Kezie Iroha

Depression

1 Peter 5:7 Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. (1 Peter…

Breaking barriers of guilt and shame

"... If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge…

Romans 4:17 (NKJV), Romans 8:1 (NKJV), Romans 8:31 (NKJV), Romans 8:32 (NKJV), Romans 8:33 (NKJV), Romans 8:34 (NKJV), Romans 8:35 (NKJV), Romans 8:36 (NKJV), Romans 8:37 (NKJV), Romans 8:38 (NKJV), Romans 8:39 (NKJV), Romans 14:4 (NKJV), 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV), Philippians 1:6 (NKJV), Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV)

Limiting God

Psalm 78, Ephesians 3:20 Boundaries and barriers have different purposes Barriers come from ourselves and are not from God when we believe things that do not conform with Gods promises. They relate…

Freedom in Christ

I confess and declare that I know and enjoy the absolute freedom of God. Jesus Christ has set me free from the guilt and power of sin! And I am free indeed! I have been crucified with Christ, and have…

Repentance of the prodigal son

God calls us into freedom. God wants to win your life not control it. Religion is about control. The son was given his inheritance and let go because he wanted to go. He however found repentance in the…

Confidence

As Christians we have every reason to be confident. Our confidence does not rest on the shaky ground or shifting sands of human opinion. Our confidence is not IN SELF (self confidence). Our confidence…

God is Real

The full range of our human emotions is important to God. Read Jeremiah and the prophets leading up to him. Grace bestows Gods favour but also mercifully does not leave us in a state of disobedience.…

Lamentations 3:1 (NLT), Romans 8:3 (NLT), 2 Timothy 2:11 (NLT), 2 Timothy 2:12 (NLT), 2 Timothy 2:13 (NLT)

God's Solution

Grace and Truth are found in Jesus Christ. There is no other name by which we can be saved. We are under the judgement of God and it is going to get worse. But God has an answer ... From a philosophical…

Romans 1:1 (NLT), Romans 2:1 (NLT)

Justified from the Law

Moses gave the Law but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Abraham did not have the law because it had not been given. Gal 3:19 The law came to reveal sin and restrain sin until Jesus would…

Galatians 3:10 (NKJV), Galatians 3:11 (NKJV), Galatians 3:12 (NKJV), Galatians 3:13 (NKJV), Galatians 3:14 (NKJV), Galatians 3:19 (NKJV)

Assurance in Christ

Repentance come from seeing God face to face. Brokenness means coming to an end of yourself. Wholeness comes from depending entirely on God.

Religion

God wants to win your life not control it. Religion is about control. The son was let go because he wanted to go. He however found repentance in the fathers arms.

Luke 15:11 (NIV), Luke 15:12 (NIV), Luke 15:13 (NIV), Luke 15:14 (NIV), Luke 15:15 (NIV), Luke 15:16 (NIV), Luke 15:17 (NIV), Luke 15:18 (NIV), Luke 15:19 (NIV), Luke 15:20 (NIV), Luke 15:21 (NIV), Luke 15:22 (NIV), Luke 15:23 (NIV), Luke 15:24 (NIV), Luke 15:25 (NIV), Luke 15:26 (NIV), Luke 15:27 (NIV), Luke 15:28 (NIV), Luke 15:29 (NIV), Luke 15:30 (NIV), Luke 15:31 (NIV), Luke 15:32 (NIV)

The Glory of God

The glory of God comes with sacrifice. There is no crown without the cross. Christ is in you, working in you to achieve the perfect will of his father. if the same spirit that raised Christ from the…

Romans 8:1 (NIV), Ephesians 3:20 (NIV), Ephesians 3:21 (NIV)

Success

"The Lord... has pleasure in [our] prosperity."' Psalm 35:27 God delights in seeing His children succeed; what good parent wouldn't? Jesus said, 'If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts…

Joshua 1:8 (ESV), Psalm 32:8 (ESV), Psalm 35:27 (ESV), Psalm 37:23 (ESV), Psalm 119:130 (ESV), Proverbs 3:6 (ESV), Matthew 7:11 (ESV), Romans 4:17 (ESV), Galatians 5:22 (ESV), Galatians 5:23 (ESV), Ephesians 5:15 (ESV), Ephesians 5:16 (ESV), Philippians 4:8 (ESV), 1 Timothy 4:13 (ESV), James 1:5 (ESV)

Variations of Praise

1. YADAH - praise for trials or circumstances with the extended hand in worship. Example (ESV): Psalm 63:4 -- "So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will (YADAH) lift up my hands." Other…

Psalm 34:1 (ESV), Psalm 47:1 (ESV), Psalm 50:14 (ESV), Psalm 63:4 (ESV), Psalm 95:6 (ESV), Psalm 113:1 (ESV), Psalm 150:1 (ESV)

Contend with those who contend with me

No weapons formed against you can prosper!   Isaiah 54:17 Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, “I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord.”…

Deuteronomy 32:35 (KJV), Psalm 35:1 (KJV), Psalm 40:1 (KJV), Psalm 91:1 (KJV), Isaiah 54:17 (KJV), Romans 12:19 (KJV), Romans 12:20 (KJV)

Our lives laid bare

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Hebrews 4:13 (NIV)

Lack of Knowledge

People perish for lack of knowledge. That is, the knowledge of Gods word and of his will. Logos - The Bible written word Rhema - Prophetic word To discern Gods will without a rhema word, we should have…

Proverbs 1:7 (NIV), Proverbs 4:1 (NIV), Hosea 4:6 (NIV), Romans 14:19 (NIV), Ephesians 5:17 (NIV), Hebrews 3:1 (NIV)

Labouring in Vain

Only God can turn water into wine. Unlike God centered thinking, Man centered thinking is characterized by the absence of the fear of God. Psalm 127:1 - "Unless the Lord builds ...". The Lord has a…

Psalm 37:4 (ESV), Psalm 127:1 (ESV), Proverbs 16:3 (ESV), Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV), 1 John 5:14 (ESV)

Comfort

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the…

2 Corinthians 1:3 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 1:4 (NIV)

The Lord is ready for you.

2 Chronicles 7:13-14 NKJV) "When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, {14} "if My people who are called by My name will…

The body of Christ

We are the body of Christ and God has placed each part in the body exactly as he wanted it to be. 1 Chorinthians 12:18 Ephesians 2 We are indespensable to the purposes of God. We will never be fulfilled…

Psalm 139:1, John 15:1, 1 Corinthians 12:1, Ephesians 2:8, Ephesians 2:9, Ephesians 2:10

The will of God

What is the will of God? How do you know when are walking in the spirit and pursuing goals that are aligned with Gods will? A: When your walk agrees with God's word, and when you're showing the fruits…

The call of God

The call of God begins right where you are and he will do the work. Simon was doubtful about casting his net again. He knew these waters and had fished there all night with no catch! He however obeyed…

Luke 5:1 (NIV), Luke 5:2 (NIV), Luke 5:3 (NIV), Luke 5:4 (NIV), Luke 5:5 (NIV), Luke 5:6 (NIV), Luke 5:7 (NIV), Luke 5:8 (NIV), Luke 5:9 (NIV), Luke 5:10 (NIV), Luke 5:11 (NIV)

Obedience

Jesus Christ is the propitiation for our sins. That is, it is through him that the wrath of God is turned aside from the sinner. The atonement we have received by the blood of Jesus satisfies the just…

Exodus 15:26 (NKJV), Leviticus 19:18 (NKJV), Deuteronomy 6:4 (NKJV), Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV), Romans 3:25 (NKJV), Philippians 2:5 (NKJV), Philippians 2:6 (NKJV), Philippians 2:7 (NKJV), Philippians 2:8 (NKJV), Philippians 2:9 (NKJV), Philippians 2:10 (NKJV), Philippians 2:11 (NKJV), Philippians 2:13 (NKJV), Hebrews 2:17 (NKJV), 1 John 2:2 (NKJV), 1 John 2:3 (NKJV), 1 John 2:4 (NKJV), 1 John 2:5 (NKJV), 1 John 2:6 (NKJV), 1 John 4:10 (NKJV)

Self Righteousness

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Isaiah 64:6 (NIV), Romans 2:1 (NIV), Romans 3:10 (NIV), Philippians 3:1 (NIV), Philippians 3:2 (NIV), Philippians 3:3 (NIV), Philippians 3:4 (NIV), Philippians 3:5 (NIV), Philippians 3:6 (NIV), Philippians 3:7 (NIV), Philippians 3:8 (NIV), Philippians 3:9 (NIV), Philippians 3:10 (NIV), Philippians 3:11 (NIV)