There is Power in the Name of Jesus

2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

On Wednesday last week, I was resting in my room in the evening, when I heard my little son screaming, I called his older brother who was playing with him in the sitting room to find out what the matter was.

He told me he accidentally poked David’s right eye with a pen, while playing. I ran out to the sitting room and behold, the eye was bleeding. Immediately, I held him close to me, put my right hand on his eye and commanded the bleeding to stop in the Name of Jesus. I took him to the bathroom and washed off the blood on his face. 

The eye had stopped bleeding, but he couldn’t open his eye, he said “Mummy I can’t see” I began praying in tongues, I called him by his name saying “David, you will not go blind, you will see.” I took him to my room, my mind was racing, what do I do next? Should I call my hubby who had gone for a prayer meeting or should I call the doctor? Which hospital can I quickly take him to that has a consultant ready to attend to him right away. In the middle of all this I kept on praying in the spirit and also saying to him “David, you will not go blind, you will see.”

I gave him some pain medication and cuddled him close to me still praying. Suddenly, he said to me “Mummy I want to play with the iPad.” I looked at his face and there was a little swelling at the corner of his eye, he said “Mummy, I can see now” I want to play. In thirty minutes, he was already playing around the house again, no more bleeding, no more pain, the swelling had almost disappeared. 

By the time my hubby returned from the meeting, we were already asleep. The next morning I narrated to him what happened and he said at about that time, a brother had raised a prayer request for children, that the Lord will protect our children, especially during the summer break.

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I thank God for His faithfulness, and the courage He gave me to trust Him, in the midst of that situation. Honestly I believe the Spirit of the Lord took over the situation. I thank God that instead of fear, I was filled with faith and boldness to confront the situation.

The Lord took charge of the situation when the disciples feared they would drown, He got up and rebuked the wind and there was a great calm. Like my Saviour, I rebuked the bleeding in His Name, and it stopped! My journey to becoming more like Him continues, not just in character, but also in the demonstration of the Spirit and power.

1 Corinthians 2:4-5 (KJV)
4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Let Your Light Shine

Matthew 5:14-16 (NKJV)

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

The Lord expects us as His ambassadors to be shining lights in the midst of the darkness in the world today.

How do we let our light shine?

Where there is strife and hatred let the love of God flow through us

Where there is turmoil, let the peace of God flow through us

Where there is sadness, let the joy of the Lord spring forth through us

Where there is despair, let Christ in us the hope of glory manifest through us

Where there is unbelief and doubt, our faith in Him must rise above circumstances

May we become His body indeed here on earth, able ambassadors of the Kingdom of God!

Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV)

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

He will come and save you

Romans 10:13 (KJV)

¹³ For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

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Say to those who are fearful hearted
Do not be afraid
The Lord your God will come
And with His mighty arm
When you call on His Name
He will come and save you

Chorus:
He will come and save you x2
Say to the weary one
Your God will surely come
He will come and save you;

He will come and save you x2
Lift up your eyes to Him
You will arise again
He will come and save you

Say to those who are broken hearted
Do not lose your faith
The Lord your God is strong
And with His loving hand
When you call on His Name
He will come and save you

(Chorus)

Bridge:
He is our refuge in the day of trouble
He is our shelter in the time of storm
He is our tower in the day of sorrow
Our fortress in the time of war

(Back To Chorus)

By Bob Fitts

He cares...

Matthew 10:30 (NKJV)

³⁰ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

On Tuesday during lunch time I went to a canteen nearby my office to eat. On my way back, a young man in a tricycle tried to get my attention, I ignored him, but he kept on, so I turned to hear what he was saying, “Madam, see your earring on the floor” he said calmly.

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I looked and there was my earring, I picked up the earring and thanked him for showing concern and trying to help in spite of me ignoring him earlier.

I believe the Lord prompted him to help me because I didn’t notice that one of my earrings had fallen off. It goes to show that the Lord really cares about the little things in our lives that we think are insignificant. The very hairs on our heard are numbered, not just counted!

God knows, God sees, God hears and God cares - Tony Evans

He sent His Word and healed them

Psalm 107:20(NKJV)

²⁰ He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.

Two weeks ago, as we were getting ready for Sunday Service, one of my children said he had stomach ache, I wrongly thought that it was one of his usual tricks, when he didn’t want to have breakfast.

We all went to church and I took him to the Children Sunday School. After service, my hubby went to pick him up and the class teacher told him that he was unusually quiet in class. We got home from church and just before we had lunch, he vomited.

I became worried, because we had just treated him for malaria and bacterial infection some few weeks prior to that day. My hubby and I had a fellowship meeting, we had committed to attending that Sunday afternoon after lunch.

I had mixed feelings about attending the fellowship meeting, we prayed for him and decided to watch him for a while before taking him to the hospital. At the fellowship, I kept calling home to find out how he was doing.

During a prayer session at the fellowship meeting, the facilitator gave a word from the Lord about someone who was worried about a child and that the person would surely testify as God had intervened in the situation already.  Another facilitator who rounded up the meeting also gave the same word. I received the word with faith in my heart, believing that the Lord had healed my son.

We arrived home in the evening and I quickly went to check up on him, I discovered his body temperature was high, we called the doctor who prescribed some medication for him.

That night, I kept on mediating on the word I had received, and the Holy Spirit reminded me of this verse of scripture ...He sent His word and healed them… He reminded me that He had sent His Word through the facilitators at the fellowship meeting and that I should not be afraid, I was already thinking that it was going to be one of those sleepless nights again, because I would have to wake up regularly to check his body temperature. Somehow, I slept off and didn’t keep to the scheduled regular checks.

In the morning before I got out of bed, my son had woken up and was already playing (Hallelujah!) completely healed! No more high body temperature, no more vomiting, hale and hearty!

The Lord is our Healer!

El-Shaddai - The All Sufficient God

2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV)
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

Sometime in April, I got a call from one of my cousins that he would like to come over to Lagos for his 6 months Industrial Training (IT) program and he would like to stay in our home.
Great, I discussed with my hubby and we agreed he could come over, I was particular about him ensuring he got accepted into a company before making the trip, so that he wouldn't just be hanging around at home not doing anything during the 6 month period.

He arrived Lagos in June and the hunt for a company began, my hubby and I decided to assist in securing a placement for him, we made calls but it looked like none was forthcoming with a favorable response. We decided to continue praying and trusting God that He would send help.
One day my hubby asked him to accompany him for a fellowship meeting and there and then after the meeting he was able to get a favorable response from the Chairman of a bank. (Hallelujah!)

The story continues...
My younger brother (and his spouse) gave me a call shortly after that he would also like to come over to Lagos for two weeks to spend his leave. Waoh! How would I cope with a full house? I discussed with my hubby and we agreed for him to come over also.
Sincerely I didn't know how we were going to accommodate everyone, though we had extra rooms in the house, my concern was catering to the need of nine people (Six adults and 3 children) in the house!  

God is faithful, I prayed and told the Lord about my concerns and discovered that even before then, He had already given me an answer. The Lord had been instructing me some weeks ahead about revealing Himself to me as El-Shaddai, and the scripture below kept coming to mind. 

2 Corinthians 9:8 (NKJV)
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

During this period I was seeing posters and banners all around me that had the title  "The All Sufficient God", even a Seminar that was held in our local church had the theme "The All Sufficient God". So I decided to trust Him for provision. I remembered the story of Jesus multiplying the 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes to feed five thousand people. 

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The striking picture that came to my mind during this period is that of a female dog breastfeeding several puppies at a time without feeling pressured. The Lord granted me grace to trust Him and almost everyday, He kept reminding me that I would have all sufficiency in all things and have abundance for every good work. He is able to do exceedingly above all I could ever ask or think. 

So I've discovered that...

• God's pocket never runs dry, and there is no recession in heaven
• He is ever willing to provide for us much more than we could ask or think
• We access His provision by faith!

Fruitfulness

fruitfulness

Variant of fruitful

adjective

1.     bearing much fruit

2.     producing much; productive; prolific

3.     producing results; profitable: a fruitful plan

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John 15: 1-2 (NKJV)
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

So, I've not blogged in 5 years, waoh! such a long time...
The Lord is indeed faithful, I just observed it's exactly 5 years today, He is the best time keeper...

I've been involved in a fellowship doing my little bit, praying, reading my bible, attending church and doing all that church people do. 
But I've always had this feeling that I'm not dispensing enough of the grace the Lord has deposited in me.
So as I lay on my bed yesterday, pondering on what next, I told the Lord that I feel like I've become obese -Spiritual Obesity that feeling you get when you've received so much from Him and not giving out. The Holy Spirit prompted me to return to blogging.
So here I am today, I've returned, I trust Him for grace to keep at it.

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God gave Adam and Eve the command to be fruitful and multiply Gen 1:28 (NKJV)  28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

The joy of every farmer is to see his plants produce fruit.
Abiding in Him is the sure way to produce fruit, as we bear fruit, he prunes us and as expected, we bear more fruit.

• We bear fruit by allowing His Spirit to transform us to His character, true followers of Jesus would be recognised by their fruit- Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness and self control.               Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
• We also bear fruit by using our God given resources (time, talent, finances, etc) to enrich the world around us, drawing men to the kingdom.             Matthew 25:20-21(NKJV) 20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

Let's look out for opportunities each day to be a blessing to someone!