JESUS THE PRINCE OF PEACE

JESUS; THE PRINCE OF PEACE

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called wonderful councilor, mighty God, everlasting father, PRINCE OF PEACE” Isaiah 9:6.

The above verse is the prophecy declared by prophet Isaiah  years before Jesus was born. According to Isaiah’s prophecy, Jesus is the prince of peace; he is the one to bring peace to the whole world. According to Isaiah, the government will be on his shoulders meaning that him Jesus, and his ideologies will rule on earth as the prince of peace. Most nations and people, who are struggling to live a peaceful life, are struggling because they have not embraced the teachings of the Prince of peace. He is the only one that has the right ideology and philosophy on how to live a peaceful life.

Many years later after Isaiah’s prophecy, Jesus arrived and declared himself: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives, do not let your heart be troubled and do not be afraid” John 14:27.

It only takes a man who has the solution to talk like this. Jesus told us his follower that we should not be afraid, because he is the peace giver.

Also in the book of John 16:33: he said “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take hearth, I have overcome the world”.

It only takes a prince of peace to talk this way. Jesus overcame the world and all the kidnapping, bombing and hunger in the world. He told his followers not to be troubled because he overcame the world for them.

Come to Jesus all you that are troubled and heavy loaded, he will give you rest. He is the one that knows the way, He is the way, and He is the PRINCE OF PEACE.

AGOHA OBED

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HOW TO LEAVE A PEACEFUL FAMILY LIFE

HOW TO LEAVE A PEACEFUL FAMILY LIFE

As the holy book says, if the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do? The family is the basic unit of a Nation. A Nation is basically made up of groups of families. The family is that foundations were people are nurtured and taught the basic morals of life. A country of 200 million people with an average of 5 people in the family is made of 40 million families, if a good percentage of this families have the moral values to live in peace, the nation will be a peaceful nation.

At African Art of peace and excellence, we hold the opinion that it’s easier to put up a light that to fight darkness. So with regards to this,we are focusing our creative energy on how to make our families more loving and peaceful.

Knowing what to let go and what to hold on to: imagine that you have few days to move, would you pack all your possession in that short period and clean out your house completely. How about your mental baggage, if you have only few days left to finish all the important project in your life, would you be able to do all in that short period

A lot of times if we are not able to let go of something,we keep dragging along 10, 20, 40 years of mental and physical baggage behind us. At some point that baggage becomes so unbearable heavy that we just decide to stop moving forward and start living in the past, for us to have a better family life, we should know what we really have to let go at a particular point in life. As the years goes by, there are somepast emotional and physical attachment we must let go, to have a happy family life.

These include forgiving those who have hurt us in the past. It is a proven fact that most times, those who offended you do not really understand how bad you feel, so its in your best interest to forgive them and drop the excess emotional luggage and move on with your life.

Also, we need to forgive ourselves for unachieved dream and goals. As years passes; we grow,our goals and dreams should also change and grow with us. Can you imagine if all of us held on to the dreams that we had when we were 6-7 years old. At every point in life we must drop some good goals and dreams to go for better ones.

Having this in mind will help us not to feel like failures, for unachieved goals and dreams. This will also help our self-esteem as we are happy with ourself and every other member of our family.

People who have lived through a disaster never say all I could thing about during the earthquake was my bank account. They almost say, all I could think about was my family, it shouldn’t require a disaster for us to know the truth. That truth is that the peace of our families is the peace of our nation.

“No other success can compensate for failure in the home” -  David O. Mckay

AGOHA OBED

Creator African Art of Peace and excellence

Obeago4god@yahoo.co.uk

HOW TO USE THE WORD 2

HOW TO USE THE WORD OF GOD PART 2

Speaking God’s word is the very effective way of applying God’s word, because even the cells in your body have intelligence and are designed to respond to the word of God. From the above verse, we can see that the word of God on your lips is the way to prosperity and success. Speaking the word of God is more potent and effective than any drug or medication.

You can cut down any infirmity or challenging situation with the word of God on your lips. The bible says “the word of God is sharper than any two edged sword”. This means it is more penetrating and cutting than any weapon (Hebrews 4:12).

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrows, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart”.

It is the word of God in your lips that produces the results that it talks about. As long as it remains in letters, it cannot change any situation. Take the word of God from the pages of the bible and speak it forth, say what God has said concerning that condition and it will comply with the word.

In every situation, re-echo what God has said about you, irrespective of how you feel. We live by faith in his word and not by what our situation tell us (2Corinthians 5:7).

                             

1.      Doing the word: “Doing the word” means to act on the word. It means that regardless of the circumstances around you, you take a hold of the word of God concerning a particular situation and do what it says.

 James 1: 23-25. “For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself and goeth his way and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But who so looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and confineeth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

So continue attending to the word of God, speak it forth, do it and enjoy a peaceful life, I love you, I love Africa.

AGOHA OBED

obego4god@yahoo.co.uk        

HOW TO USE THE WORD OF GOD

HOW TO USE THE WORD OF GOD

The word of God is God’s gift to us to keep our spirit, soul and body in accordance to his design and desire.

God’s word is his answer to all of human’s problems. (Romans 1:16) God’s word has the ability and capacity to change any situation. It always produces what it talks about. The word of God is life for your spirit, health for your body and wisdom for your life.

According to the book of Proverbs “the word of God is life and health to our flesh”. Proverbs 4:20-22 “My son, attend to my word; incline thine ear unto my sayings- let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

There are three steps involved in the application of the word of God:

1.     Attending to the word: Attending to the word means presenting yourself or making yourself available to the word. The word “incline” used in proverbs 4, mean “to step aside”.

This means giving a special attention to the word despite any situation or circumstance. The word “health” in proverbs 4:20-22 is translated from the Hebrew word “marpe” which means “cure” or “medicine”.

The word is the best medicine you can think of, so give it your attention. But for you to effectively apply the word of God, you must first know what the word talks about to rightly apply it. So step aside and study the word.

Ignorance of God’s word has been the problem of many complaining Christians. Hosea 4:6 says “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Get the word of God into your spirit and no sickness would ever have the power or ability to break your spirit, soul or body”.

2.      Speaking the word: This is the second step in applying the word of God to your body or situation. According to 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”.

Speaking God’s word is the very effective way of ……………………

Watch out for the concluding part of this write up.

AGOHA OBED

obeogo4god@yahoo.co.uk.