TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL)
MONDAY, 15TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: MEETING DIVINE EXPECTATION
SCRIPTURE: The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it - Mark 11:12-14
MEMORY VERSE: John 15:8
DIGGING DEEP: A Tree is a large plant having branches. It is has evolved in structure and function. Every plant that has evolved into a tree has deep roots, has height, and has width. It is expected of the tree to provide shade from the scorching sun and produce fruits. But the utmost desire of any planter is to see that the tree he has planted, nutured, trimmed and guarded to maturity bears fruit and succor.
Anyone that is born again is the planting of the Lord and is likened to a tree (Psalm 92:12, 58:2, 1:3). And His desire of us is not different, He wants us to grow in depth, in width, in height, and in function (fruit bearing). But sadly today, there are believers who look like it but are not it. They look like they have the word in them but are empty, they look like they are prayerful but are prayerless, they look like they have fruits of the Holy Spirit but have nothing in them. The outside looks it but inside is not it. They just have the form of godliness but no evidence.
Our text reveals that Jesus was hungry and He needed to eat, He saw this plant from afar full of leaves looking as if it has fruits and His expectations was aroused but on getting close to it, there was no fruit and He cursed it immediately. The implication of this is that:
a. God is hungry: God has a desire that only you can meet, an hunger that only you can quench. God is seeking men who will seek Him and bear His fruits on earth (Isaiah 6:8).
b. He has high expectation of you: He trusts that His investment in your life will never be fruitless. He desires that the leaves of righteousness (which is the word of God) in you will translate into the fruits of righteousness (Philippians 1:11).
c. God is angry with mature and unfruitful trees: God has zero tolerance for this class of people these are the set of people in Hebrews 5:12 "By this time you ought to be teachers yourselves, yet here I find you need someone to sit down with you and go over the basics on God again, starting from square one - baby's milk, when you should have been on solid food long ago! describe when you ought to be adult you are still fighting to understand basic truths."
d. To avoid judgement is to be fruitful: To be unfruitful is to be useless to God. Nothing attracts a curse like fruitlessness. If you remain unfruitful, you are unfit for God. He can't feed from you. What does God feed from a fruitful son or daughter? He gets back glory. The more fruitful we are the more glory He gets (John 15:8).
It doesn't matter how long you have known the Lord, how high you have gone (maybe now you are a bishop, a pastor and so on), it doesn't matter how long you have been in Church or how mature you seem to look like, if you don't produce fruits, you are useless to God.
I pray for you today, you will be fruitful in Jesus' name.
PRAYER: O Lord everything in me that is making me barren and unfruitful in you take it off me today. Help me to bear fruits unto righteousness in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: No root, no fruit, no fruit, no truth, no truth no proof - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 134
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Sunday, 14 May 2017
Saturday, 13 May 2017
AN ISREALITE INDEED
TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL)
SUNDAY, 14TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: AN ISREALITE INDEED
SCRIPTURE: 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee - John 1:47-48
MEMORY VERSE: Galatians 3:17
DIGGING DEEP: Your identity is who you truly are when others are not seeing you. It is not your presentation before people only that matters, it is your personality before God that truly counts. God sees you where you are and how you are. He knows where you are right now, He knows your house address, your bank account balance, He knows your name, your descendants and your destination. Simply put that He knows everything about you. But what interest Him the most is your heart.
Our anchor text reveals that when Jesus saw Nathaniel, He said "Behold an Isrealite indeed, in whom there is no guile." It means that one may be a Christian and not be a Christian indeed, one can actually know God and do religion without knowing God indeed. You became a spiritual Isrealite when we became born again (Galatians 3:29). And if you are now truly an Isrealite, what are the proofs that you are an Isrealite indeed?
1. A GOD SEEKER AND A GOD CHASER: Jacob who later became Isreal was a tireless God seeker and God chaser (Genesis 32:28).
2. A DETERMINED GOD PLEASER: Abraham our Father was one who lived his life pleasing the Lord. Pleasing God is living life bringing satisfaction unto God. A person that lives life pleasing God is irritated by the very things that irritates God.
3. THERE IS A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD: Covenant is an oath that binds God and man together.
4. CONFESSION AND PROFESSION AGREES: Your conduct and your words match. Integrity is high and no guile or any form of insincerity is found in a true Isrealite.
5. BORN AGAIN AND SEEKING TO FULFIL THE LAWS OF GOD: It is repenting and turning away from sin and following the principles of God to the later.
6. A WORSHIPPER: Every other nation might worship other God's but an Isrealite indeed worship God from His heart. This is the bedrock for daily spiritual cleansing. Because as you worship Him, He washes you.
I pray for you, you will not operate a double standard life in Jesus' name.
PRAYER: O Lord, any form of guile in me, i submit it before you, take it away from me in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: To be truly God's is to be thoroughly God's - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 133
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SUNDAY, 14TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: AN ISREALITE INDEED
SCRIPTURE: 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee - John 1:47-48
MEMORY VERSE: Galatians 3:17
DIGGING DEEP: Your identity is who you truly are when others are not seeing you. It is not your presentation before people only that matters, it is your personality before God that truly counts. God sees you where you are and how you are. He knows where you are right now, He knows your house address, your bank account balance, He knows your name, your descendants and your destination. Simply put that He knows everything about you. But what interest Him the most is your heart.
Our anchor text reveals that when Jesus saw Nathaniel, He said "Behold an Isrealite indeed, in whom there is no guile." It means that one may be a Christian and not be a Christian indeed, one can actually know God and do religion without knowing God indeed. You became a spiritual Isrealite when we became born again (Galatians 3:29). And if you are now truly an Isrealite, what are the proofs that you are an Isrealite indeed?
1. A GOD SEEKER AND A GOD CHASER: Jacob who later became Isreal was a tireless God seeker and God chaser (Genesis 32:28).
2. A DETERMINED GOD PLEASER: Abraham our Father was one who lived his life pleasing the Lord. Pleasing God is living life bringing satisfaction unto God. A person that lives life pleasing God is irritated by the very things that irritates God.
3. THERE IS A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD: Covenant is an oath that binds God and man together.
4. CONFESSION AND PROFESSION AGREES: Your conduct and your words match. Integrity is high and no guile or any form of insincerity is found in a true Isrealite.
5. BORN AGAIN AND SEEKING TO FULFIL THE LAWS OF GOD: It is repenting and turning away from sin and following the principles of God to the later.
6. A WORSHIPPER: Every other nation might worship other God's but an Isrealite indeed worship God from His heart. This is the bedrock for daily spiritual cleansing. Because as you worship Him, He washes you.
I pray for you, you will not operate a double standard life in Jesus' name.
PRAYER: O Lord, any form of guile in me, i submit it before you, take it away from me in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: To be truly God's is to be thoroughly God's - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 133
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Friday, 12 May 2017
POWER IN SMALL BEGINNING
TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL)
SATURDAY, 13TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: POWER IN SMALL BEGINNING
SCRIPTURE: "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." (Matthew 13:31-32)
"For who has despised the day of small things?" Zechariah 4:9.
MEMORY VERSE: Luke 18:27
DIGGING DEEP: When you don't put into work the things that the Lord has invested into your life, you become a disappointment to the Creator.
In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), Jesus exposed that the Lord was totally disappointed by the servant that was given little talent and did nothing with it.
Our text reveals that:
i. Greatness is always hidden in small things
ii. Big impact is possible if the right little seeds are sown.
iii. Small beginnings if not despised can inspire greatness.
Small things if well invested can be transformed into great things. In our world today, many people are in a rush to become great over night, they want their ministry, business and so on to be big. This quest have dragged many into cultism and into many ungodly things.
That is why many are crashing out of greatness. Starting small is paying the price that will sustain your rise.
Importance Of Small Beginnings:
1. Trains you: There is no greatness without training. Small beginnings helps you to rehearse greatness over and over again. David trained in the bush little by little before he could stand Goliath.
