COMBO Meaning. The mixture you get when two or more things are combined: Combo’ is a word which is used instead of ‘combination’. So when an offer comes in combination with some other thing it is called a combo offer.
1. When you buy a phone, you are so happy if it comes with a charger , pouch, headsets, etc packed in one box.
2. When you buy a car, you are happy to see a spare tyre, jack and tool set intact.
3. When you enquire about a house to rent, you are happy to learn the price you can afford is inclusive of water, built in kitchen , security guard etc.
4. When you pay your school fees, you are happy to be told it includes WiFi , Text books and Library access etc.
5. When you enquire about family hotel holiday accommodation, you are delighted to be informed it includes full English breakfast, site seeing and a game drive for all.
6. From a retail store, you are happy to buy products they have put together as a Combo with one price that is affordable and you see almost every trolley with the same.
7. Jesus Christ is offering us a life changing Combo. Will you join those who have rejected such a Combo offer before? He is The Way, The Truth & The Life
John 1:10-12, 14 KJV He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.
John 14:10 KJV Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
1 Timothy 3:16 KJV And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
“Now, after He dwelt in the Pillar of Fire, then came down and made Hisself a body, brought Hisself down a tent of human flesh and dwelt in, among us; God dwelling”
PERFECTION Meaning. Having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.
1. To attain Perfection there is a process and one has to be consistent with performance if it has to be recorded in good time.
2. To attain Perfection we need to follow rules that govern the process of getting there.
3. When you fail at a certain stage, we can try again and keep trying until we get it Perfectly right.
4. Abandoning the difficult stage won’t get us Perfection but an addition to statistics of those who failed.
5. To attain Perfection we need to research and ensure we avoid any steps that caused others to fail to attain it.
6. To attain Perfection in a certain field, it is important to focus on the positives rather than fears of failure.
7. “No one is Perfect” is not a statement to discourage anyone from striving for Perfection or an excuse to hurt others. Without perfect Love for example, no one will see heaven. We need to remove all impurities from brotherly love and have it in its Perfect state in this last church age. We can’t claim to love God whom we do not see yet hate a brother we are always with. This is part of the stage we need to cross on our way to attain Perfect Love. Perfection is inevitable let us strive to attain it especially in love one for the other.
2 Peter 1:5-10 KJV And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Matthew 5:46-48 KJV For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
“But when perfect Love has come into the human heart, all demons in hell will never be able to upset it. That’s right”
HONOUR Meaning. The respect that You, your family, your country etc receive from other people, which makes you feel proud.
1. Many times we praise & share videos of children we don’t know performing some intelligent act from tricky spellings to science projects etc forgetting our own children have excelled in so many things & we have not honoured them that much.
2. We have husbands who keep praising a meal they ate at another home or restaurant yet the same have never openly appreciated a single meal prepared by their wives.
3. We get home only to be busy on phones chatting with people miles away at the expense of family time.
4. How we appear humble & of a good heart to strangers yet the testimony of those we live with can scare them off before extending a hand for greeting.
5. How we love imports & buy without bargaining yet rush for free farm produces offered by the locals who assume they will go bad as business is very slow.
6. Greener pastures are only green when we are yet feeding on a hay stack.
7. Our Honour of our own homes , our local Church our local Musicians, our local Church Ministers / Officers, and local Pastors who serve us daily with all their strength, minds & sometimes limited resources & time, is often less pronounced compared to the Honour we give to them that are outside yet we are thankful people who shouldn’t wait to know the importance of water when all wells run dry. Let’s give a rose whilst one can smell it or prune it.
Genesis 37:10-11 KJV And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Mark 6:3-5 KJV Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
“Then He said, “A prophet is not without honour, except among his own people and his own county.” That’s right. And it’s been that way ever since. “
TOLERANCE Meaning. Tolerance is the quality of allowing other people to say and do as they like, even if you do not agree or approve of it.
1. The law of elasticity comes into effect at one point in time if there is continuous subjection of an individual to something they always Tolerate.
2. “Enough is enough” is not something a Tolerant person plans to say but there is always a warning to show they won’t Tolerate no more of a certain behavior.
3. It is wrong to take it for granted that you will always be forgiven as wrongs have a limit though some Tolerance levels look like they are limitless.
4. When you are Tolerated once or twice for the same mistake and you show no remorse, you are stretching your luck too far and it won’t be long till your break the elastic.
5. Always remember that those who’s Tolerance levels are high also have advisors who can influence them to make a firm stand against Tolerating your unacceptable behavior.
6. Warning, judgement and punishment are steps to keep the elasticity intact.
7. God is so loving , forgiving, and not willing that any should perish yet He is a God of Justice who has reserved Hell for a purpose of destroying those who can’t heed the call to repent from their evil ways and sinful deeds when the Tolerance limit has been reached.
Matthew 12:32 KJV And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Numbers 16:20-21, 31 KJV And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
“There’s nothing left but judgment when you step over the line of mercy”
VISION Meaning. A Vision is the bigger picture. Your life’s Vision defines who you want to be, what you want to be known for and the set of experiences and accomplishments you aim for. Your Vision helps define the goals by giving you a framework to evaluate those goals. Your Vision becomes your WHY?
1. Vision is the key to your life having meaning which others can’t really see clearly despite you pointing at it.
2. Vision goes beyond limits of what you are taught at school as the best achievement you can get through a certificate.
3. You need to reason with those who challenge you rather than those who look up to you in order to keep focus on the big picture: no other bird is able to fly as high as the eagle can and for this, an eagle doesn’t prepare to meet a lesser bird but another eagle when it soars to the highest point.
4. “If your vision doesn’t scare you, it’s not big enough” must become real to you so you can look for courage from God to fulfill it.
5. A Vision that is only explained to you is difficult to defend until you get it first hand yourself. Moses came back as a one man army with a crooked stick in his hand to face Pharaoh after the burning bush experience yet he couldn’t do this going by what his mother used to tell him that he was the savior of the Hebrew children.
6. ” No weapon formed against you shall prosper” should be your shield from the darts thrown at you as discouragement to fulfill your Vision.
7. “I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord” should encourage you to take up the lonely path you may walk to fulfill your Vision which you have set before God when it seems that others can’t see what you see as He is leading you.
1 Samuel 17:33, 38-39, 49 KJV And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
“You know, God has made man to achieve. That’s what man was made for. And all down through life, he has tried to achieve something”
Meaning. Parenting or child rearing is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood.
1. “Spare a rod spoil a child” is directed at Parents when they desire to raise well disciplined children.
2. “As for me and my house we will serve the Lord” as spoken by Joshua is an expression of a Parent who takes full responsibility of building a family alter in a home.
3. One that desires the office of a Bishop “must be one who rules his house well and having his children in subjection” addresses a Parent who wishes to extend his leadership roles beyond the household level.
4. The prayer of Job for his children that “peradventure they have sinned” is a reminder for Parents that they can’t police their children everywhere they go but can surrender them to God for divine protection.
5. “Fathers provoke not your children to anger lest they be discouraged” reminds Parents that take it for granted that they gave birth to these children hence can treat them anyhow forgetting God used them as vessels to bring forth new worshipers for Himself.
6. Hannah’s prayer that if God gave her a child she would give him back so he can serve in the house of the Lord speaks to Parents that wish to have children grow up serving God and not departing from His ways.
7. “But if any provide not for his own, and especially do those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel” is directed at Parents that run away from the important Parental responsibility of them raising children up to adulthood but still prophecies to be Christians. Do your best as a Parent in every situation you encounter in bringing them up. Some times will be easy whilst other times will be hard but in both instances, the little ones will look up to you as you look upto God whose child you are.
Ephesians 1:3-5 KJV Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
” What brought on juvenile delinquency was parent delinquency, the parent failing to take care of the children”
Meaning. A word or set of words by which a person or thing is known: Identity
1. I pray that when my Name is mentioned, my humble walk with God by His grace should be what comes to people’s minds.
2. I want to trust in God such that my name can fit where God boasts about Job to Satan confidently and warns him against touching my life.
3. I pray that the reaction of the audience at the mention of my Name should speak of a testimony that assures them God is alive in my heart.
4. If the mention of my Name brings discomfort or fear like Saul before he became Paul , my prayer to God is to change my life into a blessing and I preach him with my new life as a written epistle read by all men.
5. I pray that I have a good Name rather than get occupied with amassing riches.
6. The world gave the Son of God the Name Beelzebub so he could carry a testimony of a fortune teller and a devil but God gave him Jesus a name above all names by which all creation should be saved.
7. A good name is better than riches. Let your life be a written epistle to be read by all and when your Name is mentioned it’ll remind someone about the love of God projected through you, the Christian works that God by His grace shows through you so the devil can not have any claim on you to make you and others doubt salvation. Look at the two different confessions from Satan in the two scriptures below;
Acts 19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Job 1:9-10 KJV Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Even when all was taken away, Job remained with a good name. He was faithful to God.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 KJV A good name is better than precious ointment.
“And now, Abraham believed God. How he got this great name of being the father of nations, he believed God and believed in hope. Against hope, he still believed in hope, knowing that God was able to perform what He had promised”
Meaning. To cease from doing something; stop: to give up or resign.
1. Yes you can be discouraged but the answer doesn’t usually lie in you Quitting.
2. A car has a spare wheel a Jack and there are filling stations along every high way to motivate you to keep going.
3. Rivers have bridges to make you cross to the other side faster regardless of the waves.
4. A runner gets the most applause upon introduction then it goes quite but just before and soon after crossing the finish line there is an eruption of applause again , keep the focus , keep running.
5. Sometimes you will be scorned but navigate your way forward those are little potholes to make you adjust your seat and concentrate more.
6. Opposition is there to make your victory sweet so don’t Quit.
7. Love is the greatest force to keep you energised in any situation. Never keep grudges: I have seen opposition crossing to that which they opposed and read about Joseph embracing his brothers who sold him into Egypt and becoming one big family that threatened Pharaoh’s rule.
1 Corinthians 9:25-27 KJV And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Philippians 3:12-14 KJV Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
“And when you hit the bone, you don’t quit, you just go around the bone and keep eating chicken” Rev. William Marrion Branham NORTON 13.08.2020
Meaning. Things as they are, not imagined or possible; fact or situation as it really exists.
COVID-19 IS REAL.
1. They denied the message of Noah but when Reality struck they all perished.
2. You avoid too much sugar, too much salt, eating uncooked beef etc, but to wear a mask is an issue????
3. The warning signs of speed limits are there for all to see so death caused by over speeding can be avoided: the Reality is there be many who ignored and died.
4. There are many who have been warned not to swim in a crocodile infested rivers but chose bravery over wisdom: Reality is many have been crushed by the powerful jaws of the giant reptile.
5. There be many who have been warned not to live in flood prone areas and they ignored: when Reality struck they perished.
6. There be many who have been warned not to stop taking medication and they ignored: When Reality struck, they perished.
7. Any preventative measures that are meant to save physical death if ignored exposes you to death which many term ” untimely “. Wisdom is capable of saving many from physical death but it is ridiculed and made to look like a weakness in the power of God to save human life from physically perishing. Acknowledge Reality, be wise so you don’t make other people suffer. Frontline workers are human too, they needa break.
Acts 27:21, 30-31 KJV But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
And the man stood and looked him in the face, and laughed at him, and said, “Nonsense! I have heard them predict such things before, and it never did happen.” And the Christian neighbor was so excited, he said, “But what if it does happen?”
1. Do not neglect to polish a talent just because you have a well paying job or great academic qualifications as u will surely need it some day.
2. A talent has the ability to employ the highly qualified to run it’s affairs and call it boss.
3. It normally takes the highly educated to advise talent to charge a particular fee for a service as it doesn’t feel the necessity to compete with current charges of those who struggle to achieve when it does it almost effortlessly.
4. A talent has fun and enjoys doing the work it’s called to do regardless of the pay.
5. A talent will always go with you and be of great service any time.
6. If you are born with a talent, thank God and use it to His glory also get some education in line with your talent to make it really count.
7. A talent is never scared of failure and is always willing to train others who have interest to learn: discover that which you can do to help you achieve goals in life aside from using only academic qualifications that become meaningless if you can’t get a job you specifically trained for. A God given talent is the best tool in your hands to navigate you through tough times should you hit that point in life.
Exodus 4:2 KJV And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
Matthew 25:26-29 KJV Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
“Every man will have to answer for his talent. God gives men talent and they have to use it”
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