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#SV – Hope Beyond

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Thus says the LORD:            Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings,                        who seeks his strength in flesh,                        whose heart turns away from the LORD.            He is like a barren bush in the desert                        that enjoys no change of season,            but stands in a lava waste,                        a salt and empty earth.            Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD,                        whose hope is the LORD.            He is like a tree planted beside the waters                        that stretches out its roots to the stream:            it fears not the heat when it comes;                        its leaves stay green;            in the year of drought it shows no distress,                        but still bears fruit. – Jeremiah 17:5-8 Continue reading #SV – Hope Beyond

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#SV – Imperfect but Enough

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

In the year King Uzziah died,I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne,with the train of his garment filling the temple.Seraphim were stationed above. They cried one to the other,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts!All the earth is filled with his glory!”At the sound of that cry, the frame of the door shookand the house was filled with smoke. Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed!For I am a man of unclean lips,living among a people of unclean lips;yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”Then one of the seraphim … Continue reading #SV – Imperfect but Enough

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#SV – Never Failing Love

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

1 Cor 12:31—13:13  Brothers and sisters:Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts.But I shall show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in human and angelic tongues,but do not have love,I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.And if I have the gift of prophecy,and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge;if I have all faith so as to move mountains,but do not have love, I am nothing.If I give away everything I own,and if I hand my body over so that I may boast,but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind.It … Continue reading #SV – Never Failing Love

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#SV – Zero Silence

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

“For Zion’s sake I will not be silent,   for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,until her vindication shines forth like the dawn   and her victory like a burning torch. Nations shall behold your vindication,   and all the kings your glory;you shall be called by a new name   pronounced by the mouth of the LORD.You shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the LORD,   a royal diadem held by your God.No more shall people call you “Forsaken, “   or your land “Desolate, “but you shall be called “My Delight, “   and your land “Espoused.”For the LORD delights in you   and makes your land his spouse.As a … Continue reading #SV – Zero Silence

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#SV – ‘Justiced-Peace’!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

“Thus says the LORD:Here is my servant whom I uphold,     my chosen one with whom I am pleased,upon whom I have put my spirit;     he shall bring forth justice to the nations,not crying out, not shouting,     not making his voice heard in the street.a bruised reed he shall not break,     and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,until he establishes justice on the earth;     the coastlands will wait for his teaching. I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice,     I have grasped you by the hand;I formed you, and set you     as a covenant of the people,     a light for the nations,to open the eyes … Continue reading #SV – ‘Justiced-Peace’!