MAKE GOD’S VISION YOURS

(Get Enthusiastic About The Things Of God)

 

TO THE BIBLE: Acts 20:24 CEV

“But I don’t care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And that work is to tell the good news about God’s great kindness.”

LET’S TALK

With the news media in the world today, it’s easy to think Satan has many people he uses to wreak havoc and destroy human lives. But you need to realize that God has many more people evangelizing the world with His Word. These are people who have given their money, time, talents, and resources to see that the gospel reaches the ends of the earth. They are so sold out to this vision that they count nothing too much to put into the gospel.

The question is: ‘’Are you one of such people? Do you see yourself in God’s evangelical plan for the world?” it’s important that you do, because soul winning is God’s number one priority; He wants everyone around the world to know how much He loves them and how they can receive Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives.

This should matter to you. Become passionate about winning souls to Christ, and you can start with those closest to you-your family, friends, neighbours, and schoolmates.

Go Deeper: 2 Timothy 4:2, Matthew 6:33

Pray

Dear heavenly Father, thank you for counting me faithful and worthy to bring others to Christ. I commit myself to sharing the Good news of your love with everyone I meet. Thank you, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Act

Make a list of ten people you will reach out to with the Gospel this month. Have their names with you during your times of prayer. Speak God’s Word over them, and reach out to them by faith.

 

GREATNESS IS IN YOUR SPIRIT

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing (Genesis 12:2).

From the scripture above, we notice that it was God who spoke to Abraham and said, “I will make you great”; it wasn’t Abraham who cried out, “O Lord, make me great!” It was God’s choice to make him great, and from that point on, the man did great things. He defeated five kings and their armies with three hundred servants trained in his house (Genesis 14). His wealth and influence outweighed those of the nations where he dwelt. He was a force to be reckoned with by kings of nations around him because of how great he was.

The Bible says, “If ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Galatians 3:29). If you’re born again, you’re the seed of Abraham; the seed of greatness is in your spirit. Therefore, you ought to do great things. Great people do great things. When the seed of greatness is in a man, he’ll undoubtedly do great things that will be spoken of for generations after Him. Never think small or see yourself as small. You’re the offspring of the great God of glory; His seed of greatness is in you. It’s your set time to do great things.
Every day, tell yourself, “I’m doing great things, for the Spirit of God lives in me! I refuse to think small or do small things. I’m born for greatness!”

Remember, you were born into greatness! Your family history is replete with stories and feats of greatness. I’m not talking about your earthly family, but the family of God to which you belong. This is your time to do great things in the Kingdom of God. It’s your set time to do exploits in your job, business, academics and other areas of your life.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

(There’s More To Life Than Physical Things)

TO THE BIBLE: Luke 12:15 GW

“He told the people, “Be careful to guard yourselves from every kind of greed. Life is not about having a lot of material possessions.””

LET’S TALK

Would it surprise you to know that there are people in prison today who are joyful and more at peace than many who are free and have all the nice things the heart can desire? That’s because joy isn’t dependent on your surroundings and circumstances; it’s in your spirit. This is what the apostles had, such that even when they didn’t have life’s material comforts, they remained enthusiastic about the gospel. When they were oppressed, persecuted, and imprisoned for preaching Jesus, they were full of joy. So, joy and satisfaction aren’t in material things, but from your spirit.

There’s more to life than the world’s symbols of prosperity. True prosperity is about the triumph of God’s Word in your life. It’s having God’s grace upon your life, which causes everything you’re involved with to succeed. It’s having the totality of God’s blessings and grace, and the enablement to impart the same to others also. And this brings with it happiness, peace, and fulfillment.

How prosperous do you want to be? How glorious do you want your life to be? If you’d meditate on the Word, you’ll have all-round prosperity and true satisfaction! You’ll be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit all-year round! Your leaves will not wither; and whatsoever you do shall prosper. Make the Word your delight and meditation, and your life will be full of glory.

Go Deeper

Philippians 4:11-12; Hebrews 13:5

Pray

Dear heavenly Father, thank you for showing me what true satisfaction is. Your Word has taken centre stage and continually triumphs in my life. I completely depend on your promotion, prosperity, and supply always. Thank you for these, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Daily Bible Reading

ONE YEAR

1 Corinthians 15:35-58, Proverbs 8-9

TWO YEAR

Luke 20:9-18, 1 Samuel 20

Act

Study and meditate on these scriptures that teach about contentment: Matthew 6:25-34, Hebrews 13:5-6, and 1 Timothy 6:3-11.

TO THE BIBLE: Psalm 102:13

“You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, has come.”

LET’S TALK

Favour means to show friendly regard toward another. It means gracious kindness; a special privilege or right granted you especially that which you didn’t deserve. It also means an advantage bestowed on you to your benefit. It’s similar to the word “mercy” as used in the beginning part of the opening scripture, which in the original Hebrew text refers to “a deep expression of love.”

I want you to know that God has chosen to show you a deep expression of love. He wants you to experience His extraordinary favour and manifold blessings in every area of your life. Doors and opportunities that can’t be humanly explained have been opened to you by the Spirit of God. People will regard, celebrate and help you because you’ve found favour with God, and in the sight of men. This was what Apostle Paul saw when he wrote in Colossians 1:12: “Giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.”

The Bible says “For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield” (Psalm 5:12). That means you’re dressed with God’s favour everywhere you go. Come to terms with the fact that God has favoured you. You’ve been marvelously helped. You’re the favoured child of a loving God; therefore you cannot be disadvantaged.

Go Deeper

Exodus 12:36; Daniel 1:9; Luke 2:52

Pray

Dear Father, thank you for your favour surrounds me as a shield. I’m grateful for the life of favour and abundant blessings with which I have been blessed. Thank you because things always turn out for my good. Doors of opportunities open to me, and people take it upon themselves to do me good, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Daily Bible Reading

ONE YEAR

Titus 3:1-15, Habakkuk 1-3

TWO YEAR

John 8:33-43, 2 Kings 23

 

Act

If before now you never thought that you deserved God’s help or favour, change that mentality. Accept His help today, and enjoy all that His favour brings.

TO THE BIBLE: James 2:18-19

‘…Someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!’

LET’S TALK

Someone once asked, “Who’s an unbeliever: is it the one who doesn’t believe in Jesus at all or the other who believes He’s God’s Son but hasn’t confessed His Lordship? The simple answer is “Both!” It’s not enough to believe that Jesus is the Son of God; you must also confess Him as Lord of your life. In the latter part of James 2:19, we read that even demons believe there is one God and tremble, but that doesn’t make them “believers!”

An unbeliever is anyone who hasn’t obeyed the gospel of Jesus Christ by believing in his heart that Jesus Christ is alive and confessing Him as Lord (Romans 10:9-10). The word “believe” is a verb formed from two Anglo-Saxon words. The first means “to accept that something is or exists,” and the second means “to act like it is.” To believe, therefore, means to accept that something exists and then act accordingly. It’s an action word that brings about possession. You can’t claim to believe without acting.

A believer accepts what God says, and then speaks and acts accordingly. So, if you truly believe God is who He says He is and has done what He says He’s done, then you must talk, act, and live accordingly. Don’t stop at merely believing that Jesus died and was raised back to life. You’ve got to also accept His finished works by confessing His Lordship over your life; that’s the action that catapults you into salvation.

Go Deeper: Romans 4:19-20, 2 Corinthians 4:13

Pray

Dear Father, I receive your Word concerning my success, health, victory and prosperity with meekness, gladness, and faith in my heart; and I act in agreement with that Word today; in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Act

Talk the Word from these scriptures:

1. 1 Corinthians 15:57
2. John 5:24

 

 

TO THE BIBLE: Colossians 1:21-22 KJV

“And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight”

LET’S TALK

Observe the tenses in our opening scripture today. It says Jesus has reconciled you in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, unblameable, and unreproveable in God’s sight. This isn’t something God is trying to do, or going to do; He’s already done it through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ! You’ve been reconciled with the Father, and the latter part of the opening scripture shows His reason for doing this is to present you holy, blameless and above reproach in God’s sight.

It doesn’t matter what anybody thinks about you, God says you’re holy, faultless and irreproachable. This is who you are to Him. This is how He’s presented you to Himself in Christ Jesus—holy and free of all accusations. This is where your audacity of faith should spring from. This is the why you should be bold to make demands in His Name, and to decree a thing and have it established. It’s because of what Jesus did, and now, your righteousness is of Him.

Perhaps you’re reading this and thinking, “This can’t apply to me. I’ve done a lot of terrible things!” Don’t look at what you’ve done; look at what Jesus has done for you and who He’s made you, and say “Yes” to Him! Embrace His righteousness, and begin to see yourself differently on the basis of this new information. His love is bigger, greater, and more powerful than the worst sin. You’re valuable to Him, and He loves you dearly. Remember that “…there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). Live free of guilt, because you are unblameable in God’s sight!

Go Deeper

Romans 5:17; Romans 8:33-39

Pray

Dear Father, thank you for imputing your righteousness to me, with which I stand boldly in your presence without guilt, condemnation, inferiority, but as your son/daughter with an inextricable oneness with you. Thank you Father for this awesome privilege, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Daily Bible Reading

ONE YEAR

1 Corinthians 12, Psalms 146-150

TWO YEAR

Luke 19:20-27, 1 Samuel 16

Act

Stand before the mirror of God—His Word—and keep declaring to yourself that you’re faultless, justified, unimpeachable and free from condemnation!

TO THE BIBLE: Luke 10:17-19

“Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.””

LET’S TALK

When Moses died and Archangel Michael came to take his body, satan also showed up to stake his claim, and a confrontation ensued. That’s because back then, before Jesus Christ came, satan had a right over the bodies of everyone who died. Jude verse 9 shows us the dispute between these two over Moses’ body: “…When [even] the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, judicially argued (disputed) about the body of Moses, he dared not [presume to] bring an abusive condemnation against him, but [simply] said, The Lord rebuke you!” (AMP).

At the time, satan was higher-ranking than Michael, because he was operating with Adamic authority, which he got when Adam committed high-treason in the Garden of Eden. So, all Michael could do was say, “The Lord rebuke you!” He spoke this way to satan in the Name of the Lord, in order to get Moses’ body. Now, in Matthew 16:19, Jesus said, “…I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” This is a present-hour truth!

The enemy has been stripped of all power and has lost his right to this world! In our opening verses today, Jesus said, “…I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” You’ve got authority over satan and the cohorts of darkness. They’ve all been thoroughly and completely defeated, and you’re charged to execute judgment against them (Psalm 149:9). Never fight or struggle with him! When he shows up, or you perceive that he’s stirring trouble around you, cast him out with the Word and he’ll flee (James 4:7; Ephesians 6:17)!

Go Deeper

Revelation 12:11; 1 John 4:4

Speak

The Lord has granted me authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the ability of the devil! At the Name of Jesus, every knee bows, and every tongue confesses that Jesus is Lord! I reign over the devil, through my faith-filled declarations!

Daily Bible Reading

ONE YEAR

Romans 14-15:1-4, Psalms 90-93

TWO YEAR

Luke 15:11-19, Judges 20

Act

Use the Name of Jesus to handle any difficult situation facing you today.

TO  THE  BIBLE     John 2:11

“This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.”

LET’S  TALK

“That meeting was glorious,” is something we say all the time after a church service or meeting. But have you ever asked yourself what exactly made the meeting glorious? And what’s glory, anyway?

Well, glory is that which inspires, produces or causes honour. If you give honour, admiration, and respect to someone because of something that happened, that thing had glory, because it inspired you to honour that person. We can say a meeting was glorious because we were inspired to honour, reverence, praise, and worship the Lord; thus, revealing the glory of His Kingdom. When Jesus turned water to wine and the disciples saw it, they were stunned, and began to adhere to, trust in, and rely on Him (John 2:11 AMP).

We’ve become a part of the glory—the splendour and beauty—in God’s Kingdom, where sickness, defeat, failure and death are alien. Think about the children of Israel and the promises God made to them. He told them they’d never be defeated by their adversaries. He said to them, “I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you” (Exodus 15:26). Then, in Psalm 91:16 He told them, “You will live a long life and see my saving power” (CEV). These and several other blessings in the Old Testament were addressed to the children of Israel.

Now, imagine the glory we’ve been called into as new creations, living in the Kingdom of God’s dear Son! The Bible says we obtained a better covenant, established upon better promises (Hebrews 8:6). Think about that! The glory of the New Testament, of our spiritual Kingdom, is the more excellent glory; it supersedes what the children of Israel experienced (2 Corinthians 3:10-11).

Go Deeper

Psalm 145:11-12; 1 Peter 1:11; 1 Peter 2:9

Pray

Dear Father, I thank you for your glory that’s seen in, and revealed through me. I set forth your wonderful deeds, and display your virtues and perfections always and in every place! I experience and manifest your prosperity, grace, wisdom and righteousness in an ever-increasing measure, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Daily  Bible  Reading

ONE YEAR

Romans 3, Psalms 42-44

TWO YEAR

Luke 11:37-44, Judges 2-3

Act

Write down 3 scriptures that talk about the greater glory in the New Testament. Study and declare them throughout your day.