OH WHAT A GREAT LOVE! (APRIL NEWSLETTER )

Text: 5: 8
8. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Introduction:
It was God who chose to first love you, and not you choosing to love God.

When man decided to put on the Adamic nature to go against GOD’S plan, man became a wanderer; he had no place to settle because the anger of God was on him. God still looked out for man to create a way for him out of eternal condemnation.

In the month of April, we shall focus on the greatness of GOD’S love towards man.

JESUS DIED FOR US
The Scripture we read shows the magnitude of the love of God for us. When we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. When we became vagabonds because of our acts of disobedience, Jesus Christ chose to pay our penalty by being crucified on the cross to make us a new creature. He redeemed us from destruction and gave us a new life.

Why can’t you appreciate this love?

HE FORGIVES YOUR SINS
The penalty of our sins is condemnation and death. That is what Satan usually holds on to. He knows that when the pronouncement of forgiveness is not made for man, he (Satan) has all right on the sinful man. So the devil was not willing that the work of the cross should be complete.

But when Jesus Christ was in severe pain on the cross, he made that special pronouncement saying, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots (Luke 23:34).

Of a truth, you and I don’t know what we are doing, but he has paid the price on our behalf. So, won’t you appreciate this kind of love?

HE BREAKS THE YOKES ON YOU
1 Peter 2:24 NIV

24 “He himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness;” By His wounds you have been healed.

What has been the major hindrance for man to break through the yoke in different forms or degrees?

What is a yoke?
A wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull.

In literary term, the yoke is the burden placed on man not to be able to function normally.

Everything that makes man function abnormally is a yoke. It could be sickness, disease of any kind, madness, barrenness, bitterness, blindness, unproductiveness, and other unpalatable experience. Jesus bore them all on the cross. He was wounded to break the yoke. He completed it on the cross. What a love!

He is calling you today.
Matthew 11:28-30.
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Conclusion:
Psalm 57: 3
‘He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me– God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.’

The love of God has kept you from all evil plans. By His love and mercy, you are alive today. The best way for you to appreciate this love is to give your life to JESUS CHRIST as your Lord and Savior.

Let us pray:
Pray these prayers:

1. Lord Jesus, I thank You for the kind of love You have for me.

2. Here am I before You, oh Lord, be merciful to me.

3. My Father, my Father, I place my burden at Your feet, help me out.

4. I decree and declare, whatever legal right anyone has to victimize and make my life miserable shall be annihilated.

5. The cross and the power in the name of Jesus Christ shall defend me at any evil altar where an element in form of my image is placed to represent me for sacrifice.

6. By the power of resurrection, every disgrace, shame, and humiliation prepared by the enemies in the coven to inflict my life is averted.

7. Every sealed wicked agreement, whether written or verbal, filed against me is nullified by the Blood of Jesus. Amen!!!

Reference:
NIV, study Bible, Biblegateway,
Editor: Charles Caldwell Ryrie published by Biblica, 1973.

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JUST BECAUSE OF YOU (March 2021 Newsletter)

TEXT: Isaiah 53:3-12 NIV

  1. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

  2. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

  3. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

INTRODUCTION

When God created man, His purpose was to allow a man to make choices and enjoy life in full. But immediately Satan interrupted the intention of God by deceiving man against the will of God, man became corrupt and this led to regret from God to man.

Genesis 6:6, NIV: “The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.”

This was what led to the coming of Christ to the world to redeem man from the judgment of death and gives the gift of salvation.

In this study, we shall shed light on the reasons why Jesus left His throne in heaven to seek and save man.

 

HE WAS DESPISED

To despise is to ridicule or place no value on a person. In other words, it means to turn that person down.

The Son became flesh and dwelt among us, for only as a human could He die, and only by dying could He break the power of the devil who had the power of death. Only in this way could He set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.

This was the state of Jesus just because He wants to save you. He left His glory in heaven to look after you. He allowed so many insults and molestations from rulers and men of authorities in various ways.

Why can’t you appreciate His sacrifice by giving your life to Him as your Lord and Saviour?

Rick Warren said, “Salvation is not a religion; it’s not rules or regulations or rituals, it’s a relationship. That relationship doesn’t begin when you get to heaven. It begins here on Earth”.

Jesus Christ wants to be your best friend; He wants to talk with you all the time. God made you for a relationship with Him (Rick Warren Daily Devotionals,  March 3, 2021).

 

HE WAS TRAMPLED ON THE GROUND AND MOCKED

Luke 22: 63- 65 (NKJV)

To be trampled mean to beat down with the feet so as to crush, bruise, or destroy (Internet Dictionary).

Mock is to tease someone or make someone the object of scorn or to mimic or imitate someone in order to insult the person.

The background scripture, Isaiah 53: 3-12, was the prophecy about the kind of suffering which the Lord Jesus Christ would pass through to redeem man from bondage. The prophecy came to pass when  Jesus Christ was molested and trampled like an offender or a criminal. He was mocked like a nonentity.

Oh! What a shame, just because of you.

Luke 22: 63- 65 (NKJV)

  1. Now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and beat Him. 

  2. And having blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, “Prophecy! Who is the one who struck You?” 

  3. And many other things they blasphemously spoke against Him.

Hmm! All these just because of you. I want you in a moment to think about this if truly Jesus deserves this. But for you to have eternal life, He must suffer this.

This is another opportunity you have to give your life to Jesus. Do not hesitate.

 

HE PAID HEAVILY FOR YOUR SALVATION

TEXT: Galatians 3:13-14 (NIV)

  1. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.” 

  2. He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

There is a popular saying that ‘salvation is free.’ For your information, there is no free salvation anywhere! Someone paid for it. There must be a costly exchange before salvation can be activated.

Genuine salvation requires a sacrifice of no blemish with lamb’s blood. Read through the book of Exodus and Leviticus for good understanding.

When God wanted to deliver the Israelites from the Egyptians, He asked them to kill a lamb with no blemish and mark the entrance of their houses with the blood as a mark of deliverance from Egypt.

In African traditional beliefs, for you to be delivered, the oracle will tell you to offer the sacrifice of a young animal without blemish.

What is Salvation? It is the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.

Every individual must find ways of getting their salvation, but Jesus Christ chose to stand on our behalf to pay for it because He meets up with the requirements for salvation which are as follows:

  • He was without blemish (a sinless person);
  • He endured the pains, shame, shed His blood and was hung on the cross in a public place;
  • He died young for us not to experience the second death.

Oh, what a horrible experience! That’s the sacrifice Jesus Christ did in exchange for your salvation. He paid it in full just because of You.

The question is if you are to pay for your sins, can you withstand it?  Jesus Christ became a curse for you and paid all in full for you. He is now giving you salvation freely. Will you still harden your heart? He paid heavily just for you so that you can become a joint heir with Him. Think about it.

 

HE FOUGHT DEATH AND SUBDUE THE POWER OF DEATH.

Text: Hebrews 2: 14-15 NLT.

For the work of salvation to be perfectly done, the last assignment of Jesus Christ was to destroy the seed of death planted into the man after the fall in the garden of Eden.

Death is a strong enemy of man as it has no regard for anybody.

Rick Warren said, “Death is a universal fear. Nobody is exempt from it! Because Jesus died on the cross in my place, I am not afraid. Death does not have power over me. I know death is just a transfer, and I know where I’m going when I die. It can be the same for you, too—it should be the same for you when you trust Jesus as your Savior.” 

He fought and won the battle over death, therefore, you are no longer a slave to death.

1 Corinthians 15: 25-26.

  1. For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. 

  2. And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Finally, there is nothing left in the work of redemption that Jesus Christ has not done just because of you. In John 19:30, He said it is finished. He paid for all your debts including whatever you are going through now.

A PRAYER FOR REPENTANCE:

  • Lord Jesus, I’m sorry for all my sins, and I repent of them all.
  • I give You my life today, and I confess my sins to You, for I believe that Jesus truly paid for my salvation by sacrificing Himself for me.
  • I humbly come before You today that you might accept me.
  • I embrace the gift of salvation You freely offered me.
  • Help me to follow You to the end.

 

LET’S PRAY:

  1. Father, by Your mercy, deliver me totally from the yoke of a curse placed on me.
  2. Lord Jesus, by the covenant of Your blood, let the curse of untimely death be broken in my family.
  3. My Father and my Lord, set me free from the arrow of sickness and diseases.
  4. Let every hand of delay arranged from the coven to place a hold on my advancement catch fire and dry up in Jesus’ name!
  5. Let there be a supernatural shift of turnaround for me in the name of Jesus Christ.

 

REFERENCES

Holy Bible, Good News Version.

Holy Bible: New International Version.

Holy Bible, New King James Version.

Internet Dictionary.

Rick Warren Daily Devotionals, March 3; 12; 2021.

 

John Aderogba for ROPMI.

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GOD DID NOT SAY THAT – Feb 2021

FEBRUARY 2021 NEWSLETER

Topic: GOD DID NOT SAY THAT

TEXT: Genesis 1:28, Jeremiah 29:11.

Genesis 1:28, NIV: “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

INTRODUCTION
Our Lord God, the Master of the universe is perfect in all His arrangement plans for mankind. He created everything including man in dynamism, that is why there is uniqueness in the look and function of each of the creations.

Men as the image of God are fearfully and wonderfully made. Every man has his peculiarities with great potentials, wisdom and knowledge to display the glory of God on earth. But the sad story is when devil grew wings and wanted to equate himself With God, he was impeached and cast down to the earth, then, he decided to put abnormalities into the original work and plans of God for man. The devil has assigned its agents to spread the abnormalities across the world.
The good news is the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ and the sacrifice He made on the cross of Calvary.

1 John 3:8 NIV
“The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.”

We shall by the leading of the Holy Spirit cut across what God didn’t say and the enemies are trying to bring to you as if they were in the original plan of God for you.

HE DIDN’T SAY YOU SHALL LABOUR IN VAIN.
If you look at the background scripture, Genesis 1: 28, the last statement God pronounced on man was to… dominate… subdue… to be fruitful. That is, every kind of work you wish or choose to do, which is in accordance with the arrangement of God for you, you shall prosper in it. It’s not by your strength, knowledge or wisdom, it is by God’s knowledge, strength and wisdom where His blessings lie.

Finally on that, Isaiah 65:21 reads thus: “They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.”

HE DIDN’T SAY YOU SHALL BE BARREN.
Barreness means, unproductiveness, unfruitfulness, desolate, empty, stagnancy, etc.
Barreness could be in child bearing, career, business, inability to fulfilling your vision and dreams, ill-luck, disappointment, etc.
Whatever the experience of barrenness you may be going through right now, that is not the original plan of God for your life.
“…Be fruitful and increase in number…” is the pronouncement of God for your life when He created you and there is no imperfection in His plans for you. He confirmed this in the book of Exodus 23:26
“…And none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.”

The only barren woman in the Bible was Michal, the daughter of King Saul who was the first wife of king David. She became barren because she mocked David when he was giving his dance offering to God.

For you to enjoy the benefit of fruitfulness, you must give your life to Jesus.

HE DID NOT SAY YOU ARE UNFORTUNATE
Text: 1 Chronicles: 4:9-10 (NkJV)

9. Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in a pain.” 10. And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

Many have been victims of circumstances that gave them names that was not originally attached to their destiny. Devil is trying to paint the picture to them as if it is from the Lord. The plan of God for you is the plan of good, not of evil. Whatever anybody said concerning you is not the final say; it is left for you to accept or reject it because it’s a suggestion.

Jabez stood in prayers to nullify his mother’s pronouncement that had affected the original plan of God for his life and he was totally restored. His story changed from a man that was vulnerable to a man that was indeed honorable.

I don’t know what anyone might have said that is affecting you right now and that has put your life in bondage, can you just align yourself with the Destiny Changer (Jesus Christ), the One who has the key of your life in His hands? He will deliver you.

CONCLUSION:
This is the mind of Jesus to you:
Matthew 11:28-30 (NKV)
28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Jesus loves you. He didn’t say that your present situation is your final bus stop. You shall be lifted.

Let’s pray:
Please, pray the following prayers very seriously. A miracle is knocking at your door.

1. God, I thank You for Your grace on me.
2. Father, have mercy on me.
3. Oh Lord, let every chain of retrogression holding me down be broken today.
4. Everything You didn’t arrange for me but the enemies have packaged for me be totally separated from me today.
5. Every attachment of barrenness on me be separated today in the name of Jesus.
6. Every work done in the coven to make me unproductive and unfruitful is totally nullified today.
7. By the power in the blood of Jesus Christ, every yoke of barrenness in my life is broken now!
8. I avert and erase every evil pronouncements against my destiny by the blood of Jesus Christ.
9. Every monitoring agent that wants me to get stucked at the peak of my success, recieve the sword of fire.
10. I shall go beyond every human limitation and embargo set for me In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

John Aderogba for ROPMI
2021.

References:
Holy Bible; New International Version (NIV)
Holy Bible; New King James Version ( NKJV)
Holy Bible; Good News Bible Version (GNB).

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