Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“He must increase, but I must decrease.” John 3:30 (KJV)   The world’s system of operation will not agree with our topic because everyone wants the Number one position, even if it requires betrayal and breaking of covenants. You will be surprised at how many good relationships have been destroyed on the altar of personal interests. Servanthood set John the Baptist apart from all other prophets of...

“And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.” Hebrews 10:17 (KJV)   For too long sin had been a big issue for the believer, and this should really not be so. I can understand when an unbeliever is battling with sin and is always sin conscious, that is okay for the unbeliever. However, the believer who is always conscious of sin needs to receive a...

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10: 13 (KJV)   Do you know why believers rejoice? It is because we have better hope. If the trumpet sounds, we are off. Don’t let anyone frighten and threaten you and say: Are you sure you will go to Heaven? All you need to be in Heaven when the trumpet sounds are...

“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” John 17:17 (KJV)   Jesus knew that the world is filled with evil. He knew that the world is filled with challenges, difficulties, and pressures. And so, He prayed for the Church. "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from evil. They are not of the world,...

“I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.”  Psalms 119:162 (KJV)   The Passion Translation of our scripture for today says: “Your promises are the source of my bubbling joy; the revelation of your word thrills me like one who has discovered hidden treasure.” And of course, it is more than great spoils. Why? The Word can heal! The Word can deliver! The Word...

“But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.” Matthew 25:9 (KJV)   Don’t give out what you need for your survival. You must tell yourself one home truth. You are not El-Shaddai. There is a limit to which you can help somebody.  There are things you cannot...

"And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.” Matthew 25:8-9 (KJV)   Opportunity will never tell you the exact time it will knock at your door. Opportunities have a...

"And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.” Matthew 25:2-4 (KJV)   The wise virgins are the set of believers who don’t count themselves to have arrived. Just as Paul stated: “…I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one...

“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.” 1 Corinthians 12:7 (KJV)   Every gift, every talent, every potential, and every treasure that God has put in you is for the benefit of the people around you. God intends that everyone will benefit from His investment in you; your gift is not for your personal consumption. It is for the benefit...

"And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.” Matthew 25:2-4 (KJV)   In my many years of ministry, I have seen many people I called personally, knowing fully well that the way they were headed was going to lead to destruction,...