ENOCH'S HEART

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Genesis 5:24



When the zeal of God captures you, it will ignite you with a great passion to walk with God and to be His friend. Imagine being Enoch and living 365 years and having this growing relationship with God!
         One can only wonder what glorious depths of intimacy Enoch uncovered. Perhaps Enoch's heart longed so deeply for more of God and perhaps God grew weary of withholding himself. Maybe God's heart was saying, 'no' to you anymore. I am going to answer your prayer and show you my face. Come on up!


As you draw close to God, He might not take you to heaven as He did Enoch. However, he does desired to reveal the beauty of His face to you. As we walk with Him, He will open the Scriptures to us through the spirit of wisdom and revelation and reveal to us the light of the glory of God that is to be found in Him. When we walk with God, we enter the secrets of his kingdom. These are the paths that the ancients trod before us. Noah knew the secret of walking with God Genesis 6:9, as did Abraham Genesis 24:40. Through Christ, you can explore the glorious riches of knowing God like they did and even a greater degree because of the spirit which has been given to us!

THE MEASURE OF FAITH

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of
faith. Romans 12:3



If someone was serving different people soup out of a large pot with just one ladle, the ladle would be the measure, and everyone would receive the same amount of soup. Likewise, the Lord doesn't give us different amounts of faith. He's given every believer "the measure of faith". What about the places in Scripture where Jesus speaks of great faith Matthew 8:10 and little faith Matthew 8:26? He's saying that we can use great or little faith, but this doesn't affect the amount we've actually been given. That's the same the measure of faith. Paul said the faith he used was "the faith of the Son of God" Galatian 2:20.


Notice he didn't say "faith in the Son of God,"  but "the faith of the Son of God." If we all have the same measure of faith and Paul's measure was the same as Jesus, then ours is too. There isn't a shortage of faith, there's just a shortage of people who use the faith God gave them! There are many things we can do to release the God-given faith that's in us, but before we can do any of them, we must believe the faith is there. Instead of acknowledge the faith of Jesus that you have in your heart. This is the first step toward making your faith effective. Philemon 1:6

DO YOUR PART!

Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.



Divine encounters themselves do not change people. Too many are waiting for God to do in their hearts and lives what he has decided we need to do ourselves. God doesn't make people trust him. God doesn't force us to live spiritual and moral lives. As we encounter him, we need to respond in faith and with love. We need to come to the place of voluntary submission to his will. While through his Word and his Spirit he does give us the power to follow him, he doesn't do it for us. When Paul wrote to the believers in Rome, he was writing to people whose lives had already been substantially transformed by God through their faith in the Messiah. But understanding that we still face the challenge of resisting being conformed to the lifestyles of those among whom we live. Paul told them that they were to be transformed by the renewing of their minds Romans 12:2. Whatever divine encounter we have had, we need to continue to be in process. As we encounter God, we need to change our way of thinking, bringing our minds into line with God's truth. It is only as we cooperate with God in this process that we will see positive change occur in our lives.

DIFFERENT LOVE

Charity never faileth 1Corinthians 13:8



 Man's nature does not have access to God's kind of love. God is love 1John 4:8. And any man or woman who does not have God is seperated from true love. Mankind has millions of songs, plays, movies and stories about love, but many of them are not God's kind of love. Human love and God's love 3e not even in the same class. Basically, human love is selfish and God's love is totally unselfish. Human love says, I will love you provided you do what I want you to to, or as long as I feel like it. God's love is unconditional. The book of 1Corinthians 13:4_8 lists the remarkable characteristics of God's love. Few Christians fully appreciates how unique His love is.





We often think that God's loves for us is similar to the way we have been loved before. That is not so. Our bad experiences often prevent us from accepting God's love. We lower God to our level and think His love is conditional and proportional to our performance. That is how everyone else loves us, but God's love is different. It's like no other love you have ever experienced.



 God's love never fails, even when we do. God's love is unconditional.  Since we did not do anything to earn it in the first place, He does not withdraw His love when we do not deserve it. He loves us because He is love,not because we are lovable, Make the decision today to renew your mind in the area of God's love. Ask the Lord to teach you anew what His love is all about. Then get ready for a revelation that will change your entire life!

