Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore, I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.” Jonah 4:2. (KJV)   The Lord sent Jonah to go and preach...

“And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.” 2 Samuel 9:3 (KJV)   David became the king of Israel as God had ordained. But before then, he had cut a covenant with Jonathan. A...

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18 (KJV)   There is no fear in love! That was what caught my attention when I was studying that verse of the scriptures. That part jumped out of the pages. It jumped out at me and I was asking...

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God.” 1 John 4:7 (KJV)   God is love! The scripture doesn't say God has love. No! God is love! That is who He is! Let it register in your spirit. God manifested His love towards us by sending His only begotten Son into the world...

“He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalms 91:1 (KJV)   Where is the secret place? The secret place is in the Word. By implication, therefore, when you dwell in the Word, you shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. When you hide in the Word of God, you abide under the shadow of...

 “And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.” Genesis 17:1 KJV   Notice that God came to Abraham when it looked like things were not going to play out as He said. And God said to him "walk before me and be perfect" In other...

“Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.” Genesis 17:5 (KJV)   Notice that when God made the promise to Abraham that He was going to bless him and his children will be in all nations of the world, Abraham had no child. Abraham had come to the night of...

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16 (KJV)   "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly" not sparsely! Richly feed on the word. Let the word dwell. Let the promises of God dwell. The promises are yea...

 “I will worship toward thy holy temple and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.” Psalms 138:2 (KJV)   God honours His Word above His name. His covenant He will never break nor alter what comes out from His mouth. He upholds all things by the Word of His power.   The Word is so needed...

 “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” Joshua 1:8 (KJV).   God wants you to bury yourself in this book of life. Bury yourself in the...