Marriage part two

Matthew  5:32  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is DIVORCE committeth adultery.
In part one of our article marriage we discussed about the basic, the foundation of marriage and we concluded that marriage should be built on the foundation of true love. We will be treating a very sensitive topic which on my own I will never teach, but for the high rate  of divorce in Christian families, I have to address it.
Divorce is the legal dissolution of a marriage. The western world have affected the body of Christ with this deadly virus called divorce. Divorce have made marriage to become a try and see game. So if it doesn't work we try the other guy. In the beginning it was not so. When adam lost everything he had because of his wife eve. It was after then the bible says in Genesis 4:1 And Adam KNEW Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. So instead of getting a divorce he took it as an opportunity to learn from his mistake and learn about her. He and eve were having communication problems. So whats the lesson there? always see every problem or difficulty in your marriage as an opportunity for you to learn about yourself and spouse. What makes you mature is your ability to solve your problems. A mature man respond to a crisis with decorum. Many men and women enter Marriage immature. As a baby who was born premature is put  in an incubator, so you guys are to take a break from work. lock your doors and solve your problems. The best time to spend time with each other is when there is a crisis in your marriage. Many homes are broken today because of two strangers living together who claim to be in love and have little knowledge about each other. So when exam (problem/crisis) comes they fail woefully because of the little knowledge they have about each other.  Looking at the western world the major reason of divorce is irrevocable differences.   According to my own statistics an average American lady before 50 years have had three husband if not more, Unfortunately Christians too are the same.
What is God view about Divorce.
Malachi 2:16 For the Lord, the God of Israel, says he hates divorce and cruel men. Therefore, control your passions—let there be no divorcing of your wives. This is God himself talking. He hates divorce. May be you don't know what hate is, to hate is to dislike intensely or greatly. The only legal  condition for divorce is when one of the spouse cheat. That's the only reason God can pardon you for divorcing your partner, but still God hates divorce. So before you say I do take your time to study and pray about your partner. God hates broken homes not only because it affects the children but because you broke your marriage vows. So if you are planning to do such beware of the danger attached to it. Divorce is a sin of adultery and no sinner can enter into the kingdom of heaven. Even If you are the best and most respected preacher or Apostle. If you have already done such its time to go back and make it right.
No matter what you are going through right now in your marriage, I want to let you know that it is not worth divorcing. You can work it out as  husband and wife. I pray for those who are reading this who's marriage are already broken. I pray that God heals your marriage in the name of JESUS. Send us your testimonies @ iyoriobhemelvin@gmail.com or mitchiez247@gmail.com
God bless you as you become a doer of his word not just a reader.
you are blessed.

Marriage

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. This is one of the most misunderstood aspects of life worldwide. Marriage is an institution and who ever enrolled in such institution has entered for life. marriage is an institution, its a school which we will never graduate from untill death.its a school, so the couple must continue to learn of each other till death.marriage is not a try and see game but rather is a life long business. I want to discuss on the basic,the foundation of marriage. Marriage is built on the foundation of love not vision or prophecy. You don't marry because your prophet told you that is your wife or husband. Marriage is built on true and sincere love. many find it difficult to differentiate between Lust and Love. And for that reason they enter into marriage for the wrong reason . A wrong marriage is the beginning of Hell on earth. Let me correct this saying love at first sight. There is no such thing. You can't love a stranger and entrust your life in his or her hand in one day. Love is like a seed in a farmland. The seed doesn't just grow into a mature plant in one day. Love is patient. I will should you scriptural love and I want you to truly search your heart and see if you have that God kind of love in you. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. If you don't have this character in your life and marriage then you need to do a serious work. Lack of true love is the major reason why many marriages are not working today. So for those who want to get married and those already in it. my big question to you is. What is your relationship built on? The earlier you know the better. A healthy marriage is one built on true love.

Prosperity

3John1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. Christians have made prosperity today look like a sin. Not knowing God desire us to not only be holy and healthy but also prosperous. Prosperity is not limited to your finances only, it's is an all round success in a believer's life. God desire that your light shine before men so that when they see his glory in your life they will praise his holy name. In your career, academic, nation, family and business,God want you to shine. It Is so unfortunate how Christians today see success, many see poverty as humility. You will never affect your sphere of influence when your mind set of kingdom prosperity is not right. What will take you years to do for the Lord, a man of influence will do it within a day. Daniel was able to represent God in a strange land because of his level of influence and success. Prosperity make holiness and spreading of the gospel easy. One of the major reason some believer are in lack and limitations is because they don't understand what God word says about their finances. We pray some funny prayers that God have already answer and settled. Many pray without knowing God will for that area of their life because they have little or no knowledge about the word of God. Prosperity is for you as a Christian. I will love to show you the easiest way to walking in great level of wealth and influence. 2 Chronicles 20:20 ; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. Friends the simplest way to lunch into prosperity is to believe in the servants of God. Hebrews 7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. These men can invoke the blessing of God upon your life. That's why you respect and honour them with a bountiful seed . You can honour them with your money, time, service, gift, prayers etc. That was the truth Abraham knew that made him to honour Melchizedek because he knew that man was carrying something greater than he had which is the annoiting, the zeal of God. Seeds have a way of opening close doors. God is rising Christians in high level of influence and wealth that will make preaching the gospel easy and interesting. As you obey this principle of honouring your pastor, I pray God makes you relevant In your generation in Jesus name. Amen. you are blessed.

Kingdom principle on wealth

Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. We discussed about giving in the secret of wealth and we understood that the key to open doors in your finance is a hearty giving to God, his work, your neighbours(your neighbour is not limited to those living around you. As for all we are all living on the same planet so we are all in the same neighborhood) in need, your parents(so that you can receive parental blessing) and your pastor. I will like to discuss a little on an ancient secret that sustained most of our fathers. I pray that your heart will be open to understand what the holy spirit is saying now about your family and finance. Tithing is an important key in the kingdom that open unimaginable doors.Tithing is giving ten percent of all your income to the church(specifically to your pastor). Giving open doors on earth but Tithing open Heaven. We will consider our father of faith. Genesis14:18 "And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all". One of the secret of Abraham wealth from this scripture show that he was a committed tither, no wonder he had such great influence and wealth in his days. The heaven was open unto him. The easiest way to open Heaven to your business, family, academic etc is to become a faithful tither. Please cultivate the habit of tithing even if you are a student. It will help you in every area of your life. There are no limitation to what your tithe can do so be diligent in paying your tithe. Tithing frees you from all the curse of God upon all non tithers. The curse is the opposite of all the blessing stated in malachi3:10-13. As you begin to put this principle to work I see God pouring out a blessing upon you and your family. It take sacrifices to be important and outstanding in your generation. Without sacrifice there is no glory. I see you at the top. You are blessed.

Daily bread: Secret of wealth

Luke6:38 "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again". Poverty has become the order of the day in our society. it Is so unfortunate how Christian today are living under such captivity. when God has set principles to lead us in to abundance of wealth. In the early days one of the evidence that a man is a servant of God is that he command some level of wealth and influence in his sphere, but what do we see today as an evidence in must believers life a high level of poverty. There are some secret those men of old knew that launch and sustained them in such level of wealth and influence. I call such secret kingdom principle. The major kingdom principle Believers have lost touch with is the principle of GIVING. GIVING is a law in the spirit that will work for any body regardless your religion. It is like the law sowing and reaping in the natural world. What ever you sow is what you will reap no matter your cultural background. Christ understood this that why he admonishes us to give, for it is more blessed to give then to received. The problem with Christian today is they are always at the receiving end,which is equal to poverty. Some years ago I got my first suit and a lovely one for that matter.The holyspirit instructed me to give it out. I gave it out without even putting it on, it sounds foolish but I did it and within a year, I was given seven new suit that i did not ask for. Now giving the only one I had was not easy but I just obeyed and God cause men to remember me. One thing I have learned in giving is that when you give a person or a ministry, always focus on the God of the individual or ministry to reward you. Know that when you give, you give to the God behind the person. Do you know the reason you put offering and sow so much and it doesn't work for you? Is because you feel you are doing your pastor a favour. If you can follow the principle of giving by giving the little you have, I see no reason why you will be in want.

