Revitalize the Nations

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Spiritually

Give them Jesus Christ. Who is Jesus Christ? He is:

The WORD of God – Revelation Chapter 19 verses 11 to 13, John Chapter 1 verses 1 to 14 and the WORD satisfies.

The light of the world – John Chapter 8 verse 12, 1 verses 4 to 9, 9 verse 5, 12 verse 46, and Colossians Chapter 3 verse 16. (Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119 verse 105, NKJV. The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. Psalm 119 verse 130, NKJV).

Jesus is also the Bread of Life – John Chapter 6 verses 28 to 35, 41, 48, and 51 to 56. Bread is a synonym for food, staple food globally. Significantly, bread sustains = Revelation Chapter 10 verses 8 to 10. As the bread of life, Jesus gives both spiritual and physical food. By equating Himself with bread, Jesus is saying that He is essential to life that is to say that you cannot do without Him. Therefore, eat the Bread of Life – John Chapter 6 verses 51 to 57 and also share the bread of life with the people of the nations to revitalize the nations.

The Bread of life gives life, eternal life, everlasting life – John Chapter 6 verse 33, 47, 50 51, 53, 54, 57, 58. Additionally, the Bread of life sourced from heaven - John Chapter 6 verses 33, 38, 50 to 51, 58 will take away their attention from physical food to spiritual life. Please see Jeremiah Chapter 15 verse 6, Joshua Chapter 1 verse 8 and Ezekiel Chapter 2 verses 8 to Chapter 3 verses 1 to 3.

You can also revitalize the neighbourhoods in the nations through the family units. Cornelius’ house for instance was a mission field, a ripe field for harvests. Peter’s visit and ministration birthed Christians in that family and nation. Please see Acts Chapter 10. You can also do same by engaging families in your community to turn to God and serve God in truth and in spirit through salvation by faith in Christ Jesus. You never can tell; quite a number of families in your neighbourhood might just be ripe harvest fields calling for your attention. Ask God to open your eyes.

Inclusion

Foster inclusion in about every area of life so that no one feels excluded, and discriminated against irrespective of their socio-economic backgrounds and standing. We must therefore receive people as they are, teach them before we pronounce judgement. In point of fact, let’s give God opportunity to work in people’s lives.

If a person can separate him or herself in terms of personality, preferences, tastes, personal opinions, ideas, expectations from people, how they think people should look or sound from the plans and purposes of God for their lives, then they will make great progress and succeed in the plans and purposes of God for their lives.

Proclaim Good Tidings in the Nations 2

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

Then I looked up and saw four animal horns.  “What are these?” I asked the angel who was talking with me. He replied, “These horns represent the nations that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”  Then the Lord showed me four blacksmiths.  “What are these men coming to do?” I asked. The angel replied, “These four horns—these nations—scattered and humbled Judah. Now these blacksmiths have come to terrify those nations and throw them down and destroy them.” Zechariah Chapter 1 verses 18 to 21, NLT.

 

“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Call your councils of war, but they will be worthless. Develop your strategies, but they will not succeed. For God is with us!” Isaiah Chapter 8 verses 9 and 10, NLT.

When Ahaz, son of Jotham and grandson of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, set out to attack Jerusalem. However, they were unable to carry out their plan. The news had come to the royal court of Judah: “Syria is allied with Israel against us!” So the hearts of the king and his people trembled with fear, like trees shaking in a storm. Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Take your son Shear-jashub and go out to meet King Ahaz. You will find him at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed. Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn’t need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah.  Yes, the kings of Syria and Israel are plotting against him, saying, ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah’s king.’ But this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “This invasion will never happen; it will never take place; Isaiah Chapter 7 verses 1 to 7, NLT.

In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you. Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sakes. Behold, I have created the blacksmith who blows the coals in the fire, who brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the spoiler to destroy. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me, says the LORD. Isaiah Chapter 54 verses 14 to 17, NKJV.

There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord. The counsel of the Lord shall stand. Psalm 33 verse 11 and Proverbs 19 verse 21.KJV.

For there is no sorcery against Jacob, nor any divination against Israel. It now must be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'Oh what God has done!' Numbers Chapter 23 verse 23.KJV.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprises. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the forward is carried headlong. Job Chapter 5 verses 12 and 13 KJV.

Proclaim Good Tidings in the Nations

Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha

 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:  “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things”. Romans Chapter 10 verse 15, NKJV.

O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray to the LORD day and night for the fulfillment of his promises. Take no rest, all you who pray. Give the LORD no rest until he makes Jerusalem the object of praise throughout the earth. The LORD has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength, I will never again hand you over to your enemies. Never again will foreign warriors come and take away your grain and wine. You raised it, and you will keep it, praising the LORD. Within the courtyards of the Temple, you yourselves will drink the wine that you have pressed. Isaiah Chapter 62 verses 6 to 9, NLT.

“Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore. Be glad; rejoice forever in my creation! And look! I will create Jerusalem as a place of happiness. Her people will be a source of joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and delight in my people. And the sound of weeping and crying will be heard in it no more. “No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! Only the cursed will die that young! In those days people will live in the houses they build and eat the fruit of their own vineyards. Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses and confiscate their vineyards. For my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains. They will not work in vain, and their children will not be doomed to misfortune. For they are people blessed by the Lord, and their children, too, will be blessed. I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers! The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat hay like a cow. But the snakes will eat dust. In those days no one will be hurt or destroyed on my holy mountain. I, the Lord, have spoken!” Isaiah Chapter 65 verses 17 to 25, NLT.

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, promising never again to desert them but only to do them good. I will put a desire into their hearts to worship me, and they shall never leave me. I will rejoice to do them good and will replant them in this land with great joy. Just as I have sent all these terrors and evils upon them, so will I do all the good I have promised them. Fields will again be bought and sold in this land now ravaged by the Babylonians, where men and animals alike have disappeared. Yes, fields shall once again be bought and sold – deeds signed and sealed and witnessed – in the country of Benjamin and here in Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah and in the hill country; in the Philistine plain and in the Negeb too, for some day I will restore prosperity to them. Jeremiah Chapter 32 verses 40 to 44, TLB.

You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for the time to favor her, yes, the set time has come. Psalm 102 verse 13, NKJV.