Category Archives: Community
Ultimate Pleasure
Ps.63: 3 “Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you! 4 I will praise you as long as I live, lifting up my hands to you in prayer. 5 You satisfy me more than the richest feast. I will praise you with songs of joy. 6 I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you…”
C. S. Lewis says, “He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only”. What he is saying is if Brother A has God, a house, five cars, a beautiful wife, twenty children, and everything he wants and Brother B has God, no house, and nobody wants to marry him, C. S. Lewis says, Brother A does not have more than Brother B. Wow! So what about the other things? The truth is as long as you have God, you have everything because God is all. In fact Brother B will discover that in the Presence of God there is fullness of joy and at God’s right hand are all the things he is even looking for – the pleasures forever more.
Covenant Covering
Gen.12: 2 I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. 3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”
The challenge with a lot of us Africans is that we like to let go of the things we know and embrace the things we do not know. The western cultures are more harmful than a lot of us like to believe. There is more to it than meets the eye. In fact, right now on the streets of New York, there are satanist shops. My wife and I had friends, a black family, that was living in an all white neighborhood. One day when we went to visit, on their walk way the Holy Spirit said, “Stop! Look down”. I was shocked to see that right there on Read the rest of this entry
Knowing II
Eph.3:10 [NIV] “God’s intent is that through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known…”
Test #2 for recognizing Gods voice is: Does my church family confirm this? God wants us to connect to each other. The people that usually get into trouble, are the people who do not want to have anything to do with other people. They feel they are better than everyone else so they do not want people in their business. God did not design us to be silos. God designed us for community. Prov.11:9 [GN] “The wisdom of the righteous can save you.” The correction or guidance you get at your life group meeting can change your life. Read the rest of this entry
Speak Truth!
Prov.27:6 “Wounds from a friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.”
God wants to speak through you. God wants you to be His mouthpiece that would tell people the truth and help to save a life, save a destiny, save a family, save a generation. The problem with us in the twenty first century is that we excuse ourselves by saying, “it is really not my business” or “let everybody mind their own business”. I am here to tell you that it is your business. It is your Read the rest of this entry
Be Wise
Pro.12:26 “The godly give wise advice to their friends; the wicked lead them astray.”
You have to be true to yourself and accept the fact that everyone, including you, has a blind spot. Otherwise, you will not appreciate the people God puts around you to tell you the truth. When you recognize that God speaks through Other Believers, you are better positioned to listen for His voice in conversations. But take note; the fact that God has spoken through somebody does not Read the rest of this entry
His Channels II
Rom.12:6 (GW) “God in His kindness gave each of us different gifts. If your gift is speaking God’s Word, make sure what you say agrees with the faith.” [with emphasis]
God speaks through ministry gifts. Have you ever been in church and it is like the minister is talking to you? In fact, I have actually had cases where spouses are accusing each other of reporting to pastor. Meanwhile nobody told me anything. During one service I said, “how can you, husband and wife, be fighting over suya [spicy beef jerky]? Read the rest of this entry
Contributions
“How could one person chase a thousand of them, and two people put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?” Deu.32:30
When God gives you an instruction to give something and you hold on to it, that thing is marked for consumption. For instance, God says give your pen to that lady. If you obey and give her the pen, it gets credited to your account in heaven where thieves cannot reach it. However, if you hold on to the pen you are holding on to something that does not belong to you. You are holding on to something heaven has labeled “for takes”. I know this may sound rather Read the rest of this entry
Number Power
“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble” Ecc.4:9-10
It is standard practice that when the enemy wants to destroy someone he starts by isolating them. The first time he pulls them out, they do not even notice on time. It is like a bonfire; if you pull a log out from the fire, it will still have fire on it. That log, by itself, will still burn for a while. So you find such people being arrogant and full of themselves because they think they are doing well by themselves. Guess what? Slowly but surely the fire will go off. When the Read the rest of this entry
Link Hands
“Two people are better than one… An enemy might be able to defeat one person, but two people can stand back-to-back to defend each other. And three people are even stronger…” Ecc.4:9&12 [ERV]
God wants you to link hands with His children so that together we will become unstoppable. “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.”For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.” Matt18:19-20. The question is who are you praying with? If you are not praying with anybody right now, you have limited yourself. You have boxed yourself in a corner. Really, who are you praying with? I am not referring to the Prophets you are Read the rest of this entry
God’s Family
“How could one person chase a thousand of them, and two people put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?” Deu.32:30
“Each one of you will put to flight a thousand of the enemy, for the LORD your God fights for you, just as he has promised” Josh.23:10. I am sure you will agree with me that if God stopped here it is beautiful by itself. One person putting to flight a thousand is not normal. But if we go by the natural law of synergy, two will put to flight maybe three thousand, definitely more than two thousand, perhaps even four thousand maximum. But God says, one will Read the rest of this entry
