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  • Strategies of the Kingdom of Darkness

    Might may win you a battle but it is Strategy that wins a war. Pride is such that one doesn’t admit one’s mistakes so you can be sure that the devil doesn’t admit the fact he will lose the war against the people of God. In fact, his strategies have won him some battles. Who changes a winning formula? Not even the devil. That’s why it is important to know these strategies because he will reuse them time and again to deceive the world. The enemy tried to weary my flesh and convince my mind to stop this write-up so kindly pay attention and take heed. Here are 3 kinds of strategies of the Kingdom of darkness;

    The Cain Strategy

    The most successful man in his day, Cain was an architect, real estate developer, founder and entrepreneur. Looking prosperous, yet cursed and banished from the presence of God. From Genesis 4:17-24, we see how his family line also became successful in the line of business. Can you believe it? The first man to build a city was cursed. This strategy has worked so successfully in our day where we worship Success. We worship God, pray fervently and contend for breakthroughs. When we get it, we wave God goodbye.

    Most of what the people of God seek is what the people of the world are enjoying. So the people of God feel as though God has deprived them of success. They put their hands on the plow and look back. When God’s people begin to envy the world, you should realise it’s the Cain Strategy at work. If Prosperity becomes your ultimate goal in life, you will never realise it when God is substituted with Mammon. The world will never listen to a church that craves for what the world are already enjoying. Ask yourself; do you want to be near the Garden of Eden or you want to go to the city Cain built?

    Ishmael Strategy

    When the devil sees that he can’t stop you from being good, after some time he will leave you to do good. It’s not rest. He is changing strategy as he waits for a kairos moment. Abraham believed in God 25 years before he received Isaac. The devil can’t stop Abraham from believing or Isaac from coming. What does he do? Operation Ishmael Strategy! The devil wants the same source of good to become the source of evil too. James said it this way; “blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!” (James 3:10).

    It is very easy to mix good with evil. One of them is trying to help God when He hasn’t asked you. It is evil to help God. “The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God’s promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God’s own fulfillment of his promise (Galatians 4:23)”. You cannot use evil for the purposes of good. You are cheating on someone so they learn a lesson? You are lying to someone so they change their attitude for the better? It’s a lie. You can’t use evil to achieve good.

    Esau Strategy

    Of all the hall of fame evildoers in the Bible, the Bible records only one person that the Lord Himself said he hates. Even before He was born, God foresaw Esau’s choices and declared that he hates Esau. God chose Isaac over Ishmael, but with Jacob and Esau, even his Dad Isaac preferred Esau. There are a lot of great people with a great future but they are too blind to even realise it. The Esau Strategy has been used on them. They can sell their whole birthright for a bowl of soup. They can sell their destiny for a new iPhone. They can sell their purpose for a foolish boy.

    Google mess of pottage. That’s what I’m talking about. Once you are born great, they will use the Esau Strategy on you till you begin to realise who you are. Until you come to your senses like the prodigal son that you can be a Prince in your Father’s house, you will be wasting your time competing with pigs for sustenance. Everyone else sees their great potential except them. Very great, yet settles for less. They can even sell a whole Messiah for just 30 pieces of silver.

    I hope you enjoyed it. Next week, I will show the “two birds, one stone” strategy and many others. By the time we are done with this series, I pray we all become more aware of the devices of the enemy so that we don’t fall prey to his cheap tricks. May the Good Lord help us all. May He deliver you from envying the city Cain is building. May he save you from birthing Ishmael while you wait for Isaac. May He keep you from belittling who He has made you so you don’t exchange your soul for the whole world. Amen 🙏

  • Smile on Us, Adzo – by Judith Nsiah

    The sight of you always gave me a reason to smile. It widened my scope to a more perceivable perspective of the world that could provide endless views of beauty and elegance. One wonder you’re my dear friend, Adzo. All the amazing enscape you have channelled through your beautiful smiles and designs has inspired so much regeneration in us. Your tutelage and compliments will always resonate with me forever. You left an indelible mark on all and sundry. The aura of peace you carried engulfed the atmosphere you inhibited.

