Topic: The Meaning Of Passover – Wednesday October 11, 2017.

Luke 22:16 “For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

Text: Luke 22:15-18

The Lord longed to share the passover meal with His disciples. He was less than 24 hours away from fulfilling His mission and, like anyone who can see the finish line, He must have had feelings of relief and excitement.

The passover meal commemorated the Jews’ deliverance from slavery in Egypt (Ex. 13:3-10). It also had a much deeper spiritual application that, as Jesus explains here, would be fulfilled through His death. The Jewish nation as a whole had missed any future prophetic meaning of the passover.

On the night of the original passover, the Lord passed through the land of Egypt and judged the land by slaying all the firstborn men and beasts. The Jews had to slay a spotless lamb, take its blood and apply it to the door posts of their homes. They were commanded to remain indoors, under the covering of this blood until morning. When the Lord passed through the land at midnight to execute His judgment, He passed over the homes that had the lamb’s blood on their doors and no one inside was hurt. This is a perfect picture of the redemption that Jesus provides for us.

Everyone deserves judgment because of their sins. However, Jesus provided Himself as a spotless, sacrificial lamb for us, so that if we apply His blood to our lives by confessing Him as Lord, God will pass over us on judgment day.

Jesus was sacrificed on the 14th day of the first month of the Jewish year – the exact day and time that the passover lambs were being slain. Truly, “Christ our passover is sacrificed for us” (1 Cor. 5:7).

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).

Topic: Prepare for Persecution [Wednesday October 11, 2017]

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. – 2 Timothy 3:12

Did you catch that? He said all who live godly lives are going to suffer persecution. Not just the super-saints, not just the missionaries in hostile lands—but all.

If you’re going to live for God, you’re going to run into persecution somewhere along the line. The devil’s going to make sure of it!

Now I’m not saying that to frighten you or to depress you. I’m saying it because I want you to be prepared.

When you’re wise to the strategies of the devil, it’s harder for him to use them successfully on you to confuse you and get you off track.

Second Corinthians 10:4 says, “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.” So stay armed and ready for Satan’s attack. Then, whenever and however it comes, it won’t bring your life to a halt or even slow you down.

That’s especially important right now because we’re living in the last days. The devil’s time is drawing short. He is desperate. He is going to do everything he can to stop the Church. But Jesus said the gates of hell would not prevail against His Church!

Remember the more we grow to be like Jesus and the more God’s glory is revealed through our lives, the bigger threat we are to Satan’s kingdom. Jesus said, “Rejoice and be glad at such a time, and exult and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is rich and great and strong and intense and abundant in heaven” (Luke 6:23, The Amplified Bible).

So, when persecution comes your way, and you know it will, rejoice and be glad. Take the Jesus cure and begin to leap and jump and praise God! There is no way persecution will hurt you if you do that. I’ve tried it and it works.

Scripture Reading: Acts 6:1-15

This message was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the leader of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries (www.KCM.org) that specializes in teaching principles of bible faith – prayer, healing, salvation and other biblical topics.

Topic: Follow The Divine Order — Wednesday October 11, 2017.

“And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite, three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.” (2 Samuel 6:11 KJV)

In the days of the children of Israel, whenever they brought the Ark into the battle, the battle was as good as won. Now the Ark of God has been in the house of a man, a priest by the name Abinadab and he was regarded and respected. It is shocking that the Ark was in the house of a priest for twenty years and yet nothing happened. How can God be in my house for that long and nothing will happen. It is an abomination!

It’s an abomination that for twenty years of salvation there is no change. Twenty years of giving your life to Christ, you have your name in the church register and there’s no change. When it comes to Jesus, it is a personal encounter. My father is a minister of the gospel will not save the child. You must personally, at one point or the other make the decision to receive Jesus Christ into your life. Twenty years, the Ark was in the house of a priest and no change. It is unexplainable.

So, the Ark was finally taken to the house of Obededom, the Gittite. In three months, everything about his life changed. Obededom is a fusion of two words and it means, the servant of blood. Obededom was everyday sacrificing blood to this Ark. No wonder he was blessed, in three months everything around him was blessed in three months. Obededom followed the divine order as demanded by God.

Beloved, commit to living a life of daily worship and obedience to the word of the living God today through His Son Jesus Christ. In the Kingdom of God, everything must be done according to the due order. Don’t bring your own idea. Reverence the things of the Spirit.

Further reading: 2 Samuel 6:1-11

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Isaiah 37-38; Evening- Colossians 3

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: A Table In The Wilderness [Wednesday October 11, 2017]

Scripture: Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. Matthew 15:32-33.

Thought For The Day: Divine provisions flow in the direction of those who are not lacking in preparation.

Our anchor scripture tells us of the multitude that were with Jesus and His disciples in the wilderness for three days and three nights. They were probably under the rain and the sun with nowhere to lay their heads, absolutely abandoned to God. Jesus had compassion on them and asked that they be fed, lest they faint in the way.

This statement of Jesus implies that:

1. God remembers the needs of those who forget their needs before Him. The people were willing to go hungry until God remembered their needs for nourishment. When you submit your life in total abandonment to God, God becomes committed to your absolute fulfilment in life.

2. Miracles happen for those who are prepared to receive them. Divine provisions flow in the direction of those who are not lacking in preparation. Many people are ready for where they are now, but are not ready for where God wants to take them.

3. To thank God for what you have is to call forth what you lack. Thanksgiving invites the blessing of God from Heaven. The starting point for receiving anything new from God is by appreciating everything good in your life.

Remember This: Divine provisions flow in the direction of those who are not lacking in preparation.

Assignments:

1. Make appreciation your major agenda in life.

2. Make the need for your God your foremost need in life.

Prayer: O LORD, I thank You for all the good things You have done for me. LORD, show me the area of preparation I need for Your visitation in my life today, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: A TABLE IN THE WILDERNESS – THE POWER OF THE WORD (Pt 3)

Daily Reading: Jeremiah 16:16 to 18:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:1 to 5:3, Psalm 81:1 to 16, Proverbs 25:6 to 8.

Quote: If the earth is holding something that belongs to you, it will surrender it to your joy. Culled from 21 UNCOMMON KEYS TO FINANCIAL OVERFLOW by Dr Paul Enenche.

Amazing Fact: The world’s most popular fruit is the tomato.

Today In History: 11/10/1984 – American Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first female astronaut to spacewalk. She was aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), is a powerfully anointed church, headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Dr 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.

Topic: Deeds Of The Wicked — Wednesday October 11, 2017.

Text: Job 24:14-25

Key Verse: “The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief” (Job 24:14).

Man is governed by a divine order that makes him go out in the morning to labour till sunset in order to provide for his family and dependents. But the wicked turn this order upside down by making the night their day in carrying out their evil activities. It is a perplexing situation for man in his limited understanding and knowledge to understand why certain things do happen.

For instance, why do the wicked seem to prosper in this life? “The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face”. Job’s friends knew that the prosperity of the wicked was for a brief moment. They had reasoned that Job’s suffering was as a result of his sins and concluded that God had at last visited him with divine judgment.

They concluded that he was among the wicked, who “are exalted for a little while but are gone and brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others”. The truth was that Job did not suffer for any sin he committed. The righteous may suffer affliction but the Lord will surely deliver him. “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all”. It is better to suffer for righteousness’ sake than for sin and wickedness. Some afflictions are permitted by God to strengthen our spiritual muscles and to teach us to wholly depend on Him.

If you search yourself and discover that the affliction you are passing through is not on account of any sin, do not give in but wholeheartedly wait for God’s perfect timing for deliverance and liberty. Storms should not alarm the believer, for they must cease.

Thought for the day: The confidence of the believer is in God’s righteousness.

Bible Reading in one Year: 1 Kings 21-22

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.

Topic: Be Of Good Cheer— Wednesday 11, October 2017.

Memorise: A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. – Proverbs 15:13

Read: Matthew 14:23-27 (KJV)

23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

Bible in One Year: 1 Corinthians 15-16, Daniel 5:13-28, Hymn: Sing Hymn 4 – Through The Love Of God Our Saviour

MESSAGE:

The message in today’s memory verse is food for thought for those children of God who think that being sorrowful or morose is a Christian virtue. A gloomy spirit is of the devil, who wants us to be in sorrow continually. In contrast to this, God wants all His children to be happy. The Holy Spirit in Isaiah 61:3 said that God gives joy to the sorrowful:

“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”

Coming up next: Open Heavens 12 October 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor Adeboye – Obedient Children

The Lord Jesus Christ, who came to demonstrate the nature and the character of God, read the above scripture in a synagogue on a certain day, and He declared:

“This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” – Luke 4:21b

By this declaration, as a child of God, you should not live in sorrow any more.

All through the course of Jesus’ earthly ministry, one statement that was common with Him was, “Be of good cheer”. In other words, “Have a merry heart”. He continually said this because He knew that a merry heart results in a smiling face and is like medicine to the body and soul (Proverbs 15:13, Proverbs 17:22). For example, John 16:33, Jesus told the disciples to be of good cheer because He had overcome the world. This means that, as children of God, we should not go about in life wearing a sorrowful face in self-pity – not even when we are confronted with the challenges of life. In the story of the man afflicted with the palsy, Jesus told him to be of good cheer because his sins were forgiven (Matthew 9:2). In other words, “Son, although your sins brought this sickness to your life, you are now forgiven, and you are made whole.” I prophesy to you today, irrespective of the agonising condition your past life has brought into your present, the Lord will redeem you today. You are forgiven by the power of the atonement of Jesus Christ, and you will be happy again in Jesus’ Name. In today’s Bible reading, the disciples were in the midst of the sea and its waves tossed them here and there. In the midst of palpable fear and despair, Jesus came to them and rebuked their faithlessness, before rebuking the destructive wind. He then encouraged them to be of good cheer. In like manner, the Lord is speaking to you today that you will not drown in that situation. Be cheerful because Emmanuel is with you. Your joy shall come, and it shall come in full measure in Jesus’ Name.

Prayer Point: Father, flood my heart with unspeakable joy today and for ever more.

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.

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Topic: Give Life All It Takes [Tuesday October 10, 2017]

What you put into anything particularly into life determines what you will get out of it.

Life will hold back its reward as long as you hold back your input.

Life answers to man in the proportion of man’s input into it.

Don’t hold back. Don’t hesitate.

Rewards of life are not particular to any.

It answers back to each person in the proportion of his input.

You cannot get anything out of life without putting something into it.

Whatever you get today is a dividend of what you put in yesterday.

Your world will not give to you what you demand but what you demand from your past input.

Topic: Faith Like A Child’s? [Tuesday 10, October 2017]

Memorise: “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 18:3

Read: Matthew 18:1-6

1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Bible In One Year: Matthew 21-22. Hymn: Sing Hymn 12 – My Hope Is Build On Nothing Less

MESSAGE:

The child-like faith us what a person requires, not only to make it to Heaven but to also enjoy his days on the earth. What is then required of us is to pray for the kind of faith that is comparable with that of a child. The first thing about a little child is that he is very trusting. In my living room several years ago, there used to be a portrait of a little child looking so innocent with the inscription; “No Problem”.

Another characteristic trait of little children is that they forgive easily. Unlike teenagers and adults who keep malice, children forgive and forget the wrong done to them almost immediately after it is done. Children fulfil this biblical instruction freely. Children could be very generous with their things too except in unusual occasions. Without knowing the spiritual implication of their actions, children are tender hearted with their peers. This is exactly what God wants from us.

The instruction that comes from our Lord is simply saying that before we pray, we must forgive! I pray that you will find grace to forgive and be kind hearted in Jesus’ Name.

Prayer Point: Father, please help my faith and transform me to be able to forgive freely and be tender hearted in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heavens 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.