Action Begets Action

Thursday 21 April
READ: 2 Sam. 22:26-27
MORE LESSON: 2 Chron. 1:1-12

It is only a doing that can give rise to another doing; in other words, it is an action that brings forth a commensurate reaction. If you want God to do great things for you, you must learn to do things that will excite Him. There are actions that provoke God into doing great things for a man; such actions are faith, righteousness, praise, prayer, sacrifice, obedience and doing His will; these actions stir God up to amazing reactions.
The text for today captures God's reaction to human action, ...with the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; with a blameless man, You will show Yourself blameless; with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd: 2 Sam 22:26-27( NKJV).
We have seen in time past that there were things some men did in time past and God responded. So, it is what you do that determines what God does on your behalf. God is not a magician! He doesn't give anybody anything by chance. There is an expectation of God on you and He will respond. God has principles and it is when you do things according to His principles that a response is guaranteed from Him. For example, the Bible says, Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you: Matt 7:7 (NKJV). That is the law of action and reaction in operation. Asking is your action and giving is God's reaction, seeking is another action that elicits God's reaction. When you perform the action of knocking, God reacts by opening the door. This shows that for everything you need from God, there is a scriptural action that triggers God’s reaction of making that thing available. It is your responsibility to search, discover and perform the action that holds the key to your expectation from God.
In conclusion, 'doing begets doing' or 'action begets reaction'. In Biblical language, 'to beget' means to give birth; so it is a doing that gives birth to another doing; you have to do something before Heaven will do something in response. You can stir Heaven to do beyond what you have done. I want you to know that whatever you want to get from Heaven, if you can do your own part of the bargain, you will get what you want, And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee: 2 Chron. 1:6-7.
Don't watch your destiny waste, get doing something about your destiny and see God pick you up from there.

Prayer/Action
* Father, inspire me to do what will provoke Your blessings upon me today.
* I shall not miss my time of visitation, in Jesus’ name.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
In the name of Jesus, I sack every demon assigned to restrain me from help in 2016.

It is not Over

Wednesday 20 April
READ: Gen 3:1- 15
MORE LESSON: Job 14: 7-9

When God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden, He gave them a position of dominion that was enviable to all other creatures in Heaven and earth. Out of envy, the devil, who had lost all already, deceived man to lose all that God gave him by making him to sin against God.
God who is always angry at sin declared the judgements which are the repercussions of man's actions. He cursed the earth for man's sake and declared that man would only eat after much sweat. He declared that the woman would give birth in painful labour and also that she would be dominated by the man. The devil was so happy as God was declaring the curses that resulted from the disobedience of the man and the woman. The serpent that the devil used to perpetrate his evil act was also cursed. Satan didn't mind the curses on him because he knew he was cursed already. He was elated that he had succeeded in getting man cursed. However, in the midst of God's verdict, He made a statement that caught the devil off guard, And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel: Gen 3:15.
God left a window of dominion to be restored to man. The statement He made
was like saying, 'The devil, the enemy, has won today by making man lose all that I gave to man but I will make sure that the battle doesn't end here, the woman will give birth to Someone who will conquer the devil and totally crush him.' Immediately the devil heard this, he became afraid because he now realised that the battle is not over and he has not won.
I want you to know that it is not over; the devil has not won over your life. Even if he succeeded in making you incur God's wrath and punishment, God will still leave a window of mercy for you. May be you have made a mistake in the past that you are suffering for and you think that the devil has had the final say because of your past. I want you to know according to scriptures that the ...God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly . . .: Rom 16:20.
Jesus Christ, the Seed of the woman, came to fulfil the prophecy of crushing the devil's head. It was only after Jesus won the victory that the battle ended (John 19: 30). So it ended on a note of victory for man. Whatever the enemy has done, I want you to know today that it is not over until you win and you will surely win, you have God’s word for it, For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease: Job 14:7.

Prayer/Action
* In the name of Jesus, the devil will not win over my life.
* In the name of Jesus, I refuse to give up in life and destiny.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I receive deliverance from the forces of destiny vandalizers and destiny wasters, in the name of Jesus.

Established by the Word

Tuesday 19 April
READ: Psa. 119: 89-93
MORE LESSON: Heb. 1:3

It is important that you learn how to look at your circumstances through the Word of God. Do not judge the Word by what you are going through; the Word of God is more valid than the experience of man. If the Word of God says you are healed but you are still feeling the pain, remember that the Word is superior to your feeling.
Anytime you are faced with situations that are not in agreement with God's will for your life as revealed in the Word of God, what to do is to challenge that situation by the Word of God. That unpleasant circumstance has no option but to bow to the Word. Any circumstance that you stand on the Word of God against but refuses to bow is saying that the Lord God needs to amend - and that is not possible. The Bible says, For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Psa. 119:89. The Word of God is eternally established in Heaven; there is no situation on earth that can bend the Word. Keep holding on to the eternal Word of God in spite of what you can see, feel or hear in the physical. Your situation must eventually bow to the Word. The Word is established in Heaven, and when you hold on to it on the earth, it will establish you.
When you stand on what God has said, divine help is inevitable. Everything that you need in life is in the Word. If you are confronted by sickness, the healing that you need is in the Word. As it is written, He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions: Ps 107:20. If you want victory over trials, temptations and battles of life, then get into the Word. Jesus set us the example when satan confronted Him; He beat him hands down by the Word of God. Jesus kept replying satan with 'it is written . . .' till Jesus gave him the final Word, Away with you, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve: Matt 4:10 (NKJV). God’s Word holds the key to all things for all believers. It is the lamp to our feet, light to our path (Psa. 119:105), and by it we are healed-Psa. 107:20.
That is the testimony of all who love God’s Word and it can become yours today if you choose God’s Word as your life anchor.

Prayer/Action
* Challenge every situation contrary to God’s Word in your life to bow now, in Jesus’ name.
* Declare the supremacy of God’s Word over every challenge today, in Jesus’ name.
* Promise God that you will always obey His Word all the days of your life.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, because of the blood of Jesus, cause me to enjoy extravagant mercy this year, in the name of Jesus

Fulfilled by Help

Monday 18 April
READ: Exo. 2: 11 – 15
MORE LESSON: Exo. 12: 30 - 32

Moses must have grown up knowing that he had a divine destiny to deliver the children of Israel from captivity in Egypt. He carried a dream and vision to deliver his people; and he killed someone because he wanted to fulfil his destiny but he only succeeded in becoming a fugitive. For forty years, Moses, a prince and honourable man in the Egyptian Empire, lived in the wilderness among sheep. He carried an unfulfiled dream around in his heart as he lived in mediocrity as a shepherd in the wilderness of Midian. Many people today have unfulfilled dreams and some have even given up, having done all they could and they could not attain the fulfilment of their vision in life. Fulfilling your dreams in life and destiny is not a function of human effort. May be like Moses, you might have even done wrong in the attempt to get to your dream and you find that you still cannot attain it. There is mercy for you today if you will repent, ask for forgiveness and come to the God of all help.
It is only by the mercy and help of God that a man can fulfil his dreams and visions in life. Moses used human wisdom and ended up a fugitive but when the help of God located him, he became the deliverer that he was destined to be. This time it was not by his power or might but by the Spirit of God upon his life. Moses had an encounter with God that turned his life around and he became who he was born to be. You need an encounter with God in order to fulfil your divine destiny, and today that encounter will come your way, in Jesus’ name.
The same Moses who fled from Pharaoh became like a god to Pharaoh (Exo. 7: 1). In fact, in Exo. 12: 30 – 32, Pharoah himself called on Moses and begged him to take the people out of the land of Egypt and pleaded with Moses to bless him before leaving. When the help of God locates you, what you have been looking for and you couldn't get, people begin to beg you to take it. What Moses ended in trouble trying to do by his own effort, he was able to gallantly achieve by the help of God. Of a truth, . . . it is not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts: Zech 4: 6 .
Today, I announce to you that your destiny will be fulfilled by the help of God. If you have been struggling with fulfilling your vision in life and it is getting more and more difficult, I connect you with the same God that helped Moses to fulfil his dream, in Jesus’ name.

Prayer/Action
* Repent of all the wrong steps you’ve taken in the attempt to fulfil your dreams.
* Ask that the Holy Spirit will lead you and grant you fulfilment, in Jesus’ name.
* Ask that God will help you to identify His voice as He leads you.

PROPHETIC PRAYER
I command every ancient gates and everlasting doors shut against my destiny to break open now, in the name of Jesus.