FERVENCY IN SPIRIT KEY TO EFFECTIVE SERVICE

TREASURES OF GRACE (Daily Devotional) WEDNESDAY, 1ST FEBRUARY 2017 TOPIC: FERVENCY IN SPIRIT KEY TO EFFECTIVE SERVICE SCRIPTURE: Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord - Romans 12:11 MEMORY VERSE: Revelation 2:18 DIGGING DEEP: The Spiritual influences the physical, it is a well known fact that the state of one's Spirituality is directly proportional to one's physicality. In other words your physical state is traceable to your Spiritual state; and that is why as believers our Spiritual state is very important. Our …

ACCESSING DEEP THINGS

TREASURES OF GRACE (Daily Devotional) TUESDAY, 31ST JANUARY 2017 TOPIC: ACCESSING DEEP THINGS SCRIPTURE: But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:10 MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 14:2 DIGGING DEEP: The Holy Spirit is the custodian of Divine secrets and mysteries. A believer without the Spirit of God is like a car without engine. However good looking a car without engine is, it is not better than a toy. The mysteries of life is in the unknown. And what terr…

PRAYER THAT GENERATES IMPACT

TREASURES OF GRACE (Daily Devotional) MONDAY, 29TH JANUARY 2017 TOPIC: PRAYER THAT GENERATES IMPACT SCRIPTURE: And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness - Acts 4:31 MEMORY VERSE:  Luke 22:44 DIGGING DEEP: History bares marks of people who touched, changed and impacted their world via prayer. E. M. Bonds said "Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God de…

MOVING FROM REMAND TO DEMAND

TREASURES OF GRACE (Daily Devotional) SUNDAY, 29TH JANUARY 2017 TOPIC: MOVING FROM REMAND TO DEMAND SCRIPTURE: But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also [utensils] of wood and earthenware, and some for honorable and noble [use] and some for menial and ignoble [use] - 2 Timothy 2:20 (Amplified Bible) MEMORY VERSE: 2 Timothy 2:21 DIGGING DEEP: Our anchor Scripture reveals that there is a great house having all sorts of vessels. This house refers to the church, and the vessels refers to the believers. There are…

PATHWAY TO HONOUR

TREASURES OF GRACE (Daily Devotional) SATURDAY, 28TH JANUARY 2017 TOPIC: PATHWAY TO HONOUR SCRIPTURE: If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him - John 12:26 MEMORY VERSE: 1 Chronicles16:27 DIGGING DEEP: Honour is God decorating your life and ways with His glory. Honour is key to the elimination of shame. God’s desire for us is to see us operate in glory and honour not shame or reproach. THE PATHWAY TO HONOUR: 1. The Presence of God (Psalm 16:11) The…

WHAT IS LIFE?

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) FRIDAY, 27TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: WHAT IS LIFE?  SCRIPTURE:- Leviticus 24 17 “ ‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.  18 Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution—life for life MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 14:27 DIGGING: Our anchor Scripture shows us the importance of life. So then what is life ? Life is a gift: Life is God's gift entrusted to our care. It is precious and like any gift, it can be wasted or squandered. Or it can be used for the purpos…

PUT ON

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) THURSDAY, 26TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: PUT ON  SCRIPTURE: Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil - Ephesians 6:11 MEMORY VERSE: 1 Samuel 17:39 DIGGING: Every sportsman is always well kitted up for the match. Our text says "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against". What you put on determines what you can confront. You can't be powerful until you are equipped and fortified. Power is the leeway to progress. It defea…

WHO TOUCHED ME?

