by dailyd | Nov 16, 2018 | More
Topic: Learn The Word By Doing It
Matthew 26:55 “In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.”
The four gospels refer to Jesus teaching 43 times, preaching 19 times, and preaching and teaching in the same verse, six times. This indicates that Jesus spent twice as much time teaching as He did preaching. Teaching is the basic building block for making disciples. Jesus was making disciples, not just converts.
The Greek word for “disciple” literally means “a learner,” and indicates “learning by endeavor” or what we would call “on-the-job training.” Jesus said in John 8:31, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.” Anyone who meets this criterion is Jesus’ disciple.
“Jailhouse religion,” where a person is only sorry he got caught and is trying to get out of a bad situation, will not produce true discipleship. It takes a forsaking of all to be Jesus’ disciple. Jesus wants us to “count the cost.” It is definitely a commitment.
What the Lord has started in you, He will also continue and complete. That is not to say that your success will be automatic; we have to cooperate with what God is wanting to do in our lives. Our faithfulness may always be suspect, but God’s faithfulness is never in question. It is always God’s will to continue and complete the good work He began in us.
This message was written by The Association of Related Ministries International (ARMI) is an extension of Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWM). ARMI is a unique partnership committed to providing resources to help like-minded ministers succeed in a spirit of excellence and to draw from the experience and expertise of both the AWM and Charis Bible College staff. (www.awmi.net).
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by dailyd | Nov 16, 2018 | More
Topic: Real Security
The foundation of God standeth sure . . . — 2 Timothy 2:19
On campus the quickest way to security is through the crowd. Precisely where students talk about being independent and on their own, you will find them practicing the most rigid conformity in dress, in speech, in moral attitudes, and in thinking. Sometimes they follow fashion at the expense of integrity. They dread to be alone. They do not want to stand out or be different. They want to conform.
After they graduate from college, many of these young people want nothing more than a good job with a big firm, and a home somewhere in suburbia. But they don’t find security then either. Only Jesus Christ can give you the security that you are looking for.
Prayer for the day: Long-sought-after security I found only in Your abiding love, my Savior, Jesus Christ.
Written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association(BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same.
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by dailyd | Nov 15, 2018 | Open Heavens
Topic: Glory not in Self
Memorise: “And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.”– Matthew 23:12
Read: Isaiah 14:12-17, Luke 18:10-13 (KJV)
Isaiah 14:12-17:
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Luke 18:10-13:
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 5-7, Luke 22:14-38
Thursday MESSAGE:
To glory in self is to exalt one’s own worth above what it really is. It is the act of perceiving yourself as overly important. A person who glories in self is a person who thinks he stands on his own merits and by his own power. This is the reason why the father of lies, Satan, was cast down from heaven. Indeed, Satan is a classic example of someone who gloried in self. He exalted himself above what he really was, and he started to think of himself as better than everyone else, including God. Glorying in self has its roots in self-deception; it starts when a man deceives himself into thinking and believing in a false idea of himself.
Glorying in self might not be obvious at first. It is a very dangerous character flaw that sometimes creep in on children of God until it leads them to doom. What then are the signs that a person glories in self? One indicator is when you feel the need to parade in public what should and can be done in private. This was one of the issues Jesus had with the Pharisees. They would rather pray in public than pray behind closed doors, and when they fasted, they ensure that it showed on their faces, just so that everyone knew they were fasting. Even today, some people ensure that every good thing they do is done from the rooftops, so that people will see and praise them. In addition, people who glory in self tend to talk about themselves a lot. This is majorly because they feel the need to constantly list out their accomplishments and achievements. They are always quick to say “I” even when “we” is the approximate thing to say. People who glory in self honestly feel that they are better than everyone else.
Luke 18:10-13 shows a clear difference between a self-glorying person and a humble person. When humble people see themselves as needing God’s grace and mercy, self-glorying people think that their actions are perfect enough to dignify them before God and man.
A self-glorying person will never get anything from God. Only a person who recognises his or her need for God’s help and asks for it will get it. Glorying in self is very dangerous because at the end of the day, every single thing that the person thinks he or she has accomplished will be taken away, and shame, disappointment and humiliation will be the portion of such a fellow.
