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Topic: Devilish Influenced Pt One [10/07/2017]

And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? 2 Samuel 10:3. Read: 2 Sam 10:1-19

A wise man said, no man is an island of wisdom or knowledge. That is true because we depend on one another to survive in this world. Proverbs 20:18, Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 11:14. Counsel act as a guide to where you are going, this is because, many people have been where you are going, so their experiences would help you to avoid pitfalls. Godly counsel will help you to make war in the right direction and become victorious in life.

But in all these, you must be careful of where or who you seek counsel from because there could be demonic influenced counsel. Devilish counsels have actually destroyed nations, homes, kingdoms even the Church has also fallen victim of this disease. When David heard of the death of his friend, Nahash King of Ammon, he sent comforters to comfort his son Hanun who reign after his father. The princes of Ammon misinterpreted David’s intention, dealt shamefully with David’s messengers, ignited a war and eventually lost his kingdom. The Bible says, test all spirit whether they be from God. Test all counsel before sailing with it. Don’t destroy your life, kingdom, Church and your home because of evil counsel.

#BiblePromisesThought

* Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Topic: The Lord Our Refuge [Monday 10, July 2017]

Memorise: But he passing through the midst of them went his way, – Luke 4:30

Read: Luke 4:16-30 (KJV)

16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?

23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 24-25, Ezekiel 5:1-12, Hymn: Sing hymn 9

MESSAGE:

God has several names and titles that will definitely benefit His children who have an understanding of the purpose and power in these names. It is one thing to know the names and titles of God and another thing to have the revelation behind them. When you receive the revelation of a particular name or title of God, you are brought into a covenant relationship with Him on the basis of that name, and as a result, you gain access to the benefits that such names or titles confer. May God reveal Himself to you by His Name today!

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” – Psalm 46:1

One of God’s powerful titles is that He is our Refuge. A refuge is a kind of shelter or a place of protection from harm, danger, trouble or pursuit of the enemy. Why is God a refuge? It is because He knows that in this evil world, people will encounter lots of dangerous situations and circumstances at some point in their lives. Do you know that even our Lord Jesus Christ faced dangers many times? However, because God the Father was His refuge, He was protected from them all. One instance of this is recorded in today’s Bible reading. After hitting the people of his childhood town of Nazareth with the truth, they became very angry with Him and decided to kill Him. Luke 4:29 says,

“And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.”

This was just one of the several failed attempts made on the life of Jesus Christ until He voluntarily surrendered Himself to die at Calvary (John 10:17-18). From today, every attempt on your life shall fail in Jesus’ Name! You shall not die before your appointed time! Every plan of premature death against you and members of your family shall be disappointed! God is our refuge because of the dangerous and evil times we may have to live through. One fellow who knew God as his Refuge was David. Boy, did he face great storms! Although his eyes saw troubles and great dangers, he could still say that while passing through treacherous valleys, he would not be afraid (Psalm 23:4). He could say this because he knew God as his refuge. God is our Refuge because He knows that the enemy will definitely pursue His children, and so they will need a place to hide. From today, you will hide safely in the Lord! The Lord will be a sure Refuge for you in Jesus’ Name!

Prayer Point: Father, in these perilous times, hide me under the shadow of Your wings.

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Topic: How to Maintain Relevance [Sunday July 9, 2017]

Standing firm and fast at your God ordained duty post is the only way to maintain your relevance.

Refuse to be attracted to what is popular.

Stay at your appointed place if you don’t want to suffer disappointment in life.

If you don’t want to loose your defense, stay in your place.

Your safety, defence and security is in your place.

Rather than looking for position abide in your already found place. Your stardom is tied to your place.

Instead of looking for recognition, maintain relevance. Relevance is far more important than recognition.

Your fruit is tied to your root, remain rooted to remain fruitful.

Everyone has his God given capacity to shine in his place of assignment. Therefore, stand in your place, take root downwards and bear fruits upward.

Topic: The Spirit of Adoption [Sunday July 9, 2017]

For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!  — Romans 8:15

The apostle Paul teaches us that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of adoption. The word adoption means that we are brought into the family of God, even though we were previously outsiders, unrelated to God in any way. We were sinners and separated from God, but God in His great mercy redeemed us, purchased us, and brought us close to Him once again through the blood of His own Son.

We understand adoption in the natural sense. We know that some children without parents are adopted by people who purposely choose them and take them as their own. What an honor to be chosen on purpose by those who want to pour out their love on them.

