Topic: Judge of All [Wednesday July 19, 2017]

Text: Isaiah 26:12-21

Key Verse: “For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain” (Isaiah 26:21).

John Bunyan, the author of the Pilgrims’ Progress, stated: “This rushing world has a time to stand; which time when ended, judgment shall be issued out of hand upon all sorts of men. The Judge we find, in God’s record: the Son of man. For He by God’s appointment is made Lord and Judge of all that be. Before this Judge, no one shall shroud himself under pretence of knowledge, which hath made him proud, nor seeming penitence. No high profession here can stand, unless sincerity hath been therewith commixed and brought forth simplicity.

No mask nor visor here can hide the heart that rotten is, all clock now must be laid aside, no sinner must have bliss”. In the Bible, you will find that many people were judged and punished by God for their transgressions. The first man and woman were judged for their disobedience. Cain was judged for his wickedness. All those who refused to repent in the time of Noah were judged, so also the sinful people of Sodom and Gomorrah. Even the children of Israel were not spared judgement when they sinned in the wilderness.

The Scriptures describes God as the Almighty Creator, loving Father and merciful Redeemer; but He is also described as the all-knowing Judge. He watches our thoughts, words and actions (in secret and in the open) to see if they conform to His laid-down precepts of righteousness and holy living. And anyone who chooses to disregard His commandments will certainly be judged (Acts 17:30,31). Perhaps, the picture of your present life is not too different from that of Israel, who had forsaken the true God to follow after dead gods.

Remember that God is angry with the wicked (sinners) every day. Be wise. It is now that you can determine whether you will be judged unto condemnation by the Righteous Judge, or whether you will be eternally rewarded.

Thought for the day: God is merciful; but He is also a consuming fire.

Bible Reading in one Year: Exodus 8-11

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 Blessing of the Anointing [Wednesday July 19, 2017]

Scripture: But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil….The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Psalm 92:10-12

Thought For The Day: The Anointing processes a person into an enviable status in life.

Our anchor scripture has made it clear that to be anointed by God is to be blessed of God.

The anointed state is the blessed state of life; the Anointing processes a person into an enviable status in life.

Now, when I say, “Anointed by God”, I do not only refer to pastors or apostles but to any child of God that will press into God and connect the Anointing of God. You can walk in that anointing as a doctor, a lawyer, a civil servant, a tailor, etc.

We are going to look at the blessedness of the anointing in four dimensions.

1. The Anointing comes with its portion or allocation. There is no unction without a portion. The implication of this is that the anointing connects a person with supernatural supplies. (Psalm 92:10–14).

2. The Anointing comes with a crown (Leviticus 21:12). The anointing establishes a person in royalty.

3. The Anointing comes with honour and dignity. Anointed people are honourable people. When Samuel, an anointed prophet of God came to the house of Jesse, the Bible says the elders of the town trembled at his coming (1 Samuel 16:4). There is something anointed people carry that makes cities tremble.

4. The Anointing comes with favour and opportunity. Anointed people are favoured people. Things work for them easily (1 Samuel 10:1,4).

I declare the release of the fresh Oil that will shift you to the realm of unlimited supplies, favour, honour and dignity, in the Name of Jesus.

Remember this: The Anointing processes a person into an enviable status in life.

Assignment(s):

1. Make demands on the Anointing for your life.

2. Press into God’s Presence in prayer and worship.

3. Engage in covenant practices of tithing, giving to the poor and giving for the expansion of God’s kingdom, etc. it is a doorway to grace and unction (2 Cor. 9:6-8).

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE BLESSING OF THE ANOINTING.

Prayer: O LORD, I make demands on the Anointing that will shift me to the realm of unlimited supplies. Make me a channel of blessing in my generation, LORD, in Jesus’ Name.

Daily Reading: 1 Chronicles 28:1 to 29:30, Romans 5:6 to 21, Psalm 15:1 to 5, Proverbs 19:18 to 19

Quote: Nothing provokes the manifestation of the Almightiness of God like the helplessness of man. Culled from: 365 WISDOM CAPSULES by Dr Paul Enenche

Amazing Fact: Dolphins can look in different directions with each eye. They can sleep with one eye open.

Today In History: 19/07/1980 – The Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, opened in Moscow, Soviet Union.

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: You Have Been Graced to Reign [Wednesday July 19, 2017]

“For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:17(KJV)

Beloved, you have received so much grace that nothing is powerful enough to pluck you out of His Hands. It also means that you have been wired to rule and reign here on earth in-spite of the prevailing challenges. It means that there is nothing you can do to fall out of God’s favor. You are secured in His hands, without guilt or condemnation. In addition, when He looks at you, He sees you in Christ. He does not see your own obedience but sees you through the obedience of Christ. What a privilege! That should make you come boldly daily to the throne room of grace that you may obtain mercy and find grace to help in the time of need. Stop struggling, stop fretting and just lean on the grace of God.

