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"The Pleasure of the Lord Shall Prosper in His Hand." Isaiah 53:10.

PROVE THE WORD OF GOD.

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RHAPSODY OF REALITIES DAILY DEVOTIONAL

TUESDAY, 20TH JUNE. 2017

PROVE THE WORD OF GOD.

…prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts… (Malachi 3:10).

God gave us His Word so we can live by it. The Word of God has the capacity and ability to take you through any situation in life victoriously. Isaiah 43:2 says, “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.” However, you have a responsibility to prove the Word; to work out the Word in your life.

Too many Christians go through life struggling and suffering, when they ought to be living in the transcendental blessings that have been made available to us in Christ Jesus. The reason for this is either because they’re ignorant or just won’t put the Word to work. You hear of a Christian who was so sick until he died, and some would say, “Well, sickness comes to everybody.” No, that’s not true! Hosea 4:6 says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge….” Ignorance is the bane of many.

It’s either we’re Christians in truth or we’re not. It’s either what we believe works or it doesn’t. If it doesn’t, what are we doing with it? If it works (and thank God it does), then let’s keep “working” it. Something you must do for yourself is to prove the Word of God in your own life. That way, you can neither be deceived nor miss your way in life. You have to know for yourself that the Gospel of Christ that you’ve believed is real.
God isn’t afraid to be put on the spot. Dare to take Him at His Word. He said in Malachi 3:10, “…prove me now herewith….” A lot of people don’t understand that their blessings aren’t in God’s hands, but it’s in their own hands, because Jesus already did everything needed for you to be superabundantly blessed. For example, the whole world has been saved by Jesus, because He died for everybody, but it’s only those who hear about it, believe it, accept and confess His Lordship, that receive salvation.

If you hear the Word and don’t act on it, it’ll not work, no matter how much that Word inspires you. You must take the next necessary step of acting accordingly for it to produce results in your life.

PRAYER
Dear Father, thank you for the power of your Word and its ability to take me through life victoriously. I’m a doer of the Word of God! As I look into the Word, I’m transfigured into the realities that I see; pictures and visions of glory, success and excellence, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY:
James 1:22-25 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.
1-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Acts 9:1-31, 2 Chronicles 35-36
2-Year Bible Reading Plan:
Luke 2:33-40, Deuteronomy 18

LIVE BY THE WORD OF GOD

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TO THE BIBLE: Jeremiah 29:11 NIV

‘“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”’

LET’S TALK

I was chatting with some friends many years ago and I said, “I will never be poor. I will never be broke.”

“You’re just boasting,” one of them said.

“I’m not boasting,” I replied.

“But, Chris, you don’t know the future. Do you?”

“I do!”

At this point, the others joined and made light of the issue, saying, “Don’t mind Chris. He’s only joking. He doesn’t really mean what he’s saying.” But I let them know that I meant every iota of what I had said. And so they asked me to explain. I opened the Bible and showed them a series of scriptures that highlight the prosperity of the Christian. One of the scriptures I read was Psalm 1:1-3, which says, “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.”

Next, I told them that if anyone would walk in the light of these verses, they wouldn’t fail; they’d always be successful.

“But those are mere Bible verses you just read,” they said.

“They’re not mere verses,” I responded. “They’re God’s truth. And if you’d live by it, you’d certainly become what it talks about. The Word will give you hope, and cause you to prosper irrespective of the existing social structure, political system, or economic condition in your country.

Go Deeper

Acts 20:32; 3 John 2

Speak

I will always be successful and prosperous, by virtue of God’s Word working in me. The Word is taking me from glory to glory. As I commit myself to live by it, I’m transformed into what it talks about, in Jesus’ Name.

Act

Meditate on the words of Act 20:32: “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”

THE POWER OF MEDITATION

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God’s Word Gives You The Mindset For Success

 

God’s Word Gives You The Mindset For Success

TO THE BIBLE: Psalm 1:1-3

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the lord, and in his law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.”

LET’S TALK

Today’s theme scripture simply summarises what you need to live a highly successful and prosperous life. Firstly, it says the one who wants to be successful doesn’t walk in the counsel of the ungodly; that means he refuses to heed the advice of profane people. Secondly, he doesn’t stand “…in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful;” this implies he doesn’t keep company with the wrong folks, nor does he ignore the things of God. “But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.”

To be a real success, it’s important that you meditate on the Word. Meditation conditions your spirit for excellence and gives you the right mentality for prosperity. There are people who have been wrongly conditioned, and so they think and act wrongly. But when you allow the Word of God to influence you, it’ll give you a new way of thinking, a success-mindset. You just cannot fail, because there are no “failure files” in your system anymore. You only run on the “success files” introduced into your spirit through the Word of God.

God’s Word is God’s wisdom. And as you meditate on it, you’re automatically programmed in the direction of success and piloted by the force of wisdom.

Go Deeper

Joshua 1:8; 1 Timothy 4:15

Pray

Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for the divine influence of your Word in my life. As I meditate on it day-by-day, my mindset is transformed, and I become the person you want me to be, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Act

Set aside some time to meditate on the scriptures on a daily basis.

FINANCE AND PROSPERITY

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