Author: Bishop Mike Okonkwo

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over…” Genesis 1:26  KJV     Notice the law of first mention and how Adam was made to function and dominate his world. Adam was able to name the animals. How did he do it? He was made like God in character and in nature. He was also made to function...

“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:4-5 KJV   God made man a spirit. But the earth was made to function as a material earth. A spirit cannot function without a body on earth...

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” 1 Peter 2:9 (KJV)   If you release a lion into the jungle, you have only succeeded in putting it in its natural habitat. No matter how prevalent hunger is in the...

“And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”  Matthew 3:17 KJV   When Jesus came into the scene, without doing anything and without performing any miracle, God declared: “this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.” He had not done anything- no miracles, no signs and wonders. Yet, God came and validated Him. I want...

“Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” Matthew 6:31 KJV   In Matthew chapter 6, Jesus spoke about how God cares for the lilies of the field and the fowls of the air: "...

“When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.” Psalms 9:3-4 KJV   God is not in contention with the devil. He is neither nervous nor under pressure concerning whatever the enemy throws at His children.  That’s because there is adequate provision for our complete victory....

“Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.” Psalm 127:3-4 KJV   As arrows are in the hands of a mighty man, so are children of the youth. Do you know an arrow cannot shoot itself? The arrow has to be shot...

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”   Proverbs 22:6 KJV     If God has placed children in your care, He says train them up in the way they should go. It means to give the child a taste of what you want him or her to become. For instance, if you want a...

“Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem-Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.”  Ruth 1:1 KJV     Elimelech took his family and they left for Moab because there was a famine in Bethlehem-Judah. The result was that...

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 KJV   God created the vegetable kingdom, the animal kingdom and the mineral kingdom. He put everything in place. He made man in His image and likeness and gave him dominion over what He had created. Up to this point, man had nothing to do. There was nothing man contributed in the creation process; it was all God. God...