by dailyd | Oct 4, 2018 | Open Heavens
Topic: Instant Restoration
Memorise: “And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.”– Luke 4:27
Read: 2 Kings 5:8-14 (KJV)
8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Bible in One Year: Isaiah 33-35, Luke 1:57-80
Open Heaven 4 October 2018 Thursday MESSAGE:
Instantaneous restoration is a miracle that occurs suddenly. Immediate resolution of human problems and challenges are highly desired and sought after. The Bible contains several accounts of divine interventions that resulted in instant miracles, signs and wonders, one of which is the healing of Naaman. Naaman had been a leper for many years, but after he dipped himself into Jordan River seven times, he was cleansed immediately and his skin became like that of a little child (2 Kings 5:14). Similarly, the woman with the issue of blood had suffered for twelve years before she met with Jesus (Mark 5:25-29). As a matter of fact, she had exhausted all she had without any solution. However, immediately she touched the hem of Jesus’ garment, her issue of blood ceased. Another example of instant restoration is seen in 2 Kings 7:1. After about three years of terrible famine, Elisha prophesied that there would be a food surplus in Samaria within 24 hours, and it happened as he said. In Matthew 8:3, the moment Jesus touched the leprous fellow who had been in that condition for years, the man became cleansed instantly. Also in John 5:1-9, once the impotent man who had been at the pool of Bethesda for thirty-eight years heard the words of Jesus, he was completely made whole. Just as it happened in all these examples, I pray that whatever you are passing through at the moment will receive the immediate attention of heaven, and you will get instant restoration in Jesus’ Name.
Note however that behind every seemingly instantaneous miracle, there has been meticulous obedience, stubborn faith, perseverance, serious fasting and prayers, and sometimes prolong pain, sorrow and shame. What appeared on the surface as instant restoration did not exactly come easy for Naaman, Joseph, Hannah, the people of Samaria, Zechariah and Elisabeth, and several others. Most of these people paid the price in perseverance, stubborn faith, fasting and prayers, etc. for example, the people of Samaria had to endure a situation where the dung of birds became an expensive delicacy and some women actually ate their own children. In the case of Zechariah and Elisabeth, they waited for so long that they completely lost any hope of bearing a child. The impotent man at the pool of Bethesda had no hope of restoration after thirty-eight years of waiting for an opportunity that kept eluding him. One thing that kept this people going was perseverance. Perseverance is maintaining your faith in God even in trying times .Every Christian is expected to faithfully endure hardship, persecution and trials. Through consistent prayers, we are expected to remain steadfast in the face of opposition, attack and discouragement (James 5:13, Ephesians 6:18). I pray that God will grant you the type of endurance that can weather any of life’s storms without giving up in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer Point:
Father, please uphold me and see me through every storm of life in Jesus’ Name.
Thursday Hymn 4: Trust and Obey
1. When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Chorus:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
2. Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.
3. Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.
4. But we never can prove the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.
5. Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.
Open Heaven 4 October 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 4 October 2018 Thursday Daily Devotional.
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by dailyd | Oct 4, 2018 | Seed of Destiny
Topic: A Lifting By Vision
Scripture: And the Lord said unto Abram…Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward…to thee will I give… Genesis 13:14-15
Thought For The Day: What man sees determines what God gives; to see far is to go far.
The realm of authority and dominion is God’s plan for His children. As children of God, authority is our realm, dominion is our position and the high places of life is our destiny. The Most High God cannot have the most-low children.
From our anchor Scripture, we understand that God asked Abraham to lift up his eyes. Now, a lift can be described as a raise or a shift from a lower position to a higher position. God always wants His children to exist in a high realm or position in life. So, there is a connection between seeing and lifting; there is a connection between vision and promotion. People of great vision are people of great lifting.
The truth is, what man sees determines what God gives. As long as Abraham saw nothing, God gave him nothing, but when he lifted up his eyes and began to see, God had no other choice but to give him the lands. The extent of your seeing determines the measure of your receiving (Genesis 13:14-15). To see far is to go far.
When a man sees enlargement in the eyes of his mind, that man is set for a lifting. It is not possible to have a mega result in life with a micro insight.
David had the vision to kill Goliath despite Goliath’s size and vast experience in war. That vision delivered Goliath cheaply to David and shifted him to the next level in Israel.
Today, I prophesy upon you the capacity to see the future and the grace to look beyond the immediate in order to achieve the ultimate, in Jesus’ Name.
Remember This: What a man sees determine what God gives; to see far is to go far.
Assignments:
1. Determine to be a person of vision.
2. Take action steps to realize the visions of your life.
Prayer: O Lord, help me to be a person of solid vision. Deliver me from the lifestyle of visionlessness, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: VISION AND ENLARGEMENT (1).
Quote: It doesn’t matter how hopeless your situation or state might be, once you can trust God and desire a transformation to greatness, God will certainly give you a lift into the greatness. Culled from HOW TO LEAVE THE GROUND LEVEL OF LIFE by Dr. Becky Paul-Enenche
Daily Reading: Jeremiah 2:31 to 4:18, Colossians 1:1 to 17, Psalm 76:1 to 12, Proverbs 24:21 to 22
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Today In History: 4/10/1537 – The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale.
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Topic: No Convenient Time
Text: Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 (KJV)
Key Verse: “He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap“ (Ecclesiastes 11:4).
MESSAGE:
It is often said that procrastination is the thief of time. Those who put forward to another day, what ought to have been done today end up having no time at all to do anything. They end up as pitiable failures.
Technology has equipped modern man with the ability to predict, to a reasonable extent, nature and climatic conditions. Science of meteorology therefore predicts, with a certain amount of precision, what the weather conditions could be over a certain period. In the text, King Solomon, in his wisdom, declared that life involves both risk and opportunity. Because of the uncertainty of life, man ought to develop the spirit of trust and adventure in his daily endeavours.
Can there ever be a perfect condition when there will be neither rain, nor wind, nor sun? Such a condition would breed laziness, inactivity and spiritual boredom. Conditions driving this present age will never be ideal. Even in the world, there is an axiom that if there is no venture, there will be no success. Weather watchers are convenient idlers.
The sinner today does not need a convenient time to seek the Lord to repent. No time is more convenient than now. Also, believers do not need convenience to serve the Lord, read the Bible, visit the sick and attend to the needy. The result and reward of what we do today may yet be in the time to come. Therefore, cast thy bread upon the waters; let us go out there and face life’s challenges with godly enthusiasm, hard work and trust.
Thought For The Day: There is no food for a lazy man.
Bible Reading In One Year: Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3
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Topic: Courageous Stand
Read: Ephesians 6:10–18, Bible in a Year: Isaiah 20–22; Ephesians 6
Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world. Ephesians 6:12
Teresa Prekerowa was just a teenager when the Nazis invaded her native Poland at the dawn of World War II. This was in the beginnings of the Holocaust when her Jewish neighbors began to disappear—arrested by the Nazis. So Teresa and other Polish countrymen risked their lives to rescue those neighbors from the Warsaw ghetto and the Nazi purge. Teresa would become one of the premier historians of the war and the Holocaust, but it was her courage to stand against the tide of evil that would list her with the Righteous Among the Nations at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.
Courage is needed to stand against evil. Paul told the church at Ephesus, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil” (Ephesians 6:12). Clearly this unseen opposition is more than any of us can face alone, so God has given us the necessary spiritual resources (the “full armor of God”) to enable us to “stand against the devil’s schemes” (v. 11).
What might that courageous stand involve? It may be working against injustice or intervening on behalf of someone you know who is vulnerable or victimized. Whatever form the conflict may take, we can have courage—our God has already provided what we need to stand for Him and against evil.
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God enables us to stand for Him.
This message was written By Bill Crowder [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]
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TOPIC: OUR HOPE IS IN ETERNITY
Luke 21:18-19 “But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls.”
Text: Luke 21:15-22
Jesus says the disciples were betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, friends, and some disciples were even put to death. Yet, the amazing statement of Christ is that not a hair of their head will perish. The context of this statement speaks of some of the disciples dying, so this is not a promise that no physical harm will ever come. This could only refer to the resurrection.
The Greek word for “resurrection” means “a standing or rising up.” The resurrection is a major theme of New Testament teaching. Out of the 13 sermons in the book of Acts, 11 stress or imply the resurrection.
The hope of the believer is the resurrection. The natural, earthly, terrestrial, corrupt, weak, mortal, vile body is said to be raised, changed and fashioned into a spiritual, heavenly, celestial, incorrupt, glorious, powerful, and immortal body. This is the completeness that has been purchased for all of us in Christ.
The Lord views everything in the light of eternity. Man tends to view things in the context of his brief life on earth. From man’s perspective, a person who dies for his faith in Jesus has lost a great deal. From Jesus’ viewpoint, a martyr hasn’t lost a thing. Even the very hairs on our head are numbered.
The patience that Jesus is speaking of here is the calm assurance that God knows every hurt that we feel and He will abundantly recompense us in the resurrection. This knowledge enables us to control our emotions in the face of persecution (i.e. possess our souls) instead of letting our emotions of fear dominate us.
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Topic: The Deciding Witness
In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. – Matthew 18:16
You’ve been there many times, standing in the valley of decision. Perched precariously between victory and defeat. On one side of you is the word of the world authored by Satan that says, for example, “You’re not going to get healed.” On the other side of you, the Word of God is saying, “My Word is yea and amen” and “By whose stripes, ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24). Who will determine how it all turns out? You will. You’re the establishing witness.
I remember a fellow once who wanted me to pray for him. I said, “Now the Word says you’re healed.” He interrupted me and said, “Yeah, I know it says that, but I’ve got this terrible pain here….”
I looked him in the eye and said again, “The Word says, ‘By His stripes, you were healed.’”
“I know it,” he answered, “but I’ve got this terrible….”
I shook my head. “Listen, the Word says you’re healed!”
He turned beet red. “I know it says that, but I’ve got this….”
Finally, he stopped and stared at me. He didn’t realize it, but he’d allowed his physical symptoms to become his evidence. It was what he believed. No matter what the Word said, he believed the thing he could see and feel.
But when he got quiet, I said to him, “Look, you’re wanting me to agree with you and you’re mad because I won’t. But if I agree with you, you’re going to die. Now if you’ll agree with me and the Bible, we can get you healed.”
Suddenly he saw it. His eyes lit up. “Oh, praise God! I see what you mean. I agree with the Word of God!”
I put my hands on his head and God healed him instantly.
You see, when he finally decided to get in agreement with God, he could have received in his bedroom or driving down the road or anywhere else. He could have received any time he decided to become the establishing witness.
You pray and establish your witness. That’s your part. If you’ll do it, God will back you—and when He backs you, everything else either has to get in line or get out of the way.
You’re the deciding witness. What do you say?
Scripture Reading: Matthew 18:15-20
This message was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the leader of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries (www.KCM.org) that specializes in teaching principles of bible faith – prayer, healing, salvation and other biblical topics.
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