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a light in dark times

LOVE L.E.D

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It’s a lonely empty world out there!

Sure it makes no sense to your ears

‘cos statistics hold sufficient claim to a certain 7 billion souls walking the globe

Yet like my creator all I see is a big void

An empty nothingness, wish I could call forth the brightness like He did but I’m no Edison

No! I simply do not have that capacity, I am an inductor

You see the very same curse that robs this world of its fullness

is what right now invades my consciousness

I am living proof to the thick darkness that lurks in obvious sight

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THE LORD’S CHURCH-BY STEVE FINNELL

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What are the things that do not make you a member of the body of Christ?

What are the requirements for membership in the Lord’s church?

THINGS THAT DO NOT MAKE YOU A MEMBER OF THE LORD’S CHURCH.
1. Simply believing that Jesus is the Son of God does not grant you membership in the Lord’s church.
Mark 5:1-12 …..7…“What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?….12 The demons implored Him….
Demons believe that Jesus is the Son of God, however, that does not give them membership in the Lord’s church. Legion was not part of the body of Christ.
2. Sprinkling infants with water does not make them part of the body of Christ. Sprinkling unbelieving babies is not an act that adds them to the Lord’s church.

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RECLAIMING MY CONFIDENCE

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Drowning in the ocean of mediocrity,
I felt i never had an ability;
It all seems like a disease in my mentallity,
That is even proclaiming my timidity;
It began as a feeling…
then a thought…
and it finally became my doom,
Thereby enclosing me in a sad room;
I just wanted to be free from this mindset,
but I felt I would still go down just like sunset

Truthfully, it was as if my mind slapped me,
Cause I couldn’t visualize any scene of greatness
I felt jinxed!
I began to realize that my problem wasn’t really with mediocrity,
It was with the word”confidence” in which i had lost in my own ability
I seem to believe that I can’t fly,
Possibly because I have no wing of self confidence;
I became sad, which made me feel bad
Even when I should be glad
However, I concluded that I don’t really have to feel confident
To actually be confident!
I can rise to the peak of greatness
If only I practice being confident…

By
Ebisike Kenneth

CHANCES

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I cried out to Him…
“Have mercy master, give me a second chance”
but
He said to me “I have no need for you anymore, you are broken! Any content in you spills out even for the dogs to lick”

I was made a vessel, a vessel of gold, a vessel unto honour! The finest amongst all, I was used by the master molded with the finest gold, made with loving hands of the potter, solid, strong, perfect, beautiful and useful.
Along the line something changed in me, I became proud!
Wasn’t I the best?
I mean a vessel of gold, unto honour, used to make exploits, of course! I was the best amongst bests. In fact the best the potter had ever made! I allowed pride to eat me up starting with a little crack in my “supposed” solid nature and it deepened, finally breaking me and rendering me useless
The master saw no need for me, so he decided to throw me out. Seeing my mistakes I cried out!

Shhh….

My master said to me…
“I’ll send you back to the potter to break you, crush you, melt you and remould you”

What a wonder! “Thank you Father” I cried out!

“Thank you Master, but even as I am remoulded, help me to bear the pain”

“My grace is made sufficient for you. For I am strong in your weakness”

by
Odimbu Promise

fRoM the FALL…

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Why must I continue like this?
When He’s actually saved me like He promised
Cos I won’t just say no to my sinful needs
So the victory He won me
Makes no real difference
Cos with every passing day I abuse his presence
Loose His essence and continually descend
Cos I won’t condescend to say no to my flesh

Of course if I pray He would forgive me
But will I forever continue like this?
Will my story be falling and rising in brief
And will His mercy forever speak for me?
So here’s what I’m gonna do
I’m not gonna just confess my sins like I do
But I’m gonna rededicate my life too
And I’m gonna ask for help, YES, help from you Lord
To say no; No to my sinful needs

Although I can’t seem to stop myself
Truth is, I love you Lord. I really do
True to my human nature I love with reasons though too numerous to mention
But you, you just keep on loving me
Without any worthy reason or condition
And yet I am very confident of the fact that no matter the ups and downs
You’ll never let me down

Without you I am an empty vessel a sounding cymbal
Without you I am sure to lose my way again
Without you I am proven guilty, a perpetual slave to my flesh’s demand
Without you I cant say no to my sinful needs
But no matter how resolute I claim to be
I am sure to fail condemned to my final end, death
So here’s what I’m gonna do, I will trust and obey
And together with you Lord
Make this decision to say no
Cos without you I am nothing

By
Ezeonyeka Godswill

THE WOMAN QUESTION

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BOOK REVIEW by Njoku Uchechi

TITLE: THE WOMAN QUESTION
AUTHOR: KENNETH E. HAGIN
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1983
NUMBER OF PAGES: 66
CHAPTERS: 7

In the church and even in the world at large, we have been faced with so many questions about certain seemingly unclear principles in the scriptures that have adversely affected our churches and our perspectives in judging some issues. Questions like….
Is the man the head of the woman?
Must wives always obey their husbands?
Must women keep silent in churches?
Must women have their heads covered? Etc
In whole Christian denominations, women have been forbidden to teach, preach, or even to testify or offer audible prayer in church, based on these Scriptures. Many conservative denominations allow the women to take only a small role.

In this book, Kenneth E. Hagin deals with the questions bothering women and their faith. it will surely answer most of your questions about head coverings, women in ministry, marital relationships and female dressing. Also, he outlined that a man can only be the head of one woman- his wife, not all women.

I would advice that you get this book because it would get your heart right, help your ministry and get you more focused with God. One other advice is for you to leave it if you do not have the sweet Holy Spirit dwelling right inside of you, because it would actually do you more harm than good. In other words, get Jesus, and then get this book, God bless you.

In the blink of an eye….

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How sad it is to think
That all we ever wanted in this life
Could be taken away in the blink of an eye
That all we worked so hard for pound by pound
Could in a moment, be nowhere found
That everything, everyone who made living worth it
Could in an instant, be lost and gone forever
In our grief we all but wonder

What a misery it is to live
In pure joy soon to cease
In love doomed for tears from a broken heart bleed
In peace never existing
In life lived towards a horrid decent
Down death’s dreadful fork-end
In time spent with no forever after assurance

If in this fallacy we call existence
We all but choose to dance the rhythm, enjoying the present
Though in the depths of our hearts the knowledge remains
Clear as crystal and we agree it’s real and evident
Yet we lead our lives neglecting its essence
Then is it all worth it, does it all make sense
That any minute from now could be the end

This fact we all have to accept
But the knowledge of its truth we may all but reject
Neglecting the choice before us set
Loosing mastery of this mystery we remain in misery
The irony!
But every day is laid before us a chance at it
The truth behind true life forever lived
The only hope we might in this world have still
In Jesus Christ in His blood, His voice and will

To give up and give in
To sit and cry overwhelmed by the reality
Of the vainness of this world we live in
May sound and appear the only option remaining
But a new message I’m preaching
One that echoes through time behind beyond within
Jesus paid the price to give us a chance with him

For the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof
Yet for an apple’s bite we have all sold dominion of this world
With our God given rights lost, untamed evil runs along
But for this cause Jesus left His throne
To give us something better than the vainness life on earth has to offer
A promise a hope a future
A sure eternity worth living for
In the twinkling of an eye
It will all be gone by and by
No matter its worth or by what style
It will forever be lost in time
Beyond the fires this earth provides
Only this one message will stand true if actualized
In your life in your mind its truth realized

In just an instant
You could make that one decision for life
And enjoy a life of righteousness peace and joy what a ride!
In the blinking of an eye
We would be translated to heaven’s aisle
To be forever joined with our Lord the Christ
And with the vainness of time behind
We would see cause to smile
Forever safe in our Savior’s arm
Now that’s the Life!
By
Ezeonyeka Godswill

CASTING YOUR CARES UPON THE LORD by Kenneth E. Hagin

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BOOK REVIEW by Njoku Uchechi
TITLE: CASTING YOUR CARES UPON THE LORD
AUTHOR: KENNETH E. HAGIN
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 1981
NUMBER OF PAGES: 28
CHAPTERS: 5
The inevitability of facing situations in this life is something we cannot just get up and walk away from, like someone playing who wants to be a millionaire; I mean it is neither a lifeline nor a way out, so when you have asked the audience, called your friends and even eliminated some logical alternatives, have You made the right choice?
But we do have an option, the way we respond to every single situation we are faced with in life, if your spouse is cheating on you, how do you respond, if your academics is not working, how do you respond, what kind of prayers do you pray? How do you go about it? Do you just chicken out and bank on suicide?
If you are a Christian or even an unbeliever that has ever been faced with a challenge that seems to weigh you down, or are you presently facing one now? Then you should get to this place… CASTING YOUR CARES UPON THE LORD by Kenneth E. Hagin. It would help you understand God’s principles in the face of dangers, directly from the bible. The prayers to pray for that situation and how to hold on to God till you get out of it. Do not miss this opportunity.