ON THIS MORNING (OTM)

1 CORINTHIANS 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do , do it all for the glory of God. COLOSSIANS 3:17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. The above verses precedes my INTRO today and is a fulcrum to the title in focus-'ALWAYS FIND GOD IN IT' We love God. We believe in his son Jesus Christ &that his Holy Spirit lives in us leading us unto all truth. (That is not in doubt!!!) We believe God knows, is interested and has solutions to every area of our lives. EVEN THE MINUTEST DETAIL??? However, the simple questions are: Do we allow him to??? Do we believe in that enough??? Those simple questions lie at the heart of today's message. Beloved,many are the huge, middle lines & tiny compartmentalizations in our lives. What are they? How do you treat them? Do you know one thing, mostly we treat these areas unconsciously? Before I go into that, check ...

                          Let me tell you a story this morning. "This is a story of a woman and her son who have been specially invited for a banquet as distinguished guests.This is a ceremony they can’t afford to miss. On their way to the ceremony, the son who was playing with a number of coins his mother gave him, excitedly told her of one of the coins he really admired. In looking through the coins, the mother found out that one of the coins which was small, dirty and insignificant in value was conspicuously missing. This led her to look for THAT coin intensely which was of no essence to the son. The son was lackadaisical about it especially when it was insignificant in value& he was so eager for the special banquet. They eventually found that coin (by the son)languishing somewhere innocently aside its dirty self. The mother looked on as the son stood still, keenly looking at the coin. He utt...

Good morning. It's MEDITATE time once again. All I want you to do is to think deeply about the passage below and let the Holy Spirit speak to you. That's MEDITATE!!! HEBREWS 12:1-13 1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run  with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising  the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. DO NOT GROW WEARY 3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son,  do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved b...

'RESURRECTION' CALVARY CROSS BLOOD               SHED DEATH RISEN       RISEN             RISEN A_L_I_V_E SIN CONQUERED ETERNAL               LIFE                     REGAINED FURTHER MEANS: SACRIFICE ATONEMENT          PROPITIATION REMISSION                  OF                      SINS EXPIATION      SANCTIFICATION             JUSTIFICATION REDEMPTION   SALVATION RI...

RESURRECTION AFTER SABBATH... MARY MAGDALENE. .. MARY... SALOME WHERE HE LAY???. ..     SWEET SPICES TO ANOINT HIM RISING OF THE SUN     TO SEPULCHRE ROLL..  GREAT  STONE WHO?       ALL OF A SUDDEN   GREAT            STONE                    ROLLED             SEPULCHRE ENTERED                 FRIGHTENED SIGHTED YOUNG MAN               ON RIGHT SIDE IN LONG WHITE       GARMENT SAID HE... NO FRIGHT JESUS OF NAZARETH CRUCIFIED                DIED     ...

I bring you some profound quotes from Men of God and other famous people. What else than on Easter. So it's EASTER QUOTES for you. @ JosephPrince When Christ was laid in the tomb, every hopeless circumstance was buried with Him. Today, have faith in the One who overcame the grave. @MensaOtabil Easter is about Jesus. It is interesting how the secular world has taken Jesus out. @MensaOtabil The resurrection did not happen to Jesus, He is the resurrection. @MensaOtabil The resurrection of Jesus was not a temporary intervention. He is still alive today! @MensaOtabil Jesus had a bodily resurrection. Its is not a metaphor or a spiritual representation. Clarence W. Hall “The resurrection of Jesus changes the face of death for all His people. Death is no longer a prison, but a passage into God’s presence. Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.” Sam Morris “The tomb of Christ is famous because of what it DOES NOT CONTAIN....

ON CRUCIFIXION&DEATH LINEN CLOTH OFF                 NAKED BODY CASTING LOTS DISCIPLES                      ALL FLED DRAGGED                  TO              HIGH PRIESTS YOU?...THE CHRIST?                         YES I AM BLASPHEMOUS FALSE WITNESSESS RELEASE HIM OR THIEVES?        THIEVES!!! WHAT TO HIM? CRUCIFY HIM! WHY??         CRUCIFY HIM!!              CRUCIFY HIM!!! TO PRAETORIUM      PURPLE...

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HAPPY EASTER!!! The EASTER festivities are here once again.  WE THANK GOD. We celebrate the  Crucifixion, Death&Resurrection of our LORD&SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Now, if we're CELEBRATING, then no need to mourn at all as we used to but to REJOICE because his death is rather a GREAT GAIN(LIFE) for us. So why mourn??? Okay, it's now time to bring you the much talked about 'WORDFUL EASTER SERIES'.(Retitled the C_D_R series) This first part of 'ON THIS MORNING' gives you an INTRO of how the series will be. I title the Easter series WORDFUL because we'll be using WORDS(phrases at times) to depict the Crucifixion, Death&Resurrection of JESUS CHRIST. THAT IS ALL!!! We'll look at some WORDS on the lead up and on his CRUCIFIXION itself right after this INTRO. His DEATH will be on Saturday on MESSAGE FOR THE EVENING. Sunday Morning will be for his RESURRECTION and we'll continue to celebrate it on Monday as we rap up. I know a lot of people...

I bring you PART 2 of the Series 'LIGHT-A KEY ELEMENT DESCRIBING OUR LORD' today. We ended on 'ON THIS MORNING' last Friday on the one& only true source of LIGHT. Today,we zoom straight into the Scriptures but to first let's capture what the DIVINE source says: Genesis1:3 'AND GOD SAID,“LET THERE BE LIGHT,”AND THERE WAS LIGHT.' This was the first mention of LIGHT so far as the Holy Book is concerned. Well, reading on in the Genesis account,LIGHT couldn't co-exist with darkness and so was divided. He called the LIGHT day&Darkness night.He did this through the same LIGHT which he established in the firmament of the Heavens. LIGHT had to reign so he made greater light for day and the lesser light for the night.(which was the darkness) Okayy, so throughout the Old testament account,LIGHT played essentially these roles&still is:   * For signs,seasons,days&years(Gen.1:14) * A key components in Sacrifices at the time with the use of ...

I'm sure you remember on February 23 we did   'EEEI THIS UNPREDICTABLE GOD NO NO'. Ooh you don't or have forgotten?... simply go to this link for more- ( http://myinss.blogspot.com/2016/02/eeeithis-unpredictable-god-nono.html ) Okay, so I tersely recount them and tell you what God told me about those situations.  Let's kick off with Abraham, the man of Faith. You remember we looked at how God just told him to go to a place he'll show him. Now, that was just so unusual&unpredictable.Thinking about it, let me ask you this: What if God had provided us with EVERYTHING... just on a silver platter or gives us easy access to ALL WE NEED??? That will make him so predictable&we'll even normalize his ways questioning his sovereignty. The key ingredient here is FAITH. Beloved,God has it all, can give it all but as a matter of Faith, he tells us to just trust&obey.This is exactly what Abraham did&the end results, we all know. (Ge...

Today, I briefly treat you to some of the basic things we miss when we're WITHOUT THE WORD! So,WITHOUT THE WORD, YOU ARE TOAST!. Yes, like TOASTED BREAD as someone will say. Anyway, a lot of things happen  to us when we're WITHOUT THE WORD. A lot of temptations come our way just because we are WITHOUT THE WORD. Our prayers fail to crawl, walk, let alone rise to scale over the Ceiling to reach God ALL BECAUSE WE'RE WITHOUT THE WORD. We lose what  is so dear to our heart  just because we forsook the word...meaning we were(are) WITHOUT THE WORD. We succumb to the world &its pressures only because WE ARE WITHOUT THE WORD. HOWEVER, WITH THE WORD, WE HAVE POWER FOR THERE IS POWER IN HIS WORD. Hebrews 4: 12(Amplified) For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and...

'MEDITATE' Another meditate Sunday is here.  We bless God. The popular verse John 3:16 &its extension to verse 21 is our focus today. Erase the popularity mentality about the verses And MEDITATE especially as we get into Easter (Christ Crucifixion, Death& Resurrection) JOHN 3:16-21 16-For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17- For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 -Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19-This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20- Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21- But whoever lives by the tr...

Quotes Morning is here and you know it's a Saturday. Today, our spotlight is on C.S Lewis. Heard of  this man?His full name CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS. Born in 1963, he was  a British novelist, poet, academician, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, a one-time ATHEIST who became a CHRISTIAN APOLOGIST. Upon coming to believe in the existence of God once again, he became a strong advocate of God &his son as the only saviour.He therefore churned out these powerful quotes (amidst other write-ups) Let's go for them: @ CSLewisDaily “Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place in him.” ~ #CSLewis @ CSLewisDaily "If God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him." ~ #CSLewis @ CSLewisDaily “In the midst of a world of light & love, of song & feast, Luci...

Our latest series ‘KEY ELEMENTS DESCRIBING OUR GOD’continues. In this series, we'll be using variouselements to give a clearer and deeper description of our LORD GOD ALMIGHTY AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. We looked at WATER last week. This week, we look at LIGHT(Gen 1)& this is PART 1. Okay, So: The entire universe is made up of certain materials or elements. The beauty of it is that God made them in their diversity- some visible & others not. This is for our own benefit & most importantly to help in serving him pleasingly. Now, LIGHT is an electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with its speed in a vacuum of 186,281 miles/ 300,000 kilometers/ 299,792,458 meters per second. (I even confuse sef...break it down wai) Simply, LIGHT is a form of energy or 'something' that makes it possible to see.(Aaa!,SIMPLE) The sources of LIGHT are numerous. We have fire, electric lamp,candles and many others. Other..... sourc...

On today's message, I share with you a song from a group called BIG DADDY WEAVE. It's titled 'REDEEMED'. "I am redeemed, you set me free so I..." Let's go for the lyrics of the song as you let it speak it to you. (THE LINK TO THE SONG IS AVAILABLE BELOW) "Seems like all I could see was the struggle. Haunted by ghosts that lived in my past. Bound up in shackles of all my failures. Wondering how long is this gonna last. Then You look at this prisoner and say to me son. Stop fighting a fight it's already been won. I AM REDEEMED, YOU SET ME FREE. SO I'LL'll SHAKE OFF THESE HEAVY CHAINS. WIPE AWAY EVERY STAIN, NOW I'M NOT WHO I USED TO BE I AM REDEEMED, I'M REDEEMED. All my life I have been called unworthy. Named by the voice of my  shame and regret. But when I hear You whisper, Child lift up your head I remember, oh God, You're not done with me yet. I AM REDEEMED, YOU SET ME ...

Hello, LORD, I WANT TO. .. is my title today.  Simply I say: * LORD, I want to read your WORD daily but I  feel lazy anytime I open your WORD. * LORD, I want to serve you faithfully but the troubles of this world just won't let me.  * LORD, I want to love my neighbour as myself but with what happened last month...I don't think I will...okayyy Lord,  but it will be..d..ifficult oo  * LORD, I want to join the Music Ministry but the  Nhwehwuaanim-uu people are just too much..hmmm ( 'Nhwehwuaanim-uu' referring to those annoying church freaks as seen by the person) * LORD, I want to  involve myself in your work but I'm always reminded of this one sin that always pulls me back.  * LORD, I want to respond to your calling but I'm afraid of what I will eat, wear and the wonderful plans I've ahead.  *Lord, I want to  finally give my life to you but I love the world ( In fact, the world 'dey sweeten me oo') ...

We do another 'MEDITATE' time this morning. We all go through "times'as Christians. Some right now, ,others are yet to come.  This is a running thing for believers and so I implore you to MEDITATE on ISAIAH 40:27-31. (FOR HE'S ALL WE NEED) The verses now: 27 Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel,“My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”? 28 Do you not know?Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.   29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary,and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. SO I SAY: 'MEDITATE!!!'

We do the final Part(PART 3) of SIN REDEFINED- (Of course, the minus 'negative' sign simply tells us we're redefining SIN wrongly) So far we've established two things. That is how we have basically REDEFINED SIN  to what's only BIG and how the Bible views this negatively growing phenomenon. However, this morning we realised  that though there are bigger sins but what GOD wants us to be weary of, know and cut out are the LITTLE LITTLE SINS that graduate to the big ones. (WATCH OUT FOR MORE ON THE LITTLE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE ) Today, we look practical situations of SIN REDEFINED- *When you aren't a degree holder&you haven't said that you are but the wording in your CV raises you above someone like that.Hmmm...   *When you lost yourself  when that phone or gadget went missing for 2mins.. *When you gave your child the unrestricted room to operate with peers, over pampering and leaving him to scornfully treat people with disdain....

We rather do PART 2 of SIN REDEFINED- today.( SIN REDEFINED- with a 'negative' minus  sign) This simply means  redefining SIN wrongly. So we ended Friday morning on the fact that God hates sin at all forms, levels, size and at all times. CONTINUING: In this modern era (that we're all in) 'WHAT IS SIN' seem to have metamorphosed. I mean changed to the negative. SIN REDEFINED- Sin is viewed in the context of its enormity. We mostly accept it only when it's BIG glossing over the LITTLE LITTLE ONES.  I know there are those we call bigger sins. I won't disagree..ee on that term per say especially as human as we are.  Yes, some of the sins are big in nature with dire or greater consequences. In 1 Cor.6:18, Paul talks about our infamously famous sexual immorality saying  'Flee from Sexual Immorality.  All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually sins against their own body.' However, and most ...

Another MEDITATE Sunday is here with us. It's PSALM 1.  King David has something of God for us. As we read, let's 'MEDITATE' V.1Blessed is the man  who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat ofmockers.  V.2 But his delight is in the way of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.  V.3 He is like a tree planted by the streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. WHATEVER HE DOES PROSPERS. V.4 Not so the wicked!They are like chaff that the wind blows away.  V.5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. V.6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous but the way of the wicked will perish.   SO I SAY: AS YOU PREPARE FOR CHURCH, JUST DO THIS:  'MEDITATE!!!'

Hello it's QUOTES time on your all round daily devotional ON THIS MORNING. We do Otabil quotes today. Let's read, reflect and do as God's word says. @ MensaOtabil Jesus takes the sum total of our lives from our past and present to weave out new patterns for our future. #LivingWord @ MensaOtabil Jehovah lifts up our burdens, reverses every curse and fills our hearts with His everlasting joy. @ MensaOtabil Don't let your beauty outlast your character. Let your character stand out even when beauty fades. @ MensaOtabil The good news is that we can avoid spending eternity in hell by inviting the Lord Jesus Christ into our hearts.#LivingWord @ MensaOtabil Cheap popularity is like cheap jewelry; it wears out very quickly.  @ MensaOtabil Without vision, you would live a frivolous life and you will end up going nowhere. @ MensaOtabil Without vision, you would live a frivolous life and you will end up going nowhere. @ MensaOtabil Do...

'Sin Redefined-'(with a 'negative' minus sign)is my title.  Intentionally, I have a lot of scriptures which I would really implore you to read.  James 4:17, James 1:15, 1John 1:8-10, 1John 3:4, Mark 7:20-23, Galatians 5:19-21, Genesis 4:7, 1Corinthians 6:9-10, 1Corinthians 6:19-20, Hebrews 10:26, Matthew 5:28, 2 Corinthians 5:21 is my last verse here which is a solution to all. THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE NOW: I was having a usual discussion with a  female colleague at the office just yesterday and she said something which has informed ON THIS MORNING today.  It was about SIN & she said these days the devil has made us view sex (fornication or adultery) as the only SIN. (main SIN) Yes, this is something that I'm sure you know. I do too. Therefore, I ask my simple questions as I always do. I will make it close ended questions giving you multiple answers to choose from. So, how well do you know the above statement??? i) Not heard ooo...

Hello, Good morning.You woke up, well& able to respond to this. Simply, join me and let's say THANK YOU LORD!!!   So, very soon you'll grab your breakfast I'm sure &when choked or after it all, you'll sooth it down with some WATER. YOU KNOW THAT  UNDENIABLE FEELING? We continue with  the series 'KEY ELEMENTS DESCRIBING OUR GOD' SERIES. Water is our focus.  This is Part 2. Continuing from the WATER ELEMENT in the New Testament,Jesus knew this, that's why he crowned it all for us in John 4 with the Samaritan woman. It was the well (water)experience.These are some key verses from that: v.10 " ...IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD, AND WHO IT IS WHO SAYS TO YOU, ‘GIVE ME A DRINK, YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM AND HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU LIVING WATER.” The woman said to Him, V.11 "SIR, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DRAW WITH, AND THE WELL IS DEEP. WHERE THEN DO YOU GET THAT LIVING WATER?   Jesus answered and ...

Ooh yes I'm liking and enjoying series now. So we start a new series titled ‘KEY ELEMENTS DESCRIBING OUR GOD’  In this series, we'll be using the following elements and more that is WATER, LIGHT, FIRE,EARTH/LAND& AIR to give a clearer and deeper description of our LORD GOD ALMIGHTY AND OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Tonight we look at the Water element (Gen 1). As has been the custom of late, we do PART 1 today. The entire universe is made up of certain materials or elements. The beauty of it is that God made them in their diversity- some visible & others not. This is for our own benefit & most importantly to help in serving him pleasingly. These elements are in various forms as accounted in biblical times. We have minor elements like doves, salt and many others to look at later but mind you I said key ones so we dwell on WATER now.  Water is H2O(being scientific) Well, it is a clear liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as r...

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It's Independence Day on a Sunday. We thank God for that.  It's  'MEDITATE' time on a Sunday.(Join me every Sunday then) Today, we look at Psalm 27. Let's go: 1The LORD is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When the wicked advance against meto devour me,it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall. 3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear;though war break out against me, even then I will be confident. 4 One thing I ask from theLORD,this only do I seek:that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock. 6 Then my head will be exalted  above the enemies who surround me;at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with s...

Hello,  it's another Saturday our sweet God has given us. Of course,  that also brings us to some sweet QUOTES this morning Let's hit them: @ CSLewisDaily Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be & if you've taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. @ Bible_Time Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. -Exodus 20:12 @ CSLewisDaily “There have been men before…who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God himself." @ timkellernyc God's sense of timing will always confound ours. His grace rarely operates according to our schedule. @ MensaOtabil Your life is a product of your thinking. Change your thinking, change your life. #PositiveLiving @ CSLewisDaily "The mark of Friendship is not that help will be given when the pinch comes but that, having been given, it makes...

We continue with SUA ME!..LEARN FROM ME! (As said intentionally using more of the TWI) 3nti wo nsua me ohn?... Won't you learn from me? (Just kidding once again) Okay, so we ended yesterday on two (2) classical situations of what 'SUA ME' could mean. Let's look at both situations once again: " Hw3 mede3 sua me oo. Na s3 me de3 obiara nim s3 me dwo, me bu ade3,me p3 Nipa, me ny3 basabasa. Wo sua me a,3b3 boa wo ankasa" (This literally means Hey, you better Learn from me oo.As for me, Everybody knows I'm calm, respectful, friendly and not a bad person. If you learn from me, it will really help you.) The other one: "Tie me wate. 3ny3 s3 me de3 me tene na 3mom y3 sua sua y3n ho. Ad3n nti na wa ma  abufuo ahy3 wo so saa. Aden nti na wo nsua wei nfiri me ho..." (Please listen to me very well.  It's not to say I'm perfect in every sense but we learn from one another. So, why have you allowed anger to control you.Why do...