Topic: Clocks and Calendars [Our Daily Bread 3 Sunday June, 2018]

Read: Psalm 62, Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 19–20; John 13:21–38

Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Psalm 62:8

My father died at 58 years of age. Ever since then, I pause on the date he died to remember Dad and reflect on his influence in my life. When I realized I had lived more of life without my dad than with him, I began pondering the brevity of my own life.

On reflection, we may wrestle with both an event in time and the feelings it stirs within us. Though we measure time with clocks and calendars, we remember times because of events. In the moments of life that trigger our deepest emotions, we can experience joy, loss, blessing, pain, success, failure.

The Scriptures encourage us: “Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge” (Psalm 62:8). This confident statement did not occur in a time of ease. David wrote these words while surrounded by enemies (vv. 3–4). Still, he waited quietly before God (vv. 1, 5) reminding us that God’s unfailing love (v. 12) is greater than any of the times of struggle we may face.

In every event, we have this confidence: Our God stands with us, and He is more than adequate to carry us through all of life’s moments. When the times of life threaten to overwhelm us, His help will be right on time.

Prayer: We’re grateful that You are always and will always be faithful to us, Father.

Our God is ready to be with us in all the times of life.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Our Daily Bread Devotionals HERE”

This message was written By Bill Crowder [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

The post Our Daily Bread Devotional 3 June 2018 – Clocks and Calendars appeared first on Flatimes.

Topic: Fasting Drives Away Doubt [Andrew Wommack Sunday June 3, 2018]

Mark 9:29 “And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.”

Text: Mark 9:28-29

Prayer and fasting do not drive certain demons out. If the name of Jesus and faith in His name won’t do the job, then fasting and prayer won’t either. Jesus is saying that fasting and prayer are the only ways of casting out this type of unbelief.

An unbelief that comes as a result of ignorance can be done away with by receiving the truth of God’s Word (Rom. 10:17; 2 Pet. 1:4). However, the unbelief that hindered the disciples in this case was a “natural” type of unbelief. They had been taught all of their lives to believe what their five senses told them. They were simply dominated by this natural input more than by God’s supernatural input (God’s Word). The only way to overcome this unbelief that comes through our senses is to deny our senses through prayer and fasting.

Fasting accomplishes many things. One of the greatest benefits of fasting is that through denying the lusts of the flesh, the spirit man gains ascendancy. Fasting was always used as a means of seeking God to the exclusion of all else. Fasting does not cast out demons but rather, it casts out unbelief. Fasting is beneficial in every aspect of the Christian life – not only in the casting out of devils.

The real virtue of a fast is in humbling ourselves through self denial (Ps. 35:13; 69:10), and that can be accomplished through ways other than total abstinence. Partial fasts can be beneficial, as well as fasts of our time or pleasures. However, because appetite for food is one of man’s strongest drives, fasting from food seems to get the job done the quickest. Fasting should be a much more important part of our seeking God.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Andrew Wommack’s Daily Devotional HERE 

This message was written by The Association of Related Ministries International (ARMI) is an extension of Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWM). ARMI is a unique partnership committed to providing resources to help like-minded ministers succeed in a spirit of excellence and to draw from the experience and expertise of both the AWM and Charis Bible College staff. (www.awmi.net).

The post Andrew Wommack’s Devotional 3 June 2018 – Fasting Drives Away Doubt appeared first on Flatimes.

Topic: Being Rich [Billy Graham’s Devotional Sunday June 3, 2018]

Real life and real living are not related to how rich we are. — Luke 12:15 (TLB)

There are two ways of being rich—have a lot, or want very little. The latter way is the easier for most of us. Many people make themselves miserable by wanting more than they can ever have. They suffer from “thing-itis,” the insatiable desire for more, better, and newer things. Jesus was the most satisfied man that ever lived, and He had less than most of us. “The foxes have their holes, and the birds their nests, but the Son of man has no place to lay His head.” He had learned the secret of adjusting His wants to His needs.

E. Stanley Jones tells about a poor man who had an overnight guest, and as he showed him to his humble bedroom in the hayloft, he said, “If there is anything you want, let us know, and we’ll come and show you how to get along without it.” We don’t need to learn how to get more, but how to get along with what we’ve got, and get on with the business of living.

Prayer for the day: Father, You have given me so much more than I deserve. May I always show a grateful and contented heart.

“If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Billy Graham’s Daily Devotional HERE

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.

The post Billy Graham Devotional 3 June 2018 – Being Rich appeared first on Flatimes.

Topic: The Impact Of Awareness On Destiny [Seeds of Destiny Sunday June 3, 2018]

Scripture: For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Proverbs 23:7a

Thought For The Day: Awareness affects atmosphere and your atmosphere determines the attractions of your life.

Previously, we established that being aware of who you are and what you have is critical to becoming who you should be in life. This is one major impact of awareness on destiny.

Now, it is important to know another impact of awareness on one’s life: Awareness affects Atmosphere!

Awareness affects environment. Let me give you an example: when you come to the presence of a king or a rich man, you would perceive or smell royalty and opulence in the atmosphere. Similarly, when you come into the atmosphere of a poor man, you would perceive depression, gloominess, timidity and apology.

Beloved, awareness affects atmosphere and atmosphere determines attraction; what you think inside is what you become outside. You cannot have the mentality of a king and have the atmosphere or reality of a slave.

To change your atmosphere, there is a need to change your awareness. For example, you may not have a million dollar in your bank account physically but if you begin to think it, you can create the atmosphere and your results in life will begin to change. You do not need to have it in order to think it; you think it in order to have it. What goes on inside you affects what happens around you; the picture you have in your mind affects the picture of life you see around you. So, if you do not like things you see around you, begin to change what is going on inside you. When you are inferiority-minded, for instance, you attract inferior results, but when you are superiority-minded, you attract superior results.

The awareness of who you are affects what you eventually become. Therefore, it is important to know who you are. Always remember that you are a royal priesthood, a chosen generation, a peculiar person, the head and not the tail (1Peter 2:9, Deuteronomy 28:13). The awareness of this affects the way you do things.

Today, receive the capacity to enlarge your thought, imagination and thinking, in Jesus’ Name.

Remember this: Awareness produces atmosphere and your atmosphere determines the attractions of your life.

Assignments:
1. Refuse to think lower than what God says about you.
2. Attract the right atmosphere to your life by right thinking.

Prayer: O LORD, I receive the grace to think Your Thoughts about me. I attract the right atmosphere into my life by thinking the right kind of thoughts, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

For Further Understanding, Get This Message: Reigning By Awareness.

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 20:14 to21:22 Acts 1:1 to 26, Psalm 121:1 to 8, Proverbs 16:18

Amazing Fact: A lion’s roar can be heard from as far as 5 miles away.

Today In History: 03/06/1965 – Edward White became the first American astronaut to do a “spacewalk” when he left the Gemini 4 capsule

QUOTE: You cannot be knowledgeable and not be marketable. Culled from 10 PRINCIPAL SECRETS OF PRINCIPAL PEOPLE by Dr Paul Enenche.

“If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Seeds of Destiny 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

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.

The post Seeds of Destiny 3 June 2018 by Pastor Paul Enenche: The Impact Of Awareness On Destiny appeared first on Flatimes.

Topic: Bridled Tongue [DCLM Daily Manna Sunday June 3, 2018]

Text: James 3:1-18 (KJV)

Key Verse: “For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body” (James 3:2).

MESSAGE:

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power”, says Charles de Gaulle. “Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute”, notes a philosopher. Research findings have shown that one-fifth of our lives on earth is spent on talking.

James, in the text being considered, admonishes us about the tongue. He calls it an untamed, unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Man has tamed every kind of animal. Yet, the human tongue remains untamed. It may be used to bless or curse. That is why the apostle concluded that if anyone is able to bridle his/her tongue, he/she is a perfect person.

Though concealed in the mouth, the tongue is the most reliable reflection of the true nature of a person. The inability of the natural man to tame the tongue lies in the inextricable connection that exists between the tongue and the heart; “for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh” (Matthew 12:34). It shows clearly who we are and to whom we belong. We cannot claim to be true Christians if our words are sharp and critical; if men and women, including our spouses, are discouraged or cry in the secret because of our utterances. Neither can we claim to be true disciples of Christ if we spend our time gossiping and backbiting against others.

Naturally, man cannot effectively control his tongue and make it a blessing to people. But if you fully surrender your heart to God in total repentance, He will forgive and cleanse your sins, touch your heart as well as transform your tongue.

Thought For The Day: The tongue is tamed when the heart is transformed.

Bible Reading In One Year: Proverbs 1-3

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM Daily Manna HERE

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.

The post DCLM Daily Manna 3 June, 2018 by Pastor Kumuyi – Bridled Tongue appeared first on Flatimes.

Topic: The Enemy’s Stronghold [Open Heavens 3 June 2018, Sunday]

Memorise: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. – John 8:32

Read: John 8:42-47 (KJV)

42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

Bible in One Year: 1 Kings 14-15, Acts 5:1-21

MESSAGE:

Many people cannot identify the enemy’s stronghold, and that is why they remain under his bondage perpetually. It is unfortunate to observe that even many so-called “deliverance ministers” are victims of this ignorance too! This has rendered their efforts and zeal ineffective and has even made them victims of the enemy they claim to deliver people from.

What is the enemy’s stronghold? The answer is found in John 8:44:

“Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”

The story of how man fell in Genesis chapter 3 corroborates the reality that deception is the strongest chain with which the devil has held men down over the ages. Many times I wonder why those who are seemingly educated or enlightened are caught in the trap of the devil, but then I quickly remember my own days of ignorance. I remember an occasion where despite all the logic I had learnt from mathematics, I still went to a witchdoctor for protection, and he gave me a charm which eventually turned out to be a lie of the devil. I had two road accidents in one day with this charm hanging in a hidden part of the driver’s seat of my car. Thank God for saving me!

In Genesis 3:2-3, Eve told the old serpent, which is the devil, what God had said about the forbidden fruit in the middle of the garden, but the father of all lies said to her:

“Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” – Genesis 3:4b-5

This was the epitome of all lies, and the devil is still using this strategy to destroy people’s lives and send them to an eternity in hell. Beloved, which of the devil’s lies have you believed? Is it the lie that some books of the Bible, especially the espistles of Paul, were not originally written for you and so are not applicable to you? Is it the lie that tithes and first fruits are Old Testament ordinances and so should be ignored by New Testament worshippers? I pray for you, just as Jesus did, that you will embrace the truth in the infallible word of God today, and this will set you free (John 17:17). The great truth you need to embrace today is found in the words of 2 Timothy 3:16:

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”

Prayer Point: Father, please give me divine wisdom to always detect the lies of the devil so as to always escape his snares in Jesus’ Name.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click HERE to read Open Heavens 2nd June 2018 Saturday Daily Devotional – This Is My Story

Hymn 9: The Old Rugged Cross

1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suff’ring and shame;
And I love that old cross where the Dearest and Best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Chorus:
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it someday for a crown.

2. Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.

3. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.

4.To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me someday to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.

Open Heavens 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.

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.

The post Open Heavens 3rd June 2018 Sunday Daily Devotional – The Enemy’s Stronghold appeared first on Flatimes.