Steadfastness!

                                    As children of God we need to be steadfast in our faith and in our commitments. It is a marvel what Paul passed through in defence of the faith. He brought the same commitment he gave to persecuting believers to preaching the gospel, he could do this because he believed that Jesus Christ was the final bus stop "ebe ano" as Igbos would say.
                                A lot us don't enter our marriage with that commitment needed believing we are at the last bus stop. Many believe we can always divorce if it doesn't work meanwhile in the right sense we should not have alternatives in our mind  to handing our marriage to God everyday of our lives because He alone can keep us with or without husbands. Our marriage is given to us by God if we believe in God, therefore we should always give it back to him. When we do that he will ensure we are not tempted beyond our ability. Paul in Acts 28 inspite of his troubles kept on preaching and showing love to the very people condemning him, we should pick a leave from Paul's book and be full of love. So hard to do but God's grace is sufficient! Just ask for it.

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This is an interesting season where everyone is rushing around to do one thing or a the other and God has reassured us in- (Matthew 11:28 MSG)“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life.”

Do you remember the Parable of the Lost Coin that Jesus shares in Luke 15? The woman has 10 coins; she loses one and turns the house upside down to find the missing coin.

In those days, a floor in a Palestinian home was all dirt with straw on top. To do what this woman did meant a serious search!

That’s what Jesus came to do on the very first Christmas. Whether you’ve lost your confidence, your hope, your reputation, or your innocence recently, Jesuss came to Earth as a little baby so he could recover you like that woman recovered her coin. “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life” (Matthew 11:28 MSG).

Only Jesus can do that. You can’t depend on the government, your family, or yourself to recover what you’ve lost. Your savior can’t be the person we put in the White House. Your Savior is who we put on the cross. Never look to anyone else for your recovery other than Jesus.

Here are two things to remember about the coin in the Parable of the Lost Coin:

The coin didn’t realize it was lost. Often, neither do we while we’re unconnected to God.

The coin couldn’t find itself. That would be ridiculous! If the woman wasn’t looking for it, the coin would stay lost forever. We would, too, without a Savior.

If we could save ourselves, we wouldn’t need a Savior. But we can’t. You need God to recover whatever you’ve lost.

He’s the only one who can. I pray we do not lose our saviour as we rush around preparing for the christmas.

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”Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” (Psalm 50:15 NIV)

You can’t solve all of your problems. If you could, you would have by now. You’ve probably tried over and over again to solve them, but it’ll take more than you to solve all of your problems.

You need a savior, a rescuer. God sent us a rescuer for the very first Christmas. Every person on the planet is enslaved to sin. The Christmas story is history’s ultimate rescue mission. Jesus came to Earth to set us free from the sin that enslaves us.

You see, some problems in our lives can’t be solved by trying harder but only by trusting in Jesus more. The Bible says, “Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me” (Psalm 50:15 NIV).

If you trust Jesus, he will set you free. He will rescue you from whatever dominates you. It’s why he came. From what do you need to be set free? Maybe it’s the expectations of others, whether it’s a spouse, your parents, your co-workers, or someone else. You can’t be who you were made to be when you are living for everyone else.

Maybe it’s shame, regret, or bitterness that you need to be set free from. Jesus came to rescue you. You can’t overcome it on your own.

But you can trust Jesus to get you through it.

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Hello my beloved friends! it has been long we met up. I hope we are preparing very well for the christmas season? Everwhere around me is so busy and i know it is same with you all too. I pray we do not lose our focus as children of God this season of joy but that we remember that Jesus Christ is the reason we have this season and this would be a good time to reconcile with him if we have gone away from him.
It is also a season to give gifts that shows thoughtfulness just like our father gave us all available spiritual gifts in the storehouse of heaven- 1Peter 4a "“God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts------". Our God is very very generous and as many of us that confess Jesus Christ as our God should also be generous not just with money but also with our words of encouragement, kind deeds, time and care we give to others.
As many are buying so many expensive gifts for each other there is nothing as cherishing as showing love to those in need of and spending time with those that no one has time for. In this christmas reflect God in your giving, don't give thoughtlessly!
Have a glorious time preparing right for the holidays.
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LET GO!

