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SPIRITUAL FAMINE: ARE YOU IN DROUGHT TO THE HEARING OF THE WORD! 

“Behold, the DAYS come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a FAMINE in the land, not a FAMINE of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD: 12 and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east,they shall run to and fro to SEEK THE WORD of the Lord, and shall NOT FIND IT. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst” Amos 8:11-13. 

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do ERR (MISTAKEN, ERROR), not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29. 

Dear friend, are you living in a spiritual drought? 

Are you desiring the Word of the Lord that leads to daily salvation and deliverance [Romans 10:8-13] but it seems all you see around to feed from are fables, dogmas, sectarianism, traditions, methods, creeds, shows and self-created denominational doctrines? [Matthew 15:1-6; 1 Peter 1:17-20] 

And worse, when you can’t find the principles of the Word and the process, instead you see craft, fraud and scams to extort you in the grace? [Philippians 1:15-18] 

It is time to do something about the drought of the hearing of God’s Word, for your own good — as an antidote to restore healthy spiritual sensitivity in the grace [Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:3-4; 1 Timothy 1:18-20]. [famine] 

And you need to know that you can’t blame people or anyone about your spiritual drought when there are opportunities of being informed, as you are now reading, to safeguard against errors and being mistaken in the faith. Also, to make you do something about your spiritual well-being in the grace, as you desire to do life and live godly by the WORD, in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

Your becoming for today and tomorrow is within your decision — and you need to make it happen in the grace without blaming anyone. You have been given the opportunity in the grace to stop every form and signal of spiritual drought about you. [famine] 

Don’t live in SPIRITUAL DROUGHT, I beg you — it will short-circuit your path in DOING life and LIVING godly in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. 

There is nothing as dangerous and deadly as FAMINE — be it physical or spiritual. 

FAMINE is the extreme: scarcity, shortage, drought, unavailability, lack, insufficiency, undersupply, deficiency, impoverishment, shortfalls and such like, of the basic necessity of life — e.g. FOOD — resulting in HUNGER, whose consequences are unprecedented fatalities.  

“MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children” [Hosea 4:6]. 

“Therefore MY PEOPLE ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled” [Isaiah 5:13-15]. 

In life we know how people suffer and die in horrible conditions when there is physical famine. We don’t have to look far to see the dire physical hunger and needs in our NEIGHBOURHOOD, COMMUNITIES, SOCIETY, NATION and WORLD today. 

Hunger as a result of FAMINE is a severe and terrible condition for anyone to experience. Yet, many in our WORLDS are suffering and dying daily as a result of this monster called — FAMINE. 

Unfortunately today, many do not fully know and realize that SPIRITUAL FAMINE does exist. And there are implications of its existence in one’s life and in our society and world. It could even be the DE FACTO cause of the physical condition we experience today as INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, SOCIETY and NATION. 

A SPIRITUAL FAMINE indicates NO SPIRITUAL FOOD, or insufficient and inadequate provision, resulting in severe hunger — leading to spiritual suffering and or death. 

NO FOOD means NO WORD, which is the FOOD of the SPIRITUAL man — the spirit being. 

The man in HUMAN [Hu-Man] is a being, that is, a spirit being [subconscious place], has a soul [conscious mind, reasoning faculty, will] and lives in a body [physique, physical structure].  

A NO WORD for the human wellbeing means a NO FAITH. 
And a NO FAITH is consequential. For FAITH comes by the HEARING of the WORD of God [Romans 10:17], which means with NO WORD, then NO FAITH, and with NO FAITH — none can PLEASE God [Hebrews 11:6], and not pleasing God makes one vulnerable to the enemy and cohorts of our faith in the grace [Proverbs 16:7]. 

And to live a life wherein God is not PLEASED with you, and rather, you can’t PLEASE God for lack of faith by the Word is sinful and has consequences [Romans 14:23]. 
And such consequences could be dire and result in fatalities just as physical hunger does [Amos 8:11-14; Genesis 41-47]. 

One of such consequences is to have no MEANINGFUL nourishment and fulfilment in LIFE and GODLY LIVING with God as a result of NO FELLOWSHIP to enhance one’s RELATIONSHIP with GOD. 
It takes FAITH to FELLOWSHIP with God. For we are CALLED to FELLOWSHIP with God in order to ENHANCE our RELATIONSHIP with Him, for therein is the PATH OF LIFE [1 Corinthians 1:9; Psalms 16:11; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:11]. 

When one is IMPOVERISHED and MALNOURISHED within one’s being, there’s no amount of WEALTH and PHYSICAL POSSESSION that can FULFIL such emptiness within [Luke 12:15]. 

And there is no scientific or medical act — as SCAN, X-RAY, STETHOSCOPE, CHEMOTHERAPY and such like — that can and will be able to detect the essence of the human spirit that makes man a being. 
For God has put a default of ETERNITY in the human spirit with which, in His infinite nature, only He can sense every being [Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified; Proverbs 20:27; Job 32:8; Job 33:4]. 

Therefore, SPIRITUAL FAMINE as with PHYSICAL FAMINE has consequences. 
And with RESOLUTION and an ANSWER to SPIRITUAL FAMINE, PHYSICAL FAMINE can be RESOLVED effortlessly in grace [2 Chronicles 7:12-15]. 
For GOD will ensure that FAMINE OF ALL SORTS are RESOLVED for the good of all [Psalms 33:18-20; Psalms 37:18-19; Genesis 26:1-14; Psalms 105:16-24/Genesis 41-47]. 

It’s time to RESOLVE to give yourself to FEED HEALTHILY on the WORD of God — firstly on a PERSONAL level and from other platforms and ONLINE opportunities — in order to avoid FAMINE. 

More so, to triumphantly thrive and be meaningfully fulfilled over any form of FAMINE that may tend to affect you in LIFE, GRACE and GODLY LIVING [Job 23:12; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Matthew 22:29; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalms 1:1-3]. 

Don’t live in SPIRITUAL DROUGHT — it will short-circuit your PATH IN LIFE and GODLY LIVING in the grace. 

THE SPIRITUAL IMPACT OF THE FAMINE OF HEARING THE WORD IS ENORMOUS AND INDESCRIBABLE. 

Therefore, with many facing ENORMOUS life challenges and circumstances which are as a result of THE FAMINE OF THE HEARING OF THE WORD, there is the need to be built up in FAITH. And the need to kick-start your own avenue on a personal level is now — to THE HEARING OF THE WORD in order to STEADFASTLY RESIST IN THE FAITH the FEAR of the monster that has befallen or is intending, long before it gets to your vicinity [Amos 8:11-14]. 

It’s time to feed HEALTHILY your spirit and wellbeing with the living WORD in order to STEADFASTLY RESIST IN FAITH the fear of the monster that has gripped and crippled the world’s health and economy to a standstill and downward curve for a while now [1 Peter 5:8-11]. 

And when you feed healthily, our God of all wisdom, speed and love will make you perfect — complete, whole, full — establish, strengthen and settle you in life and grace in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And I will GIVE you pastors according to mine heart, which shall FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15. 

“Behold, the DAYS come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a FAMINE in the land, not a FAMINE of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD: 12 and they shall WANDER from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall RUN to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men FAINT FOR THIRST. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again” Amos 8:11-14. 

“So then FAITH cometh by HEARING, and HEARING by the WORD of God” Romans 10:17. 

“Neither have I gone back from the COMMANDMENT of his lips; I have ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH more than my NECESSARY FOOD” Job 23:12. 

“Wherewithal shall a young man CLEANSE his way? by taking heed thereto ACCORDING to THY WORD . . . 105 Thy Word is a LAMP unto my FEET, and a LIGHT unto my PATH . . .130 The ENTRANCE of THY WORDS giveth LIGHT; it giveth UNDERSTANDING unto the SIMPLE” Psalms 119:9, 105, 130. 

“STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED unto God, a WORKMAN that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING [APPLYING] the word of truth” 2 Timothy 2:15/Emphasis Mine. 

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, MAKE YOU PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE YOU. 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” 1 Peter 5:8-11. 

“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 and that from a child thou hast KNOWN the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is PROFITABLE for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 that the man of God may be PERFECT [COMPLETE, WHOLE, MATURED], throughly furnished unto all good works” 2 Timothy 3:14-17/Emphasis mine. 

“Thy WORDS WERE FOUND, and I did EAT them; and thy WORD was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts” Jeremiah 15:16. 

SUMMARY: 
From the message we learnt that spiritual famine is real, dangerous, and already happening. It is a drought of hearing the pure Word of God [Amos 8:11-13]. Just as physical famine destroys the body, spiritual famine destroys faith, fellowship, purpose, and destiny. The only antidote is to personally and intentionally FEED on the Word of God to build faith and resist the enemy. 

KEY POINTS OF THE MESSAGE 

  1. THE REALITY OF SPIRITUAL FAMINE [Amos 8:11-14]

God warned of a coming famine — “not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD” [Amos 8:11-13]. 
People will run to and fro seeking the Word and not find it. The result is young men and women fainting for thirst. 
Jesus also warned: “Ye do ERR, not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor the POWER of God” [Matthew 22:29]. 

  1. SIGNSYOUARE IN SPIRITUAL DROUGHT 
    Wrong Feeding: Feeding on fables, dogmas, sectarianism, traditions, creeds, shows, and self-created denominational doctrines [Matthew 15:1-6; 1 Peter 1:17-20]. 
    Exploitation: Instead of principles and process of the Word, you see craft, fraud and scams to extort in the name of grace [Philippians 1:15-18]. 
    No Growth: Lack of healthy spiritual sensitivity, knowledge and understanding [Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:3-4; 1 Timothy 1:18-20]. 

You cannot blame others. The opportunity to be informed is before you now. Your becoming today and tomorrow is your decision in the grace.  

  1. WHY SPIRITUAL FAMINE IS DEADLY

FAMINE means scarcity, lack, insufficiency, impoverishment. Physically it leads to hunger and death, spiritually it is worse. 

NO WORD = NO FAITH 
“FAITH cometh by HEARING, and HEARING by the WORD of God” [Romans 10:17]. 
With no faith, you cannot PLEASE God [Hebrews 11:6], and you become vulnerable to the enemy [Proverbs 16:7]. Living without pleasing God is sinful and has consequences [Romans 14:23]. 

NO FELLOWSHIP = NO RELATIONSHIP 
We are CALLED to FELLOWSHIP with God to ENHANCE our RELATIONSHIP with Him, for therein is the PATH OF LIFE [1 Corinthians 1:9; Psalms 16:11]. 
Without the Word, there is no meaningful nourishment or fulfilment [Luke 12:15]. 

DESTRUCTION & CAPTIVITY 
“MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE” [Hosea 4:6]. 
“MY PEOPLE ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE” [Isaiah 5:13-15]. 

SPIRITUAL MALNOURISHMENT 
Man is spirit, has a soul, and lives in a body. God put ETERNITY in the human spirit [Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified; Proverbs 20:27]. No wealth, science, or medicine can feed that emptiness. Only the Word can.
THE SOLUTION: RESOLVE TO FEED ON THE WORD

Spiritual famine must be answered first. When spiritual famine is resolved, even physical famine can be resolved in grace [2 Chronicles 7:12-15; Psalms 33:18-20; Genesis 26:1-14]. 

HOW TO RESPOND NOW: 

PERSONAL FEEDING: Give yourself to FEED HEALTHILY on the WORD on a personal level [Job 23:12; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalms 1:1-3]. 

RIGHT TEACHING: God will give pastors after His heart to FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING [Jeremiah 3:15]. 

STUDY & APPLICATION: “STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED unto God, a WORKMAN that… RIGHTLY DIVIDING the word of truth” [2 Timothy 2:15]. 
Scripture is PROFITABLE for doctrine, reproof, correction, instruction [2 Timothy 3:14-17]. 

STEADFAST RESISTANCE: Feed your spirit to “RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH” against the fear and attacks of the enemy [1 Peter 5:8-11; Amos 8:11-14]. The Word is a LAMP, LIGHT, and UNDERSTANDING [Psalms 119:9, 105, 130]. 

  1. THE PROMISE

When you feed healthily on the living Word, God of all wisdom, speed and love will “MAKE YOU PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE YOU” [1 Peter 5:8-11]. Complete, whole, and furnished for every good work. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS FOR PONDERING 

  1. Jeremiah 3:15 — God will give pastors to FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING. 
  2. Amos 8:11-14 — The famine of hearing the Word is coming. People will faint for thirst. 
  3. Romans 10:17 — FAITH comes by HEARING the WORD. 
  4. Job 23:12 — Esteem God’s Words more than necessary food. 
  5. Psalms 119:105, 130 — The Word is LAMP, LIGHT, and gives UNDERSTANDING. 
  6. 2 Timothy 2:15; 3:14-17 — Study, be approved, and be thoroughly furnished. 
  7. 1 Peter 5:8-11 — Resist the devil steadfast in faith. God will perfect and settle you. 
  8. Jeremiah 15:16 — “Thy WORDS WERE FOUND, and I did EAT them. 

FINAL CHARGE: 
Don’t die of spiritual hunger. The Word is food. Feed yourself daily, build your faith, and you will not faint when famine comes. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE SYNERGY IS WITHIN: WORKING INSIDE OUT IN THE GRACE! 

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THE SYNERGY IS WITHIN: WORKING INSIDE OUT IN THE GRACE! 

“For we [who ARE born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually TRANSFORMED, RENEWED, SET APART for His PURPOSE and] ARE the TRUE CIRCUMCISION, who WORSHIP IN the Spirit of God and glory and take pride and exult IN Christ Jesus and place no confidence [in what we HAVE or who we ARE] IN the flesh” Philippians 3:3/AMP. 

It is the SYNERGY within that ENERGISES and makes all the DIFFERENCE. It is all about these: 

  • The grace within 
  • The faith within 
  • The word within 
  • The love within 
  • The power within 
  • And the Holy Spirit Working It out from within. 

FOR WE: 

  • Are Saved and grow by GRACE 
  • Are to live and triumph by FAITH 
  • Are Sustained and upheld by the WORD  
  • Are Influenced and propelled by LOVE  
  • Are Empowered by the HOLY SPIRIT – enabling us to thrive, and fulfil purpose meaningfully, in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

For we ARE the New creation JEW of the heart [the spirit] and INWARDLY we ARE – Spirited, Hearted, Reborn, Recreated, Circumcised, Called, Justified, Predestined, Foreknown, Chosen, Accepted, Blessed, Made, Qualified, Glorified, Purposed, Sanctified, Renewed, Transformed, Delivered, Translated, Forgiven and more . . . in Christ Jesus.  

“For he is not a Jew, which is one OUTWARDLY; neither is that circumcision, which is OUTWARD in the flesh: 29 but he is a Jew, which is one INWARDLY; and circumcision is that of the HEART, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God” Romans 2:28-29. 

“And we KNOW that ALL THINGS work together for good to those who LOVE God, to those who are the CALLED according to His PURPOSE. 29 For whom He FOREKNEW, He also PREDESTINED to be CONFORMED to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He PREDESTINED, these He also CALLED; whom He called, these He also JUSTIFIED; and whom He justified, these He also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30/NKJV. 

Therefore, be ENERGISED and let it be that THE SYNERGY IS WITHIN – WORKING from The INSIDE OUT. For the working within is about what God in Christ Jesus, has ACCOMPLISHED IN you by His grace, through faith in His Word, by the Holy Spirit.  

“That the COMMUNICATION of thy FAITH may become EFFECTUAL by the ACKNOWLEDGING of EVERY GOOD THING which is IN you IN Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:6. 

It is in knowing and living through what is within you that what God has done for you in Christ Jesus becomes meaningful and purposeful. What is wrought in you is what you can actualise, so that it becomes your reality. In this way, you ensure that what has been done for you – in grace, through faith, by the word, in love, energised by the power of the Holy Spirit of love given to us – is fulfilled. 

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is shed abroad IN our HEARTS [INNERMOST BEING, SPIRIT-BEING] by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . . 8 But God commendeth His LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died FOR us” Romans 5:5, 8. 

It is my earnest prayer that what has been done in you, and is within you, will become your reality in doing life and living godly, by God’s blessedness in Christ Jesus. Amen.  

Be Blessed. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK! 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“For WHATSOEVER is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the VICTORY that overcometh the world, even our FAITH. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5. 

“And we KNOW that ALL THINGS work together for good to those who LOVE God, to those who are the CALLED according to His PURPOSE. 29 For whom He FOREKNEW, He also PREDESTINED to be CONFORMED to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He PREDESTINED, these He also CALLED; whom He called, these He also JUSTIFIED; and whom He justified, these He also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30/NKJV. 

“Giving thanks to the Father who has QUALIFIED us to be PARTAKERS of the INHERITANCE of the saints in the light. 13 He has DELIVERED us from the power of darkness and CONVEYED us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the FORGIVENESS of sins” Colossians 1:12-14/NKJV. 

“Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath MADE us, and not we ourselves; we ARE his people, and the sheep of his pasture” Psalms 100:2-3. 

“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath SHINED in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the POWER may be of God, and not of us” 2 Corinthians 4:6-7. 

“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into this GRACE wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God . . . 5 And hope maketh not ASHAMED; because the love of God is SHED abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . . 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:1-2, 5, 8. 

“You ARE of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is IN you is GREATER than he who is IN the world. 5 They ARE of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. 6 We ARE of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error” 1 John 4:4-6/NKJV. 

“The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the TRUE WORSHIPPERS shall WORSHIP the Father IN spirit and IN truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him MUST worship him IN spirit and IN truth” John 4:19-24. 

“Look at the proud one, His soul is not right within him, But the righteous will LIVE by his FAITH [in the true God]” Habakkuk 2:4/AMP [Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38; Romans 1:16-17].  

SUMMARY 

This message is on THE SYNERGY IS WITHIN: WORKING INSIDE OUT IN THE GRACE — that the New Creation life in Christ Jesus is powered, sustained, and expressed from the inside out by what God has already wrought in you. 

KEY POINTS: 

  1. THE IDENTITY OF THE NEW CREATION
    Philippians 3:3; Romans 2:28-29
    We ARE the true circumcision — not outward in the flesh, but INWARDLY in the heart and spirit. 
    In Christ, you are Spirited, Reborn, Recreated, Justified, Predestined, Called, Sanctified, Glorified, Qualified, and more. Your identity is not defined by the flesh, but by what God has done IN you. 
  2. THE SYNERGY WITHIN: WHAT POWERS THE INSIDE-OUT LIFE
    The difference in the believer’s life is the synergy working from within:
  • The GRACE within — we are saved and grow by grace 
  • The FAITH within — we live and triumph by faith Habakkuk 2:4; 1 John 5:4-5 
  • The WORD within — we are sustained and upheld by the Word 
  • The LOVE within — we are influenced and propelled by the love of God shed in our hearts Romans 5:5 
  • The POWER within — we are empowered by the HOLY SPIRIT to thrive and fulfil purpose
    It is the Holy Spirit working it out from within that makes all the difference. 
  1. THE WORKING OF GOD IN US
    Romans 8:28-30 — Those who love God and are called according to His purpose are Foreknown, Predestined, Called, Justified, and Glorified.
    Colossians 1:12-14 — The Father has Qualified us, Delivered us, and Conveyed us into the Kingdom of His Son. 
    2 Corinthians 4:6-7 — God has shined in our hearts and placed His treasure — His power and glory — in earthen vessels. 
    Therefore, ALL THINGS work together for your good because of the working within. 
  2. FROM KNOWING TO ACTUALISING
    Philemon 1:6 — “That the COMMUNICATION of thy FAITH may become EFFECTUAL by the ACKNOWLEDGING of EVERY GOOD THING which is IN you IN Christ Jesus.”
    What God has accomplished in you only becomes your reality when you know it, acknowledge it, and live from it. What is wrought in you is what you can actualise. 
  3. TRUE WORSHIP AND TRUE LIVING
    John 4:23-24— True worshippers worship the Father IN spirit and IN truth. 
    This life is not about outward performance but about an inward reality expressed outwardly — grace, faith, love, and the Spirit working together. 

CALL TO ACTION: 

BE ENERGISED! 
Stop striving from the outside in. Begin living from the inside out. 

  • Acknowledge every good thing that is IN you in Christ Jesus. 
  • Live by the grace, faith, Word, love, and Spirit within you. 
  • Let the synergy within energise your purpose, worship, and daily life in God’s BLESSEDNESS.  

For the victory that overcomes the world is already IN you — it is your FAITH 1 John 5:4-5. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

 

BEING A HEARER OF THE WORD: AND A DOER OF THE WORD! 

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BEING A HEARER OF THE WORD: AND A DOER OF THE WORD! 

“But be DOERS of THE WORD, and NOT HEARERS ONLY, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a HEARER OF THE WORD and NOT A DOER, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and CONTINUES in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a DOER of the work, this one will be BLESSED in what he DOES” James 1:22-25/NKJV. 

Hearing the WORD, the living WORD of God, is a vitality in the grace. To read and study the word is to acquire knowledge, which is a necessity to every believing child of God in Christ Jesus stead; but to thrive in the grace, it comes by the hearing and doing, which is otherwise, the activation of the word of faith in the grace. And as important and gracious it is to HEAR the WORD; it’s tragic not DOING the WORD [James 1:22-25]. For a mere BELIEF in the WORD puts you in a passive position but exercising that WORD of Faith therein activates pleasing God, and that brings divine BLESSEDNESS in the grace. 

“But without FAITH it is impossible to [walk with God and] PLEASE Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] BELIEVE that God exists and that He REWARDS those who [EARNESTLY and DILIGENTLY] seek Him” Hebrews 11:6/Amplified. 

When God’s WORD is BELIEVED as a consequence of Hearing the WORD of Faith, and then acted upon by FAITH with diligence, God is then obligated to honour His magnified WORD to reward as HE’S being pleased accordingly in the grace. For the WORD of Faith that pleases God comes by hearing and CONTINUOUS HEARING of the WORD. And continuous hearing is an act of diligence – being smartly consistently consistent in the grace.  

“I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have EXALTED above all else Your NAME and Your WORD and You have MAGNIFIED Your WORD above all Your name” Psalms 138:2/AMPCE. 

“So then FAITH comes by HEARING, and HEARING BY THE WORD of God” Romans 10:17/NKJV. 

To earn God’s BLESSEDNESS indeed in the grace, being a DOER of the WORD of FAITH is what makes the possibility and reality of the hearing of Faith. Anything otherwise results in a questionable act of belief, like Apostle Paul demanded from the Galatians Believers who drifted into inconsistency in their faith in the grace. There’s a DOING to accompany the continuous HEARING OF THE WORD OF FAITH in the grace; otherwise, adulteration, distortion, and perversion will set in over time, leading to giving one’s listening heart to unscriptural, subtle falsehood.  

“O FOOLISH Galatians! Who has BEWITCHED you that you should NOT OBEY THE TRUTH, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? 2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by THE HEARING OF FAITH? . . . 5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He DO it by the works of the law, or by THE HEARING OF FAITH?” Galatians 3:1-9/NKJV.  

God is good and faithful, true and sure. His acts of faithfulness rewards diligence. Hence, there’s the need to be steadfast in keeping to the word of faith and in patience to earn and access the promises of God in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. Being continuously diligent to the end, not half of the way or part of the way, but full assurance of hope to the end brings about ensuring and assuring the fulness of God’s promise BLESSEDNESS in life and grace.  

“But, beloved, we are CONFIDENT of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner. 10 For God is NOT UNJUST [UNRIGHTEOUS, UNFAITHFUL] to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that each one of you show the same DILIGENCE to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become SLUGGISH [SLOTFUL], but IMITATE [FOLLOWER] those who through FAITH and PATIENCE inherit the promises” Hebrews 6:10-12/NKJV/EMPHASIS MINE.  

It’s my earnest prayer that you take the health of your spiritual wellbeing seriously by ensuring and assuring that the HEARING OF THE WORD OF FAITH is accompanied by the DOING, in order to keep the alertness in the grace undistorted and adulterated. For the faith that OVERCOMES the world comes by THE HEARING and THE HEARING OF THE WORD in the grace. 

“For whatever is born of God OVERCOMES THE WORLD. And this is the VICTORY that has OVERCOME THE WORLD —OUR FAITH. 5 Who is he who OVERCOMES THE WORLD, but he who BELIEVES that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5. 

“But what does it say? “The WORD is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, THE WORD OF FAITH which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation . . . 17 So then faith comes by HEARING, and HEARING BY THE WORD of God” Romans 10:8-10, 17/NKJV. 

I pray that you will be blessed in the grace as you hear the WORD of Faith and do the doing of faith in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen.  

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a FAMINE on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of HEARING THE WORDS of the Lord. 12 They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking THE WORD of the Lord, But shall not find it. 13 “In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall FAINT from THIRST” Amos 8:11-14.  

“But the PATH OF THE JUST is as the SHINING LIGHT, that SHINETH MORE and MORE unto the PERFECT (DAWN) DAY. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 20 My son, ATTEND to my words; INCLINE thine EAR unto my SAYINGS. 21. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the MIDST of thine HEART. 22. For they are LIFE unto those that find them, and HEALTH to all their flesh. 23. Keep thy HEART with all DILIGENCE; for out of it are the ISSUES OF LIFE” Proverbs 4:18-23/Emphasis Mine.  

“But as it is WRITTEN, EYE hath not SEEN, nor EAR HEARD, neither have ENTERED into the HEART of man, the things which God hath PREPARED for them that love him. 10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10. 

“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. 

“We having the SAME spirit of FAITH, according as it is WRITTEN, I BELIEVED, and therefore have I SPOKEN; we also BELIEVE, and therefore SPEAK” 2 Corinthians 4:13. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

ACCESSING GOD’S BLESSEDNESS

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ACCESSING GOD’S BLESSEDNESS: IT’S BY MINISTERING HIS WORD TO HIM! 

Ministering God’s WORD back to Him, gives one the enabling ACCESS to RECEIVE His graciousness and gracefulness in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus. When we intentionally and unreservedly MINISTER to the LORD by His WORD in an act of worship and services and in fasting and prayers, He will SPEAK back to us without reservation at the point of our needs. I can tell you that again and again in person even as it’s written also in this context: 

“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2. As they MINISTERED to the Lord, and FASTED, the Holy Ghost SAID, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away” Acts 13:1-3. 

Do you really want to stop wondering and wandering around and about on that matter that keeps you awake at night and gazing at the ceiling – I mean that matter making you to sob all day long and bothering you with nightmares? Then get CONNECTED and SYNCHRONISE to God’s WORD and BE HEALED and MADE WHOLE indeed – 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12-14. 

There’s an awesomeness in ministering God’s WORD back to Him, in order to receive His graciousness and gracefulness in all matters of doing life and godly living. The utmost PRAYERS is by standing in the righteousness consciousness of God’s enabling grace in Christ Jesus and ministering His WORD to Him accordingly in context. God is in bond with His WORD and that keeps Him fueled to act on your behalf by ordering the ministering Angels to act on our behalf by the WORD. 

“Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that DO his commandments, HEARKENING unto THE VOICE OF HIS WORD” Psalms 103:20 (Hebrews 1:7, 14). 

His WORD is His BOND and will both heal and get you delivered from the bondage of ignorance and every form of destruction to your gracious life. Simply because God’s WORD is Christ Jesus Himself, made manifest and being revealed for your wellbeing today, tomorrow and ever more – Hebrews 13:8. 

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, THE WORD, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” 1 John 5:7 (John 1:1-5, 14). 

THE WORD of God is GIVEN to us to BE what Christ Jesus would have BEEN to you NOW as if being physically present. Until you see it in that light, it will all be an illusion to comprehend. Hence the essence of THE WORD, not just WORD but THE WORD as in John 1:1-5, 14 and 1 John 5:7, which speaks of THE PERSON of Christ Jesus. He’s THE WORD, not just WORD. Until that personification is appropriated into our spirit being – actualisation of God’s promises are just illusion. And FAITH will be inoperative to PLEASE God as should be, in order to RECEIVE the needed ANSWERS from Him in all matters of doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus stead – Hebrews 11:6; 1 John 5:3-5. 

And I want you to know also, that as in the above statement of – THE WORD and not just WORD – is the same concept of the person of Christ Jesus as – THE WAY, not A WAY, THE TRUTH, not A TRUTH and THE LIFE and not A LIFE, as it thus indicate in John 14:6. The essence of the article “THE” indicates a person or personality, hence not the article “A” as to attribute to Saviour and Lord Christ Jesus. 

Therefore, begin your NOW – NEW DAWN – with THE WORD by Ministering back to God – His WORD, which is – THE WORD, personified in Christ Jesus stead as it concerns you and who you’ve become in Him by redemption deed. Amen. 

Only THE WORD sets FREE; His WORD, Jesus, is THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE – to God’s Heart for all human thirst and hunger in the world. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2. As they MINISTERED to the Lord, and FASTED, the Holy Ghost SAID, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away” Acts 13:1-3. 

“In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were MADE by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing MADE that was MADE. 4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not . . .12 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. 14 And THE WORD was MADE flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” John 1:1-5, 12-14. 

“He sent HIS WORD, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” Psalms 107:20. 

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, THE WORD, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” 1 John 5:7. 

“Jesus saith unto him, I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” John 14:6. 

“That the COMMUNICATION of THY FAITH may become EFFECTUAL by the ACKNOWLEDGING of EVERY GOOD THING which is IN YOU in CHRIST JESUS” Philemon 1:6. 

“To THE LAW and to THE TESTIMONY: if they speak not according to THIS WORD, it is because there is no LIGHT in them” Isaiah 8:20. 

Further Scriptural Reading: 1 John 5:3-5; Hebrews 11:6; Revelation 12:11; Revelation 19:10; Philemon 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12-13. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

GOD’S BATTLE AXE: The BATTLE of The MIND!

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GOD’S BATTLE AXE: The BATTLE of The MIND! – Mark 5:1-20. 

“For God DID NOT GIVE us a spirit of TIMIDITY [of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning FEAR], but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of LOVE and of CALM and WELL-BALANCED MIND and DISCIPLINE and SELF-CONTROL” 2 Timothy 1:7/Amplified. 

Knowingly or unknowingly, there’s a battle and warfare that is ongoing in our minds twenty-four-seven. Unfortunately, the Church has sat on SPIRITUAL WARFARE for so long that we have lost a major BATTLE which I called – MENTAL WARFARE. 

For its ones PICTURE that determines ones FUTURE. It is what you picture in the spirit of your MIND that determines what awaits you in the future. And the vitality for SOUND MIND can NEVER be over-emphasised at all. 

This is simply for these: 

  • Your mind is certainly a gateway to your life, for every event of your life is determined in the mind. 
  • Every captive is first arrested in the mind. And your Liberty (freedom) is established or lost in the MIND. 
  • Your mind is the controller of your destiny. Until you are able to keep your mind under control, your life is out of control. 
  • As terrible as sin is, Jesus established that sin begins with a seed of thought (Matthew 5:27-30). All the devil does is to sell the thought. When you buy the thought, you become a victim of the act. 
  • Nobody succeeds by chance; success begins with a thought. Nobody prospers just by effort. Every act of prosperity and advancement in life has its source in the hearted mind. 
  • Until you begin to think differently things will not be different. Every GRACIOUS imagination establishes you, but every human philosophy that one falls for, makes a captive of you. YOU ARE A PRODUCT OF YOUR THOUGHT LIFE. For as you THINK, so you BECOME. 
  • Every EVIL that came upon Job began with his imagination of it (Job 3:25). Every EVIL IMAGINATION is an express access for EVIL. 
  • Right living begins with right thinking. Great living begins with great thinking and great success begins with great success thought. Hence, you don’t reply THOUGHTS with THOUGHTS but with WORDS. 

FINALLY – Foreknowing the above and such likes, one can say that – until your mentality is corrected, your destiny is not secured. Satan has no access to your spirit, knowing it is in relationship and fellowship with the Father God; but he has access to your mind. It is the gateway to your life. Therefore, give no place to the devil or else he will give you a direction. 

You are GOD’S BATTLE AXE AND WEAPON OF WAR, do something – RENEWING the spirit of your mind by the WORD to remain SOUND-MINDED. That is the HOW to BATTLE in your MIND. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the RENEWING of your MIND, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God“ Romans 12:2. 

“And be RENEWED in the spirit of your MIND” Ephesians 4:23. 

“For God hath not given us the spirit of FEAR; but of power, and of love, and of a SOUND MIND“ 2 Timothy 1:7. 

“For as he THINKS in his heart, so is he [in behavior—one who manipulates]. He says to you, “Eat and drink,” Yet his heart is not with you [but it is begrudging the cost]” Proverbs 23:7. 

“For though we walk in the flesh [as mortal men], we are not carrying on our [spiritual] warfare according to the flesh and using the WEAPONS of man. 4 The WEAPONS of our WARFARE are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking EVERY THOUGHT and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ, 6 being ready to punish every act of disobedience, when your own obedience [as a church] is complete” 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 (Amplified). 

Further Scriptural Reading: Mark 5:1-20 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

The Father’s Heart – LOVE AT ITS BEST: When You Do TREASURE The WORD Of God – In LOVE! 

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The Father’s Heart – LOVE AT ITS BEST: When You Do TREASURE The WORD Of God – In LOVE! 

“O how LOVE I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 98 Thou through thy COMMANDMENTS [WORDS] hast MADE ME WISER than mine enemies: for they are ever with me” Psalms 119:97-98/Emphasis Mine. 

When God’s word in love, becomes a command and not just an advice to determine and define your life, you fear and feel no evil in doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus stead. [Ecclesiastes 8:5; 1 John 4:17-18]. Love is the antidote to silence the presence of fear by the word. For where Love is operational, faith is at work. [Galatians 5:6, 13; 2 Timothy 1:7]. I welcome you to treasure God’s word in love as we are enjoined to do in 1 John 5:3. Let’s keep and do God’s Word in love, for God’s Word is not irksome, burdensome, taskmaster, enslaving and grievous by any means.  

“Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who LOVES Him who begot also LOVES Him who is begotten of Him. 2 By this we know that we LOVE the children of God, when we LOVE God and KEEP His COMMANDMENTS [WORDS]. 3 For this is the LOVE of God, that we keep His COMMANDMENTS [WORDS]. And His COMMANDMENTS [WORDS] are not BURDENSOME [GRIEVOUS, IRKSOME, TASKMASTER, ENSLAVING]” 1 John 5:1-3/Emphasis Mine. 

Treasuring Gods WORD in love will give you the faith leverage to overcome and triumph, and have dominion, to have victory and be more than conqueror, over the world system, and be assured with God’s enabling to thrive in life and grace, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. [1 John 5:4-5, 1 Corinthians 15:57; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 8:35-39]. 

