Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY JULY 14, 2026.

SUBJECT: BREAKING GENERATIONAL CURSE! PART 1.

Memory verse: "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (Second Corinthians 5 vs 17.)

READ: Romans 8 vs 1 - 2; Galatians 3 vs 13 -14:

Romans 8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 

8:2: For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death."

Galatians 3:13: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree), 

3:14: that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

INTIMATION:

While the Old Testament is filled with many verses about generational curses or sins, the New Testament is not. The only time the New Testament talks curses and deliverance is in Galatians 3; where it is made very clear that there is redemption not by works, but by grace, which narrates the platform on which Christ redeemed us from sin. God offers redemptonl, the blood of Jesus conquers all sin and judgment for those who believe.

The fact is that prior to the coming of Christ, the whole human race was on death row, justly condemned for repeatedly breaking God’s Holy law. God, in His infinite mercy, sent His Son—Jesus Christ—as a propitiation to pay the wages of sin which the whole human race owed. His sacrificial death on the cross for atonement for our sins satisfied the claim of justice before God. Consequently, we are set free from the curse of the law. The believers in Christ’s substitutionary role should, therefore, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of of bondage." (Galatians 5 vs 1 .)

Certain things like bad habits or diseases can be passed down from one generation to another but we have no reason to be afraid because we are free, saved and therefore no longer under bondage. The apostle Paul in his letter to the believers in Corinth clearly states thus, “Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.” (First Corinthians 15 vs 1 – 3). All you have to do is believe it.

Nonetheless, because of God’s grace, which is finally secured by Christ, the children can confess their own sins and the sins of their fathers and be forgiven and accepted by God: “But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers...if their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they accept their guilt—then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac, and My covenant with Abraham I will remember; I will remember the land” (Leviticus 26 vs 40 - 42). 

The precious words of Exodus 34 vs 6 - 7 are not nullified by the generational migration of sin: “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin...” For those who love God and keep His commandments, they continue the heritage of blessing as covenant keepers. For example, in Exodus 20 vs 5 - 6, the Lord says, "For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands to those who love Me and keep My commandments."

It’s noteworthy that some believers day-to-day experience of hardships are sometimes overwhelming. It’s possible that such believers may despair, unless they can see that God’s purpose is to bring about continual growth in them, using the experience to teach and guide them. The hope we need is well expressed in Jeremiah 29 vs 11 - 12: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.” To retain hope while we suffer shows we understand God’s merciful ways of relating to His people.

The Scriptures in Psalm 103 vs 17 - 18 says, "But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, to those who keep His covenant and remember His precepts to do them."

The breaking of generational curse starts with embracing Christ; accepting Him as your personal Lord and Savior. Subsequently, you take some steps that will break the consequences of the curse, and you will be free. We shall look at the steps tomorrow. 

Prayer: Abba Father, You are my loving Father, my sacrificial Savior, and My faithful Companion. Thank You for all You have done for me in redemption in Christ Jesus. Endue me with the spirit of total obedience to you, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

Ministry — More Important Than Life

 Ministry — More Important Than Life

“But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus.” (Acts 20:24)

According to the New Testament, “ministry” is what all Christians do. According to Ephesians 4:11–12, pastors have the job of equipping the saints for the work of ministry. But ordinary Christians are the ones who do the ministry. 

What ministry looks like is as varied as Christians are varied. It’s not an office like elder or deacon; it’s a lifestyle devoted to making much of Christ and meeting the needs of others. 

It means that we “do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith” (Galatians 6:10). Whether we are bankers or bricklayers, it means that we aim at advancing other people’s faith and holiness to the glory of God. 

Fulfilling your ministry is more important than staying alive. This conviction is what makes the lives of radically devoted people so inspiring to watch. Most of them speak the way Paul did about his ministry here in Acts 20:24: “I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus.” Doing the ministry that God gives us to do is more important than life.

You may think you need to save your life in order to do your ministry. On the contrary, how you lose your life may be the capstone of your ministry. It certainly was for Jesus — only in his thirties. 

We need not fret about keeping ourselves alive in order to finish our ministry. God alone knows the appointed time of our service. He will decide when our death is not an interruption of our ministry, but the last act of our ministry.

Henry Martyn was right when he said, “If [God] has work for me to do, I cannot die.” In other words, I am immortal until my work is done. Therefore, ministry is more important than life.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

MONDAY JULY 13, 2026.

SUBJECT: INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS 

Memory verse: "You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me." (Deuteronomy 5 vs 9.)

READ: Exodus 20 vs 3 - 7:

20:3: You shall have no other gods before Me.

20:4: You shall not make for yourself a graven image—any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

20:5: You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me;

20:6: But showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me, and keep My commandments.

20:7: You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

INTIMATION:

Iniquity denotes sin; implying perversion of heart and wickedness of purpose. The iniquity of the fathers implies the sin of the fathers God holds against them that didn’t repent of such sin. Consequently, God places a curse on them which affects their children, and children’s children, up to the third and fourth generations. And that is called “generational curse.” 

These curses include and are not limited to various sexual sins, early deaths, alcoholism, drug abuse, broken homes, madness, poverty, failure, sluggishness, to mention but a few. Curses are pronounced of condemnation or judgement by God against sins or iniquities. Such curses on the fathers, when visited on their children, and children’s children becomes a generational curse, affecting up to the third and fourth generation. 

Cases and mentions of generational curses exist in the Bible. But the most significant sin that attracted generational curse, according to the Scriptures, is the sin of having other gods before our Almighty God. It’s very important to note it is not only idols that constitute other gods, but any other thing that takes first place in your life outside God is an idol in your life, and another god to you. Instead of serving the only True God, you eventually serve other gods preferred by you. In my considered opinion, that is the greatest sin deserving of God’s condemnation or judgement, and attracts His curse upon your life. Follow after righteousness, obey God’s commands and be favored by Him.

Now, does God visit the sins of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation? Some passages in the Scriptures say he does (see Exodus 20 vs 5; 34 vs 6 - 7; Deuteronomy 5 vs 9; Leviticus 26 vs 39). Some others say he doesn’t (see Deuteronomy 24 vs 16; Second Kings 14 vs 6; Ezekiel 18 vs 20, Jeremiah 31 vs 30). 

However, the sins of the fathers are visited on the children through becoming the sins of the children. The Scripture says, “I the Lord...visit the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.” (Exodus 20 vs 5; Numbers 14 vs 18) The generations to come who experience the penalty of the fathers’ sins are those who hate God. 

We are not told how the fathers’ sins become the children’s sins. But what we are told is that when the father’s sins are visited on the children it is because the children are really sinful; they hate God. That is the form in which the fathers’ sins are visited on them. Therefore, all judgment is really deserved by the person who is punished.

Therefore, the conclusion is that the visitation of the fathers' sins on the children is not a simple punishment of innocent children for what the fathers did. The children themselves are always thought of as sinful and rebellious as the fathers' sin is worked out in their lives.

However, there are two kinds of effects of fathers' sins in the lives of children: one is rebellion against God, and the other is the calamities of judgment that God brings on the children. We are not told how this rebellious condition is passed to or "visited on" the children. God has the right to punish fathers in the calamities that come upon their children, as the Scriptures note in Jeremiah 16 vs 10 - 11; "...Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we committed against the Lord our God?"... "Because your fathers have forsaken Me,’ says the Lord; they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My Law.”  

But He chooses to do this in a way that justly correlates with the children's own guilt; “And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me” (Jeremiah 16 vs 12.)

However, none of this should make anyone feel trapped and without hope because of his parents' sins. For the Scriptures in Ezekiel 33 vs 14 - 15 say, "When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' if he turns from his sin and does what is lawful and right, if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die." The blood of Jesus conquers all sin and judgment for those who believe.

The Scriptures, In Ezekiel 18 vs 19 - 20, the Lord says, “Yes you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the guilt of the Father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live. The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.” No one who has a child who goes bad and forsakes the way of righteousness, should feel that it is all his fault.

Prayer: Abba Father, let the sins of my fathers not be visited upon me because I have followed after righteousness, and I am obeying Your commandments, and confessed Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior in believe of all Jesus wrought for us on the cross, that the blessings of Abraham are mine, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

What Moves You to Minister?

 What Moves You to Minister?

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. (Galatians 6:8)

Faith has an insatiable appetite for experiencing as much of God’s grace as possible. Therefore, faith presses toward the river where God’s grace flows most freely, namely, the river of love.

What other force will move us out of our contented living rooms to take upon ourselves the inconveniences and suffering that love requires? 

What will propel us . . . 

to greet strangers when we feel shy?

to go to an enemy and plead for reconciliation when we feel indignant?

to tithe when we’ve never tried it?

to speak to our colleagues about Christ when we are timid?

to invite new neighbors to a Bible study?

to cross cultures with the gospel?

to create a new ministry for alcoholics?

to spend an evening driving a van?

to invest a morning praying for renewal?

None of these costly acts of love just happens. They are impelled by a new appetite — the appetite of faith for the fullest experience of God’s grace. We want more of God. And we want this more than we want our private, disturbance-free security and comfort. 

Faith loves to rely on God and see him work miracles in us. Therefore, faith pushes us into the current where the power of God’s future grace flows most freely — the current of love. 

I think this is what Paul meant when he said that we should sow to the Spirit (Galatians 6:8). By faith, we should put the seeds of our energy in the furrows where we know the Spirit is at work to bear fruit — the furrows of love.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SUNDAY JULY 12, 2026.

SUBJECT: BUILD UP YOURSELF IN THE WORD! 

Memory verse: "So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified." (Acts 20 vs 32.)

READ: Second Timothy 3 vs 16 - 17:

3:16: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

3:17: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished to all good works.

INTIMATION:

The Word of God is not simply a collection of words from God, a vehicle for communicating ideas; it is living, life-changing, and dynamic as it works in us. It is the means by which God instructs those who seek to be His children. One cannot be a disciple of Jesus unless he is guided in life by the inspired Word of God. 

God’s Word is profitable for motivating repentance in one’s life and direction of his behavior. No realm of the human life escapes its penetrating power and judgements. It penetrates the core of our moral and spiritual life. Obedience to the Word of God will deter one from the wrong direction of life. Study of, and meditation on the Word of God will mold one’s mind for correct thinking and behavior. 

Our conquest is ensured in our building up ourselves in the Word of God by doing all that is required of us in the Word. Today’s memory verse was the apostle Paul’s recommendation to the believers when he was leaving the church at Ephesus. He may never see them again and he commended them to the Father. He turned them over into the hands of love, and he said, ‘I not only do this, but I commend you to the word of His grace.’ The apostle Paul's epistles are the words of His grace, and so the whole New Testament makes up the Book of the Word of the Father's grace.

If the apostle Paul is to be here with us now, he would say, "I want you to study it. I want you to prove yourself capable of doing the Word." There will be ability in the Word as you study it to put you over and make you a conqueror. To merely know the Word has no real value in it unless it becomes a part of your life in practicing it. As you begin to live the Word, then it becomes a part of your very being—enters into your blood, into your very system. Consequently, the strength and ability of God becomes a part of you, and you would be overwhelmed by “the exceeding greatness of His power toward you who believe, according to working of His mighty power.” 

The apostle Paul entrusted the Ephesians elders to the guidance of the revealed Word of God. It would spiritually build them up if they allowed God to work in their lives through the Word. If they remained faithful to the Word of God, they would receive the result of their faith which was the salvation of their souls in heaven. God’s people must be entirely dependent on the Word of God for direction. Neither subjective emotional experiences nor traditions should be allowed to be the foundation upon which disciples of Christ base their faith. 

Since the Word of God will be our only standard by which we will be judged, then it is imperative that we direct our lives according to what is written. One must come to the Scriptures with the attitude that within them lies wisdom and answers to all problems of life. With such an attitude toward the Scriptures, one will benefit from his study of God’s Word. The fact that the Scriptures are sufficient to guide one to eternal dwelling, implies that one must trust in God’s speaking to him through the revealed Word of God.

The Bible, in Hebrews 4 vs 12 says, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intents of the heart.” In this context, the passage refers to the stability of God’s Word of promise. Christians must walk in faith in the Word of God’s promise. If one trusts in the promise of God, then God’s Word is able to transform his life. 

God’s word is living because God lives. It’s metaphorically illustrated as two-edged sword that is able to cut both ways in correcting one’s behavior. With the incisiveness of a surgeon’s knife, God’s Word reveals who we are and what we are not. It discerns what is within us, both good and evil. The demands of God’s Word require decisions. We must not only listen to the Word; we must also let it shape our lives. 

The effectiveness of its power is illustrated every day by the transformed lives of formerly hardened sinners who have yielded to God’s promise of an eternal rest to come. Transformed lives that are revealed in the gentle and humble servants of God are a continual testimony to the awesome power of God’s Word upon a meek and subjective heart.

Prayer: Abba Father, build me up in Your Word, and endue me with the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of You in Your Word, and let my understanding be enlightened regarding the hope of Your calling and the riches of my inheritance in Christ, and the exceeding greatness of Your mighty working power toward me because I put my whole trust in You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

Faith Expels Guilt, Greed, and Fear

 Faith Expels Guilt, Greed, and Fear

The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. (1 Timothy 1:5)

Paul is aiming at love. And one of the essential sources of this great effect is sincere faith. The reason faith is such a sure source of love is that faith in God’s grace expels from the heart the sinful powers that hinder love.

If we feel guilty, we tend to wallow in self-centered depression and self-pity, unable to see, let alone care about, anyone else’s need. Or we play the hypocrite to cover our guilt, and so destroy all sincerity in relationships, which makes real love impossible. Or we talk about other people’s faults to minimize the guilt of our own, which love does not do. So, if we are going to love, the destructive effects of guilt must be overcome.

It’s the same with fear. If we feel fearful, we tend not to approach a stranger at church who might need a word of welcome and encouragement. Or we may reject frontier missions as a vocation, because it sounds too dangerous. Or we may waste money on excessive insurance, or get swallowed up in all manner of little phobias that make us preoccupied with ourselves and blind us to the needs of others. All of which are the opposite of love.

It’s the same with greed. If we are greedy, we may spend money on luxuries — money that ought to go to the spread of the gospel. We don’t undertake anything risky, lest our precious possessions and our financial future be jeopardized. We focus on things instead of people, or see people as resources for our material advantage. So love is ruined.

But faith in future grace produces love by pushing guilt and fear and greed out of the heart. 

It pushes out guilt because it holds fast to the hope that the death of Christ is sufficient to secure acquittal and righteousness now and forever (Hebrews 10:14). 

It pushes out fear because it banks on the promise, “Fear not, for I am with you. . . . I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” (Isaiah 41:10). 

And it pushes out greed because it is confident that Christ is greater wealth than all the world can offer (Matthew 13:44).

So when Paul says, “The aim of our charge is love that issues from . . . sincere faith,” he is speaking of the tremendous power of faith to overcome all the obstacles to love. When we fight the fight of faith — the fight to believe the promises of God that kill guilt and fear and greed — we are fighting for love.

Every day in the God's Word

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SATURDAY JULY 11, 2026.

SUBJECT : HOW TO ENSURE THE FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECIES!

Memory verse: "This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare." (First Timothy 1 vs 18.) 

READ: Jeremiah 29 vs 10 - 14:

29:10: For thus says the Lord: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you and cause you to return to this place.

