Christ Diplomat (Exhortations)

TEXT: Matthew 8:2‭-‬3 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.  And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. MESAGE: Many times, we don't have trouble believing in the power of God. The Christian who is dying of a terminal disease believes strongly in the power of God to heal him instantly. The one that's suffering under the burden of lack and poverty believes that it doesn't take God a snap of the finger to turn around his fortune. The issue actually is that while most of us believe in the power of God, we don't believe in his willingness to use that power for us or in our case. We believe God CAN heal us but are not sure whether he WILL do so. That exactly is the case of this man in our text. But Jesus clears our doubt here. He says, "I will" Friend, the willingness of God is never in doubt. He is always willin...

TEXT: Luke 23. 39-43  39  And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.  40  But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?  41  And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.  42  And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.  43  And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. MESSAGE One fateful day, a young man is led out for execution. He is a robber and full of evil. So bad is he that Crucifixion is the sentence deemed fit for him. But there on the cross and just within earshot is the Lord of righteousness. That is the turning point in His life! That is how a journey of doom was instantly changed and ended up in paradise just some few seconds before its final bus s...

TEXT Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. MESSAGE How can we rejoice always? What about the times of pain and adversities? Rejoicing in the Lord is rejoicing in the revelation of the truth of God's Word. When the word of God enters your Spirit, no matter the situation you are facing, you will rejoice because the entrance of God's word will bring faith and rejoicing is a proof or manifeatation of your faith. Jesus says, "Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when  ye pray,  believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." (Mark 11:24). Prayer makes the truth of God's word real to you. As you pray based on a provision of the scripture, declaring it to yourself and glorifying God for it, your heart will become aware of the truth then you can believe. If you have prayed and you really believe that you've got answers, you don't have to wait to see it manifesting. Your rejoicing is the proof that yo...

TEXT: Deuteronomy 8:18  But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day . MESSAGE One of the original purposes for creating man is for him to rule the earth and for that matter the physical universe. Thus, upon creation of man, God gave him the dominion mandate. He said let them have dominion (Gen 1:26). For man to have dominion God blessed him with the grace to be fruitful and multiply or expand (Gen 1:28). When man has dominion and he is subject to God, then God is glorified and all things are subject to God through man. So the devil attempts to bring man under himself so that whatever dominion man has on earth, would be subject to the devil. So when man fell for the devil, the devil was rightly describe as the god of the world system. That is why the devil doesn't mind an unbeliever making wealth. In fact he will eagerly help them but only in exc...

HOW TO DESTROY YOUR OBASTACLES TEXT: Exodus 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. MESSAGE When Moses needed to divide the red sea, all that God did was to teach him how to use the all purpose weapon that God has given to him. That which to Moses was the rod, is now to us as the Word of God. Many of us are in a fix today because we are still  unskilful in the word of righteousness  (Heb 5:13). The word of God is the sword of the Spirit that can vanquish any adversary. Its quick (that means its alive) and powerful and sharper than any twoedged sword. It can sever that cancer from your body.praise God! Your level of success in the use of this sword of the spirit is totally dependent on the level of your understanding of the word on righteousness  God told Moses to lift up the rod  God is teaching us today to lift up the word...

NOTABLE POWER TEXT: Exodus 14:15; Ephesians 1:18-20  15  And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: Ephesians 1:18-20 18  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,  19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, note  20  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, MESSAGE Moses was a man acquainted with the miraculous. He had seen the rod turn to snake. He has seen and done other miracles. But this is a sea! Is the rod going to create a ships or what? Parting the sea was totally incomprehensible. It was out of this world and beyond the imagi...

TEXT: Exodus 13:15-16  15  And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:  16  But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. MESSAGE How long have you been crying unto God for a change in your life situations? You have come to what seems like a dead end and have cried to God for what you feel only He can do but He seems not to bother about you. Many times you have almost began to question the love of God because you can't understand why a loving God can watch you cry for help for so long and yet does nothing to help your condition. You have said, why have I cried to God without answers. The truth is that Just like God said to Moses, " Wherefore criest thou unto me? " God is wondering why  you are crying to him in the first place.  You know why? Because ...

WHAT DO YOU SEE TEXT: Exodus 13:13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever MESSAGE Moses did not say stand still and you WILL see the salvation of the Lord. Rather He said "stand still and see..." What he was saying was that they should relax and consider, contemplate, visualize and fix their attention on the salvation that God has for them and not the condition thy found themselves. Whatever has your attention in the time of crisis, whatever you focus your mind on will determine your outcome. Abraham had a very nagging challenge. His wife was barren. God promised him to make him the father of nations yet he could not father a boy for another 25 years. He had every reason in the world to cry and whine and charge God with unfaithfulness to his word. But Abraham remained strong in faith. He hoped agains...

