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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.

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The King’s Faithful Ambassador

Bible Nugget 0226 [2 Corinthians 5: ­20-21, Amplified]
20So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.

    21For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].

 A faithful ambassador of a country represents the interest of his Country in another domain governed by a ruler other than the ruler of his country. It will be inimical if instead of representing the interest of his country, he begins to represent solely the interest of the country he was sent to. At times he might be just a messenger if the interest of his country is not to the overall good of both countries. In which case he has to state the facts as they are back to his home country.

In the above passage, it is clear God is appealing to Christian as ambassadors of Christ, [who represent the interest of Christ on earth after his ascension] to take full advantage of  his favor in reaching out to the world. It is like the president telling his ambassadors, “take full advantage of the resources of this country in reaching out to the place where you are sent to. The country is behind you. Faithfully represent the interest of this country. I have given you the best this country can offer”. Jesus is the best God offered to the world. The world without Jesus would be a dark and cruel place. It is already cruel enough, but it would have been much darker. The Christians are the flash of lights dotting the world, if one were to look from space into the world with spiritual telescope. Jesus is the light of the world and we are beaming the reflection of Jesus back to the world.

Two complementary passages of the duties of a spiritual ambassador are:

Prov 13:17 KJV

17A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Isiaah 33: 6-8 [amplified]

6And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

 7Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.

 8The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

A faithful ambassador brings health (healing) between two countries. Some ambassadors are so skillful that they get sent over and over again to different countries to restore relationships between home country and host country. In which case he could be called: ambassador-extra ordinary. Are you fully representing the interest of Christ here on earth? Ask God to empower you more. 

Prayer Nugget 0226

Father Lord, thank you for making me to be your representative here on earth.  Thank you for sending Jesus to lay his life down for me so I can live his life here on earth. Empower me to be more faithful in my duties as a Christian.  Let my light continue to shine to the world. I take full advantage of your favour.  Thank you for sending your Son to pay the price for my sins. Let my life reflect your glory in Jesus Name. Help me to be an ambassador of health and peace in Jesus Name. Amen
 

 

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Life in Heaven

Bible Nugget 0224 [Rev 22 1-5 KJV]
1And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

 2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

 3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:

 4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

 5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

 Heaven is a glory land full of completed mansions and mansions undergoing construction, home of believers in Christ.  Jesus himself is the Architect of every mansion and the Angels are the construction workers. It is the biggest construction project, ongoing since Jesus ascended to heaven until his second coming for his saints.  John 14-1-3

1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

 2In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

The natural mind cannot contemplate the beauty of heaven except it is revealed to your  spirit, by the Holy Spirit. The tree of life, renewing the health of the believer so we can live forever, are planted along the river bank. The Holy Spirit is the source of the fountain of the river of life issuing from the throne of God and the Lamb of God, Jesus. The believer on earth has a foretaste of that water because Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit and the word of God says, once baptized, out of your innermost being shall flow rivers of Living water.  Nothing defiling can stay in heaven because God’s eyes cannot behold iniquity. Neither can any curse hold there because everyone is blessed in the presence of God. The light of God is the sun and it will shine perpetually throughout eternity. Which do you prefer? Heaven or Hell fire? Ask Jesus to come into your life and he will reserve a mansion for you in his heavenly kingdom.

Prayer Nugget 0224

Lord  let my eyes see visions of your heavenly kingdom. Fill my heart with the glories of your kingdom and help me to keep my garments spotless as I work for your kingdom and eagerly await the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Let me have a foretaste of eternal life here on earth by the power of you Holy Spirit. Let your rivers of living water flow abundantly out of my belly in Jesus Name. All hindrances on my way to reaching heaven, I command disarray on them in Jesus Name. Fill me with the peace I require here on earth to keep my heart from any troubles in Jesus Name. I look forward to the day Jesus will usher me into his kingdom and lead me to the mansion he has prepared for me in heaven in Jesus name. Amen.

Bible & Prayer Nuggets 0223

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Lord Preserve My Integrity at All Times

 Bible Nugget 0223 [Psalm 101 v 1-8 KJV]

1I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.

 2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

 3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

 4A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

 5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

 6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

 7He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

 8I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

 

Integrity is the ladder to promotion while dishonesty is the fast track to demotion. Integrity is a treasure to be cherished. Once lost, it could take quite a while to get it back. God wants every heart to be full of integrity or truthfulness towards him. It is the desire of most students to have excellent grades. To be an ‘A’ student and deservedly get the mark from the teacher, the student needs to be studious and compete with his class mates according to the rules of the examination. A lifetime is an examination by God. Every person will give an account of how well he had spent his lifetime to God. Everyone will appear before the judgement seat of Christ.

The psalmist counsels that to win God’s attention (an  “A” grade), one needs to have a perfect heart, demonstrate it in his household, and mix with the right crowd, that is, with  people who are like minded. Speaking to believers in Christ, a parallel scripture in the New Testament is  2 Corinthians 6: 14-18 on being unequally yoked together with unbelievers. It reads.

14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

 15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

 16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

 17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

 18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

 

Are you a believer? Ask God for a perfect heart and live a life of integrity. Are you an unbeliever,or have you defaulted in your responsibility to please your maker, come to Christ and he will make everything new in your life [2 Corinthians 5:17, Amplified]

 

17Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

 

Prayer Nugget 0223

Oh Lord, fill my up to overflowing measure with your Holy Spirit and power to live a life of holiness and consecration to you and you only.  Lord fill me up with your truthfulness because you are the God of truth. Expose to me every area of imperfection in my heart towards you. Let me have an unending love for you. Remove every form of pride from my heart. Bring across my way, people of like-mindedness. I will not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. Let me honour those who have made you their Lord and Master. Thank you for creating me spirit, soul and body. I dedicate my body as your vessel. Make me a vessel of high prize like gold in your household full of vessels of other believers. Let me walk with you with a perfect heart and make companionship with those that walk perfectly with you in Jesus Name. Amen.

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The humility of Jesus

Bible Nugget 0220 [Phil 2: 5-8 Amplified]

5Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: [Let Him be your example in humility:]  6Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained,   7But stripped Himself [of all privileges and rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being.   8And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!

The coming of Jesus into the world to save man from sin and restore him back to God was the most humble assignment ever undertaken Imagine a King who has to go rescue one of his servants held as a captive or a slave by another king of the least order.   The king going on the rescue mission humbles himself, takes the form of a servant in the captor king’s house and satisfies all monarchy and statutory requirements for the release of that servant.  Only after he paid the ultimate price of death does the captive servant realise that his master king had died to take his place because the captor king had appointed a day the captive servant would have been slain. The bible says the devil is the prince of this world and all human beings born into this world are subject to the law of sin and death administered by the devil. Only a comprehensive faith in the blood of Jesus will release you, because he came to take your place so that you do not need to be under bondage anymore. Jesus is the King of kings.   Jesus stripped himself of all the heavenly glory to come for the rescue mission of taking man back to God. Unfortunately some people do not want to take a ride with Jesus back to God in heaven.  That is the situation of the sinner until he accepts Christ. If you are already a Christian, imitate Christ in your attitude. Put on humility as your garment in dealing with others and let the beauty of Jesus be seen in you. The opposite of humility is pride and the master and chief actor of pride is Lucifer himself. He was in heaven and was driven out from heaven because of pride. The bible say’s pride precedes fall. Avoid all dealings with the enemy of your soul and be like the lowly God made man, Jesus.

 

Prayer Nugget 0220

Thank God for Jesus and ask God to remove every form of pride and fill you up with humility. Pray.

 Thank you Father for making provision for my salvation by the death of Christ on the cross.  Lord Jesus, thank you for leaving all the glories of heaven to come to the earth and humbling yourself to die on the cross for me. Holy Spirit thank you for raising Jesus from the dead so that I have hope of a better life and resurrection.  Holy Spirit help me to live a life of humility and brokenness in Jesus Name. Remove from my life any affinity of sin and break every chord tying me to sin and the devil.   Grant me the grace to be humble in all areas of my life. I bind every spirit of pride that opposes the knowledge and work of God in my life in Jesus name. Let the cross be before me and the world behind me at all times in Jesus Name. Holy Spirit, fill the heart of your children with the spirit of humility so the heart of men and women will be drawn to you. Glorify your church by raising many people in the land to serve you because Jesus has paid for the ransom of their souls. Deliver the souls of men from the spirit of death, the grave and hell by their repentance in this life in Jesus Name. Amen.

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GOD’S DUNAMIS FOR SALVATION

 

Bible Nugget 0115 [Romans 1 v 16-17 (KJV)]

16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

 17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

 

 The gospel of Christ is the power line of God for transforming souls from death to life. For the unsaved if you believe in your heart and confess that the Lord Jesus is the Son of God, who died for your sins and resurrected from death by the power of God [Rom 10:9], you will be saved. After salvation, pray that you celebrate your salvation daily and impact other people around with the gospel.

 

Prayer of Faith

Lord thank you for the dynamic power of your word transforming my life daily. Thank you for your word that has changed my life and situation for the better. My life will never be the same again in Jesus Name. I press forward daily. I am fulfilled in Christ and I rejoice in that I have been saved to serve you solely and wholly. Lord, reveal yourself to me in a new way from one level unto a higher level in Jesus Name. I reject spiritual laziness. I move from one degree of glory to another degree of glory. Make my life a citadel of your power. Let my mouth proclaim your word boldly. Empower my spirit to bear witness of you in my generation to all persons no matter their race, gender, tribe, social class or religion in Jesus Name. Amen.