*#WC QUOTES*

It is the biggest football season-the World Cup... *#WC*, and your All Round Devotional is not missing out with these wonderful quotes.

_The way I judge myself is not on how many World Cups I can win in a row.- Bode Miller_

_We shall wonder if one day our game is played on another planet? Why not? Then we will have not only a World Cup we will have inter-planetary competitions- Sepp Blatter_

_I Can't win the World Cup alone.-AB de Villiers_

_'In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.”- Lionel Messi._

_“For sportsmen or women who want to be champions, the mind can be as important, if not more important, than any other part of the body.”–Gary Neville._

_The beauty of the World Cup is that while thirty-two countries get to cheer for their respective teams, the event also affirms a global pluralism - it is as much a festival of cultural multiplicity as it is a competition featuring some of the best athletes in the world.-Clint Smith_

_“If you’re in the penalty area and don’t know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we’ll discuss the options later.”- Bob Paisley._

_God give gifts to everyone. Some can write,some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and making the most of it_-Ronaldihno

_You Know as a player that you won't have many opportunities to play in world cups,so you have to take them when you can-_ Lionel Messi (And..😉)

_"It may seem that I have everything,” he says. “Due to my wealth and fame, some people ask why or if I still need Jesus. The answer is simple: I need Jesus every day of my life. His Word, the Bible, tells me that without Him, I can’t do anything. I really believe that. The ability I have to play football and all that has resulted from it are gifts from God. He has given me a talent to use for Him, and I try to improve on it every day.”_-Kaka(Brazilian International)

_“Today, I have my ministry through sports, but I play because I have a God-given gift,” he says. “I play because He has perfected the gift He gave me in my life. Jesus said ‘without me, you can do nothing’ and I believe this.”-_ Kaka(Brazilian International)

*SO I SAY:*
*This is your World Cup quotes ..#WC...Enjoy as you pick some lessons in there*

*RENEW &REVIVE ME...*

5-Year Anniv.🌻🙌🏻)

*Will you not revive us again,that your people may rejoicein you? (Psalm 85:6)*

*Then we will not turn away from you;revive us, and we will call on your name. (.Psalms 80:18)*

*'I want to know God more and more'*...An Answer i hear Christians give.This can be backed by what Paul said in Philippians 3:10-  _'I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection...'_

What I ask is that- is there a finality to knowing God since we started knowing him?😉...There has never been and will never be.

Just when you think you know him or has figured the exact pattern or order of your life, he pulls one trigger& the LIFE plot get even more confusing& interesting.

This is why the faith ingredient is vital in the Christian life.

Beloved, though we have committed our lives to God, there is one thing we need to keep on doing in order to grow stronger in the Christian race.

*To ask God to RENEW and REVIVE you EVERY MOMENT.*

*You are telling God that at every step of the way you need him as your lamb even though he has shown you the light. (Glorious end)*

So, Lord,Renew&Revive us:
*That we won't be sneakingly lured or taken unawares by the juicy packaged sins of this world.

*That our desires,longing in you will always be in flames.

*That the 'God First' Anthem& What Would Jesus do thinking will anchor our lives at all times.

*That we will be able to stand life challenges &the difficult times ahead.

*That he will continue to give us the Grace to pursue our God-given mandate.

Beloved, I do this as an innate silent prayer anytime I put it on my status or wall....Let it be that key constant in your life to ask for refresh ,renewal& revival.

YOU NEED HIM...Tell him to Renew and Revive you NOW& every moment..because there has&will never be a time, you have could have done it by Strength.

*SO I SAY:*
*JOIN ME&LET'S TELL GOD TO...RENEW & REVIVE US DEAR LORD.*

*THE GREAT COMMISSION on MEDITATE*

*(5-year Anniv 🌻🙌🏻)*

Hello my On This Morning Peeps, I trust God you are doing well. We thank God for his Grace that found us.

So, what about them.... The Lost?...Remember, our Lord Jesus came so that they could be found...And today, they can only be found through you.

*As you MEDITATE on these scriptural verses on the Great Commission,be encouraged to step up on the need to win the lost&dying souls at every given opportunity (Your whole life being the Best way).*

John 20:21
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”

Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Luke 24:46-47
And said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

Matthew 9:37-38
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Isaiah 6:8
And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Matthew 28:19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Romans 10:14–15
“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’”

Matthew 4:19-20
“‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’ At once they left their nets and followed him.”

Matthew 9:11-13
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Mark 16:15
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.

*SO I SAY:*
*THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WERE SAVED& RESPOND TO THE GREAT COMMISSION on MEDITATE TODAY🙏🏻*

*"BRIBING" GOD*

(5-Year Anniv.🌻🙌🏻)

On June 6 this year, Ghana's Celebrated Investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas outdoored his exposé on bribery &corruption on Ghana Football.The aftermath of it is still raging.

