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GREED AND COVETOUSNESS – “THE LOVE OF MONEY”

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GREED AND COVETOUSNESS – “THE LOVE OF MONEY”: THE THREE MAJOR CAUSES AND THEIR SIDE EFFECTS!

“For THE LOVE of MONEY is the ROOT of ALL EVIL: which while some COVETED after, they have ERRED from the FAITH, and PIERCED themselves through with many SORROWS” 1 Timothy 6:10/Emphasis Mine.

Money (Finance) is a de facto medium of exchange. On it’s own, it’s not EVIL or an EVIL or the ROOT of EVIL or ROOT of all EVIL as some acclaimed; but it is ‘THE LOVE OF MONEY’ and to simply say – “THE LOVE OF THE MONEY” on itself, is the ROOT of ALL EVIL.

Money is GOOD. It’s a great means of defence that answers and it’s answering man’s QUEST in doing life, especially when diligently, wisely and prudently obtained and expended without prejudice, sentiments and dissimulation.

However, ‘THE LOVE OF MONEY’ has some CAUSES and side EFFECTS especially when obtained by GREED and COVETEOUSNESS.

Herein are THREE WARNING SIGNS in order not to be in a position of being captivated and enslaved by – THE LOVE OF MONEY – that’s obtained by GREED and COVETOUSNESS and such like:

  1. It causes WORRY: A lack of Sleep – sleepless moments when the balance sheet is not meeting expectations or overwhelmingly breaking your set point.

“The SLEEP of a LABOURING man is SWEET, whether he eat little or much: BUT THE ABUNDANCE OF THE RICH WILL NOT SUFFER HIM TO SLEEP” Ecclesiastes 5:12.

“The SLEEP of a WORKING man is SWEET, whether he eats little or much; BUT THE FULL STOMACH (GREED) OF THE RICH [WHO HUNGERS FOR EVEN MORE] WILL NOT LET HIM SLEEP” Ecclesiastes 5:12/Amplified.

  1. It causes DISSATISFACTIONS: It allows greediness and covetousness to breed in all forms, thereby create discomfort and unhealthy sphere.

“He that LOVETH SILVER shall not be SATISFIED with SILVER; nor he that LOVETH ABUNDANCE with INCREASE: this is also vanity” Ecclesiastes 5:10.

“He who LOVES MONEY will not be SATISFIED with MONEY, nor he who LOVES ABUNDANCE with its GAIN. This too is VANITY (EMPTINESS)” Ecclesiastes 5:10/Amplified

  1. It causes TEMPTATION: It allows and leads to the breaking of SET RULES and REGULATIONS, even the STATUTORY law, in order to get and acquire more at any cost – which many have become accustomed.

“A FAITHFUL man shall ABOUND with blessings: BUT HE THAT MAKETH HASTE TO BE RICH SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT.  21 To have respect of persons is not good: FOR FOR A PIECE OF BREAD THAT MAN WILL TRANSGRESS. 22 He that HASTETH TO BE RICH hath AN EVIL EYE, and considereth not that POVERTY shall come upon him” Proverbs 28:20-22.

“The TRUSTWORTHY person will get a RICH reward, but A PERSON WHO WANTS QUICK RICHES WILL GET INTO TROUBLE. 21 Showing partiality is never good, YET SOME WILL DO WRONG FOR A MERE PIECE OF BREAD. 22 GREEDY PEOPLE TRY TO GET RICH QUICK but don’t realize they’re headed for poverty” Proverbs 28:20 NLT.

Money is good in itself when it’s made to serve or be a servant and not as lord to any and every vital and legal means of living and doing life. Make it your servant or errand tool only and not your life controller, then you will experience the PEACE of mind indescribable. With peace of mind one is able to be CONTENTED, live GODLY, and to keep temptation, worry – anxiety and dissatisfaction at bay.

I pray you will not be entangled in bondage as a money lover for a mere self and selfish gratifications at the expense of others, the rule of law, and the decency and order in and for the community.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“For THE LOVE of MONEY is the ROOT of ALL EVIL: which while some COVETED after, they have ERRED from the FAITH, and PIERCED themselves through with many SORROWS” 1 Timothy 6:10/Emphasis Mine.

“A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: BUT MONEY ANSWERETH ALL THINGS” Ecclesiastes 10:19.

“If any man teach OTHERWISE, and consent not to WHOLESOME WORDS, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to GODLINESS; 4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, SUPPOSING that GAIN IS GODLINESS: from such WITHDRAW thyself. 6 But GODLINESS with CONTENTMENT is GREAT GAIN. 7 For we brought NOTHING into this world, and it is certain we can CARRY NOTHING OUT” 1 Timothy 6:3-7.

“But if anyone DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR HIS OWN, and especially for those of his HOUSEHOLD, he has DENIED THE FAITH and is WORSE THAN AN UNBELIEVER” 1 Timothy 5:8/NKJV

“WISDOM is good with an inheritance: and by it there is PROFIT to them that see the sun. 12 FOR WISDOM IS A DEFENCE, AND MONEY IS A DEFENCE: but the EXCELLENCY of KNOWLEDGE is, that WISDOM giveth LIFE to them that have it” Ecclesiastes 7:11-12.

“And now, dear brothers and sisters, we give you this command in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: STAY AWAY FROM ALL BELIEVERS WHO LIVE IDLE LIVES AND DON’T FOLLOW THE TRADITION THEY RECEIVED FROM US. 7 For you know that you ought to IMITATE us. We were NOT IDLE when we were with you. 8 WE NEVER ACCEPTED FOOD FROM ANYONE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT. We WORKED hard day and night so we would NOT BE A BURDEN to any of you. 9 We certainly had the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an EXAMPLE to follow. 10 Even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “THOSE UNWILLING TO WORK WILL NOT GET TO EAT.” 11 Yet we hear that some of you are LIVING IDLE LIVES, REFUSING TO WORK AND MEDDLING IN OTHER PEOPLE’S BUSINESS. 12 We COMMAND such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to SETTLE DOWN AND WORK TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVING” 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12/NLT

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

HE BROUGHT THEM OUT OF EGYPT AND LED THEM ON EAGLES’ FLIGHT

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HE BROUGHT THEM OUT OF EGYPT AND LED THEM ON EAGLES’ FLIGHT: NONE WAS LEFT FEEBLE!

“Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on EAGLES’ WINGS, and BROUGHT you unto myself” Exodus 19:4.

There’s always a day of questioning and examining the dedication and commitment of one’s genuine followership of God in Christ Jesus stead. And such it was, when a day of cross examination of Christ Jesus disciples loyalty and knowledge and understanding of Him, in the cause and course of following Him to be discipled as disciples; this happened after days, months and years of Christ Disciples had being called out to be following Him – while in His humanity cause/purpose in order to fulfill the Father God assignment. Jesus Christ asked His disciples two profound questions while in humanity, and one was a generalised question, while the other was very personal. Herein are the lines of questioning:

** The first was – who do men (the public – Society, community) say I am?

** And the second was – who do you as a person know and understand and say I am?

It was very easy for them to ANSWER the first question. But the second was challenging, unexpected and troubling – because it’s personalised not as a group but as Individuals.

Thank God Apostle Peter who by God’s personal REVELATION to him, rescued the moment, gave an ANSWER as enjoined in Matthew 16:13-21. That ANSWER paved the FOUNDATION of the Churches (body) of Christ for which you are a member in particular as written in 1 Corinthians 12:12-27. And from the answer that Apostle Peter (who then was known as Simon bar Jona) gave by REVELATION, we’ve come to know, that it’s as we are LED by God through REVELATION, that His PURPOSE in our individual and bodily members in Christ Jesus, will be made REVEALED and MANIFEST; therein we can edify each other in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10/Romans 8:9-20.

You need to know for sure and full well, that outside God’s REVEAL knowledge, is man MADE structure which could be but not limited to: Religious creed, Man-made dogmas, Man Make-believe, Philosophy, Traditions of men and such like. All these UNREVEALED knowledge, makes God’s WORD to be of no EFFECT in our LIFE (on earth) and GODLINESS (Godly Living – the heavenly mindfulness); and to ensure our ONWARD and OUTWARD trajectory in Christ Jesus stead – [Matthew 15:6; Mark 7:13; 1 Corinthians 2:1-10; Ephesians 1:17-23; 1 Thessalonians 2:13].

And today, if you are to be CROSS-EXAMINED and ASKED the same line of questions by Christ Jesus as He did ask His Disciples that became Apostles, what PERSONAL ANSWER will you give? Will you own your ANSWER as a measure that defines your today and tomorrow? For it’s what you picture of Him in you and you in Him, that makes all the difference in your doing life and living godly by God in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. James 1:22-25; Philemon 1:6.

Know for certainly and to be assured, that God did not only BROUGHT the children of Israel from the BONDAGES and CAPTIVITY of EGYPT to lead them to a nowhere and He never left them at nowhere either; but He LED them by the EAGLES’ FLIGHT all the way to their PROMISED land of Canaan. The glorious resultant of that LEADERSHIP of God by EAGLE’S WINGS, made NONE who allowed Him to LEAD to be FEEBLE. As such, even their ENEMY and COHORTS was at DREAD because of God’s presence and leadership lead, in their midst.

“. . . 37 He BROUGHT them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not ONE FEEBLE PERSON among their tribes. 38 Egypt was GLAD when they departed: for the FEAR (DREAD) OF THEM fell upon them . . .” Psalms 105.

If indeed, you BELIEVE that God had saved you, washed you, sanctified and justified you by the REDEMPTION DID and DEED in Christ Jesus, why not let Him LEAD you on EAGLES’ FLIGHT. That’s the PATH that enables us to THRIVE in LIFE and GODLINESS, even as He has GIVEN us the access by His divine nature, which we’ve come to put on as our inheritance in the light, by Christ Jesus – Romans 5:1-2; 2 Peter 1:2-4; Ephesians 1:3-14.

Therefore, in order not to be FEEBLE in God, whom we’ve claimed to WORSHIP WORTHILY and SERVE ACCEPTABLY, let us do the meaningful acts of grace in this wise: That’s to say – let’s not just STOP and SETTLE on being BROUGHT out from our BONDAGE/BONDAGES from Egypt (Sin), but let us ALLOW God to LEAD us on EAGLES’ FLIGHT all the way. That’s the way to AUGUST our FAITH in Christ Jesus stead – (1 Corinthians 2:11-16/Psalms 16:11/Proverbs 4:18-23).

It’s as a result of not being LED by God in scriptural terms that many have found themselves in SEVERAL RELIGIOUS bondages. That is, people creating their own PUPPET religious guide and guard by their blindfolded lead knowledge and vain understanding – Romans 10:1-4; Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 5:13-15.

I PLEAD and BEG you today, to let GO of yourself made religion and let God LEAD you. You will NEVER have any cause to REGRET and be FEEBLE in Christ Jesus stead.

May you be BLESSED In LIFE and GRACE – GODLY LIVING. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“. . . 37 He BROUGHT them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not ONE FEEBLE PERSON among their tribes. 38 Egypt was GLAD when they departed: for the FEAR OF THEM fell upon them . . .” Psalms 105.

“Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on EAGLES’ WINGS, and BROUGHT you unto myself” Exodus 19:4.

“As an EAGLE stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 12 so the Lord alone did LEAD him, and there was no STRANGE god with him. 13 He MADE him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he MADE him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 14 butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape” Deuteronomy 32:11-14.

“Who hath DELIVERED us from the power of darkness, and hath TRANSLATED us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 in whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins” Colossians 1:13-14.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR GOD GIVEN HELPER

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THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR GOD GIVEN HELPER: STOP THAT CONCEPT OF SEEING MAN AND MAKING MAN – AS YOUR ACCLAIMED “DESTINY HELPER”!

“God is our REFUGE and STRENGTH, a very PRESENT HELP in trouble” Psalms 46:1

I believe that God uses people at various times in the past and present to fulfill His PURPOSE, and will still use people of all sorts to assist us in fulfilling His PURPOSE in order to ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM CAUSES and to keep the ENEMY and COHORTS at bay. But to THINK or ATTRIBUTE that a CERTAIN individual or groups of people are to be seen or owned personally as your “HELPER” or in the words of current atmosphere in use “DESTINY HELPER” is unscriptural. Much more to be praying that such person or people will be RESTLESS, STRESSFUL, WITHOUT PEACE, WITHOUT SLEEP AND SUCH LIKES until such or they help you is not only unscriptural but very worrisome indeed of such concept or acts of PRAYERS to God in the name of Jesus.

I make bold to challenge any and also dare to any in the above paragraph written statement I have made and also to say to any now, that there’s no SCRIPTURAL basis for such unprecedented behavioural state, neither is it mentioned in anywhere that man has BECOME our ANSWERS to God’s own PURPOSE in and about our life in Christ Jesus BLESSEDNESS. And that such actions, concepts and behavioural mindset of owning or attributing an individual or people as our HELPERS, will not LEAD any in Christ Jesus to fulfil DIVINELY approved PURPOSES in their path of LIFE and GODLY LIVING; but may however satisfy the APPLAUD and HYPE of men for self-gratifications, oppression and victimisation of an individual or people who refuses such inclination.

HEREIN ARE FEW REASONS BUT NOT LIMITED:

Firstly, the Holy Writ of Ephesians 1:3, thus indicates that each Born Again child of God is potentially BLESSED unconditionally in grace – meaning EMPOWERED to Succeed, to Triumph, to be Victorious, to BECOME, to Thrive, to Create, Innovate and Explore; and to be More Than Conquerors and to be an Overcomer and such like.

Secondly, the Holy Writ of Ephesians 1:5 and 11 thus indicates that each of us and together, who are born of God are already PREDESTINATED to become in God whatever we desired in PURPOSE to be in Him according to His WILL in us – 1 John 5:14-15.

And Romans 8:28-30 then amplifiers that as PREDESTINATED people of God, all things have been DESIGNED of God to work together for our good and goodness because we LOVE the Lord God; and God have JUSTIFIED us, CHOSEN us, FOREKNOWN us, PREDESTINED us and GLORIFIED us in Christ Jesus stead. And if we ARE what the scriptures says we ARE in God in Christ Jesus stead, how dare come that people are still saying they are either SEARCHING for their destiny or PURSUING their destiny in Christ Jesus. And as such somebody must be RESPONSIBLE and be held ACCOUNTABLE to be their DESTINY HELPER or the HELPER to make them FULFIL their God given and assigned PURPOSE or PURPOSES. I have begun to worry for some Christians in certain quarters whom I have seen making ENEMY and ENMITY out of people by the kind of prayers they are making, because they have assumed that they have not been helped or are not receiving helping hands to fulfil their acclaimed DESTINY, which means their labelled DESTINY HELPER is undermining them and should be CURSED or MAIMED for not fulfilling their desired obligations or intended goals.

Someone I thought should know better sent me this message that got me wondering what has happened to the Church or is happening to some Church members of today, and in certain quarters. The message received is this:

“There are no GREAT men, only HELPED men . . . Whatever stands between you and HELPERS be removed now . . . May your HELPER be RESTLESS today until they HELP you in Jesus Name”

I have tried to remove the name of the originator for conscience sake, knowing he’s someone notable in places and a positioned person in the body of Christ; this is to safeguard DECENCY in the Body of Christ sacred Ministry for which I am called to share and partake, and of course, truly believe God is building.  Honestly, I was shocked though but not surprised, because I have seen lots of such like acts of PRAYERS going on in some certain quarters for a while now, which is very disturbing and lots are already questioning.

Am emboldened to say that such line of PRAYER or PRAYERS are unwarranted and it’s unscriptural and must not be a part of the NEW CREATION in Christ Jesus acts of PRAYERS by any means. As New Creation, we ARE REDEEMED, CALLED, CHOSEN, PREDESTINED, JUSTIFIED and GLORIFIED by God in His FOREKNOWLEDGED plan in Christ Jesus as written in Romans 8:28-30. The Scripture of Ephesians 1:1-12, thus indicates that God has BLESSED us, CHOSEN us, ACCEPTED us, PREDESTINED or PREDESTINATED us, in Him to fulfill PURPOSE. And to be BLESSED therefore means to be EMPOWERED to succeed, thrive, triumph, more than conquerors, to become and to be an overcomer and a victor in Christ Jesus. It’s not only that we have been BLESSED but have been PREDESTINATED to BECOME in LIFE and GODLINESS (Godly Living) in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

And when you know that God have BLESSED you and PREDESTINATED you in Christ Jesus to SUCCEED having CHOSEN you, you need not think that any man can HELP or be your sole HELPER personified, to make you BE or BECOME what God have MADE you to be in Him in Christ Jesus stead.

God will use people to fulfil PURPOSE in our life surely. And we don’t owe or own such people to name them DESTINY HELPERS to go PRAYING that they should be RESTLESS until they come and help you. For you are your own destiny, PREDESTINED of God to become in LIFE and GODLY LIVING. It thus means, if God MADE you as said, only Him and Him alone, can HELP you or be your HELPER in fulfilling His PURPOSE in your life in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus. No man is to be stationed or be defined or acclaimed or looked up to in such regards. It’s a deception of the Enemy and Cohorts to limit us and hinder us of the helping hand of God.

Therefore, let us walk as obedient children and as Christ Ambassador’s, respecting the supply that God our HELP and HELPER will generate by Himself through men to make us fulfil His will – PURPOSE- in our Life and Godly Living. It will stop all the discord, schism, acrimony and the enmity that have generated overtime as Individuals or the Churches of Christ in doing some ridiculous acts of prayers to possess people as our inheritance in the name of “HELPERS” or “DESTINY HELPERS”.

I pray God gives you Wisdom – knowledge and understanding – in the light of the Scriptures. I pray you live to fulfil PURPOSE by God in everyway in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“God is our REFUGE and STRENGTH, a very PRESENT HELP in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah” Psalms 46:1-3.

“Likewise the Spirit also HELPETH our INFIRMITIES (Limitations, Failures, Shortfalls, Inadequacies etc): for we know not WHAT we should pray for as we OUGHT: but the Spirit itself MAKETH intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that SEARCHETH the HEARTS knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the WILL of God” Romans 8:26-27.

“For as MANY as are LED by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” Romans 8:14.

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will GUIDE you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will SHEW you things to come. 14 He shall GLORIFY me: for he shall RECEIVE of mine, and shall SHEW it unto you” John 16:13-14.

“WOE to them that go DOWN to Egypt for HELP; and stay on HORSES, and trust in CHARIOTS, because they are MANY; and in HORSEMEN, because they are very STRONG; but they LOOK not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither SEEK the Lord! 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and AGAINST the HELP of them that work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their HORSES flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall STRETCH out his hand, both he that HELPETH shall fall, and he that is HOLPEN shall fall down, and they all shall FAIL together” Isaiah 31:1-3.

“Thus saith the Lord; CURSED be the man that TRUSTETH in man, and MAKETH FLESH HIS ARM, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like the HEATH in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 BLESSED is the man that TRUSTETH in the Lord, and whose HOPE the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree PLANTED by the waters, and that SPREADETH out her roots by the river, and shall not see when HEAT cometh, but her leaf shall be GREEN; and shall not be CAREFUL in the year of DROUGHT, neither shall CEASE from YIELDING fruit” Jeremiah 17:5-8.

“The Lord is my SHEPHERD; I shall not want. 2 He MAKETH me to lie down in green pastures: he LEADETH me beside the still waters . . .” Psalms 23:1-6.

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the CALLED according to his PURPOSE. 29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he called, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he justified, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30.

Further Scriptural Reading: Ephesians 1:1-12

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

 

GOD IS GOOD AND FAITHFUL

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GOD IS GOOD AND FAITHFUL: HE’S SURE AND TRUE TO ALL HIS PROMISES!

“Let us HOLD FAST THE PROFESSION of our faith WITHOUT wavering; for He is FAITHFUL that promised” Hebrews 10:23.

In ALL life circumstances and situations, I say BE STILL for God is good and faithful, true and sure in all His promises.

For God is the REFUGE of His people and conqueror of the Nations, therefore:

*CELEBRATE HIM AS YOUR DEFENCE EVEN THOUGH THE EARTH MOVE.

*CELEBRATE HIM AS YOUR DEFENCE EVEN THOUGH THE NATIONS RAGE.

*CELEBRATE HIM AS YOUR DEFENCE EVEN WHEN HE BRINGS AND EXECUTE HIS JUDGMENT.

“. . . 7 The Lord of hosts is WITH US; The God of Jacob is our REFUGE. Selah 8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has made desolations in the earth. 9 He makes wars CEASE to the end of the earth; He BREAKS the bow and CUTS the spear in two; He BURNS the chariot in the fire. 10 BE STILL, and know that I am God; I will be EXALTED among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! . . .” Psalms 46:1-11.

BE STILL – for God CARES and God LOVES you and wants you to BE STILL – in the MIDST of the storms and raging seas of life challenges and changing times, and especially if you are undergoing any right now or may likely undergo in the cause and course of doing life and living godly, in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“God is FAITHFUL, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9.

“FAITHFUL is he that CALLETH you, who also will DO it” 1 Thessalonians 5:24.

Psalm 46:1-11.

“God is our REFUGE and STRENGTH, A very PRESENT HELP in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear, Even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

3 Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah

4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.

5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.

6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.

7 The Lord of hosts is WITH US; The God of Jacob is our REFUGE. Selah

8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has made desolations in the earth.

9 He makes wars CEASE to the end of the earth; He BREAKS the bow and CUTS the spear in two; He BURNS the chariot in the fire.

10 BE STILL, and know that I am God; I will be EXALTED among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

11 The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah”

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

GOD RULES AND REIGNS – FEAR NOT

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GOD RULES AND REIGNS – FEAR NOT: CHEER UP, STIR UP YOUR SPIRIT BEING AND BE AT PEACE – THE WORD WORKS!

“Wherefore I put thee in REMEMBRANCE that thou STIR UP the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not GIVEN us the spirit of FEAR; but of POWER, and of LOVE, and of a SOUND MIND” 2 Timothy 1:6-7.

Be at PEACE – God is in control – even in the midst of all the challenges and unstable circumstances in the World today. There’s peace in midst of the storms of life, because God loves and cares for all who calls upon Him.

“BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING; but in every thing by PRAYER and SUPPLICATION with THANKSGIVING let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the PEACE of God, which PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING, shall keep your HEARTS and MINDS through Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:6-7.

Take time to stir up your spirit being in grace and prayerfully ponder on the Holy Writ scriptures available in the SCRIPTURAL thoughts. For God reigns over all. He rules over  all. You are bigger than your fear and more greater than the enemy you fear because the greater one lives and reigns within you and through you in all that pertains to LIFE and GODLINESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

“Ye ARE of God, little children, and have OVERCOME them: because GREATER is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They ARE of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We ARE of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error” 1 John 4:4-6.

God had promised by His grace through the scriptures to deliver us from this wicked and evil world, and to have and share in His peace, so long we live within and through the context of His word accordingly.

“Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins, THAT HE MIGHT DELIVER US FROM THIS PRESENT EVIL WORLD, according to the WILL of God and our Father: 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen” Galatians 1:3-5.

I pray you found grace, wisdom and speed in everyway in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead for your today and tomorrow.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“The earth is the Lord’s, AND THE FULNESS THEREOF; the world, AND THEY THAT DWELL THEREIN. 2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods” Psalms 24:1-2.

“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye MIGHT HAVE PEACE. In the world ye shall have tribulation: BUT BE OF GOOD CHEER; I have overcome the world” John 16:33.

“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: AND THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:3-5.

“For I reckon that the SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God” Romans 8:18-19.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

A BLESSED DAY – MAKE IT YOURS

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A BLESSED DAY – MAKE IT YOURS: YOU ARE BLESSED – ENACT IT AS A WORD DOER!

Are You Doing The WORD Today? Are you a WORD DOER? Know full well that – to be BLESSED is to be EMPOWERED to – THRIVE, SUCCEED, BECOME, ACHIEVE and FULFILLED. It’s not how much eloquently you are or can talk that change your worlds and the worlds about you, but how much you can DO to bring about the DIFFERENCE in you and others by the WORD.

The scriptures of James 1:22-25 indicates that only the DOERS of what they HEAR of the WORD that are BLESSED in their deeds. This is how Jesus in humanity exemplifies it in life and ministry. He will DO then TEACH or TEACH then DO. He knows the effectual power of DOING to exemplify what he’s about to talk and the efficacy of DOING what He has talked about.

It’s time to step into your worlds with the intent to be a DOER of the WORD of God in order to have the enabling to BECOME in LIFE and GODLINESS – 2 Peter 1:2-4. DOING the WORD would create the atmosphere you want to see and enjoy. Jesus DID, He had it. You can also make your worlds a better place today.

Be A DOER Of the WORD – You Will Be BLESSED Indeed.

BE BLESSED AS YOU PONDER OVER IT.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“. . . Jesus began both to DO and TEACH,  2 until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:  3 to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” Acts 1:1-3.

“But be ye DOERS of the word, and not HEARERS only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a HEARER of the WORD, and not a DOER, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a DOER of the work, this man shall be BLESSED in his DEED” James 1:22-25.

Further Scriptural Reading: Psalms 1:1-3; 2 Peter 1:1-4.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

YOU ARE BORN OF GOD TO SUCCEED AND BE FULFILLED

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YOU ARE BORN OF GOD TO SUCCEED AND BE FULFILLED: IT’S BY THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WORD – AND NOT BY DEFINED METHODS!

In life ABUSE means – ABNORMAL (ABNORMALLY) USE. It’s a result of being UNINFORMED of the PURPOSE of a thing. There’s ABUSE in almost in every places in life – abuse of individual or people, position, power, resources (money, time and effort) and opportunities and materials.

An example of abusive atmosphere can be found in marriages. In some marriages, because majority of time most people are not properly INFORMED of the PURPOSE of MARRIAGE, they abuse their spouses. We see often how much is spent on FORTUNES in terms of – Time, Money, Material and Efforts – in preparing for a day WEDDING while those concerns make no adequate preparation and are not properly INFORMED to the set PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for the intended MARRIAGE supposedly – that should be for life in grace till death do either or both apart. Hence, we see today many infightings and abuses within, and unnecessary reasons being given for divorce respectively. This OUGHT not to be, especially in a Born-Again Christian Home. And unfortunately, in most cases, where children are involved, it has created an incomprehensible and unimaginable devastating and depressing state of mind for the children in such marital relationship.

IGNORANCE is not just bad enough, but a DIS-EASE (UNEASE) place and position that is worst than cancerous disease of any sorts. For by it many talents, vision and dreams to enhance life and godly living has ended up in the GRAVEYARDS unfulfilled.

In life as a child of God, you can only recover and enter your place of greatness and fulfilment when you discover the PRINCIPLE of the WORKING WORD of God to that your intended VISION. This is profound when one take the light from Habakkuk 2:2 which states “And the Lord answered me, and said, WRITE the VISION, and MAKE it PLAIN upon TABLES, that he may RUN that READETH it”.

The scriptures did not say “He that RUNS or RUNNETH may READ’ but rather – “He MAY RUN that READS or READETH”. Meaning NO READING, NO RUNNING no matter the prevailing circumstances. The principle herein is this – you have to READ in order to acquire or until you obtain the required KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING of the said VISIONED CONCEPT – that is, the clarity to enable you WALK in WISDOM before running with that intended life vision in terms of – Executing Business/Enterprise, Pursuing a Career, Positioning towards Gospel Ministry, Governance in Politics/Governance, Leadership/Management, Marriage/Relationship of all sorts and many other such likes. When you don’t read before you run as Scripturally set, then failures and frustration awaits; just as many have fallen and become victims of their own creations; simply because of their RUNNING ahead by their mere ZEAL or PASSION, without READING to KNOW and UNDERSTAND, the FULNESS at hand of what it takes in their VISIONED CONCEPT.

Today, make amends, RE-EVALUATE your vision by READING again before RUNNING.

Therefore, as you set your day PLANS PURPOSE AND PURSUITS, endeavour to be sure by READING to UNDERSTAND before RUNNING with it. BE WELL INFORMED TO EXPERIENCE GENUINE TRANSFORMATION.

God wants you to both SUCCEED and be FULFILLED – it’s by PRINCIPLE and not by METHOD. For what may apply to one case may not apply to another hence application by METHODS will fail in most cases while application by PRINCIPLE will always triumph.

Have a gracious and graceful moment in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“And the Lord answered me, and said, WRITE the VISION, and make it PLAIN upon TABLES, that he may RUN that READETH it” Habakkuk 2:1-4.

“This Book of the Law shall not DEPART from your mouth, but YOU shall MEDITATE in it day and night, that YOU may OBSERVE to do according to all that is written in it. For then YOU will MAKE your way PROSPEROUS, and then YOU will have GOOD SUCCESS” Joshua 1:8.

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED to the MINISTRY which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it” Colossians 4:17.

“Truly, these times of IGNORANCE God overlooked, but now COMMANDS all men everywhere to REPENT (change of heart), 31 because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead” Acts 17:30-31 (Emphasis Mine).

“Jesus answered and said to them, “You are MISTAKEN (ERRING), not KNOWING the Scriptures (PRINCIPLE OF GODLY LIVING) nor the power of God” Matthew 22:29 (Emphasis Mine).

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

SCRIPTURAL IGNORANCE

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SCRIPTURAL IGNORANCE: LEADS ONE TO ERRORS, TO BECOME MISTAKEN AND TO BE ELUDED FROM THE POWER OF GOD!

“The man that WANDERETH out of THE WAY of UNDERSTANDING shall remain in the CONGREGATION (GATHERING) of the DEAD (UNPRODUCTIVE, TASKMASTER, OBSCURED, SLOTHFUL, SLUGGARD)” Proverbs 21:16.

“GOOD UNDERSTANDING giveth FAVOUR: but THE WAY of TRANSGRESSORS (DISOBEDIENT) is HARD (DIFFICULT, FRUSTRATING, CHALLENGING)” Proverbs 13:15

Avoid ignorance by every means. It’s sides effects and consequences it’s unimaginable. Ensure in every subject you endeavour to know and understand the context and possibly contents in order to avoid – erroneous position, become mistaken and misconstrued, and eluded from the power of God – meaning, the enabling of God’s grace for such context to be made revealing and manifesting for your good and BLESSEDNESS.

Ignorance hurts and hunts. It makes one stupid and foolish. It frustrates one’s efforts. It keeps one away from the good of God – for God winks at ignorance. Ignorance subjugates. It enslaves. It captivates. It’s destructive. The sides effects it’s innumerable and unimaginable and never a wish for any – therefore don’t even imagine it or allow it plays around you and within your domain at any given moment. PURSUE to ENSURE knowledge and understanding always in order to stay safe.

IT PAYS TO PATIENTLY STRIFE FOR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THAN TO STAY IN IGNORANCE WITH ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF STUPIDITY AND FOOLISHNESS THAT IT BRINGS.

“A WISE man is STRONG; yea, a man of KNOWLEDGE INCREASETH STRENGTH” Proverbs 24:5.

“WISDOM is the PRINCIPAL thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy GETTING GET UNDERSTANDING” Proverbs 4:7.

IGNORANCE is not just bad enough, but a DIS-EASE (UNEASE) place and position that is worst than cancerous disease of any sorts. For by IGNORANCE many talents, vision and dreams that would have enhance life and godly living in uplifting and placing people and person’s in an ONWARD and UPWARD trajectory, has landed and ended such in the GRAVEYARDS – unfulfilled, unsung, unwritten, unaccomplished and such like.

Therefore, SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK (REFLECT)!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do ERR (ERRONEOUS, MISTAKEN), NOT KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, NOR THE POWER OF GOD” Matthew 22:29.

“And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore ERR (ERRONEOUS, MISTAKEN), because ye KNOW NOT THE SCRIPTURES, neither THE POWER OF GOD?” Mark 12:24.

“And the times of this IGNORANCE God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead” Acts 17:30-31.

“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT GRIEVOUS (DIFFICULT, TASKMASTER, BURDENSOME, IRKSOME)” 1 John 5:3 Emphasis Mine.

“And now, BRETHREN, I COMMEND you to God, and to THE WORD of his grace, which is ABLE to BUILD you up, and to give you an INHERITANCE among all them which are SANCTIFIED (SET APART)” Acts 20:32.

“MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast REJECTED KNOWLEDGE, I will also REJECT thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast FORGOTTEN the law of thy God, I will also FORGET thy children” Hosea 4:6.

“Therefore MY PEOPLE ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE: and their HONOURABLE men are FAMISHED, and their MULTITUDE dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore HELL hath ENLARGED herself, and OPENED her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 16 but the Lord of hosts shall be EXALTED in judgment, and God that is holy shall be SANCTIFIED in righteousness” Isaiah 5:13-16.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

COMING TO TERMS WITH THE WRITTEN WORD

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COMING TO TERMS WITH THE WRITTEN WORD – THE HOLY BIBLE: THE B-I-B-L-E “BLESSED INFORMATION BRINGING LIFE ETERNAL”!

“And now, brethren, I COMMEND you to God, and to THE WORD of his grace, which is ABLE to BUILD you up, and to GIVE you an INHERITANCE among all them which are SANCTIFIED” Act 20:32.

The written HOLY writ called the HOLY BIBLE, which I acclaimed in sense as B-I-B-L-E meaning, “BLESSED INFORMATION BRINGING LIFE ETERNAL”; and can be summed up in this wise as:

* The ONLY WRITTEN BOOK that is both informative and transformative at the same time.

* The ONLY WRITTEN BOOK that is spiritual and life-giving at no charge.

* The ONLY WRITTEN  BOOK that you can READ with the AUTHOR being present by your side to help you READ, KNOW and UNDERSTAND it’s context and content.

* The ONLY WRITTEN BOOK by Holy Men as LED and MOVED by the Holy Spirit without adulteration, perversion, prejudice, dissimulation and distortion in content and context.

* Other Books you READ, but the Holy Bible is the ONLY WRITTEN BOOK that READS you, the reader.

* The Holy Writ – The Holy BIBLE – it’s the ONLY WRITTEN BOOK that INSPIRES, REVEALS and EMPOWERS one in the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in Christ Jesus stead, without distortion and adulteration in context and content.

* The Holy Writ – The Holy BIBLE – it’s the only assured written WORD of prophecy, without contradiction and controversy, despite the difference in times of the various dispensations and generations wherein when the information were record and written.

Therefore, take time to READ it and to – SELAH: PAUSE AND THINK.

And I strongly commend you to this WRITTEN BOOK for your today and tomorrow, in LIFE and GODLY LIVING, in Christ Jesus’s stead. Amen.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“We have also a more SURE WORD of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the SCRIPTURE is of any PRIVATE interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” 2 Peter 1:19-21.

“And that from a child thou hast known the HOLY SCRIPTURES, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All SCRIPTURE is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works” 2 Timothy 3:15-17.

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy WORD. 105 Thy WORD is a LAMP unto my feet, and a LIGHT unto my path . . . 130 The ENTRANCE of thy WORDS giveth LIGHT; it giveth UNDERSTANDING unto the simple” Psalms 119: 9, 105, 130.

“For THE WORD of God is LIVING and ACTIVE and FULL OF POWER [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is SHARPER than any two-edged sword, PENETRATING as far as the DIVISION of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], EXPOSING and JUDGING the very thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And not a creature exists that is CONCEALED from His sight, but all things are OPEN and EXPOSED, and REVEALED to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account” Hebrews 4:12-13.

“And without CONTROVERSY great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory” 1 Timothy 3:16.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE KINGDOM GOSPEL

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THE KINGDOM GOSPEL: GIVES SALVATION UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!

“For I am not ashamed of the GOSPEL OF CHRIST: for it is THE POWER of God UNTO SALVATION to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith” Romans 1:16-17.

The Gospel of Christ Jesus, it’s the POWER of God that brings about the SALVATION of all mankind for today and tomorrow. How relevant it is today than ever before, in the midst of the turbulence, confusion, distrust, breakdown, hunger, chaos, wars, pandemic and such like, that have raven our world today.

And SALVATION in this context is not necessarily only about just being born of God into His Kingdom; but it’s also about matters of life and not limited to the following: PEACE, SOUND MIND, HEALTH, PROSPERITY, HEALING, SECURITY, SAFETY, DELIVERANCE, RESTORATION, STRENGHT, LIVELIHOOD, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP and Such like the MORE.

So, the preaching of the GOSPEL is the preaching THE WORD of God, which is the preaching of Christ Jesus, who is THE WORD, the GOOD NEWS of human redemption. The good news is that man’s debt and eternal judgement it’s everted because Christ Jesus has paid for it by the sacrifice He made to take on the human condemnation – which is the consequence of sin, so that man can be JUSTIFIED before God instead facing the Judgement of condemnations; and thereafter man can then live in FREEDOM from since and it’s effect, in an onward and upward trajectory toward God in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“And THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM shall be PREACHED in all the world for a WITNESS unto ALL NATIONS; and then shall the end come” Matthew 24:14.

“But ye shall receive POWER, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be WITNESSES unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, AND UNTO THE UTTERMOST PART OF THE EARTH” Acts 1:8.

“Yea, so have I strived to PREACH THE GOSPEL, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation: 21 but as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand” Romans 15:20-21.

“For I am not ashamed of the GOSPEL OF CHRIST: for it is THE POWER of God UNTO SALVATION to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein is the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith” Romans 1:16-17.

“. . . 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where PREACHING THE WORD. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and PREACHED CHRIST unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in that city” Acts 8:1-8.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are AMBASSADORS for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to BE SIN FOR US, who KNEW NO SIN; that we might be MADE the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God in him” 2 Corinthians 5:17-21.

“There is therefore now NO CONDEMNATION to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death” Romans 8:1-2.

“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into this GRACE wherein we STAND, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2.

“It was for this FREEDOM that Christ set us free [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery [which you once removed]” Galatians 5:1-2 Amplified.

“If the Son therefore shall make you FREE, ye shall be FREE indeed” John 8:36.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI