Cleansing.

Ephesians:5-26.

To make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, in order to be cleansed through the word we need to take the Lord as our life. We need
to pray, "Lord Jesus, You are my life and my person, Lord take me, occupy me, and possess me. o Lord
come into every conour of my heart, fill my heart with yourself, and make Your home in my heart.
If you contact the Lord in this way, He will gradually be added into your inner being.
So my dear children, don't give up - for the Lord loves you and is waiting for you.

Lydiaelijah.

Glory.

Romans:8-8.

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Sharing of the word.

My dear children, God has not only called us and justified us, but that He will also glorify us.
Christ will glorify us not by descending upon us from the heavens, but by coming forth from within us.
The hope and glory is not the Christ in the heavens, but the Christ who is in us. (Col:1-27) "To them god has
chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of the mystery, which is in Christ In you, the hope of Glory".
If we do not take Christ as our life and our person, we shall have no way to enjoy the glory that is within us.

Lydiaelijah.

Be watchful.

Ephesians:6-12.

For all our struggle is not against flesh and blood and against the rulers against the authorities, against the powers of
This dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

My dear children, this verse warns us about the deadly enemy.. We do not russel against flesh and blood.
Why is .God so forceful - because there is a devil waiting to take away our blessing.
When we pray, He the Holy Spirit will be our aid and helper - e.g. Problems, Sickness etc, He the Holy Spirit intercedes for us.
All of us have a natural weakness but when God's power comes we become a prayer warrior and His presence will become real in us.

Lydiaelijah.

Potters hands.

Lamentation-4-1-2.

How the gold has lost it's luster, the fine gold become dull. The sacred gems are scattered at the head of every street.
How precious sons of Zion once worth their weight, in gold are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potters hand.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, always remember we are nothing, we have nothing everything belongs to God. He is our Potter without Him we
Are just a clay, Worthless Clay, because he loves us so much, He renews his love for us every morning. He is good to those
Who put their hope in Him and seeks Him.
Today my dear children, let us examine our ways - let us return to the Lord - let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven and say we have sinned Lord - Forgive us.

Lydiaelijah.

Increase.

Psalm:71-21.

You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, when God increases your greatness one thing is very sure - you will find comfort everywhere
and the Lord Himself will be comforting you in times of trials and troubles. Because it was God's will to raise
you, no one can stand against you, and In every situation the Lord will comfort you - and you will be a comfort to others.

Lydialijah.

Faith in God.

Colossians 1:3-4.

We always thank God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of
the love you have for all the saints.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, the faith we have received from God has to go beyond what needs to be produced. Our confidence should be Christ not crisis.
We are not told to ignore the need, but to turn to the Source of Supply who is Christ. He will fulfill His promises according to His time - not our time.
That is why we can trust Him totally, and have complete confidence in Him.
Men may fail us, doctrines may deceive us, and religion often disappoints us, but God never fails.

Lydiaelijah.

Walking in the light.

1 John:5-10.

God is light, in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his son purifies us all from sin.
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our
Iives.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, we have heard this message of walking in the liight, not speaking the truth and not having fellowship with one another
but we still don't change because these things clings to us like a leech - Why - because we are not serious with the things of God. We
don't take a stand.
To-day my dear children if god has touched you - Repeat this prayer.

Father I confess all my sins, Forgive me god for taking you for granted.
Thank you Jesus for the Cross you bore for me. Thank you for the blood of the Cross
That cleanses me. Thank you for your strips that heals me. Jesus I confess that you are God who came bore all my sins, died on
The Cross, brought salvation to my life and rose again the third day and set me free.
Jesus you are the lord of my life and I love you and will obey you.
In Jesus name. amen.

Lydiaelijah.

The Church of Christ.

Ephesians: 5-25.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up to her.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, the Church needs to be saturated with all that Christ is.
Saturation is accompanied by transformation, growth and building.
Through such a process of sanctification with all these aspects the Church becomes complete and perfect.
The Church will be presented to Christ who is the source.
Eph:5-27: says, "to present her to himself as a radiant Church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish but holy and blameless.

Lydiaelijah.

The Spirit gives life.

John:6-63.

The Spirit gives life, the flesh counts to nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit, and they are life.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, the Lord is speaking to us everyday, if there is no speaking of the Lord within us, it is an indication that there is some problem within us.
If there is no speaking, in our practical experience the Spirit is absent, for the Lord's speaking actually is the Spirit.
We cannot separate Christ as the life-giving Spirit from His speaking. His presence consists in His speaking.
How can we know that Christ as our person is present with us? We know it by His speaking. If we do not have His speaking within us, we do not have His presence.
His speaking is the living word, the living word is the Spirit, and the Spirit is our Wonderful Christ Himself.