Over the period,Bribery& Corruption has become the nation's bane.It is difficult  to believe there are still some decent people around today who don't give or take Bribes.

Just to let you KNOW, THERE STILL ARE.It never gets easy but *Take that stand to live such an upright life&God will forever be your help no matter the circumstance.*

_"Awww, such a Good God you are.I give you all the praise you deserve.Love you... Thank you dear Lord."_
This is a short 'cony-faced-like'😉 prayer I make to God intermittently within the day when he continues to do those 'little' things & just sometimes when I want something. When I do that, I ask myself-Are you trying to Bribe God?...Kinda😀

*Beloved,GOD CAN NEVER BE BRIBED*

So why then attribute such a defaming act "Bribery" to the one and only divine God?

For many, if there is anything that can bribe God, it is Praise,Worship, Holiness,Sowing seeds, Soul winning and the like.

*However, one thing we forget is that all the above&more   only begin from a Broken&Contrite heart...One that is ever open,ready& willing to not only live but even die for God....*

*...Then, moving on it becomes a dedicated & sold out heart to God...(Meekness)*

_The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Psalm 51:17)_

Abraham after *willingly* leaving his comfortable abode when logically there was no sense to, was even ready to sacrifice his only son back to  the same God who had promised to make  him the father of all nations.

Yes,it was Faith but mind you Faith thrives on a fertile soil(The Heart) which must be broken& sold heart to God.

And David, he just fits this _"Bribing God equation"._ To think that after all the lust, adultery, evil plotting,murder,Family wranglings...God's verdict on him was a man after my own heart. It all started from those youthful days whiles tending the sheep as he dedicated his body,heart& soul to God. He was ready to do virtually everything for God even in his sins.

Of course, they are not immune from God's punishment.However, for such people, they may seem to have "bribed God"_ as when they commit the sins the dirtiest sinner won't even do,God is still with them.

Beloved, the reason might just be this👆🏻. Indeed, God looks at the heart. One that may sin so bad but the very good is that they would always run to God for forgiveness, cleansing,Renewal & Grace to really live & be a better Christian.

One verse I advisedly 'fear'...Prov. 29:1-
_'Whoever remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.'_

This means God  continues to work on us...THIS IS IT:I pray the only constant God's word&his spirit will work on our hearts such it will be forever Open, broken,Contrite, ready&sold out to God.

_All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came to be,declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word. Isaiah 66:2_

*When we do this,we 'bribe' God &no matter what, he will do all we want because he can do all he wants through us.*

*SO I SAY:*
*THIS IS ALL IT TAKES TO "BRIBE" GOD'*

*TRUE...*

(5-Year Anniv.🌻🙌🏻)*

True Reflection...
True Nature...
True Friend...
True Love...

True Prophet...And...

*True Christian*...

Don't we get tired of abusing this word but...

Do we blame the many who are forced to use this word just for emphasis, to make the needed point and to find out if it is really so.

Many in the world today are forced to prefix their statements with *True...Truly...Really...only to be sure what they say is what it is.*

The Continual usage which i understandably get *tired of*...Does it not mean there is something wrong with us?

For something to be true,it means to be
- *Accurate,Exact or Right*
- *Loyal&Faithful*
- *In accordance with reality.*

_"...Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch.So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught great numbers of people. *The disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.*_ (Acts 11:25-26)

*It was their words,deeds,dedication,Commitment&the sum total of their lives that earned them Christians NOT True Christians.*

God is always&still looking for broken& yearning souls to use...Just that!

I agree with the Music Group 'Big Daddy Weave' when they say *I Wonder What life will be like if we let Jesus live through You&me.*

Beloved, What is our lives?
Is it to Reflect his Light...To show our God-Given Nature...To be the trusted and ever dependable friend in all your imperfections,To be that Prophet who knows that freely  have I been given...

Above all,
*To be A CHRISTIAN!... Just that!*

_"...News of this reached Jerusalem and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain *TRUE* to the Lord with all their hearts..."_ (The Right expected usage😉)

Let us give the *True* word some breathing space by living out the lives God requires upholding his virtues...
_Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent orpraiseworthy—think about such things. Phil.4:8_

*SO I SAY:*
*~TRUE CHRISTIAN~...BE THE CHRISTIAN WHO IS TRUE.🙏🏾*

*I Keep My Promise(pkG)*

(5-Year Anniv.🌻🙌🏻)

It's not a political one by one of the Political candidates.We've come to know that hardly do they keep them.

Does it mean I keep my promise for being able to bring you the message- *I Keep My Promise*?
_(Sure you can recount the many times I've failed on pre-informed messages)_

So who should?... Christians?... Laugh🤣...they will be your worst offenders.

