The name “JESUS”

Most of us Christians grew up been familiar with the name “Jesus” and as time passed and maturity sets in, the name became just a norm. At the slightest provocation we start calling the name Jesus and anytime we are confused or scared we still call that name. All the while we are doing these we never come to terms with the actual power in that name. The power that comes with calling the name Jesus, the power that comes with believing in or worshiping the name Jesus. They say familiarity breeds contempt and even Christ himself made a similar statement when he said a prophet is not welcomed in his home.

Growing up in a Christian home made me know and understand the power of Jesus. I had the knowledge of his grace and power. However I never actually lived it, I never surrendered myself to him, and I never gave Jesus full control.

 Knowing and calling the name Jesus does not guarantee one access to the power that comes with that name. I have known the name Jesus all my life; I call that name every day, but never had access to the power that comes with the name Jesus. Not until Jesus showed me the way and ushered me into his bosom.

Have you known Jesus all your life?

Have you been calling his name every day?

Then it’s time to complete the sequence, it’s time to ascend from sin and accept him fully into your life.

He said “if we confess our sins and forsake them, that he is faithful and just to forgive us”

It is until you confess and forsake your sins before you become in actuality like Christ and thus you are able to tap from the power that comes with the name Jesus.

That power brings bliss and peace, like nothing you have ever known or perceived. It takes away all your fears and your entire burdens, and you feel this lightness in your heart. This is a gift that can only come from serving God, through his Son Jesus Christ.

Join the fold today! Assure yourself a place in heaven, ascend from sin and partake in his marvelous light,

The Unique Beings: Book Two of Nobody Understands

                                                   




Vivian is an outcast in her school. She is bullied and kept out of social circles. She cannot understand why she has to go through life watching on the sidelines. All she wants is to be included, but all anyone else sees, even her teacher, is someone who should be pitied. David, a wise classmate who understands how to navigate the inner workings of the school, befriends Vivian. Together, Vivian learns from David and ultimately finds the hope she needs to get through even the most difficult of days.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HH8XIP6#nav-subnav

The beginning of Vivian’s transformation begins with the reading of the book “Nobody Understands Me”, a gift to her from David. The short book delineates the 10 personalities that are misunderstood and that cause people to be outcast. From the first chapter, Vivian feels an immediate sense of ease, like she has finally discovered the missing piece to making sense of her life.

As the series progresses, new characters and schools are introduced, all revolving around finding your place in the world by embracing God’s enduring love.

Important Themes Include:
• Being Unique
• Independence
• Self-Sacrificing Love
• Seeing Beyond Death
• Being A Warrior Of God
• Humility and Simplicity
• A Willingness To Learn

An incredible story for all students to hear, Nobody Understands Me presents the difficulties of being a teenager and how to find the faith to overcome hardships with a unique Christian twist. A reminder that God is always with us, Nobody Understands Me will encourage readers of all ages to persevere in times of struggle and to seek refuge in the ultimate of friends, Jesus Christ.

Weaving together modern day narratives with Biblical parables, this short series is one you will want to refer to again and again.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HH8XIP6#nav-subnav

THE BEST BOOK EVER

The Bible is an exquisite book, but not all knows this and not all who read the Bible really understands it value. I know this because I read the Bible for several years both as a child and as an adult, and after reading so much of this wonderful book. I still dumped it and sought for wisdom somewhere else. I guess it takes more than just reading to really assimilate what wisdom the Bible entails.

As an inquisitive young man, they were a lot of things I had to figure out about the world and why it is so messed up. Aside that, I needed to be ahead of the game, several moves ahead of my opponents whoever they maybe; with this in mind I explored the knowledge the world had to offer in terms of books and several other resources aimed at boosting the mind. At a point I felt I had arrived and I knew it all, and when I heard the word fool, I was 100% percent sure I couldn’t be one. My search for knowledge gave birth to a book titled Mortality, Reason and Religion https://www.okadabooks.com/book/about/the_philosophy_of_reason_and_religion_/11244. Most of its content are anti-religious and bothers more on reasoning. Then along the line I discovered they are certain burden that comes along with all knowledge gathered. Too much information sometimes renders even the simplest of knowledge useless. What am I saying in essence, it got to a point I then discovered to my greatest surprise that I had been a fool, even with all I thought I knew. So I began another search for wisdom, I gave my life to Jesus Christ. How did I do this? I simply confessed my sins, not once, not twice. I kept trying until I grew enough discipline and spiritual courage to totally conquer sin(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ACM9N5I? Then I began the journey of enlightenment, the first step of which is harmonizing with Christ. This was the point I discovered the wisdom in the Bible. The Bible brought to simplicity all the complexities that surrounded all I knew before. All my life I couldn’t quite balance this world, good, evil and all the complexities, by gaining the wisdom from the Bible it all made perfect sense.

 Believe it or not the Bible is the best book ever written. It’s like a combination of all the books in the world to make one perfect book. During the period I was harmonizing myself with Christ and his will. I had in my hands a book by Stephen Covey on the 7 habits of highly effective people, the book was about 400 pages. I had read up to 300 pages. One day I read some verses in the Bible. In the book of proverbs, I read that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom; I also read that a man’s life is shaped by his thoughts and in 1^st Corinthians 13. I read about what love is and all the qualities of love. The wisdom i got from all these three verses totally summarized Covey’s entire book.

I know it sounds weird, if you read it now; it may not make that much sense. There is need for spiritual enlightenment when it comes to understanding Gods word. That is why you have to first be born again and second begin the journey towards enlightenment, which is what the 7 cardinal rules are all about. Ever tried to balance life’s variables like career, marriage, school, pleasure, beliefs and principles, family etc. without getting exhausted? Try the fear of God and suddenly all of life variables will fall into place. It is a math’s that was solved by God ever before any man was born. True wisdom is not worried or insecure, its source of energy is never revised, questioned, objected upon, reviewed or updated. Looking for true wisdom? Waste no time reading different books. Read one book! The Bible

Awaken the god in you- 1

                        

In the book of Genesis, after Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit. God said “Now that man has become like one of us” (gods). At first God created us in his image, but the moment man erred, man became more than just the image of God, man became like God and thus was responsible for all his actions.

Do you know that you are a god? And have the power of a god.  Man’s only deficiency is his mortality. Imagine what it would feel like to have that much power. As I write it and as you read it, it sounds like a fairy tale, however it is the hard truth.

The whole world is on a backward progression when it comes to assimilation and reflection of this fact. The adversary the devil has managed to make people feel, that they are less important, just flesh and blood, that they have no power at all and are just nothing to themselves or the universe. Although the Bible states otherwise, even at that many Christian still do not comprehend or believe this truth. To buttress this point I will mention some human gods in the Bible that realized through Gods divine help their status and expressed god-like powers. I will explain why they had that power and why at some points the power failed them.

Our first example is Moses- The moment Moses meet God in the burning bush his god-like nature was activated and through him God performed wonders, that up until this day are unequalled. Do you agree that Moses expressed god-like power? Absolutely yes he did and he could access that power. One because God choose him, Two because he kept his body and spirit pure and free from guilt and iniquity at all times and Three because he had faith. The moment Moses waned in his faith in Gods ability, he lost a significant aspect of his power, prospect and thus saw but never entered the promise land.

Second example is Joshua – Joshua took over from Moses and God spoke to him. He impressed God because he had so much faith and lead a holy life to compliment it. As such he is the only man to have ever commanded the Sun to stand still and it did. What else would you call this, isn’t it god-like?

Another example is Prophet Daniel, Shedrack, Menshack and Abednego, four men that thrived during the time of Israel’s exile in Babylon. They had absolute faith in God, irrespective of the circumstances and thus were able to rise above the fire of the furnace and the Lion’s den. Same goes for Prophet Ezekiel who raised dried bones back to life. What a mystery? That is the kind of power we possess.

