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And let us not be
weary in well doing: for in due season we
shall reap, IF we faint not. Galatians
6:9.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge,
shall give me at that day: and
not to me only, but unto all them also that love
his appearing. II Timothy
4:7,8.I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge,
Be Not
WearyOne of the easiest things
for any of us to do when it seems like nothing
is "going our way", is for us to just give up
and QUIT. That's right: just "throw up our
hands" and walk away. At the time, it seems the
easiest way out, I know. And all the while, we'll
be telling ourselves, "It's the thing to
do. I've all the reason in the world to
quit. I'm justified in my
actions."
Moreover, the enemy of our soul will be there, ever ready to pat us on the back and "console" us with, "You have good excuse to quit. There's already enough hypocrites in the world. You don't want to be one, too!" Or he'll try with, "Look at all those prospering around you--they aren't living right, but they aren't doing without all that you are. So you must be doing something wrong. You've tried and tried and just can't live it--you can't make the standard. Just give it up and have some peace."
The one thing "giving up" will NOT give you is peace. The decision to "quit" or "give up" will gnaw at you and haunt you for many long years to come. You'll be plagued with "what might have been". Certainly there are those times in our lives when we truly have given our best effort, and still don't attain that which we sought, but there's a world of difference in having done our ALL and in having simply lost by default, giving up!
Nearly all of us have seen someone training for a race, or some other "olympic" event. One doesn't simply "walk off the street" and into such competition: it takes years and years of dedicated commitment to train the mind and body for such a trial of endurance. It takes struggle, self-discipline, restraint and bodily pain to even qualify for entrance. Yet such events are earthly and there can only be one winner. Our spiritual race is one in which we're running for an incorruptible prize and it's not limited to only ONE winner.
However, just as in earthly events, those who "quit" or "throw up their hands and quit" don't have a chance to win. If we're going to make it, we must ENDURE to the END. It takes GREAT effort to be a winner. As our scripture text said, And let's not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, IF we faint not. Paul wanted those he was addressing in his letter to the Galatians to know he realized the struggles they'd sometimes face--they might even get tired of "living right". However, he wanted to admonish them to "keep on keeping on" for God: he wanted them to "stick with it" and keep on sowing the precious Word that they might reap spiritual blessings.
Heroes Of FaithThere are several who easily come to mind when we think of those who "stuck it out", stayed with God. They're all members of the Who's Who of Faith: Noah, Abraham, Moses, Job, Daniel, Stephen, Peter, John, Paul and Jesus. Yes, even Jesus--the Word of God records how He, Himself, said, Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? Despite the indescribeable agony He suffered, He "stuck it out", He "followed through" so that our Heavenly Father might be glorified and God's perfect plan of salvation might be completed for all who will accept it!
And look at ole' Noah. Don't you know he was the "laughingstock of the community"? There'd never been any such thing as a "flood", but there he was, building a great ark on DRY land. Who had ever heard of such a thing? And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. ...Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. Genesis 6:5-9.
Jesus, Himself, spoke of Noah: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:36-39. Is that not similar to our own world of today? People are eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage with far too little, if any at all, regard for God. We live in such a deceptive age: folks see no need for God in their lives. We're so caught up in providing ourselves with material securities that we've neglected, left off or totally abandoned, our ETERNAL security!
One In A MillionToo often, there's only one time when people can serve God: when they're in trouble. Oh oh! That will get stuck in our "craw" for sure, won't it? But it's a fact: we live from "crisis to crisis"--we treat God as a lawyer or santa claus: "Well, God, if you'll get me out of this _______________ , I'll do such and such." And for a time, we keep our word, but only for a time. We ask God to help us get a good job, or a nice home. Then when we are established, we get independent: we don't need God any more, that is, until the next crisis rolls through!
From the very "git go", we've got it all backwards: ALL through the Word of God, it is If You, THEN God. But no, we don't want it that way: we want it OUR way. But our way is WRONG! Oh folks don't like that, let me tell you. "Why that's attaching conditions to God's Love!" The WORLD talks about "unconditional love" and yet it doesn't even have a clue. How foolish! God's Love IS conditional: sure, it's there for everyone, but we must personally, individually, accept it in order for it to work in our lives! We need to get back to the Voice of God through His Written Word to us and STOP listening to the voices of this world! We want the promises without the precepts!
