Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“David retorted to Michal, I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as leader of Israel, the people of the LORD, so I celebrate before the LORD.” 2 Samuel 6:21 NLT   David was celebrating when he was bringing back the ark of covenant. As he was coming back home, Michal his wife condemned him for...

“And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.” Luke 19:44 (KJV)   I remember how the young people in those days would go around the streets throughout the night, putting up posters and fliers on the streets in preparation for our annual programme....

“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve on another.” 1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)   I remember when our ministry started and the church was growing as God was helping us. We were preparing for our annual flagship program. The music department was busy rehearsing for the program. They still had a lot to...

“And He answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” Luke 19:40 KJV   Today, a lot of people are praying against the devil when they should really look at their commitment. Many things we attribute to the devil are actually not the devil’s because the Lord took care of him over 2000 years...

“And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto Him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And He answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.” Luke 19:39-40 (KJV)   Whenever you are giving your all to God, there will always be people who will oppose you. Don’t ever be surprised when that happens....

“But beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we speak thus.” Hebrews 6:9 (KJV)   There are certain factors that pulls together to enable you access what God has already given to you by grace. They are inevitable if you must take on the fullness which God has delivered to you through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ....

Tuesday - August 31   “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” John 19:30 (KJV) Man has been blessed by God. All that man will ever need to succeed was completed at the cross; but the devil wants man to be ignorant of it. God wants you to rest and appropriate the finished...

“And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word.” Acts 4:29 KJV   Beloved, you are in Christ and that means being in His ability and not in your own ability. It is in Christ’s ability that you can live above sin. It is in His ability that you will not be afraid. Christ has won...

“And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.” Acts 9:29. KJV   The book of Acts 9:27 talks about a religious and arrogant man called Saul who had never bowed to any man. He was a Pharisee and was blameless concerning the law. He understood the law and as far as he...

“That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us.”   Hebrews 6:18 KJV   Beloved, every promise of God is validated in the blood of Jesus Christ. You can depend on it. God cannot lie. It is not that He will not; He cannot....