Topic: Tribulation Before Triumph [DCLM Daily Manna 18 April 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

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Text: Acts 14:19-28 (KJV)

Key Verse: “And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:21,22).

MESSAGE:

A recruiting sergeant often slips a shilling into the hand of some ignorant youths, and tells them that military service is a fine thing, that he has nothing to do but walk about in his flaming colours, do parades, march pass and be involved in flamboyant ceremonies – that he will have no hard service; in fact, that he has nothing to do but to be a soldier, and go straight on to glory. When such youths eventually enlist in the army, they discover that life as a soldier is far from a bed of roses; that there are inconvenient exercises, hard battle to be fought and that there is a possibility of dying in service.

Paul the apostle, in the text, did not attempt to describe discipleship to the new converts by highlighting only the pleasantness and joy in Christ while shielding away the hard truths of tribulation and sorrow which often interjects the joy of the believer. Paul himself demonstrated remarkable courage by venturing into the very places where he had been persecuted and stoned. In the face of danger, he returned to encourage and console the converts that, “they must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God”.

There are times when ministers should not count their own lives dear unto them when they find themselves in the midst of danger; they must confide only in the protecting care of their God and Saviour.

As believer, though all things are apparently against you now, roll off your griefs, there is a saving clause. Somehow He will deliver you, and somewhere He will provide for you. And why not let the glory that shall be revealed after our tribulation be a source of consolation to you?

Thought For The Day: When God ordains, He sustains.

The Bible In One Year: Acts 22-23

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.

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Rhapsody of Realities 18 April 2019 By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome – Make His Dream Your Dream

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Topic: Make His Dream Your Dream

The Lord is…not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).

From the Scriptures, we clearly observe God’s greatest passion, which is to have all men receive eternal life and come into fellowship with Him. That’s the reason Jesus came to this world; He came to make men sons of God. Therefore, it’s important that your priorities are in sync with the purpose for which Jesus came. Keep promoting the cause of the Gospel; the cause for which Jesus lived, died, and resurrected.

Heaven recognises and celebrates those who have made soul winning a priority; those who have made God’s dream their dream. Nothing we do on earth has meaning or value in heaven except that which is connected to the cause of the Gospel; the salvation of lost souls. You’re responsible both for leading people to Christ, and also for ensuring they’re established in the Church as soul winners themselves.

There’re those God has placed on your path for you to help build their faith, teach them to pray, and help them discover and live in their inheritance in Christ; it’s part of your responsibility in the Gospel of Christ. You were saved to save others; you’re built to build others. You’ve been given the ministry of reconciliation: “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:19).

Imagine how many more people would be reached if we all took up the responsibility of soul winning to our best and fullest potentials! Take this seriously. Be amongst those strengthening other saints to do the work of the ministry. Help build the faith of others to become more effective in doing God’s work. Don’t live for a transient cause that has no eternal value. Put God’s work first in your life; make His dream your dream, and you’ll experience eternal joy and fulfilment.

CONFESSION
Blessed Saviour, my life is for your glory, and I live for the cause of the Gospel, passionately seeking the expansion of your Kingdom, and the establishment of your righteousness in the hearts of men. I’m amongst those strengthening others for the work of the ministry, building the faith of others to become more effective in doing God’s work. Therefore, I experience eternal joy and fulfilment. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY:
1 Corinthians 9:16; Philippians 1:12-14

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Luke 17:1-19 & 1 Samuel 3-7

2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Mark 3:8-19 & Leviticus 18

Rhapsody of Realities 18th April 2019 Devotional was written by Pastor Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (D.Sc., D.D.). President of Loveworld Inc. aka Christ Embassy Int’l.

Topic: Stay Up To Date [Open Heavens for Teens 18 April 2019]

Memorise: “In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.” – Daniel 9:2

Read: Daniel 9:2-4

1. In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
2. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
3. And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 25-26, Luke 16:19-31

MESSAGE:

Most teenagers know nothing of what is going on around them. They just feel that news is meant for adults. You are supposed to be the future of your nation, you are supposed to bring change to the world, but how will you do that if you do not even know what is happening? Rather than focusing on entertainment news alone, you should also make sure to stay up to date on current events. Thank God Daniel stayed up to date as seen in our memory verse, if not, Israel would have continued serving a punishment that was already over.

Staying current helps you understand the world around you , which further helps you to understand what it takes to survive and thrive in the real world. Look around you, many young people are doing great things now. They are already involved with making news, and their survival in the world depends on how updated they are with happenings around. Do you want to be the president of your country in the future? You need to understand the policies that presidents are putting out now and their consequences. The news is not boring, it is a tool for greatness.

Prayer Point:

Father, I want to impact my world positively, please teach me to do all it takes to make that happen.

