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Pastor Olabisi

Pastor Olabisi

Pastor Olabisi was a mother, Senior Pastor, Evangelist, Prophet,Teacher, Psalmist, Author, Writer, Publisher and a Housing Practitioner.

She set up Encouraged by God as a means of encouraging and strengthening the faith of Christians everywhere.

 

Lived and died in Christ, 06 October 2016, aged 49 years old.

10.02.2015

Solid Anchor

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The Word of God is tested and tried the moment He releases it. The Word of God concerning our lives is for instance tested and tried through our natural life testing circumstances and situations. And in the midst of our trials, it is not uncommon to end up with doubting the validity of the Word or the authenticity of its power. 

 

 

The Word of God manifested in the flesh is Christ (John 1:1-14). Christ as God's keyword manifested in the flesh prevailed and overcame all tempting and trial situations in the world of flesh and in all realms and dominion. And through Christ, we know for certain that God's Word as authority and dominion above all can never fail. God's Word is spirit and it is life (John 6:63). It is the solid anchor of our soul. It is the source and root of creation itself. All of creation are subject to the authority and dominion power that is in the Word of God. Therefore, it is impossible for God's written, spoken and living Word of authority to fail when tested and tried in any aspect, shape or form in the existence of His creations. 

 

The lingering trials we immediately find ourselves in the moment we become awoken to God's spoken Word of promises concerning our lives does not determine its authenticity or change the validity of God's Word. The testing situations we find ourselves in the moment we come to the knowledge of God's existing and enduring love for us which, are usually the direct opposite of God's Word of promises for our lives are by no means evidence that the Word of God is void of power or that God is incapable of bringing to pass His written and spoken promises concerning our lives. Instead the spoken, written and living Word of God has already predetermined not only the outcome of our situations as good but also for the fact that it is our solid soul anchor, it is indeed all that we need to hold on to in order to remain in God's only righteous path that can lead us to His predetermined righteous end outcomes for our souls . 

 

Christ as God's anchored Word revealed and manifested in the flesh has already overcome all for us and as long as we remain in oneness with Christ we will in all situations and circumstances continue to be more than conquerors in Him (John 16:33, Romans 8:28-39). Christ as our soul anchor is an anchor that never fails. Christ as our soul anchor is also our good Shepherd. As our good Shepherd, He guides our soul to remain in the path of God's predetermined righteous goodness outcome for our lives. And as also our heavenly Manna, He keeps us strengthened in the midst of our weakening natural situations. The natural situations we go through are not meant to cut us loose from God's soul anchor, which is Christ. Instead, our natural situations are meant to empower us to put all our trust and hope in Christ who is the anchored glory of God. The power of the Word as it is already evidenced through Christ's victory in all realms and dominion can never fail. And as long as we continue to trust and focus on the power of the Word and not get distracted  from focusing by our trials in the world, we will remain spiritually strong even when we are naturally weak (2 Corinthians 12:8-10). 

 

The unfailing power of the Word is evidenced already through God's amazing work of creation. All of creation is subject to the dominion authority of the Word. And the opposite to the true Word of God, which is the devil who is nothing but a liar can never stand against God's Word let alone prevail over the dominion power and authority of God's written, spoken and living Word. Christ as God's entire Word of authority manifested in the flesh has proved to us without a shred of doubt that the Word is forever enduring, therefore it can never fail. When tempted by the devil, Christ who is God's Word manifested in the flesh prevailed and overcame all temptations. The storm obeyed His voice and was still. The sea and all sea realm spirits bowed under His feet. And as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, He walked on the sea and trampled upon all the evil sea spirits. Spirits of infirmities disappear at the commanding tone of His voice. Demons flee with extreme fear at the commanding order of His voice. The ocean obeyed His voice and the grave could not keep Him buried in the grave. Death conceded defeat in all realms and dominion when faced with Christ who is Resurrection and life itself. As the All in all Word of dominion and authority revealed in the flesh, Christ overcame and prevailed against all. And to Him forever and ever be all power, glory and honour. 

 

The Word of God as evidenced by Christ's victory who is the Word revealed in the flesh is authority and dominion over all. Therefore, the Word of God as living Word of truth and life will always prevail over every situations and circumstances we can possibly find ourselves in this fallen world of sinfulness. God's Word endures forever. And whether it is tested, tempted, doubted or even disbelieved it will always prosper and accomplish that, which God has released it to accomplish (Isaiah 55:8-11). 

