Guys guess what ? My King is Alive !

He Has RISEN ! Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Who died for our sins on Calvary ... is what ? Alive! 
Hello Everyone, hope you are all enjoying your Easter Sunday ! What a glorious day it is indeed. 

Many of us don't understand the full concept of Jesus' death, and I'm here to tell you that it is indeed a very crucial and significant event that happened in the history of Christianity. 
The definition of Crucifixion - Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution in which the victim's hands and feet were bound and nailed to a cross. It was one of the most horribly painful and disgraceful methods of capital punishment. The word comes from the latin "crucifixio," meaning "fixed to a cross."

Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity, died on a Roman cross as recorded in Matthew 27:27-56, Mark 15:21-38, Luke 23:26-49, and John 19:16-37. It wasn't until I watched the Passion of Christ in which I understood and emotionally felt the pain inflicted upon Jesus at the time of his death. He was whipped, lashed, tortured and disgraced .. for you and I. Bearing in mind, Jesus did not directly know that on the 4th of May 1996 , A young girl named Sarah would be born (Using myself as an example by the way Lol, you can input your name and date of birth here _______). He knew that there would be many generations after him, who would have been born into sin due to the first original sin which can be recalled in Genesis chapter 3. When Both Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree, even though they were instructed to not do so by God.

Now let me ask you this quick question. If God spoke to you right NOW , and said he wants you to give up your life for millions of others by being nailed to a cross ... Would you say "Alright God, let's go" or "Hmmm .. think you've got the wrong person God, you can try next door .. "

1 John 3 : 16 - "Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us"

Everything about Jesus was Special. His birth, His prophecies, His teachings, His Miracles, His Words, His Presence, His Death and MOST IMPORTANTLY ... HIS RESURRECTION. 

The Resurrection of Christ confirms that Jesus is who He claimed to be. The Resurrection proved that Christ was divine. The fact that Jesus died on the cross does not prove in itself He is God. Jesus proved His deity by fulfilling the prophecies of His death and by His return from the grave. "By being raised from the dead [Christ] was proved to the might Son of God" (Romans 1:4) 

The Resurrection revealed Christ's power over death. "Christ rose from the dead and will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him" (Romans 6:9). The Resurrection secured our victory over death as well and "lifted us up from the grave into glory along with Christ, where we sit with him in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 2:6). 

The Resurrection proved Christ's power to forgive sin. "If Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins" (1 Corinthians 15:17). By rising from the dead, Jesus proved His authority and power to break the bonds of sin and to assure forgiveness and eternal life to all who accept His gift of salvation.

The Resurrection defeated God's enemy. From the moment of his original rebellion until the day of the Cross, the devil fought viciously and cunningly to overthrow the kingdom of God. Satan must have thought he had dealt the final and decisive blow in this war. But this was the devils most serious miscalculation. (Ha-Ha Devil ... in your face !) The Cross was heaven's TRIUMPH ! And when Jesus Christ arose, the power of sin and death was forever shattered. Because of the Resurrection, Christians never need to fear Satan or death again. "And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen." (Romans 16:20)

Jesus' life shows us as believers how great the love that God has for us is. God sent his only begotten son, Jesus. This is because God is the root source of love "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love" (1 John 4:8).

One reason why I am so sure of my faith in Christ is because out of all the others gods and idols on this planet. Jesus Christ is the only one who died and resurrected from his death. How special does that make him ? Even more special. And for him to have given his life just for us .. I think he deserves our all in all. Because he is the reason we are living in freedom today ! Without him, do you think Christianity will even be alive till this day ? We would be getting tortured and beaten because we would not have been saved, and speaking of Jesus would have been an ultimate crime. But God did not allow that to be our portion and that is why "he sent his only begotten son to us, Jesus Christ, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3 : 36).

SO DRY YOUR EYES. HE'S NOT DEAD ! Continue to enjoy your easter Weekend, and pray tonight that Jesus' blood which was shed on Calvary shall not be in vain upon you, your household and your loved ones and that God will give you the spirit of understanding to see the significance in the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

BANK HOLIDAY TOMORROW ... So relaxx, eat , chill , and tell someone about Christ .. it's the best gift you could honestly give them. For the bible says "He that winneth souls is wise." - (Proverbs 11:30)

Thankyou for reading. Have a blessed week. 

sairassecret.

