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A BLESSED DAY – MAKE IT YOURS 

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A BLESSED DAY – MAKE IT YOURS: YOU ARE BLESSED – ENACT IT BY THE WORD AS A WORD DOER! 

“But be ye DOERS of the word, and not HEARERS only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a HEARER of the WORD, and not a DOER, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a DOER of the work, this man shall be BLESSED in his DEED” James 1:22-25. 

What is this life! How much is your life worth to you!! Have you ever thought of not waking up to see your desired dreams and aspirations materialise under your watch!!! 

Have you ever paused and given thought to your life – that there is no amount of money that can buy your today! I mean, that you slept and woke up into a new day that God has made for you to rejoice and be glad in it – and that it is a gifted Day, at no charge or cost, which many did not wake up to see. Their dreams and aspirations are no more to be executed as they once thought. Do you know that no amount of money and wealth can justify your life and your day outside God’s providence? And your day in God is BLESSED because of God’s essence in upholding His bargain in His word of promise to you and me? Have you taken time today to make a word discovery of your today, for your recovery in today and tomorrow? SELAH- PAUSE AND THINK!. 

“This is the DAY the Lord has MADE; We will REJOICE and be GLAD in it” Psalms 118:24) NKJV. 

“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. FOR WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? It is even a VAPOR that APPEARS for a LITTLE TIME and then VANISHES away. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin” James :13-17/NKJV. 

“They that TRUST in their WEALTH, and boast themselves in the MULTITUDE of their RICHES; 7 NONE OF THEM can by any means REDEEM his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: 8 (for the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 9 that he should still live for ever, and not see corruption” Psalms 49:6-9. 

That’s why I am asking you – ARE YOU DOING THE WORD TODAY? ARE YOU A WORD DOER? Know full well that – to be BLESSED is to be EMPOWERED to THRIVE, SUCCEED, BECOME, ACHIEVE and BE FULFILLED. It is not how eloquently you are able to talk that changes your world and the worlds around you, but how much you are able to DO to bring about the DIFFERENCE in you and in others by THE WORD. 

The scriptures of James 1:22-25 indicate that only the DOERS of what they HEAR of THE WORD are BLESSED in their deeds. This is how Jesus, in His humanity, exemplified it in life and ministry. He would DO then TEACH, or TEACH then DO. He knew the effectual power of DOING to exemplify what he was about to speak, and the efficacy of DOING what He had spoken. 

“. . . Jesus began both to DO and TEACH, 2 until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” Acts 1:1-3. 

It is time to step into your world with the intent to be a DOER of THE WORD of God in order to have the enabling to BECOME in LIFE and GODLINESS – 2 Peter 1:2-4. DOING THE WORD will create the atmosphere you want to see and enjoy. Jesus DID, and He had it. You can also make your world a better place today. 

BE A DOER Of THE WORD – YOU WILL BE BLESSED INDEED. 

BE BLESSED AS YOU PONDER OVER IT. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“. . . Jesus began both to DO and TEACH, 2 until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” Acts 1:1-3. 

“But be ye DOERS of the word, and not HEARERS only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a HEARER of the WORD, and not a DOER, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a DOER of the work, this man shall be BLESSED in his DEED” James 1:22-25. 

Further Scriptural Reading: Psalms 1:1-3; 2 Peter 1:1-4.                                

SUMMARY 

This message calls every believer to move from being mere hearers to DOERS OF THE WORD, because blessing, empowerment, and fulfilment are found in obedience and action, not just in eloquence or intention. The urgency is built on the reality that life is a gift, brief, and cannot be bought — therefore today must be stewarded with the Word. 

 KEY POINTS 

  1. LIFE IS A GIFT — STEWARD YOUR TODAY
  • Psalms 118:24: “This is the DAY the Lord has MADE; We will REJOICE and be GLAD in it.” 
  • James 4:13-17: Life is a VAPOUR that appears for a little time and then vanishes. We do not know tomorrow. 
  • No amount of money can buy your today. Many did not wake up to see it. Your day is BLESSED because God upholds His Word of promise to you and me. 
  • Psalms 49:6-9: Wealth cannot redeem a soul. What matters is what you do with the day God has given. 

Point: Gratitude + intentionality. Your today is at no cost, but it carries eternal weight. 

  1. THE DANGER OF HEARING WITHOUT DOING
  • James 1:22-25: A hearer only is like a man who looks in a mirror and forgets what he looks like. 
    But the DOER of the Word shall be BLESSED in his DEED. 
  • To hear and not do is to deceive yourself. It produces no change in your world or in the worlds around you. 
  • Blessing is not in eloquence of speech, but in DOING that brings DIFFERENCE. 

Point: Information without application equals deception. 

  1. THE PATTERN OF CHRIST: DO THEN TEACH
  • Acts 1:1-3: “Jesus began both to DO and TEACH.” 
  • In His humanity He first DID, then TAUGHT. He demonstrated the effectual power of doing before speaking. 
  • This is the model for life and ministry: let your life exemplify the Word. 

Point: Credibility and impact come from doing what you preach. 

  1. BLESSED = EMPOWERED TO BECOME
  • To be BLESSED is to be EMPOWERED to THRIVE, SUCCEED, BECOME, ACHIEVE and BE FULFILLED. 
  • 2 Peter 1:2-4: Through knowledge we partake of the divine nature and have all things that pertain to LIFE and GODLINESS. 
  • DOING THE WORD creates the atmosphere you want to see and enjoy. 

Point: The Word gives grace, but doing the Word releases enabling to become. 

  1. SCRIPTURAL WARNINGS AND PROMISES
  • James 1:22-25: Blessing is tied to being a doer, not a forgetful hearer. 
  • Psalms 1:1-3: The man who delights in the law of the Lord and does it is like a tree planted by rivers. 
  • 2 Peter 1:1-4: God’s divine power has given us all things for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him. 

Point: The Word builds, blesses, and secures your inheritance when it is done. 

CALL TO ACTION 

  1. PAUSE AND REFLECT — SELAH: Acknowledge that your life and today are gifts. Ask: Am I stewarding this day for God’s purpose? 
  2. BECOME A WORD DOER TODAY: James 1:22. Don’t just read or talk. Identify one thing the Word is saying to you and DO IT. 
  3. ENACT THE BLESSING: You are already blessed. Walk it out by obedience. Blessing is empowerment to thrive and impact others. 
  4. FOLLOW THE PATTERN OF CHRIST: DO and TEACH. Let your life be the first sermon. Create atmosphere by doing the Word. 
  5. STEP INTO YOUR WORLD WITH INTENT: Use today to bring change — in you, in your home, in your sphere. 2 Peter 1:2-4 
  6. ANCHOR IN SCRIPTURE DAILY: Psalms 1:1-3; 2 Peter 1:1-4. Make word discovery your recovery for today and tomorrow. 

Final Charge: BE A DOER OF THE WORD — YOU WILL BE BLESSED INDEED. BE BLESSED AS YOU PONDER OVER IT. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

PROSPERING YOUR SPIRIT-BEING FOR YOUR WHOLENESS! 

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PROSPERING YOUR SPIRIT-BEING FOR YOUR WHOLENESS! 

“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may SUCCEED and PROSPER and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your SOUL PROSPERS [SPIRITUALLY]” 3 John 1:2/Amplified. 

The Holy Writ informs us that our God has BLESSED us in Christ Jesus, even as He REDEEMED us from SIN to RIGHTEOUSNESS. And His BLESSEDNESS is to ENRICH us and not to give us sorrow, pain, or any form of side effects or bandages. And to be BLESSED of God is to be EMPOWERED to PROSPER and ACHIEVE purpose meaningfully in the grace. This thus indicates that the concept of PROSPERITY or PROSPERING is because we have been BLESSED [EMPOWERED] by God, which is the consequence of our redemption rights and privileges in Christ Jesus. Amen. So, the default of BLESSEDNESS that results in PROSPERITY in the grace is in the DNA of our justification in redemption. 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” Ephesians 1:3. 

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 that THE BLESSING of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might RECEIVE the promise of the Spirit through faith” Galatians 3:13-14. 

“THE BLESSING of the Lord, it MAKETH RICH, and he ADDETH NO SORROW with it” Proverbs 10:22. 

This indicates that it is as we PROSPER in our SPIRIT-BEING in the grace, that we are then able to ensure and assure that our whole being prospers accordingly [3 John 1:2]; and we are positioned with the wholeness default – and the wholeness default is about our triune being: spirit, soul and body. For we are, by default, through knowledge to share and partake in all that pertains to life and godliness in the grace, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“May grace (God’s favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] KNOWLEDGE of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 For His DIVINE POWER has bestowed upon us ALL THINGS that [are requisite and suited] to LIFE and GODLINESS, through the [full, personal] KNOWLEDGE of Him Who CALLED us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue) 4 By means of these He has BESTOWED on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become SHARERS (PARTAKERS) of the DIVINE NATURE” 2 Peter 1:2-4/Amplified Classic Edition. 

Know that Month SEPTEMBER is the ninth month of the year in the JULIAN and GREGORIAN calendars, and it is the third of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fourth of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere and March in the Southern Hemisphere are seasonal equivalents. And Month SEPTEMBER in the northern hemisphere is usually considered the first month of autumn. For many, the month of September signals the end of summer, the beginning of autumn, and the start of a new school year. With respect to the calendar, September marks the beginning of the series of months named after their numerical position in the year. 

Therefore, in this Month of September, know that you have All it takes to BECOME in Christ Jesus, as we have been endowed and endued with the enabling grace of God in the grace. So, make an intentional choice to ensure you SCRIPTURALLY PROSPER your spirit-being for the good of your whole [total] being, for the WORD of God works and is alive today, to make it all possible for our now and tomorrow, as our God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. 

So, in this Month September we will be exploring on how to ensure we PROSPER our SPIRIT-BEING, in order to PROSPER also in other aspects of our doing life; and this is in ensuring and assuring our total being prospers in the grace. For Month SEPTEMBER – the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars – can be summed up Scripturally in this wise:  

  • It is to remind one of the Nine (9) FRUITS of the Holy Spirit to develop and build up the Christian FAITH, CHARACTER, BEHAVIOUR, and CONDUCT, enabling in the grace. [Galatians 5:22-25; 1 Timothy 3:15]. 
  • It is to remind one of the Nine (9) SPIRITUAL GIFTS of the Spirit to build up and give one that enabling grace of God to function in MINISTERIAL, SPIRITUAL and CIVIL [CIVILITY] demands in grace. [1 Corinthians 12:7-11, 27-31; Romans 12:1-8]. 
  • It teaches us the essence of WHOLENESS and COMPLETENESS and FULFILMENT and TOTALITY and MATURING, since the number nine [9] means PERFECTION in a scriptural sense. [1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12-13]. 

In this month, we set our hearts on “PROSPERING YOUR SPIRIT-BEING FOR YOUR WHOLENESS [TOTALITY]” in life and godliness, in the grace of God in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. And I pray that by God’s enabling we shall, through the course of this month, explore how you may PROSPER in your spirit-being to ensure and assure the prosperity of your total being in the grace, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

Blessed regards. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Beloved, I pray that in every way you may SUCCEED and PROSPER and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your SOUL PROSPERS [SPIRITUALLY]” 3 John 1:2/Amplified. 

“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you[a] shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way PROSPEROUS, and then you will have good success” Joshua 1:8/NKJV. 

“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread” Psalms 37:25. 

“Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: 

yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, 

which hath PLEASURE in the PROSPERITY of his servant” Psalms 35:27. 

“And the very God of peace sanctify you WHOLLY; and I pray God your WHOLE spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Thessalonians 5:23. 

“For THE WORD of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do” Hebrews 4:12-13. 

“The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, AND TO BLESS [PROSPER, EMPOWER] ALL THE WORK OF THINE HAND: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow” Deuteronomy 28:12/Emphasis Mine. 

“But my horn [my emblem of strength and power] You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil [for Your service]. 11 My eye has looked on my foes; My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me. 12 The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful]; They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable]. 13 Planted in the house of the Lord, They will flourish in the courts of our God. 14 [Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age; They will flourish and be vital and fresh [rich in trust and love and contentment]; 15 [They are living memorials] to declare that the Lord is upright and faithful [to His promises]; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him” Psalms 92:10-15/Amplified. 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” Ephesians 1:3. 

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 that THE BLESSING of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” Galatians 3:13-14. 

“THE BLESSING of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it” Proverbs 10:22. 

“May grace (God’s favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue) 4 By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature” 2 Peter 1:2-4/Amplified Classic Edition. 

SUMMARY 

The message is a September charge to intentionally PROSPER YOUR SPIRIT-BEING as the foundation for WHOLENESS [TOTALITY] in life and godliness. It anchors prosperity in redemption, not striving — because in Christ we have already been BLESSED, REDEEMED, and EMPOWERED by grace to live and succeed in spirit, soul, and body. 

Key Points 

  1. Blessing Precedes Prosperity 
    God has BLESSED us in Christ Jesus and REDEEMED us from SIN to RIGHTEOUSNESS [Ephesians 1:3; Galatians 3:13-14]. His BLESSEDNESS ENRICHES without sorrow or side effects [Proverbs 10:22]. To be BLESSED is to be EMPOWERED to PROSPER and fulfil purpose in grace. This is the DNA of our justification in redemption. 
  2. Spirit-First Prosperity Produces Total Prosperity 
    “Beloved, I pray that in every way you may SUCCEED and PROSPER and be in good health, just as your SOUL PROSPERS” [3 John 1:2]. As we prosper in our SPIRIT-BEING in grace, we can ensure and assure that our whole being prospers. This is the “wholeness default” — spirit, soul, and body [1 Thessalonians 5:23]. 
  3. Prosperity Comes Through Knowledge of God and His Word 
    All things that pertain to LIFE and GODLINESS are given to us through the full KNOWLEDGE of Him [2 Peter 1:2-4]. The WORD of God is alive and working to make prosperity possible now and tomorrow [Hebrews 4:12-13; Joshua 1:8]. God takes PLEASURE in the PROSPERITY of His servant [Psalms 35:27]. 
  4. September = 9: A Call to Maturity and Wholeness 
    September is the 9th month. Scripturally, 9 speaks of PERFECTION, WHOLENESS, and MATURING. 
  5. Nine FRUITS of the Spirit: to build FAITH, CHARACTER, BEHAVIOUR, and CONDUCT [Galatians 5:22-25] 
  6. Nine SPIRITUAL GIFTS: to function in MINISTERIAL, SPIRITUAL, and CIVIL demands [1 Corinthians 12:7-11] 
  7. Triune Wholeness: to become sharers/partakers of the DIVINE NATURE and escape decay [2 Peter 1:4] 
  8. You Are Already Endowed and Endued 
    In Christ we have ALL it takes to BECOME. The enabling grace of God has equipped us. The righteous will flourish like a cedar, thrive in old age, and be vital and fresh [Psalms 92:12-14]. The Lord blesses ALL THE WORK of our hands [Deuteronomy 28:12]. [prospers][empowers] 

Call to Action 

  1. Make an intentional choice this month: SCRIPTURALLY PROSPER your spirit-being first. Feed on the Word Day and night, meditate, and do it [Joshua 1:8]. 
  2. Build the 9 Fruits and walk in the 9 Gifts: Let your character, conduct, and ministry reflect maturity and wholeness in grace. 
  3. Live from Blessing, not for Blessing: Remember you are already BLESSED in Christ. From that place, pursue purpose, work, and health knowing God’s power has already supplied ALL things for life and godliness. 
  4. Guard your wholeness: Present your WHOLE spirit, soul, and body to God for preservation [1 Thessalonians 5:23], so that you prosper in every way this season. 

Final Charge: This September, set your heart to prosper in your spirit-being. As your inner man grows strong in grace and knowledge, your total being — spirit, soul, and body — will follow into health, success, and wholeness. Amen. Blessed regards.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI 

THE BELIEVER’S MARRIAGE IN THE GRACE

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THE BELIEVER’S MARRIAGE IN THE GRACE: IT’S A BLESSED MARRIAGE!  

“Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise BLESSING; knowing that ye are thereunto CALLED, that ye should INHERIT a BLESSING” 1 Peter 3:9. 

The Scripture declares that he that finds a wife finds a BLESSED [good, precious, gracious, lovely, admirable etc] thing and is qualified to obtain FAVOUR [BLESSEDNESS] from the Lord. Proverbs 18:22 
What an incredible scriptural endowment and enduement upon the believing marriage couple in the grace. 

And it is simply because they are purposefully CALLED into marriage to INHERIT a BLESSING, as 1 Peter 3:9 enjoins. 

That is why every believing couple in the grace should raise their heads up, shoulders high, and stand on the highest heels of faith, because THE BELIEVERS’ MARRIAGE is BLESSED in the grace. They are purposefully called into it as being joined in one flesh, just as being joined unto the Lord as in one spirit. 
[1 Corinthians 6:17, Ephesians 5:31, 1 Corinthians 1:9, Romans 8:28, Ephesians 1:11-12] 

This knowing and understanding is to cause you to speak forth daily and continuously healthy and gracious words to your relationship, just as Jesus spoke forth concerning His purpose, His people, and the things about Him while in humanity. Luke 4:22 

You cannot be speaking cursed words, swear words, and words of regret to your spouse in the grace and expect the blessedness of God to materialise, actualise and be fruitful at the same time in the grace. 

You must be intentional and pragmatic to speak forth healthy and gracious words of faith, hope and love to your spouse to keep the blessedness. Then, over time and time and time, you will see the relationship blossom, refresh, rejuvenate, rekindle, synergise, and become flavoured, and such like. 

Your words concerning what God has favoured you with in His BLESSEDNESS are gracious and they enhance your placement in THE BELIEVERS’ MARRIAGE in the grace.  

“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. 22 Whoso findeth a WIFE findeth a Good Thing, and OBTAINETH FAVOUR of the Lord” Proverbs 18:20-22. 

“And all bare Him [Jesus Christ] witness, and wondered at the GRACIOUS WORDS which PROCEEDED out of his MOUTH. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:22. 

“A GOOD MAN out of the GOOD TREASURE of his HEART bringeth forth that which is GOOD; and an EVIL MAN out of the EVIL TREASURE of his HEART bringeth forth that which is EVIL: for of the ABUNDANCE of the HEART his MOUTH speaketh” Luke 66:45 [Matthew 12:33-35]. 

THE BELIEVERS’ MARRIAGE in Christ Jesus is BLESSED in the grace, irrespective. 
That is the divine default set from the beginning of marriage creation by Father God. 

And it is irrespective of how you feel about it, think about it, believe in it, or live in it, and any other context you may hold toward it. 

And it is not cursed, or a cursed thing, or anything as such as unnecessary evil, as some may think or perhaps have attributed in their world and context. 

I just want you to know, without a shadow of doubt, that the Creator God who made marriage is able to keep it and sustain it through all phases in the grace, if we let Him be in charge according to His purpose and design in the Holy Writ. 

For in marriage creation, God BLESSED them [Adam and Eve] when He set the marriage purpose in place.  

It is only what and how people do with the blessedness of God in the grace in Christ Jesus that can make it be a desired blessing, as in the scriptural default. 
Otherwise, it can become to them by an alternative context, as may seem to them as if it is a cursed thing or attributed unnecessary evil, because of ignorance of the Scriptures. 

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do ERR [MISTAKENLY, ERRONEOUSLY], not KNOWING the scriptures, nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29/Emphasis mine  

Indeed, in scriptural context as of God, the Believers’ marriage in the grace is BLESSED. God have Blessed marriage by every measure and there’s no controversy for the believing one in the grace that lets God’s purpose and essence to be their DE FACTO in the marital journey. 

“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; MALE and FEMALE created He THEM. 28 And God BLESSED them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and Subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” Genesis 1:26-28. 

In God’s BLESSEDNESS, to be [being] BLESSED is to be EMPOWERED to succeed, to achieve, to become and to prosper in the grace. 

For THE BLESSING of God enriches [makes rich] and He adds no sorrow, regret or setbacks to it. Proverbs 10:22 

And the blessing of God is not physical per se, so that anyone can tamper with its nature, or adulterate it, or pervert it, or fake it, or camouflage it, or distort it, even though the devil and his cohorts have tried severally. 

That does not mean the devil and his cohorts have not tried severally to undermine the integrity of the Believers’ marriage in the grace, thereby ensuring that the BLESSEDNESS of God is shunted and disbelieved. 

Unfortunately for them, because THE BLESSING of God is authentic, it has stood the test of time, enriching all who hold it dearly, as promised. 

 “The BLESSING of the Lord, it MAKETH RICH, and he ADDETH NO SORROW with it”  Proverbs 10:22. 

The blessedness of the believing one is located and stored in heaven to avoid thieves and robbers. 
It is there, where Christ Jesus is seated at the right hand of Father God, and by grace we are seated therein at His right hand, in the right hand of Father God. 

And as such, no thief and robbers can break in to devour the blessed treasure that the believing one in Christ Jesus is endowed and endued with in the grace, as a possession in redemption.  

“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. 

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 but lay up for yourselves TREASURES in HEAVEN, where neither MOTH nor RUST doth corrupt, and where THIEVES do not break through nor steal: 21 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” Matthew 6:19-21. 

The believing ones, the seed of Abraham by faith, are blessed in the grace. Galatians 3:7-9, 14 

And THE BLESSING of God is empowered by the Holy Spirit given to us in the grace, to empower and actualise in redemption everything that pertains to doing life and living godly * in Christ Jesus’ stead.  

“Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which ARE of FAITH, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would JUSTIFY the heathen through faith, preached before the GOSPEL unto Abraham, saying, IN THEE SHALL ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED. 9 So then they which be of FAITH are BLESSED with faithful Abraham . . . 13 Christ hath REDEEMED us from the curse of the law, being MADE a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 that THE BLESSING of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith Galatians” 3:6-9, 13-14. 

“Such hope [in God’s promises] never disappoints us, because God’s love has been abundantly poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was GIVEN to us” Romans 5:5/Amplified. And THE BLESSING of God for the believing seed of Abraham by faith in Christ Jesus is beyond walls. 
For it is firstly in the realm of the spirit of grace for our earthly utilisation. 

And as such there is no colour, no gender, no tribe, no tongue, and no such like limitations to any, on the BLESSEDNESS of God as to the Believers’ marriage and in every aspect of doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

For redemption is for all and it cuts across — kindred, tongue and nations — as it enriches all that believe of God’s salvation and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Revelation 5:9, Galatians 3:28-29 
Amen. 

So, do not think that your marriage is not blessed at all because of any geography, tongue, gender, colour, location, or such like. 

“For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is NEITHER Jew nor Greek, there is NEITHER bond nor free, there is NEITHER male nor female: for ye are ALL one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then ARE ye Abraham’s seed, and HEIRS according to the PROMISE. Galatians 3:26-29. 

“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast REDEEMED us to God by thy blood out of EVERY KINDRED, and TONGUE, and PEOPLE, and NATION; 10 and hast MADE us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall REIGN on the earth” Revelation 5:9-10. 

“And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that LOVED us, and WASHED us from our sins in his own blood, 6 and hath MADE us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” Revelation 1:5-6. 

The assurance of God’s BLESSEDNESS in the grace is found by: 
— marrying the believing person you love . . . 
— and loving the believing person you married . 

For that is what gives the believing one the synergy that keeps the relationship thriving and flourishing, refreshing and blossoming, rekindling and rejuvenating in the grace. 

For it is as the love light keeps glowing in life and grace, in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

The Believers’ marriage is BLESSED in the grace. You need to believe the God’s Scriptural context rather than your feelings, or what you see, or what you are experiencing, and such like. 

It is because accessing the blessedness of the Believers’ marriage in the grace is by firstly acknowledging the measure of grace, and the measure of grace that is attributed to your relationship in the grace, to be of blessing and not a curse. 

“For I say, through the GRACE given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man THE MEASURE of faith” Romans 12:3. 

“But unto EVERY ONE of us is GIVEN GRACE according to THE MEASURE of the GIFT of Christ” Ephesians 4:7. 

The blessedness of the Believers’ marriage in the grace is not only in believing, but in communicating [speaking it forth in the grace, for out of the abundance of the heart one believes, the mouth speaks forth in the grace in faith]. Matthew 12:34, Romans 10:10 

Because our warfare and battle is of faith. 
The devil and his cohorts are working 24/7 trying to engage with us on our faith journey. 

For the enemy knows that if one can deny the faith, then he can achieve and accomplish his purpose.  

“That the communication of thy FAITH may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:6. 

Like everything under the sun and in the world that God has made, there will be challenging times and difficulties in marriages at various phases of progression in marriage. 

There will be times of serious indifference, doubt and disputing in the relationship — but it is the couple’s responsibility to see all as ISSUES and not PERSONS. 
So that they can together deal with the issues as they see them, instead of attacking each other’s person, thereby distorting the default marital blessing in the grace. 

The enemy and his cohorts we know, the world system and its challenges we see, the flesh [pride of life, lust of the eyes, desires of the flesh] within us, and religion [religiosity we display, denominational doctrines we hold to, sectarianism and dogmas] that we do, all rise up against our faith in the marital grace. 

It is important that we must be intentional to choose our battle, for we are only allowed to fight the good fight of faith and good warfare at all times. 1 Timothy 1:18, 6:12 

And when we have this understanding, we can then ensure our blessedness in the grace. 

So, do not get discouraged by any means or by any form of limitation at the moment, because relationship, like revelation, is progressive as we stay on track within the context of faith in the grace. 

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses” 1 Timothy 6:12. 

“This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest WAR A GOOD WARFARE; 19 holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 20 of whom is Hymenæus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme” 1 Timothy 1:18-20. 

Therefore, I COMMEND you to God and to the word of His Grace that will build you up and give you an INHERITANCE in the grace, to take a stand in the grace, and start a new you in an onward and upward trajectory, assured as you ensure that you as a believer, that your believer marriage is favoured and blessed and irrespective of the sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation about you now or tomorrow. 

I pray you into God’s enabling grace to enjoy your marital BLESSEDNESS in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.  

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“A man’s stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he will be satisfied with the consequence of his words. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words. 22 He who finds a [true and faithful] wife FINDS a good thing and obtains FAVOR and APPROVAL from the Lord” Proverbs 18:20-22/Amplified. 

“. . . 7 In the same way, you husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way [with great gentleness and tact, and with an intelligent regard for the MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP], as with someone physically weaker, since she is a woman. Show her honor and respect as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your PRAYERS WILL NOT BE HINDERED or INEFFECTIVE. 8 Finally, all of you be like-minded [united in spirit], sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted [courteous and compassionate toward each other as members of one household], and humble in spirit; 9 and never return evil for evil or insult for insult [avoid scolding, berating, and any kind of abuse], but on the contrary, give a blessing [pray for one another’s well-being, contentment, and protection]; for you have been CALLED for this very purpose, that you might INHERIT a BLESSING [from God that brings well-being, happiness, and protection]. 10 For, “The one who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good—whether apparent or not], must keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from speaking guile (treachery, deceit). 11 “He must turn away from wickedness and do what is right. He must search for peace [with God, with self, with others] and pursue it eagerly [actively—not merely desiring it]. 12 “For the eyes of the Lord are [looking favorably] upon the righteous (the upright), and His ears are attentive to their prayer (eager to answer), but the face of the Lord is against those who practice evil” 1 Peter 3:1-12/Amplified. 