Christ Mandate: Youthful Lust

2Timothy2:22: Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.This word LUST have been misinterpretedby many today, especially youths to meanLOVE. LUST is a feeling of strong desire, especially of a sexual nature while LOVE isa strong affection you have for some one and there are many types of love, but that is not our focus today. We will look mainlyat the danger of youthful lust using a young man called Samson as an example.Judges 14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. The first time the bible introduced samson, it was about women if you study the book of judges you will discover in the three chapters that samson story was discussed, their beginning was always about how samson saw a woman. Samson youthful lust was so bad that he started to see other women from his people enemy's camp. He saw a woman from his nation enemy camp, he knew very well he is not to get marry from there,now the reason he gave his parents in interest to marry her was that she pleasesme well not because he loves her. As if that was not enough, in Judges 16:1 Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. Oh what a sharp guy,some of you may say, but he was a big disappointment to God, All because of lust. The flesh will always call for pleasure. That is not even all, in the same chapter he still encountered another woman again..Judges 16:4 And itcame to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. at that point we can also call Samson a harlot all because he allow lust to take the best part of his life and ministry.LUST will always take you out of Gods will and make you unfulfilled in life.If you allow LUST to take root in your life, it will take the grace of God to come out ofit. Many people today get so addicted to immorality that their sexual partner can no longer satisfy them, they result to many sexual abnormalities ,thats why many turn to masturbation when there is no one to share their lustful passion with. And also why many married men and women can not just be satisfied with theirpartner. It all started from their youth.The rate at which sexual transmitted infection among the youth is increasing isalarming . Homosexuality and all set of youthful lust is on board now. On the television, media every where you see these things. Youthful lust is not just limited to sex but in other areas of life also.But friends no matter how far you have gone in sin today God can still give you a chance and if you are on the line of joining, my friendly advanced to you is flee. And for those of you into relationship please define the relationship you are in and if after months or years of been there it have no positive impart on you then is time to say good bye and welcome Jesus into your life.Do you need help please send me an email @ iyoriobhemelvin@Gmail.comAm here for you God bless you

Gifted to Shine

Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. A gift is God given ability in a man enabling him to express God glory on earth.Gifts were given to man to also fend for himself and family. Some people are expecting God to bless them and they fail to know that God will use what you have to take you to where ought to be. Those Gifts in you that seem useless and doesn't matter are what God is going to use to announce you. 2 Kings 4:2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.The pot of oil was little but that was all God needed to turn that woman story around. A man gift no matter how small it is maketh room for him. Friends a little gift plus God signature make you a world changer. But what will make that little gift to turn your world around and cause you to be wanted every where is when it is STIR UP.2 Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. Friends unless this gift is stir up in the place of prayer you might be the best but you will not shine. What brings the signature of God upon your gift is the stirring up. Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Friend one of the best way to Stir it up is by praying in the spirit(tongue). David,Joseph Daniel and those great men got to the best position in life through their gift. Do not despise your gift, but rather find a way to develop it and unique. It takes more than what you have now to affect your generation. I pray God open your eyes to discover your gift. Amen

The Power Giver

Isaiah 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. We live in a generation where everybody want to be at the leading position but not every body is operating in such level Why? It take power to be at a leading position. Without authority men will look down on you because when you are at the top people automatically expect some setting things from you and without power you will be in the position but lose the respect and self worth because you can't deliver effective When you carry power even men older then you will respect you. I Am a living testimony of what power does in one life. I have stood before great men in different part of the country but because of the power I carry they had Submit . That is why today I don't fight for any thing before I get it. The major problem of men today which I have discover is that we have lose connection with the power giver and limited our self to pastors laying hand on us. Friends great and anointed men that walk on the surface of the earth all spent quality time with the giver of power(GOD). "You can never do a lasting work without knowing the everlasting God". My major question to you today is how connected are you to God for him to in trust such power you are looking for to rule your world. I Am not just talking about ministerial power but the power that will make you important in your career and work. Until God breath upon you every thing in your life will remain dead. And the breathe of God is his spirit. So you need his spirit to operate in power. Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. The major secret of my POWER is Tarrying(Waiting upon the lord) . If you are not ready to wait On God then You are not Qualify For Power. Untill you are willing to pay the Price,you will not get the prize. Power is for everybody but only those who are ready to walk with God will manifest the power and walk in it. A hungry man will do any thing to get food so if you are really ready to enter in to an unusual Realm of power then run after God and never Let Him go. He that has an Ear let him hear.

God Is Able

Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. This is the tenth month of the year and many are already giving up, But I DADDY saying this morning I am able. The economy might not be favorable to you, there might be high rate of unemployment, your salary might not be enough to take care of your need, you might have been sent out of school, your mum might be in the hospital and there is no money to pay the bills. In all the afflictions of life, I still hear DADDY saying "I am able". In our text you can see DADDY saying he will make a way in the wilderness and rivers to flow in the desert but if you are looking at those things it seems impossible but what DADDY is telling you today is that you don't have to worry for I will make 'the impossible' possible. Stop worrying and putting yourself in tension for nothing. Take your problem to the Lord and leave it there. Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Friends beyond what you can think God is able to do.But he is asking you one thing if you must reach your goal for this year and pass it and that is for you to have faith in him. By worrying you will never change that situation but by absolute faith in God you will become a testimony because God will lift you up. For when others are saying there is a casting down you will be saying there is a lifting up. When they are complaining about the country and economy you will be walking in abundance. The secret is ABSOLUTE FAITH. for those that know their God shall be strong and do exploit. You don't have to give up you only have to hand over to Jesus and let him take over from where your human efforts fail you and you will have million reasons to laugh. GOD BLESS YOU

God Of impossibility

Matthew 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. Friends there are no limits to my God. He is more then able.Ephesians 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, Friend beyond what you can think or ask God is able to do. If my God can take money from the mouth of a fish then am so sure beyond all reasonable doubt that He can change that situation in your life and family. No matter how hopeless it may seem my God is able. The question that might be on your mind, why haven't God visited me if he can do all these things? The answer to that question is because of your FAITHLESSNESS.Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. There is no limitations to those who believe. The major reason you are still in that mess is because you don't believe even though you are praying."the extend to which you believe God is the extend to which you can see his manifestation". You have been limiting God For so long. Its time to take a step and put your faith to work in your business, family,academics ,marriage and finance.And you will see how faithful God is to his word. The money was only gotten from the fish when Peter Took a Step of Faith by acting on the word Of the master. As You take your own step OF faith I see God Putting a Smile On Your Face.

Divine Direction

Romans  8:14 ....For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
It is very possible for you to be directed by God or his spirit in every matter of your life, no matter how little it might seem, Divine direction is for all Christians but it's just unfortunate that only few are enjoying such a mighty grace. The moment you got born again the spirit of God made his home inside of you. That why you can see only two throwns in heaven and some might want to ask then where is the other thrown of God the spirit? Is right inside you. That's  why God said "ye are gods" so interesting. Friends do you see a native doctor going to another for direction??? NO. But why? its crystal clear he is the oracle of his gods and by default it  guides  him right. If you understand these things you will stop running to pastors and prophet to see or pray for you. You will depend totally on the spirit and his move in your life.
Jesus is the only way to the Father, but there are many other ways so how will you know the difference between them?
Isaiah  30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. Friends the word behind you or in you speaking and directing you is not God but the spirit. I know because when ever God spoke in scripture there was a shaking on earth. So the still small voice you hear is not God but the work of the holy spirit in you to lead you through the way (Jesus). So if you neglect the ministry of the spirit in your life you will miss his plan for your life and destiny. The holy spirit is there to lead you as sons of God so you don't enter in to errors. But the big question is will you allow him? He is willing to lead you right from the first day you got saved but you have not accepted or given attention to his presences in your life. And is willing as he is to lead you he will never force you to obey him, for he is a gentle spirit. If only you are willing to hear him he will show himself to you. He is a person like you, he wants to lead you. WILL YOU ALLOW HIM TODAY? Am happy that you acknowledged his presence and dealing in my life on time, you can do the same today and never regret any of your action.
But there are two things that will keep him closer to you at all times..
1. HOLINESS
2 TOTAL OBEDIENCE
if you can have these things in your life I can assure you heaven and a successful life. God bless you.
I speak to as many that will be willing to allow the holy spirit lead them, your remaining part of this year will be much more productive in Jesus name.