Topic: Take Care of Your Body [Joyce Meyer’s Devotional Saturday June 16, 2018]

But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firm to that which is good. — 1 Thessalonians 5:21

I want to ask you today the same question Paul asked the believers in Corinth centuries ago: Do you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit? You are the home of God! Are you loving yourself, God, and others by caring for your physical body, treating it well, and using it for God’s purposes?

Some Christians focus only on the spiritual side of life and they fail to properly care for their bodies. Other people have such low self esteem or a shame based nature that they don’t feel their bodies are worth caring for. But God’s plan for us involves maintaining spiritual, emotional, and physical health. He wants us strong in every way! He wants us to feel good physically so we can serve Him and others, and be able to enjoy the life He has provided for us.

No matter what shape you are in physically, it’s never too late to improve and do some repair or maintenance on your temple. You can start by learning the basic principles of good nutrition, drink lots of water, employ stress management, exercise, and rest. Laughter is also important. It has been scientifically proven to improve your health. It’s amazing how much better you can feel if you will begin to make positive changes in these areas. Give it a try; I promise, you’ll be glad you did.

Prayer Starter: Father, I ask for Your grace to take practical steps toward good physical health. Help me to treat my body with respect so I can serve you to the best of my ability. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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From Joyce Meyer’s Ministries.

Topic: Replacing Negative Tendencies/Habits With Positive Ones [Seeds of Destiny Saturday June 16, 2018]

Scripture: And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Genesis 32:26.

Thought For The Day: If you attack a negative tendency, attract the positive one.

The Scriptures make it clear that negative tendencies and habits limit a person from fulfilling God’s purpose for his life. Previously, we itemised ways of dealing with them.

However, dealing with these negative habits leaves a vacuum that needs to be filled. Thus, when these negative habits are dealt with, it is very important to replace them with positive ones.

When Jacob realized that a curse was after his life, he decided to make demands on the blessing of God instead of the curse. He told the angel “I will not let you go until you bless me”. What he meant was that he knew something (a curse) other than the blessing had been following him, so, he asked God to replace it with the blessing.

Beloved, if you notice and deal with rejection in your life, for example, then make demands on acceptance; you do not only break the curse in your life; you also need to receive the blessing. If you attack a negative tendency, attract the positive one. When you rebuke stagnation from your life, release progress and acceleration upon your life and destiny.

When you stop being in the company of drunkards and alcoholics and sitting in pubs, ensure to always be in the House of God serving Him permanently (Psalms 27:4). As you stop gratifying your flesh, decide to please God; engage in deep worship and communion with the Holy Spirit. Saturate yourself with God’s Presence. This is because nature abhors vacuum; the absence of seed equals the abundance of weed. The absence of light is the appearance of darkness; so, if you want darkness to be far from you, ensure that you stuff yourself with the light of God’s Word (Matthew 12:43-45).

Remember this: If you attack a negative tendency, attract the positive one.

Assignments:
1. Replace negative lifestyles and habits with positive ones.
2. Stay in God’s Presence always to attract His character.

Prayer: O Lord, I ask that You give me the grace to replace every negative pattern and habit in my life with positive ones. I ask for the revelation and impartation of Your Character on me, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: DEALING WITH NEGATIVE PATTERN AND HABITS.

Daily Bible Reading: 1 Kings 15:25 to 17:24, Acts 10:24 to 48, Psalm 134:1 to 3, Proverbs 17:9 to 11

Amazing Fact: For every human in the world, there are about one million ants

Today In History: 16/06/1903 – Ford Motor Company was incorporated.

Quote: For every victim of ancestral covenants, there is hope; because Christ has paid the price, you liberty is sure. Culled from FINALLY FREE FROM SINGLENESS by Dr (Mrs) Becky Enenche.

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“If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to 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: Fasting That Pleases God [DCLM Daily Manna Saturday June 16, 2018]

Text: Isaiah 58:1-14 (KJV)

Key Verse: “Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity” (Isaiah 58:9).

MESSAGE:

During the time of Prophet Isaiah, people were in the habit of denying themselves food and assuming postures of mourning and disguised humility as an offering to the Almighty. They would pray to God for His recognition and blessings but would continue living in unrighteousness. They would set apart a time to make themselves generally uncomfortable, go without meals, spread sackcloth and ashes over themselves and even call upon God for His favour. Yet, their lives were full of injustice and selfishness. They thought a mere abstinence from food without accompanying contrition and charitable spirit, was enough to receive blessings from God.

God wanted a fasting of repentance and holy living. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981), the pastor of Westminster Chapel in London said, “Fasting, if we conceive of it truly, must not… be confined to the question of food and drink; fasting should really be made to include abstinence from anything which is legitimate in and of itself for the sake of some special spiritual purpose. There are many bodily functions which are right, normal and perfectly legitimate, but which for special peculiar reasons in certain circumstances should be controlled. That is fasting.”

Fasting is very common in many circles today. And most have little or nothing to do with repentance from sin. True fasting involves repentance and total break from sin. This is the fast, which God chooses. Such fasting and self-denying life will attract the favour and blessings of God.

Thought For The Day: True fast means starve your vices and feed your virtues.

Bible Reading In One Year: 1 Kings 9; 2 Chronicles 8

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: An Eagle For Christ? [Open Heavens 16th June 2018, Saturday Daily Devotional]

Memorise: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. – Matthew 7:14

Read: Isaiah 40:28-31 (KJV)

28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Bible in One Year: 2 Kings 14-15, Acts 11:19-12:5

MESSAGE:

I have taught my children on several occasions to imbibe the characteristics of eagle. One of these outstanding characteristics is that eagles fly alone. It is not out of pride or the empty feeling of self-sufficiency that they do this; rather, it is because keeping company with other birds during flight is a form of weight and distraction for them. A disciple of Christ must emulate this attribute of the eagle if he or she would safely arrive home in heaven at the end of his or her life.

The problem with many children of God is that they seem to have lost sight of the fact that the path they are following is so narrow that it cannot accommodate a crowd (Matthew 7:14). This is the reason why a disciple of Jesus Christ must possess this characteristic of flying alone. In 2 Corinthians 6:14-15, Paul clearly admonished that evil communication corrupts good manners:

“14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?”

It is disheartening to note that there are many wolves in sheep’s clothing in the Church today, which is why every purposeful believer needs to have the mindset of an eagle.

Another noteworthy characteristic of eagles is that they are selective about what they eat and where they live. Moreover, they never fly against the wind. As a purposeful believer, you also must be selective about what you consume: what you listen to, what you look at and what you expose your mind to. What you regularly feed your spirit, soul and body with will determine what you will draw on in the day of trouble. You just be selective of the company you keep because your companions strongly influence what you are exposed to. Like the eagle that never flies against the wind, the purposeful believer must also be mindful of the move of the Holy Spirit and ensure that he or she is never aligned against His work.

Beloved, I encourage you to choose to be an eagle for Christ from today, and the Lord will renew your strength according to Isaiah 40:31. You cannot fly by your own strength, but the Holy Spirit wil help you if only you give yourself completely to Jesus Christ today.

Prayer Point: Father, make me an eagle for Christ today and cause me to fly for You.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click HERE to read Open Heavens 15 June 2018: Friday Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye — Pray, Don’t Murmur

Hymn 5: I Have Decided To Follow Jesus

1. I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
No turning back, no turning back.

2. The world behind me, the cross before me;
The world behind me, the cross before me;
The world behind me, the cross before me;
No turning back, no turning back.

3. Though none go with me, I still will follow;
Though none go with me, I still will follow;
Though none go with me, I still will follow
No turning back, no turning back.

4. My cross I’ll carry, till I see Jesus;
My cross I’ll carry, till I see Jesus;
My cross I’ll carry, till I see Jesus;
No turning back, no turning back.

5. Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
Will you decide now to follow Jesus?
No turning back, no turning back.

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. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.

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.