A lot of us claim to put faith in God and it seems as though our acclaimed faith is not moving mountains. Now the question is do we really have the God kind of faith? What is even the God kind of faith? How do we learn how to have these God kind of faith?

Before I proceed, I will like to establish the fact that there are different kinds of faith but our focus is on the human kind of faith and the God kind of faith.

What is the human kind of faith?

The human kind of faith is based on sight, on feelings, on senses.

The human kind of faith says it is impossible.

The human kind of faith claims the word and speak something contradictory.

Our main focus today is on the God kind of faith.

What is the God kind of faith

The God kind of faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1)

The God kind of faith is the faith that does not work by what the eyes can see, it is the faith that makes the impossible possible

The first thing you need to know is this, the same faith that got us saved is the same faith that will get us healed (did you see Jesus before accepting him as lord and saviour? No, but you believed and got saved( that is the evidence of things not seen)).

Faith does not move God (God has moved all the movement over 2000 years ago and that's why Jesus said "it is finished".

What faith does is that it moves what has been moved (1 Peter 2:24 "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" this was moved over 2000 years ago, if you have faith, there will be a manifestation of these scripture.

Faith does not create per se, it brings out what is in the spirit man.

The faith of God is in you "build up yourself in your most holy faith, praying in the holy ghost".

" The just shall live by his own faith" The God kind of faith is on the inside of you, what is needed is the outpouring not the inpouring.

How do we have the God kind of faith



Let's take a look at the scriptures in Mark 9:18-19, 28-29. "And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting".

The disciples had just returned from evangelizing the word and signs and wonder followed. It was after they had returned that the above scenario took place, now let's take a look at the conversation between Jesus and his disciples, look at the verses (highlighted one written in bold letters).

In the first highlighted verse, Jesus already stated the reason why his disciples couldn't cast the demon out, the reason is because their faith wavered, they felt they needed a greater faith to cast the demon out of the boy.

Why could not we cast him out the way we casted out sickness and demons in our just concluded outreach? Jesus replied at this phase what is needed is to address your unbelief, this kind of unbelief you have can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Making prayer and fasting a tradition cures unbelief.

Fast not because you want power, or miracles, it is embedded in you already but for it to manifest, a mindset, a system which is called unbelief needs to be chiseled out and its by a key called PRAYER AND FASTING.



Jesus wasn't lying when he said "greater works than these will ye do". A system isn't allowing us to work in the reality of God and its called UNBELIEF, "And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting".

Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God"

Meditation on God's word clears our unbelief.

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Why am I faced with all this challenges and disappointments, oh God! I am frustrated, frustrated you say? Really? I thought you said you know God? Is there no revelation in God about your situation? How much of God do you know?

At a certain point in time as we journey in life, you will be faced with challenges that it is only the revelation of God you had afore time that will bring you out of that situation.

The journey through life is an individual thing, if the revelation of God you have is based on only what your pastors told you in church, what your Sunday school teachers preached, what you hear in family devotions, then there is a problem.

Your pastor won't be there to fight your battles for you, there is a need to have a personal relationship with God, its the knowledge of what you know about God that will speak when you are faced with challenges.

What knowledge of God do you have that irrespective of what happens you can boldly stand and fight for it?




Who is God to you? The reason why most of God can't access God is because we feel we are so unworthy, but have you forgotten that Jesus is your worth.

We claim to be too busy, but the time we spend in the presence of God adds value to us.

All that we seek in life is embedded in Christ only if we will seek him. Scripture says "seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all other things shall be added unto you"

Have you ever wondered why stephen and all the other disciples were willing to lay down their lives for the gospel, its because there was a revelation of God they had and they could die for that knowledge.

Who is God to you?

What Revelation of God do you have?




It is very dangerous to start looking for answers when challenges come because it is very possible that the challenge will destroy you and not give you the chance to learn what law is needed for you to overcome.

Your confidence in life is based on what you know about God. Fear is a product of ignorance, you never fear anything you have control over. The antidote to fear is knowledge.

God seeks for men, men that are ready to seek his face, men that are willing to pay the price. "Jesus said to his disciples who do men say I am" meaning What knowledge of me do men have? Men had different knowledge of God which was not true.