Therefore, the Questions remain: *_Are we to make Promises at all?...Are there those to make&those not to...Is Failure to keep any big deal let alone sinful?...Is it God's Forté-an area left to him alone?_*

The 'Promise' subject is a dicey one&so when the Spirit prompted me in a car to write on it, I did behave like Moses. Am i any worthy?..So, what do I say?...Well,the answers are all in scriptures:

_Eccl 5:4 *When* you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him._
*When*...So we can make promises... It is not impossibly outside our reach to keep BUT... _(God expects something of us)_

_Proverbs 20:25 Don’t trap yourself by making a rash promise to God and only later counting the cost._
It is impossible to list those to make &keep and those not to...Very situational &peculiar to each individual.

Big deal or sinful?...How do you see people who always promise&fail you. *What if God did same to us?* _Eccl. 5:6 Don’t let your mouth make you sin. And don’t defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved._

_Eccl. 5:5 It is better not to make a promise than to make one and not keep it._👍🏻

Brethren, it is simple-As Christians,just as we *are* to do everything as led,So are we to approach Promises.Was it to show off at church?...That you are a good person?...Just to ward someone off knowing that you won't?...And the ability to fulfil..is it mere hope or faith backed by that deep conviction.

Beloved, LET GOD LEAD& SPEAK TO YOU.It wasn't for nothing that you had to let your mouth loose with words falling out only to be broken &not be in its right place.

Promises come as any mere words spoken in certainty that it will happen.
Take your words seriously as you expect to be taken seriously because it equals you.

Personally, I've realised that anytime I have yielded to God's leading in this, it has been almost impossible to fail. I say almost because at the end of the day I am human..with the flesh refusing to be led. So...

It is why you always have to rely on me... Yea me..because it is my Forté for I'm not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?_

*SO I SAY:*
*I keep my Promise hence the name PKG- Promise Keeping GOD✌🏻😊*

*I Keep My Promise(pkG)*

(5-Year Anniv.🌻🙌🏻)

It's not a political one by one of the Political candidates.We've come to know that hardly do they keep them.

Does it mean I keep my promise for being able to bring you the message- *I Keep My Promise*?
_(Sure you can recount the many times I've failed on pre-informed messages)_

So who should?... Christians?... Laugh🤣...they will be your worst offenders.

Therefore, the Questions remain: *_Are we to make Promises at all?...Are there those to make&those not to...Is Failure to keep any big deal let alone sinful?...Is it God's Forté-an area left to him alone?_*

The 'Promise' subject is a dicey one&so when the Spirit prompted me in a car to write on it, I did behave like Moses. Am i any worthy?..So, what do I say?...Well,the answers are all in scriptures:

_Eccl 5:4 *When* you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him._
*When*...So we can make promises... It is not impossibly outside our reach to keep BUT... _(God expects something of us)_

_Proverbs 20:25 Don’t trap yourself by making a rash promise to God and only later counting the cost._
It is impossible to list those to make &keep and those not to...Very situational &peculiar to each individual.

Big deal or sinful?...How do you see people who always promise&fail you. *What if God did same to us?* _Eccl. 5:6 Don’t let your mouth make you sin. And don’t defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved._

_Eccl. 5:5 It is better not to make a promise than to make one and not keep it._👍🏻

Brethren, it is simple-As Christians,just as we *are* to do everything as led,So are we to approach Promises.Was it to show off at church?...That you are a good person?...Just to ward someone off knowing that you won't?...And the ability to fulfil..is it mere hope or faith backed by that deep conviction.

Beloved, LET GOD LEAD& SPEAK TO YOU.It wasn't for nothing that you had to let your mouth loose with words falling out only to be broken &not be in its right place.

Promises come as any mere words spoken in certainty that it will happen.
Take your words seriously as you expect to be taken seriously because it equals you.

Personally, I've realised that anytime I have yielded to God's leading in this, it has been almost impossible to fail. I say almost because at the end of the day I am human..with the flesh refusing to be led. So...

It is why you always have to rely on me... Yea me..because it is my Forté for I'm not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?_

*SO I SAY:*
*I keep my Promise hence the name PKG- Promise Keeping GOD✌🏻😊*

*I'm on my way(I MADE IT!😚)-J. McReynolds Inspired*

 (5-Year Anniv.🌻🙌🏻)*

By now you should know I love song messages.

I share them from time to time and this morning I share this beautiful one from one of the best lyricist the worldover - *Jonathan McReynolds.*

It is not only a song but a Prayer&Declaration of God's manifold Blessings upon our lives.The Beautiful thing in doing all these is that in the end... *All All the Glory goes to God for Making it.*
Please Don't just read it...Declare it in Faith&I believe it will be in your life as God has willed it.🙏🏾 _(oh even better the link to the song is below)_

.This is *I MADE IT!*🎼

_One day I'm gonna be big. One day I'm gonna be famous. One day I'll be able to say that I made it, I made it_
_One day I'm gonna be rich.And everything is gonna be different. One day I'll be able to say that I made it, I made it._

_I'll have one secret. It's the kind that I kinda gotta tell the whole world.I just can't keep it.I'll scream it from the mountaintops and tell everyone..._
*_It wasn't me, but God that gets all the glory.For without Him letting it be. I wouldn't be able to say that I made it, I made it._*

_Maybe I'll win an award.That says I've achieved some greatness.But even then, I still won't say that I made it, I made it.'Cause one day I'm gonna be dead, but that's not all bad. 'Cause I'll be up in Heaven.That will be the day I say I made it, I made it._

_I made it(I made it)For that gets me I made it(I made it)...When somebody thought I wouldn't, but I made it(I made it).I declare this for my life(I made it)._
_No matter what it looks like(I made it)I got an expected end (I made it)...And it's good,and it's marvelous, Lord (I made it)...I made it (I made it)_

*_And if you don't feel comfortable saying you made it say..._*
_I'm on my wayTo greatness...To my own business...To my degree...Victory..._

_To loving me for me._
_I'm on my way...To Heaven...To Heaven...To Heaven...To Heaven..._

*SO I SAY(Personalised)*:
*I am on my way...&I MADE IT!🙌🏻😚🙌🏻...Thank You Lord!.(J.McReynolds Inspired)*

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IUNlOlnDUz4

*MEDITATE (Psalm 139:1-18)*

*(5-Year Anniv.🌻🙌🏻)

On the heels of the director of Music&his Psalm 139, we bounce back with another interesting edition of your All Round Devotional.

*As always, Thank you all for your Support for this Service to God& Mankind. God bless you all.😊*

And so you may
have read it but I implore you to read it again as God speaks to you.

V.1You have searched me, Lord,and you know me.
V.2 You know when I sit and when I rise;you perceive my thoughtsfrom afar.

V.3 You discern my going out and my lying down;you are familiar with all my ways.
V.4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.

V.5 You hem me in behind and before,and you lay your hand upon me.
V.6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,too lofty for me to attain.

V.7 Where can I go from your Spirit?Where can I flee from your presence?
V.8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

V.9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
V.10 even there your hand will guide me,your right hand will hold me fast.

V.11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
V.12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;the night will shine like the day,for darkness is as light to you.

V.13 For you created my inmost being;you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
V.14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;your works are wonderful,I know that full well.

V.15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,when I was woven togetherin the depths of the earth.
V.16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

V.17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!How vast is the sum of them!
V. 18 Were I to count them,they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you.

*SO I SAY:*
*MEDITATE!*
*(OnThisMorningDevotional'19...#ToCome)*

*The ABBA FATHER Template (#HonouringFathers...#FathersDay)*

Somewhere in May 2016, I wrote the message titled *'ABBA FATHER'*

Snippets:
_We normally see God in a very fearful light.We talk about his love but truly we see him as a fearful giant whom we shudder leaving us with no choice than to beg for our needs..._

_God, the one you serve has given you the right to call him ABBA FATHER...DADDY. The only qualification is to ACCEPT HIM as SAVIOUR & LORD. (Romans 10:9)_

So he says in *Romans 8:15*
_The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again...the Spirit you received brought about your ADOPTION to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”_

Chiefly, *The Fear Factor*, *Trust Issues*, *Closeness &Intimacy* lie at the forefront of Fatherhood challenges.

Observing from the old testament, God himself had to clear the notion in order to truly reflect his Loving yet just nature hence *'addressing it in the new era with the Abba Template through Jesus Christ'*

*ABBA*-is an Aramaic word that would most closely be translated as “Daddy.”

*ABBA FATHER-* Used by young children to address their fathers... signifying the close, intimate relationship of a father to his child.

*ABBA FATHER Relationship-* in the Bible
indicates a CHILDLIKE TRUST in the UNFAILING ONE(GOD).

This is the perfect example that God has laid for us...

That Fathers will move from the old, primitive, domineering, fearful mentality of Fathers to the new, refreshing, accommodating,loving,merciful DADDY...ABBA FATHER mentality where the FAITH AND TRUST LIKE THAT OF A CHILD is the basis of the relationship.

Thankfully, as I have been saying, Fathers today are stepping up to the plate(even with their forks&knives😀)...The future indeed looks bright✨✨

*As Pivotal&ever needed as he God is, so did he do same by creating the institution of marriage&Family with Fathers at the hem...The home is always better placed with a Father & I mean a father in it*

*Ain't we able to approach God's throne with Confidence,Joy Reverence,Love,Comfort&faith...where all our needs&expectations are met*
(This is just because Our God is not just our creator but also Our Father.)

*SO I SAY:*
*This is the Best Template that God has laid for us...The ABBA Father Template...It is Possible because he himself is our Chief Guide*

*HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL FATHERS*