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He (Abraham) staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what He had promised, He was able also to perform (Romans 4:20-21).

 

 

 

 

Do not stagger!

 

 

 

 

Abraham, the Bible says, was strong in faith; he was fully persuaded at the promise of God. You see, strong faith doesn’t stagger at the promise of God; it maintains confession in the face of overwhelming opposition.

I was privileged to read the testimony of a minister who had applied to a certain organization for a job. The personnel officer in charge said to her, “Sorry, the interview has been conducted and the management already selected the suitable candidate for the job.” “No!” the minister replied. “When I was praying, God told me I was going to get this job,” she said with confidence to the officer that was speaking with her. The management of the organization insisted there was nothing they could do to help her.

She wasn’t even sent an invitation letter for an interview; but she didn’t consider that. In spite of the fact that they already confirmed to her that the job position wasn’t vacant anymore, she didn’t consider their report. I want you to understand that she didn’t deny the fact that the interview had been conducted and the organization already gave the job to someone else but she refused to allow that fact wane or dissipate her faith. She refused to allow that fact control her believing. True to her words, the management called her in and conducted another interview for her. When they were through, they disregarded the previous selection they had made and gave her the job. Faith always works!

In your life, refuse to consider the natural circumstances or evidences that seem to war against your faith. Refuse to be moved by them. God’s Word is the evidence for your success, health, victory, progress and prosperity. It is the only true evidence you must consider. It is absolutely infallible and immutable. This is your evidence that what God says are yours, are truly yours; what God says you are, you are, and you can do what He says you can do. You can stake your life on it. Therefore, don’t stagger at the Word of God through unbelief!

Confession:

I refuse to allow the situation around me determine who I become, what I say and do. My confidence in the Word of God is unwavering and total; for the Word is guaranteed to produce the desired result; it’ll never fail! Amen!

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Prayers

 

 

 

 

 

Read: (Romans 12:12)

In the portion of the scripture you just read, the Spirit of God is showing you something that you need to live a consistent victorious life in Christ. He noted that though there’s tribulation all round, we should be constant in prayer; that is, consistent in prayer. The underlining message in this scripture is, you must develop yourself in prayer.

Some have thought that prayer is all about telling God your problems, hoping He’ll do something about them. Contrary to such opinion, prayer is not a one-way traffic; its fellowship or communion with your Heavenly Father. You’re not just talking to Him, but with Him. Constant communion helps to build love, to make it stronger; hence, prayer is a communion that builds your relationship with your Heavenly Father. That means, for you to grow and strengthen your love for Him, you have to learn to pray more.

Some others assume that prayer is simply a way to get God to do something or change His mind about an issue. As a result, they don’t pray until they have an urgent need in their lives that requires divine intervention. What such folks don’t know is, before you can change situations, your prayer must first change you. If your prayer doesn’t change you then your prayer life is not effective.

You see, there’s a transformation that takes place in your life when you commune with God regularly. As you spend more time to commune with God in prayer, your character and thoughts are continually being influenced by His presence and you’ll become more like Him in Character. Then, you’re transported unto a higher realm of the supernatural where nothing is impossible to you. Hallelujah! So you see, prayer is guaranteed to change your life, if you do it consistently. This is why we are admonished to be constant in prayer.

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for the privilege of prayer. As I yield myself to you, let this time of communion transport me unto a higher level of relationship with You. Let there be a transformation in my thoughts, words, love and passion for the unsaved, in Jesus Christ Name I pray, Amen!

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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God Will Bless Your Effort

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God Will Bless Your Effort

 

“The LORD shall open unto thee His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in His season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow” (Deuteronomy 28:12)

I always feel so sorry for people who complain of unemployment. How can anyone complain about unemployment in a world this big? If you’re a child of God, you don’t need to cry that you don’t have a job; simply create one. Some, after reading this, might say sarcastically, “You make it sound so easy.”

This world abounds with opportunities. The truth however is that the wealth of the world and its riches belong to God, and He’s made them available to you: “And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places that thou may know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, Am the God of Israel” (Isaiah 45:3).  It’s up to you to decide to take advantage of the vast supplies in the earth. If that’s your decision, then ensure that you do something with your abilities.

