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THE BLESSEDNESS OF FATHERHOOD

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THE BLESSEDNESS OF FATHERHOOD: MY PRAYERS FOR YOUR BEING FATHERLY IN THE GRACE!  

“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God . . .” Ephesians 3:14-21/NKJV. 

Whatever your spectrum or station in life, you can take a stand, posture, and position in fatherhood to live fatherly for the good of others – whether biological, adopted, fostered, or as a guardian. Know that God sees you, knows you, and calls you by name. He knows your labour in the fatherly process in Christ Jesus. Knowing that God has your back should encourage you to serve joyfully in the parenting cause, assured that your labour shall be rewarded in His grace.  

So, keep pressing on to remain a good-hearted father in life and godliness. Do not let your hands be weakened in your fatherly efforts, even when you are not fully approved or appreciated. You labour for a cause under God in Christ Jesus’ stead [Romans 8:28; Ephesians 1:10-12; John 18:37; 1 John 3:8]. Be steadfast in the faith, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

“But you, be strong and do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded” 2 Chronicles 15:7/NKJV. 

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” 1 Corinthians 15:58/NKJV. 

Remember: what you leave in your naturing supersedes what you leave for your naturing. It is only what you leave in them that will sustain what you leave for them when you are gone. Isaac almost gave up despite all Abraham left for him (Genesis 25:5-11), because nothing was yet in him until God Himself intervened (Genesis 26:1–5, 12–14). What you leave in people counts and accounts for their today and tomorrow. God has left His enabling in us, in Christ Jesus, to help us make up the difference in all aspects of life. 

“That the sharing [communication, fellowship] of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is IN you IN Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:6/NKJJV/Emphasis mine. 

“A good [upright, righteous] man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous” Proverbs 13:22/NKJV/Emphasis mine. 

Three essentials you must ensure are left in them: 

  • VALUES – They can only treasure what they truly value in life and grace (Matthew 6:19-21 [Ephesians 1:3, 20; Ephesians 2:6]). 
  • ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY – Build with posterity [next generation] in mind, avoid decisions that derail the legacy for future generations [Genesis 18:19; Proverbs 13:22; Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified]. This saves them from the bondage of the self-trinity: “I, ME, and MYSELF”, for gain is not godliness [Luke 15:11-32; 1 Timothy 6:3-10]. 
  • ACCOUNTABILITY – This instils responsibility so that values and legacy do not stop with them but abound for the good of all (John 15:9-17). 

I pray for you, as Apostle Paul prayed for the Ephesians (Ephesians 3:14-15), that as you are named after God in Christ Jesus, you uphold these three essentials: values, architectural legacy, and accountability. May they shape your fatherhood in life and grace, ensuring the assured promises of God in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

“But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. 10 For God is not unjust [unrighteous, ungrateful, unfaithful] to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises” Hebrews 6:9-12/NKJV/Emphasis Mine. 

SUMMARY:  

This message is a prayerful charge to all fathers and father-figures. The message declares that the blessedness of fatherhood is found in living fatherly in God’s grace, leaving spiritual values and legacy in people, not just material things. 

It is anchored on Ephesians 3:14-21 — praying for strength in the inner man, Christ dwelling in the heart, and being rooted in the love of Christ. Fatherhood applies to biological, adopted, fostered children, or as a guardian. 

KEY POINTS: 

  1. FATHERHOOD IS A CALLING FROM THE FATHER OF ALL
    Ephesians 3:14-15— The whole family in heaven and earth is named from the Father. 
    God sees you, knows you by name, and calls you to take a stand in fatherhood. He does not forget your labour of love Hebrews 6:10. 
  2. STRENGTH AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR FATHERS
    Ephesians 3:16-19 — Pray for strength through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your heart and you be rooted in love.
    2 Chronicles 15:7 + 1 Corinthians 15:58 — Be strong, do not let your hands be weak. Your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 
    Even when you are not approved or appreciated, God has your back and will reward you. 
  3. WHAT YOU LEAVE IN THEM MATTERS MORE THAN WHAT YOU LEAVE FOR THEM
    Proverbs 13:22 — A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children.
    Genesis 25-26 — Isaac almost gave up despite what Abraham left, until God intervened. 
    Philemon 1:6 — Effectiveness comes by acknowledging every good thing that is IN you IN Christ Jesus. 
    Material inheritance without spiritual substance cannot sustain the next generation. 
  4. THE 3 ESSENTIALS TO LEAVE IN THEM:
    1.VALUES — Matthew 6:19-21 What they treasure. Teach them to value God, grace, and eternal things above earthly wealth. 
    2. ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY — Genesis 18:19, Ecclesiastes 3:11 Build with posterity in mind. Avoid decisions that derail future generations. Don’t live for “I, ME, MYSELF”. 
    3. ACCOUNTABILITY — John 15:9-17 Instil responsibility, so values and legacy continue and abound for the good of all. 
  5. THE GOAL: FILLED WITH THE FULNESS OF GOD
    Ephesians 3:19 — That you may be filled with all the fulness of God.
    Hebrews 6:11-12 — Show diligence to the full assurance of hope. Don’t be sluggish but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 

CALL TO ACTION: 

TO ALL FATHERS AND GUARDIANS: 

  1. Stay Rooted in Grace — Let Christ dwell in you. Be strengthened in the inner man by the Spirit so you can father from love. 
  2. Leave the Right Inheritance — Prioritise leaving VALUES, ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY, and ACCOUNTABILITY in your children over just wealth. 
  3. Do Not Grow Weary — Be steadfast and immovable. Your fatherly labour is seen by God and shall be rewarded. 
  4. Father for Posterity — Make decisions today that bless the next generation and keep them from the bondage of selfishness. 

Amen. May God’s grace establish you to be fatherly in life and godliness, for the blessedness that accompanies salvation. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

FATHER’S DAY SUNDAY HAS COME 

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FATHER’S DAY SUNDAY HAS COME: THE CELEBRATION OF FATHERLY LOVE AND FATHERHOOD! 

