KINGDOM WISDOM 6: BE PATIENT.

    Sometimes we go through a rough period in our lives where in christian circles have come to call the desert, where we are tested to show growth. For some, their desert may be with their finances, for many others it might be sexual purity or even your integrity. As we appreciate when things are good, we also have to appreciate the desert and be patient enough to overcome it. YOU CAN NEVER BE PROMOTED SPIRITUALLY WITHOUT FIRST PASSING THROUGH THE DESERT. The desert is meant to forge our characters and makes us perfect in Christ if we persevere in faith. Take the time to analyze your situation. THE ANSWER IS RIGHT THERE IN JESUS CHRIST. So be patient, let God form you as He wants you to be so you have want for nothing. GOD BLESS YOU!

James 1:2; My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Amen.

THE TRUTH, KEY TO PROSPERITY:

Let’s use these coming weeks to tackle true prosperity. Everybody wants to prosper, right from our infancy to our adulthood, all we think of is how to be prosperous so we can do what we want and help those around us and believe it or not God wants to prosper us and make each and every one of us a solution to this world. But the question that remains is how to be prosperous.

3 John 2; Beloved, in regard to all things I pray that you prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. Amen

                This takes out the question whether God wants us to prosper or not. He is the God of abundance and therefore He wants us to also prosper. The apostle says something that is very capital but we tend to neglect it in our quest for prosperity and blessings. Looking at this passage tells us that ONE CAN PROSPER IN HIS BODY WHILES HIS SOUL DOESN'T PROSPER. So for us to really prosper we have to start from our soul because Jesus could say in Mark 8:36; For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Amen. Prosperity in our soul is shown to us when we start our reading from 3 John 1; The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in the truth. Amen. This points to us the truth because he says "whom I love in the truth". To be able to prosper in our soul, we have to first be in the truth.

                To be in the truth? Yes the Word of God says. Proverbs 4:18 says But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day. Amen. What else characterizes the just or the righteous if not the truth? TRUTH IS THE STARTING POINT OF PROSPERITY BECAUSE IT IS THE NATURE OF GOD. Where ever there is the truth, prosperity reigns, because the light shines continuously. As riches is useless to a prisoner, if your soul isn't free, your riches serve you for nothing. KNOWING THE TRUTH ALONE ISN'T ENOUGH, DWELLING IN IT IS WHAT MATTERS THE MOST. Dwelling in the truth helps us beloved dwell in the light and everything we do is what satisfies our soul and that is why the apostle added in 3 John 3; For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified of the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than these things, to hear that my children walk in the truth. Amen. It will be just talk if we don't get to know truth himself. The truth that sets our souls free, the truth that shines on our paths allowing us to make the right decisions, speak the right words and prosper our souls and our bodies as well. In John 14:6 Jesus says to us  I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me. Amen. JESUS IS THE TRUTH! The one capable of prospering our souls and bodies. The only Son of the Living God! TO BE ABLE TO REALLY PROSPER IN BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT, JESUS SHOULD BE THE CENTRE OF OUR LIVES.

                Let's take some time out to really analyze our lives, whether we know the truth, whether we are walking in the truth or not, because beloved, I strongly believe the time has come where our Father wants us to prosper and be in good health as prospers our souls. GOD BLESS YOU!!! AMEN.

KINGDOM WISDOM 5: YOUR SEED.

Genesis 1:11; And God said, Let the earth bring forth tender sprouts (the herb seeding seed and the fruit tree producing fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself) upon the earth; and it was so.

12 And the earth brought forth tender sprouts, the herb yielding seed after its kind, and the tree producing fruit after its kind, whose seed was in itself. And God saw that it was good. Amen.

Every seed is bound to grow and produce fruits with numerous seeds guaranteeing you a perpetual harvest. The condition is to sow the right seed.

A seed is a deliberate and continuous action you undertake. The type of seed you sow determines your harvest. A seed of truth and honesty guarantees you a harvest of freedom and joy. A seed of faith guarantees a miracle but on the other hand as Job 4:8 puts it As I have seen, the ones who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same. Amen, your seed of alcohol guarantees you a harvest of depression, sorrow and liver problems. Consider the outcomes of your seed before sowing it.

Galatians 6:7; Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows, that he also will reap. 8 For he sowing to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But he sowing to the Spirit will reap life everlasting from the Spirit. 9 But we should not lose heart in well–doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not faint. Amen.

