CHILDREN OF GOD, PLEASE TAKE NOTE

Any pastor or servant of God who is afraid to talk about sin in his church, for fear of losing his members, is a wolf in sheep's clothing. 

If you are in such a church that they cannot tell you that sin is sin, and all they talk about all the time is blessing, blessing and blessing, but do not give any room for repentance, you better escape for your life, because there is danger ahead. 

May God who has called you help you to locate the church that is right for you, and give you ministers the necessary wisdom to care for his church in Jesus name. You are blessed. Jesus loves you and I do too.

Follow Pastor Erebari Dan Naagbi on
Twitter @ https://twitter.com/erebarinaagbi
Visit my blog @ https://erebari.blogspot.com
Visit our group: PASSION FOR GOD’S WILL @
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepassion4godswill
Travel needs visit: www.erebsgt.paycation.com

THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR JESUS, A Missed Opportunity

As we continue to look at the circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus, it's very disturbing to discover that somebody missed a life-time opportunity which would have been on record for ever.

Luke 2:6-7 says, And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

Sure, if only the hotel manager have known the type child Jesus is, then he would have drove some people from some of the rooms, and give at least one room to Jesus, and latter on, they would have written a big sign post, "JESUS WAS BORN HERE," and by today, people will be visiting that very room for the record, but this man did not have a room for the King of glory, and he missed out of record.

Similarly, many people has filled up their hearts with many unnecessary things, and have left no room for Jesus in their heart. So, the question is, Have you any room for Jesus??? If not, I pray that the celebration of this Christmas will enable you to create a room for Jesus in your heart, so that you'll not miss out of the book of life in Jesus name. You are blessed. Jesus loves you and I do too.

JESUS CAME SO THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ABUNDANT LIFE

John 10:10 says, The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. 

Sure, that big thief called the devil have stolen many things from you. He has stolen you health, that's why some of you are sick. He has stolen your relationship, that's why most people are still struggling to get married, and even some of those who were married had gone through divorced because the enemy has stolen their spouse. He has stolen your finance, that's why most people are still broke till now, and many other things.

But listen, Jesus said, I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY, Hallelujah !!! In case you don't understand, just look around you, and you'll see some Christmas lights, which will tell you, that is what we are celebrating now. Yes, Jesus is born, and because he is here, we will recover everything the enemy had stolen in Jesus name.

Now, if you know you'll recover yours, endorse a big Amen here to shame the devil. You are so much blessed. Jesus loves you and I do too.

Try Jesus

TIME TO RE-UNITE

Jesus came so that we who were separated from God because of sin could be re-united back to God. Thus, I decree, anything that has brought separation or divorce between any of you and your spouse, may it be destroyed by the precious blood of Jesus as you celebrate this Christmas, so that both of you could be re-united back together and become one again in Jesus name. If you believe type Amen here. You are blessed. Jesus loves you and I do too.

GOD SPEAKS IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE

It's very amazing to know how God speaks in different ways to different people mostly based the type of things they do or the way they behave. Considering the life of Jesus as a typical example, when Jesus was born, God used several ways to get the message across to different types of people all over the world.

God spoke to the astrologers whom we all know as the Magi or wise men from the east through the stars, because they know very much about stars. Matthew 2:1-2 says, Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Sure, these wise men saw a star that looked different from the regular star, and knew right away that a King was born.

At the same time, God send angels to the shepherds who were in the field, and spoke to them through these angels because the shepherds knew so much about angels. Luke 2:8-11 says, And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord 

Also, when Jesus started his ministry, he said to the fishermen whom he called, follow me, and I will make you fisher of men. Matthew 4:18-20 says, And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 

In the same way, God is still doing the same thing today. So, if you check your carrier, your hobbies, or anything you like to do most, you'll find out that God is speaking to you through the very thing you do everyday, and there are certain ways He wants you to reach out to people with your carrier, hobby and the gifts or talents that He has given to you.

May God give you the grace to hear and understand Him whenever He speaks to you, so that you could do what He wants you to do in Jesus name. You are blessed. Jesus loves you and I do too.

YOU ARE HIGHLY FAVOURED

Do you know that as soon as you become a child of God, you carry God's favour? Luke 1:26-28 says, And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

Certainly, there's nothing that would have given Mary this favour, except for the fact that she is to carry the Lord Jesus in her womb. Similarly, once you accept Jesus into your heart, and he begins to live inside of you, there is divine favour of God upon your life.

Therefore, if you've not accepted Jesus as your Lord and person saviour, that's your own problem, however, you can do it today. Thus, if you know very well you've accepted Jesus as your Lord and personal saviour, begin to rejoice, because as many that shall humbly type Amen to this, there is sure visitation to you, and just as the angel visited Mary, so also God's angel will visit you when you least expected in Jesus name. You are blessed. Jesus loves you and I do too.

Christianate: Ten Reasons Behind Unanswered/ Delay In Prayers.

 

Prayer is an inevitable channel by which we tender our requests and grievances to God. Prayer as an inevitable channel portrays a symbolic and vital representation of - 
-the necessity of prayer only through which we can communicate on a daily basis with God.

There are so many reasons why people choose to pray, but one important thing about prayer is that it is the process of asking or requesting. There are so many things that precede or surround this act of requesting or asking. There are certain rules and ethics which govern the act of asking and receiving. For example, a man just walked up to a certain fellow on the road that he never knew before and demands for a fortune, such request will be considered as ridiculous; in the first place, the man requesting doesn’t know the man he is requesting from and secondly making such request from someone you just met for the first time is more ridiculous. Considering another analogy, a father-son relationship, where the son just offended his father and went to his father to request for something without apologizing, it is quite obvious that such request will not be granted until that son goes to apologize for his wrongs then will he be attended to by his father.

The above instances also apply to our relationship with God, if we don’t know God in this case love Him, (1 John 4:8) then there is no way our request will ever be granted. Secondly, we can’t expect our request to be granted with a guilty mind and conscience until our guilty conscience is been resolved. Christ has given us an assurance in (Mathew 7:7); Ask and it shall be given unto you… Even though there is an assurance, there is also a prequalification for getting access to God’s generosity.

The above is just the few ways by which the answers to our request is been obstructed. Below is a list of ten on various ways by which our prayers are obstructed, delayed and unanswered.

1.      Sin: This is undoubtedly a major reason why our prayers are unanswered (Isaiah 59:2).

2.     Doubt: When we talk about doubt, we talk about been doubled minded. This is a state when someone is uncertain about the answer to his or her prayers and this poses a high hurdle to our prayers been answered. (James 1:6).

3.      Fear: Unlike doubt, the level of uncertainty here is very high. In this case you are not even sure if our prayer will be answered. To some extent you just believe that your prayer won’t be answered, and sometimes at the middle of your prayers, you decide to retreat.  This fear may be as a result of certain circumstances; such as fear of man, current traumatic experiences, ordeals, etc. (Isa 51:7; 12, psalm 111:10).

4.    Faithlessness:  According to Hebrews 11:1, now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Whenever we lack faith in whatever we do then the possibility of not getting a possible outcome is certain. According to (Mathew 17:20) and beyond, faith acts like a king who gives order that something be done in a given community and that thing required is been carried out. They king gives the order with confidence and believe that whatever he says will be done. So it is when we have faith, we make our request with confidence and believe that our request will be granted. It is also important to state that without faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6).

5.   Principalities:  (Ephesians 6:12) for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. A clear example is the case of Daniel, precisely in (Daniel chapter 10:12&13) where Daniel’s answer was held for twenty and one days by the Prince of Persia.

6.    Unpreparedness: This could range from unstable thoughts, feelings, emotions and grief as a result of some undesirable circumstances. It may also be as a result of an unsettled dispute with someone that troubles you continuously (Mathew 5:24), and this poses a huge threat to the effectiveness of ones prayer..

7.   Inordinate Request: There are certain requests that are abominable in the sight of God and some request are seen as not deserving or not of necessity in the sight of God. For example, a level 100 student requesting for a car rather than wisdom to enable him pass his exams, such request will considered as lousy and appalling likewise a fellow praying for the death of another fellow such request can never be considered by God.

8.      Lack of importunity: This point can find its bearing point from the book of Luke 11:5-9, the story Jesus narrated about a friend who was on a journey and came to his fellow friend by night to request for certain things, but his friend due to the weakness in bed together with the fact that he was with his family, was reluctant at first to yield to the request of his friend, but due to much asking and persistency in his request, the friend eventually rose up and gave him as much as he needed. Laxity in this case would be seen as a clear opposite of importunity. Some people just pray just because they are been asked to pray and without a clear purpose, some might have a purpose but are very shallow about it and this in turn makes God think we are not serious in our request and can easily blur the chances of us getting an answer.

9.   Nonchalant Attitude Towards Commitment To Tithe: There is no way we can rob God and still except Him to answer to answer our prayers as clearly stated in the book of Malachi 3:8-9. Except we do the needful by paying our tithes, then will Malachi 3:10 work for us.

10.  Inability to Follow Christ’s Model  of Prayer: Christ’s model of prayer also known as the “Lord’s prayer” is a perfect model for every effective prayer. The inability to trace the blue print of this model is one area where most Christians get it wrong and they seem to ask themselves this same question “where is it I am getting it wrong?” Inability to follow Christ’s model of prayer as recorded in Matthew 6:9-13, makes our prayer ineffective hence not giving us the required result. The prayer is a simple but complex prayer as most people still don’t understand the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. First the prayer teaches us to reverence our heavenly fathers name at the start of our prayers. This is a significant indication that Jesus Christ himself knew the importance of hallowing God’s name and has set the model clear to us. The mistake we often make here is whenever we start a prayer we often use “In Jesus name” which is not right. Since we pray through Jesus Christ, then that phrase should always come at the end of every prayer as “In Jesus name we pray”. There are other things to be learnt from Christ’s model of prayer such as; selflessness, forgiveness, guidance and so on. Apply this model and you will see God’s speed in answering prayers.     

EREBS GLOBAL TRAVEL

EREBS GLOBAL TRAVEL
Welcomes you to a new way of satisfying all your travel needs.
You can now book all your travel, hotels, vacation, cruise, etc here with ease.
Just follow this link to find out how you can get paid even while you travel and save on all your travel needs.
To see how you can turn all your vacation into paycation, click on this link now: www.erebsgt.paycation.com
Any question, feel free to contact Erebari Dan Naagbi.
You are blessed.

14 SIGNS OF A CULT

Phillip K. Aiken Wrote:

14 SIGNS OF A CULT
http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Cults/marksof.htm
.
To be classified as a cult, not all of the following characteristics have to be present, but in most cases, in one form or another, all of them will be:
.
1. EXTRABIBLICAL AUTHORITY: All cults deny what God says in His Word as true. Cults have shifted their theological point of authority away from God's full and final written Word, the Bible, to their own unique, self-promoting opinions about the Bible; they generally will use parts of the Bible but will have their own unique scripture which is considered to be superior to the Bible. While some cult groups give token respect for the Bible and go through the motions of accepting the authority of Scripture, in reality, they honor the group's or leader's novel interpretation of Scripture as normative.

2. WORKS SALVATION/LEGALISM: Cults teach that eternal life depends upon something other than the Atonement; i.e., faith in the atoning, finished work of Christ on the cross is deemed not to be sufficient (usually replaced with human works and human responsibility). Rather than relying on the grace of God alone for salvation, the salvation message of the cults always boils down to required obedience to, or abstention from, certain obligations and practices (some even including obedience to the Old Testament law).
.
3. NO ASSURANCE OF SALVATION: The issue of a cult member's salvation is never settled, but is constantly affected by the changing circumstances of life; in this way, cult leaders are able to produce continued obligation and spiritual bondage, rather than spiritual freedom.
.
4. GURU-TYPE LEADER/MODERN PROPHET: The cult leader is looked to as the infallible interpreter of Scripture, specially appointed by God to be a special saint, guru, or contemporary messiah, and thereby, has divine authority that must not be violated. Cultists almost always quote their leader rather than the Bible. The cult's adherents often expound the virtues of the founders and seek to cover the founder's sins and wickedness.
.
5. VACILLATING, AMBIGUOUS DOCTRINES/SPIRITUAL DECEPTION: In order to gain favor with the public, and thereby aid in the recruitment of new members, cult "doctrine" tends to be characterized by many false or deceptive claims concerning the cult's true spiritual beliefs (e.g., Mormons are not quick to reveal their belief that God was a man, who has now become the God of planet Earth).
.
6. EXCLUSIVITY FROM/DENUNCIATION OF OTHER GROUPS: Each cult group, regardless of what other doctrines are taught, will all have this one common idea -- "The Only True Church Syndrome." The members of each specific organization have been taught that their church, organization, or community, is the only true group and that all other groups are false. The group's leaders will explain that it is impossible to serve God without being a member of the specific group. Moreover, when the cult leader announces himself as the true "Messiah," all others are declared to be dishonest, deceitful, and deluded, and must be put down; alternative views are denounced as being satanic and corrupt. Persecution is welcomed, and even glorified in, as "evidence" that they are being persecuted for righteousness sake. Thus, if a member decides to leave the group, they have been told that they are not simply leaving an organization, but rather they are leaving God and His only true organization. Hence, for a member of a cult who has been in a group for any length of time, the action of leaving the group is much more difficult than what most Christians understand. To leave the group is, in the minds of the cult member, tantamount to leaving God.
.
7. CLAIMS OF SPECIAL DISCOVERIES/ADDITIONAL REVELATION: Acceptance of new, contemporary, continual revelations that either deny the Bible or are allowed to explain it. The fundamental characteristic of Christianity is that it is historical, not dependent upon private knowledge and secret, unconfirmable relationships, while the almost universal basis of cult religion is the claimed exclusive revelation that one person has supposedly received. Rather than conforming to Biblical rules of evidence (2 Cor. 13:1), cult leader revelations almost always emanate from hallucinations, visions, dreams, private discoveries, etc. These new revelations often become codified as official written "scripture" of the cults (e.g., The Book of Mormon), and are considered as valid as that of the apostles (and even more relevant because they are given in these end times).
.
8. DEFECTIVE CHRISTOLOGY: Cults always have a false view of the nature of the Person of Jesus Christ; a cult will usually deny the true deity of Christ, His true humanity, His true origin, or the true union of the two natures in one Person.
.
9. DEFECTIVE "NATURE OF MAN": Most cults do not see man as an immortal being; instead they see him either as an animal without a soul or as a being which is being perfected to the point of becoming a god. They usually do not see man as a spirit clothed in a body of flesh awaiting the redemption of body and soul.
.
10. OUT-OF-CONTEXT SCRIPTURE USE AS PROOF-TEXTS/SEGMENTED BIBLICAL ATTENTION: Cults tend to focus on one verse or passage of the Bible to the exclusion of others, and without regard for the context in which Scripture is given (e.g., 1 Cor. 15:29 used by Mormons to justify baptism for the dead). In addition, cults have made an art form out of using Christian terminology, all the while pouring out their own meanings into the words.
.
11. ERRONEOUS DOCTRINES CONCERNING LIFE AFTER DEATH AND RETRIBUTION: Covering the gamut from soul sleep to annihilationism to purgatory to universalism to the progression to godhood, cults invariably deny the existence of a final judgment of, and a final "resting" place for, the unrighteous.
.
12. ENTANGLING ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE: The less truth a movement represents, the more highly it seems to have to organize itself; the absence of truth seems to make necessary the application of the bonds of fear. Cults often demand total commitment by their converts to an organizational involvement that entangles them in a complicated set of human restrictions, giving the impression of passionate and often irrational devotion to a cause.
.
13. FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION: The cultic practitioner strongly implies that money contributed to the cause will earn the contributor numerous gifts, powers, and abilities, and in many cases, outright salvation.
.
14. PSEUDOMYSTICAL/SPIRITISTIC/OCCULTIC INFLUENCE: Occult influence is many times found in either the origin of the group and/or in its current practices.

HOW COULD WE GET THESE MESSAGES TO THEM?

It's very amazing how God is using us to bring out his word here in this group. Believe me, those whom God is using here are actually delivering the undiluted word of God. But how could these messages get to many people who also need them and are not yet here now?
This purpose could be achieved if we have people who can act as Philip in this group. And what was Philip doing as one of the disciples of Jesus? John 1:45-46 says, Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
Sure, people may seem to criticize you, but that shouldn't stop you from working for Jesus, and if you begin to invite and add people to this group today, before you know it, many people will have access to these wonderful messages, read them and be saved.
Remember, Jesus did not tell the world to go into all the church and hear the Gospel, but he said to church, go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. Thus, invite and add your family and friends here today, tell somebody to come and see what God is doing here in this group, and God will surely bless you abundantly in Jesus name.
Jesus loves you and I do too.
Follow Pastor Erebari Dan Naagbi on
Twitter @ https://twitter.com/erebarinaagbi
Visit my blog @ https://erebari.blogspot.com
Visit our group: PASSION FOR GOD’S WILL
@ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepassion4godswill

Travel needs: www.erebsgt.paycation.com

7 PRAYER TACTICS TO ENGAGE HEAVEN

Phillip K. Aiken Wrote:

7 PRAYER TACTICS TO ENGAGE HEAVEN
http://www.charismamag.com/sp…/prayer/15574-7-prayer-tactics
.
1) PRAY FAITHFULLY. When you pray, ensure that you don’t waver in your faith. Hold fast to your relationship with Christ. God can resurrect a dead life, a dead dream—anything that is dead—if you have faith: “God ... gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did” (Rom. 4:17). He can bring your marriage, business or faith back into alignment with His promises. But this takes more than a quick “Help me, God!” It takes dedicated, faithful, faith-filled prayer in which you fully present yourself to God.
.
2) PRAY DECISIVELY. You can’t be wishy-washy when you pray—one day you trust God, the next day you don’t. One day you pray this, the next day you want the opposite. You say one thing to God in faith, and then you go have coffee with your friends and talk about how it can never happen. As the Bible says: “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (Heb. 10:23). Make a deliberate and conscious decision to agree with the Word of God, and then set your heart to believe it and your mouth to speak it no matter what.
.
3) PRAY FORCEFULLY. Don’t be a wimp! Matthew 11:12 tells us that, “The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.” You aren’t begging, you aren’t crying and you aren’t persuading; you are coming to take what is legally yours according to the Word of God. You must come boldly as a child would to a father, as a prince or princess would to a king, as a wronged plaintiff would to a court of law. Hebrews 11:6 tells us, “Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
.
4) PRAY LOVINGLY. We aren’t called to take vengeance on anyone. If vengeance is to be taken, it will be God taking it, not us. We are not called to be judges over the perpetrators of any crimes, disasters or diseases. We are called to be deliverers, rescuers and healers. We’re called to put ourselves between the people and the harm, lifting up Jesus so that those who will look up from this world to Him might also be saved (see John 3:14-15). We must pray to see the people we are praying for or those who hurt us through the eyes of God. We must pray that God stops them in their tracks as He did Paul and turns them around. We can’t have faith if we aren’t walking in love, for the only thing that avails is “faith working through love” (Gal. 5:6).
.
5) PRAY TRUTHFULLY. There are times when we are in denial about the truth of a situation, or we could just be mistaken about the facts or in how we are interpreting things. We don’t necessarily need to be praying “the facts;” we need to be praying the truth. The facts might be that the doctor said you will die in six months, but the truth is “by His stripes we are healed” (Is. 53:5). God doesn’t need us to tell Him the facts; He knows them better than we do. But He does need us to agree with His promises so that we can receive the provision He desires to provide. After all, the Bible says, “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).
.
There are times when we are in denial about the truth of a situation, or we could just be mistaken about the facts or in how we are interpreting things. We don’t necessarily need to be praying “the facts;” we need to be praying the truth. The facts might be that the doctor said you will die in six months, but the truth is “by His stripes we are healed” (Is. 53:5). God doesn’t need us to tell Him the facts; He knows them better than we do. But He does need us to agree with His promises so that we can receive the provision He desires to provide. After all, the Bible says, “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).
.
6) PRAY EARNESTLY. Life throws us curveballs, and though we have different backgrounds and personal histories, we all have emotions, dreams and passions. When we’re emotionally involved in a struggle, we tend to pray less rather than pray more. If we are to have overcoming prayer lives, we need to turn those emotions and passions into prayer rather than let them become a hindrance to it. We are told: “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit” (James 5:17-18).

.
7) PRAY AUTHORITATIVELY. Praying in Jesus’ name is not just a closing we’re supposed to use before we say, “Amen.” Praying in the name of Jesus is coming to the throne of God just as an ambassador would come to the throne of a foreign king “in the name of” his own king. Using the name of Jesus is another “in Christ” privilege and signet of our authority as a representative of Jesus.
.
John 14:13-14 says: “And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”
.
Prayer is a journey that is unique for everyone. Just as each of us has a different calling or job to do for God, each of us will travel a slightly different road in understanding what prayer really is. God will speak to each of us in different ways, and the way God speaks to one person can be markedly different from the way He speaks to another.