2. Builds Solid Foundation: Small beginning helps you to build the foundation for what God has given to you. It gives you time to dig and evaluate. Why many people fail in the pursuit of their God given dream is that they didn't take time out to dig the foundation needed for what they want.
The deeper you dig in your season of small beginning the higher the facility you can build on it and the longer it lasts.
3. Capacity Development: Many faint and get tired in the pursuit of their dream because they lack stamina and capacity to drive on.
4. Character Development: Getting to the top is good but staying there is what matters. Character is the secret of great people because attitude determines altitude. A person who lacks character can not sustain greatness.
5. Planing And Strategy: Proverbs 21:5 "The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance..." This is building technical ability. Strategy gives you energy to push and do things differently.
Greatness is the little seeds planted in the soil of purpose and character.
Do not despise the days of your little beginning. Before the beautiful butterfly emerges, it goes through several stages of transformation, anyone who probably had seen it in the caterpillar phase won't believe that a beautiful thing is brewing up. So it is with greatness, it does not always look like it in the beginning but wait for it, it will speak in the end. Beloved, don't give up on your-dream pursue it. Don't be discouraged to start where you are and as you are. If you wait to start big, you will waste. Don't waste God's investment in your life by been covetous and lazy. Stand up and begin.
Remember better is the end of a matter than the beginning thereof (Job 8:7).
I pray for you, you won't end small in the name of Jesus.
PRAYER: O Lord i destroy every seed of laziness and discouragement that is making me waste divine investment in my life in Jesus' name
QUOTE: If you rush to be great, you will be crushed out of it - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 131-132
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SATURDAY, 13TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: POWER IN SMALL BEGINNING
SCRIPTURE: "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." (Matthew 13:31-32)
"For who has despised the day of small things?" Zechariah 4:9.
MEMORY VERSE: Luke 18:27
DIGGING DEEP: When you don't put into work the things that the Lord has invested into your life, you become a disappointment to the Creator.
In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), Jesus exposed that the Lord was totally disappointed by the servant that was given little talent and did nothing with it.
Our text reveals that:
i. Greatness is always hidden in small things
ii. Big impact is possible if the right little seeds are sown.
iii. Small beginnings if not despised can inspire greatness.
Small things if well invested can be transformed into great things. In our world today, many people are in a rush to become great over night, they want their ministry, business and so on to be big. This quest have dragged many into cultism and into many ungodly things.
That is why many are crashing out of greatness. Starting small is paying the price that will sustain your rise.
Importance Of Small Beginnings:
1. Trains you: There is no greatness without training. Small beginnings helps you to rehearse greatness over and over again. David trained in the bush little by little before he could stand Goliath.
2. Builds Solid Foundation: Small beginning helps you to build the foundation for what God has given to you. It gives you time to dig and evaluate. Why many people fail in the pursuit of their God given dream is that they didn't take time out to dig the foundation needed for what they want.
The deeper you dig in your season of small beginning the higher the facility you can build on it and the longer it lasts.
3. Capacity Development: Many faint and get tired in the pursuit of their dream because they lack stamina and capacity to drive on.
4. Character Development: Getting to the top is good but staying there is what matters. Character is the secret of great people because attitude determines altitude. A person who lacks character can not sustain greatness.
5. Planing And Strategy: Proverbs 21:5 "The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance..." This is building technical ability. Strategy gives you energy to push and do things differently.
Greatness is the little seeds planted in the soil of purpose and character.
Do not despise the days of your little beginning. Before the beautiful butterfly emerges, it goes through several stages of transformation, anyone who probably had seen it in the caterpillar phase won't believe that a beautiful thing is brewing up. So it is with greatness, it does not always look like it in the beginning but wait for it, it will speak in the end. Beloved, don't give up on your-dream pursue it. Don't be discouraged to start where you are and as you are. If you wait to start big, you will waste. Don't waste God's investment in your life by been covetous and lazy. Stand up and begin.
Remember better is the end of a matter than the beginning thereof (Job 8:7).
I pray for you, you won't end small in the name of Jesus.
PRAYER: O Lord i destroy every seed of laziness and discouragement that is making me waste divine investment in my life in Jesus' name
QUOTE: If you rush to be great, you will be crushed out of it - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 131-132
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Thursday, 11 May 2017
DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS
TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL)
THURSDAY, 11TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS
SCRIPTURE: “When the evil spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless places looking for rest and never finding it. Then it says, ‘I will go back to my house from which I came.’ When it arrives it finds it unoccupied, but clean and all in order. Then it goes and collects seven other spirits more evil than itself to keep it company, and they all go in and make themselves at home. The last state of that man is worse than the first—and that is just what will happen to this evil generation.”
Matthew 12:43-45 (PHILLIPS)
MEMORY VERSE: Ephesians 4:27
DIGGING DEEP: One of the laws of existence is that there is no vacuum in life. So it applies to the spirit realm, there is never any vacancy. It is either God fills our void or the devil.
When you are not engaging in spiritual activities, you are engaging in something else and gradually, the devil takes over and when he does, things stops working. So having this understanding we must do all we can daily to be full of God.
Todays anchor Scripture reveals two dangers of Spiritual emptiness:
1. Spiritual Emptiness is key to spiritual vulnerability: “When the evil spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless places looking for rest and never finding it. Then it says, ‘I will go back to my house from which I came.’ When it arrives it finds it unoccupied, but clean and all in order." The devil is constantly looking for those who are spiritually empty to occupy. What occupies a person reveals the occupation that individual will be engaged in. It simply means that, what occupy you, is what controls you.
2. Spiritual emptiness is the rooy of demonic controls: "Then it goes and collects seven other spirits more evil than itself to keep it company, and they all go in and make themselves at home. The last state of that man is worse than the first." Spiritual emptiness is an invitation to other demons. The enemy always wants to conquer a man. In doing so, they try to gain access into a person and when they do, they want to grind the person to a total halt spiritually.
Spiritual emptiness is a stronghold for controlling spirits. The reason why Judas sold Jesus was not because he lacked money, it was because he didn't deal with controlling spirits hence they grounded his life, ministry and position in Christ.
When you take a critical look at the way you act or do things you will know if you are been controlled by the Spirit of God or something else is controlling your life.
This is the reason we must be deligent and stand against the whiles of the devil; so that we do not give the devil any foothold in our lives [Ephesians 4:27].
Finally, satans foothold is satan's stronghold on a person. Check those things that easily besets you wrestle it off in prayer, the study of the word and fill your heart with the Holy Spirit until you are fully fortified.
I pray for you today, may you be full of God in Jesus' name.
PRAYER: O Lord i destroy every demonic stronghold in my life in the name of Jesus.
QUOTE: satan's foothold becomes his stronghold - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 130
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THURSDAY, 11TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS
SCRIPTURE: “When the evil spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless places looking for rest and never finding it. Then it says, ‘I will go back to my house from which I came.’ When it arrives it finds it unoccupied, but clean and all in order. Then it goes and collects seven other spirits more evil than itself to keep it company, and they all go in and make themselves at home. The last state of that man is worse than the first—and that is just what will happen to this evil generation.”
Matthew 12:43-45 (PHILLIPS)
MEMORY VERSE: Ephesians 4:27
DIGGING DEEP: One of the laws of existence is that there is no vacuum in life. So it applies to the spirit realm, there is never any vacancy. It is either God fills our void or the devil.
When you are not engaging in spiritual activities, you are engaging in something else and gradually, the devil takes over and when he does, things stops working. So having this understanding we must do all we can daily to be full of God.
Todays anchor Scripture reveals two dangers of Spiritual emptiness:
1. Spiritual Emptiness is key to spiritual vulnerability: “When the evil spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless places looking for rest and never finding it. Then it says, ‘I will go back to my house from which I came.’ When it arrives it finds it unoccupied, but clean and all in order." The devil is constantly looking for those who are spiritually empty to occupy. What occupies a person reveals the occupation that individual will be engaged in. It simply means that, what occupy you, is what controls you.
