Samuel Sunday

Let us be honest for a moment. Some people’s problems are not caused by witches, enemies, the government, or village people.

They are carefully prepared by their own hands, wrapped in bad decisions, and delivered by their own choices.

Yet, when the consequences arrive, they suddenly become very spiritual and very political.

No job, and it is, “The government has failed us.” But you were the same person who rejected a small-paying job because it was “beneath you.”

You chose quick money over steady growth. You preferred shortcuts to patience. Now things are hard, and everybody else is to blame.

Business collapsed, and it is, “Village people are after me.” But we all saw how you used your capital to buy the latest iPhone, wig, and clothes just to impress people who won’t pay your bills.

You invested in appearance instead of stability, and now you are shouting attack.

Relationship ended, and it is, “My enemies are at work.” However, you will not discuss how you ignored red flags, disrespected boundaries, and acted recklessly.

You will not mention your lack of patience, humility, and self-control. Somehow, somebody else is always responsible.

And then there is the classic excuse: “It’s the devil.”

At this point, even the devil is probably confused. He is likely looking at you and saying, “Oga, this one no concern me o.”

The truth is simple. If every problem in your life is somebody else’s fault, then you are your own biggest problem.

To be honest with you, growth does not begin when you shout louder in prayer. It begins when you are brave enough to look in the mirror and say, “I caused this. And by God’s grace, I can fix it.”

Will it be easy? No. Because nobody enjoys admitting mistakes. Nobody likes accepting responsibility. It is more comfortable to blame people, systems, and spirits. But comfort has never produced greatness.

Instead of always asking, “Why me?” ask yourself, “What must I change?” Instead of saying, “Who did this to me?” ask, “What did I allow? What did I choose? What did I ignore?”

My dear, leave the government, village people, and demons alone for now.

Face your habits.

Face your decisions.

Face your patterns.

Build discipline.

Make wiser choices.

Grow intentionally.

Life does not respect noise. It respects growth.

When you take responsibility, your story begins to change.

Be informed. Be inspired. Be transformed.

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YOU BETTER SLOW DOWN, OR YOU WILL MISS YOUR LIFE

I know everybody wants speed, nobody wants process.

We want fast results, quick fame, sudden breakthroughs, and overnight success. But life does not work that way. Growth has never been in a hurry.

Show me the farmer who plants today and harvests tomorrow, and I will show you a liar.

Anything that grows too fast rarely lasts long.

Most people are tired, not because life is hard, but because they are forcing seasons that are not yet ready.

They are running ahead of their preparation. They are chasing results their character cannot sustain.

And then they compare themselves with people who have spent years building quietly. They see the glory but ignore the grind. They admire the fruit but despise the root.

Listen: your race is not against anybody.

The only real competition is who you were yesterday.

If you are better today than you were last year, you are winning.

If you are wiser, calmer, stronger, and more disciplined, you are growing.

Even slow progress is progress.

Even crawling is movement.

God works with seasons, not shortcuts. There is a time to plant, a time to wait, and a time to harvest.

Don’t rush what is being shaped.

Don’t despise what is being prepared.

If you stay consistent, growth is inevitable.

I believe in you.

Be informed. Be inspired. Be transformed.

Samuel Sunday

Whatever turns up, grab it and do it. And heartily! This is your last and only chance at it, For there's neither work to do nor thoughts to think In the company of the dead, where you're most certainly headed. - Ecclesiastes 9:10 (MSG)

The mind is a fertile field. If you plant fear, you will reap torment. If you sow thoughts of Christ’s triumph- His death, burial, and glorious resurrection, you will reap peace, joy, and unshakable strength.

And thus, by the power of their thoughts, they become oppressed- not because demons are powerful, but because they have made their fears their reality.
-Samuel Sunday

WHY ARE YOU SO OBSESSED WITH DEMONS?

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. Many believers profess the power of Christ, yet their minds are constantly drawn to the defeated realm of demons.

Their hearts are filled with fear of witches, wizards, and unseen forces. Forces which Christ already triumphed over more than two thousand years ago.

They do not see Christ’s victory. They do not meditate on His finished work. Instead, they magnify the whispers of darkness, giving strength to shadows that have no real substance in the light of truth. And thus, by the power of their thoughts, they become oppressed- not because demons are powerful, but because they have made their fears their reality.

The mind is a fertile field. If you plant fear, you will reap torment. If you sow thoughts of Christ’s triumph- His death, burial, and glorious resurrection, you will reap peace, joy, and unshakable strength.

Christ said, It is finished. He sat down. The sacrifice was once and for all. Why, then, should the redeemed be more conscious of the defeated than of the Redeemer?

Awaken, O believer! Shift your gaze. Let your thoughts be filled with what He has done. Dwell on His love, His power, His victory. And soon, you will see, not the rise of demons, but the manifestation of dominion.

Be Informed, Be Inspired, and Be Transformed

Samuel Sunday

YOUR CONDUCT AS ONE CHRIST DIED FOR SHOULD BE DIFFERENT

If Christ truly died for you, and He did, then your life should reflect it. Your conduct should be different.

The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus wasn’t just a powerful event; it was a life-altering sacrifice meant to deliver you from the power of sin.

Take a look at what the Bible has to say,

“For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God” -Titus 2:11-12 NLT.

This means grace doesn't give you permission to sin, rather it empowers you to live above it.

A believer who continues in darkness is like a dog returning to its vomit.

“What the true proverb says has happened to them: ‘The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire’” - 2 Peter 2:22 ESV).

Come on, That’s not who you are!

You have received divine empowerment through Christ to live according to kingdom principles.

But to access and walk in that power, you must study the Word and stay in prayer. Through the Word, “we reflect the glory of the Lord, and the Lord, who is the Spirit, makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image” -2 Corinthians 3:18 NLT.

And in the place of prayer, just like Jesus in Gethsemane, “an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him” - Luke 22:43 ESV.

That’s where divine strength is exchanged for human weakness (because the system of this world is currently ruthless and harsh for any believer to survive mechanically).

Any believer who doesn't study and pray daily ought to be pitied!

You cannot live a godly life in this world without the power of the Holy Ghost. And that power is stirred in the place of prayer and rooted in the Word.

From today, let your conduct show that Christ died for you. Live like it.

Hallelujah!

Death couldn't hold him bound!

Happy Easter

Be Informed, Be Inspired, and Be Transformed

Samuel Sunday

Jesus died the death of sinners?

There’s nothing that could be so damaging to the ministry and saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ than to say and believe that Jesus died the death of sinners.

I read this post by someone commenting on my video online that Jesus is not God and Christians are being deceived, and that I should believe what he is saying because Jesus died as a sinner like every other person.

In fact, that He died for his own sins and so such a person is not worthy of worship, for just like him we shall die for our own sins too.

I wouldn’t take this fellow seriously until I read a post by a fellow pastor saying JESUS DIED AS A SINNER. I was totally shocked!

Now I see that the Body of Christ seems to be believing this and affirming what that unbeliever said.

Another said, if Jesus didn’t die the death of sinners why did he go for John’s baptism, knowing that it was a baptism of repentance?

My friend, do you believe the above statement too?

But here are some facts to look at;

Isa.53: 5 “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes, we are healed"

What the above scriptures meant to say is that the punishment we were meant to take, were laid on Him.

If your brother owes some debt and you come out to rescue your brother, does that make you your brother?

You only own up His faults so that He can be set free.

Jesus took our punishment and penalties upon Himself, i.e took our place so that we can be set free. Meaning every punishment of sins that we were supposed to bear, he took it upon Himself that we might be set free.

This is what is meant by

2 Cor.5: 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him”

The word said “HE KNEW NO SIN”. He wasn’t made a sinner; rather he took our punishment for sins.

Looking at it from the surface you might think, he became a sinner, no sir!. He took the place of a sinner, like it was with Barabbas.

The scripture says ;
1 Pet.3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, THE JUST FOR THE UNJUST, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit”

NLT. 1 Peter 3:18 Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. HE NEVER SINNED, BUT HE DIED FOR SINNERS. to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit”

Can you see it.?
If Jesus died as a sinner, then His blood cannot wash away your sins. For corruption cannot take away corruption.

If He died as a sinner, the scripture couldn’t refer to Him as the Lamb of God.

John.1: 29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world (1 Pet.1: 19 ) But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot”

In Math.26:57-64, the High Priest and others tried him but found no fault. This was to prove that He was the lamb without blemish for every Lamb must be examined by the High Priest before it was offered.

Jesus being the Lamb of God has to be examined, and He was found to be without spot or wrinkle.

In Math .27: 4, Judas Ischariot speaking said,

“ I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. ..” That’s the Alpha Blood, the original blood that Adam had before the fall.

The Blood that was in His vein was the blood of God Himself…
Acts 20: 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood”

God as spirit cannot relate with man and so He has to become man in Christ to be able to fulfill the law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. This is why the blood of animals cannot redeem man because they are not the equivalent of the blood of man. Only God then could achieve this as Jesus.

Why did Jesus go for water Baptism then since John Baptized for repentance of sin?

(1). Jesus has to go for water Baptism in order to repent of the Law because “ God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law…” Gal.4:4.

(2)Jesus has to go for Water Baptism so that John could spot Him out as the expected Messiah.

(3) Jesus has to be water Baptized by John because Jesus as the Lamb of God, must be washed by the High Priest before sacrifice, John being from a priestly family has to do that.

So people of God, Jesus was not a sinner neither did He die the death of a sinner but rather He died on behalf of sinners that they might be free since the laws of God requires justice.

And justice demands that all sinners be punished with even death, so He took all of these on our behalf that we might be free.

Therefore Him whom the son of man set free is free indeed. No judgment therefore is hanging on your head if you have so accepted Christ.

May we therefore avoid this belief that Jesus died as a sinner.

Dr. Ogaga O. David

The instruction not to forsake the assembling of yourselves together implicates everyone that’s hopping from program to program, without any tangible commitment and devotion to a local church family.

You are still a sheep without shepherd, won’t grow, and miss out on all the wonderful plan of God to bring ministry to you and through you.

Settle down and take root in your local church. Learn, serve, connect, and take roots that will make you to bud, blossom and bloom.

Rev. Austine Oviawe