YOU ARE CALLED TO BLESS!

 You Are Called to Bless! 

“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.” Ephesians 4:29 (KJV)

The child of God is called to bless the world. Any time God wants to bless His children, He does so through His Word. This same Word gave birth to the children of God; therefore, we are expected to only bless (1 Peter 1:23). Beloved, remember that you have been blessed in heavenly places so be conscious of this truth and always declare to yourself that you are blessed (Ephesians 1:3). Now that you are blessed, it must show in your communication that you are blessed. Therefore, watch the words that proceed out of your mouth carefully to make sure your hearers or audience are encouraged and built up in the Lord. Remember that any corrupt or foul words that you release do not hurt only your hearers or audience, but they come back to haunt you. No wonder the Word of God says we will reap what we sow. Thus, if we sow good words in the lives of people by always blessing them, they create an atmosphere of blessings for us and we will continually reap blessings wherever we find ourselves (Galatians 6:7–8). Beloved, if you don’t know how to bless people, search the Word of God and meditate on scriptures that pronounce blessings, or talk about blessings as in Psalm 20:1–5; your heart and mouth will be filled with words of blessings. Hallelujah! Keep blessing people!

Prayer Point: My holy and righteous Father, thank You for teaching me how to communicate well and be a blessing to my hearers or audience. Please lead me to find scriptures that pronounce blessings and I will meditate on them, filling my heart and mouth with words of blessings to keep blessing people in my sphere of contact, thereby walking in countless blessings myself in Jesus’ name. Amen!

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You are welcomed to the year 2021 the year of exploits for God's children. Daniel11:32!

FOLLOW HIS. ORDER AND COMFORT IS GUARANTEED

 Follow His Order and Comfort Is Guaranteed! 

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33 (KJV)

The Most High is a God of order. This can be seen from how He created heaven and earth and everything therein. After creating the earth, He spent six days creating and filling it up with all the things that He liked (Genesis 1:31). Everything was orderly arranged to make it beautiful. Dear beloved, if you are mindful of following the order He has set in His Word, you will have a comfortable life. There is an order in the opening scripture; seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added to you. God is the great King and a Spirit. Because He is a Spirit and cannot be seen with the physical eyes, He has made Himself available in the person of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Colossians 2:9). Thus, it is easy to seek His Kingdom and His righteousness, by believing in Jesus Christ and accepting Him as Lord and personal Savior. Beloved, seeking the Kingdom of God and His righteousness is not a one-day event, it is a lifelong journey of fellowship with God and our Lord Jesus Christ. If you have Jesus Christ in you and you follow Him and fellowship with Him through the Holy Scriptures – and the Holy Spirit He has deposited in you – He will provide for you. He is indeed the great Shepherd who takes good care of His sheep (John 10:11). When Peter gave heed to His Word, he made such a great catch of fish that his net was breaking (Luke 5:4–6). Beloved, keep your gaze on Jesus Christ even in the midst of the pressures of this world of materialism, power, fame, and pleasure, and He will never disappoint you. Hallelujah! Be an overcomer!

Prayer Point: My loving Father, I love Your Word so much more than my physical food. I will continually seek You and Your righteousness, and I believe You will add the other things such as a good job, business, family, marriage, etc. to my life in Jesus’ name. Amen!

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HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?

 

EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, 2020.

SUBJECT: HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?

Memory verse: "Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, For we are well able to overcome it.” (Numbers 13 vs 30.) 

READ: Numbers 13 vs 1 - 2, 25 - 28, 30 - 33:

13:1: And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

13:2: “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader among them.”

13:25: And they returned from spying out the land after forty days.

13:26: Now they departed and came back to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel in the wilderness congregation in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

13:27: Then they told him, and said: “We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

13:28: Nevertheless the people who dwell in the land are strong; cities are fortified and very large; moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

13:30: Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, For we are well able to overcome it.”

13:31: But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.”

13:32: And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.

13:33: There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

INTIMATION:

How do you see yourself, as a grasshopper or as a mighty warrior of God? Is yours an evil report or a good report? Are you in self-doubt, or self-pity of yourself? Do you know that you are fearfully and wonderfully made by your Creator? (Psalm 139 vs 14.) Do you realize that you are made in His image and after His likeness? (Genesis 1 vs 26.) God’s character goes into the creation of every person. When you feel worthless or even begin to hate yourself, remember that God’s Spirit is ready and willing to work within you. We should have as much respect for ourselves as our Maker has for us.

God can give the courage and confidence you need to be a winner. But you have to be in agreement with His plan for your life. You have to quit seeing yourself as just the opposite of what he says you are. You must learn to change your self-image. Not only must you learn to see yourself differently, but also to carry yourself differently. 

Don't let the devil fill your head with thoughts of unworthiness. Remember: thoughts are seeds. Your spirit can only produce for you what you sow and nurture within your own mind and heart. Every thought you allow to enter and take root in your innermost being will begin to grow and produce fruit after its kind. That is why you need to learn to replace negative thoughts and words with positive ones. You need to stop seeing yourself as an unworthy sinner and begin to see yourself as the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. (First Corinthians 1 vs 30; Second Corinthians 5 vs 21).

In the passage we read today, we observed that when the Children of Israel drew near to their destination—the Promised Land, the Lord instructed Moses to choose twelve men, one from each tribe, and send them on a scouting expedition into the land of Canaan. When they returned, all twelve of them agreed that the land was fruitful and productive, that it was a land flowing with milk and honey. But when it came to deciding a course of action, ten of the twelve gave "an evil report," while only two of them, Joshua and Caleb, gave a good report. The reason the ten gave an evil report is because they were afraid. The problem was that they were looking at the situation in the natural, through the eyes of the flesh, while Caleb and Joshua were looking at it in the spiritual, through the eyes of the Lord.

The land has already been given to them by the Lord for their possession (Numbers 33 vs 53). It is only left for them to go and take it, even if it means a battle, because they are aware the God has already given the land, and the battle is His. The ten said of the inhabitants of the land and of themselves: There we saw giants, and we were, in our own sight, like grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. 

When the Lord sets before you a new opportunity, do you fearfully moan, "I can't overcome the giants in the land," or do you boldly declare, "I'm going up right away, because I'm well able to take it?" Ten of the Israelites saw the giants, but two saw God! Keep your eyes on God. You plus God is enough in any situation. Never look at circumstances, but rather look up to the One that controls the circumstances!

Prayer: Abba Father, You skillfully wrought me in the lowest part of the earth. I am made in Your image and after Your likeness, and marvelous are Your works. Blot out of me any thoughts of evil report, and self-doubt, for I can do all things through You that strengthens me, in Jesus’ matchless Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

TRUST AND AWAIT GOD’S TIME!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 2020.

SUBJECT : TRUST AND AWAIT GOD’S TIME!

Memory verse: "For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” (Habakkuk 2 vs 3.) 

READ: Daniel 8 vs 16 - 19:

8:16: And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, who called, and said, “Gabriel make this man understand the vision.”

8:17: So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was afraid and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end.”

8:18: Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me, and stood me upright.

8:19: And He said, “Look, I am making known to you what shall happen in the latter time of the indignation, for at the appointed time the end shall be.

INTIMATION:

God is our Creator, and is 'All-Knowing’—perfect in knowledge. The end of all things are known to Him from the beginning (Isaiah 46 vs 10.). Even when we are yet unformed in our mother’s womb, He knew us and everything about us. God created all things, and planned all things according to His purpose and timing; "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3 vs 1). And at the fullness of His time—at His appointed time—He will cause things to happen according to His predetermined purposes. For this reason, He is always on time. He planned the time, and does His bidding at the fullness of the planned time. 

From our perspective, God sometimes seems slow to intervene on our behalf. But what might appear slow to us is good timing from God’s perspective. It’s easy to become impatient while waiting for God to act, but we must never give up on Him. When God is silent and you are in deep anguish, be patient and know that “all things work together for good to those that love God, to those who are the called according to His “ (Romans 8 vs 28). All you need do is sit down and review your life; what God has done for you, and also review the great acts of God throughout biblical history. This will remind you that God is at work, not only in history, but also in your life today.

God will act when He is ready. For instance, children have difficulty grasping the concept of time. “It’s not time yet” is not a reason they easily understand because they only comprehend the present. And as His children, and as limited human beings, we can’t understand God’s perspective about time. We want everything now, unaware that God’s timing is better. When God is ready, He will do what needs to be done, not what we would like Him do. We may be as impatient as children, but we must not doubt the wisdom of God’s timing. Wait for God to reveal His plan. Don’t take matters into your own hands.

