Author: tremdagenham

‘’So what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? Romans 8:31 (MSG)

What a joy to be alive and well to be a part of the grand finale of this year’s edition of Word Celebration. Indeed, God has visited us as individuals, families and as a ministry. I want to specially salute all the men and women for the input they made in this year’s conference. I also use this opportunity to salute the various planning committees at the different levels. You have done a great work and the Lord will surely fill your mouth with testimonies in Jesus name.

Without doubt, God has used this period to deliver valuable keys into our hands in order to ensure that His word becomes a reality in our lives. I am sure you are very familiar with the above-mentioned scripture in Romans 8:31. All God is trying to remind you of in that scripture is the fact that He is for you all the way. If you back up a little from verse 28, you will notice that God is indeed committed to making all things whether good or bad work together for your good. When you read from verse 26, you will realize that God is so interested in you to the extent that even when you don’t know how or what you should pray for, the Holy Spirit helps your weakness by interceding for you with groaning that cannot be uttered. What the scripture is revealing to you is that God will go to any length to prove that He loves you. That is the God you serve. He ensures that head or tail, you win.

Beloved, do you realize that even your salvation was not your idea? It was His idea and you had nothing to do with it. Ephesians 2:1 puts it this way: ‘’And you hath He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins…’’ Did you see that? You were already dead in sins and there was nothing good about you, but look at what the scripture says in Romans 5:8… ‘’But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.’’  Simply put, when you were headed in the wrong direction, it was He who turned you back, cleaned you up and reconnected you to the destiny that He had prepared for you in Christ.

Like I said at the beginning of this conference, your present circumstances and challenges does not change the fact that God is for you. Let the devil jump up and down, God has your back covered. Nothing has the capacity to diminish His love for you. Remember you were saved by grace and not by what you did or didn’t do, so don’t feel condemned. Understand also, that that grace which saved you is also able to keep you till the end. In other words, God is not going to give up on you now. He does not jump ship. He has loved you with an unconditional love and nothing can change it. When He looks at you, He see you through the eyes of Jesus. There is absolutely nothing you can add to what He has already done. Your addition and sacrifice will be too cheap and cannot save any person, so go to bed and rest in His finished work.

Beloved, this conference was put together to equip you with the word of God so that you can truly live the word and manifest the power therein. Like you already know, the evil in the day and hour we are living in is really unprecedented, so you cannot afford to just take things for granted. The arrows that are flying around are unimaginable and the only place of safety is the word of God. If God watches over His word to perform it, then you cannot afford to live outside the word of God. Stand on the word and let the word truly be more important to you than your necessary food. I therefore implore everyone both men and women, to buy copies of the messages preached during this conference in whatever format you are comfortable with. You need to hear those messages over and over again for faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.

As this conference comes to a close, I want you to go forth with a knowing that the world out there will bow to you, because God is for you. Child of God, you have been empowered, now is the time to go out and shine. I declare to you by the authority in the word of God that you will not be put to shame. Your expectation will not be denied. You will not labour in vain nor bring forth for trouble. The Lord will open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing upon you.

As you go into this week, as always, I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. As a father in the house, I bless you.

In His Royal Service
Dr. Mike Okonkwo, The Presiding Bishop 

Prov. 18:20 – 21 (KJV)

“A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied. Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall it the fruit thereof.”

Dearly beloved, I bring you greetings in the name that is above every name, Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God and our soon coming King. I also want to use this opportunity to wish you a happy new month; it’s the 1st Sunday of the second quarter of the year 2016. Thank God for His hand of protection and preservation over our lives, individually and as a ministry. He alone deserves all the praise.

This morning, I feel constrained in my spirit to share from this passage of scripture, because this year, it is vitally important that we receive all that God has specifically packaged for us. Beloved, towards the end of last year 2015, God gave us a word as a ministry, that 2016 is our year of All Sufficiency, and He was not pulling punches when He declared it. Our God says what He means, and means what He says. Understand that ever before the Lord gave us the word, He had already perfected it in eternity; grace had already made available every blessing for the year 2016, and our part is to stand in agreement with His word and what grace has provided, in order to have it manifest in our lives.

From the text today, the Psalmist is very clear; in other words, the quality of your words determines the quality of your life! Yes, God has declared 2016 as your year of All Sufficiency, but the important question is, what are you also saying? What are you saying concerning your life, family, business, finances, children, spouse, career, present situation? Are you allowing the newspapers to define what you say? Are your words in agreement with what God has spoken? I know that the television, newspapers and different media outlets are filled with tales of woe, economic recession, violence, insecurity, and all that stuff, but let me remind you that though we are in the world, we are not of the world.

Child of God, I do not care what the postulations and projections of the economists are, you are a kingdom citizen, and therefore your economy is not tied to the economy of the world, but to the inexhaustible economy of heaven. Therefore your language must align with that of heaven. I have said this repeatedly, do not for any reason join the company of those that speak carelessly, and only complain about the economic challenges; you are not like everyone else, you are different!

The Bible in Genesis 1:2-3 (KJV) tells us, “And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Do you see that? Here, God was faced with a situation, the earth was filled with darkness, but in the midst of that darkness, God cleared His throat and declared boldly, what He wanted to see manifest.

Beloved, God is a speaking Spirit, and since you are made in His image and likeness, you also are. The writer of the book of Hebrews makes us understand in Hebrews 1:3 that God “upholds all things by the word of His power”. How does that grab you? Meaning that, the world and everything in it will collapse, if God’s word is taken out of the equation. The word of God is errorless, impregnable, and authoritative, having no margin for failure, and therefore in the face of any circumstance or prevailing situation, you should declare the word boldly.

When you wake up in the morning, instead of rehearsing what the enemy is saying, or what the doctor said about your health, declare what the word of God says over your health. Jesus paid the price for your victory on the cross, and so you are entitled to walk in divine health. In the area of your family, business, job, finances, children, spouse, etc., refuse every lie of the enemy. The bible says he is a liar and the father of lies, so resist him from taking hold of your mind through fear. Speak the word of God, because the angels of the Lord are on standby to execute whatever command you authorize (Psalm 103:20).

Child of God, the word of God is our most potent weapon as believers, and we must not be intimidated to put it to use. Therefore, in season and out of season, declare the word of God boldly, because the word works! I speak over your life that the plan of God concerning you will come to pass; your portion in the land no one will take. This year, the God of All Sufficiency will cause you to abound unto every good work, in Jesus’ name. I will hear your testimony!  I bless you in Jesus’ name. Maranatha!

In His Royal Service
Dr. Mike Okonkwo, The Presiding Bishop