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THE PRUNING OF GOD

November 8, 2025 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

THE PRUNING OF GOD: THE INDICATOR OF THE SPIRIT OF CONTENTMENT – TO ABOUND AND TO BE ABASED IN THE GRACE!

“For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would JUDGE [EXAMINE] ourselves, we should not be JUDGED [EXAMINED]. 32 But when we are JUDGED [EXAMINE], we are CHASTENED of the Lord, that we should not be CONDEMNED with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another” 1 Corinthians 11:30-33/Emphasis mine.

During the SUMMER period, to those who were opportune to visit us, the front and back garden was blossoming with the beauty of the planted flowers of various species. My dear wife Nkem Faith was prepared to spend what it takes to ensure a lovely, beautiful, and most importantly, a welcoming garden. It was so well created, crafted and rebranded with such a good-looking environment, that for me, it’s something to look forward to by waking up a great while before the dawn day, to go to the garden and have a gracious outdoor welcome.

And I will go out to the back garden to sit, and the sitting area is lighted to read while relaxing. And going to the cool garden early in the morning with a cup of tea and reading materials while seated to enjoy at the abounding and blossoming garden before the sun rises was so refreshing and rejuvenating and very welcoming for me and for family and friends who made it to the garden. And the good feeling and welcoming sphere, is simply because the lighted swing sitter makes the garden effect cozy and inviting, as the garden swing’s special location and positioning marked it uniquely.

And most importantly, the cool fresh oxygen aeration in the morning that’s being produced and introduced by the surrounding hedges, the plants flowering and lovely scented places, makes the daily exercise to be at the garden so, so beautiful; and as a welcoming place for me to look forward to, during the summer period; it made me look towards the next morning and later, the cool evening for rest and relaxation, especially when there’s not much of obligatory things to do beyond the house environment.

Now the Summer is over and the blossoming and abounding sight is wearing away. So, I’ve noticed some new looks was happening at the same garden until I found out what was happening. A couple of days ago, as I was stepping out of the house to the Office building that’s detached from the house, I noticed that the front and back access doors to the gardens that I need to take to the office were both open. There, I beheld my dear wife at work in the garden, already PRUNING the plants and remaking the soil and sorting out other horticultural activities. Then, I recalled it’s AUTUMN. And Autumn indeed for plants to ABASED, humbled to the change of weather until another opportune time to come to ABOUND.

She must have spent quite a long day doing the PRUNING process, and supposedly overtime, until I took notice, as gardening is something she has come to embrace and cherished as a new dawn hobby.

And why PRUNING? Supposedly to give the plants the opportunity to rebrand and navigate the harsh weather they are going to experience in the cause of the AUTUMN and WINTER, until the SPRINGS and SUMMER returns for another abounding moment. For the time of Autumn, Winters, Springs and Summers are seasons in life that will ALWAYS come. And as it’s the gardens, plants time to being ABASED, meaning, humbling for adaptation to the weather changes and not necessarily for degradation, will certainly come; and afterwards, times to ABOUND will surely come too. That’s the worth of the process and processing of life from phase to phase, as from glory to glory at various times. This thus indicates that whatever happens outside the process is a FRAUD and a SCAM.

“While the earth remaineth, SEEDTIME and HARVEST, and COLD and HEAT, and SUMMER and WINTER, and day and night shall not cease” Genesis 8:22.

What then is PRUNING? and why PRUNING? and what are the benefits of PRUNING to our physical and spiritual wellbeing as it is to plants. It is these questions and more that are some of the matters I want to address in this segment and context of this writ and discuss. However, let’s see firstly through the eyes of the horticulturists for the plants and then our husbandman, Father God, as in John 15:1-16 scriptures.

The act of PRUNING is the selective removal of branches, buds, or roots from a plant to improve its health, structure, and appearance. Key goals include removing dead or diseased parts, controlling size, encouraging new growth or flowering, and enhancing air circulation. The best time and method for pruning depend on the specific plant, but generally, it’s done when the plant is dormant, and sharp, clean tools are essential for making proper cuts.

WHY PRUNE?

Health: To remove dead, diseased, or damaged branches to prevent the spread of infection and improve overall vigour.
Structure: To shape the plant to create a strong, dominant structure, which can help it withstand storms.
Flowering and fruiting: To encourage vigorous plants and controlling the shape can lead to more abundant blooms and fruit.
Safety: To remove branches that could fall, rub against structures, or create hazards.
Clearance: To trim branches to maintain clearance for pathways, buildings, or power lines.

HOW TO PRUNE:

Use the right tools: Use clean, sharp shears, loppers, or saws to make precise cuts.
Remove dead, diseased, or damaged parts first: Start by removing anything that is not healthy.
Remove crossing branches: Cut branches that are rubbing against each other to prevent injury.
Make proper cuts: Make cuts just above a node where a new leaf will grow. For thicker branches, use a “step cut” to prevent the bark from tearing: make an undercut, then a second cut from the top to remove the branch, and finally a third cut to remove the stub.
Prune For Shape: Remove “water sprouts” [fast-growing vertical shoots] and “suckers” [shoots that grow from the base of the plant].

WHEN TO PRUNE:

Winter: Many deciduous trees and shrubs are pruned during their dormant season (winter) when their structure is visible.
Spring: Shrubs that bloom on old wood (last year’s growth) should be prunedimmediatelyafter they flower, often in the late spring or early summer.
Summer: Regularlydeadheads spendflowers on annuals and herbs to encourage more blooms.
Other times: Specific pruning times vary widely by plant. It is essential to research the specific needs of your plant before pruning. Avoid pruning when conditions are damp or wet to reduce the risk of fungal infection.

Now, looking through the eyes of a horticulturist in terms of the WHY, HOW and WHEN to execute the pruning, I may not be able to tell how God will prune you as a person or your family or Church but one thing it’s assured, God will prune His own in cause of times with him; and one can resolve to make self-examination and self-assertiveness ahead of time in order to ensure their humility before the Lord God is exerted on them.

“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, except ye be reprobates? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. 7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth” 2 Corinthians 13:5-8.

There’s a God gracious reason for pruning us and He’s indeed out there as God, PRUNING us His children to ensure that we are able to be EFFECTUAL, that is, to be productive and result-oriented, in our workplaces of assignment in the grace. He wants us to blossom and be fruitful. He wants us to have an onward and upward trajectory in the grace. He prunes us from a no-fruit bearing to a fruit bearing, more fruit bearing, much fruit bearing and to the fullness of a much more abiding and abounding fruit bearing in cause of times.

These process from no-fruit bearing to the much more abiding and abounding fruit bearing, that God injects comes by Him PRUNING us in love, in His gracious garden of assignment. It’s humbling to be PRUNED but it’s ends makes a better us. Being humbled to be pruned, is to be ABASED, then to abide and ABOUND with much fruit bearing.

And it takes the spirit of CONTENTMENT, to know, understand and appreciate the process of the kingdom, in God’s dealing with us. This helps an individual to know that your challenging times, in most cases it’s God dealings with you to bring out your best but when you resist and still want to be God’s child and enjoy His FULNESS, He will keep taking you through the processes until you recognise His dealings with you. And it varies to every Believers in the grace to be abased and abound, to enable one appreciate the process of God’s dealing of His people as the book of John thus indicates:

“I am the TRUE vine, and my Father is the HUSBANDMAN. 2 Every branch in me that BEARETH NOT FRUIT he taketh away: and every branch that BEARETH FRUIT, he PURGETH [PRUNETH] it, that it may bring forth MORE fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth MUCH FRUIT: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father GLORIFIED, that ye bear MUCH FRUIT; so shall ye be my disciples . . . 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring FORTH FRUIT, and that your FRUIT SHOULD REMAIN: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you” John 15:1-8, 16.

In the same scenario as per the above scriptures and writ paragraph, God wants us to fulfil purpose. Knowingly and unknowingly, living to fulfil and accomplish God’s given assignments and purposes in our life is at a cost, so that one does not jeopardise the essence of His enabling grace upon one’s life, unto the ends of the earth. For everyone born of God in Christ Jesus that loves the Lord, are set to do life and live godly with the PURPOSE of God in their spirited hearts and minds. And because they love the Lord and His work, God will cause all things to work together for their good. This is so, that the built-in default about His people that eyes have not seen, ears have not heard and that which have not entered the hearts of any man, can then be made manifest, as God reveals them by the Holy Spirit that dwells in as written.

“And we know that ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to His PURPOSE” Romans 8:28.

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath PREPARED for them that LOVE him. 10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10.

“That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11 in whom also we have OBTAINED an inheritance, being PREDESTINATED according to the PURPOSE of Him who worketh all things after the COUNSEL of His own will: 12 that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ” Ephesians 1:10-12.

God knows that as His people that have being called, and have obtained inheritance, and have been predestined to succeed and more, that in our journey to fulfil His purpose in our lives with His endorsement, endowment and enduement, there may be challenges; and to keep us steadily steady and focused, He uses the process of HUMILITY as a guardrail to keep us together in all that pertains to doing life and living godly in Him in the grace.

This act of humbling us is not to degrade us but to make us MORE effectual, that is, to be more productive and result-oriented, in our Faith in the grace. That’s why to be ABASED in scriptural context as said of Apostle Paul in Philippians 4:11-13, wasn’t as sure about degradation of a person as some purport; but it’s the PRUNING process of our Father God to keep us away from the danger and consequences of pride and arrogance. And also, in order to ensure that we are following after His path for our greatness and exaltation in Him, in walking in the faith as assured only by humility in the grace; more so, to ensure and assure us to know and understand that our sufficiency is of Him in Christ Jesus stead. And being our God, He’s the source of our total supply, to all our needs, according to His riches in glory, in Christ Jesus, as it’s written:

“And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:19/Amplified.

Suffice to say, that, it’s because of an act of pride and arrogance that God drove the devil once called Angel Lucifer and cohorts called the angelic stars from His presence [Ezekiel 28:1-10; Isaiah 14:12-19; Revelation 12:3-5]. They fell from grace to grass because of pride and arrogance which God does not tolerate, for He resists such spirits, and will always not tolerate those whose tendency shows such characteristics of pride and arrogance. So God PRUNING, can only be easier to follow through, by the one that’s determined with the concept to be abased and to abound, to ensure the spirit of CONTENTMENT in the grace.

“But He giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God RESISTETH the PROUD, but giveth GRACE unto the HUMBLE” James 4:6.

“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God RESISTETH the PROUD, and giveth GRACE to the HUMBLE. 6 HUMBLE yourselves therefore UNDER the mighty hand of God, that he may EXALT you in due time: 7 casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” 1 Peter 5:5-7.

Therefore, let it be registered within you spirit-being, as a default in the grace, that when God prunes or is pruning us, it’s to make us better and not bitter. It’s to lead us to a place where we are made to become more fruitful in humility and not in and through pride. For pride goes before the fall. And the whole concept and process of pruning does keeps one humble – which is the benchmark of being ABASED, which may not be a plenteous moment of time. And certainly, as always, after we’ve been abased by the pruning process, God will then bring us to the place of grace to abound, therein He will strengthen us, establish us, comfort us and settle us in His grace as enjoined in 1 Peter 5:6-11.

To been abased keeps one humble in the grace as Apostle Paul, experienced. It’s such that, with all his privileges of abounding in inspiration, revelation and empowerment, he still found himself in prison, a place of humility. To be abased does not necessarily mean degradation but humility. Apostle Paul was only moved from a place of plenty and abundance of grace to a place of humility not humiliation; because while yet in Prison, he wrote the concept of the month theme about the spirit of CONTENTMENT, to be ABASED and to ABOUND in the grace. He wasn’t spiritually impoverished for being in prison, though in his physical disposition he’s in prison; and though he was in prison, the prison wasn’t in him, just as Joseph with a dream to be Prime Minister one day by God was in prison, yet the prison wasn’t in him.

And being in prison though wasn’t palatable in physical sense but humbling; and unfortunately, why being there, some so-called Gospel Ministers, took advantage of his imprisonment to say many unwarranted things about him. That’s what propelled, compelled, constrained, persuaded and made him to write to the Philippians Church on how to stay safe from the pervert and arrogant so-called Ministers, that are taking advantage of his imprisonment. How many Ministers there today, would have been humbled without creating a scene, to be taken on the pathway as Apostle Paul, to experience being imprisoned for the purpose of following God’s blueprint cause for their life in the grace? It’s worth to PAUSE and THINK about it.

“Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: [16] the one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: [17] but the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. [18] What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice . . . [27] Only let your CONVERSATION [CONDULT] be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; [28] and in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. [29] For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; [30] having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me” Philippians 1:15-18, 27-30.

So beloved, know of a truth, that when God chastises us, it’s to humble us and to save us as such, that we will not be condemned with the world in the same fits. For those that God loves, He humbles them and such path of pruning is by chastisement. But it’s done in love and not in wickedness or degradation. Hence you have to respect the process, to make you better without being bitter in any form and ramification. Hence, we have to cultivate the spirit of self checks every now and then against the spirit of pride and arrogance, especially while in our abounding time and much more, while we are to be ABASED in the grace.

“For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are JUDGED [EXAMINE], we are CHASTENED of the Lord, that we should not be CONDEMNED with the world” 1 Corinthians 11:31-32.

“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby” Hebrews 12:5-11.

It’s my earnest PRAYERS, that you let God work on you for your own good and goodness. Knowing also, that when and while you are being humbled, as God’s defacto default process to exalt us and to make us able to be ABASED and to ABOUND in the grace, that you don’t undermine the process by living in denial; if otherwise you do, you are going to keep resitting and repeating the process while you still remain in the grace, in order to fulfil the kingdom cause purpose for your life if you except to ensure God’s pruning; if otherwise, you choose to backslide from the grace like Judas Iscariot, and walk away from God’s love in Christ Jesus, and from the lighted place of glory to the night of darkness, as one who only prefers to abound and not ready to be humbled, by being abased.

“Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of THIS WORLD unto the Father, having LOVED his own which were in the world, HE LOVED THEM UNTO THE END . . . 30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: AND IT WAS NIGHT” John 13:1, 30.

May you be found to abound and be abased, as a mark of the spirit of contentment resulting from pruning. And Blessed regards God’s grace and blessedness in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are JUDGED [EXAMINE], we are CHASTENED of the Lord, that we should not be CONDEMNED with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another” 1 Corinthians 11:30-33/Emphasis mine.

