Humility, Pride, And Miracles

TOPIC: Humility, Pride, And Miracles

MEMORISE: “And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?” – 2 Kings 5:13 (KJV)

READ: Matthew 15:22-28 (KJV)

22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.

27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.

28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 64-66

Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE

God does not give miracles to proud people. I have noticed that everyone who got a miracle from Jesus approached Him in humility. The leper in Matthew 8:2-3 worshipped Him, the centurion in Matthew 8:5-10 didn’t send a messenger but came personally to ask Jesus to heal his servant, and the woman in Matthew 15:22-28 was practically insulted by Jesus when He likened her to a dog, but she took no offence. On the other hand, everyone that would have gotten a miracle from Jesus but didn’t, exhibited pride in one way or the other, especially the people of His hometown (Matthew 13:54-58). The Bible says that He was only able to do a few miracles there.

Naaman almost died a leper because of pride. He went to the prophet for healing and was told to go and wash in River Jordan. He got angry and wanted to return to his country to die as a leper because he thought that a man of his calibre should not wash in the Jordan river. Thank God for his servants who talked sense into his head.

Sometimes, God will give me an instruction that sounds childish during our Holy Ghost Services. Because I am a child in His hands, I will tell the people what He says, and those who are not too big to obey the childish instruction will come back to testify about how they got their miracle after obeying Him. One time, God told me to call out all those who had back pains and dance around them. That was a very childish thing to do, but I obeyed, and when I was done, their back pains had disappeared, and they could all bend over to touch their toes conveniently.

If you are too proud to submit to a man of God, you cannot get a miracle through him. If you are too big to carry out an instruction because it seems beneath your social status, you cannot get a miracle. You must humble yourself before the Most High God if you want to enjoy His miracles. It amazes me that people consult doctors in humility, answering all their questions and surrendering their bodies for examination and treatment, but when they come to God, they act in a proud manner as if they know more than Him.

KEY POINT

If you want a miracle from God, you must put your pride aside and come to Him as a child.

THE SIN OF EVIL DESIRES!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

THURSDAY AUGUST 01, 2024.

SUBJECT: THE SIN OF EVIL DESIRES!

Memory verse: "But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.” (First Timothy 6 vs 9.)

READ: Matthew 5 vs 27 - 30:

5:27: You have heard that it was said by those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

5:28: But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

5:29: If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

5:30: And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

INTIMATION:

A desire is a craving or longing for something. Some desires are evil or sinful and is frequently translated as “lust.” Some desires are good. For instance, the apostle Paul had the good desire to be with Christ; “For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better” (Philippians 1 vs 23). Just as the Lord’s desire concerning the last Passover; “Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” (Luke 22 vs 15.)

For evil desires, or inordinate affections, the apostle Paul says, such should not be tolerated by believers because, “Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passion and desires.” (Galatians 5 vs 24.) When we accept Christ as our Savior, we need to turn from our sinful ways and willingly nail our sinful nature to the cross. This doesn’t mean, however, that we will never see traces of its evil desires again. As Christians we still have the capacity to sin and sometimes sin, but we have been set free from sin’s power over us and no longer have to give in to it. We must daily commit our sinful tendencies to God’s control, daily crucify them, and moment by moment draw on the Spirit’s power to overcome them. 

“Lust” is a devilish desire. Jesus said “lust” is as good as the “deed” itself. For instance, the Old Testament law says that it is wrong for a person to have sex with someone other than his or her spouse (Exodus 20 vs 14). But Jesus said that the desire to have sex with someone other than your spouse is mental adultery and thus sin. Jesus was emphasizing here that if the act is wrong, then so is the intention. In the passage we read today, Jesus is condemning the deliberate and repeated filling of one’s mind with fantasies that would be evil if acted upon. Therefore, desires that will lead you to wrongdoing should not be accommodated. 

Some people may desire to be rich, which in itself, is not wrong or evil, but the desire to be rich at all costs will definitely build up ideas in their minds that will expose them to temptations, snares, and many foolish things that are harmful and destructive. For instance, somebody might desire to make wealth by all means, and will be harboring stealing, money rituals, or obtaining by false pretenses, and if such desires are acted upon, the person may be committing murder, and other heinous crimes that are evil in themselves. Sinful actions are more dangerous than sinful desires, hence desires should not be acted out. Nevertheless, sinful desires are just as damaging to obedience as the actions proper. Left unchecked, wrong desires will result in wrong actions and turn people away from God.

Jesus was speaking figuratively when He said we should get rid of your hand or your eye, He didn’t mean literally to gouge our your eye, because even a blind person can lust. But if that were the only choice, it would be better to go into heaven with one eye or hand than to go to hell with the two. It takes the help of the Holy Spirit to resist any actions on our evil desires. The world is full of enticements. Daily we are confronted with subtle cultural pressures and overt propaganda. The only way to escape these destructive influences is to ask God to help crucify our interest in them. Evil acts begin with evil desires. It isn’t enough to ask God to keep you away from temptation, make you stronger, or change your circumstances. You must ask Him to change you on the inside—at level of your desires.

The Scripture says, “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it springs the issues of life.” (Proverbs 4 vs 23.) We should keep our hearts with all diligence, making sure we concentrate on those desires that will keep us on the right path. Make sure your affections push you in the right direction. Put boundaries on your desires: Don’t go after everything you see. And don’t get sidetracked on detours that lead to temptation.

“Finally brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things that are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things that pure, whatever things that lovely, whatever things that are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.” (Philippians 4 vs 8.)

Prayer: Abba Father, give me the grace to put boundaries on my desires, to concentrate on those desires that will keep me on the right path of obedience to You, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen. 

PRAISE  THE LORD!

Prayer against Evil Adversary

 Today, we're praying against evil adversary because our enemies will never rest to torment us so we need to end them and their adversary against us.

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

PRAYER POINTS

1. Let all the powers, agreeing against my goodness and breakthroughs, become confused and scattered in the name of Jesus.

2. Let all the powers of my adversaries, be rendered impotent in the name of Jesus.

3. Let every evil tongue, uttering curses and other evil pronouncements against my life, be completely silenced in the name of Jesus.

4. I command every evil stronghold and powers, housing my rights and goodness to be violently overthrown, in the name of Jesus.

5. I pursue, overtake and recover my properties, from the hands of spiritual robbers, in the name of Jesus.

6. Let every counsel, plan, desire, expectation, imagination, device and activity of the oppressors, against my life be rendered null and void in the name of Jesus.

7. I terminate every contract, and cancel every evil promissory note, kept in satanic files for my sake, in the name of Jesus.

8. I release myself form the powers and activities of the wasters, in the name of Jesus.

9. I refuse to be tossed around by any evil remote control device, fashioned to delay my miracle in the name of Jesus.

10. Let all the citadels of evil summoning of the spirit, receive the fire of God and burn to ashes in the name of Jesus.

11. Holy Spirit, teach me to avoid unfriendly friends, and unprofitable associations in Jesus name.

12. Let all my goodness presently in the prison of the enemy, begin to pursue and locate me as from today in the name of Jesus.

13. Let all strange fire, prepared against my life, be quenched in the name of Jesus.

14. I command every tongue issuing destruction against me, be condemned in the name of Jesus.

15. Let all the troublers of my Israel, be disbanded and confused in the name of Jesus.

16. Let the blood of Jesus clean off all unprofitable marks, in every department of my life.

17. Let all strange hands that have touched my blood be neutralized, in the name of Jesus.

18. I command every spirit that repels blessings to be bound in the name of Jesus.

19. I receive victory over the host of wickedness surrounding me in the name of Jesus.

20. I stand against dream defeats and its effects, in the name of Jesus.

21. Let every spirit attacking me, in the form of animals receive the fire of God.

22. I stand against the operations of the spirit of death, in my life in the name of Jesus.

23. Let the counsel of the devil against me, be destroyed and frustrated in the name of Jesus.

24. I bind the spirit of doubt, unbelief, fear and tradition in the name of Jesus.

25. Father, destroy every stronghold of the powers of darkness in my family, in the name of Jesus.

26. Let every problem paralysing my mind; be neutralized in the name of Jesus.

27. Let every evil effect of ritual killings upon my life, by my ancestors be neutralized in the name of Jesus.

28. Let all terminal, genetic, and ancestral sicknesses be removed from me, in the name of Jesus.

29. Lord gives me power to pursue and overtake the enemy, and also to recover my stolen property.

30. O God, Let your fire destroy every foundational problem, in my life in the name of Jesus.

31. Let every link, label and oppressors be destroyed by the blood of Jesus.

32. Every evil pregnancy in my life, be aborted in the name of Jesus.

33. Let every dirty hands, be removed from the affairs of my life, in the name of Jesus.

34. Let every effect of evil access to my blood, be reversed now in the name of Jesus.

35. Let everything done against me under the devil’s anointing, be neutralized now in the name of Jesus.

36. All evil vessels dispatched to do me harm, crash in the name of Jesus.

37. Satanic banks, release my properties in your hands, in Jesus’ name.

38. I remove my name, from the book of untimely death, in the name of Jesus.

39. I remove my name, from the book of tragedy in Jesus’ name.

40. All evil umbrellas, preventing heavenly showers from falling upon me, be roasted in the name of Jesus.

41. Let all evil associations, summoned for my sake be scattered, in the name of Jesus.

42. Let every problem connected to polygamy, In my life, be nullified in Jesus’ name.

43. I command every satanic reinforcement against me, to scatter in the name of Jesus.

44. I cancel evil vows, that are affecting me negatively, in the name of Jesus 

45. I destroy the clock and the time-table, of the enemy for my life in the name of Jesus.

46. Lord, reschedule my enemies to useless and harmless assignments.

47. Let every evil device against me be disappointed in Jesus’ name.

48. Let the healing power of the Holy Spirit, overshadow me.

49. I bind every spirit, working against answers to my prayers, in the name of Jesus.

50. I disarm any power that has made a covenant with the ground, water and wind about me in the name of Jesus.

51. O Lord, make my life invisible to demonic observers.

52. I bind all evil remote control spirits, in the name of Jesus.

53. I withdraw all the bullets and ammunition, made available to the enemy against me, in the name of Jesus.

54. I revoke any conscious, or unconscious covenant, with the spirit of death in the name of Jesus.

55. In the name of Jesus, I call on the heavenly surgeon to perform surgical operations, where necessary in my life.

56. I refuse to be spiritually amputated, in the name of Jesus.

57. I refuse to wage war against myself, in the name of Jesus.

58. O Lord, wake me up from any form of spiritual sleep, in the mighty name of Jesus.

59. All evil seeds, planted by fear into my life, be uprooted in the name of Jesus.

60. Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; let your kingdom be established in every area of my life.

WE ARE OF GREAT VALUE TO GOD!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

WEDNESDAY JULY 31, 2024.

SUBJECT : WE ARE OF GREAT VALUE TO GOD!

Memory verse: "Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the sin of man, that You are mindful of him?" (Psalm 144 vs 3.)

READ: Psalm 8 vs 3 - 8:

8:3: When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 

8:4: What is man that You are mindful of him? and the son of man that You visit him?

8:5: For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honour.

8:6: You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,

8:7: All sheep and oxen—even the beasts of the field,

8:8: The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.

INTIMATION:

Humans are of great value to God. By comparison, the existence of the universe minimizes the significance of man. There is no comparison between the two. Though existing in a small planet of the universe, man is considered and cared for by God. The existence of man on earth alone exemplifies God’s consideration for man. Man’s very existence is evidence of the fact that he is the most important of all that God created. Of all beings that God created through Jesus (Colossians 1 vs 16), man was least in comparison to angels. And yet, God exalted man above angels to the point of sending His only begotten Son into the world for the salvation of man (John 3 vs 16).

When we look at the vast expense of creation, we wonder how God could be concerned for people who constantly disappoint Him. Yet God created us only a little lower than Himself and the angels! We have great worth because we bear the stamp of the Creator. In Genesis 1 vs 26 - 27, the Bible says, “Then God said, “Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

God obviously did not create us exactly like Himself because God has no physical body. Instead, we are reflections of God’s glory. Some feel that our reasoning, creativity, speech or self-determination is the image of God. More likely, it is our entire self that reflects the image of God. We will never be totally like God because He is our Supreme Creator. 

Reference is, therefore, to the spiritual image of God that dwells within every person through the God-created spirit of man. Being in the image of God refers to the spiritual inclinations of man that make him a spiritual being who seeks to worship a higher power than himself. Consequently, we do have the ability to reflect His character in our love, patience, forgiveness, kindness, and faithfulness.

Knowing that we are made in God’s image and thus share many of His characteristics provides a solid basis for self-worth. Human worth is not based on possessions, achievements, physical attractiveness, or public acclaim. Instead, it is based on being made in God’s image. Because we bear God’s image, we can feel positive about ourselves. Criticizing or downgrading ourselves is criticizing what God has made and the abilities He has given us. Knowing that you are a person of worth helps you love God, know Him personally, and make a valuable contribution to those around you.

Because of the worth God placed on man, He gave human beings tremendous authority—to be in charge of the whole earth. But with great authority comes great responsibility. If we own a pet, we have the legal authority to do with it as we wish, but we also have the responsibility to feed and care for it. To “have dominion over” something is to have absolute authority and control over it. God has ultimate dominion over the earth, and He exercises His authority with loving care. When God delegated some of His authority to the human race, He expected us to take responsibility for the environment and the other creatures that share our planet. We must not be careless and wasteful as we fulfill this charge. God was careful how He made the earth. We must not be careless about how we take care of it.

For the love and value God placed on us, He did the unthinkable for sinful humanity; giving for us His only Son, Jesus Christ, as a propitiation for our sins, who died a shameful death on the cross to pay the wages we owed: the wages of our sins which is death. For all the creation of God, He loved humans and gave up the life of His only Son for us. Because God has already declared how valuable we are to Him, we can be set free from feelings of worthlessness. The next time you question your worth as a person, remember that God considers you highly valuable. 

Prayer: Abba Father, there is nothing I can do to thank You enough for Your love, care, and value You bestowed on me. Endue me with the spirit of gratitude and obedience to You, and give me the grace to live for, and pleasing You all the days of my life, in Jesus Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

Dislocated Limbs

 Dislocated Limbs

Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen. — Heb 13:20-21 NET

The Greek word here rendered perfect really means “to put in joint, to complete.” In his original creation man’s will was intended to register the Will of God, to say Yes to it, and to pass the divine impulses and commandments to the rest of our being. Sometimes on board ship, before the phone made it possible for the captain to speak to every part of the ocean-liner, I have heard him quietly utter his orders to a subordinate officer beside him, who in turn repeated them in a loud voice through a speaking-trumpet or tube. That intermediary may represent the will which was intended to receive its directions from the Will of God, and pass them throughout the economy of our being. Such was our Lord’s attitude throughout His earthly life. He said: “My meat is to do the will of Him that sent Me”; “I seek not My own will, but the will of Him that sent Me”; “Nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”

But in the Fall, the dominance of God’s will and the loyal response of man’s will became disorganised; and the human will instead of functioning in harmony with the Will of God, began to obey the will of the flesh in its grosser or more refined forms. Not what God wills, but what “I” will, has become the working principle of the great majority. Thus it has come about that the will, by constant misuse, has become dislocated, warped, “out of joint.” Tennyson says: “Our wills are ours to make them Thine!” Just so, but they are too stubborn for some of us to manage. Hence the suggestion that we should pass the matter over to the “God of Peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus.”

Sometimes at football, or on the ice, a player may lose his balance, or be tripped up, and in the fall his shoulder may become dislocated. His arm is still in the body, but out of joint, so that it hangs useless by his side, until the surgeon by one strong wrench forces the bone back into its proper place. Is not that true of us? We are in the Body of Christ by redeeming grace, but we need to be set, i.e., to be brought into articulated union with the Will of God in Christ Jesus. Let us humbly ask the great Surgeon of souls, by the pressure of His strong and gentle hands, here and now, to joint our wayward wills with the Will of God, and then to work in us and through us that which is well-pleasing in His sight!

Prayer

Gracious Father! I yield to Thee my will and desires, my members and faculties, the life of my body, the thoughts of my heart, and the aspirations of my spirit–perfect, I pray Thee, that which concern me. Amen.

FIGHTING THE TONGUE FIRE!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY JULY 30, 2024.

SUBJECT: FIGHTING THE TONGUE FIRE!

Memory verse: "He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.” (First Peter 3 vs 10.)

READ: James 3 vs 5 - 12:

3:5: Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!

3:6: And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members, that it defines the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

3:7: For every kind of beast and of bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed of mankind.

3:8: But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

3:9: With it we bless our God, and Father; and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.

3:10: Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.

3:11: Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

3:12: Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or grapevine bear fig? Thus no spring yields both salt salt water and fresh.

INTIMATION:

The tongue is the flexible muscular organ in the bottom of the mouth used for tasting, swallowing and human speech. In speech it boasts great things; it can damage and it can build up. The Scripture says, “For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12 vs 37.) The fire of the tongue is something difficult for anyone to control. For instance, idle and hateful words are damaging because they spread destruction quickly, and no one can stop the results once they are spoken. We dare not be careless with what we say, thinking we can apologize later, because even if we do, the scars remain. A few words spoken in anger can destroy a relationship that took years to build. Before you speak, remember that words are like fire—you can neither control nor reverse the damage they can do. 

In the passage we read today, the apostle James compares the damage the tongue can do to a raging fire that can do great and terrible damages. The uncontrolled tongue can do terrible damages. Its wickedness has its source in hell itself. Satan uses the tongue to divide people and pit them against one another. Example of untamed tongue include gossiping, putting others down, bragging, manipulating, fake teaching, exaggerating, complaining, flattering, and lying. Before you speak, ask, “Is what I want to say true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?”

The Scripture says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 18 vs 21.) What we say probably affects more people than any other action we take. It is not surprising, then, that tongue boasts of great power. Fighting the tongue fire requires a great deal of self-control. You can only control what you say if you have mastered self-control. Stop and think before you speak or react, know when silence is best, and give wise advice. This is the speech pattern of a self-controlled tongue. 

A man had an altercation with his wife. The woman let loose her tongue and called the man all kinds of name. At a point the man warned the wife to desist from insulting him or else he would machete her to death. Instead of holding back her word attack, she said to the man that three of him put together cannot try such attack on her. Then, the man attacked her with the machete and killed her instantly. The consequence of an uncontrolled tongue.

We are not fighting the tongue’s fire in our own strength. The Holy Spirit will give us increasing power to monitor and control what we say, so that when we are offended, the Spirit will remind us of God’s love, and we won’t react in a hateful manner. When we are criticized, the Spirit will heal the hurt and help us to not lash out. Even though we can achieve perfect control of our tongues, the Holy Spirit will help us learn self-control. 

Have you ever lied? Have you ever hurt someone’s feelings by your words or tone of voice? Are you bitter toward anyone? Do you become angry with those who strongly disagree with you? It is time we had a rethink, and learn self-control. Even as believers, we should bridle our tongues. The apostle James says, “If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceived his own heart, this one’s religion is useless.” (James 1 vs 26.) No matter how spiritual we may think we are, we all could control our speech more effectively. 

Prayer: Abba Father, give me the grace to control my tongue, that I will say the right things at the right times, bridling my tongue, and controlling what I say in order to build up rather than destroy, to bless rather than curse, and to speak lovely words rather than hateful words, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!

Reigning In Life

 

Reigning In Life

For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ! — Rom 5:17 NET

It would take a lifetime—nay, it will demand eternity—to explore the treasures of this paragraph from which our text is taken. Let us not, however, stand gazing into heaven, but avail ourselves of the privilege offered us during our earthly life of reigning through the One, even Jesus Christ. Do not postpone the fulfilment of this promise! We may have to wait for the future life to unfold depths of meaning which now transcend our thought; but any fair reading of this radiant verse compels us to appropriate it for here and now.

But, “how can these things be?” He, a master in Israel asked that question of Christ! This blessed life of victory is only possible to those who have been born from above. By nature we were born from below into the first Adam, who was “a living soul.” We must be born from above, into the second Adam, who becomes to all who trust in Him a Life-giving spirit (1Co 15:45). That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and cannot of itself rise into the Spirit; the Holy Spirit must stoop to lift it into union with Himself. But He will do this for you, if only you will lift your heart to Christ in simple faith and surrender.

The difference it will make! Each life has been planned by God with the intention of training it for high service here and beyond; and whatever happens in life, there is always an abundance of grace awaiting our use. But how often we are as blind to it as Balaam was to the Angel that stood on the wayside! We make our plans! We lie awake half the night in a fever of anxiety! We go to this friend or that! But we do not claim that abundance of grace which is intended to meet the need of the hour. It is only as we receive it by a childlike faith that we can reign in life. That word “abundance” in its Latin original speaks of ocean-waves. Stand on the shore and look out on that infinite expanse, and do not be content with scooping up enough to fill an oyster-shell!

What will result? A royal life! If a throne means power—we are strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man. If it means victory—we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us. If it means largess—we have always all sufficiency in all things, and abound to every good work.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I thank Thee for the trials and pains that are ever working for my good, and making me a partaker of Thy holiness. May I receive the abundance of Thy grace, and reign in life here and hereafter. Amen.