GOD BUILDS

GOD THE ARCHITECT OF THE HOME

The home is a small unit designed by God and consisting of a man, his wife and possibly children. The world is the entire environment where the home operates.

Reasons why God designed the home:

1. So that His children will have dominion over all other creatures made by Him.
2. So that His children will be fruitful and increase in all aspects, fill the earth and then subdue it. Read Genesis 1:26-28
3. God designed the home so that He could use it as a medium to perform signs and wonders Isaiah 8:18. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them (Genesis 1:27) God made them male and female from the beginning so as to add variety to life through feminity and masculinity. For this reasons we have different strength, different weaknesses, different likes and different dislikes etc
4. God designed the home to solve the problem of loneliness, Read Genesis 2:18. Are you married but still lonely? Then prayerfully seek God’s guidance and the right counsel so as to put things in order. You must not seek worldly counsel; rather seek godly counsel from God’s servant so that God who is the architect of the home will put your home in order. Only Him can fix any problem in the home.

 The home designed by God in Genesis 1:27 was for a man and a woman. This is why a Christian marriage is God’s creation of life – long union of a man and woman joined in matrimony to the exclusion of all others. Which means polygamy, polyandry, lesbianism, homosexuality and cohabiting without paying of bride price etc are not included in this definition. God’s idea from the beginning is monogamy.

        It takes time, patience and God’s wisdom to build a home and ensure that your home does not become a house or just a dwelling place for the man and the woman. The home must be a wonderful world for you as a married man or woman

Essentials in the home

All the essentials you need to make your home a wonderful world is contained in Genesis chapters 1,2 and 3

Your home must be a place of peace and comfort. There must be mutual respect in the home. Always remember that respect is reciprocal and your children if any will copy you and do likewise. In Genesis 2:18 God gave Adam a helper comparable to him. Not a slave girl or just a housewife. So you must not turn your wife to a slave or punching bag. God’s word must take precedence over culture/tradition in your home

If you are a woman, you must posses a gentle and quiet spirit and be submissive. Be wise enough to build your home (Proverb 14:1) Are you a man? It must not be difficult for you to love your wife. When the home is at peace, everything about you will be at peace. This means that your world will radiate peace and influence other lives for Jesus. This is God’s desire for you. So go ahead and make your home a wonderful world.

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BE A LIVING WITNESS FOR CHRIST (JOHN 4:25-30)

A witness is a person who is to declare what he or she has seen or encountered someone who has an evidence or proof of something. Are you a living witness for Jesus Christ?

There are three areas through which you can be a witness and they are:

1. Witnessing Through Your Way Of Life

You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men……..written not with ink but by the spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is of the heart (2 Corinthians 3:2-3)

You are the light of the world (Matthew 5:14) As a born again child of God you must know that you are on an assignment in this world. How are you living your life? What are you doing with the salvation you have received? Wherever you are – office, home, market etc you need to shine as light and reflect the Lord Jesus Christ who you are serving. You must be an epistle for people to read, your character must resemble that of Jesus as was said of the Christians in Antioch.

2. Witnessing Through The Gospel

And  He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creatures. He who believe and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned (Mark 16:15-16)

You have been saved for a purpose. Jesus Christ after He died and rose from the grave commissioned the ministry of soul wining into your hands. Are you doing just that for which he paid the price? In Acts 1:18 Jesus Christ said you shall receive power when the holy spirit has come upon you and you shall be His witness. As a disciple of Jesus you must desire to do His will. You must preach the gospel to unbelievers because souls are precious to Him. He does not desire that any should perish.

3. Witnessing through personal Testimony

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with one in the suffering for the gospel according to the power of God who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our work, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began (2 Timothy 1:8, 9)

You must not be ashamed to share the testimony of what God has done in your life

In John 4:28 the Samaritan woman proclaimed the testimony of her encounter with Jesus. You must not hide your testimony because God will be displeased with and ashamed of you. God will also hesitate to bless you if you hesitate to declare His goodness.

You must not allow your past to also hinder you from having a testimony. As you surrender totally to Him. He will transform your life and make you an evidence of His transformation power

Therefore be a living epistle, a true witness of Jesus Christ. Let your life be a pointer to Him who is your source. Stop living a double life. Begin to witness for Him from this moment.

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SCIENTIST DISCOVERY ON MIGRAINE

 REVOLUTIONARY NEW SCAN SHOWS KEY TO MIGRAINES IS IN GENES

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A REVOLITIONARY way of screening the entire human genome for the genetic sign-posts of disease has produces its latest success – the first inherited link to common migraine and a possible reason for extreme headaches.

The technique, which scans all 23 pairs of human chromosomes in a single sweep has found the first genetic risk factor that predisposes someone to the common form of  migraine, which affects one in 6 women and one in 12 men. The discovery has immediately led to a new possible cause of migraine by alerting scientists to DNA defects involved in the build-up of substance in the nerves of sufferers that could be the trigger for their migraine.

Scientist believe the findings could lead both to a better understanding as well as new treatments for the chronic and debilitating condition, which is estimated to be one of the most costly brain-related disorders in society, causing countless lost working days.

Scanning the entire blueprint of human DNA by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has had a profound effect on the understanding of a range of other medical conditions over the past few years, from heart disease and obesity to bipolar disorder and testicular cancer. The study of migraine, published in the journal Nature Genetics, was an archetypal example of the new approach of medical genetics using the GWAS technique. Scientist analyzed the genomes of some 5,000 people with migraine and compared their DNA to that unaffected people to see if there were any significant differences that could be linked statistically to the condition.

The GWAS test uses arrays of specially designed fragments of DNA that could identify different sets of markers or genetic signposts in a person’s genome. By analyzing thousands of genomes, the scientists are able to build up a picture of DNA markers in a patient’s genome pointing to the presence of defective genes that could predispose someone to migraine or any other common illness known to have a genetic element.

This is the first time we have been able to peer into the genomes of many thousands of people and find genetic clues to understand common migraine said Dr. Aarno Palotie, chair of international headache genetics consortium at the welcome Trust Sanger institute in Cambridge. ‘studies of this kind are possible only through scale international collaboration so that we could pick out this genetic variant. This discovery opens new doors to understanding common human diseases’’

The scientists behind the migraine study scanned the entire genomes of some 50,000 people in total, a huge undertaking that was only possible because of the availability of relatively cheap commercial GWAS kits that can be used to screen all of a person’s 46 chromosomes in a single sweep.

The insight that this approach has given scientists could only be dreamed of 10 or 15 year ago, suddenly, it is becoming possible to tease out the influences of the many different genes that may be involved in raising the risk of developing a particular condition, Alzheimer’s. a decade or two ago this genetic component to common diseases was only known about from a person’s family history of disease

The children of parents who had both died of heart disease were known to be statistically more likely to die of the disease themselves, but the nature of the genes involved in causing this predisposition was largely a mystery until GWAS came along.

‘’I think it has revolutionized the way we can tackle these diseases, we have identified new pathways to disease and new possible cause that we did not know before’’ Dr. Palotie said

Its like the difference between night and the day, between black and white photographs and colour pictures, he added

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, which led much of the effort to decode the human genome has been an eager pioneer of the GWAS technique and has established many initiatives over the past few years to exploit its revolutionary potentials for teasing out the genetic components of common diseases – the nature in the nature-nurture debate.

At the Sanger Institute alone, GWAS is being used to find the genetic variants of heart disease, cholesterol levels, bipolar disease, breast and testicular cancers, high blood pressure, Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes.

BEWARE OF REWARD STOOPERS OR BLOWERS

 

Your reward can be stopped as a result of your own doing. Once God has determined to reward you, no power of the enemy can stop it. If the enemy is having an upper hand in your life checks yourself. The case is different if you are passing through a period of trial allowed by God in order to pass a message across through you like the case of Job or God wants to teach you a particular lesson and so allows the enemy for a while.

Obedience is very important principle in God’s kingdom. When you are obedient to Him there are certain promises in His words that you will receive without praying.

There are 2 types of rewards

1.        Earthly reward

2.        Heavenly reward.

Earthly reward refers to the reward God gives to you here on earth – children, money, sound health etc. whatever God gives to you is primarily for His purpose i.e to lift up/glorify His name.

Heavenly reward refers to eternal reward that awaits you in Heaven. You must not forget this reward because you are carried away with earthly blessings. Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what house will ye build me? Saith the Lord; or what is the place of my rest? Acts7:49. God does not live in a house made with hands; rather He lives in us

Who are you in Christ? You ought to be a labourer in His vineyard. But when you abandon God things/house and allow His house to be in ruins after He has blessed you, He can blow your blessing/reward away (Haggai 1:9) Therefore you must take care of God’s house

Your life in Christ is intact and is robust in Jesus name. eyes have not seen, ears have not heard neither has it entered the heart of man, the things God has prepared for them that loves Him, but you must continue to hold unto God and obey Him. What is your contribution to the house of God? Luke 15:25-38

What is your area of labour in the body of Christ; what is God depending on you for? Bible says in Gal 6:7. That a man will reap what he has sown. God will not deny you of your reward if you labour or are laboring for Him. The labourere is worthy of his wages Luke 10:7

You are more under curse because Jesus has taken away all the curses and nailed to a tree. But to be free from these curses your obedience to God must be complete.

God is coming with His reward for a glorious church without blemish; no spot/wrinkles (Ephesians 5:25-27) Stop displaying dual character. As God’s child you ought to manifest the fruits of the spirit (Gal 5:22-25)

According to God’s word you are already blessed (Ephesians 1:1) But you must take heed so that you do not stop your reward with your hands by neglecting your responsibilities in God’s house. Your reward will be your portion and it will be exceedingly great as you learn to obey God and discern the body of Christ.

POWER AND AUTHORITY

THE POWER AND AUTHORITY IN THE WORLD OF GOD (HEB 11: 3, PROV. 4:20, PSALM 91:15)

By faith we understand that the world was formed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible (Hebrews 11:3). The only way you can run your life successfully and consistently successfully is by the WORD OF GOD

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In Prov. 4:20 Gog admonishes his children, male and female (all are sons, no gender difference) to pay attention to his words. If you do not pay attention to God’s words your destiny will be tiled away from him.

You must connect your spiritual and physical antennae to God’s word and concentrate on it. When you do, you will have life and health because God is the source of life; his word is the only true source of life, health and peace.

If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior then you must also accept him as your healer because God’s word says by his strips you were healed (1pet 2::24)

“With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation” (Psalm 91:16) God has promised you long life and salvation. But this will only come to be if you know your manual, that manual is the Bible.

The manual will help you overthrow all the devices of the enemy. What is the manual saying about your situation? Do you have the manual? What is your guide or whose instructions are you using to operate your life.

If you have not receive the true and only recommended manual to guide your life, then you can have one now. All you need to do is first connect to that life source of Christ. Surrender your life to Him now. Possess the manual and begin to receive instructions from him. Only then will you find true life, peace, joy and fulfillment.

SUSTAINING THHIS POWER AND GRACE

WHAT IS POWER: Mower means authority, to have dominion over something in other words God who created the Heavens and the Earth through His word rules over it (Gen 1: 1-28) however, the word of God says   in 1P et 2::9 being royal priesthood, a chosen generation, a holy nation, a peculiar people that you should show forth the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. As  ministers, pastors, teachers  (Gal 5: 12-18) he has delegated power to us to rule with him and this he did through the Holy spirit anointing  us to have the grace and power, other reason is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ and for this Kingdom project, the children of God need the power of dominion .

But in Rom 12:1 where we should be cautious of the word of life and the issue of admonishing of making our body a living sacrifice, the Almighty God desire our obedience towards services and not the sacrifice, we could remember how Saul was rejected by God because God only desire an obedient soul and not sacrifice

ACTS THAT CAN PREVENT THE SUSTAINANCE OF GOD’ POWER AND GRACE

John 14:12-14  is considered as a blank cheaque for the children of God who obeys his word, however lets consider that facts that could deprived us of these benefits and these include corrupt, pollute and abuse; the question is how can these 3 affect us from the sustenance of God grace and power

1.        Corrupt – (Philippians 4:: 8) bringing  children up to know Christ; as custodian you are suppose to show the lights to your children and doing otherwise means you are corrupting the child – again the body is the temple of the Lord, therefore having evil thoughts and imagination against your neighbour means the temple of the lord is being corrupted . The word says we should think of whatever thing is good, whatever thing will bring honour.

2.        Pollution – to pollute also means to corrupt but we should consider the issue of idol worshipping in prospective and view the issue of the temple of God being clean through the resident of the Holy spirit and as admonished in Rom 12:1 to the renewing of mind would now be placed in the altar of idol. The pollution of our body leads to sickness and death.

3.        Abuse – its no story to hear about ministers of the most high God putting comfort to the heavenly project, such as the demand for earthly wealth and pleasures, most are so rich that they have body guards and not the Holy spirit, such have not only pollute but also corrupt the temple of the living God. The bible says we did not call ourselves, God calls us (Ephesians 2:8) and our duty is to be obedient toward the Lord’s calling

Grace is the unmerited farvour and the sustaining of God’s power and grace lies in our ability to be obedient towards his word and instructions.

JUST A MINUTE

Excuse me, have you got a minute to spare?

On April 19^th, 1906 the ground of San Francisco shook for less than one minute, but over 1000 people died.

A minute can be a long time.

An eye blinks 12 times per minute, but a quartz crystal in a digital watch will beat 1,800,000 times.

Each minute Paul Mc Cartney earns £60, Harrods will take £ 9,300 at the tills and the National Westminster bank will clock up £1,428.80 profit.

In Britain 180,000 cups of tea are drunk, 30,000 eggs eaten and 240,000 cigarettes smoked each 60 seconds! In a minute a snail can walk in 3 inches, cheetah run 6,000 feet and earth will travel 109,800 miles on its orbit.

60 million gallons of water pour over the Niagara Falls every minute.

A person is born in a particular minute (in fact 480 babies are born each minute)

In a minute a person can tell a lie, become a thief, blaspheme God’s name, tell a dirty joke, lose his or her purity.

Death can happen in a minute.

The Bible teaches that one day Jesus Christ will come back to this earth. He will appear not as baby, but as the king of kings to judge all the people of the world.

Who knows when this minute will be?

You can pray in a minute. One guilty man prayed, ‘’ God be merciful to me sinner’’ Jesus said this man was cleansed from his sin. Possibly the prayer took years to formulate, but eternity to enjoy the answer, and only a minute to pray.

The dying thief crucified next to Christ prayed, ‘’Lord remember me when you come into your kingdom’’ Jesus promised him heaven. Everlasting life was his because in a last minute he trusted Christ.

You can be converted to Christ in a minute, or your soul can be lost in a minute.

In a minute Jesus Christ gave sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, food to the hungry, strength to the lame, cleansing to the leprous and life to the dead.

For over 360 minutes He was nailed to a cross. There He paid sin’s penalty for all who will believe. Sin is so serious that the Father sent the son to be the Saviour of the world. The eternal Son of God came to earth to go to the cross to die for Sinners. My sins were laid on Him there. Fully paying for my wrong, He died.

In a great minute, He cried in victory, ‘’it is finished’’ He was the sacrifice for sin.

He was buried. Three days later, on the first Easter Sunday, He rose from the dead. Now, having gone up to heaven, He is lord of all and will be your Saviour if you believe in Him.

How many more minutes will you spend before asking God to forgive you and make you His own? You may have many minutes of your life left.

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7 BENEFITS OF REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

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You know exercise is good for you but do you know how? From boosting your mood to improving your sex life, find out how exercise can improve your life. By Mayo Clinic Staff. Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than old-fashion exercise. The merits of regular physical activity from preventing chronic health conditions to promoting weight loss and better sleep are hard to ignore. And the benefits are yours for the taking, regardless of age, sex or physical ability. Need more convincing? Check out seven specific ways exercise can improve your life.

1.      Exercise improves your mood: Need to blow off some stream after a stressful day? A workout at the gym or a brisk 30-munite walk can help you calm down. Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed that you were before you worked out. You’ll also look better and feel better when you exercise regularly, which can boost your confidence and improve your self-esteem. Regular physical activity can even help prevent depression.

2.      Exercise combats chronic diseases: worried about heart disease? Hoping to prevent osteoporosis? Physical activity can help you prevent or manage high blood pressure. Your cholesterol will benefit too. Regular physical activity boosts high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good” cholesterol while decreasing triglycerides. This one-two punch keeps your blood flowing smoothly by lowering the buildup of plaques in your arteries. And there’s more. Regular physical activity can help you prevent type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and certain type of cancer.

3.      Exercise helps you manage your weight: want to drop those excess pounds? Trade some couch time for walking or other physical activities. This one’s a no-brainer. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories. The more intense the activity, the more calories you burn and the easier it is to keep your weight under control. You don’t even need to set aside major chunks of time for working out. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Walk during your lunch break. Do jumping jacks during commercials. Better yet, turn off the TV and take a brisk walk. Dedicated workouts are great, but physical activity you accumulate throughout the day helps you burn calories too.

4.      Exercise boosts your energy level: winded by grocery shopping or household chores? Don’t throw in the towel. Regular physical activity can leave you breathing easier. Physical activity delivers oxygen and nutrient to your tissues. In fact, regular physical activity helps your entire cardiovascular system the circulation of blood through your heart and blood vessels work more efficiently. Big deal? You bet! When your heart and lungs work more efficiently, you’ll have more energy to do the things you enjoys.

5.      Exercise promotes better sleep: struggling to fall asleep? Or stay asleep? It might help to boost your physical activity improve your concentration, productivity and mood. And you guessed it physical activity is sometimes the key to better sleep. There’s a caveat, however. If you exercise too close to bedtime, you may be too energized to fall asleep. If you’re having trouble sleeping, you might want to exercise earlier in the day.

6.      Exercise can put the spark back into your sex life: Are you too tired to have sex? Or feeling too out of shape to enjoy physical intimacy? Physical activity to the rescue. Regular physical activity can leave you feeling energized and looking better, which may have a positive effect on your sex life. But there’s more to it than that. Regular physical activity can lead to enhanced arousal for women, and men who exercise regularly are less likely to have problems with erectile dysfunction that are men who don’t exercise especially as they get older.

7.      Exercise can be gasp fun! Wondering what to do on a Saturday afternoon? Looking for an activity that suits the entire family? Get Physical! Physical activity doesn’t have to be drudgery. Take a ballroom dancing class. Check out a local climbing wall or hiking trial. Push your kids on the swings or climb with them on the jungle gym. Plan a neighborhood kickball or touch football game. Find a physical activity you enjoy, and go for it. If you get bored, try something new. If you’re moving, it counts! Are you convinced? Good. Start reaping the benefits of regular physical activity today! 
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