Author: suretyoftheword

“For, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13.

God’s love is unconditional. Love is who God is and He showed us that by sending Jesus to die for us. And this is the meaning of what He has done: no matter what you have done and will do, its penalty has been paid. He was crucified so that you don’t have to feel ashamed and dirty about your sins or weakness. You know how people make comments like “shame on you,” well that’s not your portion in any category because Jesus has taken your shame on Him. All you have to do is believe and walk by that faith.

Whether you know it or not, Jesus has died for you. Someone already paid and has taken away the frustrations of this world on your behalf already. The only reason why it may not feel like it is because you haven’t fully grasp the understanding of it, the enemy is contending against the word of God in your life, or you just don’t know it.

Jesus is our Living Hope. He is our peace and our mind is sound in Him. We walk in victory in Him because we know for a fact that He’s holding us firm. We trust with our faith being our sight, and don’t quiver at the storms of this life because He is our Sustainer. I urge you today to call on Him. He’s able to help you navigate this chaotic world without a scratch.

SAY: Father, I thank You and honor You. Today, I commit my life into Your hands. I have decided to follow You from this day forward and ask that You may lead me. Thank You for dying for me and washing me with Your blood. I believe I am a child of God and the power of hell has no hold on me. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 ESV.

It doesn’t matter whether the earth turns upside down or not, the Word of God will remain the same. God is the most consistent person no matter what’s happening, and His words are as steadfast as He is. If His words don’t fail, His ways are sure, and He remains unshaken by our problems then we have nothing to worry about.

Often times, we don’t play our part. We have a covenant keeping God; we have rights and privileges as children of God. We have a voice and better rights than any constitution can give us. How do we know all these things unless we seek Him in prayer and in His word? Only a few people know their real rights in the constitution – I know I don’t know all my rights because I never bothered looking to see. I know some but not all of it. It’s the same with walking with God.

If we don’t seek, we won’t find; if we don’t knock, it won’t be opened, and if we don’t ask it won’t be given to us. So I employ each one of us to exercise our rights and authority. As for the rights, it has already been given to us at the resurrection of Jesus – we just have to use them. Be a covenant keeper, prove yourself worthy of partnership with God, and make use of what He has given you. It’s a shame for us to panic at disaster and that’s because we don’t know our Partner is capable. Let’s do our part because God is keeping His part.

God Bless You.

It’s obvious I have not been keeping up with this assignment. Recently, I was reminded that what I thought was just an idea something I thought I could be doing on the side was an assignment, even if it blesses just one person. I’ve been lazy, procrastinated, and disobedient to God’s nudges. It’s easy to say “God use me” but our response is somehow when He wants to use us.

It’s an honor for God to trust me with a vision. Yes, I have tangible excuses but He looked past all that and He believes I can handle it all.

So, for the millionth time after so many times of saying it and forgetting that I said it, “Yes God, I’ll do it.” I know it’s one thing to get excited about the vision but it’s another thing to not be a coward and give up.

I confess Your strength and grace over my life and I accept Your will for my life. That means focusing on You and moving forward with You on my side. In Jesus’ name. Amen!

How is your “Happy New Year” going?! It’s been a while since I came on here and I’m here to remind myself, or maybe you not to abandon the dreams. I woke up yesterday and out of nowhere, I asked myself, “what are you afraid of? Do you know God believes so much in you that He placed a lot in you? He entrusted you with treasures that He knows you can expand on. What exactly are you afraid of Theo?” I didn’t really give myself any good answer to the questions, but it spoke to me.

So, I’m here to remind you and me not to forget that God Himself believes in us. Don’t forget the goals you’ve made. Don’t forget how far you have come and how much of a journey it has been. Don’t forget the tears you’ve shed and don’t allow them be a waste. Don’t forget the people that know you can make it; they’re still rooting for you. Don’t forget some are praying to God, and you are the answer to their prayers and the more you delay, the more you delay their expectation.

Don’t forget to keep trying. Don’t forget the obstacles you faced knowing you will overcome them again and again. Don’t forget the wrong turns and mistakes and never make them again. Don’t forget how fear creeps up on you, how it lodges in your strength and zeal prohibiting you to move forward.

Don’t forget that the only person God uses to fulfill a purpose is you. You are strong; you are a powerhouse and most importantly, you are blessed. Do not forget that. We have a good assurance because we know the One that upholds us. We have hope, and with perseverance, we’ll all reach the destination.

I want to take this time and say thank You Lord!

Thank You for being God

Some say You’re good and kind

But I say You’re more than that: You are bigger, You are greater, You are mightier, You are all in all

Indeed, I can say there’s none like You and in You do I make my boast

The God that knows how to lift my head to the right length Oh You lifter of my head!

The God that my forefathers worshiped, that God, my God, indeed You’re still the same

When I thought all hope was lost, You showed up

When I thought I’d flip because there was no wall my back could lean on, when I thought I was going to fall and crack head You held me and became the wall

Who am I that You heard my cry and You said that You got my back?

You spoke and my storm became still, and You gave me peace in the innermost

Baba, thank You!

2018 has been great… it’s the year that’s ending not my life so please continue to lead the way. I’ll follow, I’ll won’t go ahead of You – I’ll be right there in Your shadow, under Your covering. I know You got me and I’m not afraid – once again Baba, thank You.

If you were to have a child would you want that child to be like you based on the way you treat your parents?

What kind of a daughter or son are you? Do you think you’ll be a happy parent if your child behaves like you? I think when they said “treat others the way we would want to be treated” that includes our parents too.

It’s funny that in times of disagreement with them we are easy to accept that they’re against us. Some of us, the things we say to our friends about them in anger are ridiculous! Would you be happy if someone talk about you like that? Especially if that person is your child? And we talk or complain about them to people who have no idea about having a child, they only know what it means to be someone’s child.

Our parents are human and like us they’re flawed. They have the responsibility of taking care of complicated you. Do you have any idea how stressful that is? So, when you think they’re in the wrong and they don’t understand you please pray for them. Apart from God they’re your second protection, so you too be their covering. Don’t use your tongue to tear them even that is a curse on you. You can’t curse that which protects you it will come back hunting you.

I don’t know what kind of a child you are, but I pray that you treat and talk about them the way your children right now or would one day do. If your relationship with them isn’t right, please make it right and if it’s your behavior please fix it before it’s too late.

Some of us blame the devil for our miseries and misfortunes but take the credit for the good moments – so do we really believe all things work together for our good? We don’t point fingers on good days, but we point fingers on our bad days.

I’m going to ask myself some honest questions…

Child, what have you gained from all the excuses you’ve made? How long have you used the same lines over and over?

Of what use have the things you’ve blamed, and excuses been to you? Have they been of any help? Have they apologized? Have they offer help?

How far have you gone since you’ve started pointing fingers? Even when you blamed yourself, what have you done about it?

Truth is your excuses have become a hiding place. They have become fur coats of comforts that prevents you from venturing. Excuses have held your voice in one place taught you what to say and limited your vocabulary. Excuses told you you’re not qualified and that you’re not strong enough. What else has it said? That what you’re striving for is not for someone like you… when excuse does not know what it means to dream. So, you blame this, blame that, make up the excuses, find the reasons why you shouldn’t do something and still wonder why things are the way they are. Whose fault is it then? At the end of the day, who does those same decisions affect?

Child, stop making excuses. Change your comfort zone and try something like discomfort. If what you’re striving for does not make you want to puke, then you’re not trying hard enough. Child, the blame game involves you alone as a matter of fact. The excuses don’t make you, you make them, and you make the blames as well. Change your words, change your actions, and change your comfort zones and let me know how that works.

It doesn’t have to make sense. Truth is nothing makes sense these days, we have lot of questions about the things going around us. At times, we make our own answers, we believe them, and they become our belief.

People may not understand you; your hustle might not be the typical one plus one equals two. People may not understand why you smile despite everything or why you still give though you don’t have enough. Whatever it is, it doesn’t have to make sense. For how long do you have to explain yourself? I think so far as you’re not doing anything outside God’s will it’s not necessary to be understood by everyone.

It does not matter how much you try some people still won’t get it. Do what you do, there’s a reason why calculus is still complicated and only a few can solve and understand it.

Don’t worry if they don’t understand. It’s because it’s not for them to understand. Keep smiling, keep working hard, keep doing what you do and always keep your eyes on the goal. It will be worth it at the end.

Failure does not shock me but why it has been allowed is what bothers me at times.

I can’t speak in times like this. I can’t believe it was hard for me to even sing during a long drive cuz normally that’s what I would do. Everyone receives a token of something in each day. The cycle of laughter and pain rotates and sorry when pain comes to your turn.

I guess the next step is learning how to handle the unexpected especially the ones we don’t want. If good things sometimes don’t alert us ahead of time, then I guess bad things also have the right to show up unexpected.

It took a lot out of me just to open my mouth to say “thank You” for the unpleasant situation. If we can easily rejoice and appreciate the good, then we should be quick to appreciate the bad while waiting for our turn to laugh.

I realized that nothing gets done if you give up. Crying can be good but don’t let it become a habit. Tell God what’s on your mind and see what you can do yourself. Always think ahead and give yourself some peace of mind.

A loss is never a loss till you agree it is – if I get a ticket, I see it as donating to the government. Got it?

Just know everything is part of God’s plan. The fact that you have life to see tomorrow means you still have the chance to fight. Not the chance to cry and be bitter but a chance to fight and claim what is yours.

Death is no respecter of man because God is no respecter of man. No one is immortal, and no one is irreplaceable. We live by grace; we are not alive because we can afford the best oxygen or because we’ve gone on a diet. Just to think of it, being on a diet can’t save your life, it only holds you down till your time is up – when a drunk driver runs into you, the good food you’re eating does not prevent him from killing you.

Every day is a chance to live right. Have you ever wondered why sometimes your plans change by an inevitable situation? As humans, we have the free will to plan, desire and hope for tomorrow but God is the only one that allows it to happen. People plan for their birthdays, but they never live to see it just few days up to their birthday.

Our body is nothing; this flesh is vanity upon vanity. You can do all the make-up you want, bleach the skin to the last layer, and eat all the organic food on the planet but when you die nobody will keep your dead body in their house because there’s a place for dead bodies.

God created us and in us he has put His breath. When we die our spirit goes to Him; and we account for all that we have done here on earth. So, if you haven’t given your life to Jesus Christ please do. Claiming to be a Christian is not enough but having a relationship, a true relationship with God. If you have already given your life but you’re messing around, please stop and get things right. And one more thing, don’t be a Christian out of fear – fear of going to hell or of the devil – be a Christian because you want to stand for God and walk in His ways.

I hope when death knocks, we’ll all be ready, and God will be glad to have us.