Saturday, 30 July 2016

HEAVEN'S HEART CRY -PART 2 (KINGDOM RISK TAKERS)

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31st July, 2016.
TOPIC:                      HEAVEN’S HEART CRY – Pt. 2 (KINGDOM RISK TAKERS)

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH” Rev. 12:11

The desire of our heavenly father is to have sons who will bear His direct image and be able to stand for him. Men, He (God) will not be ashamed to be called their Father (God) - Heb.11:16. True sons He can vouch for like he did to Job. Men He can boldly beat His chest vehemently to say like He talked of Abraham “I know that he will command his children after me” Gen.18:19 [paraphrased]. Most of us love quoting this scripture: “if God be for us, who then can be against us”- Rom.8:31; however, my question is how many of us can be (stand) for God? God will only stand for those who can stand boldly for Christ.
We have given the devil a chance to question God about our true identity as believers. You know he (the devil) is the accuser of the brethren, so he would say to the Father, “I thought you said this is your son? I thought you were boasting of this daughter of yours? Now, can you see how she is living now?”

Beloved, sometimes, you may assume no one is watching but you tend to easily forget that ‘spirits’ cannot be barred with walls and doors. The invisible eyes are watching. Even no one is standing for what is right in that office, will you dare to be the only one heaven can boast of in that office, family, school, etc. There is still a serious search for faithful sons who will bring praise and glory to the father through their lives.
In Mark 8:38, Jesus said, “If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the son of man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the his father’s glory with the holy angels” Imagine, if Jesus before his father will shake his head negatively and say “hmmn…I don’t know this one”. Little wonder, Paul could boldly say “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation of everyone who believes…” Rom.1:16. A tree may not be necessarily known by its leaves and bark (outward appearances) but by the fruits (character), so you may profess to be a Christian by tongue but it is what you possess that speaks. Are you still afraid of what men will say? Still scared of losing that job if you don’t succumb? Still scared of being punished if you don’t say the truth? Hear what the disciples in the face of death said “…whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God.”- Acts 4:19. If you must please the father and be relevant on this earth and hereafter, you must stand for the truth even in the face of death. You may think everyone is doing it, so let me join them, but I can tell you there are still “the seven thousand men who have not bowed unto Baal” – I kings 19:18. The likes of the 3 Hebrew boys (Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) who could boldly look the fearful king in the eye and say “we are not careful to answer you in this matter, …even if God will not deliver us, we will not bow” – Dan.3:16- 18 [paraphrased]. Men like Joseph who had opportunity for ‘FREE SEX’ with fat allowances but saw it as Great wickedness  against God (Gen.39:9). Will you stand out like Prophet Micaiah who spoke the truth when it looked awkward and old fashioned to speak the truth (I kings 22:14). Can you say like Daniel, “I will not defile myself with the kings’ meat (Pleasures)?”- Dan.1:8. Beloved you can make it. You can make the heart of your father glad. You are the taste (salt) and light in that office; don’t allow yourself to be trampled upon by men. I will join the Hymn writer George Duffield Jr. to say “Stand up, Stand up for Jesus”. Can I tell you, God anointed Jesus much more because he loved righteousness and hated evil (Heb.1:9). Your love for righteousness places you on the path to honour and glory. All those colleagues who mock you for being the ‘Jew guy’ will come back to celebrate you for your integrity. Sleeping with your boss will not elevate you but make you lose your worth. Stand out for God and you’ll become the delight of our father in heaven. The top is your divine placement, don’t struggle for position. Your celebration is at hand.
#we’ll meet at the top.

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Saturday, 23 July 2016

HEAVEN' S HEART CRY

-          WELCOME TO  A BEAUTIFUL WEEK -
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24th July, 2016.
TOPIC:                      HEAVEN’S HEART CRY – Pt. 1

“My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me [as having failed in my parental duty]. Prov.27:11 – AMP.

All through the ages, generations and centuries; there has been a serious search in the heavens for true representatives. God has laid trust upon many and yet they failed him. He created man in HIS OWN IMAGE and LIKENESS bearing the same nature and glory (as at the beginning) but he (man) failed to represent him faithfully on earth. He made the heavens and the earth, His abode is heaven but the earth has he given to the sons of men, even though it’s His footstool (Isa.66:1). This search has been on and most times he only finds ‘one-man’ in a whole generation whom he can trust. In Genesis 6:6, the scriptures recorded that, “the Lord was grieved that he had made man on earth, and his heart was filled with pain” – NIV. Ah! I think I can really get a glimpse on how He felt ‘after lavishing many resources on this man? After such great love I poured out on him?’ His love was enormous that He did not give up on us, yes us, because we were in the loins of Adam when he sinned, and because He has engraved us in the palm of His hands, He couldn’t just forget us (Isa.49:15-16).

