What is the Christian's relationship to earthly government? The Bible teaches that God establishes authorities and ordains governance among men — yet the believer's ultimate allegiance is to the Kingdom of God. How should Christians engage with political systems without losing their prophetic voice? Understanding the distinction between earthly kingdoms and God's Kingdom is essential for navigating questions of civic duty, justice, and righteous leadership.
48 Audio Teachings
24 Books
25 Sermons
9 Tracts
8 Blog Posts
Audio Teachings 48
8. He does miracles! Yes, He does.
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Romans chapter 13 let's start reading from verse 1 and as we just pray along. Praise the Lord. Let's read 1 2 3 go. Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. for there is no au...
How to reject a bad king and get a good one
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God knows what he's doing each time. So Elihu said, what are we supposed to do? We should pray, where is God, my maker? If there's oppression, you should pray, where is God, my maker? I say it again, ...
Using God-given authority. (prophesying in the time of elections)
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Do you think sitting down there you deserve to be the MD of a multi-billion dollar company? You don't. The guys who are competing against you don't think you deserve it. But is that not what you're as...
Prayers for the nation in a new epoch (2015) — 2
4:30
You can't even identify it. You put everything, you let this thing work now. For one reason or the other, maybe the day before it works, they change the man in power, then it starts again. You know, a...
SEEDS, Session 2
3:00
TBN type and D-Star TV type channels around. What he wants is that, you don't have to change the name, it will remain CNN. Do you get my point? But then, it will be under the influence of the kingdom ...
5. He sees people of authority
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I said, just leave them. Just leave them. Oh, look, I don't have time for all this headache. I don't have time for this headache. They want land. You know they are from Egypt. They are from Syria. The...
2. The Governor among the nations
52:30
My people, the rest is history. You know why? Because it is God that removes kings and establishes kings. God just ruled and said, you will never be president. And that was the end of it. That is a Go...
1st Corinthians 6
1:30
those who are least esteemed by the church to judge, that is, people of the world, should they be the one now judging the matters that pertain to Christians? He said, I say this to your shame, that is...
9. Attaining spiritual authority
40:30
Jesus is the king, right? Of kings. He's the head of the church. Is that okay? There is the body of Christ. The Bible says that the kingdom of the world, or can you say the kingdoms, they have become ...
8. How God speaks to His people
1:16:30
Alright? Sometimes God needs those kind of authorities to help us in life. One of the ones I have found out most. Let me tell you something. There are things that God denies some people and gives to s...
9. The Seated-Above Mentality
1:21:00
Talking about you. I said, I'm talking about you. I said, I'm talking about you. In the name of Jesus Christ. I'll be your portion. I said, I'll be your portion. Another thing I should add to it, for ...
2. The church and the purpose for a nation
1:30
For behold, from this time on, all generations will count me blessed. For the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is upon generation after generation, toward t...
2. How to be a king
2:13:30
You help the man do what is right. Sir, this is the best thing for us to do. Do I have your permission? Yes, sir. Then you go and do what he said. Look, Jesus did not come to save the lost. You know I...
God's plan for a nation. Praying for the new government (May 2023)
1:52:30
He said concerning David, I have found a man after my heart who will do all my desires. He said, Lord, the one that will do your will, let them get into power. Petroleum ministry, let them head it. Tr...
Prayer of faith for a nation in transition 2. (All things are for Christ)
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You know what Jesus said? I'm not praying for the world. I am praying for these ones and anyone that will believe through them. Believers, Saturday's election is for you. Say amen. Amen. That's why Pa...
Activating God's will in elections
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for a conference on climate change. I forgot to say he would discuss prisoner, repatriation, and extradition treaty. At the time, somebody said, no, God wants to go to I.R.S. That the pressure is too ...
7. The Spirit says, “Time to shine, people of God.”
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Saul was not good, was he? But you will not argue with me that God chose him deliberately, that it by himself was a decision. Why he does is another issue, but just know he does. Democracy doesn't hav...
3. Wisdom for the upright
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Are you getting what I'm trying to say? And that was why the Bible was saying here, it said, in the last days, people will come to such people and said, teach us the ways. Now get this point clear. It...
4. Christ, the power for godliness
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It may be in 20 years time, and they will say, I don't know what I did. I don't know what I did. Now, you don't know what you did against them. But the fact is that what you have done against people a...
