John 20:1-18
When the Lord Jesus rose from death, Mary Magdalene came to the sepulchre with some other women (Mk16:1-4),and saw that the stone (though sealed and guarded by soldiers) had been rolled away. The Lord’s body was no longer in the grave. They ran to the disciples to get them informed about the happening. Peter and John ran to the sepulchre and they saw as they were told.
“And then the disciples went back to their own home ” verse10. The disciples went back not just to their own house but to their own home, their families and friends. They could not endure the heat of the happening. They went back without seeing their Lord, they went back without making any effort to unravel the situation. They could not stand for the Master any longer. Ho! What a message for us today. The question is ‘will you also go back‘(John6:67). As the heat of pestilence called Covid-19 is ravaging the whole world, and famine with wars and rumours of war, persecution and violence every where is getting hotter by every single day passing, ‘will you also go back?’ The love of many are already waxing cold and they are denying the Lord, many are afraid of the government of the day and thereby denying the Lord, some others are ashamed of the Lord Jesus Christ and thus they have ‘gone back ‘
The Lord is looking for the likes of Mary Magdalene who will ‘do all to stand and stand therefore ‘
‘But Mary stood( for, by, and with the Master) without…. ‘ vs11. Mary stood fearlessly not minding the great men-Apostles of faith that have gone back. Leaders may fail, faint, falter or fall but Mary was steadfastly minded. Others may go back but not Mary. Others may desert or deny Him but not Mary. Though no one joined her in this race or expedition, even those women they started the journey together had long gone back for fear and unbelief, but Mary stood. No wonder she saw the vision of heaven, no wonder she saw what others that came before her and even entered the sepulchre could not see, no wonder she got the singular privilege and honour of being the first person to see the risen Lord Jesus.
Jesus said ‘But he(not they because it’s an individualistic race) that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved ‘(Matt. 24:13). Will go back like Peter, disappoint the One that calls you? As the coming of the Lord is drawing faster near, let’s get prepared at all times for we know not when the Lord will come to gather us home to glory. Let’s live each day as if the Lord will come that same day. MARANATHA

“Likewise also the chief priests mocking Him, with the scribes and elders said

He saved others :himself He cannot save. If He be the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him

He trusted in God :let Him deliver Him now, if He will have Him : for He said, I am the Son of God ” (Matthew 27:41-43).

Beloved as we celebrate the death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, let’s reflect on the testimonies of the enemies of the Lord Jesus Christ as He hung on the cross.

They said “He saved others ” what is your attitude towards others. Are you not selfish, are you not egocentric? What is meant for others in your care how do you handle it? Our politicians are only after their own good, what happens to others does not concern them. Is this true of you in your work place, family, neighborhood, and even the church? Yes, what is the testimony of your family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and fellow brethren about you. For our Lord Jesus Christ the testimonies of His constituents were and still sterling, but even His enemies testified that He lived to save others. And if He saved others He could not have saved Himself.

The second testimony is that “He trusted in God “. Do you trust God with all your heart and soul? In this time of crises all over the world, where do you put your trust :in man or science or God? Many people have abandoned their faith because of covid-19 pandemic. The  Americans have on every of their currency ‘In God We Trust ‘. In who or what do you trust?

Honestly, if everyone that is a Christian can have such testimonies in their lives, oh what a glorious church we would have. If all Christians would have such testimonies what a better world we would be living in.

Please check your life, what testimony do you have? It is a great shame what we have today in the church as testimonies. You don’t see or hear people testifying of salvation, sanctification, restitution, soul winning or spiritual exploits for the Master. Unconverted sinners will come and share testimony of how he made millions and people will be clapping, prostitutes come to share testimony of how her ‘business ‘ is booming and Pastors will be laughing jeering people to clap their hands. Ho!  What a terrible generation we have now in the church? Please this is time for sober reflection, let God take us back to Calvary where we can get true life changing testimonies in Jesus name

A new dawn is here. In less than one month, our world has changed beyond recognition. A new word now dominates our vocabulary – Corona Virus Disease (aka COVID -19) Suddenly, the world seems to have come to a standstill,  from trading, to travels to tourism and even wars! Hope is being displaced by despair; Faith by fear and confidence by confusion. How then do we as Great Commission Believers live and fulfill our mandate in times such as these?

One thing is sure,  our Lord and Commander -in-Chief has neither withdrawn nor suspended His commission. If anything, it requires more urgency at this time.  For the Scriptures warned: “…Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.” – Revelation 12:12b

 The challenge is, how do we keep GOing when borders are being shut, people are locked in,  travels are restricted,  Church doors are shutting, social distancing is the prefered social norm and  the economy is in a meltdown? Is the night finally here when no man can work (John 9:4)?

Solomon in his book of wisdom wrote:

“If you wait until the wind and the weather are just right, you will never plant anything and never harvest anything” – _Ecclesiastes 11:4, GNT.

Apostle Paul in exhorting Timothy on this commission said, “Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not… ” – 2Tim. 4:2, NLT.

Our Lord Jesus Christ speaking to His Disciples about seasons and the Great Commission said  to them, “You may say there are still four months until harvest time. But I tell you to look, and you will see that the fields are ripe and ready to harvest” – John 4:35, CEV

How then do we GO with the Great Commission at a time it appear there is no where to go or no one to go to?

》 GO on your KNEES in prayer on behalf of people needing God’s touch and salvation. COVID-19 has thrown up many of such.

》 GO ONLINE to share words of hope and encouragement with people living with anxiety, fear or pain.

》 GO INWARDS and seek the Lord’s face in PRAYER  and the WORD as you  FACEhisBOOK. “Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble”- Psalm 119:165, GWT

》 GO FORWARD with whatever vision,  dreams or plans the Lord gave you before this season. This is not the time to pull back or despair. Always remember, the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not along  with the winds. Also, the sea waves only give the dedicated surfer speed and direction.

“If you do nothing in a difficult time, your strength is limited. – Prov. 24:10, CSB

“There is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not die” – Job 14:7, CSB

 Be ready and watchful.

After he preached, money was dropped all over the pulpit. Some people were removing their gold necklaces and wrist watches and were dropping on the pulpit. Some removed their SIM cards and dropped their expensive phones.

Another man of God came to preach to the same people. The same people who dropped their car keys ran back home and brought out their juju and surrendered to the altar and were crying to God for mercy.

Some brought the guns and masks they use for arm robbery. While some brought out their phones in front of the church and were destroying their SIM cards which they used to dupe people. You could hear adults crying like babies begging God for mercy.

What did the first preacher preach that made them ran back home to bring their money and didn’t make them drop their charms?

The difference is in the burden of the preacher.

How can we see the people who are trooping to hell.

Their prayer lives are dead.

And all that we are after is their landed properties and car keys?

But Lord, help my life.

I don’t want to join those that are entertaining this generation to perdition.

If people hear me and drop their money without dropping their charms, it means I have failed.

Man of God, this month,  ask God to give you fresh burden for the lost.

If you can, cry to Him to impact you once again with the passion for souls.

If not, people will look for you and will not see you.

You may be all over social media , television, billboards, radio etc. Yet people that use to know you will start asking where you are?

The reason so many Pastors have gone to bow to mami-water for power to grow their ministry is because God’s grace have left them.

They started very well, but along the line, they started making merchandise with the anointing.

God lifted His Hands from them and they became shadows of themselves.

Instead of them to cry back to God for realignment, they went down to Egypt for help, So as to maintain their crowd and their  fame.

Today, forget the laughter on their faces. They are in trouble Without fleets of cars and crowd in your church, you are still better than them.

This month, go back to where you dropped your burden for souls…

Go back to those days when you use to pray and groan in Gods presence before the program for God to give you souls as you go to preach.

Remember the days when you use to celebrate anytime sinners were running out to surrender to Christ..

Go back to those days, sir.

Money will come.

But let’s not lose what money cannot buy while looking for money.

Tell your host to make arrangements before inviting you to preach.

Let them not mount pressure on you to raise funds to cover the hotel bills and recover publicity cost.

This is a generation that packs sinners in crusades and start raising funds from them without leading them to Christ.

A generation that organizes revival meetings where no one receives the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

No one was reconciled to Christ.  Yet, everyone sowed dangerous financial seeds.

