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ARE THE TROUBLES BEYOND YOU?

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ARE THE TROUBLES BEYOND YOU? Are you in a situation where the troubles around you are beyond all that you can do to rescue thyself? Have you done all that you can do, call all the people that you could call for help and yet nothing? When you are in this situation, I want you to take note that first, the devil has the limit of damage he can do in your life and wouldn’t exceed such limit. For Job, he was not to touch his life and for Christ Jesus, He was to touch His life but not to break His bones. In your troubles, God has set a limit to the extent of troubles that the enemy might cause you, he can’t proceed any further. 1Co 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it No matter how tough things are for you, God wouldn’t allow the devil try you beyond your strength (ability to endure) an

study to show thyself approved

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SINGLES ABLAZE CAMP 3 rd till 5 th Jan. 2016 TOPIC: STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF APPROVED 2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. INTRODUCTION Paul wrote to Timothy a young bishop (overseer) of the church because there were certain issues which had been causing destructive arguments among the saints that needed precise theological accuracy for it to be addressed (see 2 Tim. 2:14). Certain teachers then have begun to misinterpret the scriptures, perhaps juxtaposing the Pre-Cross gospel and the after Cross messages and thereby subverting or ruining the spiritual life of their hearers. (It’s worthy to note that to be wrongly informed is more dangerous than to be uninformed). How does this relate to us today and how can the message of Apostle Paul relate to us today? To be able to answer this question, we must first take note of these important facts 1.      WE ARE WORKMEN IN GOD :   Eph 2:

do better now

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A POEM BY A SCHOOL TEACHER He came to my desk with a quivering lips the lesson was done Have you a new sheet for me dear teacher; I’ve spoilt this one, I took his sheet all soiled and blotted, gave him a new one all unspotted And into his tired heart I cried, do better now my child ... I went to the throne with a trembling heart the year was done Have you a new year for me dear master, I’ve spoilt this one He took my year all soiled and blotted and gave me a new one all unspotted And into my tired heart He cried, do better now my child By an elementary school teacher This new year, do better Pastor Promise Ikpe Share the word

LIVING WITHOUT THE SORROWS OF YESTERYEARS

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LIVING WITHOUT THE SORROWS OF YESTERYEARS Many years ago when I was the coordinator of a youth ministry, we do have night vigils every Friday night. The ways home are the long main road path which would take at least 1 hour of trekking and the short cut which is just a 20 minutes’ walk but is going through someone’s dog infested compound. We’ve learnt how to walk past these dogs (the dog won’t bite as long as you don’t run) so whenever I get to the compound, I’ll start walking slowly as the dog would surround me barking and smelling me and tempting me to try and flee which I won’t. My heart would be panting as I take each step till am past the dogs’ territory. One day, I heard the best news ever, the owners of the dogs moved out of that compound with his dogs and thus the walk home from the vigils becomes smooth (without anxiety and fear). There are certain griefs and sorrows that barks and makes us pant in anxiety as we journey through life, making the next step becomes such a

glorious exploit

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SUNDAY 3 RD JAN. 2016 TOPIC:   THE YEAR OF GLORIOUS EXPLOITs TEXT :   ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows… Isaiah 53:4 INTRODUCTION God has led us from the year 2015 to another year which would be unto us a year of glorious exploit because we know our God and we are strong being strengthened by Him in all means. Da 11:32 …but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits QUESTIONS/DISCUSSIONS 1.     We decide what would happen this year ‘Ps 118:24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it’ David declared what would happen to him in the day which God has made, we too likewise must proclaim what would happen in this year which God has made and we declare that we’ll only be joyful and glad in it and the period and times of shame and reproach are over in Jesus name. 2.     Christ Borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. If Christ has carried our sorrows it means we shall have no cause to be

prophecies for 2016

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PROPHECIES FOR 2016 Soon nations in the far west would begin to celebrate the new year before nations located in the east, therefore before the year starts ending for different nations, let me release God’s word according to how it has being laid in my spirit to those who have been with us or connected their faith though they be afar off. 2016 as the Lord has told me shall be a year of glory and while it last and after it, glorious things shall be said of us, things too wonderful for our imagination, miracles too great for our comprehension. No-matter how farther apart you are from your miracle in the time past, no matter how much you’ve chased after certain miracles which had continued to elude you, in 2016, miracles shall pursue you till it has overtaken you in Jesus name. Jesus said, signs and wonders shall follow those who believe, yes, Miracles shall follow after you till your life becomes a tale of signs and wonders in Jesus name. Deut. 28: 2 And all these blessings sha

year of Glory

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2016, the year of Glory The opposite of shame is glory or better put, shame is the absence of glory. Shame is when what you’ve supposed to must have possessed; you are still fighting to have Shame is when though you work too hard, yet you owe so much Shame is, when you can’t say your health status in public Shame is when you are an object of abuse and reproach because of the absence of this or that in your life Shame is when you just look at your kids suffer and unable to be formally trained because you are financially disabled. Shame is when you are suffering for a crime you know nothing about Shame is begging for bread when you are the one that’s supposed to giving out bread etc. Whatsoever is the shame you’ve known in the time past, it’s going away with 2015, as you crossover, you are crossing over into GLORY. For all those who knew shame in 2015, shall experience glory in 2016 in Jesus name. For if you suffer with Him; you suffer with Christ when you experien

IT BEGINS HERE

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IT BEGINS HERE ¶ Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. Proverbs 11:31 God rewards every good deeds starting from here on earth and God rewards every wicked acts beginning from here on earth. Have you been fasting and praying, sown seed, evangelized and sponsored gospel projects, assisted a man of God or helped the poor in the name of the Lord etc., your reward won’t come to you when you get to heaven, it would begin here while you are on earth. Don’t think there is no reward, think of your reward not as what you’ll get in the world by and by but as something you’ll begin to receive from now that you in the earth. Many years ago I was working for someone who refused to pay me, I continued because in my heart the first reason while I was doing that work for that person was because of God, though I starved and live poorly, but after many years God rewarded me with more than what could had been my annual salary in one day a

JESUS IS NOT GOING TO HEAL YOU

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JESUS IS NOT GOING TO HEAL YOU Are you sick and in pain? Do you have any infections on you? Are you infected with cancer or HIV or any other deadly Disease etc. The Glorious thing is that Jesus wont heal because He has healed you the day you put your trust in Him. Glory!!! ... Matthew 8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. It has being fulfilled that Christ took away our sicknesses and diseases and infections entirely. When God says He took it away from us, it could only mean we can't be sick anymore. If we were sick/diseased and infected , it means we aren't sick, diseased and infected anymore the very moment we believe Christ took away our infirmities. Glory!!!! God's word says our healing has come to pass. That Christ took away our diseases has been fulfilled. If you believe, you can't be sick, not anymore. Glory!!!! God bless you Pastor Promise Ikpe I'll

BATTERY

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no extra battery Someone was expecting an important call sometime ag ... o, so important was the call that it would change his fate and that of his family. as he awaited this call, he started playing games with his phone while playing, his battery was sending warning signals and his sibling on seeing that warning signals from the phone reiterated to him the importance of the call and the consequence if he keeps playing the game till the battery dies. he responded to the sister that he got an extra charged battery in the case of that. well, the call came and as he was about to pick, the battery snapped. he brought out the extra battery and inserted only to discover that the extra battery has no power; it wasnt charged. he missed the important call that would had changed the fate of his family for better because of the vain pleasure of playing game and the false hope of having an extra charged battery. serving God and keeping His command is the only important thing in life that would

HAVE YOU MADE ROOM

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HAVE YOU MADE ROOM FOR JESUS TODAY? ‘…and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn’ Luke 2:7. All the rooms in Bethlehem Judea had been fully occupied, thousands had been traveling back to be enrolled for Ceasar Augustus had decreed that the entire world should be censured. All the Land lords to every available Inn have had enough tenants for the night. Most of the inn have stables for Donkey, Ass or Horse as the case may be for any traveler/tenants that have any of the above animals. It was in this place made for these animals that Christ was born. The time of the birth of Christ has always been the busy period for people; it’s a festive period and also a time when people are quite busy doing nothing and everything. Though the real purpose of the decree was so that the prophecy that Christ would be born in Bethlehem Judea would be fulfilled, the man the decree was meant for couldn’t get a space in the city God had ordained for His birth except for a mange

CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS IS IDOL WORSHIP

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CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS IS IDOL WORSHIP did you read post or comments from less informed men that celebrating Christmas is wrong? Well, this was my reaction to one of those people. State to me how my celebration is wrong? ... I goto service and worship God, thanking Him for His great love that had made Him give me Christ Jesus without Christ, I would perish in my sin. I remember the first coming of Christ and like the sherpherd I spread the news that we shouldn't wait for another Messiah that the Messiah has come. Like the wise men who brought gifts, I give gifts to people (what you do to thy brother in need you've done to me Christ says) therefore by giving gifts to men I join the wise men from east to give gifts to God. Which part of the above is idol worship? He said but 25 Dec is Nimrod birthday and I said, its also Pst. Kaingo's (Kaingo is one of my pastors in Harare) birthday and the birthday of many others who were born or adopted 25 Dec as their birthday.