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Saturday, July 20, 2013

National Mirror: Recipe for achieving greater glory in God, by Pastor Okereke

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Recipe for achieving greater glory in God, by Pastor Okereke
Jul 20th 2013, 23:04, by Our Reporter

Founder and General Overseer of the Global Success Ministry, Pastor (Dr.) Chima Emmanuel Okereke, in this homily, leads us into the world of 'greater glory': when the glory of the Lord is upon you. He also gives recipe to achieving greater glory in God. Excerpts

Greater glory is a higher dimension of honour or praise given to an individual or a person based on his achievement. It is a stage where people glorify God in your life and you the achiever will be rejoicing for wining for yourself a glorious crown in heaven. When you are in the atmosphere of greater glory, you are like a light shining to the world such that people will see and the Name of the Lord shall be glorified. The book of Matthew 5:16 says "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven".

When the glory of the Lord is hovering over you, you will be moving from glory to glory; you will not be a failure but a success, things that are not working well in your life shall begin to correct itself, doors of opportunities that are locked against you will begin to open for you; disappointment will become blessings, you shall begin to witness unmerited favour and miracles, all your expectation shall begin to manifest one after another. In the greater glory of God there is success in all ramifications of life and as well making heaven at the end Because when men are looking at your success, they will be curious to know how you have achieved it and as well they will come to know the God who made you successful and as such, all praises is ascribed unto God. A level where the whole world will be celebrating your achievement, but all the praises will be unto God. Greater glory is a stage where everyone who love good things and wishes him/herself well in life would want to attain. Greater glory does not end only on earth but also in heaven.

At the stage of greater glory, you have lived a fulfilled life on earth and at the same time retained a glorious crown for yourself in heaven i.e. heaven is yours at the end. As a Christian or child of God, this should be the bases for your Christian living, fulfilled life on earth and making heaven at the end. I am very delighted to speak on this topic for this week; so as to give you the insight and divine enlightenment to live a fulfilled life and then make heaven at the end. The Lord bless you as you read this sermon and grab the meaning and implication to your everyday life in Jesus' name. Now when we talk about greater glory in heaven and on earth, there are certain things that determine it. They are;

• Righteousness

• Wisdom

• Diligent

• Hard work

RIGHTEOUSNESS: Righteousness is living right; which simply means being obedient to the commandments of the Almighty. Righteousness deals with the spiritual aspect of life and when your spiritual life is elevated, every other thing follows. Now for you to live a righteous life is to do away with sin. Some people gave their lives to Christ and after some time, they see themselves doing what they are not supposed to do; it is because they have not eaten the food that destroys sin; probably because they do not know what the food that destroys sin is all about. The book of Romans 3:23 states, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God". It is written in the book of 1John 1:10 that "If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us". Yes if you confess your sin and forsake your evil ways, God is merciful and just to forgive you, according to the book of 1 John 1: 9; because God is merciful does not mean you should continue to sin but you should endeavour to live a righteous life the much you can; so that God will be pleased with you and His glory will be upon you. Living a righteous life is not by your power but by the Grace and Spirit of God; so there is something we need to take as food constantly to help you in your day to day life on earth. As the body needs food that contain minerals and vitamins to boast it's immunity against diseases; so also you need the spiritual food to boast your spiritual life and connect you to the Almighty God constantly.

It is only when sin is destroyed that the greater glory of God can emerge. After the prophecy of the birth of Jesus, it was stated clearly the food He (Jesus) will eat and the reason He (Jesus) should eat that food according to the book of Isaiah 7:14-15 "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good".

All through the life of Jesus on earth, there was never a time it was recorded that there was any sin found in Him. Despite all the sufferings He went through for our sakes, the Bible said in the book of Isaiah 53:7 "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth". The Food subdued the power of the flesh and when the power of the flesh is subdued, the Spirit of God continued to stir up in Him for accomplishment of the purpose for which He came to the earth. John the Baptist also ate a specific meal which also subdued the power of his flesh and sustained him to fulfill the purpose on earth. In the book of Matthew 3:4 "And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey". While they were on earth, nothing could stop them from achieving their purpose in life.

Now what does Butter and honey signifies; Honey means the word and the love of God. If you examine the life of Jesus from the first temptation where Satan tempted Him; it was the word Jesus used and overcame Satan; because He (Jesus) knew who He is and what is already written. Jesus knew the word, He lived by the word, He worked by the word, He walked by the word, that was why He went about preaching the Gospel, healing all manner of sicknesses and diseases and delivering the oppressed. Jesus lived a fulfilled life because He died on the cross for our salvation, which is the purpose He came to the earth. You too should study and meditate in the word of God; so that it will become a part of you. The book of Joshua 1:8 "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success". The word of God sanctifies, the word of God empowers. Even when you are oppressed by some demonic affliction, you will keep moving, even when you are tempted to sin, the word can sanctify you and subdue the power of sin in the flesh. Get yourself acquainted with the word of God and apply it to your everyday life and you will see your spiritual life being elevated to the glory of God. Butter means thanksgiving and praises. Always appreciate God for what He can do in your life. Jesus always thank God for the miracles before and after it is done. When you thank and praise God even in a situation where men presume to be impossible, it shall become possible. For example in the book of John 11:41-44; when Jesus got to the place where Lazarus was buried, He first thank God because God will do what He will ask of Him, and when he had finished thanking God, God manifested His power as Jesus called Lazarus to come forth and behold the man who was dead and buried after four days, came back to life. I pray that as you give praises and thanks giving unto God, the Mighty Power of God shall do great things in your life in Jesus' Name.

Wisdom: the book of Proverb 4:7 "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding". Through wisdom you can overcome the wiles of the devil. The trick of the enemy is to deceive you into sin i.e disobeying God's command which can deprive you of the greater glory of God. I pray that God will give you the wisdom it takes to overcome the temptation of the enemy in Jesus' Name. It is only God that can give you wisdom to excel. The reason you see a man making it well more than the other even though they do the same business is because the kind of wisdom the man making progress in his business have, the other person who is not doing well do not have it. The reason you see some Christians going from glory to glory and from strength to strength in their Christian life is because the wisdom of God is upon them, while some even though they are Christians, the enemy still attacks them because the lack wisdom. Seek for wisdom from God both spiritual and physical and you will see yourself in another dimension of the glory of God. The book of Proverb 2:6 "For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding". Ask of wisdom today and as God gave it to Solomon in the past, He will give it unto you in Jesus' Name.

Diligent: It is written in the book of Proverbs 22:29 "Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men". A diligent person always excel because he is careful, conscious and observant. Anyone who sits and waits, praying and fasting, listening to sermon without putting into practice what he has learnt; a change in the state or condition of that person or individual is not certain. Remember, we are talking about the greater glory of God. A higher level than where you are before, whether you are a minister of God now, you are going to be ministering with a higher dimension of the anointing power of God from now on in Jesus' name; you may be a businessman whose business turnover is not encouraging, you are going into a higher level of that business prosperity; maybe you are having contracts of thousands, you will start having the contracts of millions now. Maybe your prayer life is down, and you didn't study the word of God before, you will see yourself awaken in spirit, like never before. Maybe things have not been going on well in your life, marriage and family as you expected, you will begin to experience higher level of supernatural transformation now. All you need to do is to be diligent, so that you can enjoy the greater glory of God. I pray that every unclean spirit that causes lackadaisical attitude in your life shall be destroyed in Jesus' name.

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