Dealing with a Deficit Future

Monday 23 November
READ: Lk. 15:11-24
MORE LESSON: Hos.10:12

A deficit future is a tomorrow that has been squandered today. There are many people squandering their tomorrow by the type of life they live today and they do not know it. Some of them are even doing it gladly, like the prodigal son. The story of the prodigal son is a lesson on the repercussion of the riotous lifestyle of many people today. The prodigal son had a temporary immediate gain and pleasure, but he paid dearly for it later in life. The day the young man collected his inheritance prematurely, he left like a hero but then a little while after, the only option he had was to gladly eat with pigs.

When you prematurely eat your evening meal in the morning, it will be delicious. But in the evening, hunger will teach you the lesson that night hunger can be deadly and then the night becomes longer. Premarital sex can be pleasurable while it lasts but it breeds barrenness and incurable diseases tomorrow. Stealing from your parents can make money available today just as smoking, drinking alcohol and such vices are apparently pleasant but results in a deficit future. Whatever exists in you that will cause a sad, bankrupt future, I chase them out now, in Jesus’ name. Your today will bring a happy tomorrow, in Jesus’ name.

For a better tomorrow, stop living a wasteful life today. Begin to build reserves/savings for your tomorrow no matter how small; stop eating everything that comes to you. Reject anything that is sweet today but that will breed sorrow tomorrow. Always ask yourself what the eternal result of what you are doing is, and what contribution or otherwise your action will make to your future.

Thank God that the prodigal son came back to his senses; he took a bold step to go back home and found grace. Today, you too can stop reason and ask God for help. Our God, the gracious Father of all prodigal children is still waiting to receive you if you can take a positive step today. I release grace and favour for your recovery. Esau wept to recover but he didn't get it (Heb. 12:16-17). I prophecy that unlike Esau you will get yours if you can seek God with a sincere heart today.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, today I reverse every loss I have suffered due my reckless past.
* I turn to credit every inadequacy posted to my future by my past mistakes.
* I declare healing for every pain that was brought about by my past.
* I terminate every ancestral inherited pain and deficit waiting in my future, in Jesus' mighty name.

--Spend the whole of today praying and taking positive corrective steps over anything in your life that you know will bring you sorrow tomorrow. Pray that God will open your eyes of understanding to the wrong things you do and ask Him for mercy.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, I destroy the operatives of all satanic powers sent to dishonour my destiny, in the mighty name of Jesus.