Seasons of Marriage!

It is a matter of necessity for the various seasons of marriage to come, just as it is with the various seasons of life; it makes for a complete and rounded maturation of the marriage.

Be Careful What You Watch - Word For Today

                               

‘Make a parapet around your roof to make it safe.’ Deuteronomy 22:8

Hundreds of pornography sites are being introduced to the Internet. The idea is to have you accidentally exposed to them through clever marketing. This helps explain how children as young as eight become addicted to pornography and to the websites that feed it in the middle of the night when parents are sleeping. But these websites are also visited by teenagers and adults. So protection isn’t just called for on the part of parents, but by all those on the front line in the battle for moral purity.

Monday Open Heavens - Be Courageous

                                    

Memorise: Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them; for the Lord thy God he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Deuteronomy 31:6

Monday Rhapsody Of Realities - Loving Jesus

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha (1 Corinthians 16:22).

Sunday Rhapsody Of Realities - Keep Growing By The Word

For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe (Hebrews 5:13).

UK Clock goes back 1 hour tonight

                               

Winter time will officially arrive at 2am on Sunday, as the clocks make their annual leap back one hour to return to Greenwich Mean Time.

Saturday Rhapsody Of Realities - Using The Name Of Jesus: A Matter Of Authority

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth (Philippians 2:10).

Hillary Clinton email probe reopened by FBI director

                                

FBI director James Comey has told Congress the bureau is reopening its inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails.

Investigators have discovered new emails "in connection with an unrelated case... that appear to be pertinent to the investigation", he said.

London beats Paris and New York to be named 'the best city in the world'

                            

According to a new poll by consultancy firm PWC, London has been named the best city in the world to live in defeating Paris of France and New York of USA in the process.

Thursday Open Heavens - Cost Of Discipleship

Memorise : And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. Luke 14 : 27.

Thursday Rhapsody Of Realities - Don't Complain... Act On The Word

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God (Philippians 4:6).

Wednesday Open Heavens - What Are You Living For?

Memorise: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes 12 : 13.

Wednesday Rhapsody Of Realities - Don't Listen To Satan's Lies

...He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it (John 8:44).

Tuesday Rhapsody Of Realities - Focus On What Really Matters

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance (Luke 15:7).

Monday Rhapsody Of Realities - Get His Latest Information

...I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them (Exodus 6:3).

Saturday Open Heavens Devotional - I Know Your Works VII

Memorise: For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36

Saturday Rhapsody Of Realities - Your Words Rule Your Life

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth (Proverbs 6:2).

Friday Open Heavens - I Know Your Works VI

Memorise : Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15 : 58.

Friday Rhapsody Of Realities - Give Honour To Whom It Is Due

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth (Ephesians 6:1-3).

Thursday Open Heavens - I Know Your Works V

Memorise: Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. MATTHEW 26 : 41.

Thursday Rhapsody Of Realities - You Have An Understanding Heart

But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things (1 John 2:20).

Wednesday Rhapsody Of Realities - God Is Love

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love (1 John 4:7-8).

Tuesday Open Heavens - I Know Your Works III

Memorise : Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 1 Timothy 4 : 1

Tuesday Rhapsody Of Realities - Train Yourself To Love

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law (Romans 13:10).

Monday Rhapsody Of Realities - Be Conscious Of The Power That Works In You

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen (Ephesians 3:20-21).

Saturday Rhapsody Of Realities - Hear And Think Right

For as he (a man) thinketh in his heart, so is he... (Proverbs 23:7).

Friday Rhapsody Of Realities - Words Mean Everything

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned (Matthew 12:37).

10 Ways to Hear from God Regularly

                                   

God is constantly speaking to people. But too often, they miss out on hearing God’s messages because they seek His guidance only occasionally – usually when they’re going through a crisis or facing a major decision. Then, with a dire need to hear from God, people become confused and frustrated when they don’t clearly hear what they should do. They start to wonder how to hear from God and why they aren't.

Why Preach the Gospel (When Most People Don’t Want to Hear It)? - David Palmer

                                    

It’s a challenge, but one well worth the effort.

This article was written by David Palmer, who currently pastors congregations in Vancouver, and Vancouver Island. He is also a member of the UCG-Canada National Council, and serves on the Canadian Ministerial Services Team, as well as the Canadian Media Team. Read the article below...

Thursday Rhapsody Of Realities - Turn The Searchlight On Yourself

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you…? (2 Corinthians 13:5).

Thursday Open Heavens - Divine Partnership

Memorise : Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. Psalms 41 : 1.

Wednesday Open Heavens - The Believer’s Authority II

                                           

Memorise: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 10:19

Wednesday Rhapsody Of Realities - Maintaining Focus In Prayer

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful (1 Corinthians 14:14).

Monday Open Heavens - Faith Like A Child’s?

                                      

Memorise: And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3

Monday Rhapsody Of Realities - The Right Songs In Worship

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him (2 Kings 3:15).

Why many are leaving Pentecostal churches – Joshua Odeyemi

                             

Pastor Joshua Odeyemi oversees a Christian ministry called Reconciliation House based in Ondo State, Nigeria. The ministry has several Discipleship Centres and its aggressive in Planting churches where non-existed. The ministry is also involved deeply in reviving broken Marital relationships. In this interview with Gbenga Osinaike at a conference in Kwara State last year, Odeyemi who has been in ministry for close to three decades shares his experience and the journey so far. Below are excerpts:

Saturday Open Heavens - Divine Provision

                              

Memorise: But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

Saturday Rhapsody Of Realities - Faith Gets The Lord's Attention

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).

Friday Open Heavens - The Lord; My Healer

The title of today’s devotional requires deep thought. The Lord is asking us to personalise this truth today. The reason is not far-fetched; 

Friday Rhapsody Of Realities - There're Higher Purposes Of Prayer

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints (Ephesians 6:18).

Thursday Open Heavens - Thieves In The Sanctuary II

The worst of all thieves in the church are the ministers who take the tithes, offerings and the  first-fruits collected from members for their personal use. You hear them say, “He who serves at the Altar must eat from the Altar.” 

Thursday Rhapsody Of Realities - Praise Him

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them (Acts 16:25)

Wednesday Open Heavens - Thieves In The Sanctuary 1

Memorise: Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Ephesians 4 : 28.

Wednesday Rhapsody Of Realities - There's Much More...

And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers (Deuteronomy 6:23).

ECOWAS court orders FG to pay N15m to former NSA, Sambo Dasuki, for unlawfully arresting him

                                       

The court of the Economic Community of West African States‎ (ECOWAS) has ordered the federal government to pay N15m as compensation to Sambo Dasuki, former national security adviser (NSA), for his “unlawful arrest”.

Pakistani man admits to killing his 18yr old sister for marrying a Christian

                                       

Mubeen Rajhu, 24, from Lahore, Pakistan has admitted murdering his 18yr old sister, Tasleem in an 'honour killing' because she married a Christian man. In August, Rajhu who is from a poor neighborhood discovered his sister had married a Christian and went to confront her, he shot her in the head after she refused to back down.

Tuesday Rhapsody Of Realities - Old Things Are Passed Away

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).

Tuesday Open Heavens - Endure Till The End

                                     

Memorise: And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Mark 13:13

"This is against nature,"- Pope Francis warns against teaching kids about Transgender identity in schools

                                      

Leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has stated his disagreement with teaching kids in school about transgender issues. According to the Pope, teaching kids to change their sexual identity is a war against marriage, saying changing a kid's mentality on sexual identity in schools is 'ideological colonization'.

Monday Open Heavens - The Blessing of Solitude III

                                     

Memorise: Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward pasts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Psalm 51:6