Ed Sheeran’s wedding chapel plans refused

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Ed Sheeran’s wedding chapel plans refused

The chart-topping musician was told the building – proposed for the grounds of his estate in Dennington, north of Ipswich – would be at odds with the character of the local area.

Refusing planning permission, Suffolk Coastal District Council said the design would “be in conflict with the prevailing landscape character, creating the impression of a second village church”.

 

Citing “unsatisfactory visual impacts”, the authority went on to say: “This would result in visual conflict with the character of the existing local landscape.”

Sheeran had hoped to tie the knot inside the round tower with his fiancée Cheery Seaborn. The pair announced they were engaged in January this year.

The 27-year-old’s planning permission application said the building was intended solely for use by its owner – and it would not be hired out.

The document also said: “It is every person’s right to be able to have a place of retreat for contemplation and prayer, for religious observance, celebration of key life and family milestones, marriages, christenings and so forth.”

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The Shape of You singer called in experts to check for great crested newts in his estate after the Suffolk Wildlife Trust said it was possible ponds within the boundaries “could be breeding sites for this species”.

Rejecting the plans, the Council also raised concern over the…

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Notable Voices and the Week in Review: June 30, 2018

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How to Put Financial Stress On Your Marriage Before You Even Say “I Do” — Art Rainer

Without question, these are exciting times for you and your fiancé. Each day, you seem to learn more and more about the one you are marrying. The conversations go deeper than before. You are no longer talking about “me” or “you.” You are talking about “us.” And while the conversations take many thrilling turns, the topic of money is often left out. Why ruin the mood? Unfortunately, the lack of financial communication before marriage can lead to financial stress during marriage. So let’s consider how you create a financially stressful marriage before you even say “I do.”

New Tax Law Could Cost Churches, Non-Profits a Billion Dollars — Facts & Trends

A new tax law could cost churches and other nonprofits a bundle. As in a billion dollars—just for offering free parking and other benefits to employees. Last year’s tax reform bill changed the law so for-profit businesses could no longer write off such benefits. Unfortunately, says Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), that change affects churches and other nonprofits.

9 Ways to Get Outside the Christian Bubble — Chuck Lawless

I’m convinced that many Christians don’t do much evangelism because they don’t really know many non-believers in the first place. They live inside the Christian bubble and wait for lost persons to come their way. The gospel, though, is about a God who came to a non-believing…

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Former WWE star ‘went home to be with Jesus’ after cancer battle, aged 38

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Former WWE star ‘went home to be with Jesus’ after cancer battle, aged 38

In an emotional message to supporters, Lindsey Cappotelli said her late husband was the person she “wanted to grow old with” but she knows “where he is now is so much better”.

She wrote: “Today, my love – my strong, sweet, beautiful love – took his last breath at 3:30am and went home to be with Jesus – exactly one year after his brain surgery.”

 

“I miss him so much. I know where he is now is so much better, but it doesn’t change how much I miss him.”

Matt, who appeared on the WWE Superstars show and won the third season of the WWE Tough Enough series, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumour after complaining of headaches and seizure-like symptoms last June.

The late professional wrestler, who was previously a member of the Western Michigan University football team, had previously needed cancer surgery eleven years ago.

 

Speaking to WWE.com at time – in April 2007 – he said: “God is in control, and I have complete faith in what he’s doing.

“There’s a scripture I read quite often that describes my situation; it says God’s strength is made perfect in my weakness, and I think this is a time where I’m at the darkest point of my life.”

A surgeon was able to removed 90 per cent of the glioblastoma when he underwent surgery on June 29th 2017.

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RCCG 21 Days Fasting and Prayer Points July 2018 [Second Lap]

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RCCG 21 Days Fasting and Prayer Points July 2018 [Second Lap]

PREAMBLE: Joel 2:23-25

“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for He hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm,”

We bless the Lord for the blessings of the Songs of Victory and the grace to b e a partaker of the just concluded 50 days fast. We are highly encouraged by the outcome of the testimonies.

The second phase of the fasting and prayer promises greater dimension of divine intervention. It is necessary due to the fact that the enemy of our soul is never tired. (I Peter 5:8). One of the promises of the Lord for us in Isaiah 60:20 is that the victory we have received this season shall be sustained in Jesus’ Name.

