A song in Yoruba (Nigeria) says "the Lord is, as the time of old, but we don't worship God like old times ". This is very true. I always wonder why there was power in the early churches, but now, we hardly see the manifestations like the ones we read about the book of Acts of the Apostles?!
Some times ago I thought that Christianity was a joke passed down to generations. We have little people in the church performing miracles, what are the other members of the church doing? Are we just smiling at situations and circumstances and say God is in control when God has bestowed power to do on us and has made us gods (psalms 82)?
We are supposed to be armies pulling down strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:4) of the devil instead the church is held in captivity of the strong. The Great and Mighty God is always present but we don't seek Him for help. Where is the power of the church?! Haven't we lost it?
The fathers of old, the prophets, and the early churches were all soaked with power. Why? It was because they had faith, Jesus Our Lord never change - He's the same through the ages (Hebrews 13:8). The unchangeable changer is ever the same, all He needs is your Faith.
Our Lord Jesus Christ IS always consistent with all He does, but the church had lost her consistency. Checking through the record of the fathers of old, they all had FAITH in common (Hebrews 11:1-40). Jesus asks a question while He was a man. He asked if he shall find faith on earth (Luke 18:8). Where is our faith?
Jesus is THE SAME through the ages. Nothing changes Him, but our lack of faith makes His Grace, Power, and Anointing of no effect. Let's all look up to Jesus with the eyes of faith and the church will be filled with power and other things we've been missing. Jesus doesn't change, He's consistent with all he does, so we must be consistent with the faith of our fathers (Hebrews 13:7). PEACE!!!
Learning isn't limited to a gathering of people with a tutor, but an experience that leaves a mark of influence. To learn means to gain knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being taught or experiencing something. A lesson is a section where something is being taught and learned. It, therefore, means that there must be a teacher and a student. Life is a teacher. It teaches anyone who cares to listen and have wisdom. We are in the habit of running each day the same way and the days turn to weeks, weeks to months and later to years. We forget to pause, pay attention to life and absorb wisdom to live. Some of us have experienced but haven't gotten the lessons out of some. Wisdom is not measured by age or level of exposure or experience, but lessons got from our encounter with life. What did you learn as a child, teenager, adult, parent, businessperson, lawyer, pastor, teacher, etc? Whatever you do isn't as important as what are you learning? What will you pa...
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