Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.” Romans 4:3 (KJV)   Many church folks doubt God. There are things God has spoken and ideas He has given you. Do you believe them? There are concepts, insights, creativity and the knowledge of witty invention that He has planted in your spirit, and you are in doubt, wondering if it will ever happen.   Beloved, never...

“And He said, take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.” Genesis 22:2 (KJV)   God wanted to try Abraham to know whether he had learnt his lesson, having gone through the process; He demanded the son of promise. God...

“Now the Lord has said unto Abram, get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee.” Genesis 12:1 (KJV)   God came to Abram one day and called him out. He was 75 years old, and God was starting a new thing with him. God had a great plan for Abraham, but he had to...

“And the Lord answered me, and said, write the vision, and make it plain upon the tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end, it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” Habakkuk 2:2-3 (KJV)   Vision is like a goal or dream in...

“Moreover whom He did predestinate, them He also called: and whom He called, them He also justified: and whom He justified, them He also glorified.” Romans 8:30 (KJV)   Our text today, one of my favourite scriptures in the bible, says He called us to glorify us. Your end is not shame; it is not a disgrace, it is not a disappointment, and it is not failure. Your end is...

“For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV)   God is never taken unawares. He is not wondering what to do as if His back is against the wall. He never wonders how to handle situations or see His people through their challenges. Nothing you are faced with right...

“Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouth of lions.” Hebrews 11:33 (KJV)   It was by faith that Moses commanded the children of Israel to keep the Passover and to sprinkle blood on the doorpost so that the angel of death would not kill their firstborn. It was by faith that the people of Israel went right through the Red Sea as though they were...

“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. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.” Isaiah 60:1-3 (NKJV)   In the darkest night, that...

“Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.” 2 Corinthians 6:17 (KJV)   When Christians want to fit in, they allow society, environment and peers to define them. People mock their faith, and they accept it. Such believers are going nowhere. Do you want to end like them? Unbelievers are...

“For the which cause I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.” 2 Timothy 1:12 (KJV)   The believer in Christ has God’s DNA in him. It is, therefore, an aberration to be ashamed because God was never ashamed. From the...