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AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER

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AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER: JESUS CHRIST – THE POWER OF GOD! 

“Jesus answered and said unto them, YE DO ERR (ERRONEOUS, MISTAKEN), not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor THE POWER of God” Matthew 22:29 (Emphasis Mine). 

God’s enabling POWER will AUGUST you beyond human capacity, position you in life and grace far beyond human compression and limitations, and give you such wisdom to innovate, create and initiate good for human consumption. It will make you a true and genuine witness of God’s TRUTH in humanity, and much more besides, in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

And it is gracious to know also that our Saviour and Lord Jesus, who is the central person of the preaching of the Gospel of the cross, He is THE POWER of God and THE WISDOM of God to both the Jews and the Gentiles, in defining the make-up of THE CHURCH of God, in Christ Jesus’ stead, as it is written. Amen. 

“For the PREACHING OF THE CROSS is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is THE POWER of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in THE WISDOM of God the world by WISDOM knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 but we PREACH Christ crucified, unto the JEWS a stumblingblock, and unto the GREEKS foolishness; 24 but unto them which are called, both JEWS and GREEKS, Christ THE POWER of God, and THE WISDOM of God” 1 Corinthians 1:18-24. 

The term or name AUGUST thus means to INSPIRE (or inspiring), to REVERENCE, to have in ADMIRATION, to uphold SUPREME, to have in DIGNITY OR GRANDEUR, to be MAJESTIC, VENERABLE, EMINENT, GRAND AND LORDLY. And in line with the MONTH AUGUST THEME, which is to “AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER” in Christ Jesus stead, you can infer to Month AUGUST as a Month to be DIGNIFIED, to be REVERED, to be ADMIRED, to be MAJESTIC, to be EMINENT, to be VENERABLE, to be GRAND and more of such like . . . as you ensure that you are enabled by God’s power. 

I employ you therefore, to meditate on these but not limited SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS that’s WORTH PONDERING in context, on God’s enabling POWER that gives the rights to enjoy His BLESSEDNESS in life and grace, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

Herein are but not limited the doing of God’s enabling POWER to AUGUST:

  • POWER TO “GET (CREATE) WEALTH” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD 

“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that GIVETH THEE POWER TO GET (CREATE) WEALTH, that he may ESTABLISH His COVENANT which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day” Deuteronomy 8:18.  

  • *POWER TO “WITNESS AND BE A WITNESS” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD 

“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. 

  • POWER TO STAND “AGAINST UNCLEAN SPIRITS AND SUCH LIKE” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD 

“And when he had CALLED unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them POWER AGAINST unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus SENT FORTH, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give . . . .” Matthew 10:1-42. 

  • POWER TO “HEAL SICKNESSES AND DISEASES AND CAST OUT DEVILS” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD 

“And he goeth up into a mountain, and CALLETH unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ORDAINED twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might SEND THEM FORTH TO PREACH, 15 and to have POWER TO HEAL sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 and Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house” Mark 3:13-19. 

  • POWER TO “BECOME” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD 

“But as many as RECEIVED him, to them GAVE He POWER TO BECOME the sons of God, even to them that BELIEVE on his name: 13 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” John 1:12-13. 

  • POWER TO “TREAD OVER THE POWER OF THE ENEMY AND COHORTS” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD 

“And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I GIVE unto you POWER TO TREAD on serpents and scorpions, and over all the POWER of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven” Luke 10:17-20. 

  • POWER TO EXPERIENCE “GREAT POWER ACCOMPANIED WITH GREAT GRACE” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD 

“And with GREAT POWER gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and GREAT GRACE was upon them all” Acts 4:33.  

SUMMARY: 
This message is a charge for the Month of August. The core idea is that God’s enabling power is what dignifies, elevates and establishes a believer’s life. The word “AUGUST” is used both as the month and as a verb meaning to inspire, to be revered, admired, majestic, eminent and grand. 

KEY POINTS: 

  1. The Foundation: Knowing Scripture and Power

The message begins with a warning against error caused by ignorance. 
“Jesus answered and said unto them, YE DO ERR, not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor THE POWER of God” 
Reference: Matthew 22:29 

The answer is Christ — the power of God and the wisdom of God. 
“For the PREACHING OF THE CROSS is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is THE POWER of God… but unto them which are called, both JEWS and GREEKS, Christ THE POWER of God, and THE WISDOM of God” 
Reference: 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 
Jesus is the central person of the Gospel and through Him God defines the make-up of the Church. 

  1. The Meaning of “August”

In line with the month theme, August means to inspire, to reverence, to admire, to uphold as supreme, to be majestic, venerable, eminent and grand. 
So August is to be a month where you are dignified, revered, admired and eminent — as you are enabled by God’s power. 

  1. What God’s Enabling Power Does

God’s enabling power will augment you beyond human capacity and position you in life and grace far beyond human limitations. It gives wisdom to innovate, create and initiate good for human consumption, and makes you a true witness of God’s truth. 

Seven specific workings highlighted: 

Power to get wealth 
“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that GIVETH THEE POWER TO GET WEALTH, that he may ESTABLISH His COVENANT” 
Reference: Deuteronomy 8:18 

Power to witness 
“But ye shall receive POWER, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be WITNESSES unto me… unto the uttermost part of the earth” 
Reference: Acts 1:8 

Power against unclean spirits 
“And when he had CALLED unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them POWER AGAINST unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness” 
Reference: Matthew 10:1 

Power to heal and cast out devils 
“and he ORDAINED twelve… and to have POWER TO HEAL sicknesses, and to cast out devils” 
Reference: Mark 3:14-15 

Power to become sons of God 
“But as many as RECEIVED him, to them GAVE He POWER TO BECOME the sons of God, even to them that BELIEVE on his name” 
Reference: John 1:12-13 

Power over the enemy 
“Behold, I GIVE unto you POWER TO TREAD on serpents and scorpions, and over all the POWER of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you” 
Reference: Luke 10:19 

Power with great grace 
“And with GREAT POWER gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and GREAT GRACE was upon them all” 
Reference: Acts 4:33 

  1. The Call

You are called to meditate on these scriptures. As God’s enabling power rests on you, your life is augusted — dignified and made eminent for His glory, in God’s blessedness in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

In one line: 
This August, rely not on human strength. By God’s enabling power in Christ Jesus, your life will be augmented to create, witness, heal, overcome and walk in grace. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

YOU DEARLY NEED – THE FAITH AT REST – THE FAITH ASSURED

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YOU DEARLY NEED – THE FAITH AT REST – THE FAITH ASSURED – AND THE SPIRIT REFRESH: IT’S MADE POSSIBLE BY PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT – THAT’S THE SYNERGY! 

“The spirit of a man will SUSTAIN him in sickness (INFIRMITIES), But who can BEAR a BROKEN spirit?” Proverbs 18:14. 

“A MERRY heart (spirit) doeth GOOD like a medicine: but a BROKEN spirit DRIETH the bones” Proverbs 17:22. 

When your FAITH is at rest, your SPIRIT-BEING and WELL-BEING are at rest — then you are ASSURED of your daily triumph no matter what; but when your faith is troubled, your spirit is troubled — then your ASSURANCE and CONFIDENCE of triumph dwindles. 

And FAITH is of the WORD which is spiritual and is of the Holy Spirit in your spirit, which, when not tended to and looked after, leads to stress and depression and all forms of fear and PHOBIA in your human spirit-being. 

STRESS is a result of having limited capacity to deal with our various life challenges — be it family, work, career, ministry, business, academics, relationships, leadership and more. 

You need to know full well that you are a spirit-being (spiritual), with a soul (mind, emotions, will and intellect) and living in a body (humus — physical) — 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12; Proverbs 20:27; Job 32:8; Job 33:4; Genesis 2:7. 

However, there is good news, for God has given us a means of synergy to enhance us with the grace of rest to deal with all factors that result in stress. It is called — PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT — that is, PRAYING BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, which means SPEAKING FORTH IN OTHER TONGUES — that is, in spiritual tongues/languages to be precise. 

And you need to engage and use it to do and live life. In it you will be REFRESHED, REAWAKENED, RENEWED, REKINDLED, SYNERGISED and AFLAME to enjoy a stress- and depression-free life in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

MEDITATE on the SCRIPTURES below and be BLESSED in Christ Jesus to live free within. Amen.  

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“For with stammering lips and ANOTHER TONGUE will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the REST wherewith ye may cause the WEARY to REST; and this is the REFRESHING: yet they would not hear” Isaiah 28:11-12. 

“For if I PRAY in an UNKNOWN TONGUE, my spirit prayeth but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is it then? I will PRAY with the spirit, and I will PRAY with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding” 1 Corinthians 14:14-15. 

“Do not get drunk with wine, for that is wickedness (corruption, stupidity), but BE FILLED with the [Holy] Spirit and constantly guided by Him” Ephesians 5:18. 

“But you, beloved, BUILD yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy FAITH [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], PRAY in the Holy Spirit, 21 and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life” Jude 1:20-21. 

“PRAYING ALWAYS with ALL PRAYER and supplication IN THE SPIRIT, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints” Ephesians 6:18. 

“If you FAINT in the day of ADVERSITY, Your STRENGTH is SMALL” Proverbs 24:10. 

“The spirit of man is the CANDLE of the Lord, SEARCHING all the INWARD parts of the belly (BEING)” Proverbs 20:27 (Emphasis Mine). 

“But THERE is a spirit in man: and the INSPIRATION of the Almighty GIVETH them understanding” Job 32:8. 

“The Spirit of God hath MADE me, and the BREATH of the Almighty hath GIVEN me life” Job 33:4. 

“In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness [INFIRMITIES]. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words. 27 And He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because the Spirit intercedes [before God] on behalf of God’s people in accordance with God’s will” Romans 8:26-27. 

“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead DWELL in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also QUICKEN (GIVE LIFE TO) your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you . . .14 For as MANY as are LED by the Spirit of God, they are the SONS of God” Romans 8:9-11, 14 (Emphasis Mine). 

SUMMARY: 
The message teaches that YOU DEARLY NEED THE FAITH AT REST, THE FAITH ASSURED, AND THE SPIRIT REFRESHED — AND THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT. 
This is presented as the synergy God has given to deal with stress and to sustain victorious daily living in Christ. 

KEY POINTS OF THE MESSAGE 

  1. THE CONDITION OF THE SPIRIT DETERMINES YOUR TRIUMPH
  • When your FAITH IS AT REST, your SPIRIT-BEING and WELL-BEING are at rest. The result is ASSURANCE and CONFIDENCE of daily triumph, regardless of circumstances. 
  • When your faith is troubled, your spirit is troubled. This leads to a dwindling of assurance, and opens the door to stress, depression, fear and PHOBIA. 
  • Scripture backing: “The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but who can bear a broken spirit?” Proverbs 18:14. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones” Proverbs 17:22. 
  1. THE ROOT OF STRESS: LIMITED CAPACITY
  • STRESS is a result of having limited capacity to handle life’s challenges — family, work, career, ministry, business, academics, relationships, and leadership. 
  • Man is a tripartite being: a spirit-being who has a soul and lives in a body. “…spirit and soul and body…” 1 Thessalonians 5:23. Your spirit must be tended to, because faith comes from the Word and is ministered to by the Holy Spirit in your spirit.  
  1. GOD’S PROVIDEDSYNERGY: PRAYINGIN THE SPIRIT 
  • The good news is that God has given us a means to access the grace of rest. 
  • It is called PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT — that is, PRAYING BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, which is SPEAKING FORTH IN OTHER TONGUES, spiritual languages. 
  • This is not optional. You must engage it to do and live life effectively. 
  1. THE RESULTS OF PRAYINGINTHE SPIRIT 

When you pray in the Spirit you are: 
REFRESHED, REAWAKENED, RENEWED, REKINDLED, SYNERGISED and AFLAME. 
The outcome is a stress- and depression-free life in Christ Jesus. 

  1. SCRIPTURAL FOUNDATION FOR REST AND REFRESHING
  • “For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing” Isaiah 28:11-12. 
  • “For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also” 1 Corinthians 14:14-15. 
  • “But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit” Jude 1:20-21. 
  • “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit” Ephesians 6:18. 
  • “Be filled with the Spirit” Ephesians 5:18. 
  • “The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities… the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us” Romans 8:26-27. 
  • “If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he… shall also quicken your mortal bodies” Romans 8:9-11.  

IN ONE SENTENCE 

The message calls believers to safeguard their faith and spirit by consistently PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT, because this is God’s ordained synergy that brings rest, refreshing, renewal and assurance, enabling us to triumph daily and live free from stress and depression. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

LIVING BY ‘THE LAW OF FAITH’ IN THE GRACE!

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LIVING BY ‘THE LAW OF FAITH’ IN THE GRACE! 

LIVING BY ‘THE LAW OF FAITH’ IN THE GRACE”! For by GRACE, we are SAVED and by GRACE we STAND; and as we LIVE BY and LIVE THROUGH THE LAW OF FAITH IN THE GRACE, we are ensured and assured of the rights and privileges of our REDEMPTION in Principle. And this belongs to all ends of the spectrum that make up THE CHURCH OF GOD in Christ Jesus – The JEWS [The CIRCUMCISION] and The GENTILES [The UNCIRCUMCISION]. 

“Where is BOASTING then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by THE LAW OF FAITH. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is JUSTIFIED BY FAITH WITHOUT THE DEEDS OF THE LAW. 29 Is he the God of THE JEWS ONLY? is he not also of THE GENTILES? Yes, of THE GENTILES also: 30 seeing it is one God, which shall JUSTIFY THE CIRCUMCISION BY FAITH, and UNCIRCUMCISION THROUGH FAITH” Romans 3:27-30. 

The dawn Month of AUGUST is the eighth month of the year and thus represents a NEW BEGINNING. It is the eighth [8] month in both the JULIAN and GREGORIAN calendars and one of the seven [7] months that is 31 days long. 

The name AUGUST means to inspire – REVERENCE, ADMIRATION, SUPREMACY, DIGNITY, GRANDEUR, MAJESTY, VENERATION, EMINENCE, GRANDNESS AND LORDLINESS. And in conjunction with this, AUGUST therefore is to ensure that “LIVING BY ‘THE LAW OF FAITH’ IN THE GRACE” is DIGNIFIED, REVERED, ADMIRED, MAJESTIC, EMINENT, VENERABLE, GRAND and more of such like . . .  

In GENESIS 1-2:3, the scripture records the wonderful acts of God in the creation of planet earth and all that is on the earth, as summed up in PSALMS 24:1-2. From the scripture we see that by the sixth day God had created all He intended to create, including man whom He also empowered to have dominion over all of creation; and on the SEVENTH day God RESTED, taking delight in His creation – as declared in REVELATION 4:11 and ECCLESIASTES 3:11. 

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast CREATED ALL THINGS, and for THY PLEASURE they ARE and WERE CREATED” Revelation 4:11. 

“He has MADE everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted ETERNITY [a sense of divine purpose] in the human HEART [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11/AMP 

When God rested on the SEVENTH day, what then do you think happened on the next day – being the EIGHTH? I tell you now what I think and have come to know and understand by the Spirit of God. This is what I believe and conclude: That on the EIGHTH, man’s NEW DAY DAWNNED – born and made to begin. Meaning, the EIGHTH day was the BEGINNING of man [non-gender] to LIVE for purpose and meaning [Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:11-2; Ecclesiastes 3:11/AMP]. And it was for man to start taking on, in PRINCIPLE, the act of RESPONSIBILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY from the REST of God on the seventh [7] day, in order to find his OWN REST when he has done God’s purpose for him [Romans 8:28-30; Hebrews 4:8-11; Revelation 14:13]. And it was for man to EXERCISE his eminent, given and endowed authority: to be fruitful and multiply, to replenish the earth, subdue it and have dominion in it, and to live in majestic splendour, thrive in colour and grandeur – Genesis 1:26-28. 

The EIGHTH day was a day of great influence, affluence and significance – of honour and dignity – for man to take the chance and opportunity accorded him by the uncreated Creator God to advance the PATH OF LIFE in the path of divine responsibility and accountability on earth, to fulfil God’s given purpose and assignment. It was a DAWN DAY of becoming God’s REPRESENTATIVE and AMBASSADOR on earth – according to, but not limited to, these Scriptures: Psalms 115:16; Psalms 8:4-6; Isaiah 45:11-12; 2 Corinthians 5:20. 

HEREIN NOW IS THE TRAJECTORY TO – “LIVING BY ‘THE LAW OF FAITH’ IN THE GRACE”:  

Do you recall your first time of going to school, college, or university – that place you so much desired, deserved and cherished – and how well you PREPARED and DRESSED to AUGUST it? Or when you started that desired and precious job – how you began it on such a good note with a majestic show that you were present and capable to AUGUST it? Or that first or special date with that special person – how beautifully you carried yourself with such great value to AUGUST it? Or on that lovely, sweet and gracious wedding – how you ensured and AUGUSTED it, so that it becomes the most talked-about day for an honourable marriage, and was at the top of everyone’s lips before all invited friends and family? 

It is time to SELAH – PAUSE and THINK – of any other situations you dignified, accorded respect to and honoured, though not mentioned here. That is what it means to AUGUST an occasion precisely and pricelessly. And this is how and why’ you need to AUGUST this month of AUGUST, in doing LIFE and living GODLY in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

It is this act of AUGUSTING one’s life that led the Apostle Paul to say he dearly and earnestly MAGNIFIED and DIGNIFIED his MINISTERIAL OFFICE, so that no man would disdain or take his calling and ministerial office for granted. In other words, he AUGUSTED the office of his CALLING with GRACIOUSNESSS and GRACEFULNESS, with such grace as to ensure it was DIGNIFIED, REVERED, ADMIRED, MAJESTIC, EMINENT, VENERABLE, GRAND and more – just as it is written: 

“Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I MAGNIFY MINE OFFICE: 14 if by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them”  

I can therefore conclude that the number EIGHT is the dawn number of OPPORTUNITY and POSSIBILITY- for a start and for a new day in man’s new beginning. When God rested to enjoy His finished work, mankind began its ambassadorial role with great chance and opportunity, polished and fashioned in the path of dignity and gracious display – being revered, admired, majestic, eminent and venerable. 

You need to believe again in the you that is of God and in God – to live and reign with dignity. This is the month of AUGUST – let us AUGUST it again by “LIVING BY ‘THE LAW OF FAITH’ IN THE GRACE”. 

I pray that as you journey through this month of August, being the eighth of the calendar year, it shall be the beginning of months for you. A month in which you will live and reign in the path of majesty, in dignity, eminence, reverence, admiration, venerability and lordliness. A life where all things are under your control as you reign in the path of dominion. May you spend time in God’s presence that He might order your life to greatness and peace, as it is written: “A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary”. Jeremiah 12:12 

Unlike Adam who misplaced his priority with Eve, I pray that this honour of being justified by the deeds of Christ as in Romans 5:1-2, your path shall shine brighter and brighter until the full glow of you is seen by all and they may behold the great eminence of God in you; and then glorify our Father God, the Father of our saviour-King and Lord Jesus, whose presence is your source of life and grace. Amen! 

May this month of number eight, being August, turn your shame to fame, your disdain to honour and glory, your failure to success, your setbacks to stepping stones and your disappointment to appointment. May your present lamentable situation and circumstance become your positioning for greater heights in life and godliness. 

I pray that the good Lord will order your steps, uphold you, and help you to put on the same kind of spirit as that of Joseph of the twelve. Who, after hearing that Pharaoh wanted him, did not go as he was – in disdain, sorrowful and in a battered prison uniform. Rather, he SHAVED HIS BEARD and exchanged his prison clothes for a dignified robe; assuring himself in God that when he got to the palace of pharaoh – a place of HONOUR, EMINENCE, DIGNITY and REVERENCE – he would not return to prison again. And that eventually became his story. Even though he knew he was in prison, he did not imprison himself as a prisoner. Meaning, the prison did not have him, because the eminent one – Jehovah-Adonai, lived in him [Genesis 41:12-16; 1 John 4:4-6].  

I PRAY that you have a gracious and graceful month of August in God’s BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus’ stead, as you begin “LIVING BY ‘THE LAW OF FAITH’ IN THE GRACE” Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Therefore, since we have been JUSTIFIED [that is, acquitted of sin, declared blameless before God] BY FAITH, [let us grasp the fact that] we have PEACE with God [and the joy of reconciliation with Him] through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed). 2 Through Him we also have ACCESS BY FAITH into this [remarkable state of] GRACE in which we [firmly and safely and securely] STAND. Let us rejoice in our hope and the confident assurance of [experiencing and enjoying] the glory of [our great] God [the manifestation of His excellence and power]” Romans 5:1-2/AMP. 

“Where is BOASTING then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by THE LAW OF FAITH. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is JUSTIFIED BY FAITH WITHOUT THE DEEDS OF THE LAW. 29 Is he the God of THE JEWS ONLY? is he not also of THE GENTILES? Yes, of THE GENTILES also: 30 seeing it is one God, which shall JUSTIFY THE CIRCUMCISION BY FAITH, and UNCIRCUMCISION THROUGH FAITH” Romans 3:27-30. 

“There is therefore now NO CONDEMNATION to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For THE LAW of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death” Romans 8:1-2. 

“No man that WARRETH entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may PLEASE him who hath CHOSEN him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also STRIVE for MASTERIES, yet is he NOT CROWNED, except he STRIVE LAWFULLY” 2 Timothy 2:4-5. 

“And every man that STRIVETH for the MASTERY is TEMPERATE in all things. Now they do it to OBTAIN A CORRUPTIBLE CROWN; BUT WE AN INCORRUPTIBLE. 26 I therefore so RUN, NOT as UNCERTAINLY; so FIGHT I, NOT as one that BEATETH the air: 27 but I KEEP UNDER MY BODY, AND BRING IT INTO SUBJECTION: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway” 1 Corinthians 9:25-27. 

“Now we know [without any doubt] that THE LAW IS GOOD, if one uses it LAWFULLY and APPROPRIATELY, 9 understanding the fact that law is not enacted for the righteous person [the one in right standing with God], but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinful, for the irreverent and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for sexually immoral persons, for homosexuals, for kidnappers and slave traders, for liars, for perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, 11 according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted” 1 Timothy 1:8-11/AMP. 

“Give none offence, neither to THE JEWS, nor to THE GENTILES, nor to THE CHURCH OF GOD: 33 even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved” 1 Corinthians 10:32-33. 

SUMMARY: 

This message is a prophetic exhortation calling believers to live by faith in God’s grace, and to “August” — dignify, honour, and elevate — their lives and purpose in this eighth month. It ties together theology, identity, history, and practical application. 

  1. THE FOUNDATION: GRACE AND THE LAW OF FAITH

The core doctrine is Romans 3:27-30 and Romans 5:1-2. 

  • By GRACE we are SAVED and by GRACE we STAND. 
  • We are JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WITHOUT THE DEEDS OF THE LAW. 
  • This applies to all: THE JEWS [THE CIRCUMCISION] and THE GENTILES [THE UNCIRCUMCISION] — there is one God for both. 
  • Boasting is excluded. Peace with God, access into grace, and all rights of REDEMPTION come through faith, not works. 
  • Other anchor texts: Romans 8:1-2 — no condemnation for those in Christ; 1 Timothy 1:8-11 — the law is good when used lawfully. 
  1. THE MEANING OF AUGUST AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EIGHTH MONTH
  • August is the 8th month, with 31 days, in both Julian and Gregorian calendars. 
  • AUGUST means: to inspire REVERENCE, ADMIRATION, SUPREMACY, DIGNITY, GRANDEUR, MAJESTY, VENERATION, EMINENCE, GRANDNESS, LORDLINESS. 
  • To AUGUST something is to treat it with dignity, to make it revered, admired, majestic and grand. 
  • Theological meaning of 8: The 7th day was when God RESTED after creation Genesis 1-2:3, Revelation 4:11, Ecclesiastes 3:11. 
    The EIGHTH day therefore represents man’s NEW BEGINNING — the dawn of purpose, responsibility, and dominion. It is when man began his ambassadorial role to be fruitful, multiply, subdue, and have dominion Genesis 1:26-28. It is a day of OPPORTUNITY, POSSIBILITY, INFLUENCE, AFFLUENCE, HONOUR and DIGNITY. 
  1. THE CALL: AUGUST YOUR LIFE AND OFFICE

Using relatable pictures, the message asks: 

  • How did you prepare for school, university, first job, first date, wedding? You dressed, prepared, and showed up to AUGUST those occasions. 
  • SELAH — PAUSE AND THINK: Apply that same honour to your life now. 
  • Example: The Apostle Paul MAGNIFIED his MINISTERIAL OFFICE Romans 11:13-14 so that no one would disdain it. He handled his calling with GRACIOUSNESS and GRACEFULNESS. 
  • We are to AUGUST this month of AUGUST by LIVING BY ‘THE LAW OF FAITH’ IN THE GRACE — doing LIFE and living GODLY in Christ Jesus’ stead. 
  1. PRAYER AND PROPHETIC DECLARATIONS FOR AUGUST
    That this 8th month will be the beginning of months for you — a month of majesty, dignity, eminence, dominion. 
    That your path will shine brighter and brighter Proverbs 4:18 as you are justified by Christ Romans 5:1-2, so that men see God’s eminence in you and glorify the Father. 
    Turnaround prayers: Shame to fame, disdain to honour, failure to success, setbacks to stepping stones, disappointment to appointment. 
    That the Lord will order your steps like Joseph: who, though in prison, did not see himself as a prisoner. He shaved, changed his robe, and walked into Pharaoh’s palace with dignity because Jehovah-Adonai lived in him Genesis 41:12-16; 1 John 4:4. 
  1. SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS TO PONDER

The message ends with passages to meditate on: 

  • Romans 5:1-2 — Justified by faith, we have peace and access into grace. 
  • Romans 3:27-30 — Justification by faith for Jew and Gentile. 
  • Romans 8:1-2 — The law of the Spirit of life sets us free. 
  • 2 Timothy 2:4-5 — Strive lawfully as a soldier. 
  • 1 Corinthians 9:25-27 — Run to obtain an incorruptible crown; keep your body in subjection. 
  • 1 Corinthians 10:32-33 — Give no offence to Jews, Gentiles, or the Church of God. 

IN ONE SENTENCE 

At this dawn of the 8th month, you are called to stop living by circumstances and start LIVING BY ‘THE LAW OF FAITH’ IN THE GRACE — believing who you are in Christ, walking with dignity, and AUGUSTING your life, calling, and season so that God’s glory is seen through you. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE DAWN MONTH TO AUGUST WITH – “THE NEW WINE FOR A NEW YOU! 

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THE DAWN MONTH TO AUGUST WITH – “THE NEW WINE FOR A NEW YOU! 

You are most WELCOME to the DAWN of our eighth [8] month, AUGUST – our NEW DAWN MONTH in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

“In the BEGINNING God CREATED the heaven and the earth . . . 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was VERY GOOD. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day” Genesis 1:1, 31. 

“He has made EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL in its time. Also, He has put ETERNITY in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from BEGINNING to end” Ecclesiastes 3:11 NKJV. 

“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the SEVENTH DAY God ended his work which he had made; and he RESTED on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God BLESSED the seventh day and SANCTIFIED it: because that in it he had RESTED from all his work which God CREATED and MADE” Genesis 2:1-3. 

The Holy writ, the Book of beginnings in Genesis 1-2:3, records the wonderful acts of God in the creation of planet earth and all that is on the earth, as summed up in Psalms 24:1-2 and Acts 17:24-31. From scripture we see that by the sixth day God had CREATED all He intended to create, including man whom He also empowered to have dominion over all of creation; and on the SEVENTH day God RESTED to take pleasure in His creation, as declared in Revelation 4:11. 

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast CREATED all things, and for thy PLEASURE they ARE and WERE CREATED” Revelation 4:11. 

When God rested on the SEVENTH day, what then do you think happened on the next day – being the EIGHTH? I can tell you now what I believe, embrace and concluded: On the EIGHTH day, man’s NEW DAY DAWNED. It was born to begin, as God rested from His work of creation. Therefore, the EIGHTH day marked the beginning for man to take his stand in PRINCIPLE – with RESPONSIBILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY, in DILIGENCE and PRUDENCE -flowing from the REST of God, in order to find his own rest as he fulfils God’s purpose and assignment – Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:11; Hebrews 4:8-11. Man’s NEW DAWN signifies a time to EXERCISE the eminent authority given and endowed to him – a power of attorney – to be fruitful and multiply, to replenish the earth, to subdue it and have dominion in it, and to live in majestic splendour, thrive in colour and grandeur Genesis 1:26-28. 

The EIGHTH day was a day of great INFLUENCE, AFFLUENCE and SIGNIFICANCE – a day of HONOUR and DIGNITY – for man, without regard to gender, to seize the chance and opportunity accorded by the uncreated Creator God to advance God’s purpose through “THE NEW WINE FOR A NEW YOU”. This is to meaningfully, responsibly and accountably carry out God’s order on earth and to fulfil the given purpose and assignment accordingly as instructed. It was a DAWN Day of becoming God’s REPRESENTATIVE and AMBASSADOR on earth – according to but not limited to, Psalms 115:16; Psalms 8:4-6; Isaiah 45:11-12; 2 Corinthians 5:20  

HEREIN NOW IS THE TRAJECTORY FOR THE NEW DAWN MONTH OF AUGUST:  

The dawn Month of AUGUST, being the eight month of the year, represents a NEW DAWN signifying a NEW BEGINNING. It is the eighth month in both the JULIAN and GREGORIAN calendars and one of the seven months that has 31. And the name AUGUST means to inspire REVERENCE, ADMIRATION, SUPREMACY, DIGNITY, GRANDEUR, HONOUR, MAJESTY, VENERABLE, EMINENCE AND LORDLINESS. Therefore, in line with the Month’s theme and in the context of AUGUST, having “THE NEW WINE FOR A NEW YOU” means that you are deemed to be DIGNIFIED, REVERED, ADMIRED, MAJESTIC, EMINENT, VENERABLE, HONOURED, GRAND – and all that AUGUST represents. 

Do you recall your first day of school, college, or university – that which you so desired, deserved and cherished? How well you PREPARED and DRESSED to AUGUST it? Or that desired, PRECIOUS and PRESTIGIOUS job – how you started it on a very good note, with a MAJESTIC entrance to show that you were present and capable to AUGUST it? Or that first or SPECIAL date with that special person – how you carried yourself with great value to AUGUST it? Or that lovely, sweet and gracious wedding and marriage of yours – how you ensured and assured yourself to own the day and to AUGUST it, so that it became the most talked-about day for of honourable union? And you were at the top of the note before all invited friends and family too? I could give you many more scenarios, but you have some and can testify to them – that grandeur display of yours to AUGUST in your presence, especially on your Birthday, when you took out time and resources to make it YOUR DAY. 

Now therefore, it’s time to SELAH – PAUSE and THINK – of any situations that you’ve dignified, accorded respect and honoured, though not mentioned here. That is what it means to AUGUST an occasion precisely and pricelessly – and the how and why to AUGUST this month of AUGUST, in DOING LIFE and LIVING GODLY. 

It is this act of AUGUSTING one’s life that made Apostle Paul say that he MAGNIFIED his MINISTERIAL OFFICE. He did so dearly and earnestly, that no man would disdain or take his calling and ministerial office and repute for granted. Meaning, he AUGUSTED the office of his CALLING with GRACIOUSNESSS and GRACEFULNESS – with such grace to ensure it was DIGNIFIED, REVERED, ADMIRED, MAJESTIC, EMINENT, VENERABLE, GRAND and all such like, as it is written: 

“For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I MAGNIFY MY MINISTRY, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them” Romans 11:13-14 NKJV. 

I can therefore conclude that the number EIGHT is the DAWN NUMBER of OPPORTUNITY and POSSIBILITY – to make a start and of a new day for man’s new beginning. When God rested and was delighted in His finished work, mankind began its representative and ambassadorial role in a great fashion – a chance and opportunity, polished and fashioned in the path of dignity and gracious display: to be revered, admired, majestic, eminent and venerable. 

You need to believe again in the you that is of Go d and in God – to live and reign dignified. This is the month of AUGUST – let us AUGUST it again with “THE NEW WINE FOR A NEW YOU” in God’s GRACE and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen! 

I pray that as you journey through this month of AUGUST, being the eighth month of the year, it shall be the beginning of months for you. A month in which you will live and reign in the path of MAJESTY and DIGNITY, EMINENCE: be REVERED and ADMIRED, VENERABLE and LORDLY. May the Month of AUGUST be a month wherein all things that pertain to DOING LIFE and LIVING GODLY are under your control, as you reign in the path of DOMINION. May you spend time in God’s presence, that He might order your life to GREATNESS and PEACE, as it is written: 

“A GLORIOUS HIGH THRONE from the BEGINNING is the PLACE of our SANCTUARY (DWELLING)” Jeremiah 17:12. 

Unlike Adam, I pray that this honour of being justified by the deeds of Christ Jesus as in Romans 5:1-2, will cause your path to shine and shine brighter and brighter – cleaner and cleaner – until the full glow of you is shown, that all may see your great eminence in God; and then glorify our Father God, the Father of our saviour-King and Lord Jesus, whose presence is your source of life and grace. Amen! 

May this month of number EIGHT, being AUGUST, turn your shame to fame, your disdain to honour and glory, your failure to success, your setbacks to stepping stones, and your disappointment to appointment. May your present lamentable situation and  

circumstance become your positioning for greater heights in life and godliness. 

I pray that the good Lord will order your step, uphold you and help you to put on the same kind of spirit as that of Joseph of the twelve. He, after hearing that Pharaoh wanted him, did not go as he was – in disdain, sorrowful and in a battered prison uniform. Rather, he went to shave his beard, exchanged his prison clothes for a dignified robe, and assured himself in God that when he got to the palace of pharaoh – a place of honour, eminence and dignity to be revered – he would not return to prison again. And that eventually became his story. Even though he knew that he was in prison, he did not imprison himself as a prisoner. Meaning, the prison did not have hold of him, because the EMINENT ONE lives in him – who is our JEHOVAH-ADONAI. Genesis 41:12-16.  

Have a gracious and graceful month of AUGUST with – “THE NEW WINE FOR THE NEW YOU” – in God’s BLESSEDNESS, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And no one puts NEW WINE into OLD WINESKINS; or else the NEW WINE bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But NEW WINE must be put into NEW WINESKINS” Mark 2:22 NKJV. 

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is A NEW CREATION; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” 2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV 

“But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but A NEW CREATION” Galatians 6:14-15 NKJV. 

“If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 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 14:15-17. 

“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 . . . 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will POUR OUT MY SPIRIT upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I POUR OUT MY SPIRIT” Joel 2:19, 28-29. 

“And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when they wanted WINE, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have NO WINE. 4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 and saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good WINE; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. 11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples BELIEVED on him” John 2:1-11. 

“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. 

“For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence . . . 8 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 1:5, 8. 

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If Any Man Thirst, LET HIM COME UNTO ME, AND DRINK. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)” John 7:37-39. 

“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 13 Others mocking said, These men are full of NEW WINE” Acts 2:1-21. 

SUMMARY: 

This is a prophetic charge and teaching welcoming people into AUGUST 2026 — the 8th month, framed as a “NEW DAWN MONTH” in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS. 

