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THIS CHRISTMAS – Do it without DEBT 

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THIS CHRISTMAS – Do it without DEBT: Don’t be INDEBTED in the name of Commemoration and Celebration! 

“Every man shall GIVE AS HE IS ABLE, ACCORDING to the BLESSING of the Lord thy God which he HATH GIVEN THEE” Deuteronomy 16:17. 

“Every man ACCORDING as he PURPOSETH in his heart, so let him GIVE; not GRUDGINGLY, or of NECESSITY: for God loveth a CHEERFUL GIVER” 2 Corinthians 9:7. 

I know in essence that carrying out the UNWRITTEN DEMANDS we place on ourselves during this Christmas season in respect of GIVING, RECEIVING and SHARING GIFT and or FOOD is enormous; you must know and understand, that though it’s a good intent which I do agree and believe totally with all graciousness and gracefulness as I cherish doing, be it known also, it’s an unhealthy demand to place on yourself to accomplish when you don’t have the resources to act accordingly. We ARE permitted to give WITHIN our capacity in the grace – [Deuteronomy 16:17; 2 Corinthians 9:7]. 

I hereby suggest to you – let your actions be done with what you have as the scriptures enjoined [Deuteronomy 16:17; 2 Corinthians 9:7]; and then act accordingly, when and where you can but not in debt and indebtedness that ends you in the sickening of your well-being. For it’s MORE gracious and graceful when you can do it cheerfully without murmuring, complaining and subjecting yourself to any form of psychological and emotional unrest. 

And worst still, let not giving and sharing be done while you know that your being is spiritually disarmed to handle challenges, especially when you are behind in the repayment of some incurred indebtedness, and you know that when debt letters and or calls and or the visit of debt collectors comes knocking at your door, that the signal of depression, anguish, wrath, bitterness, regrets and such like will trigger along with other side effects.  

I don’t think Christ Jesus would APPROVE all the indebtedness that people indulge themselves in the name of Christmas celebration and commemoration. Nobody is entitled to put you into debt and indebtedness in order to keep such a person happy at your expense; for you are the CUSTODIAN of your peace and happiness and none else – so guard jealously your well-being happiness without compromise to please any before you. It’s best to live within your means – that is, within your FAITH – in the joy, happiness and grace of God in Christ Jesus. For the just in Christ shall live by his/her faith in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

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

Always know in hearts of thoughts that Jesus is risen and Enthroned. He’s no longer: 

* THE BABY IN THE MANGER 

* THE SERVANT ON THE CROSS 

He’s the Lord God on the THRONE and He LIVES, REIGNS and RULES over ALL in ALL. 

Therefore be MERRY, enjoy yourself with what you can and have available to yourself no matter how little, in the peace and grace of God in Christ Jesus stead; and where there’s more overflowing, you can then share in grace, love and peace in good will and joyfully in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS! CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE IT WITHOUT DEBT AND INDEBTEDNESS!! THIS CHRISTMAS: SAY NO TO INDEBTEDNESS!!! 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“For if there be FIRST a WILLING mind, it is accepted ACCORDING to that a man HATH, and NOT ACCORDING to that he HATH NOT” 2 Corinthians 8:12. 

“Every man shall GIVE AS HE IS ABLE, ACCORDING to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he HATH GIVEN THEE” Deuteronomy 16:17. 

“Every man ACCORDING as he PURPOSETH in his heart, so let him give; not GRUDGINGLY, or of NECESSITY: for God loveth a CHEERFUL GIVER” 2 Corinthians 9:7. 

“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. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS DECEMBER – THIS CHRISTMAS: GOD’S LOVE IS AT WORK – LETS SHARE IT!

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THIS DECEMBER – THIS CHRISTMAS: GOD’S LOVE IS AT WORK – LETS SHARE IT! 

“Behold, what MANNER of LOVE the Father hath BESTOWED upon us, that we should be CALLED the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not” 1 John 3:1. 

I want you to know that God loves you, and cares for you and everything about you. Never in the history is there such a huge expenditure or exchange of money on goods and services, for gift and care, to extend and share with friends, colleagues, family and loved ones as we see during this season of Christmas. 

People do this to extend the default of love embedded in man by God irrespective of their statuesque and belief; and this has now been expressed in this Christmas, in commemoration and celebration of God’s LOVE in Christ BIRTH and His CAUSE on earth. 

Sometimes, just letting someone know he or she is loved, can speak more volume than gift. Let us in our little way express such love of God as we have received to those around and about us, for our God is love and love is the essence of Christ birth of which is – ‘THIS CHRISTMAS’. 

CHRISTMAS – THIS CHRISTMAS, GOD’S LOVE IS AT WORK, LETS SHARE IT TO OTHERS. 

God’s grace and blessings be in love, in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen… 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And HOPE maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is SHED ABROAD in our hearts 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. 

“For God so LOVED the world, that he GAVE his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have EVERLASTING LIFE. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to CONDEMN the world; but that the world through him might be SAVED.” (John 3:16-17). 

“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. 11 Beloved, if God so LOVED us, we ought also to LOVE one another. “ (1 John 4:7-11). 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS CHRISTMAS – WHAT IS IT TO YOU: IS IT – CHRISTMAS Or XMAS 

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THIS CHRISTMAS – WHAT IS IT TO YOU: IS IT – CHRISTMAS Or XMAS – I Know It’s “CHRIST” For “CHRISTMAS” And Not An ‘X’ For “CHRIST” As In “XMAS”! 

“And WITHOUT CONTROVERSY great is the mystery of godliness: God was MANIFEST in the FLESH (HUMANITY), JUSTIFIED in the Spirit, SEEN of angels, PREACHED unto the Gentiles, BELIEVED on in the world, RECEIVED up into glory” 1 Timothy 3:16. 

What is CHRISTMAS? It is the treasured and memorable yearly commemoration and Celebration of God’s LOVE to mankind in the BIRTH of our – Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus, and His REDEMPTION CAUSE on earth for all mankind. 

Beloved, BELIEVE not EVERY spirit, but TRY (EXAMINE) the spirits whether they are of God: because MANY FALSE PROPHETS ARE GONE OUT INTO THE WORLD. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that CONFESSETH that Jesus Christ is COME in the FLESH (HUMANITY) is of God: 3 and every spirit that CONFESSETH NOT that Jesus Christ is COME in the FLESH (HUMANITY) is NOT of God: and this is that spirit of ANTICHRIST, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now ALREADY is it in the WORLD” 1 John 4:1-3. 

