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 “You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me” Exodus 20:5. You are part of the entire human race. You are part of the whole. Anything you say or do, positive or negative, has ripple effects. By ripple effect, I mean the prolonged direct or indirect consequences of whatever is said or done. Throw a stone into the river, it causes ripples. Say a word and it causes ripples. Take action, and it causes ripples. Behaviour causes ripples. The effect of the blunder committed by Adam and Eve was not only limited to them or felt by them; it transferred to the succeeding generations of human beings, and was in force till Jesus came to revoke it by his blood. Similarly, the effect of Jonathan’s kind gesture to David lived long after Jonathan had gone. It extended to Mephibosheth, the only surviving son of Jonathan, who was abandoned and...

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 For more visit www.orichblog.blogspot.com

Memorise: Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. Job 22:22 Read: Job 22:21-24 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. Message: Due to the advent of sin and the activities of our adversary, we are faced with different challenges of life from day to day. The loss of assets and of persons dear to us is one of those challenges which our adversary, the devil, throws at us to destabilise us and ultimately make us lose our faith. But thank God that provision has been made in the package of salvation for the recovery of those things which we may have lost. Do you desire to recover what you have lost? Stop ...

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” 2 Timothy 4:7. In the 2006 Olympics, sprinters from different countries were stationed on the field in their respective tracks to compete for the final of the 400 meters relay race. Sadly, a particular country failed to reach the end of the track. Why? A sprinter that was coming with the baton, for unknown reason failed to hand over the baton successfully to the waiting sprinter ahead of him. As both were trying to exchange baton, the baton fell in the process, and the race could not continue. Not only were they left behind by their counterparts, they lost out of the race. This same phenomenon happens in life. As generations go and generations come, we hand over baton to one another. The point is; things get better and a purpose is served when we run well with the baton handed over to us by our predecessors. With this, I mean taking responsibility for whatever we have been given and make a better use...

“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) Message: Are you ready for increase? Are you ready to go to the next level spiritually, physically and emotionally? In today’s verse, Jesus is basically saying that you can’t go to a new level with an old way of thinking. I’ve found that many people hear the truth that God has more in store for them, and something resonates on the inside. Their spirit comes into agreement with God. But oftentimes, their natural minds will try to talk them out it. Thoughts come like, “It’s not going to happen for you. You’re not going to have a great year. You know what the economy is like.” Or, “You’re never going to get well. You saw what the medical report said.” “You’re never going to get married. You’ve been single so long.” Friend, those are the old wineskins that you have to get rid of....

Memorise: Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. Isaiah 45:22 Read: Isaiah 45:20-25 20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 24 Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall b...

“And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast” 1 Peter 5:10. Experience of life cannot be bought in any market; man picks it up on his way in life. No man emerges a champion overnight; he must definitely have gone through a lot of hiccups. There can never be victory without a fight, neither can there be crowning without battle. Champions are made from challenges, coaches emerge through life’s experiences. For a tree to blossom and bring out fruits, its seed must first die.  It must pass through unpleasant situation before it becomes an object of envy. Likewise, you also must go through to get through. Renowned celebrities were failures at some points in their lives. Those at the top now were once at the bottom of the ladder. A good example of such is Walt Disney. He rakes in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks around the wo...