope you still remember that a prayerless Christian, is a powerless Christian. A powerless Christian cannot overc...

ENEMIES OF EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE...

Beloved in Christ,

I hope you still remember that a prayerless Christian, is a powerless Christian. A powerless Christian cannot overcome satan and its devils... but by the grace of God we shall overcome them, Amen. The door to greatness in life has been opened to me and you. It is wide open in front of us, it behoves on us to knock satan off the door, and then go in to possess our possessions. Do you understand?

As we know, satan will always come up with different schemes to stop us. Satan cannot just fold its hands and allow good things reach God's people. It is always moving to and fro, looking for who to devour. It doesn't like us being at peace with our God, hence it tries to fickle our prayer life down to a zero point, using the following tactics:

Sleep: A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest; So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man, Proverbs 24:33-34; someone might be wondering... does it mean one will not sleep? No, one will sleep but Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread, Proverbs 20:13.

Heart: never allow the adversaries sow bad seeds in your heart, such as, bitterness, greed, jealousy, and so on. These things can weigh you down and prevent you from reaching your God through prayer. You can only do good to yourself and others when your heart is merry. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of, Luke 6:45 (NIV).

Foot: let God guide and direct your steps at all times. The Book of Ecclesiastes tells us that there is time for everything under the earth. Don't be found in a pub, when you should be found in the Church. If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the Lord honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words, Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; Isaiah 58:13-14a.

Mouth: avoid speaking stench words that may hurt and maim others. Your mouth should be used to bless and not to curse. Use your mouth to pray for others/yourself and not gossip, slander or blackmail them. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers, Ephesians 4:29.

Eyes: pray God to open your eyes to see wonderful things and not lustful things. To see the poor in your locality and pray for their needs to be met by God... and to even see how to help meet their needs as much as God puts into your hand. Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law, Psalms 119:18.

Food: just learn to weigh your intake balance properly, in such a manner that will permit you to be lively, up and doing. Do everything in moderation. So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God, 1 Corinthians 10:31.

All believers have common adversaries which are satan and its devils. Do not let their tactics work in your life. Let us brace up and pray always!

Remain blessed.

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma.

HOW TO GAIN CHEAP FORGIVENESS...

Beloved in Christ, 

Have you been wondering within you, thinking how all these sins you have committed against God and humanity in the past, could be forgiven you? And just like that? Yes, it is possible. Our Lord and Creator is a merciful God. Just read and follow strictly the following tips:

Be open to God: do not be ashamed to confess your sins before the Almighty God. He knows that you have committed such a sin. But He will always be patient with us to come before Him acknowledging and confessing our sins to Him. Just as King David, always did whenever, he realised he had sinned against God. He opened up to Nathan (2 Samuel 12:13), acknowledged his sins and thereafter, literally poured out his contrite and broken spirit unto God. A contrite and broken spirit God cannot despise, David knew it hence Psalms 51. He further said that, if I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear, Psalms 66:18. David was always quite on point each time he sinned against God. No wonder, God called him a man after His own heart.

Forgive yourself and others: permit me to quote Katherine Ponder, "Remember, you don't forgive others for their sake but you forgive them for your sake." It is not a coerced forgiveness but the kind that comes right from the heart. The kind that makes your heart feel light and becomes joyous. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you, Ephesians 4:32.

Say never again: make a vow to yourself and God, never to commit sin again. It is not just saying it, commit your whole being into it using the word of God. That is the Sword for overcoming temptations and sin. After all, what shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! Romans 6:1-2a.

Remain blessed.

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma.

INCREASE YOUR FAITH IN GOD

It is far better to believe in our Lord God and His Prophets, than in any other thing, 2 Chronicles 20:20. From right, left and centre, that is just the way to go. The Bible is so clear about it. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV). 

We can therefore, increase our faith in God thus:
Hearing the word; first and foremost, listen and hear the word. That is the first step to take. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17.

Reading the word; reading a thing gives one an understanding of that thing, especially when read from the heart. In the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem, Daniel 9:2. The word of God is the Holy Bible. There are also many christian books written by anointed  servants of God, you can read in addition to the Bible.

Meditating on the word; this entails thinking in and in, into the word of God, up to that point that faith in God will be produced in your entire spirit being. This Book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success, Joshua 1:8.

Acting the word; after you have accomplished the first three factors, take a break to putting them into action. It is possible. If some anointed men of God in our midst, in this present time, can do signs and wonders, we too can. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says, Mark 11:23.

So then, beloved, get soaked and saturated in the word of our Father in heaven, eat it, drink it, breathe it, sleep it, wake it... and by so doing, your faith in God will surely increase.

Remain blessed,

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma.

DROP THEM, YOU OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER...

Beloved in Christ, 

How has your attitude been in your society? Well! I don't know how you have behaved in your society, to your friends and family members or how they had responded to your attitude either. But from the word of God, I do know you can still make amends and not be shaken. 

Do you walk cruelly and work unrighteous? Do you tell lies? Do you gossip? Do you hurt your neighbour? Do you not keep your word or agreements reached? Do you lend your money with excessive interest (usury)? Do you accept brides against the innocent?

Drop them if, you are certain, you would like to dwell in God's sacred tent, as well as live on His holy mountain (God's presence) and never be shaken. Read what the Bible tells us; Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from the heart; whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others; who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind; who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken. Psalm 15:1-5 (NIV)

Remain blessed. 

Your beloved sister,

Ifeoma

TRUE RICHES REVEALED...

Anyone thinking that money isn't good but evil, is deceiving herself. Do you know that with true believers having financial (money) breakthrough, they can achieve a whole lot of things in the kingdom of God? Let's see how; 

Peace: any true believer in God having riches can never allow the poor and needy in her society to suffer. Her desire will always be to cater for the well-being of others both in praying for them (spiritual needs) and their physical needs like providing the basic needs of life to them. 

There is a popular saying that a hungry man is an angry man... right? The main reason being given by these violent people in our societies now, bothers on non-consideration of their well-being. Though, most of them can be so lazy and jealous, but for the love of Christ, these ought to be over-looked. Let God be our reason for any good we do. 

When we believers all over the word, make the aforementioned, a kingdom call to duty in every location of the world we find ourselves, then, we must have succeeded in bringing peace into the world. At least, violence/terrorism will be reduced to its barest minimum. 

Remember, when people are treated justly, peace will reign. Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Romans 5:1.  Also, this will build strong confidence among them thereby making the world a safe place for us all, In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, And His children will have a place of refuge. Proverbs 14:26. 

Remain blessed. 

Your sister in Christ,  

Ifeoma

 

PRAYING KINGDOM PRAYERS...

Beloved in Christ,

Please, let us strive not to be selfish in making our prayers unto our God. Remember, to pray for the following in our midst, since it is good and acceptable in the sight of God, of course, you know when God is happy with your prayers, He will expressly perform all you ask of Him:

Pray for the poor and be generous to them too; this includes the troubled, victims, homeless, grieved, fatherless, oppressed, etc. He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy. Proverbs 14:31

Pray for your pastors and Church members; Paul speaking; Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, Ephesians 6:19 (NIV)

Pray for your friends; And the Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Job 42:10

Pray for your enemies; But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, Matthew 5:44.

Pray for your nation: Pray for the the peace of Jerusalem: "May they proper who love you. Peace be within your walls, prosperity within your palaces." Psalms 122:6-7

Remain blessed,

Your beloved sister,
Ifeoma.

AMONG OTHER CONDITIONS FOR ANSWERED PRAYER

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. John 15:7 (NKJV)

Dear Beloved,

Our God is so sincere to us all, who call upon His name. If He didn't mean to answer our prayers unto Him, I do not think, He would bother letting us know via His word, the conditions upon which He could answer us whenever, we call upon Him.

Jesus Christ, teaching His disciples how to pray said, In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13.

From the above Scripture, we read that we must come to Him as a son or daughter, that is, 'Our Father in heaven', because, Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, Ephesians 2:19.

Hallow His name: always enter into His gate praising, thanking and adoring Him. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. Psalms 100:4.

Pray for His Kingdom, that is, praying for the unsaved souls, your pastors, oppressed, grieved, homeless, the needy, the poor in your midst... the list can go on and on. For I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' Matthew 25:42-43.

Pray for forgiveness of sins. We had treated this in our previous message. However, do not forget to forgive others their trespasses before praying to our Father in heaven.

When you had finished abibing in all of the above mentioned conditions, then you will call upon Him, asking for your specific needs, He will answer you. Read our anchor text, John 15:7 above.

Remain blessed.

Your beloved sister,
Ifeoma.

CAN PRAYER AND FASTING REALLY DO IT? (PART B)

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them. Psalms 145: 18-19.

Prayer is a guiding light to our reaching God's presence without stubbing our toes. Prayer is a spiritual medium through which we talk one on one with our Maker and thereby presenting our issues to Him. Prayer is a platter upon which our heart desires are fulfilled by God. That is, the ones that are according to His will and purpose for our sustenance in life. I said according to His will because, I strongly believe that, no matter how much you love your four (4) years old son and he requests a double barrel gun from you, that, you will never ever answer that kind of his prayer unto you. So it is to us with God. If  you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7: 11.

Again, before asking God for anything, certain conditions must be met by us. Especially, when fasting is involved in the prayer. Of course, these two popular words go well down together. "Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed  go free, And that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;  When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? Isaiah 58:6-7.

Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Is 58:8. The above mentioned blessings become ours after we had obeyed His own rules. Have you seen why, it pays to obey God's rules/instructions? It profits us far better to follow his rules than to do things our own way. After all, He is the 'I am that I am,' and His rules are not burdensome... 1 John 5:3.

Remain blessed.

Your sister in the Lord,

Ifeoma.

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CAN PRAYER AND FASTING REALLY DO IT?

However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting. (Matthew 17:21 NKJV)

Right from the ages, we have been hearing about these two words in the Bible "Prayer and Fasting", and some might even dislike those words. Yes, I did disliked them too, when I was still much younger. I remember how my parents would send my siblings and I away to the local Church, years back, to join other children in prayer and fasting exercise every Saturday, morning. Then, we did not know what prayer and fasting meant, therefore, as Saturdays approached, we would be grumbling. As in, these our parents, they would send us away again to Church, to go starving... Ouch! I am sure we grumbled that way because, we didn't have any understanding of prayer and fasting.

Jesus Christ speaking in the earlier quoted Scripture, Matthew 17:21, emphasises that some circumstances in life warrant that we pray and fast. I can now understand why Jesus' disciples couldn't cast out that demon from the young man. Matthew 17:14-16; And when they had come to the multitudes, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often falls into the water. So I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him." Probably, His disciples were ignorant of prayer and fasting, the same way I was in those days. They always slept whenever their Master went up to pray, Matthew 14:43; And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. But we later saw how, when they realised themselves and received the Holy Ghost sent to them by Master, Jesus Christ, that diverse signs and wonders were wrought through their hands. To the extent that Peter's shadow was healing the sick, Acts 2:4; And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 5:12a; And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people.

That is to say, power can only be released to believers who can pray and fast fervently. A prayerful believer is a powerful believer and when you carry power (Holy Spirit), no demon can molest you.

Prayer: Father, give me the grace to pray and fast in and out of season, so that I can be empowered to defeat the devil in all my affairs anytime, anywhere and everyday, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Remain blessed!

Your Sister in the Lord,
Ifeoma N-Bernard

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LET GOD ALONE BE THE JUDGE

JUDGE NOT, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE JUDGED. CONDEMN

NOT, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE CONDEMNED.  FORGIVE,

AND YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN... ( LUKE 6:37 *NKJV )

Dear Saints of God,

The above Scripture as written, is exactly the law of God to us all who are called by His name. God commands us to correct one another with love, rather than helping Him to doing His duty of having to judge the world. It is Him alone Who can judge us justly. No wonder, the Holy Bible admonishes us to, love our neighbours as ourselves, that there is no commandment greater than this, Mark 12:31. To be frank to ourselves, when you love someone, you don't expose the person's misgivings publicly, rather, you politely bring in the person and chastise him/her in love as reminded us in Ephesians 4:2-3; With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love. Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, told us in John 3:17 that, our Father in heaven, did not send Him to the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him should be saved. Do you now see the reason why we should not condemn one another? Also, 1 Corinthians 13:3-6 say, And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; More over, Therefore if the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed... John 8:36

Also, as followers of Jesus Christ, we must forgive one another simply, without any reservations, because, that is the only condition by which our heavenly Father can forgive our sins also. Our Lord, Jesus Christ, says in Matthew 6:14-15, ''For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. I believe these passages of the Scripture says it all, but Saints, to be honest with us, it is not easy to forgive someone who has profusely hurt us, but then, since this is God's instruction to us, we must wholeheartedly forgive them that hurt us badly.

Prayer of repentance:
Pray with your spirit, soul and body. Lord Jesus Christ, I now believe and receive You into my life. Please, forgive all my sins and wash me with Your precious blood and grant me the grace not to sin anymore, in Your precious name I have prayed, Amen.
Saint, if you prayed this prayer, honestly your sins are forgiven you, Praise God!!!

Jesus is Lord!!!

Ifeoma N-Bernard

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