The Light's House Podcast

Introduction

When life brings us trials and temptations, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and question our faith. These moments can challenge us, but they also present unique opportunities for spiritual growth and resilience. Faith under fire is an invitation to deepen our trust in God, grow in wisdom, and strengthen our character.

To discuss the final part of this series, I want to review a most wonderful verse and use it to act as the foundation for today’s teaching.

1 Pet 2:9 AMP

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.

Here God is describing who you are and what you are called to be. He is describing your identity and your mission. No matter what your vocation may be, please remember this truth:

Your identity precedes your vocation.

Apply these truths to your life. Look at these examples and consider areas where you need to decide to sanctify (set yourself apart) for your purpose.

The Tale of Two Developers: Sarah and Mark

In a rapidly growing tech hub, two software developers—Sarah and Mark—began their careers at the same time. Both were passionate about coding, but their approaches to work and purpose diverged drastically over time.

In a world where conformity is celebrated, standing out to be different requires you to be bold and

unfazed by the views and perceptions of others. Among what kills dreams and greatness is the desire for other people’s approval.

What would “they” say? “How would I be perceived? Etc are thoughts that kills originality. Our world is filled with it – celebrating mediocrity, conforming and group think but to stand-out from this norm is what God has called you out for.

Have you ever done something in the past that you regret or perhaps you have been involved in a relationship or a business deal that went sour and the regret of it constantly fills your mind? Did you notice that playing over the regrets of past events brings up the negative emotions associated with the mistakes? Why does that happen and how can you leave the cycle of regret behind as you face the future?

You must remember this truth:

God’s mercies are NEW every morning (Lamentation 3:22-23) – this means you have a chance to recreate your future every single morning.

Join us on https://live.thelightshouse.org/ at 8:00AM as we give biblical steps you can take to leave the City of Regret behind you. Your future call you. Are you ready?

We said last week that dead works are those things done out of fear, or anything that we do to impress another man or gain the praise of men orworks done for personal gain or honour or works that appear good externally but that spring from a corrupt motive or done for the wrong reason or works done without any joy.

We said there are 3 steps to overcome dead works:

1)   Know that you are already righteous so you don’t need to ever prove anything to God or others

2)   Allow the blood of Jesus to cleanse your conscience from dead works

3)   With a clean conscience, you can continue to walk in faith as that is the only walk of the believer.

So, today, I want to finish this series off by talking about the message titled “A worthy walk”

The main agenda behind the series is to lead us to the right way to walk before the Lord or work for the Lord.

Good works vs dead works

We have defined Good Works as:

Practical acts of love that meet people’s needs. You see a need, and in love you try to meet it—that’s a good work.

Eph 2:8-10 TPT

reads:

8 For by grace you have been saved by faith. Nothing you did could ever earn this salvation, for it was the love gift from God that brought us to Christ! 

9 So no one will ever be able to boast, for salvation is never a reward for good works or human striving.

10 We have become his poetry,  a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny

he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!

So notice the key information from this text:

·      Good works does not and can’t earn salvation

·      We were saved to do good works

If you missed the powerful session yesterday on how to set boundaries for and with our children in helping them grow, please go watch the replay. So much to learn… youtu.be/sQRtE66LdRk…

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This message fully preached will lead men unto good works that are right, excellent and profitable for the people. Since it is an act of grace on God's part, we have nothing whatsoever to boast of when we do those good works because God is the one who works in us to will (the desire) and to do (the ability) for His good purpose (pleasure).

One of the limitations we have put on ourselves as believers is doubting our standing in Christ or disqualifying ourselves in our minds when we pray.

In all your relationships, with friends, neighbors, coworkers, brothers and sisters in Christ, what kind of representative of Jesus Christ are you being?

Can others see him in you? Or do they only see you?

What kind of representative of Christ are you?

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

To seek the kingdom is to think and meditate into the influence and honour of the power and dignity conferred on believers by God

Seeking the kingdom is about kingdom authority in thought, feeling and actions

To experience the kingdom, we need to seek the kingdom. To seek the kingdom is to think and meditate into the influence and honour of the power and dignity conferred on

believers by God

Do you know that the word “thought” and the word “said” came from the same Hebrew word “awmar”? This proves a spiritual truth that the words of your mouth and the thoughts of your heart must align for creation to happen. So, how do you own your thoughts? Join us tomorrow at 8:00am on live.thelightshouse.org for more

Imagine a scenario where we allow the use of face recognition in the church to track attendance in a physical meeting in the church. What concerns would that raise? If this were applied at your work place to track attendance at work, would you complain?

Face recognition used AI’s computer vision domain and machine learning to recognise your face. This is already being used for KYC validation by the banks. Would you consider it intrusive if this is adopted by the church?

Join us today as we seek to address some of these issues and why the church must get involved in AI development and adoption - all on the Metamorphoo Show

In our journey of faith, there may be times when we feel like giving up. It is at these times that God fans the flame of our faith by refocusing us.

Thoughts are unspoken words that have the same effect on our psyche as spoken words. The language of the heart can either be crystal clear or confused - if it is clear, we know what to do and get more done. However, if the language is confused,

we become like a person driving with a blurred vision. Confusion and frustration set in.

So, when we speak of a disciplined thought life, we are talking of how you ensure that the unspoken words of your mind are not confused or in tandem with God’s thoughts about you and that is what I want to address this morning.

How did David encourage himself in the Lord? How did David draw strength from God?

