WHAT DO YOU CARRY?

What You Carry determines on what is expected from you...

It is a fact that trucks and lorries that carry heavy loads and burdens need strong 'Rims and Shocks' to thrive.

It is also a fact that rubbers and thieves will only attack those that have something at hand,for them to be able to collect from.

Know this today; if you don't have anything to offer then the Devil will not attack you, if you don't carry something that is worthy of possing any form of threat to the kingdom of the enemy he won't attack you...

Remember to every man HE has deposited a gift or more, no man is left redundant. But, it now depends on what is deposited in you and how you maximize and  harness what ever gift that has been deposited in you, and also how you can build yourself to the optimal level that will now determine what stuff you are made of.

Don't you think it's high time you quit  living a shallow Christian life? , don't you think its high time you'd begin to acquaint yourself with the study of Gods word more than the usual? We are in the very last days and you need to update and upgrade your knowledge of God's word and understanding of HIS desires to HIS required Standard that is needed for the Time and era we find ourselves in. 

God currently wants you to be much more effective and proactive just like Apostle Paul and the Disciples of old who were relentless in the pursuit of spreading the Gospel to all Nations of the World knowing the Joy that awaits the Saints in the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The constant study of HIS word would increase knowledge of HIM in you and Love for HIM the more. Remember, God created man in a unique and exceptional manner; HE created man(Women inclusive) to have 'Flesh and Blood', HE created man to have something that every other spirit beings do not have "a Soul", and HE most importantly created man to fellowship with HIM for this purpose HE created man in HIS image and likeness. 

So,  it is unfair to make our creator feel lonely and ignored when you refuse to come to the point of cordial and mutual relationship with HIM in the place of prayer and constant study of HIS word.  HE longs for your fellowhip with HIM.

And be sure that all other things will be added unto you, every other thing which you seek and search for will be made available to you after you have given HIM that which HE desires.

The Gospel seem to grow a bit cold in this part of the world because, you have refused to join in the push for it (remember the harvest is plenty, but the laborers are few...  Matthew 9:37, Luke 10:12) and preparing with high expectations of the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, which HE comes with our reward for good stewardship.

So, what then do u carry?
Just a vague image and shallow knowledge of HIM in your mind? or an In-depth and clear understanding of who HE is?
The Lord does not seek those who are lukewarm, HE seeks a vibrant Church that will be hot for HIM till HE returns...
Remember HE said:
"I will spit you out from my mouth if you are neither hot nor cold... Revelation 3:16"

Do you know what you carry?
This can only be answered based on your fellowship with HIM in the place of Prayer and constant study of the Word. If you have not unleashed what has been deposited in you, then you need to awake from your slumber and know that your quota for the job at hand is earnestly needed.  Come on board and give your own unique flavor, for this same purpose the Lord deposited that gift or gifts in you and has called you HIS service.

Enough of sitting on the fence, the harvest truly is ripe and plenteous, but the laborers are indeed few.
Do not despise your "piece in the puzzle", no man will do your portion for you except yourself.

Once again I write to remind you that we are living in a very delicate time where living outside the will of God is detrimental to anyone. This call is to those who have been having that urge to comeback to HIS love, to those who have been observing that there's something unusual lying within and to those who have the mark for stewardship on them for these last days.
I beckon on you to let go all that seem to be of importance of this world, come and embrace that which is of great reward to your eternity.

I leave these words with you "to make haste now that their is time and seek Him now that you can find Him", till I write to you again.
Remember to continue to live a life which is ready for rapture.

MARANATHA!!!

Yours In His Vineyard
Pastor Chidi Ohanum.




A CALL FOR SUPPORT

Please be kind to support our ministry(THE CHRONICLE ARK CHURCH) as we have come to the phase where we need financial support from friends of the Gospel and lovers of God's work earnestly.
We are trying to get help in the area of both "Sound and Musical equipments." We know someone out their will come to our aid and help give us a voice to reach lost souls and win more souls for the Lord in this perilous and end time.
For me as a preacher, it's better for me to ask in sincerity than to go about it in a dubious and ungodly fashion(way) that would end up putting my relationship with God at risk and defeating the purpose of the Gospel.

Please feel free to call:
+234 905 510 3325, +234 803 693 7833
To know how you can be of support to the work of God in our hands.

Remember it's not my work, but His work and He needs you to support us in wherever means necessary for the sake of the Gospel.

God bless you, and please keep living a life that is ready for RAPTURE!


Pastor Chidi Ohanum. 