When God called Moses, He asked him, “What do you have in your hands?” Moses replied, “A rod” He could have said “Nothing” because there wasn’t anything special about the rod until the power of God came upon it and it became the rod of God with which He performed miracles. It’s not enough to just sit down and dream. A dream that can’t begin today will never materialize. There must always be a connection between your dream and today. The connection has to be by faith and the Bible says faith is not complete without works.

What skill do you have that God can bless? Remember, you may start out small but when the power of God comes upon your effort it’ll prosper beyond your dreams. The Bible says there’s profit in all labour (Proverbs 14:23). So, if you don’t labour there will be no profit. That’s why you can’t afford to not have a job. If there’s no work, there’ll be no pay. There must be something you’re doing; there must be a point of contract for God to bless you. He wants to bless your effort and give you greater ideas.

Confession:

I believe in the ability of God in me to do creative things. I put that ability to work today. My spirit is alert to receive and I am prompt to respond to ideas from God in everything I do; for I know that whatever I lay my hands upon to do prospers, in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21)

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For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Just as a sacrificial lamb gave its purity in exchange for Israel’s sins, Jesus became the sacrificial Lamb for the whole world. He gave us His nature in exchange for our sinful nature. When He was hanged on the cross, He had the worst experience of His life. He became sin for us and was separated from His father. His love for us was what kept Him through.

Jesus went to hell, defeated the devil and needed to be raised to life. God sent His life-giving Spirit to raise Him back to life. The world was accustomed to the principle of death, but now, a life-giving Spirit was beyond their imagination.

“Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). The Holy Spirit of the Almighty God is the glory of the Father that brought Jesus back from death. If the Holy Spirit hadn’t raised Him back to life, He would have remained there. When He came out from the grave, He came out, not as the one who was made sin on the cross, but as a new creation, born of the Holy Spirit.

When you gave your life to Jesus Christ, you received the same life that raised Him from dead. Just like Him, you became a new creation. When He died, you died in Him and when He was buried, you were buried in Him. And when He rose from the dead, you rose in Him with a brand new life!

You’re now a master over your world because you don’t function under the law of sin and death which formerly enslaved you. Rather, you function by a brand new Law: The Law of The Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. That’s the Law for the new creation!

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father! I thank You because I’m a new creation, born of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, I reign in this life because I function in the Law of The Spirit of Life, in Jesus Christ Name I pray, Amen!

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Success can be defined as the ability to minimize your errors

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Success can be defined as the ability to minimize your errors

Proverbs 22:3

Success can be defined as the ability to minimize your errors. The virtue that imparts this ability is prudence. Prudence is practical wisdom that is applicable everyday and every time. With it, you make wise choices and wise decisions. It ensures that you make fewer mistakes in your life by guiding you to make right choices. With this virtue, you’ll never be financially bankrupt. You’ll always get things right the first time you do them.

A prudent person is someone who is marked by sound judgment. If God endows you with prudence, others will take notice that you have such a virtue. When Job was in great distress, everybody who came to see him reminded him of his suffering. His wife advised him to curse God and die, but Job, standing his ground said, “………the counsel of the wicked is far from me” (Job 21:16). Job was able to stand his ground because he refused the wrong counsel.

What people need today to strengthen the virtue of prudence is the counsel of God’s Word; nothing else can replace it. It’s the only correct answer to every human need or desire. “The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge” (Proverbs 18:15). You must make personal efforts to study God’s Word. This way, your path in life will be directed by the Word of God. This is what will guide you into making the right decisions.

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You because You have endowed me with prudence and have made me wise in heart. Open my eyes to see my way in life and enlighten my understanding so I can get things right the first time, in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfil it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfil your vow. Ecclesiastes 5:4

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When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfil it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfil your vow. Ecclesiastes 5:4

How’s your marriage?

Consider it your Testore cello! This finely constructed, seldom-seen instrument has reached the category of rare—nearly priceless. Few musicians are privileged to play a Testore, even fewer are able to own one.

On your wedding day, God loaned you His work of art, an intricately crafted, precisely formed masterpiece. He entrusted you with a one-of-a-kind creation.

Value her. Honour him. Having been blessed with a Testore, why fiddle around with anyone else?

Solomon missed this. He collected wives as trophies. He saw spouses as a means to his pleasure, not a part of God’s plan. Don’t make his mistake.

Be fiercely loyal to one spouse. Fiercely loyal.