2. Spiritual emptiness is the rooy of demonic controls: "Then it goes and collects seven other spirits more evil than itself to keep it company, and they all go in and make themselves at home. The last state of that man is worse than the first." Spiritual emptiness is an invitation to other demons. The enemy always wants to conquer a man. In doing so, they try to gain access into a person and when they do, they want to grind the person to a total halt spiritually.
Spiritual emptiness is a stronghold for controlling spirits. The reason why Judas sold Jesus was not because he lacked money, it was because he didn't deal with controlling spirits hence they grounded his life, ministry and position in Christ.
When you take a critical look at the way you act or do things you will know if you are been controlled by the Spirit of God or something else is controlling your life.
This is the reason we must be deligent and stand against the whiles of the devil; so that we do not give the devil any foothold in our lives [Ephesians 4:27].
Finally, satans foothold is satan's stronghold on a person. Check those things that easily besets you wrestle it off in prayer, the study of the word and fill your heart with the Holy Spirit until you are fully fortified.
I pray for you today, may you be full of God in Jesus' name.
PRAYER: O Lord i destroy every demonic stronghold in my life in the name of Jesus.
QUOTE: satan's foothold becomes his stronghold - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 130
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Wednesday, 10 May 2017
SERVING GOD-CHASING MEN
TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL)
THURSSDAY, 11TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: SERVING GOD-CHASING MEN
SCRIPTURE: Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, Lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep —John 21:15-17.
MEMORY VERSE: John 3:16
DIGGING DEEP: It does not matter how long you gave your life to God, or how long you have been serving the Lord. It does not matter the positions you have occupied or the things you have done, if you are careless about God and His work, your love for Him will wax cold. Jesus said one of the reasons why the love of many will wax cold is because of iniquity (Matthew24:12). Nothing deletes God's love from the heart of a man like iniquity.
Iniquity is the inner act of willfulness against God. It involves the attitudes of the heart. Iniquity is doing our own will instead of God’s will. It is a stronghold that builds up overtime and it affects our service unto God.
A loveless service is a valueless service. The crash of love results in the crash of service.
Service rendered out of love for God attracts reward. Love is a nonnegotiable requirement for resultful and impactful kingdom service.
When your love for God is effervescent and sporadic then your service will be effective, infective and magnetic.
Many serve God out of demand, serve because someone is there, serve because they want to impress, to be seen, noticed, known or congratulated this is service of futility it holds no ground in the kingdom and hence no kingdom reward is attached to it.
From our text Jesus asked Peter a solemn question "lovest thou me more than these? Peter responded and said that "Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee." And Jesus said unto him, Feed my lambs." From this we understand that:
i. Service unto God is not as important as our relationship with Him.
ii. The heart is more important than the service.
iii. How we serve is a product of how we love the Lord.
When Jesus asked Peter that do you love me? He was inferring to sacrificial love or total commitment. This type of love embraces with all responsiveness by putting self out. In essence, Jesus was asking Peter if he would sacrifice all and give himself completely for Him. But Peter said "you know i love You." Peter was trying to tell Jesus that you remember how i tried to stop them from taking you? You see how i was outspoken about you? He was telling Jesus that you know i am fond of you; have affection; and feelings. This is love based on emotions and feelings. This type of emotion operates the thermostats principle it changes with conditions. It is temporal and has no root. It is love of convienence only.
When you refuse to allow your love for God to be submerged in approval of men, and we don't allow our love to be taken away by other cares of life then our services to God would have impact in heaven and cause supernatural effect on earth.
I pray for you today, your love for God will not be temporal in the name of Jesus.
PRAYER: O Lord help me to love You deeply and wholly in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: Love empowers service - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 122-123, Esther 7
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THURSSDAY, 11TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: SERVING GOD-CHASING MEN
SCRIPTURE: Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, Lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep —John 21:15-17.
MEMORY VERSE: John 3:16
DIGGING DEEP: It does not matter how long you gave your life to God, or how long you have been serving the Lord. It does not matter the positions you have occupied or the things you have done, if you are careless about God and His work, your love for Him will wax cold. Jesus said one of the reasons why the love of many will wax cold is because of iniquity (Matthew24:12). Nothing deletes God's love from the heart of a man like iniquity.
Iniquity is the inner act of willfulness against God. It involves the attitudes of the heart. Iniquity is doing our own will instead of God’s will. It is a stronghold that builds up overtime and it affects our service unto God.
A loveless service is a valueless service. The crash of love results in the crash of service.
Service rendered out of love for God attracts reward. Love is a nonnegotiable requirement for resultful and impactful kingdom service.
When your love for God is effervescent and sporadic then your service will be effective, infective and magnetic.
Many serve God out of demand, serve because someone is there, serve because they want to impress, to be seen, noticed, known or congratulated this is service of futility it holds no ground in the kingdom and hence no kingdom reward is attached to it.
From our text Jesus asked Peter a solemn question "lovest thou me more than these? Peter responded and said that "Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee." And Jesus said unto him, Feed my lambs." From this we understand that:
i. Service unto God is not as important as our relationship with Him.
ii. The heart is more important than the service.
iii. How we serve is a product of how we love the Lord.
When Jesus asked Peter that do you love me? He was inferring to sacrificial love or total commitment. This type of love embraces with all responsiveness by putting self out. In essence, Jesus was asking Peter if he would sacrifice all and give himself completely for Him. But Peter said "you know i love You." Peter was trying to tell Jesus that you remember how i tried to stop them from taking you? You see how i was outspoken about you? He was telling Jesus that you know i am fond of you; have affection; and feelings. This is love based on emotions and feelings. This type of emotion operates the thermostats principle it changes with conditions. It is temporal and has no root. It is love of convienence only.
When you refuse to allow your love for God to be submerged in approval of men, and we don't allow our love to be taken away by other cares of life then our services to God would have impact in heaven and cause supernatural effect on earth.
I pray for you today, your love for God will not be temporal in the name of Jesus.
PRAYER: O Lord help me to love You deeply and wholly in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: Love empowers service - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 122-123, Esther 7
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Tuesday, 9 May 2017
CRITERIA FOR THE ANOINTING
TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL)
WEDNESDAY, 10TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: CRITERIA FOR THE ANOINTING
SCRIPTURE: Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil - Ezekiel 16:9
MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 89:20
DIGGING DEEP: God does not anoint until one is thoroughly washed. This implies that the only way to be anointed of the Lord is after you have been truly washed. Absolute consecration and purification is key to the anointing.
It is a fact that God’s vessel's of power and impact must be holy. It is a major requirement for the release of the power of God. You can not be pure and not enjoy the flow of the oil of God.
The biggest enemy of the oil of God on your life is the presence of sin.
Just as you cannot eat from a dirty plate or drink water from a dirty cup so it is with God. God can not use you until He washes you. God does nothing with unclean vessels.
In our text God reveals that it is His function to wash us.
Why is washing so important:
1. Been washed gives us legal right to be a part of God: “Peter, if I don’t wash your feet, you have no part with Me” (John 13:8). Jesus was simply saying here is that: i) If you are not washed, He has no business to transact with you.
ii) If you are not washed, He can't use you.
iii) If you are not washed, He has no position in you.
iv) If you are not washed, you have no share in Him.
If you have no part in God, you have no part in His power. If you have no part in God, heaven can never partner with you.
2. It is a stamp of sanctification: "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water..." (Ephesians 5:26). Sanctification is key to unction.
3. It is in been washed that our kingship and priesthood manifests (Revelation 1:5-6): Our Kingship and priesthood is authenticated when we are washed.
Our text reveals two level/types of Divine washing:
a. "Then washed I thee with water": This refers to the body of sin been washed.
b. "I throughly washed away thy blood from thee": This is the washing of the nature of sin.
These levels of washing was handled at Calvary and emboldened by our committed walk with God. As we daily genuinely release ourselves into the word and fellowship with God we are constantly washed and we keep attaining perfection.
God does not withhold His oil from the lives of those who have given themselves wholly unto Him. Those who have allowed the nature and the body of sin to be washed away by His word and the blood of Jesus.
Finally, beloved the reason the flow of God's oil is scarce is because worthy vessels are scarce, but i pray for you today, God is washing you and through you there will be an outburst of the anointing of God in measures that has never been seen before in Jesus' name.
PRAYER: O Lord cleanse me through and through in Jesus' name.
Lord make my life overflow with your Holy oil. Use me to become a portal for the flow of your fire, revival, anointing to the world in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: Sanctification is key to unction - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 122-123, Esther 7
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WEDNESDAY, 10TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: CRITERIA FOR THE ANOINTING
SCRIPTURE: Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil - Ezekiel 16:9
MEMORY VERSE: Psalm 89:20
DIGGING DEEP: God does not anoint until one is thoroughly washed. This implies that the only way to be anointed of the Lord is after you have been truly washed. Absolute consecration and purification is key to the anointing.
It is a fact that God’s vessel's of power and impact must be holy. It is a major requirement for the release of the power of God. You can not be pure and not enjoy the flow of the oil of God.
The biggest enemy of the oil of God on your life is the presence of sin.
Just as you cannot eat from a dirty plate or drink water from a dirty cup so it is with God. God can not use you until He washes you. God does nothing with unclean vessels.
In our text God reveals that it is His function to wash us.
Why is washing so important:
1. Been washed gives us legal right to be a part of God: “Peter, if I don’t wash your feet, you have no part with Me” (John 13:8). Jesus was simply saying here is that: i) If you are not washed, He has no business to transact with you.
ii) If you are not washed, He can't use you.
iii) If you are not washed, He has no position in you.
iv) If you are not washed, you have no share in Him.
If you have no part in God, you have no part in His power. If you have no part in God, heaven can never partner with you.
2. It is a stamp of sanctification: "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water..." (Ephesians 5:26). Sanctification is key to unction.
3. It is in been washed that our kingship and priesthood manifests (Revelation 1:5-6): Our Kingship and priesthood is authenticated when we are washed.
Our text reveals two level/types of Divine washing:
a. "Then washed I thee with water": This refers to the body of sin been washed.
b. "I throughly washed away thy blood from thee": This is the washing of the nature of sin.
These levels of washing was handled at Calvary and emboldened by our committed walk with God. As we daily genuinely release ourselves into the word and fellowship with God we are constantly washed and we keep attaining perfection.
God does not withhold His oil from the lives of those who have given themselves wholly unto Him. Those who have allowed the nature and the body of sin to be washed away by His word and the blood of Jesus.
Finally, beloved the reason the flow of God's oil is scarce is because worthy vessels are scarce, but i pray for you today, God is washing you and through you there will be an outburst of the anointing of God in measures that has never been seen before in Jesus' name.
PRAYER: O Lord cleanse me through and through in Jesus' name.
Lord make my life overflow with your Holy oil. Use me to become a portal for the flow of your fire, revival, anointing to the world in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: Sanctification is key to unction - Dr. Dabbas Joel
DAILY READING: Psalm 122-123, Esther 7
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Monday, 8 May 2017
MYSTERY OF THE COMMUNION
TREASURES OF GRACE (DAILY DEVOTIONAL)
TUESDAY, 9TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: MYSTERY OF THE COMMUNION
SCRIPTURE: And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table - Luke 22:19-21
MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 11:24-25
DIGGING DEEP: Understanding kingdom mysteries, puts you in command. One of the mysteries of the kingdom is the Communion table. It is not a ritual, it is a blessing. It is a Divine ordinance for Supernatural dominance. The Communion is God’s ordained channel of establishing the validity of the finished work of Christ.
The Communion consists of the body and the blood of Jesus which are symbolized by the bread and the wine.
Firstly, the life of any creature is in the blood (Leviticus 7:11): this means that the blood is what keeps the body from been lifeless (that is to say that a bloodless body is a lifeless body), the blood keeps the body from decay and keeps a person alive and relevant on the earth. In the absence of the blood, a person is a past tense and is termed as 'late'. So in the same vein, the blood of Jesus infuses the very life of God into us. The absence of the blood of Jesus in our lives makes that individual lifeless and spiritually irrelevant. The Communion transmits the life of God into your body.
Secondly, the physical human blood flows to every organ, system and body parts to irrigate it. So when we take the communion, we take in the blood and it flows into your organs and system. If a cancer exists in any they melt away, if any virus, bacteria or even poison exists it is removed.
The blood maintains the integrity of our spiritual and physical body.
Our text further reveals that the Communion brings back alive (rememberance) the power of the victory of Jesus over sin, the devil and all of his activities in the life of man. So when you take the Communion you relive and put shame on the devil in reminding him that over two thousand years ago Jesus paid the price for your victory, deliverance, salvation and liberty.
Also the Communion is a New Testament/Covenant.
Finally, it was at the Communion that Jesus exposed the one who was to betray Him. I believe that as we commune with Him, light is given to us and satanic strategies, schemes and attacks are exposed.
I decree and declare that by the virtue of the Communion, any satanic plot against your life and family are totally exposed in Jesus' name.
PRAYER: O Lord I recieve understanding of and I enforce the miraculous power of the Communion today in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: Communion is for Union
No Communion is for Dominion - Dr. Joel Dabbas
DAILY READING: Psalm 120-121, Esther 6
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TUESDAY, 9TH MAY 2017
TOPIC: MYSTERY OF THE COMMUNION
SCRIPTURE: And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table - Luke 22:19-21
MEMORY VERSE: 1 Corinthians 11:24-25
DIGGING DEEP: Understanding kingdom mysteries, puts you in command. One of the mysteries of the kingdom is the Communion table. It is not a ritual, it is a blessing. It is a Divine ordinance for Supernatural dominance. The Communion is God’s ordained channel of establishing the validity of the finished work of Christ.
The Communion consists of the body and the blood of Jesus which are symbolized by the bread and the wine.
Firstly, the life of any creature is in the blood (Leviticus 7:11): this means that the blood is what keeps the body from been lifeless (that is to say that a bloodless body is a lifeless body), the blood keeps the body from decay and keeps a person alive and relevant on the earth. In the absence of the blood, a person is a past tense and is termed as 'late'. So in the same vein, the blood of Jesus infuses the very life of God into us. The absence of the blood of Jesus in our lives makes that individual lifeless and spiritually irrelevant. The Communion transmits the life of God into your body.
Secondly, the physical human blood flows to every organ, system and body parts to irrigate it. So when we take the communion, we take in the blood and it flows into your organs and system. If a cancer exists in any they melt away, if any virus, bacteria or even poison exists it is removed.
The blood maintains the integrity of our spiritual and physical body.
Our text further reveals that the Communion brings back alive (rememberance) the power of the victory of Jesus over sin, the devil and all of his activities in the life of man. So when you take the Communion you relive and put shame on the devil in reminding him that over two thousand years ago Jesus paid the price for your victory, deliverance, salvation and liberty.
Also the Communion is a New Testament/Covenant.
Finally, it was at the Communion that Jesus exposed the one who was to betray Him. I believe that as we commune with Him, light is given to us and satanic strategies, schemes and attacks are exposed.
I decree and declare that by the virtue of the Communion, any satanic plot against your life and family are totally exposed in Jesus' name.
PRAYER: O Lord I recieve understanding of and I enforce the miraculous power of the Communion today in Jesus' name.
QUOTE: Communion is for Union
No Communion is for Dominion - Dr. Joel Dabbas
DAILY READING: Psalm 120-121, Esther 6
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