It’s imperative to commemorate and celebrate Christ birth. In being objective, I have sectioned the word Christmas in this way. That is, CHRIST and MAS. Wherefore, Christ – means, the anointed One, the Messiah, the Saviour, the Holy one of Israel and the Redeemer. And ‘MAS’ for ‘MASS’ means – The Gathering – To Celebrate, Commemorate and Observe. Hence CHRISTMAS in this context is the yearly commemoration and Celebration of God’s love in the birth of Christ and His REDEMPTION cause on Earth to all mankind. 

This thus signifies “CHRISTMAS” as the sharing of that GRACE and the benediction of the triune God which is expressed through their LOVE to mankind in COMMUNION – FELLOWSHIP – as it’s written: 

“The GRACE of the Lord Jesus Christ and the LOVE of God, and the COMMUNION of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen” 2 Corinthians 13:14. 

Some have replaced the ‘Christ’ of Christmas with an ‘X’ for Xmas. Probably because they are ignorant or they can’t comprehend and imagine the good that Christ brings into Christmas, hence they chose the use of the negative connotations that ‘X’ represents. You see it in advert through the media, Christmas cards and such like places to undermine the true essence for which Christ was born and named in Christmas. 

CHRIST is not the same as ‘X’ connotation. It is not a worthwhile abbreviation either by any margins. 

However, there are other opinions about Christmas, while some say Christmas is not important and is not worth any form of commemoration and celebration because  

it’s a heathen day, a pagan holiday. Others indicate that December 25th is not the day on which Christ was born and some even claimed it’s in October. Some people also say that He was born spiritual and not with physical nature – not in humanity. According to some it is for pagans and Satanists due to the glamorous events and activities that are now associated to this date especially with the financial indiscipline and indebtedness people entangle themselves into as a result of the celebration, and commemoration in quote. 

May I say that just because the enemy perverts and distorts the meaning and essence of the celebration of Christmas, does not mean that we should let go of that which we believe is of God – that is, that Christ was BORN for us all according to the scriptures irrespective of individuals or selective few indignation of Christ birth in humanity. 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 John 4:1-6. 

For me and every supposed Spirit born child of God, what is vital in the whole scenario of indifference is that Christ was born in the flesh – humanity. This is without controversy  

as endorsed in 1 Timothy 3:16. Dates and times not withstanding and should not be an issue, but the act of acknowledging this very fact and truth of God in the light of the Holy Scriptures makes the journey of the Christian FAITH meaningful and fulfilling to anyone that believes in Christ Jesus as saviour and Lord as in the scriptures. 

(This writ is an extract from my yearly publication on CHRISTMAS of – Achievers Special FAITH Digest Publications, e.g. AFD DECEMBER EDITION – BLESSED READ) 

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Blessed read.  

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And WITHOUT CONTROVERSY great is the mystery of godliness: God was MANIFEST in the FLESH (HUMANITY), JUSTIFIED in the Spirit, SEEN of angels, PREACHED unto the Gentiles, BELIEVED on in the world, RECEIVED up into glory” 1 Timothy 3:16. 

“Beloved, BELIEVE not EVERY spirit, but TRY (EXAMINE) the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that CONFESSETH that Jesus Christ is COME in the FLESH (HUMANITY) is of God: 3 and every spirit that CONFESSETH NOT that Jesus Christ is COME in the FLESH (HUMANITY) is NOT of God: and this is that spirit of ANTICHRIST, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now ALREADY is it in the WORLD. 4 Ye ARE of God, little children, and have OVERCOME them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They ARE of the WORLD: therefore SPEAK they of the world, and the world HEARETH them. 6 We ARE of God: he that KNOWETH God HEARETH us; he that is NOT of God HEARETH NOT us. Hereby KNOW we the spirit of TRUTH, and the spirit of ERROR” 1 John 4:1-6 (Emphasis Mine). 

“I marvel that ye are so soon REMOVED from him that CALLED you into the grace of Christ unto ANOTHER gospel: 7 which is not another; but there be SOME that trouble you, and would PERVERT the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any OTHER gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be ACCURSED. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any OTHER gospel unto you than that ye have RECEIVED, let him be ACCURSED” Galatians 1:6-9. 

“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. 

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, THE WORD, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” 1 John 5:7. 

“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 . . . 14 And THE WORD was made FLESH [HUMAN, HUMANITY], and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of GRACE and TRUTH . . . 17 For THE LAW was given by Moses, but GRACE and TRUTH came by Jesus Christ” John 1:1-5, 14, 17. 

“That the COMMUNICATION of thy FAITH may become EFFECTUAL by the ACKNOWLEDGING of EVERY GOOD thing which is IN YOU in Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:6. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS DECEMBER . . . THIS CHRISTMAS – THE POWER OF CHOICE

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THIS DECEMBER . . . THIS CHRISTMAS – THE POWER OF CHOICE: CHOOSE LIFE AND LIFE-GIVING WORDS – THAT ARE SCRIPTURAL! 

“And all bare him (Jesus) witness, and WONDERED at the GRACIOUS WORDS which PROCEEDED out of his MOUTH. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:22. 

IT IS TIME TO LIVE WHOLE AND SPEAK WELL TO LIVE WHOLE into your total Well-Being: spirit, soul and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23/Hebrews 4:12-13). It’s time for you to SPEAK the WORD and LIVE by the WORD; and not just any POSITIVE WORD but SCRIPTURALLY based WORD. 

Know full well that POSITIVE WORD may not necessarily be SCRIPTURAL WORD. SCRIPTURAL WORD are LIVING WORD. They are LIFE GIVING WORD, and Christ Jesus is THE WORD (John 1:1-5, 14). And He is the REASON for THIS CHRISTMAS. Speak Him FORTH into your life situation and circumstances. 

Speaking The SCRIPTURAL WORD is speaking life to your situation and circumstances – Mark 11:23. And the dead or deadened will hear and come alive; and will rise up to live – John 5:24-27; and you will be QUICKENED to live again, when you speak SCRIPTURALLY BASED-WORD into any situation in Christ Jesus stead. 

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that HEARETH MY WORD, and BELIEVETH on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when THE DEAD SHALL HEAR THE VOICE of the Son of God: AND THEY THAT HEAR SHALL LIVE. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man” John 5:24-27. 

Speaking forth the LIVING and GRACIOUS WORD to all about you – no matter what the circumstances presents at any moment, will DEFINE your life and the atmosphere you desire to see and enjoy just as a THERMOSTAT does define and not as a thermometer that absorbs and allows external definition. 

I pray you enjoy your day in God’s gracious and graceful scripturally based WORD Of LIFE with HOPE, FAITH AND LOVE. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

“And all bare him (Jesus) witness, and WONDERED at the GRACIOUS WORDS which PROCEEDED out of his MOUTH. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:22. 

“A man’s BELLY (BEING) shall be SATISFIED with the FRUIT of his MOUTH; and with the INCREASE of his LIPS shall he be FILLED. 21 DEATH and LIFE are in the POWER of the TONGUE: and they that LOVE it shall eat the FRUIT thereof” . 

“Thou art SNARED with THE WORDS of thy MOUTH, thou art TAKEN with the WORDS of thy MOUTH” Proverbs 6:2. 

“Let us HOLD FAST the PROFESSION (Declaration/Confession) of our FAITH WITHOUT WAVERING; (for HE is FAITHFUL that PROMISED;)” Hebrews 10:23 (Emphasis Mine). 

“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 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. 

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that HEARETH MY WORD, and BELIEVETH on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when THE DEAD SHALL HEAR THE VOICE of the Son of God: AND THEY THAT HEAR SHALL LIVE. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man” John 5:24-27. 

“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you LIFE and DEATH, BLESSING and CURSING: therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both thou and thy seed may LIVE: 20 that thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: FOR HE IS THY LIFE, AND THE LENGTH OF THY DAYS: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them” Deuteronomy 30:19-20. 

“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [that is, separate you from profane and vulgar things, make you pure and whole and undamaged—consecrated to Him—set apart for His purpose]; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete and [be found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Thessalonians 5:23 Amplified. 

“For THE WORD of God is LIVING and ACTIVE and FULL OF POWER [making it OPERATIVE, ENERGIZING, and EFFECTIVE]. It is SHARPER than any TWO-EDGED SWORD, penetrating as far as the DIVISION of the SOUL and SPIRIT [the completeness of a person], and of both JOINTS and MARROW [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very THOUGHTS and INTENTIONS of the heart. 13 And NOT A CREATURE EXISTS that is CONCEALED from His sight, but all things are open and EXPOSED, and REVEALED to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account” Hebrews 4:12-13 Amplified. 

Further Scriptural Reading: Mark 11:20-24; Romans 10:8-10; John 10:10; 1 John 5:11-12; Hebrews 10:23, 35-39; 2 Timothy 1:6-7. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS CHRISTMAS – THIS DECEMBER – MAKE IT YOUR FAMILY TIME 

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THIS CHRISTMAS – THIS DECEMBER – MAKE IT YOUR FAMILY TIME: MAY YOU KNOW THE LOVE OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS I PRAY! 

“For this CAUSE I bow my KNEES unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 of whom the whole FAMILY in HEAVEN and EARTH is NAMED . . . 17 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 BREATH, and LENGHT, and DEPTH, and HEIGHT; 19 AND TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST, WHICH PASSETH (TRANSCENDS AND SURPASSES) KNOWLEDGE (HUMAN SENSES), THAT YE MIGHT BE FILLED WITH ALL THE FULNESS OF GOD . . .” Ephesians 3:14-21. 

CHRISTMAS is a bonding time for families and those we care about. And one gracious and graceful great thing about Christmas and THIS CHRISTMAS – is that it’s time to SETTLE SCORES, FORGIVE and JUSTIFY others, EMBRACE and STRENGTHEN relationships. Although in some homes and families, it’s the opposite today and even now – for them it’s a time for in-fighting, counting wrongs, blames, creating more confusion, retaliation, revenge and such like. 

The various failures in human limitations ought not to be so any more – simply because of the LOVE of God in Christ Jesus that’s poured into us and lavishly given to us and embedded in our hearts for our today, tomorrow and always, by the power of the Holy Spirit that dwells in us and by which we are saved in the grace. 

“Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God’s LOVE HAS BEEN POURED OUT IN OUR HEARTS through the Holy Spirit Who has been GIVEN to us . . . 8 But God shows and clearly proves His [own] LOVE for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us” Romans 5:5, 8/Amplified Classic Edition. 

And this LOVE of God in Christ Jesus that’s poured in us, SURPASSES and TRANSCENDS our human [Sense] KNOWLEDGE comprehension; and this SURPASSING and TRANSCENDING LOVE of God in Christ Jesus, dwells in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. An indescribable gift of God to all born of Him in Christ Jesus. What an awesome gift that’s given to us, and that dwells in us also, in all of God’s redemption, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. And it’s my wish that the consciousness of God’s love will overwhelm you in Christ Jesus; to enable you live and love far above the limitations of human sense knowledge love, that’s full of sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation.  

“May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be ROOTED DEEP IN LOVE AND FOUNDED SECURELY ON LOVE, 18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]; 19 [That you may really come] to KNOW [practically, through experience for yourselves] THE LOVE of Christ, which far SURPASSES mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be FILLED [through all your being] unto all the FULLNESS of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]” Ephesians 3:17-19/Amplified Classic Edition. 

I therefore PRAY as Apostle Paul for you today and tomorrow and even now – that you may KNOW and UNDERSTAND the LOVE of God in Christ Jesus that SURPASSES and TRANSCENDS your human concept of five senses KNOWLEDGE through God’s LOVE in Christ Jesus that concerns you, your family and those you care about. May this love of God captivate you to give the needed leverage and enabling for you to enjoy the FULNESS of God in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

Make THIS CHRISTMAS your NEW DAY and NEW BEGINNING of expressing daily the LOVE of GOD in CHRIST JESUS which SURPASSES and TRANSCENDS your human five senses KNOWLEDGE in all you do to self, family, colleagues and your fellow human beings and mankind. 

I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS – AND A BLESSED CELEBRATION AND COMMEMORATION OF GOD’S LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD. AMEN. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And HOPE maketh not ASHAMED; because the LOVE of God is SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us” Romans 5:5. 

“For this CAUSE I bow my KNEES unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 of whom the whole FAMILY in HEAVEN and EARTH is NAMED, 16 that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 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 BREATH, and LENGHT, and DEPTH, and HEIGHT; 19 AND TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST, WHICH PASSETH (TRANSCENDS AND SURPASSES) KNOWLEDGE (HUMAN SENSES), THAT YE MIGHT BE FILLED WITH ALL THE FULNESS OF GOD. 20 Now unto him that is ABLE to DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL all that we ASK or THINK, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen” Ephesians 3:14-21/Emphasis Mine. 

“Let LOVE be without hypocrisy. ABHOR what is EVIL. Cling to what is good. 10 Be KINDLY AFFECTIONATE to one another with brotherly LOVE, in honor giving preference to one another; 11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; 13 DISTRIBUTING to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality. 14 BLESS those who PERSECUTE you; BLESS and do not CURSE. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. 17 REPAY no one EVIL FOR EVIL. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, LIVE PEACEABLY with all men. 19 Beloved, do not AVENGE yourselves, but rather GIVE place to WRATH; for it is written, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 Therefore “IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM; IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.” 21 Do not be OVERCOME by evil, but overcome evil with good” Romans 12:9-21. 

“If THINE ENEMY be HUNGRY, GIVE him BREAD to EAT; and if he be THIRSTY, GIVE him WATER to DRINK: 22 for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee” Proverbs 25:21-22. 

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; BUT FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE . . .13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, BUT BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER” Galatians 5:6, 13. 

“When a MAN’S WAYS PLEASE the Lord, he MAKETH even his ENEMIES to be at PEACE with him” Proverbs 16:7. 

“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 11:6. 

Further Scriptural Reading: Matthew 5:38-48. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

 

THE CHRISTMAS REASON: THE EXPRESSION SEASON OF GOD’S LOVE

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THE CHRISTMAS REASON: THE EXPRESSION SEASON OF GOD’S LOVE – IN RELATIONSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP! 

By the virtue of birth, my gracious, sweet, loving and dear wonderful children have an awesome RELATIONSHIP with me. But if any is to enjoy a more than the usual, normal and generalised BLESSEDNESS of GRACIOUSNESS and GRACEFULNESS, they have to engage in a constant FELLOWSHIP and COMMUNION to know and understand the path to it, that’s their RESPONSIBILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY. 

Much more in the same scenario, by virtue of God’s love in Christ Jesus’ we obtain RELATIONSHIP in our being born of God (comely called Born Again). But if we are to enjoy the fullness of God, we must endeavour to explore a FELLOWSHIP decorum with Him. Adam lost his fellowship at Eden, and it cost him at Eden as we know till date with the afterward generations of him. Jesus in humanity maximise His FELLOWSHIP and He made all the difference as we know. 

This is not about Church or special programs and busy prayer meetings and schedules, but how much of fellowship you are having with Father God personally, to enhance and boost your worth in Him and for Him is what ‘This Christmas’ in ‘This December’ and ‘This Day’ should be about. The REASON for the SEASON. 

It is the fellowship that strengthens relationships. Sin hinders the fellowship and in time destroys the relationship as in Eden. Hence during this season of Christmas, give room for the reason, that is, God’s love in Christ Jesus in relationship for fellowship to count and account for you. Make time to be ‘ALONE WITH FATHER GOD’. 

Every Blessing in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

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

“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have FELLOWSHIP with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have FELLOWSHIP one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” 1 John 1:5-7. 

“And in the morning, RISING up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a SOLITARY place, and there PRAYED” Mark 1:35. 

“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. 

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW creature: OLD things are passed away; behold, all things are BECOME NEW” 2 Corinthians 5:17. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

The Christmas REASON

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The Christmas REASON: The Expression SEASON of God’s LOVE to HUMANITY – in RELATIONSHIP and FELLOWSHIP! 

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

“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there PRAYED (FELLOWSHIP)” Mark 1:35/Emphasis Mine. 

This December . . . and in This Christmas, the season is more than just celebrations and commemoration season. It’s about you enacting and authenticating your LOVE towards God as He does toward you in Christ Jesus stead in order for you to fulfill your life given purpose in Him. More so to access all about you by the revealing enabling that comes through loving God.  

“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. 

“But as it is written, EYE hath not seen, nor EAR heard, neither have entered into the HEART of man, the things which God hath PREPARED for them that LOVE Him. 10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the DEEP things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. 

And I know, that, by the virtue of birth, my wonderful children have an awesome RELATIONSHIP with me; but if any is to enjoy a MORE THAN the usual, normal and generalised BLESSEDNESS beyond the right to birthmark, they have to engage in a constant FELLOWSHIP to know and understand the path to it – and that path undertaking, is their RESPONSIBILITY to make it happen. 

Much more in the same scenario, by virtue of God’s love in Christ Jesus, we obtain RELATIONSHIP in our being born of God (comely called Born Again). But if we are to enjoy the fullness of God, we must endeavour to explore the FELLOWSHIP decorum with Him in Christ Jesus stead. For our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, though He’s God’s son in relationship, had to learn OBEDIENCE through FELLOWSHIP in same scenario to obtain of God all it takes to be, while in humanity as us today. 

“. . . 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. 6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 7 Who in the DAYS of his FLESH [HUMANITY], when he had OFFERED up PRAYERS [FELLOWSHIP] and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to SAVE him from death, and was heard in that He FEARED [REVEREND]; 8 though he were a Son, yet LEARNED HE OBEDIENCE by the things which he suffered; 9 and being made perfect, he became the AUTHOR of eternal salvation unto all them that OBEY him; 10 CALLED of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec” Hebrews 5:1-10/Emphasis Mine. 

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

“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there PRAYED (FELLOWSHIP)” Mark 1:35/Emphasis Mine. 

Adam lost his FELLOWSHIP at Eden, and it cost him dearly for all humanity at Eden as we know. Jesus in humanity maximised His FELLOWSHIP in His humanity and He made all the difference as we know it for the good of all humanity too. 

Hence Month December and this Christmas is not about Church or special programs and busy prayer meetings and schedules, but how much of FELLOWSHIP you are having and engaging with Father God personally. This is good and necessary, to enhance and boost your worth in Him and for Him. This is what ‘THIS CHRISTMAS’ in ‘THIS DECEMBER’ and ‘THIS DAY’ should be about – The REASON for the SEASON. 

It is the FELLOWSHIP that strengthens RELATIONSHIP. Sin hinders the fellowship and in time destroys and erases the relationship as in Eden. Hence during this SEASON of Christmas, give room for the REASON, that is, God’s love in Christ Jesus in relationship for fellowship to count and account for you and your good. 

Make time to be ‘ALONE WITH FATHER GOD’ and have your own ACQUAINTANCE with Him. For LOVE makes Christmas a gracious event while SELFISHNESS (SELF-CENTEREDNESS) makes it a burden and pain. 

May you have an amazing Christmas in all you do I pray. 

Every Blessing. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

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

“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have FELLOWSHIP with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have FELLOWSHIP one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” 1 John 1:5-7. 

“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there PRAYED (FELLOWSHIP)“ Mark 1:35/Emphasis Mine. 

“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). 

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW creature (CREATION): old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” 2 Corinthians 5:17 (Emphasis Mine). 

“But God FORBID that I should glory, SAVE in the CROSS of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is CRUCIFIED unto me, and I unto the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a NEW CREATURE. 16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God” Galatians 6:14-16. 

“I am CRUCIFIED with Christ: nevertheless I LIVE; yet not I, but Christ LIVETH in me: and the LIFE which I now LIVE in the flesh I LIVE by the faith of the Son of God, who LOVED me, and GAVE himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain” Galatians 2:20-21. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS DECEMBER – THIS CHRISTMAS 

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THIS DECEMBER – THIS CHRISTMAS: MY TEN SPECIAL CHRISTMAS ‘WISDOM NUGGET DIGEST’ TO YOU! 

This CHRISTMAS . . . This DECEMBER, it’s great knowing these but not limited wisdom nuggets that WORTH digesting as such: 

Firstly, WHAT IS CHRISTMAS? It is a yearly COMMEMORATION and CELEBRATION of God’s LOVE to mankind in the BIRTH of our Lord and Saviour – Christ Jesus and His REDEMPTION CAUSE on earth for the good of ALL mankind. 

Secondly, I am laying out some TEN WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST which I love you to observe for your own good – It will secure you in GRACE and BLESSEDNESS in this DECEMBER Christmas from lots of shortfalls that people get trapped into. 

HEREIN are the TEN WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST to assist you wisely in this DECEMBER CHRISTMAS preparation if you may: 

  •  1ST WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall PREPARE your soul for Christmas – [Romans 12:1-2]. We need to PREPARE a room in the INNER being of our heart for the Lord in this Christmas – [Revelation 3:20; Luke 2:7b]. 
  •  2ND WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall not over BURDEN the Salesclerk with your worries – [Matthew 6:25-34 (note especially vs. 33 – the need to seek right)]. 

We need not let the worry of gifts – Shoes, games, transport, groceries, clothing’s, jewelries and other forms of shopping and shoppers, to weigh us down and get us into debt. You need to escape from the bondage of – BUY today for nothing to PAY in WORRIES and ANXIOUSNESS with HEAVY HEARTS and BURDEN later – resulting and leading to depression. 

  •  3RD WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall GIVE yourself with your gift – [2 Corinthians 8:1-5; 2 Corinthians 9:7-11; Psalm 49:6-9]. 

GIVE God your HEART before you GIVE your material gains and gifts: Give Him your heart, the Lord requires first before anything. Your life is worth to God than your gift. GIVING IS LIVING. 

  •  4TH WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall not VALUE gifts by their cost – [Luke 21:1-5; Matthew 2:11]. The least expensive gift may speak LOVE and with great hearts than the costly.  
  •  5TH WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall not LEAVE (keep) Christ outside Christmas – [Matthew 2:13]. Joseph was with Christ during Christmas celebration mood; hence he could hear from God about the enemy and cohorts’ intent and plan – for King Herod had set a danger plan against baby Jesus. Don’t let Christmas be used for evil work against you and your family. 
  •  6TH WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall not ALLOW Father Christmas to REPLACE Christ in your heart and that of your family – [Ephesians 3:13-14; Colossians 1:27; Luke 2:11]. Some will put up some masquerade and sorcery circus acts to display in a devilish mood, terrorising and frightening people in the name of Christmas. Don’t get people hurt please. Stay far away from such attraction. 
  •  7TH WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall not FORGET and NEGLECT the needy – [James 1:27; 2:14-20]. Christmas is a very good time to extend God’s love in you to the needy around you. For the have not will always be among us the scriptures say – Deuteronomy 15:11; Mark 14:7. 
  •  8TH WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall not NEGLECT your Church – the place of gathering for Fellowship, serve and Worship of God in Christ Jesus stead – [Hebrews 10:25]. What is the Church? It is the voluntary gathering of people to FELLOWSHIP with one another in the LOVE of Christ, to SERVE God ACCEPTABLY and to WORSHIP God WORTHILY in spirit and truth. The service in the Church highlights the Christmas. In the morning it is called MASS – Celebration and Commemoration while in the evening – it is called BENEDICTION. [John 4:20-24; Philippians 3:3; 1 Corinthians 1:9, 1 Corinthians 14:25]. 
  •  9TH WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall be humble as a LITTLE Child – [Mark 10:15]. It takes a childhood heart to embrace the spirit of Christ birth for the called Christmas. Hence, it’s a time of childhood spirit and not childish attitude which we may see on our streets and community during this period. 
  •  10TH WISDOM NUGGETS DIGEST: You shall WORSHIP and give your heart toward God in Christ Jesus – [Matthew 2:11; John 3:16; Revelation 3:20; John 1:12]. Let Christ be at the top of your Christmas commemoration and celebration. Prepare and decorate your hearts much more to your house. 

And FINALLY: 

KEEP SELFISHNESS OUT OF YOUR CHRISTMAS – FOR SELFISHNESS makes Christmas a BURDEN, but LOVE makes Christmas – PEACEFUL, LOVELY, GOOD WILL and JOYOUS in every way. FOR GIVING IS LIVING. AND CONTENTMENT IS A GREAT GAIN IN LIFE AND GODLINESS. 

Wishing you a MERRY Christmas of good will and peace. And BLESSED COMMEMORATION and CELEBRATION in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And without CONTROVERSY great is the mystery of godliness: God was MANIFEST in the flesh, JUSTIFIED in the Spirit, SEEN of angels, PREACHED unto the Gentiles, BELIEVED on in the world, RECEIVED up into glory” 1 Timothy 3:16. 

“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 any thing 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 . . .14 And THE WORD was made FLESH (HUMAN), and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” John 1:1-5, 14 Emphasis Mine. 

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, THE WORD, and the Holy Ghost: AND THESE THREE ARE ONE” 1 John 5:7. 

Further Scriptural Reading Text: Matthew 1:18-25; Matthew 2:1-23; Luke 2:1-20 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS DECEMBER! THIS CHRISTMAS: LOVE IS BORN IN OUR HEARTS!  

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THIS DECEMBER! THIS CHRISTMAS: LOVE IS BORN IN OUR HEARTS!  

“. . . 10 And the angel said unto them, FEAR NOT: for, behold, I bring you GOOD TIDINGS of GREAT JOY, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is BORN THIS DAY in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord . . .” Luke 2:8-24. 

Love is the essence of Christmas. That’s what makes month December a very special month and more so, in a dual essence in context: 

  • It’s a cooling point of all the experience of the other previously held months in the Julian and Gregorian calendar – and as it marks the celebrating and commemorating of the love of God after the various challenging times in the year to most people in respective ways;  
  • And it also marks a refreshing point to take stock, evaluates, synergies and strengthens oneself in order to take on a new stand in the grace of love, especially for the unknown coming year. 

And when each of the spectrums mentioned above becomes an essence that’s built on love, being pursuit by love, being plan by love and being purpose by love, we act knowingly by awakening our Father God of love, to enable Him ensure and assure His love essence to us and through us and to all of mankind for His Kingdom cause. 

And the knowing and understanding of times and reasons for the season, which is about the birth of Christ Jesus, and termed Christmas, a yearly [an annual] celebration and commemoration to enact and authenticate the God’s love in Christ Jesus, and His redemption cause for the good and goodness of all mankind, and event that’s irrespective of class, status, gender, colour, kindred, tongue, nation and people. 

For Jesus loves us as much as the Father God loves us. He’s the expression of the Father God’s love. Hence, His birth, which this December month is accredited to for Christmas, is the birth of love. And we need to have our being experienced the rebirth of love instead of nursing and expressing hatred, wickedness, anger, bitterness, evil and such like depraved state in our hearts – a deprave and inhumane state that’s without God to ensure and assure the presence of love. Know today that God loves you. He loved us so much that He died for the sake of love, and in love, He redeemed us through the sacrifice of His blood on the cross, sealing His love for us forever. 

“I have LOVED you just as the Father has LOVED Me; remain in My LOVE [and do not DOUBT My LOVE for you]” John 15:9/Amplified. 

“And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who LOVED us and WASHED us from our sins in His own blood, [6] and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen” Revelation 1:5-6/NKJV. 

“And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have REDEEMED us to God by Your blood Out of every TRIBE and TONGUE and PEOPLE and NATION, 10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall REIGN on the earth” Revelation 5:9-10/NKJV. 

God is love. And for Love and in love He sent Jesus to express His love and nature, and the principles of love to humanity. Jesus came by love, lived by love and died by love and for love. And upon love, as by this December, in this Christmas, love is being celebrated and commemorated in the grace. God’s love in Christ Jesus wasn’t hidden but was demonstrated and showcased while we were yet in sin and are sinners. That’s the awesomeness of love beyond human comprehension. 

“But God DEMONSTRATES His own LOVE toward us, in that while we were STILL sinners, Christ DIED for us” Romans 5:8/NKJV. 

“For God so LOVED the world that He GAVE His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to CONDEMN the world, but that the world THROUGH HIM might be SAVED” John 3:16-17. 

Today, how much do you love God’s WORD? Do you love it as your first, last, and only companion, or do you turn to it after trying your own self-made ways, the opinions of others, or sources like the 1st internet web called World-Wide-Web [WWW], or the 2nd internet web called Social-Media-Web [SMW] or the current 3rd web called the Artificial Intelligence Web alias AI-Web [AIW].  

I want you to know that God’s WORD is built on love, which is far beyond any of the past and present web components we’ve mentioned that consume our world today. If you are never a lover of God’s WORD or one who is skeptical of God’s WORD or one who thinks that God’s word is mystical, know now and today and always, that God’s WORD is none of the characteristics and assumptions mentioned earlier or any such like; for God’s WORD is built of His nature and person, which is love. He is love, and love by definition and love by His WORD. 

And when you love His WORD to obey His WORD from the place of love, you find out that His WORD is not grievous, toastmaster, irksome, oppressive, burdensome and any such like. And those who loves His word, His word, is born in their hearts even as in this December and in this Christmas of the celebration and commemoration of the birth of God’s loves to advance His Kingdom cause for the good and goodness of all mankind in the grace. I employ you to love God’s commands and build up your life in His WORD by love for your graciousness and gracefulness in the grace. 

“And now I COMMEND you to God [placing you in His protective, loving care] and [I commend you] to THE WORD of His grace [the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor]. His GRACE is able to BUILD you up and to GIVE you the [rightful] inheritance among all those who are SANCTIFIED [that is, among those who are SET APART for God’s purpose—all believers]” Acts 20:32/Amplified. 

“EVERYONE WHO believes (adheres to, trusts, and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a born-again child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one BORN of Him (His offspring). 2 By this we come to know (recognize and understand) that we love the children of God: when we LOVE God and obey His commands (orders, charges)– [when we keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and His teaching]. 3 For the [true] love of God is this: that we do His commands [keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and teaching]. And these orders of His are not irksome [burdensome, oppressive, or grievous]” 1 John 5:1-3/Amplified Classic Edition.  

“If you abide in Me, and My WORDS abide in you, you will ASK what you DESIRE, and it shall be DONE for you. 8 By this My Father is GLORIFIED, that you bear MUCH FRUIT; so you will be My disciples. 9 “As the Father LOVED Me, I also have LOVED you; abide in My LOVE. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My LOVE, just as I have kept My Father’s COMMANDMENTS and ABIDE in His LOVE” John 15:7-10/NKJV. 

Love is an essence to SERVE others by, in the kingdom CAUSE of God. And God only cause all things to work out for the good of those that loves Him and embraces the kingdom PURPOSE of His assignments to them. There are many out there, who wants just God’s BLESSEDNESS in their lives but are unprepared for the kingdom cause and purpose of God. It’s impossible to take God’s love out of His purpose. It’s like cutting off your nose to spite your face. 

God in His nature of love, implants His purpose to work together for the good of all who embraces the spirit of services through love. For the Faith to please God only operates through love. So, to render to God an acceptable service, and a worthy worship, love must be defacto and the process essence to execute under God’s name and person. Hence, in this December and in this Christmas, ensure and assure God’s love, in all manners of services of your efforts, to be divinely accepted as scripturally written: 

“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. 

“For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only FAITH ACTIVATED and EXPRESSED and working THROUGH LOVE . . . 13 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 5:6, 13/Amplified. 

There are secret places and secret things in this world and about the way to live and do life in order to be an overcomer, be triumphant and more than conqueror in 24/7, over this world systems. And it’s only the creator God, that holds the answers to the human questions in the palm of His hands. That’s why no matter all man has achieved in humanity, the insatiable search to get an answer to the questions that had risen out of what man has created remains an illusion no matter the human investments and bodies created to find answers. And it’s because man’s eternal spirited hearts can’t fathom God by its limited wisdom and its eternal spirit quest, it’s only answerable to God and not to man or human creations by the limited wisdom in comparison to the infinite wisdom of the eternal God of love. 

“He has made EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUl in its time. He also has planted ETERNITY in MEN’S HEARTS and MINDS [a DIVINELY IMPLANTED SENSE of a PURPOSE working through the ages which NOTHING under the sun but God ALONE can satisfy], yet so that men CANNOT find out what God has done from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified Classic Edition. 

And God has severally by the Scriptures given out His intents to reveal to us His secrets to His children [Amos 3:7; Deuteronomy 29:29; Psalms 25:14; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10]. He knows it’s by that extraordinary and supernaturally means that His children can be distinguished from others in the world. And this enormous secrets places and secret things of God is only REVEALED to those who walk according to the cause of love in Him in them – meaning, those who are willing and ready to do life and live godly lives through love, without buts, ifs, or terms and conditions. God lives and breathes through love, as a nature and as a person. And only let out His secret of eternal realms of love, to those led by the Holy Spirit, who ensures love in the process of doing life and living godly in His grace. That’s what defines the process in the realms of revelation as it’s written: 

“But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has PREPARED for those who LOVE Him.” 10 But God has REVEALED [UNVEILED] them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit SEARCHES all things, yes, the DEEP things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10/NKJV [Isaiah 64:4; Isaiah 65:17]. 

“The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning” Psalms 25:14/Amplified Classic Edition [John 7:17; John 15:15; Deuteronomy 29:29; Amos 3:7]. 

God gave us a new commandment that’s built on love in Christ Jesus. Hence, in this December and in this Christmas and always, God earnest desires and expectations, is for you to do life and live godly with others through the mirror of love irrespective of whatever. That is the bedrock and hallmark of His commands, and His commands in His commandments are not advice, but a life to be lived in love, intentionally and pragmatically, as a mark of obedience to Him. 

For all the law given in the Old creation Testament is summed up in the New creation Testament in four letters: L-O-V-E. The essence of the New commandments for The New Creation in Christ Jesus is all spelled out in love. The New Creation needs to abide in God’s word in love and abound in love in order to actualise and authenticate the loving friendship of God’s love towards us, as demonstrated in Christ Jesus, just like Father Abraham. 

“As the Father LOVED Me, I also have LOVED you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My LOVE, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My JOY may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My COMMANDMENT, that you LOVE one another as I have loved you. [13] GREATER LOVE has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are MY FRIENDS if you do whatever I COMMAND you” John 15:9-14/NKJV. 

“And [so] the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) God, and this was accounted to him as righteousness (as conformity to God’s will in thought and deed), and he was called God’s friend” James 2:23/Amplified Classic Edition [Genesis 15:6; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8]. 

“For Christ is the END of the LAW [it leads to Him, and its PURPOSE is FULFILLED in Him], for [granting] RIGHTEOUSNESS to everyone who BELIEVES [in Him as Savior]” Romans 10:4/Amplified. 

God expectations of the believing one of God that has become a New creation, is to be a carrier of God’s DNA of love. It does mean we are expected to love irrespectively and without sentiments, prejudice, and dissimulation. And the idea of NOT LOVING any, makes one a murderer in God’s love definition – for it was while we were yet sinners, that Christ Jesus expressed His love for us unto death [Romans 5:8]. The Scriptures say that even harbouring thought of evil and hatred constitutes being a murderer in the sight of God, who is love. Hence, God expects us as His children with His nature to go about expressing His love nature. Just as a Lion does not give birth to a Goat, why should a born-again child of God live a life that is less than the characteristics of Gods nature of love, that’s lavishly poured and given to them by the seal of the indwelling Holy Spirit within [Romans 5:5]. Hence, in this December, and in this Christmas, take a pure heart to intentionally and pragmatically look through the scriptures in love, as a mirror to ensure love as written: 

“In this the CHILDREN of God and the CHILDREN of the devil are MANIFEST: Whoever DOES NOT PRACTICE RIGHTEOUSNESS is not of God, nor is he who DOES NOT LOVE his brother. 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should LOVE one another, 12 not as Cain who was of the WICKED one and MURDERED his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were EVIL and his brothers RIGHTEOUS. 

14 We know that we have PASSED FROM DEATH TO LIFE, because we LOVE the brethren. He who DOES NOT LOVE his brother ABIDES in death. 15 Whoever HATES his brother is a MURDERER, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him” 1 John 3:10-16. 

“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever murders shall be guilty before the court.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice against him shall be guilty before the court; and whoever speaks [contemptuously and insultingly] to his brother, ‘Raca (You empty-headed idiot)!’ shall be guilty before the supreme court (Sanhedrin); and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fiery hell. 23 So if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and while there you remember that your brother has something [such as a grievance or legitimate complaint] against you, 24 leave your offering there at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother and then come and present your offering. 25. Come to terms quickly [at the earliest opportunity] with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way [to court], so that your opponent does not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you are thrown into prison. 26 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid the last cent” Matthew 5:21-26/Amplified. [Luke 12:58, 59]; [Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17; 16:18]. 

The highest, hallmark and earnest PRAYERS of every Believers of God, wanting to know God and fulfil His purpose, is to KNOW THE LOVE of God in Christ Jesus, in its WIDTH and LENGTH and DEPTH and HEIGHT. And our God had MADE it possible to us, by the indwelling Holy Spirit that’s given to us. And the Holy Spirit’s presence is to help and enable us to express the eternal-like, divine-like and God-like kind of love that He has lavished and poured into us as His new creation breed. The love of God, that surpasses and transcends the human five senses sensual knowledge and self-made love, that ruins and is ruining the human dignity and persons because of its selfishness and self-centered content and the act of the respects of persons for gains as expressed through sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation. There’s the need to endeavour to know the love of God and own it to do life and live godly in the grace. 

“. . . 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being ROOTED and GROUNDED in LOVE, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the WIDTH and LENGTH and DEPTH and HEIGHT— 19 to KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST which PASSES knowledge; that you may be FILLED with all the FULLNESS of God . . .” Ephesians 3:14-20/NKJV. 

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the LOVE of God has been POURED [LAVISHED] out in our HEARTS [HUMAN SPIRIT] by the Holy Spirit who was GIVEN to us” Romans 5:5/NKJV [Emphasis Mine]. 

Therefore, in this December and in this Christmas, as said that This DAY – being TODAY, let EMMANUEL, The God With Us, who is JESUS THE CHRIST, be BORN – IN YOUR HEARTS. For upon this phrase, in terms that the Month DECEMBER 2025 is Themed: 

JESUS CHRIST OUR EMMANUEL! “Our Saviour and the God With Us” – who is now in us and for us, thus signifies God dwelling [or comes to dwell] with humanity – thereby creates a new passage for a new kind of RELATIONSHIP between us and Him. We lost this FELLOWSHIP in the garden of Eden by Adam; but God in His LOVE at the Birth of JESUS The Christ, RESTORED this awesome FELLOWSHIP to enhance our RELATIONSHIP In Him, in the CAUSE of His REDEMPTION for us in Christ Jesus stead. And because He’s in us by love, and we live to love Him, we’ve become more than conquerors under His love, and nothing can separate us in His love. 

“Who shall separate us from THE LOVE OF CHRIST? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS through him that LOVED us. 38 For I am PERSUADED, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from THE LOVE OF GOD, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” Romans 8:35-39. 

God in humanity is JESUS in name; while CHRIST depicts Him as – the Messiah, the Saviour, the Redeemer and the Holy one of Israel, for His cause on earth for human redemption. We’ve been called into this FELLOWSHIP built and govern by love, that we might enjoy God and the heavens on earth again, so we can say that as He is, so are we in this world and can joyfully ask of His will in our domain on this side of heaven call the earth as it’s written in the Holy Writ of 1 John 4:17, Matthew 6:10. This is the REASON then for the SEASON, the DECEMBER mood that comes along with CHRISTMAS which thus is: 

“The Yearly [Annual] COMMEMORATION And CELEBRATION of God’s LOVE In Christ Jesus And His REDEMPTION CAUSE On EARTH”  

For it’s as we EXPLORE this relationship and fellowship of JESUS The Christ, and as our God EMMANUEL, who is now here and living – IN us, FOR us and WITH us – that is when our PATH OF LIFE is ordered and we can then enjoy to the FULNESS the abounding PLEASURES of God in His grace and BLESSEDNESS forevermore. 

Today as in this Month DECEMBER that prelude the CHRISTMAS season, let us take advantage of the indwelling EMMANUEL – JESUS the Christ, the God with us, that’s born in our hearts to save us, and enjoy continuously, God’s presence in fellowship with us and in our path of life – to keep us thriving, blossoming and glowing with His pleasures in life and godliness. 

Therefore Today, THIS DAY, I pray that Emmanuel comes to be in your life, born in your heart in love this DECEMBER, in this season that preludes Christmas, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHT WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. 8 The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for GOD IS LOVE. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.] 9 By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath]. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us. 13 By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit. 14 We [who were with Him in person] have seen and testify [as eye-witnesses] that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. GOD IS LOVE, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. 17 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]. 19 We love, because He first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him” 1 John 4:7-21/Amplified. 

“For this is the message which you [believers] have heard from the beginning [of your relationship with Christ], that we should [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another; 12 and not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? Because Cain’s deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, believers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into Life, because we love the brothers and sisters. He who does not love remains in [spiritual] death. 15 Everyone who hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer [by God’s standards]; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know [and have come to understand the depth and essence of His precious] love: that He [willingly] laid down His life for us [because He loved us]. And we ought to lay down our lives for the believers. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods (adequate resources), and sees his brother in need, but has no compassion for him, how does the love of God live in him? 18 Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words]. 19 By this we will know [without any doubt] that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart and quiet our conscience before Him 20 whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands]. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not convict us [of guilt], we have confidence [complete assurance and boldness] before God; 22 and we receive from Him whatever we ask because we [carefully and consistently] keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight [habitually seeking to follow His plan for us]. 23 This is His commandment, that we believe [with personal faith and confident trust] in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and [that we unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, just as He commanded us. 24 The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift]” 1 John 3:11-24/Amplified. 

“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever murders shall be guilty before the court.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice against him shall be guilty before the court; and whoever speaks [contemptuously and insultingly] to his brother, ‘Raca (You empty-headed idiot)!’ shall be guilty before the supreme court (Sanhedrin); and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fiery hell. 23 So if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and while there you remember that your brother has something [such as a grievance or legitimate complaint] against you, 24 leave your offering there at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come and present your offering. 25. Come to terms quickly [at the earliest opportunity] with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way [to court], so that your opponent does not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you are thrown into prison. 26 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid the last cent” Matthew 5:21-26/Amplified. [Luke 12:58, 59]; [Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17; 16:18]. 

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

SHALOM FRIENDS: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND FAMILY!

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SHALOM FRIENDS: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND FAMILY!

“For UNTO YOU is born THIS DAY in the city of David a SAVIOUR, which is Christ the Lord . . . 14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth PEACE, GOOD WILL toward men” Luke 2:11, 14.

As you do Commemorate & Celebrate Christ, be it known that Christ is enthroned. AND HE IS NO LONGER:

*The babe in the manger

*The servant to death

*Neither the limited one nor the Christ on the Cross.

HE IS NOW:

*The God on the throne (seated at the right hand of the Father God)

* The Omnipotent (unlimited, all powerful)

* The Omnipresent (present everywhere at the same time)

* The Omniscient (all knowing, all wise and all understanding).

I pray you have a gracious, graceful and awesome day.

Jesus loves and cares about you. Be Blessed.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

JESUS LOVES YOU, SO DO I IN HIM!!

MAY YOU BE TRULY BLESS BY THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!

REV. CHUKIE MORSI