    How enormous the compass of the times we spent together. The random smiles you threw at each and every one with subtleness but the impact has ticked us and pointed us towards our true North. How cold can you be, death, to take her away? This really wasn’t the plan Adzo, hmmm. Riding on the streets of gold. Not worrying anymore about the stress of architecture. Dancing in the Throne Room. You are in a better place, Adzo 🕊️

    Adzo Ahadzie

    Many may have not experienced your beautiful designs, but we know that in heaven you wouldn’t be designing. You would be smiling on us and cheering us on to our very best. There, there wouldn’t be any deadlines, no stress, and time wouldn’t matter. We look forward to the great day of reunion in the mansions of the blessed. May God receive your beautiful soul, Adzo. We will forever miss you and have you in our hearts. Rest in Peace, my dear friend.


  • Epitome of God’s Love: Your Love Runs Wild for Me – by Morgina Arku

    Morgina Arku
    Epitome of God’s Love

    He has made me; an epitome of God’s Love. “…not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins”. 1 John 4:10

    Growing up as a child, I hadn’t explored much about God and His Love for me. My journey as a Christian was a puzzle with missing pieces, and understanding what God’s Love meant seemed like the biggest mystery. Nonetheless, from the very beginning of my life, every thread of God’s Love was carefully woven to protect me. He had already wrapped His Love around me like a warm comforting blanket.

    One day, during my school days at the university, I was in my hostel with my friends and a stranger knocked at my door to share the word of God with us. This stranger with a warm smile, shared stories about who God is and His Love and salvation for mankind. We listened and received the Word wholeheartedly, but before he left my room, he told me a message from God, “I should dwell my whole life on the Love of God”. I felt really touched after hearing such comforting words, and since then, these words have stuck with me till now.

    I began to learn more about who God is and this wonderful Love message the stranger shared with me. From Bible reading, Christian stories and the teachings of my best friend, I got to understand I am God’s bride. His heart overflows with love for me. He knows me, He sees me, He cares for me. I am not just some random person that He occasionally remembers. He’s never too busy for me and I have his attention always. I am His beloved, the one He came to earth to redeem by paying the ultimate price. Intrigued, I realised God’s love has been manifesting in my everyday moments.

    In the quiet mornings, He whispers words of encouragement, inspiring me to face the challenges of each new day with resilience and hope. In the bustling afternoons, His Love becomes a source of strength, empowering me to extend kindness and compassion to others. I experienced a profound peace that surpassed understanding, finding comfort in the assurance that God’s love was a constant presence. I began to see and feel the reckless Love that had been there all along. His words of Love and affirmation are a divine kiss upon my heart. The light of God’s Love illuminates the way, casting away shadows of doubt and fear, knowing that no storm could shake the foundation of God’s unwavering Love towards me.

    As the chapters of my life continued to unfold, God’s Love overflowed, filling every void and fulfilling every need. Imperfections started melting away, leaving behind a perfect reflection of unconditional acceptance. I keep finding solace in prayer and reflection, deepening my connection with His Love. It was in these quiet moments that the overwhelming Love of God enveloped my heart. Despite the feelings of unworthiness, God’s Love acted as a cleansing river, washing away the stains of sin and with every step guided by this divine Love, I felt a sense of purpose and direction God has for my life.

    Today is my birthday. I am a year older. Lord, I’m amazed at how far you’ve brought me. I believe as I step into this new age, new doors and paths will open. I am convinced that every detail of my life is continually woven together for your good, for I am your Lover who has been called to fulfil your designed purpose. He knew all about me before I was born and he destined me from the beginning to share the likeness of His Son”. (Romans 8: 28 -29). Dear Father, what you started in me, I know you will complete it from the inside out. Your love is shaping me. You are making me, and the enemy is afraid of what you are making me. Let your glory manifest in me from this day on. Happy Birthday to me.

  • The Other Reflection – by Gladys Kumi

    It always had to do with whenever she spoke. There was an obstacle to overcome, to make way past. The fuss was about the SRC candidate who had won the election. It was an easy stream of communication where everybody threw whatever they thought in every direction. They impressed their minds in all assertiveness, to the other ends of the room; hitches never existed.

    Expressing her presence wherever she would find herself, by talking, always seemed like such a conscious thing to do. It was conscious and calculative with the effort to launch herself. She had to come outside of her dimension of ease and push herself to the edges of discomfort. It was a rigorous exercise that rubbed frictionly with all abilities.

    Heroically pushing against it did not in the least alleviate the tackle that ensuing talks always came with. There was the climb as sure as it could be.
    It was not that there was a void of thoughts to express; a void of opinions, perceptions, and mindsets never existed. Her mind was bursting with them, and they were wound around the words the people spoke before she had to consider.

    Assuming such a position would be precedent and make a new record, which would definitely be a new blaze of inspiration for upcoming women’ That was a definite kind of input. It couldn’t be voiced out more clearly..in her mind, as though that had been stringently made the object on which to make an impression. So there she was, having a lot and nothing to say about everything.

    Personality dimension-wise, she observed at the end of many years, that there was no affinity that drew an inclination to remain quiet and no innate dislike to talking either. It reflected the other way in public: Her survey group leader said she was introverted, and her high schoolmates expressed to her that they understood she liked being quiet.

    The truth is there was no strength in the launching pad for every ‘leap of faith’. It felt like every attempt was resting on thin ice, and that thin ice was worse off if it got broken. And then she would picture the dreadfulness of coming out wrong It hit her with such precision that it had to do with her image. The problem was one with how she saw herself.

    The powder room certainly was an extension beyond conventional use for her, in settings like this. It was a slip-away to moments of mental ease, all unfolding in front of a mirror. She stood in front of it. For that split second, she persuaded herself to believe in all things extraordinary and
    fully expected something out of the ordinary to flash before her eyes.

    She therefore looked closely and curiously into it. Her reflection stared back with undiminished curiosity. She realized disappointed, that that was all there was to it. All that there was to it was seeing. As though that event has not been natural as far as the occurrences of nature would have it. Two persons. Staring and staring back. No, she was not satisfied, for she had subconsciously looked to find someone in the mirror.

    She was instantly drawn to some words that flitted into her mind from nowhere, drawn by those words though they were too faint to have that power.
    What did she think? What did she think about the reflection? There was a moment of silence, like the ones we may have with an audience of
    people over a riveting issue, but this time her thoughts were standing still, looking for the answer to the question.

    That was a new window being opened to her as she watched. There were none springing up—none to show that she had any reflective views or
    beliefs about herself. She viewed that person through her mind’s eye, and it stared back, waiting for answers. She had left a space where there could be a positive buildup; it took away the strength, and where there was supposed to be, there was shakiness for every ‘leap of faith’. That person had not been created. It had been missing, a whole reflection-the Other Reflection.

  • The False Gospel of HyperGrace

    There is a kind of deception that has lured this generation into fervent deception. This generation thinks they understand Grace more than all the preceding generations by making it look like Grace only began to take fruit in the 21st century. The average Christian believes God would have smacked all of us dead like He used to do in the Old Testament had it not been for Grace. When Jesus died, we hadn’t sinned yet. Therefore, Jesus died for our past, present, and future sins. What I’ve just said is not necessarily false. It’s not even about what is being said. It’s about what it insinuates. Lies are 100% lies. Deception is a spectrum that can have as much as 99% truth and 1% lies.

    We have reduced Grace to the message of sin in this generation. We don’t know Grace outside of the topic of sin anymore like other generations before us. Don’t get me wrong; God will forgive you for all your sins. God knows that. You know that. The devil knows that, and he will use it to his advantage. How many times have you casually sinned but didn’t fear because you knew Grace was available? One man said, “I prayed to God for a bike for so long, but He didn’t give it to me. So, I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness. ” That’s where the deception lies. This post is written out of love so we hate sin, never tolerate it or play around with it, thinking no harm is being caused because we would be forgiven. Let’s delve in;

    Track Record

    Jesus, when He became man, was touched with the feeling of our infirmities as Hebrews 4:15 says, yet without sin although He was in all points tempted as we are. That is His eternal track record. Yes, when you sin and God forgives you, your sins are blotted as if you never sinned. However, what you lost in all this sinning and being forgiven is the reward of obedience. Adam and Eve sinned and God forgave them. We never got to know what the reward for their obedience would be like. What we saw is the consequences of disobedience. Although they were forgiven, given grace by experiencing the law of substitution, and given clothing and a promise, a curse was still released. Although the Cross of Christ absorbs the sin and its accompanying curses, it does not offer us the lost reward for obedience.

    The truth is that God will always reward obedience. Once you get to know what sin does, hate it. It sets you back several years, even. God can restore what you lost. What you lost is what you used to have before you sinned. However, there is something you never even got. It’s the reward of obedience. If you didn’t have it in the first place, it could not be restored. See, God will reward people’s track record. He will reward obedience. He will reward consistency. He will reward faithfulness. The question is, do you have a track record?

    Spiritual Authority

    There are places you will never reach in the realms of the Spirit with this kind of mindset. You will never know God beyond a certain level. Also, you will never be entrusted with a level of authority if you have not conquered your flesh. There are three major battles to fight and conquer; the flesh, the world and the devil. If you haven’t defeated the flesh, don’t think you’re any match for the spirit of the age and the god of this world. That is why the enemy wants you in this cycle of sin; Sin, repent, repeat. Once he has you there, you can never rise to the stature of your destiny. These are not even to be defeated once. It is continual warfare. A spiritual contention for the throne of your heart. That is why we are commanded to carry the cross daily.

    If you have not defeated your “personal demons”, what makes you think you can overcome territorial demons? You haven’t won your personal battles and you want to take responsibility for people? You will subject them to the covering of the demons you haven’t defeated, for crying out loud. That is why pastors who haven’t overcome the spirit of lust have a synagogue of perpetual fornication and adultery. God will give you more grace to overcome but He will not give you grace to enter the next level as a sign of mercy. You fight battles at the level of your spiritual rank. If you are stuck in the same sin cycle, God will forgive you always but you are not growing. The enemy knows this and has done it to many people. You are just a statistic to him.

    Future Judgement

    The fact that God has forgiven you does not mean that there are no consequences. Galatians 6:7 says “Do not be deceived. God is not mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap”. The more you sin, the more grace abounds. What is the purpose of the abounding grace? So that you have a stronger force to overcome the sin because the more you feed sin, the more it grows. Forgiven sins do not mean no accountability. It will shock you to know that one day, God will hold you accountable for every single thing He gave you, including the abounding grace to overcome sin.

    Listen to the words of Jesus: ‭Matthew 11:21-22 NLT‬ [21] “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse. [22] I tell you, Tyre and Sidon will be better off on judgment day than you.

    More grace equals more responsibility. To whom much is given, much is expected. Some generations did more with little. To think God will expect little from us with what He has given us is a fallacy. God has standards. High standards. Even though He has long-suffering, one day the iniquities of the Amorities will be complete. To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Every sin has reparations even though it is forgiven. Selah!

    ‭1 Peter 4:17-18 NLT‬
    [17] For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin with God’s household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God’s Good News? [18] And also, “If the righteous are barely saved, what will happen to godless sinners?”


    ‭Hebrews 10:26-29 NLT‬
    [26] Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. [27] There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies. [28] For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. [29] Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us.

    …to be continued

  • Foreword | Purchase | Testimonial Submit

    By God’s Grace, my first-ever book named “Intercourse with God” was released on the 1st of May, 2024.

