Brother Paul, who are you

Paul admonished others, but he got tormented for his admonishing. He taught and encouraged and put his body under. Spoke in more tongues. Was always on a higher level. Didn't have too many friends, could count close ones. Was not stagnant per location. Didn't care about retaliation or how people took his letters...Corinthian...what...didn't you know...what.... He bore a lot.

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Book of acts. 

Paul always went straight into the synagogues on the Sabbath days and taught

He always had a sense of urgency

He later started to teach the brethren when barnabas took him to Antioch

He was not afraid to ask for help when he entered Greece and saw the magnitude of idol worshipping

He later met with the brethren who were talking necessary circumcision and was shown to Peter because of the heat of the argument. He was anointed to argue. He went to the synagogues to argue. He argued on the Sabbath. God used his argument to win souls.

He went to Greece, most didn't take him seriously. He knew that they were arguing for argument sake. They wanted knowledge, just to have it. Not making use of it. He was invited back to be heard again, he left instead. He could recognize time wasters. 

Paul poured out what he had in him, till night, till eutychus fell off a window asleep and die. What was his reaction, fell on him pronounced life, went back to preaching till morning. No wasting time. There was a sense of urgency and he did not rest much.

He found himself from the beginning staying with the disciples a while here and there. Like minds think alike. It's a charging, but he always soon had to go. They stayed but that's not his business. The command was go, not are others going. Paul's face was set like flint. 

Paul went from hands laid on him to Him laying hands in apollos area when they didn't know of the Holy Spirit. He went from conversion, staying a bit with the disciples to teaching the disciples to travelling for the gospel

God used him for mighty miracles along the line, it was initially going into the synagogues to prove, reason, explain. Teaching, miracles.

His life was always in danger. He was almost always sneaking out of the city. However, even after Demetrius and other idol makers of Diana wanted to injure or kill him and the clergyman calmed the people down, he was trying to walk to the place he was going next, but the disciples picked him up and they went by ship. 

Revelation 12 v 11. 

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Lord, set a positive command before me

I will make you a Fisher of men.
Peter

I commanded a widow to feed You, ravens, brook
Elijah

Angel, stay your hand
David end of 2 Samuel or 1st

I will raise you up on the last day
...if

Look, see, behold, let your eyes be open. 1 Samuel 3

Samuel

Light of life. Isaiah 53'11. Light is. Come.  Isaiah 60:1.,light is risen . Glory levels

Praise God who saw it fit to put me in check when I had no idea I needed checking
Praise be to God who was just enough to give me due punishment that went along with the offense
Praise God who saw it fit to open my eyes and heart to the source of the offense that I may repent
Praise God, He didnt harden my heart like pharoah or make it unrepentant like eli
Praise God for a heart like Davids, His servant david of whom he said, since him, he has found no other to liken
Praise God for wisdom to right the wrong
Praise God for forgiveness and a realignment much needed
Praise God for doing His part
Praise God for so much mercy and love
Praise God for being Just
Praise God for discipline chastisement to show that He cares
 What an awesome Father.
Who is like you Lord, surely there is none

Caleb, my testimony

I am not one to post a bunch of pictures on Facebook or to discuss in detail my private life. However, the name of the Lord must be glorified. 2015, I took in. Praise the Lord, I prayed a prayer that goes something like this...Lord, glorify yourself...regardless of me...have your way. Lol. Anyone who KNOWS The Lord knows what kind of weight that prayer can carry if you have His attention. After so many complications that filled a page, I was being watched for this pregnancy. Let me try to share the events that led to this miracle, that the name of the Lord will be glorified.
November 2015, I was in a 3 car pile up. A car ran into a car that ran into mine. Good God, you don't wish car accidents on anyone. Had to rush to the emergency room twice for my baby, then again when I remembered I hadn't been checked out. My back gave up, I was put on bed rest for a week due to the stress on my mental and physical self. Oh, the lady at fault had no insurance. Lol, but mine covered me. It is well.
Doctors appointments here and there, baby didn't turn till 36 weeks when my doctor wanted to schedule a c section. Lol. On the day of the appointment to schedule the c section, the baby turned right before. I remember the devil trying to use the lab attendant to thrash the prayers I had been sending up. She said..."so, you are worried because your baby hasn't turned. I let her talk to herself for a bit until she kept quiet.(Please, when you are at quarter to Miracle...don't let the devil use your mouth to put you back to square one). I let her know that by the grace of God, the baby has already turned and no, I'm not worried. Of course God had done it, baby had turned. She was baffled. Bless God. After everything was clear and good to go, my doctor insisted on my being induced for a good many number of reasons.
I had a scare for pre term labor, when the doctors assistant started panicking over the phone...I called my other doctor. Did I mention that I had multiple doctors. One specialist for complications, one neurologist for excruciating headaches, one obgyn. Ok, enough of the list of doctors.
I was having a lot of labor symptoms, but I didn't think I was in labor, the doctors assistant started to panic and send me to the emergency room. This is not my doctors assistant, my doctor and her assistant were out sick, but another doctors assistant in the office got on the phone to help. She said...go to the emergency room now, you need to go now...You are in pre term labor. Lol, when God didn't mention anything about delivering early to me. Sorry, I don't follow people to panic when I know that I have a God that will see me through. I called my other doctor who rushed me in for a doctor's appointment. It was UTI, after all those restroom breaks. I shamelessly started going to the rest room almost every 10-20 minutes after that as I was led by my bladder. No more waiting. This is a horrible thing to have while pregnant. Thank God for relief.
As I remember the events, I will testify. This is in case I forget any.
Tuesday, I went in with my husband to be induced. All of a sudden, they were rushing my husband to the emergency room...ah ah. My doctor refused to induce till he was released. I notified those who have been praying for and with me from day one. I called my in-laws and they drove about an hour and ended up spending days. Just wait for it. My husband was released and the inducing commenced. I was on full alert now, the enemy was playing games. The doctor broke water and gave epidural before contractions due to complications. We were waiting for dilation. Nurses were coming in and out, being very watchful. At a point, the machine monitoring the baby and contractions went haywire. It looked like childs play with a chalk. Boom, this part was like a movie so please ready yourself and your stomach. Nurses flooded the room, not saying anything....but in a frenzy. The silence was deafening, I was calm, husband calm, mother in law calm. You see, we had been praying for a while and this was One of the times for God to glorify Himself. The nurses started snatching everything that was connecting me to the room, the IV (drip), all wires, the monitoring machines...there had to be about 15 nurses or more. Within what felt like eleven seconds we were rolling out of the room to the operating room. Doctors running in, people snatching at equipment...e.g the one they use to shield my sight from the surgery. What was wrong with this picture, oh ya... They had started cutting me open and pulling my skin apart while I was watching the anesthesiologist run towards me with the syringe for the pain. Some education here for those with no idea....epidural helps with comfort and "some" LABOR pains. Anesthesia is for surgery. I heard this awful, horror movies haven't picked up on this...type screaming/screeching/plain horrible sound. It was me screaming, the whole ward could hear as I learnt later. Felt like the air was knocked out of me...obviously the air part is normal for csection. Someone was pushing down on my stomach so hard that I couldn't breathe...I'll spare the details about how I could feel it all and it was all over before the medicine could kick in. All this time I was being held down. Caleb came out and they proceeded to sew me up. Hold on, with no pain medication....I'm not superman....I was finally put under and when I woke up, I met my son. The last to meet my son, but after everything we were alive. Turns out the umbilical cord was separating and the uterus was squishing the life out of my child, time was of the essence. Praise God, the ever present help in times of trouble.
A day or two later, I was having fevers due to...no time to disinfect before tearing my skin open during the c section. Something about being septic. So, they expect a fever. The fever didn't last an hour, but it was enough to keep me in the hospital till the next day....and on all the antibiotics the hospital had. It was terrible standing up, hurt to Carry anything including the one person I wanted to carry. I was confined to the bed for days, then I was allowed to start walking around. If you look at the photos, you will see how my legs were becoming round. It felt like something was flapping in it when I walked, it had swollen so much. In the end, after all the testing and what not, the hospital and doctors were confounded. They found nothing, I'm glad my son was allowed to stay with me in my room after being discharged on the third day or so. At this time, my in-laws had slept over several times, and my mom had landed full omugwo mode (tradition of mothers taking care of the baby and mother after delivery). We were sleeping in the hospital, about 3-4 in a room including myself...but the room was big enough and private. The pictures showed our living situation. We were stuck there on this fever for 8 days total. (I remember the nurses coming in to see if we were still there, the maintenance people too, we were famous in that ward, one nurse would straight up laugh in our face).On the 6th day came prayers on the leading of the Holy Spirit. On the 8th day was the naming ceremony which is in the album as well. People were asking me if I was going to postpone the naming since I was in the hospital. Lai lai, that would indirectly mean that I was going to postpone my discharge. Let God be God. Last minute means nothing but your eleventh hour miracle. In tight situations, I thank God that He is in control, not me. They that wait upon the Lord.... I trust in the Lord and I shall not be ashamed. I had so many Words that had become rhema. The doctor refused to discharge until the fever had stopped. The night before the naming, the nurse had my temperature at 100.8(fever), laughed and said she would check it again. I said a quick prayer and the temperature came back at 99.7, she recorded that. We left a bit past 12 on that day and that early evening Caleb was named. Isn't Good good, isn't he merciful. I'm so grateful. Please bless the Lord for me. I will tell of His goodness to me. When the Lord turned back the captivity of Crystal's family...We were like them that dreamed. Please bless God for me, He has done wondrous things for me

Exceeding Excellent are You Lord

Lord Your ways are exceeding excellent
Your works speak ahead of You
Your Word is true

From situation to situation
And in times of trouble
Ever present You are

You who dwell in the high
High and exalted You already are
How then shall I praise You

Rest You give to the weary
Peace You give to the troubled at heart
You settle the solitary in Your way

Exceeding awesome are You Lord

Sitting enthroned upon the praises of Your people

Magnifying Yourself in Your chosen

Moving to and fro to show strength toward Your chosen

Sending forth Your astounding Word

Absolute sovereignty, Exceeding Authority

Revelation

By His grace, my service

Numbers 16 vs 25. Amos 3 vs 3.
Unity of purpose
Where is your loyalty to God when you are put to the test. Will you obey God and be humble or will you raise yourself against another child of God. Let us work alongside one another in unity of heart and agree. For can two walk together unless they agree. We are all in the race together and at the same time individually. Encourage the brethren, and watch yourself lest you yourself  fall. We will not fall or fail a God in Jesus name.

Nehemiah 1 vs 4-6.
Intercede
What do you do when you see fellow brethren doing the wrong thing, do you caution them openly? How do you caution someone older than you, too far from you, too many people to reach or a person with a temperament God is working on? How do you help a stubborn people? You go on your knees, you fast, you pray till you see change. Nehemiah fasted, prayed, mourned and went before God who gave him favor. We will gain favor from The Lord in the place of an intercessor for the brethren in Jesus name.

Nehemiah 1 vs 4-11. 2vs 1-6
Be ready
Nehemiah prayed, fasted, and was ready spiritually, physically and mentally for the mission. When the building of the walls of Jerusalem started, everything was in his favor because He prepared himself and so God answered his prayers. God will give us the grace to be ready for every task He sends us on in Jesus name.

Nehemiah 3.
There is order in the house of The Lord.
Every man knew what to do and did it. Every one provided from his house what was needed for the work they had to do. Not a mention of donation was spoken, the children of God gave freely and abundantly to do the work of The Lord. The work moved on speedily. Order and provision like a vision is shown in these people of God when a task was assigned. Will you be ready when The Lord gives instruction to do your part, or will you be those who see it and not those who sowed into it. God will bless us to be a blessing in His kingdom in Jesus name.

Esther 6 vs 1-3
Your enemies will fall into the pit they dig for you
The king could not sleep until the book of remembrance for Mordecai was opened. Haman suffered the death he planned for Mordecai. God will open the book of your remembrance and bless you. He will out bless any evil that has been wished upon you. Your enemies will be shamed before your eyes to the Glory of God in Jesus name.

Psalm 24 vs 1
You are an heir of the owner of everything through Christ Jesus
Claim what is yours. The earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell there in. You are and heir through Christ. Claim what is yours which is everything. A poor man that has inherited everything remains a poor man if he does not know his right, it does him no good. Step in a place and claim it. Decree a thing and it shall come to pass. Speak into every journey of life and situation and set things right in Jesus name. Your Father owns it all, and you are an heir. Know your right.

Psalm 25 vs 12-15
What man is he that feareth The Lord.
Have you set your heart on The Lord? Have you set your face like flint? Your eyes on The Lord? Are you serving Him with your whole heart, in worship, in praise, in obedience and willingness. He comes to you and your situation fast, His reward is with Him and He will pay accordingly. God owes no one, The Lord Himself will reward you for all your labor of love like only He can, he will make kings lose sleep to bless you in Jesus name.

Psalm 51 vs 17. Isaiah 46 vs 13

Where are you in The Lord?
Did you slip, did you fall...just a bit? This is finished work on the cross. Pick yourself up and run to The Lord, a broken spirit He will not despise. The work is plenty and the laborers are few. Set your eyes upon Him and you shall not be moved. Set your heart upon Jesus the author and finisher of your faith. He will direct your path when you acknowledge Him in all, lean not unto your own understanding. The Lord will help us to finish this race relevantly and strong in Jesus name.

Matthew 6 vs 6
Do you have a secret room
You, when you pray, shut the door in a room by yourself. God has been waiting on you. The Lord who is in secret is waiting for you to join Him. Start a close relationship with The Lord, he is earnestly yearning to have one with you. It's easy, enter a room by yourself, shut the door..there He is. Talk to Him, pray, praise, worship and listen. The Lord is looking for you to worship Him in Spirit and in truth. Did you know He talks back? Start a relationship with The Lord today, try it. As you do, the Good Lord will reveal Himself to you in Jesus name.

Psalm 93 vs 4. Isaiah 43 vs 16
The Lord is mightier than many waters
The Lord our God is mightier than any waters that trouble you. What are the waters, character, finance, disobedience, health, spiritual sleep, whatever it is. Every little fox you don't deal with is a potential goliath. Every worry is a wave among the waters. God is mightier than them all and He can wipe away all the waters that trouble you. He will work on you if you will let Him. Make a conscious decision today to let God. There is no Red Sea that can't be split, no axe that can't be restored, no sea that can't be calmed or walked on. Trust in Him today and you will not be put to shame.