How to do the works of God

TREASURE OF GRACE DAILY DEVOTIONAL (MONDAY 20TH JULY, 2020) 

Written by JOEL DABBAS 

WHAT MUST WE DO TO DO THE WORKS OF GOD 

SCRIPTURE: Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent | John 6:28-29 (KJV)

During the earthly ministry of Jesus everyone could evidently see that He was not doing His own work but that of God. Everything in and around the ministry of Jesus reveals the Father. Every action was sanctioned by the Father. This hundred percent God move generated mind blowing results. Men saw the outrageous power of God, they saw the love of God, heard God spoke to their ears everyday for thirty three and half years. 
Then in todays' anchor text, these people came to Jesus with a question. This question looked genuine, it looked like the question from the lips of one hungered for God, it resembled questions from the heart of one yearning desperately for God but alas it was a question just to know God and do miracles for their personal and economic gain. They had just been fed supernaturally and i feel they thought within themselves if they can operate in this dimension there will always be food in their homes and so forth. I truly wish it was a genuine cry from their heart. I wish it was a genuine desperation from a people looking to know God. 
Jesus brought them in through the door of the spirit to show them how to begin the works of God which is to believe in the One He has sent. Believeing in Jesus is the primary demand for anyone who will manifest the works of God. Anyone that is truly born again can do the works of God. 
Listen beloved, there are many believers today with false hunger. They fast, pray and study Scriptures but the bedrock of all of this is just so they could manifest the power of God. This is good but it is not complete and heaven will veto this thoroughly to see on what basis is this heartcry coming from. If it is from a heart which truly desperate for God then there is an introduction into more of God and effortlessly God manifests Himself in you. If you must truly experience God moving in you and through you then, you must be ready to believe Him deeply, intimately, honestly and totally. God cannot pour Himself in a selfish person. He cannot work through a selfish person who wants God for a personal goal or agenda. 

PRAYER: O Lord, I seek You in all genuineness and sincerity. I ask that the content of selfishness that has neen the bedrock of my pursuit of You is eliminated now in Jesus name. 

REMEMBER THIS: "Believe is a spiritual conception tool. It helps you to conceive what is in God and so receive from and of Him. That s why there is no receiving without believing" - Dr. Joel Dabbas   

PRAISE IN THE PAIN

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                         PRAISE IN PAIN

                                            Written By Joel Dabbas 

Life in itself is challenging: a curve of many sorts with dimensions of transitions; but even if it is top of the mountain or deep valley experience you are going through right now, I want to assure you that God is with you and it will end in praise.

A times precious people pass through very tough situations. The things they are encountering sometimes seem so overwhelming that it seem as if there is no answer. There are times that as we pray unto God answers were released instantly, and there are instances where it took time. But in all of it God always prevails.
Also there are even times when it looks as if God is not answering at all and it seems there is no help insight but I have discovered that in this kind of faith trying situations just like Abraham we must increase our faith dimensions, float in another frequency and realm of faith (Romans 4:18). So such situations triggers more faith and believing because in all assurance there is no failure in God.

1 Thessalonians 5:18 says that "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" (NIV). If you didn't read that carefully you would reason that the Scripture is saying that it's God's will or that it was God who fashioned that pain, or distressing circumstances you are passing through. But that Scripture means that thanks or praise is God's will for you. So as you pass through different challenges, what God desires from you is praise. Not complain nor fear. If you can turn that pain into an avenue of praise God will breakthrough for you.

3 things that happen as you praise through pain:

1. It is a statement of your faith in God and your love for God
Romans 8:35-39 KJV "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

2. It builds in you expectation for the miraculous
2 Timothy 1:12 KJV "For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day."

3. It activates systems of supernatural help
In Isiah 41:14 this is what the Lord said "Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, says the LORD, and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel" (King James 2000 Bible). The "worm Jacob" speaks of weakness, frailty and absence of strength. So even if you are weak and have no strength God will help you: help you overcome the challenges and pain.

Finally, in Isaiah 30:19 Scripture says that "For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee" (NIV). Beloved, weep no more. Turn your tears into praise. Turn your pain into praise. It might not be easy but it is worth it.

Shalom!!

