Solid Foundation

Text: Matt. 7: 24-27
More Lessons: Mark 1: 2-8
Bible Reading in One Year: John 4-6

Anybody can build a house, but houses are in grades and categories. When you look at some houses, you can tell how long they will last. There is a mud house I know of that has been standing for over ninety years. There is another structure in Zaria, Nigeria; the first church built by the Europeans in the entire Northern Nigeria, with mud many years ago and it is still standing. What makes a house last and stand when others are crumbling? The answer is in the foundation. How good the foundation of a house is determines how long it will last.

Though good foundations are very expensive to build, the wise always pays the price to put a solid foundation in place. The unwise person thinks that since the foundation will be hidden, he can do a shabby work of it and continue with the part of the building that is open to all to see. He forgets that no matter what is built on top; if the foundation is faulty, the whole structure will collapse.

The secret of advancement in destiny is the foundation. Whether your life is going to become a bungalow, a storied-building or a skyscraper is determined by the foundation. By foundation we mean the preparations you are putting in place and the silent prices that you are paying for where you are going in destiny. Your Christian foundation includes things as quiet time; studying the Bible and other Christian literature, learning memory verses, fellowship with other believers, fasting and prayer. These are foundations for tomorrow. Giving, paying tithes and offerings and contributing to kingdom projects are financial foundations for your tomorrow.

Everything in destiny needs adequate preparation. Your preparation determines your strength which in turn determines your speed; which then determines your advancement. So in destiny, preparation determines strength; strength determines speed and speed determines advancement. In Mark 1:2-8, the Bible tells us how John the Baptist was sent in preparation for the birth of Jesus. Even God makes preparations before He does things. It is easy to confess and claim wealth; marital, academic or career success but until we see your preparations before we can tell whether your confession is valid.

Everything in life answers to preparation and laying the right foundation. May God give you the grace to start paying the price for building a solid foundation for your destiny in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* I declare that my foundation is firm and solid in Jesus’ name
* O God, wherever the foundation of my life and destiny cracked, fix it for me in Jesus’ name.
* Commit all preparations for your destiny afresh into God’s hands.

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Appointed Season

Text: Psa. 104: 9-19
More Lessons: Gen 1: 14-18
Bible Reading in One Year: John 1-3

I want you to know that seasons don't just happen, they are appointed. The reason we see daybreak, nightfall and the climatic seasons happening as if naturally is because Someone appointed them to so happen since creation. God appoints seasons and He has given you the authority to appoint your seasons as well. A lot of people remain stagnant in life because they think things will happen for them naturally, they are ignorant of the principle of the appointed season. Remember ye not the former things; neither consider the things of old. Behold I do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert: Isa. 43:18-19. The seasons of old have stayed too long in your life, it is time for a new season. But for the season to change, the responsibility for the appointment of a new season lies on you.

When Joshua saw that the season was becoming unfavourable for him as night fall was approaching and he had not finished the work God gave him over the enemies, he commanded the sun and the moon to stand still. (Read Josh 10: 12-14) That is a man appointing the kind of season he needs for his assignment in destiny. You can appoint your season as Joshua appointed his; tell the sun and the moon to stand still until you are done; tell things to work in your favour. A new season only comes by the force of appointment The Bible says Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; (Matt. 7:7) Appoint your season and it shall be appointed unto you.

If the doctor has said to you that you have a terminal disease or you are faced with failures, disappointment, and lack. The Lord is saying to you, 'That was yesterday, you can appoint yourself a new season today.' I declare a new season to spring forth in your life in Jesus Name. And He changeth the times and the seasons, He removeth kings and setteth up kings: He giveth wisdom unto the wise and knowledge to them that know understanding: Dan. 2: 21.

God changes the times and the seasons. Your unfruitful and unproductive seasons can be changed to fruitful seasons. NEVERTHELESS he left not Himself without witness, in that He did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and FRUITFUL SEASONS, filling our hearts with food and gladness: Acts 14:17. The doctors might have their unfavourable reports or you might have been struggling in poverty Nevertheless I assure you that your time for a new season has come. Nevertheless means regardless of what the past has been your change has come. Your appointed season has come in Jesus Name.

Prayer/Action
*Ask God to reappoint the seasons of your life to begin to favour you.
* Declare every unpleasant season in your life over.
* Ask the Lord to you a favour for every disappointment.

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Applying the Kingdom to your Destiny II

Text: Rom. 14:17-19
More Lessons: Prov. 11: 1-11
Bible Reading in One Year: 2 Samuel 22-24

Righteousness is the key to the Kingdom of God and the key to prevailing in destiny. Wherever there is righteousness, peace and joy will follow. When you do things right, you live free of guilt which makes you peaceful and this brings joy. It is impossible for a person who has no peace to be joyful. This is the relationship; right living ensures peace and this brings joy. The Kingdom of God is full of joy because everybody does right, but anywhere you see disorderliness, there can never be joy there. For your destiny to prevail, you must live a righteous life.

God's demand for righteousness is not to terrify us; it is to make things work for us. If you are not living right, you are actually denying yourself of the key to destiny. When you apply the Kingdom principle of righteousness to your life, you make profit. Prevailing is always by doing things right, even in business. Righteousness ensures that you have good products and make a good presentation to your costumers. There are people you do business with and regret; they have no attraction, excitement or sense of humour; they are always frowning at customers and clients; they do not take care of people and items. This is not right! It is not the Kingdom way of doing business.

Righteousness opens the door to wonderful results. There is no where righteousness rules and things don't work. Righteousness is the rule of law; it is ensuring that things are done according to God’s law. If things must work in a nation, there must be adherence to the rule. To prevail in life by applying righteousness, find out the rules of whatever you are doing from the Bible and strictly follow them. No matter how skillful a person is in a game, he can never win if he doesn't even know the rules. Righteousness is about knowing and following the rules. Be it in finances, marriage, relationships, academics and careers, you can't score a victory outside of righteousness.

Righteousness is beyond not committing sin; it is about doing things correctly as commanded by God. There are certain things that are not sins but are not the right ways of doing things if you must get results. Such things become acts of unrighteousness because they are not right; and no man gets good result out of unrighteousness. Always remember that if you do things right, you will get the right result in destiny. Through the accomplished work of Jesus on the cross, righteousness has been purchased for as many as will believe in it and ask for it, and that includes you today.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God for grace to live a righteous life and always do things right.
* Ask God to pour the spirit of righteousness upon His Church afresh today.
* Pray that you will be an example of righteousness.

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Applying the Kingdom to Your Destiny I

Text: Rom 14: 17
More Lessons: Phil. 4: 4-8
Bible Reading in One Year: 2 Samuel 19-21

For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost: Rom 14: 17. What makes the Kingdom of God work is also what makes a destiny work. We must understand the principles of God's Kingdom and apply them to our destiny if we must live a prevailing life. The Kingdom of God is not in eating and drinking and so your destiny is not about eating and drinking. There are physical and spiritual dimensions to the Kingdom of God and so your destiny is not just physical but there is also a spiritual perspective to it. What applies to the Kingdom also applies to each individual’s destiny. The point is that you must understand and apply the principles of the Kingdom to your destiny for you to prevail in life.

Righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost matter in God's Kingdom and in destiny. Righteousness, simply put, means doing right; it is having the spirit of doing things right. Peace is a state of being at rest while joy is an unconditional expression of happiness.These three things are proofs that God rules over the Kingdom. When God rules in your life and destiny, you love to do things right; you are at rest and have joy. When a person understands this, he won't find it difficult to sing, dance, clap and praise God either in church or outside. Even when facing difficulties and challenges, if you are a true member of the Kingdom of God, you understand that life in the Kingdom of God is about joy and that the church is a sanctuary, not a mortuary. The Kingdom of God inside you swallows the things of the world around you.

When you see people that understand that the Kingdom is about peace and joy, they might have had a loss but you hear true worship flowing from them. A person may not have a child but be the most excited person in church because she understands that the Kingdom of God is not about the number of children you have, but the number of men that you've brought to Christ. There is peace in the Kingdom. You prevail in destiny by maintaining peace even when there is financial hardship and the enemy is striking; somehow you are restful on the inside of you. When you are a member of the Kingdom of God, you know that your tears shall be wiped away. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away: Rev 21:4.

The Kingdom of God is about living in peace and joy; no sorrow is found in it. Receive the joy, peace and righteousness of His Kingdom today and forever.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God that the Spirit of the Kingdom rest upon you.
* Reject the spirit of sorrow and unrighteousness in all areas of your life.
* Pray that no force will be strong enough to pull you out of God's Kingdom.
* Rededicate yourself into His Kingdom.