JOEL DABBAS

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) WENESDAY, 9TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: LOVE UNDER ATTACK SCRIPTURE: And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax gold | Matthew 24:12 MEMORY VERSE: 1 John 4:7 DIGGING DEEP : However great sin is, Gods love is stronger. However strong the power of sin is, the power of Gods love is stronger. Iniquity does not threaten God's love for man, sin can not incapacitate or end God's love. Because Gods love is constant and instant. God loves a sinner but only dislikes what he does. But sin in man will incapacitate man and kill the spirit of man from responding to the love of God. Sin blinds the eyes of men from seeing and accepting the love of the Father. Love will continually exist in a potential state until it is been reciprocated by responding in accepting it. The power of God's love can never be experienced until one responds to it. Inability to respond to God's love is missing God's amazingness and grace. The peop...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) TUESDAY, 8TH AUGUST 2017 TOPIC: SOUL ECSTASY SCRIPTURE: 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever | 1 John 2:15-17 MEMORY VERSE: 1 John 2:15 DIGGING DEEP: One of the basic reasons why God gave man a spirit is for relationship with Him. God relates with the regenerated human spirit because He Himself is a Spirit, hence been a spirit makes it simple to relate with man. The immaterial controls the material realm. For instance if you want to help someone, it starts from within you before it bursts into the physical. The soul of man is the centre that connects the immaterial to the material realm...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) MONDAY, 7TH AUGUST 2017 TOPIC: THE SOUL FANTASY SCRIPTURE: Then the dust [of mortals] goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it | Ecclesiastes 12:7 (GOD'S WORD® Translation) MEMORY VERSE: John 3:16 DIGGING DEEP: God created man in the most unique way. Before He created man, He made everything available unto man and empowered man with everything needed to be in charge of all creation. But this was not enough; for mans uniqueness to be solidly established God had to breathe into man and this breath made man a living soul. This breath is not oxygen, if not man wouldn't have been anything different from an animal.  "The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living soul” ( Genesis 2:7 ) . This evidently shows that man was never a product of evolution, nor a product of any molecule or particulat...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) SUNDAY, 6TH AUGUST 2017 TOPIC: BENEFIT OF LOVE SCRIPTURE: Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue;  and the smell of the garments is like the smell of lebanon |  Songs Of Solomon 4:11 MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 18:1 DIGGING DEEP: The relationship between the Church and Christ is likened to a marriage relationship between the husband and wife (Ephesians 5:25-32).  We are in a sacred Covenant relationship with God. An intimate relationship of love, affection and sacrifice. A deep romantic union with the Lord. That is why if you are truly in Covenant relationship with God, you will fall in love with Him over and over again. An irrepressible love keeps gushing out of you unto area. This gives you a personal identity with God, a very solid personal relationship with God and you can boldly say that "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine..." (SOS 6:3).  From our anchor Scripture today,...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) WEDNESDAY, 2ND AUGUST 2017 TOPIC: COVENANT INTELLIGENCE SCRIPTURE: My Covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that has gone out of My lips | Psalm 89:34 MEMORY VERSE: Malachi 3:6 DIGGING DEEP: A Covenant is a written or an unwritten truce between a Covenantor and a Covenantee with terms and condition applied, if not broken releases benefits. God is the Covenantor, we are the covenantee. A Covenantor makes a covenant in favour of the covenantee. That is to say that God's Covenant with us is in our best interest. He has nothing to benefit we are the ones benefitting. It is commensal in nature. Covenant is a platform whereby God makes us beneficiaries of His good treasure. Covenant is a platform that tests the faithfulness of man verses the faithfulness of God. It tests the integrity of man verses the integrity of God. It is a system that strengthens your obedience. It is not competition between man and God, it is an opportunity...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) TUESDAY, 1ST AUGUST 2017 TOPIC:  RESULTS OF GOD'S HELP SCRIPTURE: God is my refuge and strength,a very present help in trouble, therefore will i not fear, though the earth be removed though d mountains be carried into the midst of the sea | Psalm 46:1-2 MEMORY VERSE: Isaiah 50:7 DIGGING DEEP: God is the most reliable help i Know. Our anchor Scripture reveals what happens to you when you have God's help: a. You have security and strength: The strength of the president of a nation is in the military might and economic strength it possesses. If God is your helper, you have the most powerful military back up. If God is your refuge, you can't be living life as a refugee. What it means is that if God is all you have, you have all your needs met. God's help is unlimited, but mans help is limited. b. You Enjoy Ceaseless And Timely Help: His help is ever present. In the night, in the day, in the face of storms, in the fire and ...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) MONDAY, 24TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: THE IRREPRESSIBLE CHURCH SCRIPTURE: Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ | Acts 5:49 NIV MEMORY VERSE: Acts 1:8-9 DIGGING DEEP : God is raising a generation of people who are dogged and rugged for the kingdom. A people who are irrepressible, untiring in proclaiming the good news of Christ.  The Book of Acts show cased the activities of the Apostles, hence they showed us what should become of anyone who have encountered Christ and have the Holy Ghost.  If we want the result they had we must do the things they did. Our text showed that: Teaching the gospel was their major duty. They where willing to make known the good news of Jesus. THE GOSPEL WAS THEIR DAILY ROUTINE.  They were threatened but yet they preached the word. From homes to cities people heard the glorious message of the kingdom of heaven....

