Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“Therefore David inquired of the Lord, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees”. 2Samuel 5:23 (NKJV) One of the first things any believer or anyone for that matter learns about David was his triumph over Goliath. David was undoubtedly skilled at fighting wars. He had fought and won many battles. However,...

“So David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to David, "Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand”. 2Samuel 5:19 (NKJV) David was faced with a daunting situation and he needed to make some key decisions. And he chose to seek the face of God...

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ”. 1Corinthians 12:12 (KJV) Jesus is the head of the church and all things have been put under His feet. He has been made Head over all things on behalf of the church, which is His body. The church is the...

“Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular”. 1Corinthians 12:27 (KJV) Paul taught that Jesus is the head of the church. We are His body and the body cannot be separated from the head. The Bible says to us that Jesus rose from the dead on the third day, He showed Himself and then finally ascended. Do you know that if Jesus is to express himself...

"Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding...

“Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame”. 1Corinthians 15:34 (KJV) People don't believe they have heard a solid preaching until you literally “beat” them on their heads and tell them how sinful and how bad they are, how terrible the sins they had committed and how evil they are. And people call that...

“For by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified”. Hebrews 10:14 KJV. According to the scripture the last Adam is Jesus. "And so, it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit" (1 Corinthians 15:45 KJV). Jesus was manifested to destroy the works of the devil. He came to put a permanent...

“And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise”. Galatians 3:29 KJV. In order to understand our heritage in Christ, we need to understand the principle of representation. Adam represented mankind. And so, when Adam fell, he fell with everything he carried. And he handed everything he carried over to his son. So, everything he carried, his son also carried. What...

“And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect”.  Hebrews 11:39, 40 KJV. God did marvellous and powerful things through the people listed as heroes of faith in the book of Hebrews. By faith, these people earned a good reputation. By faith, the heroes...

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning”. James 1:17 KJV You have a good heritage. The rights that you have are good. The blessing of the Lord makes you rich and it does not add any sorrow, to it. Your heritage is an inheritance that belongs to you...