Topic: Mental Empowerment

When it comes to earthly success, it is from the mind you succeed. This is because it is from the mind that earth-shaking ideas are born. The Holy Spirit is the source of empowerment

Acts 1:8a – But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:

As soon as the Holy Spirit comes on you, you become invested with authority to do exploits. The Spirit of God has empowered every child of God to operate in the class of Jesus.

It is your mental empowerment that determines your earthly placement. What you will be on earth is a function of your mind. When your mind is loaded, you cannot be earthly useless.

Dan.6:3 – Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

Daniel had an excellent spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of excellence. The mind is the capital of your life – everything you are looking for is in the mind. Therefore success or failure is determined by how you use your mind. That is why there are so many prayer giants who are failures in life because their spirit is revived but their mind is left fallow. They pray to cast out demons but they are earthly useless. If you are earthly useless, you will not be able to convert souls. Success is a commander of attraction while failure is an orphan.

Having being empowered at new birth by the Holy Ghost, you have to consciously develop your mind for exploits. Everything that will make you a success is already in you; God has given it to you but you have to stir it up.

You are where you are now because of how you have utilized your mind. Success has nothing to do with demons because the Lord has prepared a table before you IN THE PRESENCE of your enemies (Psalm 23:5). When the prodigal son tasked his mind, no demon was able stop him.

To consciously generate mental exploits and be productive in your mind, you must first and foremost know how to relate with the Holy Spirit. He is already in you as a child of God but you must build a good relationship with Him.

John 16:13 – Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Secondly, if you want to do exploits in life, you must be a reader.

Dan.9:2 – In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

Your mental capacity cannot increase except you read.

2Tim. 2:15 – Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Every time you read the bible, you are rubbing your mind with the mind of God because God’s thoughts are in His words. So also, every time you are reading a book, you are rubbing your mind with the mind of the author. If you are not a reader, you cannot be a leader.

Spend time review books and magazines in the field you want to delve into. The capacity of your mind will only grow based on what you are feeding her with. You must read because there is no short-cut to success.

I see you succeed as you implement these in Jesus name – Amen

God bless you

Also Read: Other Inspiring Messages by Pastor David Ibiyeomie

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Topic: Your Story Will End In Glory [TREM 9 August 2018 Daily Devotional]

“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ”. 2 Corinthians 4:6

From our text, you will notice that God didn’t command light to come out of light. Rather, He commanded light to come out of darkness. It means that in every darkness there is light. The fact that it looks dark and obscure does not mean that is the end of the story. That is where God comes in. That is where He flexes His muscle.

He dwells in the light which no one can approach. He is God! He is light Himself and the scripture says He commands light to come out of darkness. So, whatever the enemy has packaged, God is saying that is not the end. The final word belongs to God. Whatever that has held you down, light is coming out of it. No matter the complexity of your situation, I declare that solution is coming out of it. He commanded light to come out of darkness because He is God all by Himself. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the Beginning and the End. He is the First and the Last.

According to the book of Hebrews 5:7 & 9, When Jesus had…….”offered up prayer and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that he feared. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation….” Something new came out of Him. The new creation was born because of that. That is why the scripture says in I Corinthians 2:8 that if the princes of this world had known they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. So, I can boldly tell you right now that your situation will not end in disappointment. It will not end in disgrace. Don’t even make plans for failure because it will never end in failure. As long as Jesus Christ rose from the dead, triumphant over death, hell and grave; I can tell you without fear that your story will end in glory.

Further Reading: 2 Corinthians 4:1-6, Hebrews 5:6-9

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Psalms 77-78; Evening- Romans 10

“If you missed yesterday devotional click HERE to read TREM Daily Devotional by Dr. Mike Okonkwo’’

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: Weaknesses and Strengths [Teens Open Heaven 9, August 2018]

Memorise: But by the grace of God I am what I am: and His grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10

Read: 1 Corinthians 15:9-11 (KJV)

Bible In One Year: Psalm 85-87, Romans 9

MESSAGE:

Every human being have their strengths and weaknesses. Your strengths or area of endowment should remind you that you are a beneficiary of divine grace and as a result, you should not think that you are better, wiser or stronger than your neighbor who does not have the same gifts. When you ascribe glory to God for your strengths, He will sustain them. In the same way, your weaknesses should point you back to God. Your frailties, shortcomings and weaknesses remind you of the limitations of the flesh which should lead you to God, the only One who is unlimited.

As a Christian teenager, you must recognize your strengths. God has specially endowed you in certain areas for a purpose. In order to optimize your strengths, there is a need to find out their purpose and set out to achieve them. Learn more about your strengths and seek to improve them constantly. On the other hand, in areas of you weakness, the challenge is to prayerfully turn them into strengths. With God’s help, this is possible. Your weaknesses can become your virtues.

Action Point: Ask God to turn your weaknesses into strengths.

Also Read: Teen Open Heaven Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye

Hymn 6:

1. Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home:
2. Under the shadow of your throne
Your saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is your arm alone,
And our defense is sure

3. Before the hills in order stood
Or earth received its frame,
From everlasting you are God,
To endless years the same.

4. A thousand ages in your sight
Are like an evening gone
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

5. Time, like an ever_rolling stream,
Soon bears us all away;
We fly forgotten, as a dream
Does at the opening day.

6. Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Still be our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home!

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.

Topic: Possess God’s Rest [Kenneth & Gloria Copeland 9th August 2018 Daily Devotional]

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God…. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. – Hebrews 4:9,11

God’s rest. Considering the hectic, busy lives you and I live that sounds like a pretty good thing to have, doesn’t it? But exactly what is that rest? And how do we enter it?

The third and fourth chapters of Hebrews compare God’s rest with the children of Israel taking possession of the Promised Land. That land was to be a place where their every need would be met, a place of freedom from their warring enemies, a place no one would ever drive them from again. All they had to do was go in and possess it. But something kept them from it: unbelief and disobedience.

As believers, we too, have the opportunity to enter a promised land of abundance and peace. A land where we can rest from our struggles and enjoy the victory of God. To enter it we must do what the children of Israel failed to do. We must simply trust God and obey His voice.

How do you come to that place of trust and obedience? By getting to know your Father. By spending time fellowshiping with Him in prayer and in the Word. That is the labor that will bring you into His rest!

I’ll never forget when I first discovered that. I had been learning the principles of faith, striving hard to do them. It seemed back then that keeping doubt and unbelief out of my heart was difficult. Then, one day, I began to labor to know the Father instead of just knowing about Him.

When I did that, He began to reveal Himself to me. He gave me glimpses of His heart, His nature and His love. As He revealed to me how much He wanted to do for His children, it changed my striving into peace, my doubt into trust, my fear into bold obedience. It enabled me to enter His rest.

Get to know your Father. Work at it. Make it your “labor.” He has a promised land of rest that is waiting for you!

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 4:1-11

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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.