Tuesday, 30th April 2019

Bible verse: Ephesians 6:10-11 contd
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Message
Beloveth, God has a plan for your live likewise the enemy has a plan for you too.
You just have to decide which voice we're going to listen to God or Satan, and who you are going to choose to follow each day.
And chances are, if you don't make a determined choice to follow God, you may eventually fall into the evil one's trap and heading to hell fire.
If you're going to do anything for the Lord, know that you are going to experience spiritual warfare. It's inevitable.
We're fighting unseen enemies that will stop at nothing to try to hinder us from fulfilling God's plan for our lives.
But you need to understand that you are not alone and you have power, the ballistic missiles and bombs and other minor instruments for the battle.
Yes! God has given you His Word and Spirit, powerful and true, so that you have the wisdom and protection to stand against the enemy.
You need to have the knowledge of the armour of God - the seven items listed under the armor of God (Ephesians 6), which He freely provides.
As the month goes to and end, take the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Prayer
Heavenly Father, I continue in my daily union with You. I trust that I will continue to walk in Your righteousness, being led by the Holy Spirit.
I declare that no weapon formed against me shall prosper and I condemn every tongue that rises up against me in judgement, in Jesus name.

Monday, 29th April 2019
Bible verse: Ephesians 6:10-11 contd
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Message
Each of us fight different types of battles daily and often time the battle happens unexpectedly and usually unprepared for.
Therefore, spiritual strength and courage are needed for your spiritual warfare and suffering.
Fighting the good fight of faith you need the helmet of salvation to guard your minds and thought process. and you should live righteously, edifying one another,be courteous without biting, devouring, envying, smiting, provoking and oppressing one another.
Beloveth, you cannot win the spiritual battle in your own power.
Therefore you must have an open line of communication with the almighty Father.
The foundation of your faith must be grounded and firmly rooted in the word of God.

You have to understand that there is a struggle that is there between your sinful nature and your spiritual nature, which longs to obey God.
Take therefore the helmet of salvation to guard your minds and thought process and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Prayer
Dear God, today I put on the full armor to guard my live against attack.
I put on the belt of truth to protect against lies and deception.
I put on the breastplate of righteousness to protect my heart from the temptations I battle.
I put the gospel of peace on my feet, so I am ready to take Your light wherever You send me this day.

Sunday, 28th April 2019
Bible verse: Ephesians 6:10-11 contd
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Message
To live in this world of evil, of sin, and full of diverse temptations you need all the protection and help you can get - the full armor of God.
Beloveth, putting on the Armor involves knowing, believing and living in God's word everyday in all facets of your life.
Note that evil will sneak up on you when you least expect it and can attack from any angle using every means possible.
You should therefore be steadfast and unmovable in the stance of your faith and always abounding in the work of the Lord.

If you are weak in your faith and without daily preparation for those battles that happen, you will be an easy target.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord and be prepared to put on the full armor of God.
Do not forget that when you only wear part of the armor it leaves gaping holes and you become vulnerable to the enemy. Satan then goes after those vulnerable areas of our lives and tries to weaken you.

Prayer
Thank You most gracious and everlasting Father that You never allow me to fight alone, for You are constantly at work on my behalf, shielding, protecting, strengthening, exposing deeds of darkness,
Dear Lord, I choose to walk in the peace and freedom of Your Spirit and not be overcome with fear and anxious thoughts.
I put on the helmet of salvation, which covers my mind and thoughts and I ask for Your help in remembering to put on your full armor every day in Jesus name.

Saturday, 27th April 2019
Bible verse: Ephesians 6:10-11
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

Message
Brethren, it is so easy to become disappointed because you don't see life going the way you want it to or your highly laid expectations are not and/or partially met and you therefore do not see the big picture that God is working through everything to elevate you and change your current situation.
Yes! you lose confidence in trusting God and begin to trust in yourself and what you can accomplish.
Now, pride and arrogance takes over and you find yourself forgetting the goodness and grace of God.
Then before you know it, something happens or goes wrong that you cannot control and you start blaming someone or God.
Beloveth, Christians are daily engaged in a battle with an unseen spiritual enemy that seeks to destroy them.
Until you recognize the spiritual nature of the battle, you cannot resist the devil and it will be difficult to have an re-orientation to the Lord.
Beloveth, your only hope is to be fully protected by the armor of God.
Have your trust and confidence in Him and He shall be your help in all times of distress and in every difficulty.

Prayer
Thank You Lord that You are my constant source of confidence.
Let me recognize the spiritual nature of battle, how to use the armor of God as shield against all enemies and do not allow me to be ignorant of the devises of the enemies in Jesus name.

Friday, 26th April 2019
Bible verse: Proverbs 3:26
For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Message
Confidence and faithfulness in God are important tools to elevate you to the holy mountain.
Whereas provocation, criticism, disappointments, fruitlessness, failures and other challenges are packages designed to:
- accelerate your confidence and trust in God
- lift you high above the mountains and
- provoke joy, peace and further miracles in your life.
Beloveth, because you have made God your confidence, when your enemies and your foes shall come upon you to eat up your flesh, to hang you or crucify you; they will surely stumble and they will be put to shame and brought to confusion.
Those who put their confidence and trust in the LORD will be safe and secured from all fear, mischief and danger.
Therefore renew your thinking process, your mindset and let God be first in all things and God shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Prayer
Dear Lord, help me to be steadfast and unwavering in my trust, my confidence and my faithfulness in Your word and teachings, to relax in Your grace, to focus my mind solely on You and my God-given capabilities in Jesus name.
Let Your favour cause my horn to be exalted in Jesus name.

Thursday, 25th April 2019
Bible verse: Acts 2:28
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

Message
Beloveth, God hath made known to you the ways of life. But it is left to you to successfully use what God hath made known to you.
You can be like the prodigal Son who wasted his inheritance, or the the wise man who invested what his master put in his care to yield fruits.
It is up to you and your freedom of decision making.
The Investment you make depending on your knowledge and trust in God will determine your success or rate of your stagnancy or elevation, the level and limit of your breakthrough.
Your relentless efforts to achieving you God's given goal shall determine and make you full of joy.
You have all it takes to make you great and make you reach your destination unless you dig holes while on the journey.

Prayer
My life is not a fertile ground for any evil to thrive in, I reject the spirit of impossibility, I claim open doors and to walk in God's way in my life in the name of Jesus.

Wednesday, 24th April 2019
Bible verse: Acts 2:4,7
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

Message
You have received the power of the Holy Spirit, therefore you are to live by the Spirit, so that you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature because the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature.

Beloveth, living by the Spirit is depending on the power of the Spirit to overcome your own inadequacy, your shortcomings, your unfaithfulness, your disobedience and at every moment and in every circumstance to living contrary to the sinful nature.
When you receive the power, your life will surely change and those who have been looking down upon you, those who have counted you a failure or a disappointment, those who are expecting nothing good out of you, those devout opponent of progress and of elevation will be amazed and marvelled saying one to another, Behold is that not the wonderful works of God upon his life?
Do not loose your focus of the Holy Spirit and if you have backslided one way or the other seek again that you be filled with the Holy Ghost and rely on the Holy Spirit to give you power to effectively serve the Lord.

Prayer
I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Thank You Father.
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me and let the Spirit give me utterance to glorify You in Jesus mighty name.

Tuesday, 23rd April 2019
Bible verse: John 20:29
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

Message
Doubt is not the opposite of faith. It is fear. Out of fear the rest disciples locked themselves in but Thomas courageous and fearless went out refusing to surrender to fear. He was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
By staying away he missed the blessing of peace, missed the Living Lord, missed God's special revelation.
Yes! He missed being breathed on (Jesus breathed on them and receiving that first Installment of the Holy Spirit - John 20:22.
There was an uncompromising honesty about Thomas: he would never still his doubts by pretending they did not exist and he absolutely refused to say he understood what he did not understand, or that he believed what he did not believe.

Beloveth, one hour's absence in the house of the Lord or 30 minutes lateness to the church services can cost you weeks and/or months of absence of assurance, of faith, of joy, of elevation, of blessings and peace.
The service that you needlessly miss, might be the very one which would encourage, lift and quicken your hearts.

Prayer
Dear everlasting Father, may I never be absent when I could be present, and may I never skip some means of grace You have for me in Jesus name.
Grant me o Lord, the strength, the courage and ability to show myself as a believer rather than as an unbeliever in Jesus name.

Monday, 22nd April 2019
Bible verse: Acts 1:7-8
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Message
Power is defined as the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way, the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events or ability to control people and events or the ability to cause or prevent an action, make things happen; the discretion to act or not act.
Beloveth,if you want your life to count for eternity you need power of the Holy Spirit, power of the word of God, power of the blood of Jesus and power of prayer and obedience.
Without the power from above your witness for Christ will lack deep conviction, self-denying courage, convincing wisdom, and converting effectiveness.
Ye shall receive power saith Jesus and be witnesses unto him and shall have sufficient strength to face the future and declare Him the Lord and that He is alive.
But remember that Jesus told us that we shall not know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

With the power of the word of God ye shall be strong enough to face opposition, to live righteously and be a witness unto Christ.
Jesus is reaching out to you through the Holy Spirit every moment with heavenly power. Rejoice therefore that you shall be witness for the kingdom.

Prayer
Lord Jesus, carry out all the repairs that are necessary in my life to qualify me to be witnesses unto Christ both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.