Lydiaelijah.

Life giving Spirit.

1 Corinthians:15-45.

The first man Adam became a living being, the last Adam, a life giving spirit.

Sharing of the word.

My dear children, as the life giving Spirit, He is the speaking Spirit. Whatever He speaks is the word that washes us.
As the life giving Spirit, the Lord is not silent. He is constantly speaking.
If you take Him as your person, you will discover how much He desires to speak within you.
Idols are dumb, but the indwelling Christ is always speaking. No one who takes Christ as his life and his person can remain silent.
As I minister to the Lord's children, I experience Christ speaking within me.

Lydiaelijah.

Christ as our life

Colossians 1:27

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of the mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of Glory.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, if we do not take Christ as our life and our person, we shall have no way to enjoy the glory that is within us.
We need to say, "Lord Jesus, I take you as my life and my person, Lord I offer my heart to you. Take my heart, Lord possess it, occupy it
Make your home in it".
If you practice this, you will come to know the glory within you.

Lydiaelijah.
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True vine

John:15-1.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardner.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, the Father is the caltivator, planter and the farmer.
We the believers in Christ are the branches.
The vine nourishes the branches with what the vine absorbs from the soil.
God the Father is the soil, the water and everything to Christ as the vine.
The vine (Christ) absorbs the riches from the soil and the water - transmits them to the branches.
This is how Christ meets our inward nourishing and the Church.

Praying & Fasting.

Luke:2-36-38.

There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshipped night and day, fasting and praying. Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, we read in the Bible about Prophetess Anna and her life with God.
She was eighty four and she lives in the temple. She fasted and prayed all the time, she never left the temple but worshipped day and night.
She loved God so much and she devoted much of her time to God. Her devotion to the Lord made her receive revalation from God, when she saw Jesus she spoke about the child to all who were there.
My dear children, when we start having relationship and fellowship with God - it helps us to increase in faith, and as a result we will be able to hear the voice of God and pray more effectively.
FOR EVERY RISE THERE IS A PRICE TO BE PAID.

Lydiaelijah.

Call on Him

Isaiah:55-6

Seek the Lord while he may be found, call on Him while He is near.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, we have to be receptive to the word of God in our lives as He speaks to us, through His word - He is our refuge and our strength.
My child, if to-day your life is far away from God, far away from His presence, far away from His love, far away from His grace, far away from His power and far away from His goodness - when you face a trial or trouble you will find God far away from you.
When your heart is far away from God there is no satisfaction, no rest, life will be bitter, empty, dark , filthy and dry.
May the Lord help us to live in Him so that the joy of the Lord will be our help.

Lydiaelijah.

Poor in Spirit.

Matthew:5-3.

Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Jesus was the best example for being poor in the Spirit. He emptied Himself of all His glory in heaven and came down to the earth.
The secret of becoming poor in Spirit is to empty oneself for the sake of Christ. Once we have emptied ourselves our walk with God will not be disturbed and we will not lose our peace or get troubled.
In the world its the rich who are called blessed. But in God we have to empty ourself to be called blessed.

Lydiaelijah.

Wall around your mind.

Psalm:51-18.

In your good pleasure make Zion prosper, build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, there are many meanings for the walls of Jerusalam. One meaning is a strong wall around our mind.
The Lord wants us to keep our minds pure by building a wall around it.
When Nehemiah heard that the wall of Jerusalem was broken down, he sat down and wept, mourned fasted and prayed before God of heaven (Neh:1-3-4.)
and with the help of the Lord he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalam.
What is this wall that we built? In a sense, it is an unbreakable consecration that we make before God not to defile our mind, our thought etc.
The devil knows that if we keep our mind perfectly pure like the mind of Christ, we will be able to completely overthrow all his plans against us.
Dear child, how is the wall around your mind?

Lydiaelijah.

Your own refelection.

Isaiah:19-4.

I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them declares the Lord.

Sharing of the word:

My dear childen, this is a very frightening verse, but it is true. The word Egyptians when interpreted is "BACKSLIDER".
If you are a backslider in heart the Lord will hand you over to a "CRUEL LORD".
What is the remedy for this? Repent and renounce any backsliding spirit you may have in you.
If you are a hardened person, then those who are above you will appear just as hard as you are or even worse.
If you are unforgiving, then your god also may appear to be like that to you.
In other words, what you see in the people around you is the reflection of your own character.
If you are softhearted forgiving, loving and caring, you will find everyone around you having the same character.

