BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY TUESDAY 28/02/2023

THE AUDACITY OF HOPE. 

TEXT ROMANS 4 :18-21

18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;

21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

What is hope?

Hope is a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen.

The audacity of hope refers to reckless boldness and daring  fearlessness in the face of hopelessness.

Papa Abraham was facing a seeming impossible situation, where no one in his days had given birth at seventy years.

For papa Abraham, it was a hopeless and a very bad case, but he believed God.

He believed God that he would be the father of many nations.

He hope against hope that Sarah would still be a mother.

We are at a point in our nation that hope is required for us to be able to cross over to the other side, the side of victory.

I must confess that humanly speaking, it looks hopeless, but before the God that we serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Romans 8 verse 

24 said that " For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?"

We may not have seen our exit from our present precarious state, but we have prophesies on our side that our times of bondage are over.

We must therefore hope against hope.

We must be ready to pay great prices for our freedom.

Beloved, continue to pray for us because if we relent at this point, we may all end up as slaves to the children of the bond woman.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus  40,41. John 20,21.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY SUNDAY 26/02/2023

A CROSS OVER TO TAKE OVER. 

TEXT NEHEMIAH 4:6-15 

6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.

7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.

It's not yet time to celebrate.

Our freedom has not yet been gotten, Pharoah will launch an attack with fury.

He will not let go without a big fight.

Pharoah is so used to the Jews bearing his burden, if he let us go, who will grind his stone for free?

Beloved, we have spoken with one voice, but the battle is not over.

We will now refuse to be divided by tribe and tongue.

This has always been their joker. We must be vigilant and ensure that they fail.

Nehemiah 4 v 18, 

18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me.

The next days are the most critical, it's not yet time for celebration, we must defend our victory.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 36,37. John 16,17.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY SATURDAY 25/02/2023

A CROSS OVER TO TAKE OVER. 

TEXT EXODUS 14: 8-15

[8]The Lord made hard and strong the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, for [they] left proudly and defiantly.

[10]When Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked up, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and the Israelites were exceedingly frightened and cried out to the Lord.

[13]Moses told the people, Fear not; stand still (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again.

[14]The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest.

[15]The Lord said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward!

Nigerians all over the world are expectant because Nigeria is expecting a birth pang.

Today will mark the beginning of our freedom.

Today the Lord will fight for us and give us victory.

The old Egyptian order will be dethroned.

Their horses and chariots will be buried by our common and determined decision for a new order.

We shall march into a new Nation where merit works, where hard work pays and where hope is renewed.

The new Nigeria will be a home for all people of good will.

There will be no more killers in our farms and our towns.

There shall be no more second class citizens of this great nation.

Our glory will be restored and our passport will 

 soon attract great respect.

Our national anthem will soon be respected again.

God will begin to lift  Nigeria speedily.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 34,35. John 14,15.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY FRIDAY 24/02/2023

 

LOVE IS A SACRIFICE 

TEXT 2 KINGS 10:11-17

11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,

13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.

17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.

When Jehu told Jehonadab the son of Rachab to come and see his zeal, he showed him  his capacity at doing exploits for the Lord.

Jehu stood against the gates of idolatory and wickedness.

He was not going to spare any one who is associated with or implicated in sorcery.

The reason our Christianity is weak today is because most christians today can not stand for anything.

They have no convictions on any issue. All they have are opinions and opinions can neither stand persecution nor affliction.

You hold your opinions but your convictions hold you.

They are neither here nor there.

The day we begin to ask ourselves what we have done for the one who paid with his life for our salvation, we will begin to do exploits for God.

The only wealth recorded in scripture were the ones that served the gospel.

Are your gifts, gold and gains working for the gospel?

Are you bleeding for the gospel?

Decide today that the gospel will go further because you lived.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,

Exodus 32,33. John 12,13  

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY THURSDAY 23/02/2023

 

LOVE IS A SACRIFICE 

TEXT MARK 10:17-22

17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

This rich man failed the love test.

He also failed the liberality test.

He thought he had the money but the money no doubt had him.

This man lost a golden opportunity for his name to be carved upon the face of the gospel forever.

Jesus wanted him to enter a dimension in God that only sacrificial giving can bring one into but he failed the basic test.

Life is not lived only in the physical, the greater part is lived in the spirit.

To be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life.

Jesus's sacrifice of His life was an example for us. 

When He did it, He received, power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing.

Revelations 5 v12,

"12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing."

There are no free gifts in the kingdom of God.

Every great thing you see, is the result of someone's sacrifice.

Romans 8 v 16-17 described us as heirs of God, but added that if we suffer with Him, then we will be glorified with Him.

I pray that this devotional will act as a compass that will guide you to victory through sacrifice.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not

 bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 30,31. John 10,11.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY WEDNESDAY 22/02/2023

LOVE IS PROVABLE

TEXT ROMANS 1 16-21

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Apostle Paul studied under the great  Gamaliel.

He was so prolific that he was no doubt headed for the very top in his days.

When Paul met Christ, he dumped all his honours and scholarship at the feet of the Lord.

Philippians 3 verse 8,

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,"

Many treat the matter of paying the cost of the gospel as an unserious matter, yet it is the most serious issue of our eternity.

Many are even ashamed to identify themselves as Christians in the public.

They come to church on Sunday, but they deny the master in their offices on Monday.

They speak in tongues on Sunday, but declare on Monday that "we run a secular business". Secular means godless.

The Lord said, He will deny them on the last day. He will command them to depart from Him because they were workers of iniquity on the earth.

Because when they knew God, they refused to honor Him, their hearts became darkened and they became vain in their imaginations.

Apostle Paul refused to be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, for by revelation he understood and declared that the gospel is God's power unto salvation.

What are you doing for Jesus?

Are you a bench warmer?

It is only those sacrifices done for the Master that has eternal value.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not

 bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 28,29. John 7,8,9.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY WEDNESDAY 22/02/2023

LOVE IS PROVABLE

TEXT ROMANS 1 16-21

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Apostle Paul studied under the great  Gamaliel.

He was so prolific that he was no doubt headed for the very top in his days.

When Paul met Christ, he dumped all his honours and scholarship at the feet of the Lord.

Philippians 3 verse 8,

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,"

Many treat the matter of paying the cost of the gospel as an unserious matter, yet it is the most serious issue of our eternity.

Many are even ashamed to identify themselves as Christians in the public.

They come to church on Sunday, but they deny the master in their offices on Monday.

They speak in tongues on Sunday, but declare on Monday that "we run a secular business". Secular means godless.

The Lord said, He will deny them on the last day. He will command them to depart from His because they were workers of iniquity.

Because when they knew God, they refused to honor Him, their hearts became darkened and they became vain in their imaginations.

Apostle Paul refused to be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, for by revelation he understood and declared that the gospel is God's power unto salvation.

What are you doing for Jesus?

Are you a bench warmer?

It is only those sacrifices done for the Master that has eternal value.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 28,29. John 7,8,9.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY MONDAY 20/02/2023

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

 LOVE IS PROVABLE.

TEXT  1 KINGS 3:4-5

[3]Solomon loved the Lord, walking [at first] in the statutes and practices of David his father, only he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places.

[4]The king went to Gibeon [near Jerusalem, where stood the tabernacle and the bronze altar] to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. One thousand burnt offerings Solomon offered on that altar.

Any love that cannot pass the test of giving is fake.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son.

What is the cost to your claim of love?

Is your own only a lip service love?

If it cost you nothing, it will yield you nothing.

Solomon loved the Lord and he sacrificed a thousand burnt offerings and before dawn, God appeared.

Our love to our wife, children, siblings and neighbours must be provable for it to be real love.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 24,25. John 3,4.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT 19/02/2023

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

 LOVE IS A CHOICE.

TEXT  LUKE 10:2 

2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Beloved, every church is populated not by labourers and harvesters but more by members.

When I was young in ministry, I thought that members were part of the church. I did not know that they were visitors.

They were there as long as everything is fine.

They are not there when the fire of challenges and affliction arises.

It is love that drives the labourers but many other things drive the members.

Some are driven by identity with a big brand, some are in search of employment, some marriage while others social alliances that are far from anything altruistic.

The spirit cried out in that verse of scripture that the harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few.

Are you a labourers?

God doesn't have many of them, so when He finds one, He secures and protects them by the powers of Heaven.

He also secures a prosperity both for them and their posterity.

Would you love to be a labourers?

Ask God for hunger, He will give you.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not

 bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 22,23. John 1,2..

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY SATURDAY 18/02/2023

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

 LOVE IS A CHOICE.

TEXT JOHN 10 :17-18

17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Dearly beloved, love is a choice. It is initially    a conscious decision but when practiced over a long period of time, it becomes a lifestyle.

This kind of love is called God's kind of love.

This kind of love is not self-serving or self-seeking. This is the kind of love that lays down all for the good of another.

It is called agape.

We can never conquer self by focusing on self. The only way to overcome self is to become selfless.

Whenever God delivers anyone from the kingdom of darkness to that of light, the Holy spirit begins a process of delivering the person from selfishness, to selflessness.

If the person permits Him to achieve this in his life, he becomes a city that is set upon the hills that cannot be hid.

God sees each one of us as a city but it is only those who can overcome self that will be appointed cities to rule in the world to come.

When your life become overwhelmed with God's love, you would emit love unconsciously and you will become a blessing to your world. 

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 20,21. Luke 23,25.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY FRIDAY 17/02/2023

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

THE FORCE OF LOVE .

TEXT ISAIAH 53:7-8 

[7]He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.

[8]By oppression and judgment He was taken away; and as for His generation, who among them considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living [stricken to His death] for the transgression of my [Isaiah's] people, to whom the stroke was due?

Love is all about sacrifice, it about giving, giving and not expecting anything in return.

We often give in expectation of something but in love the recipient may not even be in a position to reciprocate.

When you pay your child's school fees, you are happy that you were able to do it, you do not expect anything for what you have done. She may even be too small to be able to say thank you.

Such was our Lord's love for us, that He layed down His life for us.

He was not compelled , it was an expression of love.

It is called agape.

You are expected to go and do the same for the dying world.

Tell somebody about Jesus and save a soul.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 18,19. Luke 21,22.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY THURSDAY 16/02/2023

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

THE FORCE OF LOVE .

TEXT 1 CORINTHIANS 13: 11-13

11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

The Amplified version amplified verse 13 very clearly,

"And so faith, hope, love abide [faith–conviction and belief respecting man's relation to God and divine things; hope–joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; love–true affection for God and man, growing out of God's love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love."

Beloved, three of the greatest forces on earth are faith, hope and love, but the greatest of the three is love.

The reason is because all the other forces can only operate on the foundation of love.

Love is likened to the handle upon where the other forces hand.

No matter how beautiful your curtains are, it would remain on the floor if you do not have a curtain hanger.

Love is the ground upon where all other forces abound.

Begin to walk in love, and in no distant time, you will begin to see massive changes in your life.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 16,17. Luke19,20.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY WEDNESDAY 15/02/2023

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

THE FORCE OF LOVE .

TEXT 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-5

[1]IF I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God's love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

[2]And if I have prophetic powers (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God's love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody).

[3]Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or in order that I may glory, but have not love (God's love in me), I gain nothing.

[4]Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.

[5]It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

Yesterday, the whole world celebrated Valentine day.

A day set aside for the glorification and institutionalization of immorality.

A global day of lust that has gotten so many souls trapped in immorality and lost eternally to hell's consuming furnace.

The world does not have love and can not celebrate what it does not have.

Love is the first attribute of God.

The world does not know God, therefore it cannot know love.

The bible said in John 15 v 9-10  that , " As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love."

Satan is fighting vigorously to use this concept of Valentine to disfigure love (Agape).

How many called their parents to say to them , I love you"?

How many called their pastors to say "pastor, I love you"?

What manner of love is this valentine?

It is devilish,

It is not from above, it is from below.

It is the wisdom of this world that corrupts.

It is the spirit of Babylon that has enslaved many to Egypt.

To all members of my pastoral team and the Devotional, I want to say that I love you.

To my tireless wife and great helper Emem, I love you.

To all our readers, we love you.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 14,15. Luke17,18.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY TUESDAY 14/02/2023

 

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

THE FORCE OF PERSEVERANCE .

TEXT LUKE 5:17-19

[17]One of those days, as He was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come from every village and town of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was [present] with Him to heal them.

[18]And behold, some men were bringing on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed, and they tried to carry him in and lay him before [Jesus].

[19]But finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with his stretcher through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus.

Dearly beloved, life is a battle. The earth itself is a war zone. You are constantly  fighting for survival and relivance.

Any time you stop fighting, you start losing. Until you are completely out of relevance.

You must persevere in the battle for your destiny.

These men obviously heard that Jesus could help their friend.

They got to the door but the crowd was so much that it was impossible to access Jesus through the door.

Some would have abandoned the assignment and said, we have tried, but not these ones.

There are people who treat God's work with so much laxity and carelessness.

If the first attempt fail, they will abandon it.

They will even tell other people trying that they are wasting their time that "we have tried it before",

Thereby partnering with the evil spirits of discouragement.

But in their business, they have been doing it for twenty years without result yet not giving up.

Beloved we are not born to fail, we are always winners.

We just cannot fail because the mighty one lives in us.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not

 bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 12,13. Luke 14,15,16.

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY MONDAY 13/02/2023

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

THE FORCE OF PERSEVERANCE .

TEXT LUKE 18:1-7

[1]ALSO [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up).

[2]He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man.

[3]And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect and defend and give me justice against my adversary.

[4]And for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, Though I have neither reverence or fear for God nor respect or consideration for man,

[5]Yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will defend and protect and avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance and wear me out by her continual coming or at the last she come and rail on me or assault me or strangle me.

[6]Then the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge says

[7]And will not [our just] God defend and protect and avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them and delay help on their behalf?

Dearly beloved, the Lord wanted to teach us here that if want it desperately, nothing can stop you.

No power has been able to stop a man who wants it so badly.

This helpless woman was robbed of what was her's, even though she had no one to intervene on her behalf, she continued to pressurize the Judge.

She did this until the Judge became weary of her constant disturbances.

The Lord expects us to put up a fighting spirit like this woman, and see if we will have any need unmet.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not

 bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 9,10,11. Luke 11,12,13.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY SUNDAY 12/02/2023

 

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

THE FORCE OF PERSEVERANCE .

TEXT PROVERBS 24:16

16 For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, ...

Dearly beloved, it's not because things are difficult that made you not to attempt, it is because you didn't attempt that has made life so difficult around you.

Those who never dare, never ever emerge to greatness.

If you are afraid of failing, you are not yet ready for greatness.

The road to success if filled with trials and temptations.

Their main goal is to get you to quit, but refuse to quit.

If you quit, friends and foes will mock you.

Your parents will tolerate you, even your children will never cease to ask you why.

Stop mourning and complaining about how badly life has treated you, get up and move forward, there is always room at the top.

Remember that the top is not occupied by talkers but by doers.

Until you make up your mind never to quit, your success is not in view.

No matter how many times the challenges of this world push you down, get up and keep moving, the vultures never feast on an animals that is in motion, they will keep hovering until they confirm that there is no movement then they descend on their victim.

Remember that God has assured that He will help you and lift you up no matter how many times you fail.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not

 bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 7,8. Luke 8,910.

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY SATURDAY 11/02/2023

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

THE FORCE OF PERSEVERANCE .

TEXT GENESIS 26:17-22

[17]So Isaac went away from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

[18]And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names by which his father had called them.

[19]Now Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of living [spring] water.

[20]And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he named the well Esek [contention] because they quarreled with him.

[21]Then [his servants] dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he named it Sitnah [enmity].

[22]And he moved away from there and dug another well, and for that one they did not quarrel. He named it Rehoboth [room], saying, For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.

Perseverance is the vision that fuels passion.

Nothing great has ever been achieved without perseverance.

What separates the successful and the failure is not the issue of luck or talent but the power to persevere.

Obstacles will always be there but they are only stepping stones to your manifestation.

Isaac had to dig his wells three times before his enemies gave up.

He frustrated them with his relentless spirit.

He weried them out and they gave up on him.

Many of the worlds failures never knew how close they were to success.

Proverbs 24v16,  says that a just man faileth seven times and riseth up again.

Where you are is not your resting place, it's not your final destination.

Get ready to get back to work.

You are a spirit with power of all things that are created on earth.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 4,5,6,. Luke 5,6,7.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY FRIDAY 10/02/2023

 

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

THE FORCE OF PERSEVERANCE .

TEXT JAMES 1:2-4

2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Perseverance is a force that is created as a result of the trials that  the human spirit has successfully prevailed over.

The difference between childishness and maturity is perseverance. It is only through perseverance that you get to maturity.

We all face though times in life but some people manage to overcome their's irrespective of what life throws at them.

They reach their goals and callings not because everything fell into place but because they persevered even when everything seemed to be falling apart.

There is no promised Land without giants, however it will take persistence to dismantle every resistance threatening your manifestation.

Joseph remained focused on his calling even in the most severe, brutal and intense adversity.

Joseph, despite being betrayed by his brothers, wrongfully accused and imprisoned, he was confident that the everlasting God is faithful.

Joseph did not wake up one day as the prime minister of Egypt, it took years of perseverance before the dreams of brothers bowing down before him came to pass.

Beloved, I do not know the type of opposition you are facing now, but one thing that I know is that Hevean and earth may pass away but one jot of God's word will not fail without fullfiling the purpose for which it is sent.

Even this present season of global and national anxiety will soon pass away, in Jesus mighty name.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not

 bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Exodus 1,2,3. Luke 1,2,3,4.

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY THURSDAY 09/02/2023

 

TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING

PRAYERLESSNESS IS A FAITH EXECUTIONER .

TEXT MARK 1 :35-38

35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

Dearly beloved, wherever Jesus went, the crowd followed Him.

What was drawing this crowd to Him?

The Lord revealed it to us in verse 35 of our high lighted scripture for today.

Rising up a great while before day, He went out into a solitary place and prayed.

Prayer is a form of recharge.

Our spirits are like batteries, they are made up of rechargeable substances.

It becomes weak after mingling with humans for a protracted period of time.

You recharge your spirit by exposing it to a koinonia with God.

Beloved, whenever you feel weak, afraid, anxious and defeated, know it time to recharge your spirit.

God bless you.

With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.

Your case is not

 bigger than God.

May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 

Your Victory is already guaranteed

It is well, do not give up, with God all things  are possible

(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them   devotionals)

For further reading,   

Genesis 49,50. Mark 21,22.