THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND HIS MERCY!

Have you ever been in situations in your life where you wondered-how in this World am I going to survive this? How will this end? May be you went to your doctor  because you have had cough for  the last three years and done all kinds of tests, but they could not find out what it is, but now all of a sudden: they have confirmed that you have cancer and there is no cure for cancer!

Have you been in a situation where you had a job before, then all of a sudden-you lost the job and you have tried for years to secure one but it is not working out. Maybe one of your friends has even suggested that you should now come for some kind of job that is available; there are men and women who need your services in quote. Let’s say that you are now doing it but your conscience is alive. You are now afraid not because you fear fear, but because you fear God. Every day now when you get home, you kneel down and cry but you can’t pray. You are wondering-how will this end? How will I survive without this? At the same time, I could die any time doing this.

Psalm 6 and verse 2 tells something the Psalmist said when he was distressed, “Have mercy upon me O LORD; heal me for I am weak LORD, heal me for my bones are vexed”.

The temptation to do just whatever we can find or lay our hands upon is a very dangerous one. The Bible tells us to be careful for our enemy-the devil walks around like a roaring lion-seeking whom to devour! We there need to careful not to walk into snares or traps set by the devil. The situations described above are exactly what we call-long term traps or snares of the devil. If you are careless spiritually or ignorant of the devices of the enemy, or bereft of spiritual revelation-you walk into them.

Jesus came so that we might have life and have it more abundantly. When we are ignorant of this truth- we walk in darkness and all these things can dominate your life while you are thinking that it is just natural. However the carnal mind cannot understand the things of the spirit, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

If you have been walking in the wrong direction for many hours, and you suddenly discover that you are on the wrong lane what do you do? You turn around. Again in Psalms 25 and verse 7 we read, “Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy, remember me O LORD for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD”.

Jesus brought life and light. Such times of adversity are not times to give up, rather they are times to seek the Lord until He reigns righteousness upon your soul. A persistent crying out of the soul will surely lead to your deliverance. You can receive deliverance by faith like the Psalmist who cried out in His adversitiy,” I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou has considered my trouble; thou has known my soul in adversities;”…

These are times to seek the Lord even more earnestly, am sure that you may feel that you have done well enough at some point to give up, but the Bible tells us not to give up in well doing because in due season we shall reap the harvest. This is because the  scripture tells us again in Psalms 31 and verse 9, that God is a righteous and a good God. In Psalm 33 and verse 5 we read, “He loves righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord”.

Finally, a miracle is inevitable in a hopeless situation with an unshakable faith in God. All you need is the right word or revelation and a determination to follow the instructions  obey.

God is able to do exceeding, abundantly, and more than we are able to ask or think according to His power that is at work within us!

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HOW BIG IS GOD?

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Have you ever thought about the size of Almighty God? It is awesome-no mind can fathom it? No eye can see Him fully as He is.Have you ever thought about the beauty of creation? The colors of different flowers? How did they come about? Watch this beautiful video-a part of my beautiful teaching on the Greatness of God!

RELATIONSHIP RULES.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD!

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THE MYSTERY OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD (DIVINE HOLY REVERENCE)

This is the anchor, the pivot and the most important principle that is needed to conquer any devil, and to win any battle. The moment you combine this principle with faith, you can never lose or end up completely beaten by the enemy at any point in time. Let us see what the word of God says about this principle. First of all let us ask the most important question! What is the fear of the Lord? I always like the Bible definition of terms, and not my personal or some Professor’s definition because as always man’s wisdom is nonsense compared to God’s foolishness.

In the book of Proverbs, chapter 8 and verse 13 we read the definition of the fear of the Lord:

13 “The fear of the Lord, is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the forward mouth do I hate.”

These scriptures are self explanatory, it says that you cannot say that you fear God and at the same time love or pamper your sinful habits, and addictions, or still practice any forms of wickedness.

The second thing talked about here is pride- and that in scriptural terms means making yourself, or declaring yourself an authority and saying that what you have found out through science or education is now superior to what the ultimate authority, which is God almighty, has said in his word. A very simple example of this is the idea that a man marrying another man or a woman marrying another woman is not wrong, it is just because of the constitution, or the makeup of the individuals involved. We should therefore just allow them to be that way? god has made them? (‘Because I am sure that it is not God that did it). This has been proven to be wrong over and over again, because many homosexuals have had demons cast out of them, and after their deliverance, is today married to the opposite sex. Some of these people today, also now have a ministry to homosexuals, letting them know that they have been deceived by the devil, because God cannot lie.

