THE SILENCE OF GOD! BY PASTOR (DR.)E. O. ABINA

From Pastor (Dr) E. O. Abina,
The General Overseer of GOFAMINT

THE SILENCE OF GOD!

“How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death; Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him"; Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, Because He has dealt bountifully with me” (Ps. 13).

The Christian’s life is full of challenges, just as it was with the people of God before we were born. The desert journey of the children of Israel was not an exception. Even the life of Abraham also was full of challenges. David, the man after God’s own heart had his own share of this subject matter – the silence of God. Sometimes at Christian journey, we feel the presence and the blessings of God flowing and coming; in our favour. Other times we pray, pray and pray, and it appears nothing good is in sight because there is no quick answer to our prayers. Then we are tempted to think that God is silent and has forgotten us entirely. Sometimes, we are also tempted to give up praying, thinking that God has shifted His care and mercy for us to another place and that may lead us to be helpless, ungrateful, lukewarm and resentful, if care is not taken. When David felt that God seemed not to heed his cry to defend him from his enemies, he cried, How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? But he did not end up in despair. He ended up by saying; I have trusted in Your mercy, My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD. Because He has dealt bountifully with me.

UP FROM THE GRAVE HE AROSE BY PASTOR (DR) E. O.ABINA

Pastor (Dr) E. O. Abina

UP FROM THE GRAVE HE AROSE - Pastor (Dr) E. O. Abina

1. “Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. 

2 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

 3 Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 

4 And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. 

5 Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6 He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee” (Lk.24:1-6 NKJV).

On one Sunday of the year, Christians from all walks of life throughout the world celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: The Authentic Words

                               Authentic Words: 

Quoted Verse: Psalm 119:52  

“ I remember Your ancient laws, O Lord, and i find comfort in them. "

Message: 

Years ago i remember that one time when i was buying a pair of shoes, the sales assistant wanted to see my driver's licence and a major credit card in addition before he could take my personal cheque. After i produced all the identification he wanted, i asked him if he knew why he needed all this. " Its store policy, " he said. 

I told him that it was not the real reason, and when he asked me what i meant, i told him, " The reason you need all this identification is Romans 3:23: For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. If man was not sinful, you wouldn't need all this. " 

Our society is built around the premise that a person's word cannot be trusted. But that is never an issue when we deal with God and His Word. 

REFLECTIONS: MY ATTORNEY - AN AFTERLIFE EXPERIENCE

After living what I felt was a “decent” life, my time on earth came to the end. The first thing I remember is sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what I thought to be a courthouse. The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defense table.

As I looked around I saw the “prosecutor.” He was a villainous looking gent who snarled as he stared at me. He definitely was the most evil person I have ever seen. I sat down and looked to my left and there sat My Attorney, a kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed so familiar to me, I felt I knew Him.

THE POWER OF THANKSGIVING

The POWER OF THANKSGIVING - Mark 08/06-

"And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people."

Jesus came face to face with the dilemma of feeding 4000 men in the wilderness-"And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?" Mark 08/04

But Jesus explored the power of thanksgiving to multiply 7 loaves of bread and satisfy 4000 men-"So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four thousand" Mark 8:8,9

Thanksgiving is your super catalyst to overturn all your miseries into miracles-:

1. Jehoshaphat explored the awesome power of thanksgiving to defeat his enemies and cart away incredible spoil- 2Chron.20:25

SEE YOUR ENEMIES FLEE BECAUSE OF JESUS

SEE YOUR ENEMIES FLEE BECAUSE OF JESUS - DEUTERONOMY 28:7

“The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

Some people think that Jesus and the devil are always confronting and fighting each other. But when I read my Bible, I don’t see fights between the two. What I see is the devil having to flee whenever he encounters Jesus!

Consider the demoniac from the country of the Gadarenes in Luke 8:26–39. The demons in the man begged Jesus not to torment them or send them into the abyss, but to permit them to enter a herd of swine nearby.

WHO HAS THE HIGHEST PLACE AND IS FOREVER GLORIFIED? MANY YET DESPISE HIM, THE EXACT IMAGE OF GOD

Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Phillipians 2:9-11 NIV

God Exalted His Word above His Name. The Highest place is Given to and reserved for Him; so much so that at the Name of Jesus, every knee shall bow in Heaven and on earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord! His Name is the Highest and He Sits Enthroned on High forever and ever. Halleluyah! Amen!!!