Forget Not

READ: Ps.103:1-22
MORE LESSONS: Deut.6:10-12
Bible Reading in One Year: Proverbs 15-18

The Bible strongly exhorts us not to forget God. This is because God saw ahead of man the tendency to forget Him. Jehovah warns that whoever forgets Him does so at his or her peril, The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God: Psalm.9:17. Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons: Deut.4:9.

One way not to forget God is by praising Him. The Psalm for today's reading has about thirty benefits of God to us for which we should praise Him. The land will yield its increase to the man who praises God, Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us: Ps.67:5-6. Praise God for the benefit of forgiveness of sin (Eph1:7), for the benefit of healing when sick. There was statistic sometimes ago by a doctor who surveyed the number of sick people in hospitals. He and his team discovered that there were fewer Christians in those hospitals, this fact is not by chance. We boldly declare it’s because God heals His people, And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee: Exo.23:25.

Praise Him for daily redeeming you from destruction as you go out and come in (Ps.121:7-8). Also, celebrate God for the benefits of satisfying you with good things of life: food, water, clean air to breathe. Exalt Him for executing judgment on your behalf, and for fighting your battles, known and unknown to you. For these and many other benefits jump on your feet and magnify God. Cease to complain and murmur about the things not yet accomplished; commend Him for the ones He did and use this as a platform to reach out for the ones yet to be done. Choose to remember His benefits today and more will come rolling your way.

Prayer / Action
* I declare I will never forget God.
* Lord, I remember all Your benefits to me and I give You praise for them.
* I choose to give God thanks instead of murmuring and complaining.

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Great Things

READ: Joel 2:18-21
MORE LESSONS: Job 5:8-27
Bible Reading in One Year: Proverbs 12-14

God does not do anything less than great things because greatness is God's nature and doing great things is natural to Him. If you are a child of God, walking with God consistently and great things don't happen in your life, you should be alarmed. God will do great things because He is the greatest. It's said that " only great men do great things'. God is greater than the greatest man and He does the greatest things. God does great things by the precedence of greatness. It is not being suggested that God is great, people testify worldwide that God is great because He does great things as declared in our reading today. May you testify of great things done by the great God for you as you step out today, in Jesus’ name.

Evidence that God does great things abound in the Holy Bible. Jabez, born in sorrow and named sorrow, brought his situation to the court of the great God and his testimony changed (I Chron.4:9-10). In I Sam. 17:50 the great God who does great things terminated Goliath using a teenage boy while generals fled out of fear. God will deal with all the goliaths that threaten you. Job 5:8-27 lists great things that Jehovah does. Meditate on these things as you enter a new day and you will also have testimonies of great things.

To experience the greatness of God you must meditate on the great things He does as recorded in the Word of God, the Chronicle of great things. Second, deal with fear. Fear opposes faith and kills the seed of greatness. Third, be bold and talk about the great God, even in the face of contradiction. Maintain your confession of what God can do and He will show up in your situation.

Prayer/Action
* Take time to exalt the greatness of God.
* Fill your day with confessions of God's greatness and declare the great things He will do in your situation.
Sing a song of praise to celebrate God’s greatness that will manifest in your life.

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The Law of Fruitfulness II

READ: Gen.18:16-22
MORE LESSONS: Luke 12:16-21
Bible Reading in One Year: Proverbs 8-11

It’s established in the Word of God that fruitfulness is good and it’s God's will for all His children, Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples: John 15:8. Another point of meditation about the issue of fruitfulness is that God does not continue His covenant with an unfruitful man.

An unfruitful man is one who will not train his children, household or raise disciples in godliness. An unfruitful man is one that will not allow God's goodness to flow through him to others but wants to keep all to himself like the rich fool in Luke 12:20. The Bible says the rich man was not rich toward God; in other words, he was unfruitful. On the other hand, God loves to make covenant with men and their seed after them as established in the following scriptural examples in addition to the example of Abraham in today's reading- Adam, Gen.3:15; Noah, Gen.7:1; 9:1,8; Jacob, Gen.28:13; 35:11; Phinehas, Num.25:11. God wants His greatness to continue for endless generations and that is why He delights in making covenant with men and their generations after them.

Therefore if God sees that His goodness cannot flow through you to others, He will not make a lasting covenant of greatness, increase and prosperity with you. Do you want to be great through God's power? Then be ready to be a blessing, not just be blessed; be a pipe to channel blessings to others, don’t dam up the blessings for yourself alone. Some complain before God, I have no heir to pass my wealth to. To such the Lord says it’s not just your biological children that you are to raise as disciples for the Master. Look around you and see the children waiting to be raised by you through adoption by divine guidance and leadership. What about having an orphanage to train some children in godliness? What of that brother or sister that needs your resources to pay school fees and move up in life? Allow God to channel His blessing through you to others. Be fruitful.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, help me to be wiser than the rich fool in Luke 12.
* I position myself for blessing and to be a blessing.
* Lord, open my eyes to see those that I can help.

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The Law of Fruitfulness I

READ: Gen. 1:25-28
MORE LESSONS: Gen.9:6-9
Bible Reading in One Year: Proverbs 4-7
God has a plan for increase and fruitfulness. He set the law of fruitfulness into all living things that He made, from creeping things to the cattle on the field. God said all should bring forth according to its kind and it was so. God saw that fruitfulness is good. Say that to yourself, Fruitfulness is good and I will be fruitful. Also, He decided to make man in His own kind and in His image (Gen.5:1, I Cor.11:7, James 3:9). This Bible account nullifies the theory of evolution which states that man is a product of evolution.

Man , the crown of God's creation, is glorious because he was made in God's image. One may not have seen God in bodily form, but because man was made in the image of God, one can without hesitation say that God has eyes, ears, head, legs and arms. What a glory to be made in God's likeness. God made man in His image for the same issue of fruitfulness and increase because God wants godliness multiplied on the earth.

What is it that God wants multiplied? Is it murder, hatred that we see around ? No, God wants kindness, love, compassion, brotherly affection, and all of His nature multiplied on the earth. This is why the Church exists today because the Church is the channel to reproduce godliness on the earth by raising godly people who are like Christ. Every home must labour to raise godly children who fear the Lord from cradle to the time they leave home to be on their own as adults. This is the whole essence of a godly home. A home where miscreants and vandals are raised is not fruitful. As a part of the church, are you fruitful? Do you contribute to the fruitfulness of the church by exemplary godly living at home and wherever you are? Do you share the good news of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus with people you meet regularly? How fruitful are you?

It’s unfortunate that even among God's people there are those who walk contrary to the law of fruitfulness, they are the gossips, and those with party spirit who by their actions even send some out of the church. They don’t add to the church but by their wrong behaviour make some to leave church. Consider whether you reproduce God where you are. Be fruitful!

Prayer/Action
* Lord, thank You for making me in Your image and likeness.
* Lord, help me reproduce godliness wherever I go.
* I shall not be a barren member of the church, I receive grace for fruitfulness.
Check your actions and reactions each day and take steps that lead to fruitfulness.

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