He waited on the Lord! To wait is to “bind yourself” with God

Steps:

- Shift focus from the crisis to the crucified Christ. Remember God's character and word amid

the situation because God’s character does not change and His words uphold the universe.

- Seek direction from God on what to do next

- Strategise the action plan on how to act on what you have been shown

- Share your goodness with the world even when you are in pain. It is a seed that will always

come back to you and more.

- Remember God has helpers along the way.

- Remain a person of integrity. Don’t seek vengeance

- Act with the end in mind, holding a picture of victory.

- Celebrate God in all things and celebrate people who supported you in the journey.

Every time you consider the past, you put yourself in that same memory of the past.

How was Moses able to overcome all he faced while leading the children of Isreal out?

His focus was on God. Focus is a function of sight of the mind. A state of avoiding any distraction.

Heb 11:27 NIV says: By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

What you give attention, to will rule your life.

You become what/who you behold

How mindset shapes reality - the shocking story of the 10 spies

What do you see?

Have you ever found yourself in a dark room before and you were trying to look for an object that you assumed should be in the room? How do you go about searching for such? You grope, you will devolve to the organ of touch to find what you are looking for but suppose someone gives you a torch or flips on the light switch, you would be able to quickly scan the room to get what you are looking for.

This is the profound value of the organ of sight. When God uses the word “see”, He is not just referring to your physical eyes, He is referring to the eyes of your heart. It is what you see in your heart that determines how you act out your purpose.

Join us tomorrow @ 8:00 am as we explain how God helps us to see even when we think we have lost some time. A broken crayon can still colour. May God enlighten the eyes of your heart to see the immeasurable impact your life was created to have.

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The greatest advantage that the believer has is the God Advantage - the fact that God is with us, for us, in us and all around us - this is what gives the believer boldness in life.

No matter what life throws at you, never ever lose your focus on your advantage.

In Deut 20:1-8, the Bible describes the law of war which paraphrased says: When you go to war, dont be afraid because your God is with you to give you victory. The reason God is with you, for you, in you and all around you is to give you victory.

In Christ Jesus, you already won the victory so face live with the mindset of an overcomer. God's got this!

Join me tomorrow on live.thelightshouse.org @ 8:00AM for the message "How to to take advantage of your advantages in Christ" on on Youtube.com/c/thelightshouse

What if I told you that you stand permanently in the favour of God. Would you believe it? Don’t take my word for it. Romans 5:2 says Through Christ we can approach God and stand in his favour or as TPT puts it: Our faith guarantees us permanent access into this marvelous kindness that has given us a perfect relationship with God

In Christ, a believer can never be out of favour with God.

Join us tomorrow at 8:00am on https://live.thelightshouse.org/ or on https://www.youtube.com/c/thelightshouse to find out how you can take advantage of the favour of God upon your life.

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Sometimes God works secretly and behind the scenes, but He will reveal His work for us when the time is right.” Just because we don’t see anything happening doesn’t mean that nothing is happening. The God of behind the scenes is busy polishing things, sprucing up corners of our life story, cleaning up messes and organizing the next chapter of our lives. He does more than we know. Our job is to praise Him while we are waiting. His job is to set up the scene and get everything ready. He has a plan. Let’s trust and believe that He knows what He is doing. 

Join us tomorrow for the final sermon on “when the brook dries up” because one of the most amazing discoveries I got from this series is that “there are no chance encounters with God. There are people in your life today that are there for reasons that you may never know until several years later”

Steaming 8:00am on https://live.thelightshouse.org/ and on YouTube and Facebook. 

Blessings!

When the Brook Dries Up part 3

Can God bring your destiny helper from uncommon sources? Yes He Can. If God can feed Elijah through ravens, why could He not choose to fed him through a widow.

If you are in a season where it appears the odds are stacked against you, I am here to tell you that God can bring and He has indeed brought in Christ Jesus, support system for you to not only survive but to thrive.

Never give up or lose hope. This season shall not end you. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/live/lw_LEuibAaI?si=ihrcySONEqMO72CT

Join us tomorrow 21:04:24 @ 8:00AM UK on live.thelightshouse.org for the sunday message or on facebook at 8:30AM.

Blessings!!

When The Brook Dries Up - Pt 2

Now this study will look at the next part in chapter 17:8-16 when the brook dries up

7 After a while the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land.

8 And the word of the Lord came to him:

9 Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.

10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her, Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

11 As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.

12 And she said, As the Lord your God lives, I have not a loaf baked but only a handful of meal in the jar and a little oil in the bottle. See, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it—and die.

13 Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said. But make me a little cake of [it] first and bring it to me, and afterward prepare some for yourself and your son.

14 For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not waste away or the bottle of oil fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.

15 She did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.

16 The jar of meal was not spent nor did the bottle of oil fail, according to the word which the Lord spoke through Elijah.

Where to next Lord?

1 Kings 17:7 After a while the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land.

Notice the brook drying up is a function of natural phenomenon under a spiritual command. Eliha shut up rain for 3 years and naturally brook has to dry up if the natural cycle of sustenance did not happen.

Rain is needed to plant crops, grow them and mature them. Without rain, there would not be sustenance.

I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.—Deuteronomy 11:14

1 Kings 17:8 And the word of the Lord came to him:

Notice when the Word of the Lord came to him? It was after the brook dried up. This word was for a specific instruction on the direction that should be taken.

When you find yourself in a transitory path, it is important to seek and expect the direction that God would have you take.

