What is in Man

and didn't need anyone to tell him about human nature. He knew what people were really like.
John 2:25 GWT

Beloved, God don’t just determine to lay curse on any one that trust in man but He did it for reason, and the reason can easily be found in the book of Genesis chapter 6 verses 5 down to 6, when He looked down in to the heart of man but all He could find was wickedness, and continuous wickedness in the heart of men. Despite all this He still loves man but never will He trust man. That was why He warned us as His people, that we must be as gentle dove and as wise as serpent, the two character He’s used in that place are very significant to man’s journey in the land of the living; Dove simply represent Love and carefree lifestyle,  but Serpent represent subtlety of this world, and cunning lifestyle. Though we are in this world but we are of God, and heaven is home, nevertheless, we must be wise, least we are trapped and knocked down by the wickedness of man. That’s why HE further told us to watch and pray least will fall into temptation. If Samuel as strong as He is could fear the Saul, because of the wickedness in the Heart of Saul (1 Samuel 16:2) we too must not trust man no matter what they are to us today. For man will always be man. Therefore beloved, let us watch and pray  continuously least we fall into temptation of man.

Shalom

MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

Living by Divine leading

Receive, please, instruction from His mouth, And lay up His words in your heart.

Job 22:22

Beloved, Father's instructions and Words are the most beautiful thing child can ever afford, "Father's chastisement is bread to the soul of a wise child, for it shall nourish his soul and make Him fat in wisdom",(Proverb 4:1,13; 16:20; 19:13) when God is sending out wisdom, its always bitter to people of the world (Proverbs 1:20-33) but only people that are foolish to the things of this world understands the mystery of wonders of the cross.
The instructions of God are in the word of God. You can't continue to spend all your life in prayers without engaging in the word of God, and expect good result, never! you can't get the good result from God outside the word of God. everything in this world were created by word of God (John1:3) and you'll need His word go through it successfully.
The benefit of the word (bible) comes not in carrying it, neither in reading it alone but in declaring it, obeying it, keeping it alive in you, living the word. Nothing will come from God to Man that will never go through the power of His word. And only those that walk in His word are beneficiaries of His blessings, (Joshua 1:8; Job 22:22-30).
I do feel somehow when seeing a Christian without word of God manifesting in his or her life,if you ask some people of last time they read their bible, what you heard from their mouth, is "any time I go church" and most of them attend Church once a week or some few time in a year, but you see them crying for how devil is tormenting them, now who is at fault?.
We are in the kingdom in which are we get everything we need through the power in the word of our KING, the the greatest signature you can get is the WORD of LIFE from the KING. But I repeat you have to live in Word before it will work for you (John 15:7).
There is no wisdom in this world that surpass the Word of God.
Nothing make wise like the Word of God, (Proverbs 8:33; 19:20)
Nothing make you powerful and strong like the Word of God.
Nothing make rich like the wealth in Word of God. (Proverbs 10:22; 16:20)
Nothing make you healthy like the Word of God. (Proverbs 3:7-8; Psalms 107:20)
Nothing save you like Word of God. (Proverbs 2:12,16)
Therefore, beloved, all we have as our inheritance is rapped up in the word of God, you will only have to access it through your engagement in it. Sir(s)/Ma(s) marry the word of God, your shall give birth to all the kingdom inheritance. Receive Grace to live by Word and in the Word in Jesus name.

Shalom.

MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

Stopping the Thief

The Lord raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers.

Judges 2:16 NET

Beloved, Jesus said “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy”; (John 10:10 NIV). In the world today, I can only figure out but one thief that has been stealing from man and has refused to stop even till date; and that is Satan. Though He never comes to people to steal from them physically but he never stop going to men to steal what is more important them than physical asset. He’d stolen some people’s Joy, Peace, Matrimonial Home, Breakthrough, Success, Prosperity, Health and had stolen some people’s Life and Soul. But Sir that doesn’t mean the end of everything but just the beginning of everything; I mean good things, because there’s hope for the Tree that is chopped down, for it’ll come back to  life anytime its root get to water. Sir, Jesus came into this world to do some special works and one of the work is deliver us the hand of the Satan that have stealing from us right from the creation, and to give us life abundantly. Therefore beloved, keep your faith up and get ready to work and walk with your Leader and your Judge for He’s already conquered the robber but it’s yours to take the victory He’s gotten for you like Jehoshaphat and people of Judah did after the LORD conquered three nations that came up against them in battle.


Shalom.


MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

Hunger and Thirst

For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
Ps 107:9 NIV

Beloved, JESUS said “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”(Matt 5:6 NRSV): When talking about thirst and hunger in the spiritual way, we are talking of undying desire to something; we keep seeking and seeking until we find, and that is what alter of prayer and worship needs if want to walk with God, unfainting desire to see God more and more to move closer and closer till we find ourselves seated with Him in the heavenlies, until we can feel the touch of what we have seen and heard at distance. That is what God want us all to do, to keep digging deeper into Him, through our unending fellowship and worship till He manifests Himself through us. Supernatural is real but we need to unlock the realm by overdoing some things like: Our Worship to our Father and Fellowship with Him and His Word; for this brings us to God and God to dwell with us, which I can simply call dwelling in the realm of gods that we are originally created to dwell in. Therefore Beloved, let us seek for more of God with unending desire, and He Himself will filled us up till we become overflowing vessels.

Shalom.

MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

The True Leader

For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

(Luke 22:27 KJV)

Beloved, journey of every true leader is not just in commanding but in service. Is not just in taking but in giving, and is not in seeking for personal security but in seeking for other people’s security and welfare. Beloved, every seat of leadership is a seat of responsibility, and every leader are called to lay down their lives and wills as sacrifice for the good of their followers irrespective of what others will call us before and after the sacrifice. Christ our LORD laid down this example, as HE laid down His life for us to live; Apostle Paul said in the epistles to the Corinthian that as leaders “We put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. Rather, as servants of God  (Leaders) we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;  through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.  (2 Cor. 6:3 - 10 NIV).  Because, that is what leaders are born to be. Therefore beloved, as leaders, we are called to serve, if we will be a true leader, following the example of OUR SERVANT KING

Shalom.

MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria.

The LORD God that loves sinners

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

 Romans 5 vs. 8

Firstly, let me make it clear to us that no man on earth is ever righteous. Ever since the time Adam fell off from the presence of God.  Unrighteousness took over man’s nature instead of Righteous image of God that was offer to us from creation that manifested man as God’s Children.
Before I will proceed, Let us check differences between the Adam that GOD created and placed in the Garden of the Eden and The Adam that sinned and was chased out of the Garden of Eden.
The Adam that was created and Placed in the Garden of Eden was created to look Exact like God (Gen 1:26 -27, 5:1) while the Adam that sinned and was chased out was reformed to look exactly like devil. (John 8:44)
The Adam was created and Placed in the Garden of Eden was upright from creation (Ec. 7:29) while the Adam that sinned and was chased out was reformed to keep sinning (1 John 3:8)
The Adam that was created and placed in the Garden of Eden was Saved, Justified, and hath no fear of condemnation while the Adam that sinned and was chased out was condemned and remained condemned till eternity (John 3:15 – 18).
Adam that created and place in the Garden of Eden  was Child of God. (Gen. 5:1; Psalms 82 : 6) while the other Adam was child of devil (John 8:44)
Adam that was created and placed in the Garden of Eden was Blessed and No Curse is allowed to come closer to Him (Gen. 1 : 26 -31) while the  other Adam was cursed by God (Gen 3)
Adam that was created and placed in the garden of Eden is an eternal Being while the other Adam was destined for eternal death and he’s dead already
This is few among many differences. That is why God made a reasonable option for man mankind as a way out of present and impending condemnation, and that's Christ Jesus who died to pay for all our sins to restore us back to the garden of Eden, where we had and will have a life of God on earth, a life of dominion, righteousness, Justified, eternal and peace. But here is the condition "BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST and ACCEPT HIM YOUR LORD and SAVIOUR". AMEN

Shalom.

MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria.

Danger of Faithlessness

I want to help you remember some things you already know: Remember that the Lord saved his people by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. But later he destroyed all those who did not believe.

Jude 1:5 ERV

Beloved, it's one thing to have God's blessing, it's another thing to make it remain a blessing. How? God speaking in the book of Isaiah, he said, "remember you the formal things,... even the thing of old which I have done (Isaiah 46:9), God commanded us to do this for reason, and reason is "faithlessness". Most of the time, we loss what God determine to give us to lack of faith like the Israelites in the wilderness. "For without faith it's impossible to please God". lack of faith always push us to complain and murmur against God which He hate the most. Is God that did the blessing you have presently with you not capable to do give you next blessing you need? Yes! He's able and abundantly able to do exceeding, abundantly beyond, but not doing it during time you are in haste doesn't mean He'll not, but he's preparing way for you, so that He can deliver the blessing in time that will really bring glory to His name in your life, like He did for David, like He did for Sarah and many more people. But complaining and murmuring against Him get Him angry, therefore beloved, it doesn't matter what preasure we are facing now, keep your faith as high as mountain, Trust God in His word, hold unto what He has done in your life through praise and thanksgiving, and anticipate for new one you expect Him to do. And you will see Him in greater action in due season.

Shalom.

MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

No Test, No Testimonies.

  And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. 

Job  2:6 

Beloved, many times we think of the challenge of the saints and ask ourselves, questions like, is God aware of the storms in the life of saints? and even ask, why did God permit storms in the live of saints?
Beloved, God knows about storms and challenges of our live, and He permitted it for reasons. The Psalmist says, "Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he..."(Psalms 135:6). Meaning, we can't face anything in life without the consent of God. An adage says "the higher you grow the tougher your test and temptation" let's have this in our mind, "No TEST, No TESTIMONIES" our challenges is to build us up not to pull us down. every ladder of glorification has strung of challenges, the more you conquer the higher you go.
It took God to lead Joseph through slavery in other to train Him up for his glorification.
It took God to lead David through 20 years of training under Saul's pressure and attacks (after receiving anointing) before God could finally handover the kingdom into His hand.
Therefore beloved, don't think you can't overcome the stormy moment, inasmuch there is God on your side, you have your victory with you. You can't die in the storm, but it'll build up grace of God in you, only if you let God work through it. And then you will have mouth to sing "The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death", for our present light afflictions can't be compare to the awaiting glory ahead of us.
No labour, no rest. Keep moving!

I declare your days of rest to begin now in the name Jesus.

Shalom

MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

The LORD, our healer

saying, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer."

Exodus 15:26 ESV

Beloved, firstly let us come to reality of the word of God, which made it clear to us that it’s not the pleasing will of God that any of His dear children will experience sickness or diseases. Remember He said, “'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 NASU) and He further made it clear to us that “He wish us above all things that will prosper, and be health, even as our soul prosper”. (3 John 2) which simply means sickness is not God’s agenda for any of His children. So if God is not pleased to see any of His Children sick then, ill health of believers came from where and who? There are no 2 places or any other person that the ill health came from, but Satan and Satan alone. And he did this through 2 means:
1. By deceiving us to disobey God.
2. By blindfolding us not to know who we are and what redemption has gotten for us.
All men have sinned and have come shot of the glory of the LORD, but Jesus had paid it all for our sins. Which simply means our sins are forgiving and no reason for us to be condemned, not even the least of all curses, sickness or disease supposes to be near us, for He’d paid for it all with His suffering and death that we might be free and free indeed. That was why it was written concerning us that by the strip of CHRIST JESUS we are healed, because, it pleases God to lay all our sin and sicknesses upon Him. Therefore Beloved, open heart and eyes and don’t be fooled by the wiles of the Satan. No sickness is allowed to stay with you so far you have your life in JESUS, cast out the sickness in the name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST and you will be free and have your divine health that JESUS bought for you back.
God is our healer.


Shalom


MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

THE GOD, OUR GOD

I am God, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a life of slavery. 

Exodus 20:2 TM

Beloved, many times we claim to be true believers and worshipers of God and believe we do not have any other god apart from Him, but in one way or the other we are still following the gods in the land of Egypt, the land of slavery. we yields to the work of that land, we still live the same life we lived when we were there, though we have been saved and redeemed out of the land, yet our heart never turn to Him that brought us out of that land. We always compromise our faith; we always want to live our life the same way the people of the world (slaves) are living. Forgetting that we are no more of the world but we are now saved and redeemed of LORD, we are free men, and our lives now belong to God who brought us out of the land of Egypt. And this have always be the major reason God keep calling to us saying, “Get out! Get out and leave your captivity, where everything you touch is unclean. Get out of there and purify yourselves,” (Isaiah 52:11 NLT) for we are now His children not slave any more. Therefore, we are to live like Him and to please him every day of our live, in righteousness and holiness and faith, nothing more nothing less, for we are His people and He’s our God. Sir, This God is our God, let’s serve him to the end of our life... we can’t regret serving Him.

Shalom


MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

Three important Keys

Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Romans 12: 12


Beloved, there was a quote in a film titled “FIREPROOF”. Quote said that “fireproof does not mean fire won’t breakout, but means you’ll be able to withstand fire when it comes”. Knowing God and coming to Jesus doesn’t mean you are not going to face challenges but it means you’ll be to stand on with JESUS till it’s pleases HIM to settle you. That’s why God’s taking us through short word that focus on the 3 things that make you true believer, or a true man of faith. That’s “HOPE, PATIENT, and PRAYER”.
Beloved, let us understand that out faith in JESUS is not complete until we are tried and tested. And we shouldn’t be there asking God why? Because that’s what make us living being and without challenges we are not alive, for life is filled with different packages of challenges, and until we learn how to use important keys that God handed over to us; we’ll not be able to win against every challenges of this world.
HOPE: without hope no faith, your hope is what gives your life value, and when hope is missing…faith is dead. When you hope positively, you can channel your heart towards God to grow your faith.
PATIENT: not every time you have instant delivery of what God said concerning and prayers, but it is sure God will do it. Abraham was told that he’ll become father of nations yet at age 90 there was no child, but he patiently waited on God, and his expectation was not cut off. When you pray, God hears you and will do His work in your favour.
PRAYER: that’s communication with God, your Father, my Father, and most trusted friend.  Prayerless believer is certainly hopeless believer, because we serve God that answer prayers. But when you shot your mouth and refuse to tell Him what you want, he too will never intervene in your issues, because God will never poke nose in a case you never call Him in to.
Therefore Beloved, the expectation of righteous can never be cut off but patiently wait on God in prayers, in a good time. God will make you laugh.

Shalom.

MSG BY: JEREMIAH O. CHIJIOKE
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

Keep communicating with God

Pray without Ceasing
I Thessalonians 5 vs. 17

Beloved, A man of God once said in His message that “you never start sinning the day you saw yourself sinned against God, but you started it the day you stop praying to God.” Art of prayer is more than asking from LORD, but it is an art of relationship between God and Man, the Bible called the prayer of Saints sweet smell to the LORD. Jesus revealed some things to us through His life on earth;
1. Continuous Prayer Life.
 2. He made Prayers like He is communicating to Person He can see.
3. Communication in His Prayers is like communication between Father and Son.
4. In His communication with the Father and He shared His emotions without holding anything back.
As it is made convenient for us to talk and talk without wearing out whenever we are with our friends so our prayer life ought to be. We are in relationship with God; CHRISTIANITY IS A RELATIONSHIP between us and our Maker, God’s not just our maker but also our Father (Psalms 82:6) and Friend. Thats why we need to learn to keep communicating about every little thing with Him, for example; our feelings and Love for Him, our life and wants, Likes, Desires and Dislike just like we do with our earthly intimate friends to know His perfect will for us and never forget to keep appreciating Him for the Surplus. We must also learn to tell him What is going on with us and what we want; to ask and receive freely without fear according to His will. 
All this are laid down to build up our relationship with God.  Let’s walk with it.

Shalom

MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria

The Final Harvest.

Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Joel  3:13

Beloved, remember the story of our Master, touching wheats and weeds, in Matthew 13:24-30. our God is the farmer, world is the field, and lives are the plants on it. And there are 2 kinds of plants on the field, wheats and weeds, and they both are grown on the field, and one day, weeds will be harvested, in like manner will the wheats be harvested, but then will the difference come up, weeds will be burn up in fire and wheats will be kept and prepared.
Therefore my beloved, if our lives is categorised into these 2 levels, in what level are you found? In What level am I found? Man's journey on this planet earth are followed up and are taped, and one day will be played and we'll be judged accordingly, but what kind of Judgement will it be for us individually. Remember, it's not about people's attestation, but It's about who God sees you to be, He is all knowing God, He knows your works both good and evil, open and secret and will pay you in like manner. He deals with your open and secret relationship. He deals with your faithfulness, righteousness, and holiness, even when it's not easy to do. Remember God is a righteous Judge, and will judge us individually in righteousness.
Finally beloved, the greatest way out of the coming damnation is this, love God unconditionally and Love your neighbour as yourself, let the love of God be shed abroad in your heart, live by love and for love, for God is love, when love rules, God rules, for "love is the fulfilling of the law" (Romans 13:10).
All round rest is your portion in all your today's dealings in Jesus name.

Shalom

MSG BY: Jeremiah O. Chijioke
Body of Christ Prayer Ministry, Lagos, Nigeria