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READ BEFORE YOU RUN

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READ BEFORE YOU RUN: WISDOM IS THE APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE! 

“. . . 2 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. 

Don’t be fooled. Ignorance is destructive, cancerous and killing. Knowledge delivers and emancipates. Understanding gives direction and drive. Wisdom is the application of knowledge. 

” Jesus answered and said to them, “YOU ARE MISTAKEN, NOT KNOWING the SCRIPTURES nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29/NKJV. 

“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 7:12. 

A person of wisdom is given to life and strength; given to time, opportunity and right judgement. Wisdom is the principal thing. Ensure you get understanding while in all your search for knowledge. 

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

As wisdom is the application of knowledge, so a man’s wisdom makes him to shine, radiates in glory and boldness without fear; much more, there is no room to feel evil when you know you are wisely living by the commandment of our God in Christ Jesus stead. And you can discern by such knowledge wisely, then utilises the informed acquisition to redeem the time and make judgement of a context irrespective, and without sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation. Wisdom to direct is a consequence of knowledge and understanding, and it makes one work smartly, networks gracefully and do life effortlessly, and achieve in quality and quantity with speed and accuracy. 

“Who is as the WISE man? and who knoweth the INTERPRETATION of a thing? a man’s WISDOM maketh his FACE to SHINE, and the BOLDNESS of his face shall be changed . . . 5 Whoso KEEPETH THE COMMANDMENT shall FEEL no EVIL thing: and a WISE man’s heart discerneth both TIME and JUDGMENT” Ecclesiastes 8:1, 5. 

“If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength; but WISDOM [to sharpen the axe] helps him succeed [with less effort]” Ecclesiastes 10:10/Amplified 

Therefore, READ BEFORE YOU RUN, so that you can make the right decision and maximise your given potential to fulfil purpose meaningfully with God in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“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” Acts 20:32. 

“The Lord GAVE the word: great was the company of those that PUBLISHED it” Psalms 68:11. 

“Oh, that my WORDS were now WRITTEN! oh that they were PRINTED in a BOOK! 24 That they were GRAVEN with an IRON PEN and LEAD in the ROCK for ever!” Job 19:23-24. 

“And there are also MANY other things which Jesus DID, the which, if they should be WRITTEN every one, I suppose that even the WORLD itself could not contain the BOOKS that should be WRITTEN. Amen” John 21:25. 

“. . . 2 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. 

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

“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 7:12. 

“Who is as the WISE man? and who knoweth the INTERPRETATION of a thing? a man’s WISDOM maketh his FACE to SHINE, and the BOLDNESS of his face shall be changed . . . 5 Whoso KEEPETH THE COMMANDMENT shall FEEL no EVIL thing: and a WISE man’s heart discerneth both TIME and JUDGMENT” Ecclesiastes 8:1, 5. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

MARITAL WISDOM – LIVING JOYFULLY – COMES WITH A PRICE

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MARITAL WISDOM – LIVING JOYFULLY – COMES WITH A PRICE: THE PRINCIPLE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY! 

“Live JOYFULLY with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going” Ecclesiastes 9:9-10. 

It’s gracious to know that it’s the human HANDS that builds the HOUSE, while the human HEARTS [spirit being] that builds the HOME. Think about it for a moment. Then it means, if you want to live joyfully with your best friend and wife, deal and dwell with her through scriptural knowledge in order to have an EFFECTUAL and UNHINDERED prayers. 

You can’t achieve scriptural wholeness from the creator of marriage with your self-made ideal or societal norms that’s set as your standards that may seems good and pleasant to the human ideal but it’s not Scripturally oriented after the creator God of marriage. It’s only God, who alone creates, and can assure and ensure marriage and marital bliss; and only Him can give the needed enabling for any godly marital relationship to thrive, for He oversees and keeps the marriage alive in His grace in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your PRAYERS BE NOT HINDERED . . . 9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise BLESSING; KNOWING that ye are thereunto CALLED, that ye should INHERIT A BLESSING” 1 Peter 3:7, 9. 

In the scripture above of 1 Peter 3:7, husbands are enjoined to dwell with their wives through KNOWLEDGE in order to have UNHINDERED PRAYERS, more so, to avoid and escape the infightings that’s in 1 Peter 3:9 and then INHERIT the MARITAL BLESSING. The question for your wisdom nuggets thought is – Do you as a husband, want a BLESSED marital wellbeing and UNHINDERED PRAYERS in fellowship and relationship with Father God in Christ Jesus? What scriptural KNOWLEDGE do you have and have explored to give you the daily enabling to dwell and deal with your wife? And have you been applying to your marital life the scriptural knowledge in your dealings in order to dwell with your wife to earn the BLESSEDNESS and UNHINDERED PRAYERS?  

And you the wife, the scripture says a wise woman build up her home by wisdom, while the foolish destroy it with her hands. And wisdom is the application of knowledge. So, how much scriptural knowledge do you have to enable you build your family as the Proverbial woman of Proverbs 31:10-31. You can’t just have a joyful relationship from the blue sky into your home.  

“The WISE woman builds her house [on a foundation of godly precepts, and her household thrives], But the FOOLISH one [who lacks spiritual insight] tears it down with her own hands [by ignoring godly principles]” Proverbs 14:1/Amplified. 

Love may have a feeling, love in itself is not a feeling. Hence I say, we may marry by love, but to build our Marital relationships, it’s by wisdom. And wisdom is the application of knowledge. The wisdom that’s Scripturally rooted in the word of God for you in context that’s particular to your marriage irrespective. Hence you need to own it to take the plight of responsibility and accountability to have a joyful relationship to pursue wisdom – knowledge and understanding of your marital life. 

SELAH-PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Live JOYFULLY with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun. 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going” Ecclesiastes 9:9-10. 

“. . . 6 even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil” 1 Peter 3:1-12. 

“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it . . .” Ephesians 5:21-31. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

YOU ARE GOD’S DWELLING PLACE

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YOU ARE GOD’S DWELLING PLACE: STOP THAT IDOLISING AND IDOL WORSHIP! 

“. . . What agreement hath the TEMPLE of God with idols? FOR YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD; as God hath said, I WILL DWELL IN THEM, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” 2 Corinthians 6:16 

Dear Believer in Christ Jesus, do you really want to WORSHIP GOD WORTHILY and SERVE HIM ACCEPTABLY? If yes, know full well that you can’t ABOUND IN FAITH, HOPE and LOVE of God’s graces when you’ve idolised stuff around you to equal and above God, knowing you are God’s dwelling place. 

“What say I then? THAT THE IDOL IS ANY THING, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 1 Corinthians 10:19. 

You can’t acclaim to be God’s dwelling place when you inhabit IDOL as ornaments and IDOLISED anything before your God. You must come to a state of reverence and reverential fear where you let not anything stand between you and God in matters of WORSHIP and in advancing the KINGDOM SERVICES and CAUSES of God in Christ Jesus stead. 

Today is another opportune time and moment been given to you to make a difference. And knowing full well that ANYTHING that robs you of a great and good starts in God’s temple – your body or rather your being, is an IDOL. 

STOP THAT IDOLISING! Get rid of those IDOL ORNAMENTS. You can’t WORSHIP and SERVE God with such RESPECT for PERSONS and MAMMON! Acts 10:34-36… 

SELAH-PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“. . . What agreement hath the TEMPLE of God with idols? FOR YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD; as God hath said, I WILL DWELL IN THEM, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” 2 Corinthians 6:16. 

“What say I then? THAT THE IDOL IS ANY THING, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? 1 Corinthians 10:19. 

“AND I FELL AT HIS FEET TO WORSHIP HIM. And he said unto me, SEE THOU DO IT NOT: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: WORSHIP GOD: for THE TESTIMONY of Jesus is the spirit of PROPHECY” Revelation 19:10. 

“What? KNOW YE NOT THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST, WHICH IS IN YOU, WHICH YE HAVE OF GOD, AND YE ARE NOT YOUR OWN? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore, glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. 

“Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS: 35 but in every nation he that FEARETH him, and WORKETH righteousness, is ACCEPTED with him. 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)” Acts 10:34-36 (1 Peter 1:17; James 2:1-13; Colossians 3:24-25; Ephesians 6:9; Romans 2:10-11;  

“Thou shalt not WREST judgment; THOU SHALT NOT RESPECT PERSONS, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous” Deuteronomy 16:19 (Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 1:17; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Proverbs 24:23; Proverbs 28:21; Lamentations 4:16). 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

PRAY FOR YOUR NATIONAL CAUSE

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PRAY FOR YOUR NATIONAL CAUSE: WE ARE CALLED TO PRAY FOR LEADERS AND LEADERSHIP – IRRESPECTIVE! 

“For the KINGDOM is the Lord’s, And He RULES over the NATIONS” Psalms 22:28. 

It’s high time we PRAY in God’s presence our national LEADERS – for leadership and governance – before they succumb to rulership and dictatorship. Let us PRAY for good GOVERNANCE whenever and wherever there’s – Election, Politics, Politicians and in other forms and levels of Leadership: it’s of scriptural injunctions that we PRAY for all who are in position of leadership otherwise an authority, and that include also whenever and wherever there’s an upcoming elections into such leadership for governance and management of national resources in such a place [customary, local, state, region, province, national] in our nations. 

“I EXHORT therefore, that, FIRST OF ALL, SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS, and GIVING OF THANKS, be MADE for all men; 2 FOR KINGS, AND FOR ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY; that we may LEAD a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is GOOD and ACCEPTABLE in the SIGHT of God our Saviour. . .” 1 Timothy 2:1-3. 

Let’s not be so cumbersome with the political election campaign and manifestos than about GOVERNANCE. It’s just as some people will burn much energy PREPARING for the WEDDING of a day rather than PREPARING for the MARRIAGE of a life time itself; hence many marital breakdowns today as in many political sphere breakdowns in many nations of the world given rise to dictators of various perspectives: A dictatorship is a government where one person or a small group holds absolute power, ruling without the people’s consent and with no real checks on their authority, often using force, intimidation, and propaganda to suppress opposition and control citizens’ lives. 

“When the RIGHTEOUS [RIGHT GOVERNANCE] are in AUTHORITY [LEADERSHIP], the people REJOICE: but when the wicked [DICTATOR (BAD) GOVERNANCE] beareth RULE, the people MOURN” Proverbs 29:2. 

Politics as in any leadership and management of human resources is not a dirty game as such as some may presume, but it’s some of the people involved and engaged in it, that do make it  seem dirty and unhealthy acts of governance just as in any other profession where they are some whose actions and failures that brings down such context to its knees. When people are carried away with their dirty crafts and acts as politicians with their uninformed politics than the very act of leadership in governance, it breeds failure and setbacks in leadership and governance; it also creates rage with the governed as we can see in many places of the world and within our communities today. Only by a righteous cause can any nation experience a pure leadership of justice and equity to all. 

“Righteousness EXALTS (elevates) a nation: but sin (BAD GOVERNANCE) is a reproach (DISGRACE) to any people” Proverbs 14:34/Emphasis Mine. 

Until LEADERS allow themselves to be GOVERNED by the Chief GOVERNOR, [Jesus Christ], and allow Him to govern through them, as He is the One who rules among the NATIONS, they will only do politics with its dirty craft and will not give a healthy leadership in governance to the people. Hence, many governmental nations are at war today with their dirt and dirty, uninformed and infested policies upon the governed. They have to keep making rules and laws that have not worked based on human limitations. 

“For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the GOVERNOR among the nations” Psalms 22:28. 

“The EARTH is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the WORLD, and they that DWELL therein” Psalms 24:1. 

Let’s pray for the ACTS OF GOVERNANCE than the politics of it, that He – Our God, who GOVERNS and RULES among the NATIONS, may LEAD us and be in CHARGE over our National leaderships for us to have and enjoy, a quiet and peaceful nations through informed lead leadership and not uninformed rulers that craves after rulership of their subjects. 

SELAH -PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“I EXHORT therefore, that, FIRST OF ALL, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 FOR KINGS, AND FOR ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time” 1 Timothy 2:1-6. 

“For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the GOVERNOR among the nations” Psalms 22:28. 

“The EARTH is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the WORLD, and they that DWELL therein” Psalms 24:1. 

“Righteousness EXALTS (elevates) a nation: but sin (BAD GOVERNANCE) is a reproach (DISGRACE) to any people” Proverbs 14:34/Emphasis Mine. 

“When the righteous (RIGHT GOVERNANCE) are in AUTHORITY (LEADERSHIP), the people REJOICE: but when the wicked (BAD GOVERNANCE) beareth RULE, the people MOURN” Proverbs 29:2. 

Further Scriptural Reading: Romans 13:1-8; Isaiah 9:6-7; Titus 3:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-17; Hebrews 13:7, 17-18; Ezra 7:25-26. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

GOD’S LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS

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GOD’S LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS: GOD’S LOVE ENHANCES EARTHLY USEFULNESS AND HEAVENLY MINDEDNESS!  

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because THE LOVE of God is SHED [LAVISHED] abroad in our HEARTS [SPIRIT-BEING] by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . . 8 But God commendeth His LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:5, 8. 

Talking about GOD’S LOVE! Here is a didactic sense of measure, such that we don’t just say we just have love, but we can go onward to LIVE in LOVE and to WALK in LOVE, with the knowing that LOVE is of God; and LOVE is the lubricant for our New Creation life in Christ Jesus, and for human relationships to all of mankind. Upon this knowledge and understanding, we can OCCUPY in the grace as Christ Ambassador in God, until He returns, by “BEING EARTHLY USEFUL and HEAVENLY MINDED”. 

“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] ROOTED and [securely] GROUNDED in love, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the WIDTH and LENGTH and HEIGHT and DEPTH of His LOVE [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the LOVE of Christ which far SURPASSES [MERE] KNOWLEDGE [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the FULLNESS of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself]” Ephesians 3:17-19/Amplified. 

Love in scriptural perspective is an ATTITUDE, a deliberate and intentional choice, an exercise of the will, a choice of life, and it’s not just a mere feeling, it is an expression of the nature and personality of God. It is spiritual, divinely inspired and embedded in the very hearts of all God’s human creation, and more importantly in the very nature of the redeemed child of God. Hence, it’s not a doctrine, creed, or dogmas or tradition or sectarianism. It outlived generation because it’s timeless and it’s of God and God’s. For God is love as written: 

“Beloved, let us LOVE one another: for LOVE is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; FOR GOD IS LOVE. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins . . . 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is NO FEAR IN LOVE; but PERFECT LOVE casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made PERFECT IN LOVE” 1 John 4:7–10, 16-18. 

And LOVE is the given blessedness of Father God by the Holy Spirit to the Believing one in Christ Jesus, and it’s a FRUIT and not a GIFT. FRUITS are GROWN while GIFTS are IMPARTED. Genuine Bible love – Agape – is born and it’s a product of the Holy Spirit that indwells in us in the grace – [Romans 5:5, 8; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 5:9]. 

Let’s consider the love in diversity for a clearer understanding of the kind of love being implied in this context. 

DEFINING THE THREE KINDS OF LOVE: 

  1. PHILEO: Grk [of the soul] – Love relationship in family – between parent and child. The Family kind of love. It also embodied love relationship towards friends and colleagues. It means to be fond of; it is based on FEELINGS and not on PRINCIPLE. It’s never used of man’s love to or for God. This is a human or natural kind of love. [Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Genesis 8:19; Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21]. This kind of love is, however, essential and crucial for a family bonding and wellbeing. 
  2. EROS: Grk [of the Physical body] – Sexual love; purely reserved for the married – within the bond of marriage. It’s based on PHYSICAL ATTRACTION. It’s neither for fornication nor adultery. Lust and immoral desires have gotten some into it, hence there’s a great act of PERVERSION in our societies today – and we are paying hugely for the consequences across the board. [Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 7:1-9; 1 Corinthians 6:15-20]. 
  3. AGAPE: Grk [of the spirit] – God kind of love; unconditional, limitless, divine, spiritual. It transcends race, gender, generation, culture, family, physical, personal [self] etc. 1 Corinthians 13. It’s built on PRINCIPLE. Agape love even helps to ensure, STRENGTHEN and MAINTAIN the Phileo and Eros kind of love in all life endeavours. Agape love is based on PRINCIPLE – be it towards things or people. 

Notably, the PHILEO OR EROS kinds of Love need to be controlled by AGAPE kind of love or else it will hinder our fellowship with God and lead to SIN acts. [E.g. EROS – 1 Corinthians 13:5; PHILEO – 1 Samuel 2:22-36]. 

Let’s not just say we have love, let’s LIVE and WALK IN LOVE, for love is of the Spirit – Romans 5:5. 

IT’S TIME TO LIVE AND WALK IN LOVE. LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN. FOR THE CHARGE IS TO OCCUPY IN GOD’S LOVE TILL HE COMES – FOR LOVE ENHANCES EARTHLY USEFULNESS AND HEAVENLY MINDEDNESS. 

Be blessed in life and grace in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“If we LIVE in the Spirit, let us also WALK in the Spirit” Galatians 5:25. 

“Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 and WALK IN LOVE, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour” Ephesians 5:1-2. 

“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being ROOTED and GROUNDED IN LOVE, 18 may be able to COMPREHEND with all saints what is the BREADTH, and LENGTH, and DEPTH, and HEIGHT; 19 and to KNOW THE LOVE OF Christ, which PASSETH (TRANSCENDS, SURPASSED) KNOWLEDGE (SENSE), that ye might be FILLED with all the FULNESS of God” Ephesians 3:17-19. 

“But the FRUIT of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law” Galatians 5:22-23/NKJV  

“For the FRUIT of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth” Ephesians 5:9/NKJV. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

MAKE YOUR FAITH WORK FOR YOUR GOOD: BY ABOUNDING IN FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE! 

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MAKE YOUR FAITH WORK FOR YOUR GOOD: BY ABOUNDING IN FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE! 

“But let us, who are of the day, be sober, PUTTING ON THE BREASTPLATE of FAITH and LOVE; and for AN HELMET, the HOPE of salvation” 1 Thessalonians 5:8. 

May your ENDEAVOURS to abound in FAITH, HOPE and LOVE, glow, be inflame and ablaze by the WORKING of your FAITH and may in all, your LABOUR of LOVE and PATIENCE in HOPE account for your good and goodness in life and godly living in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

“We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; 3 remembering without ceasing your WORK of FAITH, and LABOUR of LOVE, and PATIENCE of HOPE in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God” 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4. 

FAITH without WORKS is DEAD been ALONE. Faith not ACTIONED is dead indeed. Meaning, FAITH WORKING without the action of LOVE – which is the DEFAULT can’t function healthily and lacks VITALITY and the TENDER valued power with God. 

FAITH is acting correspondingly on what you believe on God’s word accordingly. So, the act of faith directly or indirectly in life and charitable causes are as authentic to and by God in His word, only through LOVE. 

It’s either your FAITH is WORKING as Scripturally enjoined by LOVE, or you are living by FATE and FAKE knowingly and or unknowingly. 

Therefore, set your priority with God right; for your FAITH to WORK the WORKS of life and grace EFFECTUALLY, for LOVE is INEVITABLE in every way. Meaning, in order to inflame and ablaze your FAITH to GLOW in grace and life, the default of LOVE must be ensured and be assured to be actively engaged; for love is the hub or fulcrum for productive cause of faith with God in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, BUT FAITH WORKING THROUGH LOVE” Galatians 5:6 (NKJV) 

“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that FAITH WITHOUT WORKS is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father JUSTIFIED BY WORKS, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 SEEST THOU HOW FAITH WROUGHT WITH HIS WORKS, AND BY WORKS WAS FAITH MADE PERFECT? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 YE SEE THEN HOW THAT BY WORKS A MAN IS JUSTIFIED, AND NOT BY FAITH ONLY. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, SO FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD ALSO” James 2:20-26. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

YOU ARE GOD’S BATTLE AXE: BE EMBOLDENED IN LIFE AND GODLY LIVING!   

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YOU ARE GOD’S BATTLE AXE: BE EMBOLDENED IN LIFE AND GODLY LIVING! 

“Thou art MY BATTLE AXE and WEAPONS OF WAR: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms . . .” Jeremiah 51:20-23. 

You ARE – God’s BATTLE AXE and WEAPONS of WAR – it’s time to be EMBOLDENED and to DARE TO BE the you, in you of God, as you do LIFE and GODLY LIVING in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

It’s your TIMELESS TIME to CREATE, INNOVATE, INITIATE, EXPLORE and COLOUR your WORLDS with the Atmospheric condition that you love to see, enjoy and be meaningfully FULFILLED in PURPOSE, in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

Creating Your World of LIFE and GRACE, it’s all about being EMBOLDEN and DARING to BECOME in any or all of these: 

  • Dare to BE a VOICE not an ECHO 
  • Dare to BE a DANIEL 
  • Dare to BE a MESHACH, SHADRACH & ABEDNEGO 
  • Dare to BE a DEBORAH 
  • Dare to BE a PASTOR & GOSPEL Minister 
  • Dare to BE GREAT and MAKE a DIFFERENCE 
  • Dare to BE selfless in LOVE, FAITH and HOPE 
  • Dare to BE a PASTOR’S Wife 
  • Dare to BE a PASTOR’S Husband 
  • Dare to Be a STUDENT & the very BEST 
  • Dare to BE an ENTREPRENEUR 
  • Dare to BE a BUSINESS creator & Magnate  
  • Dare to Be an INVESTOR of TIME, EFFORT & FINANCE in life endeavours 
  • Dare To BE DILIGENT & PRUDENT 
  • Dare to BE the very BEST in your PROFESSION for humanity’s sake 
  • Dare to BE a POLITICIAN EXTRAORDINAIRE 
  • Dare To BE a POLITICAL Leader with selfless HEART of PUBLIC SERVICE 
  • Dare to BE an INNOVATOR 
  • Dare to BEGIN AGAIN – Make a New Start 
  • Dare to BE DISCIPLED & DISCIPLINE 
  • Dare to BE a LEARNER before LEADING 
  • Dare to BE a FAITHFUL HUSBAND 
  • Dare to BE a VIRTUOUS WIFE 
  • Dare to Be MENTORED and DISCIPLED 
  • Dare to Be the ANSWER to problems and not the Question CREATOR. 
  • Dare to BE CREATIVE and not DESTRUCTIVE 
  • DARE TO BE WHATSOEVER YOU WANT & DESIRE TO BE . . . BE EMBOLDEN TO BE I SAY  

You CAN create the world of FAITH and GRACE in Christ Jesus stead, that you want to see and enjoy in Him. Only be Emboldened in life and godly living. 

SELAH-PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Thou art MY BATTLE AXE and WEAPONS OF WAR: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 21 and with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 22 with thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers” Jeremiah 51:20-23. 

“For God did not give us a SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY OR COWARDICE OR FEAR, but [He has given us a spirit] of POWER AND OF LOVE AND OF SOUND JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL DISCIPLINE [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control]” 2 Timothy 1:7 (Amplified). 

“In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with ASSURANCE and BOLDNESS to face Him]; BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no FEAR in love [DREAD does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love DRIVES OUT FEAR, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love]” 1 John 4:17-18 (Amplified). 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

SCRIPTURAL TRUTH – YOU CAN ONLY BE MISTAKEN: FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE! 

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SCRIPTURAL TRUTH – YOU CAN ONLY BE MISTAKEN: FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE! 

“Jesus answered and said to them, “You are MISTAKEN, not KNOWING the SCRIPTURES nor the power of God” Matthew 22:29. People are walking in error, held captive by misconceptions and mistakes in life and godly living, due to a lack of genuine KNOWLEDGE and corresponding UNDERSTANDING of the issues that matter most to them. That’s why living by SENTIMENT, ASSUMPTION or PRESUMPTION is an error by every means of judgement in the affairs of DOING LIFE AND GODLY LIVING as a redeemed child of God. 

It is “THE TRUTH”, only “THE TRUTH” not just ‘TRUTH’ or a mere ‘FACT or SENTIMENT, ASSUMPTION’ or ‘PRESUMPTION’, that you KNOW, that sets you FREE in the Kingdom; and it’s THE TRUTH that gives you the Liberation and genuine Freedom that you need to become a VICTOR and not a VICTIM or PREY. The TRUTH, indicates a person, meaning a personality. His presence in one’s life creates the being that sets free. And Jesus is the TRUTH and He is a person that can personify you in life and grace [John 8:30-32; John 14:6; John 1:14-17]. 

You need to know and understand full well that a mere FACT(S) can be photoshop or counterfeited, misconstrued and faked; and it’s also limited in authenticity in divine nature and conscripts to ascertain matters; but THE TRUTH will deal with ONE’S CONSCIOUSNESS no matter HOW or WHAT or WHERE or WHEN in one’s spirit being to unveil or uncover that which ONLY the invisible and the authenticate WORD of God can reveal by the Holy Spirit [Hebrews 4:12-13, 1 Corinthians 2:9-10]. 

The TRUTH is self empowering. Bury the TRUTH; it will arise on the third day without any assistance to ANSWER any QUEST hidden, misconstrued, conspired or deleted. 

Living continually by the TRUTH is made possible by the Holy Spirit of TRUTH. For the TRUTH is THE WORD who then is JESUS. He can’t live GENUINELY IN YOU, and you still WALK in errors, deceit and compromise. And If you know you are in errors, deceit, compromise and such like, you NEED a wholesome check by God’s WORD by the Holy Spirit to set you free indeed. Then you CAN actually have a solid WORD-Based Foundation in Christ Jesus and continue STEADFASTLY on the WORD, which is the TRUTH to ensure your freedom and liberation in ALL things in the light of the Holy Writ. 

It’s my utmost PRAYER today, that you might come to know THE TRUTH Himself and obtain the liberation and freedom you need now and always in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SELAH-PAUSE AND. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye CONTINUE in my WORD, then are ye my disciples INDEED; 32 and ye shall KNOW the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall make you FREE” John 8:31-32. 

“Jesus answered and said to them, “You are MISTAKEN, not KNOWING the SCRIPTURES nor the power of God” Matthew 22:29. 

“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” John 16:13. 

“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 [b]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 (Amplified). 

More Scriptural Meditation: Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 5:13-15; 1 John 2:21; 1 John 4:6; John 14:17; John 15:26; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:13. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

WISDOM NUGGET: TO MAKE YOUR FAITH WORK FOR YOUR GOOD

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WISDOM NUGGET: TO MAKE YOUR FAITH WORK FOR YOUR GOOD: IT’S A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT SOMEONE ELSE’S! 

“ENDEAVOURING to KEEP the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” Ephesians 4:3. 

“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: BUT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH” Habakkuk 2:4 [Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38]. 

I herein remind you to make your FAITH work out for your good and goodness, for it’s a personal responsibility and not someone else’s. You need to have a pragmatic resolved and to intentionally set out your personal scriptural effort, with the assurance to ensure that you make the necessary endeavours, to inflame and ablaze your faith, in order to make you glow in life and grace irrespective. For your faith will definitely define your today and tomorrow – knowingly and unknowingly. 

FAITH without WORKS is DEAD been ALONE. Faith not ACTIONED is dead indeed. Meaning FAITH WORKING without the action of LOVE – which is the DEFAULT can’t function healthily and lacks VITALITY and the TENDER valued power with God. 

FAITH is acting correspondingly on what you believe on God’s word accordingly. So, the act of faith directly or indirectly in life and charitable causes are as authentic to and by God in His word, only through LOVE. 

It’s either your FAITH is WORKING as Scripturally enjoined by LOVE, or you are living by FATE and FAKE knowingly and or unknowingly. 

Therefore, set your priority with God right; for your FAITH to WORK the WORKS of life and grace EFFECTUALLY, LOVE is INEVITABLE in every way. Meaning, in order to inflame and ablaze your FAITH to GLOW in grace and life, the default of LOVE must be ensured to be actively engaged. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“ENDEAVOURING to KEEP the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” Ephesians 4:3. 

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, BUT FAITH WORKING THROUGH LOVE” Galatians 5:6 (NKJV) 

“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that FAITH WITHOUT WORKS is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father JUSTIFIED BY WORKS, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 SEEST THOU HOW FAITH WROUGHT WITH HIS WORKS, AND BY WORKS WAS FAITH MADE PERFECT? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 YE SEE THEN HOW THAT BY WORKS A MAN IS JUSTIFIED, AND NOT BY FAITH ONLY. 25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, SO FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD ALSO” James 2:20-26. 

“Now FAITH is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT. 3 Through FAITH we UNDERSTAND that THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear . . . 6 But WITHOUT FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE to PLEASE Him: for he that cometh to God must BELIEVE that he is, and that he is a REWARDER of them that DILIGENTLY seek him” Hebrews 11:1-3, 6. 

“For I say, through THE GRACE GIVEN unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath DEALT to every man THE MEASURE OF FAITH” Romans 12:3. 

“But unto EVERY ONE of us is GIVEN GRACE according to THE MEASURE of the GIFT of Christ” Ephesians 4:7. 

“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: BUT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH” Habakkuk 2:4 [Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38]. 

“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 5:4-5. 

“But what saith it? The Word is nigh thee, even in THY MOUTH, and in THY HEART: that is, THE WORD OF FAITH, which we preach; 9 that if thou shalt CONFESS with thy MOUTH the Lord Jesus, and shalt BELIEVE in thine HEART that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be SAVED. 10 For with the HEART man BELIEVETH unto righteousness; and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is made unto SALVATION . . . 17 So then FAITH cometh by HEARING, and HEARING by THE WORD of God” Romans 10:8-10, 17. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE FAITH THAT WORKS

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THE FAITH THAT WORKS: IS FOUNDED, ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN THE LOVE OF CHRIST! 

“For [if we ARE] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only FAITH ACTIVATED and EXPRESSED and WORKING through LOVE” Galatians 5:6/Amplified. 

There’s no geographical location or situations that can stop or prevent your position and altitude in life when your FAITH WORKS BY LOVE.  

I know Faith as the mystery, the vital and legal currency and medium of exchange to access the heavens from the earth, and to give the heavenly permission in one’s earthly affairs. Yet you can only genuinely blossom, rejuvenate, thrive and colour your worlds anywhere and any day with God when your ‘FAITH WORKS BY LOVE’. Love is the only beautiful gift given to us by God that’s pure, to SERVE others without sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation. Simply because Love is the lubricant that makes and ensures FAITH for effective communication and enables us to be assured of being justified by faith and to have access by faith to our God in the grace. 

“For you, my brothers, were CALLED TO FREEDOM; only DO NOT LET YOUR FREEDOM become an OPPORTUNITY for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through LOVE SERVE and SEEK the BEST for one another” Galatians 5:13/Amplified. 

“LOVE is to be SINCERE and ACTIVE [the real thing—WITHOUT GUILE AND HYPOCRISY]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly to what is good. 10. Be DEVOTED to one another with [authentic] BROTHERLY AFFECTION [as members of one family], give preference to one another in honor” Romans 12:9-10/Amplified. 

“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 . . . 5 and hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is SHED [LAVISHED] abroad in our HEARTS [SPIRIT-BEING] by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . . 8 But God commendeth his LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:1-2. 

Be it in person and general relationship, family, ministry, charitable causes, career, business, marital relationship and governance, the FAITH THAT WORKS BY LOVE is inevitable, indescribable and inescapable for any that desire to THRIVE and not be a SURVIVAL. For love is the ultimate, hallmark, hub, fulcrum, the most and more excellent way to express spiritual grace and endowment in Life and GODLINESS with God in Christ Jesus stead. Hence, expressing ‘THE FAITH THAT WORKS BY LOVE’, you can thrive and blossom in any weather of life: WINTER, AUTUMN, SPRING OR SUMMER. 

“The earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and COLD and HEAT, and SUMMER and WINTER, and day and night shall not cease” Genesis 8:22. 

This I saw in God through Christ, that’s why I am assured and now recommend it to you and for you. I have come to know and understand today more than ever before of the graciousness and gracefulness and speed in motion when one exercise and express life through ‘THE FAITH THAT WORKS BY LOVE’ in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. 

SELAH-PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE” Galatians 5:6. 

“While the earth remaineth, SEEDTIME and HARVEST, and COLD and HEAT, and SUMMER and WINTER, and day and night shall not cease” Genesis 8:22. 

“But covet EARNESTLY the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a MORE EXCELLENT WAY . . . “ 1 Corinthians 12:31/1 Corinthians 13:1-13. 

“A NEW COMMANDMENT I give unto you, That ye LOVE one another; as I have LOVED you, that ye also LOVE one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have LOVE one to another” John 13:34-35. 

“Greater LOVE hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I COMMAND you” John 15:13-14. 

“Let LOVE BE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with BROTHERLY LOVE; in honour preferring one another; 11 not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13 distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality” Romans 12:9-12. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI