How seriously do you take your Christianity?

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.  Philippians 2: 12-13 KJV

God says “I am coming and I am coming soon”. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. Revelations 22: 12 KJV

It is time to stop playing religion. God is saying to us today, ‘enough is enough’. We have all been sucked into playing religion and a number of us are enjoying it. A number of us have been distracted by religion and the semblance of it.

A lot of us have been Christians for a minimum of 5 years and many for much longer, yet we still play religion. The word of god says that all of us will appear before the judgement seat of God. Why should you be cajoled and begged to serve God? Why must you be pushed or prodded into doing that which would bring you results and rewards?

We serve and fear God because He is God, not because of titles that are attached to roles. Jesus said I go to prepare a place for you. Do you believe the words spoken by Christ? Do you know that there is eternity after death here on earth? Do you believe that you are going somewhere after your time here on earth?

If we fear God, we will reap the reward and there will be no need for us who call ourselves Christians to be prodded into doing that which is right. God has placed the responsibility in our hands because He has told us to work out our salvation.

There is revelation that comes out every day that many Christians will end up in hell. It is in our hands to work out our salvation individually. Is it offense? Then said he unto the disciples, it is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! Luke 17: 1 KJV.  The bible says that offense will come, but instead ask yourself “what will Jesus do”?

We need to wake up! A lot of us are not even thinking about our eternity. A lot have planned 10 years ahead but the fact of it is that our tomorrow is not in our hands. We must come to terms with this, that our tomorrow is in the hands of God. So the questions to ask ourselves when we wake up in the morning and last thing at night is, where will I spend eternity?

The coming of Christ is almost here. There are 2 things here

1. If anybody were to go today, they face their rapture
2. If Jesus were to come today, would you be among those who would go with him?

God is revealing a lot of things today, in dreams, vision, in gatherings because the time is near. The time is here.

Think about it. If you have confessed Jesus Christ as Lord; then you are to be a Christian and not a religious person. Everything we have done good or bad will have its rewards. Christianity is not a joke, not a fad, not a social gathering. We are going somewhere because we are here for a while. Our eternity is most important.

Until we are heavenly focused; there are many things we will not be able to do, many things we will not be able to accomplish.

Where will you spend eternity?

Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelations 3: 10-12 KJV

Have you contended for this faith that has been entrusted in your care? Are you ready to sacrifice for the faith you have in God? God is saying to us this morning to wake up and contend for the faith. We are to work out our salvation with fear and trembling!
It is in our hands but a lot of us want everything to be done for us. Jesus says He is coming soon and we are to hold on to what is in our hands as we would get the reward. It begins with the fear of God; the word says “the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom”.

Jesus is coming soon; we need to stop playing religion. The bible says, “wake up Christian”. Today Jesus is showing up to people who are ready and willing. There is eternity in the form of hell and heaven.

Are you heavenly bound? Is your focus on heaven? 2 Corinthians 5: 10 KJV. Nobody is thinking of making it to heaven anymore, we are more concerned about earthly things and the things that are material. Christians today live as though there is no heaven, as though we are not going anywhere. We are in a race and there are only 2 destinations; heaven or hell. Where will you spend your eternity? Your salvation is not in the hands of any man, it is not in the hands of any pastor. It is in your hands.

Do you know God; do you fear God? The bible tells us “let this mind be in you which was in Jesus Christ”. How can we say we know Christ and are Christ-like and still act the way we act; do the things that we do?

A lot of us think we have many more years. Our lives and the length of it is in God’s hands. It is not about how long we live; it is about how well we live. About the quality of life that we live. Not about the gossips and back biting, stealing, fornicating and doing all those things that are not right.
When God spoke to Israel after they left Egypt, the children of Israel became afraid and asked that Moses speak with God and relate to them. We are no longer afraid. The enemy has come up with the last joke, “the gospel of grace” The preaching today is once you have confessed Jesus once, it doesn’t matter how you live your life, you will make heaven. The bible says we cannot say because we have grace then we will remain in sin. A lot of Christians now believe that they can follow Christ and remain in the world. Remain in their sins because they have been told they are covered by grace. Our eternity is not guaranteed because you have confessed Christ and accepted Him as Lord; You must follow up on this by living a life given us by Christ; a life that shuns sin and all the love of the world. The question is; will you be ready? The bible says; “woe unto them that are at ease in Zion”. Amos 6: 1.

Many years ago, an American Pastor talked about it saying; if you listen carefully you will hear the shuffling of the footsteps of Jesus Christ because He is preparing to come. There are many signs that Jesus is coming. Begin to repent today my brothers and sisters. We plan years ahead for family, life, business, marriage, and all the things of the world but not about our eternity.

Repent, move closer to Him; for God searches the heart of men. Ask God for forgiveness, to strengthen you, to keep your focus on him. He is the author and finisher of your faith. Jesus is the way, truth and life; it is through Him that we go to the father; through Him that that we are sure of eternity. You cannot afford to miss your eternity in heaven. Do not spend your time on those things that would perish with this earth. Instead focus on those things that would take you to heaven because after all, heaven is your home.

Run from the frivolities of the world; run from the fleeting things that ends with life here on earth, run from sin. The key to eternity is to be right with God; it is not about how often you go to church. The stage is set for the coming of Christ; for rapture to take place; for the tribulation before the end to start.

Rising above limitations – Faith through the name of Jesus

And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.Acts 3: 1-16

Peter and John went up together into the temple and the encountered a beggar a man weighed down by limitations.
What is begging? Have you ever begged before? Pleading with humility, with embarrassment, ignominy; been down and out, pleading continuously for something. The oxford dictionary defines begging as, “to ask somebody for something especially in an anxious way because you want or need it very much”

Anything that demeans your personality and person is not right. There is something wrong with it, with the situation and the person who is begging or is being begged.
If you are demeaned or feel little when asking for something or doing something it means it is not right.

The man at the beautiful gate was begging for alms but what he needed was healing. Peter looked at him and seeing him instead gave him what his spirit needed for his life to have a turn around, healing. The bible says, ‘he was walking and leaping and praising the Lord’.
What is wrong when you beg all the time

1. Lazy or unimaginative. When a person is able and capable but chose to beg then there is something wrong. Proverb 20: 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore, shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing KJV. When you cannot think of creative ways to engage your mind and body, then this may result in begging
2. If the person is under a curse. A lot of people are begging because their family is under a curse.  Psalm 109:1
3. It means that we, perhaps, do not know who we really are. 2 Samuel 9: 6 Mephiboseth refers to himself as a servant. We forget where we are coming from and result to begging. 
4. You don’t know what you carry. 2 Kings 4: 1-5 The widow had no idea of the potential she had. If you don’t know who you are or what you carry, then you will beg. 
5. Or you have done something seriously wrong or inappropriate and you need to beg to get out of it. Esther (Haman begging Esther and the king). A lot of people beg only after they have done something wrong. 
6. Some people will beg when parents have done something wrong that has transferred a curse unto their children who begs bread. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. Psalm 37: 25 KJV

In the text, the bible tells us about the man lame from birth. A beggar has no right, is not able to exercise himself, is not able to do things themselves, is limited is one way or the other.
Begging is not he natural order of life, it is also not the what God has ordained for man at creation. Any time we find ourselves begging it means we are limited in a way.

Living the will of God

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” 

Matthew 26: 39 KJV

Bible passage: Matthew 26: 36 - 42

Gethsemane means a place of pressure. Pressure does not necessarily have to be a bad thing, sometimes pressure is good because it brings out the best in us.
Pressure shows what we ca take and in some people it brings about the capacity to think creatively on our foot. When we are put under pressure by the challenges of life it brings to fore the growth level we are at.

Jesus Christ came to earth to do the will of God and was under pressure to succeed. He took His disciples with Him to Gethsemane for them to pray with Him, help and encourage Him. What is most important here is that Jesus Christ fell on His face and said, “if it be possible that the cup pass him by but not as I will but as you will Matthew 26: 39”. What this tells us is that what we do each and every day must be the will of God for our life.

We may have the opportunity to do other things or do things in other ways that may result in fame, greatness, and a lot more but these ways may not be the will of God. It is important that our ways follow the will of God.

We must find out the will of God for our lives and the truth is this will is not hidden from us. The will of God for us is made visible in His words to us in the bible. The will of God is not pleasant all the way, because it is God’s will does not mean breakthrough all the way. Sometimes there is break down as well. The bible says, “He that endureth to the end will be saved. Matthew 24: 13”, so the most important is enduring to the end and standing firm in doing the will of God irrespective of whatever comes our way.

If you believe that where you are is the place to live under the will of God, then do His will in that place. If not it is important that we make our way back to God. It may not be pleasant at the start but at the end of life it will end well. At the end of the life here on earth we would be assured of eternity.

What is your reaction in the face of adversity?

"So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown."

Job 2 :1-7 KJV

Bible passage: Job 2: 1-10

Sometimes, God allows us to pass through some challenge, because the will of God sometimes takes us through a path full of thorns. God boasted of Job to Satan who told God that the only reason Job served God was because of the hedge that was formed around him.

Satan cannot touch your life and nothing can kill you except God permits it. The devil took Job through a path filled with thorns but even under so much pressure and through a lot of trials not once did Job sin against God.

What is your reaction in the face of adversity? God permitted Job to go through illness. Spiritual illness is manifested as physical illness. Hence, it is important that we take our spiritual life very seriously. A lot of us do not dig deep enough into the spirit and allow the enemy to have its way. All the spiritual exercises that we should engage in, we fail to do it.

The fact that we seem to get away with sin doesn’t mean we are getting away with it. What it means is that God is giving us a wide rope, a wide rope of repentance. No one gets away with sin, every sin has its repercussion. All the corruption that we see around us is a result of sin, spiritual illness. We may think that we have gotten away with the way we live our life, but each and every action of ours is written in a book and recorded.

Know this, that everything here on earth is temporary, at the most we live for 150 years what happens afterwards? How do you ensure that you make it to heaven? Everybody wants to live for now but there is no guarantee of tomorrow. We have become too entrenched in the affairs of this world, not thinking about the things to come and where we would spend eternity.

A lot of people do not want to experience a little pain or pressure. We need to do the right spiritual things, we need to simplify our life and save our soul for eternity.

God is waiting for that time to judge our thoughts and actions. God is going to judge they way we think. What are the things that makes our body weak? The things that makes our body attract sickness?

1. Sin! We cannot continue to sin and expect grace to abound. Romans 6:1
2. Dishonour to parents. The funeral for a dead parent is not more important as the parent. Exodus 20:12
3. A curse that is sent someone’s way. Parents bless your children. Life and death are in the tongue Proverb 18:21
4. God gives permission to Satan to test us
5. Envy, bitterness or the despising of others opens us to illness. Proverbs 14:30 

What foundation are you building on?

What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? Ezekiel 18:2 KJV

What harvest are you sowing? Is the journey of your life that which God has planned for you? For God himself says “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah 29: 11 KJV. Or is the journey of our life that which our grandfather, and other preceding generation has mapped out for us? Or maybe it is one we have unknowingly choosing for ourselves?

A lot of us are reaping what we did not sow, with lives built on a foundation that we have no idea about. Some of us because of our foundation and lineage, we find ourselves facing challenges that we should have overcome. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Psalm 11: 3 KJV 

What our forefather sowed has in many ways affected us. If you find out you have been stuck in a rot, everything happening in the same way in spite the effort in prayer and hard work, then we need to find out the reason behind being stuck in one place.

The parents have eaten sour grapes, yet it is the children who are on edge. This is the case for a lot of us. We reap the result of the seeds that generations before us have sown. However, the word tells us that this should not be so. As I live, says the Lord GOD, you shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Ezekiel 18: 3-4

Accepting that this shouldn’t be so I the first step to freedom, acknowledging and accepting the gift of salvation and freedom that Christ gives is the key.

We must enjoy serving God. While we serve God, things must change in our lives and if they don’t then it is important for us to find out where the problem is and work it out.

Sometimes all that we need to do is to make positive confessions with out mouth. A lot of us have heaped hardships and challenges on ourselves just by the words of our mouth.

How does illness manifest in the physical? pt 2

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. Exodus 15: 26 KJV

Physical carelessness can bring sickness our way. The food we eat and the way we eat result in illness for a lot of people. We are what we eat. Some eat too much without knowing when to not eat and how to not eat. A lot of us we physically mess up ourselves because of what we eat. We are to eat those meals that will benefit our lives and health. A change in diet can result in the change in the physical well being of an individual.
Sometimes illness comes because of bad hygiene.

Lastly some illness are manifested in the physical due to emotional problems that we put ourselves into, most of which can be avoided. The word says, Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Prov 13:12 KJV. Some people are sick not because they have spiritual or physical problems but because they are emotionally down. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4: 23 KJV. A lot of us are bitter, weak, frustrated in our heart. We have allowed the challenges of life to dictate how we see life. Our bad emotional state embitters us and sours our life. This is manifested in physical illness that has no medical solution. This is why we go to the hospital and doctor says they can’t find anything wrong in our life. Emotional illness can also result from trying to living above our means; wanting to have more than what we can afford and pay for. 

There is a reason that people have spiritual illness that leads to physical illness.

1. Living and walking in sin. The word says the soul that sins will die. Death is the ultimate result of living a life of sin. The death is spiritual and when the soul is dead all forms of physical manifestations begun to happen. 
2. Disobedience to or dishonour of parents. Exodus 20: Our days will be shortened when we dishonour our parents. It doesn’t matter who or what your parents are it is only important that we abide by the words and command of God to honour our parents. 

It is more important to go to the one true God who is the source of all life. Life will turn out right for you if you just take things easy. Make a conscious decision to have a change today. Living in spiritual, physical and emotional wellness. When you are connected to God your emotion will be flowing with the joy of God and this will be your strength. This strength will become strength manifested in your physical.

How does illness manifest in the physical? Pt 1

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. Exodus 15: 26 KJV

In the life of the early fathers of the bible, people lived to a very long time. They slept in the Lord and there was no record of any dying as a result of sickness. At the beginnings of time man lived long because they were close to God and lived right, however, as man become distant from Him the length of their days became shorter.