And we don’t care. God is about to move in the land.

He is about to silence many who are using Him to rob people and to give volumes to voices of men who have been carrying His burden genuinely….

If you are accepting preaching engagements this year, let it be for God to use you to reconcile people back to Him…

If not, you are declaring to heaven that you are no more useful in this on going end time revival and global harvest …

Oh….

May God not raise another man to do what He anointed us to do for Him…

In Jesus Name I pray.

One evening I was reading about a book written by R W Shambach, where he went into a Quarantine area and told them to give him a deadly virus that was killing people then, without using gloves or wearing a face mask, R.W Shambach held the virus in his palm and it died and dried……oh God where are these men again?… My eyes couldn’t go off that scenario; I used my pen and marker to mark it out and cry and read it everyday, then one day the Hunger came on me and without clothes or footwear I ran to the bush to Encounter the God this man Encountered, stayed there for hours, till at the middle of the night I felt something cold crawling through my back; by morning I realise it was a snake, it crawled through fire died and dried up… BRING BACK OUR MEN!!!

I read about John G. Lake who finished praying, Laid one of his leg on a Stone, immediately he lifted up his leg to go, 89 lepers touched the stones and they were healed permanently…. John G Lake’s ministrations were backed up with Raw Miracles in the presence of the Crowd…WHERE ARE THESE MEN AGAIN OH GOD?

Oh I read about John Wesley, who passed through a Town and Alcohol seized for 100 years, same man went to his father’s tomb when he was banned from Preaching in the city and people troop to hear him talk, he raised the dead in every town he goes to preach….DO WE STILL HAVE SUCH MEN TODAY?

Do you know that Billy Graham preached only from John 3:16 since the onset of his Ministry till he finished his assignment on earth and yet he jammed stadiums full, oh what level of Passion was he carrying then?…. Today all we have on the pulpit are men that know only how to speak grammar without power…oh God…

Time will fail me to talk about other great Men in the Kingdom who through faith wroth wonders and miracles…..

They showed us that it is Possible to be in this World and move in the Supernatural

They showed us that it is Possible to be in this World and Manifest the Life of God….

Oh God I wouldn’t ask for you to bring back those men again…. because I know you are producing AN UPGRADED AND UPDATED VERSION OF THIER GENERATION HERE AND NOW…..

Men that will work in Kingdom Power and Authority.

Men that will Usher God into their Generation without fear or favouritism

Men that will say thus saith the Lord and Heaven will back them up…..

Men that will stand for the real meaning of Holiness and Purity.

Bring back our Men Oh God….

Men that will stand for the Gospel even at the face of death…..

Men that will preach to other men on God’s behalf and pray to God on men’s behalf…

Men that will Walk as God on earth and make the government of Heaven to be seen and stamped on earth…

Oh am Blessed to be in this Generation for this is that which was spoken by Prophet Joel …

“IN THE LAST DAYS I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT……..”

Oh God as you are making the UPGRADED VERSION of these Fire-full, Focused and Firm men please I don’t want to be AROUND them I want to be AMONG them….

Oh God don’t let my weakness stop you from making me….

Don’t let my tears stop you from prunning me….

Don’t let the appluase from men make me think I have arrived….

Oh God I won’t stop seeking you until I see your POWER and GLORY as I have read in books and history…..

God you gave mighty Prophetic Utterances that Nigeria will be the Trigger point of Revival on earth…..but LORD WHERE ARE THE SIGNS OUR FATHERS TOLD US OF?…..

Oh God 😭😭😭  We are no longer Triggering out Revival, we are triggering out youths that are involved in all manner of Crime…..

Oh God we are triggering out Half Baked Preachers who are bringing shame to the body for Christ…..oh God😭

WE WILL RISE AGAIN OH GOD

FOR THERE IS A GENERATION COMING THAT WILL DO ABOVE THE FATHERS…..

WE WILL WALK LIKE LIONS

WE WILL WALK AS SPIRITS

WE WILL TALK AS ORACLES

WE WILL SEE AS GODS

AND WE WILL FINALLY LIVE WITH THE ALMIGHTY IN HEAVEN at the Long run….

Will you be among the UPGRADED VERSION OF THESE MEN?

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