1Pet 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. MESSAGE Every one of us is concerned with one issue or the other at various time, season or period. We worry about getting married and for that matter, married to the right person. We worry about what to eat, what to wear, where to stay and even what someone may say about us. Some have spouses that don't care about them and their feelings. Others have troublesome children that give them concern. For these and many more, many have cried themselves to sleep and others have wearied themselves to death. It shouldn't be so, dear Chritian. You have a Father that you can actually speak to. He cares, He hears, He listens. He is interested in you and so He wants to bear your burdens for you. Now that is a work of Grace. God's grace is so great that He wants to be your burden bearer. God says that you should cast ALL your cares on Him. All means ALL to the exclussion of none. In as much as it is a cause of concern, i...

TEXT: Exodus 14:5&9 5   And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 9. But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses  and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth , before Baalzephon . MESSAGE: The children of Israel were delivered from bondage but their slave masters would not let them be. They made frantic efforts to bing them back to their slavery. You might have been saved from the world, sin, sickness, bad habits, bad friends, demonic oppression, and other power of the devil. But the devil will not just sit back and accept defeat. He will continue to make efforts to bring you under his dominion. He will send you old friends to try to lure you back to sin. They will blackmail, threaten and laugh at you. That is...

TEXT Judges 6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? MESSAGE When God says "GO", He has completed the job. he has performed the miracle. He only wants you to experience it. It is in your trusting and obeying the instruction that you experience the miracle already wroth. In Luke 17, when some Leprouse men prayed to Jesus for their healing, verse 14 records that " he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed." Steping out on the Word of God, doesn't make God to perform the required miracle, (He has already done it) rather it makes you to experience the miracle already performed. When God says 'GO', it doesnt matter how unqualified you are, His bidding is His enabling. All you need to do is to trust and obey Him and the glory of the Lord will be seen in your life. Take God at H...

TEXT: Judges 6:14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? MESSAGE: While Gideon was still sckeptic of ever being able to engage his oposition in battle God gave him the battle instruction. God already told him that His presence with Gideon will ensure his easy victory. But he added one very key instruction that ties up everything together. He said GO IN THIS THY MIGHT What might was the Lord talking about? This might God says is the presence of the Lord by which he will defeat the enemy as though they were just one man (Judges 6:16). The Lord was saying that he should advance against his opposition being strong in the Lord. We shall explore this phrase in a couple of days, but one thing that we must get today is that we must go in the strength of God alone. There is always a tendency to engage your challenges with other forms of strength. It is wrong to engage your challenge...

TEXT: Judges 6:12-13 12  And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 13  And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. MESSAGE : The Israelites were under oppression at the hand of the Midianites. One unique thing about these oppressors was that they had no problem with the Israelites toiling to make ends meet. But once it was time for them to reap the fruit of their labour, these Midianites came and disposessed them of their harvest. They came in such number and force that the Israelites had to vacate their own land and go to hide in caves. You may be experiencing the same challenge. You might have had so much experience in failure at the edge of success...

TEXT: Isaiah 41:8-13 8  But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9  Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 10  Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11  Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12  Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13  For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Its the beginning of another new year. Glo...

Text Rev. 19:12-14  12  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.  13  And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.  14  And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Beloved, let me introduce you to one awesome personality. He's the strongest being in the universe and all realms.  He's called THE WORD OF GOD. The word of God carries the power of God. In John 1:1-3 we learn that He's God and all things were made by Him. In Heb. 1:3, we are told that the word of God is that by which He sustains all things. The word of God is the captain of the host of heaven. All the angels in heaven are under His command. In Psalms 103:20 we see that the angels who excel in might hearken to the Voice of the Word of God. Can you see that the Word of God is all powerful? Not...

Hi friends have you ever read these words: "I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" (Rom 7:22-24) Now, that was Paul the mighty Apostle. His reference was to his struggle before he met Christ. He was a scholar and a strict disciplinarian. but he owned up to d paradox of life fully evident in his life. in fact he stated his greatest conflict--the conflict of laws working in him. Much as he wanted to obey the laws or God with his heart, another law was in his members making him a slave to the Law of sin. Oh How much this sincere Paul looks like most of us today. we face a lot of conflicts going on within us.  Your sincere heart must have wondered how can you be wholly free from sin, sickness and poverty. Our experiences seem to fight our beliefs...