Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“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...

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” Romans 1:16 (KJV)   The gospel tells us how God makes us right in His sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith, not by your efforts. It is God’s own operation. The gospel...

“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 3:6 (KJV)   Beloved, the law was not designed to give life because the letter kills. The Bible calls the law the letter. 2 Corinthians 3:7 says, “But if the ministration of death, written and engraved in stones was glorious...

“Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” Mark 9:23 (KJV)   A man came to Jesus when they were coming down from the mount of transfiguration and said to Him: my son has been in this condition since he was born. I have brought him for your disciples to heal him, but they couldn’t. He further said to Jesus, if there...