Category Archives: Sacrifice
Sacrificial Seed
‘Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins. Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has given more than all the others who are making contributions’ Mark 12:42-43.
The third thing you have to do to prepare for a miracle is give God your sacrificial seed. The owners of the donkey could have said ‘who is the Lord that I should obey Him’. The widow of Zarephath could have asked the same question after all it was her own food. ‘Who is the Lord, is He the one that provided it? If He is God why did He have to make us suffer?’ And the little boy could in his childish attitude say ‘who is Jesus that I should give him my lunch box?’
Un-communicated Demands II
‘For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: there will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the Lord sends rain and the crops grow again!’ 1Kings 17:14.
The story is told of a church that was raising funds for their land. They had a member who was on welfare and so they did not want to ask her for anything. Yet the pastor understood that it is God’s work so he decided to approach her for a contribution. After all, if all she gave was a dollar God will bless her for it. When he asked the woman, she said she had been waiting to see if anyone would ask her to sow. So she told the pastor to wait and she went home and brought shares of IBM worth up to nine million dollars. She said she has Read the rest of this entry
Except By Him
‘Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me’ John 14:6
As Christians we are in constant danger of false assurances. ‘…When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags…’ Isa.64:6. God has helped you live a clean life without fornication, adultery, stealing, and killing – God helped you by the power of the Holy Spirit. When you begin to approach God based on your goodness, you are placing yourself under the curse of the law. For some people this is all that needs to be taken care of and they will enter their inheritance this year. Realize that in your strength and by Read the rest of this entry
Provoking Blessings
‘May many nations become your servants, and may they bow down to you. May you be the master over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. All who curse you will be cursed, and all who bless you will be blessed’ Gen.27:29
Let me tell you a story about a pastor friend. He was very anointed but he was broke. It is a terrible thing to be anointed and broke, it is a frustrating thing. A lot of us think prayer alone attracts wealth. You can pray from now till tomorrow, if you don’t sow a seed you can’t reap a harvest. So the guy was very anointed but he was hungry. One day a lady offers to take him to lunch and his soul was satisfied. He said to me that prophecy began to flow from him for the lady, specific words of prophecy. I can’t judge him but when I heard this I Read the rest of this entry
Provoked
‘Unstable as water, you shall not excel, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it—He went up to my couch’ Gen.49:4 [NKJV]
The nature of curses and blessings is that curses are provoked and blessings are also provoked. ‘Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest’ Prov.26:2 [NIV]. If you are a child of God and perhaps someone is just jealous of you in the office and begins to curse you just laugh because the curse is not going to rest on you. Again who can curse the one that God has blessed? God has not beheld iniquity in you. It is so important to be on God’s good side. Israel said to Reuben ‘because you went up Read the rest of this entry
Resurrection
‘He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body was lying’ Matt.28:6
The beauty of resurrection or Easter as we know it is that through Jesus we can expect that every thing that is dying and ought to be alive in our lives will come back to life. Through Jesus we can expect that everything that is dead already that ought to be living will resurrect. We have the victory through Jesus Christ. Unfortunately for the enemy, he keeps forgetting the power of resurrection and making the same mistake he did with Jesus with us. The enemy sees your marriage has the potential to thrive and he attacks it. Stop Read the rest of this entry
Blessing God
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits’ Ps.103:1-2[KJV]
There is something about blessing God with what He has blessed you with. It is a sacrifice that touches God’s heart. Abraham blessed the Lord deeply by agreeing to offer Isaac. A long awaited blessing but even at that Abraham did not hold it back from God. David had been blessed with honor by God and
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