He faced his disciples and said to them, "who do you say I am".

God seeks men that will fellowship with him, not men that are working on general believe, but men that will have personal relationship with him.

Remember that knowledge is power. What do you know about God?

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Often times, I have had to question where God stayed or lived before time began, where he lived before he created the heaven, going through the scriptures I began to have an understanding of where God lived and still lives before and after time began.

When God created the earth, the first thing he introduced to the earth was 'light' which was an hint of his dwelling place, he said "let there be light".

Often time, a man's abode is discerned by his language, his accent, his dressing.

The language God speaks is "light" check through the scripture, there are countless number of times were the term "light" was used.

Isaiah 60:1 it says "Arise shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the lord is risen upon you" After light was mentioned, God followed.

John 1:3 says "in him was life, and the life was light unto all men (it then means for you to come in contact with God's dwelling place, there is a life you must first have an encounter with) I think this life is 'eternal life'.



Have you ever wondered why darkness cannot comprehend 'light', it is not because light is a force that repels darkness.

It is because 'light' is God's dwelling place.

Another thing is this, when man encounters the life, he comes in contact with the light, ask Paul the Apostle.

God is not an old man, just sitting on a throne in heaven, God is not static, he moves.

God does not live in heaven, if heaven were his dwelling place, he wouldn't say heaven and earth will fade, so if heaven fades, where will God live? Have you ever thought about that?

I think heaven is where God sits and oversees the earth.

God says in scriptures that "heaven is my throne" ( does a throne depict that heaven is his dwelling place?). Does the judgement seat of Judges in court depicts that a court is where Judges live? Of course, no.

God's language is light, he dwells in light, 1 Timothy 6:16 explains this "Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen (KJV).

"who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen" 1 Timothy 6:16 (NKJV)

"who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen". 1 Timothy 6:16 NIV

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A lot of Christians have read in their bible about being a new creature but most of them aren't walking in the reality of it.

Your definition of a new creature might be entirely different from God's definition, now let's go on a journey through the scriptures.

The scripture in 2corinthians 5:17 says that "therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold, all things are new" (KJV).

John 1:3 also says that "in him was life and the life was a light unto all men, and it shineth in darkness and darkness comprehend it not" (KJV).

The implication of being in Christ is this:

First, the life of God that makes you encounter light is introduced to you, it breaks the Adamic nature in you and introduces the God life, you become a new creature.

Secondly, because the life of God that automatically leads you to the light has been introduced, old things are passed away.



God is not interested in how ugly or beautiful your past is, he doesn't use old things, he makes all things new.

Stop dwelling on the past that the light of God has illuminated upon.

"Behold, all things are become new" wow! Hallelujah!

This is what the light of God does to a man, it drenches you of old mentality, it rids you of old mindset( things that were embedded in you due to the Adamic nature, he makes all things new).

This is because you do not need an old wine bottle for a new wine, it will burst, take a look at something, if you wore a cloth that has worn out on a new one, what does it look like? The old one does not fit or match with the new one right? Yes that is just how it is too, you do not need that old mentality and mindset for the new Journey.

Hope you know that the light of God is connected to God's word? let's take a look at scriptures in John 1:1 it says, "in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God"

John 1 vs 3 says "in the word was life and the life was a light unto all men".

The light of God illuminates every darkness in your life, and all things become new, your knowledge becomes enlightened,

The psalmist said "thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light to his path always". It then means that the word of God produces light that illuminates the paths of men.

Always remember this God is not interested in your past, he makes all things new.

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Oh No! What's happening? I hear God everyday, he speaks to me through sounds, dreams, my thoughts but that is all gone now. Where did I go wrong? This is the usual place I meet with the holy spirit? Oh no why am I not feeling his presence now?
If this is happening to you right now, I think there are several reasons why?

1. Sin

Sin deprives us of a lot of things, it deprives us of fellowship, communication.

When sin is found in us, we can't hear God expressly.

The scriptures in Isaiah 59:1 says that "Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear"

Isaiah 59:2 "But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear".

I think this verse explains it.

2. God moves, he doesn't change

Just because scriptures talk about a God that does not change does not mean God is static. God is not static, he moves, the nature of God has not changed, no it hasn't.

The dimensions through which he relates to us is what changes, there is more to God than what you know irrespective of what dimension or depth you must have touched or experience in God.

Do not get use to the status quo, do not remain where God was.

Maybe you are even praying for the "old time revival" and God his saying I have nothing to do with old things, I make all things new, but because you are used to the status quo, you refuse to move.

3. When you are a good talker and not a good listener

often times we keep asking, talking, engaging God in long conversations when you are suppose to be listening. If you keep talking all the time, when God speaks, you wont hear. Scripture says "be swift to hear and slow to speak" There are times when you need to be still in the presence of God. "Be still and know that he is God".

4. When you are here and God is there

Most times we get use to the status quo, by status quo I mean we get use to the way we hear God, we get use to that particular depth in God we are experiencing, were as God has moved from here to there.

You feel God is silent because God is speaking from there and not here, how can you hear when you are here and not there. That's why in Revelation, there was an admonition to "come up hither", to move from here to there.

5. We are being examined

It is permitted for every christian to be tested or examined, at this point in time, God is always silent, he wants to see how you will respond, how you will level up.

Heaven was silent, when Jesus was nailed to the cross, but at the end of the examination, he passed with an A, more than an A.

Oftentimes, when the going gets tough and its like nothing is working out, God is working out something bigger and greater.

Did you not notice that the time you had challenges and it seemed like you won't survive it, you survived it and there was an "open door". Paul said in the scriptures "A great door has been opened unto me, but there are many adversaries"

The adversaries are the challenges we face before coming out as gold.

Jesus overcame, we will. Amen

6. Veiled

God is sometimes silent when we mingle with the wrong people. Some persons are projected into one's life by the devil and they represent veil, you just realize that your spiritual senses goes dimmer.

Let's take a look at Abraham, God instructed Abraham to leave his father's house, he was not instructed to take Lot along, but he did.

God didn't speak to Abraham throughout Lot's stay with him. God had to intervene, a fight came up and they separated, it was after the separation God started speaking to Abraham.

7. Putting fleece on God

I am not saying putting fleece on God is totally wrong, I think it keeps God silent. Let say you put a fleece on God concerning his will in marriage, and you say "if she is the one, let her wear a purple dress" what if she had the intention of putting on a purple dress before you put your fleece.

We are led by the spirit of God, let him guide you. The scripture says "Jesus is the way, the truth and the life"

Putting fleece on God I think demeans God's ability to speak to us, it prevents the original intention of God from being known. Having our preconceived notion prevents us from hearing God. Watch out for my next post.
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Are you a Christian?now see it this way, your parent that sponsored you in school, when they had nothing, they squeezed out the little they had and gave to you, Infact they are the reason why you are alive, when you make it in life, would you take care of your parent? in fact the money you will give to your parent is more than the tithe you give to the God that loves and protect you even more than your parent, since it is your duty to take care of your parent, what your duty to God?. Whether or not you pay your tithe, it doesn't stop him from protecting you.

paxonel:
if it were the duty of Christians to pay tithe then there is no point comparing tithing with gambling.
But if it is not the duty of Christians to pay tithe then gambling is far better in the sense that people sometimes win in gambling, but in tithing, the only person winning always is the pastor collecting the tithe.

So, the question now is, how is tithing the duty of christians?

Tithing and gambling are two different things, the risk involved in gambling, the uncertainty of the outcome, the odds are always in favor of the game house, can u compare this with tithing, its the duty of every christian to pay tithe. They are two different things man.

paxonel:
and that will amount to God delaying in his promise of him opening the window of heaven and pour out a blessing that tithe payers cannot curtail?
Ofcourse the reason why people pay tithe is because they are expecting this down pour of blessings which should be very sudden and quickly as though God is provoked by their giving.
They want the returns to come down faster than any quick money doubling investment they can ever think of

paxonel:
What is the difference between tithing and gambling?
In tithing, you pay to get something in return, so is gambling.
In tithing, you don't always get anything in return, so is gambling.
In gambling, people are chopping your money, so is tithing.

are u tithing because u want to get something in return? It is more blessed to give than to receive, most times the reasons why we dont receive blessings from God is because we carry this "give me" relationship mentality, all man wants is to give and receive sharp, sharp, I think even if you want to receive as a result of tithing, you have to go through the long process of having to wait before receiving and patience is learnt in the waiting period.

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Is God interested in education, scripture says "study to show thyself approve" what does that mean?
God is not interested in corruption. Sin can never be found in him
In bad roads, how can God be interested in roads that causes accident to his children, let's put it these way God is concerned about us, and he detest whatever it is that is detrimental to our wellbeing. Thanks

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One thing I think makes God blush or smile is when we make choices to choose Him over something else.

You know that heavenly feeling you have when you know that after God, you are the second priority to your spouse. That's how God feels to when he knows he is first place in your life.

How do you think God feels when you make him your most cherished priority, when you choose him above all things? you think God wears a long face when he sees how much you reciprocate his love.
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sainty2k3:

That HVS was done by a quack, u need to see professionals. HVS are not reported as bacteria found, they would have done a wet mount to look for Trichomonas, and a direct gram stain for nugget score.
Number 2 it seems an endocervical swab wasn't done.
You need to see a good doctor that will take proper history and examine you,and if find indicated repeat the HVS, also do an ECS. Urine culture report seems OK.

discharge comes out whitish; watery and thick but it bcomes yellowish later

i ve gone for hvs and the result says no bacteria found, i went for urine culture it says pus cells 0-1hpf, culture: no growth after 48 hrs; i still have severe stomach ache and feeling uncomfortable in my anus, and yellow discharge, wat do i do

wow,u tried

i am nt gonna place a curse on u,but i tell u today,if u abort dt child u will regret it,dt baby is a child of destiny,and i decree over dt baby dt he/she wouldnt b aborted in jesus name

mekaboy:


You think it's easy for a guy who is sexual active to resist urge to have sex with a woman he is attracted to for 3 years?

hmm,u think its quite easy for d gal ttoo, asides that self we musnt ignore wat d bible says

mekaboy:


The same bible says women should submit to their husband as the head. If he says no children yet she should obey.

i nva said she shldnt submit to her hubby,wat baffled me the most was when d guy said it was a sacrifice for him nt to have had sex wt her when dy were dating

mekaboy:


And the guys tells her she either aborts or divorce. So ladies don't know it's a sacrifice that guys make when they accept no sex before marriage, especially when the guy is active?


You will tell the guy to be patient after all you are all his when u get married. Now u want to get pregnant immediately and loose the figures u promised him to wait for.

She should have allowed the guy to be tasting after he engaged her. By now this won't be a problem.

Besides the guy carry full tank, it will take 2 yrs for him to offload. lol

wat sacrifice pls,wat happened to wat d bible says.

Dear God,i bless and adore ur name,u are d ancient of days,d lion of d tribe of judah,d king of kings,d lord of lords,d omnipotent,omniscient,el shaddai,elohim,yahweh,adonai,yeshua,d one who says yes and nobody can say no, d yoruba's call u asoromatase,arugboojo, aseda,ameda, d one who is,who was and who is to come,even demons tremble at ur presence,the 24 elder fall and worship at ur throne,who can b compared to ur majesty,the one who spoke d word and d word became flesh,you walkd upon d sea and raised d dead,d words of ur mouth made d earth,hmm,d one whose foolishness supercedes d wisdom of man. I ve come to pay obeisance

dearie.i will honestly advice u to forget abt d dude and move on wt ur life,u nid to b more careful wt d way u live ur life ok,i tell u, u wl b fine,just stay awy from friends dt might probably bring his memory back.we wl overcome all dis ok.

Zoharariel:
I have nothing but utter disdain for Pastorpreneurs who indulge in cynical exploitation of the gullible through subtle lies & religious propaganda.

Tell Enoch Adeboye & his fellow league of pastorpreneurs like Oyakhilome and Oyedepo - The abijawara of fraudland, that their sermons, miracles & prophecies have become contemptible and therefore, no longer satisfy the heart & the brain.

League of Gboromideleru a.k.a Touch not my anointed - Pls, don't fvcking quote me!

i wl quote u,that there messages doesnt satisfy ur hrt,does not mean other persons are nt blessed by their msgs.hm

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