ON THIS MORNING (OTM)

( Exodus 9:16 , Jeremiah 3:12 , Deuteronomy 32:3 ,   2 Timothy 4:2-5 ) I like surprises. I think they are nice. They make the commonest of things not only look beautiful but big and precious. (Well, the surprises I’m talking about are the pleasurable ones because some can be really unpleasant and devastating.) Take something nice whether big or small. Seek or get your creative juices on, package it nicely to a friend, fiancé, spouse, a parent (even an enemy) and you’ll see the magic it will do in your relationships. This element of surprise is what God wants us to carry with us everyday. That is, the element of proclaiming his word to the whole world. You see the whole world is waiting for us Christians to still proclaim the WORD OF GOD. That is, sing of his praises, show his love& for him be seen him in our speeches and actions. THEY STILL WANT TO BE SURPRISED.(Romans 8:19) This can only be fulfilled by the proclamation of his word because in him can we ...

Another glorious morning to you. We say these simple words to him...LORD, WE THANK YOU.  So, we did PART 1 of 'ALL IN PRAISE'. We continue today. Our 'intro' as usual. One of the things that all creatures have in common including the ‘supremo’ (Man) is PRAISE. ( Later you’ll understand why man came last in the passage above just as God did with creation ) Simply, we were all created for worship (Praise).It’s an ‘ALL IN PRAISE’ thing as depicted in Psalm 148. We see every single creation and even heavenly beings involved in praise. Ahaa, You, yes you?... What are you doing??? Now, let’s go into the focal passage Psalm 148 and get to understand why ‘ALL IN PRAISE’, Should be in praise and Must indeed Praise. We did from Psalm 148:1-10 & we understood that PRAISE is & will be a perpetual thing.  Heavenly Beings, objects and other creatures are 'ALL IN PRAISE' so why not YOU? That is where we ended.We continue right from the...

One of the things that all creatures have in common including the ‘supremo’ (Man) is PRAISE. ( Later you’ll understand why man came last in the passage above just as God did with creation) Simply, we were all created for worship (which surely includes Praise-Isaiah43:21). It’s an ‘ALL IN PRAISE’ thing as depicted in Psalm 148. We see every single creation and even heavenly beings involved in praise . Ahaa, You, yes you?... What are you doing??? Let’s go into the focal passage Psalm 148 and get to understand why ‘ALL IN PRAISE’,should be in PRAISE and must indeed PRAISE. The V. 1-2 tells us that Praise existed even before creation. It is something that was there, done by the heavenly beings and later transferred unto the earth. ( Well, aside the other unwanted baggage that we brought upon ourselves here ) This clearly tells us PRAISE is a perpetual thing. It's said JOY IS THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF HEAVEN. That will surely come from PRAISE which we...

We continue with the above title. Yes, HE IS  AN UNPREDICTABLE GOD ooo. Let’s go for our 'intro' once again: You know ‘sometimes’ I marvel at the way God does his things ooo. Well, I use ‘sometimes’ just as a matter of saying because we know he surprises us ALL THE TIME. Sometimes, you clearly know this is how God deals with you yet he still surprises us every time he does it. Again, we all believe God can do all things yet he still confounds us even the commonest ones. With these happenings, I only stop, sit, savour and say ‘EEEI, THIS UNPREDICTABLE GOD NONO’. Then, I can say for sure that there is one thing I can predict about him and that is his unpredictability. So, join me as we tell him, Lord take the wheel as we ride along along. We said we are looking at five(5) unpredictable situations of our God. We looked at three (3)of them yesterday. Let’s wrap it up with the two(2): The book of first and second Samuel pr...

You know ‘sometimes’ I marvel at the way God does his things ooo. Well, I use ‘sometimes’ just as a matter of saying because we know he surprises us ALL THE TIME. Sometimes, you clearly know this is how God deals with you yet he still surprises us every time he does it. Again, we all believe God can do all things yet he still confounds us with even the commonest ones. With these happenings, I only stop, sit, savour and say  ‘EEEI, THIS UNPREDICTABLE GOD NONO’. Then, I can say for sure that there is one thing I can predict about him and that is his unpredictability. Let's just go to his manual then,the Bible for it is pregnant with a lot of his unpredictable ways. We look at 5 ways of God’s unpredictable ways thou there are countless of them that only seem outlandish and even abnormal. However, to God this is part of his usual and he wants us to trust him every step of the way.( Remember, EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT COMES FROM HIM. (James  1:17 ) ...

Inching into the Month of December, we are all filled with excitement, thrills & gratitude. I am too. The reasons are the obvious... it's almost the end of the year and we're all thankful to God for that. Although, there are special times in the year, December is when all the parties, celebrations, merry making, fun...I mean the real fun are finalized. Speaking of that, Christ has already finalized the redemptive work on the cross for us &that makes the whole celebration VERY SPECIAL. So as my teeth crack the bone, my head nods & my feet taps to that melodious song whiles enjoying that riveting play, I pause for a moment... It's the 30th of December. A peep into the coming year and RRR stares you right in the face. Oooh No..not again...So is my bouncy face about to undergo some slimming course??? Looking at the enjoyment now, this 1,814,400 secs of.../eerhmm 30,240 mins/ okay...504 hrs/ I mean 3 weeks or simply 21 days of fasting will require...

The Bible passage above?... Of course, I’ve heard and read it on quite countless occasions. Reading it again, I thought it was going to be the usual-The ways of God are not our ways and all that. Anyway, let me give MY recount to you thou I know you have heard or read it before. "Jesus loved Lazarus very much. It was not only him but his two sisters, Martha and Mary(the one who had poured perfume on Jesus)  Lazarus fell ill and so as concerned as the sisters were; they told someone to inform Jesus as they expected a speedy response.  More so, since their Jesus was on that healing & miracle working spree, he was just going to pull a fast one on his beloved.(Lazarus) However, Jesus unbelievably chose to delay and amazingly go about his normal duties until when he was ready. By this time, 'Alea iacta est' that's latin meaning 'the die had already been cast' For the readers of this passage, we were all at sea with what Jesus did but w...

Today, it is a simple mandatory message to you. MEDITATE!!! Meditate on Psalm 139. That is all there is and God will speak to you. So the passage now: 1 O Lord , You have searched me and known me. 2You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3You comprehend my path and my lying down,And are acquainted with all my ways. 4   For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord , You know it altogether. 5You have hedged me behind and before,And laid Your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;It is high, I cannot attain it. 7Where can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there 9   If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10Even there Your hand shall lead me,And Your right hand shall hold me. 11   If I say, “Surel...

And so we do a part 2 of ‘A WONDER AT JEHOVAH JIREH’ Refer to the part 1 from yesterday’s as we continue.( http://myinss.blogspot.com/2016/02/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html ) From Matthew 6: 25-26 “THEREFORE, I TELL YOU, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WHAT YOU WILL EAT OR DRINK, OR ABOUT YOUR BODY, WHAT YOU WILL WEAR. IS NOT LIFE MORE IMPORTANT THAN FOOD AND THE BODY MORE IMPORTANT THAN FOOD AND THE BODY MORE IMPORTANT THAN CLOTHES?... God knows that not all will have, not because he had made it so but the poor you will always have with you. Mainly, this is because there will always be people who will continue to choose the wrong (sinful) path that leads to poverty. This is why he says for poor you will always have with you. Of course, our God knowing this,out of his infinite mercies caters for US. US here represent ALL people- The Rich, Poor, Black, White, Atheist, the staunch Christian and playfully even the Obolo(Fat person) or chingilingi(Skinn...

Our God has a lot of names and a lot attributes. Apart from GOD , he is called LORD or (a merger of the two with a title )- 'LORD GOD ALMIGHTY' . Another name is YAHWEH but he is also called JEHOVAH. Even in JEHOVAH , he has a lot of attributes to it. Let me concentrate on JEHOVAH JIREH today. Jehovah Jireh means God, our provider, our all sufficiency, the one who pours out his nourishment on his children meeting their needs. As Christians, we hold such names& attributes in high esteem.   We believe in them absolutely. Our only problem is that sometimes we wonder why our God, I mean the same Jehovah Jireh doesn’t provide: ·          When it is so clear and he knows we need it ·          Why most times we have to struggle for a long time to get it ·          Why other times some of his provisions are not what was needed/seemed irreleva...