Topic: The Word Is Reliable — Wednesday September 20, 2017.

‘’Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.’’ (Psalms119:160 KJV)

The world we live in today is changing very fast. The only thing that has not changed and is still constant is the word of God. Every other thing will fail, but not the word. Remember that God’s word to Moses was ‘Go Forward’ and for as long as he heeded to what God said he had victory. God never starts anything without his word. Whenever God wants to do anything on the earth, he sends his word ahead of time and that settles it. The Psalmist says in Psalms 119:89 (KJV) ‘’For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.’’

That is why you must take a quality decision to stake your life only on the errorless, impregnable and authoritative word of God. One vital decision you must take even as we approach October, our month of consecration, is to always sit at the feet of the Master. As we climax the age, evil will increase and the devil, like a roaring lion, is still in the business of looking for those whom he may devour.

Sitting at the feet of the Master should not just be a mere desire, but you must work at it. That is why you should not choose the services to attend or play church. When you skip services for every flimsy reason, you will not be fully equipped to function like you are supposed to. The amount of the word you have determines the amount of revelation that you can function with. When you refuse to feed on the word, you will definitely function like a servant even though you are a son. Take advantage of your position in Christ, and you will always come out victorious.

When next the enemy comes around, confront him with what is written in the word. Remind him that you are a joint heir with Christ and let him know that the Greater One lives in you and he will flee from you. Beloved, whatever cannot touch Christ cannot touch you.

Further Reading: Hebrews 4:12

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Ecclesiastes 4-6; Evening- 2 Corinthians 12

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.

Jet lag is a really uncomfortable phenomenon for most air travelers, especially the frequent ones. However, there are a few helpful tips that can help ease the sometimes unavoidable effects of jet lag on the body. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 helpful tips to ease jet lag.

Avoid Alcohol and Caffeine

The air inside airplanes is quite dry, as a result, it leaves your skin stretched and dry. It is therefore necessary to drink enough water to keep your hydration levels at a healthy point. However, consuming alcohol or caffeine especially during a flight dehydrates you and makes it more difficult for your body to adjust to new time zones, which worsens jet lag.

Adjust Your Sleep and Eating Schedules

Do this for like a week or a few days before your flight, this gives your body a better chance to adjust to the impending changes. If you’re traveling east, go to bed an hour earlier each night for two to three days before your flight. If you’re traveling west, go to bed an hour later for two to three days too. You should also try to adjust your eating schedules so you have your meals closer to the time you will be eating them at your destination.

Sleep Well Before Your Flight

You should try to get several nights of good sleep in the days leading up to your flight, so you don’t end up sleep deprived when you board the plane because this just makes jet lag worse. To ease jet lag, it is important to maintain a regular sleep schedule or routine in the days leading up to your flight, so it’s easier for your body to deal with jetlag.

Do Light Exercise During the Flight

Sitting at the same spot for hours is enough to make anyone cranky, so try to avoid this by standing up and walking in the aisle of the plane (from time to time) to serve as a light exercise to help move your joints. You can also do some light stretching while in the aisle, such as standing side stretches. Moving your body can help to improve your blood circulation and it can also help you sleep more easily, especially if you go for a short walk before you sleep.

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Topic: The Heart of Compassion [Wednesday September 20, 2017]

Scripture: And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? 1 Samuel 17:26

Thought For The Day: A heart of a deliverer makes you to be passionate after the welfare of people.

In our previous studies, we have been highlighting the secrets of David and why God anointed him. We saw that passion for God’s presence and a fighter’s spirit are some of the reasons he was anointed by God.

Additionally, the heart of compassion was another secret and reason God anointed David.

David rescued Israel from the hands of Goliath and the Philistines because of his compassionate heart; a heart of a deliverer (1 Samuel 17:26).

A heart of a deliverer makes you to be passionate about the welfare of people. It makes you to be passionate about rescuing people; when you see people suffering or are in pains, it hurts you. You are moved when people are under the bondage of poverty and other afflictions of the enemy.

The heart of a deliverer made Jesus to go about doing good and healing all manner of sicknesses and delivering the oppressed of the devil (Acts 10:38).

