The christian is not someone that tells people he is one,the christian is someone people affirm to be one;that’s how it started in the first place(Acts 11:26b…were first CALLED…). It shouldn’t change now;however,the former is A Christian,which everyone claims to be, as its only vocal,the latter is The Christian,involving character,Big Difference…
Olabode Oluwatosin
Pray in season and out of season…
Prayer in its simplest definition is the act of talking to God. This is to say, any form of communication done towards God is a prayer offered to Him….
Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you:
Numbers 14:28 NKJV
When we speak to someone, it is naturally expected to get a reply from the person, so it is with God, though what you tell him determines the reply He gives you. When your prayer is praise, blessings are what He replies with, when your prayer is complain what you will get is calm down.
Prayer doesn’t say this is what you tell God, it says just tell God, prayer is from the heart and only from there.
Prayer is a feeling expressed to the appropriate authority…
Prayer is telling the truth as raw as it is, remember God is mighty, so prayer is not pretending because you want Him to think you are strong or you think He won’t be able to solve it. More so, He already knows your heart, what he wants is to know if you know this (if you trust Him)
He says pray in season and out of season, meaning God is ready to talk to us every second of the day, even anytime of the night, remember he doesn’t sleep; one of the reason been, so he can attend to you when you wake in the middle of the night to hear from Him…
SST
SST
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“Every proper structure starts form the foundation and not any other…”
-Olabode Oluwatosin
Many times, as THE Christian, you are faced with challenges requiring you to “defend God”… if you are to believe in Him, the least you can do is know why, we are in the era of information and technology that unless you see and know it, then you shouldn’t believe it (countering the very essence on which Christianity stands, faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; the very foundation. Which in itself is also given the definition of faith; which doesn’t worldly state you first see and know, but that which subsequently happens. We will understand this more clearly later but first…
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17) that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
-2nd Timothy 3:16-17
14) But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15) But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.
-1st Corinthians 2:14-16
26) But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. (Remember all Christ has said is document in the bible, written by guess who)
-John 14:26-27
Simply put; to defend is to Attempt to justify (prove to be right or reasonable), this is to say; you’re trying to come off the hook, showing without doubt your innocence. To cut the story short, this are all worldly set ups, in my view what cannot be disproved doesn’t need to be proved, actually it already has, because your ability not to be able to disprove it only shows it’s been proved. In any case, I do not come to defend Christ as that will make me His advocate soliciting people to believe He is the truth when His word clearly starts He is….the reverse is the case, as the Holy Spirit is working in me to will and to do and so stand there today to expose God, nothing more nothing less- His been in your front for quite a while now, been knocking too! I know and you should be thinking it’s time to open the door, but when you do; you will need to see Him, so the Holy Spirit will expose Himself to you.
Now back to the foundation…
I brought a car, brand new Toyota corolla 2012 model, collected the manual, read through it and decided to drive back home with my new car, the instruction said if I enter the drivers seat and start the engine then I will be home soonest, so In all excitement claimed on top of the car (roof) and expected the car to move but it didn’t. So I got angry after a period of time and started complaining to the manufacturers about them making a very terrible car that won’t move, I even jumped on it, but it still won’t move, though it was bouncing. I hadn’t followed the manual but expected the same result following the manual would have provided. You see, there is nothing wrong with not following the manual but then there shouldn’t be anything wrong with accepting a new result as a result of the change you made, it shouldn’t be the manufacturers fault, should it???
The bible is the word of God, to understand God, you definitely will need this book, it tells us how it came about and how it should be read, unless exactly done that way, even from a worldly standard, no one should have the right to speak otherwise about it.
Our reference…
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17) that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
-2nd Timothy 3:16-17
14) But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15) But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.
-1st Corinthians 2:14-16
26) But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.)
-John 14:26-27
Time to set the bricks- as seen in the above three scriptures, the bible is not just a book man’s wisdom cooked up, it is the living word of God inspired by the Holy Spirit through man, it is exactly how God wanted it, not affected by the conditions in which the writers were in while writing the book. Now there’s an interesting truth(please note,)the bible which is the word of God cannot be understood unless through the leading of the Holy spirit as in that case it will be foolishness to him…so I ask, whatever your knowledge of God is, did you naturally through your wisdom get it or through the leading of the Holy Spirit, how dare you not follow the manual to understanding the Scriptures and still complain when the expected result is not gotten, doesn’t that speak foolishness of you. For you to say the bible is fake, you must first read it through the leading of the Holy Spirit, before reasonably can be allowed to contradict the Holy word of God. Let’s be logical, its common sense and it’s a fundamental standard or else you will be starting your building from any other point asides the foundation and so no matter how accurate the measurements are and no matter how beautiful the structure is, it’s still is baseless, in essence, pointless…
That established, let God be exposed… remember, I do not try to prove His existence, that already has been done(if it’s a lie, disprove Him), even from a world standard, when in an exam and asked to prove a formula, the student is 50% likely to prove it, as he is 50% likely not too, though that doesn’t change the fact that it has been proven in the textbook the student was taught with, but it does on paper to the knowledge of the student. I so do not try to prove to you Christ’s existence, that is the Holy Spirit’s job not mine, note; not to prove to you but to convict you based on what you already know, if you know you are still alive then we are on point!
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
-Genesis 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2) He was in the beginning with God. 3) All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
-John 1:1-3
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
-John 1:14
Who then is God???
…
He is everything we live for
He is everything we were created for
He is Jesus the foundation of our faith
He is a loving father whose ways are not our ways
He is the lover of my soul sticking closer than a brother
He is the Holy Spirit my chancellor, my comforter
He is the seed bruising the enemy for our sake
He is the IAM THAT I AM
He doesn’t show the way, He is the way, also the truth and the life
He is my shepherd, not having a reason to want
He is my creator, composer, director and producer
He is the one whose cast I am
He is not an imposer, letting my will be done
He is family, hurting so I don’t will the wrong way, leading to destruction
He is a consuming fire, burning sins away
He is beautiful-
The lily of the valley
Above all,
He is God, in whom I find my image
He is the one who watches me sleep so doesn’t sleep
He is my protector, watches over me
He is the one in whom no good thing, withholds from me
He is merciful, always faithful
He doesn’t compromise; you have his word on that
He is Holy, so perfect and up-right
He is not who people think of Him
He is the one that has been wrongly portrayed
The highest understanding man can attain to the power of infinity still wouldn’t be enough to picture or try to comprehend how awesome He is,
He is Lord over all,
Lord over life,
He rules, reigns and lives before and after calendars will understand.
He is wisdom, giver to those who ask,
He is no lover of hell, His presence is not activated there, and life without him is hell.
He is glory; my glory and the one who lifts my head.
He is the one that answers all, listens to all,
He is God…
AND CAN BE YOUR GOD TODAY…
WHO IS GOD TO YOU???
A FAIRY TALE or A REALITY…
By: Olabode Oluwatosin
I’m writing something a little bit different today; focusing on family, relationship and life. We live in a very fast generation where “people forget to remember” to consider; so long as they are fulfilling an aspect they think (and not know) is covering all others. A generation just like chess (where the loser is the opponent whose focus was only on his moves), were misunderstandings arise from thoughts never made sure. It is very easy to take for granted things freely gotten; the most important things of life… I pray this little piece gives a picture of what never to ignore….
What’s most important???
It’s the time you invest,
Not the by-products of “thought never made sure…”
It’s the company you keep,
Not the gifts you give.
It’s not the comfort of life you give,
It’s the comfort you share.
It’s not your accomplishment noted by your absence,
It’s the achievement portrayed by your presence.
It’s never found in doing,
What’s most important, is in “Being”
It’s never an “I THOUGHT”
It’s always an “I KNOW”…
Don’t you ever think, your hard work, putting food on the table, paying the bills and in such nature, are what’s most important; while those are important, they are not what’s most important…
“The best things in life aren’t things”… Art Buchwald.
“The things you provide for your loved ones should never spend more time than you do with those you provided them for; spend quality time with your loved ones, don’t give things to do that for you”… Olabode Oluwatosin.
SST
Hmmm…
When God is in love with you;
There ain’t nothing you can do about it,
He be, fantasizing about you all day long,
Writing your name all rosy on his palm,
Numbering your hair as though
With you, jobless He has become.
But in fact-
Nothing else is that important…
When God is in Love with you;
He’s not doing it because he expects her back,
Actually, nonetheless, he loves you anyways,
He be blushing all over you,
Thinking “this is the man (woman) after my own heart”…
When God is in Love with you;
He becomes omnipresence; just so he doesn’t have to leave you,
He cancels his eternal sleeping schedule; just so he doesn’t have to miss you,
Not even for a twinkling of an eye…
When God is in Love with you;
He presents you with high esteem,
Forming you so tenderly,
He has to constantly be mindful of you,
Remembering you are fearfully and wonderfully made.
