Emmanuel Afiawari's Inspiration podcast

The bible is filled with cases of people who suffered delays, pain, affliction, rejection, and all kinds of misfortune you can name but their story had happy endings. From Abraham to Isaac who had delays in child birth, from Joseph to David who suffered rejection, from Ruth and Naomi who lost everything to gain the most, etc. Or is it from Job, the once richest man who lost everything in one day b...

It's amazing, somewhat ingenious to peculiarise our pains and not the graces that we enjoy. So when it goes right well, we ascribe glory to ourselves for our masterstroke efforts but blame our failings on others. I quite understand the sentiments. But even the peculiarities of our pains are not strange to God who sees and knows up to the smallest details as a strand of hair on our heads. Your hist...

When Paul says we know that all things work together for our good, it pointedly suggests that somethings will not always go as planned. Regardless of the clog in our wheels of progress, the end results would ultimately work in our favour. This doesn't in anyway support the imbalanced gospel we've sold that once we come to Christ, all our crisis ends. No! Jesus tells us, "These things I have spoken...

Whenever we're faced with life's ups and downs, we tend to think God has forsaken us. In almost of all such cases, our very best efforts seem to meet with vehement resistance as though the entire world is conspiring against us. Then we begin to see people with lesser skills, technical knowledge, intelligence and drive make stunning progress whilst we stay stuck in one place, in spite of giving our...

As we draw a close to this series, we need you to understand that abundance can be in love, grace, blessings or provision. We cannot continue to dwell in the realm of 'just enough,' or 'under sufficiency.' We want to swim in God's overflow. There're portals that trigger abundance in all ramifications. We don't want you to have any contradictions about God's abundance. God's abundance can't be one-...

One thing is certain: you're God's messenger sent on the task to, "‭‭Tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. Your message to all who mourn is, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair...they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for...

When God introduced the concept of overflow to the Israelites, He told them of things they haven't seen or heard before. He would bring them into a land flowing with milk and honey, "... I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey" (Exo. 3: 8). Understand God would never...

When we talk about overflow of abundance, we must not lose sight of God's excess love towards us in the first instance. After the fall of man, nothing could have drawn us back into a relationship with God but for His abundant love lavished expressly on us in a lascivious way. Paul reckons, "Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to...

There's something about seasons that cannot be caught in the horizon, neither can meteorology give accurate determination to it. It is the God-moment, often referred to as the Kairos moment. You do not come into this season by calendar indicators but by divine promptings. It has to be revealed, caught and understood. I strongly sense that one of such seasons is upon us. Interestingly, such seasons...

Finally, as we bring this series to a close, there're portals that open you up to God's abundance. The Psalmist said, "You'll make known or show me the path of life (Psa. 16: 11). This path is a portal that only those who accessed it enjoy the abundance that are therein (Psa. 65: 11b NIV). God's endless prosperity is locked up in hidden treasures. Access to divine portals would give you the secret...

It takes more than an ordinary man to declare, "By my word, there shall be no dew or rain in the land" (1 Kings‬ ‭17:1‬). It takes someone who has accessed portals and ascended heights of spiritual dimensions to do so. When portals open, they do not leave you the same, except you're unwilling to walk the part. No man contacts the supernatural genuinely and operates at base level. How does one man...

Spiritual portals are domains that open you up to endless possibilities. When you access one, the aftermath is best experienced than explained. When you access dimensions where God is and power is prevalent,  something robs off on you that awakens the God-nature in you. In this realm, you see glories and possibilities that set you on an electrifying transformation. Beyond the transformation, you'l...

In spiritual dimensions, not every door is an access or portal for your next big leap. Apostle Paul makes a very profound statement, "For a great and effective door has opened to me, ..." (1 Cor 16:9‬), that we need to interrogate. Firstly, not every door that opens to us is a great door! It is not everything that seems like a breakthrough that is God's design, neither is it every door that opens...

We live in an age where wearing brands has become more popular than dressing decently does. As long as it is a popular brand, it doesn't matter if it is as revealing as it ought not to be, you'd see that some people wouldn't mind. But first these brands started off with creating something different from others; they carved a niche for themselves. Some individuals have become household names in the...

I believe a well informed person would act differently from others. Having knowledge, skills and the right information stands you out, the same way the lack thereof makes you deformed and underperform. Lot and his daughters must have been properly instructed on God's stance on sexual purity that kept them different from the perverse people of Sodom. It calls to question your sources and the kind o...

The world appears to have lost its moral compass and the new slogan in town seem to be 'If it feels good, do it,' an illegitimate definition of fun. But in a world this crazy about self pleasuring, you can still stand out and be different. What separates you from others is your unique difference as against your similarity. Thus, we're told, "Therefore “Come out from among them and be separate, say...

As we take on another instalment on this subject, I want to zero in on the phrase, 'the breath of the Almighty gives men understanding.' A translation says, the inspiration of the Almighty gives.. It suggests that a lack in inspiration equals a lack in whatever the Holy Spirit supplies. If your life is surrounded by lack, check the measure of inspiration you get daily. Many of us would rather chec...

When priorities are not set right, the tendency to concentrate or focus energy in the wrong pursuit is very high. In this regard, one could focus their energy on a vital force of the Spirit of intelligence and miss the very essence of the verse, which is, the breath of the Almighty giving men understanding. Understanding is the driving force behind impact; it guarantees results. Understanding deli...

There're several forces that exert on man for different reasons. Some, for direction, others for misdirection and another, for impact, whether positive or negative impact. Our focus today, is on gaining understanding for positive impact. There's a vital force of the Spirit of intelligence in man, but intelligence alone cannot give understanding. It takes the force of inspiration, that is, the brea...

It is commonly said that when a miracle happens to someone close to you, yours is next because the miracle worker is in the vicinity. Since the Woman with the Issue of Blood snatched a miracle that wasn't prepared for her, the logic of the impossibility of another for Jairus's child sounded so invalid or unacceptable. The messengers sealed Jairus's child's fate. She had died, and that made it wors...

Sometimes, the law requires antecedence to pass judgement and give effect to a cause of action. It was under this premise the centurion was told not to bother the Master anymore since the child in question was dead. But grace works differently; it takes up challenges or cases men have written off and work a miracle out of it; grace has inexhaustible latitudes that human limitations cannot fathom....

Sometimes, antecedents do not always set the right precedence to determine spiritual outcomes. If we were to use Isaac's reply to Esau when the latter asked the former for a blessing, we would think the Woman with the Issue of Blood outsmarted Jairus's daughter out of her own healing miracle. And Esau said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Indeed I...

Yesterday,  we stressed that praise is intentional, and could be spontaneous, but not casual or cheap. Today, we want to build on that by adding that real praise is unconditional. It doesn't have to be attached to anything God did or failed to do. Many people say, "God, if You do XYZ for me, I'll praise You." That's not a smart approach. At best, it is selfish and myopic. A woman approached Jesus...

A few lines in a popular worship song inspired today's devotional. It says, "If praise is like perfume, I'll lavish mine on you. Till every drop is gone, I'll pour my love on you." Such a deeply thoughtful meditation sprung into a worship song. Alas! We know how so well how to eulogise our love interests or partners but can hardly spare a thought for God, the One who is, and does everything for us...