Topic: A Veil For Protection [DCLM Daily Manna 25 January 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Text: Exodus 26:31-37 (KJV)

Key Verse: “And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework” (Exodus 26:36).

MESSAGE:

A soldier who was left behind by his retreating colleagues dashed into a little cave for safety. He soon heard voices and footsteps of enemy forces approaching. Fearing for his life, he closed his eyes in the open cave and prayed for God’s protection. Presently, a little spider soon set to work its cobwebs across the entrance of the cave. The first enemy soldier approached the entrance of the cave, broke the cobwebs and turned back. “Men, let’s go!” He said. “He can’t be here. Nobody has been here for a long time. There are cobwebs all over the entrance”. Thus, the Lord delivered the poor soldier with the aid of cobwebs.

From our text, a veil or curtain, separated the holy place from the most holy place. It was hung upon four pillars. This veil was for a partition between the holy place and the most holy place. Another covering was for the outer door of the tabernacle. This was the defence the tabernacle had. God takes care of His Church on earth. A curtain shall be, if God please to make it so, as strong a defence to his house, as gates of brass and bars of iron.

With the abundant wealth in the tabernacle, and leaving it thus exposed, one would think it might be a temptation for thieves; but God is mighty enough to defend His house.

“There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength” (Psalm 33:16). God led the Israelites through the wilderness; there were neither physical walls nor iron and concrete bars to protect them. God was their security. As believers, we should not put absolute trust in the security arrangement in our neighbourhoods; we should not trust in the arm of flesh but wholly lean on Jesus’ blood.

Thought For The Day: Don’t be like the ostrich which thinks security is burying its head in the sand.

Bible Reading In One Year: Exodus 30-32

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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.

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.

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Topic: You Have Spiritual “Power of Attorney” [Joyce Meyer Devotional 25 January 2019]

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?…And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? — Matthew 6:25, 27

Oh, how wonderful it would have been to have physically walked with Jesus. But He told His followers they would be better off when He went away, because then He would send His Spirit to dwell in every believer.

He told them that even though they were sorrowful at the news of His departure, they would rejoice again just as a woman has sorrow during her labor but rejoices when the child is born.

Jesus knew they would change their minds when they saw the glory of His Spirit in them and the power available to each of them through the privilege of using His name in prayer. He was literally giving to them—and has given to all those who believe in Him—His “power of attorney,” the legal right to use His name. His name takes His place; His name represents Him.

Jesus has already been perfect for us. He has already pleased the Father for us; therefore, there is no pressure on us to feel that we must have a perfect record of right behavior before we can pray.

When we come before the Father in Jesus’ name, we can confess our sin, receive His forgiveness, and boldly make our requests known to Him.

Prayer Starter: Father, thank You that I can come to You in Jesus’ Name! Right now, because of the authority given to me through Jesus, I lift up my needs to You and boldly ask for Your strength, guidance, wisdom and healing today—for me and my entire family. I ask this in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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From Joyce Meyer’s Ministries.

MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 25 January 2019 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Not God’s Idea (II)

TOPIC: Not God’s Idea (II) (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 25 January 2019)

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 5:22-28

Bible In One Year: Exodus 12-13; Matthew 16

MEMORY VERSE: “If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:” – Isaiah 1:19

The MESSAGE:

Marriage is a covenant involving God, a man and a woman. It is also a life-long affair. A covenant is a binding agreement between two people and it leads to honour and dignity for the parties involved. Hebrews 13:4 affirms that marriage is honourable. This is true if you do it and run it in God’s way.

In the marriage convenient, the man and woman involved have individual responsibilities that God has given them. When a marriage is working and successful, it is because the man and woman involved are obeying God’s instructions for marriage. Where the marriage is not working, it is because the covenant is being violated either by the man or the woman or both of them. God is never at fault.

Isaiah 1:19 says, “If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good is the lands.” To enjoy the blessings of marriage, dear brother, you must know and fulfill your God-given responsibilities in marriage. Similarly, to enjoy the blessings of marriage, dear sister, you must know and abide with your responsibilities.

Learn how to become the husband God desires you to be. Fulfil your responsibility as a husband. Someone said that responsibility is the price of greatness and a life without responsibilities is a liability. Ephesians 5:25 is God’s standard that summarises a husband’s responsibility to his wife in the marital covenant relationship: “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” The same Ephesians 5 but verse 22 reveals the wife’s responsibilities to her husband in marriage, “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. Dear brother, do you love your wife as Christ loves the church?

A marriage where the husband or wife shirks their responsibilities is not God’s idea. Dear sister, are you submissive and obedient to your husband as unto the Lord? If you have not been obeying God’s covenant of marriage in your marital life, ask God for the grace to obey and turn a new leaf today. God rewards the obedient. Your marriage will begin to experience a turnaround, in Jesus’ mighty name.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
LOVE IS A GAME THAT TWO CAN PLAY AND BOTH CAN WIN.

PROPHETIC WORD:
The enemies of your marriage shall be disgraced.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. I retrieve my marriage from every evil attack, in the name of Jesus.
2. I receive power to scatter the agenda of the enemy, in the name of Jesus.
3. O God, arise and answer Your name in my marriage, in the name of Jesus.
   EVENING
4. I plead the blood of Jesus over my life and my marriage, in the name of Jesus.
5. I command every evil thing planted in my marriage to be uprooted, in the name of Jesus.
6. I redeem my marriage by the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
7. O heavens, arise, kill the enemies of my marriage, in the name of Jesus.

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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.

Open Heaven 25 January 2019 Prayer Points on Today – Not For Sale!

Not For Sale!

1.I worship You, my Father, because You are the Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent God.

Also Read: Open Heaven 25 January 2019 Daily Devotional

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

3.Father, please, give me the grace to wait regularly and patiently on You, for all my needs and challenges, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, as I wait regularly on You, in praise and worship, fasting and prayers, please, renew my strength and do the impossible in my life, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, empower me to mount up with wings as eargle’s, and run and not be weary; and walk and not faint, as I wait on You, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, give me an excellent spirit, divine wisdom and understanding, in all things, as You did for Daniel, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, You are the revealer of secrets, please, reveal unto me, deep and secret things that You have kept secret from the foundation of the earth, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, let every limitation and hindrance to my spiritual growth and progress, be destroyed, as I wait on You, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, please, help me to live through today, without committing a single sin, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father release, upon Your son Pastor E.A. Adeboye, more of Your grace, wisdom and power, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures; help him to overcome every challenge of getting these prayer points across to Your children timely, on daily basis, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions. (Philippians 4:6)

13.In Jesus name I pray. (John 14:13-14; 15:16)

14.Thank you Father for answered prayers. (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus name.

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Open Heaven 25 January 2019 Prayer Points on Today – Not For Sale!

Topic: Free from Frostbite [Our Daily Bread 25 January 2019 Devotional]

Bible in a Year: Exodus 14–15; Matthew 17

Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. – Psalm 119:35

Today’s Scripture & Insight: Psalm 119:33-48

On a winter day, my children begged to go sledding. The temperature hovered near zero degrees Fahrenheit. Snowflakes raced by our windows. I thought it over and said yes, but asked them to bundle up, stay together, and come inside after fifteen minutes.

Out of love, I created those rules so my children could play freely without suffering frostbite. I think the author of Psalm 119 recognized the same good intent in God as he penned two consecutive verses that might seem contradictory: “I will always obey your law” and “I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts” (vv. 44–45). How is it that the psalmist associated freedom with a spiritually law-abiding life?

Following God’s wise instruction allows us to escape the consequences that come from choices we later wish we could undo. Without the weight of guilt or pain we are freer to enjoy our lives. God doesn’t want to control us with dos and don’ts; rather, His guidelines show that He loves us.

While my kids were sledding, I watched them blast down the hill. I smiled at the sound of their laughter and the sight of their pink cheeks. They were free within the boundaries I’d given them. This compelling paradox is present in our relationship with God—it leads us to say with the psalmist, “Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight” (v. 35).

Today’s Reflection
Dear God, give me a love for Your ways like the psalmist had. I want to worship You with the choices I make every day.

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This message was written By Jennifer Benson Schuldt [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

Topic: Don’t Fall into the Trap of Tradition [TREM Devotional 25 January 2019]

“And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand and called that place Ramathlehi” Judges 15:17, KJV

When Samson had finished using the uncommon weapon that God showed him, without any argument or equivocation, he threw it away. He did not keep it. Child of God the fact that something worked in 1960 does not mean that it will work in 1970. It doesn’t mean it will work in 1980, 1990 or in 2000. Check it out whether there are things that worked before that you are still trying to use. Always ask the Holy Spirit for fresh ideas so that you can stay at the cutting edge and remain relevant.

Do you know that I have been trying to see where I can buy an audio cassette Walkman because there are a lot of audio cassettes I bought back then that I felt like listening to now? But it is difficult to get, not even abroad! I sent messages to my sons in the UK. They got me one that is not so wonderful because the shops are no longer selling them. What they now sell are CDs, DVDs, and iPods. You can no longer find a cassette walkman. It worked then but it’s outdated now.

Beloved, there are ideas that worked and advanced what you were doing some time ago. You see, the fact that it worked then does not necessarily mean it will also work now. Don’t lay hold on something and not let go simply because it worked then. When you begin to lay hold on something because it worked, you may end up falling into the trap of tradition. And the Bible says that tradition makes the Word of God of no effect. People don’t like to change certain things or find out how best it can be done. There is always a better way of doing things. Search it out!

Samson threw away the jaw bone and he told God he was thirsty. God made a hole in the same jaw and put water there, and his thirst was quenched.

Further Reading: Judges 15:17-20, Matthew 15:3-6

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Exodus 12-13/ Evening- Matthew 16

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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.