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““For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭2:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.2.13.nkjv As long as artificial fountains can serve the purposes of architectural beatification and decorations, they are sometimes mistaken as flowing fountains or deliberately minded not as fake fountains. But beyond the fantasy of picture posing and social entertainment, fake fountains do not have capacity to satisfy the soul of man with the needed freshness. Israel is reported to commit these two evils: flowing fountain forsaken and fake fountain flocking. It is important to note that the patronage of fake fountains wouldn’t have constituted any evil if the pursuit of the freshness in the flowing fountain is not a problem. Roaming in the marketplace of life could just be fun, if the marketplace is not turned a bedroom whenever rest is desirable. Challenges of lif...

Hear the word of the Lord , O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel. Thus says the Lord : “What injustice have your fathers found in Me, That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become idolaters? Jeremiah 2:4‭-‬5 NKJV https://bible.com/bible/114/jer.2.4-5.NKJV The apparent injustice in the gospel message is the free offer of salvation from the Mighty God to His undeserving minions, whose intelligence has been further brightened under the providence of the Creator of heaven and earth. The intelligence of man is wired to grow with advances in the knowledge and the operation of systems. Little wonder why atheism in organized societies and systems sees the concept and the existence of God as foolishness. Man is always tempted to promote his own independence and the ability to figure things out, unless all human efforts are sufficiently explored and significantly exterminated. Whereas, faith in God promotes the foolishness of intelligence in or...

“See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”....They will fight against you, But they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you,” says the LORD, “to deliver you.”” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1:10, 19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.1.10,19.nkjv Disagreement on what constituted the authorized agenda in any family unit, an organization, and a state is always the beginning of anarchy. Outside the divine interests within the kingdom of God, the Lord recommends an absolute obedience to constituted authorities; and believers are called to recognize these authorities as ordained by God. How then could Jeremiah be set over the nations and kingdoms with kings and princes without a call for anarchy? Yes, Jeremiah is called and anointed to take responsibility for the kingdom of God, rather than contesting governance over the kingdom of men. It is a demonstration of spiritual authority rathe...

“Then said I: “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.” But the LORD said to me: “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ For you shall go to all to whom I send you, And whatever I command you, you shall speak.” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1:6-7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/jer.1.6-7.nkjv The youthful age is commonly accepted to pride itself on being the arsenal of power and vigour. Therefore, when the Lord said to Jeremiah, “Do not say, ‘I am a youth’”, He had no problem with the use of the base word “youth”. However, the problem has everything to do with the basis of claiming the “youth” status. If Jeremiah had said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am an aged”, God’s response would probably be “Do not say, ‘I am an aged’”. Invariably, believers’ services to God should not be on the basis of status. Status service pride itself on human ability, preparedness, and capabilities; but the spirit service will always wait for the inspiration of the Lord before any engagement. The scr...

“Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭66:20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.66.20.nkjv The proliferation of the Christendom would readily invite any serious minded Christian to a consistent query of his abiding faith in the gracious freedom from sin. An inspired Christian illustrator recently classified the different sets of Christian into four groups: the division, the subtraction, the addition, and the multiplication groups. While the negative impacts of the conducts of the first two groups towards influencing division and subtraction among brethren are self-revealing, the distinction between the activities of the last two groups is inspiring and appealing. The major concern with a call as a multiplier should be ‘ho...

“Hear the word of the LORD, You who tremble at His word: “Your brethren who hated you, Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, That we may see your joy.’ But they shall be ashamed.”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭66:5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.66.5.nkjv Sincere trembling at the word of the Lord often comes with possible stepping on the toes of others, who are usually satisfied with the status quo. The transition between the word of the Lord and the glory of God usually takes a long stretch of faith; but it often distinguishes glory grabbers from glory gazers. While both groups of glory admirers feed on the word of God, the principal opposition of the grabbers‘ initiatives by the gazers is always a necessary evil towards an intimate fellowship with God. It implies that the ministry of gazers is significantly resourceful for the fulfillment of the promises of God in the affairs of grabbers. Unfortunately, many believers, and those who constantly await the manifest...

“Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the LORD. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭66:1-2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.66.1-2.nkjv What a glorious inauguration yesterday of a Cathedral for the worship of God, and in the words of Bishop Mike Okwonko (paraphrased) “an edifice not made with corrugated iron sheets” and “in fulfillment of prophesies”. However, the salient declaration from many statements during the inauguration of the new Ultra-modern Gbagada Headquarters of the Deeper Life Bible Church is the celebration of commitment, consecration, and selfless submission to the pursuits of God and His Mandate. This concept appears clearer from God’s declarations to His people through prophet Isaiah: the preference of a ...