Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

"Now, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God". Ephesians 2:19 KJV In Matthew 4:3, when the devil came to tempt Jesus, he said to him, "if thou be the son of God…". This was after God the Father had just said: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew...

“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God” 1 Corinthians 2:12 KJV A lot of Christians are in different challenges and bondages and under intense pressures. Not because God has not already delivered them but because they are ignorant of the Word. Ignorance...

“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come” Psalm102:13, KJV You may have been tried and tested. You may have been through high waters and you may have been through hell. But the good news is that you are still around serving God. People may have mocked you, ridiculed you and even put your...

“Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.” Psalm 105:19-20 KJV Ever before Jacob went to Egypt, God had already prepared a man and sent him ahead. He said Go in advance. Go ahead and ambush the devil. Beloved, there is a great...

"The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob...

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” James 1:22 KJV If all you do is to listen to the Word of God and you do not practise it, the Bible says you are simply deceiving yourself. The worst type of deception is self-deception. When you get to a point where you can no longer tell yourself the truth, then...

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” James 1:22 KJV Yesterday, I talked to you about taking responsibility. Today I am taking it a little farther to dare you to obey the Word to the letter. Every day you encounter the Word, either in your personal devotion, family altar or in church, don’t just rush through it. Listen for...

“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” James 2:20 KJV Many believers are caught in what I will call ‘prayer-paralysis.’ They are so hung up to prayer that they leave everything to God and then fold their hands and expect a miracle. I feel a strong sense of responsibility as we start this year to call you to take responsibility...

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 KJV That is the summary of the love of God. He did not wait for you to clean yourself up, like the songwriter said, "Just as I am without one plea". He took you in with all your mess. He knew it was totally impossible for...