The Lightroom

God has surrounded us with people close enough to know our struggles. Take some time to reflect and acknowledge God and the people He has positioned to carry you!

The world is in darkness, and without the word of God, none of us can see clearly. Anytime we live outside the boundaries of God's word, we're misstepping and we would stumble. If you ever have to hide, hide in the LIGHT!

God has invited us to spend eternity with Him. It is pride to reject an earthly invitation to spend eternity with God. Accept the invitation to spend forever with Jesus Christ who died for you!

Grace is not a lifetime supply delivered once; it's actually daily bread delivered fresh!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q567j0xC2T4

You didn't find His love, His love found you!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15CGKy3R4Es

Friends, God is our salvation and He has saved us from a life without him. God has given himself to us for constant use and enjoyment. He's the river of life and He gives us cleansing, refreshing, and satisfying. The sweetness of the streams of God will cleanse us, will refresh us, and will satisfy us. So allow God to save you daily. Enjoy the riches of divine life through fellowship with Him. Live for him and by him through the enjoyment of him. Burn with a jealous desire that rejects the smallest distraction from him. And learn to stay a little longer. Don't be in a hurry to be heard. He knows your words and the stream of your thoughts, including the hidden waves you can't interpret with words or articulate. Be satisfied by his presence, much more than you seek explanations. I mean, ridiculously depend on God. Be one with the one who does nothing of himself. Jesus speaking and says the son does nothing of himself. Only what He sees the Father do. So the Lord deals with us in levels of light. And so He gives us a little more light so that he can transform us. Because as you steward one level of light in receiving it and living by it, God transforms you into more by giving you a little more light. So never judge your life by your past. Judge your life by the light that He shines on you. Friends, in John chapter 13, you'll find an interesting scenario. Jesus was washing the feet of his disciples. And at some point, Peter refused and almost didn't allow Jesus to wash his feet. And Jesus says, look. If I don't wash your feet, if I don't do this for you, you will not have a part in me. You will not have a place in me. And Peter says, hey master, why not wash my hands? Wash more than my feet, wash my head, wash my hands. Interesting. Jesus did this to show his character. He says, you call me teacher, you call me Lord. It means that you're aware that I'm here to inform you of what you don't know. I show you my nature by kneeling to wash your feet. And this is more than a trade. It's the manifestation of His heart in a way that is so stunning and extravagant that it will remain in their minds for the rest of their life. They will never forget His service out of love or much more than that, it shows His work. Peter says, no, don't wash my feet. And Jesus says, if you don't let me do this for you, there is no way that you can be with me. I'm the only one who can get this off you. If you don't let me cleanse you, you will never be with me because friends, it is impossible to live your life without letting Jesus wash you. So we come to Jesus daily to be washed and to be kept by him. Is it not interesting that Jesus chose to wash their feet in the middle of a feast with him? Because Jesus cleanses us through communion with him. A man who runs from communion runs from cleansing. But much more than this, Jesus communicated his desire for us, what he expects from us. He says that as I've done this to you, So do this to others. I just wash your feet. I just washed your feet. Do that to others. I just became a slave to serve you. Do that for others. Because this is the principle of ministry. You can only do for others what Christ has done for you. You can only do unto others what you have experienced of Christ. You cannot minister to others what Christ has not first ministered to you. You cannot reflect a light greater than the light that you have seen. Jesus did all of this to show them His character, His work, and His desire. Friends, He transforms us by showing us a little more light. Have a blessed day, friends.

If you passed by a cabin in Kentucky on February 12th, 1809, and you heard a baby crying, Little would you know that that would be the sound of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Or if you passed by a farmhouse in North Carolina on November 7th, 1918 and heard the whimper of a child. Little would you know that that would be the cry of the greatest evangelist of the 20th century, Billy Graham. If you simply looked at where they were born and how they entered into the world, they would have been written off as insignificant. But as they grew, the world surely knew that they were made for greatness. Over 2, 000 years ago, in Bethlehem, in a barn, if you had passed by and heard a baby crying, you wouldn't have thought much of it. But friends, over the years, you realize that man belittles the divine. Who would have thought that a lamb would rescue the souls of men? To think that a holy God would make legal entry into the world, respecting his own precedence and coming born of a virgin. Eternity touched time, the celestial touched the terrestrial, the word became incarnate in flesh. Friends, this once in a lifetime event would resound throughout history. It was all perfect from heaven's perspective. But from our flawed perspective, it was chaotic. Chaotic because Mary and Joseph had no precedence. God had done something with them that had no reference, no point of reference. Chaotic because it was unorthodox. It didn't make sense to anyone. Much more, they had received a word, a promise, and now they had no place for it. A business without a company, a vision without a platform to express it, a writer without a publisher, no human plan. Joseph and Mary simply made a quick trip to pay homage, to pay taxes, and then this baby arrives. They simply took a trip to Bethlehem. And for me, this triggers memories. I mean, in Genesis, Rachel dies while giving birth on the road to Bethlehem. What do you do when what you're carrying breaks forth before you're ready? What do you do when what you're expecting to happen in 2025 happens in 2024? What do you do when you lose control of the manifestation of the promise and it happens at a time when you're not expecting it? No street lights, no electricity, and every door they knocked on didn't open to accommodate them. God brings the light of the world in the thickness of the night. The one who is eternal chose to be part of our story. No crown on his head identified with the same dust that man was made from. One of the lessons of Christmas is that God meets us where we are. The prophecy couldn't wait for man's arrangement. He was born in a barn. Shepherds were in the field at that time of the day and not in the sheepfold. That's interesting. Why are the shepherds still in the field, abiding in the field, not in the pasture of sheepfold? Mary is in labor, but the angels go to the shepherds in the field and give them a message. Leave your sheep and go to the barn in Bethlehem. We have moved from the true meaning of Christmas to X-mas and happy holidays. We have kept the symbolisms and taken our attention off the sun. This Christmas is about the sun of righteousness and let him shine on you. Merry Christmas. God meets us where we are. Merry Christmas.

Luke chapter 22 verse 3, Then Satan entered the heart of Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve apostles. Now remember that Judas had made an arrangement to betray Jesus Christ for money. And it's almost as if Satan followed the trail of stolen coins into Judas's heart because he knew that the money was in his heart and that's the means by which he got into his heart. He knew that money had a hold of his heart and that's the means by which he got into Judas's heart. Whatever you allow into your heart apart from Christ, Satan will follow the trail of your lust to win your heart. I mean, Satan will use anything that your heart pines after, anything that your heart lusts after to steal your devotion to Christ, to tamper with the simplicity and sincerity of your devotion to Christ. And I know that we often think that Satan is only capable of using bad things to destroy us. But no! The bad guy will use good things if he has to, to accomplish bad things. And so if wealth is what it takes to corrupt your devotion to Christ, then Satan is willing to use it. And if fame is what it takes, then he will give it. Friends, as you read further in Luke chapter 22, you'll find that while Jesus was still speaking, Judas interrupted him and it dawned on me that sometimes before you betray Christ, you will lose respect for his word. So here's what I want you to remember. Be careful in the moment of your life when you sense that God's word is without authority in your heart. It's a sign that your devotion to Christ is already being stolen. Have blessed the friend.

2 Kings 5 verses 5 to 8, Naman had just gotten an information that his problem could be solved somewhere else and he was humble enough to listen to his servant girl but he was also willing enough to take a decisive action and the truth is that there are some people who know what to do but they are overthinking things and going through analysis paralysis and I've realized that when you're overthinking you're pretending that you're trying to decide what to do but you're not you're actually trying to control outcomes. And the king was worried when he got the letter because he thought this was a plot to kill him. He recognized his limitations that although he was king of a powerful nation, one that was in a covenant with God he realized that his power was limited and there are problems that his office, his role, his staff did not have the power and the authority to solve And this is why spiritual intelligence is important friends. The ability to discern what is natural and what is spiritual and the wisdom to keep natural things natural and spiritual things spiritual but much more in the text we see that Elisha knew his role, he understood his assignment and he sent word to the king have the man come to me and he shall know that there's a prophet in Israel And some people think that this is arrogance and cockiness but it's not knowing who you are and what you have is not arrogance, arrogance is forgetting who gave it to you, forgetting where it all came from and Elisha wasn't arrogant, he was confident. I mean same way Peter would say that silver and gold we have none but such as we have we give to you in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk Friend, it is dangerous to be emotional about divine revelation and you must never respond emotionally to divine revelation. When Peter said thou art Christ son of the living God, Jesus didn't see it as a compliment He saw it as a revelation because Jesus knew who he was but he didn't expect that Peter would know by human reasoning that the only way Peter could know who He was is by a revelation from the Father and so Elisha knew his role, he knew who he was, he knew what he was positioned to do and he wasn't arrogant about it. Don't be ashamed or afraid to declare what you know God has said about you that's confidence and not arrogance. Have a blessed day friends.

2 Kings 5:1: People would see your armour and have no clue what you're dealing with under the armour and everyone has a degree of leprosy which represents the exposure of our human limitations. That thing that nothing else fixes in your life except the power of God. There are things in your life that cannot be altered except by divine intervention. What is yours and how do you plan on fixing this? Do you have people in your life who can point you to the solution that you've been looking for? You need people in your life who would not run away from your leprosy and you need people in your life who are not just fascinated with you at your best but who can handle you at your worst. Maybe someone needs to stop today and ask God for the right alliance and the right people who would help build with you and bring you into the best of God for your life. Have a blessed day!

Keep walking, keep growing, keep letting God form you!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHNsgXixsfA

Take a leap - jump!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1uaQNo69WY

Silence is not weakness; it's wisdom dressed up nicely!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPIGJzRMPLo

...you've done your best. Stop beating yourself!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt18igkcCAw

God Bless Nigeria!

God will not leave in pieces what He puts His name upon!st: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-QdAWMlxc&list=PLvWRcpi4aTg6uUFhoarsULRP4R4mPhEc5

Are you sure that your version of the person you're in love with is an updated version?st: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQrJioX9b_g

Keep the rhythmHonor GodHonor who you're becoming andLove people within the boundaries of wisdom - you're not responsible for everyone's choices!st: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq40YBYM_z8

Big reactions to small things usually reveal that there's a big wound that needs a small but steady healing!st: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPs5h3nqUPA

Manifestation is not magic: it is obedience meeting divine instruction!st: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DDeSUxcTIY