JOEL DABBAS

FOR MEN SERIES HONOUR YOUR WIFE (LESSON ONE) Honour has a rule of engagement: "Honour is only given unto whom honour is dew." (Rom 13:7) That is to say that honour should be given to those who deserve it. One of the persons amongst others in your life that deserve to be honoured is your wife. 1 Peter 3:7 says "In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God's gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered" (NLT). You see that honour was demanded from the husband. This is because man in his natural state is egocentric and will never put down his crown for a woman. God by this is bringing humility into the union. A man that is not humble is not broken and love does not flow in the atmosphere of pride. "God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble." (James 4:6). God h...

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 ...