House On The Rock

 Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the end of the first quarter in 2009. This year, I want you all to know that God has truly shown His Faithfulness to us who believe and accept His word to be infallible and we have indeed experienced fruitfulness despite the challenges already.

Some of us might think that the pressure of individual’s challenge is the work of the enemy.

No it is not but an ingredient of your making.

You and I should know by now that pressure is necessary for healthy life in Christ.

Pressure is not Stress.

Stress is an affliction generated as a result of anxiety, trauma, unnecessary pressure, burden, and nervous tension.

Pressure is healthy while Stress is not healthy. Pressure exposes what material you are made from.

Pressure is a tool to stretch you from comfort zone to where you see things God’s point of view.

Pressure of intense fire brings purification to raw materials and I want you to gain understanding today that we were all raw gold. Uncut with no shape and beauty because of sin until Jesus picked us up.

You are not the first and you will not be the last to be stretched and purified.

 So before you continue the next quarter or rather the rest of the year, get rid of the weight you have mounted on yourself.

·         What is the weight am talking about?

It is any load that makes you bend or buldge. An unnecessary burden or hindrance

Burden is any anxiety, task, clog, encumbrance, trouble or service. Get rid of any of these task or service that has taken God’s time from you.

Drop any burden that has robbed you of your love life.

Love for God and fellow human being. Some of us have no love for anyone anymore including our marriage and especially in marriage!

We have become so ambitious and selfish it is unbelievable. I always ask myself some serious questions and one of them is, if what I am doing is of God and from God why should I be so stressed up? Why should I be plagued with anxiety, trauma, unnecessary pressure, burden, and nervous tension.

·         It is either I am missing out on some command or I delegated to the wrong people for the job or shared with wrong people who should not have heard my assignment. One of the golden scripture for me is 1 Thessalonians 5:24 “He who call you is faithful who also will do it”

If all the work you done this year has been done only by sweat which is the curse of the first Adam so where is the blessing of the last Adam. I want to experience the blessings that maketh man rich without adding any sorrow to it.

Jesus said His yoke is easy and His burden is light so DROP THE WEIGHT and accept His word today.

The purpose of the weight:

The purpose of the is to BEND your life.

To bend is to be out of shape which was the position of the world before the creation. Anything that has no shape is meaningless. Your life will not be meaningless if you accept this offer am presenting to you today.

Also to all my brothers and sisters reading this message, I prophesy over you today no more bending low. Your life will have shape in Jesus name.

Stand up straight in the name of Jesus.

You must realise also that burden will not let anyone see the potential in you because you are bow down. When you bend down, your identity is bent. You are known as a burdened man/woman. The devil is a liar. Stand up you mighty man/woman of valour.

From the scripture, Apostle Paul made us to know that God is at work in us and the work is a progressive work.

He said “not that I have already attained or perfected but I press on that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me” Phil 3:12

You must understand that you are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them Ephesians 2:10

You are precious to God. You are the apple of His eyes. If you cannot settle that now, you will miss out on God and it has nothing to do with anyone but yourself.

What are the loads we carry that robbed us of our true identity?

·         Guilt of sin

Many times we have asked for forgiveness but because of guilt of what we have repented of we shortchange ourselves from receiving the best from God. Romans 8:1-2 says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh but the Spirit.

·         Financial Debt.    

Understand that the structure of this nation is a structure of debt. Especially in western culture. It is a structure that encouraged us for many years to borrow and the rule is you become a slave to the lender until you complete payment of the your loan! Financial debt is a burden. It has cost many of their marriage, family broken down, many have become depressed and afflicted with all manner of sickness as a result of debt. Today, if you will drop this weight and trust Jesus Christ, He will help you. Afterall if you cannot pay back the loan now why not trust Him to remove the burden if it in exchange for His wisdom and peace of mind. Someone said we have no money problem but wisdom problem. I agree.

·         Empire building is a weight

God is into Kingdom building NOT an empire. God is committed to faith venture. Faith venture is anything that originate from God and is done in obedience to His word. He is into Kingdom. Kingdom is the domain of the King. He is interested in what you do to promote the agenda of His domain. Not your domain! It is all about the dominion of our King!

·         Empire is collections of Kingdoms and States under one person with complicated and vast government.  God’s kingdom is not complicated.

During the last British Empire, all the other nations were seen as colonies. USA, India, Nigeria etc were colonies under this small nation. So to decide on matters of relevance to the people, they have to come to London. Any decision has to be made in London.

The Kingdom of God is not a collection of many. There is ONLY ONE KING OVER ONE KINGDOM. You have no faith to pay for £100 bill and you are building an empire to boost your ego and now you are struggling to pay for £500.

3John2 says, “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers”

Do you know that you cannot prosper beyond the state of your soul? Kingdom matter is a step by step principle but empire is man made driven agenda.

Finally drop these weights before it is too late! Today is the day of Salvation! Today is your day of deliverance from dead weight. This is your year of fruitfulness.

“But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay and go quickly and tell His disciples that He is risen from the dead, and indeed He is going before you into Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold I have told you”. Matthew 28:5-7.

It is with joy that I write you this message of good news, that Christ is risen. Risen from the dead!

From various passages from the scripture we read that many people witnessed the life of our resurrected Christ and they indeed gave a vivid account of their experience.

The first of such account came from Mary Magdalene and the other Mary who came to the tomb as the week began to dawn. For them to see His dead Body is even enough so that they could take care of His Body but amazingly they had another encounter that was shocking! He was not there.

You see many of you reading this article represent the two Marys!

You love the Lord, but religiously you will go anywhere to meet with Him. Even in the tomb! A place where He once was but no more, and you don’t mind as long as you can see “His dead Body” and still render your service or religious duties to Him. No mission or vision to be fulfilled in the tomb. No productivity in the tomb.

Today just like the angel said. He is not in the place of the dead. He is risen as He said and He is still alive forever more!

O the joy on their faces when they ran to inform the other disciples of the truth. When you are exposed to the truth about our risen Lord, it brings joy, great joy to your soul and your spirit man is elated!

Ladies and Gentlemen, the news that Jesus is alive is not a fairy tale! It is true. To believe it, is to see the lives of many alive today that have believed the same account and the joyful feeling that it brings to their soul and spirit is evidence enough.

Are you one of those who believe and have taken the step of receiving Him to be your Lord and Saviour if not what are you waiting for?

Not only is He alive! He is coming back! O Glory be to God!.

You may say hold it right there how did you know?

John 20:6-7 declares that “then Simon  Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, and the handkerchief that had been around  His, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself”

From the account of Apostle John, we read of what they saw inside the tomb.

• The linen cloths used to wrap Him was in the tomb and there was no body.

If it was Roman government of Jesus day or after His time on earth who sent their soldiers to remove Him, by now under the microscope of satellite, He would have been found.

If it was the Jews themselves who stole the Body away, by now bless them they would have presented Him to the world to proof that He did not ascend to Heaven as we Christians profess.

If it is any religious group or school of discipleship of another leader who stole His Body am sure they would have done something BUT He is alive!

“ For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according  to the scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was by over five hundred brethren at once of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all the apostles. Then last He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.”1 Corinthians 15:3-8.

• The other experience was, they saw the handkerchief around His head NOT lying with the Lenin cloths but FOLDED together in a place by itself.

In Jewish culture of the day, when handkerchief is folded, it is a sign that the person whose it is, is still COMING BACK!

This I believe was what the other disciple saw in the tomb that made him to believe.

Ladies and Gentlemen, apart from the Scriptural basis to support the resurrection, many of us believed that Jesus Christ is alive through His transforming power in our lives and we also believe that the same Holy Spirit that raised Him from the dead is within us to remind us constantly of His coming back again.

This time not as a suffering King of the Jews BUT as the King of Kings and Lord of all Lords!

To experience His life of joy and peace:

• Acknowledge you are a sinner. 

No one is good enough for heaven. We were born in sin and with sinful nature. Orange tree will only produce orange fruit.

•  Confess your sin(s)

 To God in the name of Jesus. If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

• Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour.

The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart, (that is the word of faith which we preach) that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Find a Bible believing church near you to attend BUT please if you are not sure which church to attend, kindly contact me for further information.

Remember; do not go to the tomb to find Him! He is not there but risen.

