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My first blog for October 2022 so late in the month goes to show that I have been experiencing a rather challenging month in all spheres of my life. Spiritually, it has been a battle even now it is not a smooth sail however we have been promised that Jesus Christ has given us COMPLETE victory and I believe that is the reason for all this opposition. And I am to blame as well for not putting in the time with God that I should daily and my God knows how to put me back on track and last night He used Isaiah 43v1 to remind me of WHO I AM! truly and completely you know God knows what we need, as His children He knows us deeply, our tantrums, our drama, our needs, why we are awfully quiet and how to satisfy the need that we may have at that particular moment.

God seriously tailor-made us He made us in His likeness and yet created us with distinct personalities, needs and desires. When I feel down and discouraged sometimes, God knows whether I need a good meal, comfort or to remind me of who I am in His sight which is my true definition. God used this chapter of Isaiah 43 from verse 1 to 7 to remind me that I am His regardless of what I do and do not do. I could feel discouraged and God will know that His daughter needs His affirmation, so Isaiah 43 v 1 says: But now thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob (O Palesa), He who formed you O Israel “Fear not for I have redeemed you; as I have called you by name, you Palesa are mine” and when I tell you I wept!, in the next verses God talks about how He will give up just about anything and any nation in exchange for His chosen ones and verse 4 makes me weak every time when God says “Because you are precious in my eyes and honored, and I love you”.

From a person who has struggled with identity issues and having had daddy issues when God my Daddy affirms me I literally break down and become weak in such a good way because He picks me up and strengthens me with His Mighty Power. He reminds me that He approves of me that He has accepted me and validates me to be His with the power of the Holy Spirit. When God says I am His and continues to remind me of this I genuinely stand in awe and fall in love with God all the more. Knowing that I belong to God and all that I am is His brings a sense of relief, joy and belonging. I am not just anybody I am somebody that God has chosen and continues to choose every single time in my good moments and bad moments it does not phase God.

Praise God in Jesus Name Amen.

You know how in the Bible we are taught to always have faith and to believe. Well that is easier said than done that is why I believe Jesus had to keep reminding the disciples (us) to constantly believe and have faith. Now, here is an interesting thought (maybe just my own presumption) when I believe something I begin to meditate on it this can be consciously and/or subconsciously. For instance when I believe I am craving pasta instead of pizza my mind begins to meditate on this making me believe hundred percent that this is what my body craves. I will then make a decision to make myself pasta because I believed and probably meditated on it the whole day that I will be making pasta for supper.

But why is it that the Word of God is not easy to believe? well for one it is the Word of Grace, it is too good to be true. The Word of God just seems to be so opposite what the world is like or how our flesh is, I mean God the Father sent His Only Son, Heaven’s Best to die for the sins of people who would continue to sin against Him for as long as they are alive on earth. Think about it, logically it does not make sense hence the Word of God makes no sense to some who reads it carnally minded and not led by the Spirit of God, the Author Himself. Now where am I going with this?

Oh remember the whole pasta over pizza example I made, well unfortunately it does not work quite well when it comes to the Word of God. We do not just believe the Word of God instantly, we meditate on His Word and with the Helper, the Holy Spirit we get to believe more and more with each experience. For example check the scriptures wherein God says “I am with you” there are dozens of those scriptures in the Bible (Isaiah41:10 and 13, Joshua1vs 5 and 9, Isaiah 43:2, Mathew 28:20, Genesis 28:15,Deut31:6,Heb13:5) and this whole blog can be filled with so much more scriptures I mean they are countless. Anyway, my point is God says “I am with you” yet it is not something that we easily just believe, we instead have to meditate on it all the time until we believe it.

We will then notice things in the physical that shows us that it is God’s presence that did that, that is how our belief becomes strengthened. Sometimes we “feel” like God is not with us yet that is not what the Bible says hence we have to meditate on this to believe it. The two scriptures to meditate on and to base this blog on is Joshua 1: 8 and Psalm 1:2-3. Both scriptures assure us that when we meditate on the Word of the Lord day and night, there are particular results that are for our good that will come out of mediating on His Word. These two scriptures I would say changed my life so much because our thoughts and minds need to be changed to obey the will of God and that means intentionally meditating on His Word until we believe it with all of our being.

So God I thank You that You will help us delight and meditate on Your Word day and night, furthermore You tell us the Truth All the Time including when You said we live by faith and not by sight. But I love that You do not just give us a book for us to live by, but You have given us the Helper, The Holy Spirit who guides us into All Truth. I love that Your truth is consistent and never changing, Your Word is reliable and relatable to ALL human beings that You created with Love. Help us not to just have a Bible, but to make use of it every single day as our life guide because it speaks absolute Truth. In Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.

Finding favour in God’s sight makes one see His goodness. Exodus chapter 33 is so good, I advice everyone to check the entire chapter out. It is so good that I was not able to pick out a particular scripture for this text, just the conversation that took place between Moses and God is so refreshing to look at. I do not even know why we as people have turned prayer into such a religious act, check this entire chapter and view how Moses has conversations with God. They are so personal, so real, straight to the point and not in any way vague.

Talking about conversing, I redrafted this passage simply because God’s goodness is seen and witnessed but it is so much better when it is experienced. Finding favour in God’s sight means He always looks out for you, He puts you first and makes you stand out and have an unfair advantage over and above. While this sounds good, God is also our Father, He loves us and is Good to us, so while we are favoured by Him it means that a huge part of His goodness is His Law.

Before you get carried away, I do not mean the 10 commandments although they are His Laws, but we are reminded that Jesus fulfilled the commandments for us so that we do not have to fulfill the commandments ourselves but that is a topic on its own for another day. What I mean by God’s Law is based on Psalms chapter 19: 7-14. “The law of the Lord is perfect; it gives new strength. The commands of the Lord are trustworthy, giving wisdom to those who lack it. The laws of the Lord are right, and those who obey them are happy. The commands of the Lord are just and give understanding to the mind. Reverence for the Lord is good; it will continue for ever. The judgements of the Lord are just; they are always fair. They are more desirable than the finest gold; they are sweeter than the purest honey. They give knowledge to me, your servant. I am rewarded for obeying them. No one can see his own errors; deliver me, Lord from hidden faults. Keep me safe, also, from willful sins, don’t let them rule over me. Then I shall be perfect and free from the evil of sin. May my words and thoughts be acceptable to you, O Lord, my Refuge and my Redeemer!”

I believe that God shows us that He loves us even when He corrects us, there is goodness is His law which is His Word. His judgements are fair, that is not an opinion or open for debate it is a fact. So although the Law in the first testament was given and no one could and will fulfill them apart from Jesus Christ Himself, there is God’s goodness even in them. When God tells us not to do something, He does so for our protection and this scripture reminds us that we can rely on God’s promptings in our lives because they always are good and will always have good consequences. So correction does not feel good because most times God’s correction as our Father hurts our flesh and makes us feel uncomfortable, however in the long run you experience so much freedom and reward for simply obeying God’s “Do Not’s” He is our Father it is His responsibility to protect us by correcting us even from our own selves. He is Sovereign and All-Knowing so we can trust that He will never mislead us or bring us into harms way.

You know over the past few weeks my pastor has been emphasizing on the scripture of putting the whole armor of God which can be found in Ephesians chapter 6. And of course my goal has been to really fix my focus on this teaching and go all the way in, which I still will; however the Holy Spirit had something else placed in my heart and had me read the book of Ephesians from the very beginning. The book of Ephesians is legit one of the books in the Bible that will have you addicted I mean Apostle Paul was probably at his peak with this book and I a hundred and ten percent encourage you to read this incredible book, anyway back to the book; Ephesians chapter 1 verse 20-23.

The scripture reads from the latter part of verse 19; This power working in us is the same as the mighty strength which He (God the Father) used when He raised Christ from death AND seated Him at His right side in the Heavenly world. Christ rules there above ALL heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, and lords; Jesus has a title superior to ALL titles of authority in this world and in the next. God put ALL things under Christ’s feet and gave him to the church as supreme Lord over ALL things. The church is Christ’s body, the completion of Him who Himself completes ALL things everywhere. This comes from the Good News translation and excites me particularly at how frequently ALL is mentioned.

ALL is a small word with such an enormous meaning, it is not definitive, it is all inclusive and does not have a full stop. It is incredible what the Holy Spirit reveals in this scripture in that Christ defeated death by this Power which can be seen from the chapter it speaks of the Holy Spirit being this Power right, so this power raised Jesus from the dead and additionally placed Him at the right side of God the Father in heavenly places. The juicy detail is that this Power is also working in us but an even juicier detail is that Christ has been given the Glory and really the responsibility over there He is not just chilling.

His responsibility includes being ruler over ALL heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, lords and has a title superior to ALL titles of authority in this world and the next and ALL things have been put under His feet by God the Father, to the church He is supreme Lord over ALL things and completes ALL things everywhere. This Jesus has been given Glory over all things by God the Father this means that even in my life I have the priviledge of surrendering ALL things including life itself over to Him and He will take care of it all since He is ruler above all things. I can give Jesus my emotions, feelings, my fears and doubts and He will not even shy away from being Lord over my shame as well because the WORD views Him as supreme over ALL things, it did not limit Him. I can say “In the name of Jesus” in the middle of the night when I experience attacks from the enemy and those attacks would seize instantly because Jesus is ruler above ALL, ALL has to bow down to Jesus, ALL has no choice!

I am amazed at how awesome God is really, and at the end of this beautiful scripture in verse 23 God has the audacity to say ” the church is Christ’s body, the completion of Him who Himself completes ALL things everywhere!!!

Lord I am done, I hope this scripture blesses someone else like it blessed me in Jesus’ Name.

How does one know they are blessed or cursed? many times in the culture and background I am from normally people like to associate this with what is going on in ones life, for instance if someone experiences loss or failure they are deemed cursed, whereas someone who flourishes is said to be blessed. Some even take it a step further and say that if a person is cursed they need to take some steps to be freed from the curse, now I believe that curses are very real and should not be taken lightly however the Bible distinguishes between a cursed and blessed man quite differently than the world defines it.

See the world defines a cursed person by the actions that happen to them and a blessed person because of something good that happens in their lives, but this is quite incorrect because all people, believers and non-believers experience good and bad moments in their lives. I find it funny that a person could be applauded and said to be blessed in one day when things seem to be going well for them, and then the day after be called cursed when they experiencing hardships. But thank God for His Word that is so true and reliable to make sense in the midst of the worlds confusion.

Jeremiah 17: 5-6 -> Thus says the Lord: ” Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land”.

Jeremiah 17: 7-8 -> “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not stop to bear fruit.”

I love how God chose to do this comparison and make it so practical using the tree and shrub as an expression. What stood out to me the most is how God defined a cursed and blessed man by who they choose to put their trust in. A person putting their trust in human beings or their flesh is cursed and experiences regress and disappointment because man are powerless, they are bound to disappoint you because they are flawed. I have done this and in some seasons in my life especially when I experience fear I resort to putting my trust in my flesh because I love control, but I thank God for helping me to release control over to Him and experience the joy of putting my trust completely in Him.

We as humans like to go to other people for help and trust in them to redeem us or change our circumstances but all this has proven to make us fail dismally over and over again, I have experienced constant disappointment when I put my trust in people and this is on me because when I choose to trust in God He never disappoints me, even in His Word He promises that those who put their trust in the Lord will never be disappointed in Isaiah 49.

The Lord sends people to help us yes, but He helps us through them. We thank them for allowing God to use them for our help but we do not put our trust in them because sooner or later they are bound to disappoint us as they are flawed human beings.

So God I pray that You help me put my complete trust in You God, You Alone for You promised to never disappoint me because even when I experience disappointment in my life I can count on you to use them for my good, In Jesus’ Wonderful Name Amen.