Many times I meet people and listen to them recite their many troubles over and again. A few of such times I look at such people and wonder; ‘is he/she really ready for a miracle? if I offered to pray with/for this person would his/her faith connect with mine for a miracle?
Familiarity and resentment towards a God-given vessel/medium for a blessing will always steal the blessing away! ……Selah

Little wonder Jesus, inspite of his compassion and passion could not perform a single miracle in His home town.
In Mark 6, Jesus walked into his home town and began to teach, reflecting great wisdom to the astonishment of his kinsmen.
But they looked down on Him and said;
“Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and not his sisters here with us?
And they were offended in him” Mark 6:3

They knew Jesus inside out, he’d grown up with them, ate with them etc and worst of all; his father was a carpenter and so was he!!!
How dare he consider, conceive, and even attempt to want to teach them?
They can see and agree that he speaks wisdom
They can see and can attest to all the miracles wrought through Jesus
But all they’ve always known him as; a carpenter born to a poor wretched carpenter.

Somebody walked into my office a few years ago and audaciously said to me: ‘no matter what you do, you can never be head over us’
Shock and bewilderment swept through my entire flesh all at once!!
So, I had just been appointed into a new position that as far as I could see spelt out Responsibility to me in bold letters, without a shadow/smell of dominance or increased pay and yet someone did not only imagine such thought, but had the impetus to say it to my face…….ah….
But you know, that action painted a new picture of the role to me and also communicated the person’s subconscious recognition that I’d just been elevated higher than him….Selah.

Why have I shared this experience? Simply to convey the weight/impact of familiarity in inhibiting progress. This guy and I, had appointment letters with same date. So he couldn’t just bring himself to accept that I’d left our common ground and moved up. He felt he KNEW me.

But then again, God has brought my way, freinds, acquaintances and people with pure, clean hearts and thoughts who confide in me, we pray together and they return months later sharing awesome testimonies about how God answered that our prayer, sometimes, they even remind me that I prayed with them concerning it. Wow!!
So there you go, asking; haba Grace, how can you pray for someone and then forget?
Simply because I didn’t see it as a big issue in the first place, knowing that God has made provision for it to be handled and also because I believe that when we agree and pray together according to God’s word, I count it as Done and move on.
So they come with their big bellies filled with God-given babies (not from babalawo et al), beaming with joy and excitement.
I’ll just smile knowing that from the moment we prayed in unison, My Father, ‘passed it’
Praise God in the highest!!!!

Take away any blinds and inhibitions you have put on yourself because of pride and envy
Stretch forth your hands, open up your hearts and receive your God sent medium for a miracle.
Because God will almost always work through people to bless you.
Reverence the prophets, pastors, teachers God has sent your way, so you can drink of His fullness.
It is not your duty to judge them. Correct them where you can but recognize that they are ultimately accountable to God.
I have been thinking very much lately about Saul and David. Despite the fact that Saul attempted to kill David several times, the unlucky and very unfortunate fellow that brought David bad tidings of killing Saul did not live to see another day.
David killed him without a second thought!!!….Selah
Can we reverence God’s anointed ones like David?
It’s a question you need to answer as a child of God 🙂
If I ever have a ‘king’ as diabolical as Saul, I want to Always be on the same side as David. Let the Lord judge. I trust The Lord to protect me from the king’s wicked plots….

Love Always
Grace Obomanu.

In Matthew chapter 4 we the account of the temptation of Jesus Christ. Most importantly, we see Jesus’s strategy for tackling the devil.

It is instructive that in all 3 instances of His temptation, Jesus did not get into a banter, discussion or dialogue with the enemy. He maintained a purposeful approach dealing with the enemy, avoiding much distraction.

Temptation 1

Devil: “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread”.

Jesus: “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God’”.

Temptation 2

Devil : “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written; ‘He shall give His angels charge over you and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone”.

Jesus: “It is written..’You shall not tempt the Lord your God’”.

Temptation 3

Devil: “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me”.

Jesus: “Away with you, ….! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”

Jesus had an ‘It Is Written’ for All 3 temptation. Lesson here: If you don’t have an ‘It is Written’, you have no business responding to the devil.

Engaging in useless banter with the devil is simply falling into his trap; the plot to distract and eventually destroy you. Keep moving, keep your focus on Jesus.

Any time the enemy comes, in whatever form he presents, If you don’t have an ‘It Is Written’ for him, you don’t have a response yet.

Hi there,
My name is Grace Obomanu
I am a Christian and Nigerian
I trained as a Medical Doctor and I am currently pursuing a career in Health Administration under the Public Health Domain.
My steps were ordered to The Carpenter’s Church (TCC), Port Harcourt, Nigeria in December 1996 (to the then Royal Evangel Church), where I have been taught the undiluted word of God precept upon precept, and also given the privilege to function as a Premarital Counselor. My service in the past seven (7) years as a Believer’s Class Teacher in TCC, ignited in me a passion for teaching the Word of God and helped me discover my gifting in this area.
I have known my husband, Arnold, for 17 years, 12 of which we have been most happily married and blessed with 3 lovely children.
My Facebook page; ‘Talk with Grace Obomanu’, available online @: www.facebook.com/graceobomanu.org, which was launched to provide Godly counsel for every-day-real-life-issues, has somewhat become almost overtaken by teachings on the Bible, and I hope to correct that with the introduction of this blog site.
I believe that this blog will bring you Godly wisdom, shining the Truth of God’s unchanging word in your circumstances, and leading you through The Way that guarantees Life in its fullness.
Welcome!
Love Always,
Grace Obomanu.