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Festival of Life - MY CUP RUNNETH OVER

Hello Everyone, how are you enjoying your Easter Weekend ? 
Hope your not just thinking of the materialistic things ... AHEM (Easter Eggs) But are actually understanding the true meaning behind Easter ! Easter is the oldest Christian holiday and probably the most important day of the Church year. Yesterday (Good Friday) was the day our Lord Jesus was crucified on the cross. You can read the full story of his death in John 19 : 16-30. Although it was yearsss ago, the death of Jesus is the reason why we live in Christ today and in the Lord. Through his death we were cleansed of our inequities and made whole. Yes, at the time of his crucifiction there were tears and sorrow. But Now we can rejoice because we know .. 3 days later he rose from the dead ! How great is our Lord Jesus Christ ? I'll answer that for you .. very GREAT ^.^ 

Yesterday I was blessed and privileged to go to the RCCG Festival of Live, London Holy Ghost Service, with my GFS girls (God Fearing Sisters) Lool, its a pretty cool name right ? It is a yearly night vigil church event which happens in London, and I am telling you, YOU NEED TO BE AT THE NEXT ONE ! RCCG stands for the Redeemed Christian Church Of God. To see thousands rejoicing in a God that you serve and to part of it .. is just an overwhelming feeling. I don't want to speak to much about it because there's so much to say, so if you DO want to read more about it then google RCCG and everything will be there ... I MEAN EVERYTHING, and may you be blessed as you do this. 

So, yesterday's FOL's theme was titled "My Cup Runneth Over". Now don't think of that LITERALLY as a cup running over because to much drink was put into it. But see yourself AS that cup, and God Pouring in blessings, testimonies, success, joy, happiness, peace, fruitfulness and many more glorious things into YOU.  
Our father in the Lord , Pastor E.A. Adeboye, gave a sermon. And for as many of you who wasn't there .. I want to briefly share with you what he said, I don't want ANYONE missing out on yesterdays Blessings!  Pastor shared with us many scriptures. He said that God gives us things to richly enjoy. In Psalm 23:5, it says "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows"

What Is On The Table ? 
1) SALVATION - 1 John 1:7
2) HEALING - 1 Pet 2:24
3) FREEDOM - John 8:32 , 36 and John 14:6
4) VICTORY - Revelation 12:11
5) FRUITFULNESS - John 15:5
6) JOY - John 16:25 
7) SUCCESS - Phillipians 4:13, 19 and John 14:14

What To Do So Your Cup Runs Over.
Exodus 15:26 - "If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."

Deuteronomy 28:1 - "If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth."

Read from verse 1 - 13 of Deuteronomy 28, verse 13 (one of my favourite in the bible) says- "The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom."

I pray that the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, your future shall be great, he will guide you in all decisions you will make in life and will guide your footsteps. In Jesus Name. Amen !

Pastor also emphasised the importance of praising God WHOLE heartedly and not just HALF heartedly. Praising God should not be lukewarm. We should praise him with all our hearts, you can't be in Christ and still living in sin. You can't praise God with one leg in and one leg out. It's either you are FOR God or AGAINST him. 

Psalm 9:1 says -  I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
Psalm 86:12 says -  I will praise you, Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.

Psalm 119:2 says  - Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Psalm 119:34  says - Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Next I will be going on to the 10 prayer points made at FOL. Read them carefully and pray towards them that each and every one of them will not only work for you, but for your household and all of your loved ones. 

1) Praise God that you are alive

2) Father, I come to the table you've prepared for me, feed me till I want no more.

3) Father, feed me with overflowing health, victory, success and peace.

4) Father, I lift up the cup of my life to you, fill it to be overflowing with joy.

5) Father, please settle the issue of my enemies your own way.

6) Father, please anoint me with fresh oil tonight.

7) Father, please let me flourish so that I can lend to nations.

8) Father, let my blessings overflow to millions of others.

9) Father, make me an agent of revival in this generation.

10) Father, put a new song in my mouth tonight. 

FOL was amazeballlsssssssss ! 

I hope you were blessed by reading this, God works miracles and wonders in lives and it would be even more of a blessing for you to be part of his WONDERFUL works ! I would encourage you to make yourself available to the next FOL, which will be in the late months of 2014 (DW I got you ! I will keep you informed closer to time). 

Hope you continue to enjoy your Easter Weekend and next post will be out tomorrow, EASTER SUNDAY .. TURN UP ! 

May your Cup continue to Run over 

God Bless my lovely's ! 

sairassecret.

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A forced relationship with Christ ? Part 2 (a)

Hello again my friends. Well internet* friends. You are my friend right ? Anywhoooo Heres a forced relationship with Christ Part 2 ! In which I will try and give some advice on overcoming your forced relationship. Sorry the post is so late, revision for exams is extremely time consuming but I am definitely going to try and balance it out better along with other duties. My blog being one of them ! I am going to be posting 2 more parts about overcoming your "forced" relationship with Christ.   And I will be touching on 3 MAJOR TOPICS throughout the remaining posts including this one , so be up to date ! 

• What it means to know Christ.
• How to try and live by the scriptures accordingly
• And How to enjoy being a Christian ! Its honestly not that bad ...

*Exciting theme music* *sairaswhat ? sairassecret. sairaswhat ? sairassecretttttttttt.* 
Here we go :)

What it means to know Christ.

To know Christ is to know the TRUTH. 
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; (Philippians 3:10)

To me personally, I don't see Christianity as a religion, many people will read that and be like "whattt is this gurllll on about ? Pshh , I'm exiting off this page. Saira who ? I dont think so" Lool whilst others will continue to read on about why I say this.
Christianity is about a relationship with a person. Guess who that person is ? Oh come on. Yeahh, Jesus Christ ! did you guess right ? (my jokes are dead, dont mind me)
Faith the size of a mustard seed, will allow to know Jesus and I can promise you, the second your faith grows, the BIGGEST transformation in your life will take place. So BIG, your love for Christ will just continue to blossom just like that of a flower. 

Many people would say they "know of Christ" "they know his name" "they know why people talk about him" But the Major Question is .. Do YOU know him. Do YOU know why he died for our sins ? and resurrected on the third day. Do YOU  know why he is called the son of God ? Do YOU know why he is the only begotten son ? (This is the part where you clock on about the "YOU" in bold ... come on, KEEP UP ! )

Isaiah 9 : 6 - 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 Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. - NIV

To know Christ is to know about life. Not knowing Christ and forcing the relationship can somehow feel like driving a car randomly on a motorway and not knowing where your final destination will be. You as the individual are responsible for your relationship with Christ, just as you are responsible for driving the car. And it's not until you UNDERSTAND who is he, as an individual  and not through what you've grown up just "knowing or being taught" or by what people have just told you about him. Until YOU take that leap of faith to know him, alone. Then feeling like you're having a "forced relationship with Christ" could be a feeling that can come up more often than you anticipated.  There's no point being a Christian and not knowing the prime purpose and platform for which Christianity stands on. The Platform being JESUS. He is our stepping stone, our all in all, and also our guider. Through him we are made whole. He sacrificed his blood and body on calvary so that we will not have to live in fear and that we would not be condemned of sin again ! Isn't our Lord Jesus Christ amazing ? 

Know what you're getting into as a Christian. Many people don't actually know about Christ as much as they should, and that is why they feel like they're having a "forced relationship with him". You can overcome that by reading the scriptures, googleing (i think is a word lol) about him , even watch youtube videos ! (Thank God for technology). There's so many resources around you that can help you understand, know and feel Christ for yourself. People may laugh at you on your journey, think you're turning cuckoo, and may even discourage you. But once you have Christ, that is all you will need to survive this world.

Proverbs 8 :35 - 36 - For those who find me find life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
How exciting does that sound ? Blessings upon Blessing. Testimonies upon Testimonies. 

I really hope Part 2(a) helped somebody. Even if it only touches one person, I will be over the moon, Saturn and Mercury ! When I feel like no-one is around me, who I can talk to or who I can just vent to. A small leap of faith in my heart enables me to just talk and talk and talk and I honestly feel like Jesus is listening. On top of him being my Saviour, he is also my Counselor and most especially my friend. 
Knowing Christ is one of the greatest things that ever happened to me, and its through knowing him i am able to share my experiences with you ! I really hope you were touched by this post and if you are in the boat of having a forced relationship with Christ. Take that LEAP OF FAITH, Get to know him ! And see what Jesus can do for you.

Thankyou so much for reading my lovely sairassecretfriends. Like i said. WE ARE NOW FRIENDS. Don't deny it. I know where you sleep ^_^
Lool, Part 2B, which will be on how to live by the scriptures accordingly and how to enjoy being a Christian, its actually pretty fun Lool. Those will be out next week by the Grace of God and once again thank you for reading.

Have a blessed week

sairassecret.
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