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  ““ Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah” Psalms 50 : 5 - 6 NKJV Saints’ sacrifices are simply the offering of believers’ sainthood unto the Lord, which is the living, holy, and acceptable sacrifices of the believers’ time, talents, and treasures unto the Lord. Even though the almighty, all-sufficient, and our sovereign God can accomplish all His purposes without the saints, He always chooses to engage saints as partners toward the accomplishment of all His counsels. Therefore, “ Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice ” merely authenticates every believer’s fruitfulness in the achievement of God’s purposes on earth through both his fellowship with the Lord and faithfulness unto the Lord. Yes, fellowship and faithfulness unto the Lord are the saints’ sacrifices on the altar for fruitfulness. Whereas, the world ...

  “ The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked. ” Proverbs 10 : 11 NKJV The social media spaces, political and economic affairs in our world are dominated daily by depressing words that the generous gift of gross are freely shared with little or no restriction. Little wonders, our homes, workplaces, and institutions have been turned into death or depression traps; ridden with violence and destruction. But at the spark of revival and expectation of divine visitation, people with righteous mouths are positioned and placed to provide words of encouragement, even in the face of adversity and discomfort. For example, in demonstration of divine presence with Joshua, the returned two spies returned with “ And they said to Joshua, “Truly the Lord has delivered all the land into our hands, for indeed all the inhabitants of the country are fainthearted because of us (Joshua 2 : 24 )””. When we are blessed with a lighted life, like the life an...

“ The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, And will say, ‘Destroy!’ Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew.” Deuteronomy 33 : 27 - 28 NKJV The commemoration of Easter Monday is baseless without the consideration of the real resurrection and the understanding of its power in the lives of those who seem to remember the disciples’ call to visit the resurrected Christ in Galilee. Obviously, the commemoration is meant to emphasize the continuation of Christ's presence in the world, while reminding us to find him in our everyday lives and communities through a consistent deliverance of Christians from the activities of the enemies and every form of wickedness. Rather than embracing the polluted refuge in our physical might, political prowess, and financial dominance, real resurrection awakens their hearts with the realiz...

  “ Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following. For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death. ” Psalms 48 : 13 - 14 NKJV Divine guidance is actually not rocket science. It is simply the guidance of the King of kings and the Lord of lords through any or the combination of His (1) commanding scripture - the Bible; (2) compelling spirit - the Holy Spirit; (3) counsel of the saints - the church; (4) common sense - reason; and (5) circumstantial signs - providence.  Whereas, advances in human intelligence are now boasting the dependence on artificial intelligence (AI), remote sensing and surveillance, data science and cybersecurity networks for almost all matters of life. And by turning the human minds to robots, can this developing consecration to AI replace God as the most reliable Guide? Obviously, No! Like the psalmist’s life experiences with the sophistication of human intelligence and secur...

  “ As we have heard, So we have seen In the city of the Lord of hosts, In the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah ” Psalms 48 : 8 NKJV Privileged to use the advanced voting windows of Election Canada, I casted my vote yesterday to exercise my civic responsibility and participate in the drive towards forming the next federal members of the parliament. This is the beauty of democracy, where citizens have a sense of control over city politics, policies (either internal or external), regulations and administration. Unfortunately, as robust as this game of numbers count in sane societies and economies, many people are deliberately oblivious of the sovereign control of God over the limits of the power of human control. And just like the state or city control, the government of our individual self, family unit, and project administration is always under the central control of God. But whenever we get intoxicated over the potency of our human control, we get distracted...

  “ He who gathers in summer is a wise son; He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.” Proverbs 10 : 5 NKJV Speaking of the honest harvest of a wise son, there is no doubt that the life and ministry of Jesus on earth still brings a pleasing harvest of souls or the Good Friday to the kingdom of God. It still makes good to underscore the holiness, obedience, new nature, excellence, satisfaction, and triumph in the harvest that attracted the filthy Zacchaeus and turned his hostility into honesty. When Zacchaeus finally said  to the Lord “ Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold ( Luke 19 : 8 )”, he surrendered his mid-life crisis and entrapment from hostile harvests under the feet of Christ - the perfect epitome of honest harvest. As it all started for all humanity with the Saviour’s surrender on the Good Friday and consummated by the power of His resurrection on Easter Sunday...

  “ So He said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or parents or brothers or wife or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the age to come eternal life. ”” Luke 18 : 29 - 30 NKJV A subtle submission to materialism and the possession of wealth or properties have always promised complete satisfaction. But everyone, especially those who have been privileged to experience the transition from a developing economy to a developed economy, knows that a subtle submission to materialism is advanced slavery with its attendant risk of depression and complete dissatisfaction. And in response to Jesus’ call for solemn submission to God as a recipe against the condemnation of subtle submission to materialism, the audience asked “ Who then can be saved?” . Just like Peter was awakened to the danger of subtle submission to almost everything that calls for attention in life, the priority a...