Bethel Nwanebu

Every day and whenever you can , repeat to yourself, “Lord, have mercy on all who appear before you today.” For every hour and every moment thousands of men leave life on this earth, and their souls appear before God. And how many of them depart in solitude, unknown, sad, dejected that no one mourns for them or even knows whether they have lived or not? Behold, from the other end of the earth, perhaps, your prayer for their rest will rise up to God, though you knew them not nor they you. How must it feel to a soul standing in dread before the Lord to sense at such an instant that for him too there is one to pray, that there is a fellow creature left on earth to love him too? God will look on you both more graciously, for if you have had pity on him, how much more will he have pity, who is infinitely more loving and merciful than you? And he will forgive him for your sake. The Brothers Karamazov, trans. C. Garnett (Macmillan, 1922), 339. There was a man, a good man ,

Your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask Him.” –Matthew 6:8. We would all like to lose weight without dieting.  We’d like to get healthy and have our muscles toned up while we sleep.  We’d like to get a college degree without going to class or studying. Those are not about to happen. Spiritual disciplines require great effort from us also.  Whether we are fasting and enduring great tribulation for Jesus’ sake, or doing something as simple as studying our Sunday School lesson and offering grace before meals, conscious effort is required, and that means a strong focus on the Savior. Prayer is hard work, we are told. I respond that that is a half-truth.  Overcoming our human tendency to “do it by myself” (like a petulant four-year-old) and our sinful insistence on hanging onto a sinful but enjoyable habit, those take work.  Making myself turn off the television or lay aside an enjoyable book to open God’s word and read and meditate and pray, this req

The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice... The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all peoples see his glory. Psalm 97:1, 6, NIV Lord our God, we turn to you, for you are our help. Hear our prayer, we beseech you; let our cry rise to you so that you may send your mighty help in our generation. Continue to protect us from all evil, from death and destruction. Protect us because we are your children. As your children we turn to you, the almighty God, who can make everything work together for good. Be merciful to us, O Lord God. Help us for your name's sake. Help, Lord, for you alone can bring everything to a good end. So we stand before you in Jesus Christ, holding to every word you have given us and knowing for certain that you hear us. Amen.

You can worship Him in the midst of difficulty through a prayer of lament. There are many of these kinds of prayers in Scripture. All the major Bible characters poured their hearts out to God in lament. This is a type of prayer that we rarely hear about, yet at times, it is a necessary part of each one of our prayer lives. When experiencing the dark night of the soul, prayers of lament are so helpful. We live in a broken world where things do not always go right. There are times when we don’t know what God is doing or which way to turn. Bringing before God a prayer of lament can make all the difference in the world, because God actually changes us during these times when we pour out our hearts to Him. Prayers of lament are a form of worship and faith. We worship God even in the midst of pouring our difficulty out before Him. Instead of backing away from God during a hard time or a dark night, we face the pain and worship Him with it. As an act of love, we offer it all to God. We lay

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCORzaGaHETGgyxtBYDTyFfw We have a dynamic role in determining the measure of the quality of our life, because God opens doors of blessing when we pray.  But we must rise up in prayer and partner with Him, or we will not see these blessings. It is wise to develop a dynamic prayer life. God seeks for those who will stand in the gap and pray - ( Ezekiel 22:30 ).  JULY 2017 CROSSOVER NIGHT ON MONDAY 30TH JULY 2017 @ ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH, #11 ARCHDEACON DENNIS STREET, IKENEGBU OWERRI, IMO STATE, by 8pm TILL CROSSOVER. BE THERE!!

I declare to you, any mouth that speaks death in your life, your family, your future, It shall be turn to GOOD, I speak life to you, I speak live in your destiny, in your family, You shall not die in Jesus name? I speak to life to you, your enemies shall fall when they rise against you! Bless those who challenge us to grow, to stretch, to move beyond the knowable, to come back home to our essential nature. Bless those who challenge us for they remind us of the doors we have closed and doors we have yet to open. Dear Lord, I thank You for the Grace of being alive this morning; I thank You for the sleep that has refreshed me; I thank You for the chance to make a new beginning. We are lepers. Even if we hide our sores under the finest clothes, and lie to each other, to convince ourselves that we are healthy and happy... Forgetting the only real reason we should be happy: that God loves us, despite the sores we hide. God loves us so much that He became one of us, and