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Saturday 17 June 2017

GO TO THE HOUSE OF PRAYER .... THIS WEEKEND

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<span data-offset-key="bk5af-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, before you take the seat of the Judge or lead a procession of 'correctness activists', it is wise to observe the situation carefully and get understanding --first.</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="37qpv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Contrary to popular belief, most problems have spiritual roots. Most of what we see are simply the outer effects of deeper causes. Isn't that why they say 'accidents don't just happen and there is no fire without a smoke'. Before every fire, there was a smoke. Before the smoke there was a spark. Before the spark there was a watchman who fell asleep on duty. And while men slept an enemy came to sow tares among the wheat [Matt 13:25,28]!</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="akmtk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">The implication is this: when we (who call on the name of the Lord) see evil in the land (tares among the wheat), we do not have to be quick to blame the government, institutions or people in positions of authority. Instead, we should first go on our knees and pray to THE HEAVENLY FATHER. Yes, we haven't prayed enough. We should pray for forgiveness for those who need forgiveness, mercy for those who need mercy, restoration for those who need restoration and wisdom for all of us for a better tomorrow.</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4doqi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">While each of us can pray by ourselves anywhere and at any time, our prayer takes an entirely new level when we join forces with others in the House of Prayer. The prayer of agreement in the house of prayer will accomplish far greater things than the prayer of one man in his room. And yes, it will definitely accomplish better things than playing the blame game.</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="chh4j-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you feel a sense of injustice, oppression or neglect? Do something about it this weekend: Go to the HOUSE of PRAYER and ask THE FATHER for help. What better time is there to come to THE FATHER than this Father's Day weekend? Go and pray for divine strength and wisdom for our earthly fathers and leaders so that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. [1 Timothy 2:1-8].</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="5lp4n-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, that's my Saturday Soul Soup for you today! Peace!</span></span></div>
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Thursday 15 June 2017

DIVINE INTERVENTION DEPENDS ON HUMAN INTERCESSION

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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />Have you ever wondered why the good lord will not just solve all the evils in the world? You are not alone. Many of us wonder why the world is in so much pain when God is so good. We have found simple answers from the word of God and one of them is PRAYER OF INTERCESSION<br /><br />God is willing and ready to intervene "if" man is READY to intercede. Hea<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">r this:<br /><br />‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’ "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you". [Jeremiah 33:3. Jeremiah 29:11-12]<br /><br />However, God's readiness to intervene is based on human readiness to intercede.<br /><br />"And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none". [Ezekiel 22:30].<br /><br />Here, the Scripture reveals that God regretted when there was no one to pray for His intervention. From this, it is abundantly clear that God is willing to answer when we call. - He will never ignore our prayer and allow us to suffer in the hands of Satan the adversary. However, God will also not intervene if we choose to not intercede. This is because God has given man the right and the freedom to have dominion on the earth. "The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men". Psalm 115:16. God ordained it from the very beginning of creation: "Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28<br /><br />For God to intervene in man's affairs without man's intercession will be to invade and violate the freedom He gave to man to manage His affairs and have dominion. This is the just side of God that makes Him the Judge of all. But there is also the mercy side of God that makes Him willing and ready to respond to prayers any time we intercede for others or when other people intercede for us.<br /><br />We find numerous examples from scriptures and life that prove this to be the case.<br /><br />Lot and his family were spared from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah only because Abraham interceded for him –(See Gen 18:17-32).<br /><br />Peter and James were (disciples of Jesus Christ) were both arrested by the King Herod (See Acts 12). Herod executed James and was waiting to do the same thing to Peter in a matter of days. But the church rose up to intercede for Peter. God intervened and Peter was released. Both men were in the same situation but while one was freed the other was executed. Why? Prayer of Intercession. Peter was released from Prison only when the church rose up to intercede. James on the other hand was executed by King Herod in the same scenario that Peter was in because the church did not intercede for him.<br /><br />Divine intervention is based on human intercession<br /><br />Jesus taught and modeled this truth: Matt 7:7-8 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.<br /><br />The Apostles followed the footsteps of Jesus: James 4:2-3 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Ye you do not have because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures<br /><br />Today's church of Jesus Christ cannot be different: If we want God to intervene, we must intercede. The good news is that God has revealed the simple conditions for His intervention:<br /><br />2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place:<br /><br />1. God's People. The responsibility of prayer is on God's people; and only God's people can intercede for others.<br />2. God's People must humble themselves, pray and seek God's face for God to intercede.<br />3. God's People must turn from their 'known' sinful ways for God to intervene<br /><br />Are you willing to intercede for God to intervene in our families, schools, communities, nations and world? Then come up to the mountain where God's People are joining forces in the mountain prayer movement and spiritual awakening in our land.<br /><br />Jesus is Lord!<br /><br />Pastor Peter Okaka</span></span></div>
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WHAT IS YOUR DEFAULT MIND? [2]

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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-size: large;">By Pastor Peter Okaka</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> Continued from [1]...</span><br /><br />1. We all have default minds whether we are aware of it or not. <br />2. If your default mind is positive, your life will be full of positive results and if your default mind is negative, your life will be full of negative results <br /><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Good news is: we can do something about our default minds. We can set or re-set it. All of us had our minds set to a default by those who raised us and by the environment in which we grew up. It is a beautiful thing that we do not have to live with whatever default mind that we grew up with. We may not have had great parents or teachers or even the privilege of growing up in a positive environment. However, we all can still do something (and it is our responsibility to do something) about our minds. We must set it or reset it to a positive default if we want our minds to produce positive results. When the mind is set to a desired default it produces desire results.</span><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">How do you set your mind to positive default? </b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Setting your default mind is all about mastering your thoughts. It is wrong to think that our minds know what to think without guidance. The mind is a dynamic organ that deflects to the path of the least pressure or greatest pleasure as the case may be. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">We all know that not everything pleasurable is profitable. On the contrary, the most profitable endeavours in life put a high degree of demands on us. For example, if you come into a room where everyone is laughing, your mind will tend to quickly adjust to laughing. But if you walk into a room where there is shouting and fighting, your mind will adjust to that state of thought. The mind does not know good from evil unless it is told what is good and what is evil. The mind does not have the inherent ability to decide between right and wrong unless it is programmed to do so. Therefore, the mind must be tamed, trained or programmed to make positive decisions if we desire positive results. An untrained mind will leads its owner to disaster and regrets.  </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans 8:6 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The bible word for positive is 'spiritual' and the bible word for negative is 'carnal'. That means, to be spiritually minded is to have a mind that is dominated by positive thoughts and to be carnally minded is to have a mind that is dominated by negative thoughts. </span><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">Train Your Mind to Think </b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The simple word for training our minds to think is PROGRAMMING. To be on a positive default, the mind must first be programmed to think positive thoughts. The challenge for most people is knowing what is positive and what is negative without cultural bias. And that is where the Word of God comes in. God is the Most High and the wisdom of God is above all. Therefore, the word of God is the only way to tell what is good from what is evil and what is positive from what is negative. I have found the following four steps tremendously helpful</span><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">1. Think scriptural thoughts on purpose. </b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">This is done by making a commitment to deliberately feed your mind with the word of God and build yourself a word bank. The benefit of thinking on purpose is that it helps you build up a reservoir scriptures or what I call 'word bank' from which you can draw when you are in trouble. Therefore, the obvious danger of failing to think on purpose is an empty reservoir that spells defeat on day of need. Have you wondered why Jesus was able to defeat satan when satan tempted Him? It is because he had a word bank to draw from. Defeat and disaster are inevitable if our spiritual strength is small on the day of trouble.   </span><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">2. Think scriptural thoughts on schedule. </b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It is one thing to want to think positive thoughts and another to actually do it. The only way to make it a program or default it to do it consistently until the mind gets it and the practice becomes the (new) norm.</span><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">3. Pray intentionally</b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Prayer is work, particularly at first. But when we learn to pray intentionally, the practice will graduate from duty and discipline to diligence and delight. The good news is that the mind is a good servant. It will do what it is told to do on purpose. Tell yourself that You need to pray and do pray intentionally</span><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;"> 4. Pray on schedule</b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">There is something powerful about regularity when it comes to the mind. Set up a time to meet with God and keep to schedule. Keeping to prayer schedule is not necessarily about length of time spent but about consistency. There will be time when the length of time spent needs to be longer or shorter. Either way the meeting should be consistent. To make it work, you don't have to do all the talking. Sometimes all we have to do is simply come before Him and meditate on His word. Jesus is Lord    </span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">What you don't know can hurt you.</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> At any point in time, there is a dominant thought on your mind whether you are aware of it or not. There is no such thing as an idle mind. A mind left to itself does not stay idle or neutral; it simply goes to work on 'whatever' it is exposed to. Meaning, the mind is at work at all times. Since the mind is directionless in it's abandoned state, it quickly degenerates into a lower state of wickedness, destruction and eventually death. Anything left to itself does not appreciate, rather it depreciates in worth. Therefore, the dominant thought on your mind is either helping or hurting your worth as a person. You need to know your default mind. If you do not know what it is you cannot deal with it.</span><br />
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Monday 14 November 2016

STAY ALERT! THERE'S MORE THAN EYES CAN SEE

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<i>"Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. So that Satan will not outsmart us. For we are familiar with his evil schemes.(1 Peter 5:8, 2 Cor 2:11)nlt</i></div>
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While some people believe that satan is a figment of some people's imagination, the All knowing God warns us to stay alert and watch out for satan our adversary who walks about like a roaring lion in search of a prey. Unfortunately, not many believers have taken this warning seriously. So many Christians sleep and walk about unguarded as if devil does not exist. </div>
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Wondering why this divine warning to stay alert is falling on deaf ears? I'll tell you why. It is because most people walk by sight rather than by faith. Most of us are programmed to be pragmatic -judging only by what our natural eyes can see. As far as we are concerned, 'seeing is believing'; whatever we cannot see, feel and touch does not exist. As a result, we respond to things of this nature pragmatically by looking out for a physical lion (like those in the zoo or in the wild) and when we do not see any, we conclude there is none. Really? How sad!</div>
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Friend, stay alert, there is more than eyes can see. It is a gross mistake to take life purely on the surface. Everything we see and everyone we meet has a lot more going on behind the scenes than we can possibly imagine. Abraham welcomed and entertained three everyday strangers into his house and they turned out to be angels. Sampson met and fell in love with a friendly Delilah and it turned out that Delilah was a secret agent of Sampson's enemies. Truth is, Satan does not come out as satan. Most times, he disguises as nice and harmless everyday people. He knows well that if he can get people thinking that he does not exist he has trapped them as preys. But we do not have to be ignorant of his tricks.</div>
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Behind the pleasant and unpleasant scenes and surprises in our lives are hidden forces pulling their triggers. Just because we can't see it, imagine it or believe it does not mean it does not exist. What eyes can see is a tiny part of what is behind the scene. Therefore, we must stay alert and be very vigilant. </blockquote>
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Did you know that contrary to popular opinion, we do not live in a free world? We live in a wicked world. If you are a normal human being (and particularly if you have made Jesus the Lord of of your life) you have an enemy who is looking for you as prey even right now. No, you won't see satan walking about on your street as a roaring lion but he is regardless. His mission is to steal, kill and destroy. </div>
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What then? Should we walk about frightened like helpless little creatures under attack? No, no, no! God has not given us the spirit of fear but of love power and sound mind. Jesus came so that we will have a rich and satisfying life. God has provided us with powerful amour to put on. We do not have to walk in fear; rather we walk in the righteousness of Christ. The righteous one is as bold as a lion. </div>
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Yes, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah is our brother and we have his nature in us. This Lion is king; He does not turn away from any. Therefore, the One is in us is far greater than any devil that is roaring in the world. Though he roars like a lion, satan is not a lion; he only acts like a lion and that makes him a trick star. We must realize that Satan's only weapon is deception because he knows that he has no more power. Jesus defeated him on the cross. We must see to it then that we put on the whole amour of God (Ephesians 6:1-18). We must stay alert and be ready to resist the devil with the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit.  We must "walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil". </div>
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The best part of the gist is this: "In Christ we are more than victorious". We are not ordinary people. We are a people of power and these are the days of the demonstration of God's power. Those who know their God shall be strong and they will do great things. Our victory is not by physical strength but by the Spirit. God is working in us both to will and to do His good pleasure. We watch in prayer. We love righteousness and hate wickedness. We give glory to God in all things and at all times. Glory to God in the highest! Hallelujah!</div>
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STAY ALERT! THERE'S MORE THAN EYES CAN SEE

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Monday 7 November 2016

IS THE SUPERNATURAL WORLD REAL?

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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>By Pastor Peter Okaka | FreshWater Christian House | Kitchener | www.freshwaterhouse.org</div>
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