the watcher

Where the battle begins and where it ends is in the the mind. Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life. We know we live in a world where we do not have total control over all that happens. Information is communicated to us through many sources consciously or unconsciously through * tele media * social media * radio * paper media * friends * colleagues * family * employer/employee * government and their officials * people we come in contact with casually * religious leaders * lecturers/teachers/facilitators All these sources seek to feed our mind one way or the other and if they persist enougah they reach our soul. There is therefore a need time and again to "purge" The same way we gather up a lot of unwanted substances in our feeding toxic in different degrees. We need to keep detoxifying our system now and again to save us from the negative effects of those unwanted substances. The mind also need to be detox...

Isaiah 31:2  Yet he also [is] wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. Isaiah 30:18  And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him. The old testament seems sometimes to be filled with killings and disasters especially to those who prefer to live with their head buried in the sand. The question is: who is in charge, and who dictates the pace?" Does the creator not have the right to dictate to His creation? Are we not of a source, should we not give account? Was man created to live anyhow without consequences? We live in times when the word of God has been revealed to many, yet many have decided to live in disobedience. They devise means to justify their wickedness.   *Some s...

When you pray, remember what Jesus said: Matthew 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. When we pray a lot of activities take place, we need to remember that we pray to change things. Just like Jabez' prayer. Do we also understand that when we change a part, the other part is automatically affected. Take the case of the sons of Zebedee: Matthew 20:20 & 21 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. Well we may all attack her as selfish, infact, the other disciples were not happy with them. It is an illustration of requests that affect other things or other people. Are you expecting great things this year? The Lord may have already answered, though it may not have been exac...

2Thessalonians 1:2  Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul kept repeating this statement in all his letters why? John 14:27  "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. When Jesus was leaving the earth he left us with peace. Troubles may arise, temptation may keep coming, things might look tough but the child of God will have God's peace which passes all understanding and which can calm every storm. Mark 4:39  Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. His peace resides in us in the prescence of the Holy Spirit. That is what the kingdom of God is about Romans 14:17  for the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. You carry peace in your inside if you have been born again God is...

1Corinthians 4:7  For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you? Why do we have issues and problems in the groups, committees, churches and communities. It arises when we do not understand that "we are not all in the same phase". Everyone goes through a phase, from one to the other and ofcourse it is not always of the same degree with another. Ephesians 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; There are: * the freshers - those who just began the journey * the children - those who are in the early stage of growth, though this is not a matter of how long, many may have been there a while, yet grow at a very slow pace. * the youths - these are moving from childhood to adulthood * the matured - these have grown and have began to eat strong meat, this category is also subdivid...

Naturally people get acquainted with us because of one good nature or the other they observe that we have. Even places of employment take us in because of one good quality or the other they believe we have. Those qualities qualify us and make us useful and a blessing to others. Matthew 5:16  "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Our good friends came close to us because of those good characteristics we carry. (although some might just be there, cause of what they can get from us). Titus 3:8  This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men. In all, as time passes by we must not let those good qualities of ours fade away due to pressures, challenges or bad reaction of others. 1Peter 2:15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to s...

Hebrews 11:6 But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. The whole christian life is all about faith. Our faith began in believing that God exists, that He created us and goes further to believe what He says and further to what He has done. Definitely we believed after we heard! Romans 10:17  So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. We should thus ensure that God's words come to us day after day to strengthen our faith. (that is one reason for this devotional). Any christian living or acting away from faith . . . sins Romans 14:23b for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin. So no matter what the enemy brings, no matter what comes our way, nothing should take away our faith. Hebrews 3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? Yes, things may arise since we are st...