29:11: For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

29:12: Then you will call upon Me, and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 

29:13: And you shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall search for Me with all your heart.

29:14: I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will garther you from all the nations and fromall the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive. 

INTIMATION:

Prophecy is the speaking forth of the mind and counsel of God, either written or spoken. It is the forth-telling of the Will of God, whether with reference to the past, the present, or the future. Though much of the Old Testament prophecies were purely predictive. However, prophecy is not necessarily, nor even primarily, fore-telling. It is also the declaration of that which cannot be known by natural means. 

Prophecy signifies the speaking forth of the mind and counsel of God through a human vessel, mostly prophets, whether with reference to the past, the present, or the future. The apostle Peter confirms thus: "And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." (Second Peter 1 vs 19 - 21.)

"Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by he Holy Spirit" means that Scriptures did not come from the creative work of the prophets' own invention or interpretation. God inspired the writers, so their message is authentic and reliable. God used the talents, education, and cultural background of each writer; and God cooperated with the writers in such a way to ensure that the message He intended was faithfully communicated in the very words they wrote.

So whatever God says to you through the Scriptures or through a human vessel (in prophecy) is His plan for you, and as far as He is concerned, it is settled. But what many Christians don't understand is that most prophecies don't get fulfilled without the application of certain kingdom forces.

You don't watch prophecies, you war with them, until they come into reality. In fact, a prophecy may look like falsehood or mockery, if you don't know what it takes to make it happen. There are oppositions that have set themselves to block your access into your promise land, so you must do something to make that prophecy a reality. Just as the apostle Paul says, “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” (First Corinthians 16 vs 9.)

But to war with prophecies you go to God in prayers with the Word (or the prophecy), reminding Him of His commitment to perform what He has spoken. Then you turn to the enemy and declare what is written concerning you which forbids his activities around you. 

God asks you to "Present your case,....Bring forth your strong reasons." (Isaiah 41 vs 21.) "Put Me into remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted." (Isaiah 43 vs 26.) Take His Word back to Him. God is faithful and He cannot deny Himself. He is committed to do anything He has said. Note that there are two immutable things in which is impossible for God to lie—His nature and His Promise (His Word).

In Deuteronomy 2 vs 24, God said to the children of Israel, "Rise, take your journey, and cross over the River Arnon. Look, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, King of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to possess it and engage him in battle."

God had given the children of Israel the land, but a devil somewhere is saying, "No, you can't have it." God's instruction to them was, "Rise up! Don't sit there expecting it to drop into your laps! Begin to possess what is yours. Contend with the opposition in battle, until you possess your possessions. This tells you that you don't wait for things to happen, you make them happen. The Bible says, "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." (Matthew 11 vs 12.)

From the passage we read today, God’s thoughts for us is clear; He has good thoughts and plans of a glorious future for us all, but He shows us how to bring them to pass; "Then you will call upon Me, and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me, and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29 vs 12 - 13.)

That means, "When you wait and you don't see the things I told you of, come and ask Me of them in prayers." It takes intercession and seeking the face of God to see the fulfillment of the great plans and visions He had told you about. God has set a future and a hope before you, but you must call upon Him and seek Him with all your heart, if you want to enjoy it.

Any Word of God or prophecy that you have received and believed will surely bring forth when you apply the relevant force or power of prayer to it. The Word is a seed (Luke 8 vs 11); but no matter how precious any seed may be, without planting and watering the seed, it will die in the ground.

Maybe you have sat down with that Word too long. You can't keep on saying, "It will come to pass one day." Or keep saying, "Let the Will of God be done," for without proper work nothing will happen. Rise up now and do what it takes to make it come to pass. Pray it down!

Prayer: Abba Father, You are so faithful, and has given us all that pertains to life and godliness. Endue me, O Lord, with the spirit of supplication and obedience, in constant fellowship with You, that I may be empowered to fulfill my destiny in Christ, and that the word of prophecies in my life be fulfilled, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!