Godsliberty Bamiselu

CHRISTLIKE || LEARNING

[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

“And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.” 2 Corinthians 5:15

[Pastor Rich Bitterman @w_bitterman]

Sin had been his master so long it says... Do this. Go there. Say that.

Every attempt to escape failed. The slave would lean his ladder against the prison wall, only to discover a missing rung. Before he could climb far, the tyrant was there again, tearing away what remained and beating him back down.

Then the relationship ended in the one way slavery cannot survive. The slave died. The old master could still shout. He could demand, threaten and call the servant by name. None of it carried authority anymore. Death had ended the bondage.

Romans 6 begins there. Paul has just said that where sin abounded, grace abounded much more. Someone immediately twists the gospel into an excuse. If grace shines brightest where sin is great, why keep fighting sin at all?

Paul recoils from the idea. “How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?”

For five chapters, Paul has told us that Christ died for us. Romans 6 adds another wonder. We died with Him and that is the heart of union with Christ.

When Jesus died, His death counted as ours in the reckoning of God. The cross is where our penalty was paid and it is also where our old slavery reached its end. Paul piles up the language: buried with Him, planted together in His death, the old man crucified with Him. Sin had ruled like a tyrant. Its dominion was real. It commanded and we obeyed.

Calvary changed the relationship. Paul refuses to picture two masters fighting it out for the Christian’s heart, each taking turns at the throne. The old man has been crucified. The believer is a new creation. He still sins, sometimes grievously, yet sin no longer holds the rightful dominion it once possessed.

The resurrection completes the picture. Christ rose from the grave and those united to Him are reckoned to have risen with Him. Paul says we now “walk in newness of life.”

The king does more than free the slave from the prison. He raises him and brings him into his own home. The servant, overwhelmed by the goodness of the one who rescued him, gives himself gladly to his new master.

That affection belongs at the center of Christian obedience. We are alive to God.

The Christian therefore wakes each morning belonging to Someone. The King who rescued him is good, wise, powerful and gracious. Obedience begins to take on the character of gratitude. We are learning to live for the One who broke the prison door and gave us a place in His house. There is tenderness in that allegiance. We serve the One who first loved and rescued us.

Baptism acted out this change from the beginning. Paul piles up the verbs: plunged, buried, planted, raised. The believer went beneath the water and came up again as a visible confession that his old life had ended and that he now belonged to Christ. The water did not create the union. It pictured it.

So when Paul asks how someone dead to sin could continue living under sin’s rule, he is asking Christians to remember who they are.

That becomes intensely practical because the old voice still sounds familiar.

Imagine the former slave walking to the shops one day when he meets the tyrant who once owned him. Immediately the commands begin again. Do this. Go there. Bring that. The strange thing about an old master is that his voice can still sound like a command long after he has lost the right to give one.

Temptation often feels exactly like that. A habit followed for years can feel compulsory. Anger rises with an old familiarity. Lust, bitterness, dishonesty, pride, envy or greed speaks in a tone we recognize. For a moment, the Christian can feel as though nothing has changed.

Paul says otherwise, “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body.” A dethroned ruler can still shout orders. He no longer owns the kingdom. The believer therefore calls the truth to mind. Sin has no rightful claim over me. I died with Christ. I am alive to God. That memory gives strength to refusal.

Paul carries us farther. A Christian who spends all his energy staring at temptation will soon become exhausted by it. Scripture gives us something better than an empty life built around avoidance.

“Yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead.”

The servant has a King to love. He has work worth doing. His hands, mind, speech, time, strength and ordinary hours can be offered to the One who delivered him. This is the expulsive power of a new affection. Love for Christ begins filling the space where sin once ruled. Holiness grows when the Christian becomes occupied with pleasing the Savior.

That does not mean temptation disappears. Paul never teaches sinless perfection. The old voice will still call. Some temptations are strong enough that wisdom tells us to keep our distance from them altogether. A person who knows where he is weak should stop arranging unnecessary meetings with his former tyrant. Yet when temptation finds us, we possess something we did not have in our old bondage. We can refuse.

Then we turn again toward Christ and ask the question Paul himself asked when grace found him: Lord, what would You have me do? Romans 6 therefore brings us back to the cross.

The cross is more than the place where the Christian life began. The moment we forget that Christ died and that we died with Him, sin begins to sound powerful again. When we remember that Jesus rose and that our life is bound to His, the old commands lose something of their force.

Paul says, “Reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

The old voice will still call after you…look again at Calvary. Christ died there and because you are His, your slavery ended there too.

He rose.

You belong to Him now.

[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

@w_bitterman Amen! Glory to GOD for this wonderful truth. ✨

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

Modern culture sells you an illusion of three choices. It tells you that you can choose between God, sin, or yourself.

It insists you can reject divine submission, steer clear of destructive vice, and comfortably occupy a safe middle ground.

But the Apostle Paul rejects this premise entirely in Romans 6. He argues that only two paths exist, meaning you are either a slave to sin or a slave to righteousness.

The self is not neutral. Since the fall of man in Eden, the human heart has been intrinsically occupied territory. We are not independent operators.

Because the self is never neutral, Paul describes human faculties as instruments designed to be wielded by a master. The only open question is whose hands hold the tool.

The modern mind recoils at this binary. The average man points to his quiet, comfortable life devoid of obvious vices and asks how he could be a slave to anything.

He defines sin by its fruit, looking only for addiction or malice. Paul defines sin by its root. He locates it precisely in Romans 1 as the creature knowing God and refusing to give Him thanks. That root is autonomy. It is the created being deciding to sit on its own throne.

Living a self-directed life while politely ignoring the source of your breath is the absolute definition of sin. It is rebellion dressed in a cardigan.

What a man says about his independence settles nothing because Paul's test of freedom is obedience.

In the subsequent verses of Romans 6, he argues you are a slave to whatever you obey. The man who claims he answers to no one blinds himself to the reality that he answers relentlessly to his appetites, his fears, and his reputation. He serves these unseen masters exhaustingly without asking who put them in charge.

Paul has a chilling phrase for this liberty. He says such men are free in regard to righteousness. They have escaped exactly one master, and it happens to be the only One who actually gives life.

The consequence of this autonomy is death. We often treat this as an arbitrary threat from an insulted deity, but Paul forces us to view it as a wage. It is an earned judicial payout governed entirely by the unbending laws of spiritual physics.

Snap a branch from an oak tree and the leaves will remain stubbornly green for a few days. The branch might even appear to thrive in its newfound independence. Yet the dying began at the exact moment of the break.

Similarly, the green leaves of a comfortable life simply mask the reality that the creature is coasting on borrowed sap. Death is not a divine tantrum. It is the ontological certainty and the earned wage of severing yourself from the source of life.

Why does the Creator keep air in the lungs of a creature living a lie? He sustains the rebel out of profound mercy.

As Paul notes in Romans 2, the kindness of God is meant to lead to repentance. God gives the autonomous man decades to build a kingdom on his own terms, allowing him to feel the exhaustion of his own sovereignty as his empire slowly rusts. This delay is an act of deliberate grace. Every year of that decay is an open invitation to abandon the heavy burden of independence.

The only cure for a withering branch is to be grafted back into the vine. True freedom is found in the surrender of autonomy, returning to the source of life to quietly trade a perishable independence for absolute imperishability.

[SeyiB @SaintSeyiB]

NO HOPELESS SITUATIONS WITH YOU
(They’re Your Opportunities)

📖TO THE BIBLE - Mark 9:23
“Jesus said to him, ‘If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.’”

LET’S TALK➡️
As Jane dropped her backpack on the couch, she sighed deeply: “I don’t think this can ever change,” she muttered. “I’ve tried everything.”
Her older brother, Derek, looked up from his Bible: “Everything?” he asked with a smile. “Did you try God’s way?”
Jane frowned: “What do you mean? This is a hopeless
situation!”

Derek shook his head gently: “Hopeless to whom? From man’s perspective, maybe. But with God, there’s no such thing as a hopeless situation.”

As a young person who’s born again, you’re not meant to react to life the way everyone else does. You’ve been called to function by divine principles. That means you don’t panic when things go wrong; you respond with faith. The life in you is the life of a victor. You were born to reign, even in your classroom, on your campus, in your workplace, and among your peers. When someone says, “There’s no way you can pass that,” or “You’ll never make it,” don’t be discouraged. Get excited! That’s your opportunity to put your faith to work. Pray. Declare God’s Word over your situation.

Speak life instead of fear. Say, “The greater One lives in me. I’m an overcomer. I can do all things through Christ!” God loves to see you stand strong. The Bible says His wisdom is revealed through us. Every time you refuse to give up, every time you choose faith over fear, you’re showing the world—and even the spiritual realm—that the power of God is real and active in your life.
Remember, the inherent dynamic ability to turn hopeless situations around came into your life when you received the Holy Spirit. That confidence you need, that turnaround in your family or academics—it’s not out of reach. This is the set time to demonstrate the life of victory that God has brought you into. Praise God!

📚Go Deeper:
Matthew 17:20; James 5:17-18

Speak
I can never be disadvantaged in this life because the greater
One lives in me, and He’s given me the inherent dynamic ability to change hopeless situations. I have the power and wisdom to turn every unfavourable situation around for my good, to the glory of the Father! Every challenging situation that I face is an opportunity for me to demonstrate my faith and manifest the glory of God. Hallelujah.

📚Daily Bible Reading
ONE YEAR
1 Thessalonians 4:1-18, Isaiah 40-41

TWO YEARS
John 5:33-47, 1 Kings 21

Act
Look at the most challenging situation you’re facing right now. Instead of being discouraged, get excited! Say, “This is my opportunity to prove the Word of God.Greater is He that is in me! I speak change to this situation, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.”

#Teevo
#RhapsodyOct15

[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

@ibrycecrawford This is so beautiful. Speak of love! JESUS would be so proud. ✨🔥

[SeyiB @SaintSeyiB]

RIGHTEOUSNESS APART FROM THE LAW

📖But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets (Romans 3:21).

Many have read Paul's words in Romans chapter three and concluded that no one can be righteous before God. They quote what’s written in the 10th verse, _*“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one,”*_ and assume that's God's present description of all men. But if you carefully follow Paul's argument, you'll discover that he wasn't addressing those in Christ. He was speaking to those who were under the Law.

The Jews believed they had an advantage because they had the Law, while the Gentiles were regarded as outsiders, estranged from the covenants of promise. But Paul argued that having the Law didn't make anyone righteous. If righteousness came through the Law, then every requirement of the Law had to be fulfilled perfectly. Yet, the very Law they trusted testified against them. It declared, “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Psalm 14:3).

Paul quoted the Law extensively and then drew a powerful conclusion: *“Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law...”* (Romans 3:19). The Law exposed sin and rendered the whole world guilty before God, as Paul further explained, *“…by the law is the knowledge of sin”* (Romans 3:20).

The Law revealed man's condition, his sin-nature, but it couldn't produce righteousness. Then came the new order, one of the most glorious transitions in Scripture: the revelation of God’s righteousness apart from the Law as read in our opening scripture. This righteousness isn't earned by works or by keeping the requirements of the Law. It's God's own righteousness, revealed and bestowed through faith in Jesus Christ.

Now that you’re born again, you've been justified freely by His grace. You're not struggling to become righteous. The righteousness that the Law could never produce has been imparted to you as a gift through Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17). He’s been made your righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21). Blessed be God! Therefore, see yourself as God sees you: holy, accepted, sanctified, and justified in Christ Jesus.

🙏PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for revealing your righteousness through Jesus Christ, making Him to be sin for us that we might be made righteous. I walk in the consciousness of my justification and oneness with you. I live victoriously today, free from condemnation and fully established in your righteousness, in Jesus' Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY📖=
Romans 5:1 KJV Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

*Ephesians 3:9 KJV
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ

2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

📖DAILY SCRIPTURE READING📖
1-Year Bible Reading Plan📖=>
Colossians 4:2-18 & Isaiah 52-53

2-Year Bible Reading Plan📖=>
Hebrews 4:1-16 & Ezekiel 4

#RhapsodyOct11

[SeyiB @SaintSeyiB]

BE CONSCIOUS OF
HIS ABILITY IN YOU
(There’s No Limit For You)

📖TO THE BIBLE - Matthew 17:20
“...for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.”

LET’S TALK➡️
As Lisa and Jordan chatted after school, they came across an astonishing headline on Jordan’s tablet.“Did you see this?” Lisa asked, her eyes widening.
“A fifteen-year-old just graduated top of their class in mathematics in the UK!”

Jordan shook his head in disbelief: “Fifteen? That’s...
unbelievable! How’s that even possible?”
Lisa smiled: “You know, it made me think... if God can
do that, what can’t He do through us?”

“What if the kid didn’t believe in God?” you may ask.
Well, in our opening scripture above, Jesus addressed a group of people and told them nothing shall be impossible to them. This group of people weren’t Christians at the time; no one could have been born again since Jesus hadn’t died and risen from the dead. Now, if people who didn’t have eternal life were being told by Jesus that they could use their faith for anything, what about you who are born again,having the life and nature of God in you?

It therefore means there’s no limit to how much you can achieve in life! You’ve been called to a life of unending success, triumph and prosperity. You have the supernatural ability to do exploits because you’re filled with the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8). Failure, defeat and the down-life shouldn’t be part of your life. All you need is to be conscious of God’s ability in you.

Notice that the Lord Jesus didn’t say, “And nothing shall be impossible unto God;” rather, He said, “Nothing shall be impossible unto you.” Think about it: if nothing is impossible to you, it means you can do anything and be everything God has planned for you to be. So, when obstacles appear, don’t shrink back in fear or despair. It doesn’t matter the strength of your adversaries; refuse to cower or be intimidated. Remember, the power of God in you is greater than any problem before you. Go on and win today. Glory to God!

📖Go Deeper:
Philippians 4:13; Mark 9:23

Speak
I’m a winner in everything I do. There’s nothing I can’t handle because God’s own strength is working inside me. I’m done with focusing on what’s stopping me or letting obstacles get in my head; my path is set for success, victory, and big things. I can literally do all things through Christ, because He’s the one giving me the power to crush my goals.

📚Daily Bible Reading:
ONE YEAR
Colossians 2:6-23, Isaiah 29-30

TWO YEARS
John 4:43-54, 1 Kings 15

Act
Identify one “mountain” in your life—something that seems impossible; don’t just pray about it; speak to it. Say, “Mountain, be removed! I’m not limited by you. Nothing is impossible to me!”

#Teevo
#RhapsodyOct10

[SeyiB @SaintSeyiB]

YOU'RE IN YOUR PLACE OF BLESSINGS
(Enjoy The Fullness Of God's Blessings)

📖 TO THE BIBLE - Ephesians 1:3
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ."

*LET'S TALK ⏩*
Imagine you had a wealthy relative you'd never met. You spent years writing letters, asking them to please send you some money, hoping one day they might answer. Then, one day, a lawyer showed up at your door and informed you that the relative had passed away years ago, and you were the sole heir to the entire fortune. You were already rich and didn't know it. That's the moment you start living in your inheritance!

Isn't it amazing to know that the fullness of God's blessings belongs to you? Not *"when I'm older," not "after I've figured my life out."* Right now. Somebody said, *"I've been praying to God to bless me."* But you see, that's actually not the best way to think about it. God has already blessed you way beyond what you can imagine! He's already given you *ALL* spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, not just a few.

The Bible says you were called to inherit a blessing (1 Peter 3:9); you were born into God's blessing because you're part of Abraham's family. God told Abraham, _"I will make you a great nation; I will bless and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing" (Genesis 12:2). That blessing wasn't just for Abraham; it's for you too (Galatians 3:16). So, not only are you blessed, you're meant to be a blessing to others.

In your school, your friend friend group, your online space, you carry something valuable. Decide today to live like the person God created you to be. You're full of His blessings. There's nothing in this world or heaven that you need to beg for, because everything belongs to you (1 Corinthians 3:21). Your life should overflow with good things so that others who come into contact with you can partake of the goodness of God in your life. *Praise God!*

📚 Go Deeper
Galatians 3:8-9
"[8] And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying,] In thee shall all nations be blessed. [9] So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham."

Deuteronomy 28:2-6
"[2] And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, [3] Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. [4] Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flicks of thy sheep. [5] Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. [6] Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out."

📢 Pray
Dear Father, thank you for blessing me so much that I can actually be a blessing to everyone else. My life is packed with good things, with no empty spaces, and anyone I hang out with or talk to gets to experience your goodness just by being around me. Hallelujah!*

📖 Daily Bible Reading
ONE YEAR
Colossians 1:24- 2:1-5; Isaiah 27-28

TWO YEA
John 4:30-42; 1 Kings 14

*_🎯 Act
Since you're already blessed, look for an opportunity to be a blessing to someone today. It could be a kind word, a small gift, or offering your time

#Teevo
#RhapsodyOct9

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

In the Old Testament Tabernacle, there was a lampstand, a table of showbread, an altar of incense, and the Ark of the Covenant.

There was never a chair.

The Levites stood continually because their work was never finished. Animal sacrifices provided temporary covering, not permanent cleansing, so the posture of the priest was always in motion, always laboring.

So when Hebrews 1:3 declares that Jesus "sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high," the original Jewish audience would have felt the seismic magnitude of that claim.

Hebrews 10:11–12 drives the contrast home:

"Every priest stands daily at his service... offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God."

His sitting down is the divine declaration that the debt is paid, the work is finished and no more blood needs to spill.

But Jesus didn’t just become the first priest to sit down, he became the first Priest to sit on a throne.

In ancient Israel, royalty (Judah) and priesthood (Levi) were strictly separated. A Levitical priest could never sit on a king's throne. Christ shattered that boundary, merging the altar and the throne forever.

Because our High Priest sat down, your spiritual striving can end.

The righteous King stepped into our darkness, bore our sin, and completed the work, so that we could stop working for acceptance and finally rest in Him.

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

To be fair, both Christianity and Islam claim simplicity. The real difference is what each chooses to simplify.

Islam simplifies God. Christianity simplifies the path. The gap between those two choices is everything.

How does Islam simplify God?

It makes Him conceptually clean, strictly singular, and purely transcendent; an absolute, distant monad. It gives you a God who is easy to explain on paper because He is stripped of relational depth and kept safely outside human experience.

And why is Islam’s God so simple?

You have to trace it back to its origin: a founding prophet who was illiterate, who heard fractured snippets of Jewish and Christian stories and accepted them without critical interrogation.

One has to seriously consider whether Islam makes God simple because God is simple, or because its founder was intellectually incapable of rationalizing a greater God.

How else do you explain a text that rejects divine Sonship on the crude human logic that "God has no wife," or misapprehends the Trinity as God, Jesus, and Mary?

Christianity, by contrast, admits that God is complex.

He is Trinity; three Persons in one Being, an eternal dynamic of love. Even more scandalous, one of those Persons took on human flesh while retaining full divine essence. It is a depth that has left the greatest minds in history in reverent confusion.

So Christianity has a complex God, but it gives us a simple path.

The path isn't earning your way to heaven through a legalistic checklist; praying five times a day, ticking off pilgrimages to Mecca, or constantly measuring your works on a scale.

The path is simply accepting a Person: Jesus, who already did all the work on your behalf. You don't perform to reach God; God reached down to you.

Besides, when has simplicity ever been the mark of reality in the things that matter most?

Love is not simple. Human nature is not simple. Science is not simple. Art is not simple. We accept their complexity without complaint, because depth is the mark of something real.

Why would the ground of all existence be any different?

[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

GOD is with me always. ✨

[SeyiB @SaintSeyiB]

PRACTISE HIS PRESENCE
(Live with the Consciousness of God)

TO THE BIBLE – Matthew 28:20
“…and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

LET’S TALK
Elephant calves in the wild rarely stray far from the herd because they’re always aware that the other elephants are nearby. That awareness helps them stay calm, confident, and protected, even in difficult or dangerous places. In the same way, when you become aware of God’s presence with you, it can bring a new level of confidence to your life.

When you’re conscious of God’s divine presence with you, your life will be an unending stream of the miraculous. Dr Daisy Osborn used to say, “Practise the presence of Jesus,” and I urge you to do the same. Practising the presence of God means living your life with the consciousness that God lives in you, and He’s also with you. Thus, statements such as, “I’m so lonely and alone in this world; nobody understands me at school or online”, should be completely banished from your life. Rather, you say, “The Lord is with me always, even in class, at home, and with my friends.”

When Jesus said, “…lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20), He wasn’t kidding. It makes no difference whether or not you “feel” He is close; He’s right there with you and in you! Don’t allow your mind to think thoughts of loneliness and weakness; look in the mirror and tell yourself, “God is with me, and He lives in me, even when I feel left out or unsure!”

You must begin to think, talk, and function as though God is with you, because He is! Talk to Him often. Relate with Him like a real Person who can hear and appreciate your concerns—including school pressure, friendships, and decisions you need to make. When you’re conscious of His presence this way, you wouldn’t recognise the absence of others or the challenges and adversaries you face. It’s something you must practise consciously, especially when you’re alone.

If you can be bold in the presence of God when you’re alone, you’ll win when you come out of your closet. That will be the end of all your struggles. Fear, worry, anxiety, doubt and stress will be gone from your life for good. He’ll lead, guide, protect and strengthen you. As He said to Joshua, He says to you today, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9).

Go Deeper
Hebrews 13:5; Psalm 23

Pray
Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for your presence with and in me, and because I know you’re with me, I don’t fear, fret, or despair. You’re more than able to perfect what concerns me today and always, in Jesus’ Name. Amen!

Daily Bible Reading
ONE YEAR
Romans 5:12-21, Psalms 52-55

TWO YEAR
Luke 12:13-21, Judges 6

Act
Talk to God as you walk to school, scroll through your feed, or hang out with friends; He’s right there with you.

#Teevo
#RhapsodyAug1

[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

Thank you for sharing this, sir.

[Nathaniel Bassey @nathanielblow]

Hello !
You might just need this.
Please Read.

When you work with a leader or someone that stretches you beyond your comfort zone, and truly wants you to be a better version of yourself,
You have no idea what God is doing for you.
My late mentor, Pastor Eskor Mfon was never really
a professional musician per se, but was a great worshipper and one that had an ear for good music.

He would come into our choir room after we had spent hours rehearsing. He’d sit, cross His legs, rest his jaws on his palm, close his eyes and listen to what we had done. After a while, he’d shake his head, smile and heave an interesting sigh “aaaaahhhh !”, and then say to us “okay okay well done o, but we can’t give God this kind of worship tomorrow, let’s start again…” And believe me, another 2-3 hours of work…. He’d tell us, “you know we can’t take people to a place we have not been to ourselves…”
He would share scriptures, explain what ministry was all about, then sit with us as we slugged it out.

Anyway, those days would later become the foundation of my music ministry today.

Hmmm, There were days I thought “this stress is just too much” just to lead worship ??? But what did I know ? Poor boy ! My eyes opened one day, and I caught it.

The inheritance I got from him was not money and material things, even though he took good care of us. But the values, principles, work ethic, mind shift, wisdom, spiritual intelligence and understanding, emphasis on prayer, word, purity, integrity, character, excellence etc.

Today I honour him everywhere I go, because in hindsight, He was God sent - To a young man who only had talent, but with very little or no sense of direction.

So, to anyone out there, connecting with this post and perhaps in a similar place, I say receive GRACE to maximize the moment. Learn and glean all you can now, never despise the process, instead appreciate and honour it. For not everyone is privileged to have another man or woman who leave their own thing to sit on your matter, just to make sure you excel in life. It is a blessing !

And in case it appears to be taking longer than it should, may be, just maybe. you are cut out for the BIG TIME. And in no distant future we would be reading your own inspiring story.

But Please note ! Only make sure the person or leader is one that meets the criteria above - I.e, one who truly desires to see a better version of you and wants you to fulfill your prophetic destiny. And Not just one who seeks to hijack your life, control it and put in under lock and key.
Blessings
🙂

[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

Kindly note.

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

Politics are important, but listen to me: Politics cannot fix what politics did not break.

And Mankind was broken long before any political system.

Only a return to Jesus Christ who can reach inside the chests of men and give them new and living hearts of love, worship, and humility can save any person, any family, and any society.

Christ is the only way out of the chaos.

[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

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[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

@jociefer Good evening. Please, which platform did you use to purchase these units?

[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

Oh boy….This is amazing!!! ✨

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

Every atheist I've debated eventually lands here: if God is real, why can't we see him? I used to fumble this. Then I read 1 Timothy 1:17.

Paul is mid-argument about grace and his own conversion when he breaks suddenly into praise:

"Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever."

"Eternal," "immortal," and "the only God" make sense as praise. But invisible? We don't praise men for being unseen. Why does Paul list it as something as glorious as the majesty and immortality of God?

Unless invisibility is not a limitation. Unless it is out of gracious design.

Paul met the unmediated light of Christ on the road to Damascus, he was knocked into the dirt, and blind for three days. He knows what the alternative to invisible feels like. It produced collapse, not worship. His praise is a survivor's testimony.

When people ask for God to be visible, they don't understand what full divine visibility would actually require.

God is omnipresent in essence. Therefore, total divine visibility fundamentally requires omnipresent visibility.

If God reveals Himself to the fullest extent of His capacity, He must be visible everywhere, at all times.

In the room you closed the door to. In the moment you spent your life believing nobody was watching. A visible, omnipresent God is not majestic; He is psychologically catastrophic. Nobody wants this, not even the devout.

Look at Isaiah 6. The prophet sees merely the hem of God's garment filling the temple, not the full glory of God, just the overflow. His response? "Woe to me, I am undone." A partial glimpse unmade him completely.

God isn't after bland empirical agreement. James already ended that: the demons believe, and tremble.
Intellectual assent is a bar the devil clears daily.

God isn't running a census of the convinced; He is seeking genuine love. And genuine love requires genuine choice, which requires that the object of love not be overwhelming.

This is why women despise love bombing. A man who floods your psychological space until refusal becomes impossible isn't loving you, he is eliminating the conditions for love. The "yes" he extracts is engineered by exhaustion.

God does the exact opposite. He veils His glory precisely so that you retain the dignity of saying no. The love bomber makes himself so large that you have no choice. God makes Himself small enough that you do.

Which brings us directly to the Incarnation.

The Incarnation is God making Himself visible enough to be known, but small enough to be rejected without fuss.

It is the most precise solution to the most precise problem: God doesn't arrive as a sky-filling terror, but as a baby in a manger in a backwater town. You can walk past a carpenter from Nazareth. You cannot walk past the throne of Isaiah 6.

The Bible is already clear that every knee will bow, a day of compelled reality as certain as the sun. But God is not eager for a forced crowd. Right now, He is seeking the single, freely given return of a heart in love.

When an atheist asks why he cannot see God, he is asking a better question than he knows. The answer is not absence. The answer is restraint.

Now one can finally understand why Paul says INVISIBLE, and means it as highest acclaim. It is not a limitation, it is a mercy.

[SeyiB @SaintSeyiB]

THE PHENOMENON OF SALVATION

📖The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1).

What a declaration of an amazing truth! The Lord is my light and my salvation. Did you observe that David didn’t call Him his saviour but his salvation? This is so powerful! When you declare that the Lord is your salvation, you’re saying in essence that you carry with you the phenomenon of salvation.

This means that before you come across any trouble, you already have the solution. Before any dilemma, you already have the victory because you have salvation. You cannot be a victim because the Lord is your salvation. David knew this and declared further, “…the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1).

There’s actually nothing to fear. In several places in the scriptures, the Lord instructs us not to fear. Why should you be afraid when the one who is in you is the “Alpha and Omega,” the beginning and the ending? (Revelation 1:8).

It doesn't matter what's happening in the world, Hebrews 7:25 says, “…He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him….” Don't allow fear in your life. Don't mix fear with your faith.

Is someone threatening you or terrorizing you? Be unperturbed. There's already a decree in place concerning you; you’re severed from perishing. You’re separated from everything that hurts or binds: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). This realization should put springs in your steps every day. Blessed be God!

🙏PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for being my light and my salvation. I walk in the consciousness of this reality, knowing that I carry the answer before any challenge arises. Fear has no place in me, for my life is secured in you, and I live in victory always. I’m bold, unshaken, preserved and established in your salvation, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY📖=>
Isaiah 12:2 KJV
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Psalm 118:14 KJV
The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

📖DAILY SCRIPTURE READING📖

1-Year Bible Reading Plan📖=>
Acts 27:27-44 & Psalm 23-25

2-Year Bible Reading Plan📖=>
Ephesians 1:1-14 & Isaiah 42

#RhapsodyJuly22

[SeyiB @SaintSeyiB]

NO GROPING IN THE DARK
(In You Dwells The Light Of Life)

TO THE BIBLE:
John 8:12
_“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.’“_

LET’S TALK
John described Jesus as *”...the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world”* (John 1:9). There are other lights in the world, but Jesus is the true light! As long as you’ve received Him into your heart and follow Him, you’ll never again walk in darkness. Why is that? It’s because the true light now shines from within you.

Light is that which describes; in other words, it shows you what exists. If you entered a pitch dark room, with no flicker of light, even though that room may be beautifully adorned with state-of-the-art décor, furniture and electronic gadgets, it would be impossible for you to see and appreciate their beauty. That’s because there’s no light describing or showing you the things present in that room.

In the same way, when a man doesn’t have Jesus in his life, he can’t know what true success, fulfilment, peace and prosperity are. Such a fellow gropes in darkness and in utter hopelessness—journeying aimlessly, with a ticket to nowhere. Restless will he be until he finds his rest in Christ Jesus, Who is the True Light that lights every man that comes into this world. He’ll light your life with success, peace, health, joy and prosperity.

That means you don’t have to guess your way through school, friendships, or your future. The Light lives in you. You’re not confused, lost, or stuck. You have divine direction. Recognise Jesus today as the light of your life; recognise Him as the only true light that can guide you in the right path; hearken diligently to His Word, for His Word is light (Psalm 119:105).

GO DEEPER
1 John 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

PRAY
_Dear Jesus, you’re the true light that lights every man that comes into this world; therefore, I recognise you as the only true light that guides me in the path of success, victory and greatness! As I hearken diligently to your Word and practise what it says, my whole life is flooded with light; I’m directed in the path of progress and prosperity. Amen.

DAILY BIBLE READING
*ONE YEAR*
Acts 23:12-35, Job 40-42

*TWO YEAR*
Luke 9:1-9, Joshua 11

ACT
Today, look for an opportunity to be a light to someone. It could be a word of encouragement, sharing a scripture, or sharing a copy of the Rhapsody of Realities TeeVo.

#Teevo
#RhapsodyJuly16

[SeyiB @SaintSeyiB]

BRING YOUR BODY UNDER SUBJECTION

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service (Romans 12:1).

Having understood that your spirit is the Most Holy Place and must take the lead, with your soul trained to follow, there’s one more vital area to address: your body. Your body doesn’t automatically align with the life of God in your spirit; it must be brought under control.