“Know ye not that they which RUN IN A RACE RUN ALL, but one RECEIVETH the prize? So RUN, that ye may OBTAIN. 25 And every man that STRIVETH for the MASTERY is TEMPERATE in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as UNCERTAINLY; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 but I KEEP UNDER MY BODY, and bring it into SUBJECTION: lest that by any means, when I have PREACHED to others, I myself should be a CASTAWAY” 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command you, that ye love one another” John 15:1-17.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE SPIRIT OF CONTENTMENT

November 6, 2025 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

THE SPIRIT OF CONTENTMENT: IT’S ONLY BALANCED WHEN YOU KNOW HOW TO BE ABASED AND TO ABOUND!

“. . . 11 Not that I speak from [any personal] need, for I have LEARNED to be CONTENT [and self-sufficient through Christ, satisfied to the point where I am NOT DISTURBED or uneasy] REGARDLESS of my circumstances. 12 I know how to GET ALONG and LIVE HUMBLY [in difficult times], and I also know how to ENJOY ABUNDANCE and LIVE IN PROSPERITY. In any and every circumstance I have LEARNED the SECRET [of facing life], whether WELL-FED or going HUNGRY, whether having an ABUNDANCE or being IN NEED. 13 I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am READY FOR ANYTHING and EQUAL TO ANYTHING through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace.] . . .” Philippians 4:10-14/Amplified.

When a Believer learns and knows how to be balanced in doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus, especially in the understanding of how to be abased and to abound, it helps to strengthen, ensure and assure the believer’s steadfast walk in the grace. The assurance in the faith, results in the spirit of contentment, which enables the born of God believer in Christ Jesus, to do life and live godly in an effortless walk of faith and without sweat in the grace.

When Apostle Paul said that he had learned to be content – meaning to be self-sufficient through Christ – and to be satisfied to the point where he is not disturbed or uneasy, regardless of his circumstances, that’s the spirit of contentment. More so, that he knows how to get along and live humbly in difficult times, and also knows how to enjoy abundance and live in prosperity, that’s the spirit of contentment, and has equally learned when and while in any and every circumstance, the secret of facing life equally with an emboldening spirit, meaning to face life situations and circumstances with an eyebrow to eyebrow, whether he is well-fed or going hungry, and whether having in abundance or being in need – which thus indicates, that such a Believer in any scenario in Christ Jesus, understands the spirit of contentment in the grace. More so, on how to comport oneself, in such a way that the essence of God’s grace and the corresponding attributes are unchanged in charisma and character by any reason of life position and disposition.

“Not that I speak in respect of want for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things, I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need” Philippians 4:11-12.

It thus indicates in the context of the Scriptures of Philippians 4:11-12 above. When Apostle Paul said he had learned how to be “ABASED”, he was not necessarily saying it in the context and state of degradation or being poverty stricken. Neither was he saying that he had learned to “ABOUND” means to be extra possessive in the state of overflow, extreme wealth or abundance, and being highly successful in whatever context of attribution. He was however, saying in both Scriptural context of his person, in his walk with the Lord, in fulfilling purpose and staying focused in the call of grace; that he is able to be “ABASED”, meaning, he knows how to live humbled, modest, keep a low profile as often as it’s allowed, knowing it’s a great means/antidote to pride and arrogance and a strong character nature in dealing with the consequence of pride [being proudly] or disobedient to specific scriptural instructions of God; it thus sums up that knowing fully well, that it is in being humbled, self-disciplined, that one is able to proceed to being exalted [lifted up or uplifted] by God in his grace.

“But he GIVETH MORE GRACE. Wherefore he saith, God RESISTETH THE PROUD, but GIVETH GRACE UNTO THE HUMBLE” James 4:6

“Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be SUBJECT one to another, AND BE CLOTHED WITH HUMILITY: for GOD RESISTETH THE PROUD, and GIVETH GRACE TO THE HUMBLE. 6 HUMBLE yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may EXALT you in due time: 7 casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” 1 Peter 5:5-7.

“. . . 26 Therefore I DO NOT RUN WITHOUT A DEFINITE GOAL; I do not flail around like one beating the air [just shadow boxing]. 27But [like a boxer] I strictly DISCIPLINE my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be DISQUALIFIED [as unfit for service]” 1 Corinthian 9:24-27/Amplified.

The concept of the scriptural context above is summarised by the principle that those who exalt themselves will be abased, while those who humble themselves will be exalted. The writ of Philippians 4:9-13 by Apostle Paul is to describe his ability to be content in any situation, including TIMES OF NEED and HUNGER and TIMES OF ABUNDANCE AND BEING HIGHLY SUFFICIENT AND SUCCESSFUL.

The concept of learning to LIVE CONTENTEDLY as a Believer in Christ Jesus, both in times of NEED [being ABASED] and PLENTY [being ABOUND], is the whole and complete path of setting oneself to become in the grace in all levels of doing life in Christ Jesus. It’s such a gracious spirit of contentment, while humbled [being ABASED] to learn to live with less, which involves taming desires, avoiding excesses, and appreciating what you have through practicing the spirit of contentment and discipline in the grace. And in the same scenario, while exalted [being ABOUND] to learn to live with gratitude, practicing wise stewardship, and being disciplined with resources, rather than being wasteful or prideful in the grace.

SOME PRINCIPLES TO APPLY WHILE BEING ABASED [LIVE WITH LESS]:

Learn to DECLUTTER and live with less: Go through your belongings and get rid of what you don’t need. This can be clothes, gadgets, or other possessions.
Learn to PRACTICE discipline: Learn to tame your fleshly desires and wants and resist the urge to buy things you don’t need.
Learn to APPRECIATE what you have: A lack of excessive material things can serve as a reminder of your humanity and help you connect with the struggles of others.
Learn to SAVE and prepare for the future: Learning to live with less can lead to better financial discipline, allowing you to save for difficult and challenging times.

SOME PRINCIPLES TO APPLY WHILE BEING ABOUND [LIVE WITH MORE]:

Learn to PRACTICE GRATITUDE: Be thankful for what you have, which builds resilience and faith in the grace.
Learn to AVOID WASTEFULNESS: When you have abundance, be a good steward of what you’ve been given.
Learn to be GENEROUS AND KIND: Use your abundance to bless others. Be mindful of how your success might affect those around you who are struggling.
Learn to MAINTAIN A HUMBLE MINDSET: Do not let prosperity lead to pride, arrogance, or a loss of focus on what is spiritually important in the grace.
Learn TO FIND AND ENSURE CONTENTMENT in Christ: The core message of the month theme and scriptural verse context, is that true contentment is found in a relationship with Christ, not in material possessions or circumstances.
Learn to know that ABOUNDING ABUNDANTLY in spiritual blessings entails:

God’s Grace And Love: The holy writ uses “abound” to describe God’s grace, which is seen as surpassing human sinfulness as written in Romans 5:20 “Where sin increased, grace ABOUNDED all the more”. And Philippians 1:9 expresses a desire for love to “abound yet more and more” as written “And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgments”.

God’s Grace And Hope: God can fill believers with joy and peace so they may abound in hope in the grace as in the holy writ enjoined in Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises”.
God’s Grace and Wisdom and Kindness: God can fill believers with Wisdom and kindness in the grace as the holy writ of Ephesians 1:8 says of God having “abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence”.
God’s Grace, Faith and Good Works: Believers are encouraged to abound in their faith, knowledge, diligence, and love for one another. The scriptures of 2 Corinthians 8:7 encourages believers to “abound in this grace also” as written “Therefore, as ye ABOUND in everything, IN FAITH, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye ABOUND in this grace also.”
God’s Grace And The Work Of The Lord: Christians are called to be steadfast and “always abounding in the work of the Lord,” meaning they should be abundant in their efforts to serve God as written in 1 Corinthians 15:58 “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”.

Therefore, in summary, THE SPIRIT OF CONTENTMENT, is an essence in the Believers’ path in doing life and living godly in the grace in Christ Jesus stead and being able to learn to BALANCE HOW TO BE ABASED AND TO ABOUND is crucial in the grace. Hence, I employ you to learn after Apostle Paul, as he was able to equate being “abased” in experiencing hunger and need, for it teaches him how to learn to be contented regardless of his circumstances; and this is equally possible, when as a believer in Christ Jesus, you know that whatever you are going through in life, you are assured in the grace; and you are not being ignorant, that there’s the enemy and cohorts of our faith, whose intent is for you to fail the scriptural test, as He is there to kill or harm and destroy thereby robbing you of the scriptural blessedness; but you need to know that by passing the test, you are going to be exalted by our God of all grace, through humility, in order to abound in the grace, and be strengthened, established, made perfect [whole, mature, complete] and settled in the course and cause of the grace.

I want you to know also, that the same enemy and cohorts that’s at work about you, are working as a roaring lion throughout the world against God’s people like you, seeking for who to devour; and you are not necessarily the only one going through the measure and challenges in life circumstances in the grace as sometimes we are bound to think and imagine; but to know that there are other brethren, who are going through their own stuffs, which likely may be even more challenging than yours. Having this knowing, is the wise counsel of Apostle Peter in the scripture of 1 Peter 5:8-11, in order to abased and abound in the spirit of contentment as written:

“HUMBLE yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may EXALT you in due time: [7] casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. [8] Be SOBER, be VIGILANT; because your ADVERSARY THE DEVIL, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: [9] whom RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH, knowing that the SAME AFFLICTIONS are ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR BRETHREN that are in the world. [10] But the God of ALL GRACE, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have SUFFERED a while, make you PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE you. [11] To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen”

It’s my earnest prayers, that the spirit of contentment might become your essence in the grace through humility to be abased and when you abound also in the grace.

Blessed regards in God’s enabling grace and blessedness as you do life and live godly by the grace in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHT WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“I rejoiced greatly in the Lord, that now at last you have renewed your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned about me before, but you had no opportunity to show it. [11] Not that I speak from [any personal] need, for I have learned to be content [and self-sufficient through Christ, satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or uneasy] regardless of my circumstances. [12] I know how to get along and live humbly [in difficult times], and I also know how to enjoy abundance and live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret [of facing life], whether well-fed or going hungry, whether having an abundance or being in need. [13] I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose—I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace.] . . . [19] And my God will liberally supply (fill until full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” Philippians 4:10-13, 19/Amplified.

“If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; [4] he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, [5] perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. [6] But GODLINESS with CONTENTMENT is great gain. [8] And having FOOD and RAIMENT let us be therewith CONTENT” 1 Timothy 6:3-8.

“Let your CONVERSATION [CONDUCT, BEHAVIOUR] be without covetousness; and be CONTENT with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. [6] So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear What man shall do unto me” Hebrews 13:5-6.

“Although the fig tree shall NOT BLOSSOM, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: [18] Yet I will REJOICE in the LORD, I will JOY in the God of my salvation. [19] The LORD God is my STRENGTH, And he will make my FEET like HINDS’ FEET, And He will make me to walk upon mine HIGH PLACES. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments” Habakkuk 3:17-19.

“HUMBLE yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may EXALT you in due time: [7] casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. [8] Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: [9] whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. [10] But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have SUFFERED a while, make you PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE you. [11] To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” 1 Peter 5:6-11.

“So also, Christ glorified not Himself to be made an high priest; but He that said unto him, Thou art my Son, Today have I begotten thee. [6] As He saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchisedec. [7] Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that He feared; [8] though He were a Son, yet learned He OBEDIENCE by the things which He SUFFERED; [9] and being made PERFECT, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him; [10] called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec” Hebrews 5:5-10.

“Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. [6] who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: [7] but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a Servant, and was made in the likeness of men: [8] and being found in fashion as a man, He HUMBLED himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. [9] Wherefore God also hath HIGHLY EXALTED Him, and given Him a Name which is above every name: [10] that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11] and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” Philippians 2:4-11.

“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. [25] Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? [26] Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? [27] Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? [28] And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: [29] and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. [30] Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? [31] Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?” or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? [32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. [33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. [34] Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof”.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

DON’T TALK ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN BUT SPEAK TO THE MOUNTAIN INSTEAD

November 6, 2025 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

DON’T TALK ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN BUT SPEAK TO THE MOUNTAIN INSTEAD: YOUR MOUTH IS GOD’S MOUTH TO LEVEL THE MOUNTAIN IF YOU BELIEVE!

“WHO ART THOU, O great MOUNTAIN? before Zerubbabel thou shalt BECOME A PLAIN: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it” Zechariah 4:7.

HAVE YOU DWELL LONG ENOUGH ON THE MOUNT? And are you STRUGGLING or at STANDSTILL in your PATH of progress?

Know for sure that MOUNTAINS are long standing roadblocks on your path to progress. You need to SPEAK to it and not TALK about it.

You can by today and through this month overturn THAT MOUNTAIN to become a plain by SPEAKING FORTH to it right now as Jesus AUTHORISED in Mark 11:23 and the Angel spoke in respect for Zerubbabel AUTHORITATIVELY in Zachariah 4:7, and you can then experience the outpouring of God’s BLESSEDNESS in the GRACE in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

YOUR MOUTH DEFINES YOU – BELIEVE and SPEAK FORTH to your triumph, victory, overcoming and more than conquerors and such like, in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

“Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, THOU SHALT BE AS MY MOUTH: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them” Jeremiah 15:19.

THEREFORE, DON’T TALK ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN BUT SPEAK TO THE MOUNTAIN INSTEAD – FOR YOUR MOUTH IS GOD’S MOUTH TO LEVEL THE MOUNTAIN IF YOU BELIEVE.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“For I will give you a MOUTH and WISDOM, which all your ADVERSARIES shall not be ABLE to GAINSAY nor RESIST” Luke 21:15.

“WHO ART THOU, O great MOUNTAIN? before Zerubbabel thou shalt BECOME A PLAIN: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it” Zechariah 4:7.

“For verily I SAY unto you, That whosoever shall SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not DOUBT in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he SAITH shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he SAITH. 24 Therefore I SAY unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, BELIEVE that ye RECEIVE them, and ye shall HAVE them” Mark 11:23-24.

“But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy MOUTH, and in thy HEART: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 that if thou shalt CONFESS with thy MOUTH the Lord Jesus, and shalt BELIEVE in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the MOUTH CONFESSION is MADE unto SALVATION” Romans 10:8-10.