MARRIAGE IS A COVENANT

And I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery Matthew 19:9 Although adultery denotes one has unlawful intercourse with the spouse of another, however, in its much broader term, it means to violate or pollute. Isreal violated or polluted their covenant with God. Jeremiah says, “She (Judah) defiled the land, and committed adultery Jeremiah 3:9. Adultery in relation to marriage also reflects a violation of the covenant of companionship. Sex outside marriage is adultery because it violates or pollutes the covenant of marriage by introducing another party and bringing that relationship into the marriage. The two shall be one flesh Ephesians 5:31. Divorce also adulterates or pollutes marriage because it disrupts or denies the divorced parties the right to be faithful to their covenant of companionship. Any time one divorces his mate (except for fornication) and marries another, he is guilty of adultery. He has polluted and destroyed a relationship intended by God to be permanent and pure. Why the “except for forniction” clause? Jesus is not saying that if fornication is involved, we must divorce, but rather, when fornication is involved, that is the only time when the person getting the divorce is not guilty of adultery. That is because the partner who had an extra- marital relationship has already polluted the marriage vow. In God's original design for marriage He intended marriage to be sacred, precious, pure,and permanent. The marriage covenant represents a final, irrevocable commitment where the man and woman renounce the right to live for themselves and become heirs together of the grace of life" 1 Peter 3:7.

BELIEVE AND BE RESTORED

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Isreal after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. Hebrews 8:10 When God created man, He gave him dominion over all the earth. See,there are two ways that Jesus takes dominion: By force or by love and sanctification. By force-the forces of darkness are put down by force and placed under Christ feet in victory. In other words, those humans who refused to acknowledge Jesus as Lord and saviour will at some point in the future, be forced to bow to the domination of Jesus and all evil spirits will also be forced to bow to His dominion. On the other hand with the church, Jesus exercises dominion also through love. When God sent His Son to pay the penalty for our sin, He gave one basic command: "Believe" John 3:16. Those who do not obey this final command are condemned to an eternal seperation; those who believe are restored unto God's family and receive a new and lasting covenant. God has now written His laws into our heart and has promised to guide us in His wonderful plan. When we face temptation, loneliness, fear, or frustration, we can be comforted in knowing that God is already clearing a path for us to walk, a path that leads us unto Him. We only need to believe and be restored. As you believe in the finished work of Jesus, may your salvation remain permanent in Jesus name.

THE DANGER OF UNBELIEF

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Genesis 3:6 Beloved,I think unbelief is actually faith. It is just faith in something other than God and His words. When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they were in faith. But their faith was in what the serpent said instead of what God said. Their unbelief was just their God given misdirected causing them to believe in a lie. We are faith beings. God created us to have belief in Him, However, some of us do belief in something else instead of God. Whether we like it or not, you must have believe in something if not God. We drive cars and ride on airplanes because we believe they will safely get us to our destination. We eat in faith, we sit in. Faith.....Everything we do is done in faith. Faith governs our lives. We use faith everyday. No one can function without faith. All of our actions are based on faith. But if we base our faith on things that contradict God's Word, we are in unbelief and using faith in reverse. Therefore unbelief is actually the power of faith working in a negative way. Just as faith is the power that releases God's ability 1John5:4, unbelief is the power that releases the will of Satan in our lives. Therefore, realize that you do have faith and you use it every day consciously and unconsciously in either a positive or negative way. Choose to direct your faith in the positive direction of God by basing it on the promises of God.

DEMONSTRATION OF GOD'S POWER

Behold i give unto you the power to tread on serpent and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19 Jesus said, Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit is ready, but the flesh is weak" Matthew 26:41. You must be alert to every action of the devil, you have to make sure that you do not give him any advantage over your life; else he will use it against you. You must examine your life daily and see whether you are still on the divine track of God for your life or not. Many are doing the right thing at the wrong place and some of the wrong things at the right place. You must live a holy and consecrated life, because our God is holy. Today check yourself thoroughly. Is there any arrow of lukewarmness or any handwriting of the enemy in your life? If there is any, you need to call on God with an aggressive prayer for Him to help you out.Spiritual consistency and physical checkup of yourself will guide you against the spirit of backwardness. This is a question I believe we all need to ask ourselves. How long will we waiver between love of God and love for the world, between our idols and the Lord, between money and our faith in God? Make a quality decision today and let Him demonstrate His power in your life. Nothing is hard for God. with God all things are possible. Remember God is not a talker he is a demonstrator.

YOU HAVE A MODEL

Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an example of the believers, in words, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1Timothy 4:12 Every man works very hard to become a model, consciously and unconsciously, especially when we are trying to impress the new generation. Being a model, is manly to inspire and be something to somebody. The celebrity in the world are using the tittle "role model" to recruits the young generation into their evil world. Role model is a sacred and wonderful position. It is a position that can change people's lives and make or break them. However, if you must partake of such divine nature, you must have such a definite experience. The divine experience in this case is to imitate God; your life must follow the pattern of the Holy spirit not the devil.AS a true child of God, you should seek to approximate to the measure of Christ stature. Jesus Christ came into the world in human form so that He can be an example for all of us.We can emulate Him and follow is ways. He is the only model sent from heaven for us to follow. For you to be a doer of His words and His disciple, you need to recongnise and abide in Him as a true vine. Never allow anything of this world to come between you and the Christ Jesus who is the source of your life. God does not want anyone to look down on you.He want to use you as a role model for your generation so that you can win souls into His kingdom. People must see the glory of God radiating upon your life. You must manifest. He wants you to lay a good example through your speech, love to others, your faith in Christ and in demonstration of His power. Henceforth, develop yourself to conform to the image and character of Jesus in everything you do.

VIBRANT AND EXCITING

Behold i will do a new thing:now it shall spring forth;shall ye not know it? I will even make a way I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19 Beloved it is very important for us to know how our Maker works. He does not follow our ways and He will never be like us nor think like us. We need to understand that God 's delay is not a denial. God will answer and fight for His own. Remember, He is gentle and meek but also known as the Mighty Terrible One. He is a Man of war and He will demonstrate is power when the enemy attacks His own. This is the end of a hopeless, sinful, weary and frustrating life for you. It is a new and vibrant and exciting life for you. Beloved, never looked at your age or how well your mates are better than you. Hebrew 13:5 says He will not leave you nor forsake you. The hope and confidence you have in Him cannot be in vain. He is waiting and watching for the precise time to give you your blessings so that it does not affect you negatively . God knows that sometimes, what we might be asking for might harm us. He is a wonderful God that will allow His children to be in harm's way. He will always protect and guard His own jealously. The unbeliever may worried, but a child of God should know and understand that his needs will be met by a father that is able and more than the earthly father. When the blessings finally reach you, it will be worth the waiting and the time will be vibrant and exciting for you and your destiny.

HOW SHALL WE DO?

Blessed is the man that truseth in the Lord and whose hope the Lord is Jeremiah 17:7 Many a times you get to a cross road and you cannot move on. The situation at your front looks more terrible and more confusing. Then you ask yourself, what shall I do? Elisha's servant asked the same question when he found himself in the same situation. He had forgotten God's promise, in Psalm 91:5 that says, "thou shall not be afraid for the terror by night nor for the arrow that flieth by day". Elisha was in the spirit. He asked God to open his servant's spritual eyes to see the warrior angels that were with them are more than those against them. Immediately the servant saw the heavenly host, he became courageous. Life is full of ups downs. There are certain powers designated by the devil to challenge your authority as a beliver. You are the one to know the class you belong to; either on the side of God or the devil. Definitely, if you are on the side of God, you have your commanding authority to deal with the devil and his agent that may be confronting you at any point in time. What you only need is to be sure you are on the side of God. Automatically,

O GOD ARISE

Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the philistines and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. Jeremiah 47;4 God is the Awesome God, He is the Most High who rules over the kingdom of men Daniel 4:31-32, Every kingdom, dominion and authority is subject to His control for He created all things Colossians 1:16-17. In His divine calender, God appoints specific time to bring His wrath and punishment on those who oppresses His peculiar people Ecclesiastes 3:1. No force can escape His finger, when He is ready to take vengeance Isaiah 43:13. The Philistines turned themselves into an Isreal's enemies,since the departure of the Isrealites from the land of slavery and bondage (Egypt). They have been troubling Isreal since then. Remeber, Goliath was a Philistine. When it reached an appointed time that Gos wanted to take vengeance over them,He used David the anionted. He defeated him and his hosts through the power of God. He pronouced His punishment on them, through prophet Jeremiah. It was a period of terrible disaster for the Philistines. As you are, you are God's chosen generation, a peculiar person in His hand 1Peter2:9. What are those satanic forces representing Philistines against your destiny? Is there any problem challenging the authority of your God like Goliath? Do not worry yourself over them, their time of destruction has come, your heavenly father is ready to take vengeance. Just take the battle to Him and leave it there in His awesome presence, through prayers. Jeremiah 30:16.

JUST LIKE ESTHER

Ask and it shall be given you,seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. Matthew 7:7 Esther was an orphan, the daughter of modecai's uncle. Esther, a woman, a queen, knowing fully well that she was not supposed to so to the king at that particular hour. However, she turned herself into help mate so that her people could be saved and not perish. She fasted and prayed and God favoured her before the king. Although, it was not an easy task but she eventually considered herself to be in the palace for a purpose. She believed that the ultimate purpose is for the deliverance of her people. She believed that the ultimate purpose is for the deliverance of her people. She was determine to face any form of consequences even unto death. This is the chracter of a good help mate. Esther asked for divine favour and God answered her. Nonetheless, the answer to her request was not just ordinary. It has to take certain sacrifice, and the sacrifices was fasting and praying. When situations are even beyond your control and you are unable to help that particular person, the alternative solution is for you to turn to the Almighty God who is the Author and Creator of heaven and earth. God is faithful God can be counted on. He will not leave us nor forsake us. God is working through us to accomplish His will and that is a good news for us because as we have seen in the book of Esther,we know that by God's grace and His providence we are in the strategic places. God want wants to use us to deliver our family, friend etc. We know that God's will is going to accomplished. We are blessed because we have the opportunity to cooperate in bringing God's plan to fulfilment.