God’s answer doesn’t always come the moment we want it. but God answers us when He knew the right time had come. God knows the best time to act. When you feel that God has forgotten you in your troubles, remember that God has a time schedule we can’t see. God may have seemed slow to you when in distress, and every day you longed to be delivered. But God is not slow, He just is not on our timetable. God is not limited by time. It’s easy to get discouraged when years pass and the world doesn’t get better. 

We sometimes wonder if God is able to see the future. But don’t assume that God has our limitations. God is completely unrestricted by time. Because He is eternal, we can depend on Him. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently for it, for surely it will take place, if God has assured about it. Of course, it isn’t easy to be patient but, “though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come.” (Habakkuk 2 vs 3.) We must trust God even when we don’t understand why events occur as they do.

For instance, who will imagine the Savior of the world working in a small-town carpenter’s shop until He was 30 years old! It seems incredible that Jesus would have been content to remain in Nazareth all that time, but He patiently trusted His Father’s timing for His life and ministry. Like Jesus, we need to resist the temptation to jump ahead before receiving the Spirit’s direction. Don’t jump ahead—trust God’s timing.

Jesus, during His earth walk, demonstrated God’s timing in events. When His friend Lazarus died due to sickness, He took four days to get to this family He loved and often stayed with them. He knew their pain but did not respond immediately. His delay had a specific purpose. He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” (John 11 vs 14.) God’s timing, especially His delays, may make us think He is not answering or is not answering the way we want. But He will meet all our needs according to His perfect schedule and purpose (Philippians 4 vs 19.) Patiently await His timing. 

God is with us through every situation, in every trial; protecting, loving, guiding us (Psalm 46 vs 1; 59 vs 16), and has promised He would never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13 vs 5), and will be with us always, even up to the end of age (Matthew 28 vs 20). He knows and loves us completely. God is perfect (Matthew 5 vs 48), and consequently, everything about Him is perfect. He knows us better than we know ourselves, and He knows us perfectly. Trust His judgement and trust that He has your best interests in mind (Jeremiah 29 vs 11).

Prayer: Abba Father, You are my Faithful Companion, and Loving Father. I know You have the best plan and time for me. Let it be to me according to Your perfect timing, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN THAT YOU ARE IN CHARGE?

 Have You Forgotten You Are in Charge? 

“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Luke 10:19 (KJV)

Knowing that you are in charge makes life easy. The kingdom of darkness, being led by the devil, will always spread false information to deceive people into believing that they are so powerful, in order to cause harm and destruction (John 8:44). Thus, they enslave people with fear, poverty, sickness, sin, discouragement, death, etc. Dear beloved, meditate on the opening scripture and believe that you are in charge because Jesus Christ has given you power over the devil and his machination. Don’t ever forget it, so that you can keep putting your authority and power to use to always win the battles of life. Remember that all the power of the enemy cannot hurt you if you keep treading on him and his cohort of darkness every day. Beloved, the kingdom of darkness knows that you have power over them but they will still tempt you to know if you really know who you are in Christ Jesus (Matthew 4:4–11). They will tempt you with sin because they know sin can make you ineffective. Therefore, avoid sin and live in holiness, so that the Holy Spirit will be happy working with you and making the power in you always active over the enemy. Beloved, be fervent in prayer and speak in tongues to edify yourself every day (1 Corinthians 14:4). Keep believing in the Word of God and preach it, and the signs Jesus Christ spoke about will follow you, and the kingdom of darkness will always be afraid of you because you are always on fire for the Lord (Mark 16:17–18). Hallelujah! You are an overcomer!

Prayer Point: My dear heavenly Father, thank You for giving me power over the devil and the kingdom of darkness. I will keep preaching the gospel and exercising authority over the devil and his kingdom, for many people to be saved and teach them how to also use their authority in Christ Jesus. Amen!

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BENEFITS GOD GIVES BELIEVERS THROUGH CHRIST!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY DECEMBER 29, 2020.

SUBJECT: BENEFITS GOD GIVES BELIEVERS THROUGH CHRIST!

Memory verse:  "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son." (First John 5 vs 11.) 

READ: Ephesians 1 vs 17 - 19; Colossians 1 vs 12 - 14:

1:17: That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
1:18: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

1:19: and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power,

Colossians 1:12: Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
1:13: He has delivered us from the power of darkness and  conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
1:14: in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.