“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 of whom the WHOLE FAMILY in heaven and earth is named” Ephesians 3:14-15. 

Fatherhood is family, and family entails relationship and fellowship. Fellowship sustains relationship, and relationship is about naturing. Are you a father? Intending to become one? Yes, you can! But know this: any man can be a dad, yet to be a father requires a heartfelt labour of love, a work of faith, and patience of hope. It is lived out through diligence, service, sacrifice, commitment, dedication, tolerance, patience, goodness, compassion, and many such virtues. 

Fatherhood is about fellowship that deepens our relationship with God. Adam lost that fellowship of fatherhood with God, and in losing it, he lost the relationship. For us, the redeemed children of God, to actualise scriptural fatherhood, we must think of God in fellowship to enhance relationship – meaning we must think family, where fellowship nurtures relationships. Naturing entails the work of faith, the labour of love, and the patience of hope, bringing a seed to fullness until it becomes a forest, as it is written: 

“We give thanks to God ALWAYS for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; 3 remembering without ceasing your WORK OF FAITH, and LABOUR OF LOVE, and PATIENCE OF HOPE in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; 4 knowing, brethren beloved, your ELECTION of God” 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4. 

More importantly, being a father is about being the voice of God in the life of a child, as the patriarch Abraham was to his household, affirmed by God in His eternal plan, purpose, and pursuit (Genesis 18:19). To be responsible and accountable to God as a father is far more than material, physical, social, or emotional provision and support. It also involves gracious and graceful spiritual support in these ways: 

  1. As God’s priest – to stand in the gap in prayer before God, and to minister to Him for the family in all things. 
  2. As God’s prophet – to hear from Him on all matters of life and godly living for the family. 
  3. As God’s king – to protect and defend the family from the enemy and his cohorts, safeguarding their good and their goods on earth, in Christ’s stead. 

Let me remind you, dear father – and those intending to become one – that any man can be a dad or daddy. But to be a father, in the true tasks of fatherly love and fatherhood, requires heartfelt diligence, service, sacrifice, commitment, and much more. It is about being the voice of God in the life of a child, as the Patriarch Abraham was in his household, whom our Father God commended and affirmed in his fatherly path (Genesis 18:19). 

May our God, the Father of all flesh and spirit, father you with enabling grace and wisdom, so that you may faithfully father all that concerns you in fatherhood. 

Do have a wonderful and blessed Father’s Day, and a joyful celebration of fatherhood as it comes this Sunday in the UK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Fathers, do not PROVOKE your children to ANGER [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with DEMANDS that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the DISCIPLINE and INSTRUCTION of the Lord” Ephesians 6:4/Amplified. 

“Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well. 24 THE FATHER OF A RIGHTEOUS CHILD HAS GREAT JOY; A MAN WHO FATHERS A WISE SON REJOICES IN HIM. 25 May your father and mother rejoice; may she who gave you birth be joyful” Proverbs 23:23-25. 

“As a FATHER has COMPASSION on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him” Psalms 103:13. 

“For I know him, that he will TEACH and COMMAND his children and household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do what is JUST and RIGHTEOUS that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he has SPOKEN and PROMISED him” Genesis 18:19. 

“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 of whom the WHOLE FAMILY in heaven and earth is named” Ephesians 3:15-15. 

“Fathers, do not PROVOKE or IRRITATE or EXASPERATE your children [with DEMANDS that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by favoritism or indifference; treat them tenderly with lovingkindness], so they will not lose heart and become discouraged or unmotivated [with their spirits broken]” Colossians 3:21/Amplified. 

SUMMARY 

This message is on FATHER’S DAY: THE MEANING OF FATHERLY LOVE AND FATHERHOOD — that true fatherhood is a divine calling of relationship, fellowship, and responsibility patterned after God the Father. 

KEY POINTS: 

  1. THE FOUNDATION OF FATHERHOOD IS GOD
    Ephesians 3:14-15 — “Of whom the WHOLE FAMILY in heaven and earth is named.”
    Fatherhood begins with God. He is the Father of all flesh and spirit. Family is built on relationship, and relationship is sustained by fellowship. Adam lost fatherhood when he lost fellowship with God. For us to actualise scriptural fatherhood, we must return to thinking “family” — where fellowship nurtures relationship. 
  2. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DAD AND A FATHER
    Any man canbe a dad. But to be a FATHER requires: 
    A work of faith, a labour of love, and patience of hope 1 Thessalonians 1:2-4. 
    It is expressed through diligence, service, sacrifice, commitment, compassion, tolerance, and godly virtues. 
    Fatherhood is not just provision. It is presence, instruction, and spiritual covering. 
  3. THE THREEFOLD ROLE OF A FATHER
    Tobe accountable to God, a father must function: 
  • As God’s PRIEST — to stand in the gap in prayer and minister to God for the family. 
  • As God’s PROPHET — to hear from God and direct the family in life and godly living. 
  • As God’s KING — to protect, defend, and safeguard the family and their goods from the enemy. Genesis 18:19 
    Like Abraham, a father must be the voice of God in the life of his child and household. 
  1. THE BIBLICAL MANDATE FOR FATHERS
    Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:21 — Fathers are not to provoke, exasperate, or discourage their children, but to bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, with lovingkindness and nofavouritism. 
    Proverbs 23:23-25 — The father of a righteous child has great joy. Wisdom, instruction, and truth must be bought and not sold. 
    Psalms 103:13 — As a father has compassion, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. 
  2. NATURING TO FULNESS
    Naturing is the process of bringing a seed to a forest. It requires consistency, faith, love, and hope until what God has placed in a child comes to fulness. Election, calling, and purpose are nurtured in the atmosphere of fatherhood.