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) WENESDAY, 25TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: WHO TOUCHED ME?  SCRIPTURE: Luke 8:45 (The Message Bible) 45 Jesus said, "Who touched me?" When no one stepped forward, Peter said, "But Master, we've got crowds of people on our hands. Dozens have touched you." 46 Jesus insisted, "Someone touched me. I felt power discharging from me." MEMORY VERSE: Luke18:15 DIGGING: This story is very popular to most Christians, Jesus was moving and a lot of people followed him all along and suddenly…

ZEAL PLUS KNOWLEDGE

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) TUESDAY, 24TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: ZEAL PLUS KNOWLEDGE SCRIPTURE: Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to  establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God -Romans10:1-3 MEMORY VERSE: Acts 22:3 DIGGING: It is possible to be sincere, zealous, even militant and passionate about God a…

NOT GOOD TO BE ALONE

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) MONDAY, 23RD JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: NOT GOOD TO BE ALONE SCRIPTURE: And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him - Genesis 2:18 MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 68:35 DIGGING: Life is beautiful when you are in a team.  God has never crested men to live in isolation, He created us to stay in a pack. Just as it is for a lion it is strong in itself but strongest when in a pack. You can't be productive alone, there must be an input from someone somehow. Life…

PREPARE FOR PURPOSE II

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) SUNDAY, 22ND JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: PREPARE FOR PURPOSE II SCRIPTURE: Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying: Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise , go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them,  even to the children of Israel  - Joshua 1:1-2 MEMORY VERSE: Jonah 1:1 DIGGING: God works with principles and if we work by His principles we become principal…

NEW EVERY MORNING

SEEDS OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) THURSDAY, 15TH DECEMBER 2016. TOPIC: NEW EVERY MORNING SCRIPTURE: 22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness - Lamentations 3:22-23 MEMORY VERSE: Lamentations 3:22-23 DIGGING DEEP: Every day the sun rises and we wake from sleep for a fresh start. Every year comes rainfall after dry hot season, the ground is hard and virtually barren but then comes rain drops and suddenly the ground is bursting forth wit…

THE MESSIANIC AGE

SEEDS OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) SATURDAY, 17TH DECEMBER 2016. TOPIC: THE MESSIANIC AGE SCRIPTURE: 1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Psalms 110:1 – 2 MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 110:2 DIGGING DEEP: History and time is adjusting itself to the most powerful event of all ages. Heralding our entry into the last age, the Messianic age. The Messianic age began from the birth of Jesus and it con…

PREPARE FOR PURPOSE

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) SATURDAY, 21ST JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: PREPARE FOR PURPOSE SCRIPTURE: Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying: Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise , go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them,  even to the children of Israel - Joshua 1:1-2 MEMORY VERSE: Amos 1:1 DIGGING: To live life without the sense of purpose is to live a devalued life. What gives l…

THE BREAKERS ANOINTING

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) FRIDAY, 20TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: THE BREAKERS ANOINTING SCRIPTURE:  "I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together like sheep of the fold, like a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make a loud noise because of so many people. The one who breaks open will come up before them; they will break out, pass through the gate, and go out by it; their king will pass before them, with the LORD at their head." Micah 2:12-13 MEMORY…

THE WORST TRAGEDY OF LIFE

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) THURSDAY, 19TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: THE WORST TRAGEDY OF LIFE SCRIPTURE:  And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith ~ Ecclesiastes 1:13 MEMORY VERSE: Ecclesiastes 3:1 DIGGING: Life is not a game of luck; and it is never a probability. Life is deliberate and every single result we get in life is based on decisions made or those we didn't make. If life is a product …

POWER IN THE NAME

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) WEDNESDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: POWER IN THE NAME SCRIPTURE: If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it - John 14:14 M EMORY VERSE: John 14:13 DIGGING:  Finding access to God in prayer is finding answers to prayers. You see the only name that brings God to the fore and places demand or responsibility on God to act is the name of Jesus. John 15:16 Jesus said it again: “…that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give you.” Not in the name of any other person, angel nor saint. No one, …

ACTIVATING THE POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) TUESDAY, 17TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: ACTIVATING THE POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.  SCRIPTURE: If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it - John 14:14 MEMORY VERSE: Acts 8:12 DIGGING: The secret code to operate in the kingdom is through the name of Jesus. Let me paraphrase our text this way: "If you and I request/order/look for answers/ approach God to do anything for us in name of Jesus, it will be done." Understand that it does not refer to just ending prayers by saying "in Jesus Name&…