That’s why the Word says, “…present your bodies a living sacrifice…” (Romans 12:1). God has done His part in recreating your spirit but the yielding of your body, presenting it to Him as a living sacrifice, is your responsibility. The Apostle Paul gives further insight: “But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection…” (1 Corinthians 9:27).

This means the body must be disciplined and trained to align with your spirit. The body has its tendencies; it responds to sensations, appetites and external stimuli. It wants to act based on what it feels. But you’re a spirit being, not a body; you live in a body. Therefore, you can’t let your senses rule you. The Bible says, “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die…” (Romans 8:13).

To live after the flesh is to be governed by the body and its impulses, but that’s not your life. You live by the Spirit, and as the concluding part of Romans 8:13 declares, “…if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.” That means through the Holy Ghost, you put to death the activities of the body, override its impulses, and bring it into alignment with God’s will and purpose.

This isn’t suppression; it’s mastery. Your spirit, one with the Holy Spirit and filled with the life of God, takes charge. Your soul, renewed by the Word, agrees. Then your body is brought into obedience. This is the complete order of the Christian life: spirit, soul and body in alignment with the Word of God.

Don’t let your body dictate your life or control your responses. Whether it’s weakness, appetite, or any form of pressure; take charge from your spirit. Present your body to God. Make it serve His purpose. If you feel symptoms of sickness, declare, “No! My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit; therefore, it’s immune to sickness, disease and infirmities.” Refuse to allow sickness in your body; it’s part of keeping your body aligned and yielded to God.

*PRAYER*
Dear Father, I thank you for your life and glory in me. My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and I present it as a living sacrifice, bringing it under subjection to your will and ways. I refuse to be governed by the senses or natural impulses. I walk in sync with the Spirit, aligned with your perfect will at all times, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

*FURTHER STUDY*

1 Corinthians 9:27 AMPC
But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit].

Romans 8:12-13 NIV
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it. [13] For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

Galatians 5:24-25 KJV
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. [25] If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

*DAILY SCRIPTURE READING*

1-Year Bible Reading Plan: Acts 25:1-12 & Psalm 7-10

2-Year Bible Reading Plan: Galatians 5:1-12 & Isaiah 37

#RhapsodyJuly17

[Godsliberty Bamiselu @BGodsliberty]

I already Won in CHRIST JESUS! ✨

[SeyiB @SaintSeyiB]

NOT TRYING TO WIN
(We’re On A Victory Parade In Christ)

📖TO THE BIBLE - Colossians 2:15
“And having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.”

LET’S TALK➡️
A lot of folks know that Jesus defeated Satan through His death on the cross, but not many know exactly how the Master did it. When Jesus died, He didn’t ascend to heaven that same day; He had been made sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21) and so had to go to hell on behalf of all men. When He got to hell, there was an actual combat between Jesus and the forces of darkness. The Bible says, ”the hostile princes and rulers He shook off from Himself, and boldly displayed them as His conquests...”(Colossians 2:15, WNT).

In hell, all the demons grappled with Jesus; they tried to make Him bow to Satan, but Jesus declined and threw them off Him: He then defeated Satan and rendered him powerless. The Bible tells us that Jesus went over to the side of Hades where Abraham’s bosom was,opened the prison doors, and led out all the righteous men that were in there, including Abraham, David, Solomon and many others (Ephesians 4:8).

It doesn’t matter to us whatever hierarchy of demons exists; they’re all powerless. Jesus has defeated their overall boss, and that victory is yours! Remember, the Bible doesn’t say, ”Resist demons, and they’ll flee from you”; it says ”Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). The boss of all demons himself flees from you,terrified when you resist him in the Name of Jesus, much less his little demons.

So, when fear tries to creep in before an exam, when peer pressure hits, or when negative thoughts whisper that you’re not enough, remind yourself: the devil is already defeated. You’re not trying to win. You already won in Christ.

📖Go Deeper
James 4:7 (GNB)
“So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.”

Luke 10:18-19 (KJV):
“And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

Pray
Dear Lord Jesus, I thank you for rendering the devil powerless and giving me the victory and authority to keep him that way. I see how helplessly and completely defeated he is. As I resist him steadfast in the faith, I know for sure that he flees away in terror. Thank you for giving me permanent victory over the devil and the cohorts of hell. Amen.

📚Daily Bible Reading
ONE YEAR
Acts 21:37-22:1-21, Job 32-35

TWO YEAR
Luke 8:26-39, Joshua 9

Act
When fear or intimidation tries to creep in today, you should laugh and say: "Ha! You're already defeated. I already won in Christ."

#Teevo
#RhapsodyJuly14