Ask, Seek, Knock!

REVELATIONS FOR TODAY by Pastor Michael Obata Matthew 7:7-8 – New Living Translation (NLT) 7Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the d…

Sons of God

“But as many as received HIM, to them gave HE power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on HIS name.” – John 1:12 (KJV)

Begotten of God

“But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name—who were bor…

Play Your Part

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought i…

Victory in Christ

“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord JESUS CHRIST.” – 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NKJV)

Kept in Perfect Peace

“You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and con…

The Real Enemy

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” – Ephes…

Steadfast Under Trial

“Blessed [happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God] is the man who is steadfast under trial and perseveres when tempted; for when he has passed the test and been approved, he will receive the [victor’s] cro…

Solid Food

“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only o…

The Living WORD

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, ………. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” –…

After MY Heart

“God removed Saul and made David their king. God spoke favorably about David. He said, ‘I have found that David, son of Jesse, is a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’” – Acts 13:22 (GW)

Power in Meditating

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night” – Psalms 1:2 (NKJV)

So Are We

“Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.” – 1 John 4:17 (NKJV)

Not Of This World

“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,” – Philippians 3:20 (NKJV)

Sanctified By Truth

“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” – John 17:17 (NKJV)

Reconciliation: Your Responsibility

“Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,” – 2 Corinthians 5:18 (NKJV)

Handle The Word Of Truth!

“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.” – 2 Timothy 2:15 (NASB)

Redeem The Times

“redeeming the time because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise but understand what the will of the Lord is.” – Ephesians 5:16-17 (NKJV)

Unity In Faith & Knowledge

“This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.” – Ephesians 4:13 (NLT)

Christian Fathers

“You shall teach them diligently to your children [impressing God’s precepts on their minds and penetrating their hearts with His truths] and shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the…

Our citizenship

“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,” – Philippians 3:20 (NKJV)

Strength in Grace

“You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.” – 2 Timothy 2:1 (NKJV)

Hold Firmly

“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.” – Hebrews 4:14 (NIV)

The Place To Dwell

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” – Psalms 91:1 (NKJV)

Food For Maturity

“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only o…

Abides With You

“And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him…

The Guarantee

“and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first instalment that guarantees everything he has promised us.” – 2 Corinthians 1:22 (NLT)

He Cares

“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” – 1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV)

Humble Yourself

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of GOD, that HE may exalt you in due time:” – 1 Peter 5:6 (NKJV)

Except Through Me

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” – John 14:6 (NKJV)

Gave Himself For Me!

REVELATIONS FOR TODAY by Pastor Michael Obata Galatians 2:20 – New King James Version (NKJV) 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live i…

You Ought To Pray!

“Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” – Luke 18:1 (NIV)

You Are Of God!

REVELATIONS FOR TODAY by Pastor Michael Obata 1 John 4:4 – King James Version (KJV) 4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. T…

The Godly Mother

“Her children rise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:” – Proverbs 31:28 (ESV)

Shine As Lights

“Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the w…

Enter HIS Rest!

“For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labours, just as God rested from [those labours uniquely] His own.” – Hebrews 4:10 (AMP)

Crucify The Flesh

“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” – Galatians 5:24 (NIV)

Take Captive Every Thought

“We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV)

Meditate On These Things

“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue a…

Order Your Day

“Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?” – Job 38:12-13 (NIV)

Maximise Your Time

“making the very most of your time [on earth, recognizing and taking advantage of each opportunity and using it with wisdom and diligence], because the days are [filled with] evil. Therefore do not be foolish and t…

These Qualities

“For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” – 2 Peter 1:8 (NIV)

Build Yourself

“But you, beloved, build yourselves up on [the foundation of] your most holy faith [continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], pray in the Holy Spirit,” – Jude 1:20 (AMP)

Pray Without Ceasing!

“be unceasing and persistent in prayer;” – 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (AMP)

CHRIST The Promise: Our Redemption & Restoration

“And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.,” – 1 John 5:11-12 (NKJV)

GOD's Power in us

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,” – Ephesians 3:20 (NKJV)

Out of Darkness

“I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.” – John 12:46 (NKJV)

SPIRIT Of GOD In You

“Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God, and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the w…

Renewed Mind

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

Overcome Fear

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” – 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)