CALL TO ACTION: 

TO ALL FATHERS AND THOSE INTENDING TO BECOME ONE: 

  • Choose Fellowship First — Deepen your relationship with God the Father. Out of that fellowship flows true fatherhood. 
  • Embrace Responsibility — Be the priest, prophet, and king over your home. Pray, hear God, and protect. 
  • Nurture with Love — Father with compassion, instruction, and patience. Do not provoke but build up. 
  • Live the Example — Let your life be a work of faith, labour of love, and patience of hope that your children can imitate. 

May God the Father of all, father you with enabling grace and wisdom, so that you may faithfully father all that concerns you. 
REV. CHUKIE MORSI

DON’T BE AN ILLEGITIMATE PERSON IN THE KINGDOM 

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DON’T BE AN ILLEGITIMATE PERSON IN THE KINGDOM – DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR: SEEK THE NEED FOR SPIRITUAL PARENTING AND MENTORING! 

“And I will GIVE you SHEPHERDS according to My heart, who will FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15. 

Don’t GROW IN GRACE by ISOLATION as some do or have done. We are called to be SEPARATE but not to ISOLATE. And to being “SEPARATE” in Scriptural terms as written in 2 Corinthians 6:17 (16-18) means being SET APART for God’s good and goodness in us, and doesn’t necessarily mean being in ISOLATION from others or to grow in grace without COMMUNION or ASSOCIATION in the FELLOWSHIP of the brethren as written: 

“But GROW IN GRACE, and in THE KNOWLEDGE of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen” 2 Peter 3:18. 

“And let us CONSIDER one another in order to STIR up love and good works, 25 not FORSAKING the ASSEMBLING of ourselves together, as is the MANNER of some, but EXHORTING one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” Hebrews 10:24-25. 

Do you have a Spiritual Parent/Mentor in the walk of grace in Christ Jesus stead? or you are just a vagabond child in the kingdom? Have you seen the need to have someone in your life that can take a stand in grace to speak the TRUTH into your life without sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation? Do you have someone who will speak the TRUTH to your being even when it hurts and painful, but you know it’s for your good? It’s a high time not to take the need for spiritual parenting and mentoring for granted. 

“. . . 8 But if you are WITHOUT chastening [GUIDANCE], of which ALL have BECOME PARTAKERS, then you are ILLEGITIMATE [BASTARD, VAGABOND] and not sons . . .” Hebrews 12:3-11. 

May I advise and say to you today – Don’t be a headless and a no Shepherd guides Child in the Kingdom. Much more so, endeavour and ensure that you go to a Church gathering, a place of WORSHIP and FELLOWSHIP where there’s a SHEPHERD and not a HIRELING as Christ warns in John 10:1-15. For you ARE the Church and there’s the need to find yourself in a GATHERING place of same-like in the faith, in Christ Jesus, where the WORD of God is the centre context without prejudice, sentiments and dissimulation [hypocrisy]; and where one is not bounded by sectarianism and denominationalism and traditional dogmas of creeds, bye-laws, man-made and man-make beliefs – making God’s WORD of no effect in doing life and living godly in the grace. 

“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 [SET APART]” Acts 20:32/Emphasis Mine. 

“For LAYING ASIDE the commandment of God, ye HOLD THE TRADITION OF MEN, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye REJECT the COMMANDMENT of God, that ye may KEEP your OWN TRADITION . . . 13 making the WORD of God of NONE EFFECT through your TRADITION, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye” Mark 7:8-9, 13 [Matthew 15:3, 6] 

“And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18 forasmuch as ye know that ye WERE NOT REDEEMED with CORRUPTIBLE THINGS, AS SILVER AND GOLD, from your VAIN CONVERSATION RECEIVED by TRADITION from your fathers; 19 but with the PRECIOUS BLOOD of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” 1 Peter 1:17-19. 

Don’t be deter from the principle act of responsibility and accountability in the Kingdom, because you think or know that there are some TOUTS and PERVERTS operating around in the name of Ministry/Church wherein are gathering people in the name of God and His Church – [Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:1-24; Philippians 1:12-21, 27]; and don’t allow the errors of some to make you take for granted and play low the essence of Scriptural injunctions for yourself to gather with other same like faith as written in Ephesians 4:7-16 and Hebrews 10:24-25; know for sure, there’s an essence for the place of Shepherd in the Kingdom – to cause growth, maturity and perfection in the Body Ministry, in Christ Jesus stead as in Ephesians 4:7-16; Jeremiah 3:15; Proverbs 27:23-27. This is needful until He returns for His Church, that’s set to be glorious, victorious, triumphant, overcomer, more than conquerors, without spot and wrinkles and faithfully awaiting Him. 

For the cause of the above reasons, Apostle Paul, dearly and passionately exhorted, admonished and gave a charged in this wise: 

“For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL” 1 Corinthians 4:15. 

Thanks to God for the workings of the Holy Spirit in all BELIEVERS in Christ Jesus stead. Yet Today, there are many SPIRITUAL PARENTLESS Christian’s around, who are busy changing churches places of worship and fellowship as they change their clothes; and in some cases they have become more of a spiritual harlots; And for this absurd behavioural act of conduct, some parts of the Churches of Christ are in many phases of decay and having overwhelming leadership problems; and some on a fall outs as Apostle Paul admonished young Timothy on how he OUGHT to BEHAVE – CONDUCT himself in house of God among others as written: 

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.  

Some of these absurd behavioural act of conduct are people who can’t lead themselves in the kingdom, but now are leading people and with no appropriate counselling and guidance, and have gone further to reproduce their kinds forming the mixed multitude around, creating schisms and questions both within the body of Christ and even among the unbelieving world who we ought to give the light of God without question.  

Just because you are born of God, filled with the Holy Spirit and knows some couples of scriptures and speak forth in other tongues even more than your teachers doesn’t makes you to live without spiritual parenting. You need to SEEK for one. It’s possible to have many people around you to INSTRUCT you about the ways of God both in life, family and ministry, BUT endeavour to locate your Spiritual mentor’s as FATHER’S and MOTHER’S in faith that is reachable and you will respect, honour and dignify their spiritual position in your life for guidance knowing they will not take advantage of you or make you vulnerable in the faith. Their guidance as said by Apostle Paul in the scripture above of 1 Corinthians 4:15, will enhance, establish, strengthen and impart your faith in the Lord in order to THRIVE, FLOURISH and FULFILLED in Christ. 

There is the NEED for SPIRITUAL PARENTING and MENTORING in the Kingdom Gospel of Christ Jesus. I do encourage you to Pray about it and God will lead you right to such gracious and graceful spiritual parent in faith as promised in Jeremiah 3:15, who will endeavour to see you established all round in Christ Jesus stead in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS. Amen. 

Blessed regards in life and godliness! 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And I will GIVE you SHEPHERDS according to My heart, who will FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.

“Be thou DILIGENT to KNOW the STATE of thy FLOCKS, and LOOK WELL to thy HERDS. . . .” Proverbs 27:23-27. 

“Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me DAILY, the CARE of ALL the CHURCHES” 2 Corinthians 11:28. 

“So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY LAMBS. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP” John 21:15-17. 

“For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL” 1 Corinthians 4:15. 

“Therefore I urge you, IMITATE me. 17 For this reason I have sent TIMOTHY to you, who is my BELOVED and FAITHFUL SON in the Lord, who will remind you of MY WAYS in Christ, as I TEACH everywhere in EVERY church” 1 Timothy 4:16-17. 

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.  

“For God is my witness, whom I SERVE with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you ALWAYS in my prayers; 10 making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may IMPART unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; 12 that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me” Romans 1:9-12. 

“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My SON, despise not thou the CHASTENING of the Lord, nor FAINT when thou art REBUKED of him: 6 for whom the Lord LOVETH he CHASTENETH, and SCOURGETH every son whom he RECEIVETH. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without CHASTISEMENT, whereof all are PARTAKERS, then are ye BASTARDS (ILLEGITIMATE), and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which CORRECTED us, and we gave them REVERENCE: shall we not much rather be in SUBJECTION unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no CHASTENING for the present SEEMETH to be JOYOUS, but GRIEVOUS: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the PEACEABLE fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby” Hebrews 12:5-11/Emphasis Mine. 

Further Scriptural Reading: John 10:1-15. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

HAPPY & BLESSED FATHER’S DAY

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HAPPY & BLESSED FATHER’S DAY:  FATHERHOOD AND FATHERING SUNDAY TO ALL FATHER’S!

“For this cause I BOW MY KNEES unto the FATHER of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 of whom the WHOLE FAMILY in heaven and earth is named” Ephesians 1:14-15.

Thank you Father God for being first our heavenly and earthly Father and for all the Father’s there, and that are doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus stead, Amen.

I wish all Father’s and intending one’s a very Happy and Blessed Father’s day in this day FATHERHOOD AND FATHERING SUNDAY. May God gives you the fortitude, the enabling grace, wisdom and speed to be relevant in both life and godliness, to being a FATHER indeed. For the FATHERHOOD AND FATHERING IS A 24/7 AFFAIRS.

May you ALWAYS remember that any male can be a DAD, but to be a FATHER is a special call to dedication and commitment with the HEARTFELT love, care and instructions; it’s not that of the mere HEAD-STRONG will and actions of uncontrollable temperament. I therefore pray for you today, that God gives you meaningful fulfilment in all your labours in fathering your child/children; and an ever increasing wisdom and grace to keep on keeping on in this rare role of faithfulness in every way by Christ Jesus. I sincerely pray, that God will find us ever faithful in the responsibility and accountability of the principle of fatherhood and fathering, and say His goodness of us, as He said of father Abraham in the Holy Writ.

I pray God will COUNT and ACCOUNT on you as He did to Abraham with awesome TESTIMONY of fatherhood as it’s written in the holy writ:

“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him” Genesis 18:19.

May you know today that FATHERHOOD and FATHERING is not a CURSE but a place of the BLESSEDNESS of God that encompasses BEAUTY, LOVE, GRACE, WISDOM and such like. And In the Light of Ephesians 3:14-21, I BOW MY KNEES and PRAY for you as a Father and all intending to be father’s into our Father God, in the light of the Scripture as Apostle Paul DID, on the BEHALF of the Ephesians Church:

“For this cause I BOW MY KNEES unto the FATHER of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 of whom the WHOLE FAMILY in heaven and earth is named, 16 that he would GRANT YOU, according to the riches of his glory, to be STRENGTHENED with might by his Spirit in the INNER MAN; 17 that Christ may DWELL in your HEARTS by faith; that ye, being ROOTED and GROUNDED IN LOVE, 18 may be able to COMPREHEND with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 and to KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST, which PASSETH KNOWLEDGE, that ye might be FILLED with all the FULNESS of God. 20 Now unto him that is ABLE to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ASK or THINK, according to the POWER THAT WORKETH IN US, 21 unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen” Ephesians 3:14-21.

Thank you FATHER God, for the enabling grace and BLESSEDNESS, to be both a Father and Grandfather at this phase of my life. Truly grateful and thankful.

HAPPY AND BLESSED FATHER’S DAY,  FATHERHOOD and FATHERING SUNDAY TO YOU FATHER’S, IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD. AMEN.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

DON’T BE AN ILLEGITIMATE PERSON IN THE KINGDOM

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DON’T BE AN ILLEGITIMATE PERSON IN THE KINGDOM – DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR: SEEK THE NEED FOR SPIRITUAL PARENTING AND MENTORING!

“And I will GIVE you SHEPHERDS according to My heart, who will FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.

Don’t GROW IN GRACE by ISOLATION as some do or have done. We are called to be SEPARATE but not to ISOLATE. And to being “SEPARATE” in Scriptural terms as written in 2 Corinthians 6:17 (16-18) means being SET APART for God’s good and goodness in us, and doesn’t necessarily mean being in ISOLATION from others or to grow in grace without COMMUNION or ASSOCIATION in the FELLOWSHIP of the Brethren as written:

“But GROW IN GRACE, and in THE KNOWLEDGE of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen” 2 Peter 3:18.

