Be Disciplined by Pastor David Ibiyeomie

Topic: Be Disciplined

No matter how gifted a person is, without the application of self-discipline, the gift will never take that person to his or her maximum potential. Do you want to conquer the world? Then, you have to conquer yourself first.

Titus 2:6 (KJV) Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

Conquer yourself before thinking of conquering the world. David, for instance, was able to conquer Goliath (1 Samuel 17), but he was not able to conquer himself. Adultery got the better of him! If you first conquer the world without conquering yourself, you will still fail — it is only a question of time. Jesus conquered Himself before He conquered the world. That’s why He could boldly say, “the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me” John 14:30.

You can conquer the world and still be a problem. You must conquer yourself! Many dodge opportunities to improve themselves and wonder why they are failures. If you are a quitter, you will end up failing! You refused to conquer yourself, so you have no self-discipline — a necessary requirement for success. Success is not a function of prayers; it is a function of self-discipline. Yes, God has given you fantastic ideas but those ideas will never be actualized without self-discipline.

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Proverbs 11:3 (KJV) The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Character is what you are in the dark. What you are when no one is monitoring or supervising you. Being able to still do the right thing when nobody is keeping a tab on you, when no one is telling you what to do and what not to do.

Luke 14:18 (KJV) And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

To discipline yourself, you must challenge excuses. To develop a life-style of self-discipline, the place to begin is to challenge and eliminate all tendencies to make excuses.

Proverbs 18:9 (KJV) He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Undisciplined people are always procrastinating. Self-discipline does not make room for procrastination. So determine to stop procrastinating. Stop giving excuses. Be disciplined!

Another way to attain self-discipline is to stay focused on results. Anytime you concentrate on the difficulties of an assignment, instead of its results, you are likely to be discouraged. So every time you have an assignment or a task to accomplish, do not look at the difficult side of it. Focus on the end result and the reward you will get out of it.

Another way to discipline yourself is to remove the reward until the job is done. Your primary concern should be to do a quality job, not the money; let people know you for your integrity. It is time to conquer yourself. He who conquers others is strong, but he who conquers himself is mighty.

Discipline yourself first before you discipline someone else. That’s the secret of success.

1 Corinthians 9:27 (KJV) But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Whatever you want to be in life, you must first discipline yourself to become. Please devote time to self-discipline in your time, your devotion to God, your health and every other area of your life.

Receive grace to be disciplined in Jesus name – Amen!

God bless you

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Topic: Pursue God for Who He Is [TREM Devotional 13 February 2019]

“And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,” Luke 5:1 KJV

According to our scriptural text today, the people pressed upon Jesus to hear the word of God. They were not pressing to see miracles. The reason many believers are being deceived today is that they are pursuing God for miracles and not for who He is. There is much more than He has done for you. Stop pursuing Him for things. It is an insult to pursue Him for things. Hear what the Word says: “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” Romans 8:32 KJV.

Beloved, the thing you are pursuing is a free gift, freely given to us. And you are busy pursuing things, changing from one church to the other. ‘It is not working here, so let me go there. Oh sister; you have been long in this thing; look, heaven helps those who help themselves.’ (But that is also not in the Bible). ‘Let me take you to another place.’

In the account recorded in Luke 5:1-6, the supernatural took place in Peter’s fishing business because Peter heard the Word. He said: I have toiled all night with my expertise, with my right tools; fishing at the right time and with the right partners but caught nothing. “Nevertheless at thy Word, I will let down the net”. (Luke 5:5 KJV). And when he did, he caught a net breaking and boat sinking multitude of fishes. The supernatural naturally followed. The supernatural was there waiting for somebody to obey when the Word was preached. Now, look at what happened in Luke 5:15: “But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.” (KJV) Hearing and healing go hand in hand. Hearing and miracles go hand in hand. The people came to hear and to be healed.

Further Reading: Luke 5:1-17

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Leviticus 14; Evening- Matthew 26:51-75

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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.

Topic: Sow And Reap [DCLM Daily Manna 13 February 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Text: Isaiah 3:1-12 (KJV)

Key Verse: “Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him” (Isaiah 3:10,11).

MESSAGE:

God, in His wisdom, has separated the time of planting from the time of harvesting. And because of this, many people are unmindful of the long or short term consequences of their action good or evil. This is the reason there is so much evil and wickedness in the world.

As a consequence of the peoples’ sins, God’s judgment was coming and would touch every part of society and all classes of people would suffer. The rulers had failed in their duty to deliver the people. God’s wrath was kindled against them with a firm promise to replace them with children and insolent, immature novices. The rulers had shown little or no concern for the poor and the less privileged. They were selfish, wicked and nonchalant. They never bothered about the people’s welfare and need. When leaders reject God’s ways, society is open to injustice, oppression and cruelty.

God hates the ill-treatment meted out to the poor and the needy in society. He has great interest in the way and manner we relate to one another even in the church today. Those who remain faithful in spite of societal upheavals and the leaders’ mis-governance, the Lord says it would be well with them. They might suffer for righteousness’ sake but the end would be rewarding. As for the wicked, they would surely reap the terrible consequences of their sins.

Consider God’s thought towards you. “O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!” When things seem to be going wrong, when the multitudes tilt towards Satan, when the standard of God’s word is not kept, stand in obedience and make His Word the unflagging standard of your life. You will be glad you did.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Heaven is God’s eternal abode for the pilgrim who overcomes.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Mark 7-10

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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.

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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.

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Topic: The Battle [Our Daily Bread 13 February 2019 Devotional]

Bible in a Year: Leviticus 14; Matthew 26:51–75

But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you. – Psalm 39:7

Today’s Scripture & Insight: Psalm 39:1-7

As artillery rounds fell around him with an earth-shaking whoomp, the young soldier prayed fervently, “Lord, if you get me through this, I’ll go to that Bible school Mom wanted me to attend.” God honored his focused prayer. My dad survived World War II, went to Moody Bible Institute, and invested his life in ministry.

Another warrior endured a different kind of crisis that drove him to God, but his problems arose when he avoided combat. As King David’s troops fought the Ammonites, David was back at his palace casting more than just a glance at another man’s wife (see 2 Samuel 11). In Psalm 39, David chronicles the painful process of restoration from the terrible sin that resulted. “The turmoil within me grew worse,” he wrote. “The more I thought about it, the hotter I got” (vv. 2–3 nlt).

David’s broken spirit caused him to reflect: “Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is” (v. 4). Amid his renewed focus, David didn’t despair. He had nowhere else to turn. “But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you” (v. 7). David would survive this personal battle and go on to serve God.

What motivates our prayer life doesn’t matter as much as the focus of our prayer. God is our source of hope. He wants us to share our heart with Him.

Today’s Reflection
Father, our hope is in You. Forgive us for seeking answers apart from You. Draw us close to You today.

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This message was written By Tim Gustafson [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

Topic: True Love [Open Heavens for Teens 13 February 2019]

Memorise: “Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;” – 1 Corinthians 13:5

Read: 1 John 4:6-11
6 We are [children] of God. Whoever is learning to know God [progressively to perceive, recognize, and understand God by observation and experience, and to get an ever-clearer knowledge of Him] listens to us; and he who is not of God does not listen or pay attention to us. By this we know (recognize) the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error.

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him].

8 He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love.

9 In this the love of God was made manifest (displayed) where we are concerned: in that God sent His Son, the only begotten or unique [Son], into the world so that we might live through Him.

10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins.

11 Beloved, if God loved us so [very much], we also ought to love one another.

Bible In One Year: Leviticus 15-17, Matthew 27:1-31

MESSAGE:

The world today has confused love for lust. Love is a person. The Bible tells us that God is love. He loved us even before we knew Him, this true loved moved Him to sacrifice His only begotten son so that we can be saved. You cannot love if you don’t have love living in you.

Don’t let anyone deceive you that they love and so want to sleep with you, run, that is lust and it destroys. True love is not expressed through kissing and caressing, it is expressed through sacrificial giving. “For God so loved the world that He GAVE”, not that He took. Anyone that wants to take your purity because they ‘love’ you actually hates you.

You must also be careful who you collect gifts from, nothing goes for nothing. Sometimes, people give you something pretending to love you, whereas what they really want is to take your purity from you. Direct anyone that brings you a valentine gift tomorrow to an orphanage, there are needy people who need true love there.

Key Point:

Anyone who truly loves you will ensure that you are far away from sin, not lure you into sin.

Also Read: Teen Open Heaven Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye

Hymn 10:

1. What a friend we have in Jesus,
   All our sins and griefs to bear!
   What a privilege to carry
   Everything to God in prayer!
   O what peace we often forfeit,
   O what needless pain we bear,
   All because we do not carry
   Everything to God in prayer!
2. Have we trials and temptations?
   Is there trouble anywhere?
   We should never be discouraged;
   Take it to the Lord in prayer!
   Can we find a Friend so faithful?
   Who will all our sorrows share?
   Jesus knows our every weakness,
   Take it to the Lord in prayer!
3. Are we weak and heavy laden,
   Cumbered with a load of care?
   Precious Savior, still our refuge,
   Take it to the Lord in prayer.
   Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
   Take it to the Lord in prayer!
   In His arms He’ll take and shield You;
   You wilt find a solace there.

Daily Devotional for Teen’s guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.