Beloved, develop a compassionate heart for people in order to proffer and offer the solutions to their problems. This is the point where a man contacts the anointing.

Remember this: A heart of a deliverer makes you to be passionate after the welfare of people.

Assignment(s):

1. Ask God for the impartation of a compassionate heart.

2. Be concerned about the welfare of people.

Prayer: I ask O LORD, for increased manifestation of the inexplicable, the incredible, the incredulous and the incomprehensible in my life. Give me a compassionate heart towards people, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: MAXIMIZING YOUR LIFE.

Amazing Fact: Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system.

Today In History: 20/09/1977 – The first of the “boat people” arrived in San Francisco from Southeast Asia under a new U.S. resettlement program.

Daily Reading: Isaiah 33:10 to 36:22, Galatians 5:13 to 26, Psalm 64:1 to 10, Proverbs 23:23.

Quote: Nothing works where love is not at work. Culled from REASON FOR LIVING by Dr Paul Enenche.

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

Topic: Let’s Finish the Race — Wednesday September 20, 2017.

Read: Ecclesiastes 4:9–12, Bible in a Year: Ecclesiastes 4–6; 2 Corinthians 12

Two are better than one . . . . If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. Ecclesiastes 4:9–10

In the 2016 Rio Olympics, two athletes in the 5,000-meter race caught the world’s attention. About 3,200 meters into the race, New Zealander Nikki Hamblin and American Abbey D’Agostino collided and fell. Abbey was quickly up on her feet, but stopped to help Nikki. Moments after the two athletes had started running again, Abbey began faltering, her right leg injured as a result of the fall. It was now Nikki’s turn to stop and encourage her fellow athlete to finish the race. When Abbey eventually stumbled across the finish line, Nikki was waiting to embrace her. What a beautiful picture of mutual encouragement!

It reminds me of a passage in the Bible: “Two are better than one . . . . If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up” (Eccl. 4:9–10). As runners in a spiritual race, we need one another—perhaps even more so, for we are not racing in competition with each other but as members of the same team. There’ll be moments where we falter and need someone to pick us up; at other times, someone may need our encouragement through our prayers or presence.

The spiritual race is not to be run alone. Is God leading you to be a Nikki or Abbey in someone’s life? Respond to His prompting today, and let’s finish the race!

Prayer: Dear Lord, thank You for the encouragement of fellow believers to help me on my journey. Help me to look for ways to encourage others.

We need each other to get where God wants us to go.

Insight:

Ecclesiastes is a very unusual book. For much of this inspired text, life is examined without God in the picture (1:2). Although the book concludes with moral admonitions (see 12:1–8), the majority of the book has almost a secular feel to it. Yet because King Solomon the Wise is its author, remarkable principles of life surface. Today’s reading blesses the reader with insights on the benefits of meaningful relationships. The journey of life is not to be walked alone but benefits from mutual support of another.

Can you recall a time when God used someone to help you carry your load? Dennis Fisher

This message was written By Poh Fang Chia [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

Topic: Time to Get Serious [Wednesday September 20, 2017]

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee…. I [will] remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. – Psalm 63:1,6

If you’re going to live in divine health, there are going to be times when you’ll have to be downright extreme about the Word of God. Times when you may be facing a sickness so severe that you need more than just a few moments in the Word and a quick prayer to receive your healing.

I want to tell you, in very practical terms, what I would do in a situation like that.

The moment I woke up in the morning, before I did anything else, I’d take Communion. I’d say, “Lord, I dedicate my body all day today to the service of my Lord Jesus Christ. I take Jesus’ pure blood shed for me.”

Then I’d put the devil in his place. I’d say, “I rebuke you, Satan. You’re not going to put any sickness and disease on me today. Regardless of the symptoms, regardless of what my body thinks about it, by the power of Jesus through His Spirit, I have overcome this sickness because He who is within me is greater than he who is in the world.”

Then, all day long, I’d thank God for my healing. I’d choose some teaching tapes that would fill my mind and my spirit with the anointed Word of God, and I’d listen to them throughout the day. In the afternoon, I’d praise God and receive Communion again to remind myself that the blood of Jesus is in my veins, that I’m part of God’s family.

You don’t have to wait until the second Sunday of each month or whatever to receive Communion. Jesus just said, “This do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me” (1 Corinthians 11:25). And if you’re facing a serious attack of the devil, you need to remember Jesus all day and all night. You need to consider Jesus until thoughts of Him push the thoughts of that sickness right out of your mind.

That night before bed I’d receive Communion again, then I’d praise myself to sleep. If I woke up in the night, I’d reach over and get my Bible and read all the healing scriptures and make the devil sorry he woke me.

When the devil launches a serious attack against your body, don’t mess around. Get serious about the Word. Put yourself under its constant care and it will take good care of you.

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 4:9-16

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: Do You Surrender? [Wednesday September 20, 2017]

It is God himself who has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives in helping others. — Ephesians 2:10 (TLB)

Happiness and all of the unlimited benefits which flow from the storehouse of heaven are contingent upon our relationship to God. Absolute dependency and absolute yieldedness are the conditions of being His child. Only His children are entitled to receive those things that lend themselves to happiness; and in order to be His child, there must be surrender of the will to Him.

We must admit we are poor before we can be made rich. We must admit we are destitute before we can become children of adoption. When we realize that all our own goodness is as filthy rags in God’s sight, and become aware of the destructive power of our stubborn wills; when we realize our absolute dependence upon the grace of God through faith and nothing more, then we have started on the road to happiness.

Man does not come to know God through works—he comes to know God by faith through grace. You cannot work your way toward happiness and heaven, you cannot moralize your way, you cannot reform your way, you cannot buy your way. It comes as a gift of God through Christ.

Prayer for the day: Ever impress upon us, Lord Jesus, that it is through grace that we came to know You; that it is because of You that we stand righteous before You.

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: Heaven – Wednesday September 20, 2017.

Mark 12:25 “For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.”

Text: Mark 12:25

The word heaven comes from the Greek word meaning “the sky; heaven as the abode of God”; by implication, “happiness; power; an eternity.”

Paul mentioned being caught up into “the third heaven” in 2 Corinthians 12:2. Since “the third heaven” exists, there must also be a first and second heaven. The first is probably the atmospheric heaven, the second, the abode of supernatural angelic beings, and the third, the place where God dwells.

God now dwells in the hearts of His people, but He also sits on His throne in heaven. The Lord’s commitment to dwell in us and never leave us or forsake us, must be taken as an indication of His great love for us. Heaven has a real temple which is patterned after the Old Testament tabernacle. Saints who die go immediately into heaven and into the presence of God.

Paul had a vision of heaven that made him long to go there. Most people cling to this physical life for selfish reasons. Only when we lose our life (die to self and live for Christ and others) do we truly find out what life is all about. If we seriously thought about what the scriptures teach us about our life with Christ after this physical life, we would all think like Paul. The things prepared for us are so wonderful that we can’t totally comprehend them with our finite mind. We need to value our eternal life more and our temporal life less. This would solve many problems and remove a lot of grief.

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: Give First — Wednesday 20, September 2017.

Memorise: I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. – Psalm 13:6

Read: 1 Chronicles 16:2-3, Acts 20:35 (KJV)

2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

Acts 20:35:

35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Bible in One Year: Ezra 9-10, Ezekiel 44:1-14, Hymn: Sing hymn 10 – There Shall be Showers of Blessing

MESSAGE:

Generous divine provision is a benefit of those in the sheepfold of the Great Shepherd. God prepares a table of abundance for His sheep (Psalm 23:5). No wonder David, in Psalm 13:6, said:

“I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me”

Coming up next: Open Heavens 21 September 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor Adeboye – Abba, Father

This scripture is a personal testimony of David. After God had blessed him beyond measure, he began to testify of God’s goodness through songs. If you carefully study the life of David, you will discover that the secret of his prosperity lay in the principles he lived by. One of such principles is demonstrated in today’s Bible reading: he believed giving to be the key to receiving. Can you imagine a man giving a loaf of bread to every citizen of a country? This was what David did, and he even gave much more! We often wonder why most of us are not flowing in God’s abundance, even though God has resources to cater for more than we could ever need. One likely reason for this is that we do not strictly follow divine financial principles. Jesus, in Luke 6:38, said:

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”

Let us draw a few lessons from this. Firstly, if you ever want to receive, it is your duty to first give. If you fail to sow, you would be deceiving yourself to expect a harvest. Many of us refuse to give, and yet we continue to pray, fast and do all other things right. If you want to receive, first give. It is important to note that God will never owe anyone. If you give, you will receive a harvest, no matter how long it takes, as long as the seed is not uprooted.

However, the way the harvest comes and when it will come are issues that may not be too clear to you. For instance, you may be expecting you harvest for a particular seed in the form of physical cash, not knowing that God has already given it to you as a harvest of peace in the time of trouble, or as protection when the enemy came calling. Sometimes, you cannot tell how the harvest of a given seed will come, although if you key into the Holy Spirit, He can sometimes reveal to you that a particular harvest you received was from a particular seed you sowed. Moreover, God who knows our needs should be given the freedom to determine when and how our harvests should come. Just make sure that a lifestyle of giving and sowing seeds is an indelible part of you. Do you give to God? Do you give to His servants? Do you give to the needy? How often do you give?

Action Point: Giving is an act. Giving is also a spirit. Pray that God will give you the spirit of giving.

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.

iOpenHeavens is the electronic version of the Hard Copy. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.

Topic: The Mystery Snake: Vomit My Glory! [Tuesday 19 September, 2017]

(Isaiah 54:10-17).

It was a scene of shock and of the bizarre, when a mystery snake was killed in Badagry area of Lagos State of Nigeria. The shocker was in the contents of the snake’s belly when it was killed. It contained names of 8 persons written on a piece of paper, 7 passport sized photographs of seven other persons and 3 black candles. The other mystery was that the snake refused to burn even inside a blazing fire, till a pastor was called to pray. Thank God for the Holy Ghost fire! And that was not the first time that such a mysterious snake had been killed.

What God is saying to a user of today’s devotional is that no weapon fashioned against you shall prosper! Indeed, there are many weapons being secretly fashioned in evil prayer houses and witchcraft covens! Indeed, there are mysterious and unknown enemies because this world is a wicked place! A few years ago, I once saw a name tied to a padlock on the top of a very high mountain where I went to pray. On that same mountain, I saw coins with people’s names tied on them – a sign of poverty. ON A PRAYER MOUNTAIN?

What a wicked world! How can the destinies of people be buried in the stomach of a snake? God is sending me to announce to you that all your swallowed or buried/covered blessings shall be released today! Do you know that same people’s destinies are buried in snake bellies, big rivers/ oceans, evil forests, occultic houses, cemeteries and T-juctions?

In this second half of 2017, note that since the grave could not hold Jesus Christ, no snake, fish, animal, coin, cemetery, forest, or coven shall be able to hold your glory, favor and destiny whether they like it or not! As you pray now, they must vomit every swallowed up glory or testimony. Pray now!

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Prayer Points: Take Song 1: Through the love………

1. Thank God for today’s word and pray as you are led!

2. I release my names/properties or body parts from any evil location today in Jesus Christ name (Pray this point seriously).

3. I decree: Every power holding down my glory and testimony, VOMIT IT in Jesus Christ name!

4. Pray the above prayer point for your loved ones name by name (Pray this point and the ones below seriously)

5. I command all evil snakes holding my destiny to vomit it now and die by fire in Jesus Christ name.

6. O Lord, let any stubborn evil power seeking my life and ministry be paralyzed now and be buried this year!

7. Pray any other prayer(s) as led now.

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Publisher/Writer Of ODM And

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Co-Publisher/Writer Of ODM.

Topic: Overcoming Weariness [Tuesday September 19, 2017]

Weariness is satan’s weapon to frustrate the saints from taking their blessings.

It comes when hope seems gone and waiting seems not necessary any longer.

When weariness is not stemed it extends to frustration which in turn can open the door to all kinds of evil.

If you want to escape weariness, tame your utterances.

To dismantle weariness offer strong thanksgiving and praise to God always. Thanksgiving are hardly worn out, thanksgiving naturally wears out the enemy.