INTIMATION:

The benefits that God gives all believers through Christ include: (1) He has enabled us to share in His inheritance; (2) He has rescued us from Satan’s kingdom of darkness and made us His children; (3) He has brought us into His eternal kingdom; (4) He has purchased our freedom from sin and judgement with His blood; and (5) He has forgiven all our sins. 

Before we believed in Christ, our nature was evil. We disobeyed, rebelled, and ignored God (even at our best, we did not love Him with all our heart, soul, and mind). The Christian, however, has a new nature. God has crucified the old rebellious nature (Romans 6 vs 6) and replaced it with a new loving nature (Colossians 3 vs 9 - 10). The penalty of sin died with Christ on the cross. God declared us not guilty, and we need no longer live under sin’s power. God does not take us out of the world or make us robots—we will still feel like sinning, and sometimes we will sin. The difference is that before we were saved, we were slaves to our sinful nature; but we are free to live for Christ (see Galatians 2 vs 20). 

Through our believe in Christ we have been adopted as children of God: “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to children of God, to those who believe in His name.” (John 1 vs 12.) Those who “received Him” and “believed in His name” were given the privilege of becoming the sons of God. Receiving and believing did not constitute one as a son of God, it only gives one the privilege. Receiving and believing we’re only conditions upon which one must move into doing that which God requires to become a son of God, “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Galatians 3 vs 26 - 27). 

Now, as children of God we are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ in His inheritance: “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” (Romans 8 vs 17.) The obedient son of God inherits what the Father has promised for His sons. When we put on Christ in baptism, we belong to Him and are Abraham’s seed. We are heirs “heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3 vs 29).

True believers have been translated from darkness to light, from slavery to freedom, from guilt to forgiveness, and from the power of Satan to the power of God. We have been rescued from a rebel kingdom to serve the rightful King. And they are to live eternally with Him. Our conduct should reflect our new allegiance. 

The Scripture says, “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence.” (Ephesians 1 vs 7.) Redemption means Christ setting sinners free from slavery to sin and Satan, and revealing of the righteousness of God that comes to man through faith in Jesus Christ. This belongs to all those who acknowledge Christ as Savior and confess him as their Lord. The death of Jesus points to two wonderful scriptural truths—redemption and forgiveness. Through His death, Jesus paid the price to release us from slavery to sin. Forgiveness of our sins was granted on the basis of the shedding of Jesus’ blood—He died as a perfect and final sacrifice.

Prayer: Abba Father, thank You for all You wrought for us in Christ. Guide me appropriately, O Lord, that I may in complete obedience to as to earn all the benefits of the believer in Christ p, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

ARE YOU COMPROMISING HIS VIEWS?

 Are You Compromising His Views? 

“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:6 (KJV)

Becoming familiar with God can lead to compromising His views. The Most High has a sure Word for everything that He had made. He knows all things. No wonder everything on earth is naked before Him (Hebrews 4:13). He knows the right paths, the paths that seem to be right but are wrong, and the wrong paths. This makes it vital to consult Him first before embarking on any mission or endeavor. Dear beloved, are you becoming too familiar with God? Some Christians were committed to the Word of God during the initial stage of their Christian life. However, when things began to change for the better, they began to compromise the Word of God. They now confided in themselves or others, till their life began to take a nosedive (Proverbs 14:12). Beloved, if you find yourself in this place, it is time to repent and get committed to the Lord and His Word. God requires consistency in studying His Word; that is why He said we should meditate on it day and night and observe to practice it (Joshua 1:8, Psalm 1:2–3). He didn’t say we should stop meditating on His Word once things begin to change for good in our lives. Beloved, when King David began compromising the Word of God and took things into his own hands, His Kingdom began to fall apart, till he got right with God and took Him seriously again (2 Samuel 11:1–27, 12:1–14). Compromise neither your relationship with God nor His Word; confide in Him in every decision, choice, and action, or reaction, and you will always succeed. Hallelujah! God bless you!

Prayer Point: My holy Father, I’m excited to be Your child. Thank You for the counsel from Your Word. I promise to meditate on Your Word day and night and put every Word to practice. I will also consult You in every decision, choice, action, and reaction. Please remind me any time I’m compromising Your Word, and I will repent in Jesus’ name. Amen!

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