“Being subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as [a service] to the Lord. 23 For the husband is head of the wife, as Christ is head of the church, Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives should be subject to their husbands in everything [respecting both their position as protector and their responsibility to God as head of the house]. 25 Husbands, love your wives [seek the highest good for her and surround her with a caring, unselfish love], just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify the church, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word [of God], 27 so that [in turn] He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy [set apart for God] and blameless. 28 Even so husbands should and are morally obligated to love their own wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he nourishes and protects and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members (parts) of His body. 31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined [and be faithfully devoted] to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery [of two becoming one] is great; but I am speaking with reference to [the relationship of] Christ and the church. 33 However, each man among you [without exception] is to love his wife as his very own self [with behavior worthy of respect and esteem, always seeking the best for her with an attitude of lovingkindness], and the wife [must see to it] that she respects and delights in her husband [that she notices him and prefers him and treats him with loving concern, treasuring him, honoring him, and holding him dear]” Ephesians 5:21-33/Amplified.  

SUMMARY: 
This message teaches us that THE BELIEVERS’ MARRIAGE IS BLESSED IN THE GRACE — by divine default, by divine design, and by divine empowerment. 

KEY POINTS

  1.  GOD’S ORIGINAL INTENT: BLESSED FROM THE BEGINNINGGenesis 1:26-28 — “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; MALE and FEMALE created He THEM. And God BLESSED them…” 
    In God’s BLESSEDNESS, to be blessed is to be EMPOWERED to succeed, to achieve, to become and to prosper in the grace. 
    Proverbs 10:22 — “The BLESSING of the Lord, it MAKETH RICH, and he ADDETH NO SORROW with it.” 
    This blessing is not physical per se. It cannot be tampered with, adulterated, faked, or distorted. Though the devil and his cohorts have tried severally to undermine the integrity of the Believers’ marriage in the grace, THE BLESSING of God is authentic and has stood the test of time, enriching all who hold it dearly.  
  2. OURBLESSEDNESS IS SECUREDIN HEAVENLY PLACES 
    Ephesians 1:3, 20 — “who hath BLESSED us with all SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ…” 
    Ephesians 2:6 — “And hath RAISED us up together, and MADE us SIT together in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ Jesus.” 
    Matthew 6:19-21 — Our treasure is laid up in heaven where moth, rust and thieves cannot corrupt. 
    Because we are seated with Christ at the right hand of the Father, no thief or robber can devour the blessed treasure we are endowed with in redemption.  
  1. IT IS UNIVERSAL AND FOR THE SEED OF ABRAHAM BY FAITH
    Galatians 3:7-9, 14— “they which be of FAITH are BLESSED with faithful Abraham… that THE BLESSING of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ.” 
    Galatians 3:28-29 — “There is NEITHER male nor female: for ye are ALL one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then ARE ye Abraham’s seed, and HEIRS according to the PROMISE.” 
    Revelation 5:9-10 — Redeemed “out of EVERY KINDRED, and TONGUE, and PEOPLE, and NATION.” 
    So, do not think your marriage is not blessed because of geography, tongue, gender, colour, or location. THE BLESSING of God for the believing seed of Abraham is beyond walls. It cuts across kindred, tongue and nations. Revelation 1:5-6 — He has made us kings and priests unto God. 
  1. HOW WE ACCESS AND KEEP THEBLESSEDNESS
    A. BELIEVE SCRIPTURE OVER FEELINGS 
    Accessing the blessedness begins by acknowledging the measure of grace attributed to your relationship — it is blessing, not a curse. Romans 12:3, Ephesians 4:7 
  2. SPEAK IT FORTHINFAITH 
    The blessedness is not only in believing, but in communicating. 
    Proverbs 18:20-22/Amplified — “Death and life are in the power of the tongue… He who finds a wife FINDS a good thing and obtains FAVOR and APPROVAL from the Lord.” 
    Matthew 12:34, Romans 10:10, Luke 4:22, Luke 6:45 — Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Like Jesus, we must speak gracious words concerning our marriage. You cannot speak curses, swear words, and words of regret and expect blessedness to materialise. 
  3. SEE ISSUES, NOT PERSONS
    1 Peter 3:8-9— “never return evil for evil or insult for insult… but on the contrary, give a blessing; for you have been CALLED for this very purpose, that you might INHERIT a BLESSING.” 
    There will be challenging times, indifference, doubt and disputing. But it is the couple’s responsibility to deal with ISSUES together, not attack each other’s person, thereby distorting the default marital blessing. 
  4. FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH
    Our warfare is of faith.1 Timothy 1:18, 6:12 — “WAR A GOOD WARFARE; holding faith, and a good conscience.” 
    The enemy, the world system, the flesh [pride of life, lust of the eyes], and religion [denominational doctrines, sectarianism] all rise against our faith in marital grace. The enemy knows if he can make us deny the faith, he can accomplish his purpose. Philemon 1:6 — “the communication of thy FAITH may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.” 
  1. THE FOUNDATION: LOVE, HONOUR AND SYNERGY
    The assurance of God’sBLESSEDNESS is found by: 
    — marrying the believing person you love 
    — and loving the believing person you married 
    That gives the synergy that keeps the relationship thriving and flourishing, refreshing and blossoming, rekindling and rejuvenating in the grace. 
    Ephesians 5:21-33/Amplified — Husbands love sacrificially as Christ loved the church. Wives respect and honour. “each man… is to love his wife as his very own self… and the wife respect and delight in her husband.” 
    1 Peter 3:7 — Show honour so that “your PRAYERS WILL NOT BE HINDERED.” 
  1. DO NOTBEDISCOURAGED 
    Relationship, like revelation, is progressive as we stay on track in faith and grace. God who made marriage is able to keep and sustain it through all phases if we let Him be in charge according to His Word. 
    Matthew 22:29 — Error comes from “not KNOWING the scriptures, nor the POWER of God.” 
    It is only ignorance that makes marriage seem cursed. By Scriptural context, THE BELIEVERS’ MARRIAGE IN THE GRACE IS BLESSED.  

FINAL COMMENDATION 
Acts 20:32 — “I COMMEND you to God and to the word of His Grace that will build you up and give you an INHERITANCE in the grace.” 
Take a stand. Start anew in an onward and upward trajectory. Your believer marriage is favoured and blessed irrespective of sentiments or prejudice. 
I pray you into God’s enabling grace to enjoy your marital BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE MONTH OF ENACTING – “THE BLESSED LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS!” 

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 THE MONTH OF ENACTING – “THE BLESSED LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS!” 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHT WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED US with all spiritual BLESSINGS in heavenly places in Christ: 4 according as he hath CHOSEN US in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 having PREDESTINATED US unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath MADE US ACCEPTED in the beloved” Ephesians 1:3-6.  

“THE BLESSING of the Lord, it MAKETH RICH, and he ADDETH NO SORROW with it” Proverbs 10:22.  

“But ye shall receive POWER, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in JERUSALEM, and in all JUDÆA, and in SAMARIA, and unto the UTTERMOST part of the earth” Acts 1:8.  

“And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be ENDUED with POWER from on high” Luke 24:49. 

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another COMFORTER, that he may ABIDE WITH you forever; 17 even the Spirit of TRUTH; whom the world CANNOT receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth WITH you, and shall be IN you” John 14:16-17. 

“Now it is God who ESTABLISHES and CONFIRMS us [in joint fellowship] with you in Christ, and who has ANOINTED us [EMPOWERING us with the gifts of the Spirit]; 22 it is He who has also put His SEAL on us [that is, He has appropriated us and CERTIFIED us as His] and has GIVEN us the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge [like a security deposit to GUARANTEE the fulfillment of His promise of eternal life]” 2 Corinthians 1:21-22/AMP.  

“Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, [as conformity to God’s will and purpose—so it is with you also]. 7 So understand that it is the people who live by faith [with confidence in the power and goodness of God] who are [the true] sons of Abraham. 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news [of the Savior] to Abraham in advance [with this promise], saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then those who are people of faith [whether Jew or Gentile] are blessed and favored by God [and declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with Him] along with Abraham, the believer . . . 13Christ PURCHASED our FREEDOM and REDEEMED us from the curse of the Law and its condemnation by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs [crucified] on a tree (cross)”— 14 in order that in Christ Jesus THE BLESSING of Abraham might also come to the Gentiles, so that we would all receive [the realization of] the PROMISE of the [Holy] Spirit through faith . . . 26 For you [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified and] are all children of God [set apart for His purpose with full rights and privileges] through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union with the Christ, the Anointed] have clothed yourselves with Christ [that is, you have taken on His characteristics and values]. 28 There is [now no distinction in regard to salvation] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you [who believe] are all one in Christ Jesus [no one can claim a spiritual superiority]. 29 And if you belong to Christ [if you are in Him], then you are Abraham’s descendants, and [spiritual] heirs according to [God’s] promise” Galatians 3:13-14/AMP.  

“And it shall come to pass, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN DILIGENTLY UNTO THE VOICE of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 and all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE of the Lord thy God . . . 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, IF THOU SHALT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways . . . 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; IF THAT THOU HEARKEN UNTO THE COMMANDMENTS of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: 14 and thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them” Deuteronomy 28:1-14.  

“Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE” Acts 20:34-35.  

“What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. 3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describeth the BLESSEDNESS of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 9. Cometh this BLESSEDNESS then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness . . . 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were . . . 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 24 but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification” Romans 4:1-25. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

ENSURING “THE BLESSED LIFE” IN CHRIST JESUS! 

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 ENSURING “THE BLESSED LIFE” IN CHRIST JESUS! 

