Topic: Being Distinct – A Pathway To Destiny [Seeds of Destiny Thursday May 24, 2018]

Scripture: “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee,”and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” – Jeremiah 1:5

Thought For The Day: You cannot be your best until you be yourself.

Distinction means being different in nature or quality; it is the peculiarity or uniqueness of a person when compared to others.

It is important to know that to be distinct is to be a potential candidate for destiny fulfilment. You cannot be your best until you be yourself. To flow with the crowd is to be lost in the crowd. Many people have been rendered useless because of the attempt to be like others. So,”they follow the popular trend of the world per time; they live the sinful life of compromise because of the struggle to be like someone else. You can never become who God wants you to be as long as you keep struggling to be like who or what other people are.

To fulfil destiny, you must be distinct. Desire to become the person God wants you to be; be a positive role model, a pacesetter, a front-liner, a history maker and a road pointer.

Refuse to surrender your life to generational influence or societal perversion; it does not matter who does not like what you do, just go on doing it in your own unique way so long as it is the right thing. As long as it is the right thing, you owe nobody no apology for doing it. You do not need anybody’s approval to follow the right path.

Beloved, make up your mind to be different; do not let another person’s negative influence ruin your life.

Remember this”: You cannot be your best until you be yourself.

Assignments:
1. Understand your uniqueness and peculiarity.
2. Decide to do what is right even if others are not doing it.

Prayer: O Lord,”I ask that You help me not to follow and be lost in the crowd. Show me the uniqueness of my life and help me to fulfil it even if it looks unfamiliar to people, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE”: DESTINY CAPSULES (PART 5).

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 4:1 to 6:23,”John 13″:31 to 14:14,”Psalm 119″:17 to 32,”Proverbs 15″:31 to 32

Amazing Fact: The world’s longest lasting light bulb,”the Centennial light in California, has reportedly been burning since 1901, with a few interruptions during power failures.

Today In History: 24/05/1738 – The Methodist Church is established.

Quote: You will not be rewarded by how similar you are; you will be rewarded by how unique you are as a person. Culled from 30 SECRETS TO THE TOP 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.

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Topic: Beware Of Profanity [DCLM Daily Manna Thursday May 24, 2018]

Text: 1 Corinthians 11:17-22 (KJV)

Key Verse: “What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not” (1 Corinthians 11:22).

MESSAGE:

In this passage, Apostle Paul offers a glimpse into how the early Church celebrated the Lord’s Supper. He expressed concerns also about unbecoming manners in the Corinthian church on how they observed ordinance. Finally, he lamented the absence of unity and solemnity in their midst. He could not commend them.

Hundreds of years earlier, God had also spoken through Prophet Hosea about the lacklustre worship the nation of Israel gave Him, despite all the good He had done to them. God is not interested only in our large assemblies; more than that, He is eager to know the content and quality of our worship. To be precise, He calls for a celebration of holiness when we gather to adore His holy name.

When our religious meetings are characterised by sinful traits, then we are not different from the world. The world exhibits carnality, division and promiscuity at its convocations. But believers are called out of the world to display a higher level of spiritual comportment that befits holy gathering unto the Lord.

Believers should ensure solemnity in their gatherings such as wedding, naming and burial ceremonies, as God would not brook any blemish. When we come together in the name of the Lord, we should conduct ourselves in a way that will promote unity among brethren and grateful spirit unto the Lord.

Thought For The Day: Let all things be done decently and in order.

Bible Reading in One Year: Psalm 108-110

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.

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Topic: Observing The Times & Seasons? [Open Heavens 24th May 2018, Thursday]

Memorise: Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. – Matthew 24:42

Read: 2 Timothy 3:1-9 (KJV)

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

Bible in One Year: 2 Samuel 23-24, 1 John 4

MESSAGE:

In the realm of the spirit, being watchful means being alert to the current needs of the Christian race and being prepared for future happenings that will impact your eternal destination. The most prominent of all future events predicted in the Bible is the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, which will precede the eventual end of the world. In Matthew chapter 24, Jesus responded with a detailed explanation of the events that will signal His impending arrival. In today’s Bible reading, children of God are advised to get ready for perilous times, false doctrines, deceivers, false prophets, high-mindedness of men, physical and spiritual warfare, increase in knowledge and technological advancements, worldliness and apostasy. In addition, all of humanity is enjoined to get ready for the judgement to come. I pray that you will not be left behind when the rapture occurs in Jesus’ Name.

“35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.” – Mark 13:35-37

The admonition of our Lord to us in times as this is to watch. Current happenings around the world show clearly that we are in the end times. As children of God, we cannot afford to lose focus for a moment. Our hearts must be kept with all diligence under constant watchfulness. We must be on the lookout for the crafty approach of the enemy to attack the authority of the Bible. We must watch against worldliness and the quest for ungodly pleasures. We must watch against deception, false prophets, the introduction of another “gospel”, sexual immorality and societal acceptance of sinful practices. On a personal level, you must be sober and vigilant in watching against temptations such as pride, high-mindedness, self-righteousness, complacency, lukewarmness, backsliding, spiritual barrenness, stagnancy, and rebellion against constituted authority. You must not be confounded by the negative news on wars, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, economy meltdowns, national tragedy and civil unrest around the world. You should rather respond appropriately as one who has been adequately informed and is therefore well prepared for the rapture. The Lord expects you to be sober, vigilant and very consistent in prayer. You must pray for your leaders, the Church of God, your community and your family. My desire is that if the trumpet should sound today, you will be raptured in Jesus’ Name.

Key Point: What concrete steps have you taken this year to prepare for Christ’s second coming?

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click HERE to read Open Heavens 23 May 2018 Wednesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Total Submission

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.

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