In our engagement in this spiritual warfare, this prayer guide is provided to lead you through the 21 days in the month of July. May the Lord revive us all in the midst of this year in RCCG world over in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

The following are some topical guidelines and prayer points that you will find helpful during this 21 days of divine involvement. May you be victorious as you ASK in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

DAY ONE: INTENSIVE PRAISE, WORSHIP AND THANKSGIVING TEXT: PSALM 124

If God had not been on our side for the past six months in this year ; we could have been thirsty with no water to drink. We could have desired to get warmed with no coverings available. We could have entered into trouble and found no one to help. We could have lifted our hands and found them withered. Opened our eyes and be totally blanked. Our mouths could have been opened with inability to voice a sentence. We could have traveled and landed in the Mortuary. Perhaps, we could have joined the congregation of the dead walking aimlessly on the streets of our towns and cities naked. We could have prepared the most delicious meal but lost appetite not because we don’t feel like eating but finding it difficult to eat. We could have been dead in our sins and landed in hell! Let’s appreciate God therefore with all seriousness.

  • Thank God for being on our side in RCCG throughout 2017 and for the past six months in this year 2018.
  • Worship God who has been keeping you since your exodus into this year 2018. Exo 12:14-21
  • Let us thank God for His mercy he has made available in sustaining us. Lam. 3:22-23
  • Thank God for not allowing the enemy to succeed over you.
  • Let us thank God for not allowing perpetual civil war to exist in the Nation where you are.
  • Thank God for what He has done for you and every individual in RCCG. Globally. Ps 138
  • Let us bless the name of our Lord Jesus Christ for the growth of Christianity in the Nations where Christianity had not been allowed before.
  • Let us bless the name of the Lord for the Church of God that is marching forward despite the threat of the insurgents across the globe.
  • Thank God for Daddy and Mummy G.O and for His mercy over them Exod. 33:19.
  • Thank God for calling and backing up Daddy and Mummy G.O in this Great Commission.
  • Let us thank God for His mercy on the family of Daddy G.O.
  • Let us thank God for divine health in the family of Daddy G.O
  • Let us bless the name of the Lord for His Hands of supports for Daddy G.O in the Mission generally.
  • Appreciate God for all the souls won to the Kingdom through the Holy Spirit in all the outreaches where Daddy G.O had ministered this year.
  • Thank God for providing for you and all yours.
  • Thank God for you are still alive to praise His Holy name in 2018
  • Bless the name of the Lord for His mercies over the life of every member RCCG globally.
  • Thank God for fulfilling His covenants made with our founder in our lives and in all our churches.
  • Thank God for making us part of a covenant to prepare a people for Himself that will propagate the gospel of Christ at this time.

DAY 2 PRAYER OF FORGIVENESS: Text: Jere. 31:34; LUKE 23:34, 1kings 13:1-6; Act 7:54-60, John 3:16
Example of complete forgiveness in the Bible: JOSEPH, Gen. 45:5-15; Gen 50:19-20, DAVID 1 Samuel 24:1-22, 2 Samuel 9:1-13.

  • Father!!! Please have mercy on me for not forgiving others and give me the heart of flesh to forgive in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! By your grace, I forgive totally all that have offended me; I released them from captivity of bitterness in my heart.
  • Father!!! By your Holy Spirit, touch the heart of those that I have offended to forgive and forget my offenses in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! I release all that have offended me now, please release every benefit and blessing that unforgiveness has delayed in my life, in Jesus name.
  • Fire of the Holy Ghost purge my heart of every unforgiveness in Jesus name.
  • Lord Jesus, by Your blood, released me from every family captivities resulting from inherited offenses.
  • Father!!! Everyone I need to forgive for my life to break through, please lead me to them now in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! Let every seed of unforgiveness in my life be consumed by fire in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! Please eradicate every form of bitterness from my heart in Jesus name.