KINGDOM WISDOM 4: STRENGTH FOR ALL SEASONS.

Matthew 26:41; Watch and pray that you enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Amen.

                Temptation is a tool the enemy uses to stop us from accomplishing the will of God for our lives. Prayer is the ultimate and lasting solution to temptation.

Jesus never did anything without prayer. In fact He had places and times for prayer like in Matthew 14:23. Prayer energizes your spirit to overcome the desires of your flesh. When we pray, a shake occurs in the spiritual, and balance is restored in our lives. A man who doesn't pray is always vulnerable for a fall.

James 5:17; Elijah was a man of like passion as we are. And he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for the time of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to sprout. Amen

KINGDOM WISDOM 3: TIME AND SEASONS.

Ecclesiastes 3:1; To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens. Amen.

                What says your time right now? What have you done that is profitable up until this moment? Champions are productive people!

                Time is a constant factor in our lives. It adds on but doesn't come back. Yesterday's 12 O'clock noon isn't the same as today and will never be as that of tomorrow. What you didn't do yesterday wakes you waste time doing them today. A season for everything says Solomon in Ecclesiastes 3:1. A season of high productivity and that of low productivity. Do you actually know the season you are in right now? Seasons change but time is constant. A champion maximizes the time he has in a season of productivity so his output isn't affected during the season of low output.

Ephesians 5:15; See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Amen.

KINGDOM WISDOM: GET WISDOM.

1 Kings 10:27; And the king made silver like stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars like the sycamore trees in the valley for abundance. Amen.

                The difference between Israel and the rest of the world was in their anointed King Solomon and the wisdom he had. Wisdom always makes the difference.

               Wisdom is having right insight, knowledge is the application of wisdom but without understanding, you will miss the whole mark set aside for you to attain. Wisdom knows exactly when to put something in action, Knowledge knows how to place the necessary action and Understanding tells you exactly what to do at the right time and in the right way. This trio put together will guarantee a recipe for success. It is very difficult to find an unsuccessful Wiseman, this is why Solomon tells us...

Proverbs 4:5; Get wisdom, get understanding; forget not; nor turn away from the words of my mouth. 6 Do not forsake her, and she shall preserve you; love her, and she shall keep you. 7 Wisdom is the main thing; get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding. Amen.

KINGDOM WISDOM 1: RIGHT CHOICES.

                In life the your choices always matter the most. How? Every decision you make has an impact on your future one way or the other. Choosing to work hard has success as a future. This is an inevitable truth. In John 10:10 Jesus points to us that He has come that we have life and have it more abundantly. Abundant life. A life where you have no worries, no fears and most of all where all your needs are met in a wonderful way called faith. Also in John 14:6 He says to us, Jesus said to him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by Me. Amen. It's a choice you alone can make, if I could I would make it for you but you have to make it yourself. Choose wisely. God bless you.

Deuteronomy 30:19; I call Heaven and earth to record today against you. I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your seed may live. Amen.

THE WORKS OF GOD

Most of the times, we as Christians are caught in the nest of trying so hard to please God our Father. This mostly comes when we are in need of a favor where none else except God can give us. The scenario is repeated in the Word of God.

John 6:28; Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. Amen

                The answer of our glorious Savior even though simple but beholds so much truth. This question comes immediately after Jesus fed them with 5 loaves of bread and 2 pieces of fish. The people had been with Jesus and they were hungry. Jesus performed this miracle to teach them that WHERE THE WORD OF GOD IS, THERE IS ALWAYS PROVISION. Most of the time, we are either so much worried about what is going around us or we are so marveled at the sight of the miracle that we forget that the main thing is being with Jesus. The people might have said, Jesus gave us bread yesterday evening, He is capable of giving us breakfast, lunch and supper so let’s go look for Him again today. They weren't interested in what He had to say to them. We have to focus on what God wants us to tell us, what He wants us to do and what He wants to do in our lives and not what we want God to do for us. After all He says in Isaiah 55:8; For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Amen. The key is looking for God for the right reason. Jesus said THE ONLY WORK OF GOD IS BELIEVING ON WHOM GOD HAS SENT (JESUS). BELIEVING IN THE SAVIOUR OF YOUR SOUL. This is glorious!!! Think a little, if Jesus can save your soul from eternal damnation, won't he save you from harm, from hunger, from poverty? God wants to save us through His only begotten Son Jesus. Why then should we go on about looking for what won't last, why should we go wandering about for futile solutions?

