The biblical theme of refreshing has a variety of physical and
spiritual meanings. In Scripture we read of refreshment by resting on
the Sabbath (Ex. 23:12), with cool water after physical activity (Judg.
15:18-19), by soothing music (1 Sam. 16:23), and with encouraging
fellowship (2 Tim. 1:16).
The apostle Peter describes a time of spiritual refreshment that took
place on the Day of Pentecost. He exhorted his listeners to repent and
respond to the gospel “that times of refreshing may come from the
presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19). The apostle’s statement was
especially meaningful to the Jewish audience with its reference to the
millennium when Messiah would rule. But the good news of spiritual life
would also be extended to the Gentiles (Acts 10).
Even now as believers we can experience a time of refreshing by
quieting our hearts in a devotional time of prayer and Bible reading.
When we spend time alone with the Lord, we can experience His peace and
joy which renew us in spirit. Aren’t you thankful for these daily times
of spiritual refreshment?
A Prayer: Lord, I need my spirit refreshed and
renewed today. Speak to me through Your Word that I
might hear Your heart, and help me to share my heart
with You in prayer. Amen.
When we draw near to God, our minds are
refreshed and our strength is renewed.
Join us in our Second year anniversary as God will be using his prepared vessel to open us up as concerning this topic, God bless you.
Monday, 4 February 2013
DOES THIS GENERATION REALLY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LUST AND LOVE? DOES THESE POINT CONFIRMS IF A MAN AND WOMAN ARE REALLY IN LOVE:
a. SLEEPING TOGETHER
b. SHARING GIFTS
c. DESPIRATION
d. DOMINEERING
etc.
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DATE:SATURDAY, 17th FEB. 2013
Once again I want to
use this medium to say congratulations and Happy New MONTH to you in this year
of BOUNTIFUL HARVEST 2013. It is a
year that is so loaded with unimaginable blessings from heaven for the children
of God and also the riskiest year to stay out of the camp of the redeemed of
God. (Not to be born again)
There are things that we need to do as covenant children of
God in addition to engaging in warfare with the prophecy (Joel 2:23-27). We
don’t wish things into place in the kingdom of God but we need to take covenant
steps to provoke the manifestation of the blessings as declared by the Lord
unto us. Jesus said “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and
doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a
rock” Matt 7:24 (KJV). The wisdom there is in doing the word of God.
Below are the highlights of what we are to be mindful of as
we walk through this month of February in order to take the delivery of our
portion of Divine Establishment.
Our ANCHOR scripture for the month is taken from the book of
Jer. 17:7-8-
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope
the LORD is,
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that
spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but
her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought,
neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
“…Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye
inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established;
believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper”2 Chron 20:20b (KJV)
1. Separation (sanctification) 1Thes 4:3
The word sanctification as it was used in the scripture
means to make holy, that is, purify or consecrate; to venerate: – hallow, be
holy, separated unto God for glorification. It means righteousness and purity
of heart.
It therefore places a demand on us to take advantage of the
sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross to receive the gift of His Righteousness (i.e.
salvation if you are not saved before) and also make a choice to live in
righteousness by faith.
a. There is no midway between this. It is either you are
saved or not so if you are reading this and have not at any time consciously
and willingly accepted Jesus as your Lord and Saviour then you must do it now
because like I said earlier this is the riskiest time to stay out of the camp
of the redeemed of God. Psalms 1: 4 – 6 made it clear what will be the portion
of the ungodly especially in this perilous time. Isaiah 60: 4 (KJV) said “For,
behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but
the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee”
The darkness that the bible is referring to is not what
happen when you have electricity failure or when you switch off your physical
light but talking about manifestations of the wickedness of the devil in form
of all evil things more than we can imagine.
The only way to escape this darkness is to be born again and
be engrafted into the Light that shines that the darkness cannot comprehend or
extinguish John 1:4 – 8
This is the foundation for the true holiness without which
it is absolutely impossible to see God, man in his fallen state lacked the
power to live a holy life but being born of God simply means the nature of God
which includes holiness is imputed into you and that serves as a foundation for
true holiness!
b. 1Thessalonians 4:3- , Ephesians 5:5-12, 2Cor 7:1, Romans
1:4
“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that
ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to
possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;” 1 Thess 4:3-4 (KJV)
Having received the gift of righteousness we still have the
responsibility to live righteously or do righteousness (1John 2:29, 3:7, 10).
The grace of God is available for us to do this but we need to desire and
decide or make a choice to live holy and abstain from things that can pollute
us.
