ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART?

" Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me". 2 Kings 2:9. Many people pray like Elisha, "Lord, give me a double portion of Your anointing". Especially most of us are praying like this during the New Year's service. But we do not realize the preparation that is involved for such a miraculous thing to occur. Elijah and Elisha traveled together and finally they journeyed to the banks of the RIVER JORDAN WHERE THE LORD TESTED ELISHA'S VISION. Was it of man, or of God? The prophet said to the servant, "..ask what shall I do for thee, before I be taken away from thee". Elisha said, "I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me". 2 Kings 2:9. Elijah responded, "Thou hast asked me a hard thing: nevertheless, If thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee". 2 Kings 2:10. In other words, If your vision is clear, and your eyes are on things above, you'll receive it". Habakkuk 2:2 declares "..WRITE THE VISION AND MAKE IT PLAIN". My friend, let me explain to you: There are three keys to seeing a vision fulfilled in the year 2016 for you. 1) It must be plain, meaning a vision cannot be cloudy or full of questions or indecisiveness. 2) You must run to receive it, meaning your prayer life must intensify. Walking is prayer... running is intensified prayer. 3) The vision is for "an appointed time". Wait for it. Never give up. YOUR FAITH IS VITAL FOR THE VISION'S FULFILLMENT. Suddenly, the prophet was caught up into the heavens! A chariot of fire appeared- yet Elisha could see clearly enough to pick up the mantle that was left behind. Bro: look at him: He walked to the same river where he had seen the prophet Elijah use the mantle to separate the waters. He said,.."where is the Lord God of Elijah"? - and the waters of Jordan were again miraculously parted. Hey, hey, IF YOU HAVE A VISION FOR 2016, DO YOUR PART FOR IT TO COME TO PASS. I have a news for you "NO MATTER HOW ANOINTED YOU ARE- GOD WILL NOT BRUSH YOUR TEETH! OUCH!

MY GOD REMEMBERS ME!

"But God remembered Noah". Genesis 8:1. Listening to a radio station, I couldn't believe how many people felt that "nobody cared nor remembered" them in this Christmas day. Quickly I remembered this scripture. BUT GOD REMEMBERS YOU! If you add it all up, Noah spent one year and 17 days in the ark. That's a long time in a cramped space with lots of animals. That was no Disney Luxury Cruise Liner with swimming pool, movies, entertainments,and fancy buffets. It was a boat floating aimlessly on surface of the ocean. Hey, let me tell you the truth. I still quote this verse time to time. When I have not enough faith to assume a holding pattern and wait for the fulfillment of the promise, I also felt "Did my God forget me". But the comforting Holy Spirit of God calms my fears EVERY TIME when He reminds me that MY GOD DOESN'T forget me. In Matthew chapter 10, verse 30 Bible says, God's record are so complete that the hairs on my head are numbered. They are not just counted. Counted would mean He simply knows how many. NO!! They are numbered, meaning He knows which hair is in my comb. Tada. In another words, He has chronological records of my hair strands. That means I should know He has my family, my tithes, and my faithfulness in His view all the time. See, Noah has done what God has said. He had preached to the unbelieving world. He had built an enormous ark. He led the animals two by two into the ark. Then he entered with his family. Bro: If you had done what God told you to do and if you are a child of God, who cares people forget you. YOUR GOD WILL REMEMBER YOU AND REWARD YOU!! OK SMILE NOW: YOU HEAR?

ARE YOU FEARFUL?

"When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth:(FOR ALSO THERE IS THAT NEITHER DAY NOR NIGHT SEETH SLEEP WITH HIS EYES". Ec: 8:16. My friend, looks like the enemy playing a game of "fear" with you in this Christmas season. All of us want to be strong and be in control, but unfortunately our enemy will attack us with his weapon of fear. Does this sound familiar to you? You feel overwhelmed with fear and anxiety. Am I going to die with this sickness? Your worries and insecurities prevent you from doing what you really want? Your negative emotions and panic attacks make you feel powerless and stuck? Some of us have postgraduate degree from University of Anxiety and Fear. Sun blasts cancer causing rays, Air vents blow lung-clotting molds, Potato chips have too many carbs, Why do they call airport a terminal? One mother said "My daughter doesn't tell me anything, I am worried". Another said "my daughter tells me everything, I am nervous wreck". Are you feel overwhelmed with fear and anxiety, Your life becoming smaller and smaller? Come on, I have a great news for you. Merry Christmas!! Fear is a powerful enemy, so we need a powerful ally to overcome them. There is some one who can help you to overcome that fear. HIS NAME IS JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S SON! He came into the world to free us from the things that hurt us. He came to deliver us from the prison of fear. He is a friend, he is the guide, He offers us a comforter, the Holy Spirit and He promised us "Lo, I will be with you always, even unto the end of the World". Hey, he is there in that room, sick bed, in your loneliness. Pray to HIM AND HE WILL SHOW UP. HIS NAME IS IMMANUEL MEANING GOD IS WITH US. WITH YOU!!!!!

ARE YOU MAKING A IMPACT IN THE WORLD?

"You are the salt of the earth". "You are the light of the earth". Matthew 5:13&14. My friend, how old are you? Are you making any impact in the world ever since you born? What is the legacy you are going to leave in the world after you leave the world? Will the family, your church, friends, and the world around you has any contribution you made to remember and cherish? Let's understand that we will never be able to make a real and permanent impact on our society through legislation, programs and committees alone. Things done in the flesh in and of itself are doomed to failure- they much be done through Jesus and in power of the Holy Spirit. Are you like Lot in the Old Testament? As Lot, our faith is personal and private- we are not really interested in impacting our society, only serious about our personal peace, affluence, positions, and titles in the world. Are you the salt and the light of the world? After reading many autobiographies of great people influenced their generation and affected the world most dramatically (I realized) were those who, because of circumstance, pressure, or adversity: Challenged tide of convention, Stretched the boundaries of traditions, Violated the expectations of "status quo", Upset the mind of "the average", Shattered the wit of "the norm" and broke through the "accepted" in order to accomplish the unexpected. They all did that little extra that others thought could not be done. During this CHRISTMAS SEASON, let's make a decision to impact our generation in such a dramatic fashion because we have the strength, self- sufficiency, and anointing of the Anointed One, Lord Jesus! ISN'T HE BORN IN THIS WORLD TO SAVE US AND ANOINT US TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN?

LORD, MAKE ME!!

"MAKE ME to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight" Psalms 119:35. As we are approaching the end of the year 2015, my prayer is "MAKE ME LORD A USEFUL VESSEL" for you in the year 2016. How about you? See, when you are full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel. Matthew mentions his own name only twice in the Gospel and in his list of Apostles, he assigns himself the eighth spot. John even doesn't mention his name but call himself "the other disciple or disciple whom Jesus loved". Luke, wrote two of the most important books in the Bible but never once penned his own name. Psalmist above prays "O Lord, make me". My prayers for the year 2016 are: 1) Make me a channel of blessing that flows into the lives of others. 2) Make me a vessel of salvation to those who stand in need of pardon. 3) Make me an ambassador of peace in a world torn by strife, hate, and war. 4) Make me a healing balm for the hearts that mourn and break. 5) Make me an example for those who might not change, if they did not have a pattern to follow. Bro: If we will commit ourselves to doing what we suppose to do, we will discover a joy of service that we never knew existed. We will find that Peace and good feeling we long for, and be a blessing to others. And our Lord will be pleased, you think so? NOW JUST DO IT. JUST JUST DO IT, Y'ALL HEAR ME?

Don't defeat ourselves in the New Year!

