A Very Present Help in Trouble

By Pastor Kunbi Sonaike-Ayodeji

WHO IS THE VERY PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE?  He is God Almighty. Our Redeemer and Deliverer. The One that is seated in heaven and the earth is His footstool. He is our very present help in trouble.  

As we are rounding up our month of deliverance on earth, we need to remind our-selves that our calling as Christians, does not totally exempt us from the struggles and challenges affecting mankind in the world. 

According to John 16:33, Jesus said “these things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world”. 

God knew that we might not be totally free of ups and down in our world, that’s why He said in Psalms 91:15 “He shall call upon me, and I will answer him, I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him, and honor him”. 

Isaiah 43:2 also confirmed inevitable trials known to mankind and said “when thou passes through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee, when thou walkest through the fire, thou shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee”. 

Waters and fires represent challenges, unpleasant situations, struggles and oppression but we have the assurance that we shall be delivered from them all. Our Father in heaven is a faithful and covenant keeping God. 

He is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Every word of Psalms 46 is the assurance of God being there to deliver His children from any form of problem. He is never too late as He knows the beginning from the end and the end from the beginning. 

This is the confidence we have as we faithfully serve Him and believe His word. Father, thank You for being our very present Help in time of troubles, in Jesus mighty Name. Amen.  

You will have good success this 2022. Remain blessed.  Shalom. 

Come to “The Settler”

From Our Pastor’s Desk

1 Chronicles 17:14 - “But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore” 

In this month of Divine Settlement, God has promised to settle you, establish and perfect all testimonies, and blessings-in-progress that He has started in all Vessels of Mercy’s lives. 

You may be going through a very difficult time or trial right now and see no way out, but you can rest assured that God is about to settle you and bless you as a result of going through the trial. 

Philippians 1:6 says – “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”. 

The truth that God has revealed here is that God began and is continuing a mighty work in our lives. That work is absolutely guaranteed to turn out successfully, because it is God’s work, not man’s. 

If, truly, you have been born again by the Spirit of God, then you do not need to be afraid of the circumstances or situations around you, do not fret, because the God who called you will be faithful to complete the work he began in you. Halleluyah. 

Take heart that Jesus is completing the purpose of you trial and He will come on the scene to promote you. Peter said in 1st Peter 1:7 that “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ” 

In other words, the trial of your faith will end with praise and honor at the appearing of Jesus coming on the scene with His promotion in hand for you. The trial is not to punish you but the trial is just an instrument to get you to a new level of responsibility, so He can use you in a greater fashion.  

1 Peter 5:10 - “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you”.  

Father, thank you for You will perfect, stablish, strengthen and settle us, as we come to You, in Jesus mighty Name. Amen.  

You will have good success this 2022. 

Remain blessed.  

Shalom.

Going About Doing Good - Evangelism Week 2022

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Acts 10:38 - “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him” Brethren, we are not here by accident! 

God, in His infinite wisdom and grace, has chosen us to be at this particular place and at this particular time in history before the foundation of the world so that we could help carry out His plan. His plan? 

That is clearly stated in Mark 16:15 – “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” 

Verse 20 then concluded the chapter with “And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen”

God specifically anointed Jesus Christ during His earthly walk to go about doing good, setting the captives free. We have the same specific instructions "preach the Good News to everybody everywhere." 

God is counting on us. Don't make the mistake of waiting around until everything gets perfectly straightened out in your life, all ducks lined up perfectly in a row, or when all the stars are aligned, before you begin to reach out to people in need. 

Too often we say, God, as soon as you get me out of all my problems, then I'm going to witness to my family and friends. That is fantasy. Let’s stop making excuses. 

There is no problem, issue or challenge-free life. satan loves for God's people to procrastinate.  Friends, many are dying in their sins, in spiritual destruction. The time to speak & witness of God’s love and work of salvation is NOW! 

We receive the zeal, grace and boldness to “go about doing good and witnessing the Good News”, in Jesus mighty Name. Amen.  

You will have good success this 2022. 

Remain blessed.  

Shalom.

Even the Lawful Captive

From Our Pastor's Desk

Isaiah 49:24-26 – “Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? But thus saith the LORD, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD  am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 

Who is a Lawful Captive? A person becomes a lawful captive when the choices or decisions they made have taken them into situations and consequences that have made them bound. 

For instance, Romans 6:23 states that “For the wages of sin is death…” So, if & when a person sins, they become a lawful captive of spiritual death, because according to the law in Romans 6:23, the sentence is justified and deserved, that man is a LAWFUL captive. 

And sometimes, the lawful captives are oblivious of the dangers they are in and cannot even be seeking their freedom. So, whenever we talk about deliverance we need to know that there is warfare in-volved. It means there is somebody who has been captured (captive). 

There is somebody who captured them (captor) and there is somebody who is coming to deliver the one who has been captured (deliverer). So there’s bound to be warfare, because the captor would never allow the captive to go free, especially the lawful captive.  

Thank you Jesus, God is able, willing and ready to deliver us.  Psalms 34:17-19  The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. Deliverer, please be our refuge and strength at all times and deliver us whenever we are in danger, in Jesus mighty Name. Amen.  

You will have good success this 2022. 

Remain blessed.  

Shalom.