Be Blessed in the word by love. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Neither have I gone back from the COMMANDMENT [WORD] of his lips; I have ESTEEMED THE WORDS of his mouth MORE THAN MY NECESSARY FOOD” Job 23:12/Emphasis Mine. 

“O how LOVE I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 98 Thou through thy COMMANDMENTS [WORDS] hast MADE ME WISER than mine enemies: for they are ever with me” Psalms 119:97-98/Emphasis Mine. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

SPIRITUAL FAMINE

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SPIRITUAL FAMINE: ARE YOU IN DROUGHT TO THE HEARING OF THE WORD!

“Behold, the DAYS come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a FAMINE in the land, not a FAMINE of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD: 12 and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to SEEK THE WORD of the Lord, and shall NOT FIND IT. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst” Amos 8:11-13.

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do ERR (MISTAKEN, ERROR), not KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES, nor the POWER of God” Matthew 22:29.

Dear friend, are you living in a spiritual drought? Are you desiring for the Word of the Lord that leads to daily salvation and deliverance [Romans 10:8-13] but it seems all you see around to feed from are fables, dogmas, sectarianism, traditions, methods, creeds, shows and self-created denomination doctrines? – [Matthew 15:1-6; 1 Peter 1:17-20]. And worst, when you can’t find the principles of the word and the process, instead you see craft, fraud and scams to extort you in the grace? – [Philippians 1:15-18].

It’s time to do something about the drought [famine] of the hearing of God’s word, for your own good as an antidote to restore a healthy spiritual sensitivity in the grace – [Galatians 1:6-9; Jude 1:3-4; 1 Timothy 1:18-20]. And you need to know that you can’t blame people or anyone about your spiritual drought when there’s opportunities of being informed as you are now reading, to safeguard errors and being mistaken in the faith; and also, to make you do something about your spiritual wellbeing in the grace, as you desired to do life and live godly by  the WORD, in Christ Jesus stead. Your becoming for today and tomorrow are within your decision – and you need to make it happen in the grace without blaming anyone with your given opportunity in the grace to stop any form and signal of spiritual drought [famine] about you.

Don’t live in SPIRITUAL DROUGHT, I beg you – it will short circuit your path in DOING life and LIVING godly in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. There’s nothing as dangerous and deadly as FAMINE – be it physical or spiritual. FAMINE is the extreme – scarcity, shortage, drought, unavailability, lack, insufficiency, undersupply, deficiency, impoverishment, shortfalls and such like, of the necessity(ies) of life – e.g. FOOD – resulting HUNGER, which consequences are unprecedented fatalities.

“MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children” Hosea 4:6.

“Therefore MY PEOPLE ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled” Isaiah 5:13-15.

In life we know how people suffer and die in horrible condition when there’s physical famine. We don’t have to look far to see the dire physical hunger and needs in our NEIGHBOURHOOD, COMMUNITIES, SOCIETY, NATION and WORLD today. Hunger as a result of FAMINE is a severe and terrible condition for any to experience. Yet, many in our WORLDS are suffering and dying daily as a result of these monsters called – FAMINE.

Unfortunately, today, many don’t fully know and realise that the SPIRITUAL FAMINE does exist; and there are implications of its existence in one’s life and in our society and world; and could be the DE FACTO to even the physical condition we do experience today as – INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, SOCIETY and NATION.

A SPIRITUAL FAMINE indicates a NO SPIRITUAL FOOD or insufficient and inadequate provision especially, resulting severe hunger – leading to spiritual suffering and or death. A NO FOOD means a NO WORD, which is the FOOD of the SPIRITUAL man – the spirit being. The Man in HUMAN [Hu-Man] is a being, that is, a spirit being [subconscious place], have a soul [conscious mind, reasoning faculty, will] and live in a body [physique, physical structure].

A NO WORD for the human well-being means a NO FAITH. And a NO FAITH is consequential; for FAITH comes by the HEARING of The WORD of God – [Romans 10:17], which means with NO WORD, then NO FAITH, and with NO FAITH – none can PLEASE God – [Hebrews 11:6], and not pleasing God makes one vulnerable to the enemy and cohorts of  our faith in the grace [Proverbs 16:7]. And to live a life wherein God is not PLEASE with you, and rather, you can’t PLEASE God for lack of faith by the word is sinful and has consequences – [Romans 14:23]. And such consequences could be dire and results to fatalities just as physical hunger does – [Amos 8:11-14; Genesis 41-47]. SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK ABOUT IT!

One of such consequence is to have no MEANINGFUL nourishment and fulfilment in LIFE and GODLY LIVING with God as a results of NO FELLOWSHIP to enhance one’s RELATIONSHIP with GOD. It takes FAITH to FELLOWSHIP with God. For we are CALLED to FELLOWSHIP with God in order to ENHANCE our RELATIONSHIP with Him, for therein is the PATH of LIFE – [1 Corinthians 1:9/Psalms 16:11; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:11].

When one is IMPOVERISHED and MALNOURISHED within one’s being, there’s no amount of WEALTH and PHYSICAL POSSESSION that can FULLFIL such emptiness within – [Luke 12:15]. And there’s no scientific or medical acts as SCAN, XRAY, STETHOSCOPE, CHEMOTHERAPY and such likes that can, and will be able to detect the essence of the human spirit that makes man a being. For God have put in a default of ETERNITY in the human spirit with which in His infinite nature only Him can sense every being. [Ecclesiastes 3:11 Amplified; Proverbs 20:27; Job 32:8; Job 33:4].

Therefore, SPIRITUAL FAMINE as to the PHYSICAL FAMINE have consequences. And with RESOLVED for an ANSWER to SPIRITUAL FAMINE, the PHYSICAL FAMINE can be RESOLVED effortless in grace – [2 Chronicles 7:12-15]. For GOD will ensure that FAMINE of ALL SORTS are RESOLVED for the good of all – [Psalms 33:18-20; Psalms 37:18-19; Genesis 26:1-14; Psalms 105:16-24/Genesis 41-47].

It’s time to RESOLVE to give yourself to FEED HEALTHILY on the WORD of God; and firstly on PERSONAL level and from other platforms in ONLINE opportunities, in order to avoid FAMINE. More so, to triumphantly thrive and be meaningfully fulfilled over any form of FAMINE that may tends to affect you in LIFE, GRACE and GODLY LIVING – [Job 23:12; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Matthew 22:29; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalms 1:1-3].

Don’t live in SPIRITUAL DROUGHT – it will short circuit your PATH IN LIFE and GODLY LIVING in the grace.

THE SPIRITUAL IMPACT OF THE FAMINE OF HEARING THE WORD IS ENORMOUS AND INDESCRIBABLE. Therefore, with many facing ENORMOUS life challenges and circumstances, which are as a result of THE FAMINE OF THE HEARING OF THE WORD, there is the need to be built up in FAITH; and the needs to kick-start your own avenue on personal level is now to – THE HEARING OF THE WORD in order to  STEADFASTLY RESIST IN THE FAITH, the FEAR of the monster that has befallen or intending, long before it gets to your vicinity – [Amos 8:11-14].

