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2. WHAT POWER DO WE HAVE TO HEAL THE SICK? IT’S (THE HOLY SPIRIT) JESUS
IN US.
WHY DO YOU ASK GOD TO FILL ME WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT? IS IT FOR POWER,
STRENGTH, KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM TO GO TO CHURCH, TO SPEAK IN TONGUES,
TO ASK FOR MATERIAL THINGS; HOUSE, CAR, AEROPLANE, CLOTHES, WIFE,
HUSBAND, ETC. ‘NO’ BUT TO USE IT TO DO HIS WILL – EVANGELISE TO PEOPLE,
PREACH, HELP TO BUILD CHURCH, SCHOOLS, CHURCH HOSPITALS, BUSES FOR
CHURCH, HELP TO MEET THE NEED OF PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH AND
COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU CARE FOR CHILDREN OF GOD, YOU ARE ACTUALLY CARING FOR GOD
AND HE WILL CARE FOR YOU IN RETURN AND YOUR ASSIGNMENT WILL BE
COMPLETED BY GOD.
JEHOVAH’S WITNESS NEVER STOPS PREACHING UNTIL GOD COMES THAT HERE IS
NOT FOR YOU--- AS YOU SOW INTO GOD’S HOUSE, GOD WILL BUILD YOUR
HOUSE IN PARADISE, WHAT YOU SOW IS WHAT YOU GET, THE LAZY SERVANT
REAPS WHATSOEVER HE SOWS. GOD BLESS YOU, AMEN
MANY PEOPLE FEEL THIER SINS ARE TOO MUCH THAT GOD CANNOT FORGIVE.
WE WERE STILL SINNERS WHEN GOD SENT JESUS AS A PERFECT LAMB TO COME
AND DIE FOR US WE HAVE A SINFUL NATURE AND WE ARE BOUND TO SIN BUT
WHOEVER BELIEVES IS FORGIVEN AND HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
NOW THAT WE KNOW THESE THINGS ARE SIN, WE CAN AGREE THAT WE ARE
SINNERS, NONE OF US ARE EXEMPTED. GOD SAW ALL OF THESE AND SENT
JESUS TO FORGIVE US BY DIEING ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SIN.
TRUE FALSE
1. 2 +2 4 5 CORRECT
2. 1 +3 5 4 WRONG
3. 5 –1 3 4 WRONG
4. 7 –3 4 5 CORRECT
IT’S ONE THING TO LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION AND ITS ANOTHER
TO CHANGE. IT’S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP DOING GOOD BECAUSE NO
ONE KNOWS WHEN CHRIST WILL COME.
THE PARABLE OF THE WORKER IN THE VINEYARD: THE LAST WILL BE THE
FIRST(MATT 20: 1- 16) WE HAVE TO WATCH AND PRAY AT ALL TIMES. WE
SHOULD ALSO LEARN FROM THE STORY OF THE TEN VIRGINS
DO NOT ALLOW YOUR PRESENT AND PAST TROUBLES
ROB YOU OF TOMORROW’S BLESSINGS JN 8: 1 -11
UNTIL WE FORGET OUR PAST MISTAKES, DISAPPOINTMENTS, TROUBLES,
FAILURES, DELAYED EFFORTS,SINS, AFFLICTIONS, HUMILIATIONS ETC, WE CAN’T
MOVE FORWARD IN LIFE BECAUSE THE DEVIL NEVER WANTS ANYTHING GOOD
FOR US. HE WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING TO STOP US FROM WORSHIPPING OUR
FATHER BY BRINGING OUR PAST TO MEMORY BUT WHAT HE DOESN’T KNOW IS
THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD FOR US.
FOR EVERYONE WHO FORGETS THE PAST, GOD PROMISES A NEW THING, LIFE,
HOPE, POWER ETC. ISA 43:18 – 21
A YOUNG MAN GODWIN WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE HE TRIED TO HELP MR. JOHN
WHO WAS MUDERED BY SOME GUN MEN. GODWIN WAS AT THE SCENE WHEN
THE POLICE ARRIVED AND HE BECAME THE POLICE SUSPECT NUMBER 1 AND
WAS CHARGED TO COURT FOR MURDER.(HIS STEP MUM WAS ACTUALLY
RESPONSIBLE SPIRITUALLY) SHE MADE IT POSSILBLE THAT EVERY GOOD THING
THAT GODWIN DOES BECOMES A BAD THING IN THE SIGHT OF MAN. SHE ALSO
CAUSED HIS ELDER BROTHER OSAMAGBE TO BECOME MENTAL BUT GOD
REVERSED THE SITUATION FOR HIS GLORY WHEN MRS MERCY AND HER
HUSBAND, JOHN WENT FOR A SEVEN DAYS PRAYERS WITH A MAN OF GOD.
FOR THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO ROOM FOR FORGIVENESS & REPENTANCE IN
HEAVEN, GOD GAVE US ENOUGH OF THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE ON EARTH.
SINCE GOD HAS ELLECTED HIS MINISTERS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO PREACH TO
US ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD, WE HAVE NO EXCUSE ON THE DAY OF
JUDGEMENT.
1) EARTH: FOR BOTH THE GOOD AND THE BAD TO LIVE FOR FORGIVENESS &
TRANSFORMATION.
2) INTER-MIDDLE STATE: FOR BOTH GOOD AND BAD THAT HAVE DIED AND
WAITING FOR JUDGEMENT. REV 20:11-15, EZEK 37:1-14[EZEKIEL THE
PROPHET AND DRY BONES AS AN ARMY OFFICER WHILE ON EARTH]
3) WEDDING PLACE: THIS IS HEAVEN, FULL OF JOY, HAPPINESS, SALVATION,
NO PREACHING, NO PASTOR, NO SICKNESS.
4) HELL: MEANT FOR THE WICKED. ITS LIKE A PRISON WITH DIFFERENT
DIVISIONS ACCORDING TO THE OFFENCE COMMITTED.
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE FAILED, LOOK UNTO JESUS. HE WILL
ALWAYS BE THERE WAITING TO HELP YOU.
IF THERE IS A WAY INTO ANY SITUATION, THERE IS ALSO ALWAYS A WAY OUT.
WHETHER IT’S IN PRISON, HOSPITAL, COURT, SICKNESS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF
SITUATION. PS 37:23
ILLUSTRATION:
A YOUNG GIRL WAS TO GO ON A HOLIDAY AND RETURN BACK HOME. SHE WENT
TO A PASTOR FOR PRAYERS AND THE PASTOR SAID I SEE YOU HOLDING A SPOON
AND A BIG POT IS BEFORE YOU. YOUR HOLIDAY WILL BE GOOD BUT YOU WILL
CHANGE YOUR ENVIRONMENT. HER HOME CHANGED TO HOLIDAY AND HER
HOLIDAY CHANGED TO HER HOME. 1COR 2:9
THE SPIRIT OF DOUBT CAN MAKE ONE TO FAIL. IT CAN MAKE A JOURNE OF ONE
DAY TO LAST FOR 12DAYS AND SCHOOL OF 6YRS TO LAST FOR 12YEARS. WHICH
WILL COST EXTRA TIME, EFFORT AND MONEY. SOME PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE
EXPERIENCED SUCH. THE LIKES OF PETER, JUDAS ISCARIOT, SAUL, LOT’S
WIFE,JONAH ETC. PS 37:28-29, JER31:3-5, ISA43:2, 49:15. GOD IS STILL THERE IN
THE MIDST OF TROUBLES. HAB1:1-4, HEB2:1-3, JUDGES6:13
HAGAR DESPISED SARAH AND SHE WAS SENT AWAY BUT GOD STILL CAME TO
HER RESCUE. GEN16:3-4,6-9, MATT19:26
BREAKTHROUGH IS BASED ON OUR EXTRA PATIENCE IN
THE LORD. (SEEK HIS KINGDOM FIRST)
GEN3:1-7, MATT 16:19. THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS BASED ON OUR
EXTRA PATIENCE IN GOD.(IMPATIENCE LEADS TO SORROW) E.G ADAM&EVE.
MATT 6:25-33 DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR LIFE, BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM
OF GOD AND ALL HIS RIGHTOUSNESS.
IF PEOPLE FORSAKE YOU, GOD WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU. ISA 43:1-7.
GEN 2:24, MATT 22:30, DEUT 24:4, GEN 49:4, MAL2:14, EPH 5:21-32
AS YOU RELEASE WHAT IS IN YOUR HANDS, GOD WILL RELEASE WHAT IS IN HIS
HANDS AND WHAT HE HOLDS IN HIS HANDS IS FAR MORE GREATER THAN
YOURS. WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR LITTLE IN HIS HANDS, IT BECOMES MUCH.
GOD GAVE HIS BEST SO HE COULD OVERCOME THE SINS OF THE WORLD BY
GIVING JESUS AS A SACRIFICIAL LAMB.
IN EGYPT, THEY MOVED WITH THE ISRAELITES WITHOUT GOALS. THEY AVOID
LABOUR, PUNISHMENT, ETC. 1COR 10: 1-6
A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE IS SAMUEL AND HIS SONS: 1SAM 8:1-3. THEY GO TO
CHURCH WITH THIER FATHER BUT THEY WEREN’T CHANGED.
IT’S BETTER TO SETTLE WITH GOD AND RECIEVE DELIVERANCE NO MATTER THE
SITUATION INSTEAD OF RUNNING AWAY WITHOUT TRANSFORMATION BECAUSE
WHEREVER YOU GO, THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS THERE.
EX 1:15-17. THE KING GAVE HIS COMMANDS BUT IT WAS GOD’S STRATEGY TO
TURN THINGS AROUND.
ENGR. BRIGHT WAS BORN AND BREAD IN AMERICA. AFTER HIS FIRST DEGREE,
HE WAS JOB HUNTING FOR ONE YEAR AND GOT A JOB BUT HE LOST THAT JOB
AFTER SIX MONTHS SO HE BECAME WORRIED ABOUT LIFE ‘’MATT 6:25-34’’
HE THOUGHT HIS DEGREE WAS TOO LITTLE TO GET HIM AN EXECUTIVE JOB SO
HE TOOK A BANK LOAN AND ADDED THE LITTLE MONEY HE HAD TO GO BACK TO
SCHOOL FOR A MASTERS DEGREE. SIX MONTHS INTO HIS SCHOOLING, HE GOT A
JOB WITH A FRIEND’S HELP AND LATER WENT FOR A P.HD AND GOOD JOBS KEPT
COMING IN BUT THE COMPANIES WERE UNABLE TO PAY HIM. SO AFTER MANY
YEARS, GOD ANSWERED HIS PRAYERS: HE GOT A JOB INTERVIEW IN SOUTH
AFRICA AND WHEN HE GOT TO THERE, HE TOOK A CAB AND ON THE WAY, THE
CAB DEVELOPED A FAULT AND WHILE SEEKING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP, TWO
YOUNG GUYS CAME OUT OF THE BUSH AND ASKED HIM TO PLEASE COME WITH
THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD DISCOVERED. ON GETTING THERE, HE FOUND
OUT THAT IT WAS CRUDE OIL & GAS FROM AN OLD SHELL LINE. GOD WHO
DIRECTED HIM TO AFRICA ALL THE WAY FROM AMERICA HAD A PLAN FOR HIM.
JER 1: 5.
THERE IS ANOTHER STORY OF A LADY WHO WAS GIVEN A PROPHECY THAT SHR
DWELLING PLACE WAS IN AMERICA AND A DAY CAME THAT SHE WAS TO BE
DEPORTED TO AFRICA. WITH ALL HOPE LOST, SHE HAD TO GO BACK HOME
WITHOUT ACHIEVEING HER GOALS. ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS THIS RICH &
GENTLE BUSINESS MAN WHO WAS BELIEVING GOD FOR A WIFE AND ALSO
RECIEVED A PROPHECY THAT HE WOULD GET MARRIED SOON THAT GOD HAD
PREPARED HIS WIFE FOR HIM. SO GOD INSTRUCTED HIM TO BUY A TICKET TO
NIGERIA FOR A HOLIDAY TRIP. SO HE DID. ON GETTING TO NIGERIA, HE LEFT HIS
WALLET ON HIS SIT IN THE BUSINESS CLASS. IT HAPPENED THAT THIS HOPELESS
LADY WAS ON THE SAME FLIGHT. ON HER WAY OUT, SHE WAS DEJECTED AND
THINKING WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT PROPHECY AND WHAT WOULD BECOME OF
HER BACK HOME, THEN SHE FOUND THE MISSING WALLET AND SHE GAVE IT TO
THE HOSTESSES AND LEFT HER DETAILS INCASE SHE NEEDED TO BE
CONTACTED. WHEN THE GENTLE MAN RECIEVED HIS MISSING WALLET, HE
CONTACTED THE LADY TO THANK HER AND THAT WAS WHERE GOD MET BOTH
OF THEM AT THE POINT OF THIER NEEDS.... THEY FINALLY GOT MARRIED IN
NIGERIA RIGHT THERE AND BOTH CAME BACK TO THE STATES.
HE WILL TAKE YOU TO YOUR PLACE OF SETTLEMENT. 1CR 2:9, JER 29:11-13, ISA
55:8-12
NELSON MANDELA WAS TRAINED AS A LAWYER AND NOT A POLITICIAN BUT GOD
TRAINED HIM AS A PRESIDENT AND THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL HE GOT TO
THE PRISON. SAME GOES FOR:
DAVID.....AS A SHEPERD BOY AND SO ON BUT GOD HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR
THIER LIVES.
WHEN THERE IS A DELAY IN YOUR LIFE OR THINGS ARE NOT WORKING THE WAY
YOU DESIRE, DO NOT FRET BECAUSE GOD IS WORKING THINGS OUT FOR YOUR
GOOD.
GOD LOVES US SO MUCH AND HE HAS GREAT COMPASSION FOR US THAT’S WHY
HE SENT JESUS TO PREACH, HEAL, FEED US AND TO DIE FOR US. MAT 14:14, 1:
40-42, 20:30-34, JN 3:16, EX 2:6, 1SAM 24:6-7, 2KGS 13:23, LK 10:33.
GOD SENT JESUS TOSUFFER FOR US AND TO TAKE AWAY OUR SINS ANSLO TO
DIE FOR US SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
NO MATTER HOW LONG YOUR SITUATION HAS LASTED FOR, 1,000YRS IS LIKE 1
DAY BEFORE GOD. YOUR MARRIAGE, FINANCES,HEALTH, ETC WILL SURELY
RESSURECT.
HE TOLD THE ISRAELITES NOT TO BE AFRAID THAT GOD WILL GIVE THEM
VICTORY.
SOURCE OF COURAGE COMES FROM GOD HIMSELF, JESUS& THE HOLY SPIRIT.
DT 31:5-8, JOSH 10:25-26, 1COR 16:13, JOSH 1:6-9, MATT 4:1-10, 12-14
MATT 9:35-38
WHEN YOU RECIEVE MONEY, YOU DO NOT THINK OF TESTIFYING BUT WHEN YOU
LOSE MONEY, YOU START TO CALL EVERYONE, YOU MISS SERVICE AND SO ON.
LEARN HOW TO APPRECIATE GOD AND HE WILL DO MUCH MORE FOR YOU.
REASONS FOR APPRECIATION IS THAT GOD PLACED YOU IN A POSITION WHERE
YOU CAN BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS. WHATEVER YOU HAVE THAT YOU THINK IS
LITTLE (CLOTHING, FOOD, SHELTER,BUSINESS), A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL
STRIVING TO GET IT.
PS 100, 50:14-15, 95:2, REV 19:10, ROM 6 ALL CREATION GIVE HIM THANKS
INCLUDING THE ANIMALS AND TREES.
1) HATRED
2) BITTERNESS
3) UNFORGIVENESS
4) IDOLATRY
5) SOCERY
6) UNBELIEVING FRIENDS
7) UNNECESSARY SHOPPING AND EATING
8) UNGODLY T.V PROGRAMMES
9) FORSAKING THE GATHERING OF THE SAINTS
10)NOT TITHING
11)BEING FRAUDULENT
12)MARINE SPIRIT
13)ABORTION
14)JEALOUSY
15)IDOL WORSHIP
16)SELFISHNESS
17)ANGER
18)HIPOCRACY
19)INGRATITUDE
NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LOVE A PERSON, YOU CANNOT TAKE HIS/HER
BITTER PILL WHEN HE/SHE IS ILL. PS 37:23-26
PROV 16:1, 27:1&9. DO NOT BOAST ABOUT TOMORROW. ALWAYS ALLOW YOUR
CHOICES TO BE RULED BY GOD’S PLANS SO THEY DO NOT BECOME HARMFULTO
YOU. EX 20:1-11
IF A MAN BECOMES A HOMO TODAY, ITS HIS CHOICE AND IF A WOMAN ALSO
BECOMES A LESBIAN, ITS HER CHOICE.
WHATEVER YOU ARE TODAY IS AS A RESULT OF THE CHOICES YOU HAVE MADE
IN LIFE.
MK5:24-34 THE WOMAN WITH THE ISSUE OF BLOOD MIXED HER BOLDNESS WITH
FAITH AND SHE GOT HEALED
LK 8:1-8. THE WICKED JUDGE HAD TO RESPOND TO HER BOLDNESS MIXED WITH
FAITH.
A MAN SOWS A SEED AND THE ENEMY COMES BEHIND TO SOW WEED AMONG
THE SEED SOWN.
WE MUST ALSO BE PREPARED FOR THE SECOND COMING OF OUR LORD AND
MASTER. IF YOU WERE TO EMBARK ON A JOURNEY, YOU HAVE TO PREPARE
PROPERLY FOR THAT JOURNEY, MAKING SURE YOUR TICKET IS READY, IF ITS
INTERNATIONAL, YOU HAVE TO GET THE NECESSARY VISA TO ENTER THAT
COUNTRY WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT,
YOU SHOULD HAVE MONEY IN THAT COUNTRY’S CURRENCY TO SPEND, YOU
SHOULD HAVE THE NECESSARY THINGS TO USE IN YOUR LUGGAGE AND SO ON.
WHAT IS DILIVERANCE?
IT IS THE UNIQUE POWER OF GOD TO SET PEOPLE IN BONDAGE AND PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN HELD CAPIVEBY THE DEVIL FREE. EXAMPLE;
MT 6:25-33
WE WILL STAND BEFORE GOD ONE DAY AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR TIME
HERE ON EARTH.
1JN 2:3-7
JONAH DISOBEYED
MOSES DISOBEYED
ACTS 5:1-10, GEN 19: 26, EZEK 20:11-13, EVERYONE WHO DISOBEYS ALWAYS
GETS A PUNISHMENT AS A REWARD.
THE HERT THAT HEARS HIS WORD AND KEEPS IT IS THE GOOD SOIL THAT
PRODUCES HARVESTABLE CROPS.
WHEN A WORD IS SPOKEN INTO YOUR LIFE, JUST WAIT PATIENTLY FOR IT... COPY
THE FARMER.