Thursday Prayer Point:
Father, please remove every trace of self-glory in me.
Open Heaven 15 November 2018 Thursday Hymn 10: My Faith Looks Up To Thee
1. My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
Take all my guilt away,
Oh, let me from this day
Be wholly Thine!
2. May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me,
Oh, may my love to Thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire!
3. While life’s dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.
4. When ends life’s transient dream,
When death’s cold, sullen stream
Shall o’er me roll;
Blest Saviour, then in love,
Fear and distrust remove;
Oh, bear me safe above,
A ransomed soul!
Open Heaven 15 November 2018 Thursday Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC. Open Heaven 15 November 2018 Thursday Daily Devotional.a
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by dailyd | Nov 15, 2018 | More
TOPIC: Rejecting Partial Miracles
FIRE SCRIPTURE: Mark 8:22-26
MEMORY VERSE: “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” – Philippians 1:6
The MESSAGE:
To have anything in a partial form simply means to have it incomplete, and it also means to have it unfinished. To reject it is to say ‘No’, to refuse, to renounce and to discard. In the Fire Scripture, the blind man’s restored sight was not complete. If Jesus had not asked the man that simple question, the man could have been seeing men as trees, thinking that is the way normal people see. Or if the man was in a hurry to depart from Jesus, he would have left Him without receiving complete sight. The so-called miracles most of us are enjoying today may simply be termed partial miracles. To explain better, miracles do occur, but the problem is that majority of Christians are victims of partial miracles. When Jacob encountered the angel, the angel wanted to leave after the partial encounter, but Jacob refused, for he knew the encounter was not yet complete. He declared, “I will not let you go until you bless me…”
Miracles are partial when you receive the promise, the revelation, the dream but no physical manifestations; they are also partial when you begin to receive the signs that the miracles have started happening physically but get terminated before it is completed. Miracles are partial when you begin to tell people that God had started working: you got the signs but no perfection. Miracles are partial when you have manifestation during prayer sessions, demons jumped out, but physically no signs and wonders follow. Miracles are partial when your case is being mentioned by the man of God, but no physical manifestation occurs. A sister believing God for the fruit of the womb had dreams several times that she was pregnant after series of prayers, but she was still awaiting the blessing of a baby. Men of God might have confirmed this with good revelation but no physical manifestation.
Partial miracles can sometimes be more dangerous than lack of miracles. It may be allowed by God to test our faith, perseverance and our calmness. Sometimes these partial miracles are due to satanic interferences. Inability to pray until something happens may be a reason for partial miracle. Over familiarity with God, not recognising and acknowledging the Holy Spirit, as the Chief Executive Officer, complaints, murmurings and having little faith are among the reasons for partial miracles. As you pray the following prayers, the Lord Jesus shall give you a perfect and second touch, in Jesus’ name.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
WHEN THERE IS NO CHANGE AND REPENTANCE, THERE WILL BE NO COMPLETE DELIVERANCE.
PROPHETIC WORD:
By the power that perfected the creation of the earth, your life shall be perfected.
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. O Lord, arise and give me my complete miracles, in the name of Jesus.
2. Powers accusing me before my God, die by fire, in the name of Jesus.
3. Wicked spirits in the heavenly places saying “No” to my complete miracles, die, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. Powers of failure and disappointment at the edge of breakthroughs, die by fire, in Jesus’ name.
5. My Father, lead me out of my village’s hindrances and darkness into my city of miracles, in Jesus’ name.
6. As from today, I refuse to see men as trees, in the name of Jesus.
7. My Father, make me whole and complete all You have started in my life, in Jesus’ name.
MOUNTAIN TOP LIFE is a daily devotional by Dr. D.K Olukoya (General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Worldwide)
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by dailyd | Nov 15, 2018 | Seed of Destiny
Topic: The Dominion Mandate of The Blessing
Scripture: And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah,… And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot…. Genesis 14:15-16
Thought For The Day: When you are blessed, you are empowered unto victory in battle.
Yesterday, we saw that being established in the Blessing is a non-negotiable requirement for existence in the realm of dominion and authority in life.
Today, we are going to see how the Blessing positions a person in the realms of authority and dominion.
