Morning with Ebenezer

I AM NOTHING

And if I have prophetic powers (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God’s love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody).

1 Corinthians 13:2 AMPC

Yesterday we started discussing the Series of Love according to first Corinthians 13. Today we will continue with our Series. Paul the Apostle continued by saying, "And if I have a prophetic power”; this is the gift of interpreting the divine and will and purpose, mostly known as prophetic gift.

Then he says if I understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge. Here Paul was talking about those people in the body of Christ who have been given gifts such as word of wisdom, word of knowledge and prophecy. God reveals to them hidden mysteries for the edification of the Church; and give them understand on the things that mere man can't understand. Then he says, “If I have sufficient faith so that I can remove mountains, but not love (God's love in me) I am nothing!”

This is so scary; sometimes we think people who have the gifts that are much seen in the body of Christ will receive the greater reward. The reality is the opposite, the Lord will reward our works according to the amount of love we put in it. If we loved the Lord as He commanded us and love our neighbors as our own selves.

This morning, I want you to know that at the end of the day only the things that done through love will be counted. You can prophesy to all people who will come in your life and help many understand their purposes in life. If you will not do them by love, you will not have any reward at the end of the day.

Your work will be in vain, your struggle will not be counted nor will you get anything from the Lord. You need to learn to love others; you need be genuine in your love and make sure you do not be like the hypocrites. You can be a source of joy and hope to someone who is hurting right now out there. I want to encourage you to ask the Lord to give you the strength to walk in love. We shall continue with this Series of Love according to 1 Corinthians 13 tomorrow, God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer.... 

Dear Heavenly Father, teach me to love like your Son Jesus Christ. In Jesus' Name I pray, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

THE GREATEST GIFT

If I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God’s love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 13:1 AMPC

We are going to start another Series of Love according to chapter 13 of the Book of first Corinthians. We are going to read verse by verse that we may get the meaning behind of every verse through the power of Holy Spirit.

Paul the Apostle said, “If you can speak in the tongues of men and even of angels, but have not love, I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.” In the Church of Corinthians many people had different gifts of the Spirit; and there were some people who can pray or speak in different tongues by the help of the Spirit of God. It is believed that the gift of tongues was placed first as the most over-estimated gift at Corinth.

Apostle Paul was trying to say greatest gifts are valueless without love. If we don't have love while operating in our gifts we are only a noisy gong [simply a piece of metal, which when struck will merely produce noise]. Or clanging cymbal [This instrument can produce by itself no intelligible tune]. In other words we become people who have no meaning before our Heavenly Father.

This morning, I want to encourage you to ask the Father that He may give you the ability to love. Maybe you can pray until the heavens come down or you speak in all spiritual languages that the Spirit can grant to a person. If you can’t love, then it doesn't mean anything and you will not go anywhere after this life.

We were commanded to love one another; you don't have any excuse when it comes to love. You are commanded to love regardless the situation including your enemy. I want to challenge you to love someone today, and love not by words alone; but by deeds and truth. We shall continue with this Series of Love according to first Corinthians 13 tomorrow, God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, help me to love like your Son Jesus Christ. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

THE FORGIVING LIFE

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God?

Micah 6:8 AMPC

I believe you have been brought from the mighty long way by our Heavenly Father. I believe you have a testimony of your life. I believe God has invested so much in you to make you who you are today. There are things that have changed since the day you gave your life to Jesus; you have experienced the peace that surpasses all understanding of men.

God has done great things in your life. He wants you to live a life worth of your calling in Christ Jesus our Lord. He wants you to have a forgiving heart, and be merciful to all people. God spoke through the mouth of Prophet Micah these things, "He has showed you, O man what is good. In other words God has taught us what we are supposed to do in life.

Then the prophet continues by saying, what the Lord require of you is to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God. In other words God wants us to try everyone right, and live humbly and walk humbly before Him.

This morning, I want to encourage you to live a forgiving life. People will come and offend you; some of them will hurt you so bad. You will meet people who will insult you, curse you and despise you for no reason. You need to learn to live above all those things, don't give people power to control your moods; but you need to be in full control of your life.

They say life is not fair; some people will take what is rightfully yours. Some of them will be your close friends or relatives the people you love. Some will betray your trust, other will speak behind your back and some will treat you like a piece of crap. That's life! As a Christian you need to prepare for the worst and be calm in all situations in life. You need to be a good example to unbelievers by living and loving like Jesus. We will start New Series tomorrow, God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, help me to live a forgiving life in all the days of my life. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

FORGIVING HEART

Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

Luke 17:1-4 NKJV

In life we will all get offended in one way or another. People will come that will cause us to stumble daily. The Bible says it is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through who they do come! The person who will cause other to stumble will be dealt with accordingly. God has His way to punish all of those who cause offenses to other people.

Then Jesus said, if your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him. Here Jesus was teaching us not to get tired forgiving others. He wanted us to know that offenses will always come in our way.

If we know we will be offended every now and then, then we need to learn to live with people of different personalities. We need to develop an art of understanding people and know that not all the offenses that come in our way are personal. There are some people ends up offending others; because they are hurting inside. They have things that bother them so they tend to bring their frustrations to other people.

This morning, I want to encourage you to ask God to give you a forgiving heart. We are in need of forgiving people in the body of Christ. We need people who will understand that each one of us can make mistakes and quickly forgive those who repent. God wants you to be that particular person. He wants you to be able to forgive without putting forward any conditions to people.

The world needs people who will be forgiving and merciful. There are too much people who tend to hold grudge and hate people with no reason. You can be a source of hope by giving people second changes by forgiving them without any conditions. We shall continue with this Series of Forgiveness tomorrow, God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, create in me a forgiving heart, that I may be able to forgive quickly with no conditions at all. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

LET IT GO

For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.

Hebrews 8:12 NIV

We have been talking about forgiving others, ourselves and God. There is something that many Christians are still struggling in this subject of forgiveness. Many are willing to forgive but they don't want to forget what was done to them.

The Bible says God will forgive us our wickedness and will remember our sins no more. When God forgives us He forgets all what we have done to Him and starts with a clean slate. I believe He wanted us too to forgive and forget too.

Most of us struggle in this area. We are willing to forgive but we like to remind ourselves what people did to us and; this may cause us to mistreat them every now and then. It’s like a hidden form of revenge on them. We want to remember that we may categories them in a certain group in our minds; then refuse to accept that they may somehow come to change one day. 

This morning, I want to encourage you to ask God to give you strength to let it go. I know you may be bothered by the presence of some people who hurt you in the past. Forgiving people doesn't mean that you have to trust them as you did before; but it simply mean to look beyond their faults. You need to give them a chance to show you that they can change and if possible earn your trust once again.

No one is perfect, so we all need to learn to live with each other. We need to let love have its way in our lives. I want to encourage you to let go that anger, pain, and hate before the Lord. He will help you to live the life worth of your calling in Christ Jesus our Lord. We shall continue with this Series Forgiveness tomorrow, God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, help me to forgive and forget. Help me to let go all the pain that people caused me in the course of my life. Help me to be willing to give people second chances knowing that anyone can change one day by the help of Holy Spirit. In Jesus' Name, Amen. 

Morning with Ebenezer

FORGIVE GOD

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

James 1:2-4 NKJV

We have Christians who are secretly mad with God. They are mad with God because they ask themselves why God allowed some painful things to take place in their lives. They ask themselves where was God when some painful tragedies hit them where it hurts.

I do have questions too and I don't have all the answers in many difficulties life questions. I don't know what you went through in a course of your life. I haven't even walked a mile in your shoes, so i can't real understand that pain you went through in life. 

I know one thing that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. God allowed what He allowed to shape you to become who you are today. He could stop all those events in your life but He allowed them because He had something good in mind for you. If you are still alive to this day, then know He has a plan for your life.

This morning, I want to ask you to stop looking God as an enemy. Apostle James says, "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials. It amazing Apostle James asks as to maintain good attitude in the middle of our troubles. He gives us the reason that is knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. So if we maintain our good attitude in the middle of our hardships, we will build patience that God wants us to have in this life.

Then He teaches us to let the patience do its perfect work, that we may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. After we have gone through all the experience that we are going through in life. We will have patience in all season of life and hence succeed in every environment that we will find ourselves in. So forgive God and thank Him for being there for you and forgiving you from all the wrongs you did in your life. We shall continue with this Series of Forgiveness tomorrow if God wishes, God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, I want to thank You for everything that happened in my life. I will trust You in all seasons of my life knowing that you all things will work together for my own good at the end of the day. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

FORGIVE YOURSELF

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV

We have talked about forgiving others, and how the Bible wants us to forgive others before we go to God in prayers. There is another part that most of us forget and it as important as the part of forgiving others.

We need to learn to forgive ourselves. In my personal life I have made mistakes and made some choices that I wish to go back and change them. I have done some things that end up in pain and regret. When I went before God asking for His forgiveness still there was a part in me hurting even after receiving the forgiveness from God!

Later I have learnt that as much as I needed forgiveness from God and those who I hurt along the way. I also needed to forgive myself and leave the past behind. I learnt that I needed to learn from my foolish decisions and choices; tap the wisdom from it and move on with my life. I learnt that there is nothing good you can get if you will continue blaming yourself for things that you did in the past. If you will continue blaming yourself, you will end up being confused; and unable to focus for what is ahead of you.

This morning, I want to encourage you to forgive yourself. I know you made many stupid decisions in the past. You involved yourself with the people who you were not supposed to be involved with. You opened your heart to people who end up hurting you and take you for granted. You trusted people who kept on betraying you over and over again. You unwisely spent your money and end up broke.

No matter what you did to yourself and others. In order to get the peace you need to focus on your future goals you need to forgive yourself. You need to let go the past and start afresh; learn from your mistakes and know that our God is the God of second chances. If He has given you another chance in life, then use it wisely that one day you may be proud of yourself! We shall continue with this Series of Forgiveness tomorrow, God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, I forgive myself from every kind of thing I did unwisely. Help me to use the chance I have right now in life for your glory. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

YOU WANT TO BE ANSWERED?

“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”

Mark 11:25-26 NKJV

Many people are asking themselves why their prayers are not being answered. They fast for days and sometimes read a lot of books about prayers. They practices every way they think will help them to get answers from God. Still they don't get the answers they desire after they have prayed.

Some of them have decided to give up and stop praying. There are many things that can block your prayers answers from God; including sin or praying against the will of God. Another thing that can prevent your answers is unforgiveness.

The Bible teaches us that whenever we stand praying, if we have anything against anyone, forgive them, that our Father in heaven may also forgive us our trespasses. In other words when we fail to forgive people who offended us; then we won't receive forgiveness from our Father in heaven. This block our prayer answers because we will be praying while we still have sin in us. We read in John 9:31 that God doesn't listen to sinners. In other words if you have anything against anyone, and you don't forgive that person; then that's explain why God don't respond to your prayers.

This morning, I want to encourage you to examine your life and start offering forgiveness to people who wronged you. If you want to see God in higher level, you need to forgive all people who have hurt you in the course your life. Don't allow unforgiveness to block your blessings from God. I believe God has many things in store for you. He has good plans for your life. You need to let go those people that you may enter into the realm of supernatural.

The Bible says unless we are converted and become as little children, we will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. If you want to enter that coming kingdom of the Son of His love; then you need to forgive. I know it's easy and it won't be easy throughout your life; but that is the right thing to do. You can change your life and set yourself free today. We shall continue with this series of Forgiveness tomorrow. God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for your word. Lord help me to let go all unforgiveness in me. I want to experience you in higher level. Help me Lord to live according to your will. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

FORGIVE

But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.”

Mark 11:26 NKJV

We will start a Series about Forgiveness. I know the reason the Holy Spirit keeps on returning this in my heart is because there are some people who need to forgive some people or situations in their lives. Jesus was very direct when He said if we do not forgive, neither will our Father in heaven forgive our trespasses.

One day I was talking with someone who was struggling in the area of forgiveness. She told me its okay if we may not forgive; because even God knows that is so hard to forgive. God understands it so she will not forgive some people in her life because it’s hard. I gave her above verse and told her the only way for us to receive forgiveness from God is through forgiving others.

I told her that with our own strength we can't forgive; but with God all things are possible. I told her that's why the Spirit of God came to this world to help us in our weaknesses. God knew there were so many areas that we struggled in this life; so He sent Him specifically to help us overcome our struggles in different areas. I told the only way you can receive that Spirit of God is through accepting Jesus as the Lord and Savior your life. Then you will be saved and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

This morning, I want to encourage you to forgive. I know that you heard of this subject before and it is not a new thing to you. If there is still some sort of unforgiveness in you then you need to let it go too! You may be able to forgive your co-workers, neighbor who throws the trash in your backyard; or a driver who cursed you on your way to work this morning. 

In the mean time you may be struggling to forgive your mother in law who tends to boss you around in your own house every time she visits. Your sister in law who thinks she is better than you simply because you are married to her brother. Your ex who cheated on you with your best friend; or that relative who it is believed bewitched your family members and make them suffer. You need to forgive all of them no matter how big the offenses. God help you in this! We shall continue with this Series of Forgiveness tomorrow, God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for your word. Lord I'm asking that You may give me the grace to forgive. I can't do it by my own, help me Lord. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

THE SET TIME HAS COME

You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.

Psalm 102:13 NKJV

I believe we live in the period that God wants to favor His Church. We are seeing great revelations of the God word as never before. Prophecies of the last days are being fulfilled as never before. We see the Gospel being preached in all parts of the world, including those areas that no one knew about Jesus. 

God wants to take us into places that no man can take us. God wants to put us in the positions that our education, influence and experience cannot give us. It has to be God who will make you to seat on a particular position in the spirit and cause the results to be manifested in the flesh.

The time of God to favor you have come. The struggles that you were having all these years, God is about to set you free from them. God is going to open doors that you didn't imagine that they will open. It is the will of God to prosper you and give you a good healthy.

This morning, I want you to know that favor is coming in your way. You will see the kindness of God that is unusual to you. God will reveal Himself and give you access to things and people who are in the position to take you in the next level of your life.

Keep trusting God; believe for better and greater things. You will see the hand of God ministering on your behalf in everything. You will the favor of God everywhere you go and His love that never fails will follow you everywhere you go. You are stepping in the realm of blessings, so continue to trust God. Know that He set time to favor you has come. We will start New Series tomorrow, God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for your favor over my life. I'm ready to receive your blessings and stepping in the next level of my life. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

BEAUTIFUL IN ITS TIME

He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 AMP

Have you ever eaten unripe fruit? Maybe you have, and did you like its taste? I know the answer of most of you will be no. It is the same in life, if you do anything or access anything before its maturity time; you may not like its result.

The Bible says, God has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. This means anything becomes beautiful when it's done in its time. Many people are not patience enough to wait for the things to mature that they may last. Many of us want to fulfill all of our dreams now; and get prosperity that we desperately desire now.

This has caused many people to involve themselves with illegal deals and sometimes cheat to get ahead. God planted eternity a sense of divine purpose in our hearts. This is a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God. If you want to know if the blessings you have received come from God; they always come with this satisfaction with them. You can gain the whole world, but if God was not the one who gave you access to it; you will remain to be unsatisfied always.

This morning, I want to urge you to wait for a proper time for everything. If you a young man or woman who is unmarried, then sure you remain undefiled until marriage. Many people can say many things to cause you to sin. I came to understand that the best way to live a regret free life is to follow the word of God without questioning it. The Bible calls God the Father the Ancient of Days. He was there before the beginning of days and He will be there forever.

If He forbids you to do something, you need to be sure that He is the wise God. He knows the side effects of you doing that particular thing. Follow the Lord's timeline; don't mix yourself with any kind of sin. Live your life following His will and while waiting for a proper time for everything. Your life will be beautiful, and full of peace. You will eat the goodness of the land and live to see many days. We are going to conclude this Time Series tomorrow, may God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, help me to wait for the proper time of everything. I want to live a beautiful life, help me to have that life. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

RESPECT TIME

There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 AMP

Yesterday we started discussing the topic of time. There is a famous saying that says time is money. In other words if you use your time properly, you can make money out of it. While others uses their time to sleep and doing nothing; other people uses the same time to develop their lives and do things that will benefit their future.

The Bible says, “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.” This teaches us to respect time and not to ignore any event that takes place in our lives. Nothing happens by chance, everything has a reason. God allowed many things to happen in your life that He may shape you to become who you are today.

Many people of God fail to invest in the time that they have. People of this world invest their time properly and they tend to succeed in their things compared to the sons of light. It is about time now we need to teach and emphasize the importance of time in the Church. We know that we will live forever in Christ Jesus; but we need also to know that our assignment in this world is bound in time.

This morning, I urge you to respect time. If it is a time for work, you should make sure you work and concentrate on it. If it is the time for prayers, then you need to pray and completely submit your will to the Father. If it is the time to study, you need to study and make sure you understand what you are studying.

In the meantime you need to wait for the time of some things to happen in your life. It is not possible for a young man to get riches in few years; unless you inherit it or win a lottery. It takes years to accumulate wealth and there is no shortcut of it unless you involve yourself in illegal deals. It is the same in ministry, work or anything in life. It is not possible to get an overnight success and think that that success will last; but what you worked for will last because it is not a thing that you obtained overnight. May God give you wisdom to use your time properly. We are going to continue with this Time Series tomorrow, may God bless you!

****Morning Prayer****

Pray this prayer with me by faith and God is going to answer your prayer....

Dear Heavenly Father, help me to respect time and be patience to wait for proper time for everything. In Jesus' Name, Amen.