Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.” Exodus 12:33 KJV     According to the scriptures, the Egyptians were urgent upon the people! They were literally saying: "We can't stay with covenant people! Covenant people are dangerous!” Hence, the people of God were sent out in haste. Expect...

“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)      Today, the world celebrates Good Friday, which is in remembrance of the day Jesus went to the cross and paid the supreme price for humanity. The road to the cross was so gruesome that no movie can capture the pain and...

“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     When the fullness of time came for God's people to come out of captivity, God instituted the Passover...

“And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.” Exodus 12:41 KJV     Pharaoh resisted Moses and the people of God. But they stood their ground. Many miracles were performed in Egypt but Pharaoh kept resisting. The devil is...

“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Luke 10:19 KJV     Jesus arose from the dead because of us. Everything He did was for us, not for Himself. We have to act like it. We cannot be going about like people without backbone. We cannot be...

“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” Colossians 2:14-15 KJV     We must never become casual with spiritual things as if the Word of God does not have veracity....

“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.” 1Chronicles 29:14 KJV     God had told David not to build Him a temple because his hands were filled with blood. However, David made the necessary preparations for the construction of the...

“And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me”. Mark 14:4-6 KJV   When you...

“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore, he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself,” Daniel 1:8 KJV     According to our scriptural text, Daniel was a captive in a strange land; still he remembered what he was told when he...

“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but...