DAY 3 PRAYER OF VICTORY FOR THE CHURCH: TEXT: JOHN 16:16-18, I JOHN 2:15-16; JAMES 4:4

  • LET US PRAY
  • Oh Lord!!! Cause Your Church to walk in victory every day of her life.
  • Lord, deliver your Church from worldliness in any form of its manifestation.
  • Holy Spirit, deliver your Church from anything that is diminishing her love for Christ.
  • Dear Lord, a worldly Church/Christian cannot shine for you, let worldliness become a stranger to your Church so that we can keep on shining for you all the days of our life.
  • LET’S JOIN OUR HANDS! Say Father! You are the owner of the Church, arise and defend Your Church world over.
  • Lord, break every link and cord between your Church and the world; help us to live a life of total separation from anything sinful.
  • Father, help us and deliver us from whatever would make us to love what is repulsive to You and hate what You love.
  • Father!!! Please double the grace upon RCCG in passion for souls, in soul winning (Evangelism), in prayers and living the life of holiness. I Timo. 5:17; Psa. 102:13
  • Father, please, because silver and gold belong to you, let the new auditorium (3kmx3km) in Nigeria and all the infrastructures being embarked upon in RCCG globally be completed by your own divine provision. And please Lord, use me also. Haggai.2:8
  • Lord, create in us the hunger and thirst to please God in all aspects.
  • Enlarge the coast of your Church, Release your victory upon your Church and let your Church manifest your Shekinah Glory.

DAY 4 PRAYER OF VICTORY FOR DADDY AND MUMMY G. O. Text: – Exodus 17:11-16, 1 Sam. 3:19, Deut. 34:7, Pro. 16:31, Ps. 91:16, James 1:12.

  • Pray for more physical strength for Daddy and Mummy G.O. even as their both ageing graciously. Let us pray that God will favour the family of Daddy GO with divine health and wisdom.
  • Let us pray that the hand of the Lord will be upon Daddy & Mummy G.O. in a greater, deeper, higher and wider dimensions in the fulfillment of the great commission.
  • Let us pray that every cloud of darkness that may be gathering around the ministerial assignment of Daddy and Mummy G.O be dispelled by the Sun of Righteousness.
  • Let us pray that the secrets of the enemies of Light pretending to be a friend be exposed without any further delay in Jesus Name. Amen.
  • Let us pray that God will surround Daddy G O’s family as mountains surround Jerusalem. Ps.125
  • Say Father!! Grant our Father-in-the-Lord & our Mother-in-Israel the required victories over internal and external enemies waging war against them and their families.
  • Pray that our spiritual parents will finish well and strong.
     

DAY 5: PRAYER OF VICTORY FOR RCCG LEADERS
Daniel 2:23, “I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.”

  • Thank God for the lives of all our leaders in RCCG at all levels in all Nations.
  • Let us thank God for the wisdom the Lord has granted our leaders in the running of the Church worldwide.
  • Ask God to be merciful unto us and our leaders in any area that we have sinned (Proverbs 28:13)
  • Father, let our Church Leaders always be examples of wisdom, victory and power of God. Grant them victory and power to speak God’s word with boldness.
  • The counsel of God concerning our leaders shall be established in Jesus name.
  • Lord, make our leaders useful vessels and let them walk in fear and reverence of the Lord.
    Be their refuge, strength and deliverer in Jesus name.
  • We counter every attempt by the enemy to shut the doors that the Lord has opened unto our leaders and RCCG worldwide.
  • God of Victory! Let every form of lukewarmness, coldness, spiritual apathy, spiritual dryness, be separated from our leaders in Jesus Name.
  • Father, give us both the utterance and audience anytime we approach your presence. Help us to pray and praise you fervently in the Spirit in Jesus name.

DAY 6 TOTAL VICTORY OVER FEAR: Text: Isaiah 41:10
Fear is the opposite of faith. It has been described as “false evidence appearing real”. Fear (of torment) is also distressing emotion arouse by threat of impending danger, pain or evil 1 John 4:18.

  • Father!!! we thanked you for the past and present victories over anxiety.
  • Father!!! Deliver every member in all RCCG Parishes globally body from the spirit of fear in Jesus Name.
  • Father!!! Wipe away every agent of fear from your Church in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! Increase our faith in you in Jesus Name.
  • Father!!! Restore back whatever we have lost to the devil through fear and anxiety in Jesus Name.
  • Father!!! Help us to start each day with you, and order my steps aright through fear in Jesus name.
  • As the Lord lives I shall not fall into bondage of fear again in the Name of Jesus.

DAY 7 VICTORY OVER SATANIC COVENANT; Text Isaiah 49:24-26, Isa 59:21; Jere31, 33, 34; Gal 3:15-18; Zech 9:11; Deut 29:1 and 14-15;
Any covenant made in the physical is as strong as the one made in the spiritual. An evil covenant is an agreement with Satan consciously and unconsciously made to get certain thing done on conditional terms.

  • Father!!! By the blood of Jesus, please recover for me all grounds given to Satan by my ancestors, in the name of Jesus.
  • Father!!! Arrest every spirit enforcing evil covenants in my life by Holy Ghost fire in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! Let everything that has been demonically transferred into me, either by words or through laying of hands, loose its hold right now in Jesus Name,
  • Father!!! Let every serpentine poison that has been passed into my life, get out now in Jesus name.
  • Lord of Host! Please, establish my victory over every form of satanic covenant that I subscribed to knowingly and unknowingly.
  • Father!!! Let your fire fall on every spirit of death and hell fashioned against my life in the name of Jesus.
  • Father!!! Let every serpentine spirit working against my destiny be consumed by Holy Ghost fire in the name of Jesus.
  • Father!!! Arise in your power and let the blood of Jesus break every evil covenant upon my life in the name of Jesus.

DAY 8 PRAYERS OF COMPREHENSIVE VICTORY/ RESTORATION; Text Joel 2:25-26
Restoration can be immediate, gradual or progressive.

  • Father!!! Thank you for being the great restorer.
  • Holy Spirit, please, reminds me of everything I need to restitute so as to trigger the release of my complete restoration this year in Jesus Name.
  • Father, destroy every destructive agent out of my life in Jesus Name.
  • Father!!! Replace our sorrow with joy, our ashes with beauty. Give us total restoration.
  • Lord of Hosts, arise and give us victory over every power causing destruction in our lives and in our Nations in Jesus Name.
  • Father, let every Failure at the edge of our breakthroughs and restoration be destroyed in Jesus name
  • Every saboteur of my victory and restoration, be disgraced, displaced and be destroyed in Jesus name
  • GOD OF VICTORY! By fire by force, grant me unlimited victories over illegal occupants in my promise land

DAY 9 PRAYER OF VICTORY FOR OUR NATIONS: II Chro. 7:14, Psalm 122:6

  • Let us plead for mercy on behalf of our NATIONS (Please, Mention the name of your own Nation) for atrocities and wickedness that had been committed and being committed.
  • Pray that the blood of Jesus will speak healing to our Nations. Exo. 12:13
  • Holy Spirit! Destroy every blood sucking demons who are hell bent and that are assigned to destroy our Nations in Jesus name.
  • Let us speak destruction against every evil altar raised and serviced constantly anywhere in our Nation to perpetuate human trafficking, rituals, suicide bombing, and all other forms of killings.
  • Let God arise in our Nations and let His entire enemy be scattered. Ps. 68:1-2
  • Oh Lord! Arise and recovered our Nations from spiritual and physical recession and from all forms of famine.
  • Lord, heal our land of all forms of hatred and wickedness and let the rain of love and righteousness begin to fall. 2 Kings 7:1-8
  • Oh Lord, in all our Nations, put an end to terrorism, kidnapping, hired killing, corruption, militancy, communal clashes, farmers and herdsmen clashes in the land. (Pray as it applies to your own Nation).

DAY 10 VICTORIES OVER GENERATIONAL SINS AND CURSES: Text: Rom. 5:15; Exo. 20, 34:5-7, Eze 18:19.

  • Father!!! Let every unknown soul tie influencing my life negatively, be consumed in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! I stand in the finished work of the cross to deliver my life from every effect of generational sin of my household in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! Deliver me from every evil pronouncement that is causing affliction in my family in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! By the fire of the Holy Ghost, every strongman perpetrating evil occurrence in my life and ministry let them be consumed in Jesus name.
  • Father!!! I stand in the blood of Jesus and revoke every legal ground that the enemies have possessed in Jesus name.
  • Holy Ghost fire!!! Release your demolishing bullets and dynamites on every curse and soul ties affliction in my life.
  • My Father, my Father! Let the blood of Jesus Christ displace and destroy every link between me and generational afflictions in Jesus Mighty name.

DAY 11 VICTORY OVER ENEMIES OF MIRACLES OF HARVEST, SIGNS AND WONDERS IN ALL RCCG
TEXT: Matt 8:16; John 4:34-38.

  • Pray that there shall be harvest of Souls Miracles, signs and wonders at every gathering ( Holy Ghost Service, Festival of life, Conventions, Workers’ Rally) all over the world.
  • Father, accelerate the speed at which the expected open doors for the harvest of souls in all Nations of the world would begin to manifest.
  • Any decree or policy to cause satanic road-block against the Gospel in any Nation will not stand this year.
  • Arise O Lord and save sinners, heal the sick, deliver the oppressed, set the captives free and destroy all yokes by the anointing Isa 10:27
  • Pray that the word of God will come with power and prick the heart of sinners around us unto repentance Act 2:37
  • Let us pray that God will deliver His people from all forms of spiritual death.
  • Let us come against the spirits of distractions that divert people attention away from eternal phenomena.
  • Say Father! Deal with every enemy of harvest, miracle, signs and wonders in your Church and our lives and give total victory over them all.

DAY 12 PRAYER OF VICTORY AGAINST SATANIC ALTARS: Text Number 22:6; 23:1-2.

  • Father!!! Let every satanic altar erected against your Church and Your People be demolished in Jesus name
  • We refuse to be a prisoner of any local altar, in the name of Jesus.
  • Oh Lord, we plead your blood, and we render every aggressive altar impotent, in the mighty name of Jesus.
  • Every evil altar erected against our Nations, be disgraced in the name of Jesus
  • We curse every local altar fashioned against us in the name of Jesus
  • Holy Ghost Fire! Destroy every satanic priest and their sponsors in our entire Churches world over.
  • We possess our possession stolen by any evil altar in the name of Jesus
  • Lord!!! Send your fire to destroy every evil altar fashioned against me, in the name of Jesus
  • We withdraw the names of our Nations from the lists placed on any evil altar, our names and those of our Nations can no more appear and be affected by any evil altar in Jesus Name.

DAY 13 PRAYER OF VICTORY OVER BARRENNESS. Text: Exodus 23:26; Ps. 1:28; 25:21.

  • Father, when you created us, you commanded fruitfulness, begin to fulfill your word in our life in Jesus Name.
  • Father!!!, let every seed of fruitfulness that you planted in our life begin to germinate in Jesus name
  • Father!!! Destroy every form of barrenness from our lives in Jesus Name.
  • Father!!! You put a smile on the face of Sarah, in all homes globally, visit your people with laughter this year in Jesus Name
  • Father!!! Whatever power that has placed an embargo on our being fruitful, today by your authority render them powerless.
  • Father!!! we reject all negative medical reports concerning fruitfulness In Jesus name
  • Father!!! You said no one will be barren in your house, by your power break every yoke of bareness in Jesus name
  • Father!!! In all aspects of our life, open our wombs and make us fruitful in Jesus Name.

DAY 14 PRAYER OF VICTORY THROUGH GOD’S HELP; Text: Exo.17:8-16; Ps.121:1-2; Rev.3:2; John 7:37; Ps. 23:1,6; 50:15; 20:1; 91:15; 46:1

  • Father!!! Don’t let Church loose Her focus of you
  • Father!!! We lift up our eyes unto you, don’t let us be put to shame
  • O Lords!!! Rescue your Church from people who are liars and deceptive.
  • Father!!! Hold us with your victorious right hand and strengthen us.
  • Holy Ghost!!! Scatter in pieces with your sharp arrows and burn the deceptive tongue with your glowing coal of fire
  • Almighty God, make your Church a new threshing instruments with many sharp teeth to tear apart every enemy on Her way.
  • Father!!! Let every blockage to our helpers be removed in Jesus name
  • Father!!! Please don’t let your glory depart from from us in Jesus name.
  • Father! Don’t let me lose my focus of you in all my undertakings
  • Father! Let every insolent and violent gang that rise against my favour fall into their trap and the evil of their hands.

DAY 15 PRAYER OF VICTORY FOR DIVINE ATTENTION; Text: John 11:17-44; Mark 10:46-52;

  • Father!!! Thank you God for redeeming my life from darkness into your marvelous light.
  • Thank you lord for your mercies shown to me despite the rotten past life I have lived.
  • Father!!! Let your heavenly bulldozer pull down every physical or spiritual barrier blocking my heavens from opening.
  • Father!!! Cut away every inherited cord of failure, disgrace shame, poverty, debt, and wretchedness in Jesus name.
  • Who art thou mountain of sickness, failure, fruitless ventures and satanic strongholds blocking my heavens? I command you begin to melt now in Jesus name.
  • Make me whole from every infirmity.
  • Father! Grant me this season from Heavenly Throne both what money can afford and what money cannot buy.
  • Holy Ghost! Where my strength ended, please, arise and let Your Host fight my battles for me.
  • Father! Before this season of fast expire, specially attend to my case …

Please bear with us, more prayer points are coming.

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Senators raise case of jailed pastor Andrew Brunson with Turkey’s president

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Senators raise case of jailed pastor Andrew Brunson with Turkey’s president

Lindsey Graham and Jeanna Shaheen said Recep Tayyip Erdogan and “receptive” during their “candid” meeting on Friday – which also discussed the sale of fighter jets.

Mr Graham, the Republican representative for South Carolina wrote on Twitter: “Very good, respectful, and candid meeting with President Erdogan.

 

“We have real differences, but far more in common. Turkey needs to be a strategic partner for the US in a win-win fashion.

“We spoke candidly about Pastor Brunson and other friction points, including the purchase of Russian made S-400s and American made F-35s.

“However, when it comes to the US-Turkey relationship, failure is not an option.”

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Andrew Brunson (pictured above with his wife, Norine), who had been living in Turkey for more than 20 years prior ro his arrest in October 2016, is currently on trial after being charged with “membership in an armed terrorist organization.”

The 50-year-old leader of Izmir Dirilis (Resurrection) Church – a small evangelical Presbyterian congregation in the city of Izmir – faces up to 35 years in prison.

Democrat representative for New Hampshire, Jeanne Shaheen wrote on Twitter : “I’m in Turkey to help build a constructive dialogue with President Erdogan on the cases of Americans wrongfully arrested and other issues of mutual concern.

Joyce Meyer’s Daily 30 June 2018 Devotional — Let Your Mess Become Your Message

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Joyce Meyer’s Daily 30 June 2018 Devotional — Let Your Mess Become Your Message

Topic: Let Your Mess Become Your Message [Joyce Meyer‘s Devotional Saturday June 30, 2018]

Therefore do not be foolish and thoughtless, but understand and firmly grasp what the will of the Lord is. — Ephesians 5:17

I encourage people to let go of their past, but never to run from it. The only way to gain victory over the pain of our past is to let God walk us back through that doorway of pain and into victory. No one can achieve victory for us; we have to work out our own salvation. Paul explained this truth in his letter to the Philippian church, saying:

“Therefore, my dear ones . . . work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the name of Christ). [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight. (Philippians 2:12-13 AMPC.)

We have to let God take us through things and let Him work in us so our mess becomes our message. Difficult things that we have endured in our past prepare us for God’s blessings in our future.

Prayer Starter: Father, You are the only One Who can take what I’ve been through and work it out for my good. Help me to continually draw closer to You and deal with the painful areas of my life that You want to heal. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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From Joyce Meyer’s Ministries.

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MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional Saturday, 30 June 2018 – Marriage Or Mirage

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TOPIC: Marriage Or Mirage (Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries Saturday, 30 June 2018)

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Genesis 2:21-25

MEMORY VERSE: “What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.” – Mark 10:9

The MESSAGE:

Marriage is the legal relationship between a man and a woman as husband and wife. Marriage is part of the culture of the entire human race. It is an institution established by God (Genesis 2;18). Every culture expects much from marriage; they have customs that are well laid down to be followed. These customs which are meticulously followed are introduced to give the home a stable foundation to overcome challenges during marriage.

However, the rate of divorce in the world today is an indication that marriage has not achieved the purpose for which it was designed. Suffice it to say that the society at large, the church and even the Almighty God expect much from marriage. Today, most marriages are a mirage of the original plan of God.

In the book of the beginning (Genesis), God Himself instituted marriage in the Garden of Eden. The intention of God is that two believers have to come together in holy matrimony. That is, mature male and female who have agreed to live together for life according to biblical principles. They do not intend that the marriage should fail or lead to divorce except in a situation involving the death of one of the parties. They are also ready to contract their marriage in accordance with the legal demands, that is; the marriage ordinance.

Today, we do not see marriages as ordained by God instead we see mirages everywhere. Man has devised his own twisted forms of marriage, hence we have mirages and not marriages. If your marriage is experiencing a defect then return to the manufacturer (GOD) who will tell you where the missing links lie. Make up your mind to repair the broken bridges then pray for correction marriage. There is a second chance to make it right.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
In marriage, both must be blind and dumb to satanic whispers.

PROPHETIC WORD:
Your marriage shall be paradise on earth.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING
1. Holy Ghost, visit my marriage and repair it, in the name of Jesus.
2. Termites destroying my marriage, catch fire, in the name of Jesus.
3. My marriage shall not be a mirage, in the name of Jesus.

EVENING
4. Strangers in my marriage, your time is up, scatter by fire, in the name of Jesus.
5. Powers saying I will not enjoy my marriage, die, in the name of Jesus.
6. Strong man of my father’s house assigned against my marriage, die, in the name of Jesus.
7. Holy Ghost, I surrender my marriage to You, mend it, 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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Teens Open Heavens 30 June 2018 – Courtesy

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Teens Open Heavens 30 June 2018 – Courtesy

Topic: Courtesy [Teens Open Heavens 30, June 2018]

Memorise: But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be children of the highest: for He is kind unto the unthankful and the evil. Luke 6:35

Read: Romans 15:1-5 (KJV)

1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.

4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:

Bible In One Year: Job 19-20, Acts 9:23-43

MESSAGE:

In life, people judge other people based on what they perceive of them. Nobody really asks you to tell them about yourself. They just believe that you are who they perceive you to be based on your actions and words. That is why it is important that you carry yourself in a courteous manner. You never can tell who is watching you and what conclusions they will draw from your character. Always say words like ‘Thank you’, ‘Please’, Sorry’, as these go a long way in establishing you as a good child. Greet your elders when you see them, avoid using foul language, be kind to others, help elderly people when you can see that they need your help.

Even God conducts Himself with courtesy, for example, in Revelations 3:20, He says that He knocks at the door of our hearts, rather than just barging in. In John 5:1-15, He asked the man at the pool of Bethesda if he wanted to be healed rather than just laying hands on him without permission. As a child of God, you must emulate your Father by exhibiting courtesy in everything you do.

Prayer Point: Lord Jesus Christ, please help me to be courteous to everyone around me from today.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Teen Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye’’

Hymn 13
1. Is your life a channel of blessing?
Is the love of God flowing through you?
Are you telling the lost of the Savior?
Are you ready His service to do?

Chorus:
Make me a channel of blessing today,
Make me a channel of blessing, I pray;
My life possessing, my service blessing,
Make me a channel of blessing today.

2. Is your life a channel of blessing?
Are you burdened for those that are lost?
Have you urged upon those who are straying
The Savior who died on the cross?

3. Is your life a channel of blessing?
Is it a daily telling for Him?
Have you spoken the word of salvation
To those who are dying in sin?

4. We cannot be channels of blessing
If our lives are not free from known sin;
We will barriers be and a hindrance
To those we are trying to win.

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.

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David Ibiyeomie: The Reward Of Expectation

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David Ibiyeomie: The Reward Of Expectation

Topic: The Reward Of Expectation

Prov. 24:13-14 – My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

Your expectation is God’s wisdom for determining the level of your success. Your expectation is the honey of life. It is your mental scriptural picture of your desire. Without your expectation, there cannot be any manifestation of what you want. Your expectation is what sets the pace for your possession; it is what sets the pace for your distinction; it sets the pace for your destination. In the journey of life, it is what you expect that you experience. It is your expectation that brings about your position in the world.

It is not enough to fast and pray. If God must intervene, then, your expectation must be in line with the word of God. Expectation is a confident belief or strong hope that a particular event will happen. A man without expectation is like someone playing football without a goalpost.

Prov. 10:24b – …: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

There is power in expectation

Mark 11:24 – Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

According to the above scripture, there has to be an expectation first before praying; that is why many pray without getting results because there was no expectation before the prayers.

So, what are you expecting??? If you expect nothing, you will get nothing irrespective of how you pray. Therefore, realign your focus first to have an expectation.

In Acts 3:1-10, Peter and John met a man at the beautiful gate. Before they ministered to him, they told him “Look on us”, meaning ‘expect something from us’.

Acts 3:5 – And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

Before they prayed for a miracle, they turned his focus to have an expectation. When his expectation became high, the miracle he received was more than what he was expecting, confirming Eph. 3:20 which says –

To him who by means of his power working in us is able to do so much more than we can ever ask for, or even think of: (GNT)

God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! … (MSG)

At that point, there was an expectation and it became easy for a miracle to be born. Without an expectation, prayer is useless. Every time you want your prayers to produce, there has to be an expectation first. When you want to pray, have an expectation and your situation will change in the name of Jesus! When your expectations are high, you commit God to perform. Whatever you are expecting this season, God will grant it to you in the name of Jesus Christ!

Lack of expectation is the reason for man’s frustration. Only the hopeful have access to the help of God. To be hopeless is to be helpless; so have great expectation. When you pray without expectation, even when God brings the answer, you will not know just like in Acts 12:12-15. The church prayed for Peter’s release but were not expectant. They almost missed their reward because of lack of expectation. What you don’t expect, you are not likely to experience. So, if you want to see results, have an expectation.

Psalm 62:5 – My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

When you expect from God, you receive from Him and God will give you the desires of your heart today in Jesus name!

What are you expecting now? If you have no expectation before, it is time to readjust your mind. As you pray concerning that your expectation, my God answer you now in accordance to His word in Jesus name!

God bless you.

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TREM Devotional 30 June 2018 by Dr. Mike Okonkwo – Be Bold

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TREM Devotional 30 June 2018 by Dr. Mike Okonkwo – Be Bold

Topic: Be Bold [TREM Devotional Saturday June 30, 2018]

“And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.” Mark 11:14

Yesterday, we looked at the power in your words as a believer but let us take it further and look at the whole story.

Jesus had walked past a fig tree and expected to find fruits on it and found none. Jesus could have looked at it and walked away; or just sighed and could have grumbled to His disciples about the fruitlessness of the tree. Unlike many believers today, who rather than confront the issues, they would turn to others to complain and murmur; Jesus confronted the issue and not only confronted the issue, He made His declaration to the hearing of everyone. Do you know why? It was simply because He believed in His own words and was bold to declare it.

How bold are you? Don’t let the enemy cower you and intimidate you. Jesus spoke to the hearing of everyone because He knew that His word cannot fall to the ground. What do you know? How confident are you? Your boldness and confidence can only come when you know God. Dan. 11:32b says “… they that know their God shall be strong and do exploits”. Your strength comes from what you know.

Don’t sit on the fence and be a Sunday-Sunday Christian – you read your Bible only on Sunday, you pray only on Sunday and you expect the power of God to flow through you. No, it does not happen that way. Make a very conscious effort to know God. You know only when you follow on to know.

Get to know God. Build a relationship with Him and then declare on the authority of His Word and Heaven will back you up.

Further Reading: Mark 11:12-24

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Job 17-19; Evening- Acts 10:1-23

“If you missed yesterday devotional click HERE to read TREM Daily Devotional by Dr. Mike Okonkwo’’

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.

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