“And let us CONSIDER one another in order to STIR up love and good works, 25 not FORSAKING the ASSEMBLING of ourselves together, as is the MANNER of some, but EXHORTING one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” Hebrews 10:24-25.

Do you have a Spiritual Parent/Mentor in the walk of grace in Christ Jesus stead? or you are just a vagabond child in the kingdom? Have you seen the need to have someone in your life that can take a stand in grace to speak the TRUTH into your life without sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation? Do you have someone who will speak the TRUTH to your being even when it hurts and painful but you know it’s for your good? It’s a high time to take the need for spiritual parenting and mentoring for granted.

“. . . 8 But if you are WITHOUT chastening (GUIDANCE), of which ALL have BECOME PARTAKERS, then you are ILLEGITIMATE (BASTARD, VAGABOND) and not sons . . .” Hebrews 12:3-11.

May I advice and say – Don’t be a headless and a no Shepherd guide Child in the Kingdom. Much more so, endeavour and ensure that you go to a Church gathering place of WORSHIP and FELLOWSHIP where there’s a SHEPHERD and not a HIRELING as Christ warns in John 10:1-15. For you are the Church and there’s the need to find yourself in a gathering of same like faith in Christ Jesus where the WORD of God is the center context without prejudice and dissimulation (hypocrisy); and where one is not bounded by sectarianism and denominationalism and traditional dogmas of creeds, bye-laws, man-made and man-make beliefs.

“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 [SET APART]” Acts 20:32/Emphasis Mine.

Don’t be deter from the principle act of responsibility and accountability in the Kingdom, because you think or know that there are some TOUTS and PERVERTS operating around in the name of Ministry/Church wherein are gathering people in the name of God and His Church – [Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:1-24; Philippians 1:12-21, 27]; and don’t allow the errors of some to make you take for granted and play low the essence of Scriptural injunctions for yourself to gather with other same like faith as written in Ephesians 4:7-16 and Hebrews 10:24-25; know for sure, there’s an essence for the place of Shepherd in the Kingdom – to cause growth, maturity and perfection in the Body Ministry, in Christ Jesus stead as in Ephesians 4:7-16; Jeremiah 3:15; Proverbs 27:23-27. This is needful until He returns for His Church, that’s set to be glorious, victorious, triumphant, overcomer, more than conquerors, without spot and wrinkles and faithfully awaiting Him.

For the cause of the above reasons, Apostle Paul, dearly and passionately exhorted, admonished and gave a charged in this wise:

“For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL” 1 Corinthians 4:15.

Thanks to God for the workings of the Holy Spirit in all BELIEVERS in Christ Jesus stead. Yet Today, there are many SPIRITUAL PARENTLESS Christian’s around, who are busy changing churches places of worship and fellowship as they change their clothes; and in some cases they have become more of a spiritual harlots; And for this absurd behavioural act of conduct, some parts of the Churches of Christ are in many phases of decay and having overwhelming leadership problems; and some on a fall outs as Apostle Paul admonished young Timothy on how he OUGHT to BEHAVE – CONDUCT himself in house of God among others as written:

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.

Some of these absurd behavioural act of conduct are people who can’t lead themselves in the kingdom, but now are leading people and with no appropriate counselling and guidance, and have gone further to reproduce their kinds forming the mixed multitude around, creating schisms and questions both within the body of Christ and even among the unbelieving world who we ought to give the light of God without question.

Just because you are born of God, filled with the Holy Spirit and knows some couples of scriptures and speak forth in other tongues even more than your teachers doesn’t makes you to live without spiritual parenting. You need to SEEK for one. It’s possible to have many people around you to INSTRUCT you about the ways of God both in life, family and ministry, BUT endeavour to locate your Spiritual mentor’s as FATHER’S and MOTHER’S in faith that is reachable and you will respect, honour and dignify their spiritual position in your life for guidance knowing they will not take advantage of you or make you vulnerable in the faith. Their guidance as said by Apostle Paul in the scripture above of 1 Corinthians 4:15, will enhance, establish, strengthen and impart your faith in the Lord in order to THRIVE, FLOURISH and FULFILLED in Christ.

There is the NEED for SPIRITUAL PARENTING and MENTORING in the Kingdom Gospel of Christ Jesus. I do encourage you to Pray about it and God will lead you right to such gracious and graceful spiritual parent in faith as promised in Jeremiah 3:15, who will endeavour to see you established all round in Christ Jesus stead in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS. Amen.

Blessed regards in life and godliness!

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“And I will GIVE you SHEPHERDS according to My heart, who will FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.

“Be thou DILIGENT to KNOW the STATE of thy FLOCKS, and LOOK WELL to thy HERDS. . . .” Proverbs 27:23-27.

“Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me DAILY, the CARE of ALL the CHURCHES” 2 Corinthians 11:28.

“So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY LAMBS. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP” John 21:15-17.

“”For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL” 1 Corinthians 4:15.

“Therefore I urge you, IMITATE me. 17 For this reason I have sent TIMOTHY to you, who is my BELOVED and FAITHFUL SON in the Lord, who will remind you of MY WAYS in Christ, as I TEACH everywhere in EVERY church” 1 Timothy 4:16-17.

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.

“For God is my witness, whom I SERVE with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you ALWAYS in my prayers;  10 making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.  11 For I long to see you, that I may IMPART unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;  12 that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me” Romans 1:9-12.

“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My SON, despise not thou the CHASTENING of the Lord, nor FAINT when thou art REBUKED of him: 6 for whom the Lord LOVETH he CHASTENETH, and SCOURGETH every son whom he RECEIVETH. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without CHASTISEMENT, whereof all are PARTAKERS, then are ye BASTARDS (ILLEGITIMATE), and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which CORRECTED us, and we gave them REVERENCE: shall we not much rather be in SUBJECTION unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no CHASTENING for the present SEEMETH to be JOYOUS, but GRIEVOUS: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the PEACEABLE fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby” Hebrews 12:5-11/Emphasis Mine.

Further Scriptural Reading: John 10:1-15.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

 

DON’T BE AN ILLEGITIMATE PERSON IN THE KINGDOM

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DON’T BE AN ILLEGITIMATE PERSON IN THE KINGDOM – DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR: SEEK THE NEED FOR SPIRITUAL PARENTING AND MENTORING!

“And I will GIVE you SHEPHERDS according to My heart, who will FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.

Don’t GROW IN GRACE by ISOLATION as some do or have done. We are called to be SEPARATE but not to ISOLATE. And to being “SEPARATE” in Scriptural terms as written in 2 Corinthians 6:17 (16-18) means being SET APART for God’s good and goodness in us, and doesn’t necessarily mean being in ISOLATION from others or to grow in grace without COMMUNION or ASSOCIATION in the FELLOWSHIP of the Brethren as written:

“But GROW IN GRACE, and in THE KNOWLEDGE of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen” 2 Peter 3:18.

“And let us CONSIDER one another in order to STIR up love and good works, 25 not FORSAKING the ASSEMBLING of ourselves together, as is the MANNER of some, but EXHORTING one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” Hebrews 10:24-25.

Do you have a Spiritual Parent/Mentor in the walk of grace in Christ Jesus stead or you are just a vagabond child in the kingdom? Don’t Take The Need For Spiritual Parenting and Mentoring For Granted!

“. . . 8 But if you are WITHOUT chastening (GUIDANCE), of which ALL have BECOME PARTAKERS, then you are ILLEGITIMATE (BASTARD, VAGABOND) and not sons . . .” Hebrews 12:3-11.

May I advice and say – Don’t be a headless and a no Shepherd guide Child in the Kingdom. Much more so, endeavour and ensure that you go to a Church gathering place of WORSHIP and FELLOWSHIP where there’s a SHEPHERD and not a HIRELING as Christ warns in John 10:1-15. For you are the Church and there’s the need to find yourself in a gathering of same like faith in Christ Jesus where the WORD of God is the center context without prejudice and dissimulation (hypocrisy); and where one is not bounded by sectarianism and denominationalism and traditional dogmas of creeds, bye-laws, man-made and man-make beliefs.

“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 [SET APART]” Acts 20:32/Emphasis Mine.

Don’t be deter from the principle act of responsibility and accountability in the Kingdom, because you think or know that there are some TOUTS and PERVERTS operating around in the name of Ministry/Church wherein are gathering people in the name of God and His Church – [Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:1-24; Philippians 1:12-21, 27]; and don’t allow the errors of some to make you take for granted and play low the essence of Scriptural injunctions for yourself to gather with other same like faith as written in Ephesians 4:7-16 and Hebrews 10:24-25; know for sure, there’s an essence for the place of Shepherd in the Kingdom – to cause growth, maturity and perfection in the Body Ministry, in Christ Jesus stead as in Ephesians 4:7-16; Jeremiah 3:15; Proverbs 27:23-27. This is needful until He returns for His Church, that’s set to be glorious, victorious, triumphant, overcomer, more than conquerors, without spot and wrinkles and faithfully awaiting Him.

For the cause of the above reasons, Apostle Paul, dearly and passionately exhorted, admonished and gave a charged in this wise:

“For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL” 1 Corinthians 4:15.

Thanks to God for the workings of the Holy Spirit in all BELIEVERS in Christ Jesus stead. Yet Today, there are many SPIRITUAL PARENTLESS Christian’s around, who are busy changing churches places of worship and fellowship as they change their clothes; and in some cases they have become more of a spiritual harlots; And for this absurd behavioural act of conduct, some parts of the Churches of Christ are in many phases of decay and having overwhelming leadership problems; and some on a fall outs as Apostle Paul admonished young Timothy on how he OUGHT to BEHAVE – CONDUCT himself in house of God among others as written:

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.

Some of these absurd behavioural act of conduct are people who can’t lead themselves in the kingdom, but now are leading people and with no appropriate counselling and guidance, and have gone further to reproduce their kinds forming the mixed multitude around, creating schisms and questions both within the body of Christ and even among the unbelieving world who we ought to give the light of God without question.

Just because you are born of God, filled with the Holy Spirit and knows some couples of scriptures and speak forth in other tongues even more than your teachers doesn’t makes you to live without spiritual parenting. You need to SEEK for one. It’s possible to have many people around you to INSTRUCT you about the ways of God both in life, family and ministry, BUT endeavour to locate your Spiritual mentor’s as FATHER’S and MOTHER’S in faith that is reachable and you will respect, honour and dignify their spiritual position in your life for guidance knowing they will not take advantage of you or make you vulnerable in the faith. Their guidance as said by Apostle Paul in the scripture above of 1 Corinthians 4:15, will enhance, establish, strengthen and impart your faith in the Lord in order to THRIVE, FLOURISH and FULFILLED in Christ.

There is the NEED for SPIRITUAL PARENTING and MENTORING in the Kingdom Gospel of Christ Jesus. I do encourage you to Pray about it and God will lead you right to such gracious and graceful spiritual parent in faith as promised in Jeremiah 3:15, who will endeavour to see you established all round in Christ Jesus stead in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS. Amen.

Blessed regards in life and godliness!

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“And I will GIVE you SHEPHERDS according to My heart, who will FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.

“Be thou DILIGENT to KNOW the STATE of thy FLOCKS, and LOOK WELL to thy HERDS. . . .” Proverbs 27:23-27.

“Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me DAILY, the CARE of ALL the CHURCHES” 2 Corinthians 11:28.

“So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY LAMBS. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, FEED MY SHEEP” John 21:15-17.

“”For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL” 1 Corinthians 4:15.

“Therefore I urge you, IMITATE me. 17 For this reason I have sent TIMOTHY to you, who is my BELOVED and FAITHFUL SON in the Lord, who will remind you of MY WAYS in Christ, as I TEACH everywhere in EVERY church” 1 Timothy 4:16-17.

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.

“For God is my witness, whom I SERVE with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you ALWAYS in my prayers;  10 making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.  11 For I long to see you, that I may IMPART unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;  12 that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me” Romans 1:9-12.

“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My SON, despise not thou the CHASTENING of the Lord, nor FAINT when thou art REBUKED of him: 6 for whom the Lord LOVETH he CHASTENETH, and SCOURGETH every son whom he RECEIVETH. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without CHASTISEMENT, whereof all are PARTAKERS, then are ye BASTARDS (ILLEGITIMATE), and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which CORRECTED us, and we gave them REVERENCE: shall we not much rather be in SUBJECTION unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no CHASTENING for the present SEEMETH to be JOYOUS, but GRIEVOUS: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the PEACEABLE fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby” Hebrews 12:5-11/Emphasis Mine.

Further Scriptural Reading: John 10:1-15.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

WISDOM NUGGETS – DON’T BE AN ILLEGITIMATE PERSON IN THE KINGDOM

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WISDOM NUGGETS – DON’T BE AN ILLEGITIMATE PERSON IN THE KINGDOM – DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR: SEEK THE NEED FOR SPIRITUAL PARENTING AND MENTORING!

Don’t grow in grace in ISOLATION as some do or have done. “Be SEPARATE” in Scriptural terms as written in 2 Corinthians 6:17 (16-18) means being SET APART for God, and doesn’t necessarily mean being in ISOLATION from others or to grow in grace without COMMUNION or ASSOCIATION in the fellowship of the Brethren as written:

“And let us CONSIDER one another in order to STIR up love and good works, 25 not FORSAKING the ASSEMBLING of ourselves together, as is the MANNER of some, but EXHORTING one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” Hebrews 10:24-25.

Do you have a Spiritual Parent/Mentor in the walk of grace in Christ Jesus stead or you are just a vagabond child in the kingdom? Don’t Take The Need For Spiritual Parenting and Mentoring For Granted!

“. . . 8 But if you are WITHOUT chastening (GUIDANCE), of which ALL have BECOME PARTAKERS, then you are ILLEGITIMATE (BASTARD, VAGABOND) and not sons . . .” Hebrews 12:3-11.

May I advice and say – Don’t be a headless and a no Shepherd guide Child in the Kingdom. Much more so, endeavour to go to a Church gathering place of WORSHIP and FELLOWSHIP where there’s a SHEPHERD and not a HIRELING as Christ warns in John 10:1-15.

Don’t be deterred from the principle act of responsibility and accountability in the Kingdom, because you think or know that there are some TOUTS operating Ministry in the name of God (Jude 1:1-24; Philippians 1:12-21, 27); and don’t allow the errors of some to make you take for granted and play low the essence of Scriptural injunctions for yourself as written in Ephesians 4:7-16; know for sure, there’s an essence for the place of Shepherd in the Kingdom – to cause growth, maturity and perfection in the Body Ministry, in Christ Jesus stead. This is needful until He returns for His Church, that set to be glorious, victorious, triumphant, more than conquerors, without spot and wrinkles and faithfully awaiting Him.

For the cause of the above reasons, Apostle Paul dearly and passionately exhorted, admonished and gave a charged in this wise:

“For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL” 1 Corinthians 4:15.

Thanks to God for the workings of the Holy Spirit in all BELIEVERS in Christ. Yet Today, there are many SPIRITUAL PARENTLESS Christian’s around, who are busy changing churches places of worship and fellowship as they change their clothes; and in some cases they have become more of a spiritual harlots; And for this absurd behavioural act of conduct, some parts of the Churches of Christ are in many phases of decay and having genuine leadership problems; and some on a fall outs as Apostle Paul admonished young Timothy on how he OUGHT to BEHAVE – CONDUCT himself in house of God as written:

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.

Some of these absurd behavioural act of conduct are people who can’t lead themselves in the kingdom, but now are leading people and with no appropriate counselling and guidance, and have reproduce their kinds forming the mixed multitude around, creating schisms and questions both within the body of Christ and even among the unbelieving world who we ought to give the light of God without question.

Just because you are born of God, filled with the Holy Spirit and knows some couples of scriptures and speak forth in other tongues even more than your teachers doesn’t makes you to live without spiritual parenting. You need to SEEK for one. It’s possible to have many people around you to INSTRUCT you about the ways of God both in life, family and ministry, BUT endeavour to locate your Spiritual mentor’s as FATHER’S and MOTHER’S in faith that is reachable and you will respect, honour and dignify their spiritual position in your life for guidance knowing they will not take advantage of you or make you vulnerable in the faith. Their guidance as said by Apostle Paul in the scripture above of 1 Corinthians 4:15, will enhance, establish, strengthen and impart your faith in the Lord in order to THRIVE, FLOURISH and FULFILLED in Christ.

There is the NEED for SPIRITUAL PARENTING and MENTORING in the Kingdom Gospel of Christ Jesus. I do encourage you to Pray about it and God will lead you right to such gracious and graceful spiritual parent in faith as promised in Jeremiah 3:15, who will endeavour to see you established all round in Christ Jesus stead in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS. Amen.

Blessed regards in life and godliness!

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And I will GIVE you SHEPHERDS according to My heart, who will FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.

“For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL”1 Corinthians 4:15.

“ Therefore I urge you, IMITATE me. 17 For this reason I have sent TIMOTHY to you, who is my BELOVED and FAITHFUL SON in the Lord, who will remind you of MY WAYS in Christ, as I TEACH everywhere in EVERY church” 1 Timothy 4:16-17.

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.

“For God is my witness, whom I SERVE with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you ALWAYS in my prayers;  10 making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.  11 For I long to see you, that I may IMPART unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;  12 that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me” (Romans 1:9-12).

“Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me DAILY, the CARE of all the churches” (2 Corinthians 11:28).

“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My SON, despise not thou the CHASTENING of the Lord, nor FAINT when thou art REBUKED of him: 6 for whom the Lord LOVETH he CHASTENETH, and SCOURGETH every son whom he RECEIVETH. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without CHASTISEMENT, whereof all are PARTAKERS, then are ye BASTARDS (ILLEGITIMATE), and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which CORRECTED us, and we gave them REVERENCE: shall we not much rather be in SUBJECTION unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no CHASTENING for the present SEEMETH to be JOYOUS, but GRIEVOUS: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the PEACEABLE fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby” Hebrews 12:5-11 (Emphasis Mine).

Further Scriptural Reading: John 10:1-15.

REV CHUKIE MORSI

WISDOM NUGGETS – Do Yourself A Favour

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WISDOM NUGGETS – Do Yourself A Favour – SEEK The Need For SPIRITUAL PARENTING And MENTORING!

Don’t grow in grace in ISOLATION. “Be SEPARATE” in Scriptural terms as written in 2 Corinthians 6:17 (16-18) means being SET APART for God, and doesn’t necessarily mean being in ISOLATION from others or to grow in grace without COMMUNION or ASSOCIATION in the fellowship of the Brethren as written:

“And let us CONSIDER one another in order to STIR up love and good works, 25 not FORSAKING the ASSEMBLING of ourselves together, as is the MANNER of some, but EXHORTING one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching” Hebrews 10:24-25.

Do you have a Spiritual Parent/Mentor in the walk of grace in Christ Jesus stead or you are just a vagabond child in the kingdom? Don’t Take The Need For Spiritual Parenting and Mentoring For Granted!

“. . . 8 But if you are WITHOUT chastening (GUIDANCE), of which ALL have BECOME PARTAKERS, then you are ILLEGITIMATE (BASTARD, VAGABOND) and not sons . . .” Hebrews 12:3-11.

May I advice and say – Don’t be a headless and a no Shepherd guide Child in the Kingdom. Much more so, endeavour to go to a Church gathering place of WORSHIP and FELLOWSHIP where there’s a SHEPHERD and not a HIRELING as Christ warns in John 10:1-15.

Don’t be deter from the principle act of responsibility and accountability in the Kingdom, because you think or know that there are some TOUTS operating Ministry in the name of God (Jude 1:1-24; Philippians 1:12-21, 27); and that does not make you play low the essence of Scriptural injunctions for yourself as written in Ephesians 4:7-16; knowing there’s an essence for the place of Shepherd to cause growth, maturity and perfection in the Body Ministry in Christ Jesus stead until He returns for His Church that is glorious, victorious, triumphant, more than conquerors and faithfully awaiting Him.

For the cause of the above reasons, Apostle Paul dearly and passionately exhorted, admonished and gave a charged in this wise:

“For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL” 1 Corinthians 4:15.

Thanks to God for the workings of the Holy Spirit in all BELIEVERS in Christ. Yet Today, there are many SPIRITUAL PARENTLESS Christian’s around, who are busy changing churches places of worship and fellowship as they change their clothes and in some cases they have become more of a spiritual harlots; And for this absurd behavioural act of conduct, some parts of the Churches of Christ are in many phases of decay and having genuine leadership problems and fall outs as Apostle Paul admonished young Timothy on how he OUGHT to behave – conduct himself in house of God.

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.

Some of these absurd behavioural act of conduct are people who can’t lead themselves in the kingdom, but now are leading people and with no appropriate counselling and guidance, and have reproduce their kinds forming the mixed multitude around, creating schisms and questions both within the body of Christ and even among the unbelieving world who we ought to give the light of God without question.

Just because you are born of God, filled with the Holy Spirit and knows some couples of scriptures and speak forth in other tongues even more than your teachers doesn’t makes you to live without spiritual parenting. You need to SEEK for one. It’s possible to have many people around you to INSTRUCT you about the ways of God both in life, family and ministry, BUT endeavour to locate your Spiritual mentor’s as FATHER’S and MOTHER’S in faith that is reachable and you will respect, honour and dignify their spiritual position in your life for guidance knowing they will not take advantage of you or make you vulnerable in the faith. Their guidance as said by Apostle Paul in the scripture above of 1 Corinthians 4:15, will enhance, establish, strengthen and impart your faith in the Lord in order to THRIVE, FLOURISH and FULFILLED in Christ.

There is the NEED for SPIRITUAL PARENTING and MENTORING in the Kingdom Gospel of Christ Jesus. I do encourage you to Pray about it and God will lead you right to such gracious and graceful spiritual parent in faith as promised in Jeremiah 3:15, who will endeavour to see you established all round in Christ Jesus stead in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS. Amen.

Blessed regards in life and godliness!

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

“And I will GIVE you SHEPHERDS according to My heart, who will FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.

“For though ye have ten thousand INSTRUCTORS in Christ, yet have ye not many FATHERS: for in Christ Jesus I HAVE BEGOTTEN you through the GOSPEL” 1 Corinthians 4:15.

“Therefore I urge you, IMITATE me. 17 For this reason I have sent TIMOTHY to you, who is my BELOVED and FAITHFUL SON in the Lord, who will remind you of MY WAYS in Christ, as I TEACH everywhere in EVERY church” 1 Timothy 4:16-17.

“These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly; 15 but if I am DELAYED, I write so that you may KNOW HOW YOU OUGHT TO CONDUCT yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth” 1 Timothy 3:14-15.

“For God is my witness, whom I SERVE with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you ALWAYS in my prayers; 10 making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may IMPART unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; 12 that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me” (Romans 1:9-12).

“Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me DAILY, the CARE of all the churches” (2 Corinthians 11:28).

Further Scriptural Reading: John 10:1-15.

Rev Chukie MORSI