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The Secret

December 31, 2017 Laurabonvic Bible, Christian Faith, Home, Inspirational, Relationship, Scripture

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. Psalm 25:14

Just as everyone has secrets, God also has secrets. There are some secret keys to His glorious heart. Some translations say the friendship of the Lord is with those who fear Him. Secrets are given to friends not acquaintances or enemies. A secret given to the wrong person can destroy. Remember Samson. Judas knew the secrets about Jesus’s movements and led His enemies to Him.

In relationships, it is the ability of a spouse to master the key and ways into the beloveds heart that will determine their ability to please the beloved. If you focus on selfishness and your desires, you ruin it all. If you focus on your partners needs and desires, you will please them and if they focus on your needs and desires, they will please you in return.

Let’s face it – we all have needs and desires that we cannot fulfil and satisfy by ourselves. The need for companionship comes along with being human and if you are in a relationship and is being isolated and you feel isolated, then something is wrong. In a good relationship, we should feel loved, safe and cherished.

In our relationship with God, God wants to feel loved and appreciated. He created us for love, fellowship and companionship with Himself and others. If we prove ourselves to be selfish and incapable of giving and receiving love then we have defeated the purpose of our creation – we become useless to God and our fellow men. Life is about purpose.

Man has the capacity to turn Himself into a nuisance to God and His fellow men. May we never turn ourselves into nuisances to God and men.

We must seek the keys to God’s heart. We need to prove ourselves as people capable of love and companionship. Other men should feel safe around us.

If you are a man and other men feel scared of leaving their wives, daughters and sisters in your presence, something is wrong. If those men feel that you will exploit them sexually then you have turned yourself into a nuisance.

If you are a woman who keeps gossiping and is not capable of being faithful to any man, you have turned yourself into a nuisance.

The list is endless – if you are reckless and can cause all sorts of damage to others just to please and satisfy yourself, then you have turned yourself into a nuisance. You have defeated the purpose of your creation. We were created to love God and other humans. We should make effort to make others happy. Put a smile on someone else’s face not exploit, cheat and steal from them.

If we fear, love and cherish the Lord, He will give us the direct keys to His heart. He will teach us His secrets and covenants in such a way that pleasing Him becomes a delight. When we get to the place where our food is to do His will and finish His work, then we can truly say that we are victorious

My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. John 4:34

When Jesus said ’food’, He meant His passion, desire, pleasure, will, joy, love, dream is to do the will of God. It gave Him great joy and happiness to please His father. He was a perfect lover of God. With God only love will do, nothing else matters but love.

Love is all that matters in life, we must become great lovers of God and men instead of nuisances.

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Give Me My Food

December 31, 2017 Laurabonvic Bible, Christian Faith, Home, Inspirational, Prayer, Scripture, Worship

Let my mouth be filled with Your praise

And with Your glory all the day. (Psalm 71:8 NKJV)

This is such a wonderful Scripture from the mouth of God. Many years ago, God impressed this Scripture in my mind and I fell in love with it. I thought within me, “how wonderful it would be if my mouth could exalt and glorify God all day.” Of course I could not praise God twenty four hours a day. However, I developed an attitude of praise, worship and thanksgiving.

I made up my mind to consciously chase after Christ by worshipping God always. Christ is the face of God so by chasing after Christ, I was constantly seeking the face of God.

Whenever I fall short in worship, praise and thanksgiving, the Holy Spirit would say to me, ‘ give me my food.’ His food is His desire and pleasure. He loves worship and praise. He also loves purity and Holiness.

Sometimes my eyes would be closed and He would just write it out for me, ‘thanksgiving.’ At other times, He would also write, ‘praise.’

He would say to me, ‘tell me how much you love me and why you love me.’ We must remember that heaven is a place of praise and worship. God simply loves praise and worship because when we exalt Him, our focus goes to Him instead of our problems, circumstances and difficulties.

Most especially, we need to focus on the fact that Jesus died for us and His blood set us free. We need to rejoice in and celebrate God’s great deliverance on the cross and His power. That is what the devil hates.

The devil knows that God loves and desires constant worship so he provides distractions to discourage us. The Bible tells us to thank God in all circumstances and to rejoice in the Lord always. God really loves worship.

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

I pray that our mouths will be filled with His praise and glory all day. May we constantly praise and glorify Him.

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Flame Of Fire

December 28, 2017 Laurabonvic Bible, Christian Faith, Grace, Holy Spirit, Home, Inspirational, Power, Scripture

Who makes His angels spirits,

His ministers a flame of fire. (Psalm 104:4 NKJV)

Fire heals,

Fire manifests the love and mercy of God.

Fire is the only thing that scares demons and evil men,

Fire is the manifest presence of God.

When the ministers of God are turned into fire,

They carry fire, are crowned with fire and are surrounded

By fire. This fire, when constant makes them invincible to enemies

And they become super victorious untouchables.

Jesus and Paul were super victorious untouchables.

Even when Paul was being touched, He knew why he was being touched.

However, he was not a fearful devil’s toy or play thing.

The devil could not kick him around like football.

When he had the thorn in the flesh, he knew why.

It is fire that makes men effective in ministry

In line with God’s perfect will

As they become who God created them to be.

May God through the blood of Jesus

Turn us into flames of fire

Amen.

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Ruler Of All Things

December 23, 2017 Laurabonvic Bible, Christian Faith, Home, Inspirational, Jesus, Power, Scripture

Who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him. (1 Peter 3:22 ESV)

I am the living one! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead.

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. (Philippians 3:21 NKJV)

If authorities and powers

Are subject to Christ,

And He has the power

To subdue all things

To Himself,

Why are we afraid of demons?

Jesus has power

Over death and the world of the dead.

He is supreme over

All things

And all power

In heaven and on earth

Has been given to Him.

He is Lord of the living

And the dead.

All we need is complete subjection

To Christ and demons

Will fear us and know us

The way they knew Jesus

And Paul.

If we persist in seeking His glory

Until great grace comes upon us,

We will truly realize

The power of Christ

By experience.

We will know the power

Of Christ and loose all

Fear of demons.

All power belongs to Jesus

So we must not fear

Because all power is subject to Him.

He is Lord Indeed.

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Justice

December 22, 2017 Laurabonvic Bible, Christian Faith, Home, Inspirational, Justice, Righteousness, Scripture

And God is angry with the wicked every day (Psalm 7:11 NKJV)

Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgement on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience. (Romans 13:1-6)

God is right and just to be angry at the wicked. He loves everyone and cannot be indifferent when people hurt and abuse others. He feels everybody’s pain out of love because our breaths come from him. When anybody is hurt, he is hurt. When people are hurt he is grieved out of his love for the victim. God hates evil, period.

A just God cannot be happy with the wicked because being happy with them means that he supports their evil ways. A lot of people who love to criticise God will wander why He should be angry or destroy. They ask such questions because they love to get away with every action and don’t want to be judged.

The same people who ask these questions are those who go to court here on earth to get justice and hail policemen when criminals are killed. You see how contradictory they are. They love earthly justice but hate spiritual justice.

Who is fooling who? God cannot be mocked or fooled. It is better for us to be as harmless and innocent as doves than to keep judging Christ and criticising God – it does not pay.

For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. 1 Peter 3:17

Who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, how happy you are! Do not be afraid of anyone, and do not worry. But have reverence for Christ in your hearts, and honour him as Lord. 1 Peter 3:13

Peter says that even those who suffer for doing good should trust God. When we don’t trust, we criticise like we know better than God yet we can’t even create a life or cure terminal illnesses. The doubters love to think they are so wise and know better than the creator – funny logic. God will be God and human criticisms won’t stop Him from loving justice. The just pray for justice while the wicked hate justice.

God is angry with the wicked everyday and is patiently waiting for them to repent, if they don’t, their destination and end is guaranteed in hell. That is the word of God.

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Broken Wings

December 21, 2017 Laurabonvic Bible, Christian Faith, Grace, Home, Inspirational, Intimacy, Poems, Relationship, Scripture

You were a very beautiful bird

Free to fly and constantly flying.