Our last example is our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, without a question Christ was the only one that knew he was a god and indeed he is God. He expressed this to the fury of the Pharisee and Sadducees and through his power he changed the course of history and given this we are agree that yes he is God.

The question now is why is it that is in our time, they are no more human gods. The answer is simple Sin. The human entity has a spirit, body and soul. The soul comes from God and it goes back to God upon death. The virtue of every human is embedded in the soul. The soul is the powerhouse of our godlike powers; to tap from this power. We must fulfill the ultimate condition.

DARE TO TRUST IN GOD

I was once told to cast my burden on a man that he cares for me. I was told emphatically that he could solve all my problems and give me eternal freedom. But seriously, I wouldn’t believe this. I mean, I do have an open mind, and irrespective of how open my mind is, I could hardly leave all my issues and challenges to chance. I had to take charge, to be in front of the situation. After all that is why I have a sound mind and body. No matter how I taught about it, it never made sense to me, at least not in a practical way, how can I put my trust in God? No one understands God? Who knows what he is planning? Who knows his will? What he will do next? And ultimately is he even listening to me? Or does he have my time?

Seriously, I have thought about these questions and the more I thought of it, the more dilemma I found myself. That is where I remembered Cardinal Rule 3(In taking up the attitude and being in harmony with Christ; we should like Christ not equate ourselves with God or his Son) and it all made sense suddenly. That is why it is said that God is not man, so no matter how hard I try, I will not understand how God works, when he works and how he listens to prayers. It is when I decided to stop asking God the questions of “how will you deliver the goods” that is when I learnt this important lesson that, there is no power as God, no wisdom as his, no authority like his authority. The way God works, no mind can put it together and make sense of it. My friends and followers don’t ever try to make sense of what God does or why he does it. This might take you a good lifetime. Instead “Dare to trust in him”

    As a child, that grew up in a Christian family. I have heard the message of faith preached severally and not until now did I realize that the messages about faith were taken a bit too lightly. To have faith is no small task, especially when you are brilliant and have so many resources at your disposal, that at a spot you can think of Plan A all through to Plan Z. And someone expects you to just sit back, watch and have faith? I will possibly say, tell that to the birds! As such I’ll go on and on with my life and never give God an opportunity to actually do something real, tangible and eternal in my life. I know it never easy to let go of all you know and trust in God. It’s a rare wisdom only enlightened people will possess. It is a wisdom that teaches you to look beyond this world and into the next plane of existence. A wisdom that no amount of money or education can bestow, a wisdom given only by God, to the children he loves.

     Let God work in your life today, allow him to straighten you up. For too long you’ve gone astray, let God bring you back home. Let go of all you know and learn from his eternal wisdom that surpasses all understanding, tap from his infinite Grace. Dare to trust in God. I learnt this important lesson only when I looked around and I realized there was no Plan A – Z, that there was no plan at all. I was choice less, almost hopeless. But God gave me his infinite wisdom, which comes with a desire to serve him. This wisdom gave me a serene peace at a time of great turbulence. It gave me a calm of godlikeness in times when I should have gone mad with worry. It soothed my soul, set me on a direction of my true purpose and gave me clarity of perspective I never thought I could have. All my plans, knowledge and all the books in the world could not do this for me. It is only God that can and it is only through Gods wisdom, we can gain true inner peace and conquer our most daunting demons.

A CURSED EXISTENCE AND ITS DILEMMA

                 

In the beginning there was a rift between man and God. Men ate of the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. This act broke man’s direct line of communication with God and emplaced a gulf that left man to his own fate. Ever since that gulf was created they had always been two rules to loyalty and submission which is a man’s loyalty to his leaders and a woman’s loyalty to her husband. A man therefore is obligated to be loyal to his leaders, submit to his leaders, pray always for his leader. So that like Timothy wrote in 1^st Timothy 2:2 we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. A woman is thus expected to be submissive to her husband, to be humble before her husband, to support and pray for her husband so that she may find peace in this life and the next.

Since the establishment of this norm which has stood for thousands of generation. There has been a rift always between men and his leaders, and between women and their husbands. The existence of this rift necessitated the introduction of a third factor to ensure our continued existence. This factor is none but our lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Christ has always been seen as a mediator between man and God, a mender of a relationship that was almost destroyed by man’s ignorance. His introduction into the world opened up a communication line that was since severed. Thus creator and creation became one again through his death and resurrection. This factor thus alters the norm of the curse as we know it, and makes simple a long standing dilemma. In Genesis 3:16b God said unto Eve, thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee.

 Therefore, everything changes. There is no more divided loyalty either to a leader or a husband. This has never been as clear, as it is right now. That there can be only one loyalty, only one through which we must judge our actions and weigh our decisions. That one is our direct line of contact with God, that one is our savior Jesus Christ. So inasmuch as a man must be loyal and faithful to his leaders. He must first be loyal and faithful to God, and so applies for a woman also. Throughout the times of the Disciples of Christ and Apostle Paul, they were constantly at logger heads with the leadership of this world because of a clash of interest. With Christ as our mediator there is no excuse to sin, just because Eve said so, or because Adam said so. There is none what so ever. A door and link has been opened up, granting us access to unlimited resources to enable us lead holy and righteous life. All we need to do is pray always, be in constant communication with God, establish a standing relationship with our heavenly father, whose only mediator is Jesus Christ and on earth other anointed servants of God who preach and live their life in exact replica of Christ. Men as such are rare, and because of the kind of humble living they prefer we hardly have contact with them. A man anointed by God is not given to wealth and worldly pleasures. Their place is with God and their home is in the church.

THE TRUE PURPOSE

Every person under the sun has a purpose. God gave us all a reason to live, a reason to wake up each morning and find strength, courage and will to get out of bed and tough out the herculean task of our daily world. Question is why do you get out of bed each morning? What motivates you? What is the source of your courage, will and perseverance? In 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 Apostle Paul revealed a hidden truth that all men have a drive and that drive needs be discovered. He revealed his own drive. Which is drive to wake up each morning and do the will of our heavenly Father, the drive of delivering his message to the thousands of souls out there in the world, the drive of following up and making sure those souls are nourished. This purpose of his, is a purpose of righteousness, not a self-serving purpose, it is a purpose that fulfills the will of god. That is why in all he does, he does not need to fear the dangers associated with pursuing this purpose. He does not fear accident, he does not fear persecutions and trials, he does not fear the unexpected and ultimately he does not fear death. That is what a true purpose looks like. A purpose that sets you in sync with your consciousness, a purpose that syncs you with the will of God that is the purpose every man should seek to discover.

 There are a few pointers I would love to direct our attention to in discovering the ultimate purpose that links us to our creator. A few factors that stands it out from a self-driven purpose:

1.     They must be transparency in your purpose, it should be absent of guile, deceitfulness, and the immoral

2.     The concept of the purpose should have its foundation resting on God rather than Man. The truths and principles that uphold the purpose should be from the Bible, and not manipulated to please human powers.

3.     The drive of the purpose should not be to please people; the message of the purpose should not be to flatter people. The purpose must not be focused on the material things of this world, through the seeking of glory, fame and power.

4.      Every purpose should reflect calmness, affection and an unbiased willingness to impact positively on your fellow human.

5.     A purpose bearer, has to express virtues that reflect the very purpose he or she represents

6.     No matter the tide that comes, your purpose must be driven by moral principles, standards and guided through hard situations not by your own knowledge but by the infinite wisdom of the Almighty God.

Once a purpose reflects all these at the primary level, without bias or manipulation, that purpose automatically syncs you with God. Even as it does you will feel the connection in you, the power and then you will understand that your true journey to enlightenment has begun. The first step of which lays in your discovery of “The True Purpose”