You will Not be Burnt

Text: Dan. 3:1-27
MORE LESSONS: Isa. 43:1-5
Bible Reading in one Year: Psalms 31-33

God honours the man who stands when others bow. Our fathers faced the challenges you are facing today but they never failed God. They even faced greater challenges to their faith than we face (Daniel 3:15). The three Hebrew youths were to bow down and worship an idol that was set up by the king of Babylon or be thrown into a fiery furnace if they refused.

That was the challenge of faith to Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. If you were the one, what would you do? Many have not faced challenges of such nature today but they have run out of church, they have denied the faith, and denied God, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up: vs16-18. The three youths did not bow but stood their ground when others bowed.

Where are the Shadrachs of today who will stand their ground in their working place, who are undaunted when asked to change their faith to retain their job? I know a very big man who changed his faith to maintain his position. Where are the Shadrachs of today? Where are those people who will say, I know my God will deliver me. And let it be known that if my God does not deliver me, I am ready for whatever comes out of it . Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego stood against the harassment of the status quo of that time, of the laws and the government of the day. They refused to change their faith or worship the idol, they were determined. They had confidence in God. How many people have the ability to believe that God is able to do what He says He will do?

Truly, the three youths were thrown into the fiery furnace, but the king saw what he had never seen before. The king testified that he saw the Son of the Most High God in the fire with the boys. In your working place, have they testified of your God? Have you shown your faith in God that the head of department wondered who you are? Which God you serve? The king of Babylon saw Jesus in the fire and he said that all who persecuted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego should be thrown into the fire. If you honour God by standing for righteousness in an impossible situation, He will not forget you inside the fire; God will honour those who honour Him.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that you will not fail God in the time of trial.
* Pray for several Christians being persecuted globally that they will find strength and courage in God.
* Pray that God will defend His Church as He did in the days of old.

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The Word of His Power

Text: Psalm126:1-6
MORE LESSONS: Psa. 109:16-20
Bible Reading in one Year: Psalms 28-30

God does not need a week to change a man's life because He is God, He can do a perfect work in the life of any one even in one day and make a total change in one's destiny. David woke up one day as a shepherd boy and at the close of the day, he went to bed as the anointed king of Israel. One day brought a change to his life. I pray for you that today will be your day. As a matter of fact, one day is too long; just one meeting, one encounter with the glory can make all the difference you have been waiting for.

When you encounter the glory of God, everything about your life changes. The point of encounter with the glory is your turning point, a watershed in your life history because an encounter with the glory of God redefines your entire life. There is no single person who meets with the glory of God and remains the same. When Moses met the glory at the burning bush, he was a fugitive, afraid of Pharaoh who had put him on the wanted list but after that encounter, Moses became a god to Pharaoh; everything changed just by one encounter . One meeting is too long for God to meet all your needs; for God, one word is enough, you don't need a whole sermon. When that demonic man of Gadarene met with the Lord and the Lord Jesus asked for his name, he said they were many.

There were more than 6,000 of them and then the demons begged, don’t throw us away before our time, send us to that place instead. And Jesus spoke just one word of two letters. At the Word Go, over 6,000 demons disappeared. I pray that your word will find you. Your word will come. God will speak to your situation. You will remember today for the rest of your life.

The Scripture does not say if the Lord turned away the captivity of Zion, that would be a probability. It means the captivity of Zion may be turned or may not be turned. However, the way the Bible presents it, it is a matter of certainty. Today as you read this, I pray for you that everything that has been working against you must change. Where you have been experiencing darkness, there must be light. Where you have been experiencing financial hardship and difficulty, you will step into abundance today. I prophesy and release the power for a new day, a new destiny, a new testament by divine encounter upon you right now.

Prayer/Action
* Rise up and begin to prophesy something new to your destiny. Mention the old things that must go and announce their replacement right now.
* Pray that your day can only be better, it shall not be worse.

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Reviving the Faith of our Fathers

Text: Hebrews 11:32-37
MORE LESSONS: 1 Sam. 17:1-32
Bible Reading in one Year: Psalms 25-27

The first text tells us about the fathers of faith and the exploits they did. I pray God revive the faith of our fathers in our day. The fathers were not quitters in the face of challenges. They didn't quit their confession of faith or deny God even when they were to be thrown into fire. Though their lives were at stake, they were strong in their faith; they believed God, standing and fighting for Him. My prayer is that God will revive the faith of our fathers in the Church in our generation.