Don’t even look twice at someone else. No flirting. No teasing. No loitering at her desk.

Who cares if you come across as rude or a prude?

You’ve made a promise. Keep it!

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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There is no higher authority than God

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There is no higher authority than God

God’s Judicial Authority

“I have been given complete authority in heaven and on earth.” (Matthew 28:18)

A judge, above all else, must have authority. Our government endows judges with authority through the oath they take to execute justice. The law enforcement and prison systems back up the judge’s authority. The robe that he wears, and having everyone in the courtroom stand as he enters, help to emphasize that authority. His gavel and his elevated seat in the courtroom show that he commands the proceedings.
Similarly, God, as the Creator, has the authority to do whatever He deems best with His creation. He is the potter; we are the clay. His throne is high above us in the heavens. His pronouncements are final. There is no higher authority than God.
God will judge every wrong act ever committed, every sinful motive, every evil word. The sentence for these crimes is eternal separation from God and His holiness.
But there are those who will live in safety with God. These are the ones who have accepted Christ‘s payment for our sin when He died on the cross. Our loving Saviour, Jesus Christ, paid the sentence pronounced by the Perfect Judge. God sees these “sinners saved by grace” as righteous in His courtroom. Therefore, they will live eternally in the love, peace, and joy of God’s presence.

Are you ready to stand before the Perfect Judge who has all authority? Remember, God’s standard of justice is perfection. Will He see your shortcomings, or will He see Jesus’ perfect sacrifice? It’s your choice.

John 9:39; John 3:16-18

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Always On God’s Mind

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Always On God’s Mind

He Died For You!

Deuteronomy 7:13 says:

“He will love you and bless you, so that you will increase in number and have many children; He will bless your fields, so that you will have corn, wine, and olive oil; and He will bless you by giving you all these blessings in the land that He promised your ancestors He would give to you.”

Notice that when God makes a promise, He makes it not just to the one who hears it, but to all of the future seed. When God said He would send His Son to die for our sins so that we could be blessed because when we have turned from our iniquities, He did it so that we could receive the blessing. Jesus died, not for His sins, but for our sins, and He died for our sins, bearing our curse, so that we could be blessed with His righteousness and His blessing. Today, think about how God sent His Son for you; not just for the people of yesterday, but for the people of the future. You were in the future in Christ‘s mind when He died on the cross.
You were on His mind!

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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God’s Love

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God’s Love

 

 

 

 

 

Hosea 3:3

“And I said to her, ‘You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man-so, too, will I be toward you.'”
NKJV

In the book of Hosea, we see a glimpse of God‘s relationship with Israel. Just as Hosea married Gomer and desired to love her and keep her from adultery, so it was that God loved Israel and desired that they be His alone. Unfortunately, Israel chased after other gods which lead to their exile. Instead of grasping the amazing love that God had shown to them, Israel turned their back on their very hope of salvation.

Friend, we all are like Israel. We are born into this world sinful and by our actions, we display hatred towards God. The good news is that God’s love is not based on our behaviour but on His character. He is love and therefore He made a way that we could be saved. When we trust in Jesus for salvation and seek His forgiveness, we can find rest. Not only that, but God gives us power to live for Him so that we can demonstrate our love for Him by obeying His Word. What a blessing it is to love and be loved by the God of all creation. May you know His love and may your life be changed because of it.

Life Lesson: We show our love for God through obedience.

Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the love that You have shown to me through Your Son Jesus Christ. Because of Christ, I have hope of heaven and power to live the abundant life now. Father, help me to walk in obedience to Your Word so that others may see my life and glorify You. In Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Cutting Your Expenses

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Cutting Your Expenses

 

 

 

 

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down
first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish
it?
Luke 14:28
Another guideline to correctly managing God’s money is to cut your
expenses. If you are in debt because you lusted after things, you are
in sin. First, you need to repent. You violated Scripture. Secondly,
you need to downsize: buy a smaller house and a less expensive car. You
can then take that money you were using before and pay off all your
bills. After a year or two, you will have some money in the bank. God
will cause more abundance to come your way because you obeyed Him, then
you can go buy a bigger house and a better car, with cash. It happens
all the time to people who obey the Word.

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Occupy Till I Come

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Occupy till I come

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and
said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Luke 19:13
God does not measure His wealth in silver and gold; God measures
His wealth in Souls. The individual that doesn’t do what God has called
them to do is not pleasing to God. You are not pleasing God if you have
not found the place God has called you to be and doing what He has
called you to do. Only then are you productive. Only then are you
fulfilling His plan for you. He called you for a specific time, to a
specific place and to some specific people in order to do a specific
thing. You do not get rewarded for anything outside of that. The rest
of it is all wood, hay, and stubble.
That’s why the first thing I did when God called me to the ministry was
take months praying about one thing: “Lord, what have you called me to
do? Where do you want me to be?” When He told me that, the next thing I
did was to act on it so I could be pleasing to God. Faith’s purpose is
to fulfil that. The walk of faith is not about how much money you can
get. It is not about how many houses you can get. It is not about all
the other stuff you can get. It is about Soul Winning!

Think on These Things

* John 12:26
* Galatians 1:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Has God brought you to Canaan-Your place of blessing?

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Has God brought you to Canaan-your place of blessing?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them?”
Numbers 14:11
Are you at the threshold of your promised land? Has God brought you to Canaan-your place of blessing? Are you secretly longing to return to that old familiar place of Egypt, or will you go forward, trusting God?
God told the children of Israel, “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage” (Deuteronomy 5:6). Yet when it was time for them to go into Canaan and cast out the giants, they refused because they saw themselves as grasshoppers.
As a result they wept all night, wanting to die, blaming God and crying out to go back to Egypt (Numbers 14:1-4). But if they had just believed God and gone into the Promised Land they would have had victory.
Are you willing to stand outside the Promised Land weeping, wanting to die, blaming God and deciding in your heart to return back to Egypt, the house of bondage? Or will you go into the land of milk and honey? God is waiting on you to decide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Further Reading

  • Numbers 13:33
  • Isaiah 44:17
  • Exodus 32

God Bless

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Fearfully And Wonderfully Made (Psalm 139:14)

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Fearfully And Wonderfully Made (Psalm 139:14)

 

 

 

 

 

You are unique.

Psalm 139:15 (NKJV) “My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret and skilfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”
Long before you were born, you were already conceived in the Mind of God. Maybe you were unplanned by your parents, but not by God. He gave you your natural talents and your personality. Always remember you are unique and loved by God.

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Before your burden overcomes you. Trust God to put His arms underneath you.

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Before your burden overcomes you, trust God to put His arms underneath you.

Have you ever been in so much despair that you felt as if you were sinking in deep water? The difficulties of life can be oppressive. God doesn’t promise that we will escape the turbulent seas of life, but He does promise, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews. 13:5).

We can trust our faithful Father to be there in all of our struggles. “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you” (Isaiah. 43:2).

God, give me the faith of a little child!
A faith that will look to Thee—
That never will falter and never fail,
But follow Thee trustingly,

In Jesus Christ Name I pray, Amen!

 

“For there is One God and One Mediator between God and mankind, The Man Christ
Jesus, Who gave Himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed
to at the proper time.” 1 Timothy 2:5-6

 

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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A Thousand may fall dead beside you, ten thousand all round you, but you will not be harmed (Psalm 91:7)

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A Thousand may fall dead beside you, ten thousand all round you, but you will not be harmed (Psalm 91:7)

“Let your aim be certain and he dies,” the chief commanded. The Indian warriors took aim and fired at the last remaining officer on horseback. Round after round after round screamed toward him. Twice they shot his horse out from underneath him. Four bullets tore through his coat. Over 700 of his comrades fell around him. They retreated in utter defeat. Yet the 23 year old lieutenant colonel remained unscathed, not a single mark on his skin.
Nine days later he wrote his brother, “…by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation….”
Thirty-four more years passed and this same George Washington became the first president of the United States of America after defeating the mightiest army on the face of the planet with a band of poorly disciplined soldiers who spent most of the war retreating from the enemy.
Is it any wonder he placed his hand on a Bible opened to Deuteronomy chapter 28 when he was first sworn into office? As he looked back at his own life he clearly understood that a sovereign God rules over the affairs of men and nations.
Do you sometimes think it’s all up to you? Do you ever wonder if God is really in control? How do you think George Washington would have answered this question?

Your View of God Really Matters …

When you face daunting circumstances and the panic begins to rise in your throat and your pulse quickens, what do you do first:

a) Freeze?
b) Redouble your efforts?
c) Acknowledge that God is in control?