Lydiaelijah.

Be Fruitful.

Gensesis:1-22.

God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase."

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, the first blessing recorded in the Word of God - the blessing to be fruitful and to increase.
There is no use in saying, "I am a great saint," if we have no passion for saving
perishing souls.
The Lord does not want us to have a barren experience in our spritual life.
He has blessed us with all spritual blessings, and He tells us to "Be fruitful and incerease". So let us ask God to fill us with the fruit of the Spirit, and let us help others also to grow in these divine natures.
We read that Joseph was a "fruitful man whose branches run over the wall".
Our branches must run over the wall to feed the hungry and the hungering who are around us,

Lydiaelijah.

Light

Psalm:97-11.

Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, perhaps god is permitting you to go through a path in which, instead of light you find darkness and instead of gladness you find sorrow and
suffering. Be of good cheer. Isaiah 50:10 says, "WHO AMONG YOU FEARS THE LORD AND OBEYS THE WORD OF HIS SERVANTS? LET HIM WHO WALK IN THE DARK, WHO HAS NO LIGHT, TRUST IN THE NAME OF THE LORD AND RELY ON HIS GOD."
Yes you are obeying god and the servants of god above you, and you may be thinking, why am I going through this darkness? Why have I no light?
Dear child of God, light is sown of you and you just have to wait.
When morning breaks and shadown flee away, the light that is sown is going to spring up. Its only for a short time that you have to walk through this valley of darkness.

Lydiaelijah.

Amazing Request.

Luke:23-42-43

Then he said, "Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom". Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth today you will be with me in paradise."

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, many came to Jesus for their material needs - for food, healing deliverance from evil spirit, and for relief from numerous other problems.
The thief on the cross probably had greater physical needs than anyone else. He definitely needed healing in his lacerated bleeding body. He needed deliverence from his pain and hopeless death. Yet he asked for only spritual salvation. All that he asked for was that Jesus would remember him, that he would have mercy on him on judgement day, and Jesus gave him "more abundantly than he could ask or think".
Jesus replied, "Today thou shall be with me in paradise."
Dear child of god, like this thief, if yoy pray and seek things of eternal value, our Lord will do for you "MORE THAN YOU ASK OR THINK."

Lydiaelijah.

The Word.

Colossians:3-16.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spritual songs, with gratitude in your hearts to god.

Sharing of the word:

My dear childen, when we study the word of god, initially some of the Bible verses may not have any impact on us.
But at the right time the word of God will work in our lives. "HEAVEN AND EARTH SHALL PASS AWAY BUT MY WORDS SHALL NOT PASS AWAY', said Jesus (MK.13.31.)
Therefore let us not neglect meditating on the Scriptures and memorizing Scripture portions.

Lydiaelijah.

True Service.

John 12-3

Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume, she poured it on Jesus feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the home was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Mary took the highest part of the body (hair) and used it for the service of the lowest part of the body of Jesus (feet).
Mary want to serve God, but they don't know how to serve.
To serve God one needs humility, Jesus was very humble - only the humble can serve the humble Jesus.
Our body, our heart and our life can be compared to the alabaster box, full of alabester oilment. We must lay them low at the feet of Jesus. Our love should be full of perfume.
Mary did not give that oilment to any man nor does she want to sell it. She wanted to pour it all out for Jesus.
Will you be a Mary to-day?

Lydiaelijah.

Be a Victor.

Matthew:7-2.

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Sometimes we say, "I will never forgive you", but do we realize the price we have to pay for such a foolish reaction?
When you refuse to forgive you become a victim of circumstances.
When you forgive, you are forgiven, when you comfort others, you are comforted, when you love others, you are loved, when you care for others, you are cared for, when you show mercy to others, you receive mercy.
Whatever you want others to do for you, do for them. This is a golden rule of life.

Lydiaelijah.

Faith in Christ.

Hebrews:11-11.

By Faith Abraham even though he was past age and Sarah herself was barren - was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Faith helps us to receive strength both spritually and physically.
Paul says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me".
Sarah received strength to conceive seed by faith. We get strength to become fruitful in our spritual life.
The greater the faith we receive, the more fruitful to God we become.
Many children of God may say, it is too late for us to repent and turn to God.
NO, you are wrong. It is never too late to have the character of Christ formed in you and have it manifested to the world for the glory of God.

Lydiaelijah.

Get Going.

2 Kings 6:1-2.

The company of the prophets said to Elisha, "Look the place where we meet with you is too small for us. Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole, and let us build a place there for us to live". And he said "Go".

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, Once we realize our real spritual state, we will not only confess it to the Lord, but will also be urgent to do something to remedy the situation.
We will be inspired to go to Jordan. There Jesus fulfilled the will of the Father by taking water baptism (Matt. 3-15).
Many of us find it difficult to do god's will. We have to pray asking god to go with us and help us.
When the disciples of Elisha realized their low spritual state they felt the need to confess to their master (Lord).
Have we confessed to our Lord that our spritual life is far short of what it should be.
Get ready and start to-day the Lord is waiting.

Lydiaelijah.

Save someone.

Romans:11-14.

In the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, when a child of God was going around distributing tracts, he knocked at the door of the house. After a while, a man opened the door. The Christian offered him a trect. The man of the house angrily snactched the tract and banged the door and shut on his face.
Anxious to know why the man had been so upset and angry, the christian went back to the house after a few days. This time the man had a smile on his face when he opened the door. He invited the christian in and showed him the fan from which he had a rope to commit suicide. He had been in the act of putting his head into the noose that day, when the doorbell had rung.
"Anyway I am going to hell, why should I spend all my time in hell wondering who might have rung the bell? Let me see who is standing outside and then proceed with my suicide plan".
The sight of the man with the tract annoyed him, and he was going to chuck the track into the wastepaper basket when the words "YOU ARE SOMEONE SPECIAL", caught his eye. As he read a light dawned in his heart. He gave his life to the Lord.
Dear child of God, Don't go to heaven empty handed. What a joy it will be to be welcomed at the gates by souls you led to Christ.

Lydiaelijah.

Homesick,

Hebrews:11-15.

If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, when Abraham left his country, he left it even in his mind.
However when Lot's wife left Sodom, she did not leave it in her heart hence she looked back and became a pillar of salt.
Dear childen, we may leave our drinking and smoking but we may still be cherishing
them in our heart.
So whatever it may be that the Lord asks us to leave, we must leave it in our heart and mind.
If heaven is a better country to you, you should be homesick while on earth.
Are you homesick for your heavenly home?
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Lydiaelijah.

The Blood.

Ephesians 1:7.

In Him we have redemption through His Blood the forgiveness of sins in accordance with the riches of God's grace.

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, if your spritual eyes are open to the glorious power in the Blood of the Lamb, you will sincercly repent and ask forgiveness for all your sins and you will receive riches of grace to overcome those sinful natures.
The Blood of Jesus not only wash away your sin, but will also give you riches of grace to overcome it.
You will start hating even the smell of sin by the grace of god.

Lydiaelijah.

Being Caught.

Matthew:14-31.

"Immediately Jesus stretched forth His hands and caught him (Peter)".

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, here the wonderful love of Jesus is menifested. It was not Peter who streached forth his hands, but Jesus. It was not Peter who caught Jesus, but Jesus who caught Peter.
Dear child of God, this is exactly what Jesus has done for us. When we were drowning in the sea of sin, sickness and suffering, Jesus approached us and stretched out His hands, and caught us.
After Jesus caught Peter, both of them started walking on the water - Peter had no more danger of drowning and no more fear!
What was the secreat that kept Peter above the waters? The promise "THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS".
Wouldn't Peter have been thrilled to find the everlasting arms underneath his feet?
When we believe that Jesus has caught our hand we will be walking over our trials and will never have the fear of drowning.

Lydiaelijah.

Being Caught.

Matthew:14-31.

"Immediately Jesus stretched forth his hands and caught him (Peter)".

Sharing of the word:

My dear children, here the wonderful love of Jesus is menifested. It was not Peter who stretched forth his hands, but Jesus.
It was not Peter who caught Jesus, but Jesus who caught Peter.
Dear child of God, this is exactly what Jesus has done for us. When we were drowning in the sea of sin, sickness and sufferings, Jesus approached us and stretched out His hands, and caught us.
After Jeaus caught Peter, both of them started walking on the water - Peter had no more danger of drowning and no more fear!
What was the secreat that kept Peter above the waters?
The promise "THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS".
Would'nt Peter have been thrilled to find the everlasting arms underneath his feet?
When we believe that Jesus has caught our hand we will be walking over our trials and will never have the fear of drowning.

Lydiaelijah.