Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.”  Proverbs 22:29 (NKJV)     Today, as we celebrate Labour Day or Workers Day, depending on where you are, I feel impressed in my spirit to remind you of the value of excellence. The subject of excellence cannot be overemphasized. As a nation and a people, we are...

“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” 1 John 2:1 (KJV)   I don’t want to make mistakes but if I do make mistakes, Jesus will bring me out. With this kind of mindset, you are not mistake-conscious. Rather, you are conscious of doing what is...

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“Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.” Isaiah 5:13 (KJV)     One of the worst things the devil will do to any human being is to keep him ignorant. The devil doesn’t care about how much you are present in the church and how much you pray or fast. He...

“And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.” Genesis 47:12 (KJV)   What are we doing as the church? We seem to just enjoy surviving. But that is not God’s intention for us. If the reason why Jesus died is for you to just survive, to get food to eat and clothes to wear; we have failed....

”It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” John 6:63 KJV   I once read a story of a lady who, during the World War, when everywhere was being bombed in her country of residence, chose to leverage on the Word of God. Amid the chaos and uncertainty, she dared to believe...

"Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.” 1 Samuel 18:3 KJV    David had cut a covenant with Saul’s son called Jonathan. This covenant was such that Jonathan ensured that the covenant was not just restricted to him but was also to be passed down to his generation. It was such that he secured himself and indeed his generation. He...

”When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.” John 11:4 KJV   The God we serve has not gone on vacation. Therefore, you must never discount yourself. The Word of God works. If it has gone out of the lips of the Master, He will hasten the Word to perform it.  The Bible...

”Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.” Isaiah 48:17 KJV   Do you know many ideas are floating around you that are solutions the world is looking for? When the Bible talks about wealth transfer, don’t look for it literally: don’t look for...

”Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.” Isaiah 60:1-2  KJV   There is no way you will hold on to God and God will not reveal Himself to you. There...