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) SUNDAY, 23RD JULY 2017 TOPIC: THE UNSTOPPABLE GENERATION SCRIPTURE: And now i say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God | Acts 5:38-39 MEMORY VERSE: John 12:19 DIGGING DEEP : Any move that is of God is unstoppable. Isreal was not just a nation delivered from captivity, but they represent a new move of God. They represent a people of Covenant. They are a new stalk/breed of people known as the 'Ecclesia' which means the called out ones.  Today, everyone that is born again is the called out one. We are called out of darkness, out of bondage of sin, out of satan's grip and governance into the light of God. We are the consecrated and anointed people of God and we are Christ-like.  The Isrealites moved through the wilderness and no one could stop them, kings and natio...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) SATURDAY, 22ND JULY 2017 TOPIC: COMPELLING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SCRIPTURE: And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness | Mark 1:12 MEMORY VERSE: Ezekiel 2:2 DIGGING DEEP: Have you ever experienced the spontaneous move of God upon your life since you first believed? There is a dimension of the move of the Holy Ghost that is totally radical in nature. That was what Jesus experienced. It is like a unstopable reaction and like a wild unquenchable fire. Jesus was drawn to the wilderness by an irresistible impulse, and did not go of his own volition. There is a dimension of the flow of the Spirit of God upon our lives that pulls even our will into subjection. Lets see a few things: 1. THE MOVE WAS IMMEDIATE : "And immediately..." The Spirit moved Him instantly and without delay. No time aloted for it. Can i ask you these question? When was the last time you where moved instantly by the Holy Spirit to go and pray,...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) FRIDAY, 21ST JULY 2017 TOPIC: MANIFESTING LOVE SCRIPTURE: 13 No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man e has come down from heaven.  14 And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,  15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.  16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him | John 3:13-17 [NLT] MEMORY VERSE: John 3:17 DIGGING DEEP: Nothing simply defines God like love. Love is not just His character but His person. Love is the outreach of God to man. God only reaches out to mankind by love. Love is the only platform by which God effectively related with man. It is the vehicle through which God communicated His heart and personalit...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) THURSDAY, 20TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: WHY WORRY?  SCRIPTURE: 27 Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?' | Matthew 6:27-31 MEMORY VERSE:  Matthew 6:27 DIGGING DEEP: Worrying means war in a hurry. It is pitching yourself against forces that seems to be beyond you already. When you begin to worry it means that there is a need. People that need help are those who are facing things that seemingly are beyond them. And people who get help are those who know...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) MONDAY, 17TH JULY 2017 TOPIC:  YOUR WORD AND YOUR LIFE SCRIPTURE:  It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life | John 6:63 MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 12:32 DIGGING DEEP:  Words are like seeds they have the capacity to be planted, have ability to germinate and grow. Words have implications on earth and in eternity. Jesus said that we will give account of every idle word spoken (Matthew 12:36). The word idle means worthless, useless and empty words. What makes a word to be useless? a. Words are useless if they are not consistent with the language of God: there is a way gangsters talk and there is a way ‘God-stars’ talk. b. Words are worthless if they are spoken to edify flesh c. Words are useless if it advertises sin rather than promote God It is necessary to speak the right words because words are spiritual agents that when released, work...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) SUNDAY, 16TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: SPIRITUAL PATHOLOGY III SCRIPTURE: Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you | Matthew 9:29 MEMORY VERSE: Mark 4:40 DIGGING DEEP: Another sickness of the spirit man, which is also highly contagious is FAITHLESSNESS: A state in which there is perpetual lack of faith. Those suffering from this disease condition do not have the capacity to draw spiritual evidence into physical reality. They don't always believe God's word. They debate God's promises. This type of people always want God to make sense, so they discard the truth of God since it does not fit into there intellectualism. They are full of fear. Because their heart has become the theatre of the devil. Faithless people in a more serious sense have fainted or are at the point of coma in the realm of the spirit. Because in this kingdom the righteous lives by faith (Romans 1:17).  They lack the power of God an...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) SATURDAY, 15TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: SPIRITUAL PATHOLOGY II SCRIPTURE: 40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak" | Matthew 26:40-41 MEMORY VERSE: Romans 12:12 DIGGING DEEP: When the physical body is sick there are obvious signs to show for it. So it is with our spirit man. If it is sick there are obvious signs to shows. Today we will look at another obvious condition that is seen when the spirit is sick: PRAYERLESSNESS: This is a condition of partial or total inabilty to pray or commune with the Lord. CAUSES: 1. Allowing activity replace connectivity with God: When you delight in other activities rather than spending time with God is a gradual pull into backslidding. Anything that can hamper with your appetite for prayer can cripple your relati...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) FRIDAY, 13TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: SPIRITUAL PATHOLOGY SCRIPTURE: I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food | Job 23:12 (New American Standard Bible) MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 119:11 DIGGING DEEP: Pathology deals with understanding the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences. The spirit of a man can be sick. I mean that a person can get to a point that there is lack of fire, zeal, passion and enthusiasm for the things of God. And outrightly become a backslidder. There are alot of process that cummulnates in this whole general spiritual break down. Let us see one Pathology that cripples the spirit of a person: LOW LEVEL AND LACK OF THE WORD OF GOD: This is a major spiritual disorder. A state whereby there is absolute absence of the love to read and study the word of God. When this state continues one becomes low and  deficient of the w...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) THURSDAY, 13TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: THE POTTERS TOUCH SCRIPTURE: 1The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 4And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it | Jeremiah 18:1-4 MEMORY VERSE: Jeremiah 18:4 DIGGING DEEP: Jeremiah was asked by God to go to the Potter's house to see the activities going on there. What does this imply? A. The Potter's house signifies the Church or the presence of God. B. The clay signifies members of the body of Christ. C. The Potter is God; and D. The activities of the potter signifies what God is doing in our lives. LIGHT TO RUN WITH FROM OUR TEXT 1. God is doing something in our lives: We are not  abandoned...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) WEDNESDAY, 12TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: ALL SUFFICIENT GRACE SCRIPTURE:  7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.  8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.  9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me  -  2 Corinthians 12:7-9 MEMORY VERSE: Hebrews 4:16 DIGGING DEEP:  Our text reveals something intresting to us. Apostle Paul had a thorn in His flesh that he had earnestly asked God to take it away from him. He had a challenge, an inadequacy, a pain, a weakness and insufficiency. God did not take the pain away but instead God supplied grace for the insufficiency. This ...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) TUESDAY, 11TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: PRAYER AND ANSWER SCRIPTURE: 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.  8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.  9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me - 2 Corinthians 9:12 MEMORY VERSE: Isaiah 65:24 DIGGING DEEP: The reason we pray is not because it is a religious routine, it is because we want to know God's perspective over a matter. Any matter you bring before God does not fall on deaf ears, because if it matters to you, it also matters to God. Understand that you can't anticipate answers to prayers if you don't participate in pray...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) MONDAY, 10TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE SCRIPTURE: Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised - Proverbs 31:30 MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 1:7 DIGGING DEEP: What people celebrate most times are not the important things in life. To be physically beautiful but lack the fear of God is the worst deficiency in life. What is the fear of God? A. It is addiction to what is good and the allergy to what is evil. B. It is allowing the laws of God to restrain our actions and intents (Genesis 42:18, Exodus 1:17) . C.  The fear of the Lord is acquiescing unto God's demands and commnands. D. To fear God is to lead considering others. Leadership without the fear of God is what breeds oppression. E. To have the fear of the Lord is to live and act with the consequences of eternity in view. Attraction and favour are not the most amazing things in life but the Fear Of The Lor...

TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL) SUNDAY, 9TH JULY 2017 TOPIC: LORD DELIVER ME FROM SELF CENTREDNESS SCRIPTURE: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth - Genesis 11:4 MEMORY VERSE: 2 Timothy 3:1 DIGGING DEEP: There are couple of things we do and we think that God is happy or glorified with it. But the fact is that it does not even strike a cord in the realm of the spirit. Because according to the mathematical law which says that "when the premise is wrong the answer will definately be wrong. So it is with our walk with God, if our mindset is wrong we get nothing out of it. For instance some people go on fasting just to show how spiritual they are, there are people who study Scriptures not because they love the word but to be able to intimidate others. There are equally those who serve and work hard in Church so that everyone tha...