For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this? ~ Esther 4:14 REFERENCE Esther 4:1-14 God is interested in getting His blessings to us, so we can extend them to others. Genesis 12:1-3 alludes to this truth; He made Abraham great, and blessed him, so that all nations would be blessed through him. Whatever resource God has blessed you with (a position of...
Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth'; and it was so. - Genesis 1:11 REFERENCE Genesis 1:11-12 A seed is the propagative part of a plant. It contains the embryo that gives rise to a new entity and it is the vehicle of reproduction. An endless multiplication of life is contained in the seed; the seed has all the roots, stem, branches, bark, flowers, leaves and the fruits, which in turn contains...
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. - John 15:13 REFERENCE John 15:9-14 Yesterday, we talked about love not just being in our speech but in our actions. Today’s text further buttresses that truth. True love (God’s kind) can only be measured by the sacrifices you are willing to make for the people connected to you. A sacrifice means you are ready to give up something of value (money, time, comfort, etc), for the sake of others. The account in Mark 2:1-12 is a good point of...
Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, 'Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.' - Luke 10:17 REFERENCE Luke 10:1-19 There is unlimited and so much untapped power in the name of Jesus. The disciples discovered it as they went on their mission – sicknesses were healed and stubborn demonic entities heeded their words of command in the name of Jesus. Philippians 2:9-11 shows that the name of Jesus is above every other name, and when mentioned, things on earth, beneath the earth and in heaven bow and confess that Jesus is Lord over...
Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. - Mark 4:39 REFERENCE Mark 4:35-5:2 Continued from yesterday… There are certain things the devil knows about you that makes him want to hinder you, because if he doesn’t, you will deliver his prisoners and destroy his works. So don’t be fazed by windstorms in your journey of life, their intention is to stop you from completing the journey. (Whether business, marriage, ministry, academics, etc,). Rather, learn from what Jesus did in...
And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. - Mark 5:2 REFERENCE Mark 4:35-5:2 Jesus embarked upon the journey in this passage for a purpose, a purpose not known to his disciples. The destiny of the mad man of Gadara was in Jesus’ hands, so the devil tried to stop Jesus from getting to him and releasing him from his imprisonment. This was why the storm came. In the same way, you are on a destiny journey in life, there is a...
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he… - Proverbs 23:7 REFERENCE Proverbs 23:7 As Christians, we tend to forget the art of thinking and we spiritualize everything, God gave us brains and minds to think with. It will be difficult to reposition or make any change in your strategies, systems and structures, if the change does not begin first and take root in your mind. True change begins from inside out. Mediocre thinking will not birth excellence, neither will failure thinking produce success. Your thoughts are like the wind, unseen but full of effects, powerful...
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. - 3 John 1:2 REFERENCE 3 John 1:1-4 Continued… Christians who have come to full age will also produce tangible results according to their spiritual growth; and since they have been feeding on ‘solid food,’ they qualify to get ‘solid food blessings.’ Such Christians will produce prosperity in their spirit, soul and body. They will take possessions of the blessing in the Word of God, not merely confessing it. The blessings they have will have overflow to others,...
I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able... - I Corinthians 3:2 REFERENCE I Corinthians 3:1-4 & 10-13 Continued from yesterday… No right thinking parent will commit things of great value into the hands of a baby because a baby simply doesn’t have the capacity to take care of such. Likewise, God cannot commit things of value into the hands of spiritual babies, lest they destroy it or it destroys them. Common traits of baby Christians include: shouting...
For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. - Hebrews 5:13 REFERENCE Hebrews 5:12-14 This passage talks about spiritual growth, but whatever is happening in your spirit will eventually affect your physical world i.e. finances, relationships, health, mindsets, etc,. Here, we see two kinds of people in the body of Christ and what they qualify to get – ‘babies’ who only qualify to get ‘milk’ and those who are of ‘full age’ who qualify to get ‘solid food.’ What separates these 2 groups of people is...