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“ 1 Samuel 17 Account of David Killing Goliath” By Akin Ojumu Hell is bent on destroying the credibility of the Bible. There is no book that has been the subject of greater scrutiny than the Holy Scriptures. From powerful emperors to lowly peasants and everyone in between, unrelenting attempts have been made to malign God and marginalize His Word. Throughout history, the Bible has been burned, banned and banished. Many have met violent ends for simply being caught reading the Bible. Unabated in their efforts to rid the world of the Word of God, wicked men twist its content, distort its meaning, and doubt its accuracy. Reprobate minds, wise in their own eyes, dismiss the Bible in skepticism. Punny men, with punny brains, suppress the truth of Scripture in their cynicism. Evil people who have sworn allegiance to Satan have made it their life’s mission to expose what they claim are inconsistencies in the Bible. One of those seeming contradictions the enemies of God claim they have discove...

“The Things the Lord Hates” By Akin Ojumu King Solomon tells us about the six things that the LORD hates. In his Book of Proverbs, the wisest man that ever lived shows us the seven things that are particularly abhorrent to the LORD God Almighty. These are abominable practices that often cause the pure and Holy God to retch and throw up in disgust. Proverbs 6:16-19 “There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies,  and one who sows discord among brothers.” Beyond the seven detestable things described in the above passage, however, there are many other practices mentioned in the Bible that are abominations to the LORD. Among these are the following. (1) Sexual Immorality e.g., Adultery, Homosexuality, Bestiality, Incest Leviticus 18:22-23 “You shall not lie with a male as with a ...

By Akin Ojumu Leke Sanusi was a guest minister at Jesus House Baltimore recently. While there, he led the gathered crowd in a series of prayers. Several of the prayer points Mr. Sanusi asked the people to pray were, to say the least, very troubling. But I found one of them to be particularly disturbing. Burning with zeal and blowing hot with fury, Leke Sanusi commanded the people to take a partner and pray the following: “Say, my friend. My friend. Eaters of flesh. Drinkers of blood. That have been chasing you. Searching everywhere for you. We return to sender. Without success. In the Name of Jesus. I pray for you, my brother. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Any eater of flesh. Any drinker of blood. That has been chasing you. Searching everywhere for you or for anyone in your family. Tonight, they will return to sender. God will feed them with their own flesh. The Lord will get them drunk with their own blood like sweet wine. That’s the Word of the Lord in Isaiah 49. I pray for you tonigh...

By Akin Ojumu With Sinai Mountain bellowing thick smoke, and with thundering and lightning, quaking and loud trumpets, YAHWEH laid down the terms of His contractual agreement with the children of Israel. If they kept their end of the bargain and they chose to obey all of His commandments, He promised to bless them beyond measure. Deuteronomy 11:13-15 “And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, he will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil. And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full.”   Should they, on the other hand, decide to breach the contract, catastrophic consequences would be the result. YAHWEH made it clear to them that failure to keep even one of the commandments would lead to severe ramifications. Deuteronomy 11:16-1...

By Akin Ojumu In demonstration of His matchless love for Israel and as a promise of His abiding presence with His people, the LORD instructs Moses to tell Aaron and his sons to bestow a benediction upon Israel.  Numbers 6:22-27 “The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them: יְבָרֶכְךָ יהוה וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ (Yevarechecha Adonai v'yishmerecha)  יָאֵר יהוה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיִחונֶךָ (Ya'er Adonai panav elecha v'yichuneka)   יִשָּׂא יהוה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם (Yisa Adonai panav elecha v'yasem lecha shalom) “The Lord bless you and keep you; “The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; “The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. “So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.” This is a prayer of God’s blessing, protection, provision and affection for His people. Whenever they bestow this prayer upon th...

By Akin Ojumu Joshua Selman is not the type that shies away from talking about the sources of his power. When it comes to the root of his anointing, the guy is proud of his ancestry. On numerous occasions, he has told his followers and admirers that he is a beneficiary of encounters. Like a collector of fine things, Selman is a connoisseur of what he calls “graces.”  From campgrounds to burial grounds, Joshua Selman goes to and fro and all over the place praying for encounters, craving for mantles, and seeking for anointings with hunger and expectation in his heart.  Disciples of Joshua Selman are well acquainted with the names of the God’s “Generals” and powerfully “anointed” Fathers of the faith who have influenced him and his ministry over the years. They’ve heard him tell the story of a time while he was watching William Branham’s interview on the Television one night, he experienced a profound and strange phenomenon that radically changed the trajectory of his life. ...