Also Read: Teen Open Heaven Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye

Hymn 11:

1. Stand up! Stand up for Jesus,
   Ye soldiers of the Cross!
   Lift high His royal banner,
   It must not suffer loss.
   From victory unto victory
   His army shall He lead,
   Till every foe is vanquished,
   And Christ is Lord indeed.
2. Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
   The solemn watchword hear;
   If while ye sleep he suffers,
   Away with shame and fear.
   Where’re yeah meet with evil,
   Within you or without,
   Charge for the God of battles,
   And put the foe to rout.
3. Stand up! Stand up for Jesus!
   Stand in His strength alone;
   The arm of flesh will fail you,
   Ye dare not trust your own.
   Put on the gospel armour,
   And watching unto prayer;
   Where duty calls, or danger,
   Be never wanting there.
4. Stand up! Stand up for Jesus!
   The strife will not be long;
   This day the noise of battle,
   The next the victor’s song.
   To him that overcometh
   A crown of life shall be;
   He with the King of glory
   Shall reign eternally.

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.

Open Heaven 18 April 2019 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Grace in Stages

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Topic: Grace in Stages (Open Heaven 18 April 2019)

Memorise: “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.”- 2 Peter 3:18

Read: 2 Corinthians 9:8-14 (KJV)

8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

Bible in One Year: Genesis 17-18, Jeremiah 20:7-18

Open Heaven 18 April 2019 Thursday MESSAGE:

Growth and progressive multiplication has been central to God’s purpose and agenda for mankind from the beginning of creation. Through His declarations in Genesis 1:22&28, God coded growth and increase into the fabric of everything He created at the elemental level, such that the propagation and future development of all created things occurs naturally through the process of growth and progressive multiplication. As a vital ingredient necessary for actualizing God’s purpose and agenda in man’s life, God’s grace also has the capacity to grow and multiply. God’s grace is His unmerited favour made known through Jesus Christ, and it is expressed in the redemption and full forgiveness of sinners through faith in Him (Titus 2:11-12). At its basic stage, God’s grace offers to all human beings forgiveness, redemption from sin and adoption into God’s family. After enjoying the benefits of this basic stage of grace, God expects every converted person to grow in grace from one level of glory to another. The spiritual development of believers is a growth of grace that can be likened to the growth of infants into adults. Just as every father wants his baby to grow into the full stature of a man or woman, so does our heavenly Father want us to grow into the full stature of Christ (Ephesians 4:13).

In 2 Peter 3:18, the Holy Spirit admonishes us to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. This establishes the growth of God’s grace in the life of every believer as a rule of Christian living. In Ephesians 4:13, the Holy Spirit further tells us that Christian growth must continue until we become perfect in faith and in the knowledge of God, to the measure of the fullness of Christ. Contrary to this expectation, many individuals in the Body of Christ are like sickly plants with very feeble growth, because they are not ready to put in the work or make the sacrifices that are needed to help them grow at the pace that God desires (James 1:25). Lack of spiritual growth in the Body of Christ is also caused by the reduced emphasis on the teaching ministry in churches and a clear departure from the principles and practice of sanctification by Church leaders. The Christian life is not meant to be stagnant; rather, it must be a progressive experience of encounters with God. Through constant Bible study and emphasis on growth in grace, let us daily aim to be perfect in our Christian character (2 Peter 1:5-8). Our love for Christ should wax stronger and stronger, even as our will becomes subordinate to the will and purpose of God (Acts 21:14).

Open Heaven 18 April 2019 Thursday Prayer Point:

Father, please don’t let me remain stagnant; help me to grow daily in You in Jesus’ Name.

Also Read: Open Heaven 17 April 2019 – Ignore Satan’s Counterfeit

Open Heaven 18 April 2019 Thursday Hymn 12: Deeper, Deeper In The Love Of Jesus

1 Deeper, deeper in the love of Jesus
Daily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.

Chorus:
Oh, deeper yet, I pray,
And higher every day,
And wiser, blessed Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word.

2 Deeper, deeper, blessed Holy Spirit,
Take me deeper still,
Till my life is wholly lost in Jesus,
And His perfect will.

3 Deeper, deeper! though it cost hard trials,
Deeper let me go!
Rooted in the holy love of Jesus,
Let me fruitful grow.

4 Deeper, higher, every day in Jesus,
Till all conflict past,
Finds me conqu’ror, and in His own image
Perfected at last.

5 Deeper, deeper in the faith of Jesus,
Holy faith and true;
In His pow’r and soul exulting wisdom
Let me peace pursue.

Open Heaven 18 April 2019 Thursday Daily Devotional 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. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC. Open Heaven 18 April 2019 Thursday Daily Devotional

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.