Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

 “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...

 “generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.” Matthew 12: 34-35 KJV   In this passage of the scriptures, what Jesus is telling us is...

“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:” 2 Peter 1:3 (KJV)   God called you according to His grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began. Before He formed you in your mother's womb, He knew you and He...

“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” Genesis 1:28 (KJV)   Now I want you to know that right from creation it has always been the intention of...

“Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.” 2 Chronicles 20:27  KJV   When they were blessed, what did they do? From the valley of Berachah, they returned to Jerusalem with joy. You shall return with joy because the battle is over.   According to...

“And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in the gathering of the spoil, it was so much.” 2 Chronicles 20:25 (KJV)   God is bigger than any problem...