A Promise For You From Bible Promises:

Topic: God Loves You[24/04/17]

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16. Read: Jn 3:13-19

The best person to explain the wrath of God better is the one that has experienced it before being saved. Invariably, the best person to explain the Love of God is the one who has or is experiencing it. Beloved, I (I don’t know about you) have experience God’s love practically, in fact, I am the embodiment of God’s love. Apart from dying to save me on the cross, He has so much lavish His love on me beyond my comprehension. Has anyone ever told you “God loves you”? Just as we said yesterday that, when God blesses you, He causes everything to work for your good even in famine. Also when God loves you, He makes everyone to be in love with you and when this happens, help naturally comes your way.

God loves you more than you love yourself. His love for you caused Him His only begotten son – Jesus Christ. No one can love you like the way God does. His love for you is eternal, nothing can diminish it. He doesn’t want you separated from Him, He wants you saved to escape Hell-fire prepared for Satan and his fallen angels. God needs you in heaven, therefore, disappoint Satan (who doesn’t want you to make heaven) who is desperately waiting for you in hell by giving your life to Jesus now. Run for your life and embrace the Love of God today.

#BiblePromisesDeclaration

* Father, thank You for Your love for me, help me to appreciate this love by living my life for You. Help me not to disappoint in Jesus name

Topic: Assigned Duty [Monday April 24, 2017]

Text: Ezekiel 22:1-12

Key Verse: “Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations” (Ezekiel 22:2).

While speaking in London, evangelist D.L. Moody was approached by a British companion who wanted to know the secret of Moody’s success in leading people to Christ. Moody directed the man to his hotel window and asked “what do you see?” The man looked down on the square and reported a view of crowded streets. Moody suggested that he looked again. This time the man mentioned seeing people – men, women and children. Moody then directed him to look a third time and the man became frustrated that he was not seeing what Moody wanted him to see.

The great evangelist came to the window with tearful eyes and said. “I see people going to hell without Jesus. Until you see people like that, you will never lead them to Christ.” In the text, Jerusalem was tagged the bloody city. Her inhabitants had committed abominations against God such as idolatry, murder, fornication and adultery; oppression of the fatherless and widows, despising God’s holy things and profaning the Sabbaths. God had to send prophet Ezekiel with an urgent message to showcase the abominations of Jerusalem and warn them of His impending anger and fury.

Today like the days of Ezekiel, we find ourselves in the exact situation of religious, political and spiritual decay. What with all sexual perversion – homosexuality and gay culture, prostitution, lesbianism, pornography, cruelty, infidelity, adultery, abortion, day-light killings in the name of religion, and so on. What of profanity in the house of God – church members are unseating pastors, stealing tithes and offering, project fund, and so on. How abominable can a people be! Christ has charged every believer to become a witness to the fact that He died and resurrected to pay the ransom for man’s freedom from sin, self and Satan. This sacred duty assigned believers is indeed a great and urgent one.

We cannot leave it for pastors, evangelists and church leaders alone. It is so enormous that all born-again children of God must be involved. Rise up for the salvation of souls around you. Plead with sinners earnestly; make the message as plain and simple as possible. Preach it as a discerning watchman, warning the ignorant of imminent doom.

Thought for the day: Warning the ignorant of imminent doom is an assigned duty of the believer.

Bible Reading in one Year: Judges 14-17

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: The Non–Negotiable Requirement [Monday April 24, 2017]

Scripture: By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice…By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Hebrews 11:4, 17

Thought For The Day: If you do not hold back your sacrifice from God, God will not hold back your harvest.

It has been established that faith is a non-negotiable requirement for seeing Divine Proofs in our lives. Therefore, maintaining a solid faith makes us to experience the inexplicable, incredible, incredulous and the incomprehensible manifestations of God.

Now, what do we do in order to empower our faith?

It is living a life of sacrifice!

A person of faith is a sacrificial person.

The following thoughts on sacrifice are noteworthy:

1. Sacrifice is an avenue for both the expression and amplification of faith.  When you release what you can, you can expect God to do His part.

2. Sacrifice is an act of faith that increases confidence in God’s response and it is the step of faith that commits God to act in the life of a person.

3. The move of God is triggered by the move of man. When a man moves in sacrifice, God is committed to move in his life.

If you do not hold back your sacrifice from God, God will not hold back your harvest from you.

I prophesy the release of the spirit of sacrifice on you in Jesus’ Name.

Remember this: If you do not hold back your sacrifice from God, God will not hold back your harvest.

Assignment(S):

1. Live a life of sacrifice.

2. Ask God to break the power of greed from your life.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: BOOSTERS AND ENEMIES OF FAITH – (PART 3)

Prayer: O LORD, I ask that You baptize me with the Spirit of sacrifice. Break the power of greed and stinginess from my life, LORD, in Jesus’ Name.

Daily Reading: Judges 2:10 to 3:31, Luke 22:14 to 34, Psalm 92:1 to 93:5, Proverbs 14:1 to 2.

Quote: You can never reap until you have sown. Culled from 21 UNCOMMON KEYS TO FINANCIAL OVERFLOW by Dr Paul Enenche.

Amazing Fact: 10% of the World’s population are left handed.

Today In History: 24/04/1704 – The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.

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.

Topic: The Small Things [Monday April 24, 2017]

Read: Psalm 116:1–9, Bible in a Year: 2 Samuel 19–20; Luke 18:1–23

Every good and perfect gift is from above. James 1:17

My friend Gloria called with excitement in her voice. She had not been able to leave her home except for doctors’ appointments. So I understood why she was so happy to tell me, “My son just attached new speakers to my computer, so now I can go to my church!” Now she could hear the live broadcast of her church’s worship service. She raved about God’s goodness and the “best gift my son could have given me!”

Gloria teaches me about having a thankful heart. Despite her many limitations, she’s thankful for the smallest of things—sunsets, helpful family and neighbors, quiet moments with God, the ability to remain in her own apartment. She’s had a lifetime of seeing God provide for her, and she talks about Him to anyone who visits or calls.

We don’t know what difficulties the author of Psalm 116 was encountering. Some Bible commentaries say it was probably sickness because he said, “the cords of death entangled me” (v. 3). But he gave thanks to the Lord for being gracious and full of compassion when he was “brought low” (vv. 5–6).

When we’re low, it can be hard to look up. Yet if we do, we see that God is the giver of all good gifts in our life—great and small—and we learn to give Him thanks.

Prayer: What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? . . . I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving (Ps. 116:12, 17 esv).

Praise to God comes naturally when you count your blessings.

Insight:

This marvelous psalm celebrates the miraculous deliverance we receive from the God who comes to our rescue. Verses 1–9 recognize the call for help, the gracious response of God, and the praise and rest that come to us after a stressful time. Verses 8–9 also give us an eloquent summary of God’s deliverance: “For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living.” These two verses are worth memorizing as a means of strengthening our faith, giving thanks for past help from God, and in preparation for future trials. Fear of death, tears of sorrow, and even stumbling feet find their comfort and restoration in the God of grace. All of these offer reasons to count our blessings.

For what can you praise God today?

This message was written By Anne Cetas [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

Topic: He Is Alive! [Monday April 24, 2017]

Because I live, ye shall live also. — John 14:19

For personal Christianity, the resurrection is all-important. There is a vital interrelation to the existence of Christianity itself, as well as to the individual believer, in the message of the Gospel. The Swiss theologian, Karl Barth, said, “Do you want to believe in the living Christ? We may believe in Him only if we believe in His corporeal resurrection. This is the content of the New Testament.

We are always free to reject it, but not to modify it, nor to pretend that the New Testament tells something else. We may accept or refuse the message, but we may not change it.” Christianity as a system of truth collapses if the resurrection is rejected. That Jesus rose from the dead is one of the foundation stones of our faith.

Prayer for the day: Lord, let me live today with the constant thought that You are alive!

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.

A Promise For You From Bible Promises:

Topic: God Bless And Keep You [23/04/2017]

And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kind, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee. Deuteronomy 7:13. Read: Deut 7:11-15

When you pray a simple prayer for some people (who believe you  could have prayed further to pacify God on their behalf) like “God Bless You”, you hear some say, I know, but is that what I will eat. Some hardly say Amen to such simple yet powerful prayer because of their mindset and level of understanding simply because they were not given physical money or other material blessings, they don’t believe. Beloved, when God blesses you, you have no need of any man’s blessings. when God blesses you, you are blessed indeed. I am not talking about the deceptive “God Bless You” recorded in 1 Jn 3:20. Am talking about God blessing you from His heart through such simple prayer when you keep His commandments to do them.

When such prayer is offered by anybody to you, claim it by faith and begin to walk with the consciousness that you are blessed according to God’s word. This is how it works, when you claim such prayer in faith, God causes all elements to work on your behalf to bring upon you that blessings. Everything will begin to work for your good. Be blessed of the Lord.

#BiblePromisesPrayer
* This week and beyond, God Almighty will bless you beyond your imagination
* He shall bless your water and your bread, He will remove sickness from your dwelling place
* Everything will work in your favour
* All your disappointment and failures shall be converted to miracle and testimonies
* All your labour shall be turned into favour with men in Jesus mighty and precious Name.

Topic: A Rock-Solid Foundation [Sunday April 23, 2017]

[Jesus] said to them, But who do you [yourselves] say that I am? Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. — Matthew 16:15-16

When Peter said that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God, it was a statement of faith. In making this statement, Peter was displaying faith.

I don’t think Peter just casually or nonchalantly made that statement. I think he did it with a surety and a certainty that impressed Jesus because He immediately turned to Peter and told him that he was blessed. Then He went on to say that it was upon this rock-solid foundation of faith that He would build His church.

Jesus was saying to Peter, “If you maintain this faith, it will be a rocklike substance in your life upon which I will be able to build My kingdom in you, and through you. Your faith will be developed to the place that even the gates of hell will not be able to prevail against you.”

There have been many times in my life when I have been discouraged and not known what to do, or felt that nothing was working and that everybody was against me. The words I have heard over and over again are, “Only believe.”

This promise was not just for Peter alone. Jesus is saying the same thing to you and me. Only believe!

Topic: A Fruit-Bearing Tree? [Sunday 23, April 2017]

Memorise: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. – John 15:2

Read: Luke 13:6-9 (KJV)

6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

Bible in One Year: Number 14-15, Jeremiah 18:19-19:9

MESSAGE:

Fruit-bearing is a necessity for every child of God. When the Scripture in Deuteronomy 7:14 says none shall be barren, this promise fundamentally extends to soul-winning and all other activities that populate the Kingdom of God. Our Heavenly Father is delighted when we are in partnership with the Holy Spirit turn the hearts of men away from their wicked ways to the way of righteousness. For this reason, He reserved a special promise for such people in Daniel 12:3:

“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”

The obligation to bear fruit becomes more critical when we consider what our Lord Jesus Christ said in today’s memory verse. He said He would take away every branch in Him that does not bear fruit. Nothing can be more serious than that. I pray that you will never be alienated from the Lord Jesus Christ in Jesus’ Name.

Moreover, today’s Bible reading amplifies the fruit-bearing responsibilities of the children of God. The parable it references was equally given by our Lord Jesus Christ. The “certain man” in the parable is no other person than God, the Father. The vinedresser is no other person than Jesus Christ, the compassionate Advocate who makes intercession for us (Hebrews 7:25). He is the one pleading on behalf of fruitless trees in God’s vineyard, which is the world. The danger of an endless wait for a tree in God’s vineyard to bear fruit is made clear in Luke 13:8-9, which says:

“8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.”

Are you bearing fruits? Another pertinent question is, what type of fruits are you bearing? For a sinner, he or she must bear fruits worthy of repentance (Matthew 3:8). For believers, we must win souls into the Kingdom, thus fulfilling the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). More importantly for believers, we must also bear the fruit of the Spirit:

“22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” – Galatians 5:22-23

Action Point: Draw a soul-winning plan for yourself and your family and sincerely follow it up in your neighbourhood. Also, pray that your converts will manifest the fruits of repentance and the fruit of the Spirit.

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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