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02/05/2024

I Want My Destiny
Song by Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ

Born to give my very best
To the One whose willingness
To give His life He just said yes
And here's the reason
He saw me out there all alone
So for my sin He did atone
He purchased me I'm not my own
I wanna please Him

So now I serve Him
Who brought me and is able to keep me all together
In the presence of His glory I found
That for my life His good and perfect purpose was designed
To bring me to the place where He has need of me
So I want my destiny, yeah

Can't settle for half or nothing short
Of what You made me to be or want me to be
'Cause I want it all
As I look around
The time is now
My mind is telling me
Gotta be gotta be destiny

Not called to sit upon the shelf
He did not die just for His health
And with the time we have
Let's waste not all on selfish reasons
But we must seek to please Him first
Find His will upon the Earth
When they look back from death to birth
They'll say they've seen Him

So we must serve Him
Who brought us and is able to keep us all together
In the presence of His glory we found
That for our lives His good and perfect purpose was designed
To bring us to the place where He needs us to be
Do you want your destiny, come on

Can't settle for half or nothing short
Of what You made me to be or want me to be
'Cause I want it all
As I look around
The time is now
My mind is telling me
Gotta be gotta be destiny

Hold on don't let go
To give up now would be jacked up for sure
The journey is long and hard is the fight
But we trust in the Lord in the power of His might
There's power in His Word
And He's gonna see us through
So keepin' the faith is what we've gotta do
To believe our God is more than able, able

Fight the good fight as we press towards the mark we push in
That we obtain His favor
So we will know and have true confidence that, the prize
Of His call is much greater
Say I really want my destiny come one say
I want it

I want it
Receive it
I need it
The will of God for my life, yeah
Gotta have it
Can't live without it
No doubt about it
The will of God for me, yeah, yeah, yeah

I want it
Receive it
I need it
The will of God for my life, yeah
Gotta have it
Can't live without it
No doubt about it
The will of God for me, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hold on don't let go
To give up now would be jacked up for sure
The journey is long and hard is the fight
But we trust in the Lord in the power of His might
There's power in His Word
And He's gonna see us through
So keepin' the faith is what we've gotta do
To believe our God is more than able, able

13/04/2024

Guard Your heart. Diligently!

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life - Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)

He never shows up to entertain or amuse anyone, rather, Satan’s primary mission is to compromise you, corrupt your mind, shift the goalpost from godliness to worldliness, and take your gaze away from Christ. Ultimately, his goal is to replace the cross of Christ with a crush in your heart.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. James 1:14-15

Guard your heart. Diligently!

06/04/2024

Experience Golgotha

Undoubtedly, there are many exciting and rewarding aspects of being a Christian. These are the aspects many of us have become familiar with and fixated on and yes, it's perfectly okay to seek God's blessings and lay claim on them while rejecting unnecessary hardships and difficulties brought about by bad governance, economic voodooists and other man-made woes plaguing the human race today. It is refreshing, reassuring and exciting to live in Divine Blessings and be properly catered for by the Almighty in the midst of untold droughts. The fact remains that God has not made us for suffering nor condemn us to hopelessness. He loves us and truly cares for every of our need. Believe it or not, Christianity is a faith of prosperity and abundance because our God owns the entire universe. Even in difficult times, there is always a brook Cherith and several heavenly ravens commissioned by God to minister to the Elijahs of every generation. Living in God's economy is a joy to the soul. May the Lord continue to “The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26

Beside the goodies, however, Christians must embrace the indispensable fact that to love Christ is to come to a point of not be easily swayed by the prospect of money, comfort, fame or fortune at the expense of Christ - 1 John 2:15. While some are discarding the idea of sanctification as outdated, and some woke believers see it as being too narrow-minded. The latter is technically right because in a certain sense, that is the exact point of biblical Christianity! Narrow is the way that leads to life! - Matthew 7:13. There is no other way to know Him and the power of His resurrection without the pain of rejection and separation.

that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, Philippians 3:10

To have a close relationship with Christ, Paul was prepared to give up all material possessions and goals (Philippians 3:7). "Everything else is worthless," he said, calling it "garbage" in comparison to "the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord." His main goal was, as it says in Philippians 3:8, to "gain Christ." Paul believed that experiencing a relationship with Jesus in this manner entailed partaking in His sufferings, even at the cost of his own life.

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. Matthew 16:24-25

If like Paul, you have truly taken up your cross and walked the path of Christ, if you have been crucified with Him on the cross at Golgotha, then you must have shared in the fellowship of His sufferings, in which case you would have experienced painful separation, betrayals, abandonment, loneliness, being falsely accused due to envy, or being degraded, slapped, insulted, and spat upon. You would have been actually or figuratively hung up on the cross hungry, thirsty and weak, or offered vinegar instead of water to quench your thirst. Your package may also come with being pierced with a sword and abandoned to die by none other than fellow Jews and a band of hideously religious brood of vipers pretending to be priests of the Most-High God. Don’t be alarmed,

“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. John 15:18

More and more Christians are finding it difficult to draw the line between what is right and what is not because they’ve been taught a Christianity of ease and luxury, some are even taught that standing for righteousness is the new legalism, they find it a strange thing to speak of the cross and therefore, wouldn’t pay a dime for the knowledge of Christ.

High unemployment rate and economic hardships are forcing many to compromise with the world. In times like this, true believers look up, they remain strong and courageous because God has promised to never leave nor forsake His people - Deuteronomy 31:6 says, Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” See also Isaiah 43:2.

However, He never promised that the road to heaven would be easy; He calls it strait and narrow (Matthew 7:13–14). Strait, meaning it is tight and conservative, it does not change; and narrow, meaning it is constricted, restrictive, constraining and regimented with fixed boundaries. If it is narrow, then it cannot take us together with excess luggage.

You may have been lied to that Christianity is a tea party but God never promised that the journey would be painless. On this journey to heaven, painful separations must happen, and several tears would definitely be cried, but in the end,

…God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4

28/03/2024

BEING MINDFULLY AMBITIOUS

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.2 Timothy 2:5

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.1 Corinthians 9:24-25

The Christian God is not anti-aspiration; He gave us the capacity to dream. Beyond that, He has lofty plans for our individual lives – Jeremiah 29:11. God is rooting for your success against all odds. However, overtly ambitious people cannot tell what the good, acceptable and perfect will of God is; (Romans 12:2) simply because they cannot submit to God’s will or wait for God’s Kairos time. They must have what they want, how they want it, and when they want it, regardless of whose horse is gored. They see everything that looks like an open door as their opportunity, good, bad or ugly.

Entrust them with the opposite s*x and they will defile them. Give them charge over office or organisational purse and they will loot it. Give them political position and they’ll ruin everything, partner with them and they’ll betray your trust. In everything, they cannot wait for God’s set time or consult God to know what He thinks about their plan; their mind is their God and whatever they conceive in their mental picture is their desired future. A spiritual portrait or God’s standard is irrelevant in their scheme of things. As long as they keep succeeding in their ways, they assume that gain equals godliness or that success means God’s approval. They have unwittingly forgotten that God made them with freewill, which they will and must account for in the end.

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26

Be careful to get things right. The sky may not be the limit of your pursuit, but the word of God is - 2 Corinthians 5:14. Ungodly ambition can rob people of their soul and lead to ungodly practices. People with ungodly ambitions always wound up like Judas, they easily sell out! It is true that dreams do come through, but who inspired it in the first place? Judas got his wishes but couldn’t live to enjoy it.

If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job 14:14

Wait on Him, wait for Him!

21/03/2024

Here is Eternal Life

As You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. John 17:2-3, 6

Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Matthew 7:22–23

Obedience is the clearest indication of Christ's ownership or power over the redeemed. This is the indispensable key that guarantees eternal life. A so-called representative of God who stands before God’s people to play down sin and its consequences, insisting that character or conduct is not a factor in biblical Christianity, is the devil’s spokesperson.

Every serious Bible scholar agrees that Christians make mistakes. Yet they also agree that true Christians don’t make a practice (a habit) of sin, banking on grace, because we cannot continue in sin, expecting grace to abound or increase (Romans 6:1). If the professing believer’s conduct is not changed by the indwelling Holy Spirit, what s/he has is Beelzebub, an unclean spirit from hell. See 2 Corinthians 7:10; Romans 6:1-2; and Romans 8:9–11.

If true Christians fall, they are penitent with godly sorrow, repenting and accepting the Father’s forgiveness (2 Corinthians 7:10). However, the brand of eternal salvation, which does not acknowledge that a professing Christian who lives in perpetual disobedience to the voice of Christ is none of His, therefore cannot claim eternal salvation but eternal damnation, is from the pit of hell.

A lifestyle of iniquity or lawlessness damns even the greatest of men.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. Hebrews 10:26-27

Any teaching that does not inspire holy living is false. Don't allow evil men to seduce you unto eternal damnation,

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Matthew 7:15-20

16/03/2024

THE TRUE IDENTIFICATION MARK

”Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?“ - ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭5‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Is it not ironic that when you demand Christianity from many of today’s professing Christians, they kick, accusing you of legalism or of demanding too much, yet if they order rice and chicken and are served sand and stones, they’ll get offended and sue for damages.

It is now crystal clear that many of today's believers misconstrue Christianity for many things it is not. Who will tell them that Christianity is not the song we sing, the prayer we pray or the programmes or conventions we attend? When you get around anyone who claims to be a Christian, or someone who speak Christianese, there is only one thing to look for, nothing more, or less.

It doesn't really take long to know who is who because deep always calls to deep, magnet attracts magnet. There is only one way to know a Christian,

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.“ - Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

”But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.“
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭9‬ ‭KJV‬‬

The world is already covered in thick darkness, the Church cannot afford to be enablers of more darkness.

”Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.“ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. - Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭14‬, 16 KJV‬‬

If the person claiming to be a Christian around you emmits darkness, you have your answer - He is either sincerely ignorant or an outright charlatan.

15/03/2024

Are You Rich Toward God?

“And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.“ - Luke‬ ‭12‬:‭15‬-‭21‬ ‭KJV‬‬

People (including professing believers) whose posture, (acceptance or rejection, honour or dishonour, respect or disrespect, affiliation or dissociation, friendship or otherwise), and perception (of success or failure, relevance or irrelevance) of others are determined by status (i.e., economic and other social considerations), rather than shared humanity based on the law of Christ as written in Galatians 6:2, “Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ”, almost always miss the point of life itself.

Sad but true, material considerations have replaced the voice of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of many in the Church and on the pulpit today. Most people prefer gain over godliness, they worship mammon over God and economic status over sanctification. Economic consideration has become the single most important determining factor in our choices of who to befriend or reject, marry or divorce, love or hate, move closer to or stay away from, vote for or against, and the list goes on. Little wonder. the world keeps sinking into darkness and gross darkness now covers the people.

Like the rich man, people in this category are usually small-minded and carnal because they have been deceived by riches which has chocked Christ’s words in their hearts - (Mark 4:19). Now they only see life from the prism of materialism. If the rich man had known where Lazarus was headed, even in his pitiable, unattractive and critical condition, he would have paid him more attention before they crossed to the other side. See Luke 16:19-31

If Jesus had lived the way most of the professing Christians of today live, only the rich and powerful would have been saved, but thanks be unto God, His ways are not our ways…

“For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭1‬:‭26‬-‭29‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Don’t get me wrong, it is perfectly fine and righteous to have wealth and influence but a life of opulence is not necessarily a sign of divine approval. A person of means is not necessarily a man of God. Wealth is not a sign of God’s approval and a lack of it is not a proof of God’s rejection. We do not judge a book by its cover.

I have been in need and I have experienced abundance, take it from me, it is a billion times better to be a person of means than a person in need, yet, the way we treat fellow humans at any given time should never be a function of their status but their character.

Don’t embrace poverty nor be comfortable being poor, there is absolutely nothing godly about poverty, yet be wary of the erroneous teachings of undue wealth accumulation here and now at the expense of having riches in heaven, Matthew 19:21-23; 25:35-40. Dear Richie Rich and my fellow Wanna-Be Rich guys and girls, I know you have been taught to build wealth and how to build it, and O, how you love that message, I am sure it’s your favourite sermon. However, do not forget the right place to store them for safekeeping, lest you lose it all in the end. It is good to have plenty of money in the bank, but it is best to have it kept away in heaven, where inflation, devaluation, recession and other economic uncertainties cannot affect it. In Christ’s words - “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6: 19-21.

Dear struggling brother and sister, do not succumb to the blackmail that you are nothing without riches and affluence or that you must be God-forsaken, lazy, foolish, and cursed because you have economic challenges. Don’t allow anyone, anywhere to define you by your purse, learn to always choose the words of Christ over any man’s opinion, no matter how wealthy, successful, well-received, and influential he may be. “…Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.“ Luke‬ ‭12‬:‭15‬ ‭

Don’t allow men’s childishness which usually manifests as oppression, disrespect, dehumanization, relegation, rejection, dissociation, etc., to damage your confidence in Christ. Hang on my friend, He’ll come true for you. Hebrews 10:35-36 says, “Cast not away, therefore, your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise”

Whatever happens, in riches or want, “Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.“ Psalm‬ ‭62‬:‭10‬ ‭KJV

Proverbs 11:4 – “Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.”

Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle toward heaven. 23:5 Proverbs 23:5

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God - Colossians 3: 1-3

”If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.“
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭6‬:‭3‬-‭10‬ ‭KJV

12/03/2024

Backsliding Is Possible

The fact that a believer can backslide is plainly taught in the scriptures. I see this daily, scattered all over the scriptures. A believer is not a robot; he has free will. Seducers and heretics have now taken over the pulpits, confusing the sheepish with false promises. In the voice of Satan, the father of lies, they say to the undiscerning Eves among us, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”. You will not surely die. For God knows that on the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:1a, 3.

”The Bible remains the simplest book any well-meaning person can read. Its precepts are true, and its judgment is righteous.

This is a faithful saying:

For if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.
If we endure,
We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He will also deny us.
If we are faithless,
He remains faithful.
He cannot deny Himself. 2 Timothy 2:11–13

If you claim to be eternally saved but hate simple bible truths by continuing to have pleasure in unrighteousness, you are deluded and deceived.
..and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason, God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 210–12

Dear believer, Are you aware that the foolish virgins missed their appointment with the bridegroom simply because they were foolish?

"If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you will bear it alone.” Proverbs 9:12

Selah!

27/02/2024

Of whoremongers and Eternal Salvation

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21:8

Take a closer look at Revelation 21:8, and you will notice something interesting: One of the issues that was given a special mention, which will lead many to end up in the lake of fire and brimstone, is being unbelieving. That is in reference to unbelievers, and it is there because of believers who think they are saved eternally without obedience to God’s word. A believer who refuses to quit fornication and adultery (and other works of the flesh) will end up in the lake of fire, just like a person who never believed the gospel.

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13:4

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the s*xually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homos*xuality,1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV

Tomorrow may be too late, Amend your ways!

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