Blessed be the name of the Lord our God, who daily loads us with His benefits. Our God is good, and He is our very present help in times of trouble. He knows and deliver all who trust and call upon Him. Hallelujah! “Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are fearful-hearted, “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you” Isa 35:3-4. “Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins. Yet they seek Me daily, And delight to know My ways, As a nation that did righteousness, And did not forsake the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me the ordinances of justice; They take delight in approaching God. Isa. 58:1-20. I would like to welcome us all in this month of August. It is a month of working out our salvation with fear and trembling. May we use this opportunity to draw more closer to God and never relent in Him, in the name of Jesus. Brethren, this message is a soul- searching and pruning message. It is not for the people outside the sheepfold of God, but to us His children-(John 10:14). This message is not also for the pointing of fingers to others. “The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant” Ps 25:14. The Lord saw how we have been seeking Him but not finding Him, worshiping Him and it does not draw power from Him, having the form of godliness but denying His power to operate as His children (John 1:12). 42 “But as He went, the multitudes thronged Him. 43 Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, 44 came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped. 45 And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?” When all denied it, Peter, and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”46 But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.”47 Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately. 48 And He said to her, “Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you well. Go in peace” Luke 8:42-48. I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in vain’; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. Isa. 45:19. As Jesus was in the crowd, People were touching and even pushing Him but none of those who touched drew power/virtue from Him. Until the woman with the issue of blood touched Jesus and her touch drew power from Him. She got her healing instantly. This is the kind of touch Jesus wants from us. He wants to show forth His glory and power in our lives. He wants to be glorified. Jesus wants to be seen and draw many to Himself through what He is doing in our lives- John 15:8 God does not want us to seek Him in vain. He wants to be the King of glory in our midst-“For I,’ says the LORD, ‘will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst” Zech. 2:8. God is in the business of transforming lives. Unfortunately, we have deviated from His ways of service. He has tried to get our attention, but we could not because we have become too busy and carnal towards Him. There are many children of God, who have given up in serving God. There are those who are now mockers of God’s marvellous light due to the ways they have been serving God. Therefore, He wants us to understand what is happening. Why have we been praying and no answer. Why have we been fasting, but God did not recognise it? Why have we been giving our sacrifices but no reward? Why have we been fighting but not victory? And God is saying “My people has gone astray; they have become careless in their dealings”. “They have left their first love”. “They have not been in a communion with me. I have always come to our meeting point, but I do not see them”. If we yield ourselves to God, we will be pruned but if we refuse; God will not force us. The reason why the Lord is preparing us is where we are going. Where God is the leader and we are the follower. When God wants to awaken the country, there are people He must awake first before waking others. He awakens the torch bearers which we are His Children. We have transgressed in: In the futility of Mind: 17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, Eph. 4:17. The devil has twisted Christians so much that when you look at most born again Christian; You do not know whether they are going or coming. The Lord said “tell my people their transgression because not every path leads to where you are going. You cannot afford to live like gentiles in the futility of their mind. In our walk, we have transgressed because we walk as the gentiles. When we talk about walk, it means how we talk, think, work, walk and act like sinners, in the futility and emptiness of their mind. 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; How can you be in the light, yet you talk and act like an unbeliever? Some people said 2020 must come to an end, do you know how 2021 will be? The days are getting darker by days and only those in the light of God will prevail in this life. Stop surrendering your life in the hands of people. Seek God by yourself, Prov. 3:5-6. God punish Adam, Eve and Serpent accordingly. None escaped the punishment. You should know that a good reason is not God’s reason. What men has rejected does not mean God rejected it. 19 who, being past feeling (desire, affection), have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. Ignoring the things which the Holy Spirit is telling you. The devil does not just cover your understanding but also cover your mind. The greatest sickness is the spiritual one. The worst blindness is the spiritual one. Devil is making you to ignore the same things you supposed to deal with. You read the bible, pray, fast but you do not draw virtue from the Lord. It is the strategy of the enemy to make you lose your beautiful relationship you have with God. The gentiles are regarded as the mindless crowd and we are told not to go along with the crowd. The mindless crowd live for now, they do not understand. Mindless crowd have lost touch with reality. They will tell you “I rather go to hell fire than obeying God”. They will even ask “why is your preaching different from others?” “You are frightening people”. Brother/sister is better you hear the truth that sets free and you will be free forever. The devil is seeking on how to separate you from the life of God, then you become like others who have no life. It was costly assumption that made Samson end the way he did. He was busy saying, ‘I will go out the same way, I used to do. He ignored the things that he was supposed to take care. He ignored the spirit of lust and worldliness that was in him. He did not deal with it and it ended up dealing with him. May you not ignore the things God is pointing out to you for change. May you not regret at the last day, in the name of Jesus. SOUL WINNING The church of Jesus Christ has abandoned this commission. We no longer desire to see souls coming to the kingdom because the enemy has kept us busy with needs and troubles of life. While we need to go out there to preach the gospel, we are busy crying of our needs. We need to preach which is our great commission-Mark 16:15. “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy… 2 Tim 3: 1-5. Let us dust ourselves from the love of this age. Let us be concern on the things of God. Let us be truthful to pray and preach to the sinners for those who win souls are wise. Prov. 11:30. TO BE CONTINUED...