9. Godliness and Christian relationships (Col 3:1-25, Eph 5:22-33)
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One thing you will find here, like I said, our relationships is one critical area where we manifest what true Christianity is. And we are involved in different relationships all the time. I'm a univer...
1. What we need is His kingdom
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So God waited for the iniquity to be full. So when you see Israel coming, Israel came to execute the judgment of God against people that offended him. The only way to stop Israel from coming in was no...
6. Godliness and true gain
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rush into where angels fear to tread. That is a lot of people who are confident. It is because they are not even aware of what it is to be afraid of. It is not because they really have that confidence...
1. It's discipline
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One of the things people don't understand is that they think that God only worries about things that are sin and things that are not sin. Or the time you go to church and the time you don't go to chur...
1. God's deputies
7:30
But point number two is that within that realm, however, God has put certain things. Now, what He's going to do eternally, I don't claim to know. I really don't know. He doesn't say much to us about i...
9 .Worship the Lord, the Almighty over the nations
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I would magnify him so much. He's a tempter. He's a deceiver. He has to tempt you away from your inheritance. Now, please bear that in mind. Now, any country God has kept the church in, he expects the...
6. Personal wisdom from God
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So one day, of course, we got talking almost direct about it. He said, the problem with people like me is that we don't value opposition. He lives abroad. He said, look, where I live, opposition is va...
3. The power of the white stone
2:06:00
That's the summary of it. I really want to close, alright? But let me go back again. How do we wage war? With what? Authority. It's not physical. It's not bullets. It's spiritual. How do we wage it? G...
10. Other relationships and prayer matters (Eph 6:1-20, Col 4:1-6)
58:30
You work for the federal government, forget that thing. This is exactly, you are the one they are talking to. You work for state government, they are talking to you. You work for Zenith Bank, they are...
10. Loosening the nations
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you just say after me, if you have your Bibles open to the book of Colossians chapter one, let's just read that one from there. It's a routine of prayer that I just feel that we should be taking every...
13. Recognizing His rule over a nation, and the work of righteousness
1:13:30
for almost 50 years. The new Supreme Court panel ended it. They said, no, abortion is not a constitutional right. It was nothing but the worship of Molech. Joe Biden now rushed to go and pass legislat...
10. Reigning is by righteousness
1:27:00
How interpretation for my difference would have been, I'm not from here, I'm from this other part of Nigeria. But that day when she saw, oh, you're a preacher of Guatemala, you're a Christian. I say, ...
6. To have favour in the land (Prayer, politics and the government)
1:09:00
I don't care. We can't have a nation where people cannot be in agreement. Christians now, to ask God, to ask God for things for him to do. That's why I said to you, two parties are struggling for who'...
1. Kings and Lords
7:30
I think if you read King James, he said, and he had made us kings and priests unto God and his father. To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Now, these few verses of the scriptures that...
3. Godliness, the path of dominion
4:30
because you think that godliness is just about church, it's not about what is outside. So you see, that's one wrong idea that Satan has sold to us, that when we go to church, we behave. When you're ab...
6. The power to lay it down
1:22:30
Listen to me. The guy will either sign rapidly and ask you, how many signatures do you like? Do you want... I want you to say, please hold this per signature in case... Because he will investigate and...
6. Praying for the nation
25:30
Righteousness with God is not just a stamp of approval on the way you walk, on your character, you know? I think we discussed that, I don't know which series now. But that righteousness with God is ac...
1. Commandments, wisdom and protection from corruption
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and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants, everyone who keeps from profaning the Sabbath and holds fast my covenant, even those I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my h...
2. The core reason is His people
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Why I refer to Simon again, all right? And Ananias and Sapphira is for us to understand that being a believer, it doesn't make you immune to divine judgment if you will not repent. Repentance is imper...
2. Godliness is a protection
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Welcome to the Way of Success. Pastor Banki is teaching the principles of life established in the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, whose kingdom indeed reigns over all. Relax and listen, and you will b...
10. Living centred on His Kingdom
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advancement mindset in what they do and see every other thing in life as two things. One, as a tool for that kingdom advancement. And secondly, as things that are added. I hope you're getting my point...
Generating spiritual energy for the redemption of a nation — 3
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events of the nation on this earth. There are three. Number one is the purpose of God we have established that last week. Number two, we see the behavior of the citizens of that nation. And number thr...
4. The simple rules of a godly life
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It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. In the same manner, he says, you are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden, nor does an...