Its time to feed HEALTHILY your spirit and well being with the living WORD in order to STEADFASTLY RESIST IN FAITH, the fear of the monster that has gripped and crippled the world health and economy to a standstill and downwards curve for a while now – [1 Peter 5:8-11]. And when you feed healthily, our God of all wisdom, speed and love will make you perfect (complete, whole, full), establish, strengthen and settled in life and grace in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“And I will GIVE you pastors according to mine heart, which shall FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.

“Behold, the DAYS come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a FAMINE in the land, not a FAMINE of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD: 12 and they shall WANDER from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall RUN to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men FAINT FOR THIRST. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again” Amos 8:11-14.

“So then FAITH cometh by HEARING, and HEARING by the WORD of God” Romans 10:17.

“Neither have I gone back from the COMMANDMENT of his lips; I have ESTEEMED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH more than my NECESSARY FOOD” Job 23:12.

“Wherewithal shall a young man CLEANSE his way? by taking heed thereto ACCORDING to THY WORD . . . 105 Thy Word is a LAMP unto my FEET, and a LIGHT unto my PATH . . .130 The ENTRANCE of THY WORDS giveth LIGHT; it giveth UNDERSTANDING unto the SIMPLE” Psalms 119:9, 105, 130.

“STUDY TO SHEW THYSELF APPROVED unto God, a WORKMAN that needeth not to be ashamed, RIGHTLY DIVIDING [APPLYING] the word of truth” 2 Timothy 2:15/Emphasis Mine.

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom RESIST STEDFAST IN THE FAITH, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, MAKE YOU PERFECT, STABLISH, STRENGTHEN, SETTLE YOU. 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen” 1 Peter 5:8-11.

“But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 and that from a child thou hast KNOWN the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is PROFITABLE for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 that the man of God may be PERFECT [COMPLETE, WHOLE, MATURED], throughly furnished unto all good works” 2 Timothy 3:14-17/Emphasis mine.

“Thy WORDS WERE FOUND, and I did EAT them; and thy WORD was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts” Jeremiah 15:16.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE SYNERGY IS WITHIN

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THE SYNERGY IS WITHIN: WORKING INSIDE OUT!

“For we [who ARE born-again have been reborn from above—spiritually TRANSFORMED, RENEWED, SET APART for His PURPOSE and] ARE the TRUE CIRCUMCISION, who WORSHIP IN the Spirit of God and glory and take pride and exult IN Christ Jesus and place no confidence [in what we HAVE or who we ARE] IN the flesh” Philippians 3:3/AMP.

It is the SYNERGY that’s within that ENERGISES and makes all the DIFFERENCE, and it’s all about these:

* The GRACE Within,

* The FAITH Within,

* The WORD Within,

* The POWER Within.

FOR WE:

* Are Saved and grown by GRACE

* Are to Live and triumph by FAITH

* Are Sustained and maintained by the WORD and

* Are Empowered by the HOLY SPIRIT – to enable us to thrive, fulfill purpose meaningfully, in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

For we ARE the New creation JEW that’s of the heart [the spirit] and INWARDLY ARE – Spirited, Hearted, Reborn, Recreated, Circumcised, Called, Justified, Predestined, Foreknown, Chosen, Accepted, Blessed, Made, Qualified, Glorified, Purposed, Sanctified, Renewed, Transformed, Delivered, Translated, Forgiven and more . . . in Christ Jesus.

“For he is not a Jew, which is one OUTWARDLY; neither is that circumcision, which is OUTWARD in the flesh: 29 but he is a Jew, which is one INWARDLY; and circumcision is that of the HEART, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God”  Romans 2:28-29.

“And we KNOW that ALL THINGS work together for good to those who LOVE God, to those who are the CALLED according to His PURPOSE. 29 For whom He FOREKNEW, He also PREDESTINED to be CONFORMED to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He PREDESTINED, these He also CALLED; whom He called, these He also JUSTIFIED; and whom He justified, these He also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30/NKJV.

Therefore, be ENERGISED and let it be that THE SYNERGY IS WITHIN – WORKING INSIDE OUT. For the working within is about what God in Christ Jesus has DONE IN you by His grace, through faith in His word by the Holy Spirit.

“That the COMMUNICATION of thy FAITH may become EFFECTUAL by the ACKNOWLEDGING of EVERY GOOD THING which is IN you IN Christ Jesus” Philemon 1:6.

It’s knowing and living through what’s IN you, that makes what it’s done FOR you by God in Christ Jesus meaningful and purposeful. What’s done IN you, that’s what you can actualised to become your reality in order to ENSURE what’s done FOR you in the GRACE, through FAITH by the WORD in the POWER of the Holy Spirit that’s given to us.

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is shed abroad IN our HEARTS [INNERMOST BEING, SPIRIT-BEING] by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . . 8 But God commendeth His LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died FOR us” Romans 5:5, 8.

It’s my earnest of prayers that what is done IN you that’s within you, will becomes your reality in doing life and living godly by God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

Be Blessed.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“For WHATSOEVER is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the VICTORY that overcometh the world, even our FAITH. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5.

“And we KNOW that ALL THINGS work together for good to those who LOVE God, to those who are the CALLED according to His PURPOSE. 29 For whom He FOREKNEW, He also PREDESTINED to be CONFORMED to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He PREDESTINED, these He also CALLED; whom He called, these He also JUSTIFIED; and whom He justified, these He also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-30/NKJV.

“Giving thanks to the Father who has QUALIFIED us to be PARTAKERS of the INHERITANCE of the saints in the light. 13 He has DELIVERED us from the power of darkness and CONVEYED us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the FORGIVENESS of sins” Colossians 1:12-14/NKJV.

“Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath MADE us, and not we ourselves; we ARE his people, and the sheep of his pasture” Psalms 100:2-3.

“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath SHINED in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the POWER may be of God, and not of us” 2 Corinthians 4:6-7.

“Therefore being JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 by whom also we have ACCESS BY FAITH into this GRACE wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God . . . 5 And hope maketh not ASHAMED; because the love of God is SHED abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . . 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:1-2, 5, 8.

“You ARE of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is IN you is GREATER than he who is IN the world. 5 They ARE of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. 6 We ARE of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error” 1 John 4:4-6/NKJV.

“The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the TRUE WORSHIPPERS shall WORSHIP the Father IN spirit and IN truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him MUST worship him IN spirit and IN truth” John 4:19-24.

“Look at the proud one, His soul is not right within him, But the righteous will LIVE by his FAITH [in the true God]” Habakkuk 2:4/AMP [Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38; Romans 1:16-17].

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

ACCESSING GOD’S BLESSEDNESS: IT’S BY MINISTERING HIS WORD TO HIM!

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ACCESSING GOD’S BLESSEDNESS: IT’S BY MINISTERING HIS WORD TO HIM!
 
Ministering God’s WORD back to Him, gives one the enabling ACCESS to RECEIVE His graciousness and gracefulness in His BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus. When we intentionally and unreservedly MINISTER to the LORD by His WORD in an act of worship and services and in fasting and prayers, He will SPEAK back to us without reservation at the point of our needs. I can tell you that again and again in person even as it’s written also in this context:
 
“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they MINISTERED to the Lord, and FASTED, the Holy Ghost SAID, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away” Acts 13:1-3.
 
Do you really wants to stop wondering and wandering around and about on that matter that keeps you awake at night and gazing at the ceiling – I mean that matter making you to sob all day long and bothering you with nightmares? Then get CONNECTED and SYNCHRONISE to God’s WORD and BE HEALED and MADE WHOLE indeed – 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12-14.
 
There’s an awesomeness in ministering God’s WORD back to Him, in order to receive His graciousness and gracefulness in all matters of doing life and godly living. The utmost PRAYERS, is by standing in the righteousness consciousness of God’s enabling grace in Christ Jesus, and ministering His WORD to Him accordingly in context. God is in bond with His WORD and that keeps Him fueled to act on your behalf by ordering the ministering Angels to act on our behalf by the WORD.
 
“Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that DO his commandments, HEARKENING unto THE VOICE OF HIS WORD” Psalms 103:20 (Hebrews 1:7, 14).
 
His WORD is His BOND and will both heal and get you delivered from the bondage of ignorance and every forms of destruction to your gracious life. Simply because God’s WORD is Christ Jesus Himself, made manifest and being revealed for your wellbeing today, tomorrow and ever more – Hebrews 13:8.
 
“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, THE WORD, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” 1 John 5:7 (John 1:1-5, 14).
 
THE WORD of God is GIVEN to us to BE what Christ Jesus would have BEEN to you NOW as if being physically present. Until you see it in that light, it will all be illusion to comprehend. Hence the essence of THE WORD, not just WORD but THE WORD as in John 1:1-5, 14 and 1 John 5:7, which speaks of THE PERSON of Christ Jesus. He’s THE WORD not just WORD. Until that personification is appropriated into our spirit being – actualisation of God’s promises are just illusion. And FAITH will be inoperative to PLEASE God as should be, in order to RECEIVE the needed ANSWERS from Him in all matters of doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus stead – Hebrews 11:6; 1 John 5:3-5.
 
And I want you to know also, that as in the above statement of – THE WORD and not just WORD – is the same concept of the person of Christ Jesus as – THE WAY, not A WAY, THE TRUTH, not A TRUTH and THE LIFE and not A LIFE, as it thus indicate in John 14:6. The essence of the article “THE” indicates a person or personality, hence not the article “A” as to attribute to Saviour and Lord Christ Jesus.
Therefore, begin your NOW – NEW DAWN – with THE WORD by Ministering back to God – His WORD, which is – THE WORD, personified in Christ Jesus stead as it concerns you and who you’ve become in Him by redemption deed. Amen.
 
Only THE WORD sets FREE; His WORD, Jesus, is THE WAY, THE TRUTH and THE LIFE – to God’s Heart for all human thirst and hunger in the world. Amen.
 
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
 
“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they MINISTERED to the Lord, and FASTED, the Holy Ghost SAID, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away” Acts 13:1-3.
 
“In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with God, and THE WORD was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were MADE by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing MADE that was MADE. 4 In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not . . .12 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. 14 And THE WORD was MADE flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth” John 1:1-5, 12-14.
 
“He sent HIS WORD, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” Psalms 107:20.
“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, THE WORD, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” 1 John 5:7.
 
“Jesus saith unto him, I am THE WAY, THE TRUTH, and THE LIFE: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” John 14:6.
 
“That the COMMUNICATION of THY FAITH may become EFFECTUAL by the ACKNOWLEDGING of EVERY GOOD THING which is IN YOU in CHRIST JESUS” Philemon 1:6.
 
“To THE LAW and to THE TESTIMONY: if they speak not according to THIS WORD, it is because there is no LIGHT in them” Isaiah 8:20.
 
Further Scriptural Reading: 1 John 5:3-5; Hebrews 11:6; Revelation 12:11; Revelation 19:10; Philemon 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 4:12-13.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

SCRIPTURAL TRUTH – YOU CAN ONLY BE MISTAKEN

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SCRIPTURAL TRUTH – YOU CAN ONLY BE MISTAKEN: FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE!

“Jesus answered and said to them, “You are MISTAKEN, not KNOWING the SCRIPTURES nor the power of God” Matthew 22:29.

People are walking in errors, held captive and taken mistakenly in doing life and godly living because of not having a genuine KNOWLEDGE with the corresponding UNDERSTANDING of the contextual matter in questions about them and for those or things they care passionately about. That’s why living by SENTIMENT, ASSUMPTION or PRESUMPTION is an error by every means of judgement in the affairs of DOING LIFE AND GODLY LIVING as a redeemed child of God.

It is “THE TRUTH”, only “THE TRUTH” not just ‘TRUTH’ or a mere ‘FACT or SENTIMENT, ASSUMPTION’ or ‘PRESUMPTION’, that you KNOW, that sets you FREE in the Kingdom; and it’s THE TRUTH that gives you the Liberation and genuine Freedom that you need to become a VICTOR and not a VICTIM or PREY. The TRUTH, indicates a person, meaning a personality. Its presence in one’s life creates the being that sets free. And Jesus is the TRUTH and He is a person that can personify you in life and grace [John 8:30-32; John 14:6; John 1:14-17].

You need to know and understand full well that a mere FACT(S) can be photoshop or counterfeited, misconstrued and faked; and it’s also limited in authenticity in divine nature and conscripts to ascertain matters; but THE TRUTH will deal with ONE’S CONSCIOUSNESS no matter HOW or WHAT or WHERE or WHEN in one’s spirit being to unveil or uncover that which ONLY the invisible and the authenticate WORD of God can reveal by the Holy Spirit [Hebrews 4:12-13, 1 Corinthians 2:9-10].

The TRUTH is self-empowering. Bury the TRUTH, it will arise on the third day without any assistance to ANSWER any QUEST hidden, misconstrued, conspired or deleted.

Living continually by the TRUTH is made possible by the Holy Spirit of TRUTH. For the TRUTH is THE WORD who then is JESUS. He can’t live GENUINELY IN YOU and you still WALK in errors, deceit and compromise. And If you know you are in errors, deceit, compromise and such like, you NEED a wholesome check by God’s WORD by the Holy Spirit to set you free indeed. Then you CAN actually have a solid WORD-Based Foundation in Christ Jesus and continue STEADFASTLY on the WORD, which is the TRUTH to ensure your freedom and liberation in ALL things in the light of the Holy Writ.

It’s my utmost PRAYER today, that you might come to know THE TRUTH himself and obtain the liberation and freedom you need now and always in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SELAH-PAUSE AND.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye CONTINUE in my WORD, then are ye my disciples INDEED; 32 and ye shall KNOW the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall make you FREE” John 8:31-32.

“Jesus answered and said to them, “You are MISTAKEN, not KNOWING the SCRIPTURES nor the power of God” Matthew 22:29.

“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of TRUTH, is come, he will guide you into all TRUTH: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come” John 16:13.

“For THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND ACTIVE AND FULL OF POWER [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged [b]sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account” Hebrews 4:12-13 (Amplified).

More Scriptural Meditation: Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 5:13-15; 1 John 2:21; 1 John 4:6; John 14:17; John 15:26; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:13.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI