The Flashlight

Sunday 24 July
READ: Psa. 119: 105
MORE LESSON: Psa. 18: 28

The study and understanding of the Bible is vital for life. Light is crucial to life because it is life through light that plants synthesize food and animals eat plants. So light is actually a basic source of food. It is only in light that men walk around well for there are so many difficulties associated with trying to walk around in the dark. The Bible therefore says, Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path: Psa. 119:105. It is in the Word of God that we get divine guidance. People always go around looking for someone to tell them what lies ahead. People patronise seers, prophets, diviners and horoscope because of the quest to be guided into tomorrow. Some businessmen pay huge sums to hire consultants, experts and forecasters, all because of the uncertainty of tomorrow. One of the greatest limitations of humanity is the knowledge of tomorrow.

The Word of God is the giver of assurance for tomorrow. The Bible in your hand contains enough divine direction to tell you the mind of God about what tomorrow ought to be and how to enter into it. With the Word of God, confusion about tomorrow is removed. You can know tomorrow without confusion or guess work, all you have to do is search and locate it in the Word. A man that lives by the Word is not confused about tomorrow and does not stumble. The Living Bible puts it in an exciting way, Your words are as a flash light to light the path ahead of me and keep me from stumbling: Psa. 119: 105 (TLB). The Word of God is a flash light showing you the path ahead; it clearly shows you the future so that you will not stumble as you go through life.

As you become full of the Word of God, confusion about what to do, where to go, how to go, disappear. You find answers and directions and walk accurately in the light. Where is your Bible? How well do you read it? Have you ever got a direction on how to go in life and what to do in life through the Bible? If you cannot point to certain decisions, guidance and answers to life's questions that you have personally discovered through reading the Bible, then you have not started reading no matter how much of the theory you have read.

Today, I commend you to the power of the Word of God that is able to keep and strengthen you and solve all the riddles that surround your life. Read the Bible, imbibe the Word of God and the Father of Light will show and lead you in the pathway for a successful tomorrow, in Jesus’ name.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Today, I receive illumination through the Word, in Jesus’ name.
* Oh Lord, let Your Word that I read today unveil every form of darkness in my destiny.
* My destiny will shine more and more through Your Word, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Every strong man of delay and stagnancy, I terminate you right now by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the name of Jesus.

Push

Saturday 23 July
READ: Exo. 14: 15
MORE LESSON: Jam. 2: 26

In achieving destiny, oftentimes there is the need to push. Pushing denotes exerting energy in the direction of your vision. For you to make a success of what you are doing, you need to put the whole of your weight -your ability, strength and capability-into it. Therefore you need to throw your spiritual, physical, financial and mental weight into your purpose and vision. Fasting and praying is an issue of pushing in the spirit and not merely for you to make yourself 'feel spiritual'. Acquiring more knowledge, reading books and taking courses also denote pushing. Physical work and exerting yourself at a productive venture is part of pushing. Pushing is putting everything inside you into a matter to see that it gives the desired outcome.

Failure is not spirituality, so rather than watch a matter fail in your hands, put everything in you into it. Put everything you have into making Heaven; going to hell is not an option at all. Put everything into succeeding in your academics by going to class, reading through the night, buying books at the expense of shoes and wristwatches. Push yourself to achieve a first-class grade. Put everything into your business to succeed.

Some people try something a little and then start crying and complaining that it is not working. The energy you are using to cry and complain could be used to push. This is what God pointed to Moses in Exo. 14: 15; the Israelites got to the Red Sea and started crying. God told Moses that instead of using their energy to cry, they should push forward. Stop crying to people around, by so doing, many have cried themselves into wrong hands. Pushing demands that you do something. You will not arrive in your promised land having done nothing, you need to engage yourself in something productive.

Each time people complain that God has not done something for them, it is good to ask them what they have done themselves. Before you accuse God of not lifting you, ask yourself what major steps you have taken to go up yourself. God is only committed to you when you are committed. Stop complaining that God is doing nothing, you are the one that needs to do something. As you take faith-inspired steps and push on to accomplishment, the Lord will back you up and there shall be a performance for you. To push is to say like Jacob, I will not let you go unless you bless me: Gen 32:26 (NLT). In the battle to return home and meet Esau, Jacob did every thing possible to appease his brother whom he wronged (vs 3-8), then he prayed (vs 9-12). He evaluated his strategy and rearranged (vs13-22). Finally he went back to pray in a vigil alone with God until an angel met him and he wrestled to a breakthrough (vs26-30). Beloved, push until something happens. If one strategy fails, try another- push now!

PRAYER/ACTION
* I receive grace to keep pushing until something happens.
* In 2016, I shall not give up in the fight of destiny.
* Oh Lord, renew my strength like the eagle to keep pushing.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I connect with the blood of Jesus right now to disconnect me from all my sins and guilt, in the mighty name of Jesus.

You Can do It

Friday 22 July
READ: I Sam. 17: 45 - 51
MORE LESSON: Phil. 4: 13

The story of David against Goliath shows us that you can achieve anything you want to achieve if you will believe. David, the teenage shepherd boy of Bethlehem, chanced upon a battle where the Giant of Gath was threatening and blaspheming against Israel, her army and her God. Before David came to the battle to give food to his elder brothers, Goliath had been coming repeatedly to defy and challenge Israel. Every other Israelite had heard these insults for days, but they were crippled by fear. But 1 Sam 17: 23, says, And as he [David] talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. The Bible says, and David heard them, as if the others did not hear Goliath since the first day. It is the same thing that losers hear that champions hear. The difference is how they hear – their attitude and response to what they hear. This is the reason the Bible says, Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have: Luke 8:18. How you hear determines whether you win or lose.

Before you can do what you set your heart to do it is important how you respond to what you hear. When David's brother talked to him in such a way that was discouraging(1 Sam. 17: 28), David heard the words but he didn't let the words hinder him. The Bible says that he turned away from him to another. What you hear matters and how you hear matters. When David heard what would not help his destiny, he ignored it and turned to where he would hear the correct thing so that he could continue his quest. There are people and statements you have to neglect in order to do what you want to do. You sometimes need to disregard some people and what they say and apologise to them later after you have achieved what they wanted to prevent you from achieving.

You can do it, irrespective of what people say, if you will believe. The Bible says, I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me: Phil 4:13. This should be your confession, your belief and your approach to life.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Today, I can do all things through Christ that strengthens, in Jesus’ name.
* I receive boldness to face every challenge on my way forward, in Jesus’ name.
* I reject every spirit of limitation that says I cannot do it, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, today by the blood of Jesus, I dissolve the roots and foundations of bad luck in my life, in the name of Jesus.

Your Brainchild

Thursday 21 July
READ: Gen. 1: 28
MORE LESSON: Matt. 26: 7-13

When God created man, He blessed him and told him to be fruitful and multiply. This includes but not limited to giving birth to biological children. It is important to know also that there is something that has been conceived in your mind that needs to be delivered to the world. Like a pregnant woman, you have an idea, a vision or a gift inside the womb of your destiny that you must birth to reality. There is a 'brain-child' that you need to give birth to. This brain-child is the seed for your glory and greatness; do not die without giving birth to it. You have been consuming things that come out of other people's brains; it is time for people to use a product of your own brain as well. In Nigeria, it is amazing how people do as if they cannot survive a minute without phone. A few years ago these same people did not have access to any phone at all. Many people spend all their money buying the latest smart phones and i-phones. Technology is good and it is okay to have good phones but be informed that you are spending your money on someone's brain-child. There is something inside you that the world should also pay for; discover it and release it.

Let the glory inside of you come out. There is something inside you that you have been tying down for too long, let it come out. There is a bestselling book inside you that needs to be written, there is a song in you that needs to be heard, there is an invention in you that needs to be made. There is a business in you that needs to be started. Whereas some people have strangled their visions by procrastination and postponement, you must decide to be a person of impact and action by delivering your brainchild to people. You will be celebrated only for giving birth to something unique. There is no great man in the world that doesn't have a brainchild that other people need and use. Your impact, celebration and renown is in your brainchild, don't let it die.

One major determinant in giving birth to your brainchild is the willingness to think out of the box. You can't do things the way everybody is doing it and say that is your brainchild. You must dare to be unique and do something that stands out. Do not be boxed into a particular way or method of doing things. Break the box and let the precious ointment inside you come out. Do not keep up a cycle of ordinary routines from day one to the last day of your destiny; let today be the beginning of greatness as you break out of the status quo and step into uncharted territories for your destiny and generations.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Today, I shall manifest the glory of God in me, in Jesus’ name.
* I refuse to bury my God-given talent. I will profit with it, in Jesus’ name.
* Let every hidden gift and talent in me begin to manifest, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Today is the 21st day of the second half of the year, like Daniel, my delay is over, in the name of Jesus.