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AS THEY MINISTERED TO THE LORD: THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE 

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AS THEY MINISTERED TO THE LORD: THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE – LET HIM SPEAK TO YOU TODAY – AND EVEN NOW! 

“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 AS THEY MINISTERED TO THE LORD, and fasted, THE HOLY GHOST SAID, Separate me Barnabas and Saul FOR THE WORK whereunto I have CALLED them . . .” Acts 13:1-12. 

You can hear the VOICE of the Holy Spirit today if you let Him. He does SPEAKS and I know that for SURE and CERTAINLY. Will you let Him SPEAK to you TODAY and even NOW? 

It’s a high time individual BELIEVERS in Christ develop the more, the subconscious ATTITUDE of MINISTERING TO the LORD rather than MINISTERING FOR the LORD, so that they can HEAR the SPEAKING VOICE of the HOLY SPIRIT. It’s upon being WITH THE LORD firstly that He EMPOWERS you to go FORTH and DO His Kingdom mandate in grace and speed unhindered. 

“He went up on the hillside and CALLED those WHOM He Himself wanted and CHOSE; and they came to Him. 14 And He appointed twelve [disciples], so that they WOULD BE WITH HIM [for instruction] and so that He COULD SEND THEM out to PREACH [the gospel as apostles—that is, as His special messengers, personally chosen representatives], 15 and to have AUTHORITY AND POWER to cast out demons . . .” Mark 3:13-19/Amplified. 

Don’t be so madly and crazy about getting God’s POWER as some are, compared to having a strong desire to be with Him primarily and principally in LIFE and GRACE. For His POWER is for His PURPOSE in us, and PURPOSE can only serve as a good KINGDOM CAUSE in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus, when known and understood and applied according to His will as called [Romans 8:28-30, Ephesians 1:10-12; 1 Corinthians 1:9]. And God’s PURPOSE can only be made known and understood, through the communion – FELLOWSHIP – with Him to get the needed INSTRUCTIONS not ADVICE to enhance the RELATIONSHIP with Him as Jesus did and experienced for our example in relation to Father God and mission earth [Luke 4:1, 14, 16-18]; and to help know and understand His PRINCIPLE act for your RESPONSIBILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY for the given cause. For ABUSIVENESS in anything is a result of the limited knowledge and understanding, born from assumption and presumption in ignorance of God’s PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT. 

The early or first Disciples who became Apostles and pioneers of the Faith where firstly and primarily called to BE WITH THE LORD, so that the LORD WILL BE FOR THEM, in EMPOWERING them as He sent them FORTH for the GOSPEL with commission mandate for the mission – Mark 3:13-19. 

Don’t go hastening FOR the LORD’S Kingdom mandate; instead go MINISTERING TO the LORD in person and He will in turn BE with you in all Plans, Purpose and Pursuits. Psalms 16:11. 

This is how to win your day for good in Ministry, Marital relationship, Any other Relationship, Business, Career, Education, Entrepreneurship, Conflicts Resolution and such likes. 

It’s time to develop the heartfelt love that MINISTERS to the LORD always. For in His PRESENCE is the fullness of joy and life for evermore. DO YOURSELF A GOOD FAVOUR IN MAKING A NEW START TODAY – Psalms 16:11. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Thou wilt SHEW ME THE PATH OF LIFE: 

in thy PRESENCE is FULNESS OF JOY; 

at THY RIGHT HAND there are PLEASURES for evermore” Psalms 16:11 

“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 AS THEY MINISTERED TO THE LORD, and fasted, THE HOLY GHOST SAID, Separate me Barnabas and Saul FOR THE WORK whereunto I have CALLED them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus: 7 which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. 9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, 10 and said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. 12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord” Acts 13:1-12. 

“He went up on the hillside and CALLED those whom He Himself wanted and chose; and they came to Him. 14 And He appointed twelve [disciples], so that they WOULD BE WITH HIM [for instruction] and so that He COULD SEND THEM out to PREACH [the gospel as apostles—that is, as His special messengers, personally chosen representatives], 15 and to have AUTHORITY AND POWER to cast out demons. 16 He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter), 17 and James, the son of [b]Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”); 18 and [He also appointed] Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew (Nathanael), and Matthew (Levi the tax collector), and Thomas, and [c]James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus (Judas the son of James), and Simon the Zealot; 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him” Mark 3:13-19 Amplified. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE THINK TANK – ON MONTH OCTOBER 

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THE THINK TANK – ON MONTH OCTOBER – THE NUMBER 10 MONTH: What’s Special About The Number Ten (10) – The Tenth Month OCTOBER! 

“Thou CROWNEST THE YEAR WITH THY GOODNESS; AND THY PATHS DROP FATNESS [ABUNDANCE] . . . “ Psalms 65:11-13. 

The Month OCTOBER is the Tenth (10) number Month of the Julian and Gregorian Calendars. What then is so special about the tenth Month that may WORTH pondering and considering into life matters. I say this because I have seen posts and statements of some indicating ‘DOOM and GLOOM’ in the name of “MBER” month, upon of which the month OCTOBER is a part while some posts, comments and statements are relatively even to the year ending; I sense all these are probably because of the event that has happened to these individuals or people personally or the general feeling of the environment especially economically at the moment or a cast of fear spells to make or break into the unexpected before the end of the year or something else best known to the respective persons. 

However, herein are some few thoughts [not mine] that I want you to investigate and make a meaningful note for yourself in this writ: 

  1.  What is the SIGNIFICANCE of the number 10 in the metric system? 

In the metric system of measurement, designations of multiples and subdivision of any unit may be arrived at by combining with the name of the unit the prefixes deka, hecto, and kilo – otherwise, 10, 100, and 1000, and deci, centi, and milli, – otherwise, one-tenth, one-hundredth, and one-thousandth . . . and such like. 

  1. What is SPECIAL about the number 10: 

The number 10 [ten] is an even natural number following 9 and preceding 11. Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system, by far the most common system of denoting numbers in both spoken and written language. The reason for the choice of ten is assumed to be that humans have ten fingers [digits]. 

  1.  What is SPECIAL about the number 10? 

Number 10 is known as a symbol of the authority of God and his government on the Earth. This number can also symbolise responsibility, law and completeness. Actually, number 10 is considered to be the symbol of obedience and responsibility of people towards the God’s law. Remember the Ten commandments! 

  1. . What does the number 10 mean in BIBLICAL numerology? 

Number 10 in Bible is a symbol of perfection, harmony and creation. This number is one of the most powerful and most widely spread, as well as 3, 7 and 12. … It is also a number of integrations, discipline, laws and wholeness. The phrase “God said” is repeated 10 times through Genesis. 

  1.  Does the BIBLE say to give 10 of your income? 

A tithe is 10% of your income given specifically to your local church. [Fun fact: The word tithe literally means tenth in Hebrew] . . . So, Scripture explains that: [1] tithing is an important part of faith for those who follow God and [2] your tithe should be money you set aside first. 

  1.  What does number 10 mean in HEBREW? 

The number 10 is the gematria of the Hebrew letter י Yodh, or in Jiddisj: ‘Jud’ stands for ‘Jew [word]’ – it’s [therefore] linked to the tetragrammaton. The Ten Commandments [עשרה דיבריא, aseret ha-dibrot, literally “Ten Utterances”] The ten Plagues of Egypt. 

These essences above and such like that’s not mentioned in my summary, thus indicates that the number 10- and tenth-Month October, means your DAYS, MONTHS and YEARS are crown of God for your GOODNESS and ABUNDANCE in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. And there’s NO room for you to REGRET at all by ANY of the DAYS and or MONTHS and or YEARS, no matter the event or circumstances that have befallen or that’s before you presently in matters of doing LIFE and GODLY LIVING. 

The DAYS, MONTHS and YEARS are God MADE in the context of the scriptures of Psalms 65:11-13 and Psalms 118:24 and Ecclesiastes 3:11 respectively. You should arise in your FAITH in Christ Jesus stead, to BEAUTIFY and lovely COLOUR your WORLDS, signifying your – person, family, finance, career, relationship and such like – in the FAITH of God in Christ Jesus stead. That’s how you BECOME not only THE DIFFERENCE but MAKES THE DIFFERENCE as the NEW CREATION AMBASSADOR of Christ Jesus [2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Galatians 6:14-15]. 

There are TWELVE months in a year, and God have not only crown the months, but have made each MONTH to be FRUITFUL, that is to say, that you can THRIVE and be PRODUCTIVE after its kind for the good and goodness of the you  and the nation – for you and your family are God’s nation as God told Abraham in the Holy Scriptures of Genesis 12:1-3 and of the fruitfulness and abundance in Ezekiel 47:12 and Revelation 22:1-2. 

Blessed regards, and in the grace of our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Thou CROWNEST THE YEAR WITH THY GOODNESS; AND THY PATHS DROP FATNESS (ABUNDANCE). 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing” Psalms 65:11-13 (Emphasis Mine). 

“This is THE DAY which the Lord hath MADE; we will rejoice and be glad in it” Psalms 118:24. 

“And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: IT SHALL BRING FORTH NEW FRUIT ACCORDING TO HIS MONTHS, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, AND THE LEAF THEREOF FOR MEDICINE” Ezekiel 47:12. 

“And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare TWELVE manner of fruits, and YIELDED her fruit EVERY MONTH: and the LEAVES OF THE TREE were for the HEALING OF THE NATIONS” Revelation 22:1-2. 

“He has MADE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL and APPROPRIATE IN ITS TIME. He has also planted ETERNITY [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11 Amplified. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

IT’S YOUR NEW DAWN DAY 

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IT’S YOUR NEW DAWN DAY: TO RISE ABOVE COMPLEXITY AND MEDIOCRITY AS YOU STEP INTO YOUR DAWN DAY IN THE GRACE! 

“That is why I remind you to fan into flame the gracious gift of God, [that inner fire—the special endowment] which is in you through the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination]. 7 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. 

It’s time to exercise your place of DOMINION in Christ Jesus stead; and to RISE ABOVE all forms of complexity and mediocrity that have befallen you in the PATH of doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus stead. [2 Timothy 1:6-7/Amplified; Romans 6:14; Luke 10:17-20; Genesis 1:26-28; Romans 5:1-2]. 

The path of COMPLEXITY and MEDIOCRITY are real in life, but there’s a more gracious and graceful PATH for the JUSTIFIED and RIGHTEOUS in Christ Jesus – [Romans 5:1-3, 17-21; Proverbs 4:18; Psalms 16:11]. You can only rise above complex and mediocre life status when you live through KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING in Christ Jesus stead; that is, in you coming to the place of ACKNOWLEDGING what’s that GOOD done in you in Christ Jesus, that the Father God had GIVEN and EMPOWERED you within, as a default POSSESSION, in all things that pertain to doing LIFE and GODLINESS, even as Jesus did KNEW and then ROSE above it ALL in humanity. [Philemon 1:6; 2 Peter 1:3-4; John 14:30]. 

You need to MAXIMISE your day today through KNOWING and RISING above your Complex and Mediocre path and battle [Ephesians 3:17-19]; then GO ENACTING and APPROPRIATING who you are in Christ Jesus stead [1 John 4:4-6], that is, by ENSURING and EXERCISING this KNOWING of who you ARE in Him, in order to enjoy His grace, wisdom and speed in His BLESSEDNESS, for your day is come, as JESUS DID in humanity. 

I pray for you in the fulness and revelation of Ephesians 1:15-23, for the BEST of God today, as you maximise your day through KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING of His WILL in you to be ABOVE ONLY. Deuteronomy 28:13. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And supper being ended, the DEVIL having now put into the HEART of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to BETRAY him; 3 Jesus KNOWING that the Father had GIVEN ALL THINGS into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 he RISETH from supper, and LAID ASIDE his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself” John 13:2-4/Emphasis Mine. 

“Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the KNOWLEDGE of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 according as his DIVINE POWER hath GIVEN unto us ALL THINGS THAT PERTAIN unto LIFE and GODLINESS, through the KNOWLEDGE of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that in the world through lust” 2 Peter 1:3-4. 

“I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5 hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; 6 that the COMMUNICATION OF THY FAITH may become effectual by the ACKNOWLEDGING of EVERY GOOD THING WHICH IS IN YOU in Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:4-6. 

“That is why I remind you to fan into flame the gracious gift of God, [that inner fire—the special endowment] which is in you through the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination]. 7 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. 

“But ye shall receive POWER (ENABLING, COMMISSION, RIGHT, ABILITY), 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. 

“But as many as received him, to them GAVE he POWER (RIGHT, CAPACITY, ABILITY, ENABLING) to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” John 1:12. 

“The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be ABOVE ONLY, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: 14 and thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them” Deuteronomy 28:12-14. 

Further Scriptural Reading: Mark 16:15-20. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

OCCUPY TILL I COME – IN LOVE 

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OCCUPY TILL I COME – IN LOVE: 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 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, we can Occupy in Christ until He comes by “BEING EARTHLY USEFUL and HEAVENLY MINDED”. 

Love is an ATTITUDE, a deliberate and intentional choice, an exercise of the will, a choice of life and is not just a feeling, it is an expression of the nature of God. It is spiritual, divinely inspired and imbedded 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 and dogmas. It outlived generation because it’s timeless and of God’s. For God is love as written: 

“Beloved, let us LOVE one another: for LOVE is of God; and everyone 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. 

Love is a FRUIT and not a GIFT. FRUITS are GROWN while GIFTS are IMPARTED. Genuine Bible love – Agape – is born and is a product of the Holy Spirit that indwells in us – (Romans 5:5, 8; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 5:9). 

Let’s consider 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 children. 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 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. 
  1.  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). 
  1.  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 leads to SIN acts. (E.g. EROS – 1 Corinthians 13:5; PHILEO – 1 Samuel 2:22-36). 

Let’s not just say we have love, lets 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 – OCCUPY TILL I COME – IN LOVE ENHANCES EARTHLY USEFULNESS AND HEAVENLY MINDEDNESS. 

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

LET IN GOD’S LIGHT INTO YOU 

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LET IN GOD’S LIGHT INTO YOU: HIS LIGHT WILL BRIGHTEN AND ILLUMINATE THE MIDDAY DARKNESS ABOUT YOU! 

“At MIDDAY, O king, I saw in the way a LIGHT from heaven, ABOVE the BRIGHTNESS of the SUN, SHINING round about me and them which journeyed with me” Acts 26:13. 

“For God, who commanded the LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, hath SHINED in our hearts, to GIVE the LIGHT of the KNOWLEDGE of the GLORY of God in the FACE of Jesus Christ” 2 Corinthians 4:6. 

When Apostle Paul, made the emboldened statement to the King Agrippa in Acts 26:13, in respect of His faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, he knew that it was the illumination and enlightenment light that’s beyond the huge midday light that makes his conviction in the faith. And of course, the brighter MIDDAY Sun light that he received was not just of the Sun light at midday but it’s of the Son of God, the sun of RIGHTEOUSNESS, which speaks of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ as written in Malachi 4:2, bringing about healing. And Jesus Christ as the fountain of life, He’s our light and in Him we are illuminated and enlightened. 

“But unto you that FEAR (REVERENCE) my name shall the SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS arise with HEALING in his wings; and ye shall go forth and GROW UP as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall TREAD DOWN the wicked; for they shall be ASHES under the SOLES of your FEET in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts” Malachi 4:2 Emphasis Mine. 

“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 9 For with thee is the FOUNTAIN of life: IN THY LIGHT SHALL WE SEE LIGHT” Proverbs 36:8-9. 

There’s a need to know that when we let in God’s light into our lives, His light will brighten and illuminate the midday darkness by commanding light out of darkness. This thus indicates that you can’t be able to see, walk, visualise, achieve, and be fulfilled purposefully and meaningfully with God BEYOND the illumination, enlightenment and comprehension you have of Him through His WORD, in Christ Jesus’ stead. And Jesus is the LIGHT of the world in us – and it’s in His light, that we are brightened and enlightened in the grace to illuminate our world from darkness, as His ambassadors on the hilltop to give His light to the world about us.  

“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: he that followeth me shall not WALK IN DARKNESS, but shall have THE LIGHT OF LIFE” John 8:12 

“You are the LIGHT of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. [15] Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. [16] Let your LIGHT so shine before men, that they may see your good works and GLORIFY your Father in heaven” Matthew 5:14-16/NKJV. 

It’s imperative to know that it’s the illumination and enlightening you have of God in Christ Jesus stead, that gives any believing one, the access to enjoy the FULNESS of God’s BLESSEDNESS in the grace. This is not what SOMEONE ELSE does for you, it’s what you have to DO FOR YOURSELF, in order to obtain the divine favour. For your recovery in the grace is your discovery that the illumination and enlightening you receive of God gives access, and this access is by the WORD. The Word gives life and the light that illuminates and enlighten us. 

“In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were MADE by HIM; and without HIM was not anything MADE that was made. 4 In HIM was LIFE; and the LIFE was the LIGHT of men. 5 And the LIGHT shineth in darkness; and the darkness COMPREHENDED IT NOT” John 1:1-5. 

“Thou through thy COMMANDMENTS hast made me WISER than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more UNDERSTANDING than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I UNDERSTAND more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts . . .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 119:98-105, 130. 

The path of the justified, made righteous, in Christ Jesus, is at the default to shine brighter and brighter on each dawn day as the scripture of Proverbs 4:18-23. And to ensure the path of the just, the righteous, SHINES brighter and illuminates, it’s by inclining to the sayings, the Word of God. This is important, to enable anyone to comprehend earnestly to fulfil purpose in the grace. And like the BEREÄN believing Believer’s, there’s the need to search and keep being spirited searching SCRIPTURALLY to earn self-honour in fulfilling purpose.  

“But the PATH OF THE JUST [RIGHTEOUS] is as the SHINING LIGHT, that SHINETH more and more unto the PERFECT [DAWN] Day . . . B” Proverbs 4:18-23. 

“And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. [11] These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY, whether those things were so. [12] Therefore many of them believed; also of HONOURABLE women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few” Act 17:10-13. 

Therefore, if you have HEALTH issues for an example, you need to take time exclusively and intentionally, to find out what the WORD says about HEALTH and HEALTHY LIVING for you in the New Creation rights and privileges in REDEMPTION. In the same scenario, if your case is MARITAL, FINANCE, RELATIONSHIP, CAREER, GOSPEL MINISTRY, FEAR, DISAPPOINTMENT, BEREAVEMENT AND SUCH LIKE, find your illumination and enlightening in the WORD for you, in order to be triumphant, more than conquerors, overcomer and victorious by God in Christ Jesus stead. 

You are either triumphing by God through His WORD in Christ Jesus stead or by yourself and man-made religious schemes that are in the world outside divinity. Know for sure and full well that Ignorance of the WORD to your circumstances and situations, will keep you in series of bondages and exposures to fallacy of all sorts and such like. The choice to win with God is always with you. YOU ARE THE CUSTODIAN OF YOUR HAPPINESS AND PEACE. 

Know for sure that your self-discovery by the WORD, will give you such unforgettable recovering; and the knowing and understanding of the process to get and achieve such illumination and enlightening can help you in getting an answer to many more matters of life and godly living without any middle man interference. I love such attitude, willingness and experiences. It makes me sleep soundly and gives me the synergy to walk head up, shoulders high and high heels of faith in Christ Jesus stead. Give it a go today.  

I pray that you find the needed light and illumination to every quest in your life, in Jesus precious name. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 9 For with thee is the FOUNTAIN of life: IN THY LIGHT SHALL WE SEE LIGHT” Proverbs 36:8-9. 

“At MIDDAY, O king, I saw in the way a LIGHT from heaven, ABOVE the BRIGHTNESS of the SUN, SHINING round about me and them which journeyed with me” Acts 26:13. 

“But unto you that FEAR (REVERENCE) my name shall the SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS arise with HEALING in his wings; and ye shall go forth and GROW UP as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall TREAD DOWN the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts” Malachi 4:2 Emphasis Mine. 

“For God, who commanded the LIGHT TO SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, hath SHINED in our hearts, to GIVE the LIGHT of the KNOWLEDGE of the GLORY of God in the FACE of Jesus Christ” 2 Corinthians 4:6. 

“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD: he that followeth me shall not WALK IN DARKNESS, but shall have THE LIGHT OF LIFE” John 8:12. 

“But the PATH OF THE JUST is as the SHINING LIGHT, that SHINETH more and more unto the PERFECT (DAWN) Day” Proverbs 4:18. 

“Thou through thy COMMANDMENTS hast made me WISER than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more UNDERSTANDING than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I UNDERSTAND more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts . . .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 119:98-105, 130. 

“In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were MADE by HIM; and without HIM was not anything MADE that was made. 4 In HIM was LIFE; and the LIFE was the LIGHT of men. 5 And the LIGHT shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not” John 1:1-5. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE MANDATE TO – OCCUPY TILL I COME 

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THE MANDATE TO – OCCUPY TILL I COME: INVOLVES FOLLOWING GOD’S PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT IN YOUR LIFE! 

“And he CALLED his ten servants, and DELIVERED them ten pounds, and SAID unto them, OCCUPY TILL I COME” Luke 19:13. 

“Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not DISOBEDIENT unto the HEAVENLY VISION” Acts 26:19. 

There’s the CHOICE to make in life in terms of either being – FULFILLED in life and godliness (godly living) – or to make the CHOICE of being – MERELY SUCCESSFUL in life as many have found themselves. And it’s only by following God’s PLAN, PURPOSE AND PURSUIT in your life that FULFILMENT in Christ Jesus stead comes to reality. That’s what it means for one to earnestly enact the charged, assigned and commissioned mandate to “OCCUPY TILL I COME”, so that you don’t just attain success but the fulfilment therein. 

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

The quest there in the concept to – OCCUPY TILL I COME – is you are prepared to let God be the lead in the concept, especially when you are subjected to circumstances that’s different from your expectations as Philip the evangelist experienced by following God’s plan, purpose and pursuit for his life – Act 8:1-40; Acts 21:7-9. As Philip the evangelist in obedience – can you afford to move from a place of GLAMOUR SUCCESS to a DESERT PLACE in life when it’s God’s plan, purpose and pursuit for you? And especially when you know that in God’s plan, purpose and pursuit, the ride and drive may not always be pleasing but you can deduce it’s your place of FULFILLMENT in Him. I want you to know for sure that doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus, is all about following God’s PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for your life and possible ministry rather than just having a mere glamour SUCCESS for men applaud and hype. Following God’s plan, purpose and pursuit for your life is the only guarantee for God’s APPROVAL and your fulfilment in Him.  

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this PURPOSE, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” 1 John 3:8 (John 18:37) 

“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man APPROVED (ACCREDITED, ATTESTED) of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know” Acts 2:22/Emphasis Mine. 

“And we know [with great CONFIDENCE] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] CAUSES all things to work together [as a PLAN] for good for those who love God, to those who are CALLED according to His PLAN and PURPOSE” Romans 8:28/Amplified (Ephesians 1:11). 

“Study and do your best to present yourself to God APPROVED, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ashamed, accurately handling and skillfully teaching the word of truth” 2 Timothy 2:15/Amplified. 

A person who is keen only for a MERE glamour SUCCESS inclination and attachment, will not see the need to leave such GLAMOUR place (position) to attend to a single person business outfit’s or Gospel Ministry as Philip the evangelist did in obedience – especially as to go to such a place in the DESERT (remote) which was accomplished by Philip the Evangelist – who sees obedience to God’s instructions far higher, richer and fulfilling as written in Acts 8:8, 26-29. 

“. . . 8 And there was GREAT REJOICING in that CITY . . . 26 But an angel of the Lord SAID to Philip, RISE and PROCEED southward or at midday on the road that runs from Jerusalem down to GAZA. This is the DESERT [route]. 27 So he GOT UP and WENT. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch of GREAT AUTHORITY under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to WORSHIP. 28 And he was [now] returning and sitting in his chariot he was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the [Holy] Spirit SAID to Philip, GO FORWARD and join yourself to this chariot . . .” Acts 8:1-8, 26-40. 

“And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. 8 And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed and came unto Cæsarea: and we entered into the house of PHILIP THE EVANGELIST, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy” Acts 8:7-9. 

And such obedience of Evangelist Philip to DIVINE order and command, is only possible of a person whose objective is not about being successful or to have a global or the glamour success but of being in obedience and FULFILMENT in Christ Jesus stead in God; Evangelist Philip was someone whose goal is to be a disciple and follower of God’s plan, purpose and pursuit; and one who truly believes in WHOLENESS of God’s lead and will go WHEREVER the Lord LEADS as Philip the evangelist did in Acts 8. Such attitude toward God’s intent, is what I called and considered as one who is – OCCUPYING TILL HE COMES and OBEYING THE HEAVENLY MANDATE or ASSIGNMENT irrespective of the norm and prejudice that’s about the person. 

Hence, I am asking you today – WHAT IS YOUR WORTH IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS? or how do you WORTH yourself in life and godly living in Christ Jesus? Is it by material achievement called SUCCESS or by being ACCOMPLISHED in God’s given vision and mission called FULFILMENT in His assignment irrespective of the norm about you? 

Are you just a mere glamour SUCCESS driven inclination person or a person of FULFILMENT in the heavenly assignment. It must be noted for sure that SUCCESS is good but it’s relative in life to all and it’s of God however; but God’s earnest desire is for us in Christ Jesus stead to have and achieve FULFILMENT which is far beyond just being SUCCESSFUL. For we are blessed of God and He wants the best for us and to have us to be successful in our life’s endeavours but not at the EXPENSE of His eternal plan, purpose and pursuit for our well-being in Him. Amen. So, there’s the need to balance the pursuit for success and to being fulfilled in God by following His plan, purpose and pursuit for us respectively as charged to – OCCUPY TILL I COME. 

“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may SUCCEED and PROSPER and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually]” 3 John 2/Amplified. 

“BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ: . . . 5 having PREDESTINATED us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, . . . 11 in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” Ephesians 1:3, 5, 11. 

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way PROSPEROUS, and then thou shalt have GOOD SUCCESS” Joshua 1:8. 

Unlike SUCCESS which is relative to all, FULFILMENT is not just only of God, but it’s a place of being readily, willingly and obediently set to accomplish in the wholeness, completeness and fulfilling of the Lord’s given and driven – PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT – in LIFE and GODLY living. And it’s in doing this God’s given and driven charge in an unhindered and uncompromising way; and with anything of sorts outside God’s intent, just as our Lord Christ Jesus did in 1 John 3:8; John 18:37 and Apostle Paul did in obedience as in Philippians 3:1-16, and upon which others like Archippus was exhorted, admonished and charged to do likewise also as written: 

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

“Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not DISOBEDIENT unto the HEAVENLY VISION” Acts 26:19. 

BEING FULFILLED in life and godliness (godly living) is about living a God GIVEN and DRIVEN PURPOSE LIFE; that’s what brings about MEANINGFUL FULFILLMENT in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead; which is far beyond – from just being a merely SUCCESSFUL person by material accumulation that’s of no heavenly implications under God’s assigned plan, purpose and pursuit. 

Therefore, I urge you today to follow God’s PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT for your fulfilment in Him, in Christ Jesus stead, because success is RELATIVE in matters of doing life and living godly. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this PURPOSE, the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil” 1 John 8:3. 

“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. TO THIS END WAS I BORN, AND FOR THIS CAUSE CAME I INTO THE WORLD, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice” John 18:37. 

“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. 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ . . . 5 having PREDESTINATED us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, . . . 11 in whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” Ephesians 1:3, 5, 11. 

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

“Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not DISOBEDIENT unto the HEAVENLY VISION” Acts 26:19. 

“Philip [the deacon, not the apostle] went down to the city of SAMARIA and PROCLAIMED the Christ (the Messiah) to them [the people]; 6 And GREAT CROWDS of people with one accord listened to and heeded what was said by Philip, as they heard him and watched the miracles and wonders which he kept performing [from time to time]. 7 For foul spirits came out of many who were possessed by them, screaming and shouting with a loud voice, and many who were suffering from palsy or were crippled were restored to health. 8 AND THERE WAS GREAT REJOICING IN THAT CITY . . . 26 But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Rise and proceed southward or at midday on the road that runs from Jerusalem down to Gaza. This is the DESERT route]. 27 So he GOT UP and WENT. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship. 28 And he was [now] returning and sitting in his chariot he was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah. 29 Then the [Holy] Spirit SAID to Philip, GO FORWARD and join yourself to this chariot . . .” (Acts 8:1-40) Kindly read the entire chapter for context. 

“And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. 8 And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed and came unto Cæsarea: and we entered into the house of PHILIP THE EVANGELIST, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy” Acts 8:7-9. 

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way PROSPEROUS, and then thou shalt have GOOD SUCCESS” Joshua 1:8. 

“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may SUCCEED and PROSPER and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually]” 3 John 2/Amplified. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

OUR TREASURED PRECIOUS FAITH 

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OUR TREASURED PRECIOUS FAITH: THE ESSENCE OF PRESERVING, BUILDING UP AND ENSURING OUR PRECIOUS FAITH! 

“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have OBTAINED like PRECIOUS FAITH with us through the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” 2 Peter 1:1. 

How PRECIOUS is your FAITH in Christ Jesus to you? I do know that people will love to PRESERVE and TREASURE and ENSURE that which is PRECIOUS to them no matter what, especially in life matters as to – friendship, marriage, family, career, precious stones of – silver, gold, diamond and such like. And they will actually contend earnestly to ensure that which they TREASURED is respected, dignified, preserved and kept away from rots and corruption; and they will do more to ensure that the enemy and cohort intent to their TREASURED are kept at bay from their treasures. 

However, we live in times when scandals loom everywhere, unfortunately even in the Christian FAITH. Some, like ESAU of the Old Testament, have SOLD their FAITH for a piece of PORRIDGE, thereby losing their BIRTHRIGHT and the DEFAULT BLESSING as written in the Holy writs – [Hebrews 12:15-17/Genesis 25; Genesis 27:35-37]. While in some other cases, the defraud is enormous and people have been betrayed, blackmailed and some killed through greed, covetousness and wickedness to get at what they want, even in high places of trust. 

Unfortunately, today some will want to mortgage their PRECIOUS FAITH in Christ Jesus, in their desperation for anything to help them keep staying in their statuesque irrespective of the circumstances. Others will want to acquire things which their PRECIOUS FAITH in Christ can’t handle just to show off, keep pacing, bank balance and afterwards – REGRETS. 

“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. 

Let us not Forget that the JUSTIFIED in Christ Jesus, shall live by HIS OWN FAITH in the FAITH of Christ Jesus. And that the life in Christ Jesus is live by love through the FAITH which is of the Holy Spirit in God’s WORD and not by the SENSES (hear, see, smell, taste, feel) of the human fleshy desires and instincts – [Habakkuk 2:4; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Galatians 5:6]. 

And if I may ask again – How VALUABLE and WORTH is your precious FAITH in Christ Jesus to you today? How much PRICE and PRIZE have you tagged on your FAITH? Is your FAITH actually PRECIOUS to you? Considering your desperation to BECOME and to POSSESS what you think you should have; and knowing full well the PATH to have it, is not of God; and it contravenes everything about your PRECIOUS FAITH in God in Christ Jesus stead. [Psalms 16:11; Proverbs 4:18]. 

Beloved, your FAITH in Christ Jesus is such a PRECIOUS WORTH in LIFE and GODLY LIVING; and to ensure your precious FAITH, you MUST not go to any length for whatsoever reason, to make it of NO EFFECT in the name of ANYTHING that’s living or non-living. 

I pray that you keep your PRECIOUS FAITH alive – ablaze and aflame – through and through, in DOING LIFE and GODLY LIVING, no matter what come your way in this life journey. The knowing and understanding that God loves you in Christ Jesus should emboldened you, in all the way to keep on keeping on, to PRESERVE and TREASURE your PRECIOUS FAITH in Christ Jesus from any stain and desires in the world – [1 John 5:3-5; 1 John 2:15-17]. 

It’s time to take away the PRECIOUS FAITH from the VILE if you must be God’s VESSEL and MOUTH in use to advance His cause and to keep the ENEMY and COHORTS at bay – [Jeremiah 25:9; 1 Timothy 2:19-21]. 

If you are struggling to PRESERVE and BUILD and ENSURE your PRECIOUS FAITH, then uphold your FAITH by PRAYING in the Spirit – THE HOLY GHOST – through THE WORD of God. Seek necessary counsel for help wherein you need to and save your day all the way. 

May you be BLESSED in Life and Godly Living, in your PRECIOUS FAITH, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have OBTAINED like PRECIOUS FAITH with us through the RIGHTEOUSNESS of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ” 2 Peter 1:1. 

“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the COMMON SALVATION, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should EARNESTLY CONTEND FOR THE FAITH which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN UNAWARES, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, UNGODLY men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ” Jude 1:3-4. 

“But ye, beloved, BUILDING up yourselves on your most HOLY FAITH, praying IN THE HOLY GHOST” Jude 1:20. 

“PRAYING always with ALL prayer and supplication IN THE SPIRIT and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” Ephesians 6:18. 

“Ye also, as LIVELY stones, ARE built up a SPIRITUAL house, an HOLY priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ . . . 9 But ye are a CHOSEN generation, a ROYAL priesthood, an HOLY nation, a PECULIAR people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath CALLED you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 which in time past were not a people, but are now the PEOPLE of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have OBTAINED mercy” 1 Peter 2:5, 9-10. 

“Thou wilt shew me the PATH of LIFE: in thy PRESENCE is FULNESS of joy; at thy RIGHT hand there are PLEASURES for evermore” Psalms 16:11. 

“But the PATH of the JUST (RIGHTEOUS) is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day” Proverbs 4:18 AMPLIFIED. 

“Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou TAKE FORTH THE PRECIOUS FROM THE VILE, THOU SHALT BE AS MY MOUTH: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them” Jeremiah 15:19. 

“Nevertheless the FOUNDATION of God STANDETH SURE, having this seal, The Lord KNOWETH them that are his. And, let everyone that NAMETH the name of Christ depart from INIQUITY. 20 But in a great house there are not only VESSELS of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to HONOUR, and some to DISHONOUR. 21 If a man therefore PURGE himself from these, he shall be a VESSEL UNTO HONOUR, SANCTIFIED, and MEET (QUALIFIED) for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work” 2 Timothy 2:19-21 (Emphasis Mine). 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE ASSURED WORD OF PROPHECY 

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THE ASSURED WORD OF PROPHECY: WILL GIVE LIGHT INTO YOUR DARK PLACE! 

The assured WORD of prophecy that’s being prophesied over you, is genuine indeed, and it’s the one that shines light into your dark place. Anything else is falsehood, lies, craft, gains and deception. Otherwise, I fear for you, if you fall for the alternative to God’s WORD, I don’t know what might become of you at the end of the dawn day. 

The ASSURED WORD OF PROPHECY is God’s WORD. And the God’s ASSURED WORD of PROPHECY, will point you to Christ Jesus stead and nothing else of any sorts. It gives KNOWLEDGE and TESTIFY of Jesus Christ to you. Meaning, it leads you comprehensively to WHAT JESUS IS TO YOU, DONE IN YOU, DONE FOR YOU, IS DOING THROUGH YOU AND WILL DO THROUGH YOU by the Holy Spirit of TRUTH in His Love. You don’t have to FAKE IT in other to MAKE IT. It does not lead or and creates another BONDAGE or DEMANDS from you additional or further sacrifices. Because God’s WORD operates through His LOVE, and God’s LOVE does not DEMAND instead it GIVES. Simply for Christ is the end of all sacrifices. Romans 10:4. 

“For Christ is the END of the LAW for RIGHTEOUSNESS to everyone that BELIEVETH” Romans 10:4 

An ASSURED PROPHECY DON’T POINT TO SELF OR THE VESSEL IN USE. So let no man DECEIVE you by their Prophecy or prophesying for self-glory or gratification, sentiments and appeals to have control over you toward your vulnerability. BE WISE. DON’T BE FOOL. There are FALSE Prophets out there and around you or nearby to you. It’s the last days. IT’S NOT BY CLOAK APPAREL OR TITLE. That’s why you are responsible to do your own – WATCH OUT and EXAMINE any – (Acts 17:10-12; 1 Corinthians 14:29-33; Philippians 1:15-18).  

Just know full well that you are the CUSTODIAN of your life – so keep away from falsehoods before you start blaming any. RUN. I mean RUN very fast and away from that falsehood and stay safe in grace and life. Jude 1:3-4. 

“Beloved, when I gave all DILIGENCE to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should EARNESTLY CONTEND for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are CERTAIN MEN CREPT IN UNAWARES, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, UNGODLY men, turning the grace of our God into LASCIVIOUSNESS, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ” Jude 1:3-4. 

An ASSURED PROPHECY does not create FEAR or LEADS to FEAR or generate anything that robs you of the DONE DID DEED in our blessed redemption in Christ Jesus. For FEAR LEADS to torments, insecurity and control, monitoring, overpowering and such like. That’s not God’s given ASSURED PROPHECY. That’s man VERDICT and CRAFT to subject, lure, gain, seduce and extract God’s good and goodness from you. 2 Timothy 1:7; Hebrews 2:14-15; Luke 2:68-75; 1 John 4:17-18. 

God’s ASSURED PROPHETIC WORD is not – GRIEVIOUS, BURDENSOME, TROUBLESOME, TASKMASTER and TERRIFYING. God’s ASSURED PROPHECY liberates, delivers, assures, insures and ensures to COMFORT, EXHORT AND EDIFY (BUILD UP) an individual person or people, of God, in Christ Jesus stead – 1 John 5:3; 1 Corinthians 14:3; Colossians 1:13-14; Ephesians 1:7-8. 

Prophesies and Prophesying that LEADS you NOT to Jesus in terms of what He is to you, He has done in you, He is doing in you and He will do through you is not genuine; but selfish, gains and self-centred and a mockery of the true Gospel for the New Creation – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21. And I repeat as earlier said “You are the custodian of your life – so keep away from falsehoods before you start blaming any” 

JESUS IS THE END OF ALL SACRIFICES AND PROPHECIES. LET NONE MAKE GAIN OF YOUR FREEDOM, LIBERATION AND REDEMPTION IN CHRIST JESUS. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“For God, who commanded the Light to SHINE OUT of DARKNESS, hath SHINED in our HEARTS, to GIVE the LIGHT of the KNOWLEDGE of the glory of God in the FACE of JESUS CHRIST” 2 Corinthians 4:6. 

“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 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. 

“And they OVERCAME him by the blood of the Lamb, and by THE WORD of their TESTIMONY; and they loved not their lives unto the death” Revelation 12:11. 

“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, THAT ALL THINGS MUST BE FULFILLED, WHICH WERE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES, AND IN THE PROPHETS, AND IN THE PSALMS, CONCERNING ME. 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures” Luke 24:44-45. 

“Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom MOSES IN THE LAW, AND THE PROPHETS, DID WRITE, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph” John 1:45. 

“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in TIME PAST UNTO THE FATHERS BY THE PROPHETS, 2 hath in these LAST DAYS SPOKEN UNTO US BY HIS SON, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they” Hebrews 1:1-4. 

“But he that PROPHESIETH speaketh unto men to EDIFICATION, and EXHORTATION, and COMFORT” 1 Corinthians 14:3. 

“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) 

“Forasmuch then as the children are PARTAKERS of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through DEATH he might DESTROY him that had the POWER of death, that is, the devil; 15 and DELIVER them who through FEAR of death were all their lifetime subject to BONDAGE” Hebrews 2:14-15. 

“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 4:17-18. 

“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments (WORDS): and his commandments (WORDS) are not GRIEVIOUS (BURDENSOME, TROUBLESOME, TASKMASTER, TERRIFYING). 1 John 5:3 (Emphasis Mine). 

“Who hath DELIVERED us from the power of darkness, and hath TRANSLATED (TRANSFORMED, TRANSFERRED) 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 (Ephesians 1:7). 

“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 

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath VISITED and REDEEMED his people . . . 74 that he would grant unto us, that we being DELIVERED out of the hand of our enemies might SERVE HIM WITHOUT FEAR, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life” Luke 1:68-75. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

PRECIOUS STONES YOU ARE – FOR BEAUTY AND GRACE 

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PRECIOUS STONES YOU ARE – FOR BEAUTY AND GRACE: YOUR PRECIOUS FAITH WITH PRECIOUS PROMISES ARE FOR YOUR BEAUTY AND GRACE IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD! 

As PRECIOUS STONES – Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires, Emeralds and alike are for VALUE, BEAUTY and GRACE, in same like manner, is our PRECIOUS FAITH with PRECIOUS PROMISES, to Decorate and Beautify and Colour and Add Value to our Worlds, in LIFE and GODLY LIVING. 

To be PRECIOUS is to be upheld in high esteem. It thus means to be loved, beloved, cherished, darling, dearly prized, valued, treasured, adored, dearest, hallowed, venerated, revered, respected and many such like. 

PRECIOUS STONES is a name that is usually used in reference to four types of GEMS: Amongst DIFFERENT GEMS, there are only four PRECIOUS STONES – RUBY, SAPPHIRE, EMERALD and DIAMOND. And these PRECIOUS GEMSTONES – Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires, and Emeralds, are highly valued for their IMMENSE RARITY and HIGH-END BEAUTY, hence are known as PRECIOUS STONES. And with all the devaluation and falls in economic downturn and meltdown of most goods and services, the WORTH and PRICE tagged of PRECIOUS STONES have remained steadily steady and at high-end in many respects. Simply for the RARITY, BEAUTY, ADDED COLOUR and TAGGED VALUE that are attached on it. Yet they are perishable in Scriptural terms and Truth. None of any in WORTH possession can REDEEM a soul or gives LIFE and GODLY LIVING to anyone apart from the wealth value attached – (Haggai 2:8; Psalms 49:6-9; 1 Kings 10; 1 Chronicles 29; 2 Chronicles 9; 2 Timothy 2:20; 1 Corinthians 3:12). 

Unlike the earthly PRECIOUS STONES that are perishable in Scriptural terms, we have OBTAINED imperishable PRECIOUS FAITH through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Not only have we obtained PRECIOUS FAITH, but we have also been endowed with God’s PRECIOUS PROMISES in His BLESSEDNESS for us in Christ Jesus stead. What an awesome people we are to go therefore and decorate, colour and beautify our worlds of doing life and living godly with God’s graciousness and gracefulness of a PRECIOUS FAITH based and endowed on a PRECIOUS PROMISES. All this is made possible depending on HOW much VALUE you’ve attached to your PRECIOUS FAITH in terms of been – eternal, priceless, rare, loved, beloved, cherished, darling, dearly prized, valued, treasured, adored, dearest, hallowed, venerated, revered, respected and many such likes. 

Also, our Christ Jesus is described as our imperishable PRECIOUS and LIVING STONE; and by Him we’ve been MADE a LIVELY STONES in GRACE, wherein we are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. And by our PRECIOUS and LIVING STONE Jesus Christ, we also have become a CHOSEN generation, a ROYAL priesthood, an HOLY nation, a PECULIAR people; that are designated to shew forth the praises of him who had called us out of the darkness of this world into His marvellous light of GLORY, MAJESTY, BEAUTY and HONOUR. 

Therefore, as PRECIOUS STONES – Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires, Emeralds and alike, are for beauty, wealth and grace; much more our PRECIOUS FAITH with PRECIOUS PROMISES are to Decorate, Beautify and Colour our Worlds in LIFE and GODLY LIVING. 

I pray you BECOME what God’s WORD says you are, and thereby ‘Decorate, Beautify and Colour Your Worlds In FAITH’, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING: 

“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have OBTAINED like PRECIOUS FAITH with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 according as his DIVINE POWER hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath CALLED US TO GLORY AND VIRTUE: 4 whereby are given unto us exceeding great and PRECIOUS PROMISES: that by these ye might be PARTAKERS of the DIVINE NATURE, having ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION that is in the world through lust” 2 Peter 1:1-4 

“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is” 1 Corinthians 3:11-13. 

“Nevertheless, the FOUNDATION OF GOD STANDETH SURE, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let everyone that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 20 But in a great house there are not only VESSELS of GOLD AND OF SILVER, but also of WOOD and of EARTH; and some to HONOUR, and some to DISHONOUR. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work” 2 Timothy 2:19-21. 

“To whom coming, as unto a LIVING STONE, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and PRECIOUS, 5 ye also, as LIVELY STONES, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is PRECIOUS: but unto them which be disobedient, THE STONE which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 and A STONE of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye are a CHOSEN generation, a ROYAL priesthood, an HOLY nation, a PECULIAR people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy” 1 Peter 2:4-10. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

DO YOUR LIFE A FAVOUR 

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DO YOUR LIFE A FAVOUR: “BEAUTIFY AND COLOUR YOUR WORLDS IN FAITH” IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD! 

It’s a high-priced time to decorate, colour and beautify your worlds (family, career/skills, relationship to God/mankind, leadership, finance, ministry and such like) in the FAITH you STAND in GRACE in Christ Jesus stead. Romans 5:1-2; Titus 3:7. 

You are the custodian of your happiness, joy, peace, dignity, honour and more. Stop looking for or pursuing your destiny as you may have been told. Your destiny is embedded and endowed in you in Christ as a default when you were saved, called, justified and glorified in fellowship in God in Christ Jesus – (1 Corinthians 1:9; Romans 8:28-30). You don’t have to run after anybody to get it or pursue after it as in the Old Testament reliance on others to reach out to God for your enabling. YOU ARE YOUR DESTINY – it’s a default in you in Christ Jesus stead if you are born of God (John 3:3, 5, 16; 1 Peter 1:22-24). The scripture declares that you’ve been predestined of God in Christ to succeed, thrive and be happy – (Ephesians 1:3-11; Romans 8:28-30). Meaning you’ve been PREDESTINED to succeed and achieve that excellence, success and goodness that you so madly and crazily desired to have and become in Christ Jesus (John 1:12). Your destiny is YOU in Christ. Beautify and colour it in Christ in FAITH. 

I don’t know what your ‘worlds’ seems to be at this very moment. But one thing I do know is that you can create the atmosphere of the gracious ‘worlds’ you will love to live on daily. Your FAITH in God through His WORD and by the working power of the blessed Holy Spirit can make all the difference (Hebrews 11:1-3). 

Your intended worlds of excitement and rejuvenation, in respect to joy, peace, love, relationship, marriage, family, finance, career, ministry and more, are embedded and imbedded on and in your FAITH in Christ (Romans 1:16-17; Habakkuk 2:4; Hebrews 10:38; Galatians 3:11). 

For God makes all things beautiful in His time. You are a part of that beauty. You are fearfully (reverentially) and wonderfully made in God’s image and likeness as the scripture do record about you and all. 

You can DECORATE, FRAME, COLOUR and BEAUTIFY your worlds today with the atmosphere you will really love to do life with. I pray for God’s grace and blessings as you remain steadfast in Faith to colour your worlds in Christ. For it’s your time to manifest the fragrance and aroma of grace through the ACKNOWLEDGING of every good thing DONE in you, DONE FOR you and being DONE THROUGH you in Christ – Philemon 1:6; 2 Corinthians 2:14). You are the reason why the earth was made and created – it’s now time for you to LIVE STRONG and LIVE REJUVENATING. Do your life a favour by beautifying and colouring your ‘WORLDS’ through ACKNOWLEDGED FAITH in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

God SHINES throw His Church – The PERFECTION of His Beauty. You are God’s Church – that He’s building. Therefore, BEAUTIFY AND COLOUR YOUR WORLDS IN FAITH” In Christ Jesus Stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2 Out of ZION, the PERFECTION of BEAUTY, God hath SHINED” Psalms 50:1-2 (Hebrews 12:22-24). 

“He has made everything BEAUTIFUL (Colourful) and APPROPRIATE in its time. He has also planted ETERNITY [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (Amplified). 

“And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How BEAUTIFUL (Colourful) are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” Romans 10:15. 

“That the COMMUNICATION of thy FAITH may become effectual by the ACKNOWLEDGING of every good thing which is in you IN CHRIST JESUS” Philemon 6. 

“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. 

“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” Hebrews 11:3. 

“Let us hold fast the profession (confession) of our FAITH without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)” Hebrews 10:23. 

“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. 

“That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be MADE heirs according to the hope of eternal life” Titus 3:7. 

“. . . 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 according as he hath CHOSEN us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 having PREDESTINATED us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath MADE us ACCEPTED in the beloved . . .11 in whom also we have OBTAINED an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will” Ephesians 1:1-11. 

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 Meditation: (Romans 14:23; 2 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Psalms 139:12-18; Psalms 144:12-15; Philippians 1:6; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 1:9; Isaiah 45:11-12 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI