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Years ago, I did industrial attachment at Eko Hotels. I watched as guests would go round the buffet tables with plates in hand picking what they wanted. The Bible is a buffet of a sort. It is wisdom to pick the truths that are relevant to you and leave the rest alone.  James 1:5 says, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberaly, and upbraideth not: and it shall be given him”.

If I am in a prayer meeting and the leader raises a prayer point that we should all ask God to give us wisdom.  You will see me praying passionately.  However, I would have modified that prayer point slightly to suit my need.  Remember what I said about the buffet.  I will most likely be doing either of two things in my praying.  First is that I could be thanking God for giving me wisdom or I will be asking for the rich deposit of God’s wisdom in me to be stirred up.

First Corinthians 1:30.tells us that Christ has been made unto us wisdom among other things. This tells me that when Christ came into my heart, He came with the fullness of His wisdom. It is left for me to stir up that wisdom by being serious with my spiritual disciplines.

Secondly, Revelation 5:12 tells me that the Lamb of God was slain to receive wisdom among other things.  The major challenge we have as New Covenant believers is to know how to receive and activate the things that have been freely given to us. This is part of my motivation in writing some of my books.

It is my earnest desire to see Christian youths prosper and that is why we are offering a free download of our book FLOURISHING IN RECESSION in this season. Download it on our Book Store. The book is FREE. That book is full of insights that will enrich you in many ways.

Ngozi Okure.

I remember that day vividly. I had been muttering to the Lord to use me and bless my world. As I did my chores, I continued to desire that of the Lord. Start from where you are, I heard from my spirit. What does that mean? I got quiet and listened and sure enough, I got it. I was being led to start posting inspiring thoughts on face book. I picked my phone and posted this – GOD GIVES US COCONUTS BUT DOES NOT PEEL THEM FOR US….

To eat the coconuts or bananas that the Lord has created, we have to do the peeling ourselves. As loving as our heavenly father is, if we begin to wait for Him to peel our fruits for us, we will wait for a long time.

In the same way, by His death on the Cross of Calvary,  the Lord Jesus has connected us to the Covenant blessings of Abraham. This Covenant ushers us into the realms of wealth. To access this wealth however, we must peel our coconut. How? To Moses, the Lord asked what is in your hand and to the widow woman of 2Kings 4, prophet Elisha asked what do you have in the house? That widow was later asked to go and sell her miracle oil.

The Word is a lamp to my feet, I heard that woman of God say. That Word tells me that there is that scatters and increases. Therefore, this oil must go to as many outlets as possible.

The blessing of the Word of God is in its application. I saw sister Mope’s excellent book for young children titled KUBI THE LION PRINCE in Jumia last night. She tells me that she is running with an insight she gleaned from one of my books titled HOW TO FLOURISH IN SEASONS OF RECESSION. In that book, I had said that the world celebrates bestsellers and not best writers.

What do you have in your hand? What do you have in your house? How are you trying to create a vent for the wealth of Calvary to flow to you? Remember, God will not peel your coconut for you.

Ngozi Okure.

Bro Gerald was my prayer leader years ago when I was a member of the prayer unit in my church. We heard him raise many beautiful prayer points. One of them came to my mind recently. Lord, that promotion that will come to me and take me away from you, may it never come, he would say.  I pondered on this prayer point because of our friend that I told you has just been promoted massively. Dear Jesus, may this promotion not cause his love for you to wane.

Reading my Bible last night, I saw where Apostle Paul was asking brethren to pray that the door of utterance be opened to him. Our God does not just open doors, but is the door. One person He opened a great door for that comes to mind readily is Uzziah. Scripture told us that this young man sought the Lord. Remember we said that our God settles His own. The door of inspiration was opened to this man of God. He created and invented great things. Soon, wealth came in torrents and unfortunately, he was swept away.

Sometimes, my imagination can go very far. What if Uzziah is given an opportunity to return to life to give a seminar with the theme HOW TO MANAGE SUCCESS.?  Would you be willing to attend such a seminar to hear him teach on his pitfalls?

Scripture encourages us to compare spiritual things with spiritual. Where Uzziah failed, Daniel succeeded. Let’s turn to him for answers on what to do when success, wealth, victory and promotion comes to us in torrents. Daniel had all these and still ended well.

Let’s begin at the beginning. Daniel 1:8.says, But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself…. This is where it all starts. It starts with a DECISION.

Next, Daniel surrounded himself with godly friends. You cannot underestimate the power of GODLY ASSOCIATION. Mingle with the godly in that new level. Why? Because new levels usually attract new devils. Psalm 1 warns us not to walk, stand nor sit with sinners and the scornful. Maybe because of the deceitfulness of riches, such exalted offices are filled with such and my brother is to be among them 8 to 5 every day and still remain fervent?

The third key that saw Daniel through was PRAYER. He prayed and prevailed when he did not have the ability to pray in tongues. Who does not know how to get out from “chokky” atmospheres, enter the rest room and release some mysteries if need be? Bro K, this message is for you and others. Stay strong. Stay fervent. Stay vitally connected to the true vine. We love you. We desire that you finish well like Daniel. The story of Uzziah must never be repeated in you.

Have a beautiful weekend.

Ngozi Okure.

I remember the doctor telling me that there was no medical explanation on how I survived what happened to me then.

Hell had determined to kill both me and my baby boy on the very day he was born, but my God was not asleep. On the day Danny was dedicated, I said, like Hannah, that for this child I prayed and the Lord granted me my heart desires. Danny is the icing on my cake.

So you can imagine how I felt when he took ill during our first few weeks in the mission field. Hell was out once again to snatch my son, but again my God was not asleep. Danny would cough for an extended period and then throw up. Nothing he ate was retained. The agony of watching him in this torment was terrible for me.

Mathew 11:12.says, And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

I finally got violent with that ugly situation. I had a self-talk. “The Bible says that whatever Adam called anything, it was upheld by heaven. I therefore name this cough a mirage. Just like a mirage, cough, I will look for you and see you no more.” “ Cough”, i continued, “I name you a vapour, I will look for you and see you no more.” I sat by my son. Each time he coughed, I released a scripture against that cough. I used every relevant scripture I knew in addition to the blood. It was a whole day business. I mean that for the whole day, I wrote nothing and cooked nothing. I sat by my son and took a violent stand against that demonic cough. Do you know what happened? In the night, my son slept through the night without coughing once and that was how the cough became a mirage indeed.

Later that night, my eyes were opened to see one ugly creature with blisters all over. I took authority over it and cast it out. Life is spiritual and our God does not lie. His Word remains the truth forever.

I saw a man cutting a small tree a few days ago. I took note of the fact that he was cutting a particular spot consistently. With that, the tree was brought down in a short time. Imagine if the man was exerting the same effort but cutting at different parts of the tree? The Word is a sword and it cuts just like physical swords. Decide to choke hell through your confessions. Give him no breathing space until he releases what rightfully belongs to you.

I listened to a young man tell about how he got tired of having no babies in his marriage. Having known that their problem was not medical, they decided to get violent. He said that they spoke to that mountain day and night until the devil loosened his hold. He said that they took turns to sleep. When he was in bed, his wife was awake talking to their mountain. The next month, the sister conceived.

The scriptures say that with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. Give no place to the devil. Refuse to tolerate him and the circumstances he induces.

Remember once again that the violent taketh it by force.

You are blessed.

Ngozi Okure