SCHOOL OF THE SPIRIT

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) MONDAY, 16TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: SCHOOL OF THE SPIRIT  SCRIPTURE: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you - John 14:26 MEMORY VERSE: 1 John 2:27 DIGGING: When Christ finished the work of salvation, came a new era for mankind where the fullness of God now dwells in our mortal bodies through the Spirit of God. And Jesus says here: ". . . He will teach you all…

ANGELIC ASSIGNMENT

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) SUNDAY, 15TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: ANGELIC ASSIGNMENT  SCRIPTURE: And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew  thee these glad tidings - Luke 1:19 MEMORY VERSE: Hebrews 1:14 DIGGING: Most of Gods assignment on earth have angelic involvement. We are in the close of time and heaven is trafficking earth with the aim of God doing a quick work on earth, so angels are more involved with earth like never before. Christians a…

DO NOT GRIEF THE HOLY SPIRIT

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) SATURDAY, 14TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: DO NOT GRIEF THE HOLY SPIRIT  SCRIPTURE: Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption - Ephesians 4:30 MEMORY VERSE: Luke 1:35 DIGGING: The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of righteousness and holiness. The Holy Spirit is God's power in action, his active force. (Micah 3:8) The Holy Spirit is often described as light. He shines into the dark places of the heart and convicts us of sin ( John 16:7-11 ). He is a lamp to illumine God’s…

SECRET OF THE EXCEPTIONAL LIFE

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) FRIDAY, 13TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: SECRET OF THE EXCEPTIONAL LIFE  SCRIPTURE: This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.” John 3:2 (RSV) MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 127:1 DIGGING: In life there are people who are exceptional in what they do and how they do things. "No man can do...except..." Exceptional people don't do or perform the way ordinary people do. Exceptional peo…

INCREASE IN VALUE

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) THURSDAY, 12TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: INCREASE IN VALUE  SCRIPTURE: And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge — 2 Peter 1:5 MEMORY VERSE: 2 Peter 1:6 DIGGING: As a child of God your value is far above rubies. Your worth is not about money but about stature. The impact you make determines your worth and value to men. HOW TO INCREASE IN VALUE  a) INVEST IN PEOPLE: What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world r…

IF GOD BE FOR YOU

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) WEDNESDAY, 11TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: IF GOD BE FOR YOU  SCRIPTURE: What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?Romans 8:31 MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 51:17 DIGGING: New Living  Translation reveals our text this way "What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?" It is a wonderful thing for God to be for a person, a nation, a family or even a race. Isn't it alluringly awesome that God can be for us? What is the i…

COVENANT KEYS TO DIVINE SURPRISES

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) TUESDAY, 10TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: COVENANT KEYS TO DIVINE SURPRISES SCRIPTURE: For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken - Luke 5:9 MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 126:1 DIGGING: God has a habit of showing up in the most unexpected places. However, He doesn't show up just like that there must be something that attracts Him there. Simply put it this way God is everywhere but does not manifest Himself everywhere. What are the  covenant keys to divine surpr…

THE POWER OF HOLINESS

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) MONDAY, 9TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: THE POWER OF HOLINESS  SCRIPTURE: Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord - Hebrews 12:14 MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 5:8 DIGGING: The world is is pregnant with the return of Jesus. It is sooner than we expect. Living in sin is deadly, it is taking God for granted. When you take God for granted you will be grounded. God didn't call you into another religion, He called you into His life. The life of God in you is what qualifies you to b…

PROVOKING THE FULFILMENT OF YOUR DREAM

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) SUNDAY, 8TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: PROVOKING THE FULFILMENT OF YOUR DREAM.  SCRIPTURE: And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?  Gene…

FROM ZERO TO HERO

TREASURES OF GRACE  (Daily Devotional) SATURDAY, 7TH JANUARY 2017.  TOPIC: FROM ZERO TO HERO  SCRIPTURE:  "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them."  1 Samuel 2:8 MEMORY VERSE:  Judges 7:1 DIGGING:  On the stage of life there are two sets of people: the actors and the onlookers. Life is not a game for cowards. If you work in Gods plans y…