Today Template For Righteousness - Lovers of Pleasure or Lovers of God (2 Tim.3:1-7) with Dr. Lewis Akpogena: A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her hair. Her brother, Lazarus, was sick. So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord, your dear friend is very sick.” But when Jesus heard about it he said, “Lazarus’s sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God will receive glory from this.” So he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. And for your sakes, I’m glad I wasn’t there, for now you will really believe. Come, let’s go see him.” When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days. Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem, and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss. When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask.” Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.” “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.” Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?” “Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God.” When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled. “Where have you put him?” he asked them. They told him, “Lord, come and see.” Then Jesus wept. The people who were standing nearby said, “See how much he loved him!” But some said, “This man healed a blind man. Couldn’t he have kept Lazarus from dying?” Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance. “Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.” Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?” So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.” Then Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!” (John 11:1-4, 14, 15, 17-27, 32-44 NLT). D situation u are going thru may not be ur making or that of ur parents or peculiar circumstance. It is for God to be glorified in ur life. What u need is not complain, lamentation only BELIEVE and CONFESS it loud that whatever d problems is it will turn for a testimony. I see u testifying today in Jesus name Amen(Jn. 9:3, 11:4,17-2740). Delays is no denial. Ur situation may have been dire and awfully distressing. D delay to getting d help u need is signpost that God will help when mans help is not forthcoming. Dont give up hope. Believe and stop complaining and murmuring. Sing. Pray. Praise. Thank God now. I see God intervening on ur behalf to help u out of that problem today (Isa. 50:7-9 cp Heb. 13:5-6 NLT). My joy to know u have made a decision for Christ and saying bye to sin. Congratulation. Welcome to Gods family. U reading this without Christ as u receive Jesus Christ u will experience salvation, freedom from condemnation, healing and sharing d daily benefits of being Christian and living d Christ-like life in Jesus name. Amen! (Ps. 68:19). U are blessed for life. Have winning, wealthy and wonderful day ahead. More grace!
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 16:48:15 +0000