Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“The hand of the diligent will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor”. Proverbs 12:24 (AMP)   Happy Workers' Day. Today, I celebrate all workers. Everyone who is doing something legitimate to earn a living, I celebrate you and I want to encourage you to be your best. You are in that office at a time like this for a purpose. No matter your...

"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God, and everyone that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." 1 John 4:7-8 (KJV)   Love is not optional for the believer! We are not advised to love. Love must be our nature because God is love. When you invited Jesus into your life, the...

“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." John 13:35 (KJV)   The call to love is not new and it is not just a function of the New Testament. God did not become love in the New Testament. He has always been Love. And when He made Man, He breathed into man the breath of life. In...

“But God’s amazing grace has made me who I am! And his grace to me was not fruitless. In fact, I worked harder than all the rest, yet not in my own strength but God’s, for his empowering grace, is poured out upon me.” 1 Corinthians 15:10 (TPT)   No matter your achievements in life, never forget that you are who you are, simply by grace. Therefore,...

“And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.” Genesis 4:4-5 (KJV)   Grace is the platform that God has predetermined before we were born, for us to function in. The...

"He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God." Daniel 3:25 (KJV)   Our text is the story of Shadrach and his friends who faced the temptation of the fiery furnace for refusing to bow to King Nebuchadnezzar’s idol. The fact that...

"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king." Daniel 3:16-17 (KJV)   According to the scriptures, the three Hebrew boys said to king...

“Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you’ve got, be resolute.” 1Corinthians 16:13 (MSG)   Beloved, if there were ever a time that individuals, families, and indeed the body of Christ needed to be resolute, it is now. The devil is on the loose and he is fighting tooth and nail. And so, we must relentlessly stand our ground in the victory...

"Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:" Philippians 2:5 (KJV)   It is far better to know the ways of God than to know only the acts of God. Most Christians today only know the acts of God, that is the reason why once they encounter a little trial here, they begin to dodge service. They start saying, “Lord, I never knew...

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)   The word of God has in it all the ingredients you need to succeed. There is absolutely no success outside the word of God. Please, don't follow the people that trivialize the word of God. If you must experience lasting success,...