Morning with Ebenezer

JUST LIKE JESUS

And in the fourth watch [between 3:00—6:00 a.m.] of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, It is a ghost! And they screamed out with fright.But instantly He spoke to them, saying, Take courage! I Am! Stop being afraid!

Matthew 14:25-27 AMP

One of the tremendous record of the life of Jesus, is when He walked on the water. His disciples started screaming and said, it is a ghost! But instantly He spoke to them, saying, Take courage! It is I. Jesus did this to show His disciples that He was able to do everything which normal man can not do.

He was teaching them that when it comes to Him, He was able and willing to do exceedingly and abundantly above all what they could think and imagine. This built confidence and faith to His disciples who later came to do many signs,miracles and wonders which are recorded in the Book of Acts of  Apostles in the Bible.

Jesus said if we will believe in Him, we will do the works which He did and greater works than what He did because He was going to the the Father, John 14:12. This teach us that if we will believe the name of Jesus, believe in His finished work there on the cross; we will be able to do what He did during the time of His fresh.

This morning, God has a desire to see you become just like His Son Jesus. He wants to see you walk in victory just like Jesus, He wants you to walk in faith just like Jesus. He wants to see you walk on water[ trials, temptations, and tribulations in your life]  just like Jesus ;and believe that you will reach to your desired haven.

God has not forgotten you, God is with you if you will be with Him. Put your trust in Him this morning, and ask Him to help you to become just like His Son Jesus and He will surely answer your prayer....

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord one thing I ask You this morning, please help me to become just like your Son Jesus! To do all what He said I can do and to live like the way He lived in the days of His fresh. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

PRAYER

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.

Philippians 4:6 NLT

One of the great thing which I always love about serving the Father of Jesus Christ, the God of glory! Is this, I get opportunity to go to Him any time through prayer. Prayer is the media which enable a mere man like me to start a  conversation with God. Prayer give me an opportunity to take all heavy burdens in my life; and trade them to Jesus who is the faithful buyer and He gives me His joy in exchange.

In the Bible, starting with Jesus Himself, He was the man of prayer. All great men and women ever lived in the Bible they were prayer warriors who gave everything which came in their lives  to God in prayer. Jesus taught that we should pray always and never give up, (Luke 18:1), Paul added that we should pray always in the Spirit(Eph 6:18) and pray for all believers all around the world.

This morning, God wants you to start living the life of prayer.  Through prayer you will unlock many closed doors in your life, it will help in stirring up your gifts that you may be used in the Kingdom of God. You do not need to worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. When you start praying your life will change, your house will be saved and the fear of tomorrow will fly away because you will put your trust to the owner of the future.

You need to start right now, you need to start praying. If you had that kind of life, today is the day to increase the desire to pray more that you may achieve more. Prayer will help you to be close with God, to have more of Jesus and to stay far from sin. The hour of prayer is now, God is up there waiting for you to start praying, watch and pray!

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I'm asking that You may create in my a great desire of prayer and prayer life from this hour to all the days of my life. In Jesus' Name,Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

AFTERLIFE

Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.

John 5:28-29 NLT

I met with a certain aged man on his sixties, and after we talked for a while I started sharing with him the Good News of Jesus. I told him that Jesus saves, that if he will trust in the Lord Jesus Christ he will be saved from his sins. Then I continued telling him about the life after death, when I reached that point, he said please stop! 

I was curious to know why he stopped me? Then he said that, "All my family members including my wife and kids are religious persons but me I don't believe that there is life after death. I believe that when I die it's done! I believe there is nothing more to expect after this life".I was sad to hear such words from him because I knew that the devil had lied to him.

There are many who have been lied by the devil that there is no life after death. Satan use this kind of trick to make people to focus on things of this earth, riches and lusts of this world. People live this way because they know that there is nothing more for them after they died; and many have been deceived. There is life after death, there is hope for those who will choose Jesus today that they will have a new life with the Godhead in heaven.

