What to do when you are down!

“I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” John 14:18

Beloved, I don’t care to know what you are going through but I care to announce to you that Jesus will come to you and comfort you. So when you are down do these two things:

1.      Encourage yourself in the Lord: The devil cannot steal your strength if he has not succeeded in stealing your joy. When David and his men were down in 1Samuel 30, nothing changed when they cried till they had no strength in them. But their miracle started when David encouraged himself in the Lord.

2.      Seek the face of the Lord: God knows the answer and He has assured us that we will find him if we seek him with the whole of our hearts. David enquired of the Lord and got the answer. You don’t have to be seeking men, all you have to do is to seek God and He will answer you. He said, “And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.”

I decree you are lifted in Jesus name.

The Secret of True Champions

“Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” Daniel 6:5

The secret of true champions is that they are committed to the law of their God in all situations.

The enemies of Daniel found him faultless! They decided to plot against him by influencing the King to promulgate a decree that no man should pray to any other god except the king, otherwise the person would be thrown into the Lions’ den. They invoked a death threat against Daniel to prevent him from exercising his secret. Daniel refused, he kept praying. As a result he maintained his championship: he went to Lions’ den and came back alive but his enemies and their families were swallowed up. Joseph story is similar. He told Potiphar’s wife, “how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” Although he went to prison but the prison was closer to the throne than Potiphar’s house. He became Egypt Prime Minister two years later.

David said, “A true champion’s delight is in the law of his God” Psalm 1:2 paraphrased. Beloved I don’t care how wealthy you are or what position you hold in the church, if you are not committed to the Law of God, you are not a true champion!! But the good news is that you can begin again. God can give you a new beginning and you can walk in his ways and laws. You can repent and ask God to help you.

I ask the light of God to shine on your path in Jesus name.

Give thanks

Give thanks

“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Beloved, when last did you spend concrete time thanking God? It is time to do it! And if you have been doing it, it is time to give more time for thanksgiving. Did you say, “Pastor I am still believing God for some things”? Yes, you need to give thanks to God for what He has done and for what He will yet do. The fact that you are reading this article is an indication that God is good to you.

Devil is on rampage using people to destroy themselves and others but God has kept you from evil. In Luke 13:1,2, and 4, the Bible says, “There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?....... Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?”

You and I are enjoying God’s mercy every day and what can we do but to thank him. Apart from this thanksgiving give you access into God’s gate. Psalm 100:4.

Beloved, let your thanksgiving be more than your request.