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THE CHRISTMAS REASON: THE EXPRESSION SEASON OF GOD’S LOVE

December 24, 2023 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

THE CHRISTMAS REASON: THE EXPRESSION SEASON OF GOD’S LOVE – IN RELATIONSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP!

By the virtue of birth, my gracious, sweet, loving and dear wonderful children have an awesome RELATIONSHIP with me. But if any is to enjoy a more than the usual, normal and generalised BLESSEDNESS of GRACIOUSNESS and GRACEFULNESS, they have to engage in a constant FELLOWSHIP and COMMUNION to know and understand the path to it, that’s their RESPONSIBILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY.

Much more in the same scenario, by virtue of God’s love in Christ Jesus’ we obtain RELATIONSHIP in our being born of God (comely called Born Again). But if we are to enjoy the fullness of God, we must endeavour to explore a FELLOWSHIP decorum with Him. Adam lost his fellowship at Eden and it cost him at Eden as we know till date with the afterward generations of him. Jesus in humanity maximise His FELLOWSHIP and He made all the difference as we know.

This is not about Church or special programs and busy prayer meetings and schedules, but how much of fellowship you are having with Father God personally, to enhance and boost your worth in Him and for Him is what ‘This Christmas’ in ‘This December’ and ‘This Day’ should be about. The REASON for the SEASON.

It is the fellowship that strengthens relationship. Sin hinders the fellowship and in time destroys the relationship as in Eden. Hence during this season of Christmas, give room for the reason, that is, God’s love in Christ Jesus in relationship for fellowship to count and account for you. Make time to be ‘ALONE WITH FATHER GOD’.

Every Blessing in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“God is FAITHFUL, by whom ye were called unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9.

“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have FELLOWSHIP with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have FELLOWSHIP one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin” 1 John 1:5-7.

“And in the morning, RISING up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a SOLITARY place, and there PRAYED” Mark 1:35.

“Thou wilt shew me the PATH OF LIFE: in thy PRESENCE is FULNESS of joy; at thy RIGHT HAND there are PLEASURES for evermore” Psalms 16:11.

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW creature: OLD things are passed away; behold, all things are BECOME NEW” 2 Corinthians 5:17.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

GOOD SUCCESS: IT’S ABOUT BEING FULFILLED IN CHRIST JESUS!

December 23, 2023 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

GOOD SUCCESS: IT’S ABOUT BEING FULFILLED IN CHRIST JESUS!

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it.” Colossians 4:17.

My spiritual father and mentor in the Lord of blessed memory once said:

“SUCCESS WITHOUT A SUCCESSOR IS FAILURE IN DISGUISE”

Taking a stand on wisdom nugget stand above, it thus means, it’s not enough to wake up, count your chickens and say I’m a SUCCESS – that is to say, there is NO TRUE SUCCESS when you have not REPRODUCE yourself in the life of someone or others who goes to make others a SUCCESS in succession.

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy MOUTH; but thou shalt MEDITATE therein day and night, that thou mayest OBSERVE to do according to all that is written THEREIN: for then thou shalt make thy WAY PROSPEROUS, and then thou shalt have GOOD SUCCESS. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest” Joshua 1:8-9.

In the light of the Scriptures, GOOD SUCCESS begins with the WORD in your MOUTH and the Word content in your spirit-heart of meditation. THINK ABOUT IT. [Joshua 1:8. Romans 10:8-10; Psalms 19:14. Proverbs 18:20-21].

I know SUCCESS in terms is RELATIVE. But GOOD SUCCESS is about BEING FULFILLED in LIFE and GODLY LIVING, that is to say – laying hold to eternal reward from God, having reproduce your you in life, in the cause of God’s mandate and assignment in your life.

“A man’s BELLY shall be SATISFIED with the FRUIT of his MOUTH; and with the INCREASE of his LIPS shall he be FILLED. 21 DEATH and LIFE are in the POWER of the TONGUE: and they that LOVE it shall eat the FRUIT thereof” Proverbs 18:20-21.

“And all bare HIM [JESUS CHRIST] witness, and wondered at the GRACIOUS WORDS which PROCEEDED OUT OF HIS MOUTH. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:23.

You need to THINK about FULFILMENT while you go concluding I AM A SUCCESS. Just a SUCCESS is not the FINAL, until you KEEP to the FAITH to the end in FULFILMENT of God’s PURPOSE. [Colossians 4:17; Romans 8:28; Ephesians 1:11].

Every grace, wisdom and speed in Christ Jesus. Amen.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“For I am now READY to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have FINISHED my course, I have KEPT the FAITH: 8 henceforth there is LAID UP for me a CROWN of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall GIVE ME at that day: and not to me only, but unto ALL THEM also that LOVE his appearing” 2 Timothy 4:6-8.

“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it.” Colossians 4:17.

“But what saith it? The WORD is nigh thee, even in thy MOUTH, and in thy HEART: that is, the WORD OF FAITH, which we PREACH; 9 that if thou shalt CONFESS with thy MOUTH the Lord Jesus, and shalt BELIEVE in thine HEART that God hath RAISED him from the dead, thou shalt be SAVED. 10 For with the HEART man BELIEVETH unto righteousness; and with the MOUTH confession is MADE unto SALVATION” Romans 10:8-10.

“Let the WORDS of my MOUTH, and the MEDITATION of my HEART, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer” Psalms 19:14.

“Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, LET US HOLD FAST OUR PROFESSION [CONFESSION, DECLARATION, PROCLAMATION]” Hebrews 4:14.

“Let us HOLD FAST the PROFESSION [CONFESSION, DECLARATION, PROCLAMATION] of our FAITH without wavering; for he is FAITHFUL that promised” Hebrews 10:23.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS CHRISTMAS: BE ALERT, SENSITIVE AND VIGILANT AGAINST HEROD’S PLOT!

December 23, 2023 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

THIS CHRISTMAS: BE ALERT, SENSITIVE AND VIGILANT AGAINST HEROD’S PLOT!

“My son, attend to my words; INCLINE thine EAR unto my SAYINGS. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” Proverbs 4:20-23.

We do live in a challenging and difficult time, of various unprecedented and unpredictable happenings; it’s paramount that in course of this Christmas and afterwards, there’s the need to INCLINE your HEARING EARS to HEAR God – for THERE MAY BE HEROD’S PLOT knowingly and unknowingly toward you and or those you care about – and you don’t have to be a PREY and VICTIM for the ENEMY and COHORTS when the avenue to be safe and secure is made available to you in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

“And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord APPEARETH to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and TAKE the young child and his mother, and FLEE into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for HEROD will seek the young child to DESTROY him. 14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: 15 and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son” Matthew 2:13-15.

In Your MERRIMENT – It’s NEEDFUL and IMPERATIVE to HEAR God’s SAYINGS as Joseph did hear ahead of God sayings, against HEROD’S PLOT as enjoined in Matthew 2:13-15 for you to note in order to derive counsel by the wisdom nuggets below:

** Don’t be so carried away with this Christmas celebration and commemoration without being sensitive in your spiritual network towards God for you, family, loves one’s and those you care about.

** Don’t shut off or shut down the indwelling Spirit of God within you. The Spirit of God has made you and the breath of the almighty gives you life, understanding and sense of direction – Job 32:8; Job 33:4; Proverbs 20:27.

Know full well that Joseph ALERTNESS and VIGILANCE saves the day and the season for the reason. I pray you will be ALERT, SENSITIVE and VIGILANT to hear God when there’s a need and to obey accordingly also in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

This Christmas . . . This December, you need to incline your HEARING EARS to HEAR God – there may be Herod’s plot – DON’T BE A PREY OR VICTIM FOR THE ENEMY AND COHORTS.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

BLESSED CELEBRATION AND COMMEMORATION IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD. AMEN.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Be SOBER, be VIGILANT; because your ADVERSARY the devil, as a ROARING lion, WALKETH about, SEEKING whom he may DEVOUR: 9 whom RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of ALL GRACE, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE YOU” 1 Peter 5:8-10.

“Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins, THAT HE MIGHT DELIVER US FROM THIS PRESENT EVIL WORLD, according to the WILL of God and our Father: 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen” Galatians 1:3-5.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS DECEMBER . . . THIS CHRISTMAS . . . THE HOLY SPIRIT OF LOVE IS AT WORK

December 22, 2023 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

THIS DECEMBER . . . THIS CHRISTMAS . . . THE HOLY SPIRIT OF LOVE IS AT WORK: EMPOWER YOUR CHRISTMAS LOVE BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AS GOD DID IN CHRIST JESUS!

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the LOVE of God has been POURED out in our HEARTS by the Holy Spirit who was GIVEN to us . . . 8 But God COMMENDETH HIS LOVE toward us, in that, while we were YET SINNERS, Christ DIED for us” Romans 5:5, 8.

The celebration and commemoration of God’s LOVE in Christ Jesus birth and His redemption cause on earth for all humanity, is what Christmas, and this Christmas in this December, is all about. And the Holy Spirit led and empowered LOVE of God in Christ Jesus, doesn’t DEMAND for LOVE, it rather GIVES and LAVISHES the LOVE of God in Christ Jesus to all and sundry – unreservedly, uncompromisingly and without prejudice, sentiments and dissimulation.

And when in THIS CHRISTMAS . . . THIS DECEMBER, the love of God is expressed and empowered by the Holy Spirit that’s given to us to live in the fulness of God’s grace in Christ Jesus [Romans 5:5, 8], you can be sure and certain of that peace of God that flood, guard and garrison one’s hearts without fears and equally transcends, surpasses and passes human love senses knowledge that’s limited in all context of doing life and living godly toward God and toward mankind. [Philippians 4:6-7; 1 John 4:17-18; 2 Timothy 1:6-7; Acts 24:16].

And LIVING and WALKING by the Holy Spirit of love, is the only EMPOWERING way to manifest and demonstrate the characteristics of God’s Love in Christ Jesus – that is how God’s LOVED WORLD answers to an EVIL WORLD, WICKED WORLD and HATE WORLD questions. And that’s the reason for you to KNOW and EMBRACE the love of God in Christ Jesus, that SURPASSES, TRANSCENDS and PASSES all human senses love knowledge as written.

“That Christ may DWELL in your HEARTS by FAITH; that ye, being ROOTED and GROUNDED in LOVE, 18 may be ABLE to COMPREHEND with all saints what is the BREADTH, and LENGTH, and DEPTH, and HEIGHT; 19 and to KNOW the LOVE of Christ, which PASSETH (TRANSCENDS, SURPASSED) knowledge (FIVE SENSE), that ye might be FILLED with all the FULNESS of God” Ephesians 3:17-19 (Emphasis Mine).

More of God’s love in Christ Jesus is characterised and summed up in the Holy writ of 1 Corinthians 13. It’s all possible by the working of the indwelling Spirit of love that’s given to us – for the Holy Spirit is shed and poured in our hearts – the subconscious spirit man, to ensure that we triumph always through LOVE, in all that pertains to doing LIFE and living GODLY in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. [Romans 5:5, 8; 2 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Peter 1:2-4].

God’s kind of love, is the only way to do life and live through and above the knowledge of the hate, selfishness, evil, wickedness, war and violence that we see today and everywhere between and among – friends, families, relationship, colleagues, community’s, nation’s and the world society at large. God’s love empowered by the Holy Spirit in Christ Jesus, is the only de facto to help us to transcend and surpass the human knowledge-based kind of love, which is of the SENSES – which is, of what we See, Smell, Feel, Taste and Hear respectively. Ephesians 3:16-19.

Living by God’s LOVED WORLD setting, is the ANSWER to the SPHERE and QUESTIONS of an EVIL WORLD, WICKED WORLD and HATE WORLD TODAY. The genuine LOVE of God that’s empowered by the Holy Spirit is PURE and REFRESHING, hence it’s called – AGAPE LOVE.

Know full well that LOVE is a mystery and not mystical. For God is Love. God is a mystery and not mystical. His LOVE is practicable, liveable, reachable and loveable, for it’s EMPOWERED by the Holy Spirit that’s GIVEN to us as said severally. [Romans 5:5, 8]. And the Holy Spirit person is a mystery to only them and those who don’t know Him in His Love. For He is the one outworking God’s LOVE in Christ Jesus us, and His LOVE is PURE, TRUE, REFRESHING, REJUVENATING and BLOSSOMING as any other fruit of the Spirit – [Galatians 5:22-23].

And God’s LOVE is beautiful, unquestionable, unspeakable, incomprehensible, impeccable, immeasurable and indescribable; and it is a gracious and graceful GIFT that is shared in our hearts by the Holy Spirit; and it’s GIVEN to us to SHARE alike in Christ Jesus stead. God’s LOVE is genuine and involves laying down ones life for the other to keep it alive and refreshing. [John 13:34-35; John 15:9-14; 1 John 2-4].

LOVE – is the BEAUTIFUL GIFT, given to us to SHARE in grace by faith [Galatians 5:6]. It’s about LOVING GOD FIRST, and LOVING OTHERS in His LOVE, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. More so, because Love in context is powered by the Holy Spirit, you can’t help but for you to keep on keeping on, loving again and again and again . . . without prejudice, sentiments and dissimulation with this genuine and truly LOVE to make your love of God in Christ Jesus to be refreshing, liveable, loveable, reachable and practicable – for LOVE is the most EXCELLENT WAY, the gracious and graceful act in DOING LIFE TOGETHER in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. [1 Corinthians 12:31].

The greater love of God, is the only genuine LOVE that’s PURE and REFRESHING and called is AGAPE LOVE – the unconditional love. And it transcends and surpasses human SENSE knowledge love by every measure and context as it’s beyond all comprehension.

Therefore I say to you by God’s kind of LOVE – the AGAPE LOVE, which is EMPOWERED by the Holy Spirit of Love, through God’s WORD, in our human spirit, that you should let your Christmas, this Christmas in this December, to be led and empowered by the Holy Spirit of love.

BLESSED AND MERRY CHRISTMAS IN GOD’S LOVE, IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD BY THE Holy SPIRIT. AMEN.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Herein is our LOVE made perfect, that we may have BOLDNESS in the day of judgment: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE; BUT PERFECT LOVE CASTETH OUT FEAR: because FEAR hath TORMENT. He that FEARETH is NOT MADE PERFECT in LOVE” 1 John 4:17-18.

“Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who GAVE himself for our sins, that he might DELIVER us from this PRESENT EVIL WORLD, according to the WILL of God and our Father: 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen” Galatians 1:3-5.

“For God so LOVED THE WORLD that he GAVE his one and only Son, that whoever BELIEVES in him shall not PERISH but have ETERNAL LIFE. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” John 3:16-17.

“For this reason [grasping the greatness of this plan by which Jews and Gentiles are joined together in Christ] I bow my knees [in reverence] before the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ], 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth [a]derives its name [God—the first and ultimate Father]. 16 May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality], 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] GROUNDED IN LOVE, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of HIS LOVE [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] THE LOVE OF CHRIST which far SURPASSES [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be FILLED up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself]. 20 Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen” Ephesians 3:14-21 (Amplified).

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS CHRISTMAS . . . THIS DECEMBER . . . CRAVE KNOWLEDGE

December 21, 2023 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

THIS CHRISTMAS . . . THIS DECEMBER . . . CRAVE KNOWLEDGE: MARK IT BY THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS!

“So that Christ may DWELL in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in LOVE, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to KNOW [practically, through personal experience] the LOVE of Christ which far SURPASSES [mere] KNOWLEDGE [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself]” Ephesians 3:17-19/Amplified.

KNOWLEDGE – is the vitality and legacy of STRENGTH – and only the WISE knows and understands it’s worth when acquired in any context as written:

“A WISE man is STRONG; yea, a man of KNOWLEDGE increaseth STRENGTH” Proverbs 24:5.

Its gracious to be full and well informed in order to be transformed in the acts of the Commemorating and Celebrating of God’s LOVE in the Birth of our Saviour and Lord Christ Jesus and His Redemption CAUSE on Earth for all mankind.

It’s time to READ before you RUN – Habakkuk 2:1-4. Hence the publication of the AFD DECEMBER – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EDITION, now within your reach – therefore, READ TO LEAD. Be an INFORMED READER to BECOME an INFORMED LEADER. Leadership for the Believer in Christ Jesus stead is not just about WHAT TO DO, but it’s much more about the HOW TO DO things and to LEAD along, in all matters of DOING LIFE and to stay GODLY in all phases. Hence it’s gracious and graceful to be INFORMED – READ TO LEAD. Life is WORTH the Living.

Therefore I say to you in the name of the Lord God in Christ Jesus stead, who is the REASON for the SEASON, that you MARK BY KNOWLEDGE, this CHRISTMAS, this WEEK, in this month DECEMBER. For it’s all about celebrating and commemorating EMMANUEL – God With Us, our God made manifest In the flesh in the person of Jesus the Christ. Amen.

Full detail of this AFD DECEMBER 2018 EDITION and Christmas Special Publication can be viewed by clicking or following this link: https://www.42ndgenerationfoundation.com/achieversfai…/…

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was MANIFEST in the FLESH, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory” 1 Timothy 3:16.

“In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not . . . 14 And THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” John 1:1-5, 14.

“And now, brethren, I COMMEND you to God, and to THE WORD of his grace, which is able to BUILD YOU UP, and to GIVE YOU an INHERITANCE among all them which are SANCTIFIED” Acts 20:32.

“Till I come, give ATTENDANCE to READING, to exhortation, to doctrine” 1 Timothy 4:13.

“Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was JESUS THE CHRIST” Matthew 16:20.

“And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31 but these are written, that ye might believe that JESUS IS THE CHRIST, the Son of God; and that BELIEVING ye might have LIFE through his name” John 20:30-31.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS – BE MORE THAN A DAY AND MOMENTARY EVENT

December 20, 2023 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS – BE MORE THAN A DAY AND MOMENTARY EVENT: MAKE IT YOUR DAILY EXPERIENCE IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD!

“Blessed be the Lord, who DAILY loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah” Psalms 68:19.

The celebration and commemoration of God’s LOVE in Christ Jesus birth and His redemption cause on earth is what Christmas is all about. The act of Christmas should be a DAILY LIFE experience and not just A DAY EVENT – Psalms 68:19. For God is set to crown the year with His goodness and abundance day by day, and not for only one time as in month December by the Christmas.

“Thou CROWNEST the YEAR with thy GOODNESS; and thy PATHS DROP FATNESS” Psalms 65:11.

I know that as one live daily to acknowledge the purpose of God’s LOVE in Christ Jesus birth, and His redemption cause on earth, the BENEFITS of God in this intent will accompany such an individual. That’s the essence of the awakening that THIS CHRISTMAS brings – A DAILY Experience and not a MOMENTARY experience. Hence, in your acts of CHRISTMAS – even This CHRISTMAS, it’s wise to make it your daily habits and benefits – it’s your rights in life in Christ Jesus stead. For God’s mercies and steadfast faithfulness in love for you and all are refreshing and new each day.

“It is of the Lord’s MERCIES that we are not consumed, because his COMPASSIONS fail not. 23 They are NEW EVERY MORNING: great is thy FAITHFULNESS. 24 The Lord is MY PORTION, saith my soul; therefore will I HOPE in him” Lamentations 3:22-24.

It thus mean that God’s love intent for mankind in Christ Jesus at Christmas commemoration and celebration, should become a daily life DOING and EXPERIENCE; it should not become where you have to await for another year again to – look good about yourself, to put on gorgeous outfits, to appear elegant, to eat a very good healthy meal, to pay homage to family’s, friends and the love ones that you care about, to enjoy the best of God in life and to do many other charitable causes for fellow men as God have given you opportunity.

I pray you DAILY experience the goodness of God as you enact the essence of Christ Jesus in THIS CHRISTMAS, for our God do indeed CROWN the years with His goodness and abundance for our BLESSEDNESS.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

“Blessed be the Lord, who DAILY LOADETH us with BENEFITS, even the God of our salvation” Psalms 68:19.

“Thou CROWNEST the YEAR with thy GOODNESS; and thy PATHS DROP FATNESS. 12 They drop upon the PASTURES of the WILDERNESS: and the little HILLS rejoice on every side. 13 The PASTURES are clothed with FLOCKS; the VALLEYS also are COVERED over with CORN; they shout for JOY, they also sing” Psalms 65:11-13.

“Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an EVIL HEART OF UNBELIEF, in departing from the living God. 13 But EXHORT one another DAILY, while it is called TO DAY; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made PARTAKERS of Christ, if we HOLD the beginning of our confidence STEDFAST unto the end; 15 while it is said, TO DAY if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation” Hebrews 3:12-15.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THIS CHRISTMAS – Do it without DEBT

December 20, 2023 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

THIS CHRISTMAS – Do it without DEBT: Don’t be INDEBTED in the name of Commemoration and Celebration!

“Every man shall GIVE AS HE IS ABLE, ACCORDING to the BLESSING of the Lord thy God which he HATH GIVEN THEE” Deuteronomy 16:17.

“Every man ACCORDING as he PURPOSETH in his heart, so let him GIVE; not GRUDGINGLY, or of NECESSITY: for God loveth a CHEERFUL GIVER” 2 Corinthians 9:7.

I know in essence that carrying out the UNWRITTEN DEMANDS we place on ourselves during this Christmas season in respect of GIVING, RECEIVING and SHARING GIFT and or FOOD is enormous; you must know and understand, that though it’s a good intent which I do agree and believe totally with all graciousness and gracefulness as I cherish doing, but it known also, that it’s an unhealthy demand to place on yourself to accomplish when you don’t have the resources to act accordingly.

I hereby suggest to you – let your actions be done with what you have as the scriptures enjoined; and then act accordingly, when and where you can but not in debt and indebtedness that ends you in the sickening of your well-being. For it’s MORE gracious and graceful when you can do it cheerfully without murmuring, complaining and subjecting yourself to any form of psychological and emotional unrest.

And worst still, let not giving and sharing be done while you know that your being is spiritually disarmed to handle challenges, especially when you are behind in the repayment of some incurred indebtedness, and you know that when debt letters and or calls and or the visit of debt collectors comes knocking at your door, that the signal of depression, anguish, wrath, bitterness, regrets and such like will trigger along with other side effects.

I don’t think Christ Jesus would APPROVE all the indebtedness that people indulge themselves in the name of Christmas celebration and commemoration. Nobody is entitled to put you into debt and indebtedness in order to keep such a person happy at your expense; for you are the CUSTODIAN of your peace and happiness and none else – so guard jealously your well-being happiness without compromise to please any before you. It’s best to live within your means – that is, within your FAITH – in the joy, happiness and grace of God in Christ Jesus. For the just in Christ shall live by his/her faith in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the JUST shall LIVE by HIS FAITH” Habakkuk 2:4 [Galatians 3:11; Romans 1:17; Hebrews 10:38].

Always know in hearts of thoughts that Jesus is risen and Enthroned. He’s no longer:

* THE BABY IN THE MANGER

* THE SERVANT ON THE CROSS

He’s the Lord God on the THRONE and He LIVES, REIGNS and RULES over ALL in ALL.

Therefore be MERRY, enjoy yourself with what you can and have available to yourself no matter how little, in the peace and grace of God in Christ Jesus stead; and where there’s more overflowing, you can then share in grace, love and peace in good will and joyfully in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS WITHOUT DEBT AND INDEBTEDNESS!

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“For if there be FIRST a WILLING mind, it is accepted ACCORDING to that a man HATH, and NOT ACCORDING to that he HATH NOT” 2 Corinthians 8:12.

“Every man shall GIVE AS HE IS ABLE, ACCORDING to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he HATH GIVEN THEE” Deuteronomy 16:17.

“Every man ACCORDING as he PURPOSETH in his heart, so let him give; not GRUDGINGLY, or of NECESSITY: for God loveth a CHEERFUL GIVER” 2 Corinthians 9:7.

“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath DEALT to EVERY MAN the MEASURE of FAITH” Romans 12:3.

“But unto every one of us is GIVEN GRACE according to THE MEASURE of the GIFT of Christ” Ephesians 4:7.

REV. CHUKIE MORSi

THIS CHRISTMAS: It’s About God’s GREATER LOVE To You – And You WORTH It!

December 19, 2023 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

THIS CHRISTMAS: It’s About God’s GREATER LOVE To You – And You WORTH It!

“GREATER LOVE hath no man than this, that a man LAY DOWN his life for his friends.” (John 15:13).

There is no better way to express this most excellent way of God’s love other than this season of Christmas. This Christmas expressed genuinely the LOVE of God, which COST Him His Son Christ Jesus, and eventually COST Christ Jesus His life, on the redemptive CROSS.

“GREATER LOVE hath no man than this, that a man LAY DOWN his life for his friends.” (John 15:13).

It was LOVE at BIRTH and LOVE at DEATH and LOVE on the THRONE for now, today and ever. It’s called, the GREATER LOVE. The love that laid down His life for those He love and will always care about.

The GREATER LOVE is a GIVING LOVE, even when someone else don’t deserve it. It’s love unspeakable, unfathomable, unimaginable and indescribable – it’s an unconditional love. It’s love without sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation – hypocrisy. It’s love that surpasses and transcends human sense knowledge. The love that serves, breakthrough barriers by bridging gaps and lubricates our FAITH stands in Christ Jesus to victory and triumph. The God’s kind of love that’s expressed daily in our inner being by the Holy Spirit that dwells in us – Romans 5:5, 8; Romans 12:9-10; Galatians 5:6, 13; Ephesians 3:17-19.

And because you’re worth it, God show forth this GREATER LOVE in Christ Birth, hence you need to max every good thing this love is all about in the course of life. Let none belittle you or take you for granted. You Are Worth – This Greater Love – This Christmas, This December and afterwards.

THIS CHRISTMAS – ENJOY GOD’S GREATER LOVE

I pray for you, that God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in the GREATER LOVE in Christ Jesus stead may abound with you now and always. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“GREATER LOVE hath no man than this, that a man LAY DOWN his life for his friends.” (John 15:13).

“For God so LOVED the world, that he GAVE his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” John 3:16-17.

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is SHED abroad in our HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . . 8 But God COMMENDETH his LOVE toward us, in that, while we were YET sinners, Christ DIED for us” Romans 5:5, 8.

“Let love be without DISSIMULATION (HYPOCRISY). Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with BROTHERLY LOVE; in honour preferring one another” Romans 12:9-10.

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; But FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE . . .13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, BUT BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER” Galatians 5:6, 13.

“So that Christ may DWELL in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in LOVE, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His LOVE [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the LOVE of Christ which far SURPASSES [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself]” Ephesians 3:17-19 Amplified.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

IT’S STOCK-TAKING MOMENT – TAKE TIME TO CHILL

December 18, 2023 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

IT’S STOCK-TAKING MOMENT – TAKE TIME TO CHILL: FOR LEISURE IS GOD’S AND IT’S GODLY TOO!

EBENEZER: Hitherto Has The Lord God HELPED Us – 1 Samuel 7:12.

LEISURE and REST are good after labour – a diligent work; and labour is the physical and mental exertion of man to earn a gracious reward – in cash and or kind. And one good, gracious and graceful reward of labour – after a DILIGENT workloads in the year – is by taking a time out to have a relaxing and leisure moment, outside your norm, especially with your BELOVED, among your CHERISHED friends – just to eat, drink and laugh.

“And the apostles GATHERED themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had DONE, and what they had TAUGHT. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and REST A WHILE: for there were many coming and going, and they had no LEISURE so much as to EAT” Mark 6:30-31.

“Go thy way, EAT thy bread with JOY, and DRINK thy wine with a MERRY heart; for God now ACCEPTETH thy works . . . 9 Live JOYFULLY with the wife whom thou LOVEST ALL THE DAYS OF THE LIFE of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, ALL THE DAYS of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun” Ecclesiastes 9:7, 9.

The essence of STOCK-TAKING MOMENT and TAKING TIME TO CHILL is to have REST and LEISURE as it’s of GOD’S will and it’s GODLY too. For in reality:

WE LIVE TO EAT AND NOT EAT TO LIVE – FOR LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING. THEREFORE, THINK.

It’s a gracious and graceful time to EAT, LAUGH, REFLECT, TAKE STOCK and BELIEVE again for the Days, Weeks, Months and Years ahead. God REWARDS DILIGENCE; and they that are DILIGENT will have a STAND in the MIDST and PLACE of kings – noble, honour and dignity. Proverbs 22:29; Hebrews 11:6.

And most importantly, STOCK TAKING is a time to review and assess one’s situation and options; and to count, account and share the enabling that will synergise you in PURPOSE; such that you can THRIVE MEANINGFULLY and in FULFILMENT; and to move FORWARD – ONWARDS and UPWARDS – in LIFE and GRACE, and in the abounding love of God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Seest thou a man DILIGENT in his business? he shall STAND before KINGS (HONOUR, DIGNITY); he shall not STAND before mean (OBSCURED, UNPRODUCTIVE) men” Proverbs 22:29 (Emphasis Mine).

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a REWARDER of them that DILIGENTLY seek him” Hebrews 11:6.

“There remaineth therefore a REST to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his REST, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us LABOUR therefore to ENTER INTO THAT REST, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief” Hebrews 4:9-11.

“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he RESTED on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had RESTED from all his work which God created and made” Genesis 2:1-2.

“Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to EAT and to DRINK, and to ENJOY the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion” Ecclesiastes 5:18.

“There is nothing better for a man, than that he should EAT and DRINK, and that he should make his soul ENJOY good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God” Ecclesiastes 2:24.

“I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to REJOICE, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should EAT and DRINK, and ENJOY the good of all his labour, it is the GIFT of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him” Ecclesiastes 3:12-14.

“Then I commended MIRTH, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to EAT, and to DRINK, and to be MERRY: for that shall abide with him of his LABOUR the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun” Ecclesiastes 8:15.

“Go thy way, EAT thy bread with JOY, and DRINK thy wine with a MERRY heart; for God now ACCEPTETH thy works. 8 Let thy GARMENTS be always WHITE; and let thy HEAD lack no OINTMENT. 9 Live JOYFULLY with the wife whom thou LOVEST all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest” Ecclesiastes 9:7-10.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI