AFD MAY 2021 EDITION
GREETINGS: Shalom & Kingdom greetings! I gracefully welcome you into this month of MAY 2021 in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour King, Jesus Christ. Amen. I pray that His grace, peace, love, and mercy might be with you; and He might give you the leverage and synergy you need for this month, that is, to bring all things under your feet and control with the effortless and stress free graciousness and gracefulness of our God. Also, that you might lay hold to your redemptive rights, privileges and position in Christ Jesus that enables you to accomplish your divine given plans, purposes, and pursuits in His BLESSEDNESS. I dully and fully welcome all visitors and existing browsers into this AFD MAY 2021 EDITION, which is Entitled: FRUITFULNESS & MATURITY IN THE SPIRIT! A month of “Harnessing The CHARISMA and CHARACTER Of The Holy Spirit For Your PERFECTION – Wholeness, Completeness, Maturity and Fulness In Christ Jesus Stead”
WELCOME TO THE DAWN OF MONTH MAY – MONTH OF “FRUITFULNESS & MATURITY IN THE SPIRIT”!
Month MAY is the FIFTH month of the Year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the THIRD of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Month May is a month of SPRING in the Northern Hemisphere and AUTUMN in the Southern Hemisphere. Month MAY, been the FIFTH month speaks of PERFECTION, just as the number 3, 7 and 9 has significance Scripturally and being of the number 5 of the year calendar, indicates an opportunity to stir up, harness and actualise in FULNESS, our REDEMPTION by the Holy Spirit is given to us in this essence. Romans 5:5, 8; Romans 8:9-17.
The term PERFECTION – which in essence speaks of WHOLENESS, COMPLETENESS, MATURITY and FULNESS – is of God. Actually, it is of the REALM OF REVELATION of the Spirit, which the writer of Hebrews Scripture exhorts and admonished every Believers in Christ Jesus to endeavour to enter into such realm, in order to manifest, operate and actualise God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in REDEMPTION. It is a REALM which in essence, will bring us to the place wherein we can be able to escape religious and traditional dogmas, man-made belief, doctrinal creeds and by-laws that are of bondages and such like – Matthew 5:43-48; Hebrews 6:1-9; 2 Corinthians 7:1. etc.
For when Jesus DESCENDED and ASCENDED up on high afterwards, He led captivity captive and RECEIVED gifts – (spiritual endowment) and GAVE these gifts to men; this is for their enablement to be His ambassador and representative on His behalf, for their self-esteem and self-worth, for God’s Kingdom causes and for the good of humanity. 2 Corinthians 5:17-21.
These spiritual ENDOWMENTS and ENABLEMENT are summed up as CHARISMA and CHARACTER to fulfil PURPOSE meaningfully. Their essence is to harness the Believer’s by the Holy Spirit toward PERFECTION – meaning WHOLENESS, COMPLETENESS, MATURITY and FULNESS, in Christ Jesus Stead.
It must be noted that a mere spiritual CHARISMA without corresponding CHARACTER breeds arrogance, pride, rudeness and possibly false success in disguise; and a mere spiritual CHARACTER without CHARISMA breeds a form of religion that is dogmatic, traditionalistic, static – (no creative, innovative, initiative and exploring) and without inspiration, revelation and empowerment which is of the Holy Spirit, in Christ Jesus stead.
And by the acts of the Holy Spirit, one can possibly acquire the synergy of FRUITFULNESS and MATURITY in Christ Jesus stead, as RECEIVED and GIVEN to us, when He ascended up on high to ENSURE and ASSURE our access to the blessed REDEMPTION rights and privileges in Him. And FRUITFULNESS as a result of spiritual FRUIT and spiritual GIFTS are of the Holy Spirit; and MATURITY as a consequence of the ministerial GIFTS of the Holy Spirit, is in essence for our PERFECTION (WHOLENESS, COMPLETENESS, MATURITY and FULNESS) as God’s people in His BLESSEDNESS.
I therefore pray today for your onward, upward and forward trajectory in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS; I pray also that by these endowment and enabling of God, which is of the blessed Holy Spirit will not be frustrated by any reason; but rather, that these enabling endowment that Christ Jesus RECEIVED and GAVE us, in order to be FRUITFUL in CHARACTER and MATURED in CHARISMA, will abound more and more in His grace and stead. Romans 5:1-2; Galatians 2:20-21.
I therefore WELCOME you on God’s behalf, to MONTH MAY 2021 – Month of FRUITFULNESS AND MATURITY IN THE SPIRIT – to harness your well-being, in LIFE and GODLY LIVING unto PERFECTION – WHOLENESS, COMPLETENESS, MATURITY and FULNESS.
I do know that a man’s ignorance is his own mountain and the knowledge of the truth will set him free. Hence I therefore commend you to take time to ponder and meditate on the theme through and through in prayers and where possible accompany with fasting even as the Scripture below do enjoin.
Acts 20:32 “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified”
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Therefore LEAVING THE PRINCIPLES of the doctrine of Christ, LET US GO on unto PERFECTION; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. 9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak“ Hebrews 6:1-9.
“Thou hast ASCENDED on high, thou hast LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE: thou hast RECEIVED GIFTS FOR MEN; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them” PSALMS 68:18.
“But unto EVERY ONE of us is GIVEN grace according to THE MEASURE of the GIFT of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he LED CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE, AND GAVE GIFTS UNTO MEN. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he GAVE some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 for the PERFECTING of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the FULNESS of Christ: 14 that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the EFFECTUAL working in THE MEASURE OF EVERY PART, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love” EPHESIANS 4:7-16.
“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast REDEEMED us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 and hast MADE us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to RECEIVE power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing” REVELATION 5:9-12.
“But the Fruit Of The Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit” GALATIANS 5:22-25.
“And I will GIVE you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding” JEREMIAH 3:15.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that BEARETH NOT FRUIT he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he PURGETH it, that it may bring forth MORE FRUIT. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear FRUIT of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth MUCH FRUIT: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear MUCH FRUIT; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and BRING FORTH FRUIT, and that your FRUIT SHOULD REMAIN: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you” JOHN 15:1-16.
“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, PERFECTING holiness in the fear of God” 2 CORINTHIANS 7:1.
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not FRUSTRATE THE GRACE of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in VAIN” GALATIANS 2:20-21.
“Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10 to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11 but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 23 and those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: 25 that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 30 have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way“ 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-31.
“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7 or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8 or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness“ ROMANS12:3-8.
However, this MAY 2021 and Year 2021 THEME EDITION will be expanded in course of the SERVICES & TIMES in all meetings through the year and Month in “Scripture Pasture” Study and “Pastoral Messages & Ministrations”.
I gladly welcome you, your friends and family to be with us in FELLOWSHIP and WORSHIP. I promise you that you can never be the same again as you ponder over the truth of these unadulterated, inspiring, revealing and empowering living word of God. I pray that God revitalize and rejuvenates you and all that is about you, so that you may become the very best of which God has created you to be in your daily journey of Destiny Molding, Life Transformation, Dignity Restoration and Kingdom Faith Establishment, Community Social Cohesion and Enrichment and Development, Success Empowerment & Fulfillment, Grace Impartation and more, while awaiting the Lord’s Return.
I pray the Lord crown this Month MAY 2021 for you with His goodness and abundance, and reward your LABOUR of LOVE, PATIENCE of HOPE and WORK of FAITH as you continue in the YEAR2021 of POSSIBILITIES. Have a BLESSED and GRACIOUS Month MAY 2021 as you enact and authenticate the “FRUITFULNESS & MATURITY IN THE SPIRIT! A month of “Harnessing The CHARISMA and CHARACTER Of The Holy Spirit For Your PERFECTION – Wholeness, Completeness, Maturity and Fulness – In Christ Jesus Stead” Amen.
Until then, have a crown YEAR 2021 – YEAR OFPOSSIBILITIES “A YEAR To Thrive And Live With Purpose And Fulfilment In God’s Righteousness in Christ Jesus”.
In His Kingdom Business For His Glory,
Revd Chukie MORSI Snr
AFD JANUARY 2021 THEMED EDITION
GREETINGS:
Shalom! Kingdom & Redemption greetings in the precious and redeeming name of our gracious Saviour, Lord and King, Jesus Christ, Amen. My wife Faith and I would like to welcome you to the dawn of the new month January 2021 and the Year 2021. We also say welcome to the new and existing recipients of the Achievers’ FAITH Digest, the Monthly TEACHING Newsletter publication, of Year 2021.
This special edition of the AFD is the annual publication for YEAR 2021. Year 2021 is our year that is themed: YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES! “A YEAR To Thrive And Live With Purpose And Fulfilment In God’s Righteousness in Christ Jesus”.
I do know that a man’s ignorance is his own mountain and the knowledge of the truth will set him free. Hence I therefore commend you to take time to ponder and meditate on the theme through and through in prayers and where possible accompany with fasting even as the Scripture below do enjoin.
Acts 20:32 “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified”
YEAR 2021: It’s Now EARTHLY Official And HEAVENLY Approved!
“I will give you the keys (authority) of the kingdom of HEAVEN; and whatever you BIND [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on EARTH will have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you LOOSE [permit, declare lawful] on EARTH will have [already] been loosed in HEAVEN” Matthew 16:19 (Amplified).
I SAY WELCOME TO A HAPPY and BLESSED DAWN YEAR 2021 that the Lord God had MADE and CROWN for our good and well-being as it’s written:
“This is the DAY (YEAR2021) which the LORD hath MADE; WE will REJOICE and be GLAD in IT” Psalms 118:24 (Emphasis Mine).
“Thou CROWNEST THE YEAR with thy GOODNESS; and thy PATHS DROP FATNESS (ABUNDANCE). 12 They drop upon the PASTURES of the WILDERNESS: and the little HILLS rejoice on every side. 13 The PASTURES are clothed with FLOCKS; the VALLEYS also are COVERED over with CORN; they SHOUT for JOY, they also SING” Psalms 65:11-13.
A YEAR OF LIVING THE POSSIBILITIES LIFE – that is – Living The Greater, Thriving & Colourful, Purposeful and Fulfilling life In The Consciousness Of God’s Righteousness In Christ Jesus Stead.
May God give you GRACE, WISDOM and SPEED for YEAR2021 RACE, and upgrade you from THANKSGIVING to THANKS-LIVING on each passing moment of the GEORGIAN CALENDAR count of 12Months, 52Weeks, 365Days, 87600Hours, 525600Minutes, 37536000Seconds. AMEN. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.
GOD HAS MADE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN HIS TIMELESS TIMELINE FOR OUR TIMED TIMELINE – LET US TAKE ADVANTAGE AS HIS CHILDREN TO MAKE DO WITH IT NOW – NOT TOMORROW, BUT RIGHT NOW, START LIVING ON HIS BEAUTIFUL INTENT.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“He has MADE EVERYTHING (YEAR2021) beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted ETERNITY [a sense of DIVINE PURPOSE] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (Amplified) (Emphasis Mine).
“Know ye not that they which RUN IN A RACE run all, but one receiveth the prize? So RUN, that ye may OBTAIN. 25 And every man that STRIVETH FOR THE MASTERY IS TEMPERATE in all things. Now they do it to OBTAIN a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so RUN, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.
“ARISE, SHINE; FOR THY LIGHT IS COME, and the GLORY of the Lord is RISEN upon thee. 2 For, behold, the DARKNESS shall cover the earth, and GROSS DARKNESS the people: but the Lord shall ARISE upon thee, and his GLORY shall be SEEN upon thee. 3 And the GENTILES shall come to thy light, and KINGS to the BRIGHTNESS of thy RISING” Isaiah 60:1-3.
THE DAWN OF POSSIBILITIES – YEAR 2021: The Start Up Of JANUARY 2021!
“For with thee is the FOUNTAIN OF LIFE: in thy LIGHT shall we see LIGHT” Psalms 36:9.
May the LIGHT of God in Christ Jesus illuminates you in this Year 2021, that He becomes your FOUNTAIN OF LIFE. Therefore, in this Year 2021, I declare and decree that it shall be your YEAR OF ALL POSSIBILITIES; that the MOUNTAINS becomes a PLAIN, VALLEYS be FILLED and EXALTED, the CROOKED PATH and ROADS of life limitations becomes STRAIGHT and the Rough PLACES becomes SMOOTH, simply because you are a carrier of God’s POSSIBILITIES DNA. For every places the sole of your feet shall tread upon, shall be yours for the taken, and everything your hands shall touch shall be crown with God’s goodness, grace, wisdom, blessing and speed, in Jesus precious name, Amen!
May the grace of Numbers 6:24-26, be with you accordingly as it’s written:
“The Lord BLESS thee, and KEEP thee: 25 the Lord MAKE his face SHINE upon thee, and be GRACIOUS unto thee: 26 the Lord LIFT UP his COUNTENANCE upon thee, and GIVE thee peace”
I COMMEND you to God and His WORD and the POWER of His grace, that by the effectual Holy Spirit enabling, that as you GO FORTH in this MIGHT of POSSIBILITIES today, it shall be to you an onwards and upwards trend of altitude; that you may BECOME what you BELIEVE of God, in and for YEAR 2021 in Jesus precious name. Amen.
BE HAPPY. BE BLESSED. YEAR 2021 IS YOURS FOR THE TAKEN.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“We have also A MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a LIGHT that SHINETH IN A DARK PLACE, until the DAY DAWN, and the DAY STAR ARISE in your hearts: 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” 2 Peter 1:19-21.
Luke 1:37“For with God nothing shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her . . . 45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord“
“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is IMPOSSIBLE; but with God all things are POSSIBLE” Matthew 19:26.”Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are POSSIBLE to him that believeth” Mark 9:23.”And when Jesus departed thence, TWO BLIND MEN followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have MERCY on us. 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus SAITH unto them, BELIEVE YE THAT I AM ABLE TO DO THIS? They said unto him, YEA, Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH BE IT UNTO YOU (BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE). 30 And their EYES WERE OPENED; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it” Matthew 9:27-30 (Emphasis Mine).
“Thou CROWNEST the YEAR with thy GOODNESS; and thy PATHS DROP FATNESS. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the WILDERNESS: and the little Hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the VALLEYS also are covered over with corn; they SHOUT for joy, they also sing” Psalms 65:11-13.
“The VOICE of him that crieth in the WILDERNESS, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the DESERT a HIGHWAY for our God. 4 Every VALLEY shall be EXALTED, and every MOUNTAIN and hill shall be made LOW: and the CROOKED shall be made STRAIGHT, and the ROUGH PLACES PLAIN: 5 and the GLORY of the Lord shall be REVEALED, and all FLESH shall see it together: for the MOUTH of the Lord hath spoken it” Isaiah 40:3-5.
“EVERY PLACE that the SOLE OF YOUR FOOT SHALL TREAD UPON, that have I GIVEN unto you, as I said unto Moses. 4 From the WILDERNESS and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the LAND of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 5 There shall not any man be able to STAND before thee all the days of thy life: as I was WITH Moses, so I will be WITH thee: I will not FAIL thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be STRONG and of a GOOD COURAGE: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou STRONG and very COURAGEOUS, that thou mayest OBSERVE to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest PROSPER whithersoever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest OBSERVE to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way PROSPEROUS, and then thou shalt have GOOD SUCCESS. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good COURAGE; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is WITH THEE WHITHERSOEVER thou goest” Joshua 1:3-9.
ANNOUNCING YEAR 2021: YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES – COINED YOP2021!
YEAR 2021, I perceive is a YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES – A year to possibly THRIVE & LIVE in Christ Jesus stead, the GREATER, COLOURFUL, MEANINGFUL, PURPOSEFUL and FULFILLING Life in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS. For the Year2021 VISION pursuit, I am so excited of what God’s intent are, as I endeavour to finish STRONGLY with YEAR2020 to enhance me taking on the gracious and graceful YEAR2021 STRONGER. It’s of this act of finishing strongly and starting stronger that makes my heart to be inditing of good things, rejuvenating with the fullness of inspiration, revelation and empowerment being made available by the Holy Spirit.
HEREIN ARE SOME FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF YOP2021 FOR YOUR PERUSAL:
** YOP2021 is a YEAR wherein ALL things are POSSIBLE with God and with them that BELIEVE to see God’s POSSIBILITIES in and through them in Christ Jesus stead. Luke 1:37; Matthew 19:26; Mark 9:23.
** YOP2021 will be a YEAR to stimulate faith, inspire godly living; it thus mean it’s a year wherein we are going to be inspired to aspire in God’s image, so that we don’t expire or be burnt out – Romans 6:14/Genesis 1:26-30/Job 17:9/Psalms 84:7.
** YOP2021 will be a YEAR crown with God’s goodness and abundance as we BELIEVE, BELONG and BECOME by the Word and prayer in the fullness of the Holy Spirit; a year of thriving with colourful living. As such, you don’t need to fake it to become; it’s just to stay firmly on the Word, in prayers and in the Spirit leadership to every aspects of doing life; then you BECOME whom and what you BELIEVE as Isaac BECAME in Bible days – Psalms 65:11/Psalms 92:11-15/Genesis 26:1-6, 12-14.
** YOP2021 is a YEAR of living the greater life because greater is He that’s in you than the he and cohorts that’s in the World – 1 John 4:4/John 14:15-27, 26.
** YOP2021 is a YEAR of living for a cause, that is, a purposeful life and not a wishy-washy, aimless and clueless and causeless life style – 1 John 3:8/John 18:37.
** YOP2021 is a YEAR of living for fulfilment and not an unending goals of achieving results without satisfaction and fulfilment – Colossians 4:17; 2 Timothy 4:6-8; 1 Timothy 6:12.
**YOP2021 is a YEAR to maximise every opportunities within the God’s given time in order to earn fulfilling result. That includes understanding the time frame of grace and the wisdom to do life accordingly. Ecclesiastes 9:11-12/1 Chronicles 12:32/Ecclesiastes 8:5/Psalms 90:12.
** YOP2021 is a YEAR to maximise diligently and in prudence with gracious attitude for altitude, your God’s given resources: TIME, EFFORT (STRENGHT/TALENT) & FINANCE. Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11; Haggai 2:8; Genesis 8:22; Mark 12:30.
BE BLESSED AS ALWAYS, PRAYING FOR YOU.SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
Luke 1:37“For with God nothing shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her . . . 45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord“
“But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE” Matthew 19:26.
“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE to him that believeth” Mark 9:23.
“And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country” Matthew 9:27-31.
“THOU CROWNEST THE YEAR WITH THY GOODNESS; AND THY PATHS DROP FATNESS. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing” Psalms 65:11-23.
YEAR2021 FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS
** Ending YEAR2020 And Starting YEAR2021 of DECADE2020S: MAXIMISING The God’s Given RESOURCES For Life – TIME (24Hrs/Day), FINANCE (Cash/Kind) And EFFORT (Physical/Mental Exertion)!
It is time to MAXIMISING your God’s given RESOURCES to Do Life and Live Godly, to count and account for your good. These are the resources of life – TIME (24Hrs/Day), FINANCE (Cash/Kind) And EFFORT (Physical/Mental Exertion). The hallmark of utilising these resources is to make YEAR2020 ending STRONGLY STRONG and to make YEAR2021 of DECADE2020S start up STRONGLY STRONGER.
To live the amiable life of the greater, thriving and colourful, successful and fulfilling, triumphant and achievable heights, is not for COWARDS and the SLUGGARDS. It is for those who are earnestly eager to take and MAXIMISE their God given CHANCE of OPPORTUNITY and TIME in doing life even in the midst of the challenging and difficulty in our changing times.
What you DO with your 24hrs a day will affect what you BECOME by the end of the day. What you do and how you deal with the OPPORTUNITY of the given RESOURCES that comes to your life NOW and AGAIN, will define how you END your day to day life and how you start a new day either as a mere DREAMER or an ACHIEVER.
You got three of the major God given RESOURCES for all mankind to make you create, initiate, explore and innovate into the atmosphere you long and desire to see and enjoy in your life PLANS, PURPOSES and PURSUITS. There RESOURCES are these:
* TIME (24hrs/day)
* FINANCE (cash/kind)
* EFFORT (Physical/Mental Exertion).
How you do life with these three RESOURCES in every given opportunity will make or unmake you. You need to be diligent to evaluate these resources and draw your conclusions now for your today and tomorrow.
Therefore START TODAY to strengthen yourself to end Year2020 STRONGLY STRONG And to start YEAR2021 of DECADE2020S STRONGLY STRONGER as it’s written of you in the Holy Writ. Don’t PROCRASTINATE by thinking of using ONLY a one day CROSS-OVER and or BREAKTHROUGH and or BREAKINGFORTH NIGHT as it may be CALLED, to be the means to define your today and tomorrow. FAITH is NOW. LIFE is NOW. You need to ensure the act of PREPAREDNESS – to PLAN with PURPOSE, to enable give you the needed focus to PURSUIT alright in LIFE and GODLY LIVING. You are the architect of your HAPPINESS, don’t play SLOTHFUL and SLUGGARD with it.
Plan NOW for your TODAY and TOMORROW, on the how to MAXIMISE your God given TIME, FINANCE and EFFORT now.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“WHATSOEVER thy HAND FINDETH to do, DO IT with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but TIME and CHANCE (OPPORTUNITY) happeneth to them all. 12 For man also KNOWETH not his TIME: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men SNARED in an evil TIME, when it falleth suddenly upon them” Ecclesiastes 9:10-12 (Emphasis Mine).
“Seest thou a man DILIGENT in his BUSINESS? he shall STAND before KINGS; he shall not STAND before MEAN men” Proverbs 22:29.”The HORSE is PREPARED against the DAY of BATTLE: but SAFETY is of the Lord” Proverbs 21:31.
“The PREPARATIONS of the HEART in man, and the ANSWER of the tongue, is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits. 3 COMMIT thy WORKS unto the Lord, and thy THOUGHTS SHALL BE ESTABLISHED. . 9 A man’s HEART deviseth his way: but the Lord DIRECTEH his steps” Proverbs 16:1-9.
“The PLANS and REFLECTIONS of the heart BELONG to man, But the [Wise] ANSWER of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All the WAYS of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions], But the Lord WEIGHS and EXAMINES the MOTIVES and INTENTS [of the heart and knows the truth]. 3 COMMIT your WORKS to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], And your PLANS will SUCCEED [if you respond to His will and guidance] . . .7 When a man’s ways PLEASE the Lord, He MAKES even his ENEMIES to be at PEACE with him . . . 9 A man’s mind PLANS his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord DIRECTS his steps and ESTABLISHES them” Proverbs 16:1-9 (Amplified).
** My Heart Is INDITING Graciously And Gracefully On YEAR 2021 of This DECADE 2020S: A “YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES” & A DECADE OF “BEING SIGNIFICANT” IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD!
My heart is inditing a THRIVING and GREENER YEAR 2021 in the face and state of absolute chaos, nothingness, voidance and nightmares that have befallen many lives on a constant and daily basis; and by the Spirit of the GREATER and HIGHER life in God in Christ Jesus, I am so ASSURED of God in HIS GRACE, that LIGHT will BEAM again as it was in God at Genesis in the beginning of time – Genesis 1:1-3; 2 Corinthians 4:6.
The present challenges in time can only get better over time; and it’s already evolving a new DAWN of creativity, innovation, exploring and initiatives that will take care of the New DAWN. It’s about living in the consciousness of God’s righteousness in Christ Jesus towards all things that pertains to doing LIFE and LIVING GODLY, in order to take advantage STAND in the NEW BECOMING.
My Heart Is Inditing graciously and gracefully of this DECADE wherein we are and the start up and upcoming YEAR 2021. As a DECADE OF BEING SIGNIFICANT and with all the the current YEAR 2020 have offered and shown us in every phase of doing life; an ASSURED in the light of God’s WORD, that YEAR 2021 will be the “YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES”; and being a TWENTY-TWENTY-ONE, wherein one means FIRST, signifying a NEW DAWN, a NEW BEGINING, to override all WALLS of 2020 defilement.
In summary YEAR 2021 is possibility year of LIVING and THRIVING for the GREATER, COLOURFUL, PURPOSEFUL AND FULFILLING life in the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in Christ Jesus stead. A time of BLOSSOMING in the consciousness of God’s RIGHTEOUSNESS – in doing LIFE and living GODLY in our WORLDS of activities.
Therefore come along with me to the place called BETHEL (Genesis 35) for an encounter by the WORD and PRAYER in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. It’s Seven Days of BETHEL Encounter which starts Sunday 3, January 2021 till Sunday January 10, 2021. Come to BETHEL with me for three reasons though not limited:
** For the Horse is PREPARED against the Day of BATTLE and SAFETY is of the Lord – Proverbs 21:31/Proverbs 16:1-9.
** And a person of PURPOSEFUL DILIGENCE will be rewarded to stand in the place of honour and dignity – Proverbs 22:28-29/Hebrews 11:6.
** A person of KNOWLEDGE will be strong and STRONGER than the person waiting for a mere man-made Prophecy that are unscriptural but to the satisfaction of the belly to advert the hearers. Proverbs 24:5; Acts 20:32; Hebrews 6:10-12; Jeremiah 3:15; Psalms 84:7; Philippians 4:13.
Come, lets make BETHEL encounter and experience happen for our good in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“My HEART is INDITING a GOOD MATTER: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: GRACE is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness ABOVE thy fellows” Psalms 45:1-7.
“And God said unto Jacob, ARISE, GO UP TO BETH-EL, AND DWELL THERE: AND MAKE THERE AN ALTAR UNTO GOD, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 AND LET US ARISE, AND GO UP TO BETH-EL; AND I WILL MAKE THERE AN ALTAR UNTO GOD, WHO ANSWERED ME IN THE DAY OF MY DISTRESS, AND WAS WITH ME IN THE WAY WHICH I WENT. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob . . . 9 AND GOD APPEARED UNTO JACOB AGAIN, when he came out of Padan-aram, AND BLESSED HIM. 10 AND GOD SAID UNTO HIM, THY NAME IS JACOB: THY NAME SHALL NOT BE CALLED ANY MORE JACOB, BUT ISRAEL SHALL BE THY NAME: AND HE CALLED HIS NAME ISRAEL. 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 and the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And JACOB CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE WHERE GOD SPAKE WITH HIM, BETH-EL . . .” Genesis 35:1-29.
** SETTING YEAR2021 READILY READY: There’s The NEED To PRAY!
PRAYER is – Engaging the HEAVENLY permission into your EARTHLY affairs; so it is in getting readily ready to take on and take charge of YEAR2021. Year2021 DEMANDS such enabling of the heavenly TIMELESS timeline into our earthly TIMED timeline. DON’T YOU THINK SO? and If Yes – then give it a GO today – meaning you can start now. Start letting the heavenly into your set out PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT that will count and account for your good in YEAR2021.
PRAYER is the PATH to have your thoughts and plan ESTABLISHED readily in the spiritual – heavenly – realm, prior to authenticate and enact tangibly; just as a horse is made readily ready for the battle and challenging times ahead. It is the spiritual realm that gives the physical synergy of life – do yourself a favour – PRAY, so that you FAINT not and live a WORRY free life.
There’s the NEED to HEAR God for yourself on that your intended PLANS, PURPOSE and PURSUIT; rather than waiting for one prophecy of someone to define you on MATTERS that they can’t carry through life or YEAR2021 on your behalf. God hears and PRAYERS. Talk with Him yourself.
GIVE GOD A CALL TODAY – HE WILL ANSWER WHEN IT RINGS ON HIS THRONE – Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3-4.
Be Blessed In Your Earthly Cause To doing LIFE And living GODLY in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“The horse is PREPARED against the DAY OF BATTLE: but safety is of the Lord” Proverbs 21:31.
“The PLANS and REFLECTIONS (PREPARATION) of the heart BELONG to man, But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the Lord . . . 3 COMMIT YOUR WORKS to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], AND YOUR PLANS WILL SUCCEED [if you respond to His will and guidance] . . . 9 A MAN’S MIND PLANS his way [as he journeys through life], But the Lord DIRECTS HIS STEPS and ESTABLISHES them” Proverbs 16:1, 3, 9 (Amplified).
“And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men OUGHT ALWAYS TO PRAY, and not to FAINT (GIVE UP, GO WEARY, LOOSE HEART)” Luke 18:1 (Emphasis Mine).
“Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed and restored. The HEARTFELT AND PERSISTENT PRAYER of a righteous man (believer) can accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God—it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]” James 5:16 (Amplified).
“PRAYING ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” Ephesians 6:18.
“O You who HEAR prayer, To You all mankind comes” Psalms 65:2 (Amplified).
“CALL to Me and I will ANSWER you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish” Jeremiah 33:3 (Amplified).
“And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a MOUNTAIN TO PRAY. 29 And AS HE PRAYED, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering” Luke 9:28-29.
“Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left [the house], and went out to a secluded place, and was PRAYING there” Mark 1:35 (Amplified).
“And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints“ Revelation 5:8.
“And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand” Revelation 8:3-4.
** PREPAREDNESS – YEAR 2021: NO ROOM FOR PROCRASTINATION – If You Must LIVE & GLIDE In The GREATER LIFE POSSIBILITIES!
DON’T TAKE THE ACT OF DOING LIFE FOR GRANTED, NO MATTER YOUR CAREER OR DOINGS IN LIFE – BE PREPARED IF YOU MUST SUCCEED WITH GOD.PROCRASTINATION is not just only a THIEF of ones precious TIME, but a lazy PERSON’S act of APOLOGY or EXCUSES. And that’s the HOW you want DO LIFE and LIVE GODLY in YEAR 2021. To LIVE and GLIDE IN THE GREATER LIFE POSSIBILITIES in YEAR 2021, there’s the NEED for PREPAREDNESS, that is, being prepared with a set out PLAN and PURPOSE in BLACK & WHITE with a PURSUIT mandate OUTLINED. You can’t suddenly wake up into a new DAWN year, wanting to live on a mere made PROPHECY as many have done and remain same because they assume things without a set PLAN to become in Christ Jesus.
You need NOT live or do life again by PROCRASTINATION. There’s the need to be ‘PREPARED READILY AS THE HORSE’ before you take on, take over and turn into YEAR2021. You don’t need to wait for CHANCE to BECOME in God and to make Success, Prosperity and FULFILMENT in life ready for you.
There’s an INDICATOR or DEFAULT in life, which is – when you don’t PLAN to succeed in life, you are equally PLANNING to fail in life at the same time. A no planning is a planning too. Hence there’s this great need to make PLAN with intended PURPOSE to give the needed act of PURSUIT, in order to thrive, succeed, triumph and become with God through His Word, Prayer and Holy Spirit leadership.
The act PREPAREDNESS – PLAN, PURPOSE & PURSUITS – is more than just making a NEW YEAR RESOLUTION. It’s a STRATEGIC RESOLVED and not a WISHY-WASHY intent that disappears after few days, weeks or months and on some baseless Prophecies that keeps many in a SLOTHFUL and SLUGGARD position for a magical miracle. You need to NOTE THIS –
“The outward manifestation of grace is the resolved of your secret dealings with the LORD GOD as His ambassador in Christ Jesus stead” Chukie Morsi Snr
No man goes to a STRONG man’s house UNPREPARED if you intend to POSSESS or DISPOSSESS him and his cohorts. Meaning, YEAR 2021 is at the cutting-edge in this anchor-leg generation of ADVANCING the kingdom of God and to KEEP the enemy and cohorts at bay; and as such, there’s the need to PREPARE yourself with the tools to ensure your goals, just as the HORSE is usually been PREPARED before the DAY of the BATTLE or RACE.
PREPARING as the HORSE means DILIGENTLY setting out PLAN with PURPOSE and the act of PURSUIT by the WORD and PRAYER in the graciousness and gracefulness of the Holy Spirit on God’s enabling grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Wisdom will demand you understand your TIME and OPPORTUNITY in order to take on your life endeavours for YEAR2021, otherwise you may be cut up suddenly with life challenges UNPREPARED and you know the end game for unpreparedness is simply – FAILURE of not to have PREPARED.
DON’T TAKE THE ACT OF DOING LIFE FOR GRANTED, NO MATTER YOUR CAREER OR DOINGS IN LIFE – BE PREPARED IF YOU MUST SUCCEED WITH GOD.
EVERY GRACE AND BLESSING.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“The horse is PREPARED against the day of battle: but SAFETY (triumph, victory, deliverance, success) is of the Lord” Proverbs 21:31 (Emphasis Mine).
“The PLANS of the mind and ORDERLY thinking BELONG to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] ANSWER of the tongue. 2 All the WAYS of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord WEIGHS the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart). 3 ROLL your WORKS upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will CAUSE your THOUGHTS to BECOME agreeable to His will, and] so shall your PLANS be ESTABLISHED and SUCCEED . . . 7 When a man’s ways PLEASE the Lord, He MAKES even his enemies to be at peace with him . . . 9 A man’s mind PLANS his way, but the Lord directs his STEPS and makes them SURE” Proverbs 16:1-3, 7, 9 (Amplified).
“Seest thou a man DILIGENT in his BUSINESS? he shall STAND before kings (HONOUR, DIGNITY); he shall not stand before MEAN (OBSCURE, UNPRODUCTIVE) men” Proverbs 22:29.
“Who is as the WISE man? and who KNOWETH the interpretation of a thing? a man’s WISDOM maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed . . . 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart DISCERNETH both TIME and JUDGMENT” Ecclesiastes 8:1, 5.
“I returned, and saw under the sun, that the RACE is not to the SWIFT, nor the BATTLE to the STRONG, neither yet BREAD to the WISE, nor yet RICHES to men of UNDERSTANDING, nor yet FAVOUR to men of SKILL; but TIME and CHANCE happeneth to them all. 12 For man also KNOWETH not his TIME: as the FISHES that are TAKEN in an EVIL net, and as the BIRDS that are CAUGHT in the SNARE; so are the SONS of men SNARED in an EVIL TIME, when it FALLETH SUDDENLY upon them” Ecclesiastes 9:11-12.
** TURNING INTO A NEW DAWN – YEAR2021: DILIGENCE WILL ALWAYS PAY GOOD DIVIDEND!
GRACIOUS and GRACEFUL living is about working SMARTLY in FAITH and not about working HARD in FATE. And it’s not for the fear phobia’s, timid, fainter’s and cowards that easily give up, loose hearts and wave the white flags by any means but it’s for the emboldened in the FAITH that no matter what may, God is FAITHFUL and will REWARD DILIGENCE. For EFFECTUAL dividend comes through the Faith COMMUNICATION of the acknowledgement of the glorious goodness and gracious greatness in you by Christ Jesus as in the Holy Writ of Philemon 1:4-6.
Every DILIGENT beginning will surely increase GRACIOUSLY, GRACEFULLY and GLORIOUSLY. God had CALLED and BLESSED you, having FOREKNOWN you, PREDESTINATED you, FORGIVEN you, JUSTIFIED you and GLORIFIED you, so that ALL things being done by you through DILIGENCE might work together for your GOODNESS and ABUNDANCE and BLESSEDNESS in everyway in Christ Jesus stead. That’s God’s SET position for you in His PURPOSEFUL Sanctuary from the beginning. So get SET for the dawn coming YEAR2021. For there’s NO ROOM FOR THE SLUGGARD AND SLOTHFUL, because your FUTURE greatness is UNDENIABLE and IRREVOCABLE while you are on DILIGENT walk with the Lord. AMEN.
JUST KNOW THAT IN TURNING INTO A NEW DAWN – YEAR2021, THAT DILIGENCE WILL ALWAYS PAY GOOD DIVIDEND.BLESSED REGARDS AS YOU GET SET THROUGH DILIGENCE IN HOURS TO COME INTO YEAR2021.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“A GLORIOUS HIGH THRONE from the BEGINNING is the PLACE of our SANCTUARY” Jeremiah 17:12.
“Seest thou a man DILIGENT in his business? he shall STAND before KINGS (Honour, Dignity); he shall not STAND before MEAN (Sluggard, Obscured) men” Proverbs 22:29 (Emphasis Mine).
“But without FAITH it is impossible to PLEASE him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a REWARDER of them that DILIGENTLY seek him” Hebrews 11:6.
“Though thy BEGINNING was SMALL, yet thy LATTER end should GREATLY INCREASE” Job 8:7.
“I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5 hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; 6 that the COMMUNICATION of thy FAITH may become EFFECTUAL by the ACKNOWLEDGING of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:4-6.
“And we know that ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD to them that LOVE God, to them who are THE CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE. 29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he CALLED, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he JUSTIFIED, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30.
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED US with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ . . . 5 having PREDESTINATED us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will . . . 11 in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” Ephesians 1:3, 5, 11.
** CONNECT AND SYNCHRONISE INTO YEAR2021 BY FAITH NOT BY FATE: ENTERING A TIMED YEAR WITH A TIMELESS GOD ON A TIMELESS WORD!
FAITH is Now – The Realm of the TIMELESS. And God lives by His TIMELESS WORD in a TIMELESS sphere and realm – called ETERNITY – IMMORTALITY. Humanity lives in a TIMED YEARLY count of a TIMED world – called MORTALITY. Hence we can say YEAR 2020 is ENDING and we are about STARTING another year but which may not be of the same outlook but is TIMED the same and it’s called YEAR 2021. And it is God who LIVES and REIGN in the TIMELESS realm of ETERNITY by His WORD, that DEFINES the humanity in the TIMED YEARLY count of the TIMED world; This is ONLY because DAY and NIGHT, YEARS, MONTHS, WEEKS, DAYS, HOURS, MINUTES and SECONDS are same before God, while in humanity we do COUNT differently and are limited as a result.
The ONLY factor of connection and synchronising between the TIMED world of humanity and TIMELESS world of God is FAITH. FAITH is TIMELESS, it’s of the WORD of God and it is in the NOW and of ETERNITY, which operates through the indwelling human spirit in mankind, that enables one to live above the limitations of the TIMED world by the help of the TIMELESS WORD of TIMELESS timeline realm of God. FAITH is the only DE FACTO given to men to ENSURE and ASSURE, to AUTHENTICATE and ENACT, the difference so desired in order to be a MORE THAN CONQUERORS, to OVERCOME, to ACHIEVE, to THRIVE, to WIN, to SUCCEED and to TRIUMPH over all of the circumstances and limitations before humanity in mortality statuesque.
YEAR2020 ending and YEAR2021 starting are only in MEASURE by man, but not with God. Hence CONNECT and SYNCHRONISE by FAITH today and you will enjoy the FULLNESS of God with a set PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUITS, rather than the making of those year to year UNACHIEVABLE and UNNECESSARY new year resolution with a BASELESS foundation that disappears or forgotten in few weeks or months time as it’s often done by many. TIMELESS FAITH is only operative by the TIMELESS WORD. You can ONLY PLEASE God by FAITH. Pleasing God brings about DILIGENCE that rewards and helps to keep the ENEMY and COHORTS at bay. CONNECT AND SYNCHRONISE INTO YEAR2021 BY FAITH NOT BY FATE BY THE ENTERING THE TIMED YEAR WITH A TIMELESS GOD ON A TIMELESS WORD.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“To EVERYTHING there is a SEASON, A TIME for every PURPOSE under heaven . . . 11 He has MADE everything BEAUTIFUL in its time. Also He has put ETERNITY in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end” Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11 (Amplified).
“For whatever is born of God OVERCOMES the WORLD. And this is the victory that has OVERCOMES the WORLD—our FAITH. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5.
“So then FAITH cometh by HEARING, and HEARING by THE WORD of God” Romans 10:17.
“NOW FAITH is the SUBSTANCE of things HOPED for, the EVIDENCE of things not SEEN. 2 For by IT the elders OBTAINED a good testimony. 3 By FAITH we UNDERSTAND that the WORLDS were FRAMED by the WORD of God, so that the things which are SEEN were not MADE of things which are VISIBLE . . . 6 But WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM: for he that COMETH to God must BELIEVE that he is, and that he is a REWARDER of them that DILIGENTLY seek him” Hebrews 11:1-3, 6.”When a man’s ways PLEASE the Lord, he MAKETH even his ENEMIES to be at PEACE with him” Proverbs 16:7.
** ENABLING THE GRACE FOR YEAR2021: It’s In Your PRIMARY And PURPOSEFUL Call!
The enabling GRACE for you to do life and live godly in YEAR2021, is in your PRIMARY and PURPOSEFUL call in life. That is to be WITH the LORD, wherein you will be EMPOWERED in Him in order to ACHIEVE, SUCCEED and be FULFILLED with His GRACE, MERCY, LOVE, PEACE, WISDOM And SPEED.
Beloved friend, you don’t need to be in a rush to enter Year2021 and start marking unfounded New Year RESOLUTIONS and PRONOUNCEMENTS that you can’t even keep beyond few days or weeks or months afterwards.
Herein are some matters to consider carefully to curb these unnecessary artificial display that makes no impart and impact to your well-being in Christ Jesus stead.
FIRSTLY, It’s a high time you need to take STOCK and INVENTORY of your life in YEAR2020 that’s about ending, before taking on YEAR2020. This you do in these wise as an example:
** All those your SELF-WILLED power of rushing hours into your day before its dawn, has it made any difference in you without stress instead of God’s promised rest?** Those your lengthy days of UNENDING FASTING to prove HOW SPIRITUAL YOU ARE, has it made any remarkable difference in you? Or was it a statuesque to keep, though its a hunger strike and pride in disguise, but you just called it FASTING to make it seem spiritual?
** Have you not wonder that God wants you to THRIVE, BLOSSOM and be COLOURFUL? And not to SURVIVE or be a SURVIVAL? And to live in LEISURE and PLEASURE, and not in PRESSURE or STRESS? And noting especially all the HARDWORK instead of SMARTWORK you claimed to put in each day to make life WORTH LIVING?SECONDLY, this is my take on you because I can’t help not seeing you THRIVE, BLOSSOM and be COLOURFUL in God’s enabling grace and BLESSEDNESS; instead of seeing you a SURVIVE or be a SURVIVAL as some have acclaimed to be their terms of living; also, my knowing full well that from your first primary call to SALVATION in Christ Jesus, you can be EMPOWERED to succeed and triumph, especially as such a time as this with YEAR2020 closing down and YEAR2021 starting up.
It’s your TIME To Be With The LORD to receive what it TAKES to make LIFE WORTH LIVING instead of DOING Nothing and just watching the day or YEAR2020 go bye into YEAR 2021 new start.
