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Just checking into His Presence...
Saturday, 9 October 2021
8th October 2021
Checking into God's Presence...
The date has changed, and the time is also moving consistently; but have you woken up thinking the Lord is not on your side?
Then you must have compromised your faith and the level of righteousness to the extent of feeling so abandoned in the presence of God.
Have you stepped into the day feeling elated, fulfilled, and excited about what the Lord has done in your life? Or are you grateful, but without hope, even though you have made it to this day?
God's ageing processes indiscriminately upon everyone are grafted between all the circumstances despite these varying characteristics.
Irrespective, displaying good work comes with the acceptance of God's will, trust, and belief, and this should guide the norm of each day that we progress in life.
While claiming to be in Christ, the day will always rise and fall before our fading eyes. The only thing that can positively impact our life positions is accepting the circumstances we may find ourselves in daily.
And should form the basis of working and walking towards our usefulness in the presence of God. In retrospect, David became an adulterer after sleeping with Bathsheba: wife of Uriah-the Hittite (2 Samuel 11:26).
He also caused the death of Uriah to cover up his misdeeds, and the spirit of the Lord convicted him of the crime through Prophet Nathan.
However, and in the eyes of the law today, David would have been convicted of a murder charge capable of being reduced to manslaughter.
Today, we want to consider that David understood the position and confessed his sins in Psalm 51 to regain back his lost status before the Lord.
And so in Act 13:22, David's status was again reaffirmed and was directly linked to the period before he began his reign in 1 Samuel 13:14
Nevertheless, and for David's guilt to be erased, he moved away from his position of self-pity to regain once again the Lord's purpose in his life.
David disregarded the biased impression of all people to become linked with the usefulness and the pursuit of God upon His life.
Brethren in Christ, we can choose to do the same today by accepting the position we may likely find ourselves: irrespective of how painful the outcome has been.
Let us move away from inflicting the guilty verdicts upon ourselves, any tales of aspersions, suspicion, assumption, hatred, and loss of any kind.
And these include stories of any ill health, but rather, we should begin to seek the righteousness of God; by singing to acknowledge His presence in our lives.
Only then can we understand the purpose of God in our lives, and this will ultimately link us with our usefulness in this world. Remember, before we begin to serve and fulfil any of God's purpose in life, He had made preparations for us and, "this is what the Lord says:
“When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfil my good promise to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. You will find me," declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity.[b] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,"
declares the Lord, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile." Jeremiah 29:10-14
But somehow today, many are standing tall at the expense of these promises in Christ Jesus Name. And without any doubt, it pays to serve God, but that also depends on what our mood and mind construe.
Therefore, we must not operate under any other assumption except such that comes through the Name of God by which everyone shall be saved.
May God empower and make this day a day of mercy for us. With Your power, oh Lord, You will forgive and take us away from the position of self-pity. Link also us with the primary drive to always want to work and walk with Thee in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ.
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Wednesday, 6 October 2021
7th October 2021
Checking into God'sGod's Presence...
Life is not so much about the different "accessories" that go with how we run our errands before the Almighty God. And being famous as a Pastor is nothing compared to how you got to the position in the first place.
Also, your position as a Prophet/Prophetess and a Shepherd may mean nothing except you can sustain the power/grace behind your calling. However, the perfect grace one could ever have is the ability to sleep and wake up.
Faith and the grace that comes with being chosen by God is paramount at every stage until the very end: For "The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride".
Ecclesiastes 7:8 Saul was called by God, but he could not sustain the power behind his calling along the line. He shunned the Ways of God in favour of seeking guidance from the dead when the Lord refused to speak with him again.
“When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled his heart. He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him by dreams, Urim, or prophets. Saul then said to his attendants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.
“There is one in Endor," they said. So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. "Consult a spirit for me," he said, "and bring up for me the one I name." 1 Samuel 28:5-8. Judas Iscariot was also one of the Disciples of Jesus Christ who later betrayed Him: John 12:4.
We may argue that the above two incidents and many more in the Bible were predestined by God, indicating that Saul and Judas could have done nothing about their situation. In that, for David to rise so that God can bring about His complete revelation about Christ, Saul had to go.