This is exactly what God did for us as believers in Christ. Because of what Jesus did for us on the cross, we are now eternally part of His family, and His Spirit dwells in our spirit and cries out to the Father. God the Father decided before the foundation of the world was laid that anyone who loved Christ would be loved and accepted by Him as His child. He decided He would adopt all those who accepted Jesus as their Savior. We become heirs of God and joint heirs with His Son, Jesus Christ.

It is the knowledge of our family relationship to God that gives us boldness to go before His throne and let our requests be made known.

Topic: God Is Hungry For A Relationship [Sunday July 9, 2017]

“for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” Revelation 4:11

In Genesis chapter one, God created the sun and the moon. He separated the night from the day. He made the waters, the firmament, the oceans and the seas. He puts everything in place. The mineral kingdom, the vegetation kingdom and the animal kingdom. And in verse 26 God says, “… Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” In chapter 2:18, “….the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.”

Those two scriptures tell us how God views relationship. First, he established a relationship between himself and man. He said let us make man in our image. In other words, let me make somebody I can relate or identify with. That means that God enjoys relationships. There is something that we give to God through our relationship.  We bring pleasure to God such that when he looks at us he shakes his head and say this is the work of my hands. This belongs to me. He enjoys it. That is why whatever you do in life, always think in terms of how it will affect your relationship with God. How will he look at it? Will it add joy to him?

He established right away that he was hungry for relationship. He created all the fishes and animals and did not say let us create them in our image. But he said let us create man in our image so they can be able to have emotions and be able to identify with me. Having created man in his image he turned around and said I am not yet done with man. It is not good for man to be alone. He went ahead and established another level of relationship through marriage because relationships are in levels.

Further Reading: Genesis 1:26-30, 2:18-24

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Job 38-40; Evening- Acts 16:1-21

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: Losing Ground [Sunday July 9, 2017]

Text: 2 Kings 16:1-9

Key Verse: “At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day” (2 Kings 16:6).

Every society has its crop of deviants, even where the best of rules and regulations are installed. Ahaz, the 11th king of Judah proved himself one of the worst kings of the land. Despite having many good examples, both immediately in his father Jotham and historically in his ancestor David, he rejected these godly examples and walked in his own way.

He multiplied sins and brought Judah into full-fledged idolatry. He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, who worshiped before the calves made by Jeroboam. As if that was not enough, he made his sons to pass through the fire in open worship of Molech, contrary to God’s command. Ahaz, did not only reject the godly heritage of David, also, he embraced the ungodly ways of the kings of the northern kingdom of Israel. His impunity and lack of reverence for God led to monumental losses for Judah both geographically and politically.

They also became economically impoverished. The silver and the gold of the temple as well as those of the national treasury were given to the king of Assyria. Judah also came under the indirect rule of the king of Assyria. Eventually, Ahaz lost the promise of long life and peace. Ahaz lived a life that totally displeased the Lord and courted the anger and wrath of God. Biological attachment to a godly family or affiliation to a holy assembly without a personal encounter with the God of salvation cannot avail.

Those who are called by the name of the Lord, yet are full of their own ways and disregard the word of God or the gentle warnings of the Spirit will suffer loss, both here and in eternity, if they refuse to consider their ways and repent. Just like Ahaz and Judah, so is the lot of those who remain in hypocrisy, lust, extortion, pretence, lies, deception, greed etc. Examine yourself thoroughly today and repent, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.

Thought for the day: Sin breeds slavery and eternal damnation.

Bible Reading in one Year: Genesis 26-28

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Topic: Keep the Weeds Out [Sunday July 9, 2017]

So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground. – Mark 4:26

Jesus compared the kingdom of God with the planting of seed and reaping the harvest. It’s a simple concept. One all of us understand. Why, then, aren’t all of us producing bumper crops every season? Because we’re sitting around waiting for God to do all the work.

He doesn’t operate that way. He’ll work with you, but He won’t do it all. There are some essential things you must do by faith if you want to have a crop to reap at harvest time.

First, you must sow the seed of the Word in faith, expecting it to grow. You must find precious promises from God in His Word, plant them in your heart and in your life.

Next, you must water the seed. Water it every day with praise. Water it with the spiritual water of the Word. That Word contains life and those seed promises can’t grow without it.

And finally, you have to keep the weeds out! When the weeds of unforgiveness, doubt, fear, discouragement (and all the other junk the devil tries to sow into your crop) try to enter in, get rid of them. They’ll choke the Word.

That’s going to take some diligence on your part. No one else will do it for you. You’re going to have to weed your own crop. So get tough about it. When a little weed pops up, kill it! Don’t hang on to it for even a moment. Pull it up by its roots. Spray it with the Word. Don’t be tempted to keep a wildflower when you can have the best—God’s best.

Don’t sit around waiting for God to produce your harvest. Start planting. Start watching over your land (your heart and your mind) to keep it moist, watered with the Word and free from weeds.

Commit to do your part and trust God to do His. You will have a bumper crop this season!

Scripture Reading: Ephesians 4:22-32

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: Believing Is Seeing- The Faith Principle [Sunday July 9, 2017]

Scripture: And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. Mark 11:20-21

Thought For The Day: The mountain-moving faith is faith that does not see before it believes.

From our anchor scripture we see how Peter drew the attention of Jesus Christ the next day to the withering of the tree that Jesus cursed the previous day (Mark 11:21). This implies that Jesus was not looking towards the fig tree in order to curse it again just in case it refused to die; someone had to remind Him. As far as Jesus was concerned, the death of the fig tree was history.

That was mountain-moving faith in action. It is very crucial to note that the mountain-moving faith is faith that does not see before it believes.

The world says, ‘Seeing is believing’ but the mountain-moving faith says ‘believing is seeing.’

On the journey of faith, we do not see results before we believe; we believe to see the expected results. Psalm 27:13 says: I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord… So, we believe to see.

Mountain-moving faith does not wait to confirm if what was prayed for or decreed about will happen or not; it is faith that is not surprised at answers. People with mountain-moving faith are rather surprised when what they believed did not happen. Their surprise is not that it happened; their surprise would be if it did not happen.
I declare to you, extra ordinary things shall become ordinary in your life, in Jesus’ Name!

Remember this: The mountain-moving faith is faith that does not see before it believes.

Assignment (s):

1. Grow your faith to believe that anything is possible, and everything will become possible.

2. Feed on the Word of God consistently for the growth of faith (Romans 8:17).

3. Pray in the Spirit consistently for the growth of faith (Jude vs 20)

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: Mountain Moving Faith.

Prayer: Father, I receive the grace to grow my faith. Cause every mountain around me to give way, LORD in Jesus’ Name.

Daily Reading: 1 Chronicles 7:1 to 8:40, Acts 27:1 to 20, Psalm7:1 to 17, Proverbs 18:22

Quote: Anyone who does not take the Bible serious can never operate with faith…. Culled from 15 KINGDOM STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL by Dr Paul Enenche.

Amazing Fact: A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

Today In History: 09/07/1815 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord became the first Prime Minister of France.

PROPHETIC PARENTAL BLESSING: I prophesy that from this day forward, your life shall be a blessing to yourself, to your family, to your friends, to your organisation, to your Nation and to God’s Kingdom.

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Topic: A Joyful Heart [Sunday July 9, 2017]

Read: 2 Chronicles 7:1–10, Bible in a Year: Job 38–40; Acts 16:1–21

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. – Psalm 100:1

My granddaughter’s favorite tune is one of John Philip Sousa’s marches. Sousa, known as “The March King,” was a US composer in the late nineteenth century. Moriah isn’t in a marching band; she’s only twenty months old. She just loves the tune and can even hum a few notes. She associates it with joyful times. When our family gets together, we often hum this song along with claps and other boisterous noises, and the grandchildren dance or parade in circles to the beat. It always ends in dizzy children and lots of laughter.

Our joyful noise reminds me of the psalm that implores us to “worship the Lord with gladness” (Ps. 100:2). When King Solomon dedicated the temple, the Israelites celebrated with praises (2 Chron. 7:5–6). Psalm 100 may have been one of the songs they sang. The psalm declares: “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. . . . Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name” (vv. 1-2, 4). Why? “For the Lord is good and his love endures forever”! (v. 5).

Praise is the overflow of a joyful heart.

Our good God loves us! In grateful response, let’s “shout for joy to the Lord”! (Ps. 100:1).

Prayer: Dear Lord, give us thankful hearts to praise You, because You are good and all that You do is good. Your love endures forever!

Praise is the overflow of a joyful heart.

This message was written By Alyson Kieda [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]