PROLONGED DEFICIENCY 2

I spoke of being secured in our identity in Christ

So  what is this

OUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST ?

Tbh there's allot about our identity in Christ like:- 

Or

But what I would talk about here is as touching Prolonged Deficiency which the Fact that we are MORE THAN CONQUERORS. 

Romans  8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

This verse gives me great joy

Popular verse but mostly not fully understood.

Imagine fighting a battle that has already been won for you well that's what many of us believers are doing, instead of acknowledging our victory in Christ and basking in it we choose to keep struggling with no headway. Christ has won already, our battle is not for victory rather it is from Victory following as prescribed by Christ and securing His victory for ourselves. Literally being more than CONQUERORS places us above sin and death. 

Though the enemy roars around us, though temptations come our ability to understand - they're all failed attempts to get us to renounce our identity - will aid us to be calm and find the way God has provided with which we could establish our victory in Christ.,

SOME PRACTICAL TOOLS TO HELP US WITH SIN AND PROLONGED DEFICIENCY

* Flee every appearance of evil. 

1 Thessalonians  5:22 

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

This here requires allot of sincerity. Don't think or calculate first just flee the moment you see something appearing as evil, don't wait to find out just flee for by the you realize it is truly evil the evil would have caught up with you.

* you must take note always when fleeing to flee to God's presence. 

Psalm 91

Many flee from one evil straight into another evil cause they neglect the presence of God, not knowing if only they can find God's presence His shadow covers them offering them safety.

*Obedience (God has something to say)

"Our ability to meticulously follow God's will not only secure us in His Presence but also shield us from sin".

Using Psalm 23 as case study

23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Shows us that actually it is by choice we wander into the valley of the shadow of death (thou sometimes subconsciously) and that happens when we stop following in obedience.

See

Obedience 1

2, 3

*Faith (Believe):-

-In the finished work of Christ

-and banish fear which has Doubt

-In the word of God

Lastly

*LOVE

The pedestal upon which all I've said stands on is Love.

Love sums it all up The laws and the Prophets. God himself is Love.

- You can only flee enticing appearances of Evil when you Love God and won't want to grieve Him.

- You'll make God's presence your perpetual habitat when you Love Him.

- Jesus said " a token of your Love is seen in your willingness to obey". John 14:5

- You can trust/believe wholeheartedly who you love.

Love. 

Truth is you can actually live above and without the Weight of sin, sickness, satanic oppression not just mere words but that's How we Should Live.

Finito

#Truth

PROLONGED DEFICIENCY 1

Years ago I had this argument with this lady who believes one can't live on this earth without sin.

Many also harbour this notion unfortunately even believers today believe it same, some even go as far as finding Scripture to support their claims.

I once heard someone say "Even the Bible tells us the righteous shall fall seven times" inciting that even the Scriptures gives room for falling which is true but not the whole Truth the complete Truth is - although God gives room for those of us who'll fall to rise again - falling and rising as a constant trend is not God's will for His children, MERCY IS REAL THING SO ALSO IS GOD'S JUSTICE SYSTEM.

In fact let's look into that Scripture

Proverbs 24:16

:for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes

Seven is established as the number for perfection, so you may find the righteous fall more times than seven numerically that's because the seven there is not numerical but seven as in perfection, so the righteous would fall untill He reaches that state of being perfect in Christ concerning that area he fell at before and this may take him falling numerically a hundred times or even one time given that his Identity in Christ  overshadows that deficiency.

Ephesians  4:13  

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:   

Colossians  1:28  

Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Colossians  4:12b  

...that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

PROLONGED DEFICIENCY

But many believers cleave to their deficiencies, their weaknesses and make falling and rising a norm, today they're up tomorrow they're down, "Oh I just lied nah everyone lies they say I'll just ask God for forgiveness afterwards, sides the righteous shall fall..." That's wrong!!

What I'm saying is it's not the norm actually that's abnormal you can live above such.

Anytime you find lawlessness rising in your life as a Christian secure yourself in your identity in Christ till you are presented perfect in Christ, else you'll wake up one day and discover you're overrun by lawlessness.

#Truth

This is a Series pls lookout for the part 2 and prolly 3🙌

Little Foxes

LITTLE FOXES

This topic was inspired by Nathaniel Bassey's Song "Book Of Life".  At the end of the Song, he made mention of "Little Foxes". I had to go and do more findings on what little Foxes are and if they could be found in the Bible, oh Yes! I found it. 

Songs of Solomon 2:15

Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

What are Foxes? Foxes are little things overlooked that often spoil things of value. The shulamite verbalize her love for king Solomon,she speaks of the need to catch the Foxes that spoil the vines. Foxes represent potential problems that could damage their relationship prior to the marriage.

Foxes creep in unnoticed and destroy our vines.

 They can also be seen in our daily lives in the following ways

Wrong things we think. 

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Wrong things we say. 

Matthew 12:36

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Wrong things we do. 

James 4:17

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Wrong things we think

Many of us have one way or the other conceive evil in our heart. Take for instance,there are some people that we come across in life and dislike them for no reason or probably because someone said they dislike them too,we conclude and accept such people as evil even without haven gotten to talk or relate with the person.

Also there are times we relax,sit and just imagine ourselves in some immoral act maybe with an opposite sex(crush).  These wrong thoughts of our heart can be foxes.

Wrong things we say

Psalm 19:14

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

There are words that come out of our mouth that aren't good enough,we jokingly say some,some might be slang,yet they have no meaning nor add good value to our lives. Infact they might be insultive words which we overlook, and they creep in gradually destroying our lives.

Psalm 141:3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Wrong things we do.

Many times we do things when no one sees us,we feel there's nothing bad about it,sometimes people caution us about those things which are wrong but we still feel it's our lives to live. Forgetting our lives ought to be good examples,doing things in a manner such that nothing will be found against us. We ought to live our lives pleasing God. Some of such act may be beating a child even when they are not wrong(seniority), cheating and covering up when one is placed over people younger than us.

Nathaniel Bassey in his song said, little foxes and secret folks will spring surprises on the final day. 

Let's be careful of little foxes that creep in unnoticed,else they spoil our vines

#Uniqueness

Fruit Of The Spirit

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

Galatians  5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,  5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Note the Scripture said the fruit (singular) of the Spirit is Love.

Love is not just a fruit of the Spirit Rather it is the fruit of the Spirit.

Every other fruit is a product of Love.

When the thing called love is in place all other fruits Follow suit.

Matthew  22:37  

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.   Matthew  22:39  

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Love for God and Love for our fellow men are what Jesus stated as the two greatest commandments.

Love for God and Love for our fellow men are what Jesus stated as the two greatest commandments.

You can only love others to the extent in which you love yourself.

And you can only love yourself right when you see yourself through God's eyes.

Through Love

and so much more

I was going through some of my WhatsApp message I saw that actually the balance missing is the love of God.

Allot of the excesses we see in the Body of Christ is due to the lack of love.

The love of God I discovered preaches liberty but yet still it is that love that constrains us ensuring that we don't misuse that liberty.

Take for example a young lady now basking in the liberty in Christ and dressing anyhow she likes I can tell the love of God has not fully expressed in her cause if it did she'll CONSIDER THAT THERE ARE WEAK BROTHERS around some even still BATTLING LUST and for their sake refrain from some kinds of dressing.

Here's another example let's take Oga Apostle or Dr Badguy that has the anointing for Hugging ladies should also refrain from it if by any means it makes another believer uncomfortable (provided it doesn't alter your personal devotions to God).

Lemme still drop this for balance sake NEVER LOOSE YOUR VIRTUE OF SINCERITY believe me or not it is one of the things that secures us in God 

There's this scripture that says "flee every appearance of evil"

Be sincere enough to tell yourself the Truth.

You know when the transition occurs from that innocent look to a malicious stare consciously flee from it.

You know when that innocent hug is stirring something flee from it.

You know when legitimate chatting is tilting to the freeky end please flee from it. and lots more

There's always a witness don't ignore Him.

It doesn't have to be outright evil for you to flee I always tell my disciples by the time it is outright evil to you it may be too late, the evil would have caught up with you then, so while it still appears as evil flee don't wait to find out.

Lastly I want to use God and beg us young people.

Love widely, don't segregate while loving don't discriminate just Love.

And concerning romantic Love 😏😏😏

I have a Scripture for you

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Song of Solomon  3:5  I charge you, O ye daughters(and sons all these Apostles) of Jerusalem(God), by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please(The original word here means till it is It's appointed time).

Pls Don't awaken that kind of Love until it's time.

Lemme draw from the Bank of experience if you venture to awaken Love before it's time twill end in tears I did once and lost the grounds for a relationship that would have been a backbone to my life and ministry.

Very few are privileged to awaken Love(romantic) before it's time and scale through and those few do so by express mercy of God.

!!!! Do well to drop a comment alright!!!

#Truth

REST: Value Of One's self

REST:VALUE OF ONE'S SELF!🤗!!!

MATTHEW :34-40

In the passage Jesus said we should love our neighbor as ourselves.This is a command.but I have also been made to understand that it is also an observation!The way you love is your is the same measure of love you give to others.You need to start learning how to love yourself.Stop being hard on yourself!.If you love yourself you would value yourself.Love the person you are.Starting seeing yourself through the lens of christ.

We are in the world where the social media has put a lot of pressure on people to look "PERFECT"TO BE PERFECT"TO the extent of some persons taking pills to enlarge their back side and to enlarge their boobs which have led to the death of so many souls!.this as a result of lack of self value....which is in its simplicity said to be low self esteem!

IS YOUR VALUE/SELF ESTEEM IN THE LORD OR IS IT IN HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF.? 

You can only have true value for yourself through the knowledge of who you are in Christ.Your true worth is in Christ.it is not in opinions of people around you about you!

When you know who and whose you are ,when you know that he came and died for you,redeemed you,bought you with a price and now you are connected with him.you begin to feel confident and value in yourself and start to look at yourself through the eyes of christ.and tell yourself;Through christ I am beautifully and wonderfully made,through christ i am the head and not the tail,through Christ I can do all things,through Christ I am royalty,a peculiar people!.Spend time with God ,give him your everything,your time,your looks,how you think of yourself...lay everything down.He knew you before you were born,he knitted you together in your mams womb,hes intentional about you!psalms 139;13-14.you are of more value than many sparrows Luke 12;6-7.

REST!! REST FROM THE PRESSURES EVERYWHERE!.Value yourself and by so doing you would help people in finding and knowing their worth also!instead of being ignorant!let go of your insecurities.Tell yourself;am more than enough,I am good enough!.I.know when you don't feel like you are good enough its easy to want to blend in by bringing attention to yourself.

But God commands you to be courageous and strong!not in your abilities and strengths but because he (God)got your back.God created you the way you are on purpose.You are not a mistake. RESt YOU MATTER ALOT! Treat yourself the same way you treat others.the same love and respect you give to others please give to yourself!!! These are things we tell ourselveson the inside like am not good enough,am too short,am too tall,am too dark,am too fair etc!! .You have Not lost your value.Imagine a thousand note being stepped upon,trashed,torn apart!!! It can still be picked up and cleaned up and it worth/value remain the same!it would still buy what a thousand naira note can buy!because a value has been placed on it since its creation.why do you think you have lost your value because you feel you have been talked about,stepped upon,broken abused,pushed aside,abandoned etc!

You were created and here for a purpose,you have a life you have value.I know you are experiencing Some depressions and might want to commit suicide or give up .I am here to tell you that you are still of great worth and value and there's nothing that can take that away from you.pick up yourself and keep moving.There are lives waiting for you to rise

"For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.  I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well."

Psalms 139:13‭-‬14 AMP

#Lemiel

REST: From Vain Works

REST: From Vain Works

Isaiah  55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

One thing about the things of this world is that they can be very deceiving, Imagine a shirt that was trending last year(let's not even go back to years ago) presently,they are odd and no longer in Vogue. You see that the more we keep following trending things,the more new ones are updated.

So How long are we still going to keep pursuing!

We need to understand that our lives aren't ours but God's. He owns us.

For unless the Lord builds the house,those who build it labour in vain.

If God choose not to keep us,who are we to think of now doing things the way we want and outside his will. We can notice some great men and women, who are knowledgeable, wealthy,living life at it best and yet their lives seem meaningless.

If that could be the end of such people, why won't I live my life and do every work for God. 

The Word of God is a tool which gives that perfect peace of mind we desire, His word is what he had said and it will surely come to pass. 1st Corinthians 15:58 My beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

It's just that many of us desire to do things our own way simply because we see instant outcome, which eventually don't last.

But in the word of God lies the very answer to all worries/problems even when we think answers aren't coming, His word is an answer. 

Galatians  6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

I've never seen or heard of someone who partners with God  and the end result was fruitless. Everyone desires that perfect place and things that satisfies, No two way about it. It's is only when we enter into that work with God that our souls then delight itself in fatness. 

Isaiah  55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Ecclesiastes  1:2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

What does the Vanity mean?

A suitable answer:

Ecclesiastes  1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

At the end of it all,I hope you're not just busy, but indeed working for and with God?

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