Apostle Stephanie Ojo's Blog – February 2009 Archive (4)

Ephesians 1:13 states that “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise”. Apostle Paul wrote this letter of assurance to the believers in Ephesus, as well as us now.



In his day (Apostle Paul's), goods shipped from one place to another would be stamped with a wax seal and imprinted with a signet ring, bearing a unique mark of ownership. The same was true of an… Continue

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.

—John 6:27



In John 6, we see a huge crowd following Jesus in Capernaum. Why is this? Because Jesus had performed His most popular miracle ever: the feeding of the 5,000. Jesus had taken the little boy’s lunch and blessed it and multiplied it. And everyone was filled. They thought, This is great. Not only… Continue

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. —1 Corinthians 9:24



There are some events in the Olympics that don’t interest me at all. But the series of events that I personally enjoy is track and field. I love to watch the relay races, the long distant runs, and the short sprints. And that is probably because I was into track and field when I was in high school.



During a recent Olympics, I was… Continue

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. —2 Timothy 4:7



When you are racing, you run to win. And you run to finish the race. It’s not enough simply to start. We have to finish the race, too. And some of us stumble at times. The main character in the film Chariots of Fire fell in his important race. He was hurt and discouraged. But he got up again and continued to run. He finished the race and he won it. Even when you stumble, even when you fall,… Continue