"Then said I, here am I, send me" Isaiah 6:8b. A new year is fast approaching all of us. My friend let me ask you a question "Why are you here"? Why are you still on the earth? If God loves you, and He does; and Christ has prepared a place for you, He has; and God is all powerful and can do anything He wants to, anytime He wants to, and He can; then why are you still here? Our God is alive and well in the world today. My friend, you are unique. You are special to God and yet you are still here because God is working here and He wants to use you to turn the world upside down. Bro: we defeat ourselves through lack of vision, lack of prayer and lack of love and obedience. He deposits His desires into our heart. Our vision comes from Him. Believe It will come to pass. As of January 2016, practice envisioning your future. Can I suggest few steps? Can I? 1) Expand your horizons by stretching your imagination. 2) Nurture new Ideas. 3) Go for positive changes with a welcoming attitude. 4) Imagine the impossible. 5) Stay ahead of tomorrow. 6) Invent the future. 7) Operate expectantly. 8) Notice unlimited opportunity available for you. Man, God can use anything and everything and anyone! You have a doubt buddy? Think about the burning bush, Staff into snake, Donkey saving Balaam's life, donkey talking, and A Rooster to reinstate Peter. Hey, God has equipped you with all talents to be useful for the Lord. I don't want to hear anymore testimonies from you during watch night service "I haven't done anything for the Lord yet in my life, Please pray for me so that I can be useful for the Lord this new year". Give me a break..Huhh.

"YES I CAN" ATTITUDE!

"I can do all things through Christ which strengths me". Philippians 4:13. When I was in college our Athletic Coach reminded us "when it comes to winning or losing a race three things determine how you cross the finish line 1st or not. They are your ability, motivation, and attitude. You need "yes I can" attitude to win. In Christian life we have to have this attitude. There are some of us who are quick to bring up, at the earliest opportunity, what friends and family did to hurt us in the past. Hey, why you are keep on living in the past: either in your own past, or reminding others about their past? Why you are cluttering your life with junks you have achieved in the past or your past failures that are taunting you? Don't you know that Christ in you is the hope of Glory: past, present and future! Remember, yesterday is history (you can't change it), today is a present (enjoy it), and tomorrow is a mystery (look forward to it). Bro: why do people approach soothsayers, palm readers and witches? Mainly to learn about the future, not the past, because the future is exciting. God wants us to walk by faith, trust in him and see our future through His eyes, not through the eyes of soothsayers. More of us are persuaded into believing far too LITTLE than believing for TOO much. Vision and "Yes I can" attitude through the help of Christ is very essential. A God-given vision is conceived by faith, sustained by prayer and fueled by God's word is destined to win! Hey hey It's not about what you and I can do, but what God can do with our life when it's fully surrendered to Him. IF GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A VISION- PURSUE IT MAN, AND BELIEVE HIM FOR GREAT THINGS! Y'ALL HEAR ME?? YEAH... GOOD!

HE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN!!

"And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM" ..Exodus 3:14. When Moses was talking with God, he asked, "What is your name? Who shall I say sent me? God responded, "Tell them, I AM". My friend, as you are going to step in to a New Year 2016, I hear a tone of concern and uncertainties in your voice. I just want you to know that, as a child of God , WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO ADD WHATEVER ELSE AFTER THE I AM. HE IS LIGHT, GLORY, REVELATION, BLESSINGS, HEALING, PEACE, ABUNDANCE- ALL THAT WE NEED. He is ever-present, ever-living, no-beginning-with-no-end God. He is the God of the now. Hey, God does not live in eternity- ETERNITY LIVES IN HIM, God does not exist- HE IS EXISTENCE, God does not live- HE IS LIFE. When the angel of God appeared to Mary and said, "Thou shalt call His name Jesus", (Matthew 1:21) the Greek used here implies something most revealing. It implies that He already had a name- JEHOVAH- but that we are to call Him Jesus. Jesus said " ..and lo, I am with you always, EVEN unto the end of the world" Matthew: 28:20. JESUS IS JEHOVAH. Every time you say that name, you are bringing Jehovah on the scene. Every time you say the name of Jesus, you bring the fullness of Jehovah down to earth. EVERY TIME YOU SAY JESUS, YOU MOVE OUT OF TIME INTO ETERNITY. And every time you worship him with "HALLELUJAH", you are singing in Hebrew, "Praise Jehovah". So let us enter into the NEW YEAR with Hallelujah, our God is with us. Bro: let me ask you something? Who took care of the things worried you "a year ago, a month ago, a week ago, and yesterday? HE WILL DO IT AGAIN!!!