Topic: The Weapon Of The Word [Andrew Wommack Devotional 26 January 2019]

Luke 4:4, “And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.”

Text: MT. 4:1-11; MK. 1:12-13; LK. 4:1-13

Jesus answered every temptation with, “It is written.” The Word of God is the sword of the Spirit (Eph. 6:17). It is the only offensive spiritual weapon that we have.

Since Jesus was the Word of God (Jn. 1:1), anything he would have spoken would have been the Word. He could have said “scat” and the devil would have had to go, yet He quoted the written Word of God three times.

This gives us great assurance that the written Word of God is sufficient for us. Jesus, in the face of the greatest temptations that Satan had to offer, did not need to say anything that was not already recorded in scripture.

It is likely that when Jesus returns to this earth and destroys His enemies, He will just speak the Word that has already been given in scripture. No wonder Satan tries to keep us from studying and knowing God’s Word. Even our good works will hurt us if they keep us from really knowing the scriptures.

God has given us this mighty weapon of His Word! When we speak the Word in faith, hell shakes. Satan and his minions have already experienced what the Word can do. They know its power. We need to know it, too.

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Topic: Get Out of the Familiar Terrain [TREM Devotional 26 January 2019]

“Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house unto the land I will shew thee”: Genesis 12:1 KJV

Country, kindred and father’s house are all familiar terrains. They are things that Abram was used to. When the Grace of God located him, he was commanded to come out of these familiar terrains. God wants you to get out of familiarity. You can’t move forward when you are always on familiar ways of doing things. ‘This is the way I know how to do it!’ In other words, you can close your eyes and still be able to do it. If that is where you are, you won’t be able to get to where you are going. God loves it when people stretch themselves into a new arena and new terrains. God loves it when you get out of the familiar.

Beloved, get out of that place where they have you figured out. Get out of what you used to know and what you are familiar with and try something new. Find out how best you can spice things up and get back the enthusiasm. Don’t fall into the routine mode: ‘That is how it is and so it will be!’ No!

One of the secrets of productivity and growth in anything is that you put yourself in a situation that will stretch your ability. You can’t know what a person can do until you stretch him.

God said to Gideon: “The Lord is with thee thou mighty man of valour” (Judges 6:12 KJV) And Gideon began to tell God how poor his family background was. A stronghold had been built into his mind that his family was poor. Not only was his family poor, even within the family background, he was the poorest. That is the foundation he had. A foundation of poverty where every member of the family was poor. And as for him, even the poor called him poor. These are some of the strongholds you must pull out of your head. But God came and stretched him. In spite of all he said to God, “…the Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel”(Judges 6:14 KJV).

Further Reading: Genesis 12:1-4, Judges 6: 11-16

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Exodus 14-15 / Evening- Matthew 17

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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: Righteous Among the Nations [Our Daily Bread 26 January 2019 Devotional]

Bible in a Year: Exodus 16–18; Matthew 18:1–20

For such a time as this. – Esther 4:14

Today’s Scripture & Insight: Esther 4:5-14

At Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Israel, my husband and I went to the Righteous Among the Nations garden that honors the men and women who risked their lives to save Jewish people during the Holocaust. While looking at the memorial, we met a group from the Netherlands. One woman was there to see her grandparents’ names listed on the large plaques. Intrigued, we asked about her family’s story.

Members of a resistance network, the woman’s grandparents Rev. Pieter and Adriana Müller took in a two-year-old Jewish boy and passed him off as the youngest of their eight children from 1943–1945.

Moved by the story, we asked, “Did the little boy survive?” An older gentleman in the group stepped forward and proclaimed, “I am that boy!”

The bravery of many to act on behalf of the Jewish people reminds me of Queen Esther. The queen may have thought she could escape King Xerxes’s decree to annihilate the Jews around 475 bc because she had concealed her ethnicity. However, she was convinced to act—even under the threat of death—when her cousin begged her to not remain silent about her Jewish heritage because she had been placed in her position “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14).

We may never be asked to make such a dramatic decision. However, we will likely face the choice to speak out against an injustice or remain silent; to provide assistance to someone in trouble or turn away. May God grant us courage.

Today’s Reflection
Are there those you need to speak up for? Ask God about the timing.

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This message was written By Lisa Samra [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

Topic: Living in the Reverential Fear of God [Seeds of Destiny 26 January 2019 Devotional]

Scripture: And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: Genesis 42:18

Thought For The Day: Reverence for God makes you a reference point on Earth.

It has been established that God distinguishes people who are dedicated to Him. Therefore, understanding dedication is key to being distinguished in life.

The question is, what is dedication? Dedication to God means living in the reverential fear of God.

Now, what does it mean to live in the referential fear of God?
It is living with Respect and Regard for God (Genesis 42:18)
Living in the reverential fear of God means living with respect and regard for God and His Laws. When you have reverential fear for God, you respect God and His Word; you do not disrespect God or His Word.

Sometime ago, there was someone who was kidnapped and while in the kidnapper’s den, the kidnappers told him, ‘Look at me; let me tell you. I do not fear God, how much more man?’ Beloved, the lack of reverential fear for God made the kidnapper to look and act like the devil. To live in the reverential fear of God means to respect and honour God. For example, allowing your phone call to interrupt your prayer life is a lack of reverential fear for God. That is, those who are not dedicated to God do not fear God, they answer phone calls, text messages and even chew gum while in church service.

The question is, can you chew gum or answer a call when you are before the president of your nation? Some people even drop waste materials in church instead of putting them in the waste basket. Their behaviour confirms that they do not regard or respect God. Beloved, to be dedicated to God is to live in the reverential fear of God, and reverence for God makes you a reference point on earth

Remember this: Reverence for God makes you a reference point on Earth.

Assignments:

1. Make reverence for God the guiding principle of your life.
2. Do not respect people at the expense of God.

Prayer: O Lord, help me to reverence You in all that I do in life in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: UNDERSTANDING DEDICATION (PART 6).

Daily Reading: Exodus 2:11 to 3:22, Matthew 17:10 to 27, Psalm 22:1 to 18, Proverbs 5:7 to 14.

Today In History: 26/01/1911 – Inventor Glenn H. Curtiss flew the first successful seaplane.

Amazing Fact: Our eyes are made up of over 2 million working parts.

Quote: Prayer is not effective until the matter of sin has been dealt with. Culled from PRINCIPLES AND POWER OF PRAYER by Dr Paul Enenche.

Don’t Forget To Attend: The Sunday service tomorrow by 9 am at the Glory Dome, the Lord’s Garden, Airport Road, Abuja. Come with your friends and loved ones

Also Read: Click HERE to read Other Inspirational Messages by Pastor Paul Enenche “

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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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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MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 26 January 2019 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – Unfeigned Love

TOPIC: Unfeigned Love (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 26 January 2019)

Bible In One Year: Exodus 14-15; Matthew 17

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 5:25-33

MEMORY VERSE: “Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently.” – 1 Peter 1:22

The MESSAGE:

In our reflections yesterday, we learnt that husbands and wives have individual roles to play to make their marriages successful and that if a marriage is unsuccessful, it is because one or both parties in the covenant relationship is not playing his or her role. We also established the fact that Ephesians 5:25 highlights the duties and responsibilities of the husband to the wife and Ephesians 5:22 reveals the duties of the wife to her husband. Ephesians 5:25 says, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it.” Dear husband, the ultimate purpose of God for marriage is that you become like Christ. Do you love your wife as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her? Let us examine the characteristics of Christ’s love for the church. Those should be your model for loving your wife.

First, Christ loved the church with unfeigned love. The word “unfeigned” means “not pretensive”, “without deception”, “honest”. The pure love without deception made Him to give His life for the church. Your love towards your wife should have this remarkable characteristic. It should be pure, honest and or without deception. Jesus was introduced as the Lamb of God that came to take away the sins of the world. Jesus did not turn away from the role that introduction bestowed on Him, neither did He dash the hope and expectation of saving mankind from sin. He went to the Cross and laid down His life so that we all might be saved from sin and eternal damnation. He gave His all to redeem us. You are required to love your wife in the same manner (so genuinely as to lay down your life for her)

As a Christian, you must be honest in your relationship with your spouse. Any marriage built on the foundation of dishonesty or deception will eventually collapse. That is one of the reasons marriages are failing today.

Relationships are built on trust, but dishonesty destroys trust. How true is your love towards your spouse? How honest are you in your dealings with your wife or husband? Do you divulge some items of information to her and keep some away from her? A man that says he loves his wife but keeps a concubine outside his matrimonial home is deceptive and God will not hold such a man guiltless for breaking the marriage covenant.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
HONESTY IS THE FIRST CHAPTER IN BOOK OF WISDOM.

PROPHETIC WORD:
The balm of Gilead will heal all wounds in your marriage.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. Let the unfeigned love of Christ dwell in me richly, in the name of Jesus.
2. Every spirit of deceit in my life, die, in the name of Jesus.
3. Every spirit of pretence and dishonesty in my life, die, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING

1. O Lord, let not the enemy manipulate my love towards you, in the name of Jesus.
2. O Lord, do not take away Your love from me, in the name of Jesus.
3. Let the love of Christ be made manifest in my life, in the name of Jesus.
4. Let the love of Christ be made manifest in the church of God, 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)

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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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Open Heaven 26 January 2019 Prayer Points on Today – Genuinely Related To Jesus?

Genuinely Related To Jesus?

1.I worship and adore You, Lord Jesus, because You are the way, the truth and the life.

2.Thank You, Father, for the salvation and redemption of my soul from eternal destruction, in hell fire.

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

4.Father, let Your fire consume every spirit of hypocrisy and deceit, in my life and in the body of Christ, in Jesus name.

5.Father, as Your minister and son, don’t let me ever dishonour or despise You and Your kingdom, in Jesus name.

6.Father, empower me to maintain a righteous and holy walk and relationship, with You, for the remaining days of my life, in Jesus name.

7.Father, release upon my life the grace to obey all Your commandments, in Jesus name.

8.Father, please, grant me the grace to do Your perfect Will in all things, in this crooked and perverse generation, in Jesus name.

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

10.Father, please, grant Your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the grace, strength and power to finish well and strong, 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 26 January 2019 Prayer Points on Today – Genuinely Related To Jesus?

Topic: The Little Counsel [DCLM Daily Manna 26 January 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Text: Proverbs 19:10-20 (KJV)

Key Verse: “Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end” (Proverbs 19:20).

MESSAGE:

These are indeed the last days. Unfortunately, many do not take into consideration things that matter for the future. The turn-table like life man lives presents him with no choice on earth than to have a share of almost every position or situation in life. However, obedience to God is the path to greatness.

Our text discusses different personalities and their reactions to circumstances as well as people surrounding them. We could envisage positions representing servitude, kingship, sonship, wife and motherhood as well as fatherhood. A man that is void of wisdom and grace is not fit to have a taste of heavenly goodies. It takes a king, one who is capable to be a ruler, to discern between friends and enemies as well as their rewards. It is only wise parents that would painstakingly train a child who in turn would become a man of prudence and diligence.

Tiny drops of water makes a mighty ocean, they say. Counsel in life is inevitable and right counsel is what we are encouraged in God’s word to receive. “…that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end”. To be successful in family, ministerial or secular engagements, we need wise counsel. Age is a function of number. Thus at any point in time, man should be open to counsel. Obedience will make us act wisely and profitably.

The teaching of the scripture emphasises wisdom in obedience to counsel (Proverbs 12:15). Foolishness is always the hallmark of people who refuse or reject wise instruction from their parents, leaders as well as God’s word (Proverbs 15:5).

Thought For The Day: Obedience to God is a pathway to life.

Bible Reading In One Year: Exodus 33-36

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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.

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