PURE ESSENCE

PURE ESSENCE
With Joel  Dabbas

SCRIPTURE: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God | Romans 12:1-2 KJV

When you became born again you became a legal citizen of a supernatural system whose modus of operandi is different from where you use to be. And because of the preciousness of this system, it is of prime necessity to be guarded with all alertness and watchfulness.
Jesus said something intriguing in the parable of the sower in Luke 8:11-12 KJV
"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved." One of the offices of the devil is that of stealing. So it is imperative that you are wise, alert, and don't loose guard. Your defense system must be active to wade the devil away.

I took serious thoughts about conversion and salvation; and i came to the conclusion that:
Firstly, salvation is Gods free gift perfected by His grace. So we can become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. In this we have nothing absolutely to do about it. It was only made available for our taken.

Secondly, although salvation is absolutely and completely free there is a daily work and walk that everyone must engage in. I call it the work and walk of preserving our faith. The work and walk of faith is your practical, deliberate and serious response to preserving the seed God has planted in you at new birth. Ensuring that it grows and blossoms until eternity.
I need you to understand that the portal of the spirit by which we accessed salvation was on the platform of faith in Jesus. Ephesians 2:8 says that "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." So faith was the connector to the limitless, manifold gift of Gods salvation. No faith no salvation.
So our duty is to stand in partnership with the Holy Spirit our magnificient Helper to see us through the darkness of life so that we won't be chocked again by the works of evil.
We do this by daily sacrificing. A believer who don't live a life of wilful sacrifice will certainly satisfy the will of the flesh.
Sacrifice is leaving all that matters to us to satisfy God. It is letting go of what was our gain for His gain. Believers must understand that as citizens of the kingdom of God everything we own, we are and will be all belong to God, the MONARCH of ZION. This is sacrifice.
As you walk with God in all obedience, He teaches you the act of sacrifice one step at a time. He begins to do this with very little and minute things. As He does that, He is teaching you the act of living a life of sacrifice. So in the developmental phase there are times God could tell you don't eat, don't sleep now, don't have sex (if you are married), don't go out today and so forth. It could be simple things like put on this cloth or that colour of cloth; don't take this or that route. As this continues God is raising you gradually to the place of solid sacrifice. If you don't live a life of sacrifice, you can't satisfy God. Let me reiterate it this way, if you don't live a life of sacrifice, you can't lead a life of true absolute submission and surrender unto God.
If there is no submission on your part, you can't be a part of God's mission here on earth. If you are not living your life as a living sacrifice that is holy, you can't be a part of His service.
I have also discovered that a life of utmost consecration is a powerful vehicle of becoming a concrete tool in the hands of God. If you lead a consecrated life, you are relevant to God in every session.
Today, i charge you to come into a life of absolute and true sacrifice; and one of utmost consecration unto God. So that you will fulfill the powerful plea of Apostle Paul in our anchor text.
Shallom!

THE JOURNAL OF A PRAYING MAN

THE JOURNAL OF A PRAYING MAN

With Joel Dabbas 

SCRIPTURE: Epaphras, who is one of you, A SERVANT of Christ, salutes you, always LABORING FERVENTLY for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God | Colossians 4:12 

Prayer is a spiritual conduit that helps you to reach into great realities that are farfetched from the ordinary. 

Prayer is a spiritual system for men to do business in the spirit realm (Luke 18:1). 

Prayer is the constituency of the righteous man (James 5:16)

Prayer is the believer's respiratory organ. You can't live without Prayer. If there must be spiritual aliveness, prayer must be active.

Prayer is organic to people who value intimacy and partnership with God. 

Prayer activates and updates the virtues, capacities and abilities if a spiritual man.

Prayer is not the duty of a pastor, nor is it one of the functions in a Church meeting. It is a constant spiritual activity of a believer. The level of consistency in prayer equals your value for God. You can't love God and not pray (talk to Him) daily and always. So true men of prayer are not merely spiritual men but are God lovers.

In our anchor text Apostle Paul reveals a man called Epaphras a true man of prayer. And look at what was said about him: that he "LABORING FERVENTLY...in PRAYER." Laboring suggests the contnuity in his praying. It is not that type of prayer life that is once in a week, once a month or once in a year. Prayer was consistent and continuous. Not an epileptic prayer pattern. 

But why is he praying consistently and continuously like this? It was that the believers in Colossus may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Wait is this not that type of prayer that one will do just sipping coffee and muttering some words at intervals while even looking over the window? But a genuine spiritual man has no light or heavy prayer point. 

Just for believers to stand perfect and complete in the will of God, Epaphras prayed fervently.

Do you know what fervency is? It means ruggedity, hotness, brutality, violence, and seriousness. Praying with all brutality and all the seriousness you can muster. I am not talking about mindless shouting and jumping here and there without real fire in your bones. I am talking about the prayer that comes from inside out. A kind of prayer that touches you first before touching God. A prayer that you have a deep witness that you really prayed. 

Three things worthy of note in the journal of genuine prayer men:

1. They persistently pray for the revelation of a dimension of God in a place or in a people without retreating back.

They a portals of revival. 

2. They are selfless in prayer: Prayer does not have to be about them or their need. 

I mean what will make a man pray with all seriousness and contnuity like Epaphras did if it isn't for a personal need or for prosperity or for health and so on? That is the mistake many believers do today. For them prayer is about needs. Listen beloved until your desperation becomes about God, He won't fix yours. Because when you seek God first, He can't put you last.

3. Prayer men birth spiritual things: Epaphras was labouring to birth a people who will stand perfect and a people who are complete in all the will of God. This is very powerful. A prayer person births out spiritual realities in the lives of people.

Today become a true and genuine praying man. 

BREAKING INTO THE OTHER REALM OF WORSHIP

BREAKING INTO THE OTHER REALM OF WORSHIP 

Written By Dr. Joel Dabbas 

SCRIPTURE: And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord | Genesis 24:26 KJV

 

There is a reality in the realm of the spirit that one can never ascend until one engages true worship this is because worship is a doorway to supernatural realities.

Worship is an act and posture for only men and women of the Spirit. That is why Jesus said that the Father is "looking for those that will worship Him in Spirit and in truth"

You can learn the act of praying, the act of praising but you can't learn the act of worshipping. Not because it is complex but because it is manifold in nature. So it is a posture your spirit man assumes when you truly and genuinely come before God and when the radiance of His light beams upon you. Hence you leave a worship experience with a climate and an atmosphere that seeps into you as you consistently and deliberately release yourself to His presence. With this continuous existence and niche you have acquired with God the atmosphere of His person thickens around you that you can actually stir outburst of worship easily when people step around you. 

Let me established this fact here that in the realm of the Spirit, there are plains of worship and in this place the supernatural is highly evident. But why is it that many believers have not come out with tangible evidences from the place of worship? Or why have many believers not shifted into another dimension of worship? And why have many not truly worshipped?

Understand that worship is a sacred association between God and man. It is a deep intimate engagement between God and man. Worship is a mystery so it means that knowledge is required to break the code in the realm of the Spirit. 

First off is an innate nature of a believer which is enhanced by practiced. There is a spiritual education that our spirit man first begins to go through. This is not knowledge based it is illumination based. So you can never completely learn the art of worship because it is has deep as the one been worshipped. Since is deeper, higher and widder than our knowledge and thought so all we will do here in this body is a tip of the iceberg. 

To connect to the extraordinary and extranatural in the place of worship you must:

LOOSE YOUR PRESENCE

When you come into the plain of worship you take your existence, personality and level in the physical out of the way. If you are in church, at home or anywhere worshipping and you are still hundred percent in self awareness, you have not been immerged yet in the river of worship. When this river floods over you, you get totally drunk. 

Jesus said that true worship is spiritual, so if you are still physical you miss the deep Joy and blessings that flows from the throne of Grace. 

The veil of the flesh is a major blocker into the higher dimensions of worship. Break this barrier and float in the presence of God 

HAVE A LIGHT SPIRIT 

Worship is easy when you have a light spirit. There is a demonic spirit called "the spirit of heaviness" it is a worship blocker. It puts satanic weight on the spirit of men so that they can't float and rise into plains of worship. 

COME WITH WORDS 

Worship is possible with love that is why only lovers worship. The rarest of words are only found in the depths of the heart filled with love. When you are truly in love with someone your vocabularies are unlocked, that is what happens in worship. Come with words, never lack vocabulary when coming before Him in worship. David was a man full of words to describe the person, character and nature of God. 

Two ways you can build your vocabulary are:

A. By studying the word

 

B. By deliberately learning to turn the faithful manifestations of God into words.

 

As you continue, you will begin to access two dimensions: 

One is the place of wordless worship: Here is when your natural words comes to an end, you will begin to just see Majesty, see Gods limitless expressions. It could appear in pictures or video like display. For instance, you begin to see Gods mightiness in your thoughts. It grows bigger and bigger that your imagination and thought cannot contain and fathom any longer. 

Then next you burst into another realm of words: this what i call words without end. It is the place of eternal vocabulary. You will begin to encounter ageless and ancient words. This steams from the wordless encounter. You will access words coded with fire, truth and love. These words from this encounter when read by another can cause an outburst in their spirits. Because they are words that was communicated with the God realm. 

May worship sporadically burst from your soul and spirit today in Jesus' Name 

THE SPIRITUAL CLIMATE AFTER THE PANDEMIC

After the COVID-19 pandemic

THE SPIRITUAL CLIMATE AFTER THE PANDEMIC

"And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot , and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel" - 1 Kings 18:43-46 KJV

During the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the world was and is thrown out of shape, out of form and darkness crawled into various spheres of human life.
I write this out of a burdened spirit but whose sight is on the light that is forth coming. I write this to the Church of God all over the world and particularly to those labouring tenaciously in the vineyard of our Lord and King.

Many things are happening now and will yet happen after now. Two nations distinct in many ways are going to arise in the body after the series of events that has occurred and will yet occur.
First, there will be a rise of a super faith nation (people): This set of people are deeply fearless. Despite the roughness and toughness of the events they have passed through yet they are solid for God. Men forged through fire and appearing as gold. It will be faith on fire for these ones.

Secondly, is a rise of the faithless nation (people): This are those who have given up on God because of the events that have occurred thus far. The worst amongst this are a set of people who will become selective believers of the truth and those who will totally disbelieve the truth of God's word.

Especially, there will arise a set of people who won't believe supernatural healing anymore. They will say if God truly heals why was there massive deaths during the pandemic. They will disbelief servants of God. It will be so much that many minister's will literally be afraid to pray for healing or to preach/teach about it. It is will be so fierce, it is a satanic strategy to intimidate the Body and her ministers.
But hear this o beloved servant of God, it will be the very right time to preach about healing. There will be massive revival that will erupt and it will be ran by the super faith nation (people). This is one revival the world has never experienced before and one of the tools in the coming revival is healing. There will be mighty signs and wonders. The times of the Apostles are upon us already. The cloud is dark and gathering already. God is looking for those whose faith is supercharged and on fire to front unusual and uncommon exploits. There will be a rise of great healing prophets, because the prophetic is going to be heavy in the season ahead. Such as never seen before.

This move will redeem and pull many from the faithless nation back to repentance and many who have not known the Lord will rush into the Kingdom because thus saith the Lord "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it" (Isaiah 2:2 KJV).
It is a torrential session of power and great grace. I hear the sound of abundance of rain in the nations of the earth. The fields are white, the harvest is ready and labourers must arise now!
Glory to God.

Please do share with Pastors and believers round the globe. Something big is about to happen.

Yours in the vineyard
Dr. Joel Dabbas

The move of God 

THE FEARFUL

THE FEARFUL 

Teaching By Pastor Joel Dabbas 

SCRIPTURE: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death | Revelation 21:8 KJV

The Scripture reveals what can take one into the lake of fire and it opens with "the fearful" at the top of the order. What is in fear that God will decide to throw anyone out of the Kingdom because of It? Why is it that God won't condone the fearful in the Kingdom?
There are different types of fear. Many times you would have been afraid because of one thing or the order. For instance if all of a sudden you hear that there is a lion running down the street, you will be afraid and run for safety. The adrenaline surge will be immediately triggered because of the information you just received. This is fear that pushes you to look for safety. This is not the type of fear God is talking about here. The type of fear God is talking about is that fear that impacts the soul of a man. Any fear that makes one sale his soul to the devil will take anyone from the Kingdom of God.

For instance:

1. Those Who Because Of Fear Couldn't Reject The Mark Of The Beast:

"It has been decreed by God that whoever excepts the mark of the beast will not enter into Heaven" (Revelation 14:9-10).
The events after the rapture of the Church will be so horrific, i can't even imagine it. In Revelation 13:17 the Scripture states that the anti-Christ will tighten the situation of things to the point that people cannot buy or sell except they have the mark of the beast. Now those believers who were not raptured will have to pay for their salvation with their own blood. And many for the fear of survival, the prevailing circumstances and laws will give in. These are in the class of the fearful. That is is why i beg of you to lead your life in a way that is pleasing and acceptable unto God. So that you and I will be part of the first flight when Christ returns.


2. Those Who Are Too Fearful To Be Called Christian:

"Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels" (Mark 8:38).
I checked the word ashamed in the Oxford English dictionary and I picked up these two meanings:
First it is to be embarrassed or guilty because of one's actions, characteristics, or associations.
Second, it is to be reluctant to do something through fear of embarrassment or humiliation.
There are times people feel embarassed to stand for Jesus and His word in the society, amongst friends, colleagues and so on. They bury their head in shame and flow with the crowd.
When they are attacked by group of mockers they become afraid and disassociate themselves with Jesus.
There are those who are ashamed amongst friends to be known by Jesus. Also there are those who are ashamed to make a post about Jesus on social media. I have seen many who won't hold their Bible just because they are ashamed of carrying the word of God or called a Christian.
When I was in the university, there were times I have been mocked at for carrying the Bible. One time some Muslims threatened me for carrying the Bible. I was bold and not ashamed of the Gospel. Apostle Paul said in Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
When people are doing wrong thing in your place of work; they want to manipulate figures and so on. Stand like Daniel and friends for God. Don't because of the fear of condemnation and mockery of friends, family and the society become ashamed to be named with Jesus.

3. Those Who Were Too Fearful And Denied The Lord Jesus:

Jesus says: "But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God" (Luke 12:9). 
I have heard of believers and pastors in Northern Nigeria who during crisis and persecution for the fear of been killed denied Jesus. Some of them even after denouncing Jesus were killed. There are sisters who have denied Jesus because they wanted money and the good life. There are brothers who have denounced the Lord because they want a good job and so on.
These are part of the fearful. When your conviction is tested, two things are called into play. It is either you chicken out or stand firm for Jesus. We are in perilous times already things will come up to test our resolve and conviction in God don't deny Jesus.
Recently, the Boko Haram sect in Northern Nigeria beheaded a pastor and posted the video on the internet: because he refused to denounce Christianity and our Lord Jesus. There is another young girl (a fifteen year old) by the name Lydia a secondary school student who was abducted by the Islamic sect and was not released because she refused to deny Jesus. And many people through history and many nations have stood valiantly even in the face of death for Jesus. They refuse to be the FEARFUL but the FEARLESS.


4. Those Who Are Too Fearful To Overcome Evil Manipulation:

Then there are those who are bound by fear and have become too fearful because of evil reports and bad news. Their hearts and soul is now encapsulated by it. For instance the doctor says that the condition is bad and from that time you allowed the devil to grip your spirit, soul and body with fear. You suddenly forget the divine promises of God and all you can think of is that lie of the devil. This is been fearful and can drive one away from the Kingdom. If you are passing through such right now don't go through it in fear. David said "even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil." What you are passing through should not become the reason to be fearful. Be bold and very courageous holding unto "Jesus the author and finisher of our faith."
Don't allow yourself be overcome by the spirit of fear that the devil is trying to use to deceive people today. Some from the fear of the situation they are in have disbelieved God and abused God. Some just like Jobs' wife have said "curse God and die" This are sins that leads to damnation. Never allow any condition manipulate you against God.

5. Those Ahat Are Too Fearful To Be Single:

There are Christian ladies who have kept themselves all along and because it seems there is delay or marriage is not forthcoming as they thought or for the fear of never been married or able to give birth because of menopause, they begin to engage in fornication. And some of them have come up with logic backing what they are doing. They fell because of fear.

Why is God not interested in the fearful?

A. Who you are afraid of determines who you will give your allegiance to:

Any fear that steals your allegiance to God, His words and kingdom makes God uninterested in having you with Him in glory.

B. Who you are afraid of is the one who will Lord over your life or control you

Anything you are afraid of is what you will honour and what you honour will Lord over you.

C. When you are afraid you abuse God's presence:

Psalm 23:4 says that
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." God's presence in you and with you when acknowledged kills fear and makes you not to become the fearful.

D. To be fearful is to have a strange spirit: "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7 KJV)
People who are fearful are controlled by a spirit that is alien to the kingdom.

"Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham" (Hebrews 2:14-16; KJV)
Do you see that? One of the reasons that Jesus had to put on the human body and not come in the form of an angel was to pull people whose soul were bound in perpetual fear. Mankind was terrorized by the slave master the devil and he ruled man by fear. The devil captures men by fear and rules them by fear.

Finally, Remember that any fear that is looking for your soul, looking for how to disconnect you from God will take you out of eternity with God.