Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)   The dynamic of God’s dealing with man is that things, more often than not, look hopeless. Sometimes, it appears that you have been serving God and you are wasting your time because suddenly there...

“And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.” Genesis 8:21 (KJV)   It is a new season you've got to re-evaluate your commitments. You’ve...

“And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar”. Genesis 8:20 (KJV)   Noah came out of the flood after the entire creation has been destroyed by the flood. “And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons'...

“Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:” Ephesians 3:8-9 (KJV)   Paul, in his epistle...

“For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.” Acts 27:23-24 (KJV)   One of the old tricks of the devil is to make you doubt your identity in Christ. For as long as you know...

“And this is the record of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.” John 1:19-20 (KJV)   When you know someone who talks badly about you, or who seizes every opportunity to slander you and suddenly you are the one to now decide his fate,...

"Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you...

“And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul”. 1 Samuel 18:1 (KJV)   King Saul tried many times to destroy David. He insisted that he must not be on the throne. He used every available opportunity, but he could not stop...

“David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.” 2 Samuel 5:4 (KJV)   David became anointed but Saul will not allow him to sit on the throne. Have you been there? The time of the anointing is not the time for the sitting. David didn’t sit until he was thirty. Abraham was promised a child but had to wait for...

“Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.” 1 Samuel 16:13 (KJV)   David was the successor to Saul the first king of Israel, the son of Kish. Saul had disobeyed God Each time God instructed him to do something, he would rather do what he...