The Bible says, ''And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment, Heb 9:27''. Jesus said there is a time when people who died before the day of judgement will hear His voice in their graves, and they will rise again. Some who did good will rise to experience eternal life while others who did evil will rise to experience judgement[ raised to meet their sentence]

This morning, God wants to remind you that there is afterlife, there is life after death. God wants you to prepare daily that you may be among of many who will raised to experience eternal life. Do not let anyone deceives you with any kind of doctrine apart from what the Bible teaches. Do not let your heart to be deceived, there is only one way to the Father who is Jesus Christ Himself is the way. I'm still praying for that aged man and I have faith that He will receive the Lord Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior before it's too late.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I'm asking that You may help me to be ready anytime, in order when you will come back a second time I may be among those who will inherit your kingdom. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

LANGUAGE OF LOVE

Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8 NLT

Buried deep within each one of us lies the need to be loved. God loved us even though we were altogether unlovely.( See: Rom 5:8). His love broke down the barriers of sin in us:love has the power to break down every wall. Through the language of love, God spoke to the lost humanity there on the cross, and it brought forth eternal salvation  to all mankind. 

Some of us we need to learn to speak this language of love, we need to stop accusing, judging and blaming others for their past sins. We are living in the world where, if someone did something wrong in the past; he will be defined and judged through that particular thing even if he has repented before God and men too. We are living in the world where everyone want to find someone to blame for what happened in their lives; that it was someone else fault.

Even Evangelical Christians we have been caught up in this wind of blaming.We blame our Pastors, fellow Christians, church leaders and even unbelievers to be the cause of our problems in life. Where is our love? The Bible says that love covers a multitude of sins. This means it doesn't matter what so and so did for you in the past, but if they came and repented and ask for your forgiveness; You need to forgive and forget all and start loving them as Christ loved us.

This morning, God wants us to start speaking the language of love. God wants you to know that even who so called sinners they also need to be loved. They need someone who will stand and say something for them before God. They need someone who will intercede for their behalf that their mind may be opened and see the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ.They need someone who will show that he cares, someone who will believe with them that everything is possible through Christ. And that person is you! 

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I'm asking that You may teach me to start speaking the language of love, to start showing love to all people knowing that when I do that I will be representing You Lord Jesus before them. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

FEAR NOT

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 23:4 NKJV

There are some situations which happen in life which our normal mind can't comprehend. Some questions which we normally ask ourselves and we can't get answers from anyone. There are some questions which we normally ask God, ''Why God has allowed this?, Why I was born this way? Why am suffering this much? Why God took away my loved one? 

These questions sometimes can be frustrated especially when we find no answers. Paul said in 1 Cor 13:9, ''Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! This means that we can't have the full understanding of all things which happen in our lives for now, then later he continue by saying ,''But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless.'' Here is saying when we get to go to heaven all these difficulties questions will be answered, Glory to God!

This morning, some of us we are passing through the valley of the shadow of death. We have some questions which we seek answers, we don't know what the future hold for us. The Word says even if you are passing through the worst hours of your life, do not be afraid because God is with you. 

You may not understand everything now; but one thing I know that His rod, which is His Word and His staff, that's means His provision, support and protection will comfort you. Do not give up on God, God won't give up on you. He has a better plan for your life, so do not be afraid or dismayed. God loves you.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I'm asking that You may give me inner boldness; that I may be able to with stands all which am passing through right now, believing that I will rise up with victory. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

CONFESS POSITIVELY

 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Mark 11:23 KJV

Negative confessions characterize demonic influence. Positively confession is faith expressed. 
Confess what God's Word says. Any other confession will open the door for the enemy.

Life and death is in the power of the tongue Proverbs 18:21; when we confess death it will automatically comes into us. And when we confess life, we will have it more abundantly. Most of us few years ago, we confess some things about ourselves and now we find ourselves walking in those things which we confessed before. If you made positively confession, you will find yourself living in a positively life and viceversa.

You may be wondering why you are experiencing rejection in your life; but if you will recall back in the days you may find that you confessed that no one will ever love you. The enemy took those words as the permission of sending the demons of rejection in your life and hence now you are rejected.You won't be free from that rejection unless you confess different  from the what you did before.

This morning, God wants to start speaking life into your life. He wants you to start to express faith through your confession. Jesus said if we won't doubt what we have spoken in faith,, surely what we have said shall come to pass. There are things which God wants you to start speaking and believe that you will have them in your life.

Make the good use of your tongue. When you confess what God's Word says, you are allow angels to come and make sure that what you confessed come to pass. But when you confess negative things about yourself, your situation and others; you give a ticket to the devil to send his demons of destruction to act according to what you have said. Choose today!

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I'm asking that You may help me to stand to confessing positively and speak against all negatives which I confessed in the past. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

A JEALOUS SPIRIT

Two men, Eldad and Medad, had stayed behind in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but they had not gone out to the Tabernacle. Yet the Spirit rested upon them as well, so they prophesied there in the camp. A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”

Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make them stop!”

 But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!”

Numbers 11:26-29 NLT

A jealous spirit is one of the leading spirits of Satanic world which are called strong men. Psychologists are quick to tell us that jealousy is a natural human emotion, but if you examine Scripture, you will discover that in most cases it is a demon.

When the Spirit of the Lord came upon Eldad and Medad in the camp and they started prophesying, Joshua son of Nun, asked Moses to stop them. But Moses replied,“Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!” Moses rebuked Joshua, and showed him that when we come to the things of God; it was best for all of us to have good relationship with our Father like what Moses had.

Many of us in one way or another have encountered this state of insecurity inside of us. We have felt jealous for our neighbors, fellow ministries, co-workers, fellow students and even our spouses. This spirit of jealousy divides, separates and sabotages homes,churches, relationships and business.The spirit of jealousy also manifests itself through other demon spirits, such as the spirit of suspicion, anger, rage, revenge, and even murder.

   

This morning, God wants to set us free from this spirit. Most of us have been treating jealous inside of us as the normal human emotion, but this spirit has made us to live in fear, envy, unworthiness and  inferiority because of the success of others. God has a plan for each one of us, if he has allowed your neighbor to succeed in one area more than you; it simply means he has something in store for you too.

It is about time for you to start asking God to set you free from a jealous spirit. If you will treat  jealousy such as other spirit and start rebuking it in the Name of Jesus, you will free yourself from that bondage.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I rebuke the spirit of jealousy inside of me in the Name of Jesus. I free myself from the bondage of jealousy, and I'm believe for the outpouring of your love inside of me. In Jesus Name, Amen.

References: Angels and Demons, Benny Hinn

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Morning with Ebenezer

BY FRUITS YOU WILL KNOW

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn-bushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

Matthew 7:15-20 NKJV

There are many of us who are asking ourselves concerning the uprising of who so called servants of God in the church. We see many are doing miracles and wonders which blow the minds of many. Many people are drown by those signs and wonders to follow those miracle workers in the church and most of them they forget that the greatest miracle in one's life, is the miracle of salvation.

They have been controversial world wide, about different kind of teachings which most of men and woman of God teach. Some teachings they go against the Bible and others they make their followers to believe in some kind of doctrines and do deny other doctrines even if they will be telling the truth of the Gospel.

The Bible says in the last days, they will be many false prophets who will appear and deceive many. The Bible further says that you will know them by their fruits [actions].  We are living in the last days where most of the Bible last days prophecies are being fulfilled. This indicates that Jesus is on His way to take His bride [the church] to His Father's house [ heaven].

This morning, God wants you to know that the only way you can know that a certain man or woman of God is from Him; it's through looking his actions. You don't need to judge anyone because he or she teaches things which you don't understand or they are not sound well to your ears. God is the judge and not us, but in order for to know if you can follow or leave that person? You need to take a good look of his actions.

The best way of knowing if this person is from God or is among of the false prophets which the Bible predicted; is asking yourself if that person works in love. The Bible says all prophets and law are being combined in one word love. You will know the truth about anyone who calls himself a servant of God; by looking the amount of love in his heart. If he love in deeds and truth, or if he just love by words alone? then you will know where to stand.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord am asking that You may enlight the eyes of my heart that I may be able to discern between true and false prophets. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

MY JESUS SAVE

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.

Romans 10:9-10 NLT

My Jesus is still in the saving business. From America to Australia, from Europe, Africa and Asia Jesus is still being preached and many are saved from their sins. This Jesus I'm talking about, is the Savior and the only hope to this dying world of ours.

He has changed the history of the world, He has changed the history of many who believed Him and made them to become the children of God, John 1:12. He has changed my life history too, when I came to know Him I become new creature, all my past was gone and behold I had a new beginning, 2 Cor 5:17.

I'm not ashamed to say my Jesus saves, I don't fear to tell the whole world that He has changed me! Yes He did change me some years ago, He changed the lives of many before my own eyes and I believe He will change yours too if still you are not a believer. I know that it was the blood of Jesus which washed away all my sins, I know that nothing could be able to change my sinful nature but thanks to Jesus who made it all.

This morning, I just have a simple message for you that, '' My Jesus saves'', He can save you from sin, He can save your family, He can save your nation and all in your circle of influence. Education can't save you, second wife or husband can't save you, riches and fame can't assure you to inherit the kingdom of God but Jesus can.

We all need Jesus, we all need the Savior. The world needs to know that Jesus is only answer for their problems. Each individual person should know that he will not see the Father but through Jesus because He is the only way. Are you telling people that your Jesus save?

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I'm asking that You may give me strength to tell others about your salvation; that they may know You are the only way, the truth and the life. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

BACKSLIDING

 And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before. It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life. They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.”And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”

2 Peter 2:20-22 NLT

Backsliding is when a born-again believer in Christ turns back to sin or becomes stubborn in his heart and refuses to submit to the will of God in his life.We have many in the church of today who are backslidden, some they pretend to be strong Christians but in their hearts they refuses to submit to the will of God. The dangerous thing is that some of them are the preachers of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ; but they have backslidden because they have allowed sin in their lives.

Jesus said in Luke 9:62,''Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” Here He was talking about backsliders, people who once decided to follow Him and after a while they started remembering old things. When I say the old things I mean, the life of sin which they had before accepting Christ as the Lord and Savior of their lives.

Jesus said these people do not fit for service of the kingdom of God. He meant that these people we not able to serve God, while they were still living the life of the past which they once rejected. 

The Apostle Peter gives an example of old proverb which says, “A dog returns to its vomit.”And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.” Here the Apostle Peter was teaching about who it's like when we backslide, it's just like a dog returns to its vomit or A washed pig returns to the mud.

Maybe you have been eating your vomits for years now, or every time when you are being washed by the Word you keep returning to the mud(sin). Every time you go back to your sinful life you become worse off than before. This has been bothering you, and God has heard your cry and today He has a solution for you.

This morning, God wants you to know that if you will go before Him and confess your sins,He is faithful, he will just forgive your sins and purify you from all unrighteousness, 1 John 1:9. When He forgives you, He will also heal you from all your waywardness as He promised in Hosea 14:4a, ''I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely. This is your day, now is your  hour so don't let this pass because God intended it just for you.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I know I'm a sinner, I'm not a sinner because I commit sins.I commit sins because I'm and I was born in this world a sinner. Forgive me where I have backslidden, heal my backsliding behavior and pour your love in my heart through the work of your  Holy Spirit. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

PERSONAL FAVORITISM

My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others?

 For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in dirty clothes. If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, “You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor”—well, doesn't this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives?

James 2:1-4 NLT

We were all created equal in the sight of God, He created us by His own image and likeness. Some people had a rich back ground while others they lived the poor life. Being rich or poor doesn't change anything before God. He looks the rich as the way He do for the poor, He is the one who provide them with their daily bread.

Jesus died for the sinners, He died for all people. This shows how much God loved the world that He gave is only begotten son, that He may die on our behalf because the penalty of our sins supposed to be death which Jesus paid it all on the cross. God died for each one of us, 
to teach us that we all have the same value before His eyes; that why He did not die for Israel alone but He died for the whole world.

Some of us have been living the life of favoritism.We like to spend our time with some kind of people, even in our churches we tend to listen and help those people who we think they can help us too in the time of our need. Rich people in the church of today are being heard and respected more than poor people; even if they don't have enough knowledge of the Word of God.

This makes us to have a generation of Christians who show personal favoritism, and forget the that Jesus ordered us to love one another regardless of our personal backgrounds and economic status. This morning God wants you to stop showing favoritism to people, God wants you to start loving like Jesus. 

God wants you to love people regardless of their facial look, economic status, educational background, marital status, race and historical background. We need Christians who will real love people as the way Jesus loved us. We need Christians who will help others with the pure heart without hoping anything in return. We need Christians who will preach the Gospel through their lives and not words alone, are you one of them?

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your Word. Lord please forgive me where I showed favoritism in the past, help me to love like the way You love people ooh Lord.In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

I CAN DO ALL THINGS

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Philippians 4:13 NKJV

When the Bible says that I can do all things, it means that I can do every  things including which seems impossible in my life. Paul talked about how he managed to live in all life's condition in verse 12, and he continued by concluding in all those different conditions which he experienced in life. He could do all things through Christ who gave him strength.

Paul knew how it feels like to be full, then he experienced how it's like to be hungry. He was happy with little as with much, with much as with little. He could do all things through Christ who strengthened him in all situations. He lived the life of faith of the things he could not see by his natural eyes, as the result God gave him to see great things in the eyes of faith.

This morning, God wants you to increase your faith by meditating these words that, ''You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.'' No matter what you are passing through right now, just know that the power of God in you is greater than the forces around you. Have faith in Christ, don't look on the biggest of your problem but look on the biggest of your God.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord am asking that You may help meditate these words, ''I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me''.That I may live the life of victory every situation which I will face in life. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

WHY CAN'T I PLEASE THEM?

The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever leans on, trusts in, and puts his confidence in the Lord is safe and set on high.

Proverbs 29:25 AMP 

Some of us have spent our entire adult-hood seeking how we will be able to please people. We have spent much time thinking on how we will make people to love us. We have been doing what we do because we want people to see us and acknowledge our efforts toward them. You may be one of the people who when they are somewhere, they want every one to know them and acknowledge their presence.

You have spent a lot of time thinking how people think about you, you fear so much people comments more than what God Word says. You want to be seen a perfect person before people without considering how God sees you. This behavior has caused other people to commit certain sins simply because they wanted to please their friends and colleagues.

The Bible says fearing human beings is a snare, meaning when you start doing things because you fear how people will think of you or react about your decisions. You will end in confusion because you will not be able to please all people at the same time. I learnt long ago that I will not be able to please a man who was born of woman; then I made my mind that in all things I will seek to please and glorify God in my life.

This morning, God wants to deliver you from that confusion mode in your mind. He wants you to know that if you lean on Him and put your confidence in His Word. He will surely establish you and set you on High. He wants you to stop thinking about what people think about you. He wants you to think about what God is thinking about you.

You have been asking yourself that, why I can't please people? God wants you to start asking yourself how you will do to please Him. If you will seek to please God in your life, the Bible says God will change even who so called your enemies to be your friends, Proverbs 16:7.God bless you.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord am asking that You may forgive me for seeking human beings approval more than seeking You. Help me to start seeking you diligently from this day to the days to come.In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

READY TO HELP


God is our refuge and strength,
    an ever-present help in trouble.
 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
    and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
    and the mountains quake with their surging.

Psalm 46:1-3 NIV

Day after day as we continue approaching that great day of the Lord. We hear many bad news from different sources. The news about earth-quakes, wars and rumors of wars, killings and increase in the rate of crimes in the society. Then the fear about tomorrow starts rising, questions about our safety and well being become our first agenda in life.

Some we had put our trust in the the politicians, great men and great economic systems.As the result most of politicians found themselves unable to do exactly as they promised, most of world powerful economic systems fall down for the past 10 years. This shows that we need to put our trust in a greater force which governor everything under the sun and that force is God himself.

This morning, I want just to encourage you that our God is our refuge and strength, always read to help in the time of trouble. I want you to know that God will be there for you, even if the whole world will forsake you.  The God who is able to save your spirit from the second death and hell; He is also able to give you peaceful life in the middle of your storms.

Stop worrying about the future, the God who was in the past before you were born, has also gone in your future and make all things to work together for good just for you. We don't trust the reports which media gives us about the present world situation but we trust in the report which the Bible gave us from the beginning. 

If the Bible said, God will bless us, it means He will do no matter what the economy looks like. If the Bible said, God will send his angels to protect us from every kind of danger, it means He will send them to make sure that no one hurt His anointed ones. Keep trusting God, keep believing in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross, and the God of mercy and grace will bless you and gives you favor everywhere you go.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord am asking that You may give me the strength to obey your Word and do as you have instructed in it. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

STATUS QUO

 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”

Daniel 3:16-18 NIV1984

In every generation, God rises people who refuse to go with the status-quo of that generation. Status quo is the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues. These people refuses to go with the existing religious system of that time which goes against the Word of God in the Bible.

In the Nebuchadnezzar era, we find Shadrach, Meshach and Abnednego who refused to serve the gods of Babylon and to worship the image of gold which Nebuchadnezzar commanded all people to bow their heads before it. These people knew the God whom they serve, they knew that God would rescue them from the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the King and from the blazing fiery furnace. They said even if God would not deliver them, but still they would not worship the image of the gold because they knew the God whom they serve.

In this generation of ours, God is still calling men and woman of God who will refuse to accept the status quo of our time. He is calling people who refuse to accept gay marriages, He is calling  mothers who will refuse to accept abortion as the way of planning parenthood. He is calling youth who will say no to addictions, pornography and homosexuality.  He is calling spiritual leaders who will refuse to compromise and preach the Gospel of truth to all nations.

This morning, God is calling you to refuse accepting the status quo of our day. He wants you to say no to sinful life and yes to holiness. He wants you to stop imitating worldly life styles which are against the Word of God. God is calling you to be bold enough to stand for the truth that after death there is judgement. To stand for the truth that heaven is splendor and hell is real.

God has chosen you in this generation to be the light in the darkness. God is going to you use you to bring his Word and healing to your world. The Word of God is the same yesterday, today and forevermore; so don't allow the status quo of this time to change your faith and trust in the Word of God.

****Morning with Ebenezer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord forgive me for the time I accept to go with the status quo of my day. Now am asking that You may help you to obey your Word no matter what other people and the media will say. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

HE WILL DO

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

Romans 4: 17 NIV1984

The Bible calls God as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Abraham believed God and he received the promise which God made to Him. God said to Abraham that he will be a father of many nations while still Abraham had no son. He was old and the Bible says that his body was as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old-and that Sarah's womb was also dead.

The Bible continues saying,''Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised, (Romans 4:18-21). Abraham believed God that he was able to do what man can not do, he believed that God will give him and Sarah a son though they were both pasted the normal age of having children.

Abraham believed God and it was counted to him righteousness. When we say righteousness was counted to Abraham we mean that; he was seen as the man who had right living and standing with God.The God who calls things that are not as though they were, the God of Abraham and the Father of Jesus Christ, is also your God. 

This morning, I have a word for you. There are somethings which God spoke in your spirit long ago, he showed you what you will become if and only if you will continue being obedient to him. Every time you go into prayer, He keeps insisting that he will do what he has promised. The Lord sent me this morning to tell you, ''As the way he fulfilled the promise which he gave to Abraham, is the same way is going to fulfill the promise which he gave to you.''

He the God that gives life to your dead situation, he is the God who calls the things that are not  yet seen in your life as though they were. He is the God who declares the end before the beginning, I love this God I serve. He is the God who will keep his word and keep his promise which he gave you. Do not waver through unbelief, keep trusting the God of Jesus Christ and you will see all what he has promised you come to pass.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord am asking that You may strengthen my faith, that I may continue standing with You till I see all what You have promised me come to pass in my life. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

SPEAK A WORD

The centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.

Matthew 8:8 NKJV

Arthur Walkington Pink was a Christian evangelist and Biblical scholar who lived in the 20th Century. A.W.Pink came to know Jesus at the age of 22, his conversion came from his father's patient admonitions from Scripture. It was the verse, Proverbs 14:12, 'there is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death,' which particularly struck his heart and compelled him to renounce Theosophy[ Of, relating to, or dealing with supernatural influences, agencies, or phenomena.] and follow Jesus.

A.W.Pink got a word from God which changed his entire life from being a student of the occult to disciple of Jesus.The Centurion who was the leader of 100 soldiers in the Ancient Roman army; received a word from Jesus by faith which healed his servant who was sick back at his house.This shows that one word from God, can change everything in our lives.

There are some of us who need permanent changes in some areas of our lives. Maybe you have a certain behavior which you have been struggled with it for quiet sometime now and you need to overcome it but it seems to controls you. Some of us have what we call bad luck, everything which we touch seem to shrink and wither.

This morning, Jesus want to speak a word over your situation. He wants you to know that, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible, Matthew 19:26."It is possible for you to be healed completely, it is possible for you to have total peace in your heart. It is possible for you to overcome all temptations and trials which you are facing right now.

It is possible with God, it is possible for you to attain all your dreams and visions in life. Have faith in the Word of God, His word has power to change and sets new directions of your life. Better is not good enough, God wants you to know that best is yet to come. When God speaks just know inside of your heart that's it done, and shout Amen!!!

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord I thank You cause it's done, I have received what I have been asking for all this time because You have just spoken that with You God all things are possible. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

YOU ARE A LETTER

 Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This “letter” is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.

2 Corinthians 3:3 NLT

 In the Church which was in Corinthians, Paul wrote to them that they were a letter from Christ showing the result of their ministry. He said he did not have to prove himself who he was before people like other false teachers did; but the work which he did among them and seen to the world was what enough proof.

The life which the Corinthians lived among the unbelievers, showed which kind of message they carried inside their hearts. The miracles which took place in their midst, the gifts of Holy Spirit which operated in the church and the love which Paul taught that they should work in it if they wanted to have full access of all spiritual gifts, showed that they carried the message of Christ.

When we come to our modern world, the life which we live among the unbelievers shows which kind of message we carry in us. Some vital questions to ask ourselves are like, '' Do we operate in all nine gifts of the Holy Spirit?, Are we walking in faith in our daily life? Do we have daily fellowship with our Lord Jesus Christ or it's just we have it on Sundays? And above all do we work in love or we just only love those who loves us?

Before Christians came to be known as Christians for the first time in Antioch, Acts 11:26. They were called the followers of the way. People who saw Jesus and believed that He was the only way to the Father John 14:6, they were called the followers of the way. Their lives showed which way they followed, the way of eternal life which passed from death to life in Christ Jesus.

This morning, I have some questions for you. Which kind of letter do people read out of you? Do they see Christ written in your heart? or do they see lukewarm kind of life in you? Are you the follower of the way? The only way who is Jesus Christ or you are just believing that you will make to heaven by any means of other shortcuts rather than Jesus? 

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord Jesus I need you in my life, I need you to change me that I may become just like you. Lord help me to be the good example of you among those who doesn't know you in all the days of my life.In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Morning with Ebenezer

IT IS NOT AN EASY ROAD

 But the gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it.

Matthew 7:14 AMP

The Bible says in the Book of 2 Timothy 3:12,''Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution''.This means they will be made to suffer because of their religious stand. This persecution stated in the time of the first Church of Jesus in the Book of Acts and will continue being there till the end of this world.

Jesus said if we will trust him, we will get hundred ford of everything which we left behind when we followed him but he did mention that we will also get persecution,Mark 1o:30. Many now days Christians, they like to hear the Gospel of Prosperity and blessings. They don't want to hear that they need to carry their daily cross, they will face resistance in their way to God, and they will have to deny themselves for the sake of the Gospel.

Since most of us we settle for blessings alone, when we come to face persecution from family level after decided to follow Jesus, there is where the doubts start. When temptations come like flood in our lives, there is where the questions like why me God arises! When we are being rejected by those who we love for the sake of the Gospel there is where compromise penetrates. When we have a long list of unanswered prayers, there is where faith is lost.

The Bible says narrow is the gate and the way and difficult is the way that leads to life.  It hasn't been easy for anyone who decided to say Yes to Jesus and No to the World. I may be given the grace to write to you but when it comes to life I struggle the same just like you. I fight against sin just as you do, I have to be believe God for unseen promises in my life. I carry my cross and take the full responsibility about my life daily as you do. 

This morning, I had a word for you. God wants you to know that though is not an easy way, but   he Jesus walks besides you. The devil can fight you as best as he can but he won't defeat you. You may be facing trials of every kind in your life right now, but none of them will kill you. God is faithful, He will brighten your journey and lighten your heavy load. What you need to do is to believe Jesus in your situation and know that all things work together for good for those who loves God.

****Morning Prayer****

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

Heavenly Father, I thank You for your Word. Lord am asking that You may give me the strength I need  to succeed in this journey to your heavenly dwellings. Thank You for loving me and I love you too Father God. In Jesus' Name, Amen.