6. The cross of the Christian
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a morality. It is a power of God to save. You know what it means when I say it's a power of God to save? It means men were going into destruction. The only way by which God could bring them back was t...
2. Focus on the kingdom
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It's true. You go to church. You have to read something, say, I won't see, I won't be browsing on bad websites, browse on good websites. And you'll see that, damn, I won't do. You must do something. Y...
3. The right to pray
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that you have made, that you have proposed to enlighten us, to give us wisdom and understanding. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, we thank you because today we will leave this place with another co...
1. Under the law of Christ
1:13:30
who also has the power and authority of certain people. And he called those people kings and lords. Now, I want you to understand this. What was he saying? That if the beast will fight using the power...
1st Corinthians 8 - 10
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The woman ran that place, it became like a Bible school. She ran it with an iron hand. No idle man around. Everybody in the morning, your cutlery, your hoe, oh yeah, to the farm. You want to come and ...
Books 24
LET US AGREE (The church and her role in national democracy)
been called to do as
a child of God.
We are not called to criticize; we are called to
pray.
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LET US AGREE
You must not dishonor God or curse any of your
rulers. Ex 22:28 NLT
...
The Law of Life
r over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.
Dan 4:17
At the end, he confessed,...
HOW TO WORK FOR GOD
ernment affairs; but they could find no ground of
accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was
faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be
found in him. Dan 6:3-4
WHERE IT MATTERS...
WE WALK BY FAITH
g to God. That is one easy way to go about
speaking right. It is possible to give thanks to God
all the time. Anytime you have to comment on
anything you have observed, simply start with
thanksgiving....
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE (New)
e
already mentioned, authority figures are not
permitted to directly oppose the written word of
God (Acts 4:19). If it is something that is against the
word of God, of course the woman cannot obey it....
RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
These are signs of the Spirit in
the child of God.
A Christian in civil service, governance and politics
should not be average in function. They should
work empowered by the Spirit of God. We have an...
GOD IS THE MATCH MAKER
any
facets.
Sir, I understand that the Bible says a woman
should be submissive to her husband in all
things. But what about a situation in which a
man requests his wife to do something that is
wrong?...
BY FAITH, ACQUIRE LIFE (Turning the hopeless situations of life around)
o be. The opinion of the world,
which sadly is what even Christians often accept, is often so far from that of
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By Faith, Acquire Life. Pastor Bankie Free e-book from kwm.com.ng...
BEYOND GIFTS and TALENTS (Why Gifted People May Fail)
ze that if they must disobey God, it is better
to disobey him by honest labour rather than by begging or being dishonest.
Even if both of these constitute disobedience, one is definitely a lesser sin....
SHOULD I SAY YES, 2nd Edition
lso founded on
the word of God.
Nevertheless let each individual among you also
love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife
see to it that she respect her husband. Eph 5:33...
GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT
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free e-book from pastorbankie.org...
DON'T QUIT THE ARMY
gnty, but the truth is not like that at all.
It surprises many to learn that we as humans can adversely affect God’s
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Don’t Quit the Army Pastor Bankie...
WORSHIP & SEX CONTROL
kings
usually go to war, David sent out Joab with his officers
and the Israelite army; they defeated the Ammonites and
besieged the city of Rabbah. But David himself stayed in
Jerusalem. 2 Sam 11:1 GNT
...
He That Believes
someone about issues of life and when they give
you their reasons for taking the decisions they are taking, you do
not hear one single consideration of the counsel of God. I had one
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Pastor Bankie...
SOMEONE IS CONTROLLING YOU
on,
even though many Christians are controlled
by mammon, they do not know it. They feel
righteous while serving another god.
So what are these voices we obey that result
in disobedience to the Lord?...
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
ing to lose the company rather than
compromise. It was a tough battle and they won only
narrowly at the Supreme Court (5-4). Imagine if the
court had had even the slightest majority of liberal
judges....
So, Who Will Pay for This?
preaching of the word.
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SO WHO WILL PAY FOF THIS?
CHAPTER TWELVE
THE WORK OF THE
MINISTRY
I need to emphasize something about the work of ministry.
...
GRACE TO PROSPER (2nd Edition)
s rewarded by God. They call it seed-
sowing. No, that is not true Christianity.
In Christ, every true believer has been made to be a
liberal giver.
264 Grace to Prosper
Conclusion...
What is God's Will Here?
d’s mind. It also means that you are freed from the power of
the devil and death. You received this grace when you received
Jesus as your Lord and Saviour. It was an exchange of your
6
Pastor Bankie...
Choices; Key to Destiny
when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His
commandments, because this applies to every person. For God will bring every
act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil....
The Righteousness of God
o share with you here is the understanding I
believe the Lord ranted me when I turned my heart to
understand.
3
The Righteousness of God
Chapter 1. Some Basics...
Great Faith Can Be Yours
om people. He placed homosexuals over the fashion
industry; men who do not desire women were given the duty
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Great Faith Can be Yours...
PROPHESY! Proclaim your own victory
e of life
where you expect good – in your marriage, your business,
carrier, health, children etc.
Words are powerful.
With words, Adam formed the characters of every
animal.
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Pastor Bankie...
The Blessing
lso the tongue is a small part of the body,
and yet it boasts of great things.
Behold how great a forest is set aflame by such
a small fire!
James 3:4-5...
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IN THE TIME OF ELECTIONS
judging and such activities do not change things; they only create an atmosphere of chaos in the realm of the spirit. Let your anger and frustrations motivate you to pray.
3. IT IS LAWFUL TO CAMPAIGN...
TO HAVE AUTHORITY
that was designed to keep the power/authority flowing. It is part of being under the authority of God to recognize the visible authorities he has placed you under.
Let us take the home as an example....
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (5)
or you, or a fiancée but, excuse Me, not a husband. You do not know what you are asking for. If you want a husband get ready to loose your independence. You will have a man to be accountable to, 24/7....
THE DOCTRINE OF MONOGAMY
urch elders, implying that other Christians are not bound by it. They infer therefore that there is no clear-cut instruction against polygamy for the whole church.
Let us get straight to some points....
THE FEAR OF GOD
them. Behaving this way is not in keeping with the fear of God. In the fear of God, we do not do things because of what we stand to benefit; rather we do them because they are the right things to do.
...
THE SEEDS OF DESTINY
o evildoing.
9 For evildoers will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land." Ps 37:3-9 NASB
Let us bring out a few things from here.
1. Trust in the Lord and do good....
THE REAL GOAL OF CHRISTIANITY
THE REAL GOAL OF CHRISTIANITY
“In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you." And Solomon said to God, "Thou hast dealt with my father David with great lovingkin...
JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. Rejoicing In Real Things.
“…for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” Rom 14:17 NASB
One of the things we ha...
AM I IN THE WILL OF GOD?
I have written many times about the will of God (including books on the subject*), and I have preached dozens of sermons on the subject, but today I feel impressed upon to emphasize something again ab...
WHO IS GOING TO HELL?
Paul are also instructions to bear in mind.
“But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.” Gal 1:8-9...
TO RECEIVE FROM GOD
e blessings to others. That is the Abrahamic and Christ order; our faith implies that we must spread the blessings. The blessing did not come because we activated any other principle beyond believing....
BELIEVING UNTO FEAR OR INTO FREEDOM
ormed witch. Everything is seen as an attack of ‘agents.’ The truth is that these are the common fears of an African which has been Christianized (I read that Europeans had those fears too at a time)....
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (4)
nd knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like." " 2 Chron 1:10-12 NKJV...
THE LOVER OF GOD
r God.
If we truly love God we will obey His word, and that will be our source of joy. We are not obeying because of what we will get; rather we do so because it is the expression of our love for Him...
YOUR MONEY. Getting Value for Your Seed
tices in Christianity, practices that actually displease the Lord. I will try to bring the correction of the word of God to them so as to bring deliverance to those who may have been confused by them....
GOD’S WILL
hat obeys the things that are known and revealed, a life of righteousness and holiness. In doing this we become the will of God in our very lives, and the actual Will of God comes out of us naturally....
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (2)
general righteousness of God. After that is the second level. In the second we learn the ways of God in every situation. That was what Jesus meant when he said to seek God’s righteousness (Matt 6:33)....
LED BY THE SPIRIT – 1
ming a believer in Christ, Paul said there was a law in his members that made him to break the law of God (Rom 7:23). The believer now has the law of Christ or the spirit of Christ in him (Rom 8:1-2)....
LED BY THE SPIRIT – 2
lowing portion of the book of Ephesians. Please note the words I have put in bold letters and recall our discussion on some of them. Also I will bring forth a summary on those words after the reading....