Those who serve God only in the good times, or only when they need something from Him, will NOT endure. The Word of God tells us in Matthew 24:11-13, ...Many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Instead of us letting God be our "steering wheel", we use Him as a "spare tire".
Unlike those who "quit", "drop out", "give up", Noah served God through all the adversity he faced. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Hebrews 11:7. The warning from God stirred Noah, awakening him to the terrible destruction that was imminent. II Peter 2:5 tells us that Noah was a "preacher of righteousness". Noah stood against "the world": he'd never seen a flood, either, but God said there was going to be one and by faith, Noah believed the Word of God. No one gave him any encouragement--there were no preachers or deacons or presbyters or superintendents to come by and give him an old "atta boy" on the shoulder! Had there been newspapers in those days, can't you just see the headlines: "Village Idiot Builds Ark On Dry Land".
We think we have it so bad when the pastor doesn't call or come by every time we miss a service. We think it's terrible that we have to pay a bill (of our own making) and can't buy that new dress to top the one Sister So and So had on last Sunday. Oh the burdens we have to bear when our children get in trouble at school (because we didn't apply any discipline at home). No wonder we cave in when we hit a bit of corduroy road! Just let someone ridicule us a bit and there we are, hands in the air: "I quit!" Just let God not give us that new car we wanted and there we are: "God, You don't love me any more! I quit!" Genesis 6:22 tells us, Thus did Noah; according to ALL that God commanded him, so did he. Noah followed the Lord's leading, despite what the sky looked like, despite what those about him said, despite what he'd experienced (or not--he had never seen a flood before) in his lifetime.
Moreover, the enemy of our soul will be there, ever ready to pat us on the back and "console" us with, "You have good excuse to quit. There's already enough hypocrites in the world. You don't want to be one, too!" Or he'll try with, "Look at all those prospering around you--they aren't living right, but they aren't doing without all that you are. So you must be doing something wrong. You've tried and tried and just can't live it--you can't make the standard. Just give it up and have some peace."
The one thing "giving up" will NOT give you is peace. The decision to "quit" or "give up" will gnaw at you and haunt you for many long years to come. You'll be plagued with "what might have been". Certainly there are those times in our lives when we truly have given our best effort, and still don't attain that which we sought, but there's a world of difference in having done our ALL and in having simply lost by default, giving up!
Nearly all of us have seen someone training for a race, or some other "olympic" event. One doesn't simply "walk off the street" and into such competition: it takes years and years of dedicated commitment to train the mind and body for such a trial of endurance. It takes struggle, self-discipline, restraint and bodily pain to even qualify for entrance. Yet such events are earthly and there can only be one winner. Our spiritual race is one in which we're running for an incorruptible prize and it's not limited to only ONE winner.
However, just as in earthly events, those who "quit" or "throw up their hands and quit" don't have a chance to win. If we're going to make it, we must ENDURE to the END. It takes GREAT effort to be a winner. As our scripture text said, And let's not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, IF we faint not. Paul wanted those he was addressing in his letter to the Galatians to know he realized the struggles they'd sometimes face--they might even get tired of "living right". However, he wanted to admonish them to "keep on keeping on" for God: he wanted them to "stick with it" and keep on sowing the precious Word that they might reap spiritual blessings.
Heroes Of FaithThere are several who easily come to mind when we think of those who "stuck it out", stayed with God. They're all members of the Who's Who of Faith: Noah, Abraham, Moses, Job, Daniel, Stephen, Peter, John, Paul and Jesus. Yes, even Jesus--the Word of God records how He, Himself, said, Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? Despite the indescribeable agony He suffered, He "stuck it out", He "followed through" so that our Heavenly Father might be glorified and God's perfect plan of salvation might be completed for all who will accept it!
And look at ole' Noah. Don't you know he was the "laughingstock of the community"? There'd never been any such thing as a "flood", but there he was, building a great ark on DRY land. Who had ever heard of such a thing? And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. ...Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. Genesis 6:5-9.
Jesus, Himself, spoke of Noah: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:36-39. Is that not similar to our own world of today? People are eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage with far too little, if any at all, regard for God. We live in such a deceptive age: folks see no need for God in their lives. We're so caught up in providing ourselves with material securities that we've neglected, left off or totally abandoned, our ETERNAL security!
