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#SV – ‘Open Eye’

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

Reading 1  Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the groundand blew into his nostrils the breath of life,and so man became a living being. Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east,and placed there the man whom he had formed.Out of the ground the LORD God made various trees growthat were delightful to look at and good for food,with the tree of life in the middle of the gardenand the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animalsthat … Continue reading #SV – ‘Open Eye’

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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!

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#SV – A Converted Heart

Ikenna Paschal Okpaleke

What does it mean that God speaks in our hearts? It means that our hearts are completely surrendered to God as a ‘holy ground’ where everything divine comes forth, a place where divine Will is embraced and done. Originally created in the image and likeness of God (Gen.1:26-27), it means that each of us carry within us a trace of this ‘holy ground’ before which the dirty sandals of sin – domination, abuse, dishonesty, envy, pride, oppression, slavery, murder, etc – should be removed. Just as nothing impure can enter the throne of God (Rev.21:27), we should as much as … Continue reading #SV – A Converted Heart