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Let's Celebrate

Exodus15:1 "I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted. Both horse and driver He has hurled in the sea". After the Lord defeated Pharoah and his army at the Red Sea, the Israelites were exuberant in their worship to God; they celebrated the victory with every fibre of their being and it was a glorious time. They got out their musical instruments and got down to worship God. Can you see them jumping, skipping, running, clapping and dancing? The Lord had fought their battle and gave them victory,  even the Egyptian recognized  it, Ex. 14:23b, "Let's get away from the Israelites: the Lord is fighting for them against Egypt". Fast forward: Ex. 15:23 -24. How easily we forget!! The God who granted the Israelites  victory over  Pharoah and his army is still the God when they got to Marah where the drinking water was bitter. Like the Israelites when we face challenges we complain and forget the favor of God on our lives. Ex. 15:25, The Lord showed Moses a...

You were born to soar!!

“We are young eaglets born of God to mount up to the sun but we stand shivering by the nest, not daring to try our wings. Young eaglets trust the the invisible Air, trust it and ride aloft. It shall bear you up, up, beyond the clouds of mist, up to the very sun itself. He shall rise the highest who trust most; he shall have most who can believe most in God”. (Charles Spurgeon) As believers, we have placed so much limitations on ourselves because of fear, hence we do not strive to be the best we can be nor do we allow the Holy Spirit to empower us. As a result, mediocrity becomes our hallmark and we settle for less than. Jesus paid the ultimate price for us, He bought our freedom with His blood. Child of God, let us try our ‘wings’, the wings of faith: Let’s dig deeper into God; He is unsearchable, untraceable and above all He is a covenant keeping God. He said that if we seek Him we will find Him. Amen and amen

Reinstate the Altar of God!!

Amos 3:14 I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground. The prophet, Amos is here warning the children of Israel of God’s impending judgment, against them because they had turned away from worshiping the true and living God to the worship of idols. When we build a place of idolatry, we invite God to destroy it. Growing up, every home would have a Holy Bible in a prominent place in the home to let everyone know that God is honored in this home; the Bible would be read, we  prayed and tried to live by the dictates of the Word.  Today in many homes, the Bible is replaced with televisions, game consoles, guns, computers, cellphones and every electronic gadgets: We spend countless hours surfing the web, playing games and the list is inexhaustible; many even use cellphones in churches under the guise of reading the Bible or taking notes while the Word of God is being proclaimed. Let’s reinstate the Word of God i...

Holy Fire

Acts 2 We are begging those who do not know Jesus Christ as Lord, to come to know Him but I believe we have the method backward. Our prayer should be, Lord set us ablaze for You that others can see us ablaze for You ( John Wesley).  Like a moth to a flame, those who do not know the Lord will be attracted to the Fire. According to entomologist(scientist who study insects), moths are able to find their way partly by using light as a compass . On the Day of Pentecost, the disciples in the Upper Room did not plead with those around them to be saved: They simply ‘stayed at home’ in the Fire and people all around were cut to the heart saying, what shall we do? Peter told them to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of of their sins and they shall receive the Holy Spirit. In one day 3000 souls were added to the church. Praise the Lord. My brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ, let us get the Great Commission right. Before we go out into all th...