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When you need more than just instructions

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Matt 7:24-27

It’s not about you hearing or receiving instructions from God it’s about taking and running with them. Two classes of people heard from God, one took it and began to run with it, while the second only carefully documented it, and possibly has misplaced the ‘Word Note’ – the jotter.
Both of them might be children of the Kingdom, but the Kingdom’s influence in the affairs of creation was only promoted by one and deterred by the other. And no man knows exactly what happens in the entire realm of creation when people with instructions don’t do what they SHOULD do.

Jesus gave a parable about two brothers (Matt. 21:28-30): one received the instruction and never did anything about it, whereas the one who didn’t leave a promise eventually carried it out.

Whatever the reasons might be, if they abort a step that should be taken, they qualify you to be called ‘an unwise builder’ from the context of the parable of the builder.

In the parable (Matt. 7:24-27), the unwise builder has a building – a work – to show. He was not lazy. He had fruit of efforts to show, but not the one required of him. That’s why his ‘works’ couldn’t withstand the changing times and the forces that accompanied those changes.

If what you perceive God to be leading you to do requires no faith, then you don’t need the enablement that comes through faith. Unfortunately, that’s the primary element with which you must please God – faith (Heb. 12:6). So you want to think again: would He lead you only through what would give Him no pleasure? Occasionally, He might lead you through what requires no faith at the time, but not often – not as a lifestyle. For the righteous must learn to live by faith (Hab. 2:4; Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38)!

From the scripture text above, a man is tagged as either ‘wise’ or ‘foolish’ based on what he does with clearly spelt out instructions. In the sight of Divine obedience, modifying ‘these instructions’ is a means of generating a new instruction for yourself. The only time instructions bring perfect result from the stand point of Divine expectations is when they are matched with corresponding obedience within the required timing.

God is not known to give instructions, and thereafter request for a budget, then expect you to raise all necessary resources before taking the first step of obedience. While planning is good, it shouldn’t be a pitfall. Sometimes, analysis produces doubts and fears, and can ultimately plunge a course into uncertainty. These can produce failure by sowing a seed of rebellion through inaction on clear instructions! And you know what? to doubt is to give the enemy’s opinion a ticket to into God’s agenda for your life.

On the other hand, to seek excessive or undue opinion from people can be a way of seeking approval from men on God’s word to you. It can be a way of opening the door for the corrupt nature to drop a seed. In fact, to rely on man who relies on man that relies on another man, is pure disobedience to God. However, counsel must not be ignored. The emphasis here is “excess” or “undue opinion” from men. This does not negate the fact that God can send a man to another man for instructions or directions (Acts 9:6-11), and by the way in a multitude of counsel there is safety (Prov. 11:14; 15:22; 24:6). But to totally rely on men is colossal failure. Counsel from humans can be great, but to exclude God in decision-making by sticking to men’s opinions is a personal spiritual hazard.

Often when people find themselves starting off with God’s clear instructions, suddenly they can’t explain why it appears He’s no more part of their course anymore. Simple: how much of the blueprint do they stick to? It takes more than available instructions to succeed: it takes corresponding obedience according to Divine desires within the set time.

This reality plays out in marriages, relationships, jobs, businesses, ministry, etc. How closely do you watch to stay within the walls of Divine instructions? How much of people’s opinion have you used to modify your God-given course? You hear people talk about ‘a system that works’, sure enough something works somehow, somewhere, for someone; but you have an instruction, how much do you pin yourself to that? Results can be shown anywhere, but the question is: are they the expected results? At least from Divine standpoint.

A lot of godly courses are perishing for two reasons: either there’s an instruction(s) that was not adhered to, or one that was ignored. This is why most people, though not outside God’s plan, yet have limitations. Don’t be carried by just any results you see. There can be results anywhere. What matters is whether your results come from your God-given instructions. The foolish builder had a house to show, but not the type commanded. Instructions per time are the way to succeed. Seek to KNOW daily.

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When I began to know the voice of The holy spirit

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Math 7:24-27

Sometime in 2004, I was introduced to Benny Hinn’s Good Morning Holy Spirit by a friend who doubled as a roommate. Not baptized with the Holy Spirit with evidence of tongues, I would join my friend to pray at a stretch after reading maybe a chapter or two of the book. If you have laid hands on that book before, you’d discover it has a lot to say about hearing and interacting with the Holy Spirit as a person. That experience was the height of our desires – my desire!

Suddenly, from work one day, I heard Him, and knew sure He was the One who spoke. And what He said turned out to be true. I wasn’t going to pass it for a rare coincidence. I had prayed for days for this experience, here it was. It was worth my ‘celebration’! Immediately, called my friend on phone and couldn’t wait to announce “the Holy Ghost spoke to me today”! It was worth anything to me, and today I feel He knew that. Before the end of the next day, I heard Him again; and again, …and again! ‘Ough my… I am made for life’, I thought to myself, with little understanding of what I had just stepped into: a place where I could now receive instructions, I mean specific personal instructions! My excitement captured only one side of the coin, leaving the other.

Experiences and encounters were already filing and I was going through them. Shortly after some months, I realized I was experiencing growth. And part of the growth experiences I didn’t like so much was receiving instructions that were not convenient. That’s the part of the coin my earlier excitement was blind to, though I found refreshing comfort and joy at the experience of Holy Ghost baptism shortly afterwards. The voice was no longer as special. Sometimes I would like to pretend I didn’t hear anything at all. But who’s fooling who?

Gradually, the frame of ‘self’ began dissolving, sometimes with tears, other times with sighs, yet some other times with smiles and joy; but through it all, one thing was certain: I was developing. Church meetings began making better sense to me; prayer began to get interesting such that I looked forward to it; certain things lost grip of my attention, and in fact a lot began to give way. And I must tell you He didn’t spare me any necessary sweat! I mean Holy sweat!! Then I found that I could read and study scriptures with interest and clearer insight than before. And for a while, something strange happened: most times a scripture I would be led to study during the week would turn out to be the sermon scripture on the following Sunday, leaving me with deeper impressions of truth. I never told anyone these experiences back then. But it all started from a ‘blind’ curiosity fueled by naivety in an innocent heart possessed with real hunger.

And today, when I look back, I discover that those who sincerely seek Him with true hunger will surely find Him. Might definitely not be like my experience, but surely they will find Him. I have seen it in countless friends and people I know nothing about other than an expressed hunger for God.

Following all that, even as a youngster in the hands of the Spirit of God, I saw some fragments of miracles at occasions. Initially, I mistook them for coincidences, then when the Great Gospel Campaign in the city was held, Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke said “… isn’t it wonderful that all the coincidences happen ONLY when we pray to God in the name of His precious Son Jesus?” That settled the matter for me. I knew God needed me to hear that statement.

Afterwards, my friend and I began to plan how we’d start looking for mad people to pray for. Well, we never did go. It ended with mere good intentions.
Now this is what is leading me to write on the topic WHEN YOU NEED MORE THAN JUST INSTRUCTIONS, which is a follow-up post on this blog.

But before I have you read that, I need you to understand, that a relationship with the Spirit of God is not some esoteric juggernauts. Simplicity is crucial to growing intimacy with God. By ‘simplicity’, I mean true simplicity and not artificial or simulation simplicity. People, I mean real people like you, are experiencing God today, daily, and are growing daily. Not out of adventurous curiosity, but out of true hunger for God. Lives can be saved or lost because a spiritual signal was either ignored or mis-perceived.

Well, as a recommendation, you may need to look out for any of these books (preferably both):

1. How You Can Be Led By the Spirit of God – Kenneth Hagin
2. Good Morning Holy Spirit – Benny Hinn

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What the world needs to know about its events

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While watching the news today I saw the streets and roads of some major cities of some of the countries affected by the plague, completely deserted. Then it dawned on me: hey, certain things can truly be possible – busy lifestyle can suddenly cease. Wao, … how men love to be alive! I thought to myself. And sure, I too do!

But I guess you won’t grasp what I mean if you’ve not understood what the Bible describes as the ‘Great Tribulation!’ Because whatever the world is facing today is nothing compared to what’s ‘about to happen’ (don’t know how soon).

Currently, men are running into hiding so death wouldn’t catch up with them, but when that day comes, the reverse would be the case: men would seek death just like they seek life today, but death shall dodge them (Rev. 9:6).

(Ought, less I forget: take your time this season to study the Books of Revelation, Daniel and Ezekiel. You can also add Matthew 24 to the list.)

The government and health professionals are already prescribing mode of living to everyone. Please never take those lightly. Also, stock your house with food and medicine, don’t forget to leash your dogs and quarantine your kids, at least for as long as is possible and required. Feel the air, the tension is palpable; fear is rending hearts into shreds and faith is choking in some hearts. And I want to ask: has there been any movie producer or writer who’s been able to script or produce a movie to showcase a true simulation of what the days after rapture would actually be like? When the anti-Christ would have his way, how much food or drugs would people stock to survive his reign during the Great Tribulation?

Friends you see, to make it a less lengthy piece, I must quickly draw your attention to this fact: the coming of Jesus is not a fairy tale neither is the Great Tribulation a fiction movie. If you have read till this point, then you probably find this piece interesting or intriguing. That would be great if so. However, those are not the aims. The aims are two: first, that you understand that this is a wrong time to be careless about eternal destiny (there’s never been a right time though); and secondly do well to share this piece.

Just so you’d know, the earth will tremor with horror! Beasts that have never been to earth before will arrive just to carry out the intents of the Dragon in what is called the Great Tribulation on people who are unwilling to accept the Beast’s mark (Rev. 9). You don’t need to be there to know what that will feel like. Make your choices today. Heaven’s gate is still wide open expecting your return at the end of time. Whether you are a fallen believer or a ‘confirmed’ sinner, just take a step, and you’ll receive a welcome that will settle your eternal destiny needs. I bet you, the Lord Jesus won’t turn you down now.

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For your information, many are returning to the Lord. Don’t let the devil sell you a lie. You can return and have your sins done any with in a moment. As we’re advancing to meet our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, we would love to have you be part of the eternal saints. Welcome to God’s family.

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Your Environments and the Release of You

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Life is first nurtured by its source, then by its placement

Scripture Reference: JOHN 6


While in the university, I was on my way to class when I found myself singing a song I didn’t consider appropriate for me to sing. I suddenly stopped on realizing that.
“How on earth could I be singing such?”
My thoughts wondered why and how. Of course now I can tell how and why!
My neighbor had kept the compound ‘charged’ with that song and had often left his CD-player on repeat. I was compelled to hear the song over and gain, against my wish. It played through the night till dawn. In that my off-camp apartment, I shared the same roof, without a ceiling with this neighbour. Gradually, my subconscious mind absorbed the song (plus others). So while my mind was relaxed, walking down the road the ‘absorbed information’ began to spill out. I had to ‘turn off the tap’ to stop the flow, then I gradually drained it out of my mind – now consciously. I had to make deliberate effort to end what I didn’t have to make effort to learn.
What you should understand is that environments are critical to the programming of the mind and the expression of resident tendencies.
The parable of the sower (Matt. 13:3-8, 18-23) gives accounts of different expressions of germination potentials of viable seeds; seeds of the same stock under different environments. Nothing was wrong with the seeds. Everything was different with the environments.
Whatever you give enough time builds up in you. This fact is not less spiritually than it is physically. Whatever environment you dwell long enough cultures you, gradually. Whatever environment you expose your mind or spirit to, instills its program on you; it rubs off unto you, if you do it long enough; and it does so without your permission. It only needs your adequate exposure, that’s all!
When your mind absorbs information, that information somehow, finds expression in your life, somehow (this is one principal secret to spiritual growth – exposing yourself to God-encounters). That’s one way purposes and good intentions get aborted by wrong influences; choking influences. You can’t be chasing a worthy venture and still be clinging tight to what you probably consider harmless but which has a deeper negative impact than you’re aware of.
Walking with God, you don’t grow by assumption. Your active participation is relevant. There’s a place where you ought to live your life from. It’s called His presence! This is where you’re called to live from (Ps. 91). So much more than you can possibly grasp, happens when you dwell in that place He’s called you to dwell – His presence. Destructive habits are switched off; weaknesses are transformed to strengths; confusion is swallowed by clarity and direction; your human nature begins experiencing His nature – a participation in His divine nature. So much happens there, if only you would stay long enough, the environment of His presences cultures you.
The disciples left their lives and began to live his (Christ’s) life. That, on its own wasn’t achieved by just the ‘laying down’ of their lives. They were separated from secular life for a period of ‘schooling’ under the great teacher, Jesus Christ himself. It’s not enough to just say “I surrender my life…” if they (the disciples) had to grow, you too have to. That is achieved through process. Environments enhance that process. Don’t just be available in the secret place, be responsible in the expression of the latent gifts God has dropped in you through your choice of environments.

