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•Cross section of the overflow of crowd during the 2022 programme titled: 'The King Has Decided to Honour You'
It is time for God to honour you (2)
JONAH 3: 4-10 says, "And
Jonah began to enter into
the city a day's journey, and he
cried, and said, Yet forty days,
and Nineveh shall be
overthrown. 5 And the people
of Nineveh believed God; and
they proclaimed a fast, and put
on sackcloth, from the greatest
of them even to the least of
them. 6 And the tidings
reached the king of Nineveh,
and he arose from his throne,
and laid his robe from him, and
covered him with sackcloth,
and sat in ashes. 7 And he made
proclamation and published
through Nineveh by the decree
of the king and his nobles,
saying, Let neither man nor
beast, herd nor flock, taste
anything; let them not feed, nor
drink water; 8 but let them be
covered with sackcloth, both
man and beast, and let them
cry mightily unto God: yea, let
them turn every one from his
evil way, and from the violence
that is in his hands. 9 Who
knoweth whether God will not
turn and repent, and turn away
from his fierce anger, that we
perish not 10 And God saw their
works, that they turned from
their evil way; and God
repented of the evil, that he had
said that he would do unto
them; and he did it not"
Beloved, we must
understand that the obstacles
we are being confronted with
in our daily life are as a result
of the fact that we have ignored
our Maker. When we ignore
the manufacturer of a product
we are by extension loosing
grip of the formula to maintain
it. As the branch cannot bear
fruit of itself, except it abides in
the vine that produces it; so
neither can we solve the
complex difficulties of
humanity, except we abide in
the Maker. God who rules in
the physical and spiritual has
allowed to exist all these
challenges we are witnessing
today so that we can return to
Him and acknowledge that
He is the Sovereign God. Not
that He is ignorant of our
•Adult choir ministering during the programme titled: "The King has Decided to Honour
You"
situation but is expecting us to
do the needful by looking up
to Him for intervention. God
expects that whenever we have
challenges we should call upon
Him, humble ourselves, repent,
meet the demand of His
righteousness which was the
cause of our separation and
seek His face. For we to have a
perfect peace in our lives we
must allow the Author of peace
to reign over us. God has
cautioned that any time He
distances from us that it is an
indication that we have sinned
and are expected to amend
our ways and seek forgiveness.
When the people of Nineveh
heard the cry and saw the need
for repentance, and having the
understanding that they were
in dire situation of been
overturned as a result of sin,
they humbled themselves,
repented and called upon God
for mercy. They didn't wait for
the forty days proclaimed by
Jonah to come by, neither did
they put up any argument nor
query the rationale behind the
message or why the message
should come from Jonah.
These are negative attitudinal
pattern of the world, the
diehard sinners and that is
more reason God abandons
them to their fate to suffer. But
the people of Nineveh were
wise for as soon as they heard
Jonah, they showed remorse
and that activated the mercy
of God and their judgement
was set aside. That should be a
lesson for people who want to
overcome challenges in their
various field of endeavour.
I don't know what you are
passing through in life, but I
want to implore you to look
inward, examine and amend
your ways and then call upon
God, He will answer and
deliver you. God has the
answer to all our problems.
He is the Author and Creator
of mankind, thus has all the
knowledge of its solution.
Psalm 50:15 says, "And call
upon me in the day of trouble:
I will deliver thee, and thou
shalt glorify me"
The above verse is self
explanatory. God is
beckoning on us to make
conscience of that great duty
of fervent prayer which is the
acknowledgement of our
subjection and of our trust and
dependence to Him. No
matter what you are suffering,
who is behind it or how long
you have suffered that sickness
or affliction, I am assuring
you that if you can through
prayer call upon Him today
in all humility and repent of
your sin, He will answer you.
God is our Father and our
Maker and in Him lies our
solution, He is our Creator
and the Creator of all things.
Genesis 1:1 says, "In the
beginning God created the
heaven and the earth."
If we believe that God
created man and every other
things, we ought to know that
with Him all things are
possible Therefore we must not
isolate God and then wish to
prosper. Wishing to prosper
without God will be a fruitless
exercise. God is unlimited but
men are limited as a result it is
necessary the we remember
Him. We must remember in
every situation. God has all it
takes to address any problem
and He lacks nothing;
because He is the all sufficient
God. If you are not in Him, no
matter how rich you think you
are, you are incomplete. If you
distance yourself from Him, let
it be known to you that there is
nothing you can do alone on
your own. This is because the
The power to deliver,
make wealth, bear
children, become
successful in business
and all our success in
life are as a result of the
fact that H e allowed
them
power to do anything belongs
to God.
2nd Corinthians 3:5 days,
"Not that we are sufficient of
ourselves to think any thing as
of ourselves; but our sufficiency
is of God;"
All the things we do and
taking the credit couldn't have
been done if God did not
permit them. The power to
deliver, make wealth, bear
children, become successful in
business and all our success in
life are as a result of the fact
that H e allowed them. God
has the power to deliver us
from all evil, sicknesses and
diseases; He has the power to
give us victory.
Genesis 17:1 says, "And
when Abram was ninety years
old and nine, Jehovah
appeared to Abram, and said
unto him, I am God Almighty;
•Children choir ministering during the programme
walk before me, and be thou
perfect. 2 And I will make my
covenant between me and
thee, and will multiply thee
exceedingly"
God's injunction on how
mankind should work and
become successful in all their
endeavours is the same in all
generation. And that is to work
in righteousness, and depend
wholly upon God for their
supplies. Any time there is a
challenge in this covenant, it
is expected that mankind
should realize he has derailed
and therefore should return to
his Creator to seek for mercy,
amend his ways and resolve
not to derail again and at that
point the benefit of the
covenant will be again availed
to him as he continues the
journey. It is the benefit of the
covenant we had with God
while we walk Him that
assures us of His benevolence.
We should understand that
God is the Almighty and it was
He that has called us to walk
with Him. We didn't call
ourselves into this walk and
therefore must not do the
walking according to our own
way but according to His
precept and tenets. He is the
One that knows the road and
where there are bumps and
thorns. So He alone can guide
us perfectly on this journey to
our bliss. Our efforts will be in
vain if we refuse to walk with
Him. We should know that He
is God and that He is a spirit
and that we should walk
before Him by faith.
Colossians 1:16 says, "for in
him were all things created, in
the heavens and upon the
earth, things visible and things
invisible, whether thrones or
dominions or principalities or
powers; all things have been
created through him, and unto
him;"
No one has the answer to all
things except God. Every man
even with their riches and
power are limited. God is
unlimited, He has the power
to do all things. When we are
in any trouble which no man
can give us solution, He God
will give us answer, He will
give us solution. Even now, that
the whole world has exhausted
their power in trying to find
solution for a disease, God has
the power to stop the disease
and to give us solution. God
has the solution to everything,
to all the battles you are going
through. Some of you are
going through hardships and
battles, is it not time to
remember God and to turn to
him? He will give you solution.
There is nothing too hard for
God to do. No matter the
affliction, disease, the
economic problem, God has
the answer, He has solution. If
you are seeing impossibilities
or unshakable mountains in
your life then it is because you
have forsaken Him. If you can
remember Him today, I am
assuring you that problem
shall be no more in Jesus
name.