THE ALTAR IS MEANT FOR THE TRUTH "AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH"

THE ALTAR IS MEANT FOR THE TRUTH
"AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH"

"This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth;
but thou shalt meditate therein day and night,
that thou mayest observe to do according
to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt
make thy way prosperous, and then
thou shalt have good success."
Joshua 1:8

Scriptures are written words of Wisdom and Knowledge for Direction and Correction on our various journey through life.
In my study of the word overtime, I've come to discover that some words are not as literal as they seem... More of the words from the scriptures mean something deeper than they ordinarily mean to the layman. No wonder Jesus Christ promised to send the Holy Spirit, not just to help counsel us, but to help interpret scriptures to those who seek to know the truth and reality of God's heart and His Kingdom.
Some realities can never be disclosed to those who read with just the mentality of reading, but to those who seek to discover what God is saying for the time we find ourselves in, then He allows the Holy Spirit to help reveal the mysteries written therein.
As simple as Joshua 1:8 reads, there are more to it that guides.
To the literal reader Joshua was making a simple but affirmative declaration of himself and his family on how they would journey through life with the consciousness of the word of the Lord and never stray away like those who seek the pleasures of idol worship.
Joshua made that statement in his time and was declaring his loyalty to the words of GOD... That probably would be the interpretation of the literal reader. But, this is not just what that portion of the scripture says and means.
Let's look at the book of Isaiah, Isaiah 9:6-7 :
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall
be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God,
The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end,
upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,
to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth
even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

Prophet Isaiah said these words in the days of unrest and troubles, and his audience who heard these words were joyful and hopeful for salvation and deliverance from the unrest which they faced at the time was athand.
Isaiah came in the period of the invasion of Tiglath-pileser and his career of conquest. Ahaz, king of Judah, at this crisis refused to co-operate with the kings of Israel and Syria in opposition to the Assyrians, and was on that account attacked and defeated by Rezin of Damascus and Pekah of Samaria (2 Kings 16:5; 2 Chr. 28:5, 6). Ahaz, was thus humbled, sided with Assyria, and sought the aid of Tiglath-pileser against Israel and Syria. The consequence was that Rezin and Pekah were conquered and many of the people carried captive to Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; 16:9; 1 Chr. 5:26). Soon after this Shalmaneser determined wholly to subdue the kingdom of Israel...
Isaiah Prophesied in these days of great crisis, this words of hope were said when the people needed it the most. But, that prophecy was not meant for their generation neither for their time. This prophecy would only come to pass over 600 years later and we all know what happened therein.
All I'm trying to bring out of that sighted example was; "Some statements in the scriptures don't just have literal meaning to the immediate context, but have 'Post Spiritual meaning' for a generation that would be faced with crisis or situations that would need such scriptures to help put such crisis or situations on check."
Joshua drew the attention of his readers to his affirmative declaration, but in the true sense of it all; "Joshua was giving a principle of living to a generation unborn to his time." Isaiah spoke of a Messiah whose government was of no end and was of great power and of peace, but his statement or rather prophecy was meant for a generation unborn and was fulfilled over 600 years later.

NOW MY MAIN POINT -

Sometimes I ask myself why is it that Christians keep acting foolishly and are seen as a gullible set of people?  When we have all it takes to be the light of the world as said by prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 60:1-3 , we are designed to be the light of the Earth at this point in time. We are wired to exhibit the glory of the Lord so that all men shall come to His glory through us. And not the other way round which is what is obtainable now, where most Christians on a daily basis repel people from the complete knowledge of Jesus Christ with our characters and attitudes. The current church has allowed worldliness creep into it and this has given birth to external control which is perverting the gospel.
How sad the Apostles such as Apostle Paul would be seeing how we have made a total mockery of what they suffered for, just to pass it onto us.
It's high time someone out there, some genuine Christians begin to speak up and make loud the Righteousness of Jesus Christ known to every man and race. It's high time we put back Truth Behind the pulpit and do away with cheap lies that are only meant to enrich us and increase our membership...

>>> The main reason why Christians are been tossed around with all manner of Doctrines and ideologies is because they have failed to discover the "Principle of of living for these last days." Joshua 1:8 is more than just a memory verse of the Bible, or the literal declaration of Joshua, but an important "Principle for this times and season which we all find ourselves in. It's high time Pastors take that declaration as part of their core values and live by it. It's high time members and converts refuse to be deceived by the sugar coated lips of lying 'prophets and preachers' who have watered down the true essence of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

It's high time members see Joshua 1:8 as a key part of their Christian journey here on earth. No pastor or prophet knows the Bible better than the Holy Spirit, so why don't we all soak ourselves in the fullness of the study of the word of God and adherence of what is written therein. Remember the Holy Spirit is always there to explain and reveal every single word which you read in pursuit for the complete knowledge of Jesus Christ and complete transformation of the mind into His wholeness being like Jesus Christ:

"Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of
the stature of the fulness of Christ"
Ephesians 4:13

The scripture above is one of the main reasons why "Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists, Prophets and Apostles were called and sent... Just to equip and build the hearts of Christians to measure up to the standard the Lord has designed us to attain before His second coming.

How do I know the churches is not doing that which is expected of them?

>>> the Church is divided and the hearts of their leaders are focused on membership and numerical growth. God expects the Church to attain to the point of "Unity", not as a domination but as a body jointly weaven together where our Pastors, Bishops, Reverends, Apostles and Co will not play the unifying factor, but Jesus, the complete knowledge of Jesus serving as our binding force.
Today pastors and co have built for themselves empires and dynasties which they are lords over. No wonder they seek to outdo each other with magnificent edifice which is their symbol of power and control.
The pulpit is not a point of contradicting the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we're not called to lie and deceive the people for our own selfish gains.
Imagine how these lies create various levels of contradictions both in homes and lives of the people...

> Imagine a so called servant of Christ Jesus tell the people he does not need to pray for too long for God to answer him because everything had become seamless for him/her

> I find this one very disturbing; servants of God claiming they have seamless marriages and trouble free marriages... 

I need not emphasis on the importance of Prayer in the life of any Christian, prayer we know is the key to any situation and any one claiming that he/she does not need to stress himself / herself in the place of prayer to get things done then such a person is sending wrong signals out. Even the Bible says "Pray without ceasing"... Even when you know the Lord has answered you still need to pray to bring it forth to its totality. Prophet Elijah heard from God that He would give rain to the land after three and half years, but see what the Prophet did, he prayed and and prayed till the servant of the prophet saw a cloud which looked like the finger of God and we know the rest of the story.
Who says prayer is too much or prayer is too little? Remember "Pray without ceasing."

Servants of God should speak the truth at all times and avoid trying to impress their congregation and members. Every marriage has its uniqueness and flavor, and every marriage has their own kind of challenges. Scriptures says "as for trials and tribulations they shall surely come, but be of good cheer for I have overcome them for you", then who says his / her marriage has never witnessed any form of challenge? When pastors and spiritual leaders say things like this is sends all sorts of information to members and Christians who apparently are facing some forms of challenge or the other and this brings about comparison and deepens the wounds which such family is going through. It's imperative that we share true love challenges and testimonies so as to help build up the faiths of Christians and help give hope to their similar situations. 

The pulpit is not a place for impressing the people, but a place of edifying and strenghtning Gods children.

Hear this children of God, the old time Gospel of Jesus Christ is not out of vogue or out of fashion. The old time Gospel don't need any form of modernisation, the Gospel is all about "Holiness, Pure Relationship with God, Righteousness and Readiness and Expectation of the Return of our Master and Savior Jesus Christ." The gospel has nothing to do with 'signs and wonders', these are benefits of the sons and daughters of God. Signs and wonders come after you have completely yielded yourself to the will of God and taken upon yourself His righteousness and you are working out your salvation daily in fear and trembling. We are not in the time of seeking signs and wonders, we are in the times of working out our salvation and upholding Holiness and Righteousness in readiness of the second coming of Jesus Christ. 

This is the time of declaring "this book of the law(the Bible) shall never depart from my mouth(constantly speaking of it and proclaiming it), but I shall meditate on it day and night(constantly studying the word of God day and night, asking the Holy Spirit to guide you through it), that I may observe and do according to all that is written therein(be a doer of the word of God in this last days, and not just an observer. God is after those who do that which is written in His word as instructions for His coming Kingdom.), now only when I have done all these shall the Lord make my way prosperous and then grant me good success.
It's high time Christians begin to look away from signs and wonders, and start seeking the heart of God in Holiness and Righteousness, for these are the elements of a good relationship with God that will then surely release the signs and wonders you seek.
God is not a magician and does not operate in the same frequency of magicians who only seek to get praises of the people. God is after sincere relationships with Him and He opens up His wonders to those who abide under His will.
Friends remember every visit to church should be steps closer to God in the place of a broken spirit and a contrite heart. Every visit to church should remind you of God's kingdom and the return of Jesus Christ. And a clear reminder of hell and the consequences of disobedience of God's word, and not a step closer to financial breakthrough and upliftment. I'm not saying this is not good for any Christian, but the question is "is that why we created for? Just for Signs and wonders, and financial success? Not at all...
This is now the selling point of the today's Church, why the Church that passed on the baton to us focused solely on salvation and anxious expectation of the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. How sad they have changed the main priority and focus of Christianity.

Let me draw the curtains here, and let me say this "be warned our days here on earth are numbered and the return of our Master is athand, let not off your guard. Continually workout your salvation daily and be ready for the hour and time no man knows, be ready at all times."

Jesus is coming back very soon... Don't allow any man or woman deceive you that you still got time or you can please God through your finances and all. Only through Holiness and Righteousness can any man please God to build a good Relationship with Him. 

The old Gospel says; "Repent and Give your life to Jesus Christ and accept Him as your personal Lord and Savior so that you can inherit life eternal, for He Cometh quickly to reward both the wicked and the just in Christ Jesus."

Till I come your way again, remain blessed and keep living a life that is ready for rapture.

Yours in the Vineyard
Pastor Chidi Ohanum.

       MARANATHA!