“When the wise men had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. ‘Get up,’ he said, ‘take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.’ So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod.” (Matthew 2:13-15a NIV) Joseph and Mary had to let a lot of things go because of their faith journey. They left everything they knew when they headed to Egypt. And, in one sense, what they were sacrificing was their comfort at the deepest level. It is often uncomfortable to trust God and follow his plan because we get comfortable with the wrong things. We get comfortable with our little habits and rituals, the things that get us stuck where we are instead of getting us to where God wants to grow us. If you commit your health to God, it will probably mean giving up some of your favorite foods. If you commit your finances to God, it will probably mean cutting back on your spending. It’s uncomfortable to break a habit. It’s uncomfortable to face a fear. It’s uncomfortable to go somewhere you’ve never been before or forgive someone who has hurt you. But growth and change always come through doing those uncomfortable things, and that’s what’s good in it. But if we don’t face those fears, we continue to hold onto something that makes us feel comfortable and end up turning our back on God who is the source of comfort. The Bible says, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort” (2 Corinthians 1:3 NIV). I invite you this Christmas, like never before, to recognize that God is the God of all comfort. And in those moments when you want to turn back to that old habit, that old way of thinking which pulls you off track, turn to God and say, “God, give me your comfort.”                   ******* Have fun till we meet again*******

“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.” (Luke 6:32 NIV)
If you only love on and off like a light switch, you do not love others like God wants you to love. Jesus said, “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?” (Luke 6:32 NIV)
His point is this: Anybody can love those who love them. Becoming a master lover means you learn to love the unlovable. It’s when you love people who don’t love you, when you love people who irritate you, when you love people who stab you in the back or gossip about you.
This may seem like an impossible task, and it is. That’s why we need God’s love in us, so we can then love others: “We know and rely on the love God has for us” (1 John 4:16 NIV).
When you realize how much God loves you — with an extravagant, irresistible, unconditional love — then his love will change your entire focus on life. If we don’t receive God’s love for us, we’ll have a hard time loving other people. I’m talking about loving the unlovely, loving the difficult, loving the irritable, loving people who are different or demanding.
You can’t do that until you have God’s love coming through you. You need to know God’s love so it can overflow out of your life into others.
Love must become your lifestyle, the habit of your life. But it starts with a decision. Are you ready?

Your life is worth far more than you think, and by learning to love others with the love God gives you, you will have an influence far greater than you could ever imagine. If you will commit to this, you will experience love as God means it to be — filled with hope, energy, and joy.

My prayer for you is “that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love …” (Philippians 1:9 NCV)
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Rejoice!

I have every believe your weekend was wonderful like mine minus one thing. It was a wonderful and exhiliarating weekend till the moment i had cause to appreciate the fact that God's faithfulness is beyond imagination, because it is written that "--------thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds" - (Psalms 36:5b)! I was enjoying my mum's presence on Saturday afternoon when i got a very scary news of a terrible accident involving my brother but i thank God greatly that nothing happened to him and his friend even though the car was a write off.
                 In the process of rushing around i suddenly realised something when my sweetheart suggested we pray. There was this wonderful calmness all round as if we never got any disturbing news and i believe it's the confidence of knowing that God would always be on your side because he has loved you from the very beginning of time and gave his only begotten son for us to have peace, good health, victory, favour and every good thing available. (Psalms 89:33)- "Nevertheless my lovingkindness will i not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail"
                  In various situations facing you today God will grant you peace and victory over all. (Psalms 89:24a)- "But my faithfulness and mercy shall be with him:-----"

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who works in you!

“God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.” (Philippians 2:13 NLT) It is the Holy Spirit’s job to produce Christ-like character in you. The Bible says, “As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more” (2 Corinthians 3:18 NLT). This process of changing us to be more like Jesus is called sanctification. You cannot reproduce the character of Jesus on your own strength. New Year’s resolutions, willpower, and best intentions are not enough. Only the Holy Spirit has the power to make the changes God wants to make in our lives. The Bible says, “God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him” (Philippians 2:13). Mention the “power of the Holy Spirit,” and many people think of miraculous demonstrations and intense emotions. But most of the time the Holy Spirit’s power is released in your life in quiet, unassuming ways that you aren’t even aware of or feel. He often nudges us with “a gentle whisper” (1 Kings 19:12 NIV). Christ-likeness is not produced by imitation, but by inhabitation. We allow Christ to live through us. “This is the secret: Christ lives in you” (Colossians 1:27 NLT). How does this happen in real life? Through the choices we make. We choose to do the right thing in situations and then trust God’s Spirit to give us his power, love, faith, and wisdom to do it. Since God’s Spirit lives inside of us, these things are always available for the asking.                 ******* Have fun till we meet again*******

Days like this!

Some days you just wake up and feel like not doing anything or going anywhere but you know you must. When you remember there are people that do not have a choice in the matter but to stay in a place and wait for someone to assist them to do everything then you know there is a reason to thank God.
You can breathe without assistance!
You can walk without assistance!
You can talk without assistance!
You can sleep and wake up on your own!
You can use your brain, hands, mouth!
Even if you had assistance for all and you are still alive? You got no choice but to praise him that gave you the gift of life and rejoice because it is written in 1Thess 5:16 "Rejoice evermore" and 18 "In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you"(KJV).

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confused

Being confused is not a good state to be in but sometimes we find ourselves in that state over our children, our husband, our ministry, our career even our choice of what to wear or eat!!!
It is so amazing how we can tangle ourselves up over things that don't really matter. God wants us to remain focused on him and everything will fall in place as he promised in Ps 16:6a "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;"
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weekend!

