Month: May 2020

I have always loved gardening, however, during this pandemic I have had much more time to sharpen my skills 😊 I have planted colorful tulips 💐 here and there but my passion is to plant what I can eat 😊 I learned A LOT from my sister whom during her fall 2019 harvest, she had SO MUCH fruits “n” veges that she called us to come and help ourselves 😊 I once bought a blueberry plant  🌱 and it gives me satisfaction to see it still thriving 😊 I’m looking forward to enjoying fresh organic blueberries very soon 😊

Just yesterday, I planted the following: cherries 🍒 watermelon 🍉 cantaloupe 🍈 cucumber 🥒 sweet corn 🌽 beets, carrots 🥕 onion 🧅 pepper  (different types), tomato 🍅 cauliflower, kale 🥬 lettuce 🥬 spinach, eggplant 🍆 basil, oregano, thyme, parsley, brussels sprouts , avocado 🥑 lavender, and chamomille 😊

I am really hopeful about a great fall harvest (around July/August). Some like the lettuce and okra will be ready before then 😊 I have been composting all through the winter. Compost is when you save kitchen scraps like peels from your fruits and veges and so on. When these decompose they make great organic fertilizer (no chemicals) that you can add to the soil that you plant on. This helps them grow healthy.

One tip I learned along the way is to put holes in your containers so that the soil can drain. You do not need to fill the containers with potting/gardening soil as these could be expensive. Simply place dried leaves, stick, compost, etc at the bottom of your container and then add your soil to the top.

Having little or no space isn’t an excuse ☝️Where there is a will there is a way. You can get VERY creative using cut up milk gallons as pots 😊

Growing your own fruits and veges is not only relaxing and therapeutic but it can also save you on grocery bills and you get to have fresh, organic produce at your disposal 😊

Flower seeds I ordered from amazon 👌

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0875N8BC3/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_i_–z3Eb53P1P6K

In the computer world, when something is not working the way it should the first troubleshooting tip is to reboot – to turn everything off then restart. Funny how God uses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. The Bible tells us that the wisdom of man is foolishness with God.

The church was asleep. How long will thou sleep, o sluggard? This is our wake up call. Please note that I am using “OUR” because I am also a part of the church and am not pointing fingers. I’ve learned that when you point a finger, FOUR are pointing back at you.

Friends, it’s no secret that what goes on in a lot of our so called churches is vanity upon vanity. Even the Bible tells us that there shall be perilous times in which men will be lovers of themselves, pleasure, proud, boastful, etc, having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof.

God has called us to be fishers of men but instead we have been keepers of the aquarium. God has called us to go into the world and preach the gospel but instead we have wasted precious times in the four corners of a building having meetings upon meetings hindering God’s people from pursuing their God-giving callings and spending quality time with their families. Many (myself included) have showed off our designer clothes which are all gathering dust at the moment. Many have flaunted their fancy cars which they are not able to drive anywhere at the moment.

At times, God has to use a crisis situation such as a pandemic to reboot/reset/restart His church. If we don’t praise God, He will raise up stones to do so. May we not be replaced in the mighty name of Jesus! The fact remains that God can and will speak through a donkey if instead of saying what He wants, we lay more emphasis on the wrong things (example seed, SEED, and MORE SEED).

People of God, after the lockdown is over, let’s begin to do things differently. We have been able to reach more souls through online church, LET’S NOT TAKE IT AWAY!!! We can have physical church gatherings and still streamline them and for heaven’s sake it shouldn’t be punishable not to come to church. We are the church. We take God everywhere we go. The true children of God have been paying their tithes and offering online. God knows who are His. There’s a difference between the sheep and the goats. It is my earnest prayer that everywhere we may have missed it, God gives us the grace to make the necessary adjustments. Let’s delete the old or corrupt files from our systems. Hear this, friends: THE POTTER WANTS TO PUT US BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.

PRAYERS AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
By Margaret Morenike Doherty-Aka

Song: The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Jehovah the man of war. His mercies endureth forever and ever, O praise his holy name!

Friends, Elisha was not satisfied with the “sound” of abundance of rain and so HE PRAYED AGAIN AND AGAIN! God has placed us here to root out, to destroy, to build, and to plant. We are to build the cities and repair the desolations of many generations. Prayer was made of the church for Peter.

Isaiah 62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence.

The prayers of the saints will heal the sick. Son of Righteousness, visit everyone sick with healing in your wings! Restore health unto them! Raise them from the bed of languishing. We summon this pandemic to the courtroom of Almighty Jehovah – the judge of the universe and the righteous judge. Friends, we will not keep silent until this plague comes to an end!

Isaiah 52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Song: Praise the name of Jesus, He’s my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer in him will I trust. Praise the name of Jesus!

Father God of Abraham, you are a stronghold in the day of trouble. You are a very present help in time of trouble. Rend the heavens and shake the heavens! Render unto COVID-19 its dessert! Have coronavirus in derision! O God that sitteth in the heavens, laugh this plague to scorn!

Song: My helper O! My helper O! There is something that makes me come into your presence, my helper!

Father God, let the sun smite coronavirus by day! Let the moon smite it by night! Let the stars in their discourse fight against COVID-19 the way they fought against Sisera! Let the whirlwind of God blow this pandemic away as the chaff that the wind blow away!

Father God, let coronavirus be as the fat of the lamb and let it be consumed! The angel of the Lord encamp around them that fear him. Father send your angels to surround every single one of us and our families and all the essential workers in Jesus’ mighty name we pray!

Song: We are heirs of the Father, we are jointed with the son, we are children of the kingdom, we are family, we are one!

THE MASTER BUILDER

Jeremiah 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

Friends, Calvary greetings! I pray in the mighty name of Jesus, that the Master Builder will open to us the gates of righteousness and we will go into them, and praise the LORD (Psalm 118:19). Beloved, he is The Door and also the one who has the key of David; may He open unto us the two-leave gates. This week, may great and wonderful doors open unto us of their own accord in Jesus’ mighty name! Beloved, God is the Master Builder. From the Foundation to the roof-top, He has everything needed to “build” our lives including the “decorations”, finishings, as well as security. How do I know all this? The bible tells me He is the:

Foundation, Anchor, Chief Cornerstone, Eternal Rock of Ages, Strength, Support, Precious Stone, Living Stone, Rock, High Tower, High and Lofty One, Pillar That Holds My Life.

LIGHTING: Great Light, Light of the City, Lamp Unto Our Feet, Light unto our path.

FURNITURE: The Door, Polished Shaft, Carpenter.

LANDSCAPE: Rose of Sharon, Lilly of the Valley, Diadem of Beauty, Garden of Renown, True Vine.

SECURITY SYSTEM: Hiding Place from the Wind, Saviour, My Shield, My Fortress, My Rock of Refuge.

PROVISIONS: Hidden Manna, Living Bread, Bread of Life, Grain of Wheat, Grain Offering, Living Water, Ointment Poured Forth, He Who Fills All In All.

ADVISOR: Wonderful Counsellor, The Only Wise God, Master of the House, One Who Shall have Dominion.

DIRECTION: The Way, The Truth, and The Light, Lamp Unto Our Feet, Light Unto Our Path.

OTHER: Portion of My Inheritance, Servant, Finisher of Our Faith, Habitation of Justice, He Who Lives, Prince of Peace, Maker of All Things.

Beloved, as we can see, The Master Builder has us covered 😀 He is EVERYTHING we need to “build” our lives ☝️ Let’s allow the Polished Shaft to “polish” our lives and the “Diadem of Beauty” to beautify and decorate our lives with His goodness!

Friends, God is the Potter, we are the clay (Isaiah 64:8). Jesus said it is not all that says “Lord, Lord” that will enter into His Kingdom. To some He shall say “depart from me, you worker of iniquity, I know you not!” MAY THAT NOT BE OUR PORTION IJMN 🙏

We may have done that which we ought not to have done or left undone that which we ought to have done 🤷‍♀️It is not God’s will that any of us should perish ☝️He (God) said “ALL” that come to Him (in repentance), He will in no wise cast out.

Beloved, the Potter wants to put us back together again 👌 Wherever we may have been “marred” I pray that the Potter will remold us into vessels of honor sanctified and meet for His use 👌

The Bible also says our body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. I pray in the mighty name of Jesus that the Master Builder will lay our stones with fair colors, our foundations with sapphires, our windows of agates, our gates of carbuncles, and all our borders of pleasant stones (Isaiah 54:11-12).

I pray that violence shall no more be heard in our land, wasting nor destruction within our borders; but we shall call our walls Salvation, and our gates Praise (Isaiah 60:18). May God compass us about with songs of deliverance! In Jesus’ mighty name 🙏

The eagle is not afraid of the storm but uses it to gather momentum to propel itself to a higher altitude. The eagle soars above the storm to a level other birds cannot attain. Friends, let’s change our mindsets. Yes, we are in the midst of a pandemic; the entire world is. Let’s learn from the eagle. We have choices to make: We can lament and complain. We can sharpen ourselves. We can pursue dreams, goals, or passion that we never had time for in the past. Guess what, friends? GOD HAS GIVEN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US PLENTY OF TIME!!! Let’s use it wisely.

Let’s not waste our time but rather let’s invest it. We no longer have any excuse to be full of excuses. Like the eagle, let’s use this pandemic (storm) to gather momentum (sharpen ourselves).  One way to sharpen ourselves is to learn something new or acquire skills to be better at what we already do. Our Heavenly Father (God) rides on the wings on the wind. He has made us to seat with Him in heavenly places with Christ Jesus FAR ABOVE principalities and powers. Friends, the entire world awaits our manifestation. I pray in the powerful name of Jesus that we shall rise above this and come out better and stronger. Remain blessed in the awesome name of Jesus!

ATTENTION!!!!

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