Machaira With Apostle Bennie

Category: Hope

  • EPISODE 895 – THE LORD IS HERE TO HELP YOU

    EPISODE 895 – THE LORD IS HERE TO HELP YOU

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    Maintain a company of friends who inspire you with the vision of God and direct your passion towards the Lord. Friends who overwhelm you with wise counsel of the Lord are treasures. Selah!
    Apostle Bennie
    Author
    Sunday, 6th July, 2025

    THE LORD IS HERE TO HELP YOU

    “For I hold you by your right hand— I, the LORD your God. And I say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you” 

    Isaiah 41:13 (NLT)

    The adversary greatly opposes anyone called by God to do great things for the Kingdom.
     
    As long as you are a child of God, the devil will not go on a picnic with you. As a child of God, you are a threat to the works of darkness.
     
    If the devil can stop you from shining, he can oppress more people. This is because every child of God is a saviour.
     
    He knows the success of your business is to the advantage of the Kingdom of God. He knows the stability of your family and the peace you enjoy is a threat to him. The more you enjoy peace, the more focused you become on doing what God has called you to do.
    The more joyful you are, the more you engage in the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
    The adversary wants you to doubt your future, walk in fear, live in confusion and be distressed.
     
    Don’t be troubled by your present condition; for it is a mere mirage. Don’t give in to it. Stand firm on the Word of the Lord.
     
    Hear the Word of the Lord to you this day:
    “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 (NLT)
    The moment you begin to feel discouraged, remember that the LORD IS WITH YOU.
    He will strengthen you and help you!
     
    In the Berean Standard Bible, it says:
     
    …I WILL SURELY HELP YOU… (Isaiah 41:10).
     
    Beloved it is a surety deal with God.
     
    See the verse 13 of Isaiah 41:
     
    “For I hold you by your right hand— I, the LORD your God. And I say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you.”
     
    No matter what the challenge is, the Lord will not only strengthen you, He holds you by His right hand, directs you and assures you that HE IS HERE TO HELP YOU.
     
    Refuse to cry!
    Refuse to be broken.
    Refuse to be discouraged.
    Don’t give up.
    THE LORD IS HERE TO HELP YOU.
    Make this your meditation.
    DIG DEEPER
    (Isaiah 41:8-20; Genesis 15:1; Deuteronomy 20:1; Genesis 31:4-5; Romans 8:31)
     
    WE PRAY
    THANKING THE LORD FOR HIS MIGHTY HELP, STRENGTH AND DIRECTION AS WE WALK IN VICTORY IN THE MIDST OF OPPOSITION.
     
    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2025
    1 YEAR PLAN
    Psalm 76-78

    2 YEARS PLAN
    Deuteronomy 31

    DECLARE THESE WORDS:
    – I refuse to give up.
     
    – I refuse to be broken.
     
    – I refuse to be discouraged.
     
    – I refuse to cry.
     
    – I maintain an undisturbed composure.
     
    – The Lord is my helper.
     
    – I choose to be joyful always.
     
    – I refuse to look at my current situation.
     
    – I stand firm on the word of God.
     
    Oh Hallelujah!!! Glory to God!

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  • EPISODE 873 – DON’T WORRY ABOUT YOUR FUTURE

    EPISODE 873 – DON’T WORRY ABOUT YOUR FUTURE

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    Don’t settle for the limitations around you. Don’t think according to your background or where you live. Don’t make decisions according to how you feel. In Christ Jesus, there are no limitations. Beloved, all limitations are mental illusions. Walk in the reality of the Word of God. Shake yourself from every yoke of the mind and of the heart. Live above all limitations. Hallelujah!
    Apostle Bennie
    Author
    DIG DEEPER
    (Lamentations 3:26; Psalm 40:5; Isaiah 55:12)
     
    WE PRAY
    Thanking God for His eternal counsel and thought concerning us.
     
    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2025
    1 YEAR PLAN
    Psalm 9-11

    2 YEARS PLAN
    Deuteronomy 9

    DECLARE THESE WORDS:
    – My future is secured by the counsel of the Lord.
     
    – I trust the process of God’s eternal counsel for my life.
     
    – God is the designer of my life.
     
    – I have set my gaze on the word of God so I don’t spend time worrying.
     
    – My life is as a shinning light that shines brighter and brighter unto a perfect day.
     
    – My life is for the glory of God.
     
    Hallelujah !!!

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  • EPISODE 849 – TURN TO GOD — AND BEHOLD HIS HELP

    EPISODE 849 – TURN TO GOD — AND BEHOLD HIS HELP

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    Your salvation only depends on the good works of Jesus. It is not dependent on your works. Now, because you have been made righteous by Jesus, you live right unto God’s glory. This is the gospel. Hallelujah!
    Apostle Bennie
    Author
    Wednesday, 21st May, 2025
     

    TURN TO GOD — AND BEHOLD HIS HELP

    “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God”

    Hebrews 12:2 (Berean Standard Bible)

    God’s heart towards His people is never to destroy them but to bring them to His Salvation.

    That is the focus of the entire Bible. He desires that all men shall be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Timothy 2:3-4).

    However, God doesn’t force His provision of Grace or Salvation on mankind. He only supplies His grace. But it is only by His supply of Grace that men shall be saved.

    To reject God’s Salvation is to reject your deliverance from destruction.

    What this means is that, to enjoy what the Lord supplies, one has to turn to Him by faith.

    That is exactly what Noah did.

    Noah built an ark because He had faith in God. If the people believed the testimony of Noah, they would have also been delivered from the flood.
    When you turn to God, you receive and enjoy His supply of Grace by faith.

    The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt ultimately began after their first passover experience.

    Read here to understand the revelation of the Passover.

    Their obedience to the instruction of Moses concerning the passover was an action of faith towards God’s provision. This act of faith delivered them from death. Their journey through the wilderness was also to be a continuous demonstration of faith towards God.

    And that was what God kept teaching them all through their journey in the wilderness.

    In our journey through this perverse, corrupt and evil world, God wants us to set our gaze on Him. No matter the wrongs you make, your way out is to turn to the Lord and to behold Him.

    When the Israelites were attacked by fierce serpents in the wilderness (because of their disobedience), God’s answer was for them to behold the revelation of His Salvation.

    “And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.”

    Serpent is also a symbol of deception and corruption in the scriptures.(Matthew 12:4; Revelation 12:9)

    Brass (or bronze) is a symbol of judgement. The brazen altar (of the temple, see Exodus 27:1-8; Exodus 29:38) was a typology of the cross of Jesus, where the judgement of sin was executed.

    The brazen serpent was a typology of God’s salvation for mankind through Jesus.

    As long as the people beheld the brazen serpent, they were healed. The brazen serpent was a testimony to them that the penalty of their transgression had been paid, so they must be healed and live.

    Jesus on the cross was made sin (2 Corinthians 5:21), and took upon Himself the judgement of sin. 
    He said concerning His death,

    “And just as Moses in the desert lifted up the brass replica of a snake on a pole for all the people to see and be healed, so the Son of Man is ready to be lifted up, so that those who truly believe in him will not perish but be given eternal life” John 3:13-14 (TPT)

    This is the goodnews to all mankind.

    Jesus has paid for your sins; look away from your weaknesses and failures. Turn to God and behold His Salvation.

    Hallelujah!
    DIG DEEPER
    (Isaiah 46:22; John 12:32; John 8:28; John 6:40; Isaiah 53:5; Hebrews 9:28)
     
    WE PRAY
    We pray that our hearts will not waver in doubt but shall continue in faith as we behold the Lord.
     
    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2025
    1 YEAR PLAN
    Nehemiah 5 – 7

    2 YEARS PLAN
    Numbers 22

    DECLARE THESE WORDS:
    – I refuse to allow my heart to waver in doubt.
     
    – I continue in faith as I behold the Lord.
     
    – I look away from my weakness and failures, I turn to God and behold His salvation.
     
    Thank you Lord Jesus!