KEY POINTS 

  1. FOUNDATION: GOD’S PATTERN OF 7TH DAY REST → 8TH DAY BEGINNING
  • Genesis 1-2:3 — God CREATED for 6 days, RESTED and SANCTIFIED the 7TH day. 
  • Revelation 4:11 — All things were created for His pleasure. 
  • Key Question & Answer: What happened on the EIGHTH day? 
    Answer: Man’s NEW DAY DAWNED. It marked man’s beginning to take his stand with RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, DILIGENCE, PRUDENCE — flowing from God’s REST, to fulfil purpose. Romans 8:28-30, Eph 1:11, Heb 4:8-11 
  • Genesis 1:26-28 — On this 8th day mandate, man exercises authority: be fruitful, multiply, subdue, have dominion, live in majestic splendour. 
  1. THE MEANING & IDENTITY OF “AUGUST”
  • AUGUST = 8th month in both JULIAN and GREGORIAN calendars. One of 7 months with 31 days. 
  • Name “AUGUST” = to inspire REVERENCE, ADMIRATION, SUPREMACY, DIGNITY, GRANDEUR, HONOUR, MAJESTY, VENERATION, EMINENCE, LORDLINESS. 
  • Therefore, to “AUGUST” something means to treat it with precision, value and honour. To AUGUST YOUR LIFE is to live dignified. 
  • Example: Apostle Paul MAGNIFIED HIS MINISTRY — Romans 11:13-14 — he AUGUSTED his calling with GRACIOUSNESS so no one would disdain it. 
  1. THE CENTRAL CHARGE: “THE NEW WINE FOR A NEW YOU”

August is the month to AUGUST IT AGAIN with “THE NEW WINE FOR A NEW YOU” in God’s GRACE. 
This means: 

Number EIGHT = DAWN NUMBER of OPPORTUNITY and POSSIBILITY for a new beginning. 

Believe again in the you that is of God and in God — to live and reign dignified. 

Expectation: Shame → Fame, Disdain → Honour, Failure → Success, Setbacks → Stepping stones, Disappointment → Appointment. 
Your present situation becomes your positioning for greater heights. 

  1. THE JOSEPHPRINCIPLEILLUSTRATION 

Like Joseph in Genesis 41:12-16: 
Even in prison, he didn’t imprison himself. When Pharaoh called, he shaved, changed clothes, and entered the palace with dignity because “the EMINENT ONE lives in him — JEHOVAH-ADONAI.” 
We are called to carry that same spirit this month. 

  1. THE PRAYER/DECLARATION FOR AUGUST

As we journey through this 8th month, it shall be a “beginning of months” for you. 
A month to: 

  • Live and reign in MAJESTY, DIGNITY, EMINENCE 
  • Be REVERED, ADMIRED, VENERABLE, LORDLY 
  • Have all things pertaining to DOING LIFE and LIVING GODLY under your control 
  • Spend time in God’s presence so He orders your life to GREATNESS and PEACE — Jeremiah 17:12 
  • Have your path shine brighter and brighter because of justification in Christ — Romans 5:1-2 
  1. SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS TO PONDER

The message is anchored on “NEW WINE” and “NEW CREATION” scriptures: 

  • Mark 2:22, 2 Cor 5:17, Gal 6:14-15 — New Wine, New Creation 
  • John 14:15-17 — The Spirit of Truth dwells IN you 
  • Psalm 104:15, Joel 2:19,28-29 — Wine, Oil, Corn and the outpouring of the Spirit 
  • John 2:1-11 — Jesus turned water to wine at Cana 
  • Luke 24:49, Acts 1:5,8 — Endowment of Power 
  • John 7:37-39 — Rivers of living water 
  • Acts 2:1-13 — Pentecost: “These men are full of NEW WINE” 

IN ONE SENTENCE: 

August is prophetically declared as the EIGHTH DAY / NEW DAWN where, from God’s rest, we are empowered by “THE NEW WINE FOR A NEW YOU” to AUGUST our lives — walking in dignity, dominion, and the Spirit, so that our lives reflect God’s glory and attract honour. 

Tone: Prophetic, instructive, celebratory, and highly declarative. It moves from Creation → Rest → New Beginning → Personal Application → Prayer. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

TAKE A HOLIDAY – IT’S HEALTHY AND NEEDFUL 

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TAKE A HOLIDAY – IT’S HEALTHY AND NEEDFUL: YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE TO STOP WORKING – AND TAKE A BREAK! 

“The apostles [who had been sent out on a mission] gathered together with Jesus and told Him EVERYTHING that they had DONE and TAUGHT. 31 He said to them, “COME AWAY BY YOURSELVES to a SECLUDED PLACE and REST [LEISURE] a little while”—for THERE WERE MANY [PEOPLE who were CONTINUALLY] COMING and GOING, and they COULD NOT even FIND TIME to EAT. 32 And they WENT AWAY by themselves in the boat to a SECLUDED PLACE” Mark 6:30-32/AMP. 

This morning, I noticed my ISP Wi-Fi was not transmitting fully or very well because most of the in-house and office devices that use Wi-Fi were not responding as expected. I noticed a frozen state indicating that I have to shut the mains down for a couple of minutes and then reset [reboot] the mains and devices again. Lo, behold, each of the devices just retains full strength and back up again, then I remembered that the ISP main hub has been working for a very long time in months without a time or space for rest though it’s a working material or device as designed. 

How much more for you and I to see the need to REST and have LEISURE in order to regain full strength instead of waiting until our body, soul and spirit breaks down as I almost experienced few days ago. Hence I can say thanks to God for some good government in governance and employers of labour that ensures and assures holidays day as sets by the state and international body are honoured; and as I have equally learnt to discipline myself to take a work time break for break and not for anything else irrespective. It helps to REJUVENATE, REFRESH, REKINDLE and SYNERGIES your wellbeing with wholeness in the grace. 

“. . . 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the REST wherewith ye may CAUSE THE WEARY TO REST; and this is the REFRESHING: yet they would not hear” Isaiah 28:9-12. 

Jesus knew how important it means to REST and have LEISURE after a while as He exhort the disciples to do likewise in Mark 6:30-32. Much more, there’s the spiritual rest of your triune-being, which is a consequence of praying in the Spirit as enjoined in the Bible book of Isaiah 28:9-12 and Ephesians 6:18 and Jude 1:20 and 1 Corinthians 14:18-22, 39 respectively; It’s indicated and expressed by the Isaiah Scriptures, especially the very vitality and importance of spiritual rest [Isaiah 28:9-12]; it’s a very refreshing medicine to your wholesome being – spirit, soul and body [1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12-13]. 

Therefore, TODAY, THIS DAY, begin to create and take time to rest, have leisure, for many have come and gone working so much hard and HARDWORKING as they claimed and are short-lived in the midst of their time without fulfilling purpose; and instead of hard-working, take time to be working by being smart and SMARTWORKING to maximise time in a short space, in taking time off-work and working overload; it’s in the knowing and seeing the act of the wisdom of God for the good and goodness, and for our wellbeing as a medicine that’s needful as Jesus enjoined – to take a getaway HOLIDAY in order to EAT, REST and have LEISURE. [Mark 6:30-32]. 

I pray you will be wise enough to live by the wisdom of God, in taking time to have rest and leisure; and to create opportunities for holidays and to take work time break for holidays and to ensure it in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

YOUR HOLIDAY TIME IS FOR REST AND LEISURE – DO ENSURE IT FOR YOUR GOOD, FOR YOUR GOODNESS AND FOR YOUR HEALTHY LIVING, AND NOT FOR ANYTHING ELSE IRRESPECTIVE. 

Healthy living is a wealthy living in life and in the grace.  

Be blessed accordingly. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“The apostles [who had been sent out on a mission] gathered together with Jesus and told Him EVERYTHING that they had done and taught. 31 He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a SECLUDED PLACE and REST [LEISURE] a little while”—for there were many [people who were CONTINUALLY] COMING and GOING, and they could not even FIND TIME to eat. 32 And they went away by themselves in the boat to a SECLUDED PLACE” Mark 6:30-32 AMPLIFIED. 

“See then that ye WALK circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 REDEEMING THE TIME, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not UNWISE, but UNDERSTANDING what the WILL of the Lord is” Ephesians 5:26-17. 

“Walk in WISDOM toward them that are without, REDEEMING THE TIME” Colossians 4:5. 

“. . . 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: 11 for with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the REST wherewith ye may CAUSE THE WEARY TO REST; and this is the REFRESHING: yet they would not hear” Isaiah 28:9-12. 

” To whom will He TEACH KNOWLEDGE? [Ask the drunkards.] And whom will He make to UNDERSTAND the message? Those who are babies, just weaned from the milk and taken from the breasts? [Is that what He thinks we are?] 10 For it is [His prophets repeating over and over]: precept upon precept, precept upon precept, rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little. 11 No, but [the Lord will TEACH the rebels in a more humiliating way] by men WITH STAMMERING LIPS AND ANOTHER TONGUE will He SPEAK to this people [says Isaiah, and TEACH them His lessons]. 12 To these [complaining Jews the Lord] had said, This is the TRUE REST [the way to TRUE COMFORT AND HAPPINESS] that you shall GIVE TO THE WEARY, and, This is the [true] REFRESHING—yet they would not listen [to His teaching].” Isaiah 28:9-12/AMP Classic Edition. 

“But you, beloved, BUILD YOURSELVES UP [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], PRAYING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT; 21 Guard and keep yourselves in the love of God; expect and patiently wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)—[which will bring you] unto life eternal” Jude 1:20/AMP Classic Edition. 

“I thank my God, I SPEAK WITH TONGUES more than ye all: 19 yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an UNKNOWN TONGUE. 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 21 In the law it is written, With men of OTHER TONGUES and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. 22 Wherefore TONGUES are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe . . . 39 Wherefore, brethren, COVET to prophesy, and FORBID NOT to SPEAK WITH TONGUES” 1 Corinthians 14:18-22, 39. 

“PRAYING ALWAYS WITH ALL PRAYER and supplication IN THE SPIRIT, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” Ephesians 6:18. 

“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. 

SUMMARY: 

The message emphasises the importance of taking breaks, resting, and having leisure to rejuvenate and refresh one’s spirit, soul, and body. 

Key Scriptures: 

  • Mark 6:30-32 – Jesus invites disciples to rest and have leisure after a mission 
  • Isaiah 28:9-12 – Spiritual rest and refreshing through praying in the Spirit 
  • Ephesians 5:16-17, Colossians 4:5 – Redeeming time, walking wisely 
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:23 – Wholeness of spirit, soul, and body 
  • Hebrews 4:12-13 – Word of God discerning thoughts and intents of the heart 

The message shares a personal experience of the ISP Wi-Fi needing a reboot, reminding that even devices need rest. Jesus showed the importance of rest and leisure (Mark 6:30-32). Spiritual rest and refreshing come through praying in the Spirit (Isaiah 28:9-12). Taking breaks and resting helps to rejuvenate, refresh, and rekindle one’s wellbeing. Believers should discipline themselves to take work-time breaks, prioritise rest, and maximise time. Holidays and breaks are for rest, leisure, and rejuvenation – not for anything else. A healthy living is a wealthy living  

Call to Action: 

  • Take time to rest, have leisure, and prioritise your wholeness (spirit, soul, body)  
  • Discipline yourself to take breaks and maximise time 
  • Pray in the Spirit to experience spiritual rest and refreshing 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

Welcome To Month FEBRUARY: Month Of ABOUNDING IN FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE

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Welcome To Month FEBRUARY: Month Of ABOUNDING IN FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE – “The Vitality of The WORK of FAITH, The PATIENCE of HOPE And The LABOUR of LOVE” 

Herein Are Few Tips To Take Along And Rejuvenate This Month! 

Be EMBOLDENED to DO something different this month from the Usual. Break through that FEAR of boredom and set patterns and methods. For God is not of METHODS but of PRINCIPLES. Therefore, 

  • Close the kitchen and take time out to have a special meal with family and possibly friends outside home or the usual. Take your spouse out for a different kind of date than the usual. Drive through a different route to and from Church, work or places of interest. Make new and different kinds of friends and interests. 
  • As a man, come down from your high horse position and COOK for your SPOUSE and FAMILY. Give the spouse, children and household a REASON to believe you are humane and have humanity in you to blend through life. Give them a sense of HUMILITY that EXALTS. I promise you, your spouse, children, and family will smile through that day with great loveliness and beauty. 
  • Break through the usual, refresh your laugh, close the church for a week and take members for a picnic and have leisure as Jesus did, you won’t lose them. Go for a sporting, boat ride or ship cruise were possible. Have humour and laughter. Take away pressure, and take time to rest, and have leisure at least. Life is WORTH living not surviving. Just have Life for once. 
  • Stop nursing enemies and unforgiving attitudes, and rather FEED your enemy, give them a DRINK, for when a man’s way PLEASE the Lord, He makes his enemy to be at peace with him. And you PLEASE the Lord God by FAITH – that is, ACTING on His WORD. Do you BELIEVE it, and can you DO it? 
  • Take someone NEW to EATERY and to the GROCERIES place for shopping and PAY the bills. Where possible give someone a home or shelter, mobility and such like. Look through your neighbourhood, there’s someone who deserves LOVE and CARE. 
  • Take Your Spouse out to a refreshing conference or seminar to boost, rejuvenate and synergise your marriage. Stop living in the old, stagnant place. It’s time to innovate, refresh, recreate, and become a better version of yourself, breaking free from the toxic boredom of dissatisfaction and stagnation. Give your RELATIONSHIP a new and refreshing BREATH of life.  
  • Live your life OUTSIDE the BOX this month. Make peace and apologise to those who hurt you, even if they were wrong, and give God something to work with. 
  • Resolve not to murmur, complain, nag, react, or blame, but instead take RESPONSIBILITY for once, at least this month. It’s time to speak kindly and wholesomely to everyone around you, again and again. 
  • DARE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT this month by giving a good portion of your time – whether an hour, a day, or even a couple of days – to lend a helping hand to someone in need through your skill, trade, or mentoring, without expecting payment or reward, especially to those who are less fortunate, unskilled, or limited by certain factors. 
  • You are a child of the NEW TESTAMENT – live your life beyond borders! Visit your Unchurched friends and share LOVE, HOPE, and FAITH with them. For once, let your heavenly-mindedness manifest in earthly goodness. 

Do all things in grace, and surely you will be blessed indeed. 

BREAK THROUGH YOUR FEARS – ESPECIALLY YOURSELF THIS MONTH: BE A DIFFERENT AMBASSADOR FROM THE USUAL. 

BE AN AMBASSADOR OF FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE! 

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

“And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, come ye yourselves APART into a DESERT PLACE, and REST a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no LEISURE so much as to EAT. 32 And they DEPARTED into a DESERT PLACE by ship privately” Mark 6:30-32. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

IT’S STOCK-TAKING MOMENT – TAKE TIME TO CHILL

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IT’S STOCK-TAKING MOMENT – TAKE TIME TO CHILL: FOR LEISURE IS GOD’S AND IT’S GODLY TOO! 

EBENEZER: Hitherto Has the Lord God HELPED Us – 1 Samuel 7:12. 

LEISURE and REST are good after labour – a diligent work; and labour is the physical and mental exertion of man to earn a gracious reward – in cash and or kind. And one good, gracious and graceful reward of labour – after a DILIGENT workload in the year – is by taking a time out to have a relaxing and leisure moment, outside your norm, especially with your BELOVED, among your CHERISHED friends – just to eat, drink and laugh. 

“And the apostles GATHERED themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had DONE, and what they had TAUGHT. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and REST A WHILE: for there were many coming and going, and they had no LEISURE so much as to EAT” Mark 6:30-31. 

“Go thy way, EAT thy bread with JOY, and DRINK thy wine with a MERRY heart; for God now ACCEPTETH thy works . . . 9 Live JOYFULLY with the wife whom thou LOVEST ALL THE DAYS OF THE LIFE of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, ALL THE DAYS of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun” Ecclesiastes 9:7, 9. 

The essence of STOCK-TAKING MOMENT and TAKING TIME TO CHILL is to have REST and LEISURE as it’s of GOD’S will and it’s GODLY too. For in reality: 

WE LIVE TO EAT AND NOT EAT TO LIVE – FOR LIFE IS WORTH THE LIVING. THEREFORE, THINK. 

It’s a gracious and graceful time to EAT, LAUGH, REFLECT, TAKE STOCK and BELIEVE again for the Days, Weeks, Months and Years ahead. God REWARDS DILIGENCE; and they that are DILIGENT will have a STAND in the MIDST and PLACE of kings – noble, honour and dignity. Proverbs 22:29; Hebrews 11:6. 

And most importantly, STOCK TAKING is a time to review and assess one’s situation and options; and to count, account and share the enabling that will synergise you in PURPOSE; such that you can THRIVE MEANINGFULLY and in FULFILMENT; and to move FORWARD – ONWARDS and UPWARDS – in LIFE and GRACE, and in the abounding love of God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Seest thou a man DILIGENT in his business? he shall STAND before KINGS (HONOUR, DIGNITY); he shall not STAND before mean (OBSCURED, UNPRODUCTIVE) men” Proverbs 22:29 (Emphasis Mine). 

“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. 

“And the apostles GATHERED themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had DONE, and what they had TAUGHT. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and REST A WHILE: for there were many coming and going, and they had no LEISURE so much as to EAT” Mark 6:30-31. 

“There remaineth therefore a REST to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his REST, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us LABOUR therefore to ENTER INTO THAT REST, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief” Hebrews 4:9-11. 

“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he RESTED on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had RESTED from all his work which God created and made” Genesis 2:1-2. 

“Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to EAT and to DRINK, and to ENJOY the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion” Ecclesiastes 5:18. 

“There is nothing better for a man, than that he should EAT and DRINK, and that he should make his soul ENJOY good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God” Ecclesiastes 2:24. 

“I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to REJOICE, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should EAT and DRINK, and ENJOY the good of all his labour, it is the GIFT of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him” Ecclesiastes 3:12-14. 

“Then I commended MIRTH, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to EAT, and to DRINK, and to be MERRY: for that shall abide with him of his LABOUR the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun” Ecclesiastes 8:15. 

“Go thy way, EAT thy bread with JOY, and DRINK thy wine with a MERRY heart; for God now ACCEPTETH thy works. 8 Let thy GARMENTS be always WHITE; and let thy HEAD lack no OINTMENT. 9 Live JOYFULLY with the wife whom thou LOVEST all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest” Ecclesiastes 9:7-10. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER: JESUS CHRIST

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AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER: JESUS CHRIST – THE POWER OF GOD!

“Jesus answered and said unto them, YE DO ERR (ERRONEOUS, MISTAKEN), not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor THE POWER of God” Matthew 22:29 (Emphasis Mine).

God’s enabling POWER will AUGUST you beyond human capacity; and position you in life and grace, far beyond human comprehension and limitations; and will give you such wisdom to innovate, create and initiate the good for human consumption; and will make you a true and genuine witness of God’s TRUTH in humanity; and many such like in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. And it’s gracious to know also that our Saviour and Lord Jesus, who is the centre person of the preaching of the Gospel of the cross, He is THE POWER of God as He’s of THE WISDOM of God, to both the Jews and the Gentiles, in defining the make up of THE CHURCH of God, in Christ Jesus stead, as it’s written. Amen.

“For the PREACHING OF THE CROSS is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is THE POWER of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in THE WISDOM of God the world by WISDOM knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 but we PREACH Christ crucified, unto the JEWS a stumblingblock, and unto the GREEKS foolishness; 24 but unto them which are called, both JEWS and GREEKS, Christ THE POWER of God, and THE WISDOM of God” 1 Corinthians 1:18-24.

The term or name AUGUST thus means to INSPIRE (or inspiring), to REVERENCE, to have in ADMIRATION, to uphold SUPREME, to have in DIGNITY OR GRANDEUR, to be MAJESTIC, VENERABLE, EMINENT, GRAND AND LORDLY. And in line with the MONTH AUGUST THEME, which is to “AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER” in Christ Jesus stead, you can infer to Month AUGUST as a Month to be DIGNIFIED, to be REVERED, to be ADMIRED, to be MAJESTIC, to be EMINENT, to be VENERABLE, to be GRAND and more of such like . . . as you ensure that you are enabled by God’s power.

I employ you therefore, to meditate on these but not limited SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS that’s WORTH PONDERING in context, on God’s enabling POWER that gives the rights to enjoy His BLESSEDNESS in life and grace, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

Herein are but not limited the doings of God’s enabling POWER to AUGUST:

  • POWER TO “GET (CREATE) WEALTH” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that GIVETH THEE POWER TO GET (CREATE) WEALTH, that He may ESTABLISH His COVENANT which He sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day” Deuteronomy 8:18.

  • POWER TO “WITNESS AND BE A WITNESS” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“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.

  • POWER TO STAND “AGAINST UNCLEAN SPIRITS AND SUCH LIKE” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And when he had CALLED unto him his twelve disciples, He gave them POWER AGAINST unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus SENT FORTH, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give . . . .” Matthew 10:1-42.

  • POWER TO “HEAL SICKNESSES AND DISEASES AND CAST OUT DEVILS” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And He goeth up into a mountain, and CALLETH unto him whom he would: and they came unto Him. 14 And He ORDAINED twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might SEND THEM FORTH TO PREACH, 15 and to have POWER TO HEAL sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 and Simon He surnamed Peter; 17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and He surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed Him: and they went into an house”  Mark 3:13-19.

  • POWER TO “BECOME” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“But as many as RECEIVED Him, to them GAVE He POWER TO BECOME the sons of God, even to them that BELIEVE on His name: 13 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” John 1:12-13.

  • POWER TO “TREAD OVER THE POWER OF THE ENEMY AND COHORTS” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I GIVE unto you POWER TO TREAD on serpents and scorpions, and over all the POWER of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven” Luke 10:17-20.

  • POWER TO EXPERIENCE “GREAT POWER ACCOMPANIED WITH GREAT GRACE” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And with GREAT POWER gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and GREAT GRACE was upon them all” Acts 4:33.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER: JESUS CHRIST – THE POWER OF GOD!

“Jesus answered and said unto them, YE DO ERR (ERRONEOUS, MISTAKEN), not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor THE POWER of God” Matthew 22:29 (Emphasis Mine).

God’s enabling POWER will AUGUST you beyond human capacity; and position you in life and grace, far beyond human comprehension and limitations; and will give you such wisdom to innovate, create and initiate the good for human consumption; and will make you a true and genuine witness of God’s TRUTH in humanity; and many such like in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. And it’s gracious to know also that our Saviour and Lord Jesus, who is the centre person of the preaching of the Gospel of the cross, He is THE POWER of God as He’s of THE WISDOM of God, to both the Jews and the Gentiles, in defining the make up of THE CHURCH of God, in Christ Jesus stead, as it’s written. Amen.

“For the PREACHING OF THE CROSS is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is THE POWER of God. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in THE WISDOM of God the world by WISDOM knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 but we PREACH Christ crucified, unto the JEWS a stumblingblock, and unto the GREEKS foolishness; 24 but unto them which are called, both JEWS and GREEKS, Christ THE POWER of God, and THE WISDOM of God” 1 Corinthians 1:18-24.

The term or name AUGUST thus means to INSPIRE (or inspiring), to REVERENCE, to have in ADMIRATION, to uphold SUPREME, to have in DIGNITY OR GRANDEUR, to be MAJESTIC, VENERABLE, EMINENT, GRAND AND LORDLY. And in line with the MONTH AUGUST THEME, which is to “AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER” in Christ Jesus stead, you can infer to Month AUGUST as a Month to be DIGNIFIED, to be REVERED, to be ADMIRED, to be MAJESTIC, to be EMINENT, to be VENERABLE, to be GRAND and more of such like . . . as you ensure that you are enabled by God’s power.

I employ you therefore, to meditate on these but not limited SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS that’s WORTH PONDERING in context, on God’s enabling POWER that gives the rights to enjoy His BLESSEDNESS in life and grace, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

Herein are but not limited the doings of God’s enabling POWER to AUGUST:

  • POWER TO “GET (CREATE) WEALTH” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is He that GIVETH THEE POWER TO GET (CREATE) WEALTH, that He may ESTABLISH His COVENANT which He sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day” Deuteronomy 8:18.

  • POWER TO “WITNESS AND BE A WITNESS” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“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.

  • POWER TO STAND “AGAINST UNCLEAN SPIRITS AND SUCH LIKE” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And when he had CALLED unto him his twelve disciples, He gave them POWER AGAINST unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus SENT FORTH, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give . . . .” Matthew 10:1-42.

  • POWER TO “HEAL SICKNESSES AND DISEASES AND CAST OUT DEVILS” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And He goeth up into a mountain, and CALLETH unto him whom he would: and they came unto Him. 14 And He ORDAINED twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might SEND THEM FORTH TO PREACH, 15 and to have POWER TO HEAL sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 and Simon He surnamed Peter; 17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and He surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed Him: and they went into an house”  Mark 3:13-19.

  • POWER TO “BECOME” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“But as many as RECEIVED Him, to them GAVE He POWER TO BECOME the sons of God, even to them that BELIEVE on His name: 13 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” John 1:12-13.

  • POWER TO “TREAD OVER THE POWER OF THE ENEMY AND COHORTS” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I GIVE unto you POWER TO TREAD on serpents and scorpions, and over all the POWER of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven” Luke 10:17-20.

  • POWER TO EXPERIENCE “GREAT POWER ACCOMPANIED WITH GREAT GRACE” IN GOD’S BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And with GREAT POWER gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and GREAT GRACE was upon them all” Acts 4:33.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

YOU DEARLY NEED – THE FAITH AT REST – THE FAITH ASSURED – AND THE SPIRIT REFRESH

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YOU DEARLY NEED – THE FAITH AT REST – THE FAITH ASSURED – AND THE SPIRIT REFRESH: IT’S MADE POSSIBLE BY PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT – THAT’S THE SYNERGY!

“The spirit of a man will SUSTAIN him in sickness (INFIRMITIES), But who can BEAR a BROKEN spirit?” Proverbs 18:14.

“A MERRY heart (spirit) doeth GOOD like a medicine: but a BROKEN spirit DRIETH the bones” Proverbs 17:22.

When your FAITH is at REST, your SPIRIT-BEING and WELL-BEING are at REST – then you are ASSURED of your daily triumph no matter what; but when your faith is troubled, your spirit is troubled – then your ASSURANCE and CONFIDENCE of triumph dwindles.

And FAITH is of the WORD which is spiritual and is of the Holy Spirit in your spirit, which when not taken care of and looks after, it leads to stress and depression and all forms of fear PHOBIA in your human spirit-being. STRESS is as a result of limited capacity to deal with our various life challenges, be it – family, work, career, ministry, business, academic, relationship, leadership and more.

You need to know full well that you are a spirit-being (spiritual), with a soul (mind, emotions, will and intellect) and living in a body (humus – physical) – (1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12; Proverbs 20:27; Job 32:8; Job 33:4; Genesis 2:7).

However, there’s good news, for God has left us with a synergy to enhance us with the grace of rest to deal with all factors that results to stress. It’s called – PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT – that’s PRAYING BY THE HOLY SPIRIT which means SPEAKING FORTH IN OTHER TONGUES – that is, in spiritual tongues/languages to be precise. And you need to get engaged and use it to do and live life. In it you will be REFRESH, REAWAKEN, RENEW, REKINDLE, SYNERGISE and AFLAME to enjoy a stress and depression free life in Christ Jesus. Amen.

MEDITATE on the SCRIPTURES below and be BLESSED in Christ Jesus stead to live free within. Amen.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“For with stammering lips and ANOTHER TONGUE will he speak to this people. 12 To whom he said, This is the REST wherewith ye may cause the WEARY to REST; and this is the REFRESHING: yet they would not hear” Isaiah 28:11-12.

“For if I PRAY in an UNKNOWN TONGUE, my spirit prayeth but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is it then? I will PRAY with the spirit, and I will PRAY with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding” 1 Corinthians 14:14-15.

“Do not get drunk with wine, for that is wickedness (corruption, stupidity), but BE FILLED with the [Holy] Spirit and constantly guided by Him” Ephesians 5:18.

“But you, beloved, BUILD yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy FAITH [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], PRAY in the Holy Spirit, 21 and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ [which will bring you] to eternal life” Jude 1:20-21.

“PRAYING ALWAYS with ALL PRAYER and supplication IN THE SPIRIT, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints” Ephesians 6:18.

“If you FAINT in the day of ADVERSITY, Your STRENGTH is SMALL” Proverbs 24:10.

“The spirit of man is the CANDLE of the Lord, SEARCHING all the INWARD parts of the belly (BEING)” Proverbs 20:27 (Emphasis Mine).

“But THERE is a spirit in man: and the INSPIRATION of the Almighty GIVETH them understanding” Job 32:8.

“The Spirit of God hath MADE me, and the BREATH of the Almighty hath GIVEN me life”  Job 33:4.

“In the same way the Spirit [comes to us and] helps us in our weakness [INFIRMITIES]. We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it as we should, but the Spirit Himself [knows our need and at the right time] intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words. 27 And He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because the Spirit intercedes [before God] on behalf of God’s people in accordance with God’s will” Romans 8:26-27.

“But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead DWELL in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also QUICKEN (GIVE LIFE TO) your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you . . .14 For as MANY as are LED by the Spirit of God, they are the SONS of God” Romans 8:9-11, 14 (Emphasis Mine).

THE DAWN MONTH OF AUGUST

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THE DAWN MONTH OF AUGUST: THE MONTH TO – “AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER” IN HIS BLESSEDNESS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD!

The dawn Month of AUGUST is the eighth of the JULIAN and GREGORIAN calendars and one of the seven months that is 31 days long. And been the eight month of the year, it represents a NEW BEGINNING. The name AUGUST means to inspire (or inspiring) REVERENCE, ADMIRATION, OF SUPREME, DIGNITY OR GRANDEUR, MAJESTIC, VENERABLE, EMINENT, GRAND AND LORDLY. And in line with the MONTH AUGUST THEME, means to “AUGUST YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S ENABLING POWER” in Christ Jesus stead, to toward been DIGNIFIED, to be REVERED, to be ADMIRED, to be MAJESTIC, to be EMINENT, to be VENERABLE, to be GRAND and more of such like . . .

GENESIS 1-2:3 gives the wonderful acts of God in creation of the planet earth and of all that is on earth as summed up in Psalms 24:1-2. From the Genesis and Psalmist Scriptures we see that by the sixth day God had created all His intended creation including man whom He also EMPOWERED to oversee all created creation; and on the SEVENTH day God RESTED to pleasure in His PURPOSE for creation as in REVELATION 4:11.

When God rested on the SEVENTH day, what then do you think happened on the next day – being the EIGHTH? I tell you now what I perceive to know in life and grace.

This is what I believe and conclude, that on the EIGHTH, man’s NEW DAY WAS DAWN, that is born to begin; meaning the EIGHTH was the beginning of man to start taking in PRINCIPLE, the act of RESPONSIBILITY and ACCOUNTABILITY through DILIGENCE and PRUDENCE, from the REST of God in order to find his own rest when done of God’s purpose for him  as the scriptures of Romans 8:28-30; Hebrews 4:8-11; and for man to EXERCISE his eminent given and endowed authority to be fruitful and multiply, to replenish the earth, subdue it and reign in it, and to live in majestic splendour, to thrive, colour and grandeur, to have dominion as in the Holy Writ Scripture of Genesis 1:26-28 as by the power of attorney on God’s behalf over the works of God’s hands – Isaiah 45:11-12, Psalms 8:4-9; Psalms 115:16.

The EIGHTH day was such a day of great influence, affluence and significance of honour and dignity, for man to take the chance and opportunity accorded him by the uncreated creator God to enhance the PATH OF LIFE in the path of divine responsibility and accountability on earth to fulfil God given purpose and assignment. It was a dawn day of becoming God’s representative and ambassador on earth according to these Scriptures but not limited – Psalms 115:16; Psalms 8:4-6; Isaiah 45:11-12; 2 Corinthians 5:20.

HEREIN NOW IS THE TRAJECTORY FOR YOUR PERUSAL:

Do you recall your first time of going to school, college, university – that you so much desired, deserved and cherished – and how well you PREPARED and DRESSED up to AUGUST it? Or starting that desired and precious job – how you started it on a very good note with majestic show that you were around and capable to AUGUST it? Or going for that first or special date with that special person – how much you gorgeously accorded yourself with such great value to AUGUST it? Or on that lovely, sweet and gracious wedding – how much you ensured and AUGUST it, that it becomes the most talked about day for a honourable marriage and at the top of the note before all invited friends and families?

It’s time to SELAH – PAUSE and THINK, of any situation that you dignified, accorded respect and honoured though not mentioned here. That’s what it means to AUGUST an occasion precisely and pricelessly, and the how and while to AUGUST this month of AUGUST, in doing LIFE and living GODLY.

It’s this act to AUGUST one’s life that makes Apostle Paul to say, I dearly and earnestly MAGNIFY or DIGNIFY my MINISTERIAL OFFICE such that no man would disdain or take his calling and ministerial office repute for granted and disdain. Meaning, he AUGUST the office of his CALLING with GRACIOUSNESS and GRACEFULNESS with such grace to ensure it’s DIGNIFIED,  REVERED, ADMIRED, MAJESTIC, EMINENT, VENERABLE, GRAND and more of such like as it’s written – Romans 11:12-14.

I can therefore conclude that the number EIGHT is the dawn number of opportunity and possibility to make a start and of a new day for man’s new beginning. When God rested to have His leisure on His done work, mankind began it’s ambassadorial role in a great fashion of chance and opportunity, polished and fashioned in the path of dignity and gracious display of being revered, admired, majestic, eminent and venerable.

You need to believe again in the you that’s of God and in God to live and reign dignified. This is the month of AUGUST – let us AUGUST it again!

I pray that as you turn into this month of August, being the eighth of the year, that it shall be the beginning of months for you. A month in which you will live and reign in the path of  majesty, in dignity, eminent, revered, admired, venerable and lordly; A life where all things are under your control while you reign in the path of dominion. May you spend time in God’s presence that He might order your life to greatness and peace as written Jeremiah 17:12 “A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary”.

Unlike Adam, I pray that this honour of being justified by the deeds of Christ as in Romans 5:1-2, your path shall ever shine and shine brighter and clearer and brighter until the full glow of you is shown around that all may see your great eminence of God; and then glorify our Father God, the Father of our saviour-King and Lord Jesus, whose presence is your source of life and grace. Amen!

May this month of number eight being August, turn your shame to fame, your disdain to honour and glory, your failure to success, your setbacks to stepping stones, your disappointment to appointment; may your present lamentable situation and circumstance become your positioning for greater heights in life and godliness.

I pray that the good Lord will order your step, uphold you and help you to put on the same kind of spirit as that of Joseph of the twelve; who after hearing that Pharaoh wanted him, instead of going as he was in disdain, sorrowful and in a battered prison uniform, rather went to shave his beard, exchange his prison clothes with a dignified robe; assured himself in God that when he got to the palace of pharaoh, a place of honour, eminence, dignity, reverence, he would not return to prison again which eventually was his story. Even though he knew that he was in prison he did not imprison himself as a prisoner, meaning that the prison did not have him, because the eminent one – Jehovah-Adonai – lived in him – Genesis 41:12-16.

Have a gracious and graceful month August in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

POWER TO CREATE WEALTH IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that GIVETH thee POWER TO GET (CREATE) wealth, that he may ESTABLISH his COVENANT which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day” Deuteronomy 8:18.

POWER TO BE GOD’S WITNESS IN CHRIST JESUS

“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.

POWER AGAINST UNCLEAN SPIRITS AND SUCH LIKE IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And when he had CALLED unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them POWER AGAINST unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus SENT FORTH, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give . . . .” Matthew 10:1-42.

POWER TO HEAL IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And he goeth up into a mountain, and CALLETH unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ORDAINED twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 and to have POWER TO HEAL sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 and Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 and Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house”  Mark 3:13-19.

POWER TO BECOME IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“But as many as received him, to them GAVE he POWER TO BECOME the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” John 1:12-13.

POWER TO TREAD OVER THE POWER OF THE ENEMY AND COHORTS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I give unto you POWER TO TREAD on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven” Luke 10:17-20.

GREAT POWER ACCOMPANIED WITH GREAT GRACE IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD

“And with GREAT POWER gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and GREAT GRACE was upon them all” Acts 4:33.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI