If you are feeling down and things don't seem to be working, do this.
Get into a room alone, shut the door and begin to declare God's promises out loud speaking forth his blessings and strength into your life.
Do it until your mood changes and then you would have broken the back of a spirit which was trying to put you in bondage.
Repeat this every time a depressing feeling comes on you and sooner than you think it will be a thing of the past and a new season will be born in your life.
#MondayMotivation
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 ✍🏼
I'm the child my parents call first whenever they have a misunderstanding.
Today my mum called, complained about a few things, and asked me to talk to my dad.
I simply said, "It's okay, Mummy. I'll talk to him," hung up, and called my dad immediately.
I asked how he was doing, how work was going, then casually dropped: "Daddy, I've sent 200k into your account. Take Mummy out and enjoy yourselves."
He actually did. They went out, and he even gave her 50k afterwards.
This evening my mum called me on video, face glowing with excitement, sitting right beside my dad.
They're happy again and back in love.
I don't want to be advising married people anymore 😂. Problem solved, peace restored.
Above all, love God.
"Nigeria is a very corrupt country and christianity in Nigeria has produced docile and self centered people who don't hold their government accountable"
Do you agree?
On my trip back home from Texas yesterday, we stopped at a waystation to get drinks & a simple meal. Wendy my beloved wife had been driving the van, but we decided to switch drivers. Lo and behold she couldn't find the key. We had a spare key locked inside the van, but ugh. Wendy painstakingly retraced her steps at the station. No luck. She asked the friendly clerks. No luck. We were all, naturally, upset. My son kept an eye on the van in case someone had nicked the key and was planning to steal it.
It looked like I was going to have to phone a locksmith at 8 pm at night to drive to Wellington Utah and open our van door. Who knows how long that would take? Plus I didn't really want to spend money on this. I was literally dialing a locksmith's number when Wendy said, "Let's pray about it."
I decided to pause the dialing so we could do the prayer - all five granddaughters together in the gas station's attached Subway. We'd been searching for the keys for 30 minutes now, and it was clearly hopeless - we'd scoured every inch of that bas station. But the way I saw it, the prayer wouldn't hurt anything. Just meant another 2 minute delay before I phoned the locksmith.
Well Wendy prayed for us, and then I got out my phone and started dialing. LESS THAN 30 SECONDS LATER, while I was still navigating the dumb auto-menus of the locksmith website, my granddaughter walks up with the key. She'd walked over to a stand of candy and found the key hanging on a container of gum.
I don't think my story is going to convince anyone of the efficacy of prayer if they're a non-believer, and that's fine. All I know is
Once, happenstance.
Twice, coincidence.
Three times, enemy action.
- Auric Goldfinger
And this kind of instant answer to prayer has happened to me far too often to attribute it to happenstance or coincidence. So as I said, it might not convince you, but it certainly makes it a lot harder for you to convince me of the reverse.
"For the last 9-months, my wife, Brooklyn has been pregnant with a very sick baby boy. Three or four months ago, we learned that the baby had severe hydrocephalus. Back in the old days, hydrocephalus was called, 'water on the brain' - too much brain fluid. Ultimately, we were referred to Cincinnati Children's Hospital, where we were told by several of the most highly regarded fetal specialists in the country that his condition was dire. The baby's condition was 'off the charts bad'. It was so extreme that the specialists stopped measuring and monitoring his fluid level because, at that point, it didn't really matter. The MRIs were sickening to look at.
We were told, point blank, that there was over a 90% chance that the baby would either die shortly after birth or have such severe cognitive impairments that any quality of life would be hard to imagine. We had a meeting with palliative care regarding the use of life-sustaining measures and had detailed, awful, and emotional discussions about the ethics of when we might need to remove or cease such measures - which would result in the baby 'passing away peacefully.
Brooklyn relocated to Cincinnati and lived in a hotel close to the hospital - in case she went into labor. I commuted back and forth. On July 8th, Brooklyn did indeed go into labor. Literally, 15 minutes before they wheeled her back to start the C-section, we had another meeting with doctors regarding the use of a breathing tube and at what point we might need to remove that tube and let the baby go to Heaven. Guess what? The baby came out crying - which was the sweetest sound I ever heard.
In a nutshell, Charlie Schnarr stayed in infant intensive care until yesterday - when we all came home. He seems to be a normal, beautiful baby doing all the things that babies do. He has mild ventricular enlargement, but we can deal with that with checkups.
How did this happen?!
The doctors said, 'We do not have and cannot come up with a medical explanation for what we've witnessed here. Somehow his brain found a way to naturally clear the blockage or re-route the fluid that was causing the oppressive backup of brain fluid. During the last week, I heard the words, 'divine intervention' and 'miracle' more times than I could count. Nurses with decades of experience and esteemed, nationally admired doctors were flabbergasted but jubilant. Because of the domino effect of friends, family, clients, colleagues, and even strangers praying and asking others to pray for us, I do not doubt that there were thousands of people praying for us.
I'm a practical person that certainly believes in science and medical technology, but I absolutely know, from the bottom of my heart, that God was involved in this. I give ALL of the credit and glory to Him. Prayer is positively powerful. God is real, and He still performs miracles."
: Nick Schnarr
The Platform Nigeria.
Topics to be addressed
1. SEGUN ODEGBAMI: The role of sports in global geo-politics.
2. ATIFETE JAHJAGA: Rebuilding a nation. Using Kosovo as an example.
3. DR. YEMI KALE: Reform and Resilience: Strengthening Nigeria's Economic Foundations (Explaining how bold reforms can stabilize and future-proof the economy).
4. NDIDI OKONKWO NWUNELI: Becoming a Narrative Changer.
5. LEKE ALDER: Anatummy of a Nation
6. DR. JOE ABAH: Power Shift: Rebuilding Nigeria through Devolution and Decentralisation.
There is an open door.
A massive prophetic door has been opened in the heavenlies. Don't get distracted with frivolities. Focus focus focus. Intimacy with God is a must. Go for the substance, not the form.or appearance. Do not fear, be counterintuitive. Enter into the stormy weather with all boldness. Don't sit on the sidelines waiting for the season to be convenient. Reach for big things in the midst of the contrary winds. Remember, Jesus only walked on water when the winds were boisterous and contrary. Don't stay in your comfort zone within the boat, praying for the storms to calm.
Since I mentally switched to this lane of thinking, I have stopped viewing cultural integrations from the lens of racism.
That people don't respond, welcome you, associate like you expect them to - doesn't make them racist.
You integrate into theirs - not the other way round.
65% of executives think introverts are bad leaders:
However, Harvard research suggests the opposite.
Introverts notice everything but often go unnoticed.
They form the majority of gifted individuals yet face biases.
Let's change that perception.
Let me put this here before the Nigerian Government tries to take glory for D'tigress win. You will think this International disgrace will pain them but they don't have shame they don't care.
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