Thursday, 21st February 2019

Bible verse: Jude 1:20-21
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Message
Beloveth, the means by which you are to keep yourself in God's love are
- building yourselves up,
- praying in the Holy Spirit,
- looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- to be diligent to make sure you are in the place of experiencing and enjoying God's love.
- avoid those false teachers and preachers for they have nothing but to lure you into Satan's kingdom.

If you are going to grow spiritually you need a consistent reading and crucial study of the Bible because the knowledge of the Bible is a nourishment for your soul.
You are to take a bold and uncompromising stand for the faith and keep yourself obedient to His rules.
When you look forward to an event with great anticipation, it occupies your constant thoughts. You talk about it, dream about it and prepare for it.
So should it be when looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life -talk about it, dream about it and prepare for it.

Prayer
Dear Lord, Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Grant me the knowledge and ability to building up myself on Your love and mercy in Jesus name.

Wednesday, 20th February 2019
Bible verse: Mark 11:24:25
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Message
Prayer is the key to a relationship with God.
Yes!, God doesn't look at your past life, doesn't mind what sins you've committed, all He desires is repentance, the integrity of your heart and your walking in holiness.
It is not enough to have faith that you shall have that which you requested in prayers, but you must seek a transformation and renewal of mind, pursue holiness and backup your request with God's promises in accordance to His word.
If you stand praying for your heart desires and fail to show love, or be obedient to God's rules you should not expect manifestation.

Do you have a spirit of contradiction, pride, unforgiveness, hardened heart or a tongue filled with lies, calumnies, and detraction or have the tendency of alienating minds of friends?

Prayer
Dear Lord, I pray that Your word and the Holy Spirit be controlling my thoughts while desiring holiness in all aspects of life in Jesus name.
Give the grace, oh Lord, to continue believing and trusting in You allowing me to make the best use of all that You have graciously given to me not for selfish reasons but to glorify Your name and grant me the spirit of forgiveness in Jesus name.

Tuesday, 19th February 2019
Bible verse: Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Message
Our God is noted for doing wonders, protecting and directing His beloved faithful children.
Yes! everything God does is pure and good.
He is not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness because His blessings and mercy for you are uncountable and everlasting.

Satan and his agents, on the other hand, are going round seeking those they will deceive and devour and lure to hell fire.
But God, with His lovingkindness freely clothes you, gives you life, peace, strength, wisdom, joy and the air you breathe.
Beloveth, look back at this period of your life, God's unconditional love, the joy, peace, forgiveness of your sins and the fullness of God's glory on your life and you will realise that there is none like Him.

Have you given Him thanks today, praise His holy name for His glories and excellencies, the blessings you received from Him, the grace and happiness He promised you?

Prayer
Place in my heart, Oh Lord, a desire to please you and keep my heart from unnecessary fretting.
Let me desire to gain greater confidence and understanding in Your love, the wonders You have been doing in my life and let me grow in Your wisdom and enjoy Your peace in Jesus name.

Monday, 18th February 2019
Bible verse: James 4:1-2
1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

Message
Beloveth, what are the courses of war among brethren?
- Hatred and envy
- Gossip and back-bitting
- Covetousness and unforgiveness
- Selfishness and self-centeredness
- Foolish boasting about the future and pride and jealousy
- Killing and desiring to have more and/or possessing things of others.

For you to receive from God you need God's grace, closeness to God, confidence in Him, submitting to His rules and understand His language and walk in holiness. You should not allow your carnal senses to have control over your thinking process and your decision makings.
Note that it is only by the working of the Holy Spirit in your life convicting you of sin, bringing you to genuine repentance, changing your heart and empowering you to live in holiness that you can actually be selfless and submissive to God and consequently avoid asking amiss.

Yes! sin, pride and disobedience are hindrances to the manifestation of prayers because they cut the power line between you and God thereby making prayers powerless when you ask.

Prayer
Great God, I ask, in the mighty name of Jesus, for the termination of anything that will cut the power line between You and me.
Point out anything in me that offends you oh Lord, and lead me along the path of everlasting life keeping my foot from being taken and open your ears to receive and grant my requests in Jesus name.

Sunday, 17th February 2019
Bible verse: Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Message
Peter found himself denying Jesus. Because there was no joy in his heart, he wept with remorse and shame.
He returned to the Lord with a repenting heart and our God abundantly pardoned him. God lifted him high and he perform wonders and miracles.

It is not hard for you to admit that you are hopelessly caught up in sin and to honestly confess your mistakes, your sins, your disobedient to His laws and failure to love God and your fellow brothers.
Don't let pride and selfishness deprive you of God's mercy.
If you repent and be heartily sorry for that you have done, there is mercy for you with the Lord.

Zaccheus, an oppressive tax collector, hated by everyone for his greed, gladly confessed his sins of greed and unfairness. He pledged to forsake his way and his thoughts and he was saved.
The prodigal son, with a repenting heart, return to his father who gladly welcomed him back in his arms.
There is joy in admitting to being wrong and repenting.

Knowing the kind of love that God has for us, and the great freedom we have to be open and honest, we should confess our sin with the view to change and return unto the LORD for His mercy.
The Lord is waiting anxiously to receive us back in His open arms, forgiving us our shortcomings.

Prayer
Oh everlasting Father, I long for a greater knowledge of You and a closer relationship with You; give me a heart of deeper understanding of You, a repenting heart and covered me with Your robe of righteousness in Jesus name.
Rearrange my priorities oh Lord, so that they match up with Your priorities.
Thank you Father for the forgiveness of my sins.

Saturday, 16th February 2019
Bible verse: Psalm 83:16-17
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

Message
Lies, cheating, manipulating, plotting of evil are the operating system of God's enemy.
Do you plan conspiracy and/or rebellion against the servant of the Lord or His kingdom?
Are you the gossiping or backbiting type of believer?
Do you have delight in betrayal and destroying of friendships or spreading false accusations or false rumours?
Or you speak evil about others and/or damage their reputations and/or sabotage their interest?
Then you are God's enemy and you shall be confounded and troubled for ever and surely you shall face shame and destruction unless you repent and have a transformation of mindset.

If your tongue shall curse others so shall you be cursed because God saith that He will bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you.
Yes! as a true and honest, and dedicated and loyal child of God, God will fight those spiritually fighting for you and those enemies will be so baffled in their designs that they will be made to feel how vain and hopeless all their plans were.
Because you are a precious and a treasure of the Lord, God shall spring into action for your sake. Consequently shame and destruction will be perfected in their lives.
Beloveth, avoid those things that God hates and keep to His word and seek His ways all the time.

Prayer
In the mighty name of Jesus, deliver me oh Lord from the destructive plan of the enemies and grant me the testimony to proclaim and declare "He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me".

Friday, 15th February 2019
Bible verse: Psalm 37:7
Rest in the Lord , and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

Message
Are you focusing on that brother that hath made it?
Are you fretting thyself because of him who prospereth in his way?
Do you know how and the sources of how he prospereth?
Do not fall into the trap of comparing, murmuring, complaint else you loose focus and be derailed?
Beloveth, complaint, worry and anxiety will not solve problems. Anxiety often creates other problems while fretting often leads to wrong actions.
Therefore commit thy way unto the Lord and:
- Avoid fraudulence, cheating and be very transparent in whatsoever you do.
- Delight thyself in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
- Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring to pass your heart desires.
- Trust and rest in the Lord, in His love, His mercy, His will and wait patiently for Him.

Prayer
Dear everlasting Father, show me how to rest in You, calm my anxious thoughts and encourage my heart with Your nearness.
Settle me in Your truth and in Your love in Jesus mighty name.