He still had to send His only beloved son Jesus to come in the likeness of men and die so that he may redeem us from the destruction of sin. Yes, he had to do all that for you, so that we can live for Him not as we want. We were bought with a price in order to glorify God in our body (I Cor. 6: 17-20).

Now, back to Prov.27:11 are you among those who have grieved his heart all these while? His heart is really grieved and he is still like a father pleading “please be wise, make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me”. Are you a true representative of your father (God)?
Before you were born, there was a round table discussion in heaven concerning you and at the end, he fixed you in that family, school, office and church so that you can represent him well. Will you fail him like others have done in the past or will you be faithful? Even before the devil, God made a boast about Job saying “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?” – Job 1:8. Can God say that about you? Are you bearing his nature and glory? Are you still like God? Or have you forgotten his eyes were watching you when you told that lie; took that bribe, stole with biro (neatly)…? (Psa.33:13). Jesus is the first born among many brethren (Rom.8:29, Col.1:15), are you still among the family of sons?

In case you have you have messed up and have failed him, you can still return back now that you yet have the opportunity to do. It’s never too late to do the right thing. He loves you and will not be happy to see you rot in the fires of hell. Today as you have heard His voice, don’t harden your heart (Heb.3:15). You can make Him (God) proud today even in that office, family and school where He posted you. You can gladden His heart and live for Him.
If nothing could stop Jesus from laying down His life to save you, what is it that can stop you from giving Him your life? He loves passionately. Make the right decision today!

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Saturday, 16 July 2016

WHO TOLD YOU?

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17th July, 2016.
TOPIC:                      WHO TOLD YOU?

“And he said, ‘who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat’? - Gen.3:11.

The difference between two different people is not majorly the facial outlook but mental disposition. What you know and have digested within you determines the outcome of your life. Idea could rule the world but Information controls the lives of men; hence what you know determines what you become. Many people have lived all through their lives with a certain mindset that has limited their growth and progress within a circumference because of what they have allowed in their minds. You can either progress or retrogress via the content of your mind. A man becomes whom he is first in his (IMAGE-NATION) mind before it manifests outwardly. So, permit me to say that the content of a man’s mind is who he is. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Prov.23:7).

Obviously, it is a proven fact that even from birth, what we hear and digest forms majorly the content of our minds. In a bid to probably become better, Adam and Eve were deceived via what they heard. Note that the bait used to shift them from their divine placement by God was “that their eyes will be opened (understanding) and they will be like God (dominion) and they will KNOW good and evil (knowledge)”- Gen.3:5. What an irony? These were actually the blessings given to them by God already, so when God came down, he asked “who told you, you were naked?” Nakedness is a state of Lack of knowledge, understanding and dominion.

Beloved, what have you heard? The strategy of the devil is still the same today. Promises of prosperity when its already your heritage in Christ? Whose report have you received and believed? No wonder Jesus said “And you shall know the truth and it shall set you free” (John 8:32). This is because man’s problem from the beginning has been knowledge. What have you heard about life, success and progress before now? Who told you, you cannot conceive or get that job? Have you believed the lies of the devil? Men who operate in the supernatural realm are not subject to scientific and natural laws (Gal.4:1-4) NIV.

There is no darkness anywhere; darkness is just absence of light. There is no mountain anywhere, our mountain is ignorance. Ignorance is the absence of light and darkness connotes slavery and limitations. They that KNOW their God shall be strong and do exploits (Dan.11:32). Go through the word and discover what God has spoken concerning you. Don’t allow the same episode of Gen.3 happen to you because the devil has no new strategies, he only rebrands them. I see you breaking off that limitation today because of the light in his word in Jesus name.
Don’t settle for the less, you were meant for the top. Let nobody tell you what you are not. You’ve been made great and to dominate by the reason of Jesus death on the cross. Recover your placement in destiny. You don’t need much titles or big positions to make impact or be relevant in life. The fact is that you may not be very rich today, but the truth is that you are not poor. Digest only what God provides in his word. Live by the word, so you don’t mislead by the devil through our ignorance.
#See you at the Top!

Elijah I.C
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