Talking about the benefits of the fear of the Lord, it is the first preventive measure that a wise takes against trouble. Let us look at Psalm 128, and verses 1-6, because of space and time, we look at the first two verses, you check up the rest latter.

1 “Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

2 For thou shalth eat the labour of thine hands; happy shalth thou be and it shall be well with thee.”

If you read the rest of that Psalm, you see promises of fruitfulness, long life, and an enduring generation. Some other scriptures go on to illumine on the benefits of divine, holy and reverential fear of the Lord.  The best of these which I encourage you to read is Psalm 112.Others still are beautiful, for example in the book of Proverbs again, chapter 10 and verse 27, we read:

27 “The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened”

And again in Proverbs chapter 14 and verse 27, we read what looks like a re-enforcement of the above scripture:

14; 27 “The fear of the Lord is the fountain of Life, to depart from the snares of death”

This last scripture tells us that when our lives, businesses, family, relationships, jobs, whatever they may be, are threatened by death due to sickness or problem, life is guaranteed, if we fear God.

I love the word of God because there is no greater authority than it, so permit me to add one last scripture here, from Deuteronomy, chapter 5 and verse 29:

29 “O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!”

God is telling us that this is the panacea for all our troubles. I think that common sense even tells us that if can remember that God is also a consuming fire as much as He is a loving father every time we are tempted to enjoy the pleasures of sin (disobedience to God) for a season, we stay away from sin and we are blessed.

                                                        

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A GOOD HEART WILLING TO TEACH, AND A GOOD EAR, WILLING TO LISTEN-THE BEAUTY OF MENTORING-2

Somebody has a question about why mentoring is important, and what is the role of the mentee?
In the first five chapters of the Book of Proverbs, we read lots and lots of instructions from God about paying attention to His words, and inclining our ears to His sayings, and of paying attention to wisdom and hearkening to its voice. In other words, a good mentee should have an ear that is willing to hear and to learn.
Some church members are carried away by funfair in the church, meeting new people, making new friends, catching business associates and pursuing contracts. These things are good and can help in strengthening the relationships that form part of the backbone of a good vibrant and successful church.
It is important however to note that if we have to come to church, and sleep while the message is going on, and wake at end of the sermon not hearing anything that the Pastor said, we end up achieving nothing. There is a spirit responsible for that- called the spirit of slumber eyes, which deprives God’s people who are weak anyway of the opportunity of being properly taught or fed anytime they come to church or attend a spiritual meeting.
God has however through technology, made it possible for all of us to go back and listen again and again until we are fully inundated with the message.
One simple sign of immaturity, is always wishing that the pastor will hurry up, with the message. The reason is so that we can go and pursue contracts, and meet new friends, and or go do something that we think is more important to us.
The truth is that all that is nothing but leaving the substance to pursue shadows.
Another sign of immaturity, is that we want to give praise and worship, or as some newcomers simply call it-music, 5/6 of the time, and give only 1/6 to the word and teaching, and some people friendly churches have adopted these things and now, they just party and party and party, and in the end, the preacher will come in and give a twenty minute, people-friendly dead message, and everybody goes home feeling good and happy, but empty.
Then, why mentoring? The Bible makes us to understand that when we are born again, we are like children; we are called the children of God. The same Bible tells some things about children, for instance, in Proverbs chapter 22 and verse 15 we read:
“Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him”.
The word of God is akin to a rod. If you can remember the rod of Moses, it was latter named or became the rod of God with which Moses performed miracles. However a day came when God told Moses not to use that rod again, but to speak to the rock, and he did not understand that there has been a shift, and it cost him his ministry-that is by the way. God then told Joshua to ensure that the Book of the Law does not depart from his mouth, that through it he shall do valiantly.
Therefore the Word we hear becomes a rod to drive away foolishness from us because sin is literally bound to the heart of man, but thank God for Jesus Christ, and thank God for his word which has always put sin where it belongs.
Again, in Proverbs 19:13, and 29: 15 we read as follows:
Proverbs chapter 19 and verse 13 “A foolish son is the calamity of his father: …”
Then again in Proverbs chapter29 and verse 15, we read a most profound scripture here that says it all “The rod and reproof, give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother shame”.
Is it not clear what the Bible is saying here yet? I believe that the following scriptures will easily and sequentially show us all that we need to know about the beauty of mentoring through the word of God, and of receiving such instructions.
Let us look at Proverbs chapter 23 verses 19, then 22-26.
Proverbs 23 verse 19 “Hear my son and be wise; And guide your heart in the way.”
This scripture instructs the child of God to hear and be wise. This scripture tells us the importance of listening and hearing the word or the instruction, it is bound to make us wise. I equally believe that the second part which talks about guiding your heart in the way tells us that the instructions of God are like the rudder of a ship to our hearts.
This is very much like that scripture in the book of Timothy, 2 Timothy 3 and verse 15, “ … and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise through salvation in Christ Jesus”.
A look at Proverb 23 and verses 22 to 26 will go a long way to show us how to become the best as a mentee.

A GOOD HEART, WILLING TO TEACH; A GOOD EAR, WILLING TO LISTEN-THE BEAUTY OF MENTORING.

The church is more than just a social club, or a partying joint. I know that today we like to talk about having a Holy Ghost Party, because some people in the World try to make believers feel that there is something they are missing by not attending their worldly parties where they drink liquor and mess up their lives. The truth of the matter is that there is no place as sweet as being in the presence of the Lord.
There are no drugs that can get you high enough, no liquor that can get you flying or drunk enough and give you a good feeling , like what you can and you will feel when you filled with the anointing of the Holy Spirit, when you enjoy the presence of God in worship.
In spite of all these things, the Church is more than a partying joint, it is actually, a training institution, a lecture house, a university that houses and disseminates the highest level of wisdom and knowledge.
The pastor/pastors and teachers, and the rest of the gifts to the body of Christ, become the lecturers, the mentors and the coaches of the Church, as well as other leaders, as the Lord wills- The Holy Ghost Himself being the chief coach.
However, there are some salient points that we need to emphasize here, so as to bring out the beauty of mentoring. What are the duties of a mentor, and what is the heart of a mentor supposed to be like?
Let us look into the highest authority in spiritual matters- Jeremiah chapter 3 and verse 15, then, chapter 23 and verse 4.
Jeremiah chapter3 and verse 15 says, “And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding”.
Again in Jeremiah chapter 23 and verse 4 we read “And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking saith the Lord”.
These two verses bring out some very important facts about a good pastor, or mentor or teacher. However, there some other qualities that we cannot see now until we examine what the Bible has to say about the flock or the followers.
All the same from what we have read so far from the Bible, we can come to the following conclusions. First of all, a good Pastor must have a good heart like God; secondly a good Pastor must be a good teacher, because if he is going to feed God’s people with knowledge and understanding, he must himself be a reservoir of divine revelation.
Thirdly, a good Pastor must be a carrier and a distributor of the message of faith and hope, because that is the only way fear and despair, can be dispelled. Recently I heard of another successful international footballer who took his life. The first thing that came to my mind was: who knows whether he ever met the Lord Jesus, the second was whether he had a good pastor. People commit suicide when they feel that all hope is lost, and all hope is gone, but if you have a good pastor, he will tell you that you can always begin again and still achieve your goals because the God we serve is one with whom all things are possible.
Fourthly, a good pastor is one that has the knowledge and the anointing to prosper God’s people. We can see this in the last part of Jeremiah 23 and verse 4 which talks about God’s people not lacking any more. This implies that a good pastor should know how to guide God’s people under his care to become successful in their chosen careers. He should be able to help them to produce the wealth that God has already given them by Jesus Christ.
Talking again about the first point which is having a heart like God, the heart of God is full of love (unconditional), mercy, goodness, forgiveness, holiness and purity, justice, grace and so on. It is the good heart of God that makes him a healer, provider, helper, deliverer, and a giver that out gives everyone else and at all times. Therefore a true pastor will have these same qualities to some extent and will be able touch God’s people in diverse ways through them.