Joy in the word of God

09/05/2026

Ricky Jackson lost 39 years to a wrongful conviction based on a manipulated 12-year-old’s testimony — then chose to forgive the person whose words stole nearly four decades of his life.

At just 18 years old in 1975 Cleveland, Jackson was imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. No physical evidence. Just the coerced testimony of a child under pressure. Thirty-nine winters without freedom, thirty-nine summers without open skies. When the truth finally emerged in 2014 — the recanted testimony, confessions of manipulation — Jackson didn’t just walk out of prison. He walked out of a system that tried to erase him. The $10 million compensation that followed couldn’t return stolen birthdays, missed moments, or lost memories.

But what makes Jackson’s story transcend tragedy is his choice of grace over hatred. He forgave the very person whose words cost him nearly four decades. A level of forgiveness that defies logic and touches something deeper than justice. Because while the system imprisoned his body, hate never imprisoned his spirit. His forgiveness didn’t just free him from bitterness — it freed him a second time. Jackson stands as living proof that resilience can survive human error, that dignity endures even when everything fails you, and that sometimes the most powerful victory isn’t getting your life back — it’s choosing not to let stolen years steal your soul.

10/04/2026

May 29, 1453. The Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II besieged Constantinople after 55 days of relentless assault.

80,000 Ottoman soldiers stood against 7,000 Christian defenders. Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Roman Emperor, had spent years sending letters across Europe asking for military assistance.

Hungary refused. The West was consumed by its own wars. A handful of Venetian and Genoese soldiers were all that came.

He stayed anyway.

On the night before the final assault, Constantine gathered his commanders in the Hagia Sophia. Greek Orthodox and Latin Catholic Christians received Holy Communion together for the first time in centuries. They knew what the morning would bring.

When the walls were breached at dawn, Constantine removed his imperial robes and charged into the fighting as a common soldier. His last recorded words were: “The city is fallen, but I am still alive.” Then he disappeared into the battle.

His body was never positively identified. The Ottomans converted the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Constantinople became Istanbul. The Roman Empire, which had endured for over 1,500 years in the East, ceased to exist.

Constantine XI Palaiologos had a throne, an imperial title, and a ship waiting to take him to safety. He chose none of them.

The Roman Empire died on its feet. Constantine XI died with it.

05/04/2026

31/03/2026

APC GOVERNMENT GOD WILL JUDGE YOU ALL AND ALL THEY'RE USING TO COMMIT THIS EVIL ACTS, GOD OF VENGEANCE WILL NOT REST UNTIL HE AVENGE FOR HIS PEOPLE ARISE O LORD LET YOUR ENEMIES BE SCATTERED (PSALMS 68:1
AMEN

19/03/2026

GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST

02/02/2026

🎙️THE STORY BEHIND “BLESSED ASSURANCE, JESUS IS MINE”🎙️

This hymn begins with confidence.
No doubt. No hesitation. Just certainty.

“Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine.”
But here is the twist the woman who wrote these words could not see.
F***y J. Crosby, the writer of this hymn, was blind from early childhood. Darkness was her daily companion. Yet she wrote more than 8,000 hymns, many filled with light, joy, and unshakable faith.

So where did this assurance come from?
One day in 1873, F***y visited her friend Phoebe Knapp, a gifted musician. Phoebe played a new melody on the piano and turned to F***y with a simple question:
“What does this tune say to you?”
F***y paused. She listened carefully.

Then she smiled and said the words that would change hymn history:
“Why, it says Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!”
The lyrics flowed quickly, almost effortlessly. In a short time, the hymn was complete. No struggle. No delay. It was as if the song had been waiting for her.

What makes this hymn astonishing is not just its beauty, but its boldness.

F***y Crosby lived with physical limitations. She faced loss, misunderstanding, and hardship. Yet she did not write about fear. She wrote about confidence.
“Perfect submission.”
“Perfect delight.”
“Visions of rapture.”

These were not the words of someone defeated by life. They were the words of someone who had found something stronger than sight.
F***y once said that if she could choose to see, she would remain blind because the first face she ever wanted to see was Jesus.
That is the heart of this hymn.

Blessed Assurance is not about a trouble-free life.
It is about a settled soul.
A quiet knowing.

A faith that says, even without seeing:
This is my story.
This is my song.
And every time we sing it, we borrow her certainty and make it our own.

25/12/2025

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), North, has urged Nigerian leaders to use the Christmas season as a turning point for national renewal, justice and lasting security.

10/12/2025

DAY 2
Encounter Night 🌙 | Evening session
Bishop David Oyedepo Ministering now

TOPIC: Engaging the power of training to operate in the Supernatural

Training shall be the order of the day for the end-time church. Micah 4:2

We are making waves through order of training. Our weapons of warfare must be proven to manifest or win the battle of life

Stay focus & minding our walk with God gives us results. Hebrew 6:12

Don't be slouthful, life is in process.Be dilligent. Nothing of value isn't free

Training is a must for a triumphant life.

Engage the power of training to live a supernatural life.

Stop blaming people about our failures take responsibility.

Training in the kingdom is a lifelong school the early we register, the early the better.
Romans 11:33, John 17:18

It's time to be awake, to take responsibility John9:7, John2:5, do what it tells you to do.

Taking full responsibility for the outcome of our life.

As believers at Newbirth, the more will experience God's love, we also experience more of his presence & love Song of Solomon 8:6-8

When our love for God is in place & intact automatically we are ordained for supernatural work & acts of God.

The days of torment are over in your life because we operate now in higher realms of God.

Wake up to the commitment of training daily.Be awake to take responsibility.

What is Unique about training?
— Teaching
— Practising &
— Impact

The Bible is the Principal resource read this resource receive grace to take responsibility

What is the one thing you want to walk out from or into tonight declare & open your mouth?

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09/12/2025

Message Title: Gateways to Commanding the Supernatural

Ministering: Bishop David Oyedepo

All breakthrough stories in the scriptures are orchestrated by the supernatural.

The supernatural is not a calling, but your heritage as the redeemed of the Lord.

Every child of God is born into the family of the supernatural. - John 3:7

If you are born again, you are born to operate in the supernatural naturally.

You can only command the supernatural by the rod, which is the Word of God. - Ex. 4:17, Isa. 11:1

You don't cry to command signs; you lay hold of the appropriate Word to command signs.

The principal table manner at any Kingdom feast is meekness because only the meek can be taught and guided. - Ps. 25:9

Without meekness, you cannot partake of any Kingdom feast. - 1 Pet. 3:4

Don't read your Bible as if you already know it.

Don't listen to messages as if you've heard them before.

Always approach the Word with meekness.

The journey to the supernatural begins by becoming a child of God.

Being born again is not a social emblem; it is an experience with tangible proofs.

Salvation without a change is fake.

Fundamentals of New Birth

1. Repentance from dead works. - Heb. 6:1, Acts 2:37

Vital Fruit of the Spirit at New Birth (Gal. 5:22-23)

1. Love. - Deut. 28:2, Isa. 1:19

2. Joy. (Joy of Salvation). - Luke 2:10

3. Peace. (Peace that passes all knowledge). - Ex. 14:14

4. Faith. (Faith towards God). - Heb. 6:1-2

5. Consciousness of eternal judgement. - 2 Cor. 13:5