James 4:7

James 4:7. The reason so many Christians could not resist the devil or put the devil to flight is because they have not submitted themselves to God. All the miracles done through great people in the bible would not have happened if they did not submit themselves to God. So also in this dispensation, there are people who have submitted themselves to God and that is why we see them or call them successful people or God's Generals. They command and make things happen. So let God work his will in you. Yell a loud no to the Devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he’ll be there in no time. Quit dabbling in sin. Purify your inner life. Quit playing the field. Hit bottom, and cry your eyes out. The fun and games are over. Get serious, really serious. Get down on your knees before the Master; it’s the only way you’ll get on your feet.

NASA Finds Message From God on Mars

NASA announced today that its Curiosity Rover has found an unambiguous message from God written on tablets in a Martian cave.

According to an official press release two giant stone slabs the size of small elephants were located deep inside a cavern abutting Aeolis Mons, a large mountain.

Upon one tablet is a copy of the Ten Commandments and the text of John 3:16 written in 12 languages - including English, Spanish, Chinese, Basque and Hebrew. On the other tablet is a simple message in English reading "I am real."

According to top scientists who have studied the discovery extensively, these findings may have definitively established Christianity as the one true religion.

"This is amazing," says Syms Covington, an Australian researcher working for NASA's Mars Exploration Program. "We went into the cave looking for water, and we found proof of God's existence instead.

"I mean how else did those tablets get there? I can tell you one thing: there's not a single atheist inside NASA's control room now. What we saw was jaw-dropping."

Genesis 1:1

NASA's Curiosity rover arrived on Mars in August of last year with a mission to explore the Martian climate and geology for signs for habitability.

Thus far the mission has been a success, with the discovery of an ancient seabed and chemicals needed for life suggesting that Mars was once suitable for life.

However the tablets, both of which are signed "Peace and Love - Yahweh," represent the rover's most significant find to date, and is perhaps the most important scientific event in history.

"When people find out about this, they will demand change in our society," explains a political scientist at Georgetown University. "Democracy will have to give way to theocracy. We're gonna have to build more churches and reintroduce prayer into schools. Abortion is defiantly going to be illegal within a few months."

Despite its potential significance, Covington fears that the Earth-shattering discovery may not make the impact it should.

"Unfortunately, the mainstream media is so anti-Christian, they might not even pick up this story," he explains. "But God is real. We have proof. And everyone deserves to hear the truth."

Hold On

Hold on, ride on, keep moving, don't quit, don't be weary, don't be tired, don't let the people or things around you wear you out. Hold on to your faith, for FAITH does see darkness.

Jesus And Gravity

I'm to the point where it don't add up
I can't say I've come this far with my guitar on pure dumb luck
That's not to say I know it all
Cause every time I get too high up on my horse I fall

Cause I've got
Something lifting me up
Something holding me down
Something to give me wings and keep my feet on the ground
I've got all I need
Jesus and gravity

But I'm as bad as anyone
Taking all these blessings in my life for granted one by one
When I start to thinking it's all me
Well something comes along and knocks me right back on my knees
And I've got...

Something lifting me up
Something holding me down
Something to give me wings and keep my feet on the ground
I've got all I need, Jesus and gravity

He's my friend
He's my light
He's my wings
He's my flight

I've got something lifting me up
Something holding me down
Something to give me wings and
Something to keep my feet on the ground
I've got all I'm gonna need
I got Jesus, I got Jesus, 

I got something lifting me up
Something holding me down
Something to give me wings and keep my feet on the ground
I've got all I'll ever need
Cause I got Jesus and gravity

I got something lifting me up
Something holding me down
Something to give me wings and keep my feet on the ground
I've got all I'll need
Cause I've got Jesus and gravity
Jesus, I've got Jesus, I've got Jesus
He's my everything
He lifts me up
He gives me wings
He gives me hope
And He gives me strength
And that's all I'll ever need

As long as He keeps lifting me up
He is my life
He is my God
He is my wings
He is my flight
Lift me
I've got Jesus, I've got Jesus
And that's all I need

To an Athlete Dying Young BY A. E. HOUSMAN

The time you won your town the race

We chaired you through the market-place;

Man and boy stood cheering by,

And home we brought you shoulder-high.

Today, the road all runners come,

Shoulder-high we bring you home,

And set you at your threshold down,

Townsman of a stiller town.

Smart lad, to slip betimes away

From fields where glory does not stay,

And early though the laurel grows

It withers quicker than the rose.

Eyes the shady night has shut

Cannot see the record cut,

And silence sounds no worse than cheers

After earth has stopped the ears.

Now you will not swell the rout

Of lads that wore their honours out,

Runners whom renown outran

And the name died before the man.

So set, before its echoes fade,

The fleet foot on the sill of shade,

And hold to the low lintel up

The still-defended challenge-cup.

And round that early-laurelled head

Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,

And find unwithered on its curls

The garland briefer than a girl’s.

THE WEAPONS OF THE DEVIL

1 Adultery
2 Fornication
3 Masturbation
4 Homosexual
5 Lesbianism
6 Pride
7 Lie
8 Jealous
9 Bitter in heart
10 Anger
11 Beauty
12 Lust
13 Deceitfulness of heart
14 Spiritual Sex
15 Spiritual Food
16 Discouragement
17 Self righteousness
18 Shame
19 Fear
20 Double minded "doubt"
21 Arrow of prayer less
22 Arrow of fasting less
23 Disobedient
24 Man sinful inventions
25 Promise and Fail
26 Worldly song
27 Coursing
28 Witch,wizard,witchcraft, sorcery
29 To Like Something too much than Christ
30 Too much of talking
31 Eaten too much
32 Strong Love without Agape Love
33 Worriness

THAT IS WHY JESUS CHRIST WAS MANIFESTED,THAT HE MIGHT DESTROY THE WORK OF THE DEVIL.

SHE DIED AND JESUS TOOK OVER HER DEAD BODY AND SPOKE TO THE CHURCH

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Your Home Your Life

“When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.
Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?
I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn't love her anymore. I just pitied her!
With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.
The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.
In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month’s time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.
This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that every day for the month’s duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.
I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.
My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mommy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don’t tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.
On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn't looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.
On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me. On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.
She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily.
Suddenly it hit me… she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.
Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it’s time to carry mom out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.
But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office…. jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind…I walked upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the divorce anymore.
She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I said, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart. Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away. At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I’ll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.
That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed -dead. My wife had been fighting CANCER for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from the whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push through with the divorce.— At least, in the eyes of our son—- I’m a loving husband….

The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves.

So find time to be your spouse’s friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. If you are not in a relationship now, remember this for the second (or third) time around. It's never too late.

If you don’t share this, nothing will happen to you.

If you do, you just might save a marriage. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Reactions And Response.

At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying
to get rid of the cockroach. Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group. Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama. The waiter rushed forward to their rescue. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant. Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few
thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior? If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed? He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos. It is not the cockroach, but the inability of the ladies to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach that disturbed the ladies. I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the
disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me. It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me. More than the problem, it's my
reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.
Lessons learnt from the story:
• I understood, I should not react in life.
• I should always respond.
• The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.
Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of, just and right to save a situation from going out of hands, to avoid cracks in relationship, to avoid taking decisions in anger, anxiety, stress or hurry. 

GO FOR CHECK UP.

Its is advisable to go for MEDICAL check up so as to know your HEALTH STATUS to know if you are medically fit. To know your Medical Status, go to a competent medical practitioner. So also it is of much importance for you to go for SPIRITUAL check up to know your FAITH STATUS so as to know if you are Spiritually Fit, Eligible, Capable, and Sound (2 Cor 13:5). To know your Spiritual eligibility, no one else can take the place of The Holy Spirit as the only specialist in this field. In such a time as this that the whole world is remembering the Victory of JESUS CHRIST through His Death and Resurrection, let the Holy Spirit check you up and if you are TESTED and DIAGNOSED of any illness or deformity, He'll FIX YOU UP again and you shall be perfectly made whole. Glorious Things.

Prophet T.O. Obadare, Man Who Offered Salvation to Nigeria’s Notorious Armed Robber, Dies in Akure at 83

RENOWNED evangelist and founder of the World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry, a religious body popularly known by the acronym WOSEM, Pastor Timothy O. Obadare, has transited into eternal glory on Thursday in Akure at the age of 83.

Pastor Obadare, an inspiring walking scriptural encyclopedia, who presided over WOSEM , an autonomous part of the Christ Apostolic Church, operated from his Oyemekun  Road, Akure base.

Obare was supposed to emerge in the hierarchy of succession as the president of the Church, but his disability as a blind man was used to shortchange him but other leaders of the church.

His monthly miracle and revival crusades, known as ‘Kosheunt’ became a hive for drawing faithful from all over West Africa to WOSEM headquarters in Akure.

The prophet’s gift of copiously coping from the bible made it difficult for a lot of people to believe that he was a completely blind man. Obadare was a blazing critic of political and personal corruption and ineptitude. Most of his radio and television preaching, which peaked in the mid-1970s, were always interpreted in several Nigerian languages and in the English language.

Although Mr. Obadare spoke good English, as he was a teacher before the loss of his sight, he often preached in his native Yoruba language.

His ministry turned Akure, the capital city of the south western state of Ondo into a major religious pilgrimage destination for most of his lifetime. The later preacher lived in California for most of the last four years of his life, where he had been receiving professional care for undisclosed health challenges.

One of his most visible works as a prophet was perhaps the miraculous conversion of notorious armed robber, Shina Rambo, from a life of crime to life as a Christian preacher.

In an exclusive interview once granted sharpedgenews.com by the once-deadly armed robber, Shina Rambo said Prophet Obadare is the most influential person in his life. The armed robber-turned-preacher said that Obadare not only concerted him to Christianity, but also took him under his wings and sponsored him to bible school.