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  • EPISODE 965 – HE IS YOUR STRENGTH

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    Your enjoyment of the glorious inheritance in Christ, is dependent on Christ and your position in Him and not on your self-efforts. Beloved, you belong to the Kingdom of His Son, therefore you are qualified to enjoy the inheritance of the Kingdom. Selah.
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    Monday, 15th September, 2025
     

    HE IS YOUR STRENGTH

    “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.” 

    Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)

     
    To have the strength of God, you must turn to Him and receive Him as life.
    To have the Holy Spirit in you is to have the supply-center of strength in you.
    The Holy Spirit dispenses and distributes all of the virtues of God into you.
     
    “O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.” Isaiah 40:9-10 (KJV)
     
    The Prophet Isaiah explains the extensiveness and limitlessness of the strength of God (Isaiah 40:12-28).
     
    Now, you see in verses 29 – 31, the Prophet Isaiah explains how God supplies strength to those who are His.
     
    Because God’s strength doesn’t faint, those who faint are strengthened by Him. 
     
    “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
    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.” Isaiah 40:29-31 (KJV)
     
    The phrase, “even the youth shall faint”, is a depiction of how the strongest shall faint even in their prime. The youthful season is the prime season of every natural thing. 
     
    It is normal to faint in old age. It may even seem normal to grow weak after you have been pressed by challenges. It may seem normal to grow tired and become exhausted.
    Yet the testimony of those who WAIT upon the Lord is different. Those who WAIT upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
    Now the Lord gives power to the faint and causes strength and ability to abound towards those who lack might.
     
    It doesn’t matter how the vicissitudes have beaten you up and crushed you; the moment you turn and open up to the LORD, strength is dispensed and distributed to you.
     
    You cannot find divine strength outside God. To have divine strength, you must have God.
    As a believer in Christ, you have the advantage; God lives in you, therefore His strength is inside you.
    You can accomplish more with the strength of God when it is RENEWED. To RENEW the strength of God, you must learn to WAIT UPON THE LORD.
    To wait upon the Lord is not just an imagery of a “Waiter” in a restaurant. The word WAIT is from the Hebrew word, “qâvâh . The primitive root for “qâvâh” means “TO BIND TOGETHER”.
     
    To wait upon the Lord means to look patiently to the Lord, to expect and to be tied to the Lord. It means you are knitted and plaited with and to the LORD.
     
    Jesus said, “I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches. As you live in union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from me you are powerless.” John 15:5 (TPT)
     
    Inasmuch as it is good to be a tree, it is far greater and better to be a branch. The strength and fruitfulness of a branch are dependent on the tree. You must be knitted to the Lord as a fruitful branch is to a great tree.
     
    Don’t be separated and be distracted or moved away from the Lord.
    The more you remain in the Lord, the more you are renewed in strength.
    Oh glory to God, you have the strength of God!
    DIG DEEPER
    (Philippians 4:13; 1 John 4:4; Isaiah 11:2; Isaiah 40:29-31; Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 27:1)
     
    WE PRAY
    We pray that we shall not be distracted nor become prideful but will always remain rooted and established in the Lord.
     
    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2025
    1 YEAR PLAN
    Jeremiah 19-21

    2 YEARS PLAN
    1 Samuel 18

    DECLARE THESE WORDS:
    – The Lord is my strength.

    – I have the strength to do whatever God has called me to do.
     
    – The Holy Spirit is the supply-center of strength in me.
     
    – I have the strength of God at work in me.
     
    Oh, thank you Lord Jesus!

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  • EPISODE 545 – GOD GIVES GRACE 7 – Multiply Grace 1

    EPISODE 545 – GOD GIVES GRACE 7 – Multiply Grace 1

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    Sunday, 21st July, 2024

    GOD GIVES GRACE 7 —

    Multiply Grace 1

    “May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.” 

    2 Peter 1:2 (NLT)

     
    The Grace of God brings rest and acceleration to you. The more you enjoy and walk in an abundant supply of grace, the more rest you enjoy.
    The Lord makes His burdens light and His yoke easy through His supply of grace. Anything the Lord has put in our hearts to do can be carried out through grace.
    As I have mentioned in the previous episode, you receive more grace through:
     
     
    Another core item which causes you to enjoy more and more grace is YOUR GROWTH IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD.
    The more you grow in the knowledge of God and of our Lord Jesus, the more superabundance of grace gravitates towards you.
    As you can see in the opening verse:
     
    “May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.”
     
    Most translations used the phrase:
     
    “Grace and peace be MULTIPLIED…”
     
    Others also put it this way:
     
    “Grace and peace be yours in ABUNDANCE…”
     
    Or “Grace and peace be lavished on you…”
     
    All translations connect such lavish, multiplication or abundance of grace to the Knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
    To have more and more grace simply means grace is lavishly multiplied in abundance to you.
    And this is in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
     
    You cannot have less flow of grace when you have the true intimate knowledge of God and of Jesus.
     
    The knowledge of God in you is the transfusion of the light of God in your heart and the transformation of your mind. The knowledge of Jesus brings a mind shift and establishes you in the consciousness and the realm of endless possibilities.
    The knowledge of Jesus exposes you to the endless resources of God at your disposal.
    Take note:
     
    Grace is the impartation of God’s blessings which provokes favor and magnetizes resources.
     
    The measure of grace you carry determines the resources which gravitate to you and the resources which you can utilize.
     
    When you got born again you were ushered into the realm of possibilities. However, your ignorance of this realm means you cannot take advantage of the possibilities of this glorious realm.
    Grace is not only what God has given you, it is also the inward influence, ability and capacity to use what God has given to you.
    How can you use what you don’t know?
     
    This is where the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord becomes essential.
     
    The moment you come into this perfect knowledge you can recognize and understand how to enjoy all that God has given you in Christ.
    Don’t underestimate the need to increase in knowledge.
     
    These will cause you to experience the immeasurable supply of God’s grace.
     
    Shalom!
    DIG DEEPER
    (2 Peter 1:2-3; Philippians 3:8; 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Peter 3:18)
     
    WE PRAY
    We pray that the eyes of our understanding will be enlightened so that we shall have the accurate, precise and perfect knowledge of God in Christ Jesus.
     
    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2024
    Isaiah 51 – 53
     
    DECLARE THESE WORDS:
    — I have access to the accurate and perfect knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
     
    — I grow in the knowledge of GOD in Christ.
     
    — I shall not be ignorant
     
    — Attract abundance of grace through the knowledge of Christ
     
    — I daily enjoy the increase or multiplication of grace in all I do.
     
    Thank you Lord Jesus!

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  • EPISODE 543 – GOD GIVES GRACE 5 -Remain Humble

    EPISODE 543 – GOD GIVES GRACE 5 -Remain Humble

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    Friday, 19th July, 2024

    GOD GIVES GRACE 5 — Remain Humble

    “But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6 (Berean Standard Bible)

     
    We have looked at the reality that, God gives grace abundant.
     
    As part of the previous discussions we also noticed;
     
    • The Grace of God is not only God’s means of bringing us into Himself, however, Grace also is God supplying Himself as our inward ability and influence.
    • It takes more and more grace to accomplish the Lord’s assignment.
    • Grace is immeasurable and unlimited. It is basically how much you can take that matters.
    • While grace is God’s ability supplied to you, IT TAKES FAITH TO RECEIVE GRACE. Faith brings you into the enjoyment of Grace.
    Faith is mostly associated with boldness. However,  Faith is also a matter of being humble.
    It takes humility to acknowledge God. It takes humility to receive God’s word and to act on it.
     
    One of the things which causes limitation and creates resistance to progress in the believer’s pursuit of purpose is PRIDE.
     
    Pride is a limitation.
     
    A proud man is always resisted. Anytime you act with pride, what you are saying is you are good without God. To be proud towards God means you deny or reject God’s resources.
     
    The proud don’t esteem God’s word and despise the wisdom of God. Such a stand makes you become one who is in opposition to God.
    Such a position makes you attract God’s resistance.
     
    Without God, you can do nothing. Your boast must not be in yourself but in God’s grace. Thus, to refuse to be humble or to submit to God is to do without God.
     
    God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. (James 4:6)
     
    God doesn’t resist the proud because He wants to be in control. This is how God resists the proud:
     
    “For though you are lofty and exalted, you stoop to embrace the lowly. Yet you keep your distance from those filled with pride.” Psalm 138:6 (TPT).
     
    In as much as God loves everyone, He doesn’t force His grace into places where His supply is not accepted. God doesn’t automatically dispense Himself to people. The strength of God is given to those who acknowledge Him.
     
    To be humble is to realize that by your own strength, you cannot prevail. It is in this state that faith in God finds pure expression.
     
    Imagine attempting to jump from the ground floor to the 50th floor of a skyscraper without any aid.

     
    You need to submit yourself to know that you don’t have enough capacity to get to that floor without aid. To climb to the highest floor of such a building you will need an elevator or a staircase. To deny the provisions made is to remain on the down floor. You cannot be lifted by your strength. Technically, it is not the elevator which has limited you. Your limitation is your refusal to accept that you need the elevator.
     

    Technically it is not God who resists the proud. It is his pride which serves as a resistance.
     
    “A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honour.” (Proverbs 29:23)
     
    Just in case you keep realizing you are not making progress or any great thing you attempt to do, you experience resistance, check your pride.
     
    Humble yourself before the Lord and He will exalt you.
     
    Be humble also towards those the Lord has set over you.
     
    Through humility, Jesus obtained all dominion and authority over all things (Philippians 2:5-7).
     
    God doesn’t give authority to the proud. God gives authority to the humble.
    Through humility, you receive more and more grace. And the Lord elevates you to the highest peak of glory.
     
