Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

 “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask the help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.” 2 Chronicle 20: 3-4 (KJV)   It is one thing to choose the battle you want to fight. But it is another thing entirely...

“And he said unto Jehoshaphat, wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.” 1 Kings 22:4 (KJV)   God has given man the power to choose. But we are responsible for the consequences of our wrong choices. God gives us the power of...

 “They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:23 (KJV)   The scripture says: great is His faithfulness. I love it! Now notice that the scripture doesn't say great is your faithfulness. It says great is His faithfulness. Whatever He is doing for you is based on His faithfulness, not your faithfulness. God is faithful! God can be trusted! Even if you don’t believe, He...

 "Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God's righteousness because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment". Romans 3:25 (AMPC)   Jesus is our mercy seat. Only mercy can deliver you....

 "This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.  It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed because his compassions fail not". Lamentations 3:21-22 (KJV)   It is so easy to forget the promises of God to you. Many times, we are so consumed with the negative that we fail to see the bigness of God. It is very important, therefore, that we remember...

 “There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” Joshua 1:5 (KJV)    Life can be frustrating sometimes. Especially when you look at the things you have been through, the challenges you have endured and there seems to be no...

 “So, what does all this mean? If God has determined to stand with us, tell me, who then could ever stand against us?” Romans 8:31 (TPT)   How would you like to know that you are in the will of God and yet it seems as if God has gone on vacation? If that is your situation, I want to encourage you today. Don’t quit! Keep standing!...

“For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.” Jeremiah 20:8 (KJV)   The ministry of the ancient prophet of God, Jeremiah, covered the period of just before and after the fall of Jerusalem.  Jeremiah had warned the Jews that God will send the Babylonian armies to punish them...

 “To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.” (John 10:3 KJV)           Sometimes because of the challenges of life, you feel rejected, forsaken, and alone. God seems very far off from you, and you feel stranded. Yes, I know at times you feel abandoned, and friends and family seem...

 ‘’Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?’’ (Jeremiah 32: 27 KJV)     It is an insult to God to ever think that there is anything too hard for God. Beloved we are talking about God here. The Possessor of heaven and earth, The Creator of the whole universe who upholds all things by the word of His...