Sunday, 14th August 2016

Bible verse: Isaiah 40:29
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

Message
However you may faint, however you may be wearied, whatever be your hard thoughts, no matter how terrific the storm you are going through and though your strength is limited, though your present path is dark and obscure in your eyes know that God's strength is unlimited. He is ever the same, He faints not and changeth not.

When everything is going against you and you are in the middle of one of the greatest battles of your life and it is hard to maintain your faith and trust in the Lord remember that God knows what is best for you and nothing is too hard for Him.
It is His desire to strengthen you, to protect you and give you hope.

Prayer
Everlasting Father, You are mighty in strength and in wisdom, please glorify Yourself in all my activities in life in Jesus name.

Oh Lord, I need strength to cope with the challenges of life, please give strength unto me according to the multitude of Your power in Jesus name.

Saturday, 13th August 2016
Bible verse: Isaiah 41:1
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.

Message
Communication is the exchange of meaningful information - a message, between two or more people .
Brethren, God is propagating sharing of meaningful information between Him and you and/or His church.

But, we are to enter the courtroom of the most high God in silence and with a praising heart.
In the silence of shame or in the silence of attention or in the silence of submission.

Yes! God is calling us to be attentive to His rules and He is assuring us that those who wait upon Him have His limitless strength, protection, blessings and favour.
He will uphold those who faithfully come near to Him with His righteous right hand, supply their needs from His hidden resources and renew their strength.
Furthermore, it is His judgment that those who were incensed against you shall be put to shame and be disgraced.

Beloved, don't miss this special opportunity to renew your relationship with the Father.
Keep silence before Him, open your mind to Him, renew your strength and receive His judgment.

Prayer
Dear everlasting Father, let Your grace be sufficient for me and let Your strength make me perfect in all my weakness in the name of Jesus.
As I call upon You today renew my strength, renew my faith in You and renew my spirit in Jesus mighty name.

Friday, 12th August 2016
Bible verse: Psalm 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Message
When going through turbulent times, when in hopeless situations, when your heart is in pain and/or in an unforgiving mood, when you have missed it or fallen victim of the agents of Satan, when you have acted in disobedience to the laws of God, call on God with confidence and faith, in boldness and in truth, acknowledge your sins and shortcomings and repent, He is always ready to forgive you, ever ready to blot out your transgressions and guide your path.

He is the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth. He will never let you down because His mercy is boundless.
He has goodness in his essence, forgiveness in readiness and mercy in action.
Beloved, because of God's great love for you, He wants you to seek his face, always depend upon Him and make Him your first choice in all things.

Remember Jabez called upon Him and He answered.

Prayer
Thank you oh gracious God for I know You favor me because my enemies do not triumph over me.
Thank You that You will not remember my iniquities and I am grateful for You coating me with blessings and favour.
Grant me the grace to live a pure life in Jesus name.

Thursday, 11th August 2016
Bible verse: Psalm 75:10
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

Message
God will exalts those who obey the His two great commandments - to love God and to love others.

Those which come nearest to God, who obey His rules and principles, those who remain steadfast in His love, those who walk in righteousness God will enlarged and increased their territories.
They will receive favour and blessings. Whatsoever they touch will prosper. God will be their protection and they shall mount wings like the eagle and shall not go weary.

But the rebellious ones; those who loves this world's wisdom, worldly treasures and passions, those who lay much emphasis on self-gratification and self-centeredness, those who take delight in the downfall of others, those who live in hypocrisy, those who loves what God hates, their power and influence will be cut off. They have programmed Hell fire for themselves.

Beloved, if you belong to the last group of people, it is time to repent and renew your mind. What gain is it to have all this world and loose eternal life?
You cannot love Heaven without hating Hell. Seek to walk in righteousness.

Prayer
Dear Lord, I am coming to realise how dangerous pride and walking in unrighteousness is in the life of a believer and how important true, godly humility, obedience and love is to the heart of God.
I receive the grace to remain steadfast in Your love in Jesus mighty name.

Do not allow me to be blind to the choice between You and the world and keep me from falling prey to the many temptations of this world in Jesus name.

Wednesday, 10th August 2016
Bible verse: Leviticus 19:17
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

Message
If you are a willing people of the everlasting kingdom of God, hatred is one of the grievous sins you must forsake.
Hatred proceeds from the perception of something repugnant to our feelings and you should pray for self-control of your feeling.

Instead of your brother, you should hate what God hates, hate every false way, hate lying, hate covetousness, hate false witness, hate gossiping & backbiting, hate vain thought, hate proud look, hate heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, hate sowing discord among the brethren, hate retaliation and and and.
You are to be open and honest about who you are and what you feel toward people, and have a humble and forgiving heart.
Do not smile on the outside and carry resentments within; you will be guilty of the sin of hypocrisy.

Brethren, if you have bitterness, anger, hatred and unforgiveness within you, you're not obeying the two great commandments, to love God and to love others.
Remember it is written: "he that hateth his brother is a murderer." and is guilty of eternal fire.

Prayer
Oh everlasting Father, grant me the grace to be honest with myself and others and always do it in love.
Help me to develop the beautiful spiritual fruit of humility and a forgiving heart.

Let me oh Lord, continue to see sin through Your eyes and acknowledge it as evil; and when I sin, let me repent, and boldly confess of my wrongdoing and receive Your forgiveness in Jesus name.

Tuesday, 9th August 2016
Bible verse: Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Message
Those who do evil, those who mistreat others, who gossip and those with evil speaking
Those with unforgiving heart, deceitful tongue, who engage in backbiting, cheating, gossiping, evil speaking and condemnation will always be increasingly feeling exposed to the threat of retaliation just like Joseph's brothers after the death of Jacob.

Even after you have forgiven them, they will still be accusing you of harbouring a hatred in your heart.
Never mind, their problem was a failure to believe the promise of complete forgiveness because they lack forgiving spirit.

Beloved, the real test of forgiveness is when you have the power to make the other person pay, but like Joseph, you choose not to use that power.
You acknowledge God as the only one who is competent to judge because He alone knows every thought and intention of the human heart. For it is written: "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord".

We must realise that in whatsoever we are going through and in whichever condition there is something good involved because God causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him.

Prayer
Thank You Lord that You meant the evil thoughts against me good and for turning the evil thoughts unto blessings.

Grant me a forgiving spirit as strong as Joseph's, to take a proper place before God and express the proper attitude toward others and be proud to forgive and tell those with evil thought against me "am I in the place of God?" in Jesus name.

Monday, 8th August 2016
Bible verse: Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

Message
When you fear the Lord, you have wonderful knowledge, precepts, and principles that others do not have, you have the words of God to guide your thinking and actions.

The fear of God will motivate you to acting Christ-like while putting away pride, greed, gossip, evil speaking, bitterness and unforgiveness.
It brings the greatest motivation for a man to make wise and righteous choices and decisions.

Don't forget, David's decision not to kill Saul and Joseph's choice to reject the desires of Potiphar's wife are based on the fear of God.

If you love wisdom and seek the favor of God and men, then humble yourself before God and men in the fear of God.
Humility is the discipline to keep your mouth shut, the ability to take correction, confess your faults, to avoid the conflicts of others, to forgive their offences against you as well as the willingness to reject your own thoughts and opinions in order to be taught by God.

Prayer
Lord, work in me that fear of You, which is the beginning of wisdom, which is instruction in wisdom, and which is a fountain of life, that I may turn away from the snares of death and let me continue in the fear of the LORD everyday and all the day in Jesus name.