Margaret Asuquo

I have been richly blessed with not only the indept of knowledge but how real and practical our Christianity is. It has enabled me to look inwards and ignited a hunger and thirst after right living. both new and mature christians. If anything should be improved, it is our lives. Thank you Pastor Ralph.

The role of the Elders will be to anoint with oil and pray th eprayer of faith for healing. The Elders must be men of God with faith, maturity, intimacy with God and a firm belief in the power of God to heal.

The sick are to initiate the prayer for healing. This is important as an encouragement to have faith and a stimulus for belief. The faith of the sick as well as the faith of the ministers are important for healing.

Arrogance, presumptuos, boasting and impatience. Humility is trusting our motives and plans to God, and waiting on Him. It is submitting to the sovereign will of God for our lives.

When we bad-mouth a neighbour, we are not working in love and thus sitting in judgement.Only God is the true Judge. It is tempting to bad-mouth because many times we are ourselves sinful and unable to say the truth in love and faced it so we choose to speak behind.

These io commands are very vital because they enable us say no to the devil's temptations and say yes to God. They are however against our nature because we are always seeking the easy way out. The most difficult is resisting the devil.

We are the bride of Christ and so the term adultress is used. Adultery consist of taking your mind off yourtrue love, selling your integrity, and indulging in false pleasure. The agrieved husband is God. Frienship with the world puts us in enimity with God.

God is not against our having pleasure-God -kind of pleasures. Living to increase one's pleasures is dangerous because most times it will be guided by our flesh that is always in enimity with God.

Teachers of the Word will will be judged more strictly. Those who teach the word should know better, and endeavour to live what they preach. Pastors have the call of God upon their lives, the grace of God and the anointing at their disposal and so schould live by a greater standard.

The difference in the belief of a demon and that of a non-practising christian to that of a practicing believer is true love for God. The love of God in our heart speaks in the form of actions.

We are responsible to the poor and needy amongst us to the degree of God's love in us. How can we say we have the love of christ in us and yet be insensitive to the needs of the less priviledged. To the community around us, we are the bible they will first read.

Action is the identity of our faith. It is the expression of our faith. Faith can only come alive by the work of the Holy Spirit in us.

When we are biased agaisnt any and pay undue attention to any for any reason, then become judges for we esteem one more than the other. Our preference for one over the other more often than not is motivated by our selfish interests.

I try not to discriminate against anyone but the truth is that i may have less patience for the seemingly unserious and immoral person. The church is the laundry house for all kinds of people and we do have a open door for all kinds of people. Actually, for the downtrodden, rejected and unloved in the community.

The promise to claim is wisdom,from a believing heart. In trials, we seek God's direction and Wisdom to be assured of victory.

Doublemindedness is also as a result of confusion.When we are deaf to the voice of God , and choose to work by what we see or feel. Trials do not cure us of doublemindedness per say, but causes us to think and submit to God's will when we can obviously do nothing about the situation. Invariable, When we relax and choose to focus on God, we will see His hand in the situation and this causes us to grow in faith when God sees us through after all the failed personal self-help attempts.

People blame God for evil because they believe He is all-powerful and all knowing and Soverign. God is a holy God and so He cannot tempt us with evil. God cannot tempt sinful people with evil. God has made us free moral agents with the will to make choices whether good or evil.

I have had my own fair share of trials. Today, i believe that the trials have helped in bringing me closer to God while I wait for the manifestation of His plan and purpose for me in That situation. Satan cannot destroyed me in those trials because I know that when he plans for my fall, God will always turn it around for my good. Indeed I go through the process of refining with every trial. Today, I believe I trust God more, seek His will first, and depend totally on Him.

Hi, I am Margaret from Lagos, Nigeria. This is my first online Bible Study and I am truly excited. I am married with four kids and do have a challenging job. My heart cry is grow more intimate with the Lord. I am a beneficiary of HIS grace and mercy each day. My husband and I are Pastors with the LOve Aglow Christian Assembly, Festac, Lagos.