“Christ PURCHASED our FREEDOM and REDEEMED us from the CURSE of the Law and its CONDEMNATION by BECOMING a CURSE for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs [crucified] on a tree (cross)”— 14 in order that in Christ Jesus THE BLESSING of Abraham might also come to the Gentiles, so that we would all RECEIVE [the realization of] the PROMISE of the [Holy] Spirit through faith” Galatians 3:13-14/AMP Classic Edition. 

JUNE, the sixth [6] month, marks the end of the first half of the calendar year in both Gregorian and Julian calendars. It’s also the 2nd of the 4th month with thirty [30] days in the twelve [12] months annual calendar. 

 JUNE is also a lovely given name to the female gender, carrying significance.  The name and month embody the essence of FULLNESS of life, and it’s of a profound FULFILMENT of desires and vitality. Thus, it indicates how God wants us to THRIVE instead of SURVIVE, and to live in His BLESSEDNESS while fulfilling His PURPOSE in us MEANINGFULLY, in all our life endeavours, as we do life and live godly in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. And the best place of having the FULNESS of Life and profound FULFILMENT of desires and vitality is by engaging and following in obedience, God’s plan PATH for your life as in the holy writ of the scriptures. (Ephesians 2:10; Psalms 16:11; Proverbs 4:18-23; Colossians 4:17; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:11; Philippians 2:1-18]. 

The BLESSED life in Christ Jesus is about GOD’S BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus. And ENACTING the BLESSED life, is about ensuring, living and acting out in the fulness, the blessedness of God’s purpose in our life meaningfully and unreservedly.  

 Living the assured BLESSED life and BLESSEDNESS of God in Christ Jesus means living in God’s EMPOWERING realm, fulfilling His purpose in your life [Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:11-12; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10]. The BLESSED life of God doesn’t operate in emptiness, vain imagination, or human strength, power and might [Zach 4:6; 1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Corinthians 3:1-6]; it operates and authenticates through God EMPOWERING us, via the Holy Spirit, who EMPOWERS us, SEALS us, ANOINTS us, GUARANTEES us and DWELLS within us as GIVEN of God the Father to us as by the redemption default in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. [Acts 1:8; Luke 24:59, Romans 5:5; John 14:16-17; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22]. 

For to be BLESSED in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus is to be EMPOWERED of God by the Holy Spirit to succeed, to achieve and to become; and more so, to be fulfilled productively, efficiently and effectively [effectually] in the ASSURED WORD of God. 

The BLESSEDNESS of God in character [Galatians 5:22-23], charisma [1 Corinthians 12:7-11] and ministry [1 Corinthians 12:28-31; Ephesians 4:7-16; Romans 12:3-8] is empowered, synergised and manifested by the Holy Spirit. It means God’s BLESSEDNESS in the New Creation Testament is made REALITY in us as we do life and live godly, by the Holy Spirit of God in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

It’s my earnest PRAYERS that you enact THE BLESSED LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, by the Holy Spirit of promise that makes all things possible by God in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHT WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED US with all spiritual BLESSINGS in heavenly places in Christ: 4 according as he hath CHOSEN US in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 having PREDESTINATED US unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath MADE US ACCEPTED in the beloved” Ephesians 1:3-6.  

“THE BLESSING of the Lord, it MAKETH RICH, and he ADDETH NO SORROW with it” Proverbs 10:22.  

“But ye shall receive POWER, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in JERUSALEM, and in all JUDÆA, and in SAMARIA, and unto the UTTERMOST part of the earth” Acts 1:8.  

“And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be ENDUED with POWER from on high” Luke 24:49. 

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another COMFORTER, that he may ABIDE WITH you for ever; 17 even the Spirit of TRUTH; whom the world CANNOT receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth WITH you, and shall be IN you” John 14:16-17. 

“Now it is God who ESTABLISHES and CONFIRMS us [in joint fellowship] with you in Christ, and who has ANOINTED us [EMPOWERING us with the gifts of the Spirit]; 22 it is He who has also put His SEAL on us [that is, He has appropriated us and CERTIFIED us as His] and has GIVEN us the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge [like a security deposit to GUARANTEE the fulfillment of His promise of eternal life]” 2 Corinthians 1:21-22/AMP.  

“Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, [as conformity to God’s will and purpose—so it is with you also]. 7 So understand that it is the people who live by faith [with confidence in the power and goodness of God] who are [the true] sons of Abraham. 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news [of the Savior] to Abraham in advance [with this promise], saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then those who are people of faith [whether Jew or Gentile] are blessed and favored by God [and declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with Him] along with Abraham, the believer . . . 13 Christ PURCHASED our FREEDOM and REDEEMED us from the curse of the Law and its condemnation by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs [crucified] on a tree (cross)”— 14 in order that in Christ Jesus THE BLESSING of Abraham might also come to the Gentiles, so that we would all receive [the realization of] the PROMISE of the [Holy] Spirit through faith . . . 26 For you [who are born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified and] are all children of God [set apart for His purpose with full rights and privileges] through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union with the Christ, the Anointed] have clothed yourselves with Christ [that is, you have taken on His characteristics and values]. 28 There is [now no distinction in regard to salvation] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you [who believe] are all one in Christ Jesus [no one can claim a spiritual superiority]. 29 And if you belong to Christ [if you are in Him], then you are Abraham’s descendants, and [spiritual] heirs according to [God’s] promise” Galatians 3:13-14/AMP.  

“And it shall come to pass, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN DILIGENTLY UNTO THE VOICE of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 and all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE of the Lord thy God . . . 9 The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, IF THOU SHALT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways . . . 13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; IF THAT THOU HEARKEN UNTO THE COMMANDMENTS of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: 14 and thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them” Deuteronomy 28:1-14.  

“Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE” Acts 20:34-35.  

“What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. 3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describeth the BLESSEDNESS of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. 9. Cometh this BLESSEDNESS then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness . . . 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, 17 (as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were . . . 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 24 but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; 25 who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification” Romans 4:1-25. 

SUMMARY: 

The message is a spiritual reflection on the theme of God’s blessedness and empowerment in the life of believers in Christ Jesus. It highlights how God’s blessedness is made real in us through the Holy Spirit, enabling us to thrive, fulfill His purpose, and live a life of meaning and productivity. 

Key points: 

  • God’s blessedness in Christ Jesus brings fullness of life, fulfillment of desires, and vitality.  
  • Believers are empowered by the Holy Spirit to live God’s blessed life, overcoming emptiness, human strength, and vain imagination. 
  • The blessed life operates through God’s empowerment, sealing, anointing, and dwelling of the Holy Spirit. 
  • God’s blessedness is seen in character, charisma, and ministry, synergised by the Holy Spirit. 
  • Believers are called to enact God’s blessed life, living godly in Christ Jesus, and fulfilling His purpose. 

Scriptural emphasis: 
The message draws from various scriptures (Gal 3:13-14, Eph 1:3-6, Acts 1:8, John 14:16-17, 2 Cor 1:21-22) to highlight God’s blessedness, empowerment by the Holy Spirit, and the believer’s identity in Christ Jesus. 

Tone: 
The tone is inspirational, encouraging believers to live out God’s blessedness in their lives through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

ENSURING AN ENDURING POSSESSIONS IN REDEMPTION 

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ENSURING AN ENDURING POSSESSIONS IN REDEMPTION: THE NEEDFUL ACTS TO MAINTAIN AND SUSTAIN THE BLESSEDNESS! 

“And WINE that maketh GLAD the heart of man, and OIL to make his face to SHINE, and BREAD which STRENGTHENETH man’s heart” Psalms 104:15. 

“The BLESSING of the Lord, it MAKETH RICH, and he ADDETH NO SORROW with it” Proverbs 10:22. 

In REDEMPTION, we are BLESSED of God in Christ Jesus. The essence of God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus is to ensure that in our assured redemption, that we can be able to: live a meaningful, purposeful and Fulfilling life and more; and to also live WITHOUT Sorrow, Regret and Mishaps.  

And it’s one thing to be BLESSED of God in Christ Jesus, it’s another thing to KNOW that you’ve been BLESSED in order to enact and authenticate it into a daily reality in life and godliness in Christ Jesus; and it’s another thing also to know the how to MAINTAIN and SUSTAIN the BLESSEDNESS of being BLESSED in REDEMPTION without sorrow and regrets and such like accordingly.  

“BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all spiritual BLESSINGS in heavenly places in Christ” Ephesians 1:3. 

“The BLESSING of the Lord, it MAKETH RICH, and he ADDETH NO SORROW with it” Proverbs 10:22. 

And to be BLESSED, means to be EMPOWERED with the ENABLING of God’s good and goodness, graciousness and gracefulness in order to – SUCCEED, EXCEL, ACHIEVE, BECOME, CREATE, INITIATE, EXPLORE and INNOVATE, in Christ Jesus stead. It thus means that the BLESSING of God in ESSENCE – is not PHYSICAL in terms of – [Car, property, Finance and such like; but it’s SPIRITUAL] – and it’s the endowed enabling of God received in our REDEMPTION in Christ Jesus – and that’s what helps one in grace to acquire or bring into reality and tangibility, the physical things we do need to enhance life in grace, such as – Car, Property, Finance and such like. 

The knowing of the above difference, in terms of what the blessing of God is, and is not, helps to ensure and assure how the BLESSEDNESS of redemption becomes real and tangible, and makes our perspective and perception in prayers more connected to the HOW things of God do work for us from the SPIRITUAL to the PHYSICAL in MANIFESTATIONS and TANGIBILITY, and how we can unreservedly and uncompromisingly do LIFE and GODLINESS with God in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

And to ensure an assured know-how, maintenance and sustenance of the BLESSEDNESS, one need to possess, meaning, not to lack any of the three ingredients that ensures the acts of doing LIFE and living GODLY; these acts in essence helps to make all things in grace to come into fruition – reality and tangibility – as in the Holy writs: 

“And WINE that maketh GLAD the heart of man, and OIL to make his face to SHINE, and BREAD which STRENGTHENETH man’s heart” Psalms 104:15. 

“Yea, the Lord will ANSWER and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you CORN, and WINE, and OIL, and ye shall be SATISFIED therewith: and I will no more make you a REPROACH among the heathen” Joel 2:19. 

The three INGREDIENTS from the Holy writs to help ensure the assured durability through knowing to maintaining and sustaining the blessedness of God in the grace are: 

  • The WINE – Speaks of The HOLY SPIRIT: The WINE will gladden one’s hearts – the human spirit being 
  • The OIL – Speaks of The ANOINTING: The OIL will cause one’s face to shine and radiate the glorious presence of God’s ENDOWMENT and ENDUEMENT in one’s being.  
  • The BREAD – Speaks of The WORD: The BREAD will STRENGTHEN one’s heart – the human spirit being, to meet the demands of doing life and living godly of God in Christ Jesus. 

And when the above mentioned three endowments and enduement abide and abound in our day–to- day living, then doing LIFE and GODLINESS are done [enacted and authenticated] in grace with ease and in leisure, satisfaction, and purpose, which will result in the meaningful fulfilment we so much desire – way over, above and beyond the limiting elements of – stress, depression, pain , hurt, pressure, fear, complex and such like that hunt us. 

IT’S TIME TO ENSURE YOUR ASSURED REDEMPTION DEED IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD BY THE THREE NEEDFULS AS MENTIONED 

Know today that it’s one thing to be BLESSED – and it’s another thing to KNOW you’ve been BLESSED – and it’s another thing to MAINTAIN and SUSTAIN being BLESSED in REDEMPTION by God, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

I pray you make time today and even now, to crave for these enabling to be a part of your day-to-day living in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

Be BLESSED! 

SELAH – PAUSE And Think! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And WINE that maketh GLAD the heart of man, and OIL to make his face to SHINE, and BREAD which STRENGTHENETH man’s heart” Psalms 104:15. 

“Yea, the Lord will ANSWER and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you CORN, and WINE, and OIL, and ye shall be SATISFIED therewith: and I will no more make you a REPROACH among the heathen” Joel 2:19. 

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all spiritual BLESSINGS in heavenly places in Christ” Ephesians 1:3. 

“The BLESSING of the Lord, it MAKETH RICH, and he ADDETH NO SORROW with it” Proverbs 10:22. 

“Let thy GARMENTS be ALWAYS WHITE; and let thy HEAD lack no OINTMENT” Ecclesiastes 9:8. 

Further Scriptural Reading: 2 Peters 1:2-4; Ecclesiastes 9:8; Acts 2:1-21. 

SUMMARY: 

The message emphasises the importance of understanding and possessing the blessedness of God in redemption, which is not just about physical blessings but spiritual empowerment. The blessedness of God enables believers to live a meaningful, purposeful, and fulfilling life without sorrow, regret, and mishaps. 

Key points: 

  • The blessedness of God is not just physical but spiritual, enabling believers to succeed, excel, achieve, and innovate in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 1:3, Proverbs 10:22).  
  • To maintain and sustain the blessedness, believers need to possess three key ingredients: the Wine (Holy Spirit), Oil (Anointing), and Bread (Word) (Psalms 104:15, Joel 2:19). 

These ingredients help believers to: 

  • Gladden their hearts (Holy Spirit) 
  • Shine with God’s presence (Anointing) 
  • Strengthen their hearts (Word) 

When these ingredients abide and abound, believers can live a life of ease, satisfaction, and purpose, overcoming stress, depression, and other limiting elements. 

Believers are encouraged to crave and possess these enabling elements in their day-to-day living, knowing they are blessed and empowered in Christ Jesus. 

The message emphasises the importance of knowing, maintaining, and sustaining the blessedness of God, and encourages believers to pause and reflect on their redemption deed in Christ Jesus. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE EAGLE IS AUTHENTIC

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THE EAGLE IS AUTHENTIC: BE AUTHENTIC AS THE EAGLE IF YOU MUST SOAR! 

“For do I now PERSUADE men, or God? or do I seek to PLEASE men? for if I yet PLEASED men, I should not be the SERVANT of Christ. 11 But I CERTIFY you, brethren, that the GOSPEL which was PREACHED of me is not after man. 12 For I neither RECEIVED it of man, neither was I TAUGHT it, but by the REVELATION of Jesus Christ” Galatians 1:10-12. 

THERE’S A NEED FOR AUTHENTICITY IN PREACHING THE GOSPEL – AND IF YOU MUST SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE, YOU NEED TO BE AUTHENTIC IN ALL. 

It’s time for your timely timeline to CREATE, INITIATE, INNOVATE and EXPLORE reality on an onward and upward trajectory – not just bubbling in life, for you to ensure the leverage into the sphere you want to see and enjoy in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS. That’s how to end all complaints, worries ,and anxiousness in the cause of the preaching of the Gospel. 

You WORTH a new dawn by being authentic. And you need to make it happen for your good and for all you care about and for humanity. This is possible by REVELATION as you SOAR AS AN EAGLE by the WIND – the HOLY SPIRIT – the personified God that lives in us to enable our empowering for authenticity [Romans 5:5; John 14:16-17]. For the WIND will give you every enabling to fulfil PURPOSE when you allow Him take His place in you as it’s written: 

“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. 

Don’t stay on the side road, don’t stay on the middle ground, neither stay on the complaining, murmuring and nagging seat; but on the onward and upward trajectory sphere of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, that gives you the enabling to GET – CREATE, INITIATE, INNOVATE and EXPLORE – the BLESSEDNESS of God in the world as you do life and live in grace, and to BECOME a BLESSING too. 

“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee POWER to GET (INITIATE, CREATE, EXPLORE AND INNOVATE) wealth, that he may ESTABLISH his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day” Deuteronomy 8:18/Emphasis Mine. 

Make your AUTHENTICITY known without ADULTERATION, COPYCATS, or COUNTERFEIT. For history will remember you – either for the PROBLEMS of life that you SOLVED by seizing opportunity, or for the CHAOS and PAIN you didn’t resolve despite having the chance. You will also be remembered for the problems you created, initiated, explored and innovated to humanity, even when it was within your reach to make it happen for others’ good and goodness. 

May you be BLESSED and a BLESSING as you initiate, create, explore, and innovate as you do life and live in godliness, in all to be an ANSWER and ASSET for the good and goodness of others, in every way, in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath BLESSED us with all spiritual BLESSINGS in heavenly places in Christ: 4 according as he hath CHOSEN us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love” Ephesians 1:3-4. 

“Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will BLESS thee, and make thy name great; AND THOU SHALT BE A BLESSING: 3 and I will BLESS them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be BLESSED” Genesis 12:1-3. 

“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee POWER to GET (INITIATE, CREATE, EXPLORE AND INNOVATE) wealth, that he may ESTABLISH his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day” Deuteronomy 8:18/Emphasis Mine. 

“For do I now PERSUADE men, or God? or do I seek to PLEASE men? for if I yet PLEASED men, I should not be the SERVANT of Christ. 11 But I CERTIFY you, brethren, that the GOSPEL which was PREACHED of me is not after man. 12 For I neither RECEIVED it of man, neither was I TAUGHT it, but by the REVELATION of Jesus Christ” Galatians 1:10-12. 

“Knowing therefore the TERROR of the Lord, we PERSUADE men; but we are made MANIFEST unto God; and I trust also are made MANIFEST in your CONSCIENCES . . .14 For the love of Christ CONSTRAINETH us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15 and that he died for all, that they which LIVE should NOT henceforth LIVE unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again” 2 Corinthians 5:11, 14. 

“Yea, so have I STRIVED to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should BUILD upon another man’s FOUNDATION” Romans 15:20. 

“But all the while my AMBITION has been to go still farther, PREACHING where the name of Christ has NEVER yet been heard, rather than where a church has ALREADY been started by someone else” Romans 15:20 (LIVING BIBLE). 

“And so I have MADE it my aim to PREACH the GOSPEL, not where Christ was NAMED, lest I should BUILD on another MAN’S foundation” Romans 15:20 (NKJV) 

REV. CHUKI MORSI

 

MARITAL BLESSEDNESS – A CALL OF GOD TO INHERIT A BLESSING 

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MARITAL BLESSEDNESS – A CALL OF GOD TO INHERIT A BLESSING: AND GOD BLESSED THEM AND YOURS IS BLESSED! 

“Likewise, ye WIVES, be in SUBJECTION [SUBMISSIVE] to your OWN husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be WON by the CONVERSATION [CONDUCT] of the wives . . . 7 Likewise, ye HUSBANDS, DWELL WITH THEM ACCORDING TO KNOWLEDGE, giving HONOUR unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being HEIRS together of the GRACE of life; that your PRAYERS be NOT HINDERED. 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having COMPASSION one of another, LOVE as brethren, be PITIFUL, be COURTEOUS: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise BLESSING; knowing that ye are thereunto CALLED, that ye should INHERIT A BLESSING . . . 12 For the EYES of the Lord are over the RIGHTEOUS, and his EARS are open unto their PRAYERS: but the FACE of the Lord is AGAINST them that do EVIL” 1 Peter 3:1-12. 

I don’t know how you see marriage or your marriage – whether you see it as BLESSED and a BLESSING or CURSED or a CURSE or a MISTAKE; but I want you to know that MARRIAGE is a marital BLESSEDNESS irrespective of the challenges and difficult times you have or may be going through right now in your relationship. Your marriage and marital life is how you’ve rated it by the measures you’ve used to determine and to own it – be it good or bad. However, all things work for the good of marriage that’s within God’s purpose and plan. For marriage is a call of grace to fulfil purpose. And it’s only when PURPOSE is misunderstood and misappropriated that ABUSE sets in. Get to know your marital purpose today and reset your focus in doing life and living godly in the grace. That’s how to live daily and be fulfilled purposefully, in the midst of all good or bad challenging times. 

“And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are CALLED according to His PLAN and PURPOSE” Romans 8:28/Amplified. 

“. . . 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise BLESSING; knowing that ye are thereunto CALLED, that ye should INHERIT A BLESSING . . .” 1 Peter 3:1-12. 

Marriage, in God’s design and perspective, is BLESSED and a BLESSING – and yours is BLESSED, not CURSED or a CURSE, nor a MISTAKE, in any context or perception. And you must know and understand that to being BLESSED, means to be EMPOWERED to – succeed, achieve, enrich, thrive, become, prosper and such like in the context of God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. And you have an inherent DNA of God’s gracious empowerment to make your marriage work and be fulfilled and be meaningfully purposeful by God, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

“THE BLESSING of the Lord BRINGS [true] RICHES, And He ADDS NO SORROW to it [for it comes as a BLESSING from God]” Proverbs 10:22/Amplified. 

“BLESSED and worthy of praise be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who HAS BLESSED us with EVERY SPIRITUAL BLESSING in the heavenly realms in Christ” Ephesians 1:3/Amplified. 

Marriage in God’s eye is BLESSED and a BLESSING in His BLESSEDNESS; and it is considered as a special CALL of God for all who dare choose to get involved into it by FAITH in Him, in order to INHERIT the marital BLESSING of His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. For God BLESSED them – [male and female] – Adam and Eve, in His first marital BLESSEDNESS to set out His intent to all of mankind. And His intent is for all to enjoy the same-like BLESSEDNESS as we do life and live godly to fulfil His call [commission] and assignment [purpose] in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. Hence the scripture says, He that finds a wife finds a good thing and obtain favourable blessedness from the Lord God. 

“So God created MAN in his own image, in the image of God created he him; MALE and FEMALE created he them. 28 And God BLESSED THEM, and God said unto THEM, Be FRUITFUL, and MULTIPLY, and REPLENISH the earth, and subdue it: and have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” Genesis 1:27-28. 

“He who FINDS a [true and faithful] WIFE finds a GOOD thing And OBTAINS FAVOR and APPROVAL from the Lord. [Prov 19:14; 31:10]” Proverbs 18:22/Amplified. 

“House and WEALTH are the INHERITANCE from fathers, But a WISE, UNDERSTANDING, and SENSIBLE wife is [a GIFT and Blessing] from the Lord” Proverbs 19:14/Amplified. 

“An EXCELLENT [VIRTUOUS] woman [one who is spiritual, capable, intelligent, and virtuous], who is he who can find her? Her VALUE is more PRECIOUS than jewels and her worth is far above rubies or pearls” Proverbs 31:10/Amplified. 

And if you want God to make you BECOME in the grace, by being blessed in the path of the process of your marital journey, you must as a matter of principle, be intentional and pragmatic to see marriage the way God sees it in His context; and God sees marriage in His context, as a calling to INHERIT His BLESSING [BLESSEDNESS] in the grace – and that’s, as PURE and SIMPLE. It’s either you choose to see it from God’s perceptive and context, or you remain stuck in your own self-made, world-made, and man-made delusion. For God CREATED and MADE marriage, and His way and path it shall be for now, tomorrow and always, for all who believes in His context in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

And you have to live  by FAITH in order to blossom, refresh and rejuvenate in this marital BLESSEDNESS; and if you must be victorious and triumphant in every way of doing life and living godly, in order to ensure that God’s enabling grace is at work to enable you overcome the challenging and difficult times that comes along with marriage, you must set your default to faith in God in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. It’s by faith that you can ensure the practicality and activities to overcome the state of things in this present depraved world system. 

“Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH” Habakkuk 2:4 (Romans 1:16-17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38). 

“For whatsoever is born of God OVERCOMETH the world: and this is the VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH. 5 Who is he that OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5. 

“But WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a REWARDER of them that diligently seek him” Hebrews 11:6. 

I want you to know full well, that God will always COMMEND what He COMMANDS. He won’t break His WORD that He has taken an OATH to authenticate on the IMMUTABILITY of His counsel. For He BLESSED them – male and female – that they might share in His GRACE and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus. 

“Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the IMMUTABILITY OF HIS COUNSEL, CONFIRMED it by an OATH: 18 that by two IMMUTABLE things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 19 which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil” Hebrews 6:17-19. 

Your marriage is BLESSED – knowingly and unknowingly. And it’s not about you, but about Him, who had MADE MARRIAGE; and it’s by Him only also that it works, irrespective of any of your feelings and sentiments and prejudice about marriage and God, in all perspectives. I do pray that your marriage will enjoy God’s BLESSEDNESS in the grace and become a living blessing to others in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

“The Lord BLESS thee, and keep thee: 25 the Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace” Numbers 6:24-26. 

It’s my utmost wishes that you stay married and that your marriage being BLESSED may flourish, rejuvenate and blossom as in God’s BLESSEDNESS, in life and grace, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“So God created MAN in his own image, in the image of God created he him; MALE and FEMALE created he them. 28 And God BLESSED THEM, and God said unto THEM, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” Genesis 1:27-28. 

“This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 2 MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM; AND BLESSED THEM, and CALLED THEIR NAME ADAM, in the day when they were created” Genesis 5:1-2. 

“Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise BLESSING; knowing that ye are thereunto CALLED, that ye should INHERIT A BLESSING. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil” 1 Peter 3:9-12. 

“And now, brethren, I COMMEND you to God, and to THE WORD of his grace, which is able to BUILD you up, and to give you an INHERITANCE among all them which are SANCTIFIED” Acts 20:32. 

“And we desire that every one of you do shew the same DILIGENCE to the full ASSURANCE of hope unto the end: 12 that ye be not SLOTHFUL, but FOLLOWERS of them who through FAITH and PATIENCE INHERIT the PROMISES” Hebrews 6:11-12. 

“Now thanks be unto God, which ALWAYS CAUSETH US TO TRIUMPH in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in EVERY PLACE” 2 Corinthians 2:14. 

“But thanks be to God, which GIVETH US THE VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Corinthians 15:57. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

YOU ARE CROWNED AND BLESSED – TO BE A BLESSING 

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YOU ARE CROWNED AND BLESSED – TO BE A BLESSING: DON’T LIVE LESS IN CHRIST JESUS IN THE GRACE! 

“You CROWN THE YEAR WITH YOUR GOODNESS, AND YOUR PATHS DRIP WITH ABUNDANCE. 12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, And the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing” Psalms 65:11-13. NKJV 

To being BLESSED in God’s BLESSEDNESS, is to be EMPOWERED by God’s grace to SUCCEED, ACHIEVE, THRIVE, BECOME and such like the MORE, in every venture and endeavour of doing life and living godly, ensuring FULFILMENT through a gracious PLAN, PURPOSE and PURSUIT. 

I want you to know full well, that in Christ Jesus, you are CROWNED AND BLESSED of God to be a BLESSING. And unlike the OLD TESTAMENT BLESSEDNESS that was woven UNDER an “IF” CONDITIONALITY as by the holy writ of Deuteronomy 28:1-15 and in other same like Scriptures of the OLD TESTAMENT, the NEW CREATION BLESSEDNESS of the NEW TESTAMENT in Christ Jesus, is not based on CONDITIONALITY “IF”, but on Christ Jesus stead IN US, as per Ephesians 1:3 and such like Scriptures of the epistles. 

“BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who HATH BLESSED us with all spiritual BLESSINGS in heavenly places in Christ” Ephesians 1:3. 

“And it shall come to pass, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 and ALL THESE BLESSINGS shall come on thee, and overtake thee, IF THOU SHALT hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God . . . 9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, IF THOU shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. 13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; IF THAT THOU hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them . . .” Deuteronomy 28:1-15. 

Herein are some of the reasons but not limited for your BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus, as the NEW CREATION of the NEW TESTAMENT: 

  • It is a DONE promised blessing of God in our redemption in Christ Jesus. Hence, the New Creation Blessing is UNCONDITIONAL. Unlike the Old Testament wherein you are CONDITIONED to fulfil certain obligations to attain it or have it. Hence let no man ask you to pay some charges or fullfil some obligations before you can ascertain God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 
  • It’s the blessing that’s free of fear, sorrow, pain, envy, jealousy and anguish, but always enriching, assuring and ensuring. So, there’s no reason to be afraid of God’s BLESSEDNESS. And nobody should then threaten you of God’s promises to you beside them. Ephesians 1:3; 2 Peter 1:1-4; 3 John 2. 
  • God’s BLESSING is not a FEELING; it is in the KNOWING and UNDERSTANDING – that’s the only way you can BE a BLESSING too. And it’s always an INTENTIONAL choice plan to have us BLESSED in His BLESSEDNESS.  
  • God’s BLESSING is not a car, property, family, money, empire of business and more; but the ENABLING ENDOWMENTS of God that MAKES and ENABLES to become a reality, the things you need like – car, house, business, money, family health, and more; the BLESSED ENABLER makes the things you need to come into reality WITHOUT SWEAT, EFFORTLESS, GRACEFULLY and GRACIOUSLY. It is such to note that you are not limited by the things you need or have, but you are GOVERNED by the enabler. The BLESSED enabler, MAKES you ABOVE ONLY otherwise you will go down south or downhill, when the alternative is your enabler. 
  • And God’s BLESSING KEEPS you in His CHURCH or PRESENCE and enables one to go from strength unto strength. Meaning, God’s BLESSING doesn’t take you away from His presence or Church as we’ve seen many BACKSLIDE from FAITH for having some little tokens of money or car or property and more which they considered to be a blessing, which unfortunately for them are the results of the BLESSEDNESS and not the BLESSEDNESS. 
  • God’s BLESSING for us in His BLESSEDNESS does not fade, deteriorate or go valueless and worthless and in any such like degradation, hence it’s not treasured as Car, landed property, house, material and such like that wear out with time. So, when you have any material items as Car, house and such like for example, it is the ENABLING ENDOWMENTS called the BLESSEDNESS of God that is the Blessing and not the car. God’s BLESSEDNESS upon you provides you the car as a tool to achieve purpose on earth. And because God’s BLESSEDNESS is in the HEAVENLY PLACES, meaning spiritual endowment, thieves, robbers and such like enemy and cohorts, can’t break-in because there are kept in the heavenly places where Christ Jesus is seated, you and I are seated at the safe and secured right hand of God. Ephesians 1:3, 20; Ephesians 2:6; Matthew 6:19-21. 
  • Do you know that you are BLESSED? If yes, then stop running around as one without KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING. I am Blessed – I know It. You are Blessed – I know it quite well too. 
  • And much more importantly, your marriage is BLESSED and not a CURSE. You can now stop this unfavourable notion of holding and looking at your spouse as an agent of CURSE and know to give up the worry syndrome, knowing that being BLESSED maritally by God, you cannot be externally cursed to make you live in fear. Hence you need to stop all those notions that someone else is there cursing your marriage and such is more supreme than the BLESSEDNESS of God upon your marriage. Always know that you will become what you believe – either God’s BLESSEDNESS or Man-Made make belief or your make up dogmas to suit sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation. 1 Peter 3:8-12. 

Having now known some of the reasons above, therefore, go on in grace, speaking FORTH who you ARE as being BLESSED of God and not CURSED; and going forth in such might in Christ Jesus stead to do the needful in PRINCIPLE and DILIGENCE, as God begins to actualise and unveil into reality your BLESSEDNESS in Him in Christ Jesus. 

THEREFORE, IN POSSIBILITIES WITH – THE TIMELESS GOD – KNOW FULL WELL THAT YOU ARE CROWN BLESSED – TO BE A BLESSING – DON’T LIVE LESS IN CHRIST JESUS. AMEN. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH MEDITATING IN CONTEXT: 

“. . . 5 BLESSED is the man whose STRENGTH is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. 6. Who passing through the VALLEY of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. 7 They go from STRENGTH to STRENGTH, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. . .” (Psalms 84). 

“BLESSED be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who HATH BLESSED us with all spiritual blessings in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ . . 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 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, 15-23. 

“. . . 6 and hath RAISED us up together, and made us SIT together in HEAVENLY PLACES in Christ Jesus . . .” Ephesians 2:1-10. 

“Lay not up for yourselves TREASURES upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where THIEVES break through and steal: 20 but lay up for yourselves TREASURES in HEAVEN, where NEITHER moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where THIEVES do not break through nor steal: 21 for where your TREASURE is, there will your heart be also” Matthew 6:19-21. 

“The BLESSING of the Lord, it MAKES RICH, and he ADDS NO SORROW with it” Proverbs 10:22. 

“Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 and I will make of thee a GREAT nation, and I will BLESS thee, and MAKE thy name GREAT; and thou shalt be a BLESSING: 3 and I will BLESS them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: AND IN THEE SHALL ALL FAMILIES OF THE EARTH BE BLESSED” Genesis 12:1-3. 

“Even as Abraham BELIEVED God, and it was ACCOUNTED to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore THAT THEY WHICH ARE OF FAITH, the same are the CHILDREN of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, PREACHED BEFORE THE GOSPEL unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall ALL NATIONS BE BLESSED. 9 So then they WHICH BE OF FAITH ARE BLESSED with faithful Abraham . . . 13 Christ hath REDEEMED us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 that THE BLESSING of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might RECEIVE THE PROMISE of the Spirit through faith . . . 26 For ye ARE ALL THE CHILDREN of God BY FAITH in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is NEITHER Jew nor Greek, there is NEITHER bond nor free, there is NEITHER male nor female: FOR YE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS. 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s SEED, and HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE” Galatians 3:6-9, 13-14, 26-29. 

“Thou CROWNEST THE YEAR with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. 12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. 13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing” Psalms 65:11-13. 

“And it shall come to pass, IF THOU SHALT HEARKEN diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 and ALL THESE BLESSINGS shall come on thee, and overtake thee, IF THOU SHALT hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 BLESSED shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 BLESSED shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 BLESSED shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 BLESSED shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out . . .15 But it shall come to pass, IF THOU WILT not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee” Deuteronomy 28:1-15. 

“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have OBTAINED like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3 according as his DIVINE POWER hath GIVEN unto us ALL THINGS that pertain unto LIFE and GODLINESS, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 whereby are GIVEN unto us EXCEEDING GREAT and PRECIOUS PROMISES: that by these ye might be PARTAKERS of the DIVINE NATURE, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” 2 Peter 1:1-4. 

“. . . 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; KNOWING THAT YE ARE THEREUNTO CALLED, THAT YE SHOULD INHERIT A BLESSING. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil” 1 Peter 3:1-12. 

Further Scriptural Reading Text: Deuteronomy 28:1-15. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

MARRIAGE – A COVENANT OF GRACE AND BLESSEDNESS 

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MARRIAGE – A COVENANT OF GRACE AND BLESSEDNESS: A CALLING TO INHERIT A BLESSING AND FULFIL GOD’S PURPOSE! 

“Whoso FINDETH a wife FINDETH A GOOD THING, and obtaineth FAVOUR of the Lord” Proverbs 18:22 

Your MARRIAGE is BLESSED and not CURSE – that’s when you see [envision] it from the EYES of the SCRIPTURES and not from the EYES of MAN-MADE TRADITION, SECTARIANISM and DENOMINATIONALISM and such like. For the Scripture says from the beginning that God intentionally BLESSED them – male and female. Marriage is BLESSED and EMPOWERED with divine PURPOSE, and none living within the Scriptural marital stand of God is cursed. It’s your choice to believe God’s word or to allow circumstances and society and others to define your stand in marriage – knowingly and unknowingly. And eventually, you will become whom and what you believe in marital context and content. 

“And God said, Let us MAKE MAN in our image, after our likeness: and let THEM have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God CREATED he him; MALE and FEMALE created he them. 28 And God BLESSED THEM, and God SAID unto them, Be FRUITFUL, and MULTIPLY, and REPLENISH the earth, and SUBDUE it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth” Genesis 1:26-28. 

For marriage is a divine institution of grace; and much more, a CALLING of God in Christ Jesus stead, for all who believe in the divine setting to INHERIT the BLESSING [FAVOUR] of God’s BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus; and the couples, as heirs of God, can share the blessedness of the common grace of life and godliness; and whose PRAYERS are and can be effectual without obstruction and unhindered by any means as they live unreservedly and intentionally in scriptural consciousness. 

“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to KNOWLEDGE, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being HEIRS together of the grace of life; that your PRAYERS be not HINDERED . . . 9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise BLESSING; knowing that ye are thereunto CALLED, that ye should INHERIT A BLESSING” 1 Peter 3:7, 9. 

God MADE marriage, as such, only by Him through His WORD it does work to the fulness in life and grace. In God, your marriage is good and blessed and not curse. Get your marriage CONNECTED and SYNCHRONISED with God in Christ Jesus stead and not to religion sectarianism and denominationalism and such like. Begin now to see your marriage and marital relationship from the perspective of God in order to obtain and actualise your promised favour and to inherit your blessed BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“. . . 7 As being HEIRS together of the GRACE of LIFE; that your PRAYERS be not HINDERED. 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, LOVE as BRETHREN, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise BLESSING; knowing that YE ARE thereunto CALLED, that ye should INHERIT a BLESSING. 10 For he that will LOVE life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the EYES of the Lord are over the righteous, and his EARS are open unto their prayers: but the FACE of the Lord is against them that do evil” 1 Peter 3:1-12. 

“SUBMITTING yourselves one to another in the FEAR of God. 22 Wives, SUBMIT yourselves unto your OWN husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, LOVE your wives, even as Christ also LOVED the church, and GAVE himself for it; 26 that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 that he might present it to himself a GLORIOUS church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 30 for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband” Ephesians 5:21-33. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI