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The Lord will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten. The cankerworm. And the caterpillar. And the palmer worm.

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The Lord will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm

Joel 2:25-27

Mark 5:25-34 gives us an account of the woman with the issue of blood. I suppose that when her situation started, she thought she was just menstruating until the blood flow refuse to stop. There is a reader of this blog who is going through a state of continuous loss. The LORD is terminating that loss and stabilising you from now, in Jesus Christ Name! Amen! As you see the manifestation, go and share your testimony in the midst of God’s people!

The woman with the issue of blood lost a lot. She lost her health. She once was rich but the sickness took away all her wealth. But on the day of her visitation, when she met The LORD, she got back all she had lost. Whatever good things you have lost, you shall recover them this season in Jesus Christ Name! Amen! Have you lost your position in the society? It is possible to regain it. This was the case with King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:28-37). As King, he lost his kingdom, sanity, humanity, glory, honour, etc. yet he recovered all. No matter what you have lost, you shall recover them this season, in Jesus Christ Name! Amen! That organization you were sacked from will soon have vacancy for you again. Know also that it is possible to have your wasted time and wasted years restored to you. How magnanimous is Our God! He promised to restore all that the locust, cankerworm, caterpillar and palmerworm have taken out of your life (Joel 2:25-27). Every loss of time and chance that you may have encountered shall be restored to you in Jesus Christ Name! Amen! Those who say: “Opportunity lost can never be regained” did not take God into consideration because all things are possible with Him (Luke 1:37). Has your years been wasted by the enemy? You will get them back! Amen! Are you mourning because you have not been able to enjoy God’s blessings and yet you are aging? The Lord will restore your lost years, in Jesus Christ Name! Amen! He has control over life. He can choose to add to your life the years that you have lost. Restoration is coming your way, in Jesus Christ Name! Amen!

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, You are the only means of recovering lost years; restore to me my wasted years in Jesus Christ Name, I pray! Amen!

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry

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I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry

Psalm 40:1

Like you, I’ve spent my life waiting – waiting to see a doctor, waiting for my turn to board a plane in a crowded airport terminal, waiting for someone to call, waiting
in a checkout line at the grocery store. Some waits are mundane, some are outright
boring, and some are filled with anxiety. The real question is, what’s happening
within us while we wait? How are we spending our time in that wait?

In that grocery store line, or that airport terminal, or that doctor’s office, are
we spending time with the Lord? So much of our lives are filled with anxieties and
worries, and yet, we have heard so many people say, “I have no time to pray, or
read the Bible. My life is too hectic.” Yet, we all spend so much of our lives waiting
here or there. What if we would choose to spend those waiting times in prayer? What
would happen to us while we wait?

I love Psalm 40:1 that says, “I waited patiently for the Lord and He inclined to
me and heard my cry.” I love it because, just as I wait patiently for the Lord,
the Lord is also patiently waiting for me to call on Him.

Our waiting times in life may just be the time that transforms our lives.

PRAYER:

Heavenly Father, in these quiet times of waiting in life, I draw near to You in
prayer. Cradle me in Your loving arms as I worship Your Holy name. In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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Jesus Is Our Help In Time Of Trouble

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Jesus Is Our Help In Time Of Trouble

In the 5th chapter of John, Jesus went to the pool at Bethesda. There were multitudes lying there, but Jesus focused on one man who was crippled. Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” Before this bold statement, Jesus asked the man if he wanted to be made whole. He said, “Of course, but I have no one to help me.” There are many crippling things in life that affect us because we do not have the help of man. There are many other things we face that, even if we had the help of man, we could never overcome them. Men are great helpers. Women are great helpers. But often what we face in life only God can give us the strength, counsel, wisdom, and provision to make it through. Jesus helped this man though men had failed him. You may feel alone, but I’m telling you that Jesus is with you because He’s there to save you.

You are not alone!

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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God Knows What We Need

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God Knows What We Need

“We do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us.” Romans 8:26

You know, we really don’t know what to pray for, do we? What if God had answered every prayer that you ever prayed? Just think who you’d be married to. Just think where you’d be living. Just think what you’d be doing.

God loves us so much that sometimes he gives us what we need and not what we ask.

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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You Are A Victor

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You Are A Victor

Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl
of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:26
Too many people want to blame God for the bad things that happen in this life. You hear a lot of people say, “If God is in control, He’s
not doing a great job. If He is in control, then why is He allowing
earthquakes to shake our cities and kill thousands? Why does God allow
floods and hurricanes? Why does God allow war, poverty, child abuse,
and murder?”
But God gave the authority of this planet to man. He made man the “god”
of this world because every created thing on earth was subservient to
him. He also gave mankind the power of choice with the opportunity to
mess up or to succeed.

Adam was essentially given an open-ended lease over the Garden of Eden
and the earth during which time mankind would have total authority in
the earth. It was an “if/then” agreement, and the “if” part involved honouring God’s single limitation. Adam could yield authority to others,
or he could operate in that authority himself-it was his choice. That
meant that God was saying, in essence, “I give my man the authority to
operate this planet. Go ahead and operate!”

Prayer for Today

Father,
I give you all glory and honour and praise! You alone are worthy! Thank
you for being victor over every the enemy and for having all power and
all authority. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Think on These Things

* John 14:23
* Psalm 104:24

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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In Christ Jesus we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

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In Him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Ephesians 1:7

Imagine crowding into a small house to hear Jesus speak and standing on your tiptoes to see over the heads of the people in front of you.

All of a sudden a hole opens in the roof above your head and a man on a cot is lowered down. Jesus forgives the man’s sins and heals him miraculously (Luke 5:17-26).

The friends of the crippled man in this passage do a lot to get Jesus’ attention. They carry him to the house where Jesus is teaching.

Since they can’t get close enough to Jesus, they climb onto the roof and lower the man down so that he can be healed. If you read the passage carefully, you see that it wasn’t all the work they did to get him there that brought forgiveness to the paralytic; the text says, “When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, ‘Friend, your sins are forgiven'” (Luke 5:20).

No amount of work will earn God‘s forgiveness. It is given to you by God’s grace through your faith in His Son, Jesus Christ.

Take a minute right now to give Him glory for granting you forgiveness, through His abundant grace.

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God Bless

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost

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For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost (Romans 14:17)

Is it possible to be full of joy when faced with temptations or hard times? Emphatically yes! As a matter of fact, there’s no better time to express the joy of the Spirit that’s in your heart than in the face of adversity. You were created by God to be joyful at all times. Therefore no matter the challenges or trials that you face, express joy in the Holy Ghost; it’s a demonstration of your faith in the Lord.

James 1:2-3 says “……count it all joy, when ye fall into diverse temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.” This means that you must be exuberant with praise to the Lord in spite of them. This kind of attitude sets the forces of heaven in operation on your behalf and causes all that concerns you to be perfected. For you, it’s victory all the time; but the key is learning to keep your joy alive and afloat, irrespective and independent of circumstances.

Whether you feel happy or not, you should continually make melodies of joy, praise and thanksgiving in your heart to the Lord! The Bible tells us something striking about joy in Isaiah 12:3, it says, “Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.”

Salvation refers to all the good things that are yours in Christ Jesus – divine health, prosperity, success, progress, protection, et. The Word says with joy shall you draw out; that means experience or cause to come into manifestation those great and wonderful blessings that are yours in Christ. It emphasizes the connection between your faith and being joyful.

Make up your mind that this year, nothing is going to rob you of the joy of the Lord that’s in your spirit. Decide that you’ll be joyful no matter what! This is important because your joyful attitude in the face of tests and trial is a demonstration of your faith in the Lord, and in His ability to put you over and above every situation.

Prayer:

The joy of the Holy Ghost is in my heart today, expressed in praise and worship to the Lord, in honour and appreciation of Your ability O Lord to put me over above the adversities of life, in Jesus Christ Name! Amen!

