Thy Will be Done

READ: Matt. 6:10. MORE LESSONS: Luke 15: 11-32
Bible Reading in One Y ear: Luke 22-24

Any time some people hear about the will of God, the first thing that comes to their minds is marriage. And this is disappointing because God's will goes beyond the subject of marriage; it involves every aspect of our lives. The will of God actually means the original intention of God; it means God's master plan, both written and unwritten, for a man's life. Another word that describes the will of God is what I call God's master plan. This new description readily makes us know that God’s will doesn't just have to do with only marriage. Until you know all of God's thought about you, you are not likely to succeed in life. God is principled; He does not do things because of the prevailing situations. Rather, He does all things according to His plan and purpose and His plan never contradicts His Word. This is the reason you have to draw nearer to His Word so that His plan and purpose for your life will be done. Since the will of God is God's intention, His mind, plan and purpose, then it's important to examine some attributes of God's will.
Apart from the joy of the Lord that fills the heart of any man that is walking in God's will, there is provision for God-given vision. For instance, if I want to send a boy on an errand, he is rest assured that I will provide what it takes to send him on the errand. It is the same with God’s provision for His will and purpose for your life.
Furthermore, there is security in God's plan and purpose. You can only be secure if you stay within God's will for your life. Many people face problems and suffer because they have left the will of God for their lives just like the prodigal son suffered for stepping out of his father's will (Luke 15: 11-32). For somebody reading this devotional today, like the prodigal son did, go back home to your father - return to God's will for your life. The Bible says about the prodigal son that from a distance the father saw and recognised His son. They put a ring on his finger, killed the fatted cow and celebrated because of the son that was lost but now returned home. I urge you to return to God's will for your life and continue therein. May you walk in God’s will for every area of your life, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to help you find His will for your entire life.
* Ask God to help you walk and live in His divine purpose without complaining.
* Ask God to help you locate wherever you have ever missed His will and help you to return today .
* Ask God to forgive you for refusing His will in any area and to heal you today.

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Seed Faith II

READ: Gal 6: 6-7
MORE LESSONS: Gal.6:9
Bible Reading in One Y ear: Luke 18-21

We have talked about the importance of seed sowing for a great destiny but I want you to know that seeds are not limited to money. There is no man on the earth that doesn't have a seed to sow. Time is a seed. You can sow a seed of time by finding time to attend to other people and visit them. When you sow your time to attend to people, you will be surprised how people will rise up for you when you need men. So many people complain that they had an occasion to celebrate and people didn't turn up. They should have been sowing seeds of time to other people before it was their turn. If you have been giving attention to people, they also will arise for you one day. The words of your mouth are seeds. If you always encourage and cheer people up, you will never be downcast without somebody rising to help. But if you are someone who always loves to slander, backbite and run people down with your words, you will harvest it. The Word of God is a seed. When you are studying, learning, meditating and memorizing the Word of God, you are sowing seeds into your destiny. You will reap a bountiful harvest! For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting:. Gal 6:8. Prayer is also a seed. You are sowing seeds into your future when you pray and also when you intercede for other people. Great men are prayer givers not just prayer collectors. When they see things going wrong somewhere or with someone; rather than gossip, they go into their closet in fasting and prayer till they see a change.
In a gathering, there are people who sow seeds of prayer and there are people who sow seeds of discord and disagreement between brethren. Whichever you sow, that you will harvest. You could sow also the seed of praying for missionaries in the field at their hour of need and also for people you see around you.
Finally, the way a man lives his life is a seed. If you live a reckless, sinful or promiscuous life, you will reap it. If you are a first class liar, one day it will catch up with you. Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? Prov 6:28. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him: Prov 26:27 (NKJV). A single person can't live a reckless life and at the end of the day expect that somebody who has kept himself pure is coming to marry him/her. This is the reason you should be living your life as a seed worthy of the future you want to have.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that nothing will be too big for you to sow to God.
* Pray that your life will be a worthy seed for a happy eternity.
* Pray that God will help you not to sow a seed which you will hate to harvest.

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Seed Faith I

READ: Gal 6: 7-8
MORE LESSONS: II Cor . 8: 6-12
Bible Reading in One Y ear: Luke 14-17

Life is about seed sowing and everything in life is a product of a sown seed. Everything you see in life came to be by a seed sown by someone. Even redemption came through the seed of God sown into us. Seed sowing means being able to let go something of value that you would have enjoyed so as to create something you were promised.
One of the greatest ways to live is to live a life of seed sowing. Anyone who knows the secret of sowing seeds will never lack harvest. There is no point for a man to pray for a harvest unless he has sown a seed. Has God promised that He will multiply and bless you in destiny? You can go ahead and activate that promise by sowing seeds. Each time somebody gives a testimony and you sow a seed of thanksgiving on behalf of that person, you have by so doing activated a similar harvest for yourself. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Lk. 6:38. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap: Gal 6:7. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully: II Cor 9:6. Until you sow, you shouldn't expect a harvest; and the level of seed you sow also determines the level of harvest you will reap.
If somebody is getting married and you are trusting God for a home, go ahead and contribute to the wedding. If somebody gave birth to a baby, sow a seed to that child and you will receive yours. If you develop a life of seed sowing, you will destroy lack in your life because poverty rules over the lives of those who don't know how to sow seeds. Now He that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness: II Cor 9:10.
There is the supernatural law of multiplication on seed sowed. If you want to multiply in destiny, you should not be motivated, pushed or asked before you give. It should be your principle of life, not just in church but anywhere you are found. Make up your mind to be a seed sower from today and you will see how God can make you a man who never lacks harvest even in harsh conditions.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to help you live a life of seed sowing.
* Pray that your harvest shall not be hindered.
* Pray that your seeds of old will begin to bear fruit.
* Pray that the pressures of life will not hinder you from being a seed sower.

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What to do when the tempter comes II

READ:1 John 2:16-26
MORE LESSONS: Heb. 4:14-16
Bible Reading in One Y ear: Luke 10-13

God doesn't force or compel anybody to believe or obey Him. It was He who handed us the power of choice and free will and therefore we have the liberty to choose what to do, when to do it and why we want to do it. It is also worthy of note that God will never condemn a believer. Jesus took all the condemnation streaming from God’s full wrath on the cross of Calvary so there is no condemnation left for a Christian. His Spirit will only convict you of sin by leaving a signal in the witness of your conscience that you have crossed the line. Thereafter, the red light alarm goes out in your inner man. As soon as you repent from it, peace and tranquillity return. If you have ever felt condemned after you did what was wrong, then that was not the Holy Spirit. It was the enemy. Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
No scheme of the enemy is new. It is the same way he tempted our fathers of old that he still tempts us today. He is without innovation. He is predictable. With the full amour of God no devil hatched from the pit of hell can penetrate your sanctification. Serpent tempted the woman using three classes of temptations. First, she saw that it was good for food that describes the lust of the flesh. Secondly, she saw that it was pleasant to the eye that speaks of the lust of the eye. And thirdly, she saw that the tree is to be desired to make one wise, pointing to the pride of life. After she was tempted on these three dimensions, she fell. The same pattern is found thousands of years later when in Mark 4, satan tempted Jesus. He asked him to turn stone into bread - lust of the flesh. Then he asked him to cast Himself down so that angels will pick him up- the lust of the eye. And lastly he asked Jesus to bow down and worship him - the pride of life. When the first Adam went through these three classes of temptation, he fell, but Glory to Jesus, the last Adam; He didn't fall, rather the devil fled for a season. You might have lost like the first Adam, but in Christ you are a winner. James 4:7 tells us what to do when the tempter comes "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

Prayer/ Action
* Thank God because his word contains solutions to everyday issues of life.
* Pray that you will not fall prey to all the lusts that the enemy tempts us with in the overcoming name of Jesus.
* Ask for power to submit to God and audacity to resist the devil continually.
* Decree that you have overcome in Jesus Christ. Declare that you will enjoy this victory everyday of your life in Jesus’ name.

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