One In A MillionToo often, there's only one time when people can serve God: when they're in trouble. Oh oh! That will get stuck in our "craw" for sure, won't it? But it's a fact: we live from "crisis to crisis"--we treat God as a lawyer or santa claus: "Well, God, if you'll get me out of this _______________ , I'll do such and such." And for a time, we keep our word, but only for a time. We ask God to help us get a good job, or a nice home. Then when we are established, we get independent: we don't need God any more, that is, until the next crisis rolls through!
From the very "git go", we've got it all backwards: ALL through the Word of God, it is If You, THEN God. But no, we don't want it that way: we want it OUR way. But our way is WRONG! Oh folks don't like that, let me tell you. "Why that's attaching conditions to God's Love!" The WORLD talks about "unconditional love" and yet it doesn't even have a clue. How foolish! God's Love IS conditional: sure, it's there for everyone, but we must personally, individually, accept it in order for it to work in our lives! We need to get back to the Voice of God through His Written Word to us and STOP listening to the voices of this world! We want the promises without the precepts!
Those who serve God only in the good times, or only when they need something from Him, will NOT endure. The Word of God tells us in Matthew 24:11-13, ...Many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Instead of us letting God be our "steering wheel", we use Him as a "spare tire".
Unlike those who "quit", "drop out", "give up", Noah served God through all the adversity he faced. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Hebrews 11:7. The warning from God stirred Noah, awakening him to the terrible destruction that was imminent. II Peter 2:5 tells us that Noah was a "preacher of righteousness". Noah stood against "the world": he'd never seen a flood, either, but God said there was going to be one and by faith, Noah believed the Word of God. No one gave him any encouragement--there were no preachers or deacons or presbyters or superintendents to come by and give him an old "atta boy" on the shoulder! Had there been newspapers in those days, can't you just see the headlines: "Village Idiot Builds Ark On Dry Land".
We think we have it so bad when the pastor doesn't call or come by every time we miss a service. We think it's terrible that we have to pay a bill (of our own making) and can't buy that new dress to top the one Sister So and So had on last Sunday. Oh the burdens we have to bear when our children get in trouble at school (because we didn't apply any discipline at home). No wonder we cave in when we hit a bit of corduroy road! Just let someone ridicule us a bit and there we are, hands in the air: "I quit!" Just let God not give us that new car we wanted and there we are: "God, You don't love me any more! I quit!" Genesis 6:22 tells us, Thus did Noah; according to ALL that God commanded him, so did he. Noah followed the Lord's leading, despite what the sky looked like, despite what those about him said, despite what he'd experienced (or not--he had never seen a flood before) in his lifetime.
My Most Beloved,
If you look for God with your whole heart you will find Him and He
will remove that affliction out of your life, family, marriage and business.
God is great and also the wisest personage in the
universe. Your decision to look for Him today as the solution to the problems
that have weighed you down in this life is the only key to the problem.
You might be among those who are searching for God but
not with your whole heart. You might also be searching for God and at the same
time going to the places you know from your heart that is not pleasing to God
Almighty.
God is everywhere you go though not accessible from all
places you have fixed your heart for the solution to your needs.
So many people have looked for this God through many
gods of various religions and yet they are still confused of life and why they
even came into existence.
Others have believed that joining different kinds of
Self Realization organizations is the key to actualize and realize what they
are looking for.
I have seen others who are tired of other gods of other
people but now they have decided to create their own gods to worship. Can a man
create God?
Yet many men have created gods and deceived you to
worship them.
Many are calling upon the names of other gods they do
not know about simply because they want to try a certain kind of worship and
see how it can be with them. Some others
are busy looking for a place to discover another strange god which is not yet
discovered by any other man. If we move
a little into the Bible book we will discover the exact message of God
concerning searching and developing gods in any other scientific method which
the Bible rightly stipulated, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any
likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth:
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve
them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that
hate me;
And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me,
and keep my commandments.” – EXODUS 20: 3-6.
God is warning you from this portion of the scripture
to stop developing any form of worship that will
entice you to worship other gods.
God is also warning you in particular to remove and
throw away those gods you kept in secret places which men do not know you are
worshipping.
Stars and other things in the skies are not made to be
worshipped by The Almighty Father and the Creator of universe. God commanded
you also never to worship gods of woods, silvers, gold and iron.