…hahaha…
What happens, when he creates you in his image…
When God is in Love with you;
There ain’t nothing you can do about it,
You just keep glowing and shining …
Radiating auspiciously with a glory,
Too peaceful and joyful for the world to comprehend…
When God says “I LOVE YOU!!!”
Check it, you were still messed up
It’s not who you become that attracts Him to you,
It’s who you are; His original creation,
No wonder, He never says “I LOVED YOU”…
When God is in Love with you,
He throws you a party on earth;
Allowing His grace, mercy, forgiveness… to work on (in) you
When you are in love with Him, giving Him your heart,
He throws you a party in heaven;
Writing your name in His “WHO TO RECEIVE” guest book of life…
I’m by name Tosin and I’m writing from experience. Christ had a crush on me long before I was even conceived (Jeremiah 1:5) and though I never knew him, on my arrival, he feel in love with me so irresistibly He asked me out immediately, after the usual “girlish feeling fly”; I SAID YES TO HIM. (Romans 10:9-10) Since then, have been pregnant with purpose, birthing a message of hope and God’s divine love even while I was yet a sinner (Romans 5:8)…
Here’s the good news, he’s deeply in love with you too. He’s dying (hahaha, he can’t die)… He’s living (no wonder His birthday is eternity):
I invite you to a relationship with Jesus (John 1:12), it’s why he created you in the first place (Genesis 1:26). When God is in love with you, there ain’t nothing you can do about it and guess what??? He is already in love with you, YES YOUUUU….
WHAT’S YOUR DECISION TODAY
By: SST
SST
This is dedicated to my Special; it’s how the peace came back… I love you…
(Man…
Lord, my peace…
Word on the cross
(God…
I am thirsty…
I am thirsty for righteousness
I am thirsty for the true worshippers; those of Spirit origin
I am thirsty for life; the actual one I gave you
I am thirsty
I am thirty for those that will walk with me
I am thirsty for those whose work for me is actually led by me
I am thirsty for you
Ironically, it’s my water in you that will quench this thirst
But you have to want it
I am thirsty…
It’s the reason I died; remember,
To be complete, actually it is ,so you don’t die
You see, am thirsty for that sinner
For this reason I came
(Man…
I am thirsty for your peace Lord Jesus
‘Am the whore whose sin is so big even sinners are hating-
Oh! I’m that killer Lord, everyone is saying “but how did he end up like this?”
‘Am the one marked sinner; however big or small
Lord, I’m thirsty for your presence; the world has failed me
Like Solomon in scriptures, everything is now vanity
Lord I’m thirsty because I used to think
Lord I’m thirsty because I now know
Lord I’m thirsty…
‘Am that lukewarm Christian; I’ve been in the church for ages
Yet spot-full I have become
Lord I’m thirsty cause I want to be your bride when you return
I always thought I was a Christian
Never knew my actions were just me acting
Oh Lord! How sweet my mouth and ears were in serving you
While my lifestyle, motive and nature was affirming…
(God…
“I never knew you; you worker of iniquity”
(Man cont…
Lord I’m really this time thirsty, to be like you
Your original intent from the very beginning
Correcting and not condemning people
Praying and not preying people
(Thirst…
John 4:14
“But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
John 14:6
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Rev 3:20
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”
(Man…
I am thirsty for your humility
Your forgiveness
Your salvation
For your love
Your relationship-
ME TOO, I’m thirsty for YOU, Lord Jesus!
These are not words written in the speech realm, but those written as a form of action, a Christian is not necessarily that person you are looking at, THE CHRISTIAN IS THE PERSON THAT IS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS (it could be that person though, but the point is, it could also be you). I invite you into an intimate ultimate eternal love affair founded by a religion of a relationship with the living water that satisfies all….
John 7:37-38
“On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
All scriptures are from the New King James Version of the Bible
God loves you; he has never and will never stop…
By: Olabode Oluwatosin.
When deciding to watch a movie, what usually comes to mind? Would the movie entertain you? Would it be a blessing to you? or even entertain while blessing your life? Well, here comes a movie that sure promises to do both… CATCHING HEARTS… A movie written and directed by F.C. RABBATH.
