BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY SUNDAY 31/03/2024

 

TEXT COLOSSIANS 3:1-3

RISEN TO KEEP RISING

  

"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."

Christ arose so you can rise and keep rising.

Jesse Christ fought a vicious battle in hell for two days.

It was the final battle for our salvation.

And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it(Colossians 2:15).

He made a public show of their defeat and made us to sit together in Him in Heavenly places.

Where we are positioned, we can only rise.

Our rising is the result of what He has done for us, it's not about what we can do for ourselves.

Satan and his cohorts has already made that error, it cannot be reversed.

Had they known that the cross was a portal  for the production of millions and billions of sons of God on the earth, they wouldn't have brought Jesus near it.

Satan surely is not omniscience, only God is.

Child of God, fear not, we are in charge because our Lord is risen.

Happy Easter.

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,   

 Acts 8. Songs of Solomon 2.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY FRIDAY 29/03/2024

 

TEXT : JUDGES 6:6-7,11-12

GOD'S MERCY NEVER ENDS

  

 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.

And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,

And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour."

Dearly beloved, a song writer wrote this about the steadfast love of the Lord so many years ago.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceaseth,

His mercies never comes to an end,

They are new every morning, new every morning,

Great is thy faithfulness, O Lord.

Israel thought that the Lord had forsaken them because they were facing successive defeats.

They used their condition to conclude one their position.

Your condition can actually deceive you.

By position, you are sitting in heavenly places in Christ, far above principalities and power.

Your condition may be that the enemy fighting your destiny is unrelenting.

The reason he is unrelenting is because he knows who you really are in Christ.

If you refuse to give up on your destiny, Satan will definitely give up.

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,   

 Acts 6. Ecclesiastes 13.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY WEDNESDAY 27/03/2024

 

TEXT :1 SAMUEL 28:5-8

CAN YOU TALK TO GOD IN YOUR MESS?

" And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee."

King Saul disobeyed God and God sent a message through prophet Samuel that He had rejected him.

This was happening at the time of war.

Israel was facing the ferocious philistine army, King Saul being overwhelmed with fear, began to look for alternatives to the God of Israel.

How many times have decided in your heart to seek for alternatives outside of God?

We often do this when we think that God is not answering or that God has rejected us.

Often it may be that our sin and guilt consciousness has stopped us from hearing from God.

King David was also by God rejected after he killed Uriah and took his wife Bartsheba.

The difference between the two men was that while Saul had other options, David would return to God and ask Him to punish him rather than letting him end in the hands of his enemies.

Saw ended in the hands of his enemies.

David got a second and a third chance.

He even got more than a third chance and ended up by God establishing his posterity over Israel forever.

How do you hand your mess?

Whenever you are in a mess, remember never to be far away from God.

You have no chance with the devil, stick to God.

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,   

 Acts 4. Ecclesiastes 11.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY TUESDAY 26/03/2024

 TEXT : JONAH 2:1

CAN YOU TALK TO GOD IN YOUR MESS ?

"Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice."

One of the most subtle devices of the devil is to blackmail you out of God's presence with guilt.

It worked with Adam and Eve, when they sinned, they began to hide from God.

The Bible said that God came visiting again as usual, but Adam and Eve hid themselves for they said that they were naked.

God wants us to come boldly to Him even in our mess.

"Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.(Hebrews 4:16)"

A sin stained conscience is the plan of Satan for all children of God.

When you carry this load of a conscience, you can never appear before God, not to even talk of appearing boldly.

Refuse to permit the devil to drive you away from your Daddy's presence.

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,   

 Acts 3. Ecclesiastes 10.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY MONDAY 25/03/2024

 

TEXT : PSALM 30:3,5

THAT PROBLEM WILL NOT LAST FOREVER

"O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."

This problem will not stay with you forever.

You are coming out of it.

You will not die in this issue.

It will not see your end.

You are surely coming out of it.

There are times we go through issues that seem unending.

It could be protracted sickness, it could be a complicated debt issue or marital crisis.

Some are also dealing with terrible relationship crisis, but God is not lacking in answers for your troubles.

God said that weeping May endure for a night but Joy comes in the morning.

If your weeping has extended beyond one night, it's no longer scriptural, it must end today for your joy to begin.

Beloved, I am the prophet that God sent to announce your new season, it's a season of joy.

Praise the Lord... Hallelujah.

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,   

 Acts 2. Ecclesiastes 9.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY WEDNESDAY 20/03/2024

TEXT : ISAIAH 49:15-16

GOD CANNOT FORGET YOU.

 

" Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me."

Beloved, there are times in the life of a man/woman when they begin to think that God has forgotten them.

They might have been dealing with some issues that seem very tough, so they conclude that God has forgotten them.

Beloved, king David faced exactly this same fate when he was dealing with his son, Absalom's revolt.

"And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:"(2 Samuel 16;5-7).

It does not matter how they see your case today, God Himself has said that He cannot forget you.

Like a blacksmith, He has engraved you in the palm of His hands.

If God were to have a tattoo, you would have been His tattoo.

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,   

 John 18. Ecclesiastes 3,4.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria

BEFORE YOU STEP OUT TODAY WEDNESDAY 13/03/2024

TEXT : GENESIS 26:12-13

YOU HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY

 

"Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:"

Isaac was confronted by a very troubling situation.

He was not facing just the draught in the land, he was also facing some enemies whose only Joy was to see him fail.

They actually didn't take over the well so they can use the water, no they took over the well so they can destroy it.

They did it not once but twice.

Beloved, if you really want it so badly, you must be ready to fight for your destiny.

If the enemy believes so much in your destiny to ignite this level of warfare over it, then you also should believe in yourself enough to put up a fight.

You can't just give up.

It's better to die fighting for what you believe in than to be cut surrendering to your destiny mockers.

Isaac didn't surrender, you will not surrender either.

You are the offspring of a lion, you cannot surrender to the gathering of antelopes, no matter their number.

Even if those antelopes are high on substances, their eye must surely soon clear.

'And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.

And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.(Genesis 26:18-22)"

Go back to it again, you will come back will a trophy.

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,   

 John 11. Proverbs 27.

Pastor  Obi Ejikeme

Senior Pastor

House of faith, Nigeria