Topic: What’s Your Response? [Friday 7, July 2017]

Memorise: And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. – 1 Samuel 24:5

Read: 2 Samuel 12:7-13 (KJV)

7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

8 And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

Bible in One Year: 1 Samuel 18-19, Ezekiel 2:8-3:15, Hymn: Sing hymn 6

Topic: Who Crosses Your Path? [Friday July 7, 2017]

Luke 10:29 – “But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?”

LUKE 10:29

This question of “who is my neighbour” can be used by Satan to deceive us in more than one way. Not only can he deceive men into thinking they have fulfilled the command to “love thy neighbor as thyself” when they haven’t, but he will also try to apply this command in a way that condemns those who are seeking to fulfill it, by making them think they are not doing enough.

We cannot meet the needs of every single person in the world. Jesus wasn’t teaching that. This wounded man was directly in the path of these three men. The priest and the Levite had to walk around him. Jesus is simply teaching that we should take advantage of the opportunities we have. The fact that we can’t help everyone is no excuse not to help anyone.

Jesus, through this parable, defined a neighbor as any fellow human being who crosses our path and is in need of our assistance. The Samaritan went to the full extent of his ability — and beyond — to help the man. The priest and Levite did nothing.

There was a racial and religious hatred between Jews and Samaritans. Devout Jews would not associate with or even talk to a Samaritan. The priest and the Levite that passed by this wounded man were his fellow-countrymen, and yet they didn’t help him. This Samaritan, who was considered by religious Jews to be of another nationality, was the true neighbor. Jesus made it clear that you could not define “neighbor” on the basis of geographic origin or your familiarity with someone. A neighbor is anyone that God puts in your path.

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: Our Many Blessings [Friday July 7, 2017]

Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. — Psalm 85:12

The great economic and material prosperity we are enjoying in the United States today is a gift of God’s hand. The Bible tells us that the very goodness of God should lead us to repentance. All of these material blessings are gifts from God, given in order that we might humble ourselves, fall upon our knees before Him, and call upon His name. We should thank God, too, for the spiritual blessings that are beyond the power of the human tongue to describe.

Here in North America we still have freedom of worship. In many parts of the world believers cannot assemble together; they cannot speak of their religious convictions because of totalitarian power. Here in North America we have Bibles everywhere. We have the opportunity to preach. God has blessed us with a thousand and one spiritual blessings. In days of uncertainty and confusion, such as we are now passing through, these are gifts that go beyond our power to understand; and yet they are gifts of God that become ours when we receive His Son as our Savior and Lord.

Prayer for the day: Almighty God, I thank You for all the blessings You shower upon this land—and I would thank You especially for my freedom to worship You and read my Bible, without fear of persecution.

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.

Topic: Free From Debt! [Friday July 7, 2017]

The borrower is servant to the lender. – Proverbs 22:7

If you’re up to your neck in debt today, I have good news for you. God wants to set you free from those debts and He has the power to do it.

I know. He did it for me.

I’ll never forget it. I had $22,000 worth of bad debts at the time. I’d committed to God to pay them off and never borrow another dime—but it looked to me like I’d never be able to do it.

We didn’t see how, but we believed that “God is able.” Day by day we looked to God for our deliverance from debt. Not asking Him every day, but thanking Him because we believed we received when we prayed. Eleven months later, we were out of debt. As we looked back, nothing spectacular had happened, but God worked in our finances continuously. As we were faithful, He was faithful.

God can do the same thing for you if you’ll dare to believe His Word. If you’ll make a commitment before Him to get out from under those debts and then obey Him every step of the way.

As you look at your situation right now, you may not be able to see how you could ever get out of debt, much less stay that way. I felt that way too, at first. I just didn’t see how I’d ever be able to do much of anything without borrowing money.

But He showed me how—and He’ll do the same thing for you.

There’s no debt too big and no business too complicated for Him to handle. If you’ll trust Him to manage yours, He will bring you out on top…and you’ll never have to be a slave to debt again.

Scripture Reading: Psalm 37:21-40

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: The Changeless God [Friday July 7, 2017]

Scripture: For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. Malachi 3:6

Thought For The Day: We serve a God who cannot be changed by times and seasons.

