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ACCORDING TO DIVINE PATTERN – PART 3

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” Proverbs 16:3 (ESV) REFERENCE Proverbs 16:1-3&9 In your quest to know God’s plan or pattern for you this year, and in your entire decision making, the following practical steps will be very helpful in achieving the objective of discerning the mind of God. The first thing you should note while preparing to wait on God is that there is no specific number of days you can religiously follow as a time frame for waiting on God, in order to hear from Him. In different instances in the Bible,...
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ACCORDING TO DIVINE PATTERN – PART 2

Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.  Jeremiah 29:12 REFERENCE Jeremiah 29:12-14 Yesterday, we left off with the thought that there is a specific pattern for your life this year which you cannot afford to miss. A pattern is a plan or model used as a guide for making something. For example, tailors who make custom-tailored clothes as against mass produced clothes, make them to fit the measurement of the body statistics of a specific client.  In the same way, there is a divine plan fitted specifically to you this year;...
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ACCORDING TO DIVINE PATTERN – PART 1

According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it. Exodus 25:9 REFERENCE Exodus 25:8-9 & 40 It is a blessing to be at the threshold of a new season – a new year. However, you cannot afford to just go into the New Year without knowing the mind of God for you this year. You just don’t want the year to happen on you and you just follow it aimlessly (taking whatever it throws at you). What worked for you in previous...
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ENGAGE WITH THE PROPHETIC WORD

For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. - II Peter 1:21   REFERENCE II Peter 1:19-21   What Word has God spoken concerning you? What prophecies, promises or pronouncements are you holding onto? The plan of God is that His Word in your life will not return to Him void, but that it will accomplish the purpose for which it was sent. Hence, every prophetic Word you receive should produce results in your life. The secret to seeing manifestations of the prophetic Word spoken...
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A STAR IS BORN: JOY TO THE WORLD

Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.  Luke 2:10 REFERENCE Luke 2:8-14 Good news is any bit of information that uplifts the soul and gladdens the heart; it is like cold water to a weary soul (Proverbs 25:25). Jesus’ coming heralded the phase of good news to all people. As a result, we can join the heavenly host to shout, “Glory to God in the highest!” Through the birth of this ‘Star’ we have joy and peace with God; and the wall...
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A STAR IS BORN: EMMANUEL – GOD WITH US

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Matthew 1:23 (KJV) REFERENCE Matthew 1:18-23 (KJV) The greatest significance of Jesus’ coming is that the God of heaven has chosen to tabernacle with men; we are now God’s temple. For that reason, we no longer need to go up to Moses’ Tent, David’s Tabernacle or Solomon’s Temple like they did in the Old Testament in order to meet with God. Through Jesus’ coming, God has moved headquarters to our ‘zone;’ He now lives...
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A STAR IS BORN: STAR OF WONDER!

...Behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”  Matthew 2:1-2 REFERENCE Matthew 2:1-11 It’s Christmas!!! Jesus is a gift from heaven to all mankind on earth. He came at a time when man was lost, confused, hopeless, and in need of redemption. For humanity, His coming was like a glass of cold water in a weary land; for He came to deliver us from our strong enemy and now, we who once were...
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ACT ON WHAT YOU HEAR!

Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear!  James 1:22 (MSG) REFERENCE James 1:22-25 (MSG) We were not created to reason with what God’s Word says, but to obey it! Why spend time studying and listening to the Word if you will not obey it? Before God, obedience is the ultimate; as seen in today’s passage, the doers and not just the hearers are the ones that get blessed. It is not what you give to God...
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HEROD’S PRIDE

And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he did not want to refuse her.  Mark 6:26 REFERENCE Mark 6:17-29 The late French historian and philosopher, Voltaire, said, “We are rarely proud when we are alone.” This statement rings true considering King Herod’s action in today’s text. On realizing that he had made a brash and thoughtless promise to his step daughter, one would expect that the logical thing for him to do was to repent and retrace his steps. However, He proceeded to add evil upon evil by ordering...
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HEROD’S PROMISE

And when Herodias’ daughter herself came in and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you…up to half my kingdom.” Mark 6:22-23 REFERENCE Mark 6:17-29 Herod’s character is further put on trial in our text today. We have seen him as an incestuous and shameless man. He exhibited a half-hearted devotion towards God’s Word - passive in doing what was right. We also saw yesterday that he postponed doing whatever he knew was right. Now today, we see him making...
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