One day when I'm married, I want to look up across the room at my husband and know that I did absolutely nothing in my own strength to make this happen. I want to be at peace knowing it was all God.
all i know is following Jesus has made me want a quieter life, one woman, a faithful marriage, a strong family, forgiveness instead of grudges, and peace instead of bitterness.
that’s a trade i’ll take every time.
When Katherine Kuhlman died in 1976, something unusual happened in the hospital. The power went out in the 800-bed hospital.
Normally, when someone is about to die, their heartbeat becomes irregular before it stops. But in her case, that did not happen. Her heart was fine, even though other parts of her body were failing. She passed away suddenly.
Fifteen minutes later, a new nurse on her first day at work and not a believer went in to check her pulse.
Katherine’s body was not cold.
It was not even warm.
It was hot.
The room was filled with a very strong smell of roses not just a few, but as if there were millions of roses.
The head nurse later came in to record the time of death, which was 1:13 a.m. on February 20th. She scolded the new nurse, thinking someone had brought flowers into the ICU, which is not allowed.
But there were no flowers anywhere.
Yet, the smell of roses was not only in her room. It spread across four floors of the hospital, through an underground passage, and even into another nearby hospital.
The fragrance seemed to be coming from Katherine’s room, even though no roses were there.
The new nurse said the atmosphere in the room was so strong and overwhelming that she and another nurse could hardly stay inside. It felt like a powerful spiritual presence.
Later, when they checked the notes written by the previous nurse, they found Katherine’s final words:
“I will die on February 20th at 1:13 a.m. Please have only roses at my funeral.”
The new nurse, who did not believe before, was deeply moved. She sat down, cried, and gave her life to Jesus.
It was a powerful moment, leaving this world in such glory, and even bringing someone to faith at the moment of death.
Katherine was welcomed into eternity, as if surrounded by roses, hearing the words:
"Well done, my good and faithful servant.”
I bank with Zenith Bank. When I slot in my ATM card, the machine will welcome me and say “Arome, welcome”. The machine is dealing with me as a personalised customer. If I give my friend, Gideon Odoma my ATM to help me make some withdrawals, when he slots in the card, the machine will still say “Arome, welcome”, it won't recognise Gideon. It accepts the transaction because it takes for granted that it is Arome.
When you give your life to Christ, the Christ that is in you is the one that has the passcode to the throne of Grace. So when you come before the throne of Grace, you're not admitted into activities or transactions with that throne because you're ‘Samuel’ or ‘Philip’ by name. Christ in you becomes the basis of your right standing with God, He doesn't see you, He sees Christ; just like the ATM machine didn't recognise my friend Gideon and thought it was dealing with Arome.
So, Christ in you becomes the reason of your acceptance. Not you in yourself, but Christ in you. As long as you have Christ in you, when you stand before God, you're Right from the perspective of the Justice system of Heaven.
It is this RIGHTNESS that gives you the platform for Prayer. It is this RIGHTNESS that makes you to be able to engage God without inferiority, guilt and condemnation.
And the proof that this RIGHTNESS is in place is that there's an inner PEACE. PEACE means you're accepted. Peace means welcomed. Peace means you're free to do transactions in the courts of Heaven.
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And that's an arrangement that was put in place not because you had anything to contribute to it. Salvation is not a reward for good behavior; it is a gift released by the grace of God. We access this grace by putting our faith in Jesus Christ.
Because it is entirely God’s doing and not our achievement, no man has grounds to boast.
Therefore, every believer must live in humility, knowing that redemption is purely the mercy of God.
(—Ephesians 2:8 & 9)
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Sermon By Apostle Arome Osayi and transferred by Kingdom Channel ✍🏼