After Death I

Monday 12 September
READ: Heb. 9: 27
MORE LESSON: 2 Cor. 5:10

The Bible says that it is appointed unto men once to die, but AFTER this the judgment (Heb 9:27). The striking point that should be noted from this scripture is that the Bible says that there is something after death. Some people believe that death is the end and try to use several scriptures to support their belief. They claim there is no hell, no Heaven, and that after death, a man sleeps forever and ever. A look at this scripture shows that there is something after death. The Bible, in the text of today, tells of judgment as one thing that surely comes up after death. By extension, if there is the possibility of one thing being after death. then there is also the possibility of many things.
Death is not the end at all but actually the beginning of another process. Death is the door that opens a man into eternity full of endless events. It is not just one long time when nothing is happening. The wise thing for a man to do is to spend his life before death preparing for eternity. Be it known to you that everything in this life is but nothing compared to what all men will have to confront in the life hereafter. Life in this body is temporal but after death, the real life begins. The human body is not designed to live forever but the human spirit is. So at one point, the body needs to give way so that the spirit can now face the full repercussion of life without the limits of being enclosed in the body. Death is merely the spirit leaving the body so as to face life the way it really is.
If a man lives for 70 years on earth, men would say that he lived long. In the Bible, we see that men lived as long as above 900 hundred years. As long as they lived, no man has ever hit the 1000 years mark in terms of length of life. 1000 years is nothing but a twinkle of an eye in eternity. Because eternity is no child's play at all every man must really pay attention to the issue of where he will spend eternity.
After death, there is judgement. There is a whole lot more, as some will go into eternal damnation and some into eternal celebration. Regardless of calibre and status, death is inevitable to all men. The only way to have the upper hand over death is to prepare for it. The right preparation is to give your life to Jesus so that you will be able to reign with Him in eternity after death comes. I pray you will not die an untimely death, in Jesus’ name. When death comes, you will be in Christ and will not be lost in eternity, And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works: Rev. 20:12.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Ask the Lord to preserve you with long life not to die before your time, in Jesus’ name.
* Ask the Lord to purify you of any filth that will not allow you to see Jesus when the time comes.
Cover yourself with the blood of Jesus today and always.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
This month, every story will change to glory and from glory to glory, in the glorious name of Jesus.

Numbering your Days II

Sunday 11 September
READ: Eph. 5: 15 - 16
MORE LESSON: Psa. 90: 12

Psa. 90:12 talks about the need to number our days in order to apply our hearts to wisdom. We have pointed out that numbering our days involves making sure we spend each day maximally to the glory of God and the fulfilment of our purpose in destiny. The Bible also links being wise to redeeming the time in our days. Eph 5: 15 -16 says, See that thou walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. There are many forces that contend with your day.
There are evil forces out there that have planned negative things for the day and there are also forces from within that draw you to do things that would not profit your day. There are things in the day that are beyond the visible eyes wanting men to do things that at the end of life he will regret all. This is the reason you need to apply the force of God in prayer and meditation to help you to carefully organise and plan each day of your life. You also need to receive strength in the secret place to also go forth each day and achieve all that is set for the day. It is the consciousness in a man that there are forces to contend with each day that makes him prayerful.
A vital key to be able to have a day full of life and profit is to be mindful from the beginning of each day how we spend it. You should labour in prayer, not just for the day but for days ahead. You need to receive grace for wisdom in making decisions each day and knowing the activities to get into and those to avoid. Redeem your day and maximise it. Never rush out on a day to go and beat the wind. Receive wisdom and power from God to make the day productive, fruitful, and result-filled and then step out to prevail over the day. When you live in the wisdom of redeeming the day, at the end of life when you put days together, you will be happy. The only way to prevail over the forces of a day is by the power of God. The Word of God, the name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit are all fortifications that make you go forth in victory each day. Do not go into the day without these.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Today I receive wisdom to live a fulfilled life, in Jesus’ name.
* Oh God the giver of strength, give me strength for my days.
* Today, I anoint myself to destroy every yoke weighing me down in destiny, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Father, let every uncompleted and difficult project in my life receive the touch of God this month, in the name of Jesus.