Now, how does the Blessing position a person in the realm of authority and dominion?
1. The Blessing establishes a leadership mandate on the life of the blessed
The Blessing makes leaders out of ordinary people. It puts the blessed in command spiritually, financially, academically, etc. Beloved, whatever makes you blessed, puts you in front ahead of others.
2. The Blessing empowers the blessed for the conquest of resistance
When you are blessed, you are empowered unto victory in battle. In Genesis 14:13-16, Abraham, the blessed, went into battle and destroyed the army of four nations. So, the Blessing is not gentle; it is a powerful force.
Beloved, you are not permitted to be blessed and end in defeat.
3. The Blessing empowers the blessed to rise to the top
No power on earth is strong enough to prevent the rise of the blessed; to be blessed is to rise in life.
Beloved, I decree the release of God’s Blessing on your life, in Jesus’ Name.
Remember this: When you are blessed, you are empowered unto victory in battle.
Assignments:
1. Make demands on the Blessing of God upon your life.
2. Determine to exercise your dominion mandate as a blessed child of God.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE POWER OF THE BLESSING
Prayer: Father, by Your Blessing upon my life, I decree the termination of every resistance against my life and destiny. Nothing can prevent my fulfilment in life, Lord in Jesus’ Name.
Daily Bible Reading: Ezekiel 31:1 to 32:32, Hebrews 12:14 to 29, Psalm 113:1 to 114:8, Proverbs 27:18 to 20
Quote: It takes a daring heart to experience a victorious life. Culled from RIDING THE STORMS OF LIFE by Dr Paul Enenche.
Amazing Fact: If you cut off a snail’s eye, it will grow a new one.
Today In History: 15/11/1791 – The first U.S. Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors
Today’s devotional was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities
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by dailyd | Nov 15, 2018 | More
TOPIC: DANGEROUS DISTRACTIONS
Read: John 13:31–35, Bible in a Year: Ezekiel 1–2; Hebrews 11:1–19
Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. John 13:35 nlt
Artist Sigismund Goetze shocked Victorian-era England with a painting entitled “Despised and Rejected of Men.” In it, he portrayed the suffering, condemned Jesus surrounded by people of Goetze’s own generation. They were so consumed by their own interests—business, romance, politics—that they were shockingly oblivious to the Savior’s sacrifice. Indifferent to Christ, the surrounding crowd, like the mob at the foot of Jesus’s cross, had no idea what—or who—they had missed.
In our day as well, believers and unbelievers alike can easily become distracted from the eternal. How can followers of Jesus cut through this fog of distraction with the truth of God’s great love? We can begin by loving one another as fellow children of God. Jesus said, “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples” (John 13:35 nlt).
But real love doesn’t stop there. We extend that love by sharing the gospel in hopes of drawing people to the Savior. As Paul wrote, “We are . . . Christ’s ambassadors” (2 Corinthians 5:20).
In this way, the body of Christ can both reflect and project God’s love, the love we so desperately need, to both each other and to our world. May both efforts, empowered by His Spirit, be a part of cutting through the distractions that hinder us from seeing the wonder of God’s love in Jesus.
To a world living in the fog of distraction, we bring the light of the good news of Jesus.
INSIGHT:
Consider those Jesus chose as His first disciples (Luke 6:13–16). While they were all men and all Jewish, there was much that could (and sometimes did) divide them. Most were from Galilee in the north, but one (Judas Iscariot) was from Judea in the south. While most were fishermen (Mark 1:16–20), Matthew was a tax collector (Matthew 10:3) who served the Romans—harming his own people. Matthew would have been despised by everyone, especially Simon the Zealot (v. 4), a member of a radical Jewish group determined to drive Rome out of Israel. Add to that the attempts by James and John to seek higher places of honor in the kingdom (Mark 10:35–37), and you have a fertile environment for friction. These factors and more would have intensified the difficulty of loving one another. Yet, just as we love God because He first loved us, we love one another—despite our differences—in the power of the love we have received from God. As we seek to dwell together as followers of Christ, loving one another isn’t easy, but it’s vital.
Do you need God’s help to love a particular person in an intentional way this week?
Bill Crowder
This message was written By Bill Crowder [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]
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