The fathers of faith did exploits by faith. In I Sam. 17:4-8 we see the example of David when Israel was confronted with the challenge of Goliath, the 'boko haram' of their day. The same way we have this Goliath challenging the Church of Jesus today, so also Goliath challenged the children of God. Everybody was afraid but they looked up to the God of Heaven who was able to deliver them from the great Goliath (verses 21-27).

There are many Goliaths confronting the Church today. I don't know how many people still come to church in your assembly. There are people that have not come to church for the past one year because of the harassment of the Goliath of our time. Goliath challenged the God of Israel, he challenged the power of the God of Israel, but God raised a man, David. Where are the Davids of our day? Where are the Davids in the Church today that will rise to the harassment of Goliath, the enemy of the Church? You know David was not up to 20 years at the time he came to the limelight but he was anointed.

Probably he was anointed by Samuel around seventeen years of age, at that time he was still keeping the sheep of his father. But when he heard the harassment of this Philistine, he stood up and faced the challenge.

Where are the people who are going to confront the harassment of the enemy of the Church today? And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine: v32. God needs men with such faith to challenge the Goliaths of our time.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that this generation will catch the fire of revival, in Jesus’ name.
* Pray and cast out every spirit of fear and intimidation among believers today, in Jesus’ name.
* Receive grace to stand when your faith is tried/ tested by the fire of the enemy.
* Receive courage to stand the trial of your
* Oh Lord raise men of faith in our time like David, Gideon Barak, in Jesus’ name. faith like our fathers of old, in Jesus’ name.

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Shout Down the Walls

Text: Joshua 6: 1-20
MORE LESSONS: 2 Chron. 13:15
Bible Reading in one Year: Psalms 22-24

Bible history tells us that the wall of Jericho was a massive structure upon which chariots could conveniently ride side by side. It had the shape of a cuboid and its height was about the height of a four storey building. It was a huge wall indeed and yet the children of Israel must pass through for God said He had given them the land. So Joshua sought the Lord and He gave him the strategy on how the wall would be destroyed.

There is a strategy in God by which your walls will come crashing down but you have to seek Him to find the strategy. The Bible says the Israelites shouted, and the wall came crumbling down. In the same way you can bring down your wall by a shout of what God has promised, a shout of your expression of confidence in what God can do about that situation. It was not just a shout, it was a shout that was inspired by the Word of the Lord of hosts.

The Israelites themselves did not believe that a shout could bring down a wall so mighty but it did; and friend, if it happened before, it can happen again. God wants you to shout down your opposition, your adversary, that is, the devil, as the Bible encourages, Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you: Jam. 4:7. You must, by reason of your submission to God, get radical and resist the devil and he will flee from you.
The only language the devil understands is a radical shout from the mouth of a child of God. The devil hates it when you confront him with confidence and boldness. The Israelites kept marching round the walls for seven consecutive days according to the Word of the Lord. They didn’t give up doing what the Lord commanded concerning the wall of opposition before them. And on the seventh day, they shouted, submitting themselves to the will of God.

They were opposed and denied passage into Jericho for seven days, but they were tenacious about it. You must learn to stand your ground until the walls come down. It may take time according to your assessment but the wisdom of God is to teach us how to fight battles. He could have by the breath of His nostrils pulled down the walls but He chose to fight using the people and if it took many years for the walls to be built, one should not expect it to crumble in one day, else the victory would not be appreciated. So what is that wall of limitation confronting you and denying you entrance into your glorious destiny? It is time to shout it down by the Word of the Lord, shout against it by the boldness and confidence you have derived from the Word of the Lord, Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, ...God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before ...Judah: 2 Chron. 13:15.

Prayer/Action
* Today I confront every wall of limitation with a shout of triumph, in Jesus’ name.
* “The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon”; let it break every ancient wall against my going forward, in Jesus’ name.
Lift your hand to Heaven and shout hallelujah! Then give thanks to God for the fall of your Jericho. ?

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