Let me remind you that Grace is God giving to you what you did not deserve, nor qualify for. Just like your salvation which was not your idea. The finished work on the cross by Christ released grace to reign unto us. That is why God gives you preferential treatment, puts you in places you don’t deserve, takes you from the backline and puts you in the frontline.

Remember also that it was He who knew no sin that became sin that you may become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. It was His decision to die, and while we all were yet sinners, Christ died for the ungodly. Consequently, the grace of God reached out to you when you did not deserve it. Your labor, self -efforts, struggles couldn’t get it and yet He just made up His mind and said I am coming after you. In other words God took a decision to save you and love you unconditionally. Your assignment therefore is to believe and receive the grace that has been freely given to you.

Further Reading: Hebrew 4:16, Romans 5:1-17

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Psalms 23-25; Evening- Acts 21:18-40

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: Avoid Strife [Wednesday July 19, 2017]

Luke 12:58 “When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.”

LUKE 12:56-59

Jesus had just spoken about relationships before He gave this parable of delivering ourselves from the judge. The warning is clear that we should do everything within our power to avoid strife (Rom. 12:18). However, the consequences of failing to settle the differences are more than just physical prison or punishment.

Strife can produce spiritual and emotional prisons. James 3:16 says, “where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.” Depressions, fears, loneliness, bitterness, sicknesses, financial problems, and many other things can become prisons from which we will not be delivered until we reconcile.

The dictionary states that to reconcile means “to re-establish friendship between; to settle or resolve, as a dispute” (American Heritage). The key to reconciliation is effectively dealing with the enmity, ill will, hatred, or hostility that has caused the dispute. There are several approaches to reconciliation that may be applied. For instance, If we’ve offended someone by an unkind word that we’ve spoken, we can apologize. If we owe money to someone, we can pay the debt. If we’ve done something to someone we can make the necessary restitution. But in every case, reconciliation lies in dealing effectively with the root cause of the enmity.

The enmity between man and God was sin. God took the initiative to remove this barrier through the means and agency of Jesus Christ, thus leaving Him and man as friends once again. Thank God for His great love!

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: Words to Count On [Wednesday July 19, 2017]

Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of Hosts . . .  — Zechariah 4:6 (TLB)

After the crucifixion the beleaguered disciples despaired and said, “We had hoped that He was the one to redeem Israel” (Luke 24:21, RSV). There was anguish, despair, and tragedy in their midst. Life had lost its meaning and purpose. But when the resurrection became apparent, life took on a new meaning. It had purpose and reason.

David Livingstone once addressed a group of students at Glasgow University. When he rose to speak, he bore on his body the marks of his African struggles. Several illnesses on nearly 30 occasions had left him gaunt and haggard. His left arm, crushed by a lion, hung limp by his side. After describing his trials and tribulations, he said, “Would you like to have me tell you what supported me through all the years of exile among people whose language I could not understand, and whose attitude toward me was always uncertain and often hostile? It was this, ‘Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.’ On these words I staked everything, and they never failed.”

Prayer for the day: I am never alone because of Your love. Thank You, my Lord and Savior.

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: A New Management [Wednesday 19, July 2017]

Memorise: Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? – Romans 6:16

Read: Romans 6:13-20 (KJV)

13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

Bible in One Year: 2 Samuel 14; Ezekiel 11:14-12:6, Hymn: Sing hymn 11

MESSAGE:

Topic: Why the Storms? [Tuesday July 18, 2017]

Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and my God. — Psalm 42:5

O God, why do You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger burn and smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? – Psalm 74:1

As I think about the storms we all face in life, I can understand why people sometimes ask, “Why the storms? Why do we have so many problems and struggles in life? Why do God’s people have to deal with so much suffering?”

As I considered these questions, I began to see that Satan plants these questions in our minds. It is his attempt to keep us focused on our problems instead of focusing on the goodness of God. If we persist in asking these questions, we’re implying that God may be to blame. I don’t think it’s wrong to ask God why things happen. The writers of the psalms certainly didn’t hesitate to ask.

I think of the story of Jesus when He visited the home of Mary and Martha after their brother, Lazarus, died. Jesus waited until Lazarus had been dead for four days before He visited. When He arrived, Martha said to Jesus, Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died (John 11:21). She went on to say, And even now I know that whatever You ask from God, He will grant it to You (v. 22).

Did she really believe those words? I wonder, because Jesus said to her, Your brother shall rise again. Martha replied, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day (vs. 23-24). She didn’t get what Jesus was saying.

I don’t want to be unkind to Martha, but she missed it. When Jesus came, she didn’t ask, “Why didn’t You do something?” Instead she said, “If You had been here—if You had been on the job—he’d be alive.”

When Jesus assured her that Lazarus would rise again, she didn’t understand that it was going to happen right then. She could focus only on the resurrection. By looking at an event that was still in the future, she missed the real meaning of Jesus’ words for the present.

But aren’t many of us like Martha? We want our lives to run smoothly, and when they don’t, we ask why? But we really mean, “God, if You truly loved and cared for me, this wouldn’t have happened.”

Let’s think a little more about the “why” question. For example, when someone dies in an accident, one of the first questions family members ask is why? “Why her? Why now? Why this accident?”

For one moment, let’s say God explained the reason. Would that change anything? Probably not. The loved one is still gone, and the pain is just as severe as it was before. What, then, did you learn from the explanation?

In recent years, I’ve begun to think that why isn’t what Christians are really asking God. Is it possible that we’re asking, “God, do You love me? Will You take care of me in my sorrow and pain? You won’t leave me alone in my pain, will You?” Is it possible that, because we’re afraid that God doesn’t truly care about us, we ask for explanations?

Instead, we must learn to say, “Lord God, I believe. I don’t understand, and I could probably never grasp all the reasons why bad things happen, but I can know for certain that You love me and You are with me—always.”

Heavenly Father, instead of asking for answers to the why questions, help me to focus on Your great love for me. When Satan tries to fill my mind with troublesome questions, help me to feel the protection of Your loving, caring arms around me. Help me always to show my gratitude and devotion for all that You do for me. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

Yes, it took some years of pain, agony and shame, but God turned her pain to gain, her agony to glory and her shame to fame. That shall be your story and experience in this fasting programme and beyond.

Topic: Who Has The Final Say? [Tuesday 18 July, 2017]

(LAMENTATIONS 3:31-37; ISAIAH 10:1-2)

Welcome! The story was told by a man of God, of a sister from a polygamous family who broke the demonic law of limitation by being the first and only one to receive a University education out of 17 children from that family. She also broke the rule by being the first and the only one to get married in that family. Other children were unmarried, failures, “area boys/girls,” robbers, and had disgraceful lifestyles in their communities.

On her wedding day, the senior witch and first wife of her father danced to her side and whispered in her ears that their coven only permitted her to go thus far, and from then on, she would never get pregnant! The witch danced away and nobody knew what she said except the bride. From that day and for the next two years, her menstruation ceased completely until serious prayers by a man of God brought forth her turning point. Wow! Great God! Note that the witch told her, she would never get pregnant! That was a satanic judgement and sentence against her marital destiny because she broke a demonic law that nobody would amount to anything in her family bloodline.

But who has the final say? Vs. 37 of today’s scripture sounds like a bomb, “Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?” God is a specialist in upturning and overturning demonic sentences, satanic decrees, witchcraft judgements and captivity to the favor of His children (Psalm 126: 1)! Yes, it took some years of pain, agony and shame, but God turned her pain to gain, her agony to glory and her shame to fame. That shall be your story and experience in this fasting programme and beyond.

Recall that in the story above,the witch declared to the sister that “She would never get pregnant.” That was a statement of LIMITATION! It is an evil verdict of a wicked ACHAN (DELAY AGENT)! That was a DEMONIC ROADBLOCK and a TESTIMONY BLOCKER! But the GOD OF TURNING POINT turned it all round and that shall be your story in this fasting programme and beyond. Be at the last-day anointing service at Manna Mountaing Ogudu-Orioke, Lagos Nigeria on Saturday July 22nd 7am. Come with faith, anointing oil, your written prayer points, any point of contact and expectation!

I shall lay hands on everyone present! Don’t quit now! Sow your “ACHAN-MUST-DIE/ ANTI-DELAY SEED” INTO ANY ACCOUNT ON PAGE 29 OF ODM OE PAGE 44 OF “WAR AGAINST HAMAN -12” booklet and get your ANTI-DELAY PSALM which you will pray for 3 weeks. Only YOUR GOD has the FINAL SAY! Hold on and hold out!

Today is DAY 10 of the 14-day fasting programme. PRAY THE GENERAL PRAYERS ON PAGE 93 AND PRAYERS ON PAGE 62 OF THE “WAR AGAINST HAMAN -12 booklet.

Prayer Points: Take song 2: Stand up for Jesus………

1. Satan, you are a liar! Jehovah God has the final say in my life and ministry.

2. PRAY FOR ME DR. CHRIS TODAY! SEE THE CRITICAL NOTICE ON THE INNER COVER OF PAGE & PAGE 53 NOW!

By Bishop (Dr) Chris E. Kwakpovwe (Cek)
Publisher/Writer Of ODM And

Rev (Mrs) Flora E. Kwakpovwe (Fek)
Co-Publisher/Writer Of ODM.

Topic: Maintain a Sanitised Environment [Tuesday July 18, 2017]

Your environment influences everything about you the people you allow around you will either take you up or keep you down.

Nehemiah was an environmental sanitizer.

Neh 13:23-30

There are people that must never be allowed to exist around you.

Be non compromising and protective of the grace and virtue that you carry.

Don’t sell out like the way Solomon did from loving God to loving strange women.

Neh 13:26