And for the human race to receive their perfect redemption according to God's purpose, Christ must jettison the flesh. For this reason, someone must be used as a tool to achieve this objective.
Would that mean God is the Agent of downward causation? There has been a story of free will from the birth of creation; therefore, whatever we say or do without God can give Satan a perfect advantage.
It may include what we consider to be an ideal way by which we have chosen to run or lead our lives. What way are you going to explore today? One filled with the Presence of God or one that "looks at the accessories of life" and "rests on those accessories"?
We all know our goal(s) and, God knows our plans! May the Lord empower our different Callings and give us the power to sustain the grace in our lives in Jesus' Mighty Name. Amen
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Tuesday, 5 October 2021
6th October 2021
Checking into God's Presence...
This morning, I want to commend the efforts of a brother who took the time to pray for me today by sending me this prayer. It is always good, although occasionally rare, to see people of God who watch your back with prayers.
The potency touched me in the blessings that the Spirit directed me to use as my message today and share to transform many lives.
Therefore, I command that "every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God" (Luke 3:5-6).
Say this prayer: Father, I worship you because you are Omnipresent. Lift me, and turn all my valley experiences around. Make way for me in impossible situations and let every mountain and hill of obstruction give way.
Lead the way that I will follow, open my eyes to see through Yours. Deliver me from crooked paths, the crooked people, and hide me in You. With Your Might,
You delivered the Hebrew boys in the fire, therefore make troublesome situations smooth sailing for me and my life to be a portrait of Your goodness for all men to know.
In Jesus excellent Name, I pray. You will bless all household and let the people called by Your Name begin to receive comfort in their lives in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen
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5th October 2021
Checking into God's Presence...
Often we make life choices based on how expensive and attractive the items are, and it is not uncommon for men and women of God to feel comfortable going for branded items to suit their tastes.
Can I then ask why we settle for less in the area of worshipping God? Why must those who perceive themselves as credible Christians go into unnecessary moods before deciding where, when, and how to worship?
Must we base our mode of worship on the kind of relationship we have with men or with God? Why can't we make our faith in God very expensive instead of falling for any trivial pursuits, quarrels, ego and lack of humility that may eventually hamper our religion and the race to the eternal kingdom?
Apostle Paul encapsulates the intrinsic drive we must hold in the manner of our faith in Hebrews 10:19-25: "Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have the confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching."
Therefore today, "Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise." I have come to learn and understand that God can make us thrive in our efforts only if we stay upon the above promise.
Now wondering, how many will still choose to fall for everything, contrary to the description given to us in Hebrew 1:1-3. It states: In the past, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.
The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. May the grace of God energize our spiritual life and grant all weaknesses in the life of everyone accelerated speed to recovery in Jesus' Mighty Name. Amen
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4th October 2021
Checking into God’s Presence...
You may not know or may have forgotten that today was one of the promises made by God but has now come to fulfilment. How then can you describe your testimonies in this tenth month?
Are you still grumbling about what you are yet to receive from God? Are you laid back in your worship of Him, thinking God had not kept to His Promises?
Irrespective of our state of mind, we must also know the Lord has nothing to lose even when and where we choose to remain on our serpentine courses.
Far beyond our imaginations, the Lord is busy attending to the needs of those who put their trust in Him and worship Him days and nights. In John 6:35-45: “Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life.
Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me, and still, you do not believe.
All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me, I will never drive away, for I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
And this is the will of him who sent me that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them at the last day.”
At this, the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is this not Jesus, the Son of Joseph, whose Father and mother we know?
How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them at the last day.
It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[d] Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.”
In this new day, Lord gives us the grace to attest to Your Grace while we also wait for other promises from Thee. Teach and make us understand Your incorruptible nature and eliminate the tendencies that always want to change Your glory in us.
May Your power give us relief for every stress, a sweet song for every sigh, an answer for every prayer and peace for every troubled moment in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen
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3rd October 2021
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"I said to myself, "God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed."
I also said to myself, "As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other.
All have the same breath[c]; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust, all return. Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?"
So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?" Ecclesiastes 3:17-22
"I said to myself, "God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed."
I also believe that "from everlasting to everlasting, the Lord's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children— with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts." Psalm 103:17-18
Those who must flourish in God's Glory must not put their hopes on the mundane things of the world, but unto those words that come through the Spirit of God to proclaim liberty unto the captives.
John 4:24 says: "God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and truth." Men have to take up the spiritual essence of the spirit of God before they can be linked with God's purpose for them in this world.: "there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work because that is their lot."
All deeds must be classified and translated in spiritual form, for "who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward earth?" Children of God, therefore, must be mindful of all immoral activities in the presence of God.
However, sins committed in the physical realm have their tendencies and repercussions exposed and judged spiritually.
The story of Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:4-6 portrays the ability of nominal Christians to find a way out of keeping the Lord's rule with an effortless tilt into sinful ways.
In that, Satan was able to entice Eve into submission when he said: "You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil".
When the woman saw that the tree's fruit was good for food and pleasing to the eye and desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."
This attribute portrays people would have an original mind which inclines them to reject evil and pursue goodness. Yet, without them being aware of it, they are somewhat driven by evil forces to abandon the integrity that the original mind desires and succumb to the power of evil deeds that they do not want to engage in our innermost heart.
For as long as these evil forces are given the opportunity, the sinful history of humanity that emanated from Adam and Eve's story will continue unabated because the master of these evil forces is known as Satan.
The human race has indeed been utterly unable to liquidate the forces of Satan because he has an identity that also comes in the spiritual form. Brethren in Christ, if all deeds operated in the flesh becomes customized in spiritual formation, the overall essence is determined by who now controls our lives, as to whether Satan or God.
Would it not be appropriate to consider every hidden move in God's Presence? Just as no one can’t stop the flow of the air, nobody will be able to stop God from manifesting His glory in our lives.
May the Grace of the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost bless our thoughts and make them His own. In Your Name, oh Lord, silence the growth and the acceleration of the devil's impact in our worship, and with Your Might, those impacts will be stopped and will not assail into our spiritual attributes.
And let all ancestral stigmas capable of drawing people into perdition be destroyed in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen
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Friday, 1 October 2021
2nd October 2021
Checking into God’s Presence...
Let us rejoice in the Name of the Lord, for we have become a new product of His investment as the Lord made us pass through the perils of the night unscathed.
Would you believe that within the newness of the day, God has already made provisions for the release of His New Oil with New Grace into the New Day? The only requirement is to lend our endorsement to God’s manner of approach and then become the symbols of what the Lord wants us to represent.
We must, however, be concerned if we have not given our lives to Christ. Do you have a son or a daughter who has suddenly turned twenty-one?
Has any of your children been married and or started having children? Do you have wrinkles showing on your once radiant face? Is your chest or head filled with unwanted grey hairs that show evidence of what journey you have been through?
When you start seeing these signs, please know that eternal time is drawing close. But before we get to that conclusion, is there anything you are doing today that 25years ago would not have bothered you?
Or is there anything you can die for now but will not make any significant difference in twenty-five years? We must carefully assess our stance on specific issues that bring us into conflict against all Christian Virtues in all areas.
There are some battles we engage in today that are of no importance to the Kingdom principles. And the trueness in God’s Name can only be ascertained if we allow the egos in us to die so that we can begin with the spirit of God to follow His rules and Commandments.
Listen to these: “Again I saw something meaningless under the sun: There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.
“For whom am I toiling,” he asked, “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?” This too is meaningless—a miserable business!” Ecclesiastes 4:7-8.
But how can these be achievable? “These are the commands, decrees, and laws the Lord which God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
So that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy a long life.
Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase significantly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children.
Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and your gates.” Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Let us constantly measure our achievements not so much about what we thought we had lost or what position we felt we should be, but upon the gifts God has given us and where God is still willing to take us.
May the Lord be pleased with us and inhabit the spirit of our worship. He will allow His virtues to be evidenced not only by our declaration to worship Him but also in our practices.
May God encourages us with the power of His Might to have a wholehearted commitment to His rules and commandments, and in-service, let us not only believe in You but to love, honour and fear Thee in Jesus’ Mighty Name. Amen
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