Give unto the Lord II

Friday 2 October 
READ: Josh 3: 13 - 17
MORE LESSON: 2 Chron.1:1-7

Solomon gave offerings no man ever gave to God before and God was compelled in heaven to visit him and presented a blank cheque to him. God decided that He would not allow a mere mortal to out give him, so He bestowed wisdom and wealth on the son of David. Solomon learnt how to give from David his father and he took it to another dimension. So he had the achievements his father didn't have. David couldn't build the temple, even though he made all the provision for it; it was Solomon who built the temple his father couldn't build. David had a great kingdom after so many battles and struggles but Solomon didn't fight a single war, he had rest and greatness. A man who fights wars and wins a victory is not as great as a man who doesn't need to fight before he wins. Enemies willingly submit to a man who has great power. (Ps 66: 3). So Solomon had victory without battle. Every parent wants his/her children to be greater than him/her. God did that for Solomon; he was greater than his father, the great King David.

Solomon got his greatness by giving. You also can give your way to greatness. Apart from giving to meet needs in the house of God, you should also give to meet the personal needs of God's servants. In Bible times, people would rather go hungry than allow God's servants to go hungry. If you want to keep climbing until you reach greatness; do not starve the person God as placed as a spiritual head over you. The Levites were the carriers of the ark that would lead the way as Israel travelled into Canaan. At river Jordan, the Levites carried the ark and as they stepped into the river, the water dried up and Israel walked into the promised land of inheritance. The people of Israel could only cross Jordan after the priests had gone ahead into the waters. So it was not possible for Israel to enter into the land of inheritance until the Levites entered the river and led the way.

Do not starve your pastors because until they enter into their inheritance, you cannot enter yours. It is a spiritual principle. Your spiritual leaders are the ground breakers in the spirit. When they press into an inheritance, you will see that every one will thereafter easily access it. When your pastor becomes prosperous, the next thing you will see is that everyone in the Church suddenly starts accessing prosperity. Give to your spiritual leaders and lift them up. As they enter into their inheritance, they are making a way for you to enter into yours.

Prayer/Action
* Promise God, you will not be an enemy to the greatness of your spiritual leader.
* Ask God to make you a kingdom financial by exceptional open doors.
* Pray that the reward of the prophet you serve, will not elude you.
* Promise God you accept to be a tool in His hands to make others great as He steps you into greatness.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
My nation (name) shall serve the Lord God Almighty and shall not be taken over by Islam, in the name of Jesus’.

Give unto the Lord I

Thursday 1 October
READ: 1 Chron. 22: 6 - 19
MORE LESSON: 2 Sam 7: 1 - 16

David was called the man after God's heart. He loved God so much that He always gave. When David wanted to raise an altar to God and the owner of the land offered to give him the land for free, he said, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 2 Sam 24:24 KJV. David also decided in his heart to build a house for the Lord. Though God didn't permit him to build the temple because he had shed too much blood, he still went ahead to provide everything that needed to be put in place for the temple to be built. He told Solomon his son, I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. 1 Chron 22:14 NIV. When you study the heart of love and giving that David exercised towards God, you will not wonder why God blessed him and chose him as an eternal dynasty on the throne of Israel.

As the saying goes, 'Like begets like’. Solomon grew up seeing his father give, so he took after him well taught by his father to give to God. Solomon gave God a thousand burnt offerings and God was so impressed that God came down personally to bless him. (2 Chron. 1: 6 – 12). Solomon went ahead to become the greatest, wealthiest and wisest king in history. His father laid the foundation for him to build on. Parents should not undermine the place of giving and teaching their children to give. Let your children see you giving and instruct them to do likewise. From giving offering in Church, giving to servants of God to helping people, be deliberate in teaching your children to give. Don't let them grow up to become tight fisted like dry bones.

Right from infancy, give them offerings in Church and walk them to the altar of God to drop it. Let them see it when you give the last food left in the house to a prophet of God like the widow of Zarephath did. (1Kings 17: 12 - 13) and also tell them the testimony when God shows up with a miracle of provision in response to that act of faith. As you give and your children continue in it, God will make you great all round and your children will become even greater than you: your roof will be their own basement in greatness, in the name of Jesus. In addition to all other teaching you give your children, teach them the act of giving because it secures their future in abundance.

Prayer/Action
* Pray that you will be a practical example of a giver like your father God.
* Pray for God’s wisdom to raise a generation of givers for God’s kingdom.
* Pray that the blessing of a giver will not cease in your life and generation.
* Give God thanks for the privilege to give.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Thank You Jesus for the gift of the tenth month. Every form of shapelessness and void in my nation and life shall begin to take shape and order, in the name of Jesus.

The Royal You II

Wednesday 30 September
READ: I Cor. 6:9-17
MORE LESSON: I Pet. 2:9

Time and space will fail us to examine in detail some powerful examples like that donkey that Jesus rode at his memorable triumphal entry into Jerusalem, And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way: Matt.21:7-8. Jesus was the focus of that celebration but the donkey that bore Jesus on its back couldn't be separated from the honour as they removed their clothing to spread on the floor.

The ordinary donkey galloped with its dirty hoofs on those precious clothes all because it had Jesus on its back. I can bet that donkey will never forget the event! It was the best day of its life and the greatest honour any donkey ever had. You may never have had the opportunity to choose your father and mother and siblings before you were born into your earthly blood-line, but you have a yet greater opportunity, and that is to choose your spiritual family. For the spiritual is superior to the physical.

There are two spiritual fathers out there: God the Father, After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name: Matt. 6:9 and the devil, Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it: Jn. 8:44. But those who choose the devil as their father are called children of evil because the shame and darkness of the devil overshadows them and becomes their identity!

Those who choose God as their Father carry Christ the King in them and are called the sons of the King of kings. The name, honour and glory of the King is seen upon their lives because they are no ordinary people. Sickness and all manner of evil bow at their feet because their words are the words of the King who is Lord over life and death; He is the Sovereign Saviour! But the choice is yours. I beseech you to choose life in Christ the King. If there is a King with and in you then you are a royalty. Walk and live the royal life in Christ from today. There is hope for you! Jesus is Life. Stand and take your place today. Reject every name and circumstances that have shaped your life to the contrary.

Prayer/Action
* Appreciate God for making you His child indeed.
* Tell God your Father what you need to fulfil your destiny in Christ.
* Reject any attempt by satan to father you.
* Promise God you will not walk away from Him.
*Reject every attraction of satan to draw you to himself.
* Tell Jesus again, “I receive You as my Lord and Saviour”.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, as this month runs out, connect my destiny with the keys that shall open the goodness of the coming months, in Jesus’ name.

The Royal You I

Tuesday 29 September
READ: Matt. 21:1-9
MORE LESSON: Col. 1:27

I realised that the office seat of a president is called the President's chair, the car of the Queen of England is called the Queen's car, and the house of the Mayor of any city is the Mayor's house. Though the chair, car and house are made from similar materials like others around the world, they are reckoned by a prestigious name and thus, accorded some honour simply because their owners are men and women of honour.

It is thrilling to note that even in the event of selling these properties, their prices escalate incredibly owing to the same reason; the former owners were honorable and respected people so the new buyers pay for both the price of the substance and the worth of the good will of its past and powerful owners. In the same light, the office chair of a sergeant is called a sergeant's chair and the house of a witch doctor is easily referred to as a witch doctor's house. Possessions take the quality and repute of their possessors.

Life is really all about honour. Show me the people you honour and I'll show you how bright your destiny can be. There is such a thing as blessing by association. That is why you must be careful who you call your friends. They determine to a large extent whether life will be full of blessings or emptiness. Rahab the harlot became one of the great grandmothers of Jesus Christ yet she is still popularly known as the harlot because she was in the click that ran the prostitution show in Jericho, And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there: Josh.2:1. Why do we still make reference to the man that Jesus healed of blindness by the name of Bartimaeus as blind Bartimaeus? And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole.

And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way: Mk.10:52. Is it that we do not believe that Jesus really cleansed him? Of course we believe, but Mr. Bartimaeus’ long dwelling in blindness makes us to still refer to him as blind Bartimaeus. That is how powerful association and situations are. Now that we carry the Spirit of God in our inside it is our right to be named according to the name of the Lord. You are the son/daughter of the King. You must not allow yourself to be called or treated less than a royal being regardless of your present circumstance.

Prayer/Action
* Prayerfully reject any negative name you are known by today.
* Ask God to change your location to His glory.
* Pray for grace to live positive marks in your generation and beyond.
* Destroy by fire every evil memorial in the archives of men that could be following you in life.
Don’t indulge in any act that will give you ungodly description.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I command every embargo cast upon my advancement in life to be lifted now, in the name of Jesus.