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#SV – Peace Be With You!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

John 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week,when the doors were locked, where the disciples were,for fear of the Jews,Jesus came and stood in their midstand said to them, “Peace be with you.”When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,“Receive the Holy Spirit.Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them,and whose sins you retain are … Continue reading #SV – Peace Be With You!

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#SV – Are You Possessed?

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Phil.3:8-14 “Brothers and sisters:I consider everything as a lossbecause of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.For his sake I have accepted the loss of all thingsand I consider them so much rubbish,that I may gain Christ and be found in him,not having any righteousness of my own based on the lawbut that which comes through faith in Christ,the righteousness from God,depending on faith to know him and the power of his resurrectionand the sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death,if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. It is not that I … Continue reading #SV – Are You Possessed?

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#SV – The Manna Ceased!

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

The free gift of faith that we received is not just ‘free manna’ from above. It is much more. It is a grace that puts us in the line of imitating God by first reconciling ourselves with God and then becoming ambassadors of this ministry of reconciliation. It is a mission, a ministry rather than a passive status of waiting for miracles. But you know what: everything about our lives is miracle, the gift of faith is miracle. Our task is to respond to this miracle rather than reduce grace to temporalities. What we have encountered is much bigger and … Continue reading #SV – The Manna Ceased!