“A man’s belly shall be SATISFIED with the FRUIT of his MOUTH; and with the INCREASE of his LIPS shall he be FILLED. 21 DEATH and LIFE are in the POWER of the TONGUE: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof” Proverbs 18:20-21.

“The VOICE of him that crieth in the WILDERNESS, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 EVERY VALLEY shall be EXALTED, and EVERY MOUNTAIN and HILL shall be MADE LOW: and the CROOKED shall be MADE STRAIGHT, and the ROUGH PLACES PLAIN: 5 and the glory of the Lord shall be REVEALED, and all FLESH shall see it together: for the MOUTH of the Lord hath spoken it” Isaiah 40:3-5.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

EXCELLENCE IS PURE: ENVISION IT TO EXCEL!

November 5, 2025 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

EXCELLENCE IS PURE: ENVISION IT TO EXCEL!

“HOLDING the MYSTERY OF THE FAITH in a PURE CONSCIENCE” 1 Timothy 3:9.

“And herein do I EXERCISE myself, to have always a CONSCIENCE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARD God, AND TOWARD men” Acts 24:16.

Sometimes when I hear some so-called Gospel Ministers and Christian faith believers say this: “IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT THEY DO AS LONG AS GOD STILL LOVES THEM’, I begin to wonder what this life of grace has become to some, especially in the 21st century. Is it true that God STILL LOVES US IN FAITH NO MATTER WHAT WE DO? Who then will QUESTION the UNSAVED and what right do we have then to PREACH THE GOSPEL to the unsaved. Then the Scripture of Romans comes to mind, that we can’t continue in sin in the name of grace. And we can’t continue also in the fleshy [carnal] ways of doing life that’s contrary to the freedom we’ve received of God in Christ Jesus, as caution against in the Galatians scripture, otherwise we will be without guildrails to enable and ensure we stay secured in the grace from the enemy and cohorts intent on our redemption.

“What shall we say [to all this]? Should we CONTINUE IN SIN and PRACTICE SIN as a habit so that [God’s gift of] GRACE may increase and overflow? 2 CERTAINLY NOT! How can we, the very ones who died to sin, CONTINUE to live in it any longer? 3 Or are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?” Romans 6:1-3/Amplified.

“It was for this FREEDOM that Christ SET US FREE [completely liberating us]; therefore keep standing firm and do NOT BE SUBJECT again to a YOKE OF SLAVERY [which you once removed] . . . 13 For you, my brothers, were CALLED TO FREEDOM; only do not let your freedom become an OPPORTUNITY for the SINFUL nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another” Galatians 5:1, 13/Amplified.

Know full well that God LOVES us, but that does not mean He does COMMEND a life being lived outside His WORD. As I have always said time and again that our God will ONLY COMMEND what He had COMMAND and ORDERED. All things [good or bad] will work together for the good of those who not only love God BUT walk and do life according to the course of His Word in Purpose just as Jesus Christ did in humanity. [Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:11-12; John 18:37; 1 John 3:8].

Many times, God’s purposes of excellence to us, is so clear before us, but we need to walk and work in the course of that envisioned covenant of His grace; and if one begin to do any act of life outside His Word, we will surely loose out in our place of grace to excel. Apostle Paul says this in Galatians 2:21 “I do not FRUSTRATE the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain”. Meaning I do not do things that will make the GRACE of God INOPERATIVE and INEFFECTIVE in my life. Amen.

An example of FRUSTRATING GRACE to rob one of EXCELLENCE in Christ Jesus stead is as this:

What happened to Reuben the first born of Jacob. Though born for an envisioned excellency to attain, he lost his place of blessedness to excel to his younger brother Joseph, for sleeping with one of His father’s wives in the SCRIPTURAL context as found in Genesis 49:1-4. You can’t eat your cake and have it. Grace for EXCELLENCE is not cheap or not to be taken for granted and done with despite as Hebrews 10:29 warns and enjoins:

“Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done DESPITE unto the Spirit of grace?”

When you look through the heroes of Faith in Patriarchal order of HEBREWS CHAPTER ELEVEN, you will noticed after Patriarch Jacob, the next name that comes is Patriarch Joseph instead of Patriarch Reuben, though he was his father’s excellency of dignity and first born worthy of double honour as the Scripture does recommend – Genesis 49:3; Deuteronomy 21:15-17; Genesis 25:31-33. That’s why you must be on guard on your ENVISIONED EXCELLENCE to avoid derailing in the grace of actualising your place in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus stead, of our REDEMPTION in Him. Acts 20:32; Hebrews 6:10-12; Ephesians 1:7 (Colossians 1:13-14; 1 Corinthians 1:30).

EXCELLENCE IS PURE! So, if you crave to have God’s good and best, watch your PATH OF LIFE to the ENVISIONED EXCELLENCE. [1 Timothy 3:9; Philippians 4:8]. Therefore, answer yourself this question – Is it Scriptural true, that, it doesn’t matter what people do simply because God loves them? – [Romans 6:1-4; Galatians 5:1, 13].

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Moreover THE WORD of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, WHAT SEEST (ENVISION) THOU? And I said, I SEE (ENVISION) a rod of an almond tree. 12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well SEEN (ENVISION): for I will hasten MY WORD to PERFORM it” Jeremiah 1:11-12 (Emphasis Mine).

“And Jacob CALLED unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art MY FIRSTBORN, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: 4 unstable as water, thou shalt not EXCEL; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then DEFILEDST thou it: he went up to my couch” (Genesis 49:1-4).

“. . . By FAITH Isaac BLESSED Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. 21 By FAITH Jacob, when he was a dying, BLESSED both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. 22 By FAITH Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. . .” (Hebrews 11:20-22).

“HOLDING the MYSTERY OF THE FAITH in a PURE CONSCIENCE” 1 Timothy 3:9.

“And herein do I EXERCISE myself, to have always a CONSCIENCE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARD God, AND TOWARD men” Acts 24:16.

“Unto the PURE all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled” Titus 1:15.

“I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with PURE CONSCIENCE, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day” 2 Timothy 1:3.

“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a PURE heart, and of a GOOD CONSCIENCE, and of faith unfeigned: 6 from which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm” 1 Timothy 1:5-7.

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are TRUE, whatsoever things are HONEST, whatsoever things are JUST, whatsoever things are PURE, whatsoever things are LOVELY, whatsoever things are of GOOD REPORT; if there be any VIRTUE, and if there be any PRAISE, THINK on these things” Philippians 4:8.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

AN HOUR IN GOD’S PRESENCE: ENDEAVOUR TO PRACTICE IT DAILY

November 5, 2025 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

AN HOUR IN GOD’S PRESENCE: ENDEAVOUR TO PRACTICE IT DAILY – YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT!

“And in the morning, RISING UP A GREAT WHILE before day, he went out, and departed into a SOLITARY PLACE, and there PRAYED” Mark 1:35.

CAN’T YOU WATCH WITH ME FOR AN HOUR? That is, can’t you spend at least an HOUR in Father God’s PRESENCE with Me? That was the question that Jesus did ask the early followers called Disciples who later became Apostles. And can you today say yes to same question as it’s written:

“. . . 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. STAY HERE AND WATCH WITH ME.” 39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and PRAYED, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” 40 Then He came to the disciples and found them SLEEPING, and said to Peter, “WHAT! COULD YOU NOT WATCH WITH ME ONE HOUR? 41. Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” . . .” Matthew 26:36-56.

The above subject questioning of Christ Jesus reminds me of my early and still current Christian FAITH set motto that has served as my PRAYER guardrails, daily reminder, and guidance through the years – it’s been a default of disciplinary measures in helping and keeping me to be alert and awake in enjoying God’s PRESENCE daily – and the statement motto reads:

“SEVEN PRAYERLESS DAYS MAKES ONE WEAK”

My dear fellow Believer’s in the grace, it’s important you know for sure the implications of the statement – SEVEN PRAYERLESS DAYS THAT MAKES ONE WEAK – and the one act to note about the statement, which is this:

Our FELLOWSHIP with Father God through the act of PRAYERS is to ENHANCE our RELATIONSHIP with Him; and will be WEAKENED in the faith if we don’t become intentional, pragmatic and having a resolved consciousness about it in our day to day living. That’s why, any acclaimed Believers in Christ, who can’t spend at least – an hour in Father God’s presence a whole day, is prone to fall into diverse temptations knowingly or unknowingly.

When one of Jesus Disciples [Apostle Peter to be precised], couldn’t WATCH and PRAY for an hour with the Lord, he was prone to fall into trouble, because the FLESH, FLESHY-RULE [BODILY-RULE] kick-in and he made a wrong judgement of the spiritual attitude to a challenging incidence. He did the unexpected thing – by cutting off one called Malchus ears with the sword with a slight provocation [Matthew 26:51-53; John 18:10]. If he did watch for an hour with Jesus Christ in Father God presence, he would have known His mind about matters concerning Christ and their faith in the kingdom. And many are guilty of such things in various ways today.

“Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus” John 18:10.

The further consequential results of not watching for an hour, exemplified the following sequence in Peter and the other disciples:

Peter cut Malchus ears

Peter later denied Jesus

The other disciples hid themselves from being noticed and challenged and probably court marshalled.

And there are many so-called Believers who will do same today, when questioned if they knew Jesus Christ. Adam and Eve hid themselves too from God – remember that? and many similar challenging matters have been avoided by many, instead of standing up and contending for their FAITH in Christ Jesus. [Romans 5:1-2; 1 Peter 5:8-9; Jude 1:3-4; Galatians 1:6-9].

Will you WATCH FOR AN HOUR at least in a day in Father God’s presence, as a schedule in your PATH OF LIFE? For therein is the FULLNESS of joy and PLEASURE forevermore. For an HOUR In God’s PRESENCE, makes life an essence that’s WORTH living, in advancing in the Kingdom cause and in keeping the enemy and cohorts at bay.

It’s a CHOICE to make your PATH OF LIFE in God’s PRESENCE, in order to bring forth your FULLNESS OF JOY and PLEASURE FOR EVERMORE in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK: An hour in God’s PRESENCE – make it an ESSENCE for your well-being in life and godliness. For It’s your path of life for your fullness of joy and pleasure for ever more. [Psalms 16:11].

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Thou wilt shew me the PATH OF LIFE: in thy PRESENCE is FULNESS of JOY; at thy RIGHT HAND there are PLEASURES for EVERMORE” Psalms 16:11.

“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2.

“Be SOBER, be VIGILANT; because your ADVERSARY the devil, as a roaring lion, WALKETH about, SEEKING whom he may DEVOUR: 9 whom RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world” 1 Peter 5:8-9.

“Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should EARNESTLY CONTEND FOR THE FAITH which was once delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ” Jude 1:3-4.

“Then Jesus came with THEM to a place CALLED Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and PRAY over there.” 37 And He TOOK with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. 38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. STAY HERE AND WATCH WITH ME.” 39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and PRAYED, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” 40 Then He came to the disciples and found them SLEEPING, and said to Peter, “WHAT! COULD YOU NOT WATCH WITH ME ONE HOUR? 41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 42 Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” 43 And He came and found them ASLEEP again, for their eyes were heavy. 44 So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “ARE YOU STILL SLEEPING AND RESTING? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand” . . . 51 And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 52 But Jesus said to him, “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. 53 Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? 54 How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?” 55 In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, “Have you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to take Me? I sat daily with you, teaching in the temple, and you did not seize Me. 56 But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples FORSOOK Him and fled” Matthew 26:36-56/NKJV.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

God Is FAITHFUL: He CALLED Us Into His FELLOWSHIP

November 4, 2025 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

God Is FAITHFUL: He CALLED Us Into His FELLOWSHIP – To Enhance Our RELATIONSHIP In Him!

“GOD IS FAITHFUL, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9.

“Let us HOLD FAST the profession of our faith without wavering; for HE IS FAITHFUL that promised” Hebrews 10:23.

We were created for FELLOWSHIP. We lost it in Adam; but thanks to God that in Christ Jesus by our REDEMPTION in Him, we’ve been CALLED, having been FOREKNOWN, PREDESTINATED, JUSTIFIED and GLORIFIED to share in this FELLOWSHIP; and not just for now only but for all eternity as we stand in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. [Genesis 3:8-11 (1-24); 1 Corinthians 1:9; Romans 8:28-30; 1 John 1:1-10].

FELLOWSHIP enhances RELATIONSHIP. Show me an outstanding and stable RELATIONSHIP, I will show you the FELLOWSHIP that has been built over time, behind the scenes, to make it LIKEABLE, LOVEABLE and LIVEABLE.

COMMUNION – the Common Union is about being together in common grace of life – [1 Peter 3:7-12 (1-12)]; and that is what makes the relationships of grace, a UNIFIED bond of common knowledge and understanding on same path of life, in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS.

You can develop a sense of fellowship (communion) today to enhance your relationship with God, spouse, family and to all mankind in all good and pure consciousness. It’s on such atmosphere you can experience and know with full joy, that – GOD IS FAITHFUL and in all His way. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

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SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“GOD IS FAITHFUL, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9.

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the CALLED according to his PURPOSE. 29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he CALLED, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he JUSTIFIED, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30.

“Let us HOLD FAST the profession of our faith without wavering; for HE IS FAITHFUL that promised” Hebrews 10:23.

“And herein do I EXERCISE myself, to have always a CONSCIENCE void of offence TOWARD God, and TOWARD men” Acts 24:16.

“Holding the MYSTERY OF THE FAITH in a PURE CONSCIENCE” 1 Timothy 3:9.

“. . . 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have FELLOWSHIP with us: and truly our FELLOWSHIP is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto you, THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE FULL. 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have FELLOWSHIP with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have FELLOWSHIP one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin . . .” 1 John 1:1-10.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

Nothing LESS Than God’s PRESENCE: That’s All You NEED Today

November 4, 2025 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

Nothing LESS Than God’s PRESENCE: That’s All You NEED Today – To Make Your Difference!

“As the deer PANTS for the water brooks, So PANTS my soul for You, O God. 2 My soul THIRSTS for God, for the LIVING God. When shall I come and APPEAR before God? . . .” Psalms 42/NKJV.

For the FULNESS of unspeakable, thriving and rejuvenating Joy and God’s pleasures – NOTHING LESS than His PRESENCE, is all that’s needed today to make life a living worth – meaningful and purposeful. That’s how to enjoy being blessed and seated in the heavenly places at the right hand of Father God, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

“Thou wilt shew me the PATH OF LIFE:

in thy PRESENCE is FULNESS OF JOY;

at thy RIGHT HAND there are PLEASURES for evermore” Psalms 16:11.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ . . . 20 which he wrought in Christ, when He RAISED him from the dead, and set him at his own RIGHT HAND in the HEAVENLY PLACES” Ephesians 1:3, 20.

“And hath RAISED US UP TOGETHER, and MADE US SIT TOGETHER in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ Jesus” Ephesians 2:6.

It’s time to STOP RUNNING after men to secure God’s PRESENCE; and you must know that no matter the class, status, title and decorum of any man, none should stand between you and God. No more should you let any man of any worth or status, become your in-between, for there’s no other NAME under heaven GIVEN among men – except Jesus Christ – by which, our SALVATION from God is to come to realisation and actualisation. He’s our ONLY mediator, advocate and justifier with God.

“Neither is there SALVATION in any other: for there is NONE OTHER NAME under heaven given among men, whereby we MUST be SAVED” Acts 4:12.

“For there is one God, and one MEDIATOR between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” 1 Timothy 2:5.

“Therefore being JUSTIFIED by faith, we have PEACE with God THROUGH our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 BY WHOM also we have ACCESS by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God” Romans 5:1-2.

Moses knew best, hence, he refused anything less than God’s PRESENCE. That’s all that was needed and is needed in today’s changing and challenging world and times. [Exodus 33].

Remarkably, our Lord Jesus Christ in humanity, though He was ANOINTED to carry on the Kingdom cause for which He came, NEEDED also, the abounding love PRESENCE of our Father God to keep Him keeping on. A great while before the day is dawn, He’s taken a posture where He would be to fellowship, knowing that fellowship enhanced His relationship with Father God. How much more could we need God now than ever.

“And in the MORNING, RISING UP A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY, he went out, and departed into a SOLITARY PLACE, and there PRAYED [FELLOWSHIP]” Mark 1:35/Emphasis mine.

“How God ANOINTED Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; FOR GOD WAS WITH HIM” Acts 10:38.

Much more, God had promised to be with us always as long as we are in the path of life that is of His WILL, in His WORD and in His Kingdom causes. He is to be with us until the end of the age. And while He’s with us, He will deliver us from the present wickedness and evil that’s in the world that’s being orchestrated by the enemy and cohorts of your faith in the grace.

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: AND, LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAY, even unto the end of the world. Amen” Matthew 28:19-20.

“Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, [4] who gave himself for our sins, that He might DELIVER us from this PRESENT EVIL WORLD, according to the WILL of God and our Father: [5] to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen” Galatians 1:3-5.

Crave for God’s presence today I plead with you, in order to enjoy His abounding grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

Blessed regards in the grace.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Thou wilt shew me the PATH OF LIFE:

in thy PRESENCE is FULNESS OF JOY;

at thy RIGHT HAND there are PLEASURES for evermore” Psalms 16:11.

“. . . Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’ 13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, SHOW ME NOW YOUR WAY, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” 14 And He said, “MY PRESENCE WILL GO WITH YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.” 15 Then he said to Him, “IF YOUR PRESENCE DOES NOT GO WITH US, DO NOT BRING US UP FROM HERE. 16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.” 17 So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by your name . . .” Exodus 33:12-17NKJV.

“And he goeth up into a mountain, and CALLETH unto him WHOM he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ORDAINED twelve, THAT THEY SHOULD BE WITH HIM, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils” Mark 3:13-15.

“God is FAITHFUL, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9.

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, TO THEM WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified” Romans 8:28-30.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

ENVISION The WAGON

November 3, 2025 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

ENVISION The WAGON: IT’S WHEN YOU ENVISION THE WAGON – YOU WILL BE REVIVED AS JACOB!

“And they went up out of Egypt and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 and told him, saying, JOSEPH IS YET ALIVE, and HE IS GOVERNOR over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s HEART FAINTED, FOR HE BELIEVED THEM NOT. 27 And they TOLD him all the WORDS of Joseph, which he had said unto them: AND WHEN HE SAW THE WAGONS which Joseph had sent to carry him, the SPIRIT of Jacob their father REVIVED: 28 and Israel said, It is ENOUGH; Joseph my son is yet ALIVE: I WILL GO AND SEE HIM BEFORE I DIE” Genesis 45:25-28.

There’s no one who despises any HEALTHY OPPORTUNITY to RISE above the NORM. I am yet to find one. Let me know where I am wrong, I’ll humbly submit to corrections if you’ve known or found one. Not even the DEVILS will refuse such opportunities to BELIEVE as the scripture indicates that he does even BELIEVE too as written:

“Thou BELIEVEST that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also BELIEVE, and tremble” James 2:19.

When Jacob was told and pressured of the need to travel down to Egypt and see Joseph his once acclaimed dead son by his other children, he doubted their news. For him, hearing that Joseph was yet ALIVE after years of being told he’s dead, that beat his imagination and comprehension; and since he couldn’t have IMAGINE and ENVISION it real, he couldn’t BELIEVE them; especially when there’s already a supposedly shown living fact proof to him, [of the bloody coat of many colours gifted to him] that was presented by his other children, that affirmed him then as being dead.

The above paragraph thus help to indicate, that sometimes in life, a mere shown fact and proof you think you have seen and made to know, may be a mere FACT and proof only, and does not necessarily present the TRUTH in whatsoever way to believe on, and to rely upon it, either immediately and permanently. And if it was these days, they could have been a funeral certificate given to ascertain Joseph absence, in the family records as one being dead while he was yet alive. This can explain what mostly good spirited and dearest parents and family members who lost a child or loved ones and couldn’t have their body to lay to rest in grace are going through silently in most cases. For such scenarios, it hurts and hunts them daily – especially for such absence over the years of unknown conclusion of their dearest loved ones, as I have come to meet few in such circumstances – in the cause of my Ministerial assignments in life and grace.

However, and when Jacob SAW the WAGON with the GOODNESS, ABUNDANCE and GOODIES accompanying the children’s statement and the request of Joseph to him through his other cowardice children on the errands, Jacob’s WEAKENED spirit-being, was REVIVED – that is to say – CAME ALIVE from the UNBELIEVING state of being, to a BELIEVING state of being.

“Moreover THE WORD of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, WHAT SEEST (ENVISION) THOU? And I said, I SEE (ENVISION) a rod of an almond tree. 12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well SEEN (ENVISION): for I will HASTEN MY WORD TO PERFORM IT” Jeremiah 1:11-12/Emphasis Mine.

If you can give room to ENVISION God’s plan, Purpose, Pursuit for your life, with the needed WAGON and ASSOCIATES to keep your faith and total being ALIVE, won’t you come along to take the opportunity’s ?

And can you today and now by the scriptures, even see that the needed grace of God’s BLESSEDNESS wherein you stand in faith on Christ Jesus stead is always set to be activated with ease on your behalf ? This I know and understand very well, hence, I am emboldened to share with you likewise. In fact, your act of PRAYER life and FAITH life, will change for good and the best, if you can ENVISION – and I can say that to you emphatically and unreservedly in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

The WAGONS and GOODIES that Jacob SAW REVIVED [QUICKENED] him, to keep him alive and to make him take the next step or leap of faith to see his supposedly lost son Joseph and to live for MORE years instead of hoping for death where there’s an opportunity to live. There’s a far better place to be in life and grace in Christ Jesus stead – it’s far better to be with Jacob reviving WAGONS and GOODIES position, than to stay still in poverty and lack, shouting “I RECEIVE”, I RECEIVE”, “I RECEIVE” . . . for nothing, due to a no act to see or envision the need to become well and whole again – as SCRIPTURALLY given in God’s willed inheritance for you and all believing one’s, in Him, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

The Scripture of Ephesians 1:3 did say God has BLESSED us, meaning empowered to succeed in His grace in Christ Jesus. More so, in 2 Peter 1:1-4, He has GIVEN us all things that pertains to ensuring this life doings and godliness [godly living], in Christ Jesus. Amen. However, this enabling of God, comes through knowledge and acknowledgement [envisioning], in order to bring it to fruition – reality, and to make it tangible in the grace. [Philemon 1:6]. Therefore, it’s within us to envision God’s promised WORD in every context as it affects our life challenges, for it’s as we study the scriptures to know them, that’s when we are able to enact and authenticate them to reality in doing life and living godly in the grace, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

In this context, I don’t mean having a dayDREAMING imaginations, but by ENVISIONING through the knowledge of WORD as it affects any context of question in our being. Joseph had a VISION of a gracious and graceful life years before it happened. And the Father Jacob who recalled of his son dream (envisioned) years before and by what he later SAW – the WAGONS – is enough to give him a clarity and clearer insights and foresights – by what his son Joseph sent along; the sent WAGON helped him ENVISION the reality of a possible Joseph as told him by the children; and the affirmation to the ENVISIONED dream that Joseph shared to him and family years ago.

I PRAY that your insights and foresights of a possible today and tomorrow might be ENVISIONED in your cause of doing life and living godly by God in Christ Jesus stead, Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Moreover THE WORD of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, WHAT SEEST (ENVISION) THOU? And I said, I SEE (ENVISION) a rod of an almond tree. 12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well SEEN (ENVISION): for I will HASTEN MY WORD TO PERFORM IT” Jeremiah 1:11-12/Emphasis Mine.

“And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, 26 and told him, saying, JOSEPH IS YET ALIVE, and HE IS GOVERNOR over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s HEART FAINTED, FOR HE BELIEVED THEM NOT. 27 And they TOLD him all the WORDS of Joseph, which he had said unto them: AND WHEN HE SAW THE WAGONS which Joseph had sent to carry him, the SPIRIT of Jacob their father REVIVED: 28 and Israel said, It is ENOUGH; Joseph my son is yet ALIVE: I WILL GO AND SEE HIM BEFORE I DIE” Genesis 45:25-28.

“. . . 5 And Joseph DREAMED (ENVISIONED) a DREAM (VISION), and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this DREAM which I have DREAMED: 7 for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying . . .” Genesis 37:1-36.

“. . . 16 Moreover he CALLED for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. 17 He SENT a man before them, even JOSEPH, who was SOLD for a servant: 18 whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: 19 UNTIL THE TIME THAT HIS WORD CAME: THE WORD OF THE LORD TRIED HIM. 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. 21 He MADE him LORD of his house, and RULER of all his substance: 22 to BIND his princes at his pleasure; and TEACH his senators wisdom. 23 Israel also CAME into Egypt; and Jacob SOJOURNED in the land of Ham. 24 And he INCREASED his people greatly; and MADE them STRONGER than their enemies. 25 He TURNED their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants . . . Psalms 105:1-45.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

CHOOSE TO ENVISION YOUR TURNAROUND

November 3, 2025 By Pastor Chukie Leave a Comment

CHOOSE TO ENVISION YOUR TURNAROUND: YOUR CHOICE IS WHAT’S DEFINING AND MAKING YOUR TODAY AND TOMORROW!

“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will GIVE unto thee the KEYS of the kingdom of heaven: and WHATSOEVER thou shalt BIND (ALLOWED, PERMITTED) on earth shall be BOUND in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt LOOSE (DISALLOWED, UNPERMITTED) on earth shall be loosed in heaven” Matthew 16:18-19/Emphasis Mine.

God MADE – THE RICH person, and God MADE – THE POOR person, but it’s not God that MADE THEM SO – to be RICH or POOR. People BECOME what they ARE and not who they ARE by the CHOICES they MADE and are MAKING; or they ALLOWED to be MADE for them; or had been MADE long before they came to the SHORE of life and grace and they’re RESOLVED to follow suit in the context and concept that it RUNS in their family or in their DNA or it’s the ACCEPTABLE plot in life to BECOME irrespective.

“The Lord MAKETH POOR, and MAKETH RICH: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 8 He RAISETH up THE POOR out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them. 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed” 1 Samuel 2:7-10.

“The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, 6 who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! 7 He RAISETH UP THE POOR OUT OF THE DUST, AND LIFTETH THE NEEDY OUT OF THE DUNGHILL; 8 that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house,

and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord” Psalms 113:4-9.

If for example you chose to be corrupt or to elect a corrupt official, leader or government to be in governance, board of trustees of a business, company, entrepreneur and in public or private places of doing life including the CHURCH per se, you will LIVE by the CONSEQUENCES of it. This is not who you ARE but what you ALLOWED and PERMITS, and this is of CHOICE and not the MAKINGS of God. God will only COMMEND what He COMMANDS; and will ALLOW (PERMIT) what you ALLOW (PERMIT) to be. Since He created man and placed him on EARTH with a WILL, which is the POWER of CHOICE. Man gets to DEFINE the ATMOSPHERE he wants to see and embrace. [Isaiah 45:11-12; Psalms 8:4-6; Matthew 18:16-19; Psalms 115:16].

Therefore, choose wisely today and always, by ENVISIONING the effects of your CHOICES in LIFE and GRACE, in DOING LIFE and GODLY LIVING, in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus stead.

I do PRAY for you to take a moment to SELAH – PAUSE and THINK, in making your CHOICES that defines and makes you instead of blaming others or God with transfer aggression.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, ASK ME OF THINGS to come CONCERNING MY SONS, and CONCERNING THE WORK OF MY HANDS command ye me. 12 I HAVE MADE THE EARTH, AND CREATED MAN UPON IT: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded” Isaiah 45:11-12.

“The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: BUT THE EARTH HATH HE GIVEN TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN” Psalms 115:16.

“WHAT IS MAN, THAT THOU ART MINDFUL OF HIM? and THE SON OF MAN, THAT THOU VISITEST HIM? 5 For thou hast MADE him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou MADEST him to have DOMINION OVER THE WORKS of THY HANDS; thou hast PUT ALL THINGS UNDER his feet” Psalms 8:4-6.

“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and WHATSOEVER thou shalt BIND (ALLOWED, PERMITTED) on earth shall be BOUND in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt LOOSE (DISALLOWED, UNPERMITTED) on earth shall be loosed in heaven” Matthew 16:18-19/Emphasis Mine.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI