Gospel Addicts Global Church Digging Deeper

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2 Publication of Gospel Addicts Global Church Website: gospeladdictsglobal.wordpress.com First published 2018 [PDF] Digging Deeper Duplication in any form of this manual without the written permission from Gospel Addicts Global is strictly prohibited Contents Prayer 3 Seeing People With God s Eyes 7 The Ability to Recreate 11 Born of the Nature of God 13

3 Prayer Prayer is a vital part in the Christian life. Prayer literally means communication. You simply can t have a one way communication, it has to be two way or more. We understand this more when we read in scripture (especially KJV), that Jesus spoke to them and said, I pray thee indicating a two way communication. I pray thee, meaning that He asked His disciples something and He expected an answer. As many Christians today, we tend to pray to God and when we finish our part, we get going with our own things again. We just keep on blabering till we had enough no communication, all just one sided. When we pray, we should also listen for the answers. Now praying to God is not simply just asking God for things, it is also worshiping Him, praising Him, talking to Him and hearing from Him. Remember, God is a Father to us; and as you would have a conversation with your earthly father, so to our Heavenly Father desires to have conversations with us. In this article I want to focus on 4 different forms of prayer; Praying to effect change, Praying to recreate, The heartfelt prayer, and The General Conversation. 1) Praying to effect change: Whether you are praying for someone and you can t see your prayer being answered in that person s life then you should ask yourself whether you are praying the right way The Bible does tells us that if we ask and believe then it will be given unto us (Matt.7:7). However, God also teaches us to pray according to His Will and not our own will, because our own will is corrupted and somehow twisted. This is were many people go wrong. Say you praying for someone who is on drugs or a close loved one who hasn t found the Lord yet, but you can t see a change; that s not because it s not God s Will at that time. After all, it is God Who led you to pray for that person, how can He lead you to do something and then not have your back on it. The reason why such things happen, is because we don t know how to pray according to God s Will. One simple reason why we will pray and not receive answers is because we want to see people change and not cause problems for us and our loved ones, instead of when praying, seeing those people with the eyes of God. Even when we do start thinking differently, we still have it in our subconscious, because somehow through them changing, we will also benefit from it. When God looks at you and tell you to do something, it is not because He sees potential in you, but because He sees His potential in you. When God wants people to change, He wants them to change for others, because by them changing, they will be able to effect many lives which might also change because of one person who has changed. This is according to God s Will. He looks at us and see what we are to become, not what it seems we going to become. God looks at us through His Word. So to pray according to God s Will for a drug addict for example; we must first see how 3

4 God wants to use that person. Secondly, we must see that person walk in God s Will, free from drugs. If you can t see God s Will in the person s life you are praying for, and also that person walking in God s Will; then you might as well not pray for that person. We must pray according to God s Will and expect answers for this is a promise of God and God keeps His promises. So how do we see someone s future according to God s Will? Simply by looking into the Word of God and see what God s Word says about people. The Holy Spirit will of course lead you to the right verse for a particular person, but it have to start by us looking at people through the eyes of God, which is through His Word. 2) Praying to recreate: Elijah prayed that there was no rain for three years (James 5:17). He prayed this prayer to recreate a destiny. He was a prophet who heard from God and understood that something needed to change. While consulting with God, He prayed that the rain must go away. Notice, he consulted with God, but when he prayed, he spoke to the clouds and the clouds obeyed his voice. This is what Jesus done in Mark 4:35-41, He spoke to the boisterous waves and winds and told it to be calm, and the waves and winds obeyed His voice. The disciples asked, what manner of man is this Taking a look at the church in the book of Acts 12, Herod was going to kill James and Peter. But it was only after James was killed that the church realized that they can recreate this situation by praying. When they prayed, something extraordinary happened. An angel appeared to Paul and released him from prison by breaking the chains and breaking open the prison gates. It took the church to come to the realization that within them resides the power to effect change. The Holy Spirit knows what needs to be done, but it is through God s gift of free will that He awaits us to wake up and do something about the things He shows us. Sometimes people die because we are ignorant to this fact. Sometimes we don t minister salvation unto some people and they end up going to hell. That isn t God s fault, it is ours, because we did not use what we have within us to effect change. God doesn t show us things just for the sake of showing, He shows us things because He wants us to do something about it. Remember, Jesus came and done His part and just before He died, He said it is finish. His work was done here on earth! When Jesus rose from the dead, just before He ascended back into Heaven, He commanded His disciples to go into all the world and continue the work. To complete the work is up to us obeying the voice of God through the help of the Holy Spirit. We have a part to play in bringing the church onto perfection, even to the return of Jesus Christ. 4

5 3) The heartfelt prayer: Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16) Now, I have touched base on this verse before, but this time I want to dig deeper. Many well versed and knowledgeable Christians pray and do not get the desired answers to their prayers. The secret of fulfilled prayers is in this verse. I want to break this verse up in portions and explain it in detail. First, we see James making mention that we must confess our faults to one another. This doesn t mean that we must confess things we done wrong many years ago, as some religious folks believe. What it means is that when we wrong someone, at that time of us realizing we done wrong, confess your wrong to the person you are wronging. This helps in the process of the other person not sinning or judging you for your actions. It also helps the other person to forgive you. Now forgiveness doesn t benefit the person who you are forgiving as much as it benefit you who is doing the forgiving Never forget that! The second point James bring out here is; to pray for one another. It is important that we first forgive and then pray also for one another. You have to see the person with the eyes of God (which I will go more in detail in our next chapter). Seeing people with the eyes of God allow you to see people for what they should be, and not for what they are. Many times we pray for someone, but because we can t see the Word of God in them, we also don t see a change in them. So, praying for one another, we must learn to pray for others as we will pray for ourselves confess good into their lives, never with criticism or judgment. Then James digs a bit deeper on why we should do these things; so we might be healed. When we forgive one another and pray for one another, there is an automatical process of healing and restoration that takes places. Next, James bring us into the emphasis of prayer: The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. The effectual fervent prayer, meaning the prayer which is prayed with compassion, with love, and with conviction, that prayer carries power. The amplified version read this portion as follow: The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]. Now, the earnest and heartfelt prayer is that of a righteous man, it is prayer mixed with emotions you praying with emotion. And the word used here, continued, means not the repetition of prayers; like Jesus pointed out the heathen prays, but that after you prayed this heartfelt prayer, you re confessing what you have prayed, because you have seen in the spirit what you have prayed for, now you can continue to confess what you have seen. This is the prayer of faith, it makes tremendous power available. It continues to say of such power, that it is dynamic in its working. The word dynamic comes from the Greek word, dynamo, which literally means self generating power. It doesn t need an outside 5

6 force to power it, once it has started, it powers itself. Because you have learned to pray with your heart, not just being routine or because you know you must; but because it is your nature, even after your prayer you will continually confess what you have prayed about because you have seen the product of your prayer while you ve been praying you have received the answer due to your conviction, and the title deed of that prayer is yours now. I always tell people, pray and see what you praying for, receiving it in spirit and give thanks for what you have received. To receive something in the spirit is more real then the physical manifestation thereof. If you can t receive it in the spirit, then it will not be manifested in the physical. I find many people wanting to thank God once things they asked for manifest in the physical realm. However, learn to thank God when you see it and receive it in spirit. Once you have finished praying and thanking God, all you need to do is confess what you have received. There is no need to pray for it again. If you doing this, it means you have not received it, because you will not ask for something you have received already. 4) The General Conversation: Many religious people believe that prayer is something you do either in church or in private, or at set times during the day. Like I made mention of earlier, prayer is a two way conversation and you can have conversation anywhere and at any time. Waking up, you can have your set time for prayer, but nothing stops you from talking to God while getting ready for work or school. Even while you eating or on your way to where ever it is you going, you can talk to God. While you at work or school, learn to talk to God, even speak in tongues. No matter people call you crazy or say that you talking to yourself; they will soon realize that you accomplish more than them. You can be the best at whatever it is you doing through simply having conversations with God throughout the day in all the things you do. Always remember, God is always with you, there is not one moment that He leaves you or get tired of talking to you. Putting God first in all you do will make you prosperous in all you do. From waking up to getting ready for the day, throughout the day and even at night while getting ready to go to bed even when you wake up during the night; God is always there. Take advantage of this, because it is like living with a person and you run on schedule times that you will have a conversation. There can be no relationship in that. God s desire is to have a relationship with you and there is no conditions set for this relationship, no time table and no limits. 6

7 Seeing People with God s Eyes Though it is not biblically in the common eye as such, it s biblical in the view of the Bible that God s eyes sees with a ray of light. Meaning, even when God looks into utter darkness, where He looks, there is light. God is able to see what the human eye can t see, but what is awesome is that God gave us that ability too. Many don t believe this, but as you start digging deeper into the Word of God, the eyes of your understanding are enlightened (Eph.1:18). This speaks of spiritual eyes. Now, when we are to see people with God s eyes, we need to look with our spiritual eyes, the eyes of faith which will only be enlighten through the Word of God. This is to see people in the light of God s Word, for God s Word is God s very character, which is love. The Bible tells us that God is love (1 John 4:8), and this is how God looks at the world, with love. Let s us take a look at 1 Cortinthians 13 from verse 1 to 13 and see what God s love consist of: Paul wrote, If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn t love others, I would have gained nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless. 11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. 13 Three things will last forever faith, hope, and love and the greatest of these is love. We should study these verses and get a hold of it, because in this lyes the secret to God s heart unconditional love. Love is a verb and anything which is working produces a product. For one, love produces fruit; it produces joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance (Gal.5:22-23), and it all comes from tapping into the Spirit the Love of God. Now, the verses I quoted above reads that the Holy Spirit produce this fruit in our lives: love and it gives a list of fruits. Compare to the original Greek, our translations is a bit 7

8 wrong. It should read, the Holy Spirit produce this kind of fruit in our lives: Love which produces with the list of what it produces. You see, all the mentioned products; joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance (Gal.5:22-23) comes as we grow in love. Love produces all these things, so the more you grow in love, the more you will experience all these things. You can only give what you have, if you don t have something, you can t give it. The same way, you can only use what you have, if you don t have it, you can t use it. God has deposited all things into our spirits, it is our responsibility to find out what those things is and use them. If you are unaware of what you have, it is the same as if you don t have it at all. We don t only rob ourselves when we don t use what God freely gave us, but we also robbing everyone we come into contact with the whole sphere of our contacts. See people in the light of God s Word and speak God s Word concerning them into their lives this is the only way you will ever see change in people. If you speak what you see in people, you will only get that; but when you speak what God s Word see in people, then you will end up getting that! THE POWER OF LOVE I want to keep this segment short. Love is the weapon of choice God gave us, there is no stronger or bigger weapon than this. Jesus overcame death, satan and all his cohorts with love. God is reconciling the world back unto Himself with love; and we are more than conquerors through love. When we learn to use love effectively, it will conquer our biggest adversaries. Those who wanted you dead will end up doing you good, your enemies will become your friends. Not only does love do all these things when we use it effectively, but it also brings about good health and life in abundance, but we must have God s love as quoted in our previous chapter (1 Cort. 19). Man can t live without love. Even the hardest of criminals and the heaviest of drug addicts have love within them. Without love there is no life, all we need to do is reach out with love. I have seen cold blooded murderers and gangsters break down in tears when they are reached with true love. Cases where men of God was faced with cold hearted killers, but reaching out with love in the face of death, they won a soul or two. Love is the greatest weapon of all, it can completely destroy your enemy while at the same time give them a new life. As Christians, we ought to love the way God does; but this can only be accomplished when we surrender totally to God. It is not impossible, it s just making the right choices with the right motives. 8

9 NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST As a born again Christian, we are new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17); however, many don t really understand the debt of what this means. We are born anew of God, a man or woman who never existed before. The Bible tells us that as Christians, we were crucified with Jesus (Gal.2:20). This means that the flesh is dead. Now, in Romans 8:11, it tells us that the Spirit had quicken the flesh; meaning that we don t have life anymore because of the blood that runs through our bodies, but we have life through the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit. Let s take a look at the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus to understand this better. When Jesus died on the cross, every drop of blood came out of His body (John 19:33). Then after they buried Jesus, He descended into hell, where He took the keys of death from satan (Rev.1:18). Then, on the third day, Jesus rose up from the dead and appeared in His full glory He had a glow about Him that no one could explain (Luke 24:36 + John 20). When Jesus appeared to the disciples and told Thomas to stick his hand in His side, the wound was open, but there was no blood. This wasn t a ghost or Jesus Spirit they saw, it was Jesus in the flesh. The holes was in Jesus wrist, and also there was no blood wounds (Luke 24:39). Jesus now had life from the Spirit. There s been cases where people died in my presence. I remember one such case where a young lady was brutally attacked and died because of internal bleeding. However, the Holy Spirit told me to lay hands on her so she might live again. I done as instructed and she came back to life. This sign stood strong witness; and many gave their lives to the Lord that day, believing! Although, at hospital, the doctor said that he can t believe this, this woman shouldn t be alive, she lost too much blood and her organs were badly damaged, but he couldn t understand this; and there was no way I could explain this either. You simply need to be filled with the Holy Spirit to understand things like this. Another story like this is as we came from church one day, a lady ran across the road and another car knocked her. Her head hit the wind screen post, causing big damage to the car. I told my wife that I m going to help her and jumped out. By the time I got to her she was dead. I think she might of died on impact. People just gathered around, but done nothing. Then the Holy Spirit ministered to me to pray for her and call her back to life. I done as instructed and she came back to life. The medics took her to hospital, but the doctor said, besides a blue eye, there is nothing wrong with her. In this case the Holy Spirit done something more than the first case. Not only was the dead called back to life, but this woman was restored. Although she still had a blue eye, she had no head injuries. Even the police who arrived late on the scene asked where is the body after they saw the damaged car. They couldn t believe the lady didn t die. The Spirit of God in us gives us life. God has shown me this over and over again. I remember of one case where I was about to get into my car and a speeding taxi swerved 9

10 out to avoid something in the road. The taxi came so close to me that it scratched the mirror on my car, right where I was standing but it was like the taxi went right through me. Up to today, I don t know how that was possible, I only know it was God s doing. It might sounds like a nice story or a nice lie like some might think, but there is some things about God you just can t explain. Like Jesus, when He told the centurion to go home to his son, and that his son will live (Matt.8:13), Jesus wasn t even near the boy; and physically, Jesus never met the boy. You just can t explain it any other way than the spoken Word carries power. Different set of rules: As Christians, we play by a different set of rules. We ought to do things different than the world and have extraordinary results. But you need to know that you are born anew in God you are a new creature in Christ. People just can t understand how some Christians can remain calm no matter what happens, but it s because we don t live by the same rules. People of the world might urgently need money for something, and not having cash, they will go borrow money. A Christian in the same situation who knows who they are in Christ will call money by faith and have it when they need it. The world will run to the doctor when they sick, a Christian will lay hands on themselves or the sick and recover fully. You can call it an unfair advantage, but a Christian who knows who they are in Christ wins before the race or battle begins. God had fixed it this way for us, but what the world don t know is that God has done it for them too. All they need to do is turn to God and get to know all the riches God has freely made available to them. We all can live this glorious life, but how will they know if no one tells them. Our responsibility as Christians is to study the Word of God and witness to people the awesomeness of God. Don t let your lips preach louder than your body. Live in such a way that your life will speak a louder testimony than your mouth. After all, Christianity is the outward expression of the inner working of God in a human body. 10

11 The Ability to Recreate When things don t work out, people are quick to say: Maybe it s not God s Will. God allows us to go through things, and He shows us certain things, because He wants us to affect a change. We need to learn from Jesus to use circumstances to glorify God. No matter what had happened, everything can be recreated when we trust God. Look at the story of Job (Job 1:12). Job was a very wealthy man, but satan told God that He is protecting Job. Satan wanted to test Job s love for God, so God allowed it. Job s down fall wasn t that God allowed satan to test him, his down fall was that he feared loosing everything. Satan of course quickly tapped into this fear of Job and took everything away from Job. However, Job trusted God, and through trusting God no matter what, Job recreated his life and gained everything back he lost seven fold. God has created in us an ability to recreate the things we not pleased with. And through giving us His Word to use, we can effectively recreate things to the glory of God. God doesn t want us to live a life any less than a king. He wants us to overflow with joy, peace, happiness and love. How can we live this life, when we live in sickness or poverty. Challenges are there to drive us out of our comfort zones unto higher places. Challenges push us to use the Word of God to live full lives. Make use of the Word and bring glory to God as you show forth God s goodness by living the good life God intended for us to live. Difference Between Blessings and Rewards: Blessings: If you read our articles on our blog, then you should know that as God s children, we have been blessed with all spiritual blessings (Eph.1:3). There is nothing we can do to receive any more than what God has already given us. The truth is, we haven t even begun to dig deep to find out what all these blessings are. People think because they haven t seen the manifestation of a particular blessing, that God hasn t blessed them with it yet. This however is not true. We have a responsibility to call the blessings of God real; or in other words, we are to manifest all blessings. I will get into that in just a minute. Religion teaches us that we need to do good for God to bless us, but that is not what Ephesians 1:3 tells us. We have been blessed with all spiritual blessings already. Now it s our responsibility to make manifest those blessings. We need to understand God s thinking to understand what blessings are. God don t want us to think that it is because of our doings that He blesses us. God blessed us because of His profound love for us. One more thing to understand is that no matter whether you do good or bad, you are still blessed. Now, before you throw this article away, listen carefully. The Bible says that God makes it rain on the wicked and righteous (Matt.5:45). That 11

12 means that the blessing of receiving rain which will water the crops comes on us, no matter whether we do right or wrong. So am I saying that even if you do wrong you are still blessed? Yes! We are, that is God s love for us, we are still blessed no matter what we do. However, when we do wrong or have sinned, sin consciousness take control and that blocks us from making manifest the blessings from God. Making manifest God s blessings: When we understand that we have a responsibility in manifesting God s blessings, we then need to discover how to do that. I can basically wrap that up for you in one verse, Hebrews 11:1 taken from the amplified version; NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. The Word of God is our assurance and our title deed which confirms that what God says is truth. There is things we hope for, but because we haven t seen them yet, we believe that we are still to receive it which is the wrong mindset. Now, we need to dig deep and find out what God has given us already, we need to see it in the Word of God. Once we can see it in the Word of God, we need to call it real, even it is not real to the physical senses, we need to perceive it as real, because to the spiritual senses those things are real. We make manifest God s blessings by calling real what is not revealed to the physical senses. It is by taking God on His Word, not just believing, but knowing and confessing with your mouth that we manifest God s blessings. On entering Christianity, this is what we did, we confessed with our mouth Jesus, Who we didn t see but through the Word of God Jesus became very real to us. All we need to do is stick to the Word of God and we are sure to come back with a testimony. The blessings of God which He has already blessed us with is just as real as the God Who blessed us with it all. Rewards: Galatians 6:9, And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. The word reap here translates from Greek to receive a reward. In our good deeds, we will receive a reward. God will repay each person according to what they have done. (Romans 2:6 NIV). This is speaking of reward. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. (Colossians 3:23-24 NIV). We receive a reward for doing good; and the only reward we should be interested in is the crown of life eternal life. All other things we seek in life, God has blessed us with already. No wonder Jesus says in Matthew 6 that we should not chase or worry about material things. And in Matthew 6:33 Jesus said, Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. Manifesting the blessings of God is in seeking God first, getting the reward from God is by showing forth His nature LOVE. 12

13 Born of the Nature of God In the beginning, God created everything and He made man (Genesis 1:26). God made man in His image and in His likeness. Now it is important to note the wording; And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. God spoke to someone else when He said, let us make man ; the question is, who did He speak to. Throughout scripture, when we read about the description of angelic beings, we note that they don t look like us. Some have animal bodies, other animal faces, some wings and some were created with gems and precious metals in them. None look like us, although when physically manifested, they do take on appearances of human nature. So who was God speaking to then? We find our answer in the book of John chapter 1 from verse 1 to 6; In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. And then we read in John 1:14 that the Word became flesh, and dwelth among us Important to notice, Word of God Who is also referred to us the Holy Spirit was with God in the beginning. And notice in verse 14, that it is the Word Who was made flesh, Who is Jesus. So then, if the Word was with God in the beginning and the Word was made flesh, then this answers us on who God spoke to when He made man God spoke to the Holy Spirit and to Jesus. Digging deeper, we need to look at ourselves and understand how God made us. Yes, man was made by God s Word, but he was also formed from the dust; and God breath the breath of life into him. Man is a spirit, he has a soul and he lives in a body. So to does God have a Spirit, Who is the Holy Spirit; He can be related to as the Soul of the deity and He embodies the flesh, Who is Jesus. Now, we making a remarkable discovery here which will enable us to understand ourselves more clearly. Coming back to the beginning on how God made man; man was a spirit, because we read later that God made man s body in Genesis chapter 2. When God created man in chapter 1, he was not yet a physical being; however, it is clear that He did exist, because God said in verse 27 and 28; So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them But it becomes more clear in chapter 2 and verse 7; And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Are you starting to get the picture now. Man only became a living and physical being 13

14 when God took the dust of the ground and breathed it into the man s nostrils. Here is were many people become confused. How is it that if man was a spirit, that he had nostrils? Simple, the spirit of man looks the same as the flesh. He has eyes and ears, arms and legs, and he has nostrils What I want to point out here is the process in which God made man. He was a spirit and God took the dust, which formed the flesh, and breathed it into man s nostrils. The breath of life here refers to the Holy Spirit. We read in Romans 8:11 that the Spirit quickened Jesus flesh when He was raised from the dead. The same Holy spirit in the beginning quickened man s body and gave it life. So then, we are made in the image and likeness of God. We are spirit, who has a souls and lives in a body, just as God is God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, and God the Son Jesus three individuals yet are one! We ve been fashioned not only to look like God, but also to have His nature. We walk not by sight, but by faith. The Christian life is a life of faith, and faith pleases God. The Word of God is to do we are to put the Word to work. In general, Christians are lazy and it ought not to be the case. Instead of asking God to do all the time, we need to study the Word of God and put it to practice. Our lives as Christians is to praise and worship God, interceding for people and live the Word to glorify God. Therefore, we must not be conformed to this world, but renew our minds, that we may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:2). You have been uniquely fashioned after God s own likeness to be an expression of His image. A peculiar being set aprt for God s glory, so that when the world looks at you, God is glorified through what they see. You are a product of God s own handiwork, imparted with the in dwelling of God s very own Spirit and a father s love is reflected in His children s eyes. No wonder God says about us through David: Ye are gods little children (Ps.82:6). Born into a kingly lineage to be a king in this world, with authority to rule over our Father s creation. O what a wonderful God we serve! For more insightful teachings, visit us at also like our FaceBook Page at