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Memorise: For we walk by faith, not by sight: 2 Corinthians 5:7
Read: Matthew 7:21-23
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 40-42
Action Point: Believers who often run after miracles from place to place end up as preys of Satan. Pursue Jesus and you will find Him.
Signs and wonders are important tools for church growth. Yet, as great as they are, they have their limitations. A Christian is called to a life of faith not a life controlled by sight. Signs and wonders are primarily meant for unbelievers while believers are expected to believe even without seeing. To unbelievers, seeing is believing but to his followers, Jesus says: if you believe then you will see John 11:40). That is pure faith! In other words, for a believer, it is your faith that will bring your expectation into reality. So, if you lack faith in God in a particular area of life, you may not see anything.
Signs and wonders have their limitations hence you need to reorder your priorities in line with the reality of God's word. For instance, it is possible to perform miracles and be unable to make it to Heaven (Matthew 7:21-23). Some bonafide servants of God who walked in the miraculous are in hell, and many more will join them because of pride. What brought Lucifer down if not pride? If you cannot ask God to clothe you with humility and meekness while He is ....................................................................................................................
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Memorise: He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:32
Read: Mark 10:28-30
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 37-39
Key point: The rich fool thought he was in control of his harvest until God separated him from it and he suffered a great loss. If you hold tightly to what you have than is necessary, you may be calling for a separation.
The level of sacrifice you are prepared to make towards God is another factor that reveals your level of commitment to God. Sacrifice and love go hand in hand. You are prepared to sacrifice something for the one you love. For instance, .when a man is courting a woman he really loves, he would do virtually anything for her to convince her of his love. Although, unfortunately, after he has succeeded in marrying her, he may not be willing to make such sacrifices anymore. The ideal thing is that he should even do more for her. God so loved the man He created that He sent His only Begotten Son to die for them John 3:16). But God did not stop there. Romans 8:32 says,
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things"
This means that having given us Jesus His..............................................................................
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Memorise: But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. Psalm 115:3
Read: Psalm 115:1-3
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 34-36
Action point: Thank God for making you who you are and for giving you all you've got. Pray that His purpose for your life might never be defeated.
In John 5:2-9, the Lord Jesus Christ walked into the colony of sick folks by the pool of Bethesda, healed one man and took His leave. Why just one man? What about the rest? Would He not have received a greater level of glory by healing all the sick folks there? From this we learn that the Lord just wanted to establish His sovereignty. Psalm 115:3 says,
“But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased."
We understand from the scriptures that He prayed for Peter to overcome a most trying moment (Luke 22:31), whereas He told Judas Iscariot to speedily execute his evil intention John 13:27). May God's sovereignty work in your favour and not against you in Jesus name.
During major programmes of The Redeemed Christian Church of God such as the Congress, Convention or Special Holy Ghost Services, We usually see God at work, performing spectacular miracles, healing diverse sicknesses, setting the captives free and saving souls. On a particular occasion, the Lord said He would heal 144,000 people in one night. That year, at the end of the Congress, I saw a man who was brought in on a wheel chair returning in the wheel chair. Later in my office, after thanking God for the great things He had done I asked Him why the man .................................................................................................................................
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Memorise: But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ Philippians 3:7
Read; Philippians 3:4-8
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 31-33
Key point: The simplest way to get everything God has to offer you is by offering Him everything you have including your will.
Dedication is sustaining your effort on an increasing level over a given assignment, until it is done. On the other hand consecration is to surrender all-to put in all it takes-prayer, energy, talents, connections and everything. It is to be committed to something without reservation - to be wholly devoted to a cause. In Philippians 1:21, Paul said:
"'For to me to live is Christ,; and to die is gain"
By this Paul was saying whether alive or dead, his life revolves around Jesus Christ. The disciples of Jesus Christ left everything in order to follow the Lord. What have you left to follow Him? How consecrated are you to the Lord after singing for years: Take my life and let it be consecrated Lord to Thee1?
A classic example of consecration in scriptures is the three Hebrew children - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They humbly but boldly looked up at ..........................................................................................
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Memorise: Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. Isaiah 52:11
Read: Zechariah 3:1-7
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 28-30
Key point: All-round cleanliness is required to relate with God as His representative.
In today's Bible reading, we read of how Joshua the high priest, who was both a representative of God and a divine champion, was standing before an angel, putting on filthy garments. You would notice that God's attention was focused on the dressing of His priest. Some people tell us today that since the inward appearance is more important to God, we should play down the outward appearance. The truth is they are both important before God. If you are God's representative, God is interested in your inner beauty as well as your outward dressing. God wants to know whether your physical clothes are clean or dirty. If you are a Christian but you are dirty, you need reorientation and renewal of your mind. Some sisters leave their hair unkempt and unwashed until it begins to breed lice. Some brothers will wear the same boxers for one or two weeks. Some people do not have their bath or even brush their teeth in the name of fasting. No wonder whenever they are doing a private fast the whole world knows. What is keeping ................................................................................................................
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Memorise: And .David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. 2 Samuel 6:14
Read: 2 Samuel 6:12-16
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 25-27
Key Point: If you cannot dance for God, who else would you dance for?
Beside standing and lifting up holy hands and going on your knees, you can also dance in worship of the Most High God. When the African dog is wagging its tail at its owner, it is acknowledging its owner. So when you dance before God with all your heart, you are acknowledging God as your owner. This does not include sexually provocative dancing. Some ladies dance to attract men and vice versa while some others dance to please God. Let your dance glorify God. If you truly dance to please the Lord, acknowledging Him as your owner and thanking Him with all your heart, you will not leave His presence empty. You will leave with a load of His presence and power.
Also, the way you react when you receive news of a Kingdom victory is an indicator of whether the direction of flow of your heart mirrors that God. How do you feel when..........................................................................................
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Memorise: And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: Exodus 3:21
Read: Exodus 3:21-22
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 22-24
Prayer point: Father; let Your favour completely swallow up every emptiness in my life.
The trial of your faith is very important as it plays a major role in your life. Nobody knows it all nor is fully prepared for what God wants to use him or her for. This is why God sometimes uses trials to prune us and beat us into shape so that we can conform to His will. In any trial you face, may God's purpose for taking you through it be accomplished in Jesus name.
"And I will give this people favour in the sight of all Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:" Exodus 3:21

After the trial of your faith, comes the release of God's favour. One benefit of ..................................................................................................
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Memorise: Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. Isaiah 8:18
Read; Acts 13:6-12
Bible in one year Psalm 22-24
Action point: If antagonists of the Gospel experience a sign, they will change. Ask that antagonists of the Gospel would experience the wonder that will move them from their evil path.
Signs and wonders have a way of instigating faith and compelling belief. You cannot tell the impact just one sign or miracle will have on the assignment of a church, particularly if it is a notable or spectacular miracle. For instance, in the early church, when signs and wonders were wrought by the hands of the apostles, great multitudes were converted to the Christian faith (Acts 5:12-14). You need the power of the Holy Spirit in order to demonstrate to unbelievers that our God still performs wonders. In the life of a User of this Devotional, the Lord is beginning a spate of signs and wonders that will draw many to His kingdom. When the Lord does this, share your testimony and give God all the glory. You are for signs and wonders from now on. Even your children will ..........................................................................
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Memorise: Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Romans 12:11
Read: Romans 12:10-11
Bible in one year: Psalm 19-21
Action point: Prayerfully pick 5 non committed members of your church and follow them up until they are fully committed.
Another mark of a committed believer is commitment to God's work. You cannot be in your Father's house just warming the bench or pew while others are very busy. The committed believer is too happy to take on a task for the Master. If you want to frustrate such an individual, take away the assignment he or she was given, and it will seem his or her life is about to crash. This is so because the life of the committed revolves around service to the Most High God. Even when such fellow offends and is disciplined, it will be glaring to all that the fellow is going through an unpleasant moment. Did you say you are committed to God? Then what are you doing for God? You can't be idle in God's house and be committed. The committed does not choose tasks to be done. Send the fellow to stand outside the gate as a security personnel, he will be happy. Ask him to go and join sanitation workers where he will be ..........................................................................................................
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Memorise: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. Isaiah 55:11
Read: Isaiah 55:10-11
Father; frustrate, disappoint and paralyse every satanic plot to make Your good Word redundant concerning me and my situation.
God's Word is full of power. When He speaks, it is done. Once God speaks, the impossible will immediately become possible because every Word of God contains enough power to actualise what the Word is meant to do. Hence Isaiah 55:10-11 says God's word cannot return empty to Him. In the name of Jesus, every good prophetic word that has been sent into your life shall not return empty to God, but fulfil its mission. Sometime ago, one of my daughters came to tell me she was three months pregnant. I congratulated her but she said she came because she wanted the baby to be a girl. I told her that from the little science I know, whether a child will be a boy or girl will be determined within 72 hours of conception. She protested saying that that was not what I earlier taught them, that I had taught them with God all things ................................................................................................
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Memorise: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. Proverbs 3:22
Read; Daniel 2:19-23
Bible in one year: Psalm 13-15
Prayer point: Father thank You for making me Your eyes. Lord, help me to perform my role as Your eyes to the world.
In Psalm 17:8, while receiving terrible attacks from deadly enemies, David asked God to protect him as the apple of His eyes. The eyes can serve as a window to the heart. To read a man' s heart, you do not need to look at his mouth but his eyes. Why? The mouth could be saying one thing but the eyes would be saying something different Usually, what the eyes say is most likely true. In the same vein, God wants the world to read His mind by focusing or studying us believers - His eyes. May you not fail God in this special assignment.
In Genesis 41:14-36, Pharaoh had dreams but needed the apple of God's eyes - Joseph, to provide the interpretation. Similarly, King Nebuchadnezzar had dreams in Daniel 2:19-23, 4:19-27 and 5:10-29, but could .......................................................................................................
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Memorise: It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Romans 14:21
Read: Romans 14:15-21
Bible in one year: Psalm 10-12
Action point: Pray that every Christian leader with sizeable following will not err from the right path. Also ask that those that have erred and are misleading others would return to God's path.
A divine champion represents his God, nation and family. Your success or otherwise as a representative affects those you represent. This is exemplified by football competitions where two competing nations are each represented by a team of 11 players. If any team wins, the country that they represent is said too have won, likewise if they fail, their country has failed. In 1 Samuel 17:51, when the champion of the Philistines died, the rest of the Philistine army took to their heels. Their high hopes and expectations disappeared when they lost their champion. Just one man died and a whole nation fled. When the enemies captured Samson in Judges 16:23-24, they said their god had delivered him into their hands. In other words, there was an invisible contest between their god and Samson's God and the former defeated the latter. As a minister or child .....................................................................................
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