 

Today you might be reading this and feeling somehow down or doubtful because of your trying situations. My word of encouragement for you today is simply to stand firm on the Word. If Christ as the unfailing Word is with you, then you  are a partaker of His endless victory. And by His special grace and dominion power, every knee will surely bow and every tongue will surely confess that Jesus Christ is LORD over and upon Your life. As the Word of authority revealed, Christ is the only one with power and dominion above all. And as long as He is the solid anchor of your soul, your life boat can never sink, storms of afflictions can never blow you apart and darkness can never comprehend or apprehend you. By His special grace, power and mercy, you will reach the destination of your expected end result as it is already predetermined by God. Your testimony shall know no boundaries. And through it all, you will come out full of lion strength but gentle and meek as a lamb in line with God's supernatural Will. Your trials by grace of God will work together for the perfection of your faith. Your testing situations to the glory of God will righteously refine you to fulfil your God given entire purpose and not confine you in sinfulness. And in all realm and dominion, your testing situations will enable you to have an unshakeable trust and faith in the power, dominion and authority of God's solid soul anchored Word, which He manifested in the flesh in the Person of Jesus Christ who as the Word is the truth, the life and the only way of having eternal life in the everlasting kingdom of God (John 14:6). 

 

Stand firm on the written, spoken and living Word of God. Confess it daily and hold on firmly always to Jesus Christ who is God's solid soul anchor for your life. He has never fail and He can never fail, He will never fail and He can never fail you! Amen. 

 

Ephesians 1:16-23

 

"Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 

 

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 

 

The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 

 

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 

 

Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 

 

And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all."

 

 

 

 


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06.02.2015

Thank You LORD!

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O LORD God my Provider and Helper! 

I worship You now and forever for who You are and for who You have made me to be. I bless You for Your kindness, love, comfort and endless tender mercies. I glorify Your holy name in the heaven and on earth in this day and forever.

 

My soul LORD magnifies You and my mind is filled with thoughts of thanksgiving and words of appreciations for You.

O LORD You are my everything

You are my hope of eternal glory

You are the reason why I live

You are the essence of my life

You are O LORD my Alpha and Omega: My beginning and end.

 

My desire LORD is to honour and glorify You forever and ever. As my Maker, Creator and God, I will worship You forever. As my LORD, I will forever remain submissive to Your holy Will and righteous order. As my everything, I will forever be appreciative and grateful to You for all You have done for me. My passion and zeal are all to do with  fulfilling Your perfect Will for my life. Have Your way oh LORD in me now and forever my God, Maker, holy Redeemer and everlasting King of kings. 

 

O LORD my Christ and King of glory! Let my ways glorify You and let the meditations of my heart reverence Your holy name. Let my worship and praise be free from all contamination. Let it oh LORD be a sweet savour unto Your nostrils. Let my entire life be unto Your glory and honour and let Your name be forever glorified in my life. 

 

Direct everything in the heaven and earth oh LORD to continually work together for my good  Let my hope never be met with disappointments. And make me Your everlasting sanctuary of worship and praise. 

Hide me daily oh LORD in Your holy pavilion. Guide and direct me daily to walk in perfect alignment with Your divine Holy Spirit Will. Your face only do I seek in all matters and situations oh LORD my eternal Rock of Ages. My utmost soul desire is to rest and abide in Your holy presence now and everlastingly. Keep me oh LORD forever in Your holy presence so I can eternally praise and worship You in spirit and truth. 

 

O LORD my God and eternal Prince of Peace!  You are forever my eternal treasure and everlasting Father. I am Your inheritance O LORD my King. I belong to You LORD: Mind, body spirit, heart and soul. And none shall ever separate me from Your holy and perfect divine love. You are oh LORD my everything! And You will forever be my God, Sovereign Ruler and everlasting King of kings. 

 

My Father and Redeemer! 

I thank You now and forevermore for all You have done for me.

I thank You now and forever for replacing my shame with Your glorious honour.

I thank You for replacing my sin with Your righteousness.

I thank You for replacing my fear with Your divine faith.

I thank You LORD for giving me Your heart to love with.

I thank You LORD for the atonement of my sins.

I thank You LORD for loving me out of the goodness of Your heart.

I thank You LORD for bestowing upon me Your goodness divine glory.

Thank You LORD my Great I AM THAT I AM: My Creator, everlasting Father and lover of my soul. Amen. 

 

1 Chronicles 16: 8-12 

 

“Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!

 

Sing to him, sing praises to him;

tell of all his wondrous works!

 

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!

 

Seek the Lord and his strength;

seek his presence continually!

 

Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles and the judgments he uttered”

 

 

 

 


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04.02.2015

Silent Worry With Worship

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Worrying is a common human reaction to negative situations and circumstances. To overcome worries, we must see ourselves as unique beings made by God to be victorious warriors and more than conquerors over our natural circumstances through His grace, power and mercy. 
We can only counteract the emotional  stagnating effects of worry daily by worshipping the living God in spirit and truth. Worship keeps us always in God's presence. And in His presence, worry cannot contend with the joy that praising and worshipping of the LORD gives our inner man soul. 
 
The natural world as a fallen world is a world that constantly activates oppressing emotions in man due to the endless trials that we end up facing.  And emotions not only imprisons the mind in negative thoughts but also serves as a terrible stumbling block in the way of our spiritual desires to fellowship with God in spirit and truth.  Our only means of deactivating the oppressing effects of emotions is by operating in the supernatural might of God. And the number one evidence that we are in fact operating in God's supernatural might is indeed to do with our unadulterated worship and praise of Him irrespective of our natural world situations. 
 
Our ability to praise and worship the LORD regardless of our natural world circumstances is in itself concrete evidence and proof that we are operating in His supernatural liberating power and no longer imprisoned or caged to the realm of worldly sorrow. In worship we manifest to the world that the joy of the LORD is indeed our strength. And that by power and might of His supernatural joy, the trials that we face in this world can no longer work to oppress, depress, compress or suppress us from fulfilling our central life purpose, which is to worship our Maker in spirit and in truth (John 4:21-24). 
 
Through worship we evidence we are living souls sons of God and not slaves of the sinful darkness regiments. By our worship, we declare our faithful stand for God and we evidence our total surrender to His holy majestic Sovereignty. Through our supernatural joyous praise and worship of the living LORD, we not only override the debilitating weakening effect of emotions but we also throw the obsessive trials focused enemy into a complete state of confusions. The worshipping of God in spirit and truth is indeed a supernatural power manifestation and evidence of who we are in Christ. And it is precisely for this reason that the enemy Satan is deeply afraid of the worship and praise of those who are genuinely the sons of God in Christ.  As a fallen angel who once operated and existed in the full benefits of a true worshipper, Satan fully understands the power of worship and the associated benefits that comes with our worshipping the living God in spirit and truth  (Ezekiel 28:11-19). Most importantly, Satan knows that when we worship God in spirit and truth, we are in fulness  of God's presence and as such it is impossible for him to come near us or contend with us in any form, manner or way. And this is the very reason why he endlessly inundates true worshippers of God with trials to ensure that they focus on worrying and not in worshipping the living God in spirit and truth. 
 
God remains the only majestic everlasting Sovereign God that must be worshipped irrespective of our natural world situations or circumstances. We worship God because of who He is and not just because of what He can give us in this world or because of what we want Him to do for us or believe He can do for us here and now. God is the Creator of all. And as our Creator, He created us to worship Him alone and to have everlasting peaceful and joyful relationship with Him in His eternal life kingdom. By worshipping God irrespective of our worldly situations and circumstances, we send a clear message to the world that we are not dead in the spirit and not of the world but living souls offspring of Christ the Bright and Morning Star. Our ability to worship God in all seasons of our lives is in itself evidence of sonship in Christ.  And when we operate in Christ's supernatural sonship power, anxiety cannot stagnate us, worry cannot confine us to worldly sorrow and our worldly circumstances cannot halt us  from fulfilling our Godly purpose. 
 
Today if you are reading this as a redeemed adopted son of God through Christ and you are in one way or another feeling oppressed by worry for whatever reason, my word of awakening for you today is: Arise!  And begin to shine as the light you are meant to be in Christ who is the light of the world (John 8:12). Give the LORD a joyous praise in spirit and truth. And silent all worries from its very darkness foundation source with your holy majestic riotous bright light hallelujah worship and praise of the living God.  
 
I pray you will remain encouraged daily to continually serve your purpose by His Word and eternal life promises for your soul.  Amen. 
 
Psalms 59:17
 
"Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing:
for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy."
 
 

 

 

 


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31.01.2015

The Mysteries of Godliness

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If God is Invisible and Immortal, then it is impossible for the mortal man to simply stumble upon or discover God for who He is through carnal research and ordinary mindset of reasoning. God as an Invisible Immortal Spirit Being cannot be discovered through our natural human research. We can only get to know Him when He reveals Himself to our spirit man. 

 

"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."

 

~1 Timothy 3:16

 

The mysteries of Godliness of course appears as foolishness to mankind because man in his carnal state of existence tends to rationalise things using his carnal natural sensors. The carnal senses of man are like antennas, that only picks up natural information, processes them backward and ends up with negative conclusions, which although appears to make perfect natural sense but are totally spiritually illogical. Logic in the reality sense of life is not a matter of natural intelligence or physical analytical perspective of sensibility. It is all a matter of spiritual reality. The natural is not a world that, exists on its own through a self-regulatory process. The natural is a world, that exists by supernatural power, regulated and controlled by supernatural powers, which are over and above the imaginations, articulations and intelligent reasoning capacity of the mere mortal man. 

 

Life as a spiritual matter is all about power. In the spiritual world, which is the real world, a person is not considered powerful because of the natural world possessions that he or she has but by whom he or she is connected with. No human being is spiritually neutral of a spiritual world connection. And it makes no difference whatsoever whether a person believes he or she is just a physical being or not. The overall Head and ruler of the supernatural realm, which the natural is subject to and not independent of is God. In the spiritual realm, a person is either a son of God, a slave to sin or an angel of life.  God as the supernatural, super-power, All in all Self-existing, Almighty, powerful Creator and uncreated God created man to be sons unto Him. And as sons to operate in His dominion power and authority of life in total obedience to His spiritual rule of law. However, man through the disobedient act of the first man Adam became separated from God and into sin (Romans 5). To restore us back to sonship, God in the Person of Christ fulfilled His own righteousness law of remissions of sins through Christ as the unblemished sacrifice for sins (Hebrews 9:22-28). And by His own finished work of remission through the Person of Christ, man is able to have God's forgiveness and reconcile back to His Holy Spirit of life as sons and joint heir of His eternal life kingdom with Christ who is His sonship dominion bloodline revealed in the flesh (John 1:12, 3:16, Romans 8:14-17).  This, in a nutshell is mystery of godliness. 

 

However, as straightforwardly simple this might seem for those who are in spiritual awakening and living in the unadulterated understanding of Godly mystery, this perfect spiritual  truth of Godly mystery will sound to the spiritually dead as nothing but confusion mumbo jumbo. This of course is no surprise because none can make sense of God's mysteries in a spiritual state of death. God is life. Therefore, when people say there is no evidence of God in existence, what they are in fact saying is that they are spiritually dead, void and completely empty of God who is life itself. The evidence of God's existence is His Holy Spirit. And none can have this evidence outside of Christ who is His Person revealed in the flesh. In Christ, we receive the complete proof of God's existence as life itself in our souls. Therefore, when we are truly in Christ and alive in our spirit, we no longer seek for evidence of God's existence outside of us because God's Holy Spirit as evidence of life itself is already in us. The testimony that, we bear therefore of God as All in all when in Christ, is not of the flesh. But a testimony of life, which we bear in awakening mind of the spirit in perfect alignment with the same testimony God bore of Himself in heaven and earth (1 John 5:7-21).

 

Life can only make sense when we are in revelation knowledge of the mystery of Godliness. To try and make sense of life from natural analytical perspective is indeed to end up with an erroneous spiritual conclusion.  The carnal intelligence of Man cannot articulate the mysteries of God. And this is why God in His highest intelligence had to take on the form of Man in the Person of Christ to reveal His spiritual intelligent mysteries unto Man. Life is more than what it seems and appears to be in the natural. And to deny man spiritual eye opening, Satan the first to sin and chief perpetrator of rebellion against God is always busy deceiving man with all kinds of foolishness ideas, that he labels as super intelligence. Satan knows that as long as man remains spiritually blind, he can never make sense of the mysteries of God. And this is the main reason why Satan endlessly blindfolds man with spiritual lies that he masquerades as natural truth. But God is faithful. Knowing that, man in the flesh is weak, He by grace enables us to encounter Him when He sees in our hearts that we are indeed searching for Him in humility of hearts and not with an arrogant mindset. Arrogance is a core attribute of Satan and God as the Almighty Sovereign Ruler of all despises arrogance but gives grace to the humble hearted (James 4:6-7). And those who are arrogant minded and believes they know all will continue to be fooled by Satan the disgraced arrogant fallen angel. 

 

The mysteries of God cannot be made sense of through carnal mind reasoning. The mysteries of God will only make perfect sense to us when we personally encounter His Majestic supernatural redemption, forgiveness and salvation power. Encounter defines purpose and places us in a perfect position of understanding God's mysteries. And through encountering God personally, we know without a doubt that God is real and that, He is indeed the Almighty God who as Creator of all, is above all. None can encounter God and remain the same. Encounter changes our reasoning mindset and gives us a conviction that, the devil cannot mess with. Encounter is all it takes to change a chronic non-believer into: A ready to do all for God's glory believer. God indeed wants us to know Him for who He is. And this is why He manifested His mystery as love from the supernatural to the natural in the Person of Christ. The mysteries of God are indeed like foolishness to man. But the foolishness of God is indeed greater than all the entire so, called wisdom of man added together. Today, if you will not harden your heart, you can be awoken to the reality of the mysteries of Godliness by surrendering your all to Christ who is the entire mystery of Godliness revealed.   

 

"Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 

 

For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 

 

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 

 

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 

 

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. 

 

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

 

~ 1 Corinthians 1:20-31

 

 

 

 

 

 
 


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30.01.2015

Patience Guarantees Desired Results

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A lot of the time the reason why it will appear as if our actions are failing to produce us our desired results is because out of impatience we abandon ship half way to the result destination. When we act, we want our actions to immediately manifest our desired results. And the moment we don't see the anticipated results, we become discouraged, demotivated and weary of continuing with the actions that are necessary to bring about the desired successful results. 

 

 

Everything in life is subject to a process. And without patience it is impossible to remain in visual focus of the perfect end result God has already made possible for us in His infinite existence well ahead of our physical actions. Patience is a royal attribute of God. Therefore, we cannot be without patience if we truly want to remain connected to God and not be disconnected from Him. Patience is at the heart of faith. Without patience, it is impossible to hold on to our faith and remain faithful in our service to God. We need perfect patience to fulfil God's divine purpose for our lives. And in the presence of patience good outcomes and results will never elude us.  

 

Patient as an attribute of God is not something He simply gift wrap and give to us as a present. Instead, it is something that we can only have and operate in through yielding our entire members to Him in total surrender to His regeneration process. The tribulations and trials we face in this fallen world of sin are meant to work out and perfect God's divine patient character in us. Through our trials, the stubborn outer man is meant to decay but the inner man is meant to be renewed, reformed and transformed daily into the holy character and divine righteous nature of likeness and image of Christ the only begotten Son of God (2 Corinthians 4:16-18). 

 

Patience as a core attribute of our faithful God is meant to be perfected in us through our trial process. And impatience, which is a mortal attribute is meant to diminish and gradually disappear as we continually yield ourselves to God's regeneration process in the midst of our trials and tribulations. Evidence that patience is being perfected and working in us is in our increased ability to trust God no matter what. It is only through trusting Him that we can remain surrendered to His Will and patiently continually wait on Him irrespective of the natural situation and circumstances we find ourselves in. The weariness and wavering feelings we normally have during the waiting period is in itself evidence that we are not fully yielding to God's patience perfecting process. We need to combat weariness and wavering through allowing patience to work its way in us by ensuring that we remain steadfastly strong in our believe in God's supernatural Word of promises for our lives no matter how long it takes to manifest and come to pass in the natural.  

 

As believers, God wants us to exercise and operate in His royal attribute of patience in all things no matter the case or situation that we find ourselves in.  It is only through patience that we will be steadfastly resilient and continue to remain diligently faithful to God in all situations and circumstances of our lives. And if we are resilient and patient in long suffering, our desired results for our proactive actions will unfailingly manifest to the glory of God. Without patience faith will die and hope will be lost. It is only through patience that we will keep our faith alive, hold on to hope and keep marching on full of strength to the destination of eternal success and glory. 

 

I am preaching to myself today and not just to you the reader of this word. I remain strong in Your love for me O LORD my Saviour. And I give You glory and honour for Your enduring patience and perfect grace over my life. Blessed be Your holy name O LORD my divine patient God and eternal Redeemer now and everlastingly. Amen. 

 

 

Romans 5:1-5

 

"​Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

 

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 

 

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."

 

 

 

 


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