    Intercourse with God

    Foreword by my Mom

    This book contains the rank and file of God’s principles of marriage. After reading, you will know about biblical precepts and laws governing it and its application. The book is laid out boldly and easy to understand. You can not stop reading and can enjoy it to the end.l will advise all to read it because marriage is from God. Thanks

    Mrs Gertrude Adu Mensah

    About the Book

    There are 13 chapters in the book;

    • The Institution of Marriage
    • Jesus, our Bridegroom
    • The Bride of Christ
    • The Proposal
    • The Wedding Preparation
    • The Jealous God
    • The Seed (Sperma)
    • Penetration of the Word
    • The Pleasure of Intercourse
    • Pregnancy and Labour
    • Bearing Fruit
    • Illegitimate Fruits
    • God the Father Glorified
    • Wedding Feast of the Lamb

    About How to Purchase

    It does for only GHS 15.00 or $1.00. You can pay with either MoMo or via Card. For a GHS5.00 discount, use “Resonance” as the code. So far, no one has used the code although it is available for only 20 slots. The book is affordable in all countries around the world.

    It is under review on Amazon and will be made available soon via Kindle. For my cherished friends in Nigeria who do not have a Visa or MasterCard, I am working around the clock to make it available to you via Mobile Money. To purchase, hit on the book below.

    About the Author

    I realised I didn’t write anything of this sort in the book. It wasn’t a sign of “humility”. I think there’s a need for strangers to know the credibility of the book they are about to read. I’ve personally checked out several authors before delving into the book. If you know me, skip this so it doesn’t seem like I am bragging lol.

    Daniel Good is a young visionary man with the Spirit of excellence. An architect by profession, his writing abilities encapsulate the heart of mysteries unforetold. His messages seek to reveal, ignite, enwisen, inspire, and empower his generation. “Intercourse with God” is his first ever book and yet there are many more in his loins to bring forth.

    Testimonials|Reviews

    Please if you have any Reviews, kindly leave them as a comment under this post. I will add it to the landing page for purchasing the book on my website.

  • About the Upcoming Ebook: Intercourse with God

    My first-ever book is set to be released on the 1st of May. It will primarily be available on my website and the link will be released on said date. I am also working on making it available on Amazon and even publishing it. I had wanted to make it free but who cherishes free things in our world today? It goes for only $1.00 worldwide.

    The book is so good and I have to sit down and read it as if I’m not the one who wrote it. I wrote the book in the secret place and I can tell you for a fact that I didn’t know 50% of what I wrote before I actually typed them. The book already has a part 2 being prepared for later this year because the Holy Spirit wanted me to add the Love Covenant, a mystery from a well I have not even made time to assimilate. I know for sure that the final hardcopy of this book in future will have 3 ebooks released at different times.

    The reason why I’m not pausing until the final hardcopy is made manifest is because truly, the well does not run dry. I can write every day for a year and still have fresh water from the river that flows from my belly. This is a kind of book you shouldn’t be in a hurry to finish reading. Like how I have been designed to write, I don’t write the “final words” for your understanding. I only scratch the surface, making very deep sentences that need meditation and drawing from the Holy Spirit to ascertain. I don’t explain everything into details. What I want to do is draw the reader into the Word so the Holy Spirit can take them on an adventure based on the revelation given.

    Thus, I am not preparing a full meal. I am only given you the ingredients so you also cook with the chef. Otherwise, it just becomes garbage in, garbage out. It is not information. It is revelation that leads to transformation. It’s not meant to be “chewed and poured”. You are a participant, a partaker in the meal God wants to serve you. It, of course, doesn’t replace the Bible. It is fully based on Scripture as the Spirit kept bringing to memory the puzzle pieces in the Word. It will dramatically change your life, how you see God and how you see yourself. It will put a tremendous understanding in your spirit. People will hear you speak these mysteries and know you have the Spirit of Wisdom.

    Although it is not a how-to book, act on the Word in the book. Knowing so much about the secret place and not going there produces religion. Revelation that does not lead to transformation becomes information that leads to religion. That’s it! I can’t wait for 1st May too.

  • The Mystery of Comparison: Spiritual Ranking

    Last week, we talked about the only way to compare yourself wisely; by comparing your current state to the full stature of Christ. That is God’s ultimate purpose of all of us individually and cooperately.

    Even naturally, we aren’t all on the same rank. As humans, we rank higher than all living things on earth. They are living things because they don’t have a spirit. We are living beings, and our spirits are everlasting. Therefore, we innately rank higher than all living things by design. The devil ranks higher than certain angelic beings by design. Apart from design, we rank according to stature. Yes, you are a child of God but as long as your remain a child, you rank no higher than a servant.

    ‭‭Galatians 4:1-3 NKJV‬
    [1] Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, [2] but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. [3] Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world.

    A sword in the hands of an infant is no threat to an enemy. The enemy knows that that toddler possesses no understanding and skill to wield the sword. However, God in his infinite riches, protects us from certain battles above us. Don’t get me wrong! As a child of God, you rank FAR ABOVE principalities and powers. You don’t yet possess, but you have access. Unlimited access. You rank far above because you are hid in Christ. This is Christ who ranks far above and has given you unlimited access.

    ‭‭Ephesians 1:19-21 NKJV‬
    … and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

    Therefore, the level of your ranking is directly proportional to how much Christ is formed in you. In Christ dwells the fulness of the Godhead. How much of the fullness have you allowed in you? Have you built up the capacity? Have you completely, continually, and daily surrendered? You are going to crucify your flesh daily, carry your cross daily, and allow Christ to be formed in you to the extent that even the life you live in the flesh glorifies God. The formation of Christ in us is a purpose that precedes sin and will continue into eternity.

    God is unlimited, and that is why He creates with potential. We are not stuck at the rank of our design. We have the capacity to expand as we behold Christ. Even Adam had potential. He had to pass certain tests in order to grow in stature. Once He passed the test of work, God expanded His capacity to experience intimacy by creating Eve. Eventually, Adam would have grown in stature to possess the knowledge of good and evil had he continually remained in obedience. This is why all things are available to you but certain things don’t manifest until you pass certain tests. Some blessings will rather destroy you if you don’t have the required stature to possess such blessings. So God, in His mercy, works on you until whatever that is not of him dies in you so Christ can continue to be formed in you. You must decrease and He must increase.

    A toddler is not allowed to go into battle even if he is a prince. The King hides the toddler and grooms the toddler until a King is formed in the toddler. During the hiding, the King prevents the toddler from fighting certain battles because of the toddler’s level of maturity. Selah! It is actually mercy. The truth is, you will never be given authority until you have been under authority. You have to be trusted with that authority. Because truly, authority is delegated. It is not your power; it is the Power delegated to you by God. Authority in the hands of a fool is dangerous and unrepresentative of a Wise King. It is free but it will cost you everything.

    Christ will lead you from victory unto victory. Follow His lead. Without Him, you can do nothing. He will never cast pearls before swine or give what is holy to dogs. Don’t seek Him because you want power. Seek the person, not the power. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to train you into a person worthy of the authority entrusted to you, lest you bring shame to the name of the Lord. Selah!

  • The Mystery of Comparison V: Comparing Yourself with Yourself

    When we think about how we are doing compared to ourselves, it can make us feel a lot of things. Sometimes, we worry about the future and get anxious. We think about all the things we want to do and worry we’re not good enough. Other times, we look back at what we’ve already done and feel pretty good. But if we do that too much, we might stop trying to do better.

    Here’s the thing: the most important comparison we can make is between how we are right now and the full measure of the stature of Christ. This helps us focus on what’s really important in life. Thinking too much about the future can make us feel anxious. We might set big goals for ourselves and then feel bad if we don’t reach them. It’s like always worrying about what’s coming next and forgetting to live and make the most of now.

    There’s a big trending misconception that we should compare ourselves with our past; it will make us happy. However, that is not always a feeling of gratitude. Sometimes, that is a feeling of complacency or pride.



    Looking back at what we’ve already achieved can make us feel good. But if we spend too much time patting ourselves on the back, we might stop trying to improve. We could get stuck in the past instead of moving forward. So, where does that leave us? It leaves us right here, in the present moment. Instead of worrying about the future or dwelling on the past, we can focus on now. This is how life is lived in time.

    The most important thing to remember is to compare ourselves to the example and stature of Jesus. He ought to live ‭”until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:13). It’s not about being the best version of ourselves. Even if it is, that version is not within you as the world keeps saying. That version is in Christ alone.

    One of the fallacies in this era of “self”



    So, let’s keep it simple. Instead of worrying about the future or dwelling on the past, let’s focus on the present moment. And let’s compare ourselves to the full measure of the fulness of Christ. If we do that, we’ll be on the right track to living a fruitful life.

  • The Mystery of Comparison IV: Comparing Yourself with Others

    God is Daniyyel. He is the One who vindicates. The Office of the Judge only belongs to deities who hold the perfect balance to wield authority in determining what is good and evil. That is why in the physical realm, no one is above the Law. The judge at our law court holds no authority unless the one given to him/her according to the jurisdiction of the land and the laws thereof. The judge’s verdict, therefore, is based on the discretion that only emanates from the laws that govern the judge’s jurisdiction.

    God is the Eternal Judge of all, and of course, His case is different. For Him, His Words are law. No other deity in heaven, on earth or under the earth, holds the perfect balance to wield authority in determining good and evil. This is the sin Lucifer committed (by comparing himself to God – I will be like the Most High) and caused Adam and Eve to commit when they took the fruit of the knowledge of the tree of good and evil and became like God.

    Since then, man has caught himself sometimes jumping onto the Throne of Judgement and wielding the mysteries of comparison to their demise. A sin that seems so innocent and yet has dire consequences that sometimes can not be atoned until its age has ended. Lucifer’s sin consumes him forever, and the consequences of Adam’s sin, although not everlasting, can only end with the end of this age.

    If you compare yourself with others who are higher than you…

    Low Self-Esteem

    It is not wrong to know others who are above you. In fact, by acknowledging those above you, you honour them. It is kings who shall come to your rising. Don’t think that we are all at the same level. Don’t compare yourself with others just because we are at different levels. Avoid both extremes. If it took someone 15 years, it doesn’t mean it will take you 15 years. It doesn’t work like that. By comparing yourself with others who have gone ahead of you, you shoot yourself in the foot even before you start. It is by looking to Jesus that we see our real worth. Look to any other man higher than you, and you’ll only see your low self-esteem.

    If you compare yourself with others who are lower than you….

    Pride

    Pride is so foolish, yet it is one of the cardinal sins. Every great man continually had to face the test of pride. For every new level you reach, you must pass the test of pride that comes with it. Everything is to the Glory of God. The only one who can give you Glory is God Himself. If anyone else gives you glory, give it to God immediately, so He would rather give it to you. Pride is giving yourself glory. If you think God will watch you share in a glory He hasn’t given you, then you are mistaken. It’s only a matter of time until you and your pride are destroyed. Pride is the quickest way to destruction. Certain laws need no activation (prayer, giving, declaration etc to activate). One of them is Proverbs 16:18. It will always come to pass without fail, regardless of the one who triggered it.

    If you compare yourself with others who are on your level…

    False Hope

    There is no such thing as being behind others in life. A lot of people look at their peers and draw the weirdest conclusions. Behind who? Who says you are running your race with them? It sounds logical to compare yourself to people like you. It doesn’t make it right. Your truest potential is your comparison to the stature of Christ. The Holy Spirit’s task is that through your yield, you are continually conformed to the image of Christ. It is not even about making it in this life. How long is this life in the first place? Throw away that false hope. We have a hope of Resurrection and a Revealed Glory because His Spirit dwells in us. Christ in you: the Hope of Glory.

    Let’s take the other 3 (Anxiety, Complacency, etc) next week, God willing. I hope you learnt a lot. A seed has been sown into the fertility of your heart. Btw I usually don’t “fully” explain the weight of certain words or deep sentences that I write as a way to draw you more to seek the knowledge of God for yourselves. In that way, I don’t become your source of enlightenment, only an insignia. Leave a comment if you can. To be continued…

  • Jesus the Christ: this is the Gospel

    Christ is the visible image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.


    For in Christ all the fullness of the Godhead lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

    When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

    As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

    And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.



    Remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

    He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

    ‭In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

    ‭For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

  • The Mystery of Comparison II

    In the last post, I emphatically stated that when something is to lose its relevance, gain momentum, gain ground, or even shift suddenly; for us to perceive it is based on comparison. Without comparison, not only will our understanding be fragmented, but our perception will be null. What is that all about? Discernment.

    Discernment

    Discernment is when your spirit weighs the backing and notices a difference. There’s a reason why John said we should test every spirit. Our physical brain, mental mind, and spiritual conscience already run tests. Some signs are clear to differentiate because evil has a look, taste, feel, smell, and touch. However, when the enemy disguises himself as the angel of light, anyone walking by sight will fall for his deception. All physical and soulish comparisons will fail because he can pass all such perception tests. However, he can not hide the darkness of his heart.

    Anyone who continually trains their senses to recognize the difference between good and evil have matured. I’m not the one saying this. Check Hebrews 5:14. During the perception test, your spirit compares the backing spirit with the Spirit in you. It is a skill and requires training. Discernment needs sharpening because all lies have an iota of truth in them. To weigh the spirit backing activities, doctrines, movements, systems, territories, instructions, etc is not something that can be extensively taught to full understanding; you have to experience it to fully grasp it. This is why all these are a mystery. In fact, the mystery of comparison has an underlying mystery; the mystery of measure.

    Difference

    We also spoke about the sense of judgement last week. Speaking on differences, it is the mystery of comparison revealed via judgement that brings about the clear difference between those on God’s side and those on the evil side. Malachi 3:17 explains it well; “They will be my people,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “On the day when I act in judgement, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child. Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.” It is the kind of judgement where God judges all based on His standard; His revealed glory. The same stone will be a stepping stone to the righteous but a stumbing block to the wicked. This is what will happen on the general Judgement day.

    The same water that hardens an egg softens the potato. If you have not read Number 16, now is the good time to read it. When God’s glory is revealed, all who are not on the Lord’s side are automatically consumed. God is pure and not a tiny amount of uncleanness can stand in His holy presence as Habakkuk 1:13 says. People are asking for God to reveal Himself/His Glory, and they don’t know what they are asking. That revealed Glory is a consuming fire; if you’re an ore, the discipline burns out all the impurities, and you are left as pure gold. This is why God moves us from glory to glory, gradually revealing His Glory in a measure we have the capacity to endure. Paul said that “we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

    Dani-El

    Because people do not understand this Mystery of Glory, they think the God of the Old Testament is different. No, He has not changed. It is the sacrifice of Jesus that has made us qualified. Jesus has made us friends with God so God’s revealed Glory will not consume as like it will do His enemies. God is still the same. That is why the writer of Hebrews admonishes us to “be thankful and please God by worshipping Him with holy fear and awe; for our God is a consuming fire”. This explains one major reason why we can not go to the Father except through Jesus. Try going to the Father with your self-righteousness and see if you can endure the fulness of His Glory. And oh, if you think that we have “lost the glory of God” in our gatherings today, it’s even a sign of mercy. If we haven’t surrendered to Jesus and consecrated our full self (spirit, soul, and body), we will be devoured in God’s presence. In this last days, God has promised to pour out His judgement. “‭This means that all of creation will be shaken and removed, so that only unshakable things will remain.”

    Judgement Day is a great and terrible day, as Isaiah puts it. Great for those on God’s side. It’s terrible for the others. Does the idea of Judgement Day terrify you? Then you really need to surrender all to Christ. Because the saints in Heaven cannot wait for that day as Revelations 6:10 tells us. For those on God’s side, we are going to experience the fulness of His Glory, for “he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.”