Numbering your Days I

Saturday 10 September
READ: Psa. 90:10-12
MORE LESSON: John 9: 4

The Bible says, So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom: Psa. 90:12. This scripture is a very important one in mastering the principles of impactful living. Many people use this scripture to mark birthdays and other events, which is a good thing to do. But the scripture talks about numbering our days and not just numbering our years. It is therefore important to understand the holistic meaning of this scripture so that we may get the wisdom hidden in it. The Bible directly links numbering our days with being wise. So how do we number our days?
One of the troubles of today is that many people are not good managers of their days and before they know it the days of their lives slip through their hands such that they can't account for what they have done with them. If a man allows each day to waste without accounting for how he spent it in a worthwhile way, he will realise that by the end of his life he has more wasted days than achievements. This is the issue that bothered the psalmist to the point of prayer in the text of today. This psalm was written by Moses but must have been prayed also by David who was a king and noticed so many activities and people contending for his day that if he was not wise, he would become so busy while little or nothing was achieved for God and for his purpose in life. This is the reason you also have to evaluate each day and look at all you did. Do you maximize each day? What achievements do you have with the resources of each day? If you are asked to pen down the activities of the day, how much of it will please the heart of God? This is the reason why you have to write down a plan and schedule for your day and achieve what matters for each day. It is in using your days well that result to using your years productively.
One of the treasures in life is time. Whatsoever wastes your time wastes your life. If you are wasting your own time, you are wasting your own life because God has a fixed time for everybody. There is a day that it will be said 'time up' for you in life. Your life at that point will be a summary of all you have used your days to do. It is important to know that in the issue of living, it is not how long that is important as how well. Did you spend the days of your life glorifying God, impacting lives and fulfilling your divine purpose? It is all in the way you live each day. Ask God to give you wisdom not to waste your day but to spend each day doing God's will and benefiting humanity.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Lord, help me to number my days and to apply wisdom, in Jesus’ name.
* I reject every wasteful and unprofitable way of living, in Jesus’ name.
* I disengage myself from the spirit of busybody and distraction in life, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
Evil memorial is out of my calendar this month, I shall remember each day for good things, in the name of Jesus.

Freedom to the Captive

Friday 9 September
READ: Isa. 49: 24-25
MORE LESSON: : Eph. 4:8-10

When you look around the world, you see several people who are under different forms of captivity. Captivity takes various shapes in the world today; like financial captivity, health captivity, physical and spiritual captivity. Do not be deceived by the nice appearances of people you meet daily, you might see people well-dressed yet they are under different forms of captivity and bondage. The reality of captivity and bondage has led men to run around seeking solution in wrong and terrible places that end up worsening their situations. Addictions are also forms of captivity that take over the minds and bodies of today either by music, drug, alcohol, inanimate things such as dress and electronic devices. These kinds of bondage cause men to face perpetual and consistent failure.
It might look like the one that has been captured by the enemy can never be set free but when you look at the promises of God from our text today, there is a great revelation and great hope. Isa. 49: 25 says, But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. The implication of this is that there is hope for every form of affliction you might be going through. No matter how mighty that thing is that is keeping you in captivity and bondage, the Greater One has made a promise for your release. Psa. 68: 18, talks about Jesus and declares, Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Jesus led captivity captive by the power of resurrection and having chained those that chained you, He has set you free by making sure that your captor is first bound. He did the job complete, leaving no stone unturned. Your captivity is already in captivity, make a decision today by accepting the freedom Jesus offers and you will be free indeed. You are free, in Jesus’ name.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Today, I brake loose every habit that made me captive, in Jesus’ name.
* I set myself free from every strong desire within me that will lead me to bondage.
* Anything I love that is becoming an idol, I set it on fire, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
In the name of Jesus, this month shall not lack harvest of good things in my life and destiny.