1 Kings 17:9 Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food.

So the brook dried up and Elijah sat still until the word of the Lord came to him. God called him to go to Zarephath which is in Sidon. So Elijah was sent to Zarephath, which means the 'place of refining or smelting furnace'. It is interesting that the first place Elijah was sent to (Cherith) meant a 'cutting or to cut off' and from there he is sent to a 'smelting furnace or refining'.

From this you can see that God is working in the character of His prophet.

But also notice a few things:

⦁ God told him to go at once or to arise and go. It is a time bound action and notice also what he was meant to do when he gets there? Dwell there or stay there. The same he had a dwelling at Cherith, he must now have a dwelling at Zarepath.

⦁ God commanded a widow to feed Elijah at Zarepath.

So a bit of georgraphy to see what God did (See map)

From Brook Cherith to Zarepath is about 80miles apart which is about 130km apart – that is like driving for a distance of about 2 hours if you drive at 70km/hr. If you were to walk this distance (as I would expect Elijah to have done), that would take him about 26hours. It is unlikely that Elijah will work 24hours non-stop so let’s us assume he walked 12 hours everyday, he will need to have travelled for at least 2.5 days to get to Zarepath. So, what did Elijah eat for the 2days during that journey to an unknown land?

Let that question settle in your heart – and relate it to your own peculiar situation:

How does God take care of me when I am in a holden pattern between his promises for my life and my current reality?

How does God take care of me when I am building a multi-million pound business but creditors are tearing the gates down?

How does God take care of me when I know I am healed but the symptoms persist?

How does God take care of me when my strength fails but I still have dreams burning deep in my heart?

How does God take care of me when at 60, I am still at a loss for what to do but I know I was made for more?

And so on…

The Bible never explained how God fed Elijah over those days he walked towards the promise – with nothing but trust in the God who never fails.

I bring you the same encouragement that if God has shown you where you are going or given you an instruction or revealed to you how things are going to pan out, then He will take care of you whilst you are in the holden pattern of life.

May God, who is our Sustainer, sustains you in every season of your life in Jesus name.

What made this story very peculiar what where and who God sent Elijah to:

⦁ God sent him to a city of pagans to be fed by the same people whose daughter corrupted Ahab (Israel’s king) which brought the curse on the nation of Israel.

⦁ What does this mean for you? That no matter what the economy of the nation in which you find yourself may be corrupted by lust, greed and all sorts of vices, God will find a way to take care of you.

⦁ God sent Elijah to a gentile widow. A widow by definition has no husband to protect her. During the times of Elijah, women are largely domesticated – so if a woman loses her husband, she becomes vulnerable but it is unto this woman that God sent Elijah to. Not only that her people and the Israelites are not the best of friends. Jews did not, in those days, associate with Gentiles. But God is actually calling him there and is saying 'look, even though this doesn't appear to be normal, I am going to provide for you in this area'

⦁ At times, God’s help to you may come from uncommon quarters. Learn to be grateful for the provision, not how it comes.

Why was Elijah sent to this woman?

Is there anything about this woman that made God visit her specially during this trying period?

Jesus gave us a hint:

Luke 4:22-30 AMP

22 And [as He continued on] they all were speaking well of Him, and were in awe and were wondering about the words of grace which were coming from His lips; and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” 23 So He said to them, “You will no doubt quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal Yourself! Whatever [miracles] that we heard were done [by You] in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown as well.’” 24 Then He said, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25 But in truth I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was closed up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land; 26 and yet Elijah was not sent [by the Lord] to a single one of them, but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and not one of them was cleansed [by being healed] except Naaman the Syrian.” 28 As they heard these things [about God’s grace to these two Gentiles], the people in the synagogue were filled with a great rage; 29 and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the crest of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to hurl Him down the cliff. 30 But passing [miraculously] through the crowd, He went on His way.

This widow’s heart believed God even though she lived among unbelievers. There were those widows in Israel who did not believe God, Elijah was not sent to them.

What does this have to do with you?

Under the New Covenant, God is always with us and He loves us and favours us but we must believe Him when He leads. We must trust Him.

The other thing God is saying here is that sometimes a door will close, just like the brook drying up - that is a closed door. However another door will always open. When the brook dried God provided someone else to make provision. You don't expect God to act or work in this way, but Elijah was called to trust what God had planned.

Have you seen the unseen hand of God?

1 Kings 17:10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?"

They believe it was about 80 miles for Elijah to travel from the brook to this place. It doesn't say how long it took or how he went, either on foot or by donkey, but it is a fair way to travel. But I love scripture because you see the providence of God and the hand of the unseen God everywhere. So he arose and went to Zarephath and came to the gate of the city where a widow was gathering sticks. At the very precise moment that he arrived at the gate, here is the woman that God has commanded to make provision for him. All through scripture you see the providence of God.

Here I want you to go with me and use your imagination.

Imagine this woman a week before this day checking what she has left of her flour and oil and knowing help was not coming from anywhere assessed how long her food supply will last for. At that moment in Cherith, Elijah brook was running dry but he was still being fed by ravens.

Now, on the day the brook dried and God said to Elijah to arise and go to Zarepath (assume it is 2-3 days journey), the widow had her ration also dwindling but able to feed only 2 of them but look at her face as she resigned to the impeding death but look into her heart as she cried to the God of Israel whom she did not know but believed can help her. Imagine God impressing on her the need to be compassionate and share what she has with someone who will show up in 3 days time. Imagine God leading her out to pick woods the exact same time that Elijah shows up.

Just imagine how God’s providence works!

May your blessing and that which God has given to you that is in the hands of someone else locate you this month in Jesus name!

Say with me:

May I be at the right place, at the right time to meet the right people and my destiny helpers and do amazing feats in Jesus name!

Another really good example of providence is Abraham when he wanted to seek a wife for Isaac. Abraham said to his servant 'I want you to go to my own household and find a wife for my son.' The servant went and when he reached the well he prayed 'Lord, if this is the one, I will ask her for a drink and if she says 'yes, but I will water your camels as well', that will be the one'. He hadn't even finished praying and the Bible says that 'out she came'.

God is always working above and beyond what we can believe and this is the providence of God.

He arranges things so perfectly without us actually knowing what is going on. When you look at your own life you can see God's hand of providence in many ways. You can have divine appointments through the people that you meet or the places that you go to. God's hand is actually behind it.

My example: How I met the Oladipos

Only God could order all of those things. He knows, he acts, and that is providence. And it's all through scripture. Quite often there is providence in our lives and we don't always recognise it. Sometimes there are big incidents where we do, but the unseen hand of God is always in the things that we are doing.

This is what it means to be authentic.

Authentic living is a virtue to be pursued and become.

When we are authentic, we have no need to pretend or hide or be double faced.

Against this backdrop, I want to teach today on the subject I have titled: “When the brook dries up” Go with me to 1 Kings 17:1-6 AMPC:

Affirm this with me:

-          My sins are forgiven forever

-          I enjoy the favour of God forever

-          I am blessed and highly favoured

-          Since God did not withheld Jesus from me, He has through Him given me ALL things!

-          Halleluyah!

Affirm this with me:

-          My sins are forgiven forever

-          I enjoy the favour of God forever

-          I am blessed and highly favoured

-          God has justified me

-          God has chosen me

-          God has acquitted me and made me righteous

-          No one can condemn me now

-          Since God did not withheld Jesus from me, He has through Him given me ALL things!

-          Halleluyah!

Happy Easter and let’s us pray

In this video, I want to talk to you about a message titled “the faithful God” using the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph as a guide

Experiencing the unfailing love of God

When God introduced Himself to Moses in Ex 34:6, He says this: ”The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.“

We know that God is love. He does not just show love. He is love personified - and His love is unfailing. What do you think about when you hear something is “unfailing”? That which no matter what happens can never fail! It is like the way an anchor holds the ship at shore. Steady. Solid. Dependable.

This truth was reiterated in Psalm 103:6

”The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.“

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If your job is on the line, God’s unfailing love will make new pathways for you.

If the doctor’s report scares you, God’s unfailing love will heal you and turn things around.

If your mistakes of the past haunt you, God’s unfailing love will deny the past the power to hurt you.

In this month of March, I pray that you experience the unfailing love of God no matter what may be going on in the world.

Welcome to March

Romans 8:38-39 says: For I am convinced [and continue to be convinced—beyond any doubt] that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the [unlimited] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

There are 10 things that were mentioned above that could (if possible) put a wedge between us and God's love for us and the conclusion is "nothing and no-one has the capacity, ability, power, effrontery etc to to sunder, sever, disunite, tear apart, disconnect, cut off, disengage, or withdraw us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.

Join us tomorrow at 8:00AM UK for worship: https://live.thelightshouse.org/ or at 8:30AM on https://youtube.com/c/thelightshouse for the sermon.

Remember, you are one with the Lord - inseperable in Spirit.

No divorce ever from His Love - Promo

As I was walking towards my car recently, I heard God said in my heart: “when my people go through tribulations, they start to wonder if I still love them but what did Romans 8:35 say?

35 Who shall ever separate us from Christ’s love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword?

When or if you ever you go through any of these events, don't allow the devil, your flesh or your friends and family member say to you that it is the proof that God no longer loves you.

God's love is unlimited, unfathomable, un-crushable. Ha! God’s love is with you and IN you — and nothing will ever be able to disconnect you from this awesome, powerful, all-consuming love!

Watch the promo: https://youtube.com/live/jp805Mkv0fI

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Why was Jesus committed to fulfilling His purpose on the earth? Why did He have to endure the agony, shame and pain of the death only reserved for malefactors? Why did He even become human and endure the travesty of living on the earth? Why was Jesus vulnerable and allowed Himself to be nursed by the same people He created?

Heb. 12:2 gives us a hint: It was because His heart was focused on the joy set before Him by God.

What was the joy set before Jesus? The Greek word used in this text is “cara” and it means “calm delight” which also means that which causes an occasion for joy or of person who are one's joy. The joy of knowing you would be His for all eternity is what made Jesus endure the pain! You are the joy set before Jesus. You are the calm delight of Jesus! Ponder that!

Heb 12:2 TPT says: We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectation onto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focussed on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!

Reminisce over the most joyful day of your life. Play back the scene in your mind. Fill the emotions again then multiply that by infinity – then you will begin to have an inkling about how much joy you bring the Father.

Join us on https://live.thelightshouse.org/ as we teach a message that will demolish low self-worth and the need to chase validation from another human being. You are the Delight of Jesus. You are the joy of Jesus. You are of God, His Beloved.

In developing an abundance mindset, one of the key steps to avoid scarcity is the knowledge and believe that your life is enveloped in the hands of a loving God.

Here is a statement that is worth writing down:

It is impossible to feel lack when you know that your life is enveloped by the hands of a loving God.

In today’s message, I will endeavour to show you how abundance and God’ love tie together.

Last week, we spoke about the danger of chasing status as this has the potential of building a sense of scarcity in us where we feel we are not at par with some people. The whole exclusivity list is a scarcity game that we should not play.

When you fee like you don’t belong in a club, special class etc, and you tied your self worth to it, if you are not careful, two things will happen:

-        One – you could run around trying to get into that exclusive club thinking you would feel good inside or be joyful when you get there but status never brings true wealth or inner joy. You may get it and realise you need more. How do I know that? Suppose you buy a brand new car- the car of your dream, the first few days you may feel so good about it but after a while, you get used to it and you want more. In essence, you are left a feeling of dissatisfaction. It is the same with chasing status. Jesus said this:

-        Two – you may feel excluded and automatically feels like those who are in the so called “exclusive club” are special, they are having the best life you could only dream of and then what happens to you? You feel resentful of your own life and you start comparing your life or people in your life to that “standard” and thus become ungrateful. You may even resent these people in the “exclusive” list because you think they have cornered the world’s resources – and it is this thinking that breeds scarcity

Everytime we shift our attention from the reality of who God has declared us to be, we automatically embrace a mindset of shame, nakedness and of not being good enough.

Every time we seek to get validation from the things which God created in order for us to claim the God status, we automatically embrace the mindset of scarcity and of not good enough.

Giving is a practice of abundance. It tells your mind, “I have enough to spare that I can give this to someone else.” Whether you’re giving a generous tip or donating to a cause you care about or bringing cookies to a neighbour, giving helps override the scarcity mindset’s inclination to hoard the good things in life.

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Here is a question that God asked us at this morning’s prayers and it is still ringing in my heart!

What do you see? (Jer 1:11-13)

What do you see? A powerful question God is asking you on what you are focussing on this year. Do you see abundance or scarcity? Do you see divine health or sickness? Do you see fear or faith?

What do you see? He asks again. Here is a popular quote of mine: You can’t feature in a future you have not imagined.

When Abraham first got to the land God gave him, whilst the land looked like nothing. God asked him to look around and He said: “as far as your eyes can see, I will give to you”.

God is greater than your vision. God is asking you to recover sight (anablepo) and see BIG. He is able to exceed your wildest imagination (Eph3:20)

Join us this Sunday as I teach on “10 ways to reframe your thinking from scarcity to abundance” streaming at 8:00am on live.thelightshouse.org

From this story, we see that God in His mercy is able to overturn principles to help us when we are incapable of taking advantages of these life principles. The mute and deaf could njot take adavtange of these principles but if you are today, it will help you to understand some of Life’s principles.

Join us on the whatsapp channel as I share over the next 5 days, some life principles that will change your life.

Finally, remember that my new devotional – glory and honour is now available for download on amazon. The paperback will be released on the 5th Jan 2024.

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Merry Christmas Family, I wish you the very best that Christ has offered us. As we celebrate today, I want to share a short message that I have titled: rescued from Lodebar – as a type of what the birth of Jesus has brought for us.

The amazing truth is that life happens for you. Life does not happen to you.

When Adam lost the garden, he lost the enclosure of pleasure, and we see that Jesus’s ministry brought among other things – healing and provision.

Let’s look at how Jesus demonstrated this mindset in His earthly ministry

So God is saying to you that His word will provide you with refreshment that gives you stability and steadfastness which then leads to hope.

Patience + Encouragement (of scriptures) = Hope

So if patience is missing from the equation, you can’t have hope.

Why is hope important?

Because hope is the anchor of faith!

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The year shall end in praise

Time is an important part of our lives. It gives order to our days and allows us to set schedules. But schedules in and of themselves are worthless unless we have a purpose behind the schedule. It is useless to keep track of time if there is no end toward which we are moving.

Have you ever been unexpectedly called in to meet with your boss, and then spent the dreadful time before your meeting conjuring up why you might be in trouble? Has your imagination led you to create scenarios of how you might be fired, and what your reaction

would be? Have you ever imagined the worst-case scenario in some situations where the future seemed unknown to you?

This is your imagination feeding on the fear of the worst thing happening. This may have come from movies we have watched or even life's experiences but how does God wants us to to live? To remember that fear is not our future. God is - and He has conquered every tomorrow before we get there.

Psalm 139: 5 offers a comforting prose for every believer when the terrain of life looks unfamiliar:

You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way, and in kindness you follow behind me to spare me from the harm of my past. You have laid your hand on me!

The greatest antidote to fear is to know ane be consciously aware of the love and presence of God.

Key 1: The environment

Key 2: Alone

Key 3: Self-discipline

Key 4: Germinate

Key 5: Water (Eph 5:26)

Key 6: Fertilise

Key 7: Sunshine

Key 8: Pruning

Key 9: Time

Key 10: Patience

I am teaching on “10 keys to a fruitful life. Join us if you can… blessings

How to use the Word to build a new image of prosperity in you

This week I had a dream where God showed me the picture of a tree that is beautiful with evergreen leaves and fruits along its branches. As I looked, I could see through the trunk to see the roots of this tree tapping down into the river bed below. I could see the spirals of nutrients as they flow through the trunk from the root up to the stem and the leaves. It was a fascinating sight. The tree looked luxurious, magnificent and undisturbed and here is what I heard God said to me:

“you see this tree is connected to the source from which it was made from. It does not have to struggle for nutrients or fail to produce fruit. Why? Because it was connected to its source. Everything that connects to its source functions optimally because that thing draws all it needs from its source”.

You want to know what God taught me about being fruitful? Then join us tomorrow at 8:00 am UK on live.thelightshouse.org to learn more

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When the Israelites were sandwiched between the rock and the high sea with the uproar of Pharoah’s armies behind and the impassable Red Sea ahead, it was a hopeless situation - one with no way out.. UNTIL.. They encountered the God who delivers! No matter what you have faced and facing right now, here is a word from the Lord: “When I had nothing, desperate and defeated, I cried out to the Lord and he heard me, bringing his miracle-deliverance when I needed it most.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭34‬:‭6‬ ‭TPT‬‬ This month, God’s miracle deliverance will visit you and lifts you up.

How do you embrace your beingness?

Fortunately as a child of God, God already has made you in the image and likeness of Jesus so your beingness is the outworking of a christ-inworked life.

Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Be fruitful

Do multiply. Do replenish the earth and Do Subdue it

Have Dominion

The mindset, the mastery and the mentoring for success

The mindset, the mastery and the mentoring for success

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In today's message, I want to share with you a few things why you are uniquely wired for success and why failure, lack or stagnation are aliens to your natural make up.

God had an intention to create humans like Himself and He desires for these humans to dominate everything He had created.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. So faith only comes as you hear and keep hearing the word of God. The continuous hearing of the Word makes your mind set on the Word – your mind takes on the frame/set of the Word. But it is not just any Word of God. To have an ownership mindset, your mind must be set based on the finished work of Jesus. It is about what Jesus has done. It can not be because it is in the Bible.

The Bible teaches that our mind can be shaped by the structure of that which we allow to pour into us and that whatever is allowed to pour into our mind, ultimately determines the reality we are going to experience.

God is saying to us that the way we will not be shaped or fashioned to the way the world thinks and acts is by renewing our mind.

Transformation comes in the place of mind-renewal

As the mind is renewed, it develops into a mindset akin to what it is predominantly exposed to.

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Lets look at the code that God used:

Gen 1:1, Gen 1:26

-          The word of God created life (Gen 1:1, 26, John 1:1-5)

-          The word of God reframes and reshapes life (Heb. 11:3)

-          The word of God maintains life (Heb. 1:3)

-          The word of God gave you the new birth (1 Pet 1:23)

God coded everything by his faith filled words now he gave Adam a mentoring moment on how to frame his word:

A believer can experience the same failure pattern of his parents but it does not mean it is generational curse. In order to understand how this is possible, let me explain to you 3 ways in which we can adopt the behaviours of our parents without knowing it:

-          Verbal programming (what did you hear when you are growing up?)

-          Modelling (what did you seewhen you are growing up?)

-          Meaning attached to specific events (what did you experience when you were young?)

Proverbs 26:2 says Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, So the curse without cause does not come and alight [on the undeserving]. This means that a curse without the basis for it (without a cause) shall never stand. The first time the word "curse" was mentioned, it was directed to the devil and that speaks volume - that God issues a curse over anything that seeks to undermine you or that which seeks to hold you captive.

A curse is the opposite of a blessing and both are issued by words. As a believer, a curse is legally not allowed to operate in your life. Why? Because Gal 3:13 says Christ has redeemed you from every curse. As a child of God, Jesus Christ says He has given you the Holy Spirit. The Aramaic word for the Holy Spirit is paraqleta, which is taken from two root words: (1) praq, “to end, finish, or to save,” and (2) lyta, which means “the curse.” What a beautiful word picture: the Holy Spirit comes to end the work of the curse (of sin) in our lives and to save us from its every effect! Paraqleta means “a redeemer who ends the curse.”

This is the reason why a curse of any form is not allowed legally to operate in your life though you can experience its influence if you surrender yourself to deception and lying vanities.

Join us tomorrow at 8:00AM as we stream "The Anatomy of a Curse" on live.thelightshouse.org and we will seek to answer these 3 questions:

- Can a believer be cursed?

- Can a believer experience a curse?

- Is it OK to believe in generational curse?

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A lie is opposite of the truth.

A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone. The practice of communicating lies is called lying. A person who communicates a lie may be termed a liar. Lies can be interpreted as deliberately false statements or misleading statements.

Jesus called Satan, the devil, a murderer from the beginning.  But in Genesis, in the beginning, Satan didn’t pull a knife on Eve.  He didn’t throw her off a cliff.  He didn’t twist a vine around her neck and strangle her.  He didn’t hit her over the head with a rock.  That would have been too overt.

When questioned, Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent.  The result was a separation from God (a spiritual death), eviction from the garden, and eventual physical death of the carnal body.  The result of the lie was a murder of the truth, and the murder of the spiritual covenant relation they had with God, and the murder of the body.

Because someone who believes a lie, takes action based upon that mistaken belief, and because the consequences of those actions can, and often do result in death, any one who lies to you doesn’t care whether you live or die.

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Today, I want to explore a topic titled “defiant faith”

The word “defiant” means full of or showing a disposition to challenge, resist, or fight : full of or showing defiance : bold, impudent. defiant rebels. a defiant refusal.

What is defiant faith? It is a faith that refuses to give in to the fear of the enemy. It is a faith that speaks boldly of the power of God to overcome the adversary no matter what we see. It is a faith that boasts in the goodness of God.

When naysayers seek to pull you down or the voice of logic seeks to come in, remind yourself of God's victories of the past in your life.

When you face a Goliath moment in your life, what should you do: 1. Be motivated by the end results 2. Ignore the criticisms and faithlessness of your close friends 3. Decide to fight the good

There is a difference between soul, spirit, body and heart – and the word of God operates on the heart.

Why? Because your heart determines where your life goes.

Your heart is where the seed is planted.

The faith you believed came by hearing the Word of God or the promises of God in the specific matter but that faith will be contended for by the world, the enemy, unbelieving family members and friends, religious people, pop culture, pseudo-science, media distractions, purveyors of lies etc

If you are believing God for a miracle in your life or a breakthrough for your marriage or healing for your loved ones or whatever it is you have believed God for, it is crucial to know how to “fight” to lay hold of the winner’s prize.

How do you fight the good fight of faith? The Bible says, it is by laying hold of eternal life. How can you lay hold something that is already yours? Did Jesus not say in John 10:28-30 that:

28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

30 I and my Father are one. Jesus is saying here that your eternal life is guaranteed. Your future in Christ is secured if you have made Him your Lord and Saviour.

We know the will of God for you is to have and enjoy eternal life. We define eternal life as the quality of life that God enjoys which is a present day possession of the believer but it must be known, enjoyed and experienced as an active, vigorous blessed life in this life and forever.

1)     God gives length of days to us.

2)     The phrase "The length of His blessing" equate to the quality of life that we enjoy.

So, from the above, we can know the will of God for us.

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In Christ, God has already given us abundant and long life. But we still have to receive (partake of) His gift by faith. It is through the promises (words) of God that we gain the knowledge of God's will and so obtain the faith we need to receive His life. Thus as we put His Word first, we come to the knowledge that God has given us all we need, and this gives us the confidence to come to Him and partake (receive).

The two areas of right BELIEVING and right DOING, involve:

1. Having FAITH in God's promises of long-life, and

2. Obeying God's WISDOM in our actions and life-style!

WISDOM in living is just as needful to long-life as well as FAITH.

When you are fearful or sad, just embrace the Wisdom of God.

What is the Wisdom of God?

The Wisdom of God is a Person.

In the life of Joseph, we noticed that:

Grace brought him to the palace.     Grace gave him the interpretation of the dreams and   Grace gave him the practical action plan to save the nation

Grace is the ever willingness of God to show… love, mercy, power, favour and all good things He has for us.

Grace is the divine help of God that we received when we are at our wits ends.

Grace is God’s gift to us.

Grace can’t be worked for

Grace must be received.

Grace is the escalator that takes us to higher heights of life

Grace is the elevator that moves us quickly to places we can’t get to ourselves.

It was God’s grace that helped Joseph that gave him the right words to speak to Pharaoh and presents a solution.

Humility therefore leads to soul prosperity and soul prosperity leads to wholesome life prosperity. 

Jesus demonstrated how humility leads to more grace

Even though Jesus is Grace Personified, He demonstrated how grace works with humility for us and why it is a way to pursue.

John 1:16 says of the fullness of Jesus, we have all received. Every believer has already received the fullness of God’s grace. That fullness is no one other person than the Lord Jesus. We are 100% full with God’s grace but the Bible also teaches that God gives more grace to us.

How is it possible to have more of what you are already full of? Is that a contradictory statement? No. It is not. Even though God’s grace is always 100% available for you, you can experience a different dimensions of that if you learn this one truth: how to walk in humility!

Humility is not

·       Having a low self esteem

·       Self-deprecating attitude

·       Sense of unworthiness

·       Being subservient

·       Being a “door-mat”

·       allowing people to walk all over you.

Watch this message as Davies Bamigboye shares how Joseph’s humble heart was in display when he met Pharoah and how we can learn from him on how to walk in humility.

John 1:16 says of the fullness of Jesus, we have all received. Every believer has already received the fullness of God’s grace. That fullness is no one other person than the Lord Jesus. We are 100% full with God’s grace but the Bible also teaches that God gives more grace to us.

How is it possible to have more of what you are already full of? Is that a contradictory statement? No. It is not. Even though God’s grace is always 100% available for you, you can experience a different dimensions of that if you learn this one truth: how to walk in humility!

Humility is not

·       Having a low self esteem

·       Self-deprecating attitude

·       Sense of unworthiness

·       Being subservient

·       Being a “door-mat”

·       allowing people to walk all over you.

Watch this message as Davies Bamigboye shares how Joseph’s humble heart was in display when he met Pharoah and how we can learn from him on how to walk in humility.

The seed must be in the ground and die there in order to produce more of itself. For a seed to be more than just a seed, it had to be buried in the earth (and, thus, in a manner, die), after which the life-generating elements within the seed would cause it to germinate into a plant containing many such seeds.

As believers, we don’t believe in luck, we believe in favour but God still would need you to prepare for where you are going.

That then brings the question: Do you know where you are going?

You have had the quote:

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."

What is the recurrent theme of the stories in your mind? Do you spend your days reminiscent of the “good-old days” because you don’t like the present moment? Or do you think about your past with regret?

What of the future? Do you look forward to the future with trepidation because of the nasty events of the past? This attitude is not what God expects from you.

Never discount the small moves of life. What we see and a "chance" encounter may just be the meeting of lifetime. What we see as an "accident" or as "coincidence" is really God at work in your life in a great way.

God orders the minute details of our lives! There are no accidents with Him!

The proof of your sins being forgiven is the death of Jesus

The proof of your being justified is the resurrection of Jesus

The proof of your sins being forgiven is the death of Jesus

When you are in doubt, you only need to ask the questions:

Did Jesus die for me on that cross? Yes/No? - Yes

Did I give my life to Jesus and have made Him my Lord and saviour? Yes/No – Yes

If these 2 questions get the answers “Yes” – then your sins are forgiven.

Heb 9:26 TPT says: for that would mean he must suffer repeatedly ever since the fall of the world. But now he has appeared at the fulfillment of the ages to abolish sin once and for all by the sacrifice of himself!

When you want to genuinely connect with someone, create a bond by talking about your shared goals (i.e., "Let's talk about what we're going to do next to solve this," "We'll get through this").

Remember these sayings:

People don’t care about what you know until they know how much you care

People may not remember what you say but they will remember how you made them feel – especially in their trying moments!

What is empathy?

Empathy is defined as the ability to detect other's emotions and understand their perspective.

Empathy is the glue that holds relationships together. Whether you want to connect with your colleagues, customers, or children, you need to master the art of empathetic communication.

Godfidence = God + Confidence

God: God in this text is actually Lord and it means “Yahweh” or “Jehovah” – the God who keeps covenant – and because God keeps covenant, He can be trusted to always come through. So, when your vision seemed to flail or you can find a pathway, remember God keeps covenant.

Confidence: the quality of being certain of your abilities or of having trust in people, plans, or the future.

Godfidence: The supernatural assurance you have in the abilities of the covenant keeping God in standing by His plans for your life so much so that you have no fear that your future will come to fruition in due season.

So what is it that tempts you? You can use these 7 steps to overcome them

Let’s recap the 7 steps:

1) Remember the vision for your life

2) Responsibility — Take It

3) Recognize Sin

4) Respond to God

5) Refuse to be Present

6) Run

7) Reliable Support System (RSS) – Form/Develop them and confide in them!

A way to serve people is through mentoring.

What Is Mentoring? Mentoring is a relationship between two people with the goal of professional and personal development. The "mentor" is usually an experienced individual who shares knowledge, experience, and advice with a less experienced person, or "mentee."

Some benefits of mentoring are:

• Mentors offer advice - Having a mentor means that the mentee can gain advice. Having someone to talk to, offer advice and feedback is a crucial part of decision-making, mentors have been there and have the t-shirt so know exactly what advice to share with their mentees to ensure they thrive and reach their goals.

• Skill development - Mentors are a great way to upskill. Mentors can help their mentees enhance any skills they already obtain or work alongside them to help them develop new skills to meet their goals.

• Greater professional development - Mentors know the steps their mentees need to take, to get where they want to be. Working with the mentor allows the mentee to gain insider advice on how they can reach their goal and help minimise any challenges they may come across.

• Improved networking opportunities - Mentors are typically individuals who have been in their industry for a long time and have built up a large list of networking connections throughout their career. Mentors can help mentees gain new connections by introducing them to their network, which can improve the mentee's chance of gaining new opportunities.

•   - Mentors often make their mentees feel motivated and inspired to accomplish their goals. Having someone to encourage them and provide them with the right support is highly motivational.

God never blesses slothfulness or laziness. If Joseph had been slothful and lazy, he could not have gotten promoted. Notice the Lord was with Joseph – the same way the Lord is always with you but notice prosperity comes on what you do. If you have nothing for God to manifest His blessings on, then £1000 * 0 will always be zero.

• A vision for your life will keep you grounded and ensures you mix with the right crowd

• A vison will help you to stay away from distraction. Every distraction is engineered to delay you in making progress towards your future. A vision keeps you focussed on the end goal.

• Essentially, you are moving from “here” to a place called “there” but How would you know what “there” looks like, if you don’t have a vision for it?

• You must identify, acknowledge and honour your purpose. You must pursue your purpose with passion and enthusiasm.

• Your vision is the “why” behind everything you do.

Why is personal vision important?

• A vision for your life will keep you grounded and ensures you mix with the right crowd

• A vison will help you to stay away from distraction. Every distraction is engineered to delay you in making progress towards your future. A vision keeps you focussed on the end goal.

• Essentially, you are moving from “here” to a place called “there” but How would you know what “there” looks like, if you don’t have a vision for it?

• You must identify, acknowledge and honour your purpose. You must pursue your purpose with passion and enthusiasm.

• Your vision is the “why” behind everything you do.

• Inspire action and helps you to stay away from distraction.

• If a 100m sprinter constantly looks at the onlookers while running, he/she will never win.

• Be clear—so sharp and so detailed that you can see, smell and taste the smallest details.

• Be Positive. Acknowledge the difficulties, but don’t try to motivate yourself or others with a vision of bad things that might happen if you don’t succeed. A vision based on fear may help fuel immediate action, but it can also limit your results to damage control rather than getting to positive change.

• Be big enough. Create a bigger picture of the effects of your work than just solving the problem at hand. A vision that’s too small may not provide enough inspiration, or generate enough energy, to get you past the tough spots. It might even close your mind to what you could achieve.

• Include changes in attitudes. The challenge you see in front of you is only the part of the problem you can see—the rest of the challenge is deeper and often involves personal attitudes that may be strongly held.

• Include a clear picture of your personal role. It make you take responsibility for what you must contribute to achieve the results you want.

• Come from the heart, not the head. Don’t try to think your way to a vision. To create a vision that’s exciting and compelling, you’ve got to give yourself the freedom to dream—to use your imagination to see and feel what does not yet exist. A vision is not the same as goals or objectives; those come from the head. A vision comes from the heart.