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  “ Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved! ” Psalms 80 : 7 NKJV Genuine salvation is the first work of grace and the fundamental foundation of every believer’s relationship with God. So, it is instructive to emphasize that grace remains God’s righteousness at Christ’s expense; and can never be equated with good religion at carnal expressions. Unfortunately, we struggle for the salvation of either self or associates with smartness and carnal expressions in several of life’s engagements, like parenting, pastoring, and partnership. Whereas, the work of grace cannot be handed over to the brilliance of reformation and eloquent instructions, with the attendant frustration on failures of scripture to produce the expected transformation of life. The problem is the absence of inspiration; for all scriptures must be given by the inspiration of the almighty God for the desired salvation to be experienced. Therefore, true disciples, Christian workers, l...

  “ Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth! Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!”    Psalms 80 : 1 , 7 NKJV Just as a leader’s sin is a leading sin, a leader’s shine or excellence is a leading excellence. With the astonishing examples of leading many characters from the darkness of this world’s wilderness to the mountain-top of exploits and excellence, followers of Jesus can be sure they have a luminary leader as their Hero. However, everyone needs faith in Jesus to get started, trading the ruinous sin for His righteousness. Thereafter, we can safely learn how to follow Jesus by looking daily on Him for guidance and living daily like Him for godliness. Unfortunately, our world is filled with loose leaders and celebrities with shading testimonies of unrighteousness, inconsistencies, and dishonesty, sometimes with the deceptive form of godliness but lacking ...

  “Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth! Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭80‬:‭1‬, ‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ As the primary responsibility of a Shepherd is saving, the natural tendency of a shepherdless sheep is straying. And being a free moral agent, it is just natural for the flesh to celebrate the idea of No Shepherd…and then trivialize the reality of straying. Unfortunately, our societies, families, assemblies, and systems are filled today with screwed senses, strayed sheep and stranded shepherds. Little wonders there are perverse tastes in our society, confused agenda in our assembly, twisted trust in our family, and a polluted morality in our system. And like the psalmist cried, it is obvious that what we need is a true restoration and return to the silent voice of our Shepherd. Just as Joseph stayed with his Shepherd all through the wilderness experience (in...