Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Genesis 1:3 (KJV)   In Genesis chapter 1, God gives us a perfect example of what our response should be when we are faced with challenging situations. Verse 2 of the chapter tells us that the earth was without form and void and there was darkness everywhere. But in verse 3, God declares His expectation. He...

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16 (KJV)   Today, I want to charge you to feed your spirit. You will agree with me that we live in a time where there is a high level of distraction everywhere you...

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.” Luke 4:18 (ESV)   The gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news. Jesus tells us in the scripture above that the reason for His anointing is to proclaim the good news. For too long, you have been feeding your mind with bad news.  And yes, I...

“Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23 (KJV)   Jesus told the man whose son has a dumb spirit that all he needed to do for the son to be healed was to believe. Never doubt the promises of God. Between the promises of God and the manifestations, God does not require you to do anything...

“By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” 2 Peter 1:4 (NKJV)   The scripture declares in Psalm 82:6 that we are gods. However, for us to live as gods on this earth we must therefore fill our hearts with the...

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:33-34 (KJV) If we can change our focus from the pursuit of things in life and begin to pursue...

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:” Isaiah 26:3-4 (KJV) The more you focus on the problem of your life, the more you are depressed and the more you are discouraged. The more you look at the challenge instead of...

“They looked unto him, and were lightened: And their faces were not ashamed.” Psalm 34:5 (KJV) If there was any time that you needed to place your absolute trust in God, it is now. The truth is that you have no one to turn to other than God that can help you in times of affliction. God can be trusted. I have never seen anyone who...

“And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.” 2 Chronicles 20:3-4 (KJV) You see, we always pray that God will deliver us from evil. One thing about evil is that it does...

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;” 2 Corinthians 4:17 (KJV) The truth about life is that you will always be stressed up, and you will always face anxiety. You will always face difficulties. The fact that you are going through challenges does not mean that God has turned His back...