Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.” Matthew 9:22 (KJV) The woman with the issue of blood saw grace and decided to take her healing despite her condition and the limitations that the law placed against her. According to the law,...

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.’’ John 3:16 (KJV) When God was to show us how much He loved us, He gave His only Son to die for our sins. Child of God, there is no way you can demonstrate love without giving something. Thank God for this great love; otherwise, where would you be today? In the same...

“And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.” Matthew 14:22 (KJV) The Lord constrained the disciples to enter the ship and go to the other side. It was not their initiative, but they obeyed and entered the ship. There was a storm when their ship reached the middle...

“And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away”. Matthew 14:22 (KJV) There is a clear-cut distinction between multitudes and disciples. Multitudes are those who worship God because of material things. And when those physical things don’t come, they turn their back on God. But disciples look for spiritual...

“Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.” Matthew 4:7 (KJV) In the first temptation, Satan asked Jesus to turn stones into bread. When the devil saw that Jesus would not fall for any of that, the devil decided to go spiritual. In the second temptation, Satan quoted Psalm 91:11-12, “For He shall give his angels charge over...

“And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:3-4 (KJV) Jesus didn’t need to prove anything before God said He was His beloved...

“Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.” Matthew 4:1 (KJV) The Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness. The wilderness is where you don’t see anything or anybody around. You are all alone in the wilderness. The wilderness is usually not a comfortable experience. It is a situation where everything is dry. That was where Jesus was...

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“Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever. 1 Peter 1:23 (KJV)   The above scripture is teaching us that we became born again through the avenue of the living word of God. The eternal word of God is the ingredient that gave us the new birth. And the Bible calls it “an incorruptible seed”....

“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” Matthew 7:24-25 KJV Currently, everything is being shaken. And the bible says that...