     
    Hallelujah!
    DIG DEEPER
    ( Isaiah 2:15-22; 1 Peter 5:5; Psalm 40:4; Luke 1:48; Exodus 18:11; Philippians 2:13; Habakkuk 3:19)
     
    WE PRAY
    We pray that we shall exercise the wisdom to walk in humility and to acknowledge the Lord’s supply unto us for greater works.
     
    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2024
    Isaiah 42 – 45
     
    DECLARE THESE WORDS:
     
    — I submit to the Lord and His word.
     
    — I refuse to be proud.
     
    —  I acknowledge and boast in the ability of God.
     
    — My confidence is in God’s supply and not in my own wisdom.
     
    — I don’t reject God’s grace and goodness towards me.
     
    — I esteem the strength of God supplied to me, above my own abilities.
     
    — I have absolute dependence on God and not my efforts.

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  • EPISODE 542 – GOD GIVES GRACE 4 – Take Grace by Faith

    EPISODE 542 – GOD GIVES GRACE 4 – Take Grace by Faith

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    Thursday, 18th July, 2024
     

    GOD GIVES GRACE 4 —

    Take Grace by Faith

    “And God is able to make every grace abound to you, so that in everything at every time having every sufficiency, you may have an abundance for every good deed” 

    2 Corinthians 9:8 (Legacy Standard Bible)

    Grace is the ability and influence of God within your spirit, to carry out divine assignment.
    “Through him a joy-producing grace cascaded into us, empowering us with the gift of apostleship, so that we can win people from every nation into a faithful commitment to Jesus, to bring honor to his name.” Romans 1:5 (TPT)
     
    Paul the apostle unveils the secret to their impact all around the world.
     
    It was a joy producing grace cascaded into them and empowered them with the apostolic mandate of winning the nations to Christ.
    God abundantly supplies His grace. Thus, the grace of God is immeasurable, infinite, unlimited and inexhaustible.
    “[and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].” Ephesians 2:7 (Amplified Bible)
     
    This Grace which the Lord supplies is super-abundant and overly sufficient for every good work.
     
    As I mentioned previously, it is not essentially about how much grace God has available for you. Rather, it is about
    HOW MUCH GRACE YOU CAN TAKE!
    There is more than enough grace available to be supplied to you.
     
    One may ask, how then do I enjoy super abundance of Grace?
     
    Whiles Grace is God’s ability supplied to you, faith is your ability to receive Grace. Thus, faith is the present possession of Grace.
    YOU ENJOY THE SUPPLY OF GRACE BY FAITH!
    Faith brings you into the enjoyment of Grace.
     
    “Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace…” Romans 4:16 (KJV)
    Faith is as a hand which collects or receives and takes hold on the immeasurable supply of God’s ability to carry out a great task.
    Whiles Grace is God’s righteous right hand stretched to you, faith is your hand stretched to receive from God.

    – Faith is the confident trust in the unseen God and His immeasurable kindness and power.

    – Faith has the conviction, the consciousness and the confidence that God supplies Grace abundantly for greater works.

    – Faith has the conviction, consciousness and confidence that whatever God tells you to do He supplies you with the blessed ability to get it done.

    – Faith has absolute unbending believe that God makes all provision for His vision, therefore you can make claim.

    – Faith is the strong believe that God gives grace (which includes favor and earthly blessings), therefore, you can take much more grace.

    I know beyond every doubt what this teaching is doing to you. It is generating faith in your heart, that you will go on to take hold of grace for that assignment ahead of you.
     
    As you are reading this series, your Faith must be stirred to turn to God to receive more and more grace.

    Faith doesn’t doubt God’s supply. Faith instead rests on God’s supply. Faith is God centered, Grace is God dispensed.

    Through faith you assimilate and appropriate the distribution of God’s grace.

    Faith is the action of God in your heart, to manifest God’s word through Grace.

    Beloved, you can accomplish great things by the immeasurable grace of God.
     
    Have the Faith that God has supplied you with abundance of grace (ability, favor and earthly blessings) to do what He has ordained you to do.
     
    Glory to God
     
    DIG DEEPER
    (2 Corinthians 12:9; Hebrews 4:16; Philippians 2:13; Habakkuk 3:19; Psalm 18:32-33)
     
    WE PRAY
    We pray that we shall increase in faith and boldly take possession of the supply of grace (God’s immeasurable ability, favor and earthly blessings) to do what God has instructed and inspired us to do.
     
    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2024
    Isaiah 38 – 41
     
    DECLARE THESE WORDS:
    – I have the faith of God in me. 
     
    – I take hold of grace by faith.
     
    – No matter the assignment, I have abundance of grace to get the job done.
     
    – The Lord is my present help and strength.
     
    – I have divine provision for His vision committed to me.
     
    – I do much more by the abundance of Grace.
     
    Hallelujah!

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  • King’s Gate -Wisdom For Leaders

    King’s Gate -Wisdom For Leaders