                When we believe in Jesus, we delight in Him, making Him our every thought and desire. After all when you have faith that your friend can do something for you, you give him/her all the time and attention, you listen to the person. It is the same with Jesus. In Matthew 6:33 Jesus says to us, But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Amen. Looking for treasure stored up in heaven is the key to what we want. But to look for that treasure, we must look into His Word and believe in it. This is believing in Jesus because He is the Word as John 1:14 puts it And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Amen. Believing in Jesus, the I am, believing in the same Jesus of the time of the Apostles, the same Jesus of yesterday, today and the same Jesus who will remain even unto your descendants as it says in Hebrews 13:8, He will never change!

                The psalmist knew this and that is the reason why he wrote in Psalm 37:4; Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Amen. Believing in Jesus is the only way to work the works of God. Let's go forth today leaving behind what is past, making God our delight through worship, prayer and meditation of His glorious Word. Amen GOD BLESS YOU!!!

THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION

Another season is here with us and I wish you dear friend a happy Easter. We seem to go round this season making merry and this has led Easter over the years to lose some of its core value. We don't even seem to know the true significance of it anymore. What does Easter mean to you and I?

Romans 8:1; Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, {who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.} Amen.

                Let me start with a little storytelling. Once upon a time, Adam our ancestor disobeyed God, corrupted his divine nature and allowed sin to enter this world as Romans 5:12 tells us. Death both spiritually and physically reigned. This made us unacceptable and cast away from the presence of our Father as in Romans 3:23; Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor {and} glory which God bestows {and} receives. 24 [All] are justified {and} made upright {and} in right standing with God, freely {and} gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, 25 Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat {and} propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over {and} ignored former sins without punishment.. Amen. But glory be given to God, through love and grace, Jesus came as our propitiation. He came as our ransom taking our place on the cross to reestablish the bond between God our Father and us. He became sin so His righteousness will be imputed to us as 2 Corinthians 5:21 puts it For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in {and} through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness]. Amen. WE WHO HAVE BELIEVED IN HIM, IN THE WORK OF THE CROSS HAVE BEEN SET FREE, OUR NATURE HAS BEEN CHANGED, WE ARE RIGHTEOUS, THUS THERE IS NO CONDEMNATION FOR US. Can a righteous person be condemned? No!!! Easter is all about the cross, that transition from a condemned sinner to one without sin, to one righteous, to one free from condemnation.

                Easter isn't just about being happy, it's about knowing what the cross of Jesus did for you. The cross gave us holiness and the chance to call God our father once again. What joy is it to have God, the omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient as our Father and much more know that we have been given abundant life. Jesus confirms this for us in John 10:10 where He says The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have {and} enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows). Amen. Easter gives us the chance to celebrate our victory. Hebrews 4:15 tells us that Jesus was tempted in all aspects but never sinned, yet He went to the cross. HIS DEATH BROKE THE POWER OF SIN OVER OUR LIVES. What is holding you back? With the power of the cross, it's broken from your life. You are free!!! What is bothering you? In believing in the work of the cross, that sin was cleansed by the blood of Jesus. This is the victory the cross brought to our lives. GLORY TO GOD!!! Invoke the blood of Jesus. Isaiah 1:18 says Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool. Amen. THE VICTORY HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN, IT'S UP TO YOU TAKE HOLD OF IT THROUGH FAITH. DON'T LET ANYONE, DEMON OR ANYTHING CONDEMN YOU, YOU ARE FREE IN JESUS NAME!!!

                It is one thing to be aware of the victory and not partake in it. THE VICTORY IS RESERVED FOR ONLY THE MEMBERS OF GOD'S FAMILY, THOSE WHO CALL GOD, FATHER. The doors to this family are never closed, in fact it's open right now. THE KEY IS TO BELIEVE AND CONFESS. John 1:12 lets us know that But to as many as did receive {and} welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name. Amen. Are you ready my dear one? Don't let the victory pass you by. If you will only believe, if you will only confess, your freedom from condemnation will be accorded to you. If you already are a member of the glorious family, take this period as a reminder that no one can condemn you for you are in Jesus Christ! Let us take the time to really contemplate on the work of the cross that sets us free from condemnation. For this is the true message of Easter. GOD BLESS YOU!!!