SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: Mark 4:38
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?.
MORE LESSON: Deuteronomy 1:10-11
10 he LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
Saturday, 18 October
Memory Verse: The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you! Deuteronomy 1:11
In the parable of the Sower, we see what happens when seed falls on different kinds of ground. The different types of ground denote the various kinds of hearts with which people receive the Word of God. According to the text, some seed fell by the wayside, some on the rock, and some among thorns, and they all did not bear fruit. However, some fell on good soil and were fruitful. Even on the good soil, there were different levels of fruit-bearing. The Scripture says that some gave thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold yield. A thirtyfold return is commendable when compared to the unfruitful grounds, but it is not comparable to a hundredfold return. Levels are evident. So, glory is also in levels.
In Genesis 26:12, Isaac sowed during a time of famine and received a hundredfold harvest in the same year, and God blessed him. He had a hundredfold and was also blessed by God. So even as great as the hundredfold is, it is not all that there is to the blessing of God. Reading further, we can see other evidence of the blessing of God on Isaac's life in addition to the hundredfold that he received, and the man waxed great and went forward and grew until he became very great. For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him: Genesis 26:13-14. It is God's desire for you to receive the hundredfold increase and be so blessed that the evidence is clear. God wants to bless you till you become the envy of the unbelievers around you. When you are blessed, it shows. It is not appropriate to continually say that you are blessed without anything to show for it. From today, you will have evidence of God's blessing on your life, in the name of Jesus.
The hundredfold increase is terrific, and it is God's will for you to be a hundredfold of what you are right now by this time next year. However, I have discovered that the hundredfold growth is not all there is to God's blessing, in Deut. 1:11, Moses blesses the children of Israel, The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you! Deuteronomy 1:10-11.
Even though God has already multiplied Israel to be as the stars of heaven, Moses still prays that God will make them a thousand times more. That is a thousand-fold enlargement. There is truly no limit to God's capacity to bless. He has surely blessed you, or else you would not be where you are today. However, I tell you there is more; believe God for more. Ask Him not for a hundredfold but a thousand-fold abundance, and more.
Prayer/Action
* Thank God for His provisions to increase a thousand times more.
* Pray that you will attain to the maximum all that the Lord has for you.
* Ask that you will increase a thousand times more in everything
TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER: The siege of poverty is broken over me today, I begin to walk in plenty from now on, in the wonderful name of Jesus.
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