Hey blessed dears! it has been a wonderful weekend coming to an end. I had a glorious time with family and friends at the RCCG camp for Abuja special holyghost service. it is a blessing to be in God's presence. even in the mst of all this activities you don't push the family aside. By God's grace remembered to prepare for my baby's birthday!it was wonderful but thank God it is all over. Welcome to a new week blessed ones. Remember to laugh because it is good for the soul!  

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Rushed

               Sometimes life can be so rushed and we begin to think and feel we are not doing enough or we are not doing something right to be this rushed. I felt that way this morning with terrible traffic jam during school run to numerous chores that seemed unending then I remembered that i could allow the calmness of His presence overshadow me and a sweet peace will be the result, the moment i handed the day to God, I felt a calmness, steadiness and peace that only God can give. 

You can also do the same in your life no matter what you are facing the same peace is available to you because God has promised it in Phil.4:7 " And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus".                                               

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FAITH

“Walk with me and work with me — watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.” (Matthew 11:29-30 MSG)
Jesus calls us to a level of intimacy that can only be sustained by his constant presence in our lives. He says, “Walk with me and work with me — watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace” (Matthew 11:29-30 MSG).
Jesus is real, and so our response to him must be real. In other words, we can’t just say we have faith; we must show our faith by doing what God tells us to do. Deitrich Bonhoeffer, an influential theologian who was martyred under the Nazi regime, says, “For faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience.”
But taking a step in and of itself doesn’t mean we obey Jesus. He is very specific in what he tells us to do. He doesn’t say “Follow some general biblical principles” or “Submit yourself to a certain doctrine.” Jesus doesn’t present a plan for positive thinking or suggest seven simple steps to becoming his disciple. Jesus says, “Follow me,” and we do just that. Bonhoeffer also says, “Discipleship without Jesus Christ is a way of our own choos­ing. Even if our choice leads us to martyrdom, it is devoid of promise and Jesus will certainly reject it.”
Bonhoeffer notes we can never follow an idea in personal obedience. “Christianity without the liv­ing Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship; Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.”
“It remains an abstract idea,” says Bonhoeffer, “a myth which has a place for the Fatherhood of God, but omits Christ as the living Son. And a Christianity of that kind is nothing more or less than the end of discipleship. In such a religion there is trust in God, but no following of Christ.”

• What does a faith that is real look like?

RESPECT YOUR SPOUSE!

  Do you respect your spouse? In respecting someone love is always involved.         

For husbands: Love Your Wife as Christ Loves His Church (Eph 5:25)For wives: Respect Your Husband as the Head over You (Eph 5:22-23), there is always a thin line between being playful and being disrespectful.i have felt that thin line sometimes but God has always being faithful that i don't cross it often! Most of the problems in “so-called” Christian marriages of today is the husband fails to love his wife properly and the wife is not respecting her husband’s headship over her. Most Christian wives don’t allow their husband to be the man in the marriage. When we practice our God-given roles as husband or wife this is when we love appropriately. 
 We have to make up our minds and be convicted in our hearts and minds that we are children of God and therefore we MUST follow in His teachings and precepts for marriage, not our feelings or what others are doing in their marriage, or what they tell us to do.
We need to know what the bible says: a man NEEDS to love his wife (as Christ does His church) and a woman NEEDS to submit to and respect her husband. There is a big difference between knowing what the bible says and doing what the bible says, however.
We should not pattern our marriage on the yardstick of the world standard-Titus 2:12 "Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and wordly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world".
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Tired!

I’m Tired

Some days I’m riding high. Things just work. They click. They go my way.

But some days, Lord, I can almost see the devil hindering me, laughing at me, breaking what I try to build, attacking me, lying to me, weakening me. He mocks my hopes, makes me doubt, urges me to ignore you, and makes despair look like my only option.

I don’t know how long I can go on like this. Lord, I’m so tired. “The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead. So my spirit grows faint within me; my heart within me is dismayed” (Psalm 143:3,4).

Where can I go but to you? When my body is giving out, I must have strength from you. When my mind is confused, I must get clarity from your Word. When my path is nothing but fog, I must get directions from you. When my spirit sags, I must get courage from you.

May I be bold to remind you that I am your child? May I point out that my baptism has sealed me in the Spirit and that you have accepted responsibility for my well-being? Remember that I am part of the body of your Son. Pour out your Spirit upon me, Lord, and give me courage to live joyfully and confidently. Can we start today?

Quarrels

When you have a disagreement with your spouse what do you do?
Do you both raise your voices at same time?
Do you ignore the children staring at you and just shout?
The home is supposed to be a serene place and not meant for fights especially between spouses as the children can only do what they see their parents do. We could always choose to be quiet and listen while not ignoring the person angry and when answering speak softly because it will be like putting off fire with water when you speak gently to an angry person (Prov,15:1- A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger)