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Bible & Prayer Nuggets 0302

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In God’s Image and Likeness

 

Bible Nugget 0302 [Gen 1:26-28, KJV]

26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

 28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Everyone is an offspring of the first Adam, made in the Image and likeness of God. Man did not evolve from Apes or monkeys as some would have people believe. God created the lesser animals and then man to crown his creation. Every other living creature was created by God speaking them into existence, but man was created by a very thoughtful process. It takes great thought to create something original  and man was original because he is an image of the triune God, given a spirit and soul living in a body.

God is a Spirit, man has a spirit. The clearest scripture is as said by Jesus in John 4:24

 24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

 

God has a Soul, man has a soul. The clearest scripture is in Gen 2:7 when God gave Adam life from himself (God performed the first Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation, CPR).

7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

 

God has a Body, man has a body. The physical presence of the member of the Godhead on earth in the person of Jesus Christ is the clearest scripture.  John 1:1-4.

Some bodily parts of God to name a few in scriptures are as follows:

Heart [Gen, 6:6; 8:21]

Gen 6:6 “And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart.”

Nostrils and Mouth [Psalm 18:8, Num 12:8]
Psalm 18: 8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Lips and Tongue [Isaiah 30:27]
 27Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

So my friend, who told you, that you are an offspring of apes? You have been fearfully and wonderfully made. God set the process in motion when he made Adam and Eve. Begin to see yourself as special because God invested time in creating you. Psalm 139:13-15  reads

13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

 14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

 15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Today your responsibility is to make peace with your maker since Adam dragged everyone into sin and death by falling into sin in the Garden of Eden. God will come into your life and dwell in your heart and you become the temple of God carrying the image and likeness of God just like Adam with all his glory before sin. Ask God for forgiveness of your sins and invite Jesus into your heart. Thereafter, you need to keep yourself holy to retain the image and likeness of God. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

16Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

 17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

 

Prayer Nugget 0302

Salvation Prayer: Lord Jesus come into my heart. Be my Lord and Saviour.  I believe you died for me to reconcile me back to God. I ask for the clensing power in your precious blood to wash away all my sins. I make peace with you God. Thank you for being my Father. Thank you for accepting me into your family and making me a new creation in Jesus name. Old things are past away in my life in Jesus Name. Amen.

 Prayer of thanksgiving and consecration: Oh LORD I thank you for creating me in your image and likeness and granting me dominion over all your works on the earth. Thank you for giving me the breath of Life. Thank you for fashioning me very specially in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me complete: spirit, soul and body.  I ask for your mercy. Let me treasure every spiritual resource you have deposited in my life. I shall worship you in spirit and truth. Sin shall not have dominion over me in Jesus Name. Thank you for making my body your temple. Give me the Grace to keep it holy. Send your fire to the foundation of my life and destroy everything that draws or want to draw my heart away from you in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bible and Prayer Nuggets 0227

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Desire a better house

Bible Nugget 0227 [2 Cor. 1 v 5-8 (KJV)]

 1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

 2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

 3If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

 4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

 5Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

 6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

Man has a spirit and soul which live in a natural body. After the fall of Adam and Eve, sin and death came into effect and part of the curse was that his body will return back to the dust [Gen 3: 19]. As said in Ecclesiastes there is a time to be born and a time to die. No body is spared. Rich and poor, the young and old, everyone will appear before God. Are you prepared to appear before the white throne judgment of God? It will be the greatest mistake to live your life here on earth and not believe there is another life after death.

In the above scripture, corroborated by other we learn that after death here on earth, the spirit and soul returns back to his maker for judgment. God will provide a new body or house for the soul and spirit. Each soul and spirit still carries the weight of unrepented sins.  The person who has dies without having repented or made peace with God will be sent to hell, which is the second death. God said in Ezekiel “All souls are mine”. Ezekiel 18:4

4Behold, 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.

The person who has lived a life for God here on earth, made peace with his maker, will receive a glorified body which cannot die in hell because God places his approval on it. It’s like a product through an assembly line. Each product receives certification by the manufacturer. The one that does not meet spec get’s rejected. There will be no mismatch. A spirit, soul and earthly body that lived a life of sin here on earth will be rejected and sent to hell. God is not a cruel judge, happily sending men to hell. His throne is established upon righteousness and truth. God has made provision for the salvation of every spirit, soul and body through the death and resurrection of Christ. To the saved, live a life of holiness here on earth asking God to preserve your body, soul and spirit perfect before Him always. Constantly wash your garments with the blood of Jesus, leaving no stain of sin. 1 Thessalonians 5:23

 23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Prayer Nugget 0227

Lord I present myself to you: spirit, soul and body. Wash me clean by your precious blood. Make my body a living sacrifice, wholly acceptable to you. Lord thank you for sanctifying and clothing my spirit and soul with this body. Thank you for the better body I will receive during and after resurrection. Thank you for granting me victory in this life and thank you because it is not only in this life I have hope. Thank you for your presence that gives me confidence and thank you because you live I can face tomorrow. Envelope me with your Holy Spirit. Let me live my life on earth with the consciousness of heaven in Jesus Name. Amen.

Bible & Prayer Nuggets 0218

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Our God Changes Destinies

Bible Nugget 0218 [1 Chronicles 4: 9-10 American standard Bible]

9 And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.

In 1 Chronicle chapters 1 to 5, lists of people are mentioned who lived in different generations starting with Adam, the first man created by God. No doubt, some of the people in the genealogies mentioned had wonderful experience with God, while others lived unhappy lives. One name that stands out, who wanted to live an eventful life and not be constrained by his past personal circumstances, was Jabez.  The two verses above summarized his life.

Jabez was born in sorrow by his mother and he lived a life filled with sorrow until he met the God of Israel, a life falling apart until he wrestled with God in prayer, Gen 32:24-32. See bible Nugget 0208). What an encounter! To have a stigma in ones life without hope is definitely demoralizing and the evil spirits of shame will rule such a life. Jabez’s mother named him Jabez because of her sorrowful experience of pain at his birth. She refused to forget the pain of childbirth even after seeing the bundle of joy of a baby before her, and stuck her child with a name tag that will made people to have second thought whenever they called or remembered his name. His name was his badge. He probably had few friends at childhood and was most likely bullied. The total sum of his life experience was shame. That did not deter him from seeking solution. He refused to be discouraged and sought solution, until he found the right solution. He sought God in prayers, asked for full restoration of lost and new blessings, asked for expansion and not contraction brought by shame and prayed for wisdom to discern between good and evil. He had a very heavy heart and he poured it out to God. Jabez’s case shows God will listen and grant the prayer of a heart laden with the sorrow of past failures. Unlike a woman who can forget to have compassion on a child she is tending, God says he will not forget you in your situation.

 

Isaiah 49:15

 15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Jabez addressed God with the right words in prayer. He remembered that Jacob’s name was changed from Jacob to Israel by God.  Jabez knew that if he could connect with God just as Jacob did with God his life will be changed. The life experience of Jacob was filled with distress until he saw God and wrestled with God in prayer, Gen 32:24-32. See bible Nugget 0208.

 

 

 

Prayer Nugget 0218

Begin to pray divine destiny prayer for yourself.

Lord thank you for re-shaping my life to conform to your will. Lord, I thank you because my destiny is in your hands and you know my past.  I bury the sorrows of the past in the sea of forgetfulness of the Lord in Jesus Name. Erase from my mind every memory of failure.  Let the pain and sorrows of the past not grieve or hunt me in Jesus Name. I come against you Satan by the Blood of the Lamb. The Lord Jesus has borne my pain and I live and enjoy the abundant life as an adopted Son of God. Lord let your blessings abound upon my life, enlarge my coast and let me hate and shun evil all the days of my life in Jesus Name. Amen.

 

Bible & Prayer Nuggets 0106

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JESUS, THE PERFECT GIFT TO MANKIND

 

Bible Nugget 0106 [John 3: 16 – 21, KJV]

16For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

 18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

 21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Our God is a merciful and loving God. His desire is that everybody be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. When Adam and Eve fell in the Garden of Eden they lost fellowship with God and became alienated from God. They also became servants to a new master, the devil who put a mark of ownership on them; sin, death and eternal separation from God for the unrepentant.  God sent his Son into the world to reconcile mankind back to God.  He gave mankind the very best gift, His only begotten Son, full of the Grace of God. Rejecting the Son of God is an eternal death sentence one places on him or herself. Believing and accepting Jesus will usher you into God’s kingdom and you become a member of the family of God. Let him into your heart and darkness will have no hiding place. Why not accept Jesus today if you have not done so already. Make him the centre point of your life to which all other things revolve and enjoy the peace he gives.

 

Prayer of Faith 0106

 

Pray the following sinner’s prayer and become a member of the family of God.

 

 

Oh Lord, I come to you in the Name of Jesus. I come without any plea of my righteousness. Cleanse me from all my sins with your precious blood.  I renounce and cut off every fellowship with darkness. Let your glorious light shine on me. Thank you Father LORD for my salvation is assured by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, your only begotten Son. Thank you LORD for making me to see the glorious light of the gospel. Shine you light perpetually on me in Jesus Name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bible & Prayer Nuggets 0101

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 UNMERITED FAVOUR IN 2009 BECAUSE OF JESUS

 

Bible Nugget  0101  [Titus 2:11-14 KJV]

 

 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Happy new year to everyone in Jesus name. What are your expectations this new year. Personally, I look forward to a great year and I know it will be wonderful because of Jesus. He makes all the difference. He has not changed. If He did it last year and previous years for me, I know He will do it again. The Bible says He is the same yesterday and today and forever [Heb. 13:8]. Put your trust in Him and let us put Him to the test. He never, never fails. His grace will see you through, no matter how difficult the problem may be or insurmountable the mountain before you may look. His grace is always sufficient because grace is unmerited favour from God and His grace brings you in contact with Jesus, God’s only begotten Son. In this new year the grace of God will locate you in Jesus name.

Lets start the year right with God. For the unsaved, ask Jesus to come into your heart by faith.

For the saved, thank God for your salvation with this prayer.

 

Prayer Points 0101

1. Oh Lord I thank you that sin no more abound in my life. Let your Grace continually  abound in my life.

2. I purge my heart from all dead works and reconcile with you whole-heartedly in Jesus name. I look forward to your second coming. Let me be continually prepared wearing your garments of holiness in Jesus Name. Amen.