Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“And the angel answered and said unto her, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God”. Luke 1:35 (KJV)   Unknown to the devil, when man fell, God began to work behind the scene. No one was qualified for the redemption...

“…For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8 (KJV) Child of God, I want to remind you that there is nothing the devil can pull against your life that will intimidate God. In fact, ever before he pulls anything, God has already gone ahead, to wait for him at the end. When man...

“For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (KJV) The love of God for man was demonstrated right from creation. God showed His irrevocable, irreversible and unfailing love for mankind during creation. He made sure that He put everything in place that will make us very comfortable. He provided everything...

“Likewise the spirit also helpeth our infirmities, our weaknesses, our inadequacies, for we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but the spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered”. Romans 8:26 (KJV) One advantage you have as a believer is to hide yourself by engaging the prayer language of the spirit. The book of Colossians 3:3 says: “For ye are dead,...

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty”. Psalms 91:1 (KJV) Jesus said in John 6:63, “it is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” It means that as a believer, you are not supposed to stay in the flesh. You are meant...

“For the weapons of our warfare are not canal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds”. 2 Corinthians 10:4 (KJV) The Christian battle is spiritual warfare. It is not a carnal battle. In other words, it is not a war of flesh and blood. The book of 2 Corinthians 10:3 says, “For though we walk in the flesh we do not war after the flesh…”. That...

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” 1 Peter 5:8 (KJV) We have an adversary and so we must look into our secret place where we find the mercy of God. Every believer in Christ has an adversary. The adversary, the devil is still loose on the earth. He is at work, right now in the...

“Then I said, ‘O Lord, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’” Jonah 2:4 (NLT) According to the scriptures, Jonah was in the belly of the fish. And he was overwhelmed in that very condition. But though Jonah was in a bad situation, he refused to look at it. Rather, he chose to look in the direction of God...

“Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!” Isaiah 38:14 (NLT) Beloved, the secret place is a place where you are supposed to come to the end of yourself and look unto God. When you look unto Him, your face will be enlightened,...

“I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.” Isaiah 38:10-11 (KJV) Hezekiah cried out to God in his secret place...