Flee sexual immorality!

I Corinthians 6:18
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

Sexual immorality simply means illegal sex and as per the word of God it includes sex before and outside of marriage, homosexuality, lesbianism, sex with close relatives, sex with animals or with divorced man or woman. In the eyes of God, sex is honourable and holy only in the confines of a marriage relationship.

The Spirit of God is telling us to flee from sexual immorality because of the terrible consequences that comes with it. Paul says no sexually immoral person will inherit the kingdom of God and by the Spirit, He warns us to stay away from people who say they are believers but are involved in sexually immoral practices.  In the book of Revelation, the Spirit says all fornicators will have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone. As believers of the Lord Jesus Christ, your body belongs to Jesus. He has purchased your body with his own blood. Corinthians says your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who dwells in you. You remember, when Potiphars wife came near Joseph, Joseph ran from her and protected himself. Flee. Run. Fly. One of the ways we can keep ourselves from sexual immorality is by guarding our thoughts. Jesus said sexual immorality comes out of the heart.  You can guard your heart by guarding your thoughts. Thoughts are governed by observation, association and teaching. Don't be in places that causes you to have dirty thoughts, choose your friends wisely and be careful about the conversations you have, be careful about the books, magazines, newspapers you read and the shows you watch. Make no provisions for the flesh and put no confidence in the flesh.

Everything starts with a thought. We must guard our thoughts, words and actions. If such wicked, immoral and dirty thoughts get in your head and stay, then very soon you will find yourself speaking and doing the same things. Friend, thank God for his grace. His grace is sufficient and His grace teaches us to say 'No' to ungodliness and worldly lusts and helps us to live sober, righteous and godly lives. Be conscious that your body is not yours but it is the Lords and offer it to Him as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable in His sight. Rely on the mighty Holy Spirit in you and you will shine as an example and role model for the glory of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Glory!

The wisdom of this world. Beware!

I Corinthians 1:20
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

God has made the wisdom of this world foolish. Since it's foolish, we cannot build our lives on anything that comes out of this world because God has concluded that as totally foolish.

Satan is the god of this world system and everything thats in the world is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. This does not come from the Father. Lust, pride and selfishness is at the root of everything that comes out of this world system and therefore God in his great love, has declared and concluded all of it as foolish and complete nonsense to help his children in making the right decisions. When you hear something, you must always find out where has it come from. From the world?  Or From the word? Because anything that comes out of the world, irrespective of who said it, the person might be very successful, popular and intellectually smart but if it's against the word of God, I declare and conclude it's an absolute nonsense. Satan has been trying very hard to use famous celebrities and other outstanding personalities to make statements that are in direct opposition to the word of God so that He can decieve people especially the believers. Let me say it again, no matter who says it, anything that is against the word of the Living God, is nonsense and foolish. God has made it foolish and therefore to me it's foolish and I will not follow something that is foolish and utter nonsense.

Friend, I encourage you fix your eyes on the word and make it your standard of living.The word of God is the wisdom of God and as you invest yourself into God's word, you will begin to deal wisely in all the arenas of your life. This is why Jesus came, to give you an abundant and overflowing life. Stay on the word. Refuse to be distracted and discouraged. This is your time. This is your season. The best is yet to come. Jesus is Lord.

Be an encourager!

Proverbs 12:25
Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.

Each day has enough troubles of it own. People around you are facing challenges just like you and are tempted to worry which causes their hearts to be heavy, burdensome and depressed. In this world filled with challenges, why don't you make a decision to encourage some one? The employment opportunities for encouragers are huge! Apply!

Sometimes we are so focused on the challenges of our lives, that we pay little or no attention to people around us. Every one needs encouragement because it gives people hope and cheers them up. Jesus commanded us not to worry and to cast all our cares and anxieties on him because he cares for us. Because we have such a great caretaker, we can give all of our worries to Him and focus on encouraging people. When no one in Jerusalem was willing to associate with Paul, it was Barnabbas who spoke kindly to Paul and brought him into fellowship with the other believers in Jerusalem. You never know what a single word or act of encouragement can do, the impact it can have on the person's life.

Friend, make a decision to take your eyes off of yourself and encourage someone today. Make a habit of giving hope to people and letting them know that God is with them and everything is going to be alright. Encourage them to keep trusting Jesus, keep speaking the word and keep praising the Lord at all times for their victory is at hand. Be a Barnabbas to someone today and everyday. This is Your time. All that God has promised you will come to pass and your laughing days are here. Hallelujah. Jesus is Lord.

Zeal for God.

Romans 10:2
For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

Paul here is talking about the Israelites and their passion for God. Their zeal for God was so strong that they ignored what God actually wanted and did what they thought was the right thing to do. Zeal without knowledge is an absolute waste of your time, energy and resources. Zeal with knowledge gives you direction and enjoyment because you know you are doing the right thing.

Paul was so zealous for the things to God that he fiercely persecuted the church of the living God. Zeal is very important but without knowledge of Gods will and his purposes, it won't benefit much. The Israelites being ignorant of Gods righteousness by faith in Christ Jesus, sought to establish their own righteousness by the works of law and whenever you ignore Gods will, you stumble at the rock of offense and at the stumbling stone. A person who ignores Gods word and does what he thinks is right will not go very far even if he is very passionate and zealous about it. Paul was zealous about the persecution but you see Jesus showed up and stopped him in his tracks.

Friend, as believers, we must first discover the right way, when I say right way I mean the God way, which is the word way. Find out what is right in the eyes of God before you direct your passion, zeal and energy towards it. Its highly recommended that you be convinced that all your pursuits are in line with Gods word and his purpose for you can be sure that any work that ignores Gods purpose is only for a short time. Peace be to you!

Talk to sickness!

Luke 4:38‭-‬39
Now He arose from the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. But Simon’s wife’s mother was sick with a high fever, and they made request of Him concerning her. So He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And immediately she arose and served them.

Jesus spoke to fever and it left the person. This is one of the keys of living in divine health all the days of your life.

Sicknesses can hear you. Settle this in your thinking. When you magnify the sickness and tell about it to others, you are feeding the sickness and making it even more strong. Let the sickness in your body, hear Gods word from your mouth. Refuse to say anything else. The word of God, which is the sword of the Spirit, when released from your mouth in faith will attack and eradicate every trace of sickness in your body and will supply life for his word is full of life. Refuse to magnify the sickness. Refuse to bow down to the sickness. Jesus said whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea' and doesn't doubt in his heart but believes what he says will come to pass then he shall have whatever he says. Refuse to talk about the moutain. Start talking TO the mountain. Talk to sickness. Speak the word of God. Speak in faith. Speak in the name of Jesus and speak boldly for Jesus has defeated every sickness there is and has redeemed you for divine health all the days of your life.

Friend, Jesus said if you believe in me the works that I do you will do and greater works than these you will do because I go to my Father. Since we are exactly like Jesus himself in this world, let's do what Jesus did and rebuke sicknesses and diseases in His name. Your words are extremely powerful. Speak life. Speak the word. You will never be the same. This is your time. Be healed in Jesus name, Amen.

You are justified!

Romans 5:1
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

The word justified in this verse and context, means that God has declared you right and acceptable in his sight. Like he said to Jesus, God the Father says to you, You are my beloved child, in whom i am well pleased.

If we are justified, that means we were guilty at some point. Because of Adams disobedience, every one who came through Adam is declared guilty by God. Humans cannot control this because by birth every human is pronounced guilty and condemned and is trapped in the clutches of sin and spiritual death with no way of escape. Every human on earth is by nature the child of Gods wrath, destined for eternal damnation.Jesus, who was born of the Spirit, obeyed the Father by suffering for the sins of humanity and thereby paying the complete price for eternally redeeming mankind from the clutches of Satan, sin and death. By his resurrection, he defeated Satan, Sin and Death. Any human on earth who believes what Jesus has done, anyone who believes the obedience of Jesus will be justified and have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Friend, God is not angry or mad at you. Because you have accepted his son, you have escaped Gods wrath and eternal damnation. Glory to God !!! You have peace with God. God smiles at you. He is pleased with you and He approves and accepts you. It has nothing to do with your good works or bad works, it has only to do with Jesus and his obedience to the Father. Be conscious and aware that Jesus has justified you and that you have peace with God. This revelation will help you live a justified and a peaceful life and thereby a God honouring life. You will never be the same. This is your time. Jesus is Lord and the best is yet to come.

The entrance of sin.

Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—

Sin entered the world through one man, Adam. God created the earth and gave Adam authority and dominion over it. Adam declared independence from God and connected himself to Satan, who is sin. The day Adam disobeyed God, sin and death entered the planet.

All around the world we can see the consequences of Adams mistake, sin and death dominating the planet. This is the reason many ignorant people question the existence and the character of God. Well, in the fullness of time, God sent forth his son, Jesus to redeem mankind from clutches of sin and death. By his death, burial and resurrection, Jesus defeated sin and death and gave the ones who believe in Him, dominion over sin and death. This simply means you can triumph over sin and death because of what Jesus did for you. Sin and  death is still in the world but 'In Christ' is the only place where sin and death have no power. The body of Christ is the only body that cannot be touched by sin and death because Jesus, the head of the body of Christ has defeated sin and death.

Friend, the day you accepted Jesus, you were included in the body of Christ as an esteemed member in a specific place for a specific work. Because you are in Christ, sin and death has no power over you. As you walk in the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, you will walk free from the law of sin and death which is still in the world today. The law of the Spirit of life is the law of the word, it is the law of love, which simply means obedience. Jesus said if you love me, you will obey me. The obedience of Jesus brought you into the body of Christ, but its your obedience that keeps you free from the law of sin and death. Do the word, follow the Holy Spirit and let the world see your light. Live like Jesus! Glory! Jesus is Lord!