Editor's Note: COT@4: Grace abounding

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Hallelujah, it has been You, God.

  All praise and thanks to you mighty God for your faithfulness so far, it has been You, Lord. Father we say thank you Lord. We give you praise for seeds of evangelism you have sown in the hearts of men, making us fit, useful vessels in your vineyard. We exalt You Lord for your infinite mercy and Grace that counted us worthy to be soul's harvesters in your kingdom; depopulating the kingdom of hell and populating the kingdom of God almighty. Glory, honor, praise and adoration to your name most high.

Grace abounding
Four years back you gave us a vision of promoting your kingdom, by earnestly interceding for missionaries globally and seeking your face continually for our nation. The Change of Taste Group (COT) has been a source of blessing, for many have come to see and know God through continuous intercession and Holy Spirit inspired publications on the bulletin; "The QUIVER". Glory be to God for we have not yet lost sight on the important vision of interceding for missionaries across the world as well as for peace and righteousness in our land. Indeed, we are growing; from a small group of less than twenty to an army of up to three scores. Nevertheless, we still welcome more to join the business of intercessory prayers as well as Sowing into mission work. Indeed, God has been so faithful and we praise you Lord for grace that has taken us thus far.

COT MISSION SUPPORT FUND  By God's Grace, through COT MISSION support, God has given us grace to sow into mission work and lives has been blessed, for through this medium, we are able to support missionaries, orphanage homes, as well as the less privileged.; God loves a cheerful giver, seed time and harvest time shall not cease, for when you give it shall be given unto you in good measures...

Let me use this opportunity to appreciate all members of COT group for their labor of love. God, will bless and reward you mightily. Nonetheless, much still needs to be done, for we are in the end time and so many soul's still need to be reached. Indeed it’s a busy season for missionaries as the harvest is in top gear for the master is near. Therefore, they need our prayer more than before and much more now they need our seed of support. To all administrators of the group, God bless you mightily. At the end I hope we can say as Apostle Paul that we have fought the good fight and kept the faith.
Happy 4th anniversary,

We invite you to be a part of The Change of Taste Group; you can join our league of intercessors and/or generously donate to the need of missionaries through the COT support fund.  kindly contact any of the numbers: +2348067619381, +2348130299558, +2348165162581, +2349169097722, and 2348183650210. Email enquiries to thequiver4changeoftaste@gmail.com

 God bless you.

Author

Sonia O. Umurhumuhu Jessa

Associate Editor

angelsonie15o@gmail.com

To be a part of The Change of Taste Group, kindly contact any of the numbers: +2348067619381, +2348130299558, +2348165162581, +2349169097722, and 2348183650210. Email enquiries to thequiver4changeoftaste@gmail.com

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The Quiver is the Official Bulletin of The Change of Taste Group (a non-denominational mission intercessory and support group ©2018

Edited-in-Chief: Ogunsuyi Opeyemi B. (opeyemiogunsuyi@gmail.com)

2018: Be Resolute for God, for Good

Vol. 18.01.34

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Shalom,

Happy New Year!

I welcome you once again to 2018 with the Joy of Jesus Christ. It’s a new 52 weeks of promises and hopes in God. As usual, we know many are in the business of making New Year resolutions, therefore, we always like to give you some useful tips for the year through the grace of God. This time, we shall look and some secrets deposited by Jesus Christ in these eight tips

 ^{Luke 12: 1.} Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about and stepping on each other. Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy. ² The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all. ³ Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!

Beloved, let us treat hypocrisy like a plaque this year and let us choose to be known for God. Choose to firmly stand for God, His truth and His righteousness and see what God will do with our lives. Shun all form of double personality with God that could hinder his move in your life.

^{Luke 12:4} “Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that. ⁵ But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell.^[a]Yes, he’s the one to fear.

God is the only one that has power over life and death; then fear God not man.

^{Luke 12: 15} Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.

If you still take pride in the abundance of your wealth, what a shame! If you only focus in acquiring wealth as a mark of social status even at the detriment of your soul, what a waste! In 2018, let your wealth be in how much you serve God and man with your resources.

^{Luke 12:20} “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’²¹ “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”

Riches are good, but only when it’s toward God. Be a giver this year; give to the poor, the needy, the underprivileged and God’s kingdom works. None of the wealth shall follow you out of this earth and who knows what will become of them afterwards? More importantly, know God richely.

^{Luke 12:31} Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need.

Well, you have been hearing this all your life. If you have been putting the cart before the horse, how much has it worked? Re-prioritize this year.

^{Luke 12:33} “Sell your possessions and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will be safe; no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it

As a Christian, there is no better place to invest than in God’s kingdom.

^{Luke 12:40}  You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.”

Well, again and again, Jesus is coming back soon-don’t get carried away

^{Luke 12:48} But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.

Whatsoever God has given you-wealth, talent, wisdom, or even the gospel that brought you salvation, it’s not for you alone but for you to bless others with. God will demand account. 

Have a God-filled and good year

Ogunsuyi Opeyemi
opeyemiogunsuyi@gmail.com
Editor-in-Chief
The Quiever

To be a part of The Change of Taste Group, kindly contact any of the numbers: +2348067619381, +2348130299558, +2348165162581, +2349169097722, and 2348183650210. Email enquiries to thequiver4changeoftaste@gmail.com

If you are inspired by the Holy Spirit to reach out and affect many souls through writing, send your articles to thequiver4changeoftaste@gmail.com and we will help you spread it across the world audience. God bless you as you choose to impact lives.

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MY CHRISTMAS CHICKEN//BY: Olukunle oluwatobi & Ogunsuyi Opeyemi

Vol. 17.12.33

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I have watched closely the life of a chicken, especially the one but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy (John 10:10 KJV)

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I rear and fed intensively for Christmas. Such chicken’s lifestyle is mainly composed of daily feeding at my expense. However, we are both at parallel mindset: the chicken eats with delight daily, fattening and rejoicing at its owner’s benevolence while I patiently feed it intensively waiting for the day of Christmas for it to go to the slaughter. This interesting but paradoxical illustration reminds me of those who live outside Jesus Christ, who live a riotous lifestyle, enjoying the sinful pleasures of this world offered by the Prince of this world-Satan, thinking such pleasures will be forever, not knowing the Devil has nothing to offer

 Proverbs 16:25 KJV ‘There is a way that seemth right unto men but the end thereof are the ways of death

Furthermore, although there is a way that may seems right to a man, it might seem as if he is making the best decisions, It might look as if he is surrounded with the right set of people, but the truth is if he is not in alignment with God’s word and will, no matter how his life looks right to the world, the end is destructive.

It is well said that a man can never eat his cake and have it. Satan is the Prince of this world and he is an expert in deceiving man because he has been on earth before we were created. The only leverage a man can have over the devil is to give his life to Christ and thereafter, become the son of God; having the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth. Undoubtedly, a man without Jesus Christ is vulnerable and can easily be deceived, swindled and blindfolded by the devil. Therefore, never should a man think that he can eat with a long spoon with the devil, for he will only be deceiving himself.  Guess what! Those who are being deceived by Satan are not always aware that they are in error; that’s Satan for you! For the day such a man knows, is his day of deliverance.  Like the popular saying goes, ‘a man’s madness begins to get cured the day he realizes that he is no longer in a normal state of mind.

                Beloved, let us search our hearts to really know its state. Let us be sure that we are really on the right way and that we are not being deceived by the devil. For we cannot love the pleasures of this world and claim to love God.

Matthew 6:24 KJV No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon

1 Corinthians 5: 7 KJV Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us

John 3:16 KJV For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:10 KJV)

This is another sincere call to all who are presently enjoying the pleasures of this sinful word, it is more like a chicken being fed for the day of slaughter. A Yoruba adage says the love the owner has towards his chicken does not go beyond to feed it well to be big enough to give him enough meat when slaughtered. In order words, the end goal of much intensive chicken rearing is to kill for food.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly (John 10: 10 KJV)

If God has touch our heart through this write-up and wish to give your life to Jesus Christ, please pray thus:

God, I thank you for your love for me,

Thank you for sending your son-Jesus Christ to die for my sins

I believe with my heart today that Jesus died for my sins and by His blood I am washed clean,

And I confess today that Jesus Christ is Lord over my life and all things

Jesus Christ, come into my life and reign forever more and

Give me the grace to love and follow you till the end

Thank you Jesus

Amen

If you have taken this prayer, you are blessed because;

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance (Luke 15:7 KJV)

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV).

Kindly find a bible believing church near you to attend

Shalom

Authors

Olukunle Oluwatobi
olatobii.john2016@gmail.com

&


Ogunsuyi Opeyemi
opeyemiogunsuyi@gmail.com

To be a part of The Change of Taste Group, kindly contact any of the numbers: +2348067619381, +2348130299558, +2348165162581, +2349169097722, and 2348183650210. Email enquiries to thequiver4changeoftaste@gmail.com

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Purified by God's word // BY: SONIA O. UMURHURHU JESSA

Vol. 17.11.32

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 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.  Psalms 12:6 KJV

God's word is the purest any one can think of and its pure nature makes it unique over all. Dearly beloved, our God is Holy, pure, without stain for His eyes cannot see iniquity (Habakkuk 1:13). God is Holy and this Holiness reflects in his actions; in whatever He does, you see Holiness. God is so dependent and committed to fulfilling His words that when He speaks, His words come to pass (Isaiah 55:11), making God the God of yes; yes when He says Yes and no, when He says no. Scriptures puts it this way, His premises are ye and Amen. (2 Corinthians 1:20).

  

Our topic says Purified by God's Word. The word purified means made pure, made clean, free from flaws, free from imperfections. When a person or thing is pure, it is free from dirt, impurities, clean and useful.

 Oh! I am thirsty,

but there is water in the gallon, why not drink it.

I can't drink that water, it is dirty, and it is not clean.

True, please don't drink it, it is unsafe and dangerous for your health.

This means for something to be useful, it has to be clean. The usefulness of something is determined by its fitness, pureness, cleanness and flawlessness.

God's word

There is power in the word, His words is the strongest force that cannot be withstood by any. .for God's word spoke creation into being. Let there be (Genesis 1), Mountains melt before Him (Psalms 97:5); at the sound of His voice the whole earth trembles, His voice breaks the ciders of Lebanon (Psalms 29), His words make decrees and they are established (Psalms 148; Isaiah 55:11). Ones the Lord speaks, it is done. How majestic, how powerful is your word oh Lord! Your voice oh Lord is powerful, it is majestic. (Psalms 29:4).

For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrew 4:12 KJV)

God's word is living.

What do I mean by living? It gives it the feature of having life and not just having life but active, it means it is existing, and is working everyday (Psalms 30:5; 119:140). You can't be disappointed as far as its God's word, it means it is in use, and once it is applied or used, it works, doesn't and can't fail. 100 percent certain!

  God's word is powerful

Power is the working ability. It is with power that work is accomplished. To tell you how powerful God’s word is, have you ever imagined how you were formed, carried in the womb for nine months...oh! We were so uniquely formed, kept safe in the womb .God's words have such power that it brought the whole earth into being, even you and me. How much more cleaning you and making you whole (Ephesians 5:26).

  God's word is God Himself

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1 KJV).

God Himself is His word, so once God's word is spoken, know that God himself is the one speaking. His words brought creation into being, it means God brought creation into being. Since He (God) is His word. Purified by God's word, means clean or made whole by God himself. I am not talking about just anybody making you clean but God Himself. For through God's love for us he sent His one and only son, who died for us and purified us from all sins. According to John 1:1, if in d beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Therefore, God himself is actually the one who died for you and me through Jesus since He is the word (And the word was God). Hallelujah!!!

Dearly beloved, until God's word purify you, you are counted as impure, dangerous to your health.

 Faith in His words

You can’t be purified, nor be saved except you believe in His word; to be certain that His word can make you pure.

 For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16 KJV). Believe God's word today for it is only His word that can save your soul (James 1:21). It is simple; believing in your heart that God sent Jesus to die for your sins and confessing with your mouth, yes Lord I believe in You, You are the Christ, savior of the word the son of the Living God and I welcome you into my heart today that you cleanse me, make me pure from all sins that I may live a perfect life, becoming full heir and partaker of Your kingdom, to reign and live for You For ever and ever, Amen. Thank You Father for hearing me in Jesus Name, Amen.

God bless you.

Author

Sonia O. Umurhumuhu Jessa

angelsonie15o@gmail.com

To be a part of The Change of Taste Group, kindly contact any of the numbers: +2348067619381, +2348130299558, +2348165162581, +2349169097722, and 2348183650210. Email enquiries to thequiver4changeoftaste@gmail.com

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LIVING BREAD - SERIES 3 //BY: NEJO HARRISON ACCEPTABLE WORSHIP

Vol. 17.10.31

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Worship is the expression of reverence shown to one considered to be in position of honor. It is commonly attributed to deities, it is a way of adoring a god. God so much desires the worship of His subjects and His jealousy is revealed in this act when it is given to other gods besides Him. He will tolerate no man to bow to other gods but that all men might worship Him alone. The fact that God seeks true worshippers is a clear indication that there are both right and wrong worship that are acceptable and not acceptable respectively. God is firm in His operations as He has unwavering conditions that His worship must meet before it can be considered acceptable; he is not at the mercy of taking whatever man brings, but His requirements must be met. He is not disadvantaged to need man's worship desperately as to take whatever is offered to Him. God turns down sacrifices and accepts when His standard is met, as He turned down Cain's sacrifice but accepted Abel's. He was clear in giving specific requirements for which sacrifices were to be offered throughout scriptures, and who ever chooses to come to him must be willing to adjust to suit these conditions.

What was it that made the sacrifice of Abel ascend heaven with a sweet smell even when it was carried out without any formal guidance through knowledge? What therefore determines God's preference for a man's sacrifice that makes Him honor and accept one but reject another? The following are considered important.
THE HEART: The ability of God to see beyond human's beautifully appealing face down into his heart and know the intent therein and his motives for his actions has been one of the keys to maintaining rightness. Otherwise, those with beautiful faces having negative motives would have gotten the applause and approval; even the great Prophet Samuel nearly fell into this trap of deception considering the convincing look of Eliab saying, certainly God's anointed is here before me (1 Samuel 16:6). In other words, he gave him his approval as God's anointed until God interrupted his judgement which was based on the outward appearance, he was good outwardly but inwardly did not meet God's requirements. 1 Samuel 16: 7 KJV: ‘But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart’. God does not look elsewhere other than the heart of man, the seat of his thoughts, from where issues of life that determines one's act are generated.
Many have labored on their outward parts with decays on the inward part, thinking God can be persuaded with their lips while their heart seek after other things.  They praise him with their lips but not with their heart (Isaiah 29:13). Prophet Ezekiel wrote; ‘And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. (Ezekiel 33:31 KJV), meaning that they might sometimes do good but it is not out of love but are after the selfish gain that will proceed from it. They might gain applause from many but the one who searches the heart says, it is unacceptable

THE BODY: There is a strong connection between the body of man and his worship. The body of man plays a big role in his relationship with God. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, that is where He dwells, we house the Spirit of God (1 Corinthians 6:19), ‘And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV). Our spiritual sacrifice cannot be offered without our body in check Romans 12: 1 KJV. ‘I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service’.

Apostle Paul beseech the church on the need to present their body to God a holy sacrifice, lifting it to God in total surrender; that is, ‘it is no longer mine, you own it, you have bought it with a price, your blood, therefore it is no longer mine but yours, and I hereby present it to you as living sacrifice’. It is not a dead sacrifice as we do not need to be dead physically to lay the body. We are living but dead, fulfilling Galatians 2:20, that though, we be dead (dead to sin) yet we live, dead to the old life but now alive in Christ. We are therefore beseeched to present our body to him, knowing it is no longer ours but His, we must live with this in mind. It must be holy, undefiled, set apart unto God. This, he called our reasonable and acceptable act of worship. Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God--this is your true and proper WORSHIP (Romans 12: 1NIV). This is very important and our body must be reverenced unto God.

SPIRITUALITY
John 4: 23-24 KJV. ‘But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth’.
It's the desire of God to restore man to the Spiritual communion he (man) lost in Eden. Several attempts had been made to manage through but it all did not fulfil His desire until God through His Spirit brought us back into that communion through Jesus Christ. God is spirit, this is emphatic and spirits only fellowship with spirits on spiritual basis and take spiritual worship items.
What interest did God have in the killing of animals presented on the altars by the priest for the people? God had no pleasure in all of these but only the bloody part of the animal, the animal stands as the carrier of the sin of men and the blood is demanded by God, meaning it is the life of it (for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof. (Lev 17:14 KJV) that God wants to see, while the other remains here on the earth. God is Spirit, we must embrace this and shift our attention from physical objects of worship to the life of the Spirit. No physical article of worship must be idolized as it is the Spirit of God in them that make them effective in breaking yokes. Whatever is not spiritual is not spiritual but carnal and to be carnal minded is enmity with God and cannot please Him.

ATTITUDE: There is a required attitude God demands in us when we offer our worship, our disposition matters. God does not want to appear beggarly. It is an honor to worship, it is a privilege to be among His countless worshippers. Luke 19:40 KJV says, ‘And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out’. Some of the attitudes God wants include;
1. Humble spirit: He desires that we present it humbly not boasting of our work but His grace (Luke 18:9-14)
2. Cheerfulness: He wants us to come cheerfully with joy not grudgingly as one compelled, but with a good will. He loves cheerful offering givers.
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7(NIV).
3. Brokenness: Offerings could be offered to appease God of our wrong doings and in doing this, a heart of sorry must be shown and godly sorrow must grip our heart, His sacrifice is a broken spirit (Psalm 51:17, Jonah 3:6-8).
God is more interested in us than the physical materials we bring, he looks out for the state if the heart, our little can only be much if our life is right, that is why the woman who have the least with a good life got God's approval ahead those with fat offerings. Present yourself unto God holy and acceptable, for this is your reasonable sacrifice.

GOD BLESS YOU

Author
Harrison Nejo
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