God
spoke to us through Moses and said. “And
the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye
might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
Take
ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on
the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
Lest
ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any
figure, the likeness of male or female,
The
likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl
that flieth in the air,
The
likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish
that is in the waters beneath the earth:
And
lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the
moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to
worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations
under the whole heaven. - Deuteronomy 4:14-19
God is angry with you as you are bowing down to them
and this is the source of those problems that refuses to go out of your life.
The Almighty Father does not want you to worship the gods of your land.
Some people do carry the gods of their lands in wooden
form to another country for worshipping purposes but The Almighty Father cannot
be carried in a wooden form because He is accessible from any place and any
condition you can call Him in truth and in Spirit wholeheartedly.
There is no good gods in seas and oceans. There is no
marine good gods that is capable to do what Almighty God cannot do for you.
He warned you never to bow down to any of them. Your
destiny is purely in the hand of The Almighty Father. None of your blessings
comes as a result of worshipping idols.
God is jealous and will not be happy if you are giving
the glories that are due to His Most Holy Name, Jehovah to other gods of
nations and other gods who have ears but cannot hear.
If you believe me today, and decide to drop those gods
you are serving and to come to The Almighty Jehovah through His Son, Jesus
Christ.
The
Bible warned, “As
many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold,
I stand at the door, and knock:
if any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
To
him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also
overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches. The Revelation of Saint John 3:19-22.
Why not decide right now as you are reading this
message and give your entire life to your Creator so it shall be well with you,
your family and all your businesses?
Will you continue to serve the gods that demands for
the blood of your children for ritual purposes and sacrifices so as to bless
and protect you?
Will you serve the gods that takes away your fertility
in other to give you unrealistic financial blessings and fame?
Reason well before you go.
God is telling me that some group of people is trying
to initiate you into a cult, an occult group, a satanic system of worship.
Please beware and run away for your dear life so you
will not regret the final outcome of it.
There is nothing absolutely good in Satan. He is a liar
and father of all liars.
If you believe this message is for you in particular
and you wants to be saved before it is too late. Why not call my attention for
my direction to establish your faith in Jesus Christ?
Accept and Confess the name of Jesus Christ so He shall
come into your life and be your God as you have totally dropped all form of
other gods with sincere heart.
Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.- JOHN 14:6-7
Am available to assist you to develop your faith in God
and also to pray with you for instant divine solution to those problems that
has taken you far and wide without hope for solution.
“And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy
father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the
LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him,
he will cast thee off for ever. - I CHRONICLES 28:9.
God bless you for giving a listening ear to this
message of God that is specially made for you today for your upliftment.
If you are moved by the Spirit of God to
support this work. Please don’t hesitate to tell us of how you are led by God
to assist. Or you can send us your Check to our office below for our mission to
Africa and building of schools for Orphans and Orphanage .
We need an offering and a monetary donation
motivated by the Spirit of God for the poor and less privileged because God
loves a cheerful giver.
Bishop Uchenna Celestine Okonkwor
472 Amherst St
Suite 732225
Nashua, NH 03063
U.S.A.
Tel:
781-569-0201.
Alternatively, I will also suggest that you
forward your donation to us for the poor through Our Payoneer Bank Account
details below to make the deposit…
Bank Account Holder: Uchenna
Celestine Okonkwor
Bank Name: Bank Of America
Account #: 00003503352939167
ABA (Bank Routing) #: 061000052
Account Type: CHECKING.
Bank Name: Bank Of America
Account #: 00003503352939167
ABA (Bank Routing) #: 061000052
Account Type: CHECKING.
You may as well send your financial
donation in support of this missionary work through our paypal account at
zionagency@yahoo.com.
You can visit our outreach and ministerial sites below
for perusal to enable you understand our mission practically well. We need up to $2,ooo,000 to facilitate the
schools building project for the poor and less privileged. This will have
primary, secondary and University educational system. We are pleading that you
give us your financial contribution and support as you are capable and also led
by The Spirit of The Almighty God.
http://agnes-orphanage.blogspot.com/
God bless you.
Bishop Uchenna C. Okonkwor
472 Amherst St
Suite 732225
Nashua, NH 03063
Suite 732225
Nashua, NH 03063
781-569-0201.
U.S.A.
JESUS CHRIST IS THE LORD.
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