Monday 26th  April, 2021

No discrimination to whom should be saved!

 

They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Mark 2:17 

 

The principal reason why Jesus came to this world was to die for our sins. He came to bear our burden of which may be a penalty of our transgressions. The Bible says while we were yet sinners (not born again) He had loved us and has sent His son to die for us. 

Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

 

In other words, God doesn’t hate sinners, however, He hates sin. 

 

Isaiah 59:2 “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.”

 

Christ never came to reject sinners but to rebuke sin. When the Pharisees saw Jesus eating and dining with sinners they scolded Him. If Christ consistently isolates Himself from them, how would they be saved? Let us make Christ our role model. What a believer should do is by sharing the gospel and not following their worldly ways. There’s no discrimination to whom should receive Christ or to who will be saved.

Dear reader, I believe you have been blessed by God’s word today. There is no discrimination to who must receive the gospel, everyone on earth is entitled to have Christ.

 

Devotional prayer:

Father I thank you for your word today. Lord please help me to win souls irrespective of who they are or what they do in Jesus Name. 

 

 Just Obey II

 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 thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. Deuteronomy 28:12

 

There is a reward to obey God’s word. The reward is that you will experience God’s grace in everything you do. You may be surprised how the children of Israel could have defeated numerous nations which are far more than them by population and by their mighty warriors. What made them great and victorious was their obedience to God. They never passed through protocols they broke protocols. 

Obedience to God will ease you from unnecessary prayer or challenges; because you did the right thing by obeying God, you will not suffer the consequences of disobedience. 

1 Samuel 15:22 “And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”

Dear reader I believe you have been blessed this morning by God’s word. To obey is deemed more better than sacrifices! Obey God in everything He tells you to do and the blessings in Deuteronomy 28:12 will be yours.

 

Devotional Prayer: Father thank you for another wonderful day to hear your word. Help me to obey you at all cost in Jesus' Name.

 Don’t forget your God

 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. Joshua 23:8 

 

Many may have found themselves lost from the presence of God. They may have had a broken relationship they used to share with Him. One thing a believer will do wrong is to forget God when things turn around; either good or bad.

Through the phases of a turnaround, some people have forgotten their source [God] because of the merry and enjoyment of this world. While some because of their bad times have forsaken God to look for alternative ways contrary to the will of God. 

Being far away from God creates vulnerability to the enemy attacks. Keep a close relationship with God no matter what you have achieved or lost.

Dear reader, I know you have been blessed by His word this morning. Do not forget God no matter the situations or achievements.

 

Devotional prayer: Father I thank you for your word today. Lord in any way have forgotten you, have mercy on me and help me to be closer to you again in Jesus Name.

 Just obey 

 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: Deuteronomy 28:1 KJV

 

Generally, we may have considered obeying every word of God as something hard to do. Most especially the principles of God are significantly different from humans and if you decided to obey God’s word by seeing His word in human principles. It will be difficult for you to do. 

Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.”

His ways aren’t our ways and neither are His thoughts are ours. 

The secret to perfect obedience is faith. Faith is a seed that will drive you to obey God without any form of Compromise. Having faith is you not seeing God's word in human ways but His ways. The Bible says that without it, it is impossible to please God in other words it will be impossible to obey Him.

Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith, it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

It will be impossible for Abraham to obey God if He never had faith in Him. Even when God told Him to sacrifice His son, he never hesitated to obey because He believes even if God takes His son He can give Him another one.

There are many blessings to the obedience of God’s word. An outstanding blessing was the one God had with Abraham just because He obeyed Him.

Dear reader I believe you have been blessed by God’s word. Just obey Him and you will enjoy the blessings attached to it.

 

Devotional prayer: Father I thank you for your word today, build my faith to obey you in Jesus Christ Name.

 

 

   20th of April, 04, 2021

Don’t be afraid to take a step! 

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Deuteronomy 31:6 

 

Every person will take a step at one phase of their lives; whether it is easy or difficult to achieve, a step will be required of them to take to move to a new dimension. 

There’s a key factor that the Devil uses to scare away people of God from taking a step, and this key factor is fear. Fear if harbored in one's life will make such a one fearful from pressing forward to the next step. In Deuteronomy 31:6, Moses knew that fear could keep the children of Israel from pressing forward to the next phase, he had to tell them to be courageous and be conscious of God’s presence. He also reminded them of testimonies of how God used them to defeat the kings of Amorites, Sihon, and Og; and will not be hard for him to defeat other nations.

In Deuteronomy 31:4-6, the Bible made known that testimonies can be use to conquer fears trying to stop you from taking a step. Another example was David who used His testimonies on the victory he had over the lion and the bear which came attacking, to conquer the fear of Goliath. David needed to take a step, however he needed to defeat fear at first to be able to face Goliath.

Dear readers, I believe you have been blessed by God’s word today. Give no chance to fear, always remember steps God helped you to take that seemed impossible for you to do, same God can help you take greater steps. Give no room for fear.

 

Devotional prayer: Father make me courageous and help me to overcome every fears of my life in Jesus Name amen.

 

 Don’t be afraid to take a step! 

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Deuteronomy 31:6 

 

Every person will take a step at one phase of their lives; whether it is easy or difficult to achieve, a step will be required of them to take to move to a new dimension. 

There’s a key factor that the Devil uses to scare away people of God from taking a step, and this key factor is fear. Fear if harbored in one's life will make such a one fearful from pressing forward to the next step. In Deuteronomy 31:6, Moses knew that fear could keep the children of Israel from pressing forward to the next phase, he had to tell them to be courageous and be conscious of God’s presence. He also reminded them of testimonies of how God used them to defeat the kings of Amorites, Sihon, and Og; and will not be hard for him to defeat other nations.

In Deuteronomy 31:4-6, the Bible made known that testimonies can be use to conquer fears trying to stop you from taking a step. Another example was David who used His testimonies on the victory he had over the lion and the bear which came attacking, to conquer the fear of Goliath. David needed to take a step, however he needed to defeat fear at first to be able to face Goliath.

Dear readers, I believe you have been blessed by God’s word today. Give no chance to fear, always remember steps God helped you to take that seemed impossible for you to do, same God can help you take greater steps. Give no room for fear.

 

Devotional prayer: Father make me courageous and help me to overcome every fears of my life in Jesus Name amen.

 

Friday, 02 April 2021

The Power of your Praise

Praise ye the Lord, Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power: Psalm 150:1 KJV

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here is something unique about praise; it shows that you are reverencing His mighty works and that there is no one greater than him. Psalm 150:2.

Praises to God are significantly different from prayers while prayers are requests sent to God, praises are used to exalt the mighty hands of God. The scripture says that praises are pleasant to Him; in other words God enjoys listening to your praises Psalm 135:3.

Praises can be used to bring the attention of God quicker than prayers, because He is delighted to see you praise Him. It is very important that you know the power of praise and how your praise will bring the presence of God.

You can also praise Him for the mighty works He did in your life. Such praise will provoke Him to do greater things in your life Psalm 150:2.

Dear reader, I believe you are blessed this morning and I pray that the power of your praise will shake heavens in Jesus name.

Devotional Prayer: Father help me to reverence and praise you more than I have ever done in Jesus name.