From our anchor scripture, we see that God is not subject to times, seasons, situations or circumstances. It is obvious that times and seasons change things but not God.

Sometime ago, I heard a funny story of a boy who was staying with his grandfather. One day, the boy looked at his hands and saw that it was very smooth and then looked at his grandfather’s hand and saw that it was wrinkled. So, he asked the grandfather, ‘Who made you?’ and the grandfather said, ‘God’. The boy asked again, ‘The same God made me too?’ The grandfather said, ‘Yes’. Then the boy compared his hands with that of his grandfather and said, ‘It means God is doing a better work these days.’

According to the little boy, his hands were smooth and his grandfather’s hands were wrinkled because he represented a superior version of God’s craftsmanship compared to his grandfather. The boy missed the truth; that is not the truth. What made the grandfather’s hand wrinkled was time. Time brought with it change, aging and degeneration to the human body.

But we serve a God who cannot be changed by times and seasons; He is Ancient but not aged. He is not more powerful yesterday than He is today. That is why you are not permitted to be consumed (Malachi 3:6); you are not permitted to be a victim of casualties. The witches and wizards cannot feed on your blood or destiny. You are preserved by the God who is ever powerful and faithful.

Remember this: We serve a God who cannot be changed by time and seasons.

Assignment(s):

1. Determine not to have any alternative to God no matter what.

2. Trust God to bring you into fulfilment in life and destiny.

3. Allow God to lead you in everything.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: I AM THE LORD, I CHANGE NOT.

Prayer: O LORD, thank You for the privilege of knowing You. I believe that the safety of my life and destiny is guaranteed in You, O changeless God, in Jesus’ Name.

Quote: Nobody who believes in God ever ends in shame. Shame is never the portion of men and women who pursue God. Culled from REASON FOR LIVING by Paul Enenche.

Daily Reading: 1 Chronicles 4:5 to 5:17, Acts 25:1 to 27, Psalm 5:1 to 12, Proverbs 18:19

Amazing Fact: If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (That is what people put into their system)

Today In History: 07/07/1981 – The U.S. President, Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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

A Promise For You From Bible Promises:

Topic: Divine Perfection [07/07/2017]

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. Joshua 6:4. Read: 2 Kings 5:1-14

When you go through the Bible for example, you would discover that, number seven is very important to God Almighty. For instance, after rigorous activities of creation, God Almighty deemed it fit to rest on the seventh day and bless the seventh day. Gen 2:2. The Ark of Noah rested on Mount Ararat on the seventh month. Gen 8:4. Therefore, we can correctly say that, the seventh month is a month of divine perfection. God can do the unimaginable on the seventh day, something beyond human comprehension. The battle between the children of Israel and Jericho ended on the seventh day after seven priests with seven ram’s horn blew the trumpets; the defensive walls of Jericho fell down flat.

General Naaman was commanded to wash seven times in river Jordan before his leprosy could go away. He almost missed his divine healing through pride if not for the prompt intervention of his maidservant who persuaded him to obey the divine instruction from the man of God, and when he did, his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

#BiblePromisesPrayer

* On this special day in this month of perfection, God Almighty shall give you triple divine perfection in Jesus Mighty Name

It’s too easy to make costly mistakes with business investments, especially when you are not armed with the right information and knowledge to guide you. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 costly mistakes people make with business investments.

Investing Money They’ll Need Soon
Avoid these kinds of investments that are just based on speculation and market timing. If you are setting money aside for a goal, the money shouldn’t be considered or used for sudden and unplanned investments, especially those that are likely to keep your money on lockdown for a long period of time. You can easily end up regretting it when important and time-sensitive expenses come up.

Not Doing Their Homework
Before investing in any business, it is extremely important to do your homework and research to know the ‘ins and outs of the underlying business’. It is important to understand how the business grows, makes profits and basically, the rubrics of the business. Before engaging in any business investment, you should always remember Peter Lynch’s investment maxim, which states clearly that you should ‘Invest in what you know’.

Neglecting Legal Counsel
Neglecting legal counsel on business investments is a highly risky, and it can result in damaging consequences. A lot of first-time investors believe that lawyers are just out to get their money, and while that might be partly true, the legal counsel from these lawyers are also very valuable and vital in protecting your interests and resources in any business investment, especially if things unexpectedly go wrong. For example, consider the case of a designer that unknowingly signed a contract that gave her handbag company the trademark to her name. When investors eventually came in, her company name belonged to them, and she was pained by the fact that she could no longer use her own company name. She wished she had gotten a lawyer to give her proper legal counsel. Therefore, it is very necessary to get the right attorney who understands your business goals and can protect your interests well.

Being Emotional With Investments
Mixing emotions with business or money can be very costly, you need to remain as focused, logical and rational as possible. Don’t be an investor that invests without tangible information or evidence, and don’t be an investor that invests based on a hope or desire that things will pull through or get better. Think well and be logical and rational about investments. The two most important emotions you should guard against in making business investments is fear and false hope. According to Aol Finance, basic signs of an emotional investor include: holding on to a failing stock thinking it will come back at some point; selling a stock at the first sign of a loss; and being glued to the financial news cycle.

Procrastinating Investments
Try to avoid not investing early enough because all it really results in is losing good opportunities to grow your money. Stop with the excuses that make you postpone investments, and just do it.

By Damilola Ojo
PR Associate Jumia Travel
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Topic: The Power of Submission [Friday July 7, 2017]

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7.

When you choose to function the world’s way, you are romancing or sleeping with the world and hence disobeying God. Once you have decided to function the way the world functions, you have decided to set yourself against God. Don’t you know that God is jealous because he is inside you? He is saying don’t mess up with what I have invested inside you. You can’t handle yourself anyhow. Others can do it, but not you. You are a new creation.

James 4:6 says, “But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” In other words, once you are submissive to God, you access more of his grace. It may be difficult to stand, but he will give you grace to stand. Remember, grace is the favour, the might and power of God. The goodness and strength of God on your behalf. That which God gives to you not because you deserve it but because of Christ and his work on the cross.

It also says God resists the proud. The proud is any person who disobeys God, who does not care about him. The humble is the person that submits to him. James 4:7 then said, in view of this, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” It says be wise and submit to God’s directives so that you can be able to resist the devil because it is only when you submit that you can resist the devil and he will flee from you.

The word ‘flee’ there means to run away like a dog in terror with its tail between its legs because he knows that somebody with a higher authority is commanding him. But when you are not in submission and you rebuke the devil, he will say, Jesus I know, Paul I know, who are you? That is, you don’t have right over him because you are at the same level.

Further Reading: James 4:1 – 10, 1 Peter 5:5-9

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Job 34-35; Evening- Acts 15:1-21

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: Dare To Be Different [Friday July 7, 2017]

Text: Genesis 6:8-22

Key Verse: “These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God” (Genesis 6:9).

Many times, we complain that the world around us is so corrupt that it is nigh impossible to live righteously at all times. But we overlook the power of grace in our lives. The expectation of God is that we must strive to be different.

The earth in which Noah lived was a cesspool of corruption populated by sinful men who forgot their Maker. It was an earth in which men did according to their sinful lusts, glorying in corrupt practices and abominations. But Noah chose to be a just, perfect man in his generation (Genesis 6:9).

The earth was so sinful, God decided to destroy it and all its inhabitants with the first flood in human history. But Noah who humbled his heart to follow God, despite the corrupt influence of the world around him, “found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Genesis 6:8). While the Lord decreed the judgement of the flood on the world, He perfected the plan of salvation and deliverance for Noah and his household. He also sealed it with a covenant. Noah responded to God’s command to prepare an ark with architectural specifications. He also passed the message to his family, which they promptly obeyed and were saved.

Noah’s obedience also affected his possessions which survived in pairs. At the end of the day, Noah was not only saved, but was blessed also with abundance and honour. We must cling unto the Lord, no matter the push or pull of the world to compromise our faith. We must consciously decide not to be swayed by the fads and fancies of this age. We must allow the grace of God to keep us righteous even in this corrupt and sinful world.

Thought for the day: The wisest people on earth are those whose habitation is the LORD.

Bible Reading in one Year: Genesis 21-23

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.