Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“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...

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalms 91:1 (KJV) Your secret place is the place that is exclusively patented to you. It is carved out for you and cannot be broken into by any person. It is very important that every believer must have a secret place. A place where you have intimacy with God. A...

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” 2 Timothy 4:2 (KJV) Never allow the devil to lie to you that you can have enough of the word of God and prayers. If there was anything you need to latch on to at this time of uncertainty, instability, depression, frustration discouragement, and hopelessness, it is the word of God...

“That the communication of your faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.” Philemon 1:6 (KJV) A lot of people allow others to define them. But I have made up my mind never to allow anyone to define me. I will rather latch on to what God has said concerning me. You must learn to acknowledge the good things...

“And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.” John 6:3 (KJV) You will notice from the above passage; that Jesus went up into a mountain. Beloved, you have been lifted by God and you are not coming down again. Remember, as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. As Jesus went up, so shall you also go up. You will...

“And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto...

“After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. John 6:1(KJV) Life is in phases. There comes a time when you need to shed some weight to move to the next level. No season of life is meant to be wasted. After shedding weight, after removing some residue and all kinds of challenging situations and pressures around you, your life will certainly not...

“And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom; but in demonstration of the Spirit and power. That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God”. 1 Corinthians 2:4-5 (KJV) In his first epistle to the church in Corinth, Paul declares: “And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with the excellence of speech...