God’s original plan is for us to live in good health. He said, beloved I wish above all things that you prosper and be in good health even as your soul prospers. Therefore, God does not desire for us to be ill. It is God’s desire that we are in good health. Now, Elisha was falling sick of the sickness of which he died. 2 Kings 13: 14. 

People fall ill or die for several reasons, but all sin can be from 3 main areas of our lives. These are;

1. The spiritual
2. The physical
3. The emotional

These are the 3 main sources of people’s illnesses. Really, the main source of ailment is the spiritual and this spiritual sickness is manifested in the physical and this may result in the emotional. Sickness is a messenger of death. Every time we are ill we depreciate in body and strength but it is death that is registering its register and it is telling us that we are not immortal..

The spiritual itself is broken down further. Some spiritual illness arises from foundational problems, foundation inheritances and agreements that our parents or their parents have entered into on behalf of the family. So many afflicted with one illness or the other have been appointed to die because their is a family covenant hovering over their life.  Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die. Psalm 79:11 KJV. 

From the day of birth some of us have been marked as a result of things that occurs in the generation and lineage we are born into. Some people have been bound by Satan; Satan has overwhelmed their life and these people have difficulty getting healing. In Luke 8: 43-48 the woman with the issue of blood was bound by Satan and she went through the physical manifestation of the bondage for 12 years until she found release by touching the hem of Christ’s garment.

Sometimes the spiritual illness may be as a result of fresh attack by the enemy. And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. Job 1: 9-10 KJV. Satan attacks children of God for no other reason than what he gave to God concerning Job.

Who is your child before God?

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. 

Psalm 127: 3-5 KJV

Children are a mirror of their parents. Thy pick up from their parents what they see them do or how they see their parents act and do same. So it is advisable that before we discipline our child we must first look inwards at ourselves.

The training of a child is the responsibility of both parents in the family. The father as the leader in the home is expected to lead the children in the way of God and the mother is the one who shows love.

Your children at an early age are not your best friends. They need you to show them the way, the right path, even if they feel it is not the way things should be. Prov 29:15

In the home the child should be trained to be able to fulfill destiny. To become that person that God has created to be. It is whatever we do to them, for them that determines who our children would be in the future.

God wants us to inculcate the truth of the word in our children. Joseph was taught to walk in the fear of God and this is why he was able to say no to Portiphar’s wife. It was from the training he had from childhood, precept upon precept. Even after he had left his home he never departed from it.

It is important to not ignore the opinion of our children or their comment. We should let them have a say because they are also human beings and have a mind. We should pay attention to what our children and saying and never try to shut them down. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Eph 6:4 KJV


As part of building the confidence and growth of the child we are to not compare them to other children or put them down. It is also bad to say to their face that you wish they were like another child.
As our children grow this behaviour stays with them and helps shape who they become.

Pray for your children always. Teach them to pray for themselves. It is important that children learn about the need to communicate with God by themselves.

Parents ensure you do not resolve your argument and issues with each other in front of your children. Try as much as possible to do this without involving your children.

Let your children understand what you can afford. Do not live larger than life and make them believe that things are rosy when they are not.

Does your faith reflect God?

God spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image, make them

reflecting our nature

So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea,

the birds in the air, the cattle,

And, yes, Earth itself,

and every animal that moves on the face of Earth.”

God created human beings;

he created them godlike,

Reflecting God’s nature.

Genesis 1: 26-27 MSG

Have faith in God, believe in Him and trust Him. Do you believe that He can do what He has said concerning your life? Is your life a reflection of the one and only living God? Is your business, your marriage, family and life successful? Are you connected to the God of the whole earth? Is your faith a reflection of God the creator of all things seen and unseen?

Before we were born God know us. He has already written out the plan for our life. He knows our victories and all we are meant to achieve. At the same time he knows all the challenges we would face for every choice we may decide to make even before we chose what path to follow.

What made Abraham strong and made the children of Israel strong, they know their God and they trust him and they were obedient t Him. So when they obeyed God things worked out for them and they succeeded as a nation and when they disobeyed God things didn’t go well for them.

What is the level and things happening in your life today? Your life is reflection of your knowledge, obedience to God and to His words. A lot of us have not obeyed God and the t=strength of God in our life is not evident. If you want to be strong and successful in Life we have to believe God, trust Him, Obey Him and follow him to the end. The God that led that gives power, that reveals the hidden things, God that makes whole, God that proves and gives victory.

If you go to any Jewish home you will see inscription of the word of God around their homes. Why? The bible tells us in Joshua 1:8 “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”

So God created you and I godlike reflecting His nature. Does the life you live now reflect God's nature? Are you a winner, do have dominion, are you fruitful in all that you do? If your answer is no then you need to return to source (God) for a factory reset so that you can reflect the nature of God.