with the support of a right environment, good seeds bring good fruits

Whatever we do and whichever environment we choose, it should be one in which the Holy Spirit can comfortably reach us. We are advised to live in this Spirit-advantaged position daily (Gal. 5:16, 25).
There are countless ‘environments’ influencers out there: friends, job, the social media, the tv, music, news, etc. these create overlapping environments for our souls and spirits daily, because we are still in this world – the earth – though not of it (Jn. 15:19). You have to deliberately checkmate what funnels into your life daily. Be deliberate about sorting what influences hang around you. You have to make decisions about who your friends are and their influence on you. You have to decide on everything you do out there when you come out of the place of prayer or fellowship. This curbs the negative environments around you. By so doing, you can start getting better in your walk with God.
The bottom line is this: there’s what to stop doing and what to start doing; there’s where not to be present and where not to be absent. All boils down to conscious choices. If you don’t tame your environments they’ll tame you, and decide how and what your life becomes. Things won’t sort themselves in your favour without your efforts (except Divine involvement). While God has given you salvation, certain things are left to your choices to determine how they progress. This is one of what it means to ‘…work out your salvation…’ (Phil 2:12).
Many people would have turned out differently and far better if they were deliberate about their environments yesterday.

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SOMETIME Ago, YOU HAD AN ENCOUNTER.

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When you were younger, you had an experience that today, only you can attempt to explain. No one knew what had exactly happened to you. You wouldn’t dare to explain it then because you had no clear idea of what it was; but later you heard people talk about encounters with God and you thought it was related to what you had earlier experienced. This is why you could later attempt verbalizing your secret encounters back then as a young innocent child. You can recall how that experience totally turned you into ‘something else’. Even your Sunday School teacher couldn’t relate it accurately to your curious parents. You had just one prayer for weeks and for months. Your sincere prayer was for God to take you over and use you for His glory. You attached no conditions to it, and in fact, you had none. Gradually it was becoming clear by the day that a unique child was among the children; and that child was you! Your parents gave you every support you needed, and most parents wanted their kids to relate closely with you. You were a budding icon and everyone knew it, except you. You were only conscious of one thing: a passionate desire for God. You wanted ‘more of God’ desperately by the day. It wasn’t later than two years when you began to get invitations to speak to fellow young people in neighboring churches. You didn’t know any profession altar/pulpit mannerism or how to prepare sermon scripts. You only knew to verbally communicate your passion to God in the audience of men. While some thought you were a ‘spoken-words’ artiste, they knew they were wrong only when the atmosphere of Heaven arrived. You were almost always wondering why people cried and some would come to the altar kneeling for reasons you didn’t know. You would eventually walk off the pulpit soaked in tears and sweat, wishing you could rush as fast as you could to a closet to continue your communion with your Lord. You loved God such that even strangers knew it. People told you that you had a ministry, and your response was that if loving the Lord was the ministry, it was okay for you. Many experiences you had were higher than your naive mind could comprehend back then, and you never bothered anyone with tales of your ‘secret affair’ with your Lord. You were not born that way; however, it’s just that one encounter with God when an evangelist came to your church had set you on a course you never planned to engage. You were a product of an encounter!
‘…and when I am alone today, I sometimes feel trapped…and shame…just wondering…

Fast forward >> >> >>

Today you are married, or about to; today you have a job or seeking one; today you are into ministry trying to grow your audience or still doing things in Christian circle; however, one thing is unique with ‘today’: you now have tales! Tales of how wonderful it used to be! How soothing it is for you to bask under the sunshine of your memory and give tales of your early days’ ‘escapades’. Such things like recognition, fame, attention and even money that didn’t matter to you yesterday are now the matters of your life today. You are chasing hard after a career. O, you are working out your energy aiming at building a 21st century business empire. Perhaps your husband is now the ‘owner’ of your life, and worship is shared between him and your children. Or maybe you are expecting a newborn, so all attention is focused on the arrival of the home’s latest prince or princess. You are a class teacher for new believers in church, and you know how to ‘intimidate’ them with the relics of your spiritual history. As far as you are aware, you are so far a success. But what you fail to understand is that you are drying up on the vine. You are not the fruit of the seed you were. You have gradually become normal and ordinary, yet in the church! When once in a while you smell the scent of His garment, the smell you once knew in the secret place, and you secretly cry ‘Alas, I used to live here’. But after that, you stand up and keep moving in the direction of the path of your current societal status. Though you are still in the Kingdom, but you know it, that you’re not fit for any Kingdom battles. I have a question for you: how long shall your glory be in the past? And just so you would know, what was in your hand is not in the hands of many today. This generation needs it. If you would find your way back, you’d save many today and tomorrow, but not those you’ve lost already, who now are no longer alive. Wake Up! You once had an encounter, but you can still have an encounter today! May no one scream your name in hell for not shining the light upon them; the light you are.