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  • EPISODE 827 – YOUR SEASON OF EXALTATION IS HERE

    EPISODE 827 – YOUR SEASON OF EXALTATION IS HERE

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    Your due season is already here! That is why you are reading today’s Machaira with Apostle Bennie. REMAIN EXPECTANT FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. I will be so excited to read your testimony in the comments. Shalom Aleichem!
    Apostle Bennie
    Author

    Tuesday, 29th April, 2025

    YOUR SEASON OF EXALTATION IS HERE

    “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”

    1 Peter 5:6 – 7 (NKJV)

    The adversary wants you to lose your confidence in God. He wants you to feel distressed or discouraged about how things have not gone in the direction you expected. And to think God is not caring and the promises of the scriptures are not true.

     His goal is to force or push you to a level where you become angry with God.

    He wants you to deny the reality of God’s kindness in your heart. He keeps reminding you of your failures and the negative experiences you’ve had, though you have been serving the Lord.

    He keeps sowing thoughts of doubts or posing doubtful questions in your mind.

    For example:

    “After you gave that amount to the Kingdom gospel, has your life become better?”

    “You had hoped to see your dad or mum healed of that infirmity, what has happened?” “And you think the healing power of God is real?”

    “Do you even think the Gospel message of Jesus is real?”

    “Don’t you think these things are mere lies or fables?”

    “Look at your family, your siblings; do you remember your friend who also lost their parents?”, “How about your uncle who served God but has lost everything?”
     “Don’t you think the stories of the Bible are mere fiction?”

    “You don’t need God to be better, take your own life into your own hands. And forget about this God”

    Listen, when the adversary comes after your faith and exaltation, he tries to hit you hard at your weakest state. He will shamelessly and persistently inject more questions and thoughts to break you down.

    Have you had questions like these also:

    “Where was God when you failed your exams?” “Where was God when you got raped?” “Where was God when you were robbed?” “Where was God when you lost that money?” “Where was God when everyone left you?” “Where was God when you were abused, maltreated, cheated, scammed?” “Where was God when the lady or gentleman you loved left you or abandoned you?” etc

    These questions are targeted by the adversary to establish enmity between you and God.

    All of a sudden, you forget the goodness of God. You forget your testimonies, and you continue to brood over these thoughts of the devil.

    You even begin to forget that the very air you breathe is a gift from God.

    You suddenly become so arrogant and proud before the Lord.

    Get this, such thoughts are attacks of the devil, to build strongholds of pride in your heart. Such thoughts are programmed by the adversary to make you doubt God’s help and to shipwreck your faith.

    Such thoughts become stronger when you are close to your season of exaltation.

    The adversary knows that the more you humble yourself before the Lord, the more you increase in faith to receive from the Lord.

    He knows the more you submit to the power of the word of God, the stronger your expectation for your miracle and exaltation.

    “Surely there is a future [and a reward], And your hope and expectation will not be cut off” Proverbs 23:18 (Amplified Bible).

    He doesn’t want you to have any expectation or hope in the Lord. He makes you think you can’t predict or expect anything glorious.

    That is a lie!

    Beloved, you have to maintain your expectation in God. Your season of exaltation is here. Don’t allow your past to distract you.

    “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward” Hebrews 10:35

    A life lived by the word of God is predictable. When you live by the word, you can have expectations of glory.

    There is nothing like uncertainty in the Word of God. This doesn’t mean you will not face opposition. You may face the worst of challenges. But the counsel of the Lord for your life shall stand.

    Joseph, who was a promised child, was sold into slavery by his brothers, and he was taken to prison by his master Potipher (whose house prospered because of Joseph, Genesis 39:2-5). He chose to honour God, and he was imprisoned

    What?

    Where was God?

    Listen, the Lord was with Joseph all through. Though those seasons were challenging times for Joseph, everything was playing out perfectly for him. The slave who became a prisoner rose to become the Prime Minister.

    Beloved, don’t give up, refuse the doubts and remain humble before the Lord, for the season of your exaltation is here!

    Hallelujah!

    DIG DEEPER
    (Proverbs 24:14; Psalm 37:37; Jeremiah 29:11; James 4:10; Job 36:22)
     
    WE PRAY
    That our confidence expectation in God shall not be cast away, no matter the opposition.

    In the name of Jesus.

    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2025
    1 YEAR PLAN
    1 Chronicles 13-15

    2 YEARS PLAN
    Numbers 1

    DECLARE THESE WORDS:

    – This is my season of exaltation and I don’t permit any distraction from the adversary.
     
    – I refuse to doubt God, I hold on strongly to what God has said.
     
    – No challenge is big enough to move me away from God.
     
    – I don’t permit any voice to distract me from the sure word of God.
     
    – I imbue focus to maintain absolute confidence in God.
     
    – Through prayer and the study of the word I build more absolute confidence in God.
     
    – I don’t give my mind to the negative situations around me, I make the word of God my focus.
     
    Oh Hallelujah, Gloreeeey!!!

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  • EPISODE 700 – TRUST THE LORD

    EPISODE 700 – TRUST THE LORD

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    Hurray! This is a great feat and I am so excited about what the Lord is doing in you. Dearly beloved reader, I want to specially thank you for being a part of this great course. I will want to know how this rich platform has impacted and blessed you in the comments. I love you so deeply!
    Apostle Bennie
    Author
    Monday, 23rd December, 2024
     

    TRUST THE LORD

    “But the Lord said to Moses, “Don’t limit my power! You will see that I can do what I say I can do.” 

    Numbers 11:23 (ERV)

    The limitation of your mind is determined by your understanding or exposure. Your imagination cannot be expanded beyond what you see.

    You can conceive the unimaginable in your mind according to the insights you have had.

    For example, the car toys of yesterday are now on today’s streets and some are in the showrooms to be sold.

    The first car which was designed, contributed to the imagination of the designer of today’s Rolls-Royce. The examples of yesterday are for our learning today.

    This is what the Bible does for your faith. The stories you read in the scriptures are not mere historical accounts. They are to expose your heart to things you have not imagined and to dispense faith into you.

    It is to your own disadvantage when you don’t read and study the Bible. The things written in the scriptures are for your learning.

    “For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.” Romans 15:4 (Amplified Bible)

    You cannot access the riches of God’s wisdom when you don’t give yourself to personal Bible study.

    The absence of personal Bible study will make you live by fantasies.

    The faith of some people doesn’t yield results because they are not built on the understanding of God through His word. They build their faith on fantasies and assumptions.

    The reading and studying of the word of God brings you into proper understanding. When you study the word of God, you will not only find examples of faith but will have a proper contextual and background understanding of how that example of faith was exuded.

    The study of the word gives you a personal grasp of the thoughts of God. This is why through the Machaira With Apostle Bennie, you are given DIG DEEPER scriptures and also a ONE-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN.

    No matter how you can imagine a technology, you must as well understand the physics to make it work.

    The study of the word of God doesn’t only expose you to what God can do but how to position yourself to rightly experience the effectual workings of God through His word.

    When you don’t know God through His word, you may easily doubt Him and His word. God does nothing outside His word.

    When you take God’s word and act on it, you partner with God in faith to see the manifestation of His word in your life.

    The manifestation of God’s word in your life is according to your faith in Him. Your faith in God is your partnership and agreement with the Word.

    All those who limited God’s power did not partner with God in faith. They did not exercise confidence in God. Your partnership with God is a partnership unto unlimited living.

    You must stand strong in agreement with God that His word is true and will not fail, no matter the challenge.

    Daniel the Prophet, found himself in a situation where he should be broken, discouraged and afraid. But he chose to remain confident in God. He chose to stand in partnership with God’s word; that the Lord is his protection and defence.

    He was accused of breaking a law and was thrown into a lions’ den. The king’s confidence was that the God of Daniel would bring deliverance to Daniel (see Daniel 6:16-22).

    However, the last sentence in verse 23 (of Daniel chapter 6) caught my attention:

    “Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him because he had trusted in his God“

    Did you see that?

    Daniel the Prophet was not delivered because the king sent soldiers to defend him. No kind of harm was found on him because HE HAD TRUSTED IN HIS GOD.
    That trust in God was Prophet Daniel’s secret.

    The moment you stop trusting the Lord, you limit the supply of His power. And there is no expiration for your trust in God. You must trust the Lord at all times, in all things and irrespective of the situation.

    No matter how little or how big the matter is, trust the Lord.

    The Lord will always deliver, protect, defend, preserve, provide, and prosper you.

    Hallelujah!

    DIG DEEPER
    (Genesis 18:14; Psalm 78:41; Numbers 23:19; Daniel 6:16-23)
     
    WE PRAY
    We pray that today and this week we shall see and receive glorious testimonies of impact according to the limitless ability of God
     
    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2024
    1 Thessalonians 2 – 4 
     
    DECLARE THESE WORDS:
    — I don’t define God’s capacity by my limitations

    — I don’t reduce God’s grace to my human calculation.

    —  I have confidence in God’s limitless supply.

    — I believe without any iota of doubt, that God will always do what He says He will do.

    —  I don’t limit God’s power in my thoughts and imagination. I have strong faith in seeing the mighty workings of God in all things.
     
    Thank you Lord Jesus!

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  • EPISODE 642 – START EARLY

    EPISODE 642 – START EARLY

    CHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY

    The Love-Life Agency

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    If you want to experience God early then you must seek Him early.
    Apostle Bennie
    Author
    Saturday, 26th October, 2024
     

    START EARLY

    “Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!” 

    Psalm 90:14 (NKJV)

    You can be satisfied in your labour at the dawn or morning of your life.

    You don’t have to struggle through life till old age before you experience success. You can have the God-kind of success early.

    Take note, God-centered success or God kind of success, is not necessarily about the possession of material things. It is not the car you drive, the house you’ve bought, or the amount of money in your bank account. The God-kind of success is achieving God’s plan for you within a particular season.

    To have early success is to step into the fullness of your calling or purpose. It is making a tangible impact in the lives of people through the mandate the Lord has given you.

    Most people who don’t experience early success in the Kingdom, are often people who were busy with the pursuit of their own desires until they finally find the need to turn to God and follow His direction.

    If you want to experience God early then you must seek Him early.

    “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
    To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
    Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips“     Psalm 63:1-5 (KJV)

    Your early season to seek God is now. It takes a lot of steadfastness to grow into the assignment of God for your life. There are no “shortcuts”, you can’t jump the process. There is no sudden success.

    Jesus didn’t just wake up to use the last three (3) years of His life to accomplish these great results. He spent the first 30 years of His life preparing and building up to His purpose.

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    There are about 11 years between Paul’s conversion (in Acts 9:1-9) and when he and Barnabas were separated by the Holy Spirit to their unique assignment the Lord has set for them.

    Paul the apostle didn’t just step into the scene to accomplish the things which he did.

    David didn’t just receive boldness overnight to defeat Goliath. According to the testimony of David to Saul, just as Goliath has been trained for war since childhood, he (David) was also prepared by God through several experiences as a shepherd boy. David learnt early in his life to deliver any of his lamb from a lion or bear as a shepherd. Therefore He had that same confidence that the Lord would help him deliver Israel out of the hands of Goliath and the army of the Philistines. (1 Samuel 17:34-36).

    Before this moment, David had learnt to defend what had been entrusted to him. He was always ready for the victory against Goliath.

    You cannot have early success when you don’t know how to make the most of every opportunity the Lord bring your way.

    Don’t waste time!

    Set your affection on the Lord.
    Set your focus on the Lord and His assignment for your life. 

    Stay committed to it now. Continue to serve the Lord’s purpose for your life. Be determined and diligent to accomplish the targets or goals given to you by the Lord.

    And you will begin to see the satisfaction of success.

    Shalom!

    DIG DEEPER
    (Psalm 90:12-17; Romans 13:11; Psalm 37:18-19; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Job 36:11)
     
    WE PRAY
    We pray that we shall make the Lord our focus and pursue His purpose now, so that we shall experience early success.
     
    BIBLE READING IN THE YEAR 2024
    Acts 19 – 21
     
    DECLARE THESE WORDS:
    – I incline my heart to the wisdom of God.
     
    – Through the wisdom of God, I make the most of every opportunity to have early success.
     
    – I make daily progress and success.
     
    – I make each day count.
     
    Thank you Lord Jesus!

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