Topic: The Results of Faith [Seeds of Destiny 7 September 2018 Daily Devotional]

Scripture: Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23

Thought For The Day: Faith is the key that opens the door to the realm of all possibilities.

It has been established that Christianity and the Christian walk is centred on faith; that is, faith is Christianity and Christianity is faith. This is very important because no one can make any tangible progress in the Christian life if faith is not in place.

Furthermore, in order to appreciate the subject of faith, it is important to understand the results of faith in the life of a Christian.

Now, what are the results of faith in the life of a Christian? In other words, what will faith do in the life of a Christian when it is in place? Let me give you four of them:

1. Faith is the key that opens the door to the realm of all possibilities.
Faith is the cure for impossibilities; faith is the key to all possibilities (Mark 9:23).

2. Faith is the spiritual weapon for the uprooting of mountain and the levelling of obstacles.
Faith specialises in uprooting mountains and levelling obstacles (Mark 11:23).

3. Faith is the key of access to your inheritance in God.
You can only possess what is yours in God by the weapon of faith (Hebrews 6:12).

4. Faith is the spiritual tool for supernatural creations, constructions, inventions and innovations.
Faith gives us the capacity to bring into existence what has never existed. Creation or production of things that had never before existed is made possible by faith (Hebrews 11:1-3).

Beloved, faith is key to every success in life; to have faith is to have positive results in life.

My counsel is, make up your mind to dare greater things by faith.

Remember this: Faith is the key that opens the door to the realm of all possibilities.

Assignments:
1. Make up your mind to confront any mountain in your life by faith.
2. Access your inheritance and dare what seems impossible by faith.

Prayer: O Lord, I ask for the impartation of mountain-moving faith. I receive the grace to dare what seems impossible by faith for the advancement of Your Kingdom, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE FAITH-WAY OF LIFE.

Amazing Fact: Three hundred million cells die in the human body every minute. Every day an adult produces 300 billion new cells.

Today In History: 7/9/1986 – Desmond Tutu was the first black to be installed to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.

Daily Reading: Song of Solomon 5:1 to 8:14, 2 Corinthians 9:1 to 15, Psalm 51: to 19, Proverbs 22:24 to 25

Quote: Keep that primitive faith. Contend for it. Do not adjust it. Do not amalgamate it, and do not mix it up. Keep it. The world is in need of the genuine. Culled from MAKING FULL PROOF OF MINISTRY by Dr Paul Enenche.

Don’t Forget To Attend: The Home Church tomorrow at the home church near you by 6:00pm. Come with your friends and loved ones.

Also 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.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.

Topic: A Kingdom in Due Season [DCLM Daily Manna 7 September 2018 Daily Devotional]

Text: Isaiah 32:1-8 (KJV)

Key Verse: “Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment“ (Isaiah 32:1).

MESSAGE:

When Jesus reigns in the affairs of men, some of its evidences are peace, justice, comfort and security. The benefits of the reign of Christ over a nation are tremendous. One of the favours the United States of America still enjoys today is the Lord’s remembrance of its beginnings. The founding fathers of the nation established it on the Rock of ages, as a Christian nation. Christ’s principles of law, order and equity prevailed. The reign of Christ was supreme. Alas, the opposite is the case today.

The text under consideration reflects the prophetic picture of the coming millennial reign of Christ on earth. In His millennial Kingdom, there shall be righteousness and holiness which will ensure peace and justice among all nations. Satan would have no power over men and nations because he would have been bound in the bottomless pit (Revelation 20:1-3). The saints of God, including the martyrs of the testimony of Jesus and the gospel, shall judge on thrones and “they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years” (Revelation 20:6). These are the princes that “shall rule in judgment” with the King. In this Kingdom, evil and sin shall not reign and the sinner shall no more prosper nor prevail: “The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful” (Isaiah 32:5). This shall be a period of unparalleled peace, spiritual enlightenment, knowledge and grace.

Our walk with God should challenge and encourage us that that glorious day is near. The abiding, faithful and committed saint shall be rewarded. Christ shall reign “of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end…” A day of reward is coming for the saints. This is worth a lifetime of faithful stewardship. Believer ought to gird their loins and prepare to witness the reign of Christ.

Thought For The Day: To partake of His future reign, our present lives must be subject to His rule.

Bible Reading In One Year: Ezekiel 35-37

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.

Topic: The Power to Live a Holy Life [Andrew Wommack 7 September 2018 Daily Devotional]

John 12:31 “Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.”

The only reason Satan ever had any right to become a prince or rule over us was because we yielded ourselves to him through sin (Rom. 6:16). Since Jesus “bore our sins in His own body on the tree” (1 Pet. 2:24), Satan no longer has power or authority over those who accept Jesus’ gift of salvation. Satan has been “cast out” — stripped of any power he had. Now he can only deceive, and if we fall for his lies, we stop God’s blessings from flowing in our lives.

The reason why a believer must live a holy life, is to avoid Satan’s bondage. When we obey sin, we yield ourselves to Satan, the author of that sin.Yielding to sin is yielding to a person, Satan. God doesn’t impute the sin to us but the devil does. Our actions either release the power of Satan or the power of God in us.

Although God is not imputing our sins unto us, we cannot afford the luxury of sin because it allows Satan to have access to us. When a Christian does sin and gives the devil an opportunity to produce death in his life, the way to stop him is to confess the sin. God is faithful and just to take the forgiveness that is already present in our born-again spirit and release it in our flesh, thereby removing Satan and his strongholds.

A person who abandons himself to sin is actually becoming a slave to the devil while a person who obeys righteousness is yielding himself to the Lord. This is why a Christian should live a holy life.

Also Read: Andrew Wommack Daily Devotional

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: The Mystery of Heaven [Billy Graham Daily Devotional 7 September 2018]

I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. — Psalm 23:6

What will heaven be like? Just as there is a mystery to hell, so there is a mystery to heaven. Yet I believe the Bible teaches that heaven is a literal place. Is it one of the stars? I don’t know, I can’t even speculate. The Bible doesn’t inform us. I believe that out there in space where there are one thousand million galaxies, each a hundred thousand light years or more in diameter, God can find some place to put us in heaven. I’m not worried about where it is. I know it will be where Jesus is. Christians don’t have to go around discouraged and despondent, with their shoulders bent. Think of it-the joy, the peace, the sense of forgiveness that He gives you, and then heaven, too.

Prayer for the day: Whatever I face, Lord, my heart rejoices in the knowledge of my ultimate destination—heaven— where I will live with You for eternity!

“If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Billy Graham’s Daily Devotional HERE

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.

Open Heavens 7 September 2018 Friday Daily Devotional by Pastor E A Adeboye – Do You Know Jesus?

Topic: Do You Know Jesus?

Memorise: “And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.”– Matthew 26:72

Read: Matthew 16:13-16, Mark 10:35-40 (KJV)

Matthew 16:13-16:
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Mark 10:35-40:
35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?

37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.

38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:

40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

Bible in One Year: Psalm 132-138, Mark 3:31-4:20

Open Heavens 7 September 2018 Friday MESSAGE:

As a believer in Christ who has obtained the saving knowledge of the Lord, you might consider the question we are reflecting on today to be elementary or irrelevant, but I encourage you to wisely give it some thought. This becomes even more necessary when you consider the fact that after months of being with Jesus day and night, He still turned around to His disciples and asked them in Matthew 16:15b:

“But whom say ye that I am?”

In spite of their closeness to Him, the Lord did not assume that His disciples really knew Him. Knowing Jesus is more than knowing Him as Savior, Master or even Lord. After years of walking with the Lord, Paul still wrote in Philippians 3:10:

“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;”

As I was growing up in faith, I wondered what else Paul wanted to know about Jesus that he had not known already. Now I know better that we might not be able to know Jesus to His fullness until we see Him in glory (1 Corinthians 13:12). My prayer is that the measure of knowledge that will enable you to be with Him eternally will be given to you today in Jesus’ Name. Beloved, how much of the power of Jesus’ resurrection do you know? To what extent do you think the power that resurrected Jesus Christ can work for, in and through you? How much of His suffering can you share and endure? Are you ready to be conformable to his death?

If Peter really knew Jesus, he would not have argued with Him when He told him that he would deny Him thrice (Matthew 26:34-35). Do you now see the wisdom of Paul’s longing and prayer to know the Lord? It was their lack of a deep knowledge of Jesus that made two of His closest disciples make the demand that they made in today’s Bible reading. No wonder Jesus said to them in Mark 10:38b:

“Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

When Peter came face to face with the reality of what Jesus Christ told him, he realized how little he knew the Master (Matthew 26:75). I pray for you today that the grace to know Jesus the way you should know Him will be bestowed upon you today. To know Christ is to know victory, and it is to know the resurrection, the truth and the life. Come to Him in humility today if you really want to know Him, as He invites you to come and learn of Him (Matthew 11:28-30).

Open Heavens 7 September 2018 Friday Prayer Point:

Father, help me to know Jesus and His power of resurrection, and as I get to know Him, let me be conformed to his image.

Also Read: Open Heavens 6 September 2018 – Goat or Sheep?

Open Heavens 7 September 2018 Friday Hymn 15: Nearer My God To Thee

1. Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee. Nearer to Thee!

2. Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
Darkness comes over me, my rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God, to Thee. Nearer to Thee!

3. There let me see the sight, an open Heaven;
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given;
Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee. Nearer to Thee!

4. Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise;
So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee. Nearer to Thee!

Open Heavens 7 September 2018 Friday 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. Open Heavens 7 September 2018 Friday Daily Devotional.

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.