1 John 1:7

1 John 1:7 KJV
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Nothing cleanses, heals and restores like the blood of Jesus. This day I pray that you are cleansed, healed and restored by the blood of Jesus. Receive it now in Jesus name.
Start praying!

Much love,
AMinistry Worker

Crowns For Soul Winners!

REWARDS FOR SOUL WINNERS!

There is a REWARD offered to soul-winners! Rewards are spoken of in the New Testament under the figure of crowns, which will be gained or lost, according to our faithfulness or otherwise. These are:

1.the incorruptible crown, for those who live a disciplined life (1 Corinthians 9:25);

2. the crown of life, for those who patiently endure trials and testings (James 1:12);

3. the crown of glory, for those who faithfully care for the flock (1 Peter 5:2-4);

4. the crown of righteousness, for those who love His appearing (2 Timothy 4:8);

5. the crown of rejoicing, for all who are faithful soul-winners (1 Thessalonians 2:19-20).

So there is quite definitely a reward for soul-winning. Go, spread the Gospel, great rewards await you!

Credit: Francis Dixon

LOVE TAKES TIME

Love takes time.
It needs a history of giving and receiving, laughing and crying...

Love never promises instant gratification, only ultimate fulfillment.
Love means believing in someone, in something.
It supposes a willingness to struggle, to work, to suffer, and to rejoice.
Satisfaction and ultimate fulfillment are by-products of dedicated love.
They belong only to those who can reach beyond themselves; to whom giving is more important than receiving.

Love is doing everything you can to help others build whatever dreams they have.
Love involves much careful and active listening.
It is doing whatever needs to be done, and saving whatever will promote the other's happiness, security, and well-being.
Sometimes, love hurts.

Love is on a constant journey to what others need.
It must be attentive, caring and open, both to what others say and to what others cannot say.
Love says no with empathy and great compassion.
Love is firm, but when needed it must be tender.

When others have tried and failed, love is the hand in yours in your moments of discouragement and disappointment.
Love is reliable.
Love is a choice and commitment to others' true and lasting happiness.
It is dedicated to growth and fulfillment.

Love is not selfish.
Love forgives, knowing the intentions are good.
Love does not attach conditions...
Genuine love is always a free gift.
Love realizes and accepts that there will be disagreements and disturbing emotions...

There may be times when miles lay between, but love is a commitment.
It believes, and endures all things.
Love encourages freedom of self.
Love shares positive and negative reactions to warm and cold feelings.
Love, intimate love, will never reject others.
It is the first to encourage and the last to condemn.
Love is a commitment to growth, happiness, and fulfillment of one another.

KOHINTA - Waiting Upon The Lord!

KOHINTA - Waiting Upon The Lord.

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Kohinta is an Akan² word which means "to hide" and is used to describe a time of waiting before God in fasting & prayer to renew faith, commitment, zeal and also to reconnect with God. It is in these times that Christians receive renewed abilities to mount up wings like eagles.
The Eagle is the king of all birds - strong, aggressive, fearless and with great vision among many other qualities; it is also very skillful and does not eat dead meat!

The Eagle experiences a period when its feathers become weak and therefore makes it weak and unable to act and be like the way it was made to be.

"By the time an eagle reaches the age of 30 or so, its physical condition has deteriorated to the point that survival is difficult: its talons lose their flexibility and cannot properly grip prey, its beak becomes dull and bent, and its wing feathers grow thick and heavy, sticking to its chest and impairing its flight. The bird then retreats to a mountaintop, where over a five-month period it sequentially knocks off its beak by banging it against a rock, plucks out its talons, and then plucks out its feathers, each stage producing a regrowth of the removed body parts that "renews" the eagle and allows it to live for another 30 to 40 years."¹

"Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
Isaiah 40:28-31 KJV

As we carry on with life's activities, there comes a time when we feel so spiritually, emotionally and physically dry and weak. The stress and demands at work, societal and family issues, financial and educational challenges often make us faint and become weary that we are sometimes afraid we would lose all that we might have toiled for! It is in these times that we, like the eagle need to take a break, retreat and seek the Lord to renew our strength and receive more grace and anointing to carry on with life - doing the Master's will; becoming better!

Waiting on the Lord renews strength, improves physical and spiritual vision, emboldens, and make one aggressive for God in winning the lost and doing the work of the King of kings.

Kohinta - Wait on the Lord!

Footnotes
¹ Life of an eagle ( www.snopes.com/critters/wild/eaglerebirth.asp)

² Akan - a tribe in Ghana and a language spoken by the tribe.

The Key

A Man went to work in a far away country, He worked for his entire life without payment until he got frustrated when he asked his boss he always told him “I will give you, your payment when the time is right.
One day, he woke up and he told his boss that he was tired of working without payment and wanted  to go home.
The boss gave him a box with a key inside as his payment. The man left with disappointment in his heart knowing all the life time he had worked for just a box of keys! What will he show to his family? and many other thoughts were the questions he pondered over as he went along.
Reaching a river side, he decided to throw the keys in the river and continue his journey amidst lots of frustration and great anxiety over the reaction of his family on his arrival with nothing tangible to show for his many years of working away from home!
Arriving home, he found his family waiting for him and a mansion close to where he left his former house.
Surprised, he asked whose house it was. His family told him his boss came every month since he started working to oversee the building of the house until it was finished but he never gave them the key because he wanted it to be a surprise to him.

He then remembered the keys he had thrown in the river and that he couldn't find them since the water had taken them away. He could not open the doors and the windows either because they were firmly secured!

Note:
Sometimes we think we have laboured for nothing when serving God, yet God has given us Jesus as a key to an everlasting life that we shall have a rest. He is a master key to unlock that problem, to fixing that mistake, to fulfilling that dream. People may say you are a mess but to God you are a message full of grace. His mercies comes new every morning. What will we gain to have everything but miss the kingdom of God.

Don't lose that KEY!

Concept Credit: Deacon David Gbogbo; The Church of Pentecost - Oyarifa District.