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Child of God, stop envying people, don't try to be anybody because God has a plan for your life. If you arrive suddenly, you will depart suddenly because it takes time, don't rise or shine in your own time but rise and shine in God's own time. Only grave diggers starts from the top, wait for the time God has destined for you to shine. The greatest mistake you can make is to decide to rise in your own time, because success outside  God does not last, so the best you can do is to wait and follow God's time  Don't mount pressure on yourself because you want to ride today what you should ride tomorrow. If you ride today what God I up in expect you to ride  in 10 years time, let me tell you that you will crumble in 10 years time because there will be no future waiting for you. Don't compromise your Christianity because God has a way, he comes late when he wants to come big.  Time is the language for building, it gives the opportunity to build yourself and your capaci...

The way of the Kingdom man is such that the driving force for all you do on Earth can be traced to your love for Jesus. We have been warned, adviced and admonished about our sense of livelihood and lifestyle in the kingdom. It's either you are in God's Kingdom or you're in the world. There's no two ways about it. You may go as far as confusing and convincing even your pastor to believe that you're a Believer, but one thing is certain, God is not a man. You cannot cheat God. You cannot decieve God. God cannot be mocked. It is the person you are in the closet that God will amplify in the public.  The only way to know one who doesn't love God is if He/She loves the world. You cannot love God and Love the world at the same time. God wants to dominate your whole being even by His Spirit while the World also want to dominate you through Lust! A day is coming, A day of Reward. A day of Judgement. Your appearance will not be judged, you'll only be judged by the reco...

  A yoke is something placed around the neck of an animal to control and restrict its movement. There are many people walking around with heavy yokes placed on their necks by the devil.  Today any yoke that the devil has placed on you will be broken in Jesus’ name. The concluding part of Isaiah 10:27 says “…and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” Since anointing can be passed through radiation, today, by the special grace of God, anointing is going to be passing from this devotional to you and that anointing will break every yoke in your life in Jesus’ name. Several years ago, a song was recorded about a notorious robber called Anikura in Lagos. Anikura ensured that after people had made profits from their sales in the market, such gains didn’t make it home with them. This is the case of some people today; they work hard and make money, but somehow, the money disappears from their hands and they cannot point to one beneficial thing they used it for. I decree...

  I'll share a story about my early days in Ministry. I have been a good teacher for long. In 1994, I was already teaching, people fall under anointing in my meetings. But I was hidden. I have grown in the teaching anointing to some level now, I'm beginning to mature in it. People said that I overstayed in the wilderness.  It is better to stay longer and allow God move you than to take off like a tornado, not mastering how to handle the opposite sex, how to handle money, how to handle fame, or how to coordinate yourself in front of a president and bring prophetic word to him, you don't know when to go or not. Stay low and make your mistakes. It is God that will announce you at the appointed time. Minister Theophilus Sunday noticed the ministrel grace in his life in the year 2006. And some of you just heard of him like 2 years ago. He has been ministering to God for 16 years now. Anointing is grown through process, through obedience, through alignment. It takes great effort ...

  Can a married Couple watch pornography together?  Can a married Couple watch pornography together? The simple answer to that would be YES! But the next question I would ask is '' Are those married couples Christians? If they are Christians, then we would ask '' Should a Christian married couples watch pornography together? '' then the answer would be NO! Whether together or not together, a Christian should not watch pornography because of the sayings of our Lord, Jesus in the book of Matthew 5: 28 Jesus said if we look at a woman to lust after her, we have already committed adultery with her in our heart. You see, that's a relationship between what you see, what you think and what you manifest. In the book of Proverbs 4:23, the Bible says ''Guard your Heart with all diligence, for out of it proceeds the issues of life''  Marriage is a very sacred union between a male and a female becoming ONE in the sight of God, that's why they can pro...

  My Prayer adventure began with the illness of my Dad. The illness lasted for like Eleven Years before he died. The way he died was somewhat a sign that we did not know God enough. So I began this Spiritual adventure, to know God,  with the hope that I could stop some of those occurrences repeat themselves in the lives of people. I began to exercise myself in NIGHT PRAYERS. I never knew Jesus was waiting for me to take the First Step. And he opened up a great field of Spiritual Reality on the strength of that initial attempt to seek his face. I was born a Stammerer, so there was no inclination that I could even become a Preacher. And my Stammering was so bad and there was nothing like Preaching in view. But, one of those times, I had an Encounter with Jesus and a company of few Angels and my Speech impediment was taken away. There was a very Significant Minister in our City who was shaking the whole Place, so many people were getting saved. And he died after a major Event. An...

