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You ARE The Church: You Are Not Being Closed – It’s Just The Gathering Place Been Shut!

The Scriptures says that wisdom is PROFITABLE to direct. And because not all of us are in the same wave of grace and strength as a Church to withstand robustly some measures, it’s very important that every sacrifice to help especially the young in Faith are considered – hence the building gathering may be considered shut for the time been, the services for the advancement of the Kingdom Causes are not shut. It’s not a weakening but a wise sense to flourish all.

For Apostle Paul did say, for the WEAK I became WEAK to make them grow together as others to be strong – that’s what a good shepherd of the flocks does. And to the strong, I do all I can to keep them strengthen he said. As we take care for the Sheep, the Lambs who are most vulnerable can’t be forgotten as part of this journey of LIFE and GRACE in the Kingdom Causes of our God to keep the enemy and cohorts at bay.

For we are the Church being built of the Father God in our Lord Christ Jesus by the Word through prayers in the empowering of the Holy Spirit; as such we the Church are not the structurally and architecturally building; hence as a charismatic and dynamic body, we can adapt with the changes to advance the Kingdom Causes of our God as we keep the enemy and cohorts at bay through this period until the world present predicament come to a hold at least.

As Moses and His leadership was able to take along the mobile Church in the wilderness to the promised land of grace in spite of the ups and downs, may every Pastoral leadership I pray, will by God’s wisdom takes God’s people under their Shepherding to the places of stability, strength and counsel in LIFE and GODLINESS during this challenging and difficult times of our Health and Economic life beeing tested again WORLD wide.

The Churches leadership can use the services of the home cell groups or and social media streamlining platforms or and recorded videos and or Audio and video formats to transmit the Word to keep the Church services alive and engaged gracefully and graciously in knowledge and understanding without disruptions. More so, using the telephone lines as timeless avenues for counselling and prayers where needed in cause of channelling cares.

May I make this profound note for everyone to know that during the cause and course of this process that the dynamics in which we go about doing and running Church services will be changing and denominational boundary and limitations will be broken. So get ready to wise up from the limited bonds and conditions you may have build yourself all these while.

Its my prayers that as Pastoral leadership team open up the more to the Holy Spirit, there will be absolute update to lead the flocks of God unhindered in LIFE and GODLY LIVING in Christ Jesus stead.

Scriptures Worth Noting And Pondering:

“Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast” Isaiah 26:20.

“If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: BUT WISDOM IS PROFITABLE TO DIRECT” Ecclesiastes 10:10.

“To the WEAK became I as WEAK, that I might GAIN the WEAK: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means SAVE some. 23 And this I do for the GOSPEL’S SAKE, that I might be partaker thereof with you” 1 Corinthians 9:22-23.

“We then that are STRONG ought to bear the INFIRMITIES of the WEAK, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to EDIFICATION. 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me” Romans 15:1-3.

“I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to SUPPORT THE WEAK, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to GIVE than to RECEIVE” Acts 20:35.

“And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ” Matthew 16:16-20.

“So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY LAMBS. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP” John 21:16-17.

“And I will give you PASTORS according to mine heart, which shall feed you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.

“The ELDERS which are among you I EXHORT, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 FEED THE FLOCK of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the CHIEF SHEPHERD shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away” 1 Peter 5:1-4.

Rev Chukie MORSI

Sunday CHURCHES Services: The True Hearts

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Sunday CHURCHES Services: The True Hearts – Spirit Of Worship And Fellowship!

Someone ask me sometimes ago if I went to Church. I pause and looked at the individual if she understood the question she was asking me. I said I don’t go to Church, because I am the Church which Christ is building. I knew her concept or intent was a building which could be of any architectural design.

My concern is that the building if it becomes a restaurant or play ground tomorrow the concept of the building in use will change of what is considered then as Church by some as the building becomes a restaurant. Hence it’s very important for one to have an insight and foresight of knowing and understanding the very important of what Church is in concept, and what she truly means in the Christian Faith of Christ Jesus.

As a result I said she should reframe the question as – Did you attend Sunday Churches Services today? And I said YES. The local Churches gathering of respective individual Church for a collective cause or causes to render what is/are called SERVICE/SERVICES which could be – PRAYERS, TEACHING, EVANGELISM, PREACHING, BAPTISM, GIVING, CHARITABLE CAUSES, HOSPITALITY/WELFARE, SEMINAR, FELLOWSHIP/COMMUNION and MUSIC/WORSHIP and other ORDINANCES and more . . .

In all, what is the HEARTS of a TRUE WORSHIP? It’s of the human spirit engraved by the WORD of God, called the TRUTH, when it’s being LEAD and GUIDED by and of the Holy Spirit of God towards the acts of WORSHIP and FELLOWSHIP – (John 4:22-24; 1 Corinthians 1:9). To WORSHIP God WORTHILY and SERVE Him ACCEPTABLY in the FELLOWSHIP of the Brethren – the CALLED out people of God, that are ascribed as the CHURCH – the REDEEMED – BODY OF CHRIST.

IT’S WORTH PONDERING.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

HEREIN ARE SCRIPTURES WORTH PONDERING:

“For WE ARE the circumcision, which WORSHIP God in the spirit (Human spirit), and REJOICE in Christ Jesus, and have no CONFIDENCE in the FLESH (Five senses acts) “ Philippians 3:3. (Emphasis Mine)

“For he is not a Jew, which is ONE OUTWARDLY; neither is that circumcision, which is OUTWARD IN THE FLESH (Five Senses): 29 but he is a Jew, WHICH IS ONE INWARDLY; and circumcision is that of the HEART, in the spirit (Human spirit), and not in THE LETTER; whose PRAISE IS NOT OF MEN, BUT OF GOD” Romans 2:28-29. (Emphasis Mine).

“The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers WORSHIPPED IN THIS MOUNTAIN; and ye say, that in JERUSALEM is the place where MEN OUGHT TO WORSHIP. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in THIS MOUNTAIN, nor yet at JERUSALEM, WORSHIP the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we WORSHIP: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 BUT THE HOUR COMETH, AND NOW IS, when the TRUE WORSHIPPERS shall WORSHIP the Father in spirit (Human spirit) and in truth (God’s WORD): for the Father SEEKETH such to WORSHIP him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him MUST WORSHIP him in spirit (Human spirit) and in truth (God’s WORD)” John 4:19-24. (Emphasis Mine).

“The spirit of man is the CANDLE of the Lord, SEARCHING all the INWARD PARTS of the BELLY (BEING)” Proverbs 20:27 (Emphasis Mine).

“But there is a spirit in man: and THE INSPIRATION of the Almighty GIVETH THEM UNDERSTANDING” Job 32:8.

“The Spirit of God hath MADE me, and the BREATH of the Almighty hath GIVEN ME LIFE”

“And the Lord God FORMED MAN of the dust of the ground, AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE; and MAN became a LIVING soul” Genesis 2:7.

Rev Chukie MORSI

Praying In The Spirit

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Praying In The Spirit: BEAUTIFIES & REFRESHES Your WHOLESOME Being!

Refresh, build up, revive, revitalize, rejuvenate and renew your days and wellbeing by PRAYING In The Spirit. This will keep you keeping on, in ALL that pertains to LIFE and GODLINESS.

What it takes to beautify and colour your triune being – spirit, soul and body – is within you. Keep your being ALIVE and BUILT-UP by PRAYING ALWAYS IN THE SPIRIT.

SCRIPTURAL TRUTH WORTH PONDERING:

“For with STAMMERING LIPS and ANOTHER TONGUE will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may CAUSE THE WEARY TO REST; and this is the REFRESHING: yet they would not hear” Isaiah 28:11-12.

“But you, beloved, BUILD YOURSELVES UP on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], PRAY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT” Jude 1:20 (Amplified).

“With all prayer and petition PRAY [with specific requests] at all times [on every occasion and in every season] IN THE SPIRIT, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition [interceding in prayer] for all [a]God’s people” Ephesians 6:18 (Amplified).

“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).

Further Scriptural Reading Text: Romans 8:9-11, 26-27; Psalms 139:13-16.

Rev Chukie MORSI

AFD May 2008 EDITION

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Maximising Every Opportunity

“Towards Building Your Precious Faith’’

2 Peter 1:1 ‘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 Savior Jesus Christ:

Matthew 13:44-46 ‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it’.

Ecc. 9:11-12 ’I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them’.

I perceive strongly in my spirit to specially WELCOME you into this Month Achievers’ Faith theme: Maximising every opportunity towards ‘Building Your PRECIOUS FAITH’. How precious is your Faith in Christ to your wellbeing. For a man can only treasure what he values and has respect for. How valuable is your faith in Christ then? Have you ever read or considered that you can’t purchase or exchange your Faith for wealth, money, career, fame etc.?

Psalm 49:6-9 ‘They that trust in their WEALTH, and boast themselves in the multitude of their RICHES; None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth forever:) That he should still live forever, and not see corruption’.

Prov. 23:5 ‘Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for RICHES certainly make themselves WINGS; they FLY AWAY as an eagle toward heaven’.

We live in the time of life and in a generation in which many have no understanding of the times in which we live. Unlike the Children of Issachar who understood their time – 1Chronicles 12:32 ‘And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment’. For us, we live in the last days and a lot of ‘’Last Days’’ events as in the scriptures are daily fulfilled before our eyes positively and negatively. How much more shall we see reasons to continuously and constantly make every effort to treasure our Precious Faith as a Vessel not as an Ornament as in

2Tim. 2:19-21 ‘Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 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 honor, and some to dishonor. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work’.

For as a Vessel we can become more to our generation as God’s Achievers. For success without a successor is failure in disguise just as prosperity without posterity is a complete Failure. Our God wants us to be a plus to our generation – Meaning to our Family, Church, Career/Work, Community and Society in general – He wants our life to count in every phase of human endeavour, hence the scripture declared us as a message to one, a people or a generation.

2 Corinthians 3:2-3 ‘Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart’.

We are God’s own and an extention of His goodwill to mankind.

The book of Jude 20 ‘But ye, beloved, BUILDING up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost’, encourages us to build and how to build our Precious Faith. Also, Colossians 2:6-7 ‘As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving’ speaks of us being rooted, built up and established in our Precious Faith. Apostle Paul knowing the value of building Faith request the Ephesus Church Elders to what they should do to build their Precious Faith as in Acts 20:32 ‘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’.

To build is to make progress, develop, edify, rise like an edifice higher and higher in every areas of our life. We need to make an effort to build and not stagnant because we are engaged daily in spiritual warfare 1 Timothy 1:18 ‘This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare’ we are engaged in a Fight of our Faith as in 1 Timothy 6:12 ‘Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses’. God wants us to fight a good fight of Faith, some fights are just not worth the aggro, hence we have complexity in our family/marital life, career, Christian life, social life resulting in many emotional breakdowns. Apostle Paul fought a good Fight of Faith (2 Timothy 4:7)

Building our Precious Faith in Christ is the only way to keep ourselves alive and awake in this time of all sorts happening around us. For when we BUILD, we are INSPIRED, and when we are inspired we will not EXPIRE. Meaning our inspiration from God will not go dim – 1 Samuel 3:1. The Bible wants us to be inspired and not to sleep in order to have a positive effect on our generation. (Ephesians 5:14, 1Cor. 15:34, Romans 13;11, Proverbs 20:13, 10:5, 6:10, 24:33, 1 Thessalonians 5:6).

We need to keep building up our Precious Faith, for we can’t live our life in the past or experiences of old. What may have been relevant yesterday may not be as relevant in today’s affairs to enhance our Precious Faith in order for us to live a triumphant, victorious and an overcomer life style. (1 Corinthians15:57, 2 Corinthians 2:14, Romans 8:37). In Romans 10:17), the scripture tells us how our Precious Faith which is spiritual can be built, lest we become a people of no faith (2 Thessalonians 3:2), carnal (1Cor. 3:1-3) and/or natural (1 Corinthians 2:14-16).

We need to build our Precious Faith, because it’s the only spiritual tender of obtaining or having any form of deal or exchange in the shop of Heaven (Heb.11:6, 2Cor. 5:7). The book of Hebrews chapter eleven summarises what Faith does through the life of those that are mentioned.

Finally, can you please read and meditate on Matt13:44-46. It sums up a Heart Attitude for Heart Altitude of one who quests to treasure what is precious, valuable and priceless. Every opportunity and chance is maximised to obtain the treasure (Ecc. 9:11-12). You can begin today and through the Month of MAY to seek for all it takes to build your precious Faith to enhance and increase your WHOLESOME life in fulfilling your kingdom mandate (1Thess. 5:23, Heb.4:12-13, Lk. 2:52).

May the good Lord grant you abundance of grace in maximising every opportunity to build your precious Faith.

BE AMAZINGLY BLESSED!

In His World For His Glory

Pst Chukie MORSI

Publishing The WORD . . . REDEEMING The Whole-man

From The Chains of POVERTY, SICKNESS & SPIRITUAL DEATH

Note:All scriptures are in King James Version except otherwise indicated.