Beautiful and graceful,

Gentle and tender.

You delighted in golden mountains

And blue rivers.

You drank from silver brooks

And Heaven’s springs

One day,

While you were asleep,

A snake sneaked into your room

And mercilessly broke your wings.

You woke up

Unaware of your calamity,

You flapped your silver wings

To fly,

And you couldn’t.

You looked at your side

And realized that your wings were

Broken.

You were overcome with grief

And wept bitterly.

You were inconsolable in your loss.

After a while,

You picked up courage

And struggled to fly again

But you couldn’t.

Confused and ashamed,

You ran into a grave

And hid yourself

To mourn your loss.

The pit became your home.

One hut afternoon

In summer,

You came out of your grave

To try again.

You looked left and right

To make sure you were alone.

You stood upon the earth,

and walked to an apple tree with shaky legs.

Under the apple tree,

You struggled to fly again.

As I watched you struggle and try to fly,

I was overcome by

My love and compassion

And I came down from my throne.

I carried you on my own wings, to the top

Of your favorite mountain.

And we talked for for months.

There I fed you with love and mercy

And I taught you

Great and powerful mysteries of love.

Most especially, I thought you how to

cling to my good news,

rejoice in my salvation and celebrate my redemption.

And you fell deeply in love

With me – Your teacher and redeemer.

When I saw that your love

Was very pure and acceptable,

I came upon you

And mended your broken wings and

Fixed it to perfection.

I crowned you with extraordinary grace.

Then I sat on my throne

And watched you fly.

You soared and soared,

Into the heavens and above the heavens.

You sang with the saints

And mingled with angels.

The inhabitants of Heaven

rejoiced with palm leaves and danced

For joy.

You were covered with diamond and gold

You became the most beautiful bird

My Cinderella.

I introduced you

To the highest echelons of society.

You wined and dined with princes

And lived your life in the rainbow

Of my afterglow – sparkling and shining.

I showed you off to all creation,

And I boasted with you

And delighted in you.

You are blessed Indeed,

O beloved princess of heaven!

How wonderful you are, O Lord

You have promised great things to

Your princes and princesses.

May we constantly

Trust you to mend our broken wings.

May we remain in constant fellowship with you until

We behold and experience your great glory.

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A Pure Virgin

December 21, 2017 Laurabonvic Bible, Christian Faith, Home, Inspirational, Jesus, Knowledge and Wisdom, Scripture, The Word

I am jealous for you, just as God is; you are like a pure virgin whom I have promised in marriage to one man only, Christ himself. 3 I am afraid that your minds will be corrupted and that you will abandon your full and pure devotion to Christ—in the same way that Eve was deceived by the snake’s clever lies. 4 For you gladly tolerate anyone who comes to you and preaches a different Jesus, not the one we preached; and you accept a spirit and a gospel completely different from the Spirit and the gospel you received from us! (2 Corinthians 11:2-4)

A different Jesus is any message, gospel and way of salvation which contradicts the goods news as preached by Jesus and the apostles.

Pure devotion to Christ

We notice that Paul talks about pure devotion to Christ and proceeds to lament over false doctrines and gospels. The objective of every false gospel or way of salvation is to lure us away from pure devotion to Christ. Pure devotion to Christ means pure devotion to His word.

We are promised in marriage to the word of God alone and our purity proceeds from Him alone. We are to cherish this purity and virginity so much that we desire the word of God alone in humility and love.

By the time we have spent quality time loving and practising the word of God with praise, prayer, worship and thanksgiving, the presence of the word of God with fill us up and surround us. He will beautify us and crown us with love, peace and joy.

May we always love and cherish our purity and virginity in Christ. May our devotion be to the word of God alone as we reject lies and false doctrines.

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Heartbeat

December 20, 2017 Laurabonvic Art, Bible, Christian Faith, Grace, Holy Spirit, Home, Inspirational, Intimacy, Poems, Relationship, Scripture, Songs and lyrics, The Word, Visions

You lifted me up

Like a little child

And gently pressed my ear

Against your solid chest

To hear your glorious heart beat.

I heard sweet tunes

And glorious melodies.

Then I heard the rumbling of a voice

Like many waters proceeding

From the gentle thud of your heartbeat,

Saying,

I love man so much

But man does not know the depth

And richness of my love.

In love I died for man

And in love I am patiently waiting

For man with my arms wide open.

Sons of men, come to me,

celebrate my love for you,

Because you will

Never find another love

Like me – Jesus Christ.

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House On The Rock

December 20, 2017 Laurabonvic Bible, Christian Faith, Grace, Home, Inspirational, Knowledge and Wisdom, Righteousness, Scripture, The Word

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: “and the rain descended “and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” (Matthew 7:24- 7:27 NKJV)

In this Scripture, Jesus is stressing the importance of building our lives on the word of God. So it is all about hearing the word of God and doing it. It is very possible to hear the word of God everyday and refuse to do it.

It is very possible to be in Church everyday like the pews and chairs in church and refuse to change. Inanimate objects remain constant just as stone hearts remain constant. Only the power of God can break and change stone hearts – that is, if we are willing and cry out for grace.

Nobody can force anyone to practice the word of God and God does not force us. We have to decide that we love God enough to desire, treasure and practice His word.

The Bible describes us as being slaves of righteousness. This means that even though we have a free will to obey or disobey, we must obey. It is just like having a free will to eat poison, yet most rational beings will not take poison so as to preserve their lives and keep living.

Righteousness is not a choice but a mandate and a commandment – we have a choice but we really have no choice but to obey because disobedience is judgement and death.

not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. Ephesians 6:6

You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. Romans 6:18

No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24

Sin is spiritual poison – we are free to eat spiritual poison but spiritual wisdom will warn you not to try it because sin when it is full blown leads to death. It kills and is a killer.

The root cause of judgement or death is sin. God who is the author of life does not cause death and Satan does not cause death because he has to take permission from God before he can test us, tempt us or afflict us. He took permission from God to test Peter. Death comes from the sinful nature of man – period.

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 1 John 1:5

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat. Luke 22:31

If God is testing us it means that there is an unfinished work in us. The purpose of testing is to purify our faith so if we determine to be purified and not give up on our journey to spiritual maturity, we will get to a state that is acceptable to God. We will never be perfect like God is but if we are mature and acceptable in our ways before God, God will regard us as perfect.

Remember God called Job blameless – it means that Job was acceptable to God in his ways. God boasted with Job and the Bible also boasted about Elijah being a man with passions like ours yet he stopped rain for three and half years. These men were exceptional.

When we disregard the word of God, a fall or many falls await us because our lives are built on chaff instead of the rock. In that state, a wind or wave can knock us down and leave us spiritually breathless. We become wells without water and trees without leaves. We become dry and empty.

Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4

The word of God is bread and water to our soul. May God give us the wisdom to desire and practice the word of God so that our souls will grow and be saved. May the word of God dwell richly in us.

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Into Your Radiance

December 19, 2017 Laurabonvic Bible, Christian Faith, Holy Spirit, Home, Inspirational, Intimacy, Jesus, light, Poems, Scripture

Jesus,

Into your radiance I will run into,

Finally becoming

Who you created me to be.

The shadows bow to you

Lord of life and glory

They tremble and fumble

They quake and quiver

They stumble and mumble

Echoes of fear,

Fleeing your light,

And disappearing into the night.

The shadows are so afraid

That they hide in the thick bush

Remaining there day and night

Afraid to face the daylight

And your radiance

In the lives of men

Knowing that the Lord of glory

Is about to torture them

And silence them.

Into your radiance

I draw near

Hungry and thirsty

Hopeful and expectant.

I run to you

The source of salvation

For the fresh living water

That will quench my thirst

And merge with with your radiance.

Into your fullness I will drown

Drunk with your presence and new wine

Swimming in wonder

Enraptured and overpowered

Drenched with your glory

Delighting in love and mercy

Rejoicing in your salvation.

Into your radiance I will rest,

Ceaselessly expressing my love for you

In triumphant adoration.

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The Secret

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