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Today March 19th ,2015, I was with choristers of Covenant University ,which I proudly belong to. We were praying for our concert which is to take place on the March 22nd ,2015 titled IN HIS PRESENCE. This is a much talked about program that we started preparation for months ago but on this faithful day as the children of God were praying the only thing I heard was that we are COCONUTS. This got me thinking, and I asked myself, why I should be thinking of such but it kept ringing and during a prayer point I understood the meaning…

Now let me explain this to you how I was explained to, I will try and make you understand but you need the understanding of God to make this work. You and I know that there are many sides to a coconut that makes it a COCONUT. Firstly, from the tree it has a green bark, then a brown bark which is rough, has sharp thorns and quite hard. We then have the inner part which is also brown but smooth, the white part which many people love then the water which I don’t still understand how it got in. Now as Christians we are in our green stage when Christ paid a price HE did not owe, by buying us from the devil and freeing us from his(devil) bondage, we enter the next stage with the rough bark of the coconut when we do not get our lives to Christ and we do all sought of things, why? Because we don’t care about God who paid the price and we also don’t know how much he cares but when we get to care and realize how much HE(JESUS) loves us and cares for us we then enter the next stage which is the smooth brown back: Christians who pray, speak in tongues, attend church meetings and programs but still listen to worldly music, still keep malice, still lie, still cheat, still do so much that is not right. now you may be asking me what is right ? I believe what is right is what you do and the Spirit of God in you and the presence of God in you do not frown at it and still will give you a lending hand. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

The next not to bore you is the white part ,this is when you have overcame your flesh, when the stirring of waters can happen by you, when men and women will see the fulfillment of prophecies, like when the scriptures said greater works shall ye do. This is a stage that when men and women see you they would call you blessed, because why, you are as the white as a coconut inside and milky as it is when stewed without its back. At this stage you are ready to explode in singing, writing, dancing etc. When this takes place the water in which we do not know how it entered would break lose and people would experience the flow of God in you, the regular question would be how did she/he become this famous, rich, intelligent, anointed .etc. But all this has always been in us because the Bible says HE called us to be the sons of God, so when you are a son of GOD,which means you have the same blood and genotype as GOD and work under the function and auction of that GOD works.

That is where the fulfillment of the scriptures starts to take place and people call you BLESSED.

WWF – ENJOYING GOD (1)

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One of the most important parts of a Christian’s life is PRAYER. Unfortunately, in the Christian faith, a lot of wrong teachings have been doled out of the pulpit making it seem that prayer is such a laborious and uninteresting exercise only carried out when we need something from God. Frankly this school of thought is absolutely wrong because prayer has always been from the beginning. The bible records that in the cool of the evening, God fellowshipped with man in the Garden of Eden even though man needed nothing at the time. Communication between man and God (Prayer) was never meant to an avenue to just ask for things because if it were so, when we get all we need what will we pray about.
The practice of praying covers every area of our Christian faith such that we can’t limit our praying time to a certain periods or time frames thereby leaving us with no option but to pray always as the bible commands.
Praying should be done in the confines of the Word of God as interpreted by the Holy Spirit. Failure to do this leads to unanswered prayers and wrong prayer points. For instance, to pray “Lord remember me is wrong simply because God does not forget us in the first place especially us who are under the new covenant in Jesus Christ. Habakkuk 1:13a reveals why it seemed God forgot them in the Old testament from time to time due to their sinful nature but in Jesus, God does not look at us directly, He sees us all through the blood of Jesus.
Another pertinent issue is delayed answers to prayers, this is due to a lack of understanding and unfortunately childishness. The misunderstood principle her is God is waiting on us to do the right thing to access our answers. He has done His part but because we don’t do ours it seems God never answered or He answered too late. Studying through the book of Genesis 2:1-5 we discover that God did not water the ground up until there was a man to till the ground and if you follow that story from chapter 1 you’ll discover that all the things spoken about in chapter two are already created by God but until the fullness of time before they manifested. All and everything you need in God is already available as seeds only waiting for you to grow into the reality of it and then manifestation takes place. It is God that makes your blessings grow, just be in the right position and then your duty is to maintain what God has given you.
Sin also poses as a major delay and in most cases a hindrance to prayers. It hinders the seeds God has planted from manifesting. To get help you need to refocus. Until you consciously turn to Jesus and focus on Him alone it may never be possible to stay away from temptations.
Finally, Thanksgiving is the key to accessing God’s rain. That’s what our prayers should be filled with the most. Prayer is just another avenue to enjoy God and God is so interested in manifesting Himself on earth through us.

Further Study: Matthew 13:24, Galatians 1:4, 1 Corinthians 3:6-9, 15, Hosea 6:1-3, Psalm 67, Hebrews 4.

God bless
Adebayo Funmi
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