TOO BUSY FOR GOD?

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I knelt down to pray but not for too long for i had much to do. I must hurry off to work for bills will soon be due. I finished the prayer & hurriedly got off from my knees...my spiritual duty was done & my

FASTING THAT PLEASES GOD

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'why have we fasted and you have not seen? why have we afflicted our souls and you take no notice?' -Isaiah 58:3


There are times in life when we look up to God for a miracle or want Him to grant a request. We then resort to intense prayers and fasting. This is a commendable approach to take for the Lord emphasized the importance of this. However,

THE NARROW GATE AND THE DIFFICULT WAY

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'And He said to them, strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many I say to you will seek to enter and will not be able' Luke13: 23-24                                        


The Disciples of Jesus at the time wanted to know how many people will be saved. And His reply to them according to (Luke 13: 23-24) was that people should strive to enter through the narrowgate for many will seek to enter and will not be able. The word; 'STRIVE' according to the oxford English dictionary means to try very hard to achieve something or great effort at getting something.

Dear Brethren, this message is for us today. to be a genuine Christian is not an 'easy' task. It is not easy to be struck on one cheek, then

THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

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                                'so then each of us shall give account of himself to God'
                                (Romans 14:12)

Jesus told a parable about talents to his disciples in Mathew 25: 14 (pls read); saying the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man travelling to a far country, who called His own servants and delivered His goods to them. And to one he gave 5 talents, to another 2, and to another 1, each according to his own ability.

The servant who had received 5 talents went and traded with them and made another 5 more.And likewise he who had received 2 gained 2 more also. But the servant who had received only 1 talent did

THE TWO GREATEST COMMANDMENTS - THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR

        
                                    'If you Love Me, keep My Commandments' - (John 14:15)


A neighbor once asked me for a favor and i obliged him. But another neighbor living within the same premises as the first learnt of this assistance i was giving and tried to discourage me saying; 'Those people are not good people'

Dear friends, the two greatest Commandments that God has given to us is to Love God and to also Love our neighbors as well. These two Commandments are similar and

THE RETURN OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 2 - THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH

'Behold i tell you a mystery, we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed' - (1 Corinthians15: 51-52)


I was having a discussion sometime ago with a member of a popular religious denomination and i told him that the problem i had with their group was was their lack of belief and teachings in some important biblical events that will take place like the rapture of the Church for instance. He then asked me to explain to him what the 'RAPTURE' meant and to show him in the bible where it is written that such an event will take place. I gladly opened my

YOUR WORD...

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          'YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT TO MY PATH' - (Psalm 119: 105)