The Secrets of Increase and Breakthrough (6)
THE PRACTICE OF FAITHFULNESS
"He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much." Luke 16:10 NASB
"And ...
51 RANDOM TRUTHS ABOUT MONEY
s government deliberately erode the value of currency all the time. America was doing it to the tune of almost 100 billion dollars a month in ‘Quantitative Easing’ to come out of recession. Not funny!...
ARE YOU CURSED? I DON’T THINK SO!
any of us would rather start a process of deliverance, praying all night and sowing seeds that are supposed to break the yoke. Ignorance!
A Christian can have challenges; it is not a sign of a curse!...
YOU HAVE THE POWER
.
==I have to spend more money than I budgeted for this; am I made of money or what?
==My children are growing and needing more time to guide them, and I still have to work. I hope I don’t go crazy....
WORKS OR FAITH, THE DOCTRINE OF MERCY
to those matters that relate to the Mosaic Law. Unfortunately it is not so. There are things that constitute Christian works and relying on them for justification is still a clear and present danger.
...
BEWARE OF THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD
vanish. The word of God says, ‘keep the standard up there and let people look at it until they conform to it,’ but a godless generation says, ‘no no, don’t touch our sex; it is a sign of liberation.’
...
Tracts 9
THE VISITATION OF GOD
ligion but to deliver you from your destructions by the forgiveness of sin. All you need to do to partake of this is just to believe it and to say in prayer that ‘Jesus, I accept it as so. Thank you’....
I SHALL NOT WANT
e on doing the right thing, focus on doing well what God has placed in your hands.
Let nobody deceive you that you have the situation of the nation as an excuse for wrongdoing.
He has promised this:...
IT IS GOD AND I
follows them around because they do not honour their parents; yet they feel justified. Listen, the Bible says “do not let evil defeat you; instead conquer evil with good.” Remember, “It is God and I.”...
WHO IS GOING TO HELL?
Paul are also instructions to bear in mind.
“But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.” Gal 1:8-9...
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
blessings of good children, peace in the home and enduring marital joy. Stop trying to mock God; He cannot bless a brazen disregard for His standards by those who claim to be His children.
Read this:...
PREDESTINATION
nces.” For example, as a student I have the ability to choose to go to school or not but the decision to pass or fail the examination is not within my power; it is a consequence of my previous choice....
THIS IS FAITH
ame things. I am not saying novels and films are sins, but if they take more time from you than the word of God, then know that as a kingdom citizen, disaster is around the corner. You need to repent....
THE REDEMPTION THAT IS IN CHRIST
roblem is that men often think God should follow their own ideas of a solution. They forget that they know next to nothing. God knows all. He has provided the needed solution but men are ignoring it....
DANIEL
DANIEL
My name is Daniel. I have not always been Daniel. I picked the name and adopted it sometime in my life as a young man. I love it. It was born out of an understanding of the Hebrew meaning and ...
Blog Posts 8
Justification by faith; Why James had to write
isobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. 1 Thess 4:3-8 NLT
So then, get rid of lies. Speak the truth to each other, because we are all members of the same body....
Effective Christian Prayer
like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor… yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? ...
Should I give my whole first month’s salary to my church as ‘first-fruit’?
What we learn from the Law is the spirit of that commandment. The spirit is that of acknowledging God. It is that of giving Him the praise and glory for all that He has done and is doing in our lives....
OWN THAT DECISION (…and stop ‘blaming’ it on God)
The Lord’s primary aim is not to be giving step-by-step instructions, but to teach His wisdom to His children. A Christian woman had her children in a school. Even though the school does not bel...
THE TITHING ISSUE; Away With The Contention
There's been so much talk in social media in recent times about the issue of tithing. It's not been pleasant too. But I guess it's because we Christians have made a big deal of a small matter, and so ...
TRUST, MY LATEST LESSON
od as before is what is called idolatry and violating the spirit of the 3rd comandmemnt. With Moses, the rod produced water once, but next time the Lord said I want to respond to the spoken word....
The Law and the Prophets. (A little bit of Bible Exegesis)
indeed giving way to the new. The portion of the Bible from Genesis to Malachi does not all belong under that Old Covenant, even though all the records about the dealings of God with Israel are there....
The prophet’s ministry (Beware of false prophets)
Lord put prophets in the body of Christ. Prophets were put in the body of Christ to help saints mature through instructions in righteousness and not to keep them in perpetual dependency of childhood. ...
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