TREM Devotional 26 June 2018 by Dr. Mike Okonkwo – Night Comes Before Day

Topic: Night Comes Before Day [TREM Devotional Tuesday June 26, 2018]

“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.” Genesis 1:5

Many times, we get frustrated because things are not going as planned. Many believers turn around, look at the situation and abort their miracles by their words. They sit back and say the Word is not working; not because the Word lacks the power to accomplish, but because the people have not understood the process of God.

In our scripture today, we see God turn the order of things around. Normally morning comes before evening. So, you would have expected God to say “morning and evening were the ….” But not God. God knows the end from the beginning, and without making errors said: “evening and morning were the first day” and repeated Himself all through the 6 days of creation to show that it was not in error.

Beloved, what appears like a night season today is just before the break of dawn. Don’t give up and don’t give in. Don’t let the devil have the last laugh. Hold on to your profession. Say it over and over to yourself. Refuse to look at the negatives. Tell yourself that God will come through.

The truth is that the darkest part of the night is just before the break of dawn. What situation are you going through today? How dark does the night look? Don’t give up; like Jesus who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, you also should focus on the dream that you have. Focus on the testimony ahead. Be convinced that it will come to pass. Don’t waiver, stand firm and see God come through for you.

He has done it before. Remind yourself of the several times God has come through for you and then tell yourself that the God that did it before will do it again. If you don’t have a testimony of your own, take one from the Word, personalize it and it will come to pass.

Further Reading: Genesis 1: 5-31

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Job 5-7; Evening- Acts 8:1-25

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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.

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Seeds of Destiny 26 June 2018 by Pastor Paul Enenche

Topic: What To Account For On The Judgement Day [Seeds of Destiny Tuesday June 26, 2018]

Scripture: For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 2 Corinthian 5:10

Thought For The Day: Everyone will stand before God to account for his life on earth.

Our anchor Scripture makes it clear that everyone will stand before God one day to give account of his life and work on earth. A day is coming where we shall all be judged according to what we did on earth. It is an inescapable judgement.

Now it is important to know what we shall account for in order to order our lives correctly. What will you account for on the last day?

1. Your relationship with your Maker
You will account for the quality or bankruptcy of your relationship with your Creator on that day.

2. What you did with your time and resources
What you did with your time and your resources shall be accounted for.

3. Your relationship with your fellow human beings
The quality or bankruptcy of your relationship with people shall be accounted for.

4. Your life’s assignment and public service
How you carried out your life’s assignment and your disposition in public service would be accounted for.

5. How you lived your life generally
Both the things you know about yourself and the things no one knows about you will come under judgment when you appear before God.

Beloved, there are many people who have wasted their lives on earth and are already in eternity in hell. They are wishing to be given a second chance to amend their ways but it is already too late. You may claim not to have time for God yet you have time for night club and disco parties; God is watching you.

Beloved, God will bring your success under judgement; did you falsify receipt to make money or trampled on someone to go up in life? Are you fraudulent or corrupt? Can you justify every penny that you earned?

My counsel is, adjust your life today in order not to regret tomorrow. Everyone will stand before God to account for his life on earth.

Remember this: Everyone will stand before God to for account his life on earth.

Assignments:
1. Always live in the consciousness of eternity.
2. Ensure to live the best of life in order to please God

Prayer: Help me Lord, to live the best of my life on earth. Help to exist in the consciousness of serving You with fear and reverence Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE INEVITABLE APPOINTMENT AND THE INESCAPABLE JUDGEMENT.

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Kings 9:14 to 10:31, Acts 17:1 to 34, Psalm 144:1 to 15, Proverbs 17:27 to 28

Amazing Fact: Bats always turn left when leaving a cave.

Today In History: 26/06/1819 – The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr.

Quote: How you live on earth determines where you will end in eternity. Culled from 15 KINGDOM STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL by Dr Paul Enenche.

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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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Our Daily Bread Devotional 26 June 2018 – Set Free

Topic: Set Free [Our Daily Bread 26 Tuesday June, 2018]

Read: Romans 8:1–2, 15–17, Bible in a Year: Job 5–7; Acts 8:1–25

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1

When I was a boy in the village, something about chickens fascinated me. Whenever I caught one, I held it down for a few moments and then gently released it. Thinking I was still holding it, the chicken remained down; even though it was free to dash away, it felt trapped.

When we put our faith in Jesus, He graciously delivers us from sin and the hold that Satan had on us. However, because it may take time to change our sinful habits and behavior, Satan can make us feel trapped. But God’s Spirit has set us free; He doesn’t enslave us. Paul told the Romans, “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:1–2).

Through our Bible reading, prayer, and the power of the Holy Spirit, God works in us to cleanse us and to help us live for Him. The Bible encourages us to be confident in our walk with Jesus without feeling as if we are not set free.

Jesus said, “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). May the freedom we have in Christ spur us on to love Him and serve Him.

Prayer: Lord, forgive me for sometimes revisiting my past and forgetting that You have washed away my sins. Thank You for taking my burden and setting me free to enjoy living for You.

My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. Charles Wesley

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This message was written By Lawrence Darmani [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

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Andrew Wommack Devotional 26 June 2018 – Jesus Found Him

Topic: Jesus Found Him [Andrew Wommack Tuesday June 26, 2018]

John 9:35 “Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?”

It is one thing to seek God; it is quite another thing to have God seek you. Jesus sought this man out when others had forsaken him. The acceptance of Jesus is worth more than everything this world has to offer This is what enables the believer to endure and even leap for joy amidst persecution.

When our sufferings in Christ abound, then the consolation of Christ abounds much more. Notice that this man’s parents, who knew the truth, but refused to share it for fear of persecution, did not have Jesus seeking them out (Jn. 9:22). They chose the company of the hypocritical scribes and Pharisees, which is exactly what they got.

Even though the believer is redeemed and delivered from many afflictions that were a result of sin and its power, we are still called to partake in what the scriptures call the “sufferings or afflictions of Christ” (2 Cor. 1:5; Col. 1:24). However, these afflictions are not sickness and poverty as some religious teachings suggest. These afflictions are described as the “fellowship of sufferings” that the believer will encounter for doing the will of God, or the sufferings brought on by one’s allegiance to Christ.

Persecution for righteousness’ sake is not something that we can rebuke (2 Tim. 3:12). We must remember that as we live godly lives, suffering will follow. The Apostle Peter reminds us that these trials of our faith will result in praise, honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 1:7). Jesus’ comfort, strength, help, and love are ready to “overflow” into every “trial” that we face if we will only look to Him (Heb. 12:2).

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Billy Graham Devotional 26 June 2018 – Energy Under Control

Topic: Energy Under Control [Billy Graham’s Devotional Tuesday June 26, 2018]

You are controlled by your new nature if you have the Spirit of God living in you . . . — Romans 8:9 (TLB)

A harnessed horse contributes much more to life than a wild donkey. Energy out of control is dangerous; energy under control is powerful. God does not discipline us to subdue us, but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness. In His wisdom He knows that an uncontrolled life is an unhappy life, so He puts reins on our wayward souls that they may be directed into the “paths of righteousness.” That is what God seeks to do with us; to tame us, to bring us under proper control, to redirect our energies. He does in the spiritual realm what science does in the physical realm. Science takes a Niagara River with its violent turbulence and transforms it into electrical energy to illuminate a million homes and to turn the productive wheels of industry.

Prayer for the day: Direct all my energy, Father, so that I may be a blessing to others.

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Written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association(BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same.

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86 Killed in Clashes Between Muslim Fulani Herdsmen & Christian Farmers – Urban Christian News

At least 86 people were killed June 23 in Nigeria’s Plateau State in clashes reportedly between Muslim Fulani herdsmen and Christian farmers, Plateau police said.

Six others were injured and 50 homes were destroyed, Plateau Police Commissioner Undie Adie confirmed the following day, although it was not clear how many of the dead were farmers. The weekend violence capped three days of attacks on Christian farmers in Plateau villages, police told the Guardian, and is the latest in an ages-old feud for land rights.

Hundreds of miles south in Oyo State, Fulani herdsmen continue to occupy land they’ve taken from farmers in at least 10 government areas, Southern Baptist Nigerian advocate Adeniyi Ojutiku told Baptist Press. Nomadic herdsmen have taken land by various means, Ojutiku said, either posing as settlers, attacking and terrorizing native landowners, initiating faulty land deals, or attacking farmers who refuse to accept purchase offers.

‘Following the forceful and insidious land grab, the Fulani become mixed settlers of farmers and herders, growing staple food commodities for market and grazing surrounding lands,’ said Ojutiku, who operates the Lift Up Now grassroots outreach to Nigeria from Raleigh, N.C.

‘The Fulani send in their cattle to graze the farms of non-Fulani that stubbornly refuse to vacate their land,’ he said, ‘in order to frustrate their farming operations and detach them from their means of livelihood.’ Fulani typically rape women displaced and widowed by the violence, Ojutiku said.

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Philippine President Duterte Blasphemes God in Rant About Adam and Eve’s Original Sin – Urban Christian News

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has a history of making highly provocative remarks against his country’s Catholic priests and the Christian faith, recently made offensive remarks, condemning God for Adam and Eve’s original sin.

“Who is this stupid God?” Duterte asked on Friday at the end of his speech at the opening of the 2018 National ICT Summit in Davao City.

“This son of a whore must really be stupid. You created some — something perfect and then you think of an event that would tempt and destroy the quality of your work,” Duterte continued, as translated by Manila Standard on Sunday.

“How — how can you rationalize a God?” he asked.

Reflecting further on the concept of original sin, which Adam and Eve committed, going against God’s command and being expelled from the Garden of Eden, he said: “I cannot accept that. Very stupid proposition. What sin? Original sin and then they will baptize you. Your head will even be washed with [holy] water. And you’ll even believe that priest,” he said, also criticizing the practice of infant baptisms.

As he has in the past, Duterte said that he believes in a “universal mind,” but not in conventional representations of God.

“I really believe there’s a … I have this faith and abiding thing about … But religion? Why believe in that?” he asked.

He further suggested that “God is lonely” as there is “no woman beside him.”

Duterte has been caught in an ongoing war of words with the country’s Catholic priests, who have strongly criticized the executions his administration is carrying out…

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America a Christian Nation; Secularists, Humanists, Atheists, Infidels Pervert Constitution

(Screenshot: http://www.firstdallas.org)Pastor Robert Jeffress preaching on America being founded as a Christian nation before his congregation at First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas on Sunday, June 24, 2018.

First Baptist Church of Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress has preached a sermon arguing that the United States of America was founded with the intentions of being a Christian nation.

At a sermon preached Sunday morning at FBC Dallas, Jeffress declared that “America was founded as a Christian nation,” with his large congregation cheering and applauding in response.

“America was founded predominantly, not exclusively, but predominantly by Christians, who wanted to build this foundation of Christian nation on the foundation of God’s will,” said Jeffress.

“Furthermore, these men believed that the future success of our country depended upon our fidelity to the Christian beliefs … Our future success depends on our country being faithful to those eternal truths.”

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Megachurch Pastor Chris Sonksen Says People Should ‘Quit Church’

(Photo: Facebook)Pastor Christ Sonksen, is author of “Quit Church” and senior pastor at South Hills Church in Southern California.

Pastor Chris Sonksen of the multi-campus South Hills Church in Southern California wants you to “quit church,” but not in the way you might think.

In his recently released book, Quit Church: Because Your Life Would Be Better If You Did, Sonksen is urging Christians to quit their laissez-faire attitude toward their commitment to church and the things of God that has been resulting in declining church attendance over the last few decades.

“At a time when church attendance is shrinking in America, I, a pastor, am encouraging people to quit church. Why? The answer is birthed out of conversations and research I’ve been a part of over the last several years,” Sonksen explained in an excerpt from the book published by Fox News.

Drawing on his years of experience training pastors and church leaders from around the country through his leadership platform, ChurchBOOM, Sonksen argues that quitting casual church attendance and commitment to the things of God could help revolutionize the church.

“Casual attendance and the belief that others will serve, give and share the Gospel are tearing down churches across our country brick by brick. As believers,…

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Albert Mohler Voices Concern over LGBT Christian Conference

Albert Mohler Voices Concern over LGBT Christian Conference



Albert Mohler, Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, says he is “concerned” about a July conference that will discuss LGBT Christians.


In an episode of “The Briefing” podcast released last week, Mohler said the event, called the Revoice Conference, seems to accept that sexual identity is “a defining issue that isn’t changed by the Gospel and isn’t transformed by sanctification.”


“I did not say that coming to saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ results in any kind of immediate transformation of sexual desire,” he said.


The conference is schedule for July 26-July 28 at Memorial Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri.


Revoice says the mission of the conference is to discuss “supporting, encouraging, and empowering gay, lesbian, same-sex-attracted, and other LGBT Christians so they can flourish while observing the historic, Christian doctrine of marriage and sexuality.”


But Mohler says Revoice is implying that LGBT identity “has something morally and theologically positive and profitable to add to Christianity.”


Mohler isn’t the only one criticizing the Revoice conference. Stephen Black, executive director of First Stone Ministries, said the conference is trying “to manipulate the Church to embrace LGBT+ people as a victimized minority group instead of a group of Christians only.”


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