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RHAPSODY OF REALITIES OCTOBER 17 2017 THE NEW BIRTH AND ETERNAL LIFE. Date:  October 17/2017  Topic:  THE NEW BIRTH AND ETERNAL LIFE Message For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life ( John 3:16 ). Our opening verse, though a very popular verse in the Bible, isn’t fully understood and appreciated by many. It says anybody who believes in Jesus should not perish, but have everlasting life. That’s a spiritual decree. If you believe in Jesus, you’re automatically severed or separated from those that should perish; you’re not numbered amongst them. In addition, you receive something: eternal life; the very life and nature of God. 2 Corinthians 5:17  says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” When you come to Christ, you receive salvation, and are baptized into Him. He becomes ...

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES OCTOBER 18 2017 THE ASCENSION AND HIS PROMISED RERURN RHAPSODY OF REALITIES OCTOBER 18 2017 THE ASCENSION AND HIS PROMISED RERURN Topic:  The Ascension And His Promised Return Date :18th October 2017 Pastor Chris And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight ( Acts 1:9 ). Message The ascension of Jesus is one subject that the Church hasn’t emphasized enough around the world. We’ve talked a lot about His resurrection because it’s so important; in fact, the resurrection is the birth of Christianity. But His ascension is a most extraordinary thing that happened after His death. For the first time in human history, a man physically ascended into the presence of God, letting us know that there’s life beyond this earth realm. He didn’t vanish or disappear. He levitated in his glorified physical body. Up until then, His maternal siblings didn’t quite believe in Him. They heard ...

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES  OCTOBER 19 2017 RIGHTEOUSNESS: DIVINITY MANIFESTED IN HUMANITY RHAPSODY OF REALITIES  OCTOBER 19 2017 RIGHTEOUSNESS: DIVINITY MANIFESTED IN HUMANITY Topic-  Righteousness: Divinity Manifested In Humanity Date:  19th October 2017 Pst. Chris But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets ( Romans 3:21 ). Righteousness has been rightly described as right standing with God. But there’s another description; it’s the rightness of God at work in the human person—divinity manifested in humanity. Put more succinctly, righteousness is God’s life and love at work in you. It’s a fact of the Gospel that the Father has given us His own righteousness; we can now stand in His presence without guilt, condemnation or inferiority. He’s given us His rightness, His ability to do right, so we can live in consonance with Him. We don’t have to struggle to please Him; it’s our life and natur...

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES OCTOBER 20 2017 THE DOMINION OF CHRIST RHAPSODY OF REALITIES OCTOBER 20 2017 THE DOMINION OF CHRIST Topic:  THE DOMINION OF CHRIST  Date:  20th October 2017 Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Message: And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth ( Matthew 28:18 ). The Lord Jesus Christ has the dominion over all things, including men, angels, and demons; things in heaven, on earth and under the earth are subject to Jesus, and must obey His voice. As His representatives and ambassadors here on earth, He has in turn given us dominion over all things. He exercises His authority today through us—His Church—which is His body. Ephesians 1:21 , talking about the resurrected Christ, tells us that He’s seated in the heavenly realms, “Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age {and} in this world, ...

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES OCTOBER 21 2017 STAY IN THE WORD RHAPSODY OF REALITIES OCTOBER 21 2017 STAY IN THE WORD Topic:  Stay In The Word Date:  21st October 2017 Pastor Chris Message: Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock ( Luke 6:47-48 ). A dear minister of the Gospel once asked me, “How come some ministers serve God for so many years and then somehow end badly? How can we get to finish gloriously and not fail?” My response was to refer him to the words of Jesus in our theme scripture. If we pay attention to His Word, we’ll always win. He told us to hear and live by His Word. Preaching the Word and living the Word are two different things. Just because you’re preaching it doesn’t mea...

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 23 2017 FAITH LEAPS ON THE WORD RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 23 2017 FAITH LEAPS ON THE WORD DATE:  OCTOBER 23 2017 TOPIC:  FAITH LEAPS ON THE WORD Message: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen ( Hebrews 11:1 ). Abraham was seventy-five years old when God said to him, “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee” ( Genesis 12:1 ). In obedience to God, he embarked on a journey, which at the time seemed to be to nowhere, exemplifying for us what the life of faith is.  Hebrews 11:8 tells us, “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” Faith requires that you proceed solely on the basis of God’s Word. When He tells you to do something, you go ahead and do it wit...

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 24 2017 THE SELF-SUFFICIENT YOU RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 24 2017 THE SELF-SUFFICIENT YOU Topic:  The Self-sufficient You Date:  24 October 2017 Pr. Chris Message: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it ( Isaiah 55:10-11 ). The Lord Jesus, while explaining the parable of the sower to His disciples, compared the ground in which the seeds were sown to the heart of man: “The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in thei...

ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 21 2017 THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF GOD’S WORD Frank   /  October 21, 2017 ABOVE   ONLY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER  21 2017 THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF GOD’S WORD Date:  OCT 21 SAT Topic:  The Transformative Power of God’s Word Psalm 19:7a  (NKJV, NIV, GNB, Contemporary English Version) The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul… *The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul…*The law of the LORD is perfect; it gives new strength…*The Law of the LORD is perfect; it gives us new life Message: The Word of God is alive, full of power and sharper than any double-edged sword. It can penetrate into any and every area of our life and cause changes, Heb.4:12 . So many believers are struggling to change themselves from the outside when God wants to change them from the inside. As your mind is being renewed by God’s word, your life will continually experience transformation, Rom.12:2. It is the knowledge o...

ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 21 2017 THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF GOD’S WORD ABOVE   ONLY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER  21 2017 THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF GOD’S WORD Date:  OCT 21 SAT Topic:  The Transformative Power of God’s Word Psalm 19:7a  (NKJV, NIV, GNB, Contemporary English Version) The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul… *The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul…*The law of the LORD is perfect; it gives new strength…*The Law of the LORD is perfect; it gives us new life Message: The Word of God is alive, full of power and sharper than any double-edged sword. It can penetrate into any and every area of our life and cause changes, Heb.4:12 . So many believers are struggling to change themselves from the outside when God wants to change them from the inside. As your mind is being renewed by God’s word, your life will continually experience transformation, Rom.12:2. It is the knowledge of God that stirs up the new life of Go...

ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 21 2017 THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF GOD’S WORD ABOVE   ONLY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER  21 2017 THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF GOD’S WORD Date:  OCT 21 SAT Topic:  The Transformative Power of God’s Word Psalm 19:7a  (NKJV, NIV, GNB, Contemporary English Version) The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul… *The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul…*The law of the LORD is perfect; it gives new strength…*The Law of the LORD is perfect; it gives us new life Message: The Word of God is alive, full of power and sharper than any double-edged sword. It can penetrate into any and every area of our life and cause changes, Heb.4:12 . So many believers are struggling to change themselves from the outside when God wants to change them from the inside. As your mind is being renewed by God’s word, your life will continually experience transformation, Rom.12:2. It is the knowledge of God that stirs up the new life of God th...

ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 22 2017 TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF GOD’S WORD 2 ABOVE ONLY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 22 2017 TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF GOD’S WORD 2 Date:  OCT 22 2017 Topic:  The Transformative Power of God’s Word 2 Message: Psalm 19:7b  (NIV, GNB, Contemporary English Version, AMP) The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. *The commands of the LORD are trustworthy, giving wisdom to those who lack it. *His teachings last forever, and they give wisdom to ordinary people. *The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. Most times when the word ‘simple’ is used in the Bible, it does not refer to someone who is nice, humble and moderate. It actually refers to someone who is foolish and can be readily deceived. It refers to someone who lacks knowledge and the right skills and attitude. For example,  Proverbs 22:3  (NIV) says: “a prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer ...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 24 2017 THERE IS HOPE FOR YOU OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 24 2017 THERE IS HOPE FOR YOU Topic:  THERE IS HOPE FOR YOU Date:  Tuesday October 24th 2017 Memorise:  For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Psalm 30:5 Read:   Job 1:13-19  (KJV) 1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: 1:14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 1:15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 1:16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am esc...

THOUGHTS TOWARDS YOU OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL OCTOBER 23 2017 HIS THOUGHTS TOWARDS YOU Topic:  HIS THOUGHTS TOWARDS YOU Date:  Monday October 23 rd 2017 Memorise:  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Isaiah 55:8 Read:   Isaiah 55:8-13  (KJV) 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord . 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 55:10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. 55:12 For ye shall go out with joy, and...