Emeka Anslem's Blog... Bringing knowledge to the people

TIMELY NOTES! God's word is quick and powerful; but Ex 23:30 records that He does certain things little by little. This means that there are things that God does instantly, and there are other things He does in a space of time. Many people would have married the wrong persons if God didn't extend their courtship longer than they planned. The reason why you've not bought your car is probably because God is trying to stop you from entering the traps of your enemies. But little by little, He's taking out your oppositions, so that when you eventually buy the car, it won't take you to the grave as the enemy had planned. Be anxious for nothing. You may be due for marriage, you may be able to afford a car - and yet you just can't buy one for yourself, you may be due for a business breakthrough, you may be overdue for a salary raise, you may be due for a promotion, you may be due to further your education, you may be due for whatsoever it is, but little by little Go...

TIMELY NOTES! Faith works instantly; but it doesn't mean it didn't when your desired result doesn't come instantly. This has been the undoing of many believers; they begin to have doubts when their timing doesn't agree with faiths timing. Faith may destroy a disease, but sometimes, the effect of the disease may take time to heal. The moment faith is engaged, the root of the ailment is destroyed, then the healing process begins. Faith does not have a dying patient, it only has healing patients. If it has not healed, then it's healing. After Jesus cursed the fig tree, the disciples only saw the effect the next day. Everything that causes a tree to flourish dried up from that tree the moment Jesus cursed it, it only required one more day to have a physical effect. Some people need just one more day to begin to see the physical effects of their faith, but they allow doubt to set-in, and eventually lose the blessing. The people of Israel were already delivered from t...

TIMELY NOTES! In Phil 4:4-6, the bible says we should rejoice in the Lord always. That means even when things get rough, we still have an obligation to be joyful. If Satan can't steal your joy he can't keep your treasures. He may steal from you, but a thief is never the owner of what he steals until the owner decides to let go. The moment you loose your joy to what Satan stole from you, you've simply told him to keep what he stole. But when you rejoice - despite the robbery, The anti-robbery God will intervene and make the thief return sevenfolds of what he stole. Some people came to steal from David, and when he discovered it, he first asked God whether to pursue them or not, and God said he should pursue and overtake them. It takes a joyful heart to ask God such a question inside such a pressure. Be careful for nothing, but report every situation to God in prayer, supplication with thanksgiving. The same way you report a case to the police is the same way you should r...

TIMELY NOTES! Many people are convinced that they need a change; and to be honest, sometimes we get so fed up with life that we really need a change. Some say they want a change of environment, some wants a change of job or business, some are convinced that changing their career path is the only way they can make progress. The one that amazes me the most is that some people think their spouse is the reason why they're not progressing, and so they'd want to change their spouse. Transformation begins with information. If you really need a change, then begin by changing the information you have inside of you. If you change your job, business, school, career, environment, or even your spouse, without changing the knowledge inside you, then it won't be long before you get fed up and change them again. Personally, I've met very insensitive people; but instead of getting fed up of them, I simply acquire more sense on how to get what I want from insensitive people. That way...

TIMELY NOTES! Many believers have failed to understand that being released from the oppressor does not guarantee a release from oppression - responsibility does. There is no way to fully walk into freedom without shouldering its responsibilities. Salvation may have delivered us from Satan, but it is the  responsibility we take to walk in the salvation that God has brought us that guarantees freedom. Deliverance is not freedom! We've been delivered from sin and Satan, but we must take practical steps to be free from sin and Satan. Deliverance breaks the strongholds of our oppressor, but freedom is living the life that the deliverer has for us. The people of Israel were delivered from Egypt, but because they didn't understand the responsibilities attached to their freedom, they preferred to go back to Egypt to continue living as slaves. Pharaoh still pursued them even after they had been delivered, but it was their responsibility to walk in faith by crossing the sea that guar...

TIMELY NOTES! The thing about joy is that you have to have it, whether situations are pleasant or not. A large percentage of people who are sick today are people who go the mile just to live a happy life. Happiness feeds on what you have, joy feeds on who you are. That means you really don't need to have anything to live a joyful life. People who just want to be happy become broken when they don't have enough to make them happy; and like we know, a broken spirit makes our body vulnerable to all kinds of sicknesses and diseases. Abraham didn't have anything to show for his life. But the Bible recorded that he staggered not at the promise of God, but he was strong in faith, joyfully glorifying God. The difference between joy and happiness is that; while happiness would have something to show, joy only needs a promise to show. Abraham had joy because of the promise of God, Jesus held on to the cross because of the promise of God. Hab 3:17-18 says that "although the fi...

TIMELY NOTES! In Acts 16:25-26, as Paul and Silas began to sing, the Bible says that there was a sudden earthquake, the foundation of the prison was shaken, all the prison doors flung open, and the bands on the prisoners were loosed. Really, what were they expecting? The whole earth is God's footstool, we should expect things like that when God begins to dance. Praise is one thing that makes God to rise from His throne. In Ps 47:5, the Bible says that God ascends with a shout of joy and with a sound of the trumpet. Ps 22:3 explains that the best part of God is gotten in His praise. Isn't it amazing to know that our victory is cheap when we excite God with praise? Just imagine; God began to dance, and the walls of Jericho fell down flat, the enemies of Judah began to kill themselves until no one was left, the prison gates broke lose so that Paul and Silas could escape. That's how far we'd go on today's Timely Note. But take these last words; WHEN GOD ARISES, EN...