Raphael .N. Ottichilo

2 Corinthians 9:11
“You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.”

Proverbs says, “We are snared by the words of our mouth.” Snared means trapped.

It doesn’t say we’re trapped by our thinking, trapped by our circumstances, trapped by this giant we’re facing. What traps us is what we’re saying.

Negative thoughts come to us all; we can't stop them from coming. The mistake we make is we when we verbalize them. When we start speaking defeat, lack, how this obstacle is too big, I don’t see how it can turn around, you just gave life to that negative.
If you continue to speak it, it will become a reality. The key is when these negative thoughts come, don’t verbalize them.

Psalms 118:24
This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 135: 5-7~I know that the Lord is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods. The Lord does whatever pleases him, in the heavens and on the earth,
in the seas and all their depths. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth; he sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

God's omnipotence means that God is able to do all his holy will. The Father is great in his perfections; in his power, wisdom, faithfulness, grace, and goodness; and in his works of creation, providence, and grace. He is free to do whatever pleases Him. Indeed, God actually does whatever pleases Him.

Praise the LORD! Praise God in his Temple! Praise his strength in heaven! Praise him with trumpets. Praise him with harps and lyres. Praise him for the mighty things he has done. Praise his supreme greatness. (Psalms 150:1-3)

Good morning;

Don’t fear the unknown; don’t lose sleep over what doesn’t make sense.

God has equipped you, empowered you, and anointed you. You’ve been raised up for such a time as this.
No weapon formed against you will prosper. Keep walking in faith, trusting when you don’t understand, and you’re going to walk into blessings, favor, healing, freedom, abundance, victory like you’ve never seen.

Let it go. Give it to God. Get some rest. 🙏🏽

Be at peace and be still ..the LORD is fighting your battle. Ex. 14:14

As always a new week is beginning. And I am praying that may God's powerful hand rest upon you. May you not toil in vain.

When you are alone, God is ur comforter. When ur weak, God is ur strength. When u are nothing, God your everything. 📌

Don't open the door that God has already closed. Don't bring your Jonah back into the boat, or your boat will definitely sink.

YOUR GOD KNOWS - AM I FORGOTTEN?
The truth is, we all feel lost at times. Am I forgotten?
The answer in Scripture is plain. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, we find this message of God in the character of His consistency: I will never forget you. I am always with you.
In Deuteronomy 31:8, Moses speaks directly to his successor, Joshua, as all of Israel looks on. Moses memorably says, “It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed”

REFLECTION
*‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28:18‭-‬20‬*
*And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”*

No, you aren’t unseen or forgotten. You haven’t slipped through the cracks. If you ever think this, please consider what Colossians says about Jesus: “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (1:17). You are one of the “all things.”
You were wanted, planned, and created, and you are being sustained every day by a God who knows you.
Have you ever wondered where God is? What was your conclusion, or what are you still wrestling with?

Let us pray....
LORD GOD, since Your Word is Yes and Amen, and You have told me that You will neither leave nor forsake me but will be with me till the end of times, I will hold on to that. I will believe it because it's Your Word and You are not man that You will lie. Am not alone even as I face any enemy or challenge because You have promised to be with me.
In Jesus name I pray trusting and believing, Amen.

One Word from God can change anything.

God of Power He is going to Do it Again believe 💪❤️

What seemed to finish you, DIDN’T!
Even this, will not prevail against you. You’re more than a conqueror💪

Today is on Monday; I pray that whatever you're facing, God will step in to help you. I pray that if you're unwell, that you may get healing, if you're looking for a job, may that email that says: "We are happy to inform you that you have been shortlisted for an interview scheduled for this week. Or we are happy to inform you that you have been given a contract after the conclusion of interviews." If you're lacking school fees, I pray that you get in in Jesus name. I also pray for you to have a positive mind devoid of hopelessness.

Psalm 145:8-10

The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you!

You can trust God with your future 💜

God's LOVE will always last forever in Us

Psalms 121:3.He will not let us fall;our protector is always awake.

Hannah's greatest need could only be met by an intervention from God Himself.
Through tears and pain,Hannah made her case before The Lord.
She made a Solemn vow that if God would answer her prayer, she would dedicate the child back to Him..
We can learn that :
1.Hannah acknowledged God for who He is "Lord of Armies "
2.She was specific in her requests "Give your servant a son".
3.She submitted to God's plan for her life ...she called herself "your servant ",submissive to God plan.
4.She was hopeful. "I will give Him to Lord all the days of his life".

Sometimes our prayer are specific like Hannah's requests.
God may answer our prayer quickly by saying "yes"or ,like Hannah,it may be years before he answers.
God may even tell us "no",but all His answers are designed to teach us to depend only on Him.

1Samuel 1:9-11.
On one occasion,Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh.
The priest Eli was sitting on a chair by the door post of the Lord's Temple.
Deeply Hurt,Hannah prayed to the Lord and wept with many tears.
Making a vow,she pleaded, "Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servants affliction, remember and not forget me,and give your servant a s sn,I will Gove him to the LORD all the days of his Life,and his hair will never be cut".

The life of Hannah I'd a reminder that God cares about our requests and He is faithful to respond.

We often approach God with a laundry list of wants and desires,but Hannah approached God with a single request. "Give your servant a Son".
Just as Children were seen as a Mark of God's blessings, childless was viewed as evidence that God was displeased with the family.
Hannah lived with this Stigma day after day.
We may In our struggle to be enough for others,we Must remember we already are enough. .indeed,,more than enough in God's plan and Kingdom. Shalom

God heals the broken hearted 💔and binds up their wounds. Psalms 147 vs 3 🙏🙏
Never give up

Shame drove King Saul to failure. His pride covered his shame and his shame fueled the pride.

Shame isn't meekness. It's the source of pride. God made us. He isn't ashamed of us. If we trust Him, we don't have to cover ourselves with anything. We can afford to just be ourselves.

1 Samuel 9:20“But as for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not be anxious about them, for they have been found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you and on all your father’s house?”
21And Saul answered and said, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak like this to me?”

God didn't hear this as humility, but the seed of rebellion. This emotion of Saul's ultimately destroyed everything he was put in charge of. It made him impatient, afraid, paranoid, and ultimately unstable.

The Bible doesn't mandate anything. It doesn't mandate tithes, purity, forgiveness, etc.

The Bible offers a way for the willing. Few find this difficult way. It is narrow.

When someone says, for instance, that the New Testament church doesn't need to tithe, they usually mean they don't need to tithe.

The New Testament Church did this:

Acts 4:34-35 NKJV — Nor was there anyone among them who lacked; for all who were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold, and laid them at the apostles’ feet; and they distributed to each as anyone had need.

Those in the way don't see this as a mandate, but rather a miraculous gift the Spirit gave to those willing to walk in the way.

Don't listen to people trying to teach you out of the way. Listen to people who have a vision for how small steps today get you deeper into the way of freedom.

It is difficult on the flesh, but it is truly freedom to the Spirit.

The church is what Jesus is returning to:

Matthew 16:18-19 NKJV — “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

The church isn't some generic ekklesia that has no form, structure, or geography. Jesus didn't write letters to the seven ekklesias, as they are defined by those offended with the church in our day. No. He wrote letters to the churches in seven distinct locations, with distinct structures, just as we understand the church now, inviting them deeper into the way and out of self-leadership.

Those that overcome all the excuses, rationale, and false teaching to NOT go in the way of Jesus will share in eternal life.

Where is the Spirit correcting you into the way? Listen to Him. Don't look for verses and teaching that give you confidence to not chang

The righteousness that you are tempted to produce by the will of man in the name of Jesus not only falls short of the Godly standard... It is at war with true righteousness:

Galatians 5:5-7 NKJV — For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

The flesh cannot produce righteousness. No. Rather, it fights the righteousness the Spirit is trying to impart.

This is how you know: The works born from impatient flesh, though designed to look Godly, produce ungodliness:

Galatians 5:14-26 NKJV — For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another! I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.