“Unless denial; everybody that knows, knows there is a God.”-Olabode Oluwatosin
Centuries have come and gone and the world is still perplexed as to whether or not there is a God. It is without doubt that everyone, science inclusive, believes; there is a greater being responsible for the “ultimate reach”; that stage were man’s wisdom comes to a close. However, the Christian God spoken off from the bible, has given man “since time and to come” questions as to whether or not He created the world.
Where’s prove that God exist? What if you are wrong? Why did this happen if there is a God? Should you talk about God; to whom? When? And the likes-
The role to this part is played by an atheist character; Mark Gravin (Mark A. Marple), who starts the movie with a book titled “We Don’t Need God” and towards the end of the movie, is writing a book titled, “We Need God”.
Another attraction to this movie is, the role played by Jenny (Jada Sanders), a lady in love but whose relationship lacks mutual understanding and respect, and even greater, is the fact that a child under her watch gets missing, hmmm…
We see in this movie also, a Christian father trying to bond with his alcoholic son Dean (Michael Varde), who seems to have given up on life.
An amazing fact about this movie is how all these stories are joined together to produce a single undiluted message of truth.
Overview
Catching hearts is a movie that draws our minds back to an all important question, does God exist? It shows a teenage character that thinks he is living life yet doesn’t know what life is- It teaches conviction, but more importantly, what should or is usually done when convicted. It’s no doubt, things (representing environmental, social status etc.) never remain the same after you turn a new leave, but this movie as scripture affirms it, shows its always worth it. All through this movie, you will see things that seemingly look like coincidence, but at the end of it all, you realize it was always God’s timing and always accurate…
“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.”-Albert Einstein
This movie cuts across life, friendship, family and the society at large, and it uses inspiration from God to teach wisdom. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom… -proverbs 9:10 (Kjv).” This movie references God, thus the wisdom it portrays. I really recommend this movie to all; the theme songs are also amazing.
You can follow this link ( https://www.visionvideo.com/detail.taf?_function=detail&a_product_id=36662&vv_link=fcrc&utm_source=fcrc&utm_medium=partner&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fcrc) to get the DVD, Hope you enjoy it as much as I did and the blessing be passed on…
God bless.
A Review by: Olabode Oluwatosin
When a man and a woman are married, they are one in union. But when they have sex, they become one in self, How?
The man puts his seed (sperm into the woman and he (his seed) grows within her. Sperm contains DNA from the man, during sex; the sperm fertilizes an ovum (egg). Now it is important to remember that so many sperms go into the woman, so after one has fertilized, what happens to the rest that went into the woman?
Although it gets destroyed by body mechanisms, the DNA in that sperm of the man still undergoes processes in her body; that is why it won’t be so surprising to see long time married people beginning to look alike (the woman like the man)…
So the couple become one only because the DNA of the man joins that of the female.
Why is the DNA transferred just from the man?
Scripture says “man answers to God” and the woman answers to the man, meaning that the woman becomes the man, while the man is God-like, that is why the woman came from the rib of the man showing that the woman is part of the man, so a woman in marriage becomes her husband.
The decision of her husband should not be different from hers; they cannot contradict or work differently because they will destroy Him (the MAN they become). Imagine the body causing contradiction within itself; it surely will fall. So the woman will submit to man because she became him, she cannot be better at being him, so she must submit to him.
Yes, you may have quarrels in marriage just as sometimes your stomach may be aching and not want to work with your anus, so that’s just the way we have conflicts in our minds when making decisions. So it is because you are one, when you want to make decisions, you may have conflicts in your mind, which may lead to quarrel, but a quarrel should always settle in the mind (even in normal situations) if a quarrel in the mind doesn’t settle, that individual will be confused and out of place and decision-less.
So why does God hate divorce?
Because you have become one in spirit and in flesh, God speaks to every marriage as one man, if a man is not completely incorporated with his other part, he cannot hear God. So God hates divorce not because He doesn’t understand that your wife is annoying or all the reasons you can give…
But divorce keeps His child away from Him, divorce will not let him hear, divorce hurts his child (because his child begins to think he has no Father, yet the problem is he cannot hear his Father).
You are the most valuable creation of God, so the only reason He hates divorce is because of what it does to you; so clouded, you cannot even hear Him.
SHEPHER.
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