You cannot serve The Lord Jesus Christ and Mammon.  Mammon represents anything a Christian values more than The Lord, and may include money, fame, status, material possessions, etc.

Value system is an individualistic concept and is greatly determined by one’s virtues or vices. People’s internal conception of what is good, useful, beneficial, desirable or important is entirely their prerogative. More often than not however, values are informed by aspirations, need for relevance, desire to make meaning out of life, want of material possessions and concerns about making ends meet (having food, drink, clothing, shelter etc).

For a Christian, it is expected that the Bible should majorly influence choices made (what is right or wrong) as will be ultimately reflected in actions taken. Jesus Christ recognized the importance of value system in informing our thoughts, words and actions. Little wonder then, He categorically stated in Matthew 6:24b; “…you CANNOT serve God and Mammon.”

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon” Matthew 6:24 NKJV

It’s an all or null situation, ….and understandably so. Except of course we are dealing with the ‘christian’  described in James 1:6 as ‘a wave of the sea driven and tossed by every wind” ; a man who is unstable, unsteady and undecided about his beliefs and value system.

“…for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.” James 1:6b NKJV

The double-minded man described in James 1:6b has his answer from the Lord in the next verse of same scripture…he should not expect to receive anything from The Lord!

The Lord Jesus Christ admonishes us to keep worry far from us. Do not worry about food, drink, clothes and any other drivers of our decisions and choices. The Lord takes care of the jobless birds of the air, feeds and nourishes them. He clothes (most beautifully) the lilies and grass of the field.

The way I see it, worry and faith seem to be at extreme ends of a spectrum for a Christian. If you have faith in the ability and willingness of The Lord to meet all your needs, you won’t worry and your value system is unlikely to be twisted from Christ’s expectations.

So have faith in God for your daily needs!

Let this cup of pain and anguish pass over me. Take it away Father. There must be another way to redeem mankind.

Oh! The thought of the nails, piercing through my flesh, the heavy cross, to be laid on my shoulders, the mockery, the spite, the thorns from the crown.
Take it away from me Father.

Why do we (Christians) sometimes SHOUT when we pray?
Do we want to put up a show?
I think not,
There’s enough drama in the world as is;
From ISIS reckless bombings and heartless killings, to North Korea’s frequent display of teenage delinquencies, to present day White House Daily Shows delivered to our living rooms by faithful CNN. 
No, the world doesn’t need anymore dramas!

Welcome back!

First, my sincere apologies for changing the title of this blog-post series from “Should a Christian man have more than one woman” to “One Eve (or more) for an Adam?”. I think the first title was too specific and I try not to use very specific and direct titles for my blog-posts.  Thank you.

We ended part 1 with questions….Many questions actually.

Is God unjust in expecting a man to be joined, committed and faithfully devoted  to only one woman having created man with an insatiable sexual appetite? Why has God commanded man against adultery? Why does He expect elders and leaders in the church to be husband of one wife? (Titus 1:6, 1 Timothy 3:12).

“Deacons must be husbands of only one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.”  1 Timothy 3:12

“..a man of unquestionable integrity, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of being immoral or rebellious.”  Titus 1:6

It would seem then that the integrity of God is being tested. What an unfair God? someone may say!

Is God unfair and impartial? The Bible tells me He’s not;

“But I know God to be impartial, just and good. The Rock! His work is perfect. For all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice).  Just and upright is He”    Deuteronomy 32:4

“For the Lord your God is the God of gods and The Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take bribe.”     Deuteronomy 10:17

I choose to believe that God is impartial. And I also know from the Bible that God does not give us a burden or yoke that we cannot bear.

From creation, God created Adam and made him an Eve. Could that suggest a ‘one man- one woman plan by God?’ Or how did Adam cope with his sexual urges? (his daughters?) ……. 🙂

I also see God talking about ‘One Flesh’ in Genesis 2:4

“For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife and they shall become one flesh.”  

God’s ‘One Flesh‘ idea is formed when 1 man joins himself in marriage to 1 woman. So what happens when 1 man joins himself with more than one woman? Does he form multiple “One fleshes”?  🙂   *this is really interesting!

Here’s what Paul thinks in 1 Corinthians 6:16

“do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, ‘the two shall be one flesh.”

Two things are coming out of this scripture for me;

1. Every time a man joins himself to a woman, ‘one flesh’ is formed. and
2. Sex is the connecting factor/link.      Therefore we can say that sex is not as ordinary as it would appear. Sex connects people much more than they know.  This should be advantageous in a marriage relationship, but outside of marriage…….?

My question to you then is; young man/woman, who have you been joining yourself to lately? Are you happy with the pockets of ‘One Fleshes’ you are making of yourself all around you? Would you want to be identified with them publicly? 🙂

I believe that God’s preference for marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman. I believe also that God delights in ‘a One Flesh’ and not many ‘pockets of One Fleshes.’  Therefore it must be that this one person has been equipped to meet your sexual needs and you his/hers.

What are your thoughts? Remember you can email them to me if you feel any discomfort commenting directly on the blog.

In part 3 we’ll look at some reasons why men would most times choose to think their sexual desires cannot be met by one woman and what help is available to them. And in part 4, I am going to deviate a bit and talk about ‘Managing Addiction to Pornography‘

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Welcome back to the concluding part of this blogpost series; “When the Doctor says ‘No'”. Thank you for all your messages. The truth we know, believe and hold on to remains; ‘He whom the Son of God sets free, is free indeed!’ We were healed by the stripes of Jesus Christ! That is the infallible truth.

So we started off this blogpost series appreciating what awesome impact medicine makes to continued health and wellbeing. We observed however, that sometimes medicine fails and that is expected as medicine is man-made, man himself is grass and so withers. We established from the Bible that The Word of The Lord can be trusted and depended on absolutely. Jesus tells us in Matthew 24:35 that;

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will by no means pass away” .

And we find in Isaiah 40:8 that;

“The grass withers, the flower fades, But the Word of our God stands forever“.

We’ve spent good time looking at some fundamental truths about our health/healing that we must know, then we ventured into some actions we must take to be plugged into God’s source of life.

So I hear you say; ‘Grace, I already have your 10 fundamental knowledge to getting a “YES” out of a Doctor’s “NO” and I also practice all you said to do, but I still have symptoms. What do I do next?”

Here is what you do; choose to believe the report of The Lord above any other. And to do that successfully, you need to operate in 3 dimensions;

First Dimension: Faith.

Dictionary definition of faith reads; ‘complete confidence in something or someone’.

Bible definition of faith;

“Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

Interesting isn’t it? The similarity in both definitions. That’s what faith is! … Being convinced and confident of something, especially, something not yet seen.

If I am convinced and confident that Christ healed me, then I am confident and convinced that the symptoms are a mirage. The Bible admonishes us as Christians to live by faith (Hebrews 10:38, Habakkuk 2:4, Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11). I think the Identity Number of a follower of Jesus Christ is FAITH. You get saved by faith. You access the supernatural by faith. You are sustained by faith.

Hebrews 11:6 tells us;

“But without faith it is impossible to (walk with God and) please Him..”

Something my hubby and I used to find really thrilling about faith; faith is only crucial before your expectation becomes reality. As soon as your expectations manifest, faith becomes useless, except of course to build your confidence for a future expectation.

So have faith for your healing and enjoy it before its over 🙂 Hold on to your believe and convictions, and stay unwavering in your confessions. You were healed by the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross! PERIOD. Believe it and hold on to it because it is the truth. The symptoms are lies.

Second Dimension: Trust.

Trust is a firm belief in the reliability, truth or ability of something or someone. Firm belief in the character, strength or truth of something or someone.

Somebody asks; ‘What’s the difference between trust and faith?”

Big difference.

You can believe that God exists, you can believe that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for your sins, you can believe that Jesus Christ is coming back to take you to your heavenly home etc etc. All that falls under faith. You believe, you are convinced, you are confident of something or someone.

But Trust, pushes well beyond faith. Trust requires you to rely, depend and act on your convictions. A test/confirmation of your faith, if you like. Sounds like faith+works=Trust 🙂

Personally, I think sickness and disease are the ultimate test of one’s faith. You either act and confirm your believes and convictions or you die.

So your stomach is hurting badly, but you know and believe that Christ healed you. With all the conviction and faith you possess, what do you do? What do you do when the doctor shows you a test result that says your liver is terminally diseased? What do you do when the crime rates in your city is so high that night life is threatened including going for evening church services? Do you trust in God’s ability to protect and keep you safe and so go where you need to go (by His wisdom) or you ‘hide’ in your homes?

If you believe God’s word on healing and not any other report, you got to move your body. Stand up, walk around (even if baby steps), do the things that the lying symptoms suggests you can’t do.

You can only take these steps when you judge God’s word True and judge God faithful. Faithful to infuse you with strength so that from baby steps you can run. But you are NEVER gonna find that out until you launch out in faith.

Trust requires you to do something based on your faith/conviction that someone’ got your back.

I remember one of my senior citizen friends saying to me one day; ‘Grace, everything is not just physical o. Since the doctors are not seeing anything wrong with you medically, don’t you think you should try other things?’

If you are not in my part of the world, then maybe you won’t catch what is implied in that statement. Plainly put; ‘Grace, try a native doctor, visit a shrine or go to a prayer house.‘

Am sure that even you now know, after our discussions in the previous blogposts, that sickness and disease came from Satan. So why go visit Satan for help? Your trust in God’s ability, willingness and faithfulness is questionable.

Trust that God is watching out for you and will not let you fail.

“No temptation (regardless of its source) has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience (nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance); but God is faithful (to His word-he is compassionate and trustworthy) and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability (to resist) but along with the temptation He (has in the past and is now and) will (always) provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it (without yielding, and will overcome the temptation with joy).” 1 Corinthians 10:13

Did you hear what Paul tells us in the above scripture? God’s got our back! God is for us. God is in us.

I looked up scriptures with trust in the Bible and interestingly, trust is mentioned alongside reliance on ability, strength, character or truth.

“For in Him our heart rejoices, because we trust (lean on, rely on, and are confident) in His holy name.” Psalm 33:21

“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him also and He will do it.” Psalm 37:5

“Such is the confidence and steadfast reliance and absolute trust that we have through Christ toward God.” 2 Corinthians 3:4

Trust in The Lord with All Your Heart and lean not on your own understanding”. Proverbs 3:5

Trust in God’s faithfulness. Trust that God cannot lie.

We trust in The Lord and we are confident that He has healed us and the healing will manifest.

Third Dimension: Grace

My definition of Grace: an unmerited divine assistance for exploits. Ability to act beyond the usual. Supernatural enablement.

Since the spirit of The Lord opened my eyes to the reality of His grace in 2 Corinthians 12:9

“….but He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you (my lovingkingdness and My mercy are more than enough-always available, regardless of the situation); for My power is being perfected (and is completed and shows itself most effectively) in your weakness”

Then I understand better why Paul would rather boast in his weaknesses; because in those situations and circumstances, he is more reliant on God’s grace and the power of Christ completely enfold him, moves him and sustains him.

There is nothing that can be impossible when we operate within the grace of God.

Good news: God’s grace is already resident in us. We just have to draw more from it, and it NEVER runs dry. Naaaa. The more we draw from it, the more perfect, complete and effective it our experience.

I encourage you to read one of my favorite blog posts: “It’s not about the thorns” (available online @: ww.graceobomanu.com/blogsite/its-not-about-the-thorns/).

A daily dependence on God’s grace is a guarantee to constantly lift the banner of victory. We can draw from God’s strength everyday. (Psalm 118:14 Isaiah 12:2 Psalm 18:2). Praise God, halleluyah!

Thank you faithful Father. Thank You for always and all times. Faith in You stabilizes us. Trusting in You propels us. And Your Grace sustains us. The symptoms do not matter. They are insignificant. They are a mirage. Your Word is Truth and Reality. And we hold on, firmly and rely solely on the life that comes from you. And through your grace, we do all that we need to do each day as we step out in faith trusting in your faithfulness.

And Now, I will not finish this blogpost without praying for you.

If you have any disease/sickness/infirmity, you believe that The Lord Jesus Christ died for your sins and sicknesses and you believe want to be healed now; simply lay one of your hands on the part of your body that is diseased and repeat after me;

‘I rebuke you spirit of disease and infirmity in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, leave this body right now. I speak to you {mention whatever organ or body part that is diseased-leg, hand, stomach, liver, kidney, etc} be normal and function optimally in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I declare that Jesus Christ bore all my sicknesses and disease, so I bear them not/no more. I am Healed. Jesus Christ resides in me in all of His fullness. I am free in Jesus name. Amen.”

If you prayed that prayer in faith, then it is done.

So what do you do now?

Praise God! Praise God!! Praise God!!! 🙂

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This is a new blogpost series and I already see it taking us several weeks to conclude. I find this topic to be surprisingly very controversial. Surprising for me because, coming from a premise that the topic is centered on a ‘Christian man’, I have some expectations.

Should a Christian man have more than one woman?

Let’s start from the beginning. What do we mean by ‘Have’ in this blogpost?

We are told in 1 Corinthians 7:2;

“But because of (the temptation to participate in) sexual immorality, let each man HAVE his own wife and let each woman HAVE her own husband.”

And in Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5, and Ephesians 5:31

“For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined (and be faithfully devoted) to his wife and they shall become one flesh.”

So “HAVE” here simply means being married, faithfully devoted and committed to one woman or man. By the way, ‘man’ as used here is not generic but specifically refers to a male human!

Somebody says; ‘Grace your references are from the Bible!’

And I say; Yes! this is a Christian Blog site 🙂 and so though we try to adopt a rounded approach to life’s issues, our final reference is the Bible. And do I love the Bible? YES indeed! 🙂

In simple terms then, the questions we are looking at providing answers to in this blogpost series are; should a christian man be married to only one woman or can he have as many wives as he chooses? Should a christian man share his commitment and devotion between 2 or more women? Should a christian man keep concubines with or without his wife’s knowledge?

Because I counsel people and also have a blog site that focuses on providing Godly perspectives to everyday real life issues, when I meet logical and analytical men, I try to engage them to get their perspective  on specific man/woman issues.

I have in recent times therefore, tried to understand why men cheat on their women. And it’s been very surprising for me, in fact almost unbelievable, that most men that I talked with (Christians and non-Christians) strongly believe that a man’s physical build and biological constitution constantly predisposes him to ‘having’ more than one woman.  This then begs the question; is this assertion true, if true,  is it exclusive to men or can women claim same for themselves?

Further questions for me though are: is God not unjust in expecting a man to be joined, committed and faithfully devoted  to  only one woman (as we see from scriptures cited above), if He created man with an insatiable sexual appetite?  And why the emphasis on keeping away from adultery having put unbridled and fierce passions and desires in a man?

If this is really true, then I say it, that God has not dealt justly with the man!

In part 2 of this blogpost series, we’ll see from the scriptures if God has given man an irrepressible and unquenchable passions and desires towards every woman.

My love always……

Welcome back!

In “At Crossroads.. :Blogpost 1“, we established that crossroads are a part of life. Crossroads are not bad in themselves but because we often would need to make crucial life-changing decisions at such points, crossroads must be managed carefully and delicately.

But how delicate is good enough? How do you delicately handle the decision of who to marry for instance? Are there guidelines for a Christian in making life decisions?

A portion of my children’s daily confession reads; “I have the spirit of the Lord; the spirit of wisdom, knowledge, understanding, counsel, might and the spirit of the fear of the Lord”

And honestly, they already astound me with some of their decisions and outlook on issues that impact on their young life.

I was recently at a crossroad and needed to make a life-changing decision. So I prayed and waited for a response from The Lord, but got none. Then I started trying to work things out for myself. Again, nothing worked. I knelt down another morning and prayed again; and The Lord gave me an answer of peace which am gonna share here.

We did not drop down to earth from nowhere. I am certainly not an outcome of some evolutionary process. I am made by Jehovah, in His image and according to His likeness. I am fearfully and wonderfully made to fulfill a specific purpose in a specific space and location (Psalm 139: 14-16).

So if I am made by Jehovah, who has my plan and purpose completely figured out from when I was in my mother’s womb, if I ever get to a point in life where I do not know which direction to turn, who should I turn to?

Jesus boasts of Himself as ‘The Good Shepherd’. A shepherd with an awesome sense of responsibility. A shepherd who is committed to leading us in the path of life and righteousness (Psalm 23, John…) .

Additionally, the Lord Jesus Christ promised and sent us the Holy Spirit; the Teacher of all truths, to guide and lead us according to God’s will, plan and purpose.

So beloved when at Crossroads realize:

1. That you have a Good Shepherd (John 10: 11-15, Psalm 23).
2. That you have a dependable Teacher (The Holy Spirit) {John 16:7}
3. That you have the Word of Life, which is a lamp to your feet and a light to your path (Psalm 119:105)
4. That you have the Spirit of The Lord (of counsel, wisdom, understanding, knowledge, might and fear of The Lord) {Isaiah 11:2}. So you are fully equipped to know what to do, how to do it, when to do it and do it well. Halleluyah.

Quickly, I share with you a scripture The Good Lord gave to me at my recent crossroad; Hebrews 10: 36

“For you have need of patient endurance {to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising}, so that when you have carried out the Will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised.”

So imagine being in a difficult situation where the only thing that makes sense is to RUN and The Lord sends you Hebrews 10:36 or 1 Peter 2:19!!

“For this finds favor, if a person endures the sorrow of suffering unjustly because of an awareness of the will of God.” 1 Peter 2:19

Look at Hebrews 10:36 again, what do you see? I see 3 important things;

(i) The Will of God

(ii) The Promise

(iii) Patient endurance.

And I can tell you, this part isn’t interesting! Naaa. But then, what I find with patient endurance is Maturity and great resilience. And I truly love those 2 attributes.

Who knows the Will of God? Can anyone know the Will of The Lord? How do I know if am doing the Will of God?

Let me show you how to know the Will of God….

“For whoever does the will of God (by believing in Me and following Me), he is My brother and Sister and Mother.” Mark 3:35

So as a Christian, if you believe in the Lord Jesus and follow His teachings, you are unlikely to be out of God’s will. And again, you have the spirit of The Lord and His Word always. So Always, you can know the Will of God if you just seek it.

The question then is not ‘can anyone know the Will of The Lord?’ The question should be; ‘Do I accept and do the Will of God?’

I can tell you that the Will of God may not always seem glamorous, nice, attractive or trendy. For so many months, I held discussions with The Lord arguing about how I wouldn’t marry my hubby many years ago. My reasons? He wasn’t good-looking enough! {By the way, my hubby brags himself as very handsome 🙂 }. But I can tell you now, that we are the best pair God ever put together! And someone recently stopped both of us and innocently remarked that my hubby is now good-looking than I 🙂

So the Will of God may not make sense to us, but remember, no one is Wiser than God is. So trust and Obey. 🙂

Matthew 13;43 tells us;

“Then the Righteous (those who seek the will of God) will Shine Forth (radiating the new life) like the Sun in the Kingdom of their Father. ”

My prayer for you today is that you would seek God’s Will at the Crossroads of your life. For only then will you truly experience peace and be fulfilled.

Remember that God created you for purpose, find His Will and trust Him to accomplish it. He is committed to it. He is a Good Shepherd. Follow Him, practice patient endurance and you will not miss the Promise.

My love always…..

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A young man called me some day. Someone I knew from way back. We belonged to same fellowship sometime ago and I was priviledge to be fellowship head at the time. He left us after a while; proceeded on a divinely provided internship training to Europe. A few years later he returned to Nigeria and was employed by a multinational company.

We kept in touch, but only when he called or buzzed. We’d talk a little about his faith which he always said was fine. But you know how it is now; social media readily give people away! His pictures on Facebook didn’t suggest a spiritually healthy brother to me. So when he called me, sounding rather too desperate to hold a discussion with me; I knew everything wasn’t right, he needed help!

He was at a crossroad! He’d gotten himself entangled with 2 young women. He must marry only one and I have to help him decide!

In my earlier blogpost; “Pet or Companion“, I narrate how Adam single-handedly  identified his life partner, chose her and named her.  So ‘hello’ young man, ‘go catch your bride yourself’!!

No!, you’re wrong; I didn’t tell him that.  🙂  Neither did I choose a wife for him. So what did I do? I spent about 30-45 minutes listening to his stories. I scolded him for sinning against our Father 🙂  (He was truly sorry). And then told him I’d get back to him in tops, 48 hours.

Ofcourse I wasn’t in any way confused about which of the ladies would make a good wife. But it wasn’t my place to tell him.  The thing is, I believe he also knew the right decision. But his passions and feelings were trying to misguide him. Happens!   🙂

When I called him 48 hours later, having prayed about his issue and also prayed for him, I simply listed out to him, the attributes of a wife, making a clear contrast between his 2 women without calling names. Next, we agreed it was best to end both relationships and start over {Solomon’s wisdom  }. I expect the rightful owner of the husband not to give up 🙂 and she didn’t.

Some months later, I received another call from my brother; he was ready to marry. He’s made a decision! Halleluyah. Please believe me when I tell you that all these time, I never asked him which of the ladies he decided on. I didn’t ask him. Facebook didn’t help me either. No pictures and besides, I couldn’t even differentiate the women physically. I trusted the Holy Spirit to sort him out and He did.

Life happens. Crossroads happens. Crossroads are not necessarily death traps. Crossroads don’t have to be negative. Crossroads should be opportunities. Crossroads should bring good change. Crossroads should lead us as Christians to a better place; God destined place.

Some well-meaning secular authors try to tell us how to manage crossroads;  (i) accept uncertainties. (ii) watch out for possibilities. (iii) Pray the Serenity prayer. (iv)  Pick a rising tide.  (v) Be open-minded; not having a goal is a goal.   (vi) Practice solitude.  etc

But should a Christian go on accepting uncertainties? Should he/She not have a goal; being tossed back and forth by every wind/doctrine? It’s great to expect and watch out for possibilities, but possibilities are everywhere! Which of the many possibilities that stare us in the face as Christians should we accept?

This is where crossroads can seem a challenge or a hard nut to crack because at the intersection of two or more roads, we must make a decision, most times, a crucial decision with far-reaching consequences.

What should a Christian do at crossroads? How do you know which way to turn? How do you know God’s will?

We’ll answer these and more questions in “At Crossroads…: Blogpost 2″. 

Stay blessed.

My love always.

I know Him! I know Him!! I know Him!!!

I hear you ask me; who? what? how? when? where?

And I reply…..

I know Him!

I hear Him call my name from my sleep; ‘Grace‘,  I awake and know He was at my bedside.  I know His voice; soft, distinct, laden with warmth and love. (Been awhile since He did that, and I long to hear that again).

I know Him! I see Him any time I choose, Yes! in His Word. His acts are full of compassion and love.  His words are divine, full of wisdom and life.  His miracles are miracles, simple and supernatural, bringing hope and peace to those who receive Him. He chastises and corrects purely from a Fatherly heart, seeking to make me just as He is.

He teaches me His ways. He charts my course and directs me in the path of life and righteousness for His name’ sake.  I have full access to wisdom which He liberally lavishes on me daily without reproach.

I know Him! I see Him in my life. He changed everything by one single, utmost sacrifice. Took my feet off the miry clay and placed them on His; the Solid Rock that never gives way.

No one believes my past; because He erased it!                                  Giving me a future of hope and abundance. Surely, He is in my life, otherwise my present and future doesn’t make sense.  He changed my story, No! He turned a new page and wrote a brand new story of me.  Halleluyah.  And He gives me a new day loaded with mercy and grace to live out His script and praise Him.

I know Him! Supplier of my Seed and Bread.  Provider of all that pertains to my life and godliness. The one that satisfies my mouth with only GOOD things, heals all my diseases and renews my youth like the eagles.

I know Him! Jesus Christ, Son of The Living God. The only sacrifice that effectively and everlastingly remitted sins, striping death of its powers, making a public display and disgrace of Satan and his agents.  He lives forever more, Yes! He lives in me.

Oh Yes! I know Him and I love Him; Jesus Christ the Son of God.  You too can know Him today. Make a decision for Jesus Christ. Choose Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior. Don’t spend another day of your life not knowing Him because he makes living meaningful, joyful and fulfilling.

 

 

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Welcome back, …. again.

It’s been such a blessing doing this blogpost series on “When the Doctor says ‘No‘”. Personally, my faith has been further built up (sometimes amidst tears as I remember the faithfulness of God to me, passing through a health challenge myself).

Very quick wrap up now; …….

In part 1, we looked at how medicine helps restore and maintain health. However, I arrived at an illogical conclusion that medicine is limited. The Bible tells us that every grass withers and fades away and man is grass (Isaiah 40:6). I therefore posit that medicine is man-made, is grass and so can fail (sometimes against the best intentions of those who administer it). But Jehovah and His Word can be trusted fully (Proverbs 3:5) . Jesus Christ tells us in Matthew 24:35;

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will by no means pass away” .

I think it’s wisdom then to be plugged into an immortal life source.

In part 2, we looked at 10 awesomely fundamental knowledge to getting a ‘Yes’ out of a doctor’s ‘No’. I urge you to follow these series sequentially without skipping any. So if you missed part 1 and/or 2, just spare 5-10 minutes to get a good background and then do a detailed study later.

So we have built up our faith going from part 1 to 2 of this blogpost series, but the Bible tells us;

“Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” James 2:17

If you are reading this and thinking; ‘Oh! what ‘works’ again? ‘Did Jesus not do all the work?’ ‘Didn’t the Bible say we were saved by grace and not works?’ or you say; ‘I am incapable of doing any work as am immobile, too weak, etc’.

Imagine if when Jesus got to Lazarus’ grave with all His faith, that He just stood looking at the tomb…..I tell you, dead Lazarus wouldn’t even turn in his grave. Imagine again, that God Almighty (Jehovah) left the earth with all its emptiness and formlessness, I am pretty sure we wouldn’t have the earth we’re living in right now. Jesus Christ had to do some work Himself to save us. Try carrying a 300+ pounds (136Kg) crafted cross! ……..ain’t no joke.

So, we’ll now begin to consider some works we need to do to continue living against odds. I’ll try to summarize them into 10 sub-themes.

1. Make a paradigm shift. This is the purpose of the 10 fundamental knowledge discussed in part 2. Change your mindset, your outlook on life and change your health and life experience. Put the report of The Lord concerning your health/life, above any other; a doctor, a hireling pastor, relation, etc. His word says we were healed by the stripes of Jesus Christ. Q.E.D.

Think life. Never consider dying an option. Banish every thought about dying as swiftly as it crosses your mind. Do not brood over dying.

I find that when I think that I am strong even if feeling physically weak, strength begins to build up in me. So think like God your Father and call the things that be not as though they were.

2. Put together a Faith Confession and say it regularly: Based on your new understanding of your identity, the will of God for your health, what Christ did for you to stay in health, etc, write down a word-of-God-based faith confession. Resist the temptation to be emotional and write only things that are founded on God’s word.

My confession was something like this;

I Grace Obomanu, I am born of God. Therefore, I am a citizen of Heaven. There is no sickness or disease in Heaven none can stay in my body. My body is the temple of the living God and not a den for sickness. I belong to Jesus Christ. Bought by His precious blood. Healed and saved. The Same spirit that raised Christ from the dead is alive in me and it quickens my mortal body. Resurrection power is alive in me. Jesus Christ lives in me and He is life, so I have the life of God in me. The Lord is my Strength, my Song and my Salvation. I am victorious. I am born of God and I overcome the world including sickness and disease. etc etc

It took me at least 30 minutes daily to read through my faith confession. Many times, I did it more than once a day. And then I would recite Psalm 91 over and over again in addition to reading a few other healing scriptures.

In addition, God may just give you one word that will be an anchor through your challenge. Mine was Psalm 118:14.

“The Lord is my Strength and Song, and He has become my Salvation.”

For every feeling of weakness= I drew Strength from The Lord

For every scary symptom= I believed The Lord would save me from it.

And overall, The Lord is my Song (Victory).

Essentially, all I needed to overcome is in The Lord and He already made it available to me.

My role? = Believe and keep moving. This season would pass.

Now, I have to say this; ‘don’t be too weak to say your faith confession because spurs your faith‘. There were times that all I could say was; ‘Father, I call you faithful’, and His faithfulness would carry through the darkest night.

3. Put on the whole armor of God: You may also consider writing this up as a faith confession (with your name in it) and read it out loud daily. Doing this always made me feel like a well-armored soldier 🙂

Mine read something like;

I put on the whole armor of God; The helmet of Salvation; and I declare that I am saved by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The Breastplate of righteousness: and I declare that I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. There’s no wrong in me. I have right standing with God my Father. So no accusation against me is valid. I guard my waist with the truth of God’s word: declaring that God’s word is true. I am Healed. I am victorious. I am Strong. I am perfect and complete. I shod my feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace and with the sword of the spirit; I pull down every imagination of darkness condemning every tongue that has risen against me in judgment. And I have my shield of faith in the faithfulness of my Father to deliver.

The armor of God is actually meant to be protective (that you may stand in the day of trouble). But God won’t penalize anyone for putting them on in crisis 🙂

4. Expose Yourself to eternal life: We already established that the word of God is LIFE and it is immutable. So, you do not let a day go by without exposing yourself to this life. Study your bible and listen to good messages on God’s word. For me, I love to study the word directly myself. I open my Bible and expect God to speak to me and He does. He always gave a reassuring word every time. And sometimes, He sent me word through my Pastors. God always sent me a word that kept me going. But to get that word, I needed to expose myself to it.

5. Remember the Lord’s covenant-Break Bread Regularly: Some people have become quite religious about the communion. They believe the communion is sacred and should be administered by only certain persons. Of course the communion is sacred, but Jesus Christ commands us to do it as often as, in remembrance of Him.

“..This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 1 Corinthians 11:25

Personally, I remind the Lord about His covenant of health, deliverance, salvation, peace, wealth, fulfillment of purpose and every good thing He has promised me in His word.

Jehovah is careful to keep His covenant.

“My covenant I will not break , nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.” Psalm 89:34

6. Get Moving, Go to church: My Pastor often used to say, ‘if you say you are healed, get off your bed’. And you know, that can be some work of faith…..

You may want to flip that and consider what you get……days, weeks, months, and maybe years (if you are still alive) of lying sick on a bed!

For me, there were 3 important things about going to church;

a. I expose myself again to God’s word. And God always sent a word, halleluyah.

b. I plug myself into life. Meet and relate with the living.

c. I am forced to give someone a smile. Sometimes it may be someone who had no idea about my health challenge that needs help. I make efforts to help and by so doing exert myself.

Again, my Pastor taught me, that the devil tend to isolate brethren going through a health challenge, selling them a lie that they are weak, tired and cannot move. That gives him more time to continue keeping you down. Naaaaa! Get up and get moving in Jesus Christ name!

Now, I recognize that there may be times when getting up and moving may truly be difficult or maybe your body really needs rest. Point here is; take a step every day towards getting yourself off a sick bed. You are not sick, you are healed! Your body is simply challenged, and thank God it’s your body because you are a spirit and you are healed. So move!.

7. Lay hands on your body. The day I got the revelation that I (a spirit) has been saved, healed and made rich, my excitement knew no bounds. I remember we’d just finished evening fellowship and I was practically skipping round my house celebrating this new revelation. So if I am a healed spirit and my body is diseased, I simply lay my hands on my body and command sickness to leave. And did I really do that? Many times! And it did bring some relief all the time.

I recently took advantage of this awesome provision by our Father. One of the strange symptoms I had was difficulty remembering things. Attempts at forcing myself to remember would seem like pushing against a wall. Like a brain block. So few weeks ago, I remembered to use my hands! I laid my hands on my head and declared that my brain works perfectly. It’s amazing how this has worked so well. I no longer feel like my head would burst because I am trying to remember something. Praise God.

8. Identify a Faith/Prayer Support Group and keep in touch: This can be your Pastor, leader, or fellow brethren in Church. The Bible tells us in James 5:14

“Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.”

It’s really encouraging to know that some group of persons are praying for you in your time of challenge.

9. Identify your purpose in life and invest in it: There’s a God-given purpose for everyone. Find it and instead of spending your time crying over your health, get going. Help someone, help a group of persons, start blogging on God’s word, visit a homeless children home, go to work, even if it means explaining to your boss that it is just a step of faith so you are not overloaded or overworked. For me, this step gives you a focus on the future. How then will you die when you are thinking about the future with God and people in the centre of it.

Something I realize about God that encouraged me to take this path. God kept showing me things in my future! In fact, initially I didn’t get it. I was almost furious with Him. I thought; ‘Father just show me things about overcoming this challenge.’ But when I understood what God was saying, which I understood as; ‘I have a plan and a future for you, Grace, you are victorious over this challenge, in fact, this is nothing‘, my hope for the future increased.

10. Modify your lifestyle: Reconsider the impact of your life choices on your health.

a. Rest: I heard God clearly say to me; ‘Grace, I created the world in 6 days and Rested on the 7th!’ 🙂

Recently, I was listening over a discussion and I heard a young single lady planning a restful weekend considering that she’d had a busy week!

Huh? I rarely make such plans! I just keep going. 🙂

Rest is so vital to well-being and it’s an investment everyone should make.

b. Choose healthy habits: Certain habits (alcoholism, smoking, etc) may further compromise your health. Ditch them.

c. Choose healthy diet: I keep telling myself; ‘Grace, your Father recommended a diet regimen for you, switch to it.’ I have not! 🙂 But it’s right there in the Bible;

“And The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; ” Genesis 2:16

“and out of the ground the Lord God made every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food.” Genesis 2:9

“...and vegetation for the service of man, that he may bring forth food from the earth.” Psalms 104:14

“…please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance be examined before you……..And at the end of ten days their feature appeared better and fatter in flesh than all the young men who ate the portion of the king’s delicacies…” Daniel 1: 12-15

Re-evaluate your preferred diet plan and make a healthy choice always.

d. Clothing: The purpose of clothing is to cover up one’s nakedness. So stay covered and warm. I published an interesting article on God’s idea of clothing, as I understood it. You may wish to read at: http://www.graceobomanu.com/blogsite/?s=fig+leaves

e. Exercise: The Bible tells us bodily exercise profits little (1 Timothy 4:8). It’s probably this ‘little’ that has been shown, medically, to contribute to health and well-being. I think everybody should incorporate some form of exercise into their daily program.

Of course if you’re ill, you may want to talk it over with your doctor before starting. Start little and aim to shift the goalpost (target) with time.

f. Take your Medications if you need to: If you feel you have not built up your faith to the point you can go without prescribed medications, please take them. But do not give up on enjoying God’s best provision of Life and Health for you.

So, here we are!

We have some work to do to enjoy what God has already provided for us. The 10 fundamental knowledge help build up our faith but then we must act based on what we believe; that we are healed.

Keep a date with the concluding part of this blogpost series; “When the Doctor says ‘No’ : Blogpost 4.

Stay healed and blessed. Don’t give up on God because He is counting on you to overcome whatever challenge you are experiencing presently and then become a support for others.

My love always…

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Get My Book On Healing; “When The Doctor Says No”

To learn more about our healing benefits in Christ Jesus, follow this link to my book, “When The Doctor Says No” available online at https://www.amazon.com/When-Doctor-Says-No-Word/dp/1704859166/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=7

The Book is available in two formats; kindle and paperback. It is also available for order online from all amazon market places, meaning that the Amazon shop in your neighborhood should be able to supply you.

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