All I am saying is that it’s a good time NOT to start asking or making demands, but to just be with Father God in the name of Jesus – by ONLY and SOLELY MINISTERING to Him and Enjoying His presence. It is in this act THEN He can EMPOWER you and SEND you FORTH into YEAR2021 with His GRACE, MERCY, LOVE, PEACE, WISDOM and SPEED in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus. This will enable you to DO all your LIFE and GRACE endeavours and bidding without fail, stress and sweat.
I wants to promise you, you’ll live in REST and LEISURE, that is – stress free, sweat free, pressure and worry free, as you are SENT from God’s PRESENCE than when you are a mere WISHY-WASHY GOER on self designed and proclaim ambitions outside God in His Christ Jesus. You need to DERIVE strenght from the Lord and in the power of His might to make life a LIVING WORTH.I sincerely beg you of the need to learn and apply this SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLE to all you do in life:
You are saved and called PRIMARILY and PURPOSEFULLY to be with Father God in Christ Jesus; it’s therein He EMPOWERS you to SUCCEED and be FULFILLED in life. This is what and how Jesus Christ did life in grace with Father God in humanity and has left us as example for us to learn of Him towards the Father God. Amen.
IN SUMMARY:
** We are SAVED and CALLED – To Be With Him!
** We are then EMPOWERED – To Thrive, Succeed and be Fulfilled by God’s Speed.
** We are then ENDOWED with Grace, Wisdom And Speed – to makes all the DIFFERENCE with God.
** We have the RESULTANT effects with Rest, Leisure And Pleasure in Christ Jesus – just as we are PROMISED and not Stress, worry (anxiety), Pressure in walking in our own efforts.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into THIS GRACE WHEREIN WE STAND, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2.
“And he goeth up into a mountain, and CALLETH unto him WHOM he WOULD: and they came unto him. 14 And he ORDAINED twelve, THAT THEY SHOULD BE WITH HIM, and that he might SEND them forth to preach, 15 and to have POWER to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils” Mark 3:13-15.
“Thou wilt shew me the PATH of LIFE: in thy PRESENCE is fulness of joy; at thy RIGHT HAND there are pleasures for evermore” Psalms 16:11.
“And in the morning, RISING UP a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a SOLITARY PLACE, and there PRAYED” Mark 1:35.
“There remaineth therefore a REST to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief” Hebrews 4:9-11.
“. . . 11 for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the REST wherewith ye may cause the WEARY TO REST; and this is the REFRESHING: yet they would not hear . . .” Isaiah 28:9-13.
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE. 29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he called, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he justified, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30.”God is FAITHFUL, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9.
** BUILD YOU LIFE & FAITH ON THE SURE WORD OF GOD: NOT ON MAN-MADE MAKE-UP BELIEVES & MERE PROPHECIES!
YEAR 2020 should be a LESSON for any wise person as I have always said overtime why you must BUILD LIFE and FAITH on THE WORD of God if you must ACHIEVE and SUCCEED with God. Otherwise, mere mortal men, in the name of God and not assuredly moved by the Holy Spirit, will make a caricature of you through your ignorance and vulnerability, to offer you vision and prophecies that are enticing to your sentimental desires. Open your eyes to search the Scriptures for your own good and favour as the Bereän Christian of Acts 17:10-13.
The Pandemic have proven while a mere one night crossover message and prophecies and NEW YEAR RESOLUTION is not what makes you BECOME in God, but it’s your DILIGENCE work of FAITH by God’s grace on the set PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT that gives you the enabling into the fulness of God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Proverbs 22:29; Hebrews 11:6; Proverbs 16:1-3, 7-9. Let the DEFINITION of you LIFE and FAITH in God, be by the WORD in the FACE of Christ Jesus, on that PREPARED – PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT – you’ve set forth for YEAR2021.
Know for SURE and CERTAINTY, that the NEW CREATION, which you are in Christ Jesus, have A MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY in the light of the SCRIPTURES by the reason of our REDEMPTION in Christ Jesus. Therefore, do life and live godly, in the FACE of what Christ Jesus HAS DONE, HE’S DOING and will do in and through you by the Holy Spirit within you by God’s WORD, to make you BECOME what THE WORD said you ARE in Him and will be BY Him and THROUGH Him. This will save you from the falsehoods and errors around that have befallen many today.
If there be a PROPHECY or PROPHESYINGS, despised not at first but EXAMINE it by the SURE WORD OF PROPHECY if it be of God. Genuine PROPHECY or PROPHESYINGS is to bring about COMFORTS, EXHORTATION AND EDIFICATION; and not fear, intimidation, cursing, threatening and such like or the demands for tokens in cash or kind to make it come to pass. God is not the AUTHOR OF CONFUSION and He does not CONFUSED His children.
I admonish you to SEEK after God today into the YEAR2021, through His WORD and not through men or man-made make believe, that will keep you in BONDAGE and under or towards them and not after or toward Christ Jesus. For you BECOME what and whom you BELIEVE. You are a product of your essence of BELIEVE. Today I charge you to BELIEVE God and His WORD in Christ Jesus stead, so that you can BECOME in Him whatsoever you want to be of Him.
You have a SURE WORD of PROPHECY which is the Holy Writs, that is speaking FORTH of what you ARE and you’ve BECOME in Christ Jesus. For the spirit of genuine PROPHECY is the TESTIMONY (TESTIFYING) of Jesus Christ; meaning it will draw and pull you towards God in Christ Jesus and not toward men. And it does not lead any to further BONDAGE or SLAVERY as to men or satan or self. The SURE WORD of PROPHECY which is of God in Christ Jesus, is not BURDENSOME, IRKSOME, TASKMASTER and GRIEVOUS; but it liberates at no cost or charge, and is solely and only, being fulfilled in Christ Jesus as done for us in REDEMPTION; and it’s not on men’s DEMANDS for tokens in cash and or kind, to make it come to pass. As you get set TODAY to TURN INSIDE OUT YEAR 2021 into reality, take a STAND by the WORD through FAITH in God’s GRACE in Christ Jesus; and not a mere WISHY-WASHY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS and man-made PROPHECIES to make you momentarily joyous and afterwards lost in disbelieve what you’ve become outside God by the evaporation of what wasn’t God’s SURE WORD OF PROPHECY that you ignorantly bank upon.
As we are set to turn into our TIMED TIMELINE YEAR2021, I wish you God’s BEST in His grace and BLESSEDNESS as you RESOLVE to make God’s WORD your SURE WORD OF PROPHECY to help you EXAMINE every other Prophecies and SAYINGS if they be of God, so that you can slide effortlessly, graciously and gracefully into and through YEAR2021 without hitches and regrets. That’s how you walk in the LIGHT and not in darkness in YEAR2021.
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“We have also A MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY; whereunto ye do well that ye TAKE HEED, as unto A LIGHT THAT SHINETH IN A DARK PLACE, until the DAY DAWN, and the DAY STAR ARISE IN YOUR HEARTS: 20 knowing this first, that NO PROPHECY of the scripture is of any PRIVATE interpretation. 21 For the PROPHECY came not in old time BY THE WILL OF MAN: but holy men of God SPAKE as they were MOVED by the Holy Ghost” 2 Peter 1:19-21.
“And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the TESTIMONY OF JESUS: worship God: FOR THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY” Revelation 19:10.
“And they OVERCAME him by THE BLOOD of the Lamb, and by THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY; and they LOVED not their lives unto the death” Revelation 12:11.
“To the LAW and to the TESTIMONY: if they SPEAK not ACCORDING TO THIS WORD, it is because there is NO LIGHT in them” Isaiah 8:20.
“And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper” 2 Chronicles 20:20.
“For God, who COMMANDED THE LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, hath SHINED in our hearts, to give the LIGHT of the KNOWLEDGE of the glory of God in the FACE of Jesus Christ” 2 Corinthians 4:6.
“And now, brethren, I COMMEND you to God, and to THE WORD OF HIS GRACE, which is able to BUILD you up, and to GIVE you an INHERITANCE among all them which are SANCTIFIED” Acts 20:32.”For this is the LOVE of God, that we KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS: and his COMMANDMENTS are not GRIEVOUS (BURDENSOME, IRKSOME, TASKMASTER)”1 John 5:3 (Emphasis Mine).
“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into THIS GRACE WHEREIN WE STAND, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2.”QUENCH not the Spirit. 20 DESPISE NOT PROPHESYINGS. 21 PROVE all things; HOLD FAST that which is good” 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21.
“But he that PROPHESIETH SPEAKETH unto men to EDIFICATION, and EXHORTATION, and COMFORT . . . 29 Let the PROPHETS speak two or three, AND LET THE OTHER JUDGE (EXAMINE). 30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. 31 For ye may all PROPHESY one by one, that all may learn, and all may be COMFORTED. 32 And the spirits of the prophets are SUBJECT to the prophets. 33 For God is not the AUTHOR OF CONFUSION, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints . . .39 Wherefore, brethren, COVET TO PROPHESY, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done DECENTLY and in ORDER” 1 Corinthians 14:3, 29-33, 39-40 (Emphasis Mine).
YEAR 2021 Scriptural Reading Of The Theme:
Psalms 65:11-13 “Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing“.
Luke 1:37“For with God nothing shall be impossible. 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her . . . 45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord“
Matthew 19:26 “But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, with men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible“.
Mark 9:23 “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth“.
John 1:12-14 “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth”.
Matthew 9:27-31 “And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country”.
1 John 5:3-5 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?”.
Philemon 4-6 “I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5 hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; 6 that the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus“.
1 John 3:8 “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.“
John 18:37 “Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice“.
Colossians 4:17 “And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it“.
Philippians 1:21 “For to me, living means opportunities for Christ, and dying—well, that’s better yet!” (Living Bible).
2 Peter 1:19-21 “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost“
Proverbs 4:18 “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day“
However, this Year 2021 and January 2021 theme will be expanded in course of the SERVICES & TIMES in all meetings through the year and Month in “Scripture Pasture” Study and “Pastoral Messages & Ministrations”.
I gladly welcome you, your friends and family to be with us in Fellowship and Worship. I promise you that you can never be the same again as you ponder over the truth of these unadulterated, inspiring, revealing and empowering living word of God. I pray that God revitalize and rejuvenates you and all that is about you, so that you may become the very best of which God has created you to be in your daily journey of Destiny Molding, Life Transformation, Dignity Restoration and Kingdom Faith Establishment, Community Social Cohesion and Enrichment and Development, Success Empowerment & Fulfillment, Grace Impartation and more, while awaiting the Lord’s Return.
Until then, have a crown YEAR 2021 – YEAR OF POSSIBILITIES “A YEAR To Thrive And Live With Purpose And Fulfilment In God’s Righteousness in Christ Jesus”.
In His Kingdom Business For His Glory,
Revd Chukie MORSI Snr
AFD MAY 2020 EDITION
GREETINGS:
Shalom! Redemption & Kingdom Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour-King Christ Jesus. And by the grace of Father God in Christ Jesus, my wife Faith and I would like to welcome you again to the dawn of the fifth Month – MAY in the LORD’S Year 2020 as He crown your life with the Year2020 themed – EXALTATION! “Living The EXALTED Life – To Thrive In The RIGHTEOUSNESS Of God In Christ Jesus!. For this cause we’ve set out in grace to earnestly pray on your behalf through the year, in the awesome, covenant, gracious and graceful, and precious name of our redeemer King, Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. We do also say welcome to the new and existing recipients of the Monthly TEACHING Newsletter Publications of the ‘Achievers’ FAITH Digest’ Year 2020.
As Month MAY is the fifth Month of Year 2020 Georgian Calendar, signifying PERFECTION – which is completeness, wholeness, maturity, fulfilment and fulness.
GRACE, the enabling of God to and for us to STAND and BECOME whatsoever we want to be in Him can be frustrated, utilised unrighteously and in vain or as a vain thing, where UNDERSTANDING is absent and misleading – Galatians 2:20-21; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Romans 1:18-21). It thus mean if only PASSION and KNOWLEDGE is all we have, the CONSEQUENCE of such is deadly to our walk and work of FAITH to STAND and BECOME in God in Christ Jesus. So it’s very imperative that every decisions – acts of FAITH we dare to put FORTH in the grace of God in Christ Jesus stead, must be well UNDERSTOOD, otherwise it will cost us the losses of – TIME, FINANCE and EFFORT (Physical and Mental Exertion), and sometimes people’s LIFE and LIVELIHOOD, no matter how much we’ve tried. In advancing the KINGDOM CAUSES of our God at any acts and intent of living, and to keep the ENEMY and COHORTS at bay, PASSION and KNOWLEDGE is not enough – UNDERSTANDING is imperative and immeasurable in all.
Therefore, it’s not enough to be ZEALOUS and PASSIONATE about anything, neither is it enough to be full of KNOWLEDGE; but until you come to the UNDERSTANDING of what you are passionate and knowledgeable about to carry out, you can’t go far to the fullness of what you can be in LIFE and GODLY LIVING in Christ Jesus stead.
There’s therefore then the need to crave for UNDERSTANDING in the grace of God wherein we STAND as God’s People so that we can be the very best of God’s intent in our REDEMPTION DEED OF RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES, otherwise we will be as good as a fool and ignorant. For it’s UNDERSTANDING that makes PASSION and KNOWLEDGE meaningful and fulfilling indeed.
I pray that Father God gives you the enabling UNDERSTANDING in His GRACE for the WISDOM and SPEED you dearly need to THRIVE, INNOVATE, CREATE, EXPLORE and INITIATE in everyway PURPOSEFULLY in this Dawn Month of MAY2020.
I pray that you might walk in UNDERSTANDING to enhance your PASSION and KNOWLEDGE in that cause you’ve chosen to follow in order to have a STAND and BECOME in LIFE and GODLY LIVING.
May you UNDERSTAND by the Holy Spirit of UNDERSTANDING, all you intend to know in this GRACE wherein we STAND in order to OPERATE, ADMINISTER and MANIFEST in WISDOM and FULFILMENT to ensure and enhance your LIFE and GODLY LIVING in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.
Understanding will emancipate one from all IGNORANCE and ANSWER the QUEST of our times IN THE GRACE wherein we STAND in Christ Jesus. ENOUGH of what people say or didn’t say. It’s time to THRIVE in the midst of our TIME REALM CHALLENGES by the enabling of the TIMELESS GRACE through the UNDERSTANDING of TIMES by the Holy Spirit of UNDERSTANDING.
By this crave for understanding in the grace of God wherein we stand, I pray that as you incline to read and hear God’s sayings through this publication edition, that the enabling grace of our God will be made available unto you and minister wholly to your well being – spirit, soul and body – in Jesus precious Name, Amen; even as it’s written in – 1 Thessalonians 5:23 and Hebrews 4:12-13 and Colossians 2:9-10.
Also, I do know that a man’s ignorance is his own mountain and the knowledge of the truth will set him free. Hence I therefore commend you to take time to ponder and meditate on the theme through and through in prayers and where possible accompany with fasting even as the Scripture below do enjoin.
Acts 20:32 “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified”.
Here Is The Wisdom For Today For The Quest Above!
A Colourful and thriving life is gracious, graceful and lovely, more so, when God’s intent for your life is to be whole, complete and full in all that pertains to life and godliness, for which Christ came to pay the ransom for our WHOLESOME REDEMPTION. The knowing and understanding of this God’s concept of grace for us is our RIGHTEOUSNESS in Him by Christ Jesus, which enable and make us to ride steadily and readily to enact our God given plans, purposes and pursuits to succeed, triumph, win and overcome and be a victor in life and godliness no matter where and when and how. And that makes colourful and thriving life accessible and dignified, and the knowing and understanding that the greater one lives in you.
I pray you Blessed! Be empowered to succeed, triumph and be victorious and in dominion as you adhered to ensure the holy writ purpose of God about you and I, as in this month MAY.
In a nut shell, the theme EDITION could be characterised but not limited into this headings:
** ZEAL , which can be considered to mean PASSION is good –
But without knowledge, Zeal or Passion breeds ignorance and foolishness, bondage, man-made dogmas and creeds leading to all forms of falsehood.
“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God” Romans 10:1-3“
** Knowledge is power or powerful and empowering. That Knowledge is power, powerful and empowering is not secured until there’s understanding. Knowledge without understanding puff up and breeds pride, arrogance, self and God’s resistance.
“Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him” 1 Corinthians 8:1-3.
“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” 1 Peter 5:5-7.
“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded” James 4:5-8.
** The Crave For Understanding – The essence of understanding in all of our passion and knowledge cannot be underestimated by any measured. Understanding breeds wisdom. and by wisdom we thrive to greatness are founded, built, established and fortified.
“And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment” 1 Chronicles 12:32.
“O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients,
because I keep thy precepts” Psalms 119:97-100.
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding“ Proverbs 4:7.
“Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed” Ecclesiastes 8:1.
** God’s Grace is to give us the enabling to stand and become what He wants us to be. It might be true that God’s grace is the enabling to make us stand in faith and become in God, but it’s purpose could be frustrated, utilised unrighteously and misappropriated for vain acts or intent.
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain” Galatians 2:20-21.
“But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me” 1 Corinthians 15:10.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: 21 because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened“ Romans 1:18-21.
** Good understanding attracts God’s Divine Favour, ignoring Understanding breeds difficulty and unproductivity: The Grace That Reigns And Works Through understanding attracts God’s divine favour and brings about the leverage ove challenging and difficult moment.
“Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard (Difficult, challenging, unproductive)” Proverbs 13:15
“The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead (ignorant, unproductive, foolish)” Proverbs 21:16
Further Scriptural Reading To This Theme:
“Wherefore he saith, AWAKE THOU THAT SLEEPEST, AND ARISE FROM THE DEAD, and Christ shall GIVE THEE LIGHT. 15 See then that ye WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY, not as fools, but as wise, 16 REDEEMING THE TIME, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, BUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS” Ephesians 5:14-17.
“And of the children of Issachar, which were MEN THAT HAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES, to know what Israel OUGHT to do; the HEADS of them were two hundred; and ALL THEIR BRETHREN were at their COMMANDMENT” 1 Chronicles 12:32.
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: AND WITH ALL THY GETTING GET UNDERSTANDING” Proverbs 4:7.
“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into THIS GRACE WHEREIN WE STAND, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2.
“Good UNDERSTANDING giveth FAVOUR: but the way of TRANSGRESSORS is HARD (Difficult, Challenging, Rough)” Proverbs 13:15 (Emphasis Mine).
“The man that WANDERETH out of the WAY of UNDERSTANDING shall REMAIN in the CONGREGATION of the DEAD (Foolish, Ignorant, Unproductive)” Proverbs 21:16.
“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire THAT YE MIGHT BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING; 10 that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; 12 giving thanks unto the Father, which hath MADE us meet to be PARTAKERS of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 who hath DELIVERED us from the power of darkness, and hath TRANSLATED us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 in whom we have REDEMPTION through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins . . .” Colossians 1:9-20.
“Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 cease not to GIVE THANKS FOR YOU, MAKING MENTION OF YOU IN MY PRAYERS; 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, MAY GIVE UNTO YOU the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 THE EYES OF YOUR UNDERSTANDING BEING ENLIGHTENED; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is THE EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF HIS POWER to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 20 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 21 FAR ABOVE ALL principality, and power, and might, and dominion, AND EVERY NAME THAT IS NAMED, NOT ONLY IN THIS WORLD, BUT ALSO IN THAT WHICH IS TO COME: 22 and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head OVER ALL THINGS TO THE CHURCH, 23 which is his body, the FULNESS of him that filleth all in all” Ephesians 1:15-23.#
However, this Month MAY 2020 theme will be expanded in course of the SERVICES & TIMES in all meetings through the year and Month in “Scripture Pasture” Study and “Pastoral Messages & Ministrations”.
I gladly welcome you, your friends and family to be with us in Fellowship and Worship. I promise you that you can never be the same again as you ponder over the truth of these unadulterated, inspiring, revealing and empowering living word of God. I pray that God revitalize and rejuvenates you and all that is about you, so that you may become the very best of which God has created you to be in your daily journey of Destiny Molding, Life Transformation, Dignity Restoration and Kingdom Faith Establishment, Community Social Cohesion and Enrichment and Development, Success Empowerment & Fulfillment, Grace Impartation and more, while awaiting the Lord’s Return.
Until then, have a CROWN year 2020 of EXALTATION “A year LIVING THE EXALTED LIFE – To Thrive With Purpose & Fulfilment”.
In God’s Kingdom Business Causes For His Glory,
Revd Chukie MORSI Snr
(Presiding Minister).
Intercessory Prayers Series 2
INTERCEDING FOR THE MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL
(Not Excluding Other Local Church Pastoral/Spiritual Leadership Teams)
TEXT: Zechariah 3:1-8, Acts 14:19-20, Deuteronomy 3:23-28; Colossians 4:17
INTRODUCTION: Amongst all the children of God, Ministers are the most vulnerable to attacks by the enemy because they occupy a very precious position. Except by the discerning of Spirits and revelation gifts of the Holy Spirit, one might not accurately know what problems, fears tears, and wears a minister has to grasps with, as their problems are many and varied. It is in this respect that the great Apostle Paul, who spoke in tongues more than all the Christians in Corinth, who heard the voice of God audibly and saw the visions of God, who went to the third heaven bodily, and had an angelic visitation, who could deliver an erring believer to the devil for torment, and who stood in the five ministerial offices and manifested all nine gifts, requested for personal prayers almost all the Churches he visited. Romans 15:30-32; Ephesians 6:18-20; Colossians 4:2-4; 1 Thessalonian 5:25; Heb. 13:18.
The Lord Jesus Christ while on earth as son of man also requested prayer help from His disciples who slept off instead of praying – Matthew 26:36-46. So, if the Lord Jesus in His earthly ministry and also Apostle Paul needed prayers then we conclude that no minister can perform effectively to the optimum without a steady prayer support. God is likely to hold the church responsible for the sins, errors and the fall and failures of her ministries just as He will also hold the ministers responsible for the lives of their members – Proverbs 27:23.
“When Israel sin against God, Moses interceded for them, but when Moses has his offence of sin against God, there was no intercessor to take a stand on his behalf” – Exodus 32:30-32; 33:12-23; 17:8-16; 12:13; and Deuteronomy 32:48-52; Numbers 20:7-13.
A. MINISTER’S CONFLICTS:
1. Ministers have personal crisis and strivings which at some points or times cannot be shared with mortal man except God alone – 2 Corinthians 12:7-9.
2. Ministers may be bold externally but they may also have their personal fears and uncertainties. 1 Kings 19:1-14. “Smite the Shepherd and the Sheep’s will scatter”.
3. Ministers are specifically targeted for certain vicious attacks by the gates of hell : 2 Samuel 11:1-27; 2 Kings 4:1-7 etc
- Seducing spirits
- Attacks on the spirit man by demonic forces with intent to hindering a minister fellowship with God
- Family attacks (domestic burdens)
- Pride, arrogance and self esteem
- . . . And many others etc
4. Ministers often have plans and programmes of divine approval which may be frustrated by the devil. 1 Thessalonian 2:18.
5. Sometimes they find themselves in a very tight and embarrassing financial crisis which they had not bargained for. 2 Corinthians 11:22-27, Philippians 4:10-13.
6. Many times they wonder whether they were actually called of God due to Satan’s assault on their assurance and faith. This often happens when there is fierce opposition within and without and the ministry isn’t making any remarkable progress. Matthew 11:1-6, 2 Timothy 4:13-18.
7. Often there are certain inexplicable health hazards which may ultimately affect the work of the ministry. 1Timothy 5:23.
8. Often-times the devil inundates the minister with unending programmes and activities, so as to choke up his personal fellowship with the Lord. Ministers must work with the Lord and not only for the Lord. Mark 3:14-15.
9. There is also the temptation to be crowded and miracle-oriented without being people-oriented. Jesus had time for anxious inquirers.
10. We must pray that God’s minister will be men of vision so as to:
i. See what the Lord sees.
ii. See only what the Lord sees.
iii. See as far as the Lord sees.
iv. See as clearly as the Lord sees.
(see Jeremiah 1:11-19; Isaiah 6:1-9; Genesis 13:14-18)
B. DIVINE RECIPE FOR EFFECTIVE MINISTRY: 1 Tim. 1:1-2, 2 Tim. 2:1
- GRACE – God’s Riches At Christ Expense, i.e. unmerited favour, divine capacity for doing work. 1 Cor. 15:9-10.
- MERCY – Divine kindness that offsets divine judgement for obvious and non-obvious faults and mistakes in the ministry. 2 Cor. 4:1.
- PEACE – Understanding of mind and spirit in spite of surrounding turmoil’s. John 14:27, John 16:33, 2 Tim. 2:6.
NOTE: No minister can function without fail, if these three elements of divine reimbursement are not present on a constant basis. As intercessors we need to ask the Lord to multiply these divine favours unto them.
C. SAMPLE PRAYERS FOR MINISTERS:
(Marks of the ministry: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10).
Lord of heaven and Earth I come in the name of Lord Jesus Christ, your first begotten son to intercede and pray for Revd Chukie & Mrs. Faith MORSI, ministers of the gospel, whose local church is named REDEMPTION LIFE INTERNATIONAL CHURCH. I pray that you will grant them your grace, peace and mercy, so that they could make their calling and election sure; I pray that they would approve themselves as ministers and that they put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that their ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God they commend themselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything as in 2 Corinthians 6:1-10. I pray that your loving kindness will envelope them. Kindly bless them and grant them open doors of favour, an effectual and effective ministry. I pray that all the resources they might need to make their ministry what you want it to become be made available unto them. Kindly bless them in every way. Thank you Lord in Jesus name, amen.
(You can use these other passages to enhance prayers – Psalms 104:4; 134:1-3; 135:1-3; 92:10-15 etc.)
Compiled by Rev. Chukie MORSI
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