Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.”  Ruth 1:1 KJV     Elimelech took his family and they left for Moab because there was a famine in Bethlehem-Judah. The result was that...

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 KJV   God created the vegetable kingdom, the animal kingdom and the mineral kingdom. He put everything in place. He made man in His image and likeness and gave him dominion over what He had created. Up to this point, man had nothing to do. There was nothing man contributed in the creation process; it was all God. God...

“And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.” Colossians 1:18 KJV   Christ is the head of the body and the church is the body; the head and the body are one. You cannot say God sees Christ the head as perfect and His body- the church...

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.” Psalms 23:1-2 KJV   Today we are talking about Jesus the good shepherd. Do you know that it’s a shepherd that chooses his sheep, not the reverse? When you go to the supermarket to buy multiple items, you choose what you want...

“What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.” Psalms 114: 5-7 KJV     Everything that God created survives in its natural environment. The fish survives inside water. If...

“For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.  Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.” Hebrews 4:10-11 KJV   When you see yourself in Christ, you will see that whatever you need has been settled. He has made available wisdom and riches....

“This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16 KJV   In order to function and be effective in the days we live in, it is a must for you not to live your life as a mere man. If you do, you will be setting yourself up for destruction. With the myriad of satanic forces...

“And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.” Luke 5:5-6 KJV   When you read the account of Peter in Luke chapter 5, you will notice that everything was made ready...

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV                        ...

“And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.” Exodus 12:13 KJV   Beloved, put on your imagination for a minute: The children of Israel were about leaving Egypt. After several plagues...