God is not a Failure I

Text: Num. 23:19
More Lessons: Heb 6: 13-18
Bible Reading in One Y ear: Ephesians 1-3

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?: Num 23:19.

God has no single precedent of failure. He who created the heavens and the earth from nothing in six days cannot be a failure. He alone is the One who made promises before the world began, when nobody was there to hold Him over His Word and still fulfilled them because He cannot lie. In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began: Tit. 1:2. He definitely cannot fail.

I don't have a single experience in all my life of when God failed me and no man can ever prove that God ever failed. Somebody asked me if I had ever prayed before and didn't receive an answer. I replied, ‘Yes’, and then he remarked that it means God failed me. No, God didn't fail!! I only failed to receive an answer. The book of Hebrews talks about the fathers of faith who had the promise but did not receive it till they died, yet they knew that God did not fail but He only had better plans unknown t o t hem. These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect: Heb 11:40 (NIV).

God gave Isaiah the prophecy of the coming Messiah which did not come to pass hundreds of years after. But today we are witnesses that God cannot fail because the promise has been fulfilled. Someone might say God has failed him and so he wants to give up on God. Another might lament, ''I’m giving offering, paying tithes and pledges and nothing is happening. I'm not giving again” With or without your offering God is God and He is not a failure. Who will dare judge the Almighty or examine Him? With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of judgment, and taught Him knowledge, and showed to Him the way of understanding?: Isa. 40:14.
Today God is saying to you, Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?: Jer. 32:27. There is no promise that He cannot and will not fulfil. Never doubt God anymore; I make proud to tell you that He will not fail you. He is not a failure. He is faithful. For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; Heb. 2:2.

Prayer/Action
* Take a worship song and give God thanks for being the God who never fails.
* T ell God you believe in His unfailing power and remind Him of your requests.
* Ask Him to help you never to be moved by the issues of your life that are pending before Him.

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The Believers Growth

Text: Acts 17:10-12
More Lessons: Lk. 11:1-2
Bible Reading in One Y ear: Ecclesiastes 10-12

The eternal truth for today is that anyone who sincerely desires to grow in the Christian faith must do more than whatever others are doing. Given the circumstances surrounding the end time Church today, the general food from the pulpit will not be sufficient for the proper growth of any believer. The Church today is confronted with two problems: (I) That of a congregation that is too restless to sit and learn and a congregation more interested in survival prayer than revival, in some cases people even tell the pastors what to preach and what not to. (ii) The problem of the Church not being focused, some have outgrown their capacity to pastor effectively by their slumber and of course the end time spirit that is working so hard to weaken the Church of Jesus by sin, money, politics, distractions etc.

It is therefore important for every growth conscious believer to go an extra mile beyond the pulpit to personally develop himself / herself. If you don't ensure a growth in your Christian life, you will gradually die off although you may still be sounding like brass. The church ought to provide the learning materials, the inspiration and skill, while the individual picks from that point to develop himself. The Berean church exemplified this when, after learning from Paul, they created time to read over what they had been taught and to study further whether those things were true. Also, after Jesus’ public teaching, His disciples came back to Him privately to seek further clarification of what they had been taught in public. Any believer who truly wants to grow must create time for extra  information, reading and asking leaders questions like the disciples did (Lk. 11:1) on healing (Mk. 9:29), and on Jesus’ parable( Mk. 4:10). Every believer must learn to create time beyond church sermons to study the Bible, fast and pray alone, and do night vigil with their family.
You  have a responsibility for whatever you want to become in life and destiny, do take up the challenge today.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to lead you to everything you need to become what you need to be in Christ Jesus.
* Pray that the negative spirit and forces of the end time will not be your portion.
* Pray that you will find all it takes and you will give all it takes to grow in your Christian faith.
Examine yourself critically, locate areas where you need to do more and what you need to do to grow into maturity, and do them.

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A Thousand Times More

Text: Deut. 1:1-11
More Lessons: Gen. 22: 17
Bible Reading in One Year: Ecclesiastes 7-9

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! (Deut. 1: 11).

A hundred fold blessing is what people think is the highest that God can give but I have discovered that God is able to give a thousand fold. God wants to showcase His children so that the world may know that what comes out of Him can never be small. The God that created such a large universe as this is surely able to make you a thousand times more than you are now. And by the time God has fulfilled the promise to make all His children a thousand times more than they are now, the resources of heaven would not even have been scratched a bit; He has in abundance all we need for life. God has abundance of riches in heaven but He doesn't need them; it's only here on earth that we have needs. It is God's will to give you a thousand times more . . . May you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the gates of their enemies." Gen. 24:60 (NIV). May God give you a thousand times more, in the name of Jesus!

A thousand fold is a different order of increase. It is a special type of increase because it has broken all natural laws. A thousand fold is that which only God can give. The help a man needs to enter into a thousand times more can only come from God.
A student that receives a thousand fold blessing starts getting results that are a thousand times more than his ability. A civil servant, by the hand of the Lord God Almighty, can receive a thousand times more than his labour till he stops being the servant they have been calling him. A business person with the thousand times anointing gets a thousand times return on investment for his business. The laws of the market; supply and demand, all begin to work together to favour him and they deliver a thousand times more to him.

My prayer for you today is that spiritually, physically, materially, and in all the results of destiny, you will be a thousand times more, in the name of Jesus. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob will not leave you at this level. May He make you a thousand times more than you are. Amen!

Prayer/Action
* Ask God for the blessing of a thousand times more.
* Ask God to open the windows of heaven and pour upon you His limitless blessings.
* Ask God to pour upon you such blessings that only God can give.
* Command the door of smallness to be replaced by a net breaking harvest.

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Acceptable Fast

Text: Isa. 58:6-7
More Lessons: Isa. 59: 1
Bible Reading in One Year: Ecclesiastes 4-6

Fasting is not just a hunger strike. When the children of God fast, it should be to achieve some definite results by the help of God. Some people take pleasure in boasting about how many days they have fasted, thinking it portrays them as being spiritual. Boasting goes against the very spirit of the act of fasting. The purpose of a fast is for a man to humble himself before God. Fasting is to repent from any dead work and every sin in your life. If your fasting and prayer must deliver results, then you must truly repent of your sins, humble yourself and be broken before God. Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear: Isa 59:1-2.

Another major thing that must accompany a fast, in order to make it effective, is sacrificial giving. When fasting, you are not only to give up food but also to make a sacrifice to meet somebody's need. Y ou should also make a sacrifice for God's work in the church. Every fast must be accompanied with a practical sacrificial act of doing good. These are the scriptural responsibilities attached to moving the hand of God by your fast.

Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter -when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?: Isa 58:6-7 (NIV). God told the children of Israel that the reason they had fasted and not received answers is because they fasted and still did as they pleased (v 3) and also fasted for strife (v 4). The kind of fast a man does and still fights will not be acceptable, and a fast borne out of competition with others will never get a man anywhere.

I pray for you that your waiting on the Lord shall not be in vain. May your fasting, prayers and sacrifice be acceptable before the throne of God, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to help you prevail over carnal fasts.
* Pray that you will never fast in vain.
* Ask God to help you fast the Jesus way and get Jesus' type of result.
* Ask God to purge you of every act that hinders the blessings of fasting.

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