Your response says everything about how you really view God.

 

 

 

 

 

What More Does God Say?

Deuteronomy 28:1-6, 7-8, 12-13; Deuteronomy 28:15-19, 20-21, 25, 30, 34, 42, 63

Because God is Sovereign, I will joyfully submit to His Will.

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Homesick For Heaven

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Homesick for Heaven

Longing For Home

During Christ‘s ministry on earth, He had no home. He once said, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head” (Matthew 8:20). Those who for Christ’s sake had given up houses and lands and loved ones knew little of home life or home joys. It was as if Jesus had said to them: “We have no lasting home here on earth, but my Father’s house is a home where we will be together for all eternity.”

Amid all the changes that sooner or later will come to break up the earthly home, we have the promise of a home where Christ’s followers will remain forever. The Bible teaches, “Here have we no continuing city, but we seek the one to come” (Hebrews 13:14). The Bible says, concerning Abraham, that “he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God“ (Hebrews 11:10).

Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, “Thus we shall always be with the Lord.” Our permanent home is not here on earth. Our permanent home is Heaven. Sometimes when things do not go right down here, we get homesick for Heaven. Many times in the midst of the sin, suffering and sorrow of this life, there is a tug at our soul. That is homesickness coupled with anticipation. You may be lying on a hospital bed today, you may be suffering from terrible disease or financial loss or bereavement, and there is a tug in your heart. You are longing for home. You are longing for Heaven.

 

 

 

 

 

Prayer

Lord, even now, we feel a yearning in our hearts for home—and nothing on earth can quench it. Thank You for giving us the promise of an eternal home in Heaven after we’ve walked through life with Jesus. We pray in Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Come Now And Let Us Reason Together Says The LORD

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Come Now And Let Us Reason Together Says The LORD

 

 

 

 

 

God will wash you clean!

 

 

 

 

 

“Come now, and let us reason together, saith The LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool (Isaiah 1:18)

This scripture is undoubtedly one of the most touching statements ever recorded in the Bible. God pleads with His children to allow Him cleanse them of their sins and iniquities. You see, that you’re a Christian doesn’t mean you wouldn’t make any mistakes. You could make mistakes, but what you need to know is that the blood of Jesus is available to wash you from every wrong. It’s available to purify your heart. This is the Gospel!

You don’t have to remain in your sin. There’s the cleansing blood from the Calvary. It’s still working and you can be purified. “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ The Righteous” (1 John 2:1). Believe in the Jesus Christ today! He was offered up for your offenses and raised for your justification. He takes responsibility for all your mistakes, all your sins, everything you’ve ever done wrong and will ever do wrong; He takes responsibility for them all. So, you can keep running the faith race without getting weighed down by the load and guilt of sin.

If you’ve committed sin and you know it, obtain forgiveness. There’s a shelf on the way as you’re running the faith race; pick up your forgiveness! Don’t stop and start digging for your sins; don’t let anything stop you from living the good life God pre-arranged for you to live. If you’ve been crying because you did something wrong, God says He has seen your tears; He’s accepting your crying. So, stop blaming yourself because that will only weaken your faith.

The blood of Jesus Christ can purge your conscience – the voice of your human spirit – from every dead works and set you aright to serve the living God (Hebrews 9:13-14). What you need is to believe in that Blood Of The Lamb! Believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. That’s The Gospel! Forgiveness of sin for the believer is just as powerful as remission of sin for the sinner. Your sin will not determine what you become, for sin has been judged in Christ Jesus!

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father!

I thank You because the blood of Jesus Christ guarantees my salvation and total deliverance from sin. I rejoice because I know I serve a God who loves me and sent His precious Son to die for me on account of my sins, thereby absolving me of every guilt and judgement of sin both now and forever, in Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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If You Feel God Has Wronged You, Please Forgive Him

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If You Feel God Has Wronged You, Please Forgive Him

 

 

 

 

Memorize: The LORD says:”What accusation did your ancestors bring against me? What made them turn away from me?” (Jeremiah 2:5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read: Jeremiah 2:2-5

“But this is what I have against you: you do not love me now as you did at first” (Revelations 2:4). What was wrong in the church at Ephesus may appear mild to many today, but to the LORD, it is most grievous. The church continued with their works and activities but left behind the only thing capable of giving meaning to their works – Love. According to 1 Corinthians 13:13, any good deed that is done outside of love erodes the goodness of it and renders the deed as unprofitable. Is love the basis of your works? Why are you serving God? Is it because you want Him to deliver, save, heal or reward you? Any service you render to God’s Kingdom outside genuine love for the Master, is unprofitable.

If there is love in your heart, you will be motivated to express it in an act of goodness. Love propels action. The Spirit of love has a way of stirring the fire in you. If you have lost the fire, whatever you do will be mechanical. Leaving your first love amounts to undoing your foundation. If the foundation is destroyed, whatever is placed on it will surely crumble. Today, many people have eroded the foundation of their Christian service. If this describes you, repent and return to the Lord. Humbly ask for the return of your first love.

In our lives, the LORD is longing for a return to how things used to be in your Christian walk. In Jeremiah 2:25,   the once cordial relationship between God and the nation of Israel turned sour and God had to ask: “What did I do wrong to deserve this? In the same way, the LORD is asking you today, “What is my offence that made you jilt me?” you once hated hypocrisy, covetousness and lies. But today you take lies as jokes. You once feared God, your heart was so tender and spiritually sensitive, but today, nothing pricks your conscience. It has become almost as dead as a door nail. What you could not venture even in your thoughts, you now freely do. What has God done to deserve this? Are you fair to God going by the way you are treating Him? Where is your first love? Ask God to help you restore the lost spirit of love.

 

 

 

 

 

Action Point:

If you feel God has wronged you, please forgive Him. But if you carefully examine the situation prayerfully, you will find God is never wrong!

 

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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A person is made right with God through faith

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A person is made right with God through faith

If you’re trying to save yourself—you never know for sure about anything.

If you’ve hurt enough.  Wept enough.  Learned enough.  Those who’re trying to save themselves promote themselves.

Those saved by works display works.

Those saved by suffering unveil scars.

And those saved by doctrine—well—you got it.  They wear their doctrines on their sleeves.

Dare you stand before God and ask him to save you because of your suffering or your sacrifice or your tears or your study?

Neither do I.  Nor did Paul.

Good works, suffering, or study may be the result of salvation, they’re not the cause of it!

How will you escape God’s judgment?  One way:  through faith in God’s sacrifice.

It’s not what you do—it’s what He did!

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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Say Yes To God ( A Mother’s Love)

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Say Yes To God ( A Mother’s Love)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read:   Acts 10:9-16

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memorize:  “when He has brought them out, He goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow Him, because they know His voice” (John 10:4)

The one God loves has to grapple with certain tough challenges. As the last born of my mother, I was her favourite. While other children were playing, she would compel me to sit and read my books. Sometimes, I would remind her that all the other children were playing, but she would reply that all the others were not her business. I thought she was too strict with me but today, I have reasons to thank God for my strict mother. Ephesians 5:1-7 says if you are one of God’s own, you should not indulge in sins like fornication, uncleanness, foolish talking, etc, not even for once! In other words, other so-called Christians may be doing it but you cannot afford to follow their evil steps. There are certain things some pastors and church leaders would do and God would appear to be quiet about it, yet, if some believers attempted such, they would receive a bashing from the LORD. It shows how much God loves such a believer. If God no more corrects you, you might have reached a point of no return or be on the way to becoming irrelevant to God.

As a believer of God, you must learn to say “YES LORD” to all of God’s instructions. Quite a number of people have lost opportunities for starting large ministries due to their refusal to say, “YES LORD”. God is not static. When Heaven moves, it takes those who can drop their old beliefs and dogmas to move to the next level with Him. One major change ever experienced was the movement from the Old Testament to the New Testament. While most of the leaders in the synagogue resisted change and stuck to the Mosaic Law, others who embraced the change became born-again, and began to enjoy the grace and truth that the LORD brought. Do you say “Yes” or “No” to the promptings of the Spirit? Yield to Him today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Point:  

When God wants something from you, what He expects to hear is, “Yes, LORD”. What is your response today? Always say yes to Him!

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Pastor E A Adeboye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May the LORD bless Nigeria, American and Israel and take care of us; May the LORD make His face shine upon us, And be gracious to us; May the Lord lift up His countenance upon us, And give us peace, In Jesus Christ Name, we pray! Amen!

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