Look at what the Holy Spirit said through Apostle Paul here:
“I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But
Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold
of the prize. My friends, I don’t feel that I have already arrived. But I
forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead. I run toward the goal,
so that I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the prize that
God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done.” Phil 3:12 – 14 (CEV)
This simply that we have the responsibility of pressing
towards the mark and as long as we are alive in this flesh that will be needed.
The word of God commanded us in Psalms 1:1 that we should not walk, nor stand
and never attempt to sit in the zone of unrighteousness and that is the key.
Remember that God is Holy and will never tolerate sin in any form but that His
grace is sufficient and enough for us. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of
Holiness and is ever ready to empower us to live holy (Rom 1:4). Pressing
without the Holy Ghost is futile (Malachi 3:1 – 4) we need to be powered into
and also sustained in life of holiness by Him. He is the refiner’s fire that
purifies the saints
2. Love for God, His word and His kingdom
The second step in the journey to Divine Establishment or
divine build up is in the second verse of Psalms 1:2. It means to take great
pleasure in the word of God and getting soaked in it to the extent that day and
night 24/7 your eyes and mind are glued to it.
This is simply talking about the unreserved love for God
which is backed up with proofs not just mere confession but love demonstrated.
(John 3:16) God loved and He gave, in other words genuine love is demonstrated
and is evident. (It has proofs)
True love for God can be measured in the following ways:
Psalms 119:97 Love of His word
Psalms 122:1 Obadiah 17, Psalms 84:7 Love of His house
(congregation of the saints)
2Corithians .8:7-8 Love giving to Him (sow seeds)
John 14:21 Love keeping His commandment
God and His Word are one (John 1:1) you cannot
truly love God and not love His word, as we allow God to take His rightful
position in our lives this year there is no devil that can contend with our
testimony of
Divine Establishment in the name of Jesus! Receive the grace
to stay on the word day and night in Jesus name
3. Embracing the Ministry of the Holy Spirit
“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of
God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The
wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst
not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born
of the Spirit”. John 3:5-8 (KJV)
Having been born of the Spirit of God, it takes the same
ministry of the Holy Spirit to ensure our establishment and profiting in the
kingdom of God. Verse 3 of Psalm 1 says that “he shall be as a tree planted by
the rivers of water.
This simply means that we should be divinely guided into the
place of Divine Establishment as trees of righteousness that we are (Isaiah
613b). There is no room for guess work in this dispensation because it too
risky to live life on a guess basis since we don’t have a spare life. This is
the time of gross darkness and it makes all sense to allow the one who is the
carrier of flood light (the Holy Spirit) to lead.
Remember they thirsted not when He led them through the
deserts (Isaiah 28:21) you can only blossom if you are planted by the one who
knows the land so take hold of Him today and He is our very present help in the
time of trouble.
You will not miss your place in destiny in Jesus name and in
case you have been deceived out of your Eden (your God ordained place), I pray
that the mercy of the Lord will relocate and restore you today in Jesus name.
4. Faith
“And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear
me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so
shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper” 2
Chronicles 20:20 (KJV)
Just like the situation that Judah was confronted with was
almost overwhelming them, it may seem that the gross darkness of this time is
trying to overwhelm you but am telling you as a privileged servant of God that
that situation will not triumph over you because the Spirit of the Lord is
lifting up a standard against every assault of the devil in your life in Jesus
name (Isaiah 59:19). All you need to do is to fight a good fight of faith and
believe the Lord your God. Take Him for His word because He is not a liar and
can never fail.
All the heroes of faith in Hebrews 11 triumphed by faith not
by gimmicks so wake up and fight the good fight of faith the Lord is on your
side.
This is the main reason why the devil targets your faith
because he knows that once he can get you to shift your focus from God and
start to look at the circumstances around you like Peter (Mat 14:30) you will
begin to sink but that is not your portion in the name of Jesus.
Wake up now, stand up and fight the good fight of faith and
no devil will stop your Divine Establishment this year in Jesus name.
The place of Prayer
In all according to Ephesians 6: 18 we need to pray always,
nothing can be done in the kingdom of God without prayers which is the channel
for securing the backing and power of heaven to do all things in the kingdom of
God.
Remember that the journey started by being sanctified or separated
unto the Lord, this can only be possible if you are born again.
If you are not saved before and want to take that best
decision that you can ever take in your life pray this prayer with me.
“Lord Jesus, thank you for your love for me, I acknowledge
that I am a sinner, and that you died and rose again on the third day to save
me. I am ready to surrender my life to you right now, come into my life,
cleanse my sins and be my lord. Thank you Jesus for saving me. In Jesus name
(Amen)”.
Remember you are not safe if you are not saved! If you have
said that prayer congratulations to you!
Month of February shall deliver unto you FULL and TOTAL
ESTABLISHMENT in Jesus precious name amen.
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