BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY TUESDAY 1ST MARCH 2022

TOPIC :  PRIDE, A DESTINY KILLER

TEXT 1 JOHN 2:15-16

[15]Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

[16]For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

 

Dearly beloved, the pride of life is that assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things, these do not come from the Father but are from the world, it's a huge satanic deception.

Pride makes you imagine that you are God's senior brother.

Have you seen some of these celebrities being guarded by squads of fiercely looking security men?

 Many of them actually see themselves as super mortals and end up being destroyed because pride makes you a lesser mortal..

Learn from Jesus who is God but humbled Himself and was born in a manger because it was crucial for His assignment.

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 our devotionals)

For further reading,   Deuteronomy 12,13,14.

 Galatians 3,4. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY MONDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2022

TOPIC :  PRIDE, A DESTINY KILLER

TEXT 1 peter 5:5-6

[5]Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

[6]Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

Pride is self exaltation.

It is lifting oneself above all, including above God.

It was pride that got Lucifer into trouble and had him demoted to Satan.

In Isaiah 14:12-15 the scripture said, 

"12. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

13. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."

If you want to predict your future accurately, just check if you are operating in pride.

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 our devotionals)

For further reading,   Deuteronomy 9,10,11.

 Galatians 1, 2. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY SUNDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2022

TOPIC :   THE POWER OF HUMILITY

TEXT  JOHN 13 4-6,12-15

[4]He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.

[5]After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

[6]Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?

[12]So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

[13]Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

[14]If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.

[15]For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

Beloved, Jesus is our perfect example and His is the General overseer of all the churches.

What was it that made Him place a very high premium on humility?

Today many Christians get really confused when they look at Jesus and the church leaders of today.

In my country, many move with tens of fully armed fiercely looking security men.

Many wonder why they need these men.

Many live like Hollywood superstars, rudely flaunting their wealth in social media.

Jesus knelt down and washed the very dirty feet of the disciples.

They had no shoes but sandals with which they worked the dusty roads of Jerusalem.

It was not an easy wash, but the Master of the universe washed them.

God resists the proud and lifts up the humble.

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 our devotionals)

For further reading,   Deuteronomy 6,7,8.

 2 Corinthians 13,14. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY THURSDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2022

TOPIC :   THE POWER OF HUMILITY

TEXT  1 SAMUEL 3:10-14

[10]And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

[11]And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

[12]In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

[13]For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

[14]And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

Dearly beloved, Samuel heard from God what would have made most men become not just proud but arrogant.

He knew from God that the man who he was serving was finished and that the mantle had fallen on him yet he kept serving.

I have had a personal assistant who in his attempt to become more important told church members that he was the one who wrote my sermons.

Imagine if God had anointed such a fellow?

He would have destroyed both himself and others.

God is very wise.

Humility exalts.

It's your time to be lifted by the power of humility 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 our devotionals)

For further reading,   Numbers 37,39.

 2 Corinthians 4,5,6. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY WEDNESDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2022

TOPIC :   THE POWER OF HUMILITY

TEXT:  PHILIPPIANS 2:5-7

[5]Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: [Let Him be your example in humility:]

[6]Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained,

[7]But stripped Himself [of all privileges and rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being.

Beloved, Jesus was God.

He was part of the Trinity.

They are three that we recognize as our God in Christianity.

God the father, God the son and God the Holy spirit.

We see them as equal in our faith.

Jesus stripped himself of all privileges and rightful dignity, became just like a servant so He could achieve the mission of salvaging mankind.

If humility can lead Christ to placing a value to even the most wretched of our humanity, if Christ died for the worst of us, then I should be proud to serve the weakest of 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 our devotionals)

For further reading,   Numbers 34,35,36.

 2 Corinthians1,2,3. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY, FRIDAY 18TH 2022

TOPIC :   THE POWER OF LOVE

TEXT : MATTHEW 5:43-46

[43]Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

[44]But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

[45]That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

[46]For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

The love commandment is a very tough one.

No one can fulfill it in the flesh.

When the Holy spirit comes into our life, it starts to sieve us like women sieve wheat.

This process is continued until every flesh in us is consumed by the refining fire of the Holy ghost.

When this happens, selfishness gives way to selflessness.

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 our devotionals)

For further reading,   Numbers 19,20,21.

 1 Corinthians 4,5,6. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY THURSDAY 17TH FEBRUARY, 2022

TOPIC :   THE POWER OF LOVE

TEXT : JOHN 15:12-13

[12]This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

[13]Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

HATRED IS SATANIC. 

It is a major instrument of Satan for pulling down believers.

Genuinely loving others is proof of the presence of the Holy Spirit within us. 

Living in hatred towards others is proof of demonic influence upon the heart. 

Justifying your hatred proves you have totally surrendered to Satan. 

Proverbs  10:12  "Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins".

The choice is yours.

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 our devotionals)

For further reading,   Numbers 16,17,18.

 1 Corinthians 1,2,3. 

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria