Text: 1 Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” Taking Responsibility means being responsible, accountable or answerable for an action. It also means duty or obligation for which someone is held accountable for. Every man on earth is responsible for his life and the actions by which he lives. This is why the bible says we all will stand before the Father on the last day, and give an account on how we have lived…

Ephesians 5:15-16. “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Wisdom is an essential part of a man’s life. God expects man to walk in wisdom and knowledge, having an understanding of things. Proverb 4:7 says “Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding”. Without wisdom, man is described as a fool. And a fool is one who says there is no God and he does abominable things according to proverb 14:1. 1 Corinthians 1:30, Paul was speaking, “But of Him,…

Text: Exodus 24:16-17 “Now the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day, He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. The sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.” The dictionary meaning of an atmosphere is ‘the apparent mood felt in an environment’ or ‘the air in a particular place.’ The presence of God creates an irresistible atmosphere, that one will not want to shift away…

Text: Nehemiah 1:5 “I said, “I beseech You, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments.” Having a covenant mentality makes a person aware of his identity and what he or she needs to do to arrive at a rewarding end. David is a perfect example of a person who had a covenant mentality. He understood he is a person of the covenant with God through his ancestor Abraham and he didn’t just stop at knowing the existence of the covenant but also…

Text: Colossians 2:8-15. (Emphasis 11-13) “In Him, you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses.” Remember in John 14:6 Jesus established the fact that he is the only way to the…

Text: John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” The world is full of several kinds of faith systems. All these faith systems have their own sets of beliefs that makes those practicing them feel they are on the right lane. Understand that the Christian faith is not a set of philosophical ideas that any individual cooked up. It is a faith system that is rooted in verified history — the Gospel. The Gospel is the good news about the whole life of Jesus…

Text: 2 Corinthians 11:14 – “But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.” The aim to strive for spiritual enlightenment is not just to know the things of God but also to be able to know which is the true will of God is. The devil is also smart and he has blinded many with what seems to be the truth and has caused many to fall by his schemes (2 Corinthians 4:4). For you to stand out and to be able to withstand and unravel the true intent or schemes of the devil…

Text: Genesis 5:21-24, 28-29 Vs 21-24 “When Enoch was sixty-five years old, he had Methuselah. Enoch walked steadily with God. After he had Methuselah, he lived another 300 years, having more sons and daughters. Enoch lived a total of 365 years. Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him.” Vs 28-29, “Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and had a son. And he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed.”…

Isaiah 6:8 – And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” Have you ever wondered why you have been chosen to Lead, either as a Choir Master, a prayer leader, a Preacher, a Bible study Coordinator and so on? Let me guess, you might be thinking, yes I am the best in this Department, and that is why you have been called to Lead. A wise man once Said “The Pride of Every Man is the beginning of his Fall” Before…

Matthew 18:19 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.” There is power in agreement. Amos 3:3 asked us a question, can two walk together unless they agree? Every organization is formed in agreement, having a common goal and objective. Just like in marriage, the two become one flesh, and they must learn to live as one. But when in an organization a section is praying for financial growth, while the other section is saying no, we must pray…

Text: Romans 12:1 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” A lot of times I have asked myself this question, what does God expect in return for all he does for me? Yes, we know God has no need and he is lacking nothing because he has everything. But God craves our fellowship, he hungers for it. In the book of Genesis, the bible recorded that in the cool of the day the Lord God visited Adam like a friend…

Text: Isaiah 58:13-14 “If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words.” The Sabbath day is generally accepted as a day of rest, a holy day unto the Lord, a day that constrains the observers from certain willful things, and which comes up every Sunday. The scripture reading for today was a heart’s cry of the God of the sabbath himself…

Text: 2 Peter 3:18AMP “but grow [spiritually mature] in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory (honor, majesty, splendor), both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” There’s so much confusion on earth and things are changing so fast that every day we lose ourselves to the ways of this world. Immorality has been sold to us as a way of life and the world has bought into it. It is time to wake up! The question is why is there so much darkness on earth? The simple answer is we…

  Text: Isaiah 62:6 NKJV. “I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent”. A watchman keeps guard over a place either day or night or both. We are watchmen, and as watchmen, we ought to be vigilant and take charge of situations. We are where we are now because we have failed to keep watch. Ezekiel 22:30 — “So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on…

Text: Romans  12:2 “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” There are three worlds spoken of in the scripture above The World of creation (Ps 24:1-2): Here we see God as the creator and sustainer of this world. The World of Humanity (Jn.3:16): Here we see that God’s unreserved love for the world of humanity is incredibly expressed in his son coming to die on the cross for their redemption. The World system (Rom.12:2). The…

Text: Mark 6:41-44 “Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42. They all ate and were satisfied, 43. and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.” Jesus the great miracle worker in history did his wonders again by multiplying bread and fish which were only a young lad’s…

Text: Isaiah 43:18-19 “Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert.” A new beginning means a fresh start. It could be restarting an already existing thing by making it different and better from the former, or starting afresh with something never seen before. What most of us need is a new beginning. A lot of questions have been asked concerning the old life, pains, regrets,…

Text: 2 Samuel 5:20 So David went to Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, “The LORD has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. Baal Perazim means the Lord of breaking through/Victory. Many times we are pressed on all sides by different circumstances. And many people see those pressures as an affliction from the enemy. In life, you will always have enemies irrespective of your side. Enemies afflict to make life miserable and difficult. Today I want to encourage you that the…

Text: Matthew 9:36-38 “When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.” Remember that it is the will of God that none of us should perish and that is why we are all given the mandate to go and disciple (tell the world of the love of God) others. This is part of loving our neighbor as…