Topic: Harden Not Your Heart [DCLM Daily Manna 15 February 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Text: Exodus 8:1-15 (KJV)

Key Verse: “But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said” (Exodus 8:15).

MESSAGE:

“Once bitten twice shy” is a cautionary saying meant to guide people against repeated failings. But when one is set on the part of self destruction, no number of bites will be sufficient to put one in check and take him away from the path of danger and death to which he has irreversibly commit himself.

The first warning from the Almighty God to a recalcitrant Pharaoh was Aaron’s rod swallowing up his magicians’ rods. This heralded the commencement of the plagues as the waters of Egypt all became blood. The fish in the rivers and streams died and stank. Yet, the Egyptian king remained unmoved.

Then came the plague of frogs. “And the LORD spake unto Moses, say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt” (verse 5). Ironically, Pharaoh’s magicians’ enchantment multiplied the frogs. Who can battle with the Lord? In ancient Egypt, frogs represented gods and were thus sacred. Through the plague, the Lord attacked the gods of Egypt to show that His power was far superior to all the magicians’ power.

Understandably, the plagues demonstrated God’s power over the gods of Egypt and all the forces of evil; it also revealed His judgment against the nation’s leadership for stubbornly refusing to obey His command to let His people go. Today, God is still very much angry with the wicked particularly those in leadership who oppress the poor and the needy while enriching themselves with the nation’s God-given wealth. As a true believer, avoid backsliding to join to the ranks of the wicked whose damnation is sure and whose punishment in the lake of fire is forever.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: A stubborn fly follows the corpse to the grave.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Mark 14-16

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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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Topic: Sinking into Grace [Our Daily Bread 15 February 2019 Devotional]

Bible in a Year: Leviticus 17–18; Matthew 27:27–50

[God] grants sleep to those he loves. – Psalm 127:2

Today’s Scripture & Insight: Psalm 127:1-2

Finally, on January 8, 1964, seventeen-year-old Randy Gardner did something he hadn’t done for eleven days and twenty-five minutes: he nodded off to sleep. He wanted to beat the Guinness Book World Record for how long a human could stay awake. By drinking soft drinks and hitting the basketball court and bowling alley, Gardner rebuffed sleep for a week and a half. Before finally collapsing, his sense of taste, smell, and hearing went haywire. Decades later, Gardner suffered from severe bouts of insomnia. He set the record but also confirmed the obvious: sleep is essential.

Many of us struggle to get a decent night’s rest. Unlike Gardner who deprived himself intentionally, we might suffer sleeplessness for a number of reasons—including a mountain of anxieties: the fear of all we need to accomplish, the dread of others’ expectations, the distress of living at a frantic pace. Sometimes it’s hard for us to turn off the fear and relax.

The psalmist tells us that “unless the Lord builds the house,” we labor in vain (Psalm 127:1). Our “toiling” and our relentless efforts are useless unless God provides what we need. Thankfully, God does provide what we need. He “grants sleep to those he loves” (v. 2). And God’s love extends to all of us. He invites us to release our anxieties to Him and sink into His rest, into His grace.

Today’s Reflection
God, I’m so anxious. I churn inside. Would You help me trust You with my night, with my day, with my life?

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This message was written By Winn Collier [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

RCCG Fasting Prayer Points for 15 February 2019 – DAY 36: PRAYER AGAINST SICKNESS AND EXTREME POVERTY

DAY 36: PRAYER AGAINST SICKNESS AND EXTREME POVERTY (FRIDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2019)

1. Praise and worship and Him for a new day and for the salvation of your soul
2. Father in the name of Jesus I command every spirit of poverty out of my life (Phil 2:10)
3. Father every one under captivity by poverty in the Church we declare him/her free in Jesus’ name. (Jn8:36)
4. Poverty is a reproach, so therefore I say no to poverty in 2019. (Ps110:1-2)
5. Father; bless me with riches and wealth to the Shame of my enemies in 2018. Gen1: 28
6. Father all set your children free from sicknesses and diseases. Isa 49:24-25
7. We come against all the killer diseases of Cancer, High BP, Diabetes, hepatitis and other diseases in our nations this year in Jesus name.
8. Father; Let there be healings for everyone afflicted by any of these diseases in Jesus’ name. Acts 3:3
9. Father; Let the blood of Jesus cleanse us from all sins and diseases.
10. We receive grace afresh to walk in holiness; the way of sound health. Exo 15:26
11. We declare health, comfort and strength to every sick person in the hospitals and hones in Jesus’ name!
12. Let every plague cease in every community, home and nation in Jesus’ name!

RCCG Fasting Prayer Points for 15 February 2019

Topic: Dressing to Kill? [Open Heavens for Teens 15 February 2019]

Memorise: “Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.” – Philippians 4:5

Read: 1 Peter 3:3-4

3 Let not yours be the [merely] external adorning with [elaborate] interweaving and knotting of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or changes of clothes;

4 But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which [is not anxious or wrought up, but] is very precious in the sight of God.

Bible In One Year: Leviticus 20-21, Matthew 28

MESSAGE:

While it is good to look nice, neat and presentable, you must take care not to go overboard. Christian teenagers don’t dress to kill, you dress to heal. It is the devil that came to kill, steal and destroy, not Christian teenagers.

Anytime you dress and become a symbol of lust or temptation to the opposite sex, you have gone beyond being decent to the realm of becoming an agent of Satan to kill other people’s spiritual destiny. If worldly girls expose their cleavages, and worldly boys ‘sag’ their trousers, should you do the same because you want to be seen as trendy and fashionable? If you do, then what is the difference between you and them? If your dressing is stirring up lust in the hearts of brothers/sisters, then you must change it.

You may not know it, but those who are not yet born again look up to you for the standard of righteousness and that involves dress sense too. If you dress in a worldly way, you will be misleading them as they will wonder why you dress just like them if you profess to be born again Christians. The worst thing about this is that you would have lost the opportunity to bring such people to Christ.

Action Point:

Look in the mirror every morning and ensure that you are not seductively dressed.

Also Read: Teen Open Heaven Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye

Hymn 15

1. Wonderful story of love;
Tell it to me again;
Wonderful story of love;
Wake the immortal strain!
Angels with rapture announce it,
Shepherds with wonder receive it;
Sinner, 0 won’t you believe It?
Wonderful story of love.

Chorus:
Wonderful! Wonderful!
Wonderful, Wonderful story of love.

2. Wonderful story of love,
Though you are far away;
Wonderful story of love;
Still He doth call today;
Calling from Calvary’s mountain,
Down from the crystal bright fountain,
E’en from the dawn of creation,
Wonderful story of love.

3. Wonderful story of love:
Jesus provides a rest;
Wonderful story of love;
For all the pure and blest,
Rest in those mansions above us,
With those who’ve gone on before us,
Singing the rapturous chorus,
Wonderful story of Love.

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.