 

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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Divorce

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English: يسوع المسيح حنا عصفور

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Divorce

Leave and Cleave

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall
cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 2:24

Divorce is one of the greatest indictments against the Church of Jesus
Christ in our generation. You would think that with all of God‘s
promises and heaven’s resources at our disposal, the Church would
manage to do better than “match” the world’s divorce rate.

The problem is all too familiar: We failed to follow God’s plan for
marriage. It is clearly spelled out in the Bible, and those who
following his plan to “leave and cleave” will tend to succeed, while
those who don’t follow won’t succeed.

The Bible says a man is supposed to leave his father and mother. If
Mama is still trying to hold onto a man with her apron strings, he has
to cut them before he marries a woman. A man must also leave the control and authority of his father in order to establish his own life.
He should always respect and honour his parents, but that doesn’t mean
they are to control him once he leaves home to set up his own house.

The Hebrew word translated “cleave” means to cling or adhere, to stick
to and pursue hard. A man needs to get his own place and learn how to
take care of himself. He needs to learn how to handle money before he
marries. The point is that when a man marries, his wife has to take
first place above everyone else but God. She gets first rights on a
man’s time, energy and money.

Prayer for Today

Father,
I confess that your Word is true! I choose to focus on the wisdom found
in your Word , not on what hear and see in a broken world and broken
lives. I release your power to work in my life and those of my family.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Think on These Things

* Malachi 2:14-16
* Matthew 19:6

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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Salvation begins now

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SALVATION BEGINS NOW

MATTHEW 6:10, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”

MATTHEW 6:9-13

We do not have to live a beggarly existence here on this earth and just wait till we all get to heaven to begin to experience the benefits of our salvation. Jesus told us to pray “thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” In heaven, He will “wipe away all tears from our eyes” (Rev. 21:4), so here on earth we can pray and believe to receive “joy unspeakable and full of glory” (1 Pet. 1:8). Healing, prosperity, and all the other benefits of heaven are ours here on earth to the degree that we can believe and receive them.

It is God‘s will to deliver us from this present evil world. The Lord didn’t save us from our sins so we could be “saved and stuck” until we go to heaven. He made provision for our success in this life as well. Our salvation is effectual in this life too, not just the one to come. Some people have relegated all the benefits of salvation to, “when we all get to Heaven.” But that’s not so. Through the atonement of Jesus, we have been delivered from sickness, poverty and demonic control, as well as sin, in this present life. To the degree we believe that, we will begin to experience the physical benefits of our salvation in the “rough now and now,” not just in the “sweet by and by.”

Our salvation is not just “pie in the sky,” but it is victory in this present life. Today believe God to start receiving every benefit of your salvation here in this life, and help others to receive what has been purchased for them also. We don’t have to wait until we get to Heaven.

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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Follow God’s Lead

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Follow God‘s Lead
by Bishop Keith A. Butler

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:6

You may say, “What’s the problem with making a few decisions on my own
here and there?” The problem is that God’s Word says, “There is a way
which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death” (Proverbs 14:12). The big difference between directing things
yourself and allowing God to direct you really shows up when things go
wrong.

If you are on God’s path and trouble comes your way, you can go to
God’s Word and declare, “I am standing on Your Word and obeying Your
will, Lord. I am doing what You said, and I am expecting by faith that You will do what Your Word says.” You can stand on the Word, and having
done all, keep standing (see Ephesians 6:13, 14). You will get
deliverance in times of trouble when He directs your path.

Things aren’t so positive when you direct yourself into something and
trouble catches up with you. You have nothing to stand on except your
own words, and you will go down with the ship. Don’t tell yourself,
“Well, that was Adam and Eve falling for satan’s trick! I would never
do that.” Are you that much smarter than the first man and woman God
created? I doubt that!

Prayer for Today

Father,
I commit myself to staying in your Word and following your ways. I
stand in your strength and hold fast to your hand. In Jesus’ name,
Amen.

Think on These Things

* Proverbs 16:3
* Proverbs 16:9

May Our God The Almighty prosper Nigeria and Israel and defend us from all our enemies in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

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