 
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, let there be light and there was light. And God saw the light that it was good and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day” Genesis 1:1-5

In the beginning the earth was without shape, empty and was filled with darkness. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, in this message, I am here to present to you that a life without divine intervention from God through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is without shape, it’s empty and is totally filled with darkness.

I don’t know about you but daily I thank God through Jesus who brought meaning to my life.

Beloved, no matter who you are or whatever your accomplishment is on earth, if the Word of God does not shape it, it is shapeless, empty and full of darkness.

Before His words became paramount in my life I thought I was doing fine. I thought I was enjoying life because I compared myself with my peers of likewise minded and not with the word of God UNTIL one day. I believe today is your DAY too because you are not reading this message by accident.

No matter what you do to fill that gap, it will never work. Maybe you love to drink to fill the emptiness, maybe it is religion (man made effort to please God without personal relationship through Jesus Christ). Maybe career or another degree course! Beloved, it does not matter what you do; ONLY God through His Son can fill the emptiness in your heart!

The word of God tells us that the god of this age has blinded the mind of those who do not believe lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God should shine on them. 2 Corinthians 4:4 

When you are in darkness, you cannot see by faith! When you are in darkness, you can only lead others into the ditch hence the blind leading the blind end up in the ditch!

When you are in darkness you are under the control of evil, demonic powers. They manipulate you to their pleasure. You cannot discern right from wrong no matter how you try. All roads look the same because you are fill filled with darkness all around. In Proverb 4:19, the Bible says that the way of the wicked is like darkness, they do not know what makes them stumble”

In the order of creation, the first thing God did was to create light out of darkness. 

I pray that in the name of Jesus where darkness has taken hold of your mind and life, may light begin to shine. Isaiah declared that you should arise and shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen up you. Isaiah 60:1

 After light He brought forth shape

Ladies and Gentlemen, sin makes you loose shape. When you as a man created in God’s image through sin end up behaving like an animal, barbaric in behaviour, turned to be a murderer in word and action, in words because many have been killed by the words of others (their potentials killed, dream killed, passion killed, love killed)  and action (to shoot or knife to dead) you loose your shape, and that is not the image of God in you. 

When you are controlled and not in dominion according to Genesis 1:26-28 you are out of shape. The image of God that He came to restore is for you to have dominion and you will have dominion in Jesus name. 

Jeremiah 18:1-6 reminds us of the life of clay in the hand of the potter. Beloved, there is a shape that God has in His mind about you when He made you. Get connected to Him today so that He can fashion you after that model. May your life never be shapeless. The world celebrates life that has meaning.

Finally remember, God created light from darkness before the shape was formed.I pray that your life will be filled with His light, be shaped according to His purpose and be full of grace, joy, His Presence, knowledge of His word! Every emptiness be filled with His peace that passes all understanding.

This 4 minutes message is about developing a heart of Gratitude. 
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Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to my Blog.

I count it as a privilege to be used by the Lord to bless you. Some of you reading my profile I have known for years and some of you I have never met before but I believe that there is no coincidence in our meeting right now.

You see, in this world some people make history while others read their history. What will be your story? History reader or history maker? 

As for me, I never dreamt I would come to know Jesus as my Lord and Saviour until one day. There is always one day and I believe today is your day to begin the journey of making history. 

Not long after accepting Christ as my Lord and Saviour, I became a Sunday school teacher. During the early days of my walk with God I understood the power of knowing who we are in Christ and His purpose for my life hence the pursuit of His purpose for me. In pursuit of purpose, I had an encounter with Christ one night that revolutionised my life and it was then that I knew He ordained me for His ministry to the nations.

For a woman, my assignment was seriously challenged because of my sex and man made structure until I began to meet God’s ministers who did not know me after the flesh but the Spirit.

 Sometime in August 1994, the Lord Jesus told me to plant the church and called it House On The Rock! Before that time we had already started a Bible Study fellowship in the house that grew from February 4^th 1992. The church was later launched on the 8^th of July 1995 and I became the Pastor in Charge to God alone be the glory! 

Today we are called House on the Rock International Church and have taken the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to various countries in Africa, Europe, USA, South America.

I believe you can be who He called you to be. No man can stop you but you!