Topic — The Fear of the Lord; The Beginning of Wisdom [Seeds of Destiny 6 May 2019 Devotional]

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Wisdom is needed in order to be relevant in life and make impact on earth.

SCRIPTURE: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:10

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Wisdom is needed in order to be relevant in life and make impact on earth.

Wisdom, according to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, is the ability to make sensible decisions and give good advice based on experience and knowledge. It is the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise.

Wisdom is a critical requirement for a profitable life in time and in eternity. This means the absence of wisdom is the abundance of losses – losses in this life and in the life to come. People lose where wisdom is lacking. People even lose their souls in eternity in hell for failure to apply their heart to the wisdom of embracing the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ (Rev.21:8).

Wisdom is the mystery behind an outstanding life in every realm (Ecclesiastes 8:1). Throughout Scriptures, we see that people who were outstanding, walked with God and made impact in their generation were people of wisdom. Wisdom is needed in order to be relevant in life and make impact on earth. Solomon, for instance, made impact by wisdom (1 Kings 10:4).

Now, what is the secret of wisdom? It is the fear of the LORD (Proverbs 9:10). The fear of the Lord is the entry qualification for the school of wisdom. Where the fear of the Lord is lacking, people are denied access to the Wisdom of God. This fear of God is achieved by the knowledge of the Word of God. The more of His Word you know, the more of His fear you will connect. Men who study the Bible fear the Lord. So, distance from the Word equals the death of the fear of God. As long as the Bible is in your possession and it is not for decoration, you will abide in the fear of the Lord.

My counsel is, study God’s Word consistently and diligently in order to understand what it means to fear God and possess the wisdom of God.

REMEMBER THIS: Wisdom is needed in order to be relevant in life and make impact on earth.

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Seek the Wisdom of God at the place of prayer.
2. Let the Word of God be your guide in your life’s decisions always.

PRAYER: O Lord, I ask that You impact me with Your wisdom from above. Let Your fear be in me always, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE FEAR OF THE LORD – THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM

QUOTE: You must make up your mind to be different in order to make a difference. Culled from WHO ARE YOU? by Dr Paul Enenche

DAILY READING: Ruth 2:1 to 4:22, John 4:43 to 54, Psalm 105:16 to 36, Proverbs 14:26 to 27

AMAZING FACT: Elephant trunks are stunted at birth, then rapidly elongate over the course of a few days.

TODAY IN HISTORY: May 6, 1816 – The American Bible Society was organized.

DON’T FORGET TO ATTEND: The Healing and Deliverance Service tomorrow by 9:00am at the Glory Dome, the Lord’s Garden, Airport Road, Abuja. Invite someone. God bless you as you do so.

PROPHETIC DECLARATION/WORD: I pray for a fresh Baptism of the fear of God that will usher you into a strange dimension of Divine wisdom today in Jesus’ Name.

Today’s devotional was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities

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THE MOUNTAIN OF FIRE AND MIRACLES MINISTRIES POWER MUST CHANGE HANDS PROGRAM FOR MAY 2019 EDITION
Topic: THE MYSTERY OF PRAYER. (Part 2)
Ministering: Dr D.K Olukoya (G.O, MFM Worldwide)

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Anchored Scripture: James 5:17 – “Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.”

MESSAGE:

This passage makes us to understand that there are secrets of prayer, the people of the old understood but we do not.

Elijah used prayers to lock up heavens and put the keys in his pocket and walked away and after 3 years, he unlocked it.

Prayer is that platform where you wage war against the kingdom of darkness.

Prayer is a place where the power of God is acquired and sustained.

In the history of the church, there were no personal or city revival without prayer.

If you want to kill anybody, kill the prayer life.

Prayer is the key to unlock closed doors.

Prayer is the key to God’s blessings.

Prayer is an antidote against worry and cares of the world.

Through prayers, you can raise standard against the enemies of God.
By it, you can rule the world.

Prayer reveals God’s agenda to His people.

Prayer is a sanitizer, it cleanses the environment.

Prayer paralyzes the power of darkness.

Prayer paralyzes the works of the wicked.

When you prevail in the place of prayer, you will overtake with bear foot against those that have gone ahead of you.

When you have a dream you don’t understand, Prayers sharpens all understanding.

Also Read: Dealing with the Wicked Trinity by Pastor D.K Olukoya

Prayer gives you power to pursue your dreams.

Where power change hands, is the place of prayer.

Prayer create terror to the kingdom of darkness.

Prayer has divided the sea.

Prayer has shut up the lion’s mouth.

Prayer has brought fire from heaven.

Prayer has brought rain from heaven.

Prayer charges like a battery is being charged.

God does nothing,without prayer.

Prayer demolishes fortress of the enemy.

Prayer is HARD WORK.

There is something called “PRAYER DOZE”.
When you take medicine, a doze is a quantity of medicine to work for you well.

Some are in small quantity of doze over a period of time, some are in larger quantity.

Prayer Dozes
Elijah prayed 7 times before that little cloud appeared before rain fell.
Which of the dozes of prayer did Elijah prayed that brought the rain? Is it number one or number three?

A doze of prayer is needed. Would there have been rain if Elijah had stopped at number 3?

It means many prayer investments can be wasted if one last prayer is omitted.

Prayer can also be dozes. In the mystery of prayer, there can never be overdose but there can be underdoze.

Constant doze of prayer will go fast, bit ceaseless prayer will go further.
There are certain problems that the doze you take is required day and night.

Some condition may require you to pray day time and do vigil.
If you have tried the day doze, try Jesus prescription: day and night doze.

If the problem you are facing takes 10 days and dose and you use one doze, you are looking for trouble.

Elijah prayed again: the “again prayer” brought the rain.
If with the status of prophet; Elijah prayed again, then, we need to pray more.

When God’s people come together to pray, extraordinary things happen. The Bible says when two or three people gathered, He is in their midst.

The Bible says one can chase a thousand, two can chase out ten thousands to flight.

No prayer is wasted, prayer do not die.
All the prayers you pray is like termite eating a cupboard little by little and one day, you will strike the target.

Prayer is a serious mystery.

Prayer rain:

After ministration prayers by Daddy G.O:

1. Every battle design to embarrass me, die in the name of Jesus
2. Powers that cannot harm me, but reporting me to powers that can harm me, before I leave this place: die in the name of Jesus.
3. Messengers of sickness in my body, die in the name of Jesus.
4. Powers assigned to make my enemies laugh at me, your time up: die in the name of Jesus
5. Oh Lord: before 24hrs, let me see your hand of power in the name of Jesus.
6. Banks of the enemies, hear the word of the Lord: vomit my money in the name of Jesus.
7. Powers commanding my life into the dustbin: die, in the name of Jesus.
8. Every battle I was born with, expire in the name of Jesus
9. Where is the God of Elijah: arise, answer my mockers by thunder In the name of Jesus.
10. Every battle, fighting from inside my blood: die in the name of Jesus.

We will continue next month.

From the JUNE PMCH, We are starting a series, the 7S Deliverance.

The 7 S we need to deal with:

1. SIN
2. SETBACK
3. SHAME
4. SICKNESS
5. STAGNANCY
6. STOPPERS
7. SUFFERING.

The Mystery of Prayer (Part 2) by Pastor D.K Olukoya

The Daily Fountain Daily Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 6 May 2019 – Avoid Double Standards

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TOPIC: Avoid Double Standards

READ: Galatians 2:11-14 New King James Version (NKJV)

11 Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;

12 for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.

13 And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.

14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?

THE MESSAGE:

In our reading today, Paul opposed Cephas at Antioch. Before certain men came from James, he (Cephas) had eaten with the Gentiles, but when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party.

Others acted insincerely with him so that even Barnabas was carried away by their insincerity. Paul in his straight-forward nature, rebuked and corrected them. We must note Paul’s boldness and fearlessness.

Insincerity is a dangerous dagger that devours a person’s spirituality. It carries along falsehood and portrays a person as a liar because such a person claims to believe in one thing (God’s word) but his actions declare his faith as nothing but fallacy. Faith without works is dead. (James 2:17) God is not a Respecter of any person. In condemning evil, Paul respected no one, not even Cephas! The narrow road to heaven has no partiality or fear of persons on it. A spade must be called a spade.

Let us be honest, sincere, faithful and straight forward as Christians in our actions; there must not be compromise. Let us be crucified with Christ, so that Christ will live through us (Galatians 2:20), for if justification was through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.

PRAYER: O Lord, help us to be sincere Christians so that what we believe and preach will be seen through our actions in Jesus Name.

Topic: Enter Doubt, Exit Faith [Andrew Wommack Devotional 6 May 2019]

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Matthew 14:30, ‘But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.’

Matthew 14:30-31

The reason Peter began to sink was because of his fear. In verse 31 Jesus used the word ‘doubt’ in reference to Peter’s fear. Fear is simply negative faith or faith in reverse. Where did this fear come from? Second Timothy 1:7 says, ‘For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power and of love, and of a sound mind.’ It didn’t come from God. This fear was able to come upon Peter because he took his attention off of Jesus and put it on his situation.

Fear or doubt cannot ‘just overcome’ us. We have to let it in. If Peter had kept his attention on Jesus, the author and finisher of his faith (Heb. 12:2), he wouldn’t have feared. In the same way that faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17), fear comes by hearing or seeing something contrary to God’s Word. We would not be tempted with fear or doubt if we didn’t consider things that Satan uses to minister fear and doubt. The wind and waves didn’t really have anything to do with Peter walking on the water.

He couldn’t have walked on the water apart from Jesus even if it had been calm. The circumstances simply took Peter’s attention off of his Master and led him back into carnal thinking. Likewise, Satan tries to distract us with thinking about our problems.

Peter’s faith didn’t fail him all at once, as can be seen by the fact that he only ‘began’ to sink. If there had been no faith present, he would have sunk all at once and not gradually. This illustrates that the entrance of fear and the exit of faith do not happen instantly. There are always signs that this is happening. If we will turn our attention back to Jesus, as Peter did, He will save us from drowning. No problem is too big for God. We should cast our care about the problem over on God and just keep our eyes on Jesus, the Word.

This message was written by The Association of Related Ministries International (ARMI) is an extension of Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWM). ARMI is a unique partnership committed to providing resources to help like-minded ministers succeed in a spirit of excellence and to draw from the experience and expertise of both the AWM and Charis Bible College staff. (www.awmi.net).

Topic: Seek God For Yourself [Billy Graham Devotional 6 May 2019]

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Know ye that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves . . . — Psalm 100:3

Whenever anyone asks me how I can be so certain about who and what God really is, I am reminded of the story of the little boy who was out flying a kite. It was a fine day to go kite-flying, the wind was brisk, and large billowy clouds were blowing across the sky. The kite went up and up until it was entirely hidden by the clouds. “What are you doing?” a man asked the little boy. “I’m flying a kite,” he replied. “Flying a kite, are you?” the man said, “How can you be sure? You can’t see your kite.” “No,” said the little boy, “I can’t see it, but every little while I feel a tug, so I know for sure that it’s there!” Don’t take anyone else’s word for God. Find Him for yourself, and then you too will know by the wonderful, warm tug on your heartstring, that He is there, for sure.

Prayer for the day: Oh heavenly Father, as I reach out to You I feel the “tug” of Your Holy Spirit, which tells me of Your presence!

Written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association(BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same.

Rhapsody of Realities 6 May 2019 By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome – The Blessing Is Connected To Your Consciousness

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Topic: The Blessing Is Connected To Your Consciousness

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing (Genesis 12:2).

Being born again, are you aware that you’re a package of blessings? Not only are you blessed, you’re a conveyor or dispenser of blessings. You’re the seed of Abraham; this makes you, not just a blessed man, but also a blessing. You’re divinely empowered to prosper and that empowerment impacts positively on everything around you as well.

The blessing also protects and preserves you such that irrespective of the challenges or oppositions you face, you always win. This is your life as a Christian; you’ve been empowered to succeed in all things and deal wisely in the affairs of life. However, the blessing is connected to your consciousness; it doesn’t work by accident. It works more when you’re conscious of it.

Let me explain it like this: someone else can pull virtue out of you by faith, as we read about the woman with the issue of blood, but that’s not you carrying out any operation at that time. The woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5:25 came in the press behind and touched the hem of Jesus’ garment and she was healed instantly. Then Jesus asked, “Who touched me?” So many people were touching Him at the time, but there was something different about the touch from the woman; it was a touch of faith, a demand on the power of God.

Jesus knew that someone pulled power out of Him; He had the consciousness, just as the woman had the consciousness that if she touched Him, she’d be healed. So, you have to be conscious of the blessings of God in your life, and the greatest of such blessings is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Be more conscious of the Holy Spirit in you; you’re not an ordinary person.

Yes, there may be challenging situations, but when you’re conscious of who you are, and the greater One that lives in you, you’ll always win. Challenging situations never come to destroy you. Therefore, never get frustrated by your challenges or crisis; be unruffled. Maintain your composure; have the mindset of victory.

PRAYER
Dear Father, what a blessing it is to be a conveyor and a dispenser of your divine love, power, glory, virtue, compassion and grace! I’m your extension; your outstretched arm to bring hope, succour, health, blessings, and deliverance to a dying and hurting world. Through me, your glory, power, and blessings envelop the lives of many, to your glory and praise, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
Deuteronomy 28:2-9; Ephesians 1:3; Philemon 1:6

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 3:1-21 & 2 Samuel 22

2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Mark 8:10-21 & Numbers 9

Rhapsody of Realities 6th May 2019 Devotional was written by Pastor Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (D.Sc., D.D.). President of Loveworld Inc. aka Christ Embassy Int’l.

Topic: Pray For The People [TREM Devotional 6 May 2019]

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“Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers.” – Ephesians 1:16 (KJV)

Another thing you must learn to do is to pray for those God has committed into your hands. This is not limited to the Church. The truth is that everything you are learning is applicable to every sphere of human endeavour, not only the Church because people are people everywhere.

Jesus was a man given to prayer; when you read the Gospels, you see Jesus Christ constantly praying. He took time to pray a great while before the day in Mark 1:35 (when others were sleeping) but in Luke 22:32, He gave us an insight into His prayer for Peter, when He said: “But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not …”

Make it a duty to pray for your people. If you are leading a small team, pray for them individually. Be concerned about the things that bother them. That does not mean you go about announcing to people that you are praying for them. No! Whatever you do in secret, the Lord knows how to reward it openly.

Also, when you pray for people, prayer has a way of divinely connecting people. Somehow you are connected to them in such a way that they find it easy to come to you and confide in you. The same is true when you pray for people genuinely, you will not be quick to spread wrong words about them. When you pray for people, even when you see their flaws, you want to help correct them. When you pray for people, you are also sowing seeds of prayer and God will also raise others to pray for you.

Life is all about seed time and harvest; develop the habit of sowing seeds of prayer and God will always cause you to reap a massive harvest too. Prayer cannot be a once-in-a-while activity for a leader, every leader must know how to pray and pray without ceasing.

Further Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- 1 Kings 21-22; Evening- Luke 23:26-56

Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.

MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 6 May 2019 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Surest Route Out Of Satanic Bondage

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TOPIC: Surest Route Out Of Satanic Bondage (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 6 May 2019)

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Kings 21-22; Luke 23:26-56

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Joshua 1:1-8

MEMORY VERSE: “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” – Psalms 1:2

The MESSAGE:

In Joshua 1:8, God instructed us to meditate day and night on His word, if we want to prosper and have GOOD success in life. Since meditation is simply deep, intensive thinking about something, God is here commanding that we read and study His word and think deeply about what it reveals about Him.

God, in His infinite mercy, wants us to go deep into His word, learn about His attributes, His past actions, explanation for His current actions, His promises for the future, His likes and dislikes and His provisions for our final destination in eternity. Philippians 4:8 lists subjects recommended for meditation as follows:

1. Things that are true. In John 8:32, Jesus assures that knowing the truth shall set us free. Knowing the truth is knowing God (John 14:6-7). It is also gaining knowledge about satan, his sole mission to steal, to kill and to destroy; and the consequences of giving him unfettered access into your life.

2. Other topics for biblical meditation are:
Things that are honest (truthful), just (morally right and fair) and pure (unpolluted).
Things that are lovely (beautiful and pleasant).
Things that are of good report (of good standing in every way).
Things that are of virtue (righteous, moral and upright) and praiseworthy (invoking other people’s commendation).

It is obvious that, all the subjects for meditation listed above are attributes of our God.

Now tell me: what demon will stay to listen to you thinking deeply in your spirit man about and connecting to God’s fairness, righteousness, uprightness, holiness, beauty, glory? What demon will stay to watch you praising God and thanking Him for past, present and future mercies, even in the midst of affliction? What demon will stay and listen to you discussing the failures of the devil with God? What demon will stay to listen to you programming your submission to Jesus into your subconscious mind? They will all flee!

I plead with you, divert your thoughts away from the enormity of your problems to the mighty things that God has done in the Bible; from things of this world that are beyond your reach to God’s promises, from BAD successes to the GOOD successes in the Bible and around you. You will be surprised at the amazing difference it makes.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
GOD’S WORD IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR ALL LIFE’S PROBLEMS, STUDY IT.

PROPHETIC WORD:
By the covenant of God you shall not be stranded in life.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. Almighty God, I thank You for calling me into salvation and the joys attached, in the name of Jesus.
2. Holy Spirit, teach me to concentrate my thoughts on the truth and put it into practice in my life, in the name of Jesus.
3. My Father and my God, open the eyes of my spirit to hunger after You, in the name of Jesus.
   EVENING
4. Omnipotent God, behold the powers that want to compete with You for my heart (mention them). Kill them, in the name of Jesus.
5. My God who is able, in Your mercy, give me good success in the following area of my life (mention them), in the name of Jesus.
6. Spirit of the Living God, arise and occupy every space in my heart that dark powers are coveting, in Jesus’ name.
7. My Father and my God, let my thoughts be sweet, pleasing and acceptable to You, in the name of Jesus.

MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)

Flatimes Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.

Topic: Connecting For Progress [DCLM Daily Manna 6 May 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

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Text: Job 22:21-30 (KJV)

Key Verse: “Acquiant now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee” (Job 22:21).

MESSAGE:

In the last four lines of the first stanza of the hymn titled, “What a Friend we have in Jesus”, Joseph Scriven captured the agony of man’s disconnect with God when he wrote, “…Oh, what peace we often forfeit. Oh, what needless pain we bear. All because we do not carry everything to God in prayers”. Many suffer in penury and want when there is a pool of abundance for them. They groan needlessly in pain when there is a provision for soothing balm. They wander aimlessly in the maze of life when there is Someone who can show the way. The main reason is the failure to connect to the true Source of help.

The text clearly explains in a down to earth manner, the basis of connecting with God and the benefits that accrue to our connection with Him. Christ is the only link between God and man. He is the genuine problem-Solver because He links us with God, the Source of all things. Only those who approach Him for help will be able to draw from His unlimited resources because He is omnipotent, benevolent and good.

Whatever you may be going through, no matter how hard the road you are treading may be, there is hope for you that your sins can be forgiven, your poverty can turn to wealth, your sickness to health, your sorrow to joy, your pain to gain, if you will be ready to pay the price.

Return to the Almighty, receive “the law from His mouth”, repent by putting “away iniquity far from thy tabernacle” and your turnaround to salvation, prosperity, provision, protection, power through prayers will begin. Why not now?

Thought For The Day: Your link determines your lot.

The Bible In One Year: Judges 11-13

DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.

Flatimes’ Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.