  Many of us have forced ourselves into the prophetic office, we force ourselves into something we are not called to do and we are forcefully trying to be it, that is not how it works, because there is something you will receive from heaven that makes you it and that is why the Bible said that we are able ministers, not disabled, but you will be disabled if you have not been commissioned. Please stay where God has placed you untill he increases the intensity and momentum that flows from your belly. Part of my apostolic capacity is in the ability to ground and be established as a teacher and if I come to a place of worship, I will definitely know what is lacking in their doctrine, am not boosting, rather am just telling you the ability I have from the holy spirit, the church life of people that listens to my message, their church expression has changed because it is what am called to do and I didn't made myself like this, it is the anointing of God upon my life that made me so. Many...

 THE DAY MY DAUGHTER SAID SHE WILL MARRY ME ~Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr. Some years ago when my daughter was quiet young, she looked at her mother one day and said to her Mummy, I'm going to marry Daddy, mummy said no, why are you saying so?  She said i like the way Daddy TREAT you and i want to have that kind of experience and then she said Daddy is already married to mummy, GOD WILL GIVE YOU YOUR OWN LIKE DADDY.  IMAGINE IF THE STORY WAS DIFFERENT!  The child will say, me i don't want to go near any man, i see how Daddy has been MISTREATING Mummy. That child at that time am not sure she was up to FIVE BUT SHE WAS SEEING WHAT NO ONE WAS SEEING.  PLEASE READ THIS AND READ IT VERY WELL; THERE IS MORE THAT IS COMMUNICATED BY ACTION THAN YOU COMMUNICATE BY SPEAKING. MAY YOU BE RELEVANT TO YOUR CHILDREN AND MAY YOUR CHILDREN BE RELEVANT IN THEIR GENERATION IN JESUS NAME.  Pastor David Oyedepo Jnr

  Personal evangelism is sharing the message of Jesus Christ with others. It is showing and telling  with both word and deed who Jesus is and how it's possible to have a relationship with Him. Think of evangelism in light of life's journeys. Personal evangelism is simply the privilege of entering into the spiritual journey of another person, discovering how God is at work, and the role that we can play. It sounds so simple in theory. Why do so many of us find it hard?  If you are like most motivated believers, you genuinely desire to share your faith, but the very thought of it both excites and terrifies you. Why? The desire to share one’s faith is a natural overflow of one’s relationship with Christ. A person in love rarely stops thinking and talking about the object of their affection. A person who has genuinely experienced Jesus Christ expresses a similar compulsion (Acts 4:20). Sadly, personal evangelism is not just a process of explaining truth until another person u...

  The Missing Link-Part 2 Many couples are fond of using Mr A's formula to solve their own marital problems and when it doesn't work out the devil politely suggest to them to work out of that marriage because it's not working. With this, we keep hindering the plan of God for us in our marriage. I can say this with all assurance that Mr A formula for marriage can't solve Mr B marital problems, everyone have to find the missing link and fixed it up.  However, this doesn't mean we have to ignore advice from people but when it comes to applying it you need to look inward if it will serve as the missing link in your marriage. What's this missing link all about? Do I have to start looking for it once I have any issue in my marriage? The answer is NO! God is the all-knowing, he knew that there will be challenges and misunderstandings in marriage so he already provided the solution even before the problem but this is where most people get it wrong, we ignore this soluti...

  Imagine bringing in an electrician into your house to help you with the electricity and after several hours of working you tried to put on the light and then boom! It's not working... Or imagine yourself being a computer programmer, you write codes to develop software and website and after a very long hour of writing thousands of codes and several minutes of checking for mistakes just to be sure it's ok, you tried it and it's still not giving you what you want.... Then what's the way out? Run to google or ask other professionals for assistance? Well in marriage this isn't applicable. Since inception, no one as a perfect formula for a successful marriage.  The concept of marriage is unique and mysterious, God Himself instituted it and Him alone has what it takes to solve every marital dilemmas.  However, in our present generation, we can see all around the numerous crisis rocking different families and the big question is where did we or they all get it wrong? Ther...

  Couple of time we come across some set of people who walks to us and ask for a minute with you and you're like do I know you? Some even go to the point of telling you that Jesus loves you (as if you're not aware of that). Some go to the extent of telling you they have a gift for you and you are like wow! What is it and boom they tell you it's Jesus they have for you... Many times as well we tend to see some acrobatics display like holding a banner for hours under the sun, some climbing a pole, acting of drama and many more and you're like why are "these guys so jobless" like seriously... They should be doing something reasonable and not making a fool of themselves around the streets. That's a 'normal' man's thinking right? NO! they are not jobless. As a matter of fact they are representing the biggest brand in heaven and on earth.  The truth is, many of us are also given this same 'employment' but we choose to ignore. Rather, we prefe...

The concept of God’s “grace” is thrilling beyond words. It shines its brightest, however, against the seemingly dark backdrop of another aspect of our Creator’s nature — that of sacred wrath . The Wrath of God The most common Greek word for “wrath” is orge . The term occurs 36 times in the New Testament ( Rom. 1:18; 2:5). Another expression denoting “wrath” is thymos (18 times; Rev. 16:19; 19:15). Most scholars make some distinction between the terms. Some suggest that thymos is “boiling” anger, whereas orge reflects an “abiding and settled” state of mind. Perhaps the two terms in concert denote the intense and sustained disposition of God towards evil and those who abandon themselves to it. But wrath, as used of God, does not suggest an impulsive, emotional reaction, as the term frequently does with humans. Rather, divine wrath is the reflection of a deliberate and measured reaction of a perfectly holy Being toward sin — a response that is entirely consistent with the rig...

V . Which Translation Is Best? In this essay we've been looking at the differences in Bible translations. We have noted that the Greek text behind the King James NT is different from the Greek text behind most modern translations. We have seen that the discovery of the papyri at the turn of the century has shed much light on the meaning of biblical words. And we have found that Bible translations, by-in-large, are either word-for-word or phrase-for-phrase translations and that there are pros and cons with each of these. Today, we want to look briefly at five or six popular translations and discuss their values. But before we look at these translations, I'd like to make three general comments. First, you might think there is no hope of ever knowing what the Word of God really says. There are so many translations that read so differently! How can anyone who does not know Greek or Hebrew really know what the Bible says? I am personally convinced that the Holy Spirit is so...

I. Why So Many Versions? "Breaking up is hard to do," as the song goes. Ma Bell did it--creating a glut of long distance companies almost as numerous as brands of deodorant. The Bible did it, too. Before the year 1881 you could read any version you wanted--as long as it was the King James Version. But since 1881, scores of new translations have been printed. How did the King James get dethroned? Which translation is best today? Are any of the modern translations really faithful to the original? These are some of the questions we'll be looking at in this essay. But initially, we'd just like to get a bird’s eye view. We simply want an answer to the question, "Why are there so many versions of the Bible?" There are three basic influences which have given birth to a multitude of translations. First, in 1881 two British scholars published a Greek New Testament which was based on the most ancient manuscripts then available. This text, by Brook Foss We...

What do you think of when you hear the word “pure”? I immediately think about sexual purity. No doubt, it is vital that we talk about and practice sexual purity in our current cultural climate. Or perhaps, instead of thinking about sexual purity, you think about moral purity: that when the Bible speaks about purity, what it is really speaking about is keeping ourselves from sin—so being pure means being without sin. This is often the case in the Bible. In fact, there are many instances in which the New Testament points to purity as an issue of being free from the sin (Philippians 1:10, 4:8; 1 Peter 3:2). However, thinking of purity solely in these ways misses the Bible’s underlying teaching about what purity is. As we look at how purity is described in the Bible, we see that it is speaking of something that is far deeper and more universal. Purity is not merely an issue of lust that struggling men and women need to be concerned about. It is an issue that it is at the very hea...

The true meaning of Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus who lived in Israel 2000 years ago and who died on the cross for our sins (1 Corinthians 15 1-4;  1 Peter 2:24 ). More specifically, when we use the word "meaning," we're talking about the  purpose  of his birth that Christmas is supposed to celebrate.  His purpose was to enter into the world and become one of us, that he might deliver us from our sins. Jesus is not just any man. He is God in flesh ( John 1:1 ,  14 ;  Colossians 2:9 ).   He is the second person of the  Trinity  who, by being born of the Virgin Mary, was made under the law ( Galatians 4:4 ) and subject to the same temptations and limitations that we are. Christmas is the celebration of the historical event of where God entered into our world so that he might display the perfection and holiness of God and that through his work of living perfectly and also dying on the cross for our sins, that all w...

We are in that special season once again, a season of joy, of peace, of great tidings. A season when we celebrate the birth of Christ the King, the redeemer of mankind! Jesus is the reason for the season. What does Christmas mean to you and me? I will like to draw reference from the views of two writers. The first is J. C Penney who wrote, ‘Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.’ Next is the thought provoking words of George F. McDougall ‘Christmas means a spirit of love, a time when the love of God and the love of our fellow men should prevail over all hatred and bitterness, a time when our thoughts and deeds and the spirit of our lives manifest the presence of God. The above comments say it all. Christmas is not all about merry making. We must also spare time to reflect on the essence of the period which is the love of ...

Christ is Superior Jesus Christ was unique in every way. From his complete deity to his perfect humanity; from his miraculous conception to his supernatural ascension; from his impeccable character to his incomparable teaching—Jesus stands above all other religious or moral teachers. Christ Is Superior to Moses .  As a Jew himself, Jesus had no argument with Moses, the prophet who brought the Jewish law and led the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage to freedom as an independent nation. Moses and Jesus were prophets of the same God, and Jesus said that he did not come to abolish the law (found in the writings of Moses) but to fulfill it ( Matthew 5:17 ). Jesus implies that Moses’ words are God’s words (compare  Matthew 19:4–5  with  Genesis 2:24 ). However, in many respects, we find that Jesus is superior to Moses. Christ is a superior prophet to Moses . In  Deuteronomy 18:15–19 , Moses predicted that God would raise up a Jewish Prophet with a speci...