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CONSEQUENCES OF UNFORGIVENESS: Read Text: Mathew 18: 21-35 This portion of the bible has the totality of Christ’s explanation to forgiveness and unforgiveness. In verse 21 of our text above, Peter asked our lord Jesus Christ the question, how often can my brother sin against me, and I forgive him. He went ahead to provide the answer, Seven times? In verse 22, our Lord Jesus Christ answered him, until seventy times seven. Some Christians will go ahead to do the mathematics and say until 490 times. This is not what our lord Jesus means here. He means to tell us that we should keep on forgiving without limit. The word is indefinitely. In the last verse, which is verse 35, the bible clearly stated, “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your heart do not forgive your brothers their trespasses”. Most believers today do not see unforgiveness as something that should be taking seriously. In fact many do not see it as a sin. I

  THE NECESSITY OF PATIENCE Patience is a priceless virtue needed in everyone’s life to ensure that one attains his/her God ordained goals and dreams in life. Many have failed and missed their divine purpose and promises of God because of impatience. The importance patience in our daily lives cannot be overemphasized. In the book of James 5: 11, the bible says “We give great honour to those who endure under suffering. Job is an example of a man who endured patiently. From his experience we see how the lord’s plan finally ended in good, for he is full of tenderness and mercy”   From the above passage we can clearly see that God rewards and shows mercy to those who are patient. The story of Job is not new to each and every one of us. We all know how he lost everything he had and still did not fall out from God’s plan for his life. The bible recorded that his later end was better than his beginning. Also the book of Ecclesiastes 7:8 which says “Finis

WHEN DESIRES ARE NOT GRANTED (PART II) In part 1 of this message, we saw that it is the will and desire of God for every believer to prosper. We also saw the feelings of Christians when their desires are not met which include: Belief that the devil is at work, God has forsaken them and does not care anymore about them, it may not be the will of God to grant the desire. We also discussed that when desires are not met, we should not start blaming anybody, rather we should check our lives. The things to check as we captured in part one include; 1.       What our desires are founded on. 2.       What we have been saying with our mouth.   In this part two, we shall continue with what to check when our desires are not met. 3.       Check your understanding of time: There is time and season for everything on earth. For everything in life, there is a time and season. That is why we have rainy season, dry season, etc. For every of our desires in life, God

WHEN DESIRES ARE NOT GRANTED (1) Jesus Christ our lord talking in the book of Mark chapter 11 verse 24 says whatever we desire, pray for and believe, we shall have them. Our bible made us to understand that God is not a man that he will lie. What that means by all standards is that once God has spoken, it shall come to pass. In the book of proverb, 10: 24, the bible says that “The fear of the wicked shall come upon him, but the desires of the righteous shall be granted” .This same passage solidifies the fact that desires of Christians (righteous) shall be met. Also as captured in the book of Psalms 78:29b and Psalms 34: 10b when we legitimately desire anything as Christians, it shall come to pass. But unfortunately most desires of Christians are not granted despite these promises of God. When our desires are not granted as Christians we are bound to think in this following direction or believe one of the following; The devil is at work. God