JUST GO

Hello my dear readers and followers, I hope you had a great week. How well were you able to serve God throughout the week? Well, guess what you have from today to start serving God if you so wish to. The blog for this week is also related to serving God.

Matthew 28:19 says that “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (NIV)

Go because ‘Go’ is the first word of the Great Commission. The great commision is a command so we have to honour God by obeying his words. I know I’ve shared on ‘Making Disciples’ before but I still feel the need to share on this topic again because most of us lack boldness when it comes to going to tell people about God. 

Going out of your way to tell someone about Jesus is a very bold step as sometimes you don’t know what to expect. However, you never know who you might be saving from hell. Using myself as an example. I have been in church all my life but I was still living in sin. When I moved to London for higher education, I had plans to have fun and church wasn’t part of the picture till I met two beautiful ladies called Tracey and Cloudia. They invited me First love Church, London . And here I am blogging about the Word of God and loving God like never before. Glory be to God I'm still in church and it is a great thing to be saved.

The truth is, if they didn’t go out of their way to invite me I don’t know where I would have been by now. But my life has been changed through one church invite.The question is, ‘why keep quiet if we you can talk?’ OR ‘why sit at one place when you can go and win souls for God?’ Trust me when I say we all need to GO because there are a lot of people out there who don’t know who Jesus is. They will only know about Jesus if we're kind enough to share with them that Jesus is the Son of God and the Saviour of the world.

I'm sure a lot of people who stay in church stay because they were invited by somebody. It doesn’t take a lot to go on outreach. Let me emphasise on this point again. Going on outreach won’t change your name, your identity, your body parts or even your phone number. I understand that some of us are very shy when it comes to speaking with total strangers about God. That is why we have to pray for Boldness and the guidance of the Holy Spirit anytime we go on outreach.

The Bible says in Matthew 7:19 that “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”(NIV) 

As Christians we are the trees so we have to get nutrients from the soil, use the light from the sun and have enough water in order to bear fruits.

Praying continually, reading and obeying God's word can be the nutrients to help the tree to grow but in order to bear more fruits we have to take on boldness which will be our sunlight as well as sharing the love of God with others which will be the water.I don't know about you but, I really don’t want to be a fruitless tree. In other words, I don’t want to be a useless Christian. So from hence, I’m going to pray for boldness and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to help me bear more fruits or win souls for God. 

If Jesus, the Saviour himself preached to others to win souls for his father, How much more us? I'm sorry but we have no more excuses so  JUST GO. 

One thing I’m going to leave you with today is that make it your burden to enhance God's kingdom. The question is, If we don’t go who do we expect to Go? Pray for boldness and know that you'll not labour in vain. God will truly reward you.

Have a great week ahead and don’t forget to GO!

~Louisahazel

SERVING GOD

Hi guys hope you're all loving and obeying God,
The title for this weekend's blog was inspired by the theme for my Church (Lighthouse Chapel International) for  the year 2015 which is 'SERVING GOD'. The question is, ‘How do you serve God whole heartedly?’ Serving God whole heartedly means serving God with all that we have and genuinely from our heart.

It is a great thing to serve the Lord because through that, we help enhance the ministry of God’s Word and we also get blessings from God for being his servants. In what ways can you serve God? It will surprise you the number of things you can do for God. Some of these things include joining a ministry in church and also helping to even invite people to church and caring for others in church. We can also serve God by being faithful in our finances and by honouring the leaders God has chosen to teach us.


In order to serve God wholeheartedly we have to devote our efforts to the Lord. By devoting our efforts, we aim to work for God without looking at what others do. In other words we can devote our efforts to work to enhance God’s kingdom rather than to please our friends.
The bible says in Hebrews 12:28-29 that, “Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” (NIV) 

Well just a quick question, Do you devote all your efforts to God or do you serve God acceptably in reverence and awe?
From verse 28 we see that we have to serve God in a way that is very pleasing to him and in a respectful way. One thing to remember as a servants of God is, we do what we do because of our love for God Not because we want to please our pastor or some people in church. So if you find yourself aiming to please anybody rather than God then I guess you have to re-assess your priorities as a servant of God.

The bible says in John 4:24 that “God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship him in Spirit and in truth.”(NIV)

In the verse above we realise that God wants us to serve and worship him in spirit and in truth. Are you serving the Lord in truth or in pretence? Serving the Lord in truth means to overlook the desires of your natural body and to deny yourself of what you feel is right for your body. In so doing you give God the chance to lead you on the right path and way. Serving God in the spirit also means to practice love, kindness, endurance, goodness, meekness, faithfulness, joy, peace and self-control in your work.  To serve God in spirit means to serve him with much effort and zeal, it means to serve him with a willing and thankful heart.

We need to learn how to serve God in Honesty, Holiness, Sincerity and in Humility. To be able to be a good and faithful servant we have to be as humble as a child. There’s no two ways about it. If you’re a proud servant your service and worship won’t be acceptable. In fact God will resist you.
James 4:6 says that “But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble..” (NKJV)

So aim to be a humble servant and God will lift you up and give you more Favour and Grace.
Thank you for your time and take time to think about your service to God whether it is acceptable or not. Aim to be a humble servant and serve God out of love and Sincerity.

Have a great week ahead and remember to share this with  your friends.

~Louisahazel

BEING DOERS OF GOD’S WORD

Hello lovely people,
It’s the weekend again and it is time for God’s Word. How has your week been? The fact that you’re alive is a miracle. Have you ever wondered how sometimes we go off guard and follow bad friends or listen to bad advice but when it comes to doing what the Word of God says we tend to ignore it and think we know best. It is amazing how we take God’s Word for granted but He still chooses to love us unconditional. Wow we serve an AWESOME GOD.The Word for  week is titled “Being doers of God’s Word”.

James 1:22-23 states that, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror (NIV). 

What is your understanding of this scripture?
The scripture above means that we should not be people who just walk in the surface of the earth with no Spiritual life but we should aim to be like Jesus and focus on building our spiritual life more. It also means that we have to take some actions that can change our lives if we hear the Word of God day in and day out.

What does it mean to be a doer? Being a doer simply means to act upon something you’ve heard or experienced. In other words the scripture is saying that we have to take the Word of God seriously and put it in action. As Christians, the Word of God has to be planted in our hearts for it to bear fruit. We have to keep our minds tuned to God’s Word.

Psalms 119:105 states that, “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path” (NIV). 

Basically, not putting God’s Word in action is like walking in darkness with no lights. So you have to make good use of the lamp to guide your ways and path in your everyday life. It is a great thing to walk with the Word of God. So make that decision and you’ll never regret it.  One way you can be a doer of God’s Word is by making a sober decision anytime you hear God’s word and making sure you walk in it.

I’ll encourage you today to make it a part and parcel of you to keep your mind tuned in to God’s word. Aim to be a doer of God’s word rather than just a hearer.
Hope you were blessed by this. Remember to share and leave comments. Have a great week ahead.

LOVING AND OBEYING GOD

Hello Readers and followers,

How are you doing and how are you settling into the New Year? Well I hope 2015 has been good to you so far. Have you met any of your goals for this year yet or have you got any space in your New Year resolutions diary? Then I’ll say today’s blog is for you. The topic for today is ‘ Loving and Obeying God.’

Do you love God? If you answered yes then you have to obey His commandments. This is because being Obedient to God’s commands is the true sign of your love for God, and the only way you can know if you are obeying God is by knowing his Word. Deuteronomy 11:1 says that “Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always” (NIV)

Another question to ask is that, ‘what commandments is Deuteronomy chapter 11 talking about?’ These commandments are the 10 commandment God gave to Moses and the people of Israel.

The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2-17 NKJV)

1 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.

2 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.

3 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

4 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

5 “Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

6 “You shall not murder.

7 “You shall not commit adultery

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8 “You shall not steal.

9 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.

10. “You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbour’s.”

I guess the 10 commandments listed above are self-explanatory and easy to understand.

The Bible sates in Exodus 19:5 that “Now therefore, if you will obey My voice in truth and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own peculiar possession and treasure from among and above all peoples; for all the earth is Mine.” (Amplified Bible)

In today’s world we attempt to look good in serving God but there is the temptation to perform certain religious duties rather than to truly obey God. Even good activities, such as giving money to charity, attending church services, or praying in public, are not as important to God as obeying His commands.

I pray we all start the New Year by obeying God’s commandment. The Bible says in 1 Samuel 15:22 that “Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice” (NKJV)
Have a great week ahead and remember to

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See you next week :) 

TILL THEN KEEP CALM AND OBEY GOD

FELLOWSHIPING WITH BELIEVERS

Happy New Year to my dedicated readers and followers. May you experience the greater love of God this year. May the good Lord order your steps in 2015 and may you walk with him throughout this year. Wow God has been great to us! Not everyone made it to 2015, the fact that you’re alive is enough reason to thank God. Well, hope you all had a blessed Christmas. My Christmas was great and exciting and I enjoyed celebrating the birth of the Saviour and I spent a lot of time praising God for his Son Jesus Christ.

The Word for this weekend is titled “Fellowshipping with Believers” Please read it and be transformed.

Psalms 1-3 says that, “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither whatever they do prospers.” (NIV)

From the Bible verses above we can see that a person who takes delight in the Word of God and meditates on it day in and day out will be blessed. A person like this will grow in wisdom and knowledge and will be a fruit bearer. So imagine hanging out with such a person, you will see that the more you spend time with people the more likely you are to follow their steps.

In that same way if you hang out with a sinner or someone who takes delight in sinning, the chances of you sinning is very higher. I’m not saying everyone’s perfect or everyone is free from sin, no not at all. The Bible says in Romans 3:10 that “There is no one righteous, not even one.”(NIV) The point I’m trying to get across is that no one is 100% righteous.

However, in this day of age there are some people who take delight in sinning. They eat sin for breakfast, lunch and supper. So hanging out with such person might even make you a pro. You might not only eat sin for breakfast, lunch and supper you might slide in a few snacks in between meals. 1 Corinthians 15:33 says it all. It says “Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character” (NIV) Well there you have it.

What am I driving at? Why don’t you start making friends with other believers like yourself? Fellowshipping with fellow believers will help you to grow more in your walk with God.

Proverbs 13:20 says “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” (KJV)

So aim to walk with wise people and you’ll possess wisdom and knowledge. Make it a point at the beginning of this New Year to walk and fellowship with people who fear the Lord and I’m pretty sure you’ll never regret making this decision. I am a living testimony of this so try it and see how it goes.

Thank you for spending time to read this. God bless you and hope you enjoy the first weekend of the New Year. Have a great week ahead. Feel free to share this blog with friends and family. This could be the best New Year gift you can ever give to anyone.